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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
News GeneraIities.

Lewis Chandler the young teacher of Jack.
son county Wis, who WAS arrested some
time ago, accused of sending obscene Ian.
guage through the mails, went to Madison
for trial. The attorney general had been
petitioned to dismiss the case, but refused to
do it. The young man pleaded guilty to the
charge, and was sent to the reform school
for one year.
The Manitoba house at Fargo was entered
by a masked thief, who stole from tho pro,
prietor $50 in money, "a vGlrehla gold
watch and chain and a revolver, SHHt from
two OF the boariers q small sum of money.
The two boarders occupied the same room,
and the burglar after compelling them at the
point Of pistol to be quiet, took their cash
locked them in their room and departed,
taking the key with him.
1t is feared that the peace which was patched
up last night between the Chicago street cal
company and it's employees will prove to be
only temporary. According to agreement
the West side men returned to work oil
Saturday and the cars ran as usual all day.
On the North side the imported men, under
police protection, ran n few ears over oil the
lines, and although there were rumors of riots
and disturbances at various times during the
day they all proved to be unfounded and the
now men were not molested.
Fong Tong and his English wife crossed
ONtE - the AMERICAN sue the olutf HiSBt W
the foot bridge. They stopped at the New
York Central hotel at Suspension Bridge, n.
T., all night. After breakfast next morPiuo
they walked to the New York Central d.
to get their baggage reehccked TOR New !
and ran into the arms of the American
toms officer. The latter seemed greatly
prised to find on American soil the China
whom they had refused admission the {
ing before, and they forthwith hustled
hack TO Canada.
The only alarming feature is the su
appearances of yellow fever in South JacL
vile, across the river. There are ten pat
at present there. A serious question C
up for solution in the matter of paymen
private property destroyed in process Of
er0l diSinfection when that shall begin.
understood at present, the goyernmea'
not pay for property destroyed wher
owner is able to stand the loss. or co
no man considers himself as belongir
that class. A conference arranged Wit
Porter and Surgeon General Hamilton
doubtless result in more definite instruc
from the government. Many pc pie
secrete house hold goods rather han
them destroyed without promise ofreimt
ment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

arrest OF David Murphy, who has been ter
rorizing that neighborhood. He is supposed
to be after the heart OF his neice, Maggie
Ackerson, ana is bound TO have it, even II he
has to cut Il out. Maggie is employed by
JET Hildreth, proprietor of the street rail-
way, and she is nct at all reciprocal in this
affection displayed by her uncle David, and
has in some way raised his ire so that he will
b. satisfied with nothing short OF blood. He
HIS broken into Hiidreth's house several
lines, but each time made his escape. When
ha mnde his last attempt, Mr.. Hiidreth and
his sons were on the alert, aud the would-be
murderer ran through somerank weeds to an
old barn near by, where he was surrounded
snd captured. On his person we're found a
6irk, razor and butcher knife. He played
possum" very cunningly after he was discov-
cred, but when they threatened to shoot him
il he didn't brace mp, he speedily recovered.
He is an uncle of George Fitzgibbons, who
was sentenced to an extended term in Still
water prison for grand larceny.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
Emo Has Only His Wealth.

Montreal Correspondence.
To the credit oiCanadiaL husbands
and fathers ofthe best class be it said
that not even a very heavy plating
of gold can blind their eyes to the
dark stain of dishonesty beneath it,
and they will not introduce to their
wives and daughters men who have
proven false to an even less sacred
andimportant trusts reposed in them.
4 striking illustration of this fact
is afforded by the case ofJohn c. Emo,
the famous defaulting New York
banker anG the wealthiest and best
known of all our erring countrymen
now residing here. He has made
desperate efforts to secure admission
to some of the best clubs, but in vain.
Even cards Of invitation to their
entertainments have been presistently
refused him. He is invariably "cut''
by all the best people, upon many of
whom he has tried hard to force his
acquaintance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
Superstition Rife To-day.

From the Buffalo Express.
People are wont to host OF the e
lightment of this age and laugh y
the superstitions of their forelafile's
But it is quite safe TO say 1nss:
superstition is as rife to-day q 7
ever was, the only difference eeaz'
that now people are ashamea y
acknowledge their weaknesses. -
a real estate man: There IS notaala
which gives a building a las'a]
black eye quicker than a report ~
it is or was haunted. The Stamina
of n door, the rattling of a Wlpaos5
knocking down of a tin pap n
pussy cat are all the work OF gihss
in such buildings. And the won. Y
it is that people are Just as aifsn \
a new building erected on the ~ !
n haunted one as they are oln
haunted one itself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

