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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
Wood Finish.

The patented preparations known as
wood filters are prepared in different
colors for the purpose Of preparing the
surface of wood previous to vanishing.
They ELL up the pores Of the wood, rem
dering the. surface hard and smooth.
For polishing mahogany, walnut, ETC.,
the following is recommended: Dissolve
beeswax by heating spirits Of turpentine
until the mixtures becomes vjscid: then
apply by q clean cloth, and rub thorough
~ with flannel or cloth. 4 common
mode OF polishing mahogany is by rub
bling it first with linseed oil, and then
holding trimmings or sIlavings of the
same material against the work i'll the
lathe. Glass paper followed by rubbing
also gives good lustre. There are vAri-
GUS means of toning or darkening woods
for decorative effect. Logwood, lime,
brown soft soap, dyed oil, sulphate of
iron, nitrate of silver exposed to the
sun IS rays, carbonate of soda, bichro-
mate and permanganate of potash, and
other alkaline preparations are used for
darkening the wood; the last three are
specially recommended. The solution is
applied by dissolving one ounce of the
aIkah in two gills of boiling water diluted
to the required tone. The surface is satu-
rated with sponge or flannel and i'm
.meilately dried with soft rags. Th e
carbonate is used for dark woods. Oil
tjnged with rose madden may be ap-
piled to hard woods like birch, and a
red oil is prepared from soaked alkanet
rooG in linseed oil. The grain of yell ow
pine can be brought out by two or three
coats of Japan much diluted with tur-
pentine, and afterward oiled and rubbed.
To give mahogany the appearance of
age, lime water used before oiling is q
good plan. In staining wood the best
and most transparent effect Is obtained
by repeated light coats Of the same. For
oak stain q strong solution Of oxalic
acid is employed; for mahogany, dilute
nitrous acid. 4 primary coat or d ceae
of wood filters is advantageous. For
mahogany stains the followingare given:
2 OF, Of dragons blood dissolved in one
quart of rectifed spirits of wine, well
shaken; or raw sienna in beer, with
burnt SIENNA to give the required tone;
for. darker stains, boil half a pound Of
madden and 2 OF. Of logWood chips IN
one gallon Of water, and brush the de-
coction while hot over the wood. When
dry, paint with solutionof 2 OF. Of pot
ash'in one quart of water. "A solution OF
perlnanganate of potash forms rapid
and excellent brown stain. "A amateur
Mechanics (LoEdon). = b, =5s$ . ..E f.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
PERSONAL PARA PHS.

Stilson Hutcins, editor of the Washington
Post, in an interview at Concord, N. H., con-
tradicts the statement that he is a candidate
for the clerkship of the next national house
OF representatives. His declaration is en-
phatic that if the position was rendered him
iae would not accept it.
August NJ. Harrington, United States at
torney of the northern district of Illinois
under the administration of President Bu-
chanan, and latterly one of the solicitors
died at Geneva, ILL.,, on the 18th inst.
Mr.. Samuel Calhoun, an old resident of
St. Paul, died of heart disease, at Denver,
Col, where he has resided for several years.
He Leaves wife and daughter, Mrs. At
wood widow ofthe late DR.. Francis Atwood
OF st. Paul.
G. B. Wright, the former president of the
Northern Pacific. LETT New Tacoma last
week for Victoria and to make an overland
journey to the terminus of the Canadian
Pacific.
The death Of Gen. Thomas J. Haines,
! major and commissionaryEof subsistence,
promotes Capt. William Fl. Bell to be ma
jor.
Archbishop Roger Beebe Vaughan, Gath
Ollie, Of New South Wales, died suddenly in
Liverpool, aged forty nine years.
William Writ Sykes, United States con-
| sui at Cardiff, and husband of Olive Logan,
died recently, at Cardiff.
J. Stanley Bro wn and the younger Of the
Garfield boys are roughing it on the west
| ern border.
Hanlan the rover, was beaten at last, at
| Fall River, Mass,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
Effort to ExcuIpate Carey,

