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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28
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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28
The BulOW Case

There is more to the Bulow case than
was supposed when the discussion be-
gan in the Minneapolis papers last week,
and it is the opinion of many lawyers
who have examined the facts in the
case that he should not be hanged I'M
der the sentence. A case of a man
pleading guilty to murder in the first
degree when the punishment is hanging
is Il very strange one, and has no
precedent in the United States where a
man was hung by the law on his own
plea or evidence. Bulow was sentenced
on his own plea of guilty, with no other
evidence, and that plea was not con-
sidered by jury, but by the court. In
an Indiana case that WAS somewhat
similar the supreme court held that the
sentence imposed by the court could not
stand and that the plea Of guilty was for
the consideration of the jury. Attorney
c. y. 1indbergh, who was appointed by
the court to defend Bulow, is giving the
case careful study, and is now in st. Paul
to place the matter before the proper
authorities.
Heretofore, it is stated. that no man
has been hanged, lawfully in the United
States, on his own plea, without ad-
ditional evidence or the verdict of a
jury, and the question is quite an inter-
eStinp one to LAWYERS
Bulow has not been notified of the
efforts, that are being made in his behalf,
and ifthey are not successful in securing
a communication Of his sentence he never
will be; unless he is brought before the
court on a habeas corpus writ.
Sheriff Rasicot and County Attorney
Lyon were in St. Paul Tuesday and
called on Gov. Merriam. The governor
desired to have the Bulow matter
brought before the supreme court at
once, as that body adiourns in few
days. and he desired to have the matter
settled in courts Immediately, 80 a
change in date Of execution would not
be asked for in order to get a decision.
The governor wants the matter settled
by the supreme court, and does not de-
sire to take any action in the matter on
hislown rcsponsi bility.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28
Being More pleasant

Call for advertised letters and give date
> IS JOHN WETZEL. P \
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

Senator Buchanan left for st. Paul
yesterday having put in a week on his
Skunk brook drives. All the logs were
moved, on the rise Of water, and lit
tie more rain will put them below the
mouth Of the Hilman. 1t will be nee
essary before long to let some of the
water out Of the Hilman dams, and
he then hopes t, give his logs another
lift
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

Dalhce Rocholeau, who has been al
work in Bourassa' S saloon, has decided
to open saloon at Staples, the cut-oh
junction, and is now in Long Prairie to
see about getting license from the Todd
county authorities.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

a delay in the arrival of material for
the electric light plant has cause
suspension of the construction work. II
will be resumed in day or two, and i,
is expected that the plant will then be
got in running order without further
delay.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28
House and Lot for Sale

Little Falls, MINI, June 10th.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

The gun club expect to have ashoot
n INV
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

k.N McFee in Minneapolis Tribune:
was up to Little Falls the other day
and that place is booming. They have
water power of 10 900 horse power; two
Touring mills turning out 600 and 400
barrels per day, while chain manu-
factory is to locate there shortly and
other manufacturing establishments
are expected.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

LOCAL ITEMS.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28


The Royce < Lansing company enter
tanned large crowd al the Opera House
on Monday evening, and their perform
ance was almost an exact repetition Of
the one they gave on their previous visit
a change 0! program would stand every
chance of being acceptable to oul
people.
Many carloads of stock have been
shipped from the country along the
Little Falls & Dakota to Iowa this
spring, and the question arises rs tc
how stock that the farmers do not see
profit in fattening on $40 land can be
shipded hundreds Of miles and fatteneC
on $50 land.
Tuesday next is the day on which the
great Picnic is to be held near tho
Catholic church in Swan River. and the
parties who have the affair in charge
are making preparations for large
crowd and elaborate entertainment
The fact that it isn't campaign year
should not deep any one away.
B6r For beautiful gold, silver ane
bone filings, call on DR.. Niyen mex
week ut the Merchants.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

