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The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
WISCONSIN.

Ice is being shipped from Madison at the
rate Of 125 carloads per day. Men are en-
gagged night and day in cutting.
The milk condensing factory at Monroe
has daily output of4 900 pounds. Its full
capacity is from 5000 to 5000 pounds.
Porter Hopple was killed at Chippewa
City, five miles from Chippewa Falls, while
unloading logs.
The grip has prostrated about two.thirds
Of the inhabitants OF Oconto Falls. The first
fatal case was that ofa 13-year.old daughter
Of Louis Rusch.
John Andrews, Of Minersvile, says he was
held up and relieved of $3.50. by a party of
roughs while he was walking through Ellis
Park, at Ashland.
A. s. Sullivan has been arrested at Ashland
on the charge of forging the mark" OF an
Indian woman to ON order for money due for
logs. he was held to trial in %, 900 bonds.
Ole Husit, register of deeds Of Jackson
County. died at Black River Falls ON the Sd
inst, aged 20 years. Death resulted from
consumption, aggravated BY Ia grippe.
A renewal Of the fight between Frederick
Wsysrhasuser and the Knapp. Stout &
Co., may result over the proposed dam az
Beef Slough.
Peter Schneebergsr, of the town Of Auburn,
Fond du Lac county, mourns the dsath Of
three growp.up children within the past tvo
wsskl, aged 16, ~ and 20 respectively, Ill
victims Of malignant diphthsria. -
Alaborer named Cumnfngs was pushing
. car loaded with stone across q temporary
trestas at Baraboo, when the structure gave
way. Nan and car fell thirty feet, but Cum.
mings escaped uninjurel.
Mrs. Mary Curry Of Mineral Point, has O..
cured back pension money amounting to
93 800 and regular pensiolaM S12 q month
on account Of her son Thomas services in
the union army.
The Stevens Point Grand Army Post has
decided upon tho design for O soldiers
monument, and the contract has been let to
Mitchell Of Chicago, ut cost Of 32,5OO, to
be completed by tho last Of May.
( John Hessler, tho stranger found dying in
Fond du Lac barn. was an Odd Fellow
from Monroe, Mich, and his body has been
scnt to that place. lIe loft a train while in.
snno and finally wandered to the barn.
Herman FrsdericIy, the young German
who killed his girl because she would not
marry him, and then attempted to take his
own life, short time ago. In the town of
Ssttin. Marathon county, pleaded euilty and
va ssntencsd Il sstats prison for lie.
During the past few months several rich
vstns Of dIy.bons and had have been di,coy.
srsd mar Petosl, and III Of tAsa are rood
The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13

Some Of the heaviest taxpayers in the
state are included in the affirmative. There
was crowded house, but no particular ex.
element. Tho audience seemed to favor the
bill. 1t was informally announced that the
Louisiana company would give SIC, ,OOOcash
to the seed wheat fund Immediately upon
the bill becoming q law.
HOUSE.
The Thomas bill, regulating the publication
of insurance statements; RObinson's bill, es.
tablishing normal school at Mayville and bill
to pay expenses ofthe constitutional conyen.
ton to the excess Of congressional apprc.
priation passed the house. The judiciary
editors to express the preferences for United
States senator's.
SENATE.
Senator Yager introduced . bill appropri.
atinR $50, 600 for the purchase ef seed wheat
fornesdy farmers.
The governor is to apIortion the money
among counties upon advice from county
commissioners Of the number Of needy ones
No farmer 10 to receive more thna sixty
than 0S cents per bushsl. i>7
The lottery bill reached the house but was
not read or rsferrcd. A petition favoring
the bill was received from Fargo and Cass
county signed BY 636 taxpayers headed BY
VOuuelu0, WuOIeb6J0 Oru&R1Bt 0nO president
of the board of trade. Three petitions from
Jamestown favoring the bill, three against
the bill and one for it from Grand Forks and
one against it from EdgeIy were received.
A telegram from Congressman Hansbroueh
to Representative Mccormack said there was
great indignation among Washington Re-
publicans at the proposition to turn the new
state over to Louisiana Democrats and re-
questing Mccormack to vigorously protest
against it, was read in the house.
A big petition signed by over 1890 per-
soma praying for lower freight rates on native
coal was received by the house.
Wickham's bill creating labor holiday
was lost in the house and then amended
making it the first Monday in June and
passed.
Bills passed the house: Williams bill 70.
quiring public institutions to burn native
coal: senate bill authorising counties to
bond to procure seed wheat for needy fsrua-
en-; to prevent the non-pAymsnt Of laborers
n ninss aud manufacto!ies: providing til At
trsasury: sxsnptins pension money frda
hwy Or attachnsnt.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13

