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Observation-Disclosures
Hodern.Science
md SkePFiciSm=

What has SkcptciSm done for the world?
Nothing but To suggest doubts. II has even
suggested That Rheumatism cannot be- cured.
skepucism Ia az bad ~ rheumatism.
What has Science done for the world2
good many things; for instance, H. baa
shown that Rheumatism can be- cured
IL has shown that Neuralgia can be- got rid OF.
Modern science hnsproycd that Rheumatism IA
blood disease, and has provided ATnIOpDOROy
~ tho remedy which can completely cure H.
u has proved that although tho Old doctors
failed to0vercome Neuralgia, ATIIIOrnORos can
reach II, ana eradicate IL from tho system.
u has proved that though these tormentlng
diseases were no slow ana obstinate, they Gun
bo overcome In u little while by means OF
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sabin's Loss q, S,ilICaser.

WASHINGTON, Jan. pa representa-.
tive OF Minnesota, speaking Of the great
prison fire at saltwater, MINI, said: 1.-THE
loss OF Senator Sabin and his manufactnr.
ing firm, who are contractors Of the prison
labor, by that and other fires will reach
nearly 100000. Until the State provides
new quarters for the convicts to work In,
the State will have to stand the expense Of
the labor. Mr.. Sabin is not likely to re.
turn to Washington for some time.n
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MISS Cousins I'm Boston,

BosTON, Jan. 2S.-Miss Phoebe Couzins,
OF st. Louis, lectured on Temperance
In fremont Temple, Sunday afternoon, TO
an immense audience. Miss Couzns is
Iecturing through this State for the Red
path Bureau, and is having marvelou,
success. In Lawrence last week nearly
5000 people turned out to hear her. On
Thursday she speaks In Newport, II. l.
The following dispatch was received by
Miss Couzins' family:
BOsTON, Mass, %. Had an audience
Sunday Of over 1900; magnificent tribute.
PHGBE W. CoUZINs.
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House.


WASHINGTON. Jan. ~. In the House,
immediately after reading the journal,
O'Hara, OF North Carolina, announced
tho death Of Mr.. Il. W, NJ. Mackey, offer
Ing the usual resolution for Joint commit
tee to take charge Of the funeral, and that
the House, asa mark OF respect to bis
memory, do now adjourn, which was
unanimously adopted. AT 1905 p. m. the
House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. Rum0rs con-
corning the peculiar practice OF the Clerk
of tho House Committee on Expenditures
OF the Department Of Justice are flying
thick and fast. II Is said he has been SELL
ing to correspondents the testimony taken
before the committee, causing to be pub
lished actual and proposed proceedings
that are supposed to be secret. Chairman
Springer comes to the defense OF his clerk.
He says: "It all grew out Of the fact that
Gibson, who was lately connected with the
Star Route prosecutions, went to the COM
mittee room and made abstracts Of the
charges made against Governor MUIR
ray, OF Utah, and which were
sold. This talk about my
clerk selling the secrets of the committee
grew out Of that Murray matter and moth.
Ing else. II there Ia any blame II belongs
to Gibson. When Gibson made bis synop-
SIS my clerk, Nj. Irwin, who published n
paper In Pekin, H., told him that II tho
synopsis was for publication he would like
a co py Of II. Gibson told him to make tho
copy. Irwin used manifold paper aud
made three copies. think he gave two Of
them to newspaper correspondents. aud
told them, a. he tells me, that II they
wanted to pay him for his trouble In
making copies they might do so. have
since told him that whatever news there
was to give he should give 1t to all alike
and not TO say anything about what trouble
1t cost him."
MMILLAN's BOY AT COLLEGE.
There isagreat deal Of gossip among the
rounds regarding Senator Mcmillan, Of
Minnesota, and his peculiar nepotsm.
Mcmillan Is chairman OF the committee on
Commerce, and his son figures on the pay
rolls as clerk at ", 200 year. 1t Ia said
young Mcmillan hasneye performed any
duties as clerk, but that the clerk Of anoth-
err committee does the work for him while
he IL away at college aud has not the re.
hottest nct'on Of what IL going on before the
committee. efHNF o
SENATOR'S KINFOLKs IN CLOVER.
II looks as II the action of the Senate In
voting all Senators not cbairmen OF COM
mittees, a private secretary or clerk ut n
salary Of 80 day will prove fine nest egg
for nep0tism. Officers Of the Senate re-
fuse to give out names Of appointees under
the new order. 1t IL claimed that the rea-
son they refuse to do 10 IL In order to shield
Senators from defision who desire to ap.
point their wives, daughters or sons as
their private secretaries. There are al
ready fifteen Senators who have appointed
their sons clerks of their committees. Al
ready alarge majority, It Is said. of the
Senate employees are related by blood or
marriage to Senators. 1t 10 thought that
seven-eights Of these private secretaryships
will be filled by Senator's sons, daughters,
wives or other reIatives
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.--The Senate
Committee or Appropriations have ordered
q favorable report on the House bin max.
lng an appropriation for ~ tesssso ~
eaae.
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Promoted.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 2S.-G. T. vii.
liams, telegraph superintendent Of the
Nickel Plate railroad, has been appointed
general manager Of the National Telegraph
company, to operate the lines Of the Nickel
Plate, West Shore and lateral branches,
The company will soon Be ready for BUSH
ness.
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Representative Chase Submitted.

