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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
New Yn',' Sun.l

New fnf SUM-
"Would you insure . store at No. -
Worth street,"
This was asked of an officer Of one
Of the oldest fire insurance companies
in this country by an applicant for in.
surance. He took down big book OF
maps, turned to map of Worth street,
ran his finger rapidly over the map.
and said after q lapse Of about two
minutes: NO; We don't want to take
any more risks there"
"How did you make up your mind SO
quickly?" the reporter inquired.
Twas easy enough" the insurance
man replied. Heres o map showing
each house in the city, of what material
il is built, the location of boilers and
fire hydrants, the height of building,
and the amount of insurance that we
are carrying. see at glance that
we are carrying about $4,000 insur-
ance on that block. That is the dry
goods district, where a big fire runs
up into the millions. We intend to
pay If We have losses. and as We have
insured as much as We could afford to
lose, We stop. There are plenty of
small companies that would jump at
the chance to take any amount OF in
surance there. But, If the big fire
comes, they will not be able to pay
their losses"
where 10 you get these big maps"
They are supplied to the insurance
companies by private publishers, who
keep them corrected up to the latest
changes. There is no public map DON.
tanning such information. In some dis.
tricts down town every building has
steam boiler In it. Without such maps
the insurance business could not be
carriad op
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
In His WiGc's Pocket.


A fire broke out in a dwelling house
the other night, and after the man and
his wife had safely reached the street
the latter said that there was $50 in the
pocket of her dress, which was hanging
in second-story back room.
"Ill go for it" said the husband, and
lie plunged into the burning building.
The flames ragged furiously, and the
man did not return. At the expiration
of an hour the fire was extinguished
and the back building caved. Firemen
CROPPED their way up the rear stairs
through the water and binding smoke,
and found the man in the closet still
fumbling at his wife's dress, looking for
the money.
He was nearly suilocsted with smoke,
but hal strength enough to say that lie
thought he would have found the
pocket inside of two hours. II never
occurred to him to seize the dress and
rush ont with that. some men get 20
excited and nervous in time of Gre.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
THE FISHERS DAUGHTER
fE. n. Stau6ar

r.. H. StaufRer.l
The fishers daughter walks the sands,
She shades her brow with nervous handA
And gases out beyond the strands.
A wisrd-like light the pale moon filings;
The gtills have folded up THAR wings;
The caves give back resonant dins
The wavelsts kiss her brown, bare feet;
She waits her fathers step to greet.
Was ever face more fair or sweet.
A cabin stands on the nearest height,
Within the window burnsa light,
A star upon the brow Of night.
What speck is thati A snow-whits sails
His fishing smack outrides the gale.
What cry is that. His welcome hail.
A cheering sound above the roar,
The keel CRATES ON the rocky shore
Gods band has kept him sale once more.
Perhaps because OF pray'r, you saidi
He lays his hand upon your head-
You wonder why you feel afraid.
His wife sleeps ON the sloping les;
His only boy was lost at sea;
There's no one left to him but thee.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
Never Cross Examine q wonsa.

Mr.. Edward b. Gillette, Of the
Massachusetts, bar, tells an amusing bit
Of advice given him by Mr.. Choate.
LET me give you my dying advice,
said the great lawyer. 1Nsvsr cross.
examine . woman. II 10 Of no use.
They cannot disintegrste the story they
have once told; they cannot eliminate
the part that 10 for you from that which
10 against you. They can nsithsr com.
bins nor shade nor qualify. They gofor
the whole thing, and the moment you
begin TO cross.examine one Of them,
instesl Of being bitten by single rattle
snake You are bitten by whole barrel
full. / never, excepting In case abso'
lutely desperate. dared to cross-examins
q woman"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
HuInorou Writlng.

The production OF good humorous
writing ia one of the highest evidences
OF advanced civilization. The Indian
rarely smiles; the statesman laughs.
Genuine mirth is symbol Of Innocence.
ho little child il gleeful.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
the CRATER OF vesvvlus.


