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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-02

The Last of the Huggermuggers: A Giant
Story; illustrated by c. P. Craneh. Kohbol-
TOTO; A Sequel to the Last of the Hugger-
muggers; illustrated by G. P. Cranch. The
hlng OF the Golden Rivee; by John Ruskin,
N. a.; Illustrated by Richard Doyle. These
Iniee pretty volumes belong to The Little
jacket Series, and contain stories that the
81, love. There is nothing so delight
~, " Tue little ones as the old, old fairy
:. .a'eS' anu they are never weary of hearing
.neni over and over again. 1t is singular
tning' put true, that child infinitely pre-
fers familiar tale or rhyme that Il knows
by heart, to anything new, and since we can
not improve upon the folk and fairy lore
that is las old as the hills" let us give Il
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-02
DEMOCRATIC EXPECTATIONS.
Belfast Age.l

IbtHasI Agt.I
The Republicans will spend their money
out Of Maine In the coming election, there
fore the Democratic hosts in this State should
all rally at the polls, and cut down or wipe
out the majority against them Of September.
IL Democrats all over the State would work
to get out their full party vote the Republi-
cans would meet with surprise that would
Inst them four wears -
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CURRENT COM MENT.
THE ENEMY.
Hartford Courant I

It.
Hartford Courant,l
That fine old ill-tempered, Yankee hating
Tory newspaper, the Saturday Review III
London, censures Lord Sackyille for putting
missile 'in the hands of the enemy" The
Republican party is the enenay," you OBJ
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-02

The School Pronouncer. By William
Henry 2. Phyfe. This is much-needed
text book, based on Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary, and is intended as guide to
correct pronunciation by means of exercises
IN the elementary sounds and their symbols,
drills In the phonetic analysis of words, and
lessons in words liable to he mispronounced.
IL Is carefully adapted to the use Of the class
room, ana must be extremely useful to both
teacher and pupil as obyiating the pernicious
growth OF dialects. (New York: G. p. Put
mans Sons; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-02

1 AHNUN1 UF' MOISTURE.
springfield Unon.1
BY the way, what has become of that theo-
ry that the cuttinff off of the forests Is
responsible for the lack of rain? Have the
denuded forests grown up again with the
rapldity OF Jonah's gourd or was the theory
set afloat before it was well established?
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
Foreign Cuttings.

Sir George Stephen has rendered his resfg-
nation rs president of the Canadian Pacific
railway and W. C, Van Horn, vice president,
was unanimously elected in his stead Sir
George Stephen remains q director of the
company and q member of the executive COM
mittee.
There has been some serious laundering in
forwaI ding Canadian troops to Skeena
Forks, the scene Of the Indian uprising in
British Columbia, which according to adVices
received from the Pacific may result in COM
plete annihilation of the expeditionary force
now on their way to Skeena river. Too late
the militia department discovered they had
made n terrible bunder in the route of
transport in sending troops up Skeena river,
which has to be undertaken in canoes
through n country reported to be wholly alive
with hostile Indians armed with Winchester
rifles and strongly intrenched along the river
in the high impregnable bluffs, which bound
it on either side. The Mass river route would
have taken the expedition through a coun-
try not infested with hostile Indians up to
within short distance from where it was ex-
pected the first engagement would take place.
1t is stated by traders recently down from
the scene of trouble that the Indians are ac-
lively preparing to resist On attack and
have intrenched themselves oil along the
the river, from which position twenty Indians
could wipe out the whole detachment with
out fear OF losing man.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

