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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-10

The Fairmont Sentinel, one of the
best county papers in the state, came
TO our table last week enlarged to a
seven column quarto, full of evidence
that prosperity has rewarded the la
bors Of its publishers, and smiling
brightly as it enters its eighteenth
year. May the Sentinel ever guard
well the portals of society and contin-
ue in the path of honest journalism
which has ever characterized its
course, bringing continued good cheer
to its readers and plenty to its pub
fishers, is the wish of the FREE PRESS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
HonIEwARD BOUND.
Rev. r. G. Pearson Sails From Genoa
to New S-or!x This Month.

Rev. 4. G. Pearson, who is travel
ing over the Continent. in writing to
the Ashevilie Citizen, says:
"From Naples we took the train
for Rome; and here we are in the
Eternal City Athens, CONSTANT
nople, Smyrna, Cairo and Alexandria,
all have their points Of interest and
wonder; but in many respects. TO me
at least, Rome SurpaSses them all.
Cairo SURPRISES in the antiquity of
art; Athens in the perfectious OF art;
but Rome surpa sses all IN the mag
nificence Of art. / shall not 90 into
details and descriptions, but simply
mention some Of the sights, ana say
they must be seen to be appreciated.
| have visited the Vatican. and ST.
Peters. aud the Coliseum, the Tarpc-
an Rock, the Forum, and the Pan
theon and the Palace. and driven
along the banks of the Tiber and out
OF the Aplian Way as far as the
CatacOmbs
close; and in Il day or two we will
leave for Florence, Milan, Genoa aud
Nice.
Travel and sightseeing in this
country are not favorable to people
in poor health, for the hotels and
trains are not heated as in America.
These people, as compared with our
people, have poor ideas of those easy
comforts so much appreciated and
enjoyed by us And as Mrs Pearson
and lare travelingas much for health
as anything else, and as our health
is not being improved by our travels
it is more than probable that in De-
cember we will sail from Genoa via
Giibralt; for New York
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
A STREET FIGHT In RALEIGH
Two Parsons Engage in a Row On Fsy-
etteYille Street.
ARRAIGNED BEFORE MAYOR BADGER.
1t Was the Outcome Of an Old Fude-
Barrett Was the Late Editor of
the Christian Sun.

RALEIGH. n. C Dec. 3.-Rpv. W. p.
Barrett, late editor and owner of the
Christian Sun, this city, and Rev. c..
.. Ball, an ex-minister OF the Chris
tian Church, were arraigned before
Mayor Badger this mornin@, the
cause being a street difficulty
which. occurred Yesterday afternoon.
The affair grew out of an old grudge
which dated back several years. At
one time there was a misuiderstand-
ing between both ministers over
money matter. Some acrilnony was
indulged in, in which Ball called Bar
rett hypocrite. The matter cane
before the church, and as a result
Ball was deposed from the ministry.
Barrett was attacked with {. club
and severely beat on Fayetteville
street
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
What the r. II Commission is Doin:

The Railroad Commission yester-
day issued the following circular,
number 13:
l. "Whenever any passenger train
on any railroad in the State shall be
more than thirty minutes behind its
schedule time, it shall be the duty of
said railroad company to bulletin
and to keep posted at any telegraph
station along its line, and other sta
tions, if possible, the time su.h train
is behind its schedule time, aud as
near as can be approXimated, the
time of it's arrival
2. whenever there is any break
or obstruction on any railroad in
this State, thereby causing delay to
any passenger train, it shall be the
duty of said road to haze the same
bulletined at all stations, at and be
tween the said passenger train and
the place so obstructed and it shall
be the duty of the conductor to no.
tify the passengers in the cars before
leaving the station and of the delay
probably resulting"
The circular goes into effect imme-
diately.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
The Richmond Terminal Affairs.

A New York special, speaking of
the terminal affairs yesterday, says:
cit was dismal day for every body
interested in Richmond Terminal,
and particularly for the holders Of
the common stock. That choice
specimen of the stock exchange
commodities sold down to o. the
lowest price it has ever touched, and
was at this low-water mark when
the gong sounded at O'Clock.
Wall street is always ready with ex-
plantations of unusual occurrences,
and reasons for to- days bad break
in Richmond Terminal were in abun-
dant circulation. Some of the sto-
ries were very unsavory. One was
that the advisory committee of able
fnanciers, nominated the other day
to examine into the Terminal AT
fairs and formulate a plan for the
permanent adjustment of its inan-
ces, has made a preliminary invest
CATION and has given the opinion
that an assessment of $40 share OF
the common stock of the Terminal
would be absolutely necessary to
save the concern"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
The Burglar Dawns Respited.

