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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
PARNELl'S MOTHER.
Her Malicious Persecution by Unknown
Miscreants.

Her Malicious Persecution by Unknown
Miscreants.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 4,-Fcr
six months or more Mrs. Della Parnell,
the aged mother of the Irish leader,
Charles Stewart Parneli, has been sub
iected to a systematic persecution by
some person or persons living in the
neighborhood of Bordentowp, N. J..
Mrs. Parnell resides the most of her
time ut the family homestead known as
Ironsides. It was in that beautiful spot
that Miss Fanny Parnell died
not long since. Since last Octo
ber scarcely week has passed
without some mysterious visitation
to Ironsides. One night large num-
ber of valuable breeding fowls were
found beheaded in their coops. On
another occasion portions OF the fencing
were torn down. Later the vandals
damaged trees and outhouses. During
Miss Fanny's life her pets were two dogs,
handsome st. Bernard and red setter.
The rascals were evidently we'll aware of
this, for they one night gave the ami
mails meat dosed with arsenic, and
the following morning they were
found dead. Last night a mich
COW was found dead in its stall. From
all appearances it had fallen in its tracks
without u struggle. DIR. Ships, of
Bordentown, was informed OF the af-
fair, and, after a superficial inquiry,
gave it as his opinion that the animal
died from the effects OF arsenic. To
make assurance doubly. sure, however,
the entrails were examined and unmis-
taxable evidences of arsenical poisoning
discovered. Mrs. Parnel!, after con-
sulting her lawyer i'll New York, deter
mined to call to her aid the authorities
of Burlington County, and reward will
be issued for the detection of the Grim
inala
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
Swiss Watches.
[From the Boston Aarertiser.
cratic.

The Philadelphia exhibition of 1875
with its wonderful display of what the
American matchmaking companies
could do, gave, naturally, grave anxiety
to the Swiss watch-makers. But a VAL
liable reportfrom Mr.. Byers, our con.
sui in Zurich, shows that they are rapid.
ly regaining the ground which, for
tune, they lost. "rhey improved their
own methods; they introduced machin.
cry where machinery was available, and
are now selling more watches to the
world than ever" Mr.. Byers says that
while the Swiss sold in 1882, thirteen
millions of francs worth of watches in
the United States, no American watches
are sold in Switzerland. He also says
that almost every American tourist
carries home from Switzerland good
Swiss watch. From the examination of
watches at the Melbourne exhibition By.
ers copies table which shows that, on an
examination made at the observatory of
the running rates of watches exhibited
there, one Swiss watch had the highest
possible rate-which in that competition
was 500. Other Swiss watches had 400,
480, 465, 455, and AS on the same scale.
Five English watches had 495, 4S0, 460,
450, and 440. But the Fix Waltham
watches there exhibited gained only 43O,
APO, 3SG, 365, $40 and 325 points. The
Swiss average was 472.5, against 367.7
of the Waltham watches. This only
shows that at that particular exhibition
there were som every good Swiss watches
and no very good Waltham watches.
But Mr.. Byers makes this a text to
urge to the American matchmaker the
necessity of persevering care to insure
the running rate in the best quality Of
watches as well as the cheapness OF
common watches. The lowest point in
the expectation of watches from Swift
zerland to the United States, in the
last twenty years, was reached in 1878,
when the watches exported were valued
only at 8, 500, 94S francs. since then the
expectation has steadily risen, until in
1882 the watches exported were valued
at 13,23S,4S9 francs. Mr.. Byers, in
noticing the great exhibition in Zurich,
speaks of four silver watches which
hung in glass jar of water for several
weeks and yet kept perfect time.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
Dogs and Cats,

