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Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16

fNEEsorA, Wisconsin, Indiana Texas have each refused to make lhibitory amendments to their |stitutions and the Kansas Legis> |nre has been flooded with peti> ns for a repeal of the prohibitory
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Wiggins Escapes a MOD.

OTTAWA, March 12-This evening crowd collected in front of Prof. Wiggin's residence and began to clamor for his appearance. As the doors and windows remained firmly closed, cries of fraud and humbug filled the air, and an attack on the house was only averted by the arri- val of the police, who quelled the impending disturbances and assured the mob that Wiggius was not at home.
 Railroad Accident.
 CoNNELLsvILLE, Ind, March 12- The wreck on the Whitewater road, five miles south of here, was caused by broken rail. A dozen passen- gers were hurt, none seriously.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Virginia City scorched.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.-A Virginia City, Nevada. dispatch says: Piper's Opera House and several adjoining buildings were totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The total loss will reach thirty-fve thousand dollars.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Stricken with ParIysfs.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 12.-Chiet Justice Morrison had stroke of par alysis this morning. It is believed to be of the most serious nature.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Fatal ShiDwreck,

PORTLAND, Me, March 10-The schooner J. $. Saver, I15 tons, of Portland, is total wreck near tue southwest harbor at Monnt Desert t. The seamen, Nathaniel Snow, Frank Smith and Jas. Smith, all of Port land, were lost.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Worcester Wenther .

WoR ESTER, March 10. - The twenty-fifth snow storm of the season began this forenoon. It is showing rapidly, and more snow has now fallen than during any storm of the season. The barometer is lower than it has been for years.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Rherman,s Sauntcrtnp

NEW YORK, March 10-A Wash ington special says that early this spring General Sherman goes to San Francisco, there 10 embark with a few friends on a cruise of a month or two along the coast of California and MexIco.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, March 12-It is un- derstood that Senator Edmunds will only retain the office of President of the Senate until rext December, when he will give way to Senator Anthony.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
investigators .


 WASHINGTON, March 10.-Special Agent N. w. Bingham and L. L. Chamberlain were to-day selected by Secretary Folger to visit the Pa cine Coast and make investigations into frauds in the importation of Hawaiian sugar. They are expe- rienced men in the department.
 DOrsey's Victim:
 WASHINGTON, March 10.-It is feared that Lilly, the aged lawyer who was assaulted by Dorsey, will not live.
 An A ssiSnnent.
 ST. LOUIS, N arch 10-An as+ign- ment was made to-day by Todd, French 6 Co.,, wholesale boot and shoe dealers. Tie assets are sworn to at S9,00O; no statement of liabil- iiies has been made. A number of firms state that the liabilities are about $135,00O.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16
shoshones snd Bannocks.
Murderer Arrested

FoRT FETTERMAN, Wy, March 13 Al Pacha, who, nine years ago, committed horrible murder, was arrested yesterday. The story is that Pacha belonged to a company of six prospectors, and that one night while campi1 g Tn Colorado he murdered his five companions while they slept. He was arrested shortly after, but es- capped and has been at large until now.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF !
 ARIZONA, 1 OFFICE OF THE CHIRF QUARTERMAsTER- WHrPLE BARRACKS, Prescott, A T..
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16

er iconsumer, is probably ly practicd way of handling uor business.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-03-16

From my ranch delivered in Phoenix morning and evening
 c. A. TWEED.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
A Cape May Dandy.
From the Boston Globe. |

The chief dandy at Cape May changes
his suits five or six times day. Early
in the morning he puts on corduroy
coat and knee breeches, or Knicker-
bockers, such as bicycle riders wear,
and in which he takes walk. On his
return he dresses for breakfast in suit
notable for wide checksand loud yellow.
At bathing time he saunters down to the
beach in pajama-that is to say, a
loose sack and wide trousers made of
light colored stuff, girlishly trimmed,
and normally worn in ones bedroom.
His advent on the sands in such rig
astounds those who have not been accus-
toned to him. and alarms them little,
too, because lthey get the idea at first
that he is lunatic. It might be ex-
pected that he would still be more re-
markable attired for the water; here ap-
pears disappointment. He appears IN
a plain and conventional bathing suit of
loose flannel, because he knows that Ills
attenuated form could not stand COM
parison with those robust fellows who
battle in scant tights. In the afternoon
he exhibits himself, for lounging or
driving, in costume of white, and in
the evening he squeezes himself into a
seemingly impossible black frock coat
and dark trousers. "The former is
conceivable" says the writer, "i he
wears corsets, as they say he does. His
legs are small enough for the purpose.
But do his feet screw off and on, or has
he discovered a way of DOMINIC them,
shirt fashion, over lis dear little
head ?"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
An indiana snake Story.

