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Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27

RED LAKE FALLS, Mimi, Sept. A.--
st, Joseph's church was burned and it is
believed that the incendiaries were ad-
herents of Father Marcils- who was re-
Gently driven from the pastorship and
communicated by Archbishop Ireland.
There is a bitter strife between the
French and German Catholics in the
county. Father MarciPs adherents de-
clare that they will start new church,
and hold service regardless of the priests
accommodation.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
eighteen Inches Of snow.

FABYAN HOUSE, N. H., Sept. "a
Snow has fallen on Mount Washington
for the last five days and Monday morn
ing it was eighteen inches deep. This IL
the first clear day of this month
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
Eloped with One Nerer sink.

LONDON, Sept. 25.--A dispatch from
Cherbourg says that Capt LAWYERS
cat-boat, the famous Never Sink, in
which he crossed the Atlantic, has been
siolen, and that the thief has put to sea
in the little craft.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
Robert Garrett In Good Health.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. 24.-Mr. Robert
Garrett, accompanied by Mrs. Garrett,
his physician, DR.. Jacobs, and Miss Frick,
arrived home i'm Baltimore after an alb
sence of several months. His health is
good.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27

Hon. John NJ. Thurston, of Nebraska,
made the dedicatory address, which was
well received and heartily cheered. Fur
ther programe consisted of music and
short speeches. The festival promises to
be great success.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
WI of &. Y. Cox.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The will of the
late S. S. Cox has been filed for probate.
All of Mr.. Cox's real and personal estate
is left to his widow. The will is dated
Aug. 90, 1888.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
IN MANVEL'S PLACE.
Sir Donald Smith Elected Vice President
of the Manitoba Road.

of the Manitoba Road.
NEW YORK, Sept. PA meeting of
the board of directors of the st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba road was held
in this city Immediately after the arrival
of President Hill. The only change in
Donald Smith as vice president in place
presidency of the Atchison road. Presi-
dent Hill absolutely denied the stories
that he was contemplating a deal with
cific.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
Debating American EXPULSION.

LONDON, Sept "a. Advices from
Shanghai state that tine Emperor of
China and the supreme council are de-
batting over memorial asking the ex-
pulsion of Americans from the country.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
MarshaII of Northern Iowa.

DEER PARK, Nd, Sept. 24.--The presi-
dent has appointed Edward Knott mar
shall for the northern district of Iowa.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27

TRENTON, N. j., Sept. 25.-Quarter-
master Gen. Lewis Perrine, of the staff
of Gov. Greene, of New Jersey, died at
his residence here at II o'clock a. m.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
NEAR FORT WORTH.
An Atchison Passenger Train Held Up and
Robbed of $4,000.

Robbed OF $4,000.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. ga pas
senger train on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe was stopped by train rob
bers eight miles below this city, and
it is reported that they stole at least $1O,-
600 from the express safe and some of
the passengers.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-27
KING CORN'S REIGN.

The Sioux City Corn Palace AuspiciousIy
Opened.
Sioux CITY, Ia, Sept. 24.-The third
annual corn palace festival was auspi-
ciously opened to the public at noon.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

Surgeon-General Hamilton, in his
report to the President, makes the
gratifying statement that there is no
fear of a general epidemic in the Cone
maugh region. AS far as purity of
water supply is concerned, it is appar-
ent that JohnstOwn is better off than
the cities dependent upon the rivers
into which the COnemaugh flows. So
long as the drift at the Johnstown
bridge remains, the stream below must
be polluted, and the use of this water
must be attended with danger. The
work of removing the mass of debris
at the bridge is painfully slow.
Every train that departs from Johns
town bears away large number of
survivors of the flood. There has been
a constant exodus for week past, and
during the last three or four days the
departures have averaged 300 or 400
daily. The departing survivors are
mainly broken families, from which a
father and mother or children have
been taken. These are going East and
West. Most of them go to relatives
and nearby towns and cities.
Mr.. ]. N. Munden, who is in charge
of the removal of bodies from the ruins.
says that up to this date he has found
over $4,000 in money in the pockets
Of victims. The largest sum was
$3,114.23. He states that the robbing
of stores and dead bodies still continues,
Notwithstanding the guard which has
been placed over the ruins by the civil
authorities.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12
The Presbvterian's CbiIdrar,s nav

