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Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
A BELATED TRAIN.
A Remarkable but True Story of the
Rail,
Des Moines Leader.

Des Moines Leader.
The Rock Island train on the Keokuk
division did not arrive in this city yester-
day until LAO. The delay was occa.
stoned by the engine throwing a side rod
east of Eldon. The train wal moving at
the usual rate of speed at the time of the
accident, but fortunately the rod was on
the downward sweep, and struck the
ground instead of coming up through the
cab and interviewing the engineer. The
rods were disconnected and the train
pulled to Eddyville with the engine
working on ''one side" AT Eddyville
the east bound train was met, and an ex-
change of engines made, the crippled
one being attached to the Keo-
kuk train and sent back
to the shops for repairs. Some
lively running was done between Prairie
Altoona, the gait was of that character
that gave the telegraph poles the apear-
ance of the teeth in a fine comb. A key
of nails and a tub of butter sitting on the
Platform were lifted from their moorings
by the suction of the train and followed
in its wake until near the next station,
where the keg struck the ground with
great violence and the nails were driven
Unto the boards of the adjoining fence
with a force that clinched them on the
ether side, while the butter was gradually
pulled under the rear coach, until it
rested on the truck frame and melted
away on q hot box. When near
ing Paramount, the engineer being
on a long stretch of straight track, saw a
cow crossing within the corporate limits,
four miles away. He gave the stock
whistle, called for brakes, ''put her In
the back notion" and attempted to
avoid injuring the COW, but only sue
ceeded partially, as the steam chest
nipped her tail off close to the vertebra,
and she was In a hurry, too. A lady on
the platform at Altoona made some
pleasant remark to Conductor Tom Riley,
and before that paste board puncher
could replace his cap after bowling he
found himself smiling at a colored lady
in east Des Moines. The shadow Of the
train fell to the rear four miles out and
did not arrive until five minutes after the
coaches stopped In Des Moines. 1t takes
Keokuk engineers to get to the front.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
Ill.

All, but over yonder, more than fifty
miles away, that Sunday morning., a
alender little woman had climbed into an
old rickety, open buggy. l have old
you that | never saw her fsce, but L
make no doubt that at that moment her
face beneath the faded sunbonnet was
beautiful, a lovely light, as of first youth
and first love, played over the lonely
pallor Of her cheeks; her sunken eyes
sho Wn and q bonny smile parted her lips
as she leaned forward and gathered up
| the reins and started the bony, slow
Journey. For ''the boys" bond had
been signed. Tomorrow they would be
set free-for q time at least-and a re-
spite meant everything. No need now
to look beyond the overwhelming glad
ness of the one thought that tomorrow
they -he-would be free, and abe would
be there to receive them once more into
life and air and lifel
Fifty miles, why, that is nothing!
Across long and lonely reaches of
CROUCH" where the old horse ploughs his
way painfully through heavy sand, stumb-
ling every now and then upon the shin
oak roots that twisted their loose, ugly
knots over the road; through bits of
brown, dreary prairie, where the uncer-
| tain wheels creak over great clods of black
| EARTH Jumped by the cold into sharp
masses as hard as a rock; down into ra-
| vines deep-washed out, where the shad-
ows lie heavily and where wild things,
with eyes that shine, creep stealthly from
c~revice to crevice; over soggy bottom
i III. ..na, I'LL .r,n,1ra - a,,nn 1nn1Al
freighters, where the rows cav in the big
cottonwoods and discuss angrily the pale
passer-by.
Fifty miles, why, that is nothing!
1t is cold and the wind stings her face
like SO many needles; her bare hands are
blue and stiff and her feet are numb. But
do you think she feels on her forehead
the frozen air which presently melts into
a binding rain, as she sits far forward on
the seat and urges the old horse along.
A mule rabbit, with long, pointed ears
and glittering coat of fur, gathers himself
up at the side of the road prepared to
speed away, but aware of her unseeing
eye, settles himself comfortably In his
bed of dry grass and stares out at her; a
couple Of deer, tswny and sleek, lying in
the shelter of the hollow, lift their heads
and drop them again as she goes by. The
few horsemen abe meets pass her by with.
out the customary salutation, awed into
silence by the remoteness of her gaze; yet
turn to look after ward, remembering the
joyous smile upon her lips.
And night falls and those awful phan-
toms are somewhere yelling their faces
The next day is we'll worn when she
crosses the low fiat and ascends the hill
at the foot of which nestles the town. 1t
is still cold, but the clouds have broken
and a sudden flood of light battles the
] VALLEY, and turing the windows to coppery
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

