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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
Minister PnsIps Banqnstsd by the Eora
Mayor

United states Minister pseips was the prin-
cipal gucst II the evening At the banquet gwen
10 the iaaao BY Lord Mayor Fowler at The ser
sna house London. The lord 80 or, in pro-
posing sho toast n re Cnitcd States saId that
he hoped sccn 70 have the honor o. entertain
me q President Arthur Mr. Phelps, in re-
spending 10 the toast, said
He had no such claims to the hosrieAlities at
Enalishmcn A hts predecessor Mr. L0weil
and therefore the hattei9ng reception that had
been accorded n Rim was aii ths more crafty
inR Re arrfibed the warmth Of his welcome
~ ~ natural love between EnglishmeH and
americans, which was fostersa sad colts tttfiT
broadsned and deepened by their great iHrrT
National intercourse He assured his hearers
~ the pleasure with whiek Americans viewed
ne settlement % the qaestions At issue between
England and Rassia, aud eulogized tbe British
Judiciary ghDse decisions we're reyersd in
Amor4ra.
Mr Phelps was greeted with q most cordial
welcome The corporation OF London will pro-
sent ex-Prcsident Arthur an address aud A
gold casket upon has expected visit to LouaCTA
and tho lord mayor viii rive him a banquet
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
rns Champion runa s.t.nr.

The best rcoord nor fast type setting was
broken in New York IN She match between IRA
somers % tho World, and Jan,ss Mccain, Of
the Herald The former set 6,o32 ems OF solid
minion in threa hours, and the lattor Is1,
thus hosting his oppe<sant by 80 ems and
winning the $500 g.arsa ana ne sbaulr, iopshio
% America ME Mccain aet "a lines q type
ana - Sofners 2ii, and without reffeCt.
~ The laffers prg1f was mdeh mere
perfect than aoCanns add he gaiReyl two
lines on him IN making corrections The VIA
osr was thus hst eleven lines aheaa ~ tho
chose The scere ia the most remarkable ever
rnatle IN type setting csptesta Aransber2 Get
5,as5 IN lGe sAnae time ags years ago, ana his
record was not equalad until now, when both
men b~at IL Mr. SDmers nexpe Renee ibid
sgatpet him. McCEnn IL about thirrv, and has
participated in several sas.cheA. whils Soners
4 but twenty -tee years old, and never entered
ia a reass.t before
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

re-eleefcd judges IN the Ntsth iudfeiAl circuit,
was found dead ~ hie Dac
Nt~1 r4lis Jackson. a=ugater q tho late
siouewdl 5sekson, was married p William Z
rhnsEep u Richmond Va The church gas
crowded With . brillaat $-aeublags fst
bridal party ipclwlea f1entis # Tie contracting
BaFties from, aonth. Caroline. Kentucky Tn-
nasssa, NeTgls-a Washington, y, q, Worth
CarsltFt View Ysrir and Virginia
Wilson p westsall, formerly banker Of
Minneapolis, aud later, representative Of tho
northwestern R1utaai life insurance company
81 Nilwaukce, itt - Paui, disd recently ~ Der
itOnihA lie had vide acquaintance through
ga: thau0rihwest being knGwn ~ almost eyerE
town In Minnesota, Wisconsin amt DR1tSta, ms
reputation being that Of an honorable gentle.
MAN and Il rst-cinss fSosinesA man
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

Memorial observance on decoration
day are kept pretty much "a usual but
il Is noticed thss varieties Of sports are
coming into use, such ~ horse racing.
bycyc.ing. baseball matches, ETC., m
on the Fourth Of July These things
sesm homogeneous, but they are the nat-
ural outgrowth Of the scarcity Of play
lays in this country
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

A correspondent says there are mors
unmarried ladies', young and old, in
Washington than in any town Of its
size ia the country possibly in the
worid. Consequently there are all
kinds, from the darkest Of brunettes to
the hghtest Of blondes. The skeptic
cannot find anything 70 growl At in the
variety. II he is capable Of beng
pleased that is, II ais heart is not al.
together hardened, he viii meet bis
fate "a the rapikal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
A sub-rr.asurr psfalsa,ion.

