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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
LATER NEWS,

Two farmers IN wagon, crossing the
tracks at Middleton, N. Y, on the 7th, were
run over by Il train and killed. They were
so horribly mutilated that their remains
had to Do shoveled up into barrel
TIE principal business block of Cherokee
Kansa was burned on the eth. Loss, be-
tween 1900 and sllOLC0.
THE Canadian parliament on the 7th
voted down th4 resolution in favor of unre.
strictey rec procity in trade and reciprocity
IN coasting with the United States. Sew
enty-two members took part in the debate,
which lasted three weeks.
The t!ree-mile single scuu straight away
race between Teemer, Mckay and Hamm
was rowed on the st. John River, Florida,
on the 7th, and won by Teemer in % min
utes and 10 econds.
HANS STACKR1ED and his wife committed
suicide at New York on the 9TH by taking
poison. Poverty was the cause.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BREWSTER was
buried at Philadelphia on the 7th. The
Department of Justice at Washington was
closed as mark of respect.
A DISPATCH from Billings, M. T., on the
9TH announces the capture of two horse.
thieves named O'Brien and Marsh, with
sixty head of stolen horses in their possess
ion.
NUMEROUS collisions occurred in Ireland
on the Sth between Nationalist and the
Irish police At Kilrush some police who
were trying to prevent the erection of
platform for a meeting were pelted with
stones by the mob and charged the crowd,
injuring many of them. The military broke
in upon meeting at Ennis, and after O
desperate resistance succeeded in arresting
fifty persons who were afterward released.
The father of Maxwell, the murderer Of
Prel!er, under sentence of death at St.
Louis, Mo-, has issued a long ana touching
appeal to the American public to help him
save bis boy from the gallows
JACOB SHARP was buried at New York
city on the 9Th.
WHILE playing cowboy at Burgettstown,
Pa, on the 18th, lad named James Burley
was choked to death with lasso.
The King of Italy has signed decree to
estai, lish Italian consulates in Denver, COL,
Philadelphia and New Orleans.
SEVEN mules were found in the wrecked
mine at Rich Hill, Mo-, on the 8th. They
had access to an abundance of grain and
water, and we're in good condition. This
exllodes the theory that the explosion was
caused by natural gas or foul vaper Of any
kind.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

China has become the great dia-
mond- absorbing market of the world.
The Sultan Of Turkey has prohib-
tied the further expectation of Arab
horses.
Fifty thousand glasses of beer were
drank during the recent municipal
festivities at the Paris Hotel dc Vile.
There will be another attempt to
build railroad through the Euphrates
valley, notwithstanding the many pre-
vious failures.
The castle of Chillon, 80 we'll
known to all visitors to Lake Leman,
is to be thoroughly restored by the
Swiss Government and converted into
a National museum
The Duke of Sparta, eldest son of
the King and Queen of Greece. is to
visit England with the ultimate object
of being betrothed to one of the young
er daughters of the Prince of Wales.
The Theater Libre is a new insti-
tuition in Paris. It was organized by
AL enthusiast who enljsts the services
OF amateurs for performing unrepre-
sented works. Several comedies first
given there have been accepted by the
Theater Francois and the OIeon.
The Czal receives from his treas
ury officers every year 9. 500. 600 rubles
for household expenses and 100000
rubles for his stable. A ruble is worth
IS cents. In addition to this. the
Crown Prince. now boy at home, re-
ceives 2,000 900 rubles a year until he
is of age.
"A weeping rose tree in garden
at Koosteren, Holland, is so large that
thirty performers lately gave con-
| cert under its branches. It is sixty
five feet in circumference. and it has
| been estimated that it had ten thou
sand roses at the time of the perform
ance.
A ST. Petersburg correspondent
says that the actual Gar of r ssia,
the man whose orders are irrevocable.
is not Alexander I'LL, but Lieutenan
General dresser, the head of the pal
ace and member of the Privy Coun-
Gil He is between forty and forty Eve
years of age, is soldier by profession
and has been decorated many times
for gallastry on the field.
The question whether marriage in
Africa between an Englishman and
woman of an African tribe was valid
has just been legally settled. Tie
woman was of the Baralong tribe,
which allows more than one wife,
| and the native ceremonies were used.
The court decides that the maria &c
was not valid, on the ground that it
was not formed in accordance with
the universal law of Christendom,
namely: that marriage should be ''the
voluntary union for life of one man
and one woman, to the exclusion of
| all others.''
Egypt is rapidly adopting the
| usages of civilized nations. The new
est move in that direction is the en-
gagement of a ballet for the theater
a. Cairo. The Khedive has commits
stoned Ambroselll at Paris to find the
dancers. Conditions are that the girls
must be above fifteen but not over
thirty years old. They must all be
good looking. which rule does not
allow of infringement except as re-
CARDS the first dancer the perfection
| of whose feet may be set-off for an
| ugly face. Salaries to range from $50
to So. 900 year,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
Drowned In an Old We'll.

