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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12

LET every democratic delegate in the
county attend the convention, Satur-
day. The boys will see that you are
entertained.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
FROM HE1GHBoR1Ne TOWNS.
Ellinwood Items.

Ellinwood Items.
From the Advocate.
Hurrah for EllinwoOd, Lakin town.
ship, Barton county and everybody!
Those who were present at the dance
in Items grove report pleasant time.
Another fine rain blessed this county
on Wednesday. "a rain in time saves
nine.''
More teams were in town Saturday
than any one day previous for two
wears, in consequence more business
was done.
Wednesday morning Gus Henning
had misfortune happen him, in which
he lost finger. He had it caught in
some chains while moving a thresher.
Our enterprising merchant, v. S.
Musil, has blue grass in his yard which
is z feet high and that being the second
cut. This shows what irrigating does
in Kansas.
The other day as we were driving in
the country. we noticed SO many new
buildings that it was astonishing to
us. Upon inquiring we were informed
that they were granaries, built to hold
the immense crops of this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huffman desire to re-
turn thanks to those who kindly ren-
dered their assistance in the last illness
Of John Erpelding, especially those who
contributed the flowers. Also for the
kindly assistance of Messrs. Voigt and
Hotchkiss.
J. w. Wallace, of Garden City, was
in town the past week, and made this
Office a very pleasant call. Mr.. Wal
lace is Mayor of Garden City and is
here organizing new society, known
as 1.-The Modern Woodmen cf America
The gentleman has been doing quite
we'll here and we doubt not but that
a lodge of that society will be organ
lied here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12

WE desire to congratulate our
staunch democratic friend, Henry
Block, of the Kendall Boomer, upon
receiving the democratic nomination
tor register of deeds for Hamilton
county. We know that Mr.. Block is
in every way qualified to fill the office
and hope he may succeed in capturing
the requisite number of votes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12

The destruction of the trusts will be
one of the principal duties of the next
congress- Center Gazette. Rep.
TRUSTS are largely private affairs,
and should not be interfered with."-
jim BLAINE, republican god.
WHERE two such magnetic leaders
as Bro. Russell, of the Gazette. and
Mulligan Jim, clash in their opinions
something awful will happen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
First published August %, 1889. ]
,SHERIFF'S SALE.

Sheriff Office, August 27th 1889.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

adjacent storage house were inter-
viewed with the hope of having some
light thrown on the mystery, but all in
vain. A night Waterman was found
who stated that about month
ago he had seen men lurk-
ing about the entrance of the
tunnel, and mysterious lights. but upon
going forward to investigate the lights
had disappeared, so he had arrived at
the conclusion that it was nothing more
nor less than fire-f1ies, or possibly the
peculiar natural phenomena, the will-O-
wisp. "They could easily have made
whisky there, though" said he.
:" The grain could be taken
in during the night when
nobody would think of watching the
place. The smoke that came from any
fire they might have would be dissipated
before reaching the outer air, so there
would be no danger from that source.
After the whisky was made it could be
put in the casks and fioated out by
means of cedar buoys clear through to
the river-then loaded in boats and
agreed upon. [ think the rsatter should
collector of internal revenues could find
plenty of occupation, l think, if he
would look about"
At any rate. that is the way matters
stand, Either some one who has moth
ing to do has perpetrated gigantic
hoax, or else a band of illicit distillers
have been at work. Becoming afraid of
detection, they may have abandoned the
tunnel and gone some place else. posi-
bly, in one of the many caves that line
the river, or else found it impracticable
on account of the disagreeableness of
the place. A GLOBE reporter visited
the place again last night, but learned
nothing new.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
TROUBLE IN ZION.
A Preacher Restrained From
Preaching by His Brethren.

