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Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
A Blissful Hour Lost.

A sad affair is reported from subur-
ban town. A young man who is devo-
ting considerable portion of his spare
time to the laudable pursuit of counting
one of the leading female ornaments of
the place, returned home few minutes
before ten O'Clock on Saturday night, and
joined his family who were sitting about
their own evening lamp. Shortly after
the clock slowly struck the hour, and he
was noticed to be listlessly counting the
strokes. AS the tenth blow upon the
bell rang out upon the peaceful calm of
of the evening he continued listening,
as the reverberation died out in silence.
without a successor his Indifferent atti-
tude was seen to change, look of sur
prise came into his face, then one of an
noyance and chagrin, and after that q
train of emotions as long and varied as
circus procession made parade
ground of his expressive features. He
got up and looked at the clock, then
consulted his own watch, and sank back
into his chair with sigh, saying: "Con-
found it! and thought when I came
away that it was eleven o'clock" Since
then he has not been in his usual spirits,
but j. is safe to wager that next Saturday
night he will not be deceived in q SINH
lar fashion.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
A Human locomotive Whistle


Morere, the celebrated tenor, has
just become incurably mad, and has
been shut up in the private luna ic asy-
lum of the famous DR.. Legrand du Soulle.
This singer possessed such extremely
powerful lungs that he could whistle
with as much force and intensity as a
railway eugine, and he practiced this pc
MIA with him. On several occasions
while walking on the boulevards, he let
off steam in this fashion to the great ter
ror of all nervous passers.by, and even
succeeded in making the Partisan cab
horses restive-a feat which most peo-
pie who know the caliber of those won
derful' animals would deem
an impossibility. In one in
stanc e he was arrested and taken
to police court, where he was fined
and severely reprimanded for thus dis
turbing the public peace. One evening
when AIorere was singing i'll Faust" at
the Grand Opera, his voice was in such
bad form that the gallery began to hiss
and continued to do so until the disturb
ance became general. On this the tenor
leaped down into the orchestra and
shouted cut, '.Since you have begun to
hiss, let me tell you that you don't under
stand the art in the least" Thereupon
he treated them to his oudest and most
prolonged whistle, and the Parisians,
always good-natured, forgave him his
false notes and cheered him to the echo.
l believe that the unfortunate singers
present mania is that he exists for the
purpose not only ofsurpassineIthe shrek
ola railway train, but even the bells of
Notre Dame.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
Pen Picture of the Star Route
Jury.

Here is the jury chosen by American
justice to judge case involving govern
mental questions, and costing in fees
over half million dollars to try. Such
a jury! A set of men whom you would
hardly set to managing saw-mill; GER
tainly not if the machinery was at all in
tricate. Coarse featured, low-browed,
uneducated, vulgar-faced men, they
look as though they had never read a
newspaper, and had never owned an
honest opinion. Five of them are,chew-
ing tobacco, and their jaws are moving
up and down in unison with those of
Jerry Wilson, who is now addressing
asleep, and a fly is crawling on the un-
der lip of his wide open mouth. Most
of the rest are leaning back in their
chairs, and six jurors have their chairs
resting on two legs.
Four of them are negroes, and these
are the most respectable part of the
twelve. They are better dressed They
look cleaner, and as rule, they pay
better attention than their white broth
ers. One Of these negroes-third
from the left on the back row-looks as
though he might be full-blooded Afri-
can. His skin is as black as cake of
stove polish, and it shines with the same
sandy metallic luster. His hair is short
and woolly, his forehead low, his face
narrow and his eyes black. He is not
fat, wears a white collar, and looks re-
spectacle. Washington Correspondence
CLEVELAND Leader
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
BirthpIaces of Senators.

