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The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-20
Captain Kidd's Treasure.

The residents of the hamlet of Berk
shire, Connecticut. two miles north OF
Bridgeport, are excited over the report OF
the discovery of hidden treasure by agang
of italians, who have been excavating for
the Olmstead Parallel railroad near the
head of Pegnouneck river. There was
once a somewhat famous shipyard at the
spot. Close by is the shallow brook in
which nine years ago was found the dead
body Of Helen Lucas, for whose murder
James E. Latin was sent to prison for life.
One of the gangs of workmen had been
working at night time. None OF the peo-
ple could understand their dialect, but
they noticed that some of them acted
queerly. One of the men, his story goes,
struck his pick into crevice between the
rocks and turned out a powder horn tipped
with silver and covered with hleroglyph-
les. In it were few old English coins,
Spanish dubloon and piece of parch-
ment. The horn is now in the possession
of Bridgeport gentleman, who secured
If from one of the oversccrs of the labor
crs. According TO the Berkshire folks a
number of silver vessels have since been
dug up, together with old coins, sword
hits and an iron box said to contain gold
Some Of the inquisitiye neighbors visited
the barracks occupied by the Italians on
Thursday and made search, but nothing
was found, the laborers having decamped
with their effects. The Berkshire people
arc confident that the Italians discovered
one of Pirate Kidd's treasure boxes, and
that they have gone off with the contents.
Several years ago great excitement pre-
vailed in Trumbull, several miles north Of
Berkshire. over 4 rumor that Capt. Kidd, $
possessions were hidden there. Prospect
inc parties came from near and far, and
an immense excavation was made, but
nothing found. Black Rock, a short dis
tance west Of Bridgeport, is another place
where the Buccaneers treasure has been
repeatedly sought.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-20
CHiLDREN'S MAGAZINES.
Too Much Hush and Moiasses for
the Children aud Not Enough
solid Eood. =.
Springfield Repnblican. !

[Springfield Republican.
The great fault of the children smag-
azines is that they give the least poss.-
ble quantity of sense to the greatest
possible quantity OF amusement. Now
it is we'll to be amused, and the light
ening OF the reading of childhood by
the riches of various folklore, the in
vention OF new fairy and fantasy, the
infusion of poetic beauty, and the ocna-
ment OF art--all these are most praise
werty in due bounds. The objection
is that there are no bounds; that trlfies
have the whole field to themselves, and
in fact that the principal constituents
of the child's paper or magazine are
mush and molasses, cake and candy.
Now, we do not feed our children atter
this sort at the home tables. We CIV,
them milk and bread and meat and
fruit-the sweet stuff is mere occa
sional luxury. Why should we allow
their finer being, their mental quality,
to be demoralized any more readily
than their physical? We are now
greatly improving in physical hygiene
why should we lower the. intellectual
conditions?
We shall not be suspected of the
Gradgrind spirit ii we declare that rs
per cent. Of nonsense is too much tn
present our children in a month, and
even so per cent, which we are per-
suaded is the modern average, is too
great for their mental healths.
We do not deny the value and ne
cessity of c,lltivating the imagination.
The Arabian Nights needs succession
and sustainment, and when SO great an
original genius as Frank Stockton ap-
pears, we sincerely desire to limit his
appearance, for we shall seldom In q
generation find his equal The food
of American production is not IN the
fashion of Mr.. Stockton though he
has imitators at distance but in the
general line of fanciful trash and silly
fiction. 1t really affords one a grave
sense of comfort to open an English
juvenile like The Chatterbox, with its
honest dullness, its pragmatical moral
izing and its plain old-style wood-cuts
Tie mention of wood-cuts leads to
another consideration, and that perhaps
the radical one 1t is that our Ameri-
can child's magazines, papers and books
are written and illustrated too generally
above the heads of their ostenslble
audience.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-20
Tree-Piantine i'm England.
fRoston Cot.rier.


While our forests are disappearing
before the woodman's ak and the saw
mill, there is no such diminution of the
number of trees in England. Tbs is
owing to the perseverance Q. thelaadetl
class in tree plant ng. One family
alone, that of the dukes of Athole. ha,
in a hundred years planted sores OF
millions of trees. The planter duke,
who commenced operations in l774,
planted o., 900, QUO trees, covering H..
600 acres, principally uson the Dunken
Hills and III their neignborhood. The
present duke Of AtDole plants from
600, 900 to ,000,O90 trees every year.
The terrible storm which DESTROYED the
Toy bridge blew down $4,000 o.
the dukes trees; but the loss was
hardly noticeable. Millions of tree,
have been planted on Nantucket island,
but unfortunately most of them diel.
Visitors to Nantucket will remember =
few narrow belts of stunted pines here
and there on the downs in the interior
Of the island, which represent the tesal
outcome of this most latislablo enter
prise.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-20
BOOKS TIC s1r5.tn or yoasorsaraon.


