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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
New aossramsut otno,a,s.

The President has appointed ex-Gov. James
a.. Porter OF TENNESSEE, assistant secretary Of
state, and John d. Atkins Of the same state
fer Commissioner OF Indian affairs
Hon. James ID. Porter. named for a~ssistant
secretary ~ofsts'e, was twice elected governor OF
Tennessee, first Ia 1874 and again in 1876. For
several years he has been president of the Nash
vile A Chattanooga railroad. In the exciting
controversy over the payment of the state debt
which prevailed In Tennessee a few years ago,
Mr. Porter was one of the most prominent advun
Gates Of maintaining the good faith and credit az
the state, and It was when Mr. Bayard visited
the state several years ego 10 discuss the tinan-
clal question that he became intimate with Mr..
Porter. Az the outbreak Of the war Mr.. Porter
was 4 Union member OF the legislature Of Ten
nessee, but went with his state intb The confed-
eracy. He served during the war as adjutant
general on Gen Cheatham's stan. He Is Alaw-
yer by profession, graduating from Lebanon
university, He has regular features and Iron
gray moustache and goatee and curling iron
gray hair. He is six feet jR height and about
fifty years old HE wife is q sister Of senator
jackson ~ Tennessee.
John d. atkins Of Tennessee, who will ss-
sumo direction OF Indian affairs, ia fifty years
old, and a native of Tennessee. He graduated
from the east Tennessee university IN 1916,
studied law after leaving tho university; was a
member - the state legislature in 1919 and
l1sl = senator In 1865, q presidential elector
IN 1856, a representative IN congress in 1851,
and q presidential eleetor again in 1860. When
the war broke out he went into the eonfcderacy
as lieutenant colonel OF the afth Tennessee regf-
ment, but was subsequently elected 10 the Con
tolerate congress-, He was q member 81 tho
Forty third, Forty foHrth, Forty fifth, and
For,y-eixth congresses, and was appointed
chairman Of the committee on appropriations
by Speaker Randall. He ia about medium
height, with a thin frame and slightly bald
His thin, sandy brown hair is just Beginning to
turn gray. HIS long service In congress- has
the Indian bureau.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

voters. demanded that such competi-
ton with them be ended, but In the
south, the negroes being the working
class, the system is allowed to flourish
In the most extended form. But the
evils OF the system are overlooked IN
the profits resulting from 1t to the
Contractors, who usually represent or
combine with themselves the strongest
political influences. 1t amounts TO q
system of limited slavery, in which
the master has but one interest, and
that is to get the largest profit out OF
the slave, losing sight of his physical
wants or the preservation OF his health
for that matter. for the courts are
actively engaged in keeping his quota
full, no matter how short-lived the
convicts may be. That convicts are
short-lived anyone viii admit who
gives the subject any attention, be.
cause under the methods Of treatment
they could not live long. OF course,
the Contractors always reply that
such statements are false, and dare
| the writer to come down where they
are to prove them. That they are
backed BY public sentiment goes with
out saying, for if they were not the
leasing system to contractors outside
of prisons would be ended at once.
Legislative committees have visited
prison pens in Alabama, Georgia, and
| East Tennessee, and found nothing In
them TO condemn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

Electricians are not agreed as to the
feasibleness Of the scheme TO substitute
electricity for horse power in the oper.
alton OF street railways, but the special
committee appointed by the American
Street Railway Association TO investi-
gate that question reports that the
prospects are flattering. The electric
railway now In operation at Cleveland
is o surface line, aud the conductors
which supply electricity to the motor
OF the car are placed in a conduit, sim
liar to the conduit which contains the
cable OF tho cable railways, and abrush
attached to the car is said TO keep the
crcvice Of the conduit free from OBJ
structions OF mud or snow. A grade of
800 feet TO the mile occasions no diff
Guilty, and the line is to be extended TO
twenty miles Of track next summer, the
proprietors say Few persons appreciate
the possibilities Of electricity as motive
power for railways.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
A Senator's Monkey Story.

