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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Apacbes in Arizona are reported to
be on the warpath.
josiah CARPENTER, who has just died
at Grafton.,W w. Va, aimed to be one hun
dred and fifty-nine years old.
UNITED STATES TREASURER NEBEcK-
ER has submitted his anual report to the
secretary of the treasury.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS: w. II. Jones,
medical inspector; Frank Anderson, sur
geon; I. W. Ryan, lieutenant.
The death is announced at Philadelphia
of William c. Allison, president of the
Allison Car Manufacturing company.
Ex-LIEuTENANT GOVERNOR James n.
johnson died near Columbus, Ohio. He
was lieutenant governor of Georgia dur ng
the reconstruction period.
1T is rumored in Washington that Com
missioner Roosevelt may be removed from
Office.
GOVERNOR ELECT FLOWER has decided
to re-appoint General Porter adjutsnt gen
eral OF New York.
JUDGE JAMES Nj. CoFFISBURy, one Of
the oldest members of the Cleveland bar
died Sunday, aged 73 years.
The board of ST. Joseph, No, has CON
sented to put American flags on the pub
lie schools of that city.
CHARLES T. Mccoy. of South Dakota
will probably be made governor OF Okla
homa.
The Canadian Pacific will build a
double track from Winnipeg to Lake Su-
perlor.
Gov. CAMPBELL returned to Columbus,
Ohio, from Chicago Wednesday with a
very sore throat and high fever. and i'm
mediateIy took TO his bed.
THE budget committee OF the German
reichstag has vote d 900, 900 marks to be
devoted TO providing proper German ex-
hibit at the Chicago Columbian exhibition
In 1898.
THE following Wisconsin postmasters
have been appointed; w. J. Brown, Alto,
Fond du Lac county; J. Bartlett, Attica,
Green county; NJ. zimmerman, Peck, Bay
field county.
EDWARD NJ. FIELD, senior partner of
the failed firm of Field, Lindley, WeIchers
& Co. at New York. has been sent to
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum.
GEORGE WHEATON ALLEN, better
known as Lind Bill Allen" the author
of the Homestead Act, died at Columbus,
Ohio, Sunday night.
Reuben Jarvis, professor of Smith
Center, Kas., claims that he has discover
ed chemicals with which he can produce
rain every time.
The diily arrivals of congressman at
Washington keep up the interest in the
speakership fight.
THE commission of Don Emile Puyo,
Gillian consul general at S41 Francisco,
has been Cancelled by the Chilian govern
ment.
AN attachment for sl6,0 900 has been is.
sued against the property IF the Colonial
and United States Mortgage company of
Grs at Britain, in favor of Bird 5. Color,
of New York, on an assigned claim.
The new cruiser New York was sue
cezsfuly launched at Cramps shipyard in
Philadelphi Wednesday, in the presence
OF Secretary Tracy and other distinguished
persons, together with crowd of over
Is, 600 people.
SECRETARY john I. DICKINSON, of the
national worlds fair commission, says
that the report that be had resigned that
position to accept the general managership
of railroad in Texas and Arkansas is
wholly without foundation in fact.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
THE LOWELL SAFETY.
4 Now Bicycle Which the Public LII

4 Now Bicycle Which the Public Likes.
While thousands within the last decade
have enjoyed the sp TT Of cycling. the facs
Is nevertheless obv ious that many thousands
more have been deferred from enjoying IL
In consequence of the high prices demanded
for really good wheel
Ii remained for the John p. Lowell Arms
Company OF Boston TO change this state OF
affairs. II was last Sear that the public
first became aware that there was a new
low priced safety bicyc on the market .
wheel strictly high grade and equal In every
particu ar TO any manufactured n America
or Europe. As previous 10 this oil manu-
factGrers had charged very large price
for first class wheel. the John i. Lowell
Arms Company is therefore the first house
that has ever offered the public such =
wheel at price that does not place IL O.
yond the reach OF the average person .
purse The company that manufactures
this wheel uhe Lowell Diamond Safety is
one OF the oldest OF ali the manufacturing
and mercantile houses In New England.
having been established In 1870.
Besides being now ono of the leading
bicycle firms In the United States, the John
p. Lowell Arms Company Is and has been
for years weli-known manufacturer and
dealer In firearms and sporting goods OF
every description.
On June IL Of last year, the firm celebrated
It's half-ccntury anniversary. The founder
of this enterprislnR house, MIR. John p.
Lowell. although over 20 years OF age, 10
still an important and active member Of
this world famed house
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

