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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

| poetry, his work might not, as now,
be marred, however slightly, by occa-
sional lapses. OF Wordsworth 1t Is
said that he was a great poet, but had
no ear. If IL were permitted to speak
thus, might he not, at college of
poetry, have acquired an artificial
ear Might he not now be pointed
out in the pantheon of singers as "a
great poet with a phenomenal earl"
How vast would be the influence of
such college! 1t might change the
current of English song. If Byron
had been pupil of DIR. Watts we
might now have "Byron's Hymns" or
if DIR. Watts had been pupil of Byron
we might now have "Dr. Watts Don
JUAN" What il Shelley had been
school mastered by Pope or Pope by
Shelley? How would ii have Jared il
Goldsmith had been an usher in
school of poesy where Browning was
an obscure pupil? How tuneful
Wordsworth might have been If he
had studied under Swinburne? What
vagrant lines for Poe or Poe had strung
and swung and slung metres for Walt
Whitman!
II may be urged that a college OF
poetry by unnecessarily increasing
the number of rhymers would give
rise TO vast proletariat of poets.
According TO the best statistics at
hand there are at present $4,000 poets
in the country-one to every 1000
inhabitants! In other words, one
tenth of one per cent of the people of
the United States are poets Some
parts of Indiana are literary Overrun
by poets. A congress of bards is
annually held in that state. A college
of poetry will diminish the number of
singers, tor every singer will have to
have a diploma. There could be
state board of poetry, and every man
caught writing poetry without a
diploma could be prosecuted to the
tull extent of the law. There could
be penitentiary for unlicensed poets
and poetical reform school for young
offenders. The number of poets in the
country might rapidly diminish from
%, 900 to scarcely more than $4,000.
One work of the school will be TO
teach poets habits of method. They
will be taught to avoid litter and to
keep their manuscripts in a precise
and exact way. They will learn reg
ular hours of work. They will he
taught system ofdouble entry book
keeping by which they may record
their ideas on one page and their emo
tions on another.
OF course, the great majority of the
graduates of the colleges will not be
great poets. But their training will
fit them to meet the poetical require
ments of life. They will be able to
sustain themselves with dignity as
after dinner poets or to please their
friends with rhyming pleasantries, or
TO improvise at receptions for the
astonishment and pleasure of their
guests. Ifpecuniary misfortune should
overtake them-if they should be re-
duced to the necessity of writing
poetry for living-that is, if they
should be obliged to sing for car fare
and lOdgings-they may turn their
poetic art to writing tuneful rhymes
for rival soap dealers, for cheap
watches and for many other wares
which sing their way into popular
favor.
The benefits conferred on society by
the college of poetry would be real
and admirable. They would be con-
spicuous in poems of occasion and in
soap advertisements. They would be
seen In the steady improvement of the
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09
THE WATER AND THE STONE.
"a Ehntasu)
BN WI. u. HAYNE.

The water of the Stream of Life,
With clear. celestial patience rife.
Falls md HadeaE gloom and din
CT the colossal Stone OF Sin.
Descending from its source above,
This water Ut the Land Of Love
On some dlvlaelS ieNft day
Shall wear the awful stone away,
-piusburg Bulletin.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
DECLARED A DRAW.
The Prize Fight Eetween Smith aud siaviu
Iroves a Grand Fizzle.

