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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-25
DISASTROUS Prairie Fires.

STOCKTON, Kas., March 2i.-Prairic fires
devastated a large portion of the farming
lands Of Rocks county yesterday. Many
out buildings, an immense amount of
grain and some stock were burned. The
fire was started by "A man burning corn
stalks. He will be prosecuted.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-25
Lost His Finger.

By the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE. March a. Morris Dugan, while
working at the Spectator mine tins morn
ing, bad a finger caught between the case
and shaft. The finger was 30 badly
crushed that Il had Ia bc amputated by
DR.. Howard this afternoon.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-25
Fatal Isoiler Explosion.

NEWARK, Ohio, March 2i.-By the ex-
plosion Of a boiler al "A saw mill gear here
Engineer Matthews was killed and sevc-
raj others employed there badly hurt.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-25

Money on call easy, 3La4c.
Prime mercantile paper, 5EH7Ec.
Sterling Exchange-Quict, firm: sixty
day bills, A.s2A; demand. A.S5M.
Mining quotations as follows:
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14

house. At the end Of four weeks Mrs.
Keene was brought back to the little
frame house again, the happiesr little
woman in the land. for, though her eyes
were carefully guarded from the daz-
zling, snow-brightened light of day, at
night she dared to peep out for a mo-
ment at the dear, familiar objects of her
old home. Dearest and fairest of al was
the face of her noble little girl, who had
been real ministering angel in all that
long and wearisome spell Of dreary
darkness.
And this is what, with an innocent
child's faith in her own earnest en-
deavors, Katie did.-Eva Best, in De-
troit Free Press.
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USING OLD SIGNS.

Trndesmen Prefer One Blistered and hat.
tered to Fine New One.
The latest trick Of some tradesmen il
shown In desire to display old looking
signs at their business places. ssIts
surprising" said sign painter to re.
porter the other day, ito note how anx.
ious some newly established firms are to
purchase signs that have seen service.
"A sign that is exposed to the Gle.
ments Of the four seasons for q number
of years Is bound to assume that
weather-beaten front that is the pride
and drawing card of the old and success.
full merchant. A sign that bears the
blisters of thousand suns, and the
wash and marks of countless rain and
snow storms, is q sure guarantee that
the firm whose name 1t displays has
been prosperous, else they and their
sign would have faded long ago. Thus
one can readily see the Importance Of
producing q sign that, though newly
constructed, will at the same time show
the imprints OF age. wear and time. I
have had twenty odd years experience
at outdoor advertising, and / never saw
this old-sign craze 90 rampant as at the
present time"
ITO meet the demand have worked
hard Of late months and have hit upon
plan by which can construct at a few
days notice . sign that will have all
the appearances Of having been through
the water. OF course, inferior wood
will have to be used in its construction.
and little mixture Of my own thrown
In, and then we have sign of the old
school, SO old in appearance that the
traces of the firm name are scarcely
visible. The mixture which | use re-
qufres great care In forming, and its in
gradients are very expensive, SO that
workmanship and material considered.
. 'new-old sign costs great deal more
than would sign in fresh, bright gilt.
Only questionable firms seek to inn
pose upon the public with false sign.
but as there are great many such in
stitutions afloat at the present time,
have no trouble in finding ready and
steady employment. The fad has Just
been born, in my opinion, and you'll see
} pretty extensive trade in 1t within :
|ew years,"--N. Y. Mail and Exprese
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14
SHADOW PICTURES.

Years ago. whom you were little.
Not so quecnly, grand and tall
OF saw your tiny shadow
Thrown by lamplight on the wall.
Always with the arms upliftcd,
Reaching out for my caress,
Was the shadow, till the substance
Found her fathers goodnight kiss.
And tonight. my fair young daughter
When ! met you in the hall,
could see again your shadow
Thrown by gaslight on the wall.
Arms thrown out and face uplifted--
Could It be for kisses stflif
Here the substance solves the question:
"Pa, I want . dollar bills"
Buffalo Express.
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A HOPELESS CASE.

