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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-04-19
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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-04-19
FOR SALE,

Work mares and geldings for sale, OF,
time or in trade for steers.
CAMPBELL Il ScorT,
Glencoe, N, 3.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-04-19
Winchester.

Correspondence of the RECORD.
Seeding is we'll along. ... The green
grass is making its appearance. . Taking
tree claims IS all the rush now. EN-.
mons county was we'll represented at
Winchester on Saturday of last week
the attraction being the Thurbcr.Snec
trial. In the absence of Uncle John
Parker, Billsport's two young attorneys
turned themselves loose in regular Ben
Butler style. Old settlers in the valley
say that the wind blew harder and stead
ier on Tuesday of last week than they
ever saw 1T before. 1t blew from the
west so hard that Beaver Creek ran up
stream. s81essrs. Shields and southwick
are putting up counters and shelving in
the village store. I..Mr. NJ Burge went 10
Eureka to meet Rev. John Parker. Mr..
Burge is talking of going to Oklahoma
to look at the promised land. Allow
your correspondent to make prophecy
There will be wedding in this part of
the globe when the sign is right. Mr..
Joe Fuller has bought team Of horses
from Mr.. McCrory. He says broncho-
busting and bullwhacking no more for
him. That's right, Joe; flee from the
wrath 10 come. ESchool began on the
9th at Winchester with Miss Cell as
teacher. e. Mr.. P. Gahan makes good
many trips up the valley of late. He says
he is trapping. Iwondcr if it won't be a
widow. Which one is it, Pat1 There
are seven of them. .. Mr. A. A. Matthews,
J. P. of Logan county, has been shaking
hands with friends on the streets. He
has been looking after his real estate
here. SCHOONER.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-04-19
Correspondence of the RECORD,

Correspondence of the RECORD.
Mosquitoes have come; they are regu-
lar old gallinippers. Had a small shower
of rain Monday morning we could stand
little more However, the chronic
grumblers can rest for q few days. -. The
trees are leafng out. .Egad don't the
milk smell ."awful7' Wild garlic the
cause. :. I.There are two Fergus Falls
(Minn.) gentlemen here looking up a
dam site (no cuss-words intended) at
which they propose to buiid grist mill.
They soy the mill is sure thing. That
is what we want and we want il badly.
The Lord and Beaver creek will furnish
the water, and the farmers will furnish
all the No. Hard wheat that Is wanted.
...Had lots of fun in Winchester last
week. Thursday there was sale, at
which some of the "Crackcd Goode'
stock was sold. Friday there was
grand military display (or, rather, pu-
gilstic encounter) by two old vets and
pugilists known to the sporting world as
"Cagey BllI' and "RheumatiE Ben" A
big crowd of sports, newspaper CORE
spondents and business men were present
to witness the mill. After giving their
tobacco guilds to the stakeholder for safe
keeping, with Instructions not to mix 'em,
the principals danced into the ring. Both
parties did some scientific sparrlng. They
fought forty-eight rounds, lasting one
hour aud sixty minutes. From first to
last they kept on their pegs, and at the
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-04-19

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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-04-19
Glencoe.
c of the RECORD.

Correspondence of the RECORD.
Either Topsy or the printer made a
mistake in last weeks items in regard to
the prairie fire. IL came from the south
instead of north of Glencoe. 1t origl.
mated about five miles south of the post
Office. .Mcssrs. Thomas and Robert
Lane, of Iowa, have been the guest of G.
M. Robinson the past week. They have
been to the Pacific coast They like the
country here far better than further west.
The great immigration and little work to
be had, the high prices for board, and
several other disadvantages, make it
rather an undesirable place for:s stirring
young man. They are we'll equipped for
hunting. They depart with Prof. Colby
this morning for Fort Yates, going with
the latter's boat. We all wish them a
pleasant journey Mcssrs. Bates L.
Buckley dehorncd their stock yesterday,
and are assisting Frank and George
Pitcher to day in the cruel operation.
Their sins were great, but now they arc
greater. 1t IS cruel and heartlcss, say
what they will. Mrs. Frank Pitcher
came out victorious with old Judy. Hur.
rah !.... School Is expected to commence
April 20, with Mrs. Mollie Robinson as
teacher, she having nearly recovered
from her recent Illness go. The rain of
yesterday filled the hearts of the farmers
with gratitude. They had begun to be
very much concerned about their crops.
TnI,sv
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
European Gossip,

