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, 1889-08-29
Two Enerpetlc Men.

The Spokane Il Northern railroad is
going forward with remarkable rapidity
Two energetic men have it in charged
c. Corbin, who looks after the finances,
and j. NJ. Buckley, who is doing the
construction work Track laying has
begun and locomotives and Hat cars be-
longing to the new company have ar
rived from the Fast and are already in
service. II Is expected that the line will
be opened for traffic to Colville before
the ist of October. The distance from
Spokane Falls is about eighty miles,
, 1889-08-29
New styles Of Postal Cards.

Tf7V"eVFf
The new postal cards soon to be issued
will vary in size. There will be three
sizes when the contracts are finally taken
up--one fine delicate card tor ladies'
use, much smaller than that now in cir
culation and of much finer quality.
Finely caleddered paper will be subsii-
intermediate card Of the same size as
, 1889-08-29

ToIEDo, o., Aug. 24.-This afternoon
a heavy storm of wind, rain and hail
passed over he city. Is struck u circus
tcnt, lifting the canvas and throwing
the tent over on one, side, crushing
down the seats. A wild scene of terror
resulted, and in the panic women tainted
and children screamed. 1t is miracle
there were so few casualties. The most
serious was the breaking of the leg OF
a young girl by seat, but over hun
dred people suffered bruises and contu-
, 1889-08-29
The Vets Meet.

MILwAuKEE, Aug, 2i.-The first Grand
Army delegation to arrive IN the ely
ifornia, iorty-folr strong. a notice
was then received of the arrival
to-day of IA post aggregating about
ten thousand veterans. The city is
decorated, the business sec
tions being almost n continuous mais o
bunting and parlands
, 1889-08-29
Pity Poor Palouse.

A failure of crops near Palouse City.
Only 66& bushels of wheat per acre is
the highest yield heard of up to date.
Potatoes don't weigh only about two
pounds each, and beets and turnips are
Some of our farmers are thinking of
sending to Alaska for supply ofwinter
vegetables.
, 1889-08-29

MILwAUKgr, Aug. 24.-Thc Wisconsin
Central and Northern Pacific traffic
agreement takes form to-day and in
shape IL through car service from Chi
cago To Tacoma, Washington territory,
unbroken communication from Lake
Michigan ocross the continent to the
British Northwest.
, 1889-08-29
Jealousy and Murder.

CHICAGO, August 2i-Elmer Hoff.
man, a railroad employe, killed his
wife this afternoon, cutting her throat
from ear to ear in fit of jealous rage.
lie then ran out of the house, and in
the presence of "A number of people sew
cred his jugular vein and died in
short time. The couple had been mar
ried but short while.
, 1889-08-29

u new large card will be introduced that
can be used for business purposes, and
will be large enough to allow q bill-head
to be printed thereon, besides the other
matter. 1t is well known also that Mr..
Wunamakcr Is i'm favor of cheap postage.
He takes practical view of tho matter,
however, and proposes that the roduc.-
ton bo made so that u hulf-ouncc parcel
could be carried for one cent, still rctnin-
ing the present rate Of two cents for n
full Ounrp
, 1889-08-29
A SUCCESS.
The Ohlclal Trial trip OF the Cruicer
Proves to Have been n Success.


Los ANGELES, Aug. 2i.--The cruiser
Charleston orrivcd or sam podro NJ q
- V" Wv
O'CLOCK tiiis morning. haVihS mace an
official trial run of four hours from Port
Hartford to Santa Barbara Yesterday
,r,a ma. ,.,., ,,.,. .,,.,s'..c., ~
"i'erhoo"' iuo 'Ii"i ""S euVecsslui III
every way. The cruiser made 1875 knots
per hour during the whole run and de-
volonaj e-no ho,se ,o,vor Con,,,odora
no,h hoT, h.S r,rnnorod n d;sna,nh w. ~
49,, da,ar,,r,nN, sto,in,, thpt ih w .r;aj
~, ~; ,vag rSatisIanfo,.,, nmd thot thn LII
az 80 h"es ond ,,ocLin"r,, ,,o,.lsa,,
oJ,ri,.,7i,, ri" rbnries,nn ca,'a hara
FOR mel a,d viii leave TO-DAY for San
Lroncisco
BHNHAMs REPORT.
WAsutsoToN, Aug. 2i.-Acting Secre-
tary Walker this afternoon received by
telegraph the following official report
upon tho performance of the new cruiser
Charleston uuon trial Yesterday. The
rrport is from Commotlorc Benhnm
nresident of the trial hoard. dated An
rust ~. and reads thus:
Official trial of the Charleston.
Engines and boilers were finished vester-
dnV afternoon. Probable average of
total horsepowcr. 600. maximum revo-
lutions Tor one hour. ll6 0-lO: average
revolutions for four hours Ilb:
vacuum never below Va. ship's draft M
starting thc trial nj feets If inches Cor.
ward IL feet nft. continuous sneed bv
LOG. rs knots maintained. Tho shin
WIS nctually under forced draft for
ciybt and n half hnurs Tho nnrfnrn,-
once of the macbinery and boiIcrs WINS
admirable. During the entire poriod
IL wns not found necessary 10 slow nor
was there any heating"
Commissioner Walker expresses him.
self as highly rratiiied with the result
of the trial. He saws the smooth run.
ninr of the mnchinery nnder The irving
conditions of forced draft for SO long a
time and tho continuous high spoed
maintained stamps fhe ChnTIeston n
vessel
,,.,-.,,e,,... ,,,,,,,,,
"lih'U sorhhioA'
II Will be noticed that the vessel
showed 600 Horse power while the con-
, 1889-08-29

ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 2i.-lnformation was
received yesterday of the arrest at Ben
tonville, Ark, of j. X. Cunningham,
postmaster at Cofleysburg, Mo-, who
absconded with $4,000 on June 1st last,
since which time detectives have pur-
sued him as far west as San Francisco
and east as far as Illinois and north to
Manitoba
, 1889-08-29

CHIcmoo, Aug ~. The attorneys for
OSullivan, Martin Burke and cx-
Detective Coughlin notified tho states
attorney to-day that when. the Cronin
case comes ia trial they will move for
special trial for their clients The
states attorney will resist the motion.
, 1889-08-29

JACKSON, Mich, Aug. 2i--At New
mans Grove yesterday general shoot
ing match occurred at the primary
election which resulted in the death Of
w. II. Brodson and the fatally wounding
of w. II. Bradstrcet. Three others
Hawkins, jim I.anier and a man named
Todd-were badly wounded.
, 1889-08-29
what WIN our Uncle sayg

LoNpoE, Aug. 2i,--Thc Press Associa-
tion says the English government has
intimated to the United States govern
ment it's Willingness to negotiate Il
settlement of the Behring sea matter,
and now awaits the American govern
mnnta rnnlV.
, 1889-08-29

KANSAS Cry Aug. 2i--Two frightful
accidents occurred on the cable road
this evening. Miss Minnie j. Burlcw, u
music teacher, was run over and in
deeds of the county, fell while alighting
from "a car and was fatally injured.
, 1889-08-29

and is as 'spry as cricket A few
days ago shu left vt this Office some
specimens of the mammoth vegetables
the family has raised this season. She
says IL shows what the Palouse country
can do I'm dry SAMSON.
, 1889-08-29
Dying.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24.-Hcnry Shaw of
the Botanical Garden fame and one of
the oldest and wealthiest ST. LOUIS citi-
zens is dying az bis residence in the
Botanical Garden, Kansas City.
, 1889-08-29
Sinking East.

LONDON, Aug. 2S.--Mrs Maybrick Is
sinking. Her appearance is so changed
that her mother hardly recognized her.
The delay In granting the expected re-
prieve has caused her friends salmost to
give up hope.
, 1889-08-29
The shnI's Iteccption.

VIENNA, Aug. 2i.-The shah of Persi
arrived here to-day. He was received
at the depot by Emperor Joseph and n
sonages.
, 1889-08-29
A sprightly Palouse Girl,

From the Boomerangl
Mrs. J. 5. Cochran, who Is over 20
years old, comes 10 town on horseback,
, 1889-08-29
On tho BeaCli.
From "An Atlantic city Idyll," in New
York World


York World
But perhaps the oldest thing of all on
the beach are the queer little boards
about tho size of the footstone of II
grave. These are called "backs," and
are pointed at the end like n picket
fence, to be driven into the ground.
They are made of smooth, white pine,
and everybody gets one, drives IL into
the sand, heaps more sand at the back
of it to keep il steady, and there you
have as jolly "A seat as fancy could de
sign. The smooth surface oilers n
tempting opportunity to the artist and
the vorsificr, and each of the hall-doZcn
backs we have had has told its own
story. Here are some really clever
original verses signed by Will NJ. Thum,
that tell their own story, They are too
good to he lost in the sands of summer
resort. Besides, the girl to whom they
are addressed, in bold masculine
hand, may never have seen them. They
run:
, 1889-08-29
A fLIRT's ErlTAPH.
Here lies sweet Fan,
Who loved no man;
What loved she them
The men, the men.


