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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-26
FIN. ADAMS, AUCTI0NEER.

Satisfaction guaranteed or no pa,
Address, lola, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-26

FOR SALE.-GoOd dwelling house
e. GILLIAN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-26

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Half Jer
sey COW. Will sell or trade for fires
COW. Apply at this Office.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-26
JoLA MARKETS.

TscThis renort OF the local market is correc T.
cd eachweek Just before going TO press TOT
Kansas City, ST. Louis, Chicago and New 1ork
markets see indie pages.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-15
WEBSTER, DAY COUNTY, DAKOTA. JULY Is 1886.

1NDEPBSDENcE SCHOOL TWP
To balance hand January !, 1SS6............ SEC
penalty and interest ooected.......-.....- 81
By amt paid Treasurer per youcher........ 62 ii
!" Treasurer's fees 4 per cent............... 241
balance on hand July l. lSS6.............. 24S|
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-15
DIRECTORY.
aILwAY TIMETABLE.
.LosING OF THE MAILS.

...........-....s p m West, m
.[~seion daily by stare, 6 n m. Arrives p m
||Srtown stage, Mon. Wed. and FFi.-......6 a m
4 :. a. arrives Tues, Thur. a Sat. 6 p m
"a Weekly by Stage. departs Saturday a m
Z" arrives Friday JPN
{" Z" arrives 6pm
|..nec VIII he open from a until SPIN
+. spdays from z tiu9AM. u to P N and from
J.B. PRESDERGAsT, Pm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-15
Churcfls.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Regular Services eSery Sunday at u a. m. hna
7 ~ n M Slbhath school at II m. fra!eI
meeting every THURSDAY evening. -
W. e.. DICKINSON Eastor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
A Thrilling Experience.

81 have had plenty of experiences
friend of mine yesterday. 81 have
sought the bubble reputation even at
the lannon's mouth, led a relief party
into caved-in coal-mine, l stayed in
New Orleans all during the yelow-fever
epidemic, but l never was so scared in
all my life, never felt SO great respon-
sibility, as one day IN quiet country
street without another human being in
sight. 1t was this way: A friend of
mine who lived there owned $22, 900
trotter, and he was taking him out with
only halter on. He forgot something
and gave me the halter while he ran
back. He did not return at once, and a
sudden start given to the horse by
piece of paper blowing across the street
made me realize my position. | had at
the other end of slender strap $22. 900
worth of horsefesh belonging to another
man. At any moment sudden noise
might cause the animal to break away
from me and dash himself to death
against the fences or in a ditch. Even
the discovery of my presence might
have that effect. | scarcely breathed,
and the perspiration broke in cold
streams all over me. | could not take
my eyes off the beast; was fascinated
by its face. Every time it lifted foot
or moved muscle an involuntary shud-
der ran through my frame. My friend
was only gone a minute or two, but it
seemed an age. When he returned 1
fairly forced the halter into his hand.
why, old fellow said he, you're as
pale as ghost r"-M Chicago Nelos.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
How Snow is Removed in Paris.

The following facts may be interest
ing and instructive to the long suffering
Londoner: Early on Friday morning
there was heavy fall of snow in Paris,
which ceased about a. m, leaving the
streets covered to the depth of several
inches all over the city. Half an hour
after it had stopped showing men were
busy in the principal thoroughfares
scattering broadcast a mixture OF salt
and sand; they were followed by the
watering carts, and after a short inter-
val by the brushing machines, which
soon transferred the liquid snow and
mud to the sides of the street, whence,
with the assistance of a staff of scaven-
gers and liberal flow of water 1t
quickly found its way into the sewers.
The ease and rapidity with which the
snow was first of all got out of the way
of the traffic and then finally disposed
Of was little short of marvellous to one
accustomed to the condition of the Lon
don streets after a fall of snow. by
midday the chief streets, such as the
Rue de RivolI, the Avenue de lOpera,
and the great boulevards, were as clean
as they were the day before the storm.
It must be confessed that during the
cleaning process, crossing the street was
not pleasant operation, especially as
the Parisians do not indulge in the lux
ury of crossing sweepers. But then the
inconvenience lasted only a few hours,
while in London the streets are smoth-
cred in mud for days together. 1t
would be interesting to know in which
of the two capitals the "snow bill' is
the heaviest. Pail Mall Gazette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
Safety of Registered Mail.

