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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-20
NORTH DAKOTA,

The citizens of Bismarck and Mandan will
tender Bishop Stanley reception and ban
quet on his arrival in the former city.
Ex-King Milan would probably be willing
to confess, for the edifcation of the North
Dakota statesmen, that he considers gam
bling worse than drinking.
A car is being built by the Pullman COM
pany of Chicago, for Rt. Rev. DR.. Walker,
bishop of North Dakota, to be used by the
bishop in his official duties throughout his
diocese.
Two burglars nam ed Fell and Hilton are
under arrest for breaking into Post Trader
Cotrles store at Fort Meade and appropri-
ating about 800 worth of goods. Most of
the property was recovered.
A Bismarck liquor dealer has the following
sign above his doorway: "By order of the
prohibitionists will sell my stocks of wines.
liquors and cigars before July 1, 1890, at
greatly reduced prices. This is no selling
out fake. Wish it was"
1t is said that for years North Dakota peo-
pie have been singularly lucky in getting
prizes in the Louisiana lottery. good
many persons there have captured big prizes.
The indie atoms are that the Louisiana swim
die has been carefully paving it's way for the
coup which it has just attempted to make.
The city OF Fargo owes o $14S25 board
bill and won't pay it. Two years ago the
legislature was invited to visit the city by
the city council, and while on the visit put
up at hosiery and got away with hash to
the value of that amount. The council
votes to pay the bill at every meeting and
the mayor promptly hobs up with veto.
The contracts have been let for the survey
of thirty-four townships in North Dakota
and work will be comm enced early in the
spring. There are five townships in Rmsey
county, ten or twelve in Cavalier, eight or
ten in Benson, six in Towner and six in
Rolette. Dakota has 81 900 in the survey
ing fund, and this was divided between the
two sections.
Secretary Noble denied q motion for re-
view of the case OFF. McWeeney vs.. Charles
W. Greene, involving title to land in section
35, township 154, range "a, of the Devils
Lake, N. D.. district. This Sc was decided
last summer, when O review was asked by
Mary McWeeney, the wife of p. McWeeney.
The land is almost in the city of Devils Lake
McWeeney held another tract when the Ward
boys of Chicago were killed. He was one of
the twelve who killed the Wards, and while
his trial was pending was in Jail at Devils
Lake, Mary McGillecudy became attached
to him there and married him. When
McWeeney was released they went to Devils
Lake. He was appointed Especial officer, and
was killed by Billy Oswald. The latter was
sentenced to twelve years, but was pard oned
by Gov. Mellette short time before he
ceased to be governor of Oak ota Territory.
Greene, who was in this suit, was opposed to
the Creel gang, and the land in question was
claimed as part of the Creel heritage on
Devils Lake After McWeeney's death his
widow carried on the suit, but the last hope
of securing the property vanished with the
decision announced.
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To Encourage Big Families.

What was at first regarded as a
Joke in connection with the proposed
bounties on children in Canada has
passed in to the domain of actual
fact by the legislative enactment of
the bill entitled can act to confer a
privilege upon fathers of families who
have II children living" the pre-
amble ofwhich contains the following:
whereas, 1t is advisable, following
the examples of past centuries, to
give marks of consideration for fruit
fulness in the sacred and civil bonds
of matrimony; therefore her majesty,
by and with the advice and consent
of the legislature of Quebec, enacts
as follows" Then come the provis-
ions of the bill granting 100 acres of
public lands to "every father of afam :
lily, whether he be born or naturalized
in his province, who, has IL children
living, issue of lawful marriage"
who, in order to benefit by the ad-
vantages granted by the act, must
"present petition to the provincial
secretary, accompanied by his certif-
cate of marriage, a certificate of bap-
tism of each of the children, as well
as certificate, sworn before a justice
of the peace, giving the number and
names of his children"
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Our City Governors.

