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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
MINNEAPOLIS GOSSIP.
Stories About Well-Known Oitizans IN
Which Characteristic Traits
Are Shown.
How Dr.. Kilvington Got 0oiO
Headed cane, Greatly 10
His surprise.
Row r. B. LangGon UnoerIooA "
Create Warm RepuDIlcah
Enthusiasm

MANY peopre suppose that gamblers as a
,7,le are utterly devoid of the commonest
instipcts of humanity. and imagine them 10
he wolves that prey upon the lainos ol so-
ciety. Human nature is much the sallie
+ba world over. however, and occasionally
+bara comes to the surface some OIL OF
rouch generosity that shows up the oetIer
nature of these men of the world. ester
day DR.. 5. S. Kilvington, very mucn u ms
surprise. was prevented with a gold- heaueo
cane bv two knights OF the rouha taoie'
apnears that young man who mas WorAeu
at the trade of hard wood nnlshiIlg' was
taken sick in q lodging house on flrst ave,
nue south. A doctor was summoned anu
remained with the patient untll the iatlei
cash run short Finally an attache Vi unI
LODGING house went to DR.. kilviugton ana
go the case. The doctor re-
enonded not only by attending to the
SicIr man but paid for medicines and
Irv,riee far the sck-rOom. 1t seems that TWO
wicked gamblers rUomed next to the SICK man
ond scraned ND an acquaintance with MN.
Tbav finally learned that he was In need OF
money and offered to pay all MS Dllls.
When thew called upon DR.. kilvlngton MS
answer was: Don't pay me anything, put
huv the bow some clothes" As result OF THIS
odvice the late impecuniOus woodDurnisler
was made a present OF a 500 oSeFcoat'
fine suit of clothes, good underwear ana
shoes. The gamblers did not stop there,
either Int purchased a goId-headed cane
for the doctor. and sent it to his ctilce last
evening.
p P. Iangdon is an earnest thoughtful
and consistent Republican, whose pOlltlcal
methods are well known. They tell good
story on him regarding the recent election.
ne hired a Scandinavian to resent the IN
snlt 10 the Swedish flag" at voting pre-
cinct in North Minneapolis The Scandl-
nayian was posted as to what he should DO.
and was paid his money in advance. AS
result he appeared at the polls every thirty
minutes during the dav. and with cl0ck-llke
regularity yelled out "Hurrah for GlIhlian
McGiu." This done. he would gravely re-
tire to the opposite side OF the street ana
wait for the half hour to expire. when ne
would again hurrah ''Gilhllan McGIll."
~
Fence opera house seems to be oadly
handicapped in its effort to become pOpu-
lar resort for amusement lovers. The latest
trouble that has arisen Is the suit instituted
bv Miss Marie Wellesley" otherwise MIS-
w. E. Sterling, to recover damages on
contract that she should be the leading
lady in the various plays produced until
April next. Mrs. Sterling is a determined
little brunette, who insists upon asserting
her rights. Mrs Book. the wife OF the
manager of the opera house, on the other
hand is a blonde. young and vivacious. who
considers herself equal to the task OF sus-
tanning the leading roles. Her husband
seconds her in her histrOnic ambition, and
Mrs Sterling has found it necessary to III
woke the aid of the courts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
Fergus Fails.

The ladies' of the NJ. E. church held pound
social in the church parlors on FRIDAY even
inr. The Chautauqua circle has reorganized
for the winter. with about twenty members.
1udoe and Mrs M. r Tyler gave tea
marty to their friends on Wednesday even
ing MIR. Thorn has disposed of his resi-
dence here an ]. with his family, has gone to
Van Cquver B. C., 10 reside The Choral
n ion hope to be able to present ''finafOre"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
L lands in the

into the hands of the BOARDERS.
proprietor of the bucket shop. The re-
sources of such customer will not allow
him to put up any margin, and a sudden
movement in the wrong direction at once
wipes out his small fortune. 1t is amusing
to hear them talk. They speak of the
health of Jay Gould as if his illness meant
millions to them. and they retail the gossip
of the street to other seedy men, who listen
iutently to it, as if it were of the utmost
importance. The wife of such a man
probably introduces him to her boarders as
MY husband. the Wall street broker"
when. in fact. he never bought or sold
real share of stock in his life.
Even the presence of a clergyman is not
unknown in bucket shOp. Frequently
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07

