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The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
A YOUNG GIRLS PERIL.
Fascinated by Snake, Which
Winds Itself About Her Ankle,

Huntington (Pa } News.
Miss Elizabeth Carson, aged 20
years, OF Roxbury, was directed to
repair to a blackberry patch, a
short distance from the house,
and gather berries for supper.
When the young girl had filled
her basket she experienced Pc
culiar sensation in her left ankle.
which appeared as wound tightly
with a rope. Miss Carson, to her
unspeakable horror, discovered
that a huge black snake had coiled
itself around her ankle, and was
drawing itself up tighter SO as to
positively stop the circulation of
the blood in the limb and cause
the most excruciating pain. She
had no sooner set eyes upon the
reptile till it charmed her, and she
was rendered powerless to free
herself. How long she remained
in this condition Miss Carson is
unable to say, but thinks it must
have been over ten minutes.
The snake wound itself so tight
ly around her ankle that the mus
cies of her leg were drawn out of
their natural position, and, the
circulation of the blood having
been checked, the contortions of
the muscles had the effect OF draw
ing the eyes of the snakes from
that ofits victim, thus breaking
the charm. Volition having re-
turned Miss Carson pulled her
sunbonnet from her head, and,
winding it around her right hand,
caught the snake by the head, un-
coiled it from her ankle and threw
it with such force against a stone
fence near by as to kill it instant
ly. 1t was afterward found to
measure five feet three inches in
length. Miss Carson reached
home in an exhausted condition.
Medical assistance was promptly
summoned and everything done
to relieve her suferings, but it is
feared that the gangrene will en-
sue on account of the withered |
Of the limb, which is
rapidly falling away. The mus
cles of the ankle have been re-
duced to mere threads, and the
circulation of the blood has entire
ly stopped.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
He Sold His Melons.
Nashville Banner.

Nashville Banner
A Davidson county farmer
planted four acres in watermelons.
By the time his melons were ripe
the market had dropped to ruin
GUS figures. Adjoining his mel
on patch is a beautiful grove. He
gave picnic and allowed no wa
ter to be brought on the premises.
A large crowd gathered under the
shade of the trees. The day was
hot and the people thirsted, but
no water was in sight. In the
midst Of this agonizing state of af-
fairs the farmer rushed his mel
ons on the grounds and they went
OFT like hot cakes at high prices.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25

The New York Truth has given
Mr.. Dana a chance to figure on a
Presidential ticket. This is the
Truths ticket:
President-Mrs. Belva Lockwood.
Vice-President Charles A. Dana.
Platform-Isn't it just too lovely?
Mr.. Dana need not be ashamed
to apper on a ticket with Mrs.
Belva Lockwood. She is bright,
spirited woman. The New York
Times slandered her by alleging
that her back hair was not her
own and by asserting that
she bribed a Justice of the
Peace with caramels before
whom she had case, but the
Times was compelled to admit
that i had no foundation other
than hearsay for its charges. Mrs
Lockwood is able to take care ol
herself and ride tricycle. at the
same time
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Question for the Ladies to Answer.

Question for the Ladies to Answer
Macon Telegraph.
We we're asked the other day by
o,o Of our most prominent mer-
chants why it was that when a wo-
man washed her face she first took
m the water in the palms of her
hands, and then threw it back in
the basin, after which she rubbed
her face with a downward stroke
with the wet hands, while a man
carried the water to his face with
his hands, and sloshed it around
generally. We told him that he
was u too hard for us and that if
such was the fact even, we were
NOT aware Of it, He said it was a
faet. and observation since has
.sbown us that he was correct in
his statement. If any Of our
readers can give the philosophy of
it we should like to hear from
them.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
THE MURDER BELL.
HOW A POLICEMAN IS HAUNTED BY
THE ACCIDENTAL KILLING OF
HIS CHILD.

