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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-15
A Long List Of Fires From the
- Dominion.
General Crook Arrives In Omaha 4
EFeal Washington. -
Troubles Over the Water ure Not
Diminishing.
Short Items From All Parts Of
Our Country.
MISCELLANEOUS.
urAn.

New York, Nay 15.-Governor
Emery, of Utah, has written. letter
to the secretary of war, requesting
Comp Douglas to be provided with
FIVE companies Of infantry and two OF
cavalry; that Camp Cameron shall
have two full companies of infantry /;
that Que compsny Of infantry shall be
qaartered at Ft. George; that another
shall be sent to Logan, in Cache val
ley; and the company at Fit. Hall
shall be retained and reinforced.
GENERAL CROOK.
Omaha, May I5-Brigadier Gener-
al George Crook arrived here from
Washington this morning. He was
met at the depot by several thousand
citizens, all the military Of this station
and bands Of music, and an enthusias-
tic reception was given at the Grand
! Central. A speech by the mayor and
q banquet and ball will be given to-
night. 6
AT SEA.
San Francisco, May astach,
Russian corbette, sails to-day under
sealed orders. The rest Of the feet
viii follow during the week.
MEXICAN TROUBLES.
Galveston, May l5.-News special
from Eagle Pass says General Pa Val
dez with following of six hundred
soldiers in the district of RioGrande,
state of Coahuila, Mexico, pronounced
for the Lerdo government Sunday
morning, and is now in possession ol
the whole district Of Rio Grande, ex.
cept the town Of Piedrss Negras, and
it is understood he will attack tha.
town in four or FIVE days. Public
buildings there are heavily barricad.
ed.
SOUTH cAhoLINA.
Columbia, May 15.-Ths senate anG
house met In joint session at ont
o'clock to-day to ballot for the chief
justiccship Of tho STATE. Associ.t.
Justice A. j. Willard was elected OF
the first ballot, receiving Sc out 0
l2S votes. This creates vacancy i,
the associate justicesh,p. an election
for which will probably take plac
next week.
New Orleans, May l5.-The steam
er Sandy, No. 2, struck snag aboy
here last night, and sunk. The pas
sengers are all saved. Three OF tb
crew are supposed 10 be lost. Th
boat and most OF her cargo, CONSISTING
of cattle, cotton and sugar is q tot.
loss.
CHURCH MATTERS.
Phila., May l5.-fFhe general ceul
Gil Of the Reformed Episcopal Churc
yesterday afternoon adopted fesoi,
tion declaring that the council feco.
nize the propriety Of ministers Of Ii
church calling on any member Of Il
parish council, or any other com nun
cant, to read the regular service
such time as they msy deem expet
eat. 4 resolution Was also adop.,
providing for the extension Of il
church into Great British and authc
izing the appointment of a bishop.
Stick ginger snap on,the end
knitting needle xnd you hare !.
latest style Of parasol. ~ Herald
i. And wrap d sheet OF foolsc
around the neck oil 4 mineral wa,
bottle and you have the latest st,
e CENT collar : os-sssaea Hsy
lIsg s&.ssss s. sfss yss NJ
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-15

MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, May 1b
WHEAT-h9x lower, No. i rs, No. 81 IN
for cash; 76s, for June; 77h for July. No s.
i 56t9.
coRS-steady; sic.
oATS--i0Hc.
RYE-Dull; 90
BARLEY-s2a
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-15

r
= xeFtsaents-stfefg
Gold 1917
as storss- Lower Aad irregular.
sxw YORK xAsKgr .
New York, May 10.
WHKAT-Lowcr; No rales.
CoRN-iLower, new mixed western, 641iGt1ois ;
old do, 7o11a.
OATS Dull, mixed western ;4l@ea
RYE--Dull; 90.
P0RK-Heavy; Is 25.
LARD-Lower, Q 67t..
WHISKY loi1
CHICAGO,
Chicago, May IS.
WHEAT Heavy aud lower; e+sii sts5 for cash !,
! 65l4 al G6 for june
GoeS-Lower and unsettled; 81. fofeash; 81
II for June.
OATS d for cash; % for june.
RYE-Lower; s3.
BARLEY--Firm at s5
foRk-Higher; "A 20 for cash; IA 81 for July.
LARD-Lowcr; o III for cash. 9s7ss for July.
z WHIsKY-Lo1er; l os.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08

