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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20
SWINDLING THE LAWYERS.
HOW A sHREwD SHARPER TOOK IN soME

himself. He was persuaded to leave
by a very plain hint from the police.
He seems to have been engaged in a
very profitable business for two or
three days, in which he swindled a
number of business men and lawyers
out of small sums of money. His
mode of operation was as follows: He
would call upon a business man and
present his card. representing himself
to be the business agent of the United
States Commercial Agency and solic-
it membership. The advance fee fol
membership in this new commercial
agency was So for some persons and
s. to others, just as the g%ullibilty OF
the victim might be operated upon by
his talk. But he seemed to take a de-
light in cropping i'm the lawyers, and
did succeed In victimiZlng about half
a dozen before he was arrested. He
pretended to be a confidential agent
of the United States Commercial
Agency and authorized to appoint n
attorney for each town for the collec-
ton of debts. He engaged several
attorneys as the special agent Of the
company and in consideration of S.
in cash to him paid and a signature
to the following agreement, which is
neatly printed with Il vignette upon
the corner, he appointed them resi-
dent attorneys for Kansas City. The
agreement read as follows:
The undersigned, in consideration
of membership in United States Com
mercial Agency, hereby agrees to and
with said Agency, that he will keep
strictly confidential all information
received through the agents or attor-
neys of said Agency, concerning the
financial standing of any person, and
will not avail himself Of the services
of the Agency, for the collection of
claims which belong to any other per
son.
He had upon his person about one
hundred of these agreements, some
filed out, others blank. He had ia
ken in about calf a dozen attorneys
before he was arrested. When taken
to the station house he appeared to
be very indignant, and said he had a
right to appoint as many agents at
three dollars each Is anybody else.
AS for the United States Commercial
Agency, he defied any one to prove
that he IA not its agent.
1t is not likely that any one of the
victims will prosecute the fellow, as
no one Will carc to he laughed at for
their folly. lie will therefore escape
without much trouble.
IN the course of the season, that
time has arrived when the Young man
sits out on the front steps with the
idol Of his soul, and talks sentimental
slush. and thinks he would I've in hea-
ven if he were married, whereas the
old man. who has been married for
some period, probes around the house
With a kerosene lamp, looking for
some cold grub for his supper, and he
smiles a smile suggestive of sad X
perience when he reflects that lie was
once young and beautiful himself, and
as big a fool as the young man on the
stoOp.
"You wasn't around when they
dealt out hair, was you?" said a red
headed man to a bald-headed man in
a railroad ar. Eyes, | was there.
said the man with the s~kating-rink on
the top of his head, Il was there,
but they offered me a handful of red,
and | told them to throw it into the
~coal-scuttle to hight the fire with"
Eru1 tmip hrDfl,nrS ar.o Oail RI ho on !
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20
Vulcan zcd Rubber in. every conceivable
Form, adapted to universal use.
Any article under four pounds weight can
be sent by mail.
WIND AND WATER PROOF

garments q specially. Oil cloth Surface
Coat combines two articles in one. For
stormy weather it is a perfect waterproof,
and il dry weather. q
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20

The article Is telling its own story In the hand.
Of thousands who are using II with most gratir
ing and eRc0uraging results:
Mr.. GUsTAFrs +. HALL, OF the Oates Opera
Troupe writes: AFTER six weeks uSr am con-
WINGED, as IA IfSe my comrades, that your CAR
BoLISE has a.ci r. producing II wonderful growth
of hair where l had none for years"
n h~cCLARRAS, Sixth Avenue Pharmacy.
Pittshurg. Pa, SAYS: The good effects from ths
use Of ~aRBoLINE are brought to my notice every
day 10 such an extent aS 10 justin me- In recon-
mendlng IL 10 my mast intimate friends"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20

"You wasn't around when they
dealt out hair, vas your" said a red
headed man to a bald-headed man in
a railroad car. Eyes, l was there.
said the man with the skating-rink on
the top of his head, 81 was there,
but they offered me a handful of red,
and | told them to throw it into the
coal-scuttle to hight the fire with"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20
NEAT AND TIDY OVERCOAT.

By a peculiar process, the rubber is put
between the two cloth surfaces, which
prevents smelling and sticking, even in the
hottest climates. They are made in three
colors, Blue. Black and Brown.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20
Are Light, Portable, Strong and Dur
able.

