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Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
SLEEPS Three YEARS.

Malaria Induces u Strange Afllction In
the Case of o Minnesota Man.
Twelve years ago Homan Harms arrived
In Utica from Southern Illinois, where he
had long suffered from malaria Shortly
after arriving there he found it impossible
to keep awake. He slept continuously day
and night for three years, and then reused
long enough to work In q harvest field part
of one season, when the lethargy returned.
At the end of three more years he again
walked up for a few days and again relapsed.
Each day he returns to consciousness for
brief season, but tho spell OF sleepiness ut
once exerts its sway again, and the man Is
as oblivious as though it wero the sleep OF
death. He has been treated with tonics,
quinine and evon strychnine, but without
effect. Two years ago his Oldest son, dis
cour aged at the dark prospect on the farm,
committed suicide, and a little later the
second boy died. At neither time was the
father able to understand the calamity.
His aged wife has been most constant in
her attentions to him, and Is his sole assist
3DC0,
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
Mr.. EPSTEik'S CUSTOMER.
A Real Genius Who Once Operated in
Pennsylvania Town.

Keal Genius Who Once Operated in q
Pennsylvani Town.
A man went into Broadway cloth
ing-store the other day and asked tc
see a pair of trousers. He went into a
closet to try them on. Calling out to
the clerk that they didn't quite suit he
was handed in another pair. Five
pairs were handed in to him in this
way, the last pair being just what he
wanted. He kept them on, handing
the clerk the price as he passed out.
1t was learned afterward that he had
kept on all the trousers that had been
handed in to him. The fellow was ar
rested, and he deserved to be, as his
performance was q miserable plagiar-
ism of the work of real genius who
once operated in Butler, Pa.
It was before Butler was as large a
town as it is now. A man named
Epstein started clothing-store there
in a. small way. The people had been
in the habit Of having their garments
made at home, and Mr.. Epstein's store
was something of an experiment His
stock accordingly was not extensive.
One day q stranger walked in and
said he wanted to buy suit. He was
one of Epstein's first customers, and he
was anxious to make the sale. The
stranger retired to small room cur
tanned off in one corner to try on the
clothes. He was hard to fit. Epstein
kept handing him in drawers, under
shirts. pants, coats, vests and collars
and cuffs until the entire stock was in
tho little room. The man was ungain-
ly in build, and he kept up q running
fire of pleasantly about his i'll shape
and what dreadful nuisance he was
to store-keepers. Still, he always paid
cash, he said, and bought great many
clothes, SO the store-heepers kindly
humored him. When he had all OF
Merchant Epstein's stock on his miser-
able back he said:
This five-dolIar suit that / have on
is the best fit of all except the coat.
like the looks of the coat you have on,
and if you give me that instead Of the
one that belongs to the suit we'll call
it a bargain and I'll just keep on the
duds."
Epstein handed in his own coat, the
stranger put it on over the rest of the
stock and walked out, leaving the mer'
chant in his shirt-sleeves, with nothing
in the wide world to show for his late
clothing emporium but counterfeit
five-dollar bill that the man placed II
his hand as he went out IN. Y. World
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
BAD FOR LUMBERMEN.

Fall Short of Last Year.
Low water In the river generally means a
shortage in the Minneapolis lumber cut.
and that is the case this year. The cut will
fall under last years about 100, OK, 600 feet.
The low water prevented An early move
ment of the logs and the mills were late in
starting, much the same as two years ago.
An early cut was, however. made on logs
left in the booms at the close OF the sea-
son year ago. Otherwise the shortage
this year would be still larger. The cut up
to the present time is about l6S, ,0O0, ,0O0 feet
and there are 55,0OO,0oo feet yet to be
sawed, which will make the total cut OF
the season about 225 OOO, 900 feet, as against
$50, ,0OO. 600 feet last year.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
ODDITIES OF GENIUS.
Why tho Sioux Indians We're Afraid O
Peaceful Prof. Hayden.

