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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25
The fashion of ADOPTING

The fashion of adopting "crests''af-
Ter the manner OF. the nobility OF Eu.
rope, is spreading in Washington
This sort of tonfoolery might do in
men holding no public Office, but for a
Senator. or. member of the. Cabinet to
thus ape the customs of social and
governmental systems against which
our own is intended to be a constant
protest, is an insult 10 the American
people. The remedy will be to retire
70 private life at the earliest possible
moment every snole who imagines him
self an aristocrat because he has been
chosen. TO serve a democratic people
IN a public station. We have little
,ontrok over the snobs in privatel life
who ape 'the fashions of monarchicaI
countries i'm the way of crests, foot.
men, outriders, and Inverted servants,
but The people can squelch she assum.
ID dignity of their public servants il
\ pretty summary manner. and they
should do it at the very first oppor.
sunity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25
Congressrnaa Belmont is in favor Of

Congressman Belmont is in favor OF
Introducing the principles of cisf ser
icereformiIta the consular service,
md has introduced aresofution which,
sill be favor@biyi reported by the
ommittee on foreign affairs, calling
lpon the cfth service commission for
heir opinions as to the prscticability
# a law requiring candidates for that
erviee 70 pass examination as to
heir qualifications @
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25
Tom Seott's Fate,
WashiIgton eor. Cleveland Leader.

Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader.
A friend of Tom Scott, the no
President OF the Pennsylvania n
road, told me recently how Scof
choosing Of srailroading las a pro
sinnI hung, on the Tipping OF a pen|
Said he-sEeTom Scott told me
story himself. lie was the toll 4
RftorI on the Pennsylvania Canal
Columbia, when the railroad auth3
ties, bearing that he was q brH
young man, offered him the posi-
of station agent at Altoona, 81
was popular, and when he told
Friends of his offer they urged him
refuse it and stay on the canal.
Resisted their opportunities
finally taking a big red copper in
fingers, said Boys, | viii let
iates decide. Heads is Altoona
tails columbia He then threw
copperinto the airwith a twist VI
sent 1t into a dozen s~omersaults,
it tell -eaa-the head VAS npperu
The boys then said that one trial
notenough. II must bethe best
out Of three. Scottsconsenbed to
and threw oncemore. Hisnextt
was heads, and So the railroad
Had the copper fallen on the
side, who can tell what the IL
would havsateen2p
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

Paris Coz OF the Hartford Times.
At an evening reception recently,
which your correspondent had the
t1urtr OF attending. aSpet cat belong,
ing to the household was one of tie
Ioaared personages,f for ~Boodfg hHt
just returned from a weeks stay at
the hospital. Doodle" was ths
name of a fine large Angora wfichhad i
been suffering with rheumatism, and
consequently vast the objectofa as much
sympathy as though it rad been
child with the measles. Said the hostz
ess: i~z 1
I'VE sent to the doetor'sto eewhat
allied the cat, and an awfully swell
man came TO examine it, and he sad
it ought to be semitic the hospital
where it could get better nursing.
1t cost forty francs to cure him, butt
now he's all right" l straightway
visited the cat and dog hospital, and
a curious place it is, both for sights
and sounds. Il believe there are sew
eral institutions of the kind in Parisg
built OBJ model pian:|-hepe the
editor will not feel caHedgpon to refez
this free advertisement" to the bust
ness department, if publish no names
The hospital is situated in the sub.
urbs of.Paris. IL consists of a villa
in the back yard OF which has been
substantial brick building. At one
end oflthis is a pharmacy, while tie
rest of the building is taken~up with 4
long ward in which there are aooa9
thirty stalls, each about four fest ctf7
bic, and lnclosea with wire netting. Th&
bottoms of these cages or stalls an
furnished with clean straw every DAY
All sorts of dogs aid cats were her8
some Eith broken legs, some wit
pleurisy; and some with coughs.
Outside the ward there are thre
open airFards, eleanly graveled, wher
the colvalescents are kept togetha4
and here were forty or fifty moredoH
while in a house att alone was~a~R,a
dog, which had bitten three perssa
and was now awaiting transfer TO T.
Pastetr to be experimented on
that great investigator OF hydroph1
bTa. The dog, aScotchterrier iumps
around its cage ~fariously when 9
ptoaclsd. The veterinary surgeon
charge sf the hospital said he believs >
there was no dangeFirom hydroph
blafekeept to nervous persons, WI
feared 1t. He himself claimed to haa
been bitten three times by mad dol
land he a never afraid to hand
them. His opinioncontrary to th
of pr, Pasteur. is that dogs, cal
wolves and jaekals may become M
without having been bitten.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