other incidental expenses, will amou,.
several millions more before the debt :.
Undated. Will some II please tell Nc ~
many dollars on the dollar our taxes win /
when this monstrous fraud is in o..
healthy operation.
Would it not be the most supreme tnI
for the farmers of this Territory to vo1,'
tari]y incur this immense Indebtedness Al
would stick closer to them than the liz. ]
Egypt, just for a little, narrow hands.1
tram-way that it is likely will not assns
any Importance other than as an excu,;'
outfit for the Diamond r, National h,nT]
and Helena Mutual Mammoth Swin1E,]
company in the sweet summer time. i
Then we must bear in mind it is M.
likely to become a monopoly every time NJ
overland jerky runs short Of oats; and \
for freights and heavy loads, well. the tr
payers are supposed to carry the load,
while the excursionists ride in the cars 81,
us with a charmer, chew cassia buds and a
q slithermaree around their necks. with i'm,
handkerchief a leedle out, philopena stve
Taxpayers, reckon up the cost before v
vote. and when you do vote, let it be Morn
and South railroad aid-no. FARMER
Boulder Valley, March 2. 1877.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
TERRITORIAL. ( WIS
FromtheHelena Independent, March. A.

FromtheHelen independent, March, A.
Mr.. r. Mcneil informed us yesterdm
that Mr.. Tatem had made a rich and impm
tant strike on the Park lode. For some finn
past work has been prosecuted in cuttins
through a fault in tie vein. some twcntr
feet in extent. When the lode was tnaUr
reached twas found fully four feet thick
and the whole body will mill $50 per ton Vi
an average. This strike will encourae
others to-persevere, and'we' confidently et
pect to see Park and Uhionville thrivinr
camps ere the closing. Of the coming sul.
mer. What renders the above strike ID
more than ordinary significance is the fct
that it was found at a much greater depll
than has heretofore been attained on dt
lode, proving that it is q true vein
Henry M. Parchen, writing from St|
Lake to his partner, Harry A. D'Acfenl
saws Salt Lake is full of Montanians, anil
they are unanimous i'm declaring that ID
Montana gets the North and South Railroad
they will all return to the Territory. They
say thaC with a railroad Montana is the gem
of the American content its climate, min
eral wealth, and grazing and agricultural
resources are unsurpassed, and with q rail-
road they want nc better country than Mon
tana. With a railroad, I agree with them
in every particular.
From the MaGisonian, March, /.
Major Maginnis sends us the following
special, which will be glad news to every
citizen of Eastern Montana, and shows that
our delegate is.alive to every measure calcr
lated to benefit the people he represents:
WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 26, 1871.
TO the Editor of the Madisonian1
The Department has ordered a daily mail
from Virginia City to Bozenan, also a daily
service to Pony.
MARTIN MAGINNH.
The MASQUERADE Ball at the Grange Hall
Madison Valley, on last Tuesday nigh, j
reported by those who attend as a splendid
party. The Madison Valley, folks always
make their parties such.
A stable belonging to r. p. Bateman' al
bHCI llldti, was ulStICy CuhOy lIiC ihoe '
There were a number OF horses in the,staOe
at the time it was discovered to be on fW,
all of which were got out, except'a 1Ds
young stallion belonging'to Mr.. John liar
rison, which was burned to death. The loss
was considerable but we have not learleu
the,amount.
From the Missoulian, Feb, 2S.-
At the fire meeting Wednesday nlgns''
by-lawswas adopted fixing a fine OF my
cents>on every member who negleets 70 ~
tend thetitre meeting,r and a fine OF $o WIN
every member who neglects to beppesens"
a:fire.
From the NGwsNorth-We March, =. i.
Three hundred and seventy+tive pouhus =
silver from the Dexter mill are in the "a
press Office here.
D.. l.. Mcfarland, Surveyor, having con =,
pleted his Beaverhead surveys, eXpecs -
about three weeks, with Frank Marsh :
commence q s~mallcontract on the CIV"
stone about Shields River. Meantlme :
may. make some mineral surveys a. ="
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08

