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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Crimes and Criminals.

The widow Of Judge SanbOrn, at Madison
attempted to poison herself.
Irvine Grubb was taken from Jail at Pine
vile, Tex, recently and hung to a tree.
The cashier Of an Oxford, Kan, bank
took all the funds he could find, locked the
sale and a~bsCOnded.
Mary Gilchrist OF Baltimore blew out her
brains because she saw her attianced in
company with another lady.
A Texas jury inflicted, very properly,
the death penalty on T. E. Cooper OF
Stephenville for committing incest.
At Parsons, Kan, during n dance, Gin
ton Morrison fractured theskull ofThomas
Win, who will die. Morrison says he was
trying to keep Win from fighting an un-
known party.
Miss Minnie Tumey, teacher in a public
school at Somerville, Mass, punished a
boy by filling his mouth with pepper and
making him chew it. The boy died in three
days and Minnie left town.
Benjamin H. Longnecker, director OF the
poor of Lancaster county, Pa, disappear
ed last March, after embezzling $4,000 Of
trust funds. The body found recently in
Los Angeles county, Cal, has just been
identified as that OF Longnecker.
At La Crosse the following were senten-
ced to state prison: Charles Bender, horse
thief, three years; William Lee, burglar, two
years; James Kelly, m~anslaCghter, three
years; Henry Carter, adultery, one year;
Frederick Chesley, burglar, one year.
Washington Rice of Troy, Ohio, was
awakened by some one trying to get into
his window. To his query what was want
ed, the reply came: ~ want your money.
Rice fired. The man fell, but rose and ran
a short distance, when he fell again. He
had been shot in the side. He gave his
name az Joseph Porter, and said he came
from Illinois.
F. j. Davis, an old and well-known farm
er of Rock Island county, Ill.,, committed
suicide by means of poison at his home in
Carlin Cliff, a lew miles above Rock Island.
A short time ago Davis was arrested and
bound over in 81 500 bonds for forging the
name OF Denuty Sheriff Sharp Selvis. Pub
lie Indignation against Davis was aroused,
and in a fit of remorse he committed sui.
eide.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
New Wisconsin Roads.

From all appearances Wisconsin is to
ave bigger boom in railroad building dur
the coming year than it has experienced for
many years. The new roads ard extern
sions to be constructed during 1886, SO
lar as learned, are as follows:
Milwaukee & Observation-Disclosures
north through Michigan to connect with
the O~ntonagon & Brule River, ITO miles,
and also from Forest Junct ton to Stur.
geon Bay, sixty miles.
Dalrymple Road-North from Bayfield,
to the Indian reservation, 6 miles, then
southwest to Saltwater $50 miles.
Merrill q Abbotsford-From Abbotsford
northeast to Merrill, 40 miles.
Milwaukee, Peoria to Western-From
Milwaukee southwest to Delevan, 40 miles.
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic
extension 100 miles.
Marshfield Road, known as Hile's Route
From Neillsville to Marshfield, 20 miles.
Minneapolis q st. Louis-From st.
Croix Falls to Superior City, 100 miles.
Wisconsin Central-Extensio from Wau-
kesha to Milwaukee, 20 miles.
Menomonee Falls & Western-Fourteen
miles.
This makes a total OF about $50 miles.
which will probably be increased by the
extensions OF the Northwestern and the
Milwaukee e. st. Paul lines to nearly ], 900
miles.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Personal Mention,

