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a RemarkabIe Beast.tamer.

Strange stories come from India of the
feats performed by native mesmerizer
named BUM, whose magnetic powers APP
pear to be found quite irresistible by the
lower animals, upon which he exclusive
IL exerts it. He gives seances to which
fhe public are invited to bring all man
ner Of ferocious and untamable wild
beasts, and hold them with bis giittering
eye. In few seconds they suhside IN q
condition Of cataleptic stiffness, from
which they can only be revived by certain
passes which he solemnly executes with
his fight hand. a snake in q state Of VI
:olent Irritation was brought to Bum BY e
menagerie proprietor, incloeed nsNood-
en- cage. When deposited on the plat
form It was writing and Kissing ferceiy.
BUM bent over the cage and fixed his eye
upon its occupant, gently waving his
hand over the serpents restless head. In
less than minute the snake stretched
itself out, stiffened, and lay apparently
dead. BUM took it up and thrush sever
81 needles into its body, but L gave no
sign Of life. Is few passes then restored
IL 70 It's former angry activity. 6ubse-
quently savage dog, held ID 8 leash by
ID OWNER, was brought Ia, and, It Bunls
,c,sommsnd, let loose upsn him. AZ II NJ
rushing toward him, bfistling with fnry,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
The Ute Indian Reservation.

The Secretary Of the interior, March Is.
received telegram from Los Pinos agency,
dated March IA, stating number of partie
have already staked out p,acer-claims and TAX
en- ranches upon the Ute reservation, and 9TH
ers are preparing to follow. The telegram
says: The next two weeks will see the reser
walton swarming with trespassefs, and con
fict is Inevitable The agent concludes his
dispatch with a request that troops. be ordered
to the reservation for the purpose of protecting
the Utes. This. matter was the subject of con-
sheraton at meeting Of the cabinet March
10, and later, Secretary Schurz had confer
ence on the subject with Oaray and the Ute
chiefs now here awaiting the action of Con.
gress on their agreement with the government
to cede their reservation. 1t was decided at
this conference that in order to influence thei,
nation against hostilities that the Ute chiefs
should leave at once for Colorado. Later the
Secretary issued an order warning the tres
passers that locations or claims made by
them could not be recognized at the depart.
ment. It Is stated at the war department that
troops are now stationed at convenient points
near the reservation, and if it is deemed neces
sary, can be readily called into service to keep
of invaders and preserve peace. It is under.
stood, q proclamation will be issued Il the In
vasion continues. .',s'F~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
. Election Struggle In England.

From London advices to March 81, it
is learned that the campaign increases In &C.
tivity. The liberals seem more confident
Their organs predict an overwhelming vic.
tory. Gladstone's speeches occupy more space
in the newspapers than those of all the other
candidates together. Gladstone made bitter
deuunciations ofAustria in his first speech at
Edinburg.y Ascorrespondent reports that the
emperor has told the British ambassador that
as Gladstone disapproved Of Austria's foreign
policy, the emperor. hoped that Beaeonsfeld
would be successful in the elections. Glad.
stone, repeating this statement, said if the ell
ectors approved of Austria's foreigd policy he
would advise them for the retention of the
Beacon6eld ministry. Austria, he said, has
ever been the unfinching enemy Of freedom
in every country Of Europe, and there is no
spot in the whole country where one could
place his finger and say, "There Austria did
good" John Bright speaking at Blrming.
ham, said; eve are at this moment witness.
ing the dying hours of the worst of modern
parliaments and beholding the spectacle OF
the worst Of administrations brought up for
Judgment" The conservatives conduct the
campaign more. quietly but every doubtful
seat will be contested to the bitter end.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26

