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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28
The lSOlence OF Wealth.

The coachman of wealthy, but very
surly gentleman, who lives ON Austin
Avenue, had his picture taken. AS he
was an ailectionate kind of an animal.
in the goodness of his heart he present
ed his employer with one Of the pic
lures.
Whats thisP' growled the nabob.
1T is only one of my pictures, sir. ;"
Il don't want it, If want to see
what you look like, All have to do is
to send for you
And yet some people wonder at the
growth of communism in this country.
-1eraS SittingS.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28
DABBLER IN POLITICS.

Several days ago well-known citi-
zen stopped the Rev. Mr.. Mulkittle on
the street and asked:
Have you made up your mind yet
in regard to your choice for alderman
from your ward?'
mo. | never pay any attention to
politics.
That's where you make a mistake
1t is every mans duty to pay some at
tention to politics, for good men, by
their neglect, are greatly to blame for
the corruption which pervades every
department of the public service. Ward
elections, being close to home, are
very important Every street in the
city needs repair, and unless we send
good men to the council, this work is
likely to be rushed through by jobbers. "
Il don't know but you are right.
The street in my neighborhood has
not been worked for year, and we
need lamp up that way, toe"
Yes" agreed the prominent citizen,
''and | don't see why one of the fire
engines should not be stationed in our
ward"
''It should be, said the minister.
II have consulted quite a number of
our best people, continued the we'll
known citizen, land we all agree that
you are the man to institute reform. OF
course you would not run politically,
but would come out Us the candidate
of respectability, regardless of party
ines
Few men, whether prophet, priest or
king, turn q deaf ear to compliment.
unless they unavoidably carry around
an auricular appendage of which the
tympanum has been injured, and
again, nearly all men mildly demur to
flattery.
"Why, my dear sir" exclaimed Mr..
Mulkittle, Il never thought of such
thing as running for office, y
"Of course not, but when the Office
seeks the man, it is his duty to submit.
All you'll have to do will be to allow
your name to 90 before the voters You
needn't 90 to the polls. | don't know
that you will have any opposition. At
any rate, you will be elected by an
overwhelming majority. Let me 90 to
the newspaper Office and have your
name annOuncedp'
Il hardly know what to do.
"You needn't do anything, tell
you. Let me announce your name.
"All right
When Mr.. Mulkittle reached home,
the place where modest men display
their egotism, he said TO his wife:
MARY, you will have the pleasure
of eating dinner with the next alder
man from this ward. "
Mercy on mem exclaimed the lady.
This is wash day and we haven't
cooked anything fiji to set before COM
pany."
''IIc's by no means stranger" said
the smiling minister.
"Who is hep"
Mr.. Mulkittle tapped his chest.
"Youp"
"Yes; for | have been selected by
all the good people of the ward
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28

Mrs. Ivy GRACE HUGHES, the re-
markably beautiful woman who died
recently in New York, was well known
in Montreal. She lived in luxurious
style with her first husband, named
Cande. She was native of Mel
bourne, Australia, and was received in
the best society. Her second husband,
whom she left in England, is an elder
ly man and very wealthy. Her bus-
band gave her an ample income.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28
CURRENT TOPICS.

AS the result of winters trapping
on the streams tributary t6 the Aroos-
took river, in Maine, four young men
bring home the skins of 1877 beaver and
other furs, which are worth 81 200.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28

A SALOON advertisement in Cpur
d'Alcne paper, after giving the loca-
ton of the place and the elegant
drinks served, wound up with the
pleasing information that the "tiger
growls night and day"
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28

CHERRY BIRDS are dong damage to
the cherry crops in the vicinity of AL
bany and Lebanon, Ore. The crop of
one of these birds was found to be
filled with young cherries from which
the blossoms had just fallen.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28


