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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
GENERAL MONTGOMERY.
The Circumstance Attending the Death
of the Patriot.

1t was at four O'Clock in the morn
ing OF December 31st, 1,775, during a
violent snow-storm, that the attack on
Quebec was made. The little Amer
lean army had undergone inexpressiiole
hardships during the campaign. and
the soldiers We're half starved and half
naked. 1t took all the magnetic power
OF montgomery to stir them into re-
ne"ed action. Men of New York;
h. exclaimed, '',you VIII not fear to fol-
low where your General leads; march
on:" Then placing himself ia tie
front, he almost Immediately received
the mortal wouHd which suddenly
closed his career.
Thus fell Richard Montgomery, at
the early age Of thirty-sevcn. Three
weeks before his death he was pro-
motel TO the rank OF Maior-General.
Young, gifted, and brave, he was
mourned throughout the count.y-at
whose altar he had offered up his life
apparently i'll VAN: for his fate had
decided the battle in favor of the Brit
ish.
The story that he was borne from
the field Of battle by Aaron Burr, IN
der the continued fire Of the cnemv. has
always been received with doubt. It
may NOW, upon the highest authority,
be pronounced to be without founda-
ton.
1t was rumored. but not ascertained
by the British for some hours, that the
American General had been killed.
ANXIOUS to ascertain. General Carleton
sent an aide-dc-camp to the seminary.
where the American prisoners were, to
inquire if a.y of them would identity
the body. A t%ield-ollice. of Arnold's
DIVISION, who had been made prisoner
near Sault an Matelot barrier, accom-
panied the aide-de-camp to the Pres de
vile guard, and pointed it out
among the other bodies, at the same
time pronouncing in accents of grief :,
glowing eulogium on Montromrry.s
bravery and worth. Besides that Of The
General the bodies OF his two aides-de-
camp We're recognized among the slain.
All were frozen stiff. General Mont
gomery was shot through the thieh and
through the head. When his BODY was
taken up Ills features were not in The
least distorted, his countenancn an.
peared serene and placid. like the son,
tilat mad animated it. His sword. tho
SYMBOL OF his martial honor, Law close
BESIDE nm on the 1t was picked
up by a drummcr-boS, but immedjatrlv
a a., was given up to james
thompson, Overseer OF Public Works
and Assistant Engineer durinp the
siege. VINO had been entrusted byI Cen
eral Carleton with the interment of tha
body. Through the courtesy Of M
British General, Montgomery was
buried within the walls of Quebec VIA
inc honors OF war.-Lou,se Ltvinayon
hu't IN Harnes>s Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Not Aims, but Work.

LONDON, Feb. 19.-Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, the Home Secretary, yesterday
received a deputation of unemployed work
ingmcn, who assured. him that they did not
desire aims, but work. They ~repudiated all
sympathy with any soeialistic propaganda.
The Home Secretary was much i'm
pressed by the expressions Of the depu-
tation and assured the delegates that the
Government would look into the matter
closely and consider the adyi.abiIity of
stimulating efforts OF local philanthropic
bodies, with a view of atfording larger tenn
porary RELIEF. In addition he thought that
the Government might DO something in the
way of emigration by communication with
the British colonial authorities.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
WHY BIRDS N
The EIrottc Character OF tlle Melody of Our
Faatlicred I-icnis.

ihe SIrotIc Character oil the Melody OF Our
faathcred Friends.
The majority of ornithologists ss.eree
in aScrlbing an erot'c character to the
songs OF birds; not only the melting
melodies, but also those of their tones
that are discordant to the human ear.
are regarded as love-nctes. Darwin
finally, saving some reserves, came to
accept this view. To be able to speak
critically OF the love-song, one should
pay especial regard to the love-life Of
birds. 1t would be to throw water into
the sea to add to what ornithologi-
cal writer's have Advanced concerning
the exceeding vital worth and cosmical
significance of love. Nevertheless, |
venture the opinion that the origin Of
the song-habit is to be found in other
sources as well rs inthis important fac
tor, among which is the Joy of life,
manifested in an irresistible determin.
alton to announce itself in melody; and
that the song is more perfectly brought
out in proportion as this feeling is
more highly developed in the organiia'
ton. Birds in freedom begin to sing
long before pairing. and continue il.
subject to Interruptions, long after
ward, though all passion has been en-
tinguished; and domesticated birds
sing through the whole Year without
regard to breeding-time, though no te'
male or companion ever be in sight
Such birds, born in captivity, never
feel the loss OF freedom, and, if they
are well taken care of, are always
hearty and in good spirits. The bird
sings. to q large extent. for his W
pleasure; for h: frequently lets himself
out Justify when he knows he is all
alone. In the spring-time of love,
when all life is inyigorated, and the e.
fort to win a mate by ardent wooing is
crowned with the joy of triumph, the
song reaches its highest perfection. But
the male bird also sings to entertain
his mate during the arduous rest-build'
ing and Matching, to cheer the young
anu, 1t he be a domesticated bird, to
give pleasure to his lord and the provI'
dence that takes care of him, and in
dong so to please himself. Lastly,
the bird sings-by habit, as we call u
because the tendency is innate in tho
organ OF song to exercise themselves
-Dr. Pacsek, IN Popular Scien"
Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
FL Mehdi on the Question of Peace.