PALMYRA, Mo-, April Fifteen school
children, while playing around an old we'll,
were precipitated to the bottom by the
breaking OF several rotten planks Two,
Arthur Little and Mary Loran, were
drowned Seven were badly injured and
no expected to live. The scene in the res
cue was very exciting. The we'll was thirty
feet deem
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
A Novel Method of ExecutfOn

ST: PETERSBURG, April 7-AdVces from
Bokhara say that the Grand Vizier Of that
state has been murdered by native. The
Ameer ordered the murderer and his &C.
complete to be executed and they were
hurled from tower 100 feet high.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
Honvv ISnbD0rV.

DETROIT, Mich, April 6-Burt Il HUI
burt, wholesale jewellers, found Monday
morning that their safe had been robbed Of
between So, 600 and $40, 600 worth of da-
monda Efforts to keep the matter quiet
were successful until Thursday.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
GENERAL CROOK.

heard in regard to the course OF the Presi-
dent. who was guided solely by the record
OF this distinguished soldier. He will hold
his new position for six or seven years, re-
firing in 1894 His headquarters will. in
oil probability, be Chicago
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
Logging Operations s Suspended.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, April 6. -Logging work
along the Black river and tributaries in
Wisconsin, with the exception OF small
forces that calculate to assist the log
drivers, has been suspended by reason of
the soft condition OF the roads, The scale
records so far as received would indicate q
cut of 175,OOO,O 900 to 100000 600 feet,
being but small shortage from the amount
n1anna6
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11

after q severe attack
Of coughing andvom-
iting. He was known
to have been III for
some time past. but
the public did not be-
lieve that his >condi-
ton was serious. In
deed. the general i'm
preston was that he
was shamming sick
ness to some extent
in the hope of evok-
ing q little sympathy.
When the final mo-
ment came NJ rs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11

lions to the Senate:
Brigadier = Gen eral
George Crook, to
be Major G e n eral,
vice Terry, retired;
Colonel John R.
Brooks, Of the Third
Infantry, to be Briga-
der Gen eral The
nomination of Gen.
eral Crook gives gen.
eral satisfaction, and
nothing but words of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

PERSONAL AND FOkITlCALs
The National Woman Suffrage Association
convention commenced at Washington on
the Sd, Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton pre-
siding
The date of the anti.saloon Republican
National convention in New York City has
been changed to May 2.
The Illinois Democratic State conven-
ton will be held at Springfield May 70 to
nominate candidates for Presidential elect
ors and State officers
AT the session of the National Woman
Suffrage Association in Washington Oh the
4th officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: President, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton; Vice-President at Large, Susan B.
Anthony; Chairman of Executive Commit
tee, Matilda Joslyn Gage.
The Prohibitionists of the Eleventh Indi-
ana district met at Marion on the 18th and
nominated P l. Rocker for Congress-
The Michigan Republican convention to
select delegates to the National gathering
will be held at Grand Rapids May g.
AFTER an illness of several months Benja-
min Harris Brewster, United States Attor-
ney General during President Arthur's adj
ministration, died in Philadelphia on the
4tb, aged seventy-two years He was one
OF the Oldest and most prominent Nom bers
of the Philadelphia bar:
AT the election in Rhode Island on the
4th the entire Republican ticket, with
Royal c. Taft for Governor, was elected,
and the Legislature will be Republican in
both branches The proposed amendment
to the constitution giving foreign-born citi-
zens the suffrage upon the same terms as
native-born was defeated
VERMONT Republicans met in State con-
vention at Burlington on the 4th and elect
ed delegates to the National convention.
The platform charges the Democratic party
with imperiIing popular government by
multiplying the purity and honesty of cleo
tions, favors protection to American indus
tries, liberal pensions to soldiers, expresses
sympathy with the prohibition cause and
condemns the President for disregarding
civil-service reform.
The Democratic State convention of Ore
gon met at Portland on the 4th and
adopted platform indorsing President
Cleveland. adv coating tariff for revenue
only, and the election OF United States Sen
ators by the direct vote of the people John
NJ. Gearin was nominated for Congress-
The Mississippi Republicans met in State
at Jackson on the 4th and chose
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11

CHICAGO. April 6.-Safe- blowers entered
the general house furnishing establishment
of Moore Bros, 287 and 289 West Madison
street Tuesday night, blew open the safe,
and distracted therefrom 81, 600 in cash.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
DEATH or JAKE SHARP.

The Noted New York . Booiler" Escapes
Earthly Puntshmcnt-In His Dolirium
He Rejoicos Ut Cheating the Law OF Its
Reward-skotch Of the millionaire Grim.
inalss Career. - e. 9s 5@
New YonK, April 6.-Jacob Sharp, the no
torious hoodler, died at 0:2O last evening
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11

delegates to the National convention.
Resolutions were adopted denounoing tho
acts Of the last Legislature relative to sep
arAte accommodation In railroad trains for
white and colorsd people and the Poll-Ta
law. z55
: JOHN M. PALMER, Ex-Governor of Illinois.
was married on the 4th at Springfield, Ill,
to Mrs Hannah l. Ktmban. The groom ID
seventy years Of age and the bride forty
three. ','"' ~"''-
WILLIAM O. LusK, pioneer of Texas, died
on the 9th at Rusk, aged one hundred and
one years
WISCONSIN Republicans will meet at Mad
ison on the 9th of May to elect delegates to
the National convention.
THE Prohibitionists of California met In
San Francisco on the 9th and elected DEL
egates to their National convention The
resolutions favor woman suffrage and de-
nounce the prostitution of the grape in
dustry to tho manufacture of Intoxicating
liquors
The Democratic convention to elect two
delegates to rer resent the DISTRICT of Co.
lumbia at the National convention was held
In Washington ON the 9Th.
A VACANCY among the Major Generals of
the army was created on the 9Th by the
placing of General Alfred H Terry upon
the retired list.
The New York Democrats will meet in
New York City May Is to elect delegates to
the National convention
JACOB SHARP, notorious for his connec-
ton with New York streetrailway schemes,
who was under a sentence Of five years
imprisonment for bribing aldermen, died
at his home in that city on the 9th, aged
seventy one years
FULL returns on the 9th from the Rhode
Island election gives Royal G. Taft Rep)
for Governor a majority of 1854. The suf-
frage amend ment has 573 over the neces
sary three tfths vote. The Senate stands:
Republicans, 25; Democrats. 6; no election,
.. House: Republicans, 81; Democrats, 10;
Prohibition, /; no election, z.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
To Succeed Terry.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-President Cleve-
and yes erday sent the following nomina-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11
FOREIGN.

ADv1CEs of the Sd from Berlin say that
seventy-nine German villages, with q
population of thirty thousand, were sub
merged by floods, and it would require
months OF labor to drain the flooded dis
tricts The waters of the Vistula were still
spreading, and covered an area of four
hundred and ninety square miles There
would be no harvest in the richest land in
Germany, spring cultivation being impos-
sible
ADv1cEs of the Sd from Massowah state
that the Abyssinians had captured the viii
lage of Malential, the inhabitants of which
were friendly to the Italians, and had mas
sacred all tn men, women and children in
the place.
LONDON advices of the Sd say that tho
dervishes of Tatilet, Morocco, had pro-
claimed holy war against the Sultan
ADv1cEs of the 4th say that in a bull fight
at Celaya, Mex, the building was set on fire
by one of party of convicts that had been
taken from prison to see the sport, and
eighteen people were killed and many
others were badly wounded
THE Chinese Government issued an order
on the 4th forbidding steamers to trade at
Chun Klung The edict had caused great
excitement at Manchester, Eng
AVALANCHES III lIaly uau uOne much uaIu-
age on the 4th. At Weissenbach house
was buried and four women killed
FOUR THOUSAND Irish emigrants sailed
from Queenstown on the 9th for America
ADv1cEs Of the 9TH say bandits were hold
ing h gh carnival in Cuba, and murder and
kidnapping flourished unrestricted
MIR. MATH1soN and his sixteen-year- old
son, OF Oil Springs, Can, were drowned in
the sarnia river on the 9th by the upsetting
of boat
ADv1cEs of the 9th from Zoolos say that
fighting recently broke out between the
Spanish garrison and Zoolos rs',ves' ana
tnat ten Spaniards and one b"'iureo nat1vea
were killed and .a.n-5 wounded
S1n JOIN A. MACDONALD expressed him.
on the 9th as being IN favor of COM
mercial reciprocity between Canada and
the United States
A FRENCH Anarchist named Morelle was
arres I'd on the 6 III for trying to blow up y
church near Paris with dynamite.
CARDINAL THOMAS NJ MART1NELL1, one Of
the six Cardinal Bishops, died on the 9th at
Rome, Italy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11

Two farmers IN wagon, crossing the
tracks at Middleton, N. Y, on the 7th, were
run over by a train and killed. They were
so horribly mutilated that their remains
had to DO shoveled up into barrel
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
Self Control.

