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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-23
A FAITHFUL SLAVE.
The Story OF Uncie@itHye Who Was Andre
Jackson's Body-Servant.

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Jackson's Body Servant.
A character whose name should be in
history is dead in an adjoining county.
He was known as Uncle Dave" All
who knew him respected him. He was
brought to this section in 1914 BY his
masters, Colonel John Hutchings and
General Andrew jackson. They settled
on farm about ten miles above the
present site OF Sheffield and opposite
the mouth of Elk river. This farm wss
famous as the jackson stock farm, and
is the property of Alexander jackson.
Uncle Dave was always body servant
and the trusted lieutenant of General
jackson in all things that could be con-
fded to servant. He was carried with
his master into the Indian Territory
when the famous treaty was made. He
was also carried with General Coffee on
several important surveys. He carried
the chain when General jackson and
associates laid off York Bluff, now Shelf
field. He was the first man to ride the
imported stallion Leviathan. and took
as much interest in the racing string as
any of the owners
Colonel Hutchings died, and General
jackson carried the slaves, Uncle Dave
among them, to the plantation OF Gen.
eral Coffee, who was administrators OF
Colonel Hutchings. There Uncle Dave
was foreman, and continued to fill the
position with ability and credit till 1888,
when his young master, Colonel Andrew
jackson Hutchings, came home. Uncle
Dave was them made head gardiner
and put in charge OF the private car.
rage of the family. The young man
repeatedly offered him his freedom, but
it was declined. Tho young master
died and Uncle Dave returned TO his
position as foreman of the plantation.
He remained in that position until the
war broke out All the men OF the fam
lily went into the rebellion and Uncle
Dave was in entire charge of the planta-
ton and all on it during the war. He
was as faithful to the trust relied in
him and as loyal to the family as any
man whose name emblazons the pages
of history, while the manliness dis
played in the discharge of every duty
reposed in him won the admiration of
ali. @'=7=~ssF
The rmost beautiful, touching and pa
thetic feature OF his life was the devo-
ton to the memory Of his wife, Katie.
who was born In 1902 and died In 1912
He never married again. but every day
at the same hour, in slavery and free
dom, he went to her grave, and kneeling
there, offered fervent prayer. He was
a Christian, and no ono doubted his re.
ligion, his honesty, his fidelity or his
truth. The exact date Of his birth is
not known, buthe was at least con
tenarian, and from the bestdata y, be
had he was one hundred and eight years
old His body will be buried besi de
that of Katie. sheffield (Ala) Lette,.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-23

If Reed falls he falls utterly
TIL ere can be no stage at which he can
stop except the bottom. When he falls
he will drag down the whole conclave
in utter ruin. These be interesting
times N Y Talepram
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-23

"A doctor is~.a monntain town II
North Carolina has this signs pE =
A. Quack, the Pillar Of the Peoples
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
FROZEN WHEAT.
VIII Not Produce Good Crop Ac-
cording to Experiments.