LONDON, Feb. ia document has been
published which purports to nave been writ
ten by an emissary OF Ell Mehdi residing in
England. He says, i'll effect, that the idea of
a peace is agreeable to Ell Mehdi, providing
it will be. OF advantage to Molalnnedans.
Ell Mehdi considers himself bound
to follow in the footsteps of Moham-
med, who frequently made treaties of
peace With Christians and other intideis.
The document warns England not to COM
pei a general Moslem rising, thus opening
the gates to Il flood Which would ovcrwhelm
the human race,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The acting Postmaster General has
transmitted to Congress a letter from
the Acknowledgement, setting forth the
desirability OF securing the postal
records of the Confederacy for use in the
settlement of claims presented by parties
who carried the mails in the South in
anti-war times, and whose accounts had
not been adjusted at the outbreak of
hostilities,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Federal Election Expenses.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-The Secretary
of the Treasury, in response to a resolution
adopted Oh the motion Of Representative
Dockery, has transmitted TO the House a
statement Of the expenses incurred under
the law providing for the appointment Of
Special Deputy Marshals, Supervisors of
Elections and Chief Supervisors. The state
men shows that during 1876, 1880, 1882
and 1851 the expenses for Special Deputies
were s65l, $50; Supervisors, s91S. 1874;
Chief Supervisors, $685., 752; total, S1,a7s,
GIG.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Ex-Governor Moses Sentenced,

BosToS, Feb. 19.-In the Superior
Criminal Court at East Cambridge. Tues.
day, tie case of Ex-Governor Moses, OF
South Carolina, charged with OBJ
tanning thirty-four dollars under false
lretenses from Il. w. Higginson,
of Cambridge, came up for sentence,
the defendant having pleaded guilty.
Noses made all eloquent appeal for mercy,
reviewing his past career, and stated that
his mind had given way under his troubles.
instancing the %paltriness of the crime in
proof thereof. He was sentenced to six
months III the House Of Correction.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

ROMANTIC young ladies should not be
in a hurry to marry strangers. Acoun-
try girl, of Erie County, Pa, recently
married a newcomer in the village of
Fairview. Ely all appearances he was a
very nice young man. Just four weeks
after the wedding an Iowa Sheriff turned
up and asked the bridegroom to go
West with him and be tried for sundry
heinous crimes, and would take no refu-
sal. A little wisdom on the part of this
young woman's parents would have
gone q long way, and saved their daugh-
ter a mine of trouble.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

Texas is paying 100000 a year in
pensions to six hundred alleged sur
Uyors of Sam Houston's command in
the wal of 1857. New applications
are coming in all the time: fourteen were
received in n day recently and the
Legislature is trying to repeal the law
ON the ground that one-half or two
thirds of the Claims now being paid are
fraudulent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

IN view OF the disastrous fires in pub
lie institutions recently, which entailed
ormo loss of life aad damage to
property, the different Legislatures
should give serious consideration to
making insane and orphan asylums and
like buildings practically fire lsoof.
They at least should be well provided
with f~ire-escapes. Our asylums should
not be crelnatories. .
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

AFTER all the fuss about the fertile
land of Oklahoma it now turns out that
ats chief value is for grazing purposes,
and that the whole Juror about its occu-
patton was speculation. 1t is another
illustration of the tendency of human
nature to prize very highly that which is
out of its reach, whether it is worth any
thing or not.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

THE failure of the Grant retire ment
bill to pass the House Of Representa-
lives, the other day, leaves no basis for:
" expectation that the General will.
receive relief in that quarter during the
present session of Congress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The New York World is authority for
the rule in etiquette that a gentleman
should always lift his hat to a lady
whom he knows, "even to his mother
in law" We should say so.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

GENERAL WoLsELEY, in a private let
ter received in London a few days ago,
wrote: 81 have personally known only
two heroes in the course of my life.
One was General Lee; the other General
Gordon.n :,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