We are deluged with books that are
born and fire their hour upon the counter
and then are heard no more. Books
not account books, bnt books Of no ac-
count. Books catalogued in the com
monplace. Every one takes his turn at
novel or drama, and society is the
loser by it; for what might pass current
in spontaneous way for cleyerness,
when saved up and dealt out IN book
formula, loses ground and proves itself
not worth the saving.
People are niggardly of being bright,
clever and witty in society because
they are saving mp for the coming book
that shall surely yet be written, and
that every one is supposed to be writ
ing. All the bon moss are carefully
tucked away; nothing is given out OF
itself.
Every story has price in the book
market, and the vapid coaSeque c. of
all this is that in general society con
versation has ceased to exist. Peopl,,
no longer meet to converse. Life IS
too absorbing. Quiet groups in
pleasant parlors have passed away.
A larger scale OF. entertainment in
terrupts all this. Parties are OF
the past receptions, are the cnly
wear-very crusly, very vapld, very
much all alike. unless q deliberata
stand is taken by some wearied soul
and a form Of entertainment is fxel
upon, and in such case one is invited To
be the privileged guest at the un,old-
ing OF tue statue of. e., MIR. M-'s
MS, twenty foolscap pages, read by
the author; or. it may be Mrs s- =
bank verse, or somebody will strain
forth Browning.
Society has little spon.aneity since
the whole world turn ID author, and
publishers have taken from it what
they cannot pay back.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-20
CINNABAR !!
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GALLATIN COUNTY, NJ. T.,

Is Situated at the Terminus Of the National P1rk
Branch Of the ". r. r. miles north Of the Nam
moth Hot Springs, mile from the National Park line
on the West bank of the Yellowstone RiUer. II Wa7ron
tee Title has been obtained faUor Of the Northern Pa
cifc Ral7o0d and other Capitalists, Who WU spare
pains opening it to Speedy Settlement On and ot1e,
December 18th books 1UiU be to those wishing to OBJ
tain Titzeto Lots NO wislipe to uauest In ToOn
Property afford to loose the present opportunity, o
the liberal policy of the Company relative to Price
and Terms of Payment.
The Su1ro1tnding Country aboundsi in COIL equal
to the Bnauous CoaLG Pennsylvania Daac5pg this an
excellent point for Smelling Works, for the Bear Gubcb
and CzYs For Mines, 1C71ere smelling 7eec11ns-
tibze East Of CINNABAR is Uast Grazing country,
do,rine excellent facilities for Stock RAISING The
Lands lying north and south along the Yeto1OStone Val
ley are erceeding1y fertile, mountain streams dfordlng
ample Uater for all 7lSatine purposes making de
sirable country for those wisig toengnse in Agric11
turdE Pursuits
t Price and Payment furnished upon application to
PARK IMPROVEMENT CO.,
YeIlozOSf Stone National Pnrk.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
A HAPPY UNION.

"A very pleasant wedding took place
at Riverside farm on the 9TH inst, the
high contracting parties being Mr.. NJ.
l.. Sparr, of Rolling Green, Sumner
county, and Miss Sarah NJ. Ross. of
Clearwater, the Rev. Mr.. McQuown.
of Mulvane, officiating. The ccremo-
ny was of private nature, there be-
ing but few present aside from the
near relatives and friends of the bride
and groom. Mr.. Spar is one of the
rising yonng men of Kansas. and en-
joys an enyiable reputation for bust
ness integrity and social worth, and is
to be congratulated in securing as a
life help-mete 20 lovable and noble
mindeda young lady. They each have
numerous and warm friends in this
city who will join with the EAGLE in
wishing them a bright, prosperous and
happy future. AS an evidence of the
esteem in which they are held by their
friends, the following partial list of
presents received by the bride abund-
antly attests: Silver castor, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gilchrist Silver butter
dish, Mr.. and Mrs. Doud; one-half
dozen silver teaspoons and table linen,
Mrs. Macredi; same, Ambrose DeLair !;
silver napkin ring, Mr.. and Mrs. De-
Lair silver butter knife, sugar spoon,
pickle fork and lamp mat, Miss Agnes,
sister of the bride; sofa cushion and
tidy, Jenne,t, sister of bride crystal
set, Andrew. brother Of bride; six sill
yer table spoons, mother of bride !:
plush framed mirror. Miss Lizzie, sis
ter of bride crystal water set. Mrs. j.
JimesOn.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
A RUNAWAY.

