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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-20
Meeting of Minnesota MilIers.

Meeting of Minnesota Killers.
At the annual meeting Of the Minnesota NIL
ler's Association, held at Minneapolis, the COM
mittee on insurance reported the organization,
nnder the special law passed last winter, Of the
Millers' and Manufacturers Mutual Insurance
company. Among the few matters Of public in
terest, was the unanimous adoption, after full
and free discussion, of the following resolution:
Resolved, that this association recommend
to all its members to use their influence to in
duce farmers to sow Fife wheat in preference
to all other varieties, and that it is the desire of
this association that all millers should pay at
least ten cents per bushel less for soft wheat
than for pure Fife wheat
The following officers were elected for TIE
ensuing yer:
President p Brown, of Red Wine, re-
elected.
Secretary Frank Petit, of Minneapolis.
Vice Presidents-David Bronson, of Still
water, and Geo. A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis
Treasurer-W. F. Cahill.
Executive Committee.E. v. White and Lor-
en- Fletcher, of Minneapolis, and E. L. Baker,
of Red Wing
Member OF National Executive Committee
J. A. Christian of Minneapolis
In the evening the members Of the associa-
ton sat down to a grand banquet provided by
the millers Of Minneapolis.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02
Horrible Disaster by Fire-Seven-
teen Children Perish in the
Flames.

An Associated Press dispatch, da-
ted Scranton, Pa, Feb. 81, says:
The Catholic Orphanage at Hyde
Park, Scranton, burned to-night:
Seventeen children were burned
fourteen boys and three girls.
The building (St. Patrick's Orphan
Asylum) is situated at the corner
of Jackson street and Lincoln
avenue, about a mile from thecenter
of the city, It is occupied by a
number of Sisters of Charity, and
under their charge were forty
children, from six to twelve years,
boys and girls occupying separate
dormitories on the third floor.
At half past eight a sister took
the children to their rooms and
locked the doors. Descending the
stairs she discovered smoke issuing
from a room in the second story.
Opening the door she was driven
back by a cloud of smoke, Fire
was raging along the ceiling,
making it's way to the upper floor.
The sister darted up the stairs. She
took the girls to the lower floor, and
started back to get the boys;
Smoke was pouring into the hall
in binding clouds, and when about
half way up the stairs she met a
STRANGER She made an effort to
pass, but he refused to allow her,
saying the boys had peen rescued,
and it would be dangerous for her to
go for them; and she reluctantly
went back.
The alarm brought out four fire
companies. The flames were
raging fereely when the firemen
cot to work. They were informed
ofthe belief among the Sisters that
nine children were still In the build
ing, and made every effort to reach
the upper floor. Ina short time the
flames were beaten back and the.
door of the dormitory burst open,
and the victims of the fire were
found beneath the cots. Only two
were touched by the fire, but all had
evidently been dead some time
There is intense excitement.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02
A Loss of S., OO0, 600 to the Cattle
Men of Nebraska.

The Weekly Globe, Lincoln, Neb.,
has an article headed Nebraska
Cattle Interests" that portrays a
dismal picture for the stock men of
that State. 1t places the number
OF cattle upon the Nebraska ranch
es at the beginning of the winter
at half a million, averaging in val
ue SO, making an aggregate of
S7,5OO,OO0 invested in cattle. The
usual loss from cold weather and
snow is about five per cent. The
extreme cold and depth of snow
this winter, have caused a loss this
season, reaching fifty per cent, and
will on many ranches amount to Is
per cent. The cause of this whole
sale loss IS apparent, says the Globe.
No hay is put up for these cattle.
They are expected to live thro' the
winter on the Buffalo grass, which
supports them well when not COW
cred with snow. This season the.
snow has laid deep on the ground
for several months, keeping the
stock from their only supply of
food, so that they have become
starved and thin, and unable to en-
dure the severe weather, have per-
ished by thousands. One ranch
man says $4,000 would not COM
pensate him for his loss. Another
offers 100000 to insure him against
further loss. Olive ranch, with
10000 head has lost 1000. These
are instances at random, says the
writer, and the aggregate loss in the
State can hardly fall short Of five
million dollars. An appeal is made
to ranchmen to put up hay for the
winter in the future.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Small pox is prevailing as an ep-
Idemlc in Calliopey, Iowa, Cuba,
and Chicago, Ill, and other places
IN the Northwest. Much suffering
exists at Calliopey. They are out
OF fuel and cannot procure. nurses,
even at five dollars per day. Meas
Qres have been set on foot for their
relief, by the adjacent commune
ties.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

