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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14
Deluded Negroes.

The close of the war found thou
sands of unemployed, unrestraineG,
and impecunious colored people in the
District of Columbia. With every ad-
vancing step of our armies they gath
cred mp great bales OF articles that
seemed most desirable to them from
their own domiciies, and from the
homes of their masters they made
their way to Washington, the Mecca
of their imaginatIOns, under the i'm
preston that freedom and plenty were
to be attained by reaching it. They
came by tens and by hundreds. The
old and the decrepIt, the young and
helpless, the mitiule-aged and strong.
On foot they came. and they bore with
them their goods and chattels. Stout
girls of II carried the fat, shining ba-
bies; lads OF all ages balanced upon
their heads baskets of provisions for
the journey; buXom teldhands bore
great bales consisting of feather-b beds,
missum's dresses, mirrors, and band
boxes. and the men were burdened
with an amount of sundries that would
make q cart-load.
No exertion was exhausting, no OBJ
stacle insurmountable. ''Gwine MORT,
where you all cum frum," was the
exultant reply to all interrogatories
concerning their destination.
They knew little, but they dreamed
much, of what would be the result of
the sudden and approximation change
in their condition. 1t was a leap in
the dark, but they imagined it Il leap
Il i,tO I,,r orc
of bondage into a glorious condition
Of freedom; and they naturally con-
sidered that they would be recipients
of the blessings that such a change
should produce.
Alas alas! for the awakening from
this delusion! They found themselves
at last in Washington, homeless and
friendless. They stood upon the
wharves and gazed and wondered.
The great dome Of the capitol, the
marble walls of the public buildings.
the busy throng going and coming
from their accustomed places OF bust
ness, amazed them. No feast was
offered them; they were invited to no
hospitable homes. They found them
selves strangers in a strangers land,
destitute and despised. and pinched
by hunger and faint with the reaction
of stimulated imaglnations, they be-
gan to grope their way into alleys, and
byways, and stable-lofts, and rude
novels, and so became, twenty-five
thousands of them, denizens of the
American metropolis. How they
lived. how they suffered, how they
died will never he written -Ben: Per-
lev Poor IN Boston Budget.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14
Malmesbury's. Successful Book.

Nobody, in all probability, is more
astonished than Lord Malmesbury
himself at the unexpected pecuriary
success of his memoir. The boob was
originally set up in type at his owl ex-
pense, and six months ago he would
gladly have sold the venture outright
for $50. As it is, the net profits al
ready exceed $4,000; the firSc Frenc
edition is nearly exhausted, and even
Mr.. Tanchnitz has paid handsomely
for the right OF reproduction. The
author seems to have dictated the whole
work TO the shorthand writer, and this
accounts for the curious errors in the
spelling of proper names which crept
into the earlier editions. Lord Malmes-
bury will probably shortly issue an
additional volume, bringing his MARIA
tive down to the death of Lord BeacOns-
field; and in the interests of pOsterity
and contemporary historv-making he
still writes up his diary every day
with praiseworthy dilgence.-London
World
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14

sea and wind. There was glimmer-
ing light ON the wrecked yacht. and
for that we rowed, or rather were
borne along on the gale. No boat save
a Shetland skiff could have been trust
ed in such sea.
AS we neared the Ba, steadying her.
self by leaning on my shoulder. Mag
gle stood half up and waved the lam
tern, and it was answered from the
wreck. Next moment it seemed to
me we were on the lee side. and Mag
gle herself hailed the shipwrecked
people.
1--WE cannot come nearer she
cried; CLOVER your boat and follow
our light closely"
Take the tiller, now" she contin-
ued, addressing me, land steer for the
light you see on the cliff. Keep her
well up, though, or all will be lost.
We waited-and that with difficulty
for a few mlnutes-till we saw by
the starlight that the yachts boat was
lowered, then away we went.
The light on the clif-top moved
slowly down the wind. l kept the
boats head point or two above it,
and on she dashed. The rocks doomed
black and high as we neared them, the
waves breaking in terrible turmoil be-
meath.
Suddenly the light was lowered over
the cliff down to the very waters
edge.
'Steady now," cried my brave
cousin, and the next moment we were
round point and into smooth water,
with the yachts boat close beside us,
The place was partly cave, partly
moss" We beached our boats and
here we remained all night, and were
I'll rescued next morning by q Usher
mans yawl.
The yachts people were the cap
tain, his wife and one boy-Nor-
wegians all, Brinster by name.
My story is nearly done. What
neeG TO tell of the gratitude of those
whom Maggie's heroism had saved
from a watery grave?
But it came to pass that when. few
months afterward, a beautiful new
yacht came round to the ford to take
those shipwrecked mariners away,
Cousin Maggie went with them on Il
cruise.
1t came to pass also that when l
paid my very next visit to R, in
the following summer, found living
at my relatives house a Major Brinster
and Mrs. Brinster
And Mrs. Brinster was my Cousin
Maggie, and Major Brinster was my
Cousin Maggie's fate - Gordon
Stables.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14
He Was Rather Deaf.

