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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
Mrs. Grumper on BABY Shows.

The other day lady called on Mr..
Grumper's wife, informing tho latter per-
son that she Qhe visitor) was on the COM
mittce for inviting babies to the prize baby
show, soon to be given.
"No," said the old lady, II can't do
nothing for you, becoz, in the first place,
hain't got any baby TO begin with, and In
tho second, don't believe in baby shows"
"For reasons herinaftcr to be express
cd" put IN the old man, rs he detected
significant glitter in his wifc's eyes.
Now" began Mrs. G., "there was that
baby show in Milton, when mo and Josiah
lived there and Wilberforco was but Il
thirteen months old, and a dear, sweet, un-
Complainin' child"
"Ah, hum-ml" from Mr. Grumper.
''The neighbors said he was the finest
boy that ever sucked paint off a red -colorcd
rattle or cut teeth under disadvantgcous
circumstances. lie was such nice, peace
ful. child, he was; never getting out of hu-
NOR, allus good, seeming like he knew that
yelling wouldn't help him through any
quicker. The folks down there at Milton
got up baby show, and the first prize
was twenty-five dollar cradle, to be given
to the finest baby exhibited inside of three
days at the town hall. Josiah knows how
| fixed WILDER up and combcd his silky
locks until the first day of tho fair came,
and how when it did come took Inn over
on al old wheelbarrow. l sigh to think of
it-of the lair. When got there they was
about forty brats arranged along the wall
in cradles, and in wheeled, toting WILDER
and whcelbarrow up along 'ginst the wall.
l took him back and forward the whole
three days, and at the end of the third day
the time for prizes was at hand, and was
all of a tremDle. There was five dcacons
on the Judges committee, and towards
evening they all come down to where l was
sitting with the wheclbarrow, coming to
inspect my baby,I found. The first one
grabbed HIM by the nose, and when the
poor infant gasped, the big brute laughed
and shuck his finger at the rest Another
one stepped up and says, Good woman we
must test the physical qualifications of
your child' and then he lifted the poor
child purity near out of the barrow by his
cars. My blood begun to boil, when up
came another sayin, we must examine his
phrenologistic capacities Then the SON.
of-a-easter-egg began rappin' his knucklcs
about the child's head, much to the amuse-
mcnt of the rest of the committee. |
could stand it no more, 80 rushin' up to the
skinny brute I gave him smart lick III the
right eye with one hand and punched his
ribs with the other. l treated his associ-
atcs to similar dose, and airing my
opinions of their individual selves, l trun-
died the wheelbarrow out, invoking disas-
ter to tho whole concern. Since which
time" the old lady muscd, wiping the
Precipitation from her brow, 81 hain't been
to no prize baby shows"
''Thank heaven |" said Josiah.
f'BuL what became or the oLlIcr babies ?"
quericd the committee lady, as she arose to
go. ''Who got the prize2"
81 amt certain, " said the lady, s'but I
heard they give it to the minister's brat-a
yaller-mouthcd, frccklefaced, rcd-headcd
little brat. Good day."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
Tanning Animals.

The ancients apparently knew little of
natural science. The Romans domcstica-
ted some animals, and accllmatcd many
more than we have yet done in our day.
Rome, ins her degenerate days, saw
astounding collections of hlppopotami,
ostrichcs and giraffcs, hundreds Of which
were let loose into her gigantic arenas, with
whole packs Of lions and tigers; but the
only object of these sangunary shows was
to crafty the brutal appetite for slaughter
shared alike by prolligatc empcrors and Il
degraded people. The only remarkable
success obtained in those days was the skill
of the numerous professional tanners, who
seem to have done wonders. "Thcy tame
the tigers" says poem of early imperial
date, ''they soften the rage of tho lion,
converse with the elephants, and render
these unwieldy masses fit for human arts
and duties" Nor was their skill confined
to dancing apes or talking parrots, to
dramatic dogs and acrobatic elephants;
they seem actually to have been able to
change the nature Of the flerccst brutes
for Marc Anthony rode about Rome in a
chariot to which two lions were yoRcd; and
Bcrcnicc, the Egyptian Queen, had a fav-
oritc lion, who is reported to have eaten at
her table, and to have licked her checks
Up to the fourth century it was regular
profession to "make bears, bulls, and lions
fit for intercourse with men,"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
The Irish Enrrs Stratagem.

