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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-28


THE CHEYENNE Transporter.
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Subscription, 81 Per Year, in Advance.
Cheyenne and ATaDahOG Agency, DARLINGTON I'D TER.
MARCH 28, 1884.
Entered the Postoflice ~ Darlington, as
second class matter.
\ brothe of H.. II. Bun arrived from the
north on Saturday, ana is visiting at silver
City.
Sergeant Williams ana Maria Greene were .
married last evening at the Mennonite mis-
sion by Rev. Voth.
The friends Of Mis- tizzo Cadc at this place
will be pleased TO learn That She lis 20 remain /
ut the cheyenne school
VIM. Couey, Il herdcr for the flying v outfit.
in charge ofWm CONGO, died with pneumonia
at camp yesterday, the 27th. Thomas Ingram,
another one the boys, is also very sick ut
the same camp.
a large box of fresh garden seeds just re
ccived from the mammoth establishment of
ID. NJ. Ferry & Co, of Detroit, Mich, for sale
att Connells. Call early ana make your
selectiOns.*+t
DR.. I. II. Miles, Of Marshall NO. relative of
Agent Miles, is here on a short visit Being
a first class dentist, he has been induced to
offer his professional services 10 those who
are in need of dental work.
J. II. Carter, ofthe standard, was down from
Caldwell last week in the interest ofhis paper.
lie did fair business for the standard here
ana at the Post. Mr.. Carter is an old school
mate of George and Robert Bent ana Ed.
Gucricr.
On Saturday w. S. Docl1c- returned from his
trip to New Orleans and New York, bringing
with him Alexander Clapp, WHO comes to see
the west Mr.. Decker says he went from New
Orleans to New orll by water and that he
had a royal good time.
Miss Lizzie Kable, who has been ON a short
leave ofabsencc to Ohio returned yesterday
to her charge as principal teacher Of the Chcy-
ennc school Her mother, Mrs NJ kable, ac-
companicd her out, expecting to spend a
couple Of months here with her daughters,
Misses Lizzie and Amelia Kablc
Rosa Gucrrcr, bright intelligent and
loyable little Indian girl about seven years
Of age died ON Wednesday, the 10th, of mem-
branous Group. She was the daughter of Mr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
Italian Epigrams.

The chestnut is for the man who
takes its shell off,
He is one of those men in whom ne
cessity is the mother of virtue.
If bad temper were a fever, there
wouldn't be hospitals enough to hold
US all.
1t is poor sort of business to waste
your breath whistling for yesterdays
breeze.
The world is hard enough, God
knows, without one shutting ones
mouth the day it rains comfits.
To woman's eyes there is always
an atmosphere of youth left about
man who has once made love to her
Another mans admiration is back
ground against which many an ordina-
~ woman has shone clad in unaccus-
toned graces to her lovers eyes.
1t is only fool who would expect the
wind to be always blowing from the
same point of compass. And real
sorroW-an old sorrow-I'Ye known it
to act like ballast. It's heavy, ave,
but it trims the boat. There's many a
man wouldn't sail so straight if there
wasn't some dead weight O that sort
at his heart to steady him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
Bicycle Bearings.

The bearings in bicycle are perhaps
more to be admired than any single
part. instead of allowing the axle to
slide round in its bearings, hard steel
rollers or balls are introduced, so that
the parts which are pressed together
roll over and do not slide upon one an
other. Anyone who has trodden on q
roller or a marble must have found in
q possibly unpleasant manner the great
difference between rolling and sliding
friction. l can now give for the first
time the result of an experiment only
completed this morning, which shows
the extraordinary perfection to which
this class of work has attained. / have
observed how much new set of balls
which | have obtained direct from the
maker, Mr.. BoWn, has lost in weight
in travelling 1000 miles in my machine.
Every 200 miles cleaned and weighed
the balls with all the care and accuracy
that the resources of ply steal labora-
tory will permit. The set of twelve,
when new, weighed % $1,000 grm. At
ter 1000 miles, they weighed %. 8O088
grm., the loss being 3.12 mgrm., which
is equal to 1903 grain-that is, run
ming 1000 miles, each ball lost 1850
grain. This corresponds to q wear of
only 1-158, 900 inch off the surface At
this rate of wears. II mgrm. per /, 900
miles-the ballC would lose only 1874. 3
of their weight in travelling as far as
from here to the moon.-C. Vernon
Boys, IN Natalre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
The Night-BIooming Flower.

