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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10
Feeding the Dead...A Chinese Ceremo.
NAL.

A Chinaman was buried at Philadel-
phia in 1875, and four times a year his
surviving countrymen there visit his
grave to " feed the dead" A recent
visit of this kind is thus described: The
first preliminary was the removal OF all
"Melican" clothing. As they had come
enwrapped in the flowing blue drilling
gown and trousers and the cloth-soled
shoes worn by all good Cinnamon, the
only article necessary to dispense with
was the hat. They then uncoiled their
long pig-tails and carried their we'll
filled provision hamper to the grave.
Ceremony number one consisted of q
sort of invocation. In perfect time and
drill the mourners lifted their arms
from their sides to a horizontal posi-
ton, then above their heads, when
they clapped their hands and uttered n
high-keyed grunt. This was done sew
eral times. The chief priest then pro-
duced package of sheets of tissue pa
per, about three inches square, each of
which bore inscriptions in Chinese char
acters. These were supposed to repre-
sent each sin committed against one
of the many deities of the Buddhist
faith. They were burned, one by one,
each OF the celebrants taking turn in
lighting them. When the last had been
burned another inroad was made upon
the hamper and a chicken entire, except
as to its feathers, was brought out; also
four cups and saucers aud as many
plates, all of which were laid on q pa
per tablecloth placed on the grass. A
knife similar in shape TO those used by
shoemakers speedily dissected the fowl,
and fragment was placed on each
plate. The cups were filed out of a
large wicker bottle which contained
something like tea. Oranges were also
produced, and the three living China
men went solemnly through the form
OF eating, the ghost presumably keep
ing them COMPANY. The living ban
queters speedily emptied their cups and
disposed of the oranges. Seemingly
awakened to the fact that their invisi-
BILE guest was not getting through with
his share as rapidly, they poured the
tea from his cup and what remained in
the bottle on the foot of the grave. A
bottle of saki, the Chinese whisky, was
also poured out, none of the living feast
ers partaking of the liquor. Half n
dozen singular-looking little tapers,
mounted on bamboo sticks. were then
stuck in the swelling turf of the grave
and lighted. These had two proper
ties, smoke and smell. A west wind
drove both into the faces of the specta-
tors in such volume that they beat n
hastry retreat, and those who witnessed
the last rite were fortunate enough to
have found places outside the line Of the
breeze. In the midst of the smoke and
stencil the faithful Celestials went
through their last posturing, similar to
that OF the invocation. This done thew
packed up the remains of their banquet
and the dishes, and. leaving the tapers
still burning on the grave. they Quilted
the cemetery. st
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

is clothing store coterie, pant
ry or a vestry?--DetroI Free Press.
An inveterate topper is now called q
+" sample case.-NeiO York Neps.
The man who sells sleeves is in the
holesale business.-Steubenritte Herald.
The colt and the egg must be bro
ken before they can be Of use to man.
Boston Transcript. "
-Thare amt nothing on arth that
will take the starch so klean out ov us,
az to git kaught bi the phellow we are
trieing to ketch.-Josh Billings.
There is no man so mean that a dog
noticed that every politician has some
sort of support.-N. o. Picayune.
-Paragraphers generally have good
deal of fun at the expense of the women;
but then they don't have a bit more
than the women do at the expense of
the men.-Ky. State Journal.
-" Ice cream and strawberries at the
Episcopal supper tonight" glared out
on q sign in Mansfield, Ohio, last Tues
day, and all that livelong day you
couldn't see young man on the street.
Huntington HaUk-Eye.
A New York stone-cutter received
the following epitaph from a German,
to be cut upon the tombstone of his
wife: "Mine wife Susan is dead, if she
had lived till mex Friday She been dead
shust two weeks. As tree falls SO must
it STAN"
A Yankee editor, speaking of poul-
try, says: ''Much attention has beer
paid to the rearing of poultry in the
West, and the method now in use of
Matching chickens, l consider far supe-
rior to the Egyptian one of Matching
them in ovens. 1t is simply to fill a
barrel with eggs, head it up and sit a
hen upon the bung."
The Beers of South Africa have a
very useful social custom. When a
Boer lady has a daughter in society
and young man calls to see her, the
careful parent sticks pin in the candle;
when the candle burns down to the pin
the young man knows his time is out;
he picks himself up and leaves. Bores
of more civilized society might be man.
aged in the same way.
%, skirt, beautiful skirt!
Jerked thro' the dust and dragged thro' the
dirtl
As the mantle of snow;
As the leaves of the lily
When spring zephyrs bow;
Stiff to the touch and fair to the eye,
Neat to the gaze of each passer-by;
Now tattered and spattered-
o, piteous wrongi
Beautiful skirt
They made you too longl
There we have the Great Egyptian
Wonder, captured in the wilds of South
America, with loss of five thousand
men and an expenditure of forty mill
ions of treasurer exclaimed the show
man, shaking his whip in threatening
manner at stuffed hide in glass cage.
Don't 60 too close" said mother to
her son, cit might seize YOU" "Have
no fears, madam, for the safety of your
offspring" observed the Snowman, elo-
quently, "for does not the good book
teach us that wonders never seizep
Pass rapidly on to the next cage and
view the Living Skeleton, or the man
who married his mother-in-law."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

