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Death Of an Old Soldier.

Gen. William Hoffman, U. s. A., died at Rock
Island on Tuesday. He was born in New York
city, Dec. 2, 1907. He graduated from the
United States Military academy and entered
the army a. brevet second lieutenant Of infan-
try. He was promoted to the various grades
until he attained the rank of colonel in 1862 He
early saw much active service in the Black Hawk
and Florida Indian wars, being then engaged
on frontier duty till 1876. In the war with
Mexico ho took part in the siege Of Vera Cruz
and different battles, up 70 including the CAP
brevets of major and lieutenant colonel for
gallant conduct He aftorward commanded
various expeditions, being on duty in Texas at
tho outbreak of the civil war in 1851, where he
was made prisoner of war, being. exchanged
in August, 1882 Appointed commissary gen
eral Of prisoners during the latter year, he
supervised and controlled all captured prison.
ers until the close Of the war, when, breveted
major general, he assumed command of hi 9
regiment In 1870 Gen. Hoffman was, at his
own request, retired from active service
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Le Mars, Iowa, Special: Up to Saturday
evening thirty-nine cattle out Of one herd Of
about 100 head have died The epidemic broke
out last Wednesday, and since that time the
mortality has been increasing: This morning
the state veterinary surgeon, Prof Stalker, in
answer to dispatch, arrived here, and has pro-
nounced the disease Texas fever. He says
there is no danger Of the disease spreading il
precautions are taken to prevent further con-
tact with the infected locality. The state sur.
geon has quarantined the places where the dis
ease has ss existed The .ntso tie:
spread of the plague, and there is no doubt that
it will he isolated. Opinions were greatly d.
vided as to the real nature of the disease, but
after the state veterinarians opinion there ID
not much dissensiOn.
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Baby's Pushing Questions.

Two good stories are told by Mr.. Romanes
in view Of sully's Psychology: 1T is evident,
from the number of original observations
which are scattered through the book that Mr..
Sully must himself have spent no small
amount Of time and devotion at the shrine
(baby-worshipC Here is one Of his expert
enoes, in which :. little girl of ~ years once
drove her mother to one of the most diff
ficult problems of philosophy On asking
Why = wasp could not hurt : vinpow-p.ne
Because the window pane has no nerves, and
50 is not able to feel the child perplexed the
nerves .feel?' We quote this little incident in
order to cap it With one Of still more embar-
ago. Another little girl of the same age was
silently Watching her father write his sermon,
and after protracted observation, put to him
the somewhat difficult question, Papa, does
God tell you what to write in q .sermon?'
With some little hesitation our clerical friend
replied in the affirmative, whereupon he was
ANONYMOUSLY nonplussed by the further ques-
ton, Then, papa, why do you scratch it out
sgain?"
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A1Gontana lGinang osnsation.

Butte, Mont, Special Telegram:-A sensation
has been caused here by the sudden and score
departure of Francis W. H. Medhurst, genera1
manager Of the Lexington company, the biggest
silver mining enterprise in Montana. The i'm
mediate cause of his fight il that Judge Davis,
. prominent mining man, some time ago At
tashed Of tn? R Mn'4 *. CON- IN.
rested, could not raise the 31O, 900 necessary to
recover possession. Medhurst was heavily in
debt, caused by excuses at the gaming table
here and in Salt Lake, where he once -four
ished His gambling debts aggregate about
90, 1000. He did not touch the funds Of the
Lexington company. HIS salary was &12, 900
year. Baron Changer Of Paris, who 10 ct the
head, of the Lexington syndicate, viii pay the
$4,000 claim Of Judge Davis against the
Princeton company, and it was with this under
standing that Medhurst WAS allowed to leave.
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A reward Of $3.50 has been offered for the
apprehension of the murderers of Hsckett,
near Glendale Oak. They are described -
follows: John Dilley is hardly medium sized
man, stout build, reddish complexion, but il
in the habit of dyeing his hair and mustache
Roman Ss large sSt eyes
Hattie Dilley is tall, raw-boned, woman,
weighing $50 to 100 pounds, eyes dark and set
back into head, narrow, peaked face, dark hair
sprinkled with gray; light growth of hair on
upper lip; both parties are addicted to strong
drink, and the woman is . dissolute character.
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Death OF. Prominent soa.di,.vi.,,.