HAYSEED oPER- nave come GOWN 10
AToR. dealing in the shops.
and are not ashamed to ask their friends
for s. or $40, just enough to have one
more trial.
With all these feeders the proprietors
grow seek and wealthy and are not
ashan,d at the regular brokers look down
upon ,.en because they 'only keep
bucket shop"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07

WHAT ONE SEES AT THE THEATER.
But this is an era of reform Let the
glad tidngs be proclaimed. Chicago
young man has invented wing and feather
regulator by means of which any one sitting
away back in the NTH or Nth row of
orcheatra chairs can see all that happens ON
the stage. From the boyhood times when
he saved his earliest halt-doIlars to squan-
der on theater tickets he had heard all the
famous actors without ever seeing their
faces. For seventeen years he pondered
and was sad. Then happy thought struck
him. Stealthily experimenting with his
wife's new hat. trimmed with the wings of
a whole family of gallinida and many other
things of worthy memory. he found that
the feathers were punched at the bottom
and all the quilts stuck together under one
button. A tter little trouble he fixed this
button on pivot and then fastened string
to Its starboard edge. He put the hat on
his own head and found that when he let
go the string the button gave way and the
feathers fell Of their own weight. A tug
at the string set them ali standing again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
G0ODFEL-L0W'S
GENUINE ALASKA
SEAL SKIN SACQUES!

TO those who have it will
ing and still is fact that in spite of the ther have
sod almost Seal Skin Sacques during weeks
as we sold during the
IN praise OF these goods before
ourselves to statement othe fact that made
the Best Genuine Alaska from the world ST.
refer apson and dyed the celebrate yers Martin Fetch
MANN in London On Oct 80 reduction
price our Seal Sacques and of awaited them
selves OF the Offer For days longer will offer
stock which only choice and Genuine Goods the
reduction and regardless of latest the Of
Seal Skins
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07


rural minister who is
in the city on a vaca-
ton resolves to risk
a few dollars in the
whirlpool of specula-
ton. 1t is an easy
matter to discover a
bucket shop, and a
still easier job to
drop a hundred dol
lars or SO into the
ever waiting grip of
he proprietor. Few
' lergymen h av e
made enough in Wall
street to enable them
to retire upon a com
potency.
The flashily dressed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
Subscription LISTS

For two chamber concerts. given by Miss
Marie Geist and Paul Stoeving at Nathan
Fords piano rooms. Nov. 10 and Nov. 80,
are out at Nathan Fords, w. W. kimbalfs.
Emil Geist's and j. w. Dyer q Bros.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
aReau,ituiprese

The Virgin Salt Company. of New
Haven, Conn, to introduce Virgin Salt
into every family, are making this grand
offer: A crazy Patchwork Block, enameled
in twelve beautiful colOrs, and containing
the latest Fancy Stitches. Oh large litho-
graphed card having a beautiful gold
mounted Ideal Portrait in the center, given
away with. every 10 cent package of Virgin
Salt. Virgin Salt has no equal for house
hold purposes. 1t is the cleanest, pures;
and WhiteSt salt ever seen used. Remem-
Der that a large package costs only 10
grocer for it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
!. Il. RuILard.

OF the firm of Bul ard Bros. returned from
New York to-day. He has bought al o =
CANT assoc tment of arr pottery. stelI ig
silver watches, guns and c. iStmas eli il
great variety. They invite your ms acion
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07

The inventive young man showed the
feather-reguatOr to his wife after breakfast
next day. Womanlke she objected to it.
''Do you think" she said. that | would
sit in a theater with my beautiful wings
that cost Sl2 bobbing up and down like
ridiculous hen balancing on fence?"
The young man was sad and pOndered
for another week. Then he bribed his " ife
with new bonnet and got her to form a
Theater- Hat Reform league, with all the
ladies she knew as members. They had
their hats rugged up with feather-regula-
tors. and then the young man had to give
them theater party. There was twenty
in the party and it cost him $1S5, but he
didn't care He sat contentedly behind
them until the walking gentleman came
out on the stage and made deliber-
ate preparations to have farewell
kiss at the leading lady. At the proper
time he penetratingly whispered to his
companions: Lower awayW and down
went all the feathers just as the picture
shows them. Was he happy? You would
think so, gentle reader, if you had been
there. The inventive young man and
twenty-four other long-suffering old men
behind him. who had never before seen the
faces of their favOrlte actors applauded so
vigorously that all the papers next day
spoke of the seven recalls st. Clair Belling-
ham had received.
Since that night the ladies of the T. FL.
K. league have led happy, peaceful lives.
Their husbands can buy theater tickets at
half rates. men in the back seats no longer
glare murderously at them, and they them
selves can see over one anothers heads to
the stage. and do not have to kill time by
talking while the curta n is up. The I. Ii.
r. league of Chicago is now in the third
week of it's existence. Preparations are
making to form a branch in this city. The
inventive young man refuses to take out a
patent on the feather regulator, and gives
it to long suffering humanity with his
hlnSSinp
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07


