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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Nuggets of Foreign News.

DR.. Bramann at San Reno successfully
performed the operation OF tracheotomy
on the crown prince. The patient is pro.
crossing well.
At Toronto, the Central bank investi
CATION revealed the fact that Allan, the
late cashier, who absconded to the United
States owed the bank 100000.
A Toronto dispatch says that A. A,
Allan, the absconding cashier OF the de-
iunct Central bank. is at present ia Min
neapolis endeayoring to obtain situa-
ton
At Paris NJ. Wilson has been summoned
TO appear before the eorrec tional tribunal
on Feb. Is to answer charges connected
with the decorating OF NJ. Le Grand and NJ
Crespin. The examining magistrate has
advised that Wilson be prosecuted in the
police court.
A Sioux squaw at Col. Cody's camp in
London, has given birth to daughter.
This Is the first Indian child ever born in
England. The infant has been named
Frances Victoria Alexandra, in honor oil
Mrs. Cleveland, Queen Victoria and the
princess OF Wales.
Shipping circles are alarmed as to the
whereabouts OF the British steamers Dari.
on, Capt. Mckee; Lufra, Capt. Grimstead,
and Algitha, Capt. Barwise. All three,
each with crew OF about twenty-five men,
sailed from Cardiff early in December for
Carthagena TO load iron ore for Philadel.
phia. No tidings have since been heard
from them.
Mr.. Gilhooly was arrested ~ London
and taken to prison on foot, surrounded
by large crowd. The police were un-
able to take the prisoner in a car
rage owing to the crowd Many members
OF parliament followed the prisoner and
tried to enter the jail, but were barred out
by the police.
J. d. Pyne. NJ. p. for West Waterford. a
Nationalist, was arrested when alighting
from cab ontside Of the house OF com
mons. Mr.. Pyne Is the gentleman who
shut himself up 10 LisIarney castle, il Wa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Personal News Notes.

Lieut.. William s. Davies, Thirteenth in
fantry, died at Fort Stanton, n. Mex, on
the 4th OF the present month.
Ex-senator David Merriwether of Ken
lucky, the appointed successor OF Henry
Clay, has recently beeu visiting Washing
ton. He is eighty years old.
The trustees OF Princeton college have
elected Rev. DIR. Patton president OF that
institution, despite the numerous protests
from graduates throughout the West.
Gov. Hill has three pets at the executive
mansion, Albany-two dogs and cat.
Zeke is as homely bull pup as ever exist
ed. Bruno is a good -uatured Irish setter.
The cat, a great favorite with the governor,
bears the appropriate name of Veto.
William L. Smith, who was assistant
secretary OF the treasury under the late
Daniel Manning and who is very i'll OF
Bright's disease OF the kidneys at his home
at Plattsbure. n. Y, is not expected to
live. s. A. kellogg, former partner OF
Mr.. Smith, said that in his opinion Mr..
Smith could not last many days longer.
Gen. Charles Fitzsimons OF Chicago was
chosen for sergeant-atarms OF the Repub-
lican National convention by the subeom-
mittee at Chicago over Capt. John j.
Heaiy. The general is regarded as the
candidate OF Mayor Roche and Exon
gresham George K. Davis, while the cap.
tain was backed by the old soldier organi-
nations.
Gen. William McE. Dye. who will leave
for Corea at once, where he will be chief
officer in the reorganization OF the Corean
army, has q wonderful history. He
graduated from West Point with Gen.
Sheridan. was stationed in Texas when
the war broke out, and had some thrilling
adventures escaping from Gen. Twiggs.
Finally reaching New York by sea, he was
appointed colonel of the Twentieth Iowa
regiment. He fought in all the Mississippi
valley campaigns, coming out OF the war a
brigadier general. He afterwards fought
in the army OF the khedive OF Egypt
against Abyssinia, about which he wrote q
book. The men who 90 with Gen. Dye are
Col. Z. NJ. Cummings Of Washington. a
West Point graduate who served in the
Confederate army, and Maj. John G. Lee
of Philadelphia, OF Gov. Beavers staff.
Gen. Dye will be paid SO, 900 year for
his services and the others Sc, 600 each,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
RESUME OF The NEWS.
Waahlngton News Items.

