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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-06-26
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-06-26

VARIOUS EXERCISES STRENGTHENING
THE FOREARM.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
A Jumbo Spider.

E. M. Tutwiler, superintendent OF
the Sloss Iron and Steel Company's
mines at Coalburg, has, preserved in
alcohol the largest black spider ever
seen in this section.
A few days ago Tutwiler heard a
great commotion among the chickens
in his yard. He went out to inves-
tigate, and saw small chicken be-
ing slowly drawn into IL hole in the
ground. Some invisible reptile had
caught the chicken by one leg and
was drawing it into the hole in spite
of its desperate struggles.
Tutwiler approached, and looking
down in the hole, discovered an i'm
mense black spider. He punched it
with a stick and compelled it to re-
lease the chicken. He then dug the
spider out Of its den and pla ced it in
a jar of alcohol. It lived an hour
after being put in the jar. When
dead the spider was taken out,
weighed and measured. 1t meas 21Kh
inches across the back and weighed
nine ounces. Its longest legs were
AZ inches in length and it's eyes were
as large as hotel clerk s diamonds.
Birmingham, (Ala.,) Corr. St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Something Of an Old Fogy.

'It is an invariable custom oi
Bishop Loughlin, the venerable
Catholic prelate of Brooklyn" re-
marks paragrapher of the New
York Sun, Ito go personally to the
Brooklyn post-office each morning,
when he was in good health, for his
mail. The Bishop always walks on
these trips. He goes partly for ex.
ercise and partly because lie likes to
see and greet his many friends on the
way. The Bishops custom in this
respect is similar to that of the late
Horatio Seymour. The great Demo-
crat always used to walk down from
his residence to the Utica post-office
each morning, and take a good deal
of time in the operation. Such was
Mr.. Seymour's fondness for this
morning walk that when Utica came
to be big city, and the letter car
rier system was about to be intro
duced, Mr.. Seymour opposed the in.
novation strenuously. He declared
that it was one of the most benef-
cial customs that could be imagined
for the citizens of a town or city to
meet each other daily in some such
place as the post-ofice, and there dis
cuss and debate questions of a public
and social nature. Of course Mr..
Seymour was defeated in his efforts
to keep the letter carrier system out
of Utica. But he regretted his defeat
bitterly, and declared that Demo-
cratic institutions suffered severe
blow thereby. Mr.. Seymour's neigh
bors laughed at him, but it was just
such ideas and speeches on his part
that gave him greater and more
idolaIrous personal following, per-
haps, than any other resident OF this
state ever enjoyed"
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15

his class. When he was finally grad.
uated with high honors, and an
nounced his intention of entering the
ministry, we all said that he would
in q few years become one ofthe most
famous preachers in the country.
visited him not long ago. He is the
pastor of a parish in a large factory
town, with a shabby -genteel congre
CATION which worships in n shabby.
genteel-looking church. He is mar.
ried and has six children who quarrel
and play in the mud and dust. He
rarely smiles, and there is on his face
a look of constant preoccupation.
His clothes don't fit him, and are de-
cidedly shabby. He no longer has q
future, all his energies bein gcon-
sumed in the petty and cnrking cares
of the present. Indeed, the best part
of the man is gone, dead might say;
and there remains q galvanized
automaton, which wearily goes
through the motions of his calling.
Oh, youth, youth, how often do you
deceive Us with the promise of a fu-
ture that never comes!
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
The June Bug Rampant.

The bug is a very useful insect, but
how Objectionable it can make itself
on occasions was shown by an Incl
dent which occurred one night on
the Central railrond of New Jersey.
The milk train was carrying two
passenger coaches behind the milk
cars, and as the night was warm
the half dozen passengers aboard
had the windows all raised. The
train had been standing on a
side track a few minutes when a
swarm of large June bugs, attracted
by the car lights, few in through the
windows. In five minutes the seats
were nearly covered with bugs, and
they began to crawl around the legs
ofthe passengers and to prove other
wise unpleasantly officious. In five
minutes the insects had possession of
the two cars and the passengers turn
ed out. The problem which now
presented itself was how to get the
pests out of the cars before the train
started. Z FIRE was suggested, and
while the passengers gathered brush
wood and kindled a roaring blaze,
one of the brakemen went into the
cars and put the lights out. The
ruse was successful, the bugs deserted
the cars and the passengers went
back, shut down the windows and sat
in darkness until the train started
New York Commerce. Advertiser.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
A ReSourceful Wife.

