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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
Record Of Casualties.

All hopes OF the safety OF the missing
pilot boats Enchantrcss and Phantom are
now finally abandoned.
A large quantity of powder exploded In
Stiekneys powder factory near Ashford.
New York. At the spot where the
mills stood there is now hole big enough
to bury a house. Two workmen we're
blown to atoms. They were the only men
in or rear the SForks. The shock OF the
explosion was AIt throughout Westches-
stsrconnty.
An Indian left rrempeleau, Wis. about
Christmas to spend the winter with rela-
tiyes near Black River Falls. and iately
bis body was found In q swamp near Ire
mont. He bad evidently become Lost and
~nndered into The swamp before he was
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

In order to cure whooping cough in
Warwickshire village. Eng, they cut a
piece of hair from the nape Of the
child's neck, chop it very fine, and
spread it on piece of bread and give
it to a dog.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

At the great ball recently given by
President Carnot in Paris. dressmak-
ers were on duty near the ballroom
doors TO mend skirts that had been
torn in the crush.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

Rider Hagpard, in note in the
March number OF the Young Man,
says: 81 write my books in the same
way that people do any other work
namely, by sticking at them. Making
books, like everything else, becomes a
question of taking pains and assiiu-
Gus, unsparing labor"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

When the daughter of Sir Donald
Smith OF the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road Company. was married in Mon
treal recently, her father testified his
approval by presenting her with
check for $4,000, 600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

Chairman Mills is very much better and
his friends now consider him out of dan
ger. Since he has begun to improve they
are willing to conoede the fact that he has
been critically i'll. and for a time il was
feared that his great labor in the prepare
ton OF the tariff bill would prove too
much Tor his rugged constitution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

Jefferson Davis of Montana died on
the train at Albert lee of consump-
ton while on his way home from
Georgia, where he had been in the
hope OF beneiting his health.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

A brass clock 40 years old is own
ed at York, Pa. It has not stop
ped for fifty years, and it keeps good
time
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

frozen, as he was found frozen in ice above
his knees. His pony was few feet from
him, also frozen in the ice
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

The House passed the Senate bin in
creasing the pension OF the widow OF Gen.
Francis p, Blair.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

Anew York dinner prepared Tor
twenty-five guests was enjoyed by two
at the time of the blizzard.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15
A Political Retrospect.
lPicayune.l

/
Now that the late general election
has dropped sufficiently into the past
to enable Democrats to study the re-.
suits impassionateIy, they are begin
ming to recover from the consternation
the result at drst engendered. In the
light Of the corrected returns The defeat
has been by no mesns as crushing as
was at first supposed, and although the
opposing party was inducted iuto
power on the strength of the electoral
vote, it is plain that the Democracy's
defeat was not the result OF the popular
verdict.
Although Mr.. Harrison has been
elected by good majority OF electoral
votes, and after. the manner prescribed
by the constitution, still Mr.. Cleveland
received full 100000 popular votes
more than his opponent. He even
largely exceeded his own poaular ma
jority in 1884, while Mr.. Harrison re-
ceived less votes than were cast for
Blaine at the same election. A study
of these facts must convince every
Democrat that there is no real cause
for Encouragement and that there is
nothing indicated in the late elections 8
TO the party, or threatens that any in-
surmountable obstacles have been
placed in the way Of an early return to
power. Although it must be admitted
that the Democracy has apparently
lost ground in some Of the doubtful
States, owing, probably, to a liberal
use OF money more than to any other
cause, 1t is equally apparent from the
returns that these losses have been
more than Offset by surprising gains In
Republican sirongholds.
The Republican majority OF AZ, 900 In
Michigan in 1854 has been reduced to
%, 600. In Ohio a majority of 81 600
has shrunk to $4,000, aud in California
their majority was but 1000 against
1900 in 1884. In New Hampshire
the Democratic gains have been sc
great that the State will in future con.
tests be considered ono Of the political
battle grounds.
Although a month has elapsed since
the election, it is not yet definitely set.
tied what the Republican majority
will be in The next Congress. The
latest returns indicate that the Dext
House will be organized by the Re
publicans with u majority OF three
members. This is, of course, not 9
working majority.
AS the Republicans claimed ma
jorily Of twenty-five, ii is evident tba
their victory has not been as sweep
ing as they had hoped, and IL they de
sire to mold legislation In their owl
interest, it is evident that they will
have 10 proceed TO unseat a number o
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

