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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Singular Miscegenation Case.

Joliet Qil.] dispateh:-M Daniels OF
Terre lIauto, a white woman, and Charles
A. Stewart, a negro, hailing from the same
city, were released from oliet, after serving
a year each for bigamy. Mary eloped from
Terrc Haute, leaving a white husband,
and Stewart left a colored wife. The two
went to Marseilles, ILL.,, and were married.
but were followed up from Indiana by Stew
arts dusky better half, who had them ar
rested and convicted. A popularity about
The Daniels Y omen is chat when she reached
the prison her face and hands had been col,
orcd by some kind OF q stain that gave her
the appearance OF light-colored mulatto
woman. A years sojourn behind the bars
had blcached her skin to it's natural color, SO
that when she was called up for discharge
the prison officials were astonishcd to see
that instead Of being mulatto, Mary DAN
iels has dark eyes and fair skin, with rosy
cheeks, and instead OF kinky hair her head
WAS adorned with bangs of a light brown
color. Stewart had been released several
hours ahead OF the woh&p, but instead OF
leaving town he haunted about the prison,
waiting for her release. He remained at the
prison until the st. Louis train arrived,
when she got aboard, giving Stewart the
sli,,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20

The German talk OF q closer alliance
with England continues, and it is ru-
mored III London that Bismarck and
Salisbury will soon meet at Varzin.
All this appearance OF closer union
between the greatest military and the
greatest naval power is highly interest
ing to European diplomats, the more
especially because OF the prospect that
the daughter OF the English Queen will
soon be Empress OF Germany. II Rus
sia and France dream of q league for
revenge, conquest, and overshadow-
ing power, they may as well make up
their minds to face tremendous resist
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Novel Plan for Grants Monument

The executive committee in New York Of
the Grant Monument association has re-
ccivcl Il letter from George L. Ditson OF
Cleveland
l beg to suggest that the monument to be
erected to our second Washington be wholly
of glass. l have seen in Paris, at the fete
Napoleon, the wonderful effect produced by
glass OF different colors in the representa-
ton OF palace. would suggest that
there be a double row OF columns
below, in the center OF which
should stand statue OF our distinguished
dead. Above, corresponding with the inner
row, another, and above that a third tier
OF columns, which should be massive and
lofty, can not be cast whole, they can be
made in sections and SO hardened in oil
that they can be made more durable than
iron or stone. The colors OF the glass in
this monument are to be red, white and
blue, artistically arranged.
1t is proposed to have the grounds put
into attractive shape. An area OF four or
five acres adjacent to the tomb will be COW
cred with layer OF mold and will be sown
with wheat. EARLY next spring grass seed
will be sown over this area, and u year
from now the site of the tomb will look very
different from what it docs at present.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
General News.

DR.. James +. Cody OF Watert0wn, Wis.,,
sues for divorce from his wife on the ground
of adultery.
A Clearfield county, Pa, woman died on
the 9th ult., whose husband died on July
Fl, 1878, and whose son died July II, 1875.
The assertion of Maxwell that the body
found in the Southern hotel, St. Louis,
was not that af lsre}ler, meets with little
crcdence.
The seventeenth annual reunion OF the
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
will be held at Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept.
IL and IT,.
Mr. Mike Mirch, owner Of the Grant home
stead at Point tleasant Ohio, has not yet
sold it: He has been offered $1,000, and
wants SID, 900. "
Az Rraidwood, ILL.,, Adam Patterson, 6.
saloonkeepsp, and George Mulvey, 9 miner,
both from Bracevilie, q small town near
Braidwood fought there at daylight for a
purse OF 5000. Mulvey knocked out Pat
terson after 1873 rounds had been fought.
Both men weighed about 1876 pounds.
r. w. Barger for several years has been
the salaried attorney of the Hawkeye In
surance company of Des MONIES, Iowa. 9th
er insurance companies gavehiln collections
to attend to, and now the Hawkeye COM
pspy brings suit against him, claiming that
as he Vas paid {. salary his time and earn
:ings belong TO plaintiff alone. The amount
claimed il s., 900; g.: .:.,>.:- il. ;: $50 -:
/ Recently complaint was filed With the
railroad commissioners of Iowa that the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul n. elected to
furnish the necessary facilities at Warren,
in Lyon county. The commissioners, on
investigaji9p, found it was a small station;
that over 800 'eae loads were shipped from
freight were put off ut alIhours with no pro-
lection from the elements. 1t was there
ore, ordered that a station house be
erected there for the accommodation OF tho
public: ~ 1879 ss: ..s>$ II. s. s~. :
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Murder in Anoka, MINI.

