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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12

It is doubtless more than a mere con-
cidence that on the eve Of the meetna
of the three emperors with their chsa1
cellors the Militar Wochenblatt bylrI
perial command published the text 4
the autograph missiye which accom-
panied the order Pour lie Merite, iskl
conferred by the emperor on Pnn1
Bismarck. This missive was penned I
the anniversary of the battle (not y
capitulation) Of Sedan, and is ssfS1
lows:
"To-day's anniversary, which recs1
n of the most prominent events insJ
period of twenty-five years dulIaE
winch We have worked together III
marck became Prussian minister pre-
dent in 1862, also reminds me thai II
this day, as we'll as during two sa1E
you stood by my side, not only
highly-aprroved man OF counsel .
also as q soldier, and that there y
Prussia an order for merit WHICH
do not yet possess. II is true TINS
der has q special military meaning,
nevertheless you ought TO have nN
long ago, for truly at many q grew
time you have shown the highest coula
OF the soldier, aud you have also w.
oughly and completely proved
side in two campaigns that, apart.
everything else, You have the W.
claim to conspicuous military disAs
ton. / will therefore make up
what / have hitherto neglected by y
ferring or you the accompanying oI
Pour le Merite, and that TOO witi e.,
leaves in token that you ought 70
had IL long ago, and that you has
peatedly deserved it. Knowing
do how much you are imbued wln
spirit Of a soldier, / hope it VAL els
you TO receive this order, which seT
OF your ancestors proudly wore,
my part derive satisfaction from
bestowinQ this we'll -merited rewna
a soldier on the man whom
gracious providence has placed 4
side, ard who has done such greas NJ
for the fatherland. ] shall indess r.
most heartily glad to see Won
future wearing the order Pour y
tie. VILE
Castle Babelsberg, Sept ~
ITO the Reichskanluer fuIs
Bismark. President Of My Ssss
istry, General Of Cavalry, ete'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
fairi shnrt Arrnirnnd.

NEw YORK, Feb. GA large number OF
dynamiters in attendance az he tombs
police court to-day no see the ~ar.aigument
OF Richard Short, who committed an assault
ON Capt phelan. phelau was brought FROM
the hospital, entered the court room. and
took a position before Judge Patterson.
phelen was pale and thin, his left arm hung
u q sling; He made an affidavit charging
Short with stahbing him
DO Won zoe the man IA the court who as
suited your incurred 5ustfce Patterson OF
That u TIA man he replied pointing at
Eecrt, who stood directly behind him.
II shall hold You for examination, Short, un-
der SJ.0O bali" said the judge to The prisoner.
Judge. l should like to ask for the protection
Of the police while ! remain In the city, said
Phelan with q ahow Of besitsnoy. a DO not feel
safe from the sttaakso OF that mani pointing to
Short
I am sorry I cannot rive ron a body guard"
replied Sastlce Patterson, -b1t i cannot.
III you give me the privilege Of carrying weap-
Gus can defend myself, replied the captain
with some pride.
Apply TO the police; they win grant You per-
mission
The sergeant OF the police court squad was
determined TO see that Capt Phelan got
home In safety, so no sent two police officers
as a body guard co tbs captain and his wife
b examination viii talks place TO morrow.
DfD IN HRtr KILL ~CAvRSDtsns
An Official at the T0Hbs says Scotland
Yard detectives have been in the prison, and
the features OF short we're scanned with a
view 20 identifying him as one of the prinot-
pals In outrages In Ireland IL IL even
said that short was engaged IN the Phaenix
Park murder. IL Ia said certain that the
British government has evidence proving his
With crimes In Ireland before he
led TO this country, and that an attempt viii
be made to secur evidence for the purpose
81 having hun extradited
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12

A committee OF the Pennsylvania
state senate repm ~ against q bill 70
punish wife beating with the lash. 10 be
administered in the presence OF Witness
"a 10 the iail yard, at a whipping post.
The strength Of the growing sentiment
In favor Of the whipping.pos for this
class Of otfeuses was shown by the senate
voting down the report, and voting 10
take mp and consider the bill by 81 10
16. This does not necessarily insure
the passage Of the bill, but ii indicates
: growing conviction that wife beating
y not at present, adequately punched,
and the necessity Of more ignominious
and personally painful treatment than
u NOW prescribed by the laws for such
An ignominious offence,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12