There was n little night blooming flower,
That thus spake 10 a bright-beaming star;
"From earths lonchest wild and lowl1est
bower.
see thy brilliant orb from afar;
But thou from thy home of radiancy
Canst not, in thy gorgeousness, descry
One so insignificant, little as me
So diminutiYe and small am ]"
The pure and resp endeEt star replied,
In tenderest love: 20, meek hover OF earth,
Thou art little, but do not thysef deride
As one possessing no merit, worth;
Thy Maker designs thee, n beauty and charm;
Although so far distant from me thou art
With smiles nor gaze down into thy heart.
"There is One, without whose kind, loving
A sparrow cannot fall to the ground,
Has clothed the lilies in robes more rare
Than earth's monarchs in all their glory
crowned
Though thou b!oomest in darkness Of the
night,
With no eye TO greet thee-nOne to behold
Tt is in God, thy Creators sight,
That thou dOst thine exquisite charms IN
fod!"
Thus many pine in their solitude
For recognition and hOnors from men,
And sigh, with a restless wish to be viewed
And loved and admired by human ken,
Spend their lives in efforts fruitless and vain
To gain renown while on earthly sod,
Who freely as light and air, could obtain
The higher honOrS that come from God!
james Homer Kennedy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
a Ma gniticent Mast.

A magnificent mast has been sent
from Verona to the agricultural de-
partment OF the Turin exhibition. The
tree grew in the woods of Galore, and
five other majestic pines had to be
heWn down before the one destined for
the mast could be removed. When
the lower branches had been cut off
this fine tree-trunk was divided into
two pieces, the bottom part measuring
more than 100 feet, and the top part,
still adorned with its green branches,
Is feet. The weight of the tree, after
being thus prepared, was Al cwt. On ex-
amining the base it was found that that
part was 205 years old, while the sum-
NIT was only SO years old. The mast
was dragged from the forest to the sta
ton on two wagons, drawn by eight
horses, and the whole of it took up
seven railway trucks. Three DAYS were
employed in the transport by rail, as
the special train could only travel by
daylight, proceeding very slowly on
account of the curves, and had to stop
continually, not being able to pass
another train. The mast IS slender in
comparison to its height, being 65 GEN.
timeters at the base and 10 at the sum-
NIT. The stem preserves an equal
width up to the height of about 90
feet, after which it diminishes rapidly.
Including the expense of transport, the
mast will cost more than 950.-NdpLeS
Cor. London DaiLy Nea05.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
Our Very Own.

What can be more beneficent than
that dispensation of providence which
gives us all SO deep an interest in our
own concerns? What we do ourselves
always possesses for us an attraction
which no one else's work. be it ever so
brilliant and successful, can command
The writer Of these lines will look upon
them with a fatherly interest which
nothing can justify, save that divine
sentiment of appreciation for our own
with which we are all imbued. He will
turn forthwith this present page and
read it approximately from beginning
to end, noting every typographical
error, and recognizing with a shade of
irritation the places where the editorial
pruning-knife has left its marks.
Others may perhaps read it, but to
none of them will it seem to be sur
rounded with the halo which it wears
in the authors eyes. The only other
mortals for whom it has personal in
Jerest will be the compositors who set
it up, and they will look at it merely
with professional eye, each felicitat-
ing himself on the even spacing and
the ingenious way, perhaps, in which
he avoided an awkward division of q
word at the end of line. The editor
who read it in manuscript will'never
look at it in type if he can help it. He
will turn to his own paragraphs and
find liz them the solace that is his just
reward. [ fancy every one who has
put pen to paper in the production of
this number Of TIE Hour will turn to
his own work. He may not think it is
better than the rest, but it is his very
own, and for him it has Vaccinations.
Then there IS the printer, who will
turn over the leaves and think that his
part of the work is conspicuously mer-
itorious. The man who furnished the
ink will admire its glossy blackness. j
The paper-maker will rub leaf be-
tween his forefnger and thumb and
hold it admiringIy up to the light, to
note its texture. The advertising agent
will contemplate his own peculiar
pages with something like affection,
and each individual advertiser when he
receives it will think that his own
peculiar lines, squares or pages ought
to catch the eye of the public, even if
nothing else in the edition is so much az
glanced at. Such are some of the per-
sonal interests that 90 to the making
up of single publication. They are
referred to here because they are near
est at hand. Ali the interests of. life.
however, afford parallel instances
Bya Self Confessed EgottSt IN The Hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19

