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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
STORY OF A LIGHTNING.ROD PED
DLER.
THE CONQUEST OF MRS. GILKENs-
VENI, VIDI, VICI.

He drove his team close up to the
fence, got down and raped on the
door. The widow Gilkens opened it,
when he said: "Mrs. Gilkens, I am
cognizant of the circumstances by
which you areeat present surrounded,
left, as you are, to trudge down the
journey Of life through a cold and
heartless world-no longer sustained
and encouraged by the noble one to
whom you gave the treasures of your
hearts affection, and bowed down by
the manifold cares and responsible
ties incidental to the rearing Of eight
small children on forty acres of SUBJ
carboniferous limestone land; yet,
Mrs. Gilkens, you are aware that the
season is now approaching when dark,
dismal, dangerous clouds at frequent
intervals span the canopy of heaven {;
and when zigzag streaks of electricity
dart promiscuously hither and thith-
er, rendering this habitation unsafe
for yourself and those dear little ones
hence, therefore, let me sell you a
copper wire, silver tipped and highly
magnetic lightning rod"
The woman staggered back few
PAGES and yelled: "Narcis, unfasten
old Cronch| In another instant a
savage bulldog came darting around
the corner of the house, with bristles
up, thirsting for gore. The dog had
already mangled a machine agent and
a patent soap man, and was held in
great esteem by the better class of
citizens for his courage and service {;
but when his eye met the hard, pene-
trating gaze Of Mr. Parsons, his chops
fell, and he skunk off and hid in the
currant bushes. Then the man said !:
my dear lady, you seem to be a lit
tie excited. Now, if you will allow
me to explain the probable inestim-
able"
"Dern ye, know something that
will start ve," said Mrs. Gilkens. as
she reached under some bed clothing
and brought forth horse-pistol but,
owing to the shattered condition of
her nerves, her aim was unsteady,
and the charge of buckshot missed,
save where a few scattered ones struck
his cheek and bounced off: A hard,
metallic smile spread over his coun-
tenance as he leaned his shoulder
against the door-frame, and again
commenced: my dear madame,
such spasmodic manifestations of your
disinclination to make judicious in.
vestment of a few paltry dollars
"Hi-eow shrieked the widow,
and collapsed into kind of jerking
swoon, and before she had recovered
a highly magnetic lightning rod deco
rated her humble domicile, and
Parsons had the blank note filed out
all ready for her signature.
This gentleman, whom we call
Parsons, has since retired from the
business and settled down at Fergus
Falls.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
"A gentleman was endeavorinp Il

, Z "A gentleman was endeavoring to
enjoy an evening in the company Of
a young lady upon whom he called,
but found serious obstacle in the
person of a stern father, who at length
very plainly intimated that the hou,
for retiring had arrived. II think
you are correct, my dear SIR" re
turned the unabashed young man
1--WE have been waiting to have you
60 to bed for over an hour"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03

This is how Sam Ward, the king
Of the Washington lobby, cooks a
ham,; II soak it for four days in wat
er, changing it four times day, then
boil it four hours in cider, with a
wisp Of new hay; then baste it with
brandy, sherry or claret, according to
the weather."
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03

Samuel White, a farmer Of
Ludlow Mass, went into large
hog pen to feed a number of the
beasts confined there. A large and
very savage boar attacked him with
out warning, and a desperate encount-
er ensued, the man striking with a
heavy club, with which he had armed
himself before entering, and the boar
biting with CHASTITY effect. At length
a deep bite in Whites thigh severed
the femoral artery and he bled to
death. .--~>
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS FOR CALI.
FORNIA.

A correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe, writing from Denver, Colora-
do, says: "The tide of immigration
westward over the Union and Central
Pacific Railroads is unprecedented
fifteen thousand persons having left
Omaha since the first of March, ex-
elusive Of first and second class travel
while several thousands more are now
en- route. 1t has been impossible to
find cars enough to accommodate all
the West-bound immigrants, although
cars have been drawn from nearly
every road in the Western country
for that purpose. The trains sent
West are necessarily crowded to ex-
cess with these unfortunate people, as
the road has been taken unawares by
this unexpected rush and was unpre-
pared, and is now doing all it can
to send them forward as comfortably
as possible. The railroads are reap
ing a golden harvest from those i'm
migrants, the majority of whom must
return ere long, from the fact that the
West, particularly California, is no
place for poor man to 60 to, unless
he is willing to work for a China
mans wages and subsist on China
mans fare! There are thousands of
poor people in California unable to
obtain employment, who will return
as soon as they can earn money
enough to defray the expense back.
We have conversed with a great
many immigrants from the Pacific
coast, who express themselves as glad
to be on their way home, and who say
that grasshoppers and drouth not
withstanding, a man who owns an
acre or so of ground East, and can
get enough to eat, was far better of
than the deluded victims of California
land rings and trans-continental rail.
roads,"
The following is from the Glen.
wood Press, Pope county, this State
"E. S. Lathrop, of this town, has
reached Stanislaus Co., Cal., and re
ports poor crops in most parts OF that
State: also emigration is greater te
that State than ever known before
1t is impossible he says, for many o.
them to get work. He advises those
who think Of going there to work
and earn wages to stay away. Thou
sand Of acres sown will not be har
vested"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
THE LIVING ROOM,
BY CLARENCE COOK.

Let us begin with the frank aban.
donment of any formal parlor, but,
taking the largest and pleasantest and
most accessible room in the house, let
US give it up to the wife and children
in the daytime, and to the meeting Of
the whole family when evening comes.
There is not much need at the present
time to emphasize this suggestion, for
it is one which experience and neces-
sitY have already made to q good
many people; andnow that the prob.
lem, GLOW to get a dwelling at rent
within moderate means" is being
solved by the increase of "Aats' and
apartment houses, the "parlor" must
be given up, there being no provision
made for it in the common plans.
But it is by no means my notion that
the Gving-room should be homely,
matter-of-fact apartment, consecrated
to the utilities, while the Muses. and
Graces are left to kick their heels in
the hall. On the contrary, we want
in the living-room, for a foundation,
that the furniture shall be the best
designed and best made that we can
afford, and all of it intended to be
used and necessary to our comfort
not an article to be allowed that
doesn't earn its living, and cannot
prove its right to be there. These
wants being provided for first, then
we will admit the ornaments of life
casts, pictures, engravings, bronzes
books, chief nourishers in life's feast
but in the beginning these are to be
few, and Of the choicest, and the
greatest care is to be taken in admit
ting a newcomer. Theroom from the
very first, ought to represent the cult
ure Of the family-whatis their taste
what feeling they have for art; il
should represent themselves, and moi
other people; and the troublesome
fact is, that it will and must represent
these, whether its owners would let il
or no. Ifyoung people, after they
have secured the few pieces of furnit
ure that must be had, and made SUR
that they are what they ought to be
have some money leftto get a picture
an engraving, or a cast, they ough
to 60 to work to supply this want a.
seriously as they would the other
which seems the more necessary, bu
in reality is not a bit more necessary
I look upon this ideal liying-room o
mine as an important agent in tn
education Of life; twill make a grea
difference to children who grow up il
it, and to all whose experience is as
sociated with it, whether it be
beautiful and cheerful room, or onl,
a homely and bare one, or a merel,
/ formal and conventional one. Th
relation Of these things to education
isall that gives any dignity or poetr,
to the subject, or makes it allowabl
for reasonable man to give muc
thought to it. But it has real vita
relation to life, and plays an import
ant part in education, and deserve
to be thought about a great dea
more than it is. It is therefore n
trifing matter whether we hang poe
pictures on our walls or good one
whether we select a fine cast or
second-rate one. We might almo!
as we'll say it makes no diferene
whether the people we live with a,
frst-rate or second-rate.-Scr;beer f
June.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
CAPE PORpOlsEs AND DLACKFlsH
At present whalesare scarce in Cape
Cod Harbor, and it is an extra-hazard-