What would John Ruskin have
said il, wanting pictures, we should
have induced an untaught negro to
take a broad, fat brush and with
his coarse dyes pass rapidly over a
series of canvases? Could art ever
come from such savage manipulations
of pencil and color? Yet when we
wish a city governed and made beau
tiful and great we often hand it over
to men who are standing with their
feet in the lower world of both igno-
rance and dishonor; we had many of
our benevolent institutions, with their
sad inmates-the sick, the insane, the
blind-to the care of men who would
be arrested by the humane society
were they plying their business not in
an asylum but in the stock-yards.-
Prof. David Swing.
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Fighting Parson.

During the Eighteenth century
PRESBYTERIAN ministers settled among
the people of northern Scotland need
ed to be men of great strength, piety
and zeal. The Rev. Eueas Sage,
whose story is told in Parish Life
in the North of Scotland" belonged
to the order of muscular Christians,
being more than six feet in height and
stout in proportion.
A year or two after he had become
minister of Lochearean, he announced
one Sunday his intention of holding
"a diet catechising" at the house OF
dissolute man, desperate charac'
ter of great physical strength.
The ministers friends remOnstrat-
ed with him, but he went to the man
house, and was ordered to go away
Easier said than done" answered
the minister; but you may turn me
out if you can"
They were both powerful men, and
neither of them hesitated to put up
on the other his ponderous strength
After short but fierce struggle, the
minister became the victor, and the
landlord, Frustrated upon his own
floor, was with a rope coiled round
his arms and feet bound over to KEEP
the peace.
The people of the district were ther
called in, and the minister proceeded
seriously to discharge the duty o
catechising them. When that was
finished, he set himself to deal will
the delinquent present. The mar
was solemnly rebuked, and the min
lister so moved his conscience that h,
afterwards became decided Chris
tian.-Youth's Companion.
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Death in the Cabs Little Stove,

Death in the Cabs Little stove,
New York Tribune.
A startling discovery has been
made by a committee of physicians
recently appointed by the Health De-
partmenG to look into the sanitation
of the cab system of Paris, as to the
condition of stables, vehicles, etc. A
great number of the fiacres have dur
ing the winter little signs nailed on
the doors stating, 'This cab is heat
ed" The heaUing apparatus is a
small warming-pan arrangement
placed in the straw on the floor, and
filled with two "briquettes' of burn
ing charcoal. For some time quite
a number of mysterious deaths have
occurred in these cabs, and the cause
has been usually supposed to be
heart disease or apoplexy. On in
vestigatiOn it has been found that
the fumes from~these warmers are
heavily charged with the most dead
ly gases, and that half hour spent
in close atmosphere with this ap-
paratus is sufficient to cause death.
A cabman last week gave this COM
mittee of physicians practical illus
tration of this new danger, which
has proved of immense value in the
preparation of the report of health
/ uetcrEInnr - Thu o.c-~L-a~~<Sn, bHsssnS,
cold and desiring a nap; told the
starter at his stand to call him when
customer made his appearance.
He entered the vehicle, closed the
door carefully after him, settling
himself on the seat in order to get
forty comfortable warm winks. In
about twenty minutes the starter
opened the door again to notify the
cocher that a fare was waiting. He
found the unfortunate man dead
asphyxiated by the f'mes from the
"briquette." This is one of many
instances of the same kind, and Paris
is now very careful how it rides in
hired conveyances.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-20
A Steerin the House,

st. Louis Republic.
A drove of Texas cattle were being
driven across the railroad tracks
near the Martell house One of the
drove, a large steer, became separa-
ted from the others and ran down the
tracks into The Vandalia yards. Be
ing close pressed By William Little,
the driver, the steer mounted the
outside stairs OF a two story tene-
ment house situated close to the
round house, and entered the kitchen
and took possession. Mrs. A. O.
Hennesy, with her baby in her arms,
had Just time to escape by a back
stairway and save the life of herself
and child. The Infatuated steer upset
the kitchen table, smashed the dishes
broke the chairs and other furniture
and overturned the stove. The driver
mounted the stairs and, after some
difficulty, managed to get ring in
the animals nose, but it broke and
was useless. The animal, after hav,
ing completely wrecked the room
leisurely descended the stairs anC
was captured.
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Not Green.

