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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
Horace Greeley, The Farmer.

The Monthly Advance tells a good
story of Greeley, at the expense of the
late Stanley Huntley, who was once a
reporter on the Tribune. Huntley
was sent to report a meeting of the
Farmers Club, of which, at that
time, Mr.. Greeley was President. The
members got into a dispute over anew
kind OF potato, and the reporter
ut was his first journalistic effort) !,
gave a very funny account of it, which
he took to the office, and not finding
the city editor in at the time, threw
the report i'll the dummy-box for the
compositors, and sent it up stairs in
the usual way.
The next day the article appeared
on the first page of the Tribune, and
young Huntley thought he had "struck
it rich in his new situation, and
looked forward to being made man.
aging editor.
When he arrived at the Office and
entered the city room he noticed a
smile spread Eel the other reporters
faces, but attributing it to jealousy,
he calmly seated himself at his desk.
In a lew minutes the city editor called
him and said that Mr.. Greeley wanted
to see him. Casting alooko OF triumph
around the room, the young reporter
walked to Mr.. Greeley's office. The
door was closed. He raped gently.
Come in," responded a shrill, fall
setto voice.
Mr.. Huntly did so. Mr.. Greeley
wheeled around in his chair with, "Weli,
sir, what can | do for your"
you sent for me, sir"
For you? What is your name?"
STANLEY Huntley."
"Oh. So you are the blockhead
who wrote up that Farmers Club?"
The hopes of the future humorist
experienced a sudden decline. He
would now be satisfied with less than
the city editorship.
why did you do it?"
They acted disgracefully, sir"
Yes, know; but what did you do
with your copy?"
myself"
Yes, yes; but what did you do
with your manuscript"
II showed it in a hole in the wall,
and whistled."
Young, man, how long have you
been on the press2"
"Twenty-four hours, sir" a.
"Well, Sir" said the editor. a mer.
ry twinkle coming into his ewes, "vou
DIDN'T know, of course, the rules OF
the office. But you oughtn't to have
written that report, indeed, YOU
oughtn't. OF ours they are a pack
OF fools. They always have been:
but you shouldn't have said so. AZ
least, not in the Tribune. Young
man, Pm the President of that
club "'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
Personal Mention.

At Humboldt, Neb., ex-senator G. NJ.
Wilson died while sitting in a chair on the
steps Of his house. His age was sixty-six.
A. NJ. s. Bailey, a printer, eighty years
old, q leading intidel and publisher OF the
iniidel paper, the Liberal. died at Nashville.
William S. Messervey, ex-mayor OF Sa-
lem, Mass, died aged seventy-four. He
amassed "a great fortune in New Mexico,
and retired from business thirty years ago.
kenward Philip, aged forty years, an
Enslishman by birth, and at one time
charged with forging the famous Moray let
ter in 1880, died at his residence in Brook.
Ign, y. Y.
Thomas A. Noryille, a printer. well
delegate to the International Ty~pograph.
zeal union which meets next June in Pitts
burg, died in Nashville.
Col. John Danforth, aged sixty-nine
years, died in Elizabeth, N. j. Col. Dan
forth was lieutenant colonel of the Thirty
seventh New Jersey volunteers, and before
the war was captain OF the governors foot
guards OF Connecticut.
Senator Vest OF Missouri is seriously i'll
aith neuralgia at the base of the brain,
aud his physicians have insisted upon his
leaving Washington at osce for n more
temperate climate. He will go to Georgia
or Florida and has promised his friends
that he will not return until his health is
fully restored. lie has been suffering for
several weeks. and left his bed to come to
the senate when the Dakota bill WIS under
debate against the protests OF his physi-
clans.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
The Criminal Calendar.