"Some people imagine, said post
official, "that if they register letter it
is the same as putting the money in the
bank-it's safe. Then there are those
who believe that registering is no guar
antee. They quote the backwoods
maxim that the Government will trace
up lost registered package and tell
you where it is lost, and you can get it
yourself-if you can That is mis-
take. The understanding now is that
the man who can be proved to have
handled the package last before it was
lost must make it good. If he doesn't
he may hand in his resignation and let
his bondsmen get out of it the best way
they can. Only last week q package
was lost here. There were but two
men in the department when it arrived,
and the agent got his receipt from
them. The people who sent that pack
age made affidavit that it contained
$500, and the two men made it good
rather than lose their places and be dis
graced. | guess you'll find the regis
tered mail pretty safe"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15

Previous to the war colored man,
now living in Atlanta, Ca, and then a
slave, purchased his freedom from
his owner, agreeing to give him
$1,000 for the chattel property.
When President Lincoln's eman-
cipation proclamation was issued the
former slave had paid $500 of his in
debtedness, and since that time, by his
daily labor, he has accumulated, dollar
by dollar, and paid over to his former
owner the remaining $500, and now is a
freeman indeed
SOME of the best corn lands IN In
diana are the bottoms of ponds that
have been drained, but in certain of
these the working of the soil on warm
days causes an intolerable itching, fol-
lowed by burning pain in the skin for
some DAYS. The cause of this is found
to be the minute spicules of sponges
which once grew in the pond and re-
main in enormous abundance in the
dust.
THE champion hog that was killed at
Rhinebeck the other day in the presence
of 8, 900 persons, for weeks before his
death had to be fed with spoon. He
was so fat that he could not feed him
self, and so small boy and big iron
spoon were employed. The boy had no
sinecure, for he ate half a barrel of swill
a day, but the boy learned to love the fat
hog, and wept bitterly when he was
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
Strange Human Specimens.

1t is credibly related that one day in
the year 1925, some woodcutters, wan
dcring along the banks of the Moho
river, in British Honduras, in search of
mahogany trees, were startled upon
reaching a place called Meditation Fall
by strange little being that suddenly
emerged from the bush, stared wildly
at them, then turned to flee The men
pursued, overlook, and brought the odd
creature to their camp. 1t was dark
skinned girl, not quite three feet tall,
and with no other covering than her
hair, which fell in thick black masses
to her feet, completely covering her.
She was very wild but not stupid, and
finding that no harm was done to her,
she talked to the wood cutters in the
Maya tongue that they also spoke, that
being the language of the Indians in
those parts. AS the weather was cool,
one of the men gave her a red flannel
shirt, which clothed her from head to
foot. For day or two she refused to
eat, but afterward seemed contented.
She said her people were all the same
size as herself, and that they were then
living near Meditation Fall where they
had planted cornfeld, but that they
generally dwelt three or four miles away
in a deep valley. After she had been
in the camp about ten days, some of the
men proposed to go and see her people.
She manifested delight, and offered to
guide them to the spot. Reaching the
place where they first met her, she led
them into the forest, and then made a
sign for them to stop and be silent. A
hubbub of voices, as of many people
talking reached their ears, and the girl
whispered to them that she would go
and announce their coming, as other
wise her people would run away and
hide on hearing footsteps. Away she
went, and soon not sound was heard.
The men waited patiently, but their
diminutive guide did not return. Con-
WINGED that she had cunningly eluded
them, they went forward, and in two
minutes found themselves in cornfeld
There were embers in two or three places,
and small piles of corn, as if prepared
for transportation. The ground was
much trodden, but no living creature
was in sight They searched in vain,
and remained some time in the field
hoping that the owners would return
for the corn, but they never saw the girl
again, nor any of her people. One of
those very woodmen gave me this &C
count, and similar stories have been told
by others; but all snch stories might be
doubted were it not for the cities of
diminutive houses, which any traveller
may examine for himself. "-Demorest's
HO3lthLly
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
A Famous Quack Doctor.