WASHINGTON, Jan. rs. Chase submit
ted the records of the department sustaining
charges against Gov. Murray, affecting his
administration as United States Marshal for
the district of Kentucky. Chairman
Springer says as soon as Chase's examina.
tion Is concluded, Representative White, ,of
Kentucky, who Oh Monday last asserted on
the floor OF the House that Gov. Murray
''should be In penitentiary' will he called.
He says the charges against Governor MUIR
ray are OF an official character, and made
up OF records OF the Department of
Justice, The matter came before
the committee incidentally and until
Mr.. White Is heard upon the subject,
he does not know what course the commit.
tee will determine upon. When asked II
Murray would. be called to testify before
the committee Springer said he did not
think 1t necessary, as the charges had been
investigated by the Department OF Justice,
and report in the case sustained them.
II Gov Murray decided to correct the
records he will have to do so by applying
to the department. The official record was
sufficient for the committee.
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A Dead Congressma

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. w. NJ. Mackey,
OF South Carolina, died at four O'Clock at
the residence Of his brother OF Inflammation
OF the bowels after three days illness. He
was the only Republican member from the
state Of South Carolina. He was born In
Charleston In 1916; has held various offices
OF trust In that state since the close of the
war, being generally considered a party
leader. He was elected to the present
Congress over Samuel Lee, Independent,
receiving ls,460 votes TO 1901 for his op.
pOnent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-29

BERLIN, Jan. 28.--Ths Neue Freis
Presse suggests that the Turkish army DO
sent to Soudan.
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~ W. H. CHERRY,

LsAvce every n dsy mornipu 4 "a osc,c.k mai.
snk ol0ss connections at Nashville Wjik the L. d
IN. ". and N. d q. Il. H. for al r6lnis south,
N.Y. oe Upper Cumberland Packet yE., for iii
y oseW ioftne upper Cumherand. For freight or
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
An Indian Delicacy.

