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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
Negroes Going to Kansas.

From the Pioneer Press.
The Cincinnati Commercial advo>
Gates the immediate dispatch of steam>
boats to the lower Mississippi for the
relief of the despairing and famishing
blacks who are refused passage on the
north>bound boats. These people are
represented as scattered 10 little en-
campments along the banks of the
river for hundreds of miles. Many of
them have come from distant points
in the interior, with barely sufficient
money to pay tbeir.psssage to St. Lou
is, and having exhausted their little
stores Of provisions the white people
along shore refuse to supply them
with the common necessaries Of life.
They signal every up-going steamer,
but the boats ignore their frantic ap>
reals and proceed compIacently on
their way, while half.starved and
heart>sick men and women cast Them
selves upon the ground with groanings
and shrieks of lamentation.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01

The following is a fair sample Of
the tone Of the Republican uewspa~
pers on the question Of Chinese cheap
labor, and also gives some interesting
facts.
From the Pioneer Press, April "a.
An association Of Louisiana plant>
ers, alarmed by the magnitude Of the
negro hegira, have made a requisition
on the agents of the Chinese Six Com
panies at San Francisco for a thou
sand Chinese ]aborers. But the
agents are not able to deliver the
goods. They reply that they have no
power to bring coolies to this country,
or to let out Chinese laborers under
contract to planters or corporations
neither can the southern demand for
laborers be supplied from Chinese al
ready on the Pacific coast. They rep
resent that the high price paid fol-
Chinese labor in California, namely
from $40 to $40 per month, precludes
the idea of immigration to the South.
The demand for Chinese labor in CAL
itornia far exceeds the supply, and
they assert that there IS not at the
present time a single idle Chinaman
in the State of California. The Six
Companies suggest that the only way
by which the Louisiana planters can
secure the class of laborers they desire
is to send an agent to Hong Kong,
and there hire and contract for suf:
icicnt number of laborers to justify
them in chartering a ship direct for
New Orleans adding the assurance
that if the Cinnamon thus hired are
well and kindly treated they will faith
fully perform their part of the con-
tract. In Hong Kong contracts can
be made for term of from three to
five years at wages from SO to $40 pc,
month. It is evident that the SIX
Companies are disposed to favor the
colonization of the southern States
with Chinese laborers, and will do all
in their power to forward the move.
ment. The San Francisco papers pub,
lisb, without denial or qualification,
their statement that the Chinese are
admitted to be the best laborers in the
shop, field or house; kindly disposed
toward their employers, sober, honest,
polite and faithful. All of which is q
little rough on Dennis Kearney and
his obstreperous followers.
From the New York Tribune.
Concerning the allegation that Cali
ifornians "loathe the Chinese" Will
lam Lloyd Garrison writes to friend
in this city that, if that is so, it is very
odd that they insist upon employing
100000 Of them, and using them in
occupations where loathesomeuess is
particularly not desirable, as those of
cooks and chambermaids, and paying
them them from $25 to $40 a month,
more than whites would get for dong
the same work. Tally another for the
venerable advocate Of human rights.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
Notice.
St. Paul, Minnesota, Jan.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Jan. 1st, 1879.
To whom it may'concern
Whereas, DeGraff & Co., of St. Paul,
Minnesota, are the owners in fee of
certain tracts Of land in Morrison
County Minnesota;
And Whereas, certain persons claim
to have made contracts with the West
ern Railroad Company for several of
said tracts;
a Now, therefore, this is to give no.
tice that such contracts are Invalid and
void, and no payments should be made
thereon, as the owners will not recog~
nize such transactions, but will hold
the parties liable in damages, and re-
qaire payment in full, on such terms
and at such prices as they may think
proper. :~@ DEGRAFF& & Co.
s..:>.s <aasl ~s~*s "!.s By r. McNsmsra.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
Disguised Advertisements.

