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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

WHAT is to become of the science of
chemistry if this thing keeps on? Here
is German chemist who is said to
have succeeded in decomposing copper
and nickel. If the metals are to be de-
composed, we shall be forced to begin
at the very beginning and build the
whole science up over again.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Good News For Dakota.

The house on the 18th instructed its
conference committee to drop New Mexico
from the omnibus bill, AMI make such
other concessions rs will undoubtedly lead
to an agreement between the two houses,
and result in the early admission of South
Dakota as state, to be followed by North
Dakota, Montana and Washington.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

THE two elm trees cut down in Luen-
burg, Mass, few days ago were more
than century old. According to Mas
sachusetts papers, "they were planted
by Capt. John hitch on the memorable
dark day, May 10, 1920, when it was SO
dark that people could not see to read
at midday, and many persons supposed
the day of Judgment had come"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Railroad building In Nebraska.

Shannon & Hoge, of Nebraska City,
have been awarded the contract for grad
ing $50 miles of the proposed Burlington
and Missouri line from Alliance, Neb., to
the coal fields of Wyoming, and have gone
to Alliance to commence preparations for
the work,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
THE late Lord Eversley was a most

The late Lord Eversley was a most
successful Speaker. of the House of
Commons, and never failed to recog-
nize the right man when score or
more sprang to their feet apparently
at the same instant. II have been
shooting rabbits all my life" he once
explained, and have learned to mark
the right one"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

A sIxTEEN-YEAR-oLD boy in Kansas
City attempted to steal and carry away
q saw-mill. He first stole horse and
wagon, and was busily engaged in
taking the mill to pieces, preparatory
to loading it upon the wagon, when the
mi1l-owner appeared on the scene and
gathered him in.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX says: "If

ELLA WHEELER Wilcox says: "If 1
were asked to define the meaning of q
successful man, I should say man
who has made happy home for his
wife and children. No matter what he
has done in the way of achieving
wealth or honor, if he has done that he
is grand success. If he has not done
that, and it is his own fault. though he
is the highest in the land, he is most
pitiable failure"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

The trade of Portland, Oregon,
shows great progress. Last year it
amounted to between 100000, 600 and
800, 100000, against $75,000,0O0 in
1887. The manufactures of the city
and vicinity aggregate nearly $14, OOO,-
900, and the value of buildings erected
90 h00 OO0
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

Advices from Shanghai by China steam
er state that the famine in Anhui and XII
angsu is terrible. In one province 800, 900
families are starving, and altogether sever
al millions are suffering from famine,
caused by drouth of two years in success
sion
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

The national builders convention has
concluded its Philadelphia session. st.
Paul was selected as the place for the next
meeting, January 20, 1890, and the follow
ing officers elected for the ensuing year,,
President, Edward E. Scribner, Of st.
Paul; first vice president, John s. Tucker,
of New York; second vice president, A.
McAllister, Of Cleveland; secretary, VIM.
H. Sayward, of Boston; treasurer, George
Tappan, of Chicago. A board of directors
was also elected, among whom was Frank
Clark, of Sioux City, Iowa.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

THE grandest railway station in the
world is said to be in Bombay, India.
The terminal station of the Peninsular
Railway, known as the Victoria Build
ing. was completed in May last, and
named in honor of the Empress of In
dia. The execution of the work occu-
pied ten years, and the cost is esti-
mated at SIS, 800, 900. The total length
OF the principal elevation is over 1,5OO
6aa&
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
In the Ice Palace Regions.

