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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

An Ohio man has sued the Chicago, St.
Louis and Pittsburg railway for $4,000,
because the company failed to deliver Il
coffin and body at the right place, thus
necessitating a postponement of the fl-
neral. If this matter of expensive suits
against railways goes much further, the
roads will have to stop declaring divi-
dends.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Mr.. Moody and his colaborer Sankey.
seem to have made IA good beginning in
that proverbially wicked city, Chicago.
The evangelists are well backed financial
ly, Mr.. Mccormick having given 500, 900
to aid in the work.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Social etiquette now demands that invi-
tations to weddings, parties, etc, shall
request the "honor" instead of the pleas
ure" Of the invited persons company. 1t
is well that the fictitious idea of enjoy
ment is being eliminated from the popular
conception of such occasions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Civil service reform continues to travel
backward. One of the men whom Gener-
al Grant threatened to arrest for insubor-
dination has been appointed register of
the treasury. Another whom he relieved
from command at Vicksburg for the same
cause is about to be made postmaster at
Springfield Ill.,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The great cigar-makers' strike in New
York seems to be in a fair way of settle
ment by arbitration. The time, we trust,
Is coming when all disputes between labor
and capital will be settled by orderly and
peaceful means.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

In October, 1884, Mr.. W. II. Vanderbilt
gave $4,000 to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of New York city. His
generosity is to be supplemented by his
second daughter, Mrs. William ID. Sloane,
and her husband, who have agreed to
erect maternity hospital upon part Of
the property purchased by the funds given
by Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The London police authorities appre-
bend trouble from the dynamiters, on ac-
count of the unsatisfactory character of
that portion of the queens speech refer
ring to the Irish question. O'Donovan
Rosa may have chance to come out
from his retirement yet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The New York sun says that Congress
should listen to the fisherman and not to
the administration. Perhaps So unless
some question of veracity is raised
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

There probably never was journa
which received such IA magnificent send
off in free puffs as the recently estab-
lished Chicago Hog.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Congressman Pulitzer, who is the owner
of the New York ITOrd, has discovered
"a chasm between the White House and
the capitol" There is also quite chasm
between the White House and the W0rld
office
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The Savannah NCUS-which ought to
know-says that the cold weather in Flor
ida has given the orange interests no
serious setback, although the next crop
will be damaged about half. 1t is not
true, says the NeWS, that the orange
orchards have suffered permanent injury.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Senator Morrill's opposition to the con
tinued compulsory coinage of silver in his
recent speech in the Senate, is in perfect
harmony with his previous attitude on
thlssubject. The sound minds among our
statesmen are all agreed on that question.
The men who take the opposing ground
are either attached to the silver ring by
personal considerations of policy or profit.
or they are cranky on the whole subject
of the currency.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The spectators who bought up large
lots of trade dollars at Il discount may pos
sibly be richly rewarded for their shrewd-
ness. n bill is to be considered by sub
committee of the committee on coinage,
which provides for the redemption of
trade dollars at their nominal value. The
government ought to do it, but the people
haven't much faith that it will.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

CONGRESSMAN Springer Of Illinois, at the
close Of his present term will decline a re
nomination, and will for the present with
draw from politics 1t Is said To he his
intention to remove from Illinois To New
Mexico, where he already has large inter
where he has strong grip on the politics
of the territory.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

A flood of light has been cast upon the
entire subject of bimetalism by the in
g9nuty of Pittsburg, Pa, man who has
conceived the idea of Il coin containing
both gold and silver one-half of the value
in each, the silver to form the outer ring
and the gold fitted into the center. Such
coin would be very pretty-and doubt.
less quite useful also, if one were not
tempted to preserve it as a pockel plrte.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Not long since we cautioned our read
ers against reckless investments in west
ern mortgages. 1t is perhaps hardly nee
essary to add Il caution against invest.
ing in Florida town lots and orange
groves. An extensive exposure of the
paper cities and sand wastes advertised
by Spectators in that State is being con-
Quoted by the NewYork Hcrdld and other
Journals, and he who runs may read. In
buying land as in buying everything else,
prudent persons will investigate before
parting with their money.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

