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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
A Peculiar Misanthr0ne.

The late Joseph Warren, of Bernard
ston, whose curious will-iust probated
condemns the Christian religion and
gives the remnant of his property to
"oppose that horrid old monster of king
craft and priestcraft called religion. I"
was man of strange life, who in his
later years had grown to look upon his
tellow.men with suspicion akin to
hatred. writes Greenfield correspon-
dent of the Springfield Republican.
He wrote history OF his life, which was
to have been read at his funeral, but as
the executor was in Florida, this was
omitted. His early life according to
this document, was spent in New Hamp-
shire, where he was a member of the
orthodox church. On the death of his
wife he went west with his two grown
up daughters. During the trip, which
was O long one, ayoung man who boosted
much of his religious experiences, fell
in with the party and paid particular at
tention to one of the girls. Warren To-
Gated IN the western wilds, and was do
ing, well, when, on coming home one
night, be found that the daughter had
packed up most of his goods and fed
with the pious young man. With his
heart poisoned against his own children.
he sold out bis property, returned east
and settled in Bernardston over twenty
years ago. He had about s., 900, which
he put into United States bonds, He
began to suspect that everybody in the
village wanted his money, and, having
become acquainted with a man at Boston
who. was in sympathy with him
in his aversion to religion, he took his
bonds to that city, and his infdel friend
lodged them in his safe. Warren put
some money into the Paine memorial
building, and, when the man in whom
he had trusted died, he found that his
bonds had taken wings. Though the
widow of the Boston friend was left
poor, she occasionally sent him money.
and he managed to get along com.
fortably. He planted butter-nut tree
with much ceremony, and wanted to be
buried under it, as he was terribly
afraid he might have to rest in a ceme.
terry where Christians were buried. A
niece from New Hampshire finally
found him, and, after several visits and
much correspondence, ingratiated her.
self with the old man. He began to
think better of his fellow-mortals. and
finally consented that his remains
should be placed wherever the niece
saw tit, providing that she did not bnrv
hlm III any cemetery in Bernardston
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
ASTOUNDING CHARGES.
The Postmaster General Asked to Place
the Cotton Show on the Fraad List.


WASHINGTON, December 27.-The
boldness of the warfare waged by con-
siderable portion of the people of
Louisiana against the Louisiana Lottery
Company is illustrated by their latest
movement to cripple that institution.
West Stever, attorney for ex. Congress-
man Robinson, of Louisiana, called on
the postmaster general yesterday and
made verbal demand that the New Or
leans cotton exposition be placed upon
the official list of frauds and denied the
use of the mails. This demand will be
followed by written statement of the
reasons upon which it is based. Mr..
Stever charges that the directors and
managers of the cotton exposition hold
similar positions in control of the lot.
terry company, and that, the latter being
deprived Of the use of the mails because
OF its fraudulent character, they have
devised the scheme of grand
cotton exposition for the pur-
pose of bringing thousands of
strangers to New Orleans, and
thus securing market for lottery TICK
cts. Mr.. Stever said that the scheme
for an exposition was started by a sub
scriptlon OF S25, 600 from the principal
owner of the lottery company, and that
by second subscription of $25,OOO he
became the largest stockholder of the
exposition company. The postmaster
general was struck with amazement at
the audacity Of the anti-lottery people
In attacking an enterprise that has
been indorsed by congress and by
official proclamation of President Ar
thur, and replied that he had no author.
ity under the law to close the mails to
the directors of the exposition. Mr.,
Stever promised to prove that congress
had been imposed upon in this matter.
He also proposes to try to secure the
passage of a joint resolution of congress
to cure defects in the law relative to
misuse of the mails for fraudulent pur.
poses.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
RUSSIAN GoTERvMBST.