Bank Of Chicago out Of about "a, 900 has at
last been run to earth by Pinkerton detect
ives after O chase of over two years and
half One of the best known and most
trusted of Pinkerton's Chicago men arrived
in st. Paul, over the Northern Pacific road
from Portland, Or, with Porter in custody.
He was arrested on O street car in Portland
while going to work. he being in the employ
of Dodd & Co., manufacturers of agricultural
implements, as bookkeeper and collector.
A serious stabbing affray took place on the
Mayville farm, Dakota, between two of the
employees, w. c. Elliott, Frenchman, from
Louisiana, and Thomas Brydon, young
Engshman, from New York. They had
been hauling hay, and were putting their
led to the stabbing arose. 1t appears that
one of the boys got his team in the stall be-
longing to the others team. Elliott says
that Brydon called him O liar, and he re-
turned the compliment, when Brydon struck
at him with his fist. Elliott then drew his
jack-knife and cut two deep gashes on Bry-
don's arm below the shoulder, one on
the wrist, and two severe cuts in the side.
A burglar attempted to enter the residence
of Abe Mathews ct Marquette, Mich. He
had sawn away the screen from the lower
window. Mr.. Matthews was in Detroit. Mrs.
Mathews with her six days old babe occu-
pied the back parlor as q sleeping apart
ment She heard the burglar at the window
and told the NURSE Mrs. Robinson, who told
Mrs. Mathews to keep still and she would go
for the thief. She then took up the lamp,
and seizing specimen from the piano, threw
open the door and confronted the burglar,
who had his body we'll into the room. A
straight fling with the specimen struck the
man on the head, knocking off his hat. Mrs
Robinson then rushed in and the fend drew
n knife and struck her vicious blow no the
arm, cutting big cash. but the brave
woman drove him of and captured his hat
as q clue. She gave good description of
the burglar.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

Mr.. J. J. Van Allen, who is the SON.
in-law of William B. Astor, but who,
being wealthy in his own right, has
no need Of the Astor money, has just
completed 1n~wall seven feet high and
$500 feet long around his grounds
at Newport. Mr.. Ven Allen is q great
admirer of English customs, and his
house is built in English style and
furnished throughout with English
furniture. The house and wall ure
said to have cost him $5OO,OOO.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

! Bennettsville, Ind, holds within
its confines remarkable freak.
The wonder is Henry .Luegeman.
Three years ago, during storm, he
was engaged in gathering tan-bark,
when the tree from which he was tax
ing it was struck by lightning,
Luegeman received q severe shock.
It TRANSFORMED him into O genuine
electric man Any one who shakes
hands with Luegeman now receives
q severe sho0 BY passing the
Ibladg. OF a knife between his thumb
a1d finger during the progress Of q
storm he charges the metal SO strong
Iy that heavy weights can be lifted.
When Aies alight upon him they
drop dead, ana when he is in q dark
room sparks flash from his flesh and
his eyes shine like incandescent lights.
Whenever q storm approaches
Luegeman becomes highly charged
with electricity, and ii 10 dangerous
to touch him. He claims to feel no
inconYenience, except that he win go
near no moving locomotiye, for fear
of being drawn against it and killed.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

An exchange says: 'The earth's
heat is being used in practical way
at Pesth, where an artesian we'll of
great depth is being sunk to supply
hot water for public baths and other
purposes. An article in q foreign
journal says that depth of s, 100
feet has been reached, which seems
almost incredible, the deepest well
heretofore having been that at
Spe renburg, near Berlin, A, 194 feet.
We give the depth stated, therefore,
with some reservation, as possibly
erroneous, but the well now supplies
daily 176, 900 gallons of water,
heated to $50 degrees Fahr."
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

1t would appear that the days OF
the voluble and ubiquitous ''lightning
rod man" are numbered. Science is
against him and his ingenious argu-
ments, and the number of rods
manufactured are diminishing year
by year. The Electric Review proph-
estes that the day will come when
a lightning-rod onsa house will be re-
garded in the same light as a horse
shoe over q mans door.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
RESUME OF THE NEWS
The Latest Telegraphic News Con-
densed.
D0ings at Washington.

Mr.. Blair introduced q joint resolution IN
the senate requesting the president to open
negotiations looking toward a settlement of
all differences between England and this coun-
try, and to political union between Canada
and the United States.
DR.. Hoffman, of the geological survey, has
returned to Washington. from visit to the
Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. Hebrought
with him valuable contribution to the study
ofthe Indian tribes. 1t is the complete ritual
of the medicine society written on birch bark,
and shows the workings of the four degrees.
The oaths, pass words, ceremonies and no.
tnted music are included in the ritual. DR..
Hoffman, regards this as his most valuable
contribution during the eighteen years that
he has devoted to the study of Indian tribes.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
Criminal DOings.

