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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-16
OFFICIAL ROSTER .
state Directory.

state Directory.
tSnyernor h. Toole, Helena
Lieut.. .Governor...J Ohm L. Richards. Butte
Member oil Congress, Il. III. Carter. Helena
Secretary Louis Rotwitt, Helena
Treasurer ......... *. u. hickman, Helena
AUDITOR. f.. a. kenney, Helena
Atty General, 80. II enri J. Haskell, Glendive
hief Justice Supreme Court...........
Henry n. Blake, Helena
Associate Justices f. n. liarwood
supreme Court w. ii. Dewitt
lera Sup. Court, w. j. Kennedy, Helena
: iperiutrndent Public Instruction.
.......John Cannon, Helena
Federal Directory.
u. S. Marshal .........W Vim. +. Furay, Butte
Register u. y Land Office.......-.C. A. Burg
Receiver II. :. Land Office.......G. W. Cook
Surveyor General..................Geo. ID Eaton
a. 5. Attorney y........................'.f' H. "eeu
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-16
WooL.sToRINc FACILITIES.

Special Sog
Wool the Judith and Wolf Creek county will hnd
the point 20 whether
desiring ship
and Others seeking will find the mi
supplies OF
kinds BED ROCK PRICES Also blacksmith shop at Landing
sTORDERS BY MAIL GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
A Curious Superstition.

A recent letter from an American
missionary in Central Africa tells of a
curious piece of superstition among the
natives in regard to burying dogs. The
letter says: The King of Bihe made a
great disturbance because Mr.. Arnot, a
Scotch missionary, buried in the ground
a dog which he had been obliged to kill.
The chief sent word that this was a crime,
and that the missionary must take up the
body and throw it into the river After
this he must kill chicken and sprinkle
its blood upon the ground where the dog
had been buried. Now, it was not
deemed best to anger the King by re-
fusing to do as he had commanded, so
Mr.. Arnot took up the body of the dog
ana threw it into the river and paid q
fine. All they can pay with is cotton
cloth, and of this Mr. Arnot had to pay
forty yards. But he did not sprinkle
the blood of the chicken on the ground,
because that would look too much like
doing homage to "the spirits" How
ever. there was an old native who felt
that this must be done in order to avert
evil consequences, so he killed the
chicken and went through the cere-
mony.-NeO Orleans Pie1yane.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
Washington,

REAP ADMIRAL CARTER dieiat his shoms
in Washington Admiral Carter was placed
on the retired list in August. 1881, and pro-
NOTED to his present rank by an act OF Con-
gress in May, 1882 He was born in Tennes-
see and served MS a brigadier-generalin ths
army during the war, being detailed TO this
duty from the navy. He served forty-one
years in the navy.
TIE following members Of the House Of
Representatives were appointed COMMITTEES
TO attend the funer al OF the late Representa-
tive Ieonidas c. Houk, of the Second Dis
trict Of Tennessee: Taylor, Euloe and Nc
Blillin, Of Tennessee; Crisp. Of Georgia; VIII
son, OF Kentucky, and Dalzell, Of Pennsyl-
vania.
THE United States Supreme Court dur
ing the term just ended, completely smashed
the previous highest record OF cases dis
posed Of ut one term of the court, settling
617 cases, against 40. which had heretofore
been the largest number passed upon at a
single term.
EUGENE G.. BLACKBOARD, President Of the
New York Fishery Commission, presided at
the fourteenth annual meeting of the Ameri.
can Fisheries Society. The meeting was held
in the hall Of the National Museum, Wash
ington.
~ ANOTHER trial was ordered for the dyna-
ulito cruiser Vesuvius The revenue cutters
Rush and Bear were ordered TO sail for the
sealing waters of Alaska.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
NETTLEToN decided that Hollyer Pettison
and wife, of Sweden, who were detained at
New York as polygamists, fall within the
prohibited class Of immigrants and he there
fore ordered their return 70 the country
whence they came at the expense Of the
steamship company which brought them
over. This is the first tins that polygan-
lists nave been debarrei.
THE President gave special reception 70
the members Of tue New York and Brook
lyn Coal Exchange. The visitors were ind.-
viduaIy presented TO the President.
THE Postmaster-General awarded the con
tract for furnishing the Department with
postal guides during the year ending Juns
80, 1892, to D. c. Mcmillan, OF New York.
Tne contract price is SlS,9J).
SECRETARY TRACY approved the recon.
mendation OF the court-m8rtial which tried
Lieutenant Commander BcSnell on tbs
charge of, through negligence suffering two
vesse Of the navy, the Galena and Nina, 70
be stranded. The court sentenced him 20
be suspended from rank and duty for the
term OF one year, AMI % retain his present
number in his grade during that period
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
GroWina Peanuts.

