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The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
\ Monster Tombstone.

The largest tombstone in the world (monuments erected to dis tinguish persons excepted) is pro- bably that of the late H. Scarlett of Upson county, Ga. Scarlett was very wealthy and noted for his mis- anthropic tendencies. He led the life ofa hermit. Why, no one knew, but it was hinted that he was victim of disappointed love. Several years before his death, which occurerd in the spring of 1888, he selected a monster powder, miniature moun- tain of granite, 100x250 feet in di- mensions, for a tombstone, and had it appropriately lettered by a mar ble cutter. A cave fitted up as a roomy tomb was excavated under the huge powder, Scarlett himself experimenting the work. After his death neighbors, relative and friends carried the remains and deposited them under the rock according to ante-mortem directions, and to-day the mortal parts of Henry Scarlett repose under the most gigantic tombstone in the world.-St Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
ne Made the Shut After All.

i Doe Baldwin was in St Paul yes ] terday, says the Pioneer Press. In Nebraska-he is quite.a local charac- ter in the central portion of the State. The first time l ever saw him was in the winter of 1S77-8. He was playing billiards with a deputy Sheriff in the barroom of the hotel in Lone Tree. The Sher- if was eating peanuts by the bar, and the Prosecuting Attorney of the Judicial District was playing sancho pedro with the County Clerk.
 Suddenly the proprietor of the hotel mounted a tep-ladder, fum- bled around among some paste beard boxes on the top shelf be- hind the bar, found an old 32-cali- Der revolver, took it down, brushed off the dust and shot at Baldwin. The latter was just squinting for difficult carrom, and when the hotel man fired and missed lower ed his cue without making the shot, leaned against the billiard table and inquired, nonchalantly:
 "What did you do thet fer?"
 "You think Ed Parker will make the rifle for Representative from this county, don't you?"
 "Yes, sir; that's what I think" replied Baldwin.
 "Then, I'm going to shoot again p
 "Shnot and be d--d," said Baldwin.
 The Sheriff continued to eat pea nuts, the Deputy Sheriff got to one ssde. the Prosecuting Attorney and the County Clerk, not being in range quietly continued the game. It was altogether, q novel sight. But the hotel man finally concluded to re- frain from shooting and put the pis- tol into the cash drawer.
 Baldwin and the Deputy Sheriff continued their game, and Baldwin made the difficult cushion -carrom which he was planning before he was interrupted. Nothing followed this event in a legal way.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
Tough DeSperadOeS.

It is understood that certain person living on ranch few miles south of the city, is one of the party who robbed the store of Louis Tan nebaum at San Pedro and shot the proprietor the other day. Deputy Meyers of Santa Fe county, and Thos. Delany, made a call at the ranch last,night, but the man they were after was not to be found The officer came back to the city, and left early this morning for a place in Hells canon, where it is supposed the man with several of his pals is hiding. A tough gang have been committing acts of law lessness in San Pedro and adjacent towns of CerriIlos, Dolores and Golden for some time, and it is hoped that the officers are on the right trail,
 The outlawry first commenced with Lee White holding up and robbing mine owner near Cerril- los, who was enroute to a coal camp with considerable money to pay off
  the miners. White escaped, and arriving at San Pedro soon inaugu. rated reign of terror, threatening to take the lives of Superintendents Raunheim and Kibbe. He was join- ed by several desperate outlaws, and is thought that the recent troubles comes from members of the White gang. They are all assassins, and would do almost anything to ac- complish their purposes. Stores have been ransacked, proprietors and clerks have been shot at and forced to fly for their lives, and still these marauders have eluded capture, though determined and courageous officers are in pursuit. The outlaws commit crime and then fly to the Businesses of the mountains-Albuquerque Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
Curious Placers.

