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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
An Electric Hat.

An ingenious application Of the elec-
trio current to curative uses has been
patented by Mr.. George Litchenfeld, wig
maker, of London. The apparatus. con.
sists Of very small battery-the largest
size weighing only about three drachms
of the kind known to electricians as the
chloride Of silver battery. This battery
possesses two fat silver terminals. 1t
can be placed inside the lining of an
ordinary silk hat, with the fiat terminals
outside the lining, 80 that when the hat
is put on current of electricity passes
between the terminals and diffuses itself
all over the wearer's head. The battery,
though small, has considerable electro
motive force, the current being sufficient
to ring small bell or work a small in
duction coil. Mr.. Litchenfeld claims
for his apparatus that when applied to
wigs or other headgear it proves a per-
feet cure for nervous headaches, neural
gia, etc. 1t is also claimed that the cur
rent Of electricity will stimulate the
growth of the hair and cure badness. II
the latter statement be true, the inventor
must surely be a most disinterested wig
maker: for if badness can be prevented,
is not -Othello's occupation gone?'-Pal
Mall Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18

The suggestion Of our correspOn'
dent in relation to the Cheyenne In.
dian outrage is good one. The peo'
pie of Miles City should lose no time
in meeting en- masse and preparing q
series Of resolutions denouncing the
proposed action Of the Indian depart.
ment. Let it be distinctly aud EN-.
pbaticalIy understood by Mr.. Toole
that the people Of Custer county in
general and Miles City In particular
without regard to politics, kick against
this thing and kick hard. II must be
made apparent that we are terribly in
earnest and that we must be heard,
for as sure as the contemplated plan
of parceling these bloodthirsty beggars
among decent white settlers is at.
tempted, blood will be shed, and all
the horrors that may entail on this act
will be directly chargeabIe to the In
dian department. The people whom
IL is proposed to degrade by this
scheme, will not stand it. and they
are now prepared to prevent 1t by
force.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
Thursday, November Is, 1886.
THE PRESIDENTS pRocLAMArI o,


The following Is President Cleveand's prOclama-
tion. designating Thursday, November 18th, as q
day Of than ksgiving aud prayer;
A proclamation by the President Of the United
II has long been custom Of the people OF the
United sta ates on day In each year especially set
apart for that purpose by their chief executive 10
scknow ledge the goodness and mercy Of God and
70 invoke his continued care and protection. In
observance Of such custom, /, Grover Cleveland.
President Of the United States, do hereby desig.
nate aud set apart THURSDAY. the 2ith day Of No
vember, to be observed and kept day OF thanks
giving and prayer On that day let all our people
forego their accustomed employments and assem-
BILE in their usual places OF worship to give thanks
70 the ruler Of the universe for our continued en-
joyment Of the blessings OF a free government for
Q renewal OF business prosperity throughout our
land, 4 the return which has rewarded the labor
Of those who till the soil, and for progress
people in all that makes a nation great; and while
we contemplate the infinite power Of God In earth
quake, food and storm, let the grateful hearts OF
those who have been shielded from harm through
his mercy be turned in sympathy and kindness TO-
ward those who have suffered through his vista
tions. Let US also in the midst Of our thanksgiv-
ing remember the poor and needy with cheerful
gifts and aims, so that our service may, by deeds
OF charity, be made acceptable in the sight Of the
Lord.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal Of the United States to be
affixed. Done at the city Of Washington the first
day Of N0vem per In the year Of Lord one thou
ssnd eight hundred and eighty-six. and Of the in
dependence Of the United States the one hundred
and eleventh. GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President, TT. BAYAKD,
rsEAL. Secretary Of state.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
Practice Of shaving at Home.

The steady growth of the practice of
shaving at home will soon revolutionize
the trade of the city. Our customers
fall off one by one, and only come in to
have their hair cut, and there is marked
falling off in the receipts of all the best
houses. II is difficult to account for a
fashion, but it is probably due in part to
the cheapening Of razors and the gen.
eral sale of good straps. 1t is argued
sometimes that 10 cents is too much to
charge, and that maintaining prices
means killing the goose for the golden
egg. There seems to be a good answer
to that argument in the fact that for
every American or German who shaves
himself there are three Englishmen.
These latter bring the custom with them,
having acquired it in the old country,
where the charge for shaving runs from
2 to cents. Cheap rates there don't
seem to have led to the discarding Of
home razors, and it is not likely they
would have effect here.-Barber in
Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
A Veil Of Great Yalua.

