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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-15

A Huntingdon (Pa.) dispatch tC Tie
PtuSburgh Commercial Gazette saws:
News has just reached here from
RoXbury, this county, of Il most re-
markable case of snake-charmm which
occurred there on Monday afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Carson, aged 20 years,
who was raised in the family of Mr..
Samuel Sharps, Il respectable farmer
OF ROXbury, was directed by Mrs.
Sharps on Monday afternoon to repair
to blackberry patch short distance
from the house and gather berries for
supper. Nothing unusual took place
until the young girl had filled her
basket and was about starting for
home, when she experienced very
peculiar sensation in her left ankle,
which appeared as though it were being
wound tightly with n stout rope. Miss
Carson set her basket of berries down
for the purpose of examining into the
cause of her discomfort, when to her
unSpeakable horror she discovered
that huge blacksnake had coiled
around her ankle, and was drawing
itself up tighter and tighter. so as to
positively stop the circulation of the
blood in the limb and cause the unfor-
tunate girl the most sXcrutiating pain.
She had no sooner set her eyes upon
the reptile than it charmed her, and
She was rendered powerless to free
herself from her repulsivc tormentor.
! How long she reimaned in this condi-
ton Miss Carson is unable to say, but
thinks it must have been over ten min
utes. Her liberation and escape is as
singular as the cause of her strange
experience itself. The snake, it seems,
wound itself so tightly around hel
ankle that the muscles of her leg were
drawn out of their natural position
and, the circulation of the blood hav
ing been checked, the limb in it.
contortions was moved, which has
the effect of drawing the eyes of tho
snake from those of its victim, thue
breaking the charm which it iteXercised.
Nolition having returned, Miss Carson
pulled her sun bonnet from her head
and, winding it around her right hand
caught the snake by the head and
uncoiled it from her ankle and threw
1t with such force against stone fence
near by as to kill it instantly. 1T was
afterward found to measure five feet
three inches in length. Miss Carson
reached home in an exhausted condi
ton. Medical assistance was prompt
ly summoned and everything done tC
relieve her sufferings, but it is feareC
that gangrene will ensue on account
of the withered condition of the limb
which is rapidly falling away. The
muscles in the ankle have been reduc
ed to mere threads, and the circulation
of the blood has entirely stopped. The
only hope that remains of saving Mis-
Carson life is in the success of the
operation of amptuating the limb
which will be determined upon at
consultation of the physicians whc
have charge of the patient.
John Greater Than Daniel.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-15

Thus far very few watering place hotels hav,
paid their expenses.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-15

Mexican papers are demanding to know
President Diaz' financial policy.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
UNCLE eABE ON THE OLD AND NEW.

II. A Macon in The Manhattar.l
Things is gwine in SIGH mighty galsop now
adays
Dat tits hard to keep de step wild all the hifa
lutin ways.
Why, the wul is gwine so rapid, an of people
don't hold back,
Oars gwine to be some Dustin upan' running
OFF the track.
As push along de Placement to de eberlastin
sho,
De things don't look as lubly as dey use tc
You kin motifs how de morkin' bird, dat start
out in de spring,
Don't empty out his music wild Gle same olc
De stars don't blink so pretty an de sky amt
quite so blue,
An it sort o pears de moon Itself done swunk
a inch or two.
Well folks was Younger in dem days-leas'
ways twas so wild me
An desc times jes' amt patchin' to de times
dat use to be!
When my strenk begin to fail me an my step
is getting slow,
ken see 'em right befo' me, in foggy sort
o. mis-
Dat settles cross de cabin FUN my pipe O.
"nigger twis'.n
An deys sort o. smilin' at me, as see 'em
Dem good old friends o long ago OATS sleep
in in de groun'.
De ole times suit me heap de bes', but, den, I
boun' to say,
Dat dar's heap O. nice contraptions dat dey's
fixin' up to-day:
An lots O. handy doin's what nebber seed
befo',
Dat would p'intly be surprisin' to de folks
use to know.
So faint no use o fixin' plans for turnin' back
de tide,
An I'll sot myself right ON de bank an
watch an let her slide.
When de Lobby bus wide open an de waters
gin to POI,
Why faint no use O bristlin' up to fight the
overflow!
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
Chief Justice fancy and the bred
Scott Case.

