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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
Cheap Fuel for Dakota Farmers.

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The following from letter written
to the Dakota Farmer by P. G. De-
Linde, nurseryman of Bonhomme
county will prove interesting reading
to the average Dakotain who now pays
from 81 to sS per ton for his fuel.
The theory is not new, but has with
stood practical tests:
The mammoth Russian sunfower
makes the very best kind of fuel. |
have burned @turf" for sixteen years,
coal for twelve years and wood for
eight years, yet prefer the sunhower to
ANYTHING else. ] grow one acre of
them every year, and have plenty Of
fuel for one stove the year round, and
use them in another stove besides. /
plant them in hills the same as corn
only three seeds to the hill-and
cultivate them the same as corn. ]
cut them when the leader or top
flower is ripe, and let them lay two or
three days. In that time I cut off all
the seed heads, which are put into an
open shed with a floor in it, the same
as corn crib. The stalks are then
hauled off and packed in a common
shed with roof. When cut in the
right time the stalks are as hard as
oak, and make a good, hot fire, while
the seed heads with the seed make a
better fire than the best hard coal
The seed being very rich in oil will
warm better and last longer bushel fol
bushel than the best hard coal. The
sundower is very hard on land and tbe
pieces selected should be highly en-.
riched with manures. In the great
steppe (prairie) region of Russia and
Tartary, where The winters are more
severe shan here in Dakota, the sun.
flowers are, and have been for cen.
tnries past, the only kind Of fuel used
Land is not YET scarce in Dakota. We
can better afford to devote one or two
acres Of land on which TO grow oul
fuel supply, than we can afford tospay
double price for coal and double
freight on the same. Meanwhile We
plant groves and timber belts fol
shade, shelter and fuel, and as oul
population increases industry will in
crease, and coal will then be brought
to lightin many places on the great
prairies Of Dakota.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

them with an energy which must shine
as brightly in Americas history as the
exploits Of those who followed Daniel
Boone into the wilds of Kentucky,
Dakota must be. admitted. Ii she
is not admitted, the responsibility lies
with the party in power. II that
party is willing to take the response
bility on theground that the admission
Of the state would inidre their pros
poets politically, then they will have to
suffer the consequences Of the future
when Dakota will control as many
votes in the electoral college as Vir-
ginia or South Carolina. Minneapo-
lis Tribune.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

--MARRIED--At Aberdeen, on the 18th inst.
by Rev. g.. A. Brandt, s. A. Fsmnaing 81
Ashton, Dak., to Miss Eugenia Coolbaugh Of 81.
Cloud, Mich. Mr.. and Mrs. Flemming are en-
j7Jing the hospitality of L. 4. consin
Of the bride, and their numecous friends ID tbis
vicinity wish them all imaginable happiness.
The following communications to Mr.. John
Williams, from Necedah friends, in relation to 4
recent family event, have "riled'' our friend
John little and be desires us to state that ii Is
neither his purpose nor endeavor to change the
politica, complexion Of the territory ID the
manner indicated, nor is he ambitious or father
ing Jefferson, q Jackson or even Cleveland.
The raie portion Of the aforesaid event happous
to be seventh son, and as the fates haye deoresd
that he be healer Of men instead OF : Political
eeier, he 10 to be forthwith christened Ants, In
the hope that the mantle Of his illnstriogs ssd
father may in due time fall upon his hsrculsau
shoulders. We publish this for the information
of the correspondents and their epistles fer the
erudition Of our readers:
NFcsDAH, Wis.,, Jan. 16, 1885. Friend JOIN !:
Weunderstand from brother Tom that IL Is boy
and girl. Would respectfully suggest the
name of Grover and Maria. Al.
rlEcKDAH, Wis, Jan. liz, 1855. Friend John.
Yon are d trump. Accept my congratulations.
If you keep on in tbs good cause Dakota will b
soon democratic. Distribute the good work IL
/ sli Of your townships throughout youT county.
! would suggest ysa call the boy Grover and lhe
sirl Maria. J.H
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
Dakota Must be Admitted.