1t is a curious fact the majority Of SEN
ators of the Uuited States were not born
within the states which they represent.
For instance, Ohio has sent seven MEM
bers Of the present senate, Messrs. Vor-
hees and Harrison of Indiana, Allison
and McDill of Iowa, Plumb of Kansas
and Pendleton and Sherman of Ohio.
Kentucky sends seven members.
Messrs. Walker of Arkansas, Call of Flo
rida, Jones of Louisiana, Vest of Mis-
souri,, Saunders of Nebraska, Maxey of
Texas and Williams Of Kentucky. New
York sends six members, Messrs. Con-
ger of Michigan, Van Wyck of Nebraska,
Mcpherson Of New Jersey, Miller and
Lapham of New York and Cameron of
bers, Morgan of Alabama, Garland of
Tennessee; Georgia also sends four,
Messrs. Pugh, Of Alabama, Barrow Of
Georgia, Lamar and George of Mississip-
pi. Massachusetts sends three mem
bers, ingalls, of Kansas, and Dawes and
Hoar of Massachusetts, North Carolina
sends three, Messrs. Hawley of Connec-
ticut and Ransom and Vance of North
Carolina. Virginia sends three, Messrs.
Farley of California, Cooke of Texas, and
Malone Of Virginia. South Carolina
sends three, Messrs. Brown Of Georgia
and Butler and Hampton of South Caro-
lima. Maine sends three, Messrs. Hale
and Frye of Maine and Grover of Ore
gon. Pennsylvania sends three, Messrs.
Cameron and Mitchell of Pennsylvania
and Mcmillan of Minnesota. Vermont
sends three, Messrs. Edmunds and Nor
rill of Vermont and Sawyer of Wisconsin.
Of foreign countries Ireland sends three,
Nessrs. Jones of Florida, Fair of Neva-
da, and Sewall of New Jersey. Scotland
sends Senator Beck of Kentucky, and
England Senator Jones cf Nevada.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
Ancient New Haven Fanaticism

A more horrible instance of human
sacrifice lives in the annals Of New Ha-
ven, where, in 1865, was small sect of
fanatics-the Wakemanites, so called
from their prophecies, Mrs. Rhoda
Wakeman, a woman of seventy. She
had convinced her followers-respect-
able farmers and farmers wives living
in the outskirts of the city-that thirty
years before she had been killed by her
husband and received into heaven, where
she had remained seven hours, being
pare the way for the second advent Of
Christ. Among the followers was one
Justus Matthews, who, having been ire
regular in attending the prayer meetings
of the sect, was declared by the proph-
etess to be the ''man of sin,"
mentioned in the scripture. The evil
spirit which possessed Mathews was,
she said, very annoying to her; not only
did it hinder the coming of Christ. but It
might cause her death, and so bring on
Immediately the judgment of all man
kind, without any millennium at all.
Matthews himself, became convinced Of
the truth of this and avowed his willing
ness to submit to proper treatment for
ming of Sunday, December %, he went
to Mrs. Wakeman's house, where were
gathered most of the fanatics, including
his sister, Mrs. Wakeman's half-brother,
Samuel Sly, and Miss Hersey. While
prayer meeting was held in the upper
story Matthews was placed in room on
the ground floor, where fire
was built for his comfort, his sister
blind.folding his eyes and tying his
hands behind him, From o'clock till
in the morning he remained in that
condition, while the others occupied
themselves in prayer, visiting him from
time to time and pleading with him to
senounce the evil spirit. Finally they
persuaded him of the necessity for sac
rific;ng him, and Sly going into the room
where he was sitting, Drained him with
club of hazel wood, which he had pro-
cured aa possessing singular efficacy
against evil spirits, cut bis throat and
jabbed dozen holes in his abdomen
with common dinner-fork in order to
let out the fend. Miss Hersey helped
him to wash the blood from his clothing
and to hide the club and knife; then
they joined their tellow-disciples in
prayer. Sly was convicted of murder
and the woman as an accessory,
but his sentence WAS committed
According to Sly, the power of all de-
parted spirits since the fall of nlan was
concentrated in one Amos Hum, upon
whose death the millennium would
come in the twinkling of an eye. Hunt
is now practicing clairvoyant in Con-
necticut, and figured in the Mary Stan.
nard murder case. On New Years day,
1876, more terrible tragedy was wrought
by another Wakemanite-Char San
ford, the nephew of Mrs. Mathews, who
named med Umberfeldaand f p E Enoch M sperry. M Mv.
father of the well-known Connecticut
politician. He was convicted, but died
in prison. of small pox. Several Of the
Wakemanites still live at New Haven.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
The Effect of a sunstroke.

