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CANTON, 8. D.
FABMEB8'PDPLlBniNO CO.. TPM-IUKM
BLQ,. FIRE IN MOBILE.
TWENTY SQUARES BURNED IN
THE SOUTHERN CITY.
One of th« Most Disastrous Confleifratlone
Ever Witness d—TIIH Fire t»rt«d in a
Shingle Mill Ami Not Gotten Under Cou
tiol for Five Bourn—The Losses Great.
MOBIMS. Ala.. Oct.27. —One of the most
disastrous oonflacratlons ever witnessed In
this city began Sunday about noon in the
Stewart & Butts shingle mill, and was not
gotten nnder control for Ave hours, and
then enly after a favorable change of the
wind.. The Are department and volunteers
worked wltli the utmost vigor. Three river
steamer*, one ocean-going ship, the Mobile
& Ohio railroad wharf, the cotton seed otl
mills. eiRht warehouses, three cotton com
presses. with probably 10.000 bales of cot
ton. a big ice factory, a box factory and
and some large coal sheds were destroyed.
In fact, the buildings bounded by the river
from Knox street, the. northern boundary of
the city, to St. Louis street, on the south,
seven streets, and from the river front to
Royal street west, were burned out. The
losses will reach probably $750,000 with in
surance of $403,000. There was no loss
of life, although many firemen were over
come with the lieut and smoke and bad
narrow escape* from the falling walls.
The alarm of Are from Stewhrt & Butts'
mill had scarcely come in when a second
alarm was sounded for the burning of the
residence of Uosely P. Tucker, on Dauphin
near Broad, which was completely burned.
The residence ad'oinine was also destroyed.
The two alarms being followed by general
alarm caused the greatest excitement
among all clashes, and soon the report was
spread that the entire business portion of
the city was in danger and thousands of
men, women nnd children rushed to the
scene. Nfoone felt safe even in the busi
ness portion of the city and wagons, drays
and all kinds of vehicles were engaged in
carrying away valuable hooks and papers.
More than twenty squares were-burned.
The tracks of all the railroads centering
here have bean obstructed by the debris in
tho burned district and trains are delayed.
OFFICIAL FIGURES.
All But Four slates Dave Been Counted—
Tlie Ton Largest Citio".
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.—The official count
of all states and territories in tho United
States, with tho exception of Maryland.
Missouri. Nevada anrl Virginia, has at last
been completud. This list of the states,
compiled in alphabetical order, is giveu
below:
TS90. I 1SS0.
I.Msa07r
59.091
1.205.365
1,204,(102
410.709
754,761
107,87!
239.796
390.43!!
1.834.388
1,382,505
40.440
803,505
£61,034
104,327
(FTTFOT)
•46,108
177.684
269,493
1,542.180
32,610
Alabama..
Arizona
Arkansas
California.
Colorado
Connecticut....
Delaware
D.Columbia......
Florida.:
Georgia
Idaho.
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa.
Kansas.
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine..
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi......
Montana
Nebraska..
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina ..
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon'
•Pennsyivan'a
Rhode Island
South Carolina...
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
•Vermont
Washington
"West Virginia.
Wisconsin
Wyoming
""•Decrease.
245.568
19,251
3J2»~.0
19.45
47.60
40.23
39.24
11138
19.78
14.50
23.37
.44.88
18.95
158.29
24.06
10.65
17.33
42.91
12.54
18.82
1.75
'25.83
27.60
407
2.asu,71tt
l.M,01»
1,2*^4.889
131.707
1,056.798
66.H)
13.5.1
236.50
133.60
8.31
87.40
21.16
17.69
15.54
394.23
14.05
78.*80
28.50
24.88
15.23
33.63
14.35
40.24
45.44
•0i
SK5.SS7
1.441,017
I44.K68
5.981.934 5,032.871
1.617.310
IS3.4TT.
