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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-09
A COLLECTION or cuRlos.

a SINGLE nail was found in perfectly
fresh egg recently by farmer near Niles,
Mich. ~''
A DEER weighing 200 pounds broke into
the Office OF the Indiana Central railroad at
CAIRO, ILL.,, recently. It was killed.
The Baxter family, of Norwich. Conn,
found valuable diamond ring slowed away
in tho interior of their Thanksgiving TURKEY,
The champion economist of the nineteenth
century lives in Fulton County, Ga. He
mas his socks and gloves made from his
pwn hair.
LITTLE Lizzie Rollins, born in Marine, Cass
County, Ia, last week, has six grand
mothers, the Oldest, her great-great-gr grand
mother, being 81.
A COW broke into Brooklyn oyster deal.
'ers' establishment last Monday night, and
devoured eight quarts Of raw oysters be-
fore she was discovered.
A WATCH lost by an Ohio farmer two
years ago was found in the throat of one of
his COWS which had cholzed to death the
pther morning. She had found it in a straw
stack.
A CALF jumped on the pilot of RAPIDLY
moving train on the Southern Pacific one
day recently and rode nine miles till the
car stopped. 1t then scampered off about it's
business.
A KEY WEST fisherman captured turtle
weighing 1000 pounds, the largest ever
seen. The old fellow was broad enough on
the back for six men to stand on him, and
be could have foated off with a ton of coal.
A WOMAN living near Fort Worth, Tex,
recently gave birth to a male child who had
on its back the letters s r, formed of
growth of jet-black hair. The letters
were about two inches high and perfectly
made.
SOME hens eggs that were accidentally
covered up by some men blowing at Petay-
luna, CAL, last summer, were Matched by
the heat of the sun upon the earth, and the
noise made by the chicks led to their discov-
cry and release.
A CITIZEN of New Ulm, him., owns a
horse which he considers an unerring
weather prophet. He can always tell when
storm is coming by watching the animals
eyes, which change from very light color
to dark blue twenty-tour hours before a
change in the weather.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-09
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sis.ant Surgeon in Montreal General Hospital,
Once over Clemmer b PooleTs drug store Calls
attended day aud night
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-09
WHAT CAUSES M,RTH.

All Mfrth-CAusing Agents Are OF one
Kind anu Differ Only In Degree.
Sydney Smith gave the true answer
when he said that tho form Of mental
pleasure We call mirth was due to the
discovery of a congruity in a seeming
3 ncongruity or the reverse. This is
best illustrated by an example. Boileau
had brother who was a n,a,suias sujet,
tailed in life and came to ask for help.
Boileau upbraided him with his mis-.
conduct. pointed out how they had
both started in life under equally ia.
vorable conditions and with equal
chances, and yet how differently they
had got on. ''Ah! but just think,' ex-
claimed the brother, ''what an i'm
mense advantage you had over me in
brothers!" The discovery OF the point.
the seeing of the joke, is, says Sydney
Smith, analogous to the pleasant men-
tai feeling in discovering something
quite new, or in suddenly understand
ing something dark to us before. This
sensation is always pleasant, but in q
Joke the discovery, since it is carefully
prepared for, is momentary, unexpect-
ed and without toll, and therefore far
more highly pleasurable than the ordi-
nary mental discovery. To take an
other example, that of the wooden pave
ment before St. Paul's: ''lf the Dean
and Chapter would only lay their heads
together. the thing would be DONE"
said Sydney Smith. Here very clearly
the fun is in the pleasure occasioned
by the instant mental discovery of the
connection, Notwithstanding the APP
parent complete incongruity, between
the heads of the Dean and Chapter and
the wood pavement Now, the slower
a mind works, the more difficulty it
has in quickly following out the con-
gruity through the apparent incongru-
ities' OR the incongruity through the
apparent 'congruities, and so in seeing
the joke. Men with slow minds, then,
prefer the plainest form of discovery
such as the mere noticing that some
thing out of the ordinary is going
on, as when a man clowns it by
putting on an enormous hat, carroty
wig. and sea-green coat. Thus, all
stupid and dull-witted people are most
easily amused by caricature and horse
play, and those minds which though
they are powerful are also sluggish
find it too hard work to follow men
tally the lightning flash in finely
wrought verbal epigram. No doubt
such theory as this postulates that
the man who likes Lamb and Sydney
Smith. but says he sees no joke at all
IN bufoonery. really means that he
only sees very little joke, and that
he does not care for it because he can
see SO much more in other things.
This, however, agrees with common
experience. The man fond of the
highest kind of wit is never really
unable to see the fun of the clown,
though it may bore him by its small
ness; and if he is scientifically minded
he no more refuses to call it a kind of
#it AAaasna26f Or fun thsssa to call
ui' ordinaire wine, though, as a mat
ter of fact. what he really considers
wine is laftte. In truth, all the
mirth-causing agents are of one kind
and differ only in degree, though the
degrees are often 1ntense.-Spectator.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-09

