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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

Sewall P. Norton, of the Central
house, Crookston, endorsed forged
draft of 81 900 for guest who regis
tered as l.. Taylor, Elmira, N. Y, and
who desired to invest his capital. Nor
ton had to pay the draft.
Mr.. Pearson was drowned while boat
ing on the river at st. Peter, the body
being recovered soon after.
Jones Hall, city marshal of Zumbrota,
Goodhue county, started out after 8
horse thief, and overlook him two miles
south of town. While attempting to ar
rest him, the thief shot him in the hip,
lnficting an ugly wound, how bad is
not yet known. The thief escaped to-
ward Rochester. A liberal reward will
be offered by the village council for his
arrest. He is tall and slim, wearing a
slouched hat and poor clothes, close cut
hair and full beard. He rides dark
bay mare, stolen near Eyota.
Minnesota should be well represent
ed at New Orleans.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

A divorce in strange case was granted by
Judge Mann in the county court at Milwaukee.
The case was that of Martina Bussctman
against Louis Bussetman. The plaintiff al
legged that she was married to the defendant
June IL, $780, by Justice Ivers. One child, .
girl about three years old, has been born to
them. The plaintiff is twenty-one years old,
and defendant fifty-five years of age. The
sensational feature of the cause was not con-
tanned in the pleadings, however, and quite a
commotion was caused in the courtroom when
the plaintiff herself, . comely young woman
with handsome brown eyes and o face that
wore traces of care and ill-usage, took the
stand and testified that the defendant her hus-
band, was also her stepfather Her story was
that her mother had married the defendant
and afterwards obtained divorce from him,
but advised and compelled the plaintiff, who
is her own daughter, and the defendants step
daughter. to marry Bussetman
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19
Suits Against Grant, Ward and Fish.

Suits involving $4,000 have been instituted
at ST. Antonio Iowa, against Grant g. Ward
and James D. Fish of New York. Elihu Spicer
is the plaintiff. The first suit alleges that on
July H. 1882, Ward executed and delivered to
Spicer prommissory note for o,000, with 5
per cent interest until paid, and to secure the
payment of same, deposited with the defendent,
5Si shares of Yonkers smelter stock, 900
shares of Freeland mining stock, and 1874
shares of Tabor mining stock. spicer seeks to
collect his $4,000 and interest by bringing suit
against Berg i Co., of this city, who are in
debted heavily to Ward. The petition of G. H.
Mallory & Co., against Grant & Ward alleges
that April IA, 1882, Grant & Ward executed six
promissory notes for $500 each, payable to
James D. Fish, of the Marine National bank;
that Fish endorsed in blank, and for consid-
Grafton transferred them to the plaintiffs. Gar
nishment against Berg & Co. was also issued in
this suit Mallory and Spicer gave garnish
ment bonds for 100000.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19
Minnesota Good Templars.

The Grand Lodge of Good Templars assem-
bled at Minneapolis for the twenty seventh an
nual session in Good Templar's hall. The at
tendance was much larger than usual, delegates
being present from various portions of the
of state.
The secretary's report showed membership
$3.50 in good standing.
New lodges have been organized during the
year at Lake Crystal, Amboy, Delavan, Blue
Earth City, Freedom, Mapleton, Elysian, Ham
ilton, Rushford, Leroy, Fairmont, Taylors
Falls, Pine City, Forest Lake, ST Paul, Mime
apolis "a, Luverne, Edger ton, Mankato, Elgin,
Bluffton, Glenwood Deer Greek. Willard,
wadena (2), Hector, Excelsior Alma City,
Breckenridge, Brainerd, Cambridge and Yer
non Center
The following officers were elected for the
coming grand lodge year: G. W. c. T., John
M. Durham, of Brooklyn Center: G. W. c.,
Rev. William Copp of Window; G. W. Y. T.,
Mrs. A. A. Batchelder of Albert Lea G. w.
secretary, Mrs. Kate l. Penniman of Minneap-
oils (re-elected): G.. w. T., Miner Ball of Ex-
celsior (re-elected): G. s. J. T., Mrs O. A.
Slater of Pine Island. Representatives to the
r. W. G. L. of the World; A. F. Newt of Min
neapolis: W. P Roberts of Minneapolis: alter
nates f. f. Patterson of Rochester; Rev. w.
W. Satterlee of Minneapolis, adjourned to meet
at Minneapolis the second Wednesday in June,
1886.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19
Lynchiur in the Black Hills.

