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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
Blmngs Held for Killing Kingsley.

At Wavtrley, Iowa, NJ. +. Billings was
held for the murder OF w. S. Kingsley.
The verdict of the ~eorcner's jury was as
follows: Thes jurors upon their oaths do
say that on Dec. 21, 1887, W. s. Kingsley
came to hisi death by means OF a wound in,
ficted by a pistol bilshot and discharged
from a pistol in the hands Of N. Il. Bill
lings, which instantly killed Kingsley, and
that such killing was deliberately premedi-
tated and ieloHionsly and OF his malice
afor. taought done by said Billings. From
the testimony it developed that Billings
had forged his own wiie's narpe to notes
directed to the lawyer. the contents OF the
note being iull OF loving terms, and asking
Kingsley co meet her at her " house
while Billings was away. Kingsley replied
in good faith. declining tumake the assisna-
ton aud warning the supposed female
writer to desist from her course. OF course
the reply fell into the hands of Billings.
The latter even went so far as to prepare
notes Of hand tiled out, conveying all
kiEgsIey's property to himself. IL is be-
lieyed that on the day Of the shooting Bill
liugs went to kingsley's Office to try by
blaekmail TO get him TO put his signature
to the notes. The evidence as TO the black
mail and iorgeries was direct, but there
Was no witness to the shooting, and that
part viii have to be proven by circum
~stantial evidence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
The Weather Of the Departed Year.

P. F. Lyons, observer ofthe signal corps,
U. s. A., has prepared the annual review
OF the weather as observed at the st. Paul
station for the year 1887, which viii indi
cate generally the weather OF the North
west. The mean temperature of the year
just ended was AZ degrees. The annual
normal for this vicinity is 43 deg. Last
year was much colder than 1872, III, rs;
slightly colder than 1879, 80, 81, 'S2
and 81; il differed but slightly from 1871,
'73, IA, '76. 'S3. "a, 80 and sc. but was
decidedly warmer than 1875. that being
the coolest year since 1870. Its mean
temperature was 40 deg. The warmest
year since 1870 vas 1877, it's mean being
40 deg. The maximum temperature last
year was 81 deg. and the minimum 80 be-
low zero. The dates were July Is and
Jan, Is respectively. The total precipita-
ton for the the year was 25.S5 inches; tie
normal Is 3-15 inches greatsr-that Is.
there was that much deficiency for last
year. Tie wettest year since 1870 was
1881, and the dryest 1856, the totals be.
ing 39.16 and 22.99 inches respectively.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
iowa Registration Law Declared
Unconstitutional:

Judge stoneman, Of the superior court
at Cedar Rapids. Iowa, deelaredths registry
Law unconstitutional. The registry law was
passed By the last legislature and was
Somewhat similar to the one governing the
registration % voters ia Illinois. TIE ease
was one bruhgbt by Col. Clark vs.. the cleo.
tIon ildge bf the Fifth ward OF Tint city
who was r.fuked the privilege Of voting on
election day. heSnot having registered. The
complainant ayerFed that during the time
VIXEN under the law he might otherwise
lave become registered he was necessarily
absent at Des Moiues in attendance upon
the United States Circuit Court in which he
was praeti;ing attorney. The defendant
demurrsd to the plaintiffs petition. The
demurrer raised the question OF the eonstf-
~tutionality oi the registry act. The deeis-
ion of unecnstitutionality which was rem
dere5, was based upon n Massachusetts,
case, Capen vs.. Foster, IL Pickering 4S5,
aud similar cases in Pennsylvania. Ohio.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Ore
gon and the court holding that with these
decisions the legislature could enact no
Law which would deprive a voter Oihis con-
stitutional right.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
DAKOTA IIEWs ITEMS.
STOCK sTt4Is1Ics