Sunday last was observed as Chill
dren's Day at the Presbyterian church.
The services were largely attended and
the exercises highly enioyed. The
room, already handsome without
adOrnment, was made additionally at
tractive by a tasteful arrangement of
flowers about the pulpit and in all of
the windows. The only lettering was
in the pulpit recess, "Children's Day."
In a section Of an arc, set in flowers.
A bank of roses and other flowers was
arranged in front of the pulpit rising
out of bed of evergreen, a fringe Of
ferns and cat-tails rising above its ton.
There were besides vases and stands of
cut flowers to complete the floral dec
oratiOns including cages of canary
birds. A new cabinet organ made on
the improved style for church use.
with case in ash to correspond with
the general finish of the church. had
beed substituted for the old one a day
or two before so as to have its first use
on this day. 1t was made further at
tractive by a dressing of foxeyed daisies
and cat-tails. w. G. Lake opened the
services with an organ voluntary,
Which was enjoyed, while also show
ing the instrument to be of satisfactory
volume and tone. The part taken by
the children consisted entirely of sing
ing and responsive readings, the first
led by J. Ed Hoffecker and the latter
by George w. Taylor, the superintend-
ent. The orchestra of the school made
a proper accompaniment for the good
singing. Rev. w. 9. Handy, of Som
erset, Va, made an address appropri-
ate to the occasion. A collection in
the school, what is called the "Chil-
dren's Offering" was also lifted. Rev.
Mr.. Handy preached at night, and will
also fill the pulpit next Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12
Diocesan Convention.

The annual convention ofthe diocese
OF Delaware assembled in St. Paul's
Church, Georgetown, on Wednesday.
Bishop Coleman occupied the Presi-
dents chair.
The following lay delegates were
present from Kent county: ID. J. Cum
Minis and Edward Evans. Smyrna :
DR.. Henry Ridgely and Robert p
Bradford, Dover; DIR. Nathan Pratt
and Charles Harrington, Milford.
$. NJ. Curtis, Of New Castle, was
made secretary.
The annual reports of the mission
aries were read by Francis G. Dupont.
The bishop delivered his annual
address, giving an account of his labors
since he was cOnsecrated having con-
trmed in seven months 272 persons ::
number Of addresses made l25: can
didates for holy orders, one; clergy
men transferred, 1. A number oflarge
churches have been enlarged and i'm
proved and new rectores built. The
amount Of money contributed for do
cesan mission is 81 ,332 The necessity
Of work among the cOiored people and
in Sunday Schools was dwelt upon.
He gave, in general, Il very encourag-
ing report and thought the future had
a hopeful outlook.
The following We're appointed com
mittee to revise the constitution and
canons Of ihe convention: Rev. Mr..
Littell, Rev. Mr., Gibson, Rev. Mr..
Dame, Hon. r. F. Bayard, and Thomas
Holcomb.
The following were elected dele
gates to the next general convention ::
Laymen, q. G. DUPONT, Mr.. Warner:
clergymeu, Dr. Littell, Rev. Mr.. Smith.
and Rev. Mr.. Hines.
The next meeting will be held in
New Castle.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

the steamer Hawkhurs!, while burn
ing, twenty-three hundred miles il
unexemplided. And how comes the
JOhnstOwn horror with the uneoualI-
ed list of victims and the burning of
Seattle in Washington territory. What
will be- next?
A year which began with a total
eclipse January and also ends
with one December 81 is bound TO
be a remarkable one.
The Loss IN BRIDGEs.-The memo
rable flood just past carried havoc
among the railroad bridges of PennsvI-
vania. A. record has been made of ibe
destruction wrought, from which it an
pears that at least TWENTY-FIVE have
been swept away. On the the Pitts
burg division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road the bridges between Altoona and
JohnstOwn are gone; also the Miner
al Point bridge and the Conemauob
bridge, the bridges at Linden and Mont.
gomery, on the Erie division, and part
OF the bridge at Williamsport. On the
west Pennsylvania division the bride.
es at BlairVille, East Tunnel and Fast
Leechourg are gone, also that at Men
gls Mills. The Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroads three Susquehanna Riy-
er bridges were all badly damaged. A
number of bridges along the line of the
western Maryland Railroad in Penn
sylyania were also DESTROYED. Alto
gether this one item Of railroad loss
VIII mount up very high, and although
many bridges will be rebuilt of stone
the bridge iron men viii be busy. Higb.
er prices are already asked for materi-
ais. -''''ei'-
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12
Bad Rahavlor All Relmont.

