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V MORRIS, MINNESOTA.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
ft OSS II' FROM V ASHIXOTnX.
Col. David P. Holloway died at Washing
ton D.
C.,
on the 9th inst. Mr. Holloway
vas born in Waynesville, Ohio, in 1809, bnt
remove! with his parents to Cincinnati in
1P13. In 1823 he went to Richmond, Ind.,
and learned the printing business, and
inbscquently served four years in the offics
Ot the Cincinnati Gasette. He bepan the
jmbl'cation of the Richmond Palladium in
IP32 and edited it for many years. In 1843
hie was elected to the lower branch of the
State ,'egislature of Indiana, and in 1844 to
tti» S afe senate, serving nine years. In
lf o Col. Holloway was elected representa
tive to congress from Indiana, and was
chairman of the committee on agriculture
•flaring that term. In 1861 he was appoint
ed by President Lincoln commissioner of
patents. For some time prior to his death
he had been engaged in business in Wash
ington as patent attorney.
First Assistant Postmaster General Hat
ton has bent out a circular to postmasters,
ealliig attention to a former circular, which
forbids the purchsae of office furniture and
the publication of business statements at
the ezpeuse of the department, without first
obtaining authority to do so fi om the de
partment. These instructions have been
continuously disregarded, and pos:masters
•re now notified that they will be held strict
ly accountable for future disobedience.
They are further forhiddeu to make any ex
penditure tor any purpose, other than that
lor which an allowance has been granted,
without first obtaining an allowance from
the department.
New Postoffices—Wisconsin, Ketcha*u,
Fbnd du Lac county. Special service dis
continued—Iowa, Cushing, late Penrose,
Woodbury county, from Sept. 14, 1883.
Postmasters Commissioned—Benjamin Min
sker. Cl iybiinbs Wis. New offices—Hiram
D. Fink, Cornwall, Henry county: Henry D.
Parsons. Ketcham, Fond du Lac countv,
Wis.
Conley, late postmaster of Atlanta, Ga.,
wrote a letter to the postmaster general a
few days ago, demanding the reasons for
his (Oouley'*) removal. The postmaster
general has wjit'eu rather a sharp reply, in
which he says, be lore he removed Conley,
he had conclusive evidence that the latter
had snly retained in his office, bat had pro
moted clerks whom he knew to be dishon
est.
In answer to a*a application from the
Rrench charge d" affair for permission to take
twenty Indians from their reservations to
France tor exhibition, Commissioner Price
has advised the s^cretiry of tae interior
to refuse the request, upon the ground that
such exhibitions result iu the demoraliza
tion of th? Indians and reader them dissat
isfied with life a: the agencies.
Postmasters commissioned—Iowa: Fer
dinand K. Goddaid, Jackson Junction,
Witneshiek county. Minnesota: James
Danehower, Homer, Winona county. Post
offices Established—Wisconsin: Arthur,
Grant county. Postoffice Name Changed—
"Wisconsin: Hurricane Grove, Grant county,
to Hnriicane.
NE It S OF 1HE 11A IT,ROADS.
The earnings of the Milwaukee A St. Paul
road for the first week in September were
$501,000, an increase of $90,536. The earn
ings of the Canadian Pacific road for the
first week in September were $106,000, an
inrrea?e of $52 000. Th* Chicago «te North
western for the first week of September
earned $548,000, an increase of $17,300.
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western, for the
first week of S -prember, earned $20,000, an
increase of $2,350.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS JTOOTS.
A trial haa just term'nared at Northv ilie,
N. Y., in which the validity of the assign
ment of F. Shaw & Bro3. to Ferdinand A.
Wyman has been sustained by a jury. The
jury were convened under the statutes, pro
viding that where property attached by
creditors is claimed by a partv other than
a debtor, and attaching creditors do not
indemnity the offi^r, the officer may con
vene a jury to try the claimant's title. In
tbis case Wyman immediately made his
claim atter the attachment, but the officar
was not indemnified byjthe creditors. A jury
was immediately summoned, the requisite
ei^ht day's notice being given to all inter
ested. The jurors returned a verd'et sus
taining the assignment in all particulars
and assess the value of the property at
$285 816
Senators DJWPS, Logan and Cameron, of
the senate committee to consult witn the
Sioux relative to the proposed opening of
the Sioux reservation to settlement, were in
Chicago recently on th°ir return trip. They
say that nothing has been definitely settled
thjst they had t^uncl certain white men in
that section oi the canntry nad advised the
Indians to hold fast to their reservation, as
by so doing thf-y would (orce the govern
ment to pay them a larger price than now
proposed. As a consequence the chiefs
were found very non-committal on all sub
jects which the committee was empowered
to taik about.
The latest cut iosity passing through the
mails, which has found its way to the dead
letter office, is a lively horned frog from
Wyoming Territory. It was enclosed in a
small box and addressed to a lady in Eng
land. bt:», was stopped by the poatoffice offi
cials r.t New York, and seat to the dead let
ter office as nnmaiiable matter.
2 The schedules in assignment of W. Hol
biook & Co., New York dry goods naercbarts
rttow liabilities, $648,646: Tjominal as
sets $318,188. Tne liabilities are composed
CM 63 336 preferred claims and 58,130 son
preierred claims.
The secretary of the St. Paul chamber of
commerce recently forwarded to the Roches
ter sufferers $249 50, being the amount sub
scribed by the officers and employes of the
Manitoba railroad of St. Paul.
The value of exports of domestic provis
ions, tallow and dairy productions for the
•even months ended July 31,1883 was $65,
887.509, against $56,684,063 the same time
the previous year.
Navel Cadet Rumsey, of the third class,
wes sentenced to seven days' solitary con
finement tor attempting to haz? Cadet
Thomas H. Morgan of the fourth class.
Experts decide unanimously that St. Pau
is just the spot lor the establishment o
smelting works for Montana and Idaho ore
Southern wheat crops average 16ft bush
els to the acre.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. Tobcoe Hill, a woman who has had
a good many rich and noted Georgiar? at
at her feet, has sue
1 for a divorce from her
husband, a sportingmau, who shot one of
her paramours, was sentenced to life, sent
to an insane asylum, escaped and has never
been heard from since.
A. T. C. Pearson, grand secretary Minne
sota lodge of free Masons, who has returned
S»m his California trip in anything but vig
orous health says the Masons had a splen
did time in "Frisco." but he found the trip
very exhausting. He complains of a heart
affection.
FOREIGN NEWS GOSSIP.
An amusing protest has been made by
ifce government of British Columbia to the
®Dminion government against the unsatis
factory dtelegraph facilities they now enjoy.
The only *va.v ot telegraphic communica' ion
between British Columbia and tbe eastern
provinces at present is through United States
Territory. The appeal is made on the ground
that in the event of a rupture between Eng
land and the Ui ited States the first inti
mation of trouble would pass over the lines
ol the country with whom Canada wculd be
in hostility.
"^monttration under .the auspices of
'i
National league was held at Wa
*od, recently, in which several
*tators toot part. Michsel
'vaaid that the Object of
^ieve national iude
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position of chief mourner at the funeral of
the count implied no refusal on her part to
recognize the indisputable rights ol the
Orleans princes.
The archbishops of Cincinnati, New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, and several
other prelates, are expected at the Vatican
shortly, to confer with the propaganda on
the extension of church regulations to the
clergy of America.
Arabella Johnson, the "number nine"
prize beauty at the Chicago' beauty, has
sued G. Clark aud John Greer of Chicago
tor $20,000 damages done by a oartoon
showing UP her points of snperior comeli
ness.
An English socialist, whose arrest at Vi
enna and extradition to Germany created
riots among the workmen of Vienna, has
been committed to prison at Ernst.
Capt. Bush, the Lockport, N. Y., crank
whose perennial boast is that he was the
first man to enlist in the rebellion, has gone
a lecturing.
FIRES AND OTHER CASIA T.TIES.
Fire recently destroyed the Northern Pa
cific elevator at Lisb m, Dakota, which was
valued at $2",000. The building contained
5,000 bushels of wheat, small quantity of
hire, cement, liafr, etc. Tue jzr.nn was
burned, but the hair, lime and cement were
saved. The building and contents were in
sured. At one time serious fears were en
tertained that the Great Pacific hotel and
the New England bakery would take tire
and be consumed, but the di aster was
averted by herculean efforts of the people
who all worked like Trrjiins to save the
several structures on Front s'rec-t. Work
was commenced to remove the debris and
erect another building, which will be rushed
to completion at an early day. In the mean
time a temporary warehouse will be con
structed, and grain will be received as usual.
