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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-20
CHARLES II. ELDRED,
PHOENIX MILLS
PATENT ROLLER BUCKWHEkT FLOUR

THIS FLOUR Is MANUFACTURED OF Sc
/ lected Buckwheat by new Roller Process
and for purity and wilderness is the finest in the
market. Do not pay fancy prices for the asst
ern article but give the PHOENIX trial and
Won will use no ether
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-20
FOREIGN TOPICS.
EMPEROR FREDERICK FILES THE
ROYAL OATH.
Animated Scenes in the Prussian
-Bismark in the
Reichstag- Etc.
"LoNG LIVE TIE kINGn

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nEooRD-uN1oN.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-20
PEOPLES SAYINGS BANK !

omee-No. 400 street, Sacramento.
Capital Stock Paid Up...-$225 ,237 90
Term and ordinary deposits received.
Dividends Paid Semi-Annually.
SaS- Money Loaned on Real Estate Only.
VIM. BECkMAN, President.
VIZ f. HUSrOoN Secretary. 6m
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-20
WINDSOR HOTEL,
Corner Eighth and j streets, Sacramento,
NEARY g. FLAHERTY, Props.

MEALS, 20 CENTS. BEST FAMILY HOTEL
vi in the citv. Street Cars pass within one
block OF the house. nS-tf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-20
]. FRANK CLARK.
COUNTY CORONER L. UNDERTAKEN

No. 1oI7 Fourth St, bet. j and Il.
/ A LwAYS ON HAND THE MOST COMPLETE
! a Stock of UNDERTAKING. GOODS on the
coast Country orders, day or night, will re-
ceive prompt attention. TELEPHONE EUNBER,
! 1874. iipl GEO. H. CLARK, Funeral Director.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Anaconda III u Blaze Of I1lrht.

ANACONDA, Mont, Dec 24.-It is a
merry and auspicious Christmas eve for
Anaconda. The deep falling snow has
ceased. The sleighbells have been iins-
ling merrily all the day, and the stores
have been thronged with gift buyers.
This evening, also, was inaugurated our
system Of electric light, which works
like charm. Considering that this is
the ever memorable Christmas eve.
one can hardly rid himself of the i'm
preston that the lights are but a
grand holiday adornment. Twelve
arc lights, situated in the twelve hes,
parts Of the city, send forth their
welcome rays for the first time tonight
and make the night as day. Every arc
blazed with light us soon as the current
from the dynamos was turned into the
wires. The scheme was well laid and
the lightning behaved itself magnifi-
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Double Homicide.

NEW YORK Cry, December o.
A young salesman named Harry D.
Schoonmaker shot his young wife some
time last night twice in the head and
once in the breast and then killed him
self with bullet in his brain. The two
were found in their fiat in Brooklyn this
noon in bed clasped III each others arms
and covered with blood. The wife was
still breathing and the husband dead. Hc
was about twenty-three years old, and
she year younger. They had four
month old baby boy, who was away
from the house at the time. The wife
will probably die. Insanity seems the
only explanation for the deed. Colonel
Schoonmaker, the father Of the young
man, received the first intimation of the
deed in the following note this noon:
"Maria and Harry: Come down as soon
as possible; il you find the doors locked
force the front parlor door. HARRY
This note had been left at the District
Messenger Office Saturday evening with
instructions to deliver it at II o'clock
next morning. Instantly the note was
read, and the members of the family
went to the flat, when they saw what is
told above. Col. Schoonmaker said that
his son had been sick for q few days and
his mind must have been affected.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Steamboat Accident,

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec 24.-The loss of
life by yesterdays accident is not yet def
nitely known. The prospect is that the
exact number Of drowned will never be
accurately stated. Thirty-five is the most
conservative estimate. Out Of the party
of fifteen white laborers which boarded
the steamer only two are said to have been
saved. If this be true, and there are no
means of ascertaining the fact, the loss of
life now reaches sixty. AS many negroes
on the lower deck lost their lives in at
to swim ashore from the stern
of the burning steamer. The boat and
cargo are valued at $145,000. The Kate
Adams had Il record Of the fastest time
between St. Helena and Memphis. She
was the steamer that conveyed President
Cleveland and wife to this city on the oc-
casicn of his visit to tho south.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
FERGUS COUNTY MINES.
COAL, GOLD AND SILVER MINES
OPENING UP.

