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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30
A RAILROADER'S EAR.
lie Can Tell One Train from Another by
Hearing Them on the Track.
[Springticld (Mass.) Union.l


"A fine ear for music is no rarity, yet
peculiarities are occasionally noticed
that attract attention. It is said that
expert musical conductors can tell
which one ofthirty or forty instruments
should come in at given points in or
chestral work, or in minute tcchnicali-
ties who is wrong. Ability to name a
keynote is also sometimes noticed that
is, some people on hearing chord upon
o piano or organ can tell, without Sec
ing the instrument or player what key
has been struck or what Is the sigma
turc of chord or concerted piece.
This is quite rare, but more peculiar
faculty is sometimes exhibited. Some
time ago two people were walking near
railroad crossing in the evening.
The man had at one time been switch
man on the railroad. Ills companion
said, as a railroad train was heard ap-
preaching: as that the Chicago ex-
pressT
"No,' he answered, "thats wildcat
with engine 1885,"
allow do you knowp
81 know by the sound of her bell"
His companion was skeptical, SO he
said: "Now, you stand here till that
train comes in sight and see if I'm not
right"
And sure enough, minute later
light engine, No 236, passed under the
electric light at the crossing, tolling her
bell meanwhile.
81 learned to do that when was
switching nights" the man explained.
al had thirty trains to let into the
farmhouse between p. m. and morn
ing. There were nine tracks for them
to go in on, and learned to know
which was switch-with smile-by
the tone of their BELLS"
Such faculty is a rare one and can
not be acquired where it does not exist.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30
STATE NEWS.


Durant has a steam factory that
turns out annually 500 wagons and a
large amount of furniture.
The Vieksburg Canning Factory
viii be completed within the next few
days and VIII be canning fruit and veg
etables during the first week in July
Evening Post.
Greenyille has a cotton exchange,
and is putting ON regular aeity airs >
1t looks very much like it is going to
be THE town of Mississippi. 1t has the
surroundings, and above all the pluck
and energy of a go-ahead people who
are not afraid to risk money to make
money.-Grenada Sentinel.
The engineers of the loop line are
doing their work thoroughly as they
move along the route. They locate
the road-bed permanently. There will
be no after survey. The gentlemen of
the thodolite and gunters chain viii
reach Rosedale in about ten days.
Then on to the end or the route
Bolivar Democrat.
The planters in the Valley, north and
south of this point on both sides of the
river, are beginning to complain bitter
ly about the almost incessant heavy
showers which have prevailed during
the last ten days. In the hills also they
are having too much rain, but the
crops are not generally SO badly in the
grass as they are in the lowlands,
where rain has been much more preva-
lent.-Commercial Herald.
The boss fruit and vegetable train
over /. c. r. r. passed through Jack
son Friday morning last. 1t arrived
here with IS cars of fruits and vegeta-
bles, picked up one here, and had
three more to add between Canton and
Jackson. The first car, or cars, had
been taken on at Ponchatoula, La,
thus making total of 2S cars within
the short distance of 1853 miles.-New
Mississippian.
The manner in which the work on
the canal has been prosecuted since
its beginning has gained the entire con-
fdence of the people in the plan, and
done more to boom the town than any
thing that has been projected in years.
AS everyone knows. the work has gone
on smoothly and rapidly from the out
set.
Capt. Madison told Post reporter
to-day that since Thursday last, when
the third cut to deep water was COM
pleted, 1000 feet of the west bank has
been sloped.
Capt. Madison states that the pres
ent appropriation will be sufficient to
slope both banks, and that there will
be small sum left over.--Evening
Post
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30
.nVERTIsING RATES
..,,suiur will goFern future con
ls.as =; sirr domestic and foreign;

-.l.gs az changing regular ad -
meuth without charge.
GALS space Of five lii q ~ t;rst rti1, Z
frpe. 10 cents per linn Less
eaek subsequent ins, ne for first
h cents per line eaeh. .o1icas same M
b. Other readinf''- W
..;..Ias. or Aces charged
sSeelined aceordil = tnelr nature. !t =
|.tomers will pleas iye expilclt ai-
|s"s Oflength oftV for publication
5yertlsements.
1, advertisement quarterly, half
YEARLY az yearly,
s.o,, lent customers, ver-
ae,, n,;ttsn ten fnbb work, advertising.
|s.sr;ntion mr;1sS list be accompanied by
pssb' IssJl' .Aieehts Of regular eusto-
saaa ssa and nsented the lst Of each
IN
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30

Durant has a steam factory that
turns out annually 500 wagons and a
large amount of furniture.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30
.rnScRIPTION TERMS.

