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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Seven rrillion Acr,s nc COR

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 27.-Figures
perfected in the State Agricultural office
show that the area of the present corn
crop in Illinois is over 1000, 900 acres
and that the August prospect is 12 per
cent. higher than has been known at this
date for ten years. The oats crop will be
ISL, DOC, 900 bushels, or 5000, 900 bush
els in excess Of any former crop in the
state. The wheat crop is estimated at
"a, SOC, 900 bushels, or 1000, 600 bushels
less than last year.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
a RAILWAY STRIKE.
Engineers, Firemen, Brakemen a
Switchmen Pool Their Grievances.

EhEfneers, Ffrenen, Brakemen and
switchmcn Pool Their Grievances.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 21.-The To-
connective engineers, firemen, brakemen
and switchmen on the Peoria, Decatur
and Evansville, the Evansville AID T'erre
Haute, Evansville and indianapolis, and
Evansville Belt railroads, about 500 miles
in all, went out on a strike ct 2p, m.
The immediate cause Of the trouble was
the refusal of President Mackey to dis
charge f. c. Smith, master mechanic of
the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville rail-
road at Nation. Ills. The men claim
that Smith is ~overhearing and u~nreasona-
BILE. and that they are unable to agree
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Two Tra,nps serIou.ly nurnea

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. I.-A serious ae-
cident occurred on the Pennsylvania
railroad near Waynestown early in the
morning by which ten cars of crude oil
were destroyed by fire. Two tramps
stealing a ride were seriously buried.
One will probably die.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
THEY WERE DROWNED.
A Pullman Car Porter Tells a story with.
out Basis OF Fact,

BosToN, Aug. 2Z-Mr. Reed of AL
bany, brother of ]. Harmon Reed, who
is believed to have been drowned with
Miss Milliken at Bar Harbor two weeks
ago, has been investigating a report that
his brother is still alive. The report was
based or the statement Of a colored por-
ter of a Pullman car, who claimed to
know that Mr.. Reed and Miss Milliken
were taken from their canoe by g French
fishing smack and landed at st. John,
whence they went to Niagara Falls. Mr..
Reed is convinced that the story was in
svented for the purpose of securing
money, and has returned to Albany. He
says the porter could not describe the
person he claimed to have seen.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28

CINCINNATI, Aug. 27.--A prize of st59
was offered some time g by a mpei6
firm of this city for an original centen-
NAL waltz. A number of manuscripts
were received. The award has been
made unanimously to William e. Van
curt of Jacksonville, Ills.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, Aug "a.
WHEAT-August soc, Sept. 9O3sc.
CoRN-August AS, September 441sc.
oATS-August e5c, September s41sc.
PoRK-August 1925, September S14,27ls.
LARD-August S9.35, Sept. 81 .85.
SHORT RfBS-August SS.45, Sept. Ss.45
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Is Cleveland a Contributor

NEW York, Aug. 27.-The Sun states
ttat President CieyeiaEsS: a subscribed
xl,0o0 TO the Democratic campaign fund.
The statement could not be copffrmed
nor eontradictsd at the Democratic head.
quarters.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Gov. Adams Action.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 21.-Gov. Adams
has refused the request of the managers
of the Maxwell grant to order the state
militia ont to suppress the trouble at
Stonewall. The governor declines to in
terfere unless called upon by the sheriff
for assistance.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
A Prominent politician snio,dea

PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 81. -Ex-Repre-
sentative John Mccullough, a prominent
Republican politician of this city, COM
mitted suicide at his residence here early
Monday. Domestic trouble is thought
to have been the cause of the deed.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Woman SUFFRAGE.

