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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
The Surviving Generals.

The only twogreat commands
living who faced each other hma
the thrilling and crimsoned annas
late civil war are General Willis
Sherman and Gen, Joseph L. JOINS
Grant met Lee, Joseph and Y
Johnston, Beauregard, Bnckner
and pemhoF: ON in battle, as ehgs
manders, and of them JosephE I
ston, Beauregard, and Bueknr
yive.
Meade, who met the terrible
of battle at Gettysburg, was bona]
the city OF the silent within q
time OF the imposing Southern ~
that committed the dust OF ls
the mother dust; and ThomH
Hood, who fought thelast great ~
of the war at Nashville, both shsPl
dreamless sleep OF the dead.
Sherman and Johnston al0H
main of the great commandes I
locked horns with each olia
the flame of battle. Their eams'
from Chattanooga 10 AtlaRa' !
from Atlanta to the sea, was meg
brilliant OF the war, and they a.
only two great commanders NR
lett to sit down and talk Their a1
over, as they often do in The heala
good fellowship,
of the many commanders o
heroic Army OF the potomac, no Y
main, with the single exception ola /
eral Mcclellan. Scott. heDes
Burnside, Hooker, Meade, anao,
who nturn commanded that Hass
cent army, have all gone 70 pal
great majority, and Longstreel :
only one OF Lee sgreat lieutenah''s
fingers with the living. Jackson
Ewell, and Stewart, who were ~;
great conflict OF the army OF Wy
rest with theirgreat chieita'nolA
I ton.
Joseph +. Johnston and y ! 4
regard are the only SURVIVING
I federate commanders who Ha Y
armies TO battle, and they are ~ y.
ed by the frost oftime, JohIls' !.
been in congress, and Is now
I head OF the National Railroad pI'
while Beauregard is barterlns w. y,
in the market-place whers 81 y
swindlers rob the multitude ~
delphia Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

sEa 1aHgg a. gltr
aud lurist Of the country have united in declar-
ing that the people are parties to those com
paots, and OF right entitled to act upon them
and demand their fultillment IN addition 70
THESE cofnpacts the cons.itution of the United
states, rs luficially interpreted by the Supreme
court, which interpretat on has never been re-
soked or questioned by any subsequent court.
mas guaranteed to the people OF this terrific " a.
70 All territories, the absolute right OF self-goy-
eminent and statehood whenever their con
sad theLf resources lie sufficient to enable
tational and legal rights which congress has no
gard. as senator Ilarriaon said upon The floor Of
the senate last winter, by hru.e force"
UNITED STATES APPROPRIATION
~ mas been the cnstom for congress 10 appro.
prlase ior new state upon admission 5OO'0oO
acres OF public lands Tor Internal improvements
o. ss', .ts. % Sn,l land for ,as n.ntsaanoe
the endowment and maintenance Of
an agricultural enllaee ...,;;,,, -.
ior building and maintaining q penltentiaTy.
,na III tne SAT- springs "a state not 70 exceed
Twelve sections. In addition to these nations
y mas been the custom OF congress a. a corpan-
sation 70 new state for the exemption n the
gni.ea states land. and property from TAXATION
proceed. :. 3, sIph no % sasa per seat q We noss
witiinthe state from the time OF ita organfxa.
tion as territory. This sum for the ate N
,u,ako,a WI, amount 70, as we are informed by
aoih ~. fettigrew- from whom we have gst h.
sred these faon n above stated, the sum ot
Td.SVo, 900. being one.tweptisth oi the ,um 81
SSo'ooo,oVD, the amount OF sach sales mn
20 tMs time. III Dakota should be
aamuted a. whole these donations and grants
wonid be the same Tor the whole as II the two
states weus separately admitted. Therefore N
y easy 70 see that by the division this people az
sDe sw.s.ate val gain twtca the value IN tines,
vfanfsas they would N admitted a. a whele'
,DnuSrrIos or TAXES.
he schoop1aAds which viii belong 10 tbs ,o,.,
staae OF Dakota wa bc, In ronnd nuInbers
toow 2,soo,oOo scrcs, Valued at $1,000 900
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

