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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
A Scrap Of Paper Arouses q Town.

A Scrap of Paper ArOuses q Town.
[From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.)
They had all sorts of rumors going
on the street in relation to an attempt
at burglary of q bank in one of the two
cities Wednesday evening. A crowd
was around the door and the lights were
turned up while the people reered in
at the windows. The cause of the
trouble was the springing Of a burglar
alarm in the bank. The alarm rang
shortly after 8 o'clock in the telephone
Office and the police station. It rang
it's full length Of time with brief inter-
ruptions. It reused all the vigilance Of
the law and the. telephone. The ring
ing vas plainly heard out doors. The
result was the opening Of the bank, the
activity Of the police, tie crowd around
the bank doors, and the final discovery
of the joke of the burglar alarm. The
continuance is so arranged that connec-
ton is made by NEAR of q clock ar
rangement shortly after 9 O'Clock. The
shutting Of the door presses 4 button
and completes q circuit A piece of
paper became shut in the iamb Of the
door. preventing the complete shutting
Of the door and the pressing 8 the but,
ton. When the hour came for the
making Of the connection, the piece Of
paper had the same. result as II the.
door had been open, and the alarm
went off. Lots Of people had seen sus-
picious characters enough to crack all
the banks in town, and mono Of them
laid it to the most suspicious thing Of
all, . piece Of thin paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
Narrowing Corn.

The Iowa Homestead says: W. be-
ieve in narrowing corn thoroughly,
completely, and often. But we could
not harrow on a wet day or a cloudy
day, or on ground full of h~alf-covered
stalks of last years growth. In other
words, no directions can be given to
fit every possible condition. All gen
eral advice must, be used with a large
amount of common sense. When the
ground is clear of rubbish and the sun
shines, the harrow is the best imple-
ment that can be used in a cornfeld.
Il is the boss weed-killer and soil pull
verizer. And these are the two objects
to be attained in cultivating corn.
Therefore az a matter of experiment,
we ask readers to select an acre of
ground and commence narrowing as
soon as done planting, until the corn is
up and then keep on till the corn is
three or four inches high. Harrow
that acre till you are sure you have
ruined it, and still keep on every few
days till your neighbo1s are quite sure
you are fit for the asylum.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
Managing Stoves.

'-- ---- lis
Miss Parloa, in a recent lecture in
New York, said one of the most fire.
quent mistakes people make is in
putting on too much coal. Never have
the coal come above the lining of the
stove. It is waste of fuel. and the fire
will not be sc bright and clear, because
the draught will not be so good. When
not using the fire, keep the hampers
closed; it will be ready when needed;
then open the draughts. For cooking,
either on top of the stove or in the
oven, no matter how hot the fire be de-
sired, having the coal come nearly to
the top of the lining, the fire ought to
last four hours without coal or poking.
The top of the stove may be red hot,
aud the coal piled up to the lids, and
yet the ven will not bake. It is be-
cause there is too much coal, and the
draught is stopped by it. The practice
of having the top of the stove or range
red hot will soon destroy it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
Sorghum for Stock.

A writer in Rural World says he has
in his travels in Kansas and elsewhere
taken many items from stock feeders,
regarding sorghum culture for fodder.
he sums up the hest practice thus :
Pillow your ground as for wheat, hand
drill; SOW broadcast from one and one
half bushels to the acre, to one and a
peck; give it one good narrowing with
a staining tooth harrow, tapping enough
SO as to be SURF and cover the seed.
Sorghum seed does not want to be ov-
cred more than one-half inch deep.
There is one large stock-man that has
engaged one hundred bushels of EARLY
Orange seed from me. His plan of SOW
ing is one and one-half bushels of seed
to the acre, witha very small amount OF
millet. Sowing in May and June he
gets a double crop, over twenty tons to
each moving; should be cut when the
seed is in the dough or sooner; cured
as hay and stacked for winter feeding,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11

Gov. SroNENAN, of California, is
president Of the Worlds Fair, that is to
be held in San francisco in 1887.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11

The use OF the term
:" Short Line" in connec-
ton with the corporate
name Of a great road, con-
veys an idea Of just what il
required by the travelling
pubic-a Short Line, Quick
Time and the best Of ae-
commodations-an Of which
BAT Railway in America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11

New YoRK city has i society for the
relief Of ruptured persons, and &c Is
chartered % hold $1,25O,000 worth 81
property.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
value Of Poultry Manure.

