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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-11

The train ran into Pipestone at 5:15, and
the citizens and splendid band met us,
the platform beinf perfectly black with peo-
pie. Carriages were in waiting and the par
ty were taken for a drive about.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-11

It was fully 10 40 when our train pulled
out, and no stop was made till Forestburg
was reached, where the usual crowd awaited
us. The usual handshaking and hurried in
1ntiOfnc ando
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21
q Gen. Grants Condition,

Cen Grant will never bo q uell man
again. doubt II be will ever again 10
out Of the house. called there yester.
day by previous arrangement, but I
found him quite unable to see anybody.
walked through the great marble floor.
ed hall while waiting for the message
into the bijou Of reception room, with
Its ebony table and ivory carved orna.
ments, great bronze japanese kettle on
tho shelf, an enormous turtle climbing
up the wall-no, closer inspection
shows him hung there by the under shell,
the upper shell polished like mirror.
The creatures skiu ut the side was tan.
ned aud painted and bestrung with rib.
bons, while tho vital creature himself
has been dug out aud turned into heav.
enly soup, and in his place now stick tho
latest newspapers into tho long drawing
room, bejeweIled with lovely silver bes.
kets from Vienna, rare stands from Con.
stantinople, enormous vases Of bronze,
big enough to cook 0 calf, from Yoka.
hama, faience ware and clock Of ornolu,
trophies aud trinkets from around the
welcoming world. Then comes tho ser.
want again; General Grant did not sleep
Q wink lRat night. The only slesp ho
gets now 10 little cat. naps In the day
time. It is mostly pain thst keeps him
awake. His diet has become rigidly
simple. Indeed he has little appetite 70,
anything. ] am seriously afraid thatoul
most distinguished citizen has been seen
tn! public for tho last time. Litter "a
Boston Giode. tss ,li.i'i !. I
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21
The uystery OF Dreams.

A man fell anleep as the clock tolled
the 6rst stroke of twelve. He awakened
ere the twelfth stroke had died away,
having in the interval dreamed that be
had committed crime, was detected
after Eve years, tried aud condemned !;
the shock of finding the halter around
his neck aroused him to consciousness,
when ho discovered that all these events
bad happened in an infnitestimal frag.
mept Of time. Mohamed, wishing to
illustrate the wonders Of sleep, told how
o certain man, being oheik, found him
self, for his pride, made poor fisherman
that he lived as one for sixty years, bring.
ing up family and working hard, and
how, upon waking up from bis long
dream, &c cher. time had he been
ssleep that the narrow. necked gourd
bottle, filled with water, which he knew
be overturned az he fell asleep, had not
time to empty itself. How faat the soul
travels when the body 10 aBleepl Often
when we awake We shrink from going iu
the dull routine of sordid existence,
regretting the pleasanter life of dream.
land. How 10 it that sometimes when
we 60 to a arrange place, we fancy that
we have seen it before2 10 it possible
that when one has been asleep, the soul
has foated away, aeon the place, and has
that memory of il which 90 surprises us
In word, how far dual 10 the life of q
man, how far notf
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21
War Anecdotes.

Adjntant Genera! Townsend, Of tie q.
8. Army, in his anecdotes of the civil war
givas US the following: General Town
send was at General Scott's headquarters
when tho dispatches came in announcing
the rout Of the Union forces In the frat
BATHS Of Bull Run. In regard TO the
uoseH ent, by tho vay, which ended 60
disastrously, the author says that nc.
DoWel'a plans Wero approved in detail
BY tho President and bis cabinet, and by
General Scott and bis etaff. Among 9th.
era to whom they were submitted, Gen.
eEal Fremont vas especially aakod BY the
President If he perceived any objection,
or could ouggest any improvement; not Q
word of criticism, however, vas forth.
coming from any source, and the unlucky
programme was unanimously sanctioned
In all its features.
"Amid the panic and confusion that
followed the defeat, General Scott was at
oil events, 1t seems, unwsvering ss q
rock. When reports were brought him
that the febels we're advancing unop.
posed on Washington, and would soon
be on the Long Bridge, tho old soldier
geeld calmly look On tho informant and
reply: IT 10 impossible sir We are
now tasting the frse fruits Of war, and
learning what q panic is. We muat be
for all kinds Of rumors. Why, sir, we
shall BOON hear that Jefferson Davis has
crossed the Long Bridge at the head of q
brigade Of elephants, aud is trauping
our citizens under foot! He has no bri.
gade of elephants; he cannot by any pos.
sibihty get brigade Of elephants.' But
though Scott kept hiS head, hardly any
body elsa did, and for o time according
TO- the author, there 10 little doubt that
hsd q sqnsd Of mon mounted On black
horses lthe Virginia troop of 'Black
Horse' had been o bug bear for some
weeksl Appeared on the Long Bridge or
in tho streets Of the city, there would
have bser, Q s!smpeds worthy Of q flock
Of sheep.'" /" S;ts, n " ~ '5
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

