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Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05

Times change. Forty years ago there were only sixteen millionaircs in Boston, and thers was not Q single lawyer among them. Now Boston has a per- feet mob of miliionairos, and several of them are lawyers. Forty years ago the lawyer who could make $50, 900 in a year was regarded as something phenom- eral. Webster, the greatest advocate of his time, never made himself rich msn. Now lawyer sometimes makes $i00, 600 in a single casc.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05

There is to bo great rivalry in Wash- ington this season between the minis J.. ters from Persia, Corea, China, and Japan. They are all wealthy men and can afford to entertain, though the Chinese minister is the only ono among tn m who has more money than he knows what to do with. The Japanese minister has one great advantage in that ho has charming wife, who is fast making many warm friends in Washington.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05

The pairing etween clerks in the de- paitnents at the last national election, to the end o; saving time, worry and railway fares, suggests to the Washing ton Star tho idea of establishing there a sort of clearing house for votes in which the saving may be perpetuated.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05

When E lwarl Rich lrdson, the great Mississippi cotton planter. died ho left five children anl 37 plantations, worth half as many millions, and tho whole great estate was divided after the sim- pie southern fashion of p,rceling tho plantations into lots as nearly equal as possible, and letting them draw for
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05

S9uaring the circle is generally ooked upon as either sheer lunacy or uapr oft able figuring. It appears, how, ,v,r, that Mir. ". J. Barnwcll, wondcrous- ly clever mathematician and tho or ca1ist of the East Hundred in Bsrk- shire, Eagland, has really hit upon some fc .siblo scheme, which he ha Tai before the French Academy of Science. His forGu consists of eight fisuror, which, in a co-creto shape, form a perfect cyclometer. The dis. cvry has taken fifteen years hard york. What may be its practical re- suits it is hard to say, but an architect says that if Mr. Barnwcll has really worked out tho long talkel of qualra- ture ho has discovered another philoso- pher's stone and left hopes that perpet- ual notion may be discovered.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05
What He Didn't Do

''So it was y ou who broke my beauti- ful vaso," said Mrs. Brown.
 'No, ma," replied little Johnny, be- ginning to cry before he was hurt.
 ''How dare you tell mo such false- hood" she cried, growing very angry. ''Your sister told me she saw you do it."
 ''No, ma, didn't break it." he re- turned. 'I only made the crack in it. {"
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05
Sing to Mo.

Sing to Mo. Out of the silence wake me a song Beautiful, sad. soft and low; Let the loveliest music sound along, And wing each note with a vail of woa.
 Dim and drear,
 As hopes last tear, Out of the silence wake me hymn, Whose sounds are like shadows soft and
 dim. Out of the stiffness of your heart A thousand songs are sleeping there Wake me song, thou child of art! The song of hope in a last despair.
 Dark and low, A chant of woe, Out of the stiffness, tone by tone, Cold as mowfake, low as a moan. Out of the darkness flash me a song, Brightly dark and darkly bright; Let it sweep as a lone star sweeps along The mystical shadows of the night.
 Sing it sweet, Where nothing is drear or dark or dim, And earth song scars into heavenly hymn. -IFather Ryan.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05
VOL. XVIII.
An Address to Winter.

Hal here you come to make us wheeze; I see your fingers on the trees, Aud hear you shouting on the breeze,
 The storm clans slogan. You'll soon be here to nip my toes, And paint my cheeks with sunset glows, And fresco this old chin and nose
 With blue and purple. hear you've been, you raving fellow, Among the Australasiaps yellow, And soaring with your blatant below
 The Polynesians You're getting rough; I fear you pass Your time too much with Eo-eas, And that star-mantled gypsy lass,
 The dark-eyed Solstice. Old friend, together many a year We've journeyed on through foul and clear And now, old comrade, lend an ear
 To my petition. This year, pray thes, leave thy snows In cold Arcturus with thy blows; Ohl Winter, gently come to those
 Who have no shelter. Touch them kindly. Kindly deal With those who most thy rigors feel, In trembling suppliance they kneel And crave thy mercy. Blister around the rich mans door; Make him unlock his golden store, Each year increasing more and more
 His deeds of kindness. Roar round the miser till he quakes; Nip him and strip him till he shskes; Freeze him and squeeze him till he makes
 A big donation, And in the cause of Science, pray Keep out the ice from Baff1n's Bay, So that Polar ''savants" win their way
 To frozen glory. Let those we love, though they abide Far from us now, come to our side Happy and we'll at Christmastide,
 And we will bless thee.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05