THcRrr. Wis, Feb Civilian Wright,
chairman of tho town board Of Thorpe, was
shot and instantly killed, Wednesday, by his
son Robert aged twenty, The old man had
been drinking very hard for the past week
and been coming home every hight and ter
roriSing his family by threatening to kill
them. When he came home Wednesday
night Bob was In bed upstairs and his
was away from home. His father
commenced abusing the children and threat
Ing their lives. He asked where Bob was,
and being informed he was upstairs, said be
was going to kill him. Bob, hearing this,
slipped down stairs. and while his father was
In the act of reaching behind the stove for
an axe, shot him with a rife through the
window. Tho ball struck him in the small
Of the back and came cat hear the collar
The old man turned and opened the
door, and started toward his son, who fired
again, the ball entering nearlv the same
place az before, but coming outat the breast.
He died In q few moments Bob was arrested
and taken before the Justice court, and bis
trial postponed until Feb. I5. He was taken
10 Wellsviie and lodged in jail 70 await trial
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
Cost of Guns and Cunning.
P~hiladelphia Press

Philsdoiphia sresss
"What does a shooting outfit costg'
az can sell you IN excellent plan
steel double barreled breech.loader in
SIS. Here is one. 1t looks well, but
it has no gliding or ivory about it. b
is a ten bore, and will last you as long
as a gun costing 1915, and there n
great comfort iu the fact that If you IN
iure it, lose it in o swamp, or leave H.
out all night in a leaky wood SHED,
there will not be much loss involved n
the transaction"
"How about ammunition ?"
"That comes a little expensive, but
still the sportsman who hasn't much
money can have a good time on q smaH
sum-. Loaded cartridges that would
be suitable for this $l5 gun cost from
$3.50 to 81 a hundred, according to The
grade of powder. 1t would be a poHI
sportsman who couldn't get 81 worth d
birds out of 100 shots, so the ammuui
ton part of it ought to be at least self
supporting. For $3.50 q set of tools
for reloading the shells can be got, and
by using it they can be reilled at SAFE
to 90 q hundred"
"Are breech- leaders the only kind d
guns sold?"
Not by any means. Lots OF grang-
ers and backwoodsmen won't have any.
thing to do with so new-far gled ~
idea. They stick to the muzzle-loads
with its dozen different kinds of perks
what is the safest kind of q gum
The hammerless breech-loader y
is ~superseding everything. There are
Of course, many different kinds, but ths
principle is the same, There is no ham,
mer projecting from the gun and, con
sequently no risk of it being caught q
your coat or in a bramble and causing I
premature discharge. The triggers ara
protected too, for there is o sort d
brake which you apply when you're al
going to shoot. Guns like that, band
somely mounted, cost from 1925 up
They save time and trouble, for the
are self-cocking. Winchester rifles are
as low as $lS.75 and as high as yca
cho9se TO pay. Remingtons are IRON
$40 ~. Ballcrds the same price and
Frank Wessons from $25. They srs
used in this part of the country iOt
small game.
"They are making more ammunition|
in this country than they did. That bia
show case over there is a display q
Eley's, the London cartridge manutEj
turer, which was shown at the centeu1
NAL. AT that time American c~artrdgj
es we're not equal to what they are nov
Large quantities are turned out bythi
gun makers of New England. The Enj
glish wads and caps still prevail, hosi
4 aNar -R. \
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12

A -
The visitor 10 New York and the
average citizen who works for his living
seldom or never sees the really swell
society girl unless he catches a glimpse
Of her in her box at the opera house or
sees her roll by in a glittering drag once
a year on coaching day" Any one
more thoroughly guarded than the girl
in question it would be difficult to ina
CINE. To begin with, the season has
been so much shortened OF late that
she is only in New York a few months
in the year. Six years ago social Testify
tiles began in September and nc
n thought of leaving town before Ju.
w. Nowadays fashionable people new.
er come home before November, and
the season is not fairly started before
December. 1t goes fast and furious
for five months, and then comes on the
Coaching Clubs parade in May, which
officially closes the season. /.
The society girl runs over to England
in MAY and catches the Londen season
at its height. About the second week
of August she goes TO Newport, where
she remains till quite late in Septem-
Der. Thence she journeys to her IA
Tiers country home and builds up" N
preparation for the New York season.
She is called q bud-a debutante-in
her first rear, q society girl In her sec
ond and is pronounced passe In
her third. Her life is q constant
series of entertainments. She rises
late in the morning, goes to a z
o'clock breakfast or luncheon In her
mothers brougham, returns IN time "a
make an elaborate toilet and be whlrled
through the Park at 8, when she Is
brought back to dress for dinner and
the subsequent opera, reception or ball,
or perhaps all three.
At an early hour in the morning she
steps out OF the carriage, wrapped to the
chin in furs. and falls YEARLY into the
arms of her maid. Her manner is very
English" II is fashionable just now
to be brisk, wide-awake and jolly. The
romantic girl, the novel-reading girl, the
SplfltueilS girl huu INC CSoAnPliohcu
girl are all out of style. The girl of th'
period is very bright, q bit horsey anC
uncommonly attractive. If her flow o
spirits is sometimes forced and palpabl!
unreal, who can wonder? What woult
you have? Fatigue will overtake thu
strongest OF us.
Eventually she marries in her owl
set, becomes one of the married WON
an beauties" rides to hounds, goe
yachting with her husband and bring
up a family of we'll bred boys and girls
Rarely-very rarely, indeed bit o
scandal furnishes her name. Whethe
in London, Newport or New York sh'
is always as carefully guarded as a prin
cess. She never goes out without he
I chaperone, and her mothers eye is eve
upon her And the father? Does an.
one ask about the old man? He plug
away steadily in town eleven months il
the year, making the money ~necessar.
for the maintenance of the girL-NeS
York Letter in Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
MINNESOTA Horss.nsn.