The church Of Meixotl, Mexico, is said
to contain veil of great value. Por
nearly three centuries Spaniards were in
the habit of vowing jewel to the veil
Of our Lady of Meixotl il they returned
safely from voyage to Spain, until in
Maximilan's time the veil was bejew-
eled to the value Of 100000. Three
German adventures with Maximilan
determined after his failure to carry
away this veil. They made elaborate
preparations, succeeded in taking the
veil, but pursuing party had nearly
overtaken them when they made a
stand in a narrow pass, where two Of
them were, however, killed with their
horses, the third making off under
cover of darkness, but without the veil.
which was recaptured and restored to
the altar, to be more vigilantly guarded
than ever.-Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
OccnpatInnnl Poiaoninns.

Gilders, thermometer and barometer
makers, those who make artificial flow
ers Ooking-glass makers, bronzers,
phopogrsp-.-ss end workers in the mines
which yield mercury, as well as those
engaged in the separation of gold from
its impurities by means Of the amalgam
process, are all exposed to the action Of
this poison. II is inhaled into the lungs,
and is frequently absorbed by the skin.
Quicksilver gives off vapors Of itself at
all ordinary temperatures, SO is readily
taken into the system through the
lungs. There are a few well-proven
cases of poisoning of this sort from a
poor amalgam filling Of decayed tooth.
Injudicious medical treatment has often
caused slow poisoning by one of the
mercurial preparations. Mercurial
trembling has been known to arise from
the use of solution OF corrosive sublim-
ate about the face to remove freckles or
other blemish Of the skin.-Globe- Dem
ocrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
THE covrRxoRs PRocLAMArIoN

In conformity with the proclamation Of the
President OF the United States, and in accordance
with the long established usage, !, Samuel T.
designate Thursday. the 25th day Of November,
1886, as a day Of public Thanksgiving and prayer,
and do earnestly recommend an observance ofthe
same by the people OF the Territory.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of tn Territory OF
Montana 10 be affixed Done at Helena, the capt
tai. this 18th day Of November, in the year Of
Lord one thousand eight hundred ahd eighty-six
Seal S. 7. HAUsEa.
Attest;
WIN. B. WEBB, Secretary Of Montana.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18

was ample for the $40 or more "piti-
able and humble and industrious In
dians.u Such mistaken ami menda-
cious gen ntlemen as these being relied
upon by the secretary and commis-
sioner, succeeded in reversing the de-
cision of the secretary and we still
have the Indians among US to their
own hurt and damage.
Captain Upshaw saying that he was
competent to testify thereupon con-
fessed that, in the whole Tongue river
valley (south of Stebbins creek and
and In the Rosebud reserve country
he did not know of twelve and half
sections of agricultural land which,
unappropriated already and lawfully by
whites, could be had for Indians, and
which could he irrigated. He agreed
that it would be necessary to provide
for about 200 heads OF families aud
their children. This statement of
Captain Upshaw was heard by an at
torney of Miles City aud that gentle.
man made oath to the fact that Cap
tain Upshaw so stated and the affi-
davit 10 Tor should still bel on file In
Washington. Two hundred families,
allowing two children only to the fam
lily, will require 100 sections of agri-
cultural land. As the upper Tongue
river valley Is not more than half a
mile wide 1t would require strip 200
miles long to accom- nodate all their
families on Tongue river. Neither
Captain Upshaw nor anyone. (he says)
else eau find land enough to settle
one.eighth of such number on both
rivers. Let these facts and others Just
AS convincing he again presented at
Washington, but this time let il be
done by petition made in general AS
sembly of all our citizens aud let it be
addressed To the President aud let
such petition conclu-ively show, as
can be shown, that the interests of
the indians a. Well IA the rights of
the whites demand that cool Iudg-
ment and not personal bias aud self.
interest of inexperienced agents, shall
determine what shall be done BY the
government in this great matter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
(Communicated.)
AROUSE THE CITIZENS.