An expert and experienced official
in al insane asylum said tn is, IL lit
tie time since. that tlieae institutions
are filled with people who have gwen
up to their feelings. and mn one is
quite aafe from an insane asylum who
allows himself to Civ. up 10 his feel.
ings. The importance of this fact is
altogether to, little appreciated, espe.
pecixlly i'y trachrrs. We are always
talking about the negative virtues Of
disipline. hut We rarely speak Of the
positive virtues. We Discipline the
scl'oolx to keep the children from mis-
caisf. to maintain g,nI order. To have
things quiet. 10 enable the children
70 study. We say. and say tightly.
there c;,Iiiot bc a g.0l school without
gtHI disipline. We d., not, however,
enpl,asize ~ We should the fact that
the disipline Of the scl,o.'l. when right
ly done. is as vital TO the future goo,l
Of tile chilli rs the LESSONS lie learns.
Discipline Of the right kind IS AZ
good mental training as arithmetic.
1t Is not Of the right kind unless it re-
qnir@s inte'irctal effort. mental cuI,-
qnestA The experienced expert, re-
ferred to above. was led 10 hiake the
remark to us hy seeing II gIrl give way
to the "sulks." "Tlat makes insane
women she remarked. md told the
story Ut women in All asylum who
used t0 sulk until she became des,,er.
ate. and tie expert said. You must
stop 1t. You must control yourself
To which tie insane woman replied,
Tie ttme 10 say that WAS when WIS
girl. l never controlled invself
when WAS girl. never controlled
myself when l WAS we'll. and now
cannot" Tie teacher las n wider re-
sponsibility weightier disciplinary
dnty. than she suspects. Tie pupils
are not only to I've controlled, but they
must be taught to contrnl themselves,
absolutely. completely. journal Of
Education.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
fHI DELTA INDEPENDENT.
woopGArE d WILSON, propri.tor..
Colorado Land Interests.

Senator Teller Is tn te cungrat ulltetl
upon the prDmptness with which le
has Occurred u favorable report from
the Senate COminit,e on Public Lands
on two hills affecting the land in
ter.sts in this State.
One is To enable persons who have
Alreadv enjoyed the Ireenmion right
to take upa new .enption within
thu limits of the old Ute reservation.
Tie other is to enable the State 10
select indemnity scl,uul Lands in lien
Of the sixteenth and thirty-siAth seq
tions included within that reserva-
tiOn.
Doth Of these measures are Of great
Importance to Colorado. If passfd
the first will hasten the settlement of
tho western part Of the State. and Tie
second will enable the Land Board To
select valuable scl,Uol lands before
the desirable parts Of the public
domain are taken up by settlers. We
do not question that Congress will
I,ass them bolh.
1t wnul.l he no small thing for
Western Colorado il it were possible
to advertise Throughout the East that
In that part of The State persons VIII"
had already exercised the precmp,iou
obtain u second right. 1t would ui.-
dOubtedly attract much attention. for
there are in States like Kansas and
Nebraska many persons who have ri
ready exercised their pre.rlnptiun
right-which can ordinarily be ex-
ercised but once and who would
like to secure - new home in Colorado.
They do mot ceme now because they
know they could not pre-emrt any
land. But for the converse. they
would come if Senator Teller's bill
were to become u law.
In this connection We may say
that through the discussion of thu.
subject in TILE REPUBLICAN, several
persons in that part Of tie State have
been induced 10 SOW experimental
crops In Ursier to test whether grain
clm he grown without irrigai iOA uu
the high mes..s. Ii these experiments
shall prove successful. and In the
event that IL secOnd pre- einp,ipn right
~ granted. it ought not 10 be difficult
~ work up an enormous imniigr.-
tiOn T., the reservation country next
fxll.-Denrer Republican.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31

School children. will learn mach
faster IL they are male comfortable
and kelt In perfect health. Very
few escape severe coughs and colds
during The winter months. 1t Is an
easy matter to avoid the dtscOInfOrts
and distress Of coughs and colds by
using Cl,au,i<rlrin's Cough Remedy.
1t is ~ far the best treatment ever
brought into general Use tor coughs.
colls and hOarseness. When the Hrst
symptoms Of n Geld appear, use Cham-
beriain's Cough Remedy. aud the c.'ld
ran l'e br"ksn up at once. Sold by
Latham & Williams
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
MAKE no MISTAKE

