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Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
9hicnap, 25be Wpril 1873!

SHtlnyu, cow Hplu 1853.
Or. 6ebaftgr! - 8iloe bet p9re at
bpsse formeset paa 9eres @obbeb, ON
ies bah fslsenbe optaset / 9eres 8(ab
ies er besuarre life Norbmon5, iaa jes
oeo life ON bette oil blipe optaaet /
"Sfanoinauen"s Spalter, ba ies bar
label mig ise, at 8laset ct uoeluifenbe
norf, iaa at en- oanif life pilbe babe
nosen show, iom man flyer; men ies
pil MI alliseuel poue 5orisset, os Sc
fan iaa sisre, Tom Be pil.
Com 29ierne maalfe pil erinbre, 1freu
en- ois Sfolelerer q. g. &roasbsl en-
Irtifel / "Sfanbinapen"s SEQ. 90 an
saasnoe &ebninsen al 9amp,ibst "9ans
marf"s 8as'aserer, ps beri lepnebe ban
lite be oanife Ssfolt sgre for en- Stil-
ling, mebens bans 2anosmenb bIeu
beoet til Sfpsrne, ia. ban git enbos iaa
piot at paaitaa, at baobe bet life peret
for nosle nOrIfe Matrpiers Stplb, iaa
baobe bet saaet gait. Sou er je9 life
meset natiOnulitolt, os enten en- Wanb
er ipenf, nOrif eIer banf, an1er lea for
ct; men ouennGpnte Nrtifel imaser libt
Of NOrbmenbenes 3pit til at frembaue
benz ielp, liot af Self @riflon opoaseoe
Imerifa, Torbenfiolb bar banIf ETC.,
Cub ueo, ON bet life osiaa bar benne
Or. arcssbel, iom for nosen Glib lioen
~forlanste 9~orbenfiolbs Sig ublsperet
iii Norse; tbi ban ipnes mig at bore
iprelitet npt / i'm esen Nation.
Oct belle ipnes mig Iaa latterlia of
frembeoe i'm e9en Nation paa en- anoen
Nations gefoitnins FAINT peo 8ruaen ai
u~lanobeoer; tbi of Sr. 8rossbpl III.
eertloen omsaar Sanbbeoen en- Smule
i.ieoeslDs, er iss reiten iitter paa. Seq
uar nsmlis ielo neoe paa Linton Depot"
Den 23be b. M., for at tase imob emit
sranterne fra bet %iorllits Stib, ps bapoe
Der en- Samtale meo flere af Yasiaaez
rerne, ioalebes meb en- OR. GbrifenIen,
os bans uotalelier bar lise tiff imub
Sr. Groasbel, iaalebes par Der life
Spcr al 8anif saer grcitement til Stsoe
peo Ouerfsrelien af Yasiasererne til Oct
onbet Glib, bog om Sr. 8rossbsls
Sjerte mulisens funbe babe IIaaet liot
burtisere, ifal jss laoe bore uoelabt, els
lers git alt rplist ps ~Oroentlist til. ut
De omborbr9renoe Yasiaserer, iom bar
Ssm9nb, norfe, ~iuenite eller banife,
lisemeset, bar poet sob Sielp, er ptit
lnSsn 2pil unoerfaitet, tbi iom befjenbt
fan en- 9ampifibsmatros life itaa peb
Siben af en- Ditto Seilifibs; men at saa
iaa blot lom of paaliaa, at .SIficererne,
/ Serbelesbeo &opt. &nuoisn, life Ifuloe
funne ~foritaa of lebe llbifibninssn Of
Yasiasererne, uoen en- nprf Matros's
Snoblanben, bet er pei meset; pei peb
ies. at ben rorite Matros or foo COB en-
Manb, iom noseniinoe treoer paa ct
8af, men paa ben anben Sioe bleu
Sansen 70, 9anmarts Sci til &oes
os Mtast, iortlaone Sau", life lapet for
insen 2ins. % Der er piit mango norlfe
aUinosr, iOm tenfsr meb 3atnemlisbeo
paa be oanife Ssiolf, iom rebbebe berss
Wenb fra en- paao @rap paa SpGanos
Seitfpt, s bet belle taset &c be itanpi
napilie 5Olt betlenbte fOm sooe So.
m9nc, insen Hesler upen unptaselie
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
1ooeaaro.
ciperebe os u%senerebe unae mor,
gang fOmmer paa 9roner. "

