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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
A Nebraska Farmer Relieved of 5000 by
Confidence Men.

Confidence Men.
The Bee: Samuel Cash, an elderly
farmer from TalImage, Otoe county,
went to Omaha Monday to attend to
the transfer of a piece of real estate.
While waiting for an outgoing train at
the Missouri Pacific depot in the after
noon, he made the acquaintance Of a
couple of agreeable gentlemen who
| wanted to locate in Otoe county. One
of them, Captain w. @. Moore, resided
on Seventeenth street, where he owned
a piece Of property he was DESTROYS of
trading for some Of Otoe's tiIIabIe soil.
''There was plenty of time, would Cash
walk up with him and take look at it
then they would return to the depot and
HE themselves together to OtOe county.
Mr.. Cash was agreeable, but Just be-
fore they got ready to start Mr. Camp
bell the other smooth gentleman, re
marked, Before you go, Mr. Moore,
just let me have 5000 and III arrange
for the transfer of my household furni-
ture by your return. You see, I'm all
ready, Mr.. Cash, to move right out to
Talmage and take my chances with
y
Coin right on to-day, be yOu?" en-
quired Mr.. Cash, with open mouUh.
Yes, by the next train
At this iuncture. however. after hllr-
riedly going through his pockets. Mr..
Moore discovers that he has left his
pocketbOOk on the piano at
his Seventeenth street residence.
Very unfortunate indeed, he
calculates in chagrin, "but maybe Mr..
Cash can accommodate us until [ reach
my residence if he should happen to
have so much cash with him, and I
know he has for his name is Cash. Ha,
ha, that's funny, isn't it ?" and Moore
Familiarity slaps Cash on the back and
he joins IN the merry cachenatiOn.
But, to be more business like, Mr..
Cash, continues the suave and volubIe
Mr.. Moore, here is a 81, 600 United
States bond you can hold until we reach
my house and I return your money"
and he pulled from his vest pocket one
of those worthless old advertising bonds
that have proven channel of outlet
for thousands and thousands of good
hard earned ducats of just such un-
sophisticated giliies as Mr.. Cash
The man from Talmage, without ever
thinking how improbable a thing it is
III d DuS4A16SS man TO De carrying
thousand dollar bonds around In his
vest pocket, took the prOffered paper,
gazed at it a moment, and then drawing
forth his own Well-WOrn wallet, handed
MIR. Campbell two bright, crisp 800
bills. The latter hurriedIy pOcketed
the money, and with hardly another
word hurried out Of the building.
After he had gone, Mr.. Moore and
Mr.. Cash started for Seventeenth
street They had traversed a block
when 1t occurred to Mr.. Moore that he
must see MIR. Campbell a moment with
out delay, and if Mr. Cash would Just
wait there on the corner a brief spell,
he'd quickly reioin him.
Yesterday Afr. Cash came into the
Office of Chief of Police Seayey, and
asked him whether the bond was good
for anything.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
COMPENSATION.

who hesitates is lost
Is an adage old,
Fearful lovers, to their cost,
Learn they must be bold,
But, since nothing new can be
Underneath the sun,
It's as old and true that she
VINO hesitates is-WON.
-Kemper BocO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27

Market Gardeners 10 packets of new varfs-
ties OF Corn, Peas, etc, for test. a report to
be mailed US Oct. LIST, IS, giving a report OF
culture and the results. The seeds to be
sent tree TO all who viii mail 20 cents Ton
the postage. etc.
STEWART NURSERY & SEED Co,
Columns Neh
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
The Gaelic Tongue.

At meeting of the Gaelic society at
SteinwaY hall. New York. an address
was delivered which brought out many
curious facts in connection with the
study of the Gaelic tongue. The best
Irish drama, it was asserted, was
written in Berlin, and was the work OF
German; the best treatise on Irish
eplcs was written by a Frenchman, and
there Is enough Irish liturature extan6
to make 1000 volumes of 1000 pages
each.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
a GOOD MAN GOES WRONG.

