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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17

GREAT sensation was caused in ST. Louis
on the 7th, by the finding of Fanny Kirchofer,
who disappeared from the house OF II. C.
Hars,ick. president of the Mississippi Valley
transportation Company, early IN February.
Her friends had given her up as dead. When
iouns she had Just given birth to mulattn
child. It appears that she had been criminaly
intimate with Mr.. Harstick's colored coachman.
and ran away to hide her shame.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused in Bos-
ton on the 18th inst, by the attempt of a crank
named Brennan to kill the chief of the district
police. The ball took effect in the arm of the
victim and the wound is not considered serious
MATTHEW SMITH, piano mover, was killed
in drunken quarrel by Thomas McIannev.
on the 9Th inst, in front of his home in New
York.
PATRICK and william Flynn, father and son.
q qualreled at their home at Long Island City
on the 9th INST, and the father killed The son
with an axe.
EDWARD DoSSELLY, driver for 4 laundry On
State Street, Chicago. was found in the stable
OF the firm on the morning Of the 9Th inst,
with bis skull crushed by blow from some
iron instrument. He died a few Lours nrtrr
being found. HIS pockets had been fled.
FRANK MANN, or Oxford, Mass, shot and
i'@''N1 'aAr' .ipJlt, W hHblHN, anu lntu
committed suicide. They were engaged 10 be
married, and had quarrelcd.
Col. SHARP, chief Inspector of the general
postoffice at Washington. made 4 raid on a
number of private postofli:es in New York, on
the 4th inst. These institutions have been de-
iraudlng the government out of large amount
OF wealth by handling city mail at less than U.
S. postal rates.
PATRoLMAN FRANCIS MALONE was shot and
instantly killed in New York, on the 4tl! inst.
by Michael Sullivan, a brass tinshcr
SOME yandaI took out the corucr stone of the
colored Methodist Chmch at Torre lIaute, Ind,
on the night of the Sd inst, ana stole the con-
tents, valued at about 81. The dispatch fur
thcr states that the rest of the building was
left.
An Old man named William Hayes. living
near Joliet, Iud., kept $4,000, which he had
saved IN the past thirty yc 3, as a laborer, hid
III his house, being afraid TO tlust 1t to banks
On The Sd inst. he found the money missing.
and no clue 20 the thief
JoHE LEE, colored, was banged on the 7th
INST. at Gainesville Fla, for the murder OF
Joseph Crockett, Texas horse trader.
JOSHUA CLIFFORD, aged II, was found guilty
on the 1th inst, at Oswego. n. Y, of murder
ing his wife. and sentenced to be hanged June
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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

IHE Fenncr murder trial at Grand Rapids
closed on the 10th inst. The prisoner was con-
victcd of murder in the first degree and sen
teDced to Imprisonment for life at hard
labor
The bank of I. North & Co., at vassar.
Mich, was entered by burglars early on
the morning of the 10th inst. They got abont
$4,000 ii money.
DODGE CITY, Kansas was the scene of
great excitement on the 9th inst, caused by
committee of vigilanteS taking possession of the
town and running things to suit themselves.
they claim to represent law and morality. and
are recognized by the now mayor. No blood
has been shed.
GEORGE b. GAVIN. who for twenty Years oc-
cupled the position of secretary of the board
of police commissioners of St. Louis. dsap-
peared on the night OF the Sth and is sup
posed to have committed suicide He was re-
Gently suspended from office, pending an ex-
animation of bis books.
Two prisoners IN the state penitentiarv at
Allegheny City. Pa. set fire to their cells on
the night of the 9th inst. expecting to escape
during the excitement. The fire was put ont
however, and they got left.
A RAID was made by farm laborers near
Muncie, Ind, on the 9th inst., on farm ma
chinery. Several barns containing self-bind-
ing reapers were set on fire and burned
JIM HERNDoN, one of the Little Rock and
Fort mithtrain robbers who shot Conductor
Cain, has been convicted of murder in the first
degree. The jury were out thirty minutes.
PAYhAsTER WATSON, of the United States
army, who was robbed of s24 900 on train
near Fort Worth, Texas, short time ago. con-
Iessed on the Sth inst. that he hid the money
himself and claimed he had been robbed to
cover shortage in his accounts with the gov
ernmGnt.
Two burglars entered the house of Mrs.
Moo:e, in West Hartford, Conn, on the night
of the 7th inst, and after ranSacking the house
for plunder, outraged a granddaughter Of Mrs.
Moore.
THE preliminary trial OF Congressman
Thompson for the murder OF Walter H. Davis
began a. Harrodsburg, Ky, on the Sth inst.
Senator Foorhees and Congressman blackburn
are his counsel.
GEORGE GRAPTLL was mysteriously shot
by an unknown party on North Market Street,
Chicago, on the morning of The 7th inst. The
bal, took effect in one knee. There is no clue
to his assaiant.
An attempt wss made IN Chicago on the 7th
inst, to begin the trial OF Jerc Dunn for the
murder of the pugilst Jim Elliott, but after
exhaustlng the regular panel without getting
jury an adjournment was taken.
MEs. HIRAM GRANGER, of Detroit, committed
suicide on the 9th inst, by hanging.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
4 Set Not TO be RrOkcu