dered decision in effect that Whittaker's
wounds were self-inflicted. Upon the pro-
mitigation Of the report Gen. Schofield at
once ordered the arrest of Whitaker, who
will remain under surveillance until his case
is disposed Of.
The Nevada delegates to the Cincin-
natl Convention are said to stand three for
Tilden, two for Thurman and one for Field.
The Convention adopted a resolution in
favor Of Tilden.
A SEVERE tornado passed over the
country few miles north of Evansville,
Ind, on the 18th. Frank WATSON was
killed and several persons injured by falling
buildings, a number of which were demol-
ished.
The San Francisco Workingmen had
grand jubilee on the night of the 18th, at
the Sand Lots, in honor Of Kearney's re-
lease. The latter made speech, announc-
ing his intention of taking up the agitation
where he left it and making it more bitter
than ever.
FRANK JONES, Sidney McQuinn and
s. Williams, employees on the Keogh Mail
route, were recently killed by the Indians
on the Little Missouri, and there are re-
ports of other massacres. The Indians are
thought to have been from the Standing
Rock Agency, on their way to join Sitting
Bull.
AT Texarkana, Ark, on the night of
the Goth, party of white men surrounded
the Jail for the purpose of lynching negro
prisoner, named Cromwell, who had COM
mitted an assault upon a white woman. A
number of negroes collected about the jail
and attempted to thwart the movement.
Both parties were well armed and
fusillade occurred between them, lasting
for some time. A number were wounded on
each side, three negroes fatally. 1t was sub
sequently ascertained that the negro Crom-
well was not in the jail at the time of the
melee, having been previously removed in
anticipation Of mob violence.
THE Apaches recently massacred a
party of whites in Cooks Canyon, N. Next
co. Five bodies were recovered and brought
into Fort Cummings on the Goth. The only
ones recognized were those of Samuel j.
Lyons and young man, his companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10
Attempts to Assassinate Louis Napoleon,

