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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
Seed potatoes for sale at Gates
tobacco store.


Seed potatoes for sale at Gates
tobacco store.
J. c. Scott, of Junction City,
Kansas, is in town in the interest of
The Board of Trade of the above
named city, and would call attention
to posters and circulars in reference
to the many advantages offered by
Junction City and central Kansas.
This is an excellent opportunity for
any one desiring TO visit Kansas, as
these are the lowest rates ever offered.
Mr.. Scott will be in Kansas for the
next 80 days with head quarters at
Eaton Rapids, Mich. and will care
fully answer all correspondence and
inquiries IN reference to these excur-
sions. Mr.. H. c. McCarty will also
answer any inquiries addressed to
him at Bennington, Mich.
Corunna Journal: While laborer
was working in Frank Peacock
garden yesteday he dug up a relic of
old times in the shape of the rusted
remains of an old flint lock pistol.
The stock was entirely rotted off.
The following are the names of the
players signed 20 play ball this year
in Corunna Juvenile Stars Base Ball
Club: Evan Evans, c., Geo. Evans,
P. and Capt, Ward Robinson, Ist.
B., Ike Deer. and, B Alfred Goodell,
L. F., and grid. B., Geo. Shaar, grid.
B. and L. F., Eddie Finch, S. S,
Walter Williams, c. F., Lennie
Haughton.R.F., Joe Collins, and. B.,
and r. F., Ida Allen, r. F. The
officers of the club are w. R. Chapel
President; F. E. WEIGH, Sec. and
Treas, Frank Peacock, Manager.
The Mountain Reservation Bill
having now become a law opens for
settlement four millions acres rich
farming lands in the we'll known and
long coveted Milk River Valley, also
large areas of excellent grazing coun-
try on the surrounding uplands. This
portion of Montana, besides its agri
cultural resources being rich in min
erals with an abundance Of coal, is
attracting wide spread attention
as is shown by the number
already settling there. c. H. Warren
Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, MINI.
has issued for free distribution, an
excellent map, and pamphlet with
other information regarding this in.
formation regarding this country.
Low rates are now being made to
Great Falls for those desiring to ex.
ploring this new country.
GREAT FALLS, MONT: News of
the opening of the Black Feet Reser.
walton is awaited impatiently here
and throughout Northern Montana.
A large number Of persons have
gone to the reservation to locate
ranches, mines and town sites. The
desirable valleys are fairly covered
with tents, the greatest rush apparent
ly being to the Big Sandy, the famous
hay grounds. Soldiers as well as
civilians are on the grounds, and
when news comes that the bill is
signed there is likely to be rush.
Bullock Valley beyond, Fort ASSN
iboine, is all staked off, and the tents
of the squatter may be seen all along
the valley Of the Milk River. There
is silver lode in the Bear Paw
Mountains that was located several
years ago. 1t is understood that
several parties are on hand watching
to locate this mine as we'll as to pros.
pect for others.--Chicago Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
Peckham's Group Remedy,

Use Peekham's Group Remedy for
infants and children, cures Group,
whooping cough, colds and all bron-
chial and pulmonary complaints Of
childhood. Price a5cts. Sold by Park
ill & Son.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
CONTEMPLATION FIRST !
Action Next !!

Contemplating change stock by keeping fewer domestcs
and and greater variety of Dress Goods and other lines
add propose reduce stock of general
merchandise To do this and do it quickly
and don't propose to let up till every and
child believes this is the place to trade
More needed for Trimmings, Hosiery, Laces Silks
and Dress Fabrics.
This is the way we propose to make it, by offering at less
prices than you ever bought.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

of alum baking powder besides those so
far examined and named bY the authori
ties. Most of the baking powders sold in
bulk, by weight, and all sold with gift
or present, are said to be of this descrip-
ton.
Prof II. A. Mott, United States Govern
ment Chemist, says: I'm my opinion the
use of alum as constituent of baking
powder should be prohibited by law"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
THE MARKETS.

Ask your grocer for the celebrated "Jax
on" cracker.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
A List Of Those Most Prominently
Sold.