-.ar. IN adVanee,.....-.---..S-
s1bseriber desiring his paper q
.1sd will please notify US prompt
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30

The Vieksburg Canning Factory
viii be completed within the next few
days and VIII be canning fruit and veg
etables during the first week in July
Evening Post.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-30

p. S. / suggest the continuance of
tho present fee of cents per bale for
collecting, because under the system
above outlined the labor 10 the collec-
lector both in handling the cotton and
making reports will be largely In
creased.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1888-04-20
3STOWN. GRIGGS CO., OAK, FRIDAY, APRIL 20. 1855

ition Of the wheat tariff In time of heavy foreign
production the English market will be gluttsd
md will rednce the price of Dakota wheat TO say
Is cents per bushe. We do not. living III wheat
country: cure to help effect that end by advrr,is-
ing Mr.. McC.'s theories which are particularly
applicable ro Great Britain which raises nothing
and trades in everything. which has nothing TO
protect save its commerce.-Ed.
icy. Nations are like individuals. They
will naturally 60 where they can trade
fair. You say if we have not free trade
we haye a free country. True, but we
are not free citizens. We are selfs UNI
der serfdom. we have free speech, a free
press. free schools. free religion. in a
word everything isfree till we hit barter
OF trade and here the current is reserved.
We have a guardian appointed. a master
installed and one finds he is no longer
the free and independent citizen. lie
cannot in tive exercise of his Judgment
4 huv where he can buy 20 the best of h S
advantage nor sell Where he can sell at
dom of the citizen ends. and our govern
ment has ceased to be political and be-
come commercial and from beng the
servant OF the people to being the crea-
ture of the classes. Mr.. Editor. you
admitted that the tariff had nothing tc
do with the price of wheat and vet YOU
return and say with free trade we have
no show on the foreign markets but We
have to sell there just the same, anC
why? Because we can get more on the
foreign market than we can at home. ant
if we knock Off the 20 cents per bushe
against Indian wheat coming into ou1
country, would You Mr.. Editor. suppose
that those Indian people. although the.
may be heathens. are great enough fool
to send their wheat to our markets Whil
we paw so to 10 cents less per bushe
than they can get am the Liverpool MAJ
ket and Mr.. Editor. if you. OF amy othe
protectionSt advocate on this contInen
can devise a scheme that Will bring II,
T. Indian wheat into New York at 30 Ma
: but - cents per bushel the wise men j
d our natMb bn will rise up and call go
blessed forever and no doubt raise
g monument 10 perpetla,e YOUR name i,
Y ever.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1888-04-20

Convened at ! p. m.
Present. Commissioners Mosely, Hem-
mingsen. Hogenson and Cooper.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas. the minutes Of the meeting
CT the Board OF County Commissioners
of July 9Th 1887. has never been adopted
now therefore it is hereby moved that
said minutes be amended as follows:
That the proposed highway commence
ing on section corner between sections
1, 5, s and L. 144 r.. SO and termina-
ting at Uannaford station be added to
said minutes and that the report of Nels
Hemmlngson,and Charles II. Mosely
viewers Of said highway made June 1st.
1887. be adopted and that the said high
way be declared opeued as per report of
Martin A. LELAND. county surveyor,
filed. and that the minutes as amended
be adopted and approved.
On motion bill of Argus Printing Co.
for books and stationery Sl09.37 was al
lowed.
On motion adjourned to May 18th,
1855, at 3p. M.
! RoLLEF BERG, Clerk.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1888-04-20
Official DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL oFF1CJs

