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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-12-20

held to be absolutely certain. The doubts
which have been flung on sea-serpant
narratives, authenticated by responsible
and reputable persons Of slnatterers, who
imagine that an air of doubt is an air of
wisdom.
It is remarked by Mr.. Ernest Inger-
sol that if We judge by the standard of
th,ir possessing a convenient currency,
We mus, rank the American Indians high
among savage nations in point of advance
toward civilization. In their wampunl
they had a regular money whose value
was almost as well defined as is that of
our own gold and silver coinage.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
Didn't Mean Him.

"Takea square look at me-" h, com
mandei, "a he halted in front Of a police.
man on Michigan avenue yesterday.
The policeman looked him all over.
lie was pretty good chunk Of a man
carrying florid face, promin mt nose,
and an air Of general innocence.
~ don't see anything wrong about
you," said the officer.
"Do my clothes tit? Do wobbe when
walk? Do / wipe my mouth on nv
60 ,t.tall? Does the signt Of me remind
yon OF cabbages aud other green
ihing-?"
well, no. You look to me like an
honest, good naiured fellow"
Then" said the stranger as he
brought his fist down with thump,
there's going to be bloodshed in the
town. ! came in this morning with an
excursion. We had scarcely landed
when man called out; did you bring
along the keow?" did yen mean that
for me?' says /. He said he didn't and
l passed on"
"He might not"
Then, as was going up the street, a
chap in a door says he: 'Ah, smell the
carrot crop" Do Won mean that for
meY say as ! walks up to him. He
saws he didn't. and passed on"
Il presume he didn't"
"Well, got up to Griswold street, and
was looking for the postoftice and q
man calls out: I'm bet he brought along
raw onions and turnips for his dinner
DO you mean that for me? says l as
walks up to him. He says he didn't, and
| passed on"
'He mus, have referred to some one
else"
well, walked through the pcstoi.
flee and started for the city hall, and l
was almost there when young fellow
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
Casualties Of the Week.

Joeeph Fowler, thirty years OF a,e. a
resident Of Brothertown, Calrment county,
Wis while returning from the Northern
fair at Oshkosh on the steamer Carter,
walked Oft the boat and was drowned in
Lake Winnebago. He was intoxicated at
the time.
James T. Mickey, late of Philadelphia,
and only one day in the employment of a
large notion house i Chicago. while going
up in III elevator few days ago attempt. Il
To get of at the fourth floor, was caught aud
Z ound TO death bet Seen the elevator and
wall.
At Manitowac, Wis, on the % inst,
Schultz's tannery was discovered T." be Oh
fi,e. The entire building and contents were
totally destroyed. Loss, II 600; insured or
$4,000 in the agency OF John Franz, and
81 90 i'll Paulis sgency.
Fire recently at Memphis burned the
building 3lS Main street, occupied Nv s.
Levi trunk ma lufacturer. Loss about SIS
U03 insurance, $4,000.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
Railway Mail Association

The railway mail association. which
has been in session in ST. Paul, Minnesota,
alter transactug a large amount of busi
ness in The interes, of their society, ad-
joUrnei on the 10th inst. The officers for
the ensu lng year are as follows:
Preside IN. A. Butricks, New Haven,
Conn.
Vice Presidents First division, p. II
Garrity, ihatham, n Y; Second division,
=. 2. Wariug, New York, N. Y; Third Iii.
sion, Thomas Leahey. Richmond, Va;
Fourth division, X r. Man field, Charles.
ton, s c; Fifth dlvisron, c. N Story, Crest.
lire Ohio; Sixth division, l.. l.. Troy, Chi.
caro-; Seventh division, 4. w. Pierce, St.
Louis; Eighth division, +. b. Evans, Sscra.
mento, Cal Ninth division, W. w. Allen,
Batavia, n. Y.
s creta,y-George r. Steele, Decatur, Ill.
Treasurer-J. w Shawhan, Columbus,
Ohio.
Boar of Directors-F. Z. Cove, Harris.
burg. Pa. Second division, l. L. Tate,
Washington, ID. c.; Third division, A. J.
Miller, Buffalo N Y; Fourth division.
George {. Main, Chicago; Fifth divis on, ]
V. Henry, Quincy, IL Sixth iivis'on, J
h Banghan, Camp Point, w.: Sevsnth
division. john Sargent, Chicago; Ninth
division. The numbe- Of Illinois men on
TINS board l,exp pined ~ the fact that the
laws o. illinois, under which the association
is incorporated reqAirrsa majority OF the
board TO be residents of the state.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29