It was in 1852 that this sovereign
life was tried for the first time, and an
other attempt was made upon it by a
Radical shoemaker in 1858. This year
-1853-was prolific in regicidal out
RACES, for a traitor called Libenyi tried
in February to murder the Emperor
Francis Joseph at Vienna, while in
March soldier sought to dispose OF
the reigning Duke of Parma, Charles
Iii. Three years passed now without
1856 Napoleon Iii. was twice put in
Pianori and Bellamare) being Italians.
1t is said that after the attempt of Bel
lamare the Emperor took to wearing a
skirt of mail under his linen. 1t was
not, however, until after the fearful en-
terprise of Orsini, on January IA, 1858,
that he got to be SO seriously unnerved
as to live in constant dread of assassina-
ton. Count Felice Orsini was not a
mere vulgar fanatic, but a gentleman
by birth, education and fortune. An
ardent patriot, and q partisan of the
unification of Italy, his grudge against
Napoleon LII. was that the latter, when
a political refugee in Italy, had joined
a Free Masonic lodge, and sworn oaths
which, by and by, as Emperor, he had
neglected to fulfill. Principally as re-
CARDS Rome, Orsini was furious at see
ing the temporal power of the Pope
maintained by a French garrison of
$4,000 men, and two years before at
tempting Napoleon's life he wrote anon
ymously to warn him that the Carbona-
TO lodges had decreed his death and
that the sentence would infallibly be
carried out if the imperial policy to-
ward Italy were not altered. Had
Count Orsini's accomplices-Pierri, Ru-
dio, and GOmez-been men of his met
tie and determination, the attempt
against Napoleon on the night of Jan.
IA, 1858, must have been crowned with
success; but they were poor ignorant
cravens, who did their work for pay,
not from conviction, and their hearts
failed them ut the critical moment.
Each of them had been provided with
two explosive shells which were to be
thrown under the Emperor's carriage
as it drove up to the opera. Orsini
threw his two shells and Pierri one, but
the other two men ran off in a fright
when they heard the first explosion.
The damage done by the shells was
CHASTITY. Five people were killed out
right and nine wounded; all the soldiers
of the mounted escort were bruised or
the Emperor's coachman fell
off his box stunned on to the carcass of
one of his horses who lay dead, and one
of the footmen was blown twenty yards
off, with his skull battered in. Mean
while, hundreds of panes of glass in the
street had been smashed, all the gas
lamps were extinguished and in the
darkness there resounded an appalling
tumult of plunging horses and shrieking |
women. Lanterns and torches had to |
be brought out of the opera, and then |
It was seen that the Imperial coach was !
. complete wreck. How the Emperor
and Empress managed to escape, with |
not so much as a singed hair or cut |
finger, is nothing short of marvellous. |
not daunted in the least by |
what had happened, the Empress said
20 the Emperor, 1--WE must go into the
house to show them we are not afraid"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

The Legislature OF Massachusetts,
has just granted site Of land worth
$4,000 for the Boston Public Library
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

"'Do I THINK of you?' you ask,
dearest" wrote husband to his wife.
"'Do think of YOU" Yes, / do;
especially when button comes off or
find hole in my stocking" 81 am
glad you think of me, darling" she
wrote in reply; 81 used to think a
great deal of you when wanted to go
to the concert or the theater, or when
1 felt like hsving drive; but since
found a gentleman friend who was
willing to take your place l have not
been troubled SO much" He took the
next train for home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

CAN any one improve his condition
by whiningp If not, whine not.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

THE Wisconsin and Minnesota Green
hackers both held State Conventions on the
9th and chose delegates to the National
Convention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

AT meeting of the State Central Com.
mittee, to fix the basis of representation for
the convention for the nomination of State
ticket, to be held at Jefferson City, July 81,
it was resolved that the vote for Judge Nor
ton in 1878 be the basis, allowing one dele
gate for every 400 votes and one for an adj
ditional 200 or more votes; every county not
having polled 400 votes to be allowed one
delegate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

THE National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation, at its recent session in indianapolis,
appointed delegation to visit Chicago and
present their claims before the National Re-
nuhlican Convention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

TIE Missouri Democratic State Con-
vention was held at Moberly on the Goth.
Ex-Gov. B. Gratz Brown presided. The
delegates to Cincinnati are uninstructed land
are divided in their Presidential preferences
as between Tilden, Morrison, Seymour and
Hancock. The St. Louis Republican claims
nineteen out OF the thirty delegates for Til
den; the st. Louis Times figures out twelve
for Tilden and eighteen anti-Tilden dele
0ates
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

THE Mississippi Democratic State
Convention, held on the 9th, chose an I'M
instructed delegation to Cincinnati.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

THE West Virginia Observation-Disclosures
State Convention was held at Charleston on
the Goth. Delegates to the National Con-
vention were selected and a State ticket NOM
mated, headed by Col. N. B. French, OF
Mercer County. for Governor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10
CURRENT TOPICS.
The News in Brief.