3,606.719
01.701
312.41
FT.2TT',574
345,5(3
1.147.161
327.848
1.763.7-3
1,399,7(0
36,909
3.198.062
174.768
4.282,691
276,531
HSI5.5T
9S,368 329.5.80
1,542.359
1.33!.'.920 1.591,749
200.498
332.205
349,516
760.448
1.883.697
60.5S9
221.334
640.471
62.535
*81
874,400 365.:»
141.991 22.96
•68.900 27.99
39,800.191.45
143.963
332.256
75.116
618.457
1.315.497
£0,789
Tho count of the population of nearly all
the cities lias been completed the figures
the first ten are as follows:
1890. 1880.
New York 1,513.591 I.2R8.299
Chicago i.ofK.vsa 503.185
Philadelphia i.CH.|,8M 347.170
Brooklyn 804.377 MM. Nil
St.*Louis 480.357 350.5IS
Boston 41(t.fj07 atw.a 9
Baltimore 43.-i.ftM 332.513
San Francisco ...... 297.991) 233.95:1
Cincinnati 290.809 255.1:
Cleveland 201.546 1130,14U
NOT FIT FOR MARKET..
Mew York's Potato Crop Unfit for Use on
Account of I£t(t
Saratoga. N. V.. Oct. 27.—The extent of
the potato rot In llils section Is almost ap
pal 11 ng, considering the dependence which
lias been placed upon this crop to oven up
the farmer's balance sheet of the thus far
unfavorable year. Other crops have yielded
poorly and. except in isolated instances, the
fruit crop has been light. Early potatoes
were ruined by the drouth and yielded poor
retains. Tifae late crop, however, bad
promised well, and reports being well
founded of the almost total failure of tho
crop in Michigan and other gresit potato
regions, farmei-s looked for a fair yield and
remunerative yop. in many cases It has
been abandoned, there not being a sufficient
number-of sound potatoes to pay for the
labor. Soaoe fanners who orulnarily would
have had l»uu:!rod« of Impels to sell will
have liar lly enough for their own use. and
buyers are
having loads of potatoes returned
to them as nut being Hi. for market.
Ji' «t Alt Satisfactory.
Committeeman (Ut public sehool
teacher)—r'*W'e was thin Witt' of puttin'
up a nice motto ovor your desk to en
courage the children. How would
•Knowledge I# Wealth' do?"
School Teaclwr—"That wouldn't do.
The children know how small my salary
f»."—New York Weekly.
Fall t*«»r Alucli .Mutiny. I
BUFFALO. Oct. 27.—The firm of Cam &
Partridge, proprietors of tho Queen City
planing mill, to-day made a general as
signment. The preferences amount to
S100.000.
NEW YORK. Oct. 27.—D. n. Wickhara
ft
Co.. importers of diamands. assigned to
day.
Will Visii tit Emji "r»ir i»f ti«rm4iiy.
BBUSSELK. Oct. .—LIIII-R L^OJJOID has
started for Ilrrlin to visit the emperor of
Germany.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICUL
TURAL TOPICS DISCUSSED.
A Budget of Useful Information Relating
to the
Farm, Orchard, Stable, l'arlur and
Kitchen.
THIS FAKAX.
Nuinb«r'l UOUS"M.
Tho new system of numbering country
houses, invented by Mr. J. B. Powell,
tho well-known horse breeder and pro
prietor of tile Shudcland Stock Farm,
has much to recommend it. The plan is
to name every road in a county and di
vide every mile into ten imaginary
blocks. Each block has two numbers,
one on cach side of the road. Each
houso is given the number of its block.
There are but few blocks that contain
more than ono houso each, but when
such cases occur, tho extra houses have
letters added to tho block number, as
136A, 136B, ar.d so on. In fact, the
principles which have so simplilicd the
matter of finding people in cities are to
be applied to the rural districts. Such a
plan will greatly help the matter of tak
ing statistics of any sort and will be a
great step toward a country postal deliv
ery system such* as already exists in
England and on the continent.