A blizzard of genuine qualities and
SO far the worst of the season visited the
regions around Montreal last week. The
snow fall was not very heavy, but the wind
was terrific, and the dry snow was whirled
into great drifts, making travel exceedingly
difficult in the cities, while in outlying
districts it was totally out of the question.
Railroad travel was thoroughly democrat
lied. Several people were frozen to death.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

A MAN in New York has fitted him
self for an expert witness on chirogra-
ply, and once having seen a mans
signature he can identify it again if
simply shown one single letter of the
mama
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

also proposed that the President shall
pass under the same arch at Trenton
that Washington rode under when on
his triumphal journey hundred years
400
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

A FRENCH savant, in curious inves-
tigation, has discovered that red has
been the most prominent color in
literature from the time of Lucian to
the present day. Writers show q
marked tendency to discover red things,
for the reason that "blue in nature is
not very conspicuous, and yellow,
though more common in flowers, has a
tendency to lose its individuality in
whiteness; but red is SO conspicuous
because of its contrast to green, which
is the preponderating color in nature"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Regarding Barbed wire.

Charles E. Washburne, Of the WASH
burne & Moen Manufacturing company,
states that the alleged French patent Of
Louis Fanin does not void the Ghdden
patent. Glidden claims to have invented
twisted fence wire with spur bent at its
middle portion and ciamped in position by
the other wire. He does not claim to have
invented spurs or prongs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
An Serene at Samoa.

The latest adyices from Samoa say that
there has been no recent change in the sit
uation. There has been no fighting and
Tamasese and Mataafa remain in their
strongholds. The British consul has
warned British subjects not to supply the
natives with arms and to maintain strict
neutrality. The British war ship Calliope
has replaced the war ship Royalist. The
German and American war ships remain
stationary. Herr BranSero, the leading
partisan of Tamasese, has been recalled to
Berlin
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

A SWEET little romance comes from
Georgia. A bachelor farmer and
School Commissioner in Ebert
County had occasion two years ago to
investigate the fitness of several appli-
cants for school teaching. Among
them was young lady of Atlanta. She
was not selected, but her gratitude to
her unknown friend for his kindness
led her to write him letter of thanks
A correspondence was thereby opened,
and the letters soon became frequent.
The Commissioner decided to visit At
lanta and call on the lady who so long
held his thoughts. The Commission
er's correspondent proved to be fa1
more beautiful than he had painted
her, while the lady was surprised to
find in her unknown friend, instead OF
a middle-aged man, a gentleman who
would easily pass for 25. The date fol
the marriage has been set.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

HEREAFTER no student can matricu-
late from the University of the Pacific
at San jose, CAL, who uses tobacco in
any form,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

A BRIDGEPORT Comm man has in
vented boy, not the ordinary human
boy, but one that walks and pushes a
cart before him-a mechanical boy.
This boy when in motion makes as
much noise as railroad train, because
of the internal workings OF his forces.
His head is out of proportion to the
rest of his body, and has horribley
grotesque appearance with it's tin eye
lids. The head is calculated to fright
en- the average woman and the noise
to scare the sensitive horses. Conse
quently the trial trips of this mechani-
cal pedestrian have been made at night.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
The Hayden Republic.

The steamer Haytien Republic, recently
the cause Of SO much trouble with Hayti,
arrived at Boston Harbor on the 10th.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Assigned for Millions.

The Ohio and Western Coal and Iron
company, by Chester Griswold and George
s. Tharmain, its vice president and secre-
tary, respectively, made an assignment on
the 18th for the benefit of its creditors.
The company is doing business in ONO
and had Offices in New York, in Columbus,
O., and in Boston. There are no prefer
ences. Bradstreefs reports. April %, 1887,
said that the company was mot understood
to be earning its interest account as yet.
and is being nursed along by those holding
its securities, which are largely held by
banks and trust companies. Its future
depends on the disposition of its man
ayers. According to the company's annual
report on January 16, the liabilities were
$3, 200. 900, of which the bonded debt was
So, 800, 900. and other debts with collateral
security, 100000. The assets consist of
1000 acres of coal land in Hooking valley.
valued at $500 or $500 per acre, about 800
houses, three large stores, 400 railroad cars,
four miles of track, three coal mines fully
equipped, four furnaces and large amount
of miscellaneous equipment"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
A Gentle victory at Ogden.

