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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Ilbby Prison.

RICHMOND, Va, May 19.-Thc old
Libby prison building was today turned
over 10 w. III. Gray, Of Chicago, its pur-
chaser, The price being, it l. said, S23, coo.
The work Of removing the historic struc-
ture to Chicago, where il will be used rs
a museum, will begin at once. Side
tracks will be run alongside the building.
which will be taken down piecemeal and
carefully numbered, SO that ii may be set
up in Chicago exactly as it
stands here today. Some feel
ing has been expressed in this
city against permitting the renewal of the
Old land mark, but the general sentiment
is that as Mr.. Gray had bought and paid
for the building, no objections should be
placed in the way of his disposing of 1t
as he sees tit. The prison is being visited
by hundreds of citizens who wish to look
cor the last time upon what has been a
Richmond celebrity for twcnty-threc
years, and which now goes TO the shores
of lake Michigan, where it will be ever
more an attraction 10 the curious.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Total Dcprayity.

BOOKINGS, May 16.-M. b. Matticc, eoun-
OF the county yesterday to hold an inquest
over the remains Of an illegitimatc child,
born and buried during the previous night
unknown to any one except the immediate
relatives. The remains were exhumed and an
examination made, after which the jury
brought in a verdict of accidental death.
Warren f.. Williams, a farmer living in this
county, has received a back pension amount
ing to 81 800.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

DEApwooD, ID. T., May IA grand coun-
eli of big Sioux chiefs and their followers is
now in progress on the White river, near the
mouth Of Corn creek. a central point between
the agencies. Riders have been out for sew
cral days summoniDg to this council all the
malcontents of the different tribes. There
are present Sitting Bull, Standing Horse and
others from the Cheyenne agency, also Red
Cloud and other lesser lights from the Pine
Ridge and Rosebud agencies. The object OF
their great pow-wow is to prevent the open
ing Of the Sioux reservation.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

CINCINNATr, May 1.-THE United
Labor Single tax convention this after
noon nominated Robert II. C0udery, o
Chicago, for President of the United
states and w. II. Wakefield, OF Council
Grove. Kan, for Nice-President. Coudery
is a native of Indiana, but has resided
iii Chicago since the fire, and is
Il practical chemist and editor of the
Druggists Journal. lie left the Repub-
lican party in 1876. Wakefield is Il law
yer and farmer and was one OF the orig
iral Kansas pioneers. He was born in
Kentucky.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Sick HOlstcins.

BIG STONE CITY, Maylf.-John and George
Hevenson, who own a farm about six miles
west of Big Stone City, and have stocked ii
with some choice ~Iiolstein stock. have met
with a serious loss. Friday night a full blood
two year old heifcr would not eat her bran
and would not give Town her milk, and neXt
morning was found dead in the barn with
blood oozing out Of her eyes, mouth and nos
trils. A grade bull was found dead with the
same signs this morning and a full blood bull
calf is not expected to live till tonight. No
one has ever heard OF a disease Of that kind
in this neighborhood, and 1t troubles farmers
to hi.ow what IL is.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

DUNscHrrH, OAK, May &c. N.
Wagner, OF the Dunsceith Herald. was
arrested yesterday, charged with forgery,
and when brought before the justice
acknowledged the crime, and WAS re-
manded 10 the care of the constable.
During the night he made his escape,
and is o being followed. He is a
Young man. the son of a New YORK min
lister, and was quite prominent in local
political circles. His arrest created "a
great sensation and his friends connived
in the escape. 1t is thought he went
west, as his father had refused TO give
him any assistance, he having been in
other troubles before.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

SIorX FALLS, May IA surveying party
FOR the Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and Montana
Railroad company il now trying to get
through the rive bluffs into this city from
the northwest. The common opinion Is that
the Illinois Central is behind the Sioux Falls,
Aberdeen and Montana company and that i,
will push out the present season over the
route located by the surveyors mentioned.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Iowa Supreme Court.