We are now offering them at the ex.
tremely low price OF Ter Dollars each.
Sent postpaid to any address upon receipt
of price.
When ordering, state size around chest,
over vest.
Reliable parties desiring to Sc, our
goods. can send for our Trade Journal,
giving description of our leading articles.
BE sure and get the Original Goodyears
Steam Nulcanized Fabrics.
GA-Send for illustrated price list of our
Celebrated Pocket Gymnasium. Address.
carefully.
OObYEAR'S RUBBER CURLER co.
697 Broadway,
~. box.5,l66. New York City
For particulars. cali at this office 52-lv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20

NHnonE IkIk, Gives the utmost satisfaction
UHItDUAiFSk. as = Hair Remover.
nhRpnl INE: VA. . magical effect on gray
nkCDnI skfK. 10 free from irritating and poi.
OHnDULtTVG sonous chemicals.
nkpD0f tklr. Is the nsturai n%ourishment for
GHNOUktEVk. the hair.
nh0p0i INK. Has beer indorsed by the high.
ONftDUklFVk. est medical authority.
nkppn1 IAIk: Gives weak and sickIy hair the
UN0OukiINk. gloss and "igor Of youth.
nkpDnl IkIf: Restores faded or gray hair 10
ONE10VkifSk- its natural color.
nhUD0I INT: 10 not a dys-restorss the hair
UNnDUIIESEs naturally.
NhpHnE IAE. Cures ell Diseases Of the
UNn0UliEVE Scalp.
fkDpnf IkIf. keeps the hair moist and the
OHnOUEiNE. hea d cool.
nkDD0l lkI1: Makes the hair look natural
Vf1nO0klEVL. and beautiful.
ckppni IkIE.. Delightful, fragrant, and sure
UHnDVklNE. ell the time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
A "REMINISCENCES.

saw the wild honey-bee kissing the rose.
one. that grows
Down low on the bush, where her sisters above
Cannot see all that's done
AS the moments roll on.
Nor hear all the whispers and murmurs of love.
They fiaunt out their beautiful leaves in the sun,
And they irt every cne
With the wild bees who pass, and the gay butter
flies.
And that wee thing in pink
Why, they never once think
That she's won lover right under their eyes.
1t reminded me- Kate, of time-you know when
You were petite then.
Your dresses were Short and your feet were so
small
Your sisters, MaudBelle
And Madeline-well,
They both set their caps for me, after that ball.
How the blue eyes and black eyes smiled up in
Twas a ecb-and-nect race,
Till that day when you opened the door in the hall,
And looked up, and looked down,
With your sweet eyes of brown,
And you seemed SO tiny, and felt so tall.
Your sisters had sent you to keep me, my dear,
Till they should appear
Then you were dismissed. like a child in disgrace,
How meekiy you went!
But your brown eyes. they sent
4 thrill to my heart, and flush to my face.
We always were meeting some way after that,
You hung up my hat,
And got it again when | finished my call.
Sixteen, and so sweet
d those cute little feeti
Shall ever forget how they tripped down the hall.
Shall | ever forget the first kiss by the door,
Or the VOWS murmured DER.
Or the rage and surprise Of Maud Belle? Well-a-
day,
How swiftly time fowsi
And who would suppose
That bee could have carried me SO far away?
IRE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
A NewYork Lottery SWindle Suppressed

Acting upon complaints FROM differ
ent sections of the country from per-
sons who said they had been swindled
by spurious circulars and lottery tick
cts sent through the mails by Reed &
Co., Of New Haven, purporting to be of
the Havana lottery, Anthony Comstock.
special agent Of the New York Society
for SURPRISING Vice, seized Reed &
Co.'S Office, No. 5 Beekman street, New
York, On Friday last Several young
women were employed by J. M. Pattce
to mail the circulars, n. S. Reed send
ing the list Of addresses daily from New
Haven. Reed & Pattee ran the Chey-
enne and Wyoming lottery schemes
some time since. Their books showed
over 5000 daily receipts in the last
swindle Philadelphians who may have
received circulars for this lottery can
join their tears with those Of the New
Haven victims. dt~11
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26