A cowboy by the n me Of Tommy. re-
Gently SHOT and killed another cowboy by
the name uf Charley, about tweve miles
above CHI mberlain. Dakota. on the reserva.
iion Deputy Marshal Callahan is in pur-
suit Sut no trace has yet heeI had OF him
The toys had been drinking and 1t ap-
pear, that Chsrey ! ad accidentally shot
ano her cowboy, they called tn Kid,
through The foot. and the boy Tommy was
sfriend of the Kiis. He at once, without
word or provCca ion shot Chs rley through
the heart. and lie died almost instantly
The murderer put SPURS to bis horse and
rode away towards Pierre.
Parties doing business in the feed and
produce line in Butte, Mont, under the
firm name OF slutz, MahaHey 4 Co., have
made the uselves scarce. much to the regret
o. several parties from wlom they have
been buying their stock IN trade. Tney
leave behind them a. souvenirs, accounts
with the Northwestern Forwarding COM
rsny for 81, 700, the Montana Lumber com Z.
!. psny s. COO, and Ogden parties about So.
NO Ii IS thought that they cannot have
The country with less than $4,000.
U,sat excitement was occasione. at Val
ley Cils Dakota on the Goth inst, by the
arrest of Herbert Root president OF the
Farmers and Mtrcbi ants National bank OF
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29

In the door OF d barber shop calls out;
There goes the biggest cabbage. head OF
the season" DO Won mean that for me?
says as walks up to him. lie SAYS he
didn't, and passed on"
lie could not have meant You"
well, as W walking throguli the
city hall. great big overrrown chap
sings out through his nose "Brhol! ne
second crop of dandelions, Oh. myn
do YOU mean that for mc?" saws as
walks up to him. He said he didn't,
and passed on"
That's right"
"Nebbe so, but YOU look a-here, I'm
going down to the ferry dock The first
man or boy whocalls out eirrots. pump.
kins, onions, turnips, are crow, green.
morn, pig seed or hucklcberry blossom
20 me won't have no chance TO lie about
it. III turn on him and rend him, and
slay him and hammer him stone biiudl
Mebbe nobody means anything, and
mebbe its simply their way, but I've yot
my dander mp, and if you hear roar.
ing sound like cyclone YOU may know
that l'm cl mbing for man who la.
called ont Summer sguash!' to me-
Detroit Free Press.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29

