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The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
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ANAMosA. Iowa, Aug. 8-Robert Hesly, an
old and well known citizen, with . romantic
history, died this morning at his home here,
aged eighty yearA The deceased was native
Of County Waterford, Ireland He received .
classical education In the old country, en-.
tered the Catholic priesthood on obtaining
his majority and soon after Joined the Order
Of TrappistA In, 1915. he, came to
America in company with the monks,
at New Mellary, Iowa. Healey was one Of
the leaders of this sturdy band, and MAIN
tanned his connection with 1t until 1859.
when he fell violently-tn love with beauti-
full young lady who lived near the monas-
tery and whom he was in the habit of meet
ing clandestinely from time to time The
two became 80 deeply enamored, with each
other that Healiy finally broke the
vews Of lifelong oelibacy he had taken by
marrving the young lady, for which he was
expelled from the order and eEcommuni-
Gated from the Catholic church. Disowned
by his brother monks lnd denied the bene-
fits OF his church,. he became morose
and hypochondrtacal, which resulted in
partial dementia before his death. During
the civil war he entered the service on the
Union side, and was one of the bravess sol.
diers in the heroic Thirty first Iowa infantry.
receiving several wounds, for which he drew
pension from tbs government Afew years
ago his wife and Two daughters removed to
California, where they are now living
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

IT Is said that not English money
alone, but capital from all Europe,
is seeking investment in this country
for fear of a disastrous war on the
continent. Capital is sensitive and
danger from afar. If this be q fact,
it is tribute to the stability of our
republican Institutions.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
Wife: "Johu. I wish von,d ,e int,

Wife: John, l wish you'd go into
Cofee&Co.'s g when you're down town.
and see why they haven't sent up the
groceries l ordered by postal card
two days ago. It's shameful to
neglect my order 80. Just give them
q real hard seosding, win you John?''
John: Il shall 60 and see Mr.. Coffee
himself about it," John tan hour
later: "Mr. Coffee, here's an order on
this postaI.card that I've carried in
my pocket two days. Iwish you'd
get the goods up to the house early
aTl TINS morning; will you, plsasss"-
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

A MARRIAGE between parties resid-
ing at Weston, W. Va, has resulted
in family complications as interest
ing as they are unique. The bride
groom is a wealthy and mature man
of ~, who occupies the relationship
sof grand uncle as well as husband to
his bride, charming blonde of 25.
ny her marriage this singularly for
fnnate young lady becomes the aunt
iIof her own father, the great aunt Of
brothers and sisters, and the
overwhelmingly of herfather'sgrand-
She Is, moreover, her own
ant " marriage, the aunt of her
4 ef and her first cousins great
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

AMONG the witnesses examined in
the judicial contest at Williamsport
recently was man from Cogan sta
tion aged % years, who said that he
had never until that day been more
than one mile away from Cogan
station. He was quite astonished
at his surroundings.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

"UNcLE JIMMY" ATKINS, colored,
died in Sherman, Texas. the other
day, at the reputed age of 80 years.
A despatch says: Hewas not very
aged in appearance; he was tall and
spare. His eyesight failed him twen.
ty years ago, but three years ago it
began to improve, and continued to
10 so until he died. He leaves a wife.
ALSO very old. White men who have
known Atkins for fifty years say
there is no doubt of his great age.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

THERE is a lady in Milwaukee who
Is the mother of nine children. None
Of them were named until they were
twelve years old. They were simply
called by their nicknames and their
numbers, Gone ''Two," etc. When
they we're twelve years old each one
chose his own name and was bap-
tized,
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Misoellaneous,