Marie Prescott takes champagne before
she goes on the stage.
Robert l.. Ream, the father of Winnie
Ream HOxie, the artist, died recently.
George w. Cable is an earnest worker in
the Sunday school at Northampton, Mass.
The business of the late H. B. Clahin Of
New York amounted in some years to $50.
900, 900.
Commander Brown, L. S. N, is engaged
to the daughter OF ex-senator Davis o.
West Virginia.
Bishop McLaren, Of the diocese of Chi.
CagO, was once a reporter on the Cleveland
P]laindealer, and did the day police.
1t is believed in Boston that Gen. Benja.
min F. Butler will enter the political field
again next season as an independent can.
didate for congress from the Lowell and
Lawrence district, standing on a strong
protection platform.
Lieut.. A. A. Augur, Twcnty-fourth in.
fantry, was married at Newton, Ohio, tic
Miss Edith E. Hutchinson, sister Of Lieut..
G. Hutchinson, Ninth cavalry. Lieut..
Augur is a son of Gen. c.. c. Augur.
Lieut.. Greedy lectured at Edinburgh be,
fore the Scot fish Geographical society.
Two thousand persons were present, in,
Guiding many OF distinction. The earl OF
ROsebery presided. The lecturer gave the
history OF the expedition to the Arctic
regions. He complained that the En-.
cyClOpRdia Britannica credited the British
with the results OF his expedition.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
washington Gossip.

Senator Miller OF California is so i'll that
he will not be able to attend the opening OF
congress.
Isaian Commissioners Atkins youngest
daughter was married to a son of ex-Gov.
Porter OF Tennessee.
Miss Mamie Hill, a daughter of the late
confederate general, d. H. Hill, is teaching
school in Washington.
Serious charges are made against Gen.
Crook, and the president has ordered
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan to Arizona to inves-
tigate his campaign.
Attorney General Garland, to whom Sec
| retary Bayard some weeks ago referred the
question OF the legality Of the expenses OF
the court OF Alabama claims, having signi-
fled his concurrence in the opinions OF the
solicitor Of the state department, Francis
Wharton, the publication OF Mr.. Wharton's
opinion is authorized by the state depart
ment.
Since the Kelly episode our diplomatic
relations with Austria ave been practical
" cut off. The Austrian minister, who has
not been in this country for some time,
has been retired upon the grounds that
having been in the diplomatic service for
forty-two years, he is disqualified for furth-
er service. This caves the mission vacant,
and the Austrian government has signified
that il will remain SO until the United
States sees fit to appoint q minister to
succeed Kelly, whom it rejected.
Many OF the new Democratic p~ostmasters
in the small towns where the salaries are
| regulated Nv the number OF letters mailed
are conn lining to the postmaster general
that they are boycotted by the friends OF
their Republican predecessors so that their
compensation win be greatly cut down.
Dozens of letters containing these COM
plants are received at the department
every day. At Ellery, H., the mail is col
lected by O. private agency and delivered on
the mailtrain to deprive the new appointee
OF his patronage and revenue And 30 In
many other places.
Gen. Porter, first assistant secretary oil
state, speaking about the severe Demo-
cratic criticism because OF the appoint
ment OF DIR. Lee, q Republican, as secre-
tary OF the legation at Constantinople,
said: The appointment to such a position
is always made mt the suggestion OF the
minister OF the post, N no questions are
asked. In this instance Minister Cox sent
q letter to the department requesting the
appointment OF DIR. Lee. giving his name
and address. His request was complied
with without hesitation and without max
ing any inquiries as to his political or social
standing. A minister is conceded to have
the right to namo his secretary Just as a
general has TO select the members OF his
staff. II Mr.. Cox desires u republican sec
rotary, there was 40 reason Tor denying
him that privilege.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Miscellaneous News.

Nebraska Irishmen subscribed So, SOC
for Parnells cause.
The founder OF Sage Female college, Cor.
nell university, has made a further endow-
ment OF $50, 600.
The Minnesota railroad commissioner
fixed a schedule OF rates based on distances
which the managers will adopt.
Dakota Democrats are soliciting SUBJ
scriptions for a daily newspaper to oppose
division on the forty-sixth parallel.
Mrs. Damon Y. Kilgore, a female lawyer,
was refused the right to practice in the
common pleas courtin Philadelphia.
In the county court at Milwaukee, Mrs.
Emily Miltner, the well known singer and
teacher OF vocal music, secured a divorce
from her husband, Charles j. Il. Miltner,
who is now in Europe.
Gen. SIS Burdett, commander-in-chief oil
Of the g. A. r., and the national council
have decided upon San Francisco as the
place Tor holding the national encamp-
mont next year, and thedate will be some
where between July 20 and August.
Fish culture is apparently not a success
ful industry in Iowa. The fish commits
sioner OF that state reports that OF the
7,007, 800 salmon, trout and other varie-
ties distributed thus far. not one specimen
can be found.
Il. Il. Brown OF Des Moineg, Iowa, the
largest creditor OF the city OF Memphis has
compromised his claim OF $3.50, 600 TO the
satisfaction OF President ID. Il. MADDEN
and his colleagues OF the funding board.
This virtually winds up all the outstand-
ing Indebtedness Of the old city OF Memphis
which originally amounted TO $1,000, 900,
and which has been compromised within
the past two years.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
There is an organized immigrant

