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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
A Millionaire. Murderer.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-At Last one OF the
principals in the murder OF Smell, the
millionaire OF this city few days ago,
Is behind prison bars. The police
have captured and jailed the man who
stood watch outside the murdered
mans residence while Smell was
killed aud bis house pillaged. Officers
refuse TO give the name ofthe prisoner.
He has made sworn con pfessioD, W hich
the police believe, that Young VIII
liam r. Tascott is the murderer.
Tascott is born criminal. His
wrong doing dates from boyboOd,
when he stold from stores and pawned
many vOluable articles. He served
one year In the Kentucky prison for
stealing railway tickets.
A rumor from Los Angles locates
the young criminal there and officers
from this city are in that lOca ity look
ing for him.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
DEATH DEALING.
Mount Vernon, Ill, Laid Waste
by a Cyclone Forty Per-
sons Killed.
Hundreds Injured-A Thousand
People Homeless and Com
PEELED to Solicit Charity.
A SPRING CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS.
List of tho Killed.

MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, Feb. 2O.-Thi.
place was visited by cyclone at 4:4C
o'clock, p. M, yesterday, which tore a
path 500 yards wide through the heart
of the city, killed 3S. injured 300 and
destroyed 537 houses.
The morning trains brought a host
OF excursiOnisls who came to see, Il
render aid and 10 comfort stricken
friends. Nearly 1000 strangers art
here. The town is full Of reporters
Artists are on the scene sketching the
ruins and pencils in hundred hands
are jottiug down facts and stories from
thousand mouths.
The dead were laid away and the
wounded carefully cared for. The
able corps Of physicians that re-
sponded to the first call were quickly
organized and all day long moved
from place to place. The shock to
many has been terrible and outside OF
breaks and bruises the physician's 3
skill has been required. A complete
list Of the DEAD and wounded has not
yet been compiled. All ny the fun
eral tramp las been heard through
the town and every little while a body
of men passed down the street carry
ing the remains TO the house OF friend
to await burial.
The following circular was issued
this morning and is being sent through
the mails.
MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 20, lSSs.-This
city Was visited by terrible cyclone
yesterday afternoon, which carried
death and destruction in its path.
About thirty people were killed out
right, and scores of men, women and
children are manned, wounded and
bleeding and about 1000 people are
made homeless by the disaster. Some
800 houses are swept almost from the
face OF the earth, among which are the
county court house, public school
buildings, Methodist and Baptist
churches, supreme court house, the
roundhouse OF the Louisville d Nash
willie railroad and many of the leading
business houses, their contents heine
buried beneath the debris. A raging
fire which broke out also DESTROYED
much OF the property which might
otherwise been saved from the ruins.
We are sorely distressed and are forced
to call upon the charitable people OF
The country for money and such other
timely assistance as they may feel
able to contribute. Money is needed
more than provisions as there are a
few business houses that may be able
to supply the demand. Send cash
contributions II possible to George w.
Evans, chairman finance committee
NORMAN NJ. Moss,
Sec.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
An Old English Primer.

The one in the British museum was
found a quarter Of century ago in q
deep closet, built in the thick walls Of an
old farm house in Dcrbyshire. II is said
that laborer, engaged in pulling down
the walls of the ancient house, recog-
nized il as that from which his father
had been taught to read. Upon the back
is a picture of Charles on horeback,
giving some approximation to its date.
II is a single leaf, containing upon the
front side the alphabet, large and small,
in old English and Roman letters, ten
short columns Of monysyllables founded
on the vowels, and the Lords Prayer; all
set in a frame Of oak, now black with
age, and protected by a slice Of trans
parent horn. hence the name horn book.
There Is handle by which 10 hold 1t, and
in the handle hole for a string, so it
could hang from the girdle A picture
OF 1870 represents a child running in
leading strings, with horn book tied to
her side.
A cheaper kind Of horn book had the
leaf Of printed paper pasted upon the
horn, and perhaps the greater number
were made in this way. II SO, it is not
singular they should be scarce. for they
would be very easily destroyed.
tan at Work.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
THE LAND LAW.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20-The senate
committee on public lands to-day con-
sidered the proposed amendment OF
the general land laws; namely, the re-
peal Of the timber culture and pre-
emption laws aud the amendment Of
the homestead law so as TO limit the
acquisition of available public lands to
actual settlers. 1t will probably report
a bill substantially similar TO the sen.
ate bill OF the last Congress on this
subject.
Senstor Paddock to-day reported
favorably from the committee on pub
lie lands bill to require that before
final proof shall be submitted TO any
person claiming to enter agricultural
lands under the laws providing for
pre-emption or homestead enteriesr
such person shall file with the register
of the proper land office notice of bis
or her intention to make such proof
stating therein the description OF thu
lands to be entered and the names o
the witnesses by whom the necessary
facts will be established.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
Indian CannibAls,