Henry Merrill, who stole Lem Crooker's
horses ut Warren, Minn., was captured by the
sheriff of Marshall county at Dominion City,
Man, and is now safely logded in the Jail at
Warren: He had not disposed of the horses
at the time of his capture.
Thieves entered the house of Dick Kluge at
Winona, Minn., during the absence of the fam
lily and stole Mr.. Kluge's tin box, in which he
kept his money. They were evidently fright
ened away, for they dropped the box in the
yard, open, and the $1O0 it contained un-
touched.
Information comes from the Choctaw na-
ton that q family named Meyers, consisting
of husband, wife and two children, were n,ur-
dered on the Red river about forty miles
were from upper Racquet, Mich, and were on
O trapping and fishing expedition. s
Advices from the Choctaw Nation, I. r., say
that Charles Perkins, q noted horse thief and
murderer, shot and killed two deputy United
States marshals and one citizen at Marshall's
Ferry, on Red river, while resisting arrest
Perkins escaped. There are ten indictments
against him for murder. He says he will new
er be taken alive.
the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad, was
arrested at Chicago. The arrest was made
upon q telegram received from Washington
Bryan, president of the railroad. 1t is not
known how much Haines took from the COM
pany. When arrested he was about to leave
for Milwaukee. ~
A warrant was sworn out against one Lin
dow of Jackson county Wis, for inhuman
treatment of his family. The evidence before
Justice Brackett showed that he punished his
wife by tying her hands, and then sticking
pins in her arms from the elbow to the shoul
der until it was raw, and whipped her while
she was sick abed. He will live with the
sheriff thirty days. II
James H. Moore. who says that his father
is q merchant in Detroit was arrested in
Milwaukee for trying to pass o check for $50,
to which the signature of the Jewett & Sher-
man Co. had been forged. He came from
Ashland, and in the meantime has been dis
sipating in the company of w. III. Graham,
q cowboy from Montana, who hos been pay
ing all The expenses, Moore being without
funds. Moore when arrested, tried to make
it appear that Graham was responsible for
the forged check.
g. W.Case was arrested at st. Paul and TAX
en- to Bayfield,, Wis, charged with the embez-
zle n.ent Of pa, 400 from the White River Lum-
Der company at Mason. Case was their book
keeper and resigned last April. The discrep-
aacy was not discovered until lately, when
an expert bookkeeper discovered it. Case
was always thought to be perfectly honest,
but when his wife died last winter he COM
menced drinking hard Wine and women are
supposed to have been the cause OF the wrong
doing He was penniless when captured
James II. Porter, the clever forger who
succeeded in defrauding the First National
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

In q German chart, published in
1870 by DR.. Gleuns, a line dividing
places keeping Sunday and Monday
respectively, passes through Behring
Straits, leaving the Aleutian Isles on
the east, curves sharply in between
the Philippines on the west and the
Carolines on the east, then curves
again sharply, sweeping north of
New Guinea, and leaving the Chat
ham Isles on the west. At all places
west of the line it is Monday while it
is Sunday on the east. ~
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
florist of MONTGOMERY

A florist of Montgomery, Ala,
named James Caldwell, who has been
suffering for twentysyears past from
asupposed pulmonary complaint, has
coughed up a pin from his right lung.
He has now a,distinct recollection of
swallowing q pin forty-seven years
ago in Glasgow, Scotland, when seven
years of age. He remembers the
anxiety ofhis family at the time and
that his sister was dressing in front
of the mirror. The pin is an inch
long. ''~ -.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

At Grand Rapids, Mich, the other
day, an.applicant for marriage IL
cense, misunderstanding the ques-
tions put to him, gave the name of
his deceased wife as that of the lady
he was about to marry. When lie
showed the license to his prospective
bride her CONSERVATION was unmis-
taxable, and the crestfallen groom
elect soon reappeared ut the county
building and had the mistake recti-
fed
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
He Gave His Bond for $50, 900, 900.
Paris Despatch, London Standard.