There is an organized immigration
movement from Scotland to Florida.
The first instalment of fifty families
will sail from Glasgow on the Goth.
Each of these has from S7O0 to $780,
600. The lands to which they go are
already secured. Fifty Uncertainties,
who are also owners of Florida prop
erty, are ready to follow as soon as
the former have developed a colony.
Mr.. TAFT, conducting the enterprise,
expects to move fully 1000 Scotch
families during the next few years.
He is chiefly in need of guidance as to
facilities in the selection and purchase
Of seeds and plants.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Foreign News.

Sir John Macdonald has gone to England
to discuss the reciprocity question.
A dispatch from Pekin says that all diff
culties between France and China nave been
removed and that negotiations between
the two nations nave been resumed.
The Gaulois says President Grevy has
decided in the event OF his reelection to
send amessage to the chambers advising
granting amnesty to political offenders
without exception.
1t is rumored that the duke OF Cambridge
intends to soon retire on account OF age
from the post OF commander-in-chi his OF the
British forces, and that he will be succeed
ed by the duke of C~onnaught.
A dispatch from Calcutta says that5,-
900 people have been drowned and $50 vii
lagos submerged in Orissa by acyclone, and
that 1,241 square miles in the Moosheda-
bad and Huddea districts have been devas-
tated.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

The present population OF the Unit
ed States, based on the ratio OF in
crease as shown by the decennial cen
sus of 1880, and the partial census of
1862, is fully ffty-six millions-an in
rease of twelve per cent. infve years.
Twelve per cent. addedto fifty-six mill
ions would give us the population in
1890, if the increase were continued at
the same rate, namely sixty-two and
three-quarters millions.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Gen. sheridan's report, just sub
mitted to the secretary of war was a
disappointment tothose who have an
appetite for sensations, but was no
surprise to those who know how he
hates a controversy. 1t has been re-
peatedly said that the document
would be an assault upon the secre
tary of war, and it was also announc-
ed that the latter had decided to sup
press it until the offensive paragraph
was eliminated; butitdid not contain
any reference to the subject which has
been SO extensively discussed, and
Gen. Sheridan never intended that it
should. II simply deals with the Off
cial record OF the past year, and
makes some recommendations which
congress viii do well to adopt, but is
Of little interest outside Of military
and official circles.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Referring to the second blowing up
by dynamite ofCyrus w. Fields mon
ument to Andre, the New York Sun
says there is a very simple way to pre-
vent all further efforts to destroy it,
viz: Efface all existing Inscriptions
and engrave upon it these words: "This
stone marks the spot where John
Andre, a British spy, was deservedly
hanged by the order of Gen. George
Washington. From American patriots
his memory merits neither respect nor
commiseration.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
The ared-streaked m~eteorite, 5ofeet

The "red-streaked meteorite, 5ofeet
in diameter" whose fall and suisse
quent appearance, ''half-buried in the
earth near 4 ittsburg, Pa, has been
SO picturesquely described, cannot be
found by scientific explorers of the re-
gion. Prof. S. p. Langley writes to
Science, stating that loud detonations
were heard over a considerable area
Of western Pennsylvania, on the after
noon of September 26, but although
the meteo9ite was seen to burst in the
air, probably when two or three miles
high, no fragment Of it has yet been
found.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
The Dakota Vote canvassed.