A Young man, who had formed an
attachment to Il young lady, went to
her fathers house to ask his consent
to their union. The old gentleman,
who was terribly deaf, was standing
on the doorstep as his daughters lover
approached. The front door COM
manded veiw of a meadow in which
a COW was feeding, and while Mr.. G..
was looking in that direction the
youthful lover. whose heart was over
flowing with emotion, commenced the
task he came to peform.
Il am acquainted with your daugh-
ter" said he, in loud tone.
'.She is fine beast" remarked the
old gentleman, looking at the cow.
Your daughter" screamed the
young man. II have the honor to be
well acquainted with her."
''She is a noble ANIMAL" was the
quiet response.
F"Confound the old cowr' said the
young man, in whisper. 81 wish
she was out of sight.
Il was speaking about your amiable
and accomplished daughter!"
.'She is very kind, indeed; never
breaks down the fences; never kicks
over the pail; never strays away like
the other brutes have"
You don't understand me, siri
was speaking of your daughter at
boarding school"
mo, | never put board on her face;
she never does any mischief here at
all"
Your daughterr' shouted the
young man, frantic with excitement.
did you say | ought to?'
''No, sir! was Speaking of your
daughter, the young lady away from
home"
''Oh, yes; have plenty of room, but
L think she is too old to keep much
longer. To tell you the truth, have
made up my mind to shut her up in
the stable and feed her on chop stuff
for a few weeks"
.'Great heavens!" remarked the
young man to himself. "What shall
| 10? This deafness will be the death
of me. | will try once more, and if
this effort fails L will resort to pencil
and paper"
Il should like TO say a word or two
to you respecting your daughter"
Il shall let the butcher have her by
and by-if he will give my price,
said the old man with emphasis.
AS last resort, the young man used
his pencil and paper-showed his let
tiers of Introduction, handsomely in
dOrsed by men whose opinion was
good authority on the delicate ques-
ton on the tapis. After little cross
and little hesitation the
old gentleman gave his consent, and
when the parties were married he de-
clared it was the best haul he had made
in all his life PhilacieIphiu Times.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14
The Happy Men in Hospitality.

The Canadian, as any one will admit
who has been his guest, possesses IN
an eminent and most enjoyable degree
the virtue of hospitality. In him are
happily blended the best characters
tics of the Englishman and the Ameri-
can. The Englishman, hearty as the
welcome which he extends to guest.
still compasses his house and his heart
round about with barriers of reserve
and suspicion, which it is not always
easy TO surmount, or to throw down.
The American on the other hand, for
all his prompt courtesies and willing
ness to oblige and to entertain, is
often apt to carry what we might call
the hotel and business atmosphere into
his acquaintanceships. He entertains
royalty, but it often seems as if he
grudged the time and the personal at
tention which are requisite in order
that the guest may enjoy himself to
the utmost. The Canadian, as we
have already SAID, blends in happy
measure the best traits of his British
progenitor and his American neighbor.
Philadelphia Record.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14