VIM. Berkin, for many years resident
Of Mcagher county, recently talked to a
reporter of the Helena Independent IIo
said: Fergus county, like other sections
Of Montana, has made great progress in
mining matters Of late. Our two most
promising mines are the Maginnis and
Spotted Horse mines, Of Maiden. Both
are gold leads, and they are very valuable
producers. Granville Stuart is the super
intendent Of the NIaginnis mines. Both
these companies have ten stamp mills in
operation. Not long since the sum of
s350,O00 was refused by the owner Of the
Spotted Horse for the property. 1t takes
a good mine to be worth that amount, but
the owners Of that mine claim they have
that sum in sight. The Maginnis mine
carries gold and silver. The latter is
concentrated, and the concentrates sent to
Wiclles for treatment. From Running
Wolf and Dry Wolf fifteen to twenty-five
teams are engaged III hauling ores to the
smcltcr at Great Falls.
We have some very valuable coal prop
critics III the county. On the head Of Sage
creek, between Utica and Stanford, eight
coal mines have recently been taken up;
the veins will average ten feet i'll thick
ness, and they are all coal. Messrs. Cor
WIN and Barnes are tho principal owners
Of these mines.
During the past summer placer dig
gings were discovered On Dry Wolf.
While the mines are not extraordinarily
rich, good wages can be made
The Gibson mine, on Running Wolf,
shows q good vein Of ga]cna ore and the
product OF the mine is being hauled to
the smeltcr at Great Falls.
From an agricultural standpoint the
condition Of the country is not 50 roscate.
Tn the Judith Basin alone there arc 4 ,OO0,-
600 bushels Of oats for which there is no
market. We look for the construction of
= railroad to our county at an early day,
however, and that will prove boon to our
farmers, by giving them a market for
their surplus products. We naturally
expect the Montana Central to build to
the basin. The distance from Great
Falls is some seventy miles and the road
would traverse 4 rich coal belt and min
cral region which is becoming known rs
a valuable section, while it would at the
same time penetrate as fertile farming
district as any in Montana.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
pESENl'S..

The presents We're distributed to every
child in town almost without exception,
and many who We're there, not expecting
to receive any gifts, We're happily dis
appointed
OF course some mistakes were made
and some children were omitted.
The LEADER scribe heard one little
girl say she thought it was a shame she
hadn't received any present, but we think
she will find one to lay.
The newspaper men were not neglect
ed. Little Jerry Collins received a
wagon gaily painted in red and blooming
in flowers. Judge Rolfc was made the
happy recipient of a similar gift.
The occasion was q pleasant one, and
scores Of happy children will bless the
originators Of the plan.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
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Don't TD,lci, the Case,

The efforts il, certain quarters being
made to suppress the actual state of af-
fairs at Alaska. St. Georges and the Seal
islands are alOrtiyc. We have udviccs
from there directly contirmatory Of the
statements published in the LEADER of
Friday morning last, which leave no
doubt as to the truth Of our special dis
patches OF the goth inst, and the half has
been told. The testimony Of II. A.
Gildrn. by which the whitewashers
have sought to cover up the de
baucllcries Of the government agents
there don't put any gild upon their
conduct whatever, even il it were all
true: ba"ouse it refers to the years from
1882 to 1855, while the testimony of Special
Treasury Agent VIM. G;,vitt relates to
the condition of affairs there from 1885 to
1887, or during the present adninistra-
ton. Nothing is more apparent. to th:
American people, than thnt this va,tntetl
crew, from Cleveland down, is the most
debauclled, dlssolute gang Of pirates that
ever disgracetl the service of the govern
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
THE BENCH LANDS.

