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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

Mr.. Samuel 5. Miller, who has been con-
nected with the regular reportorial staff
Of the DAILY EAGLE since last summer. has
resigned his position, and will engage in
other business. Mr.. NJ. is a gentleman N
every particular, and in all directions, and,
as a man, faithful TO his convictions. As
writer be is a close observer and conscien-
tious, not given 10 fattery or censure. The
EAGLE wishes him the success he deserves,
and that bis talents demand whatever the
field, assuring him that he will always be
welcomed beneath her wings.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

The new Methodist minister, the Rev. Mr.
Hodgson, arrived with his family frem Ohio
last week and preached to that people on
Sunday. He was warmly and heartily
welcomed and we should judge that his in
troductory sermon was well received. o.
his sermoni.ing and what kind of a preacher
he is we will say more when we know more.
The Methodists seem striking after southern
states men. DR.. Phillips resembled Speaker
Carlysle in marked degree and the new
minister is the very picture of Senator Vest,
of Missouri. No one who mas ever seen
Vest will need Mr.. Hodgson pointed out 20
them
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

The Winfield Courier reaches US as an
evening daily, bright and newsy, ofthe same
style of the Daiiy Wellingtonian, but not
quite SO large. These enterprises
but 20 TO show the great superiority and en-
terprise of the cities of SouthwesterR Kan
sas. For six years the EAGLE stood out
against an awful pressure to make ii daily
but so great was our love for fine weekly
that we successfully withstood it, and would
again. Winfield, Wellington and Harper
all nov boas; their dailies. Success to all
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

The place to complain now of a postofhce
is in q Democratic newspaper, especially Il
the Office is held by a Republican, and still
more especially if the Democratic news
paper has applied for the said postoffice. II
is awful easy for one who knows but one
side of case to make particularly hifalu-
tin fool of himself and the tool of one who
had better learn the laws and ussges of 6
country and comply with them. even if he
can't speak his own name in English or helT
a clerk 10 understand the country he is from
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

In the spirited and exciting election con-
test of last Tuesday, Wichita polled only
about sixteen hundred votes.-Newton Re
publican.
Beg your pardon, but Wichita don't want
any Misrepresentation as to her voting pop
lation. Wichita cast Of her registered vote
little less than LOO votes, but Wichita has
twenty-five additions outside of her eorpor-
ate limits, which additions represent about
one-thifd Of her vote. Besides, about one
seventh Of the votes registered this spring
were not cast Wichita, the entire city
droper, contains about three thousand votes,
and we are not giving you any fancy figures.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

Rev. w. F. Harper preached his third
anniversary sermon on Sabbath evening to Q
very large and appreciative congregation
There is no mi:taking the tact that the Dap
fists admire tn cir preacher and it is equally
certain that they have an eloqent and able
man to ill their pulpit and just as earn est as
he is able. The church has grown in a won
derful manner under his guidance and adj
ministration. There have been over two
hundred and fifty accessions to the church
since he preached his first sermon here three
years ago and the Sabbath school has quad
rupeled, besides the main building of the
church ediice has bean built since that time.
In that time he has preached four hundred
sermons, made two thousand pastoral calls,
conducted seventy-odd funerals and married
seventy or eighty couples. With all his ac-
tivity he has made no enemies but won the
respect and confidence of everybody.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

All county warrants issued prior to May list
1885, are hereby called In Cor cancellation.
Z. ii. BRADFORD, So. Treas.
Webster, October 18th, 1885.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

Tuesday morning, in both the town
wells, no water was to be had. This is
an exceedingly bad lay out and we rise
to inquire if our town board can not de.
wise some means TO remedy the evil
We are aware that close economy is nee
sssary in the management Of our city
finances, and yet il seems TO us that il is
important, even five do stretch our ere
dit a little, to furnish an adequate water
supply. Why would it not be a good idea
for the city to put down a well, say eight
feet square, some where on lower main
street. At q depth Of not more than 20
feet, an abundance of water could be OBJ
tanned for the use Of this street and the
stock OF the town. IL il we're possible to
get W or three wells OF this kind they
would afford some protection against fire.
u Ia not too late to do something in this
matter; and the council can rest assured
that the citizans OF this town will not
only cheerfully bear sn expense of this
kind. but will, every one of them, APP
plrnd you for having done a wise thing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