Who loved no man;
What loved she them
The men, the men.
The next day We got a better hoard,
better at least, So far as the verses are
concerned. There seems to be vein Of
CSnicism in all that these summer poets
write, and this one frankly told people
that the writer couldn't he trusted. The
lines sound u little like Dryden, but are
apropos:
Fair Iris, love and hourly sigh,
But not for lip or languishing eye.
She's tickle and false and there we
agree,
For am as false and as tickle as she;
We neither believe what either can say,
And neither believing, we neither be-
When present we love, and when absent
agree
! think not of Iris, nor Iris of me.
The artist, who Is II married man, and
really ought to know better insists that
/ shall give him one more examples from
II board which he had. His poetic tenn
permanent finds congenial food in these
backs, and the other day | caught him
exchanging boards with u young person,
account of whose attractivencss wild
horses shall not wiring from me--ior
may not one interested read these lines
at home and marvel at mans iaithless-
nessp | found him exchanging boards
on the ground that the sentiment on his
was more suited to the service OF beailty.
1T read:
MY LADy's SASH.
A narrow compass and yet there
Dwclls all that's good and all that's fair;
Give me but what this ribbon bound
Take all the rest the sun goes round.
, 1889-08-29
MY LADY's SASH.

A narrow compass and yet there
Dwclls all that good and all that's fair
Give me but what this ribbon bound
Take all the rest the sun goes round.
, 1889-08-29

right in their midst. II is estimated by
government engineers to be equal to
10O, 900 horse power. The river, which
separated by a number Of islands into
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-05-18
ELEMENTS, ETC.
frs5-elass style aud at prices to su
present Ia times.

also keep On hand New Wagons Buck
boards, Carriages etc. excgted u none in the
81, for sale CHEAP FOR CASH. have
superior advantages for horse and mule si'oe-
nr having in MY employ enc Of the best shoers
IN xaeada. Grateful fer liberia patron
,e-atofore bestowed, intend to merit its 2on-
n1,,,cs By air dealing, good wofknansh
and low charges.
~. u. as IEsE E&GN.
u}aTcp1
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
MORMON ATROCITIES.
Proselytes Made Some Startling Revelations
in Court.

In the preparations made for the
municipal election at Salt Lake, Utah,
many applications for naturalization
were made. Objection being made to
the admission of persons accepting
faith in polygamy and adhering to
other Mormon tenents. \ hearing
was held by the court. Attorneys for
the Liberals asserted that no Mormon
who had taken oath in the endOw-
ment house could he n good citizen,
and testimony was ordered regarding
the nature of these oaths. John Bond
swOre he went through the endowment
house in 1868, and was required to
take an obligation, which compelled
him to obey every doctrine OF the
church, especially in opposition to the
United States, under penalty OF his
life. lie was also required to take
oath to ayenge the blood OF Josef
smith on this nation, and to teach
this to his children and chidren's chill
dren to the latest generation. Martin
u. Wardell took q similar oath about
the same time. lie SAID he was told
that If he revealed any secrets his
throat would be cut and his bowels
torn out. lie saw the death penalty
enforced on a man named Green
number of years ago, and, when some
OF the members of the band muir
John W. Young said that if
they did not shut up they would he
served the same. Andrew Cahoon
swore 10 the same obligations. and
said that he took an oath that the
highest allegiance was to the Mormon
polygamy was the command
Of God. and all must indorse it or be
damned. The general teaching .of the
church is in hostility to the laws of
the land. Cahoon had heard leaders
Of the church pray for the overthrow
Df the United States government. 1t
is common for WiliOrd Woodruff, the
present head of the church, to do this.
All the witnesses spoke of the muir
iers they had either seen or heard OF
m consequence OF these oaths.
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
Kansas People Active in a Movement to
Shelve Prohibition.

LEAvESwOETH, Kan, Nov. 15.-Re.
submission Is now the only matter
talked OF by the Republicans on the
street, and IA club was organized to-
night that is bound to he OF great sup
port to the movement. The meeting
is called at the Office of the Hon. Lllcien
Baker for organization to work in
favor of "a revision of the constitution
OF the state. The call was signed by
many of the leading Republicans who
believe in constitutional convention
on the ground that repeal OF the OBJ
nOxiOus law could be more readily
effected in that manner, and who saw
that if enough strength can be shown
IN the state the governor would call a
special session OF the legislature to lay
the matter before it so as 10 be ready
to vote upon it next fall.
The section of the stat utes showing
the mode for calling constitutional
convention reads as follows: "When-
ever twO-thrtls of the members elected
to each branch of the legislature shall
think it necessary to call II convention
to revise, amend or change this con-
stitution. they shall recommend o the
electors tovOte at the election OF mem.
bers to the legislature for or against "a
convention, and il a majority of all
the electors voting at such election
shall have voted for u convention, the
members shall at the next session pro
vide for calling the same"
The most prominent men in the
state have signed theconstitution, and
{ he agitation for resubmission is wide
spread.
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
Dehorning.