of the money-lender, and which has just
come to light, is an excellent example of
the methods OF some Of these so.called
brokers. The widow of q naval officer
who had lost his life during the war has
been supporting q large family for several
years on a salary of 5000 ayear as q clerk
In the treasury department. In 1881 one
of her young sons died, She was with
out means to give him q decent burial,
and applied to a broker for q loan of $50
The money.lender demanded interest
at the rate Of IL per cent a month,
and in her extremity the widow
agreed to the terms. She paid the Sc. 60
regularly each month, and tried bard to
save up enough to pay the principal, but
another son, who was a page IN the sen.
ate, was taken sick. lie was Ill for q
long time, and finally died. His sick.
ness and burial exhausted his mothers
salary, and the loan remained unpaid. A
few months ago the widow made a calcu-
lation which showed that she had paid
the broker $3.50 In interest and still owed
the $50 principal. She told the money.
lender that she would pay nc more in
%terest, but would repay the loan as soon
as she could save it out of her salary.
After annoying the womsn almost daily
in an effort to force her to continue psy-
Ing the IL per cent. interest, the broker
recently went to the secretary of the
treasury and urged him to compel the
widow to pay the debt at once, under
penalty of dismissal from her position.
Secretary McOulloch, after investigating
the matter, has written to the money.
lender that the treasury department will
not lend itself to assist in recovering such
n claim.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
STOP THAT COUGH

BY using DR.. Frazier's Throat and Lung Bal,
sam-the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness and Sore Throat, and all diseases
of the throat and lungs, Do not neglect 0
cough. 1t may prove fatal. Scores and
hundreds of grateful people owe their lives to
DR.. Frazier't Throat and Lung Balsam, and
no family will ever be without it after once
using it, and discovering its marvellous power,
1t is put up in large family bottles and sold
for the small price of 70 cents per bottle. Sold
Kuhp & Co. and O. +. Goodman.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
The Human Bellows.

The lungs furnish the air. They keep
blowing, blowing, blowing, all day and
night. Lungs must be sound If health
Is expected, When lung fever comes,
there Is danger. The Rev. A. W. Whit
ney, dillingham;, Wis, had lung fever
and was laid aside from his pulpit and
pastoral duties. He writes that after a
long sickness he used Browns Iron Bit
tiers and gained strength and health.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
SPEECH
Strange Case of Lady Who Refused
to Converse with Any One.
Globe Democrat.

Globe Democrat.
BEARTowN, Lancaster county Pa, JAN
uary 28.--An account has already been
published of the sudden death of Mrs.
Geo. w. Sensenich, of this place. An
inquest was held over the remains by
Deputy Coroner A. G. Seyfort, of Caern-
arvon, it having been deemed necessary,
since no one was present to witness the
death but Mrs. Sensenich's daughter,
who for twenty-five years has refused to
talk to or with any one but her mother
and two sisters, snd upon this rests one
of the strangest and most remarkable
wonders of the age. George W. Senaen-
lch was the proprietor of what Is
known as Sensenich's tannery, on the old
bennington turnpick, between the town
ship line of East Earl and Caernarvon.
When quite young he was married to
Miss Worst of Salisbury. She died eev-
eral years afterward, leaving as the only
offspring an infant boy, who is now f.
". Sensenich, a well known veterinary
surgeon of the eastern end. Several
years succeeding the death of his first
wife, he married Miss Elizabeth Krutz,
from which union there were three chill
dren, all daughters. Lydia, the eldest,
is married to James Emery, of Salisbury;
Harriet is the wife of Levan Wenger, of
Bareville; Emma, the youngest, and the
subjecot f this sketch, has lived with her
mother.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