The finding Of a large flow of water
upon the Black Eagle Falls addition near
town, and the fact that other wells have
been obtained in that vicinity by drilling
a small distance from the surface, is in
dicative of great results to this country.
1t shows that nearly anywhere upon the
bench land good supply of water can be
procured at a little expense. Upon this
land crops have been raised for five sue
cessive seasons without irrigation. There
is a vast extent Of country between Great
Falls and the Belt river containing rich
soil that needs only the work of the pillow
to- make productive. Upon such soil
thirty bushels Of wheat have been grown.
and forty or fifty bushels of oats per acre
have been grown without irrigation. This
tract Of country is capable of supporting
Il large population. The only drawback
to it has been the fear that water for
stock might not be readily obtained The
examples mentioned as well as other sim
liar ones show there will be no trouble in
regard to getting water upon the bench
lands. Indeed, it has been demonstrated
by wells drilled i'll the vicinity Of town
that water is obtained more readily upon
the bench than on the low lands. There
is a good geological reason for this. As
the strata of rock dip in the low lands
there is u greater accumulation of rock
there, and it is necessary to sink wells to
amuch greater depth in the hollows than
upon the benches. The LEADER there
fore confidently expects III u short time
to see these fertile bench lands covered
with settlers farm houses. The old
timers may snecr as much as they please,
and so may those who from selfish mo-
tiyes wish to keep out the newcomers.
Their sneers and ridicule will be in vain.
The fact is inevitable that the bencl,
lands Of Cascade county will in a few
years be covered by farmers, and it would
be Us we'll to attempt to dam up the Mis-
souri, river and prevent its flowing onward
to the Gulf, as to shut out the tide of inn
migration coming on to these fertile lands.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
A MERRY CHRISTMAS,
Great Falls, the Future Metropolis
OF Montana, Celebrating in
Grand Style.
THE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
WILL GIVE GRAND DINNERS.
All Of the Important Local Happen
ings Of Monday Faithfully
Portrayed This Morning.

Merry Christmas.
What did you get in your stocking?
A number of sleighs were out yester-
day.
Mayor Gibson left Sunday for Mime
apolis.
W. s. Wetzel was out on the street
yesterday after his somewhat protracted
illness.
Don't forget to send your friends in the
States copy the Weekly LEADER. Now
is the time to subscribe.
The best Christmas present you can
make your husband is to send him the
daily LEADER for Il year. Every day he
will be grateful for the present.
This light snow is just the thing fol
sleighing. Take out your girl for ride
before a Chinook comes, or you will GET
left. Look in the LEADER for the leading
livery stables.
large number Of men are busily en-
gagged upon the interior of the school
They are working assiduously to finish
the handsome structure ut the earliest
possible day.
The Park hotel dining room is ap-
propriatcly decorated for this day which
comes but once a year. A Christmas tree
stands in the center Of the room, bearing
the oft-repeated-but-none -the-less felicit-
Gus words, "A Merry Christmas"
Prof. Emrick. of the Montana Smeltin.
Company, arrived last evening from
Helena after protracted tour through
Northern Montana and Idaho. Our
readers will remember his favorable re
port last July Oh the carbonate deposits
of the Belt mountains.
Jacob Bauer and Miss NJ. Finney, living
at the mouth Of Sand Coulee, were Joined
in the holy bonds of wedlock Sunday
afternoon by Judge Race. A few friends
were present. The happy couple were
the recipients Of many presents. The
LEADER extends congratulations.
The Young Peoples Society Of Chris
tian Endeavor was organized about two
weeks ago. The officers are: U. G.
Campbell, president; w. NJ Campbell
secretary; Mr. Terhune, vice-president
and Mrs. Hamleton, treasurer There
will be a song service Sunday evening
and Bible reading. The Young Peoples
Society Of Christian Endcavor is II nationa
organization for the furthcrancc ol
Christian work. For further information
inquire Of DR.. U. G. Campbell.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25

Our genial, wholc-soulcd friend. Phil
Gibson, pccpcd III at us yesterday morn
ing covered all over with his accustomed
perennial smile and with beautiful snow
flakes and said. ''when will you have me
b,lried:" We dinna ken his meaning till
III. informed us that, Notwithstanding the
high reputation Of the LEADER for vrr
acity, he was still in Great Falls. though
we had solemnly announced his tlepar
turc for St. Paul a day or two previously.
Upon further inquiry We ascertained that
our honored mayor, Pills venerable
pater noster. Paris Gibson, had gone to
st. Paul to pass the holidays; and upon
examination of the copy, it was found to
have been so written; whercupon we
went for ye compositor, who is always
commanded to follow copy, even il it
leads him out Of the window OF to the dcy-
il; that is, the printers .ievil--not friend
Pills ring tailed, horny and cloven footed
imp from Bitter creek.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Shot Dead.

