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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Preparations are making in New York for
a pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land,
the first ever undertaken by q body OF
Catholics in the United States. The object OF
the pilgrimage is to combine recreation with
an opportunity to visit the scenes of New
Testament history and TO stimulate interest
in the annual Good Friday offerings for the
support OF the Franciscans, who have for so
many centuries cared for the places in
Palestine associated with events in
the life of Christ. The pilgrims, clergy
men and laymen, will start on their
journey on Feb. 81 next, on the steamship
Gellert of the neutrality-suspicious. line. There
will be three parties to make trips differing
in extent and duration. The first division
will Consume IL weeks in its journey, which
will include Paris and Marseilles, Rome and
the principal cities of Italy and Egypt. The
second division win be gone two weeks
longer. The pilgrimage of the third division
will include all the places visited by the two
other parties, and in addition smyrna,
Ephesus, Constantinople, Athens, Corinth,
Brindisi, Venice. Milan, the st. Gothard tun-
nell and Lucerne. Sixteen weeks will be re-
quired to perform this journey.
Each party win stop ten days at Rome and
have an audience with the Pope and each
will visit the Paris exposition on the home
ward trip. The itinerary has been so ar
ranged that the pilgrims may spend holy
week in Jerusalem. In Jerusalem zach pill
grim will receive q diploma, signed by the
right reverend superior, attesting that he
has performed the pilgrimage.
Among those who have already engaged
staterooms for the transatlantic voyage
are: Bishop Wigger, of Newark; Rev. III.
Robinson, of Leadville, Col; Rev. III. j.
Rousseau. of Isbpeming, Mich. Rev. J..
Keough, of Milwaukee, and Rev. j. Bender,
of Pueblo. Col.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Personal Talk.

According TO a dispatch from Detroit Gen
Clitz. one OF the best known army officers in
the county has been missing from his home
The reported shooting of Andy Fulton, ex
mayor of Pittsburgh. Pa, by his wife. turn:
QUE 10 be a hoax. Fulton came in fropa the
ranehe to Denver, and when he heard the re.
ports, he was very much surprised, as wall as
indignant. To prove to his friends that the
story was absolutely false, he vent to his
hotel with them and removed his clothes and
not a scratch OF a wound eould be found up,
on his body. Mr.. Fulton is of the opinion
that the report was started by some person
who desired to injnre his reputation.
Or. F. p. Shilioek, who came to Rochester,
Mimi, n few months ago from Horizon,
Wis, was found dead. 1t wax probably a
ease OF apoplexy, his father having died
from that cause. DR.. ShiIlock was born in
New Tim, Dee. 8, 1858, and was a son oil
the Hon. L. q. Shillock, who was a member
of the Minnesota state senate from 1863 to
1856, and of tile house in 1867. and was q
thorough scholar. He was n graduate oil
the New York Medical college, ranking sec
ond in a class OF 200. He was married to
Miss Clara NJ. Lewis Sept. 0, 1885, and
eaves a wife and ore child.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

