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HOW DorT1E KILLED THE GATOR.

Miss Dottie L Steck of Bellwood. Pa, who
is visiting relatives at Little Rock, Ark, is
the heroine of the day. For years q monster
alligator has inhabited the. swamps near
fuckers lake, Jefferson county, soaring peo-
pie for miles around. Miss Steck determined
to. capture the monster. She set out with
two young ladies and several gentlemen.
TIL party soon struck the trail and tracked
the alligator to his den A hole In the sandy
-utes' digging revealed the object Of the
gearoh, and the ominous growIs and furious
lashtngs that arose from the spot in
formed the adventures that the King of
reptiles was within. The egress from the
den to the lake having been securely stopped
escape cut off, and rushed up and down its
bed uttering wicked growls, ~furiously lash
ing the mud, and scattered the water IN all
directions Pieces of timber and fence rails
were pushed into its mouth, only to be
crushed and snafp6 off by It's ponderous
Then he was suddenly jerked to the bank.
The appearance, of the monster in the
midst of the venturesome party created
q panic, and all save the heroine
beat a hasty retreat, selecting the further
side of q friendly oak asa place Of safety.
With gun in shaud, tAasyoung lady stood
Fagedbeast, which was growing, STRUGGLING
and slashing its tail on the ground in a
4ightfu1manner, and when the opportunity
presented itself she fred both barrels in
rapid succession. The aim did its work. The
alligator gave tremendous .lurches and
q Of the few penetrable places, Mt the base
OF the Jaw. 1t measured a fraction over ten
feet in length The hide was removed and
Is In the possession OF Miss Steck
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
New Tanning Bark.

The tannekaya bark, which comes
from New Zealand, and is anew agent
in tanning, is one of the novelties of
commerce. This discovery is very
recent. In 1878 the whole export from
New Zealand was fifteen tons, but last
year it was 375 tons. The greater part
of the export is taken to Grenoble,
France, where it is used in dressing
leather for gloves. The price of this
bark in its native country is $40 per
ton, and the freight is as much more.
Hence it has been proposed to make
the tree n of own products, since
the bark has at times been worth $3.50
per ton. It contains 2S.66 per cent. of
%tannin, whereas oak bark contains only
S.S5 and hemlock 9.5. The tannekaya
tree is very beautiful, and, as its timber
is very useful, it has every point OF
value. Being of the fir species, it is
we'll adapted to the light soil of the
South, and might do much to enrich
that part of the Union.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
Il it Really Consumption.

Many a case supposed to be radical lung dis.
ease is really one of liver complaint and indiges.
ton, but, unless that diseased liver can be re-
stored. to healthy action, twill SO clog the lungs
with corrupting matter as to bring on their
speedy decay, and then indeed we have con
sumption, which is ~scrofula of the lungs, in its
worst form. Nothing can be more happily cal
culated to nip thisd danger in the budthan is DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" By
druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

II Cancer of the lower bowel sometimes
results from neglected or badly treated piles.
tic or salve, we speedily and permanently cure
the worst pile tumors. Pamphlet references
and terms, two letter stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
canita1 comfort

Washington, D. G-Mrs. MaryK. sheed, lilo
Maryland avenue, Washington, D. G., states,
that for several years she had suffered terribly
with facial neuralgia and could find no relief. III
a recent attack which extended to tho neck,
shoulders and back, the pain was intense. She
resolved otry ST Jacobs Oil, the great pain re-
lever. Rubbing the parts affected, three times
only, all pain vanished as if by magic, and has moi
returned.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

personal importantly and from the labor OF
examining the claims and p~retensions Of
rival candidates for public employment The
law has had the unqualified support Of the
president and of the heads of the several de-
p.artments, and the members of the commits
sion have performed their duties with zeal
submitted, and will be accompanied by such
recommendations for charging the scope of
the existing statute az shall commend them
solves to the executive and the commission
ers charged with the administration.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
Their Name is Legion.

