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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

The Georgia Legislature has tried,
apparently with the most satisfactory
results, the experiment of placing its
clerical work in the hands of women.
Experts declare that the work done by
the female clerks is IS per cent. "clean-
OF and more correct" than any ever done
by male clerks, and Governor Mcdaniel
bears testimony to a like effect. In this
rs in every other department Of fem ale
industry, the only obstacle to womans
generous recognition and complete sue
cess has to be raised by herself. So
long as she does her work willingly and
IN business fashion, and avoids all
claims to consideration on account OF
her sex, she is certain to command re-
,pect, and do better work for her sex
than are the lecturers and agitators. It
is not her sex but her work that counts
IN the long run for place and prefer
ment.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

An important decision has just been
anded down regarding the legality Of
cling The decision was given in
~ ldlution of an injunction which
ht tozprohibit the Quincy Copper
Mining Company from delivering cop
Per - sEurope under contract made
oatside and independently of pool"
edtsred into by the Lake Superior COM
paniee, Of which the Quincy was one,
% market the entire product of the
tegioh and divide the proceeds proper
stionatsly. Judge Lawrence of New
York hold shat such pools are in con-
fniee ~ith the public policy, a restraint
on commerce and adverse to the inter-
ests of trade.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

The Nevada Terrific rial Enterprise
admits the virtual collapse Of that state.
The population is conceded to be scarce
~ 0,000, and is daily decreasing. That
journal suggests as means of arresting
the depopulation Of the country that
the general government shall give the
public domain in: its borders to the
state. 80 each man may have, without
cost, q ranch. and shen an; extensive
system Of irrigation be adopted to make
some Of the land arabic at the national
expense. As Nevada has "come to stay"
these means are urged to prevent the
state from falling under the control Of
The Digger Indians. White folks must
Is bribed TO remain in Gone Of the most
desolate and barren regions on Gods
earth !" 70 this complexion have things
-omeSin Nevad =. a state represented
Washington By two Senato tthlat
coo people and on 1000:
dasaerseable anoInA
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
HAavy iowa Storm,

Des Moines Special of the 10Th says: The
snow storm which swept over Iowa recently
still continues and is the seterest Of the win
ter. Snow has fallen most Of the time and the
high wind has drifted it in all conceivable
shapes. The temperature stands at about 3
degrees below: Travel on all the railrays is
seriously interfered with and trains are totally
abandoned on several lines The greatest trou-
bic occurred on the Rock Island beyond Stewart.
All roads of the state are affected by the storm
and it is still showing and blowing. ADubuque
dispatch says: The railroads are badly
blocked west of Dubuque. The Illinois Cen
trail is open from here to Waterloo and from
Fort Dodge to Sioux City, except q few places
between Waterloo and Fort Dodge. Two
freight and one passenger trains were aban-
doned between those points. Marshalltown
Special: On the Central Iowa, between Shef-
field and Rockwell, there is drift 5000 feet
long, Of an average depth of eight feet The
present snow is not heavy, but crust had
easily filing the deep cuts already existing
Similar reports come from Burlington, Qttum-
wa, Fort Dodge, keokuk, Sioux City, Galena,
Ill, Kansas City, ETC.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
l. WHO'S. Horrible Crime.

a WHO'S. Aoxx1b1o Crime.
William Druse, farmer of moderate cir
onmstances, living in the town Of Warren;
Herkimer county, New York, has been missing
month. Suspicious of mufder were caused
by quarrels between him and wife, 1t was
rumofed that Druse had been murdered by his
wife, his body cut and burned, and the bones
put into swamp Anax, owned by Druse, was
found i'll Wetherbee's pond, rolled in paper,
nephew of Mrs. Druse, named Gates; aged
fourteen, has been "sqheazed", by the neigh.
bors. He confessed that.Mrs Druse shot her
husband while he and her son We're odt put
q rope round his neck, and compelled Gates
to shoot ALSO They burned the body and bur-
led the bones The odor of burning flesh was
noticed Dec. Is Mrs. Druse and Gates are
under arrest They boiled the body, fed the
flesh to hogs and burned the bones, the ashes
Of which were buried in the swamp. The boy
says the woman cut her hu stands head of and
put it first in the stove. The boy acted as fire.
man, and had q terrible time destroying the
evidences of the crime. Neighbors who no.
ticed the unusual smoke and odor were refused
admittance, and papers were kept over the
windows Since then the house has been re-
papered
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