lIIoHi lHe drummer.
"A man IN Texas was arrested for run
mug away with three sisters-triplets
and was placed on t1ial.
- You are nice fellow" said the
Judge, as preliminary.
81 know it, iedge; leastwise that's
what the gals said"
=. What do you mean by running away
with three women, and running the peace
of happy family ?"
| meant to marry 'em, jeige."
lnsahate monster! would not one suf-
ice?" 0-'> . :
Put it n leetle palmer jedge."
Wouldn't one have been enough p"
at mought look that ERE way to you
ledge, and did to me at fnst, but Won see
there wes three of 'em, kind of one set,
like"
That doesn't count in law"
Mebbe 1t don't, jedge, but them gals
and me talked it all over, and they was
mighty attached to each other, and said
it was pity for me to take one of them
trlplets and break the set, so we lest
concluded to hang together, and I'll be
burned If we wasn't hangin right ont
for Utah, and no mistake"
1.-The law does not recognize any such
excuses"
"All right, old man; go ahead. There
was three agin one, and if / have to suf-
Ter kin stand it; but want tosay right
here, ledge, if any fool 2uss breaks that
set while I'm s,lfTerjn', I'll break his
burned skull as shore as I'm n dvin'
sinner, and you can bet a rawbide on it. ="
The case was continued.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17


LIGHTNING struck the works of the Standard
va Company, at Communipaw, N j., on the
10Th inst. exploding one of the tanks and
scattering the burning oil in all directions.
Iue hFe thGn communicated with the other
tanks. and became uncomfortable Enpinps
were sent from Jersey City, but all that could
pe uonc was TO protect some of the more dis
tant tanks and buildings. One after another
nc OIL tanks caught. fire and exploded, until
after burning about three hours the flames
were brought under control. Six lives were
io8t. Twelve large tanks, eighteen cars, six
narges, n dredge, three docks and five brick
buildings were consumed. Although the
amount OF oil consumed cannot be correctly
estimated, the loss will probably not be less
thae 100000.
The sash and blind factory of Bradley 4
courier IN New York, was struck by lightning
ana consumed on the 10th inst. Loss $40. 900
Two men were killed in mine at Wilkes.
barre, Pa. on the 10th inst, by a fall of rock
BY the burning of the saw and planning mill
oi II. G. Grimes d Co., at yermontvillc. Mich.
on the 9Sh inst, the proprietor and 4 man
named lde lost their lives.
BY the fall of brick wall at the burning
OF the livery stable of Rufus Smith at New
Haven Conn, on the night of the 9th inst.
Two hremen were killed and six seriously iu
jured
JACOB HEHDERsoN, an employe at the Lamont
stone quarry, near Chicago was crushed to
death on the 9Sh inst.
EY collision on the elevated railway in New
YORK, on the 9Th inst, one csr and an engine
we're wrecked and one man seriously iuiureti.
a TRAIN on the Vanderbilt liEe, in Nebraska.
vent through bridge near Norfolk, on the
oth INST, killing the engineer aud niuring one
other man. washout caused the accident.
A in bp Pc, f.,.,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
rounds for con;actu,c or anv basis for

