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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
He Twisted Her Tail.
[From tne New York rribune. ]

Tt was COW, with mild brown eyes,
auburn bangs and tail with aloose lock
on the end, that switched the air and
knocked imaginary flies into the here
after with snap. She was Just being
led down West Street, New York, to-
ward the Cortiandt Street ferry by a
ferocious-looking Je1seyman, whose
complexion, owing to the cold weather
and hot whisky, was as red as meteoric
sunset. Suddenly, with what was ap-
parently unnecessary cruelty, the Jer-
seyman struck the COW across the flank
with club, swung his arms over his
head, danced a maddening double-shuffie
in the street, and sat down with strange
rapidity upon a car rail. The COW looked
over her shoulder reprovingly, and stood
in her tracks. The Jerseyman arose
from the impression he had made upon
the ice, smoothed his coat-tails caress-
ingly, and started toward the COW. He
raped her once, spat on his hands
raped her twice, put his shoulder
against her side-all to move her out of
the tracks of the drays-but to no avail.
A crowd assembled. The Jerseyman
got lots of sympathy but no assistance.
One man suggested that she had frozen
fast; another that che was undecided
about the policy Of the new board of
aldermen. The owner went few yards
ahead, grinned a ghastly grin, and shak-
ing his club behind him in suppressed
fury pleaded in persuasive tones,
Come, Mooly-come, Mooly-Mooly. y
But Mooly saw the club.
At last from the crowd stepped lank
and unehaven specimen OF 'longshore.
man. He was gifted with wisdom be-
yond his kind. He drew the owner of
thescow aside and whispered in his ear:
"Twist her TAIL" The Jerseyman
shook his head. Then, as though bid
ding for the support of the multitude,
the 'longshoreman raised his arm and
making sweeping gesture exclaimed:
"Gents, says twist her TAIL"
Twist it yerself," was the answer,
A glance of scorn upon the crowd, and
the 'longshoreman barred his brawny arm
and stepped up to the COW. He took
the 1ove-lock in his hand; ran his fingers
through it and clinchcd them, grasped
the middle of the tail with his left hand,
and tried to tie knot. An agonizing 81
lence, which was broken by groan and
dotted with broad d-brimmed hat, a pair
of suspenders, and, the arms and legs OF
a 'longshoreman doing caisthenics in the
frosty air. The battered remains of the
'longshoreman were carried away NUT
tering blasphemy. The COW after she
had replaced her hind hoofs on the
ground was led on to the ferry by the
Jerseyman, who observed as he paid his
fare:
"Takes more'n q Yorker to learn m
lessons"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
The Story Of an Indian Princess.

Winnemucca, the Pluto Princess.
is lecturer. The name Winnemucca
signifies mirage" but in this instance
a very substantial mirage, for she looks
as if she.might weigh about 100 pounds.
She is, moreover, of square and rugged
build, about five feet in height, and has
all the characteristic features of the In
dian. She appears dressed in her ma
tive costume, which is covered with Pc
culiar Indian bead-work. Her straight,
black hair falls loosely about her shoul-
ders, and her arms, bare to the shoul-
ders, are encircled with ornaments. In
speaking she rarely deviates from a
monotone, but her earnest and impul-
sive delivery gives great strength to her
recital of Indian wrongs. She shows an
acquaintance with current "crazes by
saying at the opening of her lecture that
she is sorry she cannot entertain her
hearers with talk on flowers and on the
beautiful things in the world as the poet
Oscar Wilde could do, and sorry that
she, personally, can not offer them the
pleasure of looking on such beauty us
Mrs. Langtry's. Her lecture is reci-
tai of the wrongs suffered by her people
through the government and its unprin-
cipled agents. "And this is the free
dom Of your great landI'' she says.
"My brothers are worse off than the
negroes were, for whom you shed your
blood. How long will you shut your
eyes to this spectacle? The Indian
does not want a fine home nor a
great fortune. We want to be civilized;
we don't want money. Send us some
one to teach us to read. Trample us
not longer under your feet. Give us q
word. Lee us stand in your court
houses. Are we not human? Does not
your minister fairly dance in his pulpit
telling you to love your neighborP Are
we not your neighbor? Ifnot, you hate
us. We only want little ground to
plant few potatoes in, a little room for
few hills of corn" Her book is en-
titled f''Life Among Piutes, their
Wrongs and Claims" It was edited
by Mrs. Horace Mann, of Boston. In
offering picture of herself for sale, she
said-since it was that people bought
pictures of cats and of owls to decorate
their homes-may be they would like to
have one of herself for the same pur-
nOca
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
RELIEF FOR GREELY

