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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
BROUGHT by Cable.

The steamer Borderer, from Boston,
collided with the Minerva in the Thames.
The latter vessel sunk, and seven persons
were drowned. The Borderer sustained
little damage. Mr.. Lewis, who was beaten
by Justin Mccarthy in the recent contested
election case in Londonderry, in 4 fare
well address to the Loyalists Of that dis
trict says he regrets handing over his
seat in Parliament to one who, whatever
his personal qualities may be, has been re-
ceived and enlisted In America by FentaH
dynamfters and advocates of murder.
Lord Lonsdale's colliers in Cumberland,
who have been on strike, have resumed
work pending arbitration. Lord Lytton
will succeed Lord Lyons - British Am
bassador at Paris. Chadwick's thread
mills, in Bolton, have been partially des-
troyed by fire. The damage amounts to
90,oo. Advices received in London
state that the natives at EnhAmbane, q
town at the entrance of Mozambique
Channel, revolted and defeated the
Portuguese garrison stationed 1T that
place. The natives surrounded the fort 1t
the time the information WAS sent. Joseph
Dacruse, the sccomplice Of Betram, the
Hong Kong forger, has been found guilty
and sentenced to ten years' imprison-
ment. ..... ....-.s - f.. r..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Current Matters.

Capt. William Johnson, u. 3. A., has
been found not guiltyc f duplicating his pay
accounts by the court material, but Gen.
Sheridan, who received the evidence, set
the verdict aside: The secretary Of the
treasury has issued the 144th call for the
redemption $4,000 600 of the per cent
bonds. 1t is not likely that the President
will 60 to Buffalo to vote. The Hartley
Reclining Chair Company, of Chicago, has
made an assignment to W. D. Gibson.
The liabilities are stated at S19, 900 and as
sets at $25, 600. Judge Donahue, of the
New York supreme court, has granted an
attachment against the property of the
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company in
favor of George s. Studewell in a suit
brought by him against the company to
recover $159 315, the amount Of 81 policies
that he owns by assignment. Alfred Rus
sell Wallace, the distinguished English
naturalist who shares with Darwin the
honor Of first propounding the theory of
natural selection, has arrived in Boston,
and began a course Of lectures in the Low
ell Institute on Monday. he will prob.
ably remain in this country during most
of the winter, and will lecture in the prin
cipal cities.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
TaR nARkErs.I !,
81. PAUL.

81. PAUL.
WHsAT-No. hard cash nc 4 bid; No.
Nosthern, y gtt,@ IL M@97a18c bid; No. = Northern,
floui-Patent, IS 5oogs.25; str.iehts
So IS "a 80 asked; bakers', g. oo935O asked
rye, t3.t0@3 50.
Oats No. mixed s5c. bid, s8c
asked No. Q white 26><c. bid.
Barley No. 2. 43cg43c. bid.
Rye No. 2 &c. bid.
Flax Seed. Csc bid.
Baled hay, ~ 50 asked timothy go So
Dressed 6eef, choice steers 511e.gv7c.a =
Butter, extra 1sc@aec. bid. :
Eggs, extra ii Xc @sa asked.
fotaIoes, 5sc por busnel,
@s3.N per 100 lbs. Sheep sold st e3. Is :
per lOU. Hogs t3 50e3 50. - y a. - = Z "a
WH1AT-No: hard. cash, nK; Nov.
M; No: Northern, cash 691lc; No. 2
Northern, cash, g.. a..
FLoUR-Patent In sacks held At
S4.25 4.35. In barrels, - 43i94.4O; - 80
q .Ol delivered at New England point,
s4.7o14 81 delivered New York and Penn
sylv ANA. points; bakers $3.2o@s40
:, CHICAGO j.. III. ... .ss
Wheat Cash. 72Ac November 72Ic.
. Corn, Cash, 35Ic; November 35Ac.
s' Flax seed essp No: I j.ssc. '''"''' ~'"''
Pork, cash f8.950&9.OO:A o..s.s.-n
Live Stock .Csttl. saso@375; Hogs,
s3 $50 So; Hhsep, $s4ot9$3 ~. .ss3el#
@1%~ puLtrn.. @~ . @a'
WH..r-Cash No. / hard 73c; No. North
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Iowa Doings.