The Indians scattered along the FOOT
hills of the Sierra I a quiet, i%nohen1
sive people. Tkey do not seem to b1
governed by any tribal laws, yet adhere
to many of their old traditions. Ths
tide of industry and civilization sweep
ing over and around has left them
greatly modified by the contact, snd|
although they retain the original chart
acteristics of the race, in some respects
they are much improved. One or tvq|
men of superior ability and industr!
form a nucleus around which othek
less ambitious gather. Here they fence
with brush and logs a tract sufficient
for their requirements of haymakingg;,
pasturage, etc. They invariably build
their cabins upon the most slightly
point, ever when the spring that fnr-|
nishes their water is halfway down tho
hill. This habit has no doubt descend
ed from a warlike ancestry and is mol
evidence of an esthetic delight in ha!
valleys and misty mountainous
Their gardens + not an assured sue.
cess when water is plentiful and the
weather propitious. They can not al
ways wait for their maturity. Many OIL
them are industrious and find remlneF'
alive work at wood-chopping, sheep
shearing, etc.
Although they often indulge in th
food Of civilized nations, the acorn Y
still a favorite article of diet in ever!
well-regulated wigwam. The process
OF converting this bitter nut into any
thing like palatable bread is curious
Under the branches of a grand old pln5
l found them at work. They hM
shucked and ground in the usual nan
ner a large mass of the acorn meai'
a number of circular watts had been Nn
lowed out Of the soil, much the shaPe
of Il punch-bowl. Into these was pys
the acorn pulp. At hand stood severn
large clothes-baskets filled with wa,es'
and into these they dropped hot stonsS
thus heating the water to the rSl'Asss
temperature. Upon the mass ,,s y
crushed bitterness they carefully lau ~:
the hot water, making it about LIAM. 'n
color and consistency Of thin crea lu,
Not a speck appeared to mix. pu IN
mahol0 stood by each vat and Will .
small fir bough stirred the mass, sn ,.
fully removing any speck that n 1"slF
upon the surface. The soil grauaas
absorbed the bitter waters, lea''l ,Ser
firm white substance, of which WV
make bread. ,.a
l asked to taste it, at which they -" ii
something il their Language 1"a afe
laughed. | asked again, anu -msN
more laughter l was handed a III
particle upon a fir leaf and 1o:na At
sweet and palatable. They, pe g" vs.
once TO remove it, and so adroi!N ,t
this done that but a small por1io" ,,ror
hered to the soil. They spread 10 ~
the rocks, and in q short time IL VIZ mis-
for use. This. l am told, they h,so
with water, pat into thin cakes an" Gv.
before the lire.-F1esao (Ca")
Sda Francisco Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
LATER NEWS

-Four deaths from cholera were reported
on the Goth ult. at Toulon, and two at Mar
%seilles. Overland passenger trains from
Vienna We're q~uarantine1 for five days at
Rome. The Spanish authorities threat
ened to quarantine all English shipping
unless England adopted precautions
against the cholera.
IT was reported on the Goth ult. that one
hundred Indians in Northern Montana had
died from starvation during the past thirty
days.
TIE Health Officer at New York City on
the 2Sth ult. e9ordered that all vessels from
tho West Indies, Mexico, the Spanish
main. South America, or any port where
cholera or yellow-fever prevails, be board
ed and examined in the lower bay by quar-.
antine officers.
Four laborers were killed a few days
ago while engaged in digging SAND in q
pit south of Omaha by the caving in of a
bank.
THERE.were twenty-five deaths from vel.
low fever in Havana, Cuba, during the
week ended on the 2Sth ult. %
Two BOATS capsized recently at the
mouth of the Columbia River, in Oregon,
and Captain Olsen, a prominent citizen,
Samuel Blair, James Craig and four un.
known men were drowned.
AT Huntsville, O., while driving a vicious
pony the other day Louis Murphy was
fatally injured and his wife was instantly
killed.
FORBES & LowNsBRoUGH, bankers at To.
ronto, Ont, have suspended payment.
CROPS II railroads in Western North
Carolina, chiefly in Bunscombe and Nc
Dowell Counties, suffered on the 2Sth ult.
by heavy rains, the former being washed
out, and bridges aud t~restles of the latter
wrecked. Five land-slides stopped all
through trains.
The sleeping-car of a train on the Vir.
ginia Midland Road went through a bridge
near Lynchburg on the goth ult., but all
the passengers were saved, most of them
being taken out through holes cut in the
| ventilators in the top of the car.
I PRESIDENT ARTHUR has signed the bill
creating a Bureau of Labor.
JUDGE WILLIAM A. BEACH, the dis
tinguished lawyer, died on the 2sth ult. at
Tarrytown, N. Y, aged seventy four
years.
In the United States Senate on the esth
ult. a favorable report was made on the
bill to pension the widow of GeneralrJ, B..
Steedman. The General Deficiency bill
was passed, with an item authorizing the
payment of $4,000 to Charles H. Reed for
defending Charles j. Guiteau. The River
and Harbor bill was further considered.
In the House the day was spent in consid-
ering the bill to adjust the wages of work.
ingmen, laborers and mechanics under the
Eight-hour law.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
President ARTHUR on the 26th renomi-
mated Eli H. Murray to be Governor Of

PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 26th renomi-
mated Eli H. Murray to be Governor Of
Utah.
The Republican National Committee
! met in New York on the 2Gth. B. F. Jones,
of Pittsburgh, was elected Chairman, and
Samuel F~essenden, of Connecticut, Secre-
tary.
The President on the 9th nominated
Gilbert A. Pierce, a Chicago journalist,
for Governor of Dakota, and John Il.
Kinkead, of Nevada, for Governor of
Alaska.
LIEUTENANT THEODORE SMITH, Fifteenth
Infantry U. s. A., dropped dead on the
9th in the Sturtevant House, at New
York.
The Second Indiana District Republic
ans have nominated Captain George B.
Riley, of Vincennes, for Congress.
THE ~Amalgamated Association (iron-
workers) will ahold its National Conven.
ton at Pittsburgh, August s.
ANDREW YOUNG, of Chicago, was Or ac
9th elected President of the Master
Plumbers Association of the United
States by the National Convention at Bal
timore.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
SENATOR LOGAN NOTIFIED.
Tie Receives the Committee. Approves TN
Platform and Accepts the NOMINATION.

NJ. p.,.ro. the Committee, Approves tho
Platform and Accepts the Nomination.
WASHINGTON, June 2~5.-Chairman Hen
derson and the members of the commlttee
charged by the National Republican Con-
vention with the duty of formally notifying
the candidates for President and Vlce-fIes-
ident of their denomination met at noon yestel-
day and proceeded to the residence OF cen
eral Logan, and were ushered llto a ia.Se
parlor. The General was introduced 10 the
members of the committee. No.,
Chairman Henderson then read the
formal notification of the nomination OF
Senator Logan as Vice President, to which
the General leplied as follows:
MIR. CHAIRMAN n GENTLEMEN OF THE
COMMITTEE: receive your visit with pleas
uro and accept with gratitude the sentiments
you have so generously, expressed in dis.
charge of the duty with which you have been
intrusted by the National Convention. IN
tending to address you a formal commun1ca,
ton shortly, in accordance with recognized
usage, it would be outof place to detain you at
this time with remarks which properly belong
to the official uttcrances of a letter of accept
that, though l did not seek the nomination Of
Vice.President, 1 accept it as a trust reposed
in me by the Republican party; to oo, the
the progress Of our Government and
of our people l have dedicated my best en-
ergies, and with this acceptance may prop.
erIy signify my approval OF the platform OF
principles adopted by the convention. l am
deeply sensible Of the honor conferred upon
me by my friends IN so unanimously tenderiSg
this nomination and Isfncerely thank them for
this tribute. l am not Of the great re.
sponsibility attaching to the Office, and, il
elected, 1 shall enter upon the performance of
its duties with the firm conviction that he
who has such unanimous support of his par
ty friends. as the circumstance connect
ed with the nomination, and your own
consequently such wealth and counsel
to draw upon, can not fail in a proper dis
charge of the duties committed to him. 1 ten
der to you my thanks, Mr.. Chairman. for the
kind expressions you have made, and l offer
you and your fellow-committeemen my most
cordial greetings.
When General Logan had concluded, the
Chairman stepped forward and shook him
by the hand, as did the other members Of
the committee, and mutual congratulations
were exchanged. Mrs. Logan warmly
thanked General Henderson for the senti-
ments conveyed in his address. The menu
bers of the committee then took their leave,
with the exception of az few who were en-
gagged in conversation with General Logan
and his wife.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The provisions
of the Electoral Count bill passed by the
House yesterday are as follows:
Both Houses of Congress are to meet in
JOINT convention at one o'clock in the after
noon of the second Tuesday in January sue
ceedlng every meeting of the electors, and
.o 19r she iaete a m n of al all objections and d
majority vote OF tile joint convention.
After providing for the appointment Of
tellefT on Nv the me part ct the two houses, the
presiding officer of the joint convention, Of
the certificates of the electoral votes, the
count OF the vote and their ontry upon the
nouncement of the result, avd the %notitica-
ton by the presiding officer Of the person
found elected, the bill then ttovides as FOL
made to the return, then ihs vote thereof
shall be counted and added to the list Of
case objection has been made, as herein
after provided, then said return shall
M be laid ~, aside, to be proceeded to
a after pr OWE v Tam fop th maa oase o. As a h SoHb1e
return OF votes from a State. All objections
to the counting of the vote of any State shall
t ne !, maze mem IN %rlf IN an and signed by at least
Iore the call OF said State, said objections to
DC placed in the hands of the presiding officer
or o. sa az Joint convention, who shall present
II more than one return on paper purport-
ing TO be a return from a State shall have
peen received by the President of the Senate.
Ihen ana In that case the presiding officer OF
the joint convention shall submit to the mem.
ners thereof the determination as to which
Is the proper return; and three hours shall
ton shall then proceed to vote per canita
commencing with the State of Alabama. and
tnose votes shall be counted and added to the
VOTES already ascertained which a maioritv
or the joint convention shall determine ~
na t been contained in tho proper and legal
me last section prescribes the order the
two houses shall be seated in the in;nt .ne
venuion. VIZ 'oinI con-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
The Electoral Count Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The provisions
of the Electorate Count bill passed by the
House yesterday are as follows:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
The St, Petersburg Bank, Of Clarion