The improvements in Webster this
year are greater than those Of any for.
mer year, showing that confidence in the
future of the town is greater than ever
before. Let every citizen talk up the
town-show its advantages to all corners
aid next year there will be more im-
pTovements than over before.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26
The Husbandmsn says that no grain

The Husbandmsn says that no grain
bin is complete il unysntilated from the
bottom. One Of the best and most sim
pie yentilstors consists Of q galvanized
iron cone about six inches across at the
base and q foot high, punched full OF
holes over the entire surface like . col
ander. To construct this continuance,
saw a circular hole FIVE inches across in
the bin floor. over which place the cone,
securing it by = few nails. This yenti-
lator is cheap, convenient and effective.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

do you want Webster to continue to
grow2 Hso, either whoop it up with
vim or else move out Of town. Run the
town for all it 10 worth-ge. up steam
and keep it up. Do you want trader
Bid for it-hold out undoubted induce
ments. Do you want a live bushes all
the timer Invite people to come by such
advertising as will certainly attract their
attention. Do you want q prosperous
town and community? Then never per.
NIT ~isalousies to rule your action, but all
work together for common. prosperity
and mutual benefits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

Last Sunday evening Mrs. J. Trum-
bull Stuart, mother Of Mrs. Bones, deIiv-
cred an address on the subject Of tenn
perance, at the church in Webster, that
we hear everywhere spoken Of in terms
Of the highest praise as strong, eloquent
and forcible presentation of the question.
The lady plunged into the heart Of the
subject and struck telling blows for the
cause. Mrs Stuart proved herself a very
earnest and impressive speaker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

We are informed that q party Of
boys stationed themselves along the
roadside between the post office and the
church, last Sabbath evening and used
filthy and abusive language to the ladies
who were on their way to church. II
this be true, their parents should be in
formed, and every one of them padded
soundly for il. There are too many lsds
running the street at night, and it is high
time parents were taking the trouble to
see that they are at home, unless they
want them to acquire habits that ~iil ut
terly unfit them for useful men-kesp
them at home and you know they are
safe from influences that poison and cor
rupt the soul. Begin N0W-dont let
that bright boy go to destruction for want
Of your tender, loving care, and training.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26
Sprsial 1nra1s-
He who by his biz would rise,
Must either bust or advertise.
T~REAsURER'S NOTICE,


All county warrants issued prior 10 Nav lst
1885. are hereby called In Cor cancellation.
e. IL. BRADFos4, To. Treas.
Webster, October 18th, 1885.
Go to Compton for your soft
coal.
j. +. Pike, has money to loan on
chattles, Office with Il. II. Ruggles.
Soft coal at Compton's. Contract
with him for your winters fuel.
Barker's goods are going lively
because ne is selling them cheap.
MONEY to loan on chattels. In
quire Of w. L.DoE, Webster ID. T.
d. b. Compton is the only one
that handles coal.
A car load of wagons
just received
At Hash & Bones.
Call and see Bankers clothing.
boots and shoes and secure bar
gains.
| will pay the highest market
price for oats.
ID. b. CoMPToN.
J. NJ. Barker has just received a
No. ! stock of boots, shoes, caps,
gloves and mittens.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL
estate. Inquire of the Day County
Bank.
FOR SALE.-Two yoke of four
year old steers, cheap for cash, OF
part time. Il. r. Ruggles.
WANTED-0ATS.
10000 bushels of oats wanted at
ID. b. Compton's feed store, Vel :
ster, Dakota.
A. ROSS has received the agency
for this county for the personal
memoirs Of General Grant and will
now take orders The work is pub
lished in two volumes, the first COM
ing out in December, and the sec
ond in March. Price in cloth 81 10
per sett, full sheep $3.50.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

