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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
INTERCOMM UNICATION,
The Development of the Railway Systems
of the World.

The Development of the Railway Systems
of the World.
1t is the last third of a century that
has seen the greatest development in
the railway systems of the world. In
1850 the total length of railways in this
country was only about nine thousand
miles. At the close of last year we had
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
SIX hundred miles of rail. The total
mileage of the world at the end of 1883
was two hundred and sixty-nine thou
sand two hundred and thirty-four
miles, of which over forty-five per cent.
was laid in the United States. And
calculations have been made which
show that should the ratio that the
construction in the United States during
the past ten years bears to the total
increase continue for corresponding
period, this country will have consid-
erably more than one-half the total
mileage of the world in the year 1898.
1t is further estimated that the three
million square miles of territory in the
United States will ultimately require
three hundred thousand miles of rail
road, and should the construction of
roads continue at the same ratio as for
the past five years, this number of miles
will be reached shortly after we enter
upon the next century, say about the
year 1905. The total cost of our
railways, down to the close of 1884.
WAS 81, $50, 900, 900. The gross earnings
in 1885 were 1928, 772, 1924, and the net
revenue was 1886, Oil 1884. The figures
with which we are dealing are so i'm
measurably beyond those we grapple
with in any other business measured by
dollars, that we can scarcely realize
their magnitude. Some one observes.
as an Illustration, the investments rep
resented in the roads of the United
States exceed by more than a thousand
millions of dollars the total of tho
worlds circulation of gold and silver
coin, and the gross receipts theregrom
for che year 1883 exceed the total value
of the exports of all the merchandise
and specie from the United States for
the year. These figures, be it also re-
membered, relate to only one great in.
terest, that of railways. There has
been as large, if not larger, develop
ment of wealth in other directions. The
increase in the value of land. for in
lance. in our country must have ex.
ceeded in gross amount the entire cost
OF our railway system. On the average
we spend as much ON new houses as on
new railroads, bat unfortunately no
building statistics are kept outside of a
few large cities.-DeHsoyest'S Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
Two Women.

Did you ever hear two married
women take leave of each other at the
gate on mild evening? This is how
they do it: Goodbye! Goodbye!
Come down and see us soon.'' 81 will.
Good-bye! Goodbye! Don't forget
to come soon.'' mo, won't. Don't
you forget to come up" II won't.
Be sure and bring Sarah Jane with you
next time" II will. I'd have brought
her up this time, but she wasn't very
well. She wanted to come awfully. I"
Ibid she now? That was too bad! BE
sure and bring her next time" will;
and you be sure and bring baby" Il
will. forgot to tell you he's cut an
other tooth. 'You don't say so! How
many has he now?" Five. 1t makes
him awfully cross" II dare say it
does this hot weather." "Well, good
bye! Don't forget to come down"
mo. I Won't. Don't you forget to
come up. Goodbye" And they sep
arate. ~ xch01Qe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
SEEING WAS BELIEVING,
The First Railway Train That Ever Poked
Its Nose Into Arkansas