1t is reported that the Northern
Pacific railroad is about to sell TO a
,owerful syndicate OF capitalists sew
mal millions OF acres in Dakota, the
whole to be parcelled out to settlers
md colonies Some of the lands will
BE fencedtand houses viii be erected,
md purchasers viii have homes ready
or them or their arrival. Agents will
be distributed all over Europe to sell
he lands and form colonies and ev-
.ry means taken to settle uptheeoun-
Try as soon as possible.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

1t is officially estimated that the
milling capitaief Kansas is ss,O0o,.
BOO, witty an annual product valued
1t 5 ,ssssuO0. In 1874 the milling
.apital was but 81, 600, 600. ii is
urther estimated that the total dolly
,apacity is .32,610 barrels. At Eve
bushels o grain to the barrel OF pro-
iuct, With running OF mills 800 days
a the year, the milling capacity would
.qual AZ, oO5 900 bushels per annum
Inc returrrss however, would Indicate
only a litaB over Ia 500, 900 bushels
actually ground.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

Texas, which by the act of its ad-
MISSION, can be divided into four
tates, has hitherto besnsingularly in
lifferent to division. But since the
passage Of the Dakota bill by the
senate a change is noticed in the tone
If the Texan papers; the question Of
livision being discussed with more or
ess earnsstness.s Itisgpot improha.
Die that che old question of the 4bal-
mce OF power may be revived again
,efore thslee5e of the present con.
,rasu -,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

Warm weather in the eastern states
which melted the winter SHOWS, was
ollowed by o heavy rain fall and the
consequence was disastrous floods
md an immense amount Of damage
Q property. especially in New Eng
and. In Boston the average rainfall
II month was equalled in oneortwo
lays. Fortunately in the Northwest
he snow usually disappears before
he rains come, and thus the danger
IF floods il not so great.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

inc Rs,ats

IIs tHt BOdfd-
If Railroad commissioners ofthe state
IF New York covers the year ending
sept. 3GI es5.A Tile earnings show a
decrease of over SO. 0oD,o 900 in gross
arningss Hhifs the total number OF
ons of freight carried over one mile
increased over 5760o0D00 and the
lumber OF passengers carried one mile
Increased about 100 pooOoo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

New York auctioneers have sold several
cases of old sabers, rifles, bsyonetts, and other
small arms They were picked up on the bat
tie fields IN the south during the var and sold
TO the manufacturers who had made them
Among the lot were many swoTdrbayonets
and caHteens. B~ullet-holes were in the leather
belts and dents ip the swords. They were sold
to q Brooklyn isnE-deaier for 3 or 8 cents
aaisa~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

In 1855 the Pope sent a beas
block of white marble to be. usa
the construction Of the Washi1
Monument. This was t1e-time
the Know Nothing agitation "
progress, and great exeitement
vailed against foreigners in &c!
and Roman Catholics in partiq
One night a band OF men carried
the Pope's stone, broke il into q
and threwit into the Potomac
names OF the perpetcstors Of the
werenever Known.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25
Generaf News tondensed.


