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, 1889-01-12
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A good story comes to the front OF
Sol Smith Russell. Some time ago ht
was playing in the towns along the
Ohio river. Thero was one place the
advance agent was about to skip; they
had no theatre, but the people knew
of Russell's fun making propensities
and were very anxious TO have him
there, and they told tho agent they
would fix up tho court house with
stage, curtain and all the necessary nc.
cessories II he would come, and SO il
was finally arranged.
The night came and the court house
was packed. People crowded in until
it became necessary TO bar the doors.
One individual came round rather
late and, being somewhat intoxicated,
became wrathy when he was refused
admission. He raved and swor and
threatened, and finally in n mad frenzy
went TO the rear of the house and fired
a bullet from n revolver through one
of the windows. The shot passed
through an improvised dressing room,
Just missing Mrs. Russell, passed
through a door and dropped, lattened
and out of shape, on the center Of the
stage floor. OF course, some excite
ment was created, but Mr.. Russell
came forward, picked up the bullet,
assured the audience there was no dan
ger, and the play went on.
Thecurtain fell on the last act, and the
comedian anne out again and made a
little speech. He said he regretted the
little incident that had happened dur
ing the evening and was sorry the
people had been disturbed. Ho spoke
Of the trips he had made up and down
the Ohio valley and an occurrence
like it. He thought it strange that
such n thing should have taken place
in n quiet little Ohio town. Had it
been on the other side Of the river.
where recently that sort of thing had
been common, it would not have been
so surprising. This was n reference To
the late war, and Mr.. Russell said
many things about it that he felt
would be exceedingly pleasant and
complimentary TO the citizens of so
loyal a state MS Ohio.
Mr.. Russell was naturally somewhat
surprised that when he concluded no
n a%pplauded. Not n sound was
heard but the rustic and hustle Of peo-
pie leaving, and when he got back OF
the curtain one of the citizens com
mittee mot him with n look of intense
amusement OF his face and said Mr..
Russell, have you got n small map of
the United States about you7" why,
no." replied the actor; what for2'
We'll, l thought if you had, it would
be a good thing for you to study it.
You made a nice little speech out
there for Ohio, but this town happens
10 be in Kentucky" Telling the story
himself, Mr.. Russell says that cold
chills ran over him, and visions of
bowie knives and pistols haunted him
until he and the company had really
crossed 10 the other shore. Chicago
Herald.
, 1889-01-12
Tho Locust. In Literature.

In these later years of the Nine
tecnth century Everybody writes; -
and from the fashionable lady who
cannot spell TO the tight rope dancer
who dictates his Impression from an
Altitude" any one who has had any
grain Of vanity, or shred of adventure,
embodies his or her ideas or recollec-
tons in an article for II periodical or q
volume for the circulating libraries.
Whether a physician becomes illustri-
through n patients death, or n COM
ic singer has pleased n London or Paris
audience, whether nm artist has painted
a ginshop, or n sculptor has carved a
clown, whether n general has won q
battle, n clergyman has been impris-
oned by his bishop, or n lady been dis
tinguished in a divorce suit, one and
all of these will forthwith publish
something, article, monograph, nov
elette, essay, Renaissance, or the let
tiers of somebody else, without the
slightest regard TO whether they pos
sess any literary capabilities for the
work or not. If the public has ever
heard of them in n capacity,
whether marching through a savage
country or singing n music hall ditty,
whether speaking at n public meeting
or rebutting n criminal charge in the
dock, they will all write, and they will
all find editors, publishers, and pub
lies ready to receive them.
A war may become impossible
through all nations being armed to
the teeth; it may also prove in the
future that writing and publishing
what is written will become so general
that it will altogether. Other
methods than those now used may
most likely supersede printing; but,
whatever the practical means pursued
in tho future to perpetuate and gener-
allie human thought, it is certain that
II the making of books" (or their
equivalents) continues TO increase at
the ratio at which it has increased in
last twenty years it will become SO
frightful n burden, so sickly a plague,
that it will cease to have any life or
meaning in it, as a locust swarm per
ishes of famine from its multitude
Ouida-
, 1889-01-12
Men and rho.e who Pas. for Mon.