The outsiders began to take part In it,
and there is no telling how it would have.
ended, had not an explosion, followed by
Ea heavy fall and scream Of pain, been
heard in the adjoining room. The crowd.
rushed to the scene OF the new attraction.
The door was fast. It was soon burst
open and the mystery explained. The
thief who had carried off the captains
valise by mistake for his own, had
taken it,. up to bis room
and opened it Ito gloat over the con-
tents he supposed it to contain, thrusting
his Land in after the spoons. In doing
so, the pistol had gone off making a
round hole in the side of the valise, and
u corresponding wound in the calf of his
The wounded rascal was taken in charge
first by the detective and then by the
doctor; and the duelists and the wedding
PAIR struck up friendship on the
ground of their mutual mlshap, which
eliminated in a social supper where
the fun was abundant, and where it
would beihard to say which was in the
best spirits--the captain for recovering
his pistols, the bride for getting, her
nightcap, the bridegroom for escaping
the station house, or the duelists for es-
Gaping each other. All resolved to mark
that day with white stone, and hence
forth to mark their names on those trav-
cling bags of black In white letters.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Couldn't Behave Herself,

G0ul0n'C BEHAVE. HERSELF. +:
a Saratoga correspondent overheard
they said: ISL sSs
well, TIN going home tomorrow Y
hat for, pray ~ t, =
Because ] cant behave myself
ssW eI, out with il, jennie. hat have
you been dolpga . -. - 1
Lots cf things.'' !,
well, give Us the tllIst.
IS ou know Prank Kennedy, Nell2
s.That soft simpering fellow that always
tells jon bow charming you look ~
Exactly. This mgrning 4 saw him
coming and made up my mind to take
him down. I put my diamond brooch il
the char, pin upwards and asked him s. TO
HE sat, Of course, and what thenan
He jumped up and yelled, ooh my
Nothing "a particular, only / thought Of
IN engagement at thus very moment; you
must excuse me- And. off he went; and
would you believe il, Nell. the brooch was
sticking 70 him. s
That was awful, Jennie and the I've
girls Riggled together for i've minutes.
Nell broke the spell by demanding.
What next IL s Sc
Why, ron zee, was King it'll that
younR spfig 81 i clergy the Rev.
Tom Parsons. We ha1 ready talked
| each other Is dealt, when d luck would
have it he made some 1emSxk about
nlOsquitoes Nas On a native heath
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
= "a Mechanical Watchdog.

rs That the greatest ingenuity should
be displayed in the invention OF
machinery to economic manual labor
III at once natural and cre,litable, but
we did not anticipate that the builder
of the, future would be called upon to
fit q mechanical watch-dog to the street
door so Is to guard the house he may
be required to construct. Most per
sons are aware that by introducing a
fame OF gas into an open tube, whether
metal Or glass, the tube will sound; in
fact, we might easily produce singing
flames. There are silent speaking
tubes; that is to say. tubes that, under
ordinary circumstances, do not utter q
sound. but If door be opened .
dfaught is created, then the glass Vi
BRAKES, and the most startling noises
result. a glass Of this description has
been contrived in which, when . jet Of
gas burns, the sonnd Of i dog barking
is produced, should the street-door be
opened. Thus may the house be
guarded BY ! mechanical watch-dog.
Bs1ildeT. Us.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
English Markets.

Units market report the Mark Lane
Express of March Is says: The weather has
been fine and spring.like The heaviest sales
are rapidly becoming workable and good pro-
gress has been made with sowing barley,
bsaps and peas. Scotch adyices are. equally
favorable. The condition of pastures in both
countries is particularly good. The recent
surmises as to the probable jfrosting Ioi
autumn sown2 wheat have In most J cases
proved unfounded.- Farmers have been busy
with field work. Threshing in consequence
has been neglected and offerings Of home
grown wheat very small Inferior wheat
met with little attention but fine parcels
maintained last weeks prices both in Lon
don and at country markets. At the
beginning Of this week lower prices
cabled from America unsettled trade and
checked the buoyant feeling which was
beginning to prevail. Millers, in tho face
of lightimports and rapid depletion Of stocks:
adhered to the plan Of only buying from hand
to mouth The position of!trade Is dificnltto
gauge, as, although the enormous require
ments Of this con.try IS admitted, the demand
has shown few signs ofimprovement, and the
question stu is. whether England can stand q
longer gradual consumption OF stock or Amer,
lea the enormous expense OF storage. Arrival
at ports Of call have been small Wheat tend.
ed doVnwards early in the week, but the de.
mand subsequently, improved and prices ad.
vanced Ga per- uartero There has been no
fresh arrivals Of maize, American offers toi
wheat for shipment have been more restricted
Holders ask higher prices and buyers here
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Was He Killed by Doctors?

