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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-19
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

Good Music will be furnished for dancing sflfi
the entertainment.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

LECHERoUs scoundrels prowl over
earth for innocent victims to be sacri-
feed to their Internal natures, and every
day records the ruin of some young
girl who has been enticed away from
home, kind friends, plenty and inno-
cence, by some pretended lover, to be
plunged into the deepest abyss of
Indebtedness, suffering, and shame,
through his base betrayal. These das-
tardly Williams visit every community
and 1t is past belief that sweet, innocent,
sensible girls will so soon mistrust
father, mother, brother, and sister, to
cOnfde in monster who seeks to slay
them, that he may have the fiendish
pleasure of glOrying in their shame and
destruction. Young ladies should know
that an honorable person would not ad-
NIT of an approach to a questionable
performance, and whatever cannot be
cOnfded to the mother is not only Ques-
tiOnable, but positively wrong and ruin
Gus. uo E.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25
HIS OPINION.

In Clear Sentences an Authority adds his own
to the popular Judgment
III West Tenth Street
NEW YORK, Aug. IL, 1850.
Messrs. Seabury q johnson:
l am slow to pin my faith to any new cura-
tive agent Benson's Capcine Pourous Plaster
has won my good opinion. find it an excep-
tionally cleanly plaster 10 use and rapid in its
action; many tests of its qualities in my own
family, and among my patients, have convinced
me that there is no other single article so valu-
able for popular use, none so helpful in cases
Of Lame back, Local Rheumatism. Neuralgia.
Congestion of the Bronchial Tubes and Lungs.
and Lumbago Very truly yours,
H. H. KANE, M. D.,
Physician-in- Chief OF the De Quincy Home.
Price OF the Capcine. rs cts.
Seabury and Johnson. Chemists, New York.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

The South is serenely solid for Demo-
cracy, having buldozed the negro ele-
ment to not voting, and the North is Re-
publican because of superior intelli-
gence, principle. and character.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

SENATOR 'o,.GER tells the Chicago
Tribune that President Art lur is an I'M
deniable sliccts ST.. and would make a
strong mtn for 1884, if he holds out
faithful.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

The fatal pardon of Gov. BegOle
threatens t. depOpulate the State
Prisons; If he keeps on he will soon,
reacllsrycn ii es seven. ~
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

THOUSANDS of children of tender age
are employed In tending to machinery
in factories throughout Michigan and
elsewhere and as a natural result of
the unnatural procedure, accidents,
disfguring, crippling, and deaths, fire.
quently occur. Everything in the
nature of boys AID girls renders them un-
fit to watch precise and ever moving
machinery, they are not adapted to the
requirements Of such position, and
they are hired simply because they are
cheap, and poor parents let them go for
the hope Of little gain, and they go,
often to death, while others supply their
place. This is great evil, that should
be prevented by law. The moral, in
tellectual, and physical wants of the
boy and girl demand that they should
not be permitted to enter the factory as
employees under fifteen years of age.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

REPUBLICANS in New York indicate
that they are tired of fighting each other,
and propose to fight the common enemy.
Harmony throughout the Republican
ranks is certain victory i'm 1884.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

The fact that the marriage returns
are not faithfully given by clerical
officials throughout Michigan, is suffi-
Gent to warrant the necessity of law
requiring persons to be married to OBJ
tain. legally, permission.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-25

PRESIDENT ARTHUR is peculiar in Sc
Letting the wild, romantic, picturesque
Yellowstone region as place to spend
his vacation, but let him stroll where he
will he will return to the Presidential
chair after more recreations than the
present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15
MONEY And CHICKENS.
From me Army and Nary Journal.
~. 4 4 salla h.as