grounds for conjecture or any basis Tor
imagination. Two cases recently oc.
Cured in this city. In one man lett
one dwelling in the evening to go to
another. His failure to reach the other
excited alarm, and within an hour the
police were on his track. In the other
man left his home to take the tram Tor
Boston. No clew had ever been found
to either disappearance. Both were hap
py in their domestic relations, wealthy,
free from any cause OF anxiety, ana
never suspected of insanity; neither had
q large sum OF money in his pocket at
the time, and both left ample means en-
tirely in their own control. The police OF
many cities had been called upon, cut
the search was fsuitless. One OF the
most remarkable cases OF disappearance
occurred IN London many years ago,
when man in comfortable Circumstance
es left his home and was not heard from.
Seventeen years aiterwarG lis widow re-
ceived a request tor an appointment
with a stranger. Beth ler children were
dead, and she had removed toauothcr part
of London. The man who wrote TO her
was her husband. He had lived under
an assumed name in London from the
lime of his disappearance, il house
from which lie could look into the WIN
dows OF his wife's rooms, and had been
aware OF the passage of laws regarding
his estate owing to his peculiar disap-
pearance. He was sane aud lived hap
PLY with his wife atterward, but would
never explain the cause Of his conduct.
By the laws of England and America a
man who was absent from his country
for seven years without tidings having
been received could no longer be pre-
sumed to be alive" Some years ago life
insurance policies contained n provision
that no presumption of death should
arise from disappearance until the policy
should have been continued in force by
tho payment OF premiums throughout
the time during which the man could
have been expected TO live, according to
the compary's table of mortality, reck-
oned from the date of the policy. This
appeared to be the fairest rule, as it gave
to both parties what they had right to
expect when the policy was issued. Ex-
Surrogate Calvin asked if sailor who left
port il & United States man of-war could
reasonably be expected to be alive a. the
expiration of seven years? Judge unu
mentioned the case Of Judge Dooi,t!v,
of Utica, who disappeared from ss'l
in mid-oceau while on his way to Europe.
Gen. George ". Palmer, OF the custom
house, said he was called upon q few
months ago by an Englishman to search
for the passenger list of vessel which
left England IN 1892, and III which the
mans grandsire had sailed. He Lad
never been heard from, ard fourteen
years after his Disappearance the court
administered bis estate The name
wRs found and the man was traced to
Michigan, where he had accumulated a
large estate, and left it to later heirs.
The action of both English and Ameri-
can counts was overthrowu, aud both es-
tates were administered according 10
law
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17


A tall "dude," with canary-coIored
MINISTER'S and dollar-a-yard smile,
amused himself and crowd il the
menagerlc of j. B. Doris Inter ocean
show last night by teasing the Bengal
tiger with cane. The royal beast sub
mllted to the indignities for some time
and playfully patted the stick of his tor
mentor. Failing to arouse the beast
with gentle polles, the dude" in the
absence of the keeper, switched the ami
nal across the nose. That was too much.
and, with roar that startled the i'm.
mense crowd in the menagerie tent, the
huge beast threw himself against the
bars of the cage. Failing to break them,
the animal roaled so with rage and
bounded about the den so viciouslv the
crowd became panic stricken and fled to
the exit. The tiger finally raised him
sell on his hind feet, and, grabbing the
top OF the sheet-iron which lined his
cage, stripped yard of it off at the first
attempt. BY this time half dozen
keepers surrounded the cage and as many
more employees OF the management en-
deavored to prevent the crowd from de.
serting the place. The enraged tiger, in
spite of the thumpings he was eettiue
from the iron rods of the keepers, con.
tinued ripping the cage up, and was
making such headway that he was in a
fair way of escaping when Nat Davis.
who has charge of the animal depart.
ment, arrived, Mr.. Davis caught up a
bar Of iron, and opening the door entered
the den. The tiger turned on him and
was met by stunning blow on the head.
The brute hesitated and the man took
advantage of the stop to administer half
a dozen whacks on his skull. This SUBJ
iued the tiger, and he was at once trans
tered to new cage, which, by the way,
he began tearing up before the night was
over
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
Rob Not the Poor Because He's Poor.
fFrom the New York Tribuue.l


