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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

IN tne mouse on saturday the 10 INST. the
senate not being in session, the speaker
laid before the house the reply of the post
master general in respose in the resolution
calling for information as to whether
the eight-hour law now is applicable to
letter carriers. Referred. The postmas-
ter general states:
There is no department regulation pre-
scribing the number OF hours during
which Litter carriers are required to
work, and that the eight-hour law
has not been deemed applicable to let
ter carriers because they are not regarded
as 'laborers, workmen or mechanics
The opinion that the law is not applicable
to letter carriers was, the postmaster gen.
eral is informed, promulgated from the de-
partment before his incumbency of his of.
flee, and no change has been directed since.
The following reports from committees
were made:
BY Mr.. Payson, public lands, the bill to
quiet the titles on the Des Moines river
lands in Iowa; Mr.. Blanchard's resolution
calling OF the secretary OF tho treasury for
information as to the moneys and funds
seized or collected by Generals Banks and
Butler in the department oftheg gull; adopt
ed.
A branch soldiers home west ofthe Rocky
mountains; committee Of the whole. BY
Mr.. Campbell, manufactures, authorizing
the appointment of a commission to ex-
anime and test iron, steel and other build.
ing materials; committee OF the whole.
Adverse reports were submitted from the
committee On postoffices and post roads on
bills to enable the people to name their post.
masters; to regulate the naming OF post
offices. to facilitate the delivery of mail
matter and regulate the sublctting of mail
contracts, N they were laid upon the
table.
Mr.. Durham, on behalf of the committee
on commerce, called up and the house
passed a bin authorizing the Mississippi
River Water Power and Boom Company OF
Brainerd, MIMI, to construct a dam across
Mississippi river.
The house went into a committee of the
whole. Mr.. Springer in the chair, On the
Fitz Ohm Porter bill which was discussed at
length.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
The Casualty Record.

A fire started ct PRESCOTT. Wis, in tao
planning mill OF Haven Il Hallister, com
pletely destroying it an adjoining feed
store, owned by C.. Il. Meecham.
The Theatre Coniique at Butte, Mon,
burned. Many OF the employees and actors
lost their wardrobes. Loss about $50,
900. The inmates sere asleep when the
fire broke out, ard narrowly escaped sui.
locating,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
4 plraal.t Preacher in Stat. Prison.

j. A. Nadal was sentenced TO two and a
hal years in the penitentiary by Judge
MclIenry at Winterset, Iowa. Nadal was
Iowa and portions OF Missouri in the suise
OF Il preacher and el~ocutionist. lie would
occasionally marry n vile. The one that
caused him trouble was Olive LOTUS OF
Winterset, a handsome woman OF petite
form and high education. In her testi-
nony at the trial she ayerred that she was
legally married TO Nadcl Mt st. Joseph, NO.
and aIterwartls learned that the defendant
had a wife living ia Indiana. Nadel at.
tempted to prove that he and Miss Lotus
did not go to st. Joseph at all, but to Crom-
well, nenr Crest,bn, stayed over night, and
returned To Creston the next evening. The
effort TO break down the woman's story
Jailed, and Nadc!I goes up for bigamy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

1t was in 1886 that the late Cap
tain Gosset first entered the House OF
Commons as assistant sergeant, TN
der his father, Sir William Gosset,
then Sergeant-at-arms. William ".
was on the throne. Mr.. Gosset be-
held all the Parliamentary perscnages
of nearly half a century, and from the
calm security o. his chair witnessed
all the turbulent scenes of Parliament
airy life dating almost from the first
formal Parliament.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

