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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27

The republicans Of the third district of
West Virginia nominated Theo. Gaines for
Congress. He defeated McGinnis who is
wrongfully holding tho seat to which Alder
son was elected. and tho Democrats will
defeat Gaines and re elect Anderson.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27

The will of John O'Reilly, executed in
1876, gives everything TO his wife.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27

Jean Inglelow, who has now an honcred
place in literature, lives in retirement with
her mother in Kensington, England. She
is So years old and has never married. She
writes but little now, but devotes her limo
and spends her income in charitable work.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27

Elk. Senator Robert E. Withersi is very i'll
at his home in WytheVille.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27

In the tornado at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
Tuesday of last week, 16 lives were lost. -
The first report made it twelve.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27

Several cases of leprosy have been dis
covered at Englishtown. Victoria county,
Cape Breton. The victims have been con-
stautly assooistipg with their neighbors,
and it is feared the disease has been COM
municated to great many people.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-08-27
THE AUGUSTA COUNTY IIElGE CO.

J. W. TODD, President and Director.
M. f. GlLKESON, Vice-Pre and Director
j. N. MCFARLAND, Sec'y and Treas'r.
HI. A. s. HAMILTON, Director.
STEWART BOWLING Director.
Under the charter granted by His Honor.
Judge Mclaughlin, on December 18th, are now
prepared to contract with the farmers of Au-
gusta county to plant and finish Hedge on the
plans of the Shenandoah Valley Hedge and
Wire fences. rSH-This is the CHEAPEST, BEST
AND HA SOONEST FENCE farmer can
have. M KLNGSBURY1Ssz
Jan Manag
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23

the effect that there can be no recess for
which pay may be drawn longer than three
days.
A bill has been introduced into the North
Daknta legislature for q constitutional
amendment to enable the state 20 increase
its indebtedness from $4,000 to o. ,O0o,.
600. 1t is argued that there is no other
feasible method of meeting the large pros
pective deficiency, and that it would 10 bet
ter to have funds for all reasonable ex penses
than to be alarming the taxpayers and capt.
talliats with constant cry ofdefciency, bank.
ruptcy, etc.
The family of Mrs. Copley, who died at
Grand Forks at the age of 80, is one OF re-
markabls longevity. Mrs. Copley's maiden
name was Emerson and she was born in Ver-
mont. Her father was 81 years of age at
the time Of his death and her mother 80. A
sister died two years ago at the age of 90,
and two sisters and q brother survive her
Mrs. Franklin Golver of Plano, ILL.,, aged SO;
Mrs. Dawley Glover, of Hudson, Wis aged
IA, and John Emerson, OF Minnesota, aged
81.
In response to resolution by the house of
representatives at Bismarck, asking in or
nation regarding the location, depth and de-
velopment of the coal mines of North Da-
kota, Commissioner of Agriculture Helaeson.
located at Grand Forks, finished his
report having heard from six mines.
The largest mines seem to be along the line
OF the Northern Pacific, one ut Sims having
an out put of 800 tons day. Another at
Dickinson reports the supply exhaustless.
The depth of the veins range from leet to
% along the Northern Pacific and from 8 to
IL feet along the Manitoba. Coal mines gen.
orally in North Dakota are undeveloped and
marked from the surface without a shaft.
The supply is exhaustless, aud chiefly located
in the northwest part of the state.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
An Irish Indian Queen,

The Indian government are about
to be called upon to repay sum of
100000, which they have had in
their possession for several years,
the proceeds OF a legacy left by the
wife OF one of the native princes, who
died upward of thirty years ago.
The deceased lady was an Irish wom-
an, who went to India some sixty
years since as the travelling COM
panion of two wealthy Englishladies.
During her stay in India she attract
ed the notice of one of the native SOW
ereigns, and he married her. The
pair lived happily for upward ofthir-
ty years, the wife having a separate
estate settled upon her by the ma
harajah. She died childless and left
no will. Her property was taken
over by the Indian governments,
and it has remained in their hands
ever since. 1t was at the time OF her
death 100000, but it's value has
since arisen to close on 100000
The relatives of the deceased lady in
Ireland were in entire ignorance of
her fate up till quite recently, when
they learned it accidentally from n
returned Indian soldier. The in
quiries which have since been in
stituted have fully established her
marriage with the Indian prince.
The friends have also assured them
selves of the existence and value of
the property.-Dublin Freeman's
Journal.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
The Office Boy Expedited the
Marriage.

