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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Two Thousand Krupp Guns Ordered
the Russian Government.

Two Thousand Krupp Guns Ordered by
the Russian Government.
Some excitement was created in Lon
don on the 18th, especially in CONNER
cial and financial circles, by the
receipt of dispatches from Ber-
lin announcing that the Rus
sian government had ordered 1000
Krupp guns for the purpose Of strength
ening it's position in Central Asia. The
guns are to be of the largest pattern,
and are evidently intended for service
in fortresses of superior build. Stimuli
taneously with the above report came
dispatches from st. Petersburg stating
that Sebastopol was to be made free
rOrt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
"M,n. B1sroR1 received much social

"M,H. RlsToR1 received much social
attention during her engagement here.
writes . Warrington correspondent.
Her daughter was asked out . great
deal and was . special guest st tho Sec
retary of states 'Thursdsy night
While many who met her thought it
necessary to ny Ill manner of pleasant
things Of her mothers acting, she ss-
tcnished III by saying that she never
goes 10 see her mother sct, - tho con-
trast between her stage presence now
and twenty years ago Is too painful for
her 10 witness calmly
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
A Kerosene Drunkard.
From the BirminRhsm (hIa.) Age.]

From the BiHmtngham (hs.) s9e.J
Yesterday morning, % an Age repor-
ter was passing J. T. Bsiley's grocery
store, on Twentieth Street, one OF the
clerks stopped him and said: There is
q human curiosity in the rear of the
store. Step in and see it" The repor-
ter went in and saw q man in the act OF
drinking cupful of kerosene oil. He
had entered the store and purchased
gallon of the oil, and then asked for a
cup, which he filed and hastily drank.
This surprised Mr.. Bailey, and he ques-
toned him about the matter. When
the reporter entered the recital was An-
iahed, and the talker was taking anoth-
er drink of the oil. The mans story was
told the reporter by Mr. Bailey, and was
q follows:
my name is George Eggleston. I
was born in Mobile County, Alabama,
in August, 1912. When quite boy I
suffered . great deal with tonsilitis and
other diseases Of the throat. Kerosene
oil was recommended - . cura. Az
long ~ Itook the oil I was apparently
we'll. And 30 continued to take it for .
number of years. The first time that
/ knew that 1 was the victim of an a.
most incurable habit was when I was
sent off to . boarding>school After
three days at the place I felt as if there
was something wanting. I became
restless, lost my sppetite. and could
not sleep. I saw . servant filing .
lamp, and all st once . terrible Thirst
for = drink of the oil took possession Of
me, and I at once obtained it, and thst
night I slept soundly. That settled
me. Since thst night I have taken my
dose of kerosene oil - regularly - .
drunksrd drinks his whisky, and ]
can't do without it." Mr.. Bailey asked
M. Eggleston Whist he would do If he
vas placed 10 he ceuld not get oil. BE
replied: r would 60 crazy. I reoollect
once of being in such predicsment /
started out on . hunt once, expecting
to bs gone only one day, but MS do
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
SNOW BOUND.
stxteen Persons Known to be Killed by
. 6noWslide.

Sixteen Persons Known to be Killed by
. Snowslide.
"A special from Little Cottonwood,
Utah, of the 14th, says: at q quarter
past 8 o'clock, last night, q snow-slide
swept through the mining camp of Alta,
destroying th~ee-fourths of the town
and killing xteen persons, including
i've children Following is q list of the
killed: James Watson, Andrew s.
White, Jerry Regan, Barney Gilvon,
David P. Van, Tim Madden, Fred.
zCultman, Mrs. Ford and child, Matte
Hickey, four children of Ed. Ballou
and two Cinnamon. It had been
showing for week and the
snow was II feet deep on the level. It
u still storming hard. Last night, soon
after s o'clock, tremendous volume of
snow swept down over the Emma Mine
works, doing no damage there except
taking smokestack along. Then it
struck the town, crushing about three
fourths oft, but fortunately many of the
houses were deserted for the winter. The
place is built at the foot OF converging
gulnhes, and the slides have q fair mark.
fuckers boarding house was swept away
and his hotel crushed. The Vallejo
works, including buildings and tram
ways, were crushed. Two men at this
mine happened to be in the drift and
escaped injury. Strictley and Tucker
& Wallace's stores were injured slightly.
Powers butcher shop and Simpsons
drug store were the only buildings that
entirely escaped. A large portion of
the lost were in clearinghouse and
h0el. Twenty-eight in all were
buried. Twelve were dug out alive
this morning. The rest are un-
doubtedly dead. Men from the City
of Rocks mine and Evergreen formed
q digging force to get out the
bodies. Three were taken oHt at the
last accounts amid much difficulty and in
q heavy storm and severe cold. limo
thy Madden was not dead when brought
out, but died soon after. The bodies of
James Watson aud Mrs. John Ford were
taken out quite dead. The following is
q correct list of those not yet recovered {:
Andrew s. White, Barney ellison, Fred.
Collinaon, Matte Hickey. Charles Volk
(Chinaman), Big Jim (Chinaman), J.
Reagan, David P. Evans, child of Mrs.
Ford, and four children of Ed. Ballou.
A rescue party starts from here in the
morning. It is possible that some Of
the above may be alive, as on former
occasion some were found alive after
having been buried three days. The
losses are: fuckers hotel, $4,000; Val
lejo mine, $4,000; Cases house. $500;
O'Reilley's store, $4,000; Baldy Fritze's
saloon, $500; John Strickley, 5000;
Jackson Jones, $500; Smiths livery,
$4,000; other buildings, $780,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Poisoned BY An Oyster.Shell.
From the New York Timca.1