COLONEL BARNABY, Generals Gordon
and Earle, all fine men, are dead on.
Egyptian soil. War is expensive, and
the question is whether the end hoped
fO4 is worth the costs involved. :
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

BOILER explosions, in which two or
three men are killed and eight or ten
wounded, are becoming almost every day
occurrences. In the majority of cases
criminal negligence is involved. If q
number of damage suits were instituted
it might have q wholesome effect on
those who hold life so cheap.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The minor children of Lieutenant
Kislingbury, of Arctic fame, have each
been granted a pension Of $40 by the
House of Representatives. The widow
of Commodore Fillebroun has been
voted $50 a month.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The latest evidence Of the complete
ness with which England has won
Italy owe to her side out of the recent
European diplomacy is found in the dis
patches from Rome indicating that the
italian Government is ready to send
$4,000 troops to the Soudan as allies to
the English forces operating there. I'm
less they all urn Musselnlans, the
Mahdi may expect a hot time OF it be-
fore another summer goes by.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

AsILvER mine lately opened at Three
Forks, M. T., has Il very strange phe-
nomeaon connected with it, in the shape
of a tissnre which seems bottomless.
Stones thrown into it fail and keep fall
ing without any end, as was shown by
continuous sounds which returned. At
times a gaseous steam issues from this
cavity whichdrivest the workmen from the
mines. There is also q periodical rumb-
ling which resembles distant thunder,
supposed to be caused somewhere in the
'.internal regions
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

DURING a five weeks session the
Pennsylvania Legislature has passed
ono bill and that has failed to become
"a law. The Legislature, however, can
be regarded with entire complacency
when it is doing nothing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

THE Arab cat played with the English
ous most provokingly before swal-
lowing it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Newspaper Laws.

: Any person who takes the paper regularly from the
pOstOface, whether directed to his name or whether he
y subscriber or not, is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to take news.
papers and periodicals. from the p%OstOfhce, or rcnlOV.
ing and leaving them uncaled for, Is pyisia fdcie eN.
6enCe Of INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
TOPICS OF II DAY.

As for Miss Kate Field, she is shifting
the Mormon monster hip and thigh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The grasshopper develops from
me young larva to the winged adu"|
without changing its mode Of ife.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

Thirty Persons Supposed to Have Lost
Their Lives In U~tsh-Twelvo Bodies Re-
covered.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
SEAT OF THE soupAN WAR.

Description of Khartoum, the Most Inn
portant Military Post on h Upper
Nile.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14
Situation in the SOudan.

It has been ascertained that Gen. Cor
don was undoubtedly killed when Khar-
tomn was taken. The date of the capture
of that city by the Arabs was the Goth or
9th of Januarary-one or two days be-
fore the English troops arrived. The
Mahdi's troops gained access to the walled
city by treachery, and soon raised great
tumult. Gordon went upon the streets to
ascertain the cause of the disturbance and
was stabbed in the back and fell dead.
A fearful massacre of the garrison then
followed. The Egytians fled but were
pursued, captured and put to death with
fiendish tortures. Dead bodies were mu
tilated in a manner too horrible to de-
scribe, and Egyptian women were treated
with the most shameful and degrading in
dignities. The night after the capture
was spent by the Arabs in carnival of
blood and debauchery. Meanwhile the
English troops in Soudan are having con-
slant fighting. Gen. Earle was killed a
few days ago at Korti. Such troops as
are now in Africa are being hurried for
ward and preparations are being made to
send strong additional force from Eng
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14
MONTANA NEWS.

A Chinaman named Charley Lum Fung
was recently married at Missoula to Miss
Sophia Walton. half-breed Indian girl.
The Crow Tribe consists of 3, 1923 per-
sons in 514 lodges governed by 26 chiefs.
Plenty Coos is the principal chief; he
rules Al lodges.
Assays show that the Stag years ago
dumped about the old Helena smelter
contains 5000 worth of silver to the ton.
The process by which smelling was done
at that establishment was not remarkable
for economy.
Walter Tilliver, a Rosebud cowboy,
while fooling with "A calibre pistol a
few days ago accidentally shot himself in
the right leg just above the knee, shatter-
ing the femer bone 50 badly as to render
amputation necessary.
Argus: The Maginnis mill is now run
ming on ore from the Orc Cache. Both
oscillators are in operation during the day
shift and will be run continually as soon
as the volume of water will permit. The
output of gold will then reach if not ex-
ceed $25, 900 per month.
J. r. Holden of Dillon was detected in
the act Of stealing. He was arrested and
a search of his lodgings revealed and i'm
mense miscellaneous collection of articles
which had been stolen around town. He
stole about $3.50 from the postoffice by
means of duplicate key to the safe.
Frank Farmer prominent and wealthy
ranchmen of Choteau county was found
dead on the prairie between Choteau and
Dupuyer. He had evidently died of heart
disease fatal spasm Of which had been
brought on by the violent exertion of
tramping path for his horse through a
heavy snow drift.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14