The affairs of government in Russia
are somewhat complicated.r .Cyar Alex
ander rules, but two factions are at war
to decide which shall rule the czar. It
is taken for granted, apparently, that
the young man will consent to be a
tool. Count Tolstol, minister. of the in
terror, represents one faction. He vic.
lently opposes any concession to the de-
mand for constitutional system. Sen
ator Kohanoff, leader of the liberal ele-
ment, and chief of the commission for
revising the provincial administration,
would have the czar espouae the cause
of reform. The car seems helplessly
Indifferent tirand merely waits for one side,
qrathe otller o,yieid. The only, hope Of
crushed humanity fins Russias sisa in thu
success of the constitutionalists. They
have very slim chance, probably; but
it is better than none.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
WEALTHY IrAsHIyGroNraSss

g
Among the real state owners In
Washington are the following, with the
assessed values at which they are taxed:
George Bancroft, $4,000; Secretary
Frelinghuysen, $4,000; Secretary
Chandler, $4,000; Chief !. Justice
Waite, $29, 900; Justice Blatchford, aO,-
600; Justice Matthews, $47, 600; Oryille
p. Babcock, 5000; Admiral Porter,
$41,0 900; Judge Bancroft Davis, sss5, 900;
Washington Mclean, ss9, ,0oO; Mrs.
Mollie Mclean Hazen $31, 900; Com.
missioner Loring, $28, 900; Senator.
Morrill,, $4,000; Senator Pendleton,
$4,000; Senator Van Wyck, $2s, 600;
ex-senator Window, sssa, a,Oo0; Governor
ordway, of Dakota, 1927, 900. These as.
sessments are on the residences Of the
respective taxpayers.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Fines Himself for Contempt,

lFromthep Kansds City TimeBT
An exampleof the Impair rtiality. of the
administration Of justice was manifested
yesterday in the criminal court. When
the hour for the noon adjournment
came Judge White ordered that a recess
until 1:30 o'clock be taken, and all we're
admonished to be promptly on hand at
that time. At l:3O O'clock the mar
shars deputies were in the courtroom
with the jury in the NJ. v. Jones mur.
der esse, which action was on trial.
The Judge 81 the court was NOT present,
and did not come in until the honr Of 2
was indicated by thef clock. Judge
White, upon taking his place, directed
the deputy clerk, sMr.TH. Hy Nolan. to
enter fine of 80 against heiudges for
contempt, because of tardiness. The
trial Of the case then proceeded. A
large number Of persons wereI present
in the courtroom, and the order Of the
imposition OF the fine was witnessed by
many and approved by all.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
The Great Panama Canal.

In regard to the work on the great
canal across the Isthmus of Panama, and
the progress that is being made there,
the New Orleans Times-Democrat of
recent date has the following:
The total length of the canal is seven-
ty-four kilometers, from the Atlantic to
its mouth in the Pacific, at the Islands
Naos and Flamenco. It is divided into
twelve sections, the most important of
which are those of Colon, Gorgona,
Obispo, Emperador, Cutebra and Par
also. These united sections employ
daily thirty steam. excavators, forty loo
omotives and 300 dip wagons. There are
80, 900, 900 cubic meters to be excavated.
The grand cutting, about two-thirds of
which has already been excavated, is the
cutting between Obisco and Paraiso.
The force employed upon the work is
upward of 10, 900 men. and the excava-
ton up to the 18th of October amounted
to more than 100000 cubic meters.
During the latter months of the bad sea-
sons the excavations have amounted to
about $50, 900 meters per month. This
figure will be quintubled during the fine
season, which commences in December,
e~AAA AiSAo JSttA AhooplJ dl tlO 1ucCeS6hTy
machinery will be at work, and the ex-
cavations will amount to 4, 900, 900 meters
per month. The working force will be
augmented and will form total of 15,-
600 men. At Colon the port works are
nearly complete. The terre plein, with
the breakwater, destined to lessen the
effect of the heavy seas at the entrance
OF the canal, is finished. An entire town
has appeared there, with collection of
workshops, warehouses and connecting
railways for the reception and distribu-
tion of the material. The earth of the
terre plein was taken from Monkey
Hill, where o great cutting has been
especially opened with the obiectof fill
ing up the lagoons at the bottom of the
Bay of Colon to improve the sanitary
condition. The first of the 12O-horse
power machines between Colon and Ga
tan, a distance of nine kilometers, is in
full blast and is able to excayate the
enormous quantity of 5000 meters per
diem, to be paid at the rate OF francs
per 80 cubic meters. The Pacific open
ing between the mouth of the Rio
Grande and Paraiso is contracted by the
Franco-American Trading Company.
The first machine of the American sys.
tenn will commence work in few DAYS.
and will be supplemented by others,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

reward is five cents bounty for each
scalp paid by the county. He assigns
his men to different districts. Farmers
pay the men 81 day and board for 60
ing over their ranches. That nearly
ppys expenses, and the bounty on the
sca1ps is largely profit. Dawley has a
poison that knocks the squirrels out the
first round, aud generally before they
can get into their holes. He says he
has scalps enough on hand to clean out
the squirrel and gopher bounty fund.
He presents his scalps only as fast as
there is money to pay the bounty. He
has 50, 600 worth of scalps awaiting an
increase in the fund.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
OTHER DEBTS THAN OURS.