Figures Showing the sscreass. "a ths r.-
her Of Head Of stoek in the Ter. ytarx
in the Average Price Obtained.
OapwAY. Oak, Special Jan 0-rhe Is
lowing extracts and hgrres fnors the s.sss
tician's December report show thar D.t.,.
Is rapidly increasing IN wealth oatxids.g
grain raising. Farmers are tnrning her -
eention more and more each wear 10 -
ducing good stock and are Importing hIoaass
animals with which to improve their rrsss
stock will be winssred this season IN 900
shape as there is an abundance OF wila -
which sells at from 81 so TO So ses -
Last year sheep owners were aaxlous Il 3,
rid OF rheir fiocks. but there = a better fss,
ing now and they believe some money =.
be made BY their keeping. stock Of "a
kinds has been free of contagious disessr
Owing to the shortage OF corn in fssg N
hogs fit for pork were put Upon the msrkar
but farmers are anxious now 10 ireress.
their herds OF swine TIE following svors
are taken from the reports OF niaetv-as.s
correspondents and these had access 10 -
auditors books OF the vsrioas couples.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

The interstatecommerce commits
SION has rendered long opinion on
the question whether express compa-
mics are subject to the interstate law.
The conclusion is that all such COM
panies should be included within the
commissions jurisdiction. but as tne
law stands now it effects only those
express companies which are branches
Of railroad companies. The matter is
therefore referred to congress. and an
effort wiz no doubt be made to SECURE
such amendments OF the law as shall
include ali express companies within
IT'S provisions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
No, ao,n 10 be Killed.

Detroit Special:-Geu, PulIord lies at
the point OF death at his home IN thus clty,
During his services in the civil var he was
struck by a solid shot from q cannon;
which split his skull, broSe ms Jaw ane
nnlyerized his s~oIlar-bone. This wns at
Malvern Hill, aud he Was left on the FIELD
for dead. He was captured by the
rebels and later exchanged ana sent
to Baltimore, where he lay ior
weeks watched inoessantly BY his vile I'M
iii his reason which had. ever slhee tne
ronndinr been gone returned as suddenly
as il left. Ger. Puliord returned TO has
regiment and at the battle Of the Wilder,
ness received another shot which entered
his neck. took downward course, ana
tore away a portion OF the back bone. BY
er since he has kept an electric battery ~
constant action nron his back. and has
been compelled to use opiates. His snher'
ines during these twenty years have been
intense.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
Half Fare to the st. Paul Ice carni-
val

J. n. Abbott has sent to each passenger
agent of the various st. Pau roads the
following circular in regard to the carni-
val:
For the winter carnival and ice palace
celebration at st. Paul. the lines in this
association are hereby authorized to sell
excursions tickets to st. Paul at rate OF
one fare iur the round trip from Chicago.
Milwaukee,. Peoria, Des Moines, Rock
Island, Burlington. Council Bluffs,
Omaha and intermediate points; tick
cts 20 be an sale from Jan. "a to Feb. 2
inclusive, lood for return on or before Feb.
;, and to tie limited to continuous passage
in each direction; and from the points
above named the standard iron clad form
OF ticket shall be used. 1t shall be option.
al with the lines TO sell tickets OF admis.
sion to the ice palace, but II sold the price
OF same go cents), shall be added to the
excursion iare. Rates from the above
named points nay be used as basing rates
by association or connecting lines who
comply with these conditions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
In a sinrIe wear Amarican aafanl..

In a single year American defaulters
have escaped to Canada, carrying
with them a good portion of the
nearly $4,000, 600 which they have
stolen; some plan should be devised
Tor bringing those thieves to justice.
Under the present extradition treaty
with Great Britain, they are safe in
Canada, and Canada should be as
much interested as the United States
in preventing her soil from becoming
9 safe asylum for criminals.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

mail agent waskilled. On the north.bound
train the baggage master was killed and
the fireman badly injured. The mai and
baggage ears were destroyed and the smOk'
inc cars Of both trains are badly damaged.
TIE following Is the list of the dead and
wounded.
ENPREss MESSENGER POWELL ILLED
Lee Withrow OF Cincinnati, baggage mas
ter. throat cut, mouth crushed in. terribly
baggage master, from Ludlow, ny.
Injured: james Severance. Jr., mai
agent, and son ofJames Severance OF Stan
ford, KY, travelling for J. n. Robinson &
Co, Louisville, fatally injured; Pete Muir.
ply, fireman OF engine 80, srm broken; Pat
Taylor. engineer, ngly cash in the face and
one Of his eyes knocked out; William Mich
aei, engineer, escaped with lew bruises,
which viii not prove fatal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