ctpereoe % u9enereoe unae mors
gang fommer paa 9ronen. :"
De samle Stormenb rpIter isr,-
bise paa fine Suusbsr ga pr;b,r e
0enSer oper ben Mn1oe, hvorpo, ,"'
tiltommence 8eiier bliper uplert n,
uiet / ole 8assipsrssmaal. m.nr
unse Yrins nosOer aGereoe en- ,o,s."
Wpnoisbeb os bar / ben @rab uio,.
iette fin Billie isiennem, at BET ~
mansler be pcrenbe cs sommelho,,.
Ioelise / bans Gslse paa t%ilitro,t,p.
8eueselie os Iipsrlins. Srins s,r'
ipnes beller life OF bolbe meost ~.
Sheen ON ben feilerlise gerlcns s.l
lisbeb; til iaainart Der bare oipes o.:
lisbeo, leser os Haas bln meo gsr,
iom ban msber paa fine Spaierturs !;
Siertens 2pit, us bisie mao pao in,.,
Maabe afbolbes fra at sipe grinisr +.
mootasne Euf reoelis isien.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
SmaapIuf.

Wr. Z. @. 8urbid er pal9t til
Yreiibent for Chamber of Commerce
Sault Ste. Marie, bppr ban briper
fin npe 8anfforretnins.
- Saa 5ranflin Trarie iatte 9as
merne Jig / Spioien for en- Snbiamlins
ai 8laber ps Sens'laoer for be @pos
lioenbe i Sanb County, 9atoto, % ga.
gen bleu umfattet meo iaaban Sntsrssie,
at Superoiipr Maltbp fanbe isnbe aIfteb
en- COB Slump al ben Sluss Nsbuen.
bisbebss Nrtitler.
q. 6. 8ife bar flpttst fin gutif os
fit Il. 9. GrpreissD Office til 8psninsen
en- 9sr s~tenfor Treats Yaseri.
= SPAS. 9elup / 8luffton 2pwlibip
fanbtes forleben bsb paa 2anbeueien life
lanst fra tit Sjem, ban bapbe paret paa
en- Jiifetar % bar rimelisois truiiet al
ct SierteIas.
Samltn's W'5aro Oil Company
bar Here Iitener | 1ref aperterst fin
Reoicin siennem ct ristis limit Sanger
ielitab, ium gratis bar siuet Jriluftsz
Gpncsrter. On af Meblemmerne er
Nr. 8m. Gallagher fra 9tcorab; for
s Gar iioen lutteoe ban Zig til bette
Ollie 5irma o9 bar iioen itaaet i bets
Tieneite.
- Snsoas often bill Congregational
airfens Gamer icranitalte en- Straw
berry Supper, ct sObt % ubis9i
Waaltio for 25cts.
- college Srdsstras Concert bandit
iaroeles 8ifalb, men Sublifum bapos
besu9re inbfunoet Jig faatalist; @i;aro
Oils gratis Concert bapbe mol iamlei
ON fig be fleite.
- Sas. Gler. 9eonarbs Sosbanbel
bar itiftet Naun; Jirmaet er MI 9eonarb
& Spu.
= s BaufOn % Smesn srasierer
Der cit esen SlaSs "Sinfepe"s Spsbpm,
ION ansriber baaoe 8Brn os Sorne,
men til al Spite itaar Den life paa mere
enb nosle 9ase.
Sra galmar ifripes ben 25ce BEN
mes: DIE Often Rambers bsbe / tit Siem
beri Rarbsoen ben 4be april % bssras
pebes ben lite. 8aitor g. aoren for.
rettebe / Sjemmet Os pua airfssaarbsn.
&ambers bar en- al be albite Sstlere /
Galmar 9cwnibip. San bar fsbt ben
21ce December 1915 i SiiterSals Yre.
itssjalb / 9belemurfeu. s 1913 uo.
panbreee ban til Gmerifa lebiaset at fin
unse Suiru. De nebiatte Jig fsrit paa
SeferiOn 8rairie, @is. men | 1853
Hptteoe be til @inneibeif So. os buiatte
fig paa en- 5arm | narbeben Of bet Steb,
iom MI fables Galmar. De bapbe Z
Bsrn, bpOraf be 4 er bsbe.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
0ois be unge Gamer pipiie In;