1t is time that something was done for
the protection Of that class of our citi
zans who are obliged to raise money by
paWnlpg their personal property. This Is
the only country where n taint of disgrace
rests on the unfortunate wretch whose
necessities drive him under the sign of
the three balls. He is not necessarily
criminal or degraded, and there is no
reason why the law should refuse to him
the protection which it grants to all 9TH
er debtors. A wealthy man III tempo
rnry strait borrows money and gives as
security real estate or the Endorsement
of a friend. The law limits to n inst
sum the amount OF interest which the
creditor can demand and DELAYS 10 n
merciful time the period when his house
can be sold or bis friend be summoned
to pay the debt. The poor man or
woman, on the other hand, who wants to
borrow few dollars and has no security
but his coat or the blanket which COW
ers his bed at night, is legally charged
IN different states from four to SIX per
cent. n mont interest for the money
loaned, and the security offered is not
valued at its real worth. but. as rule.
70 per cent. below it, at which rate il ia
sold peremptorily in six months after II
is pledged. In France the whole system
OF Loans on deposits is in charge of the
government. A fair rate of interest is
charged by 1t, and the sale of the deposits
is made on comparatively just terms, vet
even with these restrictions the revenue
accruing from these establishments is
enormous. There is nc reason why every
legal favor here should be given to the
pawnbroker, and the poor debtor, who
only differs from the rich one in that he
puts his coat in pledge instead of his
house, should ibe placed at 20 cruel dis
advantage.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
The Delaware Bed.
trrom Puck.l

From Puck.l
81 any motel III Delaware you can get
PoSitiVe oed--a bed that is as comfort
""Ie 10 s!eep III rs II is to look upon-in
snort a bed that comes up to the descrip-
tion set forth IN any respectable diction-
afS' u IS not one OF those uneven,
mountainous things euphemistically
caiieo beus-those ttlugs that shed their
si''s ana keep you awake all night and
charge you Slo week Tor doing it-but
aieSutar' honest, nlnety-nne cents-on-
tne-dollaf lea'her-bed. And thick-why
Dela"are ieather-bed IS so thick that
you can climb into, 1t! You have to
s'ano on the bureau and Jump on it.
ana "heh you land on 1t you commence
10 SINK. Aud you sink, and sink, ard
sihk, mht'' you think you are down III
tnc ceiiItl' Ana you steep SO well and so
SOUND that you Conclude III the morning
that you never Knew what sleeping was
oeIore'
buU "hen the morning comes the fun
commences III,
Inc itlh consists OF getting ont Of that
ped. You had to Jump to get into it, in
stead OF having ladder; but you cannot
Jump out OF 1t: 1t isn't solid enough for
aioo'Eoio; ana II you attt mpt to jump
you VIII only loose your balance and fall
Inc ioll won't hut you any, unless your
mead comes III contact with the head
Doafd. linen you VIII feel lonesome
10" Try 10 walk ont OF bed, bnt you can't;
So" pecoLae tNlauSteu before you reach
the cage. IL Is l'ke walking through Il
swamp.
iDu WISH tltrc was Il chandelier over
the ped That you could grab and swing
from on to the floor, but there is no
Ghan"elier there. And you wish you
had rope 1astened to the door-knob;
tnAt you might maui yourself out; but
you haven't, ana that IS the end of 1t,
uehfly neloVed, and there IS no use wOr-
fylng about 1t.
lhen you try to SWIM OIL; but you
can {. lon reach out and try to haul
yourself up 10 the edge; but instead of
haullh8 youise'i up to the edge, you haul
ABOUT lour tons OF 1eatEer-hed down to
S"HI iuce'
On, now you yearn and silently wish
ior a good par oi Canadian snow-shoes
With spurs on them! But there is no use
OF signing Tor them, for there isn't a pair
III 'o"n; ana IL mere was, you couldn't
secure tlem without hrst getting out o.
ped; $780,,
Ihen you think 1t would be grand
idea 10 pun some OF the feather-bed up
IRON the edge, aud fall over If, and slit
yourself through the Stats; but this yon
can nov 90, because you are already up
to your ears IN feather-bed, and if you
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK
CABLEE