Part of the plan is to have the names
of the road at every corner and the
house-number on tho fence in front of
every farm,
When a stranger desires to find a cer
tain farm-house he is not told to drive
three or four miles until ho sees a red
barn, and then take tho second beaten
road to the right, follow it until he comes
lo a rise of ground wiih a wire fence on
the other side of it, turn to the left, go
along until ho sees a big treo in a
pasture and then ask the first man ho
meets where to go next. All that he has
to know is that the house he is after is
No. 248 Laurel road. His map tells him
where Laurel road .is, and as there are
two numbers to the block, and ten blocks
to the mile, ho knows that No. 248 is
13.3 miles from the beginning.
The idea has been well received wher
ever presented before farmers' organiza
tions and has already been adopted by
Contra Costa County, California. The
latter county, however, instead of giving
the credit of tho idea to Mr. Powell, to
whom it belongs, ascriucs it to a San
Francisco newspaper man. It is always
the fate of people with ideas to have
them stolen or counterfeited.
Farm Not s.
HORSES
may bo wintered profitably on
clover hay and corn meal.
WIIENEVEH
a horse is worked or driven
to exhaustion or anywhere near it, the
animal is in the yery best possible condi
tion to be attacked with disease.
A DELAWARE County, New York,
dairy farmer has a 4-yoar-old bull which
he keeps busy, and so outof mischief, by
putting him to work in ia horse-powor
tread mill, and making him do the churn
ing for the establishment.
IT
I.7!J8
216,648
123.161
21,265
57,172
120,942
M.5S8
202.186
55.019
740.665
210,729
282,114
427,389
206,746
178.882
11.:
4.V.3S2
452,855
519,844
153,800
02.610
604.391
28,8361
309,901
5.207
899.063
217,500
145.510
468,657
61.701
137.722
955.663
68.812
151.5S4
3.818.536.3.077.871
2.18».(W 1.978.301
1,906.729
1.423.485
L.85T.
1.624.615
096.096
1,648,090
039.946
648,936
1,783,055
1.65 ,967
780,775
1.113.597
39.159
452.402
310,991
1,131.116
119,565
196
1.118.828
662.261
2.231!.
seems that Yankee- farmers set
caught sometimes. The following warn
ing tells t.'io story. Several Connecticut
farmers have been up against a new
game, says the American Cultimtnr. A
man coincs around and writes a harmless
.looking agreement with one end of .a
double fountain poh and gets Wi victim
to sign with the Other end. Th- ink
with which the agreement |s written
soon fades away completely. The signa
ture ink holds its color, and coincs around
by and by at' the bottom of a noto tho
sharper has got discounted 'somewhere.
THKBE is an increasing demand for
young men to take charge and -.oversee
the farms of wealthy owners. To lit
oneself to such a position, which always
pays well, says the Uurmantown Tele,
graph, industry, sobriety and honesty
must be first, then a good knowledge of
all the points of farming, as such owners
are sensible, thinking men. as much
scientific knowledge as possible n.ust bo
at command. Books on farming, gar
dening, horses, cattlc, sheep, hogs,
poultry, soils, fertilizers, ctc., must be
thoroughly studied. Such positions are
honorable, profitable and highly respect
able. Hero is a chance for many a man
to get out of his "depression-" Lot him
obtain a position and sell out his unprof
itable farm.
THK PlliGKUY.
Tim Bjom| Sown,
Disease of pigs can frequently bo
traced back to the brood sow. Food that
may not affect the health of the sow
very materially may be tho means of
killing tho young suckling pigs, or at
least of implanting into their system
germs which in the course of timo will
develop and injure their health and con
sequent growth. The brood sow is in
such poor health' that the suckling pigs
soon make such a heavy drain on her
system that the milk becomes poor, weak
and unwholesome. Lacking nourishment
the sucklings never attain a strong, vig
orous growth. Therefore, the sow should
be well rounded up with good, healthy
fat before farrowing timo, and this can
be done only by a varied diet of nourish
ing food.
Corn is too heating for anything like
an exclusive diet, for the brood sow, and
a great mistake is made in adopting it.