A good story comes from one OF
the rual districts of an ex-swell who
married young woman with a rep.
utation, much to the chargrin of his
family, "who cut him off," SO to
speak, for such fatal mistake. Re-
Gently the paternal hearts began to
relent and proposition was made
through an accommodating friend
that the young ex-swell should di-
vorce the Objectionable daughter-in-
law and receive in return not only
the parental blessing, but goodly
part of the parental exchequer.
When the matter was laid before
madame she advised her spouse to
accept the generous reward offered
for the Inconsistency of man." sug-
gesting that it would be advisable to
replete the empty Golfers.
what's a divorce more or less?
Let's have one by all means-divide
the spoils and get married over
again"
Now, could a man, an ex-swell, have
q more accommodating wife.
why" she said to a listening con-
fidante-who, of course, circulated
the matter as all well-regulated con-
fidantes do-'Why l am ready to
do anything for the dear boy"
And she added ingenuously, "Only
last winter, when he was strapped
for funds, [ went to San Francisco
and worked in a bookbindery."-
San Francisco Call.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Before and After.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Perhaps cse of the saddest and
most pathetic sights is to see the
bright, joyous, fun-loving, brilliant
dandy of "a or thereabouts trans
formed into the spiritless, taciturn
and shabby family man of middle
life. We all know of such transfor-
nations as mysterious as they are
unexplainable. In "Pendennis"
Thackery has painted for us, with a
master hand, some of these evolu-
tions downward in the clerical pro-
fession, when the brilliant Oxonian
for whom everybody predicted mi
tire somehow or other missed the run
ming, and comes out seedy, hopeless
recluse in a country parsonage,
whose Hery appearance suggests a
life of tragedy. Iknow a number of
such cases. There was Goodfellow, of
Harvard. In all his class, and bril-
liant fellows they were, too. there were
none SO brilliant as he. His CONVEX
sation sparkled with jest and cpl.
gram, and his good-natured buhomie
won him a host of friends. He was a
good dresse-, and set the fashion for
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
THAT WALK THROUGH THE
WHEAT.


Together We walked ,E the evening time,
Above us the sky spread golden clear,
And he bent his head and looked in my eyes,
As II he held me of all most dear,
Oh, IL was sweet in the evening timel
And our pathway went through the fields Of
wheat;
Narrow that path and rough the way.
But he was near, and the birds sang true,
And the stars came out in the twilight gray,
Oh, it was sweet in the evening time
Softly he spoke of the days long past,
Softly of blessed days to be;
Close to his arms. and closer pressed,
The corn-feld path was Eden to me.
Oh, it was sweet in the evening timei
Grayer the twilight grew, and grayer still.
The rocks fitted home through the purple
shade,
The nigk tingales sang where the thorns stood
high.
As l walked with him in the woodland
glade,
Oh, it was sweet in the evening timel
And the latest CLEANS of daylight died;
My hand in his enfolded lay;
We swept the dew from the wheat as we
passed,
For narrower, narrower wound the way,
Oh. it was sweet in the evening timel
He looked in the depth of my eyes, and said:
Sorrow and gladness will come tor us,
sweet;
But together we'll walk through the fields o!
life
Close as we walked through the fields of
wheat"
Good Words.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Curious VIII Making,

A New York court has established
the validity of will of a citizen of
that State, who left his entire pro-
perty, about 100000, to the United
States Government. The New York
law prohibits bequests of more than
certain proposition O. n mans es-
tate to the religious or charitable in
stitutions when he has near rela tives
living. In other words, a man can
not buy peace for his conscience by
adding another wrong to those he
has before committed. The first
duty of property is to provide tor
those naturally and legally depend
ent on the man who owns it. The
law will not even allow man while
living to impoverish himself SO as to
leave his family in want. If this is
often in practice it is because exist
ing laws are not enforced. What he
cannot legally do while living the law
will not help him to do when dead.
But giving to the Government where's
man has no near relatives, and those
more distant that he has, is another
matter. The court probably held in
this case that the man was right in
thinking he as nearly related to the
entire American people, and had as
much obligation to them, as he had
to the few distant relatives who after
death would claim what they had
while living done nothing to prove
they could properly have any interest
in. People who do nothing for their
distant relatives while living ought
to be restrained by sha me from profit
ing by their deaths. Where there are
near relatives the laws ofmost States
make more just disposition of pro-
perty than it's owners themselves
would probably make. The law re-
cognizes a supposed natural affection,
which events often show does not
really exist.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15