Philip Hastings, a Silver City, Iowa,
farmer, is supposed to have been murder.
ed.
Andrew Holman, treasurer OF Nelson
county, OAK, s~peculated in wheat, and the
county is out Sill, 900.
At Henrietta, Tex, A. A. Steagall, charged
with incest with his own daughter and
with numbering her babe, was taken from
jail by a mob and strung Up by the neck.
| The wife OF r.. W. Clark, a prominent
ranchman of Billings, Mon, left her hus-
band and six children and eioped with u
young man named James Donaldson.
Mrs. Higgins OF Charlevoix, Mich, con.
fesses that she and her husbands nephew
murdered Mr.. Higgins and placed the body
in a manure heap. Mrs. Higgins and the
nephew had for some time been unduly
intimate.
Martin Il. Morrison, who was arrested
at Marshal, Tex, as a fraudulent p~ostof-
flee inspector, proves to be an old offender,
and one who has for nearly fifteen years
travelled the northwest and southwest
palming himself off as a postofice inspect
or, swindling ~postmasters and playing con
fidence in a promiscuous manner.
As United States Attorney Dickson was
leaving the dining room of the Continental
hotel at Salt Isale City three men asked to
see him out doors. He went, when one
struck him in the face, it is supposed with
a stone, the other two aiding. Judge Pow
ers and Mai. Erley landlord Of the hotel,
thinking the action of the men peculiar, fol
lowed and got to the door just after Dick.
son had been struck. Frank j. Cannon,
son OF George Cannon, and Angus Cannon
were two of the assailants. The other is
not known. The unknown man ran.
Judge Powers put the other two under ar.
rest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

A brilliant comet is one OF the inter-
esting celestial sights which the as
tronomers announce for the near flu
ture, 1t was discovered in Paris, De.
cember /, and is increasing in bright
ness, promising to equal the brilliant
spectacle of 1881 before it fades away.
About April l, if the astronomers are
not in error. it will be visible to the
naked eye, and by the middle OF the
month viii have attained it's greatest
hrilliancy. It is also foretold that the
stranger viii come nearer the earth
than any of its predecessors, but, as
it will always keepatleast IL, 900, 900
miles distant, no especial alarm need
ae felt. The comet will appear in the
western sky and be visible all night.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

guards at the prospect Of the appointment
OF Prince Henry OF Battenburg as ono oil
their number, the queen has reconsidered
her determination of making the appoint.
ment, and viii provide elsewhere in the
public service for her new son-in-law.
Sir Charles Dixie met the Chelsea Liberal
council and declared that he had no inten.
ton OF resigning his seat in the house oil
He said he had resolved to
live down the public elamor against him.
He saw no reason to retire because the
Pail Mail Gazette Editor Stead and Stead's
like denounced him. The Liberals of Chel-
sea have voted confidence in Sir Charles,
2a4 to 81.
An ottawa. Canada special says thatthe
government has decided to send through
the Northwest a flying column composed
OF A and '.Bp batteries embellishments
from the cavalry and infantry schools. An
advance viii probably be made during the
first week in March. Gen, Middleton will
take command, and will, as far as possible,
visit the reservations where disafeetion
has already been shown.
1t is understood that tie queens proctor
will intervene in the case OF Sir Charles
Dixie. The latter has intimated that he
desires to submit all the information in
his possession to disprove the allegation
that the divorce oil the Crawfords resulted
from eoliusion. An intimate friend of Sir
Charles, writing to the papers charges Mr.
Chamberlain with the sole responsibility
for Sir Charles action in not goinginto the
witness box.
1t is stated that Mr.. Morley. ehief seere.
tary Tor Ireland, has so instructed the po-
lice and military authorities as to render
it virtually impossible to effect evictions.
Archbishop Walsh Of Dublin has written
to Mr.. Gladstone that the Irish bishops
considered that the result of the elections
answered Mr.. G~ladstone's appeal to the
Irish people to speak out" He says the
bishops believe that home rule would not
affect the union or the supremacy Of the
crown, and urge the suspension ofeyictioas
until the land question has been settled.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

Texas finds itself in a position to
educate its children without aid or as
sistance fromthe Federalgovernment,
and ultimately without any localtax-
alton. The fact that Texas came in
to this country a full fledged State,
owner OF all its vast public domain of
$50. DOC, 900 acres, has enabled it to
set aside the greater portion of that
domain for its public schools. Through
the sale and lease of its State land.
Texas has already a large public school
fund and a handsome income, which
enables it to educate its youth with
out too heavy a burden on its resourc-
es, and probably this fact may ac-
count for the opposition OF its repre-
sentativss in Congress to the appro-
priation for education in the States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
Deaf Left Ears.

