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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-04
Transfer of Real Estats.

The following transfer of real estate
was left for record at Clerk Hooks Office
yesterday:
Deed made April %, 1888, by John F.
Horner and wife, to Charles L. Topp, for
twenty-one feet off the south half of lot
No. Z, in Square No. 8. in the sub division
of the Joseph Caldwell estate. Considera-
ton, $3.50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-04

L s. Coon sells dry goods the cheapest
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-04
Great Show at the Grand.

The Metropolitan Star Concert Company
and Operatic Solo Orchestra had a good
audience at the Grand Opera House, last
night. This is undoubtedly as fine q
musical organization as has visited Wheel
ing for some time. The performance
throughout was 30 good that it would be
hard to particulariZs. Each and every
artist is scloist of high order, and all
the selections were rendered in frst-class
style. Our citizens should not fail to see
this company tonight. Secure your seats
early and avoid the rush.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
HIRAM HAYn1cK ON FASHION.
BIZ LARRY 11NNEr.

II b eurous.mighty curious, when a pusson
stops to think,
How the work. gifts nigh to crazy over some
ThAr's Mirandy Larkins, Tidy, as was onct a
leetle mite
Now growed up an called lady-though che
Heaps Of clothes an fancy iewlery fer to rig her
Must e se 81. Daddy nar1in, quite decent
Whar's the use, say, now. Tildy-what air all
MN, them hxins worth,
When the worms hev did thar dooty on our
corpses in the earth?
Whar's the use in wearin bunnits tibet afr
CROWN higher an higher,
An fer all the world Jest lookin' like q walkin
chapel spire2
God hes med our feet fer sandils like they used
An He never cakilatcd tibet we'd pinch em
tight an fast.
Now Mirandy, runnin barefoot to the skule-
house in the hill,
pill
What with paintin' an aepowderin. an a.
squeezin' up her frame
Folks II think she is q lndy-but she isn't just
the same.
Why? Bekase her edcation isn't moren an
An the ,on'y thing she's thinkin' on is talkin'
fashion CAB
She's too stuck up now an dandifed to notice
All bekase city Teller hires rig at the livery
Wnen ne comes rom town to see her-which is
An I've heerd the boys a-tellin' how ole Larkins
rRved an swore
When he heerd the city Teller hadn't a nickel to
his name;
1hen Mirandy bawled an bellercd, sayin' thet it
YVES shame
Eff che couldn't pick TELLER when she didn't
want the chumps-
Thems the lads around, remember-who was
jest as dead as stumps.
Then ole 1Rrkins cussed the louder an declared
by all tho saints
Thst she'd hev to quit a-usin' sech a heap Of
powder an paints.
But the wust OF oil he spoke on med her cross
an fidgety.
6aytn' thet her sister Kate he'd ARMED q set Of
jewefry-
All her iewelry comes from dollar storesl Now,
Tidy, if it's true,
I've mind to git our Lily some-an' beat Mi
randy's. too!
An they'll be heap moro stylisher eff every
Goes to fashion up our Lizy--now on thet my
mind 10 sot.
Don't ye speak al on on it to her, though an I'll bot
LIN beat Mirandy boiler with hat jest twice
as hight
Fust talked aein tho fashin, but I've sorter
changed my mind;
An 10 $50 ole Larkins goin' ahead an leavin' Us
behind
Riles me up to do most enythin', an while we've
got the cash.
Won jest keep lap ahead Of i'm Of everythin'
goes to smash;
Chicago Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
The Origin Of Various Colors.

THE cochineal insects furnish a
great many Of the very fine colors,"
said an artist recently to reporter.
Among them are the gorgeous car
mine, the crimson, scarlet carmine.
and purple lakes. The cuttle-fsh gives
the sophia. It is the inky fluid which
the fish discharges in order to render
the water Opaque when attacked. In.
dian yellow comes from the camel.
Ivory chips produce the ivory black
ard bone black. The exquisite Prus-
sian blue is made by fusing horses
hoofs and other refuse animal matter.
with impure potassium carbonate. This
color was discovered accidentally. Va.
rious lakes are derived from roots,
barks and gums. Blue black comes
from the charcoal of the vine stalk.
Lamp black is SCOT from certain resin
GUS substances. Turkey red is mud
from the madden plant, which grows.
in Hindostan. The yellow sap Of q
tree of Siam produces gamboge; the
natives catch the sap in cocoanut shells.
Raw Sienna is the natural earth from
the neighborhood of Sienna, Italy.
Raw lumber is also an earth found near
Umbria and burnt. India ink is made
from burnt camphor. The Chinese are
the only manufacturers of this ink, and
they will not reveal the secret of it's
manufacture. Mastic is made from the
gum Of the mastic tree, which grows
in the Grecian Archipelago. Blister is
the SCOT of wood ashes. Very little
real utramarine is found in the market
It is obtained from the precious lapis-
lazuli and commands fabulous price.
Chinese white is zinc, scarlet is iedide
OF mercury, and native vermilion is
from the quicksilver ore called CHINA
bar.-NeU York Mail.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

PLEASANT DR.. Knox cheerfully handed over
ten FL notes for his corpse. Ann McDouual.
cousin OF Helens. was tho next to fall q
preyto these vampires. She was but re-
Gently married. and camo on a visit to the
Hares. Burke and Hare gave her whisky
and dispatched her in the customary wnv.
aud disposed OF the body to their regular
customer. DR.. Knox. for xlO. Then the
bloodthirsty Uretches fell back on the lodr
ers again and killed Mrs Haldane and her
daughter Peggy. DIR. Knox took tho old
lady's body Ut full price. but would only give
f8 for that OF tho daughter.
The dodgers were now oh exhausted with
the exception OF the Grsys. ADD as drink
appeared to be no temptatlon to them. the
whisky trap was tried upon Mrs. Hostlor. .
poor woman VAC came once week to do
the washing She speedily became intoxi-
Gated. was put to bed. and the vretches, rs
soon US she fell asleep. smothered her.
THB !STERBIRLB TALE COHPLBrRD.
A vomaa smQthered by Hare while Burke
was In the country. and sold for e. makes
UP the awful tale Of murders to which the
wrstehed man confessed. It is from an ex-
ccedinGly rare book. published in 1879. con-
tanning Burke's confession. and full nc.
count OF his trial and conviction, that the
above lasts are taken. as also the illustra-
tons which accompany the recital Of the
foul deeds Of these phenomenal figures in
the criminal records Of the nineteenth CEN
tury. After Burke was hanged. Hare, with
great difficulty. manage: t. make his way
out OF the county. Finally accompanied
by his vile. he went t., .alia, but in
1855 he returned to Edinburgh alope. a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

seem to have plenty to eat and drink if
pumpkins, pigs and poultry are the
staple articles of diet. Somersetis the
headquarters of the Torres Straits
Pearl Fisheries which, together with
the fact that it is o coaling and water
ing station for steamers, gives it some
importance. These pearl fisheries
give employment to nearly thousand
men, most of whom are terrible "hard
cases." OF course, Somerset being SO
close to New Guinea good many of
the savage South Sea Islanders come
over there occasionally-indeed, some
of them are employed right along in
the pearl fisheries, as they are splendid
divers. In appearance they are very
repellant. although if they would not
interfere with the skin nature has given
them they would be by no means bad
looking fellows. Two of these men
whom saw were completely covered
with tattoo marks while, worst
of ali, their noses we're split
right down the middle. I
ought to say that "pearls" proper
are not found in these Torres Straits
Fisheries, but a mollusk known as
pearl she'll" 1t is the article which
is often called "mother-of-pearl," from
which are made all kinds of fancy ar
ticles, such as card-cases, knife.
handles, etc. This, however, will
fetch as high as 500 per ton in the
London market, consequently it is q
valuable article of merchandise.
There are about sixty boats engaged,
averaging six or seven tons burden,
and all built in Sydney. N. S. W.
Each of these boats with its outfit ID
worth quite 81, 800, SO that, with wages
and other expenses TO pay, it will be
seen that an enormous capital is sunk
in that "side" industry of the world.
After we left Somerset we were soon
out of sight of land again, although we
were not very far from the Australian
coast. We sighted it again off Cape
Flattery, and then steamed with
in sight of land until we ended our
journey. Seven hundred miles from
Somerset we came to Bowen, an incon-
siderable seaport, and then we encoun-
tered some of the finest coast scenery
1 have ever seen. On the shore
are lines Of bold rocky cliffs,
while rising from behind them
are mountains Of no mean size, covered
with beautiful foliage from base to
crown. Ever and anon q rushing
torrent came pouring down rocky
slopes, forming miniature Niagara,
while always on the shore there was
the gentle ripple of the ebbing and
flowing waves.
Once in while we could see Q few
of the genuine Australian natives, but
we were not close enough to make them
out very we'll. Chicago Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