3ois De nnse Gamer pioEe, auiI,,
fortpileoe Sanclia9er De unoe y6,rrs-
unoertioen besaar al ulptteli0 aiprfio.
bso, OilOs be pare mere forii8ti8e % its
lese meo oeres bpbe 5sleller. gn In,
Sise CAB npfis en- aiten Ell uno NorS
auruen, ps isr a(Otten 10 Gil ban Ben
ps frIeoe til en- auben cs fit Ia.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
6oor burtig fan man bpaae ct 60,

6pOr bnrti8 fan ulan bpsse ct 60,
foulotip! Nom g'rfer Sanbelstibenbe
m%eooeler, at Here aiYenipluania ganens
bpisre @mbebsmano til 9riitsbsapreren
al "Balbmina9 ofcmutips 5abrit" fornp-
Zig ubtalte fin 2pil ON, at ct 2pfomotip
funoe bpsses paa "a Elmer. Sriftsbe=
iipreren erflGrece, at ban life bebouebs
20 Timer ps for, log ct gabbemaal.
Oct blep mootaset % punbst paa en-
slimrenoe Maabe, tbi / ban napnte ia.
brit bleo ct fprite alasiss 9otomotiu
b9sset fig os fa,bis til grls i BET forte
2iosrum af 1G Timer IS Winu!ter.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
gDen iagisgt.

Nr. 4rtbur 5. .. Tortman itprteoe
en- msrf Giten / Soft ueb / 8rp &un
peo SaQ's 2iperps Stab rs fo>i log fig
iaaleoes, at ban for aue 9ioer bill blips
en- arpblins. Refuerfet par borte, ps
i COB 9rr, at ban git paa aaben @aoe,
ipaoiereSe ban lisefrem, os neb bar Def
i oct tsrre 8affeleie. Nu BAR ban Tag
irat Spen for $4,000 s~taoesertat.
ming.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
Heiienbe.

Ole Nubsrisn Sloiter fra Jupettt
County itanbisbe Ouer ct Iar Gage fib'
fte nse.
Iuton Sauberien, Gountp 8asierer
for 5ilmore Gouutp, bar 9ecurab 9sr.
bags / 5prretninser.
Mr. Grit 2arien fra Iipeltpne Gountr
SOipl, oar forleben / Spen % ai!asbe
ct 8siss / "9scorab; Soften"
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
Grtt sucinoa Y. @rmn.

Rpli9 ui iaa beroe
Sblanbt ps at panorc,
5rposnoe iisi
Gin blonfrenoe Saar,
Hu er henoes Zine
Bruitue | 9Boen,
SsioIb bun lisser
% bles paa lin Baar.
Ren / Cubs Simmel
4eper III Sj9len
Sammen meo gusle
s 8lGoe % Gpft,
Silsnt ri iaa nsoist
gil benoe Mite
Sil oi | bette
9oa isse Dor 3rsfi!
sbicaso 90. Zip 1889.
gnore Z. Tborien.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
Gn bebagelig Sperrafelie.