BRUssEL s, Dec. 23.-The fight be
tween Jem Smith, OF England, and
Franz Slavin, the Australian cham-
pion, WIS fought this oIning in pri-
yate grounds three miles from Bruges.
There was much squahbling from The
outset aud owing t. the outrag aous
conduct Of Smiths party, at the con-
clusion If the fourteenth round the
referee d. clared the fighta draw and
refused To remain on the ground.
Smiths party evidently law their
man was bsaten, aud broke into the
ring and iDterfered with the fair pro.
gress of the fight.
Slsvin forced the fight at the start,
biting Smith several times on the
chest and head in the first two rounds.
The men fell together, and when
Slavin n Sc he was bleeding from the
mouth. In the third round Smith got
home with his right and left and In
return was Knocked down by Slavin.
The fourth round was marked 10y
hard fighting. In the sixth Dlavin
landed a terrific blow on one Of Smiths
eyes. In the seventh Smith fought
Slaviu TO the ropes, where crowd Of
Smiths friends kicked Slavin, who,
however, remained silent. In the
eighth Slavin again knocked his oopo.
nent down. In the thirteenth Smiths
friends struck 5lavin, but their man
was once more Knocked down. In the
fourteenth Slavin protested against
the treatment he was receiving and
appealed 10 the referee for fair play.
His appeal was greeted with derision
by Smithss friends, who shouted
"pollce!n aud bolted from the ground.
Slavin remaiDed In the ring, and
Smith. who had left when his friends
ran away, returned. The referee then
said Il was impossible to secure fair
treatment for Slavin and declared the
fight draw. slsviu was full Of fight
70 the finish.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
POSTAL FACILITIES
In the Northwest TO be Largely
Augmented b the Administra-
tion in the Near Future.
Henry w. Grady of Georgia. Dies
Suddenly-Ancther Pugilistlc
Fizzle Across the Water.
40 End of Postal Work.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 23.-Tbe dele
cations fIom the new states are hav
ing no end # work st the postOflice
department. In sddition TO the post.
masters to be appointed they are inter
e't-d in n more systematic mail
delivery service. The congressman
from Washington, Oregon and Nom
tsna have the greatest amount Of work
to look after, though 10 a considerable
degree what is true in their cases is
trre of the representatives from the
two Dakotss. The growth of The
country there hes been so rnrid that
the postal facilities have not kept up.
Not only that fact, but the fact that
during the last administration ii was
the policy 10 cuTtail rather than in
crease the service, gives an opportunity
to do good deal OF work toward get
ting the new states BY nearly on n. ptr
with the older ones IS possible. In
addition to what they had t. say on
the subject in their anrutl reports the
officials at the pnstoiiice department
here have given assurance that liner
al policy will he 'llowed in making
out the map Of post roads In The new
states. Speaker Red in making up
his committees saw fit to keep in line
with this policy by giving two Of the
new statesmen, Carter ana Wilson,
places on the committee Ct postotiices
aud post roads. The men from the
new state. are also asking larger ap.
preparations for the expenses of post
offices. An increase has been given
Grand Forks, \. d., and Seattle,
Washington.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25

al are welcome; this without money
and without price, and no lnconven-
ieDce to themselves Is spared to make
the stranger romfOrtab e; in fact this
Is pretty generally true among the cat
tie men oi Montana. Toe place Is
so locat d that mnst travellers on the
Rosebud find this mot conv, nient
stopping place, and ss night came on
Others came t. the house. Sitting by
the comfortable fire during the long
evening, / was soon Interested in The
narration of currentev, MS which were
transpiring along the creek learned
how ceTtsin man had, through the
correspondence column Of the Hear
and Hand, gotten into coirespon depce
win youCg girl in au ea-leru state,
and by Tepresenung himself ~ a cat.
tie king, had induced her To come out
t. town on the railroad, where they
were married; and how bitterly sne
Wa disappointed when she arrived at
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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
" Winter Tourist TioEct.

Via the Wisconsin Central ~ ali
southern tourist point are upw on sale
at greatly reduced rate. II you intent
10 spend tho winter monro- in he
sunny south, consider w,ll. hsfnre
starting, the advantages offered 10y tie
Central" II will PAY you. Home
comforts make travelling "a pleasure.
Through trains with Puilm n Peace
sleeping cars leave NinnespoliS daily
at l2:45 y. m., and 6:25 p. NJ, ~. Paul
at les p. M, and 7:l5 y. m,. arrh ing
In Chicago the next morning. making
close connection for all points in The
south. Meas served en- route in the
Central's fsmOus dining cars.
For further Information apply to
your nearest ticket agent, or TO +. II.
Anson, general northwest passenger
agent, 10 Nicollet House Block; c. f.
Dixon, acting city passenger and tick
ct sgent, st. Paul, Paul, Mimi, or 10
Louis Ecksteip, assistant general pas
senRer and ticket agent, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
her head oii. The murder has created
inien.e excitement.
Five Year. ImprisonInent.

CHICAGO, Dee. % -Ex-Editor Jas.
j. Me.' II the Tines. has been found
guilty and sentenced 10 line states
prison fer fiv. years and 10 pay fine
OF 81 900. He was convicted Of fraud
ulent over-issue # the stock Of tie
Times cohpsny to the extent of l,250
shnrs 'r equivalent to over Sl25 600
III money. He was released on boGd
pending the hearing Of a motion for d
new trial,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
SOCIETIES.