SEHATE.-The introduction OF a resolu-
ton calling on the secretary OF the treasury
for certain information caused q discussion
Of the ADMINISTRATION silver policy, friends
ot silver ~denonneing and friends % the adj
ministration defending that policy. From
this the debate turned to the right OF the
senate to information regarding removals
from Office, the principal speech being made
by Mr.. Sherman. Mr.. Sherman's speech
was suggested by the receipt OF q message
IRON the president a few minutes before,
which enclosed the reply OF Secretary Man.
ming to a resolution passed by the senate
some days ogo, asking for information in
regard to the removal OF Il. NJ. Brayton,
formerly collector of internal revenue for
the district OF North Carolina. When Mr.
Sherman, as president pro tenn, opened the
envelope which contained the reply OF Sec
rotary Manning refusing to furnish the III
formation asked for. he Immediately took
the floor to discuss the proposition inyolv.
ed. Mr.. Sherman said, | think We have a
right to seek information OF any depart
inent OF the government, whether the infor-
nation be on paper or by parole, d not
think there is any doubt OF it whatever. /
hav Just as much right to go 20 any de-
partment and ask for any papers ~effecting
that department, affecting legislative bust.
hess, il | go there armed with the power OF
the senate, as the secretary OF the treasury
or any department of the government, or
as the president of the United States.
That has always from the foundation oil
the government been the established law:
ANY defamation that may affect the judy.
men or conduct OF a senator or any sub
iect Of public duty. is information that the
president is bound TO communicate.
The object of Senotor Ingalls, bill is to
amend the present pension law SO that all
honorably discharged officers OF the army
or navy, VINO served in the war OF the Re-
bellion and were wounded or disabled in
line OF duty, shall be entitled TO a pension,
which shall be allowed from the date OF the
discharge, and that the widows OF such Off
GERS shall be entitled to their husbands
pensions after their death as long as they
remain unmarried, and they shall be requir-
ed only TO prove that they were the lawful
wives OF such officers at the time OF their
death TO entitle them to pensions.
The senate passed a bill providing for the
division OF the hospital stewards OF the
army into two elasses-those permanently
attached TO the medical departmentfor one
class, and those appointed by command OF
the officers to be the second class. The
monthly pay of the first class shall be $40
and that OF the second elass $50, with all
the allowances for quarters, fuel, r~ations,
as now.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

Oregon is becoming a large export
OF fir balsam, used formakingplast
in Eastern cities.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

SENATE.-Most OF the day was spent in s
debate on the resolution relating to the re
iusal OF the New Orleans subtreasursr tc
receive shipments of silver and give silver
,ertifi Gates therefor. A bill was introduced
Tor the readjustment OF the accounts oil
registers of land Office, and receivers OF pub
lie moneys from March %, 1852, TO July 1,
1862.
Mr.. IIoar offered the following resolution
which was passed:
Resolved, That the comm itteeson the IL
orary consider and report at an early day
he expediency of the erection, at the seat
)f government, oil n statue or monument
% the memory oil the late illustrious sol
lier, Gen. w. S. Hancock.
HoUsE.-The house adopted resolutions
IN the death OF Gen Hancock and imme-
lately adjourned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

SENATE.-Bills were introduced to make
legal tender money interchangeable and for
the issue of coin certificates. Bills for the
construction Of public buildings at Still
water, Sioux City, Oshkosh and Portland,
Or, passed. Thu education bill was con-
sidered.
The finance committee of the senate by
strict party vote, instructed Mr.. Morrill, the
chairman, to report back to the senate the
nominations OF Chase, to be internal revenue
collector for Maine, and Eben T. Pillsbury,
to be collector for Boston, with the recon-
.mendation that they be rejected. These
are the first nominations by President Cleve-
lane that the Republican senators nave
decided to reject. Every one so far that
has been acted upon has been confirmed,
but it has been decided to make
an example Of Chase and Pills
bury. These men are cha rged with having
been the chiei co-partners in what is known
as theGarcelon conspiracy in Maine sever
al years ago.
The following nominations we're sent to
the Senate by the president:
Henry White, Maryland, new second sec
rotary OF legation at London secretary OF
legation, vice J. Hoppin resigned; Charles
+. Phelps. Vermont, second secretary OF le-
CATION Mt London; John d.. Kennedy, South
Carolina, consul general at Shanghai;
Louis l.. Macarthur, United States attor-
ney, District of O. egon.
HoUsE.-Numerous bills were reported
rom committees, and then Mr.. Findlay,
of Maryland, made a speech against silver.
Mr.. Warner, Of Ohio, spoke in favor OF
that metal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

Winfield Scott Hancock was born near Mont
gomery Square, Pa, Feb. II, 1924. He was
educated at the village academy in Norrisuown
and at West Point. Congressman Joseph For
nance appointed him In $40. U. s. Grant was
one of his classmates. He graduated in 1874
and was assigned 60 duty with the Sixth regi-
ment infantry. with the rank Of second lieuten-
ami. He served IL the Southwest, on ard near
the Red river till the breaking out OF the Next
can war, when his regiment was ordered TO join
the army OF Gen. Winfield Scott. Hancock was
engaged In no actual fighting till near the close
Of the struggle, when ha participated in the
battles OF Contreras,C herubusco, Molino del Rev
and Chapultepec. On the conclusion Of peace
he was stationed near Prairie du Chen.
In 1919 he married Almira. daughter Of
Samuel Russell, = merchant OF St. Louis.
A soa and daughter blessed the union. After q
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
No Amusement at Long Branch.