from Newcastle Ind.) Dispatch.]
For several years past reports ard ru.
mors in regard to gigantic snake dis
porting himself in the near vicinity of
town atvarious times have disturbed the
even current of the good folks lives
hereabouts. About noon to-day Clark
Kosher, highly respected citizen of our
neighboring town of Spiceland, arrived
in town with blood curdling account
of an interview with the monster OCCULT
ing on the road about half a mile from
town. A battalion of well-armed citi-
zeas was hastily organized and pursuit
instituted. The horrid reptile was dis
covered in piece of thick woods full of
underbrush. It took after boy, and
:shile in the act of gobbing the youngster
was shot twice by Edwood Please, editor
of the Newcastle Mercury, who put both
loads from double-barrel shotgun into
it, and also by darky, who fred five
shots intoit with revolver. The "crit-
ter was brought to town, and now lies
stretched out in front of the Mercury
Office, where it is an object of intense
interest to the curious crowds who
throng about it. It measures 10 feet 9
inches in length, and girths, 4 feet from
the eyes, % inches; dark dun color on
baca, shading to dirty color on belly;
small eyes, and no fangs or teeth dis
cernible. During the hunt DR.. 81. B.
Alexandra, of this town, in climbing a
fence, was thrown over bank about
twenty feet high by rail breaking under
him, badly injuring his jaw. The snake
may have escaped from menagerie in
times past, though no such incident is
remembered as occurring in this vicinity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
A Cute Commercial Traveller.

Many are the stories still told by COM
mercial travellers about George Moore's
determination to get orders. He
would not be denied. If refused at
first, he resorted to all sorts of expedi-
ents until ne succeeded. On one occa-
sion he sold the clothes off his back to
get an order. A tenacious draper in a
Lancashire town refused to deal with
him. The draper was quite satisfied
with the firm that supplied him, and he
would make no change. This became
known amongst the commercial
travellers at the hotel, and one OF them
made bet of 95 with George Moore
that he would not obtain an order.
George set out again. The draper
saw him entering the shop, and cried
out: "All full! all full, Mr.. Moore! I
told you SO befo1e!" "Never mind, !"
said George, "you won't object to a
crack?" :Oh moi! ".said the draper.
They cracked about many things, and
then George Moore, calling the Diapers
attention to O new coat which he wore,
asked what he thought of it. "It's q
capital coat" said the draper. eyes,
frst-rate; made IN the best style by a
frst-rate London tailor" The draper
looked at it again, and again admired it.
" Why" said George, "you are exactly
my size; it's quite new, I'll cell it to
YOU" "What's the price?" "Twenty-
five shillings." "What? that's very
cheap" eyes, it's great bargain. !"
"Then I'll buy il. =" said the draper.
George went back to his hotel,
"great bargain" to the draper. George
calling again the draper offered to pay
him. Ono, DC" said George, "I'll
book it; you've opened an account. {"
Mr.. Moore had sold the coat at loss,
but he was recouped by the e5 bet
which he won, and he obtained an ORDER
besides. The draper afterwards be,
came one of his best customers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
What q Farmer Needs.

A farmer needs his vacation Just as
much as any man of business needs one.
A weeks run to town after the busy sea-
son is over will do him world of good.
And they need to visit other farmers. to
learn, if possible, easier or better meth
dds of farming or of living. They need
to attend farmers conventions and organ
izations to gain new ideas something to
broaden or enlarge their views of life.
People who always stay at home are
sure to seek dark sides and shadows of
their own lives. They need to learn
and to realize that storms and droughts
and thunders and showers and freshets
visit other farms beside their own; that
weeds and insects thrive in all degrees
oflcngitude; that flies and dirt accumulate
and annoy other households beside the
ones that they preside over. In short,
they need to learn how other people live.
Could farmers manage so as to be con-
fined less to their farms, could they work
more in partnership, as do men in other
business, or could they believe it prof.
table to employ higher grade of labor
ers-men whom they could trust alone
for q day or q week, or could they earlier
train their sons and daughters to have q
care and an interest in the affairs of the
household, then they could oftener find
the opportunity for leaving the farm for
short season of recreation and enjoy
ment, aud thus be in reality what they
have the name Of being, the most indie
pendent class of people in the world. >.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
A Commissioner Puzzled.
from the New York T1ihnne-