Brazil is taking steps 70 hasten the
extinction OF slavery, that institution
having long ago begun to die out in
the Empire. The greatest OF all South
American countries is keeping quiet
and mindlng its own business, but it's
progress toward high civilization and
great power and wealth is rivaled by
no South American State save, per-
haps, Chill and the Argentine confed-
Grafton, and neither Of these coun-
tries can ever equal Brazil in size and
possibilities Of greatness.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

Disastrous floods, cavering an area OF
1890 square miles, have occurred in the
presidency OF Bengal, the largest and most
populous OF the twelve main divisions
OF British India. A great amount of
property has been destroyed and mum.
bers OF lives lost Many families have beea
made destitute. Houses, crops, cattle, and
portable goods OF every description have
been carried away by the flo DIS. The gov
ernmeEt authorities are distributing pro-
visions and clothing and doing all they can
to relieve the sufferers. False Point which
was thought to have the best harbor be-
tween Catcutta and Bombay--safe roomy,
and accessible to all ships struck by a
storm wave on the ed inst. and swept so
pefighed = 'ssae fs y - '
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

The late Michigan Legislature passed
at It's late session Law making ten
hours legal days work. II did not,
however, have any provision forbid
ding men TO give more than ten hours
icr days work il they wished to do
80. and already large number ofmen
employed in sawmills and Numbering
have signed agreements with their EN-
ployers to work eleven hours per day.
As the law was specially aimed at the
lunberinterest it seems tohave fallen
considerably short OF it's purpose.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

The latest statistics show that there
are / ,2e4 retail cooperative societies
In England Intwenty years the sales
have amounted to 81, $3.50, 0c0, 900,
while profits divided among members
reach SI06, 000, 600. These societies
have formed considerations to obtain
their supplies by wholesale, in addition
20 which they msnutacture various
articles and conduct a cooperative
bank.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

Mrs. David Rice Of Ashland, Ohio, was
burned to death by spark from a passing
locomotive falling on her parasol, from
which her clothes were ignited.
One Of the buildings OF the Montana Ia.
sane asylum at Warm Springs was de-
troyed By fire. Three OF the inmates per.
islled in the flames. Their names were A.
b. Maze. Hiram Belcher and Hector Me-
Lean. Every effort WIS made To save
them, but without avail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

peared on the stage and began 10 speak he.
was interrupted by the friends OF smith,
VINO had assembled in large numbers, with
all manner OF insulting remarks, and IVES
finally forced 10 leaEe the stage and hall,
and the meeting broke up in disorder
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

The cattle men evince disposition
to defy the Presidents order, but
when the troops get after them they
will have to 20. Public sentiment will
sustain the government in pretty de-
cisive measures with these aggressive
capitalists, who had begun TO be-
Iieve that they were stronger than the
laws.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
American Shin h