Chicago Herald.
did you ever shoot any one?''
The speaker was a visitor at the
armory, and the person addressed
was a patrolman who looked up
hurriedly and walked away with
out an answer.
"You see," said another officer
IN explanation, she had an expe-
rience once that he does not like
to think or talk about. He used to
walk in the Twelfth Street Dis
trict when it was called the ter
ror district, and when they had
the murder bell there. Whenever
there was shooting or killing in
that precinct the bell was rung, So
as to notify all patrolmen that a
crime had been committed and
make them more vigilant, if posi-
bic, in their search for desperate
characters. One dark, rainy night
this officer obtained permission
from the roundsman to step over
to his home, a few blocks away,
to get his rubber coat, and while
he was in the house he looked into
the room where his children were
sleeping. Wishing to have one
revolver outside Of his coat he
took of his belt and laid the
weapon on a bureau. Just as he
was about to strap it on he noticed
that the hammer was down, and
some way, trying to put it-at half
cock, the thing was discharged. A
little girl jumped up from the bed
with a red blotch upon her fore-
head and crying, oh, papap fell
fiat on her face. At that instant
the murder bell rang, its tones
coming into the little house deep,
sonorous and horrlfying. This
officer thought it was for him, but
it was not, of course. There had
been a shooting somewhere else,
and the bell was ringing for a
tough and not for heart-broken
policeman.
"Well, that thing pretty near
drove him crazy. The little girl
never spoke again, and she died
inside of week. The Coroner
exonerated the father, but the
father never exonerated himself.
A few weeks after this he begged
to be transferred from the terror
district, away from the echo OF the
murder bell, and that's why he's
up here. He has told me that he
wouldn't live or walk beat with
in sound of that bell if he knew
he would be made general super
intendent at the end Of the
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
A Blessing To All Mankind.

In these times when our newspa-
pcrs are flooded with patent medi-
cine advertisements, it is gratifying
to know what to procure that will
certainly cure you. If you are Bill
lious, blood ont Of order, LIVER mac
tive, or generally debilitated, there is
nothing in the world that will cure
you so quickly as Electric Bitters.
They are blessing to all mankind,
and can be bad for only so cents a
bottle of Crouch Bros. T2w
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Rivaling the Yankees.

The Kanucks are not far behind
their Yankee neighbors in inge-
nulty. One of them has invented
a new method Of fishing. He takes
flock of about thirty geese to the
water, and to the legs Of each one
ne ties a fishing line with baited
hooks attached. Then lie says
"Shoo," and the geese swim out.
AS soon as a goose gets q bite she
becomes frightened and rushes
back to the shore, and the man
gleefully takes the fish off the hook
and sends her back.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
The Georgia Dog.

Athens Banner.
Mrs Davis, living near Craw-
lord, has an old dog that takes care
OF all the chickens Matched on the
Place. When the hen matches, the
little chickens are taken away from
'nelr mother and given to the dog,
VINO Immediately commences to
take care Of them the same as a
mother He now has several
0roods in his charge that he
Watches over with parental care.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Relics in Webster.

The Sumter Republican has
learned that "Mr. W. H. Mercer,
of Webster county, has a pillow
which he uses every year in MAX
ing his crops that has been in use
in his family over one hundred
and fifty years. 1t was made in
England by his great grand father,
and brought by him to this coun-
try. Has been used by four gen
erations, and will last century or
SO longer. Some one tried to get
it to carry to the exposition, but
Mr.. NJ. values it too highly. Mrs.
Mercer also has a hickory chair
that was made in England Dis
trict, s. c., over one hundred
years ago. 1t has the same splits
for bottom that were put in when
made, and is as solid and good as
when first put together"
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Wealth no Barrier to Sorrow.

He was a busy man aud she was
a society woman. One evening he
suddenly looked up from his paper
and said:
by the way, didn't we have a
baby in this house about the time
Midland Broad Guage went up to
98?"
"Yes," she said, Oscar was born
the night of che Everingham re-
ception."
"Boy, was it?" he said, with a
show of interest; Il had forgotten;
must be about seven months OH
by this time. Where is hep"
She touched a bell, a servant ap-
poared, and she ordered Oscar to
be brought into the presence of
his sire. Iustead of whom the
weeping nurse appeared alone,
and with many tears confessed
that the infant Oscar had been
kidnapped in the park six weeks
before, and that the most careful
search, aided by advertisements in
the daily papers, had thus far
failed to reveal his whereabouts.
Thus we see that wealth is no bar
rier to sorrow, and even into the
homes Of the rich and the great,
trouble creeps with It's stealthy
tread, and sometimes breaks up a
whole evening Of enjoyment.
The commitment trial of An
drew jackson and Aaron Terrell,
who were arrested last .week on
the charge of felony in the mat
ter Of the attempted train wreck
ing on the night Of the 9th ult.,
and which was postponed from
last Monday, came off yesterday
before Judge Hester and resulted
in the prisoners being discharged
for want of sufficient evidence"
Albany News and Advertiser.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Though Absent to Sight. to Memory
Enthusiastically Dear.