l have seen many strange things in my time," said an old miner to an Albuquerque Democrat reporter recently, but the strangest are the copper placers on the south end of the Manzano Mountains. I was there seven years ago and could get any amount of copper that would run from 70 to 90 per cent pure. The ground was literally covered with the stuff and there were beds of it ten and twelve feet thick. But the lode cannot be found. How 1t got there no one can tell. Some say it was produced by volcanic action and others claim that 1t was the result of nature during the glacial period. 1 am in favor of the latter theory. Anyhow the stuff is there, but it Is too far from rail road facilities to be of any practi- cal value, though the time will come when it will be shipped. There are thousads of tons of it. There are also some silver and lead placers reported in the same section, but I know nothing about them. I do know that the copper placers exist, for I have visited them. and yet have samples of ore that l picked up there. 1 visited the place while on a trip to the Gran Quivira in search of the treasure that is supposed to be buried there"
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
Miscellaneous Items.

It is reported that bridge across the Bosporus is projected by, syn dicate of French capitalists At the points elected for bridging, the channel is about half mile wide,
 An English electrician has invent ed maternal, that he calls "alter- ion, for the prevention ofcorrosion in boilers. The interior of the boil CT is coated with the material, and from time to time electrical currents are sent through 1t.
 The original estimate of the cost of the Highland Bridge was $10,- 500,000; but the actual cost has been about s15,OOO,OO0, or nearly the same as the bridge between New York and Brooklyn.
 Railroad commissions have now been established in about two-thirds of the States of the Union. Gu riously enough, no commission has yet been created in New Jersey, a State whose railroad interests are we'll known to be important, though commissions have been established in a number of, from a railroad point of view, less important States. -Bradstreet's.
 Since 1880 the value of Southern property has increased from S2,913,- 436,O95 to $4,22O, ,166, 400, The rail road mileage has been doubled, the cotton crop increased by million and half bales, cotton mills have doubled in number, and that sec tion produces five times as much pig-iron as it did ten years ago. Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
 The cost of the proposed Nicara- qua Canal is now placed at $65, 5,000,- GOO. The distance between the oceans is 169 miles, but only 29 miles of canal will have to be dug. The San Juan river must be deep ened and some artificial basins con
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
BrOWGing'S Daily Life.

Mir Browning was able to take life quietly and easily. He was able to enjoy himself. He had that rarest of modern possessions-the possession of leisure. His body servant has recently described how NIT. Browning spent his days. file used to get up at : o'clock every morning and stayed in his bedroom till s o'clock. He read during that time, generally French and Italian works, and he invariably ate a plate of fruit, which had been left in his room over night-strawberries or grapes by preference, oranges and other fruit in their season. From s to s 30 o'clock he had bath and at 9 came down to breakfast. This took about twenty minutes, and he would then turn his char to the fire and read the morning papers till 10 o'clock. He had the Times and Daily News in the morning and in the evening he reads the Pall Mall and the weekly and fortnight ly reviews From 10 till 1 he spent  the time in his study writing. Af- ter lunch, to which he sat down at 1 o'clock, he would go out to pay af- ternoon calls or to the private views frequently walking across Kensing- ton Garden. He came back at 5.30 or 6 o'clock to dress for dinner, which was at 0 clock, and he went to bed at 1040 or Il. During the season he dined out a great deal" -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
Divorced from a Dead Husband.

The rare ceremony of divorcing woman from her dead husband, according to the requirements of the old Mosaic law, took place re- gently at Louisville in the B'Nai Jakob Synagogue. The woman was Mrs. J. Levin, whose husband was killed by tramps last summer. She had no children, and the old law of the orthodox Jews is that in such a case the dead mans eldest broth CT Is to marry the widow and raise up children in the name of the de- ceased. Mrs. Levin, however, did not desire to marry Moses Levin, her husbands brother, nor he her. Accordingly, she must be divorced from her dead mate. This ceremony can only be performed by two or thodox Jewish rabbis acting in con- junction. As these could not be found in Louisville, they were i'm ported from Chicago for the occa- sion. An admission fee of25 cents was charged, and quite number of persons witnessed the remarkable ceremony.-St Paul Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
PatrOling the Strip.