A tombstone has been copyrighted in Philadelphia, and now that the proprie- tors have sued another firm of stonecut- tcrs for infringement thereof, the courts will be called oa to decide how lar such things may be done.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05
sc BICKLEY, Elitor and Pf0prietGr.
Local News a Speciality,
FIRMS,

We are growing. In 1924 the total vote cast ia the Uaited States was 352, . 0Go Some of our smallest states cast larger number of ballots at the last eltc tction.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05
The Secret of Their UnhaDDiness.

1u0 socCIet Ol Il 1NClI OulIuppluCSSs Elith-''S, you and Tom were final ly married, Nell?' Nell-"Ycs; but we're not happy!' Edith-"Whatl not happy2 Why, how's that2"
 Nell-ssWe didn't marry each other. l"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-Following is
the representation of Nebraska and Iowa
citizens in the last batch of pensions is
sued:
Nebraska Pensions Original invalid;
Special act William B. johnson, Ord;
Samuel r Glynn, Keene. Restoration;
John M. Malone, ST. Paul. Increase;
Matthew B. Busby, Waterloo; Lindley
M. Evans, Allston; William Bolley,
St%romsburg; Jacob Files, Armanada;
Emerson j. Badger, Milford; Daniel
Donohoe, Lynden; Amos Clark, North
Auburn; Levi Hayes, Haigler; Charles L.
Metz, Falls City; William j. Thurston,
Columbus; Samuel l.. Brown, Coleridge;
Joseph Hull, Beatrice; George Green,
Hartwell; George w. Owens, Sargent.
Mexican widows: Rebecca, widow of
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
CONDENSED NEWS.

The clothing store of D. ]. Crotty,
Dubuque, Ia, was closed by the sheriff.
Pelee Island, in Lake Erie, has been
connected with the mainland by tele-
phone.
Hog cholera is causing considerable
loss to farmers in the vicinity of Mason
City, la.
Mrs. Jonathan Hosler of Huntingdon,
Ind, committed suicide by taking rat
poison. Her mind had been affected for
some time.
The One Hundred and Seventh New
York regiment unveiled their monument
at Gettysburg, 1t is located near Spang-
ler's Springs, on Culp's Hill.
Mrs. Fanny Cook, wife of a well-to-do
farmer, and John Eddy, who eloped from
Buchanan county, La. "a few days ago and
were married at Springfield, Wis, were
taken back to Independence where they
are held for trial.
Twenty years ago James McClearn, s
years old, disappeared from Williams.
port, Pa. The family, including four
children, later came to New York and
settled in Tenth street. Three of the
children are now married. Saturday u
man passed Rebecca McClearn in the
street, and she thought she knew him.
She accosted him and found that it was
her lost brother.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20

new vessel. 1T appears, says the te1e-
gram, that while she is q very estimable
lady, she formerly occupied d position az
goyerness, and some of the high and
mighty officers of the navy department.
have made up their minds that she shall
Hot name the Baltimore. So much press
ure was brought upon Secretary Whit
ney that he has concluded to postpone
the launching till next week. In the
meantime he will decide who is to
christen the Baltimore
at is extremely unkind to invent fa,se-
hoods of this sort and circulate them
through the public press. The whole
thing is a Justification. The lady was Sc
lected fog the duty by one of the ''high
and mighty officers" referred to, viz:
Commodore Varmony, while acting sec
rotary in my absence, and the idea of
making any change has never been sug-
gested by any one or thought of by me.
1t was an unusual courtesy to the lady,
she being a married woman, and a de-
parture from the usual custom, but was
willingly approved by me as a deserved
compliment to the head of the construc-
tion corps. The ~postponement of the
launch was made at the request of the
contractor, and without any suggestion
from the department. Respectfully
yours, w. G. WHITNEY,"
Naval Constructor Hanscom has in
formed the navy department that it has
been found necessary to alter the ground
ways under the cruiser Baltimore at
Cramps ship yard, Philadelphia, in or
der to insure success in the launching of
the vessel, which will probably take
place next Saturday.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
A Tragedy.