A sandy, loamy soil is best for the
peanut crop. 1t should be we'll prepared
by plowing and thoroughly narrowing.
The method of planting should be largely
determined by the plan of cultivation
that is to be followed. If the hoe or
small garden cultivator is to be used the
rows can be made much closer together
than if the horse cultivator is to be used.
In garden cultivation eighteen inches
each way is plenty close, while if the
horse cultivator is used rows should be at
least three feet apart and the plants fif-
teen or eighteen inches apart in the row.
Mark out the rows shallow, as only an
inch or two of soil is necessary to cover.
While it will require a longer time for
the seeds to germinate, the better plan IS
to plant the whole nut. They will ger
inmate in less time if the hull is taken
off. but if this is done care must be
taken not to break the skin around the
kernel. Generally it is best to plant two
or three in each place and thin out rather
than be obliged to replant. From May
1 to 10 is a good time to plant. There
is no special advantage in planting too
early, the better plan being to wait until
the soil is thoroughly warmed and the
danger of frost past.
In planting the seeds it is usually best
to press the soil down on them after
planting in order to have them come into
close contact with the soil, securing in
this way better termination of the
seed. 1t is important that thorough cul-
tivation be given, keeping the weeds
down and the soil worked into a good
tilth, taking care in working among the
vines not to disturb them. The greater
part of the cultivation must be given
before the vines get started to running,
as they should not be moved, especially
after they begin to blossom. With care
in the preparation of the soil and good
early cultivation they grow very steadily
and yield largely.-St. Louis RSpu5l'c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05

There are 17lS railway corporations
in this country, operating 156, 400 miles
of roa and giving employment to vast
army of $780, ,912 persons. Six hundred
Of these corporations practically control
the freight and passenger trade OF this
country. Houses are furnished track
men, watchmen and section hands by 149
Of the principal roads, nineteen support
beneficiary institutions for their en-
ployes, fifteen others contribute to out
side beneficiary institutions, twenty con-
tribute to railroad branches Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, tweuty-one
contribute to the expenses OF hospitals,
and many others provide eating house,
and have established reading and CLUB
room. incidentally it may be mentioned
that the life insurance department OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has distributed 81, 500, 900 to the wild
ows and orphans of members of the or
ganization. The benefit associations oil
other branches of the railway service are
also doing very good work. The urgen.
necessity of adopting improved couplers
and other safety appliances is demon
strated by the fact that so many brake
men meet with violent death, an esti-
mate showing one out of every eighty
eight is killed during the year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05

LIEUTENANT GRANT. of the British Army
in India, who made the gallant defense
against the Manipuris. has been promotst %
tue rank OF Major and given the Victoria
Cross.
JAMES McHENRY, well known ABROAD az
an American fnancier, aud who was chiefly
instrumental in ousting Jay Gould from tho
control OF the Erie Railway, dieiin Lonion,
England, of bronchitis.
The Unitei States steamer Charleston ar
rived at Callao Peru. without seeing the
ltata. Bolivia has made treaty with the
insurgents, thus antagonizing Balmacsda.
THE English Derby was won by Common;
Gouverneur was second, and Martenhurst
third.
NJ. MESoN. a Bordeaux (Francel banker,
has closed his doors leaving an indebtedness
OF $4,000 unprovided for.
BRITISH troops defeated Portuguese
force on the banks Of the Bembe River, in
South Africa.
THE Prussian authorities have ordered tho
sternest measures on the Posen frontier 70
keep the Russian AMI Polish Hebrews out or
Germany.
GEORGE SCHwARz, who had just married
a beautiful girl OF seventeen. at Treves' Ger,
many, shot his wife dead and commIttef
suicide.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
Care of Pianos.

