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Year: 1879

and that he thoroughly understand his
business was evident and apparent on all
sides. There was no confusion or waste
not a straw was allowed to scatter, nor q
single kernel 10 waste, indeed we must ad-
nit that the neatness and care, the system
and dispatch with which the business was
transacted was really surprising, eight
teams and thirty men were required
were threshing from the slEock-to keep
the menster cylinder supplied and carry
away the grain, every man had his position
and work, and the steady rumble and even
stream of straw proved that each man was
doing his duty and at his post. We can
not close this article without speaking of
the engine under Johnnie Bissinett'S com,
petent care. Neatness, cleanliness and sys
tenn were here also apparent, the engine
looked as clean as if she was under cover
no leaks of steam, no pounding or nc
squeaking-everything about the machine
proving that the engineer was careful and
competent, the steady and unwavering
motion showing that he was also attending
strictly to his duty The yield will be {
large one, the grain is of excellent quality,
fifteen minutes hard work showing the as
tonishing result of fourteen we'll filleC
sacks
Year: 1879

We took trip to Hon. j. G. McCarthy's
farm last week, and viewed with much in
terest the large force of men under J. G. IS
personal supervision, busily engaged thresh-
ing the wheat. This farm is one of the
finest in the whole county. Perhaps,
to some, a level fiat field would be
preferable but for farming purposes, our
choice is rolling prairie, such as is
found on the farm to which we allude.
The ground has natural drainage which
enables it shed the superfuous moisture
not absorbed by the SOIL This feature al


lows the commencement of work immodi-
ately upon the frost leaving the ground,
and also permits work long after low or
moist places are frozen in the fall But
we were going to describe the busy scene
in the field: The large AZ inch Buffalo Pitts
steam power threshing machine was busy
separating the wheat from the straw, and
right here we wish to say that we have
never yet seen better work done by any
machine in this county or state. Mr.. L.
Touchette, the owner, was personally 81


perintending the work of the separator,
Year: 1879

Having been in the service Of POTTER & WooD
for three and one half years and having had
charge Of all their repairs, the people Of Dakota
havehadan opportunity to convince themselves
by experience that lam fully competent to
give satisfaction in all the detail Of the bust
ness solicit continuance Of the valuable
patronage which has come to my hands during
|my residence in Yankton.


am now in business for myself having
fitted up store on Third street. opposite the
Press and Dakotaian Office, will be ready all times
to attend to the wants Of customers Orders mail
given prompt attention All respectfully invited
to can and inspect my stock.


j. p. REDAELLI, Yankton.
Year: 1879

We can pass by the tomb Of a man
with somewhat of calm indiffer-
ence, but when we survey the grave
of female a sigh invariably esca-
pes us. With the holy name of wO-
man, we associate every soft, ten
der and delicate affection. We
think of her as the young and bash
ful virgin, with eyes sparkling, and
cheeks crimsOned with each inpas-
stoned feeling Of Of the heart as
the chaste and virtuOus matrOn,
tried with the fOllies Of the world,
and preparing for the grave to which
she must sooner or later descend.
There is something in contempla-
ting the character of woman that
raises our soul far above the level Of
society. She l. formed TO adorn
and humaniae mankind. to sOOthe
his cares and strew his path with
flowers. In the hour Of distress she
is the sock on which he leans for
support, and when fate calls him
from existence her tears bedew his
grave. Can you look upon her
tomb without emotion ? Man has
always justice shown to his memo
Ty; woman never. The pages of
history lie open to one; but the
meek and unobtrusive excellences
of the other sleep with her uunoticed
in the grave. In her may have
shone the genius of a poet and the
virtues of saint. She, too, may
have passed along the sterile path
of existence, and felt for others as
we now feel for her.
Year: 1879