Death OF o Prominent 0oa2dd1aV1AN.
Lewis o. storla, auditor of Clay county, Min
nesota, and appointee Of tho reoeivership Of
the Crookston land Office, died Tuesday morn
ing at Moorhead Of typhoid fever, aged fifty
one years He was the mostprominent man Of
his nationality in Northwestern Minnesota. His
life was insured for q, 900 in the United Work
men, Mutual Aid, Northwestern and Hartford
Life. ss.
Paul sletten, Mr. storla's predecessor in the
Crookston Office It win b re s.
born in Alamakee county, Iowa, Nov.
80, 1858, of Norwegian parents Hrs early
years were spent on tho farm Of his father,
and attending school in the neighborhood In
1875 Storla went to Clay county, Minnesota, and
settled in the town Of Eglow, purchased farm
and run il until 1880 when he was elected
county auditor by IN overwhelming voAA He
had laid tie oface ever since, bsing re.6setes5da
In la6a A few weeks ego be received notice
of his appointmsnt % - EscotyeEshtp q ~.
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eyes; shall break the engagement" she said.
folding her arms and looking defiant: cit is
really too much trouble to converse with him
he's as deaf as q post, and talks like he had q
mouthful OF mush. Besides, the way he hawks
and spits is disgusting" Don't break the en-
gagement for that; tell him to take DR.. Saee's
Catarrh Remedy: 1t will cure him completely 2"
'Well, III tell him. lido hate to break It OF, for
in all other respects he's quite too charming /"
OF course, it cured his catarrh.
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Nine xorss Thieves Killed.

Meagre particulars have been received Of an
other slaughter of horse thieves in the Muscle
shell region Montana, $50 miles northeast Of
Helena, last week by cowboys. While in pur-
suit of stolen horses log house was discovered
in the timber ON = mountain side. was secret
~ watched . day or two, during which time
day and others by night, having in their pos
session horses, evidently stolen. It becoming
evident that it was the hosre thieves rendez-
vous the cowboys congregated, and last Mon
day night, crawled up close to the house and
attacked fourteen horse thieves about the
premises ut the time. Nine were killed and five
escaped Tho cabin was set on fire and burned
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talk About 8arthquskss.

talk About Earthquakes.
Mail. W. Powell, of the geological survey
at Washington, talked thus about earthquakes,
Earthquakes in the eastern portion Of tho
United States have been comparatively infre-
quent and mild The most important was that
in the Mississippi valley known as the New
Madrid A late earthquake in Western Neva-
da made fracture about two hundred miles
long, and the displacement varied from five to
seventy five feet The western portion OF the
United States, from the farther border of the
and great earthquakes. II has also been
in very recent geologic times region
of great volcanic activity. Thousands of
now dead volcanoes are scattered over
the country, and vast lava fields cover large
areas Of the land. Salt Lake City stands on
ologists have more than once prophesied that
it will be destroyed by an earthquake. Geolo-
gists have concluded from the consideration of
= great variety of facts that the interior Of the
earth is in fluid condition, due to pressure
and great heat We penetrate from the sur
and by boring for artesian wells and other pur-
poses. The temperature is found to increase
at such rate that q degree Of heat would soon
be reached Ut which all known rocks would
melt Secondly, vast number of volcanoes
molten rock are poured out on the surface of the
earth, showing that vast reservoir Of mol
ten matter exists beneath the crust Thirdly,
it is known, experimentally, that al rocks
would be crushed and caused to flow by the
pressure of few miles of superintendent
rock. Now, to understand the cause of IN
earthquake We must appreciate that . compar-
atively thin crust rests upon vast fluid. The
next thing to be considered is that all the land
portions Of the earth il rapidly being transport
ed to the SEA by rains and rivers. Thus the
land areas are being unloaded and ocean boz
ders sre weighed down. This loading Of sea
borders and unloading of land areas upon .
crust which rests upon . fluid sets up enormous
strains, but they accumulate until at last suf{i-
Gent stress ls established to cause fracture and
displacement through the miles Of solid crust
When such rupture occurs an earthquake IL
the result All earthquakes in regions where
volcanoes do not exist are thus caused by
strains due to the degradation Of some portion
Of the continent, and the loading Of the mater
ial upon some other portion of the continent
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Destruotdv, x1re 1t Anos.. MINI.

