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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
Mrs. Geo. III. Psnaleton Killed.

New York Special "A shocking accident
resulting in the death OF Mrs. Alice Pendle-
ton, wife OF George H. Pendleton, United
States minister to Germany, occurred in
Central Park, New York. Mrs. Pendleton
returned to this. city about two months
ago after the death Of her sons wife. She
ordered carriage to take her for drive
through the park. Hugh Reilly, q coach.
man OF long experience, acted as driver.
The horse showed some disposition to be
unruly all along the drive OF the park,
and when passing under the elevated
railroad became unmanageable and
ran away. The ladies--Mrs. Pendleton
and her daughter, Miss Jane-iumped
out of either side OF the carriage.
Miss Pendleton landed on a grass plot
and tumbled over on the ground. Mrs.
Pendleton was less fortunate, for she struck
on the hard pavement and fell heavily
against the pebbled gutter, receiving COM
pound fracture OF tho skull and conclusion
OF the brain. When help reached the old
lady she was dead Miss Pendleton was
picked up unconscious and taken to the
Presbyterian hospital.
Mrs. Pendleton was sixty-one years old.
She was a daughter of Francis Scott Key,
the author OF 1.-THE Star spangled Banner,
sister OF Philip Barton Key, who was
killed by Gen. Sickles, and q niece of Roger
: B. fancy once chief justice of the United
States. She was married to Mr.. Pendle.
ton in 1850; and was. the mother of three
children.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
The Irresistable Coachman.

Society in Tarrytown, N. j., was thrown
into flutter Of excitement by the public
announ cement that Miss Grace Morse,
eldest daughter Of Rev. J. P. Morse, and a
niece OF the late Commodore Vanderbilt,
had eloped with the family coachman,
George Winter. Mr.. Morse is q
missionary preacher attached to the
Blackwelrs Island penitentiary. The
family has one of the most spa
cious and elegant residences in larry
town. Miss Morse, now Mrs. Winter, is
twenty-five years. highly educated and at
tractive, and has been much courted. Win
ter is twenty three years OF age. During
the absence OF the family they drove to
North Tarrytown, and were married, re-
turning to the house intending to keep the
matter secret. It became noised about,
hiding in the town. The family are very
much angered and Inundated over the
matter.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

Prot. Smith, OF Columbia College, in
an essay presenting an extensive
array Of statistics of urban and ru-
raj populations, as contrasted with
each other, shows the percentage of
urban population in the United States
is relatively very small Only 20 per
cent. of the total population of the
United States is located in cities, while
in Germany incorporation is ALA per
cent, Prussia ~ per cent, saxony
500 per cent, England and Wales Sc
per cent. It is to be noted, how
ever, that there is some difference Of
Observation-Disclosures the census town
in the United States has 1000 inhab-
itants or more, England 5000, and
other nations 1000 to to 1000.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
The first great exhibition nas that

The first great exhibition MAS that
Of the Crystal Palace il. London.
1881; it, occupied 28 90 acres.
The Crystal Palace, New York, 1853,
covered 3 ITO acres. Paris, 1855,
covered 20 IL Q acres. London, 1862,
covered 25r1-2 acres. Paris, III 1867,
covered 81 acres. Vienna, III 1873,
covered 53 liz acres Centennial at
Philadelphia, 1875. covered rs acres.
Paris, IS 1878. occupied As IA acres.
The American exhibi ton, ii London
| NEXT year. 1897 Queen yicto riia's ju IL.
bilee year) ia to- occupy rounda me- !,
uring "a Ia acres Elss main build
nc Nh bal 300 sstt llore, atks breadth
ring from ~ to no feet. HE
rslid siler Vim 400 nc Ions. Tho
= a,,ss 40 ~ III MO iest lone and
two 81 81 ca tasrs Tilll IS 81
81 q ! Z q ~ d.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

1tlooks very much as if the long
cherished plan OF an arcade railway
under Broadway would be put into
operation at last. Only the expendi-
ture of $1oO, 100000 now stands in
the way, and New York will probably
be able to raise that sum for BUSH
ness enterprise much easier than
$780, 900 for a Grant monument. r..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
Geo. HI. Buffers Secret Marriage.

