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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

An editorial in the Omaha Bee de,
mands the construction of railroad
from Omaha into northwestern Nebras.
ka and says: "a railroad north and
south into Dakota is not what we need
or what is demanded" The Bee evi
IDENTIFY does not know whau 1t is buzzing
about. A railroad into Dakota woulo
be the best investment Omaha coul6
make. 1t would strike thlckly settled
highly productive country and divert
to itself large proportion of the trade
now tributary to Chicago and st. Paul
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06
JE'TeD STATES DEPos,roRY.

Correspondents: Chemical National Bank,
New York. Commercial National Bank, Chi
cago, Illinois.
sS-Sell Exchange on all the principal cities
0R Europe. Ea1-Oollectioas receive prompt
attention.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

When Cook, OF the Republican, read
Mitchell out of the list of statehood OK
horters he did not seem to realize that
Mitchell's chances for the capital would
be buried in the ruins of his own folly.
Though he spoke without authority, his
newspaper idea was accepted as the SEN
timent of his community and Mitchell
was not considered in the capital con-
test. The prestige thus thrown to its
rival on the Jim settles the matter for all
time to come, SO for as Mitchell is con-
cerned. 1t is hardly fair that an entire
city should be punished because OF the
preludices of one of its citizens.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

paper, envelopes and blank books made
especially. We also carry the largest
stock of WALL PAPERS "a
offered in the market. Our prices
will always be found reasonable. Third
street, bet. Cedar and Walnut Sts.
PURDY & BRECHT.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

Davenport's defeat in New York is at
tributed to the detection OF the Blaine
Irish republicans and the solid prohibi-
tion vote against him. Hills success
can probably be put down as another
prohibition victory.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

Excelsior Drug Store
ESTA HE'D IN 1860.
Purdy & Brecht,
#s SUOCESSORS MILLS & PURDYl
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
ess sas ska a b @ s fRG5 fBRG5a
nourPE
excelsior Book Store. Wholesale and Retail.

The Oldest Bookstore in the territory
Ha continue to offer to our many
patrons all the new and popular works
Of the day at eastern prices. In this de
partmeat may be found everything re
guired Gn the stationery linel in the
office, store or chool house. Writins
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

Republicans assured the country that
election day would be productive of
many surprises in the states. The
prophecy has been fulfilled
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06

General Lees majority in Virginia
stands at $4,000 and upwards, with the
legislature strongly democratic. Ma
hone must have mis-calculated
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06
9ailg gress a,stl dakotaian
Is PUBLISHED
EVERY EVENING EXCEPTING SUNDAYS

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: By carriers, per
month, $l00; per year, $500; by mail, per
month, IS cents; per year, 5000.
Office on Third Street, Press and Dakotaian
block.
BOWEN & KlNGsBURY, Propts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12

will comprise trif1e over so miles of
canal. together with river and lake
navigation Of 119 miles. There uill
be eleven locks, six on the Pacific and
five on the Atlantic side. It's claim
ed that the trip of ordinary sailing
vessels from New York TO San Fran
cisco will be shortened rs DAYS. to
Hong Cong 81 days, TO Shanghai 81
days, and to Collao 50 DAYS by this
route. From New York to San
Francisco this route, it is claimed,
will be ten days shorter than the
Panama route. There is little doubt
chat :here are less engineering diff
culties to be overcome by this route
than any other proposed, and that it
can be constructed with the least out
lay of money. The chief drawback
lies in the necessity of locks, which
necessarily limit the traffic that can
be carried on through its agency.
AS early as 1774 the route bv the
Tehuantepec isthmus was SURVEYED
by Cramer. Prior to this period. in
1745, leading citizens of Oaxaca had
agitated the subject. In 1914 the
Spanish cosrts passed decree for the
opening of canal at this point, in
the hope of allaying the revolutionary
spirit of the Mexicans by this means.
Orbegozo explored the route again ten
years later. in 1924. a survey was
made by Garoy in 1912, after which
Tehauntepec canal schemes seem to
have slept until 1872, wnen new
survey was made by Capt. Shufeldt,
under the auspices of the United States
government. This route is about 100
miles In length, crosses an elevation
of $50 feet, which will require good
many locks to overcome The water
facilities, however, are claimed to be
ample. This is the most northerly of
all the routes proposed, and is easiest
of access from New York and other
United States ports. The distance to
New Orleans from Hong Kong is 8, 900
miles less than by the Panama route.
From New York to Hong Kong the
distance by this route is 8,245 miles
less than by Cape Horn and 1918
miles less than by Panama. For the
present this canal scheme appears to
be lying in allegiance awaiting the
fate of Capt. Eads' ship railway pro
ject, which he is urging on the atten-
ton of congress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12