The expedition that will start early
next summer for the relief of the Greely
party ought to be well equipped for tue
hazardous undertaking. With an appro-
priation unlimited in amount, presum-
ably the navy department will purchase
the very best vessels ahoat and leave
nothing undone to render them safe
against the perils of the Arctic Sea. The
rescue of Lieut.. Greely and his COM
paHions from their ice-prison must be
accomplished if possible. IT is an i'm.
perative duty, not only on the ecore Of
humanity, but also because the Greely
party was sent north by The government
in government service. In view Of the
disastrous failure of other relief expedi.
tions, owing to inefficient preparations,
the public will not tolerate any halfway
work IN this expedition. The voyage
might not be successful under any CON
dlhons, but if it should fail, let us at
least have the satisfaction of knowing
that every means within human effort
was employed to make the expedition a
success.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07

crowded up as closely as possible to the
two men and began q pitiful tale OF dis.
tress. he was heard to say. "And
everything / possessed went in Wall
FStreet. Jay Gould and those fellows
got it" The little black-bearded mans
hand went quickly down in his pocket
and brought out coin, which was
placed on the dirty palm of the medi-
cant, with the words, "There, now go
away, please" The fellow shufaed
away, evidently without knowing that
the little man who gave him the money
was jay Gould himself. The other gen.
tleman was Cyrus w. Field.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Smoke.


Fire at Goodwin. Dakota, on the 1st inst,
destroyed the Rosa Hotel and the Lawrence
House. Loss on both houses $4,000.
The business portion of the village of Bel.
mont, Lafayette County, was rebuded to ashes
on the morning of the 3lst Loss about S25
900.
Two elevators at Toronto, Canada, one
Chapman L. Sons, burned on the evening of the
31st. Total loss $25O,OOO. The elevators
contained ITO, 600 bushels OF grain.
The town of Searcy, Ark, suffered to the
extent of 10000, by fire on the 1st.
At ,Leadville, COL, the Denver and Ro
Grande roundhouse, with six locomotives,
was destroyed by fire on the lst inst. Loss be.
tween 800, 900 and $4,000.
Fire at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 31st, destroyed
property TO the value Of $150,000.
Adamson's and Chapman & Sons elevators,
at Toronto, Can, with all their contents,
burned on the 31st. Several vessels lying
alongside the wharf had a narrow escape.
An apartment house on Sixth Avenue, New
York, was destroyed by fire on the night OF
the 3Oth. Loss $4,000.
A fire on the night Of the goth destroyed the
Phoenix Glass Works at Phillipsburg, Pa.
Loss about S125, 900; insurance $4,000.
sprague's leather board mill, at Middle Falls
N. Y, burned on the 29th. Loss $4,000.
Several stores were destroyed by fire at Hope,
Ark, on the night of the 9th. Loss, $50 600;
insurance 1000
On the night Of the 27th, the Brigham Young
Academy, at Provo, Utah, was destroyed by
fire, causing a loss Of $4,000; no insurance.
It is {. Mormon school with 400 students. Nc
lives We're lost, but there were numerous mar
row escapes.
Barber & Leslie's furnishing store, Jno
Grants boot and shoe store, and McFee &
Alcan's jewelry store, at Beleville, Ont, burned
on the 28th. Loss $25,0U0.
A fire broke out in Barge's dry goods store
a. Hope ARK, at O'clock on the night Of the
ing several stores. Loss 100000; insurance
$40, 900,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
ADULTERATED VIXE.

Appointment importer of vine resents
the ipsinuation that the New Yorkers
engaged in his trade are sufficiently
stupid to import adulterated wine from
France, instead OF doing their own adul-
teration after they have paid the heavy
duty on pure article. He estimates
the value of the 1891, 900 gallons Of
French wine and brandy imported DUR
ing 1888 at Sd, 900, 900, and the duty col
lected by the government at So, 200, 900.
he would like to have the $500, 600, 900
hog trade with France abandoned with
out struggle, rather than exclude
French liquors from our market. In
fact, he wishes the duty on the stuff in
which he deals materially reduced. E
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Touching Jay Gould's Heart.
From the New York Times. ]