TERRITORIAL orFICIs
Governor-Lous X. Church.
Secretary-M. J.. Mccormick
Audltor-,Jas A. Weird
Treasurer j. W. Raymond.
Superintendent rof Public Observation-Disclosures
A. Dye.
Assistant Supt-Frank A. Wilson.
Attorney GenerNl-C. F. Temple,on.
United States District Atorney--J. r. Garland.
Commissioner of Immigration-P. F. Mcclure.
United States MArShal--D. W. Marratta.
Delegate To CongrtSs-O. S. Clifford
Surveyor Grnerai--Mnrs Taylor.
Adjutunt Gencra-Col. y. y ryner.
Board of Hea'th--(ieo. r. swain Supt.
Veterinary Surgcon--Dr. G. j. Alloway.
R;.iirOaN ComiuiSslo-. -.rra--A he Boyn1on. Alex
iiriggs. \. T. Smith
Judge District Court, Sixth District VIM II
Francis. of Bismarck.
HnvSwY OFFICERS.
Commissioners - K. c. Cooper. chairman. c.
IL. Mo>ciey. bel'orest Connnt. Nc!s HenmingSon
John lIoganscn.
County u.erS and Register of Deeds Role!
Berg.
i!a.!, at F;i-..ic1 Court. y. Iorgenscn.
sherif-M. L M4chaeis
District Attori"v-tNgr Jacobson.
lre%s::re7--knud Thompson.
Surycycr- ,!arlln y. L e:nd
Su.t. OF ScEooI--Dr. II +. Kerr
Judge Of l'rohste--Pelcr F.. Nelson.
Ioroncr-Dr. u. !. Newell.
Commissioners of InSani,y-Pcter E. Nelson
II. F. Kerr and liver jacobson.
Justices of PcaccP. A. Megara .Coopers1own II
Paul J. Nelson. Romness: .AiouZo Ellis. Willow
Andrew johnson. Cooperstown; Nj Davidson
GNllntn.
Consabep-O A. Johnson Ole o. Croft. Harr
Wasser Gideon Sheldon.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1888-04-20
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Convened April 10th, lsSs, at a. H.,
according to adjournment.
Present, Commissioners Cooper, Mosely,
lIemmingsen and Hogenson.
On motion the following refuuding
orders was o.dered issued: Benjamin
Clinic road and school poll. $3.50.
Tax sale certificates for taxes sold
Oct. 5th, 1855. to Dakota Investment
Co, with Il per cent interest from date
of sale to April 5th, 1883. VIZ: All OF Is
and mel and II! llw4 and nw4 of fsw4 Sec.
2,33-l44-5s; ne4 l5-l45-5O; net 25l47 .5s; all
of Sec. 7-l5-23 and sw4 ll-l44-6l: all OF
27-l45-6l; u! and II! of 81 35-l4l-6o; w
of 3-li5- GO for taxes of 1854 and net l5-
l45-5s; all OF l5-l4l-5s: all of 27-l45-G1
and II! and NJ OF 81 35-l44-GO for taxes
of 1873.
On motion clerk was instructed to
procure for the county revised statutes
Of United States at lowest possible cost.
On motion bill Of Theo. F. Kerr, supt.
of schools for salary and per diem visit
ing schools S5S SO. was lefo on tie table
to await notices of teachers to the clerk.
On motion the following bills was al
lowed:
Neils IIemmngsen. services as
commissioner and mileage. n ot
Theo. T Kerr. quarterly salary
as Supt. OF Schools. Jan. lst
to \ nrj 1St 1883 81 :,(
Theo. Z. Kerr. medical examin-
alton and Attendance IN case
Ed. Thors@aard. insane- - @
Thro. I. Kerr. quarters SALARY
q, Co. Physician from janis
to April lst, 1883. ............. 81 3
j W. Christie. ) ballot boxes > U'
Moore Il Sansburn. lamp rods. :, u,
Ole J. Skl1en, oSverseers receipt 4 ),
Daniel Erickson - .. l 4
Application from Frank NJ Rockwei
Post No. 13l Grand Army Of the Repub
lie for the use of court room on or be
fore June lst for the purpose OF exhibit
ing the Grand Army drama. and on mo
ton room was granted.
On motion adjourned to o'clock p. m
RoLLEF BERG. Clerk
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1888-04-20
Church Announcements.
81

II A. III. Regular service n the Congregational
church. In the evening at 130 Rev. II. p James.
1:31 p. IN. Regular service ct the Baptist
church. Rev. O. ID. Purnton.
II q. III. Regular Me'ho list service in the 3a D
1isl church. Rev. j. r McConnehey.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05
Divorces and Boarding Houses.