sFirer The contents of four revolvers
and shot gun were poured at the
tiger, and with roar of rage and pain
that you could have heard a mile off,
the animal rose on his launches. One
of his fore paws hung limp. The beast
tried to gather himself up for a spring
but he could not manage it; he had
been peppered in the legs.
ST don't want to Kill the tiger,
said Capl. Petit, If we can get aim
to go back between decks, where his
cage is. I am afraid the consignees
won't pay freight on him il | make
away with him..
"After that we threw chunks Of
coal, clubs, boards, any thing we could
get hold of, at the tiger, but he only
got wilder, and reared louder. We
were no better off than at first, unless
we killed the beast. An idea struck
me.
"'Unreel the hose, yelled.
e'In a jiffy we had length of fire
hose attached.
'"The boiling water fairly Missed as
it shot out of the muzzle of the hose,
but the sight of the show was when
it struck the tiger. He jumped 10 feet
into the air and let out roar that
fairly shook the vessel. Again the
water struck him and he jumped and
roared. We follow him all over the
deck, giving him the benefit of the
hot stream at every pause. He climb
ed halfway up the forerigging and
nearly put the man up in the foretop
into a Fit. But he dropped back on
the deck, and as fresh squirt of steam
struck him square In the face he turn
ed tail and jumped down the main
hatch, where his broken cage lay.
I'm two seconds we were on board
the schooner, the matches were on,
and the tiger was secured. For an
hour after Capt. Petit sat in my cabin
and told me and my crew how he
managed to get into such a fix. Last
Thursday he took the tiger on board at
Richmond. He had been sold by
Adam Forepaw to the trustees of
Roger Williams park, in Providence,
r. l., to be placed in the menagerie
there. In the blow on Friday night,
coming down the river, tho cage broke
adrift from It's fastenings, and was SO
damaged that the beast managed to
crawl out. The hatchway over his
cage had been left open for air, and
the tiger took possession of the
schooner's deck. They had been drift
ing for nearly three hours when we
sighted them"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
WORSE THAN DYNAMITE.
Havoc wrought by Natural Gas-Sev-
eraI Buildings Demolished i'm Pitts
burg and IL score of Persons Fright
fully Injured, Three Fatally-Mov-
ing Against tIae Deadly gent.

ing gaInst tlae Deadly Agent.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 31.-Since the in
PRODUCTION of the natural gas there
have been number of explosions, in
various parts of the city where the
mains are laid. People have been ex-
pecting terrible calamity as result
of the use of the deadly agent. 1t
came to-day. There were three ter
rife explosions shortly before noon ia
Penn avenue, near Thirty-fourth
street. No one was killed but score
of persons were injured, three of them
fatally, and several houses were badly
injured. There is intense Indignation,
and citizens threaten to tear up the
pipes. The danger attending the use
of natural gas lies in the fact that it is
inodorous and its presence cannot be
detected. Leaks IN the pipes cannot
be discovered until the ground, sewers
and cellars become saturated and
and there is an explosion like those of
today.
At11 o'clock Mrs. Smolder, sister
law of Mr.. Hammersdoerfer, who
keeps meat market on Thirty-fourth
street, went into the cellar to find a
basket. and ignited a match Instant
1y there was a loud explosion. Mrs.
Hammersdoerfer was thrown across
ner shop, and the woman In the cellar
was buried ia the debris. AS soon as
possible Mrs. Hammersdoerfer found
her sister and pulled her up from the
cellar. She is badly burned and can
not recover. Mrs. Hammersdoerfer's
daughter Lizzie was badly hurt about
the face and head. Before the people
could recover their self-possessieH
there was another terrible explosion.
It came from the cellar of Morris
saloon, next to the meat market, and
wrecked the basement. Mrs. Morris
was thrown against the door and
badly bruised. Her little baby was
blown through TIE window and cut
and bruised. Morris himself, who
was in bed at the time, was blown out
on the floor, but not seriously injured.
The bar-room was crowded with
men, who were blown about like ten
pins
In the meantime third explosion
occurred il George Mueller's saloon,
across the street. In the saloon at
the time were Annie Mueller, daugh-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
SeYres Porcelain.
Pail Mall Gazette.