FOR SALE.-Two yoke of four
year old steers, cheap for cash, OF
part time. Il. X. Ruggles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

We sent out notices to part OF our
subscribers last week who are ia arrears
the balance will receive notices soon.
If you can not pay sll the bill pay part of
ii now and the balance rs soon a you
possibly can. We have been building most
of you know how that pulls on the purse,
and a prompt payment of the amounts
due US will enable US TO easily meet our
obligations. Remember US when you
come 10 town.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

ELECTION NOTICE.-Notice is here
by given TO the members OF the Day
County Agricultural Association, that the
annual election Of the Association will be
held at the court house in Webster, Dec.
I'd, at one o'clock, p. m. TO elect the fol-
lowing officers: President, Secy., Treas.
uIeT and seven Directors. / trust every
member will be present at the election,
for 1t is of great importance TO the vel
fare Of the Association that the officers
be carefully selected.
A, T.. barker, Secretary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26
CROKER POsT-G. A. r.

BY Gen. Order OF 1885, you are hereby
notified TO be present, without further
notice, at the Court House, in Webster,
or Saturday, the 2Sth Of Nov. at 2 o'clock,
p. M, for the purpose Of nominating Off
GERS and the transaction of other imp0r-
tant business. BY request of c. l.. Chap
man, Sargt. Major of Post. All old SOL
diers are cordially invited.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

On the 10th, Hans Davis, = poor. in
dustrious young msn who resides in Eye
land township, had the misfortune to
lose a horse. On Tuesday, Mr.. Egeland
anne to town and presented a petition to
our citizens for the young mans relief,
snd our citizens contributed over a hun
dred dollars to help the boy out. Web
ster people are always prompt in respon-
ding TO such c~slls,:when the object 10 a
worthy one.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26

From 1884 to 1884 is only a century,
but it embraces almost all the inventions
which We find % useful in daily life.
Even many inventions once deemed in
despensible, but nov being ra pidly sup
erseded by others, were born within this
century. 1t was only in 1884 the first
mail coach was seen, and yet the wild
Irishmsn" and "fying Dutchman" ex.
press trains, travelling mile q minute.
have become a household word the
world over. The first balloon Was sent up
in 1874, and to-day monsterous develop
ments Of the idea are used in warfare.
A century ago the OIL lamps were IN
known: candles would not burn without
snutflng; the wax candle even Was I'M
known, and gas for illumination was
uninyented. Since then gas is being
abandoned for illumination, but applied
for heat and cooking purposes as fuel
saving inventions. The flint and finder
we're the means Of obtaining a light mn.
til as late as 1929, when the matches We
value o lightly were invented. Really
good locks and the manifold adaptations
Of the spring were oil discovered during
this century; the locks OF the past were
clumsy and easily dissiranged contriyan.
ces. Labor saving machinery in almost
every branch belongs to this century.
And in agricultural machinery the in
ventions have received their great in
centivs through the abundance Of land
and scarcity Of labor in tins country.
Photography too, has placed within the
means Of the masses u priceless boon
the facility of preserving correct impress
sions of their relatives features and
strengthened the hands Of justice in
tracing criminals. This wonderous in.
yention belongs to this century also. So
on we might proceed, with an astonish.
ing list embracing every walk Of life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-26