NEW York, Sept. 19.-Edward P. Bar
ray, a young resident of Brooklyn, was
found lying dead on the railroad track
of the Brooklyn, Bath and West End
railroad in Brooklyn. The body was COW
cred with fractures and bruises, and it is
believed by the police that the young
man was first assaulted and Their placed
on the railroad track. One of his legs was
cut off and he was otherwise mutt
lated by the cars. Nine arrests have
been made in connection with the case.
The theory is that the young man be-
came mixed up in a saloon row and all
the persons who We're present at the
time of the row were put in Jail. All
are very young, not more than 20 years
old. One of the parties is a bartender
named Hussey, who is supposed to be
the principal. Two other men arrested
are the Chat brothers, both of whom
have served terms in prison.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20

the West V~irginians last Friday and, as
usual, they got worsted. The following
account Of the affair was received by Capt.
Nj. B. Goble, the timber king:
''The Mccoy crowd made a raid and
attempted to arrest one of our inno-
cent citizens, Richard Casey. a person
trouble. They were stopped before they
SO enraged our neighborhood that nearly
every man on the creek peter took his
gun and went in pursuit. They came
upon the West Virginia boys at Pawpaw
mountains, where a lively battle took
place. In the melee two of the West
Virginians were killed and two more
badly wounded. None Of the Kentucky
boys were hurt. Our country is in o
terrible state of excitement just now
The West Virginia boys say that they
will have revenge in some way. The
Kentuckians are ready for them at any
time. 1t does seem like our governor
could do something to stop the blood
shed.n
Just what will be the outcome of the
feud no one can tell. During the last
month the West Virginians have raided
the Kentuckians twice ard have lost
five men killed outright, while the old
commonwealth shows an unbroken
front. A total humiliation of one or
the other of the factions would seem to
be the only thing that can restore peace.
The West Virginians have always been
the aggressors, but when molested the
K%entuckians have on each occasion
showed the intruders they were at home.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Divorce Too SLOW = method.

KoKoMo, Ind, Sept. 19.-In the office
of Justice Of the Peace Bohan, in this
city, sat the justice, l. S. Pruitt and
wife, and Mr.. j. Blocklidge, one of the
leading attorneys of the city. An action
for divorce was pending between the
Psuitts, who for several months have
been separated During the making out
of the necessary papers, Pruitt whipped
out a large revolver and fred two shots
at his wife, which took effect, one
through her breast, just above the heart,
and one in her right arm. Pruitt then
fired a third shot at Attorney Blockridge,
the ball taking effect in his chest. Pru-
lit next tried to kill himself, but was
knocked to the floor with a chair by JUS
tice Bohan, disarmed and lodged in jail.
The victims are still alive, but are in q
very critical condition.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Widespread Suffering.
SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS AMONG
LABRADOR FISHERMEN.
SUBSIsTING ON DOG FLESH,
Graphic Description of Hea%rtrending
scenes-Nothing Before tho Poor Peo-
pie but Starvation and Death I'm
less Relief Is Speedily Sent.

