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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-01
WISCONSIN,,

The first annual graduating exercises oil
the West Superior high school occurred al
the opera house recently
An unsuccessful attempt was made al
West Superior to burglarize the residence OF
Capt. G. S. Barker. Mrs. Barker frightened
the marauders away with two shots from a
revolver.
Mrs. Catharine Longmier, found guilty
OF obtaining pension fraudently was SEN
fenced in the United States court at Madison
to IA months imprisonment. She resides in
Iowa county.
Mark II. Olson, a Norwegian lad, OF
Stoughton, was the successful candidate in
an examination for appointment to the ma
val academy at Annapolis. H. C. Winter,
of Madison is the alternate.
The closing exercises of the Chetek high
school were held at Odd Fellows hall the
other evening, The graduates We're Gertie
Dixon, Estella Van Valkenburg, Carrie
Strong and Theodore G. Skavoe.
Shipments of ore from Ashland docks in
one week were $4,000 TONS and the total
for the season, 210,O tons. The increase
in the shipments denotes an Improvement
in the iron trade. H.. E
William Lovejoy, employed in David
sons planning mill, at La Crosse, while at
work tightening belt, was caught in the
gear and his leg torn from the body so that
it hung by few shreds of flesh The doc
tors think he may live.
Eighteen cars of a st. Paul freight train
were ditched near Duplainville, through
blunder ofthe signal man in switch
tower. Engineer William Fiddle of Port
age was badly scalded and Fireman Ma
guire slightly burned.
An unknown woman jumped into the bay
at Washburn from the Omaha dock She
refused assistance, and the grain inspector
at the elevator jumped in, wound rope
around her, and she was pulled up on the
decksagain nearly dead 1t is believed she
is insane, and she will be taken to BAYFIELD,
for examination.
At the session of the ioint board of trust
tees of Lawrence university Robert McAfil-
Ian of Oshkosh was reelected president Of
the board and A. w. Stowe of West Super
Tor trustee in the place of G. d. Pillsbury
of Minneapolis. resigned. The board crea-
ted the new Watkins professorslrip of
history and political economy, endowed by
f. A. Watkins of West Superior Prof.
Thomas i. Will. of Harvard, was elected
to the chair. The alumni banquet took
place at the Waverly house.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-01
SOUTH. DAKOTA,

John Anderson, died Of sustroke at
Glidden, aged thirty years.
Jack Partridge had his right arm cut off
by saw in his fathers mill, in the town
of Union.
Deadwood voted $4,000 bonds for in
ternational Improvements. Nine hun
dred votes were cast.
The Indictment against Julf. one of the
men charged with killing Few Tails, was
quashed at Sturgis upon request of the
pros ecution.
Deputy United States Marshall Keeney
arrested Amos Jensen at Watertown, for
selling liquor witho ut United States per-
nit.
The Watertown fire department was repre-
sented at the Sioux Falls tournament by
a very fine hose team under the COM
mand OF Chief Slower A strong effort was
made to have the tournament at Water
town next year.
A ladder contest took place recently be-
tween the Sioux Falls and Madison teams.
The prize competed for was silver lantern
offered by a local merchant. Madison
made the 100 yards run and placed man
at the top ofthe 30 foot ladder in 214 Sec
0nds, while Sioux Falls made the run in
%! seconds.
The commencement exercises of Yankton
college were held recently. Rev. J. G..
Johnson, of Chicago, delivered the ad-
dress. The graduates were G.. W. Nash
and J. F. Hall, Canton; H. w. Jamison,
Conova; Abbie E. Phillips, Sioux Falls;
Marie W. Enzelaff and H. R. Miner,
7ankton. The college trustees elected
were Rev. E. T. Williams of Chicago,
president. Prof. Shaw has resigned to be-
come professor of Latin in Oberlin college,
r. W. HARE, member of the state board
OF charities and corrections and ex- Catholic
priest of Aberdeen, has begun civil suit
against the Aberdeen Daily News company
for libel. He made a radical speech at a
picnic and in a communication to the News
he was quoted and said to have uttered
anarchestic views. He demanded retrac-
ton, but the News took pains to verify the
report before it was published and awaits
the disposition of the affair.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
An Escape From Siberia.