From ME Army ana Nary journal
Governor Eli Murray of Utah tells tins excellent
story: never shall forget the amount of money II
cost ma TO keep an old woman from crying herself 10
death or course wo were Obliged to subslst OF the
country as we went along, and we naturally took
aI,out the best in sight One day we took posses
sion of a chicken ranch kept by an old lady, who
stood at the gate with "A broom and threatened TO
lick all of Shernan's forces If they did not move on
Now chickens were considered officers meat, aud
rs we were Internally hungry we went for those
hens pretty lively. When she saw that her favorte
fowls were being caught and killed she keeed right
over and began 10 cry Presently she began 10
scream and finally you cOud hear that wOinans
voice clear at Atlanta. sent the surgeons III 10
quiet her but they failed, and then the officers TOOK
tnrus but the more attention paid her tbe more sle
howlpd. | then GOT pretty nervous over the lnler-
nal noisa, because the whole army wOud near IL,
and they might suppose somebody was tofiurlnS
the woman Finally Sherman rode up ana aSheu
what il was all about When we told him he said
'GIye her a bmshel of Confederate bonos for hcr
hens. and see if that won't stop her" Acting on
Tins hint | proceeded to business we had cap
tured "A Confederate train the day before Win
- 600 600 Of Confederate money. and hunted up
tne rain at once The money was worth anout :
rrufa ON the dollar. Well. | stuffed about Ia a
million dollars INTO an Old carpet-sack and marched
into the house. ann, ,..,..,,
"Madaia," said |. opening the sack, ~ give you
$500 600 To uut this noise" II was as stllt us aea'
m a minute aud then her face expanded IN DlOad
smile land the package of notes OH the table, ana
/ never saw 80 delighted a woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15
WHAT rs THE USE or SNAKESF
From "Suahes.pby @. c. Ho p'ey.


Per ons who dislike snakes continually ask,
"Wbatls the use of themr That they are not
this work. were IL necessary TO preach that all
things have their use. But IN one habit that OIL
Tended Lord Bacon, namely. OF gong on the!r
heyV lies one of their greatest uses, because llat
together with their internal formatlopand extelhaI
covering enables them to penetrate where no ialger
carnivorous animal could venture into dark ana
noisoms rnorasses, bog-jungles, swamps amid the
tangled vegetation of the tropics. where swarms oil
ths lesser reptiles on which 50 many Of them Iced
would otherwise out-baance the harmony ol NATURE
die and produce pestilence ,,.,n
Wondrously and exquisltely constructed LOT tneir
habitat they are able to exist where the higher ani-
mails could not aud while they help 10 clear those
inaccessible places of the lesser vernn they thehl-
selves supply food for number of the smaller mani
malta which, with many carniyorous birds, deyour
vast numbers of young snakes. The hedgehog'
weasel ichneumon, rat peccary, badger, hog, goat,
and an immense number of birds keep snakes within
due limits. while the latter perform their part
among the grain-devOuring and herbiyorous lesser
creatures. Thus beautifully is the balance OF Ma
ture maintained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15
Srrr,xo Hrxs-Tbis is the season when hens

SETTING HENs.-This is the season when mems s,ns
RIM mad and will not be comforted unless they eau no
away somewhere aud sit day and night on Nooce ,.
neseg9 or an old doorknob Several men weLs us Is
cnss,ng tins question grocery store Que evening evening re-
Gently A man who large nock OF Dor
marked: Not even act OF Congress eau hsrrsi
sertin' hem" Ever tried jammn' eni unoer on tne
snoar Sarrel Yes" said the Dorking man VI p uaa
ed water on m till they grew webfooleo, IKE hoJ ss
RIM away ON lumps o. coal" Tie req rag ncrs
wing" said man who eating cheese ana shromo
.sia the Dorhing man. tied whole red wooiisn %
on one last spring am dog my ca,s she aa Tnen the
,roer said IL was time close up. and eaen ma
en- his loins and slowly died 0at-iDeToh fNe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15

CREME DE la CREME.-Mrs. Jones, Al III.
and cood morning 10 You, MRS smith, Did you IKE the
cream sent youi" Mrs smith" ON. very much tnanx
The not sent il In you'd obge me. eos, you see we nay
old mans shaving mug, and he don't like NO osner'
Fun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15
AN ENGLISHMAN'S NOTES.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP.