A Washington dispatch says that af-
ter Mr.. Blalne's ''Twenty years in Con-
gress" shall have been completed, he will
write history of American politices
from 1888 to 1915, the materials for
which he has been gathering for some
years. While this includes the war of
1872 Mr.. Blaine does not intend to treat
OF other than the political aspects Of that
time.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

The center Of our population has for
century moved, Westward with re-
markable regularity beginning at point
on the east shore CT Maryland and reach
ingone 1Omiles west of Cincinnati. tits
calculated, however, that progress in
that direction is stepped. in consequence
of the rapid grouth Of many Atlantic
coast cities and the advancement OF
some of the Southern States.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

involved in another difficulty was ar
rested by Officers Ludy and Atwood
and taken to the Third precinct sta
tion, charged with disturbing the
peace.
James l. Day, president of the Sun
Mutual Insurance company, who re-
sides at Annunciation street, and who,
by the way; is a prominent man il
New Orleans, while coming to his of
flee, saw an alteration on car, when
he opened the front door and assisted
the driver by striking the striker with
his umbrella. The melee was an in
teresting one, but the striker wa:
driven back, and the president and hi,
car went on.
The city authorities and the people
are called upon to stand by the car
companies against the mob, and if
matters continue this way another day.
the Car Drivers association had as
well pack up and leave. In the be-
ginning the people were with the
strikers, and had they acted different
]y with strangers. it might have con-
tinued so still, but they have grown
independent, and insolent to men, wo-
men and children, and are becoming
bowling mob, and of course that
settles their fate, if they keep it up.
The men ask to have their wages in
creased from $50 and $50 to $50 per
month, and to work only fifteen hours
per day, and that none but union men
be employed. These things the car
companies Gould reasonably have
granted, but when the strikers com
menced to assume the form of mol
the companies said that they would
not yield, and now as a fact, the city
and the people give their support.
The city and the exposition must
suffer greatly from this strike, but it
is hoped that this will be the last one
for the winter. This is the second
strike these men have heen engaged
in during the last sixty days. We
have never seen city that depended
so much on street cars as does New
Orleans, or that can so lily do without
them. Aud for the sake of the expo
sition the strike should end in two
hours, one way, or the other. SAM.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

Many journals think there is ground
Tor encouragement in the business stu
alton but the signs are not obvious to
the public. One thing seems tolerably
certain, that we are now down to bed.
rock, and all will be glad when they
can be assured that we are on the up
grade again,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
Ten Serious Mistakes.

1t is a mistake to labor when you
are not in a fit condition to do so.
To conclude that the smallest room
in the house is large enough to sleep
in.
To think that the more person eats
the healthier and stronger he will be-
come. ="
To take off proper clothing out of
season because you have been heated
To imagine that if little work or
exercise is good, violent and prolonged
exercise is better. -.
To 60 to bed at midnight and rise
at daybreak, and imagine that every
hour taken from sleep is an hour
gained.
TO believe that children can do as
grown people, and the more hours
they study the more they can learn.
Heath journal. @s r., ~. s-~
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

q The late President Peck, of the
Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad,
used to walk twice year the distance
between Indianapolis and Terre Haute,
carrying on his arm peck bucket, in
which he put any piece of iron he saw
lying near the track. When his bucket
became weighty he would dump the
contents near the track for the section
men to gather. This was good exer-
else, doubtless. but probably was
..saFing at the spieot. = 81
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

Gov: Oleveland's letter 7esigning the
governorship Of New Y ork, reads> II
hereby resign the Office OF governor OF
the State of New York" This was
thought model of brevity until crit
&c discovered that thereby" in that
connection was q superfiuous word.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

I The floor of large skating rink in
Indianapolis is composed Of paper. 1t
is made by FASTING and pressing straw
boards together under q. powerful n.y.
draulic press, in the same way as the
discs of the paper car wheels are made.
When these blocks are properly sea-
soned and dried they are sawed up into
flooring boards and laid with the edge
of the paper forming the surface of the
floor. The floor is without joints, per-
fectlv smooth. p -..,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