Two Germans of opposite sexes, both
young and comedy, entered the federal
building yesterday morning and inside
their way to the Office of Commissioner
Shields, who is generally known as the
most handsome and with perhaps a
single exception) the most gallant Of the
United States commissioners. The COM
missioner, who was busy at bis desk,
asked the newcomers what they wanted.
The young man in a low tone of voice
said that they wanted to get married.
"a revenue case?" asked the polite
commissioner, not hearing the remark
made to him.
With shrug that indicated that he
was not at present troubled about reven-
ne, the young German explained in
broken English that he wished to be
married.
The commissioner bluehel deeper
crimson than that dis. played by the bride,
and for moment was puzzled at the
unusual request. he finally decided, in
order that no false step should be taken,
to consult Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney Foster, who, like Mr..
Shields, is deeply learned in the crimi-
nal law as applied to foreigners. The
two officials. after long consultation in
the presence of the young couple, and
after searching through the revised stat
utes, succeeded in preparing a docu-
ment which they handed to the would-be
bridegroom. The paper read: "Mayor
Edison, City Hall Pa1k." The joyful
pair took the paper and on their way
out of the building exultingly told the
elevator man that. they had been 1osr-
ried and exhibited as proof the document
prepared by The United States officers.
Some kindly disposed person afterwards
directed them to the mayors Office, and
they went through a more regular form
of the marriage ceremony. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
Some Of John Phmnix,s Jokes.

Poor Lieutenant Derby, who whiled
away the weary hours at Yuma, A. T.,
as we'll as at the other posts at which he
was stationed on the Pacific coast, in
concocting the rare drol]eries he gave
the world under the nom de plume of
"John Phoenix, completely ruined Yu-
mas reputation as summer resort by
his famous joke about the soldier sta
toned there who died and brought up
in the internal regions, which he found
go chilly by contrast that he found it
necessary to send back for his blanket.
Since that period, it is said, "sin- hard
ened invalids repair to Yuma to die,
with view to becoming Injured to the
great trials of the hereafter" It was
also Lieutenant Derby who, being left
in charge of one of the San Diego pa
pers at one time for few days during
the temporary absence of the editor,
changed the politics of the sheet, to the
horror and chagrin of that trusting vic
tim of misplaced confidence. It was
also he who, on being presented to Gen.
eral Augur and family for the first time,
expressed his pleasure at the meeting,
and then, looking down blandly at the
children, said: ''And these, I suppose,
are the little gimlets," for which un-
timely ebulition of humor, it is said,
the general never forgave him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
KATE.


There's something in the name Of Kate
Which many will condemn;
But listen now while relate
The truats Of some Of them.
There's deH-Kate, . modest dame,
And worthy Of your love:
She's nice and beautiful in frame,
And gentle ~ dove.
Communicate intelligent,
As We may well suppose;
Her truthful mind is ever bent
On telling what she knows.
There's intri-Kate, she's 20 obscure,
IT'S hard to ind her out;
For she is often very sure
To put your wits to rout.
Prevari-Kate's stubborn maid,
She's sure to have her way;
The caviling, contrary jade
Objects to all you say.
There's alter-Kate, perfect pest,
Much given to dispute;
Her prattling tongue can never rest,
You cannot her refute.
There's dislo-Kste in quite . fret,
Who fails to gain her point;
Her case ia quite unfortunate,
And sorely out OF joint.
Equivo-Kate no one will WOO;
The thing would be absurd.
She Is 30 faith]ess and untrue,
You cannot take her word.
There's vindi-Kate, she's good and true,
And strives with all her might
Her duty faithfully to do,
And battles for the right.
There's rush.Kste, country lass,
Quite fond Of rural scenes;
She likes to ramble through the grass
And through the evergreens.i
OF all the maidens you can find,
There's none like edu-Kate;
Because she elevate6the mind
And aims at something great.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
A Very Warm Winter.
cKran the Roakon Alnt,o

t'Do you call this hot?" asked a Chi
cago man. " You should have been
with me in Calcutta in the winter of
1912. Bl-r-r-r !! It makes my teeth
chatter to think of it" and he turned up
his fur collar. GAS I was saying, that
winter in Bombay was pretty warm.
You see, we used to have lead issued to
us and run our own bullets in those
days. Well, when we weren't in action
we used to melt the lead and eat it for
ice cream. Talk about it being warm
to-day it's only LOG in the shade.
4 you had been with US that winter in
Bangapore you wouldn't be talking
about hot weather now. Poor Never
sweat lost his feet ono night down there.
Went to sleep by camp fire and got his
feet in the flames. Froze 'em Of, poor
fellow. That was in the winter. They
say it's pretty warm there in summer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
Effect of Absiuthe.

