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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
%NIISNEsoTA MELANGE.
Met A Horribl. Death.

Peter Edholm, a faithful and experienced
employe of the Lowry grain eleva-
tor at Third avenu and Fifth street. Min
neapolis. met Il sudden and horrible death.
He was engaged in fastening a spout or
extension to the chute on the first floor,
preparatory to weighing feed. The section
OF spout was swung around to the opposite
side. there to lie adjusted. In doing this
E.dholm resolted to unusual and dangerous
methods. A shaft making 40 revolutions
II minute was in motion, and Edholm
reached over this to adjust the spout on
the other side. He vas standing on a step
ladder leaning over the deadly shafting.
Herman S%andholil. Il Young fellow work
man. was standing Oh the floor. He noticed
Edholm's dangerous position, md warned
him. Edholm appeared to pay no atten-
ton to his co%mpanion's a~dmonitions, and
the next instant his loose blouse caught in
the shafting. The unfortunate man was
dead and i'll IL horribly mnngled condition
an instant later. He was literally wound
around the SHIFTING, his legs being whipped
against the heavy beams above. His
clothing was torn to shreds and particles
of flesh were thrown in all directions. Both
legs were torn completely off just below
the knees, the dismembered portions being
on the floor below when the machinery
was stopped. Sandholm had the stem shut
off as soon MS possible. but the shaft had
done its terrible work before the frightened
workmen realized what had happened.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
How He wew u Fortune,

John Dudley, of Minneapolis, has be-
come rich. and that in q manner that
caused him no exertion. no uneasiness, no
sacrifice Of anything-simply by circum-
stances which he couldn't have prevented
if he had tried. He called at the office of
the state auditor aud paid the balance due
the state on section IS, town of Fridley.
Anoka county. He bought this land from
the state in 1856, at So per acre, on the
regular terms imposed by the state in tho
sale of her lands, and was o than a
ablsd to make his payments by husband
ing the land. Year BY year he had watched
the outward growth Of the city of Mime.
apolis, like the ripple in the water after IL
pebble has been cast in. realizing that as
the limits Of the city stalked about in the
direction of his land, the latter was rapidly
doubling and trebling in value. Now the
land joins the city limits, aud Mr.. Dudley
has just closed the sale of it for IN sven
5000, 1000. or a net gain of $96 800, besides
n good living from the land during his
thirty-two years of ownership. But bud
ley couldn't help it. He could neither
prevent the entertainments Of the city nor
move his land out Of its way. SO he de-
cided to grin and bear it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Tried to KIN Hlmss,e.

P. NJ. Peterson, q farmer living near
Brewster, went to Grand Island last week
and attempted suicide in his room at the
Grand! ISLAND hotel by shooting himself in
the back Of the neck. The bullet lodged
in the brain and all attempts to locate it
have failed. He says that he recently
proved up on his claim and got q loan,
giving the most Of the money to a Mrs.
Kfyne, u married woman living in Brews>
ter. who was to have met him at Grand.
Island, and they we're going to Kansas to-
gethef. He had been drinking heavily
and spent all his money. which, added to
the non-appearance of the woman, caused
his attempt at suicide. He in a widower
about IS years old and has two children
living with mis- brother, n. o. Peterson.
near Feron, Neb. He was taken to the
Sisters hospital. DIR. Gahan, the attending
physician, considers his recovery very
uncertain.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

SS%AMAncANp has been selected as the
city where the Gar is to be crowned
Emperor of Central Asia. Sumarcand
has ~ great history. Alexander the
Great. occupied it, the HISTORIANS es-
ta'lisl'.I in it the see of a Christian
h%ishorric, and the fierce %conqueror.
Tamcrlane, invested it with barlnric
magniticence, and made it his capital,
US 1T is also his sepulchcr. Now it is
the terminus of the Russian Trans-Cas-
plan Railroad.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
swlft Rstrlbution.