Mr.. Wilson. the great grape grower
of the northwest, planted, ayear ago
last spring, 100000 cuttings and grew
80 per cent. He was to>gr;.ft this year
from 90, 900 to- 25, 900. The cuttings, he
s ,ays, =. should g. one fal i inch from tho
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
Death Of the Earl Of AylsSfofd:

Joe Finch, earl Of Aylestord, died At Big
Springs, Tex, Of cyrosis # liver and dr8psy.
Lord Aylesfofd settled an English colony here
in August 1883 Family troubles drove him
se America. Being fond of sporting he natur-
ally selected an unsettled part of the state.
where ! few years could be spent without in
corruption. Although enly thirty-six years of
age, he had the appearance of q man fifty years
Old, having been of late years hard
drinker. The earl leaves no male de-
scendants. His title to the baronetcy Of
Aylesford and its estates now fall to
his next eldest brother, Charles Finch.
his two @ PeW in Eas1aRnd His lis 70
and landed interests in Texas are small,
::moudnsting to about s25, co., although yer
earl's life was insured in English companies
to the amount Of nearly sS60Ov0 Tie late
earl WAS ut ono time the bosom friend Of tho
prince Of Wales, they having had many hunts
together. Some years ago they took trip
through India.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
SUMMARY or NEWS OF THE Wick.
the 1la1shol1 Murderer Acquitted.

1ao oteheN Aufdoxof Aoquatt0d.
Tho tQfy in the case Of Lewis, charged with
tho murder Of Marshal Pierce Of Mitchell, OAK,
after beng out twenty three hours, returned a
verdict Of not guilty On the first vote the jury
stood 10 for acquittal and for granddaughter:
The professional skill and consummate tact of
attorneys for the defense account for tho acquit-
Of several witnesses, and the mardefed man
being an officer In the discharge 1T Ills duty,
gave every reasonable assurance that il would
60 hard with the prisoner. The Law is not yet
Through with Lewis, as he 10 under indictment
for shooting . man in q saloon in Mitchell
some time before the murder of Pierce, and he
may yet become acquainted with the internal
workings Of the territorial penitentiarY.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

The slaughter of brakemen on on.
railroads reaches alarming proportions
The mortality among this class from &C.
cidents suffered in the line of their duty
reaches the enormous number of four
thousand a year. A large proportion OF
these deaths result from the dangerous
system Of coupling cars with link and
pin. Massachusetts IS making m eff
fort to check the slaughter BY SECURING
all the roads in the state to equip their
cars with automatic couplers as soon as
the railroad commissioners shall have
decided upon the best device. Humanity
ought to lead all companies to fellow
the example of the Baltimore & Ohio,
which has of its own motion adopted
such coupler, and they probably will
upon being fully satisfied of its merits,
for it is not to be assumed that railroad
managers are Indifferent to the serious
loss of life under the present systems Of
coupling.
Nearly all the States and. Territories
are making preparations to be Adequate
ly represented at the great New Orleans
exposition which opens i'll December,
and very large number of Nortbeners
will avail themselves of the occasion to
spend few weeks below the frost line
during the coming winter. 1t is expect
ed that transportation will he very low.
probably not more than halt the usual
rates. Ample provision has been made
to accommodate vast crowd by hotels
and boarding houses. New Orleans IS
delightfully."- Partisan during the winter
months, and the exposition, with an un,
usual number of pleasure seekers, Will
make the city more charming than ever
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