1 Daniel Merritt, an elderly gentleman, a
typo in the employ of Johnson, Smith &
Harrison ot Minneapolis, was found dead
at the foot of the stairs in the Johnson,
Smith it Harrison block, about 1:15 o'clock
on the 9th inst. The deceased had evident
ly fallen quite recently lor the remains were
still w«irm when discovered by Mr Smith.
From surroundings it is presumed that ne
fell down stairs and broke his neck, though
some assert that heart disease was his ail
ment. Mr. Merritt was an old resident of
Si. Paul where he leaves a f.tmily. For
many years the deceased was employed as
a compositor in the Pioneer press job room,
aud resided iu West Sr. Paul, being at one
time justice ol the peace.
1 Capt. Alexander's little boy, while herd
ing sheep a few days ago at Copperaq. Cove,
Tex., was bitten by a large rattlesn on
one of his fiHger3. Doc.ors say the iite
would have proved fatal had it not been
for the thoughttulness of his twin brother,
who caught a sheep, killed it, and held his
finger in the warm blood of the sheep, also
cording his arm. They were only twelve
years old.
An extensive cave occurred in the High
land mine, near Deadwood, Dakota, on the
8th inst. Th eenitn named Powers, Mo
sier and Johnson were imprisoned. Johusou
worked his way through eighty feet of ore
without tools, by the Iree use of giant pow
der. The escape was miraculous. Mosior
and Powers were found terjibly mangled
and both dead.
E. Clooney, head brakeman, for Conduct
or Darling, in charge of the first stctiou
of train 22, fell from the train about a quar
ter of a mile west of the whistling post at
Deerwood, on the Northern Pacific, a few
days a?o, and was killed. The remains were
taien to Brainerd and his friends notified
at Michigan City, Ind.
Thest*re of M. Dawling, commission mer
chant, New Orleans, was burned on the 10th
inst., and the stock of Thomas Warsh and
Ficard Meyening denized by water, and
the rear portion of Lewis Bros, also slight
ly damaged. Loss, $25,000 fuliy insured.
Frost did considerable damage os the
night of the 3d, in New England and along
the valley of the Hudson. The loss on tobac
co in three counties of Massachusetts is
placed at $125,600.
Boston ftnd its surrounding cities are
threatened with a water famine, and steps
have been taken to limit the supply to do
mestic uses.
Paris had a small cyclone on the 2nd inst.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
A sensation was crea ed at Zumbrota,
Minn., on the 10th inst., by a dastardly in
jury to one of Miss Eck'es' horses. She
was on the load to the county fair with a
string of ten horses, and stopped over night
at Zambrota. About 4 o'clock Mondav
morning some wretch stole ir to the barn
and injured cne of the horse* interna'ly,
so tbat he bled to eath. He was caught
in the act and lodged in jail. Hostility to
Miss Ectles, who was ta ride the ten-milt
r^ice on Wednesday, or to the fair asso
ciation, is the only supposed motive for the
act.
The jewelry store of M. Mather, at Mer
idan, C*nn., was burglarized on the 6th
inst. The burglars secured about 100
goJ£ and Bilver watches and seal ring
valued at over $4,000. Part of the same
store wits occupied by H. Brooks & Co.,
stationers^ and their safe wts also
forced op#n tt*d about $390 in cash
taken.
Two cowboys employed by the United
States cattle company on tbe Red river, a
a short distance erst of Las Vegus, N. M.,
became involved in a dspute recently over
a cow belonging to a Mexican, which
strayed into iheir herd. The cowboys com
menced firing at the Mexican, who returned
the fire with a shofguu, billing both cow
boys. The Mexican died shortly afterward.
Dr J. K. Ritchey who shot his wife fatal
ly at Mendota, 111., on the
3rd returned.^ ome
on the 5th, wfth his threat cut from ear to
ear but no main arteries severed. He had
remained in a hay loft du-ing the interven
ing period. He will recover aad has been
placed under arrest.
Two bzothers named John and Adon
Reed are now under arzest for having, on
the 16ih of August last, broken and dis
placed the tw.tch on the railroad at Black
Brook station, near CJear Like, Wis., com
ing the wreck of a freight train.
A shooting affray occurred at Minneapo
lis, .51inn., on the evening of the 11th inst.,
in which Jacob Wuhrman shot A. Bumb.
The wounds are not fatal. Wuhrman gave
himself up to the policc.
A railroad section hand committed sui
cide at Lake Crystal, Minn., on tbe 11th
inst.. by taking an overdose of laudanum
No causa is assigned for the act.
Hon. Herman Red field, a prominent
citizen of Monroe, Michigan, recently com
mitted suicide by shooting himself twice in
the head and once ia tbe breast.
The wholesale liquor house of W. J.
Sheehan & Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was
burglarized recently, but nothing of value
was taken.
Frank James Acquitted.
This notorious bandit had been on trial
for a fortnight at Gallatin, Mo., for kill
ing a man named McMillan at the Winston
robbery some years ago, was acquitted by
the jury on the 6th. Ex-Lieut. Gov.
Johnson closed the argument lor the pris
oner. He contended that there were but
four men engaged in the Wusion robbery,
and that Frank James w&s not one of then
tbat Dick Liddel's testimony was not reli
able it was not properly corroborated, to
be effective that the state's evidence gener
ally was weak, and insufficient, that an al
ibi for the prisoner bad fceen established.
Public sentiment can be quoted as string
in condemnation of the verdict, although
there are those who argue that from a itrict
legal standi oint the jury was justifiable in
acquitting, the stale's evidence heirg made
up of LidpeH's testimony, supported only
by circumstantial evidence. The erenera'
feeling however, is one of disappointment
and chagrin, that the slrong chain
o
evi­
dence woven by ihe state failed to stand,
Expressions ot sympathy with the prisoner,
or satisfaction over bis acquittal, are con
fined to a very few who are, and have been,
James friends.
largest number of patents ever issued in any
one year. The regular force of the office
was employed in the work of issuing these
patents. The preceding year, however, the
work of the office was very much behind,
IS,000 cases coming o%er from tne previous
\".Tt
was made to enable the commission to bring
lip the work, but even with the extia lorce
only 43,000 patents were issued. The werk
was nearly up with the close of th* fiscal
year-
DRIVING THE GOLDEN SPIKE?"
Bpeccheg by President Vlllard, Wm.
M. Eva rts, Ex-President Hillings,
ant4 Others,
At about 6:15 p. m., on the 8th inst,, the
ceremonies of driving the last spike on the
Northern Pacihc Railroad, connecting St.
Paul and Duluth at the eastern terminus,
with Portia id, the western terminus, were
held at a plac called Gold Spike, titty-five
miles west of Helena, Montana. The oc
casion was regarded as a remarkable
and
on®
as presaging ii prosperous future. All
present were impressed at what they beheld.
I.istead of the wilderness of the Rocky
mountains, they beheld a mam
math pavilion capable of seat
ihg more than a thousand people,
over which fl attd the national colors of
American, Gorman ard British nations. In
Iron', reaching to the roadoedwasa' ex
tensive promenade, skirted by a_ platform
with un:ortabUj seals. To the right was a
a ba.id stand and on it were s at.*d the
Fifth infantry b.rail who were to entertain
tlieiu, and who came all the way from Fort
Keogh. But even stronger than this evi
dence of civilization were the scores of ve
hicles and the hundreds of hardy moun
taineers gathered to welcome Henry Vil
htrd. As soongas the last the guests wr
rived and his party, the ceremonies were
opened by President ViilarJ, who divided
the attention of the enthusiastic multitude
.yith Gen. Grant, seated on the p.aUorm
Mr. Viilard spoke for half
an hour giving a brief
history of the Northern Pacific rail
»uad trom its iucipancy to its completion,
and making honorable mention of all who
had been instrumental in building this great
trancontinental tnroiuhfare. Heconsluded
his remarks amid tremendous applause, and
then introduced the Hon. Wm. M. Evarts,
the orator of the occasion. Mr. Evarts
paid a glowing tribute to the founders of
the
great work. He said: "in all the lon^
route from St. Paul, to Portland and Puget
Souud the work has spoken and
will speak tha piaises of i:s conception,
its projection, its completion, in more im
pressive tones, and with a juster emphasis,
than words can express." His address was
lor.g and eloquent, and was well received
and heartily applauded. Mr. Evar:s was
foiljwed bv Secretary Teller, who spoke of
the great e-ercy and capital inquired to
complete the various transaontinental lines,
and the prospective benefits to the nation
this enterprise of the Northern Pacific,along
who.-e line ol road there would be in a few
yea.'s 9,000,000 people,could not e called lo
cal i a its character. I' was more than nation
al. It concerned the welfare of other people.