One Of the Most sublime spectaeles
On she Face OF the Earth.
81. Louis Globe-Democrntl
DIR. c. l.. Goodell, at the First Con-
gregational church, describes his visit
to Vesuvius last month as follows
leaving your carriage at the mountain
railway you enter the car. The ascent
is very steep and at one place almost
perpendicular. The road makes no
curve. The car moves rapidly.
and in ten minutes You are
within less than o half-hours
walk of the crater. You mount Il
chair, and four stalwart mountaineers
bear you through smoke and steam.
midst the rumbling of the volcano and
the melted lava, 10 the very edge of the
bowl, in which, as in mighty cauldron,
the fiery mass seethes and rocks and
thpnders and foams.
II is terrifcally grand. The mount
ain seems filled with surging FIRE that
rises up every half minute in awful ex-
plosion, throwing up columns of smoke
dark rs midnight and streaked with
lurid fire. This melted matter falls
back with crashing, fearful sound, lodg-
ing in part on the edge of the crater.
Before YOU are recovered from one
stunning ,ensation another explosion
breaks on you, more overpowering than
before, TIE steam coming up through
every crevice ct your feet, and
the whole summit is enveloped in cloud.
The red lava, as it is thrown high in
air in massive form, seems heated in the
furnace Of Vulcan, and 90 il falls back
down into the boiling sec of FIRE the
sight is no more terrible than the noise
is astounding. The crater seems like
mighty pit of liquid fire thrown up in
burning waves from side to side, scorch-
ing, blistering and tearing all before il.
How can the mountain endure such
strain? How can the eye bear such
binding briliance Of vast masses of
tireY The crater is two miles in cir
conference, and You must make the
circuit. The terror of the upheaving
Gre, and shower of ashes and smoke and
stones, does not abate. The trembling of
the mountain strikes terror into
strong nerves. You remember the
tragical death of the elder Pliny
nearly 2.0nn years ago, and the thou
sands til have been DESTROYED since.
The explo, ons continue to deafen you.
You remember the lone city of Pom
pei where you have spent the morning,
and you decide not to spend the sum-
mer there.
4 is the most sublime scene ever
witnessed. Nothing before ever made
so deep and tremendous an impression.
II is the most active volcano in the
world. Smoke nerer ceases to ioat
of from it as long pennant from the
head, and the crater never fails 10 show
ire to those who visit it, and it may
be seen almost every night from
Naples. But On this bright day in
March it spoke with tongue Of fire
and blackness of darkness never to
he forgotten. Its words were red hot
boulders and its periods were ribbons
of crimson.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
Mrs. Laastvy aas Mr.. before.
Chicago Tunes.

C0ngresSmsn Belford, Of Colorado,
said that Mrs.. Langtry was the hand.
somsst woman who trod the American
continent, in acknowledgment Of which
Mrs. Lantry sent Mr.. Bslford . mag.
nihcsnt medallion portrait Of hsrssif.
inclossd In an elaborate velvet case
studded with diamonds. pearls. smer.
aids and rubies, with 0 note expressing
her conviction that Mr.. Bslford's re.
mark wss the highest compliment ever
paid her. She also asked for . lock Of
his hair 10 be placed in her album de-
voted TO such mementos contributed by
her most notable f. ends, the prince Of
Wales, Gladstone, ir Charles Dixie.
..ord Lorne, Brsdlaugh, Bright.
spencer, Mill, and other eminent per.
sons. OF course, Mr.. Bedford had TO
comply, and lock Of bright'red hair
was RENTED to Mrs. Langtry, with Q
felicitous note.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
4 Journalists opinion of the stage.
fLeander I.phardsopl

There are stage scandals. There are
a good many of them. The person who
is familiar with the profession can
scarcely sit down to write about half q
dozen people employed in the theatre
cal calling without having called to
MS mind a dozen instances which
onvinces him of the rottenness
OF stage surrounding. / don't think
any one who has followed nv WI tlngs
for any length of time, and lived
through the terrible ordeal, will accuse
me of being particularly prudish. and
therefore l ought TO be heard when l
say that il had daughter, and she
went on the stage, should feel just as
badly about il as though she had
adopted another calling with . worse
name. II is not that the stage itself is
often 90 much o. il is that the calling
gives opportunity for rotten things to
approach il. Boys and girls, have
been fooling around theatres for long
time now. and know EN- fore and aft.
Counsel your children and your friends
TO go to the theatres % spectators %
often - they like, but never get stage
struck.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17

Il" Current: Incompetent, but rich
n i led. amateurs have made the
n writing business precarious ip
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-06-17
West canaAian JoarnaIiszn.

lna' portage ProgressI
still support my reputation BY pub
.shing newspaper, and my family by
saving wood.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
yandecar Jury pisagrees.