Alfred Dawns, the negro now con
fined in Mecklenburg county Jail un-
der sentence of death for burglariz-
ing the residence of Mr.. John ".
Wadsworth, gets few days respite.
Judge Meares sentenced him 70 be
hanged on December 3rd. His law
yers got up "a petition asking Gov
ernor Holt to commute the death
sentence to Imprisonment for life.
This Governor Holt firmly declined
to do. He consented though, to
give the burglar respite.
To-day Sheriff Smith received a
telegram from Raleigh stating that
Governor Holt had decided TO give
Dawns respite to Friday, Decem-
ber 18th, and that the proper papers
had been forwarded by mail.-Char-
lotte News.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
wINsToN-sALEM N. G.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER TO- 1891
ACCIDENT AT DURHAM.
Five Men Wounded and Two Others
Killed.

A sad and fatal accident occurred
in Durham Friday, at the prize
house of B. L. Duke. Five works
men were upon scaffold, built
around the sheet iron smoke stack,
fifty feet in height, placing it in po-
sition, and fastening the guy rods.
1t was about 8:45 O'Clock, says the
Sun, when the scaffold gave way
and with the smoke stack, fell its
full length, outward from the house,
carrying with it five men who were
at work upon it at the time The
stack was bent in several places,
and the scaffold shattered into innu-
merable pieces, yet it all lay in a
line, with the workmen buried in
among the broken timbers and more
or less under the iron stack.
Those who escaped instant death
were seriously injured and with one
or two exceptions will IN all proba-
bility die.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
Noted A-sus Criminals,

James T. Mckibben and two men
named Stacey and Lordon have been
arrested at Sandoval, Illinois, for
arson During the past year ii num-
Der OF barns and residences have been
fired. Stacey and Lordon have made
confessions, in which they say that
other buraings We're planned and
that arrangements were made for the
assassination Of several people Mr..
Mckibben was State business agent
for the Farmers Mutual Benefit As
sCciation for two years, was State
organizer for the Farmers Alliance
i'll Dakota, was the founder and edi-
tor of the Brotherhood Of Labor,
also associate editor on the Liberia
tor, published at Springfield.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
Captain Snow in Georgia.

C. F. King telegraphs the Atlanta
Journal from Clifton, Ca, the follow
ing:
"Captain W. 81. Snow, the North
Carolina tobacco genius, the inven-
tor of the modern tobacco barn and
the wonderful Snow process OF rails
ing and curing tobacco, and the most
renowned tobacco grower living, is
to make Triton, the thriving little
city of Berrien county, his home in
the future.
.sNot only will Triton be CAPTAIN
Shows home, but he will superintend
a large tobacco farm near town, to
demonstrate the possibilities ofSouth
Georgia as tobacco producing sec
tion."
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
Several Negroes Roughly Treated by
Mob

y special gives the full details OF a
riot AT MIilen, Ga on the line of
Burke and Sereven counties. the
matter seems to have been kept
qniet until a general report brought
the matter before the public. The
trouble started Saturday night by
several citizens com binine ana going
first to the hotel and demanding the
payment of a debt due Que of the
party. Arrangements were made
for the payment by the landlady be
coming responsible. In the riot sew
eral negroes We're attacked by a mob
AID many of them killed and IN
iuted
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
New and Startling Evidence in the
Bell Telephone Cases.

