davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Has been operating here for three they substantial per-
has about IA miles of main line operation ten miles of
sdecks and into all the body contiguous
to the line of the railroad The Saop largest logging rail-
road on Puget Sound during the tw
RATS of logs scaling about 100000 lowed away to tn.
mills each week to be into our main article of
export.
The Mason County Central Railroad enterprise that will be
operation with the opening of spring. important
factor with the development opening region round about us
well to the They also have capacity sup
ply local demands Also the Port Townsend Railroad
will through Shelton open direct
by rail with California and East
AS for scenic beauty from the ground on the north
side of town. superb of the hoary Rainier can be
had almost weather while from the upland opposite side
can be obtained fine view of the Olympic rreg
ular and snowcappd peaks which lie canal and the
Pacific ocean,
Without doubt Shelton lying sheltered valley and
facing one OF the peest bays of this region possesses eligible
site for townone that can hardly be improved upon well wa
tered from continuous streams from the arrange
mens being made tosup the with pure water at
fall of more than fifty feet,
There boom healng Shelton is proporon
atey growing rapidly than point the
from $50 upward. For further information address
DAVID SHELTON
Or ~
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
PAUL D'HEIRRY,

rsF x-REcIsrER OF THE U. S. LAND
~ Ofice at Vancouver, w T., Mr.. Newlin IS
,rensTed 10 rive reliable attention to such bust
pp.sf reIatinr TO the Land Office Is may b
iutrusted to him.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Newsy Stories Novel Facts and Oueer
Happenings Here and There.

TITLE Jerry
Davis, a Georgia
boy, had lots Of
fun with a buzz
card a while ago.
He found a num-
Der of the birds
feeding on a dead
sheep, and there
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
Origin of Best Man at Weddings.

The custom of having best man at
weddings is one of some antiquity; Just
how old we cannot say. 1t is survival
not of the fittest. 1t is said that in an
old church in Gochland, in Sweden, q
pile of lances is fitted to hold a torch,
and, it is said, the weapons were used
at one time to give light and protection
to marriage parties on the way to church,
the ceremony taking place at night, as q
precaution against the taking away OF
the bride by some Lochinvar who claim
ed better right to her than the duly
recognized suitor. A recent writer,
describing a marriage in EhurdestaD,
says he saw young man carrying off
his bride, surrounded by body guard
of some twenty or thirty men. These
men were supposed to be protecting the
happy couple from o party of young
women who hurled pieces of earth and
tamboos at the procession and made
show of rescuing the bride. As soon,
however, as the bridegroom reached his
own village with his charge, the assail-
ants ran home, screaming and laughing.
Among ourselves, the term "best man"
is said to be survival of the time when
the bridegroom had to get strong hands
to aid him in securing the object of his
affections. There is probably, also, a
survival of the assaults that we're then
made on marriage parties, in the showers
of rice and old slippers bestowed so freely
on the newly-wedded.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
A BarbarOus Sclavic Lover.

Among some of the Sclayic races q
strange custom prevails. Recently Kate
Knezevies, the belle of Possednra, in
Bosnia, was tending her fathers herds
when troop of horsemen swept up, and
the leader, rejected lover ofthe maiden
sprang from his horse intent upon her
capture. Now, it SO happened she had
sworn that this was man that no earth
ly power should induce her to marry.
Crying for aid, she took to fight, and
finally, rather than fall into his hands,
she threw herself over precipice. Dis
covering that she was not dead, they
were about to carry her of, when her
friends came to her rescue and a fearful
fight ensued, in which the raiders were
finally vanquished. The Vienna Nesos
adds: ssThere is honor even among re-
iected lovers, for had the raiders carried
off their prize, the girl, in accordance
with timo-sacred principles, would have
been placed in charge of her future hus-
bands mother and sisters, and kept q
prisoner for one night only, after which
She would have been at liberty to return
to the parental roof, the fact of her alb
sence insuring the future nuptials with
the consent of all concerned"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31

LEVI P. MoRTos's place at Rhine
beck, on the Hudson, was originally
purchased from the Indians in 1856 by
Gerrit Aartsen, Arrie Roosa, and Jan
Elting. In 1902 it was sold to Hem
drick Heermance, the son-in-law of
Aartsen, who left it to his son-in-law,
Jacobus Kip. 1t remained in the Kip
family until 1914, when it was sold to
Maturin Livingston 1t passed through
several other hands, until it was pur-
chased by William Kelley, of New
York, who added 1000 acres to it,
spent fortune on it, and whose heirs
at his death sold it at a sacrifice to Mr..
Morton. Mr.. Morton has also spent a
fortune in improving it, and it will be,
when completed, one of the costliest
in the United States.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
10 THE PUBLIC.