Jake turned livid, he looked per-
fectly awful in that morning light.
The shock nerved me up, halloed
out-I know not what-but halt q
dozen of the officers and men were
with us in q jiffy. / could only point
overheard, speechless. There now
was an arm. stiff as a mast, with
thatevil finger, which had mistaken
for a splinter, pointing, now heree
now there, but in each still moment
it pointed dead at our group.
A boat was over in a twinkling.
Jake soon came round, but more
fearfully scared than before. He
joined US in peering over the rail, the
hideous corpse lay in the boat just
beneath, it's arm and finger pointing
right up to where we stood. I turned
away in loathing and horrrr. mo
ticed Jake stood transfixed, his eyes
glared immovable upon the CHASTITY
treasure trove of the sepulchral sea.
The body was laid on the deck.
We gathered around; took Jake's
arm in mine and half dragged him
~o the spot. When they moved for
us to view the body, l felt a shudder
run right through my frame, as
Jake uttered thrilling cry and fell
prone upon the deck.
1t was Ben's dead body. At the
trial, for the ship put into Queens
town, when Jake's delirious talk left
no doubt that a fra tricidal crime had
been committed, it came out that
Jake, the elder, had been consider.
ably indebted to his brother Ben,
and had hoped the new legacy would
induce the latter to forgive the debt.
1t was further proved that Benjamin
had had drawn up, in proper legal
form, deed of gift of $35O,OOO to
establish an orphan asylum and
training school, and the tarnsfer
would have been completed on his
receiving the loaned money, togeth-
er with his share ofthe legacy. There
was no doubt that Jake, in his bitter
disappointment, had pushed his
brother overheard that first night,
and he was duly hanged without one
breeze of sympathy from either side
the ocean.
The effect of that nights strange
unrest and my appalling illusion
turning into reality can never be
described nor ever be forgotten.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
A Peculiar Kind of Warfare.

Making war on Indians is unlike
any other war making in which arm
les engage. Finding them, not fight
ing them is the difficult problem to
solve. II the reader will consider
that the theatre Corporations in any
Indian campaign-whether in Wy
oming, Dakota, the Indian Territory
and Texas, or Arizona-is about as
large as the New England States with
New York added; that each of these
possible theatres of war is an unin-
habited wilderness; that they are
without roads. and often impenetra-
BILE for hundreds of miles because OF
arid deserts or impossible mountain
ranges; that while all parts OF each
Territory are to the Indian as falnil-
lar as the paths of the home orchard
are to the farmer and his children,
it is and of necessity must be an un-
known land to the best-informed
white man; that in these trackless
wilds the Indian had no fixed habita-
tion; that upon being discovered by
his enemy the direction of the trail
he takes is q matter of indiffer-
ence to him; that where night finds
him is his home, and that his sub
sistence and clothing are always with
him-if all these and collateral mat
ters depending on them are consid7
cred, an idea can be formed of how
difficult it is to make successful war
on the Indian.
In war the Indian, though partial
ly civilized, reverts to his worst
phase of savagery. Much has been
written as to the false sentimentality
which crops up in the discussion of
the Indian question by humanita-
rians and lovers of fair play, which
it is not intended here to repeat.
But it, may properly be observed
that it is worse than nonsense to
urge that the Indian regards the
white intruders as the descendants of
those who, two centuries and more
ago, came to this country and by
might deprived the Indians of the
lands and hunting fields, and is
through his children pursuing the
cred man toward the setting sun"
The Indians's knowledge of his
tory scarcely extends beyond
one generation. His white enemy is
served in war as is any other enemy,
and for the same reasons. He has no
inherited animosities dating from the
time of the Pilgrim Fathers. Nor
does he feel gratitude for kind usage
shown to his ancestors or to himself.
The annuities paid him are looked
upon as tributes exacted by fear or
some less worthy principle, and kind
ness shown him are those by whom
they are shown are weak and afraid
of him.
Fortunately for the whites, the In
dians in their warfare are not in the
habit of attacking our so-called forts
on the frontier, else the horrors of
past wars would equal in any year
the fearful pictures of the Indian mu-
tiny against the English. Our 'front.'
ierforts have often been at the mercy
fthe Indians, but the capture in any
instance could not have been made
without great loss of life, and it is
characteristic of the race that they
are slow to attack when certain death
awaits any great numbers. They are
brave where supersticious beliefs
make chances of safety greatly in
their favor, but will not take the risks
that satisfy the civilized warrior
Gen. Wesley Merritt, O. S. A.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
She Didn't Walk with the Lord.

