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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-27
LIST OF THE LOST.
List of Persons In the Northwest
Known to Have Perished In the
Great Storm.

MINNESOTA.
John 10y, Mrs. Knutson, Ole A. Ergc.
Two children OF Mr.. Fitzgerald, two boys
NEBRASKA.
Child OF John Delingcr, Fred Filler
Mrs. L. Smith, John Sparks, Emil Gross
man, n child named Bodine, Mrs
Chopman, lidic Frost. Thomas Frost
Mrs. Males. Mr.. Mason.
Patrick Hanley. William Ovcrman.
DAKOTA.
Emil Gilbcrtson, n Sioux Falls man, two
sons OF William Driver, two Mitchell
youths, Emma Lamar. Carrie Auman
William c. Gathwaite, J. W. Gasslec, Mr.
Rowland Chambers, Frank Nilson n
William Ncrison, Mrs. Devinc, Adam
Corner. son OF George Allen
unknown man, two farmers. two Bridge
water men, Emil Gilman, Miss jacobson
- Ginde. q. Grundstrom, two unknown
men, two children Of Joseph Hutchinson
three Tyndal people, two Wakonda
girls, Jacob Krutz, unknown man
an unknown teacher, son Of Jamet
Ncwcombc. a White Lake man
four school children. Ella Lamar. daush
ICt VI slIbs nusilISS, iAIuTCW DUTCH, dOUI
Welcl, l.. kcrtson's two sons Lewis Mer
rimun and son. Ezra Fuller, Mrs. Phillips
and son.
The following 100 names must be added
to the above list. saving u few that art
duplicated in the reports:
In Dakota-Joscph kocoren, Nese Hal
lbarton, Mrs. Frank Bnlboss Miss Sarah
Doland, Miss Sarah Darland, Jacob Schaff
Joseph Kocher, Annie Shuticlt. Thorn
us Gilkerson, four unknown men
Pierson brothers. unknown man
Lswis Merriam, Mrs. o. T. Owen
IL pupil named Guide Miss Brandy, fifteen
yearo'd pupil oi Miss Brandy, two sons o.
Il. Cleveland. Harrison Smoots, Miss Liz
zie Dwycr, Miss Stcnburier, William Nor
rill, four children Of Peter Wrcnca, teach
known. Alex Thompson, Mr.. Hotz, son o.
NJ. Huff.
In Minncsota-John Walsh, Ole A. Egge
In Iowa-Two men Prinshar, George
Montgomery.
In Ncbrnska-Mr. Mason. Minnie
Faust. Mr.. Malice, Michael Klienes
Mrs. Phillips and son.son OF Michael Hoff
a. j. Winters. four farmers. Walter Mum
ger, - Coleman, two unknown persons,
Miss Shuiielt's sister, ID. Guntlstrom, un
known man. Miss Cora Curtiss. Adam Con
or, Charles Osemar, Miss Bessie StansiicId
unknown man, A Gosey, William
bowman, Sam Bowman. Jcrrio Bowman,
Mr.. Stout. l.. n. Merrill and son, Mrs
Joseph Ncif, n Utica man, J. Robinson,
teacher and five children, Jacob Kutz,
Charles Ozmun, Mrs. Bose, Mrs. Jcsginson,
two school children, one child. Edward
Faust, Mr.. Bcrthrand and son, j. V.
Hines. +. ". Taylor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-27

for whom he was working at the time, had
persuaded him to do the deed and promis.
ed him $500 for it. He also charged that
Smith killed Mr.. Peek. Smith was tried
and acquitted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-27

At Pomeroy. Ohio, A. Il. Horton. cx-
member ot congress, died in his eighty.
sixth year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-27
JUDGE TRIPP's DICrUM
Full Abstracts of the Decision in tho Case Of
the Yankton Insane Asylum
Trustees.
A Long Argument Sustainin: the Right Of the
Governor to Remove tho
officials.

YANKroN, Dals., Special Telegram. Jan. l3.
Chief Justice Tiipp's opinion in the Yank-
ton asylum trustee matter, as already stated,
'ustains tho act of the governor in removing.
;he old board and continues the new board
II office. The case will hardly be appealed
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
SACRED LITERATURE.