Two letters in the October Century are in
teresting as showing that Chief Justice fancy
has been misunderstood in relation to his de-
cision in the bred Scott case. One of the let
tiers says in part: ''The chief justice merely
asserted fact, and did not decide that the
negro had no rights that white man was
bound to respect Judge fancy never held
such an opinion and it is an insult to his
memory to make such an assertion.
"Allow me to state some facts relative to
Judge Taney's feelings toward the colored
race. Some thirty years before his death ne
freed his slaves. This proves that he was no
lover of slavery. On one occasion, talking OF
the colored people, with much emphasis, he
said: Thank God that at least in one place
all men are equal in the church of God. I dc
not consider it any degradation to kneel
side by side with negro in the house OF
our Heavenly Father On another oc-
casion, speaking of the bred Scott decision,
he remarked, that mo matter what might
be his feelings in regard to this question OF
slavery, his oath bound him to interpret the
law under the constitution This was his
higher law-the oath he had taken when he
accepted the position as chief justice of the
United States supreme court. A purer,
a more conscientious man never wore the
ermine; more faithful servant the govern
ment of the United States never had. 1t
was his fidelity to duty that cost him his life,
as personally know. I knew him init
mately for several years. He spoke with
sadness of our late troubles, wishing from his
heart that some statesman would rise up and
prevent the fratricidal contest"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
ABORIGINAL SOCIETY.
The laws Of the Gems I'm the Omaha
Tribe OF Indians.

[Chicago Times1
At the recent annual session OF the Nauona!
Science association, M. G. A. Fletcher read
the following paper on the laws and privi-
leges of the gems in Indian society:
The work of placing the Omaha tribe OF
Indians upon the lands III severalty and ad'
justing the line of descent and inheritance
according to the white law, has afforded me
an opportunity for close observation OF the
general system and tho tenacity OF certain
customs. A child who has lost its father or
mother is considered an orphan. Its particu-
lar place is gone, and it passes into the gems.
II it is the father who has died, unless the
child is quite young, it is separated from Its
mother and gathered into the family OF one
of the fathers relatives. The mother gener-
ally marries again, in year or two, tne
children of her first husband are separated
from her, and she bears second family 20
the second husband. have met instances
where a woman has had three and even four
sets of children. To the casual observer II
would seem as though the mother had forgot
ten entirely each little brood soon after the
fathers death; but closer observation and &C
quaintance prove this untrue. The motner
does not forget, but SO inbred is the gems law
in her life and thought that she never ques
GlOuS tile Ilkut VI UolS D0i oAo "a aAo. oAst- 80
by the relatives of 9he father. Here and
there appear strong characters, women who
will not part with their maternal rights, and
widows who remain single all their lives, but
even these exceptions do not startle any one
into contemplating this custom SO deeply laid
in Indian society. In grouping the people by
their gems and into families have found
men claiming children not of their own body,
and with no idea of cheating, but because OF
this custom Of the gems OF distributing
among the families the fatherless or
motherless ones. In explaining the
rights of child to its parents care, and par
ticularly in maintaining the mothers right
to her child, am met with establishment
and Indignation Has she not married
agains is the supposed unanswerable reply to
my inquiry that nothing can cancel the tie OF
birth. l have found no point of white law OF
inheritance so difficult to make clear to the
Indian mind as the inalienable right of
child to its living parent. This difficulty
throws considerable light on the point how
far the family, as social unit, can be said to
exist in genital society. It appears to be well
proven that whether the gems goes with the
father or mother, the right of parent is
secondary to the gems even in the disposal OF
the child It is of common occurrence not
to be able to secure the mothers name from
a grown man when she died in infancy or
early childhood. No trace remains of the
dead mother The same may be said OF the
fathers name under similar Giro umstances,
though this is less common.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
says Joaquin OF Alfred.
1Joanl,in MillersS T ,etter.

