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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10
UMwililngly Baptized.

A colored sister OF the Methodist
faith who was looking on at the i'm
mersion of company of Baptist con-
verts in an Alabama river the other
day became so interested IN the spec
tacle as to venture close to the waters
edge. The officiating clergyman,
whether through malice or ignorance
will probably never be known, seized
and soused her into the water before
she had time to object. She came up
too much out of breath to speak, and
under she went again. After the sec
ond dip she emerged, clawing the air
wildly and shouting: 90 way from
herei Don't you chuck me under ag'in
you niggerl' But the clergyman was
inexorable, and sent her to the bottom
third time. When finally she had
escaped from his clutches, and stood
dripping upon the shore, she shook her
fist and exclaimed: ooh, I'll fix you
III bust the heed off'n you, you Urinary
trash sousin' me an, nearly drownin'
me, when you knoweG well enough all
de time dat rs a Methodist and been
christened by dem dat's your betters
an knows mo- bout religion dan all
de Baptists dat cher shouted, you
mis'ble black scum! and me got de
rheumatic enough oset me crazyl I'll
Sc what de law kin do for youl I'll have
you rested dis very day, or my names
not Joanna johnson, you woolly-
headed herrin'! You hear me?" Then
Joanna went home to change her
clothes, and the ceremony proceeded.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10
The First Hallway Tragedy.

1t is fifty-three years since the first
railway tragedy occurred-William
Huskisson, an English statesman,
bang killed ON the 18th of September,
1880, through an accident that occurred
at the opening of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, The first rail
way accident death thus happened at
the opening of the first railway es-
tablishsd in the world, In the long
procession ofrailway victims Mr.. Hus-
kisson, who led the way INTO the other
world, was the first.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10
An Alleged Cure for Neuralgia.

An exchange says: Take two large
tablespoonfuls of cologne, two table
spoonfuls of fine salt, and mix them
together in small bottle, every time
you have an acute affection of the
nerves, or neuralgia, simply breathe
the fumes in your nose from'the bottle,
and you will be Immediately relieved.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10

The above trains are run daily and make
close connection at Mound House with
trains Of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
for ViI2inia City and Reno, and with the
Central Pacific at Reno, via the Virginia and
Truckee, for all points Eas. and West.
stage Connections.
AT Hawthorne with the United States Stage
Company's coaches for Aurora, 26 miles !;
Bodic, 81 miles; Lundy and Bridgeport and
stages for Coreyvilie, IL miles.
At Luning, 125 miles from Mound House,
with Gilmer, Salisbury Il Co.'S tri-weckly
stages leaving Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays Tor Downeyyille, Grantsyille and
Belmont
A. Al Candelaria with the stages for Coum-
bus, miles, Silver Peak, Montezuma, Ida
Valley, Cola Mountain, etc.
At Bishop Greek with daily stages for 1nde-
pcndence, Cerro Gorao, etc.
II. NJ YERINGTON, Gen. Supt.
r. j. LAWS, Assistant Superintendent.
d. A. BENDER,
General Fl eight and Passenger Agent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10

EN FTA Ap3Ynot, life is sweeping by, go
* M land dare before you die, somo-
ID SEAdk ID ph thing mighty and sublime
leave behind to conquer time.
500 week in your own town. S. outfit free.
No risk. Everything new. Capital not re-
quired. We will furnish you everything.
Many are making fortunes. Ladies make as
much as men, and boys and girls make great
pay. Reader If you want business at which
yon can make great pay ali the time, write for
particulars to II. HALLErr a. Co. Portland,
Maine
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10
NEW AND ELEGANT CLUB ROOMS

The proprietors will endeavor to sell the
very best Of every article in their line, and
thereby merit liberal share of the pnblic
patronage.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
Heavy brains.

