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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

AN English militia captain, recent
ly asked to resign on account of his
age and to make roomfor a younger
man, replied to the authorities that
if they would send on a dozen OF
their strongest young men he would
walk them forty miles and then lead
them to the top Of the highest and
steepest hill in the neighborhood.
The authorities declined the chal-
lenge and did not press for the resig-
nation. -
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

A NEW YORK World reporter fell off
a ferryboat to see whether the crew
would rescue him. The crew didn't
have time, but the p%recaution had
been taken to have the Word tug
close by, and the reporter was hshed
out before life was extinct.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

Hatfield and q travelling man named Keller
Tt was q sskin" game. and Hatfield looked
like q farmer, but evidently Was not caught
the idea o ter losing about 500. and started
his hand. He first struck Barren with the
weapon, then shot him in the rist and right
breast, INJECTING an ugly and possibly fatal
wound.
Frank W. Sitteriy. a mining man from Col
orado, formerly O., Glens Falls. N. T., shot
himself through the head in his room at Hell.
ena, Mont, es the result of q quarrel with n
woman with whom he had lived for several
years. and who deserted him for another
man. He threatened to shoot her first, but
she escaped and called the police, who were
at his door to arrest him when the shot was
fired. He was a man about thirty years old.
He came to Helena last July, having just re-
turned from q trip in Europe with the wom-
off, and his brains were scattered over the
walls and furniture.
Word was received from Toledo, Wash,
that Sheriff Degler had arrested Silcott, the
defaulting cashier of the sergeant.at-arms Of
the house Of representativ and was on The
way with him to Chehalis. The suspected
man came to Toledo nearly a month ago.
He acted very strangely, and claimed to be
a railroad man. He was very uncommuni-
~cative, n his actions aroused considerable
suspicion. People thought he was some
criminal. but had no idea he was Silcott IN
til they read q description of the deiaulter.
Then they saw that he answered the descrip-
ton exactly, and the sheriff at once placed
him under arrest. The arrest has caused
quite q sensation.
Dick Halves was hanged at Birmingham,
Ala, for the murder Of his wife and two chill.
dren. He left a written confession and asked
that it be published. He stated that he was
guilty and suffered justly. The crime for
which Richard r. Halves paid the penalty
with his life was the murder of his wife and
two children, May and Irene. On Tuesday
morning, Dec. 4, 1888, the body of May was
foupd floating in, On artificial lake. On the
same day it was learned that Halves had
been married to Miss May Storey at Colum.
bia. Miss. He was arrested the anne night,
while passing through Birmingham. on his
way to Georgia. to spend his honeymoon.
He identified the body of his child, but stated
that he had been divorced from his vile and
that she had gone away. The lake vas
drained ana the bodies of Mrs. Hawes and
little Irene, hea Willy weighted with railroad
of Mrs. Hawes' corpse infamed the public
mind to q state o. frenzy. Ali efforts of the
press Of the city and the public authorities
to allay the excitement were futile. The
Jail was stormed by 10000 persons deter
mined to lynch the murderer. The sheriff or
dered them to halt, but the mob replied with
cries Of derision, and pressed forward. The
order was given to the guard to fire, and a
volley resulted in the killing Of ten persons
and the wounding of many more. The spirit
of the mob was broken, and it never re.
turned to the attack.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
AN EFUsED.
Mr.. Reed Objects to Going to Ken
uckty to be Killed.

Mr.. Reed Objects to Going to Ken
uckty to be Killed.
WASHINGTON, Special.-Just before the
shooting affair at the capitol yesterday,
Speaker Reed showed to Representative
Stewart of Vermont a letter which was
too good to keep private. and gave its con-
tents to several colleagues, through whom it
in turn reached the press, to the discom-
future of the speaker. The letter is from
Speaker Reed to Mr.. Caruth, and reads as
follows:
shall not accept the invitation rendered
me by the Blue Grass club. The reason. is
very simple. l notice that Jay F. Durham
is president. Now Jay F. Durham assured
me during the late disturbances" that If
they had me IN Kentucky they would kill
me. Knowing the said Durham t o be q
Journalist, his declarations to me import
absolute verify. lido not wish to be killed,
especially in Kentucky, where such an
event is too common to attract attention.
For a good man to die anywhere is, OF
course, gain, but I think I can make more
by dying later and elsewhere.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

SAN FRANCISCO seems to taking the
lead in the matter OF putting the
photograph to novel use The lat
est story from that city is that some
rich families are using the phono-
graph as d companion for the sick, a
negro being hired to turn the crank
while it sings, talks and plays. Some
of the undertakers are about to. en-
ploy it for short prayers and sermons
at the burial of the friendless poor.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from West
ern Markets.