People in general are not aware of
how frequently advertisements are
prepared and published in the form of
news, in such a manner as to hide
their real nature. We have in mind
an article headed IA Lucky Trio of
Printers" which appeared In the news
columns of the New York World last
week. The article relates the partic>
ulars Of three printers who clubbed
together and bought a two-dollar tick
ct In the Louisiana State Lottery,
each one furnishing one:third of the
Of the sum, and the result was that
they won $4,000, or $4,000 each.
The article is prepared 10 such
style that it makes very entertaining
matter for perusal and shows how we'll
pleased the winners were on receiving
the news of their good fortune, and
how they invested their money. 1t
is designed to convey the idea that it
is common occurrence for people to
draw large sums of money by invest
ing in Louisiana State Lottery tick cts,
the following sentence giving a fair
sample of the tone of the whole arti>
Gle: 'There is always some curiosity
as to how fortunate winner of a prize
in the Louisiana State Lottery dis
poses of his winnings.'' We have no
means Of knowing how much. pay, if
any, the World gets for publishing
such lengthy and ably written "puff''
for the Louisiana State Lottery, but
the article certainly bears the impress
of being an ingeniously written adver>
tisement, and we are of opinion that
the World was well paid for publish.
ing it as news. This scheme Of ad-
vertising is one which we disapprove
of, although it is practiced by several
leading journals. But perhaps the
most dlsreputable and blamewortby ad-
vertising dodge that Is practiced IS
the one Of representing some article as
being worth ten or twelve dollars, and
stating that 1t will be sent to "any SUBJ
scrlber of this paper" on receipt of,
perhaps, fifty cents, ito pay the ex>
pense of boxing and shipping" Any
publisher who allows such an advcr~
tisement as that to appear in his col.
umns, does an unjust act to his read
ers, and deserves censure. Many
readers are led to believe that the
thing advertised is really a premium
to subscribers and are thus swindled
out of their fifty cents. The only ad>
vertisement of that class that we re-
member as having appeared in the
Transcript, was on the third page,
which is printed in st. Paul, and for
which we were not responsible, in the
issue dated May II, 1877 ; and as
we had shown, in the issue of the pre-
vious week, the real nature of such ad~
vertisements, we believe that very
! few, if any, of our readers were taken
in by that bait.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
JAMES BROWN

is doing General Livery and Express
business, delivers passengers, baggage
and freight in all parts of town, Is at
the depot on the arrival of all passen-
ger trains, keeps horses and double
and single buggies for the accommo>
dation Of persons desiring to travel 10
the country, and promptly attends to
all business entrusted with him,
Charges reasonable.
JAMES BROWN.
Little Falls, MINI.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01

"Hov shall We train our girls 2"
asks an exchange, Train 'em with
about twenty>yards Of black silk, if you
want to please the girls. A silk vel-
vet train would make 'em happy. T.
= Arabella (after three months abroad) J
Bridget, je vous prie 70 use ex-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
of keeping them ont of the hands of the bank,

of keeping them ont of the hands of the banks
would he impossible, and the conclusion was
to let them 60 in sums not larger than one
them. The sales to day aggregated 81 ,oCO,-
600, by far the largest days sales yet report
ed. At the rate they are going, the last of
May will find the supply exhausted, and there
will be no further chance to get four per cent,
bonds at par. Members Of the cabinet do not
consider the rush for the bonds and certifi-
Gates as an indication that the long-heralded
spring of prosperity is a myth, but surplus
capital in the country is so timorous that it
seeks any safe channel of investment that pre-
sents itself. Fl
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
From the Elk River Nars

From the Elk River News,
The Little Falls Transcript, by
the way one of the best weeklies on
our exchange list, comes to us this
week with an able editorial on finance.
Nothing but a want Of space prevents
Us from transferring it to our columns.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01

Notice to Persons Holding Reg
istered County Orders.
Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota,
April 18th, 1879.
Notice is hereby given that I am
prepared to cash all registered county
orders up to April 1st, 1879, and all
interest ceases from this date.
W. T. LAMBERT,
County Treasurer.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01

President Hayes has vetoed the
army appropriation bill. The Demo-
Gratis have not yet decided what
course to take in regard to the matter.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
BABY LAND.