TACOMA, W.T., Aug. 27-Papers were
fled and approved by Judge Allyn, ap-
pealing from the recent decision of the
supreme court relative to woman SUI
fraGe, to the supreme court OF the United
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
and his hair and beard nave grown toa
neturned from cnpnna win an on

Returned from Canada with an ohicer.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. 27.-Beniamin
Bergen, the ~bookkeeper who is charged
with having forged the name of c.. w.
Foster to fourteen checks, and who fled
to Canada, was brought back to Balti-
more by q detective. 1t required FIVE
weeks running between Montreal and
OTTAWA before the Canadian government
could be induced TO deliver the prisoner.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
The "City of New York.u

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 27.-The steamer
City of New York from New York, Aug.
is, arrived on Aug. 90. Her starboard
engine was stopped for four hours, and
stopped on several subsequent occasions
for short periods.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Death of a House Clark

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. William F.
Hudson of Lyons, Iowa, for many years
assistant clerk of the house of represen-
tatives. died at Providence hospital of
congestion of the liver.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Fatal Quarrel About a Woman.

LOWELL, Mass, Aug. 81. Thomas
Sweeney, late of Providence, stabbed
and probably fatally wounded last night
Thomas Kelly, late of Concord, N. H.,
in a quarrel about a woman. The men
are mill hands.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Another Fatal Shot.

NEw YORK, Aug. N-Emil schutte,
aged 20, q gardener, shot and fatally
wounded Michael Sohwab, a Young man,
on the road near Newton, l.. l., at ]
O'CLOCK Sunday morning.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Castle Garden ArrivaIs.

NEW YORK. Aug. 27.-Emigrants were
landed at Castle Garden Sunday as fol-
lows: Steamships = La Bretagne, 1876;
Edams, 1872; Taormenia, 1856.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Fatally Beat His Ared Wife.

Boston, Aug. 27.-James Jarrion, a
laborer, aged 81, peat his wife, who is 10
years old, fracturing her skull and in
ficting fatal injuries. He was angry be-
cause his dinner was not prepared for
him.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28

been fitted up for
him III the vicin-
ity of Lu x
Park. Tho cot
tage occupied by
MIR. Garrett is on
the border of Rig
wood Lake. His
family are with
him. He was re-
ported to be some
what worse Sun
day, owing per-
haps to the excite
ment of removal.
The cottage Ia on
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28

LONDON, Aug. 27.-It is believed In
Vienna that the meeting between Signor
crispi and Count Kalnocky is intended to
consolidate a treaty of alliance.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28

ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. ~2E.-Conley has
issued a challenge to fight Kilrain for
$1,000 a side, London prize ring rules, to
a finish, for the championship of the
world.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Shot HIMSELF

BasToN, Aug. 27.-W. II. Gallagher,
ticket seller at the Howard athenaum,
shot himself ON Saturday and died on
Sunday. No cause for the deed is known.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
IaNArIus DoNNELrx IN CHICAGO

He Tells About England and His shahs-
pearean Cryptogram.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.--Ignatius Donnelly,
the author Of the Baccnian theory as APP
Piled to the works of Shakespeare. was in
Chicago Sunday. lu a lengthy Interview.
he said he had enjoyed his recent visit TO
England. He was five months abroad,
spending most of his time in Londen
fe found the country beautiful AMI
mighty cultivated but suffering from
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28
Robert Garrett

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Robert Garrett
was removed to q residence which has
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-28

the estate of Mayor Hewitt, and has very
pleasant surroundings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
Incidents in a Dentists Office.