Below we publish a couple of letters
to Hon. L. Huntington, inquiring about
where Mr.. Chss. Lyford is. Anyone
knowing anything about him will confer
a favor by furnishing that gentleman or
Mr.. c. NJ, Bice. of Milwaukee, WIS, With
the information:
MrLwAuKEE. Oct, 20, 1855.
Z. HUSrISGTos, ESQ,
Dear Sir
Mr.. Chas
Lyford went away form here some three
months ago leaving hts wife here stating
lie would write her on his arrival at Web
ster, but SHE has not received q word
from hun and is greatly alarmed about
his safety. He owns a farm she says
near Webster, Day County. and said that
Webster would be his post office adj
dress. She has written him a Webster
and her letter was returned uncalled for.
lie OWNS farm OF 800 acres near your
place. viii you be 50 kind as to look
into the matter. i did not know but
what you could from the records easily
locate his farm and thereby be able to
find him or ascertain Why lie has been
30 long silent.
~ hlbo biukuihI BEtl hDOuL II Us VIM
they parted the best Of friends and moth
ing has ever occurred 10 maj their do
nestle relations.
He left here TO 20 10 Sc. Paul 10 see
about foreclosure of q mortgage he owned
against q party neal there and then he
was to 20 out to his farm near your place
but lie has not been heard from since
he left
Yours etc.
c. M. BIcR.
Mnw.ussg, Nov. II, 1885.
Dear Sir
Your response
was so short that we have not been able
TO get any satisfaction from il. This wo-
man is nearly crazy about the absence OF
her husband and we would like 10 know
il he has a farm as represented and who
lives on IT and all about IL. His life in
forms me that she has seen the deeds OF
the farm. He holds a soldiers claim
from the government.
i wish you weuld look q little further
into the thing. II he has q brother there
IL could be ascertained from him IL the
party in question was there or at leas,
some clue could be got that would put ms
on the right track, or at least relieve this
woman's suspense.
/ Please answer At once.
Yours etc,
NJ BIcx
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29

"Bill Arp,"a writer on agricultural
topics, is very favorably impressed with
farm life. He says .'it is a wonder to
me that every body don't go to farm
ing. Lawyers and doctors have to sit
about town and play checkers, and talk
politics, and wait for somebody to quar-
rel or fight, or get sick; clerks and book
keepers figure and multiply and count,
until they go to counting stars, and the
flies on the ceiling and the peas in the
dish, and the flowers on the papering;
the jeweler sits by his window all the
year round, working on little wheels,
and the mechanic strikes the same kind
of a lick every day. These people do
not belong to themselves; they are all
penned up like convicts in cilaingang;
they can't take day or an hour forre-
creation for they are the servants of
their employers. There is no profess
sion that gives a man such freedom,
such latitude and such variety of em-
ployment as farming. There's no mo-
notony upon the farm. There's some-
thing new every day, and the changing
work brings into action every muscle in
the human frame. We plow and hoe,
harrow and sow, and gather it in at
harvest time. We look after the horses
and cows, the pigs and sows and rams
and lambs, and the chickens and the
turkeys and geese. We cut our own
wood, and raise our own bread and
meat, and don't have to be stingv of it
like city folks. A friend who visited
us not long ago wrote back from the
town that his CRATE don't seem bigger
than the ecrown Of his hat since he sat
by our great big friendly fireplace.p
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29
CARRIED OFF BY AN EAGLE.
A Child Borne Off a Mile Distant and
Killed Before the Neighbors Could
Rescue it.
[Montresl Special to the New York Sun.


This morning, as the wife of Jean
Baptiste Romilly, a farmer in st. Vim
cent de Paul, q village about ten miles
from Montreal, was feeding her fowls,
while her child, aged about two years,
was playing around, suddenly a large
bald-headed eagle swooped down and
bore the little one off on its talons. The
child screamed and extended its arms to
its mother, who was beside herself with
mental agony, but was powerless to rem
der assistance. The screams Of the
child, however, attracted the neighbors,
who with shotguns pursued the eagle.
The bird was seen to alight with its
prey upon the roof of a barn mile dis
tant. Lifting its head, with one power
full stroke 1t drove its beak into the
child's head, and then began its horrid
feast. At the near approach Of the
sneighbors, who were firing guns to
'frighten it, the eagle took flight, leaving
the child behind. When the body was
recovered life was extinct. The skull
was split in two, and part had been
devoured.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29
THE NORTHWEST
The bottom Drawer.