NINE husin"ss locks were burned at
MidoleDury, VT, Sunday night.
MANY hundred tons of coal were DESTROY
ed by fire in d dock at Duluth.
FoUR men we're killed in a railroad ac.
cident in New York city.
Two scows were lost on Lake Michigan,
and eighteen men are thought to have
perished.
THE Spies wagon works at Sterling,
ILL.,, were burned Tuesday night, Causing
loss of 100000.
The steamer Eastern Oregon was de.
stroyed 10y FIRE while on the dry docks at
Olympia, Washington; loss slSo,000.
THE entire plant of the Lincoln Paint
and OIL company of Lincoln, Neb., WAS
burned Tuesday night. The loss is s90,-
600. fully covered 10y inaurauce.
THE Grand hotel, at Leadvilie, Col,
was burned Tuesday, sick guest named
Matthews perishing in the flames. 1t is
believed that the fire was incendiarv.
AT Fl. Robinson, Nsb.. Private Turner,
of the Sth infantry, was frozen to death
He lost his way while intoxicated.
The greater portion of the village of
Tracy, Mimi, was burned Sunday night.
causing loss OF $500, ,OO0.
Six business blocks in the village OF
Winnebago, H.. were destroyed by fire
Sunday.
The Western Normal college burned
Thursday, mt shenandoah, Ia; loss $50.
600; insurance s2S 900.
FIVE men we're blown to atoms and
several buildings wrecked by n dynamite
explosion in New York.
THREE colored children were burned
alive near Kosciusko, Miss. Their mother
left them in the cabin and was in the fe d
picking cotton.
NINE men working On bridge near
Helena. Mont, were carried down 10y the
collapse of the structure, and three were
killed
Two men named Miller and Allen were
drowned in Horse lake, Col, by the upset
ting of an old boat in which they were
duck hunting. The remains have not
been recovered.
The United States mail-car No. ,3lS
caught fire Monday morning in the North
westei yards at Chicago. The interior
of the car was totally destroyed with all
its contents. The mail matter had been
distributed and was all ready to be for
warded along the Nor h-western road.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
A MOTHERS CRY FOR HELP
Pathetic Scene at IA Depot In Which tbs
Mother Wins
Nantcoke News.

At the Pennsylvania passenger station
In this town on recent Saturday evening
those waiting for the up 732 train were
started by the cries of a woman with a
babe in her arms, who screamed with all
her vocal power:
This is my child"
This is my child!'
And she repeated the claim with in
creased vigor and desperation every mo-
ment.
She was Mrs. +. c. Forchner, and her
husband was endeavoring to wrest the
babe from her arms. But the woman held
on with the grip of frenzy. and all the
while screaming at the top of her voice:
This is my child!'
Or course the sympathy of every by.
stander was with the woman, but not one
had the courage to interfere until, as she
thought she was about to have the child
taken from her, she screamed:
What! Are you ail cowards2" Help!
Help
At this big, hard-handed son of toll,
with determination blended with bene-
Violence in every feature, appro lched the
pair and in a firm voice said:
"Whose child is thi. ?"
Its mine, said the man.
Il IN it's mother, said the woman
And with this the questioner grasped
the husband by tie neck and tore him
away from the wife, and she at ooce
5cai led the train, which was just starting
for Wilkesbarre.
IL Is said that Forchner and his wife
have been living unhappily for some time,
and one day last week he advertised her as
having left his bed and board without Just
cause or provocation.
When the woman arrived in Wilkes
BARRE it was discovered that her brother
was with her, and they lost no time in
boarding the first train for the home of
their parents, in a small town in New
York state.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
THE STOLEN HORSE.
The Clever Manner bv Whicha Country
man Receivers his horse

A countryman's finest horse was one
night stolen from its stable. He travel
ed fortytive miles to horse market TO buy
another. But 10 ana behold! among the
horses offered for sale he discovered his
own. He ut once seized 1t by the reins
and cried out:
This horse Is mine; it was stolen from
me three days ago.
The man who had the horse for sale said
very politely:
You are mistaken about it, my friend;
! have had the horse for more than year
IL IS not your horse, although it perhaps
looks like it,"
The peasant quickly closed the horses
eyes with both hands, and asked
Tell me, now, if you have had the
horse tor so long a time, of which eye he
is blind?"
The MAJ, who had actually stolen the
morse, but had not yet examined it par
'iculai ~, was perpIexed. However, be-
cause ne was obliged to say something, he
said at random:
The left eye"
You have missed the mark" said the
peasant. Tine amin Il is MT blind of the
left eye. /.
:. on uitu tue man, 1T was only
slip OF the tongue. Ii is blind of the
right eye"
The peasant uncovered the horses eyes 3,
and said:
1T is evident now that you are both a
ahlef mi, and liar. Look here, all of you!
The horse is not blind 1T all. simply
asked in order to bring the theft to
light" .
Inc people who stood round laughed,
c'apped their hands ard cried:
He is caught He is caught"
Inc horse stealer was thereupon COM
pelled t. return the horse. and was then
dcservedIy punished.
However ely thief may be,
lie II meet with greater subtlety."
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
BURIED ALIVE.
Strange Power of Indians to slim ulate
Death.
London Times