If the people Of Dakota are desirous
of a division Of their territory, or il
any part Of Dakota is desirous OF adj
mission to the union, and il, tlae only
reason these requests are not complied
with is a political one, then the party
responsible for the refusal should be
ashamed, and must be made ashamed
Of itself. Dakota is bound to become
greater and greater every year. AS
one stale, or two states, it will have
more to do with the progress of the
country during the next quarter CEN
tury than half dozen southern states.
THAT it should be kept out in the cold
when Nevada was admitted before it
was able to toddle, and some of the
southern states were admitted before
they were able to enforce their own
laws, seems an outrage. Dakota has
"a right to shout against taxation with
out representation. She has also a
right to shout against the incons.st-
ency Of the democratic party, which is
yelling for freedom in one direction
and yelling against it in another.
Dakota must be admitted ia the
union, either as an intact or divided
territory. She deserves recognition
from The nation. Ittook and required
as able and adventurous men to open
up the grand domain as it ever re.
quired to open MP the state Of Penn
sysyania or anyof the great common-
wealths west Of the mountain range.
Iudomitable spirit and unquencDable
disregard for the conyentionalities or
thickiy formed communities, inspired
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23


1.-The cash outlay Of newspaper is constant
and enormous; the subscription income Is the
slowest and most varatious possible Few sub
eeribers think Of this sesioasly. Every satur-
day the boys must bo paid and esery thirty days
chose paper bills are to be liqudated, ard we
depend upon our subscribers for the money.
Their subscription is so ANAL that payment is
an easy thing to postpone Or forge y an 4
yet people are more universally sonsatise upon
what they term newspaper dn'' tsan any
other transaction. The dry goods and grocery
bills are matters Of basipsss to be expected, but
the almost planlive appeal Of the newspaper
man for small amounts due him ~ taken In a
sery different way. No person can expect TO
take q paper out Of tho postoflce week after
week without attamptipg to ray for it. There is
but ore honorable way to zeal with newspaper,
as Nth anything else. III 1t doesu' suit YOU or
isn't worth the money asked for It, stop il, and
pay mp for it when you DO so. Don't send q
cowardly card through the postoiiice, saying
stop my paper,v when ypb are owing one, two.
three Or I've d0slars FOR it.--[Ex.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

THE organization Of the legislature
has been captured by South Dakota
in true northern style. In the form
alton of committees, especially in the
council, the north is. almost entirely
ignored. On committees consisting of
seven members the north has but two,
and on all committees Of five the north
has but one member. The session
promises to be a sectional fight from
beginning to end.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

SOME very sensible bills, having for
their object the protection of farmers
from unjust grading and oppressive
transportation rates, have been intro
duced in both branches OF the legisla-
ture, but whether the people or the
corporations are masters of the situa-
ton remains to be seen.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

THOSE who imagine that cold
weather confines itself exclusively to
Dakota viii, no doubt, be surprised to
learn that the thermometer registered
C5 deg. below zero last week in western
Wisconsin and that so deg. below was
marked in Chicago on Monday.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

The territorial solons having become
involved in a capital removal iangle,
it looks as though legislation for the
relief Of farmers and the benefit of the
country generally will be left in the
background.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

pendent of party lines. Mr.. Eyarts
belongs to the old guard. The result
leaves few wounds, and is full of prom
ise for the future of the republican
party in New New York.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

Sioux Falls Press: 1t is not much
else but amusing to see the comfort
which some of the present incumbents
Of federal official positions are extract
ing from Cleveland's letter to the civil
service reformers. He intimates that
he will, on partisan grounds, consent to
the removal of only such officers as
have @proved themselves offensive par
tisans and unscrupulous manipulators
in party management" Where is The
republican office-holder whose political
action will not in the eyes Of any DEM
ocrat in the land be regarded as "of-
fensiyely partisans" :" And where is the
republican Office. holder who on demo-
cratic evidence cannot be shown to be
an aunscrupulous manipulation" That
letter is simply an elongated humbug,
and any republican who pins to it any
faith as to keeping his position simply
hes more faith than Judgment.
Pioneer Press: Modesty is certainly
not to be numbered among the weak
nesses Of cattlemen, il the bill intro
duced by Senator Coke of Texas may
be taken as representative Of their
IDEAS of a cattle trail. This abillsap-
propriates no less than 8, zoo, GOO acres
of land and is six miles wide by about
1000 long. Possibly congress will be
| asked to furnish barbed wire with
which to fence it in.
Pioneer Press: Washington con-
gressmen think the threatened dis
elimination of European nations
against American agricultural pro-
ducts will finally make an end of the
American protection policy by arraying
the farmer against it. Like enough
and good enough.
Philadelphia Times: Gen. Hazen
is degenerating SO rapidly that he bids
| fair to become, and that very soon, d
nuisance Of the most pronounced order.
Utterly incompetent himself, he seems
bent on getliog as much notoriety out
of his place as possible.
The total production of corn in the
United States for The past year was
| 1,759,00o,0O0 bushels; of wheat, 513,-
100000 bushels, and Of oats $685.
100000 bushels.
Patti, in a Boston. Album: go to
strangers for charity, acqpaintances
for advice and relatives for nothing
and you will always have a supply
Col. John g. Spooner has been
elected United States senator from
Wisconsin to succeed Angus Cam
eron.
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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
THE WARNER Sun.
Issued every Friday evenings
GREEN K MACLEOD PROPRIET0RS.
G, J. c. MACLEOD, EDITOR AND pUBDR