A meeting OF Minnesota Horsemsn was held
at 81. Paul on Wednesday. The constitution
association The name is to be 'The Minneso-
Ia Association Of Trotting and Pacing Horse
Breeders" The officers are TO be a president,
two vice presidents, q secretary and treasurer,
and an executive csmnmittee Of five members,
all TO be elected at tho annual meciing on the
second Wednesday in December.
The dates for the races and the purses, and
all the necessary arrangements were left with
the executive conn Sreey
The following are the officers: President,
N. W. Kittson, St Paul; vice presidents, j. q
Oswald, Minneapolis; c. A. DeGraf, st Paul;
secretary, r. @ Judson, Pennington; treasur-
or, W. X Merriam, St Paul; executive CON-
mstsce, n. i. Grsttan, Preston; r. c. s.dson,
Pennington; Geo. Graves, Rochester; c. A.
DeGra1, st Paul; Isaac Staples, saltwater.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
b A lord ChancelIor's Reception.

A New England governor had a way
OF making unexpected visits to institu.
tions under the control Of the state;
and some amusing encounters, in the
way of remarks about himself, etc,
have been the consequence of his
incognito; but we believe it has ley
subjected him to the announcement joke
of being mistaken for a patient at an in
q N asylum.
When Sir Edward was Lord Chan
cellor Of Ireland, he paid a visit to o
lunatic asylum near Dublin, somewhat
by surprise, as he wished TO ascertain
its real condition. The only notiica-
ton Of his coming (which arrived a
very short time before he did was sent
by some wag of his witty nation who
evidently had a mind to get some fun
out of 1t. 1t happened that the super
intendent was absent when this notice
reached the establishment, and the sub
ordinate official received it in good faith,
and acted upon it accordingly. What
the notice was may be guessed from what
follows.
On Sir Edwards arrival, he found
himself rather nnceremoniously treated
and after waiting in the parlor for the
return OF the proprietor until his pa
thence was exhausted, he signified his
intention to go through the establish
ment without more delay; whereupop
the attendant struck him aghast py
coolly informing him that he could not
be allowed to do il by any means.
Cant be allowed to do i'll What do
you meaIi, feliow!" asked the indignant
chancellor.
II mean just what ! say, thin. You
cant go, so you may as we'll be
quiet
@What do you mean, sir, by this in
science? Open the door, sir, and
show me to my carriage. / shall re-
port your conduct, sir, aud il your mas
ter does not punish you, / shall take
steps to make him and you respect my
authority"
"Ohl be asynow with your authority.
Keep quiet, / tell you. Owl a foot
you'll stir out OF this till the docthur
comes back, and puts you where you
want to be sadly"
"What-what is the meaning of all
this? Don't you know who / am, fell.
low, or are you mad?"
Faith, there's one Of us mad, sure
enough; an / know you very well, il
that's all that's troubling you"
lyon can't know me, or you wouldn't
dare to behave thus TO me. / am Lord
Chancellor Of Ireland"
"Lord Chancellor? Well, sure you're
welcome home TO us,-we have three
or four Lord Cl,ancellors here already.
And the story goes that Sir Edward
Sugden had to submit to the con-
trainte par corps,
"Pstiobce, periorce, with wiifui choie,
meeting
until the return Of the proprietor and
manager Of the asylum, an hour or two
later; when with som difficulty he es-
tablished his identity and sanity, and
was once more free man.-John O'Con-
nelps Recollections.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
The wrlght Iuycstlgu,ion.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6--F Legate Of Lesv-
enwoyth appeared to-day before the sub
committee investigating the conduct of
Marshal Wright of Cincinnati, and was ques-
toned by Representative Foiiett relative TO
a conversation with r q. Kerenes Of St
Louis, wherein the latter Informed Lee
gate OF an arrangement 10 kill GER
tain prominent Democrats OF Cincin-
natl Y they figured too c~onspicuously cleo
ton day. An objection raised by Stewart
10 the question was sustained and the wit.
ness was discharged Chairman Springer
then announced the testimony IN this inves-
sigatlon closed. Two reports viii be made,
q majority report by Springer aud Van Al
styne, Democrats. and a minority by Stewart,
Republican Stewart in hts minority report,
win say the October election in Ohio was a
sair one. Springer and Van Alstyne have
not yet agreed upon the character Of their
report
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12