John Fl Anfdemorts, FOR seventeen years
confidential clerk in ne United States sub
treasury al New Orleans, has absaoaded wf,l,
several Thousand doilars Of government mo-
ney The exact amount has not YET been as
eertaued, but Il 10 believed 10 DO more than
sl3,oO0 p p Herwig, the subtrsasnref viii
make the amount good M Herwig received a
dispaicn from Washington 70 the eject tl,st A
teii graphic description of the man had been
sent 70 an parts Of this country, Mexico, Can
ada and Europa II Is believed he had gone
% Aexico AZ he had been a desaulter % The
governments Of the CRltsd States lie can bean.
pretended and re'uTned from any country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

The similarity Of che condition Of
business in the leading commercial
centers OF Europe and in the United
States ia quite marked there is the
same noteworthy accumulation Of money
IN the financial centers, like low plane
Of value for the raw material Of manu-
fsctures, = prevailing depression in
nearly all kinds Of business, with low
prices ruling, and small if any profits
obtsinabIe IN commercial transactions,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

The Chicago Tribune adheres 10 its
pessinaist views IN respect 30 the wheat
crop. II insists that the yield Of winter
wheat win not exceed 200, 600 900 bush.
els, and that Of spring wheat viii not
be equal to the crop Of 1894, indicating
800, 000, 600 bushels as aliberal estimate
of che total product The general av-
erage Of estimates at present would
probably fall between the limits Of $50.
000, 900 and $40, 900, 600 bushels.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

During the month Of May rs, 245 ,612
pounds OF ten arrived at the several
ports Of the Unitea States and not a
pound al il came on ship flying the
American flag. The statesmen who
can devise plan for changing this dis
graceful order Of things and restore our
merchant marine 30 its former position
Of prominence in the worlds affairs
win surely be entitled 10 the palm az q
national benafac.er
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

DrLuru No Northern, s7r5c; No. > hart,
SIC: No harf, gal&
MuwAu sEE. Wheat IA. . sf1ssr. Corn No.
D 4.sc. Oats W. =, G!s-c RYE No so"
Barley No ., she. Provisions drmer; mess
PORK, sl0.&a
CEr,Aao.-Whe spring S4taS+l4c, No. .
spring. s5G6:6c; No, red, 9!l5c; NJ. red, y,
Grs4c Corn cash, Alsc. Oats cash, |24c.
MryyEaP0LIs. Wheat, No hard, Ssci Nc.
2hard. >5c Corn, IS 70 7.c. Oats 30 to Sic
st P,rL.-Wheat, No hard. sc. No >
hard she Corn, No 2, SIC Oats No 2uIfEed,
Bic. No : white. 81 Ltc Barley, No. :, sc; No
extra, SIC; No. 3, ~ 70 sc.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
Personal MENTION.

Mrs. Ella W heeler Wilcox is writing her irs
novel
odlum, the late distinguished Jumper, once
saved the life Of son OF Schuyler Colfax at
Fortress Monroe
A. Joliet III, Judge Joash acRoberts, just
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

An Engiish circular estimates that
che English wheat crop viii he deHcisns
1000. 900 quarters, and that ~ Europe
$500. 00g quarters--or over $4,000. 900
huahala
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
THE CASUALTY RECORD.

Half q dozen persons we're killed IN the
Vicinity Of Chicago BY lightning recently
DR. ", Young Of vineennes, Ind, was acct
ieBtAlly shot by his friend Ganet Robinson
while returning from shooting expedition.
A severe bail storm in Murray county knock.
ID out q good many window lights FOR the
farmers Small grain was also considerably
battered into the ground, bat 70 this real IN
Jury was slight
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

Henry M. Stanley, the African ex.
pIorcr, in recent speech in London.
stated that the climate Of Africa was
not half 70 dangerous as that 81 many
parts Of the southern states Of Amer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

The California State government u
10 print. aud ssis ut cost, the best books
used by the quarter Of millioa school
children IN the State.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