TIE Duchess of Cambridge pays a we'll
known vocalist s., 600 year to sing to her
daily.
, 1889-04-25

the Spokane & Northern Railroad. is in
Colville on business connected with the
construction of the road.
A. Mintier, formerly Of WardneY. has
located large lime quarry nerr Coville
and is building kiln for the production
of that article. He will also opeL q brick
yard in connection with this enterprise.
The Daisy Mining Company are ar
ranging for the construction of q wagon
road from the mine to Colville over which
to transport their ore to the smelter.
The large iron deposits on the Clu9ston
creek are being developed and large guam
titles of that commodity are being pre-
pared for shipment to the smelter.
T. ID Hayden Of CIugston creek reports
three-fout vein Of Raena ore in the Ten
derfoot mine.
Frank P. Hammond formerly of Spo.
kane Falls has leased the Old Dominion
hotel in Colvile for one year, and Is add.
ing largely to the popularity of the house,
which will hereafter be the leading hotel
in the whole northern country.
There is a growing desire to incorpor-
ate the city, which " II probably be done
at the June term of district court. The
growth of the many interests signifies an
Imperative demand for an Immediate
move in this direction.
, 1889-04-25
PREPARED TO FIGHT.

WAsHISaToN, April A.-Surgeon- -Gener-
al Hamilton said to an associated press re-
porter in reply to question asked as to
the probability OF another epidemic OF yell
low fever in Florida: ain view of the case
reported at Sanford yesterday, 1 should not
be surprised II there were considerable
number OF cases. The danger chiefly lies
in the towns and cities which escaped the
plague last year. In the places visited then
there was large proportion of acclimsted
residents who have had the fever and are
therefore safe.'
Are you prepared to manage the out
break should 1t occur?"
"Yes, muck better than ever before. Al
ready have received message of inquiry
showing the alarmed state OF public feel
ing for which there Is no foundation"
The surgeon general added that the state
authorizes also are much better prepared
than ever before and that there IN no evi-
dence OF a desire to conceal the fssts which
proved so disastrous last year.
, 1889-04-25
FACTS FROM FARmINaroN.
Farmers EIceedingiy Busy-New schoa
BuildlrR-Notea and Personala.

Farmers Exceedingly Busy-New school
Buildirg-Notes ana Personals.
FARhISoTos, April 10. Correspondence.
For the past three weeks this town has
Ieen remarkably quiet. Farmers have
been 80 busy putting in crops that IL they
came In ut all their stay was short, as
when they did come IL was on business,
and when that was transacted their faces
were turned homeward.
Every acre OF ground around here 10 now
being utilized, and range for cattle In
this vicinity is a thing of the past.
Scrub stock is being got rid of and blood
ed stock Ia taking it's place.
The new elevator is up and enclosed and
the carpenters are giving it the 6uishing
touches.
The new school house is painted and
finished on the out side and will be COM
pleted and ready for school next month,
and the town is proud of it. Mr.. Starkie.
who was the contractor OF the school
building has commenced the erection
OF a new planning mill on the east side of
First street, north of the railroad track.
Mr.. Starkie Is a Portland man, good
mechanic, and has any quantity Of energy
and push. We do not have any such train
loads of freight coming here as the one
that passed through your town on its way
to Portland. but our business men are re-
ceiving immense quantities of merchan-
disc of all kinds. Every day it comes
rolling in, and every day it goes rolling
out through the country.
DR.: Little6eld, physician and surgeon of
the w. & L., with headquarters out on the
reservation, was on our streets recently
The doctor is a genial gentleman, and
drives one of the best horses in this part
OF the country. We remember the COM
maudment to covet not thy neighbor's
goods, ETC., but it is little hard to keep
from being little serions whom you get
your eyes on fine horse
General Tannatt is going to build new
house near the depot, to be used as an eat
ing house for the accommodation of train
men and passengers. 1t is now much
needed.
The proprietors Of the Whitman house
have just completed large addition,
making that hotel second to none in the
Palouse country. W.
, 1889-04-25