The narrowing descriptions of the sad
state of the prisoners in Siberia, given
by Mr.. KEENAN,, are amply confirmed
Says the Berlin correspondent of. the
Daily News by Russian named Jacob
koton, who has escaped from Siberia,
and is now in Breslau. The substance
of his story is as follows: He was the
son of we'll to-do miller in Russian Po-
land. In the year 1868 Koton, then
nineteen years of age, took part in the
Polish insurreetion, and in a skirmish
near his native place he received severe
gunshot wound in the left foot, and was
taken prisoner by the Russians. He
was thereupon transported to wilma, and
condemned by General Muravieff to exile
for life in Siberia. AT Tarbogotai, to
which the exile was taken, he was obliged
to get his living by hunting. He soon
became homesick in this fearful wilder
ness, the climate of which was killing
him, and defying all dangers he made an
an attempt to escape, but was seized at
Tomsk and sentenced to three months
arrest in fortress. A second attempt
brought him to Moscow, u third to
Grodno.
Six months and finally years i'm
prisonment in fortress were his pun
ishments, and each time he was trans
ported back to Tarbogotai. Koton now
at least for time-gave up all fur
ther attempts ut escape, and worked
hard to save sum of money in ord
then to try his luck again. In the Spring
Of the year 1888 the exile had saved
about 1000 rubles, the fruit of twenty
five years work as a hunter, and now he
again thought of escaping. On dark
night he left Tarbogotai, went from one
culuss to the other, far from high roads.
After a dangerous aud fearful journey
of several months, which cost him nearly
the whole of his fortune, and after cross
ing the Ural and gaining Ekaterinen-
burg and st. Petersburg, he at last
reached Stockholm via Helsingfors. But,
finding no assistance anywhere, he went
to Copenhagen, Lubbock Hamburg, Ber-
lin, and from there to Paris. Here his
money ran short, and the French Gov
ernment sent him across the Belgian
frontier to Holland. He could not re-
main there either, but was escorted to
the German frontier after marches of
many long weeks. Then, travelling via
Cologne, Munich, and Vienna, he at last
reached Breslau.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
Largest Plank in the World.

Tho Northwest Lumbcrman gives an
engraving from photograph of u red
wood punk that is IL feet 5 inches wide,
IL feet 8 inches long, and inches thick
and is about 80 per cent. clear. 1t was
taken from II tree 80 feet in diameter
and 800 feet high. According to its
rings it was more than 100 years old
The tree was cut 2S feet from the ground,
and the plank was hcwcd out of the
stump, representing section taken
from near the heart of the bark. After
it was displaced it was lowered by block
and tackle, with locomotive for power
In the way of labor its cost represents
the time of two men for month, simply
to prepare it in the rough for shipment
To this the cost of transportation must
be added, making totalof about S., ,000
1t was moved by water to San Francisco.
After being on exhibition some time,
a car was specially prepared to transport
it to Chicago. This was done by cutting
Il slot in the centre of fiat car, in which
stirrups were pendent. The plank was
placed on edge in the SLOT its lower edge
being within about q foot of the tics.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
THE WATCH WAS UNDISTURBED.
Result of n Curious Wager in the
Metropolis.

