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Fergus County argus., 1890-07-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


George W. Cook aud family we're in tn~u
Yesterday. They ieft f"r l,"n- to-day.
J.'WaILcr accompanied by his daughter
Maggie was ia town Tuesday on l.nd
business.
a numln.r "f Naiienii.s were in town
Monday. brought down as witnesses in the
Jenkins ease.
George VI. Staii.rd made q survey Of
the grading of the same.
Culver a Noble have purchased a fine
plan" i"r their orchestra. The inst trunent
formerly belonged to George Falisan.
D,rp On lower Spring creek. On July -.
Mrs. Herman Wyss of dropsy. The funeral
took plae. on Wednesday Of last week.
William Fergus came in from Box Elder
rreek last Saturday. lie came after n
physician in behalf of Mrs Fergus who i~
niing.
Dan Crowley is building an addition to
his livery stable which will he I0x50 feet.
When completed the entire building will be
.,0xa0.
Charles A. Berg, the new receiver appoint
s,l for this land district, was II resident of
Maiden for a short time in the earl, DAYS
81 that camp.
BoRN-To Mr.. aud Mrs. Cha rles Brown
oi Lewistown. ON the ootb inst. n girl.
Child died about four hours after birth.
Mother doin. well.
l. N. Macollon cam. in from Rlake crock
first Of the week to look after his new resi-
d.nce. which Mr.. Roberts has under way in
Morose'. addition.
A.. ., A. , c,.
fist Willow lost their youngest child on
"Wednesday of last week. Death was caused
by brain fever md Indigestion.
~ po,.,, wos 4, fro,, ,,. I,a;,h ,,s,
r,,a.a.v A. po.u ,.,. g., a. CO..
week and will spend the summer i'm Wiseon.
sin visiting her pa rents and Relatives.
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and town property at reasonable rates.
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moo,yrowers and mu,ta, h,vs,s v.s il,
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'es'er"ay "l'er"o"" Mr. .. H. waite an"
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''"e one "' ,"e "'t'e ones wan"ered away.
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Fergus County argus., 1890-07-24
Estrayed.

From my ranch on Rock creek about
April ~, II span "f work horses, "S- light
brown, .ra"a~, %" lett thigh,
left hind foot white; some white IN forehead.
The other horse is dark brown; three " hite
feet; saddle marked, and dim brand as
above on left thigh. will pay u reward III
Slo for information beading To- r,r"vrry III
same.
T. N. to,u.
July -. Lew istowu. Mont
Taken Up.
Blue roam horse about fourteen years
old. branded on Ien shoulder aud
on left thigh; weight 200 pounds;
height. about ~ hands. Owner can have
same by proving property and paying ior
this advert isrmrnt.
!. 7. REAvis.
July IL. Grass Range. Mont.
Fergus County argus., 1890-07-24

From my ranch on Rock creek, about
April -, n span "f work horses. oSr light
Fergus County argus., 1890-07-24

July -.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
Like Louis Ouatorze,

4 curious scene was witnessed in q
weIL-EnoWn restaurant near the
Halles at an early b our one morn
.Eg. 4 gentleman, who said his
name was Adalbert, and is reported
to belong to a good family, invited
two men whom he met on the street
20 supper They supped in q most
luxurious manner. consuming sever
al bottles ofchampagne- AtIast AdaI-
bert knocked on the table with his
stick and shouted. Bring the bill
Quick I am Louis XIV, l don't like
to be kept waiting The proprietor
brought the reckoning, which
amounted to IS. and thereDresenta-
tive OF Louis XIV. tossed it to his
companions. renarkine. PAY that
III you hket As for me, have only
got Is Sd in my pocket. and I intend
TO keep it therel'' But" expostu-
lated his companions, 1T was you
who invited us to supper VERY
likely" was the reply; Il invited
you to supper, and you have supped;
now l invite you TO pay, therefore
pay. That's my character. There
suit Of the alteration was that all
three were taken before NJ Leieune,
inspector OF police. who soon found
out that the gentleman calling him
self Adalbert was in reality a luna
tic, and had already been In st.
Anne's asylum for mental vagaries
OF a similar kind. He was sent to
the infrmary of the central police
station for further inquiry into the
state OF his mind. The other men
were liberated on promising to pay
the landlord when they had money
enough.-Paris Cor London TeIe-
graph.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
1t Didn't Work,