People whose habit it is to harp upon
the "exhayagance = of four government
as compared With that of Great Britain,
would do we'll to make note of the strik-
ing fact that Great Britain employs s.
965 officials at 9, cost Of about $40, O,OOO,.
600 yearly, to collect her internal reve-
nue, while the United States employs
only ,098 persons, alta cost of a little
over $4,000, 900 per annum, to do the
same thing and our territory is thirty
times larger than that of Great Britain
besides... =, -. - ..s,. $50. - 49,. -
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
FOREIGN IMMIGRATIoN.

For the eleven months ending Novem-
Der both, the number of immigrants
landed in this country was 535, 43o, be
ing 150, ,246 less than for the correspond
ing period last year. This years i1nmi-
grants include 1T3, 1885, from: Germany,
76, ,207 from England and Wales, 81, ,827
from Ireland, s8.sO1 from Sweden and
Norway, 1885 from Canada, 27,O44
from Italy, 1898 from Scotland, and
1884 from Austria. 81 g,ss' q
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
The. Reason WHY,
(From the philadelnbIn Gail 4

First Politician-"I I hear that the sal.
ary OF the governor of Michigan is only
81, 900 year.
Second Politician" Only s1,Ooo2
We'll, that is getting things down pretty
First Politician" What puzzles me
IS that they should ever find any one to
take the position at that pay, for I learn
that there are very few perquisites."
Second Poitician--t But you forget
the immence il portance of the Office. .
First Poltician-'t In what way ?"
Second Politician A governor can't
be arrested" ~"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
THE K1xGDo,M OF AYNAm.

The little kingdom of AMMAN, for the
possession of which France has
determined to. make a vigorous
struggle, is rich in agricultural
and mineral resources. Recent in
vestigation led to the discovery
that ".the coal deposits exceed nything
in the world" OF course China knows
the value Of AMMAN, and if the French
win the prize it will he by wager of bat
tie. Yielding;to the invaders, without
on attempt to beat them back, would
advertise China as nation of block.
heads. slFs &
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
school Burned.

Jewish synagogue and school in the sub
Ibs OF Constantinople burned on the 2Sd.
The fire spread SO rapidly that the students
were obliged to jump from the windws, and a
large number were injured. Nineteen charred
bodies were fonnd in the ruins, and thirty are
missing. The directress of the school threw
herself from window and was killed.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
snow nnd:E1ood.

Dispatches Of the 2Sd report heavy snow in
all directions. Twenty inches fell in the Ohio
Valley, followed on the above date BY rain.
which has caused sudden rise in the river,
Gin cinnati is completely flooded. Telegraph
wires are down, and railway communication is
threatened. Indianapolis reports foot Of
snow, followed by sleet. Pittsburg streets are
filled with melting snow, and cellars Hooded
The thermometer in New England ranged from
10 to 20below. Utica, N Y, reports tempera-
ture % below, and Bonneville, N. Y, SO below
on the 23d
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
The Dog Followed Him.

81 lTfop Texas sif.ipss.l 81 81.
Glhooly st1oiled into q fashionable
Austin church last Sunday just before
the service began. The sexton followed
him up, and, tapping him on the shoul-.
der and pointing to o small cur that, fol-
lowed himinto the sacred 4difice, said !:
Dogs are not admitted. .
THAT'S not my dog, nsresponaed Gil-'
hooly. q , NS-JS Il 4
But he follows you."
well, 80 do you.2 l. Sbslx Ill 8
The sexton growled and removed the
an1maA with unnecessary violence.s b. o I
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Is He a Crapke

Postmaster General Gresham was inter-
viewed on. the 9th by member of the New
Orleans bar, with the request that the New
Orleans cotton exhibition be placed on the list
OF frauds and denied the use Of the mails.
The claim was made that directors are in
leagne with the lottery company.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

Frank r. sherwin, formerly of Milwaukee,
was convicted Of contempt Of court at Albany,
My. on the 2Sth, iu the trial Of the Phelps
defalcation case, and sent to the penitentiary
for two years.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Deeds Of Blood.