What IL the value Of poultry manure?
This question is often asked. / can
very Justly say the manure is
worth quite as much % the food con-
Rmed By the fowls. From 8 flock Of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
A Young Detective.

t lIAOuS ~ AOAAOA r
The magistrate at Bow Street had
the uncommon pleasure of rewarding
virtue while Furnishing vice. An
American gentleman on a visit was OBJ
serving the humors of London street.-the
in the Strand on Monday afternoon,
and, while watching a seller of toys,
wa robbed of his watch and chain. It
happened that a little lad employed as
a street orderly had noticed two per-
sons of evil aspect loafng about, and
had kept his eye upon them. Seeing
that the American had been robbed, he
gave a full description to the police of
the suspected men; and later in the
same day seeing one of them in Endall
Street, he followed him and gave him
into custody. The prisoner pleaded
guilty, and is sent to jail for six months,
while the boy gets hall, a crown for his
interference in the interests of Justice.
Scotland Yard ought not to lose sight
of boy with such natural aptitude for
service in the force. The tale is, how.
ever, suggestive on other grounds,
Sharp-sighted boyes like this are by no
means rare in the streets of London.
Whether they black boots, or sweep
crossings, OF act as street orderlies, they
always have their eyes about them, and,
generally speaking, have a fairly good
knowledge of the quality and purposes
of street-loafers. Might it not be
worth while quietly to affiliate some OF
the best of these young fellows to the
police, or to give them generally to un.
derstand that services like those rem.
dered in this case we have quoted will
not go unrewarded? No doubt care
would have to be exercised in taking
any such step; but we seem to remem.
Der that in the stories of our boyhood
the woman who kept an apple-stau was
ever the best of detectives, and almost
anybody would be better than the we'll.
known plain-clothes men who are to be
seen, at given hours, loafng in and ou1
of stated public-houses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
AND c%NNEcToNs.
The above 10 = correct map Of the
ALBERT ROUTE.

The abovei 10 = correct map OF the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and its immediate connections. Through Trains daily
From ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO,
without change, connecting with all lines
EAST and SOUTHEAST
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, Iowa,
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
connecting in Union Depot for all Points South md
SouInWeee. Close connections made with 81. p, No Nj.
NJ and 81 T. q Duluth Railroads. from and to ali
points North and Northwest. = - "'
ERl PULLMAN PALACE SLEEpISc,
CARS on all night Trains. Through Tfckets, and bay.
ynge checked to destination. For time tables. rate Of
arc, etc., call upon nearest Ticket Agent, or address
s.. #. BOYD.
Gen'l Tkt. 4 Pass. Art, Mlnnespolis.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
Washington, ID. q.

A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED
~ solely to the interests of the party and
the nGttOn. us editorial columns are devoted
almost entirely to national, political. and local
Ila -teI,s ali subjects being viewed from Il
broad. liberal party standpoint and treated in
dCnepdedtiy, wiU1Out regard or favor 10 per-
or facLODS.
TIE news columns contain full and accurate
rcpOIts ct al matters pJ the capital, together
Win general telegl2 Qhic news, special lette-s
from = large cOrDS Of correspondents at home
apa abroad, reports beirg made without color
o. las, the sole aim and object being in every
case, from the Smallest 10 thr greatest, to give
tie Facts n the most convenient and attraC-
tive shape for all classes Of readers.
Tnc edilorial page IS vigorously and uncom-
pro ojsmGly republican; the news columns are
as unbendiugly Independent.
Much of the space of tie weekly edition of
The Republican viii be given up to the news
OF TIE capital but there viii be in addition
carefully selected stories and miscellaneous
matter of general interest. Each issue will
contain
Full and careful reports of the proceedings
of congress when i'll session,
Appointments by the president.
Executive messages, and all interesting news
from he executive departments.
Abstracts of all laws passed.
Treaties with Indians and foreign nations.
All Information from the Office of the comp
troller of the currency Of interest to banks
and bankers.
Weekly statements of the treasury,
Rulings of the customs and internal revenue
departments.
Valuable statistics from the statistical bu-
reau of the treasury.
Full reports from the agricultural bureau.
Lists of patents issued, with rulings Of the
patent Office
Information in regard to public lands
Consular reports.
News from the pension office.
Educational matters.
Interviews with the most prominent men of
the nation, most OF whom visit the capital
more or less frequently, on politics, art,
science, etc,
In short, The Weekly Republican will con-
tain a vast amount OF interesting reading for
every citizen of fhe nation, which it will give
more fully and in greater variety than by any
other paper in TIE country. 1t will be Il paper
which the readers of other weekly, and even
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ulacturer, the pOlitician-in fact to everybody
The Weekly . :" . 15(
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
THE SUN
NEW YORK 1874