Gutherie, I. T., March 19.-The patrol of the Cherokee strip by the forces of the United States army has begun. These troops were mass ed at this point this morning and from the hotel will march to four different points along the southern boundary of the strip, thence they will march in squads, covering as much ground as possible, north through the strip and notifying the settlers who now remain of the presidents notice, and forcibly evicting those who refuse to go vol untary. Once out the boomers will be kept out.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

The Agricultural Department re- port in relation to the amount of corn and wheat left over from last years crops gives very little encour- agement to the holders of corn, and even less to the eaters of wheat. The crop of corn last year was very large ,and the consumption has been the largest ever known, but, in spite of this, the balance on hand on the 1st of March is estimated at 970,- 100000 bushels. We get some idea of the vastness of this, when we see that reduction of one. cent a bush el in the price of this corn means a loss of about 100000 to the farmers.-Boston Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

The better education of persons who intend to make banking a pro- fession is a matter which has all ready been referred to by the Jour nal. At the last convention of the American Bankers Association ac- ton was taken looking to the estab- lishment of schools in all the prin- cipal cities, to be modelled after the Wharton School of Finance and Economy ill Philadelphia.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

The post surgeon at Mount Yer non Barracks, Ala, reports for Feb ruary that the health of the Chir- cahua Indian prisoners sshas been bad. Among other diseases there were "A eases of influenza. There was one death of an adult male from consumption and one birth. There are now left 7S men, 165 women and 147 children. The children are under F years old.-Prospec- tor.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

another wrong, which, in time, vii recoil upon the originators. A tenn
 porary political advantage might b'
 gained, but in the end it would onl.
 recult as negro suffrage has result ed, in returning to plague the in ventors.-Denver News.
 MT. Lodge once said that he would be perfectly willing to have Fedora bayonets at every polling place 1T his district; but he has so drafted his bill as to make it practically ap ply in its worst features to the Soutf alone. Elections, primarily, are tc be in the control of the States but upon the application of five hundred voters in a district the Federal Government is to step in and take entire control. This means that elections in the North are to be un- der State control and in the South under Federal control. It IS the worst kind of sectional legislation Nashville American.
 In short, Congressman Lodges national election bill is simply a bill to tax the people $10,OO0,0O0 extra fer every Congressional election for the double purpose of squandering the public money among character less partisans and violently assail- ing the rights of the people in sec tiuns where might is expected to defy the popular will. It is repe- tition of the old Federal sedition law, with gift of $10,000,O00 every two years to political debuachery. Philadelphia Times.
 It is said to be the fairest and least revolutionary of the pending Republican measures to Federalize the ministerial management of cleo tions and suppress the authority of States. It is certainly the most os- tentatious in its pretcnsions to mod eration and "non-partisanship," as determined by United States judges Woods, of Indiana fame, for ex- ample. If this proposed law be the best of the crop, what must the harvest be? There is not the least excus, for any of these projects, and no honest apology can be made for any of the extravagant and reck- less partisans who introduce them. New York Star,
 When the States are forbidden by act of Congress from changing any of the present very unfair allotment of Congressional districts, and pro- vision is made at Washington for taking charge of che elections, we suppose the next step will be the appointment of Federal teachers for all the school districts, and the regulation of public education by Federal authority. After that, will come in due time, we suppose, the proposition for consolidation, when the State governments may step down and out, and gubernatorial honors in a separate commonwealth will be a thing of the past.-N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
 It is pretty safe to assume that in the North there would be no peti- tions to have the elections held un- der the Lodge law. In the South, however, the Republican agents would go through the Congression- al districts and get the signatures of enough blacks in each of them to place the elections in the control of the Republicans - Savannah News.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