The election in Salt Lake City for city
officers insure Gentle city government
next February.
Miss Charlotte Crocker and Miss Flora Nc.
Lean, injured in the achtexplosion at Bufa.
10, N. Y. will recover.
The National Editorial association will
meet at Detroit Mich, Tuesday, Aug. 27,
ana continue In session four days.
The miners of Gratz, Austria, ore on strike.
declining to disperse, 200 of them were or.
rested.
The rumor that an English syndicate
would buy up oil the cotton mills in this
country is denied by the mill owners at Fall
River, Mass.
In the libel suit Of Col. Crosby against
Russell Harrison, the court limited the time
within which defendant must file an answer
to ten days.
The tenth annual convention of the Pho.
tographers' Association of America was held
at Boston. The next convention will be
held at Detroit. Mich.
convention Of representatives of the sill.
YER mining industries OF the United States
and kindred industries will be held in St,
Louis early In October.
The New York board of trade and trans.
portation, comp9sed of over nine hundred
firms, has endorsed the movement for ehe
worlds fair in New York.
The coffin was purchased and the grave
dug for the young daughter off. c. Boshilisr
OF Elkhart, Ind, hut she came to ifo just be-
fore the funeral services began.
Tho National Bank of Redemption of Bos.
ton placed an attachment of $50, 900 on the
Riverside mill property. Many other attach.
ments. 1t Is said, will be made
report Of the Chicago committee on re.
lief for the destitute miners of Streator, ILL.,,
shows that there are 4, ,O52 families, making
~, 400 persons, who arc dependent on char
| ity In this district
Postmaster Lewis and tho Republican
leader Col. L. E. Buck, were burned in eflgy
| at Atlanta, Ga. because OF the appointment
OF negro In the poatoface, where white
lady Is employed as clerk.
Aman named Lewis Blackmer, resident
Of Sauk Centre. Mlnn., became raving ma
MAC. He is very violent, scratching, kick
Ing and biting every one he can get hold of.
he took long walk in the hot sun and was
nearly overcome by the heat, and it is
thought that this, together with recent do.
mestc trouble, was what brought on insan.
ity. 1t is the intention to take him to an
asylum for treatment.
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atlsa9sA . bsaka Ths NoesA eenr Gu.
stsuosico company, whioh was oxkantssd %
build ths road, held . msstang In mimSo
yesterday - make arrangements and arrive
at . nnal dsoasion regarding the coustxuction
Of the road i u Munger, fhs vioe pess-
dent Of the construction company, who was
present q the meeting, returned homo TO-
day. He reports that the road viii nov bs
pushed on nifty milss nun the present end
Of the completed twenty miles to the NJ,
sisdppi river, and that notification wi
sent yesterday to tho sontzacsors 10 have The
rails laid 10 the Mississippi BY Dse 10 The
road viii strike the river ct Itasca, new
town at the mouth Of the Prairie river, Q few
miles below Grand RapidA Foley Brothers
/ Guthrie have the contract - they had fox
the arst twenty mtles OF track already built,
and next week will eco wesk begun. 4 viii
be pushed - fast ~ possible, andtn LEES than
. month there will bs ne lese than $500
men at work On the road al summer the
work Of surfacipg the truck built last year
has been carried Do. and It 10 now in arst-
class condition for the passage ef trains to
be used In construction or other work
Camps are built, and not alittle preliminary
work for the extension 10 already done. Con.
siderable OF tho right Of way has been cut.
and the contractors have been holding sup
plies and forces in readiness for some time,
expecting IN order to 70 shead.
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s,rs It ID Ta.eota..

LAREDO, Tax, Aug. S.-The description OF
the Tascott suspect under arrest here tallies-
more closely with that Of the much-sought
fugitive than has beon tho case In any pre-
vious capture. According to details men,
toned at length, the prisoners appearance.
corresponds exactly with tho description
contained in the reward circular issued by
the relatives Of Smell. the millionaire, for.
whose murder Tascott il under Indictment
The scars upon Tascott's elbows and legs
have countezparts upon the Laredo man..
and though there is no gold in the prisoners
front teeth, . cavity which had once been
filed is there Different names were given by
the prisoner, but he finally settled on.
that Of A O Delrhine OF Concordia. Kan.,
where he claims to haye been at work as .
fireman on the night Of the murder Of Banker
Smell in Chicago He has been loafing
around in Mexico for about.two weeks, most
Of the time with railroad men, two Of whom
came TO see him this morning aud called
him @Newt, by which name alone he was
known among them. He stated positively
that he was never In Chicago. yet tina two
men who have been with him In New Laredo
saw that he has frequently talked with them
about Chicago and diAplayed thorough
knowledge Of that place Sheriff Sanchez,
has forwarded Photograph Of the prisoner
to the Chicago police.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
or NsteA Record.

