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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
Four Boys Did 1t.
lFrom the pe,roit Free Press. !

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1t was nothing but The body
of a laboripg man suspended to the limb
of a tree on Seventh Street, moving like
a pendulum as the night wind swayed it.
A woman who was returning home from
the grocery caught sight of the ghastly
spectacle aud dropped two bars of soap
and pound of candles on the walk, and
ran screaming away. Two boys came
along and took a skip through the mud
and raised yell, and the driver of a
milk-wagon stopped his horse and rang
his bell iu a way to bring n dozen house
| holders out doors. A half circle was
formed about the tree, policeman sent
for, and sudden hush fell upon tie
. crowd.
Probably out OF work and driven to
it., whispered one.
''No doubt he had trouble with his
wife, sighed second.
Looks to me like man who had
drained the cup of sorrow to its dregs,' u
said third.
By and by policeman came hurrying
along, putting and blowing and followed
by crowd Of boys.
"Stand back-all of you stand back p
cried the officer.
Nobody stood back, OF course.
"Now somebody get me step ladder!
Fifteen or twenty persons suggested
that somebody run for the coroner, but
no one started. A. dozen others sug.
gested that it was against the law to cut
body down unless the coroner was
present, but the ladder came and the OF.
ticer mounted it and opened his knife
and commanded:
,"Now, then, three or four of you come
here to ense the body down when I cut
the roper
Four or five men stepped out, bui
they had no sooner seized the suicides
legs than they fell back. In half min
ute more the officer backed down the
ladder. Then general litter ran through
the crowd, and a small boy called ont
81 seed 'em when they did il! It's a
straw man, and four boys hung him up
and runn'd away!'
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
GIVEN TO A RECEIVER.

"uncle Rufus. Hatoh's Yellowstone
Park Company.
New YORK, March 2l.-The Yellow.
stone Park improvement Company, OF
which "Uncle Rufus" Hatch is presi-
dent, has been placed in the hands ct . 3
receiver by Judge Nixon, of the United
States court. Mr.. A. L. Love, cashier
of the bank of Livingston, Mont, which
is a creditor of the company to
the amount of $4,000 or Sl4. 900, was
named as receiver, and it is stated
that he will manage the affairs OF the
company in the interest of its slockhold-
ers. The liabilities of the bankrupt
company are stated $210,00O. President
Hatch claims to have advanced $lN,-
900 ont of the $3.50, 0C0 cash expended,
and the company owes $50, 600 besldes.
The assets consist of the hotel and farm
iture, which cost Sl50,000; some saw
mills, cattle and other property. The
hotel is the only one in Yellowstone
PARK, and it YVES furnished last summer.
It was there that "Uncle Rufus" enter
tained his European guests.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
TIE TOBOGGAN.

The toboggan is no longer peculiar to
Canada. The English colonists of the
Swiss Highlands have chosen to give
that name to tie iron-shod wood-sled of
the Grisons peasants, with which they
aunuse themselves in sliding down the
winding paths Of the mountains. But
taeir sled is small. and has mona of the
social accompaniments of the Canadian
toboggan. Sliding down a course Of
two miles may be very delightful, but
six minutes of pleasure has to be bought
with an amount Of uphill work that is
not likely to arouse general enthusiasm.
However, an international toboggan
race cannot fail to make the sport at
tractive; and that is what recently took
place in the Swiss Highlands, upon the
road leading from Darrcs down to Klos-
tiers. To the Canadian, one slide Of two
miles in six minutes and half is hardly
SO fascinating as . dozen of quarter Of
a mile in twenty seconds. Still, there
is certain thrilling adventure in Alpine
coasting that ought to appeal to the dar..
ing spirit of the Canadian toboggaHer;
and it will be no surprise if the Indian
sled is soon found supplanting that Of
the coasting enthusiasts among the
Swiss Highlands. q
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
DIDN'T STRIKE u.
Result of Speculative Dealings nm .,