A little, black-bearded man was walk
ing briskly up Broadway, yesterday af-
ternoon, when a shivering tramp, who
had been lettering in front Of Trinity
Church, stepped in front of him and
said something in low tone. The lit
tie man made no reply, but stepped to
ono side and continued his journey up
town. The beggar slouched after him
and said in a louder tone than before,
" please, cap, gi' me few cents for a
bowl of SOUP" Even to this appeal the
little man paid no attention, and would
doubtless have succeeded in escaping
from the importunate tramp had he not
been stopped by friend who engaged
him in conversation. The beggar
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
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How She Choked Him Off.
lFrom the pe,roit Free Press


She was handsome young woman.
This was remarked by dozen different
people as she entered the Union Depot,
She was going east by the Canada South.
ern. This was remarked by conceited
young snip of fellow who looked
"masher" from the crown of his hat tC
the heels of his CATERS. She had nc
sooner purchased her ticket and taken q
seat than he began to circle around.
She saw him and read his character, and
beckoning him to approach she asked:
care you going to Buffalo %
Yes-ah-certainly."
Il am glad to hear 1t. Will you dc
me a favor ?"
"With all my heart. Command me, u
elm afraid my trunk was left at the
hotel. Gould l ask you to run ND and
see about It ?"
"Of ourse-certainly-only too hap.
py!"
1t was twenty minutes to train time.
He was back in sixteen, his face flushed,
his ears red and his breathing spasmol.
ic. He had done some tall running,
The trunk was not there.
"Oh, dear, but would you be SO kind
as to look into the baggage room p''
He would. He did. He ended a score
of trunks around, made dozen inquir-
les for Saratoga trunk with an "E' on
the ends, and finally returned to the
waiting room to say
But she wasn't there! The train was
also gone! A man who had sore throat
and felt mad at the whole world inform-
ed him that he had no sooner started for
the baggage-room than she picked up
her reticule and boarded the train, her
face wearing happy smile and her rose.
bud mouth gently puckered up as she
hummed: The chap left behind
mel"
"And it looks to me-" added the i'll.
natured invalid, cas- if it was put up
job to choke off your society"
!" Hanged if it wasn'tP gasped the
other as he sat down to rest his knees.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07

wife went to the door to look after him.
During her absence their little three
year-old daughter crawled up to the ta-
BILE and seeing the roll of bright-colored
papers, threw them into tho fire. The
father on his return, on learning of the
loss, struck the child such a terrible
blow as to kill it, and that night, filed
with remorse, cast himself under the
wheels of train and committed suicide.
The mother became insane and is now
in the aavlum
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
A BIG BUSINESS.
That of the American Lumber Company,
Which Failed Tuesday.

That of the American Lumber Company,
Which Failed Tuesday.
ST. IaNAoE, Mich, January 3l.-The
American Lumber Company, of Dollar
vile, which made an assignment in To-
ronto, Ont, Tuesday, was limited
one, and, according to its statement,
had q capital OF $4,000, 1000. It
was composed of English and
Scotch capitalists, and was organized
to operate in numbering in the
Upper Peninsula, and had purchased
all the available pine lands Of the De-
troit, Mackinac and Marquette land
grant, to the extent of four or five hun
dred Thousand acres. Itlocated at Dol
larville, on the bank of the Tacquemon
River, where it erected large mill-one
OF the finest and most complete in the
north peninsula-stores and dwelling
houses, huge warehouses, etc., building
up town of about 800 inhabit-
ants. The company's manager at Dol
larville knows nothing of what it intends
doing, as he has received no instruc-
tlons. The company has about Is, ,O0O,-
600 logs banked and in the river, and
about 100000 not hauled. They had
between 300 and 400 men in their en-
ploy, to the most of whom they owe
several months wages: and as no pro.
vision has been made to pay them, they
are In great distress-in fact, nearly on
the verge of starvation-and it is not
improbable that they may make
trouble. Numerous attachments have
been put on the goods, etc., of
the company, and lawyer has gone
from here to place attachments for the
mems wages. Work in every depart
ment has been stopped and hundreds of
teams are idle. Tho store was closed
Tuesday on an attachment of Beatty,
Fitzsimon & Co., OF Detroit. Nothing
can be learned of the cause of the failure
or amount OF liabilities, assets, or of
what the company intends doing. The
Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Rail-
road Company has seized on all the tim
Der. 1t is thought that the business will
not remain idle very long.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
A Terrible Punishment.
from the Cincinnati commercisl.eazet.e