London Special: Tho confidential letters
written by the murdered informer Carey to his
solicitors while lie was confined in jail have
been published. Their whole tenor utterly
repuliates his leadership in the moro aggres-
sive irish movements, and he strenuouslY de-
MES that he III any way instigated the Phoenix
park murders. He says it is incredible that he
should have for % moment involved himself in
any such agitation. II would he says. have
been impossible for him to have belonged to
any secret society for the purposes of murder
and dynamite. and to haye taken the conmu-
MON of the Catholic church, as be has hahitu-
ally taken it throughout the last five years
Independently Of that fact, his home and bust
ness relations, a much loved wife and seven
sweet children, for which he had the deepest
affection. were, he claims, quite enough to have
prevented him from taking any such steps as
lie is accused OF having taken He says he
could have had unlimited bail when arrested,
need never have gone to jail at all, and might
have made his escape whenever he chose.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
Gov. Hubbard granted Communication Of

GOV. tuDDarG grained Communication OF
the sentence Of S. E. Thurston, the default
ing cashier of the Kandiych1 County bank,
to six months with one months allowance
Of time for good conduct, in accordance
with which he was released from custo Y
on the 11th inst.
At Bowersville, Todd county, Emmet
Baker, few nights ago, was killed by
stroke Of lightning.
horse and buggy was stolen from Mr.
Fogleson, proprietor Of Planters: hotel ct
Carver, OF, the 10th inst! The rig was driven
to Chaska and eSchan ed for a horse be-
longing to Baxter & Elder, and harness
and top belonging to Fred Ecer. The horse
has left white hind foot, spot III face, dark
bay, weighs /, 100 pounds, ar1o SEVEN years
old. Sheriff DuToil tracked the thieves to-
ward Minneapolis, and they are supposed
to be the ones who blew safe al Jordan on
the 14th inst.
The Brainerd FIGURING Mill company
fled articles of incorporation III the office
Of the secretary of state recently. Its capt.
| tel stock is $50, 600 and it's corporators are
Martin K. Swartz. John 81. Koop, G. 3.
Sleeper, John N. Movers, Lyman P. White
and James s. Gardner.
During Mrs. DR.. Hoyt's absence fromsRed
| Wing nearly every pane Of glass was broken
| in the windows OF her house, evergreens cut
| down, and other property injured, ~
q large addition is being made to the
residence Part Of Northfeld this summer,
| by the building Of numerous elegant and
costly residences There are now in course
of construction eight or ten buildings,
which will cost when completed from
! 81, 500 to So 600 each. The recent organiza-
| ton Of the Mortified Building and Loan
association will be the cause of the erection
| of q good rnany similar buildings.
DR.. Bayol writes to Paris that he has trav-
crsed large and unexpIored tract on the
| left bank OF the Niger, and has placed the
whole country as far as Sego under the
protectorate nf France.
Princeton, Special: Last Thursday week
as has already been stated, Slower Riues of
this place shot Matt Vein burg, aswede at
Maple Ridge. Insanti county. Rines was
engaged to Weinburg's daughter, and the
father opposed the marriage. On Thursday
Rines went after the girl. and got into q
row and shot Weinbu,g three times The
first and second shets struck q pipe and
glanced off, doing no serious damage, The
third entered his side, and probably pentra-
| ted the bowels. Rines and young man
who accompanied him claim that Wein
burg knocked him down with a club be-
fore he attempted to shoot. On the other
hand the Swedes say il was an unprovoked
assault. The sheriff of Insanti arrested
Rines on Friday, and he was taken before
the court commissioner of this county on a
writ of habeas corpus and released, and
has left the country. sss5
The st. Paul foundry eonpany's build
| ing on Sixth street was Quilted by fire, on
the night OF the 18th inst. Loss on ma
chinarY, stock and building about SIC, 600.
One of the heaviest thunder and hail
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

storms OF the season passed over Rice coun-
~ on the 18th inst. doing considerable /
, damage to standing grain. At Stanton,
about seven miles northeast of that city, a
heavy hailstorn prevailed, cutting up corn
and wheat, and doing considerable damage
to fruit trees, etc. 7
Mr.. Curtis stable in Glyndon was set on
fire by tramps. Either the building wouldn' t
burn or the tramps relented and put ont
tho fra -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
4 Healthy C0runratsnu.