Nowadays a man has got to keep
q pretty close tab on the rules of eti-
quette, or he is liable to get lett. Not
long ago a we'll known local railroad
er quietly informed a few intimates
that he was to marry the lady of his
choice on Dec. II. He was duly
congratulated. Desiring to allow his
friends all over the country to know
of his happiness, he had prepared
the regulation announcement cards,
which are usually mailed on the day
of the wedding. He prepared his
list of friends, and handed it, togeth-
er with the announcements to his
office boy, saying: 81 want these
mailed on the 18th sure, and l want
YOU to look after them" Then he
left the office. OF course the boy
misunderstood the order. Sic
thought he had cen told to be sure
and mail the announcements before
! ! o.~.2oE that night, and he work
\ 'ffssaatstt0i to get them into the post
office at that hour. He succeeded IA
his etfor :. and ~en Dec. 4 the raj
readers trends receivd all. "Tunce-
ments that he had been marie Dec.
II. He was mad. To his intimates
he said: II can explain the Office
boys blunder to you ducks, but
what do you suppose my New York
and St. Louis and Cincinnati and
Louisville friends will think when
they learn that was married a wee k
from today? l wish that boy was in
st Louis. ?-Chicago Herald.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
NORTH DAKOTA.

Twenty North Oak ota senator's have
pledged thems elves to support Gov. Millers
retrenchment policy.
Senator Ingalls, introduced a bill to REIN.
burse George Auld of Dickinson, for loss by
fire in the burning of his Pc stofice on May
5, 1886.
Hahn KIN uttson, a farmer living near
Thompson, was found dead in his wag on be-
tween that place and Grand Forks He was
victim of strong drink.
The fair grounds buildings we're sold at
Grand Forks at sheriff's sale to satisfy a
mortgage. After spirited bidding they were
bought in by County Auditor W. J. Anderson
1t is estimated that the roilroad companies
have contributed, mostly in freight charges
in the neighborhood of $500, O0C to the set
tiers in the two Dakotns so far this season.
Collector Peters has decided upon the ap-
pointment of ]. C. Warnock, editor of the
North Dakota Capital. of jamestown, to be
deputy revenue collector for North Dakota,
with head quarters at Fargo.
Geo. D. Lay, of Grand Forks, has pur-
chased a half interest in Lewis Emery's o.
nanza farm at Emerado for $50, 900. Mr.
Lay will assume active management of the
farm.
George Inkster, of Minot, went on the bond
of a man accused of stealing and the fellow
skipped out for Colorado. Inkster skipped
bringing him back.
Nelson's jewelry store was burgalized at
WARSAW, while the proprietor and clerk were
at dinner. The burglars entered by the rear
door and took watches and rings worth
5000 without being seen from the sidewalk.
Charles Sommers, ahard character entered
the residence of John Liston at Grand Forks
and demanded the latter's money at the
point of a revolver. Liston handed over his
pocketbook containing SIT and Sommers
took it and jumped the city.
North Dakota farmers want the Legislature
to enact law whereby counties may furnish
strychnine free to be used In poisoning
gophers. 1t is thought it would be q
cheaper way of Kidding the country OF the
animals than would law paying o bounty
for them. -
A Minnesota sportsman, named Cornett,
while hunting chickens was attacked by an
Infatuated steer and in trying to get away
slipped and fell, causing discharge of both
barrels of his gun. The contents struck the
animal full in the face, blowing the entire
top of his head off and killing it almost in
stantly.
There is plenty of water In Dakota, atleast
In some places. A dispatch from Aberdeen
says: There is considerable comment and
wonder ut the continued rise of the water
level in the upper Jim valley. The river is
much higher than for sometime. Springs
have burst forth in many places and wells
that have been dry for years ore now filing
up with water.
The attorney general rendered an opinion
to the effect that members of.tha legislature
cannot draw per diem for the nineteen days
of the holiday recess. This hos caused gen.
eral expression of disgust In the Legislative
halls, and among the numerous clerks and
officers. The attorney general POUNDS his
opinion on what he calls an unwritten law to
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
The Day of Great Bridges.