all went through the ice into the river.
Two were drowned, and three were rescu-
ed in precarious condition.
A Wooster, Ohio, special of the 10th
inst says: At Shrieve last night Wilbur
Peters, a Tilted lover, shot and fatally
wounded Laura Chester, just as she was
>is1ing the roller rink. He then placed
the revolver to his head and blew his
brains out. The affair created intense ex-
citement
A Berlin dispatch of the 7th inst says:
Reinsderf and Reuchler, the anarchists,
who were sentenced to death some weeks
ago by the imperial court at Leipsig for
attempting to cause the death of the En-
peror and other royal persons at the Nei-
derwald celebration, were executed at 8
o'clock this morning at Halle. The exc
cution, which took place in the prison,
was by sword.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14
Counting the Electoral Vote.

On the 18th inst Grover Cleveland and
Thomas A. Hendricks were formally de-
clared elected president and vice-presi-
dent of the United States for the term be-
gining March 4th next. 1t should be re-
membered that in December last the elec-
tors of each state met in their respective
capitals and cast their votes. The votes
so cast were sealed and sent to Senator
Edmunds president of the senate and by
him kept in safe place until Wednesday
last at noon. The senate and house then
met in Joint session. Senators Hoar and
Pendleton were appointed tellers on behalf
of the senate and Cary and Keifer for the
lower house. Senator Edmunds then
read off the votes and when they were
counted announced the election IF Cleve-
land and Hendricks amid the wild ap.
plause of the distinguished audience.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14
Decided Against BOtkin.

A Washington telegram OF the 9th says:
The senate judiciary committee made
quick work of the objections to E. A.
Kreidler's confirmation as the successor of
Marshal Botkin of Montana. The noml-
nation was referred to the committee last
Tuesday, and they sent to the attorney
general for all the papers in the two sets
of charges made against Marshal Botkin,
receiving them the next day. To-day
they decided to report in favor of Kreid-
Ter. The subcommittee, to whom the
papers in the case were referred, went
over them carefully in detail and found
the charges sustained. Their conclusion
was fully related to the committee and no
dissent was made. The Wisconsin sena-
tors will make an effort to obtain another
chance for Botkin when the matter comes
up in the senate, but have little hope OF
success,
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14
Divorces in Montana.


The Dillon Tribune is crusading against
the system of Montana law and practice
by which divorces are granted with such
ease and dispatch. It cites number of
instances in its section of he country. A
number could be cited from Gallatin
county. The case Of I. D. McCutcheon
is notorious and need not be re-capitulated.
Not very long ago courtesan from
one Of the towns in this county applied
for divorce from her brutal pimp of a
husband. The presiding judge heard the
the case and then refused to grant the de-
cree unless it was shown that the plaintiff
was woman of decency and respectable
ity. The plaintiffs attorney was non
plussed for moment but rallied short
ly and asked time to produce the
required evidence. This was allowed and
when the case was again called two
toughs took the stand and swore to their
long and intimate acquaintance with the
plaintiff and their knowledge of her many
virtues as a woman and leader in society.
The decree Of divorce was promptly issued.
The tradition of unique divorce granted
in this county comes down from the days
of early settlement. A justice of the
peace, who had more sense of the impor-
tance of his position than knowledge of its
powers, united two apparently happy
hearts with matrimonial knot. A few
months later the husband became disgust
ed with his bargain and went to the judge
who had performed the ceremony and ap-
piled for relief. The obliging officer,
nothing doubling his jurisdiction, heard
the complaint and without delay wrote out
an order undoing the marriage cere-
mony which he had performed-a divorce
which all parties concerned consider ed ef-
fectual.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-02-14
Great Storm.

A tremendous snow storm came down
upon great area of the northern and mid
die states this week, beginning on Monday
All the railroads running south and east
from Chicago were blockaded and Tor
three days traffic was practically sus-
pended. The storm was followed by in
tense cold. Whole train loads of cattle,
sheep and hogs bl5ckaded by the snow
we're frozen to death before they could be
moved or relieved. Iowa, Illinois, Mich
iqan, Indiana and Ohio were visited by
the worst effects of the storm while states
bordering on them were not SO complete
" buried. While the middle states were
visited by snow the Atlantic slope suffered
from heavy rain that swelled the streams
broke up ice and in many places caused
disastrous foods.