The season of the year is at hand


when very practical way Of doing
good in Wilmington presents itself to
property owners who can afford to have
necessary repairing and reftting done
about their premises. For many years, =,
judging from the comparatively small
number Of permits issued, there has
been very little of this kind Of work
done, not more than was absolutely
necessary. There are any number of
cases where repairs should now be made
and tho time to make them seems to be
the present, because labor and material
are cheap and abundant. In addition
to the advantage Of cheap and good
work which may be thus ssecured, the
owners Of property will have the salts.
faction OF knowing that they will be
assisting worthy mechanics to earn
something for themselves and their
families. OF course, there are some
real estate owners who are hampered
and who will not be able to indulge in
this practical charity just at this time,
but it is also true that there are great
many others owning real estate in this
city, who can afford to extend this aid.
Prices for labor are down quite low,
much lower, We opine, than they will
be ayear hence. The time, therefore,
for repairing and reftti ng propertie,
that are cut of order is here, and thu
opportunity to improve them should ie
pr ompty seized by those able to bear
the exp nse.
Year: 1879

A petition in relation to the cattle
export trade will be sent to Secretary
Evarts. 1t is signed by many railroad
presidents, and insurance and bank
presidents and prominent merchants Of
New York. 1t calls attention to the
late proceedings of the privy council of
Great Britain which have resulted in a
practical embargo in the expectation OF
American cattle. The petition declares
that the order of the council was found,
ed upon transformation furnished by
irresponsible or interested persons. and
that the true cause of the order is a
desire to crush out this branch of our
export trade under the mask of en-
deavoring to check the spread of the
disease
Year: 1879

f. Child Left on His Door Step By an


abandoned Wife.


Last night, about II o'clock, as John
Moffs tt, who lives on the corner of Third
street south and Ninth avenue, was pre-
pairing for bed, he heard footsteps on the
step, and some one knocked at the
door, as he expresses it, in a business like
way" He asked who was there, and on re-
ceiving no answer, went into another room
for cane, thinking the caller was a tramp.
AS he called second time be heard the cry
of child, and opening the door, discovered
baby wrapped in blanket, and the follow
ing note pinned to the blanket;


Mrs. Motfett-Take my baby and keep it.
I can trust its welfare to you, knowing your
good heart and your kindness to anyone.
don't want you to think that any one bad
owned it. I have large, helpless family,
and my husband left me alone and
I have more now than can care for. Mrs.
Moffett, I trust my child to you, and as
cannot reward you in this world God will in
the next. Good bye, and God bless you
forever.


Mr.. Motfett called at the police station
and reported his find, and said as he and
his wife were getting old and had no small
children, they would take care Of the child
for the J>raaenf
Year: 1879

The mission of General Fremont to the East is understood to be in pursu- ance of request of the Arizona Leg isiature. Its main object is to bring 10 the attention of the people of the capital and the mOneyed classes of the East generally, the manifold attractions of that Territory as a theater for in- YeStment.

 So says the Los Angeles Herald in a friendly reference to our enterprising Executive. An effort has been made out this way to make the taxpayers of Arizona believe the Governor received S2OOO for expenses incurred in going to Washington to make an effort to get modification of the order relat- ing to the withdrawal of lands for the Indians in Salt River valley; but now we are informed that the "main ob- ject" is wholly different. As the final difference to the taxpayers amounts to nothing, they will doubtless be just as pleased at the expenditure as if they had at first understood the "main ob- ject."
Year: 1879

There is an active movement among

 the colored people of the Lower Mis-

 sissippi Valley to migrate westward

 where labor is dearer, and the laws tor

 the protection of the person are more faithfully carried out than in their

 present place of residence. There is plenty of room for these people to find employment in the rich valley of the upper Arkansas, in the great mining developments in the Territories, and

 along the line of the great railway that

 will soon extend from Atchison via

 Santa Fe, Tucson and Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean. In addition to po- litical reasons for the movement of these people, no doubt there is also q fear among them that the Gulf States

 and those along the Mississippi, will

 again be visited by yellow fever dur

 ieg the ensuing summer, and they are anxious to escape from its dangers. The Chinese labor, which is moving east, will meet this movement of col, ored labor moving west, and in the contest between these opposing ele- mcnts 1t is more than likely that the colored population will prevail and push back the Asiatic towards the set ting sun. This consummation is most devOutly to be wished. Cheap labor is the great desideratum in the Pacific States and Territories, and the coming of the colored laborer seems destined to bring about that much desired re- sult.-L. A. Commercial