Tho Ridiculous Adventures Of an Absent
Minded Man.
The freaks of absent-minded people
are often amusing to hear Of, but SO
great is the inconvenience which they
cause to the perpetrators and to their
friends that one never hears of them
without the feeling that absent-minded-
ness Is to be Stunned as q disease, and
fought against in every possible way.
An amusing instance of the plight into
which an absent-minded man may con-
trive to get himself occurred at an ordi-
nation in Maine not long since, when .
number Of clergymen were gathered to
ordain one of their brethren.
The place was country town, and the
visitors. instead Of being quartered at
hotels, were distributed among the
members of the society at whose church
the ordination was to take place.
DIR. Blank, who was to preach the SER
mon, stayed with an old deacon, and, as
it CHANGED, was quartered in . room
upon the door Of which was q spring
lock.
Just as the moment came for driving
to church, DR.. Blank appeared in the
parlor where the family were waiting,
and announced that when he had come
out of his room he had forgotten to put
the catch of the lock down, and had
left on the table within not only the
key, but the sermon he was about to
deliver.
For an instant there was complete
CONSERVATION, but fortunately the SON
of the family recollected that there was
q duplicate key, which was produced,
and the doctor went placidly upstairs
after his manuscript.
Three minutes later he reappeared
with an expression of mingled con.
triton and despair upon his face, and
explained that when he got to his room
he could not remember what he had
come for, and that laying down the key,
he had started to ask, but had been
brought to his senses when the door
once more swung to behind him, and he
realized that it had again shut in his
sermon.
There was no locksmith within call,
and it would have been desperate case
for the doctor had not the son once more
come to the rescue by procuring lad
der, and climbing in at the window OF
the chamber.
He took the double precaution of TAX
ing from the table his own key, and Of
setting the door open with . chair
against it. and the clergyman, who was
profuse in his thanks, once more went
upstairs to get his sermon.
When he came down. the family
started for church, and just a. they
reached it the hostess remarked. with
smile, that the congregation would never
know how near they came to having NO
sermon. At the words sudden pale
ness came over the face OF Doctor Blank.
II have left 1t at home after alii' he
gasped, holding out the key to his room.
II took the key insteadr'-Youth's Com
panion.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14

Here Is straw, taken from letter
sent nom Louisville, KY: Give car
loads Of No. . mixed corn was sold last
week tor 80 cents, which, after freight
and charges were paid, netted the farmer
IN Nebrssl<a but cents bushel. In
Indiana and Illinois farmers are bur,
ing corn - fuel. l may be mistaken in
my prediction. but believe these
prices indicate hard times. II the
farmer cannot realize more than cents
bushel for corn, 1t stands to reason
that he viii not have much money to
spend"
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14


ls fact can not gsinssy; but / do de-
clare that Kate herself stood little
saale later ready for customer, With
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14
NANTUCKET's SWEET BELL.
How 1t Was Brought from Portugal to
Peaceful New England.

How 1t Was Brought from Portugal to
Peaceful New England.
The subject of church bells is . re-
minder of the beautifully sweet-toned
bell in one Of the church towers of Nam
tucket. 1t has something of history.
1t was cast in Portugal and was intended
for use upon convent, being dedicated
ITO the good Jesus" in somewhat
lengthy inscription in the Portuguese
language, cast in raised letters upon its
side. There are various romantic stories
concerning the means by which It came
to be hung in the belfry Of New En-
gland church. One says that 1t was
taken from floating wreck by Nan
tucket crew; another is to the effect that
it was captured by privateer, as the
angels in the old North Church, Salem
street, are said TO have been taken. The
real truth is said to be that Nantucket
sea captain at Portuguese port heard
the bell as it was being tested, fresh
from the foundry, and, being captivated
by it's exquisite tone, induced the makers
to part with it and cast another for the
convent. He brought it to Nantucket in
his ship, and 1t has ever since hung in
the church steepie.
-, nele 70 ssi1 s1ous ,nis wonoeriui
o1i, .a. ,n.s nes : lo'sl sppllcss'on ~ y
ss'u % suss soms yoa's aKo sone Peopie OF
sno oons a,, e,.on - sno o,u oou.l cnurcn
noal. sno ne, 'e.. =: sn1 snousrs .nss ~ "ou.d
sounu wei ~ Dos.on' ms WAS "niie
,s 'ne ss.s onson Trs sun molsnlplng IN tne
o.o eulnce anoy "aue ove.'ures 70 the
usn'u0Ao' ~ 0nsi'n' wiiung rom Dosson
snss s. A~a So snss - was pos,
1850 sessru :. very sne oo,i' ,nas tne Ulc
south was In need OF bell For what
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14