The Boston Journal says: There
may be a sensation coming in the
Bell telephone case.
To-day the evidence OF Professor
Dolbear will be concluded before The
commissioner, aud ii is rumored
about the United States courts that
the government attorneys are look
ing up certain evidence which is
claimed to be interesting.
District Attorney Alton, when seen
by a reporter, was very noncommit-
tai, but finally admitted that a new
line of evidence was being examined
and that something sensa tional
MIGHT develope.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
Indian Hostiies are Moving South

Major William I. Downing. who
lives about 80 miles south of Wilcox,
Ari., was shot from ambush by Apa-
che Indians. One of his men, B. H.
Daniels, of Ontario, Canada; an ex-
soldier, and about thirty-five years
old, was killed by the same warlike
band. Major Downing was not fatal
ly injured. Lieutenant IRWIN and
ten soldiers left Fort Bowie in pur-
suit of the Indians. Great excite
ment exists among the settlers, who
fear raid from the Chiricahua
mountains. which are practically im-
penetrable by the whites against an
armed force. The Indian hostiles
arc moving south.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
About Parnell and his Property.

John Parnell. brother of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, arrived at
Old Ironsides, the residence of his
mother, Mrs. Della S. Parnell, at Bor-
dentown, n. j ;, from West Point, Ga, !,
yesterday. He said his mother will
sail for Ireland on Wednesday next.
1t is understood that Mrs. Charles S.
Parneli has relinquished all claim to
the Avondale estate, and john Par
nell will, therefore, become the owner.
It is for this purpose the trip-is tax
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10

y correspondent in Wilmington
writes: Alden says $4,000 will
cover the amount involved; that
there appears TO be $50, 900 out
standing oil checks drawn against
balances in various banks, and these
are perhaps included in the $500, 600.
All the banks creditors get their
share of its assessments equally. and
these checks are on the same footing
The statement of the banks affairs
cannot be made before next week.
Cashier Bowden, who has fed, has
endorsed paper on the bank. Alden
says, to an amount approXimating
So, ,O0O. No attempt has been made
to find out where Bowden is Alden
says that nothing criminal against
him has yet been discovered
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
Col. Polk's New Secretary.

A Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Star says:
s'It is rumored this morning that
Col. L. L. Polk will appoint as his
secretary, Mr.. J. w. Denmark, the
present business manager of the
Progressive Farmer. Mr.. Denmark
is son-in-law Of Col. Polk, and is
a gentleman of fine business qualtica-
tions. It is also reported that the
late secretary, Mr. Hal w. Aver will
remain in Washington City, as corr
respondent
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
About the Direct Tax Refund.

Payment of the direct tax refund
has been very rapid. Up to date
1900 warrants have been paid off
aggpegating in the neighborhood of
100000.
The appropriation was $404 900,
and the claimsnts can get their war;
rants cashed any time within five
years. It is not very likely that
much will remain after all these
claims are paid.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10

The Best Ssive Ia t''s 7s.r.d for l,tts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt fabenp, FeYar, seIes, letter
chappei IIaais, ehilbaias, ezs-9as sna al sors
erut,tions, aud .sositiseiy cares P:iesor no n
REQ ifTcl. it Is guaranteed 10 give 3.srts.t SIT
acton, or m 3asys Tefl8 sel Pf4a5 p .sI
or box. For sale By z. Q ThoraEson.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
ne Liked "Marqu.s Putnam

A party of italian pleasure finders is
at the Auditorium. M. Modena is the
only one who can even speak few
words of English, and he couldn't write
book in our language. He was intro.
duced to Mr.. Bresiin, one Of the hotel
proprietors: and they had few words
together.
"By the way" said Mr.. Breslin, don't
you know Marquis Pullman
HE not extraordinary prominent, |
don't think.
"You are mistaken, One OF Ameri,
cas- greatest men is the Marquis"
ooh! He Iva here?"
"He is the inventor of the famous
Pullman palace cars and your Govern.
ment gave him his title in appreciation
of his work. You must remember the
name Pullman - Pullman you
spell it like that. When you came from
New York you rode in his cars.
HE own fine car that ride me
here?"
"Yes, I was sure you knew him."
Good man. I lika him. When
depart from his car this morning I give
him 81. Too bad he's black"
Mr.. Breslin gave one look at his
guests, then unceremoniously dashed
into the natatorium, where he drowned
his sorrows.-Chic0go Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
South Dakota Items.