Death.
London Times.
The powers of the fakirs, or faqueers. of
India and Persia of stimulating death ara
marvellous and almost incredible. Several
sects in these countries regard the art of
apparent death as part of their religious
ritnal, and practice il assiduously. In their
ancient books it is described as purana.
yam. or stopping the death. Many cases
in which these Indians fakirs have allowed
themselves 10 be buried alive for long
periods have been verified by British
officials in India, and attested by evidence
which dispels all donbt of their truth.
This impersonation continues for as lone
as six, and even ten months. The way the
fakirs 20 to work to produce this condi-
ton is to have the little ligature under
the tongue cut, whereby they are enabled
to stretch this organ out to a great length
Then they turn it back, inserting the end
in the throat, and closing up at the same
time the inner nasal apertures. The ey-
ternal apertures of the nose and ears ara
closed with wax and the eyes covered to
exclude the light.
Long preliminary practice is however.
needed in holding the breath and long
course of fasting before burial. The fakir
;hen sinks into a condition resembling
death. and the body is wrapped in linen
pi &c I'd in box and buried When the
box is taken up, at the expiration of the
long continued, death-like sleep, and
opened. the fakir is found cold and stiff.
no pulsation can be felt the heart, the
wrist, the temples are still; the body is NOT
cold as n corpse would lie, but is colder
than that of the living man, except over
the seat of the brain. As all the secre-
tions are fully stopped; the nails, hair
and beard have ceased growth. After
being resuscitated the fakir feels great
dizziness and for few hours cannot stand
up without support, bnt gradually he re-
covers strength and enjoys amazingly the
wonder he has excited.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
"a RICH JOk T."
hut 1t Wa One than Did Not Pan Out as
"smarty" Expected.

young man about twenty-five years
old was sitting In the waiting room Of the
Erie depot the other day with IA year old
baby on his knee, and his alarm and help
lessness when the young un" suddenly
began to howl was so marked as to attract
attention. Bye and bye waiting passen-
ger walked over TO him with smile of
pi y on his face and queried:
a woman gave y u that baby to hold
while she went out TO soc about her bag
gage, didn't she?"
"Y,s"
"Ha! na! Ha! ] tumble d to the fact
as soon a. | saw you. You exp pect her back,
! Suppose?'
"Of course"
'Ha! Ha! Hal This Is rich. Look.
ing for her every bless d minute, ain {
your"
II think she II come back"
We'll, this makes ma laugh-ha! ha!
ha! had woman play that same trick
on me In "A Chicago depot once. but no
one ever will again. Young mar, YOU re
stuck. You're stuck. You We been
played for hay seed Better turn the
thing over to policeman and make a
skip before some reporter gets on TO
you.
"Oh, she'll come back" replied the
young man, as be looked anxiously all
around"
She will. Ell? hai ha! ba, Joke grows
richer and richer. What makes you thinA
she III come back?"
Because she's my wife and thi. is Our
first baby"
Oh-um-f see, muttered the fat man,
who got over feeling tlckled ii once, and
in his vexation re crossetd the room and
kicked a dog whi h a farmer had tied TO
one of the seats with piece oil clothes
line.-N Y. World.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
NATION AL FLORAL EMBLEMs
How the Burly Thistle Of Scotland WAS
Adopted.