Alexander Fiddler, VIGOROUSLY hard char
acter, was lynched at Sturgis Saturday morn
ing the 14th He and two soldiers named Hews
and Brown assaulted and robbed an emigrant
named Schramm of $500, near Fort Meade,
Wednesday evening. In the scuffle Hews was
shot in the arm, and upon being questioned at
the hospital disclosed the names of his confed-
crates and the particulars of the assault The
parties were arrested. At 4 this morning
Fiddler was taken from the officers by fifteen
masked men and conducted to the outskirts of
the town where, after threats of hanging, he
promised to show where the money was con-
cealed and did so; whereupon he was taken in
to a ravine and hanged on general principles.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19
Fatal Railroad Collision.

"A Philadelphia telegram says, the morning
accommodation train from Atlantic City, on the
Camden Il Atlantic railroad, collied with spe-
cial Sunday school excursion train, ten miles
east of Camden at o'clock Saturday morn
ing Both trains were running at the usual
speed, and meeting on curve, struck each
other with terrific force. Following is list
of the victims: Killed Engineer Baxter, En-
gineer Palmer. A. G. Edwards, Conductor
Smith, Baggage Master Vaughan, Mail Agent
Wylie, Fireman Barker, Frank Fenton super
intendent of the road.
The collision was the result of misunder-
standing of telegraph orders.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

Seventeen persons were seriously
poisoned at Pennsylvania recently by
eating ice-cream. The can in which the
cream was frozen was carefully exam
ined and found perfectly clean. There
seemed to be no opportunity for any
poison to find its way into the cream,
either through the ingredients used or
process of manufacture. An analysis
by competent chemist disclosed the
fact that a partial decomposition OF the
milk or cream had occurred, producing
an irratant similar to that found IN
spoiled. meats, which was the poison in
the present instance.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

Immigration to this country this year
has fallen off about 20 per cent. Our
exports are also 20 per cent. behind tho
volume of 1888. Under these circum-
stances, Notwithstanding the country is
rich and money plentiful, it is an excel
lent time for economy and retrench-
ment.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

Ten millions of votes will most likely
be cast at the election which is to take
place in November. The votes cast at
the election of 1880 numbered 8, 1913, 743,
which showed an increase of 7S2, 997
over the election of 1876.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

Sunday evening ". A. Cooper well known
banker Of Montrose, Pa, was shot at three
times by Joseph Drinker also, q well known
citizen. Two of the three shots took effect
Cooper may survive. Drinker immediately
killed himself
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19

The average sleeping car costs from
$4,000 to $4,000 and nets profit of
from. $1,000 to $4,000 year apiece
Barring smash-ups sleeper will last
good many years.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-19


months, and Frank Smith, larceny in
dwelling house, one year.
During the thunderstorm Thursday
afternoon the 18th, lightning struck i'll
several localities about st. Paul. One
lightning arrester in the fire alarm office
at the central station was melted by the
fluid, and the wire leading t. the cleo
trio light in the clothing store of Henry
Herman, at the corner of Seventh and
Rosabel streets, was so charged that the
light was fully lighted for several mo-
ments
G. p. Byam who was arrested at Min
nesota Point, Lake Superior, recently.
upon five indictments by the United
States grand jury at Winona, for pine
land forgeries, was placed in jail at st.
Paul, to await his trial in the United
States district court in October. 1t Is
claimed that he forged from directory
names to presumption papers for five
different pine land claims, and then
hired strangers to personate the forged
names at the receivers office. He is u
resident of Duluth and about thlrty-fve
years of age.
Minnesota's wheat cropis estimated at
80, 000, 900 bushels.
Lightning struck the house of Frauz
Hinzka in Lafayette, Nicollet county.
killing him Instantly. Other members
of the family were uninjured. This is
the third tune the same building was
struck by lightning. The barn of Got
tlieb Wager, in West Newton, was also
struck, setting it, OH fire. AS no one
was present, the building burned to the
ground.
Lewie, eldest son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
r. Butler, of Glencoe, was drowned
while bathing.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