In all matters pertaining to bathing Long
Branch is behind the age. The Hollywood
bath houses arc the best on the coast, but then
they are the only ones that are at Long
Branch that are fit to be used. In the first
place there is very little beach at the branch;
merely q narrow ribbon of sand, and then a
steep descent into the water. The boxes for
bathers arc of the rudest, most primitive sort:
bare 1oored rough, pine contrivances fur
nished with pal, a seat, and some rusty nails
Things are little better under the pier where
the excursionists land, and there is more
beach there. For once the poor fare better
than the rich. But sight of the excursion
lists at Long Branch always makes one sad.
Poor people, what dreary time they have
There is nothing to sec and nothing to do, nc
merry-go-rounds, no concert halls, no cheap
restaurants of the right sort, no roller
coasters, no cheap shows, nothing to amuse
the children They walk the weary avenue
they ride into the shabby village, and then
they come back to the pier and sit in the sand
or battle. Sometimes the crowds contain q
very shocking element. Indeed, the Assem-
bly, the reporter found under the pier on one
day last week was altogether too Eogarthian
for description. Children clad i'll nothing but
narrow trunks were splashing in the water.
mothers nursed their babes regardless of pub
licity, men and women passed bottles to on.
another, and altogether-well, on that day
the better grades of excursionists kept away
from the shady, cool and ample beach be-
meath the pier.-Long Cranch Cor. Ney.
York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
shor. Cnapt on cheniea. Nomenclature.

Persons who undertake 20 gain through
chemical literature a knowledge OF V hat
chemists are doing in and for the
world Ell -oEaier Disco raging nomen-
cia;ure watch repels t7em b. its ap-
parent il.tlicacy ard its po,vsyllabic
character
Their opinion OF the termino ogv OF
an exact science is rot ell ance.i wien
they lea:n that "black cad roata,.S no
lead. copperas" contains no copper
- mosaic cold no god and &c erlaau
Silver, 10 silver; that = carbolic acid
is not an acid. AID that oil
OF vstrul Is not an oil: thai olive
oil is a . sail. bat rock oil IS nc!ther
an 81 or salt that Some sug r. are
a!',ohols, ana sor kinds o. wax are
ctfeiS, that Ger am Of tartar has
n"thtns IA com:at''l s.is !, ere N. milk
at iiRe @.ih ittk. glI f.r o. anti
IRONY with butter :" st.-,.r OF leat.
with SUGAR. mcr .Lyer OF sut.i.ar with
the animal organ 1 ON waich It was
Iam.Hi
k.sse%rS oi chemical writings some
times la! "a appreciate the advantages
oil tying borax "di-meta- oorax OF
sodium. or OF calling common alcohol
: ne,iiyi ea.oInoi. and they ignor- the
cupaony IN such words as pe.ltaluet. vi
eiatn;Go'hiot.ip h ea y.am ndiIoGonci IL
ate "a Substance bcgo ten and as,ti4 I'd
by Dr. Albert Maasen. Popular Science
Monthly.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
1t Was the Other One.

A year ago we were all at one Of the
lakeside resorts, where PIanchette had
bee tle all the rage, and every ody was
int'n' upon exploring the my tcries CT
the !uturr.
u on III : particular evening a young
man wao had d, veloped ioag med u.u-
istlc po"srS. Lai his hand upon r.; r.
chett. when l was called t o. the
room t. welcome a fri Il i. IL yoI z
liGy hau t arrived ron Lahe-
S tie.
a few m nu:es later I eatcra VT
my fricli, an utter strAI.s e. % ,i.ci.i
all pom my am. WI - $
int l. :, 6 ped torw III ote abe
aad i:
"A ~ pl u e, il yea IL Il no
- " Y a il IS ysa III
F. ve W t. she Wa al l. Ks .'e, : -.
= lirvc II ~
shc di ;" promptly w.o:o tie little
machine.
villa whosn9 Can yoa tel his
namc?'
"oestlinly; It i; very c mmon
name Ny fr.ead CAV IA i Il sf lex
g Is it Smita or Brown" l ron;in 81.
g j. Is the other one, answered p an
chete
Did you ever = exclaimed my
frieGl.
Sara enough, she married Jones. very
shortly af EDWARDS. and hey have be n
very happy 81. Louis p. cater.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12