The New York Railroad Gazette
gives the statistics Of the causualltles
to employees aud passengers ON Asasel.
can railroads during the month of, o.
tober, 1855. There were Of employees 45
killed and 120 wounded. OF passengers
there were 70 killed and 20 wounded.
The number Of persons employsd on
trains aud the number of passengers
carried Ia that time are not given, but
obviously, the passengers carried great
ly outnumbered the railway hands en-
gagged In the management OF the tFSins
which did the damage. We have l65
Of the railroad people out Of perhaps
ten Thousand killed aud wounded,
while 100 passengers o.t OF some hun.
dred thousands were killed and hurt.
This Is not high average for 'passen.
gers but 1t IL for train men, showing
that their business ls almost % danger
Gus as war. One and half per cent of
casualties per month, or eighteen per
cent year OF X HE'D and wounded makes
q formidable account Of peril for the
men who run with the trains.-Pica-
game. .ae e. .g,...,u
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

Democrats. This alternative IL, Of
course, attendant with disAgreeable
features, as It is apt to bring odium
upon the party resortiug to such cx-
pedients.
Although the Republicans, after the
4th Of March next, will be In full con-.
troll Of all the branches of the govern
ment, 1t Is evident from the election
returns that the Democracy ID still the
party Of the people, aud ecjoylug the.
falt consciousness OF this fact viii be-
able to orEanixs . vigorous opposition
both In C0ugrees and out Of It. sttue
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15
GREAT HORSE oRMoNDE..
Purchased by Mr. Jshn A. Morrls for
ea5, 900.
IN. o. states.l

IN. o. States.l q 4sr 1a1
A cable dispatch from London an.
uounces that the Derby winner, Or
monde, has been sold to 10 Asneficao
Tor Ell, 600. When tho
abroad that the greatest :, hoeeo Of
modern times had been sold for ~, 900
to somebody who would pto6Ably
bring him to America the opinion W.
unanimous among turf mso that only
one man In the United 6tnlas sodnld
have given such an enoImona 4GnrD
for Ormond, the highsst price SV1e
paid for q horse, aud that man W.
John A. Morris, of New Orleans. M.
Morris is the teautus spirit and chief
stock holder Of the New York Jockey
Club aud the owner Of Britanojc, .QQe
of the best sprinters In the coqntFy
when flt and ready to run. III tho
last year Mr.. Morris has purchSSsd
obtained on either eide Of tho water,
aud It would not be surpsistug ttf hs
had bought Ornoude 10, mate With
them. 1t is well known that he was
on the lookout for some superior 'slal-
lion with . record aud when IA Eh-
gland month or 20 ago he priced the
wett-known horse Mtnttne, one Of the
best performers la Great Bsttatu.-
Ormonde was bred by the Duke OF
Westminster, his late owner. He was
sired by Ben Or, dam Lily AS6es.
He Is . bay horse, very conpaotly
built and about elk years. old. Or
monde won the ,0O0 oaiaeAs 10 1880,
aud became q very strong favorlte, for
the Derby, which he won by Q length
and half from II. Peck's chestnut
colt, The Bard, whose performances
as two-year-old were phenomenal.
Fred Archer rode the great horse 10 all
his races. The Duke Of Weatminster
bought Doncaster few years ago Tor
sl2, 900, or &60, 900, and this figure has
stood ~ tho top notch untn tho eele of
Oemonde. Coucaster slred Bend Or
aud Bend Or slred Ormoudc, 90 thai ln
tho end tho Dukes investlnent was .
most profitable one. ..,...,.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15
nAJOR BURKE's SYNDICATE.
Three New York Capitalists Iateresse ed
81 In the Development OF His
Honduras Grant.
Nov Orleans States.l

