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a Land Slide.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, May ia land
slide occurred last night three miles
west on the Dakota division of the c.
NJ. & st. P. railway. Six hundred
feet of the track went into the Mis-
souri, and disappeared entirely. A
huge bluff is towering above the track
and sinking down, causing an impas-
sable barrier. 1t will take weeks,
perhaps longer, to repair the break.
The amount of land affected by the
slide is three or four acres, and it was
still settling at last accounts, the river
having undermined it. There is no
way of getting around the break ex-
cept by omnibus or wagon transfer.
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The Helena Depot.
Associated Press Dispatch.

HELENA, NJ. T., May 16.-The local
excitement over the location of the
Northern Pacific depot, which has
agitated property owners in various
parts Of the city for the past two
weeks, has eliminated in a manner
satisfactory to the greater portion of
eur business men. To-day commits
sioner Lamborn located the depot in
the northeastern part of the city, on
what is known as the Montana ave-
nue. addition. The Northern Pacific
has invested heavily in real estate in
Helena during the past week. the
sums paid out aggregating $4,000.
The company now owns an entrance
into the city a mile and a quarter in
length and half 4 mile in width. A
good portion Of this ground will be
used for building passenger and
freight depOts, round houses and ex-
tensive machine shops. On Saturday
next the end of the track will be at
the crossing Of the Missouri river,
IS miles distant. It is expected that
the road will reach Helena by the
Goth of June. Preparations are being
made for a grand celebration on that
occasion.
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New York Mining Stock Report.

New YORK, May 16. - Mining
fairly active. Sierra Grande sold LIS
to LOO; Sierra Nevada, 4.3O to 4.65;
Little Fittsburg, 20 to 80, closing at
Is; Navajo, 2lO; Sierra Con, 80 to
40; Con. Virginia, 40 and SO. The
sales for the day were 81, ,O65 shares.
Pipe Line certificates opened at 1929
and declined to 1909, but advanced
to lO5, and closed on call at 1O4. An
immense business was done.
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the Miners Convention.

pIrrsBURG, May l6.-The miners
interstate convention assembled this
morning. Eight delegates reported
preent from Ohio, Maryland, Illinois
and Pennsylvania. The question of
holding an open or secret session was
referred to committee. A resOlu-
ton expressing sympathy with the
striking miners in the Pittsburg dis
trict met opposition but was finally
adopted.
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The Dunn Trial.

CHICAGO, May l6.-In the Jere
nunn trial Col. Mum closed his ar
n"ment n for the defense at one O'Clock,
chm court adjourned. He will be
t,lIoved this afternoon by Emery A.
,, Storrs also for the defense. It is
nnrobable that the case will 90 to the
iurv tomorrow night.
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Mea,ine OF College Fraternity.

CLEVELAND, May 16.-The fifty
first annual convention of the Alpha
Tslta deli Phi college fraternity began
this M morning and will continue two
days, Secretary J. A. Doremer, pre-
sides in the absence of Hon. john
Jay. of New York. Nearly one hum
dred members are in attendance, rep
re,epting seventeen chapters scat
tered over the country.
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Damages Against a r. r. Co.

PHILADELPHIA; May 1G. - The
Common Pleas jury gave a verdict
for Mark Spicker against the s. Il: Il.
60. for $1,000. Spicker, a travelling
salesman, took passage for Williams
port, and presented the conductor
the return slip ofan excursion ticket
from Williamsporl to Philadelphia:
The conductor refused the ticket and
elected Spicker in the open country.
The Judge charged the jury rather
against the ejectment of the holder of
q ticket in = rural district amid a
drenching rain.
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Miscellaneous.