: How many miles to Baby Land2
Any one can tell
Up one fight =
To your right,
Please to ring the bell.
What can you see in Baby Land7
Little folks in white,
Downy heads,
Cradle beds,
Faces pure and bright.
What do you do in Baby Land1
Dream and wake and play,
Laugh and crow,
Shout and grow,
jolly times have they.
What do they say in Baby Land?
Why, the oldest things;
Might as we'll
Try to tell
What birdie sings.
Who is queen IN Baby Land1
Mother, kind and sweet,
And her love,
Born above,
Guides the gentle feet. An.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
Little Falls.

The merchants of Little Falls have
just been filling their stores with
spring and summer goods. Taking a
walk down street, we find Hon. M.
Lafond cheerful and happy, having
received his pay for the $4,000 rail-
road ties he delivered to the Northern
Pacific Company last winter, and hav~
ing thus been enabled to put his busi>
ness in good shape, and get complete
assortment of new goods.
At L. G. Worthington l. Co.'s we
find trade brisk, money finding its way
into the drawer, and beef cattle being
bought at such rate that people won~
der where all these cattle were raised.
A new and complete stock of dry goods
and groceries are being rapidly dis
posed of to numerous customers.
At Mr.. Buffers we find the propri-
etor and Mr.. Churchill busily engaged
marking and arranging immense piles
of new goods, whenever they can get
a few moments for that purpose be-
tween the calls Of customers. Here
every available inch of space is occu-
pied by goods, the cellar is full of
such articles as admit of being stored
there, and the warehouse is full also.
At Rhodes & Wetzels we find one
of the neatest and most handsomely
arranged stores in the State, and a
complete stock of drugs, medicines,
ready made clothing, &c. Trade is
brisk, and the proprietors seem to re-
alize that FACT, and are correspondingly
cheerful and happy.
At Leon Houde's we find the same
immense throng, apparently, that have
handed in their money or wheat
checks and taken their goods over the
same counters for years, also many
new faces. At the further end of
the store is located the postofice and
the Office of A. Tanner, the head clerk,
who is constantly employed posting
the books, examining bills &c., while
the clerks are rapidly selling goods.
Mr.. Houde's entire busin ess is man
aged like clock work.
| At Maurin & Medved's we find one
of the largest stores in the upper coun'
try, an immense stock of goods, a
large number of customers, all the
clerks busy, while Mr.. Medved, who is
manager Of the Little Falls store of the
wealthy firm of which he is member
is engaged in his Office, at the further
end of the store, looking over new
bills, accounts of railroad ties, wheat
corn, oats, all kinds Of farm produce
and everything in general, that have
been bought and sold. He is assisted
in his work by the head clerk, Mr.
Ellenbecker.
And if person, after having &C.
companied US on this tour among the
stores, wishes to learn more of Little
Falls, let him visit the Vasaly House
the Elk Horn House, Hamlin' s
Burk's and Broder's blacksmith shops
the Concord Carriage shops, where
the best farm wagons in the world
are made, Bredfeld's boot and shoe
factory, Narcotics tin shop, Mrs
Aawe's millinery and notion store, Vas
aly's meat market, Tingle's, Smiths
Clark's, and Richardson's law Offices
Taylor's, and Tiugle & Hays insu'
rance agencies, the three church edi'
fees, MORN & Narcotics and Vasaly's
billiard halls, Cooks saloon, and if the
visitor is still dissatisfied. he can &c
over to the Court House and see what
fine looking and efficient county
officers Morrison county has.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01

treme care when dusting the articles
of viztu, the bric>a-brac and ceramics"
Bridget-"Sure, ma'am, I understand
what ye say, but I don't know what
ye mane."
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
Little Falls Meat Market.

Beef Steak, per pound, 10 cts.
Roast, per pound, 8 cts.
Other parts cheap in proportion.
Sausage, per pound, bologna. 124 cts.
Sausage, " " fresh, 10 cts.
LOUIS VAsALY, Proprietor.
Little Falls, Feb. 26, 1879.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01

Mules are positively stubborn facts.
you can't 20 behind them. - o~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
AND SLEIGHS.
Lands For Sale,

Lands For Sale,
5000 acres of first class farming
lands in Morrison county for sale by
the undersigned. Prices moderate
and terms easy.
JONATHAN TAYLOR,
Little Falls, MINI.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-01
Chinese Labor.

