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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17

The figures in the four right-hand columns indicate
the degrees of temperature.
The winter Of l877-7S was very remarkable. De-
cember l WAS 10 below zero: the 9th WIS 81 below. and
1t was not below again during the month. January
had eleven days below zero: the coolest were the 9TH
and 9th, 23o below; the 22d, 9th and 25th were 30 be-
low; the 26th was 49, above and it Was not below again
during the winter. February !, 5. q and &c were lGo
above zero.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
r
Lodges.

cRorroN LODGE NO. l6, I. 0. OF.
Meets every Saturday at 8 o'clock p. IN. at their hall,
Devils Lake, D.T. Visiting brothers are cordially in
vited to attend. FRANK PALMER, NC.
H. C. THoMpsoN. Rec. Sac.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
SIGNAL SERVICE RECORD.
Nearly Ninety Thousand.

Following are the names of the indi-
viduals who have made improvements
in Devils Lake, and the cost thereof,
since the great fire of July 2sth last:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
Total improvements In twelve months......

Fine job work at St. Paul prices at the
INTER-OCEiN printing rooms.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
Weather Statistics.

Following is N official record of the
weather from observations and readings
OIL file at Fl: Totten for 4he past three
years:
Thermometer readings and the rainfall, by months,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
DIREC;TORY..

sSs$ Arrival and Departure OF Trains.
Mail from the, east arrives at 4:4o p. M; leaves al
IA 10s35a- m; closes at 10 lisa. m. s#l,?,;
Devils Laket to Grand Harbor, daily-Ar1ives at loa
Devils Lake to Rogers and Jerusalem daiiy-Arrive.
}at1O .. M; leaves at 1880 a. m.
Devils Lake to Locke-Arrives Thursdays and Sat.
urdays at IL a. M; leaves at . p. m.
Fort Totten to M%innewaukan mails run semi
weekly. H. c. HANsBRouaH, Postmaster.
Railway Time Table. 4
Through passenger train leaves Devils Lake, al
X 1ls45 a M, and arrives at st. Paul at 1880 next msrn'
Leaves St, Paul, at 1880 p. m. and arrives a,
Direct connections made at Grand Forks with trains
Y for Grafton: Eeche and Winnipeg on tho north. and
Fargo and Fergus Falls on the south.
Freight train leaves Devils Lake, daily except Sun
.. n.
Official.
County Commissioners-w. Y. Rumney, Chairman;
John Barton, b. N. Creel.
Register Of Deeds-JohnA A. Percival.
Probate ~Judge-Frank H Prosser.
a. sherif-Ever Wagness.
Treasurer-John W. Maher.
Superintendent Of Public schools-James v. Brooke.
County snry %yor-John Huughn.
Justices Of the Peace~V.B B. Noble, j. F. Cowan, NJ.
: Campbell, J. G. Lamoreaux.
Constables-A G. Requa, Ed Hovey, A. J. wir.z, F.
+ W.becKer.
Land ONCE ofacials H. ". Lord, Register; A. o.
Whipple, Receiver, Devils Lake District, Devils Lake.
B. G. Tiffany. Register; W. J. Anderson, Receiver,
Grand Forks District, Grand Forks.
cITY'oF DEVILS LAKE.
President-John A Burnett.
-, ETr~ustees-First ward, Will Campbell; second ward,
Sam NJ. Dodd; third ward, Frank s. Converse; fourth
ward, John A. Burnett; fifth ward, VIM. N. Moore.
Clerk-Chas. s. Smith.
Marshal-B.F Stanley; assistant marshal A .Requa.
Treasurer-Chas. 4 Smith.
Assessor-B.F Stanley.
Justice-B J. Mcintyre.
Churches.
Westminster csbyterian Church-Rev. G. 4. Con-
verse. Services every Sunday ut II a. m and 7 p. m.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Prayer meeting Wedncs-
day evening at pastors residence. A cordial Invitation
10 extended to all.
NJ. E. .Church-Services at the school house each al
ternate Sabbath, morning and evening, by the Rev. J.
R. Yost, as follows: Dec. 20, Jan. II and rs, Fob. 3
and %, March 8 and %, April 8 and 10. Sunday
school every Sabbath at $50 p. m.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
FOREIGN.

President Grnvy has ordered a medical
repor., o.. the mental condition OF Louise
Michel, whom he will pardon it she be
fOuuu ins HE.
Gem my is working for control of the
"a! lrouus % ba cons ructed in China, tor
which 1t offers the eng. Ulcers, material, aud
money required.
London police that simultaneous attempts
are to be nude BY dynnlni,ers to blow up
the Holborn Viallct, and the Mansion
House Railway s.ati0n.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
RD-THERMOMFrER.