MILWAUKEE, May 15.-One hundred
delegates to the international Con-
vention of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association arrived to-day, and
500 more are expected tomorrow.
The visitors are to be entertained at
the homes of citizensinterested in the
werk.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal, May 15.-The
grand jury investigating the Chachapi
disaster on the night of January Goth,
on the Southern Pacific, attaches
blame to the general management.
and finds that the working force at
that point was insufficient.
ALBANY, May 15.-The canal sta
bles of Edward White and the adjoin-
ing property, also 35 horses were
burned. Loss about $4,000.
GALVESTON, May ia Ne1cs
Bonhcm special says: Miss Bragg, a
niece of Gen. Bragg, to-day saturated
her clothing with coal oil and then
applied a match. Cause, protracted
ill health. She will die.
BOSTON, May ia colored servant
girl attempted, on Saturday to poison
the family, consisting of five persons,
Of Rev. Or. Fletcher, of Franklin. 1t
was detected in time to prevent fatal
results.
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Effects of the Cyclone.

KANSAS CITY, May l6.-The
Times Wichita, Kas., special reports
that the late severe from the sur
rounding country indicates serious
loss 10 live stock by drowning.
Many bridges were washed away.
Streams are higher than known 1or
wears. The Atchison, Topeka q
Santa Fe bridge across the great Ar
kansas was swept away.
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Conflicting Stories,

LONDON, May 16.-The head con-
stable at London maintains The story
of the discovery in a transatlantic
steamer of an internal machine is a
hoax. The Times correspondent at
Liverpool, however, insists upon the
truth of the story, and declares the
police anxious to minimize the im-
pOrtance of the affair.
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FitZ Harris Sentenced.

DUBLIN, May l5.-The trial of Fitz
Harris as an accessory after the fact
to murder Cavendish and Burke
was concluded this morning. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty
against HIM, and he was sentenced to
penal servitude for life.
Judge O'Brien in passing sentence,
said: The crime you were convicted
of is nearly the same as murder.
The death of Cavendish and Burke
was mainly owing to your act in in
ducing Smith to point out the VIC
Tins. The prisoner appeared stupe-
fed at the sentence
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Miscellaneous,

bevins' a. lNGToN, MAY 16.-Wilson
The iu,,, .',e sixth day of his address to
presidaar.p CITY, May lex
day and Davies is much better to-
g "no is improving.
erai SvNNaatfIELD, May 16.-The Gen.
eran Ioa i% OF the Evangelical Luth-
het in Hanulch .; of the United States
ocloct ist biennial convention at 9
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Meatlng of Irish Nationals.

DUBLIN, May 16.-A meeting of
the National Land League was held
to-day. Biggar, member of Parlia-
ment, said anything from the Pope
should be received with respect, but
at the same time the league should
express its views in plain but lnof-
fensive terms. Mayne, also member
of Parliament, said the wish of the
people was to take theology not po-
litics from Rome.
DUBLIN, May 16.-Kenney, men,
ber of Parliament for Ennis, described
the Pope's circular as shameful
insult to the priests and to the people
of Ireland.
F''ecman's journal, commenting
on the Pope's circular to the Irish
bishops, Says his Holiness has been
misled if not entirely deceived by
emmissaries of the British govern
ment who know if the Parnell party
remains unbroken it will hold the
balance of power in the next Parlia-
meNt.
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Mitchell CHALLENGED.

NEW YORK, May 15.-The Tribune
on Wednesday will state that Sulli-
van, the pueilist, offers to fight Nit
chell for $2,5OO side. Mitchell to use
his bare fists while Sullivan will use
gloves. Mitchell says he was not
knocked out, and expresses desire
again to meet the Boston champion.
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Various Kinds of Drunkards.

