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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
Personal Ners Items.

Rev Patrick Joseph Conway died at Chica-
go of enlargement OF the liver after pro-
traeted and severe Illness. In November 1881,
Archbishop Feehan promoted him to the po-
sition of vicar general and rector of the Ca
thedral Of the Holy Name. He was esteemed
for his affabs .-anners fine scholarship, rare
executive abb q md exceptional pulpit ora
tory. b
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

Hanging is not played out in Kan
sas. On one day there were four sue
cessful lynching matinees in as many
different places in the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
HOUSE.

The house went into committee on the
tariff bin Mr.. Breckenridge OF Arkansas
moved to increase the rate Of duty on fax
seed and linseed oil from 10 to 10 cent per
gallon Agreed to. Numerousehangesin the
bill we're then made. and discussion occurred
on more or less of the claims that were con
sidered
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

Considerable excitement was caused in d.
inth, Mimi, by drunken individual who
dropped Whit appeared TO he sack contain
ing bushel of potatoes. Contractor Glea.
son, who was standing near, examined the
sack aud found it full of so per cent dyanim,e
cartridges. The mystery is that there was
rot ~; explosiar that would have created
sad havpe, The rssn was arrested and fax
se g sts sseisFv ssa sss ssatsEts 81 tks Yea
ssnAssstssl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
.ior.tign News Notes.

Signor Can i,erio, president of the Milan
African soci% y. has written a letter TO the
Riforma tpewspaperl, with the object of rails
ing subscription TO equip an expedition to
assist Stanley Emin Bey and casa6.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

A Harrisburg justice sentenced
fellow TO two months Imprisonment
for kissing his own sweetheart ON the
streets.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

A statesman will sleep three in a
bed without a word of complaint,
but it breaks him all mp to be crowd
ed and delayed for two minutes at
the hotel bar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

There have only been fifteen differ
ent versions of ssheridan's Ride, and
now that heis getting better the 9th
er twenty ought TO come in.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
ssgeientists of Lexington K,

IA
-s-asaentists of Lexington KY,
y desily puzzled over peculiar
find q NJ Henry Davis, farmer
who lives near that town. While
coming to sown the other day he dis
covered . pie Of seed on the side of
the road, which by their peculiar ac-
tions attracted his attention, aud
stopping his team hesecured about a
quart of the seed and brought them
to town. They greatly resemble
timothy seed both III size and color,
but their popularity shows they are
not. About once in ten seconds each
seed will jump from the eighth of an
inch to assineh in height, and they
never seem to get tired, but Keep up
lie jumping continuously llofthe
scisntists ard microscopists in the
city have been f,raished with spaci.
msns, but 20 far 40 ene hes been able
II I'll xhst kind II sssa they sssl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
Over 50 .ooo. 900 in gold has been

Over 50. 000, 900 in gold has been
exported from this country during
~. nast three months. Gold can
-. -. kported for aprofit, a1,s
most Of SSSk pld exports are said
be going to Gefnlany, whose govern
ment is reported TO have been for
months past gathering in all the
gold it can reach:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
The electric arc lights in the United
States now number nearly 200.000;
and the ineandescentso over ,00O, 900.

Charles G. LELAND ismakinga Die
tionary OF American Words and
Phrases
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
SENATE.

The conference report ON the legislative ap-
preparation bill was presented and eoncuTred
in
The Senate bin explanatory Of an act to
settle certain accounts between the United
States aud Mississippi and other states, was
reported froHUfhe committee on public lands
and placed on the calendar.
The Senate then took up the river and har-
Dor bin, some amendments to which had
been reserved for separate votes. The de-
mand for a separate vote on the Hennepin
canal amendment was withdrawn.
MFR. Vest, a member Of the committee on
commerce, took the responsibility OF saying
that legislation on river and barbor bills was
not free from criticism, as much AZ it was
done by a species of agreement-not to say
long rolling. Ono senator went to another
ard asked him TO help the matter in which
he was interested, promising to do the same
for the other.
The bin was passed as originally reported
from the Senate committee on commerce. 1t
appropriated S2I ,562 .7S3 As il finally
passed the Senate it appropriates $22,4T4,-
7s3, having been increased by the Senate
$912 900.
The tariff Hill then occupied the rest of tbs
day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
HOUSE.