Maj. Martin, of Texas, in speaking
to friend OF his yesterday, said:
Everybody used to have a great
laugh on me two years ago, because
they said had not sense enough to
turn out the gas, but blew it out.
At the same time" said he, Inotice
my colleague, Mr.. Mills, who has
been here in congress some 1S years,
and who never blew out the gas, lost
about 80, 900 by signing receipts for
salary which he never received" The
major then took list of the entire
Texan delegation and named each
man, telling the number of years he
had been in congress and the amount
he had lost by Silcott's defalcation.
Finally, coming down to Buck" Kill
gore, he said: "He never blew out
the gas, but, although faring better
than any man in the delegation, he
lost about $3.50. ] call your atten-
ton to the fact that the man who
blew out the gas was overdrawing
four days pay when the bust-up
came. Baltimore American.
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AOuestion of Discipline.

A German was boasting in the
presence of some Russians about the
obedience and discipline of the Ger
man army, citing numer GUS instances
from the war between France and
Germany
Gentlemen" replied one of the
Russians, "What you say about the
discipline in the German army
amounts to nothing at all when
compared with what occurs coptinu-
ally in the Russian army. But / will
merely recite one instance of what
occurred at the beginning ofthe reign
of the Car Nicholas, when the dis
cipline in the Russian army was COM
paratively lax. At that time, before
the telegraph was discovered,
the Russians used signal stations,
which were a few miles apart. The
soldier made the signal which was
repeated by the soldier at the next
station, and thus the news was con-
veyed thousands of miles.
Gone daya soldier alta station near
ST. Petersburg did not see the signal
in time, and, dreading the punishment
that awaited him for negligence, de-
liberately hanged himself on the sig
nal tower. The soldier at the next
station mistook this for a signal, SO
he deliberately but promptly hanged
himself, also. In consequence of the
dicipline which prevails in tine Russian
army, next day it was discovered that
all the soldiers at the signal stations
from st. Petersburg to Warsaw had
hanged themselves ON their signal
towers. Of course, a much stricter
discipline prevails at present, and
-O
"Thatwill do" replied the German,
Tgive it up. Texas Siftings.
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a last resort took to the minstrel
business. He and a brother of Judge
Welde organized a company. The
company turned out to be q funny
one. Jackson and his partner, Welde,
were the end men, and while show
ing at little Maine town the former
hit upon the idea of putting 'poet-
ry," as he called it, into the perform
ance.
He circulated a number of blank
cards, of the playing card style,
among the audience, and requested
the holders to write some subject on
the pasteboard, and he proposed to
compose a rhyme for any one oftheir
selection. The business was old to
the minstrel stage, but new to the
audience, so all were a bit timid
about sending up subjects. After a
great deal of persuasion jackson
succeeded in convincing two of the
auditors that they would not be
tleeced alive if they followed his re-
quest, and these two returned their
cards. On one was written the single
word Dog" The other. bore this
hint, "Pay for your washing" :
Jackson glanced at the cards for O.
second and coming down to the foot
lights said:
Pay for your washing.
That's funny.
didn't think owed your mother money
Then he came to the other card, and
this is what he said:
Dog. That's hard. e..
I'm much obliged to the dog
For sending up his card,
Two-thirds of the audience insisted
that Jackson had insulted them and
they arose in a body and left the
show. The news spread around that
little Maine town, and the next night
the minstrel show had empty benches
to play to, That settled the card.
rhyming business, and since that.
eventful night witty Tom Jackson
has never aspired to the combined
position ofpoet,and end man.
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door and became absorbed in a paper,
while the young woman watched
him admiringly.
The Lady and the Cigar,