The Castle Of A1ogcely, two miles from
Tallo", was a principal seat Of the Dcs-
mOnd family. At tins castle resided
Thomas, the great Earl of Desmond, who
had a favorite steward that often took
great liberties with his Lord, and, by his
permission, tyranniZcd over the Earl's
tenants equally with his master. This
steward, unknown to the Earl, gave an in
yitation in his Lords name to great
number of chiefs of Munster, with their
followers, to come and spend month at
this castle. The invitation was accepted,
and crowds of gentlemen fiocked IN, to the
great surprise Of Desmond, who began to
be alarmed lest sufficient provisions should
not be found for such number of guests.
They had not stayed many days when pro-
visions in reality began to fail and at last
the Earl's domestics informed him that
they could not furnish out a dinner for the
next day. The Earl knew not what to do,
for his pride could not brook to let his
guests know anything of the matter; be-
side, his fayorite steward, who used to
he Up him in such difficulties, was absent.
A, length he thought of stratagem to
save his credit; and inviting all his CONS
pauy to hunt next morning, ordered his
| scr wants to set fire to the castle rs soon as
| thc.1 were gone, and pretend it was done
by accident, The Earl and his company
hunted all the forenoon, and from the ris-
ing grounds lie every moment expected
with heavy heart to src Nlogcclcy in
flames. ut length, about dinner time, to
| his great surprise, his favoritc steward ar
| rived, mounted upon fresh horse. The
Earl threatened him severely for being 80
long absent at such juncture. The
steward told him lie nad arrived just in
time enough at the castle to prevent his
orders from being executed and further,
that he had brought large supply of corn
and cattle sufficient to subsist him and his
company for some months. This news
not a little rejolccd the Earl, who re-
turned with his guests TO the Castle,
where they found sufficient Of every
| thing they wanted.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
A Bird Baby.

The phenomenon is baby, in France,
aged six months, named Augustine Lavlr,
the nape of whose neck has the singular
gift of producing an uninterrupted success
sion of feathers. Twenty three have al
ready sproutcd, reached maturity and fall
len off, to be carefully stored up by the in
fant's father, a workingman, whose future
may be considered made IL the amazing
story turns out correct. The manner in
which these feathers grow is thus described:
A pimplc forms on the napc of the neck,
quite close to the roots of tho hair. At the
expiration of Il certain time the pimplc
blossoms into feather, the child, at the
moment when 1t appears, seeming to cx-
pcrcncc slight uncasincss. The feather,
which is curlcd and gilded, attains, when
fully grown, from ten to twelve ccntimetres
in length, When it falls few drops Of
whitish color issue from the pimplc, which
then heals, leaving no trace of its existence
for while until another appears, inclosing
the germ of another feather. A curious
circumstance, says the Vigic, ls that the
feather remains six days On tho infant g
neck when fully grown before falling, and
that its successor takes as many days to
sprout as its predecessor to reach maturity.
The father of the phenomenal child in
tends taking IL TO Paris within few days
in order to ask science to investigate the
cause of this freak Of nature, which, If II
really exists II is certainly one Of tho
strangcst heard of recently.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
SOMEHOW OR OTHER.

Life / as turden for every man shoulder,
Some may escape from It's troubles and care;
Miss it in youth and twill como whom we're
3B older,
y And At us as close as the garments we wear.
Borrow comes into our lives unlimited,
8 Robbing our hearts Of their treasures of
81 song;
Lovers grow cold and friendships are sighted,
4 Yet somehow or other we worry along.
'Evory-day toll 10 an every day blessing,
S Though poverty's cottage and crust We may
a share:
Weak is the back on which burdens are press
q ing,
But stout Is the heart that is siren thened
a by prayer.
Somehow or other tho pathway grows brighter
81 Just when we mourn there were mono to be-
81 friend;
Hope In the heart makes the burden seem
" lighter,
And somehow or othor we get to the ond.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
lketl Hot It0nlg.

