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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27

hope that he may be found and thai
his heart may be gladdened by re-
newed faith IN mankind, for certainly
in this lapse Of years it must have been
badly shaken. There is. however, one
wrong occasioned by this transaction
that can never be righted. Coulson
is dead. and no man lives. who Is brave
enough to visit its deserted ruins and
give 1t the artistic embellishmen'
PLANNED by Mr.. Goss in May, 1882.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27
SUICIDE BY AMMONIA.
The Terrible Agony Does Not Prsvent
Its Use.


Its Use.
No poison brings death with more
maddening agony then sm mOnis, but
that fact dos not seem 10 discourage
the suicide. The man Harrowilz, who
deliberately swallowed a fatal dose Of
the drug in New York recently, is
only one of the many who have gone
the ammonia route 10 denth in spite Of
the excruciating Vain. DR.. Blyth hss
recorded thirty cares of ammonia
poisoning In the small London district
Of which he is health officer; Professor
Mitchell mentions twenty-five cases.
and four have occurred during the
short time DR.. Jenkins has been con-
necttd with the coroner's ONCE in
New York.
Gases Of slow poisoning from ammo
nia are Of constant occurrence among
men who work In its manufacture, OF
even In decoDpOsing substances which
give it of in considerable quantities
tlA -1monia slowly and from day TO day
taken into the system, causes the
complexion to lose its freshness, and
the skin Of men who get heavily i'm
pregnated with II hes a disagreeable
blotched and discolored appearance.
Taken into the stomach from day to
day In even the small quantities used
70 adulteraie food, such as baking
powders, IL not only injures the COM
plexion. but attacks the lining Of the
stomach, and Is the source Of much
general III health.
The recent rapid increase In the use
Of ammonia for various purposes, and
the consequent increase In Its mana
facture have made 1t one Of the most
essily obtained pOIsons, aud although
everybody is familiar with it In some
form, there Is a surprising amount Of
Ignorance Of its dangerous qualities
It's use as an adulterAnt In any food b
simply q crime, and as a crime should
be punished.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27

The disbursements would be 81, lO4
la excess Of the receipts. The assess
ment roll ss returned by the assessor
amounts to S7OO,O After deducting 10
per cent, that being in their judgment
a reasonable smOunt for delinquen's,
leaving $500 On this amount 1t
would be necessary to levy 81 mill
tax TO make good the difference Of
S4, lO7 above noted. Your committee
would therefore recommend that s 50
mill tax be levied against all city
property as shown by the assessment
roll, Respectfully submitted,
RI. STUART,
Chairman of Committee.
On motion the report of the COM
mittee was adopted.
Alderman Crowley offered the iol-
lowing resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t being required by law
| that on or before the 18th day Of sep
ten,ber in each year the City Council
shall determine and levy a corporation
tax for the current fiscal year; there
/ fore, be IL
ResoIUed, That the City Council oI
Miles Ciiy do hereby levy a tax OF 81
mills on the real and personal property
within the corporate limits of Mile
City, ss shown by the assessment roll
for the year 1891.
The yeas and nays were called upon
the adoption of the resolution, result
ing IN its unanimous adoption.
Alderman Bullard from the commit
tee on police. fire and water, to whicf
had been referred the proposition o
B. Ullman to install and maintain 81
electric fire alarm. reported adversel,
on the proposition, and on motion o
Alderman Fish the report was adopted
The clerk was instructed to draw
warrant for SIS in payment Of tn
Supreme Court fees in the appeal COS
Of the City vs.. Red Kern and other
and deliver the same to the city attor
ney.
The following bills were on motio
allowed aud ordered paid;
Stock Growers bank rent mo- SIP
J Aurora Turner, city hospital. is 0
: Naples q Stuart, lumber, etc.. "a
: On motion the report of q. W. Nc
Intire. ex-city treasurer. wss approved
J There being no further business, III
3 Council adjourned.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27
RAPID TRANSIT.
A Long FeIt Went to be Supplied in This
NeighbOrhoOd.