Why tho Sioux Indians We're Afraid of
Peaceful Prof Hayden.
Prof. +. V. Hayden was the founder
of the system which developed into the
geological survey of the United States.
He was a man Of great genius and a
renowned scholar, but erratic and
peculiar. It was not uncommon for
strangers to follow him several blocks,
their attention arrested by his bowed
figure as he almost ran for a few steps,
then suddenly stopped with his gray
eyes fixed on the pavement, then ran
again as if a sudden thought had struck
him; then they would inquire: "Who
can that poor insane man bep"
While Prof Hayden was exploring
the land of the Sioux Indians some
years ago he once, in his enthusiastic
passion for geological research, wan
aered away from his party; he had
loaded himself down with large speci.
mons OF mineral, and while tramping
slowly along in his absent-minded way
the Indians captured him. They
whooped and yelled at their prize at
first, but upon seeing all the "rockf
and worthless stones" which the poor
man was staggering under, and his
composed, abstracted manner they
decided that he was afflicted with a
foolish mind,''' They took him with
out protest on his part, which only
confirmed their fears; and after few
hours captivity the old scientist, with
his ''rocks," was led to the nearest
point of civilization and 'sturned
loose" lest the Great Spirit should
punish them for any charm done the
foolish or simple minded s@sz. -
He was daring, fearless and reck.
less in danger, a most distinguished
scientidc man, and much beloved by
the young men of his survey. His
death during the last year was greatly
mourned. Pittsburgh Dispatch. 81.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
AT one time a woman could hardl

AT one time woman could hardly
walk through the streets of San Fran
cisco without having every one pause
and gaze on her, and child was SO
rare that once in a theater in the Same
city where woman had taken her in
FAINT. when it began to cry just as the
orchestra began to play, man in the
pit cried out: Stop those fiddles and
let the baby cry. Ihaven't heard such
sound for ten years" The audience
applauded this sentiment, the orches-
ira stopped, and the baby continued
its performance amid unbounded en-.
thusiasm. --Rehoboth SUNDAY Herald
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
FIXING THE BLAME,

From All Indications Engineer Twombly
Was Responsible for the Terrible Rail-
way Accident Near Chicago-Another
Victim.
CHICAGO, Sept 26-Conductor Buford
and Brakemen Whitted and Parker, of the
freight train which crashed into the
suburban passenger train at Washington
Heights Tuesday evening, were arrested
Wednesday evening on south-bound pas.
senger train on the Rock Island road, near
Auburn. They are wanted as witnesses,
and it IS believed they were about to leave
the city.
Conductor Buford and his brakeman de-
clare that they were running ahead of
time. He saw the danger light on the
semaphore half a mile from where the col
Gsion occurred, and sent his men to set the
brakes. The engineer did not seem to pay
any attention to the signals. and no blame
could be attached tG any one but Twomb-
ly. He was running with the throttle
wide open," and must have been crazy.
Engineer Twombly was badly bruised
as the result of his Jump from the engine.
He is under arrest at his home, 1900 Dear
born street Henry La Cloche, the fireman
of the ill-fated engine. is also under
arrest. Twcmbly denies the story that he
was drunk. He admits, however, that
he was running at a higher rate of speed
than was allowed by the rules. There was
nothing to show that there was a passenger
train ahead, and the first intimation
he received was when the target
gate dropped His engine was then
within three car-lengths OF the coach,
and it was an utter impossibility for hin,
to bring the train to a halt The whole ac-
c;dent, he says, could have been avoided
had the conductor Of the passenger train
followed the rules, and hung light on the
rear end of his last car. This he neglected
to do.
Conductor Ellis, of the passenger train,
dec ares that the signal lamps We're burn
ing on the rear of his train, and the light
from them was sufficiently bright to have
enabled Twombly to see them in time tc
stop his train had he been attending to his
duty. superintendent Chamberlain does
not attach any blame in tho matter to Con-
ductor Ellis.
Gus Mulcahy, 19-year-old youth. died
from his injuries Wednesday night, max.
ing six victims in ALL The injured are in q
fair way to recover, except one, q man
named Smith, who inhaled the steam that
filed the car. Only eight other persons
were seriously hurt. though a numbe,
were shaken up and considerably bruised
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
a DISHONEST OFFICIAL.