SILVER CRY, Dec. 224.-As the result Of
litigation about ranch near here. Satur
day, A. L. McCaffee was shot dead and a
man named Hudson fatally wounded
during Sunday afternoon.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Railroad Accident.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 24.-The through
passenger train to Nashville and the
south on the louisville Ry., ran into the
Knoxville branch passenger train ut Bard
town junction this morning. Two pas
sengers were killed and the engineer
injured
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Frozen to Death.

DEER LODGE, Dec. 24.-Thc body Of
VIM. Getzbach, a German, was found this
morning at Cottonwood Creek, three
miles from Deer Lodge. He left here
yesterday morning and is supposed to
have frozen to death.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Dr. Powell Reeves,

The famous specialist OF the Northwest.
will be in Great Falls, FRIDAY, SAruR-
DAY, and until noon SUNDAY, Dec. 28tl.,
Goth and Both, when he can be seen at the
Park hotel,
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25

We want 4 few copies of the LEADER
of the 4th inst.,a will pay for them
and for the trouble of bringing them to
our office.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25

prs.-e,uptiOn Blanks.

Presumption blanks and other land
blanks, for sale at reasonable rates at the
LEADER office
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
Wanted.

A good girl ceok. Ability to play OH
the piano not required Apply at the
LEADER office
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
The Christmas Tree.

A crowd of boys and girls assembled at
the school house on Central avenue yes
terday afternoon at four o'clock to see the
town Christmas tree.
a large tree stood in one corner Of the
building, fairly loaded down with pres
cnts for every child il town. and We
should judge from the noise that there
were about 800 present
Dr. Fairfield, as acting mayor Of the
town, very appropriately, served as mas
ter Of ceremonies. His aides were Ernest
Ringwald, Ed. McClay, and several ladies.
Santa Claus himself was there, dressed
in his furs, with 4 heavy beard, and gin
Cling bells, bearing q slight resemblance
to Pete Macdonald.
AS the presents were handed off from
the tree, shouts Of joy and g1adness arose
from the happy children.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-25
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Over Sixty Lives Lost in a Steamboat
Accident on the Mississippi
on Sunday.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE FROZEN TO
DEATH.
One Man Killed and Another Wonnd
cd in a Dispute About
Ranch.
Found Guilty.

GREESvILLE, Dec. 24.-Bauerisen, the
burlington and Quincy dynaniter, was
found guilty and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-04-28

This office is in receipt of the At
lantlc Monthly for May. The CAS-
perm Papers," by Henry James, is
completed in this number. An ex-
cellent article on "The Cavalier, /" by
Agnes Repplier follows. A most
readable article, to women particu-
larly, is by Anne II. Wharton on
"The American Philosophical Soci-
ety. The continued stories by E.
II. House and Chas. Egbert Grad
dock are still running, and there is a
negro dialect story by Chas. W.
Chestnut, called'"Po' Sandy" Har-
riet Waters Preston has an article on
:" Cicero in the Senate and Olive
Thorne Miller story, GA Discord in
Feathers. = The Atlantic is always
generous in the space it allots to
feminine contributors. Frank Gay
lord Cook follows his article of last
month on '.The Marriage Celebration
in the United States" with "a Re-
form in the Marriage Celebration
Both are of interest. Herbert Tuttle
pays the Emperor William a noble
tribute in biographical sketch. An
interesting paper is from the editorial
pen on "Mr. Rusllin's, Early Years, .
founded on his autobiography,
"Praeterita." Also one on Charles
Brockden Brown, the first writer of
American fiction. The Contributors
Club and the Book Review contain
matter of usual interest.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-04-28

and tke moral, "don't speculate" is
lie! left high and dry for inspection.
The story is 50 brightly written you
will be apt to finish it ere you lay it
down.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-04-28
Our Book able.