The following are the names Of some of
the baking powders published by the pub.
lie authorities as being made from alum:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

Satteens, 8 to 15c, worth
10 to zoe
SOC Scotch Zephyr, 25c
25c =" zoe
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

Frank Briggs, twelve years old. was
drowned Tuesday. January 3, at Win
cendon, and the body was found We'd
nesday evening by the use of an cleo
trio light, which was put under the
water on pole.
An inventor of Dallas, Tex, is MAX
ing efforts at Nashville, Tenn, to or
ganize company with II capital stock
of Sl0O,O to manufacture his electric
fare boxes and registers for street cars.
The Electrical Review says that the
uselessness of the lightning rod is be-
coming 80 generally understood that
the agents find their vocation Il trying
one. Fewer and fewer rods are manu-
factured each year. and the day will
come when a lightning rod on house
will be regarded in the same light as u
horseshoe over mans door"
A new thing out is clock with ordi-
nary works, that will run for u year
without attention. An electric battery
concealed in the case winds up the clock
from day to day, or week to week, as the
need may be. Once in II great while
the battery must be renewed, but that
is all the care the clock calls for.
Berlin will soon be the most brilliant
ly Illuminated city in Europe. The
the Inter den Linder.and the Lcip2iger
strasse, which is upward of mile in
length, is already Illuminated through
out by electricity. which is to be intro
duced into all the principal streets and
squares.
The New England Electric mail COM
pany, of Boston, had on exhibition in
the Main hall its electric mail box, Il
most convenient and useful invention.
This is similar in appearance to the or
dinary boxes which are placed at the
entrances of business buildings. apart
ment houses and private residences. 1t
differs, however, in detail in being con-
nected by means of wires with small
mechqnism, which is inclosed either in
the lower part of a clock or in small
wooden case with Il glass front. This
case is placed on the wall in any room
OF the building. The box, which con-
tains small electrical contrivance, is
so constructed that when any mail mat
ter is dropped into it the occupant of
the room is Immediately notified by the
striking of a bell, and by the dropping
of white disc inside, which remains
in view until the mail is removed.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

to the east. Here is veritable valley
of rest. Every half mile is little clus-
ter OF homes set in II marvellous wealth
OF rose and bloom. Beyond this valley
are seen pretty villages, each with its
half-ruined church whose only sug-
gestion OF use or occupation is had in
the din Of neucr-ceasing chimes; and
still beyond these, are uplands which
almost reach the dignity OF mountains.
upon whose far and reccding scrrated
heights an occasional cocoa tree or
royal palm looms lonely rs n ghostly sem
tinel upon some medieval tower.
Below and nearer. upon little pcnin-
sula extending towards Havana into the
bay is
THE GLOOMY QUARANTINE.
Farther to the south lies the great
Senta Catalina warehouses where the
saccharine source of Cuba's wealth is
stored in huge hogshcads. or rests dark
as lakes of pitch in tremendous vats
Behind these, in Regla, the lesser
Havana. across the harbor. with its
churches, its quaint old mar
kets, its cock-pits. its ceaslcss
fandangocs and its bull-pcn. Over
beyond this, set like a cleaning nest in
the crest of the mountains, n glimpse is
caught of Guanabacoa. full of villas.
Dcuutilul SurutlS anu fountains. ana Ill
the olden times the then oldest Indian
village of which Cuban legends tell.
Beyond Regla to the south, and upon
the shores of the bay, is the ferry and
railroad station, whence thousands
reach the outlying villas. or leave the
capital for the various seaports of the
northern coast; and right here. night
and day. is as busy and interesting II
spot for the study OF manner and charac-
ter as may be found in all Cuba. At
this station is seen famous statue
to Edouard Fesser. founder of the
Havana warehouse system. The entire
southern portion Of the bay where some
day the barren shore line will be lined
with great warehouses and docks. is
filed with old hulls of sunkcn steamers
and ships. conveying the kecncst sense
of desolation. and the shore here rises
to uplands bare As Sahara. until skirting
to the right, the bold mountain. Jcsu
del Monte is seen: and then come the
great outlying forts extending far
around to the sea. Between YOU and
these if still aboard ship. YOU see Hal
vana's domes and minarets. and to all
intents, you are anchored in scencful
harbor of old Spain.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
EDUCATIONAL.