Agent Mitchell, of TT. Peck, reports that
there need be no apprehensions in driving
stock to Bismarck the coming summer if
the propper route be selected. Hesays that
droyers,should keep on the north side of the
Missouri all the way. This certainly will
be good news to our stock men. as it will
open an venue to market that will not only
be cheaper, but much shorter than any other
route. 1t is estimated that the distance from
Helena to Bismarck is about 500 miles. At
Bismarcd stock can be shipped to eastern
cities much cheaper than from Corinne, and
we do not doubt that many hundred head
will be driven Ovefsthis route the ensuing
summer, as there are, vast number of beef
cattle in the Territory, while the demand is
very small and prices very low. IL must
also be Il good and safe route forimmigrants
from the northern States to take. to reach
acknowledgement.
We have always looked upon this route
as a practicable one for our stock-men. The
feed is good, and the country easy to drive
over. The only trouble likely to be expert
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
The "TWelve O'Clock Man,"

A telegraphic dispatch was received
at Police Headquarters, Brooklyn, from
the Tenth Precinct Sunday morning
announcing the death of monomaniac
named Thomas Connors, who was
known from his peculiar habits as the
Twelve O'Clock Man" For years
past he has been in the habit of visiting
the City Hall between eight and nine
o clock every morning and staying un-
til the City Hall clock struck twelve,
when he would move off with sham
bling gait in the direction of his home.
He was not handsome man, neither
would he be mistaken for man of in
telligence. His clothes were tattered
and his toes came through his shoes.
1t was mystery how he lived, for he
declined all offers of charity. In fact,
he declined to hold any conversation
with those who were anxious to draw
him out During the term of the late
Mayor Kalbfleisch Connors had to wait
for the stroke of twelve o'clock outside,
as the Mayor ordered Officer Guischard
to keep him out of the hall. He took
up his station by the iron railing, where
he remained for two hours every morn
ing. The weather never seemed to in
terfere with his coming. Hot or cold,
rain or snow, he invariably appeared.
At the death of the late Mayor Kalb-
tleisch, Connors resumed his station in
Mayor Schroeder did not not ihteif4fetffss tti4ftfs wipa
him. He made leaning-post of one
of the marble pillars in the upper cor
ridor of the City Hall, and as the sound
of the last stroke of noon died away
every day turned and went down the
steps. Connors died at the residence
of his sister in shanty in Warren
street, near Washington avenue, at 1880
o. o'clock yesterday morning. 1t is said
he had an hallucination that he was to
meet man at the City Hall at twelve
O'Clock who was to pay him a large
amount of money which he had long
owed Connors was fifty years Old
N, Y. World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

His glance sought that of the passer-by
with an expression of beaming amiabil-
ity and good-nature, irresistibly conta-
gious; and there was wistful, depre-
catory element in it, extremely touch
ing; he seemed to say: "Look upon
me as man and a fellow-creature,
with affections and ties like the most
soft-hearted among you. Think how
lonely and forlorn / am all the week,
when | am obliged to be on the beat,
and to see that you behave properly,
and to take you into custody when you
don't. Bless you it isn't ! that do it.
it's my office! And if you choose, to-
day, to take drop too much, or to
smash street-lamp, or be up to any
little game of that sort, you shall see
that would sooner be kept on bread
and-water for month than blow on
you! So just bear it in mind that it's
not that stalk round here on working
days; it's only an official mummy-case
that I'm locked up in. But on holidays
I'm let out, and can be my own man.
and my good woman's here. So good
day till our next meeting, and that
won't be till week from now, recol-
lect, no matter what appearances may
seem to say to it!''-Julian Hawthorne,
IN Appleton's Journal for October.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Turkey and Roses.

l don't mean the turkey -gobbler; he
doesn't pay much attention to roses.
p,.. ! nnar Il" nthnr Turkey, about
which Deacon Green was rcaoins, IL
the other day. He had come quietly
along by the brook with new-looking
volume under his arm and city friend
by his side; and they sat down in the
shade close by me and read some re-
markable things, of which | will give
you the substance.
In the warm plains of Turkey, south
of the Balkan Mountains, whole dis
tricts are covered with rose plants set
in lines about five feet apart, and tended
for some years with the greatest care.
At length, on some fresh, sweet morn
ing of the early summer, and while the
roses are yet wet with dew, the tender
flowers are torn off by laborers, and
cast at once by heaps into huge cop
pers, there to boil and boil for hours in
water. The fragrant steam is carried
along tube, and, on cooling, becomes
kind of thick rose-water. This is
boiled up again, and its vapor cooled
into liquid on the top of which floats
a yellowish oily scum that is known as
"attar of rosesn 1t takes about 1000
pounds of roses to make pound of
altar. Once merchant opened cup
board in his store and showed a visitor
thirty large glass bottles in which, he
said, was $50, 900 worth of the precious
essence
This quantity must have taken near
ly four millions of roses in the making!
Poor roses! But may be, after all,
their fragrance in that form would give
more and longer-lasting pleasure than
could have been given by the flowers
had they been left upon the bushes,
where they could have cheered only the
passers-by.-" Jack-in-tbe-Pulpit," )" IN
So. Nicholas for October
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Meddling with Unexploded Shells.