! doctor on the north side played
neat little trick upon his wife.
Ever since she first met him he has
been bearded like the pard. and both
whiskers and mustache have been
regarded as no inconsiderable part
Of his professional outfit The lady
was returning from the country. and
her lord was to meet her at the de-
pot. He usually wears a Prince
Albert black coat and a tall silk hat.
a. becometh the dignity of q medi-
cine man. Hechanged al that upon
the appointed day.
First he went and had his face
dean shaved He then purchased a
straw nat with blue ribbon band.
and fastened to array himself in a
light suit. OF which the coat was a
short sack, buttoned up to the chin.
He saw his wife looking out for him,
aud, keeping his head turned down.
he approached the car and said in
disguised voice: Can I De OF any
assistance, madam
The somewhat disconsoIate lady
thanked him and said she would be
much obliged If he would call q car
rage. When she had taken her seat
he Jumped in and sat beside her with
out saying a word. She gave him a
long. piercing look, and then said
calmly, Why. you great idiot,
you're almost naked. Chicago
Journal.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
The Man Had the Call.

4 man with a market-basReto on his
arm was slowly toiliug ND the incline
o. the Brooklyn bridge recently.
when MS attention was attracted TO
a boy on the root of a building about
TWO hundred feet away, As soon as
tae man stopped the boy began irtai-
la0InS his walk, which was rendered
lngTacefuI by q lame leg. Owing to
tne confusion it was impossible to
near Whateach said, but the man with
the basket seemed TO excIaful:
II / only had my hands on you'd
make You sing a different tune IN.
about Z minuteII"
and the boy seemed to reply:
Tome, now, old chap, don't get
husky over a bit OF fun
The man on the bridge was taken
WEUn a IT Of coughing The boy fol-
lowed suit The man shook his fist ii
the direction ofthe root. The bov
shook his IN the direction OF the
bridge Then the man seem TO be
saying .s..-
AM Eou young wretch. you are
trading the path to the galLows,.'
Inc boy gestured with his right
ha1d IN imitation and seemed to re-
ply
Ii Twas as crustE as you are I'd
have been hung long ago"
Then ne put his thumb on his nose
and twrled his fingers in a spirited
manner, and it looked as If he would
come out i winner Indeed. the man
had started on, when he suddenly
stopped. sat down mis- basket, and
after feeling for 4 minute, he brought
out d, hens egg 1t was large. SOL
lt-lookiDg specimen Of what an
American hen can do. and the man
spit on the palm Of his right hand.
The boy initiated him. Then the
man drew back his right arm. The
boy also initiated that maneuver.
With a raise On his toes and a sup
pressed hal the man let fy, and
three or four seconds later the egg
struck the boy on that part OF the
anatomy vulgarlF referred TO as the
bread basket" He doubled upand
then went TO grass, and as the man
lifted up his basket and passed On
nobody nor nothing had any more
remarks to make.-New York Sun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
The End of the World.

The nebuIH IN Orion. Saturn and
the moon are indeed suggestive Of
ehang@Epes they may be called Of
the first stage. the middle and the
last that matter passes through in
the long process of the evolution of
worlds.
And of all changes that change
has most interest for us which aE
fecrs our own planet, the earth; it
has reached d later stage than Sat
urn, though not so late a stage as
the moon. but only IN long ages and
By minute effects will further changes
be noticed.
Ages hence it may be discovered
that there is some slight change in
the earth.s orbit, or Mercury, yet
nearer TO the sun than we. NAV be
seen to pursue a smaller orbit than
now, and the terrible fact NAV come
home to man that We are drawing
nearer to the SUM- Time goes on.
and the tropics become too hot for
existence. and colder regions find a
welcome change TO warmth
Age by age goes By, and the end is
visIbIy- no nearer; but the figures OF
astronomers only too surely tell
their tale
Now the tropics are an impossible
n oil Il
congregates around the poles. Spain
has lost her vineyards and the Alps
their snow, England is a burning des-
ert and Greenland teens with the
vegetation of the tropics; in smaller
circles the inha bItaIts gather round
the poles But" to quote the
words of Mr. kefghtIey Miller. ssthe
narrowed limits of the habita BILE
earth can NO longer support this
vast increase OF population, and fam
inc begins to NOW down its victims
by millions.
Now, indeed, the end of all life on
the earth draws ON aDace. The heat
and drought become more and more
insupportable- rain. and dew fall no
longer All springs ofwater fail. and
the rivers dwindle down TO amIets
and trickle slowly over their stony
beds, and now scarcity of water is
added to scarcity of food Those
who escape from the famine perish
By the drought gre reserved Tor a
fate more awful yet For time the
few remaining inha bitants are par
italy screened from the overW1eln-
ing power of the sun by a dense can
opF OF clouds formed by theevapora-
ton of every lake and sea.
But soon the sun scorches uD these
FapoF banks, and dissipate them In
to space as fast as they can form
Then the fiery orb shines out an IN
utterable splendor without the light
est cloud wreath to interpose be-
tween himself and his victims. Then
the last denizens OF the world are
striker down and coRsumed-tI1e last
traces of organic life are blotted from
it's surface '-Longman's Magazine
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
A New York Detective,