In the month OF May 1852, Mr.. David
Goss, then residing in the town OF
Cou'son, ths germ Of the magic city
Of the a Eali fiat" yclept Billings, the
ruins of whicn (Coulson not Billings
csn still be seen by the tourist ss he is
whirled through the Yellowstone val
ley on Northern Pacific train, at this
time sud place, ss We have said, Mr..
Goss became imbued with a desire to
paint a portion Of the tOwn-white-and
working towards the accomplishment
of his desire he wrote a letter - Lu'e
Dear ordering n white-wash brush and
enclosed In the letter a one dollar bill.
Probably on account Of the valuable
enclosure, the letter was not entrusted
to the mail, but confded to the safer
but le0s expedit iOus delivery of DR..
Redd, who was then sOjourBing tenn
Lorarily a. COulson. DIR. Redo brought
the letter with him safely to MilcsCity,
but allowed IL to remain uudisturbed
in his inside pocket. Change Of season
brought about the discarding Of the
coat containing the letter aud N repOse
Of year or two was enjoyed by the
mi-sive end ITS precious enclosure.
Meanwhile Mr.. Co.'s had probably be-
come disgDsted at the delay in hIs
artistic designs and had painted the
town red several times ss a measure OF
relief from the anxiety that must have
consumed him. Years rolled ty.
Coulson b, came a thing Of the past
and DIR. Redd made q trip to Louisville,
Ky, taking with him the coat contain
ing Mr.. Goss' impassioHed appeal for
a white-wash brush, but all unconciOus
Of the great wrong he was abbetting
Returning to Miles CITY, the doctcI
left the coat In Louisville and some
more years rolled 0y end them few
more until the year Of grace 1891 wa
reached and DIR. Redd and Commodor'
Bruning, both Of Miles City met IL
Louisville. Just why this meeting
occasioned the overhauling OF DR.
Redd's old clos we she'll not attemp
TO say. The commodore had just land
ed from a long and Terilous voyag
down the ragiog Missouri and bis raj
ment may not have teen such as b.
desired to appear In when calling oI
''the girl left behind me" or il ma,
have been considered q wise measur
by the two MilesiaDs far from hOm
to soak" the coat and ascertain II
was fast coloTs as represented by tn
home tailor. Whatever the occasion
Il necessi'ated going through ths
packets Of the garment aud in one Q
them was found the epistle OF Mr.. Goes
signed. se~ ed, but not delivered. Al
though an interval Of nine yeals ans
three months had elapsed, DR.. Reds
did not propose 70 have The commercia
relstions OF Coulson end Miles Cit,
interiered with sud as commodor
Bruning was about TO return to thi
city ct once he was intrustcd with tn
carriage snd safe delivery Of the com
municat'on. Yesterday Il reached IL
ultimate destination by being deliveres
70 Mr.. Des-, who avels that II Mr.
Goss h all n the land Of the living b
shall have nis white-wssh brush. w,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27

To those wishing 10 attend the
Montana circuit races held At Helena
from August 22ndi 10 18th. or 20 visit
the capital city for business or pleasure
the Northern Pacific road offers for
sale, from August 2lst 70 29lh inclusive.
round trip excnrslcn tickets TO Helena.
good on an passenger trains, for t10.so
Tickets good returning until August
s0lh.
PHI. GRIssEI.LE. Agent.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27

Every Morning Except Monday.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27
THE DAILY JOURNAL

SAe oaetaI Paper Of Caster County.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27

Minnettes, $500 a dozen At Wiley
Bros.', and "they're all the 60, you
know"
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-27
sOCIETIEs

AZ g. A. M, SsIios''Ss: Ss = S.s,. Isifs: a ss:
sente IA. % he drst and thirt cdnosdays of
the moutn.
n n Custer Lcige Ne "a meets
\, Us u r. their hall on the nIst and
thiTd Fridays oi the month.
n I'm Crusader LotSs. No 2 meets a.
a. OIL Odd FelloHr hall on the hrtt and
thlrd Ihursasls Of the mouah.
n n star o. the Wet Lodge.
4, u. 01 Msets II Maso &c hall esery
Thuraday evening
n n q e. Grani Post No. a. meets a.
u a. IA idd Fel0ss' hall ON tho art
and third Tuesdays of the month.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10

20
rai!s and rnacll lime u While The demand for
those prod acts ms great u Increased y
has reduced the prfce on lead on leather
and handreds 81 other articles. Indeed
eyery experiment. that this country has
tried Id tho direction Of protective tariff
liae confirmed the wisdom and verified the
prophcsy of Alexander Hamilton in his
famous report as Secretary of the Treas
8ury, that the internal competition which
takes place soon (under protective
tariff does away with everything like
monopoly. and by degrees reduces the
price Of the article to the minimum of a
reasonable profit on the capital employed
This is done too while we pay our labor
from 30 to so per cent moro than the same
labor is paid in England, thus elevatine
the masses and opening to them oppor-
tunities for social and educational inn
proyement rs we'll for acquiring material
wealth that are not enjoyed anywhere II
the United Kingdom.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
A Free Trader In Trouble.