The dash IL, where used above. means below Eel
figures without dashes indicate above zero.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
The r,,afa,, a,,d The Lemon.

One feature of Zuni etiquette Is
rather a tax on the will power and
digestion. 1t is the desirability OF
showing your appreciation of the
skill and the fare of your hostess by
consuming a liberal and relatively
equal amount of every article she
places in front of you. Goaded on by
both their liking for American food
and their sense of duty toward a class
of hosts they held in reverent respect,
five of the six Indians l brought east
in the spring Of 1882, suffered, literal
ly, miserles untold, for they rarely
complained save to sadly depreciate
| their own abilities.
"What is it?" exclaimed n OF
them after a prolonged tussle with the
courses of a Palmer House dinner,
each one of which he would persist in
regarding as a separate meal and eat
the desired quota of each article COM
posing it-condiments and all "What
is it in American food my son, that fills
the inside with so much fghting?'
"Would you have me cover my
| nation with shame?" Indignantly
asked another, as he reached his hand
for a lemon which a generous minded
man on board the train offered him.
"What though we be waited in this
swift wagon as on the wings OF the
wind?" continued be, taking and
iourishing the lemon, sis it not a
house with many sitters ?" He was
In the dawn of his hundredth summer
and had never, during his long life,
tasted a spoonful of acid, save such
mild suggestions of it as might have
lodged in a green peach or resulted
from the fermentation of a meat stew.
SO [ protested, but in vain. He
whipped out his hunting knife and
severed the lemon. SIT must be some
kind of a little melon," specialized the
Old man, as he buried his toothless
gums in the major half of it-but the
next instant the lemon was rolling on
the floor, and he off his seat He
seized his chops with both hands;
tears oozed from his close-shut eyes,
he wriggled, groaned, ha wked, bent
over the aisle, retched, heayed-aId
one of his companions remarked
"Well, he has covered his nation
with shame after ALL" But the old
man did not hear.--FTdnk Fl. Cushing
in the Milestone.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
Arizona cliff D,CeWers.

A Star reporter encountered at the
depot Deputy Sheriff johnny Crowley
of Wilcox, Coehise county, who re-
ferred to a recent pilgrimage he made
to the Rio Bonito country in pursuit
of a band of cattle thieves. He de-
scrioes the country visited as being al
most destitute of inhabitants, portions
of which have never been invaded by
white intruders, except, perhaps, by
desperate men whose crimes have
driven them to seek the safety which
this terra incognita grants. In n of
the deep ano of the Rio Bonito,
perched upon one of its sides, some
seventy or more feet from the river
surface. Mr.. Crowley discovered a
number of deserted habitations of
the prehistoric cliff jewellers. From
the bottom OF the canon, looking up
toward the cliff houses, a series of
steps had been hewn, OF cut, in the
precipitous side of the granite wall by
means of which the now extinct race
were enabled to make their entry and
exit to and from their places of abode.
The houses consist of caves excavated
in the wall, the external openings
being large enough to admit the pas
sage of a man in a STOPPING posture
Each house has only IN room, ranging
in size from ten to twenty feet square
The front of the dwellings, OF that
Side which looks down upon the canon,
IS about one foot in thickness, and is
in all cases pierced with small orifces,
which may have been designed for
purposes of ventilation, or possibly
used as p~ertholes through which the
inmates defend themselves from
attack. As in all probability the
builders of these eeric habitations
were entirely unfamiliar with the use
of the high explosives now in vogue,
the means by which the herculean
labor of making these excavations in
a solid granite wall was accomplished
becomes a question of much interest.
Tucson Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
a Lo,e Eal,satfo, ef Hfs ZIG.

E# <1 S O
i remember upon one occasion that
Boyton was called upon by the fran
tic cries for help Of a man who had got
beyond his depth and plunged into the
breakers. followed by q surf boat.
The treacherous undertow, setting
strongly seward, had caught the un-
fortunate swimmer. and he was being
rapidly carried out of the reach of as
sistance. Boyton seized him just as
he was about to sink for the last time,
and had him hauled aboard the boat.
The man was utterly exhausted and it
was nearly an hour before he was full
ly restored. He took off his bathing
suit, dressed himself and then with
rare magnanimity took from his vest
pocket a fifty cent note (silyer half
dollars were not as plentiful then as
now an1 handed tito Boyton saying:
Il W you my life, sir, and ! hope
you will call upon me whenever you
want a favor. Take this money and,
treat yourself and your assistants to a
good stiff drink. You certainly must
be chilled through"
Boyton is of Irish extraction and as
quick-witted as Philpot Curran.
q. think you have made mistake"
he said, you put too much value
upon your life. Permit me to give
you your change" and before the
crestfallen miser knew what to reply,
Boyton had thrust into his hand forty
nine cents in pennies, ~three-cent pieces
and ten cent notes. Il will keep this
note as a souvenir of the value Of a hui
ma life.' said Paul, coolly putting it
into his pocket. He has it tothis day.
-PhiladelphSG Nems.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
PEARLS OF