Farmers Review: Tom Pointing is
the originator of II new plea against
the practice OF dehorning cattle. lie
is feeder OF beef cattle as well as "A
breeder OF Herefords, and, as every
body knows, u man OF ripe experience
in both branches of the stock bust
ness. \ few days ago, at the Union
stock Yards. he was talking to num-
her OF cattlemen, and incldently al
luded to the subject OF 1ehorning.
Said he: ''My friends, dehorning has
cost me 81 900 during the past sum
mer in feeding steers. Deprived of
their horns, the cattle huddle together
in the shade as close as sheep do, and
the heat there is terrible tell YOU
they are almost suffocated and lose
flesh or make none from the food con
sumed. Besides this, they kill out the
grass where they stand, and in wet
weather poach it into mud. This dis
covery was a revelation to me and
believe the bad effects from crowling
in the summer when the heat and ilies
are at their worst, will more than
counteract all the advantages claimed
for dehorning."
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
A DELICATE QUESTION.
Was the Pre-Emption Law Repealed by the
Presidents ProcIamat,onf

BISMARCK, n. d., Nov. 5.-The point
was informally raised to-day by +. NJ.
Dudley, OF the legal department of the
Northern Pacific railway, in the United
States land Office that the pre-emption
law had been repealed by the act OF
congress providing for the admission
OF the new states. 1t looks as if it was
intended to repeal the eighth section
of the act OF 1S4l, as TO the donation
of 100000 acres of public land to the
new states for public improvement,
but the text includes not only the re-
peal OF that section, but the whole law.
The land department has not had it's
attention called to it yet, but it is GER
tain that the commission will be ecalled
upon for an opinion, and if this opin-
ion is adverse the question will be car
ried into the courts. The repeal re-
ferred to also decided a very large
number of cases where the Northern
Pacific Railway company is a party.
u the law is repealed all pre-emption
filings where final proof has not been
made are defeated. This necessarily
involves the rights of every pre-emptor
who has not proved up in the four
states.
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
Meaning of Ohms, Volts, Etc.

The Pioneer Press, il answer to he
query OF correspondent regarding
the meaning and origin of the various
electrical terms, says:
"'rhe technical terms used in regard
to electricity refer to units OF various
nature. Thus the unit OF capacity is
called one farad; the unity OF activity
one watt; the unit of motive power
one joule; the unit of quantity one
coulomb: the unit OF current one
ampere; the unit OF resistance one
ohm; the unit OF magnetic field one
gauss; the unit OF pressure one volt:
the unit of force one dyne. These
names are mostly derived from the
names of the men that have been
famous in the field of electrical re-
search. Thus Michael Faraday, james
Watt and James u. .Ioule. English dis
coverers, give their names To the first
three units mentioned; Charles \.
Coulomb and Andre NJ. Pere, French
inventors, to the two units following;
q. ;. Ohm and Carl I. Gauss, Germans.
give names to two more, and the volt
is named after the Italian discover
Volta. The dyne comes from dynamo,
meanin: force"
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28

u. Il. lngersoll in North American
Review: The good home is the unit o
the good government. The hearth
stone is the corner stone of civlliza.
tion. Society is not interested in the
preservation of hateful homes, OF
homes where husbands and wives are
selfish, cold and cruel. 1t is nottothe
interest of society that good women
should he enslaved, that they should
live IN fear, or that they should be-
come mothers 10y husbands whom they
hate. Homes should be filled wit
kind and generous fathers, with true
and loving mothers; and when they
are so filled the world will he civilized
Intelligence will rock the cradle: ius-
tlce will sit in the courts, wisdom in
the legislative halls. and above all and
over all, like the dome OF heaven, will
he the spirit OF liberty. Although
marriage Is the most important and
the most sacred contract that human
beings can make, still. when that con
tact has been violated, court : should
have the power to declare it null and
void upon such conditions as may be
lust. As u rule, the woman dowers
her husband with her youth. her
beauty. her rlOve-with all she has; and
from this contract certainly the hris-
band should never be released unless
the wife has broken the conditions OF
that contract. Divorces should be
granted publicly, precisely as the mar
riage should he solemnized. Every
marriage should be known. and there
should be witnesses, to the end that
the character OF the contract entered
into should be understood; the record
should be open and public. And the
same Is true of divorces. The con
ditions should be determined. the
property should be divided by court
OF equity, and the custody OF the chill
dren given under regulations pre-
scrIbed. Men and women are not vir-
tuous by law. Law does not OF itself
create virtue, nor Is it the foundation
or fountain OF love. Law should pro-
tect virtue, and law should protect the
wife. ii she has kept her contract, and
the husband, II he has fulfilled his.
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
FOR HORsEMEN.
A Miles City Nan Makes Some Suggestion
for the Future.