!. a 2 an Roach ., is not the j,
ne Is the chief American b ~,
and steel steamship. ne
in the same business /. !. aA0'
liam cramp q sons, one ~ slla'
bers tells in an intervies,
esting facts concerpin. !, ~
When asked il he would ~ y
tract from thegoyernmssaa,ss s
torney generals decisioa sits
Without the least WA y AZ
we would not guarantes
work but our own, d. All
that we would not sopao 'ast
certain speed on models n. Z
specifications furnished g =
department. Ii VIC areIe,,i Y.
a vessel according 10 o,a
we will guarantee it eyerv ~ ~
must be untrammelled, M sls
we are now building ior n.
Express Company a stear ~ y
to run between Tampa Rsa
yana IN connection y,
Plant system OF raiI,o.sA
designated TO carry
from New York to cns NJ
beat the steamers which
them the entire distance t. s
we guarantee that this
make fourteen and a IAN "
hour, and she will do 4 NJ ~
quired by our contrac, i st
OF a certain size, but az IL,
or construction, there i ~
ton; that is left entirely &
ment. IL was the same way y
Gould'syacht Atlanta, wilma
Our contract with Mr.. GonI5
ten lines long. lie left eyq,e,s
tirely to us, and when She N3.I
ed he said to us: III she h
Cramp K Sons must have an,s
it. | had nothing to do MN
course the class is desimssl
there is no restriction as Ii nv.
hull or model. Under any ots.'
ditions we would not make n,
guarantee whatever, and womb \
a government contract or AM \
The decline in ship buiIdiueS.1
butes to the fact that eapitsGs''
preferred to put their monav i.,.'
roads rather than into shi,s
mander Gorringe, he thinks M
lack OF experience, for in no ~
mess isit more essential that asl
OF the concern should know N,
ness thoroughly in all its detaI.
success OF his own firm he aygs
the fact that for three grnpralS
cry male member OF his family \
voted himself to some p,r'
branch oft. He insists that ims
can be built as cheaply IN nm
try as in England, He says
1--WE viii guarantee to M i
for quality for the same mos
this country as in England i
where else. The Cunard Stya
company paid SO, 900, 900 FORT
steamers Etruria and Umbn,
should have been glad to hsp
them for the same money
might not have been So much
for us as there was for E3.
builder who did build them-lo,
and materials are dearer hen
there=hut We should have /
nice figure on the work, and Il
have eaualled the work doue
other side in every respect, VI
Gould's yacht could not be dun
in England for the money wei
for it; Of that ! am positive
As an exainple OF the relative
English and American COVE
cruisers, Mr., Cramp compared
OF tho Iris, an Iron vessel built
British government by an
builder, with the cost Of the
one of the vessels which John
contracted for the United stat
The Iris, he said, was a smale
! than the Chicago, her disph
being but $500 tons, aeains
$500 for the Chicago. She
British government 81 ,0l4,2S
John Roach contracted 10 l
Chicago for $3.50, 600, Cramp
; bid for that contract was SIC
The Chicago is expectedtomal
teen or eighteen knots an hoy
the speed of the Iris is only l6
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
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The music q y
That MARBLES
ps wooing to
That blooms
sweet to hea
while shad e
But sweeter rs -
That pyyounna.
To- oothe OF
I've heard tbe
cievery lsnt
re heard 5 ,he
The wonder,
I have listened si
10 their nu'
Bat they hev y
SSo music hall
As mothers
THAT purls I
The cataract )
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But They're
A when at ey,'
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Beside the'r
I've heard the
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But more | 10
That hannt
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The children ;
The music o
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
massachu.ett. Republicans.

The Massachusetts Republican Conven-
tion at Springfield nominated theiollowing
State ticket: Governor, George ID. Robin
son; Lieutenant governor, Oliver Ames; Sec
rotary OF state, Henry b. Pierce; State treas
urer and receiver general, A. w. Beard; Audi
tor, Charles Il. Ladd; Attorney general,
fiydr J.. Sherman. Hon. q. +. Hear was
siectea perm nebt president, aud made q
lengthy address, In which he welcomed back
those who had wandered ire:.. che party
in the past; ridiculed those who charged
the Republican party with waving
the ''bloody shirt" and especially
defended John Sherman from such
4 charge. lie reviewed. the policies ,of
the two parties during the phht twenty.fy
years, and stated the only piece OF legjsla.
tion which the Democratic party had
originated and carried through Was the
Bland silver Ill., He commended some Of
the acts n Pfcsidtnt st1eveiand and many
~ his words In regard to'civil service re-
form, but sad an Administered ton must DE
ladgei by III acts apd not by its Words
Tbs platform il 81 the same tenor. :"
&
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-08

The president appointed Dudley q. Wat
son to be collector OF customs for the dis
trict o. Grand Haven, Mich.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-26
Dairy Farming.