William Fox was executed at Nevada, No.,
on the 28th for the murder OF Thomas Howard
last May: The execution Was witnessed by ten
thousand people.
An escaped Michigan convict named Hatfield
was arrested at Malone, N. Y, on the 25th,
after desperate struggle in which he stabbed
several people more or less seriously.
London reports another harmless internal
machine explosion on the 25th.
Richard Won Sternbergs a German nobleman,
died in hospital on the 25th from the effects
In difficulty" between two parties Of
white and colored citizens at Yazoo City, Miss,
ON the night Of the Gath three white men were
killed and tive mortaHy wounded.
The body OF Susan Gibbs, an ola women,
who carried on the business OF q peddler, and
was thought to have a large sum Of money in
her house, was found at Huber, River, a short
distance from porolto, Ont, on the 22d. She
had been dead for several days.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Confederate Treasure.

A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, on the 2sth,
gives details ofithe finding ola box OF gold
to be part Of the treasure of the confederate
cabinet, which was lost during the flight Of that
body from Richmond at the close Of the war.
The box was found among the roots of tree
IN Wilkes County, Ga. and on a road taken by
the Officials Of the oonfederacy after their last
meeting. y -
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

which will be necessary to finish this
part of the canal in two years as maxi
mum from Gatan to Bahia Soldado. On
the Atlantic side the compsny ara work
ing two machines, furnishing a minimum
of 4, 900 cubic meters per diem.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

Daniel W. Wadley WAS found dead in bed at
Atlanta, Gas, on the morning of the 22d. He
hadrons his person $500 in cash, and stock GER
itifcates to the value ofs$70.00O.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Captured Mt Last.

Sheriff FOUL, OF Lowdon County, Tenn.
arrested man on the 22d, whom he claims to
be the notorious Bill Younger,t the terror of slis-
souri, tor several years. ~
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
A BROKEN STRING,


Sing, and to you'll No, no; with one no,e ,,,,.,
The harmony of Life's long chord is broSsn
Your words were light and by light lin. -,
spoken, "p' were
And yet the music that yoa loved is uarreo
hand; your
strike, and it throbs and vibrates at your ,r;,,
faters upon the verge of sound, and st;ll
fals Dack as sea waves shattered on the str,,a
Iomch 1t no more, for you shall not regain
Inc sweet lost tone. Take what is left or Ia,
Llle's music sleep to Death. Let us forget
Ihe perfect melody we seek in vain
ana yet, perchance, some day before We die.
AS hait IN dreams we hear the night wind sws.r
around our windows, when we fain wouL. s,sonp
Laden with one long, sobbing, moaning cry. -f'
One faint, far tone will waken, and will rise
ABOVE the great wave voice of mortal pain.
Hand VIII touch hand and lips touch lips again
As IN the darkness 1t recedes and dies:
Or, lingering in the summer evening glow.
Then, when the passion OF the crimson ives.
burning like some great heart that cannot rest
STAINS as with blood the waters as they fow,
Some old forgotten tones may rise ana yake
Our dying youth and set our hearts aflame
with their old sweetness-to our lips the narn
VI love steal softl, for the old loves sake.
-CornhiN Magazine,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

The steamer Severn exploded her boiler at
Carthagena, United States OF Columbia, South
Americs, on the 24th.S Seven men were killed.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
A Sad Christmas.

A little 3-year- old-child in Chicago, under
treatment for scarlet fever, was given dose
of carbolc acid in mistake for medicine on the
25th, and died in few hours.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Sliding Snow,

Two fatal snowslides are reported from
Colorado Son the Gath. One at the Mendoza
mine carried away the shaft house, killing
eight men. Two men were killed at mine
near Montezuma in the same manner.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Lynching and Revenge.