DR.. Lighthill, who died of small-p ox
at San Antonio, Texas, was the most ia
nous and successful quack in the coun-
try. HIS medicines were no better than
other patent stuifs. but he had a way of
drawing crowds and persuading them to
buy whatever he had to sell. He was n
strikingly handsome man of about forty,
and always travelled in grand style. His
income was fully 800, 900 a year from
his practice and the sale of his medi-
cines- At one time he stepped into a
bank in Louisville and desired to have
quite large draft cashed. The cashier
said he would have to be identified,
whereupon the doctor handed him a
ten-dollar bill and requested him to
telegraph to bank in New York. The
reply came back, "Eighthill all right
Let him have 800, 900 if he wants it. ~
The doctor wore 100000 worth of dia-
monds and So, 900 watch. Frequently
he would pick up a crowd of loafers
and spend $500 on them setting up the
champagne. During the past ten years
he visited every large town in the South
and West, and was patronized by the
best and most intelligent people,-At-
lanta Constitntion
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
BURNED OUT OF THE BARN.
The Nebraska Desperate Stays Another
Man BEFORE He Dies,

The armed murderer who in Ne
braska shot and killed two men, fatally
wounded third, and took refuge In a
barn where he defed the efforts of one
hundred men to dislodge him, was
killed. The barn was burned, but
whether the desperate met his death by
shooting or burning cannot be deter
mined. On Saturday, it will be recol-
lected, he quarrelled with farmer who
had discharged him, killing the farmer
and arming himself, fed. He was pur-
sued, but fred and killed G. P. johnson,
fatally wounded another man and then
took refuge in the barn. The siege was
kept up all day Sunday, and E. Everett
met his death by bullet from the muir
derer's rifle. Several other persons
were slightly wounded, but will recover
He held at bay 200 armed men for over
forty hours.
Early Sunday night straw-stack in
the neighborhood was fired, so that the
desperate could not escape under cover
of the darkness. During the day an at
tempt was made to enter the barn, but
no sooner did the assaulting party show
themselves than the desperate, who was
on the alert, opened fire and shot Ever
EFT in the breast. inficting fatal wound,
making the fourth victim. This was
the only shot made by the desperate, who
wasted no ammunition. He did not
shoot when the attacking party were
retreating. Fifty men from Tacoma
armed with long range repeating Win
chester rifles, arrived upon the scene
late in the afternoon, and shotguns took
the place of revolvers.
All day the crowd surged around the
barn, but kept out of range of the be-
sieged man. A wagon load of provis-
ions was forwarded to the camp of the
besiegers.
1t was decided that the barn would
have to be burned. It was impossible
to starve him out, as there were five
cows and plenty of chickens in the barn.
During the darkness of the night some
one in the crowd crept up to a shed adj
joining the barn and set fire to it. The
Gagged murderer, seeing that he was
doomed, fired twenty shots into the
crowd in rapid succession but hit no
one. The crowd returned the fire from
Winchester rifles from all sides. 1t is
thought that the murderer was killed
before he could attempt to make his es-
cape.
After the fire had subsidized his dead
body was found in pile of oats. Both
arms and parts of both legs were burned
off. Part of his head had been shot
away and his body was riddled with
bullets. The supposition is that he was
wounded in the leg before he ran into
the barn and hence he did
not attempt to escape. The des-
peradoes right name was Allen
Wright, aged about twenty-eight years.
His remains were buried in q cornield.
His revolver had Texas COW head en-
graved on it. He had also a Winchester
rifle. Eight mules, three horses, three
cows and large quantity of grain were
burned. The total loss is So, 900, which
the county will probably pay.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
BARNUM AND PIGS FEET.
Trick About Cooking Which the show.
man Taught Harrison Phebus.