Little Mesa Ses Found on tho Blank
Leaves Of Hymn-Book.
1 suppose it is not conducive to a
proper religious frame of mind. but
WREN l find myself in a strange church,
or in a strange pew, l invariably look
at the blank leaves of the hymn-book
or. rather, at the leaves which were
blank when the book came from the
binder, for they are usually covered
with little messages by the time in
spect them.
These messages are written by inn
mature persons whose idea of the sane
tity of churches will permit them to
write, but not to whisper.
l found the following assortment in
a hymn-book in pew number -. in
the Church of the Offertory, last Sun
day:
II forgot to invite Janet to tho pic
mic. Wasn't it dis9raceJui9"
Look at that fright of a bonnie"
"Do you hear that man asleep?"
1T ism a man. It's a little child"
"Does that rip in my back breadth
show?"
That's q lovely hat you've got"
"Ought to be. Cost $11.6S."
Besides these, there were some I
could not read They had been partly
rubbed out--W II. Sivitcr, tn Time.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
Feminine vulgarisms.

Girls are actually chewing gum
again. and in public places. too! Ii
they could look accidentally into a
mir or, while tasking the lower part
of the face SO numerically and see
themselves for a moment with I'M
recognizing eyes. the vulgar habit
would die on the spot, as will their
beauty if they persist in it. wonder
if the man exists who could connect
romance with gum-chewing girl?
There's something intensely prosaic
in any thing that suggests eating.
even if it be only the munching of
candies at matinees. concerts and
lectures. The vulgarity of the act. in
any public place whatever. Is apparent
at glance of q bad taste.
of appetite. and of the display Of eat
ing, as we'll as the scattering Of the
redolence of the candies upon the at
mospbere in many instances; the habit,
also, being one which has inspired the
witty pencils Of many among our
eminent caricaturists. But gum-chew-
ing is infinitely worse than candy
munching. and has not even the adj
vantage Of satisfying the appetite.
Don't transgress in this way at all.
girls; but il your mind insists upon
being engrossed by some sort OF chew
ing. at least draw the line at gum
Christian at Work.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
Love in . Cottage.

Love in q cottage How sweet that
sounds! When we think of it We see q
coy little dining-room with c0zy
little dining-table, seated before which
are the loving young couple. She en-
gineers the tea and coffee pot. while he
in manly way yields the carving
knife. Have they ever quarreled?
No, for they have only been home
from their wedding tour few short
blissful days.
Will they QUARREL
S-h! Yes, in q few moments A
fresh clean spread has been placed
upon the table. and in q moment she
win discover the gravy that he has
carelessly spilled upon it. Then the
music will begin and the quarrel will
be just as warm as II they resided In .
great big house.
And viii she 60 home to her ma?
Oh. no. they have not been married
long enough for that They will soon
get over their quarrel. kiss and mako
up, and then live in bliss till another
fresh cloth has been likewise soiled-
kek's San.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
It Moved Him to Tears.

..And this" exclaimed the tourist
from New England. wiping his spec
tacles and looking from the summit OF
the Mount of Olives with 8 long,
drawn. quivering sigh at the city Of
Jerusalem spread out before him, lis
the Holy City! All. well!'
ut moves you strongly. sir" said
the guide, alphabetically.
1T does-it does. When look out
over this historic landscape. this de-
caying city and reflect that probably
none Of the unfortunate beings now re-
siding here have ever-ever-seen-
Boston"
And the New England tourist wept
softly. Chicago Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
GUILLOTIN'S MACHINE.

When French Society Looked Upon It
rs nm Amusing Toy.
And yet it is evident that the guillO-
tine was not at first a terrOr-inspiring
object. One General of the revolution
airy army had a giilotine engraved on
his seal. The ladies of Tours wore
guillotine earrings, and the ''avenger
of the people" danced with them at
the proconsular balls. The guillOtine
was la mode. Its inventor. DR.. Gull
lOtin. in speech before the National
Assembly on December 1. 1889, had
said. with my machine / slice of
your head in the twinkling Of an eye.
and you do not suffer- People, 1t
must be presumed, soon grew accus-
toned to the fatal machine. for il even
entered the salons. and NM. de Con-
court relate. In their History of French
Society during the Revolution: I'm
extremely good company at dessert,
after supper. little mahogany guillO-
tine was placed on the table. and the
ladies. acting the role of Samson.
placed under the knife dolls whose
heads were portraits of some enemy
Lameth. Robespierre, Bailly or La
iayette. The head was cut OF, and
red fluid flowed from the neck; the
doll was bottle. and the blood
some amber-colored liqueur." Society
in its insoxeiance treated as q toy the
instrument which was soon to deci-
mate its ranks. But except in prints
the guillotine is not often represented.
It Is occasionally found on patriotic
snuff-boxes. which themselves take the
form Of Q Phrygian cap. There is ono
iron pike-head at tho CarDavalet
Museum on which Is engraved an old
fashioned guillotine worked BY . ropa
On the knife Il engraved q Phrygian
cap. and the inscriptions above and
below are Ca ira" and "vive ID.
Republique." When the guillotine
was drst used tho knife was hold ss,s-
peSded BY rope. and At given sie.-
nAi soldier with averted eyes cut tho
rope with his sword. Afterward the,
working Of the machine was improved
ana more expeditions % IT'D use be-
eAme egtendedL-zAeoders C2iJd. q
Ha7ess AsessfsG
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
n LIFE WE'RE ONLY GLADNESS.

We weep for sadness. dear, to-day.
Aud wish the world were better,
And from Fate's hands would tear away
The heavy iron fetter
or sorrow, wherew tn she doth bind
Hearts that deserve the sweetest
And happ est lot mortals may find;
Lives fairest and completest
We "a at wrongs and pray that God
WI right earth's balefui badness;
But should We not bow meath the roo,
And find the good OF sadness:
Il not day more glad that night
It ever follows after:
What eyes moe fair than those made brignt
BY tears. as well as laughter!
The presents pain and trouble earns
The futu e's peace aud JOY
The gold that In the furnace burns
Comes forth " thoui alloy.
The soul that bears the cross OF woe
And tells the ssddest story
On earth, in Heavens peace shall know
The heights OF love and glory.
Then il life was but one white glare
OF sunlight, br ght, unclouded;
II all our paths were smooth and fair
And never in gloom shrouded;
II all the buds were fully blown,
Nor needed sweet unfolding.
And happ ness were rudely thrown
On hands too weak for hold ng-
Would it be better! Would the hours
OF woe, that bring God nearer,
Not be missed, like the storms and showers
That m axe the sunshine clearer!
And II we had none ok or sad,
I What service N ght we rendere
/ think II We were always glad
We scarcely could be tender.
o, did our dear ones never need
Loves gentle ministrationR
Life would grow cold and m SIS indeed
It's sweetest consolat ons;
II sorrowing hearts claimed sympathy
No more, il JOY were given
To this world unreservedly,
What hope to find IN Heaven?
What need to try, with eager hands
And pat ent. strong endeavor,
To reach tn Sc far-off fairer lands,
The calm, the bright Forever"
How triumph In our victory,
Were there no need for fighting
The sins and woes that round US be,
The wrong things that need nghting.
How Joy In sunshine after ram,
The laughter after sadness;
The crown, which by the cross we gain,
II life were only gladness!
Inter Ocean.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
indications Of Prosperity.

Agent of Commercial Agency-Y6u
say you are satisfied that Smythe ID
now q safe man and getting rich.
What are your reasons for thinking so!
TownsmAn-Well. in the first place
he's growing close-mouthed. and, then,
he doesn't seem to care any moro for
dress.
Agent-Reasons sufficient! TIL put
him down in the register as A L.
Chicago Globe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
Reduced to . System.

Two Migrants called on q kind lady
In tho suburbs Of New York.
ITO which Of you two shall l give
this nickel?" she asked.
First amp-Give It to him.
madame. He has purchased the route
from me, and am just taking him
around 70 introduce him 70 the cns.
lomerA-Iexas 6ifj60Ga.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29

Among the many visitors who have
watched the foaming waters Of
Niagara since the erection in 1760 of
the British stockade. Fort Schlosser,
whose chimney-the first civilized one
in this part of the cOuntry-is still
standing there. have every year been
some for whom that great cataract
seems to have had strange, indefina-
BILE attraction, and who, while gazing
upon it, have been irresistibly drawn
to their death in its seething torrent
If there had been carefully kept, from
the days of Fort Schlosser down to the
present time, a record of all who have
voluntarily met the king of terrors at
Niagara it would fill many volumes of
deepest most romantic interest.
One of the earliest as we'll as one of
the most mystic ious of the many cases
of suicide which l have gathered from
the recollectiOns of old residents here
is that of an unknown lady and gentle
man who leaped together over the
American fall from Prospect point in
July. 1881. The gentleman was tall,
handsome young fellow of about
twenty-five years, who had registered
at a hotel in the vicinity under the
name of William Claridge. He told
nothing of himself to those about
him. except that he resided in a West
ern city and had come here to meet
his wife-a Spanish lady who had re-
Gently landed at New York en- route
from Cuba He had been here several
days. anxiously watching the arrival
of every stage-coach from the East
Niagara boosted no railroads in those
days-when one night the last passen-
ger to alight from one of those vehicles
was q beautiful young woman, whose
complexion betrayed her Spanish
origin and whose great, dark eyes
fairly danced with anticipated pleas
ure. In her neatly-gloved little hand
she carried q small sachel. and, though
plainly dressed, her face and general
bearing gave evidence OF culture and
refinement She no sooner caught
sight Of the gentleman who had been
90 long waiting for her than she
rushed toward him and threw herself
into his arms. utterly regardless of the
bystnnders. 1t was noticed by some
of the latter that Mr.. Claridge re.
turned the lady's greeting rather cold.
~ and that his face wore q dark,
scowling look as they walked away
arm-in-arm, while the eyes of the
Spanish beauty had suddenly become
dimmed with tears. What passed be
tween them on reaching their hotel viii
never be known. A servant heard
loud and angry words in q man,
voice mingled with feminine sohs and
pleadings issuing from their apart
ment. but as they spoke in the
Spanish tongue she was unable t.
recognize the purport of their con
versation. Soon afterward they
strolied out Of the hotel arm-in-arm
and Mr.. Claridge informed the pro
prietor that they were going to OBJ
tain . view Of the falls by moonlight
Half an hour later q pedestrian OF
the Canada side distinctly saw. IS h
afterward testified. the figures of .
man and woman leap over the Am--
ican fall from Prospect point, tn,
moon being at the full and rendering
all objects plainly visible. Thu
bodies of Claridge and his alleget
wife were found few days aftel
aear the whirlpool. Nothing further
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29

Mrs. General Custer is social IL
vorite and . fine-looking. impressive
woman, with q voice as mellow and
refined Is It IL commanding; and there
IL but very little in her personality to
indicate how much Yhe haa undergone
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
MEppLEsoMe PEOPLE
The Advissblity 81 Putting . Mark q
People 1t That Stripe.

The Availability 81 Putting . Mark On
People IT That Stripe.
Every child ia early admonished Of
the rudeness OF inte7rpting q person
while speaking. But why this caution
should be confined to children we can
not imagine. Their rudeness is the
least provoking Of any. 1t is the ex-
hibiti0ns that We meet in genteel So
ciety that mar our comfort most and
excite our surprise. And among
adults We learn to be patient with inn
petuous natures, whose strong and un-
governed feelings, touched by some
spark in your words, go off like
bombs, past all power of restraint.
But the aggravated offenders are
those who interject your conversation
with comments and hints, or vexatious
corrections, or meddling smartness,
and SO take from you all pleasure of
fuency. just as you are coming to
the nub of story, they quietly drop a
sentence that tells the whole. and leave
you with only the notifying rem
nants. Is it Jest that is loaded and
in your hand? They slyly step behind
you and pull the trigger, leaving you
empty as an exploded gun-barrel.
Sometimes a single word. like a
drop Of ink in d tumbler of water.
will change the color of a whole state
ment. You can not repel it, nor an
swer it, for it attacks nothing. says
nothing positively, but only fixes in
the mind certain suggestions.
Many persons have We Y cool way
of seeing what you think and insisting
upon it-they saw it in your eyes, OF
in your face. and will permit no denial
Sometimes you are caught upon Z
turbulent stream of talk which sweeps
you down in the most ludicrous way
You are whirled round, and soused,
and overwhelmed with the rushing
talk, which you can not answer, OF
get rid of. or modify. At table. o,
in a car or boat, man of opposite
politics pours at you for a half hour
misstating your position. charging you
with all manner of absurdities, exag.
gerating facts, and abusing you anc
your friends, and your party. and al,
the world generally. while you are like
a man being played on by fire en-.
CINE, disheveled, soused. half smoth-
cred and rolled up into ridiculous
heap.
An old officer. retired public func-
tionary, will catch man, as a cat a
rat, hold him in paw, let him run out
a little. spring on him. torment him in
every playful way. until the victim
longs for the final bite that shall end
his mischief.
Ought not some mark to be put upon
such men, to warn every one of their
danger? We mark dangerous places
on the highway; we put up a sign
on a broken bridge; We warn people
from a dangerous ford. And yet these
are lesser dangers! Why should not
men wear some badge significant of
their propensities? We put buttons
on oxen's horns. as hint. We pus a
board on a cows face. intimating aer
dangerous propensity; we put a
shackel or a poke upon a horse that is
addicted to extending the area of his
freedom. Why not put signs upon
dangerous people?-M. Y. Ledger
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH..