A Russian peasant, o member of a
Bible reading sect, has been sentenced
to imprisonment for three years and nine
months by the Odessa criminal court for
having preached against the image wor
ship Of the Russian church.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

In some villages in Colorado, Kansas
and New Mexico, where sand Is sprink-
led over paper to dry the Ink, 1t is said
the natives would not know what blot
ting paper was were 1t not for the insur-
ance agents.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

Mr.. w. Ell. Mathieson, Dee street,
Invercargill, New Iceland, writes, "My
apprentice took very ill with neuralgia
and became delirious. Several remedies
were tried without effect, then he tried
st. Jacobs Oil, and after one application
got immediate relief"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

Eight men, all of whose names ended
with the game letter, recently men in a
restaurant In jacksonville, Fla without
previous arrangement. Their nsmes
we're Wilt, Fitz, Ketz, Fritz, Dritz,
Britt, Pcetz, and Schmidt.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

While during the entire month of No.
vember, 1890, but 113 persons from the
outside entered through the twalve gates
of the Prussian capital, the number of
strangers now arriving per month reaches
an average of upward of 10000.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
A Washington Money-I.ender.

That Washington is infested with a
class of money blenders who grow rich by
extorting outrageous rates of interest
from all they can get into their clutches,
writes a correspondent of the New York
Times, Ia known TO a good many govern
ment clerks and others who have been
their victims. A casa In which Secretary
McColloch's assistance was asked In aid
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

into a rIckety open buggy, drawn By the
meager graw horse that had been staked
near her camp. l saw her settle the
child in her lap. grasp the reins and drive
slowly up the long hill that leads out o!
town At the top of It she paused and
stood up in the buggy, looking back. Her
slender form was sharply defined against
the early morning sky for a moment
can see it yet! Then she sank back in her
seat, and presently she passed out OF
sight.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
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100 0C0 Tickets at S5 each. Fractions, In
Flfths in oportlon.
IIsT OF PRIZES.

1867 Prizes Amounting so.........--.-..s2e6. 600
Application for rates 10 clubs should DO raads oay
0 the ofdoe Of Inc Company Ia New Orleans.
FOR further information write clearly giving full
address, POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orders, OF
Nav York Exchange In ordinary lett6I. Currency
by Express (all sums OF Is and upwards ct Gus or.
pensel addressed
n A. DAUPHIE,
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hals p. o. Money Orders payable and address
Registered Letters 10
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
Hes Orleans "a.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

Crocodile farming is rapidly becoming
a leading industry In certain localities.
The largest animals are killed and
skinned, their flesh being used to feed
their descendants. One dealer last year
supplied a st. Louis tanner with 1900
skins.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

II Il Premature decline of power in
either sex, however induced, speedily and
permanently cured. Consultation Free.
Book for three letter stamps. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
Y Y
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
SPEECH RESTORED BY A SHOCK.

She is about 80 years old, and during
this time never spoke to anyone but her
mother and two sisters until her mother
fell over dead in her presence, a few days
ago. She afterwsrd related the circum-
stances to several ladies and has since
spoken to many others. When a child
abe went to school, but refused to recite
any lessons and seemed as mute as Ii she
was unable to speak. Nevertheless she
acquired a very fair education. She at
tended church regularly and was a con.
~sistent member at Bridgeville. She went
into society, and seemingly enjoyed it
very much, but when spoken to the only
answer the speaker would receive was a
smile. She had a special adherence for
men. Many a n thought that she
must talk, and made vain efforts to
get a reply. 1t is said that when quite
small her father tempted her with gold
pieces If she would speak n word to
him, but 1t was useless. -Four years ago
her father died, after a lingering illness.
During that illness she constantly at
tended him with the tenderest care, but
not one word would she speak to him to
console him, and In her presence he
died one morning. AS one of the heirs,
she received considerable money. Some
of this she invested In buying the rest.
dence of A. G. Seyfort, which Is now the
parsonage of the Bridgeville church.
During this legal transaction her mother
acted as the second person, but not in
the presence of any one. The awful
shock of her mothers sudden death was
a great blow to her, and it was feared
that she would lose her reason, but the
effects are passed and she now speahs to
any ne. The case is most peculiar, and
Is the talk of the eastern end of the
county.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