'fNO " LONBON. March 81.
LADY Florence Dixie, Of whose alleged out
RAGE wrote last week. has been the most discussed OF al
ossi1e ladies' Since wrote the account OF her family
her belongings and their ccccnricies have b'eH Ne!
freely discussed The general opinion mere y oi"""'
edlv against the reality Of the alleged altdch lu'e
40 donr, that moor Joru Brown, late the queens per
sonsl attendant was the fret 10 cast doubt upon the
ccpuineness Of the story which on the face OF II had
cock-and-buu air. John Brown was The only person
identified since the death Of Lord Bcacon-hcd ~ speak
frankly TO Hair Majesty" he called her Perhaps
an exception may be made IN the case OF LORD Alfred
poet bon one is always expecting TO hear calling the
Queen Ny dear" a. he does everybody else hut I"d
Alfred is privileged character everywhere allowed 10
carry on like nobody else; and moreover he Is generally
a0oat in hi. Yacht As for John Brown II the queen
had been unhappilv insane and required q Keeper hr
could hardly have been more constantly Win hcr Ana
if was John Brown who. upon OCCASION was man enough
10 prevent even the Heir Apparent from having access
to the Sovereign.
Tho i,cident occurred at BalmoraI and the Prince Of
Wales was greatly cnraced when he faced by the
oueen late good and faithful servant ana refused en-
trance to her apartments But all the reply thdt lne
od old scot youchsafcd that he obey ing Han
Mabiesysp orders whereupon the Prince, feeling with
his usual tact that his mothers servant was Only dong
bis duty gave way and went away Ike good naturcd
,,rincc rs he's John Brown was. in fidelity ana absO
Int literal obedience the very ideal OF what servant
bould be- Many people and with some justice hate ola
servants especially they happen 10 be Scotch Tor no
human being is dour troublesome and yannical rs
an old Scotch servant But then nobody s so thoroughly
faithful An impecunous friend tells me thai his only
hLlr AGAINST creditors is old Scotch servant who
Vbammes the gowks," he puts it, out OF the house.
ard never knows where his master whether lac Is
alive or dead.
Poor old John Brown was unquesuonab.y klIed ny a
severe cold caught while looking the scene of Lady
Forence Dixies alleged adventure lie at once ht the
blot that struggle on soft ground must leave hhrRS.
There were none but the cold TO which he was exposed
an a hitter nav killed him. Already the ribald testers
of the clubs are making doggerel rhymes about he
alleged outrage aud the death Of the Queens faithful
In this style:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15
"Who killed John Brown ,"
:" said Lady FlOry,
With my cock and bull story,
/ killed John Brown"

rho oreen who has been suffering from sprain, is
terribly shocked and grieycd by his sudden Illness ana
death and people specializing on the reception she
will give Lady Florence the next time she sees hcr'
Reau Dixie almost eccentric as his Wife Every
hodv now reoOects that in their wild days at New
market they and dIan in such Wild fashion That
they enrned the title Of Sir Always and Lady some
times"
The extraordinary vitality Of Mr. Gladstone gives /
think very slight hope to those anxious to see him trans
lated 10 the Lords, indeed anywhere, anywhere,
ont of the Lower House. Yet the cry Is raised every
month that hc is to be made peer. II Is even
stated that he would have liked to be made Earl Of iy-
erpoo but that this could not be granted on account OF
tbe title ha wing been recently held by the Jenkinsos
the third earl of that family having died in ls3l Mr.
Gladstone Is far too keen tactcan 20 be likely 10
abandon the leadership Of the Commons Tor retreat
among the dignined duness OF the Lords whom he has
also made his natural enemies by his repeated attacks
upon the landed interest The Lords knox, only too
well that the abolition Of the law Of primogeniture ana
the custom strict settlement commonly called en-
tail and the probable addition OF a enant-r1ght In Eng
land and Scotland TO that OF Ireland VIII reduce 'her
mower TO phantom. And that these results will follow
an extension Of the county franchise there can DC no
manner OF doubt
Thus Mr. Gladstone would hardly find himself at home
~ he were TO EicA himself up into the Lords" II Is
cutie true that his great power could be easily spared In
the Commons for tho Liberals there IN Oyerwheln-
ing strength not only in numbers but in debating power
The Tories have not very strong or well ieaoer
I'm Sir Stafford Northcote, and the "Fourth Party
as Lord Randolph Churchill. Mr.. Ashmead- Bart
lett Mr. GOrst and Sir Henry Wolf are Called
are moro conspicuous and ridiculous than enec-
tive. The story OF Mr.. Gladstone's retirement Is
not beeyed by the Conservatives, who have not for
oten Lord Beaconshelds furious remark after he had
taken his peeraee. and Mr. Gladstone had resumed the
Iodersp OF the Liberals II had known he had been
NJ his games he would not have got NE out ol the HOUSE,
OF Commons"
snoe his return from Cannes Mr. Gladstone has been
a., high sprts has dined out great deal taxed hes"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
A Child OF The Sea.

