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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-19
A Confederate Secret.

Gen. D. M. Frost at the meeting Of
the Southern Historical and Benev.
olent Society recently impaired what
he called a State Confederate Sc
cret that caused considerable indigna-
ton among the Missouri ex-Confeder-
ates present. He stated that at the
time Gen. Price was falling back from
Lexington, Mo-, in September, 1861,
with half-armed and badly equipped
army, he was somewhat surprised
that Gen. Mccullough, who had an
army in Northwest Arkansas. or Gen.
Hardee, who had an army in North
east Arkansas, or Gen. Pillow, who
had an army at Columbus, KY, did
not move into Missouri and cooper
ate. He called upon Gen. Albert Sid
ney Johnston, who had command OF
all the Confederate forces west of the
Aileghanies, and suggested that those
different armies be united under one
commander, and an effort made to
hold Western and Southern Missouri,
informing Gen. Johnston that he be-
lieved such a, movement would add at
least loO, 900 men from Missouri
alone to the Confederate army. Gen.
Johnston replied in effect that the
Richmond Government did not desire
to commit itself to a policy that
would hamper it when the question
OF treating for peace arose "a line from
the mouth Of the Ohio River to the
Pacific Ocean being considered as the
probably liable western boundary
Of the two countries. Gen. Frost add
Z - M ~ \
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Twice on their way they had to turn
and beat off the Mexicans, but they
reached the bank without losing alnal1
although three were wounded.
Two oEnpanies Of the Eighth
United States Cav airy had cone up
the river in the mean time from Fort
Brown, but according to orders from
headquarters at San Antonio could
not cross into Mexico. They had a,
sGatling gun with them, and when the
Mexicans made their fourth and last
charge about thirty of the cavalry
men disobeyed orders and swan the.
river to help the rangers. With this
Reinforcement and with the help Of
the Gatling gun. on the Texas side, the
rangers managed to send their enc
mics back in such a hurry that they
did not care to return again. Word
now came that two regiments Of Mexi-
can soldiers from Matamoros had
been ordered to the scene, and Nc
Nelly reluctantly recrossed the river
without having recovered the cattle.
1.-THE Mexican government afterward
made formal demand on the State
ofTexas for the rangers to be given up
to Mexican justice for invading their
country. Sandobal was mentioned
particularly in the demand. 1t was
said that the rangers had killed and
wounded seventy-two men during the
raid. Sandobalg]eefully boosted that
he alone had killed seven. 1t is hard
ly necessary to state that the Mexican
demand was not complied with, but
all the men concerned in the raid were
outlawed III Mexico, and it would not
be safe for them to go there now and
disclose their identity. Sandobal's
hatred was never fully satisfied, and
the letter says he died cursing his ma
tive country
"But what are all these notches in
the handle Of the revolver" was asked
of the visitor.
"Oh, those were cut by sandobal
whenever he killed man with that
pistol. They are what made it SO Gu
rious." The notches were counted and
it was found that there were just thir-
ty-one.-New York Star
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-19
The American Boys Opinion.
From the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
There was a Sunday-school teacher,
and her class was composed of good
ly number OF average small boys.
The other Sunday the lesson was upon
the Babylonian captivity, and the
teacher had done her best in prepar-
ing the lesson SO as to attract and
hold their attention. This is not al
ways an easy matter in some of the
Old Testament historical lessons, and
SO the teachers energies were directed
toward making the story lfe-like and
realistic to her young pupils. "Now
Just suppose, boys, she began, "that
some great army was to come here
and take fathers and mothers and
you yourselves prisoners, and carry
you of to strange land and make
you work as slaves, and try to make
you believe in their religion instead Of
your own. ETC., etc. As her vivid
imagination enlarged upon the picture
she was pleased q to notice that Che
boys looked, interested and thought
full, and that sundry mischieyous
kickines and punchings had ceased;
but her satisfaction quickly ended as
one patriotic urchin, amid the smiles
.of his comrades, exclaimed: Yessum;
would Be kinder rough; but there
Amt q nation on the earth that's bic
enough to do It g 3.=ss$5-
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Early Vegetables

From the New York Market Journal.
Bermuda is British colony, but
New York is it's natural market and
from it we obtain our earliest green
vegetables, mainly potatoes, toma-
tees, onions, egg plant, etc. New
Early Rose potatoes planted last
fall. are now arriving from Bermuda
puJ up.in barrels with whitewashed
heads, which is popularity Of Ber-
5mudian vegetable shippers. They are
now worth at Wholesale ID New York
about So per barrel and will probably.
be no lower during the season. "a few
new tomatoes reached our markets BY
the last steamer from Bermuda, and
the supply viii rapidly increase by
each succeeding steamer. They now
bring ct Wholesale from 81 to 81 so
per box OF five Or six crA tes. They,
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She has a Passion for Champagne.