woman. Helen NcDougai by namY. while he
was working In Scotland. They remained
together up to tho day Of their arrest.
Burke worked IN Scotland as a laborer. and
ater the harvest Of 1927 he. still accompa-
1fod by the woman McDoug;ll. went to Ed
tnburgh. and there met Hare. This man.
his future partner In tho series u fearful
crimes they jointly perpetrated. at this time
kept low lodging house in Tanners Close.
Westport Burke and the McDuugai woman
went to live ut Hare's lodging house. which
was managed by woman who passed a.
his wife. Her maiden name was Laird.
and she was the widow Of man named
Log.
BODY FOR SALR
The frst idea Of carrying out the scries Of
crimes aftrrward perpetrated by Burke and
his associate appears to have arisen whom
one of Hare's dodgers died a natural death.
The man was a penstoner. His dehauched
habits sufficiently accounted for his sudden
death. Burke and Hare managed to abb
stract the corpse from the coffin after the
undertaken had left the hou;se. and. filing
up the empty casket with bricks pansei in
tan bark the coffin was borne to HE grave
at the appointed time with mll due so5mni-
ty. That night Hare went to the College of
Surgeons and offered tho body for sd'.s. He
was referred to DR.. Knox. of 20 surgeons
6qua e. Hero he saw some young stu.
dents. by whose directions he carried tho
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

,sble disposition of his remains appears to
have suggested to the two miscreants the
carrying out of the villainous business In
which they forthwith, engaged. Within the
space OF few months they murdered no
less than sixteen persons. Burke used to
frequent the low public houses IF the neigh
borhood. and when he found some way-
farer without a home or the means of OBJ
tanning shelter no would offer them a
lodging at Hare's house Or his own. The
victim was industriously piled with liquor
till he or she became unconscious. Then
the two partners in crime would fall upon
them. and while Hare usually choked the
poor wretch to death. Burke would throw
himself upon the body and thus hasten the
end. The two women were undoubtedly
privy to the crimes. but they invariably
left the rooms while tho murders were be-
ing perpetrated.
WHAT THE MUEDGRERs WERE LIKE.
Burke was man OF IS. rather below the
middle size. but s'outly built and Of de-
termined cast OF cuuntenance. Els face
was round. cheekbo res high. with gray
eyes. deeply sunk in the head. short stub
nose and round chin. His hair and whiskers
werc OF light. sandy color. and his COM
plexion fair and slightly freckled.
Helen McDougal is described as having
been woman Of medium height. thin and
sparey made. Her features were long, but
bv no means displeasing. and were rendered
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

ter expression which rendered his appear
ance peculiarly revolving. His wife was a
short, stout. round faced land fresh COM
plexioned woman with look Of coarse and
determined brutality.
Hare appears to have been a rude boor.
with all the outward appearance of ruff1an.
Drunken, ferocious. and profgate. he-was
far ikelier to repel than ensnare victims to
their murderous lair. He appears. however.
to have been the more deeply designing
man Of the two. and to have overreached
his associate. whom ho succeeded in always
thrusting forward. probably with q view Of
dtsposing Of him as he ultimately did sending
him to the gallows. and thereby saving his
own wretched neck. Burke managed the
outdoor business Of the partnership. for he
it was who always went on the prowl after
victims. In his outward manners. he was
entirely the reverse of Hare. Quiet in his
demeanor. he never gave. way to cursing
and swearing. even when the worse for
drink. He was fawning in his address. and
was general favorite among the children
Of tho neighborhood. any one Of whom
would cheerfully run upon his errand. The
luarrels which were apparently SO often
happening in his house were probably only
make believes to drown the dying cries Of
the unhappy victims.
THE FIRST OF THE CRIMES.
The first OF the series of sixteen murders
vas committed in January, 1923, and the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

broken-dogn old man. totally h,;.,
n MIS- n yssfs before be- Ne was reco1 i
begging. led by small doa 1 ona me streets
tn eSp to Ee' %Ses the q 6
was discovered he myst rra MS identity
Rsa1sd and has never heard q d snsp,
and his protestations to the efieci 'n ~. case.
idea never entered his mind that shs the
have been believed bv the a,.a appears to
against him. wore taken
When the woman McDougal was re,....
she: with almost incredible aSda ssisase d
e enc returned to her old haunts in WestnoIs. at
the neighborhood and but for The f iaot Of
me me police watch Office to which she mat ras
would probably have been iync dhsnp' s She
was was subsequently hunted out Of EdinhnS one
in stirlngshire. From there she af Hteaalns
went to Glasgow and took un her o. a haId
with Constantine Burke, her lat. h"at ABODE
brother. "so husbands
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
FIENDS IN HUMAN FORM.
ONE OF THE wORLD,s GREAT GRIM
NAL SENSATIONS.

A Series OF Terrible Deeds That Shocked
and Agitated Scotland Sixty Years Ago
Tho Burke and Hare .NIurders-Awful
Details OF Assasslnations Which Have
Never Been Parallelod.
A sensation akin to that which has been
developed in London by tho recent White
chapel murders was created just sixty years
ago In Edinburgh by the discovery Of d So
sies Of crimes which stood forth. then as
now. wholly without example in any age or
country. Two fiends in human shape. Will
lam Burke and William Hare. deliberately
entered into partnership to decoy persons
70 their houses to murder them in cold
blood and sell the bodies to DIR. Knox. leo
turer on anatomy at the University Of Edtn-
hurgh. William Burke was born in County
Tyrone. ireland. 1892. His parents were
poor but respectable cotters. He was
brought up Roman Catholic. and received
fair education. He married early and
subsequently deserted his wife. who boro
him seven children. Later on he met
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
Prevention Of Emergencies

Numerous works have been wr;44
on what to do m emergencies as.aa
aid to the injured" and kindred a ntse
]ects, all OF the same general tenor
AS yet, so far as I know, no one has
ever put forth work on the nrovaa "s
ton OF emergencies. Of course. thera
are many emergencies which cannot he
prevented, but, with judicious car 10
some of them can. The frequent s anti.
brought against corporations for 5am lam
ages following some avoidable accident
shows the necessity, from financial
view, of studying the best method.
of preventing such emergencies Tbs
sniienngs Of the patient justify the
study from humane point Of view.
Poisoning cases a. . rule, are inten.
tlonal; that is, the drug is taken With
suicidal intent. But, occasionally a
case occurs which is due to careless.
ness, or to q mistake in compound;n,
medicines. There never should eY;sf.
IN the household the possibility Of a
case OF poisoning from the careless,
handling of drugs. No ordinary fam
lily has any need for poisons in thu
S OvSA A0o COAoOu6 CtAu RlVo WAY
to good cat. When poisons ara kemf
they should be locked up in med;.
cine chest, and not stored away on the
mantel or closet shelves. When dmc.
gists. who handle poisons constantly.
see fit to keep them under lock and
key, I see no reason why the laity
should neglect such precautions. o..
casionally the community ia horr;6oa
by sensational accounts of fatal mis-.
takes made by druggists. It is gen
orally supposed that by some misiap
the dispenser gets the wrong bottle,
This think is wrong; the trouble is.
the druggist gets the wrong idea into
his head. He misreads his orders. and
under the delusion that he is doing
right, ne complacently makes mis-
take. Numerous devices, as intricats.
and complex as poison containers, j,
alarm bell poison cases, etc., have been
invented to prevent such accidents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

had for many years longed to visit; q
country for which I now hold great
regard: country which, I believe,
will some day take leading place
among the greatest nations of the
world Two hours later we came to ON
anchor of the town of Somerset, the
most northerly town in Australia. 1t
is not much of town, but it is IL town
and British colonial town, with white
people predominating Not very
"toney" white. perhaps, but still they
speak good old-fashioned English,
and wear good old British hand-me-
down, ready-made clothing, and are
broad enough in their IDEAS to show
some partially for good old Irish and
Scotch whisky. Their houses are not
very lofty. not very solid, nor is their
architecture very striking. But they
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
Married with a shot-Gun.