Dies MONIES, May l6. 49, The following
wore decided in the supreme court today:
Smith vs.. Haverstock, appellant; Potta-
attamie district; reversed.
Warsly VS.. Burlington Insurance company,
ppellant Montgomery district; reversed.
Guest, appellant, w. Burlington Opera
house company; Des Noines district re-
sersed.
Galpin VS.. Galpir, appellant; Davis dis
trict: reversed.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
A Snap.

SIOUX FALLS, May %l6.-since the prohibit
ton law went into ~efrectin Minnehaha county
the saloon Keepers Of sioux Falls have been
reaping a harvest. They have been running
their shebangs wide open ever since, without
putting up a cent for either county or city II
cense. But the snap Is terminated for one of
thu number, whs on the afidavits Of a tin
horn gambler and a rounder, has been en-
joined from selling the exhilaratiDg fluid sn
Sioux Falls hereafter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Exploded.

LAMBERTvILLE, n. j., May 1.-THE
powder house of Twinning d Bros, at
Stockton, blew up this morning from
some unknown cause, killing j. Wayfer,
foreman, and injuring three other en-
ployes. Houses in the vicinity were
damaged. The powder house contained
300 pounds of powder and some dynamite.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Miraculous.

NoRwALk, Conn., May 1S.-As the
west bound express due at 8 40 this morn
ing was coming ON the draw bridge here,
the rails spread out and the locomotive
and five cars run the length of the bridge
on the ties. The locomotive stopped
within six inches Of the edges of the
bridge rail. The escape from an awful
disaster was miraculous.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Racing.

CouNCIL BLUFFS, May 16.-The races at
the May running meeting at Union Driving
park called out a large number OF spectators.
First race, fiye-eighth mile and repeat, all
ages, was won by Tom Boilin. Best time,
Lea.
In carriage stake, one and one-sixteenth
miles, all ages, jesse won. Time, 1854.
Broncho race, one half mile, won by Bron-
cho Prince. Time, 0:55.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

PlTTsBURG, May FIN the trial of
Patrick McGrew for the murder Of VIM.
j. Sloan, the jury this morning rendered
a verdict Of voluntary manslaughtcr.
A verdict of murder in the first degree
was confidently expected.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

LlSoLN, Neb., May l6.-Calkins, the Bur
lington and Missouri engineer, who abducted
Maggie Reuse, Of Omaha, came in on his run
and left this morning, ostensibly for Omaha.
He denies criminal relations and says nc can
satisfy the public OF the honesty of his inten-
tions and the purity Of his actions.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
Tate'S Total.

LOUISVILLE, May l7.-fhe supplementary
report made yesterday on the investigation OF
Treasurer Tate's Office shows that SIS ,WO
taxes paid by the Kentucky Central Railroad
company have never been accounted fer.
This swells the defalcation to Sac, 700.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
A Ripe Mellon.

LINCOLN, Neb., May l6.-Amy Mellon, a
little l2-year-old colored girl, wa: sent to the
reform school today. The evidence showed
and she admitted that she had been leading
the life Of a sporting woman for a year.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
FOund Dead.

DIS MGINEs. May IA hontezuma
special says; Joseph Farley, a wealthy
farmer, was found dead this morning en-
tangled in a barb wire fence, near Ewart
Poweshiek county. He had been drink
ing.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26
The Emperor.

BERLIN, May 17.-The emperor passed
a good night and awoKe refreshed. AT
10 this morning he went driving in the
park
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-26

One night last week Jack Smith, OF Eus-
lie, Fla, killed Eve 'posfums n one shet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
robaooo a Cure for Croup.

Although Dr. $. Leavitt, professor of Hahnemann college, does not use tobacco in any form, he Is never without small pack age of fine cut in his pocket, and the reason of 1t is this: A gentleman of the doctors acquaintance told him how he had saved his child's life after all the doctors had given her up She had membraneous croup, and while the mother, from sheer exhaustion, had lain down for few moments rest, the father sat by the child. The hard, difficult breathing of the little one, growing fainter and fainter as the throat clogged up, was torture to the father. Everything in the way of emetics had been used, but without effect, but sud- denly an idea struck the nearly distracted father. He remembered how deathly sick he was the first time he chewed tobacco, and having a cud in his mouth, without thinking twice he opened the ehilds mouth and placed the tobacco in.
 The father knew it was a desperate act, and he waited in terrible suspense for the re- suit. It came, and quicloer than be could have hoped. There was a sudden convulsive movement and the poor little thing was nearly doubled for an instant, and seemed to writhe i'll agony when, throwing herself for ward, there shot from her throat a chunk of almost solid phlegm at least two inches long and having through it a passage no larger than a small lead pencil. After 6 few min utes of retching the little one lay quietly back and slept calmly and sweetly, and the next day was playing around the house with all her wonted vim. Dr. Leavitt remarked that it was a tough remedy, but said he would always carry tobacco bereafter, and he does.-Chicago Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
The Story of "Annie raur;s. D.

The famous song that is sung by all singers of the present day, I am informed, is a mys- tery as to the author. 1 was raised on the next farm to James Laurie, Annie Laurie's father. I was personally acquainted with both her and her father, and also with the author of the song. Knowing these facts, I have been requested by my friends to give the public the benefit of my knowledge, which have consented to do Annie Laurie was born in 1897, and was about F years old when the incident occurred which gave rise to the song bearing her name. James Laurie, Annie's father, was a farmer, who lived on and owned a very large farm called Thragles- town, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He hired a great deal of help, and among those he em- ployed was a man by the name of Wallace to actsas foreman, and while in his employ Mir. Wallace fell in love with Annie Laurie, which fact her father soon learned, and forthwith discharged him. He went to his home, which was in Maxwelton, and was taken sick the very night he reached there, and the next morning, when Annie Laurie heard of it, she came to his bedside and waited on hila until be died, and on his death- bed he composed the song entitled Annie Laurie. Chicago Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
"Who are your best customersF'
Phil sher,dan at Yves. Point.

Sheridan was in my class at West Point" said Gen. NJ. s. Hascall, of Indiana, the other day, "and be was by all means the oldest member of it. I remember his appearance and the impression he formed on his arrival He was one of the most peculiarly built boys I ever saw. His chest was very large and full, his legs short and small, and his arms so phenomenally long that his hands reached far below his knees as he walked. His physical peculiaTities were so marked beforS be finally and fully developed that he came very near being rejected by the examining board on that account He was a dull cadet in his studies, too, and had any one predicted that Sheridan would become the most dis tinguished man of the class and one of the greatest military leaders of the country, he would have been laughed out of the academy.
 Sheridan was graduated & year behind us, owing to rather peculiar reason. On one occasion the officer of theday was Capt. Ter rell who was at the time figuring for pro motion, and was therefore desirous of curry ing favor with the officers. Sheridan hap pened to be late at revsille and Farrell re- ported him, resulting in his being repE1- manded. Sheridan did not lack spiritr and the next day he caught Terrell off of duty and proceeded to resent what he considered an unwarranted indignity by puumsling him in the most approved fashion. don't think that the result of the encounter was entirely satisfactory to Philip, but he had got in his work and done the best he coxld any way. For this offense Sheridan was sus- pended for a year and left West Point. At the expiration of his term of suspension, however, he returned and was graduated. o New York Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
Bridging the English Channel.

The scheme of constructing q bridge over tho English channel has just been completed. It has been worked out by the Creusot engi. neers and Nj. Hersent, ex-preSident of the Society of Civil Engineers. The progress of metallurgy makes the construction possible of an immense bridge, thirty kilometers long, with a platform at the height of fifty meters above the sea at full tide, and supported by piles at distances of 800 meters. The height allowed for the bridge over the channel would allow large steamers and sailing ves- sels to pass freely. It would support four railway lines, besides a road for carriages and footpaths. This will be satisfactory for those who dread sea sickness. The only trouble left them will be that of choosing their mode of locomotion-whether by rail way carriage, omnibus, cab or velocipede Places of refuge, watch houses and alarm bells will be placed on each pile with a pow erful light.
 The authors of this gigantic scheme believe that the foundations may be constructed by means of compressed air diving bells, the depth of the strait between Calais and Dover not being, on an average, more than from twenty-five to thirty-nine meters, and in few places exceeding fifty meters The bridge will cost S00,000,O00 francs, its metallic weight will amount to 100000 tons and it might be constructed in six years The scheme will shortly be submitted for exami- nation to an international technical commit tee. When this examination has been com pleted, the Channel Bridge society will apply for a concession to the French and English governments, from which it will ask for no subsidy. Under these conditions the con- cesSion might be easily granted and the work immediately begun. In a few years the commerce of the two nations would benefit from the simplifcation introduced into their relations by the execution of a work which might be considered as one of the most i'm portant of the century.-Paris Temps
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
At Home. Sweet Home.

Bunker lat dinner rable)-Strangest thing happened, my love, today. I met Charlie Blazer.
 Mrs. Bunker-Charlie Blazeri We'll, never didl Johnny, take your elbows off the table. What did he have to sayi More coffeef
 Bunker-Hah cup. We talked about old times and-Thomas, don't rattle your fork on your plate. He said
 Mrs B.-Mame, leave the room if you can't keep quiet. Is be living in Boston yeti
 Bunker-No; he moved to-Tom, see who's at the door, and if it's beggar, tell him no to Portland, and he thinks he will
 Mrs. B.-Mercy on usl Kate, do be care full You nearly put out baby's eye with your finger. So glad to hear it. Did you tell him
 Tom-Man with aston of coal.
 Bunker-Must be a mistake; tell him to try next door. told Charlie
 Mrs. B.-Excuse me, dear. hear Mrs. Battles calling me over the back fence.
 Bunker with energyl-If ever try to tell story again I-- tChokes himself on his coffee and subsidies )-Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
Exe,usivensss of the French.

After all, suppose it is little wonder that
 outsiders should know so little of the French.
 French hfeis so, so exclusivei The passing visitor to our shores gets no opportunity to judge of his hosts real character. As Q ma tion we are not hospitable, I am sorry to say.
 A stranger will meet with politsness and st. tention as he travels through our country; everybody will help him, and if he appears in Paris armed with of introduction, he will be madewelcome at social reunions, parties may be given in his honor, perhaps; but, go where he,may throughout the coun- try, he will not have 6 chance of penetrating into the, inner family circle; the home life of the bulk of the people will remain closed letter for him. We never trouble to show our best side to the foreigner. This is what nisleads completely so many outsiders Max O'Rell.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
THE sENsEa OF SMELL.
Concerning It's Development in the Beasts
 4ss s of the Field.

Ot the
 Apparently developed in much greater degree than that of horses is the scouting power of cattle. Most animals seem to identi- fy their young by their smell The barbar- ous custom still prevails throughout the country of placing the hide of a butchered calf before its mother to stop her mournful lowing. It would be rating human acumen rather high to suppose that a mother could recognize her baby by its skin, yet COW will identify the bloody relic of Der offspring and instantly cease her noisy grief. Yard fed cattle nose their hay fiNed racks and bins, and from the many varieties of dried fodder select only such as will please their palates and nourish their bodies.
 Cows eat many kinds of fungi-the com mon puffban when young, mushrooms, fairy ring champignon, and some wood growing toadstools, by which their milk is much affected; but by far the greater number they pass untouched with contemptuons sniff. The pig, from the we'll known and proverb- ial length of it's combination nose, would naturally be expected to have en- larged olfactory sense, and so it has When its omnivorous appetite is con- sidered, and it is remembered that it seeks the greater part of its food by blowing under the surfaceof the ground to obtain it, where it cannot see and must detect it by the process of smelling before it can get it to its mouth to taste it, its discernment of the edible and non-edible from the countless things its nose encounters is, to say the least, highly complimentary to that much derided organ. It is said that "learned pigs" tthey are worthy of capitalsl are first trained to their card playing accomplishments by placing grains of corn under such cards as they are afterward by signs instructed to move.
 The ground mole, with fur covered eyes, capable at the best of discerning bright light only, discovers and chooses food in its sub terranean groping by its long, delicately con structed nostrils. Sheep are even more dainty than cattle ill selecting their nourishment, and, like all other animals, depend almost entirely upon the sense of smell. Lambs after long separation from their mothers, will seek them out in large herd. But ex- perience goes to show that sight and hearing are auxiliary to scent in some cases, as lambs frequently fail to recognize their mothers after the latter have been shorn.-New York Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
New England DiSenfectant Co.