Unmlstakably Dear.
Wrightsvillc Recorder.
The recent elopement of Will
Rowland and Miss Thomas,
daughter of Mr. Manning Thomas,
has created considerable sensation
in our county. The groom is on
ly l6 years Of age, while the bride
is a little miss of IA, They had
Ee9n married one week before the
father could ascertain their where
abouts; he then Immediately went
and carried his daughter back to
his home, regardless Of the feel
lngs or remonstranses Of the
youthful husband. With an ach-
ing heart and tear bedimmed ewes
VIII now tells the sad tale of the
cruel separation Of "two hearts
that beat as ono,' and most earn
estly importunes his friends for
counsel and assistance to regain
his lost treasure. AS time is a
balm for all wounds, it is hoped
that the old man may yet relent,
and restore to VIII his little bride
whom he appears to love more
dearly than life itself.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
WALTER CLARK.

A neighboring paper, reporting
a recent social, says: "The open
ing piece was rendered by mule
quartette." "The reporter wrote it
a "male quartette," but the com
positor knew better.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Yhe Best in tIle World.

Mr.. Lewis w. Lee, a well known
citizen Of Terrell county, Ca, who
has suffered for a long time with
tetter, teatifes as follows OF the
merit Of Swift's Specific:
suffered with tetter for eleven
years. 1t was on my face and body
and gave me untold trouble and
pain. | tried the virtue of many
remedies and was treated by some
of the best physicians in the coun-
ty, bat found no relief. | had al
most despaired Of my life. I was
induced to try S. S. S. as a last
resort After taking six bottles,
this terrible disease was removed
and my skin smoothed and / feel
rs well as and look like anewman.
Swift's Specific is undoubtedly the
best blood purifier in the world,
and / can most chearfully COM
mend it to suffering humanity
everywhere. i. W. LEE.
Dawson, Aug. 30, 1884.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25

One Of the most remarkable tel
egraphic feats on record, it is said,
was the recent delivery of mes
sage from Melbourne, Australia,
to London in twenty-three min
utes. 1t went by land and sea,
over 13,308 miles Of wire.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
SITTING BULL IN TOWN.
THE BIG CHIEF ENJOYING THE GOOD
THINGS OF A GOTHAM HOTEL.

Sitting Bull, the famous Siou,
chief, accompanied by his wife
and several of his followers, says
the New York Herald of Sept. u
arrived in this city from the Stand
ing Rock Agency yesterday. They
were in charge of Col Alvaren
Allen, who has permit from Sec
retary Teller to take the party
through the country for educa-
tional purposes. The wife of In
dian Agent Mclaughlin aceompa-
MED the female members of the
company.
When the Indians got out of
the train they ranged themselves
around their old chief, and their
brightly eolored raiment made the
group look like a big bunch of
flowers. Sitting Bull looked
much stouter than when he sur
rendered at Fort Buford. He
wore shirt Of marvellous unclean-
illness and q wide brimmed felt
hat Long Dog, an old Uncapapa
chief, was attired in a green shirt
and a pair of trousers one leg of
which was red and the other blue.
He chewed tobacco and tried to
buy the club which the policeman
at the ferry carried. Grow Eagle
famed himself with the wing of q
hen and gloated over a piece of
watermelon, and Spotted Horn
Bull nervously watched the en-
gineer of the train blowing off
steam.
Besides Mrs. Mclaughlin were
Mrs. Bull, Mrs. Spotted Horn
Bull and the Princess Red Spear.
Mrs. Bull was dressed in green
and her hair was tied with red
leather. She carried a sharp knife
in her left hand. Mrs. Spotted
Horn is Sitting Bulls sister. She
wore a yellow dress and carried
red fan. The Princess is a beau
tiful girl of sixteen years, with
coal black hair, snow-white teeth
and rayishing smile. She does
not chew tobacco.
When the train was approaching
Chicago from st. Paul it collided
with another train. Gray Eagle
stuck his head through the glass
window of the sleeping car to see
what was the matter.
The party went to the Grand
Central Hotel on their arrival in
this city, Sitting Bull and his
friends were Immediately given a
bath. Then they were told that it
was dinner time and squatted
about the velvet carpet in the cor
ridor. As the party started for
the dining room Col. Allen came
up and shouted to Louis Primeau,
the interpreter:
Tell the gentlemen to wait a
moment; the ladies are having a
bath"
Sitting Bull told the reporter
that he did not like the railways,
but he would like to have a hotel
on his reservation. He declined
to discuss the merits Of Blaine or
Butler, on the ground that he
could not talk intelligently till he
had several beefsteaks. Soon Mrs.
Mrs. Bull and the
others appeared, and the company
to a private dining
room. Long Dog spread his nap
kin on his chair and sat on it. AZ
.er eating a plate Of ice cream Sit
ting Bull said:
"Bouka boofa tookash lata nee
nee Joorobolala."
Which means:
"That is daisy Of a dish: gim-
me another plate. Allow the
Lrishman to serve me"
The New York Truth has given
Mr.. Dana a chance to figure on q
Presidential ticket. This is the
Truths ticket:
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Castle Garden as Matrimonial Bu-
feau.