Senator Ransom tells this story: An
Italian organ-grinder came 10 his sec
tion of the state. He brought the ira
ditional and inevitable monkey along.
After some mournful melodies the
beast, in a sadly comical way, hoped
around among the crowd soliciting
money. A big countryman upset the
tin cup, and cuffed the money. The
enraged Italian, in his peculiar lingo,
bet the man that his monkey could
whip him. The wager was $50, and
the man was TO encounter the missing
link with a stick. Armed with q
heavy bludgeon, the bully professed
his readiness for the fray. The Italian
danced his animal up and down, and,
in broken English, said: Gentlemen,
my monkey is little, but he is worse
than a tiger. have taught him some
tricks that a tiger does not know. He
has whipped many a big man. IL my
monkey shall bite off the nose Of hi.
enemy, or scratch out bis eyes, or cut
his throat, no blame must attach to
me. So we will Begin The man
with the club was visibly affected by
this speech. He instinctiyely put his
hand over his nose. half shaded his
eyes, while a great gulp came into his
thu oat. To the establishment of the
crowd, greedy for a novel rumpus and
careless of the consequences, he tossed
aside his stick and clustered out:
Take off your COMPOUNDED devil of a
monkey and I'll pay the s50P" The
willy Italian, by a bold stroke of diplo-
macy, not unworthy of a Cavour, filled
his purse and saved his monkey, whose
skull would have been split at the first
pass Washington Cor. augusta, (Ga.)
Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
Iaas. BAXTER Of IN. seventh Dl..rlo..

Col l. L Baxter OF Fergus Falls has been
appointed ~ additional judge Of The Seventh
judicial district by Gov, Hubbard Col Bar
ter was endorsed by twenty-on members OF
the Otter Tall county bar; thirty
eight members Of the bar of the dis
trict outside of Otter Tail county; 12 business
men OF Fergus Falls and Judges Yanderburg,
Wilkin, koon, Young, Brown and Lochren.
haxtsrs principal opponent was MIR. Mason, 4
lawyer OF Fergus Falls and a Republican
Luther l. Baxter was twenty four years old
when, In 1897, he arrived IN Minnesota from
Wisconsin, having spenttwo years in tho Badger
state. into which he came from his birthplace Ia
Vermont He became a resident al Scott
county, aud Sept 30, 1852, was commits
stoned A. captain OF Company A, Fourth
reRss.e:k OF infantry, Minnesota volun-
teers. He was promoted TO the majority Of
his regiment during the siege Of Corinth, in
April, 1862, and resigned in October OF that
year, but not until the fight at Iuka and tho
conclusion OF the Corinth siege. Return
ing TO the practice Of his profession. he
soon after the war removed to Chasha Carver
county, and in 1869 he was elected senator in
the twelfth Legislature from tha Twenty first
district He continued as senator through the
thirte enth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
legislatures representing tho Thirty third dis
tTiet N the reapportionmentl and IN the seven
tcciirn Was a member or the assembly, In the
twenty first and twenty~second legislature be
was again q representative, In the intervening
years having served as county attorney. He
twice ran against Judge Macdonald for the hon.
ors OF the bench In the Eighth judicial distrsct
but was defeated In 1881 he moved TO Mime
apolis, where he lived more than a year, aud
eighteen months ago, settled In Fergus Falls,
Otter Tail county, where he now resides.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
Just the Leg for Arctic Climate.

All Smith Sound explorers have
something to say of the Esquimaux
with the wooden leg. Everybody
knows, of course, that timber does
grow in that part of the world. and
the man with the wooden leg must be
quite a curiosity to the Ellesmere Land
Esquimaux, who OCCASIONALLY visit
their friends ON the Greenland coast.
His name is Arrowtah. One day, when
he wac quite a boy, he was out on a
hill hunting binds, when a great stone
rolled on his foot and crushed it. His
mother to save his life, cut off his leg
about six inches below the kneen with
a knife made of bone. Arrowtah sur
viyed the rude surgery, and grew up a
stout young man, but was almost en-
tirely helpless to his tribe, because he
could only hop around on one leg. In
lS49, the surgeon of the North Star,
n of the Franklin search vessels,
made him a wooden leg, which was re-
paired and renewed by DIR. Hayes,
eleven years later. Twenty-four years
after he irstput Ii on the Polafis party
found him still stumping around on his
good, stout oaken leg, and he could
hunt auks with the pest Of his tribe,
though the difficulty of travelling over
the rough ice made him useless as a
walrus hunter. Arrowtah at last ac-
counts was very anxious to o over
TO Ellesmere Land in search of a wife.
de said none of the ladies in his own
tribe suited him.-BrookIgn EAGLE.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