= An Iowa boy fftssn years old work.
ed @ month for the family physician, and
was given instead of the ten dollars he
expected receipted bils for professional
services, which tho doctor bad rendered
on the occasicp of his birth. This now
way Of paying old debts was very dissp-
pointing 70 the boy:
= A man going home ut o late honr
fn tho night cav that the occupant Of Q
house standing auah with the street had
left window up and ne decided to warn
them and prevent .. burglary. Putting
his head into The window be called out |:
"Hello good psop-." That was all he
said. A whole pailfnl of water struck
him In The face aud 40 he staggered
back O woman ahrfeked 0nt: "Didn't ]
toll you what you'd get If you wanna
homo BY 8 o'clookW -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21
Buzzards In Charleston.

Well do recall visit made early in
the morning to tho city market one year
ego, and my surprise to ace such hockp
Of these ungainly birds hopping about,
picking up the 5oTsp5. The market.
keeper noticing my interest communi.
Gated to me marvellous stories of their
Intelligence, aud what then saw was
really corr0borative in part Of his story,
The birds were collected on the peaked
roof of'the market house, and they did
not seem to be in any hurry to como
down to the street to gather the scraps of
meat which the butchers nad rejected.
l asked him why they did not-were
shey afraid "He hasn't come yet, sur ~
"Who?' "Why the inspector, sur.
Them buzza,ds don't dare touch nothin'
till he inspec.s." And presently he
spoke up, "Hers he comes" and I look
ed up the street, marvelling much what
Kind OF yarn was getting, for what
had market inspector to do with lot
OF carrion birds u? My confidence was
fast venishing-"Not there, sur, up
there; don't you see him ?" All / saw
in the direction he indicated was O few
buzzarde flying toward the market.
Ihate him-watch him." saw buz.
gard alight on the roof, and the color of
n.
and l did see this fellow hop around,
then down no ceme to tho street. and
presently the whole flock followed.
The market man, still pointing out
the inspector" suggested to me that if
would buy some meat at q neiphboripg
stall he would show me how tame thew
were, and perhaps they suspected thss I
came from q land where man was not on
friendly terms with tho buzzard family.
"Them Birds" said he, Hknows MORN
some men; they knows thaa day of the
week and when Sunday comes Just like
Christian, and up at the slanghter pens
they CAP pick out the fat cattle and wait
for him." The scraps of meat being
purchased, he selected two of the tough.
eat chunks and tied them, at each end Of
string about six feet long, casting this
In the street the birds fought In bnnches
for the chunks, one trying to pull one
way, another the other way they would
hold the cord with their test like O dog,
TIL hneily one more courageous or hum
cry than the rest swallowed one chunk,
the string hanging out Of his mouth (:
the rest tngged at the other chunk of
meat, our gourmand, braced himself. and
tried to keep his chunk where It Yaa do.
Ing him the most good, but his grip Was
not strong enough |; he could not bite of
the string. A strain as the cord by the
other eide distended neck. Hes
Loaf !" cried the market man, and the
much. coveted morsel returned 10 terra
hrma to be once moro sought for, and 90
this black, unsavory company OF birde,
| hopping sideways, jostling each other
with their distended wings, fought and
quarreled for their break fasts : Cor. Bal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

- Twenty .six homicides in New York
aimee tho 4th of November, the day oi
TIE Danville riot, says' q Richmond pa.
por, aud not Cougreasraan has raised
bis voice 10 fa7or OF investigating these
crimes. Is flsf
= It was at the close Of tho wedding.
breakfast. One of the guests arose, and,
glass in hand, said: II drink to the
health of the groom-May he see many
aLys like thlp." The intention was good,
but the bsids looked as If something had
displeeaed her.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