Dogs, writes Bill Arp in the Atlanta
Constitution, are so near to us and 60
faithful that we don't attach any super
stition to them. Cats are close about.
too, but cat is sorter half and half.
Nobody cares much for q cat and cat
don't care much for anybody. A cat
will be gentle and kind in the house.
but that same cat will crouch down and
look mean and suspicious when you
meet him in the garden or away from
the house. They are tame OF home
and wild abroad. They are smart, very
smart about some things and folks say
they have nine lives. We had a cat
once that we didn't like and didn't want
to kill, and one night when the BOYS
were going coon hunting away off, they
put the cat IN a bag and carried him
across creek on log and turned him
loose about three miles from home. and
that cat wos back in the house long be-
fore they came home. 1 don't like cats
for Alexander Stephens reason, sthey
don't like me-" But / do love good.
faithful dog and he loves me, no matter
what / do; he is my friend and gives me
a welcome and wags friendly tail. A
stray dog cane to our house three years
ago and we didn't want him and tried to
drive him away, but he begged us te let
him stay, and finally we gave him to a
WAGNER, who tied him to his wagon and
carried him thirty miles, and that dog
came back the second day and looked so
grieved and humble that we let him
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
Sunlight and Human Health.
[Fron the London Observer,

For some considerable time past the
Astronomer Royal and his assistants
have been weekly reporting the signif.
cant fact that the recorded sunshine dur
ing the seven days has been, upon an
average, nil. Prima facie it is only pho
tographers who need be affected by
this intelligence. What can it possibly
matter to the world at large if there is
not sunshine enough about to discolor q
piece OF sensitivized paper? AS matter
of fact, however, the discoloration of
sensitivized paperis but one of the many
processes due to the chemical energy of
the sunlight. And prolonged absence
OF sunlight is very serious matter.
Its effects upon the health are direct
and perceptible. We get no ozone, and
we become dull and listless, as if we had
been sitting mp all night. When thus
out of tone and below par, we are con-
sequently deficient in that vital energy
which would otherwise enable us to
shake off any ordinary ailment. Nor is
this all. Absence of sunlight for any
considerable period is almost invariably
followed by epidemic outbreaks. When
the sun is active, filth OF all kinds putre.
fies as it collects. When there is no
sunshine the filth collects, accumulates
in masses, and ferments. These fer
mented accumulations are source of
positive danger as soon as the sun re-
sumes its activity. Decomposition un-
der bright sun is comparatively harm
less. Slow decomposition in the dark is
especially hostile to health. We need
no chemist to tell us all this; but, at the
same time, tits as well to bear the chem
istry of common life in mind. When
the Astronomer Royal reports o total
absence OF sunshine we on ght to be es.
pecially careful, and, it may be added,
children suffer more from the absence Of
the suns rays than do adults. Adults
have only to keep alive; children have
to keep alive and to grow, which entails
a double amount of chemical work.
Now, if there be no sunshine, we can
best supplement its absence by exercise.
And yet, strange enough, the absence
of sunshine is regarded by most mothers
as sufficient ground for keeping chill.
dren within doors. It is, on the con
trary, the very season why they should
be sent out and kept out rs much as pos
sjble
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
A Lively Racket.
LFrom the Chicago Herald !,

10
"Bet you$ So I make every passenger
in this coach stick his head out of the
window before we get to Peoria, said a
lively drummer to companion the other
day, on a Wabash train. "Oh' you're
Joking" ''No, Imean business, an I'll
lay you the $5 and leave it to Yourself
Is it go? All right" Soon the train
stopped at way station, and the lively
drummer says to his companion:
"Now run around the coach
and see if you don't gee every mans
head popping out of the window, y
Then there came from beneath the car
unearthly sounds-shouting, crying.
wailing, cries of "help" and "take hin,
off" ard murder"
Instantly every passenger opened his
window and peered out. There wasn't
head left in the car. In few seconds
the noise ceased and the festive drum-
mer came out from under the coach
with ten-penny smile on his broad face.
wen, you've won your bet. I gueus,'
said the discounted and breathless one.
who had been running around irving to
find passenger who didn't stick his
head out of the window. Gas near as /
can find out you've won, but why didn't
you let me stay in the car, where could
have seen them better?" "Just because
| was afraid you would be smart enough
to keep your snoot inside" replied the
late howler. "Got caught on that last
week down at Springfield" "WelI,
that's pretty cute game" said by
stander. eyes" replied the dru miner
''its nice racket, and isn't paying me
less than Si5 week right alonp"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
DEALING IN FUTURES.