About sixty million copies of THE SUN have
gone out of our establishment during the past
twelve months.
If you were to paste end to end all the col
umns of all THE SUN printed aud sold last year
you would get a continuous strip of interesting
information, common sense wisdom sound
doctrine, and sane wit long enough to reach
from Printing House square to the top of
Mount COpernicus III the moon, then back to
Printing House square, and then three-quar-
tiers of the way back to the moon again.
But The Sun is written for the inhabitants
or the earth; this same strip of intelligence
would girdle the globe twenty-SeVen or
twenty-eight times.
If every buyer of a copy of TIE SUN during
the past year has spent only one hour over it,
and If his wife or his grandfather has spent
another hour, this newspaper in 1883 has af-
fOrded the human race thirteen thousand years
of steady reading, night and day.
1t is only by little calculations like these that
you can form any idea of the circulation of the
most popular of American newspapers, or of
its influence on the opinions and actions of
American men and women.
THE SUN is, and will continue to be, q news
paper which tells the truth without fear of
consequences, which gets at the facts no mat
ter how much the process costs, which presents
the news all over the world without waste of
words and in the most readable shape, which
IS working with all its heart for the cause of
honest government, and which therefore be-
Heves that the Republican party must go, and
must go IN TINS coming year of our Lord, 1884
If you know THR SUN, you like it already
and you will read it with accustomed diligence
ana pront during what is sure to be the most
interesting year in its history. II you do not
know The sun, it is high time to get into the
sunshine.
Terms to Mail subscribers.
The several editions of TEE SUN are sent by
mail, postpaid, as follows:
DAlLf-50 cents a month, IS year with
Sunday edition, 81
SUNDAY-Eight pages This edition furn-
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tlcIes Of exceptional interest to everybodyand
literary reviews Of new books of the highest
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THE SUN, n. Y. City.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
PALATKA. FLORIDA,
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM

THE IMPORTANCE OF PALATKA AS A
trade distributing point and railway center
and its magnificent location at the head of
ocean navigation on the St. Johns, and in the
midst of a charming farming and fruit produ-
cling section, renders it a natural focal point
the opportunity to make it what it is pro-
nounced by the press to be, a frst-class news
paper, both in its makeup and in the charac-
ter of its collated news.
POLITICALLY
THE NEWS is Democratic, and while it will be
courteous to ALL it viii stand steadfast in its
adherence to those principles of that party,
the success of which.alone insures liberty and
good government.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
EAST FLORIDA EMPRESS.

+ human Falace Bunet and Drawing Room
Sleeping cars on this Train to Washington
to Savannah.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on this Train TO Louis
vile via Townsville.
Pullman Hotel and Sleeping Cars on this
Train to Cincinnati via Savannah
A restaurant has been opened at Waycross
ana abundant time viii be allowed for meals
by all passenger trains.
connecting at Savannah with steamers for
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti-
more.
Connecting at Charleston with steamers for
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
Trains on b. and w. r. II. leave junction
going west, at l2:l0 p. m, and for Brunswick
at l2;l0 p. m, daily.
Through tickets sold to all points by Rail
and Steamship connections, and Baggage
Checked through. Also Sleeping Car bcrfhs
and sections secured at Company's Office in
Astor's Building, 81 Bay street and at Depot
Ticket Office. JAS l.. TAYLOR
General Passenger Agent
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
IN CHANCERY,
In Circuit Court. Fifth Judicial Circuit State
of Florida, in and for Putnam County
STEPHEN HART
JOHN R. MARSHALL and
JANE MARSHALL. his wife.