After Holding tile State Treasurcrship
of keptuclSy for Twenty Years, "Honest
Dick Tate" Absconds, AMI Examination
Proves Him Defaulter in a Large
Sum-Big Reward offered for His Ar
rest.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 2L-James w.
late, Honest O.d Dick Tate" asa he was
usually called, Treasurer of the State of
kentucky, is a defauiter and fugitive. and
something mora than $3.50, 600 and less
than $500, 900 of the States money is also
missing.
The intelligence has created profound
sensation throughout Kentucky Mr. Tate
was most popular man. He was ten times
nominated and elected State Treasurer by
the largest majorities on the ticket
Yesterday Q Governor sent an official
notification to he Legislature, which is
now in session.
A resolution offering reward of So, 600
for the arrest OF the defaulter was offered
by the Legislature yesterday afternoon. In
1893 there was similar defalcation in
this State. Dick Page was treasurer, and
he got away with 100000
Mr.. Herndon, OF this city, who was at one
time teller of a bank at Frankfort, saws that
Tate's defalcation will involve parties and
State officials OF high standing He says
that it was the custom of many of the
State officials to go to Tate and get
him to cash notes tor them, promising to
pay them as SOON as their vouchers were
due. When they secured their vouchers.
however, they would defer payment, and
the good-natured Treasurer, failing to push
these claims, accumulated a mass of such
securities as by this time must be simply
appalling It is said that memoranda in
the Treasurer's Office shows loan of $685.
900 to the Yeoman Company and another
OF 500, 900 to a certain whisky trust
The Auditor has for some time past been
pressing Tate for settlement, which ought
to have been made in January On Thurs
1sy morning Tate left for Louisville On
Saturday the Auditor wired Louisville and
learned that Tate had gone to Cincinnati
on Friday morning Since then no trace of
the missing man has been found, and it is
believed that he has gone either to Canada
or Mexico
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
mo OTHER RAIL WAY IN THE NORTH
WEST

has Is IN SO short period gained the repu-
tatlon and popularity enjoyed by the
WISCONSIN G e N = r Al
LINE. From comparatively un-
known factor in the commercial world,
it has been transformed to an independ-;
ent, influential, grand Through
Route, with magnificent depots, Sup
erb equipment and unsurpassed termi-
nal facilities. Through careful catering
to details, it has won for itself reputa-
ton for solidity, safety, convenience and
attention to its patrons, second to no rail-.
road IN the country. Pullman sleep
ers, model of palatial comfort, dining
cars in which the cuisine and general APP
pointments are up to the highest stand-
ard, and coaches especially built for this
route, are among the chief elements
which have contributed towards catering
successfully to discriminating public.
Located directly on its line, between
Minneapolisand St. Paul and
Milwaukee and Chicago and
Duluth and MiIWa ukee and
Chicago, are the following thriving
cities OF Wisconsin and Michigan:
New Richmond, Chippewa
Falls, Eau Claire, Ashland,
Hurley, Wis, Ironwood,
Mich, Besseme,, Mich,
Stevens Point, Neenah,
Menasha, Oshkosh. Fond
du Lac, Waukesha and Bur-
lington. Wis.
For detailed information, lowest
current rates, berths, etc. via this route.
to any point in the South or East,
apply to nearest Ticket Agent. or address
VIM S. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
Genl Man. Gen Pass & Tiki Act.
MILWAUKEE.
r. II. ANSON, Northwestern Pas
senger Agent, No. 10 Nicollet House
Block, Minneapolis, Mimi
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
FROM WASHINGTON,

THERE We're 2O2 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against 1875 the previous seven
days
AT twenty six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th, aggregated
S6S3, 6SS, 29S against $3.50, 1872, $50, the
previous week. AS compared with the CORE
spending week of 1887 the decrease
amounted to 20. 3 per cent
The United States Supreme Court de-
cided on the 10Th that the section of the
Iowa statute of 1886 prohibiting railway
companies from bringing liquor into the
State is invalid
The United StatesRSupreme Court on the
18th sustained Bells telephone patent
TOTAL exports from this country of dairy
products for the ten months ended Febru-
airy 20, 1887, were SIS, $40, O4O, while the
exports of the corresponding period in 1883
were Sic. 1l3, III.
The Agricultural Department Statistician
on the Goth estimated the stock of wheat
in farmers hands at the present time at
1872, 600, 900 bushels, against 122, 900, 900
bushels at the same time last year
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the Goth nom
mated SIother NJ Stockslager, of Indiana,
to be Commissioner of the General Land
Office, and Thomas j. Anderson, of Iowa,
to be Assistant Commissioner.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
THE STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
All Trains Delayed, Many Accidents 90