Pittsburg Special to Philadelphia Press: The
Standard Oil company acknowledges duty Of
obedience to no government, state or national
home or foreign, and in none Of the big books
annually issued are to be found statements as
to it's capital, earnings. dividends, etc 1t be-
gan with q capital Of 81 900, 900, thensjumped
to S3, 900, 900. and later gave out that its
capital had been increased to $40, 900, OOC.
1t is safe to say, however, that this great
growth Of money power WIS not drawn from
the pockets Of the stockholders, but was simply
a turning about Of it's earnings.
In order that the ''insiders' might retain
control Of affairs. the greater portion Of the
new stock thus created was put in theshap> OF
| a trust and conferred upon the PURCHASERS no
voice or,vote in the management OF thc cor
poratun. The net profits OF the Standard from
the formation to Dec 81, 1882, were as fol-
lows:
le71-7. $28, SO. SOC 1ss1. .... Y, sos 500
1878 ........ $500, l6l 1882. ...... l2,3s8, 5O7
lSI3. .......... 6.t9l,ulI ---------~--
1850 ....... $3.50. AL Grand Total. SIT. lo5 50:
Ihis shows average earnings for the tlar.
teen years Of the company's existence OF a
tritie under So. OOO,D 900 per annum. The
capital stock is row stated at $72, 600, 600,
and tie surplus, OF reserve fund, is given a:
SIG, 900. 600. Uf all the big companies il
! the country this is the only one which has nc
| mortgage debt. The company guarantee Il
dividend Of 6 per cent Oh the S'trust' stock.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

GRAND FORKS, Special Telegram, Aug IS
Deputy Sheriff Dryer of East Grand Forks last
night arrested d man named Glea ON as one OK
the party implicated in the post Office robbery
One Riley gave information Of d gang who were
arrested last night by police officers in this
city. The gang was composed of fifteen hard
cases and was getting ready for systematica]
burgaries in this city and East Grand Forks
Two Of them recently broke Jail at Fargo anl
are held to await the action of tie authorities of
that city. The others have been sentenced to
work on the streets. Gleason vas examined at
East Grand Forks to-day and bound over to
the next term Of court Failing to get bonde
he was taken to Crookston and lodged IN JAIL
Riley is held as witness
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
Arrest of Postoft1ce Robbers.

GRAND FORKS, Special Telegram, Aug. Is
Deputy Sheriff Dwyer of East Grand Forks lest
night arrested q man named Gleason as one of
the party implicated in the post office robbery.
One Riley gave information of a gang who were
arrested last night by police officers in this
CITY, The gang was composed of fifteen hard
cases and was getting ready for sys.enlatical
burglaries in this city and East Grand Forks.
Two Of them recently broke jail at Fargo and
are held to await the action of tie authorities Of
that city. The others have been sentenced to
work on the Streets Gleason was examined al
East Grand Forks to-day and bound over to
the next term Of court. Failing to get bond:
hewas taken to Crookston and lodged in Jail.
Riley is held as q witness.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
The Minnesota state Fair Il, !

General George B. Loring United States
commlssio ner Of agricn lture has been en-
gagged TO deliver the annual address at the
Minnesota State Fair at oWatonna Sept. 9Th.
The 25th Annual Fair Of the Minnesota
State Agricultural Society will be held at
The City Of Owatonna, commencing Sept.
Sd and holding the entire week The new
buildings on the grounds are nearly COM
pleted and are second to none in the state
AL will be in readiness when the fair "Opens.
The 400 stalls for horses and cattle and
the pens for sheep have already been taken
and the society are going to put up 100
more to accommodate the display which
brought together. The exhibitors come
from Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin,, and Mime
sofa and are among the NEST pr 1ninent
importers and breeders in The United
States. All the different breeds Of horses
cattle and swine will be upon exhibition.
7 aWrenee, Straight & Co., the famous cream
cry men Of our state will put up and operate
a first class creamery on the grounds
during the Fair, making from 250 to 300
pounds Of butter daily,thus giving the faru1-
ers of this state an opportunity to see how
creamery butter is made. Vi
The machinery and other exhibits will be
upon scale commensurate with our great
state. In fact the coming State Fair prom
ises to be the largest and best ever held by
the Society, and places it in the front rank
of the great fairs of our country.
Reduced rates can be from all points to
the Fair, and extra and excursion trains
will be run on the different railroad to the
Fair, and llstock aud articles for exhibition
carried free. 0watonna is making prep
aratfons to take care of all who come.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
died from nervous ex haIstion caused y,