Destructive Fire ct Aaoks, MINI.
Nearly al the business portion Of Anoka,
Mimi, was destroyed by fire ON Saturday
morning. The flames started about two O. clock
in Privy adjoining Van De Welde d Pages
roller skating rink, and when first seen were
spreading up tho hill toward the high school
row the course Of the conflagration were un-
availing. Every piece of wood, every box and
plank, fences, blinds and cOrnices were as dry
Is bone, and instantly caught fire as the
flaming current approached
as there was anything Tor it to feed on, and Il
cut clean swath to the river, taking in it's
course the magnificent w ashburn Touring mills
as we'll % the opera house, block, First Nation
al bank building, and four score buildings,
some of them finer buildings than are usually
the school house Ali the rest are total loss.
As Anoka now looks there is a wide level gap
from the bridge north to the court house, ex-
cept the standing ruins of the First National
Bank, the Opera House block and the tall,
round chimney of the Lincoln mill A rough
estimate Of the figures foot up as follows:
Buildings burned, IS; loss on buildings, $751;
go; loss on contents, $277, $40. Insurance on
buildings 419l $50; insurance on contents, 414,-
S75; total loss, $9, 100; total insurance, $780,
W. D. Washburn's loss was roughly estima-
ted by him ct Gle, 900, with 4145, 600 insur-
ance The principal buildings destroyed, be-
sides Mr.. Washburn's are Jackson's Hotel,
Anoka Club House, Anoka Bank, r. Taylor's
store, Bean 4 Guderain's store, A. L Tcknor's
stores; II. L Plummer's stores; J. A. Foote'S
buildings, skating rink, Postoface Block. OF
these buildings destroyed, Is we're on jackson
street; 1873 on Maine street; and others on
Monroe street and others, besides those on the
river bank.
Steam engines from st. Paul and Min
nespolis wore sent by rail to Anoka and
rendered effective service in staying the flames,
though the destruction had been accomplished
previous to their arrival The Mississippi river,
crossed by handsome wagon bridge. is one
mile west Of tho city and it's tributary, the Rum
river, runs through and pretty equally divides
tho corporation through the business portion.
Whore the destruction occurred is north Of the
Rum. In 1870 Anoka had not moro than 1000
inhabitants; now . fair and low estimate IL
5000 and With IL street oare, electric lights.
incorporated IN 1879 has an air Of activity i'm
presafys and surprising
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' 1eeo g ~ 0xosay 1A<0 CAaxgoA
WIN 311aAg aaA 1asa1e.4 ~ 3oAaee
q xhsar 0o0xaAss.
The New York Times Of Tuesday morning
says: Written documents now in ths possess
Non OF tho navy department. Of Washington
add to the record Of miserable human suffer
ings already published in connection With the
finding of tho Greedy relief expedition, tho
most shocking stories Of inhumanity and can
nibalism- All the facts have BEEN In tho pos
session Of Secretary Chandler for nearly three
weeks, but 80 closely have they been guarded,
and 80 strictly have the naval onaoers and
sailors maintained the silence imposed upon
them, that not even IN inkling Of tho true and
horrible condition of affairs has yet reached the
public ear The suflerings and privations Of
The men in their canvas hut, during the long,
bitter winter Of 1884, have not half been told
It has been published that after game gave out
early in February they lived principally on
seal skins, lichens and shrimpa
As matter of fact they were kept alive on
human flesh. When the rescuing party dis
covered the half -staryed survivors, their first
d@ty vas to look 70 the men who we're insen.
OF death. One of them, German, was wild.
In his delirium he shrieked, "Oh" - the sail
ors took hold of him to lift him .tenderly,
''Don't let them shoot me ~ they did poor
Henry: Must be killed and eaten rs Henry
was? Don't let them do it. don't" The sailors
we're horrided, but at once reported the mans
words to Commander Schley.
When tho horrible reality was brought out
before ansinvesigating committee, Commander
among whom was DR.. Ames, the surgeon Of
the Bear, to make q careful examination, and
put their conclusions in writing: This was
done, and the reports arc now in the hands OF
the navy department. Lieut. Greeley was de-
buried dead disturbed, butthe bodies were dug
from their graves Most of the blankets
contained nothing but heaps Of white bones,
of them clean By inquire, lies
seventeen men who are said to have persisted
from starvation had been eaten by their fam
ishing comrades. Il was the one last resort
It is reported that the only men who escaped
The amputated limbs Of men who afterward
persisted, were eagerly devoured ~ food
Whether tho four bodies v ich were swept out
to sea and never recovered would have added
anafs sT'n's e.1 to this b. story Of
though the papers in the possession
Of the navy department give all the
particulars as told by the survivors
Charles P. Henry's death was particularly
tragic; Driven to despair BY his trightful hun
more than his share Of rations, and he made
the attempt He was found and shot for his
crime. In the published official report the
death of this man is set down - having &C.
hands and face, though shrunken, we're intact
and recognizable; but nearly everywhere else
the skin had been stripped from him and the
flesh picked from the bones. Even his heart and
lungs were eaten by his comrades. The body
was in this condition when it was inferred last
Saturday The letter from his friend Robert
s. Oberfelder, of Sidney, Neb., which is daily
looked for, will probably never come to light
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Seymour, Iowa, BADLY soorchsd.