The Gar Michael, the first Romanof1
who ruled in Russia, his reign beginning
in 1913, died at the age Of 40; Alexis,
his son and successor, at 4S; Feodor, at
Is; Ivan, at SO; Peter the Great, at So !;
Catherine l., his widow, and successor,
born of humble parents in Livonia, at
45; Peter H., at Is; Anne, at At: Ivan,
at "a; Elizabeth, at So; Peter Ill, at "a ;
Catherine H., at e. Paul, at II; Alex
ander l., at 4S; and Nicholas, before lie
was SO. Here, of sixteen Russian SOW
ereigns, from 1913 to 1878, only one,
the present Gar, may be said to have
reached the newspaper-fated age of 90.
Catherine Of Russia, who lived seven
years longer, was a German, without
one drop Of Russian blood in her veins.
Seeing that, in over $50 years of
reigning family, to whom the Goth year
was to prove fatal, only one reached that
age, it IS clear that the popular belief
was altogether wrong.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
WOman's Love.

A man who had struggled with a ma
lignant disease, approached that crisis
in It's stage on which his life seemed to
depend. Sleep, uninterrupted sleep,
might insure his recovery. His anxious
wife, scarcely daring to breathe, was
sitting by his bed; her servants, ex-
hausted by constant watching, had all
left her. 1t was midnight; door had
been left open for air; she heard in the
stiffness of. the night window open be-
low stairs, and soon after approaching
footsteps. A moment more man with
his face disguised entered the room.
She instantly saw her husbands danger,
and anticipating the design Of the I'M
welcome intruder, she pointed to her
husband, and pressing her finger upon
her lips to implore silence, held out to
the robber her purse and her keys. To
her great surprise, be took neither.
Whether he was terrified or charmed
by the courage Of her affection, cannot
be known. He left the room, and
without robbing the house sanctified by
such strength of affection: he departed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
Finding Fault.

It is the easiest thing in the world to
find fault. 1t is easy to say that no
body IS honest, 1t is easy to say that
the church is to blame for it. It is easy
to say that the church would be all right
If the minister would preach and do as
he ought. But it isn't easy to look on
the best side, to see that there are hun
dreds Of faithful preachers, thousands
of honest, sincere men and women.
countless acts Of justice, charity and
humanity which outweigh all the grumb-
lers, SO that it is really only the finest
dust in thebalance. Let us be fair and
cheerful The world is not ali wrong.
Everybody isn't a rascal. Our neigh
bors are not trying to cheat US. The
church is doing a good work for the
world, and even the GROWERS are not
half as disagreeable as they seem. :
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
A Dog Story from Nebraska.
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal.

One Of the most remarkable incidents
going to show the affection Of dumb
animals for those who care for them oc-
cured in this city a few days since. Our
readers will remember the drowning
last Sunday Of the little six-vear-old
boy, Danny. The child had a little dog
who was his constant companion and
playmate. When the accident occurred.
which resulted in the drowning of the
boy, the dog was with him, and by his
strange conduct and uneasiness he at
tracted the attention Of those present.
While the boy was lying in the bottom
Of the stream, the dog would run to the
child's mother and then toward the
place where the boy was supposed to
be, and finally plunged in and swan
around Or over the spot where his little
master lay. After the body had been
placed In the coffin, the dog manifested
strong desire to see the child, and
when the lid Of the coffin was raised,
he licked the dead face and seemed to
feel intense grief. In short time the
dog went out to the railroad track and
laid down upon the road, as it had done
many times before; but upon the APP
proach of the train, he laid himself
upon the rail and deliberately permitted
the train to pass over lis body-being
killed. The whole actions of the dog
were such as to convince one that it
was governed by reasoning powers. and
is another illustration of the remark
able love or attachment that some ami
mails have for their masters. The
mother, at the time of the drowning,
supposed the child was at home, and,
therefore, neglected to obey the hint
given by the dog that might have saved
the boys life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
That Fatal Sixty.
Philadelphia Times.

. A paragraph is running through the
newspapers" as the saying is, to the eff
feet that THE Emperor of Russia, hav-
ing completed his Goth year, is bound
to become mad,1as his predecessors on
the throne have done so at that age"
This declaration, not founded on facts"
may be worthy of contradiction, be-
cause, a short time since, persons who
read it, and belong to the numerous
class who think that whatever appears
in print nla'a be trne, will give fnu ere
dence to- tinss~g> e~S c@'a.
y The present Gzat, who completed his
Goth year on the ,29th of last. April, is
the only Russian sovereign, during over
two centuries and half, who attained
the age said to be so fatal to his race.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
Ten Millions Behind.