ened upon joyful couple-a mother to
whom the world was no longer dark, but
full of rosy hopes, and glad child who
felt that this first day was but prom
Use of like days to come, and to whom
the silvery snow yielded silver harvest.
Miss Hyacinth was let into the secret
and as long as the snow lasted and the
sleighing carnival wakened the echoes
of the silent country round about the
little frame house OF the Keenes, she
allowed Katie to manage so that all her
lessons were done in the mornings-
both studying and recitation-and her
afternoons were her own in which, q
her teacher said, she could receive"
1t would seem as If there was no end
to the doctors popularity, II all were
friends Of hfs who drew rein in at the
Keenes' gate-and such shower of sill
yer coin as ratified into the little tray as
the sleigh-riders put their coffee-cups
back with . sigh Of satisfaction and
gathered up the reins for a4urther dash
along the smooth, broad highway No
day passed but some one stopped; and
often it was big sleighful of curious
people who had left their warm ireside
to see the little child who was so
bravely battling for the lost light Of .
dear mothers eyes
At the end of three weeks Mrs. Keene
was taken to DR.. Optics fine home in
the city and Miss Hyacinth left Farmer
Bassstt's TO 60 and help Katie keep
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-14

L 30 far as the occupying owners Of
land are concerned, it ought to be mani
fest that this form Of taxation will not
increase their present burdens in the
smallest degree. Bear In mind that we
are not now dealing with the proposition
to increase taxation, 30 ss to swallow up
al the rent Of land, but are simply con-
sidering the expediency ofcollecting ali
the present taxes from land alone. On
der the present system the occupying
owner Of land ID taxed, first, upon his
land, and again upon his personal prop
erty. The unauimous testimony Of all
assessor and other practical men who
have studied this subject IL, that the
value Of personal property, that is, Of
movable property, i fully equal to the
value Of land That which is true Of all
the people collectively must be true Of
tho vast majority Of them in detail.
When 70 ordinary movable property W
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09

Fast Trains with Pullman VestibuIed
Drawing Room Sleepers, Dining Cars
and Coaches of latest design, between
Chicago and Milwaukee, and st. Paul,
and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled
Drawing Room, SleepeTs, Dining Cars
and Coaches of latest design, between
Chicago and Milwaukee and Ashland
and Duluth.
Through Pullman Vestibuled Draw
ing Room and Colonist Gleepers, via
the Northern Pacific Railroad, be-
tween Chicago and Portland, Gre.
Convenient Trains to and from East
tern, Western, Northern, and Central
Wisconsin points affording unequalled
service to and from Waukesha, Fond
du lac, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha,
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, hurley,
Wis, and Ironwood, and Bessemer,
Mich.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations,
time tables and other information, ap-
ply to Agents of the line or to Ticket
Agents anywhere in the United States
or Canada.
s. R. AINSLIE, Il. c. BARLOW,
Gen. Mana'r. Gen. Traf. Mana'r.
LOUIS ECkSTEIN,
Assistant General Passeng. and Ticket A ct. i,
,.,---- ss'' MILWAUKEE, MIS-.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
CONGRESSIONAL.