Food that will not produce so much
heat and fever must be fed to tho sow,
and this can be done by giving bran,
oats, shorts, and similar food. Corn can
come in for its share, for it has its good
office to perform, and it is greatly liked
by the sows.
Th« after treatment of the sows is al
most as important as the young. Her
health and strength arc essential
to the good growth of the young
tiutil they have attained an age when
they can be separated from the mother.
For twelve hours after farrowing, the
sow should not receive anything to cat,
nor even rich swill to drink. It is safe to
give her a drink of water, greasy water
prtferred, with a handful of light shorts
in it. There is more danger in overfeed
ing than under feeding the sow after
farrowing. After the first two weeks,
the diet must be regulated according to
the appearance of the young pigs. If
they arc lean the diet of the sow should
be increased, but if they arc getting fat
the feed should be held back from them
and the brood sow.
The individual pigs should also be
watched. Some will be weaker than
others, and they will not get their share
of food from the sow. They need spec
ial looking after, and by caroful watch
ing and helping, they can be made to
grow as rapidly as the others. They
need a little private help and encourage
ment. When they are once weaned,
there will not be much trouble in keep
ing them strong and fat. but up to this
period this is an important matter about
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their life. Diseases of svri.no will fre
quently be averted if tho brood sow, and
tho young during.their weaning poriod,
are thus carefully.attended to. Thpir
after diot also needs caroful attention,
with some intelligence, such as Varying
it with clovf r, rye and grass, and not
conl'ning them exclusively to corn and
swill, but tho most important crises of
their lives are during their early days.
Give them a good strong constitution to
start with, and they will almost laugh
disease to scorn the remainder of their
existence.—E. P. Smith, in American
Cultivator.
T1IE DAiltX.
Rntslng Cii am without Ioe.
Wo have always hold that every man
is better satisfied with' the results of an
experiment if he has found out tliat re
sult himself than he is when some one
else finds it out for him.. Also that there
is an assurance that makes a man posi
tive that a thing is so if he has found
out himself. In proof of this wo here
cite the experience of J. C. Stribling,
South Carolina, as given in Hoard's-Z)ut
ryman. He says: It has been about a
year since commenced a series of ex
periments in my,dairy to determine how
to obtain all the cream from milk,, and
the cost of things in general, for my-own
information.
I used both the Stoddard and Coolcy
creamers, and the shallow pans. I used
icc With water at. 45 degrees to set milk
in, and diluted the milk with water,
ranging in temperature from (50 to 130
degrees. Measured the. cream lines at
first and then veighed the butter. I
found that tli-j first cream lino—say two
or three hours after setting in deep cans
—would shrink about quarter of an inch
in twelve hours. That is, it would not
measure as much at twelve hours after
setting as it would at two or throe hours
in some instances. So I quit the meas
urements of cream and wont to the but
ter scales for results. Theseexperiments
were alternated several times before
final conclusions were set upon, which,
when summed up in results to- myjiatis
faction, amount to about this:
1. Tlio only advantage in using ice is
that it. keeps the mil kcool and thin louv
er, iv.id affords a longer period' for
cream to rise in, before the milk becomes
too thick for the cream to rise.
2. Tho Skim-milk, where ice- is lised,
is better for table use, or feeding pur
poses and for making skim chccse than
diluted milk.
3. There is no advantage in warming
milk above the heat of the animal, and
setting in water at a low temperature,
except that it hastens the cream to the
top in about from two to four hours.
4. Just as good results ij,re obtained
in twelve hours by diluting the milk with
sixty per cent, of water at GO degrees and
setting in water at sixty degrees.
5. The setting in shallow pans- in
open air at 60 degrees gave a perceptible
gain over deep cans in ice water at 50
degrees, but none over diluted milk in
deep cans, water 60 decrees.
6. There is no,, advantaso to mo in
raising tho cream in one or two- hours,
as tho cows arc not ready to bo. milked
before ten or twelve hours.