He that wants hope is the poorest
man alive.
He who knows nothing is confident
in everything.
Only whisper scandal and its echo
is heard by all.
Success is a cleaning headlight
which attracts the moths of adulation.
Men are like wagons-they rattle
~prodigiously when there is nothing in
them.
If thou wouldst attain to thy highest.
go look upon a flower; what that does
willessly, that do thou willingly.
lie that resolves to be very eloquent
in making a speech, oftentimes cannot
speak at all, but sticks by the way.
"Hold fast that which is good" i'm
plies more than being satisfied with
present possessions; it must push
ahead and get more.
If there were no enemy, there could
be no conflict; we're there no trouble.
there could be no faith; were there no
fear, there could be no hope.
Whatever is coming, there IS but
one way to meet ito go straight for
ward, to bear what has to oe
borne, and do what has to be done.
Happiness is defined by Madame de
Stael to be ga state of constant occu-
patton upon some desirable object,
with a continual sense of progress to-
ward it's attainment"
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
A MfreG Ca.O,cd.

The Austrian Empire is'composed
of quite a number of different nation.
%alities, among them Poles, Hungarians
Bohemians and Croats. the character
istics of which are protrayed in the
following anecdote:-
Four Austrian soldiers were quar-.
tered over night at the house of
peasant. In the morning after they
had resumed their march the Pole
said:-
Comrades, that peasant had a very
fine watch"
1--WE should have taken it along
with us" observed the Hungarian.
.Tve got that watch" said the 30.
hemian.
"You did have it, but I've got il
now remarked the Croat, closing tbs
debate. He had already stolen it from
his comrade.-Sifftings
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
Great artists.

Squire Pummel: 81 tell you, dea-
con, my daughter Sue is going 10 be a
first-class artist. Her cattle pieces are
SO natural you a almost hear the
critters low"
Deacon Pummel: "Pooty good.
But my daughter Sal can beat that.
She hain't no faith in cattle pieces.
But she's painted some green cowcum-
bers % nat'ral that the hull family
came mighty near l.avin chofra NOR.
bus. '-Boston Beacon.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
Reduced lost OF EiUing.

Mr. Sparks-This writer sets out to
prove that the cost of living can be re-
duced to ten cents a day. The mans
a fool"
Ar. Jinks-"I think not. It can be
demonstrated. Last summer it cost
me less than ten cents a day
@. il did. eh Y
.Yes. The estimate included my
wife. too.
How IA the world did you manage
it9
easily enough. stayed with
my IatherinIaw. PHILADELPHIA
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
All the Marriage.
"TILL DEATH US PART"

seTILL DEATH US PART"
True and constant to the end,
ASS wife and dearest friend,
Pledged is here my heart and h1n
One we are, till death us part,
Where thou goest, | abide
Thee to love whate'er betide.
EVER THINE.
Evcrthine. my winsome bride,
All my care, delight and pride;
Death may come, but love will .
Growing to the perfect day;
Sweet the bands in life for those
Who may look beyond its close.
-NeW York Graphic
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
Sgfefsy mad DANCER.

First Hen-"There comes the wo.
man to drive us out Of her garden"
Second Hen-Yes, and she's pick
ng up a stone, tool Let's ay out
quick!'
Frst Hen-@No, no, stay here.
Second Hen-.But she's aiming
right for US.
First Hen-Yes, and If We should
rasye we might get hit."-CaA.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05
A .yess Brings a Fortune.

