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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
LATEST NEWS.

AT Worcester, Mss, the 24th Albert
Lindstrom asked Emily Shenckle to mar
ry him. She refused, thereupon he drew
| pistol and mortally won ded her and
| then shot himself in the head causing in
slant death.
1T was stated upon authority by the
Philadelphia Inquirer the Gath that the
Norther Pacific railroad has secured an
operating lease of the Wisconsin Central
railway thus giving entrance into Chicago.
FREDERICK X n, blacksmith living
In st. Paul, committed suicide on the ADD
by taking arsenic.
J HENRY Visions house and barn near
Grafton, MIS-, burned while the fami y
were at churcl the Oath. Eleven head of
cattle persisted. There was about $1,000
| in money in the house.
Corporal Tanner, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
| was appointed commissioner of pensions
by President Harrison the 23d
CHARLES W. SCHMIDT, of Cedar Falls,
To-, the Esd was fined 1900 for selling cider.
There were six counts against him.
PLACER gold has been discovered in the
bluffs OF the Missouri river south of Butte,
| Mont.
j. M. BAILEY, JR., young banker lat
Sioux Fall, was, the 23rd, appointed trets-
Iurer Of Dakota.
! A LARGE party of tramps boarded a
freight train on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
railroad near Alliquippi, Pa. the Esd, held
! the train for five hours, refusing to let tie
crew move the train unless they were d.
lowed to ride. Twelve of the tramps wete
arrested.
AsYNDIoATE of English capitalists the
23l bought three Rochrster, N. Y. brew
cries, paying ~, zoe, O0O
AARON YORK, a farmer living near Peru,
Ind, the Esd placed some frozen sticks or
dynamite under the kitchen stove to thaw
out and then went to the stable to attend
to his horses. Shortly after an explosion
occurred and the house was blown I'd
atoms His wife and daughter were both
killed and mangled. !
JOHN NORRIS, Of Wilkesbarre, Pa, had
! his wife sew up $1,225, the savings of a
lifetime, in her petJ coat for safe keeping
On the night Of the 23d, three masked men
entered tie house, gagged Mrs. Morris,
stole the petticoat and money and escaped
The plant of the st, Paul Meat and Pro.
vision Company was burned on the night
! Of the Esd. Loss s75, 600. ~.
| THE employees of the Pennsylvania rail.
way shops at Altoona, Pa, were notified
on the 23rd that hereafter. hours would
be considered a weeks, work with a half
holiday on 3 turdavs,
! CONSTABLE CARVER went to Gracekille.
Ia, the 23d to serve papers upon Peter
Gallen, q saloonkeeper, for violatiIn Of
the liquor laws. AS soon as his buhness
was known he was surrounded by d mob
who threatened his his life. He esl aped
only by draw ng 9 revolver aud thud held
back the crowd until he reached the iepot
and boarded train.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
BOOMERS GROW UGLY.

1nsy Oner Armed Resistance to United
States Troops "A Small Band Over
powered After q Fight In Which Some
Blood II spilled-Fears of Further So
rious Trouble. -.z.E-. .-.
PURCELL Ind. T. March 2O.-The first
open collision between United States troops
and Oklahoma invaders occurred Monday
night. The soldiers claim they were at
tackled and compelled to act in sek-defense.
The situation is critical and worse conflicts
are expected at any moment. Lieu
tenant Carson and body of soldiers
were sent to scour the country. In
what is called the Crutch country north
east of Oklahoma station, was quite large
party that had gathered around William
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
CHOSEN BY BEN.
Ine President Appoints a Few Territorial
l Ohlcers and Several Pastma stera.

Ihe President Appoints a Few Territorial
Ohicers and Several Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, March 22-The President
sent the following nominations to the
Senate: 'a E|~ 80
Miles G. Moore, OF Walla Walla, w. T., to
be Governor OF Washington Territory
Ol1Ver G. White, OF Dayton, W. T., to be
secretary OF Washington Territory.
Henry N. Blanc, OF Montana, to be Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana.
John D. Flemlng, OF Colorado, to be United
States Attorney for the District of Colorado
Also the following postmasters: Illinois,
M'lledgeville, Carlos G. Wilson: Flora Allason
H. Reed; Petersburg, William r. Parks. Wis
constn-West SUPERIOR Graham l.. Rice.
Naturalization City, James S. Reeves. Ohio
New Philadelphia, Daniel Korns; Jacksonville,
John F. WEIGH; Athens, George w. Baker.
Michigan-Fowlerville, Dewitt c. Carr
HAVE NOT GONE TO WORK
mn .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27

and where, on the uplands, the company
propose to build quarters for their work
men, using the railroad to convey the men
to and from their works in the harbor to
their homes The forests will at once be
cleared away along the proposed route Of
the canal from Greytown to Lake Mica
ragua, and telegraph line will be built
across to the Pacific coast Ample funds
are In hand, and within few months, Mr..
Cheney says, the work of carrying out this
great engineering project, to which he in
tends to devote his entire energies, will be
fully under way.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
THREE LIVES LOST;