some men seem to become drunk
suddenly, giving no previous indica-
ton by thickness of articulation or
unsteadiness of gait: this being COM
monty the case where mental excite
ment from other causes-as q heated
discussion at the time. The
most dreadful and astounding cases
are afforded by those unfortunate
people who are never sober. How
they manage to survive so long as
they do is q mystery. There are men
who have been perpetually under
the influence of liquor for twenty or
thirty years. OF course, the brain
must have become permanently in
jured, SO that we may refer that the
drink these people now take has
little or no real effect on them, and
that their state would be just the
same without it. Others, again, are
systematic and punctual drunkards
of regular habits, men who take
their quantum and are put to bed
unconscious every night, yet are
capable of attending to their daily
business in the most extraordinary
manner. These, as rule, never ex-
ceed certain amount by so much as
a glass, and do not suffer so much as
intermittent drunkards-at any rate
not 50 soon, for the inevitable conse-
quence is only a little longer de-
ferred. The writer knew an old doctor
in Jamaica who used to aver taat the
climate was the finest in the world.
yellow fever. sir!" he would ex-
claim-''not a bit of it! A vulgar
chimera! A malicious libel on us
The fact is, it's the vicious irregular
drinking habits of the people here
that kills 'em. Look at me drink
a bottle of brandy every night, and
have done so for thirty years. I get
tipsy seven times a week, in an or
derly and decent manner; and I've
never had yellow fever nor a days
illness! And to all appearances he
was fine healthy man Of sixty-five
or seventy years, with a beard as
white as snow. Yet he was carried
off suddenly by q trifling indis-
position incidental to the climate,
and it was found on examination of
his papers after death that his age
was only fifty-two.
1t does not by any means follow,
either, that because Il man is never
intoxicated he may not be drinking
too much. Men employed in the
great breweries in London, especially
the draymen, consume an enormous
quantity of beer. The daily allow
ance which their employers give
them is very large, but they rarely
confine themselves to that; and the
in addition, get much
from the customers to
whom they are always delivering
tie casks; so that ten or fourteen
quarts is no exceptional consumption
for one man; yet they are not drunk
ards, in the ordinary sense of the
term. The very nature of their work
necessitates the employment of none
but steady men, strength being also
q sine qua non. But if one of these
men should break limb or get con-
fined to bed from any other accident,
he is almost sure to get delirium
and a scalp wound frequent
ly kills him. Brewers men are no.
torious in hospitals as being the
worst cases for operation, being
prone to exhibit all the most danger
Gus complications which fetter the
success of surgical treatment.-
Journal.
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Fatal Powder Explosion

SCRANTON, Pa, May 16.-Hoosic,
near here was shaken throughout by
an explosion of powder in a maga-
zine at Coal Broker. One man was
torn almost to pieces; another was
not found. !.
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Conclusion of Thompson's Trial.

CINCINNATI, May 16.-The Times
Star Harrodsburg, KY, specia' says:
Judge Denny spoke on behalf OF tne
commonwealth in the Thompson
trial this morning and was followed
by Hon. Mr.. blackburn for the de-
tense. The case goes to the jury at
4 D. m. Applause was suppressed
several times by the court during
Denny's speech.
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Garfield Monument Committee.

CINcINNBTI, May 16.-The Gar
field Monument committee of the
Army of the Cumberland held a
meeting here to-day. Mr.. J. q. A.
Ward, of New Yoak, was selected as
the artist to design and complete
the monument. A committee con-
sisting of Generals Barnett, Cest and
McCook were appointed to visit
Washington with Mr.. Ward to select
q site for the monument. The COM
mittee authorizes Mr.. Ward to pro-
ceed with the monument at cost
not to exceed $4,000.
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Ogden Notes.

OGDEN, May 16.-Col. Thompson
will arrive this evening with Hill,
who recently absconded with $40, 900
ofhis wife's money.
The Denver & Rio Grande track
will he completed tonight.
The Crescent Mining Compay To-
Gated at Park City, has declared a
first dividend of 10 cents per share.
Charles Wyndham and company
passed through yesterday en- route
to San Francisco.
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Active preparations are being made
to commence work on the switch
back, over the main range at Mullan
tunnel. The engineers are now at
work and grading will commence in
q few days.
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FOREIGN News.