been hung to dry.
"Now. why do YOU want to throw
doubt in the wayP Hasn't the entire
ward called on meP'
81 didn't know" crossing the room
and placing a plate of cold potatoes on
the table
"Oh, no, of course not. Wouldn t
Give i'm that | was elected if YOU were
TO see the votes counted.
When the announcement came out,
many people were surprised, but the
concentrations and words of encour-
aoement which the minister received
warmed his heart with deceitful ardor.
He was somewhat surprised TO hear
that the bar-keeper of the Dew Drop
Inn" low order of whisky shop. was
announced in opposition, but his friends
told him that he must pay no attention
TO a character SO disreputable.
What exclaimed Mrs. Mulkittle,
going to run against saloon
keeperg'
MARY, YOU actually make me tired.
| shall pay no attention to the fellow
1t more than ever stands us INLAND to
tltCl SOllt SOOu man INV 'ii'' wiz
fellow has come out.
Then. you'l have to pay some at
tention to him, for he might 90 there
early and get more tickets than you
do"
$50 where?'
"To the pole"
"What doyou mean by polc?'
Don't they 90 to the pole and
vote?'
"Oh, yes. Then they take up the
pole and fish with it. I've just or
dered a bamboo and shall plant it in
the ground.
Il didn't know discovering her
husbands sarcasm.
"Then, confound it, don't give adj
vice
The minister was startled when a
committee told him that he must have
streamers. ''VOte for the Rev. Mr..
Mulkittle," tied on hack horses and
that he must hire several carriages; and
he would have refused, but the com
mittee limited that the saloon man was
developing considerable strength. Al
last he decided to stand at the polls
and work the people. When election
day arrived he took his place and
talked and challenged voters. Mr.
Bluker, the prominent man who was
the cause of Mulkittle's candidacy
came up rather dogedly and voted fol
the saloon man.
Il challenge that vote" gasped Mr..
Mulkittle.
"What's wrong with him." asked
one of the judges.
"Why, he was pledged to me.
The crowd laughed
'He was the cause of my running >
The crowd yelled.
Let me see you a moment said
Mr.. Bluker, drawing the minister aside
Il didn't think YOU were in earnest
about running, and, in fact, somebody
told me this morning that YOU had
withdrawn. I'll have some business
before the next council and that fellow
can attend to it better than you can.
Il want to say this. You are q
treacherous and infamous liar.'
Bluker struck Mulkittle and Mulkit-
tie struck Bluker. A shout arose. and
a crowd gathered around the combat.
ants. Both men were arrested and
placed under bond. When the vote
was counted, Mulkittle lacked seventy.
live OF being elected. Mrs. Mulkittlt
attempted to console him by remark
ing that there might have been some
mistake, but he glared at her, went
out and stood in the calf-lot The cam
paign cost him two hundred and forty
dollars, and it is said that the church
will arraign him for dabbling in poll
tics.-Opje Read, IN ArkanSal0 TraCeler
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28
NOTES OF THE DAY.

among the colored citizens of Texas.
Potomac shad, raised i'm California.
are on sale in San Francisco markets.
There are 100000 worth of small
coin circulating in the United States.
The semi-annual dividends payable
in Boston in May aggregate SO, 19S,OSO.
New York buyers are being duped
with bogus Greer county, Texas scrip.
The crops of all the northern part of
Texas were destroyed by the recent
frost.
A mineral glass manufacturing COM
pany has been organized in Nashville,
Tenn.
-Four officers claim the Rugg rewards
in BROOKLYN. The whole amount is
$4,000.
The salmon run on the Columbia
river is reported light, but on the in
crease.
A cigarette machine at Durham, n.
c., turns out two hundred smokers"
minute.
The highest tides known for years
are reported at San Pedro and Santa
Monica, Col.
A colOred man living near Shuqualak,
Miss, Il short time ago had his leg am
putated, which had become petrified.
Texas comprises 2SS organized coun-
ties, and territory enough to form 100
more without violating the constitu-
ton.
Fifty thousand dollars have been
subscribed to the Baptist university of
Texas. which will be located at George
town.
A negro boy. years old, at Green
vile, Ala, few days ago ate four
pounds of flour, cooked into biscuit, at
one meal.
Twenty-scven million dollars are
represented on the passenger list of
one European steamer which sailed
last Saturday.
Artesian wells in New York show
that the East river underflows the is
land. In the deep wells lately sunk
the water GIBBS and flows with the tide.
Notice has been given that dogs
found near the ostrich corrals in San
Diego. Cal, will be shot. The sight
of a dog makes the birds frantic with
fear.
At Lima, o., 14-year-old girl named
Wilhelm jumped the rope 256 times
and became unconscious, in which con
ditiOn she lay twenty days. when she
died.
One of Santa Barbara's (CaL) nu-
merous date palms is in bloom, and
hopes are entertained that the fruit
will mature. The trees have never
blossOmed before.
l.. Liebes, a San Francisco tobacco
mist, has just secured at Havana a large
supply of fine tObacco-seed, which he
proposes bringing to California for
trial in various localities.
Utah has now ten thousand small
farms, averaging twenty-five acres,
and the whole must be irrigated. There
is only one large farm in the territory,
and it is owned by company.
The employees of the railroad shops
at Sacramento, Cal, protest against
the high price of beef, and intend or
ganizlng for the purpose of devsing
means to secure cheaper rmeat.
The Louisiana rice crop has proved
larger than last year and aggregated
about 25O,OOO barrels. Sugar shows
falling off; the total yield is gener-
ally conceded to be 100000 hogsheads.
Near Heppner, Oregon, Saturday, a
Weir, herder, lay down to sleep, and
tied the rope of his saddle-horse to his
wrist. The horse became frightened,
ran away. and dragged Weir to his
death.
visiting day drees has Il petticoat
OF buttercup-toned corded silk, with II
dark green DpacOck co oShmpro over If
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28