"You must know that absinthe is the
distilled essence of NORWOOD" said a
Philadelphia physician to reporter.
I" Its effects upon the eensib'lities ar
similar to those produced BY opium:
The real effect upon the brain is almost
identical with that of hasheesb. When
taken in excess it produces softening OF
the brain. For time it strengthens
the nerves, but this effect is soon lost
and the latter, from having been subject
to series Of false stimulations, lapse
into that unatrung state which is sure
to be- speedily followed BY tho strongest
and most fatal attacks Of mania-a-potu
The miserable sufferer becomes attack
ed With horrible desires. His brain
sqftans likeputty spd he dies n agony. !"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22

FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Creeping Up the Stairs.

creeping Up the Stairs.
~ . weary, weary dsy.
WILD quiet step entered
Wn1Ie tne children were st play:
IT, H.. etsSooding DER some trouble.
Inat mad met me unawares.
"nen little voice came ringing.
mo Ii creepin' up q stairsi0
an .a,t ~ touched the tenderest heartstring
MAtn breath and force divine,
And such melodies sWakened
AZ mere words can ne'er define:
And turned to see vonr iisrIino.
Al 1orgetful Of my cares.
"nen saw the little creature
SLOWLY creeping up the stairs.
Step by step che brayely clsmbered
IN her little hands and knees,
keeping up . constant chatterinR
LAKE, maggie In the trees,
III ct last she reached the topmost,
When Ger all her worlds affairs
sne. delighted, stood q victor,
After creeping up the stairs.
Painting heart, behold an IMAGE
Of mans brief and struggling life,
whose best prizes must be captured
With noble, earnest strife;
onward, upward, reaching ever,
Bending to the weight Of cares.
Hoping, fearing, still expecting,
We 60 creeping up the stairs.
On their steps may be no carpet.
BY their eide may be no rail,
Hands and knees may often pain us
Ana the heart may almost fail;
Still above there is the glory
Which no ainfulness impairs
with Its rest and joy forever,
After creeping up the stairs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
Household Hints.

YOUNG turnips boiled and sliced when
cold and put in vinegar are very appetiz-
ing when eaten with corned beef and cab
bage.
YOUNG and fine. grained carrots make
delicious entree if boiled until they
are tender, then cut in two lengthwise
and fried or Drowned in butter.
A HANDSOME comforter or shoulder
quilt is improved by tufting both sides.
Then there is no appearance of right
or wrong side, but both sides are equally
we'll finished.
INSTEAD of carrying china or other
plates in picnic baskets, use the little
plates of wood used in stores for butter
plates. They take up less room, and
keep other plates from being nicked or
broken.
IF your raspberry jelly does not
harden at once, do not cover the glasses
up, but let them stand open and exposed
to the air and light, and in two or three
days the jelly will be in good condition
to put away.
SwEETBREADs fried crisp and brown
are especially nice for breakfast. They
should be parboiled in sailed water, cut
in pieces the size of saddle-rock oyster.
dipped in Indian meal or fine cracker
crumbs and fried in hot lard.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
rs THE GREAT CONNECTING

x0 liz U1txIAA OVANAHA13AAA ~1oH-.1a
Bluns, passing through Joliet, 0ttaMa Il 91a aes
Geneseo Moline, Rock 1sland: D1venport W ~
hbesty LOVE- Sts Msss1 of fo~s ssa:r Allan:
te and Sn Ayo saH VIE branches from SqIssa
junction to Peoria; wilton Junction e Mpsea-
tine Washington, Fairfield. ElaGn. 6e Moa.p,
q%schsen. and
Washington to Sigourney. Oskalooes. and k1ox-
vile; Keokuk to Pennington, Bonaparte. zen
tonsport. 1ndependsns, Ei60n, ssT ny. ko,nes:
Newton to Monroe; Dies Moines 70 Indianols and
Winterset;. Atlantic e Lewis and AIaupSn; ana
Avoca to Harlan. This 1s poeltively t19 Oniy
Sa nes t see sss q
Through Express Passenger Trains, With Pun.
man Palace Cars attached. are run each way daily
between CHICAGO and PEOR1A, KANSAS CITYs
son. Through cars sFealso I'm 5etHeen Miiwaa;;
Rock Island Short Line" -
The "Great Rock Island" 10 m4sniacent!y
track Is laid with steel rails. ,,,.
WHAT will please You most will be the pleasure
Of enjoying your meals, while passing over tne
beautiful Praries Of Linois ana ioMa ~ one LII I'll
neal s GOOD IS served in any nist-class hotel
for SoYenty-dve cents. - a..
people prefer separate apartments tor diaerent
nufposee (and the Immense passenger business
81 this line warranting IT, We are pieaseo 49, 80
6a1. :9s
- HULLnIAN PALACE CARS are n
COUNCIL BLUFT9, KAN0A9 CITY,
Tiekets via this 1laes knoWn ~ The
IN Ticket Agents In the Unite3 otaee9
For inloFRat10A mes 0Dea11AQle - u
- dsaS superintendent
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. r.

