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Connecticut western news., 1890-06-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

Flash signals, by means of the hello graph, are used for communicating be- tween stations in New Mexico and Ari- zona seventy-five miles apart
 A Georgia lad, 10 years of age, has an unusually large head. He wears an eight and a quarter hat, and it is dif6- cult job to find one large enough for him in any of the stores
 The Ferranti Ndynamos used in the Deptford lighting stations near London, weigh 800 tons each, stand 45 feet high, run at 60 revolutions per minute, and can each supply about 200, 900 incan- descent lights.
 Henry Behrand asserts that consump- tion is often caused by eating the meat of diseased animals.
 ''Oh," said a girl of IA, who had not seen a grown up cousin for year, dur ing which time she herself had become many inches taller, ''how small you've grown"'
 The Russian peasantry have long been accustomed to dress flesh wounds with a thick layer of ashes, prepared by burning cotton or linen stuff. Dr. K. Pashkoff strongly recommends the practice.
 ''We counted the money in our state treasury for the first time in fourteen years two years ago, and had to sweep the dust and cobwebs from the money bags" says Governor Ross, of Texas.
 The most recent experiments tend to- ward showing that better work can really be accomplished with one motor to a car axle than two. The addition al friction and the difficulty of equally distributing the load between the two accounts for the preference being given the single motor.
 You can get 100 acres of land in 6a- moa for $1, ,37 and the taxes will be only 39 cents year.
 A new megaphone has been placed on the market in England, by which the human voice can be so magnified that it may be heard ct distance of several miles.
 During the last three years the an- cient and reliable rush light and candle caused 391 fires in London, gas was re- sponsible for 594 more, the kerosene lamp started 707 confagrations and tho dangerous, devastatins slsgtzie Wieo oAnssd 1ust 8. &s &
Connecticut western news., 1890-06-04
TRUE SERVICE.

Ts not thy terrors, Lord, thy dreadful frown, That keep my step in duty's narrow path; Tis not the awful threatenings of thy wrath But that in virtues sacred smile alone find or peace or happiness. Thy light, ln all its pro6issality, is shed Upon the worthy and the unworthy head; And thou dost wrap in misery's stormy night The holy as the thankless. All is well; Thy wisdom has to each his portion given; Why should our hearts by selhshness be rivenf Tis vain to murmur-daring to rebel; Lord, would fear thee, though feared not hell; And love thee though had no hope of heaven.
 Santa Theresa.
Connecticut western news., 1890-06-04
TT WILL PAY

Every reader of the Connecti- cut Western News to come and examine our stock and prices, and when you have been you will send all of your friends.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
THE sRockToN FoRoER.
Mere Of His Pen work Being Discovered
with Each Days InveatIgatIon.

Mere Of m. Pen work Being Discovered
with Each Days Investigation.
BRocKToN, Mass, Oct 2o.--The @.
w. Robinson forgery case continues to
occupy the attention of financial circles
hereabouts, and as the news Of the
defalcation becomes better known, the
extent of Robinson wrong-doing grows
larger. 1t is learned that the Randolph
National bank held notes for e. 800, pre-
tended TO have been made by b. II.
Howard q Co, and having the endorse
ment 0i the firm. Its also learned that
@5 900 ia forged notes are held by Boston
parties. About ten days ago Robinson
pressed matters hard for "A loan of SIC, 900
from the Arlington National bank, leay-
ing the signatures Of iii. l.. Bryant, S.
p. Howard and +. Colthwaite, but wae
refused ~ he admitted that be wanted
the money to put into bucket shop.
His police court accounts are receiving
close attention, but matters are 80 fixed
that it will be several days before final
statement can be made. Although there
has been a large amount Of business
conducted at the court for the past six
months, Robinson's cash book does not
show any entries since last March.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
Kanucks Near the Scene OF the Ben
we'll Tragedy Badly Taken In by
q Pennsylvania Dutchman.
More Specimens of the Brockt0n For
gers Pen Work Daily Coming
10 Light
Triple Texas Murder Over q Game OF
Cards-Oklahoma Settlers Shot
by Claim Jumpers.