Among the bills introduced and referred
was one by Mr.. Anderson. of Iowa, providing
for the control aud regulation of railroads
acquired by the United States under Judicial
foreclosure of forfeiture
This is the bill introduced by MIR, Anderson
in April last 1t is d very long measure, and
Mr. Anderson demanded its reading in full
in order to consume time and prevent as
long as possible the offering of motion for
the passage Of the Union Pacific funding bill
He succeeded admirably, and obstructed
business in the house practically the whole
session.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12
SENATE.

The senate seleet committee on Indian
tradersbips resumed it's investigation into
the charges of fraud in the letting of timber
contracts on the Chippewa Indian lands in
Wisconsin. D. l.. Mckay, state lumber iu-
speetor of Chippewa Falls, Wis, testified as
to the value of stumpage on Indian reserva
tions in that district, one of the charges be-
ingthat the Indians on the Chippewa reser
walton were not paid the full value of their
timber.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

While the house was considering the Mills
bill, Mr. Mckinley and other Republican
duties on various items in the iron schedule
all of which were promptly voted down. On
motion of Democratic members, the clause
fixing the rate Of duty on east polished plate
glass uuslivered, was stricken out, thus leay
ing in force the existing law; the clause
imposing a duty Of $11 ton on
slabs and billets of steel and restoring the
present rate of As per cent and valorem was
stricken out and a duty of foaF-tenths cent
per pound was imposed ON iron or steel. fat
with longitudinal ribs for the manufacture
of fencing. The usual political discussion
ran through the days proceedings. and a
mild controversy took place between Scott
and Reed. Nothing unusual was said, how.
ever. The house. as well as the senate, ad.
iourned from Monday to Thursday,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

Senator Hoar's speech on the fisheries
treaty, is likely to he the severest arraingn-
ment of Secretary Bayard and the admins
tration that has been heard during the pres
snt session.
The senate adjourned until Monday with
out waiting to have the resolution extending
the appropriations OF the last fiscal year APP
proved by the presiding officer OF Che senate
The enrolling force IL the house was unae-
eountably slow in itis work, and the senate
after waiting for some time for the house and
taking recess to enable the resolution to bs
submitted, adjourned.
HOUSE
In the house Mr.. Holman called up the SEN
ate land grant forfeiture bin, with amend,
ments made by the house committee Asthus
amended the bin which. is IT came from the
senate, proposed To forfeit grants applying to
neutrality-suspicious. ofthe aidedroads
not now completed declares a forfeiture Of
the lands lying opposite the portions of the
roads not completed at the time specified in
the granting acts After some discussion. the
committees substitute was then adopted.
aud the question recurring on the passage of
the bill as adopted, the veto resulted, yeas
141. nays 12-no quorum. The bill remains
as unfinished business.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13

for some OF those now engaged in ngri-
cultural pursuits TO turn TO the prodnc-
ton of something else we want, thus
meeing thrru consumers instead Of PRO
ducers Of bread aud meat.
1T seems to me that the cutlery about
duties being too high is mistake.
rather incline to the opinion that they
are too low, so long as they do not com
pei the production of the article in ques-
tion to the extent Of our requirements /;
after which supply and demand will regu-
late the price. This is the inevitable and
logical result Of high duties, and the
higher the duty the sooner is the result
attained
"The cry $50 common in the mouths Of
Democratic politicans) Of the monopolv
on the part If manufacturers is mere
rubbish and intended to deceive those not
well informed. There is no monopoly.
All who wish can engage in any manu-
featuring or other business, and the
greater the profits the more will
engage in il, and by compe.
tition reduce prices and profits to
nm average Of those secured by farming.
The fact that we import so large a pro.
portion Of what we consume is, to my
mind, convincing proof that manufac.
turers and artisans do not make large
profits. II they do would they not ex-
tend their operations and would not
their production be multiplied until our
wants were supplied2 After that domas.
tic competition will regulate prices.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13
Mineral sTanures Of N, sopth.