Often we find not moro than five
whole men in q town of 5000 inhab-
itants. Those who pass for men and
who really do get married and have
families, are n hundred to one frac-
Gonal men or exclusively machines.
Ehhu Burritt cultivated the man that
was in him until his trade and his
blacksmith shop could not stay with
him. They ceased to be useful to him.
He could get his living in a way that
was better for him. Benjamin Frank
lin was an excellent printer, but he
used his trade only as a means. The
development of his mind and his man
hood went on above il. Printing with
him was not an end of life. If il had
been we should have missed his words
OF wisdom; some enc else would have
built the kite that exchanged the first
kiss with electricity, and less able men
would have been set TO do the work
which he did so creditably in the
management of tho country's affairs.
1t is not necessary that you be learned
blacksmiths or philosophical and dip
lomatic printers, but it is necessary
that you be n man before your call
ing, behind your calling, after your
calling, outside of your calling, and
inside of it; and that that calling mod
ify your character no more than il
would were it your neighbours. j. G.
Holland.
, 1889-01-12
~ %ENERGETIC ROARD

The annual meeting OF the Denver
chamber Of commerce vas held Thursday
night No public action was taken re.
g~Iriinc tho location OF the Union Pacific
shops in this city. The annual report of
the president contained some significant
features, Of which the following are sam
pies:
Last year, through this organization,
the public spirited citizens of Denver ex-
pended over $4,000 in promoting the
putlic welfare. Aud here let me say that
| think the best definition of the Denver
chamber OF commerce and board Of trade
is. NOT that ii is n place to operate in
st1cks, bonds, wheat or pOTk-it may
come to that, but at present-that it is a
general rous'about for the general w%eliare,
aud, Ike the FIRE department, not always
Gu parade, but ever ready when you
ned il.
About SI0,0 was spent in salaries of
secretary, Librarians. j%enitors. publication
Of rcpOrts, building a gallery aud current
ANHtHNF AbphA Siof'NN lOi INV Nblh
al the bureau Of information in it's great
work OF advertising our advantages and
r>ources, aud about $4,000 Tor the
Jubilee last spring on the completion of
the Fort Worth railway, giving us tide
water nearly as close by rail as Chicago
las it. AT which time we entertained large
aud influential delegations from the 5 nth
and East. Ii is my opinion that every
dollar 80 expended has brought back
more tEan a hundred dollars.
In the Office SC res of letters have ben
written to and interviews had with manu-
facturers, cndeavoring TO secure for this
city more factories. and with considerable
success, as for instance. lead pipe works,
artistic wetal works, awning factory, a
factory for the manu- acturc uf prepared
paints, wool securing works, a canning
factory and macy others, besides a large
humber now negotiating. including stove
works. blast furnaces and steel works on a
large scale.
, 1889-01-12
Tint CantanIerous ola woman

Described in the nursery ballad, who
lived upon nothing but ~victuals and
drink, and yet would never be quiet, -
was undoubtedly troubled with chronic
Indigestion. Her victuals, like those of
many other elderly persons whose diges-
tive powers have become impaired ,didn't
agree with her. This was before the era
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, or some
one Of her numerous friends and relatives
would undoubtedly have persuaded her to
try the great specific for dyspepsia, con.
stipation and billiOusness. This would
have been a measure of self protection on
their part, for she would soon have been
cured and ceased to disturb them with
her clamor. The most obstinate cases of
indigestion, with its attendant heartburn,
tiatulencs, constant uueasiness of the
stomach and of the nerves, are complete.
overcome by this sovereign remedy. Uhills
and fever and bilious remittent, rheumat-
ism and kidney troubles are also relieved
by it.
, 1889-01-12
A Curious Incident.

a curious story is related by Herbert
Pratt, Of Holbrook, Mass, who has
been spending a few days cunning at
Brant Rocks. He says n number of
gunners were stationed Off the rocks in
boats shooting coot Aflock flew over
and n gunner in one of the boats dis
charged both barrels mt the flock, APP
parently without effect. George Cush-
ing, residing at that place, who was
one of the party but in another boat,
raised his gun TO fire attwo cooL flying
somewhat lower and from another
direction, when "a wounded bird from
the first flock fell, striking the end of
the barrel Of his gun and knocking it
from his grasp into the water while it
was being discharged. A subscription
was taken up among the gunners pres
emit TO buy Mr.. Gushing n new gum
Boston journal.
, 1889-01-12

Tue Oregon Railway and Navigation
company has paid COR a great many ami
mails killed in the long cut west of Tou.
chet, W.T. Seeming something wrong
from the large number of blooded and
high priced animals reported among the
slain, the company sent out n detective,
who worked awhile in the neighborhood
AZ a w%oodchoppcr, aud the arrest of hall
a dozen farmers last week followed. They
were working off all their old and worth.
less stock on the company and getting
pay for high blooded and high priced
rAttlc.
, 1889-01-12
4 Famous Hymn.