The New York Dry Goods Economist,
the organ of the free trade importers of
that city, has seriously given away its
cause and become involved in very
damaging controversy with the American
Economist by thoughtlessly publishing a
few telling figures in its columns. In
giving q comparison between prices that
existed in 1890, before the Mckinley bill
was passed, the figures showed that mid
ding cottons which sold in 1889 at 10 3-l6
are now 8 cents; standard sheetings are
unchanged, while print goods which were
4ccnts per yard in 1889 are now 2.97.
This does not look as if the Mckinley
bill increased the price of these goods.
But take other Illustrations, From a
copy of the Dry Goods Economist Price
Current of April, 1896, six months before
the new tariff went into effect, and from
a later issue, the following table is taken:
PRICES or 25 xiSps os COTTON pAAxNELs.
Prices now under Prices six months
new Tariff. before new Tariff.
Elv,, r,r--
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
Testimony in the mccarthy Case.

Referring to the sale of liquor at Big
Stone Gap, it vas stated in Tie last issue
of The PosT that Mccarthy said in his
testimony, when asked where he had
bought the liquor that made him drunk,
that he "bought it at the saloon of w. S.
Reese" The testimony, however, showed
that Mccarthy was under the influence Of
liquor when he sof hcre, and lie declared
on the stand that be had been drinking
at Norton. Tie eYidcpce adaucel was to
the effect that be bought only two bottles
of beer at Reese's saloon and upon this
testimony Reese Was fined hy Mayor skeen
So fafas seliing ljqnor is eoneerned, it is
likely that as much has been sold at other
places as at Reesefs saloon, in this case
it was quite cIenr that MCCARTHY was
tsloadcd" when he came to the Gap and
that it was not The beer he Is said to have
gotten Mt Reess's saloon that caused him
to so actin Mr.. EYans' sierra as 10 render.
j Unnecessary for that gentleman 10 eject
him IS 80
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
JAY GQVLD!s OPINION.
llish Belief that Money will be Plenty.
New York Dispatch.)

New lorA Dlspatch.)
Jay Gould is very bullish, as may he
seen from the following interviews
Il do not believe we will have tight
money. In the first place, nearly every
body has pl9yided, or will provide, for
such an emergency, and that will do much
to avoid it. In the next place, our win
ter wheat crop is very large 1t is now
beginning to move. There will lie an i'm
mediate export demand for our winter
wheat, and the money for it will be real
ICED much earlier than in other years of
q light Europcan demand. Therefore the
funds received for our winter crop will be
available by the time our spring crops be-
gin to move. There will be no conges-
ton, as is often the case when money is
needed for many purposes and at all prin-
.cipa! shipping points at the same time"
Referring to the stock market, Mr..
Could said;
= know it Will advance whether just
now or n little later, I DO not know, but
prices generally are sure TO go higher.
Everything in the situation points that
way. The pressure OF stocks on the mar
ketis light. There are some bonds for
sale by people who have taken them in
liquidation of obligations, butthe market
is pretty bare of stocks"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
The weather last Month.

The average temperature last month, accord
ing to the signal service observations kept by
Mr.. John w, Fox, ST., was at a. M, CAS-
degrees; 2 p. ni., $40, ap. m, GS.l; the grand
average for the month being 7d.7. The lowest
temperature recorded was 5l.z Oh June LIST,
and the highest sos on June 18th.
For the past week it has been so cold at
night as torender two double blankets neces-
sary.
Total inches of rainfall 727 inches, the
largest amount being 1,76inches June GOTH,
and 2,59 inches on June 10Th.
a beautiful aurora was noticed, Immediately
in the Gap, at sunset on June 3rd.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
HEN BUTLER cor ANGRY.
Old a5utch slapped Him on the Back Ils-
FS 81; cause He was His first Client.
tChlcaro POST. &