Philadelphia Record
Castle Garden is attracting con-
siderable attention as q matrimo-
NAL bureau. 1t is sad commen-
tary on the physique of American
women that the majority of the
numerous applicants expressly
state health and robustness as nee
e8Sary requisites, and many of
them add that there is no single
woman in their locality who fills
the bill. On the other hand,
Farmer Shugrue, who has been in
dusHiously looking over Castle
Garden stock, and even offered to
marry female burglar who is now
serving her time, is still without q
WIFE 1t may be that these wife
hunters all have ally eccentric
tastes.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
A six-year-old girl, with tni

A six-year-old girl, with thick
whiskers on her cheeks, has ar
rived in New York. She may be
a curiosity in New York, but six
teen-year-old girls with thick whis-
kers on their cheeks are common
enough,
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
Mr.. Dennis O'Keefe, Raymond,

@'II' II VIIIII7 = IAVVLV, LVU IiIVIIV''
Iowa, says his wife suffered from
rheumatism for over four years,
and having bought her a bottle Of
st. Jacobs Oil, the magical pain
reliever, which she used, she was
completely cured
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
DR.. w. M. Pitts:

Dear Sir: Pitts Carminative
sells well. [ use it in my own
family and it gives satisfaction.
We expect to keep it as a family
medicine, and recommend it to
others for their sick teething chill
dren.
WAITER CLARK.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25

W. NJ. Cheshire, at w. II.
Brotherton's store, Atlanta, writes:
81 have had a large eating ulcer
on my leg cured by the use Of
b. B. b. 1t is decidedly most
wonderful medicine for the cure
of blood diseases, and it will
please everybody"
Mr. r. 2. Dodge, Yard Master
of Ga, r. r., Atlanta, writes:-
''For seven years my wife has
been a great suHec cer from Catarrh
which resisted tha treatment Of
physicians and the use Of all pa
tent remedies, until she used
B. j. B. A few bottles Of this
truly wonderful blood medicine
effected q cure, and ] cheerfully
recommend it as quick and
magical blood purifier" Sold by
all druggist, at SLIGO, or six for
$500. Expressed on receipt Of
price. BLOOD BALM Co,
Atlanta, Ga.
Sept. 4th, 1mo.
The Dawson journal., 1884-09-25
He Loves TO be Married.

N'i wa, gun.
A gentleman in this county,
probably not more than thirty-five
years OF age, has lived with three
WI wives inside of eighteen months.
lhe trst one died about eighteen
months ago. In month or so he
married n again. The second wife
iiVed only a few months, and a few
nays ago ne married the third wife.
Inc hrst wife left several children.
Ihe entire banking capital Of
Atlanta, counting the cash sur
p7oS p5Gs, is Is put down at less than
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22
CHE lino,, !Glribn',t.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MYSTERY.
Remarkable Exhibitions Uf Its Terrible
FOrce.--An Explanation.
Cor. indianapolis Nt.~.

1t is Il common practice all through the
oil regions to "torpcto" o;! wells when the
production, begins to fall off, and like all
other operators resortra 10 the same
method for III, own well. There j. with
the great majority Of mcu employed in
y ,rk ing about OF wells reasonable fear
O. accident from premature explosions
from nitro 9i,ceriac. never could in
tlucc nicn in ny cn,po, TO a>>i>. .i,c agent
that came 10 do the work. and | always
bad 20 assist him m,>"It. The tea: that is
first felt soon wears off after .cw trials.
II is perfect, >at,. to handle il ii kept al
that Temperature il becomes dangerous: the
higher the Temperature the more sensitive
to conclusion, aud it c>pl"ac> at 900 de
sres> : but the point / wish To- make is the
solution ,l the following:
That any satisfactory explanation can
not be given of the singular feature OF the
almost complete .nnlila,ion of matter"
Some savan;> have attempted to explain
the mystery OF this characteristic OF nitro
glyccrirc by the theory o! instant rvapor-
alton OF matter. -fha; Nigh: be true rs to
flesh. but could the great masses OF bones
in the human body be vaporized in an in
slant, in the ,w;nklins Of an eye: Could
iron be vaporizcd in an instant: Others
offer the theor; Of ;atonization q. matter.
This theory was diSprose'1 by most mel
ancholy occurrence in Alleghany county,
Ne" York 'wo o: three wears ago. Chl>.
Berridge :. weli-k,aown oil man, was blown
nf by nitro. 3lycer.tae The ground around
was covered with spotles>. ncw-tallen
SNOW on either side WAS !, high and ).
rupt hill only few rods apart. B.rrilsc
vas very large man, OF, perhaps $50
pounds weight. The remains were search
"a for carefully and long: ,or he was Il
good man and popular. The coffin in
which they were borne to the grave, con-
tents and all, weighed but fifteen pounds.
The spotlcSs SNOW remained ;,s ~potltSs as
before
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

