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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02
ssGiye my Mother all the Praise.

Amidst the whlrl of political excite
ment it IS encouraging to know tha
there are some men whc still wear the
mantle of honor which characterized the
times of the early political patriot of the
nation. North Dakota IS proud to own
one Of these men in the person OF K. d.
Heskins, editor of the Bathgate Sentinel,
Pemblna county, and the youngest men,
her and secretary Of the late territorial
Mr.. Hoskins took with him
the eight proxies of his county for which
he was repeatedly offered $500. But he
steadfastly refused TO sell the honor OF his
constituents. On their return home q
meeting was held on the train bearing the
North Dakota delegation, at which there
was considerable speaking. Mr.. Hoskins
being called upon and praised fos tho no.
HE manner IN which he had resisted every
temptation, said that his "Mother living
awav back on the Atlantic coast, was the
one to receive all the praise for his stead
fsstness: that her last words on leaving
home were, To the best thou knowest &c
ALWAYS true" This brought down the
car. and when three cheers were voted FOL
that Mother there was not a single dry
eve in the car.-Barnes County Record
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02

THE second term for the year OF the
territorial supreme court will be held in
Yankton this month in pursuance of the
statute, and the question of holding a
term at the capital, Bismarck, in pursu-
ance of the organic act will then be con-
s,dcrcd. The next session of the legisla-
ture will probably repeal the law requlr-
ing the two terms of the court at 7 ank-
ton so that all the terms of that court will
be held at Bismarck, which now is the
proper place for il and where suitable
court room is provided together with am
pie vaults for the preservation and pro-
lection of the rec 1rds.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02
PoLlrrcs over in our neighoorlng co

PoLlT1cs over in our neigh6orlng coun'
" Of Barnes, on the east, IS not in the
NEST del,g ghtful state Of harmony. Valley
t,tv which has heretofore been the hub
and cen,er about which the political SEN
,;m.n,a Of the county revolved, seems
nov IN he between the upper and neither
,n,,,stones. as it we're. There ,s faction
nm the east side of the county who are
o,.uorin0 for division on the plan OF
taking couple of ranges from the east
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02

side of the county and a like portion from
the west side of Cass and erecting a new
county with Tower City as the county
seat. This scheme Is favored by Sanborn
and its Immediate surroundings because
such division would throw Valley City
far to the east of the geographical center
of the county and Sanborn correspond
ingly nearer the center, which would
bring Sanborn within at least the geo.
graphical possibilities as a formid able
competitor for the county seat.
Sanborn and the west part of the coun-
ty are also kicking over what they main
tain has not heretofore been fair "divy"
OF the offices, charging bad faith upon
the part of tho Valley Cityites in political
compacts and agreements made upon the
matter in previons elections. The division
question enters largely into the selection
OF a candidate for the legislature and the
indications now are that no one can be
fouad in the county who in sentiment
upon the question or location with refer
ence to it will be satisfactory to all the
people of the county. The Times has al
ready declared war upon any candidate
who favcrs the division scheme, aud those
who favor it will no doubt be equally ten.
acieus. The former factlonal strife and
personal bitterness in that county will
now give way tosectlonal contention over
the division question, and "Rome will
howl" from now till after the election. =
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02

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The LaMoure county seat war has ter
minated for the present IN the refusal of
the county commissioners to order an
election to vote on the question. They
ascertained the number of voters in the
county to be 735, Of which 497, seven
more than the necessary two thirds, sign
e@ the petition for vote on the question
ton of removal. but of these 497 the
names Of lO3 were al lterwards withdrawn,
leaving only 394 bonafide signers 10 the
petition, which was considerably less
than the required two-thirds. Another
reason given for refusing to grant the Pc
tition was the technical one of lnformali-
ty IN that the petition did not conform to
the statute IN expressly stating that the Pc
titioners desired the removal Of the coun
ty seat. The first was sufficient of itself,
if we'll founded, but the latter, though
purely technical, was probably added as
clineher.
The LaMoure Progress, however, which
was the champion Of the removal scheme,
denies the grounds upon which the petl-
ion was refused, claiming that no legal
or sufficient means had been taken to cor.
rectly ascertain the number Of legal vo-
ters in the county, and that the technical
schjaotian i. ,ns,, in;ns>A4IA Z al L. ;.->r.-%,-
action upon the petition was deferred
from time to time during which delay the
withdrawal of the l03 names was secured,
and further that the county commissioners
were prcjudlced in favor of Grand Rapids
by personal interests and had decided
against granting the petition from the
first. 1t would no doubt have been bet
ter for the county TO haye voted upon and
settled the question now, for it is one
which the people sooner or later will Sc
cure hearing upon, and delay will only
aggrsvate and render more desperate and
bitter the strife when the conflict of bal
lots does come.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02