What has got the matter with tho
boys of Smyrna? From the frequent
complaints that are arising IL would
appear that n part of them, too. large
part, are degeneratiug into what ip the
cities are designated, "street Arabs"
as if without parents or under the re-
straint Of social or civil law. They
have no inclination for any of The as
sociatiOns that are instituted for their
benefit. This is especially the case on
Sundays, and last Sunday was the
worst of the season. A revelation
came to us the next morning from
Belmont, "(the beautiful park on our
southern limits, that is without a peer
in the State for its eXpansiveness aud
beauty of the bad behavior there,
which if not abated, will necessitate
the shutting of the gates to the public.
This park is a source of great en-
jOyment to our people who like the
pleasures for themselves and visitors
of a stroll through its shades and
amidst its varying shrubs and bloom
ing flowers, and the proprietor takes the
same pleasure in having persons come
who thus appreciate it, but it was not
expected that it would be turned into
source Of great annoyance by the
hoodlum class whose only idea of using
it is to abuse it. The latter run all
over the grounds with loud talking and
laughing, take possession of the style
and summer houses, pull up the grass
and throw at each other and some
times engage in a game of ball. What
is.worse than this, when they are
spoken to they answer impertinently
or impudently, as last Sunday saying
'they would not trouble him again
until next Sunday" Not the least an
n0ying feature is Il set of girls who
| should be under the eye of their
mother, 90 out there day and night and
thus make it common meeting
ground for behavior that could not or
ought not to be tolerated at home.
In addition to the other anuoyances
last Sunday, they nearly tore the stile
to pieces. We are requested to make
| the announcement that these persons
who are thus the cause of annoyance
and loss are forbidden coming to the
grounds, and if persisted in, will be
| arrested.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

THE question that oftenest comes up
IN agriculture persuits is what crop can
safely be turned to for the best pay.
The report of the statistician of the ag-
cultural department furnishes yaluble
hints to the farmer.
The heretofore popular impression
that Europe is largely dependent on
us for its wheat supply is upset by
these statistics. for it is shown that Eu-
rope grows almost wheat enough to
feed herself without drawing on other
countries. Europe raises 100000 .OOO
bushels yearly, and only imports about
14O,OOO,OOO bushels, of which less than
two-thirds comes from the United Stat.
es. Europe raises more potatoes than
she needs, and either one of the three
states-IOwa, Illinos and Missouri
can raise corn enough to supply the
whole European market. Although
Europe requires twice as much wool as
IS produced there, we cannot compete
with Australia, South America and
the wool producing sections of Asia
and Africa. Rice is largely imported in.
TO Europe, but the cheap labor in Chi.
ma and the West Indies shuts out on,
American rice fields.
80 1t is demonstrated by the agricul.
tural department that there are but
comparatively few American farm pro.
ducts that are in demand in Europe
These few are cheese, butter - a flax
It is limited, however, by the agricul.
tural department, that our ch. ,se and
butter must be improved in quality be.
fore either can gain much of a rcputa.
ton in European markets. The idea
so popular among our American dairy
men that the meaner sorts of dairy pro.
ducts are good enough for foreigners is
exploded by the department, and it is
urged that if our exports are to be ma
terially enlarged our American dairy.
men must give more attention to the
quality of the cheese and butter inten.
ded for foreign markets.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

On THE CURB AND AT THE ArTEp
-Pralse services were held in the pub.
nc street alongside the Post Office Al
Johnstown on Sunday by Rev. DR.. d.
j.. Beale, Of the Presbyterian Church
The gathering was held in the omen
AIR, because all the churches and han.
are either destroyed or unfit to ueet
IN. Ihe people assembled in their
week day clothes the women apDaar.
eu mostly in old sunshakers in lieu of
hats or bonnets.
The extent to which the Johnstown
churches are involved in the ruin of
the place is shown by the case of R-v
William Chapman's Methodist Church
which was one Of the most prosperou-
III the city. Its building was fine
stone structure, in the centre of the
town, beautiiulle finished inside. There
were IOOO active members. The walls
ana roof OF the building still stand.
tthey protect the parsonage beside them
Dut the interior OF the church is a com
pIete wreck. There was ii Suldav-
school room in the second story AT the
back OF The church. This. i. is thought
can be repaired for few hundred dol
lars. Out Of the 1000 members NOT
0uO remain. Most Of them were drown
ed. ~ II
Many ofthe other churches are com.
Pletely wiped out, pastors and officers
lost buildings destroyed, even the sites
c0lIterated, and out of the members
only handful left alive.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