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DlttS = = y y iiI!l y 3 Ss 80.
\ CaSssnA !Iitsfatrs r. 81 49, 800 q
NJ ElisahstA Bsali 0in1, dalsAtsr ef c.
0tnty, q Chippewa Fens, says H. talented
young lady = known both Il Loadoa aad
New York - . c3svsr writer Of taiss and ..
says. She b at present sasagsd on . novel
which viii b published in The spring.
It b thought, at Dlaek Earth, that
william Hafria, who took sailing vessel
from New York for England, hes gone 70
the bottom with the ship. The boat on
which Il 10 supposed hs sailed 10 rsportsd TO
have fouldsrsd at sea and gone down with
all on board.
Johnnie Ncshsne. the 1a.ysar-old boy hurt
at Janssville on the 2eth inst. died the fol.
lowing day. The boy was riding horss,
which became frightened and threw him from
the saddle, The little fellows foot caught in
the stirrup and he was dragged some dis.
tancs. At every jump Of the frightened horse
the sharp-shod hoois struck tho boy In the
side and abdomen, literally 10y bare the
heart and lungs. The boy lived eightse n
hours after the accident occurred.
o. L. Carr Of Gettysburg, has COW that
for eome time past, with no oapparent reason,
has been short in her accounts-that is in
the quantity of milk she was supposed to
furnish to the family. The gentleman sus.
pected thieves, and determined to keep a
watch. The other night he caught the dep.
redator in the act. In the same stable with
the COW was quartered full-grown pig, and
he discovered that the animal had been in
the habit OF appropriating the lions share
OF the milk, apparently with the full sane.
tion and consent of the COW,
The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
UP a Stump.

The governor of Rhode Island
found that Charles Paul had been
convicted Of a robbery of which he
was innocent, and had served two
years on term which he should never
cave had. He, therefore, pardoned
him, and inside of ten days he dis
covered that Charles ought to have
got three other sentences tor three
other robberies he actually did COM
nit. A jury seldom puts aninnocsnt
mauin q hole.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
Young King.

The king Of the Warramangas, an
Australian tribe, died last month in
theAdelaide hospital. He was q boy
of -, six feetsix inches in height, and
had for several years been q guide to
an explorer named Lindsay, to whom
hs was much attached. When he
became king last year hs refused to
take his royal rank.-SanFra francisco
Argonaut.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
SOUTH DAKOTA,

The Spearfsh Touring mill, which has
BEEN shut down for some time, has again
started up.
South Dakota has thirty six and North Da-
kota eight assemblies Of the Knights OF La.
Dor.
Counterfeit 25. cent pieces are numerous in
Deadwood, and it is thought that private
mint 10 in operation.
The dates for the state fair at Aberdeen
have been fixed for September Is to 10, q
week earlier than last year.
All building improvements at Fort Pierre
have been suspended, presumably ON orders
from Washington.
Applications for pensions and pension
claims are rolling in upon Congressman
Clifford from all parts Of both Dakotas.
The Huronite says the Chicago and North.
western will put down abont ten artssian
season.
The appaintmsnt ofcol. A. B. Smcdley, of
Ailbank, to the position Of statistican Of
South Dakota has been recommended by
Senators Pettigrew and Moody.
The case OF Wades, the banker, on trial at
Gary, has resulted in verdict of not guilty.
There was apparently no evidence against
him.
A young man named Bennett, living near
Emmett, Union county. was shot in the
thigh BY the accidental discharge Of his gnn
and died ofhis injuries.
John Eastman and Ruth Lee, two full
biooded Sioux Indians. we're married in the
Congregational church at Pierre Both are
Christianized and have fair siucations.
The controversy bet ween the Miller and
York Neb., hook and ladder companies has
resulted in the former challenging the latter
to race for from $1,000 to $4,000 side,
with Yankton' as the battle ground.
At Hill City, in dispute over the cooking
of beefsteaE. Louis Hughes was stabbed and
fatally wounded by man named Van Glider.
The men we're ''pardners" and occupied q
cabin together. Van Glider was arrested.
The assignment of the contractors Of the
soldiers home at Hot Springs hos not in any
way interfered with the progress OF building.
The workmen are steadily employed and the
work is being rapidly pushed.
The reports Of the regents of the university
Of South Dakota shows list Of thirty y-one
professors, instructors and employees, with
an aggregate salary OF $21 $40. The es.
estimated expenses for 1890 is put at $40.
45O.
A four and ons.half inch artesian well
furnishes power enough to run the Hitch
cock roller mills, which have capacity OF
forty-fve barrels ofdour per day, and to
grind feed and propel dynamo for lighting
the mill with incandescent lamps.
The farmers Of Hand county have rs.
quested the board ofcounty commissioners
to petition the legislature to secure the nee.
essary seed wheat for that county BY allow.
ing the county to issue warrants instead
of long standing, providing 9 market can
he found for the warrants.
An action to recover $500 has been
brought by the Yankton board of trade
against G. A. Archer. The citizens of Yank.
ton, through the board Of trade. gave q
bonus Of the above amount as an induce
ment for the construction Of linsced oil
mill, with the promise that the mill should be
operated for dve years. After running about
two years tho mill burned down. and as
Archer has made no attempt to rebuild the
mill action has been brought for non-fulfll-
ment of contract.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
A steenIe Painter Talks.