A war correspondent, writing of the
siegeof Kars, says: "Since the cessa-
ton of the siege many melancholy ac-
cidents have occurred. Undeterred by
oft-recurring catastrophes, the towns
people will insist upon meddling with
unexploded shells, covetous of the
charge and the external lead coating.
Not a day passes that laundering re-
port or two is not heard through the
town as fifteen-centimeter shell ex-
plodes in the hands of the unfortunate
meddlers. It was only yesterday, as l
stood upon the terrace of the house
inhabit, that loud explosion was
heard. / thought it signal gun from
one of the forts, announcing the ap-
proach of a Cossack patrol. 1t was
only next day learned the real cause.
A party of several men, including five
Sergeants, proceeded to bake bread in
by-street. When in the act Of with
drawing their cakes 3 frightful explo-
sion took place, severely wounding the
five Sergeants and four privates. They
had kindled their fire on the spot where
q shelrof the largest size lay embedded
in the earth, and at the last moment i
exploded Next day / visited the sui.
ferers in the hospital. One man had
both hands blown of. It was he who
removed the bread; his face was
scorched black by the flame. Another
had his leg shattered, and third had
the right lower jaw completely carried
away. The others are all seriously
,uo,,ndad shnt + had mt an 0nDOrtllnity
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Serious Results Of a Fright.

A most distressing affair occurred
last Friday night at the residence of
Mr.. Frank C. hammers, in which 8
thirteen-year-old girl named Katie
Graebe, whose widowed mother lives in
Clark street, was the sufferer. Itseems
that the boys in that atneighborhood have
been losing number of pet pigeons at
at the hands of other boys, who made
periodical raids on the birds. In order
to stop the thieying, the owners of the
pigeons-all between the ages of four
teen and sixteen years-concluded to
mask their faces by backing them and
lay in wait for the expected raiders.
On the night in question, about eight
o'clock, the moon shining very bright
ly, the boys while waiting thought it
would be fun to scare little Katie
Graebe, who was engaged at her do
mestic duties in the rear part of the
hammers residence. Soon the girl
rushed upon her with yells and whoops,
their black faces shining ominously in
the moonlight The poor girl for a
moment stood still with terror, and
then fell moaning and faint at their
feet, and presently lay still as If in
death. The boys, now thoroughly
frightened themselves, gave the alarm.
A doctor was at once summoned, but
all his efforts were unavailing in re-
storing her to consciousness, and she
lay in a stupor until last night, when
she was taken to her mothers home,
being somewhat better, but still in q
most ,,pparyoJ oonJ;t;op Whapovor
anyone approached her bedside yester-
day morning, she would manifest the
utmostsiistress, and throwing out her
hands as if to ward off some horror
would cover back seemingly in the
most abject terror. 1t was at first
feared that the effects of the fright
would result in total idiocy, but last
night it was hoped that this terrible
fate would be spared her.-Cincinndti
ENQUIRER.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Elephants as Timber Carriers.