Anoka, Mimi, was excited over the fatal
shooting OF Peter Gross by William F. Mir
rick. which occurred after midnight OF the
10th. The shooting took place in front OF
Jackson's hotel and was the unpremcditat-
ed freak OF d man crazed with drink. Mir
ick, who is IL printer, well known in both
Minneapolis and St. Paul, and who had
beon employed on the Evening
Journal for the past four weeks,
drank in three different saloons before
going to his family, who reside in Anoka.
lie then told Lis wife he overheard some
parties say they were going down to see Mrs.
Mirick, and he demanded his revolver,
wh;cl, she gave him, saying he was going to
shoot somebody. He then came back up
town, and meeting Gross and Jackson, the
proprietor OF the hotel, the former banter
ingly inquired OF AIirick if he wasn't out
pretty late. Mirick replied, "You think you
are smart" and told him to 60 into the
house. which Gross refused to do, and after
a few more words Mirick pulled revolver
out OF his pocket and fired, the bullet going
over Gross's head. Mirick fired again, and
the second bullet struck Gross in the LETT
side, about six inches above the hip.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
The Friwhtful Plague in Spain,

London Cable: The reports OF thecholera
which reaches here from Spain betray q
frightful condition OF things. The epidemic
is spreading more and more, and the &C,
counts OF it's tcrriabe ravages which have
come to London have aroused great
anxiety among all persons who are in
any way concerned in Spanish affairs.
The stories which come from the infected
districts recall the worst OF the scenes which
are associated with famine and war. For
example, in the town Of Erla in the province
pfSaragossa, there is no longer a mayor or
a municipal government. The mayor and
all the city officials are Dead stricken d Town
by the plague, and all the doctors and
chemists OF the place have fallen victims to
the pestilence. fhe shops are all closed and
the town is deserted by most OF the inhabi-
tants.
This is an instance OF what is COM
monty going on throughout Spain, the pro-
vincial towns shutting their gates to all
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and government Off
GERS, as we'll as people entering from the
seat OF disease. The survivors of Erla are
consequently camped out on the hillside
and without houses, and with but scanty
means OF subsistence. According to the
latest news some Of them had set fire to
the town, hoping by that means to burn
out the plague. The fear OF the importat ton
OF cholera is taking practical shape all along
the Mediterranean coasts.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Confined for Extravaganco.

A Philadelphia dispatch says that Hiss
Adrianna Physick Brinckle has just been
released from the state lunatic asylum,
where she has been confined for twenty
seven years, on the extraordinary Charge
OF "extravagance and steccentricity,"
She is q daughter Of the late DR.. VIII
liam Draper Brinckle, a phi II
who enjoyed q large practice and me- III in
the highest circles OF society here for thirty
years. Miss Brinckle was an acknowledged
belle, Il woman of great beauty and accom-.
plishments and a popular favorite. s 'os
extremely extravagant, but an unfor"~--te
change in the financial standing of her
father made it impossible for him to; pay
her bills as he had always done btfore.
Adrianna was unable to overcom. aer
cxtravayant tastes, and without k: ing
anything of the law in such case" orcssed
a piano and Il set OF furniture, s1a;i ittsa -
sold before paying for them. This proceed.
ing scandalized the set to which the
Brincklcs belonged, and, as it was stated at
the time to "save the family honor" Miss
Brinckle Was sent to the asylum, entering
the institution in July, 1858. Upon he1
arrival in this city she was taken to the
convalesccnts' retreat near Glen Mills,
where she is being tenderly cared for. Miss
Brincklc is now a gray-haired woman Of
sixty, in the full possession OF all her facul.
ties, and in good bodily health.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
A Watertown (Wis.) Sensation.