Sherman w. Platt, of Newtown, was
attacked with malaria last spring and
when hardly recovered went out to help
in the bay field. His mother thinks
that he suffered sunstroke then, for he
soon went into semi-unconscious con-
dition, in which he has since remained.
He has not spoken since Christmas.
Twice day he rouses from what seems
to be sound slumber and in a half
dazed fashion leaves his chair TO enter
an adjoining room, where the family
meals are served. He eats very little /.
Mrs. Platt thinks that his face is more
bloated than formerly, but otherwise he
remains unchanged. He is dressed and
undressed like baby. He was to have
been married this spring, but does not
recognize his intended bride when she
calls, and no efforts have availed to
arouse him from his stupor. Hartford
Comm Courant.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
A PERILOUs VOYAGE.
A Sailor Crosses the Pacific Alone in
Small Two Ton Boat

- HoAhSSAA ASOoC.
The London Daily News condenses
from antipodean sources the following
interesting account of the voyage made
by foolhardy mariner from San Fran
cisco to point near Australia:
Details are just to hand.of the extraor-
dinary voyage across the Pacific by an
American named Gilfoy. The voyage
was undertaken as one of pleasure, but
the adventures he passed through were
not at ali of an agreeable nature. Gil
foy and his little craft were fallen in
with on the Goth of January by the
schooner Albert Vittery. He was taken
100 miles off Cape Sandy, and when ta-
ken from the boat was in state of ex-
haustion. He kept a log of the voyage,
in which the whole of his ex-
perience was recorded. 1t seems
that he left San Francisco on the twenty.
ninth of August last year, with the in
tention of crossing the Pacific and reach-
ing Australia. He anticipated that the
vaVage would occupy some five months,
for which period he had provisioned his
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
Three Spendthrift Sons.
New York Letter in the Washington st,

New York Letter in the Washington Star.
l saw young Beverly Tilden at the the
atre the other night, in faultless evening
dress, with huge solitaire glittering in
in his shirt and another on his finger.
Somehow his appearance was asurprise,
not only to me but to everybody else.
1t is the first time he has been out since
his law suit began. and people expected
him to wear old clothes, aud appear
downcast and poverty-stricken But he
did not. He was quite as easy going and
good-natured as ever, and looked fully
as wealthy as he did two years ago. He
is one of the three sons of the late Viii.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
N1iserles of a Defective Memor,

y
The miserles of poor verbal memory
are great The Rev. Arthur Mursell, of
England, says that his own father was
one Of the most impassionod and power
full extrempore orators he ever heard,
bat he had bad verbal memory, and
"after working us up with splendid
eloquence, he tried to close the sentence
with the text: Mercy and truth are
met together; righteousness and peace
have kissed each other But the words
ESCAPED his reeollection. and he said:
-and-and-tw similar sentiments
have kissed eacn other" Bad as the
verbal memory may by nature be, it is
capable of great improvement. We
have seen minister, who, till he was
40 did not dare to quote verse of Scrip
ture or line Of poetry; when, hearing
some one say that the defect could be re-
moved, made it a matter ofstudy, and
soon attained the power to quote what
he would, Christian Advocate.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
WILD AND UNEDUCATED.
A Shocking Story of Squalor fro IN
Pennsylvania.

SHOChlnS SCory Oh SquaiOr ITO I'D
Pennsylvania.
From the Philadelphia Times.
On the northern slope of south Noun
tain, in Mill Creek township, Lebanon
county, lives family among whom is
girl resembling wild woman and who
is kept more like beast than human
being. The family consists ofthree per-
sons, the father, son and the girl in
question. They occupy an old log hut
The girls mother died when she was'"
child. Her mind has always been weak
and she was neglected entirely in every
way. She has not been inside
Of a schoolroom all her
life. She cannot read nor write, and
when she sees person approaching
her she disappears in the bushes and
rocks on the mountain. In the Spring
her father compels her to 90 out on the
hill with flock of turkeys, which she
has so trained that they follow her
through the thickets and woods from
morning until night. Kind neighbors
have several times attempted to catch
the girl when she was out with the tur-
keys and care for her, but all to no pur-
pose. She runs at the sight of person
and disappears with the fowls at her
heels. Wheat bread, the neighbors say,
is sunknown to the creature; that her prin-
cipal diet is corn dodgers and sort of
paste made of dried rye flour. Her
dress consists Of old rags, which are tied
about her body. Head wear and shoes
are unknown to her in her rambles
through the woods and mountains. She
has long auburn hair, which she wears
hanging down on her shoulders. There
is but one bed in the house. Stories of
most outrageous character have been
circulated about the family. 1t is stated
by good authority that number Of cit
izens will call the attention of the proper
officials to the case, and have the matte,
remedied,
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08