All Trains Delayed, Many Accidents o.
CURED, Business Was Paralyzed,
BOSTON, March 19-Now that the block.
AIDES caused by the recent storm have all
been removed no one can trace the effects of
1T throughout New England The last obsta
Gle in the rail connection between New
York and Boston was removed Saturday
night. and trains on all New England roads,
except the Air Line in Connecticut and GER
tain parts of the New York & New England,
have been running on schedule time
Telegraphic service has not been restored
yet, and the New York wires are working
internationally. Several fatal accidents have
been reported from different points, caused
by the derailment of engines or snow
plows in breaking through the drifts Sew
eral farmers near Ware are reported to hav
persisted from lack of sustenance This
city was cut off from communication with
the outside world for four days
The storm was severe in Rhode Island
and knocked out the telegraphic communi-
cation in the first round, the little State be-
ing completely shut off from Boston Mon
day night.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
FOREIGN lNTELLIoENcE.

The late Emperor Williams funeral took
place in Berlin on the 10Th, and was in all
respects an affair Of extraordinary splendor
Almost every civilized nation on earth was
represented. Memorial services were also
held in all the leading capitals of the world
On the 10th a wedding party of sixteen
persons were crossing the ice on the Dam
ube at Neustatz, Hungary. when the ice
gave way and all were drowned.
THROUGHOUT Hungary disastrous foods
were reported on the 18th. Thirty villages
had been ruined.
A MEETING of workmen, held on the 18th
at Marseilles, france, appointed COM
mittee to demand the exclusion of for
eigners from the government dock-yards
and the levying of a tax upon private en-
ployers of foreign labor
The recent earthquake shocks in Yunnan,
China. continued three weeks, destroying
several towns and causing much damage to
shipping. At Ken-Shiu four thousand per-
sons were killed
EMPEROR FREDERICK sent his messages to
Parliament on the 10th He assures Prus-
STA and Germany that L. will follow in the
footsteps of his illustrous father
In Russia melting snow had on the Goth
caused great floods, and the damage would
be serious
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
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Owns and operates $500 miles of
thoroughly equipped road in Illinois,
WISCONSIN, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota
and Dakota.
1T is THE BEST DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN
ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST,
SOUTHWEST AND FAR WEST.
For maps, time tables, rates of passage
and freight, etc, apply to the nearest
station agent of Chicago, Milwaukee &.
st. Paul Railway, or to any Railroad
Agent anywhere in the World.
r: MILLER, General Manager A.
v. II. CARPENTER, Genl Pass. and
Ticket Agent. J. F. TUCKER, ASH
Genl Manager. GEO. H. HEAFFORD
Asst Gent Pass. and Ticket agent,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
THE BOYCOTT RAISED.

Virtual Abandonment of the Brotherhood
Plan TO Hold Back Burlington Freight
The Iowa Central Strike OF.
CHICAGO, March 2l-The boycott on
Burlington freight, which was the great
stroke relied upon by the engineers to win
their demands, was virtually abandoned
yesterday, and it is only question of few
days when no Western road will be found
refusing an interchange of traffic. Chief
Arthur. admitted this fact last night to
reporter He said that the boycott
would be lifted gradually and the strike
confined exclusively to the Burlington
road. In spite of the clearest evidences of
defeat staring them in the face, the rank
and file of the Burlington strikers ap-
pear to be still hopeful, and say they will
fight it out on the same line if it takes all
Summer: The Missouri Pacific officials
wired the Burlington Company yesterday
that they were ready and willing to haul
20" freight The Central Iowa strikers
also backed down yesterday and are hand
ling @" freight
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

AMONG the attractions at Youngs-
town (Pa.) wax-work exhibition was a
figure of the Princess Marguerite, of
Italy. The exhibition closed the other
night, when it was divulged that the
Princess was not wax, but real flesh
and blood maiden who had thus dur
ing the show demonstrated beyond all
question her ability to pose gracefully,
hold her tongue and keep her mouth
shut. Some young men who had
doubted the waxenticity Of the
figure and backed their opinion with
money carried off large sums in
bets.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

HE champion sneak-thief has been
operating in Baltimore. In looking
about him he cast his eye on-well on
little object in the shape of disused
saw-mill, full of old machinery. He
went to teamsteE, represented him
self as an insurance agent, and said
he had come to dispose Of the ma
chinery in "the old shanty." Pursuant
to instru ctions the teamster carted the
stuff to a junk dealer. who paid 500
cash to the thief for it. The recipient
of the greenbacks invited the teamster
to dinner, and then excused himself
and left for the West.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

MICHAEL DUTY, ninety-tive wears Of
age. walked into GAINESVILLE, o., the
other day from his home four miles
down the river to have his pension
voucher executed. Mr.. Duty is vet
eran of the war Of 1872, the only one
in the Columbus agency, and one of a
few in the United States. The vet
eran is said to be as stalwart as a man
OF fifty. his hearing is perfect, and he
never wears glasses except when writ
ing. although he says he does not
need them even then. He has
lived in his present home for many
years
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
LATER.

|, DISPATCHES from Nashville, Tenn. on the
2lst state that portions Of Tennessee and
Georgia were visited by cyclone. At Fair
burn. Ga, two colored churches we're de-
molished, and at alhoun the Baptist church
|; and colored- Methodist churches were de-
stroYed. At Lumber City ten persons were
|; killed and q number injured.
T A GENERAL storm of snow prevailed in
Texas on the Goth, in some places the fall
being a foot in depth
+ AFTER six weeks of enfo ced idleness the
|, sh p carpenters at Milwaukee, Wis, gave
up the attempt to secure ten hours pay
for nine hours work
The Dakota Prohibitionists held their con-
vention at Huron on the 2lst
Il A CALL was i:sued on the Dist for the
Ohio Democratic convention, to be held at
Dayton, May Is and 49,
/ On the goth, the ice in the Missouri river,
near Poplar River, Montana, broke, and the
ice dams which were formed caused the
inund stion Of millions of acres Of lowlands.
A DISPATCH from Racine, Wis, dated the
21st, says the les in the river at that place
had broken and formed a gorge, overflow
ing the fats and causing a great loss of
property.
The Iowa Republican convention, in ses-
sion at Des Moines, on the Dist, e, ect d
de egates to the National Republican con
vention and adopted resolutions favoring
the candidacy of Senator Allison.
On the 2lst, ex-sheriff Geo. NJ. Styles, OF
Union county, N. j., commute suicide be.
cause of discovery of irreg ularities in his
accounts while he was sheriff.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, on the 2lst, in wrest-
ling match, Evan Lewis (the Strangely
choked Denis Gallager SO badly that the
police were forced to interfere Gallagher
was black in the face when he was removed
from the room.
a COKE train ran into a rock and was
precipitated over an en- bankment into the
river near Green Spring, ten miles from
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 2lst The brake
man was fatally injured and the engineer
badly scalded.
The Banquet Theatre, at Oporto, Portu-
gal, was destroyed by fire on the night Of
the Goth, during performances, and num-
Der OF lives were lost and many persons In
jured.
ARGUMENTS were commenced in the New
York Supreme Court on the 2lst upon the
law points involved in the controversy over
the will o the late Samuel j Tilden.
TIE Chicago, Ill. Daily News Of the 2lst
says the G. B. 4 @. strike is virtually over,
an that it is only !, question of few DAYS
when no western road viii refuse an inter
change Of traffic.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
Searching for Lost Treasure.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 20 The people
OF Welland are very much excite d at present
over the efforts of Dexter Atwood, of that
village, to secure a fortune by raking the
muddy bottom Of the Chippewa river Dur
ing the war Of 1872 some 5000, 900 in gold
was dropped overheard by British paymas-
ter who was being holly pursued by Yankee
troops, it is alleged u has lain there ever
since. Atwood heard the legend from the
grandson of the Britisher. Friday he sur
prised the villagers by bringing a diver,
who has becn at work ever since No mon
ey has as yet been brought to the surface
but magnet shows, it is said, the presenc
of metal The search is to be continued
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
Low EXCURSION RATES

"d1Cd INCLUDE MEALS AND BERTHS
ON STEAMERS
Are made via Duluth to all points East
reached by lake lines and their rail
connections. Tickets can be procured
going by lake, or lake and rail, and re-
turning all rail if desired. Tickets
can DC purchased, Sleeping Car .Ac-
commodatlons and berths on steamers
secured, and further information had,
by calling on. or addressing the fol-
lowing Ticket Agents:
B. n. AUSTIN, City Ticket Agent.
10 Nicollet House Block, Minneapolis.
q. b. STONE, City Ticket Agent, 1859
East Third Street, St. Paul.
w. Fl. FISHER, 6. T. COPELAND.
General Supt. Asst. Supt.
E. +, DODGE, P. A. ROCKWELL,
Gen: Tk't.Ag't. Asst Gen. Tiki. A ct.
GENERAL OPTICS ST. PAUL, MINI,
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

SIR DONALD SMITH, the millionaire
pioneer OF the Hudson Bay Company,
gave his daughter, lately married in
Montreal, check for $4,000, 900. The
groom was DR.. j. B. Howard, ayoung
physician of moderate means.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
Tragedy In q Boarding House.