pany's attorney, accordingly vent to the
barns and searched all the new men,
one after another, as they came in.
Nearly every one of them was carving
a weapon of some description and the
result of the search-about seventy-fye
revolyers, several steel knuekles and
clubs-were placed in the safe at the
police station. Mayor Boldenweick and his
committee OF Laif View citizens waited upon
President Yerkes and made a plea that the
company carry out the settlement as gener-
ally understood by giving the old men full
employment instead of three-ffths time
Mr.. 1erkes emphatieaIly refused. Later an
indignation meeting of residents ofthe North
side and Laseview was held at the Sherman
house. The 300 gentlemen present organ
lied a protective association. 4 petition
from the ex strikers was taken under adyise-
ment, asking aid in compelling Mr.. Yerkcs to
carry ont the strike agreement. One of the
new men, John Smithe. Alias John Bull"
had his jaw broken by a mob. and was other
wise seriously hurt. He had just been dis
charged for incompetency aud was endeavor-
ing to leave the city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

What becomes of divorced women?
The Chicago Tribune has been at the
pains of collecting statistics about
them, audit finds that they can accu-
rately be dividedinto the four follow
ing classes: Remarked within a
year, as percent; waiting for an offer,
10 per cent: fallen into evil wsys, 10
per cent; devoted to cclibacy, 5 per
cent. These figures have been CON-
piled from a comparison of the di-
vorce lists with the marriage regis
tiers, from the statements ofjudges
justices of 1.-THE peace, elergymen, law
yers and court officials and from per-
sonal inquiry among those who have
been divorced.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
The Age of taeWriter.

From the Pail Mail Gazette.
''In my opinion" said NJ. Reran
the other day, France win perish u
n literary sense, because ofheryoHs
writers. 1t is impossible to Wriis
well before the age of 10. The SAVING
is a striking one; and in this age q
premature ambitious and hasty pro
duction it is worthy of much aeop-
tance. But it is hardly true. Rous'
seau did not write the "NouvelleHs g.
Disc" indeed, until he was - buf
Pascal wrote the Provincial bt.
ters' when he was 3d. Herriek %
not publish his "Hesperides' I'LL q
was nearly so; but Shelley diedatN
Dante did not finish The Inferno ~
he vas 80; but Goethe had wrlttsa
much of Faust" before ae was y
in seed time learn, in harvest tine
teach;" but different minds matss'
at different ages.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

In an old magazine it isstated that
until the year ITO this law was in
force in England: 'Whosoever shall
entice into the bonds of matrimony
any male subject of her Majesty's by
means of rouge, white paint, Spanish
cotton, steel corsets, crinoline, high
heeled shoes, or false hips, shall be
prosecuted for writchcraft, and the
marriage declared null and void"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

A Florida newspaper says that the
killing off of ailigators is having a
marked effect on the supply of water
in the cattle country. When alIiga-
tors took possession of a water hole
they always kept the mud pushed up
on the banks, and even when hun
dreds of cattle went to the pool, and
by crc~ding and pushing filed it
with mud the alligators soon re-
paired the damage by digging and
pushing back the mud. Now the
cattle stand around these holes,
which IRE filed with mud and almost
entirely dried up, and wait for rain;
the only water they get meantime
being from the dew-coyered grass
which they eat at night.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
A writer IN the MilledgvilIe Record.

A writer in the Milledgville Record.
er, (Ga.), the other day met San old
friend in n strange garb," and he tells
the following pathetic story of one OF
the changes brought about by war
He vas nee a man of wealth and
culture. Thousands of acres and
hundreds of slaves were his, and his
family lived in ease and luxury. The
feccy staple was to him like a mint
coming its gold and it's silver by the
thousands. His house was q palace
and his grounds appeared ike en-
chanted lands. His home was a per-
feet Eden, To-day he walks the
streets of Augusta, Ca, in the uni
forEs of a policeman, and supports
his family on $50 per month. And
yet he does not murmur, but is
thankful to his God that bis lot Is no
wesss than II Il.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