Ea4 ZEE 49, "
Jonn B. Cough, the eloquent f.niperanee
~tsctarer, died at lao ccsock THURSDAY Al.
terno0n the 1Stn inst, at the ree5denee of
DR. Bruce BsFnss ia Frankford, Pa.
Nhsre be wss taken on Monday night when
stricken With paralysis, while lecturinr at
the Frankfort Presbyterian church. His
vhs was at his bef1ide xhenhedied. There
vera p~lso-pFeAent Mrs. Pidgae. Els sister
Mrs. Barns and two neices, Misses Fanny
a-Xanamaker-
Rev. Thomas Murphy and rs. Jacob wag.
ner IL was recalled that the last words
spoken by Mr.. Cough were, Young man.
make your record Clear. The hodv val
-rntatmsd-zutnfu zmrrrrSntthrfu1rr~-
WAS tahess 70 his homein Worcester county,
Mass, for i~nternientg -ffEfSgt[T q It
John y. Cough. unqnestionsbiy me alb
lest temperance ~leeturer Ill the world, was
bora AZ SaHdgete, Kent, England, Aug. 90.
1877. His father, who received a small
pe~1eionffor services In the Pe~ninsuIar war,
diet az the age OF ninety-yeHrs- The family
yeie poor and penniless. La 1929 Cough.
parted With his mother and sister and came.
to the United States with a Sandsate I'll nj
iiys the ar~ranscinents being that they-
we're to receive ten g~uineqAss And, In
%ret.lr,, care for him dafing The
voyage. trach him & trade afrer his
arrival in the Ees@os:d, and provide for
hui sntH be bssltIis OF age. After two
yssEs experience at farming ia Oneida
county, y. u, he went to New York city.
obtaineo II situation in a publishingh onse.
land began TO l4iarR the book-binders trade
reefisiag for his services 81 per week.
Here hs mother and sister joined him. In
1888, through depression in trade. John
lost his situation, AMI then iolIssed de
%privatfon and mant, His mother died in
July, 1884. Eainored from Understanding
influence of his mother, be. bagarFa course
of dissipation lie ireauented the street
corners, the saloons and tRversaz, wheFph his
remarkable powers Of Infrnirfy, his gift of
speech and sons. made him "A popular
iayorite. He isil lower aud lower, and
finally became d confirmed drunkard. In
1s4Q being persuaded TO attend a temper
anre nesting. sr sigacd tho pledge and
theneeiorgsrd liyed n sober lie. .Ie lee.
tnred op Temperance throughout the
United States and England after-
wards he added other tonies, and
from 1876 TO ts55 he was one uf the most
popular lertnrers Ia the United States. He
nasa MANY tours through this country and
" or three through England. Mr.. Cough
continued TO lecture until foIr or five years
ago. when i'll health compelled him Il retire
from the rostr1ttn. IL X stated that he
amassed several fortunes, hut gays sotnnch
Tor charitable cbiccts hat he was always
poor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25
Dahgerou, ceunterfeit SILVER Dollar.

StfftE DoIibFs
La crosse spseial. Teller Hankerson,
OF the La Crosse National bank, discover
cd a counterfeit silver dollar that is pro-
bounced by all bank people In the city
absolutely the most dangerous bogus that
any ofttsem here ever saw. It-is a stand
ard dollar OF the coinage of 1851.
Fhe outside is silver, aud the die is
Ia every substantial particular as clear
as the original II stands all MICROSCOPE.
cal tests. having the secret "M on zach
side, the only variation being that under q
powerful microscope the ~ in az Pluribus
! aGm il little mfsshaped, being iarger at
the top than the bottom. The only posaf
bic means OF discovery is by weight, it be-
ing exactly iorty-seven grains short of the
standard. and about fortyZthree
grains short of: the average. The
lack Of weight Is 0 sufficient to
be noticeable by m one except an expert.
The bank gaze notice to all other banks
il the city, And one alppea rcd on the State
bank counter. This warrants the belief
that som body is showing the counter
let's here. Cashier Burton thinks IL posi-.
Bile that the coin is pure silver, the 1iffer-
ence in weight yielding a profit OF 20 per
cent. TO the manufacturers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25
SENATE I'M PRESIDENT.
Rspors Of Mr. Edmunds Presented In
! the senafe wan observation-disclosures
uanea of ths Right of Senator'S to 2
Papers Ecgsrsiag Suspensions :
q Arpm Ofaee. !

WASHINGTON, Feb lS.-Senator Edrunds
to-day reported the following resolutions
from the senate committee On the Judiciary,
Resolved That the foregoing report CT the
cpAmatee On The 1hdArfATt b sgreed u aHq
A1sessH TIA. the senate hereby expresses
4tA-candsnnatiaaat the refusal Of the attorney
fensfxI, urcsT wrsteve-frArrncsto-sena-te
the senate copies Of papers called for oy rs
rSsolsSIou of the 25th OF January, and set forth
IN the reports Of the COMMITTEES on tbs Jpdlcfsfys
asja .violstign Of his zsfnEial eEey BOD s1hysr-
afyeof the fundamental principles Of toe-sov-
eminent, and Of 6 good administration thereof
Resolved That IL Is. under the circumstances
the dnfs 81 the senate 10 refuse its advice ana
consent to proposed removals of officers. the
documents and papers in reterence ~ the sup
posed dfaeialor-persoual mtxooaaEct Of WHOM
are wfthheld by the executive or any head OF .
depaxtInsur, when deemed necessary by The sen
ste or called f5rin considering the matter.
Z Resolved Thst t~1eproyisbn q section 11o4
Of the Revised Statutes, dscfarfng that persons
honJrably discharged from the military or naval
sarvfee by reason OF disability resulting from
wounds or stckness incurred in the line OF duty,
sfralf be preferred for appointment 70 civil OF
mess capacity nseessay feEfhe proper dis
charge OF the duties Of suFh1 oNce ou2htfo 5e
faithfully and fusfy pntfn-exeeatiea; and that,
Ia remove. or to propose to remove, any such
soldier, whose fsithfulness. competency and
character are above reproach, and TO give place
q violation Of the spirit Of the Law and Of the
pFactfexf gratitude the psoplss Of fss United
states and; government oyeto Che defenders OF
the constitutional liberty and the integrity or
the government.
Al ofsvhich Is Respectfully submitted-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