Gen. Berdan submits and advocates an
elaborate pension bill before the house
committee.
The controller OF tho currency recently
appointed james McCouville OF Stuben-
vile, Ohio, TO be reGsiver Of the Metropol-
itan National Bank of Cincinnati.
Postmastsrs commissioned: Wisconsin:
Sago!e, p. DeI.ong. Fourth-class post
masters appointed Iowa: Rediield, Mrs.
Il, ID. McLncas. Montana: Stickney, Il.
NJ. Stickney.
The secretary OF the navy has designat-
ed Capt. J. G. Watson. Lieuts. Daniel De
lehaniy and Z. i. Qualthrough and Assist
ant Engineer |. n. Hollis, board OF in
speetion for duty on the Pacific coast.
The senate has passed the bill to amend
tie postal laws so that newspapers now
sent free OF postage TO persons living with
in the county OF publication may be sent
to persons living in other counties when
they receive them at postoffices within the
county Of publication.
The object OF the postponement OF the
consideration OF the proposed extradition
treaty with Great Britain until December
was 70 endeavor TO take the so-ealled dy-
Mantle provisions out of the presidential
election. from due respect for the Irish
vote. The politicians OF both sides will
claim that it was their party in the senate
which secured the postponement.
Representative Pnyson, who has been
appointed subcommittee OF one by the
house committee on public lands on the
bill to quiet the title OF settlers upon the
Des Moines river lands, win report it ia
vorably to the full committee, and expects
it to receive the approval OF that body.
This was the bill which passed both hous-
es last year, but was vetoed by the presi-
dent.
The rostofIice department has establish
ed railway mail service on the Mime
apolis, Sault Ste. Marie d Atlantic rail
way from Bruce. Wis, to Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, where il will connect with the Cana.
dian Pacific railway, thus making new
through line from Minneapolis, st. Paul
and the Northwest across Northern Wis.
consin and the northern peninsula OF
Michigan to the Atlantic seaboard. The
new service will go into operation March.
3.
By appointment C. Z. Huntington, vice
president OF the Central Pacific Railroad
company. appeared on the 10th before the
house committee on Pacific railroads to
give his views upon pending legislation
touching those roads and to explain the
resources OF the Central Pacific Railroad
company. Mr.. Huntington went over the
same ground he did when before the Pacific
railroad investigation committee in New
York some months ago. In conclusion he
made a proposition for the settlement OF
the debt OF the Central Pacific on the basis
of ESQ semi annual payments-an extern
sion OF fifty two years, he said, with inter-
est at 2 per cent. Mr.. Huntington prom
ised to lay before the committee, not later
than thirty days hence, definite and au-
thoritative proposition for the liquidation
OF the Central Paciics indebtedness.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
convicts Charmed by Music.

"Of all the experiences ever had, ,
remarked Annie Russell, "the most
singular was when was q child play
ing in juvenile 'Pinatore' company.
We were to give a performance on
Christmas day in Auburn penitentiary
before the convicts. We dressed be-
hind screens on an improvised stage,
and while We were doing so we heard
the wardens speaking to and arrang.
ing the prisoners. had never before
heard human beings spoken to so
roughly. When | came out upon the
stage and saw the sea OF faces, many
OF the mostrepulsive type, and knew
that nearly every crime had its reure-
sentatives there, could scarcely go
on. At first their laughter was terri
flying. 1t was so coarse it seemed be-
stial rather than human. But little
by little the charm OF the music and
the sight of the fresh young faces sof
tened them. They quoted down till
from their behavior one could scarce
ly have told them from an ordinary
audience. And at last / saw many
weeping and some sobbing almost
convulsively. 1t was a wonderful ex
perience, and / do not regret having
known it, but lido not think anything
could tempt me to 60 through it
again."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
The Poor Book Agent Again.