Belrin Letterin Chicago Tribune.
The first reception given here by
Minister Pendleton was a brilliant sue
cess. The reputation OF Mr.. Pendleton
and his family for hospitality, culture
and social graces was so high that all
members ofthe American colony had
looked forward to The event with
pleasant expectancy. Mr.. Pendleton's
house is handsome one, and the
spacious reception-rooms on the Sec
ond floor are furnished in thoroughly
home-like American manner. In the
dinlng-saloon there was abundant
cheer, both to eat and drink, and I
would hardly dare tell how freely the
champaign flowed. Nor were the
tipplers all of the sternersex. Inotic-
ed many ladies emptying glass after
glass. Among them was one, dis
tinguished as probably the most beau
tiful---ond most thirsty-Amcrican
girl in Berlin. She belong, to New
York family. It is related that at q
public banquet last fall she drank so
much champagne as to become decd
edly risky and talkative, and when
the toast OF ''The Emperor" was Of
tered made herself SO conspicuously
demonstrative that she had to be call
ed to order and asked to keep quiet.
The incident created some little scan
dal at the time, and I supposed the
young lady would either leave Berlin
or swear off. Apparently she decided
to do neither, for here she Was again
as bright and beautiful as ever, will {.
train OF admirers, and drinking the
sparkling wine as freely as ever, though
happily with nc bad results.
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just say it right out before him, lfyou

JUST Say y FlgnI OUT 5DelOr6 n1m, HyOu
dare ia. zS2 d u.
Poor Bond skunk away to his
darkened room. His dream was
over; his life was spent. He
relapsed into his old bookworm
habits, wore clothes as ancient@as ev..
er, and to the despair Of bis landlady,
renewed his edict against busting. THE
life had gone out Of him, and three
years after, strangers carried him to
his rest in Kensal Green, his landlady
the only nlourner. A plain tombstone
marks the place wherehe sleeps, dream
ing, perhaps, some happier dream,
with a loftier ideal, which the world
can never tarnish nor time can destroy
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-19

p VII, Ay PusSAo! NcIA, NoIl, Won q
you come to me?" -.
The cat sprang through the window
and crossed the street in less time than
it takes to write the words. There
could scarcely be a doubt about the
ownership. The animal, with arched
back and Strengthened tail, was de-
fightedly rubbing itself against her
shabby dress, and she was bending
down talking to it as if it were her
child.
Bond was not slow to grasp the
situation. He rose hastily to explain
the circumstances under which he had
bought the cat from q lad, whom he
had believed to be the rightful owner.
He was trembling in every limb, for
had not his opportunity come atlast,
as some one has said it always will
come to the man who waits? Blum
dering down the stairs he whispered
to himself: ''Even the cat loves her
and she loves it. / knew she was good
and pure and lovely" y. 8. z
B ST must apologize" he began, adj
vancing awkwardly, t.Miss- Miss
{. 8 Mrs. Travers, she said, rather
denAntiy. sS4# S%s s.. F;5 ssFtz. s.
ISL MRS." he gasped, staggering back.
Then she was s married woman! This
thought affected him even more pain.
fully than the one that followed it.
Some time before he had read in the
paper = charge Of swindling brought
against q Mrs. Travers, described as q
member Of gang OF fashio nable sharp
ers. Then you are q widow, !" he
cried, with starting energy ssOh, IN
pity 3 sake, say you are q widow. 9 IS
She laughed scornfully. Point1ngto
~ seedy boxing Individual Who was
approaching, she said:
Hare comes my husband. Now,
prAy what have you tosay against mel
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without them. Now get about ten
feet apart and give these Greasers a
volley."
"The order was instantly obeyed,
and from theyeils and choice Mexican
oaths which came from the corrals
some OF the shots must have done
good work. There was q little firing
from the corrals at the rangers; but be-
fore any one was hurt, the order was
given to circle around to the other
side Of the ranch and give the thieves
another volley. These tactics were
kept up for about an hour and might
have lasted all day had not Sandobal.
who had gone off on an expedition OF
his own, suddenly turned up with the
cheering information that 200 Of the
rural police of Mexico were on their.
way to help the cattle thieves. The
captain Immediately gave orders to
retreat toward the Rio Grande and
the rangers started in that direction
with commendable alacrity.
.'They had only gone about q mile,
however, when they discovered that
the Mexicans were after them. The
noise OF many horses feet pounding
the road as they came on rum could
be plainly heard. McNeily spread his
rangers q little distance apart and
told them not to fire until they were
sure Of killing their men.
''The pnrsuers got closer and
closer, but nobody fred until the
captains carbine cracked, and that
fellow riding ahead whoproved after
wa r6 q no fho n, AZ 90 <, : ,,.,.r -. ~
ed out Of his saddle. Others followed.
in short order, and the main body was
thrown into confusio ion. The rangers
kept their Winchesters working rapid
I ly, and in another moment the Mexi-
cans were on the run. Then McNellY
and his men pushed for theriver again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