According to the notion that the size
of the brain bears a general relation to
the intellectual capacity OF the individ-
ual, Cromwell and Byron might be re-
garded as having possessed the greatest
minds known since the practice of test
ing the mind by the weighto the brain
came into vogue, Bat, unfortunately,
the reported weight of their brains So
and rs ounces respectively, is not &C.
cepted as correct by psychologists. and
so until now the famous naturalist CuV-
Ter, DIR. Abercombie and DIR. nuputyren
have been regarded as having possessed
the largest brains on record their weight
being "a, SO and62 1-2ounces respective
ly. But now they must yieid the palm
to the Russian novel writer, Ivan Tour
gusnof. AT the post norton examina-
ton made in Paris by four well-knoWn
French surgeons. B~ourdeiEe, Descou,
Paul SECOND and Manien, 1t was found
that T~ourgenoffs brain weighed III IL
ounces. The surgeons say 1t was In q
healthy condition. Tourgenoffs brain
outweiahed the brain of the ordinary
man by 90 ounces. In the list OF the
heavy weight brains, James Fisk, Jr.
leads the American. being credited with
So ounces of brain; next comes Daniel
Webster whose brain, however, weighed
only So I-2 ounces. According to his era
NAL capacity Webster ought 70 have had
63 3-4 ounces Of brain.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
General News GOSSIP.

The weather during the menth of No
vember was for the most part such as the
natives OF the state delight to call ''real
Minnesota weather" and Just the opposite
of what the outside " orld is accustomed to
regard as the normal condition of things In
this part of the country. 1t is true there were
two cold waves of keen and mining nnal.
ity that sent the mercury down to the vi
ciDity OF zero, and made business lively for
the furriers for a lew days. But on the
whole, the month was an exceedingly mild
one, the average temperature being 80 s
deg. or 30 deg. higher than the average of
the last twelve Novembers. Notwithstand-
ing this high average, the cold snaps re-
terred to caused the freezing of the Missis-
sipDi at St. Paul as early as the 15th-a fact
which the signal service reports rs unpre-
cedented. "a
Sitting Bulls band who surrendered at
Poplar river will probably be sent to Stand
ing Rock agency, as recommended by Gen
Terry. These IHdians are a part of Sitting
Bulls band remaining In Canada, who, al
ter suffering great privations, gave them
selves up.
Fl. III. Corbin, who eloped with Lucy Rob-
ins, has returned TO E~ewington, Conn.,,
claiming he got a divorce from his old wife
In Colorado, and married Miss Robins.
Their church has expelled them, and the
town urges them to move elsewhere.
Canadian bank stocks show an alarming
shrinkage within the past three months, the
falling off in values being from $50, 800, 900
to $47, 200, 900. This is caused by the evil
effects OF railway monopoly
William t Adds of Boyne City, Mich,
has made IN assignment to Nut A. Norton.
Adds was engaged In numbering and rail
roadisg. His assets and liabilities are eqc.l,
about $4,000.
By executive order the consolidating oil
the internal revenue districts is revoked as
applied to the Wisconsin Districts. That
State remains UNCHANGED.
A rich Cleveland widow while decorating
her husbands grave met a rich widower,
similarly engaged, and the cards are out fol-
the wedding.
ohlo's wheat acreage for next season is
estimated 2,626, $40 acres, or 81 per cent. 0
that of 1883.
Albion, Mich. has q fourishing female
brass band.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
PiTH OF THE NEWS.
Washington News Notes

Senator Hoar's Sili provides for che use
OF patented ballot boxes and cou ting de.
v;ca. It requires that all bAhuting and
counting OF ballots be done in open meet.
ing, which shall not be an a3jourGe1 until
all the ballots are counted, ard the results
publicly proclaimed by the officer in charge,
which officer shall be a United States mar
shall or supervisor, who.shall ne castodian oil
the boxes as a Teprese tstive of TIL attor.
oey general, who have primary charge and
responsibility ofsuca boxes.
Senator Edmunds is said be anxious TO
relinquish the position of vice president.
1t is thought best upon the part of the re-
publican senators to take no part to re.
lieVe Mr.. Edmunds until soma more defn-
lite information is received from Senator
Anthony. Ben Perley P3ore, who is clerk
for Anthony, says tEsU the reports about
Anthony are greatly exaggerated. He says
the cause was a severe cold, and his physi-
clans say he will be out in a few days.
Postofices discontinued: Dakota, Reig-
:ssa:, WaiwoFth County. Special service
discontinued: Minnesota, Anterior, Isanti
county.
3Hon. William II. Shelly of st. Paul is in
the city. He hopes to obtain o share OF
the patronage of the Democratic house.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

