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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

hear and e this celebrated hand o.,
attend the Grain Palace Exposition
the South Dakota State Fair.
Among numerous other attrac,o
there will be u choral society OF l00
ces, accompanied by the band nm
will also be electric fountains and NJ.
novelties OF equal merit.
The exposition this year is deemsa !,
propriate so that it may be sbovr
the world that notwithstanding /
drouth they have n fine line Of ag,sI
tural products, and also 10 prove. NJ,
has heretofore been denied in MANY an.
ters, that tile country tributary n H.
city is n OF the best corn produrr
regions in the northwest. They n
show visitors q c. in that braal
Of agriculture that will astonish tGs1
While the grumbler and the pessn1
may deny the assertion, it is n~eyrrtba.
true that the country tributary to An
deem, especially west, northwest N
north is now the greenest spot to
found in many states. Such is the M
versal testimony of all travellers. and
newspaper reports confirm it. Their
found what they do not have in MAI
places in the country, good g]
pastures, enough to satisfy HUNDREDS
thousands OF heads of cattle, and viii
in many localities thew arc selling M
stock at %ruinously low prices, the cu
in the northwestern counties are GMi
on the fat OF the land and thriving 4
ceedingly.
The state fair will be held during
part OF this time, while the grain paa
will be open during the evening whslt
concerts will take place, and such ENID
tainment be provided as is possible.
,gements are made with the ID
roa> ) from all direction to run spec
trains. These will be run SO as to ls)
the respective towns in the morning q
~>turn after the concert in the eyena
Fares will be one full fare for the rul
trip.
The management OF botL the state 4
and the grain palace exposition ask \
pie living along the different lines Of I'd
ways centering in Aberdeen to aserta
the number who want to visit the pia
and notify the managers OF the gs
palace OF the number and special ts
will be arranged for.
Aberdeen people are striving to uaI
this Exposition worthy OF the place
visitors will certainly be entertained
ficlently to get their moneys wortn
sides the benefit it will be to our iarH1
in seeing what can be done in the AF
agriculture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

The Countess de Monticello, wife of
the French ambassador at st. Peters
burg. has sent to Mime. Carnot as the
representative Of French women, E
book containing portraits in water col.
ors Of twenty-four groups of Russian
women. 5000 autograph signatures and
a draft for $4,000 francs to found a
scholarship in a French college for
girls. The volume is sumptuousiy
bound and it's n of gold are or.
namented with rare gems.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

Nebraska for 60 cents each and collect
ing a bounty Of s. each in Iowa
George b. Reed, who murdered Dan
lei Hendrickson for $3.50, was arraign-
ed mt Terre Uaute, Ind, and pleaded
guilty.
III. p. Roach of Cairo, Ill, pleaded
guilty TO contempt of court in inter
fering with trains. He was fined SO
and committed in default.
William Cox, aged "A. Of Martins
vile, Ind. committed suicide because
he had been twice stricken by paraly-
sis.
Rather than be censured for reckless
driving. John G. Peck, a member of the
Philadelphia fire department killed him
self.
Daniel Cossatt of Bond county, H.,
was held to the United States grand
jury for sending an obscene letter to
Mrs. Annie Feltz.
Thomas Hewitt, an iron molder at
Kerney, n. j.. seriously stabbed his
wife and four children and lcaped from
a window and was killed.
A lone highwayman held up a train
/ NEAR Lulhlu, ltAds III Hibt anu HI
ed Br. Dreweney and robbed the body,
afterwards relieving others on the
train OF their watches and money.
James Deegan, a notorious crook, pre-
tending to be seeking a boarding house.
robbed Mrs. Jane Jackson at New York
Of jewelry worth 81, 700.
Conductor Goodman the slayer Of
Col. H. G. Parsons, a well KNOWN Re
publican politician and business man,
was found guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree at C~ovington, Va. and SEN
fenced to eighteen years in the peniten-
tiary.
DR.. f. NJ. Height, a leading dentist
of Memphis, Tenn, received two knife
stabs in the region Of the heart. in
ficted by Walter Wyley, a bill collec-
tor. Wyley demanded arrears Of rent
from Height, which the doctor was uD~
| able TO pay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
A Mill for Hot Springs.