The following is fair sample Of
the tone Of the Republican uewspa~
pers on the question Of Chinese cheap
labor, and also gives some interesting
facts.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-12-27
a singular Discovery.
ARTICLES FOUND IN THE HEART OF a
LARGE OAK TREE.
TCincinnati Gazette. ]

7
Eaton, Ohio, Dec. 4.-Recently MIR.
Nelson Davis, at West Alexandra, tins
county, cut down an oak tree, about
six feet in circumference, in the centre
of which was a cavity about seven
inches square, partly filled with some
rotten Kind of wood and roll OF
cloths. which crumbled when touched.
Inside of all was German Catholic
PRAYER book, bound in leather and
much worn.
The book was printed in 1929, and
had a Latin introduction, while some
of the blank leaves are filled with writ
ing in French, part of which is unin-
telligible, but enough is easily read to
show that the owner was French sol
der. tells what battalion, and mentions
the name of one of the officers as DE
La Magne. 1t may be of interest to
members of the Historical Society. A
growth of at least five inches over the
hole where it had been slipped into
the tree Theoretically sealed and pre-
served the book. 1t is now in the
hands of W. &. Branhart at his book
store in this place, and is regarded by
all great curiosity.
The book taken from an oak tree
shv Mr.. Davis, is collection of Catho-
lie prayers, printed in German. 1t is
called 1.-THE Holy Field Trumpet,
and was composed by Casper Erbard,
printed by Franciscus Eysenbarth, I'M
der. dispensation from Alexander
Sigismund, an Augustine Bishop.
Bears date 1925. 1t seems to have
been prepared especially for soldiers
and travellers. 1t contains morning
and evening prayers, prayers before
mass, before confession, before an Ell
gagement, after a victory, etc.
Fly leaves contain German and
French writing. but no name of the
owner The name of his commander,
divisions and battalion are, however
given The book was evidently put
into the tree by one of the soldiers
passing from one to another of the
French trading posts which extended
from the lakes to the mouth of the
Mississippi so wears ago.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-12-27
zsvs-s Head sawed in Two
and Eer E4e Hives.
A MIRACULOUS CASE.

4
New York, Dec. 1I.-John McEyoy,
aged fifteen, of Patterson, crawled I'M
der the table of circular saw for saw
dust. The saw had been stopped to
mend the bolt, and the man in charge,
not noticing the boy, started the saw.
The next minute he saw hat fly from
under the table. He stopped the ma
chine and looked under the table, and
saw the boy with his head almost liter
ally sawed In two. The saw had run
from near the back of the left ear across
the top of the head, down through the
forehead between the eve and the nose,
without injuring the eyeball, and
through the nose, so that one nostril
was sawed clear from the other. The
saw penetrated the brain around the
ear to the depth of from one and half
to three inches. The boy retained his
consciousness while he was being taken
to the office OF DR.. Garnett, where the
scalp was sewed up The physicians
could see the pulsations of the brain
through the opening. The lad said
the pam was very great, but he re-
Trained from crying, and pinched The
mails of his hands into the palms until
the blood ran. At the Sisters Hos
pitai he was able 10 lift glass of stimu-
liant to his lips. DIR. Marsh probed the
brain to the depth Of nearly two inches
without touching the bottom of the cut
made BY the saw. The boy was able
to talk intelligently all day, but he said
that it panied him to converse, and he
was kept as quiet as possible. He is
vet alive and conscious Tonight The
physicians say that it is a miracle-that
he has lived.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-12-27
Ae ls Some.

Jersey City. y. j., Dec. 16-The
lad, John McEvoy, so terribly mangled
by a circular saw cutting his head
nearly IN two al Patterson nearly a
week ago, is now dead. His father
was talking with the boy, when the
little patient Was suddenly taken with
commissions, one succeeding another.
until he fell back dead.
A number of eminent physicians
from New Y ork visited the boy. to see
the remarkable sight of lad with his
skull and brain separated to depth
of over two inches. living apparently
in the fullest employment of all his
faculties, talking intelligeutly, and har-
ing an excellent appetite.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-12-27

rCorrespondence n. Y. Observer.

