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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
DEMI-NEwsY FOREIGN NOTES.


RUSSIAN peasants will be prohibited
by law shortly from selling or mort
gaging their lands.
A DISPATCH from Zanzibar says the
conclusion of treaty with the promi
nent chiefs by which the latter agree te
abolish slavery at Yitu is officially an
nounced.
AN association has been established
in London to send colonies of poor Jews
to Palestine. So many are going to
Jerusalem that it is one of the most rap
idly growing cities in the world.
GAMBLING at Monte Carlo still -four
ishes. The capital stock of its great
playhouse is six million Of dollars, and
the stockholders have just received a
dividend of thirty-two per cent. for the
past year.
A CURIOUS epidemic has appeared
among the natives of Griqualand. If
alarmed by any sudden noise, such as a
whistle or shout, the natives will start
violently. contract their features and
stiffen their limbs, jump about and
waltz like dervishes.
n
German foreign office by suit brought
by broker named Jacobsohn against
a barrister named Neuern for 1000
marks commission for securing Neuern
position in the service Neuern has
been dismissed on account of the scan
dial
In Germany experiments have recent
IT, DC, ~
for towing heavy boats on canals. In
stead, however, of attaching the rope to
the locomotive it is attached to heavy
towing car, which is drawn by the loco
motive. The plan is said to be satisfac-
tory.
THE Hindoos are about to adopt .
modern notion in forming "Hindoo
tourists party" for visiting Europe,
America, China, Japan and the states.
''The Hindoo noblemen and gentlemen"
who are invited to join the party are
assured that they will be able to travel
without violation of caste rules.
JAPAN had plethora of epidemics
during 1890. Influenza reached her
shores in February. Cholera followed
with over $1,000 deaths. Dyseatcry
affected 3S,S7S persons, with 1862
deaths, a ratio of 49, "a per cent. Typhoid
fever occurred 90, 1874 times, with $500
deaths, 1856 per cent.
LEIPsIc is to have an International
exposition in the summer OF 1892 for the
and methods Of the Red
Cross societies, the most improved
means of feeding and clothing soldiers,
hygiene, and popular cooking. 1t will
be in the Crystal palace, structure of
about twice the size of Madison Square
rardeu
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
INTERESTING STATISTICS.

THE National academy, London, had
$4,000 admissions on public days in
1890, an average Of 2,5o5.
THE German empire, by the last cen
sus, has 49,5O0,0OO of population, Prus-
STA having of these 3O,OO0,OO0 and the
next division, Bavaria, having $500, 900.
THE cartll's fifteen hundred millions
of human inhabitants speak 1904 diff
fcrent languages and possess about
one Thousand different religious beliefs.
BERLIy's society for the homeless
sheltered last year 1o8,0O men and 49,
500 women. Since 1870 the society has
assisted, with lodgings, bath, break
fasts and medical care, 100000 per-
nOns.
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FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.

QUEEN VICTORIA is said to write Hin
doostanee readily.
IT is said that Mr.. Gladstone reads
every novel published in Great Britain
COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK, according
to the Galignani Messenger, recently
lost $40, 900 in the Nice clubs.
PRINCE BISMARCK said lately at Ham
burg: My ideal is to be able to walk
about in this large and beautiful town
without seeing single head turned to
look at me-
THE Grand Duke Nicholas, the cars
crazy uncle, is getting better and will
soon be removed to his house near St.
Petersburg He is sixty years old and
has been in the army since he was six
teen.
ACCORDING to German papers of re-
cent date the engagement of the hered-
itary grand duke of Luxem bourg and a
daughter of the prince of Wales will be
announced soon, despite all reports to
the contrary.
Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERs is
ninety years old and for fifty-five years
has represented the borough of Wolver-
hampton in the British parliament, and
he has no salary for the job and will
have no pension when he retires.
ISABELLA H., ex-queen of Spain, is
atand waddling old lady of circus-lilze
girth, who seems to have forgotten all
the vanities of the world and to be de-
voted to works Of charity, the apprecia-
ton of Partisan dinners and the needs
of good partner at the whist table.
TIE duke of Westminster, England's
wealthicst nobleman, is engaged in a
squabble with q surgeon over the cost
of enbalming the body of the dukes
son. The surgeon wants two hundred
and twenty-five pounds and six shil-
lings and the duke is only willing to
pay forty-two pounds.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
THE SEASONS SMILES.