JOHN r. MARSHALIand
JANE MARSHALL his wife
TT APPEARING BY AFFIDAVIT THAT
Il the defendants reside out of the Fifth Jul
dicial Circuit, of the State of Florida. and he
yond the limits of said State. to-wit.: in the
dered that the defendants John n Marshall
and Jane Marshall, his wife, do appear and adj
swer the compliments bill filed against them
IN the Court on or before the 18th day of July.
1884 otherwise said bill NAV be taken Dro con
fesso. Witness my hand, and the seal of our
said Court, this, 21st March, 1884
lsEALt VIM T. FORWARD,
Clerk Circnit Court.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
GIRLS OF THE PLAINS.
Driving the Sulky Pillow, Pursuing
Literary Studies and Making
Claims.

Claims.
In travelling over the prairies, says
a Fargo, Dakota, letter to the Chica-
go Herald, one now and then comes
across lonely shack. which, with
its surroundings, wears an aspect of
neatness that distinguishes it from
the average carelessly thrown togeth-
er shanty that sufices to prove the
claimants right to the title Of pro-
prietor of the 100 acres surrounding.
If of boards, the cracks are carefully
battened with lath; if of logs, the
creyices are closely plastered with
mud; hardy morning glories cling
around the doorway and creep along
the humble caves, while small plats,
smiling with violets, larkspur, love
bell and honeysuckle, transplanted
from the prairie, hover around the
modest domicile, true induces to the
female spirit that rules within.
The novelty of their situation
seems to charm these women plo-
neers; their face and form are the
embodiments of happiness andhealth;
they as heartily enjoy tramp over
the prairie, in search of the boun-
Diary lines of their claim, as the So
ciety girl enjoys trip in dog cart
or sail on the lake. They become
adopts in the use of the rifle and
shotgun; they learn to handle the
harvester as deity as their mascu-
line neighbors and ride the sulky
pillow with as much grace as her re-
fined sister would ornament tri-
cycle. The majority of these pio-
neers are school mistresses, who
pursue their Greek, Latin, as
tronomy, botany or chemistry du-
ring their leisure moments in their
prairie home during the summer and
pursue their vacation in village or
city school room during the winter
months. Thus they preserve their
health, keep up their studies and
slowly but surely build up for them
selves home that they can point to
with Just pride as the fruit of their
own labor.
The hardships and trials which
these brave little pioneers undergo
are enough to shake the courage of
the sterner sex. Mrs. Ball, young
widow, came to the territory two
years ago, built her claim shack,
which was twice blown away by tor
4 nadoes and once burned to the
ground,Nbut through her indomitable
will she is sUtiIl there and says she is
bound to sta y. Mis- Nellie Uline,
daughter of q FOL. Uline, of Chicago,
has her home stead near Devils Lake,
is tireles) pedestrienne, crack
rife shot, and possesses accomplish
ments thSSt fit her for the leadership
of any Jrefned society in which she
may Move. Miss Hoover, the Misses
PRINCIPE. Miss Flynn, Miss Bruce,
Miss( Marks, Miss Olson, Miss Shot
well, and the Misses Phelps, who,
through their pluck and persever-
ance have gained fine homestead
and built up a little fortune of $lO,-
OOO,are but a few of the great army
of women who deserve the highest
praise for their fortitude and deter
mination.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12

Henry CIay's Last Visit to the House.
Ben; Perley Poore's "Reminiscences.
Henry Clay's last visit to the
House of Representatives, over
, which he had presided so long and
| so well, was at the funeral of Mr..
Kaufman, of Texas, in February,
ASST. He did not come in with the
but he entered the House
alone, and took his seat Immediately
in front of the Speaker. He did
not remove his blue cloth cloak, but
remained we'll wrapped up and I'M
varying in his position. Ihad never
before seen him look so much like
an old, old man. The damp and
gloomy day perhaps conspired with
the passing scene to depress him, or
it may be that he was not in health.
| do not know, but sure | am that
from his appearance no one would
believe his voice could be even audi
bic in the Senate, much less that by
the power of his eloquence, he
conld control or influenced its delibera-
tions. His face shrunken and shrivel-
ed, his eyes lusterless and heavy, his
mouth in repose only when open
and expressionless, he seemed to
have so long since passed into the
clean and slippered pantaloons," as
to be no longer suited to the ardent
encounters of the Senate. And yet,
with few rays of sunshine upon
MS brow and upon his heart, how he
could be himself again, old only in
years!
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12