Berlin Special: Steglita i, iavoritc place If
res ut for b r,iners, aud lies on the Polsd,m
4 Ms.debuIg railway, three miles to thss uth-
wet The ace dent which may be called u
massacre, H. probably ron IN the an
nals "f railway disaster. iesterluy, being
b 9TH sunday All the Sedan annlv irsary, the
placa was ca wded with rxcurloui-ts l. TIA.
Schus nfest Id O her festvl los III honor OF
the day. BY 10 u'cl ca yes;crIay event,g u
crowd OF 900 p r-Ons file the = form of
The railway alton waiIng for the re- urn
traii. When tuc later s,riy d at son.
delay on the up lie the barriers It'll remain, d
c osed % await the passing of the Crl,sue
~ ut express, which leaves Berlin at 80 p.
m. Nudde lly, however, III, pressure OF the
impa iaHl crowd fore Il tne barriers aside al,
dcsp l. ilc thJris of the railway ufhca X, uu-
dreds Iu-Lel acros, the down lIue to
enter the care AT that very moment tHe eS-
pr'-s came tearing along, aud, al h>ugh he
dIV % seeing the da gtr-slgna display II
at the .a-t m meat aprlad the brakes. the ira u
Is ied rig 1t tar ,ugh the mas Of people civer-
ing the me, and aunhilAt,d ev rytllng ~ its
way Ode terrible cfy Of Anguish arose even
above the tauuder OF The ram, AID AL WAS
over. The dc All, oi thi, terrible scene, la'iinI
only few seconds, as LarrAied by ey, W.T.
ne-,es, are a'mot % harroaiug for repetition.
Fo " prs ia, of whom seventeen were mn,
eS ut'en womrn. and tye children, were iI-
st,otss kulei, an about twenty -tsc wolHd IL
All the victim. tcllng 10 ihe dr.!stn t1d labor
ing classes FOg dis ance of 100 .rds ths
ii VAS covarcl vita bodies, ali sIockilgly
mu a "a, id hum ira ment-. OF ole ia
ilt of tvs per-On- hnly oio 10Y escaped Ihe
k led me II 10 fopr mar led ctn pies, i've mem-
b r, OF the SaoutuIs cJmy y, VITA the ui5.
D arers and three artillery 'Ipural- On OF
the la r h al both leg ali iIs navy abre
GU through ~ VITA u knife, OIe girl uai
ncar.y reachel the local iraln wasa IN ,
dlAu NJ cAused b. the cxDr9 . hrcw Ii T Il ID r
th- locomotive O.e woGlaI hal botl reg cut
uH M on bsing carried t. t9e va ting rom
aavs uIlth t. DIAL child anu expire l. An
. htr " IN and "a " IN tae imp ,rlal navy
we're completely lecapltite |, a I'd 40 ve-tI 20
tn. heads nave been found A chld ha On
hand cut III, an one body was entre,y diyest
ca Of cl thing The dnyeg of the express tram
had 20 be rsIi.ved, bang unable 10 proce ID
after witnessing tao sc.us - carha.e, HIS
locomotive was coy rcd with pieces Of flesh,
bones rags and drrIchcd VITA b ood lhe
! ne remained b.otkei Tor hour while deticn-
IN MS Of hscmen aud sol4l I. saheiel TIVE re-
msius of The victims by torchIiGht
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29

that city, on an indictment tor perjury
: und by the grand jury of Barnes county.
Roo waived arRumen: ard entered a plea
| OF guilty. He WAS held to bail in the sam
| OF vi coo for his appearance. Root is plain
IL In n libel case against the Times OF that
city, in which case he places his damages at
Sll7,0O
. On the oath inst. at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
DR.. A. b. McKune was shot and instantly
killed by DIR. +. ID. Cross. The murder d
man was on his way hone to supper when
| he met (roS Between them an old feud
! existed. Some words passed, when il is
said they >me 10 blows resulting in Cross
| drawing a revolver anG she oting Mckuue
through the body. The murderer gave
himself up and is in Jail He claims the
shooting wss doae in selfdeiense.
Ed Short, who, ne Whitesboro, Tex, in
1875, lied his step.father by splitting his
head opsn with an axe. severing his back
| bone, has just been arrested. Alter con-
ni''ing the murd'r Short escapsd to South
west Texas, living there some time then
drittsd to Ntw Mexico, thence to Wyoming
and finally back to the scene of his crime.
A Lordsbury, n. Mex, special says: Five
MexicaHs had fight with four rus,lers who
We e running ch their hors9s near Clifton
rwo rustlers we're killed after two hours
fighting. Subsequently the rustlers re-
turned with reinforcements and at last &C
counts had the Mexicans surrounded in a
house.
The Jackboro Tex stage was robbed re-
Gently light miles ont by h lone highway
man, one OF the same two WI, robbed the
same sage some weeks ago. TIE pssse, gers
three iadies and one gentleman. were no.
molssted, the robber demanded the mail
sacks.
Frank A. Hayward, late of the firm OF
Thompson e. Hayward, carriage manuisq
turers, Oshkosh, Wis, cut bis throa With
fszt recently in the presei ce If hi. wife
and tour children. Business troubles
caused temporary insanity, watch Vas the
cause.
Miss Alta Fisher, fifteen miles south Il
Dexter, Dallas county, Iowa, was outraged
ny an unknOwn mas. The girls y rents
were absent. The fellow called at the house
discovered that she was alone, overpo owered
her and accomplished his ourpos..
The trial of David Fraley, alleged moon
sinner, ~ Raleigh, n. c., tor the murder
IT II. +. Walker, the revenue officer, Feb
=, has been concluded with verdic' Of
manslaughter, HeSwas senteuc ri to twelve
years in the penteniary.
very drunken man, who had pocket.
BOOK marked Tommy McCauey, Dres.
bach, MIMI fred Eve shots at bis O WI
head, ia La Crosse, resulting in only Il flesh
wound. He socered up in the lookup.
Jacob H.lCronise. mailing clerk at the
Roanoke, Va, post ffce. has been arrested
on ch rge of yobbing the mails. He con
essed his crime. Over $500 was found on
his person.
Edward Bellington of Ellsworth is in
Jail TO await trial on tha ge of iullery.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
Railroad News Items.