Baron Tennysonl Say it over to yourself;
and say it over and over again. am SO
sorry. For say it over and over, I shall
never be able to get the sweet sense of Alfred
Tennyson out of my mind. And so Alfred
Tennyson must remain poet; be another
being from this "baron." And why did her
majesty give him this warlike title? This one
of all others. The old barons were brutes,
bloodthirsty savages.
Let us hope that the sweet, pure poet will
not descend to this title. It is an imperti-
nence to ask him to do it. Her majesty, the
queen, is great. But not nearly SO great as
Alfred Tennyson, the poet. And the empress
of India can give him nothing at all in the
way of dignity and honor which the universal
world has not long since conferred.
otis only noble to be good" Years ago
the poet referred to something Of this sort,
He was stronger then, in the full yigor of his
functions. And then, too, Dickens was at
his side. believe they both refused titles at
the same time. But now, in his old age,
when weak and worn, they tempt him with
nonsense and change his name. And the
poor man now puts by that great name which
he has won by long and splendid toll, nights
and days Of effort, years and years OF
glorious evidence, and walks down and be.
comes instead of Alfred Tennyson only an
English baron. How awkward he will feel.
What a misfit this garment will makel Let
us still hope his manhood will return to him
and he will remain still Alfred Tennyson.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
MORTGAGE SALE.

lM
Default having been made in the payment of
the sum Of thirty ss so1o9 dollars rs;n winch
on n certain Mortgage, duly executed ana deilv-
cred by John Maloney and Ellen Maloney, his
wife to VIM. F. Graves and Merrck =. Hln isn1
bearing date the fourth day of August A. d. 1881,
aud duly recorded in the office of the Register OF
Deeds in and for the County of Stevens and State
of Minnesota, on the sixth day of August a. ID.
1881, at 8 O'Clock +. NJ, in Book Z of Mortgages,
/ on page $685. Which said mortgage was given 10
secure the payment of ten notes. one for five 20
100 Dollars, due March LIST, 1882, and each OF the
1S, "a 80 SO. IL. 4S and 81, calendar months from
said last named date, and default having been
made in the paymentof the said notes due onMarch
LIST 1883 and September list 1888 and there remain
ing secured by the said mortgage the said six 9th;
er notes, making total of Forty Dollars secured
by the mortgage and unpaid, making a total now
due, after allowing the legal rebate OF seven per
cent on the notes not yet mature, of thirty5eight
and 90 100 Dollars, and no action or proceeding
at law otherwise having been instituted 10 re-
cover the debt secured by said Mortgage, or any
part thereof;
Now therefor Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of power of sale contained in said Mort
gage, and pursuant to the statute IN sucn case s
foreclcscd, and the premises described In and
covered by said Mortgage, yiz Ihe north one
half of the North West quarter and the North one
half of the North East quarter OF secuon elght Sl
in Town ship one hundred and twenty three LIS
of range forty two t42) containing one hundred
AID sixty t160) acres in Stevens County, ana otate
| of Minnesota, with the hereditaments and appur-
tenanccs, will be sold at public auction, to the
terest, and the taxes if any, said premises, and
twenty five dollars attorneys fee, as stipulated IN
and by said Mortgage in case of foreclosure, and
the disbursements allowed by law; which sale
will be made by the Sheriff of said Stevens Coun-
ty, at the front door Of the Court House. in Morris
in said County and State, on the twenty second
day Of March A. d. 1884, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, OF
that day. subject to redemption at any time with
| in one year from the day OF sale, as provided by
law.
+ Dated February 4, A. d, 1874.
WIN. T. GRAVES,
MERRICK Il, VINTON,
Mortgages.
WIN. F. GRAVES,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
First Publication Feb. 0, 1884,
HoRTGAGE SALE.