The First Railway Train That Ever Poked
It's Nose Into Arkansas.
The work of laying the track had
been regarded with great interest, not
unmixed with considerable incredulity
concerning the final result. One old
man, who seemed to be a leader among
his neighbors, swore that a wagon
could not run along on "them iron
things" such thing was impossible.
mo usen talkin' to me- he said,
''I've been about as fur from home as
the next man, an | amt never seed
nothin' O. that ar sort yit This here
thing o. squirtin' hot water and smoke
into cart an maxim it hull out across
the country might do for the preachers
to give out, an might do for the broth
ers and sisters to sing about, but when
you pitch it down to the nachul old
business itself, y she amt thar, that's
all. :"
"Uncle Lige," said young fellow,
who had heard the old mans declara-
ton, ''they say that the thing ken out
run houn' dog"
"Yas, they say good many things,
Tommy. They ulster say that Bill An
derson could whip me, but they got
nightly left on it. Don't let these
Yankees pull the wool over your eyes,
Tommy. When they prove to you
that they can run wheelbarrow with
mouthful o. water an sneeze, then
believe that they ken shove a wagon
by steam, an not BEFORE
Uncle Lige, they not only claim to
run wagon by steam, but say that
they can send letters on them wires
they are putin up. What do you think
o. that?"
"All lie, Tommy I ken tote let
ter in my hip pocket faster than they
can shove it in all them wires"
When the first train came, old Uncle
Lige left his pillow and ran down to the
railroad.
Hold on thar!'' he exclaimed,
''stop your dinged contrapshun a
mint" The Superintendent of the
road, having heard of the old mans
pecularities, instructed the engineer
to humor his whims.
"Look a here, gentlemen, you say
that little squirt O. steam an damp air
moves that thing?"
"Yes."
"Wall, I'll be dinged eff shat don't
cut notch little higher up than 1
ken reach. Blast me, if don't cit one
an set it to plowin' in my feld.''
won't you get on and take a ride
with me?" asked the engineer
"Wall, no; not eff it's ies' the same
to all hans consumed. / don't mind
tamperin' with mad steer, an I have
been know'd to hitch up with painter,
an cut the cold frosty air full O. scol-
lops, but I'll be dinged eff I am ready
to slide down hill on tumb-stone "
mo danger at all, old man"
''No, [ reckon not Sid Perdue
lowed thar warn't no danger at the
saw-mill, but he was fotch home one
day with his back split open like a
locust. l amt Altered to die, podner,
but amt hankern' arter it. l never
had graspin' disposition, nohow."
$50 you believe now that wagons
can be run by steam"
'Yas, | am prepared to believe every
thing now. Eff man was to tell me
that these Yankees had teached cross
cut saw how to set up an play fiddle,
| wouldn't be prepared to dispute it.
Wall, goodbye. you may not run agin
suthn' an break your blamed neck,
bui I'll be dinged if | don't hope so.
Such devilish contrapshuns is danger
Gus to the country. ''-Drahe' Tracey-
ers' Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
TAKING THE CENSUS.
Fun on jefferson Avenue and Rcmunerative
in the Seventh Ward.

Fun on jefferson Avenue and Rcmunerative
in the Seventh Ward
"Say, old fellow the next time
census of births and deaths is to be
taken, don't you fail to get job in
one of the big-bug wards!' exclaimed
Jolly Nick Tisler to reporter few
days ago.
Don't believe I'd like it. Always
makes me sick to GO around mixing
beer"
There's lots of fun in it,
"What, in drinking fifteen or twenty
kinds of beer?'
mo. in taking the census. You'll
never know how cussed lazy some peo~
pie are until you take big book under
your arm and go around asking ques-
tons. I've been around"
where did you find the LATEST
onep'
Upon Jefferson avenue. Oh, I
don't know as she is real lazy, but up
there they're so stuck up they wouldn't
come to the door if you rang the bell
all day, for fear you'd think they was
the servant At one house rang the
bell seven times-the girl was out to
the shed, s'pose, and the woman was
a-settin' in the bay window about four
feet from me, and looking at me all
the time.
cat smother house I seen the woman
up stairs at the window as went up
the front steps. A fat, good-looking
girl came to the door and commenced
firing questions at her. 49,!
GOA nv chi l5roy, hoo,, how, bor r.
the last yearP' says I.
Don't know says she; I hain't
been here but three weeks. I'll go and
ask missis, and away she toddled up
stairs. Pretty soon she came toddling
back and says:
"'Missis wants to know what you
want to know for?'
"'Tell her am taking the city CEN
sus, as required by law each year, says
|, and away scooted the girl again.
When she got back she said:
eyes
Chow many?' says I.
"'Only one, SAYS she.
"'Boy or grip says I.
"'Girl, says she
What's her name?" says I.
"'Dimple,' says she.
"That's her baby name says /.
What's her real, full name?"
"Tn ask missis,' says she, and up
she went.
".Beatrice Branscombe Brown says
she.
"'When was she born?'
"1'n ask missis, says she, and I
whistled The Watch on the Rhine
clear through before she came back.
"'Day before Christmas, says she.
"'What is her fathers name?' says |.
"'Mr. Brown, of course says she.
"'What's his first name? says ].
"1'll ask missis.' The girl was fat
and she'd begun to puff by that time,
and she waddled as she went up the
stairs.
Benjamin Bruce Brown says she.
"'What does he do for lving?' says
"'Keeps a store, says she.
whats her mothers name?" says
"'Ill ask her, says she.
"''Betholinda Berthelet Brown, says
she
"Just then the woman came to the
head of the stairs, and says:
Seems to me you're asking great
many impertinent questions
CLAW requires it, says [. Where
were you born?'
"'Buffalo.'
GLOW old are you?'
"'None of your business! Matilda,
shut the door,
"Oh, it's fun! Say we get ten cents
apiece for births and deaths and that day
made just fifty cents. Up in Dutch
town you can make six OF seven dol
lars a day.-Detron Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
35-4
0TATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court for
- Jefferson County-In Probate.