An Aged Woman and Two Little Girls
burned to Death in Massachusetts.
bALDw1NsvHlE Mass, March 90-A house
situated near Days mills, one mile from
this village, was burned Tuesday afternoon,
and Mrs. Russell, aged 70 years, and two
daughters of neighbor named Trueheart
aged > and 10 years. persisted In the flames
Mrs. Russell was making gum when the kettle
Of pitch was overturned and took fire. The
fire spread rapidly, preventing the escape
Of Mrs, Russell and the Trueheart girls
Mrs, Russell's daughter escaped BY jumping
from the window. Mr. Russell, who was at
rescue the victims, but the flames and
smoke drove him back. ..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
BOOKED FOR PARIS.

Whltelaw Reid Named for the French
Mlssion-A Wisconsin Man Goes to Vienna
Some Other NOminations-The Name
of Eugene Schuyler, for Assistant Sec
rotary ot state, Withdrawn.
WASHINGTON, March :0.-President Har-
rison sent the following nominations to the
Senate:
Whitelaw Reid, OF New York. to be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Of
the United States to France.
julius Goldschmidt OF Wisconsin, to be Con-
sui General OF the United States at Vienna.
Andrew G. Bradley Of the District Of Coluna.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27

NAaA@ ~" AS&>S AAeSA "a
and third Assistant
Postmasters- General
have not yet entered
upon their official
duties. Mr.. Hazen is
In the city and ex-
poets to take charge
of his Office next Mon
day or Tuesday. Mr..
Whitfield has re-
turned to Cincinnati,
but he is expected to
return here within O
few days and begin
work.
James N. Tyner yes
tArQaV aaaume6 hio
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
FoRElGN.

SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE, the new British
Minister to the United States, will sail for
America April 13
ADv1cEs of the 18th from Samoa reported
the cessation Of all hostilities on those ISL
ands. Also that the Nipsic the American
war vessel, was perfectly safe.
THE round-house of the Culeacon l. Alfalfa
railroad at Culeacon, Mex, was burned on
the 18th, and many shops were also de-
stroyed Loss, $4,000
In the British House of Commons it was
stated on the 10th that serious complica-
tions had arisen between England and the
Sultan of Morocco, and that portion of tho
British channel squadron had gone to
Tangier In consequence.
THE police OF Zurich, Switzerland, on the
10th discovered that dynamite bombs were
being extensively made there by N1hilists
and Anarchists
ADv1cEs Of the 10Th say that the Spanish
coasting steamer Remus was wrecked near
Point Btliaram while carrying soldiers to
stations GU the Philippine islands, and forty
two persons were lost
By the collision of an express train with
freight near Rimonski Station, Can, on
the 10th an engineer, two firemen and q
conductor were killed.
Stuttgart, Germany, were destroyed by fire
on the Goth, causing a loss of 2,OOO, 0OO marks
and throwing six thousand employees out of
work.
STEAMERS carrying an aggregate of two
hundred Thousand seals arrived at St. John,
N. B., on the Goth, being an unusually early
arrival from the fishing grounds.
In the Spanish Senate on the Goth Senior
Moret, Minister Of the Interior, said that
the Government had no knowledge of a
scheme to sell Cuba to the United States,
and declared that there was not enough
money In the whole world to buy the small
est portion Of Spanish territory.
HE American fishing schooner W. H.
Foye was on the 2Oth seized at Grand
Manan, N. B., for violation Of the customs
laws
SIR THOMAS GLADSTONE, Bart, the only
surviving brother of the great Liberal
leader, died in London on the GOTH He was
III his eighty-ifth year.
FIRE on the Dist destroyed three Of the
finest business blocks at Brownsville, Ont
GENOA paper stated on the 21s5 that so
far this year there had been fifteen duels
and sixteen suicides at Monte Carlo
FOURTEEN OF the largest paper makers in
England formed a syndicate in London on
the 21st for the purpose of raising prices
The capital Of the syndicate is $2,00O,OW.
MIR. FOSTER, Canadian Minister of Finance,
said on the Dist that the Government had
under consideration tho ACCESSIBILITY II ex-
Guiding American lard, by increasing duty
or otherwise, on account of the extensive
adulterahon practiced.
COLONEL JOSE VICENTE Vn14ANDA was on
the 22d inaugurated Governor of the State
of Mexico.
The Mexican Government it was reported
on the 22d, had taken steps to prevent the
introduction into that country of American
lard, owing to the reported adulteration in
that article.
THE number of deaths caused by the fam
Inc IN Shangtunk, China, was on tho 22d
said to be appalling, and many OF the citi
zens were committing suicide rather than
die from starvation
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