"Let me look at some rings. Guess
I'll have to get one for the old lady.
Never did give her one yet"
"Then you were not married with q
ring?"
"Not much. I was married with .
shotgun and bulldog"
"Ah?"
"You see, was carrying on a des-
perate Irritation with q rather ancient
girl happened to meet at . Texas
railroad station some years ago, and
while I was waiting for the train, which
was nine hours behind time, the old
man somehow got wind of the affair
and came around with preacher, Q
shotgun and bulldog, and asked me
what my intentions were.
II told him that he had sprung the
matter on me 50 suddenly that 1 was
afraid my judgment might be unfairly
biased, and that I would like to have
little time.
"He seemed SO impatient when I
talked in this way that concluded al
most Immediately. however, that 1
could not be happy in this world unless
I could call his daughter my bride, and
so we were married and she has never
lost eight Of me since. Yes, I've got
her size; it fits my thumb. She's bash
full about talking to you young fellers,
but you bet she makes me stand
around. See that tall, skinny woman
with green bonnet and yeller dress
On standing in front of your show win
dow? That's her. Amt she . holy
terror!1-Tecas Sifti1sqs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
House Poison.

If the condensed breath collected en-
the cool window panes of q room where
o number of persons have been assem-
bled be burned, q smell as Of singed
hair will show the presence Of organic
matter; and if the condensed breath
be allowed to remain on the windows
for few days, it will be found on ex-
animation with a microscope that it is
alive with animalcules. The inhalation
of air containing such putrescent mat
ter is the cause of untold complaints
which might be avoided by oircula-
ton of fresh cir.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

The commonest mode since the Govern
ment has assumed control of many OF the
tribes. and white missionaries have in
fluence. is that Of interment in tho ground;
but. whatever the mode. it is still the GUS
ornaments. and clothing. The Indian no
longer stands in the way OF civilization, the
buffalo has disal peared. the locomotive
has invaded his al, refine hunting grounds.
and the white man is everywhere present
now, with his pluw, his mining tools. and
herds of domestic animals. TODAY the
surveyor arrives. and tomorrow tho town
is built. MOSES FoLsoM.
POPLAR RIVER, Montana,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
INDIAN BURIAL RITES
THE MoRTUARY sCAFFoLD A ru1Nt;
OF THE PAST.

The Once Wild Savage Tribes, Under tho
Influences of Civilization, Abandoning
Their Superstitions and Adopting the
Customs and Habits of tho Pale-faces.
the plains Indians are generally buried on
scaf1olds or elevated platforms. However
true that may have been in the past it is
not the case now. and one can travel thou
sands OF miles over the plains and through
the mountains without seeing the mortuary
scaftold or tree burial. At two places on
the st. Paul. Minneapolis g. Mantoba Rail-
way i'll Montana, here and at Wolf Point, we
mad an opportunity of seeing burial places
whore this form of disposing of the dead is
still in vogue The Indians Of North Mon
tana ure the Blackfeet and allied tribes, the
eros Ventres. Bloods and Piegans. q we'll
disposed people among whom the Metho-
dlsts maintain missions. Tho Blackfeet
year. the Indians giving up sixteen million Of
their twenty million acres. for which they are
to receive ten million dollars in stock. farm
ing tools, expenditures for schools and other
purposes tending to their betterment. This
Is the largest and best lot of vacant govern |
ment land now in the republic. through |
which q railroad extends. and which,
abounds in streams and navigable rivers.
The Indians here as everywhere else are
oeRinning to feel the Influences of civiliza-
800 80 ceF0.
monies and going to work like white PEG. |
pie. The medicine man is not as potent % |
In the days before the advent OF the whites,
and the village doctor or the army surgeon
IN the tepec is common matter nova
days. The Indian is usually impatientin
severe or protracted illness. and il he
medicine man has full swing in Dangerous
diseases the chances of recovery are slsht
II death ensues. the funeral ceremonies
depend upon circumstances and the rank Of |
VI svo a.,
ere usual only in tho winter. when there is
time for the regular mourning ecstasies,
but when travelling any disposition maybe
made Of the body. by throwing it into
f1ver, ravine. or carelessly covering 1t with
brush or stones. leave it to become prev fof |
wolves or dogs. Early YoYaeara on fha MiJ
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
INDIAN scAF5oLD. OR ELEVATED PLATFORM BURIAL.

souri, were permitted tosee trees frequently
containing dozen or moro bodies attached
tothe branches. Some idea Of the standing
q the dead can be formed by the number
b usually buffalo robe tightly wrapped
VITA leathern thongs. Articles belonging
% the deceased. of civilized manufactured
and Indian trinkets and fnery. are wrapped
up with the body. but pots. Kettles. and the
Che happy hunting grounds are fastened I'd
tho platform. and all around strips Of cloth
to swing In the wind to brighten away birds
and animals. The platform style Of tomb
does not last long in the dry air Of the