FOUR German ironclads at Genoa were or
dered yesterday afternoon to sail for Samoa
Immediately.
1T is stated in Vienna that Prince Alexander
of Battenberg will marry the opera singer Lei
singer, and thereafter reside in Italy.
IN duel yesterday between NJ. Polak and
Senior Bestegui. Secretary of the Mexican
Legation, at Paris, the former was wounded.
NJ. ZANKoFF asserts that the Car informed
him that he had chosen o new Prince for Bull
garla, but that the time was not ripe to name
him.
THE Rome 1Ti6una has advices from Mas
sowah to the effect that Italy has occupied
Saberguma, midway between Ailet and As
mara
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH will, in a few
days, issue proclamation granting general
amnesty as memorial tribute to Crown
Prince Rudolf,
THE Standards Berlin correspondent says it
is not true that the German East African Com
pany refuses to allow the Peters expedition to
traverse its territory.
THERE have been heavy falls of snow in the
Bernese Oberland. Avalanches have destroyed
many houses and caused a number of deaths at
Obermatt and Solthuran.
THE Lower House of the Hungarian Diet to-
day passed i've clauses of the army bill in the
form proposed by Premier Tisza, rejecting all
the Extreme Left amendments.
The American Legation and Consulate at
Berlin were closed yesterday in honor of Wash
lngton's birthday. There was a social gather
ing of Americans In the evening.
WELL-INFoRMED persons regard the pres
ence of the Emperor and Empress of Russia at
Sir r. D. Moriers ball as an Intentional de-
monstratiVe reply to the German press attacks.
A DISPATCH from Pekin says: The Empress
Regent, on retiring, issued a decree ennobling
three generations of Sir Robert Hart's anees-
tors eulogizing all the foreign Ministers and
inviting them to a banquet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
MAY PREVENT COMPETITION.
A Bill Prohibiting the Erection of Elevated
Roads Above Other Railroads.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
HARRISBURG, February 22.-In the
House this morning Mr.. Mccormick intro
duced the following bill, which was referred
to the Committee on Railroads:
A further supplement to an act entitled San
act to authorize the formation and regulation
of railroad corporations" approved April IA
1885, relative to the elevation and depression of
lines of railroad, and to the conditions which
may be imposed by ordinances granting con-
sent.
SECTION l. Be it enacted ETC., that no rail-
road company now or hereafter corporated
shall be authorized to construct any part of
its elevated railroad lengthwise over and
above the line or route of any other con-
structed, authorized or located line of rail-
road.
SEC. . That no railroad company which NAV
elevate or depress the whole or any part of its
line pursuant to the authority confined by Sec
tion l, of an act entitled "a supplement to an
act entitled an act to authorize the formation
and regulation of railroad corporations ap-
proved April q, 1863 passed May 81. 1887 (Penna.
laws) shall be permitted to do SO except upon the
condition that so soon as the line so depressed
or elevated is complete for operation, the
former surface or other tracks shall at once be
removed and no line other than the depressed
or elevated shall be operated by said company
SEC. s. That in all cases where the con-
sent of any city Is given to the construction of
any railroad in accordance with section u of
an act entitled an act to authorize the forma-
ton and regulation of railroad companies,
passed April 4 1868 (P. l., 65), or to the eleva.
tion or depression of the whole or any part of
the line of a railroad in accordance with Sec
tion of the act recited in section hereof said
construction, depression or elevation shall not
be carried into effect on any street in which
there is a street passenger railway, unless
ample provision be made at the cost of said
railroad company, to protect said street pass
enger railway from interference with the ex-
ercise of its business
SEC. 4. 1t shall be within the power of any
city to impose condition with its grant of
consent to any railroad company providing for
its construction, depression or elevation; that
an actual sum of money in first-class market
able securities, not exceeding in actual value
S5OO,0OO shall be deposited with its treasurer
as aSecurity for the execution of the conditions
imposed by the ordinance of consent, said sum
to remain on deposit for two years after the
work authorized is completed. If there is then
no breach it shall be returned; if breach shall
be alleged, then such disposition of said de-
posit shall be made as shall be determined by
the consideration of the difference between
the performance and the non-performance of
the conditions, by master appointed upon the
petition of the depositing company of said city.
The purpose of the act is to prevent the
Reading Railroad Company from construct
ing proposed terminals in Philadelphia,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
THE BOYS IN ROME.
Our Ball Players Have Grand Reception
rBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. !