The English Welcome Never Inspiring.
The English welcome is never inspiring I
once drove up to a hall where was a COM
plete stranger Ny visit had been arranged
by friend, and knew nothing whatever of
those who were to entertain me, except their
rank and name. The servants seemed not to
have expected my coming, and was ushered
into small and plainly furnished room,
where dowdily dressed woman sat with her
feet ON chair, playing cards with two young
girls She did not rise to greet me, nor even
put away her cards, and began to wonder
whether had arrived at the wrong house or
stumbled into the housekeeper's room. But
looked up at the walls and saw Gaines
boroughs and Sir Joshuas, and felt treasured.
was offered cup of tea, and my hostess
gradually thawed. The earl and his son were
out with the hounds, and 1 did not meet them
until dinner, but by degrees l found that
was in the company Of cultivated and
agreeable woman. She had famed herself,
she explained by fall, and was unable to
stand, or even to sit, with ease; she told me
which of the pictures were family portraits,
and was learned in literature and fashion
and ceramics.
At dinner she appeared in gorgeous robes
and respondent diamonds, while her husband,
the master of the hounds, came to table in a
coat of pink" The drawing-room was gal
lery of Vandykes, and nobody il England ap-
preciates them better than the countess l
came near taking for her housekeeper. felt
myself more welcome every hour; the ciioic-
est wine was got out for me; was taken to
the library and the kennels, and the stables,
but WIS never presented to those young ladies,
whose names only learned the second day.
Adam BadeauS Letter
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
Bridging the Chasrn.

While we were tramping over the
battlefields around Marietta, Ga, the
young man from Connecticut grew
sweet on the pretty daughter of the
widow with whom we boarded. 1t was
love at first sight, and they went in
heavy.
Our guide had been an old Reb col
der and when he saw how things
were going winked the girl to seat
on the wash-bench behind the house anc
said:
Now, Lucy. this ere orter STOP"
What 'ere?"
In love with that Teller"
Hain't a right?"
s'No gal. Men your old father sarved
in the ranks together. We fit agin
them Ianks together, and together we
cum home kaikerlatin' to hate EN- as
long as we lived. 'Twouldn't be right
fur YOU TO go back on your dad that
way.
jim Skuce." she replied as she stood
up to wave her arm, mebbe we never
heard nuttin' bout bridgin' the bloody
chasm and shakin' hands across the last
ditch.
- know pap was fighter but after
he'd been home year or two, long
came 4 Yank one day looking for land.
He had hottle O whiskey, and he and
pap sa.. down on this very bench and fit
them old fights over until both got drunk
and fell in IA heap.
:. When they woke up they began to
shake and bridge. and they kept it up
till the Yank hurrahed for General
Lee. and pap hollered for General
Grant.
Now. you shut! II you don't want
to bridge. you can stub around with
your nose stuck up and your knees out
to the weather. but don'tyou go to inter-
fern with me.
Dad bridgcd, mans bridged,' and
I'm going 10 climb out OF the last ditch
and hustle for Yankee husband"
They We're engaged before we left
Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
a Series of Singular Fatalities.

\ Madrid paper narrates series Of fatal
tiles to which three members out Of family
of four fell victims in that city, and the story
is one that seems as If it might have happened
in New York. The family were flies, o
brother and three sisters. They were in
search Of food. The eldest sister alighted
upon a sausage and ate heartily. The second
satisfied her hunger on some -four. The
third draEk with avidity from pitcher Of
milk. Then they essayed to fly, hut ia a few
moments all three fell dead. The sausage
had been given its fine red color by means OF
poisonous aniline dye. The -four contained
fatal percentage of plaster of paris The
milk had in it SO much chalk that no well
regulated fly could drink it and live The
unhappy brother, seeing himself surrounded
by the corpses of his dear sisters, in his grief
determined upon suicide. He launched him
self upon gray sheet Of paper bearing the
inscription: ely paper-sure to KILL" and
sucked its deadly poison greedily; but in
vain. The mere he took of it TIE better be
felt. He was doomed to live. Fly paper
was also falsified York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
THE LITTLE QUAKER LAUGH.