The new Hall of Science at Hamline,
Mimi, was dedicated last week with impress
Sive ceremonies.
President Cleveland has been invited to
attend the twentieth annual commencement
of Cornell university.
The next meeting of the Lancaster county.
Nebraska, teachers ASSOCIATION will be held
on the 2Sth at Raymond.
The Albany journal is concerned because
most of the economic textbooks used in
American colleges are written by foreigners.
During the past year DR.. A. c. Haygood.
general agent, distributed, $4,000 of the in
come from the Slater fund, forty-two schools
receiving aid
Wheeling Gaunt, wealthy cOlored man of
Yellow Springs, o., has beQueathcd his prop
erty, amounting to $4,000 or $4,000, to Viii
berforce university
The school population of Dakota multiplied
thirteen times during the period from 1875
and at the same time the number of schools
multiplied twenty times.
The preliminary programme of the state
teachers association meeting at Fremont,
Feb, in March will be sent out to the teach
ers of the state in a few days.
Dr. William II. Ryder, pastor of the Con-
gregational church, Ann Arbor, Mich, has
been called to the associate professorship of
sacred literature in the Andover theological
seminary, Andover, Mass.
Statistics of the women graduates of
twelve American colleges show that two
thirds of those who have passed the age a.
which girls generally marry are still unmar0
ried
Rutgers college, at New Brunswick, N j.,
is to have school of electricity and an inn
proved scientific department. having received
$4,000 under the recent act Of congress for
experimental stations
At the laSSv meeting of the trustees of Am
...rrst college the treasurer announced that
person whose name is to be unknown for the
present, mad given $4,000 for the general eX-
penses of the college,
large class of students at Washburn col
lege, Topeka, Kan, has been organized by
Prof. Phelps for the inductive study of the
Old Testament, according to the plan laid out
by Prof. Harper, of New Haven.
MIR. Frederick II. Rindge, of Los Angeles,
Cal, formerly of Cambridge Mass, has
added city hall and an industrial school for
boys to his gift of library to the latter city,
making the total of his benefactions the sum
of $500, 900.
The corporation of Harvard university
have voted to build new dormitory to cost
$500, 900. The plans for the new building,
which will be known as Hastings hall, are
now being prepared, and il is expected that
it will be ready for occupancy in October,
1889.
Plans for the new Victoria college in To
ronto have been prepared. The government
has offered splendid site Of four and half
acres at nomi1al rent of 81 year. The
buildings will be among the finest in the Do
mlnion. One.half OF the S45, 900 required to
carry out the scheme of confederation has
been pledged.
French fannels are now imported in dotted
and Persian figured patterns in place of the
OLD checked and plaided designs.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

and equi.distant from them is to run a
third rail or copper conducting cable,
through which the electricity will pass
and propel the vehicle. 1t is stated that
the freight cartridge, filed with news
papers in Baltimore. would land them
in New York in u little over an hour
and quarter. Thus the papers going
to press at o'clock in the morning
would be in New York shortly after 4
o'clock. The electric carriage. it is
stated. will fly along at an unheard
OF velocity, and the invention provides
Tor fabrication as the automatic
express train speeds upon its way. The
gentlemen who are engaged in the en-
terprise are exceedingly reticent. Civ
ing names of neither inventor, pat
entees or stockholders, aud calling the
concern only by the name of the Elec-
trlcal Dispatch company. IL is certain,
however. that the drawings of the ma
chinery have been made. and that a
caveat has been filed in the Patent Of
fee. This guarantees secrecy until the
movement shall have taken such shape
that letters patent will be taken out.
The inventor is n Baltimorcan, as are
the stockholders, and secrecy will be
maintained until Il syndicate of wealthy
operators is formed and the patents are
Si"huou III ohc l'iihNI Ipul phIoilU oIl'tS VI
the world. it being the intention to pat
ent the invention all over the globe.
Steps are already being taken to secure
patents in England, France, Prussia and
Russia. An experimental road nine
miles long will be built near Baltimore
at some future time to demonstrate the
feasibility of the scheme. and it is prob
able that the first inter-town line will
be run between Baltimore and Wash
ington, should the stockholding interest
desire that route. In this case WASH
ington people could stand with tele-
phone in hand and purchase dry goods
or any other commodity, and have their
samples shown them with almost the
same facility that IA shopper could bad
ger a clerk TODAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
Lighting Buoys by Electricity.