My cows arc all registered Jerseys,
and are fed on cotton mieal in .addition
to good pasture in summer and bay and
green rye and barley part of thc wtutcr.
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THK AFIAltV
BSO Jffpfco#.
Farm, FleUl and Stoclaiuin.
I A BEE-LINE is frequently spoken of,
and its origin no doubt can be traced to
tho bees themselves as they are very
strong, and can fly very fast and for a
long time without taking a rest. Their
eyes are made to see a great distance,
and when away from their habitations
they mount up in the. air until they see
the placc where the hives are situated,
and then fly toward it in a straight line
with great velocity hence tho shortest
•line between two given points is often
referred to as a "bee-line."—American
Bee Journal.
DR. SOUTIIABD,
of Kalamazoo, ono of
tho brightest and most expert bee-keep­|cupful
ers of the day, used to doubt the utility
of honcydew. Several years ago, how
ever, when everybody's bees all over the
country gathered so much honey-dew,
and were all going to perdition with it
in the winter, the doctor thought ho
would like to know something positive
about it so he saw to it that live or
six colonies had nothing but honey-dew.
Ho winters them out-doors, and usually
loses but one or two out of a hundred,
aud, sure enough, the live colonies hav
ing houoy-dew exclusively, wintered as
nice as a pin. It has been demonstrated
that diarrhea among bees (the one only
cause of winter losses), is not caused by
honey-dew nor cider, nor anything of tho
kind, but by the consumption of nitrogen
from bee-bread or floating pollen. Well
ripened buckwheat honey is as good
stores for winter as any in the world.—
ExcHumgc.
THIS I'VULTKY-YAKD.
Poultry Notoii*
THE farmer can, by this time, be able
to look over his growing flock aid see
where ho stands—whether the majority
are. good or imperfectly marked. Two
classes can be mado a few months later,
and stock placed upon the market, and
their value obtained. It never pays to
carry poor stock very long.
BLACK MINORCA
IT
arc away up as lay­
ers. They lay a largo white shelled
fruit. With proper care, will average
165
eggs per year, sometimes more than
this number. Much depends upon tho
fa -mers' management of them. They
stand cold weather as well as Biack
Spanish or Leghorns. There arc few.
better breeds than the Black Minorca.
is generally thought the legs of
chickens as well as adult fowls fade and
turn nearly white when kept in a run
with no grass and this is a fact, some
times tho logs fade from the nature of
tho soil. The ground contains some
mineral that causes them to bleach. A
bleached yellow leg is always cut in tlio
show room, but birds would not be dis
qualified fof it.
DUCKS eat what other fowls require.
If only ducks arc kept, boiled potatoes
and other vegetables mixed with bran,
middlings and meal is excellent food.
Give no more water than is nuccssary to
drink. It is best to let hens hatch duck
eggs. Ducklings should not have access
to ponjl or brook until several weeks old.
It is a trying matter for the old ducks to
keep away from the wawr so long.
IUIS IiOUSEUUliU
iyv. Culinary Counsel.
For frying meat it is often boater to
use fat of its kind, such as beef fat for
beef, etc., but for sOme other purposes it
is not only more economical, but more
enriching to' the substance fried, to use a
mixture of. fats. In frying doughnuts,
for instance, or fritters, for'5 which
usually the best of lard is taken, if a
mixture of all kinds of nicely kept fats
is used, oven including that of mutton,
tho cakes will be found much richer, and
mora savory than when fried in pure
lard. Some kinds of fish can also bo
fried with mixed fats, and the result be
good.
On frying oysters at one time, a dearth
of lard being discovered, tho amateur
cook concluded, rather than lose the
feast, to try some mixed fat she had on
hand, which consisted of odd quantities
of beef, mutton, ham fat, and lard. To
the surprise of tho partakers, the oys
ters proved to be unusally good. On the
second occasion pure lard was used, as
heretofore, with expectation of ap im
provement in flavor but, much to tho
surprise of the cook, the oysters seemed
to lack a certain richness they had be
fore, and a peculiar, attractive flavor.