A few nights ago Division superinten-
dent Greene's private car was broken into
at Mandan and n book Of passes, memo
randum book and other small things sto-
len. Early the next morning NJ incen .
diary fire was set; which resulted in burn;
Welliver. Everything connected with the
fire indicated that it was of incendiary ORR
gin for purposes of plumber. The follow
ing night a man named James Burns. who
had been burning around town several days,
was struck ON the head by a NOV
ing car in the yard when in a state of in
toxication and killed. The inquest de-
veloped the fact that the pass book and
other things stolen out Of Greene's car
were Oh his person. His shirt was burned,
and it believed that in addition to robbine
the car he set fire to Welliver's house.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Carl Pretzel,s PHILOSOPHY.

Der vorldt vas half goot und half
badness. Look der goot on der face
und your back vas on der bad fellers.
To been oxcrootionately goot, nit
out knowledge fon dat, gifts you a high
inshtep in der estimation Of your
Majors.
Der bug bed vas Q shmau quadreped.
but he vas yoost der TELLER dot Good.
make q mans NIT achiant indelleok feel
for him.
You can only been a great succeedin
dis life when der seeds vat You plant
vas full of dheir outsides in NIT eoot
shtuaan.-Sunda day National.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Runway lEbys.

Two boys, the SOM of A. H. Lucore,
ran away from their home at Adams, Gage
county, on Monday the Gath ult. The
older named Fred, aged IA years.
wore dark brown clothes, a black hat and
light shoes; is of light complexion.
blue eyes and brown hair. Albert, the
younger, wore brown knee pants, cont Of
the same material, N linen hat and light,
buttoned shoes; is of dark complexion,
brown hair and black eyes. Any inforna.
ton leading to their recovery will be
thankfully received and all expenses paid.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Douta, Murder and Suicide.

The wife of Geo. P%offinbarger. at Blue
Springs, on the ID inst, tied IL piece of
cloth about the neck of her two children,
struggling them to ceath, after which she
shot herself with u 3S-caliber revolver.
Neighbors hearlngthe shot rushed into the
house when the saddening sight met their
eyes. Mrs. Potfinbarger was a lady cs-
teemed BY all. u member of the Prcsdyter-
ian church and no one can surlnise what
would induce the ner to do the rash deed.
She left the following letter: II write
this to clear any and everybody. George
was too good to me. 1 take them along
with me for l can't see their future, and
take my W for l know I am going crazy,
aud it would be worse than to die. Oh,
God! have prayed for the right. I have
fought to keep up before 1 said anything,
and l thought 1 would. LULA Pr
Her mother, Mrs. DIR. j. o. Root, had
left her a half hour before and she was
apparently we'll. Her husband was at Be-
atrice attending court. Mrs. Poffinbnrger
was a fine lady and the terrible tragedy
casts Il gloom overthc town. Her husband
and parents are nearly crazcd with grief.
The opinion is that she was temporarily
derangcd.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

sitting Hull Not a "Fighting' Chief.
Now that Sitting Bull is again making
himself conspicuous before the reading
public, - few facts concerning the blood
thirsty old wretch will not be considered
out of place. An interview with v. T.
MGillycuddy, who knows the oldred like a
printed book, reveals n few facts not gen.
orally known among white people. Sitting
Bull is not, nor was he ever. q lighting"
chief. He was only 81 prophet, CIR "medl-
cine" man. His business was to consult
the medicine" and if 1t foretold success in
an expected fight, then the fight went on.
The leading chiefs were Gall and Crazy
Horse. and Crazy Horse, before his death.
stated that though Sitting Bull was at the
village consulting the medicine" he was
not in the Custer fight Mt all, nor did he
take any part in lending the Indians on
that memorable day. He is willy and cum
ming. q keen observer of men and an in-
v~eterate enemyo of the white race. Nothing
but fear of death held him in check at
Pine Ridge during the latter part Of the
doctors official term as Indian agent. He
well understood that he had only to. give
the authorities y aus and his death war
rant would have been sealed. It seems
now q great pity that the red handed old
villain did not break out in open rebellion,
and thus furnish the government u plaus-
able excuse to hang him.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
A Negro Brute Puni.hed,

A high degree Of excite ment recently
prevailed at Ainsworth when INT Simon
Francis, a negro barber, was found in bed
with q couple Of little white girls at their
home, whose parents had gone away to be
absent . couple o dnys. A party Of about
twenty men dealt justice to him by apply
ing 9 paint brush and horsewhip Just out
their midst.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
A M1s.ing Hotelkerper.