The strike in the Atlanta cotton
mills has been amicably adjusted
Arthur G.. Sedgwick, Secretary Bay
ards special envoy to Mexico, told Washing
ton reporter that he would go direct to Ell
Paso, thence 10 Paso del Norte, where he
would interview Cutting and hold confer
ence with the Mexican officials. He further
said that he was instructed to assure Cutting
of the protection OF the Government if he is
in the right He will report TO the Government
at Washington in about fifteen days. There
will lie nothing further done in the matter un-
til Mr.. Sedgwick returns. He left the i'm
preston thatethe Government would adhere
to its demand for Cuttings release
An FL Paso dispatch says "the Mexicans have
kept very stiff upper lip so far, but it looks
as though they would like to get out of the
Cutting business if thew could do 80 without
squarely backing down. The tone of the
daily papers i'll the City Of Mexico shows this.
They will probably manage this by the Su-
preme Court of Chihuahua reversing the
decision of the lower court at Paso del Norte
and ordering the release of the prisoner.
Then would come Cuttings claim for heavy
damae es
An attempt was made to assassinate
the President of Uruguay "a he was entering
theater at Montevideo slight bullet wound
was inflicted in his cheek The assassin was
attacked by the crowd and so maltreated THAT
he died shortly afterward.
Chicago has been selected by the Ma
tional Association of ex-Prisoners of War as
the next place of meeting. Maj. John NOEL
roy, of Washington, d. c., is the associations
new President
General Sedgwick, who was sent to
Mexico to investigate the Cutting case, arrived
at Psso del Norte Aug. %. He had a confer
ence with Consul Brigham, and Immediately
left for the City of Mexico TO see Minister
Jackson. Notwithstanding the fact he was an
nounced as a special envoy from the United
States, his baggage was thoroughly over
hauled by the Mexican customs inspectors.
On rumors that the Mexicans had fortified and
garrsoned the town of Pau, on the Rio Grande,
Col. Bernard detailed twenty men from Fort
Mcintosh to remain at Palafox, on the Ameri-
can side Washington dispatch says: "The
American Consul Brigham at Paso del Norte
Will undoubtedly be called upon TO resign by
Secretary Bayard Immediately after Special
Envoy Sedgwick has completed his mission
and made his report to the state Department"
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strikes will be considered, that legislation will
be enacted 10 protect knights from the lock-
outs and boycotts of employers, and bring in
dustrial people in closer relationship and
isolated assemblies under State legislation,
and that the insurance and other laws of the
order will be revised In speaking of the re-
latons of the order TO political parties, Mr..
Powderly is reported TO have said
The million men who are IN the Knights OF
Labor to-day studying the science of gov
eminent They i'm turn will be teachers OF
other millions, and IL the parties OF to-day do
not heed the handwriting ON the wall and make
American laws for the American people the mil
lions SO instructed can form party that Will do
So There never will be political party called
tho Knights OK Labor, but members OF the
Knights of Labor in such a contingency as /
have limited at may day cooperate with
other thinking men in forming party that will
keep the country straight i'm the lines marked
out for il by the founders of the republic.
The jewelry manufacturers OF Provi-
dence are working twelve to thirteen hours
daily, and are employing more men than at
any time within five years.
An international union of brush
makers mas been formed at Philadelphia The
union aggregates 200 members, and includes
the local associations of Chicago, New York,
Portland Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston.
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FOREIGN.