This is the day of great bridges
and a most remarkable one is now
almost completed across the Firth
of Forth at Edinburgh. The entire
structure is 9,O91 feet long, or near
ly mile and q third, and it contains
two spans of 1, 40 feet each, the CEN
ter supports being furnished by Inch
CARVE, that is, q little island called
CARVE. The bridge has been aslong
in building as the Temple at Jerusa-
lem, that is, between six and seven
years. The floor of the bridge is
$50 feet above the water, which is
200 feet deep under the center of the
great spans. The structure is de-
scribed in a Scotch paper as ga cob
web of steele" and it is attracting
great attention in that country.
The Romans were great bridge
builders, but they would have look
ed in amazement upon such pieces of
work as the Brooklyn and st. Louis
bridges.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
Swarming with Writer'S.

The number of poets, authors,
dramatists, journalists and literary
characters Of all descriptions that
throng in New York is extremely
large. They are found in the most
miserable garrets, as we'll as in the
gilded. saloons of spacious hotels.
Thousands of men and women de-
pend for their daily bread on the
theaters, the publish ers, the book
sellers, and the ne wspapers. The
city swarms with scrib blers of.difer-
ent merit, authors of well-founded
pretentions, editors, stenographers,
translators, compilers, and correc-
tors of works, correspondents of
journals and periodicals, etc. Liter
airy hermits are rare, The reader
naturally inquiries, Chow do they all
obtain employment and bread?"
and the question remains unan-
sWered. New York Tribune,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
The Pyramids.

A personal inspection of the pyra-
mids of Egypt, made by a quarry
owner, who spent some time recently
on the Nile, has led him to the con-
clusion that the old Egyptions were
better builders than those of the
present day. He states that there
are blocks of stone in the pyramids
which weigh three or four times as
much as the ohelisk on the embark
ment. There are stones in the pyra-
mids 80 feet in length, which fit SO
closely together that a penknife may
be run over the surface without dis
covering the break between them.
They are not laid with mortar, eli
ther. There isno machinery so perfect
that it will make two surfaces thirty
feet in length which will meet togeth-
er in unison as these stones in the
pyramids meet.-Chicago Journal of
Commerce.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
Jeff Davis Ancestry.

This town, says a Phillipsburg
pa correspondent OF the Philadel-
phia Press, has as u citizen a repre-
sentative of the family of the late
Jefferson Davis, in the person of Mr..
John NJ. Davis, and a stanch republi-
can.
Mr.. Davis, who is a we'll preserved
old gentleman about 20 year of age,
gave the following account of the
family.
my fathers ancestors came origin
ally from Wales. The founder of
the Davis family to which l belong
and of which Jefferson Davis was a
member was so unfortunate as to
lose his wife, she having been stolen
by Indians shortly after settling in
Maine, of which state he was one Of
the very first settlers. After waiting
a respectable length of time he mar
ried again, and began to rear sec
ond family of children. One day he
heard that band of Indians had
some women for sale somewhere up
on the Canadian border. He attend
ell the sale, when he was surprised to
see among them his former wife. He
bought her, took her home, and
from that time until his death lived
happily with both his wives in the
same household.
"A grandson of his, and a great
uncle to myself" continued Mr.. Davis,
"attended, one day, an animal show
at Newfeld, Me. While passing one
of the elephants it playfully reached
into his coat pocket; taking there
from plug oftobacco. When chad
tasted the tobacco it became enraged
at Davis, and Selling him threw him
across the tent, to the great amuse-
ment of the spectators. Mr.. Davis
became very angry, and to obtain
revenge waylaid the menagerie and
shot the beast. For this he was COM
PEELED to leave the place, and all trace
of him was for many years lost by
the family.
My sister, Mrs. Smiley, who, with
her husband, settled at Haverhill,
Mass, was enabled by the assistance
OF Other members otthe family, about
the time of the centennial, to find
that the descendants of the hero OF
the elephant escapade had settled in
Massachusetts,, and that from them
had sprung the ex-president.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
WISCONSIN,,