Il. f. French. proprietor of the Da-
venport hotel of Fremont, is missing. He
left home telling his wife he was going to
Omaha to collect ~ bill of $40 which vas
due him on a hay account. He has NOT re-
turned and the only thing heard Of his
whereabouts was from u party who saw
him in Omaha later. Since he. left it has
been ascertained that he had a large num-
Der of creditors in the city, both on book
account and notes, the later being secured.
The total amounted indebtedness Is placed
at $1,100.. When he left he, took about
1925 in oash from the house,. leaving his
wife only about $3 to run the, hotel. His
family have no idea as to his whereabouts.
but conjecture that he NAV have gone to
California. where lie formerly resided. He
has lived in Fremont a great number Of
years. during which time he has Iun a ho-
tel himself or been connected with one in
some capacity. He has borne u reputation
forhonesty. His creditors have. attached
his property.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

No ssoKE dramatic scene can be inn
:agincd than that witnessed in Newark,
N. j.. the other evening. A mailman
held his wife by the heels hanging from
. third-story window. and the woman,
heal downward. and expecting to be
dropped to dcatl. every instant, chung
desperately TO IN infant in her arms
and filled the air with shrieks. Some
men entered the house. and by instan-
'fsncous understanding two of them
crept softly behind the lunatic and
seized the wolnan's feet. while others
struck down and secured the man. The
woman was then carefully drawn back,
still holding her infant. and both lives
were saved. but it iii feared that the
shock has unsettled the poor woman's
r.naSnn
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

AFTER removing an old structure from
Its place in order to make room for Il
now n in one of the principal
in Jersey City. the parties in interest
hal u dispute and the contractor aban-
doned the work. leaving the old %strlct-
s,yc right in the middle of the street.
A week has elapsed, and neither side
can be induced hy the authorities to re-
o the house, which has attracted
the better word, perhaps, is provoked
more attention than any other house in
that street.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

A 'rAM.E prepared for ~ WORKING
mans society in Lcipsic represents that
o loss of different members of the body
reduces the capacity to gain a living in
the following proportion: Loss of both
arms. eyes. legs, hands. or feet. 100 per
CENT: loss of right hand, 40 per cent;
right thumb, 33A per cent: of one
Eve. .. pcr cent. of left thumb or right
INDEX finger, IA per cent. of amy other
finger, |! per cont.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

'SwAEMs of bees swoopcd down on IL
conicctionar's stand in IL Bishop-Auck-
land Qlng.) market, and ate r%lvenously
of the sweetmeats exposed. The owner
of the candy had to dcsist tglad to do
so without bodily hnrm). and severalo of
his nciyhbors were forced to follow
suit; in fact. business all around was
suspended until the intruders volunta-
sily departed. 1t is supposed that the
cold and Indictment season had deprived
the bees of tlseir ordinary source of
s%ustcnance, and that they We're driven
by famine from the country into the
town.
keeper of the Senate, always goes
through II ceremony Mt the opening of
tlie sessions which few visitors are
fortunate enough to see. Trinity ac-
coutered he proceeds Mt precisely five
minutes before the hour of meeting to
the room of the presiding officer. He
halts in the doorway with military
abruptncss, makes a very stiff but very
'dcfercntial bow, and says: "Sir, the
hour of the meeting of the Senate has
arrived" Then l,s bows again. escorts
che presiding officer into the chamber,
delivers tilc gavel heal into his hands,
aud rctires to his post at the left of the
Presidents desk.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

signed by the county officials and promi.
nent citizens. According to it frosts ON
August 9 and II destroyed hundreds Of
thousands of bushels of wheat and left
entire townships almost destitute. Appli-
cation has been made to the county
authorities, but it has been discovered that
it would financially cripple the county to
attempt to alleviate it. Food, fuel and
clothing. it is said, are needed at once.
Ed Lohnes. chairman of the county board
at Devils Lake, will receive and distribute
any adm funds or goods sent him.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
skull was crushed, and death VAS instan...


Henry Taubert's tannery in South st.
Paul was entirely destroyed by fire. The
value Of the establishment was about &c..
600. The fire is supposed to have origins-
ted from the explosion of o lamp, which
the owner left in the building while he
went away for q few minutes. Two
gines were sent down from the st. Paul
department, but on account of the lack Of
water they could do no good. A small
residence belonging to Theodore Erickson
was destroyed, the loss being about 5000.
The insurance on Taubert's tannery wa
1880, and Erickson'sl loss is about $500.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

WMihE IL friendly sparring match he
tween brickyard hands was in progress
ON a hotel balcony at Marlboro, neal
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, an acquaintance
OF the participants appeared, and.
thinking the men were fighting in earn
est, struck his friends opponent, knock
sns him to the rocks, thirty feet below.
The fall broke the mans spine and he
died the next morning.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

RECENT French and English statis-
tics indicate that, while the average
duration of life is increasing through
improvement of the health of children.
the number of extremely aged persons
is diminishing.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

The amount of shortage i'll the accounts
of Charles McKenna, the absent county
treasurer of Waseca county, already dis
covered by the board of audit, is SG,GS4. 90.
1t is thought that the total deficit cannot
much exceed that sum. Nothing has been
heard of Mckenna, and as nothing is
known of his whereabouts it is probable
the vacancy will be filed by appointment,
A $4,000 Failure.
The doors of the st. Paul dry goods firm
Of E Allen d Co.. were besieged oil day
Wednesday of last week by a host of cred
itors, who strove but in vain to gain adj
mittance. 1t had been known for some
time That this firm was very heavily involv-
ed, and on that morning they made an
an assignment to Henry T. Sattler, of Sat-
tier Bros. The firm began business in st.
Paul in August, 1887, under the firm name
of E. Allen & Co.. having as members Ed
gar Allen and Abraham Levinson. Lately
the firm was enlarged by admitting Benia-
min Ettlesohn, of Chicago, as q special
member. He invested in the firm $5O, 900
and was represented by the FIRMS book
keeper, Joseph d. Okes. The assets and
liabilities are not yet known, but the stock
is estimated to be worth about S70,0 OO and
the liabilities are about as much. The
creditors are al eastern parties and mostly
from Chicag, and New York. The largest
creditor perhaps is j. v. Farwell, of Chi
cago. Ward, Joseph ~ Co., of Cincinnati,
are heavy losers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Cruxhsd Under Heavy Timbers,

Selma A. Hagerstrom, the brigh, lO-y>ar-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hager-
storm, of 11l7 Twelfth avenue north, Min
neapolis. met with a sudden death at 2:3O
o'clock last Sunday afternoon. The child
was en- route to Sunday school and stopped
to play with other children on Ninth street
north letwesn Fourteenth and Fifteenth
avenues. The girls were enjoying what is
known as @see-saw." The plank upon
which they were seated rested upon o pile
of heavy timbers which were used in house.
moving. This pile was disturbed and fell.
The Hagerstrom girl fell SO that her head
came beneath one Of the timbers. The
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Bobby's Coed Time.

aEnjoyed your party, Bobby"
@Oh, awfully!"
Wei. what little girls did you dance
ooh, 1 didn't dance. I had three fights
down stairs with Willie Richardson, IN I
licked hun every time"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