It is supposed that in the next Eurpean war the artillery can effect ually stay advancing infantry at 1 1000 yards distance.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

streams. Lake Nicaragua affords 56 miles of free sailing. The Suez Canal, which was cut out of the soil
 and sand for 100 miles, cost $S1,- 100000. - Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
 At a banquet of electrical engi-
 neers in Boston a few evenings
 since, those occult gentleman as-
 sured the public that the dwelling
 house of the future will be fitted for
 electricity as it now is for gas, not
 only to give illumination, but also
 to furnish power to run the sewing
 machine the egg-beater, and to but
 ter the bread economically, to warm
 the house, and to cook the food
 Kenebec Journal.
 The French Government, admon-
 ished by the comparative dearth of
 births, has decided to give certain
 advantage to fathers of more than
 seven children, A census has ae-
 cOrdingly been taken, and the re-
 suits are of an interesting charac- ter. It appears there are 2,O00,000
 households where there has been
 no child; 2,5OO,OOO in which there was one; 2,3OG,OOO two children; 1 100000, three; about 100000, four; 550,O00, five; 33O,O0O, six; and 100000, seven or more. It is a curious fact that increase in wealth is almost mathematically marked by dlminution in progeny. Troy Press.
 The United States Geological Survey Mining Statistics) has re- ceived a report upon the occurrence of precious stones within the Uni- ted States, by Mir. George F. Kunz. The principal localities where prec- ious stones are sought are Mount Mica, Paris Me-, and Stony Point, N. c. Tourmaline is frequently found at Mount Apatite, Auburn, Me-, and Zircon, and other rare minerals are obtained from several localities in North and South Car olinas and Kentucky. The United State National Museum contains a collection of about 1000 specimens of native precious stones, which is the most complete of it's kind in the country,
 A meteorite fell at Migheni, in Russia, on the 9th of June last, which was remarkable in contain ing about } per cent. of organic matter, in the shape of yellow readily combustible and soluble in alcohol, closely resem- bling resin. It also contained 2 per cent. of an inorganic body which is, apparently, metallic salt of new element allied to tellurium, al- though it has not been fully inves- tigated. The presence of organic matter in this celestial visitor is certainly an extraordinary occur renee, and must be held to indicate either the previous existence ofliv- ing organisms on these bodies, or else-as seems more probable-that under certain conditions, such as we may suppose to prevail in the in- terior of the earth, carbon and hy- drogen may unite to form organic substances Popular Science News.
 The Helena, Mont, Daily Inde- pendent is warm under the collar; but when one remembers what the people of that new state have been made to suffer at the hands of the worst elements of the republican party, he cannot wonder that the true character ofthe g. o. p. should both be realized and expressed. The Independent says: "The republican party is composed mainly of two classes The political blacklegs and lesperadoes, who resort to every
The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03

For negro suffrage the Republi- cans have no one to blame but themselves, and if their votes now go to swell the Democratic electoral vote no fault can be found with the Democrats. The Republicans are themselves to blame. Their gain by 1t was of short duration. The en- franchisement of the negro race at the time it was accomplished was a mistake. Senator Sherman almost admits it. It was wrong. To un- dertake now to rectify it by the en- actment of some measure, taking out of the hands of the people of the States the power to control their elections, would be to perpetrate
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-17
WISGOMS GIN

State Veterinarian Atkinson condemned
five glandered horses at Fond du Lac, and
they were shot.
Willie Walsh, youngster of 10 years, left
his home at Kaukauna about six weeks ago
and has not since been seen or heard Of.
Richard Burkhardt jumped from moving
tIain at La Crosse striking a switch target.
His skull was split open and he died instant
ly.
man named Hitchel, employed in q La
Crosse lumber mill, went to sleep on the rail-
road track while intoxicated. He was cut
to pieces by train.
John Qualman, who sold liquor in the
town of Wall, Forest County, where Licenses
are not issued, has been held to trial on q
charge of violating the excess laws. He is
in jail in default of $500 bail.
Settlement has been effected of the suit of
the Thompson & Walkup Company against
the Northern Pine Land Company, over the
value ofpine cut from plaintiffs lands. The
sum paid in settlement was $4,000, while
| $4,000 was sued for.
Thomas McWiIliams of Boscobel started
to make tour to Europe few weeks ago,
in quest of health, hoping the ocean voyage
would be beneficial. 1t seems, it was not, as
a>rahie- sdisRetch -EslM receiEsd Gss~ai Ahee0
William, from Liverpool requesting MIN to
come at once, and he started on the first
/ train.
There are no children under Is years of age
as prohibited by law, employed in Wisconsin
at present, so far rs investigation will show.
During the last year there we're forty-nine
violations of the law discovered and the
children promptly dismissed at the word OF
warning from the inspectors of the State
Labor Bureau.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-17
An Unsinkable Substance.