A veteran steeple painter says that he il
as much at home on the top of a 200 feet
spire as he is down on the ground, He
adds: ut is now over twenty years since
went into the steeple painting business My
usual method is to climb up in the belfry
tower and then gropo my way up among
the raftors and beams until get to- point
quite near the apex Then | bore hole
through the wooden sides, cut n small
opening and let drop nm inch rope Often
the old spires have not been touched for
years; and as slowly Chamber upward on
the inside, groping about in the darkness,
frighten from their haunts scores of bats
and other birds of night, with an oeca-
sional pigeon or a flock of Bongsters which
have come there to build their nests.
''When get the rope running free
through the small apeturc / make sling
in one end, don my working clothes, and
a trusty friend by means of block and
tackle hoists me to my pinnacle in mid
air. Then | begin to scrape or paint, rs
the case may be, needing nothing that is
going on about me. High up in the air
the sounds of earth are lost TO me, and
were it not for the occasional screaming Of
the birds circling my head would be liv-
ing and working in world of silence.
never look down, for If did would prob
ably Frow dizzy aiil be dashed to pieces In
afearful fall to earth. Detroit Free Press.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
The Mntnr Gnnrlin.

Tear ont the heart Of human being
quickly ana it will continue to beat for
some seconds after it has been parted from
the body. A frogs heart will pulsate for
tWenty-four hours after it has been taken
from the bGtrnchian. Ignorant persons
suppose this to mean that the heart is
still alive, and their notion is vcty natural
But the fact is merely that there are in
the frogs heart certain groups of move
mcnt nerves, called "motor ganglia, -
which keep on agitating the organ until
they are starved out by want of nutrition,
though no actual life is present There
are motor ganglia in the human heart
also, but they are not so strong in their
action
When the flesh of turtle is cut up in
pieces for Il stew the scraps continue to
quiyer for many hours. The popular no
ton is that the turtle is 50 tenloious of cx-
istcnco that it keeps on living, though
chopped up In reality the fragments of
the motor nerves in the flesh, stimulated
by cutting, keep up an automatic move
ment Galvanism was accidentally dis
covered through the chance contact OF an
electric wire with a frogs leg on Galvini's
table. n human being dead for quite a
while may be affected in like manner by
the electric Washington Star
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
Rpsro,lsibiIity.

"I'm so sorry to go, said lady, after
making n long afternoon call, "but prom
ised to be home before tea"
"Oh do stay, and I'll explain it TO yonr
husband, said the hostes3, who had just
been urging the same invitation.
Don't you do itl' came her nephcw's
voice from the next room. "Don't let her
lead you into misdemeanors that you will
be punished for afterward She used to
coax me in just that same way and then
had to suffer for it. "
Nonsense, iIenryn' said his aunt
That's nothing but n yarn. Don't take
any notice of it, Mrs. Bell, but stay to ten. T"
you see, when was here in school, :"
pursued the ruthless nephew, eve lived ont
of town, and was expected to be at home
every night before dark. Once week |
used to run in TO call on auntie, and she
always persuaded me to stay to tea. and so
go home in the evening; and when said
father would settle with me aftcrward she
used to say, oh, just stay, and III take the
responsibility.
"Well, didn't she take itP" asked the
visitor.
Eyes" was the reply; "she took the re.
sponsibilty, but took the whippingW--
Youths Companion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
An EpIsode of tho Metropolis.