AZ H-Divisiou 40 n0ets drsi and second
'undl fJ OF each mouth.
X, OF H.-Mcot1 brst and third Wednesdays NJ
'.S0p. n,. at OdI fel!Ows' Hall
A.F.&A. M.-iguWsloue Lodge, 10. 26, d 4
I'D third Heiuesiays.
r. A. M.-lciioV'storc Chlpier, No. 5, second
'bundAy IN each month
X, T.-DamasCus GUmluNndeTy,t 10 nth Thurs
Gays.
/. y. o. F.-Cusier Lodge, Ne. l., every
dCadSy al tdeiT hall.
l. o.. o. F.-sentinal Encamrment, No, G, frat
and third Friday.
X. Of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. Z, Thursday
evenings at Odd Fellows Han.
e. K. OF A.--Niies City branch, every unday al
p, m,
X. of L.-Firat and third Saturdays,
q. A. R-C. ;. Grant Post, No. II, first and
third Tuesdays.
. /. o. g. T.--sta Of the West, No. "A, every
THURSDAY evening.
rs. Of V.-Coi. swaine Camp No. 4. Meets second
and fourth MONDAYS OF each month AT Good Ten.
plars Hall.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
Noiice Of Auction.

/ heVby offer for sale at auction, for
cash, to the highest bidder, the follow
ing accounts. Sale to take place at 2
O'Clock p. m. of Thursday, Dec. Goth,
1882 in front Of my store on Main ST.,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
Holiday Excursion Rates.

The Northern Pacific IraIlrosd will
sell excursion tickets at one and one
fifth fare for the round trip TO all
points In Montana and North Dakota,
and at one and one.tblrd fare for round
trip to all points In Minnesota. Tick
cts will be on sale Dec. "A, % and 81,
aud Jan. lst. Return limit Jan. Srd.
No reduction for children between s
and IL years old. @. r. GRrFFTTH,
Agent.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
Defending Her Property.

PrTTsBURe, Pa, Dec. 23.-Tarry.
town, Pa, q village fifteen miles north
Of this place, was the scene Of brutal
murder and robbery tonight. shortly
after ten o'clock three men broke into
the lewelry store OF Paul Ruttot and
were In the act Of carrying of all val
liable stock when pursued by Mrs.
Ruttot, who pluckily grappled with
one robber. She was getting the best
Of him when one of the other men
drew revolver and blew the top OF
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
Death of the southern silver Tongue.

ATLANTA, Ga, Dee. 2S.-Henry w.
Grady. editor of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, died ot pneumonia at twenty
minutes before fiu! this IN rniug.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
silcott Squared.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 23.-The L. :.
treasurer this morning received large
package, containing upward of SS3, 900
In notes, checks and securities repre-.
senting money left 10y the ab,conding
Silcolt. The package bore the seal of
the house # eprtsrntativts.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25

On The 9th Inst. VIII advertise an
other list OF accounts, and the sales will
continue from time 10 time until all
accounts now due me are liquIdated or
sold, as | do not propose TO leave any
accounts outstanding and unpaid.
WIN. HARMON.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Every Morning Except Monday.

The OBicid poJrr or Caster County.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-25
A Cold Wave Predicted.

ST. PAUL, Dee. pa cold wave
seems 10 be approaching from the
Northwest. The signal service repors
the thermometer tonight register ed
at Winnipeg, zero, at Calgary, % be-
low, Appelle, A. below, Prince Albert,
22o below.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-18
THE WHEELMEN.
A Meeting with Representatives of
the q. A. II.