: dfiS OeSptcH, LOnUOn 0tand6rd.
NJ. Charles Demachy, the great
banker, who died suddenly just as he
was getting ready to go to business,
was buried recently. He was one
ofthose who, during the siege e.
Paris by the Germans, gave his bond
to Prince Won Bismarck, at the Office,
of Messrs. Rothschild, for the 400.
GOO, 600 francs which the conquerors
asked for in gold as the price of re-
framing from marching their triumph
ant battalions right through Paris.
NJ. Jules Ferry, then Mayor Of Paris,
and n. Mallet Witnessed the sigma
tures, and when the bond was shown
to the Chancellor he Immediately
postponed his request for ready cash.
N. Demachy had q splendid house IN
Paris, the fenture Of which was that
every thing there was q Z sAnglais.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
! Georgia's Munchausen on Pigeons:

Reading your pigeon story remind
ed me of q pigeon story I have heard
my friend Mr.. John .. Holmes tell.
1t ran thus: Zone morning before it
was light I went up on Pigeon Creek
to shoot pigeons. Tiled my horse to
q swinging limb and waited fol Dit to
become light enough for me sc6 see
how to shoot. When it was light
enough I shot at some pigeons near
by and when the smoke cleared away
I noticed that my horse was gone. +
looked all around for him, bnt could
not see him nowhere until, hearing q
groan, I looked up and saw him
hanging in the air. I had tied him
to the top of the tree on which the
pigeons were roosting, and when I
fired the gun the pigeons feW, the
tree Strengthened up and carried nv
horse with it. Friend John is q strict
member of the church. ."-Talbottom
(Ga. New Era. b.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

Mrs. Cain, ofTyler, Tex, seeing a
burglar break into the cabin occu-
pied by her absent cook, telephoned
her husband to come home, and when
he got there it was to find the robber
helpless and covering at the muzzle
of a pistol in the hands ofhis intrepid
,1,iEo
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

Not long since stray carrier pig
con with owners name and address
was found in yard at Petersburg,
Va, and, after rest and communica-
ton with the master, was set free
again, and this time got safely home
to Hanson place, Brooklyn,
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
Personal Gossip.

Uncle John Robinson the circus man, died
ut his home in Cincinnati. Eighty two
years ago he was born in Utica, N. Y. Twelvs
path of a canal for 81 O month and lodging
Learning the canal business he started as
circus performer, becoming one of the most
famous of the profession. He boarded his
means and became the owner of circus and
from that day on his wealth grew until at
his death his possessions are estimated at
&3 600 OOO
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

& =. cooperation orRanised under enc Jaws 81
Chntsormns. pa hled in this ONCE q sworn
s@satement @ ita on and bnsiness Tor
~ ysam 1Mmg Deceinber 3lst, 11a7. cOnformablo
reEang Whs,sng tse ne nasiness of ins urance nnd
duly certified copy OF its Charter. With csrtss Ssc
en- q and has fully complied With
rss: noW: snerefSre James A. Ward. Auditor OF the
ssid i..y y nakoLa pursuant to the provisions 81
company u fnily empowered through its ai.thor.
Fire nsrcnca ensact i & its appropriate business OF
~ ssss snereof until the slst day Of December
IN TESTIMONY WHERRor. ]. have hereunto set INV
r..,, land and seal at Bismarck. this 1ih
W. tsAAL oay OF March. A. ID. 1Sa8. 39 go
JAMES A. WARD Aud{for
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
The tirst eclipse upon record was
lunar one, and was observed at
Babylon 72l B. C. .-~....

! Business is brisk in the Philadelphia
mint. Last month it turned out
100000 double eagles, 1900, 900
silver dollars, 100000 dimes and
5000, 900 pennies.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

Gust tomer tgetting his hair cut M;
Didn't you take q piece Of the ear
then?" Barber (reassuringly Yes,
sab, small pie but not enpughto
effect dc hearin, silh. 4
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

The TERRIroRY OF DAKOTA, Office Territorial Audi
tor. Department. OF Insura Company 3 Certif-
cate Of Authority
Whereas. the National Fro Insurance Company.
o corporation organized under the laws Of
Connecticut, has filed in this office sworn
statement exhbitng its con ition and business for
the year ending December 31st. 1877. confol1nable
70 the requirements of the laws OF this Territory
regulating the business OF ms urance and
Whereas, the said company has tiicd in this office
duly certified copy Of its charter. with certif-
cate ct organization. and has fully complied with
the requirements Of the insurance laws aforesaid.
Now therefore. l. James A. Ward. Auditor OF the
Territory of Dakota. pursuant to the provisions OF
said laws. do hereby certify that the above named
1ei anents rs tn ~, nsnn ts bs nus
Fire insurance. in this Territory, according to
A. D. 1885,
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF. have hereunto set my
hand and seal at Bismarck, this 9th
(sEAL] day OF March. 4. j. 1898.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
DOMINION OF cANADA.l