IM
tho snm of two hundred, eighty one l2S1) 47-10O
dollars which is claimed to be due at the date of
ibis notice upon certain mortgage, duly execut-
ed and delivered by Felix Mccarthy single man
Connecticut, bearing date the sixteenth day OF
April A. ID. 1881, and duly recorded in the Office
of the Register of Deeds in and for the County OF
Stevens and State of Minnesota, on the 18th day
of APRIL A. ID. 1881, at 3 O'Clock p. NJ, in book Il
of mortgages on page 210 and post; which said
mortgage was given to secure the payment of two
hundred and fifty dollars, with nine and one
half ner cent. interest per annum, and default
having been made in the payment OF the INSTALL
ments of interest due May ], 1883, and November
/, 1883, the sald mortgagee thereupon elected that
the principal sum, with all arrearages of interest
should be Immediately due and payable, accord
ing to the provisions of said mortgage and of the
note for said sum; and no action or proceeding at
law or otherwise having been instituted to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any part
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of n power of sale contained i'll said mort
gage, and pursuant TO the statute in such case
made and provided, the said mortgage will be
fOreclosed, and the premises described in and
covered by said mortgage, VIZ: Ihe southwest I'VE.
dred and twenty three (123), of range forty-fonr
(44) containing one hundred and sixty Q6O) acres,
in Stevens county, and State of Minnesota, with
the hereditaments and appurtcnances, will be
sold at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash. to pay said debt and interest, and the taxes
if any, on said premises and twenty-five dollars
attorney g fee, az stipulated in and by said mort
GAGE in case of foreclosure, and the disburse.
ments allowed by law; which sale will be made
by the Sheriff of said Stevens county, ut the front
door of the court house, in Morris, i'll said county
and State, on the twenty second day of March, A.
D. 1884, ut 10 o'clock A. of that day, subject to
redemption at any time within one year from the
day of sale, as provided by law.
Dated February 4, \. D. 1884.
MIDDLEsEx BANKING COMPANY, [sEAL.
BY ROBERT N. JACKSON,
President.
WIN. F. GRAVES,
A tor
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY All
IN VENTISEMENT.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY AID
IN VENTISEMENT
Default has been made in the conditions OF
q certain mortgage executed ana delivered ny
Melville w. Chaplin and Sayllla Chapin ms
wife, nortg S 10 r. Ir i, Das' eisbtecn
mortgage in the Office of the Register Of
Deeds of the county OF stevens, N n Ine s'a n
1881, at 10 O'Clock A NJ, in book Il OF Mort,
cages on page 32l, on which there Is CANNED
to ue due at the date OF TINS hotlce, ihe
amount of $ll.00, and there is yet TO become
due $1,000, and no action or proceeding mas
been instituted at law or IN equity TO recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any
part thereof
Norice is hereby given, that by virtue ola
powerof sale contained i'll said mortgage. and
OF the statute in such case made ana provided,
the sad mortgage VIII pc nreelniuu s hrr1
which sale will be made at Tic front door OF
the court house in the vi'iage OF Morris, IN
the county of Stevens and state OIL Mlnnesota'
at public auction by the sheriff. of said coun-
ty on Saturday, the 18th day or March, a. ~.
eighteen hundred ana eghiy-four,at l0o'ciocK
| in the forenoon to satisfy the amount when
shall then be due on said mortgage, Win the
| interest thereon, and costs and expenses or
sale, and twenty-five dollars attorneys ices
as stipulated In said mortgage in case OIL lore
closure .
and so to be sold, are the lot, piece or parcel OF
| land situated in the county OF stevens, anu
state of Minnesota, and known ana uescrio t' u
as fOlIo,;S to wit: The soulful half (S4l OF the
| southeast quarter (SEh) OF section twelve
| ny in township one hundred aud twenty
| five l25j north Of range forty-three l4a) west,
| containing eighty (SO) acres more or less ac-
| cording to the government survey thereof.
| F. I. DAY,
Mortgage.
| f. J. HODGSON.
Attorney of Mortgage.
l. Dated Jan, %, 1884.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
First Publication Feb. O. 1881
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY AL
~ ERrIS N EMF

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY AD-
IN ElirISMENT
Default has been made In the conditions OF
q certain mortgage executed and delivered by
Beno Stehlcr, lnortgagor, 10 +, T. Day, mort
g,gce, dated the 3d day OF April, \. ID. egh-
Teen hundred and eighty-two and recorded as
Deeds OF the county of stevens, in the State
of Minnesota, on the 3d day of April, A. ID.
1882, at O'Clock +. NJ, in book + of Mort
cages, on page 81, on which there Is claimed
amount of $685. and there Is yet to become
due $}3 90, and no action or proceeding has
been instituted ut law or In equity to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof.
Notice Is hereby given, that by virtue of
a power of sale contained IN said mortgage,
and of the statute IN such case made and
provided, the said mortgage will he forcclosed
| BY II sale of the mort tagged premises therein
| described, which sale will be made at the
| front door of the Court House In the village
| of Norris in the county of Stevens and state
| of Minnesota, at public auction by the Sheriff
| of said county, on Saturday the I'd day or
! March, A. ID. eighteen hundred and eighty
| four ut 10 O'clock in The forenoon to satisfy
the amount which snail then be due Oh said
| mort gage, with the interest thereon, and
| costs and expenses of sale, and Twenty-Five
dollars attorneys fees, as stipulated in said
mOrt9 gage in case OF foreclosure.
| The premi ;cs described in said mortgage,
and SO To be sold, the lot, piece or parcel Of
| State Of Minnesota, and known and described
| as follows, 10 wit: The northeast quarter
! (NElD of section thirty 1907 IN township one
! hundred and twenty-five u2o) north OF
hundred and sixty 100 acres more or less ac-
! cortling to the Government scryey thereof
+. T. DAY,
.HuTtgagce.
| f.. j. IIoDGSoN.
Attorney of Mortgagec:
| Dated February =, 1851.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
First Publication Jan. 80.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY AID