The British have met with an
other disaster in South Africa. In
a late engagement their main army
was almost annihilated, the COM
mander, General Colley, being
among the killed. Dispatches re-
port that only seven men of the
18th Regiment survive.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

HARRISBURG, Pa. The 34th bal
1o' Tor T. S. Senator, resulted, Wal
'"Ce %, Beaver 81, Bayne 40, Henry
:? Neyburn 4, Schofeld 8, Kirkpat-
1,ck Il Hewitt 2; and Curtain,
~ DI.wster, Shiras, Dick, Graham
and Rayard, 1 each.
Al'er this the Senatorial Confer
ta n1e = Committee unanimously selec-
w. wv John |. Mitchell, of Tioga coun-
IL, ~ VINO was elected Senator, and SO
Ivy now have peace in the Key
f'one State.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

The Tyler County Wool Growers
Association will meet in regular
session at the school house near
Bowles' Mill, on Saturday, the 9TH
of March, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Mr., L s, Lemly, near Shiloh,
Tyler county, shipped two very
large hogs last week; one weighed
COG pounds and the other 500
pounds.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Pau Boynton, the celebrated
swimmer, is believed to have been
lost III the war between Peru and
Vhlll' He was in the torpedo SER
vice under the Government of Peru.
Although j.. writing regularly to a
'riend IN Pittsburg, up to- the time
u a recent battle, he has not been
heard from since. His last letter
expressed the belief that he would
not survive the battle.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

1t is said that General Garfield
has received 100 written applica-
tons for office, and that 100000 are
preparing applications.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

A friend of Harvard College
has given 100000 for a law school
building.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

The smallpox scare continues in
Pittsburg. Every one is being vac
cinated
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Allen and Josiah Holdren, above
St. Marys on the river, have sold
their farm to H. B. Creel, of Grape
Island, for the sum of $4,000.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Several spans of the River View
bridge, near Kansas City, were de-
stroyed by the ice.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02
WESTVIRGINIA FREEMAN.
NEWS CEEEENGS.

The Sprague divorce suits are
still effervescing.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

General Hancock will be present
at the Inauguration ceremonies.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Sixteen steamers and two hun
bred sailing vessels were lost during
December
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Eight members of Congress were
found in gambling den in Wash
ington by the police, recently.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

Memphis, Tenn, will spend $780,
600 on her Mardi Gras. That's go
ing it pretty strong on foolishness,
after repudiating her debt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
In a Gambling Haunt.
GFrom a Monaco Letter to Lon,