o6; a fine farm near
Utica. tie was drawn
into the maelStr0m and
gradually lDst most of
his possessions. Now
he deals in ten shares
where once he handled
hundreds At a deal.
There are several
labitues who once
yned seats in the
ock Exchange. By
verses of fortune they
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
WALL STREET WHlRLP00LS,
Bucket Shops and Men Who Patronize
Them.
The Way Some Spectators Sink Large
Sums.

LII sorts of people
trade in the bucket
hops ofW all street.
len whom most
eople would never
lspect of dealing
/ stocks take a
flyer" for a small
mount in these es-
Adjustments a II d
watch the tape with
the eagerneSS of an
operator who deals
in the thousands of
shares at a time.
says the Journal,
The term bucket
shop originated in
Chicago. Ii W a S
applied to low bar
rooms where beer
was sold to the
poorer classes in
buckets. What the
Chicago buck e t
shop is to the gilded
gin palace, the all
street prototype is
to the palatial of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
When they are not gazing they are bel

ing over the ticker,
corner of the room,
oft times jOstling and
crowding one an
other in order to get
the first news from
the tape. Seedy-
looking men form
half the population
of a bucket shop.
Their coats are very
shiny, their shoe
need polishing an
their hats make /
pretenSiOn of bein
in the latest style.
Many of them arr
shiftless men whose
wives keep boarding
houses in different
parts of town. Every
S. bill that these
men acquire goes
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07

slant visitor to til ese resorts. Probably his
employer is a stock br ker. and the clerk
has caught an inkling of some big deal"
in which one of his employers customers is
interested. Cases are not unknown where
young clerks have made big plies in this
way. but it is not safe to speculate on such
information. More probably they have
purl0ined enough postage from the Office to
pay for five shares of Western Union or
Lackawanna at 81 a share.
Although there are no accommodations in
the big downtown bucket shops for lady
customers, the fair sex is no aft out of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07

ice Of tnO ~. 5 OcK DrOh1T. UoudIIy To
is a large blackboard on which the chang
ing prices of the various stocks are marked
up by a small boy.
Fer five hours in h. day, that is from. 10
a m. to p. m., dozens of customers sit on
the hard chairs with which the room is fur
nished and gaze steadily at the black
board.
When they are not gazing they are bend
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
FRED t. MERRILL

is a new man in this section and halls from
California, although he claims his birthplace
in New England. MIR. Merrill is 81 years old,
stands feet 6 inches and Wi his 1855 ounds,
being now the light weight of the profession
ais. Mr. Merrll's performances in California
and down East have been good. and his fast
est mi e was done in Pap at Hartford, Conn.
In San Francisco two years ago he defeated
Fred ). Robinson. ex-champiOn of America,
and also George Bennett. He ran with sue
cess in all the Eastern tournaments this year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
NJ. WOODSIDE

is well known to Minneapolis people through
his brave but unsuccessful attempt to defeat
the plucky lOng-distance rider, Albert Schock.
His greatest work the past season has been in
races from one to twenty miles, at which
distances he is very fast. Mr. Woodside is
not much of a stayer and comedies the palm
to better men. Woodside was born in Phila-
delphia in 1862, weighs 10 pounds and stands
six feet in height. He is an lrish-American
and his people now live in Ireland.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
BrillIant weddI.g.-The mar