Augusta Nelson, eighteen wears old
who was coming to America to join her
husband, was among the Swedish immi-
grant passengers in the steerage of the
White Star steamer Germania, which
arrived from Liverpool Monday. On the
second day out Mrs. Nelson gave birth
to her first offspring. girl. A christen-
ing party was organized among the cabin
passengers by ex-congressman Abram
Hewitt, who took the child of the sea
under his especial protection. Capt.
Kennedy of the Germania conducted
the baptismal ceremony with salt water
and with all due form the babe in his
honor and that OF the good ship was
christened Mary Kennedy Germania
Nelson Mr.. Hewitt and other passen-
gers raised purse Of S577 for the young
mother, and when Mrs. Nelson landed
at Castle Garden yesterday she brought
a letter to superintendent Jackson from
Mr.. Hewitt, directing that the mother
and child be forwarded, not in the emf
grant train, but first-class,. with berth
in sleeping car, and every possible COM
fort, to her husband, John Nelson, at
Osceola, Nebraska. Mr.. Hewitt's pro-
teges were doing well at last accounts.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
A Real Comedy Of ErrOS.

A remarkable story comes tonight
from St. Helen, which is well vouched
for About six months ago twin brothers
Alfred and Henry Grove-arriyed from
Kansas and settled near st. Helen. There
was a very strong resemblance between
them, in fact SO strong that intimate
friends could scaacely tell one from the
other. Henry was married. but was liv
in Kansas He soon made the acquaint-
ance Of the family of John Avery, living
near including their daughter, Lottie
Avery, aged nineteen. One night about
five weeks ago in jest he asked her to
become his wife, and to his utter surprise
she accepted, informing her mother inn
mcdiately. The mother, in a practical
way, broached the subject of the date of
the marriage. etc. and before Grove
could recover from his surprise the de-
tails had been arranged.
He immediated went to his brother
Alfred, told the story, and asked for ad-
vice. Alfred volunteered to personate
the brother and stand for him. The
ceremony took place October 2lst, nit,
the couple remaining at the home Of the
brides parents. Alfred fell in love with
the girl and a week after the marriage
told OF the deception. In her indigna-
ton she ordered him from the house.
She then informed her parents and the
father started after the son-in-law with
a shotgun and has followed Alfred to
this city where he is supposed to have
fled.-Portland Cre1oniGn.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
Receiver Ba,lOu.

A special dispatch from Helena to the
Minneapolis Tribune of the 10Th instant,
says:
A case was tried in tha United Land
Office at this place to-day between Jacob
L. Baltner, a timber culture claimant,
and Charles +. Findelate, contestant,
which ELECTED some testimony most
damaging to L. Ballou, the Receiver of
the Helena Land Office, and which it
may be difficult for him to explain before
the department. Mr. Baltner made the
entry on June 3, 1881, at the instance of
Mr.. Ballou and two other gentlemen of
Helena, Mr.. Ballou advancing the fees
with the understanding that he was to
do all the land Office work and pay all
the fees, for which he was to receive an
undivided interest in the land when
patent should be received. This land
lies near Helena and will be valuable.
This is only one of the many cases of
crookedness which Mr.. Ballou will prob
ably be called upon to explain before
long, as many complaints have gone to
Washington. Mr.. Ballou was appointed
receiver in June, 1851, by virtue of his
being a cousin of President Garfield
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
lie Had N0t s.ofaFmed.