The Latest Quotations from West
ern Markets.
CHICAGO.
wHEAr-No. 2, Spring, 76Ac;'No ssprins
63@6Sc.: No. 2 red, 76Nc.
CoRN-No. 2, 28h@2sAc
OArs-No. 2, 19N@19Nc
RYE-No. 2, 43c.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c
FLAX SEED-$1.39.
BurTER-Qulet and unchanged
EGGs-Quist at 14c.
sT. PAUL
WHEAT-No. 1 hard, 7e@77c.; No. I North.
ern, 75@76c.; No. 2 northern; 72074c.
CoRN-No. 8, 25@26c.
oATs.No. 2 mixed, 2oc.; No. 2 white, 21c.i
BARIEy-No; 2. 4505oc.; No. 9. as@4ac.
GROUND FEED-No. 1, $10.00@10.5o.
BRAK-Bulk, $7.75@8.5 so.
HAY-Upland prairie. $6@6.75; No. ].
$3.50; timothy. %
BUTTER-Extra creamery, lee; dairy 120
15c; roll and print, S01Oc.
M~INNEAPoLIs
WHEAr-No. I hard. 7Sc; No. 1 Northern,
77@77hc: No. 2 Northern, 78@74c;
FLoUR-Patents, sacks to local dealers,
$4.60@4-65; patents to ship, sacks, cor lots,
q. I5@4.5O; in barrels, $4.15@4.5 so; bakers
here, $3@3.4O; superfne, $1.7O@2.2 20; red
dog sacks, 41@1.20; rcd dog barrels, 41.25.
also.
CoRN-samples, 25026c;
OArs-Mixed, 19@20a4c; white 22028c; No
2, 211a022c.
BARLEY-23@35c.
HAY-Upland prairie, $50; common Wild,
$506. so.
BUrTER-Fai r to fancy creamery, 14020c
per ID; daifies, medium to fancy, 1O012c.;
grease and packing stock, 4@6Nc-
MILWAUKEE,
WHEAT-No. 2 spring. 72078c No.
Northern. Soc.
CoRN-NO.3, Ate.
OATs-No. q white, 221kc.
RYE-No. ], 44c.
BARLEY-No. 2, 421kc
Eaas-Fresh, lac.
BuTrER-Dairy, 0@01sc.
CHEEsE-Cheddar1. 000NLe
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
MILLIONS OF MONEY.
Usual Monthly Debt Statements Is
sued by the Treasury Depart

To-
sued by the Treasury Depart
ments.
WASHINGTON, SPECIAL Telegram,
The regular monthly debt statement is
sued from the treasury department to-day
shows a decrease in the past month amount
ing TO IS. 15O, 486. and for the seven mouths
of the current fiscal year, $40, 099, O91. The
treasury to-day holds $50, 756, 584 net cash,
or about 81. 000, 600 more than q month ago,
National bank repositories to-day hold $685.
1850 of government funds, q decrease
OF nearly $4,000 0 during the past month.
The gold fund balance has increased about
$40, 500.0 900 during the past month, and now
mounts to $751;, 9S8. 948. and the silver fund
misunderstanding OF Sc, O0O, 900 trade dollar
bullion-is $18,481, 773, or about 81, 0OO, 600
more than on Feb. /, Q month ago Gov
eminent receipts during February past ag-
gregated $50. $3.50. zig, against $50, l33, 1859
during February, 1889. Pension payments
for the past eight months amounted to ST.
116, 483, against $73,7S8,SS7 for the eight
months of the preceding fiscal year.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

IT is said that the most costly
book in the world is a bible in He
brew. An offer of it's weight in gold
was once made for it, and as it was
ascertained that this would represent
$1O2, 600, it was refused. The vol
ume is inthe library of the vatican,
in Rome.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
Bottmeau Pioneer.
JOIN W. BENNETT, Editor ( P ublisher.
BoTTINEAU, NORTH DAKOTA.
IT Is said that Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
images income from his lectures,
books, sermons and newspaper roy
alties aggregate about $4,000 q
year.