Cocaine, the new annsthetic, he's
greatly relieved Gen. Grants suffer
ings, and as ID may be used to produce
local insensibility, without affecting the
general consciousness, it's value prom.
isos TO be exceedingly great. The fact
that il has been employed in Gen.
Grants case has given ID especial
prominence in recent discussions, and
IN his address before the Woman's
Medical College. of Pennsylvania, DIR,
Keen, the distinguished professor OF
surgery, urged that its discovery ought
TO silence the obiectors to viviseotion
for without experiments on animals it's
value would still remain unknown.
1t will not silence Henry Bergh, Of
course, but the great majority Of
people will not ~ccIsesaa viyisection
II only II is practised as humaneiy as
possible, and never unnecessarily.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
Beecher is strongly opposed % horse.

Beecher is strongly opposed 30 horse
racing as at present conducted. He
said when 1 look at the adminstra-
fion Of race courses and see what the eff.
fects r on the young and the easily
tempted, no matter how fine the horses
aro, / can't afford TO waste a whole gen,
Grafton Of young men for the sake OF
getting one-tenth Of a second off a trot.
ter's time. / don't think there is any
harm in horse racing 10 the horse, in
the first place, but to the man a good
deal Newspapers say we ought not to
stand in the way Of men that are deyel-
oping horses, but | say IL is very poor
economy to feed horses with young
men,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

A writer at Humboldt, Iowa, oil the
question II western farm mortgages.
gives Bradstreet's financial journal the
following interesting points: "All
northern Iowa was formerly a spring
wheat country, and like others had its
prosperous and its disastrous years.
Very many Of the mortgages then made
were foreclosed, and the mortgageor
went on west. "All wheat" was fol-
lowed by more corn, timothy, clover,
blue grass--short horns and Poland
chinas we're introduced. and after a
time it was found that first quality but.
ter could be made here, Farm mort
cages mnltiplied--not that the mort.
gageor would buy q self -binder and a
team-thresher, but that he might buy
some dividend paying COWS, or build q
big barn or o creamery-foreclosures
dropped of, and the lawyer bewailed
the great falling of in business. / have
been here in northern Iowa thirty five
years--have seen this country prosper
ous and PROSTATE from our crop farm
ing-but have never known q mortgage
foreciosed ca 6 dairy or stock farm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
LIQUOR in the Army.

Gen. Mcclellan found it difficult to
prevent the sale Of liquor to soldiers,
and finally gave orders that the stock
OF any n violating the regulations
should be, %summarily destroyed. The
next night the provost guard visited
S~pringman's hotel, on Pennsylvania
avenue, and destroyed nearly $1,000
worth of liquors of various kinds. The
guard went into the celler of the estab-
lishment, where most of the liquor was
stored, and stove in the heads of the
casks and barrels, pouring their con-
tents upon the floor, forming a pool
deep enough to float a bateau. The
Columbia restaurant, kept by Joseph
Piatz. situated on the square below,
was next oyerhauled by the guard, and
the liquor found on the premises served
In the same manner. The atmosphere
In the neighborhood Of the Springman
house was fragrant with the odor of
whisky, brandy. gin. aud cordials, and
was smiled up by the several old topers
standing near with peculiar satisfac.
uon.-Bea; PevIey Poors,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

The woman s~uffrsgists found chilling
weather for @the cause in various
quarters duriag the Legislative sessions.
The Connecticut Legislature refused to
allow ladies the humble privilege Of
voting eve at school meetings. Leg
islatures of other states had their fun
over propositions for women suffrage
and tbon dropped them suddenly.
Dakota Legislature passed a bill giving
women the right to vote, but it was
vetoed by Gov. Pierce. But the wom-
en- viii mp and try again.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
NEWS or THE WEEK SUMMARIZE.