From the New York Times.
Dan Kelleher was one of the best
known and most popular young Irish
politicians in lower New York. He was
a member Of the Tammany Hall gerer-
al committee, and was prominent in
several social and benevolent organizar
tions. On January s, he was opening
oysters in his restaurantst 179 Chatham
Street, and the ragged edge of shell
made . slight scratch in the palm OF bis
hand. he thought nothing OF the
wound until Friday, January 8, when
he came back from . wake and told bis
wife that his arm "pained" him. The
next day his wrist and forearm were red
and swollen and he suffered considerable
pain. He remained in bed all day Sat-
urday, intending to lie over and have .
good rest. On Monday he was 20 i'll
that DR.. Naughton was sent for, and on
Wednesday morning about 10 O'Clock
he died, tho cause Of his desth being
directly attributed to the scratch in
Aicted by the oystershel]. His symp-
toms were peculiar during his sickness
Being . healthy, hearty man, only 81
years old, no constitutional weakness
complicated his malady. The doctor
treated him for erysipelas, and he i'm
proved steadily until last Mondsy, when
suddenly unmistakable blood poisoning
setin. and he died in considerable pain
after tho local cause of tho trouble had A.
most disappeared. Mr.. Kelleher leaves .
widow and three children. he was .
member of the Shamrock Council,
American Legion Of Honor; 81. Pstrick's
Mutual Alliance, the Ker1ymen's Asso-
ciation, snd other societies. He was for
. long time In the restaurant business
at the corner OF Maiden Lane and South
Street, but recently had moved to Chat-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
AN AWFUL RIDE.

Five Mon Dashed Down Q Mlno Slope on
Runaway Truck.
The rope attached to timber truck
at No. 8 slope of the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal Company at Ashley, Pa,
broke on the morning of the 18th, as it
was being lowered into the slope. The
truck ran to the bottom, distance OF
1900 feet, with fearful velocity. Upon
it were five mine carpenters, who we're
thrown off when half way down. One
of them, John Williams, was instantly
killed and the other four seriously in
inred
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Child.Naming In Japan.

lEIOm L0e JHphu M6Al,j
Old-fashioned people in many dis
tricts of Japan, to whose families death
has made frequent visits, still resort,
in their anxiety to prolong the lives OF
their children, to the custom of bestow-
ing upon their offspring names ordina-
rily given to infants of the opposite sex.
Probably the superstition liz more vide
ly prevalent than foreigners would sup
pose, but it is only when some incident
or story in connection with it's observ-
ance is reported in the vernacular pa
pers that the majority become aware OF
the existence of the old custom. A
Toxic paper tells story in point.
Some time ago q man named Kano,
living at Kameicho, Nihonbasbi, Toxic,
received an intimation that his eldest
son, Bunnosuke-a name always applied
to males-having attained military age,
steps should at once be taken with
view to the young man undergoing
medical examination prior to actual en-
listment. Kano lost no time in going
to the ward-ofice and explaining to the
officials that Bunnosuke was his daugh-
ter, though registered as q male since
1872, in which year the census system
was altered. The authorities, however,
in whose minds frequent and more or
less ingenious schemes to evade con-
scriphon had given rise to q condition
of pure scepticism on this point, did
not scruple to order an examination to
be conducted at Ksno'~ house. The re-
suit, of course, proved the statement
made by the father, who. on being ques-
toned, said that, having lost two daugh-
ters both about year old, he had been
driven to this expedi+nt to keep the
third alive. It may be presumed that
it's success, as evidenced in bis daugh-
ter's attainment of the "military age"
will tend, at any rate among his
nejghbors, to the revival of custom
which, whatever its inconveniences, is
not without suggestive interest. Great
or men than Kano have laid schemes,
far deeper than his simple artifice, to
circumvent the grim visitor, and for
tho ynoak narf thew have failed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Aimee in q Balloon.