It now remains for the managers to jusiify
in the future the wistoin of the government
in what it has dowe and that wi11 be if the
pol:cy announced by President Viilard is
carried out. Secretary Teller was foilov»ed
by ex-Pre»ident Billings, Gen. Grant, Sir
James Harmon, Von Eisendesker, Dr. Kniss
of the Berlin un versity, the governors of
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Montana,
Oregon and Washington territory.
At the conclusion thrae cheers were giv
en. The loreigu guests were thea given
seats ou the platlorm by the railway, pho
tos were taken of them, Viilard aud family
and the m*st distinguished Americans. At
ter that a horse that nad heipsd to build
the road from its inception was brought
upon the platform Then there was wit
nessed a most extraordinary spectacle.
Three hundred men with brawny arms
quickly laid theteon and drove the spikes oa
the thousand feet ot uncompleted track ex
cept the last spike. During the!progress of
the work, which was witnessed by the for
eigners with amazement, the band played
and the people shouted. When nearly
completed u cannon salute was fireJ by
the ileiachment of the fifth infantry present.
The last ^pike was finally driven home by
H. C. DJV.S, assistant general passenger
agent ot the road, who drove the first spike
on the opening of the road, and this spike
was the same one first driven by him. The
end was reached as the .sun was setting
behind the mountains. The enthusi
asm of tbe people, variously estimated at
from 3 000 to 5,000, was indescribable. The
high reverberation, the mingled sounds of
cannon a-id shouts ot men. Thus was
brought to a happy concision a very re
markable event in American history. The
trains were reformed and guests departed,
the English and apart of the Americans,
including George M. Pullmau and Vice
President Haines, to the east, the rest west
ward to Pnget sound.
At S\ Paul Private George C*dy, of the
Emmet battery, with a brass field piece,
was on hand at Smith park by 9 o'clock,
his gua charged with a five pound blank
cartridge. At a later hour an electric wire
was inserted into tue vent, and this wire
connected with a dynamo machine in the
telegraph office of the North, rn Pacific rail
road. An unbrofeen circuit was completed
between Golden Spike, sixty mile3 west of
Helena, Montana, an i New York, a
to.al distance of 2,595 miles. Tie wire was
cut at the scene of the dty's festivities,
I,215 miles west of St. Paul. One end of
he wire was affixed to the silver sledge
hammer, the other to the golden spike, and
when the first blow was struck, a circuit
would be completed, and the b'ow
"ticked" instantaneously in Portland, St.
Paul, Chicago, Boston, Buffalo, and New
York.
It was expected that the las*, spike would
be driven between the hours of 10 and 12 a,
m., but the watchers at the instrument in
the Northern Pacific offices in Sc. Paul,
and at the cannon in Smith Park stood at
their posts until 6:18 p. EU., railway ti oe,
when the first "tick" was
heard on the instrument which
was switched into connection with the can
non. in lass than two seconds! Boom! went
the g"n in Smith park, joyfully pealed the
bells, and shrill and deep blew tbe whis
tles in the city of St. Paul. The last spike
was driven. Tbe Northern Pacific railroad,
conceived nineteen years ago, was corr-
pleted. The great work had coiiie to a suc
cessful completion.
A Minnesota Woman's Mysterious
Death.
A startling rumor has been set afloat in
Chicago, that a lady h«d died in a south
side doctor's office, while being developed
into a spiritualistic healing medium. An
investigation showed that the lady was Mrs.
Riley L. Nichols, fifty-one years of age, who
went to Chicag form Chatfield, Minn., and
that the doctor was C. Skyes, a catarrh
Bpeci-ilibt. The story runs that on the 9th
inst. Mrs. Nichols left the home of her
daughter to a't nd a mefting of spiritualists
at the boxse of Mrs. McCracken, a friend.
She is described as having been a very esti
mable aad intelligent lady, but had been
convinced by her spiritualistic friends
that she was possessed of the powers
of a medium, and that she could
becomo a great healing medium through
the efforts of a "developer." Dr. Sykes
was represented as capable in developing
.his latent power. It is said that|Mrs. Nich
ols often told her friends that her powers
were being developed, and it is said that
she was at the doctor's office on that day
for that purpose—that tne doctor mesmer
ized her, and when the proper time arrived
she failed to pa^s out of the trance and 'lied,
the only witness being Dr. Sykes and an as
sistant. Ic was also Shid that the body was
removed under cover of tbe nignt, and
every effort niide to keep the actual cause
of her death hidden. The origin of these
rumors was traced to the daughter of the
deceased, who had said that she had been
so told by tbe doctor. The next day, how
ever, the daughter denied the first s:ory,
and said her mother had died of heart dis
ease. Both the doctor and daughter tell
conflicting and contradictory stories as to
tbe cause of death, and altog ther consider
able m\ stery invests the case.
The Hastln gs & DakotaExtension.
Tbe Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road surveyors have completed the perma
nent survey of the Hastings dk Dakota ex
tension west fr jm Aberdeen, a distance of
fifty-six mil$3. Gride stakei have been
set and grading is now being done on the
east en£ at the rate of twenty-five milea
every two weeks. The officials will eay
very little about reaching Bismarck by any
line. It is generally thought tt.e most feas
ible route is irom Mitchell northwest on
the line of tbat company's survey. The
distance is 242 miles by that line. In the
south it passes through some of the finest
land in the territory, buf toward the north
tbe bills have to be crossed, which will
cause some heavy grading It is thought
Numerous Agricultural Patents.
Wa-.nington, Special. The forthcoming
annuel report of the commissioner of the
general land office will show that 50,00
agricultural patents were issued during the
fiscal year ended June 30,1883. This is the tbat Mr. Mitchell's trip to Europe is for the
purpose of buying steei. Much praise is
tue the company for pushing their road
so far into the undeveloped lands of Central
Dakota, thereby enabling the new settlers
to procure the necessaries of life at small
oost
A special appropriation ot $25,000
imiil Imi
f*
MINNESOTA HEWS.
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR.
The Exhibition this Year atOwaton
na a Credit to the Mate and Well
Patronized by the People.
The state fair opened at O watonna on
Monday of last week, but, as u-ual, most of
the day was occupied in preparations for
what was to come. The «mti ies were lar^e and
gave assurance that the exhibition would
be worthy of public support.
Tuesday—called governor's dsy—there
was an attendance of 6,000 p#op!e. Five
long tables had been spread and bountifully
filled with the eood things of life, conspic
uous among which was the barbecued ox
presented by A. H. Bullis, one of the lead
ing cattle breeders of the state. At the
head of the long tibles was placed a slight
ly raised platform and short table at whicb
was seated Gov. Hub iard, Col. Clark W.
Thompson, president of the society, ex Sen
ator M. S. Wilkinson, ex-R-p esentati/e
Mark H. Dunnoll, and several ethers.
At the coml sion of the banquet, Pres
ident Thomps n arose and iu a few words
introduced Guv. Hubbard, who was re
ceived with applause. A ter thanking the
assemblage f«r the cordi greeting ex
tended him, the governor proceeded at some
length to speak of the benefits to the state
of such exhibitions as he had witnessed on
the grounds.
There were the tangible, visible and solid
evidences of the progress made by Minne
sota in every i ranch of industry. It had
been charged that we were boastful aud ex
travagant in our langu i^e in regard to our
products and capabilities, but he denied
the soft impeachment, and in refutation of
the same pointed to the bout.tifullv spread
tables and the splendid exhibit made of all
kinds o*' i roducts. At the conclusion of
the governor's remarks ex-Senator Wilkin
son was introduced and made an earnest,
elcq ient speech laudatory of the farmer
and agricultural interests.