from, ana was enJlrely too polite to
speak of his discomfort. Noticing that
the others were perfectly comfortable,
he concluded that the temperature was
probably not at all uncomfortable to
the literati of America, which he had
often heard were extremely cold-blood-
ed. The family were terribly mortified
when they heard of how their distin-
guished visitor had been broiled and
rendered so uncomfortable. He threat
ems to write book on America.
In Germany the young man who
thinks a certain young lady's father
would make good father-in-law puts
gentleman and asks for the hand of his
daughter. He never thinks of appeal
ing first to the young lady. That
would be almost as great an offense
against good morals as it is for the
young lady to receive gentlemen callers
without her mother being present. The
old gentleman sizes up the young
mans pile. his prospects and the
standing of his family. If these are
satisfactory he is then introduced to
the Girl as her afhanced husband.
Having Il mortal dread of being an old
maid, she at once falls in love. They
now go out together and act just as
spoony on the streets and in public
places as they are mind to without
fear of exciting special remark; where
as, had they been seen on the street to-
gether before the engagement, she
would have been dropped from the rolls
of good society, and he would have
been twitted and leased by his friends
until life would have become burden.
They go very little on love. the whole
matrimonial scheme in all classes being
regarded rs business affair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
Why He Went to the Circus.

There was q circus in the city the
other day and old man Primus, who had
braved the blasts Of seventy winters.
took q front seat at the performance.
A young acquaintance, who came in
and took seat beside the old man, ex-
claimed:
'Why, Mr.. Primus! I am surprised
to see as old man as you at circus
performancer'
Il always come" said the old man
quietly. Z care nothing for the gen
eral performance, but come to hear
the clowns"
so you come to laugh at the iokes?'
''Oh, no! l don't laugh at them any
more" replied the septuagenarian,
''but l enjoy the jokes because they re-
vive old memories, and carry me back
to my childhood days when I used to
sit on my grandfather's knees and hear
him tell them as they were told by the
clowns when he was q Chatta.
aaooga Peoples Paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19
American Inventive Genius.

When the American reaches the next
world there will be trouble in whatever
section of it he finds himself 1t is not
likely he will rest contentcd with things
rs he finds them there. He will want
TO improve; to amend; to invent. If
he is so fortunate as to reach the re-
gions of light he will propos the intro
duction of the three-string grand piano
instead of the antiquated harp. 1t may
be that he will have an eye to commits
sions off, for his interest. Those rest
less Americans, who, like Sir Joseph
Porter, generally 60 below" will
plague the life out of the manager
there by trying to introduce patent
drafts, improved smoke consumers, fuel
savers and what not. The American
is distinctively a patent Office animal.
Take the great question of pile driY-
ers, for instance, which is occupying
the attention of the whole country
Anybody who has q wharf to build
knows what an important machine a
pile driver is. 1t there is city in the
world that ought to be posted on pile
drivers it is Amsterdam, which is built
entirely on piles. OF the ninety islands
med full of long oaken piles, and the
work of hammering down similar piles
goes on every day. Yet the Holland
pile driver is an exceedingly primitive
affair. 1t is only recently that steam
has been applied to raising the ham
mer. In many parts Of Amsterdam
| visitor sees long line of Hollanders
pulling at rope until the iron weight
is high enough, when another Holland
er with small cord undoes the ar
rangement and gets the drop on the
timber.
The American has made two big i'm
proVements on the steam pile driver.
The friction method is Il great time
saver. The hammer drops and brings
its rope with it. The man in the en-
CINE house with lever sets the ma
chinery to pulling up the hammer with
no tedious waiting for the rope to come
dangling down to ''catch on" AS
soon as sufficient height is reached he
relaxes the friction and the hammer
falls.
If you notice the crowd that contin-
uaIly stands at the foot of Woodward
avenue, you will see that their atten-
G4OA 10 nItIdClSt Wy Lllt FGIN IdI6SU
thing in pile drivers, only two of which
are used IL Detroit. This is Il sort of
portable steam hammer, which follows
the timber down, tapping it gently or
severely, as the unseen man in the en-
CINE house wills it. The steam, sup
piled to the hammer by an immense
hose, works in an ordinary cylinder,
lifts the hammer and allows it to drop
of its own weight. 1t will drive pile
to within an eighth of an inch of where
it wants to 60. The whole machine is
worthy of the attention of that victim
of eanatj, the wharf loafer. 1t will pick
up q heavy oaken pile as if it was a
match, balance it daintily in the air,
place it point downward, and then pur-
sue it with quick, gentle taps until it is
in exactly the position desired. 1t will
do in q day about four times the work
of an ordinary pile driver, and it does
it with an ease and an intelligence that
it is q pity the wharf loafer does not
emulate. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19