--Oberlin College gets $6o. 600 by the
sale Of the Maplewood property in
Pittsfield. Mass. which was generously
donated to it several years ago.
The authorities have already de.
cided upon the Sunday-school lessons
for 1890 The entire year will be oc-
cupied with the life of Christ as re-
corded by Luke.
The largest salary received by an
American bishop is that of the bishop
OF New York, which amounts to &c.
600 year. The bishop of Maine. who
receives 81, 800. has the smallest
AT Juju. Africa, the converts have
erected a house of worship for them
selves. and the two leading heather
priests have thrown aside their idols
and left the dollhouse to decay.
One hundred years ago the Pres
byterian church consisted of 17S min
listers and $4,000 communicates. The
last minutes show that there are now
5. 654 ministers, 6.4S6 churches and
696, 757 communicates.
There are now in this country at
least thirty institutions to train men
and women for distinctively Christian
snd church work among the Germans.
The greater number of these are sup
ported by the Lutherans.
Miss Emily Phillips has given the
American Philosophical Society 5000
to establish the Henry M. Phillips en-
dowment fund for essays on general
Jurisprudence. The annual income is
to be awarded for the best essay on
general Jurisprudence.
Since the Methodist bodies in Cam
ada were united several years ago,
their polity has been more nearly
Presbyterian than Episcopal or Con-
gregational, so much SO that the sub
ject of the union of the Methodists and
Presbyterians is by no means consid-
cred hopeless. The Methodists now
have no Bishops" but "Superiu-
tendents."
The Christian at Work prints a
list of sensational topics announced by
American preachers. and says they
compare favorably with dime novel
titles. Here are few of the sermon
titles: "Boycotting the Dead" The
Great Oil" Straight from the Shout
der," Hell. and the People Who Are
Going There" Taken BY the Throat, "
Use Your Eyes," ''Of Goes the
Roof" up Comes the Man."
in the past ten years the increased
enrolment in the public schools of the
United States was nearly 50 per cent.
while the children from six to four
teen years of age increased but % per
cent. In the South Central Division
the increase in children from six to
fourteen was about 80 per cent. while
the increased enrolment was nearly
100 per cent and the increase of ex-
penditures was about "a per cent.
The Pacific Garden mission OF
Chicago is in one of the worst neigh
borhoOds of this city. 1t has been in
operation eleven years, and the annual
report just issued shows substantial
vitality. 1t provides services every
night in the week and on Sunday
mornings. These services have been
attended in the eleven years by some
100000 people of various races. In
one meeting representatives from thir-
teen different nationalities took part.
Thirty thousand have in that time pro-
fessed conversion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
ROMANTIC SUICIDES.
UnfOrtunates Who Have Sought
Death at Niagara Falls.

A Moonlight Leap to Death from Pros
pect Point-Many Other Cases OF Self
Destruction, Most of Which Are
Shrouo>L in Mystery.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29

mission to sit down and rest. He
seemed strangely attracted by Elmira.
keeping his large. wild gray eyes
constantly fixed upon her face
with q most uncanny stare. He
finally said he was q fortune teller,
and in a very grave. impressive man
ner he proposed to tell Elmira's for
tune. Taking her hand he told her. to
my intense establishment. many things
that had passed between US and which
1 firmly believed were known only to
ourselves. You were born unlucky.'
he said. and you will bring evil upon
all who love you. Those from whom
you receive presents and those to
whom you give them will die. The
stars predict for you dreadful end in
the near future For q moment we
were almost stunned by the old mans
words and the weird solemnity with
which they were uttered. When We
recovered our composure he had dis
appea ed. aud We never saw him
again. From that day q heavy shadow
seemed to rest upon Elmira She was
evidently brooding over the old mans
words. and I tried in vain to rouse her
from the deep dependency into which
she had fallen Exactly four weeks
after the fortune-teller's prediction
she was found drowned in the Niagara
river. near the Cave of the Winds, and
it was the general opinion thas she had
walked into the rapids above the falls
and had heen carried over"