WooDsrocK. Ont, Oct. 29.--A Penn
sylvania German has been masquerad-
ing around here in the guise Of cow
boy for some time, buying farms and
cutting pretty wide swath. The field
OF operation was in German settle
ment IN Blenheiin township near the
scene of the Benwell tragedy. The
stranger showed checks amounting in
value to $250,O00, and whether good or
not they mesmerized the neighborhood.
He purchased several farms in the
neighbdrhood at high figures, giving
notes for payment. He then took
possession aud began to dispose of poul-
try and stock. lie also succeeded In
capturing one Of Blenheim's fair daugh-
ters and they were married. Monday
he was arrested ON charge of horse
stealing. 1t turns out that he ID one G.
+. Miller, veterinary surgeon from
Pennsylvania, who Is wanted III that
state ON several charges. It Is also
claimed that he has half dozen wives
In the states.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
PLANS FOR wRgckINo.
Allegations Of q Bold scheme 20 Give the
~ r. fn aha YnnaarllilfA

Allegations ef Bold scheme 20 Give the
q. n. 60 the yanderbiits.
CHICAGO, Oct. 90 The Times of Tues
day says. A rather startling theory is
advanced by certain well informed rail-
way men In explanation of the Union
Pacific's action in forcing its connec-
tions east Of the Missouri river 20 cancel
their through rate arrangements with
that road. This theory Is that the man
agement of the Union Pacific has
adopted this course as a part Of deep
laid scheme TO wreck the road, or 10 SO
depress the stock that the Vanderbilt
interests viii be able TO buy it in at the
lowest possible figure. IL Is generally
understood that the Vanderbilts have
had their eyes ON the Union Pacific for
q long time. and have lately moved
more or less directly toward acquiring
q controlling interest In the property,
with view Of completing their much
cherished plan of establishing an inde-
pendent route from ocean TO ocean.
This was la measure accomplished by
the ten-years contract between that
read emo the Ghicmxo IN NnrsbwNHtern.
which Is practically controlled By the
vanderbilfs; but that contract is re-
garded as only step toward the real
object In view.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
wltharew to Hold Their gohs.

FoRT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 29.-Mana-
ger Perry. Of the Western Union tele-
graph Office In this city, received orders
Monday from Division Superintendent
Wright. Of Cleveland, to discharge all
operators who are members Of the
brotherhood Of TelegFar 3. There
are only three operators ia the Western
Union Office and they were advised by
the leaders of the Brotherhood To with.
draw from the order Co retain their
positions. The officers Of the Brother
hood say that the organization has enoT-
mously increased since the Western
Union company have begun 70 make
war upon II and are inclined 20 thank
them for free advertising which the
prosecution has given them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
NOVA scoTlANs KICK.


Thsy Ask That Canadian Markets Be
Protected From American Competition.
HALIFAX, N. s., Oct. 29.--James A.
Shipman, prominent -four dealer and
supporter of the government, publishes
q letter in the local papers showing that
Canadian -four shipped from the heart
of Ontario Is being exported to New
Foundland via New York. lie refers TO
the pledges OF cabinet ministers that
they would counteract the effects of the
Mckinley bin BY seeking new markets
and aiding exporters by affording rapid
transit through Canadian territory, and
Bitterly Complains
that the freight agents Of the inter-
colonial railway, operated by the gov
ernment, have made no export tariff for
Canadian products going TO New Found
land and the West Indies; hence Canad-
ian products 20 New Foundland pass
through the hands of United States mid
dlemen. Mr.. Shipman says; New
Foundland requires 36O, 900 barrels OF
hour per annum and we have this year
the article TO give them cheaper and
better adapted TO their wants than that
OF the United States, besides oatmeal,
beans, butter, cheese, hay, oats, vegeta-
bles and thousand other things. II
we must be dependent upon foreign
ports and middlemen 10 supply that
trade, the sooner we haul down our nag
and confess our utter dependence upon
the United States, the better.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
THE MILLENNIUM CRAZE.