In Naples considerable success has fol-
lowed the removal of portions of diseased
lungs in animals. More than fifty per-
cent. of the cases recovered and it is thought
the time will come when ii will be Il recos-
nized part Of surgery.
One hundred and fifty Years ago only
seven species of palms were known, two OF
which were grown only in conservatories.
In the llerrenhausen conservatorics of
Hanover, in 1855. nearly three hundred
species were under cultivation.
The Dutch have sent pioneer cXpedi.
tons into the far North to study the move
mcnts Of the ice and other particulars,
which ought to be known before building
ships for Arctic explorations. We build
the ships first and they seldom return.
The oldest tree in the world is said to DC
the cyprus Of Santa Maria del Tule, in OAK
AGA. Mexico. In 1887, when seen by Hum
boldt, it was !, feet in diameter, I+6 feet
i'll circumference, and IS: feet between the
ends OF two opposite branches.
Science suggests that when the Greeks
gave to Minerva u higher brow than to
Venus, and to Apollo a greater facial angle
than to Bacchus, they unconsciously recog
nized the location OF mental faculties in
the brain. Perhaps the Inconsistencies
is imaginary.
Some years ago an :ugur was invented
by Mr.. Ransom Cook, since dead, which
would bore at an angle with the grain,
without starting with a yonsc. He OBJ
tanned his plan by an examination with a
microscope of the lips OF the worm known
as the wood oorer.
DR.. Hahn asserts that in Il lnetcoritc tina
fell in Hungary in 1906 he detected ths
presence OF fossil organisms. Mr.. Mich
els, editor of Science, verifies, by eNa,nin
alton. the correctness OF DR.. ilahns oh
Acrvations, hut desired further to considc
his deductions.
Baron koib has been investigating III
comparative vitality of children. OF 10
children nursed by their mothers, $50
died the first year. OF those cared for b
wet nurses, g 50 died the first year: {
those artiicially fed TO- and Of those i
public institutions, So.
The London Lancst uttcrs Il strong pr.
test against the use OF opiates like chlora
and the bromide OF potassium, The tn
DRY, it says, is as clumsy as knocking
man down because he needs rest. The
are poisoned sleep-producers, and their U;
has made many miserable wrecks.
The great bladderwort, supposed to ,
a good fish food. ard so introduced in
many fish.ponds, is found to be very de
truc,ive OF the fish. It's leaves bear s,na
b!adders, which entrap the tish-fry, al
Professor Baird warns piscicvlturists
destroy the plant wherever found.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22
- TURBINE WATER WHEEL
AT 4 BARGAIN! 81

On. ls.inch Turbine Water Wheel hrst-ciass in
evsry way only been few months and AS goo!
as when it lett the Shop. The wheel is :. sol .
tranxe casting with steel shaft, lsnum vita step
and boxing both Of which have screw adjustment.
Parties w:shin- good wheel should sec this one
before purchasing. Cal: on address.
II. BRCNDAGE. TRIBUNE OFFICE,
Dillon Montana.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22

Deposits .vrr cd subject to ricc, lrllnd. NJ
coll, rtion> WILL receive personal and prompt a'lr''
ton.
y full line Of Fire Insurance Companies. Poll
cics issued on ID classes of property.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22

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The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22

INTEREST ALLOWED On TIME III
rf,ttCs,
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22

Accounts OF N,r,'a,,t~ and individuals SOLICITED,
The Dillon tribune., 1884-11-22
TIanssct a General Banking Business

ES,l,an:.e .t"l.. on all the ..incipnl cities
ot the World.