The description OF the robber tallies
with that Of the man who robbed Milwau-
kee 4 Northern train at Ellis Junction some
weeks ago In April and May Of this year
the stage running between Antigo and
shawano, Via, was robbed repeatedly, the
mail pouches being slit open and valuable
packages OF registered mail taken. Post
Office Inspector Pulsifer visited shawano and
Get government agents on the robbers trail
for these bold robberies were committed
BY but one man. This was early in May, and
nothing more wss heard Of the man till Nay
20. when passenger train OF tho Milwaukee
person who began ut the front Of the train
and r1f1ed every passenger aboard. With the
aid OF persuasive revolver. The conductor
locked himself in the baggage car and the
highwayman swung from the rear coach Just
as the train began slackening speed ut Ellis
OF Mari6ette He secured over 81 900 in
cash. valuable watches and jewelry.
The big rewards for hts capture offered BY
the Milwaukee b Northern railroad and by
the postofaoe department brought numerous
detectives to the district II was quickly
Retmund Holzheimei, and that he Wa well
known through the ptneries Of Northern Wis
constn and the border counties OF the upper
peninsula OF Michigan. His intimate ac-
qua1ntance with the forest atood him in good
stead and when heard Of in ono place he
would often appear on the following day at
. point many miles dirtant
He was also protected and secretsd by the
lumberlnen ia many places The lumber
men do not take kindly to 70 the repsesenta-
tlves Of the Law, and rather like tho oppor-
tunity Of doing them had turn. Holxhetner
ts tescribed al being five feet ten inches in
height. stoutlY built, with light hair, yelIew
mustache and keen gray eyes In his opera
ton he displayed great GOODNESS and coor-
age. holding up . stage or train SINGLE
banded. and BY hia very audacity succeed
ing: One Of bis pranks. played ten weeks
ago. consisted in robblng the store Of He
brew merchant ut Shawano IN broad day
light He walked in the store at noon, when
the clerks were at dinner aud the proprietor
alone, and told the proprietor to open his
safe ana shell out" Tho command was
backed BY . revolver, and tha trembling
merchant gave up several hundred dollarl
Hoizhetmer disappeared in an alley way. and
was seen no more in Shawano fes several
weekA
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

SINCE the Partisan Medical Con.
gress decided that consumption is
contagious, the German War Minis
ter compels the examination of every
soldiers chest once a month. If the
chest does not reach o certain breadth
and does not develope with drill and
athletic exercises, the soldier will be
disqualified, as predisposed to con-
sumption and likely to infest his
comrades.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

ACCORDING to a Pittsburg physi-
clan, the bow legs prevalent in that
city are attributable to the descent
of the hills by young children, in
whom the ankles yield to ease the
strain on the limbs.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

A RECENT discussion about the
height of trees in the forests of Vic
toria brings from the government
botanist the statement that he has
seen one 525 feet high. The chief in
spector of forests measured fallen
one that was 485 feet high.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

IT Is reputed among sporting men
in New York that there is an agree
ment between the authorities of Mis-
sissippi and John L. Sullivan's friends
that the fighter shall be let off with
a fine. The maximum penalty of his
offense is $500 fine and one years
imprisonment.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
Another from Green


New YORK. Aug. 8.-Prestdent Green, of
the Western Union Telegraph company, in a
reply to Postmaster General Wanamaker's
letter Of Aug. on the subject Of rates for
government telegrams, reiterates the state
ment that the act Of 1866 conferred NO
special benefits on the Western union COM
pany. Il did not. as held by the postmaster
general. confer the right to. use all the high
ways without compensation On the con-
trary. the company pays railroads. plank
roads and individual owners foE rights Of
way. and has TO obtain licenses and
rights OF way In streets from munich
paltties, or condemn aud buy them
under state laws. just IN IL no national law
ernment stone and timber; bat It has never
been expedient for the company TO use these.
It granted forty acres Of governments land
for telegraph statonaI but no stations hsve
been eatahiished It granted rightet way
lines have been extended to military posts
this privilege has not been made use Of, and
In these cases 1t was only foE the couven-
fence OF tho government Puestdeat Green
agrees with tho postmastsr general that the
rates should be q juss oompsneakes. And
he takes sjust compensation" to mean sum
that Will cover the actual cost Of the service,
with something added for tho use Of facili-
ties necessary to perform IL servica
President Green shows by an analysis Ut tho
facts:
That the government eats ts tn lowest given
any customer; that the press r1te IL higher.
when the dispatches are saduced to their equiv
slent lengths I'm MESSAGES: that the Eates on
signal service business lave heen greatly me-
dsced In tho nineteen years Tat the service has
been in operatton; that the rsee on all Royern-
nent business has been reduced about 5Oper
cent In the past twelve wears. which II proper
kionately more than tie Hedneeion on neu6eA
businesA
President Green concludes a. follows:
The sum Of It al h that tho eovernnent has
etyen - nethine that cost the eovernnsut any
thing. OF that was Of any value to the govern.
nent 70 retain nothing that has not Sesn worth
more e tho eovernnsnt and tho puble thst We
should have than II has been worth to U.S. whilst
IN consideration Therefor the governmenf BY its
reserved power. has been making saving for Q
number of years q the rate OF nearly. Il not
0ottA o1O0.O year IN the cost Of its tele-
usp6 service below what other customers psy.
whilst It enjoys. - ts should. prs6otred serV.
ice Ovo3 Ill other business.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