A raw ,tasts In mon and women
Shes !"Whns q ,fne.lcoking man Mr..
,OBrien: Is r, He ~ aH'm-hah-rathe
rough.hewn, / think. Can't say that I.
admire that loud d.laugaing, stroDg. voiced,
robust kind Of o man. Now, that's q
fine. looking woman he'a talking to f''
SITS: z "Weil-er-ionlewhat eheminate,
you , know. 4; Confess Z I don't admire
effemirate womenps R@F4sss{; 3 r, B,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

Brisht's Disease Of the Kidneys. Dia-
heies and other Diseases of the Kidneys
and Liver, which you are being 90 fright.
ened about, Hop Bitters Is the only thing
that will surely and permanently prevent
and cure. All other pretended cures
only relieve for . time and then maze
you many times worse.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

!. Earrings were worn BY JACOB . fara "a
", 1882, BIO. 81 t.1 US! SIS .2 8 s
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

ID me that they vero eatiafed that there
Fere troopo Of some kind on our right.
Snd advised me to reconnoitre in that
glrection before advancing.
"a Gsc. EsSieT shan RODE Up, called ne
s2side and advised me not to advance at
40 Gsnu. Jackaou and Hill had both
een wounded and it was thought by my
Command.
Lieut.. Emack, With sour mon from the
'n regiment, va: shon sent to recon.
aoitre on our right. and they coon return.
sSa with Lieut. Col. Smith Pennsylvania
egiment, which had thrown their arms
surrendered, on representations made
3o Them by Lieut.. Emack.
81 While Lieut.. Col. Smith wss telling
pe that he did not think we could hon
s3raoiy capture bio regiment, as he wasrir
Ill 'lnes with flag Of fruce," the enc.
ys artillery opened upon us again, and
pe fsnnHylvania regiment broke for our
PAR, tumbled over their own abandoned
osks, and lay hid and sheltered in the
aH1 until the firing ceased. Lieut.
smith wea then turned over to Capt
oama, Of Gen. Hill's staff, and hii
g,nent ordered tn the rear under Capt
oung Jour boy captain) and his compa
on going to the plank road, there
sf1ed 9eei from Col. Barry (thsn Majory O
$e = 18TH regiment, that he knew nothing
1enera!s jackson and Hill having
Sne 20 the front, that ho could not tel
sna from foe IN the dark and in such q
oas liow scrubby oaks), that when tht
'mish line fired, he heard the clntter
Q, approaching .horaernen and tht
stzy y cavalry, and that he ordered hii
~ 70 hre: II was generally nnderstood
a' n'ght by my command that the 1Stt
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
Blue Hill Neb. May 3, 18t
Ed. HERALD,


Ed, HERALD,
After completing the assessment of
Phillipsburg township, we concluded
to take little stroll ''and see our wife's
folks.'' Accordingly in company with
our better half, we started. for Blue Hill
Nebraska, Friday morning, April 25th.
We arrived in Republican city 4 o'clock
P. NJ. which we found in prospecting
condition. Carpenters busy repairing
old buildings and occasionally erecting
new ones. The merchants and trades
men seemed to be doing good bust
ness. After enjoying the hospitality of
l.. n. Jones and his estimable lady,
formerly of Phillipsburg Kansas) on
morning of the 26th, we ''boarded" the
eastward bound train at Sis A NJ and
soon found ourselves winding our way
down the Republican river at the rate
of so miles an hour. We were a little
ssskeered' at first, but Mr.. Granger, the
pleasant and very genteel conductor
assured US that we we're perfectly safe.
On looking around who should we see
but Col. T. j. Pickett OF the Blooming
Guard, formerly editor of the Kirwin
Chief, with whom we had very pleas
ant interview, We arrived at Red
Cloud half past nine, stopped minute
for breakfast, and II O'Clock found US
in Blue Hill, one IF the finest towns of
its age in the state of Nebraska. We
have neither time nor space to notice
the different branches of business, but
Will give just few items to show the
amount of business done for the year
ending April 18th 1884.
Number of inhabitants In 1882. POP
in 1884. 700. Cars OF grain shipped
1900, Cars of hogs shipped, 80. Cars
of cattle shipped, 10. Lumber, coal &
building material, $3.50 600. Agr'l i'm
plements. $50. 600. Mercantile, S45D,
GOO Exchange sold at s-4..k,, - 0.e0'.
Total amount OF business transacted
for the year ending April 18th, 1884.
g, O4O. 000.
Blue Hill Times, established in 1882.
This paper is ably edied and success
fully conducted by MessTs. @ L & I A
Wa kins has a circulation of about 500.
They have recently put IL very fine
Prouty power press, with which they
are doing some very fine work And
now Mr. Editor for fear this should ind
wav TO that awful waste basket, we viii
close. Yours In haste,
1ASPER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
A Familiar Chrome.