VIII Not Produce a Good Crop Ac-
cording to Experiments.
Prof D. ~ Harper, of the division Of
chemistry, of the state agricultural expert
mental station, has reported to Gov. Mer
Ram the result of experiments made by
him during the past season upon seed wheat
in the Red river valley in the northern
part of the state. The purpose of these ex-
ncriment~ was to determine the utility of
Door wheat or wheat not available for mill
ing purposes, for use as seed. The report
saws:
Much of this rusted wheat was used for
seed in the spring of 1889, and the results
have been dependent upon the quality Of
seed as influenced by the effects OF rust and
the extent to which the wheat was cleaned
For example. on the Ames Il French farm
at French, Otter Tail county, very poor
rusted wheat was harvested in 1SS8-and, as
| fwn informed, the poorest wheat in the
ncighborhood OF Fergus Falls. This wheat
was carefully cleaned, so that out of 1900
bushels but 400 remained for seed. Two
loads of the latter not seeded were sold to
the mill Nhe first graded 1 Northern; the
second Northern. The crop from this
seed, am informed by Mr.. G. J. Wright,
manager of the farm, yielded forty bushels
per acre"
Mr. Harper explains that it is impossible
to clean frozen wheat, and he emphasizes
the fact that good results can be attained
only Ivy using perfectly clean seed wheat.
He says that, therefore, one grain of frozen
seed will render worthless that of many
grains of good seed. An examination of
the analyses is conclusive proof that frozen
wheat caunot produce good milling wheat.
And the results from seeding frosted wheat
have invariably been disastrous. The
heavy and frequent rains this year for an
unusual period, between harvest and thresh-
ing, has caused much badly bleached
wheat. This is poor wheat for milling on &C
count ofthe bad condition ofthe bran, and it
consequently grades low. In some cases a
confusion of the two caSes-frozen seed and
bleaching-has caused the farmers to over
look the vast difference in the cops from
good seed and frozen seed. Doubtless there
are many farmers who know themselves
destitute of proper seed wheat, and there
are many who do not yet realize it.
From the experiments conducted Prof
Harper draws these conclusions: A vast diff
ference as TO their seed value exists between
the various kinds of poor wheat; rusted
wheat and blistered (frosted) wheat if vel
cleaned are safe to use for seed; frOzer
wheat which is utterly worthless for milling
is likewise of no value for seed 1t cannot
produce good crop; the Tore thoroughly
| the wheat is cleaned the better the seed re
sulting, and the better the crop-particu
| larly in yield; no wheat should be seeded
| that has not been tested as regards its clutter
and percentage of termination.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
WISHES TO RETRACT,
Pietzhjoffgj, the Exile, VIII Recover
and Now Refuses to Confess.

PIERRE, ;. D., Special Telegram,
Peter Pictzhjoffgj, the Russian. who fell
from the electric light works, will undoubt
eddy recover. After his confession last
night, which implicated himself and high
Russian officials in the plot against the car
two years ago, lie was taken charge OF by j
companion named Paul Scarovitchki and
taken to a room in hotel in this city. and
all attempts to interview or converse with
him were without avail. Pictzbjof2j came
here last fall in the company of his COM
paniOn, and tor some time seemed to have
no particular occupation. When the elc>-
trio light company commenced work on
their new plant he applied for work, claim
ing to be All electrician. He was given en-
ployment and proved to be highly edu-
Gated in all matters of science and electric
IT.. Both Russians appear t. be se1ltIeinrn
OF the higher classes and were
very reticent as to the past. They are un-
doubtedly living under assumed names
Last night after the accident the PIONEER
PRESS correspondent was present, and the
injured man asked the physician if he
would die. On being told that his chances
were abC+t even for lite or death he asked
to make confession, and in broken En-
glish and in a weak tone of voice he told
his story. At the time it was almost inn
possible to understand his mutterings and
he was given an opiate with the und".
standing that he was to make a full
tession in the morning. Aftcrwar
kfienG got possession al him and and no 5nehas
been allowed to see him since Pieszh-
kjofgj has undoubtedly been muzzled by
his friend, and upon being informed that
he will live refuses to talk and wishes to
retraCt what he has said
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
SOUTH DAKOTA SOLONS.
Bills Passed and Introduced and
Signed by the Governor.


PIERRE, s D., Special Telegram,
I'm the house senate bills as follows were
passed.
To provide for the appointment of a board OF
charities and corrections and to define their
powers and duties; relating to municipal cor
pOratiOnS.
The governor has approved the following
bills:
Creating the office of inspector of mines: TO
preserve the waters Of the Big Sioux river.
House bills as follows passed:
TO define public nuisances; requiring registers
of deeds to make abstracts; to require the com
miESOnerS OF counties segregated and created
from territory embraced within the boundaries
Of another county to issue bonds to pay an
equal proportion of the indebtedness OF the
county existing at the time OF segregation: Gre
ating q state board OF health; regulating the
practice OF medicine.
In the senate house bills passed as fol-
lows:
Authorizing the issue of bonds by the state;
relating to state engineer
New bills were introduced as follows
Relating to the reesteringof county warrants;
luton providing for the printing of 900 copies
OF the prohibition bill; to amend section GIG
Of the compiled laws
The following senate bills were passed:
Authorizing the treasurer to set aside funds
from the general fund to pay bond interest;
creating a state board of equalization and de
filming its duties and powers regulating tolls of
grists mills: requiring that instruction be given
as to the nature and effect of alcoholic drinks
and narcotics on the human system in
public schools; to regulate the keeping
of stock i'll unOrganized counties and in counties
that may hereafter be organized authorizing the
board of charities to sell certain real estate in
Sioux Falls for the benefit of the pcnitentiary:
providing for the location of county seats by a
majority vote of the people; amending laws reg
ulating the salary OF register OF deeds and county
treasurers; governing state printing and provfd
ing compensation therefor.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
IN CEN E Al