The st. Petersburg Bank, Of Clarion
County,.Pa., which was considered a very
strong institution, closed its doors on the
26th.
THE damage by the recent storm in
Maryland was on the 9th placed at $500,
600, the heaviest disasters occurring in
Carroll, Cecil, Frederick and Washington
Counties. The Mccullough Iron Com
pany's rolling-mills at R%owlandville alone
were damaged 100000, and Christie & Lo
cams canning establishment, in Cecil
County, with its machinery, was swept
away, together with $4,000 cans of goods.
A GENERAL order was issued on the 27th
by the manager of the Pacific Express
Company, f%orbidding agents or messen'
gers to receive intoxicants of any kind fol-
shipment to Iowa when the Prohibitory
law goes into effect, July 4.
SIX lives were lost on the 9th by the
sinking of the schooner Babcock, neal
Barnegat, N. j.
The Bay State Casket Company, of Bos.
ton, has failed for $4O0, 900.
JOHN G. HILL, a retired clothing mer.
chant Of Dover, N. H., during a fit of in
sanity the other day killed his aged wife.
The boiler in Won Behren's saw-mill at
Striker, O., exploded the other afternoon,
injuring eleven men, some of them fatally.
The boiler-house and factory were demol.
ished.
DOCK WALKER was hanged on the 9th
at Texarkana, Ark, for the murder of
Lucas Grant. Two thousand citizens were
permitted to witness the execution.
FRANCIS MURPHY closed his temperance
crusade in Chicago on the evening of the
9th. 1t was announced that over eleven
thousand persons had donned the sblue
ribbon" during the meetings.
Two HORSE thieves named Ed. Owens
and s. Nickerson were killed recently near
Helena, NJ. T., by cowboys, who recapt-
ured several horses.
THE Belvidere Iron Company, of Easton,
Pa, has suspended. About 120 men were
thrown out of employment in consequence.
A TERRIFIC storm swept over a portion
of Kansas on the 9th. At Corning q
church and several houses were destroyed;
at Barnes Station houses were unroofed
and crops leveled; at Frankfort fifteen
houses were torn down and destroyed,
while six others were unroofed, and in
other sections much damage was done. No
lives were reported lost, but several per.
sons were badly injured.
SEVEN laborers were drowned in Car
sons Inlet, N. j., during a recent storm,
by the upsetting of their boat.
JOHN CoRBETT, mate, and two seamen OF
the schooner Fanny Flint were drowned
while running a line to the wharf at st.
st. John, N. B., a few days ago..
In the United States and Canada there
were 173 business failures during the
seven days ended.on the 9th, against 20s
the previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, 40; New
England States, 10; Western, SO; South
ern, 3s; Pacific States and Territories, 10;
Canada. %,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
The Independent Movement.

WASHINGTON, June 27.-A special dis
patch sent last night from this city to the
San Francisco Chronicle says:
The Independent Republicans held a secret
conference i'll New York several days since, al
Which a course of action was mapped out.
inc conference comprised representative men
from New York and Massachusetts and the
other New England States, with a sprinkline
from the Middle and Western States. 1t has
Deen learned here that it was determined
to put a third candidate in the field as against
Blaine and the Democratic nominee, whoever
ne may, be: George William Curtis, while
personally favoring Cleveland, takes the
nation OF some man independent Of either the
kepubllcan or Democratic parties, and gave
his associates to understand that he would
who ut the same time would promise to Oh.
pose the political i%niquities OF both parties.
me sclection OF a candidate was left unde.
cided,. and it was understood that Curtis
Should repOrt at a future conference.