New York World: Detective Won
Gerichtens reputation does not rest
on the daring leap from train after
his prisoner the other day He IS a
man who has made remarkable
record IN the Police Department. and
always through his sUeadFast devo-
ton to one idea The inspector re-
marked drylF once that when ne
sent Won Gerichten out after any
thing he did not have TO devote
much thought to the matter after
wards He meant that Eoa Gerich-
ten would stick to the trail until he
ended the chapter He has logged
men pretty nearly all over the face
OF the earth. and he has been hronzed
and hardened BY Iaborious work in
many climates He was originally a
Prussiaa soldier, was honorabIy dis
charged from the German army and
when he showed up in Berlin IN the
course of one of his long cElases after
81 criminal two years ago he created
quite a stir in tie kaiser's capital.
He is the picture OF soldier in ap-
pearancs nog.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
Daniel WebSter'S Joke.

Dropping in to see a friend Of
mine one rainy afternoon, years
ago said u noted hotel man. L
found d group OF four sitting in the
Office, composed OF Daniel Webster.
a Mr. Jones, my friend and his broth
er. Alter receiving a, very cordial
greeting and u kind Invitation to a
quiet smoke and chat about old
times | settled down for few hours
OF oId-time indulgence
AS my broker friends throat be-
came a little husky it made him re-
member something long forgotten.
and, turning to his brother. he said.
I guess, Tom III go up stairs and
get DO tile Of wine from that case
brought from France over twenty
years ago
by way of explanation TO Us he
told OF buying a case of wine in
France, TO be used at a reception to
be given him on his return home.
but he found death had visited his
family while on his way and the wine
was never used
Here, Reuben" he called to his
clerk, while am gone up stairs you
1gger up how much that wine stands
NE today, costing $3.50 a bottle
20 years ago, and be sure you get
the interest to cent
Well. the interest did amount TO
considerable on the whole case. and
q happy thought seemed to strike
Webster, as large grin spread over
his face. but he soon became very
solemn again
In few minutes the bottle stood
empty. and such wine [ shall never
have the pleasure OF tasting again.
AS We were making preparations
to leave. Webster turned and said to
my friend: George, have thought
OF a plan whereby you can make
some money
How is that eagerly inquired
Mr.. J.
Supposing ne stop the interest
on another bottle OF that 2O-Year
old wine. exclaimed Webster, with q
sparkle in his great eyes.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
He Knew a HosS,

Some men down IN Belfast thought
to puzzle a local jockey by bringing
out two sorry looking equines. one
considerably larger than the other,
and asking him which mas the better
one But he was not caught nap
ping. He looked each carefully over.
examining the feet OF each. and then
renderered Judgment as follows
Ones worth just as much as
tother."
How that asked the crowd
:. We'll, the big one has got more
hide and bones than the smaller one
but the latter has got the best shoes
on, which makes it about an even
thing. -LeWiston Journal.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
Rich Mems Possible Woes.