It was also found that tho mixed fats
wore best when some, time had elapsed
before using thorn. Mutton fat, not
generally used for frying, cannot be de
tected, except by experts, if half lard, or
other fat is mixed with it.
One excellent housc'kccper said she
saved all her mutton fat for. frying
doughnuts but mixed it with other fats
without regard to quantities. Her plan
was to have a stone jar (as earthen ab
sorbs fat) for each kind of fat. Over
these were tied thin muslin strainers.
As the fat accumulated, each kind was
poured into its own roceptaclc. One
large jar was kept for mixed fats.
.Small quantities, and the mutton fat,
wore emptied into that, this being the
stock kept on hand, for doughnuts and
excellent doughnuts they were.
A good deal of fat, such as sausage
and ham fat, are wasted in gravies.
Both sausage and ham are much better
served with what arc callcd water,
gravies, which arc mado as follows:
After tho meat is taken from the pan,
all the f§t is poured off except a minuio
quantity.' Boiling water is then poured
into the pan, sufficient in quantity to a
little more than cover the bottom of the
meat-dish. The water should be made
to flow back' and forward over the pan
to wash off tlio juices drawn from the
meat,-which dry on.the pan during the
cooking process. If it will not dissolve
it.should be scrapcd with a spoon or
knife till it mixes weli, then give' it one
boil up, and pour it over the meat, al
ready placed in tho dish for the table.
If much fat is left after frying meat,
or from doughnuts, etc., it may. be
cleared up by boiling it in water, and
straining water and fat together into a
vessel to ,cool, when .it can be used
'again. Turkey, cliickcfi, and duck fat
should be rendered slowly, strained, and
put to use for batter cakes, and other
cakes in which butter or lard is used.
In batter, or ginger cakes, chicken and
turkey fat are especially nice.
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THE scienciflc management, of^JJESS',
aud the use of the honey-extractor,Nnafkq
extracted honey so abundant that all may
use it.
HONEY is one of Nature's purest
sweets, valuable both as food and medi
cine. It has always been estimated a
luxury—the food of kings eaten in small
quantities with other food it is very
nourishing, and favors the cure of pul
rnonary diseases and colds.
I HONEY is very diversified in its color,
taste,-odor, and disposition to beenmo
candied, or granulated, depending mainly
on the variety of bloom it is collect.id
from, and the weather in which it is
gathered. Cold weather favors speedy
granulation its becoming granulated is
one of tho best evidences of its purity,
yet somo.of the bcstrCallfornia honey re
quires two seasons to become candied.—
Goose fat is excellent for medicino, be
ing very beneficial for rubbing over
bruises, or sprains, or limbs sore from
fatigue. It is especially goo i, if warmed,
for bathing the chest and throat to re
move the soreness produced by colds.—
Good Housekeeping.
HintM to tf«Mi»elcf*ep«r0.
To OBVIATE the shiny appearan.ee of
silk, sponge with unsweetened gin.
To BANISH red ants from the pantries,
strew whole cloves around the shelves.
The same is also considered a good moth
exterminator.
To REMOVE spots on velvet, the trim
ming must be unpicked on one side, and
put over hot water to steam then brush
up the nap.
WHEN washing fine, white flannels,
add a tablcspoonful of pulverized borax
to a pailful of water. This will keep
them soft and white.
TUG KllCrtli-N.
Coma of Kolled Out*.
Soak two cups of rolled oats for five
hours (or ovor night) in 1% cups of sour
milk. Add ono tcaspoouful (level) of
soda, one teaspoonful of salt, one-lialf
tcacupful of light-brown sugar, one tea
of sifted flour, and two well
beaten eggs, in the order given, tho soda
dis^ilved in a little water. Bake in hot,
1
wcii-greased gem pa: s, in a hot oven,
for twenty-live miuutcs.
Orange Cake.