The trial of Alfred Van9ecar at Waupaca,'
Wis, for the murder OF Banker He. Mead
ended on the 21st inst, by q disagreement
OF the Jury. There were seven for acquittaE
and ten for conviction. The murder OF h.
G. Mead was committed on the night OF
Oct. 8, 1882. On the morning following
the body of the dead man was found In an
apartment of his bank, which he used as Q
sleeping room, having apparently been shot
through q window. His head and fsce
were literally blown to pieces.
Vandecar, who was arrested at Ste
vens Point, where he lived, is twenty-four
years old, about FIVE feet ten inches in
height and a man Of remarkably progresses
ing appearances.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
CONDENSED NEWS.
&c h,nkron News Notes.

Tne friends of the postal telegraph bill
are not encouraged ct its prospects. 4he
Democrats OF the senate committee on post
IGices are believed to be a unit against any
If the postal bills which have been prFsen-
ed. while it is not known that any Demo
cratic senators are disposed to advocate tue
measure. Two or three are believed 10 De
in favor of it, but they have not yet decloeu
whether they will publicly do SO.
It is understood that the delegation re
Gently arrived from Dakota have in view
he passage Of a bill to legalize the removal
of the cspitel of Dakota to Bismarck. A
member of the delegation says that suca Il
nuo and cry had been raised against the re-
rlovaI by the people OF Southern Dak0ta
nat he thought tnR matter should De
promptly settled by congress.
Postmaster General Gresham says II the
oiIl preyiding for a pos @ flee building in
very town having 2,5O9 inhabitants Is
smended 81 as to limit the cost Of the build,
ng in each case 10 $15,0 800 and proVtue IuS'
.hev shall be erected under the supervision
D the postmaster general, he VIII approve
is. Hit, the author oil the bill, says Il VIII
De so amended and passed.
1t is stated on reliable authority that
United States Circuit Judge Thomas Drum
nond will retire this year. At the close CT
February this year Drummond will have
completed his thirty-fourth year ON the
federal bench. This service entities him
under the recent retiring act OF congress, to
full pay for the rest of his natural life.
The argument was concluded in the Uni
ted States supreme court on the petition for
A habeas corpus for the Georgia kuklux.
Solicitor Phillips appeared for the govern
ment and agreed that United States circuit
court had fall 2risdiction in the case.
The government paid for the services OF
detectives during the two star route trials
81, 25O,2S Of this amount $3.50, % was
paid TO Allan Pinkerton for the per diem
and expenses of his operators.
The name OF the local lad office located
at Cr~eelsburg, OAK, has been changed from
Creelsburg to Devils Lake, by the commits
sioner OF the general land office.
Eaton, member of the house committee
on naval affairs has changed places with
George D, Wise, member of the committee
on foreign affairs.
Secretary Folger reports SIS, 74, 900 in
gold deposited in exchange for Certificates
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01

not TO try TO escape. / have b sen mere too
long to 20 out except honorably.
Cayon, the guard, sad:
'I crawled all around the upper gallery
or my hands ard kEeSs. Tue smoke was
sitting and / was nearly sutTocated. We
reieasrd, however
l.. III. Sage OF Farioault, IN for the muir.
der of J. w. Shirley, said:
] was in cell 36 on the top floor, over the
Younger boys; the smoke was sitting, and
the beys were much warmed. r B. Con-
roy of Minneapolis met the guard Brown
who wes eT aausted. He bravely Yolun.
tered to release the prisoners, and G awled
along the upper gallery in the binding
smoke and released thirty prisoners. He
says there was great terror on the upper
floor. Ia one cell / found q man on his
knees praying. There were many praying.
They got over their fright when we got
them out and behaved very well. We
went up three times to release the men.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
General News items.