4 80 gff.isR
Apropos OF the story printed in the
newspapers Of the squeichiDg OF Benja-
min Frnnklin Butler by q United States
District Judge, down East, little piece
of history about the same distinguished
gentleman is now going the rounds OF the
clubs. In 1884, when Butler was running
for the presidency he came to Chicago IN
the course Of a campaigning tour and
stopped at the Palmer House.
On the evening of the arrival he made
a political speech from the Monroe-street
balcony Of the hotel, and afterward held
an informal reception in the parlor.
Great crowds hocked to the reception, and
for two hours the doughty campaigner was
kept busy shaking hands and protesting
that he was glad to see his callers.
Toward the latter part of the evening
he grew very tired and consequently very
irritable, and when tall, thin, hatchet-
faced old gentleman came up and hit him
upon the shoulder with resounding and
no doubt painful thack, his color rose.
Show are your, General?' inquired the
old gentleman, in tone Of tender solici-
tude. .'I'm burned glad to see YOU
s'Well, I'm not burned glad to see you,
shouted General Butler, "and | want you
to understand That if you slap me again
I'll take the hide off you with this stick"
"Geewhillikensw exclaimed the old
gentleman. "Just as full of fun ms you
always was; bean't you!"
"What do you mean? Who are you,
anyway"
.Who am I? Well, like that. Don't
you recollect my facet"
''No."
'.Why, I'm Benjamin Peters Hutchin.
son, the first clioMt you ever had, Lord
knows how many years ago, downin Mas.
sachusetts." And with that he slapped
the General on the shoulder again.
General Buffers iro was now at boiling
point, and no raised the cane that he had
been leaning upon and brought it down
vigorously upon Mr.. Hutchinson's renais-
sance back.
''I'll teach you to slap me-" he painted,
You, sir. don't care if you were all
the clients ever had, and all rolled into
one, I'll teach YOU
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
A Word to the Council.

The new council should start in the
right direction. Among the first things
to be done is to have the city's laws SO
codified and arranged that each council
man, rs we'll as any one else interested IN
the matter, may form an intelligent ldea
Of what the laws are. At present no one
knows. Last December the council
directed the work TO be done and type
writer was employed to copy the ordl-
nances that they might be the more easily
arranged. The type writer performed
his duty, was paid for it, but the work OF
codGcation has never been begun. The
matter is important since the license and
other revenue laws are neither uniform
nor lust, and arc involved in much con.
fusion besides. There are other ordin-
ances with which even members of the
council are as unfamiliar as an inhabitant
of the Congo region. Laws are passed,
sometimes by four out of the six conn-
cilmen; they are never published and
never enforced. No one ever hears Of
them 6ye minutes after their passage.
Then sevcral Of The committees are ar-
pointed for certain wosa and they neither
do the work nor DO they hardly reme1aber
tweaty,fopr hours afterwards that they
arc on such aud saeh committee. What
to instance, has the sanitary committee
ever done? They we're instructed last
winter to secure the removal of the pcsti.
lential dans4s-did they do it? The matter
was afterwards put III the hands OF the
street committee and it is In their hands
to-day.
In this connection we would suggest
that the new sanitary committee he au-
thorized to employ laborer 10 keep the
drains open and see that no stagnant va
ter is allowed TO remain in the deprcssions.
There are several such pools now in the
city which might be removed by ,ew
than go to the trouble of having this work
done, they gre permitted to remain as so
many nurseries Of disease and death,
There is already an ordinance which re-
quires that every lot holder shall keep the
premises free from filth; but no one seems
to pay the least attention to it, The pen
behind the Intermont hotel was for ten
days file seat OF the most nauseating
stencil and even made sotse OF the walters,
who slept on that side Of the building
sick. The nuisance has been removed
but not through any influence of the SAN
itary committee.
IF the people were familiar with the
ordinances they would not only obey them
more implicitly, but they would remind
the officials of any failure on the part of
persons who violate them, and the officials
themselves would be more likely to enforce
them.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
new Tariff. before new Tariff.
Brown. Rlcached. Brown. Rleached.
Trade name
of fabric.

sProbably mean, Tor is,
Other Illustrations coald be addaced to-
show the utter absurdity Of the oatcry We
have been hearing against the Mckinley
bill.
To take a broader view Of the case NE
challenge anyone 10 show US half a dozen
articles, IN generaI use,that have beeis.
Increased in price BY 4 protective tariff
and for each article tliua shown re will
undertake To eane i dozeia articles the
price Of which has been reduced bss & pro-
tactiye tarilT. II las reduced The price
on oil igoB pred acts. especially III ssseIl
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
The New Treasury Measures.
x. Y. SUM-

The Secretary of the Treasury has contrib
uted two important items to the financial news
of theweek. He has changed the form of the
monthly Treasury statement SO as to make it
show large surplus instead of the deficit
which it otherwise might have presented, and,
with the advice and consent Of his colleagues
in the Cabinet and of the President, he has
decided not to pay off the AZ per cent. Gov
eminent bonds maturing Sept. l, but to ex-
tend them at two per cent.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
Republican Efnbelievers.