Notice is hereby given that at a special term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the court House, in the City CT Jeffer
son. iii said County, on the frs: Tuesday of July,
being the eth day of July, A. d. 1885, at IL
O'Clock in the forenoon the following matters
will be heard and considered:
The application eff Louise c. Williams, adj
ministrator of the estate of Andrew Walther,
late OF the town of Sullivan, in said County, de-
ceased, for the examination and allowance of
her finai accnunt, of her administration and the
assignment of the residue of said estate accord
ing to law.
Dated, this 9Th day of June, A. D. 1885.
BY order of theCourt:
HENRY COLONIUS,
81 County Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

Statue of ''Liberty Enllghtening the World,
The Committee in charge of the Instruction
of the base and pedestal for the reception of this
great work I'm order to raise funds for Its
completion, have prepared miniature Stat
uette sir inches an height, 1.-The Statue Bronzed;
Pedestal, Nickel-sivered, which they are now
delivering to subscribers Throughout the United
States at One Dollar Each.
This attractive souvenir and Mantel or Desk
ornament is perfect simile of the model fur
nished by the artist
The Statuette in same metal, taUetve inches high,
at Five Dollars Each delivered.
The designs of Statue and Pedestal are pro-
tected by U. S. Patents, and the models can only
be furnished by this Committee. Address. with
remittance,
RICHARD BUTLER, Sec'y.
American Committee of the Statue of Liberty,
SO Mercer Street, N. 7.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
STATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court for
~ Jefferson County.-In Probate

~ Jefferson County.-In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
Of the County Court to be held in aud for said
county, at the Court House, in city of Jefferson
in said County, on the.fith Tuesday of June.
being the 3Oh day of JUNE A. D., 1885, at l
O'Clock in the afternoon, the following matters
will be heard and considered:
The application of Sarah Jane Tenney exec
utrix OF th> estate of Sarah Rogan, late of the
City of Watertown, in said county, deceased, for
the examination and allowance OF her final &C.
count as executrlx of the said estate and that
the residue be assigned according to law and
the last will of said deceased.
Dated this 18th day of May, A D., 1885.
BY order of the Court.
HENRY COLONIUS,
S34 County Judge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
Tho Manitoba Railroad,

The annual meeting Of tho stockholders of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba railroad
was held at st. Paul on the 2lst, at which
l65,24o shares Of stock out Of 100000 were
represented. The following board of directors
was elected: James j. Hill, st. Paul; George
Stephens and Donald A. Smith, Montreal, Jehn
S. Kennedy, D. Willis. James and Samuel
Thorne, New York; Henry d. Minot, Boston.
The only change mado in the board was the
election Of Henry b. Minot, representing tie
Boston stockholders, in place Of Marshall Field,
OF Chicago. At the meeting Of the new board
Of directors tho following officers for the en-
suing year were elected: James J. Hill, presi-
dent; Jehn S. Kennedy, vice president; Ed
ward Sawyer, secretary aud treasurer. The
joint report Of the president and directors
made to the stockholders showed the gross
earnings for tIe pas. year 10 lie $7,07s,040;
operating expenses, taxes and interest, SIS, 1aO,-
2OS; dividend, $1,SOO,00o.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
Dak Ota'h Kanil fsrnxfh-