A farmer living few miles east
from the city, whose name we were
unable to learn. came near meeting
with serious accident Monday even
ing on his return home from town.
He and his family came to the city il
a lumber wagon TO see the show. All
went well unit! they were about mile
from the city on their way home
when the horses, which were quite
spirited ones, got frightened. became
unmanageablc and ran off, running
into fence, upsetting the wagon and
throwing the occupants TO the ground.
Fortunately the horses were brought
to sudden standstill. which undoubt-
eddy saved some member of the fami
ly from serious injury. The horses
were soon under control, the wagon
set to rights and the family once more
on their way. worse scared than hurt.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
THE RESULT,

The result of the National Republic
can convention is very doubtful. Mr..
Blaine will probably have the most
votes on the first ballot. His great
danger, however, lies in The fact that
the delegates who are in favor of 9TH
er candidates will very likely be
against him from the first. Blaine is
a very positive MANIFOLD and ag-
gressive His sriends are of the same
material. His friends believe in him
enthusiastically. His enemies are
stubborn in their opposition. And,
those who are not for him are against
him. If he should lack fifty or sixty
votes on the first ballot, it is not at
all probable that he will ever get them.
President Arthur occupies the best
position as compromise candidate
His administration has been endorsed
by every Republican convention yet
held. IL the convention can be per-
suared that he can carry New York
his nomination would be easy to ac-
compIish. Ii we were called upon to
name the candidates in the order of
their strength with the people, we
should do it thus: VIM. L. Sherman,
Chester A. Arthur, Geo. f. Edmunds,
James J. Blaine-O sage City Free
Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
meetings. CLOSED.

The temperance meetings which
have been in progress at the skating
rink the past week. closed Sunday
evening, Rev. w. w. Woodford hav-
ing engagements elsewhere that de-
manded his attention. The meetings
have left an impress for good that will
long survive the bare recollections of
the speakers who labored so jealous
ly for the canse of temperance.
About 1000 people signed the pledge,
thus publicly acknowledging their in
tention TO abstain from the use of in
toxicants, and we trust they will re-
main firm i'm this determination. BE
fore. the meeting closed Sunday eve
ming a collection was taken up for the
purpose of paying rent and incidental
expenses, which resulted in the rails
ing of $135.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
PIN FEATHERS.

Mrs. Wendell Phillips is reported
seriously i'll.
The TOotlet is the name of paper
published in Clarksville, Tenn.
A Durham, n. c., man has patent
ed machine to make 200 cigarettes q
minute.
1t is now said that the ex-Rev. w.
II. VI. Murray is keeping a restaurant
in Montreal
Yankton. ID. T.. is to have pork
packing establishment with a capacity
of 900 hogs per day.
General Grants cottage at Elheron
has been prepared for use, and the
family are expected there to-day.
Professor Asa Gray. the distin-
guished American hotanist, is visiting
St Louis, and is the guest ofMr Hen
~ Shaw.
General Basil W. Duke is to deliver
the literary address at the Mississippi
State Normal School at the commence
ment.
A 'royal" sturgeon was caught in
the Ouse. near York, England, recent
". 1t was over seven feet in length.
and weighed nearly 1872 pounds.
The Rev. Arthur Little has gone TO
Nashville. Tenn, to deliver the COM
mencement address before Fisk uni
versity Thursday. He will return in
season to be in his pulpit next Sunday.
1t is expected that nearly .0OO men,
hnr- op.I a-cnosatn, nf tho D,stsll, 80;
entific association will cross the ocean
in Aug ast next to take part in the
meeting which is to be held at Mon
treal.
Queen Victoria is negotiating for the
purchase of the Villa Nevada. at Cam
mes. in which Prince Leopold breathed
his last. Her intention is to convert
it into convent and chapel in memory
of the Prince.
The Rev. Arthur Sloan, who was
recently obliged to give up the rector
ship of Christ Episcopal Church. STRAIT
ford. Conn.,. because of his belief in
"faith cnres," will soon begin religious
work in New York City.
Henry William Eaton. member of
Parliament for Coventry, who mar
ried the only daughter of Mr.. Thomas
l.. Hartman, of New Orleans. has jus:
paid $500 guineas for Landseer's orig
iual 'The Monarch of the Glen"
Miss Elizabeth Peabody. the phiIan-
thropist, celebrated her 80th birthday
at her home in Boston Friday. and
among those who called 20 congratu-
late her were DIR. and Mrs. o. w.
Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. W. ID. Howells.
George Parsons Lathrop and Rose
Hawthorne Lathrop. Mrs. Ole Bull,
and many others distinguished in lit
erature.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
mumpMREys-,eccoNksy.
he Brilliant wedding Of One Of Wichita's Best
YOunu Mem

