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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05

the brain OF any person and my will,
by means of the aura COM
municated through my fingers. Now
lust for experiment l will rou your
powers of pride and eloquencc. Here,
after some preliminary preparation, he
touched the back and front of my head
with his forctingcr. | instantly became
impressed with the idea that l was the
finest creature in the worlu. and my
tongue kept pace with my thoughts SO
that | addressed an imaginary audience
with great tluency on my titnessfor the
Presidency of the country. With a pass
of his hand | became silent, and l OBJ
served that he had been making notes.
Again he touched me and [ became so
insensible to pain that he actually cut
off one OF my fingers without my feeling
it in the least, although Iremained con-
scious all the time. Another pass and
my perceptive and will powers
were stimulated-a fatal pass for
him-for | ut once reasoned
out the whole modus operandi
of his discovery. Lcaping toward
him: I dipped my finger in a certain
liquid which | instinctively knew to be
right, l touched him at random and
willed him to work. Instantly he be-
gan to count the glass bottles in the
room; l willcd him to work faster. His
brow contracted and he began to esti-
mate the number of square inches in a
glass retort neal at hand. Faster yet.
He became intensely absorbed and
worked out the most difficult matle-
NAUTICAL formulate. l could now posi-
lively feel my will power, as it was so
intense. l pressed him more and more.
His brows contracted till they nearly
covered his eyes. The veins on his
temples started out. He passed from
calculus to some unknownmathcmatical
science, which he created step by step!
Faster!
With a shrek he fell forward dead
upon my breast. Intense work had
produced an extreme case of thatchem-
ical change called softening of the
brain, and the grayish white matter
came pouring from his ears. nose and
mouth, dripping down my clothing and
falling in pools upon the floor, till his
head was an empty shell.
The light burned dim, the storm
shrieked without; L was alone with the
corpse upon my breast, but nothing
could allay the stimulation Of my
thought. Hideous images rose before
me; imps and demons menaced me
pressed upon 1ne-and then all was
blank.
Irereat it., this story is true. What
this man wickcdly used for his own
ends may be rediscovered to the benefit
of humanity. May God prosper the
search.-Louis lie GrunG Bc,sedicty IN
Trinity Iipb2ct.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05
..TElIhHG.
The ,a.aoughtlessECsS Of Many Persons in
Their Everyday Conversation.

The ,ataoughtlessECss Of Many Persons liz,
Their Everyday Conversation.
TaMrc could ba no. better purpose, al
reserve, on the esGt OF any one who &C.
sired that this Xear shall go on aad
close with a PERSONAL bene3iction, than
to- ''gird up the, loins Of the mind" in a
faxed determination to speak the truth
and nothing but the truth Ii will
hardly be denied that careful truth
telling, whether relating to persons or
to things, is rathar at Il discount than
at Il premium. Especially is this the
cas- in the common current speech of
social lite as respects persons. Com
monty ii is so much easier with many
people to utter words of depreciation
than words the reverse of depreciation,
thai the habit has fallen into of being
critical and even c~ensorious. From
lips so employed there falls, in n
quence, the least possible of the swecter
words of commentator, and of the
cnarity which ''never faileth.n OF
purse this latter style of speech comes
largely from thoughtlcssness and from
carelessncss, which are ever a twinhood,
obliyous, as not 4 few are. to the fact
that thoughtlcsssncss and carclcssncss
arc at least not moral qualities; that,
instead, they are too often narcn1
sources of what is both untruthful and
unjust. -E0stoN Wntchm0n.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05
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sFIfrY .AllnOs& NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ox.aa'M
urn Parisian Husband.