lFrom a Monaco Letter to London Times.1
Further along may be found the Amer
lean, armed with bis red-covered " Kre-
mer's Graphic Railway Guide" which
has become the guide, philosopher and
friend of our transatlantic cousins who
are visiting Europe. The tourist who
comes from a country where everything
is practical will not hear q word against
his " Kremer," which contains all the
information he can require, and prevents
him from having to carry half hundred
weight OF gulde-books about with him.
1t contains skeleton maps, sketches Of
tours, advice to the traveller, with prac-
tical hints, valuable notes, ETC., and it's
price is ridiculously small, while the de-
scrlptlons are given i'll such readable
form that geography and history becomes
a pleasant study. On the square in front
Of the Casino and the Hotel de Paris is
the Cafe de Paris, withits polyglot wait
ers, and its customers speaking a Babel
OF tongues. Every beverage in the
world can be obtained, from "Scotch
whisky" to "prime old Bourbon" but
little line has been drawn at the " tom
gin, )" which is sold down in the Conda-
mine with label which favors strongly
OF contraband. The tables standing out
on the pavement in the sun are all occu-
pied, for going to the cafe is not consid-
cred In the same light as going to the
public house at home, and French Gus
toms and fashions havenot only been ac-
cepted but adopted. The English lady
and her daughter may be seen there Of
morning, drinking their cafe OIL TAFT
and eating their little rolls, while at 5
o'clock tea the tables are crowded, and
the decoction of Bohea is passed round
and imbibed with as much pleasure and
apparent satisfaction as the Chinese
manifests when he inhales the fumes of
the opium from his metal pipe. The
Frenchman sips his absinthe of an after
noon, the italian drinks his vermouth,
the Russian uncorks his pint OF foam
ing champagne, and the German takes
his coffee with milk, and accompanied
by half a dozen sweet-cakes just to get
his mouth into shape for table d'hote.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
Alucky Sacrifice.

The story of the way in which the late
Michel Chasles became geometer is a
picturesque one. He passed out of the
Ecole Polytechnique in engineering in
1914 to take his place as an officer. He
was on the point of leaving for Charities
to show his uniform and bid farewell to
his mother before going to Metz, when
he was visited by the father of one of
his comrades. "My son, said the good
man, is the first of the pupils who has
not obtained post; you have hesitated,
I know, to accept your epaulet; your re-
fusal would have assured to your COM
rade career which pleases him, and for
which I have made the greatest sacri-
fees. 1t is impossible for me to prepare
him for another" Chasles made no re-
ply. He went t. Chartres. On his ar
rival his choice was made, and he told
his mother hewould stay with her. The
army lost him as an officer, the world
gained him as geometer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
A Divers Experiences.

George W. Townsend, of Boston, has
been a deep-sea diver for more than
twenty years. In relating his expert
ences the other day, he said that no one
had any idea Of the life of fish until he
sees them under water. They are very
curious, and sometimes very playful
Once when he was diving in the Bay of
Camana, on the coast of Venezuela, a
huge monster kept eying him until he
shook from fright. On another occasion
in the West Indies, an electric eel ran
between his legs and gave him such a
shock that he thought he would never
be able to reach the surface alive The
noise made by a school of fish sounds
under water like the rumbling of thun-
der. AS general thing sharks are
cowardly and are easily Enlightened off,
brit a surface-fsh, called the baricoat,
that is sometimes encountered, will at
tack diver with great fury. Once a
baricoat seized Mr.. Townsends helmet
in it's jaws, but as the helmet was made
of copper, he suffered no harm. The
fish left the imprint of it's teeth in the
helmet, however, and had it attacked The
Divers feet, undoubtedly would have
bitten them off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
The KAYAK.
From Bretano's Monthly

DR.. [. [. Hayes, in his "Open Polar
Sea-" thus eulogises the Greenland type
of canoe, which have remarked pos
sesses considerable sheer and is a better
sea boat than the "Rob Roys" of the
Labrador coast: "The kayak of the
Greenlander is the frailest specimen of
marine architecture that ever carried
human freight. 1t is eighteen feet
long and as many inches wide at it's
middle, and tapers, with an upward
curying line, to a point at either end.
The boat is graceful as duck and light
as a feather. It has no ballast and no
keel, and it rides almost on the surface
of the water. 1t is, therefore necessa-
rily top-heavy. Long practice is requir-
ed to manage it: and no tight-rope
dancer ever needed more steady nerve
and skill Of balance that this same saw
age kayaker Yet in this frail craft he
does not hesitate to ride seas which
would swamp an ordinary boat, or to
break through surf which may sweep
completely over him. But he is used to
hard battles andi in spite of every fortune
he keeps himself upright" / have been
assured, however, by persons familiar
with Arctic cruising, that the kayaker
does sometimes come to grief by the cap
sizing of his canoe. The skirt of his
seaIskin waterproof shirt being firmly
dashed to the combing of the well of the
kayak, he becomes so chilled by the cold
water, and exhausted by his struggles to
free himself from the canoe, that death
by drowning overtakes the poor fellow in
spite of all his presence Of mind and
nautical skill. As long as he retains
his dot b,e-bladed paddle under water
their is fair chance of the kayaker
righting himself; but when that is lost
his chances of getting safely to land are
poor indeed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16