Tuesday, July Senate: Bill passed
authorizing leasing of school lands in
Oklahoma for five years; new conference
ordered on legislative appropriation bill;
deficiency bill for the pay and mileage
of senators reported and passed; Idaho
admission bill passed; the senate refused
to recede from its amendments on the
legislative appropriation bill. House:
Federal election bill debated.
Wednesday, July 2.-Senate: Bill
providing for the delivery of land pat
ents to their rightful owners passed;
senate reconsidered its refusal to recede
from its amendments to the Legislative
appropriation bill and receded and the
bill passed. House: Federal control of
national elections passed; vote 155 to
143.
Congress adjourned from Thursday
till Monday.
Monday, July 7.-Senate: Consular
report on diplomatic appropriation bill
agreed to; motion to take up the tariff
bill defeated; consideration of shipping
bills resumed. House: Senate bill for
the forfeiture of certain lands heretofore
granted for railway construction de-
bated in committee of the whole.
A little metal is as dangerous as a lit.
tie learning sometimes. A card photo.
graph fell into the switchboard of tele-
graph instrument. Instantly the switch
board caught fire, the machine flashed
blue and the lights went out. The pho
tograph had small gilt edge, and it had
come in contact with the two ends OF
the wire. Just the amount of metal
used in that gilt edge was sufficient to
connect the circuit and set the switch
board on fire.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
Health is Wealth.

Eve, yhndy would like to be rich
an'' ,nn.t people would like to be
hrlthy. Perhaps the last is easier Of
attainment than the first. Certainly
if y"U We anywhere near the line of
18th" burlington" you can preserve
what is.,,.th you have, or regain that
which you have lost. Aud you can
10 this with very moderate expendi-
ture of wealth. How much better to
give alittle wealth for a good deal of
health! Do you wish to know how
this can be done? Visit the famous
EFT. Crawford Springs" at Prairie du
Chen, Wis. The best line to that
point is ''The Burlington" Write to
w. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent
C.B. & MR., st. Paul, Mimi, and
receive by return mail neat brochure
giving description of the Springs,
an analysis of the water, and the cost
of getting there.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
Favorable for Indian Schools.

WASHINGTON, July S.-The house COM
mittee on Indian affairs has reported a
general bill providing for the establish
ment of an Indian industrial school in
Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana,
Wisconsin and Michigan, each school to
cost not exceeding $4,000. The school
in Minnesota is to be established on the
Pipestone reservation. There are 6,503
Indians in Minnesota, 1899 of whom are
of school age Of this number 1916 are
now provided for, leaving 974 not pro-
vided for. This school will accommo-
date about one-fourth of those still un-
provided for. The other schools will be
located gradually. Chamberlain will be
the site of the South Dakota school.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
Heligoland.

Germany's new acquisition in the
North sea is a mile long and one-third
of mile wide. In size it is not a great
acquisition, and will become less as
time goes on, for the action of wind and
wave is fast wiping out Heligoland.
Its whole population, English official
residents and all, does not exceed 1900.
The native inhabitants of Heligoland
are among the most interesting people
of modern times. They are Frisians, a
Germanic race who have kept their
blood almost pure from classic times to
the present. They are large lunged,
healthy, strong, slow, handsome, too, and
of more than average size. They live
to be very old, so or 80 being no unusual
age with them. The ancient Tristan
language is here preserved in its great
est purity, and it resembles the old An
glo-Saxon more than any other tongue.
Still the Heligolanders speak German
also and often Danish.
The men are fishermen and seamen,
leaving the women to do all the agricult-
ural work, which is not heavy, since
vegetables are the main crop. Small as
the island Is there are numerous focks
of sheep, which are kept over winter by
feeding them on fish. The encyclopedia
says so.
An ornithologist who has studied and
painted the birds of the miniature island
says he has found there birds from every
part of the globe, even from Australia
and South Africa. They had been driven
to this rocky refuge by storms.
Although the island has belonged to
England since 1907, German is the Ian
guage taught in the schools, but the
Heligolanders seem sublimely indiffer
emit to whether they belong to England,
Germany or nobody. They have had a
succession of owners, including Danes,
Germans and English, but through all
they have remained the same, and kept
their lives simple and honest and their
old heathenish Tristan blood pure. They
are beyond all the fierce excitements of
modern life, political and otherwise.
That is why they live long and are SO
healthy and good looking. They will
allow no gambling on their little island,
though large revenues would accrue to
them thereby. Heligoland is a paradise
for the tired citizen of the world
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
Insurance..