1Now Orleans States.l
A States reporter In couversat ti0n
with an Intimate friend OF Mejor E. A.
Burke, ascertained that Major Burke
had al last succeeded In forming syn!
dictate for the development Of the con!
cesslons recently granted to him by the
President of Spanish Honduras. The
concession mentioned Is large tract OF
land drained by gold bearing stream,
large quantities of gold having already
been washed out Of tho sand taken
from tho bed Of the river.
The persons composing the syndicate
are Mr.. Mills, the wealthy New York
capitalist ; MI. Inman, the we'll. known
Tennessee millionaire, and one Of the
principal owners Of the Georgia Pacific
estlr0ad Col. r. T. Wilson, president
of the Mississippi Valley railroad, and
Major E. A. Burke. .
The capital of the syndicate, 1t is
understood, Is $500. 900, and Il Is the
purpose to expend . large sum Of
money In the engineering feat OF turn
ing the river out Of Its natural bed 90
that the gold can be taken out by
placer mining.
An expert engineer has already
made q survey OF the river, IL In stated,
and has made . report 10 tho effect
that the plan TO change the course Of
river aud to leave large portion Of 10
bed high and dry Is perfectly feasible II
the necessary money was furnished
with which to do the work. It is
stated that the value OF the river a. .
gold bearing stream was first discov-
cred by the Honduras Indiana who
succeeded In getting considerable gold
by washing the sand taken from the
bars In common pans. .aIa
The reporter was informed that
Messrs. Mills, Wilson and Inman are
very much impressed with the value
CT Major Burke's concession aud arc
determined to develop 1t to the fullest
exteut. The necessary papers forming
the syndicate have been drawn up and
will be signed this week In New York.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15
"THE CHURCH YEAR."
Some of the Difficulties Attending Its
Publication During the Fever.

Jacksonville, Fla, Timas-Union.l
The attention .! both the clergy and
the laity Of the Protestant Episcopal
Chusch, especially In the South, 10 call
Ell I" that publication which the church,
men nt Florida justly regard with 20
much pride, the Church Year. Il b
one OF the very best conducted religious
newspapers In the South, ably edited
and successfully managed. It Is pub.
lished here In Jacksonville, its special
aim being the devetopement OF the
church in the dioceses In the South.
But its influence extends into all States
and all cOmmu unities where churchmen
are found.
1t Is worthy Of note that the officers
Of the Church Year Company have
been foremost among the true men who
have devoted themselves to the care Of
the sick and suffering, night and day,
throughout the entire epidemic. The
editor, Rev. r.. H. Weller, d. D was
amcug the active workers stricken with
the disease. He was . member of the
General Relief Committee, aud Ia
charge of one of the most important
districts In the whole city, He IL now
fully recovered aud at his desk aSaiu.
The Rt. Rev. e. g. Weed, 8. T. D.,
President of the company. is only just
up from'a q severe attack; he was chair
man OF the Relief Conmittee and one
of the mos; indefatigable workers Ia
the whole Auxiliary Association. Col.
j. j. Daniel, vice-president of this
company, and who organized aud was
chosen president of tha Auxiliary As
sociation for the care and distribution
of the epidemic funds, gave his life In
the cause OF his follew men. Mr.. 8. F.
Hall, the foreman in the composing
room is just now convalescing from .
severe attack. OF the whole force of
only three now remain.
Yet through oil this series of disaster
the Church Year never missed Q sinRie
issue. II has come out regularly, and
as full of readable matter 40 ever.
The Church Year Ia q sixteen.page
weekly, published at the low rate Of
81 per year. 1t ought to be In the Iami-
ly of every churchmau aud especially
In the South. Its ability, vigor, aud
enterprise should have ample recognl-
tion ami support. 1t needs this now
more than ever before, for, like oil
other Jacksonville enterprises 1t has
suffered financially during the preva-
lance of the fever. Its friends should
see to it that its claims are presented
everywhere, for it Is surely deserving
of hearty support. -
Mr.. F. w. Mumby, its live business
manager, though burdened with the
cares of his private business and the
duties of his position as purchasing
agent of the Relief Committee, has still
found time to devote 10 the interests of
this publication.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