From the Houston (Tex.) Chronicle.l
"Let me see. Which shall tell yon :?
Did you ever hear how I went up in q
balloon No? Then here it is. When
the Germans besieged Paris in 1871 1
had just signed contract with Mr.. Jim
Fisk. I had to go, but was not able to
do so because all avenues OF escape
were closely guarded by the enemy.
Then someone suggested going up in
one of the balloons used in transmitting
dispatches, and, there being no alterna-
tive, I went up. First, when We as
cended, the conductor, another lady,
and /, the balloon went up. up, climb
ing up, until We could see Paris like an
eagle could flying high over it. The
car of the balloon swung from side to
side, and made me so dizzy. watched
the Column Vendome until it tapered
off from what it was to q point the size
of my little finger. 1 saw the cathedral
Notre Dame growing from what it is to
. ball the size OF my fist. I saw the peo-
pie first the size of men, then as small
as dolls, and finally look like black pins
stuck in checker-board. By this time
grew quite sick, and fell back in my
seat and shut my eyes, and I thought !
was smothered; Oh, 80 smothered. !
tried to breathe aud catch the air, which
was to me receding, with my mouth and
with my hands, SO, So" Hereupon
Mile. Aimee threw herself back in he1
easy chair, shut her eyes, and clutched
with her hands, which were extended
above her head, like the proverbial
drowning man catching at q straw
aThen the balloon began to 60 down
again and got my mind and my breath
back. The conductor said We were out
of danger, and We finally dropped down
in field and climbed out, glad enough
~ lo m oovfh auoin" !"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

4 FRYMCH miIliner has invented =
bonnet trimmed With asse9 ears. The
sdeot Is striking. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

Gov. RoBn, Of Maine, is Al sdvoeats
Of woman suffrage. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
r n. GREENMAN,

JOHNSON & PIERCE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Anstin, MINI. Practice In all tho courts Of the
state Prompt attention given to Collecting
Office over Dunkelmann's store iun2O
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
6vSf.,. EsS CARDS.
T n. WHEAT, n. D..

T n. WHEAT, N. D.,
HOAEOPATHIC PHl1ICI4EAND SURGEOE
Special attention given to the diseases Of women
and Children. Office and residence opposite Con-
gregato.al Church, corner St. Paul and Mill
Streets, Austin, Mower County, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

~ II. JOHNSON, NJ. D., C. NJ,
(Surc>ssur to DR.. Il. M1cdondld.)
Graduate of Mctitll College, Montreal, late As
fi.nut Surgeon in Montreal General Hospital.
Office Clemmer & Pooler's drug store. Calls
attended day aad night.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16
The Oklahoma Region.

The Oklahoma region, about which
there is so much excitement, is q
tract of land extending from Red
River in Indian Territory to the
Kansas line, containing about four
teen million acres. The tract is some
three hundred miles in length from
north to south, and two hundred
miles in breadth. 1t was purchased
by the Government in 1866, of the
Creek, Cherokee, Chcctaw, Chicka-
saw, and Seminole Indians, with the
view to settling freedmen and friend
ly Indians thereon. A good deal of
the land is Of excellent quality, well
watered, and tempting to land grab
bers. 1t is said that none OF the
purchase money has been paid, while
the lands obtained Of the Cherokees
were by the terms of the sale to re-
main in possession of the tribe until
occupied ard paid for.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16
The sonth and the Offices,