Papers have been filed in suit for divorce
by DR.. James F. Cody, OF Watertown, Wis,
against his wife, Theresa Cody. The COM
plant charges adultery with Clarence
Brown. The couple were married i'll 1880
and have one child four years old. The
suit is likely to create asensation through
out the state, where DR.. Cody is well known.
About six weeks ago it is alleged DR..
Cody attempted suicide by taking ten
grains OF morphine. Only the most
active cxertion on the part of
his brother physicions saved his life. 1t
was then alleged that DIR. Cody action was
the result Of a discovery made by him q
short time previous to his attempt on his
life the nature OF which is revealed in the
complaint for divorce.
Young Brown, who is mentioned in the
complaint, is the son OF Peter Brown, q
banker and we'll known citizen of Water
town. Brown was engaged in business in
Watertown at the time of the above Incl
dent, but shortly aftcrward sold out and
vent West. lie returned week ago and
wasQuietly married to Miss Kitty Pugh OF
Watertown. Immediately after the mar
riage the newly welded couple took the
train for a Minnesota town, where young
Brown has charge Of an elevator.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
The Ocean Quilted by Oil.

New York Speciel: The st mship Polyne-
STA presented dilap idated appearance as
CHG ley at her dock recently. She arrived
from Hamburg, ar4 reported hav-
ing encountered T. cyclone. Capt,
Kuhn said Oh Aug. 10 q terrific oy'
clone swept down on them at 10
O'Clock. The wind suddenly swept down in
a perfect fury, and in moment the searan
mountains high. He had never seen any
thing so terrific. The wator fell with q
crash on the deck, knocked down the sea-
men who were on duty and hurled them
against the bulwarks. It swept the
deck from stem to stern carried away a COM
panion hatch, poured into the cabins, caus-
ing panic among. the passengers who were
kept belo4. AL midday another huge break:
CT carried away q boat and all movable ar
ticles on deck. The captain saw that some
thing must be done, and decided to try the
effects OF oil. A tank OF paint oil was taken
to the side OF tho ship and allowed to leak
out. The effect was marvellous. 1t spread
over the water and quoted it right down.
The cyclone lasted eight hours. There was
danger one time that the vessel would 60
down with all on board. She carried $50
Storage passengers.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
A suggestion upon what shall be

A suggestion upon what shall be
done with our ex-Presidents has been
made in the Century Magazine, to the
effect that, when a. Presidents term OF
office expires, he shall become O. seno-
tor OF the United States for life, with
half the salary lie received as Presi-
dent. The idea is unconstitutional
and contrary to the spirit OF repuh'
.1cai, institutions. The part relating
to the salary is not so material, though
tho theory upon which it is based is
wrong. The ttue doctrine is to pay
public servants salaries commensur-
ate with the labor and dignity OF the
Office, and let them save thsrcfroH sui
ficient for future maintenance. The
practice OF paying the widows OF pres
ilents $4,000 per annum during life
will probably be continued, and that
is as far as the country can go in the
way of civil pensions, taking into &C.
count the fact that judges OF the SUI
sreme court are pensioned after retire
nlent.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Personal Ncws Notes.

Gen. Hancock returns thanks to all who
took part in the Grant funeral.
Hon George H. Jerome died suddenly at
his residence in Niles City, Mich, of apo
plexy.
Hon. John H. Lindsey, a prominent citi
residence in Chester Ill.
Gov. Hubbard Of Texas is to superscdc
Gen. Bingham as United States minister tc
Japan, and the latter will probably return
to congress from Ohio.
The Rev. Dr. Talmadge OF Brooklyn
preached Sunday the 10th in the City Road
Westlyn chapel, London. Hours before the
opening OF service the doors OF the chapel
were besieged by throng clamoring for adj
mission, and more than / 900 persons were
turned away for lack eleven standing room
in the edifice.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20

Professor Hilsarde, of the Depart
mcnt OF Geodesy in Washington, has
been allowed to resign. Hehas held the
position for over forty years. The in
vcstigation into his management show
ed him to be q drunkard and a fraud.
Many OF his employees were receiving
salaries for which they did nothing but
sign receipts. Gold thermometers for
the bureau were used by the employees,
who seem to have had q "high old
time" generally. Fraudulent vouchers
were paid; and other irregularities
wcnJ on without anybody's interior
cnce. go Hilgarde, disgusted with this
meddling with his affairs, has resigned
his position.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Poor John Mccullough.