| J. r. Mckay, who has Just returned
from the American Horse Show Asso-
ciation's exhibition at Chicago, gives u
very interesting account of what he
saw at this great show of fine horses
from all parts of the west. There
were over 200 horses exhibited by
100 owners, but strange to say, not
one horse from Montana. This was
all the more noticeable by Mr.. Mckay
from the fact that there are hundreds
of horses in Montana that could show
up favorably among the best he saw
at the exhibition. This condition of
affairs prompted the idea that Mon
tana horse growers should join the
Chicago association and make an
exhibit each year of Montana bred
stock. Coming to the front as rapidly
as this country is i'm the breeding and
growing of fine horse stock of all
strains, it seems to be a great over
sight that an opportunity like this to
place our stock on exhibition along
side OF breeders from other localities
should be neglected. OF course it is
understood that iC is an exhibition OF
fine horses and none but that class
should he sent there, but Mr.. Mckay
says he is satisfied that any horses
that Montana exhibitors wanted to
sell could he sold there ut good figures.
In conversation with several horse
men there, he found that the merits of
the Montana bred horse was well
known, and that dealers would like
to purchase them, but that they can
not afford to come here and spend two
or three weeks and travel long dis
tances to pick up carload. This is
another evidence OF the necessity of
the establishment of an annual horse
sale at Miles City. Mr.. Mckay men,
toned that it was the intention to
establish such q market here, and he
was told that as soon as it was done
buyers from the east would willingly
come here and make purchases. This
which was set aside during
the excitement of the recent campaign.
must now be taken up and all details
perfected during the winter, so that by
next spring we will be i'm position to
invite the horse buyers OF the states
10 Miles City and afford them every
opportunity OF purchasiDg.-Yellow-
stone Journal.
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
Indians as Freighters.

Paul Mccormick, grain contractor
for Fort Custer, has Just unloaded
100000 pounds of oats at Custer,
hauled from Wyoming by a train oi
33 wagons, all owned aud driven by
Crow Indians. Nj. Mccormick saws
the Crows have proven to he admira-
bile freighters, and he thinks he would
rather have them than any freighters
he has ever had. They were paid off
to-day, 81 500, all in gold and silver,
and We're greatly delighted with the
sinners. The amount earned by each
team was from SlOto SIS. This is n
new field OF industry opening to the
Indians to which they seem well
adapted. ed.-Iellowstone Journal.
Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
He Got II.

Boston Journal: Among he pas
sengers on u western train recently
was II woman very much overdressed.
accompanied 10y n bright looking nurse
girl and "a self-willed, tyrannical boy
OF about three years.
The hoy aroused the indignation oi
the passengers 10y his continual shrek :
and kicks and screams. and his vie
iousness toward his patient nurse. lie
tore her bonnet, scratched her hands,
and finally spat in her lace wit thout IA
word of remonstr rance from { he mother.
| Whenever the nurse manifested any
| tirmness he mot her chided her sharply
Finally the mott her composed herself
for n nap, and about the time the boy
had slapped the nurse for the lift
time wasp came sailing in and flew
on the window of the nurses seat. The
boy ut once tried to catch II.
The nurse caught his hand am ',,id,
coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touch. Bug bite
Harry"
Harry screamed savagely and began
to kick and pound he nurse.
The mother, without opening her
eyes or lifting her head, cried out
sharply:
'Why do you tease that child 50,
Mary Let him have what he wants
at once"
But, ma am, it's a
"1.et him have 1t, | say"
Thus encouraged Harry clutched at
the wasp and caught it. The scream
that followed brought tears OF JOY to
the passengers eyes.
The mother awoke again.
"Mary," she cried, "let him have
itr
Mary turned i'm her seat and SAID,
cOniusedly:
Hes got il, ma am"