There are 1850 inmates of the insane asy-
lums of the state.
Mary Albies, the Racine girl who at
tempted suicide has been pronounced insane.
Mrs. Margaret Murray, wife of farmer
living near Brandon, Fond du Lac County,
fell dead while attending to domestic duties.
As Mrs Beverly Woodruff alighted from
her buggy at 0conomowoc, and proceeded to
hitch her horse, the animal bit of her thumb
The Mississippi river ut La Crosse is eigh-
teen inches lower than the low water mark
of 1864.
Hungry rats attacked and badly liberated
the legs OF valuable mare belonging TO Ste
phen Bull, at Racine.
Mrs. Tesch was awarded $50 damages or
alleged Islander in her suit at Wauk esha
against Fred Moul Kentien,
Racine's mayor has caused IN order to he
issued that electric light wires must come
down in the principal streets.
Mary, the 3-year-old daughter of John
Richards, of Oshkosh, was badly scalded by
tipping kettle of boiling water over herself;
The court authorizes Henry Jewell, assig-
nee of the various Meyer industries at Fond
dn Lac, to continue the operation of the
factories for one year.
John Whitaker, a young man at Fond du
Lac who claimed to have fortune coming
to him in England, died suddenly at Fond
du Lac,
Parties from Aberdeen, Oak, have pur.
chased the privilege OF bottling the water
which wells up from aspiring on the premises
ofJames r. slausor, at Racine,
In the municipal court at Madison Peter
prison for stealing box of shoes from q
Chicago & North Western freight car.
Policeman Holz, who was shot and slight.
ly wounded at Merrill by Handler, the slayer
of Dave Sarvis, Ii able to be on the street.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23

The bullet In Officer Truax's shoulder has
not been removed.
Louis Brahant, an inmate of the Marathon
county jail, made an attack upon his fellow
prisoners with q knife; but was overpowered
by the guards.
C. J. L. Meyer, the Fond du Lac capitalist,
denies that the liabilities of his various com.
panies amount to $500. 600, but admits that
they are 100000 outside OF what is due
him. Mr.. Meyer Is himself heavy creditor.
August Kautop and Frank Schultz each
Ia years old, pleaded guilty at Ripon, to have
committed several burglaries at Ripon, re-
stored the stolen property, and were ssnten-
ced to the Industrial School.
Edward Mccarthy, the Wisconsin Central
brakeman who was run over by train at
Burlington, though the amputation of the
right leg above the knee was required, was
not 80 badly hurt as first reported, and will
recover.
Mrs. Edward Cahoon, of Rachine, while in
Chicago, was robbed at the residence of Bev.
Mr.. Gates, at Morgan Park, by burglnrs who
entered the house. Mrs. Cahoon's sealskin
cloak, valued at $3.50, was taken; also her
purse and jewelry.
DR.. Henry NJ Black, who was jailed at
Waukesha, about year ago, on a charge
of obtaining property under false pretenses'
has been released on the strength of a recent
decision of the supreme court in his case
The Doctor is dying OF consumption.
Lauren Noyes, son of DR.. ]. c. Noyes, OF
Oshkosh, arrived home after passing through
a more perilous experience than generally
falls to youth of his age Last July he
sailed FROM Boston on the barque Moonbeam,
bound tor Buenos Ayres, the capital Of the
Argentine Republic. He remained there a
short time and afterward shipped on the
barque julius for return trip. The julius was
wrecked near Montevideo, Uruguay, but
Lauren and other sailors escaped death by
gaining the shore in small boats. The Osh-
kosh boy afterward secured passage to the
states, and returned home overland from
Biloxi, Miss.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
An Awful Moment.

A very queer woman is Miss M. l..
Moore of Bridgeport, CT. She went,
in the most fashionable apparel, to
the heightened st. Paul's episcopal
church on Christmas day and intent
~ listened to the Rev. Millidge Walk
er's sermon, in which he pleaded
pathetically for Christmas charity,
beseec hing his parishioners to remem-
Der all the poor people with pecuniary
benevolence. He had just about at
tanned "thirdly' in his discourse when
the devout Miss Moore arose and
rustled down the aisle to the pulpit
front, where she halted, her hands
crossed, and face eloquent OF self
sacrifice and sympathy. In a few
words in clear tones, that were heard
distinctly all over the church, she
said that the spirit of the sermon
had touched her heart, and she was
ready, eager, to give all that she pos
sessed to the poor; she was willing to
give even her own apparel for sweet
charity, and prepared then and there
to take off all her clothes and pass
them over to the Rev. Millidge Walk
er. He could place them where they
would do the most good. A more
astounded clergyman than Mr.. Walk
er probably never was interrupted in
the midst ola Christmas sermon. His
face became pale and then purple,
when the young lady proposed dis
robing herself in the presence of the
congregation, and then he tried to
say few words to her. But she in
terrupted him, talked incoherently
for several moments, then hastily
quit the house. She returned to her
hotel and behaved in ladylike man.
ner until supper time, when she caus-
ed excitement in the dining room by
springing from her seat at table
and hugging and kissing the colored
head waiter. She then delivered a
rambling address to the guests. Late
that evening friends arrived in town
| and took her away.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23

England two centuries popular superstition credited the "Roya
Touch
King declared "infd." fihs"
These
which eliminates the impurities the blood channels
wodfamed benefit
paid will be refunded The only boodurfer
the Stomach Liver
Bowels Golden Medical all bilious attacks Indigestion and
specific manits its marvellous
Salrheum,
Swegs well Lungoa
monty Pulmonary time and fair
ASSOCIATION Ppetors No 663
Main Buffalo, N. Y.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
An Error In Ethics.

A lost car tracer on Western road
says the St. Louis Globle-Democrat,
had superintendent whose language
was so thickly interlaced with oaths
and Vituperation that it would hard
~ pass in polite society. He had it
in for the tracer, and once, when the
latter, in explanation of his inabil-
ity to locate q lost laundry check
which had been mislaid by the gener-
al manager, modestly claimed that
the recovery of such property was
not exactly in the line of his duties,
the superintendent opened on him in
a choice collection of blue profanity
that made the poor tracer tremble.
When he escaped from his superior
he related his woes to a brother sub
ordinate in the superintendent Of
fee.
"Why didn't you cuss him back? l
always cuss him back just as hard as
he does. Try it next time and see
how it works." was all the consola-
ton he got.
The next time the two men met the
tracer said: "Well, l tired it. The
old man called me in again, and took
me terrible trip over the Goals. |
took your advice and cussed back. ="
"Well, what luck?"
"He discharged me-"
|. "Oh, you did, Ell? Well, see here,
where were you when you cussed
him?"
"In his office, of course"
"Well, well; that explainsit. That
was wrong-dead wrong. Now, he
cusses me here in Kansas City, and |
wait until l get out to Santa Fe, and
cuss him back. My stars, man, what
do you mean by giving it to him to
his face"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
Browning Had a Skeleton.

1t is said that there is skeleton
in every house, but it is perhaps not
generally known that there was one
literally in Robert Browning's
apartments in the Casa Guida, in
Florence, some thirty years ago.
The Tribune says it was kept there
in a cupboard, and was intended for
anatomical drawing. One night,
however, at time when Home, the
Spiritualist, was in Florence and
constant visitor at Casa Quida-for
both Browning aud his wife were
firm believers in Home at this time,
though the husbands belief faded
in the face of the disclosure of after
years-the skeleton fell from it's rest
ing and frightened a lady visitor into
aft. 1t is hardly needfutto say that
such al untoward occurrence was
source of great distress to Mrs.
Browning, and the skeleton prompt
~ disappeared, to be seen no more.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY.
The Names Of The Fortunate Fifteen
in the Lottery Partnership.

The Names Of The Fortunate Fifteen
In the Lottery Partnership.
Mr.. b. d. Houghton has been engaged
during the past few days in presenting
81, 666 to each of fifteen Oswegonians who
were SO fortunate as to be implicated in
partnership on Louisiana State Lottery
tickets. The following are the lucky invest
ors: j. McChesney, Chas. Mcdowell w. J.
Rasmussen, Chas r. Lewis, Jules Wendell,
J. A. Southwick, Geo. w. Hartman, Albert
Ohediah Wiley, Alonzo Adams,
III. Churchill, David Wright, Theo. Warden
Aaron CoInon, Colbert Cooper.
The lucky ticket was No. 35, 961. It drew
the fourth capital prize of 100000 in the
December drawing, of which SIS, 900 fell to
the Oswego gentleman, they holding one
fourth of tho ticket. Mr. Hourhton sent the
lucky ticket for collection on Thursday 10th.
and received the money on the following Fri
day week. This is the second similar draw.
The occurrence has greatly stimulated the To-
cal trade in lottery tickets.-Oswego IN. "
Palladium, January Q.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-23
A Picturesque Road,

Although the road to Quito is over
an almost untrodden wilderness, it
presents the grandest icpanora-
ma in the world. Directly beneath the
equator, surrounding the city whose
origin is lost in the mist of centuries,
rise twenty volcanoes, presided over
by the prineely Chimborazo. the low
est being 10, 932 feet in height, and
the highest reaching an altitude of
22,500 feet. Three of these vol
canoes are active, five are dormant,