fright. }==.s.
AZ IRE at Crow agency, Montana, Aug. !,
destroyed the home building, used for the
sch oling and boarding OF the children.
Fur niture, bed ding, clothes and other eft
!ects were lost. This was The largest build
ha ny g agsney, ueahl .Mb s'ol1ss ~. =
aver flonr there vera Ave reanas and -.
Communications for twenty pupils OF either
sex. The loss will exceed $4,000. The or
sigin Of the fire is thought III have been a
ae1ecuVe nue. u
Near Oskaloosa, lows, Mrs. Mccall was
killed by d vicious bull. She and her
dang hters were rnilkinp Il, ! 4 adininfnp lnt
when the bull jumped wire fence and
mi. for them. The two daughters escaped
put the mother was feartully gored. Her
from her face and breast The screams nffhe
girls brought the men from an adiacent
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
E.seanad a. IL Jeff Davis.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Special Telegram, Aug
19.-The failure Of the Second National bank
| Of Warren, is creating big excitement in that
section. Kirkland NJ. Fitch, the cashier, who
is shorv $50, 600, shortly before noon yester-
day left his home attired in woman's clothes,
and taking horse and buggy, made good his
escape Fitch has lost heavily in Wall street,
taking the banks funds after sinking his own.
He was to be married in the fall toea sister OF
a millionaire, and the wedding has been post.
poned from time to time until Fitch could
amsss fortune sufficiently large to keep his
intended wife in ahtextrayagant style to which
she had beer, arcnstoYned &:&5 $t.I%E-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

+ Lucy Hooper writes from Paris that
there are reasons which will compel.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt Damala to
leave t1.s Stage for . iasisf period.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

During thirty days Of the melon seq
son 450, 900 Of the fruit passed through
Montgomery, Ala, ON their way north.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

The Canadian Pacific railroad mama.
gers state that 2, 0OO, 600 bushels Of wheat
will be sent to Underwater this season
from Manitoba. Hs5 3sss= { s3s H.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

M Victor Hugo'a name is postea a1nong the
delinquent taxpayers Of Jessegf non pay
Inant On two dogs. .=1.5
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

Nicholas Klein Of Union, Houston conn
y, was kicked il the abdomen BY a horse
On THE morning Of the 18th, an a is not ex-5
peGted tol i've. 4 is5 S.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
Receipts of Minnesota Postoffices.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Aug. IL
The following is statement Of receipts at the
postoffices at St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Wnona for the four quarters Of the fiscal year
| 1nded June SO, 1888.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

company to perform more Ut lis business
than was ex pected IL could with scabsia ana
plugs were the real uses Of the breaE down
"a large n1snber, prob bly, tn -th iirds Of The
:stii kers, were set at Workson their own app
plication after taking an Oh ligatios not TO
have anyt Thing more to do with tie brother
now has men enough in all probabill ty . nd
is able to mobilize its forces So as to protect
itself amply. *s q. $s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24

Oaly Is wit messed The execution, but fully
5000 came to town. Banks confessed that
he murdered Woods at the solicitation OF
the latter's wife. He felt sure of going to
glory. Mrs Woods was sent to the peniten.
tiary for life. The victim owned two farms
On the 18th inst. Texas Central train
| was boarded at Byran, Tex, by four ruff
fans armed with revo1vers. Their eviden,
intention was to rob the sleeper without at.
| tracing the attention Of the rest Of the
train, but an alteration arose, the conduc
| tor aroused the passen gers and the robbers
quickly fed. y. VIZ. 49, ~ r.,.Gs
Information was brought to Sheriff Berry
of Missoula that a white man, an emigrant
had killed an Indian near the Crows Nest
C@ur d Alene mountains. The mans story
is to the effect that the Indian stole his horse
hefollowed the thief, overlook him, fred
Ion and killed him. ~, s s = 81
DR.. J. B, Campbsll, a prominent physi.
clan Of Westheld, Pa, committed suicide
| by taking chl0ra1. Cause, drink. Il. Wilde,
Rixford, a farmer in comfortable circum.
stances, in the same place, shot himself.
Mrs. Matilda schuetz, aged forty.six, ol
New York, was driven crazy BY the false
gossip that she had been false TO her mar.
rage vows, and drowned herself. II
James Stage killed and beheaded three
men at Point Burnside, Tenn, to rob them.
| CASUALTIES or THE WEEK.
81 At sHove's Cove, Frank Blood,
)aged tWenty-six yeals Z, was bitten On the
wrist by j Little dog he was playing with.
The wound was trifaing, but Blood asserted
violent at noon and three men were unable
To- bold him. At $40 hes became ,uncorl-
seious, and died at q ia The evening. he
drank water frequently during the day,
showing il was not caEe Of hydrophotia.
council Ut physicians decided that Blood
The daily gazette., 1883-06-07
AvENGING HIs SISTER.