Colonel Bagshot, of tho Chodunk, Pa,
Union, recently left his paper in the hands
of an assistant, while he took trip to the
city. On his return the Colonel found the
whole town with a big club in hand, in
waiting at tho depot. The assistant, nc
cording to the voracious Lock Haven
Journal, had inserted several "red-hot"
items, of which tho following arc speci.
mems: ''Religous Intelligence. THAT
whitcd-scpulchrc, Deacon Marsh, was no.
ticed last Saturday night, trying to open
tho coal hole in front of his residence with
his night key. Tho deacon was as full as
a goat, and couldn't tell moonshino from
green cheese" 'Military Jottings. -
Major Blim, that tattered old bcggar, who
hid in an oyster barrel during tho battle Of
Bull Run, wears q wig. He ought to be
shot in the back with a baked apple"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
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Tho Husbands commandments,

l. l am thy husband, whom thou didst
VOW to love, honor and obey; for l saved
thee from old-maidism and the term of sim
gle blcsscdncss.
II. Thou shalt not look upan any other
man TO love or admire him; for am thy
husband, who will visit tho sln Of the wife
upon followers; therefore keep thou faith
fully to thy marriage vows.
III, Thou shalt not backbitc thy hus-
band, nor speak lightly of him; neither
shalt thou expose his faults to his neigh
bors, lest he should punish thy perfidy by
a deprivation of sundry items, such as bon
nets, dresses, etc.
~. Thou shalt purchase cigars for thy
husband rather than ribbons for thyself.
Y. Thou shalt not 60 10. the opera or cvc-
ming parties without thy husband; neither
shalt thou dance too frequently with thy
''cousin" or thy Husbands" friends.
vi. Thou shalt not listen to flattcry
nor accept trinkcts from any man save thy
husband.
VII Thou shalt not rifle thy husbands 8
pockets for money when he is asleep :;
neither shalt thou read any letters thou
mayest find therein; for it Is his business
to look after his own affairs, and thine to
let his alone.
VIII. Thou shalt conceal nothing from
thy husband.
lN. Thou shalt not make false repre-
scntations of the state of the pantry, thy
purse or thy wardrobe.
X. Remember to rise carly in the morn
ing and be prepared with becoming good
humor to welcome thy husband at the
breakfast table.
nj. Look for no jcwclry from thy hus-
band on the anniversary Of thy wedding,
for it is written :, 'Blcsscd are those who
expect nothing, for they shall not be dis
appointed"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
Brought to Book.

A funny scene occurred at a recent city
election in New England, which neither
political party has appeared anxious to
publish. Managers on botn, sides had q
hand in it, with an axe or two to be ground.
1t was nccdful to work in some raw voting
material freshly imported, but some of it
couldn't read. TO overcome this difficulty,
and meet tho constitutional reading test, a
vance, and drilled in to the applicant. Upon
his appearance before the proper officer "to
be made voter" he promptly read (from
memory tie sentence pointed out, and was
accepted.
Among these candidates was prctcrna-
turally stupid son of the Emerald lslc In
vain he tried to commit to memory the
single line from the second amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, ''rhc
right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be intringcd." A half hour of
hard work left him still uncertain, though
hopeful, of his ability to repeat the words.
Time was up, and he was ushercd into tho
presence of the kecn-eycd guardian of the
franchise. The preliminary questions were
answered with frankncss and accuracy
which left nothing to be desired. Then
came tho Crucial test.
"Can you rcad2"
ooh, yis, to be sure"
"Well, read this. "-pointing to the line
before mentioned.
The Irishman took the book, gaZcd at it
intcntly, turned 1t upside down, remarked
incidentally that "radih' seemed to come
hard this mornin'," scratched his head,
looked around In vain for the cue from his
"coach,' and almost gave up in despair,
but finally shouted:
"Be CORA, have 1t. Ivery man shall
DO allowed to carry u goonE'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15
"A Wedding Trip.