There are In existence more han forty
Egyptian obelisks, the smallest of which
Is the Lepsius, in the Royal Museum at
Berlin, two feet one and a half inches In
height and weighing 200 pounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

Berlin contributes to It's local unlver'
sity 81 of the 5000 students who are
registered for the winter term.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

The Japanese have a new dictionary of
the Chinese language, comprising no less
than forty volumes.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31
Louisiana State Lottery Company

"Re do kere5p 6ertGty R6t ue ~supeyoiS0 Ie 81
rchDssssnts for al the Monthly and Sevsj-AbnGG1
Dressings of che Louisiana State Lottery Company
md IN person manage and control tie DrSuinUi
:kemselpes, and that the safne arc conducted ss.tl
tee, and t5e authorize tho company TO use tkSs cor
theate, sith Jec-simAes Of our signatures Gttsekss
&c Ste adrertisepaents."
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

Hoods Sarsaparilla, acting through the
blood, reaches every part of the system
and in this way positively cures catarrh.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

Incorporated In 1883 fos 80 ysATs by che ieslsi,sHIt
feY educational and charitable purposes-x With q cap
itsl OF o., 900, 0O0-so which o reserve fund Of oys
e6bC, 600 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote lie frAnohiis
WAS made o part OF the present shAts oonstituiiOi
adopted December I'd. A. d. 1879.
The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed by
the people fanny state.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-31

HVFCF o1TV1 FV7VF7"
ItS grand Aingle numbes drawings tak'
place monthly.
A SPLENDID oPPoRTUN ITY TO WIN A FOR.
TUNE, CON GRAND DRAWING, CLASS b, IN
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC NEW ORLEANS,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1856, l77th MONTHLY
DRAWING.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-17

1t would have afforded The Sun
much pleasure to have given its
readers the particulars of the pro.
gramme for the County Fair to be
held this fall in Stevens county, but
although our reporter was promised
full particulars, up to this date the
promise has not been fulfilled. If
the fair is to be held in the interest
of one set of people or the other, or
for the purpose of keeping one news
paper and hnrting the other, we can
understand the action of the manage
ment. The aim of THE Sun has al.
ways been to give the widest public
ity to all things pertaining either di.
rectly or indirectly to the welfare OF
Stevens county, and if the fair proves
failure no one will regret it more
than we will-but tie managers will
have the satisfaction of knowing
that their policy has borne its proper
fruit. The fact that THE Sun Is
democratic in its politics should not
debar 1t from receiving courteous
treatment in matter that is wholly
non POLITICAL.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-17

The Cook opera company were but
poorly received here last week, and
owing to this lack of patronage the
financial condition of the company
was not sufficient to meet its expen-
ses. The entire party was arrested
and lodged in the county Jail over
night because they were unable to
pay their hotel bill lady and child
were among the number. 1t was but
proper that these people should pay
their bills but it will be ever and al
ways a disgrace to Morris that its
citizens should have permitted such
an outrage. Dickens, were he alive
would have given this Athens of Min.
nesota, this, the only town Of culture
ON the Manitoba Road an unenviabie
prominence. A delicate woman and
a young child cast into common
Jail like felohs because forsooth they
owed two dollars for hotel bill.
This nineteenth century has develop
ed some startling cases Of mans In.
humanity to man but we doubt il
this case Of the Cook Company can be
paralleled. The company including
the lady and child were brought be.
fore Justice Hutcins on Friday morn.
ing and were dismissed on their per-
sDnsl recognizance.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-17
EDIrons OF THE SrN:-In my frst