A few seconds more and the five
stranded guests were sitting round Dick
Faulkner's festive board.
He smiled on the beautiful Rose, and
babe her remember that he had ordered
the fifth place to be laid in expectation
of her coming, and that, after all the
misery she had experienced from alco-
hol, the temperance drinks were also in
her honor, a remark at which the other
men made grim faces, and, with the ex-
ception of Horton, perhaps, wished that
Mrs. Rose Faulkner had not been there.
AS for Frank, he was in such state
of spooniness that if he had been told
that the price of gazing into Rosa's love-
ly eyes was to drink water for the rest of
his natural life, he would have accepted
it without demurrer. But he had the
pleasure of toasting her in something
stronger than temperance beverages
after all, for was it not an exceptional
night, as she justly observed, and, as
such, an exception to every rule? &C Be-
sides, she added, with little. modest
smile, 1" it is the first time I have ever
been to a bachelors supper party"
Six months later, when June sun
dispersed the icicles, and all nature
looked glad and bright, there was no
gladdeT, brighter face to be seen for
miles around than that Of Rose (not
Faulkner now, but Rose Horton) and
she and Frank took possession of a pref
ty cottage, where we will leave them in
the enjoyment Of a post-nuptial exist
nnCp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
An Emphatic Witness.
From Harper's Weekly

Alick Thompson, of Virginia, tells a
stoiy illustrative of the peculiar vernac-
ular of the people among whom he was
born, and OF their special capacity for
giving evidence in a court of justice in a
compact, accurate, and picturesque
style. Some time ago he CHANGED to be
visiting at county seat in Virginia, and
was courteously Invited by the common
room on the following morning, with the
assurance that a witness would testify in
a murder case then pending. He enter
ed the courtroom, and speedily after his
arrival witness was called, who adj
vanced to the stand with such jaunty
air of self-assurance and who kissed the
book with such loud-sounding conf
dence, that he was sure that this must
be g his man." His Judgment was not
incorrect
sMr. Williamson asked the common
wealth's attorney, do you know any
thing of the killing which took place at
Robertson's store last month %
Kaaoa0 anythingT was the response;
ct we're thar.
"Then tell the court and jury said
the attorney, what you know"
The witness planted himself more
firmly on both feet, glanced around up
on his auditors, and then delivered
himself: Well, you see, Mr.. Rober-
son were a-sittin' IN the back part of his
store a-plsyin' Of his fiddle, not a-think-
in of bein' stobbed, nor nuthin' of the
kind, when in come Mr.. johnson, and
then and thar stabbed him; then he
gathered q 6ung-starter, cleaned ont
the croaOd, hppedthe palm, and cl'ar-
ed heself"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1881.
ANCESTRAL PORTRAITS.

