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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15
A CURIOUS PHENOMENON.
How Lakes in Oregon Appear and Disappear
Mysteriously.

portland Oregonian: Oregon law
yrrs are busy with lawsuits between
swaml-owncr- and cattle men in re-
gard to the boundaries o; certain Sec
tion~ of land. Warner lake in south
east ern Oregon. j. II shallow body OF
water covering IA large amount of land.
1t il divided by low ridges of land into
t hree or four divisions. Last year II
gent leman cruising through that coun-
try fotSld one OF these divisions to he
a lake eight miles long and four miles
Tins summer fhe same Jentlenan VS.
tied hat sect ion and found this lake
totally dry and drove his team across
il without trouble. lie is now pre-
pared To swear that the siteOf the lake
is suitable iOrculi ivation. whereas last
year he would have sworn with u clear
conscience that there WAS II lake there.
Last year Mr.. Ncill had II cont ract to
make II survey of the mean'ler lime of
Warner lake. which, ie ,ihi, and this
year Mr.. Martin, u government in
slsrtor of survey, visited Warner lake
to inspect. the surveying done 10y Mr..
Neill. lie found the work all right but
il did not conform to the water lime in
that part OF he lake above nent Toned
Responsible parties who We're at the
lake when Mr.. Neill made his meanler
confirmed its truthiulness as To the
water line when it was made, and Mr.
Martin beane convinced 10y their les-
timony that IL wonderful change had
taken place. The probable cause of
the disappearance of tins large body
Of water is the light fall of snow in that
section ior several years past, as all
the lakes in that section are lower
han ever before since he sci lenient
oi the country. II will hardly he safe
to settle ON the bottom oi II driel-ul,
lake ar close to lOw-water mark. as IN
case al long. hard winter, with u
great fall Oi SNOW and late rains in :he
spring, these lakes will likely expand
themselves tO their original size. The
fact that the lakes in that sectio are
Oi this character is probably the cause
Of all the trouble and misui,d.rst and
ins in regard To swamp lands.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15

A skeptical Cincinnatian Grabs Spirit and
Finds a Buxom Woman.

CiN,INNArI, Ohio, Nov. 2.-I.ast night
four well-knOwn business men, j. e..
Wins, =. r. Howard and two friends,
attended a seance at the house of j.
W. Fletcher, materializing and trum-
pet medium, at No. - Carlisle avenue.
The alleged spirit form of Howard 5
decreased daughter 1'illieappeared first =.
but aiterward proved to he II Miss
Rennekamp. Then appeared ''lndian
Joe" who, it afterward appeared. was
no other than Mr.. Rennekamp, who,
with his wife and daughter, assist
Fletcher in his seance. In the midst
of the naturalization Mr.. WIlms made
II grab for bright star" an alleged
spirit. .as she appeared from "a cabinet
Lights We're flashed, and it was diScov-
cred that he had buxom Mrs. Renne-
kamp in his arms. Fletcher showed
tight, and Mr.. Wins landed "a blow on
his nose. The seance broke up in con
fusion. Fletcher has travelled with u
magician's show. lie has left thecity
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15
Manager Doris Big Muse,,l
[River Press.


Talking about raising corn: We met
Mr.. William Rl-vin, whose farm is on
he Missouri river near Fort Bent on
lie this year raised quite Il patch Of
corn. which, with very little attention,
produced fifty bushels to the acre
lie expect to iten quite Il lot of hogs
lor market and have plenty Oi corn
lor his chickens and for ol her purposes
\ short time ago We We're talking vii Ii
Mr.. Geo. W. Moore, whose farm is
thr,,' miles from Fort Benton, on the
Teton river. lie this year planted
quite a patch of corn. to which he
gave little or no attention after it was
once above ground, his intent ion being
simply to use he fodoier ior feed. An
examination developed the fact that
t lir ''ioiler' had large amount of
splendid corn on IT, which he pro
cerlcd to take in out Oi the cold. ="
and which he will Use for hog and
chicken feed. Anoi her gentleman. Mr.
james Rowe. Of the Missouri valley.
II few miles below Fort Benton. has
for several years past made IL grand
success of raising different varieties of
field corn which he used to tat ten hogs
for market. There is nodisauising the
fact hat the valley of the Missouri
and it- tributaries in northern Mon
tana will produce corn, watermelons.
tomatoes. fruits OF all the hardy vari-
eties. such ~ apples, plums, pears.
cherries, goos,l,erries, raspberries,
currants :, blacklerries, etc.. etc, and
the sooner our people realize this iart
and begin Ia surround their houses
vii TIA fruit trees and fruit shrubs oi all
kinds he better.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15
A Brush With the Hatfield Gang.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Nov. DE
tectives and the West Virginia contin-
gent OF the HatlieldMcCoy gang col
l,led last Monday. and the result was
that the detectives arrested Ellison
Mounts and Il man named Chambers.
Chambers was shot in the hand and
escaped, but not until he shot one oi
the detectives in the arm. Mounts
was clubbe,l and friehtiully beaten b--
fore subdued. tie was taken to Pike
vile. Ky, and lodged in Jail. The de
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15