Result of Speculative Dealings on III.
Losing Side., Ae
CLEVELAND, O., March 1s.-Yes ar
day the Leader Sewing MacLipe Com.
pany, Of this city, surprised business
circles by demanding the resignation of
its president, s. E. Henderson. and va.
Gated his office. Inquiries for the cansa
developed a tale Of financial ruin result.
ing from stock speculation. Siy
months ago s. e. Henderson was
reported to be a eolid business mar
worth nearly 5000, 900. He owned a fine
residence on Prospect Street, where he
lived with his three children. BE was
known to speculate, but luckily. an;
when ten days ago he left for Caiifo,n;a
it was supposed to be in search of health
He looked worn and i'll, but few guessed
the cause. 1t turns out that his losses
in speculation caused his failing
Since September last he has been
steadily losing on grain and stocks
principally the former, in $4,000 and
$40, 1000 chunks, and barely had enough
to take him to the slope. His S5O.(ll0
worth of stock in the Leader Companv
bas gone, with house, furniture and ey.
erything he possessed. The Leader Of.
ficers say that none Of the property Of
the company has been used. and
strangely enough in such case. Hen.
derson paid all his local debts before
leaving.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
INFERNAL MACHINEs.


The internal machines used by the
dynamiters of England do not present
the ghastly spectacle to superficial view
that should go with such death-dealing
implements. One Of the affairs was
found in a railway station the other day.
There was an ordinary portmanteau to
begin with, thing from which the most
timid would have apprehended no dan
ger. Reing opened it was found to con-
tain common black iapanned tin cash
box. This was carefully opened. In
side was small American metal clock;
firmly attached to the clock was little
pistol, the whole being packed close
with dynamite. The pistol pointed to
about ten detonators, which would have
been exploded by the discharge Of the
pistol. There were some forty cakes of
dynamite, thin cakes OF yellowiah tint,
looking like soap, the aggregate weight
of the affair being twenty-one pounds.
Fortunately the clock had stopped. This
interesting continuance had been left in
the cloak-room at Fulham Station, at
the lower end Of ive-story building, at
time of day when travel and business
was greatest, as the express trains start
ing are usually crowded with passengers.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
Buried Treasure.

tFrom an Island Shoals (Ga J Dspatchl
While MIR. Samuel Mcdaniel, Young
farmer, was in the field plowing, his
plow caught in some obstruction, Ure.
ing the mule, he found The plow had
caught in the handle of a five. gallon Jug.
which was slowly pulled out of he
ground. The Jug had cork stopper,
sealed with sealing wax, and piece OF
tin doubled over it with wire fastened
around it, making it perfectly secure,
Mcdaniel was anxious to know what was
in the jug, so taking his heel screw off
his plow he twisted off the wire. This
enabled him to take out the cork, He
then placed the jug on stump, and, ap.
plying his lips, tasted the best brandy
he had ever sampled. So captiyated
was he that he drank several times. and.
at last, the liquor overcoming him, he
slipped down asleep at the foot of the
stump. Failing to come home to dinner
his mother went out to the field after
him, when he was about waking up.
Together they gave the Jug another ex-
animation, when Mrs. McDaniel's at.
tention was attracted to its
weight. An investigation showed
the presence of 1900 s5 gold
pieces, making total of $500. The
mystery was cleared up in singular
manner. McDnniePs grandfather was
a captain in the Florida war. It was
known that he was wealthy before he
left. On news of his death in one s!,f the
battles with the Indians, his heirs could
find no trace of his money. The fact
that years after his only grandson and
heir should have found his fortune ia a
singular incident. The frding OF This
Jug leads to the hope that there may be
others, and the blowing of that field is
watched with interest.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
MURDER WILL OUT.