When Bishop Heber's famous mis-
sionary hymn, From Greenland's
Icy Mountains" which he wrote in
1924, when in Ceylon, first reached
this country, u lady in Charleston was
much impressed with the beauty of it,
and was particularly anxious to find a
tune suited to it. She ransacked her
music in vain, and then CHANGING TO
remember that in a bank down the
street was a young clerk who had con-
siderable reputation as a musical
genius, she sent her son with the
hymn to the clerk with the request
that he write n tune to fit il. In Just
half an hour the boy came back with
the hymn, and the melody thus dashed
OIL in hot haste is today sung all over
the world and is inseparably connected
with thehymn. The young bank clerk
was Lowell Mason. Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-01-12
In n PerIan city.

Teheran is one of the principal cities
of Persia, and is a bustling, thriving
place Of 1S0, 900 people, rapidly spread
ing out in all directions, and destined
soon TO outgrow the limits now pre-
scribed by the extensive earthworks
and fosse laid out in modern style of
fertilization by the late Gen. Butler,
who captured Herat under Mohammed
Shah. The nucleus or center of the
city is composed of the Ark, or the
vast Enclosure which embraces the
palace now occupied by the shah
and the foreign offices, with the
arsenal and barracks. Adjoining
the Ark are the extensive covered
bazaars, the finest in the east after
those of Constantinople, less magnih-
cent perhaps, in the external display
of goods, but more solidly and ele-
gantly constructed From the center
the city radiates in all directions, oc-
cupying the space of a European city
OF thrice the population, owing TO the
numerous and extensive gardens il in
Guides, and the largo ground plan OF
the dwellings.
1t is now divided into the so called
old and new parts, the latter being
laid out with considerable regularity,
oSASSS IN SoLlllOTlaDle
walks Public baths abound, but
Christians are not allowed to enter
those called public. Everything i,
open Z the public. The carpenter
finds his shop too small for the win
dow sash he is framing; the good fel
low takes it out to the shady side q
the street and shapes it on the pave
ment, regardless of passers by. Tn,
carpenters are a curiously independen
set, who require so little to live OF
that they spend half the time in sleep
ing and smoking this habit is encour
aged by the fact that custom allow
them to have an advance on VIVA
they are TO receive for a Job, ostensibl,
to buy the materials; but il lazy, thel
spend it in smoking. and then have 4
resort 10 make shifts 10 get their WOO,
and nails5Cor. St Louis Globe
Democrat
, 1889-01-12

MRs CLEVELAND is engaged in trans
lating a French novel into English. This
work she has undertaken merely as a
means Of amusement and with no thought
OF having her translation published. She
reads French with perfect ease and her
English style is flexible and graphic. She
has received offers iroin various publishers
who are anxious to obtain the outcome Of
her labors, but up to the present time
she has refused to make any bargain for
the production Of her first literary achieve,
mrnt
, 1889-01-12
A Demonstrated ounII.

HerbertS Smith, of Bridgeport, Conn,
has a quail that flew in through his
window about a year ago, and which
no has tanned so successfully that it
eats from his hand and seems entirely
domesticated. 1t is left at liberty in
the house, where it is very apt to sit
in the lap of some one of the family,
and, when taken out of doors, never
tries TO escape. Cases of such com
plete domestication of a full grown
quail are believed to DO very rare
Boston Herald.
, 1889-01-12
rhe AnnuaI ,reetinr

Of the Stockholders of the Snow Cattle
company for the election of five trustees
for the ensuing year and the transaction
of such other business as may properly
come before the meeting will be held at
the Office of the company in the city of
Cheyenne, county of Laramie and terri
tory OF Wyoming, on Monday the 18th
day of January, A d. 1899, at 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon. DAVID A. Corey,
Secretorv
, 1889-01-12

TUE Indiana delegation to the coming
Inauguration arc found to be all right as
far as clothing is concerned They will
all be dressed alike and their clothing Is
being made by a fashionable New York
tailor. They wish to do away with the
Impression that Hoosiers DO not know
how to dress.
, 1889-01-12
Notice,

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Cheyenne Street Rail
road company will be held in the office of
the company in the First National bank
building, on the second Monday in Janu-
airy, to wit: the 18th day Of January,
1889, at the hour of . O'Clock p. IN, for
the purpose, among other things. of cleo
ting a board of seven trustees to serve for
the ensuing year.
J. c. BAIRD, Secretary.
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Jan. ., 1889.
, 1889-01-12
Lucky for Dumley.

