Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-16

Thursday, May 6.--Senate: Bill clss-
sifying worsteds as woolens passed, goes
to president. House: Day and evening
session devoted to discussion of the tariff
bill.
Friday, May 9.-Senate: Sherman's
resolution for two additional pension
agents passed; military appropriation
hill passed; army appropriation bill dis.
cussed. House: Bill pensioning Della
8. Parnell passed with amendments.
Tariff bill considered in committee Of
the whole.
Il Saturday, May 10.--Senate: Army
appropriation bill passed; also bill for
relief of settlers on Crow Greek reserya-
ton under President Arthur's order;
private pension calendar cleared by the
passage of 1sJ bills. House: Debate on
tariff bill continued
Monday, May 12.-Senate: Silver bill
considered; bin for marine hospital at
Gillipolis, Ohio, passed. House: Tariff
debate continued, several amendments
offered but rejected.
Tuesday. May 13--Senate: House
substitute for senate dependent pension
,,ill non-concurred in; antitrust bill re-
committed 10 judiciary committee; sill
yer bill taken up, Mr.. Jones speaking.
I'll ,use: Sensation caused by Butter
wtrth's criticism ON tariff bill; numer-
ols amendments to the bill presented
aud rejected. oH..
HANGING 100 GOOD FOR THESE.
Maine Parents Torture Their Children In
the Most Horrible Manner Imaginable.
BANGOR, Me-, May 12.--A shocking
u Xnr %zI
Old Town, a dozen miles mp the river,
Fred Sawyer and wife, with two little
daughters, eight and ten years, live in a
little white frame house on the outskirts
of Old Town village. Sawyer himself is
not regarded rs a particularly vicious
man, bat his wife is u veritable fiend. 1t
has long been known by the neighbors
that the little girls We're not well treat
ed, but last week it was learned that
they We're subjected almost daily to
shocking abuse, the eldest, Myrtle, being
especially maltreated. Several persons
declared that they had seen the step
mother take Myrtle by the hair. pull it
from the head in handfulls and then
throw her violently to the ground, while
others have seen the unnatural woman
strike the child across the face with
q club with such force as TO make
her unconscious. Saturday night
mob surrounded the Sawyers' house,
with the expectation Of capturing
him and his wife They were too
late. The couple. having got wind Of
what was going on, Skipped from BAN
gor, leaving the children behind The
oldest child presented pitiful appear
ance, her frail little body being covered
with cuts, sores and bruises from head
to foot. Her left wrist was broken and
her arm fractured, while the bridge of
her nose was smashed in as though by a
blow from club. 10 was found that
her wrist and arm had been broken six
weeks before by the step-mother throw
ing the child heavily to the ground and
then kicking her No attention was paid
to the child's sufferings, the savage step
mother threatening her with instant
death If she did not stop crying; and,
moreover, the helpless victim was told
that she would certainly be killed if she
complained to anyone Of her treatment.
Not content with this, the tigress act
ually sank her teeth repeatedly into the
arms and body Of the victim The girls
clothing became glned to her flesh with
clots of blood, and the physician who
called was obliged 10 use warm water
to remove her garments.