I am pleased to see the traces
In these sweet s'Sir Joshua" faces
Of my features and my eyes;
Fair they are, that girl and brother,
With their young and smiling mother,
Beautiful beyond disguise.
For observe their dress how simple,
Muslin with embroidered wimple,
Yet think the effect is good;
Scant, perchance, yet freely flowing;
Nothing to impede the growing
Into graceful womanhood.
And their houses were not numbered
With the rarities unnumbered
Wherewith now we deck our rooms;
Wainscot walls, and plainly tinted;
Nothing vivid, save where glinted
Sunshine on bowl of blooms.
And their gardens differed greatly
From all those we have seen lately,
Where the flowers in strange device
Grow as in broidered cushion,
Holding all that art can push in,
Without leave to spread or rise.
Their flowers grew in natural order,
In the wide, old-fashioned border,
Bright with pink and peony;
With tall hollyhocks in posies,
Stocks, and lavender, and roses,
Purple larkspur, and sweet pea.
And liked their yew-cut alleys.
Framing vistas of the valleys,
And the ehurch-tower and the lea,
And the stately trees whose shadow
Fell at eve DER park and meadow,
Century after century.
Their amusements-vell, for certain.
If on them lift the curtain,
You'll pronounce them tame and few;
And yellow page you're turning
You would scrutinize their learning;
All, it would seem small to you
Who have sat for hours in classes,
Making notes of all that passes:
But you see their sphere was home;
There they reigned supreme and thrifty,
And the matrOn long past fifty
Kept her dignity and bloom.
And they had their Christmas dances,
Summer junketings and fancies,
And the daintiest, cheriest teas;
Sometimes, too. little scandal:
But strain from BOyce or Handel
Cleared the air like Summer breeze.
And although they might work blindly,
Yet their aims were good and kindly:
In their quiet neighborhocd
Not child but knew and loved them,
Old and Iniddle-aged approved them,
And took pattern as they could.
So they lived, my ancestresses.
Simple, unperplexed by guesses
At Gods secrets yelled for aye:
Books were fewer, knowledge rarer;
But none nobler, sweeter, fairer,
Grace the England of to-day
Chambers Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16

BY SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.

Ut I.
My true-love hath my heart, and 1 have his,
BY just exchange one for another given;
hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was better bargain driven,
My true-love hath my heart, and have his.
II.
His heart in me keeps him and me in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own:
cherish his, because in me it bides,
My true-loye hath my heart, and have his.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16

The most stylish purse of the season
is made of undressed sealskin, with
nothing in it.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27
PITH AND POINT.

EXPERIENCE is a school where man
learns what q big fool he has been.-
Josh Billings.
THE average editor can sympathize
with England in her trouble with the
Boers.-BoSto1s Advertiser.
"A MAN never looks so much like a
red-handed v1Iain as when he is told by
the photographer to /" look pleasant. -
BoStoe Transcript. c.lN IJ1s0.
WHEN one sees man thrown from
his saddle over the head of q horse, he
must recognize the power behind the
thrown.-Nea0 Orleans P5cGyume.
A YOUNG man in love is not neces-
sarily mathematician, but he is nearly
always o sigh for her. If you can't
cipher this out we sigh for you.-SteW-
6enU6IJe Herald.
ALL the baseball players have gone
into winter quarters, but you don't hear
anything of them except the batter, and
he is making short stops on the break
fast table.-BurlingtOp Hawkeye.
A MEMPHIS woman ran against a
grocery awning in the dark and fractured
her jaw, and the jury returned only
eight dollars damages. 1t costs four
times thatto hit a Detroit woman on the
nose with a soft snow-ball.-Free Press.
4 CINCINNATI paper AYERS that "wo-
men dress too hastily" This clearly is
sarkasm, " or else the editor never sat
for two mortal hours in q hired cutter,
waiting for Angelina to "be down in a
moment. "--CatSktJ Recorder. va
TABLEAU Observation-Disclosures Ito
his little sister-in-law at the breakfast)
-"Well, Julie, you've got a new
brother, now" Julie (enfant ter.
rible)-" Yes; and ma said the other.
day to pa, she didn't think he was much
account, on'y it looked like Lottie's last
chance!" (Great clatter of knives, forks
and spoOns) .-LOndOD Punch.
NOBODY wants to be Secretary of the
Navy for the remaining two months of
Mr.. Hayes's rule. A man couldn't
more than get the trick of walking with
bis feet wide apart, pulling his trousers
up every little while and hailing people
with "avast there, messmate," before
he'd become an ordinary lsndsman, and
hen those habits would make him ap-
pear ridiculous. .-BoSton Post.