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 19.-Advices re-
ceived here from the coast of Labrador
draw a sorrowful picture of the wide
spread suffering there among the starv-
ing fishermen of that desoIate shore.
The fisheries of the past season have at
many points proved a total failure, and
as it is totally on the fisheries that the
inhabitants of the coast rely for their
subsistence the restitution that must
follow the failure of the catch may
readily be imagined. Many of the fish
ermen and their helpless families are
begging to be removed from the coast
before winter sets in, as they must starve
to death before spring arrives if relief is
not sen to them. They are all heavily
in iebt to the supply houses, which in
the past have in exchange for fish given
them provisions and clothing, but now
they can get no more credit. Deprived
of the actual n~ecessaries of life, sickness
has set in among the children, and in the
absence of medicine and proper nourlsh-
ment many have succumbed. A gentle
man who has just returned from the
Labrador coast says that he never again
wishes to witness such a state of gradual
starvation as he saw among
the poor fishing families Of Labra-
dor. He says 1t would melt the
hardest heart to look on the emaciated
forms of starving mothers who for days
had gone without food, vainly trying to
nourish their infants in arms. He knew
of a family which for days past had sub
sisted on nothing but dog flesh asd a
little -four. He said that unless relief is
soon sent the number of deaths from
starvation in that afflicted section of the
dominion will before spring astonish the
world. An effort is being made to in
duce the Dominion government to send
down one of their steamers at once with
medicine and supplies and to bring away
such families as are disposed to leave.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Republican Demonstrations.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The raising of a
Harrison and Morton banner at Broad
way and Leonard streets, by the Repub-
lican Dry Goods club, was made the &C.
casion of a extensive demonstration.
Speeches were made by Hon. Warner
Miller, Hon. S. V. White and Hon. Clark
E. Carr of Galesburg, Ills. Congress-
man Reed of Maine was on the platform
and Chauncey Depew sent a letter of re-
greet.
A Republican mass meeting at Cooper
Union filled the large hall to overflow
ing. Hon. Warner Miller, who was the
principal speaker, declared that the pres
ent free trade agitation was a movement
for the revival of the doctrine of state
sovereignty. He declared that the De-
mocracy had been a free trade party
since Van Buren,s time.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
common ground Of political aetion.


Abundant BUSINESS for western Roads,
BosroN, Sept. 19,-President Charles
Francis Adams, of the Union Pacific, has
returned from Ogden. He says: 1.-THE
Union Pacific and all the western roads
will have the largest volume OF traffic
this crop year they have eve moved.
The Oregon business is good. Nebraska
has the largest corn crop she has ever
harvested, and the northwestern half of
Kansas has an abundant crop. Beneath
line drawn from the northwestern
corner the corn crop has been hurt. The
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy will
have a perfectly enormous tonnage, as
Illinois, Iowa and Kansas have the
greatest corn crop in their history.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
American Physicians.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The triennial
congress of American physicians, which
convened in G. A. r.. hall, was called to
order by DR.. William Pepper of Phila-
delphia, chairman of the executive com
mittee. Several hundred physicians,
embracing some of the most prominent
members of the profession in this and
foreign countries, were in attendance.
DR.. Pepper read an address of welcome,
in which he reviewed the history of the
congress from its inception, four years
ago, to last year, when the international
congress of physicians gave to it an i'm
petus that has resulted in the present or
ganization. DR.. Pepper closed his adj
dress with the announcement of the cleo
ton, by the executive committee, of
John S. Billings for chairman. After
expressing his thanks for the honor con-
ferred on him, the congress adjourned
until SIP. M. At the evening session
several papers were read. A long med
ical discussion took place and at 10 p. m.
the congress adjourned for the day.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20

ton of public lands for actual settlers;
establishment of technical and industrial
schools; abolition of trusts; no display of
any flag except of the American states
and nation: government savings banks:
the restoration of American shipping,
participation of business men in public
affairs, in place of politicians, and the
substitution of arbitration for force in
settling International disputes. Mr..
Curtis declares that none of the old
parties are truly national; all are partial.
The American party alone can. furnish a
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Mills and Ewing.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Sept. 19.-Congress
man Mills of Texas and United States
Attorney w. G. Ewing of Chicago were
the principal speakers at a crowded mass
meeting at the Academy of Music to
ratify the state and national Democratic
tickets. MI. Mills, in his speech, made
allegations that his bill was framed in
the interest of southern industries. He
said the largest reductions We're made on
sugar and rice. The bill cut the sugar
tax S11 900, 900. This was done because
they were southern products and wanted
to bind closer the ties of this country.
We wanted to treat all industries fair
and make a national measure.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
The River Cleaner.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 19.-The river
looks cleaner than at any time in the
past eight years. 1t has q yellowish
color, much rs the lake water near the
shore after a storm. Business men and
citizens generally are sending congratu-
latory letters to City Engineer Benzin-
berg about the improved condition of the
river. The problem of doing away with
the river stencil has evidently been fully
settled.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Dentists in Session.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Sept. 19.-The state
board of dental examiners began It's an
Eual session here, with all the members
present but one. A class of six, includ-
ing n lady, is undergoing examination
for license to practice. Within the last
year the board has licensed eighty-seven,
of whom fifty-one have settled down to
business in Chicago. During its present
session the board will settle some i'm
portant questions touching the educa-
tional status of certain dental colleges.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Crazed by Her Husbands Suicide.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept. 19.-News was re-
ceived here that Mrs. Parker, widow of
the late r. A. Parker, former principal
of the Dubuque high school, who com
mitted suicide in California last month,
has given away under the strain of her
affection and is now lying at the point of
death at the home OF her parents at Os-
bornville, N. Y, from the effects of brain
fever. She raves constantly and speaks
the name of a lady who is known
neither there nor by any friends in Du-
buque. No hopes for her recovery are
entertained.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
It Was, a Case. Of yellow Feve,,