Pianos that are used in private houses
should be tuned at least twice year g.
once in summer and once in winter. No
piano can be kept at concert pitch un-
less it is tuned oftener than once year.
When the pitch is raised only a half
tone, couple of tons at least is added
to the pressure on the frame. A piano
should not be left open after it is used,
unless one is willing to send often for
the tuner. The accumulations of dust
that are found on the sounding board
collect easily from the furnace or coal
stove in winter, and from the street IN
summer. An open piano, however, is
beautiful sight in the sitting room of the
family, while closed instrument has no
beauty whatever except that of shining
casket of polished wood. But if one
indulges in the luxury of an open piano,
let him frequently send for a tuner to
keep it order.-Neo York Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
A Remarkable Female Criminal.

Lucy Campbell, with six or eight
aliases, was recently sent to Jail for thir-
ty days at Hartfor Conn, for intoxica-
ton and thirty days more for refusing to
tell where she got her liquor. Mrs.
Campbell is seventy-eight years old and
nearly fifty years Of her life have been
spent in prison. She is the most motor
ious female criminal in Connecticut. Her
most conspicuous crime was committed
in 1874, when she was employed in a
fashionable boarding house in this city
kept by Mrs. Bradbury. One day Lucy
sneaked into Mrs. Bradbury room when
she was asleep, chloroformed her and
robbed her of her jewels and a large
amount of money. She was captured
and she spent seven years at Wethersville
for the crime. Afterward she committed
a daring theft in Warrenbury for which
she did time and then she went to
Bridgeport, where she robbed woman
of large sum of money. Her last con-
spicuous crime was the robbery of the
residence of Vicar General Hughes in
Hartford, when she was seventysix years
old. Since serving her sentence for this
she has become too feeble to do much in
that line and has spent most of her time
in the almshouses and jails for drunken
ness. In her prime she was remarkably
handsome and her husband was a hard
working man. Chicago Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
The "Thirteen" Sunerstition.

Mrs. Frank Leslie says in BelJ0rd :
am superstitious by heredity, being, by
! French extraction, creole OF Louisiana,
and my natural tendency was no doubt
fostered by my colored nurse. In our
country we are apt to consider that SUI
perstition goes hand in hand with ignor-
ance, but among the Latins it exists
among those of the highest as well as the
lowest classes, and there is great ten
dency to it among their descendants, and
indeed among all people of hypersensi-
tive natures who are impressionable and
of excitab!e Compartments. No one can
deplore or combat superstition more
than myself, and had children l should
from their earliest years endeavor to
eradicate any such tendency. Although
personally should be entirely willing to
make one of party of thirteen at table,
it would cause me discomfort for one
whom love to do so. Ny inborn pref
udice against thirteen was fostered by
the following painful experience: a
birthday dinner was given in my honor.
Just as we we're about to entire the din
ing room, two dear friends just from Eu-
rope happened to drop in, and were per-
suaded to remain to dinner. When the
meal was half over, foreign friend at
nv left whispered that we were thirteen,
but begged me not to call attention to
the fact, saying jestingly that no change
at that late stage of the dinner would
break the spell. Within three wee ks
one of the English ladies was dead, and
within as many months the friend at my
left lay in his grave.
Another and very similar instance hap
pened at a dinner which l gave year or
two ago; and l should certainly be un
willing again to "ald" my friends to a
party of thirteen, or allow any guest to
happen in and make up that number.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
Gas Ceokinq.

Gas is becoming very popular in Brus-
sells for cooking purposes. The price
has been greatly reduced since the intro
duction Of electric lighting, and the gas
companies supply special stoves at an
annual rental Of about ten per cent. OF
their total value. Many different kinds
of gas stoves have been invented.
Monthly lectures on the use of gas as
fuel are given, with weekly lessons in
cooking by means of gas stoves. Cook
ing by gas has important advantages for
hot weather, Trenton az J) american.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
Hair and Teeth.

The increasing number of bald pates
among the western nations has been ex-
planned on the principle that nature is
too economical to perpetuate any useless
portion OF the annual organism, and that
hats and night caps have made our natur-
al head cover rather superauous. The
increasing demand for artificial teeth
might be traced to a similar cause. Hot
coffee is said to crack and destroy the
enamel of our teeth: a passionate fond
ness of that same beverage does not,
however, prevent the Turks from having
excellent teeth; but like their Arabian
neighbors they eat hard barley cakes,
while baking.powders and hash mills
forestall the functions of our natural
masticating apparatus. Unless hygsnic
reforms should change our present modes
of life, the coming man risk to get
toothless and nailless: as well as hairless.
MT York Voice,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
The Dominant Race in Siberia.

