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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

derbilt has been, interviewed regarding his
schemes, but his answers are evasive, and
indicate nothing. Yet he does not conceal
his hatred towards the, Crank Trunk, and
says he will crush 1T if it does not maintain
the rates-that is, if it does not abide by his
dictation. The officers elected to-day are as
follows: President, W. FL. Vanderbilt;
treasurer, Cornelius Vanderbilt; secretary,
E. ID. Worcester; executive committee, w.
81. Vanderbilt, Augustus Schell, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Samuel F. Barger. No action
was taken respecting the working officials of
the road, that subject being left for future
consideration. Vanderbilt and party leave
here to- morrow morning, and will be in
Chicago in the evening, to 60 back by the
Lake Shore,
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
Live Stock i'm England.

The veterinary department of the
privy council of Great Britain, June 4,
1877, exclusive of horses to have been
36,357,825 head. Of these, 5,697 1888
we're cattle, 28,161, 164 sheep, and 2,497,-
1928 swine. This is less average than
for the years from 1878 to 1877 inclusive,
by 1905 292 animals, and exceeds the to-
tai of 1855 by only 44,752 animals. I'M
portations from the United States and
Canada, for the year, were 1887 cattle,
%, 395 sheep, and $40 swine.
OF the foreign cattle trade with the
Metropolis, in 1877, there we're $4,000
animals landed at the different wharves
of the port Of London, representing IT.
O15 per cent. of the total importation of
forei On animals into the country. Of the
total stock imported London received
4O.650 per cent of the cattle, 81, 29S per
cent. of the swine.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
THE WORLDS DOiNGS.
oRIMEs I'M iCktMtNALs.

Two ircendiary fires occurred in st.
ul, Mimi, on the night of July 9Th
An incendiary fire in Minneapolis,
Mimi, on the 9th inst, destroyed tenement
block.
George Eulser treasurer ofStark county,
has absconded, defaulting to the amount Of
100000.
An incendiary FIRE July Sd DESTROYED a
large portion OF the town of Boggs, Butte
ceonty, California.
A psrcel containing $s1 900 was stolen
from the American Express Company at
gainesville, July /,
In fight at Queens Park, Toronto,
beteen two drunken policemen, and citizens,
one man was killed and several injured.
On Sunday, June 3Oth, Col. A. Buchbee,
prominent citizen of Elmira, N. Y. fatally
shot his wife, and her mother, and then blew
out his own brains.
NJ. Davis, postmaster at Cody, Wis, Is
under arrest for using some 1900 three cent
postage stamps to pay personal debts to
firm In ST. Paul, MINI.
A man was arrested at Madison Wis
some time ago, believed to be Frank Conway
of Elysian, Mimi, for passing counterfeit
money. He has just served term in Still
water prison.
George Fessler, the thieving treasurer
of Stark, Ohio, reached Carton, the county seat
July 9Th, under arrest. He had in his posses.
sion over $4,000 OF the stolen money. Fesslel
is completely broke down, and very weak.
William j. Abrams, who was convicted
with the notorious Mrs Glen, for the murder
of Jacob Young and wife In 1857, and who has
been in the Indiana State prison serving Out
life sentence, has been pardoned by the
Governor.
An attempt was made at Sweetsburg
Quebec, on the evening of July Sd to assassi-
nate Edward H. Golf, president of the Boston
Montreal & Portland rail road. He was
fired upon through the window of his library
bat was uninJured.
Harley Brown confesses to having OBJ
structed the track near Claymont Delaware
by which four lives were lost. He put on the
Obstruction, and intended to signal the train
and thereby secure a situation, but train
which he did not expect came along first with
the fatal result named.
A tisticuff resulting in black eyes and
bloody noses occurred between two members
of the reportorial force of the Pekin, Ill. Press
The court fined the assailant $500 and cost
and then fined the assailed $500 and cost
because he did not batter the facial territory
of the aSSailant worse. as he deserved it
A righteous judge.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
CASUALTIES.