Mrs. L. F. Hubbard is confined to her
from @ II the s results Of % her recent % fail her inu.
ries proving far more serious thsn they
were at first regarded. She displaced one OF
the knee-caps and broke several tendons, SO
that it is feared she will be lame all sum-
mer. Gov. Hubbard goes to Red Wing
every evening and returns to the capitol in
time for business in the morning.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
FISHING.

Now doth the angler angle,
And gets bis lines in tangle,
And from tree root dangle,
AND goodly language mangle,
And guiitless fish new iang1e,
AND with snake poison strangle,
And with the truth he'll wrangle.
When telling of his angle!
Rome Sentinel.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
"a FOOL FOR LUCK"

Nothing can be done withoutmoney,"
sad George, pettishly; 81 had splen-
did project in my head, but nobody will
listen to such a poor fellow as
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-02

RAILROAD SUIT.-The county of South
amptoa made subscription to the Great
Western Railroad. on corditio that three
ffths of the qualified voters of the county
of the county approved it, The bonds were
issued and were hypothecated to the
amount of $4,000. The county now claims
that three fifths of the qualified voters did
not authorize the subscription. The New
York broker who advanced the money on
the bonds is suing the county for their face
value. Judge Hugh W. shelly is counsel
for the plaintiff, and Judge Robertson of
Charlottesville for the defendants.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-02
The Recent Aaiss Trial

AAffs5 IN THE RICHMOND station HOUSE.
When Amiss was convicted in Stanton
at 10 o'clock Ia the morning and was hur-
ried away at 400 P NJ, to Richmond, the
officers did not have time to get the official
papers for his admission to the penitentiary
and after reaching Richmond had to keep
him in Police Station to await the arri-
val of the papers. The Richmond Wing
says:
George W. Amiss, the Stanton MUIR
derer, who spent Wednesday night and
yesterday in the First Police station,
waiting for sthe officers at Staunton
to bring down the papers necessary for
the receiving OF the prisoner at the
penitentiary, stated to Wing re-
porter yesterday that he was satisfied with
the verdict of the jury. which put his pun
ishment at four years in the penitt ntiary.
Several persons visited Amiss in his cell
Yesterday. and he welcomed them with a
smile. Upon being sked if he was treated
kindly coming down from Staunton. Amtss
said: "Oh, yes; came down with four
of the Jurors. Two got off at Charlottes-
Vile aud the other two came on to Rich
mund. We all laughed and talked together,
and had coed old time"
The Dispatch says: A reporter asked
him up and down yesterday, What do you
think of the verdict of the jury 20 Amiss
answered, with the evidence before
hem, suppose they did as well as they
could" Asked if he meant to demand
new trial. he said that he had not heard
anything about it at all. He said in re-
spouse to another question that he had
been well treated by the officers over him,
md hot h, hod hod road TINA onml
down TO Richmond.
He takes his meals regularly, and seems
in fair spirits.
The IVhig Of Monday says
George w. Amiss, the Staunton muir
derer, was taken to the penitentiary Sal
u-day r. Before ,vlEg the First Police
Station, where. be was confined until the
papers could he brought here from Staun-
Cor, AmisS said he intended to behave
himself at the penitentiary and thereby
get the r. duction allowed for good beha-
vior.
COMMENTS ON THE VERDICT.
Confinement in the penitentiary for four
years is the light punishment for DELHI
crate murder. such as that perpetrated by
Amiss i'll the city of StauptOn; and it is
just such verdicls that give color of truth
TO tie criticism of the N alton" and other
Northern journals on the c;vlliz ,tion of
the South Charlottesville Chronicle.
Thus another shameful, demoralIzing
case has been a1judicafed. 1t is not for US
to say wheth # justice has been fully melted
out. so as to sustain the dignity and moral
force of the law. The object of punishment
is the prevention of crime az we'll as of its
repetition. and when that object is accom-
plished. the law receives its consumma-
tion. Perhaps severer penalties with alb
solute certainty Of being Inflicted and en-
forced, would exert a much greater and
more effectIve infnerce in the prevention
of crime. Shenandoah Valley.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-02

