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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10

From the Indiana ,olis JorrnaLl
A very Teatly-drelIsed gentlcn an last
evening approached rhe railroad reporter
of the Journal, wheu the following con-
versation passed between the partiee,
which at the present time will doubtless
interest readers of the Journal: care
you the railroad man of the Journal,
sir?" An affirmative answer was given.
''Well, / am one of those spoilers " hich
you have been censuring severely in
your department Of late, and thiIlking
you might be less severe upon us di you
better understand our mode Of doing
business will give you few points. We
are sent here from the east. We
have no personal feeling nor acquaintance
with the passenger conductors on the
roads under the Pennsylvania Co npaay's
control, nor do we even know the super.
iutendents on the several divisions.
Within the last few weeks there b. Is been
as high a number as fifteen spot .ers on
the system, or detectives, as we should
properly be called, and we have found
that our services were more needed Oh
thus system than upon any road over
which we have been asked to operate,
and we presume this Is due to the fact
that the conductors have conceive d the
idea that n job on the Pennsylvan "a line
Is for life unless they neglect duty or are
responsible for an accident and are then
discharged; therefore, the conductors
became more reckless and dishp NEST
You would hardly believe it, yet it is
true, that on one division of this sy stem
one conductor took III fifteen cash fares
and returned but seven as taken i'll. his
e
cases where the conductors were eq ually
dishonest" In answer TO the question,
''how do you know that he poc keted
eight cash fares" the spotter rem; rked,
"wc can give you the number of pasgen-
gers which boarded his train betw cen
the terminals, at what points they took
the train, the size Of the bill they offered
III payment of fare, the number of the
bill, the exact change the conductor
gave back, the seat the party sat in, the
date and the name of the party as well.
In answer toseveral questions as ked, the
spotter went on to state that the reports
were returned east, (probably meaning
Pittsburgh and the conductors reports
as well, and their comparisons were
made. The superintendent had no
power in the matter. They did not even
see the detectives reports, but the first
intimation they had was an order to dis
charge such and such conductors and
fill theirpositions by promoting baggage
men or freight conductors.
In answer to the question, s'How do
you account for it that so many of these
conductors lay themselves liable by talk.
ing money in such manner ?" he said
that the habit grew on them. at
fist they would make mistakes in max
ing change, and the railroad company
did not find it out, and then they would
venture further and take fare or two
each trip, aud the more they take the
more does the stealing habit grow upon
them until they overreach it, are discoy-
cred and then Iischaroed
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
AN OLD OFFENDER,
"Reminiscences of Smuggling era. ~.
MORO Gastle-Ihe TrickS ana
toms of tho Org ganiZntiOn. 8

- xrsNN.
MORO Castie-Ihe Tricks and
toms of the Organization.
From the Savannah News.i
The recent burning in Charleston na
Dor of the CID steamship MORO Cssue,
belonging to the Clyde line and pl5ins
between New York and southern cossV
ports, and well known in Savannah Ie,
calls the history which the vessel acquires
as smuggling trader. r.
There was II thorough organization ioi
Introducing Havana cigars free OF duly;
which included merchants on shore anu
the tiremen and other subordinates Of ,he
engineers department, with the cooks'
walters, etc, of the stewards depart
ment, of steamers plying to Havana.
Some of the qunrtermasters were 10 .lle
conspiracy, too. They had allies in ha-
yann and confederates along the jersey
shore, and before snything was known
of their tricks they must have made
enormous sums. in fact, SO lucrative was
the enterprise that repeated seizures o.
smuggled cigars did not suffice to break
up the organization, which was at ]ast
defeated by transferring the steamer 10
the coast trade. How lucrative the bus
mess was may be inferred from the lact
that as many as 80, 900 cigars have oisen
been brought in here without the Least
suspicion on the part of the officers. me
general practice was to tie forty or MY
half boxes to stout cord and suspend
this between the skin of the vessel, as II
is technically termed, and her inner
skin. These cords were lowered as taf
as practicable and hoisted up when me
examination had been made and tue
coast was clear. Another way waste
hide them in the engiEe-room tempors!-
lily until the paddle boxes had been
searched, and then transfer them rapidly
to the padile-boxcs. A third practice,
when these two had been used so often
as to become stale, was to enclose the
cigar boxes in large india-rubber bags
and heave them overheard between
Sandy Hook aud Quarantine, in the
neighborhood of their confederates, who
would be honestly gagged as fishermen,
earning their bread by lie sweat of Their
blows, but keeping a shmp lockout TOR
the Moro Castle. Ia the daytime the
boats would signal with their oars SO that
the men on the steamer might know
their friends.
On one occasion Capt. Richard Adams,
who was in command succeeded in learn-
ing the signal given to the allies in Ha-
vana. When the first boat came along
side on the appointed night. an innocent
bumlnat, with the fruits and the curious
trash OF shells, ETC., that sailors buy,
Capt. Adams gave the signal and lowered
the rope. Then he hauled up package
after package until Is, 900 had been de.
livered and the boat mad exhausted her
supply. A second boat approached and
the signal was given again, but there
was something that aroused the suspi.
cious of the Cubans. "Csrajo!" swore
the leader; " Todos, arriba!" but.before
they could back water the skipper threw
heavy weights into tbe boat and nearly
swamped her, killing one man and Sc.
verely iujuripg Others. On another occa.
sion the same captain discovered the hid.
ing place utilized for that voyage and
seized $4,000 cigars.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Brie.a-Brac FIR ands.