Legions of people have had their lives made
miserable by Piles. This painful difficulty is of,
ten induced and always aggravated by Constipa-
ton. Kidney-Wort is the great remedy for all
affections Of this kind. 1t acts as a gentle
cathartic, promotes healthy action Of the bowels,
and soothes andheals the ntiamed surfaces. 1t
dies and applications have failed. Sold by all
druppistA.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
young Menl-Reaa ThIs i.

e TIE vo1rA1c BELT Co, of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated E~LEcTRo-VoL-
TA1c BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on
trial for thirty days, to men young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality
diseases. Complete restoration to health, Wig
or and manhood guaranteed. No risk is IN
Cured as thirty days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet free.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
INV sig Year Old paushter

DIR. q. u. WARNER:-Dear Sir-Ireceived the
complimentary bottle of White Wine of TarSyr.
up you so kindly sent me. Our little six veal
old daughter had a very sore throat, badly I'll.
cerated, and coughcd almost necessarily. We
gave tho medicine according to directions, ant
she began to improve Immediately and soon go
well. Please accept thanks. Mrs. Groves and
I nave recommended it to others. Ishall wan
to get some of it at the beginning of winter, as
i consider it a very superior medicine.
Yours very respectfully,
:, ~ Rev. II. D. Groves,
Clarksville, Mo. Pastor NJ. E. Church.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
Mensman's Peptonized Beei Tonic, the onl,

Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only
preparation Of beef containing its ENTIRE NurRi-
rIoUs PROPERTIES. It contains blood-making,
force-generating andlife-sustaining properties; In
valuable for Indigestion, Dyspepsia. nervous
prostration: and all forms of general debility; al
so. in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re-
suit OF exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
from pulmonary complaints. CAswELL, HAz-
ARD & Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by
Druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

everywhere are refusing to take white, lardylook
ing butter except at"grease" prices. Customers
want nothing but gilt-edged butter, and buyers
form color throughout the year by usingt the In.
proved Butter Color made by Wells, Richard
sonr& Co.. Burlington, vt. 1t is. the. only color
that can be relied on to never injure the butter,
and to always give the perfect color. Sold by
druggists and merchants.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

If Vennor has predicted a cold winter. would
it not be a wise move to provide your family
with q good family remedy for curing coughs
and colds? We would recommend llen's Lung
Balsam as the best and purest remedy now Of
fered for sale. One trial will convince youof it,
true merits.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
MR. BEECHERs MDEPENDEENcE.

MI. Beecher was asked II 1t was true as re-
ported that . large portion Of the congregation
of the church had left it on account of his recent
course in support of Clevelend. NO" he re-
piled, Il don't think that there has. There
are . few disgruntled ones that are
dfspleased because l would not think as
they did, but I must go my way
upwithme in the faith of a party until / think
they have made an idol of the party, and I won't.
1regard the party rs q road, and when that real
leads Into swamIps and quagmires I refuse to
star in It, and they prefer to stay, no matter
into what bog 1t led them"
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

ASS south bound train on the Michiesn Cen
trail approached the Detroit depot yesterday.
dive across the traok. The engine struck the
wagon and pushed 1t about one hundred felt.
Both Women fell under the wheels and wore ten.
fiblY manRied, death being almost tnstan-
taueous, .s = 81 -
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

@Fitted out for the Season. Dresses, cloaks.
coats, stockings and all garments can be colored
successfully with the Diamond Dyes. Fashion
able colors. Only 1Oc. at druggists. Wells.
Richardson & Co., Burlington, vt.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