A statement that Mr.. Parnell will
shortly become Roman Catholic is made by
the Irish World
The Catholic newspapers of Belfast
accuse the Orangemen of commencing Sun
days attack, while the Protestant papers say
that the orangemen acted in self-defensa
Bands of Nationalist paraded the
Protestant quarter of Dungannon, Ireland,
cursing the Queen and demanding home rule.
The police prevented desperate fight by sep
arating the combatants.
From Port Stanley, Falkland ISL
ands, il is reported that the town was buried
beneath 90 tons of peat some time ago.
The avalanche occurred at night and two per-
sons were caught III it and killed The in
habitants thought the island was visited by an
earthquake, and hastily left the town. Much
property was destroyed
The report of Christine Missions
marriage was premature. She says she will
probably be married in September, "a she is
only waiting for dspensation from Rome
Williams, the London Socialist, re-
fuses to pay a fine of go for obstructing the
streets, and has been lodgel in prison.
Japan has accepted the amendments
of the Unite States Senate to the extradition
treaty between tho two countries, and both
countries are now ready for the last step in
the matter-the formal exchange of copies,
after which the PRONUNCIATION by the two Gov
ernments will Immediately take place.
In many large establishments in
Belfast, since ths riots began, the Catholic
employees have been forced TO quit work
Prince Alexander has been assured
that Turkey would assist Bulgaria il attacked
by Serv.a, and il il not believed in diplomatic
circles that the outbreak of another conflict is
imminent
The British Parliament reassembled
August % The Queens speech states the
necessity of financial legislation. The Par
nellite members resolved 10 discuss Irish af-
fairs, espec ally the Belfast riots, during the
debate in reply TO the speech from the throne
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WESTERN.

The Lake Shore officials report that
within forty-eght hours three attempts were
made to wreck trains in the Root street yards,
adjoining Chicago. A gas-pipe bomb was
found on the tracks near South Chicago.
All but three buildings in the town
of Newark, Sargent County, Dakota, We're
swept away by cyclone. Four persons were
killed and a number seriously injured.
Farmers of Tippecanoe County, In
diana, have been swindled out of considerable
amounts Of money by the introduction among
them of counterfeit United States notes Of
different denomination The spurious money
is somewhat shorter than genuine bills.
Ex-Councilman Thomas Reed, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, was killed in frightful man
ner. He had been at the Congressional Con-
vention Of the Twentieth Ohio District, at Ak
ron. While en- route TO Cleveland he leaned
from the platform of his car, and his head was
smashed by Girder on bridge near PENN
sular
An additional shortage OF 20, 400 has
been discovered in the accounts Of Col Boil
ton, the Chicago Postoffice defaulter As a
consequence he was rearrested and his bail
fixed at s25, 0Oo, which he could not give and
was therefore sent to jail.
Indiana has had another lynching
bee. 1t occurred at Aurora, Dearborn County
William Watkins, bricklayer, became in
volved In quarrel with Louis Hilbert, his
contractor. Watkins drew knife and rushed
upon Hilbert, who turned to fee The brick
layer caught him and stabbed him TO death in
the presence of large crowd. No one in
terfered until Hilbert was dead, when Watkins
was caught, dragged to water tank, and
hanged. His hands were not tied. The strug-
giles Of the wretch were frightful He hung
twenty minutes before he died
There was thrilling scene in Bar
NUNS Circus, at Madison, Wis. Mrs. Henry
Refs hat blew under a cage containing four
panthers. When she stopped to pick it up
one of the animals caught her head in its
paws, and lacerated her face in frightful
manner. keeper was in the cage at the
time, and ATTEMPTED to beat the animal back
but only succeeded in stirring the savage
natures Of the other three. They appeared
ready TO tear kim, but he turned on them and
succeeded in lashIng them back. Mrs. Refs
wounds are serious.
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NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record of the Week.
EASTERN.