A Jersey Alderman Cowhided for En-
cOuraglng Insulting Remarks About
RLady.
GLOUCESTER CITY, N. j., June 5.-Social
circles in this city are in a state of intense
excitement to-day over scandalous affair
that occurred here Monday night. Alder
man Alexander Harvey's name had for a
long lime been connected with social
scandal, but the parties to it were not gener-
ally known until Monday night, when, as
Harvey was leaving the Washington Mills,
of which he is foreman, he was met at the
corner of King and Bergen streets by George
G. Wynkoop, Engrossing Clerk of the last
Legislature, who stopped him.
After whispered conversation with him,
Wynkoop drew from his coat two cowhide
whips and began slashing Harvey across the
face and neck. To avoid this Harvey ran
into the street, but slipped and fell, and
Wynkoop kept up his punishment more
mercilessly than ever.
Mrs. Annie Reed, Wynkoop's married
sister, stood by with revolver in her hand
and urged her brother on. Harvey at length
gained his feet and clutched with his as
sailant, and at this point friends of both
men in the large crowd that had gathered
interfered and parted them. Harvey went
home with blood pouring from dozen cuts
in the face, while one of his ears was split
almost In two.
Later in the evening both men met again
and the fight was renewed in the street with
their fists and continued in the presence of
an immense crowd until Alderman Harvey
drew revolver and threatened to blow
Wynkoop's brains out The latter faced
him, and striking him several times in the
face, dared him to shoot. The weapon was
wrested from Harvey's grasp by some the
crowd and the parties were separated. After
by a reporter, said that slanderous remarks
had been made about his sister Amanda In
connection with HArvey's name, and a:
the latter permitted them to go uncontra-
| dicted he chastised him.
The daily gazette., 1883-06-07
A GREAT VICTORY.

The ouiekstep Easily Defeat the st. Louis
The Terrific EBatttiiS OF tho QuIOksteps.
As 1t has become the order for Interstate
teams to defeat American Association eluus,
the Quickstep, to keep in line with the fell
lows, administered a crushing defeat to the
St, Louis club. The st. Louis ranks third
in the association schedule, which fact at
taches more credit to the Quicksteps vic
tory, than either of those of the
Merritts over the Columbus, which is
the weakest team in the association. The
visiting club was both outbatted and out
fielded by the home team. The two errors
made by McKenna were exc usable when the
fact of his sore hand is considered. The
pitching of Pyle was superb, his playing
being excellent in the field.
Pyle is certainly great pitcher, all the
clubs who have lately batted against him,
including the Athletics, have been utterly
unable to hit him. His delivery
puzzeling every one of the st. Louis.
Up to the ninth inning they
had only made two hits off him, he weakened
little and they struck him for four with a
total of seven hits, he braced up, however,
and the asst two men were put out on high
flys to Benners at left. Those who witnessed
Pyle yesterday were unanimous in the
verdict that he was the jewel player OF
the club. The batting of the club was
was simply terrific, having Is with total
24 hits. Bresnaham sent two hot balls on
an exploring tour to centre field fence, TAX
ing three bags on each. One of them touch
ing the fence about foot from the top and
bouncing back. Benners played great game
both in the field and at the bat, with two
for three bags and one single hits. He also
caught four difficult fiys in left field. The
| score was as follows: