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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-27

Heavy bleached Shooting muslin q
yards wide, in q yard l~engtIs-iust
enough 10 make n sheet, 60 cts for the piece
at i. u. Humphreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-27

There IS nothing like personal industry
for keeping boy, girl, man or woman ont
Of mischief. The blne of the world Is idle
mess. Iii would be driven ont the expen-
sige necessities, such as police, iails and
warehouses;. would FOLLOW. Industry
breeds ITS kind. The more c%ongcnial
work 4 man does the more Inc wants to do.
Ia this lies an explanation Of the ceaseless
and growing energy Of the merchant
princes Of the land. Work is as necessary
70 them as food, aud their capacity for
work increases with healthy years. There
are many excuses for the idIencss Of weakly
Constructed men aud women. The great
est is uneongenialty Of labor. There
never seems to have been any broad effort
- PIT hands at labor suited 10 them. The
wise men Of the world try to do this. some
have been rightly directed. More have
s umblcd into their sphere. There should
be no accident or mistake about an eceu-
patton. Every creature has a mission.
Everybody can do one thing well. And
only by the fitting of men and women to
their places will an era of industry be
reached UeeciaHd P2aindealcr.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-27

M
BURTS'
MPROVED
SHIELD
SHIRT.

New York Mills is used in their construction. The bosoms arc
3ply, made of the finest linen, (2Ioo) The shirt body is cut to
the form and is heavily REINFORCED, thus insurin@ comfort and ease
to the wcarcr and to give these extra strength the Patent Packet
or Continuous Facing on back and sleeves has been adopted.
The celebrated Improved Shield Shirts are finer, better made,
stronger and more perfect in every respect than the ordinary
shield shirt on sale generally.
Owing to the great popularity and demand for these goods.
their sale is confined to one leading house only in each city and
can be had either laundried or unlaundried at popular prices.
E. B. Humphreys & Co.,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-27
PATENT MEDICINES

Hebr9bosc to keb a stock ct
aHMe 9o77ous PyQb1zeha1y Meal-
zines that there is any acmaaia
fer, and 7o1X from time to time,
aud to err steak all sArh Mat may
be cuqnn1rd FIR. ne annex a
Prize hsi, and can If1nish any
mornnu6h articles IN this line
at a5oal the saO1e a9e'uge @b,7fe
as bch0ao
Ayers Cherry fectolsii sc
Hop Filters, soc
shakers Extract zoe
Ayers Sarsapiril.i, Doc
Ayers Pills, lie.
Nilcock's Porous rlasters. i0c
Browns Iron Bitiers. e9c
barker Nerve aud Zone Linimeut, lec,
Iarker's Horse and Cattle Powder, i2c.
H~cnson's Iapcine Plaster, lie.
CoX's ttclatinc. i3c
Green's August Flower. i6c-
Holloway Norm candy, l2c.
lIansen's l:utter Coloring, lsc,
Jayne's Pills, lac.
Jayne'S Alternative, d5c
JaVneis EXpcctoTflnf, Hc.
JayneiS Scrmituee, nc.
kunkcls Bitter Inc OF Iron Gc-
Pure Gamphor, Two or. @c
Pure Cunpior, per on, CSC
iting's AInblo~ia. 95c
Hough ON Rats, tac
sewing Machine OIL, Use
~chenrkis Mandrake pills, lac,
swaim'~ Panacol, $3.50.
Wells 4 Hichardson's Butter CoIoring. Isc
wright Indian Vegetable Pills, i3c
Warner Kidney and Liver Cure Sc
Warmers Iippecanoe, &c
iSh4ft'S Tar Cordial, t5c
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-27

Flowers III winter can be kept fresh for
a day or Two. Lay them in i shallow pan
Or bow with their stems IN a very little
water in the evening, and cover them with
a very damp towel, In the morning they
can be arranged in vases for the day. The
stems can be cnt a little daily.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

Mr.. Hazen, the third assistant post
master general, makes the following
suggestions to the public: Write or
print your name and address, and the
contents OF package, upon the upper
left hand corner OF all mail matter.
This will insure it's immediate return
to you for correction, if improperly
addressed OF insufficiently paid, andi
it is not called for at destinationi it can
be returned to you without going to
the dead-]etter Office. If the patrons
of the mails would avail themselves
Of this privilege it would enable the de-
partment to restore at least ninety
per cent. of all the undelivered matter.
Letters would be returned free, and
the parcels upon payment OF the re-
turn postage.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

A gentleman who gives much atten-
ton to speed horses says the breeding
and training ofblooded horses is grow
ing rapidly in this country. The most
remarkable results have been accom-
plished within the last ten years. In
1875 there We're but nineteen trotters
that had beaten a 2:2O record, nine
mares and ten geldings. Now there
are 1877 animals that havemade that
time. OF this number twenty. eight
are stations, sixty-four geldings and
forty-tive mares. He predicts that in
the next decade, if our progress in
this direction is at all proportional
to that of the one just past, what are
now considered marvellous perform
ances on the turf will be regarded as
quite commonplace performances.
He believes that there are great posi-
bilities yet unattained in the breeding
of speed horses.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

The Supreme Court of Minnesota
mas rendered decision that the right
OF a railway company to lay it's track
on or across a street is subject to the
condition that the use of the street is
not interfered with. The company
must keep the street IN good condi-
ton at its own expense. Ifcompensa-
ton has 80 be made to owners Of
abutting property injured by change
OF grade in the street in making lateral
embankments, excavations, or ap-
proches to the crossing, the company
must bear the. expense.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

Rabbi Sonneschein, OF St. Louis, has
rendered his resignation to the wealth.
lest and largest Hebrew congregation
in that city. The Rev. DR.. Sonnes-
chem for some years past has been
gradually drifting away from the or
thodox Jewish faith, and he has been
threatened with heresy proceedings
several times. His resignation now is
a forced and not voluntary one.
While the younger Israelites of st.
Louis stand by DR.. Sonneschein aid
his teachings the older and more con-
sentative members of his congrega-
ton have viewed with undisguised
alarm his tendency to depart from
the Mosaic doctrine.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

Bradstreet's regular quarterly re-
port OF stocks Of grain out OF farmers
hands, or held at railway or other
interior elevators and warehouses,
shows that the mammoth mills at
Minneapolis and other points in the
northwest have practically 11,000,-
900 bushels OF wheat at the interior,
and in sight, from which they may
draw prior to harvesting. One OF the
most striking features OF the report is
the fact that the total visible stocks
of spring wheat in Minnesota, Dakota
and Wisconsin were heavier on April
l than on January by nearly 1885,
900 bushels.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

In order to give a practical ,at5est of
certain projectiles a military commit
tee in Prussia recently practlced on a
lot OF condemned horses, which were
started on a gallop and shot down.
The society for the prevention2of such
,crueltiss demonstrated, and was
promptly prosecuted and fined, for an
insult@to the army. German civilians
have no business to NEEDLE with any
thing that concerns the army which is
almostsan object of worship in that
country.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14
4 Wheat Report From Authoritative
Sources,

A Wheat Report From Authoritative
Sources.
On Feb. 8 the senate passed resolution
asking the secretary OF state to report to
IT,, senate the information at his COM
mind in relation to commerce between the
United State and foreign countries in
cereals. Mr.. Bayard, in replying, says:
The conclusions to be drawn from the
statistics collected by our consus are:
First-The area under wheat culture in
European countries, Russia excepted, is
stationary, and while low prices prevail
will probably retain it's present limits, and
may even decline.
Second-Europe, Russia excepted, re-
quires on an average about 174, 200, 600
population, and these needs become great
eT each year.
Third-Russia and India are active COM
petitors OF the United States only under
favorable conditions, and even supposing
them to be capable of greatly increasing
their exports, the situation is not calcu-
lated to develope further capacities.
Fourth-The South American countries
promise to become the most dangerous
competitors that the United States will
meet in the wheat markets OF the world,
but in their present undeveloped condition
they assert only moderate influence on
those markets.
Fifth-While these new countries possess
a great extent OF territory now unoccupied
but capable OF being devoted to wheat cul-
ture at q cost that is little more than NOM
inal, there will be an abundant supply OF
wheat for the worlds needs, and with fav-
orable harvests prices will remain low.
SiXth-Hostie tariffs Of wheat-consuming
countries have practically made Great
Britain the one market for wheat, and have
resulted in prices lower than have ruled for
more than 81 century in a market which
controls the world.
Seventh influences tending to main
tain low prices are more active than those
which would, If acting alone result in high
er prices.
The population OF European countries is
constantly increasing, while last year the
whole crop fell off. The homo supply OF
| wheat in Europe is becoming less able to
meet home demands, and continually in
creasing quantity OF foreign wheat will be
needed to feed it's population. The statis-
tics show that taking the last ten years as
| the basis for an average, Europe, except
| Russia and the Balkan provinces, con-
| sumes all the wheat grown, and about
| 174, 100000 of foreign wheat. This de-
| ficiency in the supply is made good from
North and South America, and with SO
many competing markets to draw from,
| each has varied from year to year under
| the :ational laws of trade as well as under
artificial influences imposed by the govern
ments as we'll as by individuals. The Rus
sian crop is likely to decline in volume.
The large exports in the past few years have
| drawn severely on the resources of the
country, while the methods of agriculture
are such as to make it certain that tbs
competition with other wheat countries
| can NOT he maintained nor ire the ron.
ditions OF India to be regarded as favorable
to the maintenance OF sharp competition
| with the United States.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14
Important Telegraph Decision.

The case OF the Western Union Telegraph
company against the St. Paul & Duluth
railroad and the North American Telegraph
company was decided in the district court
at St. Paul, against the plaintiff. Judge
Brill rendered the decision. He ordered that
the plaintiffs motion for u preliminary in
junction be denied, and the order to show
cause be discharged. In the memorandum
accompanying the decision Judge Brill says
All rail1 Dads in the United States are post
roads, and the provisions Of the act OF con.
gress for July "a, 1884, render it impossi
BILE for any person or company to obtain
in any manner the exclusive right to build
or maintain a line OF telegraph along any
road. Any company which brings itselfwith-
in the provisions OF this actmay build and
operate a line OF telegraph along any rail
roads in the United States upon acquiring
the usualright ofway, notwithstanding any
state legislation or contract to the contrary.
lam OF the opinion that the contract in this
case does not purport to grant the exclu-
sive right. It does not SO expressly pro-
vide by it's terms. nor is such the necessary
implication. The contract may be given
effect without constituting it to be a grant
OF exclusive right, and from the nature OF
the case it is manifest that the plaintiff s
right should not be extended by unnecessary
implication, and this view OF the case is
equally fatal to plaintiffs application.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14
Railroad Horror in Old Massachusetts.

Railroad Horror in Old Massachusetts.
A railroad passenger train left the track
at West Deerfield Mass, and the cars roll
cd down an embanknent. 1t is marvellous
that any one escaped alive. The descent
was 100 feet by actual measurement. -Four
cars were thrown into the river, among
which was the sleeper; the tenderwas thrown
to the very bottom ofthe precipice-a mass
OF twisted broken iron and STEEL robbed OF
all semblance OF their former shape.
Frank Lane Of Boston was standing on
She platform OF the rear car at the time OF
the accident. He said:
He was startled by the humping OF the
cars along the ties. He knew they had left
the track, and Jumped just as the train
went whirling down the chasm. Nota star
was to be seen, and no moonlight Snow
soon commenced to fall, and in the fullest
sense it was a night OF terror. The waiting
OF mother over the death OF her little girl
was heartrending. Penned in the wreck,
unable to effect her escape, and expecting
each m ornent to be crushed by failing bould-
ers or debris from the wreck, she passed an
hour OF fearful agony. The shrieks ofagony
were redoubled as the imprisoned passen-
gers faced the fire. One cry was heard
above the rest, one shrek OF agony and
piteous pleading for help as Hayden, held
ing flames upon his face, and he sank into
the insensbi!ity OF death.
The following is a complete list OF the
killed and wounded as far as found:
Killed.. e. Hay den, Blandford, Mass;
Charles Temple, Waltham, Mass; Charles
Durgan, South Boston;J. R. Gould, Mcllbury
Mass.;Viola Littlejohn, North Adams; Pear
Littlejohn, North Adams; Engineer Herbert
Littlejohn, North Adams; Ed Whitehouse,
Boston; Mark F. Spencer, Waltham, Mass;
Merritt Sealey, Boston.
Injured-Michael Dorgan OF Greenfield,
seriously; A. D. Cornell OF Shelburne Falls,
slightly; c. F. Bell OF Nashua, n H., badly,
but not fatally; Conductor ohm Foster,
slightly; E. B, Stone, slightly j. P. Fowler
OF Cambridge, slightly; A. c. Harvey, Bos-
ton, badly; A. X. Warner, Greenfield, seri-
ously; F. S. Hagar, Greenfield Miss
A. Derby, Mail Agent Putney, slightly;
Henry c. Couitlard Charlemont, badly;
J. E. Priest, Littleton, N. H.; Charles
Richardson, North Adams, lost finger;
u. L. Crandal1, severely shaken up, but not
seriously hurt; Express Messenger R. L.
streeter, Troy, N. Y, Edward II. Arnold,
North Adams, Miss Cornell shelburn
Falls, Mr.. Wilcox, Syracuse, Elisha Cor
nell, Shelburn Falls, Aaron Lewis, porter
OF the palace car, j. B. Sturtevant. bag.
gage master, slightly; Walter Parker,
brakeman, G. W. Dunnell, Boston, Miss
Mary Gowing, Poughkeepsie, severely;
Henry A. Scribner, mail agent, slightly;
j. NJ. Watkins, Oswego, n Y, internally
injured. c. NJ. Peckham OF Orange and F.
F. French OF Boston are still missing.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

The heshets in Georgia and Ala
bama were almost unprecedented.
One half of Rome, Ga, was submerged,
and between seventy-fve and one
hundred merchants and business men
lost from one to twenty Thousand
dollars Birmingham and Selma, Ala,
suffered severely. Great damage was
also doaae, to planted fields "A flood
so extensive has not been reported for
some years.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14
A Wo1dANs M1sEKK,
Known Resident of Minnesota, Makes
Three Desperate Attempts at Suicide in

Mrs. Jane Whftconb, Former1y9G Well
Known Resident of Minnesota, Makes
Three Desperate Attempts at Suicide in
Europe.
A Mail and Express ca,ble from slaendon
says: can American, Mrs. Jane Whitcomb,
has met with heavy losses at the gaming
tables OF Monte Carlo, and has made three
desperate attempts atsuicide. AtsaFst she
tried morphine, of which she tOokaa VERY
large dose, but fortunately, her condition
was discover red in time and she was restored
to consciousness and her life saved. Peo-
pie were sent to keep guard over herTto. pre-
vent a second attempt onher lie, but she
evaded her watchers and opened a vein in
her arm with the purpose OF bleeding to
death. Again she WAS detected, before q
fatal result was obtained land was restored.
Finding it useless TO tryato preventsrepeat-
ing her efforts, heproprietor OF the hetelin
which she lived, fos the sake Of the reputa-
ton OF his house, requested her,tc leave
the hotel. She did so:and went,at once TO
Cannes. She had scarcely arrived there
when she threw herself into the sea. She
again failed, however, to accomplish her
aim, and was rescued from drowning. She
has since been placed in an asylum SIS the
only reliable means OF keeping her fr On an
other and perhaps sensational attempt at
suicide.
Mrs. Whitcomb's maiden name was D en-
ME Smith. She was born in Beaver county,
Pa, about 1916, her parents being in
moderate circums tances. In the latter
part of 1865 she came to Rochester, Mimi,
and took a position as teacher in a private
school conducted by the Presbyterian de-
nomination. This position she held until
1869, when she was married ito
O. P. Whitcomb, at that time e
large farmer OF considerable means.
In the fall OF 1872 Whitcomb was elected
state auditor, and in June, 1878 took up his
residence in St. Paul with his wife. Several
reasons are assigned for this, one being
that she was accustomed to play little
tricks upon him, which, although done in
a playful manner, he took seriously.
During the time elapsiRs from January
1872 to 1876 matters grew constantly
worse, until Whitcomb finally told Gen.
Sanborn that he could no longer live with
his wife. Mrs. Whitcomb was informed
OF this decision, and received the announce
ment with loud expressions OF grief. The
result was that an agreement
was drawn up and signed by both, the
teNns OF which were that the wife should
leave her husband at once and remain away
ever afterward, he to pay her an allowance
of 1925 per month. This agreement was
at once carried out, and from that time on
Mrs. Whitcomb spent most OF her time
travelling in Europe.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14
Anxious to Try it over Again.

A volume entitled "Avant la Bataille,
devoted to the exposition OF the entire
ability OF France to successfully cope with
Germany, saeald the latter make an at
tack on France, has been published in
Paris anonymously, though it has {, pre-
face by Paul Deroulede. 1t is doubtful if,
with all the enormous sums OF money spent
upon the French army since 1878, when it
was recognized, France could now cope
successfully with Germany. It is true that
France can put total Of $3.50 900 men,
including the reserves, in the field, under
the pressure OF war. Germany's war
strength is l, 100000 men, not including
the landsturm, or last reserve. In point
OF discipline, however, the Germans are
superior to the French, as well as in celeri-
The condition OF the French army is. OF
course, infinitely better than it was when
Louis Napoleon started on his proposed
triumphal entry into Berlin in 1870.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

The Mankato board OF trade has sent
resolutions to the judiciary committee OF
the senate, asking for time to forward the
results OF its investigation on Campbell.
The general impression here is that it will
not hazard the confirmation.
James Kitchen. a. shipowner of River
John, n. S., is reported to have assigned,
owing the Picto bank $4,000.
Canadian colonization companies are
about to wind up. The object for which
they were founded has not been attained.
The refuse water of the paper mills is
saved in England, and the waste fibre is
manufactured by the use Of alum cake.
At Kamloops, B. c., James Phillips and
2. Armstrong engaged in quarrel over a
trif1ing matter. Armstrong afterwards
went into Philips house with club.
Phillips was lying in bed with rheumat ism,
and seeing Armstrong coming with a club,
he shot him through the heart, killing him
instantly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

The Canadian inspector of prisons re-
ports 2, 705 insane persons in the five pub
lie asylums of the dominion.
The house has made several changes in
the rules for its own government. One Of
these changes was the repeal of the rule
requiring yea and nay vote to be taken
on every general appropriation bill.
NJ. Mullarkey & Co., Montreal boot and
shoe manufacturers, has suspended. Liza
bilities, $500, 900; assets nominally the
same.
Representative Jerry Murphy is very
much enragcd over the appointment OF c.
s: Lake to be pension agent in Iowa and
Nebraska. He is SO mad that he has not
81 proper respect for decency. and insulted
newspaper correspondent who ca He'd at
his room to inquire about the appoint
ment.
The buffet car on the New York limited
express train which left Chicago on the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road
caught fire while the train WAS between
Rocky Ridge and Oak Harbor, Ohio. and
was entirely destroyed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

Over one thousand bills have been
introduced. in congress during the
present session. Very few have been
passed, end the majority were simply
introduced for buncombe Hns5he vari-
Gus districts.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

Last WRITER in the northwest is uni
versally pronounced the plessantest
for many years. There was some cold
weather, OF course, but it was rot pro-
longed nor very severe.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14

The losses OF the Duluth branch OF look
er, Crittenden & Co., aggregate $50, 600,
Ihe firm. however. has been very prosper
Gus, and is well able to meet the losses.
The Minnesota state poultry association
decide to hold the annual exhibition Dec.
Z, s and 8.
Freight Conductor Jennings, of the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis, is knocked Off his
train while crossing I; bridge near Waseca
and killed.
The election at Preston was the mostex-
citing ever he Id there. H. r. Wells was
chosen Mayor.
Herman Bergman Of ST. Paul attempts
to commit suicide, with probable fatal re-
suits.
Judge Vanderbury asffirms the right OF a
municipality to extend a street across the
roadway OF a railway corporation.
Mrs. Cling, formerly OF Chicago, died at
the Arlington house Faribault of consunp-
ton.
Ernest Olmsted OF Dodge Center, was
bound over to the grand jury on 81 charge
OF grand larceny, being the third man
bound over charged with the larceny of
clover seed from d. c. Fairbank elevator.
The Minnesota State Poultry associa-
tlon met at Rochester, with good attend
ance, including several from distant parts
OF the state. New members were received
and others heard from by letter. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:-Presideut II.
Ks.lb OF Rochester; vice president. c. A.
Gale, Garden City; secretary, w w. Church
Ill; treasurer, A. T. Stebbins; directors. G.
=. Conklin, Spring Valley; E. j. Gates and
w. J. Eaton, Rochester The date for
holding the annual exhibition will be Dec.
Z, and 8, and the city offering the most
inducements will be selected as the place.
In Saltwater, the Republicans got half
and the Democrats the other half OF the
officers at the election.
Five hundred dollars reward is offered
Tor the arrest OF the man who shot J G.
Eickmann-S3oO by Alexandria village and
$500 by Douglas county.
Louis Bogen, editor and publisher Of tbe
New Clm Post, died suddenly OF heart dis
ease. Mr.. Bogen was born in Micbe,stadt
Grossherzogthum Lessen, on June 7. 1910.
lie studied law in Germany and Was ad
united to the bar in 184S. He took an
active part in the revolutionary period,
and was arrested for his revolutionary
IDEAS. lie came to America in 1855, and
located IN Saltwater. In 1864 he went to
New Ulm and took charge OF the New Ulm
Post. which he edited and published up to
the time Of his death.