1t is said that q large nun1oel 81
persons are deaf in the left ear ana|
are Obliged to rely upon the right en-
to do the duty OF both. The follow
ing sketch from a New York papax3
brings out this fact:
"Will you be good enough to let "a
walk at your other side?p said I
gentleman to a companion with wfloh]
he was crossing the City Halt ParN
II am deaf in my left ear, and fiafs|
been trying for five minutes to get 3
your left side, sc that | might ieasZ
what you say but you seem to hassl
been endeavoring TO prevent me.
why, of course | have was III
reply. II, too, am deaf in the ley eatS
ana if we change sides, | couid nos
hear a word you said"
Both gentlemen looked astorilSteAI
and went on their way laughing.
There is nothing unusual in sllch 9
experience" said a New 1orr aiiifl
The left ear is peculiarly 't4s,ie
deafness or partial loss o. ne
The right ear soon becomes t,1ahs
to hear the pressure placed upo
it.
Persons who have been long WI
prived of the left ear can usually IN
sounds at a distance far more NJ
tinctly than those whose hearing ise,
vided between two ears, owing 60 Mi
peculiar sharpness acquired py vi
solitary organ, which IS seaao'
sympatheticaliy affected.
1.-THE only inconvenience | nov
in the loss of hearing by the LETT eas
when one is walking with q lacy
driving a friend in a buggy, or ollSs
wise situated that you cannot e's''1
get your sound a toward them.
"Bpt for a constant traveller, ~
as a drummer, such an afiilotaoh
Invaluable. No noise in a hossa HI
keep him awake at night. ~
only to press his good ear to tne &
low, and what can disturb him
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
Washington News summary.

Yr4u ~ ooa ;oo4
~ IN - ~, ha aamn,1tad - 80.
nans;na ~ - nonths
NJ, a. na.H..I 20 600 nnh ar w..h
80 aspseai 49, .ad.a go
aa;d : = 80 : ~ 5;nilan5 ~ yssIS
- 80
drsst;sas 49, hat Il i nrecticaIIv So
tieJ .bnt HawarJ and Terrv viii sat tbe
80. aanaralshtns
ins sseresary o ol t nea t.easury mas issueu
~ - -. :, 49,,
Vii, Ia nd an,;i ! nert
!,
Inc ioiio"lhg pestnlls'ers were aPpoitt-
~ Ivy, W. aliahaig-
nan: olobon IA. \. Saur;
~
senator Frye reSiyss biaihe 2 aniericah
npbtefeth sehetne. ne mas u oih lnsitihs
south AMERICAN nations osenor representa-
tiNes TO a convention IN washington.
The Judiciary committee OF the house OF
gave a hearing TO OF
heers anu aeleeates OF the Nationai Wom-
an suffrage ASSOCIATION IN their COM
'h'tVee room.
Postrnasters commissioned in Dakota:
Atwell, X. A. Hill; Cummings, NJ. NJ. Meek
er; Helena, A. g. Lindsay. New Offices
fstapiisiied; mon, faulk county, DAKOTA,
1.D. D"yer, postmaster.
A member OF the house committee on
public buildings said that Mr.. Conger's bill
appropriating $4,000 for the improve
ment OF the Dies Moines government build
ing would probably not be reported.
senator sabin has presented a p-etition
siyned nv several nm ~ citizens III
no,1ge E;ttnaea anI NVahasba connt;as
urging the passage OF q law requiring tenn
peranee instruction in the public schools.
Miss 6YavaIana say. Wa sb;,,ton cor
resnondent has her o,,;at raeanf;ons a.
well ns her nnh,;c le,ass IN which ono car
see her and have n chance for 4 pIeasant
talk witbout being told that thew must
move on
There will he stron, ef;or, 20 sacnra Tho
MASSAGE ~ a hull for adm;ss;on III wash.
@inoton Terr;tnry and senator Voorbaes
whose son IL tbe delegate in congress- will
take n leading mart Roth bouses are del.
npeI niib netitions for aJmission
;,
sentior .alneroh % " IS ~
5nler.hs ron a return OF ms oie trouDie.
n - t te.urnea rom .ahlornla az ene opening
health and has bsen in b;s saat rea,la rIv
until a sbort t;,ne 200 s;nce When 10 has
seen confined 70 h;s 5orso
r., ., CO.,
me speciaI poard consisting OF ohiei
law Serh ieoarhes, ass,sCah. Ionl,his-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
The Casualty Record.