BRowN'sB RoNcn1A1 TRocHEs for Coughs and
Colds: ssThe only article Of the kind whichhas
done me good service. 1 want nothing better. "
Rev. r. II. Craig, Otisvillc, N. Y. Sold onlyin
boxes,
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Forman has secured the county seat
OF, Sargent county.
r Jamestown claims a population of
5000.
John Farley, a saloonkeeper at Tower,
was stabbed in a quarrel and died next
morning.
The Alex Mitchell hotel at Mitchell
was opened to the public, with g. II.
Shaw, formerly of Charles City, Iowa,
proprietor.
j. r. Gallon, who .my;steriously dis
appeared from Sioux Falls after being
injured by a runaway, has been seen at
Pierre, drunk and apparently demented.
The townsite company of Dunseith is
Offering $500 and a town lot for the first
boy born there.
ARapid City paper says the copper
prospects of French creek are attracting
attention. Rich specimins of ore have
been taken from one mine.
A citizen of Walworth county has
made a good article of what the Yank-
ton Press calls maple" sugar from the
sap of.the. box elder. -. r.
A movement is on foot to build a
railroad from Columbia, to Brit
ton, a station on the Dakota & Great
Southern.
At Ipswich, Alonzo skif, J. E.
Schryver and a boy named Otis Judd
have been held to the grand jury for
stealing grain from John Shaw. Skif
has escaped. - = J.
Civil action has been instituted to
recover the sum of 1926 900 from the
firm of McBain & Co. Of Sioux Falls
for taking granite from a school section
near Dell Rapids and. selling the. same.
The contest of the twelfth legislative
district Of Dakota Pembina county,,
between Hon. Judson LaMoure and Mr..
Wilson of Bathgate, was settled in favor
If LaMoure.
The organization of Buffalo county
has been stopped by the governor. II
was found that one of the commission
ers appointed lived in New York and
one in Ohio. It is not the wish, of a
majority Of people living in the county
that it be organized at present.
Bismarck, Special The statement
sent out to the associated press from
Yankton to the effect that Bismarck
will ask to be reimbursed for, the e1-
pense of the capitol and that a bond
ing bill to the same will be intro
duced in the coming legislature, is false
in every particular. Bismarck, in con-
y%ention assembled, has several times
declared that the capitol building is a
free gift to the territory, and the peo-
pie will never be asked to pay one cent.
Judge Edgerton. at Yankton, has
sentenced E, E. Carpenter, convicted
Of dealing in fraudulent land scrip, for
two years. imprisonment in the Detroit
house Of correction and to pay a fine of
$4,000, A stay of execution Of sentence
will be had until the Supreme court of
the United States shall pass upon his
appeal.
Chas, A.. Ballach, of Darlington, had
: a dog stolen which he valued greatly.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Apublc reception was given at Henderson
to ex-Registor of Deeds Picket, who has re-
signed his Office, and with his family will re-
move to Los Angeles, Cal
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

All the towns and cities of the State Of Mas.
sachusetts are now obliged to give schoo
books and all otherschool supplies to the pub
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
Clarksvllle, Mo. Pastor NJ. E. Church.

The season of river navigation at st. Paul
mas virtually closed by the withdrawal of boats,
though no ice has formed yet
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

The Continental Hotel at Fargo was burned
Sunday night LOSS $4,000,
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

By.a collision Of q passenger train with .
nsnd-car on the Texas Pacific road near Sweet
water. Tex, yesterday, two section hands were
killed and two dangerously wounded. s.--~-
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

FoR NEURALGIA TAKE ALIENS IRON Tonic Bit
tiers. All genuine Dear the signature of J. P.
ALLEN, Druggist, st. Paul, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Newburgcr Bros. of Coaoeville, Miss, have
failed; Liabilities, $5W,ooO; assets, about
$4,000.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

A pair of tramps brutally murdered old man
Denslow and wife near Des PLANES, Ill, and a
lynching bee is possible.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

To break up colds, fevers and infammatory
attacks, use DR.. Pierce's Compound Extract Of
Smart-Weed.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

John McCullough's friends look to his sister
in Philadelphia, to take the initiative in any 10,
1al steps to restrain him
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Worth, who tried to kill his wife in Mime.
apolis, will go to Saltwater forfrom two olive
YearH.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Col. Ezra Taylor Of Chicago las married. Mrs
Anna Fitzgerald at Toronto, despite the efforts
of his son to have him declared insane.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

The waukesha, Wis, wooden mills wer
burned. Loss, $4,000.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

!fyou have barbed wire fences. keep Veterinary Car
bolisalve in your stables. 1t is the best remedy for
wounds OF all kinds. Soc, and LOO cans at druggists or
Wis.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
Rnktar

The Winona council has declined the propo-
sitlon for towers for the electric light
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
THE DAKOTA CAPITAL.