DAKOTA has a $500 foot well, six
inches in diameter and throwing
1000 gallons of water q minute.
There are in that regiou wells 5000
feet deep. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

A BUSINESS man of gainesville, O.,
is afflicted with paralysis of a very
singular kind. His legs are powerless
from dark to daylight, when he re-
coveres the use of them.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
Insured children Die.

JoHNsrowa, Pa, Special.-A family
named Boyer, consisting Of five children.
were poisoned. About four hours after the
death Of one OF the children an agent of the
the attending physician to get him to sign
the certificate OF death. There was an III
snrancc Of $50 on the life Of each OF the eve
Boyer children and this, together with the
action Of the insurance agent, has caused
much talk Coroner McGough ID holding
M inquest.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
NATIONAL bank circulation

NATIONAL bank circulation is
steadily falling off, and would soon
he entirely obliterated were it not
now possible to issue bank notes on
deposits with the treasurer of the
United States. On the LIST of Febru-
airy the circulation reported was
$19s,4O3,5 72, a decrease of 1884,
596,3S3 as compared with a year
ago.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

One of the horses that drew the
hearse containing the remains OF
President Lincoln is owned by an
Indianapolis man. The animal is
said to be thirty-six years old.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

the money was found distributed among
his various pockets. The outlaw was
positively identified from q registered re-
ceipt dated Burlington, Kan, as one Rob
ertson. The officers were cxonerated.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
SOUTH DAKOTA SOLONS.
Bills Passed and Introduced and
Signed by the Governor.

| oIIS FdSS6O anu q ana
Signed by the Governor.
PIERRE, 8. 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
from territory embraced within the boundaries
OF another county to issue bonds to pay an
equal proportion Of the Indebtedness of the
atine a state board Of health: res1iatinc 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 registering OF county warrants;
relating to the Incorporating Of cities; joint reso-
luton providing for the printing Of 1000 copies
OF the prohibition bill: to amend section 6176
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 eoualization and de-
fining1t 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 In 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 penitentiary;
providing for the location OF county seats by q
majority, vote OF the people; amending laws reg
ulating the salary of register Of deeds and county
treasurers; governing state printing and proyid-
ing CONDENSATION therefor.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
NEWS BREVITIES.
The Latest Telegraphic News
Culled from Associated
Press Dispatches.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Ex-Gov. James Edward English died at
his residence in New Haven, Conn. He con
tracted q severe cold which developed rapidly
into pneumonia. He was se~venty.eight years
Of age, and leaves n widow aud one son. Gov.
English had TN enviable national reputation
In political and fnacial circles.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
BEAUTITY Your HOMES
AND
IMPROVE YOUR MINDS
1T WILL COST
ONLY
TEN CENTS.

Through the expenditure Of much time and
money the sunday Pioneer Press has secured q
suberb print OF that celebrated painting
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
He Mas Not a kicker.

"Beastly weather, isn'tit?" observ
ed man who was hanging to q
strap in crowded North Side car
the other day.
Weather suits me well enough, "
replied the man spoken to, who was
clinging to another strap.
You're not particular about your
weather, i suppose" rejoined the
other slightly nettled.
mot at all. One kind good as an
other to me-"
Easily suited generally. Just as
lief stand up in a car as sit down,
l reckon?"
Eyes. just as lief"
"Ain't particular about getting
your full share of everything that's
going, perhaps, if you have to kick
to get it?"
Ppm not a kicker"
"Don't worry over things when
they don't happen to come your way,
| calculator"
"Ain't worrying about anything"
Haven't made any fuss about the
census in your town, either. o.
course?"
"Nsry fuss"
"And don't intend to, hey?"
"That's correct. Don't intend to
Don't care a darn about the cen,
sus."
Just so-just sol" unused the dis
contenteo passenger. "Many othel
men in your town like you?"
Hundreds of 'em"
do you mind telling me- where yol
live?"
Just as soon tell you asnot. In
from Hannibal, Mo-"
Are there any other men from
Hannibal aboard this carr"
'tDon't see any"
"Thank heayenl"
And the man who sometimes kick
ed at things crowded TO the othe
end of the car and put his head ou
to get some fresh air.-Chicago Hell
aid.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
Alien Tells One On Himself.

