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, 1889-09-29

The triennial conclave Knights Tenn
plar will he held at Washington, D. c.,
October s to 10, The Burlington Route
has been selected as the official route for
Wyoming and Nebraska. Tickets will be
sold for this occasion in Wyoming on
Ocs. LIST to Bird inclusive at the lowest one
way first class, limited rate, final limit OF
tickets is Nov. 5. On the return trip
stop over will be granted at Baltimore,
Wilmington. Philadelphia, Trenton, New
York, Harrisburg, Williamsport, Elmira.
Emporium, Cory, Erie. Canandaigua.
Pittsburg, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester.
Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, Gf on the
route OF the ticket within the return
limits.
The official train will leave Cheyenne
Oct. ID, about I p. m. via the Burlington
Route, arrive at Omaha 3 p. m. Oct. Sd.
At Omaha it forms part of a special train
composed of Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars with Dining Car, leaves Omaha at
3:l5 p. IN. running through to Washing
ton without change arriving there at 4 p.
IN. Oct. 9Th. This will be the off cial train
from Wyoming and Nebraska, carrying
the grand commandery of the territory
and state. their families and friends.
The Pullman company aim to make
this one of their finest trains in the land
while the service will be the best known
to railway management. All Knights
Templar should see that their tickets read
via the Burlington from Cheyenne and
should arrange to arrive here in time to
leave on the special train which Is intend.
ed tor them and their friends. The rate
is open to the pubic and the regular
ram of the Burlington leaving daily at
1925 a. m. will be run in the interest Of
those who NAV not accompany the special,
j. +. MCCLUNG. Agent.
, 1889-09-29

reply is very caustic. He says he him
self published 1t for his own vindication
and ADDS: with the question Of YER
acity it raises between Sherman, Taylor,
Harrison and others L have no further
concern except to offer to publish their
letters to me. You have my sincere
sympathy and your enemies my bitter
curses. l have wished much to vindicate
you. even risking the wrath and curse of
leading Republican journals. You have
more than repaid my services and sacri-
fees by exposing to public contempt the
lntriguers who by treachery and falsehood
betrayed us both and with us the entire
comradeship who raised them from the
dunghill to the throne Of power"
, 1889-09-29
The Weekly Cattle Market.

special Dispatch TO the Leader.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Ihe cattle market
is again weak and everything except
prime export steers can be had at lower
rates. Receipts show a considerable in
common quality and very plain. Buyers
for the dressed beef firms and for Eastern
shipment seem to have no pressing orders
and even after allowing concessions OF 10
@I5c, holders have been forced to carry
over some consignments several days.
The weakness in this poor stuff was in
creased by the reports OF heavy offerings
at Kansas City.
Choice export stock, on the other hand,
is nearly steady. Gables quote an ad
vance of 3c in the London and LIVER
pool markets and exporters are eager 20
gather in all the cattle suitable to their
wants. 1t the stock was fine they did
not haggle over prices. There have been
quite a number OF sales at around 81 60,
while one bunch of gilt edge export
steers. averaging l,547 lbs, made 81 80
and several loads of ,5409 l,750 ID. cat
tie fetched S4.75. The full range for
shipping steers is 5 $3.50 4. so, with the
Dulk going al 90. ulOTC lnan
half the natives, however, are of that
half fat, almost unstable class and the
outlook for next week is not hopeful.
Texans are also slow and they lave
sold off about l5c., but rangers are nearly
steady. This is owing to the compare
tive scarcity of far west cattle. Though
Texas cattle sell at 81 70CG2.05 for cows
and at S2.l5(G2 so for steers, Montana
grassers go at about 81 9093. IS and Ore
CONS weighing 1875 to 400 pounds at
81 60(92.75 {. Wyoming natives OF 1913
to 1875 pounds weight sell at 81. 3093.s0.
A lot of 1900 pound corn fed Colorados
on Wednesday went at 1926 while the
same dav some 1860 pound corn-fed ma
tives fetched 81 40. The fact is, very
few of the Westerns this year are fat
enough to compete with good natives for
the dressed beef and shipping trade and
prices for them are therefore compare
lively low However, as noted above. re
ceipts of Westerns are below expectations
and an advance is not improbable. Ma
tive butchers stock is quiet and easy.
Gamers are indifferent buyers. Business
in stockers and feeders is very limited and
the low prices which have prevailed all
summer are barely sustained.
, 1889-09-29