rrltur A1,nOsM IncrediblGs2)cvotion ~o1as,Nld
4rn Partisan Husband.
Not logss. ago the husband Of eloVd
little wonsan lin PaSis] whom he II
bu.t a few weeks beG6re ledto the altd
saw her safe into a carriage ;sA Will
she was setting out 20 make some cd
Size was She very light Of his ayes, a
they han2 spent few hours apart sin
their wedding day. Imagine his. sti
Of mind when late in the afternoons
vas brosght home senscless and alml
unrecognizable. lat | must so, bac3
little. The horse that drew the G
riage slipped in re anding a corner,
vehicle turned over and the 5HSe' OF
occupant was terribly mutiiatcd v
broken glass frorA the windows, WA
the crowd which soon surrounded
carriage extricatad the poor little n
oner- she was ta-ien insensNabe into
shop lf the neal est chemisbto,havc
injuzSes examined. The cuts
scratches we're dreadful, b1trEae Tl
Il a cash frola mouth TO- ear" II
whieh a long 7 ece of torlp flesh hu
TIL. poor chemist seemed To hare
his head at the sight, foE, instead
sewing the piece in place,again, he
it off, and seeing that he.patien;
nssined unconscious, Ike, washed
hands of her as quickly as,poss5ble'
saw herdrivon in cab table taken no
The doctor, who is called In bre
less haste, exclaims at tire butte
of the CHEMISTS surge s,y, andsayst
is nothing 80 be done, but to tai
piece out of the arm Of the poor VI
to supply he place IF that which
| chemist had so stupidity cut oil.
the h%alf-iaMntic husband Will not he
it, and taking off HIS coat and BIZ
his own arm, offers it to the doctor
bids hila cut from THAT, and not I
her with his knife. A<But," say
doctor. lone mutiasSea person j zen
in a family, my dear fellow. B
the pain would be; horrible" How
the heroic young. husband stuck I
poi,at, and, it is said, went throus
operation with $, smile on his lip1
marking that they had vowed to
ak things in common, pains as v
joys. The dostor did his work
the traces of che needle are al
faint, and he says that when the
ing process is complete there
scarcely be a visible trace of the
BILE accident.-MaG O'ReU, lH PA1
Dispatch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05
JEALOUSY.

nv wife? Dear boy, I love her still,
My ioalousy?, U%nfounded quite;
The story? O.. twas nothing. Yet
I'll tell it. Please give me a light.
All, me! We lived in paradise!
But, truly, twas a honeymoon,
Rcfulgcnt--without parallel ],
Iloved no other. She-dcar girl,
Was a%ll.devoted. . We'll. one day
Imissed n bright-hued scarf. The next
Four hnndkerchiefs of color gay:
Iuuestioned her. A neat housewife
She is, and never fails to keep
MY shirts and hose repaired. But when
Iouericd, she began to weep!
If she had said she kne naught of
The missing things. as you can see,
should have found no fault, But tears
Reused my suspicions-angered me.
watched her closely, and one day
Saw her within a letter place
NV newest scarf. Confusion! |
At last had found out my disgrace!
"'You rave q lover! Ah!' cried
Confess! Confess at once your guilt
She laughed. "l'm sending this" she said
"To mamma, for her crazy quilt"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05
oSsRlEN's
The Kind OF sTips' Which the Dead Mir
ing MHSnate Gave His Friend.

Aio AAIiAh VI ~ NA> e'>
ing MaSnate Gave His Friend.
This is the manner in which OEBrien,
the dead miIsng magnate,. is said to
have given APPOINT to an old: frierRt:
"O'Brien. ! hear they have struck it
in Con. Virginia. If So. Id>like tc'get
Il little
go, pshaw! No such thing. Donit
touch it,
The old friend went Immediately and
bought all the Con. Virginia he could
carry Fortunately the stock advasccd
rapidly. and he commenced to Think,
about selling. He calledupon O'Isaien
again. and the following interview teek
place:
Old F7ricnd-Good moraing, O'B1en.
l see Con. Virginia IS advancing.
There sac rumors on the streets OF Il
rich find. Had Abettcr take in a little?
Too baai3. didn'1haye sor>e a few DAYS
ago!
O'Brien-Yes~ it was unfortunate;
but you see did sgt know. what uitey
were doing there. at thaas time. Yes,
you had better Euy what you can
think it will so higher.
The al friend loses no time in gsts
ting to hiss brokegeand ordering his Con.
Virginia sold acknowledgements Oh
board"
[ Ever 1Sterwans,, When. speaking
the lucky, turn in Con. Virginia. he
never failed to give his friend O'RSien
due crcdhtor putting hins,in the way
of makir G a.fortnne; andswhen, onsbe-
ing cons sItcd as~to the prospect Of any
particular minoy took great pleasure
always inlsayin:@that he bothered linn
self very. ITtle about it, asss he 'always
gets his ssints 3rom MI, O'BrieM."-
! Sacramento RcJcrd- UqiGa&
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05
During the past year 5,765

During the past year 5,763
were received at the New York III
These came from the police ST
hospitals and other institution
notable fact is that there were ~,
dead children received than adui
the 5.763 bodies received, l,',.
subsequently claimed and pm
friends. The remaining S,9'.
either buried in Potter's fields
to the various medical colleges
section, One hundred Il nd tori
Of the bodies received were n'l
During 1884 the number CT bo1
ceived was 5,69O.--N \, Shn"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05

Tho Philadelphia Call says that
Lebanon, Conn. has Il citizen who
boasts thathc chewstwo tons of tobacco
aycar. There is II chance here to work
i'll an old joke about the man being Il
Teuton, but, after all. it is best to call
him q plain liax.'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05
WecAAAN4S
Clevas Hit " Il YOU ua Who E:.s;Gr
standsHthe Softer SEX.