Price of subscription Sa.oo per year; six months
s,oo. Subscriptions must be paid invariably in
advance.
THE SUN is admitted to the mails at secOnd-clas'
postage rates.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
RONDELI.

NoTIcE-c.I. Humphrey is our authorized agen. /.
at Rondels 70 receive subscriptions and advertising
for TEa SUN. Such business intrusted 10 hi. care
viii receive prompt attention.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

.-- =
The deadlock in the New York
legislature over the election Of a
United States senator has happily ter
MATED in favor Of Williars NJ. Evarts,
who was accepted as the unanimous
nominee Of the republicans party on
Monday last. Mr. Eyarts IS not only
apolitician but q statesman, and his
brilliant attainlnents and practical
knowledge Of national affairs viii
y prove Of lncstlmable value in the de-
alterations Of the nation. Asa lawyer
he stands foremost in the ranks Of the
profession, alis. since his able defense
q Andrew johnson during his i'm
peachmont !, trial has been engaged on
Inc J. most important cases coming be-
!, aofe the courts AS the New York
ponne puts il, the selection COM
mends itself TO tie intelligence and
''''e pride Of our people, quite ip.le
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

CROP statisticians estimate that from
10 to 33 per cent of the winter wheat
in Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri
and Kentucky has been damaged by
extremely cold weather and absence Of
snow, while in the southeastern states
fall drouths prevented the sowing Of
late grain and damaged that sown
early. In all the spring wheat states
the acreage will be decreases and a
shortage Of 20 per cent, as compared
With last year, is generally admitted.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23


DISPATCHES from Texas continue
to report great loss to cattle and sheep
by the late cold weather in various
parts on many ranges in the northern
and western parts of the state. Great
numbers Of cattle have drifted south
ward till stopped by wire fencing rum
nllng llllnlg many miles east and west and
are now dying by hundreds and even
BY thousands Fem hunger, thirst and
cold. The less is chiefly on ranges
which have suffered from droutb, both
grass and wafer being scarce and cattle
IN poor condition; but even in more
favored parts Of The state d great
amount Of stock has already been lost
BY the unusual severity Of the weather.
u Is estimated that 10 per cent Of
cattle and 20 per cent OF sheep have
perished.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-10

The Union Coal Company, Of La Sale, were
Oh Saturday awarded the contract for furnish
ing coal to the Ottawa High School. Their
bid was s2.lS, the lowest of five.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-10

AGAIN NEXT Tt EsDAY.-J. |. Warner, the
land agent, will head another land excursion
mex, Tuesday. Call at Lutz & Briggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-10

John l.. Sullivan appears at La Sale next
Wednesday with Lester IL Aliens Minstrels.
Mr.. Sullivan gets a salary of $500 per week
Tor $40 600 a year, to exhibit himself as a Boz
ton Gentleman,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-10

The grain prices cover whole range Of market IRON
warehouse prices prices paid for odd loads Tor lte
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26
Terrible Freight rrain Collision.