ST. CATHARINEs, May 15.-There is
a rumor that the dynamiters intend
to damage the Welland canal. Steps
are taken to protect the expos ed
points.
BERLIN. May 15.-Bismarck suf-
fered greatly yesterday, and almost as
severely to-day from neuralgia pains.
He objects at present to go to Kis-
sengen.
LONDON, May 15.- An excursion
train for Grimsby on the Great
Northern railway came in collision
to-day with Midland railway ex.
cursion train Many persons were
injured.
The Timss says: In variety and
completeness of illustration, the
United States collection at the
fisheries exhibition is not surpassed
by any foreign contribution.
James Younger is dead.
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
4 Cyclone of Conventions
Being Held.
Sentence Of Fitz Harris the
Conspirator.
Encouraging Reports OF the
Cattle Interest.
Lively Times In the Army of
the Potomac Convention.
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC, ETC
nscELLANEOUS, ETC, ETC
-,.,cxv Democratic Convention

ventucky Democratic Convention
1or1sv1LLE, May 16.-The Demo
Ito state Convention met at noon
c.a' na elected Hon. Isaac Caldwell, of
s1u sa1nuisville, temporary chairman, and
annmointed a committee on organiza-
spp' sIop resolutions and credentials, and
."ot .,U recess until 2:3O p. m.
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Billy White fell into water wheel
at Park City, Utah, last week and
was whirled about in the wheel until
nearly drowned and crushed to
death. Suicidal intent Is suspected.
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San Francisco Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-The
following are the official closing
nrices Of mininv stnckS.
Money Market.

NEW YORK, May 16.-Money 2 to
81, closed offered 2. Prime mer-
camille paper, 81 to 6. Sterling ex-
change bankers bills quiet, steady at
4.S3f. Sterling exchange demand,
4.S6$.
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The German Gazette on American
Pork.

BERLIN, May 16.-The North Ger
man Gazette attempts to prove by
statistics that the danger of contract
ing trichinse from American pork, is
sixty times greater than from Ger
man pork and refers to the latest re-
ports of sanitary officers at Chicago,
Erie and Boston and publications in
a New York medical journal to
prove the correctness ofits statement.
The Gazette declares that the inspec-
tiOn of pork on its arrival at German
ports has proved useless. 1t says that
the quantity of American pork con-
ia Germany issmall and is de-
creasing and that question is not Of
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The Crees Quiet.

OTTAWA, Ont, May Official
advices from Fort Walsh on Friday
represent the Crees as perfectly quiet
and no further apprehension for
trouble.
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A third rail is being laid on the
Central Pacific track at Ogden, to
give the Denver & Rio Grande access
to the depot.
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W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, May 16.-Ten
miners at the Diamond mine returned
to work on the company's terms: 1t
is expected all the strikers Will re-
sumo.
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New YORK, May 15.-Bar silver,
1893.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-09

once 'thrown a knife at the latter, and
was not sorry for it. He wanted to be
a Christian" His testimony has re-
manned unsupported by any other evil
dence. Some women said they had
heard something like cry of distress in
the neighborhood of the Synagogue on
the day of Esther's disappearance, but
they differed about the hour, and it
seemed not to have occurred to any of
them to raise an alarm or even to speak
about it at the time.
But it does appear that the local mag
istrate conducting the first examination
i'll which Moritz Scharf's story first took
shape had pursued the case with the
ardor of fanatic. The public prosecutor
himself, who afterward took charge of it,
soon came to the conclusion that MOritz
Scharf's elaborate account of the muir
der was an invention, pumped into the
boy by constant drill, with the aid of
threats and caiOlery. And cable dis
pathes speaking of the fortunes inflicted
upon the raftsmen to wiring from them
their confession indicate that the
employment of such means was not con-
fined to Moritz Scharf.
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Life in the American Dead Sea.