The m ain building of the county in
Urinary at Columbus, o., was burned. All of
the 260 inmates escaped.
Rev. August J. McConomy Is years
chancellor of the diocese of Philadelphia died
in that city Sunday afternoon, July 9TH.
A fire occurred at Montgomery, Ala,
,une the oath in the cotton compress of Har-
Ter & O'Connell caused by treading or d
match. Loss $4,000.
The residence of the late J. W. Ed
munds, Newton Center, Mass, was destroyed
by fire July 9th. Loss $4,000, fully insured
At Memphis, Tenn, on the evening
of July 4th, Major Will o. Woodson, agent of
the associated press was run over by street
railway car and was so injured that he died
soon after.
A. Rush City dispatch of July /, says
the body of John Benson, who had been miss
ing several days, was found in Moose Lake
It is supposed he fell into the lake when
drunk.
David Trumbull and Charles NJ. Cain
were both drowned in New London, Conn,
harbor, in attempting to rescue child from
drowning The child was saved by other
parties. 50
A Portland, Me-, dispatch says: James
s. Bedlow, superintendent of the Western
! Union Telegraph company has been drowned
at Pine Point, Scarbora, in rescuing his
daughter.
The Galveston Neoos special from Queen
City, Texas, gives an account of saw mill
boiler explosion by which three men were
killed and another wounded. The killed men
were thrown thirty feet away.
A Buffalo, N. Y. dispatch of June 9th
gives the account of collision between two
vessels the st. Andrews and Peshtigo. Both
vessels sank in nine minutes, in water 100 feet
deep. Both crews were saved by the small
boats
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
Useful Hints.

TO Take Out Mildew.-Get the dryest
chloride q lime you can buy, and, for
strong fabrics, dissolve four tablespoon
fuls of it in one pint of water. Let the
mildewed article lie in this solution
fifteen minutes. Take it out, wiring it
gently, and put Immediately into
weak muriatic acid, one part acid and
four parts soft water. For delicate fab.
RIGS the solution of lime should be made
much weaker; three or four times the
quantity of water should be put 20 the
lime Let the article lie in it only five
minutes, and then put it into the muir
atci acid.
FSaeor Of Tea and Cofee.- The tea or
coffee pot used for steel ing should be kept
as clean and bright inside as out; after
cotinual stepping thin coating collects
around the sides and on tine bottom of the
sleeper, which becomes rank in taste, and
therefore impregnates the fresh tea or
coffee. spelling its delicate flavor. Have
the steepers frightened inside at least
once a week; throw in teaspoonful of
pulverised borox, fill nearly full of water,
and let it bell fifteen or twenty minutes
then scour the coating or discoloration
off using nulverized borax and very lit
tie soap; rinse with hot water.
The H0ir.-German women of the
better classes are universally noted for
fine and luxuriant HAIR, and this is the
way they manage it: About once in a
fortnight boil for an hour or more large
handful of pran in quart of soft water;
then strain it into a basin, and cool till
repid. Rub into it little white soap,
then dip in soft cloth AMI wash your
head thoroughly, parting aside the hair
all oyer, so as to reach the roots. Next
take the yoik of an egg, slightly beaten
and with your fingers rub it well into the
scalp. Let it rest few minutes, then
wash off entirely with cloth dipped in
pure water, and rinse the hair well till
egg has all disappeared. Afterward wipe
and rup dry, and comb the hair upward
from the head. Then oil slightly if need
ed. The most harmless of hair dressings
may be prepared fromlthe following form
ula: Pure castor oil. two or; cologne
spirit f95 per cent? sixteen or; perfume
according to fancy.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
Budget OF Foreign news.
BATouM A FREE POET.


