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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
Foreign Gossip.

Lord Shaitesbury is to have a statue in
Westminster abbey.
Henry NJ. Stanley will leave London for
the Congo early next year.
Angel, the Vienna artist, has just finished
a full length portrait OF Queen Victoria.
Lieut.. Greedy advises England to send
future polar expeditions Via Franz Josef's
Lane.
Landsdownc has refused to interfere in
the cases OF the Northwest Indians, and
they will hang.
Mr.. Parnell estimates the election ex-
penses in Ireland at $50, 600. He has all
the money he wants.
French papers violently %denounce Mon
treaIs mayor for his action during the cpl
demic, and more rioting is feared.
Mr.. Saunders o fQuebec has brought an
action against the health authorities for
$4,000 damages, resulting to him from
the smallpox.
There IS a movement at Ottawa to give
Sir Charles Upper the leadership Of the
Conservative party and Mr.. Chapleau COM
plete control OF the French element.
Messages of congratulation from the
queen and from the governor general on the
completion Of the Canadian Pacific were re-
ceived by George Stephen, the president OF
that road. 1t IL understood that he is to
be knighted.
Adverse reports are current concerning
the health Of Mr.. Gladstone. His physi-
ciansforbid him to speak for more than fiji
teen minutes at a time. This threatened
breakdown of Mr.. Gladstone is depressing
the Liberals.
Lord Lieut.. of Ireland. C%arnavron, an
nounces that after the fullest inquiry into
the "details and circumstances respecting the
eleven men charged with conspiracy to
murder William E. Smythe, the obnoxious
landlord OF B~arbavilla, he is unable to in
terfere with the sentences OF the prisoners.
They were convicted after three trials, June
IL, 1884. Five were sentenced to seven
years, aud the rest to six and twelve
months Imprisonment.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Cen. Sheridan Appoints Aides.

Gen. Sheridan has appointed asoides-de,
camp to replace Colonels Gregory and
Davis Capt. $. {. kellogg, OF the Fifth cav.
airy, and Capt. S~tauhope +. Blunt, ord.
nance department. Capt. kellogg served
during the entire war rs aide on the
staff of several general officers, and
lately returned from Europe, where he Wit.
messed the autumn mauonyers oithe French
army. Capt. Blunt has been serving for
the last yearou the staff OF the lieuten3ut
genera as Inspector OF rite practice. He
is the author Of a manual on that subject
now used by the army, and before going TO
Washington was stationed at Fort Smell.
ing on the stan of Gen. Terry, as chief
ordnance officer and inspector OF rifle prlc-
tice of the Department OF Dakota.
Some weeks ago Gen. Sheridan decidcdto
appoint Mai. Bcnteen and Capt. Blunt.
and papers were made out with their names
in the lucky blanks. Gen. Sheridan recon-
sidered his selection, however, on account
OF the question OF authority raised between
himself and Secretary Endicott. Having
come to the conclusion that it was better
to yield the point, he appointed Capt.
Il pllpuU.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

III Queen Victoria lives until the2 Oth
day 81 next June, she VIII then begin
The ftish year Of her reign. OF al
the long line OF English monarchs who
hare tried 70 begin tbe fftieth year Of
their reign. but 7hrea OF them sJzeeeed-
e5-Hsury III, Edward III, and
George Ill The ability TO perform
the 1eat appears 70 reSt with the three
EE and If Victoria breaks the recordit
MI be 50 much more credit TO her.
BEt how about the Prince Of Wales,
har agparentto TIE throne Ofcourse,
Ike . dutifd son, he would prefer to
have M mother IRE forever. But all
sozs are not dutTful, and with a throne
40 view, il may be presumed that the
Prince Of Wales would be resigned to
Nictorioa's departure tor a brighter
and better world, as it would put him
upon the throne.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
One ofthose Queer ..Creeters."