Warrington correspondence OF The
New York World: A few days ago.
while standing on corner awaiting
the arrival of a street car, the gentle
men from Mississippi fallen, the wag
OF the housel saw two distinguished
looking individuals approaching.
The moment his eye lit upon them
his anxiety to board car became
intense.
THE car either couldn't or
wouldn't come" he said afterwards,
"and l couldn't go ahead without
looking as il were running away,
and YOU know we never run down
our way. So | did the best ] could
under the circumstances. squared
up against a lnmp-post with my
back to the sidewalk and tried to
look unconcerned. Ii was no use.
As soon as they got near me heard
one ot them say. Hello, here's Al
len now | sny, Allenp MY heart
went into my boots, but Istood firm,
hearing nothing. He called again,
and there was nothing to do but
turn around.
"Good morning, Senator, said |,
"Thought that was you, said he.
I want to introduce you to the vice
president. My friend Mr.. Allen, Mr..
! Norton.
"'Ahl I'm glad to know you. Mr.,
Allen, said Mr.. Morton. 'I-ah-l
was reading some OF your poetry TO
my family at breakfast this morn
ing
Cad, man / could have sunk
through the pavement. knew, Of
course, what he meant. 1t was that
miserable thing got offin the house,
you know, like this:
The baby runs the white house,
Morton runs The bar,
wnnny runs the Sunday-school
And d. It. there you are.
"Mean? Inevcr felt so mean in my
life. But Morton laughed, and final
/ ly walked up to the capitol with hin
and found him an elegant and agree
able gentleman. That experience
however, ended one branch ofhumar
endeavor with me. l am no longer
In the poetry business.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
NJ CLAD WEATHER.

t,ow uhat skies there were
90 ~ "a ~ Wind was high or Low
~ heard the branches STIR
iAi M shen We turned 90 goi
W. ,aw the grasses sway
hth w tried Ia Kiss your ieet-
y n,"i I; ,ssms like yesterday
As y. I, day together sweet
s.itmu,t have been IN May
ii lbs ~ suulight mast have shonsi
- y sfent OF sprinslime luy
49, ~ helds; We we're alone
A ~, together. you aud u
W. y, ssa .anld / look beg ohd your eyes,
ny ~ ssfs only standing BY
iSid 20, miss the skies
a.ot tn ifeysBing gloNed
soe.-s,sncuday heat lay white and stil
y M IN shad0us o the road
4 III, gatehsd your face, uhill
~. n ras The glaldsst day.
s1s'.sssrest day that summer knew
49, hen Ne two sIOls assay
t,dlsss only YOU
1 80, y. q loing IN seribner's Magazine.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
A clnnh NYIth MANY Fnca.,

Professor NJ. l. Hussey is now the
wizard OF Edison's old home, and has
been tinkering with old clocks for years
until he has simplffied a Continuance
whereby hotel of 500 rooms may have
the accurate time in every apartment by
a system Of electric wires connected with
a dynamo indicator in the Office, from
which these wires will run to clocks in
rooms of the guests. The professor has
made his electric clock 80 simple that il
can be sold, he says, for small sum =
PHILADELPHIA Times.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
lIttIe one suddenly Junk into uncoh

little one suddenly sunk into uncob
seriousness.
IL was no time then for Mr.. Hale
to go ten miles away for physician.
Bessie's feet were cold and the awful
chill was last creeping upward over
the precious body. All the night
long they worked for her life, rub
bling her, applying every restorative
in their power, running back md
forth from the fire with warm fan
nels, never speaking, but striving
with an intensity which wastes the
valuable life tissues like the fretting
away OF years.
They could not hope, and yet they
chung to that coldsform, that tiny.
pincned face, as If it had been all Of
earth or heaven to them. Toward
morning the little one stirred on her
couch, and when she opened her blue
eyes and said sweetly, "Dess you'd
better come TO bed, mamma" the
father fell on the ground beside the
little bed, in the very dust of peni.
tence. But his thankful heart
could only send up the one petition:
God be merciful to me, a sinner"
II was decided between the parents,
as they watched the breath return
naturally to the child's lungs, the
color come back to the blanched
lips, that to remain with the little
one at that altitude one more night
would simply be to watch the death
angel steal her from them.
II can carry her in my arms two
Thousand feet below here, to-day,
Frank Hale said, forgetting all the
past-everything but the necessity
in hand "We win take her to tin
ranch five miles below us
And he did it.
As soon as the sun came out warm
, as it can shine in Colorado, Agne
! gathered together n few necessaries
. and the husband lifted up his tende
3 burden-protected by an abundanc
of blankets-and the two startet
e down through the wild rough canyon
As they descended, reaching gree
/. leaves and birds and heavier air
! baby Bess breathed more easily, au,
gently slept in her fathers arms.
. BY night they had secured til
=
I shelter of hospitable ranch hous'
= physician, and more experience
nursing; so that in a degree the bur
\ den OF anxiety was lifted from til
| parents hearts.
4 Neither Agnes nor Frank HaI
; were able TO speak when the doctc
4 said. cheerTully:
4 1--WE will pull her through nov
! never fear.
. A long time afterward as the tw
i watched the little one at play agai
n down in camp. and the father han
: mered away on convenient any
!. as industriously ms he had ever dor
s on the walls of the Bessie mine,
q said, with a peculiar smile lightiu
Il up his handsome face:
e "LooLs like the Bessie would pa
d out after all, Agnes. / always sai
i. she would"
). "And oh. how rich we are!" Il
!. wife replied, in a tender voice, el
!, quent with her hearts thanksgivin
d New York Ledger.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
Is slok-NursIng UnheaIty?