Itmay have been noticedin this latest Re-
publican outbreak against Quay's rule in Penn
sylYania, which the President. is engaged in
and other prominent party men who sign the
appeal are not at all satisfied with the boss
defense made ON the floor of the Senate. They
will not acceptit. And yet this defense was
heralded at the time in all the Republican
journals Of character, with hardly an escep-
ton, as absolutely complete and conclusive.
1t will not bcsthe fault of the organs if the
Grand Old Party does not slide down hill ut
merry pace
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
Women Are In 1T,
m. Sun.)

The Kansas Farmers Alliance now sends a
squad of stump speakers of both sexes to the
Southern States, where they are to boom the
new Peoples party By carrying on q red-hot
campaign in its interest. The speakers who
have been chosen for this business arc the
celebrated Mrs. Lease, the famous Mrs. Diggs,
the renowned Jerry Simpson and the long
bearded PETER; and it is announced that they
are to begin operations at once in Georgia.
How will these extraordinary, if not unparal-
leied Kansas demonstrators be received BY the
Southern Farmers Alliance? We are not
aware that speeches of their kind have ever
vet been heard in Georgia,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10

II. CLAY KING, who murdered David t..
Poston in Memphis has been convicted of mur-
der in the first degree. An appeal has been
prayed and it is likely the case will be dragged
along for some time to come. The defense at
tempted to establish Clay's insanity, but Clay
testified in his own behnif and u IA seid con-
vinced the jury that he was not only sane,
but had deliberately planned the murder of
Poston. ~ illicit attachment to Mrs. Gen.
Pillow led to the tragedy, I'D the moral to
married men is, keep in the middle Of the
road.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10

The Richmond Dispatch does not seem to be
aware that there is any topic Of interest before
the people now, except the approaching presi-
Dental election. Such trihes as the great in
dustrial movement in South Western Virginia
are entirely unworthy of notice except ct
advertising rates. after all, the industrial
movement can get along without the Dispatch;
and IL It is not capable of discussing the mat
ter more intelligently than It discnssrs polite
al questions, we are better off without its favor
than with it. The projectors of the move
mens &C MT seem to think it will pay to adver-
tise in its columns aud .icy are right. The
paper is run in too narrow rut TO be widely
read.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10

Tux sympathy Of persons here hare been
aroused for some time BY the appearance Of q
poor and neglected bunting dog named Don,
For months he has been Whimpcripg piteously
about the hotel sand the entries to stores where
he is often found early IN the morning, par
ticularly it sthe night has been rainy, for he
seems to hlve no Other refuge against storms
and tsnpests. Hs is lame. His eyes are
shsiyeled and diseased, and the long hair on
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
THE birmingham Age Herald says:

Are the people OF Montgomery county prepared 70
make such bubble as the sub-treasury a test OF a
mans place in the Democratic party? Would they
haze divided white people and the negro vote, rather
than consta,ac :. 2 c9IE!nTer who believes in the
sub-trcasury?
Why not? You want to make free silver the
test of democracy and there is just as much
reason for making the sub-treasury lunacy
test. Blatherskitcs ase setting up new tests
of democracy every day. Let the work go on
The free traders started it and it is fitting the
free silyerites and the subtreasuryitcs end it,.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10

Gov. BgeBAsAs, ef tennessee, wants to
call an extra session of the Legislature. lie
knows it is necessary, but, being politician
of the Alliance school, he is too timid and
time-servipg to call it. He has therefore
thrown out hint that ne would like to hear
from the democratic committees. sfe should
have consulted the democratic committees be-
fore he made Mcdonald coal oil inspector.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
The Golden Pension Era.
(ifrom tile proyidrl,ce Journals 9

tt costs more 10 maintain 4 pension agent at
Washington in times Of peace than it did to-
keep regiment of troops at the front IN the
war. It.wolid be bel ter to be an armed camp:
like Europe than TO be undermined BY Rlich3
coyrsip ION az Syfe acs around us here.