ST. PAUL, Feb. 20.-A special TO the
Pioneer Press from Winnipeg says:
Further reports of terrible distress
existing among the Canadian Indians
In the far north are at hand. Rev. w.
Spendlove, a missionary from north Of
the Mckenzie river, is In the city, and
tells of many hardships. He has been
in the district for nine yeaI. and the
journey down occupied eighty or
ninety days. Mr.. Spendlove thinks
that the country in the far north will
never be populated to any extent, and
that II Is the greatest nonsense 10
suppose that where five or six thou,
sand Indians and few white people
almost starve TO death, Icelsnders OF
any other people could exc out live
lihood. Those six thousand people
cover an area Of 100000 square miles
From Peace river Mr.. Spendloye
heard Of cases where the Indians had
died Of starvation and their comrades
had to subsist ON human flesh. Re.
ports coming to the north stated that
deer were killed by thousands in the
north. Mr.. Spendloye says this is not
so nowadays. For the past two years
these animals have been very scarce
for some reason or other, and hence
the destitution. Mr.. Spendlove was
so run down with want and suffering
last winter that he had to come away
TO regain strength. So will be seen
that the country ia not one flowing
over with milk and honey. These
cases Of destitutlon have been repeat
edly brought to the notice OF the Can
adisn government at Ottawa, but
nothing has been done TO aid the suf-
ferers, and feeling against the officials
Ia intense.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
CLEVELAND WILL TAKE 1T.
Opposed 10 a Second Term II He Can Get IL

Opposed TO a Second Term II He Can Get IL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 90 0-Cieveland
isa candidate. He recently said to an
intimate Buffalo friend, in response TO
direc: inquiry:
II have never yet had cause to alter
my views rs expressed three years
ago. 1t has become one Of the un-
written laws that president may use
his position to further his candidacy
for second term. 1t is bad custom
and pernicious. While IL may be
commendsble in any man to seek the
presidency, it's inexcusable in my
opin ion for him, after obtaining the
position, to use il for his own desires
and designs. / do not believe that
any man can be censured for desiring
appreciation from his fellow citizens.
but / do most emphatically declare
that unless my work speaks l shall
speak for myself, and no man is au-
thorized or shall be authorized to
speak for me.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
A "Masher" Crusher,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Among the
senate bills wa. one by Senator Blair
declaring that any person convicted Of
carnally and unlawfully knowing any
female under Is shall be punished by
imprisonment from five to ten years
and for the second otfense during his
natural life. A punishment of from
ten to twenty years Is provided for
persons forcibly ravishiug any female
and for the period of his natural life
for any person VINO carries out his ends
by the means OF pOtIons or drugs.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
Manufacturing spur,ou. Ap,iouI,,...

The Swiss archaeological journal, An
tiqua, states that several manufactures
Of spurious antiquities have recently been
established in the Alpine valleys, in the
hopes, perhaps, Of large profits from
American tourists. "ln the little town
Of Concise. on the lake OF Neufchatel, ia
flourishing establishment for the pro.
duction OF relics Of the lake dwollers.
who, in prehistoric times, lived in huts
built on piles over the waters Of most OF
the Swiss lakes. Near Schafrhausen Is
said to he another factory, where bones
are engraved with outline representations
of reindeer. bears, foxes and SO on, and
sold as genuine relics Of the cave dwell
ers, who really scratched such images on
bones many thousand years ago, when
the reindeer inhabited the south OF
Europe. In still another place near the
Lake OF Neufchatel is factory of relics
OF the stone and bronze ages. consisting
OF stone bracelets, bone bits for horses,
bronze knives and ornaments and other
objects, which are, when finished, sent to
the brio brac shops at Bernc and else
where for sale. New York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
A Lucky Man who Gave O., 900 a. a Xmas
Present.