Leave Jacksonville daily at. H..
Arrive at Jacksonville daily al. -....
Arrive at Callahan daily at ...........
Arrive at WayCrOss daily at........
Arrive at Albany daily at..........
Arrive at Jesup daily at ............
Arrive at Macon daily at......-...
Arrive at Atlanta daily at........-
Arrive at Chattanooga daily att. a- lu
Arrive at Nashville daily at. &c.. s. IN
Arrive at Louisville daily at - IT,. M
Arrive at Cincinnati daily ATT. I18 II
Arrive at Chicago daily at .. .... t..t i ri
Arrive at st. Louis Gaily at .. Ga IA
Pullman Sleeping Cars on this Train 10 4 H.
cinnati via the Waycross and to ChattanoogH
via JesuD.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12

The Boston Transcript suspects
that the reason why, so many young
men are so fresh is because they can
not earn their salt.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
Florida * Western R'y
Waycross short Line.

All trains of this road are run by Contra
Goth Meridian time, which is 90 minutes
slower than Jacksonville time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
CHARLESTON EXPRESS.

ON and after Sunday November I3, 1888,
~ Passenger Trains will leave and arrive as
follows.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-12
ORGANS

4 fun five octave t61 notes Organ, three feet
"a ten inches high, three feet four and a half
innches wide, full size ParlOr Organ. suitable
for Lodges, Sunday Schools, Vestries, Singing
Schools. Any one wishing a Good, Strong and
well-made instrument. for the small sum Of
$500, call and look at them on Kirby Street,
Organ Case on the Piazza).S. H. MORRILL,.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-02-20

HoSoLuLu, Feb. Is, 1881.
To His Excclency Il. VI. DtggErr Minister Res
ident Of the United States.
Major JAMES Hay WopImoUsE. Her Britannia
Maiesty's Commissioner and Consul General.
Mons. HESKi FEE, Consul and Commissioner foi
France.
Signor A. DE CASAvARRo Consul and Commission.
or for Portugal.
GESrLEarES:- undersigned subjects and cit.
liens of foreign states, resident in Honolulu, beg
leave to represen: to you the great alarm and anx
iety which entertain at the great and rapid in
crease Of the disease Of leprosy in this kingdom.
For many years the existence Of this disease has
occasloned more or less s0citude 20 all classes OF
foreigners and we have hoped that such steps
would be taken would lead to the suppression
VI the disease. We regret TO state that after a
long and anxious suspense we find the scourgc in
yading our schools and threatening our homes and
We are conscious of sufficient efforts being made
TO mitigate the evil or even to keep II within
bounds. The ostensible attempt 10 isolate and so
limit the disease, appears to be entirely made
quate and delusiye, and We believe the course pur-
sued and the neglect Of practical measures are
equally condemned by the medical gentlemen
whose opinions are entitled to our most earnest
consideration.
The matter has become So serious and ALARMING
that We are compelled 10 ask you, If YOU can m
your high official Positions initiate any steps that
will reassure Us and the inmates OF our homes.
We would protest against any attempt TO raise
party discussion or political personal questions
on such an occasion, and are satisfied that YOU
gentlemen, would refuse TO be addressed IN such a
spirit. We take the liberty of this step In the
earnest, humble effort TO protect our homes against
scourge whose approach we cannot ignore and
at whose name every owner Of home must shud
der.
rs the diplomatic representatives, Of the nations
from which most OF the foreign residents have
come, we are assured that You will regard our act
ion in placing this subject before you, as proper
on our part.
The interests of foreign as we'll as native resi-
dents arc gravely at stake, and We hope that by
joint conference and such Joint action rs Won may
deem It proper to take, those interests NAV be de
Tended from the rlyages Of this terrible disease
We have the honor to be- gentlemen, your Obed-
lent humble servants