nreciatiye OF all that e~ngravin9s and 49,
tngs can do, they are in perpetual d.r1+
ton. You are going, after You - g
the sixth step of that stair. ~
spoken OF. to find yourselvs.s - s
the royal gallery of the universe. the come.
transported vision. In some way Eli s9Es
thrilling scenes through which we ana 80
Church of God have passed in our sa,,tss
state will be pictured or brought 70 m;nI
Al the CYCLIC rama of Gettysburg. xk;sI
had i'm Brooklyn. one day a blind man
lost his sight In that battle, was viii KY "
child heard talking while standing lsx1e
hat picture. The blind man said :, s' ~
daughter: Are there at the right IL ~ ns
picture some regiments marching I'M 4 s,n,es
Yes" she said. well" said the IL
man, sis there a general on horscback i~1q
| ing them on?" Yes" she said. WsiI
there rushing do wn on these men a eavs,
charger" Eyes" was the reply. aand
there seem to be many dying and Al. s y
Yes was the answer. "Well, now
| you see a shell rom the woods burs,s 20
near the wheel of q. ~cannon7o sYess ~
said. ''Stop right there!V said the ~
man. THAT is the last thing | sav -;
earthi What a time it was, Jenny, sbs,
lost my eye-sighti"
But when you, who found life a hard 4.
tie, a very Gettysburg, shall stand n a.
royal gallery Of heaven, and with your - -
| vision begin to see and understapd ~.
which In your earthly blindness Won ee.,s
| not see at all, you viii point out "a x~n1
| celestial comrades, perhaps to your own Az
| children who have gone before, the scs,,ss 80
| the earthly conflicts in which you partic;rstu4s
saying: There from that hill Of prosuesss
/ was driven back; in that valley 81 h,ls;1sgs
| ton | was wounded. There / lost mvs-r
| sight. That was the way the world Ionfus
| when / saw it. But what a grand time
get celestial vision, and stand here beforstSs
cyclorama Of all worlds, while ~ 80
| on the white horse goes on ''conouerinv ~
| to conquer, the moon under His fesf -
| the stars of heaven for His eiarai
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Digging up Spell from the Soil.

James N. Eddy, of Rhode Island who has
been digging Tor Capt. Kids treasure, and
who turned up an iron kettle full of Spanish
silver coins on the beach adjoining his firm
opposite the summer resort, Westport, ar
rived at hiE home in Johnston with his wealth.
He denies that his grandfather ever had any
thing to do with pirates or that his
father ever told him of the buried treas
ure. He said that two years ago he
became possessor of a piece of parchment
that apparently had served as O drum head
aud which had been converted into a chart
~purportiDg to describe the location of three
lots of buried gold, silver and other yalua-
bles cached by a pirate many years ago.
The lines were drawn as though with a sharp
ened stick. On the chart were three points
designating the burial places of the wealth.
When this parchment was found, Eddy was
confident il was n valuable document. He
determined that no one should know of his
plans, and without itaparting q hint of what
he was about, he began operations at the
place indicated. His labors during the sum
ner of 1887 were not rewarded, but
during the past summer he con-
tinued his labors. He proceeded
cautiously and patiently, and worked his
way in the course directed, and at last made
the discovery. He declares it will be an easy
matter to find the balance of the wealth.
One of the two discovered treasures is stated
in the chart to be gold coin, and the other
diamonds or jeweIry. The unearthed treas
ure, Mr.. Eddy says, will stay where il is until
he gets ready TO secure il. The dates on the
silver range from 1881 TO 1851, showing
that 1t is not a part of Capt. Kids long
sought treasure. Mr.. Eddy will not tell his
theory, but says it is a pirate treasure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Commits Suicide over his wife,s Grave.

John T. Bennett was Jsymd dead an the
grave of his wife with his throat cut almost
cut from ear to ear. Bennett was principle of
the schools ut Bloomsbury, Pa, amd al
though quite young, was one ofBloomsbAry's
most trusted and honored citizens. last
winter he led 20 the alter Marie, the only
daughter Of Theodore Baker, a lady ofhIany
accomplishments. Some time ago the bride
contracted a severe cold which gradually grew
worse, and terminated in consumption. She
diedlast week at the age f22. Their residence
was permanently closed and Bennettmade his
nome with the Baker family. He was COM
pletely FRUSTRATED with grief and remarked
to a friend that life ives not worth living.
One evening he appeared in better spirits and
told the Baker family that he might visit his
brother, who lived two miles away, and
they shouldn't be alarmed If he did
not return before morning. This was
the last seen of him alive. At daylight next
morning Mr.. Baker and his son drove to
the brothers house and learned that he had
not been there. Joined by the brother they
hastened back, and, after n brief search
about town, drove to the cemetery, where,
lying across the new made grave Of his wife,
the husband was foundw with a deep cash in
his throat. Anew Wade 4 Butcher razor,
the instrument with which the deed was
committed, was by his side, stained with
blood
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