m've been bothering my vile, ia1e-
w." said a First Ward man TO a
GAINESVILLE Gazatte reporter, by the
ringing of the door-bell when come
home to dinner, and then hiding. AT
first she thought it was some oil the
Youngsters, but finally found out that
It wasn't. 1t began to look as though
there might be surprise party on my
hands some day, so decided to keep
still until the family cooled down q
little.
"But lust as was coming up the
other day / saw somebody on the
front steps. He rang the bell Just as
| always had, and then waited. L
knew in O. minute there was trouble
ahead. My wife was not in the kitch-
en-. but / could see her through the
window as she grabbed a broom and
started for the door. She came
through the front hall with a rush,
and when the door swung open that
broom came down on the peddler s
head so hard that 1t made his teeth
chatter.
Perhaps you'll play that trick on
your poor wife again, VIII you! sbe
remarked, cheerfuIly, swinging the
broom around for cushion carrom.
Il think the joke is on my side this
time
1.-THE peddler didn't wait to hear
any more. The first shock had plant
ed him in O. two-foot snow-drift, and
when he got out he made a bee-iine
for the depot. By the time my wife
had seen her mistake, and when |
came out from behind the fence and
walked up to the door she was the
most surprised woman that ever lived.
She hasn't said a word about door
bells since. But / don't know wheth-
er the joke isn't on me after all.
When a mans wife can't tell HIM
from a one.to-seed book agent it is
time sonnet thing was done"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Another Dakota Heroine.

When mention was made of the heroism
OF the various teachers in Dakota during
the late blizzard, Miss, Fanny Rawson Of
Brookings, OAK, should have been remem.
bred. Mrs. Rawson was born and brought
up in Rice county, Mimi, where she re.
ceiyed a liberal education, and being en-.
dowed with the courage which is so com,
mon among the Western girls, she sought
her fortune in Dakota at the age OF eighteen.
When the blizzard swept over that portion
OF Dakota where she had found home,
she, with fifteen Of her pupils, was compel.
led to face the binding storm or remain
in the school house all night, with but lit
tie fuel and no food. Knowing well that
they could not face the elements, she kent
all the school with her and entertained
them as best she could in the darkness oil
the night by relating anecdotes and hold.
ing out firmly that all would be well in the
morning. 1t was late the next day before
relief came, but teacher and pupils were
all safe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

The terms OF the treaty that has long
been supposed to exist between Ger
many and Austria have been publish
ed by authority OF both governments
at the capitals of the respective ma
tons. Instead OF being recent affair,
as was supposed, it was framed IN
1879. 1t is. as emphatically as itcan
be described, peace treaty, intended
to preserve the peace of Europe, and
it has had that effect. Nothing could
illustrate more highly than this treaty
the massive but sagacious common
sense and the sturdy honesty of the
German race. A treaty formed in
1879 to protect a treaty then in ex-
istence has been risidly kept in its let,
ter and spirit by those who formed it.
The agreement placed in the center OF
Europe these two mighty nations,
with armies and reserves aegregatin,
seven million men ready to turn to
France If in one OF its periods OF ex-
element it shorld provokekar, or to
defeat The halEparbaric Russians, il
they should want and invite a strug-
gle. It places all Europe under bonds
to keep the peace. so long as the tive
great nations of the German race shall
demand that it be kept.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Preservation of Timber Lands.

Assistant Secretary MuldI ow has sent
to the senate. in reply to an inquiry, let
ter suggesting certain legislation in refer
ence to the preservation OF timber lands.
He says: As preliminary step, it is rec
commended that all public lands which are
timbered or sustain forest growths, at
or in the vicinity OF the head
waters or sources OF prominent
streams, be at once withdrawn from sale
or occupancy to which they are incident
under existing laws, and that such with
drawn lands be placed under the control Of
a forestry division, to be organized in the
general land Office Of the interior depart.
ment, to be retained as wood land reserv es
for the renewal OF forest on the public do
main by replanting of denuded tracts
when necessary. Prior to the location OF
withdrawn lands, every person undertake
ing to enter or file upon public lands
shall, before the acceptance of his
application or the issue to him OF
satisfactory proof at such office that the
land so applied for is not timber land as
herein described, and file with his applica-
ton an affidavit to that effect corroborat-
ing the testimony of two witnesses who
have personal knowledge Of the land in
question as to it's actual character and To-
cation. 1t is suggested that timber cut
ting be carried on under licenses to be
granted by the department. The telling
or destruction of the timber on the pro-
posed reservations or the transportatio
purchase or possession OF the timber is to
be made a misdemeanor punishable by fine
or imprisonment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Death of an Old Milwaukee Mer'
chant.