The train from Paris to Versailles
was to leave there in five minutes,
says the Texas Siftings. Anelegant-
ly dressed gentleman enters a first
class carriage. He has q burning
cigar in his mouth. He is about to
take his seat when he perceives an
elderly ladyis in the carriage. Being
a gentleman he raises the window
and is about to throw out the cigar,
when the old lady says:
Don't you know that yon are for
hidden to smoke in q first-class car
riage when there are ladies in it?''
"My dear madame, you see 1 was
just about to anticipate your wish
by throwing away my cigar. How
ever, | will not disturbe you further, !"
and bowling very stiffly he left the
car, and, purchasing a third-class
ticket, he took his seat among some
peasants where he could smoke I'M
disturbed.
There was sitting near the gen
tleman a wretched-looking tramp,
who smelt horribly of garlic and
who was about as disagreeable a
neighbor as can well be imagined.
"My good fellow" said the gentle
man, "did you ever ride in a first
class carriage?"
Never"
"Well, here's a ticket that I can't
use. Just yougc into that first-class
carriage. There is a vacant seat
next to an old lady; just takeit.
The man, who was sadly in need OF
disinfectants, did as he was told. A
few minutes after he entered the door
of the first-class carriage was closed,
and off went the train, which does
not stop at any stations between
Paris and Versailles. You can i'm
agine whether or not the gentleman
got even,
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Contracts have been let for the erection on
the new Grace church at Cedar Rapids. The
cost of the building alo ne will be S42, 900,
and the furnishing, adornments, etc., will
bring the amount up to about $780, 900.
John Nicholas, of Morris, Ill.,, while in On
intoxicated condition fell from passenger
train at West Liberty and had both feet cut
of. He died few hours later He was on
his way to St. Paul, MINI.
Mrs. Typton, the wife of Silas Upton, who
was murdered at Moultou by DR.. Murdy last
October, has become a raving maniac as the
result of mental anguish ca used by her hus
bands untimely death.
While nursing her sick mother at Spencer's
Grove, Mrs. Sam Kelso of Walker, suddenly
exclaimed, "Oh, my heartl" and fell dead to
the floor. The doctor attributed her death
to apoplexy. Mrs. Kelso was one of the
leading ladies in Walker
Dick Herndon, while watering his horses
near a school house three miles south Of
M oulton, Iowa, was fatally shot in the back
by an unknown party with O gun loaded
with buckshot. Herndon is brother to the
Herndon who was stabbed at dance in that
vicinity some weeks ago.
Speaking of Iowa newspaper property, the
Davenport Democrat sUys: st is noted that
| for every newspaper man who is ready to sell
or get out of the business there are two or
more anxious to get into the profession On
the whole newsps per property in Iowa pays as
well as it does in any other state In the union "
Mrs. LaFountain and John B cattle eloped
from Kansas City the other day without the
consent of the womans husband. They
were captured in Davenport and held to
await tina arrival OF Mr.. LaFountain. A few
hours in Jail had the effect OF changing the
woman's mind and after dramatic meet
ing with her better half she decided to make
back tracks for Kansas City, leaving Beattie
to finish the elopement all by himself.
j. II. Wenger, oil South Engleh, Keokuk
county, has clock with history. 1t was
brought to this country by Mr.. Wenger's
great-grandfather, in 1929, and has been in
the family many years in the old country and
is supposed to ha We been made sometime be-
tween 1000 and 100. The clock is made OF
brass and has a solid silver face. 1t is artis-
tically constructed and must have cost sew
eral hundred dollars when new.
Gov. Larrabee, of Iowa, in his message to
the legislature urges the adoption Of the
Australian ballot system and that women
be permitted to vote at municipal elections.
The governor dwells at considerable length
on the question of prohibition. He does not
believe that high license policy or one which,
he says, will leave only the respectable" sa-
loon in existence will ever be sanctioned by
the people of Iowa.
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settled by white men. The average ropula.
ton since then has been about $4,000.
An idea of the growth of Yankton can be
had from the fact that in 1880 the tax levy
was $40, 900. while in 1889 the levy reached
$4,000.
Fifty two different minerals are found in
the Black Hills of South Dakota. Twenty
five of these are mined. Several other miner
ais are found not yet determined.
There was entered under the presumption
homestead and timber culture laws in South
Dakota in 1889, 2,3S2, 94S acres of farm
land.
George Burnam, the young man who got
lost on his way from Newcastle to Deadwood
few weeks ago and was badly frozen, ha 8
had both his legs amputated.
Eastern parties are making an effort to Sc
cure the gaslight franchise OF Rapid City, and
If successful will put in plant costin 6 in the
neighborhood of 100000.
The Salvation army has raised the siege of
Mitchell for the present. The Republi can
speaks very highly of the m amer in which
the meetings were conducted in that city.
In u shooting scrape at Pierre a COW punch
err named Balou had his ear shot off by O
tough named Hull Hull was arrested and
bound over to the grand jury in the sum o.
$500.
At the meeting of the Farmers alliance o.
the Black Hills district, held at Whitewooo
recently, a resolution was adopted protest
ing against the proposed reduction in the
number of members in the general assembly
The opinion expressed was that where there
is a large membership there is less danger o.
robbery.
At Waterbury the other day Squire Atkins
had q miraculous escape from serious injury
He was being lowered into q well fifty feet
deep by aid of a bucket and windlass. When
about twenty feet down the crank slipped
from the hand of the man above and Atkins
tumbled clear to the bottom. When taker
out he was found to have escaped with few
bruises.
The Oneida Waterman has received in
formation that the Chicago and Northwest
ern company has concluded to continue it,
line from Gettysburg to Pierre, and that the
lire when constructed will cross the OkobojC
near Clifton. 1t is thought the survey will b.
made and grading commenced early in tn
I spring. The reason for building this ehOr
line is to connect the north country with tn
Black Hills extension at Pierre and to pre-
vent the Manitoba from buildingits surveyed
line from Aberdeen to Pierre.
While oiling the shaft o. an ore crusher il
the Old Abe mine ut Lead City, the clothing
of William Fullerton became entangled il
the machinery, and he was whirled arount
the rapidly revolving shaft for some time be
fore he was discovered and the belt throw
of. When taken out it was found that hi
lower limbs were terribly mangled, the t1es
torn from one hand and one rib broken
He was removed to the Homestake hospital
were both both legs were ampututed and hi
sufferings eased as much as possible, bu
there is small hopes of his recovery.
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THE GERMAN AND HIS CLOCK.