A tall elderly German, with full gray
beard. came out of the postoliice about 2
O'Clock in the afternoon and started across
Park row. Before he reached the curb
stono man rashed mp 10 him, deftly drew
his gold watch from hisvest pocket, wrung
it Off the chain aad started TO run. Before
he got beyond arms length, however, the
old gentlemen eollared him. The man
cpolly handed back the watch and said, II
amt done nothin Police shouted
the old man, still retaining his grip on the
thicf'F collar. There was no policeman in
sight, but the thief did not wait TO sec one
With quick movement he withdrew him
self from the coat and ran off through the
fast gathering crowd. The old man stood
speechless for a moment or two with his
watch in one hand and the thief's coat in
the other. Then he slowly walked OF up
Park row. carrying the coat with him.
New York Times.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
Fnilnd Again.

Avery smooth looking individual rushed
up to the desk of the Grand Pacific hotel
and addressed Clerk Cores. GIVE me
twenty-five cents quick for special pur.
pose"
Cores failed to recognize the applicant as
guest Of the house, and replied that he
did not loan money for special purposes.
"But this is a special purpose. Give it
to me quick. | am an old friend of Mr..
Drake"
"What is the special purposes"
The applicant coughed to gain time tn
think, and in an injured tone replied; II
see you doubt me, sir The fact is. owe n
man 500, and find | have just 500 Is in
my pocket He is going away on train
in a minute and is waiting for me outside.
Give me the quarter"
Cores conghetl to gain time TO think,
and then pulling dollar from his pocket
said; "All right. Happy 10 oblige You.
| haven't a quarter in change. but you
give me your seventy-ive cents and I'll
give you the dollar"
The applicant did not reply, but with q
look like that Of dying fnwn he turned
modrnfully away and walked slowly out
of the door Chicago Post
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22

There is some controversy as to the pres
ent whereabouts as well rs to the actual
composition of the famous STANDARD OF
Mohammed," " the 'Sanyak-Shcrif' or sa-
cred flag of Mohammedism. According tc
The North German Gazette it is in the mu.
scum of artillery at Turin, Italy. The Ga
zette says that it was formerly in the
mosque Of Abou Ayoub, Constantinoplc,
hut that Baron Tecco, the Sandman am.
bassador, purchased it in the year 1889 and
sent it to King Charles Albert. The same
account says that it is of red silk, with sew
clal verses from the Koran embroidered
upon it in yellow letters, and that its
height is slightly over 6 feet and its width
a. feet. A correspondent for one of the
big London dailies, who claims to have re.
Gently seen the sacred emblem in the Sc
raglo, says that it is of yellow silk, and
that it was formerly one of the flowing
curtains that adorned the room of Moham.
mpds favolitG wife.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22


The Grand Quarantine hotel at Flores
Island, at the mouth of the River Plate, is
not only the largest in the world but the
strangest While the accommodations are
poor the people win stop there, no matter
how anxious they arc to get away. The
hotel combines an international boarding
house, military camp, prison and a sea-
side resort. The sovereignty of the island
is vested in the republic of Uruguay In
the early months of the year Rio dc Janeiro
is placed under a sanitary boycott by the
people of the River Plate, and not person
Is allowed to pass Flores Island until he has
been at sea at least ten days. That accounts
for the big business at the hotel
The guests come in boat loads from 800
to GGl at u time. There are first-class pas
sengers, immigrants and number of in
termediate classes. Upon arriving at the
hotel the crowd is assorted and packed
away. Packed is a good word in this case,
for you are entirely at the mercy OF the
management. If you make protest the
officials shsug their shoulders and say they
are indeed sorry, but they speak only the
pure Spanish language. They will put six
or seven In room.
If you don't like that you can get out,
but you will soon return; for it is the only
place on the island where you can stop. A
permanent garrison is maintained on the
island and it includes commandant, a
physician a secretary of state, lighthouse
keepers, postmaster and telegraph ope.
rators. Every morning during pleasant
weather tugboat comes down from
Montevideo with letters and provisions
When a norther is blowing those on the
island are placed on short rations.
Think of stopping at the biggest hotel
in the world and of not being able to get
but one or two meals day, with bananas
for one of the meaisI had this experience
2uring IA storm when the tug did not arrive
for five days. When | was on the island
there were over 1000 guests at the hotel
Interview in Chicago Tribune.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
Thoughts ON the Ocean Wave

