The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
NEW ORLEANS.
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NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec: 29.-Th
entertainment given. Id Music hal
Christmas evening was remarkable TO
>ne thing-the evergreen tree, which
Vas about fifty feet high, came iron
MY farm at Edgewood," ELK Mar
vel's' home in Connecticut. It wa
shipped here for this purpose. Whe,
''Ik Marvel wrote his first and bes
book, ''Reveries of Bachelor" h
made name for himself ih the South
and then won a Southern beauty ant
married her. If this be true, as
have often heard, he feels an interes
in the "Sunny South" and to show thi
feeling sends Christmas tree for tn.
Worlds fair.
THE ATTENDANCE At THE EXPOSITION
We are of the opinion that there has
been less than 5000 daily paying ad
missions to the exposition since tn.
opening day. There VS. not much. i
any, less than 10000 free passes out
This, of course, includes visitors and
commissioners, and all others in the
employ of the association. The aver
age daily cash attendants will not bt
sbove 5000 before the middle Or last
If January. 1t would be otherwise,
out the impression has gone abroad
that the exposition is not yet in order
The educators who are here now will
70 home in a few days, and they will
confirm this report. This will tend tc
keep the average attend ance low fol
January.
The following statistics regarding
The attendance at former worlds fairs
and expositions may be of interest in
lhis connection
In point of attendance on the first
day of former expositions, the Phila.
delphia centennial exposition, which
opened May 10, 1876, was the greatest
the world has ever seen; the Number
of visitors being 1912 cash.; 11O,5OC
free: On the 10th of May it was only
1856, and the average for the month
1876. In June the average was 49,.
756, in July 24,481, in August 1866,
in September 81,961, in October &c.,
789, in November $4,000. The state
day celebrations at the Philadelphia
exposition were the best paying
lays. The admissions on these
lays were: New Jersey, 67,O52
Connecticut, 1904; Massachusetts,
1855; New York, 134588; Pennsyl-
7ania, 274,910; Rhode Island, 100, 946;
New Hampshire, 1892; Maryland
Ind Delaware, lie, 407; Ohio, 1875, 1861.
n point of attendance the Philadel-
phia exposition was also the greatest
the world has ever seen, the number of
visitors being 9,789,392. Paris, in 1867,
comes second, with 8,8O6,969; then
Vienna, in 1873, with ,254.687; Lon
ion, 1862, 6,211, 103; London, 1851,
1889, 1876; Paris, in 1855, 6,162. $3.50.
The average daily attendance of these
vas Al, 241, and the Philadelphia CEN
ennial $4,000.
A BULL FIGHT.
1t has been thirty years since bull
light was witnessed in New Orleans; it
was common amusement here fifty
years ago. A few days since a con-
tract was entered into between Mr..
]. II. Scott of this city, and Ponciano
Diarz, a Mexican bull fighter. with a
view of having this class of amuse-
hnents here this winter. The place Sc
lected is St. Bernard parish, on the
she'll beach road short distance from
the city. The lumber for the con-
of the amphitheater is now
on the ground and work will soon be
nroo1 hos f0 q
in search of some of the widest bulls
hat can be found, and is expected to
(eturn in time for the first performance
b take place early in January.
Last August Mr.. Scott sent a pcti-
ion to the mayor and council of New
Orleans asking, ''that he be permitted
to- erect the necessary buildings. and
70 give, during the continuance of the
Exposition, a series of Spanish bull
lights within the limits of the city of
New Orleans, subject to all the neces-
sary police regulations. This petit
ton was not sent to the authorities as
it became to be known that they would
oppose the measure. St. Bernard par
ISL was petitioned with the result
above stated. And the parties who
are managing this matter are sure Of
a large patronage. 1t will be a novel
spectacle, and on the day the first
fight takes place the exposition will
have to divide the attendance with the
Spanish entertainment.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Last Tuesday night the limited At
lanta express en- the New Orleans &
road was plunging along
at the rate of th;rty-tive miles an hour
when she struck an obstruction, and
the engine was thrown from the track
and turned on her side. The air
brakes worked we'll and the train was
saved. The engineer and fireman
we're damned by the tender against
the boiler head. and scalded and
roasted to death. Heavy spikes had
been driven in a cross-tie and then
bent over the rail. Suspicion rested
bpon a man named John Barker, and
e and his son were arrested by the
Ulcers of the law. A mob of about
loo men was soon collected, and they
Proceeded at once to take possession of
be prisoners. They denied their
Auilt, but the son, mere boy, was
4rtured by burning his hands almost
&, when he confessed that himself
and father had wrecked the train,
through malice to the road. When he
had finished his statement his hands
we're withdrawn from the stove and he
fell fainting on the floor. The red
hot. handouts fell gathering to the
floor. The angry mob, seeing the boy
was manned for life, decided to spare
him, but tied his father to tree and
in the presence of the tortured boy
shot him to death, literally Kidding
him with balls. The mob did it's
bloody work on Friday, and the corpse
was yet tied To the tree, and was seen
81 th0 passengers who arrived in New
0r3sans over .the Northeastern road
Saturday nUFKing.
The cnizne Of throwing a passenger
train from the track should be met
With the seyerest punishment, but it is
j shame that men will suffer them
selves to become fends and ruth
[essly trample upon law, while pre-
TO mete out just law to Others.
80 L - THE CREOLES