 We thought there had been some complaint on the part of our esteemed fellow citizens of California to the eff feet that the "Asiatic" was ruining everything by his internally cheap la bor; in fact that he was undertaking both laborer and capitalist. Is it possible that California wants even cheaper than Chinese labor ?I Well, she'll never get it from the col ored brethren, who assimilate " with our population, and appreciate the privileges of American citizenship toI the highest degree. Better stick to John, if you want things cheap.
Year: 1879

Congress having assembled in special session the whole country will be in a state of anxious suspense for the next few days until It is determineI, whether the sitting will be short one confined to the business for which it was called, or a long term of unlimited discussion and legislation. We of the territories are as greatly interested in the matter as any; for we are at that stage of progress when we want the business communities of the states free to give a just measure of their attention to what we have to offer;

 and there is no question but that as the session of Congress now entered upon shall extend toward the Summer, the tendency will be to distract and

 unsettle all business enterprise. The danger is in the fact that the majority

 in Congress has expressed a violont

 determination 10 secure the repeal of the

 general election law and the jury test

 oath act, by attaching such repeal to some regular appropriation bill; or to deprive the Army, the Executive

 aud the Judiciary of their means of

 existence. Such an issue can not fail

 to prolong the session and disturb iheI country, for the Executive may bel counted on to resist such revolutionary action on the part of the legislativeI branch, to the very last. Not that the measures proposed for repeal are in question on their merits, but becausel the principle of forcing legislation upon the country, by means of squeez- Ing the Departments is un-DemOcraticI and un-American to the last degree; and it is possible only under that absurd rule which compels the Presi- dent to approve or reject au appro-

 priation bill as whole, jobs and all.
Year: 1879

CALIFORNIA had a constitutional con- vention which sat for five months and cost the State S150,OO0. At the close of its labors all but fifteen members voted for the adoption of their work, as a whole. But now that the instru- ment is finished and published to the people it looks as though the COnven- tion would have to resolve itself into a defensive body for the salvation of its bantling. The constitution is the butt of nearly all the newspapers in the State, and were it not for Kearny it would, apparently, have no friends at all If denunciatiOn by newspapers can have any effect, the chances are that California will be out tor the eX- penses of this effort, all to no purpose

 HON. s. B. CHITTENDES of New York, and General Butler have agreed to maintain a case upon which the constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act, so far as it affects the reissue of greenbacks in times of peace, can be taken to the United States Supreme Court. Mr Chittenden says that the debates in Congress have convinced him that nothing short of constiiu- tional restraint will save the country from continued and excessive issues and reissues of this class of legal ten ders in the future.
Year: 1879

Russians are never happier than whom they are
telling good story about the Jews. and at present
they have an excellent one to illustrate their
dealings with the guileless Muscovite. It
seems, says the London Globe, that the Jews ct
wilma. where they constitute . large proportion


of the population, celebrate the eve Of the
Fast Of Atonement by general gathering at their
synagogues. no person. unless completely helpless


being supposed to remain away from prayer. It
has always been q problem how to protect
the property Of the Jewish community on
this occasion, when the owners are all


away from homo, and more than once the
Poles and the Russians have taken advantage Of


ings. Latterly. however. the Jews have entered
into an arrangement with the Russian commandant


OF the garrison. paying HIM a csrtain sum for
their doors. At no period has this charge been
light. but on the present occasion the general


thinking that he had the Israetes completely in
his power, demanded for the privilege an increase
amounting to more than double the usual money.
they among 'u% o
experience OF the past that if they left their
gone when they returned home from prayer at mid
night. They were still on the horns OF the dilemma
when an astnte young lsraelite. whom the wilma
shoot of tho Disraeli- -Beaconsfeld family" pre-
scnted himself before the rabbies with plan which
well The nervousness that exists st present among
Russian officials in regard to the destruction OF
towns by arson, this clever young jew de-
spatched an anonymous letter to tho Cover
nor, drawn up in the usual revolutionary
style. denouncing him for his numerous acts
of tyranny and wickedness and declaring the
intention of the nihilists to destroy wilma
by hre the night of the 26th-27th OF September.
The effect OF the ruse was twofold and succeeded
admirably. All the Gentiles of wilma remained at
home to look after their houses and property, while
the Jews went demurely to their places Of worship.
confident in the belief that the swarms of soldiers
and policemen parsding the streets would protect
thefr goods from the rObber.
Year: 1879