wicked pride, my cruel words, fer Z
love you'll"
The truth was out at last-th.
truth she had been learning ever ina
their Encouragement.
He caught her hands and kissss
thern passionately.
Forgive you? What would | not
forgive You for those words. s.
dearest? As no lives were lost /.
thank heaven for the accident fi,as
has caused the betrayal Of yos,
heart"
Miss Ewald was at O r~ecent;,r
gowned in creamy silk and with ~
monds at her throat. 1t was the tsst
reception of the season, and ~
friends gathered around her. deel,~
ing that the summer hadinysterioss
" changed her, but the yiyac;o,,s
laughing hostess bore her off -
pretty music room.
II want to introduce Won Il
friend of my husbands, & fine m,s
clan, wealthy, cultivated, who hss
Travelled and studied abroad IN ual,
as in America. If you we're not s
fiinty-hearted Rosamond, I sbnnlJ
hope to make a match between Won :
Miss Ewald laughed softly al II.
thought of Brian jeffrey, and tolrnaa
the simple pearl ring he had uIaess
upon her huger.
What would herfashionable frien,ss
say if they knew she had promisedta
marry a farmer and loved him.
The music room was deserted sava
for a solitary figure standing hefa,s
the grand piano. Net anti the nm
tleman turned, and her hostess ss;d.
"Mr. Jeffreyl" did she realize that 4
was Brian himself who stood bqso,s
herin iaultless evening dress. his taea
and hands still showing the sunhnyn
of his labor at Grasslams.
You deceived mel" she cried. nah
with conflicting emotions, when thev
were left alone.
MY dearest, you deceived yous.
StiS ny tdhilg IL lOE ant that 4
was an uneultiyated tiller of the soI
and then it was too tempting fo
learn all your sweet nature as nv
benefactress. | made the fam;iv I
promise not to undeceiye Won. Ars
you angry, darling? | called A
your home this evening to tell Won ii !
your mistake, to ask your pardon
for the deception; and learning Won
were here, came On determined e. ]
see you. The owner of Grasslands i \
indeed my uncle, and | went ont
there to work this past season 81 !
cause | needed outdoor exereise. and
because | liked farming. Rosamond ]
it was the happiest summer Of nv
life."
"And of mine.n she murmared at
last, her lips meeting his.
Then he sang my Queen in 4
way that drew half the guests TO the !
room; and, with a happy smile, Hiss
Ewald thought that her protegs |
would do her great honor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

A curious phenomenon is reported
at Dover (AIe.) Miss Wilson, who
boards at ]. b. Chase's, stood before
a dressing case, arranged her hair,
extinguished the light and retired.
The next morning she was consider
>ably surprised to notice a remark
abiy>distinct profile picture OF herself
upon the mirror before which she had
stood. The picture has been visited
by many, but no explanation has
been given yet"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

A Partisan gloye-seller was arrest
ed recently for being too enterprising.
He had his name and address
stamped in bold characters on the
inside of each glove, SO that when
worn for any period over halfan hour
the legend was transiered tothe hand
of the wearef. For some time many
of his lady customers were thus con
verted into advertising mediums, as
the ink only wore off at the expira-
ton of number of weeks. What
the mans object was is uncomfortable,
as he must have known that his
scheme could only serve to injuro him
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

prominent legal firm in tiis y
which does a great deal OF ous'ss
for a rich mercantile concern lasSs
rendered a bill which the senior FL
ner of the mercantile establlsl illls.s'
who was accustomed to 10
charges, thought was too hlsa s
therefore took the bill to fae !;
tirna and asked the chief to ioos =
over and see if it was all right
account was subsequently fsV 4,
with $40 added for advice as 49,
reasonableness of the bill. -D0sS
Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

The longest through car service of
any railroad line in the world is said
to be On the Southern Pacific road,
between New Orleans and San Fran
cisco, 1885 miles. The fastest
through train on this road is timed
at 113 hours, % minutes, or at the
rate of % miles an hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
Horrible Superstition In Russia.

From the Boston Globe.
In Scheberschin, an out-ofthe-way
town in Russia, a leading, Jewish
inhabitant died and was buried. A
short time afterwards his grave was
found open, and little distance off
lay his skeleton, from which every
scrap of flesh had been removed.
The deed was traced to two men of
evil repute, who finally confessed
that with the flesh cut from the corpse
they had hoped to makea an ointment
which, rubbed upon their bodies,
would make them invisible and en-
able them to commit crimes with i'm.
punity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
London street roxdies nntnr

London street rowdies putupsmall
boys to throw themselves in the way
of bicycles, and on being struck by
the machines to set Up u howl and
pretend to have been badly hurt.
Then the rowdies crowd around in
the role of indignant and sSnpathiz-
ing citizens. and the bicyclist is glad
to pay the gamin roundly and get
on with a whole skin. Afterward
the rowdies and the gamin divide the
proceeds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

A dagger eighteen inches long, OF
finest steel, inlaid with blocks ofgold
engraved in Arabic characters, was
found lately by a headsman in
Gillespie county, Texas, and is
thought to be a relic of the time O.
Cortez, and to have been originally
bought or captured from the Moors
by some grandee of Spain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
Murder At noorhsad.