South Dakota Items.
THE apple crop throughout the SID
is large.
Ten thousand more sheep are soln
into Brown county.
A FINE quality of potters' clay III
been found ut Hot Springs.
The damage by prairie fire in Fau
county will amount to 500 OD.
The winter session of the South "
hota Press ASSOCIATION will be help |
Huron,
A RAPID CITY man offers twenty aeisI
Of land and water power to aHs'"|
starting y wooden mill.
JUDGE MOODY says he has no. 81
cepted the attorneyship of the Hai"'l
Peak Tin Mining company.
A NEW four and half inch susn"]
for irrigating purposes was struck w.
miles southeast of Millette.
Miss LAURA CHAMBERLAIN MAD asr
of the Yankton insane asylum 1or .'. Iii
years, has resigned her position a,a W..
take similar one in New YORK .i'!'
The date Of the republican state Io'a 4
mittee meeting mas Oeeh
september at Huron.
Gov. MELLETrE makes the "ol.v WILL.
address to the association OF Cous' fl,
tional churches at WATERFOWL W "
8th inst. =,
Mr.. ANDERSON, . Norwegian OWN, IN,
a fine farm close to Madison na .,b,,t
finished thrashing 600 acres OF .sa On
The average yield per acre on sn u nall
tire field was forty-three ANTON anu
bushels. The wheat weighed slA asr.o,
pounds to the bushel. MI. An aorator
hauled the crop direct to the elea ne
for which he received 80 c tn, mic
bushel. The crop figured up In, ;,.h q
little amount of 20. leo bushels. WIZ" 'nm .
81 cents brings the handsome ~
Sol, GG3.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
SOUTH DAKOTA VA
RESULTS rs oFTHE EouA,,,
OF ASSESSMEMNLIllzAT

"A Decrease of $4,000. ono
cause County Assessmen,.p ,ain.d
Equslized and Not Rn,.s" Were
Aesr-one Million Acre. N.Y.. as
The South Dakota STATE
equalization and assessman. ,ooard
pleted its labors and the total mas
sessment for the various 'o.al Tor tn
the state are obtainable aRr1opertid
So; some s. 100000 less than nus nus, ye|
rms has been brought about 'asl
decrease in the value of tho mot not
the state, but by the fact IN ap.roperi
the state board increased tho a o last
iron from the returns rel. sent in by cou Snsssu
tors over SIS, 100000. This year =
MADE no such increase. but has u' u
equalized the assessment a. "as Sin
This year there were near,r feturl
more acres of land assessed ~ l'oOOI
year. The best showing is ma ahan
I'M, in the number Of head u Of IN !.
The number of cattle in the Ne st ST
nearly doubled in the one wear s'a,e
increase in sheep has been 10. ana aa
nearly double. ~''ooO,
Below is table showing tho
ment on the different kinds of 's "a ass
OF the state for the year 1890 ,n piop \
comparison of the two years viii viii
show one how the state board r, i' ea|
assessment last year. The ra,e
year was made to enable the stat a,s
enough revenue for running o1a 70
and this was the only way il c sNp'''
done, as the constitution limits . tIa !,
to . mills for state purposes 'I H..
this year are assessed at s34.6e. ' az.
S9.25: mules and asses, So Go. s ss
Sill; swine, Sl.67. Bank stoct i ~
sessed at IS cents on the dollar
state and bond levy is . cents ,nd
mills this year, and the levy on ey a''.
telegraph and telephone comnan;o
cents and SO mills. N''e
The total valuation in 1890 was -.
S2T.Ol7 and in 1891 it is Se2s lea 90
shown below, the table giving lseo " :
and 1891 last:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
Ancient Bakery.

The Oldest bakery now in existence is
that belonging to Master-baker Dietrich,
in Frankfurt-on-Main. it being men:
toned as early as the year 1921. II
was, however, first used as bakery in
1857. A room dating from 1903 is still
in good preservation, and this, with a
beautiful inlaid shrine, dating from
1914, are among the curiosities Of the
house. The shrine was discovered by
the owner during the course of some re-
pairs in 1868, and is a remarkable piece
of work, said to nave been done b5
Johann Caspar Art-:.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

For the first time since the war, West
Point this year turned out too few grad
yates to fill the vacant second lieuten-
ancies in the regular army. Good! The
rank and file want promotions, and the
enartinets of West Point have been too
often mere military automatons. Even
in the war they had to be unstarched
ere they became tirst-class soldiers,
while the great ones like Grant, Sher-
man. Sheridan, Thomas, Lee, Johnston
aud Jackson, we're men too great to
worship their West Point sheepskins.
In country whose army in ell great
emergencies must be citizen volunteers,
West Point cadets should have no
monopoly of military honors.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