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rrcrprIv discovered near Cleveland. OHIO.
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The aGa-e Nov yON know how It Is Your
>elt HIS a striking illustration at the Jail at
Np\9nIr;0 Mimi where ex-Shprif I'rnrss
now Iunwu:Shcs. filing out a tve-days sen
t"nre 'or contempt Of court.
While 6jr-Ing in the ruins of his burned
dwelling Luther Limerick Of Falmouth, Va
t,,,n1 , Iarr, +ir r,,c,ot filed with GOLD
t.,. 1 .L,,,o,,.I
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90; - soy p'9ou ~ nave 's''' -
me s'hN0I commute" at IlttsHeld' Mass
las sustained he act ion OF Principal Welsh
0 the hI2u school, in dlsmisslng six Catholic
pupils who DEFINED 70 study in the history
Class because "f ne way the reformation Pc
''Uu "'s ''''''" ~ '''' 'sN' ov0N
The Ohio river has reached 30 feet 213 inch
IS and StlIl rapidly rising, Two more inCu-
rs VIII cause the railroads Ito abandon all
trans ls;tQIDr Our O! the Grand Central sta
zion Mt Clucinnnti II the Drecipitatlou
should he \. treat in the Ohio Valley as it
has been nj Memphis md Nash Vile, it will
doubtless cause a third great Hood
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1In-on y br t5a oronl me r,rose ,rir,cr a
,a,rr+ j., oron courr 10 +ho eject that no.
.a,lSp OF ne wide difference of opinion rs to
tie legality OF the liquor Jaw and the uncer-
tuiuty Of convictions they had decided to 1e-
turn M indictments tor violations. although
they believed intoxicating liquors we're sold
liz saloons in this city
Fam :,roa rocroons vrara killed in the va,,It
o., 1.a..,; a...,..,,,g o+ Froo+1n~s n,rn j
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y SIDE LIlI md the animals had burroved
their way into the hill loosened rock about
five :eet rom the floor and jumping into the
F0u't !oHnd eEh IGPoHslole- dhPy were
mammoth specimens ana were KlIied Dy lhs
"oEFihen win SPACES
The affairs of Semsch & Bro, CrOckerv deal
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
WILL SOON ADJOURN.
Work of the Pan American Congress
Nearing a Close.

WtsHINGTON, Spccial.-Thc delegates to
the International American conference are
beginning to talk about final adjournment,
which will probably take place about the
first of April. Nearly all the committees
have made their reports, and several OF
them have already been adopted. The re-
ports of several other committees will De
submitted in few days. The committee
on arbitration has agreed to recommend
the adoption of that method for settling in
tcrnatiOnal difference, but has not yet ar
arrived at an agreement as to inc
details of the plan for its re-
pOrC The committee ON none
tarY coin Will make two re
ports, one of which will recommend the
coinage of common silver dollar to be
legal tender in commercial transactions be
tween the citizens of the several nations.
The other report, prepared and presented
by MI CuolidIr OF the United States dele
CATION, will recommend the issue of Certit
Gates NV the United States upon any bullion
that may he deposited i'll the United States
treasury by the citizens or authorities of the
Central and South American states. These
reports are both n the hands Of the printer
and will be submitted for action very soon.
The reports OF the committees on railway
communication, sanitary regulations, and
weights and measures have been already
adopted Ivy the conference, while the reports
of the committee on patents and trade
marks and international law are regular
orders for the consideration OF the confer
enCC tomorrow
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
WILL ROB NO MORE.
A Kansas Bank Robber Resists a r
rest and Loses His Life.