CHICAGO, Sept. 2s.-Col. Wiley s.
Scribner, recorder of deeds of Cook county
died suddenly of heart disease this morn
ing. He had long been u sufferer.
Scnbner served through the war and was
subsequently elected a memter of the
Wisconsin legislature. He moved to
Montana aud engaged in newspaper
work. He was appointed secretary of the
territory under Grant aud subsequently
came to Chicago aud was elected recorder
in 1914
, 1889-09-29

BERLIN, Sept, 2S.-An explosion &C.
cured to day at the Rhein Prussian %colliery
at Hamburg on-the-Rhine. Ten men
killed and several injured. Some of ir-
ured will die.
An explosion in a distillery labratory at
Spandan to day injured ten men and
forty two women
, 1889-09-29
DnIzeil,s Reply to Tanner.

P%rTTsBURG, Sept, 2S.-Private Dal'
zell has given TO the press the letter
which he has written Corporal Tanner IN
reply to a telegram from the latter asking
him ii his (Tanner's) letter was stolen
from Dalzel! and made public. Dalzell's
, 1889-09-29
a scrap of Paper saves Her life

1t was just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper. but it saved her life, She
was in the last stages of consumption, told
could live only a short time; she weighed
less than seventy pounds. On piece OF
wrapping paper she read of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and got a sample bottle;
it helped her; she bought a large bottle, it
grew better fast, continued its use, and Is
now strong, healthy. rosy, plump. weigh
ing 40 pounds. For fuller particulars
send stamp to W. III Cole, Druggist, Fort
Smith. Trial bottles of this wonderful
discovery free at B. B. David's drug
store.
, 1889-09-29

CTTv OF MEXICO. Sept. IS. -The city
of Lagas is partly inundated in eight of
its wards and in several villages in the
vicinity. The streets and open spaces are
entirely c0vercd by water. A detachment
of troops is engaged providing for the
safety of lie sufferers. These floods,
which are steadily Increasing. have done
great damage TO crops. but no lives have
been lost.
, 1889-09-29
knights Tempiar Conclave, Washing
ton. ID. C.

For the above the Union Pacific ''rhe
Overland Route" will sell round trip
tickets at SIS IS. Tickets on sale Oct.
to 3 inclusive. Good going until Oct.
8, returning until Nov. 5. For full in
formation REGARDING depar ure OF trains,
route Travelled, etc. call at Union Pacific
ticket office. z. w. SWEET, Agt.
, 1889-09-29
On a wild Goose Chase.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept. 2S.-The
militia got to the Pratt mines promptly
last night. looked the place over AMI
found absolutely nothing the matter
there. Negroes and whites were all in
bed and the volunteers came back very
much disguised.
, 1889-09-29

YORK, Pa, Sept. 2S.-The explosion
of a boiler in a quarry at Wrightsville
this morning killed Mrs. Samuel Barnes
and fatally injured her husband.
, 1889-09-29

CHIcAGo, Sept. %. -Cattle-Receipts,
1900. Market quiet Choice to extra
beeves. 81 l5(94.75; steers, 81. s0(94. 10;
stockers and feeders. 81. 90G3.l0; cows,
bulls and mixed. 81 25(92.25 Texas cat
tie, 81 50(G2 90; natives and half breeds,
81 00(d3 so.
Sheep : Receipts. 2,G0O Market
lower. Natives 50 75(64 65: Westerns,
SO 60(@4.!0; Texans, SO 50@4 10, lambs,
S4.00f9 5.S5.
Wheat.-Market Liver. September
and October, S03; December, s2s; May,
S4E.
Corn-Market lower. September 3lb,
October, 3li; May, 333.
, 1889-09-29

Trade in sheep Is very active. Coun-
trymen, local slaughterers and eastern
dealers arc all free buyers and the slight
weakness is wholly due to the larger in
crease in receipts. Shippers have been
very busy for some time and were it not
for the healthy demand the market must
have broken badly. The number of
sheep going back into the country for
feeding purposes is still very large. The
quality of the offerings is rather common
and choice sheep and lambs are pretty
nearly steady. Poor to medium lots lO(G
l5c off. Late sales range at SO. 50(94.7 5
with the bulk of the natives going at S4(G
$50 and rangers at So 90(G415. Lambs
81 4O(R6 OO
, 1889-09-29

Plain and striped Hnder-
aUear ia large cariety and
at hard time prices ut M.
MGrkS'. SeCeNfeenth and
Eddy Stree s..
, 1889-09-29

Lake Mahpalutah ice. j. l.. Murray.
1916 Ferguson street
, 1889-09-29

New York. Sept. 2S.-The stock
market to-day presented little of the ex-
element Of yesterday and while the feel.
ing was re~actionary in the early trading
with material declines from yesterdays
figures, the recovery was full and decided
and at the close there were more advances
than declines.
Government bonds dull and steady.
Petroleum opened steady at 9S3 and
moved up to 99a on light trading, closing
firm at 90.
American cotton seed oil 4Ss.
Money on call easy 5(96 per cent.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
The. First Wooden Clock.