'
One not night last July, when the
burden of proof-reading in a close
room in the office of the Kansas City
Times seemed almost suffocating,
when the hot air of blazing gas-burn-
ers and the sitting fumes from the 6f-
ty jets over typos cases seemed be-
yond human endurance, Dick Shanks
might have been seen working as only
night fends on morning papers can
work, gazing intently at the agate and
nonpareil, takes deciphering bad man
uscript and laboriously contributing
his share to make a morning paper.
With fevered brow and tired eyes the
old copy-holder toiled on through the
busy rush of a '.heavy" night, gazing
through his spectacles to catch a turn
ed 90" or a wrong-font 81 About
$50 there was a slack in the run OF
copy, and while Shanks and his fellow
workmen were waiting for other
proofs, he began to tell how night
work was wearing on him, how he
could not sleep through the hot days,
and yet how dependent he was upon
his small salary for a livelihood! He
longed to leave the desk, and told how
he had lost a fortune in the war and
now had to work like a slave; that he
was poor and discouraged with his
condition, and he did not care how
soon the good angel called him to an
other world. A few minutes later
than this the proof-reader who sat be-
side him came to a little telegraph
take" which said something about a
vast fortune in Kentucky. Thinking
he could have a little fun by inserting
his companions name in the dispatch,
the proof-reader added in 8 few lines
on the manifold paper Of the dispatch
these words:
"The only known heir OF the Ken
lucky Shanks is r. L. Shanks, a proof
reader. supposed to be working like a
slave on the Times"
The old copyholder read it and
laughingly, put in his vest pocket,
where il remained for many months.
OF course no one ever dreamed that
there was a word of truth in the silly
prank of a leisure hour. but it has now
come to light that every word of that
manufactured telegram is true. Mrs.
Shanks one day found the telegram in
her husbands vest pocket, and asked
what it meant. Just for fun he said
it was a true telegram which he had
received. She told a sister-in-law, and
this sister-in-law wrote to Stanford,
Lincoln Co., KY, to know if it was SO.
The answer came that there was a for
tune there for the heirs of David L.
Shanks, formerly of Virginia; that he
had at n time owned a number of
shares in a turnpike road. He died in
1871, and the annual dividends had
accumulated and been in the public
treasury ever since, and that the heirs
could not be found. When Dick
Shanks saw the letter he knew mat
his father, who died just before Dick
was born, was the former owner of
those shares, for his name "a David
L.. and he came from Virginia. The
story is a large one, but it is enough
to say that subsequent communication
with the State Treasurer and county
officials has placed Dick Shanks' iden-
tity without a doubt as the heir of
three-ffths of the entire fund, which
has been accumulating for over forty
years. The case is in the hands of Mr..
C. j. Bower, of this city, and Dick
will soon have his money.-KGnsas
City Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-05

II We cured tho services # MIR Walton
A Sandoz. a compe'e at an | experienc. "A
druggist, nd will be prepared to fill all pre-.
scriptions at any time, and give prompt at
tention to al matters in mvline of business.
| respectfully %s-licit a-share of the public
patronage
f.. NJ. LITTELL,
Proprietor.
Opelousas. Sept. 6. | 8.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-21

The President having already indi-
Gated his intention to hasten slow y in
the matter of making removals from OF
flee, such conversations as the following
are worm wood and sail to impatient
office seekers. The President took the
conversation into his own control and
went on: Il believe" said he, "In civil
service reform. | believe the Demo-
cratic party should support me, if |
should commit my administration to
that policy. The situation for Demo
Gratis is a choice between rushing in and
taking all the patronage now as soon as
they can get it, and waiting and gradu-
ally filling the offices as they become
vacant by natural and due course of
time and circumstances. If we pursue
the former course we may be elected
out of power in 1888. five take the
latter, we will give the country not only
a good, businesslike administration but
deserve to be retained in power. say
this for the party, not for myself. Now
l think l shall practice civil service re-
form, pure and simple, and with that
determination, | want my Democratic
friends to help me by standing between
the administration and office seekers,
to keep them off as far as possible.
That is the sum and substance of my
policy. What do you think of it ~
The two Minnesota Democrats assured
the President of their most cordial CO.
operation, and some time later departed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-21

The n. Y. SIN is authority for the
statement that there is no other class
of property in the United States that
has increased in value during the last
ten years as rapidly as good corn lands,
and it has mattered but little in what
part of the corn belt they lie, as cattle
can be cheaply transported to any farm
within the belt, and hogs can be raised
throughout the region. Land lying far
west of the lower Missouri river that is
known to be sure corn land, and that
could have been bought for SO per
acre ten years ago, is now held stitf1y at
from $50 to $40 per acre and If 1t
lies near town where railroads supply
shipping facilities, and where there are
educational advantages for the farmers
children, it is readily sold at prices vary
ing from 500 to $50 per acre. The
uniformly high price OF land through
out the corn belt is beginning to attract
attention. The fact that the yield of an
acre of corn can be Compactly conden-
scd into one steer and one hog, makes
up for the drawbacks that result from
distance from market; and that part OF
the corn belt-the valley land only
that lies next east of the arid zone is
blessed with dry winter, and very little
feed is waste,, in that region by Deing
trapped into the mud. Cattle feeders
assert that the saving of feed effected
in the western portion Of the corn belt.
and the better condition of the cattle
fed there, more than counterbalance
the expenses that result from its remote
ness from market The contrary is the
case with the Western wheat lands.
Every additional mile from market de-
ducts from the scanty protlts-lt any
at all remain since India grown wheat
has entered the British mark cts.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-21