The following is list OF impor
tant offices which have thus far fallen
to the South, and an inspection of il
will show that we have not been
neglected:
Secretary Of state, Bayard OF Del
aware.
Attorney general, Garland Of Ar
kansas.
Secretary of the iRterior, Lamar
of Mississippi.
Commissioners Of Indian affairs,
Atkins of Tennessee.
Commissioner Of railroads, John
ston Of Virginia.
Commissioner OF agriculture, Col
man of Missouri.
Minister to France, McLane of
Maryland.
Minister to Mexico, jackson of
Georgia.
Superintendent of the dead letter
office, Baird OF Georgia
Assistant secretary of state, Porter
Of Tennessee.
Assistant secretary Of the interior,
Clark of Mississippi.
Assistant secretary of the interior,
Muldrow Of Mississippi.
Appointment clerk Of the treasury,
Higgins of Maryland.
Appointment clerk of the interior
department, Hassler of West Vir-
ginia.
First comptroller of the treasury,
Durham of Kentucky.
Consul to Manchester, England,
E. P. Howell of Georgia.
Envoys extraordinary and minis
ters plenipotentiary: Thomas j. Jar
Wis of North Carolina, to Brazil; AL
exander R. Lawton of Georgia, to
Russia; Anthony M. Kelley of Vir-
glnia, to Italy; Charles w. Buck of
Kentucky, to Peru; Richard b. Hub
bard of Texas, to Japan.
United States consul to Hamburg,
Germany, w. M. Lang of Texas.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16


The following is an act passed at
the recent general assembly and ex
plains itself:
can act to make persons charged
with crimes and oflcnses compe-
tent witnesses in the courts in the
state Of Arkansas.
"Section l. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of Ar
kansas That on the trial of all in.
dlctments, informatlons, complaints
and other proceedings against per.
sons charged with the commission of
crimes, offcnses and misdemeanors
in the state of Arkansas, the person
so charged shall, at his own request,
but not otherwise, be competent
witness, and his failure to make such
request shall not create any pre-
sumption against him.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed, and that
this act be in force aud take effect
from and after it's passage"
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16
The Colored Votes.

In the Nashville (Tenn.) Ameri.
cans opinion the negroes natural
place is in the democratic party,
where he merits recognition and re-
ward, and where his undoubted po-
litical fidelity will be of invaluable
service to the party and the country"
Democracy's battles have been won
without the aid Of the colored voters.
They did their utmost to keep the
party out Of power, and are not enti
tied to any credit for its final sue
cess. Democracy welcomes all whs
believe IN It's principles and policies,
be they white or black. But, SO far
as the colored voters are concerned,
they should be left to act according
to their understanding. They should
be neither importuned nor discour-
aged in the matter of selection of q
permanent resting place. And those
1ho choose to come should under
stand that they are to take their
places in the ranks, like the white
masses, and that they will not be in
vited to at once assume charge Of
the party.
In the long night Of democratic
defeat no beneficial results flowed
from soliciting colored recruits. No
good results can now flow from such
solicitations. Let the celored broth
er alone. to work out his own politi-
cal salvation in his own time and
way.--Gazette.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16
Appleton.


Corn, :, nssnce Of the Democrat. N
rtllS farmers hereabouts are very
well up with their work, and looking
forward to an abundant harvest.
The school here will close to NOR.
row; it has succeeded well, and all
the FRIENDS of EDUCATION here ap-
p!aud it. After one weeks vacation,
the school will be resumed by Mr..
N. w. Kuhn with Mr.. W. F. Mont.
gomsry as assistant. The outlook
for spring and summer school ls
good.
NJ. G. R. Reynolds and Mr.. L. B.
Hamm, both from Conway county,
have moved to our town. These
men were in search OF a quiet home,
pnre atmosphere, a moral and re.
ligious community, where they can
be protected in life and property.
They are true, honest democrats, un-
alloyed. Also Mr.. James II. Slmp-
son, recently from Alabama, has set
tied IN our midst. His physiogno-
my unm stakably delineates man
of high, strong and firm convictions.
He is a man that commands the res
pect and esteem Of all honest men.
We hope he may prosper and become
fixture among us. He, too, is a
Jetfersonian democrat. Mr.. T. G..
Simpson, sen Of the former Mr.. S.,
has also moved here from Van Buren
county, and is "chip of the old
block" Our doors are open to all
such men as the foregoing gentle
men.
The democracy OF Griffin Town
ship is looking up; it has been re-
volving around its democratic center
and few weeks since reached it's
great aphelion, and, lingering there
awhile, has started to its perihelion,
there to come to rest so far as wan
dering is concerned; but win have
on the whole democratic armor, ready
for the next combat. w.
Appleton, April s. 1885.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16