We regret to learn that Senator Ed
munds has changed his views in relation
To the power of the president to make re
moVals without giving his reasons. Is it
possible that he is influenced by the po-
litlcal complexion of the administration
Boston Hcrdid.
We have seen nothing indicating that
our senator has changed his views on the
subject, He must have always believed
that the president had the power TO sus-
pend for cause and without giving his
reason. He probably always thought that
II the Senate called for information in
order to enable it to act wisely on the
question of the confirmation of any an
polntment the information ought to be fur
nlshed to it, There may have been times
when the presidential chair was filled bv
men, in whose honesty, independence and
good Judgment he had such confidence
that the fact of a change made by them
was enough to indicate To him that it was
advisable, in the absence of any proof To
the contrary But that fact of course
would not convict him of the slightest in
consistency, if at some other time he
should request the presidents reason, for
changes ON their face questionable and in
violation of the principles of civil service
reform and of sound public policy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The sensational reports about Joaquin
Miller's treatment of his daughter Maud
were perhaps not started for advertising
purposes, but they will have that effect.
Maud VIII make hay while the sun shines
on the stage-aud the long haired poet
of the Sierras will dispose Of all of his old
manuscripts to the publishers Notorety
Is a great thing, in these days.
The Palatka Florida, NcUS caution. its
readers against eating oranges that have
been frozen. 1t appears that'scvcrl per
sons in PalatKa have been made seriously
i'll by eating the frozen fruit Experts say
that the oil contained in the peel is driven
into the orange by freezing, and suni-
cient quantity Of the fruit could be eaten
to cause death. 4 number Of boXc, of
oranges thus injured have been received
in New York,
A letter has been received at Wa.hiH.-
toll from the postolice department Of the
German empire, urging the corporation OF
this country in an international parcel
post system. This system exists in all The
great European nations, and has proved
remarkably successful The letter con-
cludes by inviting an agent of our govern
ment to come to Germany and study the
details of the local system now in opera
ton there
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

1t is to be regretted that in the war rem
lniscences which are now given to the
public 50 freely, so many old sores of per
sonal grievance should be opened. We
fail to see the need for instance, of such
controversies as are now going between
Gen. Lew Wallace and Gen" Boynton
in regard to Gen. Halleck. Gen Hulleck
is dead and cannot reply to the charges
which are made against him. Why not
let him rest , And SO also with General
Grant. 1t is too bad that old stories about
his prot1igacy-most of them utterly false
should be creeping out again. His rep
utatlon, however, is too fairly established
to be now disturbed by any penny -a-liner
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

A MASSACHUSETTS, exchange puts In a
timely plea for the establishment of cook
ing schools for girls throughout the coun-
try-regular establishments where the
young ladies can be taken in hand, divest-
ed of their note books and wraps, clad in
calico and big aprons, and set to work in
practical cooking. The suggestion is an
excellent one. Why should not our girls
learn to cook One days experience at
the actual range is worth ten years of lee
lures at long range. Let every large com
munity in New England have practical
cooking school. If the products of the
school kitchen are not satisfactory to the
Young ladies, there are doubtless plenty
of poor families everywhere that would
undertake to dispose of them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The Utah Legislature, which is now in
session, has the power, if it chooses-un-
der the final clause of the Edmunds act
OF lSS!-to legislate out of Office the Utah
commission. This commission was not
originally designed to be a permanent
body, but to remain in Office only until the
Legislature should make provisions for
filling the registration and election offices
as provided in the Edmunds act. So far
the | tab Legislature has done nothing in
this direction, and shows no disposition to
90 anything, although Governor Murray
has demanded that it should make the
organization of the Territorial govern
ment conform to the laws of Congress, or
show cause for not doing it, The Nor
mons would like to get rid of the United
states commissioners but not at the eX-
pense OF conforming to the Edmunds act.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

Mr.. Dorman b. Eaton has carried out
MS programme to the letter. by resigning
from the civil service commission. He ac.
cepted his reappointment last December,
upon the distinct understanding that he
should serve only until the new commits
sloners became familiar with the work
lngs of the commission. Having allowed
time enough for that, Mr.. Eaton has now
retired finally from the board. In his
letter of resignation Mr. Eaton reiterates
MS allegiance to the Republican party of
winch he has been a member from its
formation. 1t will be difficult matter
Tor the president to fill his place with Il
man of equal standing in the public CON
fidence
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-29