control Of existing telegraph lines, or 20 con-
struct others viii q view Of entering into gen.
eral competition with private enterprise. The
objections which may be justly urged against
either OF these projects and, indeed, against
any system which would require an enormous
increase in the civil service, do not, however,
apply to some Of the plans which have lately
provoked public comment and discussion. 1t
mas been claimed, for example, that congress
might wisely authorize the postmaster general
to contract with some private person or
corporation for the transmission Of messages
at specified rates and under government
supervision. Various such schemes, of the
same general nature but widely differing in
their special characteristics, have been sug-
gested in the public prints, and the ar uments
by which they have been supported and OPP
posed have doubtless attracted your attention.
1t is likely that the whole subject will DO con-
sidered by you at the present session. In the
nature of things il involves go many questions
Of detail that your d alterations would prob
ably be aided slightly, if at all, by any pa1-
ticular suggestions which / might now submit.
/ avow my belief, however, that the govern
ment should be authorized by law to exercise
court supervision over interstate telegraph
communication, aud express the hope that
for attaining that end some measure be devised
which will receive your appreciation.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
RFaTTTATTON on FEFS

The attorney general c~riticizes in his report
the provisions OF the existing law fixing the
fees of jurors and witnesses in the federal
courts. TIL provisions are chiefly contained
in the act of February rs, 1853, though some
Of them were introduced into the act
from statutes which had been pass ed
many years previous. 1t is mani
fest that such compensation as might,
when these laws were enacted, have
been just and reasonable, would in many in
stances be justly remanded at the present day
as inadequate. / concur with the attorney gen.
eral in the belief that the statutes should be
revised by which these fees are regulated. So,
too, should he the laws to regulate the COM
pensation of district attorneys and marshals.
They should be paid wholly by salary, instead
of in part by fees, as is now the case. The
change would prove to be a measure of econ
omy, and would discourage the institution Of
needless and oppressive legal proceedings,
which it is to be feared have in some instances
been conducted for the mere sake of personal
gain. .
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

field, Ills transpired on the 4th inst, in,the
marriage of e. w. Dana, of Minneapolis,
Mimi. to Mics Snsip Lawrence {, daughter 0.
Hon. Rhenna Lawrence of Springfield. The
welded pair left Tor their new home in
Minneapolis.
Il. M. HsWins, J. w. HamiItor, A. J.
Day. ). Tuttle, ". III. B9nn 1t, Ben Miller,
Maj Durmag. e. w. Payue, and Charles
EdrId, big cattle mer, hive secured q Lease
of 5000, QUO acres OF the Cherokee nation at
an snnual rental of $l00, 00c--one and two
thirds cents per acre.
Q Mrs. John Heinrich of Minneapolis, the
lacy who was aceidently shot in a Pull
n,an car near Litt9s Missouri a few weeks
ago, has so far recovered as to be able
to resume her journey toward the Pacific
coast.
William B. Howard the millioaaire rail-
road builder of Chicago. has sailed for Eu-
rope, to be absent six months, seeking
health.
Richard A.. Howard Of Brainerd, MINI
and Mics Bell RoaIe of Bloomington ILL.,,
were married at the latter place recently.
Rev. K. Ferris Bishop, president of the
Saugatuck railroad, died at Bridgeport, ct ],
recently, aged nfty-eight.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
The Crim1naI RECORD.

Rev. J. G. Campbell, fifty five years old,
pastor of the Hopewell Presbyterian church
at Fair Harbor, Ohio, has been suspended
and will have a CHURCH trial. Jessie Ora
ham, a fair haired member of the church,
says he was in the habit of comiBg to her
house when her father and brother were
away, and one day put his arms around
her waist and forcibly Rugged her and
kissed her n asked her to sit down On his
lap. A dozen women are ready to testify
to their own experience with the reverend
Don Juan.
Near Anderson, Ind, john J. Johnson
was shot by Coleman Hawkins and danger
ously wounded. After the shooting Haw
kiHs returned to his home and shot him
self, dying instantly. Both were wealthy
farmers. The trouble arose from a dis
pute about a ditch between tn ir farms.
George B,rustable. under fourteen years
sentence at Waukegan, ILL.,, for rape on his
fifteen year old niece. has disappeared leav-
ing bis bondsmen to pay $1,000 bail. He
Is worth $50, 600.
James M. Under wood, for the murder OF
Robert J. Pendergiass. a wealthy planter OF
Yell county, Ark, was hanged recently al
Dardelles, Ark, in the presence of 5000
people.
About q dozen of horse thieves have been
hanged recently in southeastern Nebraska.
They are supposed to be the remnants OF
Doctor Middletons' gang.
Postmaster Fadering was robbed at Nor
gantown, w. Va, on 1.-THE 9th inst, while
going home, OF a tin box contain. 6 $40.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