sitting Ball cunniRgly Fostering the
Strange superstition Aasong the
sioux.
WAsHNGToN, Oct. 29.--The commits
sioner of Indian affairs has received re-
ports from the Standing Rock agency in
South Dakota indicating that the "In-
dian millennium" craze is increasing
among the Sioux Indians. Great excite
ment over the matter prevails among
the Sitting Bull faction of the Sioux,
who are anxiously and confidently
awaiting the coming of the millennium
next spring.
Mclaughlin Makes n Report.
Agent Mclaughlin, in long report
to the department on the subject, says
the superstitious notion comes from the
more southern Sioux and Is doubtless
the same craze that has been agitating
the Shoshonea IN Wyoming and the Ara
poes in the Indian territory. Sitting
Bull appears to be high priest, and the
latest apostle Of this latest Indian alb
surdity, Sitting Bulls influence
as disturbing element seems
10 have increased during the last few
years and this Is partly accounted for,
the agent thinks, by the presence Of a
woman from Brooklyn, Mrs g. Weldon,
who went 10 the agency In june, 1859,
announcing herself as member of Dr.
Bland's society. She has lavished nu-
merous and costly gifts upon Sitting
Bull and this has INSIDE the chief more
insolent than ever.
Gives sitting Bun a Character.
The agent devotes large portion Of
the report to Mr.. Sitting Bull, giving
him bad reputation. He says he Ii q
man Of low cunning, devoid Of single
manly principle in his nature, or an
honorable trait of character; but on the
contrary Is capable of melting others
(those who believe in his powers) to do
any amount of mischief. He Is q polyg-
amist, hbertine. habitual liar and active
obstructionist and great obstacle in
the way Of the civilization Of these peo-
pie and be Is totally devoid--of single
noble trait of character" The officials
Of the Indian bureau here look upon the
situation as serious, but think they can
bridge over the trouble.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
Rrploslon ora tho Monongahela.

PrTTsBURG, Pa, Oct, 29.-W. Ii.
Browns tow boat Alex. Swift exploded
her boilers at 10 a. m. while steaming
up the Monongahela river, opposite
Glenwood. The crew, eight in number,
miraculously escaped the shock of the
explosion and swan 20 shore. The
Alex. Swift was one Of the largest tow
boats ON the river, and was returning
from her first trip since she was COM
pletely overhauled The boat Is com.
plete wreck, and was valued at about
S30, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
Several Hundred Warriors Pledged to
6o ON the Warpath at
His Bidding.
The Millennium Craze Cunningiy Eos
tered by the Treacherous Old
Red-Hls Plots Revealed.
Colorado Indians Missing from Their
Government Asked
20 Take Action.

STANDING Rock AGENCY, Oct. co.
For the last four weeks Sitting Bull has
been melting the Sioux Indians In this
vicinity TO an uprising. He enlisted the
sympathies of large number Of young
bucks by telling them the story Of his
great bravery on the field of Custer, and
several hundred Of them had agreed to
60 on the warpath at his bidding. The
old chiefs however, several of whom
were I'm the famous campaign ON the
Little Big Horn, offered strenuous OBJ
jections to the foolhardy propositions
of Taurus recumbent and one of them
gave up the plans of the recalcitrant
reds to Maj. Mclaughlin, the agent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
nl.noi. central rlns 20 the Coast.

PIERRE, 8. d., Oct. 29.--Instructions
have been received by the engineers Of
the Midland Pacific road, the perIna~
nent survey Of which has just been
completed from Sioux City 10 Pierre, TO
continue the permanent survey with
grade stakes on through the Black Hills
to the Pacific coast Tine instructions
are to have the survey ready for the
graders by early spring. This Is the
road being pushed by Senator II. Il.
Pettigrew, and il Is pretty certain that
Ii Ia an Illinois Central offshoot. The
engineers are already part way across
the reservation ON the new transconti-
mental route.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
REED IN ST. PAUL.

Big Reception Given the Speaker at the
Iyan---Mass Meeting Ina the Evening.
ST. Paul, Oct. 29.-Hon. Thomas b.
Reed arrived in the city at 7 a. IN. over
the Burlington. He was accompanied
by Ex-senator sabin, Henry Brown and
George Thompson, of st. Paul. The
party were driven to Gov. Merriam's 3
and breakfasted. From TO 8 p. m. a
reception was held at the Ryan which
was largely attended by Republicans
from all over the state. Gov Merriam
presided over the mass meeting at the
Grand opera house, at which Mr.. Reed
delivered the address.
The theater was packed to suffocation,
an overflow meeting being held at the
Newmarket hall, which was presided
over by Hon. Soren Listoe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
1Eion Pacific Said TO Be Perfeetlng
fIans for Through Line to
st. Paul.
Allegations Made OF q Bold Attempt
TO Wreck the Road In Wander.
bilt's Interest.
Midland Pacific Survey Continued :,
the Coast Illinois Central Said
TO BE Back OF It.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. elf the predic-
tion Of railway man Is carried out, the
Union Pacific viii be in shape by the
time It's joint traffic agreement with the
sc. Paul and Omaha expires to run
trains over It's own tracks 10 Sioux City.
This gentleman says he has learned from
good authority that tracks which for
some time have been extending north
along the river through the East Omaha
Land companys property are In reality
being built by the Union Pacific, and
not by the land company, as has gen
orally been supposed. II 10 the inten-
ton Of the Union Pscifc, be says, TO
continue the line 10 Sioux City, and
from there reach st. Paul over the
tracks Of the st. Paul and Northern
road.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29