One of the most remarkable pro-
ducts of French ingenuity, at the
present time, is a fibrous substance
called cellulose, and which, by some
secret mechanical process, is obtained
from the ordinary cocoauut husk.
When compressed it's specific gravity
is far less than that of a cork-it is
claimed, indeed, that it is the lightest
solid known, and, therefore, of pecu-
liar value for life belts and the mat
tresses while in large quantities it's
buoyancy would render a large YES
sci absolutely non-sinkabIe. 1t is
adapted to the filing of compart-
ments in a ships side, in this way
serving to prevent water entering
through a hole made by a projectile
or rock, for the simple reason that
the instant the water enters the cellu-
lose is expanded by it to an impene-
trable tightness; it does not decay or
emit any odor, and has been packed
in a ships compartments without
undergoing change of any descrip-
ton. If, too, a mass otthis cellulose
be penetrated by projecetile it will
not be ignited by the friction.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-17
IOWA.

At Dubuque brutal street car driver kill.
ed tired horse by striking it on the head
with club and will have to pay the COM
pany for the animal.
The safe in the postofice at Victor was
blown open and money and stamps to the
amount of $3.50 taken. No clue to the rob-
bers.
Henry Brainard, aged so, census enumer-
ator for portion of Bremen county, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself through
the head. No cause is assigned for the act.
During the progress ofthe PLAY "The Drum
mer Boy of Gettysburg" at Davenport q
man in the audience wanted to fight the
heavy villain, who had been abusing the
drummer boy.
Willie Vernon, an Oskaloosa boy, while
swinging was thrown to the ground, dis
tance oteighteen feet, by the rope breaking.
Both arms were broken and other serious in
| juries sustained.
A crate of eggs was received in Keokuk the
other day in which about q dozen young
chickens were hopping around-hatched out
in transit by the warm weather in direct vio-
lation of the original package decision.
The following notice is posted on a fence
in Franklin county: eff any mans or wom-
ans cows or oxen gifts in these here oats,
his or her tail will be cut off, as the case
may be- am Christian man and pay my
taxes, but d-n a man who let's his critters
| loose say /"
The county attorney of Keokuk county
has decided to bring proceedings against all
the original package houses in the county
under the nuisance law and will claim that
while the supreme court decision may give
them the right to sell liquor it does not nee
essarily give them the right to use Iowa
| buildings for that purpose
James Moore of Manila, was found lying
| in q corntield near that town the ether day
| in an unconscious condition and with his up
per Jaw crushed in. The surroundings indi-
cate that struggle had taken place, but as
vet the injured man is unable to give any
account of the occurrence
A new pest has made it's appearance in the
vicinity o Cedar Rapids, says the Ga zette,
but it is yet too early in it's history to tell
whether it's work will prove serious. A black
and white worm, similar in size md shape
| to that found on the ears OF corn in the milk
stage, is attacking the growing corn plant.
1t starts in at the top leaves, burrows it's
way downward and ends its work by eating
| the stalk entirely off near the ground.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-17
A Clear MonOpoIY,

The other forenoon a messenger
boy was going up Woodward avenue
stopped for moment in the shade
81 one of the Circus park naples. HI
was sopping up the sweat on his fact
and hands, when an ice-wagon came
along.
Gimme a hunkF" called the boy.
The driver shook his head.
"It may prevent sunstroke," con.
tinued the boy.
For 10 cents, replied the driver
Then femme ride"
The driver shook his head.
at may save my life."
"For 5 CENTS" grimly replied the
driver.
CHATS q clear monopoly, and
here goes to down itl'' said the boy,
and he hit the driver in the back with
a stone and escaped.-Detroit Free
Press.