How many do you SUPPOSE
t,r,rT <rIIJIrr<r.
But cant you give me some idea ,
! am out getting statistics of III. agri-
cultural dist ricts.'
Would give yon an idea. bat amt
got none.
Won seem 10 bc ia trouble
Am
What : & he nIatter?"
"Niie lrit me his mornin'.''
That is bad. must say. Why did
she leave YOU
"pl. on account q "a littlefool hing.
Couldn't eryree erboui the script mr..
She lowed thai Cain was older than
Abel, an lowed They was twins
"She was right.
"lou don't SAY 50.
Yes. and can prove II 10y lac Bible. =
"lou alu't II ioolin' me. now. air
Nou?
No. III n fact
Wall, now. here don't want 10 b,
pelea,ied. Jim. ola. Jim lralIing his
som. hitch up ole roam an 90 over Ia
Posrys arier No mot hsr. Tell her
that yo' pap lows HAT she H. riyll
An say. jim. tell her NOT 10 llirgii
thai bottle % lnkrr she turk away
with her. stranger ! am poNeriiil
glad ia ~e' hat AoII have been - some
tiSe to ht ctirnIlIili \.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15
Was of Some Use.

Arkansaw Traveller: An old fellow
IN n Mississippi town stood with his
arms resting on rail fence, when n
mar drove up in "A buggy and asked:
What Is the population of your
town"
"Niggers.'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-11-15

HELENA. MONTANA.
IspEpExpENT PrBIIsHIsG 60. PrBLIsnERs.
Has the largest circulation of any paper in the
Territory. Located at the Capital il is the organ
of the dominant party, and contains the laies
local. Territorial and ieleg raphie news.
Daily, Per Wear. >i2. CASH q" AdSa~e~
weekly
- iG not Paid im AA amse
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-24
Personals.

DR.. PALMER has been seriously in dis
posed for some time.
PETER Cox came down from Butte,
Montana, yesterday.
w. W. CHESTER and wife are Cd from
the city by the Jordan.
NJ. L. LEVY stepped of yesterday on
his way to San Francisco.
Miss NJ. L. FOSTER, of San Francisco,
is guest of Judge Gibbons.
LEWIS FARLEY and Rem Farley paid a
visit to Salt Lake City yesterday.
Mr.. NEeUs, of the Salt Lake Valley
& Eastern Railroad, has gone on a
pleasure tour up Ogden Canyon.
F. A. JENNINGS Heber scowcroft,
Albert Scowcroft and John L. Herrick
went down to the capital city last
evening.
l.. D. HoRNADY, Pm. D representing
the Utah Chemical Works, of Salt Lake
City, was Intervening Ogden dealers
yesterday.
]. W. JONES, of sHuston, is taking in
the town in company with some of our
enterprising real estate men. He ex-
poets to locate IN the Junction City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-24
FRIDAY August q, 1888
Briefs.