A terrible tragedy was enacted at More
head, Mimi, in which one man was killed
and another fatally wounded. The police
have been on the track of u man who was
suspected of robbing the Manitoba house at
Fargo. He was traced to Moorhead. and
found at q dance. The officer from Fargo
called to his assistance Officer Pete Poull,
and they went to a hall to arrest
the suspect. They met him on the stairs,
and he Immediately pulled a revolver
and forced the officers to retreat to
the sidewalk, when Pete Pouli
attempted to arrest him. Tit man, who is
known by na'ue as Murphy, shot Mt him,
sending a bullet through the officers heart,
killing him instantly. Officer Thompson
started after the murderer and was shot
ut twice. He opened fire on Murphy, and u
well-directed bullet struck him in the neck,
laying him out. At present he is alive, but
there are no hopes of his ecovery Officer
Poull was a married man, thirty years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

Good Housekeeping says that
''when children drink kerosene oil
give them mustard and water to emp
ty the stomach" That is oil well
enough, but if the child has no more
sense than to drink kerosene oil you
want also to give it a sollaking dose
of birch oil on the back and vi
cinitv to teach it something. Still,
grown-up men drink worse whisky
than was even pumped out of an oil
we'll
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

Calvin Bowker, who has just re-
signed his place as postmaster of
Savoy Hollow, Mass, was appointed
in 1S41 under President Tyler, and
has held the Office continuously ever
since. He is eighty-two years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

A distinguished Canadian in a
letter to the London Times expresses
the opinion that by giving Canada
representation in the British ParIia-
ment annexation with the United
States might be ayerted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
Talmage Doesn't go much on cor.
science. He has met men whose on
science matiethem believe twas their
duty to rob and kill.

A Binghamton man satin arestau-
rant where another man was eating
imburger cheese, and it made him so
mad that he hit him with a chair and
nearly killed him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

The other day a Boston man re-
ceived n letter, on the envelope of
which We're the words "Bloodl Blood
Blood" in big red letters. Think
ing that it contained a threat to kill
him, he gave it unopened to the
police. When they opened it, they
found twas a harmless appeal from
aSalvation Army crank.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

The Baltimore police are wrestling with n
conspiracy case which will require more than
ordinary skill to ~rnrayel. The principals in
the case are William A. Tafee, a young
lawyer: Hamilton Dclahy, u confidential
clerk. and Annie Herbert, the keeper OF
u disorderly house. About four weeks
ago the woman received by mail n letter
asking whether she would do q certain jobfor
$50. This job was to smear a liquid on the
face of a party TO be named. She was TO
answer through the columns of a daily paper.
This letter bore NJ signature, and was at
once handed over to Marshal Frey. The let
ter detailed Pointer to work upthe case, who
inserted the following:
"H. d. agree"
The next day Annie Herbert received bot.
tie filed with s%ulphuric acid, and accompany
ing IL was another gherthat William
A, Taffee, a lawyer on Lexington avenue,
was the man on whom IL was to he used. Att
or waiting several weeks the tiend became i'm.
patient again and wrote again, asking what
fhe proposed TO do md TO let him know
through the paper. To this the detective re-
piled by notifying III D" that u letter await
cd him nj the American Office. George Me.
Lnnghlin, n small boy, called for the letter
and was ut once arrested. IIa said he had
been sent by Ham Dslahy. Pointer al once
arrested Delnby. His explanation IL that the
initial III D. led him 10 bslIeye that the let.
Ter was for him. Tafre does not know be-
ilhy, aud the woman knows neither.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
Personal Talk.

John II. Knapp, president of the great
lumber firm # the Knapp, Stout & Co. com
pany, died at Menominee, Wis.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

The mania for arming has struck
South America. The Argentine Re
public is going to increase its regu-
lar army from 1000 men to S3.-
900 men. When this increase shall
have been reached the Argentine ar.
my will be considerably larger than
that Of the United States,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

Jesse Mason, o farmer eighty years old, re.
fesldiBg near stilesYille, Hendrisks county,
farm, or which he Faeeiysd 500, Logan
York, a young man of evil reputation, wit,
nessed the transfer ofmpnsy, and ia tho even.
ing, in company With M unknown man,
knocked at Mason's door and asked Tor
matches, when be whs fired upon BY ono or
both Of the men, but wis not hit, His
daughter seized a chair and assaulted York,
b closed with her, taking one Of her fingers
In his teeth and biting sayagely. Al this
iuncture her brother, Orman Mason, ap.
peared on the scene with a londed shot gun.
which he discharged, almost blowing York;
bead rom his body and instantly killing
him, The other man escaped In the dark
nszs,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
R,s N,n C.nto-ea.

TIE little town Of Champlin, Heupepin
county, Just across the Mississippi river from
Areka, 70 In y auttss Of excitement over the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25

'Children.s asked a mmlsH
dressing a Sunday school,
we like fiowers2 What do "
that flowers have?e And
boy in the infant class
Worms The minister creps
the pulpit chair TO hide bis
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-25
His Reason for Asking

Billy Bliyen is very generah'
generously indebted. by tns 4
Brown" said he to a friend tns &
day, ''ean you tell me how nsi
owe YOU" Certainly" repass
friend with expeetant anxie.s, 81
$3.50" A pause followed =
was broken by the remasA
thought you might have sons s,
son for asking?" q had.
Billy, Il was in hopes YOU nss
gotten it.-Merchant Trayt'u
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-13
Questions Of Vital Interest to Insurers.

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