The very rich people are TO be
pftied," said a weIIknown capitalist
and elubman the other day to New
York correspondent of the hansa
City Star hen a man once get :
q large fortune there is no emolu-
ment worth striving TOR, for he tries
and succeeds in winning il the world
says that his conflict was made easy
by mis- wealth Il he has poll teal
aspirations he is accused Of purchas-
ing votes and favor. He wants to
shine m litera 5ure it Is declared that
he hired an author to write his books
He is not permitted to have an
honest love for art. for when he
becomes a collector it is said that he
buys pictures by the yard aud stat
uary as though it were cheese John
Jacob Aston who died recently,
could have been minister to England
under President Hayes, but he re-
fused the position because he knew
the nation would declare that is was
given in reward for his contribution
10 the campaign fund In the whole
lie John Jacob Astor was nothing
more than d realestafe agent on a
large scale. and his end was accom-
pfIshed by govt. the bane Of all rich
men Gout Is the Ineyita bic result OF
5nuence- 1t is good food and what
is now called good cooking that
produces govt. and the man OF large
means Is sure to have both Mr.
Aston was what might be called a
quiet liver: that is, he was perfectly
temperate in his appetites Besides
this he was an extraordinary strong
youth and began his life OF
luxury with constitution OF
iron But the steady unbroken COM
forts and pIenitudes OF his existence
did their work. and he died at IS.
looking as hearty as any man in
New York. 1t has sometimes been
observed that govt is a fashionable
ailment- but IN reality 1t Is preya-
lent and deadly disease among the
luxurious men in New York. and
nearly every club window has a big
red-faced man in it who is haunted
by the realization that he may be
called TO his reckoning at any mo-
ment- If these men had ever been
tempted into the fields of indeavor
and taken pot-luck with the regular
toilers OF the earth they woul d be all
right. but the smooth elegance OF do
ing nothing that they have INDUCED
IN. together with the wines and
spieed jelicacies that have formed
their susteaance, has put them into
pretty much the same physical con-
dition as those geese that We make
into pates de fois gras. advise the
poor not to envy the rich. l will
wager that they are unhappy as
anybody. The richer they are the
more unhappy they are. They can
not go into the struggle for lame,
they mistrust the motives OF every
new acquaintance, aud they nvaria-
bly, have the govt You will not find
amore sorroWful looking set Of men
II New York than the ones that be-
long to my club. And they are the
very richest citizens we have. In
tact I am a pretty sad dog myself.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
The Original Phonograph.

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It has been proved that Columbus
did not discover America and that
the Italian did not invent the mari
ners compass 1t has been proved
that Morse did not invent an cleo
trio telegraph. that Howe did not
invent a sewing machine, that Cyrus
Mccormick did not invent a reaper,
and that Fulton did not invent a
steamboat Now somebody turns
up the Courier VeritabIe. a magazine
published in 1852, to prove that
Edison did not invent the phono-
praph- That publication announces
that Capt EosterIieh has returned
from voyage in Australasia He
reports having passed by a strait
below that of Magellan: he landed
in a country where nature furnished
NTH with certain sponges which re-
tain sounds as other sponges do
liquors. So that when they wish to
ask something's or confer alta distance
they speak into one OF the sponges
and send it to their friends, who,
having received it, press it gently
and make the words come OUT
From the Hamilton Spectator.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
He Got Enough TO Eat.

In one OF the leading hotels q Jew
days ago one of those laundering in
dependent farmers was the star fig
ure IN very amusing incident. He
came in and sat down at a table
where was breakfastIng and began
studying the bill OF fare The printed
list of eatahles confused him not a
little. but he N de a bold bluff at
the waiter and then leaned back in
his chair satisfied that ne would
soon have a good breakfast. But he
drew a blank. He had made bad
choice from the bill of fare and did
not get enough to keep a squirrel
from starving He put it out ofsight
IN a jHy. He was still hungry and
began to figure on some way to get
another deal. He examined the card
Tor a few moments and then began
trying to catch a waiter. But they
ali were busy and did not notice the
famished tiiler of the soil.
He tapped with his knife on his
plate, called hey, thereI's and tried
to pluck their sleeves. It was no go,
and his efforts remained unheeded.
Finally, driven TO desperation. he
put his two thumbs in his mouth
and whistled Such whistle. tool
1t could have been heard a mile.
The walters jumped as If they had
been shot. and two nervous ladies
screamed a little The solemn head
waiter and two or three of his MINI
BILE assistants ran to the old man.
who calmly said: 7 wish you would
pass the victuals again. | didn get
enough" He soon had enough
around him, and the head waiter
kept an eye on him TO see that the
supply remained good.-Exchange
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
4 Berth in Heaven for Sale,