The origin of England's ti)ral emblem
the rose, that of the H. de lis of France
and the shamrock IF ieland. are all better
known than
"Ths emblem grand OF bonny Scotland
The bold and bnrly thistle"
About the .iddle of the fifteenth cen.
tury, on the eve of st. g les day, and
within the wall OF the old council chamI ar
of Edinburg, n number If Sco'ch mobiles
aGd Highland gentlemen met in ''so'emn
conclave to dellbt rate on the desirableness
OF placing the thistle upon their banners
instead Of the figure OF St. Giles, which
they had hitherto ussd." They are de-
scribcd as "brawny.' big-bearded men,
dres sed In Highland costume. and as was
the fashion OF the day, with swords and
dirks.
Long before this The thistle had b,an
the recognized badge of the house of
Stuart; and this fact, in connection with
an Older Que Il a. warning was oncp given
+ night attack in progress by the Danes
on Scotch camp by one of the enemy ae-
cldently putting bls foot on tie thistle
which III tde lin cry out, was prob lbly the
ch ct !eascn of its choice instead Of the
b, uther. AT any rate, il was ch sen ut
that counci' "a Scotlapu' tinal emblem.
EreIong America may also boast Of her
national flower, ADD
To ths heuer de liz and shamrock
The thistle un he rose,
Add the bright Yankee golden rod
Tue bravest Hover that grows,
a, embiema ic of this rich Tree country.
for ii is not only native of the soil, but
grows in every state in the Union, and in
one or more of them is in bloom the wear
round. 1T means accoi ding TO the Ian
guaAe OF flowers. encouragement" -
Harper's Young People
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12

RANCE and Russia concludes definite
agreement for an exclusively defensive
alliance.
A DISPATCH from Sunderland states tia t
fire in the drinking shop there Thursday
burned three women to death.
FRANCE, in view of the situation in
China. has urged the powers TO take
immediate united action.
AScT THEIR report has reached Germany
trat Emin Pasha is marching toward
Khartcum with an army OF 5000 natives.
INFLUENZA is spreading rapidly
hroughout France and Germany. The
death rate at Hamburg is $50 above the
weekly average.
TRAIN on the Orelgraiss line in
Russia Was derailed on bridge and four
c4rs were hurled into the river below,
killing twenty three persons.
CHINESE rebels mass acred 800 Chris-
tisns. A general massacre of foreign
re. .idents is apprt hended.
The suit of Lady Russell for judicial
re, aration from Eirl Russell, opened
Tuesday in her majesty high court of
justice.
ADvIcEs from Pekin state hat the rebel
forces have Defeated the imperial troops
and are now marching on to the city of
Pekin.
Two Berlin bankers, partners. who
f,iled because of The failure of f. iedlander
a. Sommerield, committed suicid-. follow
ing the example Of he Sommerfe,d..
NJ DE LA HAYE, the political economist.
is authority for the statement that lO0, 600
operatives in Paris will be without work
during the present winter.
ARcHpuKE HENRY, of Austria, died
in Vienna Monday morning from intiam-
NATION of the lungs, closely following his
morganatic vile, IT, Baroness Hofmann,
whose death occurred Sunday.
A MYSTERIOUS explosion occurred in the
market at Black burn, Eng, place thirty
miles from Manchester, Monday morning,
by which three buildings were completely
demolished. 1t is feared that at least
twenty persons were killed.
The McCartbyities have decided to take
decisive steps to secure the Paris fund
Justin Mccarthy and Timothy Healy have
begun action against Munr0e. the banker
who holds the funds, to decide the owner
ship thereof.
The strike OF miners in the Pas de Cal
las district OF France, involving 10000
men, is over. The men agree to return to
work, pending arbitration of the mater
in dispute.
The supreme court judges of Chill
have unotficially notified the government
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
Pineapple sherbet.

Soak Il tablespoonful of gelatine in cold
water Tor one bolr; cut one large pine.
apple In pieces and chop it, add pint of
sugar quart OF water, the juice of three
lemons with the grlatine whip the whites
OF tour egg to slitf froth, stir them in,
lreeze the mixture; serve with sponge
drots. Straw berries, currants, raspber-
rie' and cherries make delicious water
ices; II the fruit used are not tart enough,
tne me. addition of lemon Juice will be an ad-
dition.
WASHINGTON. Dec. b 5 .cre.ary Proc
Tor expects to sever his connection with
the department tomorrow evening or
Saturday. His resignation has been in
the presidents ham Is since Nov. 3, and
VIII lake effect at the secretary's pleasure.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12