GUS thing for even a porpoise to
show his black nose over the water
in sight Of the town. Only a few
weeks before I last saw the place
eight hundred foolish porpoises enter
ed the harbor, and four hundred were
captured in an afternoon, and not
only in the legitimate way, so to
speak, by men with harpoons in boats,
but part of the school was driven
into shoal water, where men waded
out up to their armpits, and "grab-
bing" a porpoise with the fingers of
one hand in his eyes and the other
catching his back fin, dragged him
ashore by main force. If you want to
awaken Provincetown very suddenly,
hire loud-voiced man to shout.
"Blackfsh!" from the roof of house.
You will find yourself in less than
two minutes in the middle of a very
lively population.
Blackfsh mean money. They are
worth about ten dollars apiece, and a
capture of four hundred fish is a
handsome days work, which adds to
the wealth as well as to the fragrance
Of the town. Besides the blubber
oil which these animals and porpoises
yield, there is product of which few
people, I imagine, think much, but
which is yet of considerable impor-
tance to all of us. This is the pecu-
liarly limpid oil which is drawn from
the jawbones Of these fish, and which
is used by watchmakers all over the
world to oil the works Of watches. A
drop Of it goes long way; and in
fact the civilized world uses at present
in all its hundred millions of watches
only about two hundred gallons
yearly, most of which is produced, or
more correctly, saved on Cape Cod.
An old man who had been thirty-fve
years in the business of preparing
this jaw oil told me that when a
school Of fish was caught he bought
the heads, which he then tried out
carefully, refined the oil by boiling it,
and finally submitted it to freezing
test. Two or three men furnish the
worlds supply of this product; they
have established their regulations and
control the market; and this old man
remarked that the stock on hand was
now sufficiently great, and he would
not save any more this year. The
oil is sold by the producers for from
four to eight dollars a gallon. I re-
marked to the old fellow that if he
could sell two hundred gallons yea,
at FIVE dollars gallon he. would do a
comfortable business and he replied
eyes, indeed; I'd be happy with that
| and throw off half"
Nor was he exaggerating. On this
fruget Cape Cod fisherman is
not unhappy nor unfortunate if
he makes five hundred dollars
by his years work. His wife will lay
by some oft, and he will subscribe
literally to church and foreign mis-.
sions, and think himself comfort.
able man. He owns his house and
little garden patch; he is not afraid
of the tax-gatherer; he and his wife
know how to make money go far, and
they are not at all conscious that they
are pinched by poverty.-Ha,psr';
Magazine.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
AWFUL CALAMITY.
Burning Of Crowded Church At
South Holyoke, Massachusetts,.
Soventy-One Human Beings Burned to
Death and Many Others Fatally INJURED.

sPR1NGF1EID, Mass, May o.
One of the most terrible disasters in
the history of Massachusetts occurred
tonight in the burning of the French
Catholic church, at South Holyoke
during the evening services, involving
the death Of sixty-six .men, women
and children. The exercises had
nearly closed, and the vesper service
was being sung, when the draperies
Of the altar
CAUGHT FIRE
from a candle, and the wall being
low and the flames streaming up, the
building was set on fire. The audi
ence, numbering about 700 people, in
the body Of the church, escaped, but
in the stairway leading from the gal
leries, human beings were packed in
a dense mass, struggling to reach the
floor. AS the flames rushed toward
them, many leaped to the floor below
and were
TRAMPED TO DEATH.
The gallery skirted both sides ot
the building with only one entrance
from the front.
THE SCENE WAS FEARFUL
while it lasted, for the whole was over
in 20 minutes. Besides II dead there
are % burned fatally and 27 other
wise burned and wounded.
The priests house, which joins the
church in the rear, was also burned.
The exercises had nearly closed when
the fame from a candle caught the
drapery round the statue of the Vir-
gin Mary, burned up, and caught the
building. Immediately
A PANIC ENsUED,
and the people rushed for the door.
There is but one entrance to the gal.
lery, and that from the front. On the
stairway, leading from the gallery
people we're packed in a solid mass
struggling to clear themselves as the
flames rushed in the door, and this
soon became blocked, rendering exit
impossible, many jumped over the
side Of the gallery on the crowd be
meath, and were trampled on or killed
The priests residence joins the church
in the rear, and many escaped through
the entrance leading back of the altar
The priests exertions to keep ordel
we're fruitless. The
SCREAMS OF THE LIVING AND MOAN
OF THE DYING
made a deafeping noise above the or
ders of the pastor, who worked heroic
ally, and was personally instrumental
in saving many lives. One family O
four were in the church, and all wer
killed. Many were got out with arm
and feet so badly burned that the,
lived but a few hours, the flesh fallin,
off on being touched. Some wer
taken out with scarcely any flesh re
naming on their bones.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03

AT Rochester the Council has
fixed the price of licenses at s75 for
beer and 5000 for both fer1nented and
spurious liquors.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03