A BLACK snake four feet long was
seen near the south beach, Staten is
land. recently, with two-thirds of II
two-foot garter snake protruding from
its mouth. A farmer explained the
matter in this way: This is proably
the first day that has been warm
enough to bring the reptiles from their
holes. When they first come out after
the winter Information, snakes are very
hungry indeed, ard eat the first NOV
ing thing they see. At no other season
are snakes known to be so hungry that
they will eat snakes. Probably they
rushed ut each other with open jaws,
and the biggest one got the best of the
bargain" The farmer killed the black
snake. which could only crawl back
ward slowly, as the garter snake pro-
truding prevented forward motion.
The tails of both continued to twitch
for some time.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28

The laborers at Fort Davis, Texas,
are Mexicans- who have neither the
ability to lead nor the docility to fol-
low. They plow with Il forked
stick and hoe with a root. They sleep
on sheepskin and eat prairie dog and
hominy. They will beg you for nickel
and murder you for 81 They work
three hours Il day and steal ten hours
at night. They can live on So month
where they keep themselves, and eat
S3 day when you have to feed them.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22

a few days ago Detroiter aud his wife
were making trip through the stste
prison at Jackson, and both were much i'm.
pressed with the countenance OF certain
convict in one OF the shops. He looked so
melancholy and down-hear!ed that the
lady's sympGthies were strongly aroused,
and the gentleman was certain that he
could discover evidences thst the man had
crest deal OF moral worth ia his charGo.
ter. ODe ofthe guards was appealed to for
iniarmsiicn, aud ne replied:
eyes, lie is very wei behnysd--ons of the
best in ths prison."
He seems sorry for his otrsnse," Oh
aerved the Lady"
'Ycs'm."
"And | know lie would be honest il par.
doned," added the msn,
"Yos'f. You might speak TO the COVER
nor. believe the oHanae was tr!h!ug
one"
"D1 you know exactly VII st IL WASP"
"Why, | bslieve he came from your city.
I think be entered the house 10 the evening,
choked tho lady senbelesS and then stole
money and jeWelry.
"W.why when vas lt?' gasped The lady.
"Oh, about two ysara ngo."
lard he WAS sent for five ye1rs? asked
the man.
"Yes'r. Ifyou desire to press ,he matter,
I'll--"
"Press he hangeC!" blurleh the De!rciter.
"Hers's the very woman Gs cho&ed apd
r0bbed--iG was my own vile he nearly
killed. Mary, gu-ss we WORT Stop over
on him sny iutthel! '-.T Detroit Free PEGS.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
STAR w BETHLEHEM.
ysnae and tmapporlsd stories Coa.
earning ibis star.
This Long Lost sihr Vet 10 be- q shining
Wonder.
Welcome Awaiting this Colossal Visitor