nay lake speak Of the new strike 10 The
NO. ! mine as being larger and richer thar
was supposed at Hrst. It Ia impossibis b.
tell the extent Of the ore body. AZ the
incline penetrstes the mountain IL iucreas-
es in size until now IL is said they havs
ore over and under the drive, and on each
side. lt has been found fifteen feet
through at one place This ore goes nm
into the hundreds OF ounces of silver 10
the ron: The No. now bids fair to eclipse
the Halls mine at Toad mountain.
The returns Of ore shipped from tho
Little Donald mine are said to have bees
very high, better than the owners expect
ed. M,Syv
, 1889-04-25
Bsnef fits OF the Elevator system.

The new D. X. h N. elevator in the north
end of Colfax, says the Palouse Gazette, is
being built near the old Breyman ware.
house. Great stacks OF lumber and other
material is on the ground and workman
are busy framing and constructing good
foundations. The building will be pushed
rapidly toward completion and will be
ready for the large grain crop which the
country will doubtless produce this year
long before the crop is gathered. The
capacity OF the elevator will be 200 600
bushels, which will not b. any too large
for the demands of this summers crop.
Farmers hail the elevator system with de-
light. II is destined, In time to do away
with the sacking of grain which, by reason
Of the jute trust, has become great bur
den to grain raisers Of this coast, Wher-
ever the elevator system has been tried il
has proven u success and an advantage to
the farmer Had the money spent for
grain sacks in the Palouse country been
used in destroying the destructive squir-
rels. the ground squirrels would now be
non est and the farmers would be much
better of with more comfortable homes,
and better prospects.
, 1889-04-25
W HITE's STORY.
WHITES STORY.
A Friend Says lie is $40 900 short In Bis
ACcnnuta.

Accounts.
TACOMA. April 23, Special.-.In coverss-
tion wit an Intimate friend of Captain
white, late commander OF the steamer Pre-.
mier, who absconded from Seattle some
m0"ths ago, 1t is learned that his own state
nient OF the trouble was that he used &c.,
oOO, which was the extent of his shortage
~ purchasing opium to be smugglcd into
the country. He had the whole of the
opium on board the stea mer on his last tri o
to Seattle. when he reac he'd
Port Townsend he received warning
that the vessel would be seized
on its arrival at Seattle as the customs au
thorities had been informed OF the pres.
ence OF the opium on the boat. He, there.
fore, according to his own statement to his
friend, set to work and threw the whole
consignment of opium overheard through
a portfolio. When the vessel arrived ut
Seattle the customs officers were unable to
lind any opium aboard, so no seizure could
be made. Finding that the money was all
lost he telegraphed his brother to furnish
him with funds to make good his shortage.
That not arriving in time he left for st.
Paul where he had but $35 on his arrival.
He then started around the world and only
arrived at Port Townsend few days ago.
He has shipped as first officer of the steam
er Libby under Captain Beecher He has
stated that he will work in every way to
NIX up his sh ortage a. quickly as possible.
, 1889-04-25
A SAD SUICIDE.
Austin A. Bell Blows Out His
Brains at Seattle.
Agent COffey Indicted for En-
bezzling Funds.
Pendleton win Have the Railroad. The
Holiday Litigation Beg'ns--Max
Pracht Talks.