On the night of the Oath party of masked
men took four hard characters from saloon
at McDade, Texas, and hanged them to tree.
The result of the fracas which ensued was the
killing of two of the avengers and two Of the
lvnchnrss
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

Financial Embarrassment.
The dry goods firm Of Il. Il. Mann, st. Paul.
Mimi, failed on the 2sth with liabilities to the
amount Of $4,000.
Jefferds, Bailey Co., furniture manufac-
a,lIers, jamestown, n. Y, assigned on the
Q. A. Coutant d Co., Chicago dealers in
fancy goods and noiious, failed on the 27th.
with liabilities of 100000. -,
The firm Of Amos, D. Smith & Co., heavy
cotton manufacturers Of Providence, R. l.,
failed on the 26th, with liabilities estimated
Sl,7OO, 600. Ten Thousand operatives are
The grocery firm .of French Il Mcknight,
Erie, Pa, suspended on the 26th, with debts
to the amount of $4,000.
Lamborn d Gray. bankers, Alliance, Ohio,
failed on the Oath, Tor 100000.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Death on the Rail.

:, By the breaking of bridge near Salem,
md, on the oath, q passenger train on the
Louisville and Nashville road was wrecked,
Five persons were killed and large number
wounded. The cars caught fire and were total
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Marine Explosion.

While defending the house Of Peter Jones
ut Bloomfeld. Ont. from burglars on the night
of the 9th, Peter Lozier was killed.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

Intelligence was received on the 9th from
Oporto, Portugal, Of the arrival at that place
of tifty-three survivors of the lost steamer
Plantyn. They were rescued by the brig G.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Pork, No Pork.

The decision of the French government ad
n'itting the importation Of American pork was
rescinded on the 9th, and after January 2Oth
all American hog products will be shut out Of
France
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Murder and Arson.

The bodies Of Elizabeth Somerfield and her
two children were found in the ashes of their
home, near Beverly, W. Va, on the 27th.
They had been fouliy murdered, and the cabin
set on fire to conceal the crime.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Closed for the Present

Closed for the Present.
Owing to pressure from the temperance ele-
ment, all the saloons Of Lawrence, Kansas,
closed their doors on the 26th. No liquor is
now to be had in the town. II
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
The Schooner Hun..rf,,, -,

- 7-----
n Particulars of the wreck Of the schooner
Hungerford were received on the 22d. She
went ashore on Manltoulin Island, Lake Huron,
on the 9th ult., and the crew remained on the
island nineteen days before they were able to
feach the main land.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
mi infr8s,.l,,yf.ar..ss.jogsg a.

= y -uH u lMinOrl1Ien4i0n.!Asl = = ~
Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Humphreys, U. s. A.,
die1,st Washington on the 2sth.
A lighter loaded with 1000 hogsheads, of
the 9th. -ySs s1J a-1
Theodore Wise, prominent Milwaukee dry
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
A Three-cornered.Dnel

Three men .quarreled over a girl in Clare
County, Mich, on Christmas. Tho next day
they met and settled their difficulty with pis-
tolls. One, named Atwell, was seriously
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

A riot between orangemen and Catholics at
Harbor Grace, N. F., ON the 2Sth, resulted in
the death of five men and the serious if not
fatal injury Of number of others.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
The New Eryptian Com,nan

y The Now Fgyptfhh COmMander.
A dispatch from Cairo of the 18th states that
Baker Pasha has started for the front, having
been appointed to command the Egyptian forces
at SuakiIn
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
After MANY Years

Henry Mossis was convicted on the 26th at
Philadelphia for the robbery Of bank in Feb
ruary, 1871. Morris was on the police force at
the time of the robbery. '4t%
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

Gen. Grant fell on an icy sidewalk near his
residence in New York, on the 9th, injuring
one thigh in such a manner as to paralyze the
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

Nh LEoNARD Huxley, son Of Pro-
fessor Huxley, has contributed song to
Temple Bar. Mr.. Huxley distinguished
himself ct Oxford by his verse.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Murde.r and suicia,

~ Murder and Suicide.
Henry B. Rathbone. of Albany, New, York, in
an insane fit, killed his wife and himself in
Hanover. Germany, on the 9th. They had
been in Europe for several months.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
Ths Ohio 4Liauor Dealsrx.
Shot by burglars.

The Ohio liquor dealers, IN convention at
Columbus on the 28th adopted resolutions call
ing Tor the repeal Of the Scott law.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03
California's bounty for Scalns,

From the Stockton Herald.)
d: Dawley is in the squlrrel-destroy-
ing business. He hires four men. His