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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
TIE GROWING CROPS.
Indications of Decrease of TwO-Thirds in
the Illinois Wheat Yield.

SPRINGFIELD H., June 9-Secretary Mills,
advance sheets of the Illinois crop report for the
month of june based upon reports of CORE
spondents representing each township in the
State. The indications are from these reports,
that the wheat crop will be less than 10000, 900
bushels this year. against 320000O0 last year.
The report goes on to state the following infor-
nation concerning the winter wheat prospects:
sThe average condition of winter wheat in the
the northern, central and southern divisions Of
the State is not as good as on the first day of
April. The farmers of the central and southern
divisions of the State are still engaged in plow-
ing up winter wheat that gives no promise of re-
turning the expense of harvesting. 1t is shown
by the report that less than one-half the area
seeded to wheat last fall in the northern division
of the State will be harvested Over two thirds of
the late seeding of wheat in the centra! division
has been plowed UP, and less than one-half of
the wheat in the southern counties has been left
standing In large number of the counties
there will be enough wheat harvested for seed
and consumption. The condition Of the winter
wheat is up to an average in two counties of the
State-Kendall and Stark. The prospects for
wheat have not improved in the northern coun-
ties since April J., 1885, when the condition of
winter wheat gave encouragement for IS per
cent of an average yield in the northern divs-
ion. "a per cent. on May l, and 66 per cent. on
June l. The June report of winter wheat in the
northern division has not been 30 discouraging
for many years as at present The central dvis-
ion is not so encouraging as on May l, and will
not be threefouths of a crop. The average in
the various counties has not been more than 10
to 50 per cent In the southern division the
average has beer reduced from So per cent. of
an average crop on April /, to AZ per cent. on
June l. Altogether, the report is very dscour-
aging and it is estimated that not sufficient
wheat will be harvested for home consumption.
Good Prospect in Wichigan.
LANSING, Mich. June 9.-For the Michigan
crop report for June the Secretary of State has
received retIans from 72l townships. The
weather during May cold and dry but wheat
made good growth and the southern tiers of
counties promise an average yield of I'll bushels
per acre, which is one-fourth of buehel better
than the average for the past eight years. In
the northern counties the yield per acre may
reach sixteen bushels, or nearly one bushel more
than the average of the last eight years With
favorable weather until harvest, the aggregate
yield in the same will exceed 25, 600, 600 bushels,
and may reach 25 go 000 Following are the
percentages for other crops the comparison
being with last year: Oats, acreage, 10l; condi-
ton, 92 barley, acreage, SO; condition, o.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS

Are fast taking the place Of all others in factories
foundries machine shops and mills. Parties having
their own power can procure an Electric Generator
any other mode. The incandescent and storage sys-
tenn has been perfected making small lights for houses
and stores hung wherever needed and lighted at will
day night Parties desiring Generators to form
companies for lighting cities and towns will please
write for information. BY permission refer to
j. Cayen, ESQ., Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
NEVER FAILING

do not know of an instance in which the Cuticura
Remedies have failed to produce satisfactory results.
believe have sold more of them than of any other
skin remedies have handled during the thirty
three years of nay experience druggist.
A. d. TRYON, Druggist,
Batavia N! Y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
BEST BLOOD MEDICINE.

have sold more of your Cuticura Resolvent will
the best satisfaction than any blood medicine keep
G. E. DICKINSON Druggist.
Munda Ill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

Your Cuticura Remedies exceed both In sales apG
good results any skin remedy handled and il
is with pleasure that recommend them to our Gus
TONER'S assured that they will receive real benefit
satisfactory results.
DIR. D. BOWMAN g. SON,
Rourhon Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10

DTNTPLES Blackheads. Skin Blemishes and Baby
i ul Humors Cuticura Soap.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
Gen. Grant Nominatesa an Enemy.