The Gentiies were successful in the mu-
nicipal election, held in Ogden, Utah, on
the 18th, the first victory over the Nor
mons IN the history of that city and in the
territory. The election is, regarded as the
most important that has taken place there.
The city voted as whole, and not by
wards. The Mormons, who had control Of
affairs, early began system Of intimida-
ton by arresting Gentiles before they had
chance to vote and hurrying them off to
Jail. The Gentle party notified the United
States marshall who came to the city hall
and stopped all arrests until the voter had
q chance to be passed upon by the judges
and deposit his ballot. After this the
election passed off quietly. Fred Keisle,
the Gentle candidate for mayor, was elect
ed by O majority of 40.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Packing. west of Chicago, Nov. to date:


The details of the recent earthquake in
Costa RIGA, as published in the Costa
Rican papers corroborate the reports sent
out in the Associated Press dispatches
briefly several weeks ago. The city of San
Jose and other cities were terribly dam
aged. Whole streets are blocked with
ruins, railroads blockaded, churches closed,
etc. For weeks the people living in the
cities camped in the streets and public
squares, fearing to re-enter the shattered
houses on account of the constantly re-
curing shocks. The monetary loss in the
city of San Jose alone is over $4,000 600.
The loss of life has not yet been accurate
estimated, but is believed to have been
great.
At Lagina, an extraordinary geological
phenomenon took place, the earth assum-
ing the appearance of rough sea. The
father of family and four children were
buried alive in crevice, while the mother
and one child were thrown distance of a
Thousand metres. ALI over the district
The hills have changed position and the
ground is full of cracks.
The Iraza volcano is in state of erup-
ton.
Getting To Close Quarters IN West Virginia
There was great excitement in the joint
assembly al Charleston, W. Va, on the
18th. President Carr of the senate, an
nounced that he would, from now on, cast
his vote for Gen. Golf for United States
senator. Kirk, who has cast his vote
heretofore for some union laborite, also
declared himself for Golf from now on.
The other union laborite cast his vote fol
Kenna and will remain with him hereafter.
Dorr still refuses to vote for Kenna. Bal
lot: Gof, AZ; Kenna, 40; w. Tyce, 1.
The election now hangs on Dorr, who is Q
democrat, but is bitter against Kenna.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

DR.. E. A. Kelly, superintendent of the
Norfolk, Neb.. hospital for the insane,
was shot and dangerously wounded BY
Michael Soulier and Albert Born on Mon
day the 18th. Michael Soulier is BROTH
er of Caroline Soulier, the girl who died
January IA, from an operation performed
by Drs. Kelly, Hasson and Bear for an
nant. The intense feeling among her
friends at the physicians mistake has
grown. ever since, and eliminated in the
shooting. DR.. Kelly's wounds are serious,
but not necessarily fatal, though four
shots took effect in different parts of his
body. There is great excitement over the
affair. The assassins made no effort to
AVOID arrest. and were placed in jail.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
The Fate Of the Hooking Valley Invest
Inents.

4nO Ratc "a WIG hOChth6 kanCy AhsOSs-
ments. ~
The failure Of Glidden & Curtis, of Bos-
ton, and the subsequent attachment Of the
property of the Ohio and Western Coal
company, created considerable excitement
and uneasiness in the Hooking valley,
where the property of the company is To-
Gated. Saturday, the 9th, was pay day
with the Ohio & Western, but the men re-
ceived nothing. The shutting down will
throw about 700 out of employment, and
the outlook for a speedy adjustment of
affairs is not good. A strange fatality has
been connected with the property out Of
which the Ohio & Western grew. James
L. Burkey, who committed suicide in st.
Louis hotel, was harrassed to the last by
the thoughts of the fortunes he lost
among the Hooking hills. George Lee,
who killed himself in New York hotel,
was haunted in his dying hour by the
spectre of ruin in the coat fields of Ohio.
Royal M. Pulsifer, founder of the Boston
Herald, took his own life some months
ago, and, though he had many other bust
ness complications, he too sought the ia
bled pot of gold that was said to be buried
at the foot of the western rainbow. The
Standard Coal and Iron company, out of
which the Ohio and Western grew, was a
colossal affair with capital of $75, ZOO, 900.
This is the company in which James G.
Blaine and Steve Elkins were interested,
holding $500 and $4,000 bonds re-
spectively, and F. L. Harper, president of
the late Fidelity bank, of Cincinnati, had
$500, 900. 1t is understood these holders
still have their bonds.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
FINANCIAL STRAITS.
TIE HOOKING VALLEY INDUSTRIES
AGAIN UNPRoFTTABLE.