1t was bad day for eastern Siberia
when the Yakouts were crowded up to
the Lena by the victorious Tungusi, for
they in turn dispossessed the weaker tribes
which they found in possession of the
country, and established themselves as
far eastward as the Kolyma River, on
the frontier of Tchuktchi, the most east
ern tribe of Asia, whose ultimate bound
ary is the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea.
The Yakouts, or Jakuts have always pos
sessed higher civilization than is found
elsewhere in the same latitude, except in
Iceland, Finland, and Norway; and by
their superior intelligence and force OF
character they have stamped their i'm
press upon all with whom they have come
in contact. Theirs is the dominant Ian
guage from the basin of the Lena to the
extreme eastern coast Of Siberia. All
the Tungusi speak Jakut. Russian is
scarcely known in two-thirds Of its Ash
attic possessions. For centuries the Jakuts
have been the common carriers for all the
peoples with whom they have had com
mercial intercourse. "Without the Jakut
and his horse" says Middendorft, the
eminent naturalist and Siberian explorer,
"the Russians would never have been
able to penetrate to the Sea OF 0chotsk,
and fIom thence to the Aleutian chain;
but for him they never would have set
tied on the Kalyma, nor have opened
commercial intercourse with the Tchukt-
chi and the eastern Esquimaux. Before
the possession OF the Amoor had opened
a new road to commerce Q6l0) thousands
OF pack horses used annually to go
Ochotsk. Mem England Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
South and West.

GREAT damage has been oc,asioned in
Kansas and Nebraska by rains which have
amounted to foods
ABOUT forty farmers in Washington
Township, Jewell County Kan, drove Oscar
Kindlesperger, a tenant who had taken
charge of farm under a mortgage fore
closure, from the place. and reinstated
Joseph H. Bennett who had been elected by
the Sheriff
A PITCHED battle between Italians aud
Russians took place at Denver, Col. One
Russian was shot and an Italian driven into
the river and drowned. An extra force OF
police is on duty.
II. B. CLAFLIN & Co., of Ne" York, pre-
cipitated a crisis upon Atlanta, Ga, when
they foreclosed a mortgage for over Sill,
600 upon John Ryan's Sons. This was the
largest dry goods house in the South Allan
tic States. Liabilities are over 81, 100000.
GENERAL B. B. EGGLEsToN, Ex-Governor
Of Mississippi aud war Governor of Georgia,
grand nephew of Ethan Allen, the reYolu-
tionary war hero.
THE Ohio Farmers Convention at Colum-
bus repudiated the Sub-rreasury scheme;
there was strong opposition 10 forming a
third party.
AT the Presbyterian General Assembly in
Detroit, Mich, Judge 5. NJ Breckinrdge Of
St. Lonis, who spoke on legal phases Of the
Briggs case, fell in faint and had to be car
RED out of the church. Several doctors
came to his assistance, but he died in a few
minutes. Heart disease was the cause OF
death.
Mas EUNIcz HAssUREK, wealthy wo.
man of Santa Rosa, Cal, and widow Of the
late Colonel Hassurek, Minister TO the South
American Republics during Lincoln's al
minlstration, was burned to death by the
explosion Of lighted lamp.
PLENTY HORSES, the Indian slayer Of
Lieutenant Casey, was acquitted at Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05

The Chicago Post muses.: "When that
merry wandereT Of the night who jested
TO Oberon and made him smile, declared
he'd put a girdle round the earth in forty
minutes, he used time figuratively, as
greater prophets did. Puck's exact
span has not yet been attained, but when
steamship makes in ten days the dis
tance from Yokohama, japan, to Vic
toria, British Columbia, only few
hours from our own growing cities of the
great Northwest, it is clear that science
is Tightening the girdle that binds all
races and lands IN a single sphere.
Railroad time tables have been almost as
radically shortened in five years as time
by oceans. 1t will soon cease to be SEN
sational to make the circuit of the globe
in few weeks. If the flying machine
experimentcrs do not hurry up their oc-
cupation will be gone before it has fairly
begun. Steam and electricity may prove
motors and means powerful enough for
all the worlds wants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED,
Eastern and Middle States-