The Republicans are at least anus
ed, if not interested spectators of the
partizan Democratic fight over MIR.
Higgins selection as appointment clerk
of the Treasury. In Baltimore the line
is closely drawn between the German
supporters and the anti-Gorman oppo-
nents of this appointment. The mem
bers of the Crescent Club are, as a gen
eral thing, particularly bitter on Zig
gins. This club, locally known as the
Baltimore ''Tammany, " is led by"DoC"
Slater and Frank Morrison. Bradley
+. Johnson and VIM. Pinckney Whyte
are its ruling political deities. Ofcourse
they are feartuily outraged at Higgins
appointment. 1t indicates Senator
Gorman's supremacy at Washington
and the probable failure of their hopes
and plans. The Baltimore Bourbons
are not happy family. Keep it up
brother; let Republicans look on, but
take no part in the tracas.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-21
.!.c E,.iIr,Hatnriai Surccssi.;n.

F.ouiurpt lawyers i'll Auntppis. 10
whu:u WIS ic!arreG the question u: filling
a vaaanc5 III The sovernorship Of Mary
lard il. the G cnt oI Gov. McLane's ap-
poiutFner.t so the French mission cou-
slider that there would be no difficulty
about Mr.. Lloyd, ts.e President of the
Senate, VIII" would then become Cover
nor, continuing 10 hold the office OF Gov
eriIor after the eX pirdtion of his term as
Sotat,r unti the Legislature elects
successor. 1t is admitted that the coz
stitnnon Is not clear i'll those sections
prt:vi iias Tor the succession beyond
uamii,- tie President ,i the Senate, or,
in case Of his reiu sal tn serve as Cover
nor. the Speaker pt tie House. until the
Legislature moets IT, provide fer the
vacancy 1y eigctigu. Il it II Is thou .nJ
that il The Resident OF The Senate should
succeed Ia the guvernolsnp he would
cun1l,ine unt, the successor was duly
! l-cted and Qualified, because there
c'li be 10 one else to whom the power
'iit. he transmitted alter November,
S'tch Il Legislature acts. and because
Will the ysz would rc III accordance
| h'ltution tGyrAi provisions of tho con
| away : TO iauGae prarti"e for an officer
my elected or J nntil bis succtSsor Is
rs u The terms -, -riiIted aui qualities.
' '"j!le General A. .a,,s,a an" nt M Lv.e
about the plain
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-21
Mr.. BhIARD'5 SUCCESSOR.
Who we Men WIRE Who Deserted Lore for
Gray in the Cancus.

Vino we Men W~re Who Deserted Lore for
Gray in the Cancus.
IL he Della mare legislature. at Dover,
on Tuesday last. shortly before noon
both iinrlses of tbc legislature met in sep
ara;e session aud halioted FOR United
States senator Attorney General Gray
received the vote OF every member pres
eGt-2S III all One member of each
house was absent on account OF illness
On " Wednesday, 1t noon, both honses met
in join: session and formally completed
Gray's election.
IJ seems the general opinion Among the
salisbury men that Que Of the two men
who played them false was Senator
Ss;thin Chandler whn. as a Lore man.
was mad chairman OF Monday night :
caucus. Houston. 81 Sussex. anuti e. Lore
man, Is thou rht IL have cast the second
blank on the ii,st ballot. Chandler is
henceforth AMI i.re yer On the black llst
and the policy Of the S,H>tury> will be
to crack his head Whenever IT co.ncs to
the surface L. is understood and b.
lIeved that Inc price OF his vote was the
gu5ernatorial nomination, for which he
has been aspiring for So many years. II
thj, bs 81, the probabilities ara that It .
clubbing viii begin early. iy is concerted
tb =, GRAY : successor AS attorney Sc r:..i
vii i'e John ihaytII.r, Of SusS"z. =, j."
was GRAY 5 competitor fni the piat,. >
years ago. PaNnter is Gov. Stoct *, :,
son ia law. aud this. in measure. -
plans the interest taken br the al .u,,tI>
tratiuu lii Gray : success. the govei ..u,.
now that he s'as Removed tne obstacle T.,
John : adv t;ic'input. viii lose no time in
giving him le lob.