To a reporter OF the Washington
Star Gen. +. T. Beale said not long
ago:
II saw Gen. Grant once while at a
white heat of vexation, in the library
of the White House, put personal
prejudices and wishes aside and do
his duty without question. He had
been abused and slandered by a GER
tain person to such an extent that he
could only recognize him as a personal
and a bitter enemy. The question
arose whether that person should be
nominated to the Senate or not for a
position. knew all the circumstances
and said to Gen. Grant: What are
you going TO do about it?' 'tDoabout
it?" he repeated. Il will send his name
to the Senate. He has deserved his
appointment by his services to his
country, and no personal i'll feeling on
my part shall prevent his obtaining
what he deserves He sat down and
signed the nomination, and it was
sent to the Senate at once.
when Gen. Grant has been a visitor
at my house children would over
whelm him with requests for his auto
graph. Often when he would return
home late at night from some recep-
ton, tired and sleepy, on this table
would be a pile of autograph albums
a foot or two high. Mrs. Beale would
say: Come General, it is time to re-
tire. You are tired and need rest.
Don't stop to write in those books to-
night, but wait till morning
mo- Gen. Grant would reply, IN
do it tonight. These books belong to
little children, and they will stop for
them on their way to school in the
morning, and / don't want to dissap-
point them and he would write in ev-
cry one"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
Gen. Putnam,s Neglected Grave.

From the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin.
Probably theonet thing which is most
prominently associated with the name
of Israel Putnam in the popular mind
is his celebrated feat OF daring up in
the beautiful town OF Pomfret, where,
a century ago, he killed in her den a
she wolf which had been depredating
upon the surrounding country. But
this Revolutionary hero's fame does
not depend uponthis single and abnor-
mally magniiied incident of his career,
and there is considerable ground for
the indignant complaints which are
publicly made about the neglect OF his
grave in the old cemetery in the neigh
boring town OF Brooklyn. The spot
of his burial Is marked by a marble
slab lying fat on a heap OF stones and
badly Clipped by relic hunters. 1t
seems strange that in these days of
monuments a suitable one has not
been erected to commemorate the vir-
tues OF him who distinguished himself
in the French war; who was captured
and nearly roasted alive by Indians
in 175S, who was conspicuous for his
bravery in the cause of liberty at the
Battle Of Bunker Hill, who became a
Maie.-Gener9. in 1915. who was APP
pointed commander OF the Army OF
the Highlands in New York in 1777.
who superintendent the erection OF tha
fortiications at West Point, and who,
while the command in Connecticut,
displayed his bravery and intrepidity
in various perils OF his time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
Some Mistakes About China.

Colonel Teheng-K i-tong, a young
ohihese mandarin who has lived in Eu.
rope Tor ten years, and is a military
attache OF China at Paris, has written
an account of his own country and
people, to do away if possible, with
The prejudice against the Chinese, and
10 enlighten the ignorance with regard
10 them that prevails even in
othewise intelligent European and
American society.
Among our innumerable mistakes
there are none greater than our IDEAS
Of chinese women. They are a happy
class' Every woman is married. The
Whe shares &ll her husbands honors
n dIgnities, and is the absolute ruler
OF her household. She can buy and
sell as her husband does; she has the
whole charge OF the children, Of their
education, and their marriage. She
can walk, or ride in q palanauin, and
wear a vel or not as she pleases. She
Ia nothing to do with politics, and
she does not choose her husband; but
Iolonel Tcheng maintains, after ten
years study OF French marriages, that
there Is more domestic happiness in
Chlha thar in Europe. He is both in.
dignant and amused at the Sian
ders about the neglect, desertion and
murder of Chinese babies, and the col
lection OF half-pence in Christian lands
lnr thn HnENTa.gtl, ~ H. "
lie was pointed out oneday by a lady,
ana heard her say, There's a China
man, who knows whether it is not my
halt-pence that have bought him?h
lntantaeide is no more frequent in China
than in Europe, and the laws against
1t are severe. .
The working classes too are excep-
tionally well off in China, if Colonel
Icheng IL not mistaken about their
condition.
They can easily earn five times as
u as 1t costs them to live, and
their taxes are trifing. The agricul-
tural class is held in honor, ranking
next to the literary class, which is the
highest, and cultivatOrs are generally
prosperous, whether they own their
land or only farm it. There are no
lawyers in China, and the people are
serious, liking quiet pleasures. The
whole social and political system of
China rests upon the family; family
ties are in~dissoluble, and family duties
are imperative. Families live together,
and all the sick and unfortunate are
taken care ofby their relatives. Titles
and honors are not hereditary, but
retrogressive. When a son is emo
bIed his parents receive the same
honor. 1t is to them that he owes his
life and virtues, and he is not permit
ted to be superior to them in rank.
A parvenu is impossible in China.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
Fighting Over a Coffin,