The complaints of the Canadian fisher
men, so far as they are directed against
the United States, are decidedly childish
and unjust. They appear to be suffering
from the material results of successful
competition, and if there is any blame, it
does not rest on the United States fisher
men or authorities. This country, of
course, cannot consistently allow the Can
adams free market, and they have been
crowded out of foreign markets by the
superior quality of the fish cured by the
French fleet of fishing vessels The results
OF course are not satisfactory to them, but
there is no reason why the United States
should be called upon to help them out of
their difficulty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16

a homestead, to the extent one hun
dred.and sixty acres of farming land,
or of one acre within the limits of an
incorporated city or town, occupied as
residence by the family of the owner,
together with the improvements on the
same shall be exempt from forced sale
under any process of law, and shall not
be alienated except by joint consent of
husband and wife when that relation
exists.
No value is affixed to the homestead.
1t may be worth a million of dollars.
No personal property is exempt for the
wages of servant, mechanic, laborer,
or clerk. Every person residing in this
state and being the head of a family,
shall have exempt from seizure upon
attachment of execution or other pro-
cess, issued from any court in the
state, family bibles, school books and
family library, family pictures, and
musical instruments used by the family,
all beds, bedsteads and bedding used by
the debtor and his family, one cooking
stove and appendages necessary for the
use of the debtor and his family, one
sewing machine, one spinning wheel,
and all other implements. and all other
household furniture not herein men
toned not exceeding $500, two cows,
ten hogs, one yoke of oxen, and one
horse or mule, a span of horses or mules,
and twenty sheep and their wool; nee
essary food for the support of the stock
for one year; two plows, dray and other
farm utensils not exceeding $500:
grains, meat, vegetables. groceries, etc,
for the family FOR one year; the tool
and implements for any mechanic.
minor or other persons, kept for tie
purpose of carrying on his business
and not exceeiing S4OO in value. library
implements and furniture of any pro
fessional man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16

The plaintiff seems to have been an emf.
nently prudent and economical suitor.
Handkerchiefs at ten cents each Is almost Q
famine quotation. The raisins and the can
dy they no doubt ate together. What was
done with the 'two-pound cotton chainn IL
Is impossible to conjecture, except it were
to keep the defendant employed while the
plaintiff fingered and loved. How he could
have conducted . whole summers court
ing on "Horse hire, afty cents,D is posi-
tive marvel. BY judicious advertising the
recipe could be made to yield him . for
tune In short time. The price at which
the ring was obtained would s.nake'' .
second hand store IL properly employed a.
bait tp catch customers. Against the
plaintiffs claim the defendant entered .
contra account The chief items were
three gallons Of oil, used during the court
ing. and time lost by the lady mother sit
ting up at nights to watch the couple The
jury took the view that value had been re-
ceived, and gave q verdict for the defend
ant
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16

The discoyerer of gigantic extinc
sea turtle found near Fort Wallace. J.
Western Kansas, first observed thu
large bony shields projecting from a
bluff near Butte Creek. They were
carefully taken out and brought to
Philadelphia, where restoration was
was made. The fore fiippers alone
were nearly five feet long, while It's ex-
panse from the tip of one extended flip
per to another was about seventeen
feet. The question may arise. how did
the sea turtle become buried in a bluff
in the state of Kansas ? A natural sup
position would be that Kansas is the
bed of a former ocean, and so it is.
Ages ago, in what is called the Cretac-
eous Period. that part of the world was
the bed of a great sea, in which the tur-
tie SWAN, together with other monsters
of curious shape and appearance.
Gradually the crust of the earth was
raised, the water fell back or became
inclosed, and left the inhabitants of the
Cretaceous Sea high and dry, to be COW
cred by the earth and preserved for us
to study ages afterward-
The shores Of this ancient ocean are
easily found and followed by geologists
Its extent has been traced on our wes-
tern plains by the bleaching and dis
integrating remains that have been
found, upon and beneath the surface.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16
"uNcLE DANIEL"
How He Got Even With the Wall Street
Boys on Oshkosh Stocks.


