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The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

The February reports of the agricultural
department show the condition Of all live
stock in Dakota to be above the average.
Horses are becoming acclimated. The in
crease in numbers over last year is 33 per
cent The increase in mich COWS is large
and evenly distributed over the territory.
The creamery business has stimulated the
dairy interests. The increase in COWS equals
about 60 per cent. The sheep industry is
not in very satisfactory condition. The
increase of swine is fair Cholera has caused
a loss in some counties. Values of live
stock have deprecated since one year ago.
Judge Mcdonnell cleared his term of
court at Wahpeton D. T. on the 9Th and
sentenced prisoners as follows: Oscar
Schoenamann was sentenced to three years.
Patrick Murphy pleaded guilty to bur glary
in the third degree and received six
guilty to being accessories to the murder of
August Dill and were sent to Bismarck for
three years. Julius Ebel, who at the last
term Of court was found guilty of murder,
was indicted on the same charge as the Dill
boys, and got off with four years.
The long pending suit between the
Northern Pacific and ST. Paul & Manitoba
railroads, as to priority of grant for some
SOC, 600 acres of land near Glyndon, Mimi,
where the two roads cross, was decided
the Sd IN the U. S. circuit court at st.
Paul, in favor of the Northern Pacific COM
pany. The value of the land involved is
At the city election in Chippewa Falls,
Wis, 81. G. McRee (Rep) was elected
mayor over J: A. Taylor Dem) by ITO
majority. The rest Of the ticket is
Democratic-C. T. Raglan, city clerk; w.
81. Stoddard, treasurer; M. Hogan,
assessor. The council stands ten Republic
cans to six Democrats. .."
Joseph T. Mckee a merchant at Woon.
bridge, D. T., and probate judge Of the
county has been arrested and taken to
Chicago on the charge of obtaining goods
under false pretenses. Decker & Co.,
dry goods merchants are the complaining
parties. c.-
II. S. Small was elected mayor of Brain.
| erd, MIMI, over c. B. Sleeper, on the 2nd
ult, by 200 majority. Small was elected on
a $500 liquor license platform. Sleeper
favored lower license. ..-s.
Twenty thousand morbid curiosity seek
! ers viewed the remains of Rich and wife al
! St. Paul on the End. Rich shot his wife and
killed himself on the evening of the 9th Of
| February. >:E-@
The annual meeting of the Wisconsin
conference of Charities and Corrections
| is in session this week at Madison.
Geo. q. Paul and Thomas B. Coon, post
masters at Milwaukee and Kilb0urn City
Wis, have been confirmed.
Senator Mcmillan has introduced bill
appropriating $4,000 for model India1
farm in Northern Minnesota.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

In 1880 the population of Kansas was
10000, and its three largest cities were
Leavensworth, population 1856, To-
peka 15,452, Atchinson Is, 1O5. Now
Kansas city has more inhabitants than
the three combined, its population ex-
ceeding 100000.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

The elephant Jumbo has passed
from the taxidermist stuffed and mount
ed. He stands upon pedestal twelve
feet long, and his insides are entirely
of oak timbers bolted together. Rods
of iron take the place of bones, the
tusks are screwed on and the eyes of
glass are of natural size and color.
He was only twenty-four years of age
when he was fatally injured, and might
have lived to be two hundred but for
that accident.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

The decision of the Indiana Supreme
Court, upholding the right of the Legis-
lature to control telephone rates, calls
out from MIR. Edison the comment that
If such laws become universal there
will be no occasion for the Patent
Office, as capitalists will not take hold
of inventions. Declaring the doctrine
fatal to progress, Edison predicts that
the United States Supreme Court will
pronounce the Indiana law unconstitu-
tional.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

A we'll known citizen Of Lancaster, Pa,
Mr.. L. B. Keifer, writes: Having sprained
leg of almost thirty days standing, and
after trying half Gozen advertised prepar-
ations in the market without satisfactory
results, was advised to try Salvation Oil
did SO, and In less than three days my
leg was Ill right again. It did the work.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