pected.
Ex-senator Window was witness in the Swain
case He testified he had vague recollection
of having conversed with Gen Swain on the
subject Of copper mining stock, out did not
that the stock was not worth anything. This
question was asked in rebuttal of statement
by Gen. Swain in his examination that the cop
per stock transaction fell through after the con-
7ersation he had with Window, in which he
CSwaim) got the impression that the company
was q wildcat speculation and the stock worth
less.
It is understood that the recent visit of Col.
Lamont, private secretary to Mr. Cleveland,
and his inspection of the White House, was
mainly prompted by suggestions emanating
from President Arthur. When at the White
House, both the president and the members Of
his official household were particularly atten-
tive in explaining to Col Lamont all the vari-
Gus matters pertaining to the routine of White
House affairs, and in consequence of the infor-
nation thus gained, Col Lamont informed
Gov. Cleveland that the machinery would run
smoothly from the first day of possession.
The Buffalo express, fast train from New
York, on the Lehigh Valley, jumped the track
near Wh1tehaven, Pa, caused by . misplaced
switch, Abram Evans, fireman, seeing the dan
ger ahead, jumped from the engine and was
Instantly killed About fifty passengers we're
on the train. Many jumped Of, were slightly
iured Hardly had the rearcar been cut loose
from the train when the engine and three
coaches ran from. the track down An embank-
ment twenty feet into Stony creek The fire.
man was killed, and had both legs cut of.
+. The west bound passenger train on the
Illinois Central, consisting Of two engines, two
coaches, mail and baggage cars, we're derailed
shout two miles east Of Storm Lake, lows, In
trRin men escaped uniijured.s The wounded
are:@ J. ID. Van Buren, Of Quincy, Mich, head
badly bruised; q. NJ Haskins Of Sioux Rapids,
shoulder and side, badly bruised; B. Scott
larrbone broksn; u M Floyd Of Sioux City,
head snd shoulders badly bruised, face cut and
shoulder disloea ]. WQileQn, lilwAukae.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

In New York there is not much &
auence attached to the stage. APla
is looked on as a advertisement. Their
is no doubt that good plays cr9ite,
good tone of thoug ht, but they nd
calculated in this self-wil1ed age 70 d
feet reformation in modes ormai
.ners. People in these parts gotto u
theater to be amused and intero1t5d
not to have their propensities init
enced. The Orientals, howeyers a
more impressed by the drama. nnon
the EHindoo castles there has hem q
late considerable agitation W11A 8
spect to infant marriages and ZOO
widowhood. A desire for rel u
these respects is eyinced. The nldo(
are progressing in European el1ltlzl
tion.- They consider. the inf
the stage ia. be- great, and to- -
reform in the directions refer 20
play on the subject, from TIL
er's point Of view, has been I'd
s Mahratta dramatist. The
been produced at Bombay,
created great excitement
natives. who throng nightly
III rformanGo
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

him With BALLS. Inc mop dld It's
.b1oody lNokk on Friday, and the corpse
swas yet ti6d I'd the tree, and was seen
~ the passengers who arrived in New
Orleans over !the Northeastern road
Saturday smOrKing.
The crilne Of throwing a passenger
train from the track should be met
with the severest punishment, but it is
q shame that men will suffer them
selves to become iends and ruth
slessly trample upon law, while pre-
tending TO mete out just law to Others
/. y. THE CREoLEs
n Creole in this country is under
1teod TO be one born in a French OF
Spanish possession, and of European
sparents tits not at all necessary that
,thera ID .anv admixture of colored
blood IN thes individual. In fact it is
neceesaTy that there should not be. ]
Sbelieye this is about the meaning Web
kiYbsto the word. We used tc
eaks0l eole negroes, "Creole cat.
Creole corn "Creole horses, -
sslks,' and"Creole chickens
neaailg my thing born or produced in
aLouisfanA, but such expressions are
sseldom heard any more. The wealthy
hid fsols-fa families, the ~Knickerbock'
saSs of Louisiana, have passed away,
iand fhsir descendants are, about the
101i o1es there are in this country
twas once great honor in
stigma, as is supposed by
! 18th the departure of wealth
Ind Oi1 distinction from these old
- families went also culture
1ty, until now Creole is almost
hgless word, except as it re-
people of other times.
STREET CAR DRIVERS, y
81 all the working men con
hth the street car line In the
1T s, 600 men, have been on q
nee Saturday afternoon. II
nnany like q thumb clap, and
kople were and still are, great.
Fenienced. Thousands nf Wis
IL -aey &bQ,lt
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22