The quarterly statement of the state
treasurer shows the debt Of the state to be
&59o,549.62. Britt has fears of a water
famine. Nearly ali the wells are dry. The
Chi ago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul water
tank supplies large numbers olfamilies and
q large amount Of stock with water. At
the Baptist State Convention held at Cedar
Rapids, G. e. Higgins, State Superintend
ent of missions, made tho following report:
During the past year.we have employed Al
missionaries, supplied 50 churches. preach
ed 4,114 sermons, administered 306 bap-
tisms, added AL members, collected tor
convention incidental expenses, pastoral
support, Sunday schools, permanent im-
provement and other benevolent objects,
]3O, 1876. Among the $500 Saanoinav-
ians, Council Bluffs. Cedar Falls and At
lantic employed a missionary for the nine
teen colored churches, snd supportsd .
cial condition is worthy Of considera4 ion,
S3620. 20 having been received, while 81
$50. .46 has been disbursed. The added ob-
iigation Of 81, 200 makes . deficit of 81 $50
81. He recommends an increase Of $500
from the Sunday schools alone, ard
larger inc1 ssss from the churches. a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
$4,000 Stolen.

The Adams Express car on the st. Louis
ard SanlFrancisco R. R. which left st.
Louis at s:25 p. M, Monday was robbed of
$5O, 600 in money and other valuables. A
man giving the name of Cummings (now
believed to have been a member of the
James gang) rode in the car with the mes
by the officers of the Express Co. When
near Merrimac the messenger was over
powered, the safe riaed and the robber
made his escape, leaving the messenger
gagged and bound, locking the car door on
the outside. 1t was two hours later before
the captive was able to attract attention
and secure release.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Chicago Fire.

The six story Knight 4 Leonard printing
house building, East Madison street,
Chicago, became a heap Of as es aud
ruins between 4 aud a. M, Oct. 81. The
lower floor and basement were occupied
by firms carrying stocks 1f the value of
one hundred TO one hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars and the upper floors with
offices. The roof of the bnilding fell
through to the basement burylng humber
of men in the debris all Of whom were
injured and some fatally. Three or four
men were caught under falling walls and
the havoc made with the limbs and per
son of hremen and policemen was beyond
ali precedent. The fire originated in the
knight 4 Leonard printing sd1oe and the
total loss above insurance is put at $3.50.
OeO. An incident of the scene was the
fight OF gamblers from dozen rooms in
the vicinity, some Of them merely escaping
with life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Calamtties.

Treasurer Barkley, of Laurel township,
Clermont county, Ohio, took = 900 to Gin
cinnati early in September, and suddenly
disappeared. He was found Friday wan
dering about the streets of Cincinnati, evil
IDENTIFY suffering from blow on the head.
He says he was assaulted the night of his
arrival, and as since been kept q prisoner
by strangers. The business failures
throughout the country during the week as
reported by r. Il. Dun& Co., number for
the United States 1886, and fnr Canada 10, &
total of 215 failures. An ore bank at Dills-
burg, Pa, caved in, killing two men and
wounding several others. VIM. W Sanders,
formerly editor Of the Carvillis Leader,
has been sentenced to hang for the murder
OF Charles Campbell at Albany, Ore, last
June. Elihu B. Washburn has somewhat
recovered from the sudden attack of illness
which he experienced several weeks ago,
he is still in very weak condition, and is
unable~t to remain in the open air for more
than few moments at time.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

GABRIEL DUMOUT, a lieutenant of
Louis Riel during the late rebellion in
the Northwest, was connected with
Buffalo Bills show on Staten Island
during the past summer. The Cana
dian Government recently extended a
pardon to the rebels, and Dumout is
now on his way to Canada. He is a
fine specimen of manhood, forty-nine
years of age, six feet tall, and weighs
21O pounds.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Unveiled.

The famous Bartholdi statue of Liberty
was unveiled and presented to the Nation
at Bedloes Island, New York harbor on tn
2Sth, with the most imposing ceremonieA
witnessed and participated in by a million
people. The land and naval PROFESSIONS
and the decorations were most notable.
The presence of the Sculptor Barthoidi
was loudly cheered. Count Ferdinand De
Lesseps made an address in French,
Senator Evarts the presentation address,
removing the veil and making the accept
ance response, Chauncey Nj. Depew fol-
lowing with an oration. President
Cleveland and the Cabinet reached
Washington at Ii lis in the evening.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
North Star Dots.