Somehow you never realize the great
bigness of this world until you are stretched
ont on n steamer chair and look at the vast
cNpansc of water all about you. 1t makes
You feel as you never felt before, how little
you are and how big God Is. 1t makes you
wonder how many times that great mon
ster, the deep, has taken into its arms
women who are happy and those who are
not, little children who are loved and great,
strong men who had thought nothing
could conquer them. You wonder who
the first man was that went a-sailing and
where he got his courage. You wonder
whether people realize the difference be
tween going across the ocean now and
crossing it twenty-five years ago, and then
you wonder IL everybody ever does remem-
Der all their mercies.--London Letter.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
ANCIENT SIGNATURES.
rho Hammer in Which POtentates of Old
Affixed Their Names to q Paper.

Affixed Their Names to Il Paper
The practice of signing as mode of Civ
ing formal assent to written contracts or
charters is as old rs, and in one sense
F! older, than the art Of handwriting Among
all people the act of authenticatinga a docu-
ment was accomplished blythe most litter
ute persons either by allixing stamp with
the signet ring they carried or by imitat-
ing the process of signing by some other
rude device Conspicaogs among these
more rustic s,gn manuals was that which
Gibbon mentions as adopted by Theodore,
the great Ostrogoth king Of Italy He
had gold plate made on which the first
few letters Of his name were cut in Greek
characters, and when paper had to be
signed by him the plate was laid upon it
and his masjesty, passing the pen along
the paper in the intcrstices of the metal,
traced by these means the royal signature,
which he could never remember in any
other way
A stillimore barbarous and ungainly de-
vice was that which was invented, or at
least practiced by the Turkish sultans of
Iconium, when that city was their capital
They simply dipped their hand in the
bowl of ink presented TO them and Law.
ing it fiat upon the paper or papyrus left
the indelible impress of it in gigantic and
conspicuous outlines A somewhat SINH
lar habit is reported from Farther India
were land owners are, or were at recent
date, accustomed to dip their thumbs in
the sandal dye, and by pressing it on the
paper leave their sign manual, or as in this
case it would perhaps be termed their
sign,digital.
This ia the case with the raiahs who ceO-
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22

Young Suitor (nervously approaching
the subiect)-M Bond, your daughter is
iust-just the very sweetest girl in the
world, and =
Pater Cbenignantly)-And you want me
to make n sort of sugar trust out of you9
Well, take her and be happyl-Pittsburg
RullPtin
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
Power of Sunlight,

Experiments by means of Photographic
plates in the Mediterranean sea show that
in the middle of sunny day in summer
the rays of the sun do not penetrate the
waters of that sea TO a depth of more
tEan $50 fathoms In September the dis
tance penetrated is much reduced, the de-
preston on the plates at the above depth
not being greater than that made 10y star
light-St. Louis Republic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22

The wealth of the United Kingdom is so
much greater than that of France that, if
both countries had to fight for existence,
England would he able TO spend 940O, ,0O0,
900 sterling for every e3OO,00O,OOO sterling
that France could spend.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22

One of the pIgmies whom Stanley Ills.
covered in Africa fell IN love with young
DR. pnrke Of the expedition. She would
not look ~ Stanley, but insisted upon sleep
irsr ctt1e La0r of the doctors tent and
wapied &c TAKE him -7itli lier to hcr family
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
THE WATCH CRYSTAL.
CHANGES SINCE THE DAYS OF
GRANDFATHER's BULLS EYE.

Some of the Details of Their s1anufact-
ure-First Factory In the United States.
The Price DroPs from Dollar Apiece
to "A Dollar Gross.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22

Sir William Napier was a wretched writ
Pr and his wife assisted him constantly
with her pen, in addition to translating an
immense mass of original documents for
him, many Of them in cipher.