10 Is mainly through tho development Of
artificial manures that chemical skill has
como TO the aid Of tho farmer The gunno
deposits found Oh oceanic islands in the re-
gionE OF scantJ rainfall for a timo afforded
a means Of restoring the most essential ma
terials which cropping removes from tho soil.
these supplies were made serviceabls FOR
some decades. but unhappily, though tho
store Of guano was large, tile demand was SO
great that Ia few years the material was
exhausted. At this stage the laboratory gave
its greatest contribution TO agriculture bv
showing that certain minerals which exist ii
large quantities in many lands afford ma
terials by which, a. relatively small cost. The
plants may be supplied with potash. so,in,
and, what IS more important, the raro els-
ment, phosphorus
To the combined work Of the Eeologist and
chemist We owe this precious gift q mineral
manurss. Il Is scarcely more than a score Of
years since they began to find place ia our
agricultural processes. Tho South Carolina
deposits, which for more than decade have
been tbs principal source Of supply, abounded
In the fields and along tho shores Which had
been titled for century, and yet the value OF
tho material was not recognized until a
chemist, guided By purely scientific curiosity,
undertook to determine what was the compo-
sition Of the peculiar nodules which met bis
eye. Az the present time In this country
alone the manufacture Of artificial manurss
which have thces phosphates for their most
essential ingrsdsent amounts to value Of
moro than eSo,oo0.O0O annually, and it is
evident that the industry il but At it's begin
nins.-Profsssor n. &
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13
wELL-KNowN PERSONS.

Queen Victoria Is suffering from govt.
Mime. Jane Hading is studying English.
Patti viii create the role of Juliet in
dounods new opera.
Miss Furnam instructor in elocution
at Swarshmore is blind
Andrew d. White owns valuable col
lection of Sir Walter SCOTS proof sheets.
orrin Stafford OF Flint, Mich, cast his
twentieth successive presidential vote on
Tuesday.
Ex-Collector Gould Of Buffalo name
800, 900 out Of his Office during his four
years term.
Miss J. e. Harrison is candidate for
the Chair Of Archaeology at University
College, London
DR. Harriet Jones has charge Of the
womans department Of tho insane ASYLUM
at Weston, w. Va.
Miss Bertha Simpson Of Martinsyille.
Ind, can initiate perfectly with her
voice the tones Of q cornet.
Mr, Jones Of Garden City, Kansas. has
bunch Of 100 buffalo that he has
gathered within two years
Kuma Oishi Of Toxic. Japan has bssn
elected orator for class day next June bv
the seniors of Rutgers College.
Alice I. Hall, a graduate at WELLESLEY
has been elected Professor of Physiology
in the Women's College at Baltimore.
King Milan Of Servia. although inst
divorced evidently does not consider mar
riage failure, for he proposes to marry
again.
Theodore Havemeyer is a gentleman
farmer, and has a country home in New
Jersey, where the weekly payroll is over
IS, 600
Mrs. p L. Knowles Of Montana, who
Is studying law, is the only woman in the
Territory holding the office of notary
public.
Fraulein Won Demming who received
her training in Philadelphia, is now a
practicng dentist in Wiesbaden and has a
very large practice.
Herr Julius honried has been contribu-
ting to the Austrian papers some reminis-
cences of living Viennese composers and
especially of Johann Strauss. Karl Mn.
locker, Karl Goldmark and Franz Won
Suppe.
J. II. Craig Of Iowa City is believed 10
be the largest man in the world. He Is
80 years old 8 feet a inches In height
aud weighs i92 pounds He has weighed
o55 pounds, but uses tobacco to keep his
weight below 500
The New York Herald saws: Gen.
eral Harrison now receives his mail
IN an express wagon Yesterdays grist
included 1900 letters and four bags IN
newspapers, g say nothing OF a hundred
kilograms The general requests the
press TO announce that he would like
very much to formally, at least ae.
knowledge every communication sent
him, but that there are now 1000 I'M
answered epistles on his hands, and he
must abandon the attempt. II is barely
possible that if an authoritative state
ment We're made settling at once for All
whether Matt Quay, Colonel Dudley or
John Y. New was to be postmaster gen
eral the pressure on the next President
would be relieved
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13