Erie, Pa, Special: A funeral in the vicin,
ity Of Ediuboro, this county, was attended
by a highly sensational feature. Two
years ago Daniel Elderkin separated IRON
his wife, and left her on the farm. Being
appraised OF her serious illness, he came
back TO receive her dying blessing.
Upon reaching home Elderkin was
confronted by n tramp named Hodge,
employed upon the farm, and who
had become infatuated with the woman.
Elderkin wal driven away before he could
see his wife. The woman died and Elder
kin attended the funeral, and while con-
vulsed With grief was attacked by Hodge
with a revolver, and n terrible struggle
took place over the coffin. Hodge also dis
puted the custody Of the children, and dur
ing the alteration one OF them was IN
jured. Hodge was finally overpowered,
and is now in Jail awaiting arraignment for
ttempte murder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
,,r MUSIC or MN HOME.

n. music Of the nightingale
lne !. uarbles sweet and clear,
a. rooing to the dew hower
That blooms and plusnes ntar,
l~set to hear at eventde
swhile shadows softly creep,
.~eeter is the lullaby
rat INV young vile sings tenderiy
in ~ .oothe our babe 10 sleep.
=. heard the greatest music
~ every land n chime,
~ heard the prima donnas,
rhs wonder Of their time,
10 listened, all enraptured,.
" ~ their music grand and high,
,,s,bsy never gave such Joy to me
y ausic half so sweet can be
4 mothers lullaby.
,,ya the music OF the brook
Thai purls through woods n meads,
rla e~ataraet's wild harmonies,
sand The wind among the reeds,
"a me carols OF the morning birds;
~, they're not so sweet TO me
When at even, hand IN hand,
~ children sing the Happy Land"
Reside their mothers knee.
r. heard the grandest choruses
81 ola cathedral choirs;
rre heard great o~ratorios;
I've heard the singing Tyres;
p,, more Hove the simple strains
maj haunt me while | roam-
rhs mother's grooming lullaby,
re- cbildren's merry roundeiay,
TIE music OF my home.
New York Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
GODDESS OF THE DOME.
How b Coartesies to the Rising Sun and
salutes as He Sinks To Rest.

~ hs otA ~ A"t AsAb Suh IN
salutes as He Sinks to Rest.
| heard some curious facts about the
dome OF the capital. 1t is said that
there was a statue in ancient Egypt
called Mennon which whispered sweet
words of T;elody to the sun rs he APP
peared above the horizon, and sang
him to sleep every night with weird
lullabies. The grand, naughty God
dess ofLiberty on topof the domeh has
a heart OF bronze, but a good heart for
all that, and n filled with true old
Virginia courtesy. She has notpicked
mp enough courage to attempt to do
the prlma donna act, but every morn
ing the good dame courtesies to the
sun, and when he sinks in the west she
again courtesies, but without turning
around. Some time since Architect
Clark suspended a plummet line from
the interior of the dome, and it was
found by actual measurement that the
lead swung Owe space of 4 1-2 inches,
making a total dip out of the per-
pendicular of s 1-2 inches. This is
caused by the alternate contraction
anu tA pdilSiOI Oh the q
A coat Of white paint is given every
few years to the dome at q cost of
5000. The painters who do the work
resemble nothing so much as tiny flies,
and the rope ladders, stretching down
from the top in every direction like
hair lines, remind one of delicate
streaks of molasses, which the flies are
working for all they are worth. To
reach the bottom of the dome ii is
necessary to lie PROSTATE, and climb
down these ladders, n proceeding
which is not of itself difficult, but be,
comes so when he who descends has a
dizzy head or an unsteady nerve.
The new terrace Of white marble,
which is replacing the old earth EN-
bankment, will relieve the capitol of
its ''squatty" appearance, and give it
more height, adding 120 feet to the
length and 90 feet TO the width. This
is TO be- Fitted up for committee rooms
and store rooms. The capitol will
then cover five acres OF ground and
will cost about SIS, 5000, 900. One
will have to walk half a mile to go
around it.-Washington Letter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
MARKET