Intending purchasers of PONDS
EXTRACT cannot take too much pre-
a.rtion to preyentsubstitution. Some
drnqrists, trading ON hepopularity of
,bo great Family Remedy, attempt to
a.lm OF other preparations, unscru-
rnIously asserting them to be "thc
came a5 . or "equal to" PONDS tx
TnAcr, Indifferent to the deceit prac-
iced upon and disappointment there
~ caused 10 the purchaser, so long
:. larger profits accrue to themselves.
lIvays insist on having PoND's Ex-
q7.cr. Take no other.
sold IN BOTTLES ONLY; NEVER
NJ MEASURE. Quality uniform.
Prepared only by PONDS TX
TRACT CO., New York and London.
Soc our nanc on every wrapper and
l,bel. Note picture of bottle below.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
under her chin when the light was

under ner c1ln Wnen the llgnt was
turned on.
LAST summer 13-year-old boy, while
putting fodder on the farm of his iather,
George q. Brogdon, of Gwinnett, Ga +,
unearthed rock described as ''full of
gold" This fall Mr.. Brogdon had the
vein tested by an experienced miner,
who says that it is q remarkably promis-
ing vein. 1t is opened for ten feet, is a
foot thick, and will yield from $50 to
$50 TO the ton.
AMONG the many wonderful sights
which are being organized for the Paris
exposition is an unprecedented flight of
carrier pigeons from the Champs de
Mars. All the societies have promised
to take part in the affair, and it is calcu-
lated that over 10000 pigeons will be
released simultaneously for their fight
to all parts of France and the continent.
DIR. j. A. MINIcK, of Worthington,
Ind, has performed the most remark
able operation of surgery that has ever
been performed in that vicinity for more
than century by taking rib from Mr..
John Hixson, of Linton. 1t was sue
cessful operation. The patient is doing
remarkably well, feeling comfortable, and
will be well in few weeks.
WILDCATS abound this winter in the
vicinity of West Stockbridge, Mass, and
have played havoc with turkeys and
chickens. 1t is thought. too. that the
great scarcity of cartridges in that
neighborhood is due to the abundance
of wildcats. A Rockland Mills man
caught one the other night that weighed
twenty-three pounds.
MARVELLOUS stories are related OF
cataract in the interior of Labrador, be-
meath whose terrific leap Niagara pales
into insignifcance. The width of the
river Immediately above the falls is 800
feet, but the cataract itself is not more
than $50 feet across. The height of the
falls is estimated at 1000 feet.
A MAN in Nation, New, tipped a
couple of barrels OF whiskey into ma
tural spring which flowed on his prem
Uses and invited all the ranchmen for
miles around to come and see it. The
next day he sold the spring for &c. 900
in gold dust and fed the country.
A MAINE pine tree recently felled at
Bullen's Mills was los feet long, feet
ii inches on the stump, and the first
three cuts of IL feet each made !, 22S
feet OF sawed boards. The top of the
sixth cut, u feet from the stump, was
Is inches through.
GEORGE r. WHITE, farmer residing
just north of Franklin, Ind, has q pig
that is quite q curiosity. The animal
has four front legs and feet, all perfect,
and twelve toes. 1t is alive and three
months old, and weighs forty pounds.
The fastest armored cruiser in the
world is said to be the German vessel
Grief, OF 1000 tons and 5,400 horse
power. From Kiel to Wilhelmshafen
she attained speed OF twenty-three
knots an hour.
FoR nearly thirteen years Mrs. Rebec-
ca Bouton has superintended the opera
tons Of stationary engine and pump
used in filling a railroad company's tank
near Eastman, Ga.
CHURCHILL COUNTY, Nevada, is in
danger of breaking in two. A crack has
recently appeared three feet wide, sew
eral miles long, and how deep no one
can find out.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
In the Shoshone Oil Basin.

To the writer il seems passing strange
that the Shoshone oil basin, in Fremont
County, does not receive more attention.
Here on the banks of the Little Popoa-
Gle river, only nine miles from Lander
and about $50 miles from Rawlins is
petroleum spring, n lake, and three how-
ing wells, all owned by an Omaha Com
pany. The crude oil has been used as
a lubricant aud pronounced superior
article by the Union Pacific. From the
spring at the base of a lofty hill, the oil
slowly bubbles forth to the accompani-
ment of kissing gas. The writer was,
through the courtesy Of the Hons. M.
Murphy and Charles E. Blydenburg, af-
forded the rare pleasure of witnessing
the spouting of one or two wells, the
plugs being removed for the occasion.
The flow was strong and steady, and
the output almost beyond belief. From
the three wells it would be several
thousand barrels daily
The lake of oil is 800 yards long
and so yards wide. The black, shining
surface is perfect mirror. From this
reservoir, supplied by the spring, oil is
taken by the farmers, and ranchmen for
lubricating wagons and agricultural i'm
plements. 1t also possesses medicinal
qualities. In food time thousands of
gallons of oil are carried down the
stream beside the lake. About the Dor
ders of the body of petroleum are count
less carcasses of birds and animals lured
to destruction by the deceptive surface
Of the sticky mass.
Within two years the owners of the
wells, springs, and lake will have rail-
way facilities at their disposal, and Sho-
shone basin oil will be placed on the
market in earnest. Cheyenne (Ryomfng)
Leader
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
DR.. LOUCEE'S
VITALIzINc COMPOUND.

