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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
A Glass Mountain.
HALF A MILE LONG AND VARYING FROM
$50 TO 200 FEET IN HEIGHT.

One of the forthcoming reports of the
Geological Survey of the Government,
will contain a paper by Prof. Joseph p
Iddings npon an obsidean cliff in Vel
lowstone Park. This cliff is an eleva-
ton half a mile long by from $50 to 200
feet high, the material of which, Prof.
Iddings says, lis as good a glass as any
artifCially manufactured It's colors
and structure not only make it highly
interesting to the visitor, but furnish to
the scientific investigator phenomena of
importance. The cliff presents part of
a section of a surface flow of obsidian,
which poured down an ancient slope
from the plateau lying east. 1t is i'm
possible to determine what the original
thickness of this flow was. The dense
glass which now forms its lower portion
is from rs to 100 feet thick, while the
porous and pumiceous upper portion has
suffered from ages of erosian and glacial
action.
A remarkable feature of the cliff is
the development of prismatic columns,
which form its southern extremity.
These are of shining black obsidian,
rising from the talus slope, and are from
fifty to sixty feet in height, with diam
eters varying from two to four feet.
The color Of the material of this cliff
is for the most part Jet black, but much
of it is notified and streaked with bright
brownish red and various shades of
brown, from dark to light yellowish,
purpIish, and olive green The brilliant
lustre of the rock and the strong con-
trasts of colors with the black are very
striking. In places the glass in the pro
cess of cooling has been broken into
small angular pieces, which have been
again cemented by the later flow, pro-
duclng many colored and beautiful
breccia. In some places the material
shows s fine satin lustre. while IN others
deep golden sheen is noticeable, which,
under the lens, resolves itself into thin
beams of red and yellow hight. Through
the black and red glass are scattered
dull blush gray patches and bands, and
round gray and pink masses, the effect
of which is to still further vary the APP
pearance and beauty of the rock, and
make it the most conspicuous and char
acteristic variety OF volcanic lava known
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
Over heard in a Lunatic Asylum.

1t is true, my son, there is always
room at the top, but nobody wants it
when he goes to a hotel. And the great
trouble with the strawberry box is that
there is so little room at the BOTTOM
The best sculler often stands at the foot
of the class. Never buy a thermometer
because it is low. The Romans called
day dies just to kill time, probably
The hens in the barn yard and bellies in
the bal room have their own set The
woman whose head is turned by hattery
would feel much fatter if she heard
what is said when her back is turned.
w omen do not swear. but the profan-
est man In America would give Sj if he
could initiate the expression of good
woman when she hits her thumb with a
hammer and says, Mercy on mem-
A man dreamed that his mother in law
was dead and laughed aloud in his sleep.
The next morning She came to his house
with three trunks, a vapor bath, foot
mutt and two pugs. Now he does not
dare to 90 to sleep, and ii he should fall
into a do1e from exhaustion he shricks
with fright and awakes. He is afraid
he will have another dream 1t pie sos
DR. Mary Walker if you say that yoa
mister while she Vas away.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11

and abolished. You say by the power
of education 1t will not be done in
that way. You say by humanitarian
effort. it will not be done in that wav.
| will tell you how it will be done. by
the power of the GOSPEL of the Son of
God. In that day what municipal gov
ernments. Now | know there is great
difference between municipal govern
ments But in many of the cities YOU
lust 90 down and look around the CITY
Hall, and lust look where the politicians
are and see to what sensual, besotted.
loathsome. accursed crew CITY politics
for the most part has been abandoned.
and see them standing all dav long
around some of the City Il alls picking
their teeth and waiting for some crumbs
of emolument to fall at their feet. Who
are those drunken women taken to the
police station, and then, of course,
thrust into prison ? What will be done
with the grog shops that made them
drunk! Nothing What will be done
with that gambler who last night took
the young mans $500 Nothing.
What will they do w. 4bat man who
broke through and destroyed the purity
of Christian home with an adroitness
and a perfidy that beat the strategy of
hell, flinging a shrieking soul into
bottomless perdition Nothing. What
will they do with those men who
induced a young man tS1stake
sums of money from his en4DlF, Jers,
which young man came to an officer of
this church and frantically asked what
he must do? Nothing. No mercy for
small criminals If man steals $40
send him to Raymond street Jail. If
man steal 5000 600 let him get to Can
ada. We punish people because they
do not steal enough! How is it with
the trials in the court rooms of this
country What are they doing with
these Coney Island gamblers Where
is the genius in the American court
room that can arrest, try and condemn
such scoundrels Before the trial is
over, in some way, somehow, nobody
knows exactly, but oas of the jurors has
had given to him pah of gold specta-
cIes. through which he sees things in
different light. Punish the small Grim
inals by all means, but have sometimes
thought it might be a good thing if the
officers of the law would turn out of the
prison some of the ten cent offenders
and the ten dollar despcradoes and petty
and put in their places some of
these monsters of iniQuity, who ride
through the street with their mettled
span, going so swiftly that honest men
have to leap to get out of the way of
being run over. Oh, what damnable
schemes even professors of religion are
engaged in, until the Lord
puts the finger of retribution in the col
ar of the robe of hypocrisy and rips it
clean to the bottom. But, my friends,
all these wrongs are going to be righted.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
Advertising Rates.
HLHEO.