There is an old lady residing in
Roxbury, native OF 'The Land o
Cakes" amiable in character, a sin
cere Christian, but a little deaf, q
circumstance which sometimes leads
her to give queer answers to ques-
tions asked her. While visiting the
house of a friend few evenings ago
it was decided to hold a prayer meet
ing. After the exercises one of the
company approached the old lady
and asked:
-"D'ye walk wi the Lord?"
"Oh, no" she replied, not distinct
ly hearing tho question. "Iiist come
back and forrit to see Mrs. Geigie."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
First Publication November 20, 1890. -sw.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.

In the District Court of Phillips county. Kansas.
American Savings Bank of Beatrice, Nebraska
plaintiff,
Minnie NJ. Dixon, John F. Dixon, Jacob NJ Shan
non, and Mrs. Jacob M. Shannon, wife of Jacob
M. Shannon. whose first uame is unknown to
plaintiff defendants.
Minnie NJ. Dixson, John F. Dixon, Jacob NJ
Shannon, and Mrs. Jacob M Shannon, will take
named court, and that they must answer the petit
tition nled therein by the above named plaintiff
on or before the 31st day of December, 1890, or
said petition will be taken true, and judg-
ment rendered against Minnie N. Dixson and
John DiXson for the sum of $22. so, with inter-
num- from April 10, 1889, and for costs of suit,
and a further judgment against all defendants
for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage made by
Minnie M. Dixson and John #. Dixson, to The
American Savings Bank of Beqtrice, Nebraska,
bearing date October 31st, 1888, upon the follow
ing described premises situated in the county of
Phillips and state of Kansas, to-wit. The south
Of section thirtyfve IS, township one 1, south of
range seventeen IL, west of the Sixth Principal
Meridian, and adjudging that the plaintiff has the
first lien said premises to the amount for
which Judgment will be taken aforesaid and
ordering said premises sold according to law, and
payment of the costs of suit; End. To the pay
ment of any unpaid taxes which may be a lien on
said premises; and 3rd. To the payment of the
amount found due plaintiff, and forever barring
and foreclosing said defendants and all per-
sons claiming or to claim under them or either of
demption in to said premises or any part there
Attest: Attorney for Plaintiff.
j. d. MATTRsoE, Clerk District Court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
MANY of those who left Ro

Many of those who left Rocks
county in the past few months write
that they will return to old Rocks
as soon as they are able. Those who
journeyed to far Washington are gen.
orally Disguised with their surround
ings. Rain all the time is found to
be less endurable than the worst dry
spell 1R Kansas. It is far more pro-
vocative of low spirits to be drowned
out than dried up, and there isn't
much more money to be made by the
soaking than the dessIcating process.
So the boys want to get back as a
rule, and we will give them hearty
welcome when they come.-ROOks
County Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

Brother McNay is extremely SEN
sitlve over the many criticisms he IS
receiving for the political crookedness
in and general bad management of the
last campaign in this county. Our
neighbor seems to be unfortunate
For a time he was promoted in the
G. A R., and political management
rapidly, but he did not wear He has
come down ''kerslap." It makes him
rave and take OF so for US to alfude
to his escapades that we deslst from
further remarks. We don't want to
be the cause of his having a fit. We
will only add in conclusion that the
influence of the Mackgomery and
Montnay Ring is broken, and no
amount of kicking and hurting cpl
thets at Dague will re-instate it. Let
good citizens rejoice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
The First step.

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can't sleep, can't think, can't do any
thing to your satisfaction, and you
wonder what. ais you. You should
heed the warming, you are taking the
first step into Nervous Prostitution
You need Nerve Tonic and in Electric
Bitters you will find the. exact remedy
for restoring your nervous system to its
normal, healthy condition. Surprising
results follow the use of this great
Nerve Tonic and Alternative. Your
appetite returns, good digestion is re
stored, and the Liver and Kidneys re
sumo healthy action Fry a bottle
Price SOC at 6. w. Bickford's store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
First Publication November 90, 1890. -5w !.
Case Numbered 1878.
Sheriff is Sale.