THE granting of licenses to anumber
of applicants in Wilmington by the
court at the close of the late session.
against whom there were strong re-
monstrances as to character and vio-
lations of law, has excited a good deal
of Indignation in that city. Express
sions have been given to these feelings
IN the newspapers to the purport that
the Judges were more in harmony
with the saloonmen than with the
wives and children who were the great
sufferers. One of these writers saws
''If mere sentiment or secret appeals
are to have more influence with the
majority Of the court than the solemn
declaration of the sworn conservators
OF the public peace, then it is we'll nigh
useless to oppose any applicant, how.
ever unworthy. No wonder that we
hear on every hand glowing tributes
for the judges from the mouths of the
liquor men, while the friends of order
and sObriety on every side are discour-
aged and say: "It must get worse
before it can get better" and that
presently it will become $50 rotten
that the smell will reach even tc
Dover"
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

SCARCELY had the intense interest in
the disaster in the COnemaugh valley
last week been passed, than attention
was called to the great fire at Seattle
in Washington Territory, that came
home to the people of the far West as
the former had to the East. Sixty
four acres of what was an active -four
ishing city on the extreme nOrthwes-
tern border of our country has been
reduced in a night to smoking ruins
extending for mile in length. This
last calamity is fortunately unaccom-
panied by the large loss of life, which
characterized some of those which pre-
ceded it, but the citizens lose some
$1O,OOO,OO0. The spirit of enterprise
which pushed so rapidly the develop
ment of Seattle is undaunted in the
face of disaster, and already the re-
building of the city in more magnif-
cent proportions is predicted and will
no doubt be realized.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12
Experiences With the Flnnd


DIR. c. o. Swinney. whose absence
we noted last week in the West re-
turned home on Friday evening. He
passed through Johnstown on his wav
out, and expected to return that way.
but because Of the broken condition of
road, he had to pass around it from
Pittsburg to the b. & o. road and
came home by way of Harper's Ferry
and Washington. He was within
twenty miles of Johnstown. passino
over the Conemaugh Valley, and saws
as graphic as the pens of the reporters
have been, the scenes of destruction
and desolation have never been ode-
quately described. He saws he saw at
least one hundred houses. MANY of
them large dwellings, in different
places OF the valley, and in various
conditions and positions. This and
other valleys further away from the
mountains open into broad fertile
fields Of grass and grain. The wheat
was entirely obliterated by deposit of
mud and gravel, i'm many places sew.
eral feet deep, and all the crops de-
stroyed.. 1t was nearly as bad in the
Cumberland and other valleys that he
passed through, as those further mn
in the State.
Wherever there was tree or OBJ.
structiOn it would show the water line
twenty feet from the ground with
much Of the debris still remaining in
the branches. Wherever there were
distractions of this kind, there would
be found articles ofevery description-
pianos, organs, beds. tables, farm ma.
chinery-while as before stated. floating
houses marked the whole line of the
Hooded valleys. He did not emerge
from these scenes until he got within
twenty miles of Washington, and said
1t was a happy relief to get out of
sight Of such devastations.
q. B. Taylor, editor Of the Record
went out 70 Ohio hundred miles or
SO beyond the flooded region, the be-
ginning of that week on business. for
the firm of the Geo. w. TAYLOR Co.
of which he is a member, expecting To-
return at the end of the week He
wrote letter to tho firm and the dav
before the great rain to his wife SAVING
he would not be home until the fol.
lowing week. This by the Interrupt
tion Of travel did not reach Smyrna
uhtil Autouay anu was satisfactory Tor
the time. But the week wore on and
there was nothing more from him, and
this last epistle was as before stated
prior TO the food. The thought would
naturally come up to his family to be
suddenly cast aside, "what If he had
changed his mind the next morning
and started for home and had been
with 50 many others caught ia the
valley of death ?" Neither himself
nor letter coming on Friday was cal
culated to arouse apprehensions. and
when Saturdays mail came ana
brought no tidings, IL Naturally tended
to produce feelings Of anxiety. Fortu-
nately telegram was received Satur-
day afternoon stating that he had
reached Maryland, and would be home
on the midnight train, but he did not
reach home until seven O'Clock Sunday
morning, taking a team at Newark
being the only way he could reach
home before Monday morning. The
anxiously looked for letter explaininc
his whereabouts, came along the dav
after his arrival.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12
Personal.