Take two even tcacupfuls cach or su
gar and flour, half cupful of water, the
I yolksof five eggs beaten very light, also
the whites of four, the juice and grated
rind of one orange, and two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder sifted with the Hour.
Bake in four layers. Take the juice and
grated rina of one large or two small
oranges, three-fourths of a tcacupful of
sugar, and tho white of ono egg beaten
stiff. Spread this between layers, adding
more sugar to that used for the top.
One enp of tine bread crumbs moist
ened with half a cup of milk, three eggs,
white and yolk beaten separately, adding
the whites last to the crumbs. Seasoi
with salt and pepper. Put in the skillet
or omelette pan a good bit of butter, and
when it begins to "sizzle"' pour in the
omelette. Shake the pan all the time.
and turn in the frothing and browning
edges over into the middle constantly.
Fold one-half over, put a hot plato upon
the pan, turn this over, and your ome
lettc is dished.
Indian Meal Mn»h.
To each tcacupful corn meal add a tea
spoonful of salt, and a half tcacupful of
cold water next, add five teacuptuls of
boiling water, stirring steadily. Place
over the fire in a smooth iron kettle stir
steadily until it begins to bubble, cover
tightly, place on back of stove to bubble
steadily for an hour. This is a great
improvement upon the tedious process
of sifting the meal through the lingers,
forming a few lumps with the greatest
care. Besides, there is no danger of
adding too much meal for the quantity
of water, which, of course, prevents a
full expansion of tho granules, resulting
in a raw, unpleasant flavor.
ARTESIAN MATTERS
Official rensus FiRurrs or the Flrat Dl«
«rlet-New* fr»m All Quarter*.
The census office has made public otu
dally the consus of the First South Da
kota district by counties. It is as ioi-
county.
Brookings 10,13* 4,9® 0,159
Buffalo 091 re
i^nfeme:::.::::g
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Douglas 4,S87
Deuel 4.573 2.302
Davison 5,44# 1,350 j."®
Edmunds 4.337 ..... ...
Faulk 4.015 4 4,011
Grant 6,798 3,010 8,78S
Hanson 4,383 1.3UI jj,988
Hamlin 4.630 693 8,930
Hand 6.533 Jgi 5'jSf
Hughes 5,013 268 4,TO
Hutchinson 10,449 6,573 4,876
Hyde 1.860 igg
Jerauld 3,589 ..."
Kingsbury 8,563 1.103 7,460
Lake...... 7,485 2,657 4,888
Lincoln 9,138 5.896 8,-42
McCook 5,397 1,983 5,114
Marshall 4.516 «,51B
Miner 5,159 363 4,796
McPberson. 5,919 (j,91»
Minneliafaa 21,863 8,251
Moody 6.935 3,915 2,030
Potter 2,983 ..... 2.933
Roberts 1.993 134 1.858
Sanborn 4,593 ...- 4,593
Spink 10,561 477
Sully 3,407 266 2, 111
Turner 10.333 5,333 4,903
Union 9,090 0,813 2,3£3
Walworth 3,151 '46 2,105
Yankton 10.443 8,390 2,053
Codington 6,991 8,156 4,835
The total population for the district is
291,800. In 1880 the population was 79,
853, showing an increase of 211,947, or
265.42 per cent. The total population of
the state is 427,848, an increase of 229,
580, or 323.65 per cent.
In Close Quarters WitH a Bear.
Charles Jones, of Etta Mine, Black
Hills, was riding along the road two
miles south of that place, when his
horse suddenly shied, and looking up ho
saw a large bear directly in front of
him. Ho raised the gun which he had
with him to fire, but was obliged to drop
it, being half thrown and half dragged
from his horse by the bear. The animal,
after throwing him down, made for his
throat, to protect which Jones threw up
his arm. The arA was horribly man
gled, both bones in it being crushcd and
broken. Something, what it was is not
known, frightened tho bear and it left
Jones, after which he crawled about a
mile and a half before fainting from
pain and loss of blood. When found ho
was unconscious, and was carried to a
cabin jar by and a doctor sent for.