For the last half century-indeed,
from an earlier perlod-the French
factory at Sevres has been losing
ground in public estimation. A period
of great political changes is not pros
porous to such institutions. Latterly
it has done little more than reproduce
its old models. 1t is said that it is
likely now to push forward in the
direction both of novelty and of excel
lence. It was to happy chance that
it owed it's original fame and prosper
ity. What is called soft porcelain"
had been produced at Vincennes about
1740, and fifteen years later the factory
was removed to Sevres under the
patronage of Nine. de Pompadour. It
was here that, in 1868, quite accident
ally, the superintendent of the works,
Maguer, discovered what's row known
as kaolin and pihtunse, and these dis
coveries led to the production of that
''hard porcelain" which is one variety
Of the china Of Commerce. 1t is an
nounced that quite recently the present
superintendent, NJ Lauth, has come
upon new mixing Of cIays which
Will produce porcelain very superior
70 the old Savres. Unlike Maguer's
discovery, this is not the result of
happy chance For ten years nj.
Lauth has been testing, investing, and
combining, and he claims for his new
product all the qualities of surface and
capacities of taking glaze ana color
enjoyed by the clay to which the
Chinese have given their name.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
A Long Memory.
Newburyport (Mass.) Herald,

One of our horse-car conductors has
a long memory. A man owed him
for two rides and disappeared for four
years. Upon his return he started to
ride home and handed the conductor
money for his fare. The conductor
took out change for four fares, two of
which were for the charge and one
for interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
He Had the Refusal.
Texas Siftings.

Say, Sam, did you see de man
about dat house?"
"Oh, yes; I seed him, and he glib
me de refusal Oh de house"
''How long did he glib you de re-
fusal oh h1t2"
"Foreber. He refused to hab any
thing to do wild me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12

There are many counties in Tonnes
see without even carriage road,
and horseback is the only mode CT
lOcOmOtiOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
GLEAN1NGS.

A fine hound which had been sent
to citizen of Gordon, Ga, a week Or
SO ago, returned to its former home
in Eastpoint wlthin thirty-six hours
after it's departure, having travelled
the entire distance, about 1913 miles in
a country it bad never been through,
and with no one to guide it. The dog
was boxed up before it was shipped
to it's owner, and for a portion Of the
journey the hound was kept in a dark
car.
Professor Richard A. Proctor, in
Longman's Magazine, contends that
Jupiter is not inhabited, and that,
though not actually sun, his condi-
ton is more nearly akin to the suns
than that of our own earth. And
what is thus proved of Jupiter, is also
proved of his brother Saturn, seeing
that all the evidence shows Saturn
and Jupiter to be ia the same stage
of planetary life, Saturn, if anything,
being the younger and more sunlike
of the two.
"A suit for SANDER, in which the
damages are placed at 1000, was be-
gun in the Milwaukee county court,
yesterday. The suit is brought agoinst
Henry Helbing by Louise Banner, of
Wauwatosa. She charges him with
having, on several occasions, in the
hearing of neighbors, characterized
her as the keeper and inmate of
house of lii fame, which 1nsinuation
she Indignantly denies.
Another midget" has been born in
this weary world of dime museums.
King sbridge, KY, claims the thick
piled honor jointly with Mrs. Chas.
Tracy. The child weighs eleven
ounces, is six inches IN stature. its
body can be encircled by the thumb
and index finger of a 14-year- old child
and it's head is about the size Of large
marble, or less than an inch in diam
eter.
No hotel keeper in India dares
received native guest, through fear of
losing his custom. In Bengal and
Northern India things are still worse,
and no native gentleman, whatever
his rank, age or character may be, can
visit place of public resort frequent
ed by EngliShmen, especially if it be
in native dress, without certain risk
of insult and rough treatment. Rail
way travelling is notoriously danger
Gus for them Ia this respect, and men
of high position are often openly in
suited by the guard. and told to make
room for an English traveller by leav
ingthe car.
kid glove" oranges, grown in
Florida, are so called because when
peeled they are so dry that one can
eat them while wearing kid gloves
without damaging the gloves ia the
least. They are small, aromatic in
flavor, and of the Mandarin variety.
james S. White, of Milwaukee,
was arrested on Sunday morning for
contempt of court. The charge grows
out of some old connection with the
estate of person who was driven in
sane by the whisky trials. Mr.. White
was once the owner of the daily News
and was a member of the assembly
y -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12