TERRITORY OF DAKOTA,
AUDITORS oFrIcK.
Insurance Department. J
JAMES A. WARD, auditor of the Territorv of
Dakota, do hereby certify that the above is frne
copy OF the original statement now ON fle in this
In WITNESS WuERxoy, / have hereunto
set my hand and affxed the seal OF
lsEALJ this ONCE aC bismarck this S7thday
OF January, lsSS. -"
JAMES A. WARD AUDITOR.
r. b. MORSE, Deputy.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

TRE T.RRrroRY or DAKOTA, Office Territorial Audi
tor, department Of Insurance. Company 's Certi-
Whsreas. tas Trnders Insurance Company.
q, 81, corporation ,olganixed under the laws of
statemeit, exhibiting Its dtion and business for
the year ending December Slst; 1887 cOnformable
regulating the business of Insurance and
Whereas the said company has filed In this Office
cate q organ.ation and has fully complied with
Now, therefore, l. James A. Wafd. Auditor OF the
Territory OF Dakota pursuant TO the provisions OF
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

1EHRi1ORf OF DAKOTA. !
AUDITORS OFFiCE,
Insurance Department..
JAMES A. WARD auditor Of the Territory Of
Dakota. do hereby certify that the above is true
copy OF the original statement now on file in this
offic
INWIrNRss W HEREoF, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal Of
[sRALl this Office ut Bismarck, this 9Th day
OF March. 1881
JAMES A. YARD. AUDITOR.
+. B. MORSE, Deputy.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
National Fire Insurance. COmDan(y.

y 4ssuAUHssA nv AHNSuAuNVU 5VVWPuIIJ99 81
o9 Hartford, .brganIxed under the laws OF the
State OF Connections. made to the Auditor OF
the Territory of Dakota, in pursuance OF the laws
PrssIdent,. James Nichols, Secretary, E. q.
kica.serdsi Principal Office. III Asylum Street,
Organized or Incorporated November 9Th. 1871.
C0mmenced business December lSt. 1871 N
e4fs fas ~ ssa CAPITAL
amount in Sn.,, q Capital Stock actually paid m 49,
PROPERTY OR AssErs or THE COMPANY.
The value Of its Real Estate IT, MAD 70 !.
The cash on hand In It's Office ID. ......,, as 10
The cash OH deposit in bank ID. ;. 49, S03 rs
The cash in hands OF agents and in NJ q s
course o. transmission 11.6C0 %
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

Gross am,iont Of risks fl-- 90
taken during year the r. '''
1881. ...............,. NO GA Ail N
Gross amount Of risks
taken In the Territory
OF Dakota during the
yeRr 1887 .......,,,,,,, q60 ga IN
Whole amount OF risks outstanding a 6S0S7 6A 90
whole amount OF losses incurred dur
ing th9 year 1887 including those
claimed and not yet due .........! 12S8l6 n
Whole am ount of losses incurred dur.
ing the year 1887, including those
Claimed and not yet DUE In the Ter
,ritory Of Dakota: .:..::...::.:.... s,a4s ls
Number OF agents in the Territory OF Dakota II
Agencies; 81 Individuals.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16

James Nichols. President. and e. g. Richards
Secretary, Of tho National Fire Insurance Com
pany OF Hartford, Connecticut. being duly
sworn depose and say that tho foregoing
is fnll true and statement of the affairs Of
s>i,S The hSnS IN hde owner Of at least ONE HUNDkED
invested in the State and United States Stocks and
Bonds, or in Bonds and Mortgages Of Real Estate
which the snine Is mortg aged. and they are the
above described officers OF said insurance company.
JAMES NICHOLS, President.
Il. G. RICHARDS. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day OF
isEALi HERvERT b. LANGDON, Notary Public.