Sick-nursing, We fear is going to
prove an unhealthy oecupa lion, says
the London Hospital. 1t is very
common thing nowadays to meet
nurses in the street, and the observ-
ant doctor cannot but II 1tice how
pale and anRmic many OF them look
No one need be surprised that large
numbers of nurses are so pale and
bloodless. Their life is for the most
part indoors and indoor life is sure
to produce angmia sooner or later.
Moreover, the work of a nurse is
anxious, responsible, solitary. She
eats all her meals alone or in the
presence OF sick person. She is not
at home i'm the kitchen, and is seldom
welcomed as a friend or member of
the family upstairs. She has long
hours of work, short periods OF re-
Taxation, and is often disturbed
in her sleep. Many employees
look upon her as n kind OF
eight-day clock. which, periodically
wound up. ought to go" for ever.
How can she be tired; is she not q
nurse? How can she have poor ap.
/ petite: is she not n nurse? Why
should she have n headache and he
depressed in spirits after a sleepless
night; is she not nurse? There arc
hundreds OF people who seem to thinF
that because a woman is n nurse
therefore she is no longer q woman
but a kind of cast-iron machine, or
as we have said, an eight-day clock
wound up and by the nature of tbs
case warranted to go" What il
undoubtedly now required is ready
and sufficient means of securing res
for a nurse before she is broken dow
and III. That she will break dow
and be i'll is certain il she keeps oil
long enough with her work withou
rest. That she cannot afford forest
il at the same time she has to pa.
Tor her own lodging and food,
equally certain. Proper provision
. for trained nurses during conveles
sence and holidays is one of the mos
urgent wants OF the time.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
RIvar Mater and Typhold.

From the Semaine Medicalc.
River water was substituted for
spring water in one of the quarters
of Paris several times last summer.
In every instance an increase of ty-
phoid fever was observed, The guam
tity of spring water brought to Paris
being insufficient for the demand, the
Council OF Public Hygiene and Heulth
has determined to expediate the Ia
bors for the new supply from the
springs recently brought by the city,
and to insist that the use OF the
present spring waters be limited 60
good purposes.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17
THE BRAvEsr ARE THE TENDEREsT-

A Story of Gaiiantry and Good SAmarl-
tanIsm shown by a southern Soldier
at was the closing day at Fredericks-
burg, said General Kershaw to the At
lanta Constitution, when a man by the
name of John Kirklan came rushing into
headquarters and said: General, can't
stand it any longer Referring to tbs
wounded Federals lying in front of our
breastworks, he said: Those poor fellows
wonder are crying for water-they are
perishing for water-and came here to
ask your permission to go out there and
carry them some.
@Said 1, Kirklan, you know it would
be almost certain death.
- Yes said he; but win risk it for
humanity's sake.
- / don't think ought to give you per-
mission to 60 said 1; but Twas so struck
with his heroism that let him so. be
gathered some canteens. filled them with
water. and went over the breastworks.
He got a few steps, and came running
back. ] thought his courage had failed
him; but he came to me and asked If he
might putup white handkerchief. Said
1: No, Kirklan; we don't propose to use
any flag Of truce on this occasion.
@He got his canteen, and went over to
the breastworks again, and went about
from man to man giving the wounded
water. At first the enemy fired at him
but as soon as they saw his purpose, Of
course they stopped, and he remained
out there until he had given water e
every one of those poor fellows. =