My son, If you are coming into Wall
street to speculate come well heeled.
That is, bring about 100000 with you.
A man may be handsome and ever SO
good, but when it comes to margins the
brokers want cash.,
After you have got here with your
cash you want to sit down and study a
few of the big SPECTATORS. Gould,
Vanderbilt, Sage, Keene and the rest
OF the boys "aYe their peculiar traits
and tricks. 1t will be worth $10,0 to
you to know that when Gould turns
bull it is out of pure kindness to suffer
ing friends whose stocks have been
crawling backwards.
You will make some money, The
chances are ninety nine in 100 that you
will. You will feel exultant and pulled
up, and you will pity men who haven't
the nerve to speculate. You will find
yourself sailing with fair breeze and a
clear sea, and if your arms are long
enough you will pat yourself on the
back.
Then you will put your hat on your ear
and bait your hook for big fish. You'll
get bite or two and feel tickled to
death. You may even haul sucker
half way out of the water, but all of a
sudden away goes hook and line and
pole, and an ice wagon knocks you
down, an omnibus runs over you, a
policeman clubs your bleeding remains,
and a good-hearted blind man offers tC
show you some of the dirt roads leading
to the country.-[WaH Street News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
MOrtgaging Pre-EmptiOn Claims.

Commissioner Mcfarland of the gen
eral land office, rules that an agree
ment made prior to proving up on pre-
emption claims, to mortgage the lands,
does not invaidate the claimants right
to prove up. The following is the de-
cision:
s'There being no other objection to
proof than agreements for mortgages,
the question to be determined IS their
effect on homestead entries, In that
regard, you are informed that it was
ruled by the honorable secretary of the
interior in the case of Larson vs.. Weis-
checker. involving presumption entry
fCOpp's l. o., vol. 9, p. co. that a
mortgage by presumption entryman
prior to final proof, to secure money
loaned him to pay the government price
for land, Is not such a conveyance or
agreement as will invalidate his entry
under the law. By analogy the same
principle applies To the case of eommut-
ed hdnieseead sntr3ss, and it Is lmmaks-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
LOCALS, Continued

Miss Elsie Lowe entertaine d a party
of young friends, at her home, before
starting to PrairieyieW to commence her
first school.
Major Rafngton, Mr.. Skillman and
Mr.. Searle, came up this morning to
complete their work for the Phillips Co.
Hand Book.
Jersey Reds" seem to be rage in the
hog line about town. Jaw Lowe has
three head of fine Jerseys, from Penn
sylvania,G G. A. Spaulding has a thor
Ough bred, as has the HERALD.
Our business men are planting trees
along the walks in front of their bust
mess houses. This is a good work and
let all take hand and help improve
the condition of town, in regard to or
namental and shade trees.
The creamery is now in running or
der, ana has churned out some as good
butter as ever morals we're permitted
to taste. We speak from experience -,
those that have not done so, better take
a dose, as proof of the pudding is said to
be in chewing the string
w. II. Thomas, the man who will
be remembered as having lost his
voice, and who lived for some time
over in the CrOsier neighborhOod east
of town, died at Denver, Colo, April
i, 1884, of lung disease. He had
been an invalid for long time. He
leaves a wife and one child to
mourn his loss.
A Missouri liquor house, who we
suppose deeply synIpathises with the
oppressed people of Prohibltion-strick
en- Kansas, are DESTROYS of selling US
poor thirsty mortals r0t-gut whisky
under all Kinds OF names and ranging
from $3.50 to $40 per gallon, put up in
approved shape. and warranted to
XIII at forty rods. For Iurther refer
ence to ii e delightful influence OF the
truck they thus propose To dole out,
'hRe TE-2der is respecufuIly Eesesred t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
ADJUSTMENTS OF MlLLIONAlRES.
The RelaxatiQns to Which They Resort as
Sanitary Necessity.
ew York Cor, Philadelphia Record.