E. A. Fem, in the Allegan, Mich., Journal, says: About the year 1900, there lived sort of indolent, thriftless, unpromising young man by the name of Eli Terry. His birthplace was the same as mine, Plymouth, Ct. He sought the hand and heart of Miss Warner, was bitterly opposed by her friends on ac- count of his inability to support her. Miss Warner Was either a sister or {. cousin of the late Mrs. Friend Ives, an old resident of Gun Plains, and grand mother of Leon and Frcd Chichester. The Warmers were solid old Puritan stock and despised lazincss, but, not withstanding all opposition, they were married, set up housekeeping, and soon destitution and want was about all that seemed visible for future days.
 Eli had no visible mcaus Of support, but spent his time sitting on a stump or block, whiting out circle ho struck with an old compass or saving off bits of wood from some dead trees, and thus day after day his time was spent, and the general impression was that he was crazy. Want pressed so hard in the home that the wife, by urgent cntreaty of her friends, had about made 'up her mind to return to hcr parents home, when tho fruits of Eli s whiting and saving ma terialized in the first wooden clock ever made in America, and, I believe, in any country. It was readily sold to neigh Dor for $50 and paid for in pork, flour, potatoes, other family necessities, and little money, with which he bought tools to facilitate his work in further prosecution of clock making. Another and another was made that sold readily as soon as completed. The foot lathe and small circular saws were added. then men were employed, clocks moro readily made and eagerly sought after, and Eli Terry began to accumulate. In
 
 for letters patent upon his clock, and about 1902 or 1903 built 6 small shop and commenced improving on his clock and construction of machinery and tool; and the foundation for vast fortune was made which matcrialized in after years. Notwithstanding his unboundod benevolcnce, he became very rich. He died about 1S45, at the advanced age of s5 years, beloved and respected by all who knew him, leaving largo family of grown-up boys and 8 number of grandsons, all very wealthy, and all liv ing at Tarryville, Ct:, controlling nearly all the wealth of the place, which was invested ill large manufactories for clocks and locks. It is worthy os note that not one Terry is left in that region and all their interests and investments have scattered or gone into other hands.
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Value of Jade.

The tombstone of the conqueror Tam crane at Samarcand-he died there in 1405-consists of an immense block of dark-green jade. Some courageous van- dal broke piece from it for the late Dr. Heinrich Fischer of Baden, part of which was sent to me. The rest of the tombstone is still at Samarcand for some enterprising American or English col lcctor. The block of Siberian jade ex- hibited for time at the British Museum weighed 113O pounds. De Laet Q640 mentions lump of jade the size of mans head which came from the Ama- zon river and sold for $250. A piece the size of a cup was sold to Rudolph II by the imperial jeweler at Dresden for 1900 thalers. Cortez was content with four pieces out of all Montezuma's ac- cumulated treasures.
 The emperor of China has necklace of fine green beads of jadeite as large as cherries, strung at intervals between several of the finest coral. Pendent from this is large ruby spinal. Among the principal collections may be men, toned that of the museum at Frieburg, in Baden, which contains the collection of the late Dr. Heinrich Fischer, at Frei- burg, the greatest authority on jade, and those of the museums at Constance and at Dresden. At the colonial exhibition in London there were shown large rounded and waterworn blocks of jade weighing hundreds of pounds and called by the Maoris panamu. Much of it, of the finest green color, was worked into charms and knife handles at the exposi- l tion.-A7t AD1nteur
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
A Solid Silver Wagon Road.