v L. Peterson, OF Grand Island, Neb
mas made a proposition to the citizens
oil Hot Springs to put in a first class
Touring mill to cost SIG. 900, if the citi.
zens will subscribe $4,000 toward the
capital stock. Fred T. Evans has snh.
scrioed $1,000 and it is likely the bal
apce can easily be raised. III the mon
osition Is carried out the mill will be in
operation In 30 days. Farmers of Fall.
river county are raising considerahle
wheat and where the land is irrigated
irom2oto35 bushels per acre is being bor.
vested, and as the country ior 81 miles nm
all sides is naturally tributary TO the Hot
springs market, the mill will undonbtads
ly do a thriving business.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

The importance Of the corn crop to
the business Of the whole country is
shown by the respectful, If not deferen-
tial, attention this cereal receives in all
the commercial and crop reports. The
unprecedented damage done to the
corn of the Mississippi valley is now
held TO be q Of the principal causes
that will initiate against a speedy re-
turn of national prosperity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
Resources of the Black Hills OF South
kOta.

Sh
The Rapid City Daily Journal Of ra
date contains an article settingiorn
resources of the Black Hills oil Soutl \
kota from which we make liberia
tracts. Every citizen OF the state fs1
Just pride in the Hills country aa
hidden treasures, and well they ma!
no state in the union is more gin'eu
nature with prairie, WOODLAND !
mineral wealth than is this state o. i
adoption:
"In the short time that has ssP]
since the settlement OF the hls
enormous sum OF $4,000 oo ns
produced in gold alone. The annual n
put exceeds SO, 900, 600. inns W. ~
very materially increased ID tne M
as districts long known to be rcu
but lately become valuable, by rs,v
the proper method OF treating NV
have been discovered. Compe'es,
perts have reported millions %sl
opened in sight, which VIII pe u' y,
soon as the necessary worA'
erected for treatment. .aS@
"In addition to the tin, gold apG MI
there are deposits OF copper, au' rs
iron, nickel, lead, uranium, mica
lite, asbestos. salt and nearly an ,,i.s
other valuable metals anu
known to commerce, hua1
almost every variety " o,h.,
stone is found i'm the Hills. Mn,
quarries of granite, sandstone, rrs
colored marbles, and even PpoyT Ii
the most priced varieties. pho hott
from which are manufacturer mad
and white brick equal to .na' lay |
Milwaukee or st. Louis; nre r.S \
pottery clay OF excellent qua az tap
from which cement equal 10 u .hs IN
Portland article is made; s,hs
lime stone and gypsum, all nlns
bic quantities. -, nlats1
"The Hills rise a wooded piTTS,}
the center OF a treeless prairie. a 4
bered section comprises an rcoss
what larger than the stare uhsrd
cut. 1t is the only heavily ,iyel
ton between the Mississ,pp, 4 Hs
the Rocky Mountains, . na' md
riety of timber for building
The Black Hills are surrounus1
agricultural lands, possess'Ds, ser
rich soil, well watered 10y
springs. Enormous crops AZ
native to the temperate lon non d
duced. There are yet lanus "
tlement."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
Gossip.

The revolt in Venezuela is at an end.
Mexican soldiers surprised the nOtori-
our bandit Luna and his wife in the
mountains and killed both of them.
Forty Moorish rebels were killed by
the Sultan's troops at All Gen
eral disorder prevails throughout the
empire.
/ The commercial treaty between Spain
and the Argentine republic, negotiations
for which have been in progress for
some time, has been concluded.
Rich gold discoveries are reported
along the Rio Grande IN New Mexico,
and people from the surrounding states
are fiocking into the territory.
Gen. Ezeta and his fellow refugees
from San Salvador were finally made
prisoners at San Francisco or the au-
thority Of the United States.
Emperor William reviewed the guard
corps, 10000 men, on Templehof field
and at a subsequent banquet offered a
toast to the emperor Of Austria.
The f~rst-class British gunboat Bran
BILE III, in consequence of the disturbed
| conditions in certain parts Of Morocco,
has been ordered TO proceed to Tan
gier.
Baron Munday, well known as the
founder of the Salvage society, has
committed suicide at Vienna by shoot
ing himself with a revolver. He was
undoubtedly insane.
A majority of the consuls-general Of
the various departments Of France have
approved of the a~nti-anarchist law.
The department of Dragunan, Var and
Marseilles are the only ones thus far
that have opposed the measure.
Isolated cases of cholera continue TO
be reported from different parts Of
East Prussia. In Galicia, on Sunday
aud Monday there We're 263 new cases
and IT, deaths. The police authorities
Of Posen have decided 10 close the pub
lie baths.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