General Greeley, the Chief of the
United States Signal Service, freely
ackno Wedges. in his recent official re-
port to the Secretary Of War. that its
weather forecasts havenearly as often
proved wrong as right during the past
rear. a0id Probabilities" iGen. Ny
srsl .hadmuch better luck than Greeley,
though his guesses are far out OF the
Wy. fnere mag NOT been much real
progress in weather predictions sincs
the beginning.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

tory OF the pspaey. viii give 2 majority %
the college to foreigners. the ltalah essu
nais hring 81 the minority. Among the
new archbishops and bishops h are TO
BE appointed viii lie Rev. John Foley Of
this city to be appointed to be eoaalatos
to Cardinal Gibbons, and Bishop Ireland
OF st. Paul is ia receive the pallum ana
win have n new diocese eomprfsins Mtnee-
sofa and Dakota. Or. Chappeh 81 WASH
iagton is also spoken OF IN ecnneetlob
with the see OF New Orleans
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
Jacob II. WAINWRIGHT. a ve,l.kn,

Jacob T. Wainwright, a seIl-known
metallurgical engineer of Pittsburg, has
for four years believed that natural
gas could be utilized in the furnace Gu
poias Tor ordinary castings. such as
light cast-iron pipe and plumbers
supplies. which require great heat in
the smelling process Mr.. Wainwright
has succeeded in demonstrating the
success of his principle in the actual
manufacture OF the articles named.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

IN Bunker, who recently died at Goshen
conn. was the last OF the Cornwall Bunk
or Indians OF the Sehaghticoke tribe.
At Palmyra. Neb.. Tom Buttsfield. n
young iarmer, was arrested and charged
MIN numbering his father and mother. Or
which. it is claimed, was poisoned bv him
ana gwen to hlz parents. The father died
s~uddenIy and soon after the mother alse
aied. The motive for the crime il mn.
.hosn, unless Tor the purpose OF securin,
an es.imaoie young lady a lev days ago.
at Chicago. 0rman Rose, the theft who
assaulted and fatally injured his mother.
,n-iaw, Mrs. Evans. has been held until
o IL wfthoutb bail. Rose vas also bald
IN bonds a~ggregating SO, ZOO for burelarics'
ne long been suspected OF being the
leader Of a gang OF housebreakers, bue Az
eohes souid not iasten the erins on him.
az sus furnished tbs svidsnse.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

A curious prescription for rhenma-
tlsm is reported from an Irish lady
residing il England. Her s~ufferings
from rheumatism used to be acute,
until she adopted an old woman's rem
edy. which simply consisted OF flour
and sulphur busted into the soles OF Their
shoes and stockings. This was a per-
iect preventive. II any onedoubtsi its
efficacy, it IS singularly easy and in.
expensive to test the matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
Girls Had Dolls in Pharaoh,s
Time.

&Ahducipuia 1luleS-
Dolls has amused the girls for aces.
and seem to have been well known in
the days OF the P~haraohs; for in the
M OF ancient Egypt, figures al
painted wood. of terra Gotta of ivory,
n OF rags have been found Who's
limbs were made movable Tor the de-.
ight OF children. 1t is quite probabla
nat Pharaohs daughter threw aside
a mimic child for the real baby wbicb
she discovered in the famous buIrnsh
basket. In the tombs of EtruriaNhr
the way, where was Etruria?-sin,;Iar
toys have been discovered. They wara
spread IN the East. and in China, as wall
as In India movable figures were made
20 act nom time immemorial bvhanS
ana on strings, or as shadows behind
q curtain. The ancient Greeks wsrs
experts IN the Manufacture oil nm
pets, including a dolls, and severaI
OF Ineir poets allude to offerinos M
aoils 70 Arteulis and Aphrodite maSs
~ naidsns before their msrriacs !"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
nonors From the Pope.