How His Crooked Ways wero Exposed
~ q Post Office Inspector.
While the Government does not re-
lmpurse the sender where money is
lost IN registered letters. the chances
Tor losing money SO sent is only one in
1'oO. II package is lost, and it is
traced to the carelessness or negli-
gence OF the postal clerk. he has to
pay for it. We have a case of that
Kind now. the loss being about 1926,
and the clark has paid about $50 on it,
paying stated sums monthly. Some
peculiar things in this line develop. I
had case not long since where a
county treasurer in Mississippi was
the complainant. He claimed to have
sent 81, 600 in a registered letter, the
package being made up of six 500
bills, six $50 bills and check for 500.
the remittance being made to the
State Treasurer for taxes. The pack
age reached its destination minus the
money Enclosures. was sent to in
vestignte the case. I called the send.
or into the post-office. He had pre-
viously made affidavit as to the details
OF the matter, setting forth that his
daughter, who had received the six
500 bills for wedding present two
years previously, had given the bills
to him for this purpose, and that he
had procured the six $50 bills at
various places within his bailiwick. I
had previously secured the envelope
and Enclosures from the State Treasur-
er, and with them confronted him with
the fact that had he inclosed the money
as claimed he had not paid sufficient
postage. He admitted that the post
Office clerk weighed the package at
the time Of mailing. / put the same
number of bills in the envelope and
weighed it before him. showing that
the difference in the postage was so
great that even careless clerk could
not miss it. He thereupon began to
weaken a little, but remained firm in
the declaration that he had inclosed
the money. / suggested that some one
might have stolen the money before
he had sealed the envelope; that ne
gro might have been in the room and
taken it from the table. He readily
jumped at the idea. and before he left
the Office made an affidavit saying he
was not positive he had inclosed the
money, thus relieving the Government
entirely. 1t was afterward ascertain
ed. to my presumptive satisfaction,
that the man was short in his accounts
as county treasurer, and took this
means Of escaping exposure. think
Congress ought to provide some means
of Furnishing such offenders, or at least
to reimburse the Government for the
fifty or one hundred dollars expended
in investigating the casc.-St, Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
DIDN'T GET IT ALL.

Bandits Board Train In Alabama ana
Secure a. 700 and Somo Registered
Letters, but Overlook Package Con.
tanning About 100000.
MOBILE Ala, Sept a.-The Mobile 4
Ohio south-bound mail and passenger train
was boarded by thieves at Buokatunna,
Miss, seventeen miles north Of this Otty
Wednesday morning. As the train was
leaving that station two men mounted be-
hind the tender and orawled over into the
cub OF the locomotive. There they
covered Engineer Jack Sheren and
Fireman Hust with their revolvers. Tho
robbers, who were we'll masked, then
ordered the engineer to stop the train at
the bridge, two miles south OF Buckatunna
This order was given at the point OF q re-
volver, and tho engineer was compelled to
obey it. Arriving at the bridge, the en-
Eineer and fireman were to deuach the mail
and express cars from the balance of
the train and to pull these two cars across
the bridge away from the other oars. At
that point two other men joined the rob-
bers. The express messenger was then
forced to dump the contents Of safe into
a canvas bag. Tho amount thus obtained
was about ~ 70O The robbers overlooked
so, COO of Government money en- route for
Florida. The mail car was then raided and
pouch filed with registered mail matter
secured This pouch was made up at
Meridian and the value OF the contents are
unknown. The robbers then fred several
shots at the train men and disappeared in
the underground The train then pro-
ceeded to Chronicle, where q posse was
made up and started in search of tho rob-
berS
The leader of the train-robbers is be-
Heved to be Rube Burrows, q noted des-
perado, the man whom a search for created
SO much excitement in the northern part
Of the State few months ago.
A special to the Mobile Register from
Buckatunna says the suspected parties were
seen camping near the bridge about 9
o'clock making their way east on foot,
They were armed and were avoiding the
houses by going around them. They are be-
heved to be the train robbers A posse
was in pursuit up to last accounts and con-
fident Of overtaking the men. The Mobile
4 Ohio railroad offers 81, 600 reward for the
arrest and conviction of the robbers.
THAT TEXAS ROBBERY.
AUSTIN, Tex, Sept 26-The Governor
has received no particulars of the big ex-
p ess robbery on the Gulf, Colorado h Santa
Fe, near Fort Worth, Tuesday night 1t is
rumored here, however,, that the robbers
succeeded in getting away with at least
$4,000.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
NO VERDICT REACHED.

The Jury in the Ives Case Disagreos, II
Discharged, and tho t4oung Fina Isncier
Sent Back to the Tombs to Await An.
other Trial.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 The Jury in the
Ives case was discharged Wednesday morn
ing at II :45 o'clock, having failed to reach
an agreement The jury stood ten for con-
viction and two for acquittal Ives was re-.
manded to the Tombs. ~ @
Colonel Fellows says that Ives will again
be placed on trial as soon as the district
attorneys office can perfect the arrange
ments. There will probably be motion
argued before Recorder Smyth to-day
which will decide the place OF abode Of the
young financier until his next trial
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
TWAS A FATAL BOLT,

A Little Girl Instantly Killed and Her
Mother Fatally Injured.
lightning struck the house CT Tyler
Spaulding at Pleasant Hill the other night
One bolt iwent down the stovepipe and
into the cellar. The other went off the
stove and killed girl six years old in her
mothers lap. The father was knocked
senseless, but not seriously hurt The
lightning struck tho mothers shoulder and
ran down the leg and across the body of q
girl thirteen years old. A boy OF ten was
unhurt he was putting out the fire when
the father revived. The mother was not
expected to live.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
The News briefly ChronicIed.

The News Briefly ChroncIed.
A severe storm visited Drluth few days
ago, doing 5000 damage.
The United States timber agent stationed
at Duluth has spent six weeks in the upper
Michigan iron country and reports the sto-
ries of settlers stripping the land of timber
before proving up on claims as unfounded.
The new Norwegian seminary was dedi-
Gated at Parker recently
The Secretary affrms the decisions of the
Commissioner of the Land Office in the fol-
lowing cases: Niles Ulitalo, August jacob
son and Peter Ulitalo, all against Frank j.
Kline and Phi4ipmen r. Deyerux. of
Crookston.
Indictments were found at Winona the
other day against Thomas Field and Joseph
Reynolds for burglary and grand larceny,
and Frank Bellaire and Benjamin Pay for
grand larceny, and Bellaire for receiving
stolen property
Albert Connolly, at Duluth, had an ear
bitten off by P. B. Lyman recently in a
quarrel
Theodore Fedder's saloon at Owatonna
was entered the other night by burglars
and his safe was opened and $50 in money
was taken. Oscar Fisk's confectionery
store and news stand was entered the same
night and few cigars taken.
An electric street railway is in conte1n-
plation for Faribault
George N. Lyman, of Minneapolis, re-.
cen ly completed the sale of tract of 2,44O
acres of pine land in Carlton County, on
the Black Hoof river, to Peyton, Kimbali g.
Barber. OF Duluth, for 100000 it contains
about 80, 100000 feet Of pine.
William Nebowers and Mrs William Velt-
hoff, who eloped from Mason City. Ia, near
ly month ago, were arrested at Duluth re-
Gently.
j. s. Cottrell, Ohtcagoan, eloped from
Minneapolis the other day with Samoan
woman who had been exhibiting at dime
museum The woman claimed to be q
relative of King Malietoa, is twenty-five
years of age and good looking II.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
Conviction of a AIurderess.