William Gray, Jr., one of the best
known business men in Boston, is said 10 be a
defaulter 10 the amount of half a million dol
lars. Gray was Treasurer Of the Indian
Orchard and Atlantic Cotton Mills in Boston,
and had charge of all the funds.
William Gray, of Boston, the Treas
urer of the Atlantic Mills Company, confesses
that the charges against him are true, and that
he has embezzled over half a million dollars.
The bulk of his plumber has been invested in
building operations in Roxbury
The corpse of William Gray, Jr.,
the Boston defaulter, was found at Blue Hills,
Mass, where he committed suicide. Gray's
criminal operations caused the failure of
Samuel r. Payson, heretofore regarded as one
of the wealthiest and best citizens of Boston
His liabilities are estimated at s350,0c0
Boston was treated to another sensa-
ton last week, when George SHELL Treasurer
of the Lowell Bleachery was arrested, charged
with embezzling 200 Of the company's
money
The cooper, G. d. Graham. again
navigated the VIII rlpool rapids of Niagara in
the presence of IL, Coo persons. He took the
top from his barre, and went down the river
with his head protruding. F. j. Scott, the
well-known fisherman, wanted to excel Gra-
ham, and attempted 70 swim the whirlpool
rapids in cork suit His dead body was re-
covered at Lewiston, on the Canadian side.
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the we'll
known novelist, died at Newport, r. l., aged
"a wears
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WASHINGTON.

John T. Doyle, of New York, has
been appointed Secretary of the Civil-Service
Commission.
Hugh j. NOLAN has been appointed
Special Agent OF the Labor Bureau
The Treasury Department has issued
a warrant for nearly 81, coo, O0J to meet the de-
fciences in the postal revenues in the last
three years
President Cleveland, accompanied by
Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs Folsom, and Colonel and
Mrs. Lamont, left Washington on the 10th
inst, for his summer vacation in the Adron-
dack Mountains.
An answer has been filed by the So
licitors OF Attorney General Garland 10 the
bill recently filed by J. Harris Rogers against
Garland, Senator Harris, and others for set
Element Of the affairs OF the Pan Electric
Telephone Company The answer denies
every material statement of the bill and calls
attention to @the scandalous and impairment
matter" contained therein, which Mr. Garland
declines TO answer unless directed by the
length his connection with the Electric
Company.
1t is rumored in Washington that
Secretary Manning will soon be appointed
Minister to Austria.
The new silver certificates will not
be ready for issue much before November.
The acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued call for $1,000, go in per cent.
bonds, interest to cease in October
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RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE.

The earnings of the Northern Pacific
continue to increase over last year The inn
provement comes almost wholly from better
local traffic, a branch of the business which
has grown greatly in the past year, and from
which heavy losses in other directions were
made up. Ii is estimated, for instance, that
the Northern Pacific lost by the transconti-
mental fight and some local cuts more than
$3.50, coo, yet the increase in business was
sufficient to overcome this and also heavy
increase in fixed charges
The Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska
Railway was soil at Keokuk by the Master in
Chancery T. Dewitt Cuyler, of Philadelphia,
was the purchaser, and 500, 900 the price.
The Grand Trunk Road recently
brought freight train of nineteen cars from
Montreal 10 Chicago, S37 miles. in AZ hours
and "a minutes
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that there will be war to the knife against
Lord Salisbury
An indictment for willful murder has
been found against nine policemen of Belfast,
who have been lodged in Jail
In the British House of Commons
tho Under secretaryof Foreign Affairs stated
that negotiations for the settlement Of the
fisheries dispute were proceeding satisfacto-
rily between England, tho United States, and
Canada Thomas Power O'Connor maintained
that Lord Churchilps speeches wore the origi-
nal cause Of the Belfast riots
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
POLITICAL.

G.. w. Mcbride has been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans Of the Fifth
District of Michigan
The Democratic and Greenback State
Conventions of Michigan met at Grand Rapids
and united in the nomination Of the following
ticket Governor, G. l. Yaple, Greenbacker;
Lieutenant Governor, S S Curry, Democrat;
Secretary Of State, p. b. wachtel, Democrat;
Treasurer, William @. Baird, Greenbacker;
Auditor General, Colonel J. ID. Farrar, Demo-
crat; Land Commissioner, William d. Fuller,
Greenbacker; superintendent Of Public In