WHEELING, Jan. % AT midnight last
night terrible collision took place near the
collieries on the Pittsburg aud St. Louis
Rsilwsy. The trains were the Last OF sec
ton 40 going east aud the first OF section 81
going west. both freights. They were in
charge of Engineers Jonn Park and Lowry,
sDd Conductors Roberts and McDsvitt.
Both engines are total wrecks. One cab and
both tenders are mashed into kindlingwood,
as were pine cars loaded with corn, corn
meal. coke and nails Trains were delayed
ak hours. Both engineers escaped by
jumping while their trains were going
twenty FIVE miles an hour
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26
WEEKLY MEETING OF SOCIALISTS
Presided Over by a Colored Woman-rhe
London Explosions the Principal
Topic Discussed.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25-The usual weekly
meeting of the s socialists was held this after
noon. rhe NEE ng wss presided over by
colored woman, the wife OF A. r. Parsons,
white man. Saturdays explosions in
London were the principle themes of discus
siop, and the speakers we're unusually
fierce and bloodthirsty in their advocacy OF
the use of dynamite. The London exOlos-
ions were characterized ss great advertise.
ment of the power of the dynamitsrds
1t was said that it showed the
ability of the Socialists to go into
large crowds in broad light and explode
their bombs with perfect safety. One
speaker in reply TO the objection that the
use of dynamite caused the death OF inno-
cent persons, said that the innocent must
suffer for the good of the great body. In
the case of the Lonoon explosion the ms
chine was set of in the House of Lords 6rst,
in o. der that the large number of persons in
tie House OF Commons might have time
TO escape. Another said that little hogs
grease and little nitric acid formed very
powerful compound; ten cents worth would
blow a building to atoms. Another re-
N arked that the body Of a dead capitalist
would serve the purpose as well as hog.
II ere were 90, ZOO men in Chicago who
knew how to manufacture dynamite in
their own kitchens for the price Of good
dir ner. II was well known that the whole
of Chicago could be set ablaze In moment
with electricity. IT was suggested that the
Beard Of Trade and newspaper offices be at
tackled FIRST. Still another speaker agreed
with General Sherman that an army OF
10,OO0 men stood no chance against few
men with dynamite.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26
PROSPECTIVE LEGISLATION.
Little Progress Made in the senate o
Pending Measures-Several Bills
to be Pressed in the House.

washington, Jan. 25.-The Inter Stat
Commerce bill and Nicsraguan treaty are, q
they were at the beginning of last week anc
the week before, leading measures before the
Senate, and appear to be not perceptibly
nearer the point of final action than week
ago. 1t is probable their discussion will out
last the present week if not set aside.
The Baysrd resolution, expressing the
sentiments of the Senate regarding the Los-
don explosion, may lead to some debate TO
morrow. The regular order is likely TO be
set aside later in the week for thu discussion
and passage of the Pensions and Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bills, one or
both, and it is possible also the Indian APP
propriation bill, which will reach the Ap.
preparation Commettee tomorrow, and Will
be reported before a week.
The Temporary Naval bill is still in the
hands of the conferees, but an agreement
will probably be reached tomorrow or Tues.
dsy. 1t is not likely 70 lead to any further
discussion in the Senate.
The annual appropriation bill for the Dis.
trict OF Columbia will be called up in the
House tomorrow.
at 2:3O O'Clock eulogistic addresses will be
delivered in honor OF ate Representative
Duncan, OF Pennsylvania.
The Committee on Appropriations expect
to report the Army and Postoffice bills IN
time to call them up on Tuesday and We'd
nesday. Ii is the intention of the Commit.
tee on Rivers and Harbors to press the con-
sideration of the River and Harbor ppro-
priation bill during the latter part of the
week.
There is q disposition on the part of the
friends of various prominent measures how
pending to antsgonize the appropriation
bills.
SIR. Hewitt, of New York, will endeavor
to call up the bill TO carry into effect the
provisions OF the Mexican reciprocity treaty
during the week.
Mr.. Townshend will press the Mexican
Pension bill, Mr. Stockslager the bill provid
ing for puolic buildings throughout the
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26