is absolutely the greatest known Remedy for
the Radical cure Of scrofula, Cancerous HUI
mors, Diphtheritic or Mineral Blood-Poison-
ing, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, DropsY and
Liver Complaint
81. per Bottle (8 for 81. Al Druggists.
Lougee Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-31
She Tried and Knows

A leading chemist of New York
says: No plasters ofsuch merit as
the Ath-lo-pho-ros Plasters haveever
before been produced" They are
novelty because they are not made
simply to sell cheap, they are the
best that science, skill and money
can produce, and will do what is
claimed for them. For sprains,
aches, weakness, lameness, etc,
they are unequaled.
fA Fulton St, Sandusky, o., Nov q, q.
The Athlophoros Plaster acted ike
magic. 1t is the best ever tried and /
have used many kinds Our druggist
said "Vlasters are all about the same " but
don't think 50 now. sprained my arm
aud shoulder in July. and II has been
painful ssnce, but II does not pain me at
all now. Mrs. WILLS MAGTLI.
- Send cents for the beautiful colOred pic
tIre, Moorish Maiden" T.
iHsATSL0PH0R0S co. ff2 BaHSt. ~ Y
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18
The Law in the Case.

The attention of MT. Strauss who re fuses to deliver the secretary's books ot the University Regents to his successor is called to the following sections of law which fit the case in point:
 Section 2496, page 438, Revised Stat utes. The Board of Regents shall have power to remove any officer or employee connected with the institution, other than the Chancellor or member of the Board of Regents, when in their iudg- ment the interests of the University re- quire it.
 Sec. 109, Penal Code, page 691, Re vised Statutes. Every officer whose office has been abolished by law or been legally removed from office, will fully and unlawfuSy withholds or de- talns from his successsr, or other person entitled thereto, the records, papers, documents, or other writing appertain- ing or belonging to his office, or mutt lates, destroys or takes away the same, is punishable by imprisonment in the territorial prison not less than one nor more than ten years.
 The claim of Mir. Strauss that he does not recognize the validity of the board is the merest bosh. He not only took part in questions that came up before the Regents but he made motions and his vote is recorded on same, and will be so found if the minutes of the meetings have been correctly kept, It, however, makes but little difference whether he recognizes them as being legal or other wise.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18

HoN. John S. Wood and Nj. G. Sam anlego in gracefully withdrawing from the board of regents, when notified that their tenure cf office would expire upon the appointment and qualification of their successors, stands boldly out in noteworthy and honorable contrast with that class of Democrats that hang on and whine to be kept in. To Hon. s. NJ. Franklin and George J. Roskrudge be- long the laurels of democracy. 1mme- diately on the assumption of the execu- tive chair by Governor Wolhey, they voluntarily and at once, rendered their rssignations, thus leaving the new Re publican governor free to appoint men of his own choosing. Governor Wolfiey however, waiving all political considera- tions, recognizing MT. Franklin's ability, acknowledging the great obligations to which the friends of the university were under to him fer past services in its be- half, offered him a re-appointment, and urged its acceptance upon him. The compliment was worthily bestowed, and MT. Franklin succeeded himself About the foregoing gentlemen, there is none of the 'you may kick me out but I won't resign" flavor.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY MAY IS, 1889.
SECRETARY Noble says the New Mexi

SECRETARY Noble says the New Mexi- can, is evidently good lawyer and pos ssssed of keen sense of justice and equity. He gives broad and common sense construction to the timber culture law in his late decision in the case of James Hair, of Kirwin, Kan. He has reversed the policy that has prevailed in the department for some years past. On the land claimed by Hair under the tim Der law it was shown that there were prior to his entry six cottonwood trees. Heretofore it has been held that number of trees on claim constituted timber in sufficient quantities to preclude entry under the law. Secretary Noble says the intent of congress in the passage of the sct was to encourage the artificial growth of timber in a prairie country. It is we'll known that in prairie regions few scattering trees are found in ravines, and congress certainly did not intend to exclude every tract of that kind from the timber culture law. The ruling is 8 good and fair one; and will stand the test in any court, where common sense, law and equity prevail. And thus one by one disappear the rulings made by Sparks while he misadministered the af fairs of the general land office.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18