CHICAGO Wheat, No. 2spring, 7os.c no.
3 spring, Csc: No. 2 red, s3ke; No 3 red, soc,
Corn, cash 44Sc. Oats, 25k@26Xc. Rye,
No 2, 56ke. Flaxseed, No /, S1.19. Mess
pork, cash, Ss.77h@S.s5. Lard, SO. 22k@
$6.25. Butter, creamery, 16@20c; dairy,
1l@l6c. Eggs, 12912kc.
MIwAUREE.-Wheat, Milwaukee No. 2,
sosc. Corn, No, 2, 43kc. Oats, No. 2, 25c.
Rye, No. 1, 56kc. Mess Pork, Ss.75k, Lard,
$500. Butter, drry, 15@1Tc Cheese, 10
7kc. Eggs, 13@l3kc.
MNNEAPoLIs.-Wheat, No. / hard, Sic.
No. 1, 79e; No. Northern, 76c. Corn, ~
@43c. Oats, 25@26c; white, 3l@32c; new
oats, 26@2se. Bran, $S.75@S9. Shorts,
sl0.25@ $1,000. Mixedf feed, Sl6@Sl6.5o.
Hay, Timothy, S9@S1l; best upland, 81
@$7 so.
ST.. PAuL.-wheat, No. / hard, Sic; No.
2 hard, 77c; No. 2 hard, cash, soc; No.
2, 67@T0c. Corn, 43c. Oats, No. 9 mixed,
2ee; No. 2 white, zoe; No. 3 white, 27c.
Barley Noe zoe. Rye, No. 2, 4Sc. Ground
feed, SIG TO SIT. Baled HAY, 81 bid
$7.50asked; Timothy $s.50@S9.00. Eggs,
ilk@12c. Butter, extras. l6@lSc; firsts,
1lM12c.
DULuTH.-Wheat, Sogc No. l hard and
s3kc for No. 2 Northern, s6a@s7c.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
TRICKS ON THE TRACKS.
Dangers from which Engineers save the
Public and Themselves.

HANGERS from Which EnSfheefs save the
Public and Themselves.
The Railway Review.
One who is accustomed TO railway
travelingcan scarcely realize how much
he is dependent for safety nponthe en-
yineer. Added to the responsibility
Of their station, engineers are also
in danger of accidents caused
by the tricks OF jealous rivals.
This rivalry, ir is said, sometimes
prompts to the doing OF utterly mean
tricks. A Sickle Plate engineer after
his very first trip WIS laid off because
he had "cut out allthe bearings ofhis
engine, He was re-instated, however,
sfte- he had proved that some rival
had filed his oiling can with emery.
Another now engineer was suspended
for burning out the fues OF his boiler.
Through grief at the loss of his po-
sitIon he died, and then n conscience
stricken rival confessed that he had
put oil in the tank so that il foamed
and showed water at the top gauge,
when in reality there was scarcely a
quart in the boiler,
These intense jealousies, togethe=
with the terrible anxiety incident to
their work, has a terribly straining eff
feet on the nerve, and statistics tell
as that, though Locomotive Engineers
may look strong and vigorous, they
are not all a hearty class. Ex-Chief
Engineer A. 5. Hampton, Indianapo-
lis, Ind, DIV. 143) vas one of those
apparently hearty men, but he says:
The anxiety. strain and jolting came
near finishing me-" His sufferings
localized in catarrh of the bladder,
but he used Warmers safe cure faith
fully for twenty weeks and now ex-
claims, II am q well man" II. S. In
graham, OF Cleveland, Ohio, assistant
Chief engineer, and other prominent
members are also emphatic in its
praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brother
hood has 1900 members and 240
divisions. Its headquarters is in
Cleveland, Ohio, where Chief Engineer
Arthur for twenty years has exercised
almost dictatorial sway. 1t was or
ganized in August, 1868, by the EN-.
ployees of the Michigan Central. it
has gwen nearly two million dollars
to the widows and orphans of de-
ceased members.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
ALeaff from History.
nm the Worcester Daily Spy.