nileo! The moonlight seemed lost across the
wales;
The stars bestrewed the azure like an armor's
scattered scales;
The airs of night were quiet as the breath OF
silken sails,
And all your words were sweeter then the notes
of nightingales.
Illileo Legardi! in the garden there alone,
With your figure carved of fervor as the Psyche
carved of stone,
There came to me no murmur of the fountains
undertone
So mysticaIly musically mellow as your own.
You whispered low, uIileo-so low the leaves
We're mute.
And the echoes faltered breathlessly in your
voices vain pursuit,
And there died the distant dalliance of the
serenader's lutte,
And held you in my bosom as the husk MAJ
hold the fruit.
Illileo, l listened; [ believed you! In my bliss
What were all the worlds above me- since l
found you thus in this?
Let them, reeling, reach to win -me-even
heaven I would miss
Grasping earthward I would cling here.
though elung by just a kiss!
And l said the stars should slacken in their
PAGES through the vast:
That blossoms should grow odorless and lilies
all aghast,
Ere yet my loyalty should fail enduring to the
last
Sovowed I. 1t is written. 1t is changeless as
the past.
Illileo Legardi in the shade your palace
throws
Like the cowl about the singer at your gilded
pOrticos.
A moan goes with the music that may vex the
high repose
Of a heart that fades and crumbles as the
crimson OF rose.
JAMES WHITCOaIB RILEY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
A Tale Of Matrimonial Advertising

Any one brought up in a country
newspaper office knows there Is about as
! much fun and incident there to the
square inch as it is possible to crowd in
to it. Scores of queer things transpire
at the Office in question which would be
entertaining to relate l have lust time
hurriedly to refer to one. A young man
i'll the place answered an advertiser ent
for wife published in a New York
daily. \ reply promptly came, and the
advertiser proved to be a wealthy drug
gist, a Cuban by birth, and earnest in
his intentions. Letters were rapidly ex-
changed, and the correspondence in
creased in tenderness. Photographs
were exchanged, the young man sending
that of the prettiest girl in town. Next
came from New York by express hand
some set of jewelry, worth at least $75.
The pretended lady exhibited the letters
and the jewelry, and the matter became
the talk of the town; but with the talk
came a day of retribution.
One morning the young man walked
INTO the editors Office looking very woe
bcgOne. Do you know | am in an
awful tight place - he said with iusti-
ildOlC III DIOlllS VI didIll L hat CUBAN
is coming to town on Wednesday, Why,
III be pointed out to him the minute he
steps off the train. don't want to run
away and l don't want to be killed !!
You know how fiery these Cubans are"
The young editor smiled, debated a
minute, and then said: "For So | will
get you out of the scrape." Five dol
lars! pll give you $25." The editor
wrote as follows: Z" 1t is with great
sorrow that we record the sudden death,
yesterday morning, of our talented
young contributor, Miss Jennie Jardine,
OF Willow Crook Farm, etc, etc. " The
names looked real, and were the ones
the young man had used ''Wen, what
then - he asked. "Ill tell you," said
the editor. ''The regular edition OF the
paper has been printed the forms are
still on the press; | IL have this sec up,
remove local item Of the same size,
put this in place of it and print one
copy. Get your sister to mark it and
mail it at once to the honest fellow whom
ycu have been deceivingn 1t was so
managed and accomplished its purpose.
he broken hearted lover never visited
the place; he wrote touching letter of
coincidence to the pretended sister, and
the incident was forgotten. -.PhlLadcl-
phiG CAL.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
A Philosopher.