Huron expected cheaper insurance
when they got water works, but the CON-
panics have added one per cent. and some
of the disguised local agents talk of taking
down their shingles.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-10-02

Mr.. 9ehn Buchanan, who has been
here for ssme time locking after the in
terests Of the bonanza Buchanan farms
north Of the city has returned to his home
il Rio, WIS.
p. 8. Brubaker, Of the celebrated cigar
manufacturing es.abllshment Of Fargo,
was In the city shaking hands with old
scquaintances and making new ones yes
terday.
Mr.. Dick Ahrens, who owns ono o.
the finest farms in the western portion Of
he.ceunty, and who plesides with we'll
balanced dignity ever the Northern Pa
eiic boarding cars, was In the metropolis
yesterday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A DREAM VERIFIED.

Pennsylvania Man Found Dead in the
Woods as the Result of a Dream by the
Man Who Had Killed Him UDknowingly
The Story Discredited by Some.
CoNSgLLsvILLE, Pa, October 81.
This morning the dead body of Jacob
Klink was found In the mountains about
five miles up the Youghiogheny River
from this place, under peculiar circum.
stances. Last Thursday Rice Orbin, a
young man living at Bradford, near here,
was out hunting in the locality indicated.
This morning he said he ha dreamed OF
having shot man while out hunting.
He described his victim wildly, ami
seemed impressed with the vision. His
parents laughed at the story, but Orbin
came to town, AMI accompanied by u
friend went to the spot where he had
fired his last charge at a squirrel, and
$50 yards further up the mount liz they
found the body of Klink, lying face down.
ward among the leaves. Obin's story is
received with some degree Of increduity,
the general opinion beiug that be shot
kink accidentally and was aiaid to con.
fess. Both men bore good regulations.
LATER.
Interest in the mysterious killing of
Jacob X ink, and the mysterious dream
of Rice Orbin is una bated The inquest
developed no new points, exc pit that a
neighbor of Klink claimed to have seen
him on Thursday evening at an hour
when young Orbiu was at home. The
jury rendered verdict of accidental
death, thus declining to throw the re-
SponsibiliUy on any one.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A Remarkable Tutu.

A lady in Newport who honors me
with her friendship, owns remarkable
dog. He is King Charles spaniel.
believe. The dog is certainly a beauty.
with his silky coat. his long ears and
his sympathetic eyes. L don't know
his name; it is "roo-too." "Tutu." or
Toto" they all sound alike, and i
never have seen the dear dogs name
spelled.out When this famous dog is
on exhibition in the beautiful home oil
my friend, he does wonderful things.
His mistress, giving him bit of q
cracker. says: "rutu, there is sugar in
this, and sugar costs q good deal OF
money" The dog takes little bite,
and in his mouth hands-if dog can
'.hand" thing in his month-the rest
of the cracker back. II he is told that
the cracker is cheap. that it did not cost
anything. he eats it greedily. Some
times he is told: "Tutu. there is poison
in that cracker: don't eat il" Then
he pawsit - pieces and puts it away
from him. In everything he shows in
tellect and intelligence. Darwin. II
you remember, exhibits q very prett,
line between intellect and intelligence
Philadelphia Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A NOTABLE WOMAN.
Death of Mrs. Mary observation-disclosures, a
Lady Prominently Identified With the
SLost Cause