SrATlsr1uANs of a speculative turn
ofmind compute that thepopulation
of the United States in 1890 will be
915, 900, 900, Whether the means OF
subsistence viii be equal to the main
tenance of so dense population is
aquestion. With the prospect OF
such q tremendous increase there is
apparent no pressing need of DR..
Anybody's elixir of life.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
The so.th Dakota ce,vs,.lo. 'Aso,. Re.4y.

esS SVesS SOSVsO SVovVosSV0 AWVuS RS00vO
The South Dakota constitutional conven.
ton practically closed its lahors on August
80. During it's Lost hours the convention
passed upon some Of the most important
matters brought before the body. The pro-
ingthe terms Of state officers to be elected
in October, thereby making the elections for
state and county officers coincident, which
was defeated the day before, was reconsider.
ed and adopted. State and county officers
will, therefore, be elected in November 1890
and South Dakota has been delivered
from ;Isaa,..n. annual 9,n. elections; The most
sideration OF the report Of the com.
mittee on state and municipal indebtedness.
By the constitution of 1885 ,thel limit of etate
indebtedness was fixed at $4,000. The
committee construed the limitation to be en-.
tirely independent Of South Dakota's share
o. the territorial Indebtedness; By the Re.
port OF the committee. the legislature ia EN-.
powered toincur indebtedness to the amount
Of $50. 900. An amendment was offered AZ.
ing the limit at 81 0O, 900 which was adopted,
After lengthy debate the report of the joint
committee was formally adopted.
warm discussion prevailed for time
over the action ofa Disturbing clerk, who
test from the members, and finally the
clerk gave way. A difficulty al-
SO arose over the mileage account.
After passing resolutions thanking differ
ent officials and praising the generous hos
pitality of the people Of Sioux Falls, the
Carson. chairman of the committee on
phraseology. and arrangement, said he
would vouch for its correctness. President
Edgerton said he was willing to take Judge
Carson's word and added his signature, TO
be followed in order by the other members
ofthe convention. A resolution was passed
authorizing the territorial treasurer to fund
into per cent bonds 500, 900 of the South
Dakota inherited debt.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
Must Be laid in Cash.

WARRINGTON, Special Telegram. Aug. g..
II is expected that Commissioner Morgan
will in few days issue an order allowing
logging to proceed at the la Pointe Indian
agency the coming winter. The trouble that
has occurred over the settlement Of the In-
dian allotments of pine lands has been thor.
oughly investigated, and the commissioner
from the data at hand believes that it is Tor
the best interests of the Indians that logging
contracts be allowed Where allotmente
have been approved the agency In
cludes the reservations Of Bad river.
LaCourt, O'Reilles. Lac dll Flambeau. Wis.
consin, and Fond du Lao. Minnesota These
Indians have sold their pine from the allot-
ments, and afterwards complained that they
were swindled by the. contractors. alleging
that they were paid in goods as high prices
bureau issued On order that NO more con-
tractswould be allowed, the Indians realized:
that such an action would deprive them Of.
means of subsistence during ths winter, for.
besides Whist they received for their Pine.
they obtained employment N the logging.
campa Upon this information. Commission
er Morgan has decided that the logging may:
continue. but will hold, that the Indians
mast be paid for the pine in eash.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

IT HAS been discovered that the
dragon flies or DEVILS darning nee.
dies that sport in the summer air live
on mosquitoes, and genius in New
York city proposes to breed them in
great extent.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
Alesr for Comm.nd,r.,n cb,.,

ASeef Tor CommAndOe-3n Chief
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Aug. g.
0en. Russell A Ager OF Nirhigan is said to
be the candidate OF Washington Grand Army
men to succeed Gen. Warner as commands.
in-chief Shortly after Corporal Tannern
appointment as pension commissioner \
boom WIS worked in his behalf for ee,s.
msnder-tn- chief Of the Grand Army. hut The
administration would object to his taking the
reau. Yhis has TUNED the attention, Of the
Grano Army to. some new candidate. ma
they have hit up0A Cen Alger as the most
available caris0ate. In this conn aetion Il in
asserted that Gen Ager has laid aaide his
presidential aspirations, and IL ready to re.
tire from politics for the purpose e becom.
ing ihe head Of the Grand Army
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
Court ScandalA