SEATTLE, April "a. Special Austin A.
Bell, ~ prominent and wealthy citizen of
Sc tile, committed suicide this morning by
shooting himself in the head at his real
estate Office in North Seattle. Bell left his
home at an early hour apparently in his
usual spirits, and during the morning
transacted business in the customary man.
ner. About 10 O'Clock Mr.. Bells partner
and nephew, William Goldman, who had
been In the Office with him, left and went
across the street Bell then got up from
his desk, locked the Office door, sat down
and wrote very atectOnate letter to his
wife, stating that he had determined To end
his life because of his long continued i'll
health. Then arising he steadied himself
against the Office safe with his left hand,
and placing the revolver against his head
he pulled the trigger. The sound of the
shot attracted a crowd. The door was
broken open. In the middle OF the office
lay the body Of the suicide. His head
rested against the partition while In his
right hand he firmly clutched the revolver
The large pool Of blood that flowed from
the ugly wound on the right eide OF his
head formed around tie body, and tho
walls OF the room were bespattered With
crimson fluid. The bnlle. had gone clear
the head of the suicide and struck against
the wall on the other side OF the room,
Bell was not quite dead when the neigh
bors found him, but life WAS fast going
When Mrs. Bell was notified of the suicide
OF her husband she tainted ana III was only
with the greatest difficulty that she was re-
sucitated, The remains were removed to
the house and she spent the day lowering
over the body OF her dead husband, sob
bing and moaning Us though her heart
would break.
The cause of the suicide was undoubted
ly al OF acute melancholy induced by i'll
health. Mr.. aud Mrs. Bell had but recent
ly returned from the East whittier they
had gone for the benefit Of his health, and
he was feeling so greatly improved when
he came back that he at once began an ex.
tensive improvement Of his property in
North Seattle. Bell was the only son OF
Vim. Bell, one OF Seattles early pioneers
from whom Bellto wn or North Seattle was
named. He was 80 years Of age and was
the second white child born in Seattle. His
father died about "a year and half since
and the son inherited Il Large
part of the estate which altogether is now
estimated to be worth at least million
dollars. His wife, whom he married six
years ago, was Miss Emma Davis OF Va.
caville, California. There were no chill.
dren. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. g. w.
Hall OF Los Angeles and Mrs. j. A. Stewart
of San Francisco. The date of the funeral
has not yet been set
, 1889-04-25
IN THE CEUR D.ALcNr.
Interesting Letter From the standpoins
OF y Practical Miner

ora Practical miuer.
MULLAN. Idaho. April 18. Correspon.
oence,-Ihlnklng that you would like to
hear some reliable news from the Cpur
d'Alene mines, and having gone over the
country very extensively, / Thought I
would Eive You my opinion of IL, a. min
ing proposition and from miners stand
point,
have bad 25 years. experience in the
mines of Nevada and California, and of
course think myself competent to Judge
OF anything that pertains to mining or
milling ores.
Now. am not going to start of with
the old remark that | am u subscriber
and cons ant reader Of your valuable pa
per, for l sm not. My reason for not
being 80 ia because l have not
been stationary long enough TO subscribe,
and the mail is 30 irregular that a person
cannot get it more than semi.occasio onalIy.
However, when do get u copy of your
paper always find it both spicy and
newsy. II is undoubtedly one of the very
best newspapers IN tue Northwest.
The Gold Hunter il the principal mine
OF the district. 1t is opened by tour tun-
nels OF from 200 to 500 feet in length and
shows vast bodies Of very high grade lead
ores. These ores will be concentrated and
shipped to Tacoma to the Ryan smelter
for reduction. When the entrator gets
TO running steadily 1t will take about
l5O tons OF ore day to keep it supplied,
and the mine can furnish that amount
Of ore for an indefinite number of years.
The Gold Hunter mine and tue concentra-
tor are under the immediate superintend.
ency of Colonel G. G.. Perkins, q gentle
man OF large experience and great ability
in such matters.
The Morning mine, owned by Warren
Hussey Il Son of your city, Is scarcely sec
ond to the Gold Hunter in point
of development and richness. It is a
great mine, showing such large quauti-
ties OF ore that the owners have already
commenced the construction of a 100 ton
concentrator that will add materially TO
the already large shipment of concentrates
from this portion OF the country; also
place large amount of shekels to the
credit OF the fortunate owners.
The Evening mine is under bond to
Helena parties. II Is being developed uu-
der the bond by Messrs. Garrison aan Bah
cock, who have great faith in it's future
They have some very rich ore and expect
at any time to rival the Morning, which is
the adjoining claim. They are princes
among men and deserve success.
These that have mentioned are not all
the good mines in the district by long
shot. 1t would make this letter too long
altogether to even give short synopsis of
all of them.
Nullan is q growing town and il
putting on metropolitan airs. IL boasts
of two general merchandise stores, three
hotels. eight saloons and other etceteras
of mining camp. The railroad will in
all probability be running regular trains
in q few days. when our mail facilities
will be increased. w. A.
, 1889-04-25
THE lost LONsDALE.
He Bobs up seroDely At San Francisco %
aud Talks OF His Tip.