The theory concerning the "star OF beth
chem" Is based on poslical foundation
having title 10 support II. In the yea
1879 Tyeho Bfahe, Dutch astronomer
disc 1yeTed new star near Caph In the con
siellati0n CsssioIea, IL Increased Ia bril-
lianoy until u Was as bright as Venus, aud
could easily DO seen at monday. II Goa
tinued 10 shine brightly for a month, theI
gradually grew dim, d In sixteen months
disappeared rom view. II was looked upon
as a new or alton, or n sun on ffs, aud the
general opinion was that IL would never
again shine In tho star depths.
Forty yesTs later tho telescope was IN
vented, When II was turned b. the post ion
IN the heavens occupied by the blazing altar
d minute Star Was lOund near the luenti-
cal spot, This telescope .tar ia still
there. add is DOUBTLESS the Aams one
that blinked forth IN 1912. The discovery
ihatit existed led astronomers 10 search
asrohomiCgl records, aud it was found that
'imlar bHgh. ttiTs had appeared in the
came region OF tins shy in 9ij aud ls0i.
Counting back thrse periods from 9i5 We
aye brought "a the near viClGity OF the
blslh OF Christ, O1tergers gifted with poetic
ist Giles have naturally connected the two
,ver Is, aud have inferred tina; the altar In
me east, poiuting To- the plaza OF tho na.
tyltY, was tbs andden outhurst OF this
Tonderlul star. For this reason Il has re-
ceiysd the name OF the star OF Bethlehem.
About twenty.lour OF these temporary
stars have appeared in the les. 600 years,
subject like the star In Oassiopea, TO sud.
den oulbursts, followed by return 10 ;heir
normal insigniacance. They arc row clasC-
cd no variable stars. subjects TO sudden out
brrats, due 10 eruptions OF blazing hydro
gen, aud which are followed by long 20.
rlods OF quiescence. According to this
theory, the star OF 1872 ia variable star,
with a period Of d few more than 800 years.
The last period was 3oS years, II the br GIT
star OF 1864 was ore and the came, I'VE mey
therefore hope for repetition OF the incom.
prehenAble phenomena 10 the immediate
future. The star was due in 1850; II IL sp.
pears a. all H. will surely blaze forth by
1885. There 10 possibility, thsrcicre. that
the lons-loss star Of Bsthlehsm. the pill
grim Btar, the star OF 1872, or Cycho Brahe's
slsr--ior il 10 known Nv all these names
will once more become 4 shiaing wonder In
the sky. Such n celestial visitor will be
warmly welcomed by astronomers, aud far
more acceptable than e gfest comet span.
ming the heavens with rs gossamer tall
TProyider &C Journal
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
TERRELL.

IEaaaln, May 16.-[speoial.l The SUN
day school picnic that was to have taken
place to-day was postponed on account OF
tnolenent weather. The fire boys, bow
ever, were out In their uniforms. Alter
short march they filed into Beok,s ice
fhe handsome in the way OF lie cream,
cigars, etc. All had q jolly time.
Mrs. Sadie Hicks, OF Center, Texas, sister
to Mrs. ]. T. Conway, LETT this morning for
Miss ), Georgia Whitman returned this
morning after an absence OF twelve months,
during which time she has been teacning
school at Union Bridge, Mpryland.
It still continues to rain, and crop pros
naofa ara plnnnlY.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
SPECIAL SUMMARY.
Engagements Completed for the Ma
tlonal sioekmen's Convention.
|holesaIe Destruction Of Horse flesi
by Lightning.
| We ddIrg Party Meet Win an Appail
Ing Catastrophe.
her SPECIALS From sundry Sources.
sr, LOUIS.

sr. LOUIS. No., Msy i0.-fspeoial, AR
nnesments flr the reception OF tho Ia
co. yenilon are very forsAid. 10 as
AZ 10 o. m, Noyembsr lIth, Ia the
IySl. N OF the exposition building, Al
yon lie militia escorts the governor there
he AID tho MAYOR then welcoming the
ioest,s. IN the evening the CITY sal be
minatsd. Next day the military esd
q companies pass in review. On that
Gllowipg there will 90 a barbecue at
Loi,(etano SpIiDgs, and the city gives .
and banquet Oh the 10th.
Monroe Gray, a well known ollig.n OF The
ktle town Of Columbia. about fourteen
lilies from 81. Louis, It before noon &C.
Az killed his wife aud her paramonr, q
Ian named William Ditch. Gray
{ho Is quite prominent IN Illinois politics
hd we'll known throughout the Of ate, has,
! seems, for some time doubted his 6iIe'l
[delliy. rhia evening hls doubts we're sci
q resi- by w.lresslng with his own eye
That he had previously only suspected.
he Immediately broueht his revolver Into
killing both his wife aud the
nan Ditch was wealthy, aac owned the
property where Gray resided. The two
antilles have been Intimate. Cray was
Irres led. Hs saga no intended 10 killDltch,
nut not his wife; that he killed her acciden'
ally while shooting at the man.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
elf,nse AtlI,u,Ir. ln IIenlb,