EDITORS OF THE SUN:-In my first
epistle to the Morrisonians was ac-
tuated not SO much by consideration
of a worldly nature as by sincere de-
sire for their future welfare, and ]
am well satisfied with the result.
That erring child, "Patron', has
been brought to the full realization OF
his sin and has asked pardon of Prof.
Miles for the insinuations contained
in his first communication. And as
all good Morrisonians know, "There
is more joy in Heaven when one sim
nner does penance than is expended
on ninety and nine just. Although
saint / am not altogether of a forgiv-
ing nature. still 1 can forgive
"Patron" great deal, yea, even the
length of his communication for the
very flattering comparisons he insti-
tutes between the peerless Donnelly
and my sanity self. It is not an easy
task to flatter saint, but "Patron"
has succeeded, and if it be, as sus-
pect, that "Patron" has but few good
actions on record to his future credit,
I will remember this comparison. and
his reward shall be great. There is
a touch Of melancholy about "Patron"
which cannot fail to excite sympathy
when he says-"That aspiring to
something beyond his reach he failed
to catch on" Never mind, your
friends love you still the same, but
learn to be content with the station in
life that has, upon the fullest consid-
Grafton of your merits, been bestow-
ed upon you.
will now whisper little piece of
news into Patrons" ear. The
school board has taken no such action
in reference to outside scholars as
Patron charges; and as Patron s"
article called forth mine really feel
that Patron should apologize. Peace
be with you, my son.
SAINT PAUL TO THE MORRIsONIANs.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-17
Open Letter.

To THE PEOPLE OF STEVENS Co.:
The harvest is over, the crops are
light, the prices on all country pro.
ducts very low, and money, to say the
most, is not going to be an over
abundance with you this season.
But for all that you must wear
clothes. AS our cold winter weather
sets in there will be a certain amount
of clothing required by each and
every individual that must be obtain
ed somewhere, and the question will
naturally arise with each one of you,
where can supply my wants to the
best advantage! Where can I get
the most value for my money!
With our % yrs. experience as a
constant buyer of these goods in the
largest eastern markets, we know, or
at least ought to know, where to OBJ
tain the most value for the money,
and our object in writing this letter
is to let you know where you can OBJ
tain the most value for your money
and will tell you. Our stock of mems
boys youths and childrens clothing,
mems furnishing goods, hats and caps.
gloves etc., purchased direct from
the very best Eastern Manufacturers
for this Falls trade, surpasses any
thing that has ever been shown in
this market in quantity, quality. style
and low prices. Indeed half hour
or so in our clothing store, gentlemen,
will give you perfect idea of what
an ideal stock of clothing looks like.
We have the goods this season. and
we know it, and we want every man
in this country to know it and when
we say that we have the best stock of
clothing that has ever been shown
in this market at prices lower than
has ever before been known in the
history of Stevens county we mean
just what we say and will be respon.
sible for our assertions. We are not
here for day, nor for season; we
are here to stay and what we tell you,
you can at all times rely upon. "Our
motto is good value for money"
Our ambition Is to supply you with
the most perfect clothing that skill.
full workmanship can produce. Now
then, if you think that it will in any
way be for your interest to sustain us
in our earnest endeavor to serve and
please You in supplying you with the
best goods that money can procure at
the very lowest living margin over
and above the cost of manufacturing,
we shall look for liberal patronage
from You in our line during this Fall
and Winter season.
Yours very truly,
CHAs. WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-17

Last Friday evening among the
passengers on the ferry coming from
Wisconsin was commercial traveller.
As the boat neared this side he stood
on the long beam that is part of the
shore apron viewing the glorious sun
set and apparently lost in contempla-
ton OF the beautiful scene as pre-
sented that evening in the west
ern sky. These beams are held down
by largo iron hooks to keep the apron
out of the water when the boat is
moving, but the one on which our
runner stood had been left unfasten-
ed, and the gentle lettering motion
appeared to be especially soothing
while taking in the magnificent sight.
The ferry man, intent upon business
only as he should be. suddenly kick
ed of the hook on the. opposite side
from the runner a. the boat ap-
preached the shore, and the result
was unusual and unexpected. The
dropping Of the apron threw the
runner high in the air, and he landed
in about ten feet Of Mississippi river
water, from which he was rescued at
ter he had sank twice, = wet, limp
and sadly demoralfzod specimen Of q
commercial traveller. Red Wing Ar
gus.