He Bobs up sersneiy at San Francisco
aud Talks OF His Tip.
SAN FRANCIsco. April 23, Special.
steamer Bertha, from Kodiak, Alaska. He
giyes the following account nf his travels;
On the 10th Of February, 1888, he let Lon
don equipped for a journey through the
TedoIlS resion. 1''' Ne proceeded d directly to
Winnipeg, Manitoba where nearly
all his outfit was left and he started north
with al eds dra wn by dogs, his only white
companiOu being William McKenn, u
cook in the employ OF the Hudson Bay
Company. In August. 1888, ne reached
Melville Island, the farthest point north
reached by him, thence he started across
Alaska for Kodiak, his course being from
Melville Island to the nearest point on the
Yukon river, after reaching which ne,
followed it nearly all the way He had
Indians but during the journey all mt
twenty-eight of the dogs died, and several
Indians were nearly frozen to death Ions
dale was obliged to walk over fifteen
hundred miles OF the journey across Alaska
owing to the depth of the snow which
made II impossible for the d0gs
TO drag little more than the
sleds with provisions on them. on
November 10, 1883, he reached the Russian
mission on the Yukon river. From there
he went across To Neshsgak river, thencf
10 Breste bay. arriving at katma January
"a. 1899. Owing to the thickness OF the tct
the boat did not arrive from Kodiak unti
March "A. He Loft Kodiak about month
ago for this port.
, 1889-04-25
Thompson for the Senate.

ELLESsBuRG. April 23.-Special.-Sam
Collyer, cashier OF the Merchants National
bank of Tacoma, of which institution Wal
ter j. Thompson is president. being in the
city, your correspondent, learning that
Mr.. Thompson's name was mentioned as a
probable candidate for the United States
senate, interviewed him on the subject.
"Sustaining az do" said he, eliminate
relations with Mr. Thompson, have reas-
on to believe that at the proper time he will
be a candidate for the United States senate.
1t seems generally conceded that the sena-
tors will be selected one from each side of
the mountains, and it would appear at this
time that the most prominent names mem
toned this side of the range are Watson G..
Squire OF Seattle and Walter J. Thompson
of Tacoma"
, 1889-04-25
a Fire at Endicott.

CoLFAx. April %, Special.--A fire oc
cured at Endicott, eighteen miles from
here yesterday morning about o'clock,
which destroyed q two-story building
ownedby John w. Mason, and small
dwelling belonging to q, III. Boardman.
The first floor of the former was occupiep
by Mason as hardware store and the up
per for hall purposes All the contents of
both buildings were consumed. The stock
of hardware was only partially insured
Incendiarsm Ia suspected, An agricultural
implement warehouse was burned there
four weeks ago.
X. q. Blair Of this city, will deliver an
address before the Odd Fellows OF Spokane
Falls on Friday evening at the anniversary
celebration
, 1889-04-25
COLLECTOR PKACHT.
He visits San Frsncisco and Talks with
the CRnnery People.

He visits San Francisco and Talks win
the Cannery People.
SAN Francisco, April "a, Special.-Max
Praoht of Ashland, Oregon, the recently
appointed collector of customs for the dis.
trict of ..laska, ,s in the city. He stated
to day that he had called on nearly all the
leading cannery men Of San Francisco
who have interests in Alaska and conferred
with thu IN In regard to the enforcement OF
the new law concerning the bBrricsding OF
Alaska rivers for the purpose of taking
salmon. They all promised that the OBJ
structions would be taken down immedi'
ately and not replaced. This will make
the en- ntorcement OF the law an easy matter
for Collector Pracht, who will leave for
his home in Ashland tomorrow. He will
start for Sitka on the steamer Ancon May ii