NERTlSEME EMF.
Default has been made in the conditions OF
A: V. Matthews and Mary Matthews his
wife mortgagors to +. Z. Day mortgage,
dated the Ind day of March a. ID. eighteen
hundred and Eighty Two and recorded as a
mortgage in the office of the Register of Deeds
of the county of Stevens in the State of Min
nesota, Oh the 3 day of March A. ID. 1882, at
O'Clock A. NJ, in book e. of Mortgages, on
page Gil on which there is claimed to he due
at the date of this notice, the amount of $25 70
and there is yet to become due $4,000 and no
action or proceeding has been instituted nj
law or in equity to recovc, the debt secured
by said mortgage or any part thereof.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue OF a
power of sale contained in said mortgage. and
and of the statute in such case made and pro,
vided, the said mortgage will be forectoscd
by sale of the mortgaged premises therein
described which sale will be made at the
front door of the Court House in the village
of Morris in the County of Stevens and state
of Minnesota, at public auction by the Sher-
if of said County, on Saturday the 18th day
of March A. d. eighteen hundred and eighty
four at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon to satisfy
the amount which shall then be due on said
mortgage, with the interest thereon, and costs
and expenses of sale, and twenty five dollars
attorneys fees, rs stipulated in said mortgage
in case of foreclosure. s- p
The premises described In said mortgage,
of land situated in the County of Stevens and
State of Minnesota and known and described
as follows to wit: The West Half WI OF
the South West Quarter [SW4 and the South
of sectioX Twenty [2Ol in Township One Hun
bred and Twenty Six 1881 North of Range
Forty Three [43] West, containing One Hun
bred and Sixty fl60] acres more or less accor-
F. T. DAY
Mortgage.
Attorney of Mortgage.
To,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-05
Another Great Engineering Feat.
TDemorest's Monthly.1

AuOCncr Ur0aC EnS1nccFAnS = Ctses
[Demorest's Monthly.]
The boring of the tunnel through Mount
Arlberg has just been completed. This work
ranks with the Mont Gems and Mont st.
Gothard as among the great engineering
feats of the age. The object of this new line
of travel is to shorten the distance between
western Austria and eastern Switzerland,
The total estimated cost is S., 1872, 900. The
boring commenced on the Austrian side in
June, 1880, and on the Swiss side in the fol-
lowing September. This work shows how
engineering has advanced In the Mont
Gems tunnel year was consumed in cutting
through 1857 feet. st. Gothard was bored
at the rate of 5,474 feet, while the Arlberg
was pierced at the rate of 1850 feet year.
Then the recent work was done at a much
cheaper rate. The Mont Gents tunnel cost
$4,000 per running metre-39h inches-while
the Arlberg tunnel cost only $3.50 per metre.
The traffic through this tunnel is expected to
be immense The double track railway will
be kept constantly employed. What marvels
modern engineering science is accomplishing
The crossing of the Alps by Hannibal and
Napoleon with their armies were almost re-
garded as miracles: but how much more
momentous is this piercing of mountain
chains, so as to establish swift and easy COM
munication between hitherto hostile nations
The poet Cowper in his day lamented that in
terposing mountains "made enemies of ma
tions," which had else "like kindred drops
been mingled into one." But the mountain
barriers are no longer an obstacle keeping
nations apart. The engineer, as well as the
telegraph and the railway, is helping to make
all the world of one family.