THE robbing of Paymaster Wham and the shooting of eight of his escort, is without a paralell in the history of crime, in Arizona. Stages have been robbed, trains held up, towns raided and deviltry ln general has run riot, but in no previous instance have the casual ties attending a robbery, been so great as in this last escapade of the knights of the road. Eight out of eleven was a large percentage of men to lose in de- fense of S29,OO0, but it simply goes to show how little value freebooters of the border place on life when it stands be tween them and the property they GOV ert. The Bisbee tragedy wiped out of existence some ten or dozen people, but in this loss are included the perpetrators of the crime. If the Fort Thomas rob- bers be caught and served in like man. ner to the Bisbee fiends, the percentage of life lost will be largely augmented but it will rid the country of a goodly portion of its lawless element.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18

THE charges made by "Phenician" in the CITIZEN yesterday need a little ex- planation on the part of Col. Christy, inasmuch as that gentleman is chair man of the Territorial Execvtive com mittee. We truly hope that he will be able to explain the matter satisfacto- rily to. . the Republicans who elected him to the high and responsible office he occupies. The gentleman making the charges is one of the solid and most highly respected citi- zens of Phenix, whose name We hold subject to the will of Col. Christy, whom we sincerely trust will call for it, as We have no desire, neither has "Phe- nician" to place him in the position of fighting an unknown foe. In this business there is nothing personal, but the interests of the entire Republican party in the Territory is at stake and its interests are not to be trihed with in the interests of any particular clique.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18
A Modest Man.

Chas. M. Strauss, as Territorial Super- intendent of Public Instruction. is ex- ofticio member of the Board of Re0ents of the Arizona University. As such member of the board, MT. Strauss has been acting as the secretary thereof during the last two years, and, in fact, has been bossing the university busi- ness. At the last meeting of the Board of Regents MT. Ormsby was elected sec retary, and Mir. Strauss was instructed to turn over the books, etc, to MT. Ormsby. This MT. Strauss refuses to do. He don't want things that way He wants to complete the university. He is an educator by birth and instinct; he is one of those individuals who knows when he has a soft thing, and he don't propose to let go. He likes to be secre- tary of the Board of Regents, to which there IS no salary attached. He is lover of the race and wants to work for the people, not for a salary, but from the satisfaction there is in bearing oth- CTS burdens. This is undoubtedly the reason why Brother Strauss does not care to deliver the books and papers to the new secretary.
 It IS not to be supposed that he is | afraid of an investigation. for no good grounds have been laid for suspicion that everything has not been perfectly straight in the secretary's office. It is more than probable that Brother Strauss IS holding on simply to worry the new board, which don't appear to appreciate his way of running things, as did the old board.-Star
 Appropos of the above, MT. Strauss voted at the last meeting of the old | Board, to pay himself as secretary, S25 | per month. The motion was made re- trcctive and dated said salary from January 1st 1889. This salary of S25 per month, MT. Strauss evidently considered as his especial perquisite, for immediate | lyupon his displacement and the election of MT. Ormsby, he made a motion to abolish the payment thereof. The mo- tion was carried, MT. Ormsby the new secretary, voting in favor of the motion. In subsequent conversation Mr.Strauss very modestly stated that he alone was capable of attending to the duties of the office and that unless he was permitted
 to continue in the place he had so long
 honored, the University would go to
 the dogs" With the same character istic modestly he declared himself the
 architect of the building, but offered no explanation why Creighton was paid $500 for the plans. He said further, to the board, "I have done all the dirty work connected with the institution and now you want to kick me out" As a majority of the present regents are new men in the board, and not as yet very
 well informed in its past proceedings, the question quite naturally arises as to the nature of the "dirty work" MT. Strauss has been called upon to do.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18
Elrctric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise.-A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as we'll as cure all Malarial fe- vers.-For cure of Headache, Constipa- tion and Indigestion try Electric Bit ters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded.-Price 50cts. and s1.00 per bottle at George Martins Drugstore.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18

Elsewhere we present our readers with an interesting communication from Phenix, over the signature of "Phenic ian" giving the true inwardness of the political combination with bossism, sec ret plots and intrigues that have been conubiated in the Garden City. AS the letter speaks for itself comment is un. necessary. We will however say that its author is one of the leading men in Phe. nix. Although his true name is not ap- pended to the article, the auther does not not seek to conceal it, but boldly places where the interested can have it if they want it. "Phenician" evidently knows of what he writes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18
NEWS from the seat of war are exceed

NEWS from the seat of war are exceed ingly scarce to-day, so that it is impos sible to tell which way the robbers are going, the extent of the pursuit or any thing pertaining thereto. Even bets could have been made in this city to day, that the robbers would succeed in getting away, but of course any such conclusions are liable to be far from the truth. One thing, however, is certain, and that is instead of sending soldiers on the trail that work should have been left entirely to the Indians. Offer them a reward oi $500 for each of the robbers brought in and we will venture the assertion that before long they would have everyone of the guilty ones in camp.