A. a very moderate ,stimale, sih n
rear Is saved by leading American h
papers through thc.r failure 10 49, ,.sls|
,tferd about their circulation.
record.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
The sPEAKERsHIP OF THE HOUSE

u is about time for the Illinois house
OF representatives. to summarily eject
Elijah NJ. Haines from the position
which he has too long been permitted to
usurp. Indeed, it is a reflection upon the
intelligence and manliness of the house
that it endured even for a single day
Haines' preposterous usurpation. That a
member chosen as temporary presiding
officer" in the language OF the constitu
ton, should on his own motion make
temporary" mean permanent" and re-
fuse to put motion to proceed to elect
q speaker on the ground that the house
was already permanently organized, is an
exhibition Of gall unprecedented in the
history oflcgislation.
We cannot see that this is in any sense
a party question. The representatives are
members of the general assembly first and
democrats and republicans afterwards.
They should certainly have enough rc>
spect for the rights and dignity Of the
house to resent any such usurpation as Is
now attempted. In fact, democrats
should be foremost in deposing Haines,
as they have been treated with double
costumelY. Their rights as menbcrs Of
the house have not only been invaded,
but in clectiug Haines temporary speaker
on the supposition that he was gentle
man and democrat, they have been the
victims Of mere vulgar confidence
game.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
MEXICAN PENSION sWINDLE

Probably the most gigantic scheme TO
depletc the treasury that the human
imagination has conceived Of is the bill
now pending in the senate known as the
Mexican pension BILL General A. J. War
ner OF the house, himself a soldier and
pensioner, declares that the principal Of
the bill as amended by the senate would
cost the country 81, 800, 100000! Let Us
suppose that the bill as now amended will
cost the treasury one fifth Of that vast
amount, or $500, 100000. This enormous
sum, taken from the taxpayers the ma
jority of whom, under our existing tariff,
are hardworking, laboring men, is TO be
presented to whom, Not to actual fight
ing soldiers or sailors, but to raw recruits
who have SERVED fourteen days with the
army or navy Of the United States in
Mexico or on the coast or frontier thereof
or enroute there to-" that is to say, camp
loafers who never were in sight of Mexi-
can soil These veterans of two weeks
drill, who never saw battle or heard
gun fred, are to be made present Of SEA
per month, almost 81 per day, during
their natural lives. Their widows and
orphans are to be literally pensioned also
in case the fourteen day warriors are
dead.
Is this ''fog bank" folly or senatorial
lunacy, or is it selfish, wanton waste of
hare earned money upon men, not SOL
diers, who have not earned it at all? Pure,
unmitigated self interest is the moving
cause Of the congressman's reckless waste
fulness Of other mems money, A member
calculates that he may gain a hundred
votes by voting for any new pension
scheme. He votes hence for 100000
grab-that is, he pays out of other peo-
pies pockets, one million dollars per vote
for his hundred additional votes. This is
the proper and only way to explain such
stupendous and infamous frauds upon the
revenue.
There is but one. remedy. 1t is simple.
Let each taxpayer notify his representa-,
tive in congress that neither he nor any
one else will ever again get his vote who
paws one million dollars for sham SOL
diers' votes. 1t will then appear that the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
NE NEWS IN BRIEe.

Germany has POO. 0G0 tramps. according
. , ct ..'.Dcf
There are about 900 men out Ct work
II h.e.a" enl subnrb&
Charles Downing, the horticuturist,
!i,l ST. ;ev 81 N.wuurg y. Y, aged 50
The loss b. the Bay state sugar re-
Emery FIRE Boston Sunday III. ht is $3.50,
~
The output of Minneapolis -four mills
for toe last wear was more than ), 200, 90 of
aaEre.s.
The cost Of disinfccting rags will in.
crease the cost # paper from I 70 \ cent
per pound
An ice bridge has been formed across
the Niagara r1ver gl,t below the fail OH
residents say it Is the finest that has been
formed for wears.
The skin of Campi, the Paris murderer,
the books ami documents relating to his
crime which ware published.
". 5 Pate, of the Louisville dry goods
bOuSs Of Pate, ia lGei & t., IS missing, ami
Is suppoe i to have gone II Canada. He
leaves debts az :reEatin- $4,000.
4 vein OF gold bearing quartz | 800 feet
broad and nlne miles t"g. was found, Mon
lay, 10 the Cohuttah mountain Georgia
Tie VEN i said T. he worth 81. GJO.0O
Richard " orthington. publisher at New
IJrF made an assignment MJniay with
liabilities of S}00001. aud giving preferences
Tor 81 800. Tie nominal assets are placed
at El1 O0)
A Democrat at Plymouth. n. H. has a
barrel o. oidcr nIade N 49, which be as
saii should not be tapped un.l there shall be
Democratic president HIS friends viii
sample it on March 1
John Mclaughlin, an employe Of G. W.
Tier the San Franciscn lawyer who Sc
cured E25,01J from Sharon's counsel in the
Hil case for bogus testimony is reported t.
have He'd with the IN ney.
In the railway bond cases against
Wateftovn, Wis, Judge Bum, OF tbs
United States circuit court has decided thai
the statute of limitations bars eli actions
The decision affects 100000 Of bonds.
The clearing house exchanges last weeA
-S776, 500, 26a-are s., Il3,06S greater thar
| for the preceding week. When comparet
with the corresponding period year ago
however, there is a falling off equaling ~.
per cent.
-Silveriod steel" s,eel plate protected
| against oxidation IL the distribution Of
white alloy over its surface, bids fair t.
supersede in many cases copper and galvan
lied iron, where hitherto these metals onl.
| have given satisfaction.
Forged checks on the Second Nationa
| bank of Cleveland, signed STANDARD Oh
company" with an alleged agents name at
tached are said to have been cashed b
banks in different parts of the country. Th
lithographing and printing Of the blanks
said to have been done in Kansas City.
Two tramps boarded train nea
Overton Tex, early Monday morning, an
when attempts were made to eject them fo
non payment Of fare the vagranti opene.
fire, shooting the conductor MORALLY an
| wounding two other employees. The mui
derers escaped, but bloodhound s have bee
placed upon their track.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
A CORRESPONDENT declares that