!
A Paramount correspondent of the
Leavenworth Times furnishes the fol-
lowing account of the wedding OF
John S. Humphreys, of this city, and
Miss Georgia McConkey, which took
place at the residence of the brides
father, in Paramount, on the evening
of the 14th:
"The wedding party stood in the
front yard in semicircle, the bride
and groom, attended by Mr.. Will
Humphreys and Miss Emma McCon.
key, stood on the piazza, the father
and mother of the bride on the right
a younger brother and sister on the
left, and the officiating clergyman in
front: in this attitude the marriage
was solemnized, while the gentle
zephyrs breathed softly on, and the
twinkling stars looked willingly down
and all nature seemed in perfect ac-
cord with the joyous occasion. The
bride, handsome by nature, was rem
dered even more so by art; for her
dress of rich brown silk and
brOcade, made la mode fran
cdtse, and the natural flowers that
adorned her person, seemed to add a
finishing touch to what nature had al
ready SO exquisitely done. The BRIDE
groom, anoble looking man, was at
tired in the conventional suit of black
with white hectic and kid gloves, all
in harmony with Partisan taste. In a
word, the happy couple presented a
fine picture of health, beauty and re-
finement.
After the ceremony came a sumptu-
GUS feast-a beautiful supper of the
good things which the appetite never
tires Office cream and cake, and the
crowd assembled and did justice there
to, to which fact the following named
persons can testify: Mr.. and Mrs.
Stout, Mr.. and Mrs White. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. ii. c. Yoakum,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Stearns, Mrs. W.
kiston, Mr.. S. Yoakum, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes, and the
family, DR.. and Mrs. Lobe, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. f. Humphreys, Miss Claude
Garrett, Miss Cappie Garrett. Miss
Lille Bell, Miss Mollie Downs, Mrs.
S. Yoakum. Mr.. +. S. Humphreys, Jr.
and MIR. Will Humphreys.
The bride received great number
of rich and costly presents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphreys returned
to Wichita last evening, where they
will make their future home, Mr..
ii. being in the employ of Mr.. Law
renee, the Douglas avenue druggist.
They were received here by numerous
friends whose hearty congratulations
but echoe the sentiment of the whole
community. We are pleased to know
that the happy couple who start out in
life so anspic;Ously have decided to
cast their LOT among us, and we trust
that their most sanguine dreams of
and happiness may be fully
realized.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
THE NEW BISHOPS.

The Methodist General Conference
on Thursday last elected four bishops.
The bishop on whom the eyes of
Kansas people will rest with the most
pride is Bishop J. NJ. Walden. This
gentleman, on May 18th. 1857, twenty
seven years ago. started at the now
dead town of Quindaro, paper bear
ing the singular name of the QuindarO
ChindoWdn, and remained doing the
Lords work as Free State editor un-
til June II. 1858. In July, 1857. Mr..
Walden took an active part in Free
State convention held at Topeka and
reported the usual resolutions sustain
ing the Topeka movement. denying
the validity of the Territorial Legisla-
ture. ETC.. etc. He was elected as
member of the house of representa-
tives at an election held under the To-
peka constitution. He was nominated
as Free State candidate for superin-
tendent of public instruction, under
the Leavcnworth constitution of
which document he was one of the
trainers. 1,
When the future bishop left Kansas
we do not know, but he went to Gin
cinnati, and for many years his talents
as man of business have been made
available by the Methodist press and
book concern He is a sagacious, i'm
1crturbable sort of man, biding his
time and is quite sure to bring into
camp anything he sets out after.
Rev. w. Y. Ninde, another of the
bishops elected. is scholarly man who
has preached to important churches,
but is better known by his labors as
scholar
Rev. Willard F. Mallolicu represents
the Methodist church as it is in Bos-
ton. He is considered an able man
and a fine preacher.
The brightest man of the four, and
the only one of them whose name we
find in the handiest encyclopedia, is
Rev. DIR. Charles II. Fowler. He is
by birth Il canadian, the son of a
preacher, but brought up
in the states. He is broad shOulder-
ed. hearty, witty man, full of mental
and physical resources and fine off |
hand talker or writer on any subject. |
He it was who was selected to deliver
the address for Illinois at the Ccnten-
NAL. He is handy man with pen,
and for four years edited the Christian
1dcOcdte at New York. He is forty
six years of age; in the full maturity
of his powers, and will be heard Of
H..
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