Jones' injuries, while serious, are not
fatal, and it is expected that he will re
cover.
Land CommiHSlnnrr CJrniT Revergrd.
Assistant Secretary Chandler has re
versed tho decision of Commissioner
Groff in tho case of James T. Sheffcr vs.
Lizzie Smith, involving the southeast
quarter of section 2, township 13 north,
of range 77 west, Huron district. Tho
case is a very complicated one, being one
of the "Spencer claims." It appears
that the tract was originally entered by
one Wm. Collins. Collins' entry was
cancelled and both Smith and Sheffcr
made declaratory statements for the
land. Tho local officers found In favor
of Sheffer, but the commissioner reversed
their decision and the case, is now carrie
1
to the secretary. He in turn reverses
the Commissioner's decision, and directs
that Sheffcr be allowed to proceed and
prove up on his entry for the land.
Indiana Starving Themselves to Death.
A Pierre special savs: A physician
living at Fort Pierro returned from a
visit to a band of Indians twenty-five
miles from here, whither he was sum
moned by "squaw men," who informed
him that the entire band of 200 would
die off unless something was done for
them. Thirteen have already died and
many of them are down with mountain
fever. These redskins have been real
izing the new Messiah craze by fasting
and executing ghost dances without
stint for two months, until they are
helpless and have brought on the dis
ease.
INFORMATION lias been received from
Eockford, la., that Miss Gertie Gifforn,
of Madison, was thrown from a buggy
by a runaway team, sustaining serious
injuries.
DONALD MCKINNON, a carpenter, who
was working on anew houso at Montrose,
fell a distance of about fourteen feet,
his back and neck striking some timbers.
It Is feared his injuries will prove fatal.
POT hunters at Lake Campbell aro
spoiling the slrooting for the local sports
men. It is claimed that they are mak
ing a business of shipping game out of
the state, in direct defiance of the state
law.
THEBE is a town at the junction of the
Cheyenne & Northern and the Elkhorn
consisting of a saloon and two shacks.
The founders ask $250 a lot, and claim
they will have 56,000 people inside of a
year.
SULLY
county,. heretofore in Huron
land district, has been attached to tho
Pierre district, which will bo a-great con
venience for the people of that county
who have business before the United
States land office.
THOMAS ALTON, of Brookings, held a
cow by one horn while he hit her in tho
head with a hatchet, one day last week.
When the cow fell the concussion drove
tho horn half way through Mr. Alton's
hand, inflicting a painful wound.
AN 8-year-old boy of Thomas Heffel
fingcr, of Westport, got a broken leg the
other day while attempting to lead a cow.
The boy appears to have got entangled
in the picket rope, and, striking a post,
his leg was broken before he could get
loose.
SOGER O. DONAHUE has recently put
down a well on his farm near Worthing,
which Is a dandy. At a depth of 140
feet an inexhaustable flow of water was
reached. He has erected his windmill
over tho well and continuous pumping
all day docs not diminish the flow of
water in the least.
THE Soldiers' home board has ac
cepted the building from the contractors,
and the state is now in possession of the
same. Capt. Lucas has been chosen
commandant at the home, while in tho
reorganization of the board W. P. Phil
lips was elected president and Thomas
A. Bones, secretary. It it now thought
the building will bo ready for the recep
tion of the old soldiers by the 15th of
November.
LAST week, at the depth of ninety feet
In the Nevada mine in tho black Ilills, a
body of ore of a quality which far ex
ceeds any tin ore yet found was struck.
The ledge is eighty-four feet wide.
Why does this man stare iwi?
is simply listening to the marvj
cures effected by Dr. Pierce's
en Medical Discovery.
The following case illustrate
February 14th, 1800.
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inourt^tory. J. N. Beny. a»*nabout
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consumption, and only a tew weeks of Mo
Wl£
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Md is still using it. Ho has gained in welrht)
color and Strength, and is able to do light
work It is just such a case as we should
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MA it we must believe it*
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