In considering the question Of q rapid in
creass In population, we should net overlook
the thrifty Territory Of Dakota, which beats
the record. Tho first count Of the South Da-
keta canvass added to the North Dakota re-
tgrn9 shows an Increase since 1880 Of PSI, ,5S2.
The total population Of the Territory accord
ing to these figures, is 4lS759, as against 1885,
Ut loss than five years ago, This would seem
to 10 sufficient credentials for the admission Of
the great Territory to The dignity OF Statehood
il she can agree with herself that that is the
goal Of her ambition. Her increase in material
Development based upoa hor great resources
and The thrift and energy Of hor people, has
been even in greater ratio. Aud yet her wide
range Of agricultural area iy still epen and in
vlting to the millions who would have homes
OF tllor own. Destiny has marked out for this
great domain at least two States, and, Oh tho
basis Of population, tAass might be assured
now. With tho taking up Of wild lands under
the laws, and the purchase of lands from the
grant railroads aud the division Of tho bonanza
farms among the masses of the people, the
Territory will teom with population, and stiles
and towing will spring up OIL sections which
are now unbroken by the plow. No country
has greater future than the great Territory
Of Dakota.-St. Pttul Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
Land Omcs Ruls.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Aug. zl.-In tie new
code OF 'Rules Of Prsstise," prepared By the
commissioner Of tho general land Office and
approved w the Secretary Of the Interior, the
nloss important departure frsm the present
practice is in respect to the initiation Of CON
tests. Under the present rules snly party in
interes! can bring contest, excspt in tbaease
OF Abandoned homssteads or forfeited timber
culture entriea. Tho new rule extends "a
evor{bsay Tie privilege Of initiating csntssiv
against "the party to any entry, filing or. sshsr
claim under the laws Of Congress rs,atlpp "a,
tho public lands, for sufficient cause afisst-
Ing the legality or validity Of tive clairn.n TIE.
pewer Of the local land officers TO order hear
ings in certain classes of contests 10 extended
BY the now rules ito all cases where an sntrr
has not been forfeited and no eertlfieats has
bsen issued as a basis for patsnt.n Tho nsyx
rules to take effect September l.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
Rejoicing Down South,

LEXINGTON, KY.-Mr. John T. Bruce, OF the
United Statea revenue collectors Office, in
formed sn editor Of the Daily Press Of this
city, that for seven years he suffered terribly
from rheumatism in his ankle, which most Of
the tme Waa swollen to two or three times its
natural size, and was 80 painful that he could
not put his foot to the ground. After trying
everything he could think Of without obtain
ing relief, he at ten o'clock ono morning ap-
piled St. Jacobs oil, and shortly afterwards
made two further applications. At three o'clock
that afternoon the pain was gene; the swelling
also disappeared, and the cure was as permas
nent as it was quick.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

A special train in charge Of Conductor Tom
Casey arrived this morning with an excursion
party Of eighteen from Piper CITY. Ill.,, which
place the party left Tuesday noon over the
Iowa Central to st. Paul, and thence to Hope
over the Manitoba. Members of the party
stopped at Page and Colgate. The excursion
lists come to visit relatives and friends and to
examine for themselves the advantages offered
by Dakota, and to see whether the reality will
bear out the enthusiastic reports sent back by
the Piper City colony that came to Dakota some
three years since. We welcome these people
and invite them to come and settle in our
mids. and make the prairie blossom like the
rose,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

Recently, at the suggestion of several of the
merchants and business men OF Hope, Mr.. E.
j. Mcmahon addressed letter to the Wahpe-
ton Mill and Elevator company in regard to
the erection Of a mill at this point. In an
swering it the manager says: sour company
does not contemplate building mill at Hope,
but did try to get location for grain house
and failed to dc so, the railroad company not
having room on their side track. We fully be-
lieve all you say of Hope as grain market,
and would have been very glad to have got a
location ther0.''
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
An Impsrtant Decision.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. ls.-.Justiee Stan
ley Matthews has found for the plaintiffs in
the suit Of 3. G. 4 H. G. Reed 4 Co., patsntses
Of the spring tooth harrow, vs.. Chase, Taylor
4 Co. ct al, for infringement Of their patent,
tried in the United Statss court al Grand
Rapids. The case has been before tho courts
several years, and involves the entire spring
teoth float harrow business Of the country for
the last fifteen years. BY this decision every
farmer using and every concern making any
sort OF an infringement will have to pay roy
atty. The case is one Of the most important
ever decided in this couatry,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
A Els Railroad Scheme.