Sis Lepel Griffin, in his paper on
American Politics." reprinted from
the Fortpightly ReUjea0 in the Modern
Aqe, observes gravely of New York
that 'the commercial capital OF the
United States may now be fairly reck-
oned, for size and population, the sec
ond city of the world, if Brooklyn, New
Jersey (sic) and the suburbs be includ-
ed within its boundaries"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-06-19

Old John Ingmanson, of Sycamore,
Ill, used to hold Christine Nilsson on
his knee when she was child in
Sweden, and when. he went out to sell
his tinware, she went with him and
sang to draw purchasers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-20
DR.. vordycc Earacr Sustained.

New YORK, Dec 90. The parlors OF the
New York Academy OF Medicine W ere filed
at an early hour Thursday evening to re-
ceive the report Of the committee On ethics
upon grave charges presented at the
November meeting against Dr. Forlyco
Barker, the venerable rFasi lent of the acad-
envy. In substance they accused DR.. Barker
Of perjury in subscribing III the signature
book Of the academy to the statement that
lie was a graduate in ll.eiicine of Paris al
the date of 1884, while he was not at that
time ana lad not hean ct any subsequent
time a graduate, and also oG violating the
laws OF the state in practicing medicine with
out diploma. The committee reported
that it found itself called upon to weigh the
negative evidence Of the records whose gem
eral accuracy and completeness they have no
means of estimating against the positive tes-
timony Of creditable witnesses. 1t is the
unanimous decision Of the committee that
the witnesses must be believed as against the
negative inference from the records, and
that the charge and specifications are not
sustained.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-20
TWO TO ONE ON sMooT.
But He Seems to Have Barely Saved His
Game Threatening Widow.

But He Seems to Have Barely Saved His
Game-Threatening Widow.
OwINGsv1LLE, KY, Dec 2o.-Considera'
bic sensation has been created here by 8
rupture of the marriage engagement of MIR.
Charles Scott of Sherburne, Fleming county,
and Miss Effie Boyd. of this place, which
event was announced to take place here on
Dec. Is. 1t seems that Miss Efiie had a
former, and, as was generally supposed.
an accepted lover in the person Of
Mr.. w. T. Smoot, but few months
since this gentleman was called on an ex-
tended business trip TO the south. In his alb
sence, few weeks since, the entire circle OF
their acquaintance was surprised at the an
nouncement that Mr.. Scott was the young
lady's favored sutton and that they were t.
be married as above stated. Great prepare
tons were making for the interesting event,
groomsmen, Of whom there were to lie eight,
and corresponding number of bridesmaids,
with the most elaborate costumes, having
already been arranged.
Lover No. !, hearing of there matters,
hastenS home and appears upon the scene,
and has already changed the aspect OF af-
fairs materially. He was alone in her COM
pany all day recently at the Owings house,
in this place, and as he emerged there,
from, just at dusk, he was ap-
preached upon the subject. He, O
course refused TO talk, but his smiling
face told palmer than words could how mat
tiers stood. Betting Is quito lively among
the toys, with S;mott the favorite by two to
one, aud a considerable sum of money will
cbange hauis on the result The young
lady Is good looking AMI thorou ly accom-
plisheJ, and added TO her other charms is
the fact that she is the only child Of aged
and wealthy parents, consequently heiress
to a handsome fortune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-20
prnoae iinos In Cnncrcs..