Professor q. u. Bro vn-sgqusrd write.
that at the bsule of Williamsburg an
| UDiied States Zluaye was shot directly
through the forehead o. he was climbing
over q low fence, ana his body was found IN
the last attitude In life-ons leg halt over
the fence, tho body ofouohing backwards,
Oas hand, pariflly olenched and raised 10
the level 81 thu forehead, presented the
palm forward as II TO ward OF nm appfoaeh.
Ing evil, a brakeman OF iTeight car on
the Nashville q chattanooga railroad was
inttantane0 usly killed by a shot between
the eyes, hted by guerrilla. Tue mar
deTed man was tctewing down the
| brakes at the moment OF the ahot. Aler
18th the body remained fixed, tho arms
rigldly extended on ths wheel OF the brake
The pipe which h6 bad been smoking 70,
manned still olasped between his teeth.
The conservation OF the last attitude can
take place In other ciloumAtances than
sudden death from wounds 10 the bIain,
the heart, or the lungs, although an injury
to vital organ IL the mosi frequent c!us.
OF that phenomenon. A detail OF United
states soldiers, ioraglng near ooldsboro,
North Carolina, came suddenly upon y
party OF southern cavalry dis
mountsd. The after Immediately
sprang TO their saddles, aad, after
yolley had been fred at them they all but
one rode away. That one wasleit stanCirg
WITH olt loot 10 ina stirEup, oue nanu-tAt
leit-grasplng tho bride rein aud name OF
his borse, the light hand cliDchicg tho
barrel OF his en6lne near the muzZle, the
butt OF tho carbine resting on tho ground.
The mana head was turned over his right
shoulder, apparently watching the an.
preach Of the taking party. He was called
upon TO surrender, without response, and
upon q near approach and examination lie
ives found IN be rigid 10 death, In tho Fin.
Rular attitude above described. Gfeat d,-
hculty was experienced In forcing, the
mBno OF the horse rom his left hand aud
the cafbine from his right. Ga the battle.
field OF Beadmont, near Sedan, Ia 1870. the
dead body Of a soldier was found halt cit.
ting. half lying on the ground, deiicalely
holding tin goblet between bis thumb
and fore-finger and directing It toward an
s5sept mouth. While Ia that position the
poor man had been killed by a cannon bali,
which hsd carried away the whole OF his
head and iaca except the lower jaw. The
body aud arms had been suddenly seized
ct the time Of death by stiffnsss which
produced the persistence OF tbs state IN
which they were when tho head wss cut
off Twenty.four hours had elapsed SINGS
the battle.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
GALYE STON.

GALvssToE, May lG-- Pres ] Mayor
l.. Il Edwards, OF Austin, who was report.
ed last night as being ia danger OF bleeding
to death from On old would, is much better
to-nisbt and resting quito com portable OF
tho Beach hotel. His physiGigns exDrets
the belief that ay eXarcisinR care and re.
msining quiet, he will recover
Arrived: Steamship Lore Star, from
New Yors; schooner &, A, BuFnhsm, from
BDston: schooner Bessie II. Rose, irou
New York Cleared: Schooner AizsnG,
Uoflin, for Per.hamboy.
Tonight preliminary steps we're taken for
the organization of another military com.
pany In Galveston, wlioh il is more than
likely vii, tIrm part Ut tne infantry corps
OF the Galveston artillery. jeff Tiernsu
is al the head OF tho movement.
Those already enrolled are from
the bo1e and sinew OF the city, youth Gnd
chivalry. They propose TO bind them
selves by pefsouol obligation 10 act as q
unit aud when the organization is COM
pieled will az once begin drilling. Such .
company IS capable o! good results.