A Washington special dispatch to
this mornings Tribune says a table has
been prepared IN the Office of the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue,
which shows that the receipts from in
ternal revenue taxes for the present
year will be ten million dollars less than
they were estimated at. The aggregate
receipts for the year up to date are one
hundred and five millions. The amount
estimated for the year was one hundred
and twenty million dollars. Commits
sioner Raum, in speaking on that sub
ject, said yesterday, that, letters received
from the various collection districts in
dictate that the decline in the receipts
is not owing to the stagnation of business,
as there are indications of general
revival of trade; but it is entirely the
result of the agitation in congress over
the reduction of the tax GA whisky and
tobacco, and the extension of the time
for the payment of the tax on bonded
whisky. He says that, during the last
thirty days, there has been absolute
prostration in these branches of industry
and if the bill now pending in the house
should pass without provision for re
funding the cents tax on manufactured
tobacco which has been paid at the
present rate, it would affect no less than
three hundred and fifty thousand deal
ers, and impose upon them an aggre
gate loss of more than three million
dollars 1t is said at the Treasury De
partment that the proposed reduction O.
the tax on tobacco will reduce the re
ceipts from that source about twelve
million dollars. - AMERICAN Exchange
June 10TH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
A Difference of Opinion.
Burlin gton Hawke

The Cabinet meeting yesterday was
disturbed by very, bitter quarrel be-
tween the Secretary Of War and the
Secretary of the Navy. This quarrel,
which is the first that has married the
harmony Of the pleasant Cabinet meet
ings, grew out of dispute between the
two secretaries about, a line Of battle,
the Secretary of War insisting that it
was chalk mark drawn on the ground
by the. generals, which the, opposing
parties !" toed" when they began fight
ing, while the Secretary of the Navy
said it was a MANILA haMser that tied
the flagship 70 the despatch boat, to
keep it from running, away during a
battle, wig M9I8 e.ettsG aGt8u9%
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
LIFE.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.

LIFE? lis the story of love and Of troubles,
OF troubles and love that travel tOoether
The round world through. Behold the bubbles
Of love! Then troubles and turbulent weather
Why, man had Ill Eden! Then love then Cain
60 away, 90 away with your bitter sweet pain
Of love, and leave us! Come care not o pin
Until peace goes out, and till love comes in
". Y. InGPnpudfut
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26

A RESIDENT of Newington Conn,
caught and marked turtle in 1888. He
found him again in 1862 and last month.
In his forty years pilgrimage; the tor
toise has travelled mile and a half west,
crossing two bridges and three railway
tracks. ~ ,....t .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26

WEST POINT furnishes forty-three
graduates to fill the eighteen vacancies
in the army.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26

ORNAMENTAL TREEs.-Mr George Ell
wanger, at the late meeting of Western
New York Horticultural society, gave
the following as list of -deeiduous
ornamental trees possessing real merit
for planting. For a small place, he
advocated: Birch, cut-leaved; yellow
wood; thorn, PauPs double, scarlet;
Judas tree; beech, Rivers smooth
leaved purple; alder, imperial cut
.leaVed; Kolreuteria magnolia soulan-
gean; mountain ash, oak-leaved willow,
Kilmarnock. For larger places to the
above he would add: Elm, Camper,
down weeping; and Blandford; linden
.white-leaved oak, scarlet, birch,
Young's weeping; beech, weeping sand
cut leaved; maple, Norway; and Wier's
cut-leayed; horse chestnut, double flow
ering. Il 3 sasgb % Zelda SIS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26

81 wish to ask the court, said a face
tious lawyer, who had been calledsto the
witness stand to testify as an expert
g if l am compelled to come einto1his
case, in which have no personal in
terest, and give legal opinion for
nothing?" eyes, very certainly" re-
piled the mild-mannered Judge; "give
it for what it is worth"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26