The Fate that Pursuss Unfortunate Invest
ors-The London Whitechapel Fiend Sur
renders-A Prohibition Conference
Q"alsing Earth-other Matters of In
terest.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Immigration beginning Early.

A Devils Lake dispatch Of the 9th says:
immigration matters are already assuming
rather lively tone out on the line Of the
Montana extension of the st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Manitoba railway. A large
party of enstern investors, accompanied by
two celebrated consulting engineers, who
are to investigate and report on the general
features Of the county In regard to its fit
ness for grain, stock raising and mining
purposes for an eastern syndicate, oom-
pletely filed sleeper going west on to-
days train, bound for the Milk river val
ley and Great Falls. There were also a
number of prominent railway officials
from eastern lines on a tour investigating
the resources of the great reservation re-
Gently opened to settlement. Immigra-
ton is already beginning to set in in
strong tide to that section. The free col
onist sleeper is we'll filed with number Of
families and persons on the way to Glas-
gov and Dawes, in the Milk river valley,
to take government land, or to Great Falls
to settle on agricultural valley and bench
east and southeastern that promising young
city. Without question, an era of pros
perity has set in with strong tide in
Montana and Dakota. and the Indications
are that new extension equip7n 1T of the
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ma. itoba will
hereafter be taxed TO its utmost to accom-
modate the heavy volume of traf,.c caused
by the incoming tide of home seekers.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
To Open the Reservation.

The bill to divide portion of the
Sioux reservation in Dakota into several
reservations and to secure the relinqulsh
ment Of the Indian title to the remainder.
passed the lower house of congress on the
1ASh
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
The Railroads. Cry Hands on

The Chicago Times of the 18th prints e
long letter from President Perkins, Of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, snalyzing
the western railroad situation. He ridi-
cules the idea that subordinate officials are
responsible for the frequent demoraliza-
tlon Of rates. If there is any blame to be
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.
BY JEFFIE FoRBUsH HANAFoRD.

o not mourn over past
errors, or broken reso-
lutions, for by SO doing
you will only succeed
in making your life
very miserable.
The better way would
be to look to the future
to redeem those errors
and build among the
wrecks of the past a
surer and firmer foun-
dation.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
PUBLISHER.

THE Pittsburgh Chronicle says that
prominent Republicans are now having
their photographs taken cabinet size.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
"Jack the ripper, surrenders.

A London dispatch Of the 18th says:
The body Of a woman concealed in a
wooden chest was discovered o-day by the
police of Dundee. The abdomen was
ripped open and the body otherwise mutt
lated. The chest was SO small that the
murderer had been compelled to squeeze
the body into 1t. The husband of the
woman has been arrested on suspicion of
being her murderer.
A dispatch from Dundee says the MUIR
derer of the woman whose mutilated re-
mains were found in chest there to-day
is w. H. Bury, husband of the victim.
Bury was resident of Whitechapel, Lon
don, and his antecedents, which have been
traced, suggest that he is probably Jack
the Ripper" and that he is subject to fits
of unconscious murder mania. A post
mortem examination held ON the body of
the Dundee victim proved that the woman
had first been strangled and her body had
then been mutilated, the abdomen being
opened and the legs and arms twisted and
broken.
Bury says he left Whitechapel three
weeks ago. He refuses to say why he left
there, and acknowledges that he had no
business requiring his attention in Dun
dee. He says he and his wife drank
heavily last night, before retiring and that
he does not know how he got to bed. Up
on awakening he found his wife lying upon
the floor with rope around her neck.
Actuated by sudden mad impulse, for
which he cannot account, he seized knife
and slashed the body. Upon reason re-
turning he became alarmed and crushed
the body into the chest in which it was
found, thinking to fly and make his escape.
He found, however, that he could not
leave his wife's remains, and he resolved
to inform the police.
The theory of the police officers is that
Bury's wife knew the facts connecting him
with the East End atrocities, and she took
him to Dundee in the hope of preventing a
a recurrence of his crimes.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
The Burdens, But Not the Benefits.