MITCHELL, Oak Special Telegram, Feb q
Word has Just reached here OF the death by
suicide Of A J. Brown, OF Mabott a Brown,
Vernon, whose store building and
stock were burned Monday morning. Brown
left home Wednesday morning ON pretense
OF going into the country to collect some
money. He drove to Grand View, Douglas
county, and purchased poison at the drug
sore, saying he wished 70 kill a dog. He
yer to his room in a hotel and took the
poison. His groaus alarmed the inmates Of
the house, and the room wal broken into and
everything possible lone to save the life Of
the miserable q but IL was too late. He
He'd last night The usinssao OF the Arm was
in d very bad condition. and Brown, who was
agent for Bassett, Hunting 4 ca, grain
dealers, va 5000 short In his accounts The
subsequent developments have also aroused
suspicion In regard 10 the origin of the fire.
Brown was thirty years OF age, and leaves a
wife and one child. His wife is q daughter
" the other member of the frm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
NERVOUS oRAroHs'


AA0u VINO AiWayb SNAKE And xremhla -
fore 1xakins . Great Speech.
Great orators are almost invar;aAt.
nervous with apprehension when abo.,
10 make an important speech. Lutbs,
10 his last years, trem5led when ba :
tered the pulpit; the same Is trna
Robert Hall. Mr.. Cough confas.ss
that he is always in atremor when IN,
ing before an audieaice. Many 81 Il.
leaders of the House of Commons bsss
given similar testimony. CANNING sEg
he could always tell in advance whepS.
was about to make one OF his ~,
speeches by q chill running through him
caused by q fear OF failure. I,ors
Derby, father OF the present Earl
when o young man, was one OF ~
best speakers in Parliament. He ~.
known as the prince Rupert az n
bate" and seemed so self possessed !.
TO be incapable OF embarrassment. But
he said: when l am going to speel
my throat and lips are as dry a. thoss
of q man who is going to be hanged
He also told the late Sir A. Allison that
''he never rose to speak, even in n
afternoon dinner assembly without y.
~periencing a certain degree Of neryop.
tremor, which did not go off till Ia
warmed to the subject"
1t is recorded of Cicero that h.
shuddered visibly over his wbols
body when he first began to speak
In the Life of Lord Lyndhurst," by
Sir Theodore Martin, We are told
that he did not prepare hi,
speeches. Though like all great ora.
tors, he never rose to speak without ner.
vous emotion, this is no way interferej
with his power Of thinking as he spoke.
and calling into play the dttest Ian.
guage to express what he thought. The
intensity with which his intellect worked
became contagious. He got his hear,
ers minds within his grasp, he made
them think with him, see things with
the same clearness he himself saw them.
and so led them insenslbly up TO HI,
own conclusions" Tierney, " on
Lord Macaulay calls one of the most
fluent debaters ever known, said
he never rose in Parliament With.
out feeling his knees knock 10.
gether. 1t is one of the compenss.
| tions of nature that the W TEN.
permanent which occasions the trembling
is also one Of the causes of oratoricd
success. In fact, it may almost be said
that no one can be a great orator, or q
really effective speaker, who does moi
experience the feeling.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12

After . full discussion Of the Lover.
ing Pension bill the Massachusetts, De-
partmsut Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public has declared against IL. The
bill, y i we'll known 10 q proposition 10
pension every man who served in the
war oithe rebellion sixty days, regard
less Of his present condition Or pecuni-
AIRY standing The vote was sufficient
~ decided 10 show that ths sentiment
OK the men who comprise the posts in
Massachusetts is hostile 10 the PROPOSE.
tion after i careful consideration Of its
merits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
OF sEHS on fIiE WEEK.