Gov. Pierce Issues q Proclamation An.
nounoing the Building ct Bismarck Rea-
dy for Occupancy, and Calling Upon the
Tsrrttoriaf-Ofacsrs to Act Accordingly.
BISMARCK, Oak, Special Telegram, Nov. q.
The new capitol building being now ready
for occupancy, Gov. Pierce has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation:
Whereas, section IL of the act approved
March 8, 1888, providing for the location of
the seat of government Of the Territory of Da-
kota, and for the erection Of public buildings
words to wit: AS soon as the capitol building
provided for in this act is erected and completed
it shall be the duty of said commissioners to re-
port such tactic the governor, who shall there
uponissue his proclamation setting forth the &C
ton of the commissioners and declaring said
building ready for occupancy; and it shall then
be the duty of all the territorial officers whose
offices are properly kept at the capitol to re-
move within thirty days thereafter their several
offices together with the public property, ar
chives, records, books and papers to the build
ing and place as declared ready for occupancy,
and all sessions of the legislature shall there
after be convened in the said building at the
said place; and whereas, tire notifications as
prescribed in said section has been received at
this Office, therefore, I, Gilbert A. Pierce, gov
ernor of the territory Of Dakota, do declare
said building ready for occupancy, and en-
join upon all persons concerned to take due
notice thereof and govern themselves accord
ing Rya. o. p;.r,,,o. Nj, ~. ,o., ,.u,no
vember, in the year of eur Lord, one thousand
eight hundredan eighty four.
JAMES T Il. 4FnSnEn, Secretary Dakota "a Territory Ier,atoi
[Seal of Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
TUTT''S HAIR DYE,

GRAY Han or WHIsKEns changed to .
GLossY BLACK by n single application OF
this DYE 1t i1nparts a natural color. acts
simultaneously. Sold by Druggists, OF
sent by express on receipt of 81.
Office, a. Murray ST., New York.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15

Hon. WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs, representing
the Western Union Telegraph company, APP
peared before the House committee OH post
offices and post roads, and made long argu-
ment against the proposed bill establishing a
postal telegraph He said that should either
of the three bills before Congress tomorrow
become law the problem os government
control of the telegraph would not be solved.
SENATOR MoRRILLs new coinage bill, in
troduced by him in the Senate, provides that
the new coinage shall be based upon the
metric system; that the new fractional coins
shall contain an amount Of silver proper
tional TO the nominal values represented by
them as compare with the standard silver
dollar; that a new iive-cent silver coin b, sub.
stituted for the prese mt five and tiiree-cent
nickel coins, and one cent nickel coin for
the present copper coins: that the fractional
silver in the treasury shall be used in the
coinage of the new pieces, and that the
amount of silver thus used shall be in lieu of
the monthly purchase of silver bullion re
quired by law for the coinage of standard
silver dollars.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has issued an order
announcing the retirement of General Sher.
man, without reduction in his ray and al
lowance, and paying a high tribute to hi.
services while in the army.
REPRESENTATIVE ERMENTRoUT was in.
structed by the House committee on banking
and currency to report a bill for the ex-
change of trade dollars for standard silver
dollars at par by January y 1885.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
South and West.

AT Rendville, Ohio, two men called Peter
Clifford, a brakeman, twenty-three years
old, to his door and shot him dead Four
members of the Hickey family of despera-
does were arrested, and at night a crowd OF
men took Richard Hickey from the guards
and hanged him to a tree.
CHARLES PALMER, Of Youngstown, Ohio,
n railroad baggage master was crippled IN n
collision, and the company has paid INN So
COO damages.
A NASHVILLE, Tenn dispatch says that
Judge Henry Cooper, formerly United States
Senator from Tennessee, has been killed
by robbers in Chihuahua, Mexico where he
was manager of a silver mine.
AFTER long and desperate struggle in the
Kentucky Democratic senatorial caucus,
Congressman Joseph c. S Blackburn received
the nomination for United States Senator,
obtaining ON the last ballot G3 votes to ,, for
Senator Williams. the name of Speaker Car
Isle having been Withdrawn. Mr.. BLACK
burn was born in Kentucky in 1885, studied
law, served two terms in the legislature, in
1874 was elected to Congress, and has served
there ever since.
By a collision between two trains near
Lexington. Ky. five colored section hands
We're Instantly killed and fifteen others in
jured.
THE Ohio legislature passed bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the relief of the sufferers
by the floods,
NIGILANTEs have recently hung large
number of horse thieves in Northern Ne
b"aska. As many as eleven are said to have
been strung up within a fortnight.
JAMES GRAHAM, a New Orleans lawyer,
formerly with large practice, but deprived
of it all through his drinking habits, lived
very unhappily with his wife, whose large
fortune he had also squandered. a few days
since Graham, in one of his many quarrels
with his wife, shot her dead and then com
mitted suicide
A STRANGE case is reported from Canton,
Ohio. On a small farm near that city live
William Devices and his wife. For nearly
twenty-five years the couple, as the result Of
a triting quarrel, have not spoken a word
to each other. The other day the WIFE
while i'll, suddenly CALCULATED: civilian, /
believe am dvmg." She recovered how
ever, and to II axe up for lost time the two
have been talking to each other ever since
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