A Preacher Restrained From
Preaching by His Brethren.
The difficulty in the colored church,
located on Fillmore street, has once
more come into the court on the COM
plant of the members against the min
lister, Rev. Frederick L omack. Judge
Hooker issued an injunction forbidding
the reverend from preaching in the
church until the question of whether he
has right to preach has been settled
by the court. The case will come up
for hearing the 18th of the month.
The complaint states that Rev.
Lomack has never been properly Or
dained as Baptist minister, and that
he came to them representing that he
had. On this account, last June, at a
meeting of the church the members
dismissed Mr.. Lomack. From the COM
plant it appears that he would not be
dismissed, but sent his friends to the
building and they demolished the seats,
carried rubbish into the room and did
much damage to the edifice. The trus-
tees then barred the door and posted a
notice that during repairs sew
ices would be held at the resi-
deuce of one of the members. On
the three subsequent Sundays. The
preacher is charged with going to the
church, breaking in and leaving the
room open after holding services. He
is further charged with holding a bust
ness meeting of people who did not
belong to the church and deposing the
trustees. The complaint states LO-
mack's past life ''has been scandal"
and his ministry in Zion Baptist church
has brought it into bad repute.
Rev. LOmack claimed. on the filing of
former complaint, that the action was
brought by few of his enemies, and
was not the sentiment of the church as
a whole. 1t is evident, however, that
there is split somewhere.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
THE TOUR OF 1NvEsr1GAr TON.

THE TOUR OF lNNESTlGAIION.
The boat was launched and the tour
of investigation began, Whew! What
a terrible place twas! The stencil was
COLLINS, whoever inhabited the place,
surely could not be having summer
resort time of it. The tunnel is over
800 feet long, so feet high and so feet
wide About Is feet from the entrance
it suddenly takes turn and every
thing is total darkness and filth.
The reporters had sorry time
in managing their craft. After leaving
the entrance the water began to get
shallow, and what was bad enough be-
came great deal worse. Nothing
could be done but to impel the boat for
ward by jerks. Then the shaky, leaky
thing would slide along a few feet on
the Shiny mud like a toboggan.
1t was here that the lantern
came into good use. AS soon as it
was lighted a terrible noise and scam
pering was heard, and by throwing
the light around myriads of huge bats,
attracted by the light could be seen
clinging to the walls, aud swimming in
the water. There must have been a
thousand of these rodents and their ap
pearance was enough to give any man
the shivers, let alone couple of
timid newspaper reporters. However.
their was no occasion to yell rats"
as they were decidedly well behaved
for rats, doing nothing but show their
cleaning bead-like eyes and Shiny,
grayish bodies.
About 200 feet from the entrance of
the tunnel, or as near the center as it
was possible to determine, the boat,
after being jerked forward, ran amuck
something immovable and sent the re-
porter, who was holding the lantern,
sprawling forward on his head. To
make matters worse the light went out,
and it was with difficulty that it was
again started, as the air was so foul
that matches would hardly burn.
After the lantern had been relit and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
COMING TO MINNESOTA.
A New Telephone Company Will
DO business Here

A New Telephone Company Will
Do Business Here.
Minnesota capital is about to give to
the people of the North Star state the
benefits of an invention that is expected
to compete with one of the greatest
monopolies in the United States, or in
the world. The invention referred to
is peculiar piece of APP
paratus called the Lowth stetho-
telephone, aud the instrument
is intended to supersede the Bell tele-
phone. The stetho-telephone is exceed
ingly simple in construction and action,
and does not depend upon sound waves
or the action of atmospheric vibrations
on diapghram. A nOn-electric button
is held against the throat near the re-
gion of the vocal cords, and the mus
euiar vibrations of the throat
in speaking are transferred to
the sound at the other end of the line.
1t is thus made possible to use much
heavier battery than an ordinary line,
and long distance telephoning is thus
accomplished, while the disagreeable
swapping noises caused by induction
are not heard.
Minnesota capital is already interested
in the invention at the home Office in
Chicago, and in a few weeks
company for Minnesota will be
organized with heavy capital
stock and headquarters in one of the
Twin Cities. The inventor and his at
torneys claim that their patent in no
way interferes with the Bell patents,
and that their machine is superior to
the ordinary "hullo" pow in use.
G. E. Carpenter, the electrician who
gained some fame through his electric
dog-killing apparatus, has just been to
Chicago, and while there was intro
duced to Mr.. Lowth. He made several
severe tests Of the instrument, and is
surpasses the Bell telephone, while he
thinks that for long distance telephon-
ing it is the only practical instrument
vet made
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
wHAT THE BOAT RAN AGAINST,