"Besides being an engineer, am u =
skillful chesist, and long years ago !
noticed that all coal il formed largely OF
vegetable matter and that the soil has a
magnetic DO xer which draws In heat.
Having come to this conc!us on spent
many years in travelling ali o'cr The world
in the search of plants which contained
the elements of that heat, gas ami nre 10
the greater degree.
These investigations conducted
principally in The forests of Russia, Ger
many and other European Countries, aS
we'll as in Africa and Souta Amerlca.
When had satisfied myself as to the
plants whica would best serve my purpose
made study of them until able to ex'
tract from them the very qnahtts de.
sired. No sooner had done so. and
madc an effort to combine the various re-
suits obtained, when, presto. all disap-
peured together.
HE STUDIED NATURE.
my next labor was to discover some
system of preventives which would obviate
this inexplicable and disastrous evapora-
tion of that which had obtained from
my plahts with such unremitlent TIL. One
year and half ago | succeeded IN this
endeavol, now ! have enough of this
power obtained from my plants properly
mixed witk the Ignite TO produce a mil
lion tons Of coal at an average cost OF 81 a
ton.
The matter obtain from the plants |
reduced to pulp, which, after having had
all the moisture extrac', d from il by beng
placed in number Of revolving boilers, Is
again taken in hand, and, after being
hardened, is reduced to the power and
mixed with the powdered Ignite. The
process includes u method h, which the
chemical compound and the Ignite are
submitted 10 process Of $50 degrees
Fahrenheit in large room
Mr.. Eielmann claims to have already
purchased large track of land in Texas
six hundred acres. which he
says is rich in ignite. and to have receiv-
ed an offer for his invention from Cne cor
poration there winch agrees to take 800,
600 tons year OFF his hands.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12

that the constitution does not countenapce
the prose cuion of the civil suits ag INST
the ministers OF Balmac"da's cabinet and
the members of his congress.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
CRIME.

AN Oregon editor was murdered by a
railroad section boss, who promptly Ai!s
himself.
The lady principal of Rutgers female
college in New York was arrested for EN-
bezzlement. She confesses.
JAMES G. WyMAN, mayor of Allegheny,
Pa, was arrested, charged with embezzel-
ing the funds of the city.
john McNANUs was hanged Thursd "
| morning in Pennsylvania, for The murder
of Eugene MEG lnnis, Feb. 81, 1890.
The wife of Capt Mckinney of Cairo,
Ill who attempted suicide few week.
ago by shooting herself, has been declared
insane and placed in the asylum at Alma.
AT Marshai!town, Iowa, d. c. Thomas,
IA reliR iOus maniac. shoots and kills John
Hackridge, boarding house keeper. and
commits suicide.
A MAN named Jones, of Springfield, s.
D., was hanged by cowboys near Cherry
Creek, on the Chey enne river, for stealth ;.
clttle.
& ROBBERS b. u1a and gagged Mrs lE "a
beth iimmons, 79 years Oil. of TrAna al
lity, Ohio, and stole S3 900 secretei IN her
house.
The chief of police of West Duluth and
the sergeant of po ice of Ashiand were ar
rested nj West Superior, accused of as.
sanlting and bbing Chinaman.
SPECIFICATIONS have been fed by 'hp
Shoe and Leather Bank Of Auburn, Mo.
in It's suit agains' the bondsmen OF ex
Ca hler Percival, showing that Peicival {
stsallngs amounted to sls7, 455.
THREE men have been arrested ut Cen
traia. Ill. charged with burning four
barns and two bouses. Oae of the men io
J. /. Mckihben, an alliance man.
GEORGE +. BARR, proprietor OF the
hot'l Warwick, at Springfield, Mass,
shor and killed his wife sometime Mon
day night and killed himself
The Age OF Muscle.
This is IL undoubtedly. Never before In 'hs
history Of the race did the cultivation Of ma-.ls
receive such universal attention and encourage.
msnt. Even the genter sex practices every
branch OF calisthenics affected by the troussred
yender. This of course is we'll, for exercise is an
essential OF health. But to the feeble the nervous
and tho dyspeptic, Hos,ettsr's Stomach Bitters
affords = guaranty Of primal vigor upon which =
snperstructure OF muHcuiarity may advantage
ously be built Most genial and speedy Of tonics,
IL Is also the moot thorough of regulators, entirely
rectifying errors Of digestion and bilious secre.
ton. and promoting healthy habit OF body. II
conquers aud prevents intermittent and bilious
remittent fever, rheumatism, kidney and bladder
trouble. The aged iniirm and cCnvaiescing de-
rive immeasurable benefit from its uss IL i'm
parts q hearty relish for food and overcomss
insomnia.
CHARLES BIssow, Co4vic ed OF felOn ous
assault, narrowly escaped iynchirg by a
mob in indianapolis Mon das nj b.. Tues
day he was sentenced to twenty one years
in the penitentiary.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
leive in the extreme.
CYRUS w. FIELD

One of the most pathetic spectacles
which the American people are called upon
10 behold today is that in which the
vener. BILE Cyrus w. Field is the principal
figure. The father of the Atlantic cable,
the progenitor of elevated railway traffic,
a man whose glorious enterprises will
make his name forever honored, now lies
at the point of death, broken-hearted,
penniless and longing for rest in the
silent GRAVE e