also hupfemc court decision In oase of
Fairbanks w. Ehadwell
well, warn you to keep out.
Certainly. Any person entering
upon the property Of another when for
hidden so to do i guilty Of trespass.
Thirteenth Michigan, case Of Jones ".
Braintrse. 2
The owner Of the place looked at the
tramp for moment and then disap-
peared ID the backyard. The stranger
stared after him for awhile, and then
started slowly up the street with the OBJ
servatiCn:
ANY person going about from place
to place without occupation or means Of
substance, or any person asking for food
or aims npon the streets or public high
ways, shall be considered q vagrant
That's me. See sixteenth Michigan,
page 90. Also, decision in case of De-
troit VS.. Warner. Judgment of lower
court sustained, and plaintiff remanded
back to the work-house. ''--Eree Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20
A little Virginia Girl.

Joaquin Miller, the poet and novelist,
has been down in the West Virginia
mountains, and he writes to the New
York STAR.
"A little Virginia girl climbed up the
steps like y little pet squirrel; she was
just as frisky; her hair as black, bushy.
and abundant; her eyes as bright and
many timeg as large and beautiful All,
me- my heart went all to pieces ct once.
She was Only dozen years old, and yet
she was Woman. But she didn't know
| it at all; Sac didn't dream of such q
thing. Ard that Is what made her 50
ten-fold formidable. gave her my seat
in the packed car, and she thanked me
with such ;promptness and grace. such
precision 6f silent. good taste. that
wanted to stand there before her aud
wait all the days Of my life for her to
speak. But she never spoke Her hair
was all tssInbled about. her dress was
torn badly her small. dimpled hands
were brown and briar-t0rn. Pretty soon
she dived Ter left hand into her pocket,
threw backsher black hair with her right
hand, and Sd began to crack lot or
chestnuts Ssth the whitest set Of teeth
and the reddest lips you ever looked at.
Dear, lovely little girl. She was the
daintiest bit Of nature have seen this
side Of Oregon. And although shall
never see der again, / venture my life
that she is IS the best blood IN the land.
one Of the ruined families Of the war.
| pitifuI liEtls waif. whose valiant people
went downsko battle and never came back
10 her mother aud her mothers mother
any more s.N &tIssnss f,.. 4~&&4s4
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

The white fish ii Lake Erie average
three and : half pounds, but occasionally
one q more are taken weighing ten to
eighteen pounds Ispeared one il 1922.
81 Cooper Harbor, Lake Superior, that
weighed twenty-five pounds On the
north shore Of Isle Royale, Lake Superior,
the white fish average fourteen pounds
The lake herring are the most uniform ii
size Of al our fishes, averaging less than
pound ia weight. and this average viii
hold good il you count them by the mil
lions; but, nevertheless, / have had
brought to me specimens that would
weigh three. four and even six pounds.
The white fish of the Y0nkon River.
Alaska--so say the Government reports
weigh as high as forty pounds. Th0stur-
geon Of the Great Lakes average fifty
pounds. but now and then one is taken
that weighs one hundred pounds andover
/ saw myself at the Sault Ste Marie, one
taken that weighed one hundred and
twenty-five pounds. The catfish Of our
lakes are Of the most superior quality,
bringing in the southern markets . better
price than any of our lake fishes, whether
fresh, sailed or smoked. The average
size Is twelve pounds; but yet / saw
specimen taken with hook and line that
weighed fifty pounds. In the waters Of
the Mississippi Valley it often attains
double that weight.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