There's n, siGen IN orr village,
Wit: h:.; of sunny hue.
And eyrs 81 woat!!an,i loneliness,
Like ..oieis al dew.
Her face ! S-act : lin roses
Tha, BIAS, ...;s.ii-t The gray
Of her ilftit Quaker tonnet,
Suggesting March and May.
She IA ks with qieai daci ion,
Which Is music, Il allow.
!" hen She q cts me, as she meets me,
vi h an earnest, Flow art thou?"
Thousi in ma ne- she is charming,
There is nothing that is half
SO perplexing and bew;tching
AS her pretty Quaker laugh.
Defy;ng rules of discipline,
It's mirth is full and free
Whene'er ! greet her in return,
Friend, is it well with thee?"
She knows am not OF the fold,
Mayhap. she likes to chaff.
But it is certain that love her
For her little Quaker laugh.
Philadelphia News.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
The Universal Name.

It was not long ago that friend OF
the writer was travelling with party OF
excursionists in the mining regions Of
Pennsylvania. She was Il single lady.
and did not know shy OF her male COM
panions even by name.
She went down into mine with the
other tourists, and with woman's nat
ural curiosity thought she would inves-
tigate little for herself.
The consequence was that she got
lost, and found herself in a labyrinthine
passage, whose windings he could not
follow TO the sunlight. Vague visions
of death by starvation iloated before
her mind, and she was puzzled for q few
minutes to know what to do.
Feminine wit finally came to her aid,
and che shouted at the top OF her
voice
John ~
Presently the answer came back:
What do you WANT
wish you would help me to find my
way out OF this hole was the reply,
and almost Immediately 4 manly form
was at her side which dexterously pilot
ed her to the open day.
She was not acquainted with her kind
rescuer, but she said she was sure there
was JOHN n every crowd, and could
make no mistake if she called for him.
Il Boston Budget.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-12
KEROSENE LAMPS.


Care and C>e.
OF all mis-. .:..r,taod things in daily
life the US - ne erosele lamp prob
ably stands u i,. head
First, a ianl.s : b ng.:t and fitted for
use. and thea illed day after day. and
after 3 longer or shorter period does not
give as good a light as it as d 10 then
come complaints 10 the gilman or
grocer about TIE quality of the oil. when
/. Ii tie reason and Judgment used would
reue,.s ,he fault and remove the cause
OF complaint.
Ii persons using lamp woul. remem-
Der that the lamp is q machine combin-
ing the furnace and pump. and endeavcr
to learn the principle Of using oil, mucn
trouble would be saved; for while no
one expects to use a large machine
without learning how to work it, any
one can use lamp.
Now, the wick is the pump to bring
oil from the fouRt 10 The blaze, and. US
there is always more or less dust and
dirt in the Oil, the wick soon becomes
clogged UP, ana caa-ot pump oil fist
enough for good light; 80 complaint
is made, Wien new wick would remove
the cause.
Then, as we burn oil out, Ire Highest
palt burn, leaving the heavy oil; and.
as the lamp is filled day 10y day, the oil
gets so heavy that the .:raught is not
strong enough to pump it up. when the
oil should be all turned out OF the lamp
and it retilled with fresh oil.
And then the burner, after a time, gets
gummed up. and the even flow of the
Oil is disturbed. and causes a smoky,
uneven light which is vexatious. / have
often had burners brought into my
store condemned, and a new one wanted,
when by two minutes work they were
maize as good as lew. When the wick
needs cutting, some scrape it of; others
cut it So uneven that it makes pointing
blaze viii il SO provokes one that he
wants to condemnit.
II a little reason and thought were
used in everyday life, we would soon
find that lots Of our discomforts would
be very easily overcome and banished !;
but things go on in a slipshod manner.
year after year, with no attempt to i'm
prove them.
But to resume, the burner is furnished
with great number of small holes to
provide air, to the end that perfect COM
bustion may take lace, and not to col
lect dust and dirt until they are clogged
up, and a smoky, bad-Smelling light is
the result.
Now. il in using kerosene we fill the
lamp up with white oil every day, and
once aweek empty back the oil which
is in the lamp and use new wick. CIT
even and true, every week or once in two
weeks, and are sure To have the lamp
burner clean, and clear, nicely polished
chimney used, we IL find that the
Kerosene lamp Is u cheap and great
luxury, and not. as is often the case,
necessary nuisance, which has to be
used for lack OF anything letter.
A little care daily IN using the lamp
makes all the difference between luxury
and nu.sance.-IThe Analyst.