When "Red Ray" Sanford, the Brainerd
murderer, was landed at Saltwater it was
found that he had been there before, hav-
ing been discharged in 1884 after serving a
tern for larceny from Oimsted Comfy
There was snow storm ON the 18th at Pipe
stone. Adolph Defelinger, while descend
ing $50 foot we'll ON the farm of Steven
Sullivan, in Rice county, Minn., was over
come by foul air and fell to the bottom,
He was taken out dead. First Assistant P.
NJ. Gene raj Stephenson has visited St. Paul
and Duluth, Minn. but only to visit friends.
Patents have been granted to the follow
ing Minnesota claimants: 81. J. Brink
man. Minneapolis, middlings purifier; E.
H. Foster, Fairmont, door sill ia Harrslson
and &. 4. Anderson, Minneapolis, sofa bed
stead; Chester Roach, Minneapolis, punch
ing machine; G: E. Sly, Glencoe, sleigh; g.
E. Trancheil, Wiimar, game. At Plain
view, Minn., John Rawlins, while assisting
in loading some hogs last Saturday after
noon, was observed to stagger from the
wagon, and In an instant fell TO the ground
and was dead. He was 66 years old.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

WASHINGTON CITY will this season
be source of literary inspiration.
Mrs. Dahlgren, Mrs. Burnett, William
D. Howells and Miss Rives have in
contemplation novels for which the
capital will serve as a background.
1t is also rumored that Miss Cleveland
will picture in fiction her impression
OF Washington. Boston as a back
ground for fiction seems likely to soon
lose her pro-eminence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Done in Minnesota.

The Sauk Center railroad line has been
surveyed as far north as Wadena. Charles
". Loomis, a prominent citizen of Pipe
stone died of typhoid fever. He was
formerly a resident of River Falls, Wis
The Rochester board of trade subscribed
$500 for the preliminary survey of the pro-
posed railroad from Duluth to Red Wing
James Holden, of Norfolk, lost his house
with its contents by fire, during his
insured. John Borin, of Alfshurg, Sibley
county, was gored to death nv bull. An
employe Of the Polar Star mills at
Faribault was caught in the machinery
while oiling up and was literally torn to
pieces. At Vermillion a newly married
couple were given hideous serenade and
the young groom, discharged shot gun
into the crowd wounding two Of them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
UnfOrtunateA.

VIM. Dillman, Minneapolis man, was
murdered at Lylton, B. C. Three men were
arrested have been sentenced to be hanged
on Nov. "a. Di|lman leaves a widow and
seven children in Minneapolis, having gone
family there While Ora Stone, young
man living near Pelican Rapids, was out
hunting Monday, he accidentally dis
i. harged the contents of a shotgun into his
mouth, tearing away his lips, teeth and
nose. Thomas Devine attempted to get on
a moving freight train at Delano and was
badly cue up by the wheels and died. A
man gi> ing his name as John Bailey, was
found unconscious near Huron. He claims
to have come from st, Paul.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

HIT the Case
The other day = Michigan farmer
drove into Hillsdale with load of
wheat, hitche1 his team on the main
street, and climbed down from the
wagon with the remark:
I'm either going to find out what
causes this depression in the wheat
market, or somebody will get licked r
After three men had vainly At
tempted to explain matters to his salts
faction, and had their hads punched,
= policeman came along 2sd collared
him. with the explanations:
''The trouble is reproduction.
There are too many farmers out Of
Jail. '-W WaA Street Ne,rs,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
IOWA..
Feature of tho HaddOck Murder.

Feature of tho Haddock Murder.
The disappearance of Henry Peters, one
of the important witnesses Of the daddock
murder at Sioux City and the intimation
that he has been killed to prevent bis tell
ing tales, has been nearly confirmed. On
the 4rh Of this month the body of q strang-
or was found in the willows about mile
was badly decomposed and could not bs
identified. The body was buried in the
Potter's field at Council Bluffs. An exam
ination Of the clothing has now made
leading to the almost complete identifica-
tion of Peters. 1t is thought that he, too,
trevent. his revealing the first assassina-
ton.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

The Comte de Paris has rented for q
year the residence of Lady Louisa Menx
at East Sheen near Richmond, in Sur
rey County, England. Lady Menx,
who is daughter of the Marquis of
Allesbury, generally resides in Paris.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
100 Doses