Il say, Bromley, said Dumley, "do
you believe there is such a person in
existence as the fool Killer"
Let me see, Dumley," replied
Bromley; about how old are you2"
I'm gettin' on toward fifty"
No" replied Bromley, II don't be-
lieve there is"
, 1889-01-12

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wyoming Fair Association will be
held at the office of the association, room
3, Cheyenne National bank building,
Cheyenne, on Monday, January IA, 1889,
at 10 O'Clock u. m., for the purpose Of
electIng trustees for the ensuing year.
4. w. LAFRENTZ, Secretary.
, 1889-01-12

What in the world is tho reason you will
cough and keep coughing and still keep try
inF inferior medicines when Beggs' Cher
ry Cough Syrup viii positively relieve your
cough at once? This is no advertising
scheme, hut an scfual fact. and we guaran-
tee 1t. For sale by w. N. Hunt, drug
gist.
, 1889-01-12

A Now Hampshire oma has set
out to count the kernels of corr on
b ,000 full sized cobs and at last re-
ports she had got through with 3 1000
cobs and was not discouraged.
, 1889-01-12

Notice is hereby given to all creditors
and all Others interested in the estate of
Charles L. Gambler, deceased, that | will
make final settlement OF said estate Mt the
next regular tenn of the probate court of
Laramie county, Wyoming Territory, to
be holden at Cheyenne on the second
Monday of January, 1889.
JOHN w. COLLINS,
Administrator.
, 1889-01-12

lac largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1889-01-12

English broaicloth at $l.l0 per yard.
Heavy, all wool dress goods at forty cents
per yard. and calicos at 3 cents per
yard at Kellner's.
, 1889-01-12

Notice is hereby given to all creditors
and all others interested in the estate of
Cyrus K. Foot deceased, that | will make
final settlement of sad estate at the next
regular tern of the probate court Of Lar
annie county, Wyoming Territory, to be
holden at Cheyenne on the second Mon
day in January. 1889.
JOSEPH II. BOWIE,
Administrator.
, 1889-01-12

Oysters OIL the half shell at the Saddle
Rock.
, 1889-01-12
THE DIAMOND PALACE

Wishes Its many patrons a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Come in and xamin our Holiday Stock, Six
tenth and Curtis Streets. Tabor Block. Tele-
phone No. BQS.
We have added to our manufacturing facilI-
ties until now we have the most complete
manuiactory In the West. There is nothing
you may want, from n silver spoon up TO a
massive dinner set that we cannot make for
you out of pure Colorado Silver and at a price
which you cannot duplicate.
Don't put of too long selecting your pre-
sents. We have the largest and finest lines OF
B~ric-a-Brac, Bronzss and Richly Cut Glass
Ware sver displayed In the West.
II. S. PORTEOUS,- Proprietor
W. ID. SMITH, Manager.
, 1889-01-12
JOHN NJ. CHAuwIcK,
CHAs. +. FISHER,

Administrators of the estate of John j.
Chadwick. deceased.
Cheyenne. Myo., Nov, ], 1883.
, 1889-01-12

Notice is hereby given that letters Of
administration on the estate of Jehu j.
Chadwick, deceased, was granted on thi.
10th day of October to John NJ. Chad.
wick and Charles f. Fisher, by the pro,
bate Judge of Laramie county. All per
sons having claims against the said estate
are required to exhibit them for allow.
ance to the administrators within six
month of the letters ur they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit ofssid estate; and
if said claims are not exhibited within
n year from date, they shall be forever
debarrei.
, 1889-01-12

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Histc
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

enormously wealthy man, but his
bachelor brother-in-Iaw is worth
about $25, 100000 He testified to his
devotion to his sister by giving her a
home in New York worth 100000
and adding 100000 as a sinking
fund. How much would he give to
see his sister installed as mistress Of
the White House? Don't you re-
member how she loved her Washing
ton society triumphs? In New York
city she was only one of 400 society
leaders. In Washington she had
only to share the1eadership with Mrs.
Cleveland Every muscle and nerve
is being strained by a vast combina-
ton to secure Whitney's candidacy,
premature as it may SEEM
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
In Oklahoma.