To the Editor Of the YELJowsroSE JOURNAL.
Your editorial of the l4th inst.
touches a most important matter.
The Cheyennes have for over four
years LACED on the Tongue and Rose
bud rivers in our county, doing worse
than nothing for themselves and seri-
ously damaging whites who have been
lawfully striving and laboring to earn
q living.
The government, because of its ig.
norance and Of the bias Of carpet-bag-
gers who say that they care nothing
for us but are here only to look after
Indian rights as opposed to the rights
of law-abiding white people, is about
to visit further damage upon US by
giving patents to the lands TO India
Law Is lost sight of by the govern
ment. Land laws are brushed aside
by the territory ut the instance of the
captain from Texas-who Is the man
that jumped white mans land and
built thereon bis agency house, choos-
ing for site the scene of the hardest
Indian battle that General Miles ever
fought in this country. That battle
showed that these Cheyennes are
fighters and not tillers of the soil.
The citizens have patiently borns
the burden and damage of this condi
tion of things. After the secretary
October 10, 1885, said that the Indian
reserve should be opened and the In
dians moved, there came two gentle
men from Texas and spied out the
land in the flowery month Of smiling
June, and told the Great Father that
the country flowed with milk and
honey and had an exceptionally kind
agricultural soil; also that the country
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
More Japanese Coming.

More and moae Japanese are coming
to this country every year, and they ART
usually Of an excellent order. They are
mostly between l5 and 25 years old, and
of the middle class, such as farmers.
storekeepers, etc. All Of them are to an
extent educated when they arrive, in
consequence of the compulsory law OF
education in the empire. Their chief
object in coming is to gain complete
education and to study the manners and
customs of the republic. which they
rightly regard rs very practical. A
large part of them, on their return. OBJ
tain renumerative employment; the fact
that they have served an apprenticeship
in the United States putting premium
on their services. Certainly the bulk Of
Japanese on our soil will compare most
favorably with the native inhabitants of
the same grade. They are, as a rule, far
more gentle, considerate, polite, and
wonderfully apt in acquiring new ideas.
They have made more progress in the
last half century than any other people
under the sun.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
Laid Claim To IL,

In the days when Britannia claimed
to rule the wave, British ambassador
In Venice, floating one day in gondola
on the lagoons, dipped his hand in the
water. and, lifting it to his lips. ex-
claimed, -Ha, ha! ii is salt This Is
ours. Springfield Union.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18

On the Devonshire coast in England
a sea grass Porphyra laciniata) is boiled,
chopped, mixed with small proportion
Of oatmeal, and made into bread, which
keeps from four to eight days, and is
much used by the poor Welsh people,
most of it being sent to Swansea. -Bos-
ton Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-18
1T. s. GORDON.

No bills against rHH YKLLowsfosK JOURNAL,
contracted by any Of the employees Of said paper or
slhsfs, win be recognised unless accompanied BY
vritssn order signed b. the Publisher or business
manager.
The editor Of rHR YsLLowsroNE JOURNAL Is not
cponsibe for any Of the opinions or utterances OF
its correspondent.
xstics is hereby gwen TO all concerned that Ihk
YBLLowsroHR JOURNAL holds the contract from
the governor Of Montana 70 DO All prinuns sno
ter county; !; and Is also the designated and only
psper In Custer county In which services by pub
ucation can be legally made. Legal notices pub,
and vorthess A. has been decided by the courts OF
Montana
All letters and communications containing ma
tsr INTENDED for publication in this paper, should
= addressed 10 "THK YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL,
and the name OF the writer must be given to insure
attention.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17
Rriefs ana Personals

The Hastings Court was not IN ses-
sion yesterday.
Rev. John Jasper is III and cannot
Eli his engagements tomorrow.
Tbe Governor has refused 10 remove
the political disabilities Of Peter Haines.
who was convicted IN Lynchburg IN
1875 Of felony and sent to the peniten-
tiary for three years.
There will be called meeting o. the
Common Council Monday afternoon al
z O'Clock 10 consider the report OF the
Committee OF Streets. who have
mapped out the work OF the street de-
partmeDt Tor the present year.
The seml-annukl reunion Of . "
Company Association, which would
fall on the 18th instant, has been post
poned Oh account Of the present tickle
weather. Due announcement Of the
dsv will be made hereafter IN this
paper.
Major Boykin, president Of the To
bacco Exchange, has appointed the foi-
lowing rnelnbers on the part Of that
body 10 oct on the committee Of thir-
teen TO gather statistics for General In
boden Messrs. Charles Watkins, P.
II. Mayo. and d. Tiedeman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17
mr.. Nayo's Eequest
To the Editor Of tie DlspGfeh