From the Worcester Daily Spy.
Francis ourse purchased the Bishop
farm, as it was called, April %, 1878,
to be paid for in twenty years, the
price being f15O and the rental for
the first twelve years to be 81 per an
mum, and after that El0per year. in
the old homestead, which still stands,
lived and prospered Francis Nourse
and his wife Rebecca at the time the
witchcraft delusion arose. On the 23d
of March, 1862, Rebecca Nourse was
arrested by George Herrick, the Mar
shall OF Essex, on complaint OF Edward
and Jonathan Putnam, for having
practiced certain detestable arts call
ed witchcraft upon Ann Putnam,
Mary Wolcott, Elizabeth Hubbard
and Abigail Williams She was COM
mitted to Salem jail by John Haw-
thorne and Jonathan Coryin, Judges.
On April IL she was taken to
Boston with four Others by the
order of the great council which met in
the First Church, Salem. The court
met June 20, and the Jury brought IN
a verdict of mot guilty" but the au-
dience made such a clamor that they
retired and brought in a verdict Of
guilty. The prisoners were sentenced
to be hanged July 10. Mrs. Nourse
was brought into the church July 3,
Mr.. Higginson and Mr.. Noyes being in
the pulpit. She was inchains and was
accommodated. She was hanged July
10, 1892, on what is now known as Gal
lows Hill, and the body was thrown
among the rocks, whence it was recov.
cred in the night by her family, taken
to the old homestead in Danvers and
buried. The monument, which was
dedicated recently, is eight and a hall
feet high, with a grassed base two and
a hall feet high. The base is OF hock-
port granite, with adie Of Quincy gran
tie, lettered and polished, the apex be
ing Of cut Rockport granite.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
death q the Earl o. s~haftsbury.

Lord Salisbury died in London on the
31st ult. His career has been very long and
very full of ~sagacious beneyolence. His
work in parliament and his part in political
affairs have been important, but IL is as a
philanthropist that he viii be longest re-
~membered. Born in 1901. his attention
seems to have been directed to works
Of philanthropy almost from the time
OF his graduation from Oxford, and IL Is
one OF the evidences OF his sagacity that he
devoted himself chiefly to the promotion
Of the welfare Of children. His apprecia-
ton OF the fact that efioit directed TO the
reform % the young is much more fruitful
than that addressed to adults did not pre-
vent his participation in the worlds general
work of charity, and perhaps no man Of
his century has beer more conspieuously
identified with the benevolent enterprise Of
England than he.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

In Alaska in midsummer, according
to an interesting letter, the almost
continuous light OF day shines upon
bright green slopes, shaded here and
there with dark timber belts, rising up
from the decp blue waters. An end.
less variety OF bright hued flowers, the
hum Of insects and melodius song OF
birds, together with a degree OF heat
dispensed by the solor orb, which to
our thickened blood appears ppprcs-
size, would cause a stransar suddsnly
transplanted there to himself ia
any country hut AlanE
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
InvaIids' Hotel and surgical Institute.

This widely celebrated institution, located
at Buffalo, y. Y, is organized with q full
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OF all chronic diseases, whether requiring
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Marvellous success has been achieved ia the
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liver n kidney diseases, diseases Of the d.
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Thousands are cured at their homes through
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Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical As.
ISOLATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
Big Haze az Fargo, Dak.

The Sherman house, Fargo, OAK, j. G,
kissner, proprietor, caught fire In the
laundry Friday morning the End inst.
Thefire rapidly gaining Roadway, there was
no chance Of saving the building which was
entirely Quilted. Other buildings were in
great danger, but tho fire was kept
from spreading. The loss to the hotel
is probably $4,000 or 100000; insur-
anee on building $4,000 and 81, 900 on
furniture. The inmates lost everything
clothing and personal effects. though n few
trunks and very little bedding was saved,
also a few pieces of furniture. Every one
was glad To escape In their underclothes
doing their dressing I'm the street.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

wearing the thumbs in the armholes
OF the vest. Very likely when we are
adopts lnthe higl rshouldered, crooked.
e,oow, rushing gait, the Pail Mall
Jerks may be turning out theirtoes
ana sauntering along with a sort of
~9owie-knife nonchalance, caught from
Texas ranch life. We need deeorat;ya
tie mark. y" up "