The ladies of tho NJ. E. Church will
erect booth at the corner of Oak and
Second sts., adjoining the court house
grounds, for the purpose of serving re-
treslments on the 4th of July. Dinner
and supper, together with ice cream,
lemonade, etc, will be furnished. The
public are cordially invited to extend a
share Of their patronage.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

Are You Made miserable by Indjgcs-
tioD, Consumption, Dizziness, Los d
Appetite, Yellow Skin2 shiioh,s Vital
izer is s positive cllre JoHx WKrzEL.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

A hideous appearing blind man was
led about the streets on Saturday last
selling books. While none could with.
hold pity, we doubt the wisdom of al
lowing men of such repulsive appear.
ance the freedom of the streets.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

Why VIII Ypn cough when Sf,iioh's
Cure will Riye immediate relief. Price
10 cts. so cts.. and 81 ]. WErzsl.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-28

Send your orders for Job work
to the Transcript Office.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
destructive Man Makes Deserts.

Several writers on American antiqui-
ties have called attention to the tradi-
lions of the Aztecs and Mayas (the
aborignes of 1ucatan), who have pre-
served the memory Of time when their
forefathers inha tied land in the far
Northwest, where they maintained their
independence for long series of cen
turtles, till famine at last obliged them
to seek new home in the wilds of the
tropics. Baron Waldeek's conjecture
that the cradle OF the Aztecs was the
great central valley OF | tab seems con-
firmed by the absolute desolute desola.
ton OF the Salt Lake Basin. Even in
dreary Dakota the uplands are heavily
timbered, and many Of the Colorado
PARKS" deserve their attractive names;
but in central Utah, even the tops Of the
Sierras are as bald as the skull of Nor
mon patriarch. The present barrenness
of large area OF our western tabelands,
may, indeed, be due to the same causes
that desolated enormous territories of
the eastern continent, where the desert
sand now covers regions which I'M
doubtedly once formed the garden spots
of the Mediterranean coastlands. The
traveller Champollion goes so far as TO
deny the existence of any aboriginal de-
sert, and maintains that even the sand
wastes OF northern Africa owe their
nakedness to the havoc of the woodlands
axe, and, judging from the traces OF
former water courses, and the petrihed
stumps of sand-buried trees, may once
have teemed with forests and luxuriant
,neodowe stUare "a in snuthern EurOpa
and western Asia" he says, ''the hand
of man has blighted the loveliness OF our
Mother Earth; Earth was Eden once,
and the burning sun of the desert is the
angel with the flaming sword, that has
driven our forefathers from the gates OF
Paradise. - Yankee BLade.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24

fifteen feet in length and each one is
wound on a rough reel made of piece
of cigar box wood. The hook is passed
through the minnow .ust forward of the
tail, being careful not 10 strike the back
bone, or it is fastened in the minnow's
mouth. A bungler will MAIN the bait
so they will not swim naturally in the
water, but after a few frantic struggles
they become exhausted and die without
attracting the game. When properly
put on the hook the minnow will live a
couple of hours unless he is gobbled up
by hungry pickerel.
The size of the fish caught varies from
the small ones weighing three-quarters
of pound each, to those of good size
weighing three pounds each. Occasion
ally big fellow five or even six pounds
in weight is captured. The large ones
are very likely to get away either by
breaking the hook or tearing it out OF
their jaws, unless the attendant is near
by and handles the line carefully when
he takes hold of it. A good days catch
for party is from fifty to one hundred
pounds. Of course they cook a fish
dinner over the campfire, and by sun
down are ready to start for home.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
A Nine-Year.old Girl oracial.

The city of Trenton, N. J., can claim
the brightest and youngest city official
in the State. Miss Hattie Owens, very
cute and clever for girl of nine, has
been made Second Assistant City Clerk.
and can now be seen on duty at certain
hours fling away in their proper order
the official documents in the City Clerks
Office. When Colonel Owens, the City
Clerk, took possession of his new quar-
tiers the public documents appeared to be
considerably disarranged, and. on COM
planning, he found cheerful volunteer
in the person of his young daughter,
Miss Hattie. who is very small, but sharp
and methodical. She was assigned the
work of resssorting, and is doing it
well. She is rather annoyed on account
of being a girl and announces that, as
Second Assistant Clerk, she desires to be
called Harry" and as such she is
saluted by all the city officials. Miss
Harry Owens is pretty girl of pleasant
address, and with the manner of one
twice her age.-Neu YORK Times.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
Why Do Men Select Seven when Asked
TO Think of a Mum Der!