The Chinese have discovered that the
japanese are descended from the mon
key This would lead to the idea that
the Chinese are better ethnologists thaD
warriors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

Two fine ruins in Mashonaland are
OF exceptional interest. One is a plat.
ter thirty-eight inches in diameter, with
a crocodile carved ir the middle and
signs Of the zodiac and other asterisms
around the edge. The other Is a coin
Of Antoninus Plus found in an old
working near Umtali, seventy feet be-
low the surface.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

That famous potentate, the King of
Siam, ia dead. His habits OF life and
memory are embalmcd in verse. and
he will not soon be forgotten. AS the
crown pri1ce is only 16 years old there
will be a regency and probably a heap
OF trouble over the succession.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

DIR. George A. Ne imam of Cedar
Falls. the new commander of the iowa
department of the Grand Army. was
a member Of the Sixth New York cav.
airy during three years of the war.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

George Cable has given his North
ampton home the suggestive title "Stay
awhile" 1t is related that Chevalier
Strong when once invited to dinned,
took his trunk and stayed three years.
Such an occurrence might make it nee.
essary for Mr.. Cable to change the
name to "Stayonly awhile"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

The Princess Louise is said to be
very superstitious and sometimes will
not attend public functions as agreed
upon on the plea that she knows it will
be one of her bad days"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

Now we have news that the Chinese
have scored. and whipped the Japs into
a bloody engagement. These reports
from the seat of war are TO be taken
with considerable allowance, as both
sides are more skilled in lying than
In fighting.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

Mr.. Howells' only living daughter,
Mildred, is quite an artist. She has
done an occasional illustration for
poems Of her fathers and is said 10 be
giving art very serious attention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
Nebraska man who has !!

A Nebraska man who has just
been nominated for congress on
the 1236th ballot occupying two
nights and two days, is call,
ed the unanimous choice of his
party and the most popular man who
ever ran for office in that district.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

-
Shakespeare says: "1ber. I.
the affairs OF mer, which. tall, u3
iood. leads on to fortune Y
While the times are, perhans
pitious for any extensive undar,a. pr
seems that the citizens OF Abs,as
slider there is n tide in the affai,s .
tity and it's tributary region tb.. y
rants them in engaging in ano,b.' y
palace exposition, for which sro. ss7
have engaged as one OF the ott,a.sYY
the Iowa State Band, which Win
attend ance days. ~
During the last three years y;
has Travelled over $4,000 MIN 0Gd
given W LOGO concerts. Tho =. AZ
Herald says it is one OF tbo 0nsag
musical organizations in tho laq
States. All lovers OF insnir;n uati
should improve this opnortns nad
visit Aberdeen on the dates nam
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

II he comes back a Wellnan the arc
tic explorer will have nothing to COM
plain OF, and his letters and the inevita-
BILE book will sell just the same as
though he had brought the pole back
with him or nailed the stars and stripes
20 II
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

The smallest woman now on earlh Is
Mile. Paulina, of Holland, Is years old
and twenty inches high. She weighs
less than zine pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

Secretary Gresham, who Is rarely
seen without a cigar in his mouth,
is said to allow himself twenty cigars,
of the best grade, a day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

1t is not generally known that Mime.
Carnot. the wife of the late president
of France, Is a countess in her own
right.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
AROUND THE GLOBE
DIGEST OF lHE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

All Important Occurrences of the
Past Week, Boiled Doysn and Arr
anged for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
DAKOTA NEWS.
CLEANED FROM LATEST ASSOCIATED
PRESS TELEGRAMS.

oeiinqueat Taxes Exposition Week at
Aberdeen From September IA to .s-Ke-
sources of the Black Hills-Other state
News Items.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
EXPosITYo,,

rh.s Grain Palace and the
state Fair-reginning septemh' oaisj
Ending Sept. mber 22. l4AI
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