BETWEEN THE EAST q THE WESIS
Di,t,a Cars for eating purposes only. One 9thef
fstS5s ct SSs sntog
H nSSss e sas span the M,..spp.
n R az
nections being made In Union Depots; ~,
gHEe r S Ss!hSFf44hh h65ah fo GlSS NE IS
"a e1!exao, with all diversins lines for tho
A Ea eng Sop with the L. s. Ms, andP.
AtWAsaiNG7oN HE1aH1s' with F. c. q st.
AtIA SALE, with III. Cent. B.
"; III. MID: and 7. P: W; Rds: -. po.x
c.M. & 81. r. K. 4. "'''' '-'
* VEST L1sIEIX,; 9Th theB; c,R,& MR.
A. sS Sss Me1sss s Vi. SaD. toEi
AZ COUNCIL BLUFFS, With Union Pacific R: r.
At 0MAHA, With B. 9 Mo. =: r; r; IN Neb2
AtcS1Tgs JUNCTION ;t5 esH ~tsh foGa 3; w. ~.
81: re. and Z; s -; 3: Rds w.. q.
: AZ KEoKuK. With Toll, PEG: I War Wab:' 81
1P%S,'o f:s sna N 81 H. S S. T. X BIDS
Atch: & Ne6s snd Ger. BI: q; 2: r; Rds. .,x.n
AZ 4E1yENwoRTH, with Kan. Pac' and Kan
1sKANsAs CITY, with all lines for the West
and Southwest.
|. thsSssA = HE9kI11, ITEEs6f 9GdsEs'
. Great 1oek Island .Rouee'" arc so'" y
% ho1o sieket saee, address.
dsa1 III, saa Fai'El ; a.; n !.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
Cfib.bi(in1.

Crib. biting in horses is often mere
habit, but 1t may be caused by disease.
Indigestion occasioos q constant irrita.
ton and uneasiaess, which may impel
the horse to take hold with the teeth
and stretch the necka as a means of relief.
From this grows the habit of crib-biting
and wind-sucking, which ceases when
the cause is removed. As remedy
give the horse in his feed, daily, for a
few weeks one drachm of copperas and
half an ounce of ground ginger, and
feed him upon cut feed, with crushed or
ground grain, and an ounce of salt in
each feed,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
lmprovinx the Grain Crops.

a little moro than quarter of CEN
tury ago, Mr.. Hallett, Of Brighton, Eng
land, begun his worldwide known ex-
periments in improving wheat by selec-
tion. The standard he adopted embraced
hardness, trueness to type, quality Of
sample. productveness. power Of tiller.
ing, stiffness and toughness Of straw and
earliness Of ripening. From his long ex-
perience Of Mr.. Hallett feels justified in
announcing the follow Ing conclusions;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
To Get Hid of Rats

II have lived twenty years in an old
country home" writes a correspondent
to an eastern paper, "and on three sep
crate occasions had an invasion of rats
-nota single rat, but colony each time.
The first time and the first notice of
them was a flutter in the pigeon loft,
and on going to see found eight rats in
full pursuit. I got steel traps, etc., and
caught several, but no diminution was
perceptible, there was such a quantity
about the place. T then tried the follow
ing experiment.: I got box trap, and,
after deal of trouble and patience,
caught rat, and, getting his tail under
the door, tied a string to it, then pulled
him out, and shaking him till he hung
quietly head down, I caught him with
my finger and thumb by the back Of the
neck, and cut off the string. I next
painted him all over with gas tar, except
the head, which must not be touched.
This is essential. When I had put as
much tar upon him as I could get to
stick, I took him to his hole, and let him
run in, and saw no more of eitherh him or
his companions for that time, till fresh
colony came some years after, which
was banished the same way. Care
must be taken not to hurt him, and, if
tar gets on his eyes, mouth or nose, you
must kill him and get another, as he
must be able to run through all the holes
in the house,"