One Dollar. Hoods sarsaparflla u the orty.
medicine Of which this. can be truly said !;
and it = an unanSwerable. argument 40 -
the strength and positive seossonv q t6fs
great msdieine. q HooA,s sAsap4siis 31nAdS
Of roots, herbs, barks, ETC., long and fayofably
known for their power in purifying the blood
md in combination, proportion, and process,
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar to ttseE.
Tor econonsv and comfort Ne - HOODS
.Sarsaparilla." NBs. C. .B4EvSsER Bunaao.
Hoods Sarsapsrilla takes less time and
quantity TO show its effect than any other
preparation ever heard 0f. would not b6
without it ia - hoasay,ss z1GRAC As1L
HuBBARD, North Chili y. Z. 10 Doss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Miss Rose Cleveland.

The publisher of Chicago Literary Life
states that he is in receipt Of a letter from
her physician in New York, certifying that
Miss Cleveland's health is entirely broken
down, and that he forbids her devoting her
energies to editorial work. Unless there is
soon change in Miss Cleveland's health
she will spend the winter in tho eouth of
France or in Florida.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Iowa Affairs.

The supreme court of Iowa has decided
weapons it is unnecessary to show willful
or malicious intent. A New York officer
passed through Des Aoines Friday with
q prisoner supposed 10 be Gus bender,
wanted Tor murder in Oregon. J. e. Han
negan, general passenger, agent OF the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
road, was married Friday at Cedar
Rapids to Mrs. Fannie Hall. A prospero Us
farmer living with his wife near Gilmore
City, named Geo Gardner, while in state
of religious craze took his own life by
sinking q hammer an incn deep in his
forehead and afterward nearly cut his
head OF.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

Rev. RICHARD SALTER STORRs, DID,, ,
LII. d., has been pastor of the Church
of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, for forty
years. He is a cold, statuesque man,
with highly cultured intellect, and
has pleased for two score years the
most exacting congregation on Brook
!yn Heights.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
MinnesOta the Land of Corn.

The Chicago Farmers Review gives the
following corn crop report: The reports
from the corn belt last week outline the
actual yield of corn from huskiug. In the
II counties Of Illinois the yield is given at
~ bushels, in IL counties III Iowa 30 bushels,
in counties in Kansas "a, in counties in
Nebraska 80 bushels, in counties in Mis-
souri, 81 bushels, in counties in Indiana 88
bushels, in counties in Minnesota "a bush
ola.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

ceived. It is estimated that the expenses
year will aggregate So, ,342, $50, an increase
of $976, ,:S6 over the current year. Cana
dian merchants are clamoring for an extra
dition treaty with the United States. The
heavy losses by the Rotchscbild failure at
Toronto are the cause. The Episcopal
Chicago % days. adjourned Friday to meet
in New York in 1889. Miss Quick, daughter
of wealthy parents in Ithaca, N. Y, was
killed by falling under train, she missing
her footing while standing on the. plat
form. SE-f# :. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Obituary..

Mrs. Cornelia NJ. Stewart, widow of A.
T. Stewart, died at her New York resi-
dence quite Unexpectedly Oct. 25th, of
She was born in 1902 and married Mr..
Stewart in 1928. She never had any
children and her nearest relatives are
half sisters aud neices. Her remains are
to repose at Garden City in the Stewart
tomb.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

The Religious Herald gives us the
following: There was meeting of
the preachers of Lynchburg, Va, and
when it was breaking up DR.. John
Hannon could not find his hat. Turn
ing to Rev. R. R. Acree, he said, Zone
of your Baptists has my hat.' ''I'hen,"
said Brother Acree, '.your hat has more
brains in it than ever BEFORE" "A few
days after that DR.. Hannon was
passing by Brother Acree's yard gate,
and, when urged to, come in, said, 81
am on my way to preach" "You can't
preach, :" replied Brother Acree. $50
felt for a long time,'' replied DR.. Han
non, ''but since hearing you the other
day, have changed my mind"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

GOETHE'S house in Frankfort is now
thrown open to all tourists who pass
through that city. 1t is a sort of mu-
scum of curiosities relating to the great
poet. Among the recent addition to
these is a Punch and Judy box that
used to be the great delight of the
author of "Faust' when child.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

GEORGE MACKROw, naval arc itect
of the Thames Shipbuilding Company,
London, has plans for war ships of
5000 tons. 14.0O0 horse power, capable
of 20 knots an hour, and carrying coal
for 5000 miles, and with frame
which can support four 25-ton guns.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

The White House is enliyened by
the presence of a little child. May
Cadman, cousin of Mrs. Cleveland
is attending one of the public schools
of Washington and living at the Exec
utive Mansion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
The Philadelphia Times remarks

The Philadelphia Times remarks:
Samuel j. Tilden and Thomas A.
Hendricks both died childless. both
we're able lawyers, both accumulated
considerable property, both made wills
when in the full vigor of their mental
powers, and both have lot of col
lateral relatives who propose to contest
their Wills"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
From the Wires.