One of the strongest arguments in favor
of statehood at the present time is the
showing recently made by the territorial
auditor Of the Legislative expen ses borne
by the territory in addition to what is paid
by the general government. The fact is,
Dakota has borne all the burdens Of state
hood for ten years past, with none Of the
privileges, It is not likely that the United
States will reimburse the territory in the
matter of legislative expenses in excess Of
the appropriations made by congress. In
Guiding the extra expenses Of this session
that excess will amount to 100000. The
organic act says: mo Legislative assem-
bly, Of a territory shall In any instance, or
under any pretext, exceed the amount APP
propriated by congress for its annual ex-
penses." Any excess, therefore, is In vio-
lation of law and void,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

The Latest Thing IN White Caps.
The White Cap fever has spread to the
females in the Indiana county adjoining
Huntington. At Mount EEtiis an estimable
young lady received the following warming:
MOUNT ETNA, Ind.--.-Mass- We are
sorry to say that unless you mend your ways
and do better from now on you will receive
rude treatment from tho lady White Caps Of
this village. Yours truly.
The lady who received the note is not in
the least frightened, being conscious of no
wrong doing. The marauders with white
head gear have not yet put their threat
in execution.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21

inch and half long and half an inch thick.
The silver specimens we're very rich also,
and as soon as navigation viii permit an
effort will be made to get machinery into
the section to develop the And. Both
kinds Of quartz are known 40 free milling
quartz.
Creator Love Hath No Ran Than This.
A Young English lady, Miss Fabian, ar
rived on the 9th from at New York on her
way to Honolulu. She said: am going
out to Molokai as volunteer nurse to
the lepers. there. It has been my intention
for two years past, but 1t is only now that
there is hospital erected and suitable
shelter for women. AS soon as this was
done was notified, and now am on my
way. can never return. When once
take up my work am an exile and an out
cast as much as one Of the poor wretches
whom I shall nurse. have brother
and two sisters living in England whom I
shall never see again, butt is SO complete
ly spiritual ambition with me that have
been able to conquer even my love for
them. For two years have been waiting.
have studied everything possible, theor-
etically speaking, on the subject OF
leprosy, and have gone through q
course Of hospital training as we'll.
Of course there are no opportunities for
studying the actual disease in London,
though did see one instance in q hospital
there. There are SIX others going. Six
sisters from the convent at Syracuse, NY,
have already gone. Father Darnien has
been at the head of the leper colony for
sixteen years. He went out from England
we'll man. He was nurse, priest, broth
er, grave digger, everything. and it was inn
possible, almost for him to avoid taking
the loathsome disease. He noticed it first
three years ago, but it is quite probable
that he had been leper for several years
before. have heard from an assistant of
his that his condition is very bad. The
poor father is completely disfgured and
his voice is almost indistinct. / expect
shall be as others-I shall be contaminated
when my time comes. am not seeking
for notoriety, for reward, for anything,
save the spiritual comfort of doing for
these dying creatures what their condition
keeps others from doing.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
Brief Mentions.

The Custer Chronicle says: EMIL or no
mill, the wheat crop In this locality the
present year viii exceed BY far that Of any
year in Clusters history.
1t is said that there is but one prisoner
in the Hughes county jail, and he would
probably be set at large If 1t were not fsy
the fact that his presence IS necessary II
order to keep the insurance good
Smith Covert, aged 76 years, residing
near Olivet, was found dead in his bed
one morning recently. The coroner found
a chew Of tobacco il bis throat, and the
Jury decided that death resulted fEo1a
strengnlation.