Several years before the introduction of
nitrous oxide gas all kinds of experiments
were tried to devise some method to ex-
tract teeth without pain. One plan was
the galvanic battery, or lightning meth
cd, y copper wire being connected from
the battery to the forceps, which conveyed
shock to the tooth, and was supposed to
prevent pain during the operation. Our
first patient, robust, healthy man, whose
teeth were 'put in to stay" wanted q
large molar extracted. The attachment
was made as usual. but the connecting
wire proved to be too short, and parted
just as the forceps grasped the tooth, of
course disconnecting the battery entirely.
The tooth came out after quite struggle.
Our patient instantly left the chair and,
with smile on his face, declared it to be
the greatest invention of the age, saying
he had not suffered the slightest pain. In
this case, at least, mind conquered matter.
On one occasion, after drawing a tooth
for a suffering, nervous patient, and,
naming the price, he said: "Well, hope
your charges are high enough; DR.. -
the other day drew me all around the
room and only charged me a quarter -
Quite recently lady from peighboring
town brought in set of teeth on gold
plate which she wanted to sell, saying,
with sighs $50 long as my dear bus.
band lived they were Of the greatest posi-
BILE benefit to him; but, poor man, buried
him last week; he'll have no more use
for them, and thought I could spend
the money just now to good advantage"
A young lady with beautiful set OF
natural teeth, perfectly sound, insisted
that large cavities should be drilled in
each front tooth, in order, she said, Ito
show all the gold possible" She was
quite indignant at our refusal to accede
to such an insane request. Hartford
Times -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
Facts About E1eas.

Fleas love dirt, and in it they flourish
and multiply most abundantly. But in
spite of st. Dominic's curse and their un-
clean haunts, they are interesting little
fellows. Let US put one under the micro
scope. It seems to be clothed in sort of
armour formed Of brown overlapping
plates, that are so exceedingly tough as to
be almost indestructib1e. Its head is
small and very thin, and it has q single
eye upon each side. This eye Is black,
and the rays of light scintillate within it
like sparks of fire. Puget managed to
look through one Of those eyes, and he
found that it diminished objects in size
while it multiplied them in number-a
man appearing like an army of fairies,
and the fame Of candle becoming 1000
tiny stars. From the shape of its head,
and for other reasons, the flea is supposed
to use only one eye at time. The often
sive weapon Of the flea is composed of
two palpi, or feelers, two piercers and q
tongue. When it feeds it stands erect,
thrusting this sucker into the flesh; and
it will eat without intermission until dis
tnrbed. for it yoids as fast as it swallows
its food. 1t is interesting to put several
in a glass, and, giving them piece Of
raw meat, see them all standing on their
hind legs to suck up its juices.
Their manner of breathing is still unde-
termined, but it is thought most probable
that they receive air into their bodies
through small holes at the ends of the
palpi.-S. L. Clayes in Swiss Cross.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
Trying the Engineers Courage.

The fast runs out of Chicago are all
night runs, and it is night run that tries
the engineers courage. Driving ahead at
mile a minute into sea of darkness,
which human eye cannot penetrate is
work such as no cowardly or even timid
man could perform.
Among engine drivers there are bold
men and timid men, but only the former
were selected for these fast runs. A timid
man, prone to shut off steam for every
shadow seen on the track, or for every
imaginary danger, for engineers are called
upon continually to beat back their Owl
apprehensions, could never make time on
a run like one of these limited trains to
the west. Some of the best and bravest
engineers in the world are on these foot.
plates, and in this climate and under the
disadvantages besetting them they will
find enough to try their mettle.-Chicage
Har01
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
A Pages Punishment.

Another. Of the boys had faculty OF
drawing His sketches of members were
fairly goodi caricatures. The easiest mark
for his pr snci1 was the statesman from
Massachu; sets, and the carlcatures of Ben
began to float around the house pretty
promiscuc msly. The matter coming to
the atten hon Of Mr.. Butler, complaint
was mad to the doorkeeper, who had
charge of the pages. The offending boy
was kept after adjournment to be repri-
manded. He was taken before the states
man, who: had waited to hold court on the
little crir ninal.
$50 yo u are the boy that has been MAX
ing these pictures?''
eyes, sir"
+ "Umn. How old are your
Twelve, SIR" .-.
"Well, go to the cloak room and get
my hat"
The boy scampered off on the errand,
glad even for the momentary respite, but
revolving in his mind the possible charac-
ter of the impending punishment, which
was such that the judge needed his hat
before going to the place of execution.
When the youngster had returned and
tremblingly yielded up the tile, the gen.
eral, who has an enormous head, threw
the hat like a candle snuffer down over
the tow head and flaming face Of the boy.
1t covered him like second mortgage.
sMy son" said the hero of New Or
leans, ''when you can fill that hat you
caricature Benjamin F. Butler. Now
go."-"Recollections Of Page"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
No0ther RaIWayinthe Northwest