Winchester, Va, Special:-In the Hugh
Merritt habeas corpus case here, for the
recovery of his thirteen-year-old daughter,
it became necessary for the physician to
give evidence as to the masculinity of Miss
Leila Payne, a sister of Lawrence Register
Payne, the man-woman OF Virginia. The
Judge decided that the examination
should be made with closed doors. 1t
is reported that the physician testified
that he found Leila to be of masculine gem
der. Mr.. Merritt, who lives at Bellaire,
Ohio, claims that Leila is not a proper
person to care for Jessie. his thirteen ear
old daughter. Mr.. Merritt's first vito was
a Miss Payne. The argument win be con-
tinued. Two years ago the story OF Vir.
ginia's vas first published,
N caused much gossip. The Payne fami-
ly is one of the oldest in the Shenan-
doah valley, and when the parents
died, Leila, because Of her mascu-
line proclivities, assumed charge Of
affairs. She induced the government to
make the hamlet a postoffice, and she was
appointed postmistress. She opened u
grocery and hired a Miss Sarah Hinton to
run it, and Miss Payne slept with her.
One day Lydia proposed marriage to Mss
Hinton. A physician confirmed Lydia's
suspicion that she was a man. They were
married. The young lady involved in the
present case is ii sister of this man. The
change began in both when they entered
their teens, and has been a gradual trans
formation.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

AT various times during the last ff-
teen years the city Of Evansville, Ind,
issued bonds to aid in the building of
railroads, wharves and other improve
ments, and also redemption bonds,
the total amount OF which is about
81, 50O,O 900, which, in addition to the
accrued interest. now amounts to
81, 800, 600. The interest was paid
regularly for ten years, up to 1888,
Hhan further payment was refused,
and suit brought to enforce it. The
decision Of the federal court Is. that
Evansville must pay both interest and
principal. Republication does not
mssf with the least countenancein the
federal courts.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific.

Portland O~regonian's special from Eagle
Pass, British Columbia, Nov. :. VIA Victo-
ria, Nov. S.-The train bearing the officers
Of the Canadian Pacific and a number OF
guests to the scene OF the last spikedriving,
consisted of the official car, sleep
er and baggage car, and a. soon
as the engine stopped a short distance
from the end OF the track, the track layers
began placing the last 12O feet. This was
accomplished, and in about fifteen minutes
the last spike was placed in po-
sition for driving. This honor was
delegated to Hon. D. s. Smith, Maj.
Rogers, c. E., holding. up the tie.
The official party and visitors were then
formed on each side OF the track while a
photographer took several views, after
which the honorable gentleman commenced
driving the spike, which was an iron one,
and the venerable major keeping the tie
well up. A few blows firmly fixed the spike
TO the rail. thus connecting the Atlantic
with the Pacific.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

Fire losses in October we're much less
han the past ten years average.
A cyclone did considerable damage in the
vicinity OF Pittsfield and at Bloomington,
Ill.
Sharp Il Sons stove foundry and two
stores adjoining, at Steubenyille, Ohio.
were destroyed by fire. Loss $21, 900; in
surance $4,000.
Acyclone struck the extreme south and
west portion Of Bloomington, Ill.,, touch
ing first the union depot, where il picked
up an iron express truck like a feather and
threw it about. 1t upset a hack and lift
ing it in the air turned il over and smashed
it to pieces. Tn roller mills, 800 feet
from the depot were next struck and com
plete'y unroofed and d portion OF the brick
work demolished.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

The death of General Mcclellan
leaves no survivor among the officers
who at different times commanded
the Army Of the Potomac. Mcclellan
was first to serve. His immediate
successor in the field was Burnside,
who in turn gave way to Hooker; he
to Meade, and Meade to Grant.
Meade remained in nominal command
of the Army ofthe Potomac until the
close OF the war, but during the last
year he was under the immediate SUI
pervisiOn and command of Grant.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
What the Land Commissioner Recon-,
mends.

Commissioner Sparks in his annual re-
port viii ask congress to appropriate 5000
900 for the payment of the salaries and ex-
peu8es OF special agents to investigate
the alleged frauds in the location of
public lands, with the expectation
Of employing 200 such agents with
the money thus appropriated. If
this win not be done here commends that
the public lands be turned over to the
several states and territories in which they
are located, TO be sold or settled as the sew
eral states and territories shall provide.
This win undoubtedly make the commis-
sioner more popular than he now is in the
northwest.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
General News.