A curious scene was witnessed on q
recent afternoon at the corner of Eighth
avenue and Twenty-seventh street. 1t
was at that hour when hundreds pass
within the space of quarter of an hour
one o'clock. Two fashily dressed
men had few minutes before been en-
gagged in earnest conversation on the
subject of honesty and dishonesty among
the people of this city, one contending
that vast majority were worthy of
trust, while the other maintained that
the reverse was nearer the truth. Fin
ally, the one with the high estimate of
his fellow citizens offered to hang his
watch, valuable gold one, upon the
cross-bar of signpost close by, and to
wager supper at Delmonico's that if
he and his friend left it there and went
away for an hour or so, they would find
it hanging there unmolested on their re-
turn. The bet was promptly accepted,
the watch and chain were tied to the
cross-bar in such a way that they would
not fall of their own weight, and the two
men went away.
strange proceeding Some thought it was
an advertising trick, and that the owner
of the watch would return in moment
and exhibit some wares to the spectators.
But the latter waited much longer than
they expected-those who did wait, and
they were many-before the owner came
back, People gazed at the watch, ex-
amined it without touching it, then
looked at each other and wondered The
crowd soon increased to hundreds, and
finally a policeman worked his way
through the throng until he reached the
objective point. He demanded to know
whose watch it was, and was about to
take it down, when some one suggested
that he had no right to touch it any
more than any one in the crowd. He
thought to himself after moments re-
Election, and consoled himself by dispers-
ing the gathering as well as he could;
but it would have taken many more po-
licemen to keep the curious people NOV
ing. Meanwhile, the watch continued
to hang five feet, eight inches from the
ground, in full view and reach of every
one in the neighborhood.
AT exactly 3.20 o'clock the owner of
the watch and his friend returned, and
the former took it down and replaced it
in his pocket. When an onlooker ex-
claimed, "Why didn't some of us do that
long ago." the owner replied, with
broad smile, because the people of New
York are honest"
1t was suggested by the more unchar-
table spectators, however, that there was
safety in numbers, and that the watch
would not have hung undsturbed very
long if so many persons had not been
looking at it and each other New
York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
What a SsRatiOn: Is.

A ration is the established daily allow.
ance of food for one person. For the
United States army it is now composed
of the following: Twelve ounces of pork
or bacon or canned beef fresh or corned),
or one pound and four ounces of fresh
beef, or twenty-five ounces of salt beef j;
eighteen ounces of soft bread or -four,
or sixteen ounces of hard bread, or one
pound and four ounces of corn meal. To
every 100 rations, fifteen pounds of
beans or peas, or ten pounds of rice or
hominy; ten pounds of green coffee or
eight pounds of roasted coffee, or two
pounds of tea; fifteen pounds of sugar,
four quarts of vinegar, one pound eight
ounces of star candles, four pounds of
soap, four pounds of salt, four ounces of
pepper and four ounces of yeast-powder
TO each 100 rations of flour.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

government to which he is responsible,
compels him him to change his lamps at
midnight every night. This means an
unpleasant and often dangerous walk
over trestle work which leads from the
mainland to the lighthouse. Away up
north on Lake Michigan, where the cold
is SO strong that men have to wear felt
masks in order to work out of doors, the
water sweeps upon the piers and freezes
until by accretions it piles wall of ice
along the entrance to the harbor. 1t is
there that the lighthouse keepers have
to walk to their towers over trestle work,
for nights tramp over the icy piers
would be attended by great danger.
Electric lights have not yet been intro
duced in the towers along the shores of
Lake Michigan. Oil is used in all the
lamps, and it is the best kerosene oil
that can be bought by the government.
Chicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper.

The duty of a lighthouse keeper is not
easily accomplished. He has to build
his own fences, keep his grounds in good
order and see that his house is neat and
trim. 1t is not expected that he should
make extensive alterations at his own
expense, for Congress always appro-
PIRATES money for that purpose. But he
must keep the government property clean
and tidy, and when the wind is blowing
great guns and the sea is running high
it is his duty to sit by his lamps and see
that they are burning brightly. Some
of the men have their beds in the light
houses and sleep there night after night,
although Congress makes no provision
for such service. Even in the most
tranquil weather a lighthouse keeper can
not sleep all night undisturbed and at
tend to his duty, for the rules of the
Treasury Department, the arm of the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
Oldest Church in Europe.

Which is the oldest church in Europe?
asks the British Architect. Canon
Routledge, in his "IIistory of st. Mar
tins Canterbury" claims the distinction
for that venerable edifce. He describes
it as being the only existing church
originally built as church during the
first four centuries that has remained u
church till the present day. st Martins
has rival in st. Mary the Castle,
Dover, which Canon Pucklc believes to
have been erected in the fourth century;
but in the days of Queen Anne, and for
century and half afterwards, this edi-
fee was used as Il garrison fuel depot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