tains, ard by eagles. A Hook OF eagles
have carried off sheep and other small
STOCK to the value of 81, 900 in Union
district, Clay county.
The making of a good mixer de-
ponds not only in the ability OF the COW
to produce milk ut a minimum cost,
but essentially, also, in the training,
not only to develop these qualities to
the highest degree. Proper feeding is
necessary, and of fully as much value
will be the training that induces reli-
ance upon the feeder and mixer, and
absence of fear.
Utica parties have procured fifty
thousand brook trout from the state
hatchery at Caledonia, N. T., for re-
stocking the east branch of the West
Canada Creek. The young trout ar
rived in Prospect Wednesday, and
were at once started on the road to
Morehouseville. They will be deposit
ed in the creek near the latter village.
Several farms IN Yorkshire and Lin
colnshire, England, have recently been
let at enormous reductions in rent-in
some cases over 80 per cent below the
average of recent years. In Lincoln
shire farm which, up to 1885, was
taken at y rental of Fl IS. cd. per acre,
has now been let ut auction at Us.
per acre.
A farmer in Marks Creek township,
North Carolina. on April 8, just after
daylight, was surprised to see Il large
bird hv down into his pen. Then he
heard. a hog squeal. He fired and
killed bald eagle measuring seven
feet from tip to tip of wings. The
half-year old hog was killed by the
eagle.
The value of the dairy product of
the state of Iowa alone, for the year
SS4, amounted to S50,000,000; while
he total value of the butter, cheese,
and milk produced in the United
States, for 1884, was $500, 900. 600.
These figures are best appreciated BY
noting the value of some of the other
products.
The president of the New York
Dairymen's association says that
Holsten milk contains very small
cream globules, which are slow to rise;
hence the Holste;n milk will bear
transportation better than the milk of
anV other cow.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14
IN THE DEEP WOODS.

There is spring-time IN my soul to-day,
An attitude OF peace seldom reach,
As tbro' the solemn woods my footsteps stray
Where brooks have vo ces and the shadows
speech.
8 lent as one who treads dark minister aisles,
wrnder onward pa Il these leafv shrnes,
While sunset thro' green easements softly
smiles
And swings its rosy censor mid the pines.
Far overhead the beechtrees' spreading net
Lets r. faint glimpses OF the sky's blue roof
The tired leaves, dyed scarlet by sunset,
Fall tangled In the brown eai this dusky wool
Ihear the young brook whisper to the leaves
And mark its scattered silver on the moss
In dresmy air the spider deity weaves
filmy sail for idle winds 10 toss.
pause beside the affairs of the trees,
Where Incense floats from every budding
spray,
And like some distant Styling Of the seas,
Sound the soft wind-harps waking far away.
The air seems as chalice, and lis rim
Is OVERLOOKED by sunlight's yellow wine,
Anon. some falling shadows softly dim
The mystery OF Its colorng divine.
smell the vague, sweet odor of the grass,
The perfume of past spr ng- times come again,
And every breeze that down the glades doth
pass,
Bears whispers OF the silvery, summer rain.
In these deep woods immortal warnings make
The cares # yes erday become as dreams;
All lesser things my soul would e'er forsake
To lnger here where such enchantment
What bliss to wander from the world set free,
To feel the soft air blow upon my face;
Oil nameless rapture, he who knows not thee
Hath never known life's one supremest grace.
The leaves and flowers are poems, every brook
That laves the slim stalk of some bending
reed,
Is but a sentence in that wondrous book
Where Genius finds its grand, eternal creed.
Here Nature wakes about her haunts divine
Far swe ter anthems than earth's feeble
hymns,
What sIra'ns aerial haunt the dusky pine.
Whose blackened shade the star of evening
dims.
All better, nobler feelings come once more
TO niger with me as / wander here,
Like ships returning from brighter shore,
greet them with the silence of a tear.
Fan would dwell forever here alone
In these great woods unnoted and forgot,
An eyera ting calm abou me thrown,
The stars Of eve TO sentinel the spot.
Noulu HOG HcdT Tue lar OH Guys mum,
The tUmultS of the outside life should cease
To this dim refuge naught should ever come
10 mar the blissful periectness of peace.
Oh song immortal; oh divinest song!
Where shall find thee, if it be not here?
will no more return unto the ;hrong;
Here will / rest and deem thee ever near
The woods shall Weld their secrets unto me,
I he sky smile softly thro' there leafv bars
Whilst evermore my fe"t shall follow Ihee
Up pat ways leading to Il land of stars.
-ElUira Sidta Miller, IN The Current.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14

and cheese than into meat and wool
Another thing necessary to perma
nency of success in dairying is retain
ing deserved reputation for excel
lence in the articles produced and put
on the market. The adulteration of
butter and cheese, or the impoverish-
ment of the latter by the removal of
the cream from the milk, can not long
be carried on without destroying the
reputation of the maker.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14
He Does by ThiS Lime