Herman, the magician, was standing
with some friends at the Holman
House, when Marshall p. Wilder started
to do trick which hinged on certain
number. He turned 10 Alfred Claggott
and asked him to think of number be-
tween one and ten.
await minute" said Mr.. Herman,
''and will put down the number you
select
He took a pencil and scrubbed the
number on the back of a menu card.
Mr.. Claggott sat in deep thought for a
moment, and finally said;
Seven"
Herman turned the menu over, and
there was the figure seven on the back
of the card.
1T is not trick" he said quietly.
"You will find that every man will
choose seven under the same circum-
Stances
Mr.. Claggott turned to an adjoining
table where Colonel Ochiltree sat and
pu the question to him. The Colonel
yelled seven in loud and burly voice.
Then Ed. Stokes and f. q. Gilmore
came in in rapid succession, and both
chose the same number. Townsend
Percy and Tom Burnside Of the London
Savage Club also selected the same
numeral, and for the succeeding half
hour no one broke the record.
There is no explanation of 1t" said
Mr.. Herman in conclusion, as he rose to
go to dinner. at is the habit of the
human mind, nothing more. "-Nslc YORK
Cffu
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
anna Cow Mould Not BE Harnessed.

One could scarcely expect COW, not
trained to the profession of arms, to con-
duct herself with great self possession as
one Of an army. in the "Story of Boy
Company" is to be found an anecdote
concerning one such new recruit-a COW,
which, with several hens and rooster,
were attached to a Confederate battery.
As soon as a halt was made for the night,
the fowls were taken from the wagon
where they rode, the rooster was tied to
a wheel-spoke, by the leg, and his family
always remained near him.
As the war progressed, and the horses
grew poor the COW was brought into
use as beast of burden. She was sad
dl d, dishes, frying pans and cotfee-pots
were hung upon the saddle, and the do
cile creature moved away, quite oblivious
of the chatter on her back. She was
usually tied to a caIsson, but often she
was turned loose, and thus followed the
battery, like an enlisted soldier.
During the last winter of the war
large, raw-boned. brindle COW straycd
into camp, and although at first wild,
she soon followed the example of the
veteran and became an orderly recruit.
One day, when a sudden start had
been ordered, it was thought advisable
to utilize the new COW as a porter. A
little fellow named Car ton was ordered
to saddle the cows. The old one was
quickly loaded with the Captains bag
gage, recently killed chickens and other
rations, and Carlton then proceeded to
put the coffee pot, skillet and other
cooking utensils upon the brindle. He
was obliged to make her fast to pine
tree in order to load her rapidly.
Every thing was ready, the battery
was about to move, and the Captain di-
rected Carlton TO let go the ropes, and
make the brindle follow in the wake of
the old COW, who had just taken the line
OF march in good order. But no sooner
had the ropes slipped from brindle's
horns than. with head, heels and tail
high in the air, she sped down the hill,
the sound of her believing mingling
with the chatter of tin. and forming
brass and tenor seldom heard.
After freeinr herself of every vestige
of her pack 81 slowly returned. seeking
her companion. The scattered load was
collected and placed again upon her
back, but as soon as she was free, with
a bound and below, she fed down the
hill, this time never to return.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.
. active in public service.