Baltimore Special: 1t is rumored here
that in connection with the papal Jubilee a
number OF honors will be bestowed by the
pope on tie Clergy AMI faithful in different
parts OF tie world. Among the new car.
dinals to lie Daried are DR.. Walsh, arch.
bishop Of Dublin, and in tine United
States ArshbisEop Wood Of Boston or
the Venerable Archbishop Kendreth OF ST.
Louis, Tlse rrehhishops of Mexico and
Rio JAuissa. Brazil wit also recelye ths
red hAh rhis, sns sa1ffsss sizs IN che his.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
crant's Riverside Monument.

Adolph l. Singer. ex-prssideRt Of The
board Of Aldermen OF New York, and a
member OF the sub-rommittee on designs
Of the Grant general committee, said re-
Gently: The main trouble il tina every
body leaves the work for somebody else
to do. One trouble was an indsfnitens ss
OF the amount to be raised and another
WAS a difference Of opinion among The
members OF the committee as TO whether
they should advertise Tor plans. without a
specified cost. before collecting the amotint
expected or should advertise now upon an
estimated expenditure. The fund now, il
all outside moneys were collected. woiIld
reach $1S0.00o. It Is earning interest at
the rate Of SO, 600 per year. aud the total
expenses Of the eomrnitt-s are not o'sr
$500 = year
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

A Baltimore publication gives sra
tistics Of the industrial progress OF
the Southern States the present year.
1t shows that 1886. 2ss. 600 OF capi-
tai has been invested in Southern pro-
ductive industrhs in 1887, being al
most double the amount CT 1886.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

Mr.. Pulitzer, OF the New York
World, is suffering with acnte infiam-
nation of the eyes. and is confined to
adarkered room. One OF his eyes is
almost useless, and now the other has
given way.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

Colonel George P. Bisssll, OF Hart
ford. Conn, who spent last summer in
Japan, says the most remarkable
feature Of that country. lies in the
TACT that its languagecontains no pro-
ZANE OF blasphemoas words.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

Chemists have just determined by
careful experiment that a man can
barely taste 81. 000ths OF a ern. OF
sugar. IL. oo0th OF a grrn. of salt and
5 10, ooo. oooths of a GRIN. OF strych-
nine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

Chicago Is determined not to take
say chances on titled foreigners. They
put a real Venezuelan count in jaiIout
there on suspicion of being an anarch-
ist,and nov he wants s50, 900 dam
ages-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

Pennsylvania has slidden down in
shs list OF railroad states during the
present gear from the third place to
the ffth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
Items from, the rational Treasury.

The receipts of the government rom all
sources in December we're S29, So, 2S5.
and the expenditures, $1,000. 6s2, leay-
ing a net gain OF receipts over expendi-
lures OF SIS 924,6O3. Out OF this net
gain however, must be paid aboat SS, 3od,-
600 for interest upon the public debL
which will leave the actual surplus Tor De
cember. Sl5.424. COS. The public debt
vas reduced during the month, Si5,25o..
O0O. For the entire calendar year OF 1887,
the debt was diminished by SIl7,ot6,ooO,
I the largest reduction being made IN June
and November, when the payments on
that count aggregated SIS, $50, 600 and
SIC, 1881 900 respectively.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

Business failures in caaada last
year we're just about twice as numer-
q in proportion to the population.
as they were in the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
FIFTIETR G~cAaRESS.
Ahstract of the Proceedings o'"'o
senate and House.

rnon the assembling Of the senate alter
The holiday recess. ~ srs{
made A speech mor e~areiois 49,
than Is his custom. every "ofI a. he
sts5srai IN MANY respects as the piat'
Ine ~ n,ss,deatal candidate. Hewasiol'
I've by senator's VOORHEES, AMI Ien,r,
severai recess nominations were sem =
The senate including those Of the ,a.e'ss
nr.n,Sssiapey and Eueene Semple as GOV
srnor al Washington Tcrritary.
senator Davis offered in the seaass e
memorial from the st. Paul ehahps
cor meree. praying foe the es.aSs",an -
os mort collection districts Ter mariai
Minnesota aud various othsr
and petitions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