lnaruoTu LINES washington Letter.
Since the publication in the February.
number OF Harper's Monthly, of the ar
ticle of Mr.. William F. Carne on "Wash-
ington, as a Burgher,'' in which a slight
reference was made to the cause of the
death of Washington, the old fight as to
whether or not Washington was bled -er
dosed to death has again been revived.
There seems to bea very large faction
who believe that his death could have
been prevented If the physicians who at
tended him had been ordinarily skil]ful.
In proof of this some old letters and re-
ports have been brought to light recently
and made to do duty in supporting the
theory OF malpractice. The testimony
going to show that Washington was bled
more freely than was the practice in those
days when blood letting was the rule, IS
strong. It is also very clearly that he
was dosed great deal more than was
necessary. DR.. T. NJ. Toner, of this city,
the President Of the Medical Association.
and who has confessedly the largest and
the best medical library in the United
States, as we'll as an unusually large
number of works on the early history of
the country, as connected with practice
OF medicine, has entered the fight with
his usual earnestness. At recent meet
ing OF the Literary Society, at which Sen
ator elect. Garfield, the President, presided
DR.. Toner read a carefully prepare essay on
the subject. DR.. Toner agrees with near
ly all the other medical gentlemen who
have written on the case that Washing
toms disease was acute laryngitis, and
he contends that Drs. James Craik, Elisha
Dick and Gustavus Brown. his attending
physicians, treated him properly. DR..
Toner says DR.. Craik "not only fully
comprehended the character of, the dis.
ease, but that he treated it with Judgment,
and that he and his friends did as Well
under the circumstances az would have
any of his critics." Some of the physi-
clans who entered into this discussion
years ago claimed that they showed from
all the; circumstances that Washington
died from a congestive chill or from NAL
practice, his physicians not being able to
understand the case, and treating him on
the shotgun principle of every remedy
for all diseases in the hopes that one Of
the remedies or shots would strike the
mark: Dr., Toner says acute laryngitis
was then, as it is now, rare disease, al
most uncomfortable, and when in a sew,
ere form is generally fatal. Mr.. Carne,.
referred to above, IS himself excellent au-
thority. Alexandria, Virginia, will cele-
brate its centennial anniversary of the
formation of its municipal government
on the 9th inst, and he has been selected
to be the orator of the occasion. In his
Grafton he will have something more to
say about Washington, and also Of his
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
''THEETERNAh GOODNESS"
81 JOHN 6. ,wHIr1,T''1'IEs'R' Err

= 49,. /.
Oh, friends, with whom my feet have u0
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xs Si as .nra r nho dra dissent.
And-Year Z do,,ht a. wrong.
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Arsinst tb sv wnr ilIn 20 = la me speak
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=. m. 100 y aay;na ~ Nd,
t'. =. >1 wy s = -, -
/ walk with bare hushed feet the ground
dare n 1o1 A. wv. Iii, f rnaat and hound
The 1--we and ,,nwar of God.
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Ye praise his Justice: even such
Va aae R.s'hdi n1a tof9 3a,n wonIid tonch
z5s.4 The rnha tlst ha4h ~ saamS -
Is$.a' ~ ~ '''' 'Af'' LOU = - ~ w.
: .Ye see the curse which overbroods tia
hea Mo o,,r o. o pam h ana a1ss
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= p."'e' "eo'' '''' ~ =. f.. 81.
More than your schoolmen teach, within
Too dark We cannot paint the sin,
. ID Too small the merit show.
II bow my forehead in the dust.
And urge with trembling self'distrust,
prayer without claim.
. -,.
=, zee me wrong that rouno me lles'
hear with groan and travail cries,
The world confess its sin. SO.
a.. =.
- LEI IN Inc maddenlng maze OF tnlngs,
To one fixed stake my spirit clings
T. know that God is good.
a> -,
MOI mine 70 JOCK where caerublm
But nothing can be good in Him
Which evil is in me-.
80, Il
lne wrong lnat pans my soul DeioW,
l know not of his hate-l know
HIS goodness and his love!
q,
@tmIy guess ron dressings KNOWN
And. with the Christening Psalmist, own
His judgments too, are right.
III long for household voices gone,
p,,t To AZ saI haa "a sr mn 49, noms,
Ana ha "on a. ~ G UT"n o' "A'
~ Ao e"A w "' wing
ct kpou ro+ uh Of tho f,,+,ro hot,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Supplies For Ireland.