Be active in public service.
Three things to do-think, live, and
act
Be the same thing that ye would be
called.
The most itself is too small for the
covetous.
Fair words break never a bone; foul
words many a one.
The simple faith of little child is the
worlds truest homage.
Three things to hate-cruelty, AFRO
gance, and ingratitude.
There is nothing which is bringing US
opportunity but is also bringing us dan
ger.
We are told to let our light shine, and
II it does, the light will be its own wit
ness.
An opportunity improved is danger
avoided. An opportunity neglected Is
danger not met.
1t is great guilt in any one to allow
what mental faculties he may possess to
become rusty from disuse, or to submit
them implicitly to another.
Shallow things are capable only of the
mystery of darkness. The most genuine
and profound things you may bring forth
into the fullest light. and let the sun
shine batter them through and through.
Sometimes ideas are made flesh; they
breathe upon US with warm breath; they
touch us with soft, responsive hands;
they look upon us with sad. sincere ewes,
and speak to US in appealing tones.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
The biggest Paving Stone.

The big stone that forms the sidewalk
in front Of the Vanderbilt mansion on
Fifth avenue has long been known to
New Workers as the largest single stone
ever utilized for such purpose. 1t was
transported at a cost of nearly two thou
sand dollars and brought down the
Hudson in canal boat. At Delamater's
works on the North River the big der
rick was brought into requisition to lift
the stone from the canal boat to the
dock. When in mid-air the chains
broke and the stone plunged through
the canal boat underneath, boat and
stone both going to the bottom of the
slip. 1t was afterward raised and placed
in ite present position. For years it has
been supreme as the biggest solid piece
of sidewalk in the city. but a week or
two ago it lost its claim through the APP
pearance of mightier rival. Mr.. Fred
Vanderbilt is responsible for the new ar
rival, which is a solid piece of stone
fifteen feet wide and twenty feet long,
and will be placed in front of his res
idence. 1t was quarried at Oxford.
Chenango County, and required a special
car TO be built for its transportation.
Superintendent William Buchanan, of
the New York Central load, devised the
car. Nothing can be carried on the
Central road that is wider than ten feet
or higher than fourteen feet, and with
such limitations it was no easy Job to
make a car that would carry a stone
15x20 feet. This Mr.. Buchanan did,
however, by putting the stone on edge,
and at such an angle that its breadth
and height came within the limits set by
the tracks and bridges of the road. This
was done on mathematical principles
NsD York M1il and Express.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
A New Device of the Trade.

A doorbell of Michigan boulevard
residence was pulled by a woman ciso
all in silks and sealskins, with diamonds
flashing from her ears and two or three
gems flashing out through artistically
cut holes in her undressed KID gloves;
The handmaiden who opened the portai
took her in at glance and unhesitat-
inoly admitted her to the luxurlously
furnished parlor when she asked TO see
Mrs. -. the lady of the house, Mhen
the LADY entered the psrlor the woman IN
silks and sealskins bowed politely ana
said excuse me, Mrs. -, but took
the liberty of calling to see whether you
or your husband had any old dresses OF
clothes YOU would be willing to dispose
of. We pay the highest cash p5ice.
When the lady of the house hau SUI
iciently recovered herself to make an.
swer she said she had nothing IN ,hae
line To dispose of. The woman tnen
nresented her card-the number lnol-
eating a secondhand emporium IN tns
heart of the cut-rate clothing district
and politely took her departure. Ihere
are ou;te a few of her about town now,
who 90 forth every day through the tesi-
dence district attired in manner "n y =,
i certain to save them from reouh At
tbe hands of servant girls who answer
their ring. If they succeed IN naAin5
purchase, they send young man III ~
goods. They are merely the genIee' au
vance agents of the places "ne6s 80
can buv clothes at second hand C"'o'-y0
H.rah.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
SELECT sIFTINGs