Death of Mrs. Mary Blackburn-M Morris, a
Lady Prominently Identified With the
"Lost Cause"
LOUISVILLE, KY, October %.
Mary b ackburu Morris, vile of the late
Judge Buckaer Morris, of Chicago, and
the sister of Ex-Governor Luxe T. Black,
burn and S,Aator J. c. 5. Blackburn, died
81 the BlLcSbura Sanitarium yesterday,
after a long and painiu' illness. Mrs.
Morris was one of the most remarkable
W men OF her time, and was known all
over Kentucky and the South. She was
\ famous ex-Cont, derate Who assisted in
the att, MT to liberate the Camp Doug
lass prisoners. Sh had passed her sixty
fifth birthday, and her long life was flied
with continued and "a nest work. She
married Judge Morris, who had gone
fro kentucKy 10 Chicago and was the
first man to eaSage in the practice of law
in that place, and was also the fist
Mayor of that city. He became one of
the ieading men in the State.
Mrs. Morris was Warmly S uthern in
her sentiments during the war, and
scarcely had Camp Douglass been con-
yerted into prison. for captured Confed.
crates Def re she manifested her devo.
ton in he most practical manner. visit.
Ing the prison and carrying creature com.
fo'ts to the prisoners. He. Residence IN
Chicago wa, the rallying oint and hid
ing place for thos- who effected their es-
cape. At her house Captain Thos. Hines,
the pr, sent CheI-Ju>ilce of Kentucky,
was hid an entire day between bed mat.
tresses, with detectives searching eve y
nook and corner OF the place for him.
When Captain Arnold's associates In
the attic 'pt to liberate prisoners were
captured, Mrs. Morris and her husband
were arrested as accomp'Ices, and i'm
prisoned for four months, during which
time, under the rigorous prison rules,
the health of both was greatly impaired
and their foi tunes wasted away. They
were never arraigned for trial, but they
said it cost them over $50, 900 10 obtain q
Release, and that in order to raise the
money, 50 $1,000 worth of pro. erty had
to be sacrificed.
After the death of her husband, which
occurred about five years ago, Nrs.
Morris returned TO Kentucky to reside
with her brothers. During the term
OF her brother, G vernon Blackburn,
Mrs. Morris and NJ $. Blackburn estab-
li,hed Sunday-schools in the Peniten':ary
and accomplished much good in rallyinc
many onyicts back to the raths of NOR.
ais aud OF recriiud..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
In the Style Of Queen Anne.

Let me offer few reflections on the
mania for Queen Anne houses that is
now rife, and which 1 venture to pro.
nounce failure, and which, with more
certainty will be decreed failure
generation hence. The thing is all
wrong, and on wrong principles.
The Queen Anne architects INDUCED
in no such ridiculous, fantastic
freaks rs we see now exhibited,
and simply because such was en-
tirely opposed to the nature and char
acter of brick. Brick is simple,
honest, plain material, with n good
color and hard, smooth.surface-tha is
all. Whatever style can display these
qualities best is the Queen Anne style
and no other. The result of the modern
caprices will be seen ten or twenty
years hence, when certainly decay will
have disintegrated or DESTROYED the
whole, or when the owners heart will
have sickened of the frequent repairs
and restorations. The old Queen Anne
houses produced effect by the beautiful
color and surface, the bricks being laid
almost touching, with the thinnest wash
of mortar between. The result is
that no rain or damp ever gets
between. The modern system of build
ing is opposed to this, thick layers OF
mortar being interposed, with the Ger.
tain result that all the elaborate gables,
ETC., soon begin to separate. Bricks
put together in elaborate forms have nc
strength, no more than stones laid on
earth, but displayed in surface it be-
comes as firm and smooth as billiard
table. Even holdings should be raised
in the faintest degree, and the less they
are the richer the effect. There is an
old house out at Clapton, SEMINARY
for young ladies'" that for design, sim
plicity, and pure brickwork, MIXED
with stone and design of outline, puts
to shame all the brick phantasmata
that are now covering the city. Look
ing at the pretentious masses that COW
er the new settlement of Cadogan
Square, or line the Embankment. one
does not feel at all drawn back to the
days of Queen Anne. There is coarse,
raw treatment in their embroidery to
which the brick lends itself but reluct-
antly. The material is too rude for
such fine work. There's another fad
in house adornment, which, it may be
said, has run its course. This was the
daubing over houses silver red,"
gveen, blue, etc. These efforts looked
daring enough at first, but presently.
as the dirt accumulated, they turned
all kinds of horrid tints, and the house
looked dirtier and shabbier than ever.
-Iinsley's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
Earb re Russia.