Hewitt is favorite in the betting in New
York for tn. ma yorality. The President
has discharged two United States attorneys
for r.electioneering while holding Office A
son of Charley Sarrell, living near Owings-
vile, Ky, accidently discharged rifle and
shot his sixteen year old sister through the
head. She will die. Two indianapolis
girls were abducted by a colored proc1ress
from Chicago, but a gentleman who acci-
IDENTIFY met them, saved them from ruin.
A wild engine collided with a passenger
train near Madison, Wis. One man was
mail was burned. The Secretary of the In
terror decides that the marriage of siugls
woman who had not made q homestead
entry will not defeat her right to make
tinal proof and receive title to the land under
the homestead law. This decision reverses
the commissioner of the general land office
il the case of Maria Good nee Wilcox, of
Kirwin, Kansas.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

KING OTTo, of Bavaria, is still in the
same condition, but his physicians say
that he is less apathetic than formerly.
He asks for the papers every now and
then, but throws them away as soon as
they are handed to him. The Queen
Mother. who has not been at Munich
since the death of the late King, has
decided, at the instance of the Prince
Imperial of Germany, to visit King
Otto at Furstenried.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

HIS Holiness, Leo XIII, has given
10000 francs to the sufferers by the
Grecian earthquakes. and an equal sum
for the relief of the victims of the Ton
Quin massacres.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Public Appointments.

The President has appointed D. L.-Lock-
wood, of Buffalo, New York, to be attor-
ney of the United States for the northern
district of New York: Lucius NJ Lamar, of
Georgia, to be marshal of the United
States for the Southern district of Georgia.
The following to be consuls of the United
States: Seth Pratt, of Massachusetts,, at
Zanzibar; G. r. Mccall of Alabama, at
Santon; William r. Greathouse, of Louis
lana, at Tampico. Enoch J. Smithers, of
Delaware, at Ten Tsin; John T. Campbell,
of California, at Tamatava; Leopold
Morse, of New York, at Hull.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

IT is said that VIM. d.. Howells col
lects material for his novels by "shop-
ing'' with his wife. No wonder Ameri-
can women are not pleased with the
pictures made of them by Howells. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
From Wisconsin,.

A large dep sit of soft hematite ore has
been found in the Gogebic range on IL,
47-45, in what is known as the Mikado
option. Martin Kelly, the engineer on the
wild engine, which col1ided with a passen-
ger train near Pine Bluff, Wis, was arrest
ed at Madison, charged with granddaughter.
He was held in 81, 500 bail for trial. The
coroner's jury found that Kelly was re-
sponsible for Henry Schwenck's death, in
SO far as he was running his engine.con-
trary to the standing rules of the COM
pany when the accident occurred. The or
ganization of the First National Bank of
Ashland, has been completed. and the.
bank will soon be 0psned Tor bnsiness. AT
Manville, Wis, John Welch attempted
suicide b. swallowing large dose of AGO.
nite he will probably die.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03

HARRISON, who was Gen. Grants
body servant, and who was discharged
from the Government Printing Office a
week ago. has been appointed Ia
borer in the Paymaster-General's 8 Office.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
Educational limitation f,urnsd.

The Case School Of Applied Science,
probably the finest equipped institution
of the kind in the country took fire at
Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesdpy afternoon
from an explosion in the labratory and
burned with the loss Of $780, 900. lnsur-
ance S75, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
MILWAUKEE,
WHEAT-Cssh 7116. November 7O].

Young Milkfns-l wish you'd tell me
Mrs. Winks, whether it isn't true that IT q
woman says she hates man she really
loves him.. Mrs. Winks-It depends upon
to talking about her nusband2 ''No; she
It unmarried" 80! then it means love-"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-03
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

: SARAH BERNHARDT spells the inn
mortal William s name Shakespeare. =
His is name which has cast great
many different spells. -