Says a writer in the Salt Lake Tri6,tac
As the bow plOwcd through the water.
small diptera (iics) would rise from the
water where they were resting. and
cover the bow of the boat till quarts of
them could be collected. Wherever we
went we observed the same thing. The
water of the lake is their home, and
they are as much at ease sitting on the
water as a skIpperis on an Eastern pond.
In some places when it is calm these
flies darken the water for miles. Here
mot on the beach, they lay their eggs {;
here they hatch, and here the larvip
live by the million till ready for the pupa
state, when they attach themselves to
the seaweed FLOATING everywhere in the
water) and remain till they emerge as
perfect flies. The Larvae doubtless prey
upon the strange little shrimps that live
in the water. There are infinite num-
bers of them, as there is scarcely
a place in the lake where bucket
of water can be dipped without taking
up from twenty to five hundred of them.
1t is strange that people should call
this a ''dcad sea, for though the num-
her of species does not exceed ten or
fifteen, there is no lake, fresh or salt. in
the world that contain half as many liv-
ing things as Great Salt Lake.
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didn't do me any good. l wish you
would guard your boy against medals
and being a natural orator. There is
but one remedy for a natural orator, and
that is to marry rich and settle down
and wait for invitations to- make speeches
at college commandments. They are
right useful that way.
Sometimes they do right well, consid-
ering. knew a natural orator to get
elected to the Legislature, and Il pretty
girl in the gallery saw him naturally
Grating and fell III love with him, and he
married her, and she was rich, and they
are getting along first rate; and now he
gets a call every other day to speak at
some college, and he accepts 'em all and
goes tonone; but it's all the same to him,
for he gets his name III the papers, and
that's enough. But he is an exception
for luck, and the boys who are natural
orators needn't presume on his good
fortune
q don't know but one place for boys,
and that is work. Put 'em to work and
keep EN- at it, for idleness is the parent
of all vice. Don't map out any particu-
lar trade or calling, but keep 'em at work
and it will map out itself. Habits make
up life. Life is bundle of habits, and
if boy has a habit of work he is all
I,irb+
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Blessed BenefactOrs.

When board of eminent physicians and chemists
announced the discovery that by combining some we'll
U ,aI,orIs remedies the most wonderful medicine
was rroduced which would cure such wide range
f discusses that most all other remedies could be diS
ansed ,yitb many were skepticaI but proof OF us
merits by actual trial has dispoed all doubt and To-Day
M discoveries of TINT great medicine Hop Bitters' ar7
honored ana blessed DS "ii"7 O7"ei'' ,,droLa
are compounded from Hops H'chu' MAN. #,
and Dandeion ana other Oldest 'e'' anu at
able medicines IN ihe ""'lu' All" oo'l'' ''' -. ,
and most curative Pr'p7r'e' Oh an o',,'l -
being the greatest h'''u '''lsr, '>'l'.''
Regulator ana I'Ie an" i'e''" i'7''''''7 -.
e'T'h. n" "S''7e VI '' - go.
where these bl''eIS arc '7''' "
their operations
,rbay rive new life and vigor to the aged and inhrm
w. an .t, s,rpIoyrnents cause irreguIarity Of the
~ " H., -,,,,fr, .,, A, ,,atizar
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on Government land, and, being in {
country where labor was comparatively
scarce they sold their labor to then
richer neighbors. They cheerfuIIy per
formed all kinds of manual labor.
Wherever there was Il dollar to be
earned by honest work some Scan,
dinavian eagerly offered to earn it. They
saved every cent they earned. 1t took
many dollars to earn team of horses.
A team of Texas oxen was beyond the
reach of the greater portion of these
hardworIling men. They never lost
courage. They cheerfully lived in dug
outs. When these men had saved sutfi-
Client money they invested III team and
a pillow, and began farming on their own
account. Their habits of economy were
a source of amusement to their more eX-
travagant American neighbors. They
were accused of meanness. Many Ameri-
cans affected to regard them as an IN
ferior race. They were debarred from
social intercourse with Americans by
their inability to speak English. But
their farming operations proved success
full. They made homes on the prairie,
and when the homes were finished they
sent eastward for fair haired girls, who
promptly came to Kansas and married
the neutrality-suspicious. of scandinavian
blood. Years passed before there was a
noticeable intcrmixture with native
American stock. Now the two races are
intermarrying.