To The Editor Cf the Dlspafch
In the Dispatch Of this morning !
notice request from Mr.. g. W. Mayo
that where all the judges IN precinct
sre against prohibition some should re-
sign. Now, unintentionAlly ] AN sure,
Mr.. Mayo has cast slur upon every
Judges honor when be inslnustes that
for few paltry votes one way or the
other any sporE officer would SO far be
dead to al sense Of shame and 80
blind as TO the consequences Of his
crime perjury ss 10 violate the sane
tity OF his oath.
Were Mr.. Mayo not personal friend
Of mine, and did not know him to be
the perfect gentleman that he Is, ]
would pass by his request as being un-
worthy of recognition. But coming
from such 3 source, ] deem it no more
than right that should call hIs atten-
tion TO the injustice be has unconscious
ly done.
In conclusion, would state that the
election laws Of VrginIs provide that
each party has right Ii every election
to have representative to overlook the
count.
Thanking you for your valuable space,
and regrettiDg the necessity which calls
for this publication, still ] cannot but feel
thai voice the sentiments Of all. though
| am only ONE OF THE JUDGES.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17
ItrhIfn- Maae Earth.

The workmen who are excavatlng Tor
the foundation Of the new Young Men {
Christian Association building, al the
northwest corner Of Main and Sixth
streets. are still having trouble on the
Main-street front OF then work. They
have dug down TO q depth Of about
twelve or fourteen feet and have not
vet reached solid earth. though they
have struck an old fence and some
building stones. How much farther
they viii have TO 60 no man can tell.
For the protection Of the diggers ii has
been necessary to put up crioblng 10
keep the earth from cavlng IN on them
but for this precsution II is not un-
likely that the sidewalk would have
sunk down soms distance.
Evidently there was q considerable
gully here II old times. When Main
street was opened from Fifth TO Ninth
q good deal Of cuttIng-down had 70 be
done at Fifth and much filling al Sixth,
and indeed al the way down 70 Ninth.
This lot vhereon the Young Men :
Christian Association Hall Is 10 be
erected was 3 part Of the grounds OF
Major Gibbons. Q Revolutionary sol
der Of fame, who resided IN the house
now occupied BY DR.. HOge- and who
had his stable in the old building on
Sixth street; which. however. under
went many changes, and had several ad-
ditions before il reached its present
proportions.
The excsvsting viii 60 on until ths
solid earth is reached on the Msin-
street line elsewhere there is no din.
Guilty. Present impediments will entail
some little extra cost, but they vii II
nowise mar the strength or beauty o.
the building.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17
Cnu,ur.a IN Washington.

Major John Poe, Jr., Chief Of Police
OF this CITY, has received a telegram
from Chief-oi- Police Nj. {. Dye, Of
Washington, stating that Joseph Jones
q colored man, who is wanted here
for house-bresking, had been arrested
IN that city and had expressed MS will
ngness TO come back without requi-
siiiOn.
il will be remembered that about 3
wear ago Jones was arrested in this city
bv Policeman j. W. Rex for house
breaking. While on the way 10 the
stauon-house Jones suddenly stopped
down. and, picking up = stone, dealt
Officer Rex q severe blow on the head.
The prisoner then made his escape. but
was Afterwards captured in one Of the
lower counties by constable, who AZ
rested him for horse stealing. Jones
eSt away from the constable, and sue
ceeded IN evading arrest until yester-
CAV. when he was captured in Wash
inrton upon information furnished BY
Policeman John 7. Hall, Of this city.
Officer Hall left for Washington last
night, and is expected to return with
the prisoner to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17
The Cew boy nj the Theatre.

Mr.. A. O. Babel. the " Texas Cow
boy Pianist who created sensation
IN New York recently, played at the
Theatre last evening TO o small audi
ence. he appeared in the regulation
cowboy costume-in dark flannel shirt.
His hair is coarse and jet-black and his
complexion swarthy. He was intro
duced by his manager, Mr.. Pike, in
few plain words. IN which he pro-
nounced him TO be untutored,
and while natural and In
spired phenomenon, be claimed that
he is one Of the greatest piAnists Of the
age. We met the Texan in fall RIG Just
before he went upon the stage, and he
said that be had arisen early, travelled
70 the city, and been on the " 90 ever
since, and that be did not feel in the
spirit to tackle" Koutsky, Cots
chalk. and Rubenstein, yet be would do
his best. and hoped we would be pleased.
lie went TO work with q rough grace.
While be did not strike US as 3 finished
artist. If II be true that he Is a. untsught
natural musician, his execution Is sim
ply wonderful. The programme pre-
senied, while calculated to please the
average audience. would not have been
a difficult task fOr q good pianist. AS
we said before, his execution Is, under
the circumstances, remarkable, though
there is a roughness about his touch
that would seem to argue against the
isssers from Texas that claim that Mr.
Babel has had musical training and that
his father is q German musician.
BE will give matinee this afternoon
and conclude his engagement here with
3 performance tonight.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17