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The Washington times., 1894-03-29
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Isaac L. Regina and j. O. B. Gum, of San
Francisco have been appointed to fill the va
cancies in the Central Pacific directorate.
At its meeting yesterday the freight agents
of the anthracite roads reduced the rates be-
tween the mines and Buffalo from $3.50 to 50
a ton.
The Western Passenger Association lines
have fully ratified the deal between the Atchi-
son, Northwestern and Union Pocil,, and
the notice for the restoration of rates will be
issued to-day.
The news that Receivers Platt and Perry OF
the New England road applied to Judge Wal
lace of the United States circuit for permis-
sion to issue bonds amounting to 81. 500 900
has caused a decided commotion among New
Haven capitalists.
The San Francisco Examiner yesterday
printed an interview with a railroad man
whose name is withheld on the reported res
ignation OF Messrs. Huntington and Crocker
from the Central Pacific directory. The in
terview declares that the whole thing looks
like an attempt to get from under in antici-
patton of the government absorbing the Cen
tral Pacific when it cannot longer carry the
Indebtedness upon it.
Vice-Chairman Donald, of the Central
Traffic Association has addressed letter to
Chairman Caldwell. OF the Western Passenger
Association. complaining that certain Western
lines have been placing tickets on sale in Cen
trail Traffic Association territory. particularly
at Detroit and Buffalo. Mr.. Donald claims
that the proceedings will demoralize all west
bound business. Specific charges will be sub
mitted within few days.
The Washington times., 1894-03-29
Lively Betting at St. Louis.

Sr. LOUIS. Mo-. March 2s.-Track good;
attendance fair with lively betting at Madi-
son to-day. Weather was cold; horses from
East arriving by the carload.
First rare-Selling. four and half furlongs. Ed
Lahey won: Roscoe second, and Col Younger
third lime, lO0H.
Second-Five and half furlongs. Governor
Brown won; Granite second, ID Jennie ;, third.
Time, l:16
Third race-Selling: four and a half furlongs
Republic won: Grattan second, and Willie G.
third Time, l0O
Fourth race-Six furloncs. Pisano won; Billy
Sutherland second, and Arthur &. third. Time.
Fifth race-Five furlongs. Harry Warren
won; Simrock second, and Burt Jordan third.
Time. lUS4.
sixth race-Five and one-half furIongs Ivan
hoe won; Little Nell second, and Bud Brooks
third Time, 10
Entries fer tomorrow:
First race-Scl,inG; nve turlonGs Priscilla
Guilty, Crab Cider, Pretender, Tom Stevens.
Faran and John Il. i0j each: Tom Hood, Ba !ard
and DOckwck, 40 each
Second race-Sell,ng. cleven-sizteenths of q
mile. Jessie H.. 80: venture and Royal v, 92
each: Pauline, -: hiram Argo, Belle of termoy,
and Gray Goose, Ihe each. and Livingston,
DEFY formerly Clara \. ;. and rlorela, lO6 each
Third rac.-five furlCn9s Too High, Il;
Hanco. so; Forget-ms Not, 81: Uiptah, 100: Clee-
fus, l03: Atto n.iCu, is, Liberty Bell and Gram-
piUn, 100 each: san Las III, and Archbishop, ia.
Fourth race-siS furloncs; se!lin-. Berwln,
81: Starring and tstelle r. 81 Ich Ballariue. "
and Emblem, 115 each, and Belislrius, 10.
III III race-siS turllngs. Frankie D.. ~ Miss
Kitty, 100: St Joe, IU'; Confederate, 9d; John
Dunn. 9j Oakvicw, lGI: Schuylkill lib, and
knicLernockeT. los.
Sixth race-tlsv en-sixteenths of a mile; SELL
inC lanthc, 81. josephine. CASSIDY, FL Pa=o. and
Lizzie V, 81 each SeVen %; Dora :. and Deceit
fGl, q each: NexatOr and Poet, lG2 each- and St
AudteW, 10
The Washington times., 1894-03-29
Results and Entries At Rohy.