Gen. l. N. Stiles thinks that boarding
houses arc conducive to immortality. He
said so in q speech to Jury the other
day and repeated the assertion next morn.
ing. 1t was divorce case that occupied
the generals attention the other day. The
facts in the case were simple enough-a
boarding house match, boarding house
honeymoon, a quiet divorce. In the course
of his remarks to the court Gen. Stiles
took occasion to cauterize tho average
boarding house with his usual sarcasm.
What have you got against boarding
houses" tho general was asked next
morning.
They are simply hotbeds of immor.
ality. Boarding houses are rife with
scandal and gossip. A woman who lives
in one Of them has nothing to occupy her
time, and Satan always finds mischief for
idle hands TO do Young married people
should avoid boarding houses as they.
would pestilence. They should secure
homes. even if they consist of a single
room. Then the young wife will have
something to occupy her mind, and will
not be subjected to evil influences.
haven't lived in boarding house myself
since | was married, but know what
they are; they are conducive to immor.
Atty. Chicago News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05

The horde Mt Washington is la.'ge
enough IL fills the hotels at the first of
the session. and IL keeps up the boarding
houses in the back streets later on.
When the office seeker arrives he is flush.
and he does not hesitate 10 pay s. day
for his board week later he begins to
cconomize. and by the end of the session
lac Is. as rule strapped lie then Dor
rows from his friends. and if be has not
sense enough TO go back home. be degcn.
crates into dead beat There is no
place in the world where dead bcatsm"
prevails TO such an extent as it does in
Washington You will find about fifty
men about each OF the leading hotels in
the course OF day who will accept a
drink from a man If he crooks his finger,
and more good natured set Of seedy
looking fellows does not exist
These are. however. men who have lost
hope and who are. as rule working the
world for all it is -worth The Office seek
ors proper are intensely earnest in their
'abOrs for positions. and | occasionally 90
into the White House and watch the
crowd as it besieges the president. He
grasps each BY the hand, gives him
short quick shake and says. How do YOU
dor" and that is about all the satisfaction
tho average man gets They come as a
rule again and again. but after while |,
they find they are not admitted They !
acquire certain Office seeking air which J
marks them as plainly as would the small |
pox or leprosy, and the officials know !
them on sight. The confident Office seeker
Is one OF the most curious of tho class.
He comes here blowing and clustering
about his friends. Ne says he is going
to have Grover do this and Grover do
that, talks about mo and Villas and &C
cording to his statements he almost
sleeps with Dan Lamont. After he fails
Ia getting a position he often turns into
a lobbyist and works men who have claims
against the government on his pretended
intimacy with the great mon. He will
make an appointment with you TO see the
president or Mrs. Cleveland. and when YOU
meet him at the hotel TO fiji the appoint
mcnt you will find that something has
come up TO prevent its being made.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05
English Railway Employees.

When one reads some Of the facts de.
posed to BY railway servants, it becomes
simply marvellous how the railway system
is worked at all without gigantic catas.
trophies once or twice week. One
goods guard tells that he has often come
on duty at 8 a. m, been at work on small
jobs until q p. m, and then started on a
trip lasting, out and in. eighteen hours
twenty seven hours duty altogether.
And the work of these goods guards in.
wolves constant strain on the attention.
q great deal of mental exerton. and not
little bodily work.
The engine drivers, whose hours are
even worse. because they have to examine
the engine infinitely before and after
starting. have. of course, a still moro Sc
we're mental strain. An engine driver has
to be constantly watching not only sig.
nails, but the permanent way. the trains
he passes, the pressure gauge of his en-.
CINE, the boiler and the machinery gen.
orally. And one man on North British
line asserts that since October last he has
been at this work for fourteen hours and
fifty minutes per day on five days per
week. This sort Of thing is not exactly
calculated to make q passenger feel com.
Portable. London Truth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05