Omnibuses built in the Partisan style
are to be placed on Fifth avenue, New York.
A statue OF Washington, the gift of Miss
Plankinton, was unveiled at Milwaukee
recently.
Nearly all the newspapers have settled
down upCn about 11,000 as Gov. Hills
majority in New York.
Two hundred and fifty illiterate Mormon
converts from Great Britain and Europe
have arrived in New York.
The Sacramento Bee claims that the
Chinese take SIS, 600. 900 a year out OF
California, sending it home,
Joseph Solomon a. Son, wholesale Jewell
ers, Indianapolis, have assigned. Liabili-
ties, $34 1000; assets unknown.
A Kansas farmer took a wagon load of
apples from Linn to Lane county, $50.
miles, and sold them for $62.90.
Gov. Hill, banqueted at Albany, said the
victory in New York would aid the presi-
dent in his efforts for a publication OF The
public service.
Contributions to the Grant monument
fund have been made by citizens of Paris,
Hamburg and Amsterdam. Drexel, Hayes
~ Co. OF Paris contributed $1,630. The
fund is now over sol, 600.
Mary Glenfert, fifty years old, was found
dead in bed in a house in Newton, l., i.
At the beginning of Barnum's careers she
figured as one OF his museum curiosities,
being only forty inches in height. There
are circumstances in the case which suggest
foul play.
The missionary society Of the M. r..
church was in session in New York. Bishop
bowman presided, and delegates were pres
ent from all parts OF the country. Al reso-
luton was passed in which it was voted to
raise 81, 000, 600 for missionary purposes
during the coming year.
The case OF the Traders Insurance com
pany against Miss Melendy and Mrs. West
colt, ~cisters. which has been on trial In the
United States court at Milwaukee for ten
days, was given to the jury, and within ten
minutes, q verdict for the defendants was
brought Ia. The women were charged with
having burned their residence in Ludington,
Mich, to secure the insurance.
Miss Lille Richardson OF Yankton, Da-
kota. having complied with the presumption
law, IL about to prove up on .a quarter
section Of excellant land In the southern
part Of Turner county. Miss Richardson
has given personal attention to the cult
| walton 81 her tract, and has made IL her
home. She worked III the fields herself and
managed her own improvements.
WMU
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

The rapidincrease OF inventions and
the limited accommodations Of the
Patent Office have made it necessary
to restrict the acceptance Of models,
and only those designs which cannot
be accurately represented by drawings
are accepted. The model room of the
Patent Office is the most bewiIdering
place which the sight-seers visit in
Washington. Few of the throng that
may daily be seen walking through it
carry away any other impression than
that Of an immense aggregation OF
~glass-covered cases filled with toy ma
chimes.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
From Washington.

The resignation of Hiram Van Arman,
secretary Of Arizona, has been accepted.
x. p. H. Harrison OF West Virginia has
been appointed as special agent OF the land
Office.
Indian Commissioner Atkins telegraphed
to the secretary OF the interior from Mus
kogee, /. T., that he has found alarge num-
Der OF squatters in his progress through the
territory whom he believes to be boom
ers." He expresses the opinion that mill
tary force must be employed to expelthem.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

An Iowa manufacturing company
gave the mercantile agency of r. G.
Dun d Co. a statement other assets,
resources and liabilities, upon which
they were given a rating in the agency,
on the strength Of which they procur-
ed a credit with a st. Louis firm, and
afterwards made an assignment. The
st. Louis firm brought an action
against the Iowa company and set up
fraud and deceit on the part OF the
defendants. The defendants set up
that they had no knowledge when the
statement was made to Dun & Co.
that it was to be given to plaintiffs,
andone Of the defendants stated thut
he had no knowledge of the statement
but relied upon the other for it's cor
RICHNESS when made. The court told
the jury that when q person makes Il
statement of his financialcondition he
does SO for his own benefit, and when
he makes such statement to a mercan-
tile agency, he does SO for the purpose
OF gaining credit. The officers of a
corporation are presumed to havefull
knowledge Of the affairs Of a corpora
ton, and when they make a state.
ment thereof they are bound to make
Q correct one, When third persons,
fclying upon such statement, have
been deceived, and thereby suffered
loss and damage, such officers cannoi
rome into court and plead a want
knowledge Of the facts upon which
their statement was based. The yer
dict was ipiavor Of the plaintiffs fol
the fuii amount Of their claim.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

A Michigan boy shot his grandfather who
was beating the boys mother.
Ferdinand Ward told his friends, after
his sentence, that he would not be d year
In Sing Sing.
George ". Cheyes, confined Ia the Fulton
county tGa.l jail, died from depression,
brought on by mental alteration.
Jenkins Wright was h~roughtto Spartan
burg, ;. O., IRON Lawtansville. and lodged
IN jail Tor the murder Of his vile, Charlotte
Wright.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
Personal Mention.