NIL oOHuouOh 10 Ivy lQcd DIS Ill6
best of the humorous writer's of the
south. The stories in this book are
irresistible in their mirth nd'pathos.
The style is so quaint and SO true to
human nature that for short stories
they cannot be excelled. The Illus
trations too are capital. Mr.. Absa-
lom Billingslea, through not knowing
how to "cote," suffers his sweet
heart to be wooed and won by an
other. She is left a widow, and in
his sorrow for her he neglects to
court her, lest he hurt her feelings,
and she marries another man. Again
she is left a widow. While he is
mastering courage to proposes. she
marries again; and not until she is
again left widow does fate smooth
the way for him TO take her to his
heart and'arms. The story is toldin
a matter-o fact manner that is ludi-
crous in the extreme. The. other
stories are equally unique.
A MAGNIFICENT PLEBAN. By Julia
McGruder. A romance Cloth;
$1.00. New York: Harper Bros.
On sale at Wilson & Webb Sta
tionery Co., Little Rock.
The hero, for whom the book is
named, is as sublime as the lover of
Lady Clara We're de We're, "too proud
to care from whence | CAME" He
is a woman's hero, grand man
mentally and physically, very naughty
and unapproachable, very high mind
ed, and, in short, as perfect as only
a woman's pen could portray him.
Springing from the common people,
burdened wSn an illiterate, coarse
fibered sister and niece, in spite of
himself he conquers the magnificent
patrician in perfectly magnificent
manner. She lays her all at his feet
in most commendable manner.
JUS, as in your heart you could wish
the ideal man to accept, he does, and
the story ends most charmingly.
A GAME OF CHANCE. By Anne Shell
don Coombs. Cloth; $l.O0.
New York: d. Appleton & Co.
On sale at Wilson & Webb Sta
tionery Co., Little Rock.
The story is written in well chosen
words, the characters are well ana
lyzed, and surely no words are wasted
in SO doing. 1t smacks of the earth,
4 earthly in its utter godlessness.
The moral from it, however, is good,
and men of speculative turn of
mind are all brought to woe, as they
have brought only woe to those de-
pendent on them. The heroine is
heartless individual in whom a posi-
tive vice would have been preferable
to the utter cold blooded virtue she
possessed. The Characteristic unat-
tractiye, save one man, Wainwright,
who has. good practical sense and
does not speculate. One would say
the writer had poor opinion of her
own sex. However, the, author
proves very conclusively that she re-
CARDS the fifth and tenth command
ments to be as important as any Of
them, since Moses laid no stress on
. one more than another Every one
is Ffoiled in their ambition-saYe the
villain. one turns out loser in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-06
Baptism Under Difficulties.

Rev. John Smith. of Kentucky. who
was the leader OF the Reform, or Chris
tian church after the death of Alex
ander Campbell. was great wit. and
was fond Of telling a story. hence fire.
quent stories were told on him. That
is one OF the penalties of being a story
teller. Among the yarns they
used to tell of "Old Raccoon. as
Mr.. Smith had been n.cknamed, was
this:
On one occasi N he had made a
large number of onverts when the
weather was intens ely cold. and it be-
them before they would spoil. Inner
sion being n strong tenet of the church.
which is generally called 'Campbellite. '
and there being no tempered branch
of Jordsn running through the church
building. at that place. as in the city
churches of these days, il became
necessary TO 60 to creek near by and
break the ice and d y the converts
through the frigid hole. While the
venerable minister stood on the zee
and soused Il sinner in, the strong cur
rent caught the convert and carr ed
him away under the CONCEALED surfac c
and out of reach. though some partics $
with axes followed down the stream
and cut the convert out when he ar
rived at a shallow place. The clergy
man left this work most confidently in
the hands Of others. and when the SIM
ner eluded his grasp simply called out
in his long. drawing tones. The Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away. Pass
me another BROTHER But the other
brothers had taken alarm and by this
time were making long and rapid
strides for home and fresides. Like
Marco Bozarris. they struck for their
affairs and their fires. - WtH ViSschsr,
tn Arkdnsaio 1rdveler.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-06
An Artists Trick.

A we'll known Partisan portrait
painter lived once, before his fame came
in common lodging house at an alti-
tude OF seven stories. Fearing he
could not induce the public TO come SO
high. he put up placard an the base
ment of the house: Portraits taken
here. Only ten francs. Studio or
third floor" On re aching the third
floor a placard. 'Ten-franc portraits
the studio had been removed TO the
fifth floor" would greet the eye. After
much painting and putting, the picture
seeker was greeted with "Ten-franc
portraits; the studio has. owing to the
rebuilding Of the premises. been tenn.
porarily removed to the seventh floor. -
The customer did not mind suffering
more after he had reached that period
Of ascent, and the artist got his pat on,
London Figaro.