A Meeting with Representative of
the G. A. II.
The Los Angeles wheelmen were much
surprised when they read in The morn
ing papers yesterday that formal pro-
test against their parade on Memorial
Day had been made by the G. A. R.
They at once called together their Off
GERS and sent word to the veterans that
they wished to confer on the matter. so
Commodore Skinner arranged a meeting
for p M. At that hour representative
attendance of the wheelmen and G. A.
R. Committee were present, and the
trouble was thoroughly discussed. The
cyclists pointed out that they were not
to blame for having decided to hold
their annual meeting on the 30th. That
day had been selected at convention OF
the Pacific Coast clubs held in San
Francisco on February 10Th, on account
of it being legal holiday and thereby
affordipg an opportunity for full at.
tendance. The Los Angeles men said
that, not imagining that any objections
would be made, they had gone to
work and made all their arrangements,
thereby putting themselves to considers-
BILE expense. In point of fact, an outlay
of about $500 had already been in
Cured and it was impossible to make q
change now without losing this money
and, also, making the meet failure
They promised to 30 arrange their parade
that it would not in any way clash with
the G. A. r. observances, and, with this
understanding, the meeting was brought
to a close.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-18

Notice to Painters.-Call at Mathews
and see some absolutely pure linseed oil.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-18
FIRST-STREET VIADUCT.
What the Railroad People Say
About IL.

About it.
Disguised by the delays caused by the
injunctions which have been served
against the contractors for the First-street
bridge, those interested are preparing for
another move. 1t will be remembered that
the trouble is regarding Mrs. Bigelow's
property, for which claim of $4,000
has been put in, as against the "a 900 Of
fered by the arbitrators. She has had
the Injunction served and on Monday
next will make application to the Courts
to have the injunction made permanent.
A number of citizens who are anxious to
get the crossing over the river, conceived
the idea, in the event of Mrs. Big
low securing her permanent in.
junction, of putting temporary
structure across. To obtain an available
landing on this side, however, would
neceseitate the use of the thirty feet of
the Santa FEES property on which the
small receiving hospital of the company
now stands. The citizens, forming them
selves into committee, went to General
Manager Dan McCool and placed the
proposition before him, and HERALD
man who called on the railroad magnate
later in the day and asked him what he
had decided, was answered as follows !:
"I told the committee that If
the Injunction was made permanent l
would grant to them the privileges
they ask for. l think it is absolutely
necessary that a bridge should be put
up. You see, if Mrs. Bigelow is success
full in her suit on Monday next, the next
step will be to enter condemnation pro.
on1 mould apf,s1 oLo
bly,, lapse of year or more. 1t would
over Fort street all thai time, so q tenn
porary structure could be put up. The
citizensE offer to defray the expenses of
moving the hospital to any point the
company may DESIRE"
Mr.. j. G. Robinson, Vice-President OF
the Cable-car Company, was next inter-
viewed by the HERALD, and was asked
what position he took. "We will GER
tainly not run our tracks over any tenn
porary structure, he said, for it would
entail too much expense. When we put
them down we want to know that they
are on viaduct that is going to stay.
The Directorate of our Company are
feeling very sore over these bridge de-
laws, for we contributed $40, 900 toward
the expense of the structures, and here
we are kept at standstill all around, for
we cannot complete our cable connections
until we get across the river. l do not
think, however, that Mrs. Bigelow will
be able to obtain her permanent injunc-
ton. AS understand it, such an injunc-
ton is only obtainable when it is shown
that the petitioner has reason to think
that the value of the property to be in
jured cannot be reclaimed. Now, the
city is willing to give security bonds fol-
$500, 900, and if that is not enough we
will give 100000 more to ensure her
that she will get the amount of compen,
sation that may be finally determined
uponU
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-18
PUBLIC WORKS.
Recomme en- dations to be Acted Upo
Monday.