In the course 0f Jne nefa.d inquiries
al business interests have been querled,
and the answers are the same IN real
estate we near of u complete PARALYSIS of
oessness, mortgages Lss.3ls 0n twenty
five per cent, a general serious loss to
dealers and operators. The bankers lose
in the unsettling Of values and the I'M
certainties of new administrations. The
savings banks feel the shrinking of the
deposits from the workingnen abandon
ing work The business agencies report
a repose in trade, but IN some
cases this repose is accepted as an ndyan-
tage, enabling as il does business inter
ests which have suffered from extrava-
gance and initiation to obtain needed rest
The general advice of the bust
ness men, as interviewed in the Herald,
is that the Presidential term should be
no longer; that, for instance, it should
be one term Of six years. with the pro
vision Of ineligbility. This would lead
to two results-a stable government.
with no upheayal in commerce and Fl
nance, and the removal Of the Presidency
from any temptation to use its patronage
for a re election
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13

The funeral Of Temperance Salisbury.
aged VA years, took place yesterday after.
noon, at the Home for Aged and Infirm
Colored Persons. at Belmont and Girard
avenues, Philadelphia. The deceased had
been an inmate of the home for twelve
years. But little was known at the
institution concerning her early history
further than that she was horn
at Salem, New Jersey. It was also stated
that she lived in the family Of Edward
Parker, Of Philadelphia, FOR so wears
prior to her admission to the home. Mrs
Salisbury was noted for her skill as a
cook, having been employed as such at a
number of the large seaside hotels. The
funeral services we're conducted BY the
Rev. James Frisby, of the Bethel Church.
The interment was at Olive Cemetery,
Philadelphia
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13
"sLuMMlNG" IN LONDON.
The Methods Adopted by an American.
UnaduIterated Degradation

During residence in London extending.
"oif and on for a period OF two wears. [
lodged SUCCESSFULLY on Red Lion square. Stem
ney, Drury lane, at Nine Elms. Bishopseate
street, Canterbury street and the Camden
road. These ara localities from one 10 SIX
miles apart The reader acquainted with
London will observe that they are ANYTHING
but fashionable. or this when | took NJ
residence there | thought little. l should
not choose such quarters again But at that
time my object was to see London. You do
not really see q city by driving through it,
London, with its four millions Of people. il
equivalent to half IA dozen ordinary cities
punched into one, and its life ia some uunr-
ters has a marked difference from that in
others
My plan was to engage a room for a week
or two in the quarter wanted TO explore.
Generally | was lucky as regarded the char
acter OF the people lodged with. Sometimes
| was not. 1t was rather risky for q stranger
to 50 poking about in this way taking his
chances among people he knew thing about
and in quarters Of the city where human
degradation reached very near its lowest
limit. But being entirely ignorant in this
matter never thought Of possible dangers,
and am consequently only entitled to tho rep
utation OF that bravery which comes OF pure
stupidity.
For unadulteratcd degradation London ex-
ceeds any city | know or Low, proving,
nocturnal life is ia most cities confined to a
certain quarter. In London you find it in
spots from ST. James para to far beyond the
Bank miles to the eastward. You find it
above the Seven Dinls and you flnd il again
on the Camden road, four miles distant. 1t
is almost as plentiful at monday al at night.
The drunken woman is an everyday spectacle
in some localities. In certain 'couitsn have
seen hays sitting in the sunshins in rows,
either upon tho curbs or propped up against
the house wall. Their life seems to have
merged itself into one desire-S constant
craving for gin. AS you pass they beg
penny to buy gin. There is nothing OF them
but dirt, rags and gin. A shilling for them
is days fortune A shilling in London will
buy more food, shelter aInl gin than will
dollar In New York. These creatures, though
plentiful, are quits harmless. They tempt
one only 10 get away from them They are
too clumsy to DO adroit thieves They are
only numbering bales OF humanity, who lum-
Der on clear day out of their rookerics 10
the sidewalk in the morning and back again
ut night. How they live is a mystery.
Yet the vilest Of These courts and lanes Is
far cleaner swept than the average New York
street. Not scrap Of paper or any rubbish
Is to be seen. They do sweep the streets Of
London clsen, and it is an equal dispensation
Of broom all around, high or low.-Prentice
milford In New YORK Star.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13
HOW II WAS ALL DONE