Washington Special: The death OF George
H. Butler reveals the fact that there was a
secret marriage when only romantic at
tachment was supposed to exist, and ex-
plains why a well known lady has shown
so much interest in his welfare and reform
alton. While he has been an inmate OF
st. Elizabeth, the Providence hospital, and
other institutions here. his most frequent
visitor WAS Miss Josephine Chespey, and
from her hands he received many atten-
tions that caused surprise and gossip. The
day after his death there appeared in a
local paper announcement that in 1880
the marriage was performed by the Rev.
DIR. Byron Sunderland at the residence of "
friend in Maryland. He preserved the
secret with the understanding that it was
not to be announced until Butler had re-
formed permanently. Gen. Butler was in
formed. of the marriage and gave it his ap-
prevail.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

Abiding to the failure of the Freed.
mems Savings Bank many years ago,
and it's disastrous effects upon the
colored people all over the south, the
Charleston News and Courier says
that they are beginning to recover
from the blow, and that in the five
savings banks in Charleston the col
ored people now have $124.936.35 on
deposit. In the Germania Savings
Bank, for instance, it appears that
there are 642 coloted depositors who
have $73, 34457 to their credit.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

The new Ohio statute regulating the
sale of liquor is styled, according to
an "Ohio idea," the Dow Law. Itfix-
es a tax on the liquor traffic of 5000
a year, with 500 tax on beer and
wine. The Ohio Constitution forbids
'2icensing'' saloons, and the Dow law
isa circuitous way of evading this pro-
hibition by calling the license fee q
tax. 1t avoids the defects in previous
acts Of the same character, in conse-
quence OF which they have been declar-
ed unconstitutional by the courts.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
ndensod General News.

Eiz
1laxwsn Confssses tlaat Hs Killsd Rrsllsf.
The following statement Wa made By H.
az Brook, alias Maxwell, now on trial at
ST. Louis for the murder of @. Arthur
Preller, which win constitute his only do
tense:
Nh. Prellsr was suffering from a private
disease Tor which ! had previously Pre-
scribed, mixing the medicines myself from
the bottles in the medicine chest I carried
with me; but his ailment had reached q
stage when itwas necessary for me to make
certain investigations. / was Obliged to use
catheter, and in using 9 catheter when the
parts are tndamed had previously
applied chloroform In order to- produce 8
condition Of narcatism. explained tho
process to- Preller and told him what +
should have TO do. He was very anxious
Tor mo to treat him in this manner. About
p. m. We began the operation. u admin.
lstered the chloroiorm in the usual way.
holding q saturated cloth to the nose Mr..
Preller passed through tho first stage all
right. 1t took several seconds. Then he
entered the second stage, and herethe ter
rible result came. I discovered too late
that he was dying. was wild with fright,
but had presence Of mind enough to cut
the shirt and undershirt from Che body,
and getting 9 vet towel, beat him around
the neck and shoulders Tor halEhour
or more. Fdd not give up until was
ready to drop from exhaustion, and my
efforts were not relaxed until he had been
dead some time. All the clothes he had on
at the time were his shirt and undershirt.
he had stripped for the operation. When
saw my friend was dead l did not know
what to do except to drink. ] drank free
~. drank everythingI could get-wine,
whisky, everything. All I remember 10
that drew on q pair of drawers, the first
that Tell into my hands, and put the body
into my trunk, from which had removed
everything. I put it in tho trunk an. hour
after Preller's death. What was done be.
sides this have no recollection OF. Liquor
and CONSERVATION had possession OF
me. and I only know that my feel
ings were those OF the utmost hor-
ror. I remained in my room that
night, the same room in which the remains
were. did not sleep, and was glad when
morning came. He says he supposed the
post norton, when the body was found,
would disclose the nature Of the operation
and the cause OF death. According to his
own story, the cutting off of Preller's mus
tache, the inscription about TRAITOR"
found in the trunk, and all the other queer
incidents connected with the tragedy, are
to be attributed to his liquor and fear
crazed condition after the fatality. Hede.
clares he has always wanted to tell the
facts, and only refrained by the advice of
his attorneys
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

Virgins has heard about the storms
from Kansas to Spain and offers a
little thing Of his own in that way.
He puts it in September next, when
terrible gales are to rage of Sandy
Hook, and earthquakes are to dribble
all around in all the hemispheres.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
Bill Nye on SOmnambulism.