Many people have learned by experience
that Sheridan's Condition Powder given
once daily in the food, will supply the needed
material to strengthen and Invigorate sick
chickens or moulting hens and get the
young pullets to laying earlier than any
thing else on earth. Mrs Edwin Brown,
East Greenwich, R. l., says: 81 could not
do without Sheridan's Condition Powder
when hens are moulting. l use it when
chickens are small as they often droop and
die young. To n pint of clabhered milk, L
add a teaspoonful of the Powder, mix well
and let the chicks eat all they will once
day. it does seem to be just what they need I;
they soon become vigorous" l. S. Johnson
& Co., Boston, Mass, will send further par
ticulars to anyone free.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

Pronunciation "bees" have taken the
place of the once exciting and profitable
spelling bee. In the various summer
schools pronunciation bees have become
episodes of great interest and not lit
tie hilarity; while rural culture, always
ready to combine healthful fun with in
tellectual progress, is certain so adopt
the fashion eagerly and be ready to in
augurate it when husking's over. 1t is
clearly important, therefore, that to
make pronunciation bees helpful In the
promotion of correct language certain
standards shall be accepted as final and
authoritative.
The first necessity will be commit
tee perfectly familiar with the marks
that indicate sound in all we'll regulated
dictionaries. There are many thought
less people who do not bother their
heads about sound marks in dictionaries.
They look in them, as rule, only for
spelling and meaning of words. Die
tlonaries are as important for pronuncia-
ton as for orthography and definitions.
1n every standard work of this nature
pronunciation is minutely indicated and
only careiessness can fail to discern the
proper place to accent word of more
than one syllable and the values to be
given to vowels and combinations of
letters. Differences in high class die
tionaries are few, slight and unimport-
ant.
Pronunciation bees should be zeal
ously encouraged throughout the coun-
try. Americans are lamentably indif-
ferent to pronunciation. They scarcely
take the trouble to open their mouths
widely enough to pronounce intelligibly
half the time. They speak fatty, un-
musically and incorrectly in consequence
OF this indifference to articulation. If
they were more painstaking about the
adequate and accurate use of vocal Or
gans, they would intutitively cultivate
a pleasant speaking quality of voice,
men slightly raising pitch and women
lowering it for dominant tone, securing
at the same time hexibility and range
which insures agreeable variety of note
in conversation.
IT Is necessary, of course, to choose
one master or mistress for a pronuncia-
tion bee in order to maintain order and
to have consistency and uniformity in
principles of pronunciation. At Chau-
tauqua professional elocutioniss heiG
this post. 1t would be interesting 80
know whether he has himself learned
that institute does not spell toot, nor
news noos and that literary is not liter I
nor library libr'y. 1t is well Cor local
committees to find out in advance lit
tie about their pronunciation before
they open the bee. The bee itself is II
good thing.
If boards of education throughout the
country were to require the attendance
of teachers and school officers ut pro-
nunciatlon bees twice month many
teachers would be at the foot of the
class; and there would be below them
none but school officials. Pronuncia-
tion bees in fashionable resorts this
summer would also do something to-
ward making less barbarous the amateur
theatricals of next winter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

A gentleman residing near enough to
this city to hear the town clock strike says
he can hear coyotes around his residence
almost any night. He was talking about
the bounty offered by the State for coy
ote scalps and favored the law, saying
that he had lost more than $400 within
the last two years by the coyotes and
that it was almost impossible to raise
young pigs where these animals were
found. He was of opinion that the coy
oytcs would all be killed off within the next
two years. [Tulare Cal Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
Grape ArbOrs.

The practice is common to plant and
train hardy grapevines on the sides of
dwellings and other buildings, the fruit
of which becomes valuable supply to
the family. Arbors aud other supports
are often used for vines in the rear yard.
1t is proposed to combine or compromise
the two modes by placing the trellis
eight or nine feet from the house, and
forming an overhead connection with it.
The advantage would be the convenience
of proximity, shade in summer, and
warmth from the house in cold weather,
causing earlier ripening. The annual
pruning could be easily performed, thick
or bushy growth cut out, and the bearing
shoots left or disposed of at regular dis
tances on the trellis and arbor.-ICoun-
try Gentleman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