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 20-In the senate
Thursday afternoon, the most important
business was the speech Of Cuiiom on the
regulation of railways, in which he explained
his hill for that purpose The senator stated
that tie main features were the sections
defining anI prohibiting extortion and un
Just discrimination, which he believed
covered the ground very fully, and the
system provided for the adjudication OF
complaints by arbitration, which would ron
der recourse to tedious processes Of the
courts unnecessary in the majority Of cases.
The latter section had been Framed with the
intention Of making it to tho interest OF rail
road companies at every stage of tle pro
ceedings to conform 20 tie rulings of the
commission AMI yield obedience to
its findings. in the hands o. a
commission such as ought to be
appointed this system would facilitate the
satisfactory adjustment OF difficulties. The
senate then went into executive session and
tie case Of Secretary McCuoch WIS dis
posed Of by vote OF 50 in favor Of and
against confirmation. RiddlebcIger's was
tue only negative vote. The question of the
recsnt premature publication of treaties was
also discussed with some feeling, and it was
stated by enc senator that he believed the
leak was in the state department.
The opening prayer ca Friday was offered
IN the hearing OF six senators, and a delay Of
several minutes occurred before there was
sufficient attendance TO justify the reading
o. the Journal A bill making Inauguration
day legal holiday in the District OF Col
umbia was unanimously passed
Sahin introduced bill to provide for the
erection ol q pu1lic building at Saltwater,
MINI, to cost Sl91, 900 Tae inter tate com
| merce bill was then taken up ana George
criticised the railways for charging all the
traffic win bear.
After the house had disposed of the naval
bill Thursday the Interstate bill was again
taken up and Hoar tried to have an amend
ment added prohibiting the separation men
toned in Bark,aate's amendment from being
| made on a bass, of color, but was
defeated. White OF Kentucky, offered an
amendment, the sub 5tgnce of which was that
| railways must Issue passes TO any one who
want; them, or to no one at all; this was re-
jccted
On Friday Blount of Georgia, had read n
personal letter from Hon George B. Loring
denying emphatcally that he he'd sought t.
influence the legislature in securing the pas
| sage Of the bill to create Z department Of
agriculture.
BY unanimous consent, on motion of
| Murphy, OF iowa, the house took up and
| passed bill for bridge overthe Mississippi
| between Rocl. Island and Davenport The
| chair lad before the house q memorial from
John G. Thomp on, late sergeant-at-arms
| of the house, asking for an appropriation t.
pay Judgment rendered against him in
| favor of Hallett kilbourns, and for reason
| able compensation for his time and services
| Referred.
| The interstate commerce hill was thcn
taken up AMI an amendment prohibiting
| free passes was offered ard lost.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-20
III Tore Tn AEain.

New YORK. Dec - On Thursday, it is
stated, William c. Whitney was notified to
go 10 Albany a once, and his departure has
caused a revival OF interest in political
circles. MIR. u hitaey is expected to remain
in Albany for two or pos ihly three days,
and the expectation is thac be will return
with lis place in the cabinet definitely
settled, The expectation lere is that Gov
ernor Cleveland viii tender Mr. Whitney
the treasuryship, 1t i Sai that the pres
sure heing Drought to bear upon Cleveland
in Nh;ney's bchaIt is simply overpowerlng,
and that if lie does net receive the treasury
ship, at least it viii be no Ganlt Of his back
ers Whitney's nomination Tor u cabinet DO
sition is said 10 he especially Objectionable
to the Indepcn Ie1t element.