TIE New NICKEL.-Then new Eve cent
pieces have been put in circulation here
aud apparently are of the same siz4 of the
i've dollar gold coin, the only difference
being that the head of Liberty on the new
tive-cent piece is plumper than that on the
hve-dolIar piece. Ga the reverse of the
tive-cenr pi. ce is the Roman numeral V.
whereas the five-dollar gold piece has the
spread eagle and this value of the coin is
set forth in the lettering. There is moth
ing aside from the letter V on the new
hve-cent piece to denote its value, and this
serves as we'll for five dollars as for five
cents, whence the danger arises that the
piece when gold-plated may pass for a FIVE
dollar piece. The fve-cent piece is not
nilled as is the 6ve.dollar piece, but when
lold-pIated it has bright, neat appear
tnce, unlike that of counterfeit coin,
which will make it DANGEROUS cheat
Owing to this defect Of the new design in
rot having its value stated it is Thought
likely that the coinage of the new piece
will be stopped and fresh design made.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-02

OFFICERS OF THE WEST AUGUSTA
GUARD.-At regular meeting Of the
West Augusta Guard the resignation of
E. l. Jones as Orderly Sergeant was &C
cepted and S. s. McNabb appointed to fill
the vacancy. The officers of the Company
at present are:
T. j. Crowder. Captain Fl. st. George
Tucker, 1st Lieutenant; A. e. Gordon. I'd
Lieutenant Sandy Wilson, 3rd Lleuten-
ant; s. S. McNabb. Orderly Sergeant +;
Charles Burschell, End Sorg' Il; J. B Taylor,
Sd Serg't;J. l.. Hardy, An Serg'e VIM.
Hyer. LIST Corporal; Jas. Kerr. 2ud Corp'l;
J. w. Brandeburg. 81 Corp'l; NJ. f. Peer
fish, 4th Corp'l; Robert Wren, Color Ser
peant; w. q. Straughan, g. M. Sergeant;
J. L Hardy, Secretary, and s. s. McNALb
Treasurer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-02

ACONDUCToR AND ENGINEER INDIcr-
ED. The Grand Jury of Bath county has
indicted freight conductor J. q. Lane, and
engineer Jacob Woodward of the freight
train which caused the fatal collision near
MilIboro on Christmas eve. by which E.
w. D. 4ogshead, of Augusta. George A.
NetheTland, L. L. Loving, Jack O'Neil,
John W. Alsop and Chris e. Leitch lost
their lives. Mr.. Stephenson, Com
monwealth's Attorney for Bath has been
active in discharging the duties of his Of
flea in respect to this disaster, and the peo-
pie may rest satisfied that the accused will
he fairly tried.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-02
DEATH AT PRAYER.-Mr. Erasmus F,

DEATH AT PRAYER-Mr. Erasmus F.
Rinker, a most estimable citizen of Shen-
andoah county, who had relatives in Au-
gusta county. died on Sunday afternoon
under remaI kable circumstances. He visi-
ted Lacy Springs, Rockingham county on
Saturday, and on the following afternoon
attended divine services at the United
Brea hren Church. He was called upon by
Rev Mr.. Hoover, who delivered the SER
mon, to close the service with prayer. He
did so, but in attempting to rise from his
knees was seen to fall Several of the con-
gregation carried him to the door where
he expired. Mr.. Rnker was s. years of
aye and was beloved elder in the Evan
gelicai Lutheran Church, and was well
and extensively known. He was buried
at Cross Roads. lie leaves widow and
an interesting family of daughters 1t is
sad coincidence that James White
youth of Mt. jackson, who attended the
funeral returned home, was taken ill and
died.