The late Harrison Phebus was an cpl
cure above everything else. The creator
OF new dish was to BIN greater mar
than he who won many battles. Among
the guests at his hotel, at Old POM
Comfort, few years ago, was the vet
| Gran Snowman, P. T. Barnum. He, too
loves the good things of this life. One
afternoon the two were sitting together
on the hotel veranda. Barnum wa:
spinning one of the yarns for which he
is famous. He broke off suddenly il
the middle of his story with the remark
'Say. Ph9bus, why don't you serve
pigs feet for breakfast ~
because they're not fit to eat," la
conically replied Mr.. Phnbus.
''They're not, Ell I'll cure you Of
that belief. Got q cook you car
trust 2"
Several of them, " responded the as
tonished Phpbus.
"Send the best one up to me-" said
Barnum.
The cook came. 'Now,p said Mr..
Barnum to the astonished chef, "get
some pigs feet-fat ones; wash them
clean very clean; then wrap each one
separately in a piece of clean muslin
that hasn't got any starch in it. Then
boil 'em. Boil 'em hard and boil 'em
long; not less than seven hours. Do you
understand seven hours. Then take
'em out and put them in cool place.
When they're cool unwrap 'em and split
'em. Understand Split 'em right in
the centre. Next day broil 'em and
serve 'em hottie hotter the better,
but for heavens sake don't fry 'em."
The cook Observation-Disclosures, and
the next day Mr.. PraSus took breakfast
with Mr.. and Mrs Barnum and the
friend who tells the gy. Mr., Pr9bus
ate of them, air0-- seartily. They
just touched hik~Ir7s, lsesd supplied a
long-felt want Whc1 the pigs feet
had disappeared, Mr.. Phebus's com.
ment was, "Say, Barnum, that's food
fit for a king"
And that is how it came about that
the visitor to he Queens hotel in Lon
don, at Leland's hotel in Chicago, at
the West End hotel at Long Branch,
and at various first-class hotels in this
city, finds on the breakfast bill of fare
set before him, ''Pigs' feet broiled la
Barnum." Mr.. Phebus had introduced
the dish to his brother caterers in va.
rious parts of the world Hartford
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
KrapOtkin, the Nihilist.

A Paris letter to London Truth saws:
Prince Krapotkin discards rhetoric, is
entirely free from pedantry, and has
grace, simplicity and clearness. The
sobriety of the style gives astonishing
manifestation Of deep-lying feeling. 1t
is clear that the Prince is a we'll of
science, and yet is inwardly dominated
by sensibility The cat o'-nine tails
which he laid at the Sale Lewis on the
back of ''the fleeing class was made
of fine, hard whip-cOrd. He has the
neat, crisp touch and finish of Tourgue-
nieif, but more emotion, which, how
ever, is always under restraint. He
knows English; but 1 am not aware
that he speaks it well enough to lecture
In it. His French is Voltairean, and in
no wise Russian, except in the intona-
ton, which is soft and soothing to the
ear. There is little in his language that
is persuasive, but glycerine is not want
ing in his style The nitre that makes
it nitro glycerine shows rarely; but it
does come out with starting effect occa-
sionally. When an attempt is made to
place the nimbus of a martyr round his
head he shrinks into himself; until he
warns up his modesty verges on shy
ness, in which, however, there is no
soWrROis8rie. Prince Krapotkin has
head of billiard ball -glossiness, except
just at the base, where, seen at dis
lance, his hair appears 1Iike brown fur
trimming to the bald Uranium. His
beard, also dark brown, is long and
bushy. His eyes are hidden behind
spcctacles. When seen they testify to
a lively and very active spirit. The
nostrils of a somewhat r@'rousse nose,
wide at the base, are tremulous as those
of thoroughbred horse. This arch Nj
hi,ist is spindle shanked, wears wide
tro~scrs, and shoes so loose as to be in
convenient when he walks. He was
brought up in the tip top grade of Rus
sian society, and has lost high posi-
ton and wealth because he criticised
the institutions of his native land.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
The Brave "Army of Two"
DEATH OF ABIGAIL BATES, WHO, WITH
HER SISTER, FRIGHTENED AWAY
BRITISH WAR-suIP.