brick-ysYds. Each psocsssion cos1ainsd'
several wsgcnloads Of colossd vessa,
dressed in white and colorsd drsusss,
representing the Goddess Of Liberty
Queen Of May, &c. Ths Carson prooss-
sion also had mounted on whssb .
whale-bost, rigged - yacht, bssrswsd
from the navy-ysrd for the occssis1,
and which vas christsned W. G. Whit
ney, IN honor Of the Secretary Of ths
Navy. Party feeling ran high, and d was
feared that trouble would ensue ia case
the two PROFESSIONS should como 10
gether. Fortunately. nothing Of The
kind occurred. The two pfoccssious
formed in diiieren, sections of the city,
and although both had selected prstty
much the same line Of march, thsy
moved over it al different times aAd
without collision. In view Of the lack
Of harmony between the two parties
the President positively refused to re-
view either procession. Both passed
in front OF the White House, but
mounted policemen guarded the en-
frances and prevented thar entering
the grounds. The President. through
bis private secretary, bad previously
notified the chairman Of the opposing
committees that it would give him
pleasure to accept q Joint invitation 70
review one procession, in which I'll
could amicably participate, but that b
would not take sides in the quarrel.
and therefore declined to accept eithsr
invitation TO review the parade. A
strong effort Was made to reconcile the
differences between the two factions
and have them unite in one demenstrs-
iion so rs to secure the honor Of the
Presidents recognition, but without
CurcpCC
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-17
strike of Strees-Cnr Employees.
lBv telegraph TO the Dispatch

New YORK. April l6.-The en-
ployees Of the Third Street-Car
Line went on a strike this morning. and
q general - tie up" on all lines cop-
trolled by that line is the result. Third
avenue from early this morning, between
The stables at Sixty-fith street and the
Bowery, was lined with police officers
to prevent any interference on part
Of the strikers if the company
should proceed to run its cars.
The police were held in reserve st
Headquarters and at the police-ststions
along the route Of the road. The
superintendent Of police had a confer
epce with the officers Of the road du-
ring the morning, at which 1t was de-
cided to make no attempt TO run cars
beyond the Sixty-ffth-street stables or
below Grand street, but TO keep up
communication between these two points
TO the greatest practicable extent. The
police do not anticipate any trouble
from the strikers, but are prepared to
meet II II kIl - ubdt-
The company have decided to run as
many cars as they can get drivers Tor
between the stable at Sixty-fifth street
and Broome street. beginning at 10
O'Clock this morning. and have asked
the police 70 protect them along that
route. When the strikers left work
this morning they cOngregsted IN
groups along Third avenue, but were
quietly scattered and kept moving BY
the police. A number Of Italians were
put to work by the company 10 feed
and take care Of the horses.
A communication was received by
the Third-Avenue street-car officials this
afternoon as sfollows:
Gentlemen,-This time the public in
general viii stand by you.
Signed A UNION NAN.
The company to-day ran SIX cars.
making ID al thirteen trips. At 3
o'clock the leader Of the strikers sent
a message TO the railway commission
asking its members 10 come at once TO
this city. A reply was received
stating that the board would accord a
q hearing in the Governors rooms al
the City Hall at 10 A. N. tomorrow
The strikers say they expect the com
missioners will insist on the running Of
the cars al once OF else declare the
compsny's charter forfeited. And
il the charter Is forfeited we shall apply
for il, =" said one Of the committee. Thus
the matter is ID abeyaDce until tO-mor-
row. The company will run Its cars
again tomorrow.
THE sTREET-CAR STRIKE IN -BALT1-
MORE.
BALTIMORE. April lG.-No change
in the strike on the four lines Of the
street-railwsy from yesterday. Both
sides are determined. No trouble SC
far