A discriminating fire in Edinburg, Pa,
destroyed the manager OF a roller skating
rink.
losses by the Wilmington fire have
shrunk to $500, 600 with an insurance OF
500, 900.
A fire at st. Johns Turtle Mountain,
county seat OF Kolette county, Oak, burn
ed Robinson's hall and Joseph Contours
large hotel. The custom house and post
Office were saved. Total loss So, 500; no
insurance.
An old man named Tabor, living west
Of Oshkosh, Wis, fell from a hayloft, and
broke his neck. The deceased was sup
posed to be a relative OF ex-senator Tabor
Of Colorado. He was sixty.seven years OF
age.
At Winchester. KY, a powder explosion
occurred in the grocery store of Mary Wills.
The clerk was weighing some powder ron
. can, when a man standing near the coun-
ter struck ~ match to light a cigar. This
ignited the powder, which exploded. The
house was badly wrecked and eight persons
severely wounded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

Dir. Thomas Taylor, of the Agricult-
ural Department, announced at a
meeting of microscopists, that butter
placed under a microscope showed
round crystals marked by a plain
cross, which could be found no where
else. Now Prof. Weber, Of the State
University at Columbus, has discop-
cred that the mixing OF a little water
and salt whit the oleomargarineca causes
the bogus butter to develope under
the microscope exactly such crystals
as are found in the legitimate article.
So that a person is not safe even if he
carries a microscope with him to the
hotels and restaurants.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
The biographical notices in the east.

The biographical notices in the east.
ern papers of the late John B. Cough
are highly appreciative. Many ofthe
incidents of his useful life are very
romantic. He was the only temper
anee lecturer whose hold on the public
interest was continued for a long pc
Rod, without some abatement. His
vigorous vitality, his rich fund OF nat
ural humor, his keen sympathies, and
his own glowing and growing interest
made him always fresh and attract
i've. Those who had him oftenest were
were sure to hear kim again. His ca
reer, from beginning to end was mar
vellous. No LECTURER ever has address
ed anything like so many people, and
whatever his theme his hearers were
AL admirers. 1t is stated that APP to
July of last year he estimated that he
had travelled 4s9. 900 miles, $4,000
of which was in Great Britain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
immensely of London.

Max O'Rell says that London con.
talns more Roman Catholics than
Rome, more Jews than the whole ot
Palestine, more Irish than Dublin
more Scotchmen than Edinburob
more Welshmen than Cardiff
and more country folks than the
counties of Devon, Durham, and
W~arwickshire put together. 1t has
a birth in every five minutes. has
seven accidents every day in its eight
thousand miles of streets; has an av.
erage OF forty miles of streets opened
and fifteen Thousand new houses CIV.
cry year. In 1888 there were added
22,l10 new honses to the vast asans
gate OF dwellings which is called fba
metropolis, thus forming 36s new
streets and one new square, COVERING
Assistance ofsixty-six miles and eiehtvs
four yards.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

The war of 1912 was over seventy.
IN years ago and yet there are near.
" 1900 surviving veterans OF it still
borne on the pension rolls. II this is
considered surprising, what will he
thought of the fact that 1922
widows of soldiers of the war of 1912
are borne on the pension list, too?-
all drawing IS a month with hearty
and thrifty regularity. The officers OF
the pension bureau can't understand
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

Commodore Kittson hasauthorized
the announcement that he will retire
from the turf this spring and here
after viii devote his attention to
breeding trotters at Midway, between
st. Ps.ul and Minneapolis. Mr.. Kit
son has not lost his interest in the
turf, but he kasreached an age when he
feels compelled to sorego some OF it's
responsibilities.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04
Condensed General News.
Apa,erm,naa saIelae Il iowa