Its Construction to Be Commenced at
Once at Greytown.
WASHINGTON, March GA C. Cheney, of
New York, president of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company, who has been in
Washington for several days, says work
will be begun at once on the
canal Operations will first begin at
Greytown, on the eastern side, where the
harbor approaches have to be deepened,
and railroad has to be built across the
swampy land ten miles into the interior.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
Its Days Are Numbered.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 22.-Barnums
Hotel, fronting Monument Square, known
to travellers all over the world will be
closed on April next. There was time
when the equal Of Barnum's was hard to
find in this country. The hotel was estab-
lished in 1925 by David Barnum, and some
of his grandchildren are among its present
nwnArs 49, ~ - 80 ~ -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
REACHED A REMARkAsLE AGE.

OeaVH IN FcnnsyIvania Of . COIorod Wom-
an hi Vars Old.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March e0.-Mrs Emma
Gatewood (colored, died at Scottdale, Pa,
last Friday, aged lit years. She was the
mother of eleven children, a of whom
except one are living and over 80 years OF
age. She was the grandmother of fifty
seven children; the great grandmother OF
forty-six children. and the great-great-
grandmother of thirty-six children. She
had distinct recollection of seeing Gen
eral George Washington and the incidents
Of the Revolutio war. She was born tx
ViFgf Ia and was . slave for great num-
bar of Years IS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
ANOTHER IOWA "sPouTER."

Tremendous Flow Of Water from a Well
on the Farm of DR.. Leebert.
WAvERLY, Ia, March 30-Another flowins
well was struck in Franklin township few
miles east Of this city on the farm of Dr..
Leebert Tu sday afternoon at depth of
17' feet. The force of water as it made ite
exit was so great as to throw q 50o-pound
drill out of the hole. The geyser spouts a
six-inch stream nine feet high. This is the
sixth flowing well in Franklin township
within a radius Of three miles
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
American Beauty Triumphs.

ROME, March 2s2.-Mrs. Pierre, of New
York, who competed in beauty contest at
Nice, has been awarded the first prize. She
has returned the trophy, to be used for the
benefit Of the charity In the interest Of
which the show was organized
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27
Epit0me of the Week.
NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.

q. s. SENATE IN SPECIAL SESSION.
PRESIDENT HARRISON sent the following
nominations to the Senate ON the 18th: William
w. Thomas, Jr., OF Maine, to be Minister to
Norway and Sweden; Samuel r. Thayer, Of
Minnesota, Minister to the Netherlands; Smith
A. Whitfield, of Ohio, and Abraham D. Hazen,
Of Pennsylvania, to be Second and Third A.
sistant Postmaste ter General respectively; John
W. Mason Of West Virginia, to be Commits
s1oner OF Internal Revenue; Charles E. Mitch
OIL. OF Connecticut, to be Commissioner OF
Patents. Nominations were also made Of up.
pointees to various United States Marshalships
and other offices Of lesser importance.
THE names of Whitelaw Reid. editor Of the
New York Tribune, as Minister to Paris, and
Julius Goldsohmidt, Of Wisconsin, as Consular
General to Vienna, were sent to the Senate ON
Inc 18th by the President. The nomination OF
Eugene Schuyler, to be Assistant Secretary of
State, was withdrawn, he having declined to
serve. large number of appointments pre-
viously made were confirmed. The following
select committee on the April Centennial cele.
oration in New York was appointed: Senators
Hiscock, Sherman, Hoar, Voorhees, and Eustis.
THE Senate received the following nomina.
lions from the President on the goth: Fred
srick D. Grant to be United States Minister to
AustriaHungary: John G. New to be Consul
General to London. communication was
presented from the Governor of Rhode Island
stating that the resignation Of Mr.. Chace mad
been presented and accepted
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 21st sent to
the Senate the following nominations: Miles
G. Moore, to be Governor, and Oliver c. White,
Secretary, OF Washington Territory: Henry
NJ. Blame, to be Chief Justice OF Montana
Supreme Court; John D. Fleming, to be United
States Attorney for the District of Montana
number Of post-office nominations were also
sent in.
THE Senate met on the 22d but Immediately
adjourned upon learning OF the death Of JUS
toe Matthews
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27