'My partner bought that thing. 1t
is genuine Egyptian mummy case,
made in good old Connecticut. When |
entered the classic shades Of Hartford
last year, and pursued my way through
innocent locking harllets TO Fairfield
and Saybrool1 in search of tall clocks
and Puritan cabinet work, I perceived
that the old state was not free from guile
in the matter Of furniture, A Fairfield
deacon brought forward couple of
chai;s which ne said had been in an old
Connecticut family for three generations.
He Wosild sell the set, sr, in all, for $125.
While We were haggling, my man had
heen on a tour of inspection round the
place. He soon bl eathed few words
IN my ear, and business was closed alb
1uptly. 1t appeared that the deacon's
barn was balf full of make. believe old
furniture, which he regularly peddled
out to summer visitors. The so-called
relics which this wicked deacon
spread before me were Jngenio'usly de-
ceptive. L saw imitation worm
holes (bored with a grnlet) in
his furniture; there were mauy indenta-
tions and false mendings and the
stamped brass mountings had been
touched up with file and hammer 10
make ther. look ss though made by
hand. He had a cherry chest which 1
wanted to buy, until l saw the bottom
was chnched in with the Malleahle Iron
Company's patent horseshoe nails. Of
course he showed a venerable chair that
Putnam had sat in--they oil do that.
The old general must have rested often
iu his remarkable career -
1.-THE mummy casket?" "Yes; l had
forgotten. 1t 10 for customer, and
will stand i'll the corner of his library,
labeled 'Rameies T. suppose. The
old man has whole suit of plate armor
of the eleventh century. Rare q
Slightly. Plate armor did not come in
to use until 1906. Complete armor of
even the fifteenth century is hardly to
he found outside OF the Tower of Lon
don. But, the sheet iron shops do a
arge business nowadays"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Shorthand Talking.

ltrom the Christian ht W0rkJ
Among the common errors in the use
of language are these: The misprorounc-
ing of unaccented syllables, as terruble,
for terrible; the omission of letter or
short syllable, as goin' for going, and
ev'ry for every; aud the running of
words together without giving to every
one separate and distinct plonuncia.
ton.
know boy who says, "Don't want
er, when he means 81 don't want to-"
Whaier say ?" when lie means "What
did you say q and owl ere dc go?' in
stead of Where did he go?.'
Sometimes you hear "fcood" instead
Of :" if he could" " willfercan Instead
of 81 will if l can, aud "howjerkne y?'
for chow do You know?"
And have you never heard "m-n q
instead of Eyes" and "pi-ni instead
of "no?"
Let me give you short conversation
| overheard the other day between two
pupils of our high school, and see if you
never heard anything similar to it:
Wareiergo lasnight? ?"
"Hadder skate.
"Jerhud th'ice hard'n'good ~
Yes; hard'nough."
"Jer goerlone?"
"No; Bill'n Joe wenterlong."
Howlate ierstay ?''
"Pnsta'e."
Lemmekrow whenyergoagin, won
cher? l wantergo'n' n'showyer howte--
skate"
chm, icoadn' skate bettern' you
I'd sellout'nquit.
"Wel, we'll tryerace n seefyercan."
Here they took different streets, and
their conversation ceased. These boys
write their compositions dramatically,
and might use good language and speak
it distinctly if they would try. ,R't
they have got into this carelesS
of speaking and nake no effort to-
nf II
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Why They Killed the Mars
fCorres. Chicago Inter Ocean.