The establishment of creameriss
here and there among farmers IN this
and other counties has q greater sig
ni6cance than would appear at first
glance. 1t means that some Of the
branches of farming hitherto follows
ed are not paying, and that dairying
is to be called in as substitute.
In the eastern states there are whole
counties and sections devoted almost
exclusively to dairying. The farmers
there found their lands impoverished
by continued cultivation of crops
which they could not raise IN sue
cessful competition with the West;
hence they resorted 10 making butter
and cheese and selling milk, whereby
they enriched both themsel YES and
their farms. AS our cities grow large
here, and the Western lands become
more and more settled, stern necessity
viii drive us to change our method
of farming, and at present there is
nothing which gives greater promise
than dairying.
1t should not be jumped at rs q
conclusion that this IS a speculative
business, ana that great bank accounts
will be built up at Jhe same time per
manent value is added to the land.
But if dairying should but sustain
the owner of a farm in his living ant
necessary expenses fer period of
years, ne becomes richer from the
farm. This can scarcely fail 10 result,
because dairying properly carried on
means lands in grass for long periods,
and feeding all the crops grown on
the place besides much that is pur-
chased
If we could but estimate thc diff
ference in value of farm which has
been pastured and MANFRED for years,
aud one worn into deep ruts and al
most totally ruined b. continued and
careless cropping, we might appreci-
ate the advantages of darying,
though the money in the pocket be
the same in both instances. Selected.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-26
HABITS OF ANTS.
The TyrannicaI Red Ants of south
Europe.
cornhill Magazine.

Most of the members Of each com
munity of honey ants are active and
rowing in their dispositions, and show
no tendency to undue distension Of
their neither extremitics. They go out
at night to collect nectar or honey
dew from the gall insects on oak
trees. This honey they carry home
and give it to the refunds or honey
bearer, who swallow it and store it IN
their round abdomen until they can
hold no more. They pass their time
chiefly sleeping and clinging upside
down to the roof of their residence.
When the workers require meal
they go up to the nearest honey bearer
and stroke her gently with their
antenna. The honey bearer there
upon throws up her head and gives
out large drop Of the amber liquid.
The workers feed upon the large drop
thus extended, TWO or three at once
often standing around the living
honey Jar aud lapplng nectar together
from the lips of their devoted COM
rade.
The pig red ant of southern Europe
makes regular slave raids upon the
nests of the small brown ants and
carries of the young in tneir pupa
condition. By and by the brown ants
hatch out in their strange nest, and,
never having known any other life
except that Of slavery, accommodate
themselves to it readily enough. The
red ant, however, is still only an
occasional slave-owner; if necessary
he can get along by himself, without
the aid of his little brown servants.
Indeed, there are free states and
slave states of red ants side by side
with one another as of cid in Mary
land and Pennsylvania In the first
the red ants do their work themselves,
like mere vulgar Ohio farmers; in the
second they get their work done for
them by their industrious little brown
servants, like the aristocratic first
families of Virginia before the earth
quake of emancipation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-26

treasury, and later on Grant discussed
the troubles Of his reign, and here il
was that Bslknap received his dismiss
sal. Tsere is hardly great man in
our history who has not spent some Of
the most important periods of his life
in this room. There is hardly a pol;-
teal one who thinks himself great
who has not been overioyed or bitterly
disappointed and Inundated by the
scenes which, if these walls could
speak, they could accurately describe.
The private room of the president is
also the cabinet room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-26
A Monaghan Millionaire.
San FraRcisco can.