A recent article in the London Post,
on the subject of standardization, calls
10 my mind a little incident with som-
nambulistic tendencies in my own ex-
perience.
On the banks of Bitter Creek, some
years ago, lived an open mouthed man
who had risen from affluence by his UNI
aided effort, until he was entirely free
from any encumbrance in the way of
property. HIS mind dwelt ON this mat
ter great deal during the day.
Thoughts of manual labor fitted
through his mind, but were cast aside
as ilnpracticablc. Then other means of
acquiring property suggested them
selves. These thoughts were photo
graphed ON the delicate negative of the
brain, where it is q rule to preserve all
negatives. At night these thoughts
were reserved within the think-resort,
! if l may be allowed that term. and
muscular action resulted. Yielding at
last to the great desire for possessions
his way to the corral of total strang-
er, and selecting a choice mule with
great, dewy eyes and real camel hair
tail, he fed. On and on he pressed. to-
wards the dirk, uncertain West, till at
last rosy morn clomb the low, outlying
hills and gilded the gray outlines of the
sagebrush. The coyote skunk back to
his home, but the somnambulist did not.
He awoke as day dawned, and when
he found himself astride the mule of an
other, a slight shudder passed the en-
tire length of his frame. He then fully
realized that he had made his debut as
somnambulist. He seemed to think
that he who starts out to he somnam-
bullst should never turn back. So he
pressed on, while the red sun stepped
out into the auful quiet of the dusty
waste and gradually moved up into the
sky, and slowly added another day to
those already fled away in the dark
nav of ages.
Night came again at last, and with
it other somnambulists similar to the
first, only that they were riding on
their own beasts Some somnambu-
lists ride their own animals, while 9th.
ers are content to bestride the steeds of
strangers. "e
The man on the anonymous mule
halted at the mouth Of deep canon.
He did SO at the request of other SOM
nambuIists. Mechanically he got down
from the back Of the mule and stood
ander st,lnted pine. ~. ..f.s i:
After awhile he began to ascend the
tree BY means OF his neck. When he
had reached the lower branch ~ ~,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

The representatives of 20 bosh but
ter factories came together at Pitts
burg, Pa, q. short time ago and Tor
gained for mutual protection" Fair
ly translated, that means '.for the de-
struction Of the genuine butter and
dairy interests Of the country" e
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

Two Calling guns procured from
Washington, D. c., now guard the
portico OF the Mint in Philadelphia. 1t
is said they are to be placed on the
roof, from which they can sweep all
approaches to this great treasure
house,. Watchmen armed to the teeth
patrol the building during the day,
and at night q sleepless vigil is kept by
a sufficient force to protect Uncle
SANS property. ;
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