WASHINGTON, Feb 18-Senator Edpunds
to-day reported the following resolutions
from the senate committee on the Judiciary,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-09
OUTRAGES IN MEXICO.
Two Americans Who Have Been Imprisoned
More than Year on Speculative Charges.

AUSTIN. Tex. Sept 8.-The action of Gov.
Ireland in the Arresures case is bringing to pub
&c attention other Mexican outraCes upon
American citizens. A complaint comes from j.
B. Wood and L. Fl. Gaskell. who allege in sub
stance. that in August, 1885, they were arrested
by Mexicans on the Lagoon ranch. in lower Cal
ifornia (Msxico), on account OF the sudden dis
appearance of one j. H. Hanson, their friend
who employed them to mind his cattle. and who,
they say, went to San Francisco and did not re-
turn. At the time of the compliments arrest.
the Mexicans, they say, began to sell. kill and
eat Hanson's cattle. One Mexican even claimed
Hanson's property and another said Hanson would
''winter in hi" 1t is alleged that these Mex
leans doubtless know what has become of Han
son. who had had much trouble and had been
imprisoned for the purpose, it is asserted, of ex-
torting money from him. Mexicans had shot at
him several times, and once wounded him SO.
verely. The complanants apprehended that the
object Of their arrest was to convict them of
HaDs0n's murder and confscate their property.
The Mexicaus have tried to frighten them SO as
to make them break jail and fee the country,
but they would not scare and are still in jail
The conplainants say:
1--WE have been held one year and fifteen days,
for no other reason than speculative purposes on
the part of the thieving Mexicans We have
written to CONSUL at La Pase and got two
or three letters from him. when we first came
down here, but he will not answer our letters
any more, and the courts have done nothing in
our case"
Their complaint covers fifteen pages Of fools
cap paper, citing the mockeres of Mexican
courts, their harsh treatment in JAIL and the
taunts Of the Mexicans that they will pay no
attention to the appeals of the prisoners to the
United States government Hanson left about
land, in reply states that he Is glad to get this
statement, but the complainants should appeal to
the State Department through the Governor of
California, in which State they claim legal res
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-09
Cash for tha Sufferers.

ST.. Louis. Sept 8.-In the convention of the
National Telephone Association, now in session
in this city, $245 was collected for the benefit of
the Charleston, S. c., earthquake sufferers and
forwarded to the relief committee to-day. The
sale of boxes for the Thursday night perform
ance of the Thompson Opera Company benefit
for the sufferers. by the earthquake at Charles
ton, netted 1910.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 8-1he Louisville
Board of Trade voted 81, 900 for the Charleston
sufferers to-day, and 81, 200 additional was given
by individual donations
DETROIT. Sept Sat the call of the Mayor a
citizens meeting was held in the city hall to-
day noon, to take steps towards helping the suf-
ferers by the earthquake in Charleston. In ten
minutes 81, 135 was subscribed. and subscrip-
ton committee, consisting of Governor Alger,
Mayor Chamberlain and four Others was ap-
pointed. An address to the people has been
issued by the committee asking further sub
scriptions to the fund Immediately 81, 900 was
sent to the Mayor of Charleston
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-09
Railway Track Torn Up by Citizens

CLEVELAND. o., Sept 8-An Akron special
says: "a lively war, with several hundred
citizens on one side and score of Valley road
track hands, under Roadmaster Delaney, on the
other, occurred in this city this afternoon.
Some time ago the City Council passed an or
dinance giving the Valley railway the privilege
of crossing Ash street at grade with switch.
The provisions of the ordinance were not gener-
ally known until yesterday, when attention was
called to it in published card. Fearing that the
ordinance might be revoked, the Valley road
officials to-day ordered that force of men be
set at work building the switch across the street
They began shortly before l o'clock. Soon sew
eral hundred men came to the spot, being
shortly reinforced oy hundreds of other citizens.
The railroad men stood their ground, but the
crowd soon closed about them, and in FIVE min
utes more, amid shouts and cheers, ripped up
ties and rails, and threw them into the Ohio
canal For moment it seemed as though
riot would be precipitated, but cooler heads in
tervened. Tonight several hundred citizens are
standing guard, and arrangements have been
made to ring the city bells and call out the whole
town if further attempt is made to lay the
track.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-09