John Mccullough, the demented actor
in the Bloominsdale, N Y, asylum, is grad
ually losing all remembrance OF his old
days on the stage. Capt. Conner, OF the St.
James hotel; his old business manager, goes
out regularly to the asylum. The actor
has come to - think that he owns
Bloomingdale as gift from friends
interested in seeing him happy
in his old age. He no longer alludes in any
way to the stage. Occasionally he wants
all his baggage packed up to go to Chicago
or Cleveland, but shortly forgcts all about
it. Sometimes, Mccullough, lying in his
room, will burst outin rccitatlons of poems
or bits of plays in which he has at different
times appeared, but this is the only fea ture
OF his present condition to connect him with
his old triumphs He walks about the
grounds with an attendant, but under con-
otent surveillance. The physicians do not
think that he will live more than q year.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
West Pointers in Negro Regiments.

. The Army and Navy Journal also pub
fishes letter from Adjt. Gen. Drum to q
congressman, suppressing the name, in
which the congressman requests that u
young lieutenant just out OF West Point,
who had been assigned to the command in
a negro regiment be relieved OF that com
mand and sent to white regiment, is
denied. The adjutant general says:
The war department knows no difference
between the statue of white and colorcd
soldiers, that are on g. perfect equal
ty before the law; that they ar
sequally entrusted with the Keep
ing of the flag and with the honor of the
country, and it is as important that color
ed regiments should be well Differed and
well led on all occasions as other regiments.
While under the law they are maintained
as part of the army OF the United States,
the secretary OF war can know no inequality,
and it is his duty to assign officers to them
upon the same principles which govern the
assignment Of all officers. The good OF the
service, the provisions Of the law, the dis
cipline OF the army and the unhcsitating
obedience to orders demand that officers
should acquiesce when assigned to such
regiments.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Married While Drunk.

New York Sun: William Wallace, O. bright
looking young man, was before Justice
Walsh, in Brooklyn, charged with having
abandoned his wife. He said:
"About g year ago Ibecame very muchin
toxicated at my boarding house, 70 Van
Brunt strict. 1didn't remember anything
until the next morning, when awoke with
bighead, and saw a woman sitting at the win
dow. asked her where was and what it all
meant. why, William she said, you and
I were married last night And what are
those white things in the tumbler, asked.
why she said, William, those are my
false teeth Then I realized that l had
been married while drunk, and tied down to
a woman twelve years older than mo. #I
have never lived with her, and never inteHd
to. Ii I could only get free, would be the
iappiest man in the world, and would net-
or drink again."
The examination was adjourned and
Wallace admitted to bail. He will seek to
have the marriage annulled.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Honors to Washington Revived.

All the steamboats, on the Potomac have
been called by the death OF Gen. Grant to
perform the touching tribute to the remains
OF Washington as they passed Mount Yer
non. It was the custom previous to the
war, but the practice has been observed re-
Gently, but by few steamers. 1t originated
with q French merchant vessel which had
been 10 ltlaxahdria for {, cargo. and going
down the river after Gen. Washington s
death, before his interment, placed
it's colors at halt-mast and tolled it's
bell continuously while passing the
house OF mourning. This special testimony
of respect impressed every person as be-
coming and appropriate, and it was at
once taken up and practiccd by all the riv-
er craft. When Gen. Grant died and peo-
pie began to talk of his sepulture here, some
one called Attention to the discontinuance
on the part OF the river craft OF the custom,
and 80 much was said in the papers and in
general conversation on the matter that
the custom has been fully restored, to the
qualification OF all river travellers.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
A Bad Man Loose Upon Society.

Lander, Wyo., Special: The escape OF
Jack Smith, the desperate cattle thief and
rustler generally, from the Green River Jail,
Sweetwatcr county, throws q bad man up
on society again. Smith is desperate and
dangerous, cool and determined. Lastwin-
ter he spent chiefly in killing cattle from
Capt. r. A. Torrey's herd in the Big Horn
country, out OF revenge for an alleged wrong
received while working for Torrey the pre-
vious summer. For this the grand jury
found six indictments against him,
all for grand larceny. In the spring
he geduced and Carried off with
Him 4 ranchman young wife, and when the
husband claimed hor filled his hat and
clothing full OF 45-ca!ber bullet holes. For
this the grand jury brought in a true bill
for assault with intent to commit murder.
On being arraigned, Smith took change Of
venue to Swcetwater, an adjoining county,
and, in default OF $4,000 bail, was placed
in Green River Jail to await the next term
OF court. While in this Jail he laid q say
age plot to kill the jailer, and nearly sue
eeeAgd in doing SO.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Sanitary Item.