son began writing his TRADE Rhymes"
for The Carpet Trade Review, which
have been extensively copied, and have
armed him the title of "the poet of the
:arpet trade" both in England and in
America. He has also written editorials
for The Brooklyn Standard, and occa.
sional prose articles for other papers.
lie says that he "does not propose to sing
for his dinner and whistle for his supper"
and therefore works at his trade to supply
him with both. while he fills in his leisure
hours in literary pursuits. lilo was an
active supporter of the Saturday Half
Holiday bill, wrote editorials, was on tho
executive committee. and was one of the
main workers in the Early Closing
associations of both New York and Brook
Ign. Governor Hill sent his representa-.
tive to interview him on tho subject.
Although the most persistent efforts have
been made to have the law altered, and to
limit the Saturday half holiday to the
four summer months, still the law re-
mains firm as when first made, unaltered,
unabridged and unrepealed
Though actively connected with trade,
and though first taken note of because Of
his trade rhymes, Mr.. Kidson has written
much which smacks but little OF tho
marts Of commerce. He is an ardent
lover and close student of nature, and
there are many verses in his little book
which bear the favor of the salt sea air
and tho perfume of tho woods and fields.
In short he has the true spirit of the poet,
with just enough Of the saving business
sense. which so many poets lack. to keep
him continually rolling carpets until he
feels his literary wings strong enough to
keep him up without the aid Of trade.
ALLAN FORMAN
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
REASONABLE ATTIRE OF METRO
POllTEN TAILOR MADE WOMEN.
mo Latest In waists-An Example Of the
Directoirc Style in Wrap. Drc~s and
for tho Ladies'
Especial Correspondence

NEW YorK, Aug Mrs. Cornelius
vanderbilt likes to be called tho hes.
dressed woma. in her set. and to keep that
reputation she has all her gowns imported
ana they are not only handsome but becom
ing The dress in the illustration is of
drab drap d etc and striped velvet. blue
and brown, with narrow silvery white
stripe at intervals. OF this striped ma
terial is the skirt. The polonasei is Of the
Quaker drab drap d etc. which is very rich
and velvety in appearance. Down the
front Is band of brown cloth closely
braided in two shades darker. Brown
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05

The blue blooded Office seekers are the
most indignant when they are not given
big places, and not few of them seem to
think that the services of their fathers
cattle their line to a continuous support
by the government ! had chat with
descendant Of Madison, who was very in
dlgnant because President Cleveland had
not given him cabinet position or some
tisrg OF like value and who seemed to
think that lac could overturn Cloyelands
administration by the lifting Of his finger
| trust he viii be magnanimous and not
raise IL. ! know of some of JeiTorson's
descendants who still hold Office, and
there are relatives of nearly every great
family in the government employ One
of them is descendant of Washington.
and hc applies some of the blue blood
which animates his brain to the manag-
ing boarding house during the intervals
OF his department work. Not long ago a
friend Of mine wanted to get room il
his house. He called upon him and was re-
ceived by George Washington illustriou5
forty second cousin. Before he hao
crossed the door step, he was informed of
the ancestry of the boarding house keeper, |
and at the end Of every question he asked |
as TO terms and accommodations was
tackled on something about the Washing
ton family. My friend is something of o |
dyspeptic, and he said at the close of about |
ten minutes of Westinghouse that he
would like to know as to what kind of
meats they he'd for breakfast. The dc.
scendant Of the great man replied: "Oh,
we have very good meats, but one Of my
ancestors, an uncle of George Washing.
ton, liked his meat so and So"
Il don't care - about your ances
tor, Gen. George Washington" reioined
my friend; what want is to know thai
am going to have good beef for break
fast, and want 1t rare. whether it Is
cooked by descendant of George Wash.
Ington's uncle or by George Washington
niger" HENRY STEPHENS.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05

By the way. did you ever know that
Cleveland was once an Office seeker I
heard tho statement that he was tho
other day. and the man who made 1t was
DR. Bliss. Of Garfsld fame lie saws that
be has 1t on good authority that President
Cleveland came here along IN the sixties
when he was yoeng man and asked for
mn Office he had friend holding a high
position under government and connected
with district matters Thi~fricnd was
great friend Of Clcve,anl's father When
young Grover called upon him he fatty
refused To give him what he wanted. and
told him there was no worse place for him
in the world than here The rcsul, was
that the young man went home, drifted
up TO Buffalo and Is now holding tho
highest position in the land There are
men in the departments now who went
into them at about the time no spplicl
for his clerkship They are broken down.
intellectual noncntities Uncle Sam has
squeezed all the juice out Of them long
ago. and the only part OF their mental
constitution which exists Is the fear that
they will be removed
One Of the funniest stories was found
in an application which came 20 the in
terror department 1t read as follows. and
give 1t with the capitals that appeared
in the original letter
Hon l. Q C. Lamar. Dear Sir-ln try
ing Experiments Placed A Duck under a
Spout and worked the Pump vigorously |
Half an Hour No Drop Of the Fluid |
Penetrated His Feathery Armor Next
wrote Politician who Could Help me TO |
a Position BY q word or the Scratch of a
Pen the DuclS and the Politician are I'm