Speec es were made by various other
gentlemen. The horse show attracted great
atteution, i.nd if tbe marngers of the S ate
fair had not b.'en able to secure any other
attraction beyond the cattle show they
certainly would have no reason to com
plain ot the exhibition. The display of
Shorthorns, Devons, Holsteins, Hereford's,
Jerseys, Polled Angus, etc., is something
for the society to bi proud of, and proves
that the great Northwest is not a whit be
hind its Eistern neighbors in the matter of
fine stock raising.
Col. R. P, Mi.Giincy of Elgia, Iil., secr?
of the dairy board of trade of thit city and
also of the N )rtbwt tern Dairymen's asso
ciation, attended the fair, and speaks in
complimentary terms of the cattle exbioits.
The races, of course attracted the crowd ia
the afternoon but do not riquire special
mention.
Wedensday had been set apart as Fari
bault Day, an the people of that city, to
the number of fully 1,000, arrived by special
train at an early hour, and were soon
thronging all over the grounds. Every reg
ular train brought hundreds of visitors, and
by 2 p. m. fully 12.000 people were on the
grounds. During the morning there was
quite an addition to the stock, machinery
and aaricultural exnibit, and every
department was fullv represented.
Every hing passed off without a single ac
cident or disturbance, and a better natured
better behaved, and it maybe added, bet
terpleased crowd of 12,OOJ people probab
ly never met together in Mini esota or anv
other state than th.»t assembled upon the
fair grounds. The line ol stabling for cat
tle, hon.es, sheep, hogs, etc., extended en
tire y around the grounds, from the north
to the south side the rase courss. For a
part of the distance the line of stalls was
double. The arrangements for exhibiting
the stock was very convenient, botn lor ex
hibitors and visitors. Ahout midway of
the grounds was located tbe machinery ex
hibit. which was quite extensive.
the main hall or.expo ition build'ng was
situated in the center of the gronnds. It
was two stories high, and its size is 72
by 140 feet. Just below tbe exposition
builuing was the grand stand or amphithe
ater, ?00 feet lorg, with a seating capacity
oi 3,000. The display of blooded cattle was
the largest rollection of valuable animals
ever seen in Minnesota, and the same may
be said of horse3. The display of sheen a id
hogs was fair. It was a very enjoyable day
to visitors and all went away satisfied and
in good humor.
Thursday was another gala day, aud 12,
000 visitors were pr.sent, including dis
tinguished people from all parts of toe
state with a sprinkling from Wisconsin and
Iowa. Notwichs!auding the immense crowd
and the excitement "incident to such an oc
casion there was not a single drunken man
in the crowd and not a single case of pock
et picking or crookedness.
Some of the exhibitors and friend* of the
secretary, Mr. R. C. Judson, took this occa
sion to express their appreciation of the
kindness and courtesy he bad shown them,
by presenting him with a magnificent set 2,
silverware costing $ !5J.
A set of solid silver knives and forks was
also givrn to Mr. J. T. Howe, the superin
tendent of machinery department, for his
constant attention to their watats.
Friday was gloomy overhead and the at
tendance w s not so large as on previous
davs. The judges in the different divisions
were hard at w rk and completed their la
bors. Financially the fair waa a success,
and kas demonstrated that Owatonna is a
good point at whicb to hold the state fair.
Its citizens have labored faithfully and
well, at gre.it personal sacrifice aud ex
pense, to make the twenty-fifth annual ex
hibition creditable to the state, against un
told circumstances, over which they could
have no control.
Twice were the buildings and sheds de
stroye
1
or injured by the elements, yet they
succeeded in making all the necessary pro
visions tor the largest and best exhibit
ever given in the state. Another year, un
der more propiticas circumstances and the
added knowledge oi what is necessary for
tbe convenience of so important a display,
there is every reason to believe that the
twenty-sixth annual fair will be still more
successful. Hon. Clark W. Thompson the
pr sident, and Mr. Judson, the secretary of
the society, are entitled to much credit, and
are very popular with exhibitors,
A fire at Albert Lea burned the store of
C. O. Kleven and other buildines. Kiev'
en's toss was $8,500 S mms & Broon $1,500
Col. Eaton $2,000 Clyde Loomsa $250 Burt
Pell $300 H. O. Brogan $3
J0 U. Bicken-
back $300.
At the St. Paul M, E. district conference
at Farmington there was a discussion of
great interest, in which Drs. Smith and
Miller and McClary made severe, criticism
on ie methods of the evrtogelist Harrison,
The discussion closed with a long speech by
Dr. Marshall, in which he defended Mr.
Harrison,and condemned the
severe criticism
which had been made.
A man in the employ of J. D. Brewster
of Rendsville one day suddenly disappeared
Irom the fielJ where he was at work. A
few days latter the corpse of the missing
man was found iu an adjoining slough.
What caused his death is unknown, but
it is supposed to be heart disease or Bun
stroke.
The jury gavo as their verdict that Leon
J. Clark came to his death by drowning,
the result of hi9 own act, he having appar
ently thrown himseli over th3 St. Paui
bridge into the Mississippi river on the
night of Rept. 3, 1883.
Tte Morrison coanfy fair will b« held at
Little Falls, Sept. 11, 12'and 13.
Eohke Brothers of New Ulm are going to
begin at once tbe erection of a grist mill at
Bird I land 40x40 feet, and three stories
high. It will bave a capacity of filtv bar
relsof flou/ per day and will cost $8,000.
Perham Bulletin: Monday morning the
report on our street was that E. Curo,
formerly of Perham, who has been connec
ted witsh the logging business near Brainerd
for a few years past, had skipped the coun
try, leavmg his scores of creditors in the
lurch. Investigation at Brainerd showed
that Curo had skipped the country after
selling all of his mortgai ed property and
pocketing tbe cash. Hartley Bros, of
Braii erd belc. mortgages to tbe a-uount ol
$8,000, and as soon as they found he had
sold said property and skipped tb»y went
to Fargo, gathered in their securities, and
then found where bills of sale had been giv
en. Several of our Perham merchants «re
heavy loters, and will amount in the aggre
gate all of $3,000. Curo ha6 doubtless
planned this f«ir sometime as his creditors
have been unable to get anything fr^m him
yet it is known that he had money.
A three-year-old daughter of Theodore
Whitelock of Glencoe, was run over by a
reaper, her arm being cut off near the shoul
der.
Footpads niar Minneapolis, Minn., on
the evening of the 9h inst.. stopped and
robbed Mr. F. W. Boettcber, ana forced
sh»Awi»»f«iwropi him to deliver to them his personal effects reports upon the subject ot organisation
railed, consisting of $220 in money and a watch. tween English and American societies.
4.^x^4# fee*
Snow-Shoo Thompsons' Exploit.
From the San Francisco Call.
The 14 foot snow-Bhoes of tbe "Snow
Bhoe Thompson" will be Bent to tbe
Louisville Exhibition by H. J. McKusick,
Superintendent of the Railway Mail
Service on the PaciGc coast. The shoes
tire those built forThompson, who wasa
mail-curier on various Sierra Nevada
routes for many years, awd who died
only a few years ago. If a history ol a
few of the startling adventures encoun
tered by Thompson could le sent along
with the shoos, they would indeed be an
interesting txhibit. For many years
Thompson carried mail over the routa
from riiicerviile to Virginia City, cross
ing the Sierra Nevada on the way. Ata
point just south of Lake Tahoe, on the
shores ol the Fallen Leaf Lake, Thomp
son had a little cabin of liis own lor use
in carte he any time failed to make
Yank's Station, on Like Tahoe, on the
we^tren trip, as that was the longest
and hardest day's snow-shoeing he
had, and it meant death to be overtaken
by darkness or a storm without Bhelter,
Each year the last stage to run over the
road in the fall would leave some corn,
Hour and whisky ut this cabin, so that iu
an emergency Thompson would be pro
vided lor. It happened that one winter
durii a storm of snow so thick that
Thompson's progiess was slow, he was
in fact, prevented wroing any further
than the cabin, on account of the sudden
and impenetrable darkness which over
took him just at that point. When
Thompson had entered the cabin and
started a lire he was amazed to find the
bacon gone, and the tlour trampled and
scattered over the Hour. The work evi
dently of a bear, which had broken in
the door, incited to that rash act, no
doubt, by the odor of bacon. The
whifky was 8till there, and Thompson
concluded that a few hot glasses of that
would satis'y him for the night, and
alter several well mixed glasses he
rolled up in his blankets and went to
sleep with his feet to the log fire.