On Thursday noon NJ. L. G. At
wood, our city treasurer aud man ager
Of the Western Union Telegraph
Office, announced that he was the
holder Of the coupon of ticket No.
$3.50, which won the prize of 800. 900
in the December drawing of The Lou
isiaus State Lottery, one-twentieth
part Of the ticket or s., 900 having been
received from Wells, Fargo d Co.s
Express. A few moments after its ar
rival be presented the m oney to bis
wife rs Christmas gift.-Elmirst Cal)
New Era, Jan. 4.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

the display and keeping of their large
and varied stock, which is recommend
cd by the paper, as one worthy 10 be
copied after. II is quite an honor for
Miles City to have one Of its mercan.
tile establishments illustrated and
commented by a paper Of such infiu-
ence In it, line ss the Metal Worker.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22

DRADwooD, OAK, Feb, 2O-The peo-
pie Of this city were greatly surprised
by the announcement that the Central
CITY Bank had closed its doors. Large
amounts have lately been suddenly
withdrawn 10 invest In mining
schemes and the bank has been forced
10 suspend until funds can 5e secured
from the east. Depositors are not like
iy 10 lose ANYTHING.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
Berrett Brothers May Hang.

MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 20.-Peter Bar
rett has been convicted Of compli city
with his brother in the murder OF
Thos. Tollefson, a car driver, last sum
mer. Death penalty may be imposed.
When the verdict was announced the
prisoner broke down and fell in heap
in his chair.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
The Pending Fisheries Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The senat q
in secret session to-day listened to the
reading Of the fishery Itresty and then
for an hour there ensued an earnest
but unsuccessful struggle TO mske it
public. The motion was gsllsntly
supported and would have been suo-
cessful but Tor the discovery that the
senate is powerless In the face OF Its
own rules TO do what 1t desires. The
provisions Of the document are said TO
be very much ss the papers have al
ready stated them. That which seems
to have fastened itself most firmly up
on senatorisl memory as the hasty
reading was progressing is the provis-
ion that the privilege OF going into
Canadian ports to buy bats shall be
withheld by Canada unless the United
States Congress passes laws for the
free admission Of fish and oil.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
SOCIETIES.

AZ H-Diyisl0n No meets 6rst aud second
Sundays OF each month,
x. Of H.-Meels rst and third Wednesdays 81
Poop. m,, at Odd Fellows Hall.
At A. M.-Yellowstone Lodge, No. 26, 6ssi
md third Wednesdays.
X. A. M.-Ysllovstone Chapter. No. S, second
hursdsy,in each month.
x. T-Damsscus 0ommandery fourth Thurs
asys.
A. U. o. F.-Custer Lodge, No. IS, syery
hssdsy at their hall.
l. 90. F.-sentinsl Enosmpment, No. 6, hrs,
and third Friday.
X. Of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. 7, Thursday
evenings al Odd Fellows Hall.
c. K. Of A.-Miles City Branch, every sunday al
IN.
X. Of L-First and third Fridays.
q. A. R.-U. 5. Grant Post, No IL, hrst anC
third Tuesdays.
10. @. T.--star Of the West, No. "a, ever,
Thursday evening.
s,ofy -Gibson Camp No. T. Meets hrst ant
,hird Tuesdays Of each month at Good Tenplar'
hall.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
Comm.ndslIon FROM Abroad.