Tue very original wedding tour of
Mi. and Mrs. Sigourncy terminated on
timc. When they We're married in
Buffalo. in 1882, their wedding cards
road: aMr. and Mrs. Sigourney ct
home Thursdays in Sacramento. Cal.
beginning May 10. 1885," They ar
rived promptly in Sacramento on the
date specified, after a prolonged we'd
ding tour of six years. during which
fine they had explored very nearly the
whole known world Mt a cost of some
thing like $4,000. Children were
horn 10 them during this long period
Of a~bsence--twin boys in st. Peters
burg, a girl in China. and another boy
i'm Brazil. Now they are keeping open
house in California and enjoying a new
sensation in not having to get up early
TO catch trains and make steamship
connections over night.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

A WEDDING ceremony was performed
. few days ago in Brooklyn, N. Y,
which carried the participants back to
the terrible blizzard which visited New
York in MavcL last. The acquaintance
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

RICHARD FIELDING, a blacksmith of
Ramsgate, England, is in jail charged
with murder, OH his own confession
chat. twenty-four years ago. lie had a
quarrel in u boat with a woman named
Hannah White. and pushed her over
board.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Relics In Old Indt.u l,rave..

Mr.. John NJ. Walker, Of DesMoines. has
just returned from the Pacific coast.
While in Portland, Oregon, he met friends
who had recently found some relics in old
Indian graves at Bradford's Island, which
is about midway in the Cascade rapids in
the Columbia river. He joined in the
search himself and after digging for sew
eral hours among the bones and dust Of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT and Elliot
e. Shepard, of New York, allow each of
a,eir six children a certain AMOUNT of
probationary each month, and they
are all required to keep cash accounts
and present them TO their papas the
first of each month.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Suicide at Cedar Rapids.

Mrs. Vratney. a widow lady living on
South Third street, Cedar Rapids, took a
dose of morphine with suicidal intent. A
physician was called and succeeded i'll de-
stroying the effects of the drug, and the
woman recovered. The next morning she
took another and larger dose of the drug,
and fingered between life and death dur
the day, dying at S o'clock. The woman
had been sickly for some time. Her hus-
band was killed by an accident a few wears
go, since which time she has lived with
Il nephew. Herloneliness and poor health
it is supposed, caused her to take her WI
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
SENSATIONAL SERMON NJ A DEPART.
ING SIOUX FALLS PASTOR.

A Reward, offered for tn. Man Who
Killed Fulljames-scveri,y OF the New
Iowa Liquor LMw-llow Tina state Was
Admitted Into tho Union-Latest from
Nebraska and Minnesota,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12

Ramsey County People Almost Destitute.
A statement has been sent out from
Ramsey county which indicates a sad con-
d,tion of affairs in that county. It is
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Living OH Hot Lemonade.

Fred Micklewait. doubtless the largest
conductor in the United States, has just
finished u second fifteen days fast. He
existed at his home in Lincoln, on hot
lemonade alone. He weighs almost four
hundred pounds and hopes to reduce his
flesh by the course. This, he says. is his
only object. He successfully performed q
like feat IL short time g and reduced
himself over fifty pounds. He is a Mis-
souri, Pacific conductor between Lincoln
and Auburn. Nemaha county.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
An Elevator burned.

Brooks Bro elevator at Gilley burned
the other night. Two thousand bushels of
wheat We're destroyed. AT an early hour in
the morning fire was discovered in the rear
of the Hill block, ON Third street. A pile
of shavlngs and intiammable material were
saturated with oil and klndled, the object
evidently being the destruction of that
block. The fire was speedily ~extinguished.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
Destructive Prairie Fire.

A prairie fire that started four miles
north of Aver swept the country north and
east for miles. The damage is varionsly
reported at from S5, 1000 to $1,000; no in
surance Frost nearly ruined the grain,
and fire has finished it in that locality.
\ Youthful H%orsethicE
Harry Smith, of Faulkton, has been
bound over for stealing Sen Darby's horse.
Though 10 years old he would hardly pass
for IL boy of IL.