''Ma. can you get out of your skin9'
why, mercy, no, child. Why do
you ask?"
well, l heard pa tell another man
that when he comes home nearly every
night he finds YOU beside Yourself. I
don't understand 1t, do you?"
NO, my child; but L think your
father will "-Jldge.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14

The burglar, like his friead the philosopher,
stakes everything just as it comes" and not
fpfreouentlY goes for it 0ake.-s Gazette.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-14

seen him, hut very serious.
"The yacht is on the b." he said
solemniy.
They were words to me of fearful
significance. The yacht, knew, must
soon break up, and nothing could save
the crew.
gu ckly followed my relative into
the back drawingroom, where Mag
gle was with her mother. We gazed
out into the night, out and across the
sea. AT the same moment, out there
on the terrible Ba, blue light sprang
up, revealing the yacht and even its
people on board. She was leaning
well over to one side, her masts gone,
and the spray dashing over her.
Come" cried Maggie. "there is
no time to loose. We can guide their
boat to the cave. Come, cousinr'
felt dazed, thunderstruck. Was
to take part in forlorn hopeP Was
Maggie how beautiful and darling
she looked now-to assume the robe of
modern Grace Darling? So it ap-
peared.
The events of that night came back
10 nv memory now as if they had hap
pened but yesterday. 1t is page in my
past life that can never be obliterated.
We pulled out the ford. Maggie
and I. and up under the lee of the is
land, then, on rounding the point. we
encountered the whole force of the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-04
CARBONATE LODE MINING CLAIM,


CARBONATE LODE MINING CLAIM,
situate in Warm Spring Greek Mining District Alt.
rus comfy Idaho Territory consisting OF 1900 linear
feet Ut the Lode and surfsre ground 600 feet wide
being Lot No. ~, and described in the field notes
and plat of the official survey file IN this office,
with magnetic variation ut Is degrees and 30 min
utes east az follows:
Commencing ut the discovery point of this
claim, and running thence n II deg. f 200 feet to
U Isl. A., cor. l; thence along the southerly end
line of the claim 5 II deg. W 900 feet to u post
marked U L A, cor. 2, the southwest corner OF
the claim; thence 13 deg. " 1900 feet to n post
marked U l. Al cor. g. the northwest corner Of
the claim; thence along the northerly end line of
the claim n n deg. 800 feet to q post mark ed U
l. Al, Ger 4, the northeast corner of the claim
thence along the easterly side line Of the claim $
Is L 1900 feet to corner No l. the place of begin
ming Of survey of exterior boundaries of the claim
From said corner No. 3, the corner common to See.
tons 2. g. 10 and II, T X II +, bears N ~ deg
q min. 1924 feet distant. Embracing an area
OF ~. 6G acres.
The said mining claim being of record in the Of.
hce of the Recorder of said mining district at Hal
ley, IN Altnras county, Idaho. The nearest known
location being the Vcta Grande lode claim, U .
south.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any por.
ton IF the said Carbonate Lode Mining Claim, or
surface ground. are required to file their adverse
claims thereto with the Register of the United
states Land Oifce. at HALEY, Idaho Territ ny,
within the sixty days publication thereof or they
will be barred by virtue of the provisions of the
Statute in such eases made and provided.
HOMER l.. FOUND, Register.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-04
Notice of Forfeiture.