The Metal Worker, trade publios.
ton published In New York city has
In its issue OF Feb. llth. AMI i'lustra-
tIon OF the interior arrangement OF
Miles, Strevell a Ulmer's hardware
store in this city, showing the excel
lent system adopted by this house In
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22

blind PIGS. The last wholesale houses
have been closed up by the sheriff at
the instance Of the Law and Order
league, for violsting the Clark law.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
Closed bylaw and order

Sioux Cry, Iowa, Feb. 2O.-All the
wholesale liquor houses In this city are
now closed and the liquor traffic here
10 now In the hands Of drug stores and
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-02-22
Timely Warolng.

Jones sent friend Of his a number Of
small and light articles In a letter. He
added by way OF postscript; "Be careful
how you break opsn the envelope"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
INFIRMARY NOTES.

PoGA, Jan. 7th, 1888.
We do not wish to be too previous, neither
want to write anything to harm the feel
ing of our readers. When person is SO un /.
fortunate as to get in the Poga, they become
public property.
Born, to Miss Sophia Prickey, on the 9Th
day of January, 1888, son. Mother and
child doing well. This is q case in which we
sympathize. She is quite young, being
fatherless and motherless. The reputed
father is young man by the name of Henry
Nina. He has been working for DR.. Perry
near Florida, this county, for the last three
or four years. This villaneous scoundrel
should be treated to coat of tar and feath-
ers as a New Years gift. We understand
that the aforesaid Henry has Skipped the
country" some time ago, and in the language
of Horace Greedy, "gone West to grow up
with town." This gent wants to make
himself scarce in this county, as he will be
compe led to provide for her, or he will be
accommodated with a furnished room at
hotel de Barnes, as he has several of them
vacant just now.
A social was given at VanHyning's this
week; oysters in various styles, TO which the
guests did ample Justice.
Anna Beiderstadt spent the holidays
among friends and relatives, and reports q
good time.
Fritz, the tinker paid us one of his
periodical visits, mended up the traps and
departed.
Everybody in usual good health.
A merry New Yearif not too late.
Cams.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
FRONTIER FRIvoLITIEs.
The All Night Dance in Which "old
Virginia Never Tires"

A writer in the American Magazine
gives very felicltOus description of a
dancing party in the sparsely settled
portion of Virginia.
These parties are events Of great inn
pOrtance, drawing friends and acquaint-
ances for many miles around. They
will come, perhaps from distant cOun-
ties. days journey or more, to par
ticipate In the festivities.
The method of travel is "on horse
back" and as the roads are bad and
frequently bridgeless, the jOurneying
must be accomplished between "sun
up" and dark. This would be sufficient
reason, if there were no other, for keep
ing up their merry-making through the
entire night, as is the universal custom.
Old and young join in the dancing,
which is only suspended for the hearty
supper at midnight, and the "sweet
supper" as it is called, of cakes, jellies,
and tarts, which Is furnished just be-
fore daybreak.
AS the sun rises the visitors mount
their horses and start on their home
ward journey, perhaps of many hours
duration. 1t seems like paying severe
penalty for few hours enjoyment, but
these tough, hardy settlers do not will
physically as easily as our modern, hot
house society plants.
In the log-cabin days of the early SET
tiers in the northern states, the all-night
dance was common feature of social
life, and old and young, for mile;
around, were participants. They were
a hardy race, perhaps because they
enjoyed themselves, took plenty OF
exercise and but little medicine. They
enjoyed rugged old age, because they
found medicine for their simple all
ments in natures remedies, the roots
and herbs of nearby fields and forests,
which cured them, and left no after i'll
effects.
The people of to-day might be more
rugged and enjoy life better if they
would have resourse to natures reme-
dies, instead of mineral drugs. With q
purpose of giving them achance to try
this course, H. H. Warner q Co., pro-
prietors of Warmers Safe Cure have
had prepared, from the best recipes,
used in real log cabin days, line OF
remedies known as Warmers Log Cabin
Remedies, comprising u Sarsaparilla, a
Hops and Buchu Remedy,a a Cough and
Consumption Remedy, an Extract for
External and Internal use, Liver Pills,
Rose Cream for catarrh, Scalpine for
Head ard Hair, and porous Plaster
They are all vegetable compounds,
harmless, and just such remedies as
were used by our grandmothers with
the best effects.
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THE NORTHWEST
delayed Matter.)
MCCLURE.