AN attempt was made by four men 10 ROB
railroad train near Bangor. Ne. For five
minutes the gang kept up hot fusillade the
mail car being the particular object of at
tack.
The Rhode Island legislature convened
at Newport. II. w. Ladd and the other
Republican candidates for State officers
were declared elected by the Grand Commit
tee. Governor Davis resigned his Office to
the Goyernor-elect, who replied briefly.
JOHN SAUKENFRIE, German, about forty
years Of age. was found dead in his home in
Utica, n. Y. His death was caused by
Paris green. Some suspicion rests upon h 8
wife. She had three husbands before this
one. One was drowned, the second ran
away, and the third died under suspicious
circumstances, poison being found in bis
stomach.
Two boys named Stillson and Coates were
struck by an express train near Union, N.
Y. StilSon was killed and Coates fatally
injured.
CITY COUNCILS met in joint session in
E$lladelphia and elected Richard G. Oellers
City Treasurer. Mr.. Oellers was also elected
by the County Commissioners
WHILE Major Blanchard and his colored
servant, Peter Huff were exercising a pair
of horses at Morristown, n. j., one Of the
wheels of the wagon came off, throwing both
men to the ground Huff was killed instant
ly and Major Blanchard fatally injured.
AFTER weary fight against poverty and
sickness William BreitkOpf aud his wife
Mary. an old German couple, killed them
selves by taking poison in New YORK City.
They had no children and lived entirely
alone
JoHN j. BRADLEY shot and instantly
killed his fourteen.yearOld sister. Veronica,
under the most distressing circumstances in
New York City. He was testing a new
rife and the girl was watching The ball
glanced from a brick wall, piercing her
heart.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
he'd be Pat Nolan, that I'm promised to-.

ned be Fat Nolan, tnat I'm promised TO.
Would ye-"
But the captain had flung wide the
door; and Pat was on his feet, and with
roar like that of buffalo had flung his
arms about her.
"Glory be to God and all the saints" !"
he cried. "You're not dead at all!
You're alive. I've got you safe and
sound They've been telling me you
were dead. God help the man that put
the thrick on me, for I'll lave but the
bones ay himw
"Quiet, there!" shouted the captain.
''Down with your fists or I'll put you in
ironsw What did you mean by asking
for Annie O'Brien, a steerage passenger,
when you wanted Annie Bailey, first
cabin passengers That is the girl that
stands there. That is the name she gave
us-Annie Bailey"
"Captain DEAR" cried Annie, clutch
ing her Pat by the coat tail, "captain
darln', Pat niver knew-he did not.
Since writin' him, my mother--a wildly
married again wild MIR. Peter Bailey,
that kapes a foine tavern in our town.
So long as l was a goin' from her, and
he proposin' to her, why wouldn't shei
And no havin' money to spare, said l
should come like lady, and paid me
passage in the foinest place; and out "
conn nent to him-being my mothers
husb4-l and so generous to me-I sailed
as Annie Bailey. That is the way 1t
was, captain; and indade all the trouble
arose from it-for wanted Pat to find
me seated in the illigant saloon, and re-
NAMED there waitin' for him."
"You'll excuse me, sir, said Pat bow
ing low, cen account of what I've been
through"
"All right" my man," the captain
answered; and then Pat threw his arms
about his Annie and led her away, the
happiest man alive.-Mew Orleans Delta.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05

In the ten years that cn1el with last
December, calculates the New York Sun,
the number Of European immigrants who
landed in American ports was 5,2iG, 6l3;
and if to this number we should add the
uncouute immigrants who came here by
way Of Canada, VIC would doubtless find
that the to.al immigration Of the decade
had been between six and seven millions.
The immigration from Italy and from
Russia during the period i'll question was
very light; it has become heavy only
within short time The year 1882 was
that of the largest immigration, 7o9, 992;
hut there is now reason to believe that
the record of 1891 will surplss the
record Of any other yelr in cur history.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05

troll lodging g-house, and he should give
bonds for faithful discharge of his
duties. In this way these nests of crime,
as instituted at present under lax laws,
would be placed under the constant sur
veillance of the police, and scores, if not
hundreds, of young men who are forced
to live cheaply might be rescued from a
life of me.-New York World.