DIR. Craver, the crack shot, operates a
fine farm near Bender, Kan.
Ex-Congressman Jim Belford has signed
the total abstinence pledge.
Judge Eben Newton, the oldest member
OF the bar in Ohio, died at Garfield, aged
ninety-one years.
Henry Miller 81 Ohio county, Ind, decided
all his property to his children and gave
Miss Ida Chanie 5000 for marrying him.
He is seventy-seven.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

Emporia, Kansas. Specials The jury in
the case OF Mrs. Walkup, ntriuIf or killing
her husband, returned a verdict OF not
guilty. The verdict, while not giving unlver-
sal satisfaction, was received with delight
by Mrs. Walkup's friends. When the Jury
first went out they were evenly divided,
and remained so for several hours, when
one changed for ucquittaI. They then
stood seven for acquittal against
five for conviction, when the five
gave way and a verdict Of not guilty was
rendered. When they informed Mrs. Wal
kup that the Jury had returned a verdict
of not guilty she exclaimed, "My God! is
that so?" and her eyes filled with tears;
but when the sheriff told her she could at
ford to brace up, she wiped her tears away
and went with him into the court room,
where she was congratulated. She says
she will 0 take any OF her husbands
property. The estate will not amount to
more than $40, OOO, and her share OF it
will but slightly more than pay the ex-
penses OF the trial.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
He stabs wife and Mother-in-Law.

William Wilbur graduated from the uni
versity at Syracuse, N. Y, on the oath of
last June. On the 26th of the same oath
Clara Greenly graduated at the high school.
They secretly married, but rave not lived
together. When he had gone TO the house to
ask her to live with him he has been denied
admission. Recently Wilbur climbed upon
the roof. broke a window, and entered his
wife's bed room with the intention Of
begging forgiveness, and asking her
to leave her mother and live with him.
Clara was not in the room, and he went
down stairs and found mother and daugh-
ter there. The mother ordered him out OF
house. Wilbur seized n pair OF shears and
stabbed them both, but not fatally. In
court he plead guilty to assault In the sec.
The girl is very pretty. Wilbur ia an insur-
ance agent, and has d brother in the insane
ward OF the county house there. AN action
for a divorce has been begun by the girl.
~
Detective @. II. Miller states that Gen.
Grant paid theexpenses OF the detective in
yestisations during the johnson impeach-
ment proceedings out OF his own pocket.
james A. Dawson, who has been appoint.
ed surveyor general OF Colorado, Is a plucky
little man, with q long red beard; IL fearfully
deformod and as sharp as d razor.
The third controller has decided that 4
West Point graduate can only claim lon
cavity from the date OF his commission a.
an officer, and not from the date OF his
graduation.
Mr.. Graves, an official OF the treasury
department. ut Washington. il the subject
Of the latest scandal.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13

Some of the weather specialists are
predicting a mild winter, but it is veil
to be prepared for the worst. With
plenty OF fuel and provisions on hand
the temperature is comparatively
mild, however low the mercury may
St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-02
The Forces of England and
Russia.

Russia has more soldiers and more
ships of war than any other country in
the world. In her standing army there
are 900 men, and she has 358 ships in
her navy. It costs $126,000,000 year
to keep her military establishments on
their peace footing, and her military
authorities say they can place 100000
trained men under arms in war time.
The English standing army is $4,000
men. This includes the English regu-
lar troops serving in India. The Eng
lish War Office authorities profess to be
able to put $4,000 well-drilled and ef-
fective British troops in the field if call
ed on to do so. This does not include
the Indian auxiliary forces, which
would swell the total British forces at
home and abroad to over 100000 men.
1t costs England $90000,000 year to
keep up its regular army. In 1853 there
were $4,000 Irish soldiers in the English
army now there are only $1,000. In
1858 a great number of Irishmen from
the Tipperary, Armagh, Kilkenny and
other Irish militia regiments volunteer
ed far active service, and were sent to
the Crimea. The English navy con-
tains 1888 ships. But while the Russian
navy contains more vessels than the
English navy, it must be remembered
that England spends three times as
much on her navy as Russia spends on
hers.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-02