The story is told of German who took
the hands of his clock to the maker to have
them fixed, because they did not keep proper
time OF course, the clock maker demanded
the works, as in them lay the trouble. Boils
on the exterior tell of a disordered condition
of the blood within. Be you man or woman,
or aught else human, if you have these in
dications, be wise in time and take DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Il puts
the liver and kidneys in good working order
purifies the blood, cleanses the system from
all impurities from whatever cause arising,
and tones up the functions generally.
Golden Medical Discovery" checks the
frightful inroads of Scrofula, and, if taken
in time, arrests the march of Consumption
of the Lungs, which is Lung -scrofula, puri-
fes and enriches the blood, thereby curing
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all Skin and Scalp Diseases, Ulcers, Sores,
Swellings, and kindred ailments. 1t is
powerfully tonic as well as Alternative, or
blood cleansing, in its effects, hence it
strengthens the system and restores vitality,
thereby dispelling all those languid, tired
feelings" experienced by the debilitated
Especially has it manifested its potency in
curing letter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysip-
elias, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre,
or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands.
Golden Medical Discovery" is the only
blood and lung remedy, sold by Druggists
do ali that it is claimed to accomplish,
or money paid for it will be promptly re-
funded.
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL AssoCIA-
TON, Manufacturers, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Jake Kilrain and his sparrihg troup ex.
hibited at the opera house at Dellns, Texas
1t was announced to be only sparring and
wrestling match. After some uneventful
sparring by Others, Tom James Of Dallas en-
countered Bezenah, the combination champ
ion lightweight, for $25, conditioned that
James should stay fourrounds. Bezenah had
it his way from the first. In the fourth round
Bezenah struck James in the neck, knocking
him limp on the stage James was unable
to rise He was sponged and restoratives
applied. The show continued, no one sup
posing that James was hurt seriously. When
the entertainment had about concluded Null
doom announced that James was unconsci-
GUS, and called for physician. James died
the same night.
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81 have thee on the hip" cried rheumatism,
keizing his victim and tossing him on a suf-
fering bed. Not So" he cried, mot sol
Wait my ancient foe just five minutes, until
the boy brings bot tie of Salvation Oil, then
we'll see who wins the day."
Patti, it is said, guards herself carefully
against cold She eviden thy does not believe
in free concerts, but does believe in the free
use of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup as it has cured
her several times.