-"Eleven hundred vacant houses
in Pittsburg and Allegheny" are re.
ported by a Pittsburg paper.
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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03

JOB PRINTING
or all kinds, plain or colored, executed on shor
notice, in the best style and at st. Paul prices
Printing done in German and Norwegian, as well a
in English, and warranted to give satisfaction.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, June 24.-Flour-Quiet and
unchanged. Wheat-Dull and unsettled {;
No. spring 81 02; No. fresh 963c; reg
ular 96s@96lc spot; 96s@97c seller July;
98t@9Ssc seller August; No. 3 93tci re-
iected sac. Corn-Active and lower; No.
2 mixed 6jc spot; 6Gic bid seller July
68Ic bid seller August; rejected 64!@65c
Oats-Dull and lower; No. 2 50Ic bid
spot; 48c seller July; 373c bid seller Au.
gust; rejected Acc. Rye-Dull and nom.
inal; No. 90c. Barley-Dull and un.
settled; No. 2 81 2OGl 25 spot. Pork
Steady and in moderate demand at 10 0O
spot; $l9 rs seller August; $40 45 seller
September Lard-Steady and in mod.
crate demand at $l3 90 spot; $l3 10 seller
August; Sl3 30 seller September. Bulk
Medts-Demand active and prices ad-
vanced; shoulders &c; short rib middles
life; short clear llic Whisky-De-
mand fair and market firm at 81 IL.
On call board wheat was lrmcr at 97g
@97!c seller July; 9S3c seller August.
Corn-Firmer ut 6G.c seller July; IS sc
seller August. Oats-Unchanged. Pork
and Lard-Dull end unchanged.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
New York Market.

NEW YORK, June 24.-Cotton-Quiet
and steady at l5t@l5sc; futures closed
firm; sales 26,0OO bales; June Is 1920
l5tc; July 10 1929; August l5:c Sep
tember lot @l5 9-32c; October IA l5-l6@
IA 3l-32c; November l423-32@l4 27-32c;
December IA l3-l6@l45c; January
IA 8l-32@, l5c; February Is 5-S2@l5 9-32
Flour-Fair demand; receipts | 600 bblS;
superfne western and state 81 5OG4 so;
common to good S5 2OtG5 25; good to
choice So 2OG5 70; white wheat extra
IS 90G6 80; extra Ohio s. 25G7 90; St.
Louis 81 30G8 90. Rye Flour-MOd-
crate demand at S4 25(G550. Corn Meal
Steady at SO 85(G4 20. Wheat-Re-
ceipts l47 900 bushels; heavy and l@2c
lower; No. spring 81 1901 20; No. 2
Chicago 81 II; No. 2 Milwaukee 81 l6;
No. 2 Northwestern 81 y; ungraded Iowa
and Minnesota spring 81 l0@l 20; winter
red 81 336yl 35; white 81 30(9l 30. Rye
Quiet at 9OcGS1 90. Barley-Nom-
inal. Malt-Quiet and unchanged. Corn
Receipts 50, 450 bushels; lower and II
little more doing; mixed western SO@
SHE; steamer S0@83ci yellow Sac; white
S5c. Oats-Receipts $4,000 bushels;
lower and heavy; mixed western 62@63c;
white 63@65c. Hay-Firm at 500 OOG
20 90. Coffee Steady at l6@lSic. Su-
gar-Steady; fair to good refining ia
Sic; prime S8c. Molasses-Dull. Rice
Quiet. Petroleum-Dull; refined II
CGl39c; crude 6@6tc. Rosin-Dull at
81 74@l 10. Turpentine-Dull at 81 !c.
Pork-Lower at $l9 100000. Beef
Unchanged. Cut Meats-Dull; middles
quiet; long clear llt@ll4c; short llsc.
Lard-Lower ut l3Ic. Butter-Quiet nj
l5@24c. Eggs-Heayy; western ls@
l8!c. Cheese-Steady at 5Gl2sc. Whis-
ky-Lower at 81 l9I.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS'

1t is reported that the Marquis OF
I,arne and Princess Louise, intend max
lug q tour OF the United States.
Rear Admiral John DeCamp, on the
retired li.t died at Burlington, yester-
Lay morning.
Count Won Arnim has been sentenced
TONNE months imprisonment.
The report of the Commissioners sp-
pointed TO examine into the condition OF
The Chicago Custom House IS that Is i'm
practicable to continue said construction.
The Iowa Democrats in Convention as
-embled yesterday, adopted the well
known principles Of the party on usual
qur-,lons at issue Regarding the cur
r.nry problem, they expressed them
.a.yr, IL in favor Of resumption Of specie
payment, as soon Il, it can be done with
.lt injury to the business Interests OF the
I.uptrE
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
New York Cattle Marke et.