The blunder of a messenger bov IN the
Stock Exchange a day or two ago, by
which an order intended for one broker
was given to another and the operations Of
q prominent speculator exposed, recalls
story that Wall street men love to tell of
dead -and-gone Uncle Daniel Drew. Mr..
Drew was squeezed one famous day by
operators in Northwest stock, and he laid
down big pile of money in losses. Not
unnaturally Mr.. Drew felt grieved, while
other people were correspondingly high
spirited and happy. 1t was great thing
to catch the willy deacon mapping, and a
hundred jokes went the rounds in celebraE
bration of his upsetting. Some of these
bits of humor fell upon Uncle
Daniels own ears, but he didn't
seem to pay much heed to comments
that made all the rest of Wall street
laugh hilariously. Some young men old
enough to know better even went so far as
to accost him personally and laugh in his
face. Behind the smile that lighted his
face 1t is barely possible that the recording
angel heard a eritting of teeth, but the
festive brokers did not hear any such thing,
and they went on their way rejoicing for
many days. One evening big congrega-
tion of them were in an uptown club,
when all unexpected in marched Uncle
Daniel Drew. He had called only for s
moment; he was hunting for man whom
he did not find. 1t was not an excessively
warm day, but Uncle Daniel seemed to be
much overheated, and two or three times
he drew out his big white handkerchief and
bathed his face in it; and finally out of his
pocket with the handkerchief came q slip
of white paper TO float and circle round till
it settled at his feet on the floor. Mr.. Drew
didn't notice that he had lost any thing;
the speculative gentlemen before him did,
and the foot of one enterprising broker was
big enough to cover the slip of paper
over as it lay there on the floor. Mr.. Drew
went out. The eager crowd ga thered up
the white scrap, and this in the Wall street
kings own unmistakable handwriting was
what they read: "Buy me all the Oshkosh
you can at any price you can get it below
par" Oshkosh was already pretty high.
Everybody was agreeing that it was too
high, and that a tumble was inevitable,
but the handwriting of the millionaire op-
orator plainly exposed on that slip of pa
per was sufficient to convince the eager
crowd in that club-room that night that
some new scheme must be a foot to send it
further skyward. Right through the mill
stone they saw it all, and then and there
they made up pool to buy 10000 or 10000
shares the next day. They did, and the
man who sold it to them was Daniel Drew
He blandly told them all about il as they
saw their money all going to pot, Oshkosh
declining a dozen points a day. Mr.
Drew's handkerchief exercise had been
carefully planned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16
A DIAMOND RING.
How a Romantic Youth Was Cured of His
Sentimental Habits.
ToIado Rlada

How a Romantic Youth Was Cured of His
Sentimental Habits.
Toledo Blade.I
A young man in this city recently h. ad
an experience which will teach him a les
son. You often read in works of fiction of
many curious ways of wooing, and some
authors manage to make some most absurd
love scenes. Well, this young man is one
of those r-gazing, soul stirring charac-
ters you read about. He thinks it too earth
ly, too mundane, too terra firma, as it
were, to do any thing outside Of routine
work in prosaic, common-se sense manner.
He loves poetry and his pastures are the
starry-studded realms of space; that is to
say, he grazes on wind. The Iati-
tnde isn't rich enough for his
blood, and he's sure he ought to have
been born Prince. Ducal palaces would
be just his size. His forehead slopes in
gentle undulations to the back of his di-
min utive Uranium. The phrenologist
would finger his head and tell him the
bump of self-esteem and imitation are
well developed at the expense of the
bumps, which are depressions, of spirit
and constructiveness. He's a negative
quantity. He ought to read this. Well,
to drop the little fellows appearance and
capacity. He was enamored of a young
lady in this city, and he couldn't WOO her
in an American, common sense way; not
blooded enough, you know. He would do
the act by buying fine box of candy or
basket of flowers, and at the bottom would
be some present. The young lady had a
long head, and didn't become angry at all
with such attentions. Her parlor- table
and bedroom bureau were weighed down
with what the good, hard simoleans
of the young man purchased.
Not long ago he conceived the
idea of sending her diamond ring. He
purchased a beautiful solitaire, terms cash,
and bought a basket of Malaga grapes,
oranges and other fruits. At the bottom of
the basket he put the ring. He had been
sending these things by a young street
Arab, and the kid was onto the scheme.
Each time he had inspected the basket to
ascertain what the present was. The
sparkler was too much for him, and he slid
it into his pocket and delivered the pres
entless fruit. The young man called that
evening, and instead of love-lit smile he
found her as usual. He soon found out the
matter, and got the boy before he could
dispose of the diamond. He did not have
the boy arrested, for he realized what q
fool he had been, and dropping his absurd
Ideas be presented the ring in person. She
accepted, and they'll be married in the
spring.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16

There has never been an epidemic
among any class of live stock in Barber
county. Though the county has for
years been the banner cattle county in
the state, pleuro-pneumOnia, foot and
mouth disease, or black-leg, have never
made their appearance here. Hog
cholera has never touched here. This
can be accounted for perhaps by the
fact that there is more pure running
water here than in any other county in
the state. The same climate that keeps
our people in such perfect health, must
have its effect on the brute creation.
And another thing about live stock /:
Animals brought from any other part
of the country become acclimated at
once and there is no decrease in their
fecundity or the good points of their
issue.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16

THE people Of the south half of Kan
sas are anxious for the division of the
state into two federal judicial districts.
with two or three times the number
and frequency of terms of court. The
new district proposed would, of course.
contain more population than the old
district, twice as many people, in fact,
as the entire state contained only few
years ago, so that the new district
should not only be erected at the earliest
possible day, but the new district should
have at least four terms of the district
and two terms of the circuit per annnm.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16

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