BERLIN, July 7.--Gortschakof declared,
at the opening of Saturdays sitting Of the
congress-, that the car, as proof of his desire
to satisfy all legitimate interests, had re-
solved to make Batoum free port. Lord
Beaconsfeld announced that England could
not but be satisfied with England's reassur-
ing resolve.
Lord Salisbury warmly advocated the
claims of the Lagis to be protected from an
nexation. Private negotiations are now
proceeding on this subject, Russia Directing
to have warlike independent people In the
immediate neighborhood of her new posses
sions.
There are also some slight difficulties in
regard to the dismantlement of the fortifca-
tons. Russia claiming that some of them
are natural features of the ground
MODELLING.
DR.. Modelling is sufficiently recovered to be
several times examined. It is still doubtful
whether he will survive his injuries. He
says he plotted the crime alone, but
communicated his intentions to some &C
quaintances who did not oppose it. His
present statement is believed.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
LONDON, July 8.-A dispatch from Calcut-
ia reports that 400 houses have been de-
stroyed by fire in Mandaloy.
scHouvALoFf's CHANCE.
LONDON, July lit Is declared in Russian
circles that the prospect of Count Schouva
loft succeeding Prince Gortschakoff depends
upon the counts ability to ingratiate @
policy aiming at an English alliance.
POSTPONED.
VIENNA, July THE occupation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina has been postponed till
August to give time for the restoration Of
railways and for the organization of the fu-
ture administration of the provinces.
AUTONOMY TO RoUMELIA.
BERLIN, July Tt has been decided to
grant autonomy to western Roumelia, Ep-
pirus, Thessaly and Crete to be secured by
European control.
PRINCE MILAN SATISFIED.
BELGRADE July Prince Milan, opening
the session of the Skaeptschila, declared he
was satisfied with the decision of the Berlin
congress relative to Servia.
RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS.
BERLIN, July THE National Gaaett.
saysit has been informed that the Austrian
police have discovered circumstances leading
to the belief that Nobeling's attempt on the
Emperor's life was connected with the in.
| trigues of Russian Socialists.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Austria receives one side of the bay of
Antivari and Montenegro Nicsic. The pow.
ers will insist on the rectifcation of the
Greek frontier by Turkey. Considerable
progress has been made in the commission
to-day on the Batoum question. complete
settlement has not yet been reached, but it il
expected that it will be in to-morrow's sit
tins, which precedes the meeting of the con
gress.
| ISLAND OF CYPRESS.
CoNsTANT1NopLE, July THE British
channel squadron has Appeared off Cypress
This has revived the rumor concerning tn,
purchase of the island by England. Minis
ter Layard is reticent on the subject. Th'
Porte, however, declares no contract in re
gard to the island has been concluded.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

The Gear leads a sad life. The fears
that he has had for years of falling vic
tim to the assasin's knife CT bullet have
Tedoubled since the case of We're Sassu.
ten gave an impulse to the revolutionary
party, anG they say he never leaves his
bed room in the morning without look
ing sadly around him as though he felt
he might never reenter the place alive,
Whenever he walks or drives a strong
body of police are dispersed around him,
and at intervals mounted gendarmery
and members of the scarlet police keen
an anxious watch over the Nihilism they
fancy they detect in every face in the
crowd.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

After the circus parade two small BOYS
met on the street. One of them, his face
glowing with excitement, said, "Oh,
Johnny did you see that fellow with the
snakes around his neck2" No word from
Johnny. "Yer seen the man in the lions
cage, incourse2" No word or sign from
Johnny, save and except cloud upon
his brow. well, yer seen the ponies
with the red blankets on, didn't ver9''
SHAW, AMI didn't" said Johnny at last
bursting into tears. II had to stay at
home and tend our baby, but kin lick
the stufiin' out of you!n
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

are unsatisfactory and prices several shillings
higher than in London, hut no further sales of
cargoes off coast have taken place. Maize has
not undergone much change on spot. but new
mixed American to arrive was offered at Sas
Cd per quarter lex. ship" price hitherto un.
known Tor this article. With liberal arrivals at
ports of call the floating cargo trade for wheat
is dull and prices declined fully shilling per
quarter Maize and barley receded fully six
pence per quarter.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