The husband OF Mary Collins OF Hobo.
ken N. j., is arrested on the charge of muir.
dering his wife.
William Hamilton embezxles So, 900 from
his employer in Pirtsburg and escapes.
DR.. Holmes will be given great banquet
in London.
w. Cruce shoots dead his brother-in-law,
c. jackson, at Nevada, NO., the latter at
tacking him.
William Cochran, after trying to murder
P. Wilson in Grant county, Or, blows his
own brains out.
The Northern Pacific earnings for the sec.
ond week in May were $195, lat.
The Polish rioters in Milwaukee are, with
one exception, bound over to appear before
the grand jury.
Robert Daley. near Hastings, takes
laudanum and dies.
Miss Fellers shoots dead Abel Vilet at St.
Louis, Vilet having assailed her father.
Davis, Trabne & Co., and two connected
firms in Louisville make assignments.
) Sam Jones, the Georgia evangelist, has
broken his pledge to abstain from the use
OF tobacco. 80
The recent Roxbury (Mass.) food affect
ed 1, 437 buildings, and caused a loss OF
$500: 900.
There are 10, 942 Indians and 1850 half.
breeds in Washington Territory.
The fishing schooner Ella M. Doughty, of
Portland, Capt. Warren Doughty owner,
has been seized by the Canadian govern
ment. -.
Information reached Chicago that two
men whom the detectives believe are the
miscreants that boarded q night express
on the Rock Island railroad, murdered
United States Exprer3 Messenger kellogg
and then robbed the safe OF $50, 900 in
cash, have been run down.
John Deere. president of the Deere e. Co.
pillow works, the first to apply steel to the
manufacture of plows, died at his home in
Moline, III.
The east-bound passenger train on the
Northern Pacific, which left Bozenlan,
Mont, at 12:4O p. M, Monday the 18th
inst, was derailed half q mile west OF Fort
Ellis. The dining car and Pullman sleeper
both left the track, the sleeper dragging
some six hundred feet on it's side. Abrake-
man named Fitzpatrick, while trying to
signal the engineer, to stop the train, was
car and instantly killed. A man named
Harris, a cousin of President Harris OF the
road, while attempting to climb from the
window of the Pullman car, had his legs
piniOned under the car as it overturned.
When released, they were found badly
crushed, and amputation may be necessa-
ry. The wife of Rev. George C. Stull, en-.
route East with her husband, received Sc
we're injuries on her head and face, and is
internally injured. Mr.. Harris and Mrs.
Stull were removed to the Fort Ellis hos
pital. n, ss45s
Queen Christina of Spain gave birth
fp4H 6nv or I'm a s0n In 6raSnnnae t0 a
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
Tho working mon Of the country, ara
eager to rspudiate the mnrderous an.
archists and to retain the respect 81
the friends Of law and order.

Under Mr.. Gladstone's land pur-
chase bill there arc three Irish land
lords who would receive each about
$4,25o, 900, fourteen 81, $50, 600 each.
and ninety about 81 600, 900 each.
Most Of these have never set foot il
Ireland.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
Now President Of Yalo College.