|
Monday.
The Board of Public Works met yes
terday and transacted the following bust
ness:
Recommended that the petition of P
Beaudry 10 have the grade of Alvaradt
street established between Temple ant
Montrose streets be granted, and the City
Engineer be instructed to establish the
grade as nearly as possible in accordance
with the petition.
Recommended that the petition of P
Beaudry and others, protesting against
the grade of Alvarado street, be granted,
and the City Clerk be instructed to sus.
pend all proceedings hitherto taken.
| Recon- that the City Engineer
be instructed to establish the grade OF
Damon street, from Alvarado street to
the west city line, and to present the
necessary ordinance of intention to
grade.
Recommended that the petition of S.
w. Darby, in reference to the wash on
the petitioners land, be referred to the
| Superintendent of Streets, with instruc-
| tions to fill said wash and to make all
arrangements fer draining the property.
Recommended that the petition of
Arcadia de Baker and others, to have q
portion of Los Angeles street graded be
denied, and that Los Angeles street be
ordered paved with granite blocks, from
Commercial street to Alameda street,
and that the City Attorney be instructed
to draft the necessary ordinances Of in
tention.
Recommended that the Gable Railway
Company be authorized to build their
portion OF the extension of the zanja
made from the north to the south line of
First street. and that the city guarantee
that the said company be relieved of
further expense, in consideration of the
faithful performance of said work.
Recommended that the petition of
Brackey and others, to have the grade of
lockwood street established, be granted,
and the City Engineer be instructed to
present the necessary ordinance of in
tention to establish said grade.
Recommended that the petition of
E. T. Wright and others, in reference to
the grade of Hepe street and House
street, be deferred for one week.
Recommended that the petition of
J. E. Zahn and others, protesting against
Cu6 payment Vi 6eCOuu aSee56Lu6uG lOT
the grading of Hope street, between
Fourth street and Fifth street, be denied,
as the former grading was never legally
accepted by the city.
Recommended that the grading of Hill
street between California and Pacheco
streets be accepted and warrants drawn
for the payment of the same.
Recommended that the petition of
Martha Mcclellan, asking for rebate
of $l35 assessment for the prading of Lu-
cas- avenue, be denied.
Recommended that the petition of
Frank Kelley, asking for a rebate of as
sessment for the grading of Patton street,
be denied.
One weeks further time is asked in the
matter of the petition of G. Thomas and
others in relation to the grading of Lake
Shore avenue.
In reference to the matter of grading q
portion of Pasadena avenue, formerly
known as DAILY street, as asked for by
Smith and others, it is recommended
that the property owners be allowed to
do their own grading under private con-
tract, provided the same be done &C.
cordipg to the plans and specifications
on file in the City Engineers office.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-18
THE SCOTT CASE.
Examination as TO who Murdered
the French woman.

The examination OF Charles Scott, fol
murder, continued through the day be-
fore Justice Lockwood, yesterday
Scott is the man who was found
wounded in bed with dead French
woman about month ago.
The first witness yesterday morning
was DR.. j. J. Choate, who was called to
the assistance of Scott as soon as be wos
discovered. He also made the post.
norton examination of the woman. The
point which the prosecution endeavored
to establish, through the testimony OF
this witness, was that the courle taken
by the bullet in the womah's head, and
also that which penetrated the mans
skull, was such that he must have fired
both shots. DIR. Choate said that the
woman was killed by ball which en-.
tered at the temple and crossed upward
head was inflicted by ball which had
gave the particulars of conversation
which he had had with Scott before the
District Attorney had arrived. Scott
had answered all his questions
in rational manner. "He
said," the Doctor testified, chat
somewhere in the neighborhood of IL
O'Clock the night before he had been
awakened by the report of pistol, and
upon looking up had observed dark
figure over the bed. Another report was
heard and then he knew nothing more
until the next morning, when he awoke
feeling thirsty. He got up to get
drink of water and saw pool of blood
on the floor by the side of the bed. He
also observed his gun lying on the bed
between himself and the deceased. The
pool Of blood found on tie floor was
clotted, and might have come from the
stomach. A person living as l found
Scott could not have lost the blood with
out leaning over the bed. Scott also told
me that when he went to bed he placed
the pistol ON a chair, which was stand
ing near the foot of the bed and about
three feet from it,"
On cross examination the witness
stated that Scott told him that deceased
had threatened to commit suicide. The
blood found upon the floor might have
originated from vomiting, as blood was
also found on the lamp chimney and on
the side of the wall. The blood could
not have come from Scott's wound, pro-
viding he had not moved from the posi-
ton in which he was lying when found.
81 did not examine the locks of the
doors or the windows"
A deputy constable, w. B. Hinckle,
was the FIRST officer to get into the room
after the occurrence was made known.
He testified to the position of the parties
and to a statement which Scott made,
coinciding with that which he made to
Choate. Scott had told him that three
men were trying to get his woman away
from him.
In the afternoon session motion was
made by the defense, on the completion
of the evidence for the prosecution, to
dismiss the complaint, on the ground
that the evidence had not shown good
cause for continuing with the case. The
motion was denied. Several witnesses
were then called for the defense, who
testified that the woman had been heard
to threaten to kill Scott. The question
of whether witnesses could be called on
the character of Scott occasioned great
deal of discussion of point of law. and
the case was continued.