has in so short period gained the
reputation and popularity enjoyed by
the WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINE.
From comparatively unknown fac.
tor in the commercial world, it has
been transformed to an independent.
influential, grand Through Route,
with magnificent depots, superb
equipment and unsurpassed terminal
facilities. Through careful catering
to details, it has won for itself a
reputation for solidity, safety, con-
venience and attention to its patrons,
second to no railroad in the country.
Pullman sleepers. models of palatial
comfort, dining cars in which the
cuisine and general appointments
are up to the high est standard, and
coaches especially built for this route
are among the chief elements which
have contributed towards catering
successfully to a discriminating pub
lie. Located directly on it's line, be-
tween Minneapolis and St. Paul, and
Milwaukee and Chicago, and Duluth
and Milwaukee and Chicago, are the
following thriving cities of Wiscon-
sin and Michigan: New Richmend,
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Ashland,
Hurley, Wis.,, Ironwood, Mich, Bes-
semer, Mich, Stevens Point, Neenah,
Menasha, Oshkosh, Fon du Lac, Wau.
kesha, and Burlington, Wis.
For detailed information, lowest
current rates, berths, etc., via this
route, to any point in the South or
East, apply to the nearest ticket
agent or address
VIM. s. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
General Manager. 9enl Pass T'k't Agt.,
MILWAUKEE.
#. III. ANSON, Northwestern Passenger
Agent, No. 10 Nioollett House Block, Mime
apolis, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23

poetry AMI books I should not like to
have to listen to them. At the recent
authors readings in this city heard
some of the worst specimens of oratory,
from some Of the cleverest Of our
wielders of the pen, that I expect to
hear in my life. All over town I fall
in with men Of letters, who read all
sorts of productions to me with fasci-
natingly ridiculous absence of that grace
of delivery and expressiveness of intona-
ton that make q reading worth hearing,
If only for the sake Of the friends whom
they call upon to pass judgment on their
compositions, these gentlemen should call
upon the elocutionist for some assistance
toward ameliorating the terrors they in
carnate when the fine frenzy of speech is
upon them.-Alfred Trumble in New
York News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
A ComlnOn Error Corrected.

The common error that because thing
grows out of the ground it is peculiarly
"a work of NATURE" and therefore of nc
cessity beautiful, is a most fruitful source
of failure in gardening and landscape. In
this light it seems almost a heresy to
state the fact that many of our garden
flowers are as much the work of man as
are aniline dyes, for instance, and that
one may be as atrocious in color as the
other. Akin to this error is the idea that
things which may be excellent and beau
tiful in themselves must be correspond.
ingly excellent and beautiful in conjunc-
ton. The women Of certain insular
realm have a reputation, in other lands,
for ill taste in dress. The silks, velvets,
laces, etc., of which their garments are
made may be of admirable quality, and
even beautiful in themselves, but an array
like green velvet bonnet with u purple
feather and scarlet ribbons, combined with
pink waist and blue skirt, constitutes a
spectacle which would probably have
startled the eyes Of one accustomed even
to the sight of King Solomon robed in all
his glory!-Atlantic Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
Rome's Rainbow Hued Umbrellas.