The Guthrie correspondent of the
Kansas City Journal gives a dis
couraging view of the situation there
and his account is confirmed by re-
ports from private sources. Fully
eight thousand people slept on the
ground, Monday night, two-thirds
without even a tent to shelter them.
Half Of them were without food. and
water is so scarce that it was sold at
ten cents a glass. Much of it, even
at this price, was unfit to drink. One
canvass hotel and three or four dirty
lunch stands, sum up the public ac-
commodations. The place is full of
thieves, confidence men, and fakirs of
all kinds. Hundreds, thoroughly dis
gusted, are leaving, but thousands of
new Corners take their places. The
land about Guthrie is billy and
sandy, and cannot support half the
population, per mile, that Kansas
can. The days, even at this season,
are hot, and the nights cold; and the
wind drives the sand about and over
everything.
Similar scenes are reported around
Kingfsher station.
Every claim in Oklahoma was taken
by noon on Tuesday, and there are,
for many, from two to three claimants.
In the towns, lot jumpers are as busy
as claim jumpers in the country, and
the contests, in the land offices will be
numerous.
A strong force of United States
troops is scattered at different points,
to preserve order, and the presence
of the soldiers has had the effect tc
suppress turbulence or bloodshed il
the towns. But the personal tends
in the country, over disputed claims
are likely to be numerous and bloody
The general situation is likely tt
improve, each day, as supplies arrig,
and civil organizations are perfected
But thousands will lose everything
and gain nothing by their invasion o
Oklahoma.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

The Atchison Champion is author
ity for the statement that the Mis-
souri, Pacific desires to SUR ender
their lease, which is pretty good evil
dence that Jay Gould is no hog. This
news, if true, will certainly be received
with joy ali along the line, as it
means tibet the Union Pacific will
take charge and the Stockton branch
and the Lenora branch will be pushed
on west, and before the robins nest
again, through trains will be passing
over the Central Branch from the
Missouri river to Denver. Norton
Champion
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
a SAFE INVESTMENT,

Is one which Is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case Of
failure a return Of purchase price. On
guaranteed to bring relief in every case.
when used for any affection OF Throat.
Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption.
Inflammation Of Lungs Bronchitis,
asthma, WhOOping Cough, Group, etc,
etc. 1t is pleasant and agreeable TO
taste, perfectly safe and can aiways be
depended upon. Trial bottle free az
G. W. BickfOrd's Drug Store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Commissioner of Pensions Tam

Commissioner of Pensions Tanner
has issued an order, holding that
whenever a pensioner is disabled in
hand or foot in a degree emitting him
to 81 per month under the act of
March 3, 1885. such pensioner shall
by reason of that fact be entitled to
the rate Of $50 per month under the
act of August 4, 1886" This order
will favorably affect the pensions of
some six or eight hundred pensioners
of the late war.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

A paragraph is going the rounds
about girl dying from tight Iacing.
An editor commenting on the fact
says: ''Those cOrsets should be done
away with and if the girls can't live
without being squeezed we suppose
men can be found who would sacrifice
themselves. As old as we are we'd
rather devote three hours a day,
without a farthing of pay as a bre-
vet corset, than see these girls dying
in that manner. Office hours almost
any time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

The farmers in various states Of the
west are organizing to protect them
selves against the binding Irvine trust
The price Of Irvine has increased with
in four years from u to Is cents per
pound and manufacturers have nOti-
fed their agents that the price for
the coming season will be 20 cents.
The farmers are securing signatures
to a pledge that none of them viii
use Irvine if the high price is main
tanned, but viii stack their grain with
out binding. If the farmers could
come to a common understanding and
adopt tins plan for a season or two,
the binding twin trust would be com
PEELED to come to terms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Gov. Humphrey writes a very in
teresting letter to the Toledo BJadc,
giving a resume of the struggle for
prohibition in Kansas, and gives it as
his opinion that the people are pruc-
tically solid for it, and also, that pro
hibitiOn does prohibit in Kansas, Civ
ing facts and figures to substantate
his assertions.