An old philosophic darkey was taking
one day about rich men who squeezed
their money and held on to it till they
died, and he remarked: "Boss, dat
rich man just like 9 fat hog in de pen.
He no count till he die. When fat hog
die and You scall him and clean him,
den dar is spar rib and backbone and
ham and midlin, and souse. and sausage
meat, and lard, and chitlins, and liver,
and sweetbread and ever sc many good
things, but while dat hog in de pen
alive, he amt worth nCtiiis, to nobody.
De rich man what don't LET ont his mon
ey is Just ike de fat hog in de pens but
he bound to die sometime--he @0at-
and den all his kinsfolks cum in and
harvest, and some get rib and some GET
hack bone and some get Aasm, hnt dev
all get sumthin.D
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
The Pooasset crank Acquitted.

freeman, who murdered bis child in q fit
of so called religious enthusiasm at Pocas-
set, four years ago, has been acquitted on
the ground of insanity. Under the Massa-
chusetts law he now goes to a lunatic asy-
INN for life. and sentence to that effect has
been passed upon him. Medical experts,
however, testify that now he is perfectly
sane, and consequently not a proper sub
ject for a mad house; and q petition is to
be presented to ~the.governor asking that he
be set free. OF course it would be but right,
if this is the case, that he should be re-
leased; but there is always an element OF
danger in allowing o person who has been
the victim of this form of insanity to agarn
go about the world without jcdicious super
vision.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

/ turn upon their Investment ana 10 reasonap Q
freedom in their regu atione must be
recognized, but /: seems only just that, so far
as its constitutional authority will permit, con-
gress should protect people at large in their
interstate traffic against an act Of injustice
which State governments are powerless 10
prevent
FOREST PRESERVES.
La my last annual message'E called attention
TO the necessity Of protecting by suitable legis-
latlon the forests situated upon the pubic do
main. In many portions of the West the pur-
suit of general agriculture is only made prao-
tlcable by resort to irrigation. While success
full irrigation would be impossible without the
aid afforded by forests in contributing TO tho
regularity and ooDstancy OF the supply of
water. During the past year severe suffering
and great loss OF property have been coca
stoned by profuse Hoods, followed by periods
OF unusually low water In many Of the great
rivers of the count y; these Irregularities were,
in great measure, caused by the removal from
abont the sources Of the streams in question
OF the timber by which the water supply had
been nourished and protected. The preserva-
ton Of sach portions of the forests on the ma
tional domain as essentially contribute to the
equable flow Of important water courses is Of
the highest consequence. Important tributaries
of the Missouri, the Columbia and the Sas-
k~atchewan, rise in the mountains of Montana,
now the northern boundary Of the United
States. between the Blackfeet and Flathead H.
dian reservations. This region is unsuitable for
settlement, but upon the rivers which flow from
it, depends in the future the agricultural
development Of a vast tract Of country. The
attention Of congress Is called to the necessity
OF Withdrawing from the pubic sale this part
Of the public domain, and establishing there a
forest preserve.
The industrial exhibitions which have been
held in the United States during the present
year attracted the attention of many foreign
countries, where the announcement Of those
enterprises had been made public through the
foreign representatives Of this government
The Southern exhibits at Louisville were
largely attended by the exhibitors of foreign
countries, Notwithstanding the absence Of
any professional character in those undertak-
ings. The centennial exposition to be held
next year at New Orleans, in commemoration
Of the century Of the first shipment of cotton
from q port Of the United States, bids fair to
meet with like gratifying success. Under the
act OF congress of the 10th of February, 1888,
declaring that exposition to be national
and international in it's character,
the foreign governments with which the
United States maintains relations, have been
invited to participate. The promoters Of this
important undertaking have already received
assurances of the lively interest it has excited
abroad.
The report of the commissioner Of
the District Of Columbia is herewith trans
mitted. / ask for it your careful attention, es-
pecially for those portions which relate to as
sements for taxes and water supply.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
Curious MATCHMAKING Confession