u hen Thomas Cruise. the bonanza
king, made the famous sale OF the
Drum L1mmon the news went all
over the country For a man to
Jump from poverty to a millionaire s
afGence almost in a day was an IN
usual thing even IN a mining centre.
The result was a stream OF letters to
Mr.. Cruise from cranks OF all sorts.
He remembers one of them par
ticuiarly- ICw from d minister in
Washington He announced that
lie had by some unknown means Sc
cured a good berth in heaven, the
value OF which was beyond estimate.
II was ''sure thing" and the
minister was willing 10 make an affffif-
daVit TO its existence. He had hear d
OF Mr.. Cruse's sudden rise to wealth,
and thought an opportunity was
offered for fair exchange. He was
not entirely willing to reIinQuish his
claim On the future snap, but he Of
fered TO give half the berth il Mr..
Cruise would IN return send his check
for half his fortune. Mr. Cruise de-
cided that as matters looked then
the minister I -"uld get the best OF
the bargain all ne declined to con
slider the oTeT.-HelenafM Mont. INDIE
upnSInnt.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
A Better Charm.

4 boy was knocking the horse
chestnuts off a tree on Cass avenue
when a pedestrian observed.
I suppose you think they will act
as a charm to ward of rheuma tism,
but they won't"
Il didn't suppose they would, re
piled the lad
Then whatdo you want ofthem2''
TO act as charm to ward offHck-
ms know q boy who carried four
OF them IN his pockets and didn't get
licked in tour straight weeksr-
Detroit Free Press.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03

4 CRITICISM on current life was
made recently by a New Yorker,
whose ideas are always worth hear
ing. that the public as rule is prone
to be interested In things altar. We
ignore the extremes ofnliserE and
poverty as they exist in our own
cities. and are eager to listen to de-
lectable tales OF the cannibals OF the
South Sea Islands.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03

The American vile OF a Chinaman
IN ST Louis was annoyed by some
children who had gathered at her
husband s laundry to see her baby
While one of the children, named
Walter kellT, aged ten, was uy ing
to get a sly peep at the infant, the
heartIess woman threw I've into his
lace. and utterly destroyed Insight
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
The Oldest Place in America

DO you know the oldest place in
all American said Gen John b.
Henderson, of St. Louis, to a circle
OF friends. 81 don't mean the oldest
town In the country or on the CONT
nent, but the land first found on the
western hemisphere. No2 Well, /
thought not It's Mount MarcE. in
the Adirondack mountains Aeassiz
aud other biologists have figured
ont that Mount Marcy was the point
of land that made its appearance
first above the water when the west
ern hemisphere mas eFolFed. chi
cago Herald.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03

Taken a9a time,
even Consumption yields to the
wonderful effects Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. It
won't make new lungs-but it Will
make diseased ones healthy when
nothing else will. There's reason
for it, too. Consumption is Lung
serofuIa. For every form OF scrof-
ula, and all blood taints, the "Dis-
eoyery" is a positive cure It's
the most potent strength restorer,
blood cleanser, and flesh builder
known to medical science. For
Weak Lungs, Splitting Of Blood,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, and
all lingering Coughs, it's an une-
qualed remedy. It's a guaranteed
one f 1t doesn't benefit or cure,
you have your money back You've
everything to gain from it nothing
to lose.
It's especially potent in curing
letter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysip-
elias, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes,
Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged
Glands, Tumors and Swellings-
Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal
under Its benign influence.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-03
LoTs of inn can be had with a new

LoTs of fun can be had with a new
II contriyed sheet-ron cat which il
worked by cloekKork, and which has
a bellows inside OF it which sKells uE
its tail to the size of the maddest OF
mousers. It ernits meow which
is close imitation of the natural
feline cry, and has, IN addition stee.
claws and teeth. You wind it uI
and place it on yonr roof, and set ii
meowing. AL the cats in the neigh
borhood come around, and It's
poisoned claws kill every one II
strikes.