lie woke at daybreak ana opened the
door to take a look at the weather befowi
Btiapntng up tils suoes and proceedin«
to Yank's lor his breakfast. As he did
so he was decidedly startled by seeing
camped just outside of the door a half
grown grizzly, which was evidently
waiting to see who or what was occupy
ing his quarters Thompson jumped
back and the bear waddled in and gave
evidence of his satisfaction at the pros
poct of a mail carrier for a winter's feast
He couldn't get out of the door, BO
Thonip.son jumped un, caught hold of a
"ssoeani, ami drew himself up. The
uear camped underneath and grinned
indulgently, as though saying: "Well
old fellow, you've got to drop sooner oi
later herj goes to see which of us can
outlast the other." Thompson sat it out
all that day and the following night
There was no use in crying for helo ac
none would be within hailing until the
spring. Me could not jump elown and
fight the bear with his pocket knife, his
only weapon, and altogether the case
looked pretty desperate for the old mail
carrier. His snow-shoes were leaning
from one end of the cabin to the wall at
the other end, and Ttn:mpson finally
opened his knife and lashed it with hii
scarf, torn in strips, on one end of on«
shoe, making a formidable lauce of it
While the bear camped under him he
could not use his lance, the cabin not
being long enough. Thompson at last|got
the animal outside nf the door, by toss
ing one of his stockings out, which th»
bear lounged out to investigate. Thai
got him far enough to be prodded and
Thompson prepared. When the grizzij
had sniffed the bait it turned round, fa*
Ing the door, and found its snout within
aim of Thompson's lance point. The old
mail-carrier only had a foot tc draw
back his lance, but hensed it to good ad
vantage, for, carefully, drawing it back,
he gave it a sudden plunge forward, the
knife entering the baar's brain through
one of its eyes. When the exhausted
mail carrier reached Yank's and told
this story it was doubted although
Thompsoo had a remarkable reputation
for truth-telling among those hardy
liars of tho mountains. "There, if you
don't believe me, boys," Thompson
said, "the United States mail ken wait
until my character i3 vindicated. I'll
not. leave this place until some of ye
doubting lubbers has gone back thar
and brought me a steak of that thar
bar." It was done. Yank himself and
some of the men about the station went
back on the snow shoes, and Thompson
had his dinner off a steak of the bear he
killed with his snow-shoe lance
A Game of Base Ball Played by Six/
teen Girls
At Pastime Park, Philadelphia, sixteen
young girls, aided by two lads, played base
ball. The players were modestly dressed,
and their ssirts reached to their knees. Ooe
side wore dresses of white, with blue trim'
minga and stockings of a light red color,
while the other bad blue stockings. All
wore jaunty little wbite-clorh bats and base
ball sooes of the regular style, except one
girl, who luxuriated in fifteen-button gait
ers that reached a span around her ankles
and must have taken half an hour each to
fasten. When play waa called the reds
went to the bat, each girl clamoring about
tbe scoer's table to know when would be
her turn to''go in." It was evident irotn
tbe start that the dimond of regulatioa
size was entirely to la'ge for the girls either
for running or throwing. A bail thrown
fr pitcher to second
base
almost invariably
fell snort, an i was btopped on the roll. Tne
throw from first ta third base was an utter
impossibilty.
The throwing was a novelty at Paslime,
and excited the players who watched the
game to uncontrollable laughter. All the
girl3 handled the ball in the same way
Th- right arm wa3 doubled and the hand
brought near the face, then a sudden jerk
threw it thirty feet or so. In catching all
the girls held their hands out in front of
of them, with the palms up and, it the ball
was well directed, and came at a nice curve
ihey caught it well enouah, but if it came
straight and fast their courage failed, and
they got out of its way without delay.—
New York Times.
Tragedy of u Wronged Father.
On an island to the north, in a little
'Indian village that showed no sign of
the presence of whites, I found an old
gray-haired man who in all respects,
save that his skin was not so dark as
were the faces around him, seemed an
Ind an. The old man told me that he
was the son of a white ma:i who lived on
the island and became very rich by
cheating the Indians out of their furs.
"He traded in skin.«," said the old man
with a savage twinkle in his eyes, "but
he skinned the Injin.s!" His father's
name was John Raster and his mother
was the young daughter ofanOjibway
[*hief. Her lather knew nothing of his
daughter's shame until her chiid was
brn, when he dragged her into
the presence of her betray
er, stabbed her, and as she lay dying,
throttled the father of her child and
wst him, as he supposed dead, into the
pool of blood at her side. Then lie took
the child and with his family left the
island forever. "My biood relations live
in riches in a city far away, but the dy
ing curse of the heartbroken ch ef will
yet overt ke them and they shall suffer
for the sins of their father!"—Mackinac
Correspondence Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Will of Jere. Black
TIm
will of Jeremiah S. Black, has been
admitted to probate. It consists of twelve
closely written pages. The executors are
Vincent K. Keeeey, Lieut. Gov. C. F.
Black, and Isbam S. Hornsby. The will
was written at Judue Black's dictation, nd
each pa?e bears the judge's plain left and
signature. After making special bequests
to all bis children, tbe undivided portion,
including Brockie, his country seat, is left
to the widow, and at her death, Lieut. Gov.
Black is to have the acceptance, or refusal
of it at a fixed valuation. The v ill is da
ted February 21. 1883. The estate is esti
mated at about $200,000.
The annual reports of the trades anion
ocgresa at Birmingham speaks very favor
ably of similar congresses held in the Unit
ed States, whoee purDoses and methods
are the same as those of the Phiglish congress
There has been an exchange of le'fers and-
b*.
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S^^XTSS??^* •tit
A TROUBLED HEART,
fl
On the quivering ocean
Wavers the image bright
Oft be moon, whose motion
Through heaven's vault in light
If still and true, yet tender
Its radiance and its splendor.
80 still and true, mine own,
Thou ever art my light
In ray sad heart alone
Wavers thine image bright,
STow can a troubled breast
lieliect an image blest?
—German of Heine.
PROVIDENTIAL PIGS.
"Oh, missus, missus! Somefiu's done
happened."
Blank horror and dismay were depic
ted upou the face of m/ smal lAfrican,
as she stood upon my threshold with
upraised hinds and eyeballs that seemed
starting from their sockets. Her pause
was one of preparation, for with the in
ate consideration of her race, she
sought to break the news gently to me,
but the burden of it was too great for
her, and with the next breath she ex
claimed:
"Dein pigs done chawed up Miss
Liddy's weddin' gownl"
"Glory," I exclaimed (she had been
piously christened Gloriana), "Glory,
how did it happen?"
"Dunnol" said Glory. "Pearstome
dem pigs has got Satan in 'em. Guess
dey's 'scended from de ole lot what run
down a steep placa into the sea. I'l go
an' letch ye a piece.
She sped out and instantly returned
with a tattered shred of India mull that
had oni'6 been white, and still bore
some resemblance to a gown. Poor Miss
Lyddy! This was all that remained of
her dream of wedding splendors. It
was too pitiful! I felt at once that the
bonds of good neighborhood had been
irretrievably broken, and that Major
Hawthorne must be made aware of this
last and worst depredation oi this un
seemly pigs.
"But who would break the news to
Miss Lyddy?"
"Glory," said I, "where is she?"
"Gone over to de buryin' place ob her
ancestors," answered Glory.
Poor, faithful soul even in those last
days of her maidenhood, with the vague
terrors oi" matrimony and the stil! more
appealing responsibi ities of unsaved
heathen souls hanging over her, she did
not forget the ancestors. Long lines of
Ludkinses lay buried in little sunken
tiillocks in the family buryiug-place,
which lay just in sigln of her sitting
room window. She herself was the last
of her race, and until within three
weeks it seemed that the only fate which
awaited her was to live out her little
space under the ancestral roof-tree, and
then take her in the silent ranks of
those who had gone before. But a
change td come. It came in the per
son of a returned missionary from the
Nicronesian Islands, who had buried the
first and second partners of his joys and
Borrows somewhere under the palm
trees of those tropical lands and had
come back to the scenes of his youth to
recruit his health, servo his cause and
look up partner No. 3, He met Miss
Lyddy at a woman's missionary meeting.