Milwaukee. Special Telegram, Nov. 3d.
The two Polish blackmeilers, Auton Pufal.
ski and wife, who, a month ago, went to the
two Polish priests on the South side and
threatened to publicly denounce them as
guilty of the greatest immortality, and cite
instances, If they did not give them $500,
have confessed that they were advised to ex-
tort money FROM .hs priests in this way by
Alderman Rudzinski, the Polish alderman,
who has since been charged with receiving
bribes, and by the father Of the alderman.
The confession has created a great stir in
Polish quarters, where the Rudzinskis are
strongly disliked.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
TIL CIVIL SERVICE.
WORKINGS OF THE LAW.

The commissioners appointed under the act
Of Jan. 10, 1883, entitled can act to regulate
and improve the civil service of the United
States" entered promptly upon the discharge
of their duties. A series of rules framed in &C
cordance with the spirit Of the statute
was approved and promulgated by the
president In some particulars where
in they seemed defective those
rules were subsequently, amended. 1t will be
perceived that they discountenanced any polit-
zeal or religious tests for admission TO the
offices OF the public service to which the statute
relates The statute related in its original form
utive departments at Washington, numbering
about 5000, and to similar positions In the
customs districts aud postoffices where as
many as fifty persons arc employed. A CLASH
hcation of these positions, analogous 10 that ex-
listing in the Washington offices, was duly made
before the law went into effect Eleven customs
districts and twenty-three postoff ices were
thus brought under the immediate operation
of the statute. III annual report OF the civil
service commission, which will coon be submit
ted to congress, will doubtless afford the meas
ure of q more definite judgment than / am now
prepared to express as TO the merits OF the new
system. / am persuaded that its effects have
thus far proved beneficial. Its practicable
methods appear to be adequate for the ends
proposed, and there has been no serious diff
Guilty in carrying them into effect Since the
18th CT July last no person, SO far as / am
aware, has been appointed to the public serV-
ice in the classified portions thereof at auy or
the departments or at any Of the postoffices
and customs districts above named, except
those certified by the commission TO be compe-
tent in the basis of the examination held In
conformity to rules.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
Japanese Tea Houses.
Correspondence of the New Orleans Times

D0rAOCrap.
A tea of Japan is but one story
high, with a nicely matted porch, from
the corners of which depend the omni-
present ~Japenese paper lanterns. We
catch a glimpse OF the interior, and are
amazed at the simplicity of the appoint
ments, although this is one of the better
class Of inns. The floor within is COW
cred with the universal Japanese mats,
always three feet by six in dimensions,
and, therefore, used as a matter OF con-
v~enience for household measurement
purposes. / have also learned that the
fans in use in this country, with q
a view to the same utility are
usua IL made just one foot in length:
These mats are scrupulously clean, and
it seems entirely appropriate that we
remove our shoes, in obedience to the
prevalent custom. before entering. The
only remaining articles of furniture are
scrolls which hang on the walls, and
the common sliding screens, which are
used for converting the interior of q
Japanese house into just as many and
such shaped apartments as the owner
pleases. This is q respect In which
Japanese convenience goes beyond
American convenience, though | am not
at all in doubt as to which way / prefer.
A party of European tourists are labo-
riousIy sssQuatting" about some little
tables, one for each guest. and slipping
tea fscm tiny decorated cups On the
tables are also cry small dishes OF on
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

sactionA " ano sweet meats. Fol wait
ers. we .3sefve modest, ever-smiliDg,
clean.lookinE JAPANESE maidcns, who
are nrofnse iv their demonstrations OF
civii;sy. Indead, we are tempted to cali
il p~aIayering beiSSe we become aecus~
toned TO the wAysspf the people. The
premises about the taa.hotse are con-
verted into a pretty gataen, with rock
cries and cascades, TINS giving us sam
pie ofthe landscape gardening forwhieh
the Japanese have became 30 faVorabiy
famnnS