al
Everybody who knows Judge Long
worth-and there are fewpeople in Ham
ilton County who do not both know and
admire him-will remember the famous
coat of Siberian fur, which, while pos
sibly too pronoace for a member of the
bar, is the hapdsomest garment eyel
seen hereabouts, and during the late
cold snap must have been treasure ol
treasures. Well, it happened lately
that Matt Morgan saw the Judge at 8
distance during the 18 degrees below
zero spell and asked friend:
"Who is that Laplander ?"
That" said the party interrogated,
"is your friend, Judge Longworth."
Matt quietly took the points; and
next day inclosed the Judge caricature
of himself in his furs. It was an aston.
ishing likeness, but his honor looked
like an advance agent for Patti.
Yesterday the Judge came down town
looking as mad as a hatter-mad as q
furrier, would perhaps be more appro.
pirate. He sent for Detective Wappen.
stein, and for his friend 81. F. Farny.
the artist. Together the three went to
the Strobridge rooms, where Matt Nor.
gan, citizen of the world and universal
genius, sat at work surrounded by his
busy corps Of artists. "Sir," said the
ex-judge, "you have, 1 am told, been
caricaturing me-"
Matt, seeing the officer, was some
what aghast, and faltered some reply.
when the judge continued: " Do YOU
know the story of brakes white horse?''
"No," said Matt. :" Well, the people
who abused him were compelled to tide
him forever, and SO you must wear
these always" AT the words the burly
Farny and the wiry Wapenstein seized
the genial artist and forced him into the
judges famous coat and hat.
The party then adjourned TO the st,
Nicholas, where Mr.. Morgan called for
q luncheon for four, and whence the
judge sent for q new overcoat and hat.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
FATAL FUN.
Man Saturated With Naphtha and
Burned to Death

A Man Saturated With Naphtha aud
tf Burned to Death.
DETROIT, Mich, January 29.-Charles
Reschka, a fireman employed in the
Mutual Gas Works, rushed out of the
enGine.room at o'clock Saturday morn.
ing completely enveloped in flames. Be-
fore the flames were put cut he was
horribly burned, and has since died at
his home in this city. Reschka quar-.
relied with another employe named
Heint2, and the latter threw q
bucket of naphtha over him. The naph.
tina Immediately caught fire from the
heat of the furnace, near which Reschka
stood, and blazed up with the result
stated. Heintz says he was in fun.
Reschka threw an old boot at him, and
he retorted by throwing the naphtha,
which then accidentally caught fire.
The coroner has not decided whether to
order HeintZ under arrest.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
PETROLEUM Nv CANADA.

We learn from one of our Canadian
exchanges that oil has been struck at
Edmonton, in the northwest territory.
and that a petroleum claim has recently
been sold there for 500, 900. The report
further states that this is no new dis
covery, since Sir Alex. Mckenzie wrote
about it in 1894, and Sir John Richard
son in 1920 and 1S49. and nearly every.
traveller since has mentioned it. This
gives rise to anew explanation of the
term petroleum itself. As is generally
known the temperatureo the northwest
territory is such that whatever oil is
found is III solid state; consequently
she term "rock OIL" or petroleum, was
peculiarly applicable to that first discoy-
cred in the regions about Hudson's
Bay. 49, d-'.s .s- W.
We do not think our western Pennsyl-
vania producers need be much exercised
over this new strike. The man who sold
his claim for $4,000 got the best OF his
bargain. OH that has to be mined with
pickaxe and shovel viii necessarily be
more costly than that which comes up
spontaneously by the barreltul. The
Canada kind may be handler in some
ways. 1t would not need special tank
cars built for it's transportation, but
could be carried in chunks, as coal is
now in Pennsylvania. That would
prove inconvenient, however, in case
there should be need of carrying it across
the Canadian border, or Of shipping IL
to foreign countries where it would be
liable to melt. On the whole, we think
our Canadian eneighbors swould make
more money BY going into ice mining
than petroleum mining. Oil that comes
IN bricks wil!,never become really popu-
lar in the United States or Europe.
The only way we can imagine in which
it would be useful as an article of export
would be MS chewing gum, for the Es.
animaux, and il. would take them good
while to acquire taste for it in pref
erence to- their fayorite, l,labber and
train oil.s
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Through n Bridge,

A south-bound train on the indianapolis and
Chicago air line went through bridge near In
dianapolis on the 3lst. Portions Of the wreck
we're Submerged, but the remainder took fire
from the overturned stoves. Six persons were
either killed outright or burned to death. The
remains recovered were burned and charred
beyond recognition, being horribly mutiIated.
and the only means of identification was the
finding Of ineonbustible trinkets known ID be
the property of the dead men,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Sad Fate of a Family.
[rron tae a.,rc,ton Neu.