Yankton, Oak, Special Telegram, Nov. 81.
-The state board Of ~nvass met in
this city and opened the returns from the
various counties OF the proposed state Of
Dakota, tabulated them and declared the
result. The returning board consisted OF
the following:
Members OF the state executive commit
tee: Hugh j. Campbell OF Yankton, chair
man; III. M. Reed oil Sully county, secretary.
Il. c. Beebe OF Sioux Falls, John Cain OF
Huron, S. g. Updyke OF Codington county.
j. r. Hansen Of Yankton county.
These gentlemen were assisted by Joseph
ii. Teller, secretary OF Dakota A. j. Edger-
ton, chief justice; ID. Frank Etter. M. d.,
superinte ndent OF the Dakota insane asy.
lum. The vote on the constitution and its
separate clauses was as follows:
For the 1872
Against the constitution 6,522
Majority for constitution...... 1861
FOR prohibition .15, Boz
Against prohibition .15, 21S
Majority for prohibition 334
Against minority representation.....16 $40
For minority representation...........11,2 56
Majority against minority rep
resentation........-.......... 1884
For capital
z, 146
305
3.167
sioux 1887
1874
2cattcfing.. q
Hufon's plurality 1885
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

1t is estimated that the corn crop of
Nebraska will equal 100000, 900
bushels. This enormous product is
grown upon what only a fewyearga ago
was considered a desert. At the pres-
ent price of corn in Chicago this crop
would be worth delivered in that city
very nearly seventy million dollars.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Mrs. Mary Ann Livermore is some
what discouraged about progress"
in New England, but has strong hopes
of western states settled from New
England stock. She thinks that I'M
limited suffrage will first be established
for women in a western state, proba'
bly, in Iowa.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

At the annual meeting in Boston of
the National Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry Minnesota reported forty
oranges in good standing in Minnesota
and Dakota. In several states a large
number OF dormant oranges have been
revised during the past year.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Under a recent decree, $4,000 sa-
looms will be closed in Russia on the
LIST of January, 1886. Here is pro-
hibition with direct power to enforce
it, which is somewhat lacking under
republican forms Of government.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Mrs. o. w. Williams OF Norwalk, Ohio,
who is o niece OF Mrs. Senator Angus
Cameron OF Wisconsin, states that the dis
patch TO the effect that Mrs. Cameron has
gone violently insane In incorrect. The
lady has not become insane at all, but was
Tor a Time delirious, the result OF an ac-
cident at the Brooklyn ferry. She IL inn
proving repidly.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Record of Casualties.

The Philippine islands were swept by q
cyclone. Eight thousand buildings were
destroyed and twenty-five persons killed.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
iowa Commissioners Report.