tCorres. Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Didn't they murder the city4
of Fort Dodge?" l asked.
"Waal, yes" The cowboy reph
smile. "The marshal of Fort
did go to glory last winter"
"How did that h"ppen?"
"Waal, you see," he said, "the II
shql was a rustler, and he played his
game op the wrong party. BE used to
catch tenderfoot, with rocks now and
then, lock him up in the cooler. pinch his
Doodle (rob bin of his money!, and then
order him to leave town. That would
do as long as he played it on tenderfeet,
but cowboy went east for spell, and
when he came back with long-horned
collar and bald faced shirt the marshal
tried the game on him, and that was the
end of it,"
"What did you do?'
"We only plugged him."
"Was he kllied?"
''That's what the coroner said"
"Theu you do shoot sometimes?'
eyes, there's considerable shooting
going on now and then. When rnan
comes out here and punches cows for
three or four years it won't do to play no
games on him. !"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Horace GreeIey'S Farm.

The famous Greeley farm in Chappa-
qua, Westchester County, N. Y, has
recently been advertised for rent, and
will before long be sold under the pro-
visions of Mrs. Greeley's viii. Col. Mich
olas Smith, who occupied the farm until
recently, has removed to Kentucky with
his three children, and Miss Gabrielle
Greeley. who, with these children, ia
heir to the property, is living in New
York City. The farm contains eighty
acres and has several buildings upon it,
including Mr.. Greeley's big stone barn.
The old homestead, where "Busy Life"
and the "History of the Rebellion" were
written, was destroyed by fire.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Over His Time.

From the Detroit Free Press.1
well, how is your brother doing in
st. Louis 2" asked the first as he halted
a moment at the door of business house
on the Bowery.
"Vhell, he doan' fail yet"
Seems to be doing agood business 2"
''Seems dot vhay."
"Wel1, I hope he'll do first rate"
81 hope 30, too, bat danuo. He has
been dere tree months una doan' fail yet,
und I can't exactly make out What he
means. Six weeks vhas blenty of time
to bust cop in blace like st. Louis, und
pay. ten cents on der 4lar!"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
The Worlds Largest Ironclad.

A Leghorn correspondent of the Bos
ton d erald details the launching of the
new italian 10000 ton steel cruiser.
Lepanto. as follows: "The launching
was put off from date to date until the
builders said they must launch her, as
she was in danger of serious damage.
80 the 18th was fixed on as being, they
thought, far enough off to insure warm
spring weather. Prayersf for fine weather
were ordered in the churches, and the
Virgin was uncovered and prayed to to
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10

They were talking about the cases Of
smallpox that are alleged to prevail
over IN San Antonio. One of the gen.
tiemen, who had just returned from S,n
Antonio, remarked that there was not
much danger, as the patients had been
Isolated. Mrs. Worrell Athertop. who
thinks she knows everything, spoke nm
and said: ut don't make any difference
now = many times you have been isolated.
II 1t don't take, Tea. !SiR,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10

SHERIFF WEIR, OF Athens, Ga, was
visiting some friends near McNutt, and
during the night he heard an owl in the
yard, SO he decided to take gun and
shoot it. But there chanced to be some
bad dogs on the place that got after the
sheriff, and to save himself he took up
tree, wkaic he spent the night shivering
in single garment. He was afraid to
raise an alarm, lest the ladies' be dis
turbed and come to investigate the mat.
ter.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
NV Jessie

ras,s may S .nea sGs wealth Of golden aon nsi Care
sasR sasn sssf,i Sson,t Compare with jessie
may blend lem, sna ,nss .sfs sss9s ssiS
caa,a pa, avi they come near my JESSIE
,,,ov = ,,pisel from the stone
ssalpto'irs 'i,., may mSsd iI but breath alone
Ideals leafs. 'nad and r move, and yet not one
Could ever equal jessie
You may maSn;ne h, is beyond compare!
Vel. W H her papa's millionaire million
And only child, my JESSIE
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
An Army Sforr
From the Army and Navy Journal

From the Army and Navy Journal
Gov. Eli Murray, of Utah, tells this
excellent story: shall never forget the
amount OF money it cost us to keep an
old woman from crying herself to death.
OF course we were obliged to subsist off
the country as We went along, and we
naturally took about the best in sight.
One day Fe took possession of chicken
ranch kspt by an oldf ,by
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
HERE AND THERE.