The Clevas. Hit NJ Il Youu ID. Who Ec.6tr-
stands,the Softer Sex
The ossserrmD~ning a,soy abou5douu:-
teen yeazs of sgge knocSsd at the door
of a ho.aseoon Brush s51eet and askeSJ
the wolasn if,saae didn}.s want tha snoN
cleaned of:tha walk.
.'Ho,N mugh?:" shas, cautiously i'm.
CURED
'.Thimrsccsts.'
Il went say.t. Ieyou wsKst.t to, do
the wssh, fur ten octrts you can go
ahead"
He fesync,x on the handle of Ills, SNOW
shoveshand; looked thoughtful, and she
tinallMquesied:
"VSaA.. Nhat do .4u say?"
''ltsjla as thaewoman around the
corner told me- he replied. 81
shoxaled off her saow and she gave me
tifty, cents. l tolailacr 1 was.ooming to
ask Holl. and shcss;Id--'
Il dom It know bier. Watt business
is III to- her?'
sAVhat did size say?'
"She said Ia get left. She said thai
ssary woman Mlao wore Il plush sacqut
sind passed il, OF for a ahree-hundred
dollar sealskits would be- mean enough
GO 60 out aigEhs and shovel her owl
snow
"Boy!" @hispered The woman as sh.
turned White clear around her neck
Il want sou to clean off the snow
When yca are through I'll give vol
silver COLLAR md l want YOU to o
around and tell that woman that an.
one who buys and wears dollar-stor
icwely and fourteen-shilling shoe
hasn't got cnse enough to fall off
t boh-tailcd car!>-Dctroit Free Press.
A professor, when travelling i
1 Switzerland, fell into Il chasm, withou'
L however, sustaining serious iniur,
Il When his fcllow-travclers ran to his a!
| %sistance, he exclaimed triumphant,
Science is right once more! l diI
It tinctly noticed that | fell with an init;
y velocity Of five metres to the second.
Il ~-Lc Position.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
Glorious News.

The arrival of two large freight teams thia morning in front of Sum- merfeld Bros store, caused our re- porter to pause while going the rounds of the city for news, After waiting a few minutes he. observed several large packing cases being unloaded This excited his curiosity, and he repaired to the interior of the store where he found them being unpacked, and mo- ticed that they were filled with boys and mems clutIiing, which are espec- ially suited fOI the holidays.
 We also observed several cases which contained full line of holiday presents such as silk handkerchiefs, plain handkrrchiefs, embroidered handkerchiefs, initial handkerchiefs, and in fact almost everything that is suitable for holiday presents. Mir. Summerfeld stated to us that he had employed force of six extra clerks, so that everybody could be waited upon at once and not be kept waiting. We would advise all parties desiring holiday goods, or who would like to make their lady or gentleman friend suitable present, to visit the store of Summerfsld RIos', and they will find what they want. 122l #
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
Summons.

IN THE JUSTICES COURT OF NO. I Township, of the County of Cochise, .crrI- tory of Arizonl. before Jno C. Easton, Just RIG McCaffiey and F. C. Lcvan, plaintiffs ys. Daniel Wnnd and 4. G. Bronk, defend ants; demand Sl00 You are hereby commanded and required to appear before me at my office in the city of Tnmhston,, county of Cochise. on the llth day of March, A. D. 1SS6. at 10 o'clock, a. m, 10 answer the complaint of the above named plaintiffs who demand of you, that ven and A. G. Bronx arc indebted to them in the sum ofone hundred dollars, for assess mrnt work done by plaintiffs on the Bangor mine. in Tombstone District. at your special instance and request es will appear by the complaint now on file in my office to which reference is here made.
 And if you fail to appear ard answer sand complaint as herein required the. plaintiffs will toke judgment against you as demaEd eG by default and fer costs uf> suIt
 Given under my hand at said township the 1lth day Of January, l8S6. -
 JNO. c. EASTON,
 Jusllcc of the rcacc cf said Township.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
Notice of Forfeiture.