A CORRESPONDENT declares that the
expression Painting the town red. ="
arose from the days of the old steam
boatmen Of the south. His informant
says: Tibet oppression was started thirty
var ago down on the Mi'sippi TIvah. You
know there used 10 be a heap of steam
boat racin' in them days, just afore the
wah, an if boat couldn't keep sumwhere
in sight of another she was secon' class
even if she cost million of dollars. Well,
in them days they didn't have all this
porter jacket, steam savin business down
so fine in the engine rooms as
they hes now. So when the engineeah
told the coal niggers to I'll her full, an
they filled her, the boilers used to get red
hot. Whenevah they was big race on
the captain'd go ub to the pilot house
talk with the pilot mint and then yell
down the tube: The Belle Of Mis'sippl
is coming round the bend. Paint her redi'
Then the engineeah would yell out to the
coal hustlers: 'Niggers, the Belle Of
Mis'sippi is after US. Paint her red
And then they would proceed to paint
those boilers red, from fire box to smoke.
stack. Thet's the way the expression first
started say, an all the niger show men
ever did was to put in the word town. p"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21

He was surprised to see the other workmen
stare az him.
Say, do you know what you ara eatingF
asked one of the men
"No,n said he, stopping short.
why, tkat is cooked dog
The words were scarcely out OF the mans
mouth when he who had been eating dog
flesh made rush for the nearest window. 1t
appears he did not understand German, anil
some of those who were listening did. They
heard Herman describe the dogs flesh and
Say how good it was The man expressed
disgust, but Herman could not understand
where the harm lay.
1T was good. 1t was very good, he reit
Grated
The story that be had killed Rover and
eaten hin circulate quickly through the
mill and was communicated to outsiders. 1t
has lean continual source of annoyance
to Kim both III an ont Of the saop the
msn guy him aud make his life 8 burden
ard tie chilGrea an the streets shout ct him.
This IS OILY Part Of his tronbls. for it Is al~o
stated that the owner of the house IN wais'a
be resided L. .3ma ~ disggstcd that he told
tie Il g slayer to quit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
DEGNGR'S DAINTY Dish.
The Style of Roast a Jersey File Maker
DOtes On.

NEWARK, n j., Jan q 1t has been no.
ticed that Herman Degner. German en-
ployed at the Heller Bros. File works, in
Belleville, captured all the stray dogs he
could find rowing around the neighborhood
but nothing wrong was thought If it.
A few DAYS ago he caught a large
Newfoundland called Rover" and
took khin home tying him in the 9ood-
shed. That night Degner was seen to enter
the wood-shei With an ak in hand; the next
morning head and hide were found by a
neighbor and were identified az having for
merly been portion of the animal form of
Rover While it was certain that the dog
had been killed, nothing would have been
thought OF it had not Denger taken portion
Of the dog meat to the mill the
next day for his dinner. While the
men were sitting around eating from
their dinner pals Herman opened his.
and, taking out large slice Of dark, roasted
meat, began eating it, He offered some of
it to one Of his fellow workman, explaining
to him in German what it was. The man
took the oroTered meat ami began eating it,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
The sbiyeripc Thermometer.