William H. Vanderbilt, when in De.
troit lately, said, If the people of De-
tiolt want to know what l am going to
do with the Michigan Central, I will tell
you in a nutshell. l am taking it in
hand to perfect thorough system of
through travel, and there are no mysteries
connected with my plans. A railroad
has to be managed just as newspaper
is managed. You have to he enterpris,
ing and economical at the same time"
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

The way in which Major Bernard en-
couraged his men to charge upon the hos
tile Bann0cks-by threatening to shoot
them If they ran away-recalls a recent
incident in China. A Chinese General
was sent with an army against a force of
insurgents who had repeatedly vanquish-
ed the imperial troops. When his forces
went into battle, tre General, man of
ferocious aspect and gigantic stature, sta
sicned himself IN the rear with a big
cub. He knocked down fugitive after
fugitive, and swung his club with such
effect that bis frightened soldiers conclud-
ed that they would be safer in the front.
and made a headlong and successful
charge upon the enemy. In the Amer
lean army, the Chinese method of encour-
aging soldiers is a novelty.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

State it is believed that the number of the
Minnesota Chiefs sold is more than double
the number of sales of any other thresher,
and II all orders could be filled the sale of
the Chief would be greater than the sales Of
all other machines, introduced in the State,
combined. The Minnesota Chief is already
an established favorite with farmers who
have seen it in Oregon, and the foundation
OF large business has been laid there.
Proposals have bsen made to the firm, by
q New York house, looking to the introduc-
ton of the Minnesota Chief in New Zealand
and Australia, and arrangements for the first
shipment will probably be closed ere this
article reaches the eye of the reader. Busi-
ness with those distant markets will be done
entirely on a cash basis. Reports from
Texas, Illinois, Kentucky, and all winter
wheat regions where the thresher is now In
operation, indicate that the demand another
year will be far in excess of the demand the
present season, and the shrewdest may well
hesitate before fixing limit for the future
growth of the business of manufacturing the
Minnesota Chief.
PAST GROWTH.
The record of the past few years shows
conclusivelS how satisfactory the Chief has
proved in operation. In 1875 there were
manufactured machines. The next year
125 were made. In 1877 the number reach
ed 312. 1t was intended to double that
number this year, but the pressure of de-
mand will compel the firm to do much more
than that, and even then majority of APP
plicants will be obliged to wait. The firm
will, however, fill all orders that 1t con.
tracts to fill, and all who are promised
threshers by responsible representatives of
the concern will get them. The growth of
business based on the merit of the thresher
has been fostered by such judicious manage
ment as insures thefuture.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

Mrs. Fry, of Albion, New York, will
be 10S years old on the 10th of septem
Der next. She has injured her health by
using tobacco ever since she was young
woman, or she PROBABLY would have been
much older by this time.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

The colossal fortune OF the late A r.
Stewart, il Is alleged is fast melting
away. This is owing to the lack OF
sense and bad. management of Judge
Hilton who was rendered top-heavv by
Stewards bequest of a million of dollars,
and by being assigned TO the position of
head manager Of the great establishment.
He needlessly and foolishly, with pomp-
Gus superciliousness insulted the Jews at
Saratoga, causing the entire Hebrew race
IN tins country to Withdraw their large
and very valuable patronage from the
wholesale establishment. And now, on
assigning reason for closing the vaunt-
ted 'Woman's Hotel" he grossly offers
Al insult to universal womanhood, and
the high spirited ladies of New York.
and the country are withdrawing their
custom from the great retail store. The
Park Hotel formerly, the w, mans Ho-
tell is now losing from three to four hum
dred dollars day, and will soon have to
be closed, as it will be less loss to LET
it stand vacant. The retail establish
ment is running down and it is now said
the large building will before long be
divided up by partitions and rented as
separate stores. Evidently the signs of
the times indicate breaking up of the
grand establishment. and the general and
rapid depletion of the great estate.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
CURRENT TOPICS.