In beautiful portion of Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, empowered in
towering palms and luxuriant ferns,
lies hidden from the vulgar views of
the pedestrian the pretentious resi-
dence of Mr.. Along. From its roomy
balcony, through the interstices OF
the tropical forest, glimpses Of the
famed Nuiana valley may be caught
the valley of which it is truthfully
said that 1t is never without a rain
bow, the far right the towering
mountain ridges, With the Punchbowl,
an exstinct volcano, in the front, may
be seen in all their beauty, while the
hum Of the busy town floats up with
no discordanl sound. Mr.. Along,
who is vouchsafed this elysium, is a
full bloodcd Chinaman. Vita his
native island spouse and q numerous
family Of little oues, he leads an ideal
life. Mr.. Along is solid merchant,
with stone front store on China
towns chief business street, and is
credited with the possession of a mil
lion or two acquired in honest trade
with his numerous countrymen on
Oahu and It's neighborlng islands.
lie ad1eres to the characteristic
Monaghan accoutrements, although
mingling with the m0stimportant and
wealthy of Hawaii's merchants, and
disdaining to interfere in the varied
changes in attire which Honolulu
fashion dictates to his family. Mr..
Along has five daughters, ranging IN
age from II years to 5. The mother
and daughters maintain rigid adher-
ence to the rules of fashion. and ap-
pear'in the dress of white ladies and
girls. When occasion demands, the
LADY aud her older daughters are clad
in as elegant raiment as are the veal
thiest ladies on the Stands, and the
demand, it may be explained, is not
by any means infrequently made, as
the family is received cordially into
tho best of society in Honolulu. The
family has its private carriages driven
by white men, aud a close observer OF
the merry quintette in their afternoon
drive could not tell that they were
not the offspring of some wealthy
Caucasian. The children are all re
ceivlng tuition, and the eldest daugh-
ter. modest and not unatlractIve
young lady, has advanced so rapidly
as to be considered we'll educated.
The Along family is curiosity in It's
way TO the unprepared visitor from
San Francisco, and, although there
are many wealthy Cinnamon IN
Honolulu and on the islands, 1t re-
mains the sole instance of Chinese
progression in many respects.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-26

Then Gen. Sicxles recalled many
incidents of the life at the Staten
island cncampment OF the Excelsior
brigade. He told of the attempted pur-
chase and delivery Of whole com,
pany into the hands Of a so.called
California regiment that was being
organized for speculative purposes in
New York city. The men were en-
barking for New York, and when
several Of the spectators came down
in the evening to see what was wrong,
they were promptly made prisoners,
court-martlaled, and sentenced to be
shot at midnight. They were reprieved
by Gen. Sickles just as the fatal shots
were about to be fired, and they con-
fessed other schemes for stealing sol
diers.
"To show how the spirit of persecu-
ton followed u.s." said Gen. Sickles,
let me tell you what happened after
we began campaigning in the Shenan-
doah valley. The Albany board of
war sent me little bill Of 81, 500 for
the use of 300 muskets at 12b cents
per day. They were lot of rusty
old muskets that | had borrowed to
drill my men with. The little bills
are still unpaid" laughter. 1.-THE
war department had to inquire for in
formation as to what sort of a royal
marquee Gen. Sickles reposed in which
| forwarded bill for a $500 tent but
they were much relieved when they
found that the canvass was an old
circus tent of Barnum's under which
| housed hundreds of men.
Before leaving the subject let me
state that during the whole war the
federal government carried out the
principle of Difference to states rights
far more than the confederacy did.
The result was what might have been
looked for 1t demonstrated that
troops raised by the volunteer plan
are far better and can be more easily
and economically handled than by
any other way when large army
has to be quickly organized" The
general spoke in high terms of the
work done by the military who occu-
pied the south after the close of the
war. 81 believe the military admins
tration was benefit" he said, ITO
both whites and blacks, who, if left
alone, would have drifted into dan
gerous antagonism. Still there were
some complaints from those who
thought the regulations too strict.
President Johnson, while on a visit to
Raleigh, N. c.. during my admins
tration, gravely asked me to give
farmers permission to shoot crows, but
he was satisfied when told him that
the carrying of arms in public was
prohibited to prevent dangerous
fights" Gen. Sickles closed his de-
lightful "reminiscences by relating
how, at one Of his cabinet meetings"
in North Carolina, "the governor of
that state felt constrained to say to the
governor IF South Carolina that it
was an extremely long time at these
deliberations between drinks.