John Nazro, died in Milwaukee on the
9th. Mr.. Mario was sixty-one years of
age, an old resident of Milwaukee, always
active in public affairs, widely known and
universally respected. He was born on the
island OF San Domingo, although OF
American parentage. He went to Mil
waIkee in 1S47 and began his hardware
and iron business. In 1850 he entered in
to partnership with Henry j. Mario. In
1850 the firm name was changed to John
Nazro & Co. Under Mr.. Nazro's energetic
management the business attained great
proportions, amounting to $1,000, 900 a
year. When the panic of 1874
came he lost everything he had.
For four years following he was
collector OF the port of Milwaukee.
and for the last few years has run bucket
shop in Milwaukee as a branch of one in
Chicago. Mr.. Nazro is survived by his
wife and his three sons, John, Charles and
Robert, all grown up. John has OF late
resided at Kansas City and Charles at San
Francisco. Ro bert has been associated in
business with his father.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Shifting the Current.

New York Times: The railroads west OF
the Missouri river seem to be doing their
utmost to kill the California passenger
traffic. Up to Jan. the through travel
was enormous, and there was every indi-
cation that it would continue to
Increase until spring. Since the be-
ginning OF this month, however,
there has been a great diminuti on
in the number OF California. bound passen-
gers. The cause OF the decline of patron
age is no doubt to be found in the increased
fares. The price OF the round-trip tickets
has been raised from $40 to Sl35, and OF
straight" tickets from SS1.75 to S91.75.
This traffic was nourished by cheap rates
and large commissions, but the latter have
also been greatly cnt down. The Florida
lines were quick to note their advantage,
and have reduced their round. trip tickets
to S5o.and their straight" fare to S27. so.
As consequence there is now a remarka.
bly, heavy flow of travel to Florida from
points as distant as Chicago and st. Paul.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
plans for Yankton hospital.

The plans for the additional wings OF the
insane hospital we're received fro M Bismarck
Saturday the 11th and Immediately open.
editor the inspection OF contractors at the
Yankton Savings bank. Proposals for
bids will be printed in Yankton, Sioux
Falls. Sioux City. Iowa, and st. Paul news
papers. Bids will be received until March
%, 1888, and at o'clock OF that day
contracts win awarded. The conditions
of the contract will require one wing to be
ready for occupancy on or before Oct. /,
1888. Persons receiving the contract for
any portion Of the work, but not the
whole. will be required 80 furnish bonds
equal to two-thirds OF the amount of the
contract, and any person receiving the
contract for the entire construction win be
required to give bonds in the sum Of 500
600 The advertising Of proposals for
bids viii begin next wssk
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01


A tabulated statement of the char.
titles of the city of London gives as the
number of eleemosynary institutions
for one year, ending in 1887. no
less than 1,036. The amount collect.
ed and disbursed was 4,579, SOC
pounds neutrality-suspicious. to nearly
twenty three millions of dollars. OF
this nearly one-haif was expended for
objects purely religious, missions, for
e;gn and domestic, the building oil
churches and chapels, and the puoli-
cation of Bibles and religious tracts.
1t should be noted that this large sum
is voluntary, and over and above the
regular expenses for the maintenance
of religious worship.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
AsuRcLAR.s BULLET.
II causes the Death of Amos J.Sneil,
a Three MiIIionaIre of Chicago.