He called the next afternoon and was
invited to stay to tea. He accepted the
invitation, and next morning Miss Lyd
dy came into my room—for I, too, dom
iciled under the Ludkins roof-tree, for a
consideration—and with much hesita
tion and many faint
and delicate blushes,
informed me that she had promised to
share the future lot of the Rev. Ntdie
miali Applebloom, to take care of his six
children, and to support him in his ardu
ous labors among tho heathen of the
Micronesian Islands.
I was struck dumb with amazement.
"Miss Lyddy," I said at length, "have
you duly consid )red this project?"
Her thin figure quivered, and her
white face, that had yet a delicate re
membrance of youth in it, grew tender
with feeling.
"Yes," she said "I think I have, i
bave always had a presentment that I
should marry a minister or a missionary."
Admirable and prophetic faith! "And
Mr. Applebloom says he knew the mo
ment he set eves upon me that I was or
dained to be his wife so you see it is
not the surprise to either of us that it is
likely to be to our friends."
I knew that her mind was fully made
up. I demurred no longer, but lent my
self at once to discussion of the wedding,
which I plainly saw was what Miss Lyd
dy desired of me.
"You will be married in church, I
suppose?"
"Ob, no," said Miss Lyddy. with gen
tle decision. "I am the last of the Lud
kinses. All the Ludkinses were mar
ried at home. I will go out from under
my own roof tree. If I must seem to
foisake the ancestors"—she paused to
regulate a little choking in her throat
—"I will at least not forsake their tradi
tions. I shall leave a little money with
the parish e'erk that he may see that
the graves of my dead are kept in prop
er order, as I always have loved to keep
them, but I hope they will forgive my
departure but I wilt at least go as a
Ludkins should. It is my desire to be
married in my grandmother's wedding
gown."
Miss Lyddy's voice trembled, and
there was a humidity in her eyes, at
which I did not wonder, for it was much
like a funeral, after all.
"I thought, perhaps," went on Miss
Lyddy, "if I brought the venerated relic
to you, you would tell me if anything
were necessary to be done to fit it to int*.
I don't care for the fashions, you know,
and my grandmother, as 1 remember
her was about my height, but stillj yo«
know—something—some changes might
be advisable."
"Certainly." I said, "do bring it to
me. I should so like to see it."
"It is sprigged India, (she called it
Ingv) mull. My grandfather, Capt.
Simon Ludkins, brought it home from
over the seas. I'll bring it."
Like some pale and gentle ghost she
rose then and went to the bureau draw
er and unrolled from rolis of linen that
smelt ot lavender, tbe frail relic of Mrs.
Capt. Simon Ludkins' wedding state. It
was fine, einoroiiits.i-.u_ mull, the un
doubted product of Indian looms.
"It is lovely," I said, "and so weil
kept tha' it will be just the thing for
you. Will you try it on? We can tell
then just what it needs."
Miss Lyddy proceeded to disrobe her
selt and put on the spider-net gown.
As she did so the changes in fashion's
mandates oecame only too evident. It
had no waist tospea* of, and just a lit. le
iace-trimmed puff for sleeves. Miss
Lyddy was evidently surprised. She
had not thought of this. I knew well
what the troubled look upon her face
meant, and I pitied her maiden sensi
bilities. Could it be possible that her
grandmother, Mrs. Capt. Siinon Lud
kins, had ever worn such a gown as
this? She said not a word that could
indicate the depth of her mortification
—but her face was a study for an
artist,
"There must be sleeves," she mur
mured, after a few moments of silent
and embarrassed contemplation.
'Yes," I replied, cheerfully as mv
constrained gravity would allow. "And
you might have a fichu and a flounce on
the bottom."
She looked down. She had not before
realized that the skirt of the venerated
relic lacked a full quarter of a yard ol
touching the floor.
"However could they!" she ejaculated
in en undertone. But she quickly re
covered herself, and looked up to me
cheerfully over her spectacles.
"How "ingenious you are!" she said
with an air of sweet relief. "I knew you
would help me cut."
We went out together and bought the
requisite mull that day, but when we
came to put it beside the "venerated
relic" of Mrs Captain Ludkins it was ev
ident that time had so enriched the col
or of the latter that the two were most
unfortunately unlike.
"We can lay it out on the grass," 1
said "these June days arejust the thing
£ar it, and as it will ie evemJiiLjiqhody
will in the least notu*?'
U£r
Again Min Liddjr smiled gratefully,
and declared that.my suggestion should
be carried out in the modt faithful man
pe-.
The Rev. Neheraiah Applebloom—"A
lovely name, don't you think to?" said
Miss Lyddy, and she blushed and smiled
llko a school-girl in her teens—had but
a short furlough, and the marriage was
to transpire the next week, so the relic
was put out to bleach forthwith. It had
already been put upon the grass three
days and night#, and had been rel'gioufi
ly witered by Miss Lyddy at morn anil
noon and dewy eve, and the next day it
was to be taken np early and put into
the dressmaker's hands for the neces
sary alterations, when^ the dreadful
e^ent occurred with which this narra
tve opens.
"Glory" I said, "do you keep watch
for Miss Lyddy when she returns. Hay
nothing about what has happened unless
she muses tin- gown from the grass. In
that case tell her that I thought it was
bleached enough and took it up to dry.
and you don't know where I have put
it. I am going out now, but if she asks
where, tell her yon don't know."
Glory was faithful, and had besides
the natural craft of her race, and I knew
tl at she could be trusted. As for me, I
8wiltly donned my bonnet and set out to
find Major llaw'home. It was a bright
June evening, and my walk through the
nu-adow and the grove that skirted Haw
thorndean would have been a more
delightful one if I had borne a
mind more at ease. The
major was a gentleman by birth, but he
lived out his fifty bachelor years in a gay
and careless way that had ^seemed to set
the gentler creation at defiance. In the
lifetime of his parents liawthorndean
had been a beautiful estate. It still re
tained many marks of wealthy and cul
tivated ownership, but it wras sadly run
dowh, as the home of a bach
elor is apt to be. The grove
which had once been the pride of the
place, was grownup wi brush now,
and tlie sere leaves of many summer's
growth rustled under my feet as I walked
through it At one point, coming sud
denly around a thick clump of under
growth, I heard a chorus of tiny snorts
and the scampeaing of numberless hoofs
and I knew that I had invaded a haunt
of the major's last agricultural freak, the
very brood oi Berkshire pigs that were
the" source of all my borrowed woes.
Away they scampered, their snouts we
raised in the air, and each, with a curl
in his tail that seemed too ornamental
to be wholly the product of nature and
to justify the village ru.nor that the ma
jor's own man put those mils in curl-pa
i ers everv night. They had the air o:
spoiled children, every one, and were,
evidentlv, the major's pets. But that
didn't matter: they had ruined Miss
Lyddy's
wedding gown, to say nothing
of other aggravating exploits which do
not belong to this *torv, and 1 wa3 de
termined to have satisfaction out of their
owner.
I found the major sitting on his piazza
with tn after dinner look upon his hand
some, good humored face. He rose to
greet m^ with an air of old-school polite
ness, dashed with a faint wonder that I,
a woman, should have had the lurdi
hood to approach a place so little fre
quented bv women.
"Good evening, Miss Grace. I am
happy to see you. In what can I have
the honor to serve you?"
He had read my face aud knew that I
had come on a missio ?.
"Major Hawthorne," I said, paying
no attention to his offer of a chair, "I
have come on a very painful errand."
"Sit down, madam," jsaid tbe major,
politely. "I cannot possibly permit a
lady to stand on my piazza. I ought,
perhaps to ask you to walk in, bnt it. is
rather stuffy inside, this, evening."
"No," I said, "I will sit here, if you
please," To tell vou the truth, indoors
as seen through the windows, hai not
the most inviting look, and I was glad
to compromise.
"You have no doubt heard"—plunging
in medias res, "that Miss LydiaLudkins
is about to be married.''
"Married! Miss Lydia. No! Hadn't
heard a word of it," said the major in
genuine amazement. "Who is the for
tunate man pray?"
"The Rev. Nehemiah Applebloom, a
missionary to the Micrones'an islands,
who has come home to recruit his health
and find a wife."