They seem to have queer way out west of
of treating man on his..wedding trip. Some
time ago-this according tothcrcliablc local
ohroniclcr-a beautiful and timid young
girl, in company with particularly ugly
looking man, got aboard a train on an Iowa
railroad. They attracted the attention of
the passengers at once the girl appeared
so uneasy and the man so anxious, that the
most dreadful things were easily imagin-
able. After q while it occurred to some of
the more chivalrous that tho ugly man was
running off with this beautiful young girl
in way that he had no right to do. So
certain were they Of this that meeting
was held in the smoking car, and vigilance
committee appointed to sec that the ugly
man was put Off the train and the beautiful
girl protected, At a very lonely place on
the road they proceeded to perform their
whole duty. The train was stopped, and
while the beautiful young girl went into a
swoon the vigilance committee bound and
gagged the ugly man and threw him from
the train into the swamp. He was left
there, while the train went on about its
business. In the course of al hour the
beautiful young girl came to and asked for
"him," and the chairman of the vigilance
committee, in the simple language of the
prairie, SAID: "Cheer up, sissy we give
him the grand bounce off'n the rear plat
FORM" The beautiful young girl went into
another swoon, but she finally recovered
enough OF her senses to tell the impet,lous
gentlemen who had appointed themselves
her protectors that the ugly man was her
husband, that he was Sunday school
teacher, and just too sweet for anything.
The vigilance committee has retired from
the business of rescuing beautiful young
girls from ugly-looking men.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15

81 Helen Charlington was as white as the
Sermine cloak which she had wrapped about
sher head and face. Perhaps it was the
might air that made her shiver; but she
faced Doctor Warren Bolton with a deter
Smination which needed no words Cor it's ex-
sOression
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15

he realized the love which could conquer
the Charlington hardness, was love worth
waiting for, and to both it was indeed
Thanksgiving.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-15

William II. Vanderbilt employs
twonty-seven thousand seven hundred
and six men.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19
CLOSE OE' THE DEAL.
A Fatal Shooting Scrapc i'm 4 Miles
City BaEniO. t-.
(gDecial DisputcA to Yhe Tribune.) I.


Especial Dispatch to Yhe Tribune.) -5.s
MILES City, NJ. r.. March 1S.-Whilc
these words are writing William Reese,
one of Miles bravest and best citizens, is
dying from gun shot wounds received last
night at the hand Of Dr.. Lebeher, resident
physician here. The cause of the shoot
ing is supposed to be woman discarded
by Reese several days ago. Reese was
shot twice in the abdomen. Lcbeh or was
uniniurcd. After the shooting Reese
walked twenty rods to his house, closed
up his faro game, mae up his cash, told
his brother he was dying and asked that
his property be disposed of and sent to
his mother in the states. He has re-
manned perfectly self possessed through
the entire night though certain of deaths
near approach. Lebeller is in Jail and
claims he was compelled to shoot in self
Defense There is intense feeling dis
played by Reesc's friends. The woman
who thus ruins one man and murders an
other is Dora Wells. better known us
''Dode Reese" The shooting was at Clara
Clifton's "Parlor House, on Main street.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19
THE CITY FATHERS.
They choose good men for judges Of


At the meeting of the city council Non
night, the following judges of election
were appointed. "a "~@s-| - e.~
First ward-H. G. Coykendall, NJ. P.
slattery, G. s. Weaver.
Second ward-Wm. McCrorey, A. Cres-
sey. F. Hollembaek.
Third ward-J. P. Dunn, Thos Walsh,
VIM. Franklin. "a.
The places of voting are located as fol-
lows: First ward-No. % North Third
street next door TO Slattery's. Second
ward-Seventh Cavalry saloon. Third
ward-Joh Hoagland's work shop.
GENrlEMAx: 1 have ssoco0 with which to
build water works. What action will the Coun-
Gil take? JAMES a. lEMMoNs. E
The note was referredto the committee
on water works.
The council decided that a side walk
was necessary on Main street. leading to
the Catholic church, therefore parties
owning lots should build at once. .
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19
PURELY PERSONAL.