At O meeting of the corporation OF Yale
College President Porter's resignment was
formally received. Prof. Timothy Dwight
was nominated as his successor and was
unanirno usly elected and q committee an
pointed to notify him OF his election. His
Inauguration will take place on July l, the
day after commencement, when he will
make the customary inaugural address.
Prof. Dwight is Congregational minister,
and is fifty, eight years old. His grand-tath.
or was professor OF Yale from 1895 until his
deathin 1917. Prot. Dwight was appointed
Buckingham professor of sacred literature
in the Yale Theological department in 1858,
and still retains this professorship. He
was ordained to the ministry Sept. Is,
1861, and received the degree Of DID. from
the Chicago theological seminary in 1869.
Prof. Dwight's election has been ioregone
conclusion for years. As long ago as 1871
he wrote paper on the New Highlander en-
titled '"The True Ideal of an American Uni
yersity, for the Future OF Yale Collegs. +" in
which he defined ideas OF what Yale should
be. Later years have not altered his opin.
ions. Among the graduates in New Haven
he is regarded as the only really available
man for the presidency.
Capt. E. G. Dutton, ordnance corps, on
duty in the geological survey, left with a
party for the Pacific coast, and will be en-
gagged during tho season In continuing his
examination OF the Cascade range in South
ern OREGON and Northern Colorado for
believe richer gold belt will be developed
in that region than any, yet opened up.
Commissioner Sparks has returned from
his visit to Carlisle, ILL.,, and pronounces
the story that he is going to resign an un-
mitgated falsehood.
Senator Mitchell OF Pennsylvania has oil.
most entirely recovered his health and will
soon return to Washington. ,s6
It Ia said that the membership of the
United States senate represents $l62, 600.
900 Of wealth. = ,s q.
f Con. Adam Balsau proposes to test the
decision of the second controller. that he
isn't in the army. l .s
aniner OF the patent Office, in CHARGE oil
the division Of pneumatics, has resigned.
There are now vacant tho positions 81
three principal examiners. 3.
A third attempt was made ct Orange.
vile, Ont., to blow up the Office and resi-,
dence OF Police Magistrate Munroe, because
he strictly enforced the Scott temperance
law. Dynamite was used and both build
ings we're wrecked. No arrests. .aS RI.
Lord Salisbury, since the union OF Lord
Harrington and Chamberlain, has shown
symptoms ofabandoning Lord Harrington
TO support Mr. Bright. The queen has al.
sented to- the dissolution Of parliament,
but does not approve an immediate disso-
luton. She recommends that disso luton
be postp 3ned until August on the ground
that general election in juno would IN:
settle the season and Be injurious to Lon.
don trAdeamen 5 s5ss 80 SAs s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
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an Serious damage e ye1. 1n osner respects
st,s .ne stasn a me
5 1ne Isporss g = poor snoMlae LOT winter
With the execution 81 the Refinement dam
are heretofora noted "a var ons counties =
Kansas. are rare and isolated. Tho Inres-
sncs Of the chinch bug IL noted in Morrison.
vile county in Central Illinois and several
Indiana counties. nIndiana winter wheat
has attained q growth Of from ten to
fifteen inches. and the outlook Continues
excellent. The generality Of the REPORTS Of
Missouri Indicate q crop of rs Der cent.
above the average. In Kansas some OF
the countios nota Improvement in the
winter wheat outlook within the last; thirty
days Butler is to be added TO the list ~
counties where the crop is an entire failure.
The reports from Michigan Indicate an inn
proye1nent in the wheat outlool within
tho past two weeks. The renorts from
Ohio are ,eneraliv Of = nron;s;no cta 70 =.
ter. The ranorta from dakota 1cnnt; ,
favorable. 'Cass. one 81 the nr;nc;na What
orrowine Counties IN the Rad River valley -.
ports that the .outlook could moi: 10 i'm.
proved. The condition If sheat. = ra,,art-
cd 20 Der cont. above the AVERAGE ne "a
ports from Minnesota are uniformly oood.
Fhe Nebraska Counties attn cnmn y Eooo ~
too much rain, and that wheat on ali low
lands is looking poorly. The general aver.
age Of the crop on uplanla q good. -,
~ ~ ~ ia -. 80 - z
Arrest Of tho Murderous Anarchi.s.
ri -, :. =, !.
~ Inc 1onowlng aodltlonal particulars OF
one capture IN chicago OF Louis Lingg, the
young e1erman who Is supposed to have
thrown the bomb at tho Haymarket are
learned: otlcers L9wenstein and Schutler
went IN civilians dress to Gustav Klne's
cottage, on Ambrose street, one going to
9ne 'front.' door the other to the rear.
Schuiter advanced toward the young man,
put before ne had advanced half dozen
steps the latter drew q ponderous Colts
navy revolver from his breast and cock
lng tne nurderous.looklng weapon, leveled
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28
Conviction Of One of tho Doodle Alder.
mon.

New York Special:-The first of the bood-
lie aldermen to be tried was found guilty at
one o'clock Sunday morning the 18th in st.,
and there 10 q general impression that
speedy justice will be melted out to the rest
of the notorious board OF 1884. which voted
away the franchise of Broadway. Aid.
Jaehne's trial for bribery in the matter of
the franchise came to a termination at 1:2O
this Sunday morning, when the jury re-
turned q verdict Of guilty of bribery. The
trial has attracted widespread attention
during tho week, and the court room was
crowded all night with people anxious to
hear the verdict. The case was given to the
jury shortly before IL, and g. little
after word was received in the court
that verdict had been agreed
upon. The Jury filed into court, and after
the usual questions the foreman announced
that they had found Jaehne guilty of the
offense charged in the first count OF the in
dictmentrths reception Of a bride Of $780,.
600 for voting Tor Jake Shapes franchise.
When the verdict was announced Jaehne
palcd slightly, and then his faced flushed q
deep red.s Several OF the other indicted
aldermen who were present were visibly
affected, by the result. The Judge reserved
sentence and Jaehne was locked up. The
jury stood eleven to one for conviction on
the first ballot, and reached their decision
on the second. The punishment for re-
ceivtng bride is term OF not more than
ten years in states prison., or by fine OF
not more than S., 600, or both.