Hon. Norman j. Coleman. Commits
sioner of Agriculture at Washington,
has issued the following circular: "In
view of the growth of the industry of
silk culture in the United States, it has
been thought advisable to establish sta
tions for the purpose of experimenting
in the reeling of raw silk. In order that
these experiments may be properly car
ried out, arrangements have been made
with certain persons for furnishing the
supplies of cocoons that will be needed
from time to time. They are: The
Women's Silk Culture Association Of
the United States, 1928 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa, and Mr. Jules. Her
belin, 1914 Canal street, New Orleans,
La. A station has alse been esta bsish-
ed on the Pacific coast, under the hrec-
ton of Mr.. Charles Walcott Brooks,
post office box 1854, San Francisco, Cal.
It is therefore recommended that those
who have cocoons to sell should address
themselves to the persons above men
toned"
St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-02
The Aesthetic Name for Roller
skating.
SkaClH1ge

"Can You tell me where the skating
rink is 9n asked a man on a Springfield
avenue car of the conductor.
.'The charioteer will inform you, ," was
The passenger sought the iehu by the
brake and repeated the inquiry.
"Wait until the .postillion attaches
the third horse and then l will have
time to answer" said the lynx eyed
head light on the car, referring to the
how with the superanuated nag who is
posted opposite the court house.
s9The colosseum where they rotate on
castors is Just at the prov fternea OF Gne aes
am going to stop there myself to re-
volve an hour or two"
"To what 2" asked the passenger eye
ing the victim of rinkomania curloqsly.
ssTo revolve. That's the aesthetic slang
for skating,n said the driver as he threw
the lines to his relief and made break
for the rink.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-02
The Poor of Naples.
''Is Life to Them Worth the Living e''
Even i'm Sunny Southern Italy.
Galignani's Messenger.

In single rooms on the ground floors
or in the cellars whole families live to-
gether with donkeys, goats, chickens,
and pigs. They are so poor they can
not pay for better quarters. 1t is not a
depraved taste which makes them
crowd in these dark and dirty holes,
and keep their little ones in the gutter ;
it is only need. The Neapolitans are
not brutes. They like music bright
colors and light.
How can they pay high rents when
the best wages are scarcely a franc a
day ? There is no city in Italy where
wages are so low as in Naples. The
best skilled WOrkmen-the tailOrs, the
shoemakers, typesetters, job printers,
masOns and carpenters--even in the
busiest seasons, scarcely get thirty
cents day, while the second rate work.
ingmen must get along with ten cents a
day or less.
It is therefore, impossible for Nea-
politan to pay more than one dollar a
month for his rent. The condition of
the women is simply dreadful. A poor
mother is obliged to get work outside
of her home for her bread and for that
of her children. Hat makers, dress
makers, and flower girls make only
three or four dollars a month. The
great majority. of the. women are
obliged to go out to service as domes-
tics. A servant girl gets ten francs a
month, without any dinner. Some of
them have two or three houses in which
to de housework for one dollar at each
house every month. They are con-
stantly running from one house to
another, and scolded and threatened in
each place they go. Many Of these
miserable creatures have children to
nurse when they go home at night, a
baby, perhaps, that has been left the
whole day in the arms of little sister.
The poor mother, going home without
sufficient food and half-exausted, has
to nurse the little one, and at thirty
years Of age looks as old as if she had
suffered the wear of sixty winters.
Children in Naples are considered a
sort of burden or hindrance. When the
boss takes boy to work, merely to pay
vhim his daily bread, a mother is happy,
and when a girl makes five cents a
week by hard daily work, the work of
regular servant girl, the mother is
equally delighted.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-02

It is now stated that the fashionable
exodus from America to Europe this
season will be much smaller than for
many years past. The steamship passen-
ger lists, which have heretofore been
full in April, almost to the end OF the
season, have now plenty Of room. The
causes of this falling off in foreign trav-
e d oogS1d Gbr to the be 4fso Sa e hs m15
ssan old story,n and the opening up of
many new and attractive pleasure re-
sorts at home. The chief causes are
however, "hard times and consequent
impecuniosity ."-States.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-02

Only few years'ago Russia contained
twenty-five million serfs belonging to
private owners, and twenty-five million
men who were Crown peasants. Here
are nearly forty five million people VINO
received their liberty between 1860 and
65.-States.