rBY CABLE TO THE D1sPATCH.l
ROME, February Copyright. J. Spald-
ing's baseball tourists had one of the pleasant
est experiences of their trip to-day. 1t was the
reception by the faculty and students of the
American College III Rome. The boys drove
to the ancient building by way of Umilta and
were met at the portal of the edifice by 20 fine
looking young gentlemen in clerical habits,
who escorted US to the splendid garden of th e
house, where, after ;ntroductions and CONVEX
sations, a splendid repast was served, COM
posed mainly of American dishes in
honor of the guests The boys did
ample justice to the welcome home
food. 1t was almost as good as meeting a
brother in foreign land Among the high
clerical dignitaries present, were Monsignor
0'Connell and Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester,
formerly of Richmond. The latter prelate
treated the visitors and welcomed them in a
formal address, in which he wittily and pleas
antly said that the young men of American
College were being educated so that with re-
ligion for their bat, and morality for their um.
pire they could knock the ball evil over the
fence, and he hoped and believed that each
would make home run. He continued in this
strain for some time and also said that he felt
that oar national game was healthful and 9TH
erwise beneficial to the young men of America,
and he closed by proposing three cheers and a
tiger for Spalding's teams.
He swung his hand and led the cheering,
which was so hearty that it made the old walls
fairly shake. A number of the American play.
ers responded in kind, and Mr.. Spalding made
a very handsome speech. Then the players
mascot danced a breakdown, which the rev.
erend gentleman heartily applauded. We
separated from the collegians with very CRATE.
full feelings. They will come in body to-
morrow to see US play. We have received as
surance from the Secretary of the American
Legation that the King will be present to-
morrow to see US knock the ball about and
steal bases. Mr.. Dougherty, Of the Legation,
is a son of Dan Dougherty, the silver-tongued
orator. and was for years a reporter in Phila-
delphia. He is indefatigable in ministering to
our comfort. On Monday we play in Florence,
the beautiful
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
A YANKEES NIGHTMARE.
An Old Man Pays Bill That He Owed for
Thirty One Years.

An Old Man Pays Bill That He Owed for
Thirty One Years.
Providence Journal
The following story is told about as illu-
minating an illustration of the contradic-
tions of New England character as could
well be given. 1t is the story of an old man
who for 81 years was torn by struggle be-
tween his conscience and SIS 80. For 81
years he endured remorse and unhappiness
before he could make up his mind to re-
linquish the SIG 80. but finally his con-
science got the better Of his greed, and he
did the right thing, and did it thoroughly
and completely. Stern conscientiousness,
combined with tenacity of thrift, are chief
components in that sturdiness of character
which has won for New England ideas a
dominance over the whole country.
About six months ago man 20 years old
or more called at the office of the Provi-
dence and Worcester Railroad in Provi-
dence, and finding the treasurer showed
him an old freight bill and asked if it was
correct. The treasurer looked at the bill,
which was dated December 8, 1857 ,and found
that on lot of apples no freight had been
charged. After some talk the old man went
out A few days ago he returned and said
to the treasurer that he had come to pay the
balance on the 31-year-old freight bill,
which by accident on the part of the COM
pany had not been charged and he wanted to
pay it with interest at E per cent. He said
the unpaid balance had fretted him for 81
years, and he discovered the error at the
time, but, being vexed because some of the
goods were damaged during transportation,
he concluded to say nothing about it. But
he soon overcame the vexation and intended
to pay the bill, but never had done so, and
now he could carry the load no longer.
The amount due was SIG 30, and the IN
terest at 6 per cent amounted to $50 SO a
total of SAT 10. The treasurer offered to
compromise, saying that if goods had been
damaged the railroad company would be
responsible, and made several propositions
for abatement, but the repentant old man
would accept none of them ! Finally the
treasurer offered to take $50 in full settlement.
The old man accepted this, and receipt
was made out for that amount.
The man took it, read it, thought it over
awhile, and then handed 1t back, saying ne
thought he should feel better if he paid the
whole amount, interest and all. Accord
ingly receipt was made out for the SAT 10,
the whole sum was paid, and the old man
went away, leaving 31-year-old nightmare
behind.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
A PLAGUE OF TIGERS.
II Necessitafes the Removal Of Village b
Java 10 an island.
London Times.I

London Times.I
According to the administration report Of
Java recently laid before the Dutch Cham
bers, portions of that island are being de-
populated through tigers. In 1882 the popu-
lation of village in the southwest OF the,
Bantam province was removed and trans
ferred to an island off tie coast in con-
sequence of the trouble caused to the
people by tigers. These feroeious ami
mails have now become an intolerable
pest in parts Of the same province. The
total population Is about 600, 900, and in
1887 81 were killed by tigers, and in conse-
quence OF the dread existing among the peo-
pie, it has been proposed to deport the in
habitants of the villages most threatened to
other parts of the country where tigers are
not so common, and where they can pursue
their agricultural occupations with q
greater degree of security. At present they
fear to go anywhere near the borders Of the
forest.
The people at present seem disinclined, or
they lack the means and courage, to attack
and destroy their enemy, although consider
able rewards are offered by the governments
for the destruction Of beasts of prey. In
1888 the reward forkilling royal tiger was
raised to 200 forms. 1t appears also that
the immunity of the tiger is in part due TO
superstition, for it is considered wrong TO
kill one unless he attacks first, or otherwise
does injury. Moreover, guns were always
very rare in this particular district, and
since rising few years ago, have been
taken away by the authorities altogether.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23

Henry II. Stanley. .enia in SO days. whereas
the journey from Yambunga to WadelaiIpc-
cupied ten months.
Baert adds that fresh letters from Stanley
for England, written when Stanley departed
from Murenia to rejoin Emin, arrived at
Stanley Falls just as he left, and may be
expected shortly. He says that Stanley will
not return either via the Congo or via
Zanzibar, but that he intends to capture
khartoum and wrest the Soudan from the
Mahdi. Baert expresses confidence in Tip
poo Tbs fidelity, and says that Tippoo's
refusal to accompany Stanley was due to
his fears of risking the consequences of
prolonged absence from Stanley Falls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
PARNELL PROTESTS
Against the Treatment Political Prisoners
Receive in Irish JniIs.

Against the Treatment Political Prisoners
Receive in Irish JaiIs.
LONDON, February 22.-In the House of
Commons to-day Mr.. Parnell, who was
loudly cheered, said he regretted that he
had been unable to give notice of matter
that brooked no delay. He proceeded to de-
scribe the treatment to which Mr.. Carew
had been subjected in prison. He had
been stripped forcibly, his hair and mus
tache had been shaved off, and be had been
compelled to lie one day on plank bed be-
cause he refused to put on the prison garb.
Opinions might differ in regard to the wear
ing of prison dress, but they were face to
face with the question whether the E1ecu-
trve intended to enforce rule at the
expense of the health and possibly the lives
of prisoners. Was it the Chief Secretary's
duty to insure what was practically mur-
der? Was he going to leave Mr.. Carew
without even a flannel shirt? Should
he disregard the warning of the fate
of John Vaudeville and persist in
his rigid adherence to law which he was
mainly instrumental in passing, and under
which no difference was made between po-
litical and ordinary prisoners? The judg-
ment of the country would not hold him
guiltless of the consequences
Mr.. Balfour replied that he had no knowl-
edge of the matter, and limited that Mr..
Parnell's advices might be inaccurate. He
adhered to the position that all prisoners
must be treated alike. To say
that man was kept naked
because he refused to don the clothes
provided for him was gross misuse of the
English language. If this peculiar mania
was persisted in it was the duty of the prison
doctor to make such relaxation of the
rules as would preserve the health of the
prisoner. Prison statistics seemed to show
that there was some connection between
physical weakness and Irish Nationalism.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
SAW MURDER In SLEEP.
And Afterward Discovered Traces of What
Might Be Crime.

New York Evening World.1
have been employed for many years in a
business devoted to the sale of horses and
carriages. One night dreamed that stood
rooted to the spot, unseen, on lonely coun-
try road, while witnessing cruel murder by
the light Of pale moonbeams. I saw quite
plainly two rufians attack man in q buggy.
One held the horse, which was gray in color,
and the other rained blow after blow on the
victims head. The occupant of the
buggy lay backward, motionless, with
head overhanging the hind wheel on
the nigh side, and the blood from
his wounds fell upon the wheel and on the
head lining Of the carriage top.
On the second night after 1 had dreamed
this Ihad occasion towork very late over my
books, and, obeying tired impulse to close
my eyes for moment, fell asleep imme-
diately, but in that time 1 thought 1 had
walked out on the wareroom floor, with its
many rows of carriages, and passing down
one aisle 1 approached buggy covered
with mud, which 1 instantly recognized as
the one of my dream, and seated, or rather
lying in it, with his head dripping blood
over the nigh hind wheel, was the murdered
man. 1 was terror stricken and awoke.
Hurriedly placing my books away left the
building.
In looking at the carriage the next day I
was not altogether surprised to find the
identical wagon Of my two dreams, with its
broken top and blood-stained lining and
wheel. The horse that came with it proved
to be gray. On consulting the register 1
saw that the orders to sell came from some
one who delivered the rig, and whose ad-
dress was given in a neighboring town. The
horse, harness and buggy were sold and l
retained the money awaiting the claimant.
He never came and no one knew him at the
address he gave. If crime had been CON-
mitted conscience or fear of discovery had
kept him away. I have tried to keep track
of the buggy, but it has changed owners
many times since then. No inquiries were
ever made for missing horse and wagon,
nor did L hear of any mysterious murder
that would appear to have been done under
the circumstances of my dream.