A very successful business man who
lives less than one hundred miles from
Boston is so given to saving that when
he cuts off the end of a cigar that has
been given to him he puts it in his
pocket A fliend remarking that his
boots, unusually large ores, were always
polished to the end of the skill of the
bootblack, asked him the reason of such
care, and why he did not extend it to
the rest of his hahiliments. "Dont
think for instant replied the pre-.
server of cigar tips. that l have nv
boots polished because care anything
for their appearance. The fact is.
have rheumatism in my feet, and rub
bing makes them feel better Besides,
l often put on a good coat of grease, 50
that the bootblack will be obliged to
lengthen his Job. - Boston Pest.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
His Home was Broken Up.

A man was arrested for jumping from
a ferryboat at Chatou into the Seine to
commit suicide, and when taken before
tne police related this story: - | am not
a miserable pauper as you might think.
have money on me Showing a pocket
book with 4OO0f in notes, still wet, in
iD, lived for twenty years in the Rue
Crozatier, but the house has been taken
for improvements and pulled down. My
existence has since been broken up All
my habits have been deranged. Life
has become burden to me. and | re-
solved to die" The mans home is now
a lunatic asYlum.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
CONSIDERATE.

Hostetter McGinnis is a male flrt
He was taken to task by Gilhooly, who
said, reproachfully:
"You have been courting all four of
those LongcOffin girls all summer, why
don't you marry one of them 2"
''Pd do it, Gilhooly, but don't want
to do anything to forfeit the esteem of
the other three. Yeras SftiEgS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11

Society Reporter-Splendid mansion,
isn't it ?
Local Reporter-Bang up. should
like to own house like that.
S. RI had the pleasure of dining
there the other night
L. R.-Indeed! Did the lady send
the servant girl down with the dinner
or bring it down herself 2-Boston Cou-
7ieF.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21
j. ]. StEAutN & CO..,
Wholesale Fruit Shippers,
l03 & los South Second Street.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Twogood n Edwards Brand of River
Side Oranges and Lemons.
Solicit Shipments OF Bntter. Riggs, Cheese,
Potatoes, and All Kinds Of Produce.
First publication Sept. 2, 1861
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment
of Ave hundred aud eighty dollars and fifteen
cents 1850 l5l which il dueat the date hereof
upon q certain mortgage, duly executed and
delivered by John Hissonnette and Mary Bis.
sonnette This wife) to George Harding bearing
date the tenth day Of January, A. d. 1881,
and duly recorded in the office OF the register
OF deeds in and for Stevens county, Minn., on
the fifteenth day Of January. AID 1881 at half
past three o'clock IN the afternoon. in book
b OF mortgages, ON page $40 and the foreclosure
menced in the month Of March, Il. D. 1885,
to rece yer the debt secured by said mortgage
having been discontinued in the next sue
ceeding month Of April;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a power OF sale contained In
said mortgage. and pursuant to the statute,
the said mortgage will be foreclosed, and the
premises described in and covered by said
mortgage. viz:
Lot number seventeen (17)in block mum
Der eleven III in the town (villagel of Morris,
according to the duly filed plot thereof. the
said premises being situate in Stevens county,
and state OF Minnesota, will be sold at public
auction. to pay said debt and interest, and
twenty five dollars attorney $ fee. as stiPulat-
ed in said mortgages to be paid in case OF FORE
closure and the disbursements allowed by law,
which sale will be made by the sheriff Ut said
Stevens county, at the front door Of the court
house, in tie village of Morris, in said county
and state, on Friday, the 18th day OF October
A. d. 1886, at ten O'Clock q. M, OF that day
subject to redemption as provided by law.
| Dated. September LIST, A d. 1886
GEORGE HARDING, Mortgage
| STEPHEN A FLAHERry,
| Attorney for Mortgage, Morris. Mimi.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21
The devilish ingenuity OF the paid