FoRT WAYNE, Oct. 20. The entire
edition OF The Fort Wayne Daily Jour
nal Of Sunday was thrown ont OF the
mails by Postmaster Higgins because
the paper published an account Of q
Catholic church fair which contained a
list Of the numbers which had drawn
prizes. The Morning Gazette was also
stopped because IL contained a short
item regarding the lottery of a sofa pil-
low for the benefit of poor family.
subsequently tho Objectionable article
was cut out and the Gazette Epapers
were remaiied.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.--Sir Julian
Pauncefote. the British minister, has
prepared plan for the temporary set
tlement of the Behring sen controversy,
and providing for convention OF ex-
perts to devise means for permanent
settlement. Sir Julian viii present the
measures he has devised to his govern
ment for approval. Provision Is made
for convention between Great Britain,
Russia, and the United States of Amer
lea, In relation to the fur seal fisheries
in Behring sea, the Sea Of Ochotska and
adjoining waters, the title of gather
ing to be the North American, seal fish
cry convention. The articles of agree
ment provide that the high contracting
parties agree to appoint mixed COM
mission OF experts, who shall inquire
into the subject and report within two
years from the date Of the convention on
the propriety and the advisabilfty OF
regulations looking 10 the preservation
of the fur seals species. After this re-
port has been submitted a further con-
vention Is 10 be held, and IN case the
high contracting parties are unable to
agree upon regulations, III any are neces-
sary, the questions Ia difference shall be
referred 10 the arbitration of an impair
tial government, whose award shall be
final. Pending the report Of the COM
mission, and FOR six months after the
date of such report, Temporary meas
ure shall bo put into effect, providing as
follows:
A aKodas vivendi.
A line OF demarkation, to be called
the Seal fahery hne,r shall be. drawn
as follows: From Point Anival, at the
southern extremity Of the Island of
Saghalien In the sea of Ochotska, 10 the
point OF intersection of the 5oth
psrallel OF north Latitude with the
Tooth meridian Of longitude east from
Greenwich, then eastward along the
Goth parallel, TO It's point of intersec-
tion with the le0th meridian Of lungi-
tude west from Greenwich. The sub
jects and citizens OF high contracting
parties shall be prohibited from engag-
ing IN the fur seal fishery, and the taxi
ing OF seals by land or sea north of the
seal fishery line from the lst of May 10
the 30th OK June, and also from the list
Of October to the 80th of December.
During the intervening period sealing
vessels belonging TO the high contract
ing parties shall not be permitted 70 APP
proach these islands within radins OF
ten miles. Every vessel found engaged IN
seal fishing contrary 10 the prohibitions
shall be forfeited, and the master and
crew Of such vessel be subject TO fine
and imprisonment, the nation TO which
the vessel belongs alone having Juris-
diction over such cases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
NOBLE REDS MISSING.

Colorado Indians on Their Reservation
Government Action Asked For.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The president
has received Gov. Cooper's telegram an
nouncing the absence of the Uintah and
Uncompahgre Indians from their reser-
vations in Colorado, and the telegram
WAS immediately referred TO the Indian
commissioner for action. Acting Com
missioner Belt had several conferences
on the subject with Secretary Noble.
Mr.. Belt thinks the situation somewhat
exaggerated as at this season Of the
year these Indians usually leave their
reservation In large numbers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29

ST. LoUIs, Oct. 29.--It was stated In
railroad circles here that an offer had
been recently made to Assistant General
Passenger and Ticket Agent Caldwell,
OF the Missouri Pacific, to accept sim
liar position with the New York, Lake
Erie and Western railroad at New
York. Mr.. Caldwell is widely known
and hfghfy-sstEsmEE official, and while
the Erie's offer was n very handsome
one, be concluded to remain in his pres
ent position with the Missouri Pacific.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29