NH .MN.M
Macolm Mar nominated first assistant post
master geheral, has never held Office, except
membership Of the convention, which framed
the present constitution OF PennsyiyaniA al
though he has be ca somewhat active 10 the pol
tics Of that state lie lives In Allegheny conn
~, IN the weNt6fn par OF Pennsylvania, and ia
q lawyer OF large practice and gacd repu-
sAhon IN Pittsburg Ho wab o delegate
10 he national lsnrceratie conventions of
1880 and 1854 As the Chicago convention
Mr.. Hay was q member OF the committee
en resolutions and Is credited with The author
ship OF the tarin plank cfthe platform adopted
by that committee.
Milton =. Durham, nominated to be first con-
treiief OF the treasury in place OF Judge Law
renee, was born In Mercer, KY, May 10, 1924
lie graduated at the Asbrry university. Ind in
1874; studied law at Louisville law school He
was ore uf the circuit judges OF Kentucky in
1901 and 1862, ard with the exception OF thoSe
years no has been engaged, ~ thS practice OF
law at Danyille since $50 He was elected to
the Forty third congress and reelected 10 the
Forty fourth, served on the committee on
banking and currency, department Of justice
and revision of laws. In the spcakership con
test he was . warm supporter 81 Mr. Randall
Mr. Durham has sn excellent reputation for
integrity, snd 70 q man OF great industry and
fair attainfAentA A. q lawyer.
Martin v. Montgomery, the new commission
er Of patents, 10 a young man and a lawyer Of
considerable prom .SHco IN Michigan He was
oncs a member o. the state legislature, out
never held any other Office, although be was
urged but declined 10 accept the nomination 10
congress from tho Lansing district His friends
urged him TO apply for Inc position OF United
States attorney for Michigan under the present
naturalization, which he declined 70 do. Mr.
Montgomery was in Washington last winter,
and appeared before the house committee on
public lands in connection with the ontonagon
land cases. He II represented as being q good
lawyer and as possessing great industry, and
capacity for work.
Francis Wharton, LIZ d., OF Philadelphia, ap-
pointed by Secretary Bayard as his legal adviser
on questions Of international law n q descend
ant OF an old Pennsylvania family, one of his
ancestors being Gov. wharton, the first Revo-
dictionary governor Of Pennsylvania He is the
nephew OF William Rawle, the first United
States district attorney He is a graduate OF
Yale, and was elected at the age Of twenty-five,
during the administrator Of Gov. Skunk, as
sistant state attorney In that position he was
hfst associated with Judge Kelly, with whom
he has ever since held strong and affsotenats
relations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

The steamship Baltic which brought Mrs
Nellie Grant s~artoris, passed Sandy Hook and
came TO anchor at the White Star slip, where
she lay until & change OF tide. Mrs. Sar-
toris met her brother with a look of anxiety
on her face, which was quickly dissipat-
ed, however, by Inc favorable news OF her
fathers condition which they were able TO
give her. The party arrived at the barge Office
and took the elevated road 10 the gen
erals kouse. Mrs. Sartoris ran up the stoop
with q quick, nervous step, and the door was
opened by Col. Grant An the c~urtains were
pulled down, and lights appeared in the sec
opd and third stories Only. Mira Grant welcomed
her daughter fsst and then the party
fastened up stairs TO the generals room, where
he had gone 90 meet her from the library.
The general greeted his ~favorite pleasantly,
and whatever emotion he felt except that OF
JOY, was hidden under his wonderfully calm
face. Mrs. Sartoris was overjoyed at finding
her father appearing so well and bright, and
after an hours chat the general wentto bed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

The New York Tribune estimates the
weight OF farm products being moved
by the railroads from the far west to
che eastern states al Is, 900, 600 tons,
Az a per ton, the average charge from
Chicago TO New York, tho cost OF all
shis immense transportation Is $so, &c.,
900. In 1860 the average prics was
$13 per ton, or $lsA eco 900 for the
same freightage. This is a yearly saw
ing Of s135. Ooa 900 for the joint benefit
of producers and consumers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
Hamilton at COLLEGE.