THE Texas legislature has made fence cut
ting felony.
KANSAS last year produced l07, $50 pounds
of cotton, valued at $3.50.
SIXTEEN Cinnamon who dwell in Worces-
ter, Mass, attend Grace church.
A RACE-FoNY, thirteen hands high, was
recently sold at Sealy, Texas, for 81 900.
a PEARL weighing nearly POO grains has
lately been found on the line of the Panama
canal.
RHODE ISLAND savings banks have S52,-
400 65 intrusted to their care by l2O, 4S2 de
positors.
THE Montreal ice palace, built of large
blocks of ice, is in size 100 by $50 feet and
cost 5000.
SALMON fishing on the Sacramento river
is now very active, and is going on day and
night, moro than 1000 men being employed
i'll it.
DURING the past year a total of 1G6, 1919 per-
sons emigrated from Germany mostly TO the
United States as compared with l93.GS7 in
1882, and 2lO, 547 in 1881.
A MAN at Soda Springs, Idaho, recently
went to the Horseshoe Spring after soda
water. Not returning, mis- wife sent a party
TO hunt him up. When found he was living
against a wall dead, haying been suffocated
by the gas while in the act of filling a bottle
with the water.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
A TOWN UNDER WATER.
The Mayor Tells n story of Great
Hardship.

The following statement made by the
mayor of Portsm outh, Ohio, graphically por.
trays one of the many scenes of distress and
hardship occasioned by the great floods
on the Ohio river:
This city is almost entirely under water,
and all communication with other points is
shut off. The water is higher than
during the food of 1882, when the river
was higher than was ever known before.
The river is still rising. One-half of those
who moved into their second stories are NOV.
ing from their houses altogether, and all the
frame houses are deserted. Many houses are
floating away. Great suffering has alrea ly
been experienced, and worse is expected. At
daylight this morning a fire broke out in
Greens feed store, cause by the Stacking OF
lime. Owing to the fact that hose could NOT be
laid on account of the distance of the build,
ing from dry land, the flames spread con.
siderably before the fireman could get To
work A ilat-bJat was tOwed to Sixth street
wnpre a fire engine was loaded on it, when it
was towed 10y men in skitfs to Second and
Market streets, in the vicinity of the tire.
Six buildings were burned to the water,
edge and all the walls fell in.
"Our churches are all under water. All
the engine-houses and sChOo-houses avail
able are filled with our drowned-out people
So far the most that could be done has been
TO keep our people supplied with food. The
river here tonight is rising over an inch and
a half per hour and hard rain is falling.
1--WE have not heard from any place for
three days. Our people are in great dis
tressl"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
A Romance of the War.

Among the clerks in the treasury de-
partment at Washington is a young man
who was found buried among the dead
on the field of tha second Bull Run.
When the burial squad pulled him out
from among the dead he was found to
have a terrible wound in the side, and
his left hand hanging by a few tendons
These he hi: of and threw the hand
away, wave his cantcen to a dying Con-
fcderate and crawl.d OF toward the
hospital, pre- crring to help himself so
the squad could search for others who
IN ght be in The same fix. The next day
he received his commission rs lieutenant.
lie married the sister of tn" Confederate
20 whom il gave the las, drop Of water
he had, ana lives happily oU Cumtol H:n.