| Sergeant Murphy, commanding the
precinct, next appeared, and taking
in the serious situation, repaired to
headquarters and soon came back with
a quad of men:
| In the meantime Mason and his
men, all of whom claimed to be COM
mjttee acting under the instructions
of the Car Drivers union, left for the
alleged purpose of reporting what they
had done to the meeting of the associ-
alton.
There were now five cars, Nos. 81,
SO and IS, on their way down, and
Nos. 81 and So, bound up town, all
stopped in and near the curve of Lee
Place. Another squad of police, un-
der Corporal Jargot, had arrived, and
the Mason mob had disappeared. One
man named Heller, said something
and was hustled Oft to Jail.
Malodel Peeler, sympathizing with
| the strikers, was also arrested by
orders of Sergeant Murphy.
A great crowd of people of all des-
criptions had congregated from all
strikers and the inefficiency of police
| .pIOIcCI1Ou was uCs&lu Oh every Sue.
A regular riot had been in progress for
over an hour, several passengers had
been abused and assaulted, one man
chased through the second principal
street and terribly beaten. Mason and
his men had publicly defed the cjti-
zens and declared that the mayor of
the city was on their side and would
! not order the police to arrest them,
and that the police dared not interfere
with them. >. ~->--.,~. = =:
By 4 O'Clock the superintendent of
the line and his assistants had gotten
some mules and their stable hands,
who came from the station on hand
car, and began moving the cars up to
the stable. The crowd still hung
around until driven away by the on.
coming rain. 80 ~ o=.8 s.=s
Mason, it appears, after leaving the
scene - the disturbance created by
lhimse.--a followers at Lee Place,
S-~S xvhafa Id l,fnafnSa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-16
GORDON.
The Palo Pinto Jail-Birds Still at
Large Wheat Ready to Cut.
Special,

special,
GORDON, TEX May IA The report
that reached here Tuesday, to the
effect that a posse of citizens of the
county had the three prisoners who
escaped from the Palo Pinto Jail eur
rounded in the mountain at Red Bluff.
proves to be a false alarm.
The small cattlemen have COM
menced delivering small lots of cattle
TO purchasers, and in week or ten
days there will be several shipments
made, mostly stock cattle.
The Gordon Dramatic club will give
it's fret entertainment on the 25th OF
this month at the Masonic hall. The
Last Loaf" Is the name of the pIay.
There is considerable talent in the
club, and the piece will no doubt be
we'll presented.
Tho wheat crop never looked better
than at present, Several of our farm.
era will commence cutting on Monday
next. Our merchants are beginning
TO take courage and pat the poor old
farmer on the shoulder, telling him he
needs new hat, or pair of pants,
They forget the cash system thew
adopted about Christmas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-16
The Enemies He Fas Made.

Since Grover Clevelsnd's political
career was summed up in the defiant
words at the Chicago convention, he
appears to have redoubled his energies
To merit the famous declaration: "We
honor him for the .enemies he has
made" After his election the fire.
brands of the Democratic camp blazed
out more furiously, believing him to
be but u convenient figurehead, and
that all tho suppressed animoslties of
local leaders would find vent under
his administration. Yet they flare as
harmlessly as before, indicating only
the unwise spleen OF the most dan
gerous members OF the party. Such
men as Senator Eustis and
John Mclean have not adj.
vanced one step, while honored
but unobtruslve Democr have been
called from their useful but modest
obscurity to occupy the high place &,
1t would not be strange If the preel.
dent, amid so many, made no mis-.
takes; the wonder Is, he has made go
few. There Ia probably heart.hurning
among some Of the professional poll.
ticians, and before Interpolation of his
term they will be made TO feel the sting
of their disappointment and revenge.
But the people will honor him for the
enemies he has made. President
Cleveland has recognized that his
election was due less TO popular enthu.
siasm on his account than TO revolt
against the rule of political bosses which
had grown to fragrant and audacious
proportions In both parties. The
tyranny ofparty had become more IN.
tolerable than the oppression of sover.
eigns, yet the people felt It was not IN
the genius OF our government but In
the abuse OF liberty by selfoonstituted
and self-seeking leaders. In the ruin OF
party organizations, In New York state,
for instance, there were instances OF
abstract injustice. Unscrupulous men
luckily on the side Of success
triumphed over better men, but the ~.
gregste of good accomplished in the 10.
distribution Of local influence vastly
dependencies. What President Ar,
thur attempted to do has been accom-
plished by President Cleveland
but the latter has the advantaa,
OF making a clean sweep without
that suspicion Of selfinterest
which attached to every movement OF
his predecessor. The result Is most