If you want insurance can write you
up in the following companies:
The old reliable Aetna, of Hartford,
Conn.
The time-tried and tire-tested Phoenix,
of Hartford, Conn,
The Farmers Cooperative Hail and
Cyclone Association, of Minnesota.
Life and Reserve Association, of
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Metropolitan Accident Associ-
alton of Chicago, Ill.
Insure your buildings. Insure your
stock against fire and lightning. Insure
your crops against hail. Ansure your
life. Insure against loss of time by
accident. J. W. w. Poison, Ag't.
Hancock, July 9Th 1890. 29t3
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
PAINTING IDAHO RED.
Residents of the New State Jubilant Over
Admission.

Residents of the New State Jubilant Over
Admission.
BOISE CRY, Idaho, July 3.-The long
looked for news of statehood was re-
ceived here Tuesday afternoon
directly after the passage by the
senate of the Idaho admission bill. The
people in all parts of the state are jubi-
liant, and are now celebrating. In Boise,
the permanent capital, all business was
suspended upon receipt of the news, and
q general celebration was commenced,
which will be continued till the Fourth.
Delegate Dubois, chairman of the Re.
publican state committee, has tele-
graphed call for meeting of the Re-
publican committee the 10Th inst, at
this place.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
Depew Will Be President.

NEW YORK, July "a special from
Chicago to the Herald says it is stated
On what is believ ed to be good authority
that President Chauncey M. Depew, of
the New York Central, will also be pres
ident of the recognized Union Stock
Yards company, the Vanderbilts still
having large interest in the yards.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09

Stoddart & Co., Patent Attorneys,
SIS It'll St., Washington, ID. c., Opp
u. 8. Patent Office. Patents, Cav
eats and Reissues secured. Trade
Marks Registered. Ali Patent bust
ness conducted for Moderate Fees.
Information, advice, and special
references sent on request. 1tf.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09

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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
MORE NAVAL SCANDALS.
Charges and Counter CharGes---Capt.
Reed. of the Richmond, Under sus-

Reed. of the Richmond, Under sus-
pension.
NORFOLK, Va, July 2.-When the
United States steamer Richmond, flag
ship of the South Atlantic squadron, ar
rived here from Montev;uIo, it was
learned that CAPT. Reed had been sus-
pended from duly by Acting Rear Ad-
miral ellis, and that Lieut.. Comman-
der Louis Kingsley is in charge of the
vessel. Nothing definite as to the
charges against Capt. Reed could be
learned on board the Richmond, but
ashore it is stated that the charges in
volve violation of the regulations in
discharging a cook while on foreign
station, and in placing an officer under
suspension without justice or authority.
It is also stated that Capt. Reed has
preferred charges to the department
against Admiral ellis to the effect that
the latter had violated the regulations in
not furnishing him Reed with copy
of the charges sent to the department.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
FaiIures for Six Montbs.

NEW YORK, July 3.-The total num-
Der of mercantile failures throughout
the United States reported to Brad
streets during the last six months shows
a decrease Of 453 as compared with the
total of the first half of 1889. The total
number SO far this year is 5,446.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
AGREED AS TO SILVER.

Conference Committee Compromises ON
the Coinage of 100000 Ounces Per
Month.
WASHINGTON, July S.-The conferees
on the silver bill have reached an agree
ment and it is understood it is on the
basis of the purchase of 4,50O, 900 ounces
of silver monthly. The conference re-
port was signed by the Republican con-
ferrees only. Senator Harris and Rep
resentative Bland refused to sign it.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09

The wheat is jumping right along.
and notwithstanding the lateness of
the spring, the prospects now are that
harvesting in the vicinity of Hancock
win commence reasonably early.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09

George Bryant had a horse killed
by lightning, on Wednesday last. Mr..
Bryant had another horse killed by
lightning some ten days previous.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
pixies Peak Illuminated,

DENVER, July pixies peak was il
Illuminated by red fire and burning kerr
osene, and fireworks were set off from
the summit. The effect was very fine
and the display was visible for ten miles
around
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-07-09
A Gettysburg Monument Dedicated.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, July 5.-The mon
ument of the Fifty-fourth New York
volunteers was dedicated Friday. Capt.
F. J. Warner, president of the Veteran
association, Capt. E. Wortheilner, State
Senator Roesch and others spoke.