saw my wife pull out the bottom
drawer of the old family bureau this
evening; and / went softly out and
wandered up and down until ] knew
that she had gone to her sewing. We
have some things laid away i'm that
drawer which the gold of kings could
not buy, and yet they are relics which
grieve MS both until both our hearts are
year, but / remember each article.
There are two worn shoes, little chip
hat with part of the rim gone, some
stockings, trousers and coat, two or
three sp0ols, bits of broken crockery,
whip and several toys. Wife, poor
thing, goes to the drawer every day of
of her life and prays over it, and lets
her tears fall upon the precious articles,
but dare not go.
Sometimes we speak of little Jack,
but not often. It has been q long time,
but somehow we can't get over griev-
ing. He was burst of sunshine into
our lives, and his going away has been
like covering our everyday existence
with apall. Sometimes when we sit
alone of evenings, writing and she
sewing, child on the street will call
out as our boy used to, and we will both
start up with beating hearts and wild
hope, only to find the darkness more of
q burden than ever. 1t is 50 still
and so quiet now. / look up at the
window where his blue eyes used to
sparkle at my coming, dut he is not
there. listen for his pattering feet,
his merry shout and his ringing laugh,
but there is no sound. There is no one
to climb over my knees. no one to
earch myspockets and tease for presents;
and never find the chair turned over,
the broom down or the rope tied to the
knobs.
want some one to tease me for my
knife. to ride on my shoulders, to lose
my axe, to follow me 10 the gate when
1 60 and to be there when come, to
call "Good nightn from the little bed
now empty. And wife, she misses him
still more. There are no little feet to
wash, no prayers to say, no voice teas
ing for Jumps of sugar, or sobbing with
pain of a hurt toe, and she would give
her own life almost to awake at mid
night and look across to the crib and see
our boy rs he used to be. So we pre-
serve our relics, and when we are dead
we hope that strangers will handle
them tenderly, even if they shed no
tears over them
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29
Joined o Dime Museum.

Fannie Mills, the young woman liv-
ing near this city, whose feet have been
the subject of many newspaper article,
their immense growth creating aston
ishment wherever the dimensions have
been published, left to-day to join the
Boston Dime Museum Co., with which
organization she will travel this season.
She is to receive S25 a week and ex-
penses for herself and travelling COM
panion. In the past few years she has
had numerous offers from museums and
circuses but up to this time has refused
to go on exhibition. Since her father
died some months ago, however, she
has changed her mind with the above
result. The troupe she joins was here
q week last Summer. Not long ago the
New York World In commenting on an
article in one Of the other papers Of that
city about the size of Miss Mills shoes,
said there was no such woman in exis-
tence and characterized the story as an
annual "chestnutn without the slightest
foundation. The writer of the World
paragraph will now have an opportun-
ity to verify the story and will, no
doubt, be forcibly convinced when he
sees for himself its extensive truth
8dndusky Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29
Wonderful Wheat from Puget Sound.
[Tacoma Evening News ]

Mr.. Oliver Counter, who resides on
the northeast quarter of section 32,
township q north, east, about five
miles from this city, brought in some
samples of seven-headed wheat, raised
this year on his creek bottom clay loan
land. The stalks are the product of
two kernels and are six feet high from
the root to the top head. The heads
are very peculiar, resembling a pine
cone, being thick and clumpy. One Of
the heads of average size was shelled
out, and the grains counted from the
one head were 161. According to this
the one kernel of wheat yielded 966
plump, fat wheat grains, or nearly one
thousand fold. The yield per acre to
to Mr.. Counter of this wheat was IS
bushels. On the same kind of soil he
has raised red top clover this year six
feet in height. Those who are acquaint-
ed with good milling wheat say that
this will make o number one quality of
flour. One of the heads, which was
weighed, tipped the scales at over half
and ounce.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29

In all departments of human activ
lty there are designing men who resort
to meretricious devices to advance
their personal interests. Often these
are for the moment successful in their
purpose and yield the gains anvanta-
ges expected from them. The popu-
lar eye il caught by the passing gla-
mour and failing to penetrate to the
underlying and impelling motive,
credit is given for honesty and disin-
terestedness when the object is wholly
sinister and selfish But the judicious
are not deceived, and the success that
comes of such means is not lasting. In
the long run the victory is to those
who reject all trickery and scheming,
and rely upon just and strlghtfor-
ward policy in all relations.-Er.