are now prepared to furnish all kinds of Deoderizer and Disenfectant and a sure preventative for Buffalo Bugs and Moth Wax and all kinds pertaining to the business; and furthermore our teams do all business between sunrise and sunset, and have control of all Disenfectauts used in the Naugatuck Valley, Meriden, Dan
 bury and New Britain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
BoarderS Wanted,

Rooms newly furnished throughout Can ac commodate a few good parties with Room and Board First class board at reasonable rates.
 14o East Main Street. Next to Spencer & Pierpont's
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
POPULAR Entrance Floor! A Gala Week
 Of Summer Bargains We Lead, Others Follow, We Originate Others Initiate,

Success but stimulates us to stronger and more liberal efforts Now is the time when natural demand is at its highest The pub lie is in purchasing humor, and at the same time importers and manufacturers are more than anxious that we shall relieve them of their accumulated stocks.
 Our buyer has been in the market for some time on the alert for the inevitable busintss embarrassment of manufacturers, suffering from the effects of over produc- tion. His vigilance has been rewarded and his purchases have assumed colossal proportions. In order to sell the immense aggregate we have determined to introduce this mammC tn sale, for ONE WEEK.
 A GREAT SPLURGE. In the Ladies, White Muslin, Gauge Lisle,
 Silk and Summer Merino
 Underwear Departments
 We do not propose to dispose of huge as sortment of old stocks gathered from the various sources always obtainable, but on the contrary will offer nothing but new, fresh, we'll made, and desirable Goods.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-12-19

Work on the Harris mine near
old Washos City il being vigorous
" prosecuted. A tunnel 10 now be-
ing forwarded that, when complet-
ed, will have . length OF 700 feet,
that will tap the vein about 800 feet
deep. The Smith boys are devel-
oping an extension Of what is known
as the Brighton mine and are now
running . tunnel that will tap the
ledge at the depth. probably, Of
200 feet. The miners in that Sec
ton claim that Washoe district will
have . bright future. All they want
fer the future success Of the Jumbo
district and the field in the neigh
borhood of Washoe il . good mill
and . thorough development OF that
section il certain.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-12-19

a Ol0g0otea DenOofot.
The Eureka Sentinel Of the 18th
inst. says: Our worthy County
Clerk, F. II. Harmon, dropped into
the Sentinel Office yesterday on
business. During his stay he made
. few remarks concerning the re-
suit OF the Presidential contest. 1t
was in the following vigorous style
that he gave his notion of things /:
damn Cleveland. He was too
fresh. He was not the Democratic
party. He wrote too many letters
and messages. He ought to have
been a real Democrat, who could
not write, or set up the claim that
he had rheumatism. He was too
fresh and he got his boat landed,
and along with it the Democratic
boat. Damn him."
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-12-19

Senator Stewart will ondeavoI
during the session to obtain an ad'
ditionAl appropriation for irrigation
surveys, The 800, 900 appropriate
cd ut the last session will only be-
ein the work. The East il contin-
ually complaining that Nevada does
not lill the proper measure OF State
hood. This irrigation project is the
first step toward the remedy OF the
cemplaint.-S. F. Bulletin.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-12-19
Salt Lake Tribune: The coul

Salt Lake Tribune: The count
nv il reported SO short Of bulls that
soue places there is q Is to 65 per
cent falling off on the cali crop. In
one section alone there is . demand
for 800 head of bulls. A cattleman
says that unless the supply comes
from somewhere before long, grow
ers will have to spay t.1eir cows and
fatteu them for bset.