cheers for the X. T. band. This closed the
exercises of the afternoon, and the large
crowd, estimated all the way from 5000 to
1000 people, slowly dispersed to their homes
and places Of business. The knights Of
Pytbias ought to feel proud Of the final out
come OF their public exercises, as they all
passed of most satisfactorily, and were
greatly enjoyed by the hundreds who were
fortunate enough to be present.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
poNNE1L.LAwsoN 3 SIMPSON

New York. May 21.-Donnell, Lawson &
Simpson say in circular to creditors: We
propose to all our creditors to pay them
with orr notes payable in twelve and twen-
ty-four months. with six per cent. interest.
with the honorable understanding that II
our business warrants 1t the obligations
shall be discharged withoutrespect ia their
maturity. This plan will enable us to re-
sumo with safety.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
CO M M l T T z Z S:

PAsSNo-
COMM TEES:
EXECUTIVE.
c. A. VanNess, president; S. S. King
secretary; j. M. Allen, treasurer. 4. b.
Rentz, l.. n. Woodcock, J. II. McMiilen, p
Getto.
4. z. Hovey, o. ID. Kirk, ii. NJ. Jones.
HALL.
VIM. Matthewson, l.. w. Dittman, A. c.
Husey, +. A. Sewers, Geo. w. Walter.
HOTELS.
J. L. McMillep, Jno. Il. Carey, T.. Il.
Rentz, J. Rich, p. Getto.
MUSIC.
John Fisher, ii. W. Dunning, Charles
Hatton, J. Bissantz, A. J. Longsdorf.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
+. Dale, L. A. Dorsey, G. ii. Harrington,
Geo. Spangenbergcr, n. +. Niederlander.
DECORATION.
e. Henderson, II. Jacks, c. o. Albert, II.
J. Harding, IL. Ziethen.
PARADE AND DRILL.
l.. n. woodcock, J. Donahoe, L.W. Ong.
b. W. Aldricb, 5. S. King.
RECEPTION.
4. Hill, ii. w. Stewart, G.. n. Byers, j.
ID. Houston, 4. p. Hoyey, Jno. Tucker,
L. A. Dorsey, L. w. Crouch, A. c. Nieder-
lander. l.. c. Wood, III. G. Toler, A. +.
Stanley. l.. +. Jones, j. NJ. Chain, g. i
Harris. +. l.. TilIinghast, +. J. Arnold, w
ii. Whitescaryer.
The procession will form on Nam, near
the Occidental hotel at O'Clock this after
noon. and move as follows;
From hotel to Douglas avenue, east on
the avenue to Fourth street, north on
Fourth TO Second, west on Second to Waco,
south on Waco to Douglas avenue, east ON
Douglas avenue 10 Main, at which place
dress parade and exhibition drill will be
gwen. Officers and members of the Grand
Lodge will accompany the parade and re-
view on the march.
SO far the following divisions are repre-
scented, aud probably many more VIII come
to-day.
Golden Cross, of Atchison, ID. j. Holland,
commander; W. IL. McNeal, lieutenant
commander; w. c. Barnes, herald, with
&c men.
Tancard, of Columbus. II. d. Daniels,
lieutenant cimmander; S. o. Mcdowell,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

Washington, May 2l-PendinS action
unanimous consent was obtained to put the
following bills upon their passage. and
they were passed: Bill permitting the cree
ton of a bridge across the Missouri river at
White Cloud. Kansas; another across same
river near RulO. Kansas; another across
same stream between its mouth and the
mouth OF the Dakota; another across the
Misssppi near st. Paul. and another across
the Illinois river. between its mouth and
Peoria. Without further legislative busi-
ness the senate went into executive ses-
sion and soon after adjourned.