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept, 19.-Dr. Shan.
mon, who was sen to Wauhatchee, Tenn,
to investigate the case of the death Of
Fleming Wilson, late of Decatur, at
Wildwood, report that Wilson evidently
died OF yellow fever. State Inspector
Lynch, at Chattanooga, has been ordered
not to allow persons from Wauhatchee
to enter Chattanooga.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
Capital and Labor Profit Alike.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. 19.-Chas.
A. PillsbuIy & Co., the largest milling
firm in the world, have just finished a
division of $40, 600 among their employees.
This has been made in pursuance Of a
p~rofit-sharing plan adopted four years
ago. For two years there have been no
profits to divide, but the last year has
been profitable and the firm keeps its
promise. This is believed to be the
largest amount ever divided under the
proit-Sharing system.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
THE OCTOPUS IN INDIANA.
The Standard on Trust Believed to Re
Working the Oil Field There.

Working the OIL Field There.
WABASH, Ind, Sept. IA big Penn
~sylvania syndicate, believed to be CON
nected with the Standard Oil company,
is engaged in exploring the oil territory
in the vicinity of Montpelier, in Black
ford county. The syndicate has a great
amount of land leased, and it's opera
tions are conducted with the secrecy
that characterizss the acts of the great
octopus. When the oil bearing sand is
reached the wells are at once anchored
and all operations suspended, while the
word is given out that a practically dry
mole has been tapped. 1t Is believed
that wells of immense capacity have been
developed by this company, but the.
operators do not desire to inform the
world of theircfind. A few days ago a
well was drilled in which is said to flow
oil of unusually fine lubricating quail
ties. An expert test is to be made at
~n-. .L..-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
rho Case

CHICAGO, Sept, 1.-THE case Of Jewel
er Rosenthal, who kept an extensive
fence where burglars disposed Of their
plumber, came up In Justice Whites
court. Goldman, one of Rosenthal's
~iieutenants, and the fellow that ATTEMPT
ed to hang himself in his cell, proved to
be quite an extensive operator. He was
held on eleven different charges of bur
glary, with the bail in each case 81, 600.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
THE MARKETS.
chicage Grain and Provision,

CHICAGO, Sept. 10.
A nervous feeling prevailed at the opening in
the wheat pit, and the market started in weak,
but soon strengthened and advanced &c@5Sc,
reacting and closing weak and spasmodic.
Corn was weak and active at the opening, but
the market strengthened and closed steady.
WHEAT = September, Csc; October, 9136c;
December, 925S@9Sc; May, 95%@959Sc.
CoRN-September, 433sc; October, 43@43lSc;
December, SSc; May,3S4c. -
oATS-September, 241sc; October, e4I60
24l4c; December, 245sc; May, 2s3sc.
PoRk-September. S14,45; October S14.45.
LARD-September, $1,000: October, $1,000.
SHORT RIBS September, $3.50; October,
$3.50. '
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-20
To BE Represented al PAWS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The commits
sioner of agriculture has sent to the sew
eral commercial boards of the packing
and canning centers IN invitation to
send representatives of those interests to
meet him at the Grand Pacific hotel,
October 8. to make arrangements for a
meat exhibition at the Forthcoming Paris
exposition.