More supplies having been rendered
for the relief Of irish sufferers than can be con-
veniently loaded on the United States ship,
Constellation. Secretary Thompson said
March 18, that it wasprobable that he could
cause the tanks Of the vessel to be removed,
In order to make more storage room. II the
Constellation, with such additional space, can
not carry the supplies offered, and another
cargo can be obtained, second vessel will be
sent to Ireland.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
ElevatedlRaflroad Accident

At New York March 20, an extra on
the Ninth avenue elevated railroad ran into
the regular while stopping at River street
smashing the rear car, but fortunately none
of the cars left the track. A man in the rear
car named Won Arden had his shoulde,
dislocated, and a piece of the iron coupling
broken off fell through to the street below and
striking John Sullivan on the head fractured
his sknll He will DID
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
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MINI.
F u ;
! NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Indian Outrage.

A Galveston, Texas, Netos special Of
March 20, from Fort Davis says Indians at
tackled rancho twelve miles from mining
camp in the Chinale mountains,,zi in New Mex
leo. killed q man and carried off boy. Lieut..
Bulls and troops are pursuing. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Nine Cave In.

At Hammond colliery, in :Pottsville,
a., on the morning Of March l6, Just, after
the men had gone into the shaft to work, word
cane up that the gangways had caved In and
imprisoned twenty miners. The men in the
adjacent breast cam no as swiftly as possible
while others descended to the rescue, and af-
ter several hours work all the men were, re-
leased. Martin Mcdonald was MORALLY in
iured, but his companions escaped with but
few bruises. The widest excitement prevail
ed for a time and hundreds. of frantic, men,
women and children. gathered about tie mouth
Of the alope.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
House bnrned;

At Chippewa Falls, on the morning Of
March 20, a large frame house, owned by, AS
semblyman HectorC. McRae, and occupied
by Frank Clough, Of the firm Of Clough & Rus.
sci, was destroyed by fire. Total loss 900;
insured in the Commercial Union for 81 GOO.
The engine was seriously damaged and could
do no work So ,l '-'"s:z ~, = -.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Kellogg Must Go.

The Senate committee on privilege:
and elections, have by strict party vote, de-
cided to report to the Senate two resolutions
on the spotford- Kellogg case: First, that Kel
logg is not entitled to seat, and second, tha
spoford was duly elected. The resolutions
will be submitted within few days, accom-
panied with report in behalf of their adop
ton. The Republican members will submit
minority report.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
COlOred strike.

A dispatch from New Orleans Of March
10, alleges that thenegro laborers are on a
strike at Charles parish. The Governor, on
app LEGATION ofthe whites, ordered the Louisi-
ana artillery to the parish. The whites report
tn negroes threaten to burn the sugar houses
II their demands are not complied with. &e
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Texas Highwaymen.

, On Friday night, March II, three high
waymen attacked campers on May creek,
nine miles west Of, Fort WORTH Texas, and
robbed them Of hundred dollars. saddles,
clothing and several minor articles. High
waymen also attacked second party ofcamp-
ers the same night, but were fired on and one
oftheir horses killed and one highwayman
shot. The highwaymen escaped in the dark
ness, carrying their wounded comrade. A
sheriff and marshal are In pursuit.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26

All in the sunse glow they stood
Within that veneral gret-
He family moaned in sweltering mood
30 hevings, but it's hot!"
The sun declined beyond the hill,
And DER that hallowcd spot
No longer cast its glow-"Dear Phil"
She echoed, "Yes, it's sot" :.,.,.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Lynch Law

An Alabama, Colorado, special says,
W.. Porter, a hard character, shot and killed
Thos. Carmody, March %. The murder was
unprovoked and in less than an hour about
fifty unmarked citizens gathered at the jail
and hung Porter to the ridge pole of the Jail.
He swore until they put the rope around his
neck. He then spoke a few words and said
"pull up the rope, boys"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
: The White River Massacre.