"You may talk about nickel plated railroads" said Vice-Pre sident T. l.. Stanley of 904 Walnut street, ''but what do you think of solid silver wagon road' The Horseshoe Mine in Colorado has one, although when it was built they didn't know it would pan out that way. They had to have a road from their mine, distance of three miles, over which heavy loads were to be drawn. They took the rock that had been taken from the shafts they were sinking and which lay around in the way, and ma- cadamized the road all the way through. The wagons passing over the road ground the rock down. One day they had heavy rainstorm, and when things got dry again after this rain the wind blew the dust off the road, and all through the road bed, every which way, they could see big streaks of silver. We'll, maybe they didn't collar on to the rest of that loose rock that lay around those shafts! They sent away a lot of it to be assayed, and when the report came back they found that their road bed was worth $20O ton. It was little expensive to drive over, but they had to have the road, and I suppose they've got it yet, if their mines have held out. ."-Philadelphia Press.
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Where Cow.Bclls Arc Made.

Collinsville, Ill.,, is great place for cattle bells. That cow bells arc made, and do not grow on trees or elsewhere, seems to surprise some people, but there arc -four establishments in the United States which arc exclusively devoted to manufacture of that resonant article, ard two of these are in Collinsville. Ono hundred and fifty dozen are turned out daily. and thousands Of them dangle
 rom the nccks of unfortunate COWS all over the prairies of North and South America. The manufacture of cow-bells is entirely distinct from that of other bells. Instead of being moulded, tho metal is rollcd into sheets, GU. into sym. metrical polygons, which, when folded, arc pressed into their wcll-known form. Having been rivctcd, they arc next packed in clay and brought to white heat. When suddenly cooled these steel bells arc found 10 be no: only tempered, but also beautifully hrazca. --St, Leu3 Globc- Dispat,i,
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Tremendous Opportunities for Theft

Ut is remarkable, said a wc!l-knowD New York bank official the other day 10 a Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent, "what small salaries arc paid to men in trusted with the daily handling of vast sufns;cf money. Take the cashiers, th' tellers and the booAkccpers in our bi
 financial institutions. Their salaries ai
 comparatively small, while their resron
 abilities arc immense. 1 know Pros! dent of bank note company in tn. city who receives $10, 900 q year. He handles a. least one thousand times that amount of securities every year. and his opportunities for theft are tremendous. His position compcls him to live high, and yet he has little income outside oi his salary. A cashier of ono of ou, banks testified at the Kerr trial the other day 10 handling unlimited $le00 bills and yet his salary is less than $75OO. | is wonder to mo that t:.c3c arc not moro dcfalcations. :"
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
A Floating Theatre.

In a Russ au paper is announced the definite completion of a project for a floating theatre on the Volga. This theatre will be arranged on d large steamboat, built according to American plans, and will contain an amusement hall for thousand people, and likewise a small restaurant with accommodations for the artists and necessary employees of the undertaking. The boat will move up and down the stream, stopping prin- cipally before such cities as have no theatre There will be two troupes, 0 ne for operetta and the other for dramas and comedies. It. will be stock enter. prise,
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
The SuperstitiOus Chinese.

The Chinese, says Frank c. Carpenter, a,e full of superstitions, and many ot them firmly believe that the foreigners make medicines out of human beings. The massacre at Tien- Tsin in 1870, in which twenty foreigners wero killed and among them number of French nuns, was caused by the report that the Sisters were killing children to get their hearts and eyes for medical purposes, and the trouble in Corea last spring was caused by tho circulation of the stories that the missionaries were grinding up children's bones to make medicine. This report was started by tho Chinese, and the latest attempt of the kind I find today here at Shanghai. It appears in tri-monthly illustrated magazine which the Chinese publish, and which sells for 5 cents copy. This contains full; description of how the foreigners make their medicine, with ghastly illustrations Ol Ul1C SCFClCu u uhho uASA eAAC SAlo- r limbs of human beings. In one cut men in American clothes arc bending over great furnaces ill which the heads and legs of men arc boiling, and beside which great baskets and tubs of cut-ur humans lie. Tho mon are stirring :be stcaming mass, and tho picture makes one th,nk of the witches caldron ;n "Macbeth.
 In another cut is shown the machinery for the grinding up of the bones and flesh. A dozen old skeletons lie upon the floor, and man with e shovel puts the ghastly mas, upon the scales fo' wei ghing. In another room tho meti. cine is packed up to be sent away, and young ladies ir American dress with waterfalls and French heels arc busy a' it. l asked the manager of the maga- zinc whether he believed. in such stuff, and he replied that he did not know, and asked if it was not really true.
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Major Pond, the lecture bureau ma