WHAT THE BOAT RAN AGAINST.
the light thrown around, it was discov-
cred that what the boat had run against
was nothing more nor less than plat
form about four feet high, resting on
cedar posts and against the wall. 1t
was about fifteen feet long
and eight wide and was
very substantial, as the floor
was of heavy oak boards spiked down
Oh cross ScantlingS. 'Oh. here's dis
covery," thought the reporters,y yet it did
seem rather queer that platform of
that sort should have been built in the
depths of such a tunnel as the one
which Bassett's creek runs through.
is stranger than fiction, it is
only necessary to state that something
of more startling nature was found on
the platform itself. Scattered all around
were empty bottles of every description,
several empty boxes and four empty
liquor casks. At the foot of the plat
form, half buried in the water, was
another caSk and barrel, both empty.
The bottles, casks and barrels
all had the smell of whisky about them,
and even the straw that was IN the
boxes must have been saturated with
the spirituouS liquors at some time.
Above the platform was shelf fas-
tened into the stone wall by means of
iron rivets. On this, leaning against
the wall, was curiously shaped thing
resembling "still." 1t was very much
dilapidated and corroded with rust,
still there was resemblance
that could not be mistaken.
The recipient could not be found, but
the worm" half eaten up with rust was
discovered sticking IN the mud near the
corner of the platform. That somebody
had at one time or another been engaged
in illicitly distilling whiskey was evil
dent. This theory was strengthened
upon finding square hole in the plat
form, and peering down by the aid of the
lantern, large pile of musty wort"
was seen. There was also pile of some
other Misunderstanding stuff, which
resembled very much mashed potato
peeling. Nothing else of any conse-
quence could be found, but what had
been was surely enough to establish
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
DRAPE THE STATUARY
The Daily Globe Takes Man
agep Byron at His
Word,
That He Is Willing That the
Statuary Should Be
Dressed.
And Gives Some Suggestions
Illustrating a Boston
Woman's Ideas. /!
How Sculpture Hail Might Be
Revolutionized a
Little.

Ever since the art gallery at the ex-
position was opened there has been one
class of citizens dissatisfed-the anti.
nudites, or people who do not believe
that the human form divine, should be
put on public exhibition. Each year
before the opening of the exhibition
they have uttered their protest to the
management, written their in
dignant letters to the press,
discussed it at the : meetings
DETERMINATIONS to which they belonged.
An effort was even attempted to induce
the great and good Anthony Comstock
to visit Minneapolis in the interest of
morality, but in vain. They have been
laughed to scorn, scoffed at, their ideas
caricatured. One year ribald people
even draped the wooden images Of In
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

FIRST STREET ENTRANCE.
stories that are told about the tunnel.
The people living in the close vicinity
ale most of them frightened. 1t seems
that nothing has been reported to the
police. Some swOre positively that the
place was haunted, and that they had
seen ghosts and all sorts of hobgoblins.
There's one VII a tail as long as a
tr-e-e-e," said one old woman, wagging
her jaws in Querulous way. Many of
them, however, looked at the affair in a
more conservative way and thought that
perhaps the old tunnel was merely
being used as hiding place for plumber
by thieves. A couple of GLOBE report
erS determined 10 get at the bottom
of things and solve the mystery
of the old tunnel repaired to the place
Friday afternoon. 1t was impossible to
gain an entrance at the Second street
opening, as it was one mass of filth and
rubbish. This entrance faces Washing
ton avenue and can be plainly seen
from the street and by passengers rid
ing i'll the passing street cars. 1t was,
evidently, from the other end of the
tunnel that the mischief was being car
Tied on, as the Second street entrance
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