In St. Paul the jury in the case Of Clara
Blatz, on trial for the murder, through
jealousy. of John Dougherty, with whom
she had been living, brought in verdict
the other night of guilty of manslaughter
in the first degree, and further recon-
mended that the extreme penalty be meted
out to the murderess, or twenty years. inn
prisonment She has already been tried
once, but the jury disagreed
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
Jumped from a Train.

A maniac named Whalen jumped off of a
Manitoba train travelling twenty miles an
hour near Fergus Falls few days ago.
The train was stopped and Whalen was
sighted racing across a field with q farm
er's dog at his heels When finally capt
ured and lodged in the county Jail at Fer
gus Falls, Whalen rushed at the stone wall
with all his force, striking it squarely with
his face. The force of the blow threw him
to the ground. His nose and mouth was
terribly battered and bruised, and he
would probably be permanently disfgured
He was sent to st. Peter.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
Business Houses Burned.

A fire at Eyota the other night burned
six business houses. among them being
Sheriday, jeweler; Smith, saloon; A. Wick
ler, barber shop; S. Wilson. hotel; Mattson
& Weston, meat market, and two vacant
buildings. Loss about $1,000, about one
third covered by insurance. The fire caught
in the barber shop while the family was alb
an incendiary. These buildings include
nearly half the business part of the town.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
Two Brothers Burned to Death.

Fire early the other morning completely
destroyed the residence of Michael Haupt
at Spring Hill and his two adult sons, Con-
rad and Aleois Haupt, were cremated as
they slept The fire originated In the
kitchen, and before the alarm was turned
in the whole building was in flames ard
the family barely escaped in their night
clothes George Haupt, young lad, in at
tempting to rescue his brothers was terribly
burned and may not recover
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
Will Make a Contest.

To efectually settle the hoof Inspection
law Mayor John B. Sutphin, of Duluth
will appeal to the Supreme Court from the
decision made recently in Chicago, giving
Swift Co. damages amounting to $500,
for failure to live up to a contract made. to
sell Swtft's dressed meats in Duluth, the
contract having not been carried out, be-
cause of the Minnesota beef law
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-03-28

There is new fashion in park driv-
ing which will cause trouble if it is
persisted in, says the New York San.
A large number of coach and saddle
horses have been imported from Eng
land within few years. Many of the
imported horses are kept in New York
and are now driven by their owners in
the daily park parades. The young
men who have not English born horses
Try to get their own horses up in imi-
tation of them, with clipped names.
banged tails, and English harness.
Young men who drive dog carts take
especial pride in having their horses,
carts. and men as English as importa-
ton or imitation can make them.
Some bright young man has dis
covered the way to tell the real Eng
lish article from the imitation and 9TH
er young men are taking advantage
of his discovery as fast as they learn
it, though the knowledge has not be-
come general yet. Horses have habits
as much as men. A horse that has
been used to doing things in certain
way in his youth wants to pursue it
when he grows up. In England drivers
turn to the left in passing instead of to
the right, as in this country. As an
American bred horse instinctively turns
to the right an English horse turns to
the left. Some young man noticed
this and told his friends. 1t is now
the correct thing fora young man with
an English horse in driving to pass
his friends on the left.
When other young men who haven
English horses learn this they may try
to turn their horses to the left, too. 1t
will not be easy, for many American
horses will resent being forced to
adopt English customs. 1t will not
be safe thing to attempt unless there
is an understanding between both
drivers. If you see two young men
struggling to pass on the left, when
their horses want to go on the right,
you may know that they are not ignor
ant of the law of the road, but that
they want to be rs fashionable as other
young men with real English horses.