PTTTsBURG, Oct. %. There was q gen
uine natural gas famine in several sec
tions of Pittsburg and Allegheny during
the day. Although the officials of the
Philadelphia Natural Gas company
claimed that the pressure in their pipes
was from four TO six ounces, many fam
lies partook Of cold dinners, as
the gas died out altogether in some sec
tons. IL Is promised that after the 500
pudding furnaces are cut off from the
supply all private consumers will have
plenty of gas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1890
ROMANCE IN JERSEY.
A short But Eminentiy Successful Court
shfp Brought Ab@at by an Advertise

a bhnFt but Eminenfty succssstaA SouFt-
ship Brought Ab@at by an Advertise
msnf.
BRIDoEroN, N. j., Oct. 20.--On Sat
urday Il orning last Francis Brewster
Wilcox, If MiIlville, N. j., and Miss Ida
Richards, Of Bridgeville, Del, were
stranger. Four hours later they were
man and wife. Mr.. Wilcox about a
month ago thought he had been living in
single blessedness long enough, having
reached the age of 80 years, and con-
cludai to not allow another summer TO
pass over his head without having q
partner 10 share his fortunes and mis-
fortunes. Wilcox is q cripple, having
been SO since an infant, having an affec-
tiOn of the spine. In matrimonial
paper be inserted the following: a
middle-aged man wishes TO correspond
with an unlimited number of women;
object, matrimony. Address +. Is.
Wilcox, Millville, NJ. j. Answers came
to the number of seventy, and among
them was one from Miss Ida Richards,
OF Sussex county, Delaware. Three
weeks correspondence brought the two
persons face to face at the Ridgeway
house, Philadelphia, and after four
hours courtship, both being satisfied, the
twain boarded ferry boat and went
over ~ Camden and sought the presence
Of Rev. Charles Mayhew, who made
them man and wife. Mr.. Wilcox lives
with bis mother in Millville. His father,
who was the Rev. Julius Wilcox, Is
dead. He is engaged in the milling
buslnees i'm Millyille, and has wide
circle of friends. Miss Richards Is the
only child of a widowed mother in
BridgeviIle. Sussex county, Delaware,
and viii fan heir to 500-acre farm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
PasoaIe and Antler WIN Hang.

MTssoULA, Mont, Oct. 29.--Pascale
and Antler, the two Indian murderers,
were sentenced by Judge Marshall to be
hanged Dec. 10. Pascale murdered j.
NJ. Dunn In the Flathead lake country
about year ago, and Antier is one of
the three Indians who killed two pros
pectors on Wolf creek in the fall of 1887.
His two associates were killed soon after
they committed the murder by posse.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
EUREKA SPRINGS AFlRE.

Three HotaIs and Thirty-five Business
and Dwelling Houses burned.
EUREKA STRINGS, Ark, Oct e9.-Fire
started in III. !. Collins jewelry store In
the Perry house, ON Spring street at Q
O'Clock b. M, and consumed property
valued at 500, 900. There was NO loss
OF life. The Perry house, Springfield
house, Ohio house and thirty-five other
building and dwelling houses were de-
stroyed. The total insurance IL abont
M 900,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29

ST. Louis, Oct. 20.--At the Western
Union telegraph Office this morning it
was rumored that four more brother
hood men were TO be dismissed from the
cumpany's service to-day. but up TO a
late hour no one had been discharged.
The local officers Of the company deny
that the men were dismissed on account
of their connection with the brother
hood, and say they were relieved be-
cause their service was unsatisfactory
10 the company"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
a pe. Asalnea Rlyer peclslon.

FoRT DoDGE, Iowa, Oct. 29.--An inn
p0rtant decision involving legality Of q
squatter's title to piece Of river land
has been decided by Judge Stephens In
the district court. The case was that
Of Ristine ys. Newsome. Ristine had
the river land title and brought suit to
obtain possession of the land occupied
by Newsome. who had q squatters title.
The Judge took the case from the jury
and decided in favor Of the plaintiff.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-29
WHO is THE coLoNELi
An Alleged confadsra.s of Birehaii

An Alleged Confederate of BirchaIl
Claims to Have Murdered BenweiI.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 29.-The Ex-
press publishes long letter received
Saturday by Birchall. the murderer in
jail at Woodstock, for the murder Of
Benwell. The letter Is signed The
Colonel" and goes into the details of
the murder which the colonel claims to
have committed himself as a confedeF~
ate of Birchall. This confirms the claim
which Birchall has made all along that
he had confederate who did the work,
and many incline 10 place confidence in
its genuineness. Birchail's lawyers viii
ask reprieve to investigate the truth
and find the author of the letter.