Electrical World: The only lighted
buoys in the waters of the United States
are two in number, and these are
lighted with gas, in Charleston harbor.
AS the buoys in our northern harbors
are subject to submersion and rough
handling by ice flows, gas lamps would
not answer on them, and the light
house board has recently decided to try
electricity.
For the experiment spar buoy thir-
ty-fivc feet long. two feet at its greatest
diemeter, and tapering to about ten
inches at each end, has been secured to
halt spherical sinker weighing 5000
pounds, and has been fitted up to take
the place of the present bell buoy off
Robbins reef in New York harbor.
The Edison company is preparing a
fifty candle-power lamp to be attached
to the top of the buoy, and gutta
percha company has completed II two
conductor submarine cable to connect
with the lamD
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

became docile and his boiling took its
place among the lost arts. The other
morning he was given final trial under
Prof. Harrison s supervision and came
to halt from 2:40 clip or walk with
equal docility on hearing NE word
whoa" and gave over his breaking
when the order STEADY" was given. He
was tried under circumstances calcu-
lated to excite him and the experiment
proved eminently satisfactorv
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
Runaway Caught by Electricity.

Haverhill Gazette: Last Saturday
evening about o'clock II horse owned
by Louis Plouf, attached to buggy and
driven by his son, started into furious
run on upper Main street and came
iashing down the hill at startlin g
galt. The young man got down upon
his knees and used all his strength to
check the animal, but without success,
yet succeeded in directing him over the
bridge, and everybody hurried out of
the street to give the plungiug jehu a
wide berth. Ira X. Messer immedi-
ately telephoned to b. G.. Perry in Brad
ford of the approaching team and on its
arrival in front of his store the animal
was stopped before any damage was
done. Electricity was too speedy for
horse motion that time and is entitled
to due credit. The young man was
thoroughly frightened and says he
doesnt want another Christmas drive
of that sort.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
Piano Playing by Electricity.

New York Dispatch to the Globe
Democrat: One of the foremost of our
firms of piano forte makers has recently
become interested in an electrical de-
vice which may become quite an i'm
portant addition to the ordinary piano.
or if it does not displacc the pianist for
all sorts of music. The device in ques-
tiOn is the invention of a young telc-
graphcr Of this city named Joseph Web
ber. who has been at work upon his
idea for the last year, and has carried it
so far that there is now no trouble
about obtaining every facility for test
ing the experiment upon II large scale
For every note in the piano is provided
piece of soft iron, bound with wire in
the usual fashion and capable of becom-
inga magnet when influenced by an cleo
trio current. Each magnet attracts a
lever attached to piano key, so that
when IL current passes to particular
magnet the key corresponding to this
magnet is acted upon, add the hammer
strikes thd string more or less forcibly.
according to the strength of the mag
netic attraction. The wires running
from the magnets attached each key
center around Il small cylinder provided
with metallic pins, somewhat like the
cylinder of a music box. except that the
pins, instead of projecting from the sur
face of the cylinder, are perfectly flat.
1t is easy to understand how the cur
rent can be made to pass to II particular
note only when IL certain metallic point
on the surface of the cylinder comes in
connection with a comb, each metal
tooth of which corresponds to note on
the piano. The chief difficulty to be
met with was the problem OF giving
notes different dynamic values one note
being soft and the next note loud. This
has been accomplished by introducing
resistance coils into the circuits accord
ing to the power of the note wanted and
the tone can be graduated in IA suifi-
ciently accurate manner to allow some
surprising effects.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

New York Telegram: The fire com
missiOners have tried various devices to
supersede the ancient lantern to be car
ried by tremen when carrying their
pipes into subterrancan corners or dark
rooms above ground, but nothing has
been satisfactory so far. A small cleo
tric lantern used in some parts of Lon
don, and approved by Chief Shaw of
this city, was tried, but il was not salts
factory.
The latest invention is a broad belt to
be worn by the tiremen, in which are
set on the front about a dozen electric
lights arranged in metallic cells, which
resemble large size rifle cartridges.
The fireman on entering dark room or
cellar has only to turn on screw and
the electric lights flash out in front of
him. The cOntrivance has not been
tested us yet, and until it has been Pres
ident Purroy and Assistant Chief
Bonner will not express an opinion as
to its merits.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