...Gillet was busy invoicing last week,
preparing to move.
80. Zail Jones and Warner are drilling a
well for Dan. Houser.
Ed. Warden, the operator, went home
with the measles last week.
go. DR.. Sharp was called to his home in
Canada. His mother is dangerously i'll.
THE factory is shut down and will
probably not be started before March 1st.
IF. M. Gensel, of Harrison township,
gave this place business call; also Monroe
Ballard.
IA great deal of hauling was done last
week, but the rain spoilt the roads, so they
will lay idle again.
-. The weather was somewhat stormy and
dis .greeable for few days, past but the sun
is trying to shine again.
I'VE have singing every Monday even
ing; Mr.. Myers, from Rising Sun, is teacher.
More than fifty in the class.
80. Il. H. Laney, of livingston, Wood coun-
ty, states they have sixteen gas and oil wells
there and are preparing to drill more.
I'VE have more than thirty stoves in
which we burn gas. none of us have frozen
by them either. We expect soon to have the
chu .ch warmed with gas.
80. Sabbath school every Sabbath at $3.50,
a. m, and every two weeks preaching after
Sabbath school. Rev. Samuel Tussing, min
lister in charge. Services at the church last
Sabbath: Text. fourth chapter, 18th verse of
Galatians: "But it is good to be zealously
affected always in good thing. and not only
when | am present with you" Subject of
Sabbath school lesson: "The multitude fed" I"
.Richfeld's poet left home expect
ing to find summer here. Our gas stoves are
all right, and any poet who is nota bad one
could have stayed here and written all the
beauties of a gas we'll and would not have
frozen to death either. Now our gas is very
nice thing and we expect soon to have more
wells and more gas and some to spare to
those who. have none at home. X. A.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
The Destruc tive Power of Torpe-
does.

The destructive power of torpedoes
was recently illustrated in the Resist
ance experiments; but no exact ac-
count of their action has yet been pub
lished, as faras we know, of their use
in actual warfare. Although the de-
struction of the Chinese corvet Yank
Wo during the fight between the
French and the Chinese at Foochow
has almost been forgotten, no authen-
tic report of the encounter has ever
reached us. The account just given
of the annihilation of the Chinese ves-
sci by close eyewitness is therefore
doubly interesting. The writer says
that the French flagship had two tor
pedo boats attached to her at the gang
ways. The ship was about 800 yards
below the Yang Wo. As soon as the
firing commenced, both boats attacked
the Chinese vessel. The first one fired
her torpedo directly under the Yang
Wo's after gangway-starboard side.
No damage whatever was done to the
ship; but the officer in charge of the
torpedo-boat was wounded in the
chest by the return action of the tor
pedo. The other had in the meantime
attacked the ship forward, little
abaft the cathead, on the same side.
This torpedo was in direct contact with
the ship. The effect was that, when
the torpedo exploded, penetrated the
fore magazine, or rather the fire from
it did This blow up, and the whole
forward part of the ship was de-
molishcd. This all happened within
three minutes. The remainder of the
wreck drifted ashore, and burned fol
several days. The Yang Wo was a
wooden corvet of fourteen guns. The
torpedoes used were booms .contact
ones. - Iron.
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=. Heated by gas.
The cold wave is here.

Measles are king in Mcclure.
Ed. Warden our operator, went home
with the Measles.
There has been no ice put up yet for
next summers use in Mcclure.
DIR. j. W. Sharp is making quite a
long visit at his home in Canada.
....S. B. Smith and his gang are extend
ing the pipe line through the town.
&C. NJ. Fiser and s. A. Philpott are run
ming J. l.. Gillett's store on shares.
....Several Napoleon gentleman passed
through town yesterday, they stopped and
soaked in little of our natural gas.
I'D. ]. Clarke is organizing an orchestra,
composed Of his family, Tod, Leila, Char
ley, Allie and Grace are hummers with the
horns and the organ.
Dan. Clark, of Weston, has started
lunch stand, bakery and confectionery in
g. B. Smiths building. 2
Mcclure. Jan. 10, 'S8.