MER1DEN, Kan, Special.-A man an
swering the description of the. robber who
stole $4,000 from Hicks e. Gephart's bank
at Valley Falls, Kan, yesterday, registered
at hotel here last night. Police Officers
Smith and Summerfield who had been no.
titled of the arrival of the stranger, armed
themselves with Winchester rifles and at
midnight went to the hotel where they re-
quested that the stranger be called. When
the stranger descended to the office he was
confronted with the police officers with
rifles pointed squarely at his breast
He never quivered, but looked in
quiringly around. Throw up your hands"
Officer Smith commanded. The stranger
seemed to realize his situation then, but in
stead OF obeying the command he thrust a
hand in either side pocket of his overcoat
to draw the revolvers which only few
hours before had inundated Cashier
Cohn, of the Valley Falls bank. AS the
stranger made the motion toward his
weapons both Winchesters were discarged
instantly at his breast. The stranger fell
dead with one bullet through his heart and
another through his right lung. In the
strangers boots were found two packages
of greenbacks of $500 each. The rest { f
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06

and residences on the west side
of the river are flooded and the
tenants have been obliged to remove their
household goods to higher ground. The
torrent from above early in the evening
brought down a number of farm houses.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock this evening the
rise of the river at this point was twenty
four inches, the greatest ever known in the
same length Oftimc There are indications
OF more rain before morning, and the pros
poet is that the food will be greatly aug
mented tomorrow.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Special.-Dispatches to
this city from Mount Vernon, Lima Find
ley, Springfield and other points in Ohio
report great damage by high water and the
floods constantly increasing. All pixies and
high roads i'll the localities named are in
an impossible condition owing to the car
rying away Of culvcrts and bridges. At
latest reports the water was still rising with
prospects OF greatly increased force.
STORMS IN THE SOUTH.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Special.-The storm Of
Monday night worked great destruction
with the telegraph service and not a word OF
direct communication can he had with the
South. 1t is impossible to ascertain any
thing about the damage done to either wires,
houses or people, or even to find out the
area covered by the storm.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Special.-Therei is little
damage around Nashville so far as heard
from. T"U epan3 OF the tennessee river
bridge at ,Iohn3Onyille are blown out. The
Cumberland river and all the streams are
rising rapidly. Several houses were un-
rooted in the neighbOring towns, but no IA
tailtIcS are reported.
ST. LOUIS, Spec1aI-A terrible hurricane
swept over a part OF Northern Texas early
this morning. The Masonic hall il Gaines
vile was torn to pieces, the court house
,4xyl
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
GRAVE ROBBERS SURPRISED.
One of the Party Shot While At
tempting to Escape.

LOUISVILLE, SpeCial.-Thrce prominent
local physicians of this city attempted 10
rob the graves of Tom Johnson II Ed
PeaTce, who were buried at the New. lhany
-(Ind.) cemetery. The Inen were to It mint
their deed early this morning, bl. he Of
fcors got wind Of it and were in. outing.
DR.. J. T. Blackburn and DR.. w. +. &rant
were arrested and placed in Jail. ThFthird
doctor fed and his identity is not known,
and the negro accompanying the two who
drove the wagon was shot dead as he started
to run. A second cOlored man was also
arrested The ottenSc is felony in Indiana.
Doctors Grant and Blackburn were indict-
ed by the grand jury in New Albany to-day
on two counts VIZ, robbing a grave and
COnspiring to commit felony. The pun
ishment in the first case is three to ten years
in the penitentiary; i'll the second,
two to fourteen years and $500 to
5000 fine. Or. Grant is demon
stratOT of anatomy in the Kentucky
School of Medicine and DR.. Blackburn is
assistant in surgery in the same school.
Eminent counsel have already been en-
ployed. Owing to the high standing of the
men whose graves were to be dese@ratCd,
there is great indignation at New Albany.
The physicians were tonight taken to
the Prison South at Jacksonville. The
negro boy killed, George Brown, was buried
to-day, the college bearing the expenses.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
CUT THEIR THROATS.
saltwater the Scene of a
Double Tragedy of a SEN
SatiOnal Character.
A Wife and Mother Killed by
Her Husband. Who Then
Ends His Own Life.