TN beba9eli8 Sperrafelie. "5or
en- lin Yortemonnaie bu bar Der, Senrif."
Saba, ies fl ben af min Rome paa
min Seburtsbas."
"8irfelis! Bar Der noset / ben ?"
Saba, &esninssn for 9ortemcn.
naien."
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01
Vaar.EXkurSiOner
tilSfanoinarien meoWerocns tors
ife 90 burti8ite 5ampifibe, bpori'
bIanot fan nTpncS:

tilSfanoinapien meoVerScns fter'
ite 90 bmrti8ite 3ampifibe, bpori'
blanot fan nTpncs:
UMBRIA, ALASKA, GERMANIC,
CITY OF NEW YORK,
ETRURlA, ARIZONA, BRITANNlC,
CITY OF PARIS
% anc andre fprte &lasics Yof'I
oampcre. Weo oisie Grfuritontr
Stores belle Neiien fra ct. PAUL
cner Winncapolis til SfanSina'
pien paa minore cno to tiger.
Silctter Ill oct eamle SanS ial'
9eS meo aac Stnier citcr &oniertn'|
ienS biaiSe men beitcmtc Yriitr'|
Gnbper al pore 1000 N8entrr fat
Ger cfter famine bulge Yris 'oaa|
nnoerte9ncoc Scpeofontor ior|
Toropeftcm, 90 man fan iaaltofs|
bape fine Yapirer | fnloitGtS's|
Sroen inoen man refer bjen'H'f'l
ira.
DOR Yro9ram, geilinSsliite esl
aae nGrncre SpIpsnin9er bsrpea'
DC man fig til
A. 4. Johnson & COL
General Tortbrue tern NSenter,
Cor. 3rd d Sibley Str's,
ct. Taul, Winh'I
minneapolis Office;
To. 200 Waibin9ton @pen'e Il
34154 4.
Decorah-posten., 1889-05-01

s "Stanbinapen" for ben 27oe Gpril
(9asblarst) fiuoes nebsnitaaenee Snos
ienoelier, builfe ri bar tanoet bet
ristisit at siee Biabs:
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04
What a Word Did.

A word whispered ON an Alpine
slope may precipitate, am avalanche,
and a suggestion spoken by a friend
may start a man in am honorable
career. Sir William Napier, disabled
by an incurable wound. and living
ON halfpay, was walking, one day in
London with Lord Langefale. Ma
pier had been dabbling~ ip painting
and sculpture, and had written for
The Edinburg Review an a bic article
OH COMMITS great work ON military
operations.
The two friends conYersed, while
walking, on Southey's narrative of
the Peninsula war, them fresh from
the press, and Lord Langdale was
greatly struck by Napier's remarks
concerning the events of the struggle,
ia which he himself had achieved
distinction.
Napier, what are your going to
do2o suddenly asked Langdale.
do you mean where Iamgoing to
diner answered Napier:
mo, no. What are YOU thanking
oftor an occupation? You ought to
give yourselfto literature: Your ar
ticle' on .Jomini proves that you can
write. Why not write ,aahistory OF
the war;"
Napier went home to,telI bis wife
what Lord Langdale had said. He
added that he doubted whether he
was clever enough to write,a history
of the war, She believed! I'M her hus-
BAND talents, and was anxious that
he SHOULD take up some serious &C.
cupation, and accordingly encour-
aged him to try He did try. Day
after day he labored atthe. desk. His
wife, though burdened with. the cares
OF a large family, was his, counselor
and amanuensis. She dhciphered the
whole of Joseph BonaparteTs secret
correspondence, written I'M % cipher
which had bafed all the experts
who had undertaken to,read it.
II would have given. twenty thous-
and pounds said Wellington, on
nearing OF nef success, UO, any per-
som who could havedone. THAT for me
I'M the Peninsula. ~
Five years after. the, conversation
with lord Langdale the first volume
OF the History of the. Peninsula
War was published lit made it's
author famous. The public were de-
lighted to read the, book Of one who
had nobly sharediin making the his
tory he SO eloquently narrated His
descriptions of BATTLES. sieges and
marches stirred,the hearts ofreaders,
and school boys, decEained his most
brilliant passages, Butt the simple
word of a friend had started the his
torian to his, work--Youth's Com
panion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04