Des Moines, Special, Nov. 20.-Thei forth
coming report of the Iowa railway commits
sioners will show that the states mileage
has increased 1880 miles during the year,
and the funded debt SIG, 349,S In 1878
$343, $40, 4O2 represented 1857 miles OF
road. Now 1857, 7S9, 91S represents 81, 100
miles. The earnings for the roads in Iowa
were reported as follows:
Passengers, mail and express. S9,S91, 100
Freight and miscellaneous....... 26, 142, S37
Total earnings for the year end
ing June 30, 1SS5.".........$ $50, 2 1857
Total earnings for the yearend-
ing June 90, 1SS4......"....". 35, 1921
Increase Overthe previous year.
OrfOrIOwa an increase Ofl.O7
per 3SS,316
The passengers are 27.6 per cent OF the
entire earnings. The increase OF earnings
over the previous year, on all lines was
$1,121, GS1; the decrease, 81, 730,S4O, or n
net decrease Of $1,000, 159, or 3.5 per
cent. We think there is an error in the
Sioux City & Pacific report, which shows
earnings OF $S41,0 0 less than last year
the former report must nave included the
earnings OF the Nebraska extensions, the
present report evidently does not; this is
one Of the difficulties the commissioners
meet with in their efforts to get accurate
statistics.
OPERATING EXPENSES y EARNINGS.
The gross earnings for Iowafor
the year ending June 30,
1884, $50, 1921
TIL operating expenses for the
year ending June 30, 1884,
observation-disclosures. 23, $50, 019
Leaving the net earnings. s. IL, 4S4,35
The earnings for the 7,249.25 miles re-
ported were 81, 1922 per mile OF road.
The gross earnings for tho
year ending June 80, 1885
were $50, 1913, 5S7
The operating expenses were. 2 1908, 581
The net earnings...."..... .Sl3, 3O,O96
The net earnings for the 7,47S miles re.
ported were 81, TAP per mile Of the rOad;the
operating expenses for the year were q de-
crease over the former year OF $17.334;
the earnings an increase OF ~S3SS,3l5, or
the net earnings over the former year for
Iowa were $545, $50.
The following roads reported a decrease
in earnings.
lows Central. ..$201 Sol
Chicago, Burlington& Kansas City 1859
Kansas City, st. Joseph Il Council
Bluffs. Observation-Disclosures. 44,71O
Milwaukee & st. Paul"...""....... 13O,197
Rock Island. 300,574
54,017
Dubuque & Dakota"....."""..... Z, $50
Illinois Central.."....."...."........ 334, 451
Sioux City & Pacific......"-..... 81, SOP
Iowa Northern 2,617
St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern u, 941
The other roads show a small increase
OF the earnings in the state over last year.
The report speaks at length ofspecial rates
being allowed large shippers, and condemns
the practice as a discrimination. 1t also
protests against the abolition of car loads,
but favors making IL difference between
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Inc OUner rOauS SHOW q Small increase
OF the earnings in the state over last year.
The report speaks at length ofspecial rates
being allowed large shippers, and condemns
the practice as a discrimination. 1t also
protests against the abolition of car loads,
but favors making IL difference between
rates for long and short hauls.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Commissioner Sparks Explains His Rul-
ing Regarding Homestead Claims-But
Thinks Congress intended to Limit the
Amount of Free Land to Settlers.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Leaving the net earnings. SIS Il, 484, 1855
The earnings for the 7,249.25 miles re-
ported were 81, 1922. 22 per mile OF road.
The gross earnings for tho
year ending June 80, 1885
hCIC -C'co
The o%perating expenses We're. %, O93, 5S1
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1885-04-09

To q certain extent the spring elections
in the cities of Chicago, Cincirnatti and
St. Louis are significant. They exhibit
the feeling that should enter into mu-
nicipal contest where the interests of a
city are at stake, regardless of party lash
This era is widening In all these large
cities the issue narrowed down to contest
between certain elements that had run up
an immense Indebtedness, and the tax
paying residents. The result in Chicago
is almost astonishing. With former ma
jorites of owe: 10000 to overcome, with
the ring leaders of the perjurers, forgsrs
and gamblers fighting teeth and toe-nal
tor Harrison, and with an output of oyer
1000 Illegal ballots from the scum of Chi
cago, the republicans claim to have carried
the city by over 1000 majority. On the
morning of election Harrison claimed he
would have 10000 majority: and instruct
ed pool-rooms to bet three to one on his
election. Twelve hours after, when all
but twelve precincts had been heard form,
Judge Smith was 700 ahead. Precisely
as in the case of the ballot: box staffmg
last fall these twelve ballot hoxes we're held
back a few hours, and when opened dis.
closed enough to give Harrison majority
of 334. Investigations will be made, and
it is already claimed that enough has been
discovered to reverse the insignificant
handful to several thousand honest ma
jority for Judge Smith, tbs republican
candidate The republican city attorney
received majority OF 10000. The repub-
lican city clerk was also elected.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1885-04-09

At first blush it may seem rather pecu-
liar that President Cleveland should re-
nomin ate former republican as postrnas-
ter of New York city. We say peculiar
because it has been supposed that Cleve-
land was democrat, It least in some
sense of the word if not an ideal partisan.
But the appointment Of Pearson has no
significance. 1t divulges nothing On
the contrary it throws deeper into the
mire the average office seeker who occas-
ionally sees light ahead for his blighted
prospects. In considering the appoint
ment Of this man Pearson all the circum-
stances surrounding the matter must'be
weighed and balanced. Cleveland was elect
ed president Of the United States by the
The mugwump head-centre
and vitality rests rightin New York city.
They demanded recognition, and would