The devilish ingenuity OF tho paid
organ and hand machine. the puffed-
mp Pioneer Press. IS seen in its
frenzied assault upon, and distortion
of, Mayor Ames' cool and deliberate
action before the striking Minneapo-
Jis switchmen. To render DR.. Ames
tnore odions, II possible, to the mar
row prejudices Of those who feed
their intelligence upon tho o1fal Of
Its columns, it Processes pretended
Admiration for the action under sim
dlar circumstances Of tile worthy
mayor OF st. Paul, Hon. Edmund
Rice, who, by the way. is not rum
ming for governor against the tool
af the state-honse ring and one Of the
dispensers OF patronage to this sheet
10 the tune Of thousands Of dollars Of
che peoples money every year. With
change Of dynasty in the capitol.
the Pioneer Press printing-sh and
money grabbing outfit, into whose
c.lpsciOns Golfers many thousands Of
the hard dollars Of the pro-
dncers Of the state are turned yearly
tsv the stato-houss ring, would BE-
knocked down to the highest bidder
under tho anctioneers > hammer. Any
fair minded man can detect without
= microscope the reason for the
~nmity Of this public ieech to tbs
peoples candidate for governor.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21
MORTGAGE SALE.

HAVING BEEN MADE ~
~ the payment Of the sum of SIX hundred,
swSs noll s,u Which L claimed 10 IS duo 81 ths
duiy executed and delivered by Junn z. Lyon
md sarah a Lyon his wIs''o M pnrsns tss
firm Of Graves \ Vinton, Of ~. fnui, Mime.
cota. bearing date tho thirtieth day q
Apr dfc =, q lie lS REGISTER DEEDS. IL and for
Tie County Of stevens, and state Of Minneso-
Ia on lie tlnlrtieth day 81 April, A. n. lsSl nt
ia;s 81 wi which slid mortgage was given y
sexure the payment of one note Tor five hum
dred dollars, due May first, 1885, with seven
mortgage was for valuable consideration duly
Assigned BY msid VIM. r. Graves and Merrick
4. Vinton TO John Parry and said assignment
Deeds IN and for the aforesaid County OF
Stevens on the fourteenth day Of september,
1850, ut ten o'clock u. m. In Book y Of Mort
ticih div ii July, 1855 the s,lid mortgage WAS
Tor valuable consideration assigned by tho
said John Parry To said WIN. r: uraves and
simly recorded In the office Of the Register Of
Deeds In aud for said county aforesaid on the
fourteenth day Of Septcmbcr lS6, ut II
ios. and default having been made Ia the pay.
ment Of the interest due ON the firxt day Of
May and November, 1854 and 1885 respective.
On Nav first, lsst, and in the payment Of the
princinal sum due ON the first day Of May,
fSS8, the said ussignccs thereupon elect.
Cd that all Of said sums described
II said note, should be immediately
due and payable, according to the provis-
ions az said note ana Of the mortgage secur.
ing the same there being due ut the date OF
this notice six hundred, twelve and ninety
one one hundrcdths dollars, and no action
or proceeding at law or otherwise having been
Instituted 10 recover the debt secured BY
said mortgage. or any part thereon;
Now THEREFORE,, SoricE Is HEREHY CIV
EN-, That by virtue oi power OF sale contains
ed In said mortgage and pursuant TO the stat.
ute in such case made ana provided, the said
mortgage will he foreclOsed, and the premises
described in and covered BY said mortgage,
viz: The northeast quarter OF section SIX l6l
In Township one hundred and twenty-five
[l25l, of Range forty-two AZ; containing one
hundred and sixty 1871 acres, In stevens
County, and State of Minnesota, with the
Entertainments and nppurtenances, VIII De
sold at public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash, to pay said debt and interest, anu
the taxes, II any on said premises, ana
fifty dollars attorneys fee, as stipulated IN
and by said mortgage iii case OF foreclosure.
and the disbursements allowed by law; which
sale will be made by the sheriff OF said Coun'
", at the front door Of the Court House, pa
Morris, in said County and state, on tne
thirteenth day of November, A.. D., 1851, a.
ten o'clock .. M, Of that day, subject 70 ics
dernption ut any time within one year from
tile day of sale, rs provided by law.
Dated Sept. n, A. d, 1856.
MERRICK e. VINTON,
Assignees.
EDGAR A. HEATH Co., Attorneys.
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First publication Sept. 16, 1861
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Ufhce At Fergus FaI

Land Ufhce ut Fergus Falls, Minr.
September IL, 1886.
Notice is hereby 3sven that the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim
and that sald proof will be made before the
court Of Stevens county, Mimi. at Morris,
Mimi, on Saturday, October %, 1886, viz:
Peder Olsoa homestead application NJ. 6N0
for the s. X N. 4. x section %, township 1876,
north Of range -, west fifth principal meri-
dian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton OF, said land, viz:
John Donnelly, Ignatius DUnnelly, John
Rohrenbach and Nels Anderson, all Of Dom
nelly, Mimi.
COMING, Register.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21
First publication Septic, 1861
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
land Office a, Renson NJ