TO ISAAC HOWELL, YOUR HEIRS OR ASSIGNS. You are hereby notified that have expended ($1OO) one hundred dollars in labor and improvements on the Dunton, lode and mining claim, situated Tn the Hat foro mining district, Ramsey canyon, Hua- chuca mountains, county of Cochise, Terri tory of Arizona, in order to hold the claim for the year ending December. 1SS6, under the provisions of Section 23A' Revised Statutes of the United States Therefore, if within ninety days from publication of this notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your prouortion of said expenditure and cost of this publication as co-owner, yonr A interest in said mine or claim will become the prop erty of the undersigned, under Section 2324
 B F. HESLEP.
 Tombstone, January 12, 1886.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
To vFhoIn it NIay Concern.

EO " nom It Way concern
 I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife, from and after this date, and all parties are hereby cautioned not to trust her on my account. ". W. BALDWIN.
 Benson, Dec. 21, 1885.
 Full stock ;aif boots fol S4 at J. MeYrs X Bros.
 Do not forget that Summerfeld Bros. have everything new for the holidays. 12-1
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
DON'T WAIT.

Write to us for ese testirnonialsin full send direct to the parties All are absolutely true and given without our knoNledge or solicitation. Do1't wait. Now is the time every species Of Itch ing Scaly, Pimply, scrofuous. Inherited, ContH gious, and CopPer-colored Diseases of the Bloo' Skin, and Scalp, with Loss of Hair.
 Sold by all dflggists. Price: CUTICURA. % ct gs REsoLvRNT, Sl: SOAP, g cts POTTER DRUa ND CHEMICAL O., Boston, Mfass.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
IS

ESTATE OF SIDNEY ELLSWORTH, DE- ceased. The creditors Of, and all persons having claims against the above named E<- trte, are hereby notified tn exhibit their claims with the necessary vouchers to me within ten months after the first publication of this notice at my office, in the city of Tombstone, County of Cochise, Territory Of Arizona, or the same will he forever barred .. Dated at Tombstone, January l2. ls66.
 JAS. c. DEAN,
 sPutlic Administrator.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
ALMOST INCREDIBLE.

James E. EichardsOn, Custom House. Kew OrcaHs on oath says: % h 1870 Scrofu OuS Ulcers broke O'It on my body until was mass of corrup- tion. Everything known to the medical faculty was tried in vain. I became Q mere wreck. At times ould not lift my hands to my head. could not turn in bed; in constant pain, and looked upon life Rs curso. No relief or cure in ten years. In lSSl
 Sgo-n to before |. s. Corn. J. D. CRAWFORD.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
The Finest fin the Land.

Those fine Tom & Jerry's, hot Scotch whisky, hot Jamaica. St. Croix and New England rums, at Henry Campbelps Keg House. l-5 If
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-08
STILL MnRE so.

YViu Mcdonald, 2jI2 Dearborn Street. Chi cago gratefully acknowledges 8 cure of Eczema, or Salt Rheum, on head, neck face arms, aLd legs for seventeen years; not able to move, except on hands snd knees for one year. not sbe to help himself for eight years: tried hundreds of remedies; doctors pronounced his case hopeless; permanently cured by the CUrIcURA REMEDIES.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-12
THE PosroFFICE MATTER.

The statement made in these col
umns week before last in reference to
Mr.. Dunning and the postofice was
based on information obtained from
him. The charges made by the Smyrna
Record have been already, as is
well known here, presented to the
postoffice department, and were inves-
tigated in December last by a special
officer of that department. No action
has been taken by the authorities, so
far as we know up to this date. Mr..
Dunning declines to make any state
ment in print, and we do not hold our
selves responsible any further in the
matter but leave it where Mr.. Dun
ming acknowledges the arbiter, in
the hands Of the postal authorities.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-12

THE man Johnson's conviction for
the Sharpless murder is one of the
strangest. 1t was not proved that
John Sharpless was killed by the man
who called him out of the house on the
fatal night I; it was not proved that the
man who subsequently came into the
house and asked Mrs. Sharpless for
money was the same that called her
husband out it was not proved in any
clear way, that johnson was the same
with either the first man or the second
man no one Of those who saw him
that night identified him. What was
proved was a number of circumstan-
ces warranting the strongest suspic-
ion, to which was added the testimony
Of Pritchard as to Johnson's confes-
sion to him. But, considering Prit-
chard's character, this could not have
weighed for much, but for the omis-
sien of all effort to account for john
sons whereabouts on the night of the
murder. This gap admitted the ver-
dict Of guilty. "A jury as intelligent.
as that which sat in the case, while
entertaining strong belief that john
son is the murderer, might well have
entertained more than one reasonable
doubt as to whether his gilt was estab-
lished by proof.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-12