OF the barbaric features of the old
Russia out of which Peter sprang, the
fortunes attending judicial processes
were the most marked. His father was
considered usually mild and gentle for
a Car, and. indeed, had been named
"the most debonair;" but even under
his reign there were fifty official eyecu-
TONERS in Moscow, whose hands were
necessarily red with their CHASTITY func.
tons. Every judicial investigation in
volvcd the infliciion of horrible tortures
all round-tort,re of suspected persons
to extort confession; torture of wit
nesses supposed to know more than
they revealed; torture of criminals to
force them to betray their accomplices.
Sometimes it was inflicted by the al
couple of executioners, who kept time
in hammering away at the back of the
PROSTATE victim as smiths are accus-
toned to hammer at an anvil; some
times by the horrible fail-like knout,
which cut deep furrow at every
stroke, till the back was ribbed and
crossed from top to bottom; sometimes
by the continued dropping of boiling
water on the top of the head after i.
had been shaved; sometimes by roast
ing the naked back of the accused over
a lire, above which he was suspended
horizontally by wooden spit. Hang
ing and decapitation were the most
common methods of inillcing capital
punishment, when their work had not
already been done in the torture cham
bes; but suspension from hooks through
the flesh. breaking alive on the wheel.
end impalem,nt on stakes were by no
means unfre9nent. Even private indi-
vitiuals enjoyed large freedom to tor
ture and kill their serfs and depend
cuts, of which ample advantage was
taken; and rs late as the regency of
Sophia Peters half sister, special
edict was required to deprive creditors
of the right to make perpetual slaves
of insolvent debtors, and even to main
and kill them at their pleasure.
isii Quarterly ReUieD.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A CGNTEMPTiBLE SCHEME.
A Mississippian's Plaza to Obtain Control
of His wife's Private Fortune Inglorious.

A NIississippian's PIsa to Obtain Control
of His wife's Private Fortune Inglorious.
Iy Fooled.
CINCINNATI, o., October 81.
Mrs. L. A. Rsgsdale, o Meridian, Miss,
D at a hotel in this city, accompanied
by her daughter, d teen years of age,
whom me had taken out of private
asylum at Oxford, this State, on a writ
of haheas corpus. She is very wealthy
ia her own right. Her husband, also
wealthy and prominent in business in
the South, recently butt cottoI com.
press in Meridian at cost of $780,
300. Mrs. Rlssdale claims that heI
husband is anxious to ootiin possession
OF all her fortuae, and to that end en-
desvored to lock her and her daughter
up as insane people. She states that he
started with the daughter, ostensibly to
place her in school at Stanton, Va, but
Instead of that, toos her to Oxford, this
State, and paced her in a private asylum.
Mrs. Ragsdaie had left her husband, she
states, after overhearing a conversation
he had with a lawyer, from which she
gathered that he was conspiring to i'm.
prison her. 1t was during her absepc=.
hat the daughter was taken away from
home.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A Wife'S Influence.

Some men would never be able Il
pull through at all, if it were not fol-
the encouragement given themsby theil
faithful wives. A notable instance Of
how much man can accomplish
when he is sustained and cheered ur
by his wife, occurred not long since in
q German village. He was peasant
the strongest man physically in the
neighborhood. and he was very proud
of it. A wealthy neighbor had justre-
ceived load Of wood, which was drawn
by two strong horses. Our modern
Samson boosted that he. by himself,
could pull the load without turning q
hair. The owner of the fuel replied
that if the peasant could draw the load
of fuel to his house, he could call it his
own. q.rE -s
The peasant accepted the nomination.
harnessed himself to the wagon, and
undertook to trot of with it, but it was
mo 20. The wagon displayed great
apathy, and refused to move.
1t was so heavily loaded that il
refused to 60 of. He tugged and
pulled, and grunted, but all in vain.
His efforts had no more effect on the
wagon than political speech might
have on a Sandwich Islander. He was
about to Withdraw from the canvass,
when his wife put in an appearance.
She was informed of the nature of the
proposition, and saw right off how she
could save money. She Immediately
seized the whip, and proceeded to en-
courage her dear husband with it.
sect up there, you lazy BRUTE" she re-
marked, fetching him clip that made
him jump, and removed q portion OF
his shirt and some cuticle. This
cheered up the husband. who made the
greatest effort of his life, and started
off with the loaded wagon, his devoted
wife walking by his side. and help
ing him along by an occasional punch
in the short ribs, or well directed kick
when he became discouraged.
1t is needless to add that, thanks to
the gentle ministrations of the wife, the
family was provided with cheap fire.
wood, at the comparatively trifling cost
of new whip and fifteen-cent bottle
of arnica- The man who lost the wood
entertains, however, very exalted
opinion of the influence of women
Texas Sitiings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A. WARM RECEPTION.
A Party of Road Agents Who Woke Up the
Wrong -PassengersAOne Killed and the
Rest Routed.