One of the great industries of Bur-
NAH is the timber trade. The teak
wood, which is the chief timber cut and
shipped, is very heavy, and requires
prodigious force to handle it; and as
the Burmese are not far enough ad-
vanced to use machinery for the pur-
pose they employ elephants, and
bravely do the noble beasts perform
their task. In the timber yards, both at
Rangoon and at Maulmain, all the
heavy work of drawing and piling the
logs is done by them. | have never
seen animals showing such intelligence,
and trained to such docility and obedi-
ence. In the yard that we visited there
were seven elephants, five of which
were at that moment at work. Their
wonderful strength came into play IN
moving huge pieces Of timber. l did
not measure the logs, but should think
that many were at least twenty feet
long and foot square. Yet male ell
ephant would stoop down, and run his
tusks under log, and throw his trunk
over it, and walk off with it as lightly
as a gentleman would balance his bam-
boo cane on the tip of his finger. Plac-
ing it on the pile, he would measure it
with his eye, and if it projected too far
at either end, would walk up to it, and
with gentle push or pull, make the
pile even.
If a still heavier log needed to be
moved on the ground to some part OF
the yard, the mahout, sitting on the
elephants head, would tell him what
to do, and the great creature seemed to
have a perfect understanding of his
masters will. He would put out his
enormous foot, and push it along; or
he would bend his head, and crouching
halfway to the ground, and doubling
up his trunk in front, throw his
whole weight against it, and thus, like
q ram, would s.butt' the log into its
place; or if it needed to be taken q
greater distance, he would put chain
around it and drag it off behind him.
The female elephant especially was em.
ployed id drawing, as having no tusks
tshe could not lift Ike her big brothers
but could only move by her power q
lstracti0n or attraction, Then using hel
trunk IS deity as .. lady would use hel
fingers, she would unite the knot OF
unkitch the chain, and return to hel
master. perhaps putting out her TRUNK
| TO receive banana as q reward for hel
good conduct. II was . very pretty
sight, and gave Us a new idea Of the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Flowers in a SnOw.StOrm.

IT was rough on the flowers of our
gardens yesterday afternoon to be all
powdered over with snow, and just
when they were looking their best.
The buttercup, while looking up, got a
dab of snow in its eye that sent it weep
ing to bed with its head under a leaf of
the big sun-fower; the rose wore a
very red nose, and the pink began to
think old Boreas most notorious and
uproarous old cuss for raising such q
muss; while the hollyhock, on its cold
stalk, was almost crazy, and so was the
daisy, for both had a misgiving that
every flower living would be very ill, if
not die of the chill of this first snow
fall, SO unexpected by all. All others,
too, had their brothers-the trees
moaned in the breeze, and the vines
and the grass cried: "Alas! the warm
ing we had this morning has been more
than verified, though we all said the
weather clerk lied"
Many persons are predicting an early,
long and severe winter. They tell OF
the unusual abundance of pine cones;
the big piles of dirt the gophers are
making about their holes; the unusual
thickness of the corn shucks; the indus
try of the woodpeckers in laying up
stores of acorns; the early rising OF the
springs in the mountains, and the mild
ness Of the weather last winter. - ptr-
ginia city (Nev.) Enterprise, Sept. 10.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

&c A novel;" says the Athenewm,
"is record Of how q certain stream
of true love- tried to run smooth, and
could not.
DIR. Hans Won Bulow is reported to
have said: If stop practice for one
day notice it in my playing; if | stop
three days the public notices it,
The vault in which the remains of
Brigham Young have been placed is so
constructed that, after it is once closed,
not single stone can be removed from
the structure.
Elijah A. Morse, of Morse Bros,
the g Rising Sun Stove Polish" man,
has been nominated for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts by the Tenn
perance party.
-" Brigham Young" remarks the
Philadelphia Times, :. started with one
wife and no fortune, and managed to
save up $5,00O,OOO or $6,OOO,6 900 and
nineteen wives"
Brigham Young died Of indiges-
ton. Is it not strange that he success
fully fought civilization for forty years
to bite the dust at last at the ruthless
hand of green cornp
Miss Middle Morgan, the stock-re-
porter of the New York Times, is said
to know as much about horses and cattle
as any man in the country, and far
more than any other woman.
-Auerbach is an illustration of the
truism that there is no excellence with
out great labor. He dictates his stories
to a shorthand writer, and never allows
the first draft of his manuscript to 90
to press. He weeds out nearly one-half
of the original dictation, and the final
copy delivered to the printer is entire
ly in his own handwriting.-N. Y.
Graphic.
The Pope few days ago read in
the Republique Francaise, a Republican
newspaper of Paris, that he was dead
and had been personated for several
years by priest. Pho Mono burst
into fit of laughter, and ordered
subscription to be taken in his name to
the paper for five years. ''We shall
see who lasts the longestr' he said,
g and how it will vex them to put the
Pope's address on their wrappers
-Sec'y Thompson says that his wife
greatly enjoyed the jokes made about
him when he was appointed Secretary
of the Navy, until one was made at her
expense. That was a different thing.
7" You know" he explained, .'that the
New Orleans Times told story that
when Mrs. Thompson heard of mysap-
pointment, she said: The idea of
making my husband Secretary of the
Navy! Why, Dick can't SWIM Could
anything be more absurdp If there is
one thing that can do better than an
other it is swimming. have always
been capital swimmer. a14