distilling whisky. Yet such is the SEN
sational fact-that night under the
nose of the oficious police commission,
and within the reach of Mr.. G-l-e-r-t-
SONS breath, whisky strong and pure
has been distilled.
Oh, it is pitiful,
That here in a city-ful
There's not whisky enough.
Vague rumors have been af1oat in
North Minneapolis that something OF
decidedly crooked and mysterious nature
was being carried on in its midst; and
the tunnel through which the
dirty and sinking water of Bas-
sett's creek runs was pointed
out as the objective point. The
tunnel referred to begins on the east
side of First street north, between Sew
enth and Eighth avenues, and runs in
under the street, and opens again on
the other side of Second street. Over
head is the Northern Pacific freight
depot, and a portion of the yards. Be-
low the First street opening of the tun-
rel is the river, and it is into
this that the fetid, putrid creek
water, thick with the city's filth,
empties. The stream, after it leaves
the tunnel opening, winds itself down
through mass of rank weeds and
brush, between the massive piles of the
Northern Pacific and Chicago, st. Paul
q Omaha trestle, and along the walls
of NJ. L. Hallowell Jr. d Co.'s NAM
moth storehouse. To think for mo-
ment that any human being should pick
put such a horrible place as the interior
Of the tunnel to carry on anything
Illicit, would seem absurd, but it's
IN old saying, and a true one, that
truth is stranger than fiction" 1t has
proven so in this case. Many are the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
AT THE LAFAYETTE.
Vegara's Second Grand Opera
Concert at the Lake

SCR. Vegara will give his second
grand opera concert at the Hotel La
fayette, Lake Minnetonka, on Thurs
day evening, Aug. s.
Among the well known artists who
will appear are: Madame Vegara. Miss
Susie Mckay, Miss Sprague, Miss Frem-
stadt. Miss Williams. j. f. Merrill, Prof.
Porter, Prof. Aamald, Herr Fritz
Schdachter, of the Mendelssohn quar-
Potter, the elocutionist, who will recite
some of her favorite selections. The
concert will consist of arias, Duets,
trios and quartettes from "Faust,"
Carmen" "Rigiletto," ''Africane,"
.sDon Giovanni" III Trovatore,"
Norma" and mariana" Theil's Or
chestra will furnish the accompaniment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

WAS too conspicuous, although one man
was found who Swore positively that he
had seen smoke issuing from the mouth
of the tunnel, while riding one evening
in a street car. To use his own words:
al spoke to the conductor about it, and
asked him what it could be, but he
pooh-poohed the idea, and SAID it was
evidently the smoke from some burning
pile of rubbish. l am sure, however,
that the smoke came right out of the
tunnel and would swear to it, if neces-
sary."
The reporters endeavored to discover
something by peering up the tunnel
from the other entrace, but nothing
could be seen nor heard save the water
as it came trickling down. The water
was quite deep, and the mud a great
deal deeper, and not having seven
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

The GLOBE has accordingly made
some inquiry, and from an elderly
maiden lady, of unquestioned respecta-
bility, who once resided in Boston, has
gained some ideas as to how the statues
may be appropriately dressed OF draped
artistically.
1t is with a view of helping Manager
Byron in his predicament, the manner
in which the statues might be rugged
out so as to still convey something of
their beauty of delineation, and at the
same time be made presentable, that the
accompanying illustrations are given.
The "Dying Gladiator" might be rep
resented as expiring with his boots ION.
in true Western style. instead of look
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
MORE CHURCHES. TOO.
Minneapolis Has More Places OF
Worship Than Last Year.

Minneapolis Has More Places of
Worship Than Last Year.
The new directory, which is much
more complete than any formerly issued
as regards general and miscellaneous
information, shows that there
are now 126 regularly organized
churches and twenty-six missions
in the city of Minneapolis, making the
total number of places where religious
services are held regularly 1872. Of this
number LOG have pastors and about 40
more are under the pastoral care of the
pastor of some other church organiza-
ton. Of the 152 churches and missions,
102 have church edihces. The church
pastors and church buildings are di-
vided among the different denomina-
lions as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

. The Christians, Disciples, Sweden
! borgians each have church organiza-
Btion here. and there is one non-sectarian
church, the Peoples.
| Last years directory shows 14f
churches. giving an increase of ten dur
ing the past twelve months.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

dams which grace the fronts of cigar
stores out of mock and pretended re-
gard for the sensitive feelings of the
delicately organized beings who have
objected to the unveiled plaster
casts in sculpture hall at the
exposition. This year, however, Gen
eral Manager Byron has indicated
that the feelings of these people were
to be regarded somewhat, and last week
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

league boots, the reporters were in
quandry as to how they should make
the trip through the tunnel. An old
tub of f1at-bottomed boat and bulls
eye lantern were finally secured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
TO.DAY,S SERVICES.