clared that he noJ only oourted but de
manded. an investigators Of his administra-
hon OF the pension department.. Ultimately
the substitute OF Gen Barnum was amended
to read as follows:
That we thank the president of the United
States Tor the appointment Of our comrade,
James Tanner, as commissioner OF pensions,
and That Notwithstanding the assaults upon
him we declare our complete confidence in his
1ntegr1ty and our approval of his avowed pur-
pose TO do all that is possible to be done under
the laws Of the land for the veterans Of the war.
and with him we ask for the fullest investiga-
t10n or the management of his office.
THE NAVAL BATTLE
This has been the great day Of the en-
campment as regards crowds The day
trains brought in 80. 600 additional visitors,
mostly from Wisconsin and Illinois, the
great attrac ton being the night naval battle
In Milwaukee bay. Fully quarter of a
million of people occupied the beach, and
the vast amphitheater on the hillside of the
Lake Shore Park was packed with Grand
Army men and their wives, those seats be-
ing reserved for them. The battle was a
splendid spectacle, being participated in by
about sixty vessels, besides stationary
mortar fleet and by about {, 1000 infantry
men and artlll erymenr including seven COM
panles of the Fourth battalion Of Wiscon-
sin, the Chicago Zouayes, Battery D of
Chicago, Milwaukee First Light Battery and
several hundred Sons Of Veterans
MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 3O.-The national en-
campment adjourned sine die at 1880
The pension question was again taken up at
the opening OF the session and debated at
length. Finally the following resolution
was adopted:
That the action of the twenty-second national
encampment upon the matter of pensions is
hereby reaffirmed, and that the pension COM
possible means to secure legislation in Accord
ance with the resolutions of that encampment.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04
Made His Fortune en- Single Cargo

Made His Fortune en- Single Cargo.
Many a Maine fortune was made in
the West India trade in olden times.
but few ins the way told ola Portland
captain. Toward the close of. the
last century this captain sailed from
Portland with a cargo of lumber for
San Domingo. Arriving at his des-
tinatiom, he found Touissant, the
negro leader. in possession of the
island and was afraid to land. AS
he was about to put to sea again
his ship was boarded by a squad of
negro troops under command of the
removed Christophe, and urged to
land, as lumber was much needed on
the island. Noticing that the ships
papers bearing the autograph of
the President of the United States,
as was the custom III those days,
made a great impression on Christie
phe, the captain concluded to- try
their effect on Touissant. Accord
ingly he landed, marched to the
camp of the leader. This parsonage,
upon being told that a messenger
with a letter from the President OF
the United States desired an inter
view with him, readily accorded it
and the result Of the interview was'
that the number was exchanged fo,
an equal quantity OF coffee, suga,
and other goods of the captain :
selection, exchanging bulk for bulk
No ship ever sailed carrying so rich
q cargo obtained Upon such favor.
able terms. The fortune Of the cap.
tain was made. He retired from the
sea and settled down to prosper
Gus lie IN Portland. Lewiston
Journal.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04

The loss by DELINQUENT reports Is caused
chiefly by The negligence of the post officers in
making their reports. Had the officers
Of these posts reported as required of them by
the rules and regulations, the total mem
bership in good standing would have
been 3SS,653 Adding the number
lost by delinquent reports and the
number suspended (who are still members of
the erderr to the mem ership in good standing,
gives total membership as borne on the rolls
June 80. 1889, of 41O, 6S6 to which should also
be added nearly $4,000 comrades out on trans
fer cards. For charity and relief the order spent
during the year 1927, 637, making the total
from July I, 1871. 81, 935, 935.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-03
SIX inches OF SNOW
Eantanans Welcome Flakes
That EXtinguish the For
est Fires.
The Snow Fall Saves the
Mining Town Of Jay
Gould.
Anything to Beat Pierre Is
the Battle Cry in South
Dakota.
The Southern Minnesota Fair
at Rochester Now in Full
Blast.