The receiving ship Wabash while
lying off Boston some time ago had
several curious applications from
men who wanted to enlist. One man
said he would enlist if he could dc
work to which he was accustomed.
He was not enlisted, for he was a pa.
per-hanger. ANOTHER wanted TO en-.
list and take care of the Captains
horse. A gardener would enlist if he
could find work and another candi
date wanted TO be file ship'sroofer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

Agiant locomotive is being con-
structed in Boston. II is for use on
tie Atchison road, and has two cabs,
one over the boiler for the engineer,
aud the other in the usual place for
the fireman. The driving wheels
are ofpaper. with steel tires. Econo-
my in fuel Is accomplished byapump
which utilities the exhaust steam to
heat wafer. and By a large combus-
ton chamber, which burns all the
gas. 1t is expected the engine will
make eighty miles an hour, with ten
coaches, on an ordinary road.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

4 delicate act ofcharity is ascribed
to a gruff, taciturn old physician in
colorado mining town. A poor,
aged minister was attended by The
irritable doctor. When the preacher
had sufficiently recovered to dispense
with further medical attention h,
asked for his bill. "your bill? Herr
it is said the doctor, opening his
pocketbook and handing the minis
ter's wife a SO bill.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

Mr.. Palmer, a Pittsburgh natural
gas expert has made the calculation
that each day SOC, 900, 900 cubic feet
of natural gas r. drawn from the
bowels of the earth for use in that
city. This amount weighs over 12,-
000 5000 pounds, of which 5000, 900
pounds is carbon. Mr.. Palmer is of
the opinion that, with the withdraw
al of so much material, something
will give away. Already, since the
Development of natural gas in west
ern Pennsylvania, there have been
several shakes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Northern Pacific Railroad Accident.

Northern Pacific passenger train No, l.,
being tho Portland fast express. was wrecked
at the Crow Wing river, but with small loss
of life out of what wal a most marrow escape
from "a horrible catastrophe. The train con-
ductor Elwell and engineer Swart, had had q
hot box between Brainerd and st. Paul, and
was some late leaving Brainerd, to m. Ike up
which extra speed was being made. This
train does not stop between Brainerd and
Wadena, so that at the Crow Wing river,
just this side OF Motley, the probable speed
was something like forty miles an hour.
Near that bridge is a siding, the west end OF
which is very close to the east end OF
the bridge. The switch Of this was, it
seems, left open by an engine coming this
way, which had pulled in there to let this
train pass. Into the track thus left open the
express plunged. The engineer felt his en-
gine, break from the train a. it's tender, which,
with the mail car and two baggage ears,
went over the e~mbankment into the river.
The front part Of the engine with engineer
and fireman kept the ties and crossed the
bridge on them, but ran off the ties on
reaching the west end, rolled over and
over and buried itself in the
embaukment, killing the ir+men, Alex Brown,
bud severely injuring Engineer Swart. The
former was either smothered in the sand or
had his neck broken. OF the ears which went
down the mail was first, in which were Rail-
way Clerks C. M. Brown, in charge; j. A.
Slatteriy and Oscar r. Stevenson. When the
car stopped tumbling they found the side
door directly overhead, and climbing out
and walking along the ear side and jump
ing of dropped into the river in water waist
deep. The first two named had wounds, but
all got out OF the water in safety. Next
came two baggage ears, both down the bank,
but no one hurt; the next ear, the smoker,
was only partly of, and none of the rest of
the train damaged, and not q person injured,
except from being badly shaken up. The
engine that had caused the mischief. whose
switchman says be must lave set the signal
wrongfrom being ratified at sight of the
approaching train. ran east to the Srst tele-
graph station, and Assistant Superintendent
Vandershie, with a wrecking train from
B~rainerd and surgeons, etc, was soon on the
ground. Driven into the sand bank at the
front of the mail car was found a man named
Clinton Wayne, n member of Company X,
Third regiment, who had been riding on the
front end Of the mai car. He will 3robably
die. The dead firemaE, Alex Brown, was
brought here. His home is Jackson, Mich.
The wounded postal clerks are in the hospital
here. G. NJ. Brown lives at 62S Eight avenue
south, Minneapolis. The other. Mr.. Slater
ly. lives at Bloomington, III. The track was
opened before noon, and the accumulated
trains each way released
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