UIlugo C1Cy, 1uu, OVf aIhu016 W0Te 6OlQ 6;G q
total price of 800, 500.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
DIR. WILLIAM GARRARD, tho first manu-.
facturer of tool steel in the United States,
died on the 18th at his home in Fallston
Pa He was eighty six years old.
GENERAL WANAMAKER on the
18th appointed J. Lowrio Bell as Super1n-
/ tendent of the Railway Mail Service, and
James N. Tyner as Attorney Genera for the
Post-office Department. Secretary Window
selected Mr.. T. E. Byrens of st. Paul, to be
chief of the appointment d1viuion of the
Treasury Department..
JOHN g. HARDY, Familiarity known az
''Honest Jack Hardy" one of the best
known sporting men In the country, died
suddenly on the 18th at New Orleans.
THE resignation of Jonathan Chace az
United States Senator was presented to the
Rhode Island Legislature on the 18th.
JARVIS CLARK, the Oldest man in Elk
hart, Ind, and one of the most prominently
known, died on the 18th aged ninety one
years =. "
MISS PAULINE FULLER, aged nineteen
years, the fifth daughter of Chief Justice
Fuller, was married in Milwaukee on the
10Th by q justice of the peace. The groom
was J. Matt Aubery, Jr OF Chicago, and II
was runaway match.
MRS. EMMA GATEwooD (colored) died or
the 10Th at scottdale, Pa, aged one hundred
and seventeen years
PHILIP q. EMERsoN, app 1nted by Presi.
dent Grant Associate Justice of the SUI
preme Court Of Utah, died at Ogden on the
Goth
REV EZEKIEL q. ROBINSON, president Of
Brown University ct PSoyiaence, r. !, and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-27

3 -. =. 1 III ,1SJ
..nlol1lN . gYIiD !
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12

the marshAling of his native forces
for coming contests.
Another secret Of the profession
consists In ringing the changes; In
dressing up the same ideas In new
words and with new illusions, and In
making pet SMILES and metaphors do
duty under all sorts Of conditions and
circumstances. This, as will be seen
at once, saves q vast deal of intellectual
wear and tear, and yet avoids that
chestnutty favor which IL not held 10
improve the quality of jokes and
jests.
Still another rule for the successful
humorist Ia to be careful in selecting
his audience, and also to be sure that
the audience Is In q proper state of re-
captivity. The revered Josephus
Miller himself, who stands in the same
relation to humorists that Izaak
Walton does TO fishermen, would have
missed his aim had he shot joke at a
cold and irresponsive audience, an
the wittiest men of our time, as alread
suggested, reserve themselves for after
dinner speeches, when they are reason
ably certain OF finding their hearers
barring the dyspeptics-in an appre-
ciative frame of mind.
These are only some of the first
principles, the A b c of trying to be
funny with success; but lest the man
who has no humor in his soul should
be over encouraged, and should essay
the role of a wit, we repeat for his
benefit Punch's historic advice to the
young couple about to be married
don't.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12
A Kentucky Colonel.
Mr.. Melody's Lucky Draw.

Ii was reported that Mr.. J. b.
Melody, of 1913 State street, Chicago,
had drawn q handsome prize in the
Louisiana State Lottery Drawing of
December 18th. A representative of
this paper was sent to interview Mr..
Melody, who confirmed the report,
saying: Eyes, | held one fortieth of
ticket No. 6S,744, which drew the Sec
ond capital prize of 100000 In the
company's drawing of December 18th
last. experienced no trouble in get
ting my money, all that was required
being TO present my ticket at the office
of the American Express company and
be properly identified. Four days
after the date of the drawing | had the
$4,000 in my pocket. A peculiar cir
curlstance connected with the pur-
chase of the ticket" continued Mr..
Melody, sis that Miss Florence Bas-
comb, an acquaintance of mine, was
present at the time, she naming the
last three figures Of the number,
the condition being that whatever
number | selected should end with
T44. 1t was agreed that the prize, il
any, would be divided equally be-
tween Miss Bascomb and myself.
After receiving the money FASTENED
to call upon her and deliver to her her
share of the prize" In an interview
Miss Bascomb verified Mr.. Melody's
statement, adding that the money was
an exquisite Christmas gift, and that
she, who has for several years been the
only support of an aged mother, could
well appreciate such an addition to
her income. 1t Is the intention of both
to invest their cash in Chicago real
estate, which they hope will increase
in value until their small fortunes
become larger ones.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12