A st. Paul dispatch Of the 24tl, says: Among
other railroad runlors with which the air 10
filled, Is oAe tonight that President Hill, Of
tho Manitoba road, intends building new
line from Crookston, Minnesota, in the center
Of the Red River valley, 10 Dslutl, on Lake
Superior; and also 10 extend his branch from
DEVILS Lake, Dakota, to Little Falls, On tho
Upper Missouri river, giving him an indspell-
dent line Of road about sevsn hundred miles
long, from the Missouri to Lake Superior,
through tho center Of tho territory lying be-
tween the Northern Pacific and Canada Pacific
, g4stems. This will give him a line from Du-
luth to Winnipeg about fifty miles shorter than
the Canadian Pacific from Port Arthur to Win
nipeg, passing through rich agricultural re-
gion between Crsokston and Lsssh lake and
passing also through the great pine region Of
northern Minnesota, aud give him lake out
let for all tho great territory lying between
northern Minnesota and the Missouri river.
The facts which give color to this rsmsr arc
these: The Manitoba Aa, a csrpa OF engineers
and survey0rs rynning preliminary lns east
frem CEoakston toward Duluth. President
Hill, Director Thsrne, Of New York, and Cen
eral Manager Nanvel have all bsen to Duluth
during the past week, whore the St. Paul i
Duluth road, in whose management the Mani
tsba directors have strong voice, is building
new and large terminal facilities and 1t is
known in certain siselsa here that several
wealthy men If this city have secured all tho
WsseE power Of the Upper Missouri at Little
Falls, while the DEVILS Lake branch Of tho
Manitoba is headed directly for that peipt II
the runner be true, as few wha have heard 1t
believe, 1t is the greatest. railroad scheme yet
proposed in the Northwest,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
The Encampment.

OFFICE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF DAKOTA,
SIOUX FALLS, Aug. II, 1855.
General Order No.
l. In compliance with section 6 Of the mill
tary bill CT DAKOTA Territory, tho annual brig
ade camp OF instruction for the Dakota Ma
tional Guard is hereby located at Fargo, D. T.,
to convene on the 22d day of September next,
and continue four days.
2. The camp will he known and designated
as "Camp Grant.n
.. Tho quartermastor general will furnish
tents for the accommodation of the command,
and subsistence will be provided.
I, Accommodations for transportation, with
instructions, will be announced in future Or
ders.
3. Company commanders will ascertain ~
near as possible tho number of men they will
bring to sncampment and report by mail to
this Office, not later than September Is, for
transportation purposes,
i. The general commanding Tho brigade will
ISSUE the necessary orders for the establishment
OF and tours Of service In the ensampment.
covering all regulations and customs relative
to the same.
I. Company commanders will ferw ard morn
Ing reports to reglmental headquarters, and
consolidated reports will DO forwarded from
there to aljutant general each day during the
encampment.
S. The eneampnlent is for the Instruction of
the officers and men in camp and field duty,
and every man is expected to bs present un-
less excused by his commanding officer.
Q. The Commandor-in- chief trusts that the
conduct and bearing Of sflleer and men, pro-
fclcncy in drill, and attention to the duties of
tho soldier, may be highly crclitable to them
and the Territory,
Ry command of COMMANDMENTS Chief:
GILBERT A. PIERCE, Governor.
THOMAS S. FREE Adjutant General.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28
In Favor Of Diyisian.

A South Dakota exchange denies asy cause
for jealousy between northern and southern
Dakota, and compares Mr. Pettigrew, OF Sioux
Falls to boil. 1t says that all that is neces
ssry is to divide the "bsil" instead Of the Ter
ritory and peace will reign throughout the
Territory. -Bismarsk Tribune.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

Reports from the East give hope that flis
prices Of hard coal in the Northwest will net
sson get back to. the HIGH cid figures. The
agreement entered int last winter BY the
rival coal companies, by which the amount Of
coal mixed was to be limited. has proved fiat
failure. Since January the production has
boen GOO, 900 tens in excess Of the allstments.
and, as natural Consequences, the market is.
;dsmoralized. TAs Delaware 4 Hudson celn--
pany has reduced its schedule Of prices, and.
the LaskaWanna now proposes to 60 ahead
and mine and sell all it can In visw Of these
facts there is possibility that the average citi-
zen will be able to keep his house warm this
winter without rssorting to the necessity sf
pawning his furniture in order to pay coal
bills-Pioneer Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

Jim Douglass expects 10 raise steam spd
start his threshing machine tomorrow on H.
L. Smiths farm adjoining town. On Monday
he will commence tlreshing 400 acres for
Capt. Faulknsr.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

Mrs. j. H. Bradshaw, who has been spend
ing the summer with her brother, Mr.. A. L.
Breckenridge, started on hcr return for her
home In Lafayette, Indiana, Tuesday.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

Mrs. A. Ranslow, Of Farlbspt Ainn., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Lsrimore, and
will remain till cold weather sets in, when
Mrs. Aarimore will accompany her home.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

E. D. Wallace commenced thrsshing Wednes-
day, but was interrupted by the rain.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-28

Frank NJ. Ward has gone to Sherbrcoke te
occupy his old position with D. P. Baldwin.