FOURTEEN hundred and thirty seven
women voted in Boston for school Of
fcers in 1881 and in 1885 the number
was increased to 1925, but even in the
birthplace of woman suffrage the ma
jority do not care to vote.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

A French cook in New York hotel
for melancholia reasons appointed his
own time to die. He attached small
rubber hose to the gas burner and took
the other end in his mouth, turned on
the gas, and the funeral came off as in
tended. 1t was all easily and quickly
dona
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

The wife of a Kansas man has worn
the same bonnet for twenty-five years,
fact to which her husband points with
pride, but in what manner that wife
points to the husband is not described.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

Mrs. DANIEL MosER, died at Shanes-
vile, Pa, from apoplexy. She was
eighty-fve years of age, had not a
gray hair, had never taken a drop of
medicine or been sick for day of her
life.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

The first creche, or day nursery for
children, was established in Paris in
1874; the first in London in 1868, and IN
the United States about ten years ago.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

SAM JONES told the Chicago people
that the fiddle is the grandest instru-
ment man has ever constructed, but it
had been stolen by the devil, and he
exclaimed, "Let US get it back" evil
IDENTIFY conceiving that Chicago man
was the proper person to send after
-
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER has the
temerity to pronounce the prevailing
fashion of society ladies dress as the
low-and-behold style.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

A CAMBRIDGE man wert over to
Pawtucket, r. l., intending to kiss
every woman he met. There was no
delay in pronouncing him insane.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

LOWELL, Mass, has %, SIT males and
$500 females, showing the largest per
cent. of females over the male popula-
ton of any city of the country
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

Mr.. HOPKINS, of Atlanta, has Jer-
sey which in 1885 produced 900 pounds
of butter. In six months she gave
1874 pounds of milk. The COW is of
pure Dauncey blood.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

A large number Of dudes collected at an
exposed corner last Sabbath, where the
wind was high, and caught colds. Each
little darling was speedily cured by DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

The Poet Longfellow paid several
visits to Europe, his first one extend
ing from 1926 to 1880, the second cover
ing the years 1856, and the last 1865
O
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

The common people are becoming
more and more refined year after year.
Recent Periodical.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

devoted to political debate on the
pension appropriation bill. 1t was all
debate and no action of any description
was taken. Following the debate the
house adjourned.
| SENATE, March 4-Mr. Sewell, from the
committee on military affairs, reported ia
vorably the house bill for the relief Of Gen.
Fitz John Porter, with report giving the
Sewell added that Mr.. Logan would later
submit the report Of the minority. Educa-
| tional bill. Adjourned.
HOUSE, March 1.-The speaker announced
the special committee to investigate the
Electric stock by certain public officers, as
follows: Boyle. Oates, Eden, Hall, Hale, Ran
nOck Willard, Hanback, and Moffatt. The
persian appropriation bill was the occasion
OF another sharp political debate. No one
| seemed to be opposed to the bill itself as it
Bennett of North Carolina.
SENATE, March 5.-The educational bill
finally passed by 36 yeas to II nays. Itpro-
vides that for eight years after it's passage
there shall be annually appropriated from
the treasury the following sums in aid of
ritories, District of Columbia and Alaska:
The first year, s., OOO, 900; the second, &c.
OOO,0O0; the third, $15OOO,O 600; the fourth,
$13 600; the fifth 81 900 900; the sixth,
$4,000, 900; the seventh, $7,0OO,OO0, and the
eighth, $780, 900, making $77,OO0, 600, be-
sides which there is special appropriation
of 81, 000,0 600 to aid in the erection Of school
houses in sparsely settled districts, making
the total fluid $4,000, 600. The money is
given to the several states and territories
in the proportion which the whole number
of persons in each who, being the age of ten
years and over, cannot write, bears
to the whole number of such. persons in
the United States, according to the
census of 1880, until the census figures of
1890 shall be obtained, and then according
to the latter figures In states having sepa-
rate schools for white and colored children,
the money shall be paid out in such proper
ton as such white and colored children be-
tween ten and twenty -one years old in such
state bear to each other by the census. Ad-
journed until Monday.
HOUSE March 5-The urgent deficiency bill
was passed after hot debate with only 20
nays. 1t appropriates 1854, 49, At the
evening session fifty pension bills were
passed.
SENATE, March 6-Not in session.
HOUSE, March 6--The entire day was de-
voted to discussing the silver question.
Ten speeches were made, one being against
and five for free coinage of silver.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25
THE OLD WORLD.

"A laDOflnR man In the gallery or the
Paris bourse on the 5th threw bottle con-
tanning an explosive liquid down among
the brokers on the floor, and with his re-
volver fired three times in the same direc-
ton, shouting ''Vive = anarchie!" The
bottle did not explode. One Of the bullets
slightly wounded man. The disturber
was arrested. The name of the prisoner is
Petrovich. He said he long intended to
blow up the bourse. He failed to mix the
explosives properly. SO he decided to use a
revolver. He is believed to be insane.
Queen Victoria has been persuaded to
modify her determination to remain in re-
tirement. She has promised to be present
at the laying of the corner stone of the
new college of physicians, the driving of
the first pile of the new Cowes bridge and
the opening of the colonial exhibition. Her
majesty, however, decisively declined to
hold court at Buckingham palace, even for
short period in the spring.
Servia has formally notified the porte of
her intention to disarm. France has post
poned giving her adherence to the Turco-
Bulgarian agreement, appointing Prince
Alexander ruler of Eastern 7ROumelia. I'M
til the Question of customs duties in
Roumelia shall be settled.
Eight men convicted of taking prominent
part in the recent riots in London have been
sentenced at the Middlesex sessions All
we're condemned to penal servitude for
terms ranging from one to five years.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25
NOTES OF THE TIMES.
Observation-Disclosures, is. the new.
est word coined at Harvard.

The charity ball was great charity
for dressmakers, is the pertinent COM
ment of Chicago. paper.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1886-03-25

Modern spiritualism had its birth in
the spirit rappings of the Fox sisters, of
Hyderville, N. Y. in 1848.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
A SUIT FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.
A LeVer Wke Said HIS LOVe
 Like . Lighthouse.