The Nabashs, MINI, Herald says: The
C'1cago Milwaukee & st. PAM compa q Y
has play ed sharp game on the Northwest
cru and The Minneap lls & 5t. Louis com.
panles by getting control OF the Fargo 4
Southern Air line, whose northern terminus
IS AZ Fargo. and the Southern meets the
main line ofthe Hastings Il DaKota division
mile east o. % onyllle. BY this shrewd
move the Milwaukee & 81. Paul people has
secured an extension To the center OF the
Northern 7 c.tic terri ory, and ar. far on
the way TO the baiiwick ot the Manitoba
company.
The projectors rf the New York & Bos-
ton Inland railroad scheme no 4. claim tina
the Russian fru OF Linn & McCar nv have
contracted 10 bui q roai bstv cen Boston
aud New Iors and complete it within tso
years. The amount OF capital ,equlreI q.
Linn ~ Mccarthy is ABOUT s3U 900 900
The road VIII be so neariy ou a strait h,
line that on the mapit will not show scarce.
ly any curves.
The meeting OF the general managers and
general irelght agents Of the roads interest.
.d Ia the lumber tritfi, bet weea Cnicato.
Wisconsin points, or Mississippi river
points, ard Missouri river points. which il
formation Of general lumber pool, will
be htid III Chicago, Oct. T.
Tie Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul Pcs.
sengcr train for Chicago, ran off the track
just east of the bridge st Rockford, Ill. on
the l9!h inst, pr.cipitating the engine, bag
gag car ana one pass ng,r Goa h down
The cllhsnkment toward tbs river No one
was seriously i.jured, but the cars are con
sidtrably wrecked.
Mesrs. T. X. .Smmors, william Hay
man and l. A. Hancock have been appoin-
ed commissioners to ascertain and spprase
certain real estate used by the Chicsgo,
Milwaukee & 81. Pa ! railroad Company,
on their line between NOrtL field and Red
Wing.
The Winons, Alma & Northern Railway
company, of whlcn Hon. J. Traer of Cedar
Rapd-, Iowa, is president and Hon. A.
finkenbnrg o Fountain City, Buffalo
county, Wis, Is vice president, is making
rspi strides TO ne recogniz "a rs = liked fact
TIE general managers and general ireigh,
agents of the roads between the NJ Mis.ouri
river and the Pac?c coast have gone to San
FRANCISCO TO attrnd meeting IN hat ity
for the pnroose of re organizing the CaIifor-
Ma freight pool.
Al a recent meeting Of the benefit assoc;-
a'lon OF The Piitsbug, Font Wayne & Chi
csg" raiiroat at Erie Pa, bership
oi 2loo was eIor'-d. ii Wykoop OF
Crestiine, Ohio, Was ii c;ed president
The West Shore & Ontario Terminal com.
pany, corporation existing under the
laws f New Jersey. after several negotia-
tions, have succeeded in obtaining loaa OF
Sl2,0t0,UtO upon its franchise.
The gross esrnings OF the Milwaukee
LAKE. Shore & Western Tor the second week
In Septe nber wee 81 L9S5. asains a2O, ,455
for the corresponding week last year
The Milwaukee K st. Paul is engaged in
;he preliminary work of improving its Ia
test ru chase the Fond du Lac Amboy &
Peoria narrow gauge.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
New Electric Gun.