CHICAGO, Jan 2l-Telegrans from AL
over the northwest tell Of the severe cold
weather % Sunday and Monday, the former
being generally decla-ed the coolest day OF
tie winter There is much suffering among
tac poor and live stock in some sections are
dying from exposure. Railroads are
lockaded and passenger and freight
trains suffer considerable detention Dis
patches from all the principal towns in
Illinois reported the Thermometers ranging
from 10 to 81 degrees below zero. The nIer-
curry was 81 degrees below in some portions
Of Wisconsin, which IS The lowest tsmpara-
tnre recorded in the same regioR SINCE l57l
Indiana. Michigan, Iowa, and Eefra ~ vial
with each other for tho distinction u having
the lowest mercury, each claiming an aver
6 ge Of about - degrees below.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
JULIA WLRD A0WE's MONEY.
She Complains That the Exposition Man
ayers Have sunk" Her Appropri-

ayers Have sunk" Her Appropri-
alton.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2l.--The United
States commissioners to tle exposition held
a secret meeting Monday. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, chief ii the department of w0man's
work. presented long comnuni-
cation. the substance Of which
Ras that OF the sum Of $4,000
appropriated for her department she had not
been able t. get more than 1890 from the
mana cement In con. e4uence, she had been
forced to curtail her original designs for the
exhibit, AMI had bean driven to the necessity
Of paying her own expenses including boari
bills and railroad fares for her
self and her assistants, and her
landlady was threatening to distrain
heTgoods and chattels for her board bills.
Mrs. Howe asked the commissioners TO inter
fere in her behalf They at once addressed
vigorous protest TO the management and
demanded an accounting Of Mrs HoEe's APP
preparation.
It IS believed that the management is
in no position to meet the demand,
AMI that ii the commissioners make an I'M
favorable report to congress the result will
he to !hrow the exposition into the hands of
a receiver or other agent for the govern
ment
The threatened strike OF exposition work
men which was to have occurred Monday
was averte1 by the payment of 10 per cent
on account of back wages and the pro mise
Of further payments within a few days
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
Mini lie Wa. Hung for.

GALWAY, Ireland. Jan. 2l.-Thomas
Parry, who murdered his sweetheart, Alicia
Burns, in November last, was hanged Tues
day. Parry was engaged to b. married to
Miss Burns; she broke OF the engagement
He Travelled over one bunirei miles for the
purpose OF committing the deed; be found
Miss Burns with her sister; he asked if she
was stll determined TO give him up; she
replied "Yes.' He then said I'VE viii
see" and, drawing a revolver, shot her
through the heart and then shot himself,
but net seriously.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21
sLuGaE0 FOR ttALF A MINUTE.
The sulIivan-Tiyan Fight stopped by the
Officers.

NEW YoRg, Jan. 2l.-IE the presence OF
an immense and tumultuOus tArong the
much talked-of meeting between Sullivan
and Ryan ii a srarring contest occurred
at Madison Square garden Monday night
At 1879 the men appeared, stripped
Tor the rigat, and were each greeted with
deafeHing yeIls. Capt Williams Whispered
in the ear Of each, caIt!oniag him that the
light must be gentle 1t did bsgiR il gen
tie manner, but the contestants were soon
striking at each other wickeily. The match
las ted just ten seconds, and then Capt VIII
Jams and Inspector Throne separated the
combatants. There was great excitement in
the crowd and for time 1t looked as though
the throng would attack the police for their
interference.
All the leading lights Of the sporting fra
ternity were present, and among thsm were
William Easton and Lord Charles Bercham
Clint n. Roscoe C0nE!iag was al interested
spectator Of the affair, The receipts ag-
grcya:ad SIl, 900 Of which the winner was to
cct IS per cent.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21

1T. JoHS declared in speech in Min
neapolis Saturday night that so many
people had told him he had beaten Blaine
he was thinking seriously Of going to
Washington and contesting Cleveland's
seat He maintained that ii it hal not
been for the prohibitionjsts New York
would have given Cleveland $4,000 ma
Jointly, and thought that Conkling ought
to be burned in effigy rather than himself.
He expressed it as his firm conviction that
the reason Mr.. Blaine was beaten WAS
because he did not get enough electoral
votes