JOSEPH MuLLET, indicted for completely in
the attempt on the life of Juror Field was
tfied for the crime on the 10th inst, at Dub
I'm, convicted and sentenced to penal soryitude
for life.
DIsPkTcHEs from Hayti state that the rebels
there blew up bridge with dynamite, killing
200 people.
THE third trial of Kelly for participation in
the Phnnix Park murder, ended on the 9th
inst, by verdict of guilty. The prisoner was
sentenced to be hanged on the 9th of June.
Ihe jury were out an hour.
IHE editor of paper in Breslau. Germany.
was sent to prison for six months on the 7th
inst, for speaking disrcspectfulIv of the
emperor. The remark was uttered in a theater.
lHE lord lieutenant of Ireland has commuted
the death sentencc of Patrick DELANEY, who
pleaded guilty to participation in Tic murder
OF CaYendish and Burke,
IUE governor of Limerick Jail has retired
from that Office. The cause rs supposed TO he
complaints OF bad treatment made by suspects
while in bis care.
IHE third trial of Timothy Kelly for partic-
patton Ill the murder of Cavcndsh and Burke
began on the 7th inst, at Dublin
iABnEEs PERSIA, was yisltedby an earthquake
on the 5th inst
TERRIBLE explosion occurred at the gov
ernment powder magazine at Portsmouth
Eng, OF, the 9th inst, completely demolislIng
tho building and killing nine persons.
HANLoN, who was on trial in Dublin for an
attempt TO murder Juror Field, was found
guilty or the 4th inst. and sentenced TO penal
servitude for life.
A BUILDING used fer the manufacture of ex-
posivcs has been discovered at Cronstadt,
IN Russia, and several naval officers who are
SAID to have been engaged in the business were
arrested on the ith inst.
fITz ANDRES, cotton merchant al Liver
pool, Manchester, Alexandra and other cities
has failed. liabilities cl50.O0y.
FIRE IL Fort Wayne, Iud. on the I'm inst.
destroyed property valued at $40, 600.
MARTIN HEyEY, proprietor of a shooting gal
iery in Chicago, was accidentally shot and in
stantly killed by his brother John. on the 9Th
int. ""
JAMES PEARSON, freight conductor on the
Northwestern road, was crushed to death ON
the 9th inst, at Madison, Wis, while coupling
cars. fo
Col. Henry HowLAND, Of Chicago, was ac-
cidentally drowned in the canal at Rochester.
N. y, on the 9th inst
IN fire at Roudout, N. Y, on the 5th inst
TWO children of W. Cohn, aged and u years,
were burned to death.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17

PITTsBURG, May 10.-Ward McConkey
was executed here this morning in the
yard attached to the county Jail, for the
murder Of Geo. A. Mcclure, in Dead
Mans Hollow, near McKeesport, on
the night of August 9, 1881.
The murdered man had goods
stolen from his store, and
had tracked the thieves, among whom
was McConkey to the Hollow where he
was afterwards found ridded with bull
lets. The murder created intense ex.
cltement. A vigilance committee was Or
ganized and the woods for miles were
secured, but the murde,ers eluded them
and several months afterward McConkey
was arrested in New York State. The
others have never been apprehended.
McConl1ey retired TO bed about 10
o'clock last night and slept SO soundly
that he had to be awakened this morn
ing. He ate n hearty breakfast, and
when his spiritual advisers visited him
was as unconcerned rs he had been all
the time. He ascended the scaffold Il
few minutes before II o'clock, and in
thirteen minutes the trap was sprung.
On the scatfold he protested innocence
and addressing the spectators said
Good bye, coed bye, one and all. You
hang me because you suppose
know something Of McClure's mur-
der and that L won't suueal."
just as the cap was adjusted
he said: Goodbye, all yomurderers !"
Death was caused by strangulation;
life was extinct in seven minutes. The
bearing of the condemned was one of
total indifference, not single tremor
being percephble, and he was even
laughing as he marched from the jail to
the FclffOII
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
The Most Wonderful Thing

ltrom the Chicago Inter ocean,
A correspondent asked Zuni chief
who came east last fall:
"What of all you saw in your journey
Impressed you most with the superiority
OF the white man over the Indians?"
The father OF the Zunis turned his
eyes toward me. and answered slowly:
'Ihe ease with which they can get
water. The white man takes the river
INTO the walls of his house. By turning
little iron stick he can get that which
we pray for all our livesI''
This was to the mind of the Zuni, the
lnhabltant of the barren, rainless land,
the triumph of civilization.
l asked him if he wanted to 60 back to
the states, and he said: "YeS; [ grow
strong with anxiety that I may 90
again."
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17

Humbert. The rest is en- uente. the
price being ESQ, 900, and the purchaser
will be permitted, if it suits his caprice
to assume the name. style. and title of
king, such being the designation of the
vendor, who prefers hard cash to barren
acres aud barren honors, like wise old
Roman. Here is fine chance for Mr..
Shoddy, Mr.. Brummagem, and those nu-
merous plutocrats who will back any po-
iitlcal party that will covenant to give
them q baronetcy in return for hard
cash and their votes. A king is surely
cut above baronet, and, among 9TH
er advantages, he could make all his
progeny princes and princesses, and he
might recoup himself by selling titles
ad lihitnm.