Nj. Clair, Paris engineer, has an elec-
trio gun of his invention exhibited in
Amsterdam exposition. The gun ia a
breech-loader, AMI metallic cartridges
are used. but instead Of having a can,
has Il copper wire which runs through a
wad and eye, and is connected with a
plat!na wire. When the button il
pressed, the current, which is derived
from Nh accumulator III the stock of the
gun, heats the p'atna TO a red heat, and
this sets fire to the powder in cartridge.
The barrel may contain several ear.
tridges, which may he fired OF success.
sivey as follows: The diameter OF tho
platina wire OF each cartri ige IL Slight,
larger than that OF the cartrldg in front
of IL, 30 thnt the thinner wire by heating
first fires off the iront cartridge, and the
others follow in the order OF thickness
OF their respective wires.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
From Over the Ocean,

Advices from Indian Territory say: FouI
ers named GRAY, from the vicinity OF Paris
Tex. camped on Big creek IN the Choctaw
nation, 10 hunt and fish. A few days az.
their camp was Iaded by party
claiming To he a posse in search of horses
thieves, and their surrender demanded
This was refused and a fight ensued, anc
one OF the Gray brothers and Sadler were
killed. The other Gray and Upton ESCAPED
The posse then plundered the camp, taking
ii V, luables.
The government Of Hayti has augmented
duties 333 per cent, in addition to 50 p,l
ceEt. increase made sometime ago. The
money thus raised has been employed in
paying loans from merchants. Adyices
from, the south report that a terrible battle
was fought last week before MIR r1gd4n the
government troops sustaining serious de.
teat, Jeremi was surrounded nv a force
40 600. TIE beseged number IL 600. They
are now lairly psovisioned and antci pate
success.
At Lexington, Ky. u few days aSo Col
K. L. Strader u we'll known horseman, shot
and killed Bradford Fostef. negro en-.
poye. raider was told that Foster had
turned a stallion iH with q valuable ii ly
He got n shotgun and went TO Il G sthbl,
and fired at + ster, who started To run. bu,
turned, and, while advancing toward Slrad
sr, the latter fired twice, killing Fuser
Straoer gave himself up and was admitted
tp bail
The Moniteur de Rome learns that the
negotiation bel ween the Vatican and France
have reached satisfactory conclusion.
The French government has restored the
suppressed stipends to tn. Ca'h ,lics, ana
has given formal assurance of its pacific in.
tention toward toe holy see.
Bismmk, in a letter to the mayor OF
Frankfort, declining an H. vitation to ban.
quet says he is only just beginning 10 re-
cover his heath, and expresses great regret
that his med &C Al attendant iorbids his being
presentA
The Netherlsnd Trading company has Ie
m tied l37, 600 a ,rins 10 Batavia to the sui-
ferers by the catastrophe at Java. The gov.
ernment OF The Straits settlement, bv ALL
thirty OF England, has advanced SIS, ,Oo0
for the same object.
Advices from Madagascar state that a
large number OF French troop, there have
snccumbed to fever. aud reinforcements to
the extent Of several thousand men will be
needed before the. forces can be srbdued.
Spectators are INTRODUCING American
railway stocks in the Berlin hourse. but
their admission meets with strons op,osi.
ton.
At the centennial exposition at Hosue
United States exhibitors obtainea 81 of
2 $50 awards.
The widowed Comtesse Chambord will re-
tire to convent.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
Operation al the O,u aha System.