New York Cor, Philadelphia Record.
Some years ago 1 sat one evening
reading volume of PrescOtt's histories
in the library OF rich Wall street man
who was a bank president at 80, when
he came in and asked me ii l really en-
j0yed reading such books. He added
that he found it Impossible to interest
himself in any of the hundreds Of volumes
he had purchased, though he had tried
hard TO do so. ''When take them up
he SAID, IL see nothing but rows Of stock
quotations on every page" / his gentle
man died at 40 aud left a large fortune
which his family has since dissipated.
Had he anything to occupy his MUD out
side of his office and when he lett w all
street he might have lived to enjoy the
pleasure OF spending the million he had
made, In almost every case some special
amusement or point of relaxation is q
sanitary necessity for the business man
whose brain is worked by the cOncen-
trated pressure OF his six hours OF daily
street labor.
Jay Gould is g diligent reader of books
and a cuRivator of eXOticS. Vanderbilt
never opens book but his horses and
stables help to freshen up his intellect
John Jacob Aston climbs to the top of
his house, and N a secluded s1nctum
hammers away at some mechanical m
Ventions that are to reyUlutiOnlZe the in
dustrial WOrld-that is to say, If they are
ever perfected. Yachts, horses, aYiaries,
dogs, flies and fishings rods, or double
barreled shot guns distract the attention
of other men of wealth from the cares
which riches bring in their train, and
! preserve the mental balance OF their de-
! voices. One well known broker keeps
select assortment of fowls in his back
! yard, and has no sooner entered mis-
front door than he makes bolt tor the
| chicken coop, where he fuses about I'M
! til the repeated clamOr of a starving
household calls him to dinner. His neigh
bOrs complain OF the growing OF his pet
rOUsters but he has a permit which pro-
tectS his ieaIhered friends, and he de-
fi6s criticism. Before he kept fowls his
nights were almost sleepless, but now
he SHORES all night like farmer.
1t is the same story all around. Ell
| did not do this or that l should die. ,
say those business worn men who have
returned to the loves and hkings OF
their early life Tor relief against ''black
GALE" BY the way, the contingent Of
Wall street fishermen has returned from
the first two or thee days sport among
the trout brooks OF Long Island witt
unreasonable disgust on their faces
In the teeth of a binding snOw-storm
and in some cases alter Wading through
respectable drifts, they found the fisE
too sluggish to make fight, though
content TO be caught, provided the h1
were dropped squarely before thel
jaws. heir two days diversion vii
last them for some weeks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

Mail east and west via. G. 3. Mo.
Pacific II. r., arrives, Il N, leaves
:. ~ u III, daily.
Alma and Philiips6urg-Arrives u
m, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days; leaves p M.
Long Island and Phillipsburg-A
rives l. III. and leaves ] p. m, Oh
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Nance and Phillipsburg-Arrives 4
p. M, TueYdays and Fridays; leaves
8 a. M, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Wagnersville and Phillipsburg Ar
rives 2 p. m. and leaves 3 p. IN. on
Tuesdays Saturdays.
Post-Office HOurs-Opens q m,
closes at s p III. Sundays opens 81 M,
and closes Z pm, closes 10 a III and 7.3O
III. Money order business closes at
6 p III. No money order or register
etter business transacted Sunday.
H. G.. SPAULDING, PM.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
Burlington, Iowa, May 5, 1884.

Burlington, Iowa, May 5, 1884.
VIM. Bissell;
Dear Friend:-I arrived here
early this morning; found all well.
Lad a very pleasant and safe journey.
I wrote you from Hastings, and guess
! forgot to tell you what corn was
selling for. Shelled is worth 25 cents,
and did not learn what the other was
worth. After writing you my uncle
took me out to his farm miles from
Hastings, and showed me some splen-
did farms, and nearly all were in a
good state of cultivation. Saw several
large fields OF blue grass and any
amount of timothy and clover, but /
saw thing that 1 did not fancy SO
much as what L have mentioned, viz:
nearly a section under about to 6
inches of water.
In every instance where the farmers
were feeding their surplus grain to
stock they seemed to be prospecting,
and on the other hand where there
was no stock except a few old plug
horses, everything had sort of last
years -bird-nest appearance, and the
same will apply Is well to this coun-
try ~ tsra3y otSreF.