Ut Jugs VIII SAy . W. - e-~-
At Hong Kong, China, thieves steal
the telephone wire.
One acre of land in Wall street, New
York, is worth $14, 300, 900.
John Connerton, of Louisville, Ky,
has a mule which chews tobacco.
A cannon bali would reach the moon
in eighteen days if it kept right on
humping.
The Baxter family of Norwich, Conn,
found valuable ring stored away in the
interior of a turkey.
There is in Sydney, New Soua< ,-~<,es,
an ancient spinster of 105. She has
smoked for fifty years.
George l., King of England, died
from drunkenness. which his physician
called an apoplectic fit.
A doctor in Cincinnati charges next to
nothing for his services in cases where
his patient does not recover.
Organs are said to have been first in
troduced into churches by Pope
Vitalanus about A. D., 1870.
A COW broke into Brooklyn oyster
dealers establishment and devoured
eight quarts of raw oysters before she was
discovered.
A drum major OF Flint, Mich, hurt
himself severely while playing with the
gorgeous staff with which he excites the
wonder of the small boys.
Tanks of pure coffee ready for con-
sumption are now put up and shipped as
far as two hundred miles, arriving at
their destination as hot as it can possl-
bly, be drunk.
The metal tokens issued by firms and
private individuals during the Civil war
to pass as small change have no value
except as mementos Of the times and to
curiosity seekers.
A brother of Lord Wolseley, Frederick
Wolseley, an Australian squatter, claims
attention for having invented a sheep
shearing machine by which one man can
shear 140 sheep day clean as a whistle.
A hog was butchered at Charlton, Ca,
a few DAYS since, and in the nav of the
swine we're found some twenty-five nails
and lot of glass, supposed to have been
D eces Of bottle. The hog was APP
parently healthy.
The mocking birds in Orange, Cal,
feed on the berries that grow on the
chinese umbrella tree, and this sort Of
food makes them tipsy. They act very
foolishly after a hearty meal and stagger
about badly intoxicated.
Objects of art in Japan are never ex-
hibited by the dozen, either by dealers
or by private owners. They are kept
carefully packed away in boxes and cot
ton wool, and are brought out one by
one, as the dealer likes.
A kingfsher attacked black bass
near Orlando, Fla. The bird sank its
talons into the bass, intending to carry
the fish off, but the task was too great,
and, as the bird could not free itself the
bass found little trouble in drowning it.
There was too little water in the bap-
tismal pool of a colored church at Kirk
vile, Ala, and when the sexton started
the fire it blew up. The church was full
of people, and the pastor had to be
taken off the whittier he was
thrown with ladder, but no one was
hurt.
A new device for bicycles allows the
use of those machines upon the ice, the
little wheel being converted into run
ner. while the large wheel is provided
with clips that prevent slipping on the
ice. In New York parties are now
formed to go up the Hudson for a tour
nament whenever the river freezes over.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
The First Coat Of Tar and Feathers

The application of coat of tar and
feathers to offensive persons is said to
have been first resorted to by Richard
Cnur de Lion. One of his statutes
enacted that any robber found voyaging
with the Crusaders shall be first shaved,
then boiling tar poured over his head.
and a cushion of feathers shook over it. "
The culprit was put ashore the first time
the vessel touched The earliest record
of such punishment is 1Is9.-Dttroit
Ere Ilrss.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24

A party of United States surveyors
who have been engaged on the coast of
Oregon the past year say that there are
hundreds of fertile valleys unsettled and
several good harbors unused, and only
awaiting the advent of commerce to
create another world of activity.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24

Nearly one hundred and twenty thou
sand birds OF prey have been killed in
Prussia the past twelve months. and in
the future crows and magpies are to be
ranked az such.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24

A pretty idea for decorating the cor
sage is to cluster several lengths of rib
bon of the same or contrasting colors at
the throat, carry them to the waistline,
draw them together, then let them fan
Is they will.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
A Yoracious Cannihal Fish.

Taking his size into con liberation, the
blue-fsh can take the head of the pisca-
torial tribe, as devourer of his kind.
Incredible as it may appear, vigorous,
wide-awake fve-pounder, can stow away
in twenty-four hours q full two and one
half pounds Of weight of smaller fishes.
Anything is grist TO his digestive mill,
every blood relationship not affecting
his appetite.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24

Minneapolis -four men have selected
st. Adams, VT, as their distributing
center for New England, and intend
building there two immense storage
houses
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24

Steps are being taken for an exhibit
ton of California fruit in London.