 In the Queens Bench division, on January 13, before MT. Justice A. l.. Smith and a common jury, Miss Matilda Anne Williams, daughter of a silk merchant in the city, sued Mr. Arthur Staples, wine merchant, for breach of promise of marriage. The de- fendant admitted that he agreed to marry the plaintiff, but said that he did so conditiona1ly on the young lady's father giving his consent, and that although the father gave his con- he broke off the match.
 MT. Winch, in opening the case for the plaintiff, said the age of the young lady was 22, and that of the young gentleman p or 2S The engagement began in March, 1884, at a dance given by friend in Clapham Hall. Afterward the defendant came to see the plaintiff about once a week. In June, 1884, on Clapham Common, the defendant put the important question and got favor able answer. The defendant then wrote to the young lady's father, as she had suggest ed he should, to obtain his consent, prefac- ing the letter with the familiar saying, .sFaint heart never won fair lady," and de- scri ping his financial position, which showed profit of 1850 per annum, and which he hoped to improve. The father, in his an swer, advised the defendant to reflect on the serious step he proposed to take, and the wooer repeated his protestations. The par ties met, the engagement took place, and correspondence was kept up between the lovers.
 The letters were couched in terms of the greatest affection, the defendant addressing the plaintiff as ''My own dearest lilly" He wrote some rhymes to her, and said he
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
NEWEST RINK OF THE FLORISTS
Writing Love Messages and Initials
 Upon she Leaves of tke Roses.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 In the window of @ Chestnut street florist a little vase contains bunch of skillfu1ly made artificial roses of various colors, from the creamy white of the Cornelia Cook to the royal velvety crimson of the General Jacqueminot, and each has leaf or tive turned down, on which, in tiny but we'll formed old English letters, is a short motto of the Remember Me, 'sTo My Love" and Affections Offering'' order. The lettering is in black save in the of the dark red roses, in which case it is white.
 placard tells the passer-by that writing will be done to order on the leaves of natu- ral flowers, and, this being novelty in Phil adelphia, the florist was questioned upon the subject. ''Quite new idea just brought over from Paris, where it is now all the rage" he said, as he brought the vase of linen roses to the counter and exhibited them. 'These are, of course, only sam ples," he continued, ''to show the effect of the lettering the various shades of roses or other flowers that have large enough leaves or petals to be thus treated; but the effect is precisely the same when the natural flowers are used. No; it does not cause the leaf to witker, and will remain perfectly leg ible as long as the flower retains its fresh d whatever he chooses written on his rose if he does not desire too many words upon leaf. The charge is fifty cents for writing upon one leaf, but you can have four written upon for one dollar, and that is about many as could be treated on single rose without marring it's shape. The work is done by a young Frenchwoman, but the process is her secret and she claims to be the only person in the city who is acquainted with the art.
 From the appearance of the letters they are either carefully written by 8 steady hand or are stamped upon the petal. Speaking of the novelty last evening, lady who has travelled extensively in Europe said: SI mo- ticed the flowers, but it is not the first time I have seen writing upon rose leaves, as in 1880, while in Vienna, my cousin, with whom I was travelling, received bunch of roses on her birthday, and her name, the date and many happy returns were most daintily inscribed on the leaves of three lovely pink roses that formed portion of the bouquet. They were present from her father, who went into one of the leading florists to order them and was shown the process by one of the clerks. If I remem- Der correctly the writing was done with a pen. Since that time have never seen any thing of the sort, and had quite forgotten the incident until saw those artificial roses and the notice in the window"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
The Prrsi6enK,s Ioke.

Washington Letter in the Atlanta Constitution.
 I happened to be in the Presidents office the other day when Senators Camden and Kenna came in. A dozen gentlemen were already present, but senatorial dignity re- eeived due and instant recognition. When the two Senators of State approach the President together they generally mean busi- ness. And so did the West Virginia states men, After few casual remarks they invi- ted the President to so shape his affairs that in the spring he might spend week with them, fishing i'll the mat chless bass shoals of their mountain streams. The invitation was followed with glowing descriptions of the scenery tn rough which those clear waters dash and with inspiring tales of the sport they offered. Both Senators told good fish stories, which evidently interested the Presi- dent He thanked them heartily and said he would be delighted to remove fewssVest Virginia bass from their present offices. Said he ''Your fish stories remind me of one I once heard A fellow related to a chance acquaintance wonderful fish story and as he concluded asked: Now doesn't that surprise your 'No,' was the cool re- sponse, T am pretty big liar myself. !" Both Senators laughed heartily at this sal ly of executive humor.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
A Mighty CarIbeu u Slayer.


 Perhaps no one disciple of Nimrod can point to like success in the chase as has been experienced by MT. James Porter of Thibsrt Creek, Cassiar, who under all cir cumstances is credited with being capital shot While on a hunting excursion during the winter of 1SS2-3, in company with MT. Chas. Cameron, both of whom were armed with Winchesters, and the cold being forty to fifty degrees below zero, they came on band of thirteen caribou browsing on the bushes which are to be found on the mountains above the timber line. Cameron took one direction, while Porter made cir cle to take advantage of ridge, so that he might get within shot, which he succeeded in doing, and fired his first shot at 15O yards, which counted one bagged. The band then started on the run, and before they got out of reach he had sped twsnty-two bullets among them, killing nine and weunding the tenth severely. Night coming on, they had to gather the slain, SC the wounded caribou could not be followed, but when the carcasses were skinned it was discovered that the nine were hit nineteen times out of the twenty-five shots fired.
 Last winter MT. 2orter, while out with MT.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
Wednesday, February B, 1886.
PRISON LABOR.