It is said that a Boston barber,
after 60 years of steady work at his
trade, has retired from business. In
his long and useful r he has
shaved about 50o,0 900 men, cut the
nair of 100000, and has probably
made 1927, 900, 600, 600, 900, 600
statements pertaining to the weather,
prize fights and base bah.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Where lightning Strikes.

From statistics collected N I
of the German empire, G. BEG
finds that the danger from ign.
though generally increasing 9
ishing in certain districts, tos1
becoming less the more closelyn1
are clustered. The character 2
soil has great influence. Lett1{
represent the danger from ~
on calcareous ground, two WI
it upon mari, nine upon sansy'
twenty-five upon clayey sou;
q curious fact, not yet exp
that to oaks are struck fauea )
frequently than other trees g
if the danger for beeches De ou1s
for pines is fifteen, and ia
fifty-four.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

Italian immigrants to New York
i've on nine cents a day. They make
a soup with a bit of pork and cast
off shreds of cabbage and serve it
with black bread. Some Italian la
borers who are receiving seventy-fye
cents a day are growing rich.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

Miss Braddon is 30 years old, and
has written so books, She seems to
have no regular method of doing
her work, frequently writing while
standing. Some ofhermost thrilling
passages have been written upon
torn envelopes which were at hand.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

A woman named Scelwig, living at
The Malaga mines, near Halifax, went
to n dentist to baye thirteen teeth
extracted. After two had been pulled
she begged him odesist. He refused,
ard her husband held her down while
The remainder we're extracted. The
woman died two hours later.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

A Macon, Ga, young man is
strongly opposed to the Florida
method Of fumigating mail matter.
His sweetheart, who lives in Florida,
mailed him a photograph, and of its
condition when it reached him he
says: 1T seemed as though the
fumigator had taken deliberate aim
with his punch at the eyes, for both
Of them were punched through to
the back Of the head. The nose had
heeu skesied around to one side, and
the nostrils were SO enlarged that
they looked Ike cayerns. There
was afcw of holes across the mouth
that gSsse the girl q double hare-lip,
and the entire countenaaos locked
likese cribbage board"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
PA IN His lmpstaued Fset:
Front be Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
~ 4 WiIson Nbose feet I


cut q py q switch enginein Augu!
waSon the streets in a roller Ct
LOOKING the picture of health q
icohtentment. The lower part
ofhis body was covered witha a.
and he was surrounded by his ire
who were delighted to see him g
He said: 81 suffer more from pel!|
my feet than from anything s
although my feet were ampuf:.
two months ago. lean still fa.
pain and itching in my toes apq
the ball of my feet, although asl
you they have been buried ir
months. The nervs arestillirrta1
l suppose this weird pain WI
off after q while"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Columbus Tobacco.

J. Annoy Knox.
| lean over the rail, iooA
into the water and indulg 9 nth
INDUCING in thought Is Y
dissipation when Watching.
of Columbus when he came aesS
seas and was impatient to g
How he must have fretted anu
during those long days when
becalmed and the sailors w.
nous, and he had to boia
pork IN his fingers beau
were not then invented;
much worried over all this
below to soothe his mina
smoke, and couldn't find Dis
tobacco, how mad it J
made him to suddenly
that tobacco had not
discovered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

There is a new high wire act. Two
men starting from different ends of a
slack wire meet and pass each other,
going bacl, on a waltz step. A
woman actdally dances on the wire,
and a man tFots across it with a
companion upright on his shoulders.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

A conductor ON the West Shore
road was i%mportuned by a woman
passenger to stop and back the train
in order that she might look for the
false teeth that had fallen out while
she was mapping on the window
ledge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

1t must be pretty hard for woman
TO lead in fashion, Out of 500 tot
lets and $50 hats surveyed on a re-
cent afternoon on Broadway, New
York, no two were alike, while all
were fashionable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
II relaSed otaLrncoin, Neb, man
that he journeyed to California in or
der to e an old enemy executed.