The biographical and the historical
styles are blended in the long inscription
above the grave of Margaret Scott In Dali
keith churchyard. She died in 1888,
aged 1875 years (more or less). If she
was born in 1913 she lived through the
reigns OF James VI. of Scotland and |.
England; Of Charles l., of Charles IT,, OF
James T., Of William and Mary, of Anne
and Of the frst two Georges. She saw
the first king who united the crowns OF
Scotland and England, and she saw the
blending Of the two parliaments. George
Heriot was living when she was young,
and Portsous was hanged when she was
old. She is supposed to say of herself:
'tStop, passenger, until my life you read:
The living may get knowledge by the dead,
Five times five years | lived virgins life;
Ten times five years / was virtuous wife:
Ten times five years lived widow chaste;
Now, weary'd of this mortal life, rest
Between my cradle and my grave have been
Eight mIghty kings OF Scotland, and queen.
-Four times five years the commonwealth
Ten times the subjects rose against the law.
Twice did see old prelacy pulled down,
And twice the cloak was humbled by the
gown
An end of Stuarts race saw; nay, more,
My native country sold for English ore,
ouch desolatiOns in my life have been,
have an end Of all perfection seem"
From very old women we will turn
to very young man, one Thomas Oliver,
who died at the age of seventeen, and
whose epitaph is to been seen in the
churchyard at Welshpool, Montgomery
shire:
Won that ava xyrs,.w,sp 1.nl,n1d ord arnn
How quickly death hath conquered mo
His fatal STOKE it was so strong,
And took me off when was young;
But God himself he knew for why
That in my youth was to die"
There is something plaintive in the
last two lines; they who mourned for
Thomas Oliver did not know why he
was to die in his youth. A still more
juvenile person is bewailcd ia some lines
by, presumably, an American author.
They are in Philadelphia, but where. in
that large territory, the present writer
cannot ascertain, The word ''wilted"
is equivalent to ''withered, = and is one
of those many old English words which
have died out from their mother tongue,
but have survived in their new home
across the Atlantic:
"The sweetest flower to bloom on earth,
The little rose that crowned our plot,
Has wilSe6 here to blossom forth
In a superior flower pot
His body lies in the Union ground
His soul has gone to the one who gave it,
And we shall never hear again
The prattiing Of our little Jacob"
This is delicious The careful prepa-
ration at the end OF the sixth line, in or
der to make rhyme to David, and then
the astounding substitution of Jacob, is
one Of the most surprising things ever
accomplished by a churchyard poet.
The American carefully avoided his nat
ural rhyme. An English author ends an
epitaph at Great Burstead. Essex, in
these words:
Preserve Us, Lord we humbly Thea entreat,
Till we arrise at Sion's Mount from Burstead
Great ="
London Society
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20


Are you going to make your husband
Q Christmas present this YEAR," inquired
Mrs. Tibbs Of her dear friend, Mrs.
Sweet.
I'm afraid not" responded Mrs
Sweet. ~ was designing to. and had
saved up quite a sum OF money for chat
purpose; but saw such love of bon
net that | could not resist the temptation
70 buy it. am afraid Mr.. Sweet will
have to go WI hout his present. Shall you
give Mr.. Tibbs anythingGp
''Oh yes. shall give him just splen-
did PRESENT.
Indeed. What Is 1t to bel''
II shall give him box of those very
expensive cigars of which he il so very
fond, and which he complains that he
can 50 poorly afford to buy"
How have you managed to save so
much money!"
"Oh, / haven't done it that way.
When he leaves his box carelessly on the
library table take out one or two cigars
and lay them away carefully, so that by
Christmas shall have enough to fill a
box
What a perfectly lovely idea. Won't
he be surprised2"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN MILES or
ORGANs.-In numbering the organs Of their
No. $50, 600. Arranged in line these would
reach 113 miles, or would fence the railroad
on one side from the Grand Central Station in
New York, to within twenty miles of Spring
Geld, Mass. Not only does this show the great
popularity Of American organs, but il Illus
article in his line always has the greatest sue
cess.
We understand that the Mason & Hamlin
Company's new Upright Piano is now COM
nanding a large sale, and is, in every way,
up to the standard Of their unrivaled organs
We predict large success for this piano,
which is constructed on b new system, said
10 be q decided advance over the prevailing
wrestpin system. Boston Journal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20
HUMOROUS SKETCHES


What do you do when people. com6
IN and bore your warm personal
friend asked Of merchant.
sWhan they stay too long the Office
boy, who is very bright and knows just
when to interfere, tells me that gentle
man il in the couuting-room waiting tn
see me on important business.
sHal hal That's capital way to get
rid Of borcs who don't know
Just then the boy opened tile door and
sing out:
%6ent in the counting room waitin'
70 sec you on important business. Bur
fat0 Commercial.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20