A BAND of greasy, dirty, ragged In
dams passed through town yesterday
evening.
THE Bankers Daughter will be the
next production put on the stage by the
Second Ward Dramatic Association.
D. G. NELSON is the happy father of a
bouncing boy. 1t arrived Wednesday
evening. Mother and CHILD doing well.
The contract for building the bridge
across the Weber River at Uintah has
been awarded to David Moore for 81, goo.
THE new engine which arri we'd for the
Street improvement Company, will be
put to work as soon as the track can be
made ready.
THE A. o. U. W. went down to Gar.
field yesterday, where they were Joined
by members of the order of Salt Lake
and other places. A very enjoyable
time was had.
THE butchers made a big turnout
yesterday, nearly every one in town
joining in its festivities at Syracuse.
They did not return till late hour, but
all seemed more than satisfied with the
days sport.
Nh. PETERSON. OF Plain City, has Sc
cured the contract for the building OF
the coirty poor house at the poor farm
near Hope T. bid being the lowest
of any--a tgEe over $1,000. Tie
County Court .Jpted his bid yester-
day.
NJ. MURRIAL, who had his hard hurt
on the O. z. some time since and went
to the hospital and had his fingers am
putated, it is feared will have to return
to the hospital for the purpose Of having
an abscess removed from the wounded
hand.
THE party of nimrods that left here
on the 20th for Soda Springs, have, it is
understood, tired of that Saratoga of
the west, and gone on up into the
mountains, where they will spend the
time hunting and fishing and the like
to their hearts content.
MRS. FORD, an elderly lady who lives
at Uintah, had a terrible hemorrhage
at the nose for forty-eight hours. She
was brought in to the city exhausted
by the loss OF blood and fright. DR..
Powers soon controlled the flow of
blood, and at last accounts she was
slowly but surely recovering her
strength.
AN exciting foot race is On the tapis
tor Tomorrow afternoon at the Ogden
Driving Park. The contest will be
between a man named Howard and
the young man Smith, of Springviile
who, it will be remembered, beat w. G.
Wright, of this city, in a recent contest.
The race will be 100 yards for $500 q
SIDE, forfeit of $500 having already
been deposited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-24
Syrup of Figs

Is Natures own true laxative. Il is the
most easily taken, and the most effect
i've remedy known to Cleanse the Sys-
TEN when bilious or costiv:; to dispel
Headaches, Colds and Feyers; 10 Cure
Habitual Constipation, Indigs stion,
Piles, etc. Manufactured only BY the
California Fig Syrup Company, San
Cal. For sale in so cent and
81 bottles by all leading druggists. A. G.
Smith & Co., agents. Salt Lake. Is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-24
O O d E II

munications from correspondents on topics
of public .Iterest which should be ad-
dressed to our branch Office, and be accom-
panied by the name of the writer, not
necessarily for publication, but as a guaran-
tee of good faith"
Subscribers will oblige by promptly moth
flying this office of any failure in the de-
iverv of this paper.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23

danger from the negroes. Time and again
they have permitted one or two white men
to travel thousands of miles among them
without molestation. This Is accounted for
by the African belief that a white man is a
spirit, and that IL is wicked as well as dan
gerous to harm him. But this superstition
cannot last forever. Sooner or later the
negroes win find ont that the whites are
human beings, and then there will be
trouble.
Stanley's situation, then, may be summed
up as follows: lie has been lost to sight
fifteen months among sayages and wild
beasts. His fate rests in the hands Of a
man whose interest IT is 10 put him out Of
the way. He has enraged powerful tribes
by marching through their territory and
helping himself to supplies. In view Of all
these things is IL likely that he Is still alive?
The odds seem to be against such sup
position.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23

cured pardon. To the establishment of
the ladies he left his Bible in his cell upon
his departure, saying that as he was again
a free man he would not need it any more.
The prison reformers are blue over this
unexpected outcome Of their Jealous labors.
If their reformed sinners cannot be trusted,
what Is the use in reforming them?
1t is an unpleasant thing to say, but a
certain class of reformed rascals win never
do to trust. The Jean Vatican sort will do
well enough. They go through life hum
bly,, with bowed heads, uncomplainlngy ac-
cepting their hard lot as a part Of de-
served punishment. But there is another
lass-loud-mouthed, glib-tongued fellows
who clamor for Bibles, tracts and hymn
ks-sanctimonious frauds who want to
pray and sing, and get out Of their difficult
ties so that they can start out on soul
saving mission. These men, not satisfied
with being reformed, want to beprofessional
reformers. They generally succeed in find
ing good people who are willing to help
them, and then, after few fourishes, they
60 TO the bad, or at least conduct them
selves In such way as to grieyously dis
appoint their benefRctors.
Somebody will say that this is rough on
the reformed. On the contrary, we have
expressly pointed out the class of reformed
men in whom confidence may be placed !;
and We have taken the trouble TO describe
the ear-marks of the bogus article. The
sum and substance of the whole business is
that We have In this age Of sham and deceit
professional reformed sinners, as well as
professional reformers-rogues who pretend
to turn over a new leaf for the sake Of gain.
These are the pests and nuisances that
good people win find 1t to the best interests
Of society to have as little to do with as pos
sible.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23
Women and Q GnIloMs.