Candles made from peat are sold in
London.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

at Fort Buford last evening, and reported
that the hundred and fifty Indians who
crossed the Yellowstone were north Of the
Missouri, but were not the Cheyennes.
They were some Minneconjou Sioux from
Spotted Tails camp going 70 Sitting Bull.
They we're thirty days out whl1 they crossed
the Missouri. Col. Baker Of. Miles COM
nand followed them to the Missouri near
Porcupine creek, and then turned back to
the Yellowstone. Where the Cheyennes
are nobody knows.
Pembina, II. T., Oct. 26.-Track laying
on the st. Vincent extension Of the st. Paul
& Pacific railroad has reached the north side
of Two 7;ss.ss, nine miles from the terminus
1T St. Vincent, and they are nov laying one
and a half miles per day. N. Myrick, one
of the prcprietors of st. Vincent, is now
here waiting for the railroad engineer to re-
survey the TOWNSHIP, to conform to the re-
quirements Of the road for the depot build
ings and switches, this being. the only point
where the line touches the river. The de-
pot will be established here and all transfers
to and from steamboats, and all customs
business transacted.
G. Cavalier, first territorial librarian of
Minnesota, first collector of customs at Penn
bina, appointed 1851, and the Oldest white
settler in the valley, was nominated in OPP
position to our Dakota ~Ignatius Donnelly,
G. H. Walsh, Of Grand Forks. The wealth
er is cold and the river likely to close
soon. .4asS- SIS
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

Attorney General Devins has put his
foot upon the necks of the South Carolina
b%ulldozers and evidently means to keep it
there. In reply to propositions made by
some violators of the election laws he tele-
graphs as follows to the United States at
torney at Charleston: II want no trafack.
ing or guarantees, bu,judicial
of the outrage alleged to have been com
United upon unoffendine people in the exer.
else of,heirrights as citizens ofthe United
States" ;5 =
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

One of S. u. sptnk's most brilliant
stump arguments is the assertion that Judge
Bennett does not own the chair be sits in
or the plate he eats from, and that the Press
and Dakotaian has been challenged to prove
the contrary. We could do that easily
enough, but this is the first. time we have
heard Of the challenge. Sphinx should quit
lying. He is growing old.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

Bartlett Trip was nominated by the I'm.
animous vote of democratic convention,
remarks the Sioux Falls Independent, there
fore he is the peoples candidate. That is
the clearest proposition the Independent
has vet made.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30
THE INDIANS CONE IN.


Camp Robinson, Neb. Oct. 27.-At mid
night last night the Times correspondent ar
rived here after a thirty-mile ride from the
scene of the Indian troubles at Chadron
creek. The weather was at the freezing
point, and eight inches of snow covered the
prairie. At 10 o'clock a. M. on yesterday
Col. Carlton sent his interpreter, Joe Larvey,
a wellknown old frontiersman, to. the rifle.
pits of the hostiles under a flag of truce.
Carlton instructed his faithful Interpreter
and guide to inform the savages that this
would be the last appeal he would make to
them to come out and surrender, and unless
they complied with these orders within fif-
teen minutes he would open fire on them,
which many ofhis impatient and honor-seek-.
ing brother officers would have done twenty.
four hours previous had they been 40 situated.
After . lapse Of twenty minutes Larvey re.
turned, followed by the hostiles, numbering
one hundred and sixty bucks, squaws and
papooses, who pre- 'ented . sight so wretched
and miserable that many soldiers present
actually: ehed tears. Many of the savages
had their limbs frozen. After being dis
armed they were made as comfortable a.
circumstance permitted. After dinner they
were marched into this post, guarded by
.Carlton's Whole force On their arrival here
1t midnight a barrack room, we'll heated,
was given them, and coffee. bread and meat
distributed among them. Their leader, Dull
knife, is q repulsive-looking savage of me.
dunn height, about forty-6ve years old, and
u the one who was the leader of the war
party that Gen. Mckenzie had q fight with
at Q spur Of the Big Horn mountains in DE-
cember, 1876, in which fight poor McKinny
was killed. "a -
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

The Sioux Falls independent does not
state whether or not the two hundred dol.
lars OF Trips money paid for its support
included the editors vote on election day.
lie sdmon'shes his readers that it is the
sacred duty Of every voter to cast his ballot
for either Bennett or Trip. Sublime dis
covery! But perhaps his vote is for sale
now. He talks like IL.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

Minnehana county promises 500 msiority
for Bennett and Flag. with the probability
that 1t will do still better. The men who
send in this report know what they are
talking about.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-30

One hundred and seventy.fve Moody
county republicans took part in the meet.
ing which deposcd the aportate editor of
the Roscoe Express. He begins to think
that selling out to the enemy is not SO pro.
fitable In the long run.