The vestry of Trinity church, New York,
lender the use of the receiving vault Of the
church cemetery for the reception of the re-
mains of De Long and comrades, whose bod
les are now on the way from Russia. The
Herald club has appointed a committee to
arrange for proper mortuary honors for
Jerome O., Collins.
John Borden, boots and shoes, Philadel
phia. has made an assignment. He refuses
10 make a statement. Judgments amoant'
ing 10 $4,000 have been entered against
leopold Steiner, a shoe dealer Of the same
city.
The liabilities of James B. Pond, Boston,
manager of companies and lectures, are
abeut ST., 900; no assets. The Liabilities of
Charles e. Hapgood d Co., wool dealers,
are $1,000.
3 Carter Harrison, in opening q new high
school in Chicago recently, cautioned the
scholars against reading the newspapers, as
''disseminators of much immortality"
The Northern Pacific has taken a con-
tract to transport 1000 miners from the
Black Hills to the Ccear d'Alene mines.
Roland Mclean q Co., looking-glass
manufacturers, Boston, have assigned.
They oler creditors % cents ora the dollar.
Lake Champaign is frozen its whole
length and breadth, and can be travelled BY
cams.
Minneapolis Scotchmen celebrated Barn's
aundred and twenty-ffth birthday.
III M NJ
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01

A writer Of the London Times says
that many persons who are not dream
ers' by habit are dreaming a great deal
Just now, and accounts for it on the
ground thar the nights are cold. He says
that when cold weather sets in suddenly
and is much felt at night, the blood sup
plying the head which is uncovered is
driven from the surface to the deep parts
of the brain. The result is the mind be-
comes active and the sleeps light. The
remedy suggested is 20 wrap the head
up during cold weather in a shawl, or
wear a warm night-cap.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
at Chicago Mrs. G adwick killed nerseil
in the room OF her paramount.
The Casualty Record,

The aremen OF st. Paul encountered an
unsxpec.aa and almost i~nsuFlnountasie OBJ
stncis at the Hoii & rarr nre, on the night
of the 21st. When they descended lhto Tue
basement as cyerpo wering stahGh lorCeu
them To beat . retreat, aad the use or respl-
rators became necessary in order AT they
r1iekt get at he FIRE. Even then ii became
necessary to work in relays, one set OF men
having Ia retire at intervals snd give place
10 fresh recruits. The difficulty was caused
by the burning OF a lot OF limburger cheese
Even those who were not present can ih"s-'
The what O time the fire ladies enjoyed
A panic occurred among the passengers
on a Wabash train five miles east OF Fort
Wayne, Ind, upon the discovery that the
smoking car was on FIRE. The train was at
full speed. The train was stopped, the car
separated and was entirely no
one was hurt. The fire caught rom the
stove.
A heavy fire at Clio, Mich, destroyed
half the business portion of the village.
Loss, 10000. J. B. Garland e. Co, n. w.
Maru. ID. n. Parks Il Son, and A. D Rund'
lett were the heaviest losers. insurance
light.
Thomas Carroll, yardmaster OF the Lacka-
wanna road at Buffalo, n. Y, died on the
25th inst. He was struck on the head with
q coupling iron by Frederick Dietrich.
The Touring mills of Henry Sertb, Lens
burg, Ill, were burned. Loss, $4,000, in
sured 2 1900.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
From he Old World.

The Dutch expedition sent for the relief
of the CAPTURED crew OF the British steamer
Mlsero, wrecked on the east coast OF Sum-
atra, comprised a battalion of infantry
unCer the military commander OF Aoheen.
The expedition landed at Tenom. The ra-
jah there, whose tribe looted the wreck,
held the crew, including one American prIs-
orers, and refused all proffers of ransom.
The land and naval forces bombarded and
burned the rajah's capitol. The resistance
of the natives was desperate. The Dutch
forces fought we'll and captured two strong
holds of the rsjah py assault, but lost sew
eral officers n men wounded. The crew
if alive are still prisoners.
At Collingwood, Ontario, W. Rolf, mer-
chant, was aroused by a loud explosion in
his store. Hastily dressing he ran to ascer-
tain the cause, whereupon Eve burglars as
saulted him with pistols, firing several
shots. Being q man eff nerve and unwound-
ed, Rolfe showed fight and the burglars left,
fearing the arrival of assistance, but on re-
treating fred more volleys, in all, ten or ff-
teeu shots. While Role, still unframed,
was examining what had been stolen, the
make another attack, but the appearance oil
some neighbors frightened them away.
John Livingstone, manager of the Do
minion Iron c~ompauy'at Toronto, has en-
tered action against the Mail for libel, claim
ing $780, coo damages. A correspondent
implied that Livingstone received large
sums of money of the defunct Exchange
bank from President Craig, his brother in
law, which he invested IN a bolt company,
and for which NJ account was given
A Kingston, Ont, dispatch says: Settlers
in the rear townships are in danger OF starv.
ing, on account of snow stopping all traffic,
Lumber dealers te~legraphed that unless
they get provisions they will be obliged to
close down their shanties. Such q state o.
affairs never existed in that locality before
The Russian government has ordered
Count Lubienski, a Polish landowner, tc
sell his property and quit Russia, fhe
court is accused of conducting Catholic pro
psganda meetings and exciting people
against the government.
Russia makes a formal demand on Tur
key to Immediately pay ESQ, 900 still owing
of the indemnity exacted after the Turko'
Russian war.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
The Champion Novelty in Official
life