An extraordinary story comes from
Dayton, o. According to the story of
Charles Kett, of that city, his raother,
who died few weeks ago, informed him
OH her death, bed that she slew her
daughter, young lady of 1s, in mo
meut of violent rage, the 11th of Janu-
ary, 1857. The fatal blow was struck
with an ax-helve, but the murderess
tried to make it appear that the young
lady shot herself. Some powder was
burned near the face of the unfortunate
girl and her brothers pistol was placed
near the body. For years after the
tragedy Mrs. Kett suffered intense men
tai agony. She wandered about from
place to place, but could find no peace.
She had, as she said, in her dying con-
fession, constantly before her the fright.
ened face of her dead daughter. Several
persons, including brother and lover,
were arrested soon after the murder for
completely in the crime, and detained in
custody for considerable time. The
revelations of Kett have created quite a
sensation,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
California Irrigation.
[From the Les Anpeles Herala /,

The most gigantic irrigation enter
prise ever inaugurated in the state OF
California has been commenced in Fresno
County, the canal for which will be the
largest iu the state, and fed by Kings
River. The water is intended to irri.
gate 30, 100000 acres of. rich land, at
present barren through lack of water.
The source of supply Of this canal will
be higher than any other debouchine
from the same stream. Its dimensions
are: One hundred feet in width at the
bottom: levees an average of fifteen feet
in height and eight feet wide at the top,
broad enough for n wagon road. The
depth OF the water is expected to be five
feet with fall of eighteen inches to the
mile. The dam in themountain CANYON.
whence the water is taken, will be q
wonderful and permanent one. It is
twenty-five feet high, eight hundred feet
long, one hundred and forty feet wide at
the base, and twenty five feet on the top.
1t is riprapped on the inside with heavy
rock, and every precaution taken to
make it sufficiently strong to securely
hold the greatest weight of water that
must be supported. The water is led
into the canal from large head-gate.
constructed with heavy timber, one
hundred feet in width and eighteen feet
high. 1t is planked over 30 as to make
bridge for heavy wagons, and has
wings to protect it from the floods. The
canal is expected to carry 1000 cubic
feet OF water per second.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
Lincoln's Appointments.

In the course OF a conversation with
the Washington correspondent of the
Lewiston Journal, Mr.. L. E. Chritten-
den, formerly register of the treasury,
said:
I tried to induce Lincoln to let me
mediate between himself and Chase to
take back his resignation. l said to
Lincoln, s'Now there isn't another man
living that is equal to the task" Lin
coin replied: 'This government don't
depend on the life of any one man or
any ten men. five should all die to-
morrow, there would be ten men who
could do it as we'll as we." I didn't feel
SO. That night was about as sad anlght
as ever passed in my life! The next
morning 1 went over very early to the
White House. "Well" said Lincoln,
''you have got o secretary" Said 1
s'Who is he?" go you will like him;
he's just the man for the place. I
shouldn't wonder if he would be in here
in few minutes"
While he was talking Fessenden
rushed in, as white as sheet. Said he
81 can't-I won't-there's no use
there's no use of talking about it-I am
sick man." and SO on.
Mr.. Lincoln got up-threw his arm
over Fessenden's shoulders. It was SO
long you would think it was going
around him three or four times. Said
he, "Pitt, every time 1 have seen my
way clear to make an appointment, it
has been just Us [ predicted. My mis-
takes have been when l have listened to
other people. Last night I saw NY way
clear to appoint you secretary Of the
treasury. You are as certainly called to
this by the Almighty as any man ever is
when he employs human means to bring
things about.
Lincoln spoke it not with any put on
solemnity-there was an earnestness
about it that Fessenden or anybody else
couldn't resist. He stood there few
minutes with his head down. Mr.. Lin
coin continued talking and said, "You
are in the regular line of promotion.
Chase has been before you constantly"
Finally Fessenden said, 81 will thirk
of it."
"No you won't! It's l2 o'clock now, "
said Lincoln. "Your commission VIII
be here in few minutes. Get ready?"
Lincoln in a minute changed the
whole thing and Fessenden was signing
warrants by u o'clock.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
Money that Dustmen Earn.
From the London Truth