Corporation Counsel Whitney has informed the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment that the
power to appropriate from s1U00.0 900 to $2.0oOOOo
year to pay for bonds maturing the year In which
the appropriation is made Is discretionary with
them, but not mandatory.
Year: 1879

On Trial for an Aggravated Assault-The


Gas Question Again.


Special to the Sentinel:


FRANKLIN, Ind, May 5.-The trial of Jarvis
Alexander is in progress in the circuit court
or assault and battery upon Luther Morris.
Last winter Alexander struck Morris with a
large, sharp-pointed stone, creating such a
wound in the face that for a while his life was
despaired of. Both parties are from Samaria.
The gas company and Council are still. at
loggerheads. Both sides are obstinate in what
they consider their rights, neither party being
willing to concede anything further than they
have done. If, through the obstinacy of the
Council, the gas company closes their works
the people will be the sufferers. This matter
has taken political shape, the whole Council
being bitter Republicans, while the president
of the gas company is Democrat, as well as
many of the stockholders.
Year: 1879

Joel Lacey is proprietor of the Ave-
nue. Market, on Tenth street, between
Shipley and Orange, and keeps on hand
all that can BIZ found in the King street
curhstone market, and the prices are
equally as low. He has made arrange
ments for keeping large supply of ice,
which is often needed by sick people at
night. Mr.. Lacy living in the dwelling
part of the store will take pleasure in
getting up at any hour of the night to
furnish ice or anything else needed in
his line for sick people. This readiness
to serve will no doubt be much appre
ciatad by the people of that neighbor'
hood.
Year: 1879

Messrs. McCloskey e McMenamin are
building seven very fine three story
brick buildings on Seventh between
Pine and Lombard. They will he sup
piled with all the modern convenient
ces and will be amongst the finest in
that section of the city.
Year: 1879




One of the most audacious thieves
whose history is remembered by the
police of Paris was q certain Beaumont,
who, wearing a black coat and a white
cravat, with voluminous portfolio un.
der his arm, and having the general
appearance Of very busy magistrate,
one day went to the police headquarters,
made requisition for soldier and posted
him in front of door in the building,
with instructions to let no one enter.
He then penetrated into the Office OF tho
chief of the detective service, who was
out at the time, opened all the locks OF
the room with skeleton keys, and appro-
priated the contents of the secretary,
which contained round sum. he then
recouducted the soldier. to the station
where he had made the reputation,
thanked the commanding officer for his
kindness, disappeared, and that very
evening wrote letter to the chief peg
ging the latter to excuse him tor the
annoyance he had caused him. The po
lice were put upon his track but in vain
and the detective service had to swallow
its modification as best it could.
Year: 1879

~ Luke p R,sck h",n ,",,.~,". r. ~ rHaa+,okv
subject of the charge that he is the man
who, during the war, attempted to spread
through the north smallpox and yellow
fever by means of infected clothing;
but his talk is by no means satisfactory.
He says that he "did not consider it
worth while either to affirm or deny the
story, as it was too preposterous
to believe;" that "small-pox was
hence % e'' t would bo the height
of folly to attempt to introduce dis
ease that already existed" If this is
all that he can say, he had better never
broken silence. He does not deny the
story in 20 many words, but seeks to
convey the impression that he does, by
ridiculing it. But he should remember
that the fact that some one of the same
name and profession with himself did
endeavor to do the infamous thing
stated, ia matter of indisputable rec
ord; that the scheme was not confined to
the one disease of smallpox, but en-
braced yellow fever as we'll, and
was intended not alone for the
army, but for northern cities. His
statement that smallpox was in
every camp of both armies was not true
a. to the northern army. Thus the SEEM
| ing denial is of no value whatever.