DENVER, Col, March 20 Charles Sweig-
kart arrived here from Utah Monday fore
noon, and at once repaired to the boarding
house kept by his divorced wife The latter
refused to give him a meal, where
upon Sweigkart fired three Intellectual
shots at her. She dashed from the
house and jumped into the hack
in which her ex- husband had ar
rived, and the driver dashed his horses into
a run, but Sweigkart sent three bullets into
the vehicle none of which injured the
woman. He then re-entered the house and
opened fire on Charles Realm and George
Kreiner, killing the latter and breaking the
right arm of the former Then he sent a
bullet through his own skull, and fell dead.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

A PAPER at Clarendon, Ala, tells of
two brothers who. married two sisters
and who live in the same house with
their nine children. Of the thirteen
persons not one uses coffee, tobacco,
snuff OF whisky, and the paper offers
to bet that there is not another family
of that much virtue in the State. Nor
is that the worst of it. Nobody has Of
Tered to take the bet.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

IF the dumb animals of America
could speak and write they would be
quite certain to hold a mighty conven-
ton and pass resolutions relative to
the recent death of Henry Bergh. To
their protection against the cruelties
of human brutes he devoted a lifetime
and the greater portion Of his worldly
wealth
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
THE ST. PAUL AND DTTTIJTH RAIL-
ROAD.
THE sHoRTESr>LlNE
IN DISTANCE
TO LAKE SUPERIOR!

QUICKEST IN TIME BY OVER 8 HOURS.
3 : TRAINS DAILY EACH WAY 8
The "Limited' runs daily, and con-
srlnes only five hours between the Twin
Cities and Duluth making but three
stops en-route.
CLOSE CONNECTION MADE IN UNION
DEPOT, DULUTH, WITH TRAINS
OF THE DULUTH AND IRON RANGE
RAILROAD.
AVOID OMNIBUS TRANSFERS BY TAXING THIS
LINE.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
Rk3uBLICANs e ak.

An independent Democratic Newspaper
Canvasses New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Minnesota for the Purpose of
Defining the Issues of the Coming Cam;
paign and ofAscertaining the Choice of.
Leading Republicans for President =
Feeling the Grand Old Parfy's Pulse.
PHILADELPHIA, March 49, The Times
publishes the following:
Immediately upon the publication Of Mr..
Blaine's declination, which for the first time
made the situation at all complicated, repre-
sentative Republicans in Pennsylvania, I Ohio In
diana, New York and Minnesota were asked to
carefully observe the feeling in their several
localities and on a given day during the last
week to report especially for this canvass Re-
plies were received from !, 100 wards and town
ships in New York, outside New York City and
Brooklyn; from 1856 in Pennsyl from /, O75
in Ohio. outside of Hamilton County; from
1852 in Indiana, and from 962 in Minnesota. In
some instances only one and in others as many
as fifteen replies were received from single
township or voting precinct Besides the pre-
ceding S06 replies came from individual Repub-
licans in New York City, 262 in Brooklyn and
526 in Cincinnati.
There are contingencies, to be explained
directly, but on Presidential preferences it is
found that Sherman has all of Ohio and Blaine
all OF pennsylvania. Assuming that the indi
Vldual voters consulted in the three cities of
New York, Brooklyn and Cincinnati speak for
as many electors as do those in the country
districts, who vote by wards and townships,
10 cts dc fh11c
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
Seal Hunters Will Fight Uncle Sam.

SeaI .HuHCers VIII Fight Unc1e Sam.
VICTORIA, B. G., March 49, The schooner
Sapphire, Captain Petit, has sailed for the
Behring sea sealing grounds with hunt
ing crew of sixty Indians, all fully armed
The vessel suffered severely last year
through seizure by American cutters, and
Its owners have vowed armed resistance
against further seizure, threatening to kill
any official who crosses the rail
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24

The Empire of Germany, consisting
of twenty-six different States, the
chief of which is Prussia, has a total
population of 46, S55, 704, according to
a census taken in 1886. The terrific
rial area of the empire is 211, 1876 square
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