General w. r.. Sherman has Issued
another quaint "order' from his resi-
dence, 75 West Seventy " first street, ~
and family are now returned from 81.
Louis, having deposited the comasd
body Of Mrs. Sherman near, sOur
Willie,' al the very spot chosen by
ourselves in 1866, reafIirmed In 1883,
and often spoken OF as q matter OF
course between us. We have followed
In the minutest particular her every
wish. Every member Lf my own
family aud hers, the Ewines, are con-
tent, for no mortal was ever better
prepared to put on Immortality than
Mrs. General Sherman. OF course,
being the older aud subjected TO harder
strains, l expected 10 precede her; but
II Is ordained otherwise. In due time
l will resume my place by her side,
and want my friends, especially my
old soldier friends, TO know that they
shall not be taxed one cent, for have
made, or will make, every provision.
have received by telegraph, msil,
card and every possible why, hundreds
OF kind, sympathetic messages, ait of
which have been read by myself md
children. To make suitable replies to
all Is simply impossible aud offer the
above as a general answer"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

A now wholesale dry goods firm In
Tacoma. w. T., having built a big
warehouse In the centre of that grow
ing town on the Pacific coast, has nit
upon novel plan Of advertising the
frm name from one end OF the couu.
try to the other. A stock OF more than
$l5O,OO0 worth OF goods has been
bought Ia New York, and will be car
ried in special train In the best DOS
sible time, which VIII probably be
twelve Or thirteen days. The cars.
which have been loading In Jersey
City, started West on Friday night.
There were more than a thousand
packages altogether, and II took seven
teen box cars to hold them. This Is
said to he the largest consignment ever
sent TO one party In special train, and
considering the distance, It Is some.
thing unique. Conspicuous signs were
posted on all the cars stating that they
contained goods for The new establish.
meut in Tacoma.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

1t doesn't mako any difference
whether he Is coming in or going Out,
Grover Cleveland hits n trust whenever
he sees it.--,S. Paul GLo5e.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

1t goes without saying that the in-
coming Republican administration will
have friendly feeling for and keep q
kindly eye upon the South. Southern
men are our brethren they are more
TO US Northerners than all the world
besides. We have met them In debate,
upon the field Of battle, in various con.
troversies that will OF necessity make
themselves manifest in a great nation
such as ours Is. And we have found
the Southerners, in the main, honors.
BILE opponents in war-irm friends and
kind brothers when war was over. So,
te'low-Republicans, let us have charity
for the South and consideration for her
condition. She has a mixed popula.
tion, with which we In the North do
not have to deal to any considerable
extent. Let that fact be taken iuto
consideration .--ADauy Jou,2,al.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15
WILL AN AMERICAN BE POpE:
Reasons Why the United States or Can.
ada Should Furnish Pope LeO's
Successor.

An Ottawa, Ont, special says |:
Michael Vidal, formerly . member of
congress from Louisiana and a we'll
known diplomatic agent, is in Ottawa.
He was member Of the commission
which settled the claims Of the Hudson
Bay Company against the United
States government In 1868 and 1869
and has been commissioner 10 Peru
and consul at TrIpolI. He has lately
been several years in Italy. Aitudfpx
that the consensus of opinion among
the cardinals is that the next pope
must not be an Italian. In Paris Mr..
Vidal spoke to Mr.. Cornelly of the
Gaulois, an authority on papal policy.
Mr.. Correctly had found, as had Mr..
Vidal, that many cardinals at Rome
favored Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore
% Pope Leo's successor, believing that
the United States would support q
struggle for the restoration of The tenn
poral power. The objections to choos>
tug pope from any European state
are many, and OF course political.
Another although less popular choice
would be Cardinal Taschereau of Que
bee. Cardinal Taschereau occupies u
unique and strong position az 4 British
subject, and yet is one who would be
regarded by France as Frenchman.
He would thus elici, the sy mpathy and
support OF two powerful nations, En-
gland and France. Cardinal Tasche-
reau is sufficiently liberal to satisfy ad-
vanced parties In Europe, and II would
not be surprising to find his name
amOuR those of the nominees at the
next election for pope.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-08

The Republicans OF Ta,raut county had
20 local ticket IN the field and were there
fore free to vote IS they close for local
candidates. Large maj ,Tity OF these
gentlemen voted for daylight candidates to
rsbuke sec!e! bossism in politics. Many
republicans IN For. Worth vera not
satisfied with voting the D3m7 cratic
ticket, bu. pulled Of their coats
and went to work with a will
for Democratic nominees. Il beh,f of
the Democracy and daylight politics The
GAZETTE notes ilc. 50 complimentary
to Republicans.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-08
OLD JOKES RRJUvEHATED.