ROXY, Ind, March .S-First racc-Ninc-six-
teenths of mile. ToFGcllant won; Lou Hicks
second, aud Nubian third. Time, lC5li.
Second racc-Three-eiehths Of a mile. Toby
won; Walter o. second, and j. j. Douglass third.
Time 0.i315.
Third race-Eleven-sixteenths of a mile Pret-
tiwit won: Laurestan second, and Abandon third.
lime. 1.2sjh.
Fourth race-Nine-sixteenths Of n mile Lin
den BOY won: Con Lgcey second. and La Garcia
third Time, ] IL
Fil;a ace-tiNc flrlCngs Skadi won; l. o. L.
second, and Nance third. Time, 1.l9.
Entries fo- tomorrow:
First Ta.e--One-half mile Rugby, 100: Strap
and Wandering Nan, i05 each: Jim Berry, Extra,
JeromhS., Todd, Mandy r1oks, Tannhauser, and
Ike $, liU each, and hissal, 10.
sc ond -Nine-siXteenths of n mile. Vic
toria Little Jessie, rs ea h: Montcair, Tanner
lane, Micl;ejohn, { ora u, Amhoy. 10 each; Bret
IaTte, Duke John, Little Fred, Belshazzar, 1l0
each.
Third race-Five and ne-half furlonfs Re-
may and Erect, i0i each: Nandeventer, 90; Ne,-
bena, 81: Headlight, %. Maggie Murphy and
Glostn- % each. and Mo, kahi 100
Fourth race-one-aIlf mile. Aun. Ida and
Mamie NJ, % each; Leonell 100; DR.. COSBY, 100;
Rapier, los; Du';e Of Kent, Northwestern. and
Goinor, 40 each; Sleepy Cap and Bennett
Young. ll5 each.
Fifth race -Eive-eightns of mile. Elberon,
%; Mother of Pearl, l0l; !ipperanoe, 103 Shen-
andoah Maid. 10i: Mantel. IGS Lucinda, III:
Speedwest. lib; McAiichael, lii; Nativity, 116;
1arluin, lis.
The Washington times., 1894-03-29
Y. NJ. C. A. ATHLETICS.
Last Indoor Exhibition of the Season Given
Last Evening

Last Indoor Exhibition of the Season Given
Last Evening.
The closing indoor athletic exhibition CT
the season at the Y. NJ. C. A. was given last
evening in the gymnasium before crowded
house. 1t was voted the best exhibition OF
the season. and Prof. Sims was congratulated
on the proficiency of his pupils. The hori-
zontal bar exercise was shown by Horan,
Morsell. Rose, Trott. Moulden, Sheridan,
Fenwick, and Chapman. On the rings for
distance, Rex Smith came out winner, clear
ing thirty-one and a-half feet. Playter COW
cred ten feet four inches in the snap under
bar jump. Grove, Morsell. Fenwick, Hans
ford, Moulden. Fridley. Sanderson, Cannon,
Sheridan, Spear, and Pfieiger participated In
the exercise on the German horse. w. IL.
John and Kohr wrestled for three three-minute
bouts. neither getting fall. johnson had
agility while Kohr had strength.
One Of the most interesting contests was the
fencing match between Nelson, with foil,
and Wallach with broadsword. Nelson won.
with ten points to four for his opponent.
Smith, Morseli, Trott, Rose. Grove and
Sheridan gave good exhipition on the
parallel bars. while Horan. Rose. Morsell,
Chapman. and Fenwick performed on the
batteau board and did some clever tumbling.
The entertainment wound up with game OF
basket ball.
Joe Horan's tumblIng was particularly fine,
while Rose amused all by his enactment OF
clown. his makeup being in harmony with
the character.
The Washington times., 1894-03-29
Earnings of Railroads.

The earnings of the New York. Lake Erie
and Western Railroad Company for February
were: Gross. s1,547, ,357; decrease, s553, ,125;
net. s155, $50; decrease. 1904, ,904 Iowa Cen
tral for February: Gross, 514l, ,051; net,
S57,159.
The net earnings of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad for February show decrease
OF S5,02S.
The statement Of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company for the year ending De-
cember shows, Gross earnings. $40. .032, ,G10;
increase, s79,729; net, %, .l57; decrease,
sss.O51. Total income, S2.974 .347; decrease,
S227, ,727; deficit, S99. .742; decrease, S203. .946
There was applied to sinking funds during the
year, S142, ,l05; credit to income account, De-
cember 81, 1893. S792. .652.
PHILApELPHIA, March 2S.-The statement
of the business of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company for February, 1894, as
compared with the same month for 1893,
shows gross receipts from traffic of 1,279,-
6I7. So. decrease Of S351, ,729.54; gross ex-
penses 1905. Oh 16 a decrease Of 1897 ,511.2S;
profit in operating S473, 3,673.37, an increase OF
S45, ,7sl. IA; net receipts from other sources
Sl4. 1862 ss, decrease of "a, ,e93 49, total profit
for the month S457.836.25, an increase OF
al SSS 36