Quite determined effort is being
made in several states to check or
prohibit the business OF gambling in
grain and stock options. The manifold
evils of "bucket-shop" operations are
everywhere visible, but how to stop
these transactions without at the same
time injuring legitimate trade is a p1lz-
cling question to many minds. The
Iowa senate mas just passed bill for
the suppression of bucket.shops and
gambling i'll futures. The Ohio legis.
lature has similar bill under consider.
alton, and 80 has the New York legis-
lature; while & democratic congress-
man from Ohio, Mr.. LIE Fevre. the
other day sought to introduce the sub.
ject in the national house of represen-
tatives, but the matter was objected to.
The state that first succeeds in putting
down this growing evil effectively and
satisfactorily will deserve medal from
all the othersstates and the lasting graft.
tude of the Nation.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13

changes, and came in under the string
an easy winner amid the enthusiastic
applause of the assembled multitude in
four hours and fifty-fve minutes.
The consuls Of the League of Arieri-
can Wheelmen met nNew York on the
23d. Among those present were N. M.
Beckwith, William V. Gilman, Stephen
Terry, W. O. Scribner, E. a. Pelonze,
Z. I. Pettengill, E. K. Hill, l.. b..
Johnson, Z. s. Rust, f. FL. Benton, O..
q. Sanders. a. G. Coleman, q. G. Doug
las and T. P. Kendall. The report OF
the corresponding secretary placed the
number Of members on the rolls at
3,59S. Since the last,.meeting - divis.
ions have been organized, covering
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Hampshire. Ohio, Penn
sylvania and this state. Upon the invi-
tation of the Washington Cycle Club, of
Washington, it was decided to hold the
annual meeting and parade of the league
in the national capital on Monday and
Tuesday, May 19 and 20. During the
meeting the championship races are to
be contested, for which 5000 was appro-
priated by the league for expenses. DR..
Beckwith will command the league pa
rofJa
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
MONTE CARLO.

The most fashionable gambling re-
sort of Europe is at Monte Carlo, on the
Mediterranean. near Nice, in the prov
ince of Monaco. There adventurous
dudes, fashionable loafers, sprigs of roy
atty and sportiye members of the aristoc.
racy from all sections Of Europe meet
and stake their thousands. OF course,
the stakes being heavy, the losses are
heavy, also, and not infrequently the in
fatuated players lose whole fortunes at
sitting, and many others their all, be it
great or little. Monte Carlo has of late
years become as notorious for its MANY
suicides and murders as for its gambling.
The desperate losers, plunged into pov-
erty. court death in despair. A cable
dispatch announces that since January
l, this year, noless than sixteen suicides
and two murders have occurred there.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
THE MISSOURI RAMPANT.
The Lower Fart of Benton, Montana
Inundated.