MAKE No NISTAkE
By dispelling the symptoms 10 often mistak.
en- for consumption. SANTA ABIE has
brought gladness to many household aud
by promptly breaking up the cough aud cold
that ton often devri"pe. into that fatal dis
ease will yet save thousands fro,n an untime.
iy grave. You make no mistake ny keeping
. battle of this pleasant remedy always in
the houae.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31

We should like t. see the towns of
tho ressrvati"n.. including Gunnisor,.
and Onriy. unite ~ II memorial to
the ID 4 II. G. railway and AIS, To the
Denver Chamber Of Commerce. asking
its assistancs in securing u tourists
rate 10 Gunnisnn. Onray. Montrnse.
Delta and Grand Junction during the
spring and summer months. What
say you. sisters? = Grand Junction
Nescy.
Certainly. we are With you. Mr..
Geo. Moody has the matter IN charge
here. and is arrangiug M excursion
low with Mr.. ]. II. Rowantree. of
Upton. Iowa Yes. sir. we are going
10 have them.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
Ranchn,en.
CALIFORNIA !!
TIE LAND OF
DISCOVERIES.

Beware Of limitations.
See that our trade mark. SANTA ARIE, Is
on every hottie Of that PHEASANT California
remedy. Satisfaction guaranteed or n,ou.y
refunded by
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31

The farmer can exercise u cnmtr0,l-
ing influence IN legislation II lie will
only make the legislators understand
that he II In Garment in demanding
Just laws. aud that every bill intrv.
duced ini,nicHl tD the farmers inter-
eats 10 The ready made obituary Of. the
introducer.-W Wssfsrn Farmer.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31

]. II. GLAzIEn. Sec'y.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
Notice.

There will be meeting Of the teach
ers of Delta County III Delta. Oh Satur-
day. February 4ih, at Q 90 u. M. sharp.
for the purpose of discussing educa-
tiOnal topics.
J. u. McGINTY.
School Sup't
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
Notice.

The annual election Of officers Of the
Chiprta Ditch Company. will take
place at the residence Of d. G. Sails
bury. On February 9Th. 1883. at 200
O'Clock y. m. xud will attend to all
business on hand.
u. q. SALisDrRr. Pres't
]. II. GLAzIEn. Sec'y.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
Hog Wanted,

A hog Of the male sex. for breeding
purposes wanted. Address this Office,
stating breed.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31

Notice Is hereby given to the hold
ers. Of sid warrants that interest will
cease after thirty ,iavs from date.
+. II. MCGRANAHAN.
County Treasurer
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31

Group may liz prevented l,y giving
Chxn,,~rlsin's C"uRi, ll~,nssiy m ssx,u
~ the chilli SHOWS ti,e frst syMptoin
o: the disease. Which rmn ic d.,ne if
the itiu.'ls Is ke,t d, rrd Eoarsv.
nrss Is M llst syn,pidlr 81 Group.
Sud 10y Latham & Williams.
The Delta independent., 1888-01-31
Call of County Warrants.
TREAsuRER's OFFICE,

TREAsUREB's OFFICE,
Delta. jan. gath. 1887
There are funds in the hands Of the
County Treasurer for payment Of the
follnwing county warrants, viz.
No. GT0. Issued May 10Th, 1895. . Ii %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-05

Fundy are explained in an amusing 9,
story, "a Legend of Acadia" by u r.
Holder; and Lieut.. Schwatka. IN low
q Great Sioux Chief was Named, give,
the origin of the name Spotted IAN,
and. incidentally, of other similar ap-
pellations. ,f.as
Mr. John Preston True begins an IN
teresting school serial, drill: A StorY
of schoel-boy Life;" Palmer Cox tells
of the Brownies and their adventures
with whale; Drl,a W. Lyman tells
How Polly saw the Aprons grow,
fanciful story, with amusing pictures
by E. B. Bensell; Tudor jerks eontrl-
.butes The Astrologerrs Niece" which
has quaint designs by Birch; and among
the poems are; "Cupid's Kettledr1m, =
by Clara g.. Dolliver. illu treted py
Albertine Randall; "SheS Displains It.,
humorous verses by James Whitcom1o
Riley; and a pretty Lullaby by f.
Cavazza, 44.s 4utl,f!. 4.
Other interesting features are: "A
Wonderful Wall, with curious pictures
by the author. 8. Mary Norton; san
answer to Grace Denio Litchhsid
poem, my Other Me-" BY Ahce
Wellington Rollins; :and the ns9a
pictures. iingles, ana departments.
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