Correspondence II. Y. Observer
Scarcely week passes that there is
not report, in the newspapers, of
some one who has died of tetanus,
commonly called lockla brought on
by some sharp instrument being stuck
in the body ; usually a nail in the foot.
Usually such wounds will prove harm
less if the following IMMINENT be prop
erly applied: 2 ozs. alcohol; ezs. eiE
of organum; liz OF. tinctarc of cam-
phor j was once called to see hoy
twenty four bonrs after he had stuck a
rusty nail in his foot. He appeared to
be in intense agony, and his foot was
considerably swollen. ] opened the
wound so that serum flowed little
from it, but not more than two or three
drops of blood ] wet the wound with
the Imminent, and then folded piece
of soft cotton cloth, eight-ply, and
thoroughly saturated it with the lfni-
ment and bound it ON the wound, Civ
ing instructions to renew the applica-
ton every two hours. i called to see
the boy, and he was ont in the ward
playing, and suffered omore from the
wound.
The linimcnt is good for any fresh
wound on man or beast, and every
family ought to keep bottle of it. /
do not affirm that in every case it will
prevent lockjaw; but / do believe that,
if properly used, lockjaw would seldom
occur. la an experience of many years
] have not known of case where the
linlment was used. ThelinDment ought
to be used till cure is effected. M.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-12-27
A Qzaecr- Sex.

The Sicilians in New Orleans have
some strange pecnliarities. One of
them is that when one of them com
mits crime against another, nothing,
not even impending death, can induce
the injured party to prosecute his
assaliant, or to inform against him.
There are cases there where one Sici-
liam has made several murdereous as
saults on another, severity wounding
him each time, but the latter is mute
as an oyster when questioned on the
subject. Last week one Of them was
convicted of an assault on another
with a dangerous weapon, with intent
to commit murder, and was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary, but
the conviction was secured by the
testimony of persons not Sicilians,
who saw the assault. In this case
shortly after the attack, the assailant,
having been pointed out by the by
ISLANDERS and arrested, was taken by an
officer to the bedside of his desperate
" wounded and apparently dying
enemy, for the purpose of being iden-
titled by the latter. The wounded
man feebly raised bis arms, embraced
and kissed his would-be murderer, and
solemnIy protested the latter's limo
cence, declaring the accused to be his
best friend, and utterly incapable of
the crime charged. This was proven
on the trial, but the accused was new
ertheless convicted and sentenced as
stated.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-12-27

Two centuries ago some of the New
England churches had an official whose
duty it was to go round and waken the
sleepers in time of service. In 1916
the Rev. DIR. Samuel Whiting was min
lister of Lynn, Massachusetts. One
Obadiah Turner kept journal at that
time, the following extract from which
is published
e 1916, June We 3rd. Allen Bridges
hath been chose to wake We sleepers in
meeting, and, being much proud of his
place, must needs have a fox tale fixed
to We end Of a long staff wherewith he
may brush we faces of them vt will
have maps in time Of discourse; Ike
wise a sharp thorne wherewith hc.may
prick such as be most sounde. On We
last Lord his day, as he strntted about
We meeting house, he didspy Mr.. Tom
kins sleeping with much eomforte, his
head kept steadie by beingin We corner
and bis hand grasping We rail And
so spying Allen did qIlieklie thnisi his
staff behind Dame Ballard. to give him
a griepous prick on We hand Where
upon Mr.. Toiaktss did spring up much
above We floor, and with terrible force
strike his hand against We wall, and
also, to &c great wonder ST all, proclaim
lie exclaim in q loud voice, 'Cuss ye
woodehuck 7 he dreaming, as it seemed
vi q woodchuek had seized and bit his
hand. But Oh coming to know where
he was, and We great scapdasl he had
committed, he seemed much abashed,
but did not speake. And 1 think be
viii not soone again 90 to sieepe IN
meeting. Ne women may sometimes
sleep and nome know n, BY reason IF
their enormous bonnets. Mr.. Whiting
doth pleasalse,i say vt from the pnlpl',
he doth seem to be preaching to stacks
of straw, with men jutting here and
there among them