HELENA, Mont, Sept. 2.-The forest
fires which have been raging in the
mountains for the last six weeks are
now supposed to have been eXtinguished
by the heavy rain and snow which fell
last night. In the vicinity of Elliston
and Ten Miles, snow to the depth
of four to six inches covers the
ground. The fires ragged fiercely
Saturday and Sunday. Fifteen
hundred people it is estimated turned
out at Elliston and other places to fight
the fire. They worked all night Satur-
day. and to half-past one Sunday night.
MANY came out with Scorched faces,
burned clothing and bloOd-shOt eyes,
Huge cinders were blowing in the air,
and the arrival of ram and snow was
never so welcome as it was there, In
the morning the top of the range was
covered with snow
A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE
at this season of the year. The
fire still shoulders in the trunks OF
trees, and may take a fresh start If the
wind rises. Many bridges have been
burned. as we'll as miners cabins. The
snowfall saved the town of Jay Gould
and the gold mill and mining property
there. The fire at Ten Mile was a
fierce and disastrous one. Sturrock q
Browns saw mill is mass of ruins.
The timber in that section was fir, cedar
aud pine. ana was dtO be the finest
forest in Montana. Hundreds of the
trees were four feet thick At the trunk.
There was one pile of logs which stood
twenty feet high and three hundred
feet long. The area burned is very
large. and the occupation of the wood
men in that section is gone forever, as
everything is burned to ashes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-03
Kentucky Vigilantes Infliet
Summary Punishment Upon
a Negro Ravisher.
Jim Dyer, a Notorious Des-
perado, Dies With His
Boots On.
One Thousand Volts Of Elec-
trieity Shock a Gothamite
Into Eternity.
Mrs. Amelia Foote Turned
Out by Her Children
to Die.

SOMERSET, KY, Sept. 2.-News has
reached here of brutal outrage com
mitted upon the twelve-year-old daugh-
ter of William Oates, prominent and
wealthy farmer residing a few miles
from Monticello. The particulars given
the correspondent by gentleman just
from Wayne county are as fol-
lows: Mr.. Oates has two
young daughters, aged respectively
twelve and fourteen years. MIR. and
Mrs. Oates left home on business and
left the two young girls in charge of the
house. Mr.. Oates had in his employ a
negro boy about grown. Knowing the
older people were away he entered and,
after locking the door upon the two
young girls, succeeded in ravIshing the
youngest. The other girl escaped from
the room, and going to neghbor'S house
gave the alarm. A posse was immedi-
ately organized and started in pursuit
of the negro. He was caught In the
woods and tied to stake. A rail pen
was then built around him. Coal Oil
was poured over him and upon the rails.
A match was applied and the negro
burned to death.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-03
SAM BRYANT SELLS OUT.
Scoggin, His Old Partner, Now
Owns Proctor Knott.