Seymour, Iowa, Special Telegram. -satur
day morning, fire broke out on the back part
Of Earnests drug store and Young's hall The
entire town turned out, and everything posi-
avail Twenty-three Buildings in tie business
part of the town were destroyed The losses
on the buildings will amount to at least $50,
OO0 A great many Of the goods were saved in
. more or less damaged condition. The insur-
ance will not cover more than ne-third of the
total loss. The principal losers are Geo. Her
bert; Post Office; Morrison l. Co; Young's Hall;
W. H. Earnest; Union Block; Odd Fellows
Hall, etc.
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William Kinsley Of Randolph, Mass. went
crazy over his sisters dishonor. He went toa
shoe factory thrust his right arm into the sole
cutter and cut it OF. He then picked up the
severed member and walked to the window u
throw it out, whom the engineer prevented him.
He wished to walk back and cut OF the other
hand. but was arrested
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"A Case Of &o10MA."
Ihave been afflicted for about three years with
Eczema. think had good doctor; he did
could do nothing more and gave me up. Ihave
tried many ointments which did me no good /
have used your Papillion Skin Cure for four
months; used four bottles, and am nearly cured,
1 give you perfect liberty to publish this if it
will help any one else. Ihave recommended it
to all my friends. Another bottle will complete
ly cure me. With many thanks.
JULIA CALLOw,
Is Grant st. Cleveland, O.
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If You are pale, emaciated, have a hacking
cough, with night,sweats, splitting of blood and
shortness OF breath, you have no time to lose.
Do not hesitate too long-'tin you are past
cure; for, taken in the early stages, consump-
ton can be cured by the use Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" as thousands can
testify. By druggists.
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Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles Single box has cured worst chronic
case of twenty years standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after applying. Williams
Indian Pile ointment 1t absorbs the tumors,
warm in bed. Prepared only for piles and
itching for the private parts. Noyes Bros. 4
Cutler, st Paul Wholesale Agents.
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In the above cases DR.. Thomas Eclec-
tric Oil can be relied upon. 1t has CIV
en- relief to thousands. Keep it in your
house. There is hardly week of the
year it will not be useful.
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woman and Xor D1soasee''
is the title Of an interesting illustrated treatise
&c pages) sent, post paid, for three letter
stamps. Address Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N Y
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JULIA CAILOW.
Is Grant st. Cleveland, o.

Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters is the grand appe-
tier Of the age All genuine bear the signature
of J. P. Allen, Druggist St Paul, Mimi
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Don't u 8W1ndlOd.