In the old days, when knights were
bold and stole for living, o serenade
was romantic little open.air concert, at
which a gentleman dressed up like fire.
proof safe twanklcd q long necked
guitar under the windows of his love
and told her all about it in eight lines
and chorus. 1t was very pretty, ro-
mantle, poetic sort of thing, although
its starlit beauty was liable to be MARRIED
now and then by the entrance Of a
burglar with lance or battle AK, with
which he picked the lock of the fire.
proof casting and perforated large
hole IN the person of the love-lorn
knight and married the girl himself. In
either case the young lady was married,
and 80 didn have to waste her wedding
toggery.
But an American serenade is pro-
duct of the nineteenth century. If an
American gentleman wins a meerchaum
pipe at rattle, or is elected President
Of this United States, or if he goes to
Europe, or fights duel, or eats thirty
dozen eggs in thirty days, or if he goes
without eating anything for forty days, he
is serenaded. The American knight does
not 60 alone when he goeth out TO sere-
made some people He goeth in crowd
with brass band and some Roman
candles, blue lights, and sky rockets.
The object of the American serenade is
not to delight the soul with the witch
cry Of music, that comes as delicately as
the sweet south wind that breathes upon
q national bank Of violets, stealing a
great deal more Odor than it gives. 1t is
not I'd entrance the man in whose honor
the sefenade is given with the harmony
Of soft -breathed sound until "borne on
the swelling notes our souls aspire, while
solemn airs improve the sacred fire, and
angels learn from heaven to hear. All,
no. The thoroughbred American sere-
made is none of that. It is TO brighten
the bending arch OF heaven with crash
of brass and sheepskin, and then. when
attracted by the noise, or waiting by pre-
vious appointment the astonished man
under whose window all the silence is
thus rudely shattered, rushes out to see
what is the trouble, the braying Of the
horns IS drowned in wild, fierce shrieks
of 'sSpeechl Speechln And then the en-
inent American ''norates. " while the inn
patient crowd gather around the band
and talk with the musicians, who do not
understand solitary word of English,
until the time shall arrive when the
speech is spoken and they are asked in
to have something r y Bardette, n
BoOklga Eagle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

DR.. q. H HinsdaIe, Kenawes, IN, advises
Us Of q remarkable cure Of consumption. he
says: 4 neighbours wife was attacked with
vio,ent lung disease, and pronounced beyond
help from quick consumption. AS last re-
sort the family was persuaded to try DR.
VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs. To the as
tonishmenr Of all, BY the time she had used
one half dozen bottles she was about the house
doing her own work I saw her at her worst.
AM had no idea she could recover
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

Sweet are the uses Of adversely, the printers
copy said, but he set it up, sweet are the uses
OF advertising. Sweet, indeed, to those who
in sickness and suffering have seen the adver-
tisement Of some sovereign remedy, which
upon trial has brought them from death door,
:" The best thing ever saw in my paper was
the advertisement of DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is again and again the
testimony of those who have been healed by
it Of lung disease, bronchial affections, tumors,
liver complaints and the ills to which flesh is
heir.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20
He was Willing.

"Why don't you 60 to work90 said q
charitable lady, the other day, to atramp
before whom she had placed nicely
cooked meal 81 would" replied the
vagrant. if / had the tools !" What
sort of tools do you want2" asked his
hostess. "A knife and fork, = he replied.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

Lydia e. Pinkham Vegetable Com
pound was first prepared in liquid form only;
but now it can be sent in dry forms by mail
to points whore no druggist can readily be
reached. and to-day the Compound IN
lozenges and pills finds its way even to the
foreign chimes Of Europe and Asia.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20
A Youthful Casuist.

Jimmie. six years old, is ministers
son. On late Sunday evening, as the
family were enjoying the twilight on the
lawn, Jimmie began playing to be fruit
seller. Bananas! Bananas ~ he called
out. s'Not on Sunday, ? said his mother,
reprovingly. "Yes on Sunday; we're
Jews, = said the young merchant.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

A small boy went to see his grand
mother. After looking eagerly around
the handsomely furnished room where
she sat, he exclaimed inquiringly -
''Oh, grandma, where is the miserable
table papa says you keep9'
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

It is q wonder the American hog has not
been accused of causing the cholea IN Europe
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

A little girl, feeling herself neglected. said
to her sister: II think you had better pay
some attention to me. for mamma says
nobody knows what I'll do next.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

II We want reform in politics It would
never do to let the women get control-fhes
are too fond OF rings.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

The unit rule prevails IN the restaurant
oyster stew now. Only one oyster.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

The campaign barrels can soon be used
for election bonfres.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-20

Cures collie, cramps, diarrhosa externally for
for aches, pains sprains. Man or beast 20 o..