/ Church of Christ-Rev. W. j. Lha-
mon, pastor. Morning, "Jesus the
Savior of Ages" Evening, "The
Christian Home"
/ Church of the Redeemer in
the morning by Rev. W. S. Vail, of st
Paul.
First Presbyterian Morning and
evening services by Rev. DR.. Wallace.
of Chicago.
All Souls Universalist-Rev. S. w.
Sample, pastor. Morning, Turning
Water Into Wine"
New Jerusalem-Rev: J. S. David,
pastor. Morning, THE Woman and the
Dragon" Morning services hereafter
at 1880.
North Minneapolis A. G. Church
Rev. H. Pollard, pastor. Morning,
1.-THE Christians Anchor;;' evening,
s.What Is the GOspel?'
Central Baptist Church, Fourth ave-
nue. South and Thirteenth street-Dr.
II. c. Mabie, pastor, will preach morn
ing and evening.
Western Avenue NJ. E.-The church
having been beautifed will be re-
opened on Sunday morning with ser
mon by Bishop Fitzgerald, and in the
evening by Dr.. Stafford.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

told the GLOBE it could announce that
he was willing the statuary should be
draped. He even desired. he said. that
some suggestions should be made, as he
finds himself in something of a guam
Diary as to what kind OF clothes these
models of ancient Greeks and Romans
should wear.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
MO0NSHININC IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Two Venturesome Globe Reporters Explore Genuine Cave
Of Horrid Gloom in the Citys
Midst
Perilous Journey Upon FoulSmeing Stream Through
the Haunt Of Rats and YAM
pres
The Startling Discovery That Illicit Dstng Has Been
Carried On Under the Very Noses Of the
Police.

NSHINING
in Minneapolis!
Who would have
thought it? No
one would ever
have conceived
the idea or
dreamed that
in the very heart
of the city a
band of men
were, or at least
had been, en-
pa ppdin illicitlV
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

the fact that "moonshining" had been
going on in the very heart OF the city.
After the reporters had emerged from
the mole in the ground" several men
working in the railway yards and in the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

The Minnesota Street Lighting company
was yesterday incorporated with capital
stock of $4,000, divided into 500 shares.
w. 6. Hartwell. G. A. Dale, FL. l.. Hagoor, C..
j. sGotshall and W. A. Stranger are the incor-
peratorss
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04

might be made the resort of the cult
ured classes. who heretofore have kept
alOof from feelings of outraged modesty.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-13

Laura Dudley, George Dudley
Amelia Carlisle, Mary Florence, Joe
Florence, Grace Goodc, Ellen Goode
Duke Goode, David Goodc, Edward
Jones, John Jones', Robert McFarlanr
Wiley McFarlanc, Burisa McFarlane.
Pearl McFarlanr, Robert Sheppard.
IEmma Wilkinson, Malcom Mcleod
CLARA l.. WILCOX, Principal.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-13
CONCLUSION OF COIRT PROCEEDINGS

w. f. Gillum, ct al, VS.. Mrs. NJ, A
cjcciment. Jury and verdict fol
Elizabeth Oneal VS.. L. j. Onoal, as
iSumpsit. Continued.
j. Pollock s. Go VS.. f. p. Scarcliff,
II w. Roberts, claimant, attachment.
Jury and verdict for claimant.
Ellis & Powell Us. II. A. Nancleavc
Sons, damages. Jury and verdict for
defendants.
j. ID. Minor VS.. T.. Wing, c%jcctment.
Judgment for defendant.
State VS.. Jas. Smith, disorlcrlv
ihouse. Sentenced pay a fine of Y2J
land costs.
State VS.. NJ. a. Does, appeal. SEN
lfcnced to pay = fine of $40 aud costs
Ususl allowances were made aud
court adjourned on Saturday morning
until term in course.