riage of Miss Laura S. Powell, of Shep-
herdstown, to Rev. William T. Roberts,
Of Culpeper, Va, was celebrated at
Trinity Episcopal Church last Tuesday
evening, May 4th, at seven O'Clock, the
rector, Rev. l.. r. Mason, officiating.
The wedding was charactized by the
elegance of the arrangements and By
the gracefulness with which they were
conducted. The bridal party entered
the church led by Mr.. r. S. Roberts, Of
Roanoke, as the best man, and Messrs.
E. Lee Powell, of Richmond, and Mr..
Thomas, of Culpeper, as ushers, fol-
lowed by the bridesmaids, Miss Saun-
ders, of Knoxville, Tennessee, Miss
Christine Washington, Of Charlestown,
Miss Fanny Shepherd and Miss Sallie
Powell. The bride entered last, upon
the arm of her brother, Mr.. Simms Pow
ell, of Parkersburg. The church was
decorated with flowers, which were ar
ranged with rare good taste, and added
much to the beauty Of the occasion.
After the ceremony the bridal party re-
turned to the residence Of Mr.. II. w.
Potts, where Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts re-
ceived their friends before leaving on
the $50 train for Baltimore. The future
home of the happy couple will be at Gull
pepper, Va, where Mr.. Roberts is rec
tor of the Episcopal church.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
A Big Baltimore Blaze.

The most disastrous fire that has ia
ken place in Baltimore for many years
broke out shortly after o'clock last
Friday night in five story warehouse,
No. SIS West Baltimore street, occupied
by S. w. Floss & Co., wholesale dealers
in notions and white goods. The flames
spread with great rapidity to the adjoin-
ing buildings and they were badly dam
aged before the water could exert its in
fluence. The losses are: Floss i Co.,
500, 900, insurance, $4,000; estate Of
Jacob Trust, one building SIS, 900, in
sured; Levisson's straw goods, $780,
900, fully insured; NJ. Ring d Co.,
clothing, 100000, insurance, $50, 900;
NJ. Ring, on building, $50, 900, insured;
Cross & Dunbrace, furniture, $50, 900,
insured; estate of Jesse Sling, building.
SIC, 900, insured; Albert Bros, hard
ware, $40, 900, insurance $500; Medal
ry & Co., stationers, $4,000, insurance
sl5.O 900; jenkins Bros. & Co.. oil cloths,
$40 900, insurance 81, 500; Bell, Knogg
Il Co., book binders, $4,000 insured;
Frank & Adler, wholesale shoe dealers,
suffered some loss from water, insured.
The total loss cannot be less than $780,
600. Origin of fire unknown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
License Refused.-John II. Duk

License X fused. John II. Duke
and others presented petition to the
County Court OIL Tuesday asking that
tribunal to require the Town Council Of
Shepherdstown to give reasons for its
refusal to grant the customary recon-
mendation to the County Court for the
granting of license to the petitioners to
sell spirituous liquors. Messrs. A. Z.
Kennedy and Chas. Porterfield argued
the case of the petitioners. After con-
sidering the subject the County Court
refused to grant the license. 1t is said
that the petitioners. will carry the mac
ter before Judge Faulkner, in the Cir
cult Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
ONLY Half Alive.

There are hosts OF men and women who. 10
coin phrase, are only half alive. That is 10
say they have seld ON If ever any appetite.
are nervous, weak, tidgetty and troubled by
presence of vigorous, exuberant vitality they
seem mere pigmies. Such persons are usually
fond of frequently dosing themselves, swal-
lowing in the course OF the year enough drugs
TO stock any apothecary's shop of average d.
mansions. This, OF course, defeats instead OF
furthering the end in view, viz, the recovery
of health and vigor. Were they TO seek II from
an unfailing Eource OF vitality, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, how different would be their
case Then vigor would return TO their debili-
tated frames, the glow ofhealth TO their wan
cheeks their trembling uncertain gait would
grow firm and elastic, appetite that grandest
OF all sauces, would give a relish for the daily
food were IL ever so coarse, and refreshing
sleep would crown the tasks OF the day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07