don, as well as the chaos would permit. The
Martini rifles which had been hurlsd from
the stands remained in confusion, and rem
dered impossible near approach to
the exact SPOT where the explosion
occurred The scene will be photographed
tomorrow. Colonel Majsndie says he is
satisfied that dynamite was used TO cause the
explosion. Re says about four or five
pounds of explosive properly compressed
would only measure four or five cubic
inches, and could easily be concealed in an
overcoat pocket, or in the folds OF woman s
dress.
The Tower officials believe a woman de-
posted the dynamite in the building. The
police some time ago had reason to believe
a woman was constantly passing back and
forth between America and England for the
purpose of importing dynamite. She was
frequently watched, but evidence sufficient
to warrant her arrest was never obtained.
The wreckage at the Parliament buildings
and Tower OF London is ordered to be left
untouched until Colonel Msjendie has
made further inspection tomorrow. Pro-
fessor Abel, DR.. Durre and other experts
ale assisting Msjendie.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26
A Terrible Tragedy,

CINCINNATI, Jan. 25.-About noon today
a terrible tragedy took place at Newport, KY.
Mrs. Carrie L. WinslGw, choked herson, seven
years old, to death; beat her ten-year-old
daughter 30 severely with base ball club
that it is believed her injuries are fatal, and
then cut her own throat with q razor, pro-
ducing speedy death. Mrs. Winslow
was thirty-two years old. She
was living with her brother
and his family, at the corner of York and
Taylor streets. Newport. She and her hus-
band, George G. Winslow, have been sep
arsted for several years. He is living at
present at Lewiston, N. Y. A few
months ago Mrs. Winslow returned from q
sojourn in a sanitarium for the treatment
of insanity. To day the family left her and
her two children with two servants at the
house while they went to church. She
retired with her children to a room.
The servants noted the absence OF the chill.
dren and made search. They found her
room locked, and raised the alarm. Mr..
Davis, brother to Mrs. Winslow, broke the
door open and found the scene as described.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Senor Jose Maria Ssmper. Colombian Min
lister, took leave of President Santa Maria
On the 10th inst.
The Western File Works, at Beaver Falls.
Pa, which have been closed for several
weeks, resume to day at q slight reduction
OF wages.
Lessing & Alden's Bridge Works, Of Lake
view, Chicago. were damaged S25, 900 by fire
yesterday. chiefly on stock and patterns; in
sured for s70,Oc0.
The street car stables OF Carthage, No.,
were burned on Saturday night. Thirteen
mules and four horses perished. Total loss,
$4,000; insurance, 5000.
The remains of 0wney Geoghesn, the
pueilist, arrived at New York yesterday.
The reputed wife of Geoghean was not per-
mitted to see The body. She rays she will
make fight in the courts to obtain posses
sion Of 1t.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-26
COTTON LANDS.
BY the improved Methods of Cultivation
Played-Out and ''sick" Cotton Lands
Are ss Productive as Ever.

WAsHIEsToN, Jan. 25.-Nimmo, the Chief
Of the Bureau OF Satisfies, presents 10 his
quarterly report, Just published, an inter
esting report made TO the bureau by William
L. Trenholm, OF Charleston, s. c., on the
persstency of fertility in the cotton produc.
ing lands Of the United States. This report
was prepared by Trenholm in reply to spe-
eific inquiries, submitted to him by Nimmo
in July last, snd is now presented as an in.
PRODUCTION tp the important and somewhat
extensive investigation as to the probable
future and relative position of this country
in cotton man ufactures, and in expectation
of cotton to foreign markets. Mr..
Trenholm asserts that under the old methods
of cotton cnlture, prevalent prior to 1861,
great bodies of land not only lost power to
produce cotton but became unit for any
purpose known to planters. He Confidently
asserts however, that with the improved
methods and sxpedients described by him,
the cultivation of cotton has become not
onlr lucrative art but progressive sci
enc,; that cotton sick" lands have been re-
claimed, and the general average of the pro
dudiveness OF the cotton lands OF the coun.
try has been increased. He gives statistics of
the production of particular tracts, and the
relation of the crop to the average through
out the cotton belt to sustain the assertion.
Mr.. Trenholm concludes the report &c
follows:
looking at the question solely with
reference to the capacity Of the land, 1t
seems reasonably certain that the cotton
States of the Union will be able 20 keep up
the usual crop. and in case of need, increase
it considerably without materially increas-
ing the acreage nov in cotton"
Trenholm is son of the late George
Trenholm. Secretary of the Treasury OF the
Southern Confederacy.