The French papers, by the way, pub
hsh curious statistical table, one OF the
most striking items OF which seems to
be the gains of the dustman. Your
lucky dustman makes from e1OOto G15O
q yesr, which is pretty well, considering
that his education for his special trade is
of an inexpensive kind, and that he is
not obliged to keep up an appearance-in
the daytime at least. Even the carriage
he drives is not at his own expense.
These gains are partly accounted for by
the annual sale of the refuse articles
found in the cutters and bins. The sale
of these. ..ofsco courings of social and domes-
tic use realizes the prodigious annual
figures of el, $4,000. This is divided
among the scavengers. Isbould like to
know what our dustmen earn. They
are rather fonder of picking my pocket
than picking up problematical treasures,
or, in fact, anything else out of my dust
bin. / may write and I may storm
through many hot summers day but the
cook still looks out. and s'sbe only saith,
he cometh not. Perhaps in Paris the
prospect of picking el, $40, 900 out Of
the unsavory mass makes the dustmen
more regular in their attention.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
HURLEY. .. I.
PoLYGAmous INDIANS.


The BIackfeet Indians in Montana,
who are very good Mormons so far as
polygamy is concerned, are said to be
abandoning that doctrine because game
has grown so scarce that fewer wives are
needed to tan the hides and preserve the
meats, and therefore it doesn't pay to
keep so many. This suggests to an
Eastern contemporary the policy of at.
tacking polygamy in Utah by placing
heavy tax on wives prohibitory
duty, but a vigorously dissuasive one,
with discretionary power on the part Of
the assessor to put each Mormon down
for as many as shall seem to him Just
snd reasonable, thus forcing the much
married saint to avoid unfair exactions
showing that he is not as we'll fixed
il that respect as represented.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
Alaska in the Winter.
[From the Montreal Star. |

Mr.. Francois Mercier has lately re-
turned to Montreal from the most north.
ern district of Alaska, near Behring
Straits. He has there been employed
in the fur trade on the Youkon River for
the last sixteen years, and was the first
American or Canadian to arrive there
after the sale of Alaska by Russia to the
United States. Mr.. Merc1er speaks the
Esquimaux language huently, as also
several other Indian dialects used by the
natives of the Arctic regions, and re-
lates several interesting items as to the
country in general.
An idea OF the cold experienced there
may be formed from the following ther.
mometrical observations: On the lst of
December, 1882, the minimum durinp
the day was 5O0 below (Fahr. and the
maximum 29' below zero. Taking the
whole month together, the minimum
was 630 below zero and the maximum
550. The winter lasts about eight
months, while the four summer months
are magnificent weather, the only draw
back being the plague of mosquitoes
that literally blacken the Dir during the
long unbroken day, lasting many
months. Ducks, geese, swans, etc, be.
gin to arrive about the middle of April.
and lay thousands of eggs on the banks
and islands in the rivers.
These are much sought after by the
nahSes, and are excellent eating: in
fact, Mercier says, there is no lack of
food of all sorts. For sports there are
reindeer, moose, black and brown bear
in the interior and white bear on the
coast, with salmon in the larger rivers
and trout in the streams. The Esqui.
maux doge, which are the draught ami.
mails of the country, are mostly fed on
these fish when dried. NIr. Mercisr has
not very high opinion of the red men
of the North, but considers them lpzy,
idle lot.
AS to his opinion of an expedition ever
reaching the north pole, he thinks it
never can be done without building email
stations en- route, after quitting the shin
for the ice; providing these stations
with food and all necessaries and leaving
them in charge of small parties; by this
means only will the expedition be en-.
abled to advance and retire when neces-
sary, taking advantage of some winter
milder than usual and thus push on for
the pole. No vessel can proceed much
farther than 79e latitude, and this leaves
IL to be got over of frozen snow and
ice.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
VIEW ORLEANS PROGRESS.