Old pill boxes are spread overthe land
by the thousands after having been
emptied by suffering humanity. What
a mass of sickening, disgusting medi-
cine the poor stomach has to contend
with. Too much strong medicine.
Prickly Ash Bitters is rapidly and
surely taking the place of all this class
OF drugs, and in curing all the ills aris-
ing from a disordered condition of the
liver, kidneys stomach and bowels.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
DOCTOR
J. CRESAP Mccoy,
Late Of Bellevue Hospital, New York,
AND
DR.. Columbus Henry
d DR.. Columbus Henry
Nate of University OF Pennsylvania
HAVE OFFICES

Uate of University OF Pennsylvania
HAVE OFFICES
No. $40 and 81 IN RANGE BUILDING,
Corner Fifteenth aud Harvey sts., Omaha. Neb.,
where all durable cases ace treated
with success.
Medical diseases treated skillfully. Consump
ton, Brights disease. Dyspepsia Rheumatism,
and all NERVOUS DISEASES. All diseases pc
cular to the sexes specially. CATAHHH
CURED.
CONSULTATION at Office or by mail, 81.
m. Sundsys included.
Correspondence receives prompt attention.
Many diseases are treated successfully 10y
Drs, Mccoy and Henry through the mails. and
II Is thus possible for those unable 10 make
journey 10 obtain successful hospital treatmen
at their homes.
No letters answered unless accompanied by
&c IN stamps.
:. Address all letters TO Drs. Mccoy and Henry
Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

New York Sun: The talk of new
telegraph line between New York and
San Francisco has aroused the old
timers here to lively "reminiscences of
the building of the first line across the
plains. One pole, one hundred miles
west of Laramie. was set up four times
and each time hacked down by Indian
tomahawks. Each time there was II
bloody sllirmish with the redskins for
temporary possession of the stump. At
last the pole was given to II young man
who is now high up in the management
Of the Western Union. He laid mine
in the hole. set up the new pole, trailcd
the fuse to an ambush of rocks close by
and waited with two armed friends.
Then band of eight Sioux came along
and held war dance around the pole.
When the mine was fired all but three
were killed and those three carried off
Mimic balls with them. The powder
blew up the pole again, but it cleaned
the hole out nicely for II new one, which
was thereafter let alone. This story
was told with great eclat at Delmon-
ico's, and was the signal for more bot
ties and more stories. 1t is curious
what enthusiastic storytellers are to be
found among New Workers who have
seen life in the Rockies.
Bolting Trotter Cured by Electricity.
New York World: An interesting and
very satisfactory experiment was tried
several days ago at the Harvard Veter-
mary school. A valuable trotting horse
was brought to the school for the treat
ment of afractured jaw, which had ha3si,r
the result Of attempts to manage him.
He had a hassstu oI taking the bit under
s,s tongue, thus making himself master
Of the situation, and being n horse of
high spirit, he would proceed to bolt or
do as he chose. He is trotter with II
record of 2:22, having at one time gone
by the name of Gray Eagle, and later by
that of Walter H., hut was practically
yalueless on account Of his habit of break
ing and boiling.
Prof. II. H. Harrison took the matter
in hand, resolving to make an attempt
to save the animal. He procured n
galvano-Faradic battery of small size
which he placed in IA wagon. From this
extended two slight wires along the
reins to the bit of the bride. BY an
arrangement of buttons on the battery
1t was very easy matter to 'shockn
the horse. The instrument was applied
to Gray Eagle, and at the same time the
utmost care was taken to use it only with
the words, "whOa" and STEADY" the
first meaning TO stop him in short dis
tance if trotting or to stop short if he
were walking, the second TO get ON his
feet if he were breaking.
The animal after a few experiments
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
Electrical Expressagc.

Baltimore Sun: There is under way
in Baltimore stupendous electrical en-
terprise that will, il mechanically sue
cessful, as it promises to be, revolution
ize the common carriage business of the
entire world and bring about new era
that will stamp the present as an age OF
electricity, IL there be any doubts of
that at present. The enterprise is
nothing more or less than the construc-
tion of an elevated framework the main
features of which are two narrow rails,
upon which shall run vessel or
cartridge, capable of holding express or
mail matter, newspapers, baggage or
freight Of any kind. Above these rails
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

French fannels are now imported in dotted
and Persian figured patterns in place of the
old checked aud plaided designs.