THE st. Albans Cvt.) Ircn and Steel Mills
suspended on .he Sd inst. Liabilities $780,
600; assets Ss97, 200.
JoHN RUSSELL, a printer by trade and a
raiser. died in Bellevue Hospital, New York,
On the Cd inst, without friends or home. if.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Too Young 10 Know Better.

tffoin Tue drummer s
A nice young man met pretty littlo
girl in an Avondale car the other day
and they soon became great friends. He
Kissed her, and she startled him by say.
tache.' W. - D'-
This was done, and then he took one
OF her curls and did the same with it.
II don't like that" she said.
"Why ?" he inquired.
"Cause want the mustache."
"But it is all the same"
Mott amt neither, for I heard nv
big sister tell her beau the other NIGHT
that cur)s was ies like hair brush Sut
a mustache was too lovely for any use
and she knows heap, for she is ever go
much bigger than I am ~
a. The young man got red in the f,,,s.
the people in the car smiled and ths
shi.d sp-attled ON Auu 'ne
GREEN apples will soon h. lI,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
MIMI ESOTA,

ALARGE timber wolf was recently killed
near ST. Charles, Winona County
TIE Northfeld city council has placed
saloon license at S400 for the current
year. fnu.F
NEARLY one hundred men are now GIN.
pIoyed in the valuable stone guarries at
Kasota, LIE Saeur County.
The Duluth Gas and Water Company
have organized oy the election of j. II.
Uphnm for president. A full board of
directors was also elected. T i'ts .st-
A BOARD of trade, having the interest
of the dairies at heart, is being organized
in southern Minnesota with beadquar-
ters at Mankato. te i.r
A FARMER brought into Rochester the
other day the scalps of an old wolf and a
litter of young ones, eight in number,
for which he received, as bounty from
the county So
3. Il. Lyons, an old gentleman of
Clearwater, who has seen the SHOWS of
seventy wluters, recently married Mrs. Mrs
Cynthia Beacham, a lady spoken of as
about four years younger than he. !.
ANoKA is to have new banking insti-
tuition, with capital of $l00, 600, maj
ority of which has been subscribed by
W. D. Washburn. A new three. story
brick building will be erected for the
use OF the bank by Mr.. Washburn. q
The banks OF Eagle Lake arc lined
with dead fish, good judges estimating
the amount at fifty tons. The authorities
dug trench quarter of n mile in length
and th1ee feet deep, in which the decay
ing fish we're buried.
l.. G. MASON, one of the wealthiest
capitalists Of Muskegon, Mich, has con-
9uded to establish bank at Duluth
p a capital of $250,0 1t will prob
v,be called the Second National bank
saluth.
.oRAcE GoErrEL, freight receiving
TX for Auer bach, Finch e. Van Slyck,
Paul, tilched from his employers to
BILE him to hold bis own with the re-
nder Of "the boys" He is in Jail
u. L. BRECKENRIDGE, of Rochester, a
ige land owner in Sleepy Eye, has do
r. -ted sight l. that place for a FIGURING
mill, and mill there is now being con-
structed to have capacity of 4,l50 bar
1els Of -four day. n
CoL. G. Z. BosTwICK, the late village
treasurer OF Duluth, is rakipg deter
mined effort to raise the $4,000 or
more that is required to relieve his bonds
men, in order to escape the criminal pros
ecution that will be commenced against
him in the event Of his failure. aa
The authorities of Grant County failed
to make settlement with Washburn's
bank at Herman, and have brought suit
to recover the amount of the county
funds deposited. The bank has made
an assignment to DR.. McChesney OF
| Norcross.
a MAN named Mclaughlin, at New
Richmond, Waseca County, committed
suicide the other day by blindfolding
himself and laying his head on the rail.
road track before an approaching train.
Death was instantaneous. Jealousy and
domestic trouble was the cause.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10
Who Left These behind

From The Louisville Courier Journal.l
In mound recently opened in Moth
Carolina were found eighteen grayes
eleven of them encased in stone (but nj
like the supposedShawnee stone grayesl
and numerous stone implements, such as
axes, celts, spear and arrow-heads
pipes, pottery, beaten copper implements
and engraved shells, resembling verS
strongly the pictures of Mexican mann. ;.
script. There was also found a niece re
hammered iron, which would seem to in.
dlcate that it was made after contact with
the whites, although the bones are so
much decayed that it is impossible. Al.
most, to save any portion of them: bnt
all the indications are such that il wosiJ
be pronounced one of the Oldest OF The
mounds. - s'.s
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10

GEN. SHERMAN recently had some
shirts made at a furnishing store in
Washington, and the cutter few weeks
later met the general with friend wall.
ing down the avenue. The general re.
membered the face, but could not loeaie
ham, and the cutter greeted him win,
Good morning, general. How are Won
today The general stopped. shook
hands, and the cutter, perceivi aat
the generals mind needed rss -
said quietly: MADE your shirtS s5''
l beg pardon" !" said the general N,
and turning TO the gentleman vi y
he was walking, he said: "a II
-, allow me to introduce "a y,
friend, Mai. Schurz!
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10