A tsrrible affair recently. happened in
Pueblo. An employe OF the railroad
brought home all his savings, $3.50 in
bank bills. as a sarprise to chow his
wife. who did not know that he had that
amount OF money. Hearing the an.
preach OF the train, be put them op the
table and ran out to his rk, and his
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Seventy Tons.

., On the slst, while gang IN the employ of
plates" on the cars and were standing on the
platform on which there was. from fifty TO
seventy tons of fsh.plate, when the platform
gave way and the men fell tosthe ground with
the metal on top of them. John Butler and
Thomas Liney were killed instantly, and John
Roach is not expected TO live till morning.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Gasoline Explosion,

A terrible explosion of gasoline occurred iu
building owned by 7. NJ. Orr, at Alliance,
Ohio, on the LIST inst. The building in which
the explosion occurred was totally wrecked,
and those on either side badly damaged. The
proprietor and bis son, two women and three
children were killed, and eight persons serious.
y injured. The pecuniary loss is estimated al
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07

Cairo dispatch Of the LIST inst. repol is that
the troops and inhabitants in the beieaguered
city OF Tokar, Soudan, are suffering severely.
Their ammunition is exhausted and impure
water is causing sickness.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07

CoLoNEL MAcoMR Mason, whom Ba.
ker Pashs has appointed governor Of
Massowal, is native of Virginia, and a
graduate OF the United States Naval
Academy. He went with his state into
tue q war, and since then has been in the
Egyptian service. He is an eificer of
ability and resolution, with long train
Ing m African warfare and entire famil-
iarlfy with the native tribes of the Sou
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
And Great Was the Eau.

A falling wall of u burned factory at 1873 and
1875 West Twenty eighth Street, New York, or
the 18th inst, crushed the building No. i21
The losses aggregate $4,000, distributed
among q number Of firms
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
Flnanoinl Emha rra.s,,, an.

There were 37s failures in the United
States and Canada during the week ending on
the LIST inst, an increase of Sc over the pre-
vious week. -
p. W.. Thomas Sons l. Co., stock brokers.
London, failed on the 31st, with liabilities to
the amount Of 9835, 1000.
Perine Il Co., jobbers of cloths, New York,
made an assignment on the goth. Liabilities
.100,0G3.
Tho American Lumber Company, of Toronto
Canada, suspended on the 29th, with liabilities
to the amount Of 81, 200, 600.
Haworth q Co., commission merchants,
600 ,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
This Time 1t Was Gas.

An explosion of gas at midnight Of the 18th,
totally destroyed three-story building on
Hanover Street, Boston. Tho debris immedi-
ately took fire, and three unknown persons
were burned to death, and it is thought there
are others lost in the burned building
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
A Colorado Lxnnhinr

Frank Williams and John GRAY, who shot
and killed Orion Kurtz IN saloon row at Ro-
sta, Col, on the morning of the 9th, were
taken from Jail at 2 o'clock the next morning
by masked mob and hanged tc the rafters
of log shanty near by.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
An Important Suit.

The superior court of Illinois on the 2sth af-
6rmed the decision of tue lower court in the
case of the Chicago Galvanized Wire Com
pany against the Washburn & Men wire mo-
nopoly. The decision secures to complainants
a lower rate of royalty.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07

TIE egg Of an Australian emu is on
exhibition at garden in San Francisco.
1t was laid at the gardens and was ac-
cidentally found, recently. The egg
weighs twenty-six ounces. and it's great.
est circumference is thirteen and one
half inches. Its general color is that of
very dark granite, but some portions of
the surface are iridescent. This is be-
lieved to be the first egg laid by an emu
in the United states, and perhaps the
only one ever laid outside of Australia.
in which country the emu is Indigenous.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-07
The Long Island Trapedios.

1He IUHS IsIH1u IfHSeHlGs.
Rugg, the mulatto in Jail for the murder of
Spragne, the Long Island farmer, made a
partial confession Of the Maybee murder on
the S0th.' Physicians have examined Tappan.
who confessed" that his brother did the
deed, and pronounce him an idiot John is to
be released