What is the difference between fol
and falling star? Ole's mist on earth
sDd the othjr is missed in heaven.
Why If & nan called honorable who'd.
upstairs oe.tlng his wife? He Is aa6ve
doing 6 meSn act.
What are the grea: astronomers? Tue
staTs, because they have studded the
heavens for sges.
II thlrtY-two is the fraez!rg point:
Two in the shade. srs-
What Is better than God. verse thsr
the devil, the dead eat II, sni if the living
eat it they would dit? Nothing.
What is thieviog on the outskirts
Picking ladies' pock5ts.
In what place cid the cock crow when
all the world heard him? In Noah's ark
When does the rain become too fsmil
jar to lsdy2 When 1t begins TO psf her
( oattel) On the back.
Why ma7 carpenters reasonably believe
there is no such thing IS stone? Because
they never sswis.
Who are the best men to send TO wal
Lawyers, because their charges are 60
great no one cGn stand them.
Why is Satan always . gentleman? Be
csuse being the imp OF darknesg, he csn
never be imp o'-lig1t.
II chu1ci De on fee, why has the Or
gan the smallest chance of escspt? Be
csuse the engine cannot plsy On II.
Why sEe the makers OF tie Armstrong
guns the greatest thieves iG Her Msj3s-
iy's service? Be ause they RIA sl the
guns, forge the materials and s:esl ell
the gun breaches.
Why Was Golish surprised when be Was
struck by sto ~ Because such thir e
never ENTERED his head before.
Wha. color is field glass; when covered
With snow. Invisible green.
WHAT leng ho1li lsdy's dress be?
A little scout two fee.
II you had to swallow 8 maa what kind
would you prefer! A Little London por.
ter
Why Ia color eclipse like q mother
beating her boy? Because 1t ia abiding
Of the son.
WHAT ia the most diff cult S.. PAU
train to catch? The 1880. because IFS
'tten to one" If you catch 1t.
Whist relation is lost OF bread to .
steam engint Mother, because q loaf of
bread is . necessity; Sc Am engine an in
Ventiop, and necessity the mother of Ia
vsntior.
"Ah," ssid the fly, as it crswled around
The bottle, 81 hava passed through the
patching sge, the creeping age, anG now
sm in the mucilkge"-then IL stuck.
pig Yves never known to wash, but q
great many people have seen the pig iron.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-08
Errata,
A. ". Be. Law in Yankee Blade.


A number Of errors crept into the story
on the first page of last weeks issue, the
printer being Intoxicated and the editor
being of, that is to say, f on hunting
expedition.
For "she fell into river" read reverie.
for The wore red-headed hail." read
he WAS an hereditary heir.
For "in front Of the minsion he had the
bull pup" read 10 pull up.
For "dsrling this Is your nasal morn"
read initial.
For ~ never WIS SO swfully hungry in
my life," read angry.
For "you say che ate me with snile,"
read sliiate.
For "she did not for 4 moment ceage
her vtolf NJ trombone" read trembling.
For The gently threw her played out
shawl around her." read plaid.
For "some ssid it WAS the spinage men
ingitis," read spinal.
For Herbert, know you rascal" e:c.,
re ID zisk all.
Fur -"Jhe sew his Dip grip sle," read
grow pale.
EFjr sis it POSSIBLE! And me owe fer
BOARD, with nothing to sustain me-" read
ov sTbonrd.
F,r "he threw both arms around her
sEc.ent maiden aunt" etc, period after
her. &c.,
Fer "but my sge must be REMEMBERED"
read remembered. >,
For "her her helrs was filed with e.
ceterss," read ecstacies.
For ''you ere my last darling," read
lost. "
For "I am thir. am wholly thin, {"
read thine.