On the morning Of March IT, 0uray,
before the House committee on Indian affairs,
testified to facts which had come to his knowl-
edge in reference to the White River massacre.
He stated that prior to the trouble between
agent Meeker and the Indians relative to the
blowing up Of their pasture lands, no dissatis-
faction had been felt BY the Indians toward
the government. He knew nothing personally
about the fight with Thornburgh OF the kill
ing Of Meeker and his employees, nor did he
know how many Utes had been engaged in
either Of those transactions, but he denied
that any but White River Utes had been i'm
plicated. .'t<' 2rEi a,i
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Right Hand Of Feilowships.

At the reception of Southern visitors
at Cincinnati, o., March 1s, Gov. Colquitt Of
Georgia, responding for his section. said,
among other things THAT here and now was
fitting occasion when the dead past should
! be buried forever, and in behalf Of those who
came with him, as well as those left behind, he
glaSiy extended the right hand OF fellowship.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Mollie Maeuires in Illinois.

: For some weeks there has been trouble
among the coal miners at Rapids City on &C
count Of some strikers wishing to return to
work. MHtic warnings with skull and cross
bones, and signed Mollie Mcguire, have been
distributed among those who were presumed
to be weakening. Wednesday night March II,
Taylor Williams was shot through the heart
In his own house. Two suspected men have
been arrested and are held for inquest. More
trouble threatened. y.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Murder,

Emery Phillips entered the room of
Thomas j. Snyder, at Grandview, indiana, on
the night of March II, and kicked In the heal
Of bass drum belonging to Snyder, who up
on inquiring the cause Of the act, was shot
just above the eye with revolver and died in
stantly. Phillips had been drinking all the
forenoon, and swore that he or Snyder should
die before night. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
a, 4. stewart'sl Hstate

Vermont advices to March 80, state
that after the death Of -. I. Stewart Of New
York, Alexander Stewart Of Cayendish, VT,
wont % New York to contest. the VIII. He
returned home, having, he ayerred, obtained
the pr0misetthat he should have 100000 IN
money, 8 farm and other property. ne now
claims the terms Of the contract hare not been
compiled with and has attaehed all Of al. q.
Stewards property in Woodstock village con-
siating of4 mills boarding houses, tenements
and reaiHonra
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Shot In the Face,

Michael Farrell of Baltimore was shot
at Annapolis, Md, March II, during quarrel
and seriously injured. The shooting was the
elimination Of a political feud between the
roughs Of two factions Of the Democratic party
of Baltimore, who, the past few days have
been attending lobbies of the legislature fol-
purpose of influencing votes of city members
on pending bills.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Bank statement.

The comptroller Of the currency has
received statements from all national banks
except one in Oregon and one in Washington
Territory, showing. condition February 81,
1880. The banks at that time held $s8547, $40
specie, Of which amount SIS, I'LL ,l15 was in
gold and gold certificates, 1904 ,ls7 in silver
coin s2s5 $40 in silver certificates. The amount
Sof specie held by the banks is more than doab-
led since January let 1879. The amount OF
silver and silver certificates is about one mil.
lion less than at the previous date. There
has been an increase in specie sincs the date
Of their last report, December, 1870, Of nearly
ten millions, and an increase in silver certih-
Gates Of 5000, 600 0 !.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-26
Mexican Freedom of Elections.

President Diaz Of Mexico has issued
an order that perfects and army officers shall
abstain from taking part in or interfering
with the political campaign. The same rule
is applied to postmasters and telegraph opera
tors who, In case of disobedience, will be re-
moved. The order enjoins perfect freedom
Of the people at the polls without distinction
OF party.