SHEEPsHEAD BAY RACE TRAcKs
Sept. 2.-Before the racing to-day Col.
S. D. Bruce sold at public auction, in
the paddock adjoining the grand stand,
a number of thoroughbreds belonging
to Bryant & Scoggin and the Locust
stable. The star of the sale was the
tnree-year-old Proctor Knott, the winner
of last years Futurity. The first bid
was $4,000. The bidding went along
at lively clip until $f7,100
was reached, at which figure na
was sold to w. A. Ferris, who repres
sented Mr.. Scoggin. Mr.. Scoggin thus
became sole owner of the horse. De-
tails are as follows: Come to Taw, M.
Kelly, s5,25O: Proctor Knott, ". A.
Ferris, S17,100: Robin Hood. Porter
Ashe, $1,000: jake Toms, d. A. Honig,
$3.50: Hindoocraft, &. r. Tompkins.
s11,7OO; Belina, w. A. Ferris, 81 ,250i
NJ. Kelly, S2,400; CerebuS, G. B. Nor
ris. S2,4O0; Remembrance, BeverWyck
stable, $500; Prince George, S. w,
Street, 50, $50; br yearling, by Sensa-
ton, dam Memento, W. .. Scully, 81 ,250;
Jackson, E, l.. Heyman, s1,150.
Thirteen animals were sold for total
of S45, 1856. an average of little over
So. .7O6 each. Before the bidding began
Col. Bruce announced that the sale was
to dissolve the partnership between
Scoggan & Bryant. Some hours after
the sale, G. w. Scoggan called on Col,
Bruce in the reporters stand and an
nounced that Mr.. Ferris had bought
Proctor Knott for his account. Sam
Bryant could not then be found, and
asked his opinion of the transaction.
Among horsemen generally, the opinion
be put in first-class condition, and that
it will take ''cracker jack'' to beat him
next year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-03
WEEplNG SKIES.
Rain DiscOurages the Southern
Minnesota Fair People.

Rain DisCOUrageS the Southern
Minnesota Fair People.
Special to the Clone
ROCHESTER, Sept. THE tenth an
nuai Southern Minnesota fair opened
here to-day, under dubious skies, show
ers prevailing of and on during all the
morning, but about noon it cleared off
perfectly. and during the afternoon the
weather was all that could be expected,
with the temperature much cooled. To-
morrow the fair will be on in earnest,
and large attendance is expected as it
is ChildTen'S day. The programme will
be as follows: Pony. dog and foot races,
biscuit eating contests, and other like
sports in the forenoon. Coup's
show, the fOur-year old colt race,
$50 class trOtting, and 2:35
class pacing. in the afternoon.
children under fifteen admitted free to-
day. The fruit display is fully equal to
that of previous years. while the grain
and vegetable exhibits exceed those of
any previous year, and Agricultural
hall is crowded with rich displays.
Rochester is having daily paper this
week, the Olmsted County Democrat
being issued as daily during the fair.
W. I. COup'S equeScurrlculum arrived
yesterday and is Quartered on the fair
grounds. The school department ex-
hibit, occupying all the east wing of the
main building, is one of the chief feat
ures, and all the exhibits in it are very
taStefuliy md advautageOuSIy dis
played. The floral display is very fine
and is all in place, all the exhibits be-
ing by Rochester florists. The insane
asylum has the largest collection. 1t oc-
cupieS the large center pyramid and the
east fountain. The plants in this col
lection are by far the rarest and most
luXuriant of any exhibited, among them
being banana plant over eight feet
high. The display Of live stock is very
fine, and the accommodations for it
have been OyerfOwed. A large force of
carpenters were at work all day yesteT-
daN hnildino sheds and mems.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-03
GREEN AND UNLUCKY.
A Kansas Granger Loses His Wife
by Abduction.

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 2.-Last night
the wife of William B. Hanna was
separated from him, and, 1t is believed,
was kidnapped through the operations
of confidence men. Hanna knows little
about city ways and admits he is very
green. On getting off cable car,
rather we'll dressed man said to him:
'sYou have stepped on my toes. sir, and
Intend to have you arrested" Hanna
started off to avoid arrest and, noticing
that the stranger was following, told his
wife to meet him at restaurant, where
they had eaten supper, opposite the
police station. Before joining his wife.
he was overtaken by the stranger, whom
he gave dollar to avoid arrest. He has
not seen his wife since, and Pinkerton
men now at work on the case think that
an accomplice of the man who followed
Hanna has captured his wife in the
guise of an officer, and that the whole
affair is conspiracy for big game, A
reward of $500 has been offered by
friends of Hanna for information as
to the Whereabouts of the wife.
A special from Orrick, Mo-. the home
of Mr. Hanna, says that the lost wife
returned there last night all right. She
lost her way while looking for her hus-
band and took the train for home.