THE village of Savoy, Fannin County,
Texas, on the Transcontinental Railroad,
was almost literally wiped away by a lorna
do on the night Of the 18th. Nine persons
were killed and over sixty were injured,
some ten or twelve Of the latter having died
within few hours afterward. The village
contained population Of about 400. The
only buildings of any account left standing
are the Houston Methodist Church and the
Academy, the latter of which was
transformed into q hospital for the
wounded. Some nineteen business
buildings, including the Railroad Depot,
were almost totally demolished. The list of
the killed is as follows: DIR. Joseph Kearns,
VIM. Sudduth, E. L. Andrews and child,
Sam Gill, Ellie Gallagher, T. j. Cox, Miss
Matte Best, Miss Pantha johnson. The
more seriously wounded are Mrs. Mckee,
Edna, Robert and Sam Mckee, Efie John,
Ollord Horn, Mrs. DIR. Kerns, F. w. Foster,
Prof Hollands daughter, Hattie johnson,
Ro,ert johnson, Robert Gallagher and wife,
Mrs. Sudduth, Mrs. Dennis Horn, Mrs. M.
L. Taylor. A number of these have since
died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

THE Kansas Democratic State Con-
vention, to select delegates to the National
Convention, was held on the 26th. Col.
Thomas Moonlight was chosen Chairman.
The Convention refused to instruct in favor
OF any candidate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-10

A PORTION of Gen. Hatch g command
had another fight with Victories band on
the oath, at the headwaters OF the Polomos
River, New Mexico, about thirty miles south
of Ojo Caliente. The Indian loss is variously
stated at from thirty to fifty. Several Nava-
toes and Comanches were found in the camp,
showing that the hostiles had received REIN
forcements from those tribes. There is no
mention Of any casualties among the troops
enpaped
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-03
FIVE CENTS ALINE
CaSS Co., D. T., Farming Lands for Sale.

All OF section 49, In town 140, range 81, $40 acres
This splendid property Immediately adjoins the
celebrated "Dalrymple farm. Price SO, 900, on easy
All Of section 8, all Of section 8, and south half
and northeast quarter Of section II, al In town.
ship 1877, range IS west, containing l,76O
acres Of choice wheat land. Price SIS per
In not less than 100 tracts. Address ap
ply to MORTON, DORIAN l. 90. $40
The south half Of section "a, township 139, range
81, containing $40 acres of choice wheat land, and
distant from N. P. railroad only five miles. Price
low and terms easy. Apply to or address
S12 MORTON, DORIAN h co.
The southwest quarter of section G. In township
1873, range 50, containing l6O acres. Distant from
Northern Pacific railroad about seven miles. Choice
wheat land Price low and terms easy. Address or
apply to MORTON, DORIAN GO. SO
The southwest quarter of section 90 in township
l41, range 80 west, containing 160 acres. Situated
eight miles Immediately north of Mapleton. Supe-
riOr wheat land. Price low and terms easy. Address
or apply to MORTON, DORIAN 4 90. 312
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The Sixth Ward Contributes ScOrch.

At o'clock last night fire was discovered in
a frame cottage owned and occupied by George
E. Hussey, one block from Bruggeman's brew
from box II by Officer Wilimovsky, but owing
to the distance of the fire and the Roadway the
flames had made when discovered, the building
was entirely consumed when the engines ar
rived.
A few pieces of furniture was removed by
neighbors before the place was consumed but
fourteen brass Instruments, and large
collection of band music which belonged
to the city band, of which MIR. Hussey was
leader, were destroyed.
MIR. Hussey estimates his loss at $4,000,
which is partially covered by an assurance pol
icy of $3.50 on the house and furniture i'll the
Peoples insurance company,
There was no one in the house at the time of
the fire, but it is supposed it originated from
the chimney.
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FIVE CENTS ALINE
The GLOBE Want" and Employ
nent Bureau.

Advertisements In this column are published
ct Ave cents . line each insertion, but In
order to prove the efficiency Of the GLOBE -
IN advertising medium, and also to aid the
unemployed, we will publish for twenty-five
cents, . three-line advertisement, Of situa.
tons Wanted and Situations Offered, and con-
tinus the advertisement until the object sought
for IL accomplished. For twenty-five cents,
the man out Of work can advertise for situs.
ton until he finds ono.
Each line over the three, to cost i've cents
Dor line each insertion.
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Ramsey County Lands for Sale.

That desirable piece of property formerly known
IS the "Hopkns place" later as "Shield's addition
ID Eosevile," west of the Driving Park, on Merose
avenue, containing 761a This valuable proper
ty is adjacent to the "Hamline University" lies
beautifully, and will be sold at great barg ain, and
upon terms to suit the purchaser.
80 MORTON, DORIAN 4 CO, st. Paul.
That splendid piece Of property upon which is To-
Gated the Observatory In Reserve township, between
the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Price low
and terms easy. Address or apply TO
80 MORTON, DORAN h co.
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Grand time at the Rink tonight.