The New Orleans of to-day is de-
. cribed as more loosely governed and
more utterly regardless OF justice than
any other city in the Union. Nearly
half of its $50, 900 inhabitants are ne
groes, and of the remaining majority
are OF the creole type in its various So
cial strata. These people are opposed to
progress in any way, and to oppose
their downward tendency there are about
4 600 people who represent the upper
strata of metropolitan life. The one
hope is the coming exposition, which
which will be the first real opportunity
of the new Louisiana tostrike hands with
the rest of the country, turn its back on
all its failures of the past, and begin to
make New Orleans the great metropolis
it may become.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
The Pope's Toe.
[From a Ror.s Letter. !,

The bronze statue of st. Peter is a
very fine one, and I saw men, women
and children walk up to it and kiss the
projecting toe. Some came reverently
with prayers and clasped hands; others
in bnsiness-like way; and one tall,
grey-haired man paused with a PRAYER.
book at each step from the outer door
to the statue, then bowing a moment
with the deepest humility, he drew out
clean handkerchief. wiped the toe and
reverently pressed his lips upon it,
prayed moment, kissed it again and
departed. A little girl who could not
reach it with her lips, kissed the end of
her finger and touched it. We went mp
to it also, but Ifear not very devotedly.
only to see it. The toe is considerably
worn away, although it has been once
or twice renewed, and is highly polished
by the repeated wiping it receives be-
fore being kissed; one or two among us
touched it with our fingers, but as soon
as We we're gone from it a priest wet it
with holy water and wiped off the her
etic's touch.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
TO Be FLOODED.
The Death Pit In West virginia TO be
Filled with Water

The Death Pit In West virginia to be
Filled with Water.
PITTsBuRa, March22. WIN. Duhring,
a prominent oil operator and one of the
stockholders of the Pocahontss Coal
Mine in West Virginia, in which 1853
miners recently lost their lives in an e1-
plosion, has hit upon novel plan to
extinguish the fire, which is still raging.
His idea is to have the engineer locate
five of the nine chambers, and then
drive wells or holes through the
top of the mountain, an estimated
distance of 800 feet. Through the open
ings thus made it is proposed to intro
duce streams of water until the entire
mine is flooded and the flames quenched.
A gang left yesterday who will apply
the oil methods of digging wells.
Within week the drills win be in op.
GRAFTON, but it will be fully two monthH
ere the mine will be flooded. Mr..
Duhring says the cause OF the explosion
is still mystery.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
HEAVY FAILURE.
Collapse of the Gill Car Company of Co
lumbuS. Ohio

Collapse of the Gill Car Company of CO.
lumbus, Ohio
CohuMBus, o., March 21.-The Gill
Gar Manufacturing Company, made an
assignment last evening to the book
keeper of the company. and at later
hour John T. Gill followed and made an
individual assignment to b. G. Taylor.
No statement OF assets or liahili-
ties has been filed, but it has
been learned from the parties inter-
ested that the liabilities and assets
will be about equal, and will be some
where between 100000 and $4OO. 900.
1t is thought that the property will pay
out if it is properly handled and the
works continue. An effort will be made
to pursue this course. The company
was crippled during the panic of 1873 by
having large quantity of material on
hand, and orders to get out even, but
the railroads and others who had made
large orders refused to take the goods,
and the company has had hard work to
keep on its feet ever since.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-27
Can You Shoot!
from the Boston Globe, !

"This, said IN expert in firearms, ISIS
the old-style of self-cocking revolver,
and this is the new." The first was q
short, stout, clumsy affair of the pepper.
box style in vogue thirty years ago or
more. 1t was loaded with powder and
ball, sent home with ramrod, and the
hammer, flat one, was in view in the
usual place. ''You see it took percussion
caps, and when the owner happened to
have any to tit it, and the string was
strong enough to make that cap explode,
the weapon was good for FIVE shots with
five pulls of the trigger. It was a
clumsy and most unreliable weapon. It
was hard to hit anything smaller than q
barn-dcor at ordinary pistol.shot
distance, and when the object was hit
it was not damaged much. Here is one
a little more modern and little more
sure. The hammer is out of sight and
the trigger is ring-shaped. This, too,
was heavy, and SO complicated that it
was very liable to get out of order.
Then come the self-cocker, which used
cartridges, but the first experiments
were failures, and they fell into dis-
use."
), what was their weak point?" asked
the reporter.