If he is entirely innocent of the charge


he could easily have said 80, and it


would have been no more compromise
of his dignity than what he has said.


An innocent man charged with 80 infa'


nous a crime upon such apparently


good grounds would not have hesitated


to deny it promptly and emphatically,


and to offer an explanation OF the cir


cumstances seeming to sustain the


charge. If Blackburn be the guilty


party that he appears to be the matter il


of general interest and importance a.
showing what kind of men most readily
receive the suffrage of the Democratic


party in the south and states bordering


thereon.


It is pertinent to state in this conneo


ton that the Cincinnati Gazette published
four columns of official testimony re-
parding the plot of one DR.. Luke T
: BLACKBURN, Of Kentucky, in the islant
of Bermuda, in 1864, to secure infected
: clothing for introduction into the Unitet
States. Therefore that there was such
plot, and that the man conducting i
was of tho Same name, profession ant
: state as the governor of Kentucky is 1
= matter of official record. The onl.
i. question is, is the governor the mani A


neither he nor any of his friends CLAIM


that there is another man of precisel,


the same name and profession, the evl
:: dence against him seems conclusive.
Year: 1879

A clergyman who can preach three
sermons consecutiVeiy without men,
tioning Calico.


a man who will refrain from calling
his friends speech "happy effort. "


A woman who remembers last Sum
days text, but IS unable to speak under
standingly of the trimmings on the
bonnet of lady in the next pew in
front


An editor who never feels pleased to
have his good things credited, or mad
when they are stolen.


4 pencil that is always in the first
pocket you put your hand into.


A man who has been fool some
time during his life and knows enough
to keep the knowledge Of it to him
self


4 married man who does not think
all the girls envy his wife the prize she
has captured.


A married woman who never said.
"No wonder the girls don't get married
now a-days; they are altogether differ
ent from what they were when | was
girl"


An unmarried woman who never
had an offer.


a man who never intimated that
the economies of the universe were
subject to his movements, by saying,
II knew if l took an umbrella il
wouldn't rain, "or similar assinine re
remark.


4 pocket knife that is never in
''them other pants.


A mother who never said she "would
rather do it myself" when she should
have taught her child to do that thing


a father who never forgets that BIZ
duties to his children are as many anc
as weighty as theirs to bim.


A child who would rather eat between
meals than at meals.


A converted brother who does moi
exaggerate his forsaken wickednes
when relating his experience.
A button on the male garmenturt
that never comes off except when thu
person whose mission of life is to sew
buttons on is near at hand with heI
utensils.
A singer who never complains of
: cold when asked to sing.
2 A woman who, when caught il
; second best dress, will make no apolog
for her dreadful appearance.
Year: 1879

One of the most curious things about
rain is the inequality of its distribution
The reader is of course aware that rain
may be measured in inches in almost
any vessel set out 10 catch it. II n
pail, for example, be put out in an
open space on the ground, it will catch
as much rain as would otherwise have
sunk into the ground on the space oc.
cupied by the pail If we visit the
pail after every shower, we may, by
means of two foot rule, tell what
depth of rain has fallen This is the
principle of the rain guage. In prac


tice better means are of course adopt
ed, so as to prevent evaporation and to
measure the depth. Now it is of great
consequence where we place our rain
guage. 1t might be supposed of no
importance whether it were on the top
of the house or in the garden close by
And yet, strange to say, a guage 10 the
garden near Westminster a bbey caught
twenty-three inches of rain in the
course of the year. while one on the
roof of a house caught only eighteen
inches. and one on top of the abbey
only twelve inches. The fact is, rain
forms at very low elevation-muoh
lower than Is generally supposed or,
if not actually formed at very low
elevation, it increases the size of the
drops which comes from higher levels.
Thus, while Mr.. Glaisher was descend
ing in balloon, he passed through a
dry, aud then through wet fog, where
the drops of rain were exceedingly


fine, covering his note book like pins
points. These increased ih size on
sssssasrhing the earth, and more rapid
ly when very near the earth.