The CHICAGO, 81. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Omaha
Railway company has rendered it. annual
report for the year On ling June 30, 1888 70
tho railr,a commissioner. This shows
that the company has in operation, OF all kinds
Jf track, III Wi-cpusin, AZ mics; in Ne
braska, 1919 m ie.; III Iowa. 92 miles; in Mia
ne-o'a AIS miles, and in Dahota 5S niles,
makIug Il to,ai OF ,2JO mlea The total
number of psssengers carried on the whole
line was So s1s ana the total tons vf freight
carrie one mne, 2s2, 2OG, POI. The 10 al
earrings from the passenger department werc
IN Wi-co tsin, S17l, 800, aud on tho whole
lie, 81 5l2,GJi, while the total earnings
from tie fr igut department were. in Wiscon-
SIN, ~ COG. 1Ji, aud o. the whole lip.,
S3,512 90, mahing the grand total Of export
alton earrings S2,31s. 10 in Wisco sin, an |
SJ,nsJ, 513 on the whole line. The receI t.,
from Other source, we're S3i2, 1901, max
Ing tue tuial inr mo from all surrc -, 71l, e
osO III sconsin, and 70, l2S, J3
on the whole liac. Tho total tan.
lbgs per mile in WISCONSIN were So, 33l,
and on the whole line, Si,G7G. Tn to al
operating exp nses and taxes were Sj, 49,,
$50, LEAVING The net earn ng- 81, ,sii5IJ
Tne amount o: rentals paid was $50, lss, a.d
he amount of interest PAID, less than r, colycd,
wa ~ l,.i.,7l3, leaving a balance of S772-
Dob lie total dvllend. tad were T753,-
80. leaving surplus Of Sl3,2ls. Ihravcr-
age optiating tx, cnses per mile we're S3. lo3
1he toal amount paid for construction
dGn < the ar vas S3, Al i04, ana for
Equipment 81 ,Oo2 ,6J6, mlkitg the total ex-
7 70 ltures charged 10 = oper!y accuunts
II i3U. .UOU 1he total m lcag, in Wisconsin
d4In- the wear VAS =, III, 80, aud n the
whole lin 4,seS 722 The Iutal cap tai stock
Of the compa"y S2o.332 127. and toe tutaI
Of stock am debt j. TIo, 59~, ili: ", lie the
total ImmedIata labl tiles are 1886, sGi, anu
the tott! as-ets 81 or, 2,OuG Dung tue l,al
i've pas-tnStr' aud e,sht empio,rs were
Killed, besidcs ~ beasts Of various kiud..
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-29
Bitten by a 1'arant,,ta.
From Ca alaverss (CsI.l Chron,c,e.


Last Saturday d man hy the name of
Mitchell, employed by Mr.. Sauvc at his
ranch about five miles froui this place.
was bitten by tarantula. Mr.. Mitchell
was engaged in pitching hay into wag.
on at the time, and IT is snppo ,el that
he took the taranula OFF the ground in a
forkful of hay, and when he raised the
hay over his heat for the purpose of
pitching 1t into the wagon, the tlrantu-
Ia fell oil the hay into the inside Of his
shirt, which was unbotioued at the I; ne.
Mr.. Mitchell fcl, something crawiu. on
the inside of hi, shirt, but before he
ecu d get his hand in TO hud what II
was. tie tarantu'a had bitten him
twice on the l,f side, the bites being
about six inches ap'rt Mitchell immp.
diateiy stripped off his snlr,, and su,-
ceeded In killing the dangerous inlruter
without being nipped ugain Ia less
than fifteen seconds from the time he
was bitten his whole side turned as
hia k as piece Of coal ana he Mas ana.
bic to walk. Ills companions, ho were
working vita him at the tune, carried
him 10 the house, n couple OF hund sd
yards Il slant, and applied brandy IL a
restorative, internally and eaterna ",
and succeeded in saving the mans LIE.