"I know him,'" said the major. "Saw
him down at the station—a long, lean,
lank individual—just fit for his vocation
no temptation whatever to cannibals!
But what the deuce is he going to do
with Miss Lydia? What will Balaaai's
Corners do without her?"'
"Balaam's Corners must do tbe best
it can," I said—1 fear a little sharply—
lor my mind was still in a most aggres
sive state toward the major.
Tuey are to be married next week,
and—"
"What will become of the 'ances
tors?' interpolated the major, in whom
surprise seemed to have otten the bet
ter of habitual politeness.
"Oh, she has made arrangements with
Mr. Crow about that."
"Just like her. Dear, faithful girl."
The major had all his life loved all the
sex—not one—and I was not to be be
beguiled bv this show of feeling.
"She had set her heart upon be
ing married in her grandmother's wed
ding gown."
"Old Mrs. Captain Simon? I reme:n
ber her well. A mighty fine woman.
She never would have gone to the ends
of the earth with a missionary. It's the
craziest eclieme I ever heard of."
I began to fear I should never get to
ray errand.
"It was put out on the grass to bleach,
being a little yellow with age. It was a
lovely embroidered India muslin that
the old captain brought home from In
dia himself."
How well I remember him in my boy
hood! A jolly old ^oul! A granddaughter
ol hisgo off to the Cannibal Islands to be
eaten UD bv the savages! I won't have
itl"
"Her hearti-P5t upon going," I contin
ued. "The wadding gown was put out to
bleach, and this very afternoon those
little Berkshire pigs of yours—ihev are i
nuisance to the whole neighborhood,
major tr.implcd and rotted it to pieces,
so that it is utterly ruined."
"Little black rascals!" said the major,
with a chuckle behind his neckcloth.
"And I have come without her knowl
edge to tell you of it. because I was sure
that, under the circumstances, a gentle
men of vour breeding w juld feel in hon
or bourn! to make some reparation to
Miss Lydia."
The major mused and looked at his
boot for a moment iu silence.
"M:ss Grace," he said at length, "I
thank you for the service you have ren
dered me in this matter. Will you ha.e
the goodness to say to Miss Ludkins,
with mv compliments, that I shall do
myself the honor to wait upon her to
morrow at 10 o'clock, to adjust this un
fortunate matter? I beg in the meantime
that she will gi 'e herself as little solici
tude, for, though I cannot restore the
anci-ntand venerated dry goenls, I will
do the bes-t that is po^sib'e under the
circumstances to make the Joss good."
He bowed over my hand and the au
dience was evidentlv conceded. W7as I
satisfied? No, indeed! What woman
would not have felt wronged to be left
at the end of a mission of disinterested
benevolence in such a state of doubt
and uncertainity as this? But I was
obliged to go ho ne. Nevertheless, and
wait as patiently as Icould for the
large
3,
stroke
of 10 next morning.
Glory had been in hearing when the
message had been delivered to Miss
Lyddy, and she, too, was on the watch.
At last she scudded in from the hedge,
her ivories all aglisten, and her eyes
wide open and lull of a rather incompre
hensible mirth.
"He's a-comin'," she said, "and such
a
Bight!"
At that minute the gate clicked, and
up the walk strode, indeed, a most as
ton sliing figure. The major had gotten
himself up into a continental suit, which
he must have fished out of the unknown
depths of the ancient attics of Haw
thorndean black velvet coat, with lace
ruffles at the wrist, knee-breeches,
white satin wa stcoat, slippers with shoe
buckles, powdered wig and cocked hat.^%
He was six feet tall, portly and well
formed,and he looked every inch a sign
er ol the declaration at the very least.
He ww followed by lift' octore* man,
I-, ,4!
hi* v. -w.
nocr,
•-V*
i
brown paper
who carried
Parcel- ...
"He's come a-courtm missus.
Glory "ye can see it in his face.'
1 had not the instinct of Glory, ana
doubted but what his errand was I was
dying to koow.
said
But he disappeared into- Miss Lydia®
parlor and I wa3 left outside to temper
my impatience as best I could. Present
ly Glory entered on tip-toe.^
"Missus, ln'ssus," she whispered, do
do's swung oj en jea' de leas' crack, air
it's jes' opposite de big murror an' if y
come out here in de hall ye can Bee_
it
all in the murror a£ aiu as day, an' it's
a heap better'n a play."
It wasa temptation, but believe me,
dear reader, I resisted it. Only as Glory
ran bacK to htr peeping I followed to
pull her away and send her out of doort ..
—that was simply my duty—and therir
he was full on his knees before her, and
ehe with that rapt, seraphic look upoa,
her face which i o woman ever wear*,
except on the most viudly interesting
occasions. But, Glory disposed of, I
went back to my sewing and waited as
best I could the' conclusion of the mo
mentous interview. The major came
out at length as smiling as a fiuay morn
ing, leaving the brown paper parcel be
hind him.
It was very still in Miss Lydia s room
for a quarter of an hour, and then ahe,
too, emerged form her retreat. Spread
over her hands was a gown of cream
co'ored brocade embellished with the
loveliest roses in full bloom, with blue
forget
me-not trailing here and ther*
among them.
It
had an ample waisl,
elbow sleeves, and a train a yard and ft
half long.
"My deir Grace," said she, the ma
jor has brought me his mo.her's wed
ding-gown to be married in."
"It is beautiful," lsaid
"but who
is
to be bridegroom?"
She smiled as angels do, and looked
afar a delicate flutter of pink hung out
in her cheek to deprecate her recreancy
as she whi-pered in a tone of gentle but
consummate triumph: "The major
himself! Didn't he look grand in hifl
knee breeches?"
"And Mr. Appleblcom?"
"Major Hawthorne
will adjust that
matier."
"That matter, indeed?"* She spoke as
though it were already as remote from
her as the pyramids.
"I Congratulate you, Miss Lydia." I
said, growing formal, for ehe had be
haved shamefully.
"Don't blame me," she murmured.
"Major Hawthorn declares he has loved
me since I wasa child, but never thought
himseit worthy of me, the gay ceiver
and Mr. Appleb'jom, you know, is only
the acquaintance of a day."
I wanted to ask her how she had dis
posed of her presentment but 1 did not
dare.
Major Hawthorne subscribed $50 to
the. Micronesian mission and sent Mr.
Appleboom elsewhere to look fora wife,
and the verdict of Balaam's Corners was
that he had done the handsome
thing.
"Fore goodness!" said Glory, "efdare
weren't a ctar ielation between dem
pigs an' providence, den I don't know
nothin'."
Miss Lvdia took the same pious view
of t.'ie matter, and made the major the
most dainty aud dignified of wives.
LATE MAKKl.T KEPORT.
ST. PAUL.
FLOUR—Stea'Ty a: unckit.crsd quotations: Pat
Slits, Orange 03«0m. $7: Eed Cr»«". s ra trii's,
}6 Capitol 4S.~j.50: Bakers', XXXX, •'y-t 50
in barrels.'-oc t-x ra: oatsul.' brae :s, i.er
bll less, according to quality: low grades, »c
ioO. Eye floor, $3.75 per LbL Graham, S4.5
per bbl.
WHEAT—There was but little dona in wbeat
Buyers were not incliDei to talce hold, rrefr-rnne to
wait for drv -lopni' tits as to est-nt of pr mj wheat
crop, tue fntura volume cf recciu's, and tli_• turn of
other markets. B:Js unc'.ianzed, i,ut an easy feel
ing was showu regarding prices. No. 1 h.ird. n-w,
$1.05 year, $1 No.
il
hard, $1 No. 2, 93^9oc
all bias.
CORN—The demnnd was light, but spot f.zares
were unchanged. October and year were binder ia
bids. Generai offerings limited. No. 2,47c biJ
Sep*emVer and October, 40c bid November aufi
year, 45c bid
NT.
O, 44C biJ rejected, 4 JO bid.
OATS—There was a little more inqu ry, but gen
erally the lM irktt was dull. Spot bias were a little
itroncer. 03«r:nus we more free. The market
closed easy N.x 2 s-d, 25'2C bid September,
25!j2C biJ. 2Gcas-ked: Octob-r, November and year,
25c bid. 2t asked No. 3 mixed. 24c Did No. 2
white. 27c bi I tor sacsed. 2sc askaa No. 3 white,
25c bid. Sales: 1 car No. 2 wtiite, 2S* eaeked,
o. b. 1
car No. 3 w'cite. 25sfi.