:, uhEfN ~ apples will soon be here. Int
~. tne meantime the sroall boy can con. on
'lhae playing with the toy pistol.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-15

To Farmers:
While pre-
pairing toPlow,
rem euber to
get the best
Collar. II you
want the best
work Of your
animals
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-15

tofore prevented General Pryor seeing oDonnell eN
eept with the permission OF the Home Department
The solicitor for 0'Dounell wrote TO the Home Sec
retary, asking permission for Pryor TO WISH ms
client The Secretary replied that Pryor must make
a personal application, stating the GROUNDS OF MS
the sole ground that he being Of counsel, deemed
it eNpedient for the defense that he should see hn
The Home Department theFeupon granted the re
quest. Pryor afforded every facility hy the oh-
eals OF Newgate for the interview, which lasted TWO
and half hours.
Egyptian Troops Surprised and kouted
CAIRO November l4th.-It is reported that de-.
tachment OF Egyptian troops have been surprised
and routed near Tokar or Sincat. The Britisn Con-
sui at Suakein, who with the Egyptians is miss
ing. The report lacks confirmation.
billiards In Paris.
PARIS, November l4th.-Schaefer and NignauN
are praetcing daily for the championship game, to
begin on the 26th instant, continuing five nights.
The men in excellent form. They viii play the
balk-line game, 600 points each night. The stake
is e2,o00 The American bridge is forbidden
Proposals Declined.
PARIS, November l4th.-A dispatch from Iama-
tave says The French have declined the proposals
brought by the two Malagasy officials for eompno-
mise pending the difficulties.
The "UnpIeasantness" In seryia.
BELGRADE, November lith-The royalist troops
are everywhere victorious against the insurgents
General Nioolio has subjected al places declared in
q state of siege.
Winter Begun in Canada.
OTTAWA, November 14th-Four to six inches cf
snow fell in Ottawa valley to-day-
QusHsC, Sovenber I4th- The weather is very
cold. Sle ms arsant Il street, and the port IS
almost deserted Of shipping.
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PASSENGER LIsrs.

NEwHALL, November 14th.- Passed here to-day, TO
arrive in San Francisco tomorrow: Mrs. J. F.
MITCHELL Lordsburg G. H. Barnes, Newark, o.; D.
Harmon, Tucson ; f. S. Moulton and wife, Gales
burg, Ill; A. r. Gunnison, San Francisco; E. C..
Jacobs New York A. Brunson and wife, Mrs. L.
A. French, Los Angeles; S. Wyman, Alameda CAL;
H. McCrum, San Francisco ; 7. ]. Reed Arizona !;
G. Ellis, PhguiX Arizona J. A. Jackson, Globe, A.
T.; A. B. Warner, Arizona w. B. Brewer, Suisun,
Cal. F. n. Gottschalk, Los Angeles; C. N. Goff, vi
Psso !; j. C. Bracken, ". E. Saft, Los Angeles NJ.
d. Carr, Sacramento Mrs. b. F. Browning, Lords
burg Mrs. NJ. A. Johnson and tv o children, Texas ;
Elias Wright, FL Paso; Charles Stenga, Los An
geles.
CARIIN, November l4th.-Passed here today, to
arrive in Sacramento tomorrow: C. L. Fair Ira L.
Ramsde, San Francisco; Fitznigel Nichols, Row
land Pailrct, New Zealand W. T. Houghton, Mil
waukee; o. H. Barber and wife, San Francisco /;
Joel T. Griffin, Miss Griffin, Omaha ; ]. S. Fisher,
New Jersey; Sol. Friend, Gus Smith, New York
city; Chas. E. Hubbel and wife Miss Lizzie Greer,
Syracuse, N. Y; G. B. Turnbull, II. II. Thompson,
Greenland C. J. Wilder, Mrs. J. Maynard, San
Francisco Mrs o. P. Kinney Newark, N. j.; Mrs
G Doran, Shoshone Richard Neville and lady,
Wood river /; S. Maerlein and lady, Denver Jake
Leviberg, Salt Lake Sigismund Platky, New York:
N. H. Chittenden, Brooklyn ]. C. Jones, Law
renceburg, Ind; C. E. Armond, Salt Lake A.
Li-tenberger, South Bend. Ind Ellen Hover, Ire
land Thomas Walton San Francisco NJ Raby,
Eogland Chas. Sperry, New York J W. Dorsey,
Eko y emierants, including so males to arrive in
Sacramento November l6fh