Still WATER, Special rcitGram.-A double
tragedy of sensational! vhara 'vr occurred
here this evening" August Gurth, Il German
EMPLOYED as Il cooper in the Northwestern
brewery, murdered his wife and then COM
mittrd sUiridc The deed was accomplished
in each case with Il razor. and all the sur
rounding circumstances lead to the belief
that both man and wife had agreed to
thus put an end to their existence
Gorth was OF an intensely jealous disposi-
ton and has frequently accused his wife Of
being intimate with other men. Their quar-
rcls on this account have been numerous.
During the past lew days Gorths jealousy
seemed to have been increased and he
charged his wife with numerous instances of
iniuc,ity What really occurred between
them to-day will never be known, but it is
said that the woman confessed that she was
intimate with policeman in Germany six
wears ago. Neighhors, however, are OF the
opinion that she was driven insane by
UFR HUSBANp'S CRUEL TREATMENT
and untourdrd jealousy, and while i'll this
state imagined that such thing had really
occurred. However that may be- it seems
pretty certain that it was then that husband
and wi e agreed to die Their children, of
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l" IA, l-I'S', rs', h'5t % ha onontoi
the little ones returned their parents Caresse>
and were soon wrapped in peaceful stumble
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self that ms work OF oulch'rE h"u Deel
successfully pef'oFlleo 'I'e /" oluelCl l"lstT
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
SWAMP LAND CASES.
Favorable Report on a Bill to Settle
Many Disputes in Minnesota.

Favorable Report on Bill to Settle
Many Disputes in Minnesota.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram,
The house committee on public lands has
reported favorably bill ''tor the relief of
purchasers and other grantors ofthc United
States of certain swamp and overfOwed
lands and to reimburse and indemnify GER
tain states" 1t provides that the treasury
and interior departments shall adjust and
settle claims OF individuals and states which
have been sold or otherwise disposed of by
the United States that were included in any
swamp land grant. Representative Hall has
made up list of lands in Minnesota which
were included in the swamp land grant of
March - 1860 and have since been diverted
to other purposes, together with the sum
Minnesota would be entitled to if the bill
becomes a law, as follows:
Additional homestead entries 1918 acres;
original homestead entries, 3oS; Sioux ard
college scrip, 5,713; patented to Lake Superior
e. Mississippi railroad, LAO: patented to
Northern Pacific railroad 46 200; patented to
st. Paul & Sioux City railroad, 1920; located
with bounty land warrants, 30 900: cash sales
10000; total, 147361 acres, at S1.25 per
acre, S1S4, POP.
The bill will also go long way toward
settling the disputed land cases in the Min
nesota swamp lands. Where lands are
taken by settlers which were included in
the swamp land grant the state will be in
Identified by the government. The prob
able passage of the bill is looked for.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
LYNcHING, NOT MURDER,
An Attempt to Have the Charge of
Murder Changed to Manslaughter.

LA CROSSE Special, elegram-Circuit
court for Trempealeau county convenes to-
morrow and the trial OF Hans Olsons
lynchers is first on the calendar. During
the last at Two weeks rlenas or the prisoners
trict attorney to change the information
from murder to manslaughtcr in the second
degree. This has been presented to almost
every man of prominence in the county.
The result is that the task of getting jury
will be very difficult Those who have
signed are disbarred and those who have re-
fused are likely to have expressed an opin-
ion in so doing that will make them incl
ligible. Even the jurors drawn for the
coming term have been asked to sign the
petition, and several have done so, either
from sympathy or a desire to avoid sitting
OH the case. Charles Johnson, the princi-
pal prisoner is said to be considering the
advisahility of pleading guilty. If the in
formation was changed to manslaughter all
of them would do so.