A Party of Road Agents Who Woke Up the
Wrong Passengers-one Killed and the
Rest Routed.
HELENA, NONE, October 81.
The coach which lett here yesterday for
Boulder, forty mics south, was stopped
by five armed men at the top of the
Boulder Range. On board were Chief.
Justice d. S. Wade, District Attorney j.
a. Johnston, E. w. Tole, w. ID. Cullen,
Judge Chumase TO, I. II. Carter, Rev L.
L. Wood aud Sheriff Cameron of Meaghre
County. As soon as the robbers ordered
halt, Sheriff Cameron and several Other
members OF the party opened fire, which
the desperadoes returned. Charlie War
field, one of the robbers, was shot
oead, and the others retrrated and took
TO the mountains. No one in the coach
was hurt. Sheriff Cameron received .
shot through his coat. It is believed tn.
attacking party wanted to rescue Neil
Murphy. a road agent, now under arrest,
who was supposed to be on the coach er
route to Bou der, for trial. Murphy
however, was left in Jail at Helena. Thi.
afternoon two posses of five well armed
men left for Beaver Creek, where they
expect to intercept the desperadoes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
Iosr IN THE FLOOD.

Perirous Position of Family During q
Recent Flood at Ansonia, Gonna Babe
Dropped From its Mothers Arms and
Carried Away by the Torrent.
ANsoNIa, CoNN.. October 20.
The damage caused by the breaking away
of the canal bank last evening In the rear
of the old Coiburn mill was not as serious
as at first supposed. The streets were
torn up and good many cellars were
flooded, but a few hundred dollars will
cover all losses. The saddest thing in
connection with the affair is the loss OF
child of John Bullock, which might have
been averted but for the excitement OF
the moment. Bullock, with his wife and
three children, aged five, three and two
years, reside in a house occupied by a
man named Brassill, who is employed
in chandelier shop and Is over from
England only three months. At the time
the water W S rushing down Bullock
was absent from home. A man rae
to the house telling them to get out for
their lives. The poor woman became al
most frantic. BY superhuman effort she
grappled her three children in her arms
and ru he'd out, only to be confronted
with darkness and water several
feet deep rolling down In large
waves. Not knowing the locality
very well she became bewildered.
young man named ThomasaO'B rien,
hearing her screams for help, ran to her
assistance, although up to his waist in
water aud liable to be swept away. The
two oldest children were clinging to the
woman's shoulders, while the BABE was
held by her arm on her breas The
nom ut 0'Brien reached her, she ia
stinctiveiy strelched out both hands,
saving, t'Save me;' The bave
fell into the water, and IN
an instant was lost to sight. Neither she
nor her rescuer could make any effort to
save the infant, "a no time could ne lost.
She was exhausted, and but for the
promptness of 0'Brien all must have
been lost. The damage will fall on the
Ansonia Brass and Copper Company, as
1t is said that it was through neglect on
their part that the acct ent happened,
therefore m king them liable.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
A Fatal Plunge.

HaGERSTOwN, ND, October 81.
As gentleman named Shields, from
Wells County, accompanied by his wifr-,
their grown daughter, q granddaughter
fourteen years old, and son of Mr..
Hunt, whose family they were visiting,
was driving in carriage to q Friends
meeting at Dalton the horses plunged
down steep hill, and Shields was In
stantly killed. Mrs. Shields was cut
across the face and received other IN
juries, which may prove fatal. Miss
Shields ribs were torn from her breast
bone, and young Hunts leg WAS broken
and his thigh disiocated. The grand.
daughter escaped unhurt