ait IL customary to say that wrink-
les come from worrying, but the truth
IL that most Of them come from laugh
ing" says . well-known physician.
ITO know how to laugh Is Just rs i'm
portant as to know when TO do Il. II
you laugh with the sides Of your face,
the skin will work loose In time, and
wrinkles will form In exact accord
ance with the kind of o laugh you
have. The man who always wears q
smirk will have q series Of semi-circu-
lar wrinkles covering his cheeks.
When gambler who has been &C.
customed to suppressing his feelings
laughs, deep line forms on each side
of his nose and runs TO the upper COR
ner of his mouth. In time this line
extends to the chin and assumes the
shape of half moon. A cadaverous
person with a wax like skin IL very
apt to have two broadly marked
wrinkles, one running up from the
jaw and the other under the eye.
These meet at right angles at the
cheekbones and look "a though they
formed knot at the apex. The schol-
ar's wrinkles form on his brow, while
the scheming politicians come round
his eyes, where they look for all the
world like the spokes OF q wheel.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12
A Kentucky Colonel.
For Six Cents.

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st. Louis, Mo. We will send Maya
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12

A somewhat novel scheme for the
mining OF gold Il being put in opera
ton In Lumpkin county, Georgia.
The company, Of which Il II under
stood Georgia's chief magistrate IL at
the head, has been formed for the
purpose Of scrapiDg the entire bed of
the Chestatee river for the precious
metal. II has always been known
that the bed OF the river is wonderfully
rich In loose gold, but how to secure
1t has been the question. Numerous
efforts at dredging have been made,
but 80 far without success. One
company Immediately after the war,
went 50 far ~ to undertake the fun
ing OF the river, and thereby changing
the channel 20 as to expose the bed,
but the magnitude of the scheme
caused its abandonment before the
accomplishment OF the purpose.
The company referred to have
entered into contract with parties to
build q boat to which Is to be attached
machinery capable OF lifting 500 tons
OF material from the bottom of the
river each day. This boat Ia now
being built at a cost OF gle, 900, and IL
Is to be operated about four miles
from this place. 1t IL also a part of
the contract that II the machinery IL
not capable of removing the full 500
tons day then the contractors are TO
forfeit the boat and lose their invest
ment. On the other hand, IL the work
of the contractors Is fully up to the
terms of the contract then the COM
pany Is bound to take nine more boats
at the same price as soon az they can
be constructed. The company has
options on the river for about twenty
or more miles of It's length, and
If their boats are successful in hosting
the material without too great cost,
II Is safe to predict that the owners
will be more fortunate than the
possessor of Aladdin's lamp. For
years and years this gold has been
deposited in the river and every day
1t Is being added to by the losses from
the stamp mills. 1t Is estimated that
one-third of the gold pounded in the
mills il lost and finds its way into the
river bed. Besides that, the river
bed Is the natural depository of large
quantities of gold. On one occasion
a single blast in the bed of the
river resulted in saving of $500
pennyweights of pure gold. These
boats, of course, cannot dig out the
bed rock, but are capable of lifting
very ordinary rock of a few tons
weight. Our people are watching
the experiments with much interest.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12
A LYRIC.
NJ RIcnARp HESRr sroDpAWp.

IfAny one can tell you
How my song IL wrought
And my melodies are caught,
Will give. not sell you.
The secret. ~ there be one
For | could never see one.
How my songs are wrought
Like the blowing OF the wind.
or the lowing OF the stream,
l. the music IN my mind.
And the voice IN my dream
Where many things appear.
The dimple. the tear,
And the pageant of the year.
But nothing that lie clear.
At Even and Morn
where sadness IL gladness
And SORROW unforlorn.
For there song ~ born.
December Ceufur
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12
Cheerful Conversation

is one of the pleasantest amenities of
life. But fluent talker whose "gems
of thought" drop from lips which dis
close yellow teeth going to rack and
ruin, makes less impression than he
or she otherwise would. Bear this in
mind, conversationalists, and lend
added force to your utterances by
keeping your teeth white and pure
with SOZODONT, wholesomest and
most thorough Of tooth preparations,
which removes tartar, renders the
gums healthy apd purifes the breath,