The Hitchcock lamp, for sale here by Warren
Carpenter, is becoming the most popular lamp
ever seen in the city. It's superiority over
any other in safety, economy and quality of
light, and for reading purposes far preferable
to the best gas, will soon bring it into general
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-03

Mr.. W. 81. Broadly, the well-known and pop
ular head waiter at the Clarendon, Windsor,
Lake Park hotel, Minnetonka and other lead
ing hotels, will be found hereafter at the
Clarendon, where he would be glad to see all
old friends.
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TO Capitalists and Investors.

LAKE VADNAIS PARK.-This magnificent prop
erty is situated just 81 miles north of the Metro
poltan hotel, Of the most beautiful lakes In
the State. The property belongs to partnership
recently dissolved by the death of of the part
ners, and is offered by LIB at less than fifty per cent
of its value There about 800 acres in the tract
with three-quarters of mile front upon the lake.
For picturesque scenery and beautiful surroundings
this property is not surpassed in the State. Its
feasibility to St. Paul (only half an hours drive)
m as as n
ticulars, address or apply to
81 MORTON. DORIAN 4 CO.. st. Paul.
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The Annual MEETING

OF the stockholders of the st. Paul. Saltwater &
Taylors Falls Railroad company, will be held at the
Office of the company, in the city of st. Paul, on
Wednesday, January 2sth, 1880, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ
for the purpose of electing board of directors for
the ensuing year. Z. W. RUFF, Secy.
st. Paul, Dec. %, 1879. S49-l4
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a peerless remedy for Scrofula, White
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AS safe and pleasant invigorant, Reed
Gilt Edge Tonic suits ladies in delicate health
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MORkOW-In this city. the ID inst, of pneumo-
mia, Mrs. Lorinda Morrow rect Of the late Hugh
ID. Morrow of Orleans county, New York, aged
50 years, months and % days.
Funeral from the residence Of her son-in-law.
Sherwood Hough, No. At Twelfth street. at O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. Friends of the family are in-
vted to attend.
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Nothing can compare with Reeds Gilt Edge
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Total

4 sporting woman named Minnie Nc
Carly was arrested night before last, charged
with making disturbance at Long Hates
baguio. The woman is an inmate of that sinful
resort, and it learned that the trouble
arose from her manifesting desire to leave
the house, being prevented from SO doing by
the infamous keeper of the bagnio. The case
was called for hearing yesterday, but as the
city attorney is rightly of the opinion that the
miserable creature is more snned against than
shining, the examination was continued until
ia
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minneapolis Railrond Time Table.
st. Louis Express. .....-..

Passengers at st. Panl leave byl
the st. Paul & Pacific Il. II.
at II m, connecting at Min
neapoli5. On Saturday this
train runs to Albert Lea oniyl
Passenger train for Chaska,
Carver and Merriam juno
ton, connectit G at Chaska
for points on Hastings 4
Dakota railroad.
Mixed, Minneapolis and Mer-
RAM Junction, connecting to
and from all local stations on
st. p. l. 8. G. Il. Il. as far as
st. James. Connects at
Chaska to and from all points
on Hastings Il Dakota II. r.
Omaha Ex., to and from all
points on st. P. Il s. G. R'y.,
Omaha and California; aIsol
to and from points on Has,
tings b Dakota Ry. west to
N&ASA4SS0-
Mixed, Minneapolis and White
Bear Lake and Duluth. -. II
Mixed, Minneapolis, White
Bear Lake AID saltwater.
Mixed trains for Twin Lakes,
Benson's Grove and Forest City,
$40 A. NJ, Sundays e1ceptet
Forest City at 2:30 P. NJ, except
Trains arrive and depart from
depot, Minneapolis.
Tickets and sleeping car Der
ticket Office, No. 8 Washington
Niconet House, ". g. Teller,
st, Paul & Pacific depot, MINI
East Third street, st. ! aul-Get
agent. CHAS. r. HAT(
4. b. BoD1, Passenger Agent.