The presidents prompt suspsn-
sion Of the postmaster at Rome, N.
T., may be taken as a very loud
warning to officials that exoneration
from serious charges will not follow
attempts to make scapcgoats OF sub
ordinates. The officials themselves
will be held responsible. This is
another Of the many evidences that
Mr.. Cleveland can distinguish be.
tween business and playing at busi-
ness.
1t is unfortunate that the demo,
cratic flood which swept over Michi-
gan necessarily involved the loss te
the bench OF Judge L. M. Cooley,
whose name ranks high among the
great ones on the rollse the Ameri-
can judiciary. The reaction against
the republican party was too power
ful to save him from the wreck. He
went down with the rotten old repub-
lican ship.
Captain Howell, of the Atlanta
Constitution, evidently has no inten-
tion of bnrying himself in an Eng
lish commercial town. He has de-
clined the Consulship to Manches-
ter with thanks,
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16
The Old, Old Story.

Why do we near so much about dys-
pepsia? Simply because so many peo-
pie have it. Why are so many people
talking about their cure from this
dreadful disease? Simply because they
have been taking Browns Iron Bitters.
Thus it is with Mrs. Taylor of Lynch
burg, Sumter Co., s. c., who says, 81
have used Browns Iron Bittcrs for
dyspepsia with most favorable results.
believe this medicine is all that is
represented" Dyspeptics, and suffers
from neuralgia, weakness, etc., should
try it.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Greenville Texas .
zee Of the Democrat.

Correspondence of the Democrat
| | wish to have published in your
paper, my idea Of tobacco. After
about seven years experience in the
dirty weed, know just what l will
talk about, it has proved to be an
injury to me and others. ] trust the
day will come that tobacco will be-
come extinct. Men, women and
children use it, while some looks at
them with disgust, and beg for their
acquittal. We, tie undersigned
have signed heavy contract to quit
tobacco: Walter O. r. McAnally, w.
o. McAnally, w. B. Branum.
Apparently this is little thing,
but it is one of the most destructive
habits, sapping the morality and
vigor Of our young men. NV reason
are as follows: only ten cents day
expended for cigar, in lifetime OF
forty years, with its accumulation OF
| interest, amounts to over "a, 900.
The little sum of eleven cents per
day, saved from being squandered
on tobacco and properly put at in
terest, amounts in that time to $5,-
160. No wonder so many homes,
the heads of which use tobacco, are
without the comforts of life. 1t is
well-known physiological fact, that
the use of tobacco deadens the sense
of taste; that water and all common
drinks becomes sinsipid and tasteless
when tobacco is used, SO that the
person using the same lnvoluntarily
Graves strong drink In order to taste
it Therein lies the foundation ofa
large share of the drunkenness OF
the country. Observation proves
that, while many men use tobacco
that are not drunkards, almost every
drunkard is user of tobacco, hav-
ing nearly always formed the habit
from this narcotic weed So say
nothing of the great drain on the
physical health by the constant ex-
pectoration OF saliva. thus running
the health of many robust censtitu-
tions. Who can endure the fstia
breath Of the tobacco user? 1t is
sickening to see the brown saliva
exuding from between the lips;
physiology proving that, with tobac-
co chewers, nearly all the waste
fluids from the body pass through
the mouth. Ladies Immediately faint
at the thought of dragging their
skirts through spittle on railway
car, or any place where it is thrown
upon the floor; they turn with dis
gust at the atmosphere that ,is taint.
ed with the stencil OF tobacco smoke.
All the associations of tobacco are
bad. It's true that many good men
use tobacco. 1t is also truth that
nearly every man that is bad is adj
dicted to it's use. To smoke in peace,
the man must resort to the place
where others smoke. In that room
are profanity, obscene language, and
every species of vulgarity. There
may be occasionally an exception.
The fact is patent, however, that, IN
the room in which vulgarity and oh
.scenity prevail, there is always to-
bacco smoke In the air, and the vile
spittle on the floor.
Very respectfully,
WALTER O. r. MCANALLY.
April 10, 1885. ds
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-04-16

1t is probable that General Law.
ton will receive an AID INTERIM ap
pointment as Minister to Russia, and
next winter his disabilities. il there
be any, will be removed by Congress.
1t Is a somewhat striking eommenta,
ry upon the ungenerous legislation
of tho reconstruction period that,
twenty years after the close OF the
war, the country is deprived OF the
services OF an eminent citizen on &C
count of something that occurred a
quarter Of century ago.