STATE OF KANSAS, %
PHILLIPS COUNTY. ss'
In the District Court of Phillips county.
Norman S. Field, plaintiff,
Lewis Bierman. Cadie Bierman, Case Manufac-
turing Company, Missouri Pacific Railway
Company, and j. Harris, defendants.
Public notice is hereby given that under, and
by virtue of the judgment rendered in the above
entitled action; III and by the above named court
and of an order of sale issued said Judgment,
to me directed and delivered, win on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER "A, 1890,
at the hour of 10 O'Clock a. m, of said day. at
the east door of the court house, in Phillipsburg
in the county of Phillips state nf Kansas offer ut
public sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, the following described real property,
namely:
Commencing at the northeast corner of the
section twenty-eght 2S, township four 4, south of
| range seventeen II west, thence running south
eighty 80 rods thence west thirty 80 rods, thence
north eighty 80 rods thence east thirty 30 rods to
the place Of beginning, and also commencing at
point forty-fve As rods west of the northeast
corner of the northeast quarter of the above de-
scribed section, thence running south sixty-thre
63 rods, thence west thirty-three 33 rods, thence
north sixty three 90 rode. thence east thrtythree
81 rods to the place of beginning.
All in the county of Phillips, state of Kansas.
Said property has been levied upon and is to be
/ sold as the property of the above named defend
Dated this 18th day of November. A. D.. 1890.
| LEE SoRIVNER,
Sheriff of Phillips county.
| q. A. LEWIS, Attorney for Plaintiff
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
First Publication Nove1a5er 20, 1sOe.-sw.
Case Number 1854.
SheTiff'S Sale.

STATE OF KANSAS,
PHILLIPS COUNTY. ss
In the District Court of Phillips county.
Annette Jacobs, plaintiff,
Jacob NJ Nichols, Rebecca J. Nichols, G. N.
Mckenzie. Muscatine Mortgage companv and
Wn- B. ID. Avery, defendants
Public notice is hereby given. that under. and
oy virtue OF the judgment rendered in the above
entitled action, in ana by the above named court
and OF an order of sale issued on said Judgment
70 nae directed and delivered, 1 wilton
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBERas "A. 1890.
at the hour of 10 O'Clock, a m of said dav. at
the east door of the court house in PhilliDsburg
IN the county of Phillips, state of Kansas offer
at pubic sale and sell to the highest bidder for
cash In hand, the following described real pro-
perty, namely:
The north half OF the northwest Quarter OF
section twenty 20, township two 3, range seven
teen IL, west of the 9th P NJ subject to a iudR-
ment In favor of WA. B. d. Avery of S345 -
with interest at twelve per cent per annum and
judgment in favor of The Muscatine MORTGAGE
Company OF 40 with interest at twelve per
cent. per annum.
Al in the county of Phillips, state of Kansas.
SAID property has been levied upon and is to be
SOLD as the property of the above named defen-
dants, Jacob M Nichols and Rebecca j Nichols
Dated this 18th day of November, A D 1890
LER SoRIvNER,
Sheriff of Phillips county
G. a. LEWIS. Attorney for Plaintiff
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
NOTICE.

To a0l1on1 1T mag concern:
This is to certify that the buck
wheat -four made by Stillman, Wright
& Co., of Berlin, Wisconsin, branded
WRleHTs PURE OLD-FAsHIoNED BUCK
WHEAT is absolutely PURE-no adul-
tera5lon of any kind.
(Signed) STILLMAN WRIGHT,
Manager.
Sworn to before me this LIST day OF
October, 1890
TsEAL @. A. PEEK,
Notary Public.
For sale by E. B. Sewell & Co. q
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

About twenty-five or thirty per-
sons, friends of Judge w. w, Gill,
gave HIM surprise on Thanksgiving
evening by calling in a body at his
Office about eight o'clock with baskets
filed with refreshments. Mr.. Gill Is
a lone bachelor and his home is there
fore at his Office. He was found sat
home" and in very pleasant mood
though quite embarrassed by the call
of so many ladies and gentlemen.
He however soon regained his self
possession and with the assistance of
Mrs. Frank Stinson made all his
guests feel quite at home. Refresh
ments were served at about 1870. A
very pleasant evening was spent by
all the participants.