The Lower Part of Benton, Montana,
Inundated.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, March A.
Mail advices from Benton, Mont, bring
the first news of the food of last week.
The ice in the Missouri broke up Mon
day, gorging at the mouth of the Shon.
kin, causing the water to rise above the
banks and spread over portion of the
bottom upon which Benton is located.
Nearly all the families on Front and
Main Streets left their homes and fled to
the houses on the hillside without wait
ingt secure single article OF household
goods. The water extended to the side
walks upon the highest ground on Front
Street, and the stores and dwelling
houses on low ground were flooded,
some to the depth of two feet on the
first stories. The loss of property and
merchandise will likely foot up 500, 900,
and may prove much greater. Ali
houses on the reservation addition were
either flooded or surrounded by water,
and many families are occupying other
quarters. Murphy, McClay & CO. lose
$4,000 by damage to goods in their
warehouse. Weizell & Co. lose $500
Lynch's ferryboat was swept away and
destroyed. Loss, So, 600.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
M0rsels of GastrOnOmy.
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(From the New York Mail and Express.]
Somebody has said, and with consid-
cradle truth, that it is the sauce that
baptizes new dish.
There is evidently an effort being
made to get up furore on the subject
of California macaroni
In Washington the Russian minister
serves his guests with the ouka or sterlet
soups of his native land.
The ball and supper of the French
cooks of New York. WAS somewhat dis
appointing in its 'artisic culinary ex-
hibits."
Toasted crackers covered with
Chinese ginger is what the young la
dies eat at fashionable luncheon par
ties
Sir Henry Thompson, who has said
SO much on the subject of food, is ac-
cused by London payer of making
''gastronomic blunders.
Seven varieties Of duck-canvas-b back,
teal, hot head, black, bald pates, ruddy
and mallard-and English snipe make
up now about the only desirable game
in season.
a paste of calf's liver and the white of
eggs make the artificial oysters invented
by NJ. Boulcholet, noted Paris cook,
who says no one can accuse him of a
lack of originality.
Labouchere. writing Of the doubtful
enjoyment afforded by the modern
French banquet, says that nothing is
done to turn and every dish is smoth-
cred in sauce. Evidently Labouchere
is preiudiced.
Some physicians now recommend
sardines to consumptives for the oil they
contain, just as they do celery for ner-
vous people,
The newest rinkle in serving raw
oysters is to surround them with what
ls called sea-moss. made by spinach,
which bides the fine chopped ice in
which the oysters are imbedded. The
idea is traced to the Pinards.
Mgr. Capel, like all our foreign visit
ors, is very enthusiastic on the sub
ject of American oysters and ter
rapip, but he does not think we have as
good roast beef here as in England.
The most eminent men are sometimes
mistaken.
Lettuce and cheese now go together
at fashionable dinner parties at which
Anglomania manifests itself, and it is
said by those who have never been
abroad, or who are ignorant of Philadel-
phia gastronomic customs, to be new
idao
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
ELECrRIc LocoMor1rE.


Edison is getting into shape his cleo
trio locomotive and several other cleo.
tric machines fora coming great inter
national electrical exhibition to be held
in Philadelphia next fall under the au.
spices of the Franklin institute. The
key aud kite string of Benjamin franklin
will be the starting point of an exhibi-
ton which will end with the Edison
electric locomotive. Intervening will be
the telephone, the phonograph, the tel
egraph Key board, and every other
known appliance in the electrical world
all of which started from Frsnklin's
kite, string and door key not so very
many years ago. Franklin and Morse
have passed away, but Edison and Bell
are with us, and will be present at the
exhibition as worthy representatives of
the dead worthless.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
his envy. They come aloue oil .,,,:,-

his envy. They come along all pmi,e.
having slept we'll, and feeling perfect1r
at home. They hang up their smekins
Jackets and display snowy night rnbass s
ornamented with colored binding sS aeS
braid, and capable of being thrown omen @
at the neck and rolled up above the ell al
bows. From pocket in the suspend
ed jacket one produces an ivory. backed
brush and costly comb, tooth. brusb
and perhaps a nickel.p plated soap.bor
Another opens out prettily embroid.
cred receptacle, composed ofmany folds
each one pocket and each one labeled
In those pockets are comb, brush n
toothbrush, shaving brush, soap. box
pair of razor cases, nail.brush, wLjsk.
broom, band-glass and cologne-bottle
Their familiarity with their surround.
ings is as noticeable a part of their
equipment. A glance out of the car
window is almost certsiu to reveal TO
them their whereabouts when they arise
or when they are walked up or about to
go to bed. They carry timetables in
their heads, and give good advice as
to which station has the best cater.
er. They are sociable and demo.
cratic,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
Minor Mention