Ex-JrpGE PRENDERaAsr, of Chicago,
was fined for contempt Of court, and
conduct therein unbecoming gentle
man. When Judge he fined others
for the same offenses, but seems to have
relapsed when he resumed practice.
Blackguardism in court deserves no
mercy. Too many lawyers who claim
to be gentlemen, and elsewhere deport
themselves as such. in court browbeat
witnesses. insult women and each other,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

A FRENCH lady leaves by will $780,
600 as a prize for the person who shall,
within ten years, be able to communi-
scate with the people in any other planet
Astronomers think that certain lights
seen flashing in Mars are attempts to
signal us. They may have telescopes
there which reve"l us to them as clearly
:: Us we see our own mountain ranges.
Very few things are really impossible,
lard we may be telepnoning to Mars
long ere the ten years prescribed ex-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

CALLING things by names too big for
them is provincialism that ought to be
deprecated. Every little amusement
hall is dubbed an opera house; every
barber shop, though it have but a single
chair, is at least parlor. A two
months course of study, not above high
school grade, in various simple divisions
of primary culture, is dubbed up North
50 summer university" This is going a
little too for. More confidence might
lie felt in its value we're its designation
more honest and more modest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

A MONTH or two ago $500 people in
Omaha were victimized by paying so
cents each to witness the flight of an
air-ship. The ship did not materialize Or
fly, but the projectors Of the scheme did.
Three thousand people were gulled in
the same style at Fort Wayne, Ind. The
air-ship swindler appears to be
thoroughly familiar with the profitable
points in the green circuit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

A PRACTICAL joker at Wheeling, w.
Va, recently did unusually effective
work by swapping an "unloaded shot
gum" killing woman and seriously in
juring two men. OF course the man
was overwhelmed with remorse, but
there should be more practical pun
sshment for this class of jokers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

A MAN was killed on the steps of an
elevated railway station in New York by
having an umbrella jabbed into his eye
by the man in front of him. The man
who carries an umbrella or cane under
his arm on a crowded street deserves
Punishment to country where it never
rains
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

The historic old Valley Forge prop.
erty on the line of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad is in danger of being
divided up and sold, its present owner,
Mrs. Anda, L. Carter, having instruct
ed her attorney to dispose of 100 acres
of it. The portion of the property
about to go into the market contains
the remnants Of the ramparts of Fort
Washington, the cold spring, the site
of the forge, and of the headquarters OF
Washington, LAFAYETTE, and Knox. II
will be more than an occasion for re.
greet if this historic spot is allowed to be
sold and it is thereby lost to the coun-
try. 1t will be a national shame. Nc
spot is more indeliby connected with
the Revolution and the days that tried
mems souls than Valley Forge. 1t was
there that the tide of misfortune went
down to the lowest mark, and it was
there also that the great leader of the
army appeared in his noblest and high.
est manifestations Of faith and courage.
Let the patriotic orders OF the country
send in their protests at once and ask
to have the sale withheld until they can
take measures to save this relic of the
Revolution either through purchasers
who will agree to keep it intact, OF
through some action of the people at
large or of the Government which will
secure control of it as national park.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

A San Francisco woman sold a
piece Of her epidermis, 9x5 inches, to
surgeons for skin-grafting experiment
Tor $500. The lady has opened up
another sphere Of feminine possibili-
ties, but it is hardly probable that her
example will find many followers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

A MONKEY in New York got drunk on
bottle of whisky and went on regu-
lar tear. His success in initiating the
male specimen of the human species
would seem to add considerable force to
the Darwinian theory that the monkey
was the earliest ancestor of man.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

HUMANE societies have lost an earnest
worker for their cause in the death of
Edwin Lee Brown. For many years he
has been the Henry Bergh of Chicago,
and it is largely due to his efforts to
prevent cruelty to animals that horse
too feeble to work or one being inhu-
namely treated by cruel driver is now
seldom seen on the streets of that CITY.
Both were once only too common spec
tacleS