PersonaI.-Editor j. w. Baugh-
man. of the Frederick (Md.) Citizen, and
Col. j. A. Tompkins and Mr.. +. A.
Robinson, of Baltimore, were in Shep-
herdstown several days this week fish
ing for bass. They met with very good
luck, catching very handsome strings
of large bass. On Tuesday they caught
twenty-five beauties, among which
were one weighing four pounds and
one four and a-half. On Wednesday
the fishermen were still more success
full. They caught twenty-three hne
bass, among which were two five
Founders, one four and a-half-pounder
and two four-pounders, the others va
rying from three pounds down. That
the gentlemen were pleased at the re-
ward of their skill need not be said.
They left for home Wednesday night,
sending their trophies ahead of them by
express. The editor Of this paper re-
turns thanks for liberal share Of fish
that they sent him.
Mr.. +. l.. Dcche:t, late Of the Har-
risonburg Spirit, was in town last week
for several days. He WAS stopping at
Mr.. David HUut's.
Mrs. j. 5. Phillips. nee Chapline, Of
Brooklyn, n. Y, is in Shephcidstown
visiting Mrs. Laura Chapline.
Miss Fannie V. Grow, of this place, is
visiting relatives in Martinsburg.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
The English .-Farme

The English SparrOw.-Farmers
and gardeners generally are complain
ing a great deal of the English sparrow,
and say they are a perfect nuisance. A
recent number of the Ameri can Agr,cul-
tmist says, 1.-THE sparrow is determined
little pest. 1t has a fashion of sharing,
unlimited, with the chickens in their
food, and apprOpriating tie lions share
OF it, driving off the young chicks, and
preventing them from feeding. An CT
fective method of getting rid of these
costly guests is to steep wheat in a solu-
ton of lead, and put it in boxes upon
the top of high poles, where the fowls
cannot reach it. The damage done by
these pests TO grain crops, including
corn, both sweet corn grown for mar
ket and field corp, has become so serious,
as TO call for some effective means Of re-
preston, and one must not be nice about
the means employed. The only good
thing about these birds is that they are
said to be excellent eating, and to make
good pies. Cats, as general thing, are
a nuisance in the garden, as they drive
off useful native birds; but if they
could be taught to discriminate and keep
the sparrows in subsection, they might
be tolerated."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
A Mysterious Murder.

Frank Heatwole, who lived near
Romney, Hampshire county, w. Va,
was murdered last Thursday night or
Friday morning at Col. John Taylor's
tannery, one mile east of Romney.
Heatwole went on duty late Thursday
night as Waterman a. the tannery, TAX
ing the place temporarily Of the man
who regularly fills that position. FIJI
day morning the employees Of the tam
merry found him dead, lying in front Of
one of the furnaces, which it was duty
to keep supplied with fuel. He was be-
tween two of the stoke holes, with nine
large buckshot in his body. IL is sup
posed that he was shot with a gun by a
person standing below him, the shot en-
tering his body and killing him Instant
ly. There were no traces of struggle,
and apparently the assassin had stealth
lily approached and quickly dispatched
his victim. The affair is mysterious, as
Heatwole, W no was man of family,
aged about 80, bore a good reputation,
and was generally esteemed. There is
considerable excitement over the mat
ter. One theory is that he may have
been shot by mistake.
A private letter received by gentle
man in Shepherdstown from friend in
Romney throws some additional light
on the subject. 1t says that an investi-
CATION Of the affair has resulted in the
arrest of negro blacksmith named
Bowman. Tracks were found at the
door of the tannery, and led towards
Bowman's house. The tracks corre-
sponded with his feet. No one thinks
that he Gf it was he) intended to kill
Heatwole, but man by the name of
Harvey Barr, who is the regular watch
man at the tannery. Thursday evening
Barr played off sick, and got Heatwole
to take his place. The investigation of
the case has brought out most terrible
state of affairs. Barr and the negro
Bowen have been rivals with a certain
mans wife. Bowen threatened the life
of Barr, the news was carried to the lat
ter, hence the arrangement by which
poor Heatwole lost his life.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-07
AIden's Library Magazine.

This popular Magazine. which, beginning
with the month of May, was transformed from
an octave monthly into handy. small qusrto
weekly. has taken other steps in the line OF
progress. No. 4 OF the weekly issue appears
in new and larger type, and also with the ad-
dition of handsome.cover. In its new APP
pearance it becomes one.of the most attract
i've magazines in the field, while 1t is beyond
rivalry in economy OF cost, sl.5O per year
From the amount and quality OF the matter
1t presents it is commonly considered even
superior to the great four-dollar monthlies-
You can get q specimen copy free upon APP
plication to the publisher, JOHN b. ALDEN.
800 Pearl ST New York,