~
A horrible case OF suicide wis reported
here from the western part OF the county.
Augustus Shaefer, 6 well-to.do farmer, cut
his throat with a razor, sevesing the jugu.
lar vein, the carotid artery and the wind
pipe. He tirst attempted to poison him
sell, and bought morphine and ehloroform
for that purpose. His family dis
covred this and seersted the stuff.
Then he tried Parisgreen, but did
not get a fair dose. Traces of
the poison were noticed on his whiskers
aud his sons found the rest OF the stuffhid.
den In the barn He was watched closely.
but managed to elnde them, and going to
the barn cut his throat, and with blood
streaming from the wound he descended a
ladder into the basement and leaned on d
feed box. letting the blood run into it until
me became so weak that he fell over on o a
pile OF straw. He was found dead a short
time afterwards, with the razor lying by his
side. 1t supposed that temporary insanity
led him to commit the deed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

The Ohio Senate has passed a bill
by a vote of 81 to 8, which is designed
to prevent election frauds in thelarger
cities. 1t provides for the appoint
ment of four persons for each of the
cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Column
bus, Dayton and Toledo as a Board
OF election, two ofwhom only may be-
long to the same political party.
These boards are to appoint all judges
and clerks of elections, which must be
Of good character, intelligent and
equal y divided m politics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

The law of New Jersey, taxing rail-
road corporations heavily enough to
supply nearly all the revenue needed
for the expenses of the State has been
declared unconstitutional, and as
there is no money on hand forcurrent
needs. there is much excitement and
anxiety. Even members OF the Leg
stature cannot get their pay, and
this may hasten the solution OF the
difficulty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

The creation and consolidation ofthe
German Empire has been the work of
three men who are all beyond the ira
ditional limit OF human life. Won
Moltke is past 80; Bismarck is over
20; and Emperor Wilhelm near his
Goth year. Neither Of these men can
expect to live but a few years, and
there art many coniectures as to what
viii take place when they are gone.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

A year ago. the insurance compa-
MES Withdrew from New Hampshire
on account OF certain alleged unjust
legislation. and it is now found that
the number of fires in the state has
decreased by go per cent. This is at.
tributed to extraordinary precautions
OF the part ofowners. The insurance
men think it is due, in part, to an
other cause, which may be imagined,
but not spoken aloud.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

fate OF the unfortunate wife, and
never saw or heard OF the Bey aelin
while I remained III Egypt.
It seems that with many wonnsn tba
mouth aud the back OF the head ~
the pieces de r~esista nee, and that Ina
face is yelled for the especial purpose
of guarding their features against
masculine observation, this exposara
being regarded as the ultima thule ii
pollution, especially if the woman b.
q wife.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

Gen. Sherman insists that nearly
everything he says and many things
ssaat~sefsaasassaass ,. aslssasssa.
pers in an entirely different form from
his own expressions or thoughts. Gen.
Sherman is one of the brightest men
in the country. He is charming in
conversation, and writing OF speak
ing is always interesting, but the inn
preston is gaining strength, that he
talks too much and is sometimes
naturally forgetful OF what he has
said, e~onfdentially or otherwise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

The Woman Suffrage Convention in
session at Washington vigorously pro-
tested against the admission of any
moreT Territories except such as allow
women to vote.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

The most reliable reports on Y
wheat crop OF this country lndicass
shortage OF 160. 900. 0C0 bushels
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-04

SENATE-Mr. Mitchell Of Oregon delivered
an elaborate speech in favor OF his bill pro-
viding for the abrogation oftreaties permit
ting the emigration of Chinese to the United
States. The education bill was further
considered. Adjourned till Monday.
HoUsE-A substitute for the Hanback,
and Pulitzer resolution for an investigation
of the telephone matter was reported by
the committee on rules and adopted, after
a warm debate. A resolution was adopted
instructing the postofice committee to
ascertain whether additional legislation is
necessary to prevent Geographic monopoly.
The immediate deficiency bill was reported.
An evening session was held for Che con.
sideration OF private pension bills.