New YORK, June 24-Beeves-Re-
ceipts 1000 head, making 3,4SO head for
three days, against 1000 head for the
same time last week. Market dull and a
shade weaker than yesterday, with steers
at l3@l3Ic; poor to fair Texans ia Sc.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts 4, loo, making
1920 head for three days, against $3.50
head for the same time last week. a very
dull and weak market at 5CGl0c for poor
to fancy lambs and 4@54 for
poor western sheep. Swine--Re-
ceipts 400 head, making l2,060 head tor
three days, against $40 head for the
same time last week. None on sale alive
Dressed closed firm at 9Cd9Ic.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
East Liberty Cattle Market.

EAST LIBERTY, june Z4.-CAtlIe-Ke-
ceipts for to-day 306 head, making for
the three days past 1884 head. The mar
ket has been slow to-day and prices are
lower, Several loads were shipped on.
Now that the buyers have all gone home,
the market is considered closed for the
weeek, and prices off fully &c from yester-
days quotations. Hogs-Receipts to-day
2,G95 head; for three days past 4,455 head
Workers 81 2O@y7 85i Philadelphias 81 40
al 90. Sheep-Receipts for to-day leo
head, and for three days past 5,4OO head
selling at So 70fdj 90.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
Philadelphia Market.

PHILADELPHIA, June 24.-Flour-
Dull and rather weak; IowF, Wisconsin
and Minnesota family So 50G6 90; Penn
sylvania, Indiana and Ohio S5 75(d6 60;
high grades sc 50G7 80. Wheat-ln
better demand; red 81 3eG1l 3O!; amber
81 3OCGl 30. Rye-Sl 95Cd$l 06. Corn
In moderate demand; yellow SOC.
Oats-Depressed at G4@6jc. Petroleum
Dull; refined l2c; crude SC. Provisions
Unchanged. Butter-Qulet; New
York extras 25@27c; frsts 23d24c; rolls
extra l4Gl6c Cheese-Stesdy; western
lOIGllc. Eggs-Firm; western fresh pic
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
Toledo Market.

TOLEDO, June 24.-Flour-Steady and
in moderate demand. Wheat-Dull and
declined; No. 2 white Wabash 81 u;
No. white Michigan 81 24l; extra do
81 26B; amber do 81 22; seller July 81 22!
al %; seller August 81 %; No. red
81 "a; No. . 81 22. Corn-Steady and
in moderate demand; high mixed Tic;
seller June 70tc; seller July 7llci seller
August no grade 6S@68tc; No. white
72c; low mixed G9ic; damaged 60c Oats
Dull and lower; No 2 53c; No. 55!c;
Michigan 54c; white 53Jc.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, June 24.-CO.tOn-Dul
at l4!c. Flour-Steady and in moderat,
demand Wheat Quiet at 81 lSCa,l %
Corn Dull at 67@7Oc. Oats-Dull al
j6G6Oc. Rye-Quiet at 81 TO- Oils
Unchanged. Eggs-Firm at lG@l6!c
Butter-Quiet. Cheese-Firm at 1910
lie. Pork-Quiet at $40 90. Lard-Dul
and nominal; summer sold at l2c. Bulk
Meats-Demand good at full prices
shoulders S!c; clear rib sides lltc; clear
llIc. Bacon-Demand fair and market
firm at 9t@l2i@l2sc. Whisky-De'
mand fair and market firm at 81 IA.
Hoes = Steady; good ligh: So 6OCa7 90
heavy So GOG,7 90.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
New York Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK, June 24-The marke
is dull in nearly all departments Of trade
except woolens, which are i'll fair demand
by clothiers. Cotton good are moving
slowly and in small parcels, at unchanged
prices. Cotton fannels more active.
Prints and ginghams dull. Foreign
goods dull and weak The Daily Bulletin
says: 1.-THE agency of Pascal, Lodi, Bed
ford and Albany prints is now with
Chase. Stewart IL Co.