MINNEAPOLIS.
FLOUB—A firmer tone has developed aud values
ihow an upward tendency. Minnesota patents are
Quo'ed in Bo.-ton at ^7.00vS7.75, and Nt1 w York
at $7.35ii7.50. Local quotations are: Tatents,
$G.5oS7 straight?, S5.Ova£6 clears, $4.80s?
5.-": low itr.tUi'S, $2.35 It3.15.
WILLSTUFF—Remains steady and firm at the fol
lowing quotations: Bran, bulk, $7.25jt7.50:
sacked, irt).25'«S).50. Fine shorts, $U£11.2o
coarse, $10*310.50. Mixed feed, $10*319.
Course corn meal, $18.
.WHEAT—Was fairly stronsr, w'th a good demand
for Lard atid light ofT^rines. Old No. 1 hard sold
at $1.16 f. o. b., and No. 2 hard at $1.12 f. o. b.
Oid No. 3 sold at 9Sc f. o. b„ a-id eld rejected, by
sample, at 00c f. o. b. and 7tic f. o. b. New No. I
50ul at $1. with transit. No. 1 liaid seller Septem
ber was cCsred nt $1.08, with ?1.071a bid. Sei.er
October Was offered a' $1.00 Spot, r.evr, was
offered at $1.071a in s:o:e, aud that fijur? was
aiterw.:rd bid for it iu elevator B. Q.i^ta'ions:
New—No. 1 hard. $1.07'2 No. 2 rd, $1.04
No. 1 Northern. $l.o3: N-. 1, 99.": No. 2, 94c
No. 3, 90c. Old—No. 1 bard, $1.15 No. 2
hard. $1.12: No. 1 Northern. $1.11: No. 2
North rn, $1.07 No. 1, $1.06 No. 2. $1.02:No.
97c.
MILWAUKEE MARKET —Flottr iwt and un
changed. Wiieat unsettled 96!2ij97 cash or
September: 99c October $1.01 November: $1.02^
December. Corn scarce and tirm No. 2. 50c: rc
j"cted, 46& Oats firmer: No. 2, 26c. Rye firm:
No. 1. 50o No. 2, 55c. Barley nom naliy high-r
Xa 2 Oc ober, 05' No. 2 September, 03c. Pro
visions stronger mess pork, frl 1.30 cash or Octo
ber $11.55 January. Lari. prime steam. $^.15
.vsh or October $8 January, Butter lrpher:
cream
ery, Soot24c dairy 16-^17c. Cheese tirm at
SI? 9:iEft?* in good demand at 16^« 17c. Re
cti ts—F our, 3,000 bbls whea', 15.000 bu bar
ley. 12.000 bu. thipinen's—Flour, 9,000 bbis:
wheal, 1,000 bu: barley, 5.000 bu.
CHICAGO MARKET—Flour dull, nominally u:i*
cl.tmcHl aud regular. Wheat, demand active and
Tjr.s tt?*» 1 closed strong ftsd hiff'ier 97J2e Ssntere
ber OSSjc October $1.01 ^Nowmber $1.03
Heoember No. 2 st.rincr, 97!?4^J!»7%?: No. 3
spring. 80iiS7c: No. 2 red winter, $1.05. Corn,
ctive, li n: an I higher cash and September
48*U^i'4s~!»c October 47%c November 457sc
year: 407s' May. Oats, in cood ilem r:d prices a
•.hade higher 2578i$'-0c cash (i 'a' Sep
tember: 20?i--t October and November 26^0
\ear 2934c May. Rye, firmer DGMc- Barley,
tinner: SS'ac. Flax seeed, firmer $1.29. Pork,
demand active unsettled and -rirher: $11.30^
11.35ctsh and S-pt tnb«r $11.37 a'ill 1 4 Ooto
ler $11.22'a." 11.25 November to.50^10 year
$10.60,?t o.(i2l«January. Lard, in fair demaud
firm: $3.3 7«».S 20 cash, September an 1 October
$7.W,1s '8 N.iVemb'r $7.971s.'?3.05 y»ar
r7.921-jt'S January. Bulk tu ats, o.idv and firm
hou dvrs, *5.75 short ribs. 00: short clear,
it. Butter, firm: creamery, 17v« 25c: dairy, 14 «l
19."Wlrskv steadv and unchanged. Eggs quiet
md nnchaniied. Receipts—Flour, 9,000 bi-ls
wiioat, 137 000 bu: c. rn, 40,0i»0ba: oats. 211,
000 lu: rye, 4*!.01'0 bu barley, 17,000.
.-'hipm 'tits—Flour, 7,000 bb's wheat, 37,000 bu
co n. 475,000 bu: oats, 168,000 bu rye, 5,000
bu bailey 3,000 bu.
NEW YORK
MARKET Flour, firm receip's,
•J2.000 bbls onions, 3,300 Phis common to trood
••.\tra, $3.75ki£4.30 food to choice, $4.40il' 7.25.
Wheat, spot loss s'rouj and wer, after*
ward ruled stronger, reacted
:%c,
76£flJ6c,
cl.sing
o.ir. ly steadv receipts, 46.000 bu: exports, 36,
00 bu:
ND.
2 sprine, $1.0S: hard No. 1 Puiuth,
*1 25 ungraded red, ySc'«$1.20 No. 4 red,
95!-c: No. 3 red, $1.1 OJ4'^ 1 •'2: No. 2 red,
*1.153l"?l.16 elevator: $1. UPytSSl 17 delivered:
No.- red. September, sales 328 000 bu at$1.15i|
v' 1. lO^, ciosiufi at $1.16 October sales, 1,200,
1 00 bu at $1.16'«ttl.l7?6, closing nt $1173tj
November saW, 1,648.000 bu at $1.185s:' 1.1
c'osingat $1 10?g December ?nles, 872,000 bu at
#1 .2o5£ it1.21 closint* nt $1 2154: January sales,
140,000 bit a :j!.22%i' 1.23Js. eloping at $1.23^
1'Vbru.irv sales. 5l!,OOi nt $1. U.~38 1.203e, closing
at $1.25 Corn, spot
opened tower,
1
closiua weak receir
47.000 bn: ungraded, 03
No. 2,611. o. b.: 61 61 'ac elevator: 62
629ic afloat No. 2 white. 62c low mixed, o.««j
No. 2 hetttember. 603* *62c, closiug at 61t£o|
October, 6 3iif62*30, cu»ing at 62c Novemtio*,
UI^h-'
(01'j@62c,
closing at
December,
Oats l!«c high receipts "9,000 bu:-xport%
1,300 bu mixed Wt stern, 33ir33c: white West*
em, 30^(42c. Hay. firm and fairly active. Cofifeo,
stronger, tvigar, stronger fair to good reflninj
i|r.oted nt 9-16vi'6 11-lCc refined higher: C,
654l'7Mc: extra (', 7Jiia75B^: white, extra C, 7JJcJ
yellow, 6'siMiSgc off A, 8^c'S?jc: confecii. ii"rj
A, 8»ac: out loaf and crushed, y^c powdered, 9s
9Hie: to anointed, S 13-16c. Molasses, s'ro.:*J
oOtest, 25"-25'hic Cuba, 25c. Rice, demand taut
and marfcrt firm. Petroleum, quiet United. $1,0SL
Tallow, firm, lios.n, qni-t but steady. Turpeu
line, steady: 41!-2«41%c. Pork, steady and
moderately active new mess, $13 Western fam'^p
mess, $15.250f 15.37h. Beef, quiet and un
changed. Cut meats, dull and nominal long c'p.it
middles,
7He.
jJreverend by the nam® of Overton, of
Wfhx tt, Ga., in sermon recently, censured
oung men for matrimonially addressisg
y« ung ladiee on Sunday.^
Jndge Dcvene, republican feaspositively
xelused to allow Ihe use oJ bis n#mew
eaadid»t« for governor of Manaota*#
tt
Lard firm: prime steam, $8 40^.i
8.65 September, $8.44 u 8. CO: November, *8.20
CS8.2S December, $8.30y?8.32 January, $S.2oid
S.35./Sutler, firm choice, 9ni23»2C. Cheese,
dull pud easier. Load, quiet but steady. Otheri
*re tftichanged.