Mr.. W. e. BEAR, the well-known
English writer ON agricultural statistics.
supplies to Bradstreet's trough es-
innate" of the shortage in the wheat
haryests of Europe this wear, and of the
sources of supply from other parts of
the world. Mr.. Bears estimate, it should
be noted, takes account of the short rye
crop as an element in calculating the de-
mand for wheat. He begins with Russia.
whose wheat production last wear (in.
Guiding Poland was about 212. 200, ,0OO
bushels and her exports about 90. 600 .OOO
bushels. This wear Mr.. Bear thinks her
oror will NOT No o,,o,. on 600 600 h,,sLol,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

The high position attained and the universal
acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid
fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, as the most excel
lent laxative known, illustrate the value of the
qualities on which its success is based and are
abundantly gratifying to the California Fig
Syrup Company.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
INSPIRING.

"That composition of yours is trnly
Wagnerian. Where did you get the
idea?"
"My boy exploded giant cracker
and pack of ordinary crackers in my
upright piano last Fourth of July
Epoch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
How Is Your Appetite.

If it is not good
you need a tonic.
Hunger is a sauce
that gives your food
a flesh making and
strengthening pow
er. S. S. S. is ia
nous for its health
giving and building
up qualities. 1t is
the best of all tonics.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

-FIlr stopped free by DR.. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days USE
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bottle
Tree. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, T5c.
+. j. CHENEY &c Co., Proprs., Toledo, y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure Is q boon
10 children who are attacked with Group or
acute coneestive colds. Sold by druggists OF
mailed on receipt of 50 cts. Address A. p,
InIsie. Buffalo. n. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

The lightest barbed wire averages sixtee
feet to the pound
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

Heat and drought have caused much suffer
ing in Spain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

During the past year over $4,000 persons
visited the birthplace of Shakespeare. U36.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
GRATIFYING To ALL.

1t costs S2S,47 per year to educate each
pupil in the Boston public schools.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

Tho Russian auth critics have forbidden
sp ecuiation i'll wheat, because the supply is
short.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

The earth is gradually growing larger from
the ian of meteoric matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

1heTeS DANCE,
in a cough-more than ever when
your blood is chad" 1t makes
things easy for Consumption. But
there's cure for it in DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. A posi-
tive cure-not only for Weak
Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Bron-
chitis, Asthma and all lingering
Coughs, but for Consumption itself
in all its earlier stages. It's rea-
sonable. All these diseases depend
on tainted blood. Consumption is
simply Lung scrofula. And for
every form of scrofula and blood
taint, the Discovery" is a certain
remedy. It's so certain, that its
makers guarantee it to benefit or
cure, in every case, or the money is
refunded. With a medicine that is
certain, this can be done.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
Summer
Weakness
Loss of Appetite, Sick
Headache, and That Tired
Feeling are cured by
Hoods
SarsaparilIa.
august
Flower

How does he feel Pie feels
cranky, and is constantly expert
menting, dieting himself, adopting
strange notions, and changing the
cooking, the dishes, the hours, and
manner of his eating-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feeI?-He feels at
times gnawing, voracious, insati-
able appetite, wholly unaccountable,
unnatural and unhealthy.-Aug
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel 2-He feels no
desire to go to the table and a
grumbling, fault-fnding, over-nice-
ty about what is set before him when
he is there-August Flower the
Remedy.
How does he feel Pie feels
after spell of this abnormal appe-
tite an utter adherence, 1oathing,
and detestation of food; as if a
mouthful would kill him-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel Pie has ir-
regular bowels and peculiar stools
August Flower the Remedy. o
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03

There's a cure for Catarrh, too,
no matter what you've been led to
believe. If there isn't, in your case,
you'll get $500 cash. It's bona
fde offer that's made by the pro-
prietors of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. There's risk in it, to be
sure, but they are willing to take
the risk-you ought to be glad
to take the medicine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-09-03
Gained a. Pounds.

Mr.. James j. McCalley, Of
Monet, Mo-, says he had
dyspepsia for eight years,
which made him o wreck,
sick and suffering during
the whole time. After try
ing all the remedies, tnclud-
ing all the doctors in reach,
he discarded everything and
took swift's spe cific. He
increased from ia to I5S
pounds and was soon o
sound and healthy man.