Our very interesting letter from Dover
today will clear up number OF myster.
les and misrepresentation. 1t win give
to the people Of Delaware for the first
time the exact method by which MIR. John
+. Salisbury defeated the unit rulers. =
IL will show that the Uniform Ballot law
was not violated and that, therefore.
there can be no contest over the seat of
Senator-elect a. b. Richardson Of
Dover It will confirm also in the
minds of great many people what
was surmised before the election
namely. that Mr.. Salisbury kept his
own counsel and did not confide in the
least degree to the Republican leaders Of
Dover; and this explains why the latter
had such little faith in their own local
situation, even up to the night after the
election, when one Of them who was
some distance from home actually refused
to believe the news as it was flashed over
the country from Dover The Sauls
burys acted upon their own responsible.
ity and thus to the end they attested
their foremost family characteristics.
their undoubted courage and absolute
self-confdence
The EVENING JOURNAL demonstrated
yesterday that there could be no profit in
the proposed contest. That the governor
could not appoint in the case Of a tie a
contingency for which So much was hoDed
was demonstrated BY the citation Of
a precedent furnished by Delaware
itself, and the other expectations 81 the
men who favored contest were dissi.
pSted by the dynamite which was pre-.
sented TO them at every turn Of their de.
vious purpose. The confident statement
made in these columns yesterday that Mr.
Richardson would take his seat in the
next General Assembly las been fully
justified by the facts Of the case.
Those timid Republican souls which
have been agitatsd for the last forty.
eight hours can now rest in peace again
Their country is safe.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13

New York recognises but one grouHd--
marital infdelity-for divorces. la Law is
the most stringent in tho Union. In most OF
tbe other states there is a marked SimiIarity
In the grounds for divorce. Ia Ell-except
South Carolina, which has no divorce law
marital iniidelity is tho main ground. In
nearly all other the causes arc cruelty, habit.
nal drunkenness and abandonment or neglect
% support. In some states the courts have
taken liberal view OF cruelty and given 1t \
wide scope. In others divorce will be granted
only when extreme cruelty or personal VIC
lence is proved
Tho broadest provision is found in the Law
OF Connecticut It givea the courts discretion
to grant divorce for amy such misconduct
as permanently destroys the happiness Of
petitioner and defeats the purpose Of the
aaarriage relation That might make the
Nutmeg state popular resort for divorce
seekers from other parts Of the country, but
unfortunately for them three years resi-
dence is required Of every petitioner. A
years residence is a common requirement in
many states. But California, Nevada and
Nebraska offer special inducements in this
respect They require OF the complainant
a residence Of only six months.-Eew York
Herald
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13
ode 70 Al rIectric Iipht

Twinkle. twinkle, little Arc,
Slesly, blue, uncertain spark;
Up above my head you swing,
Ugly, strange, expensive thing.
When across the foggy air
Streams the lightning's purple glare;
Does the traveller ia the dark
Bless your radiance, little Arc?
When you fade with modest blush.
Scarce more bright than farthing rush.
Would he know which way 10 90
II you always twinkled soY
Cold, unlovng, binding star,
I've no notion what You are;
How your wundrous system works.
Who controls It's jumps and ierksg
Yours, a lustre like the dayl
Ghastly, green, inconstant ray,
No; where'er they worship you
All the world is black or blue.
Though your light perchance surpass
Homely oil or vulgar gas,
Still u close with this remark).
detest you, little Arcl
st. James's Gazette,