Hostetter McGlnnis, of Austin, has
no regard for the feeling of his fellow
man, but Gilhooly got even with him.
They were talking about consumption.
Il used TO- be consumptive myself,
but was completely cured" said
Hostetter MtGinnis.
Chow did you manage it?" asked
Gilhooly.
20. it's easy enough. For six
months, upon the recommendation of
my doctor, I slept in a stable, where
they keep mules. Just think of being
compelled to sleep six months, among
the lower animals : :
"'.Yes, the quietness of family life
and the association of friends and neat
relatives, has a beneficial influence Of
some people-with men of your tenn.
permanent and raising, for instance
replied Gilhooly -1eras ss:Jtfasings.
Q
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
yictoria's Speech Interpreted.

Smalley's cable to the Tribune says: The
queens speech is an epitaph by the present
ministry on the acts OF the late ministry.
Decorum forbils direct criticism by her
majority OF her former servants but it is
known that the queen shares the views OF
the existing government respecting the Nile
expedition, the general condition OF Egypt
and England's relation with Russia. Her
saying that she has learned with deep sor=
row that the Nile expedition arrived 90 late,
is understood here as meaning thatit started
too late. Her promise not to relax her
efforts to place the government and good
order OF Egypt upon firm foundation is in
terpo!nted in connection with Sir Michael
Hicks Beaph's recent speech as pointing to
aDindefnite occupation. The queens hopes
Of satisfactory settlement Of the Afghan
frontier with Russia, are not sansuine
enough TO exclude q reference to the neces-
sity Tor placing the Indian frontier in con-
dition ofadequatc defense.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Population of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

The excitement of weeks over the popu
lation OF these rival cities was not mnch al
laycd when the auditors of Ramsey and
Hennepin counties filed their reports on
Saturday the 18th inst. Auditors O'Brien
and Mcdonald bothAnttested and certified
and ayerred to 'struth and corr .ctness, u
and if either is wrong it will never ia found
out this side OF the Styx. The figures snow
the population of St. Paul to be Ill 1907;
Ramsey county, 1881; total, city and
county, of 11G,22S. Minnea polls has a
population of 10000; Hennepin county,
10, 536; total, las, 736.
ST. PAUL AND RAMSEY COUNTY.
The number of inhabitants in St. Paul on
Nav l is returned aafollows: (
First ward. Is, O5G Sixth ward ..13, 565
Second ward. 9,299 Seventh ward... ,1,71O
Third ward. IL, 249 *New Ter. B ..... 587
Fourth ward 81 1919 %- -'--
Fifth ward. "a 500 Total..........lr IL 1897
The enumerations OF the city of Mime
apolis show as follows, TO wit:
First ward:.. 16, O21 Sixth ward....3O, 1893
Second ward....8, 527 Seventh ward. &C, OIL
Third ward. 10, 222 Eighth ward.....: 511
Fourth ward. .21, o92 ~ -
Fifth ward."..20, 063 Total city. .1l1.2OO
There is nothing in the figures to e:"our-
age the hope that Minneapolis willgrdw to-
ward St. Paul. The smallest growtn has
been in the ward which borders the city
limits OF st. Paul-the Second.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-20
Looking to Congress for Relief.

Trades organizations throughout the
United States have issued q petition re-
questing the president to call an extra
session of congress to be devoted exclusively
to the consideration OF measures for the
relief OF the Industrial class of the country
and revival of business. The petition,
after calling the attention of the president
TO the general sta nation Of business, says:
The consequences of this depression are
especially severe upon the labor ing people,
small manufacturers and farmers, who are
without any reserve means upon which to
live or to pay debts and save their homes
and property from forced sales, Employ
ers and employed are involved In
common disaster and we believe that it is
in the power of congress and the executive
to greatly relieve this depression by wise
legislation. It asks that an extra session
be convened on or before the last Monday
of September 1885.