Jacob Eberhart, living South Bend, and
we'll known in that section Of the State, died on
Tuesday. aged sixty-seVen.
Hon. j. III Maddox, resident of Nebraska,
but formerly of Benton county died on Tuesday:
while visiting his son at Ambia.
The sides of shaft, thirty eight feet deep,
caved in at -Ligonier, on Tuesday, burving
Augustus Flourkey under twenty feet of gravel.
Rufus Allison. a merchant at Berne son of
Hon. r. B. Allison, of Decatur and Miss Viola,
daughter of Joseph Foster, were married on
Tuesday.
The southern part of Clay county is enjoying
business BOOM caused By the building of new
coal roads and the consequent development of
new mines.
An early rose potato, twenty -one and half
inches around one way and eight and three-ouar-
ter inches the other way, is exhibited by De
Kalb county farmer.
frame dwelling located one mile from Madi-
son, on the Michigan road, was destroyed by
fire on Tuesday. Loss, So, 200; insured for ST.
800 in the Phoenix company.
The camp-meetins at Mooresvile is meeting
with fair success. Excursion trains will be run
to the grounds next Saturday and Sunday, when
a large attendance is expected.
The twenty ninth annual session of the Ma
tional Association of Local Preachers of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will De held in Fort
Wayne, beginning on Saturday.
Miss Belle Forrey. formerly a teacher in the
public schools at Elkhart, was married on Tues
day to Joseph French, of Toledo, O. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. r. E. Neighbor,
of Indianapolis.
Frank Feiker. OF Logansport, who was injured
through the carelessuess of Wabash railway en-
ployes in March, 1885. and brought suit for dam
ages, has inst received check for So, 900 in pay
ment of judgment rendered in his favor.
Indiana's Gretna Green is not less prolific than
the ona men toned in I'm oil ah history tho al
lowing local item would indicate: Esquire
Keigwin. of Jetfersonville has during his official
career pronounced the ceremony for nearly 1000
couples
A car loaded with whisky jumped the track in
the Wabash yard at Lafayette, on Tuesday, de-
laying the east-b bound passenger train forty min
utes. The Courier says there was no apparent
cause for the freak, and the only theory that can
be advanced is the ardent desire the whisky mad
to locate in that city.
William F. Baggot and Miss GEORGIA Twcon-
ney. who eloped from Jacksonville few weeks
ago, arc said to be living together in Mobile,
Ala, as husband and wife, Baggot deserted his
wife, and was also guilty Of forging his employ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-09

prisoner for more than four hours When he
was released it was found that there was scarcely
bruise on his body to tell of the accident
Eight valuable cows were killed by lightning
on the farm of John Mcintosh, near Gilman.
Mr.. Me Intosh also lost seventy acres of grain by
a haistorm this season.
Allen Travis. aged eightv-eeht years, for fifty
eight years a resident of Vermillion county. died
on Tuesday, as did also William Boyer, another
old resident, aged sixty years.
Rev. Charles Mckee, pastor of the Baptist
Church at Nakomis, has received a call from the
church at Goodwin, d. t.. and will leave for his
new field Of labor in a few days
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor is in
session at Springfield Annual reports OF af1icers
show that Ito members died since last session.
The total expense account So, 45T. "a. The
teasurers report shows balance on hand of
$1,9l9.48
The Bloomington Paragraph claims to have
succeeded in squelchiug the imaginative CORE
spondent at Oakland who has been sending out
all summer such improbable stories about pan
theirs, bees, snakes, retsors and Indian mound
discoveries.
Three highwaymen drove up to the home of
James MeDermott, near fremont, Tazewell
county, on Sunday. Calling him out of the
house, one OF the party leveled a revolver at his
head and demanded his money while the Others
searched the house. They secured $500 in cash.
and then rode away rapidly as possible.
William Waity and two sons, who live near
Danvlle, went coon-h hunting the other night
They succeeded in freeing one, and MIR. Waity
held loren and the dogs, while the boys pro-
ceeded to lay low the tree and its occupant
When the tree fell Mr.. Waity was caught under
it, and had his shoulder blade and left thigh
broken, but the coon escaped uninjured.