Mrs. Richard Rowlette, of Brooklyn.
is the guest of Mrs. J. Ed. Hofecker'
Mrs. ". G. Fairbanks, of Whining
ton, is visiting Mrs. VIM. NJ. Lewis.
Miss Annie Hall, of Philadelphia, is
the guest of Mrs. F. E. Postles.
Miss Lizzie FAIRIES is visiting friends
in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Susan Massey, of Wilmington.
IS visiting Mrs. John NJ. Voshell.
Rev. Herman Roe preached at Ches-
tertown, Sunday, for Rev. R. w. TODD,
who is sick.
Miss Clara Bewley left yesterday for
Frederica to attend the wedding of
Miss Madeline Whiteley, and is booked
for SIMILAR trip on Tuesday next to
attend the wedding of her friend. Miss
Florence Butler Morris, in Wilmington.
Miss Nettie Tschudy is home from
Luthersville Seminary.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12
An ENJOYABLE Picnic

Alter being twice defeated by incle-
ment weather, the picnic of the Band
OF Hope, Loyal Legion and Women,s
Christian Temperance Union came off
on Saturday with considerable ecIat in
the Blackbird canp-meeting woods.
The children of the two societies were
conveyed in wagons, the five miles
ride being one of the enjoyable feat
ures OF the day to the most of them
VINO are more used to looking at brick
paVements and brick houses tincludin0
tnelr school apartments) than expanses
OF clover blossoms and waving fields of
grain. The freedom of the woods was
theirs from the time they got there in
the middle of the morning until the
declining sun reminded them the
supper hour at home was approaching.
some took hammOcks for a swing
while others participated in games and
still others in picking wild flowers.
Ii did not take long for the time of
repast to roll around. The ladies of
the W. Z. L. U. with those in charge
OF the societies spread cloths upon the
leaves and covered them with tempt-
ing viands-fried chicken, tongue.
bread and butter, pies, lemon butter
strawberry butter, &C., in a TEMPTING
array. Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Price
oossed the coffee pot, and it is said
handed around the most delicious bev-
erage ever served in the woods. That
dinner was a success.
After two or three hours again at
play, the children were called together
again for a service of song. The bow
that would sing the loudest was to
have the biggest plate of ice cream.
On being asked at its finish which of
them had rung out the loudest notes.
about everyone of them with uplifted
hand claimed he had. The matter
was very easily adjusted by giving
each OF them heaping saucer.
Mrs. Robinson, in charge of the
Band Of Hope called for them to eli be
seated, so no one could be overlooked
in the distribution of the cream and
cake. Miss Lizzie Mcdowell was like
wise in charge Of the Loyal Legion.
The adults came in for their portion
after the little ones were served. Thus
passed the day of genuine picnic, with
out accident or incident to mar its
pleasure-not so much that we know
OF rs single little tod falling down
and tearing its apron.
Smyrna times., 1889-06-12

A WEEK and a half have ELAPSED
since the overwhelming of Johnstown
and the shock Of horror has in a measur-
able sense passed away from the public
mind. The larger part Of the dead
have been buried and thousands of men
are at work in bringing order out Of
confusion. Sufficient provisions and
clothing are arriving, and the sanitary
situation has SO improved that the
representative Of the State Board OIL
cially announces that the danger of
epidemic or the pollution Of the water
has passed away. Governor Beavers
visit resulted in the determination that
on this morning the State, acting
through a commission. shall undertake
the entire charge Of affairs, the task Of
clearing away the ruins to be completed
at the expense Of the State, in order
that the popular contributions NAV he
devoted solely to the relief Of the suf-
ferers. The Governor has reached a
decision not to call an extra session Of
The Legislature.
The fall OF rain on the fatal day Of
the food was nine inches, and in that
\ region it is stated there we're two cloud
bursts.