Major Pond, the lecture bureau man, says that some of his best lecturers are troubled with stage fright CLauncey M. Depew and Dr. Talmage are not free from it. John B. Cough was the worst. Outside of his regular lectures he would not talk in public. Several times he made very embarrassing failures. He could not think on his feet Beecher always suffered when he faced an audi ence. He held one hand behind him at first, and when the hand came in view it was sign that hls embarrassment was over. Canon Farrar could always think and speak on his feet, but Canon Kings ley could not make the simplest address without manuscript. James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, is liable any time to forget his part when he has an attack of stage fright. Major Pond says that men like Beecher, who draw inspi- ration from the audience, arc more like ly to suffer from stage fright than others. A man like Cable gets along very well-pcrfect self-satisfaction will carry him through, or, as Pond puts it, ''self- possession of the hcart' will keer him up.
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Augustus nerved himself, raised the tongs above his head bravely and pre- pared to defend his life.

Augustus nerved himself, raised the tongs above his head bravely and pre- pared to defend his life.
 Light steps now ran along the pas sage, the key turned in the lock and the door flew open, revealing MT. Hogan, his sister and the female servants. He advanced toward Tomlinson with out stretched arms and tears in his eyes.
 ''Mr. Tomlinson! My dear young friend! How can I atone for my late nasty conduct9-how thank you suf- ticiently for so heroically saving the life of my only and darling child9
 The tongs fell from the young mans hands as Maude's agitated father seized and shook them, with a vigor which brought tears into his own eyes.
 Cook and Betty were already sobbing.
 ''Mr. Hogan, sir" commenced Au- gustus, with as much dignity as was consistent with the situation and his pe- culiar attire, "I must protest. You greatly overrate-"
 But just here he was aware of covert signals from Miss Pilkins, who was hov- ering anxiously in the background.
 "You need not deny it, MT. Tomlin- son." she said, aloud. 'sBut for you and your heroic exertions, where would our beloved Maude at this moment be9'
 "An' sure she looked, a-lyin' there on the lib'ry sofy, with her eyes shut, an' white as sheet, jes' for all the worp like the corpse she would been now, but for him." said cook, who, by reason of long and faithful service, was a privileged person in the household.
 "Come down stairs and see her," said Mir. Hogan, excitedly.
 And seizing MT. Tomlinson by the arm, he led him to where Maude, re- covered from her fainting fit and flushed with the joy of sudden and unex- pected happiness, was awaiting him.
 "You saved her life," sad the agi- tated father, "and she belongs to you. There, take her! and may heaven bless you both!"
 Everybody retired from the room in tears, leaving the happy lovers to them selves.
 Miss Pilkins, seated before the fire in her own room, smiled cheerfully to her. self, as she gazed into the glowing coals, while in the kitchen cook and Betty, re- galing themselves on the remains of the hot supper and toddy, declared how beautiful it had all been, and wondered when it would be time to commence preparations for the wedding. g.-iSatur- dnu N1Oht.
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Mir. P. T. Barnum has presented tn

Mir. P. T. Barnum has presented the skeleton of his famous elephant Jumbo to tho Museum of Natural History in New York City. The hide and the tusks are now owned by the authorities of Tufts college, in Boston. Living, Jumbo was perhaps the most renowned of all pachy yderms, and when MT. Barnum removed him from England to this coun- try, he did so against the protests of countless British children. Dead, Jum- bo will be an object of interest in two places at once. His skeleton and his hide were lovely in their lives, but ir his death they were divided, which, we suppose, is worthy tribute to his vast proportions.
Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17

Can surgical operation be lawfu Fly performed upon wife without the con- sent of her husband2 This novel ques- tion has just been passed upon by the Maryland Court of Appeals and decided in the affirmative. A woman was sui fering from what was supposed to be a tumor An operation was decided upon with the consent of her husband. The thing proved to be cancer and the surgeons proceeded to extirpate it with the knife. Some months afterward the patient died. The husband thereupon sued the doctors for damages. He al- legged that he had not consented to an operation iR case of cancer, and claimed that without such consent the operation was without legal war rant and hence the operators were liable for damages. The court does not accept this view, but holds that only the consent of the patient was necessary. The consent of the wife, not that of the husband, the court went on to say, was necessary. The professional men whom she had called ill and consulted, being possessed of skill and scientific knowl
 edge, were the proper persons to deter mine what ought to be done. They could not, of course, compel her to sub. nit to an operation, but if she volunta- sily submitted to It's performance, he1 eensent win be presumed unless she was 51o yicfim of false and fFauduleat mis-