To l.. s. AUSTIN:
hundred tSlO0) dollars in labor and improvenents,
upon the VENUS lode and claim, situated on the
East Fork OF Wood River. the second claim south.
cry from the North Star mine, in Warm Spring
Creek Mining District, Alturss county. Idaho Ter,
rltory, In order to hold said premises under the
OF Section 1924 Revised Statutes of the
the same for the year ending December 81. 1881
tnat the proportion of said expenditure due by
yon l.. >. Austin. is 'tythrce s33 $3.50 dollars
the United States, the same being one. third
ana H. within ninety 1907 days after the publi-
.ation Of this notice. yen fail or refuse to con.
,iinu.e your proportion of such expenditure as
co-owner, your interest in said Venus claim will
oeeoine the property of the subscriber. under
'"Iu atcti"n 2J24 VLADISLAV DoMSKI.
HALEY, Idaho, April B. lSS5
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-04
Application for Patent.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HALEY fDANn March II u
NOTICE NO. 100.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HALEY, IDAHO, March II, 1885
Notice is hereby given that John Borden and
Charles q. Wicker, by their attorney in fact Lyt-
Teton Price, whose postofii e address is Haley,
ldSho have made application FOR a United States
Patent for tne
MOSCOW LODE MINING CLAIM,
Situate in Mineral Hin Mining District, Alturas
county. Idaho Territory, consisting of lilO linear
feet of the lode and surface ground 6,o feet wide
being Lot No. H. and described i'll the field notes
aud plat of the official survey file in this ufice
with magnetic variation at Is deg. and so minutes
east as follows:
Commencing at the discovery point Of this claim
and running thence 81 deg. " along the center
line of the claim 100 feet to the center the north
west end line of the claim thence So deg.
along the northwest end line OF the claim 800 feet
T. u post marked u = l. Il, cor. /, corner No of
said claim being the northwrst corner OF the
claim: thence n 50 deg. l. along said II. r.nwest
end line too feet 10 post marked L 5 l. II. cor 2
the northeast corner of TIE claim; thence S 80
deg. 4 along the nortbeasterly side line of the
cla'm lalo feet to post marked u l. n, cor. 3
the s"utheasterly corner of the claim thence
along the southeasteriy end line of the claim s
" deS. W 600 feet To post marked u 81 H. cor.
I. the Southwestern cerser of the claim; thence
3? deg W along the n, rthwcste.ly side line of
the claim lalO feet tn No l. aud he place of
BEGINNING OF survey Of exterior boundaries of the
claim From said corner 3, the quarter section
corner between . and l6, T \ X II f. bear 8 "A
deg. IA min. y GA? feet distant.
Except the area in conflict with the Banno.k
lode Claim L s Lot 10, embracing an area Of l. 70
acres Said Moscow lode ella nm embracing An area
without said exception of II. 20 acres: said area i'm
conflict with the Banuock lode claim being hereby
waived.
The said mining claim being of record in the
office of the Recorder of said mining district al
HALEY. IN Alturas county. Idsho Territory The
nearest SHOWN locations being the hammock aud
Narrow Gauge, Nos | AMI 2.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely any por-
ton Of the said Moscow Lode Mining Claim or
suTface ground hre required to hle their adverse
claims thereto with the Register of the United
States Land Once. Ut HALEY, Idaho Territory.
within the sixty days publication thereof or they
VIII he barred by virtue of the provisions of the
statute Ia such cases made and provided
HOMER l.. POUND, Register.
direct that the foregoing notice of appiicat on
for patent be published for the pe,fsd Of sirtv
Gays tten consecutive weeks, in the woop H1yra
TINhs. newspaper published at HALEY AIturss
county, Idaho Territory.
mis- kOMER L. POrND p.~,...
Lyttleton Price, atty for applicants
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Notice tor Publication,
LAND OFFICE AT HALEY. IDAHO. |

LAND OFFIcE AT HALEY. IDAHO
May is. 1885
!, otto c. Ba"kman, of Camas Prairie who m ade
Homestead Entry No. ~. foS the + n NE !. and s
!. i. and !. " L Section 26, !
il +, do hereby give notice OF my int, ton 10
commute said Homestead and to establish my
claim to the land above described. and that ex.
pcrt to prove my residence ard cultivation hefors
the Register and Receiver at HALEY. Idaho, on
July l. 1885. by two of the following witnesse. /:
Alexander Sifers Louis Elmunds Nels Peterson,
and Sam Halter, all Of Soldier.
OTTO c. DACKMAN
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-04

direct that tho foregoing notice Of application
for pnten: be published for the period of sixty
days item consecutive weeks in the woop RIVER
TINES, newspaper published ut HALEY, Alturas
county, Idaho Territory.
ml4 HOMER L. POUND, Register.
Lyttltton Price. atty for applicant.
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Notice for Publication,
LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAuo,)
April %. lkSJ.

made Presumption Derlnrst Dry Statement No aSa7
lnr the y sW 4 NV ]. sw 4 section o, Town.
snip North Range II East do, hereby give
t" Js Oh my intention to make final proof to es-
tabifsl my claim TO the land above descrjbed and
nst expect to prove my residence aud cultivation
oe'ore the Register and Receiver at Haley Idaho,
va sion'lay June ]. 1885. by two of the following
son and s. p. King, all of Soldier Idaho.
@-- CHARLES Z. SAMSON.