loMox, Aug S.-The German emperor
will probably not be as much pleased a. the
scandal mongers with the report which h
given currency to-day that . copy has besn
Guxreptitiously made of the manuscript of
the work OF Hir Morrell Mackenzie, in which
he relates hts experiences during and After
the last illness of the Emperor Frederick.
This work, 1t II said. gives numberisss choice
blts Of court scandal calculated 10 throw all
Berlin In hutter. and several delightlully
aRKravating personalities are being oirsu.
lated - sxtracA from the future volumes
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bn.s q q Paul a.d xurray oasa yasss-

yiiis, Wa.
I'm STORY o. 1AssmexA
Charles A Parksr. treasurer OF the Mime
apolis Grand opera house, was on the train
that was robbed over In Wisconsin. He o.
cupied berth directly opposite that OF the
conductor, and had tho pleasure Of listening
20 the cooversation that took place between
shtvezs chased each other up and down his
back He supposed u woul be his turn next
and expsditiously secrered his diamonds In
the mattxesa For some reason he wasuot
molested, but he says he was frightened out
Of fully seven years' growth. He thinks the
conductor showed remarkable nerve. PsfEef
the snos was fred He then could not resiss
the temptation to look out but foItunately
pulled the curtains back instead Of puahtng
them ouk In the latter case bs would been
liable TO have been shut
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The ytWu.

Lxs BENTON. SPECIAL Telegram, Aug. g.
wind, prevailed in this vicinity. East Of Ty-
dali, killing four horses and two oowa The
barn, together with thirty tons Of hay, was
burned North OF here the wind developed
. cyclonio shape, and, striking the barn Of H
r Weeks, cut . section Of the side Of the
building ous clean and strewed It over the
farm, leaving the remainder Of the barn TN
harmed
BED VINO, special, Aug. s.-The rain
storm was the heaviest hero this season
Several streets were flooded. crosswalks car
ried away and much damage done to prop
erty BY overflow. The railroads suffered
kee road near Egg which required the
services Of over sixty men until o'clock
this morning to repair. Another on the Du-
luth, Red Wing 4 Southern delayed the
moving Of trains until this evening. DAM
age done to the streets probably amounts TO
LAKE C1TY, Special, Aug S.-The barn Of
Nicholas Bsrthoma, In Chester township.
this county. was fred by lightning and de-
stroyed, together with considerable hay and
grain. M. Barthoma's dwelling was also
struck by lightning, but not much damaged
a oAuBA0 oNOA0 Oh AlAl0O TWO CAV.
tie. one on each side Of group. on the farm
Of Frank Ryan in Florence township. The
other cattle were not injured
ZU1BRoTA, Special, Aug. ga heavy rain.
accompanied by Q Eigh wind, fell here
Hashouts occurred on the Northwestern,
the Midland and the Duluth, Red Wing 4
Southern, delaying traffic during the day.
La Crosse. Special Telegram. Aug. s.
Another hard storm occurred this forenoon.
during which 1.79 inches OF rain nl, max
ing total OF 4l inches In twOnty-four
houia This record has been exceeded but
three times in fifteen years. Chris Miller's
barn. five miles from the city, Yves struck by
lightning and burned. with fifty tons of hay.
tweuty-three sheep and horse. During
yes.erday's storm Anna Smith, aged twelve
years. living on Middle ridge, was struck and
Instantly Killed Mra Justin, Of the town of
Shelby, was struck and paralyzed 40 abe has
not recovered the use Of her limbs yet
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Via. Special Teie-
Rram, Aug 8.-A large crew Of men have
been at work all day repairing the da,nsge
done by the heavy storm. Water street was
badly cut, the gutter breaking in one place.
letting the water into the basementa IL
was BY far the heavieft storm of the season.
WELLS, Special, Aug. S.-A farmer named
cellar. living ak miles west Of here, was
struck BY lightning during . thunderstorm
yesterday and died to-day. The cases Of q
watch In his pocket were cracked TO pieces
but The watch was still running. He leaves
wife and two children,
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

THERE are in the treasury vaults
at Warrington q pint of diamonds
and other precious stones that have
been presented to the various presi-
dents by admiring friends. .
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15
From Foreign Shores,

A terrific rain storm, totally destroying
crops in many places, passed over Ontario,
Canada.
The Nerced Morales thcater was burned a,
the City of Mexico. Several persons were in.
jured but no lives were reported lost
Official returns Of the French elections 70,
members of the councils general show that
949 Republicans and 469 Conservatives wers
elected.
Cap. Bujak, formerly . member of Gen