The approaching execution of two
women, one in Ohio and one In Massachu-
sets, has revived the old discussion about
the proprlety Of inflicting the death SEN
tence upon women.
So far as the enormity Of their crimes Is
concerned, ii must be admitted that some
female criminals have proved themselves
monsters OF cruelty and meanness. And
yet In all civilized countries men hesitate
long time before they give their consent to
the hanging of woman. The Washington
Post voices the sentiment Of perhaps a ma
jority when IL says:
Legally and IN Justice these women should hang,
but there Is feeling higher and better than meTci
less justice under the law, and that feeling should
be houored In the Observance. II is abhorrent 10
the nature Of the best men even the worst to put
woman to death, and 1t is a credit to the ezecu-
tors Of our laws that for in our history very few
women have been hanged Men must In the nature
of things, hold woman in higher esteem than they
do their fellow men, there are about our mothers,
sisters wives, and sweethcarts, reverence and
romance which makes them sacred, and through
them this sacredness extends In greater or less de-
gree TO all women. Woman is the weaker vessel,
the dependent one, and though she may commit
grleyous wrong there cannot exist against her that
feeling OF measuring her punishment by her crime,
which men must exercise In dealing with mon.
Murder is the only crime for which woman can
be hanged, and women are not by nature murder
Gus They are the source OF life and tho maternal
instinct, long it Is In its normal condition,
cannot be other than in violent antagonlsm to
death.
The woman who kills Is orezed, and she should
moi suffer the ultimate penalty. setting aside the
arguments advanced above. Tho governors Of Mas
sachusetts and Ohio have opportunity TO set the
example of code in penal ethics, and ther5 IS
scarcely sane person IN oil the land and certainly
no legislative o. judicial body, which win not COM
mend cornmutatlon Of sentence In the cases Of
these two women. Then let the legislatures follow
and enact Il statute III which tic blood of q woman
| shgll not be shed by the hand of the law
Possibly this errs on the side of sentiment
alism, but the views expressed will be in
dorscd by many of the wisest and best
| people In the land. 1t is easy to believe
that the woman who brushes her gentler in
stincts so far as TO make her capable of muir
| der Is not Of sound mind. Such woman
| is more fit for q life time term In an asylum
| than for the gallows In an age when en-
| lightencd statesmen are seriously thinking
of abolishng capital punishment altogether
it ought not to be very difficult to secure
the exemption of women from the death
| penalty
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23
ComnIeting the Circuit.


Before the Young German emperor lett
Rome. where he visited the king of Italy, 1t
was announced that he intends to VISIT
Madrid and Lisbon.
II seems to be o hard matter for the young
fellow to settle down to work. NO sooner
had his nation turned aside from the grave
of his royal father than he donned MS
brightest colors, and with great pomp WIS.,
tied his nelghbor, the car of Russia. After
a series of remarkable feasts, in which a
great to do was made over the new emperor,
he babe his distinguished host adieu, and
proceededed homeward via Denmark, the
royal court of which little government he
treated to visit on his way by.
Before he went to Italy he managed TO
get into the arms of the emperor Of Austria,
and now that he has conquered the whole
Italian court, having embraced everybody
in it from the king to the cook, he will soon
be in the position of Alexander OF Old,
who went because there were no other
worlds to conquer.
OF course, should he visit Lisbon and
Madrid, he would drop by Paris long enough
to hug the French president. In Spain he
will probably be at some disadvantage in be-
ing entertained by the infant king, but we
may depend upon him to get through with
flying colors and doing the right thing be-
fore the Spanish people, even if it becomes
necessary to get cradle and a milk bottle
to do it. The trouble about his visit to Por-
tugal is that the little Kingdom Is scarcely
large enough to hold its prospective German
guest, who has evidently come to the con-
clusion, long before this, that he is too large
man to be confined within the bounds Of
any one government.
After doing Spain, Portugal and France
| young William will have about completed
the circuit of the continent.
There is one visit, however, which he ha'
not yet made-to his royal grandmother
| Victoria. While he is parading all oyel
Europe, it appears that 1t would be emil
nently the proper thing for him to take {
trip across the channel and give the people
of the populous little island the benefit O
the spectacle of a wholesome embrace will
the old lady; but as no such thing has eve
been suggested, it looks as If there might b,
lack of those cordial relations which
generally exist between grandmother ant
grandson.
Such being the case, William will hardl.
venture to the court of st. James; such no
being the case, he owes it to the world tt
go over, and thus put at rest the prevail
ing impression that in his case, the wear
ing of crown does not prevent the youn
man from acting very ugly.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23
ItLooks Like an Opportunity.