The speaker announced the standins
committees OF the house.
The president sent to congress a commu-
nleation from the secretary oil the interior
submitting the DRAFT OF a bill "to provide
Tor tie protection OF the Round Valley In.
dian reservation" in California.
Following is a comparative showing Of
the way Minnesota Jared in the present
congress- compared with the Forty-ninth.
flftIeth Congress-Rice, appropriations
and expenditures in the war department.
Mcdonald, merchant marine and fisheries
and public lands; Wilson, and
coinage weights and measures; Lind, post.
offices; Nelson, Indian affairs.
F~orty-ninth Co~ngreSs-Strait oubl;,
lands and education; White, acrienlturs
. mines and mining; Nelson, Indian
ahairs' GIhlan. patents aud revision OF
the laws; Wakefield, p~osto6iees.
All the Ninnesotians seemed satisfied
over the appointments. and smoke az
though they had gotten all that thew
could expect.
Both Houses adjourned for several dav,
10 allow the committees to get in workins
order.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-04

THAT plank of the Republican Ma
tional platform which pronounces in
favor of both gold and silver as money,
is one of the sheerest pieces of flap
doodle ever introduced into such docu-
ment. If anyone interested in the mat
ter will simply pick up the report OF the
Senate compittee on the demonstration
of silver in 1873, prepared principally by
the Republican Senator from Nevada,
Hon. John P. Jones. he will find that
silver was demonetized in very sneak
ing and contemplate way by the Repub-
lican party. 1t was done at the behest
of Wall street, and done most efectually,
at the instigation Of London financiers.
Lombard street and Change, in COM
bination with Wall and Broad streets,
with the Republican party as
their instrument, are entirely
responsible for this disastrous
change. No Californian needs to be told
how lamentable was the effect upon the
prosperity of this Coast of this demoneti-
zation. Silver from that moment ceased
to be money and became bullion, which,
at greatly diminished price, was used
to buy wheat in India. From the very
instant this treacherous demonetization
of silver was recorded, the price of wheat
and other Californian products, began to
go down, and has continued to go down
to the present day. Impudence is hardy
indeed, that can ever dare to allude to
silver in the face of such damnatory
facts
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-04

combine. They gave as their reasons for
the belief that Harrison might prove a
winning candidate before the people.
They accept without question as news
wild statements as to Harrison's
strength with the Germans and lab
oring classes in Indiana. They
are also assured that he could
win back the 5000 Republican Green
hackers whom he stigmatised few years
ago as fools and 'lunatics,' and for
whose accommodation he suggested ad-
ditional insane asylums. They are made
to believe he could get the labor vote,
Notwithstanding the fact that nearly
every labor organization in Indiana is
opposed to him, and beat him for re-
election to the Senate. They seemed
convinced that he could carry the Pacific
Coast, notwithstanding his offensive pro-
Chinese record In other words they appear
to think that the demonstrations in differ
erent quarters of Indiana and elsewhere
attesting Gresham's strength with the
people, are really intended for Harrison.
The present would seem to be good
time for the Eastern delegates to con-
slider carefully whether secret and crook
ed monopolistic influences should be per-
mitted to defeat the most popular candi-
date, and inflict on the Republican party
candidate whose election would be ex.
tremely difficult, to say the least"
Certainly no man Of sense can be dea
to the significance of the attitude of the
head of the Republican ticket, as show1
by the leading organs of his own party il
Chicago and in San Francisco. Th'
Morton "bar'l'' and the manufacturers
sack will labor in vain to disabuse th'
common sense masses of their sound i'm
lpressions as to the equivocal status Q
the Republican standard bearers as t
all matters in controversy in the pendin
political issues. Especially will this b
the case on the Pacific Coast. As to tn
Chinese, labor and silver questions, tn
Harrison and Morton outfit are at fault
On this Coast they ought to be and vii
be repudiated with a unanimity neve
known before.