Land Office at Benson, MIMI,
September 2, 1885.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Judge, or in his absence, the clerk OF District
Court of Stevens County, Minnesota, at Nor
ris, Minn., on Saturday, November 10, 1886,
viz:
Martin Finnegan, homestead application
1ll56 for the N. +. 4 of section "a. township
1913, range -, west fifth principal meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton OF, said land, viz:
Anthony Corcaran Peter Dyer. James B-en-
nan and John Bennan, all of Morris, MINI.
C.F. WILKINS. Register.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

We wish to inform the unsophisti-
Gated editor that democratic nomi-
nations are never mere formalities
to representative men of the party
who are in sympathy with the best
interests of the entire people. It is
possible that the editor of the Fri
bune may realize. after the votes are
counted on the 2nd of November, that
the party that has been in power for
the past 20 years and has BETRAYED
every trust. has finally been caught
in a cyclone.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Inthe matter of the estate of Henry A. Jay,
deceased Notice is hereby given that the
Judge Of Probate OF Stevens county, MtEue-
sofa, will at ten O'Clock q m on the first Mon
day IN the months of February A. D. 1857,
and May A. d. 1887, at the Office OF said Judge
of Probate in said county, hear, examine, ad-
just and allow claims against the estate oil
said Henry A. Jay, deceased, and that six
ronths from and after the date hereof have
been allowed creditors to present claims
against said estate, at the expiration of viii oh
time all claims not presented to said court OF
not proven to It's satisfaction will be forever
barred unless for good cause shown further
time be allowed
SAMUEL Il LEWIS. Executor
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

MaI.y republican papers Of this dis
trict are striving to make this as
profitable as the notorious Kindred
campaign. While stopping over
they cry 1--WE are open to convic-
tion," and, If we may judge from the
change in their tone the Minneapolis
millers are furnishing some '.convic-
tiOn.''
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

A republican campaign orator.
millers' candidate McGill's tool, was
rotton.egged at Fergus Falls on Sat-
urday for foul effort to traduce our
next governor Ames. There are
decent people in Fergus Falls as
rotton-egged Smith now duly ap-
preciates.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

Knute Nelson has cancelled his speak
ing engagements-if he ever made
any. He conld not, as a man, but re-
sent the studied insult received at
tho hands of the ring. in the late re-
publican convention.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

lgnatius Donnelly has been noni-
mated for the legislature on the peo-
pies ticket in Dakota. IT he gets
there he will make it warm tor
somebody.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

The total number of inhabitants of
the Sisseton Reservation is l,496.
The population has fallen off since the
census Of 1885, when the population
was 1850. The Indians, it is stated,
are generally healthy and contentei
with their lot. -
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21

1t is positively asserted that both
of the republican legislative nomi-
nees have emphatically stated that
they will not ask for vote. That is
independence with vengeance. In
willing or even Indifferent legislators
are not what the people want.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-21
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY 1 COUNTY.
DcmoSi,atis Ticket.

DcmosfatiS Ticket.
STATE.
A. A. AMEs. Hsnnepin
For Lieat, Governor,
JOHN FRANK, Mower.
For Secretary oi State.
LUTH JAEGER. Ramsey.
For State Auditor,
"a LuNDBEaa. St. Louis.
For State Treasurer.
HENRY PoEH.ER, sibley.
For Attorney General,
in. IVES. Polk.
Far Clerk OF Supreme Court.
f.OLRARY.
LKaIsLArlvE.
For Senator,
GEO. /. BECKER, Traverse.
Fur Representative,
LOREN 4. PEaRcE, stevens.
For Auditor,
GEO. NJ. GILTINAN.
For Register Of Deeds,
L. MILLER.
For Sheriff,
N. FINNEGAN.
Fur Treasurer,
BALDWIN.
For Judge of Probate,
e. SAX.
For Superintendent of Schools,
]. 8. ROBINSON.
For Surveyor,
TIE. COLAHAN.
For Court Commissioner,
FRED BUCKENTIN.
For Commissioners,
THO. LINSTAD.
r. GRIFFITH.
]. e. HANCOCK.
JOHN HADDEN.
CuAS. WINrERMUTE.