Two thousand septuagenarians re-
Gently met at Leicester, England, and
each was presented with half crown.
There were above two hundred over
eighty years Of age, one centenarian,
and one woman ninety nine years and
ten months old, who described herself
as "a game old girl yet" All septua-
genarians, i'll or bed-ridden, were
visited by ladies and received similar
gifts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
James S. White, of Milwaukee

James >. White, OF MIIWaukee,
was arrested on Sunday morning for
contempt of court. The charge grows
out of some old connection with the
estate of a person who was driven in
sane by the whisky trials. Mr.. White
was once the owner of the daily News
and was member of the assembly
and was city controller in 1871.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
Didn't Know a Good sermon.

carp n Cleveland Herald,
Jackson, though hard case in early life,
and 20 his death fond OF cock fighting and
horse racing, took the religion OF his wife
after she died, and became a Presbyterian
He read chSpter in the Bible every night
before he went to bed while he was in the
White House, and had family worship in
his bedroom with his adopted daughter at
10 D. n. BE was very strict as 10 church
matters, and would let no one run down his
pastor here. One night he noticed nobty-
looking young man sitting in 8 pew near
him, paying very close attention to the SER
mon. Old Hickory liked this, ana oa going
out be asked the man what he thought OF
the discourse. at was the worst lot OF stuff
ever uttered in pulpit" replied the young
dude who, by the way, was a clerk in the
State Department
II think you ara mistaken, SIR" returned
Jackson, with an angry flush. A few days
after this this same young man wanted TO go
abroad as Secretary OF the Legation to one Of
the chief European Courts, and the Minister
lit was Van Barren who had been appointed
Minister to England-wanted him TO 60 with
him. Old Hickory, however, would not con-
sent to his appointment. THE man." he
said. "is fool He can not appreciate a good
sermon, and / will not appoint him." The
result Was that the young man remained al
hOme.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
The Louisville Maiden and the Memphi
| Memphis Sunday Times.

A Louisville girl who was visiting here q
short time ago scored signal triumph over
fresh young society man of this city. They
were sitting upon sofa together, and as the
conversation progressed he allowed his arm
to gradually fall down until he had it around
her wsist.
She arose very indignant, and he made the
following explanation and apology: ~ hope
You will not think anything of this. 1t is
just way / have. AL the Memphis boys
act the same way, and you will have to get
used to it. l hCps you will rot take any
ofiense at it. IS it's just my way"
She left the room, but came back in few
minutes with a married friend and sat do Tn
on the sofa again. Soon she began to yawn
and give every ostensible proof OF being thor
oughly bored. Finally shs said: I'm dread
fully sleepy, and l hope you'll 90 home,
You mustn't take any offsnse at this. AL
the Louisville girls act the same way. You
are exceedingly tiresome, and you had bet
ter 60 home at once. Don't be offended al
this. 1t is simply way have"
He stood not upon the order of his going
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
The Unfortunate Bagpiper.
New York Special