The developement of electric light
ing is only a little less remarkable than
that of the telephone. Ten years ago
at the Centennial Exhibition the dyna-
mo machines and electric lights were
among the novelties to most people.
Two years afterwards Paris was pay
ing 20 cents per hour for electric lights
of 500 to 700 candle-power. To-day New
York is lighted with much more. pow
erful lights at 6 cents an hour, and
about the same rate is paid In Phila-
delphia. There are nearly a hundred
thousand arc and a quarter Of a mil
lion incandescent lights in use in the
United States, and they are increasing
in number at the rate Of II, 900 arc and
$4,000 incandescent lamps per annum.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-12
THE 1aBoR QUESTION.

The Knights of Labor are powerful
organization and under the control
and guidance Of the proper leaders the
organization may be able to work
much benefit to the cause of labor.
But in the very strength of the organ
ization. and the intoxication of pow
er which the knowledge of this
strength brings lies the danger to the
workmen themselves and to the indus
tries of the whole country. Every
citizen with the good Of his country at
heart can but pray that wise counsels
willprevail on both sides and thatnothiDg
NAV be done to further estrange cap
ital and labor than has been done al
ready, and that some plan may be de-
yised in which the two interests will
recognize their mutual dependence.
Since the above was written we find
in the columns of an exchange these
words from Mr.. Powderly, the head of
the organization. After stating that
the various strikes in the country were
condolences merely and not the result
of design, Mr.. Powderly says:
eff many of the men who are strik-
ing would display little more COM
mon sense and use a little more pa
tience they would get all they are strik-
ing for and save their time and money
in the bargain. If they would exercise
proper moderation in their negotia-
tions with their employers and submit
their claims, firmly made and properly
represented, to arbitration, am free
to say that 1 am sure that nine out OF
ten cases which end in a strike could
be as satisfactorily arranged without
resorting to such an extreme and gen.
orally doubtful expedient. Indeed, in
the nine cases there would be no neces-
sity for a strike.''
The board of which he is member
has settled $50 cases since the 1st Of
January, which he says would other
wise have resulted in strikes without
the gaining of a single point for The
strikers. He countenances a strike
only as last resort, and sees in The
spread and increased membership oi
Labor organizations the growth of the
prevalence of moderate and wise coun'
| sells.
If Mr.. Powderly is right In saying
that employers will meet the working
men half way, and If he and such al
be can eventually control their organ
izations, the outlook is a very favor
able one.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-12
President Cleveland and His Party.

President Cleveland and His Party.
The first year of President Cleve-
lands administration is completed
and belongs to history. The fol-
lowing article from the Cincinnati
Sun is interesting at this time. It is
an interview with prominent Repub-
lican Of Ohio, in regard to the Presi-
dents relation to his party. "Com-
mence with President Lincoln" said
the Republican ''Not more than one
half his party were his supporters.
Then came Andy johnson. Every
one knows what the fight was on him.
1t became open war, and the opposi-
tion took him up. Then you know that
Gen. Grant was so popular that he
was nominated at Philadelphia without
opposition, yet he was hardly seated
in the Executive Chair before a most
formidable Republican opposition
sprung up, resulting in the powerful
independent Republican movement of
1872 and which wonld have dismem-
bered the party if the effort to coalesce
with the Democrats had not been made.
1t is not worth while to mention the
opposition to Hayes. It was so pro-
nounced and bitter that his name was
not even thought of for denomination.
Garfield was not President a month
before his party was in a terrible row,
with the opposition to the Admins
tration quite as strong as the support.
President Arthur was a man of great
conciliatory ability. His work of re-
conciling his party to the new order of
things which he instituted was most
remarkable, yet the opposition in his
own ranks was much more formidable
than that in the Democracy to Presi-
dent Cleveland.
More than all this, I want to say that
any candid man who will examine the
subject with care will find that Mr..
Cleveland's administrator is giving
more general satisfaction to his party
and to the country than did that of
Gen. Washington during his term.
Now, mind Pm not a Cleveland man,
but I'm telling facts and history.
Get the books and look the subject up
and see if I am not right.