The only genuine German Hop Bitters and
White Wine of Tar Syrup are DR.. G. d. War
ner's, whose name appears on every bottle,
label and wrapper of the genuine.
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"a Case Of Eozauaa. -

A $4,000 statue has been erected to the
memory Of Mozart in Vienna.
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sRough ON CornA" 15c Ask for il Com.
plste cure, hard or soft corns, waEts. bunionA
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An Invaluable Remedy.-None except those
who have suffered all the horrors Of Dyspepsia,
can fully appreciate the value and efficacy OF
Perry Davis Pain Killer, sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in Ill 10 forms il
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Commander Schley says the alleged inter
view with him is q lie.
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The will of T. s. McManus was filed for pro-
bate at St Paul. His estate goes to the widow
and children
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Trough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice, flies,
reaches, bed bugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. l5c
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If . cough disturbs your sleep one dose of
Piso's cure will give you nights rest
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The BEST Is THE CHEAPEST therefore use
Frazer Axle Grease.
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P1ain ~ The Hose ON Your Face.
What is the difference between q persons
nose and Carboline the Great Petroleum Hair
Remover. Ans:-one is the center of the head
and the other is q head-scenter.
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A large number Of spurious dimes are in
circulation in New York.
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I have been using Swiffs Specific g. s. 81
and find it to be the best remedy of the kind
have ever been able to get, and have tried
hem all JOHN FISCHER, Sd u. s. Cavalry.
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DELAYS are DanRerous."

Dix, Becker county, is the latest Minnesots
poStofaco.
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A firm Of Helena tailors are in trouble for
smuggling
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A0rsst 1rssaen.
Take Al tho Kidney and Liver

A0rsat Probes,
Take III the Kidney and Liver
Medicines
Take al the Blood Purifiers,
Take Ill the Rheumatic remedies,
Tale all the Dyspepsi. and indigestion
-1ake 81 tho Ague, Fever, and bilious
Specifics,
Take al the Brain and Nerve force
revivers,
Take Ill the Great Health restorep.
In short, take all the best qualities Of
all these, and the best
Qualities Of al the best medicines in the
world, and You will find that Hop
-Bittes have the best curative qualities
and powers Of al concentrated
In them, and that they will cure when
any or all of these, singly or-combined
Fail A thorough trial will give positive
proof of this.
1ardsaed Liver.
Five years ago I broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then have been unable to be about at
all Ny liver became hard like wood; my
limbs were pulled up and filled with water.
All the best Physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. I resolved to try Hop Bitters;
have used seven bottels; the hardness has
oil gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it has worked . miracle in my case;
otherwise I would have been now in my
grave. J. W. NoREY, Buffalo, Oct l, 1881
Poverty ana Suffering.
Il was dragged down with debt, poverty and
suffering for years, caused by q sick family
and large bills for doctoring.
WAS completely discouraged, until one year
ago, by the advice of my pastor, commenced
using Hop Bitters, and in one month We were
all well, and none of us have seen . sick day
since, and l want to say to all poor men, you
can keep your families well year with Hop
Bltters for less than ono doctors visit viii
cost I know it"-A NOTTINGHAM
None genuine without bunch of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with ''Hop' or "Hops' in their
name.
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'Buchu- Paiba" Quick, complete cure, all
annoying kidney and urinary diseases d.
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1t is estimated that Phil Armour Of Chicago,
deal >''--'-'- = -S,.''' t--
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Trough on Itch cures humors, eruptions, ring
worms letter, salt rheum, frosted feet chilblsins
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Dillinger's Touring mill ct Greene, Iowa, was
destroyed by fro Tuesday night The dre
hot box. Tho mill was fully equipped for man
ufacturing the patent roller process -four and
vas tho best mill in this section Of the coun-
~. Loss about az 600; insurance shout e13-
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V100x t180 0up0101 W1I112Ws
DR.. Warmers German Hop Bitters, the great
German Remedy. None genuine that do not
bear DR.. @. D. Warmers name ON bottle and
LABEL
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The prince Of Wales second son is ct school
at Heidelberg, Germany.