One of the common sights of Rome is
to view the assortment of umbrellas
hoisted on a rainy day. The opportunity
is frequent, for when the drops fall they
do so on scale so generous that, as dur
ing the present month, the rain continues
three weeks. Under the dome of the
skies nothing was ever seen to surpass the
parachute picture. The colors of the rain
bow are not more varied. Outside the
rapidly disappearing Roman peasant cos
tune the umbrella has the next greatest
amount of character in it. The rents that
time and accident have made are patched
with any gay looking scrap, and its size
SO distended by the elasticity of the goods
that when opened it covers the sidewalk
Without his umbrella the peasant is not
at ease. Rain or shine he earries it under
his arm, for with him it is a maxim that
dogs and strangers are the only ones who
walk in the sun as well as in the wet.
Yet he too is ridiculed In the fashionably
cut clothes of the present Romans, with
their sharp toed patent leather boots and
handsome parachutes.-ParisC Cor. Balti-
more Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
The Gateway to Good Health.

To the gold hunter Pixies Peak proved
to be the gateway to the wealth Of the
Rocky mountains. To many an invalid
it has proved to be the gateway to new
life. Here, 5000 feet above the sea, the
pure, dry air, the strong, warm sunshine,
the beautiful surroundings, have drawn
together town of 1000 inhabitants.
Strangers frequently remark that our
mountains are SO forbidding in aspect,
have so little beauty, that one could never
learn to love them. In short time this
opinion is changed or forgotten, and it is
a noticeable fact among our townspeople
that in the matter of liking or disliking
their mountain home there is no half way
Jncasure, they love it strongly or not at
all. To lover of nature the barrenness
and seeming impenetrability Of our mount
aims prove an irresistible charm, a fascina-
ton and a study that becomes every day
more interesting. From dawn to dark
t:,ey are constantly changing; Pixies
Peas, more than Ia, 600 feet high, signals
the coming sun long before the city at his
feet has awakened to the new day.-Cor.
Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
The Mourning Ring.

'sDid you ever see mourning ringg'
asked Maiden lane jeweler of reporter
the other day. "Well, here is one."
1t is heavy gold band, perfectly plain,
and with seal in the shape of o coffin.
1t has glass face, through which can be
seen skeleton in gold. On the inside OF
the ring is the inscription, in black enamel,
giving the initials of the deceased and the
date of death.
'tThese designs were used over a CEN
fury ago, and now they are to be revived
as the latest fad. Some young widows,
who find it difficult to indicate their be-
reavement when indoors, with hat and
flowing veil removed, take advantage of
the ring to announce to susceptible young
men that they have returned to the mat
rimonial market. They need not look
melancholy. A turn of the finger and the
sad news is told"
"Do men use them?'
'Most assuredly. Widowers have no
way of announcing their loss except by
the band on their hats. With q mourn
ing ring all embarrassing inquiries re-
garding the deceased wife may be avoided,
and knowledge of the widower's restored
eligibility quickly and neatly impaired. +"
New York Mail and Express.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
How Oysters Arc Caught.

Most of the best oysters sold at raw
boxes and restaurants are taken by tong
men, while the very finest are caught
with nippers, which is now in Q small way
commencing to be one of Maryland's
sports. The tongmen form a very large
s.rmy of men catching oysters in Mary
land waters, and while the size and
quality Of their production are far supe-
rior to that caught by dredgers, the
product is much smaller, being trifling
proportion of what is annually caught in
the Chesapeake. longs are only used in
shallow water and over beds which, In
many cases, are the property of the tong
men. The oysters are caught from q
small boat. usually operated by two men,
one on either side, The tongs consist of q
pair of rakes with the teeth curved in
ward and attached to wooden handles
from fifteen to twenty feet long, which are
joined by q pin about one-third Of the
distance from the iron. The tongman has
a platform placed amidships across his
little craft, and wher over his beds he
plunges his tongs into the water and,
working the handles, secures o few fine
oysters, possibly not more than half q
peck. This he repeats until he has Sc
cured boat load, generally not more than
half dozen bushels, the work of two
men for one day. The oysters, however,
are large and fine and bring good prices.
The largest and finest oysters taken arc
caught With niPpsrs oysF planted ground,