The most distinguished student OF
Kings (Columbia1 College, Alexander
Hamilton, m~atriculated in 1774. Az
that time all mems minds were deeply
moved By the great question of the
Revolution. President Cooper sided
with the mother country, talking and
writing with all his power against the
freedom Of the colonies. The tide OF
indignation rising higher and higher
against such doctrines, it was finally
determined to hold a public meeting
in the open fields Just above Dey street
on the 9th of July IVA, for the pur-
pose Of protesting against the acts OF
the authorities. Young Hamilton was
urged to address the meeting. and as
he closed a brilliant and imprisoned
address, the cry of surprise, lit is q
collegian,' with which his youthful
appearance was received, gave way TO
loud expressions of wonder and APP
plause. Young Hamilton presently
crossed swords, or pens, with his col
lege president, who could not believe
at first that so young a man could be
so strong a pamphleteer. In n of
the periods of the excitement q liberty
mob approached the college with the
purpose OF laying violent hands on the
Tory president. AS they drew near
his residence, Hamilton and Robert
Troup, a fellow-student, assembled the
steps, ard fearful lest in this moment
of Irritation they might commit some
excess, Hamilton, in order to give the
president time to escape, haraugued
the mob with great eloquence and ami
nation ''on the excessive improperly
of their conduct, and the disgrace they
were bringing on the cause of liberty,
of which they protested to be the
champions In the meantime an
other student, who had preceded the
throngs had warned the president of
his danger just in time to save him.
ale escaped only half dressed, over
the college fence, reached the shore of
the Hudson and wandered along the
river bank till near morning, when he
found shelter In the house of his
friend, Mr.. Stuyvesant, where he re.
manned for hat date and during the
night following he took refuge on
board the Kingfsher, an English ship
of-war, in which soon after he sailed"
- Edrper'S Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
A Runaway Train.

While switching on the old Winter.
set track, near the coal banks, the
cars jumped the track, ran up to the
fence, forced it down, proceeded on
through a grove OF fruit trees, broke
$ xteen of them down, ran over a coal
house, and finally struck a brick
dwelling house The rear car broke
down the twelve.inch wall, forced its
way through the bedrooms. and f.
nally emerged on the opposite side.
The walls having been torn out. a por.
tiou OF the house fell down, loading
toe cars with brick and debris. For
tanately the family escaped without
injury. -Des MoNcs Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

There were 247 failures In the United States
reported to Bradstreet's during the week end
ing 2lst against $50 in the preceding week, 1a2
ls6 and lfS in the corresponding weeks OF 1884,
1883 and 1852 respectively. About 81 per
cent were those of small traders
whose capital was less than 5000
Among those reported embarrassed
we're Frank Tousey, publisher, New York city
Cambria County bank, Johnstown, Pa. Muske
gon, Mich, Car and Engine company Southern
Agricultural works, Atlanta, Ga, II. J. Mullap,
wholesale hardware, New Orleans; w. b. Will
iaus 4 SON, cotton factors, Charlestown. T. O.
Tho cold weather checked trade during the
week, and from almost all the larger
cities word is autographed that tine season
in business circles is backward. The
shipments Of dry goods from Boston and New
York are about as heavy as one week ago, but
takings are no larger, jobbers in dry goods con
tinue TO monopolize the business reported, and
makers agents await the depletion OF stocks
in second hands. Collections in general lines,
which we're better during the early part of the
month, have fallen away.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
Heavy shipments 81 oats have rece

Heavy shipments Of oats have recent
" been made to Liverpool from New
York and Boston, and q large quantity
Is now in transit from Chicago. The
British markets have obtained their
supplies Of foreign oats in the past from
Baltic ports, but the chance OF war
with Russia has caused England TO look
TO the United States and Canada for any
prospective deficiency that may be ere
ated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26

George A Gray, who win succeed Mr.. Bay
ard as renator from Delaware, Is forty. five
years old He lisa lawyer and is now serving
in his second term as attorney generSl of the
state. This is the only Office that no has ever
held, aside from once serving as chairman of
the board OF education OF New Castle. Outside
OF Delaware he has twice presented the name
OF Mr.. Bayard 20 national Democrat con
v~entions AS a candidate for president the
frat time at Cincinnati in 1880, and again at
Chicago last year. Politically, Mr. Gray repre-
serts the Bourbon end OF the Democratic party,
ly he will be an arani.,tsc. e the senate. He
is a man of fine presence, Of gentle and engag-
ing manners, of a genial and obliging DISPOSE
tion. He will be easy going, lnxurious, court
" and honest Within the limits Of his politi-
cal comprehension he win be fair and just