a tnr6e-mtillOndire OF CniCdSo-
Amos j. Smell, a Chicago millionaire was
found murdered Wednesday morning the
Sth inst, his residence, 425 Washington
Boulevard, Chicago.
About o'clock in the morning a ser
want girl heard noise like pistol shot
coming from Mr. SHELLS room, but paid no
attention to it. Later he was found with
bullet hole in his left breast and one be.
hind the left ear. Mr.. Smell vac one OF
the largest real estate owners in Chi
cago, owning a great number OF houses
which he rented and all this business was
transacted in the basement Of his own
house. which was fitted up as an Office.
The windows and doors were heavily bar
ricaded, and there were several large sales
in the rooms in which the millionaire
business was done. The theory is that a
carefully planned robbery had been arrang-
ed.
The door at the head OF the basement
stairs was skillfully forced. and the men
we're in the front parlor, when it is suppos.
ed that Mr.. Smell, who sleeps directly
above this room, heard them He left his
bedroom, and taking revolver went down
the front stairs. The folding doors leading
in to the parlor were shut, but ID is supposed
that he heard the noise in the room; for he
fred a shot through the door. The burglar
opchth Nht hOOI anu ItthIiltd IuO NhN
bullet striking the wood work and rebound.
ing hit Mr.. Smell in the breast, who then
ran back toward the rear OF the hall. The
burglars must have followed him and shot
again, for the murdered man was found at
the head OF the basement stairs with a
bullet hole just behind the ear.
The burglars took check for $4,000
made by A. J. Stone, Mr.. SMELLS son.in-
law, payable to Mr.. Smell, from the iron
box in the Office. What else they secured
will probably never be known, as Mr..
Smell was the only one to whom the con-
tents OF his strong box were known. Mr..
Smell had been connected with Chicago's
history for many years. He was born in
Little Falls, n. Y, and came west in 1874,
stopping for few months in Cincinnati
and then coming to this city. A little lat.
er he went to Milwaukee, returned here in
n year and opened a hotel at Schaumberg.
After a residence OF six years there be re.
moved to Jefferson, and there laid the
foundation OF the fortune which at his
death amounted to about SO, 000,00
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01


One estimate OF the number of per.
sons drowned by the late great flood
in China is 100000. This is made
by English residents in China who
have access to the best sources of in.
formation. If this is anywhere near
the truth the destruction OF life by
one disaster is unexampled in his
toric time. The number lost is great.
er than the population oil Ireland to-
day. 1t is about double that of the
inhabitants OF Australia. 1t is greater
than the population of our country
some years after the adoption of the
constitution. 1t is larger than the
population of Indiana and Illinois
now.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
The Cunning Crane.
American Angler.


alt was about fifty years ago."
said DR.. ]. NJ. Kendall OF Bowdoin.
ham. 81 was n youngster and playing
on the bank OF the Kennebec. | shall
never forget in my life how neatly |
saw q crane get pickerel dinner.
They were driving logs down the
stream. watched a crane acting sort
OF funny, standing perched on one oil
the logs near the shore. / made up
my mind to see what be was about,
and hid in clump OF bushes. The
crane had bug in his bill and he
kept dropping it into the current till
it Heated past him and then grabbed
it again and repeated the same per.
Torrance. He looked to me as if he
was going to sleep. The old fellow
kept the bug floating in front of him
for half an hour, when all of a sudden
a big pickerel came up to the surface
and made dive Tor the bait. The
pickerel was down the cranes throat
in less than second, and Mr.. Crane
ilopped his wings and flew away. He
took the bug in his bill, though. They
look sleepy enough, but they know
more than a good many people--how
to get their bread and butter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

Excessive cigarette-smoking was
found by jury to have broken down
the health and unsettled the mind OF
John Hoesch of Louisville. Ky. He
has reached point at which he burn
ed forty cigaretts a day. The best
physicians say that in the order OF
nicotine poisoning this kind of smok-
ing is the most deleterious to health.
In comparison, the farmers old clay
pipe is a complete sanitarium.