Miss Abigail Bates, so well known as
one of the two heroines who frightened
away the British during the war of 1912
by sounding the fife and drum, died at
Scituate, Mass, Wednesday, aged
eighty nine years. Her sister and com
panion in the ''army of two" Rebecca
Bates, died Dec. -, 1881, aged eighty
three years. Reuben Bates, father of
the heroines, was the keeper of the
old Lighthouse formerly located in Scit-
uate harbor, but which was discon-
tinued after the establishment of the
Minot's Ledge Lighthouse. One day
during the continuance of the war of
1912 the Bates sisters, Abigail and Re-
becca, were left in charge of the light
house, their father, brothers and other
male inhabitants being absent, as they
were members of the militia company.
The girls deserted British ship APP
preaching the harbor, and devined that
it was the object of those on board to
burn the fishing boats lying in the har-
Dor, and perhaps to sack the town.
Bebecca said to Abigail that if she
could fife" she Rebccca would
''drum," and perhaps they might lead
the British to think there was a force of
armed men near by and Brighten them
away. Abigail replied that she would,
So the two girls went around behind
some sand hills near the lighthouse, and
the music of the fife and drum were
soon heard sounding the lively notes of
yankee Doodle" The ruse proved
very successful, for it is said the British,
becoming alarmed by the apparent near
ness of hostile force, quickly pulled
back to their ship in the small boats
without tempting landing. The men
were considerably crestfallen upon their
return, at the smartness of the girls,
and some of them have been ungallant
enough to question the authenticity of
the narrative.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
A Home Charge.

In the course of his charge to the jury
on murder case an Idaho judge said:
SIN making your decision, gentlemen,
please bear in mind that the deceased
was reaching for his hip pocket when
the prisoner blazed away at him. The
Territorial statues, you understand,
gentlemen, allow one man, when he sees
another make this motion, to perducc
his gun and begin the bombardment.
To be sure it has been proved that the
deceased was reaching for his handker-
chief, but that makes no difference, the
law does not recognize any such move
ments. The very fact that he was carry.
ing a pocket-handkerchief while in Ida
no shows that he was an unfit member
for territorial society. Please carefully
weigh all of these important facts before
bringing in your verdict"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15

On PAY DAY.-"The quickest way
to tell who are the good railroad men, y
said a prominent official, "is on pay
day. The man who draws his full
months earnings at one time can almost
invariably be put down as a trustwor-
thy, temperate, industrious and valuable
man. One of our men issued orders
last month against his pay for larger
amount than was due him. His place
will probably have to be filled soon.
Every time an order is filed against a
mans pay it Injuries him in the eyes of
his employers. OF course there are
times when sickness makes it necessary.
but such cases are usually distinguished
by previous good record"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
The Cost of Ensilage.

If you have upward of three acres of
large corn, force of from eight to
twelve men will be required to follow
the power and cutting machine. 1t will
cost from 81 to 50 per ton to put it into
the silo. If small corn is raised and
put in whole, two men can do the work
in longer time This method is real
ly recognized as being the most econom-
ical as far as expense of harvesting is
concerned; but the yield is not much
more than half what it might be with
large corn. Suppose we can nurse the
best three acres we have so as to raise
100 tons of corn and have the cost of
putting into the silo $3.50 We may
have in the barn at beginning of win
ter twenty cows. Allow them feed of
hay at noon, and the ensilage will give
them plenty morning and night for
$50 days. Now to get back the $3.50
we will have to assess each COW 81. so
for $50 days. These figures allow the
COW fifty pounds day, and many COWS
will not eat fifty pounds; and We do
not always have to feed $50 DAYS in
the winter, and, besides, it ought not TO
cost $3.50 to put in the ensilage. - The
Stock Farm
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
Why the War Ended.

Ex-Confederate General Preston says
Once when Sir Garnet Wolseley, the
present commander of the English army,
asked me at a dinner party at Montreal
if the South could not have held out
longer l replied: GAS mere matter of
physical endurance, yes; but do you
know, sir, that in the four years of war
through which we passed the South
alone, with its few millions of people,
lost more men in bate than England
did III all its wars from William the
Conqueror to Queen Victoria ?' | spoke
with some feeling, and it ended in dis
cuSsion as to The reason why the South
did not continue to ight.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15
A CHIP off the old block is frequently
from blockhead.

THE EFFICACY of DR.. WALKERS VINE
GAR BIrTERs, in Chronic Dyspepsia, Fe
vers, Nervous disorders Constipation
deficiency of vital power, and all mala
dies affecting the stomach, liver, bowels
pulmonary organs, or muscular system
has been experienced by thousands. TIL
Bitters strikes at the root of these dis
eases by tening the stomach and cleans
ing the blood.