szAAssaotA N the xsAd ~ Ksw orissasA
Referring TO tho Minnesota taiiy exhibit tho
seS Orleans Times Democrat Gays:
Minnesota Is ahead in the dairy division or the
exposition. IL Is cause for pardonahls pride 10
Minnesosians that the highest heners in the
wards on butter should belong 10 d Sissxsn OF
nat state, and that Id hddstidn ID the grand
sweepstakc On, twenty bnS out Of sixty .fonr Of the
class and Pre- sata premiums on butter should
rhb knows that this was ono Of the most closely
tested awards ever made In this country, 80
hat the hcnors conferred here were fairly wcr.
The result shows TO the world that Minnesota
j now ia quality, as she soon will Be Ia quaint
y, tho leeding dairy state ~ the nation Thus
" adapted 70 the growth OF diary grasses water
abundant and always pure and cool; . climate
char, dry and bracing, free from fogs and
suiirincss; and last buA not least intelligent
stock and dairyfhen. The dairy industry 10 In its
infancy IL the state. The FIRST creamery 10 not
I'VE years ole, yet the amount Of creamery ncn butter
in 1854. The dairyraen Of the state were honored
BY the appointment or q. w. Marvin, . pionser
creamery msn Ia tfs stats, and proprietor, with
Mr.. Camsasck, 10 the position first of state and
then ~ general superintendent OF the dstry
division He selected \. A. Richardson OF Aus
tin, MINI, and A. y. McKinstrey Of Minnebago
City a. assistant srperintendenss FOR the state,
and 10 their ability and interest under Mrs.
MaYyip's direction the success OF the state ex-
IL due. Minnesota has $4,000 cows and
Fvcfn for millions nora She has > healthy
climate for stock, 40 well a. people, 40 any in
tho world She can furnish premium bread
and butter for ChrisicndoTn, and invites the
attention OF homeseeksrs TO her br0ad acres
and generous welcome The rapid Develop
ment of her stock and dairy interests in the
state is largely due to the organization Of the
Butter, Cheese saa Live Stock association, and
any information concerning openings in Min
ncsoiA for stock and dairy farming may be adj
dressed to the secretary, ". O. Rice, Zumbrota,
MINI
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-12
PROCEDURES or CONGRESS-.

SENATE Mr.. Cullom moved TO amend the
house hin by substituting for ii the senate, or
commission bill Agreed to--yeas 50, nays is
The Democrats voting in tho affirmative were
Msssrs Coiquitt, Hampton, Jonas, McPher-
son, Morgan and Pugh. The only republicans
who voted in the negative were Messrs Ed
munds and Van Wyek. The discussion lasted
most OF the session. In executive session the
following nominations were received; Gns-
tayus A. Wetter, register OF the land office,
Yankton, OAK T. r. Champlin, receiver OF
public moneys, Rapid City, Oak Joshua X
Smith, Mississippi consul At Ascension, Para
gnay. observation-disclosures A Spencer,
~Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Sylvester w Osborne,
Darlington, Wis. Miss Elite l. Peet, Upton,
Iowa; Daniel ID Johns, Groton, Oak john It.
Yeo, Dillon, Mont Hattie DeBnison, Yancou-
yer, Washington Territory.
HoUss-The bin regulating the forms Of
bills OF lsding and duties and liabilities Of
~shipowners passed. Tn river and har-
Dor bill was debated at much length.
The Eade Galveston scheme was given damag-
ing blows by Reed Of Maine, Price Of Wiscon-
sin, and Washburn OF Minnesota. Mr. Wash
burns speech was specially effective against
this clause of the bill He said he was in fav-
or OF liberal river and harbor appropriations.
Even the bill produced by the first session OF
the Forty seventh congress, which Was de-
nonnced as being largely to improve trout
streams and macadamize dry runs, werenot too
large for the just needs Of the country.
Minnesota was especially interested in
liberal appropriations for river and har-
Dor improvements. 81 tnated at the head OF
the two great water arms Of the country.
She wanted TO see both improved To expen-
diture on these MINES ta owes, in measure,
her rapid growth. Besides cheap water
freigh-s Hhe had en- joyed the cheap railroad
trahalf hat aecomp anies the Improvement OF
water WAYS, and W ould continue In the future
unless HeutralIzed by such unnatural legisla-
ton as that OF the Reagan hill, which declares
that railroads sha II be foreelosed from conipe-
dtion with water ways