JOHN D. Nicholas. the postal clerk who
was arrested last weel. at Helena, was at
one tine a newspaper reporter and a
friend of John S. l'ickerson, managing
editor of the Minneapolis Joarnal, who
says o: him:
when not under The Influence Of
liquor lle was competent journalist, a
connenial companion and honorable in
his dealings But when the periodical
sI,rt.es. to which he has been subject for
wears. were on him, he was not trust
worthy professionally or otherwise. He
worked the railroads for passes and bor-
rowcd from his friends with generous
iilpartiality. In fact he left the city
when he received the appointment,
leaving behind him unredeeined paper,
inc,,.ding checks ON banks wher. lie had
no money and never had -Four OF these
victims met by chance in q st. Paul re-
sort one ,iav. and condoted with each
other, blIt so strong was the personal
hold he had on his friends. that all
agreed not to prosecute. Several Of his
victims, in fact, knew when they made
him advances on checks. that he had
done the same thing in an eastern city
and narrowly escaped going over the
road. Nicholas was appointed by Judge
Ores am out of consideration for his
past service to the party. and from mo-
tives Of old friendship, having assslr-
ances that he had reformed his ,.nfortll-
nate habits and engaged in his old pro-
fcssion in earnest. The developments
of the inspector, VII be a sore dissap-
po;ntmeHt t. General Gresham, who may
now be expected to waive all considera-
ton OF friendship and allow the law to
take its course While a warm frienG.
the postmaster general exacts honest all
ministration of trust from all whom ne
tavors, regardless t.. old ties and affllia-
tiunS
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
Why They Go East.

Henry Afnss, an en- grant, who was
one of a lar 70 number in two crowded
cars on the Nnrth"rT r.,cific eastbound
train this mUi in, ;s talked with. He
said that the trip from Portland had been
a pleasant one despite the somewhat
crowded condition nf the cars There
had been no sickness alnun., the fassen-
gers, and even the babies, of which there
was not a few. were happy, The reporter
then asked .W-iiy do 50 many people
go east who have evidently gone out to
Oregon and Washington Territory for the
purpose of scttlin" -
The returning cni.sfant replied: Be-
cause they are not satisfied with the
country where they went. There is
nothing in Washington Territory, where
most Of these people went, to enable
them t. slli,sist. Stch as get work with
the big employing companies stay and
warry it THROUGH The others cannot
make the soil produce nything, they be-
come totally disgustad and return as goa
see them 70 the place; they came from
in the cast.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
SETTLEMENT F3. SETTaAas.
In Important TEST Case OF . Settler
against Minnesota Railroad
Company Scan tG be
Decided.

A test case il being brought against the
Southern Minnesota railway company,
which will he taken to the secretary of
the interior Immediately upon appeal,
and yill be heard by him orally, inyolr-
ing the same questions decided by him
in the kaufner and johnson cases In
the meanwhile, the cases hald in the
general land otiic. for cancellation under
this decision Will remain suspended It
is said that neither the kailner II +
Johnson case was fully argUed by the
attorneys in tile interest OF the parties,
and that in that test case the settler will
be given every opport.1litv possible to
have his interests presented. He will be
represented by Messrs Redington & Hill
of this city, who are also attorneys for
over POO settlers similarly situated AS
many as 400 cases have been brought
against various Minnesota railroad com
panies and await the action of the secre-
tary Of the interior in this test case The
main point iIAc antroversy is the effect of
the certlfications to the state of Mime
sofa in aid Of the railroad companies. In
his recent decision the secretary of the
interior held that these certifications
have the force and effect of patents and
pass title out of the United States On
the other hand it is claimed by the set
tiers attorneys that the lists were simply
lists of information furnished to the gov-
ernor of the state of Minnesota to enable
him to ascertain what lands would be
due the company upon their full COM
pliance with the conditions OF their
grant. They say the granting act ex-
pressly required that the title should be
passed to the company by patent; that
this provision OF the granting act was not
repealed by the subsequent act, which
authorized the making OF the lists; that
the lists were simply furnished for the
convenience of the state, but that no
title passed out Of the United States until
the patent was issued. This being SO,
any lands covered by homestead or pre-
emption claims at the date when the
right Of the road attached were excepted
from the operation of the grant, and that
these claims having been subsequently
cancelled were aiterward subject to set
tlement by the present claimants Two
prior decisions Of the secretary of the |
interior holding ,ile opposite OF what is
now held by secretary Teller are cited.
They were both by secretary Chandler
and against the St Paul Il Pacific railroad |
company; one dated September 29th,
1871, and the other December Cd, 1873. |
The test case, which is now being pre-
pared, will be advanced by secretary
Teller and heard at an early dav.