WI. Ives, the butter man, went east
Monday morning.
Thos. Ku:tz,, of Mandan, was passen-
ger on the last train.
Justus Bragg will go east next week to
purchase large drove of cattle.
Oscar Moore went east Monday. He
will probably return next season.
Geo. p. Flannery and B. Cash, form
erly deputy U. S. marshal, left for Fargo Monday
to sottle mp the Eclipse matter ii
C. S. Wixom, of THE TRIBUNE, has To-
Gated section of land near Seventeeth siding.
He proposes to make a big thing out Of it:
Sam Laughlin, of the N p railroad Of
fee in this city, is now in Philada., having q
good time. He docsnot know when he will return.
H Clark, heavy railroad contractor on
the extension, arrived from New York Tuesday.
lie states that the Northern Pacific will rush
business this summer. .-
Capt. Maratta, of the Sherman, arrived
Tuesday. He says he will hold the Shermans
championship pcnant at al hazards and is firm
ly Of the belief that his boat is the fastest the
Missouri river. ...- ..+a..s. .- -.s- ..r. ttt.
Alex McAskcll is back again from the
Hot Springs Of Arkansas He has not fully re-
covered from the paralytic stroke of last fall,
but is very much improved. He has many friends
in Bismarck who are glad to see him back again.
District Attorney John A. Stoyell, re-
turnc Tuesday after two months visit at his
old home in Maine. He spent a week or so in
Washington and learned the opinions of the
leading guns on the presidential question. John
is for Blaine, anG not Grant as reported by the
Argus .as il 5&t=2&
Lieut.. Ezra B. Fuller, of the Seventh
Cavalry, was married last evening to Miss
Gcorgetta Moore, daughter of Capt. Moore, form
erly of the Eclipse. The young lady is we'll
known in this city from her visit, last summer
and Lieut.. Fuller is one of the finest officers in
the service. - ..-
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19
FORT PECK TROUBLES.
The Recent Indian Es,.ttlc-- The rival

Traders. - B.
Speciaz Correspondence Of The Tribune.
Fort PECK INDIAN AGENCY, MONTANA,
February 2S.-A war party of Yank-
toms and another Of Assinaboines, both
belonging to this Agency, had fight up
near old Fort Peck, which resulted in two
Yanktons being killed and three others
wounded The Assinaboines had one
man wounded. The fight occurred on a
very snowy and windy day. The Assina~
BONES came on to the Yanktons while
they were inside of log house. The As
sinaboines fired shot in the air and CAL
led: "Who are you? We are Assina-
boines." The storm prevented the Yank-
tons from hearing, therefore they made no
reply. The Assinaboines then fired and
killed brother of Yellow Eagle and the
fight became general, with the above re-
suit. As the Assinaboines were coming
in from the scene of battle, they met a
second party Of Yanktons who soon learn
ed what they had been doing. This party
took the guns and horses from the Assina-
BONES, and as they started OFT afoot, the
Yanktons commenced firing on them and
wounded three and killed one. News Of
the DAVIS events reached WolfPointin the
evening and it ran like wild-fire through
the camp at the agency. The Bucks all
snatched their guns and started to the
camp on the other side of the river, to
kill all Yanktons who were living with
the Assinaboine Dir. Mathews, chief of
police went over to the camp, and sue
cecdcd in preventing their rash designs.
TO his GOODNESS and intrepidity, is owing,
the prevention of a universal outbreak OF
both tribes and another chapter Of Indian
troubles, for he had hard headed men to
deal with and there were many who
threatened to kill HIM if he intertered.
Major Porter has arranged an amicab]o
settlement of the matter, and we rest tres
from any apprehension OF further trouble.
For day or two the matter looked rather
bad. Little Crow with his thirty lodges
OF Unkpapas came to Poplar Creek late
ly.
Opposition between the two traders is
booming and robes are worth any
amount up to $10s apiece. It's unto" for
the Indians.at Wolf Point.
One hundred lodges OF Unkpapas are
reported to be on their way down from
Milk River " g aeEugas &. a
A few bottles of Jamaica Ginger and a
young man got mixed together while co1r-
ing IN from Woed Mountain trip and
the mixture resulted in the sudden death
of three Assinaboine braves by the. hands
of said young man, who laborcd under
the hallucination that he was running
buffalo. The young man has been cured
Of his hallucination by the request Of
payment for his sport from the Indians
who owned the horses. The bill is about
500. He has sworn off on u. Gu
:. -.z...' - s. g5lls IsHTAH ~
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19
The FireRlen's Ball.

The Firemen's ball given "Wednesday
evening at the Sheridan House, was, per-
haps the best of the season. The COM
pany realized $40 out of the entertain
ment, netting 500. The fire company feel
grateful, yet it is no more than the duty
Of every citizen to lend helping hand
with little cash in it for the support and
advancement of the company. It is in-
deed a company to be proud Of.