Washington Special: The champion
novelty of the age in the line of Office hold
ing is John N. Irwin of Iowa, who was ap.
pointed governor of Idaho territory in
March last. Whea his first quarters
pay was gent him he returned 1t with
his compliments to the treasury. The &C.
counting officers having no other method OF
disposing of it turned it over to the con-
science fund. Mr.. Irwin in a letter 10 the first
controller, objects very positively to this. He
saws he returned the money because he
only desired the Office of governor for the
honor of the position, and cares nothing
about the emoluments. He desired that
an honorable fund be created and that
the money which he returned be deposited
to its credit, and says that as soon as the
balance of his salary is RENTED to him he
will return it for credit to the fund. AS
this is the first instance of this character in
the history OF the governme t, and as there
is not much probability of a second case,
the secretary has not decided to establish
the Honorary" fund. Perhaps be will re-
fer the question to the attorneg general,
whose powerful and astute nIpd is so we'll
calculated to grapple with abstruse points.
In the mean time, il any OF the dime mu-
seums can make 81 engagement with Gov.
Irwin he would be a greater card than Ser
geant Mason or Bsrnum's white elephant
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01
Death of a Wisconsin Senator.

State Senator P. FL. Smith died at his
home in Plymouth, Wis, Tuesday morn
ing, the 22d. He was the wealthiest and
best known man in Shsboygau county, one
of the first settlers of Plymouth, and one OF
the leading politicians of the state. He fell
a victim to consumption. Patrick Henry
Smith was born IN the town of Royslton,
VT, Sept. %, 1927. He bad a common
school education, went to Wisconsin in
1867 and settled at Sheboygan, whence he
removed to Plymouth the following year.
He was a merchant, and the first own
clerk of the town of Plymouth. He was
postmaster from 1853 to 1857, and deputy
United States marshal ia 1850. He was
elected state senator as q democrat. He
had also been a derman and president Of
the Plymouth city council. The district
that he represented in the senate (the
Twentieth) is composed of S~beboygan
ty nj several towns OF Fond du Lao
county.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01

At Jackson, Ohio, Luke and William
Johnson. shortly to be hanged for the muir
der If Asae-ssoHn IHa0ksy,, broke the cell
doors at noon while the guards were at DIM
uer, captured the guards revolvers on the
corridor, o~verpewdered and tied the iailer
md escapeu to the hills. Five hundred
citizens o started IN pursuit. The pris-
oners were soon overtaken but showed fight.
Luke was wounded when they inrren-
dered. Iii Is uncertain whether Luke will re-
cover.
q The indictment against Roger Amero of
Plympton, N. s., for the murder of Mrs.
Eta G. Carlton will be nolle-prosequied in
Boston. Amero Is adiudged insane. His
brother and two sisters became insane
through mental agony caused by the terri
bic accusation against him.
Mrs. mary Ann White, wife oil the keeper
3t the New York morgue. died recently
from criminal maIpractice. bertha Nathan
was arrested. She had only been ont oi
prison a few weeks, where she was confined
for q similar offense.
Mrs. Lydia Cocks Of New York, has begun
suit against Caasiua II. Read and DIR. Gus
tave X. Susdorf to recover $50. 0EO damages
for the loss of the services OF her daughter,
Clara Totten, consequent upon her seduc'
tion.
Anderson and Spyder were hanged OH the
9Th inst. at Mount Verilon. Ind. for the
murder OF James Van Weysr, 17years 81
age.
James Turner, gof Arno, Mo is found ID
have feen murdered for his money.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01

A "Jersey jury" at Trenton, after
staying QUIT twenty-five hours, gave aver
dict in favor of a woman against an in
surance company in which her husband
held a policy for $4,000 on his life, and
which the company refused to pay, on
the ground hat the insured died from
the effects of excessive drinking Of
liquor. A widow and orphans should
not be deprived ola e of support
because of the sin of q husband and
father.