Warden Craig, Of the Iowa Fort Madi-
son Penitentiary, "got in his work" for
the snug little sum of $500 900, that is
known of, and the State is so much the
loser. He ought to be named the Iowa
Tweed
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
an Important Hid for Farmers.
I2fillvoRoT N M hor,,oon I


Happening in at the office of Seymour,
Sabin, & Co., Wednesday morning, our at
tention was called to the number of orders
received by mail that morning, for Min
nesota Chief Threshers. Single orders came
for ten machines; there were two for two
each. The entire number of machines
ordered amounted to thirty, and the orders
were all from Minnesota and Iowa, except
two.t This led TO inquiries as to the bust
ness of the firm, and we gathered some facts
that may be of interest to our readers.
EXTENT OF THE BUSINESS.
On the day before our call there had been
shipped 10 machines, and the entire number
shipped this season, up to that hour, had
been 424, while more were then ready for
the cars, making the seasons shipments, up
to Wednesday night, 432. The number of
sales this season has been something over
600 machines, about 175 orders remaining
yet to be filled. No business day of late has
brought orders for less than Is machines,
and the selling season has just fairly open
ed. The prospect now is that three, and per-
haps four machines will be wanted by
agents for every one that can possibly be
supplied.
MERITS OF THE MINNESOTA CHIEF.
The letter files of the firm give conclusive
evidence that the Minnesota Chief sells on
on it's merits to remarkable degree. In
places where single machines are once in
operation, there is at once a demand for
more. In sections where the Minnesota
Chief is introduced, agents almost invariably
report that the representatives of other
on prices, and still the Chief sells steadily,
and much more rapidly than it can be sup
piled. The Saltwater firm is now building
more threshers than any other house in the
country save one.
Sales are rapid in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Kentucky, Texas, and Kansas. In the last
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

The United States commercial agent at
St. Eienne, France, in his dispatch of
June Z, 1878. reports that business is good
IN that district except with the United
States; especially good with Germany
and England. Weavers of plain ribbons
earn 40 to 80 cents day, better grade
60 ana 70 cents, aud novelties $40 to
$3.50 day; women who 10 most of the
work on ribbons, except weaving, make
from SO to 50 cents day. Farm hands
average $l5 ia month, while their cost of
living is II or Is dollars month. Miners
those who work underground, earn
sos to $1.l5 day; above ground, 65 to
Is cents day. No improvements are
manifest in machinery or in the manner
Of doing business.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

In 1888 Stevens T. Mason was Governo
Of Michigan. His beautiful and accom-
pllshed sister, Emily, presided over his
household. During this time Gen. Cass'
only son, Lewis Cass, Jr., was student at
West Point, and during his vacations was
much IN the society of Miss Mason. He
was smitten by her beauty and accom-.
pilsments but never summoned the cur
age to propose. Herfatner died suddenly
and she returned to her home in Virginia
During the war of the REBELLION most of
her property was lost, and after the war
she took up her abode in Paris. NAM
years before this Major Cass had estab-
lished himself in The French capital.
Inc TWO met. and the concealed passion
OF former years was rekindled and the
Major proposed, but she said she had re.
solved never to marry. He asked her to
do him the honor of granting him her
friendship. Then until his death, she
was his companion in that friendship in
which the French in the decline OF life
know SO well how to associate, and he
dying suddenly, she closed his ewes and
took charge of his remains. He beouethed
n his will $4,000 to Miss Mason. and
made her the joint executrix of the tesla
ment.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

The favorite engagement r,ng IN New
York is thread Of gold snnnortinp a
solitaire diamond, but a sapphire and emer,
aid, or q combination of ali three stones,
is sometimes used Three pearls, pink,
white, and cream-color, are sometimes set
together for engagement riggs