A bridge gave way IN Girard, Ala,
ard q mule team, n load of lumber
andthe drivers ell through. a distance
Of twenty feet. Nothing suffered
damage except the bridge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

The farmers near Colfax, Wis,
raised such an enormous crop OF po-
tatoes this season that 'they didnot
know what to do with them. One
granger offered to give a visitor a
wagon load of choice potatoes if he
would send a team forthem.n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

A dweller in the county has OBJ
served that a good file is now a part
of the outfit OF the professional
tramp. lie finds it useful when
there is a barbed-wire fence between
him and something desirable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

Gold dollars are used for bangles
and triakets to such an extent that
they have become scarce and COM
mand a premium of twenty-five
cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
News Generaiities.

The books of the deputy collector show
that for this season, up to date, l $3.50 vessels
arrived at the port OF Superior laden with
coal or merchandise. Tho total receipts OF
coal for this season up to date are 4s7 900
tons. Total shipments of wheat 200, 900
tons.
In an opinion rendered by Justice Bradley
in the drummer tax case of William 6. Asher,
versus The State of Texas. the supreme court
of the United States has declared ~unconstitu-
tional all state laws imposing a license tax
upon commercial traye.ers not residents of
the state imposing the tax.
A panic prevails among the negroes In the
northern part of New York city. They thinf
they have been ~voodooed. Several negroes
have been attacked and beaten at night
during the last 10 days. About 1000 ne
groes attended a barbecue. The carver was
q negro. He plunged his fork into a big
h~indquarter of beef preparatory to cutting
the first slice and fell dead. The negro hur-
ried away. They could not be induced to
return to the barbecue, which they declared
TO be voodooed. The whole colored popula-
ton of Washington Heights is wild with ex-
citement.
Twenty-Five switehmen of the Northern
Pacific railwayin the Helenas Montana yards
quit work and went out on a strike. The
reason at explained by the strikers is that
on Sept. IL they wrote to st. Paul demand
ing an increase OFF, cents per day. They
nav Etth itttiNHhS Sz.So per udy, NHDe tney
claim the switchmen in st. Pau and other
points are getting $3.50. Al the cost OF 'liv-
ing is greater here they felt justified in max
ing IA demand for an increase. Their petition
was referred to A. j. Borie. acting superin-
tendent Mt Missoula, who transmitted the re-
ply that no increase would be allowed, and
that If the men were dissatisfied they could
leave the ~company's service No violence has
been attempted.
There were twenty-nine new cases of yellow
fever reported at Jacksonzille on 0ctoOer3 81,
nineteen white and ten colorea, and onedcath,
Dora Dobson. Among the new cases is Pey-
ton Wyeth, a weffknown insurance broker.
No eases and no~deaths are reported from
GAINESVILLE. Much excitement was caused by
the appearance of two cases of the fever at
Camp Mitchell, where there are many refugees.
The two cases were at once isolated, and the
fever will pgobabiy not spread. IL is believed
that some people rave succeeded in getting
into the city, despite the strict guard tibet is
kept up. The Gordon will be strengthened,
and every effort made to keep refugees from re-
turning until the board of health decided il is
safe for them to do so. Seven cases are re-
ported o in South Jacksonville.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

reporting he had attempted to escape. The
Wagner faction retaliated by killing Miles
Terry and fatally wounding John. Cul Gar
rett, Of the Wagner crowd, was killed ane
Cyrus w. Davis seriously wounded during
the fight.