Since the contract system of labor was abolished in the prisons of New York there has been good deal of talk about how work in prisons ought to be done, and the legisla- tors of New York have got the problem to deal with. The matter is one of general in- terest.
 There are four propositions already before the legislature, and there may be more soon. One is embodied in a bill introduced by Chairman Palmer, of the Committee on State Prisons. He believes the prisons should be self-sustaining, and is intent on giving the Superintendent of Prisons the widest latitude of action outside of letting the labor of pris- oners on contract. Lsst year he made every effort to secure the enactment of bill au- thorizing the superintendent to operate on the State-aceount or the piece-price plan. It failed, and MT. Palmer returns to his project again. It is not specially his project, for it is approved by those who opposed the aboli- tion of the contract system. Superintendent Baker is an advocate of it, as he was an op- ponent of the act abolishing contract labor A second plan for solving the problem is un- derstood to have been, if it is not now, Gov ernor Hills. It proposes to limit the num- Der of prisoners that may be employed on any one industry to per cent. of the whole number employed.
 A third proposition comes from labor or ganization in Albany, and is endorsed by the State Trades Assembly. This is that the authorities of each county shall maintain it's own convicts, that is, those convicted of crime committed within it's territory. To prevent United States convicts from being massed anywhere in the State, the bill for bids any county to contract for the mainte- nance of any who are convicted in any other State. As to those who are convicted in the State, provision is made for their being maintained by the county within which the convicting United States court is held. The intent of this innovation is stated to be to render mechanical labor by convicts un- profitable; to the State the expense of maintaining prisons; to get rid of the vari- GUS State prison officials; to save the expense of transporting convicts, and to place beyond recall the possibility of convict labor coming into competition with free labor. Once the eonvicts now in the State prisons are rele- gated to their several counties, they may be, according to the projectors of this county system, employed as the local officials think best, it being assumed that there would not be enough of them in any one county jail to employ pro6tably in any local industry.
 And fourth proposal is to turn back to the contract system. It will be interesting and instructive to see how the New Workers deal with this important question.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
The Latest Fashions.


 A rumor is current in Paris to the effect that next ason will again bring forth the soft fabrics which drape admirably and sit closely to the figure. Among them are Scotch cachemire and all kinds of yelling. There are many ladies that will be much pleased with this change. Rough materials are very elegant and certainly not com mon as fine ones. This is owing to their styles depending altogether on the way they are cut and draped. A plain cachemire dress, even if it does not sit perfectly, can be worn, but coarse vigognes, angoras, che viots and serges must be faultless in all re- spects or they are very common. It is on account of this that fashionable women that depend altogether on their dressmakers have so decided a liking for these rough materials.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-03
A Great Victory ,
  A Terrible Case of ScrofuIa Cured by Hoods SarsapariIIa

In the winter of 1879 was attacked with Scrofula in one of the most aggravating forms. At one time had no less than thirteen large abscesses over and around my neck and throat, continually eXuding an offensive mass of bloody matter disgusting to behold, and almost intolerable to endure. It is impossible to fully describe my sufferings, as the case was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After three years of misery, having been treated by three physicians, I was worse than ever Finally, on the recommendation of W. J. Huntley, druggist, of Lockport, was induced to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. And now, after having taken twelve bottles, within the last twelve months, the scrofulous eruptions have entirely ceased, and the abScesses have all disappeared, except the unsightly scars, which are daily becoming smaller by degrees, and beautifully less.' I do not know what 1t may have done for others, but l do know that in my case, Hoods SarSaparilla has proved an effective specific indeed. As an evidence of my gratitude I send these facts unsolicited, this cure, by personal correspondence with any one who doubts it.o CHARLES A. RoB- ERTs, East Wilson, N. Y.
 This statement is confirmed by W. J. Hunt ley, druggist, of Lockport, N. Y, who calls the cure c greet victory for Hoods Sarsaparilla. Send for book giving statements ofmanycures.
 Hoods SarsapariIEa% Sold by all druggists. $1; six for s5. Made only by c. I. HOOD 6 CO.,, Lowell, Mass.
 100 Doses One Dollar.