libel suit for 100000 against the New
York Times ended on the Sth in verdict of six
cents for the plaintiff.
A petition is being circulated in PENNSYLVANIA
Sl0, 100000 for colonization purposes.
Ihe body OF Henry Kausen, an inmate of the
milwaukee, Solders' Home, was found on the
road near the institution ON the morning of
the 9Th inst. His death is attributed to ex-
posure. Z
VIM; D. Brockwoy, aged 65lyears, was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment, for for,
gerry, at New York, on the 9Th.
Frank Maiubuchner, railroad brakeman
was run over and fatally injured at Neenah on
the 5th. 77T7T-
John Trees Jr., was killed and William More
ian Iana M and Michael Cronin fatally injured on the
9TH inst. by the explosion of boiler in dyeng
establishment at Lawrence, Mass.
Two men were overcome by gas at a Reading
furnace On the morning of the 9th. One Of
them Is dead and the other cannot live.
Andrew Moreand was instantly killed by
1ali on sidewalk at Pittsburg on tho morn
ing the 9th.
a rmcrnamed Slsk and his son were killed
by a railroad snow plow at Sibley Ia, on the
9th inst
boiler in n saw mill near Jackson, Mich.
exploded with terrible force on the 5th INST.
killing two men and badly injuring third.
An agent of a Chicago oleomargariue fac
tory was fined $25 in GAINESVILLE on The 9th for
offering his greasy mixture as pure creamery
butter.
Nearly "a, 100000 in specie left New York for
Europe on the Sth inst.
-Four men were killed by a boiler explosion at
Bryants Pond, Me-, on the morning Of the 7th
inst.- -
Two children of Isaac Kennedy, residing
near Phllippi, W. Va, fell into kettle of
boiling soap on the 5th, and were scalded to
Capt. Henry A. Jones, prominent river
steamboat man, died at Cincinnati on the
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
Blazing Abroad.
[rrom the ElectrIcul Rexlew

W,l
Electric lighting in Europe is ad-
vanciDg more rapidly than the American
public seem to realize. Gas is usually
far poorer in quality than here. and
modern improvements in making it are
slowly adopted. The Bon Marche. at
Paris, where 1,50O clerks are employed,
tried 400 electric lamps, and has now in
creased the order to 1000. The st. La
zare railway station tried few lamps
in the vestibule, and will now extend
the system to the whole vast establish
ment, covering some twelve to fifteen
acres. The grand opera house at Paris,
with it's 1,100 permanent employees, has
a gas bill Of 100000 year, and it has
been experimenting for the last two
years with almost every known system
OF electric lighting, American or other
wise. In Milan the Manzoni thearer is
lighted by electricity, and the vast The
ater La Scala now has complete equip
ment of engines. boilers, and dynamo
machines from New York, adequate to
10000 lamps in position under the
shadow OF the great cathedral, without
so much as wire or puff of steam in
sight from the cathedral itself.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-13
Deeds of Blood.

William Riley, aged 16, and Mary Riley, aged
IL, were indicted at Worthngton, Mimi, on the
9th inst, for the murder of their own father.
A dynamite cartridge exploded at Lyons,
France, on the 9th inst, killing customs
On the night of the 9th inst, Maggie Harvey,
left alone with small child in house in New
York, was brutally assaulted, and the house
robbed or everything of value, by a colcred man
named Williams. Tho thief was found under
the bed of one of the domestics where he had
gone by means of the fire-eseape,
a whisky wreck named Mcmillan murdered
boy named Thonpson, at Huron, o., on the
self.
John McGinnis was executed at Philadelphia
on the morning of the 4th for numbering his
mother-in-law.
VIM. Myers was shot dead by bis brother-in-
law. at Bouilla, Dakota, on the 4th.
Leonard Weindel, st. Louis manufacturer.
while In state OF intoxcation, on the Sd inst.
qDarreled with his wife and shot her.
in quarrel at Richmond, Va, on the Sd.
Moses N. Ellick, dry goods merchant. was
fatally shot by his son. Domestic trouble Was
the cause. -