The New York Tribune, that most ortho-
dox of all republican organs, urgently ad-
vises the republicans of New York that the
opportunity now presents itself for the re
ublican party TO lay its iron hand on the
city of New York.
1t urges the party to profit by the disaster
which must overtake the democratic party.
In the intense municipal wrangle into which
II has gotten. The Tribune. of course, does
Its best TO make it appear that the split in
the democracy will result In disaster to the
party, but democratic leaders, Of both
sides, express the opinion that there is no
ground fer fear that Cleveland and Thur
man viii lose single vote, or that the city
will fall into republican hands.
IL must be said, however, shat the situa-
ton is not a pleasing one. Mr.. Hewitt.
with the Endorsement OF the county democ-
racy, is encoUntering strenuous opposition
from almost every newspaper in the city.
and the Irish and German elements are
practically solid against him. This looks
bad for Mr.. Hewitt. Mr. Hugh j. Grant.
the Tammany nominee, is undoubtedly the
choice OF the democratic press of the city.
~ between the two men, and can count on
its undivided support as against Mr.. Hewitt.
But Mr.. Grant has a stumbling block In his
way In the nomination Of james j. Coogan,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23
noh, He said Damn TIP,


BY special request of the business Office,
the editorial floor Of TIE CONSTITUTION
feels that it would be recreant to its duty if
it allowed to pass without comment, re-
cent utterance Of the New York Herald, an
excerpt from an editorial of which is as fol-
lows:
Whats the matter with tie Herald" Nothing
Is the matter with the Herald But there seems to
be a screw loose somewhere with the democrats
The Herald, undoubtedly, as a contemporary
says, "for several months has been fighting a most
animated battle" but not for free trade mot even
for the democratic party. 1t hes been fighting
battle for the union and for the welfare OF the
whole country. The Herald Is an Independent
paper in the truest of the word and, great
railroad magnate once said about the public, the
Herald does not care d for any party. 1t does
care great deal for the country and for the pre-
seryat0n OF the form and spirit of the government
founded By Washington and Jefferson
1t is to the interest of this editorial floor
to maintain cordial relations with the bust
ness office, therefore, when we observe that
the distinguished adjuster of the safe com
bination is exercised at such an outburst of
sinful emphasis, we can not resist the I'M
pulse of saying that no we'll regulated news
paper should make use of the term CD"
1t is vulgar, and is not calculated to encour-
age simplicity and chastity of speech. AS
for ourselves, there is not man on the ed
itorial floor who could be induced to father
such an epithet in his writings; partly for
the reason that it is not dignified, but prin-
cipally because there is no way out Of the
building except through the medium Of the
business Office.
A newspaper is public educator, and its
relations with the people are similar to
those existing between teacher and his
scholars; for this reason it should be careful
that its example be only for good.
Because Vanderbilt said damn It'll" is
! no reason why the Herald should do like
wise. 1t might just as well have said that
it ''does not care "a cuss for either party
or the harmless expression dad gum
could have been used. A number of sub
stitutes of this kind were handy; either OF
which would have answered every purpose
and made unnecessary the use of the word
Cd"
We wish it understood by our friends Of
the Herald that we cherish no i'll feeling
for them for their indiscretion, but we are
not responsible for the position the business
Office takes in the premises. OF course We
can not manifest the same attachment fol
our distinguished contemporary as formerly
because our first duty is to keep solid with
the business office.