Mrs Mary Ireland, wife of Robert Robert
Ireland, the bagpiper who was iured to
Canada and seized as o desarter from the
British army, though he had been an Ameri-
can citizen for five years, showed the Dis
trict Attorney to. day a letter from her hus-
band dated April ,, aboard ship at Lock
LOWE, Derry Ireland. In the letter Ire
land writes: THE other two men who de-
serted from the 18th regiment at Halifax
are still on board. One deserted fourteen
years ago and the other twelve. Both have
wives, but no children, whereas / have five
children. One Of them will be certainly re-.
leased, IS he is far advanced in consump-
ton. l simost envy him. They are en-
trapped as | was By promises OF good sisua-
tons. We sent the mails ashore at Derry.
We are ordered to keep away from the side
while the passengers for different points in
Ireland were going ashore IN the tender"
In postscript dated at Liverpool, on the
Sd inst, Ireland writes that he was TO be
taken at once under a strong guard to Sterl.
ing castle court-msrtial. The State De-
partment," said Mrs Ireland TO a reporter,
"hss forwarded demand for an explanation
in my husbands letter shows Mr.. lowell
had done nothing up 10 April p My hus-
band was under age when he enlisted and
deserted
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
From the DisseCting Room.

Having taken Switt's Specific Tor blood poison
contracted At a medical college at a dissection,
say that il gave me a speedy and thorough cure
after ny parents had spent hundreds OF dollars
Tor treatment My arm was swollen TO twice its
usual size, and as nothing helped me was des-
pairing of ever being cured. But hearing OF the
s. S., bought bottle, little thinking would
derive any benefit from ii. l began taking 1t reg
ulsrly. and soon the swelling began to go down
ana the arm ceased to pain ne l continued its
use, and after taking eight bottles thoroughly
cured. AUGUSTUS WENDELL, Newark. n. ].
Treatise Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
An Irish Lover Caught in a Chimney.

A remarkable incident is reported from
ArlingfoTd 8 town in County Kilkenny.
The occupants o. house were alarmed by
hearing cries issuing from the chimney, and
eventually Young mon was extricatsd from
it when on the point of suffocstion. lie
then confessed that having been forbidden
to make his addresses to the daughter OF the
house. he determined 20 get into her bed.
room by means OF the chimney. Mounting
to the roof, he entered the chimney, but his
progress was presently obstructed by some
pieces of timber, and a fall OF SCOT almost
suffcosted him. He cried ou., and so aroused
the occupants of the house.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16

Neither mental nor physical labor csn ba
accomplished satisfactorily unless the system
Is in order. When you feel tired, lsugaid,
wearied without exertion, tho mind Glow to
act, and requiring great mental effort, you
can rest assured that your l. yer is not acting
properly and thst nature requires assistance
TO help throw off impurities. There is no
Temtdy that will sccom plish this SO mildly
and yet effectuslly as PEIcKLy ASH BITTERs.
A trial Will satisfy you Of its merits.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16

Music hath charms to soothe the savage
breast This does not refer, however, to that
particular sort of music that Touses US from
our beds at night, TO wit the cries OF child
rem suffering from sudden attack of crsmp
collie, pain in the stomach or bowels. Such
en- emergency is safely provided against il
Mishler's Herb Bitters is kept in the house.
II is an invaluable remedy for such COM
plants.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16

New Jersey had her annual champion
hog.killing match atNeT Hanover. Burling-
ton County. The hogs are OF the Jersey red
breed, and SO great Is the interest taken in
the con- petition that attendants remain with
the animals all night, somstimes feeding
them az y o'clock midnight. The hogs be-
come so fat that they are turned over with
po.es, they being unable to move. The
champion weighed 079 pounds, and be-
loDged 10 Taylor De Winnie. Several hogs
weighed ovar coo pounds. and $40 pounds
was the average for twenty belonging . Mr..
Bulirck