Mrs. DEFLAT-'sWhat is that horrid
smell?" Mr.. DeFlat-''I judge from the
odor that it's one of those odorless oil
stoves
PAssENGER-''Co Conductor, why don't
you call out the stations plainer?" Con-
ductor-"Say, this road don't hire me
for no clocutionist! See?"
LITTLE EDITH-''Mamma, what's a
poorhouse?" Mamma-''A poorhouse,
Edith, is an imaginary place of papa's,
where he lnucnas residing next week. )"
DIR. KLLEsI-'' ibid the medicine sent
to your husband cause him to rest
easy?" Mrs. Widdcrweeds (sadly)--
Eyes; unless the medical students have
disturbed him"
"TnIs is regular nightmare weather.
said forum yesterday. ''How do you
make that out?" asked Quorum. ''Why,
it's equine-noctial, answered Jorum
with horse laugh.
WINELE-'I understand that the lady
next to you is fine musician Binlzle
-'.Eh?" Winkle-''They say she com
poses" Binlzle-"G reat Caesar, no! She
discomposes every body in the fiat
A SoLIc1roUs Daughter.-Old gentle
man at head of stairs-''Sally, amt it
time to go to bed?" Sally-''Yes, ia
ther dear; don't put it off another min
ute. Your health, you know, is not ro-
bust"
CUMso-'Are you cutting the sensa-
ton articles out of that paper before
taking it home to your wife and daugh-
ters?" Banks (handling the shears:
s'No; I'm cutting out the millinery adj
vcrtisements.
BRowN-''And I saw there a curious
affair. Really, can't describe it, 1t
hadn't the likeness of anything that is
in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth" Fogg-''Oh, I see. 1t was
a prize cup won in some yacht race"
AFTER the earthquake at Ischia, they
disinterred an old woman, unframed. |
''God bless you!" she cried, as they
helped her out; "but for PHYS sake, "
she added, impetuously, dig little
deeper and save my" ''NVhat! Is
there anyone else alive here?" they in
quired, anxiously. MY HEMP continued
the old dame.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02

THE sale by Mrs. King, of Corpus
Christi, the cattle queen Of Texas, of
$4,000 2-year-old steers is probably tie
largest single order for cattle ever filled
in Texas. The consideration was $32, 900.
Mrs. Kings ranch is worth 100000.
ONE of the largest hogs in America
if not, in fact the largest in the world
was reared by a Junction City Kan.
man. The length was eight feet nine
inches; girth of neck, six and i half
feet; girth of center of body, eight feet;
width across the hips, thirty inches;
weight, one thousand five hundred and
thirty-two pounds.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
THE sTATEe IN GENERAL.

CONNECTICUT is threatened with the
loss of her shad.
omos grape crop per acre is worth
three times that of California.
A KANSAS farmer is producing maple
sugar from sap furnished by trees arti-
fcially grown.
A BooKN1ARK is in the form of a ma
sons trowel, of silver, with an ivory
handle.
IT is said that the natives of Alaska
spend SO much of their time in boats
that their legs are crooked and weak.
THE Massachusetts legislature has
appropriated -, 900 to be applied toward
disseminating information regarding
abandoned farms in the state.
Texas claims 1,512,285 horses and
heads the list. Illinois is next with l.
123, 973. In valuation Texas claims S49,-
G1S, 1928 and Illinois $69, 214,800.
A FARM at Pithole, Pa, which was
bought some years ago, during the oil
excitement, by Chicago spectators for
81, 500, 600 was sold recently at tax
sale for 500.
OKLAHOMA is nearly as large as the
state of Ohio. 1t has G0,000 inhabitants,
a larger number than either Wyoming
or Nevada has, and is now about ready
for statehood.
WESTERN Franklin county contains
the second highest elevation in Massa-
ch77ctts, an isolated peak in the town
Of Lowe, bearing the name of Mount
Davis, 2,170 feet in altitude.
WOMAN suffrage is symbolized in
Wyoming's new seal of state, which
shows the figure of woman from
whose uplifted arm is suspended brok-
en- chain, while the states motto is
Equal Rights"
DELAWARE is said to have more living
ex-governorsthan any other state in the
union. Five of them-B. T. Biggs, !
John P. Cochran, James Ponder, John
w Hall and Charles L. Stol1ley-are
still engaged in active business.
II. j. BIBLE of Lyon county, Kan,
rented a farm last year for $3.50 on
which he raised 5000 bushels of corn.
At present prices his crop would bring
$4,000 He had no one to help him but
his son, but Providence may have ia
vored him on account of his name.
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MORE OR LESS PROMINENT.

FRED DOUGLASS mourns because he
can never celebrate his birthday, hav
ing no idea as to when it occurs.
MARY ANDERsoN's favorite articles
of dict, according to Louisville chef
are lardcd cntlets and sweetbreads
She is also very fond of spinach.
EDWARD WEBSTER SANBoRN, the New
York lawyer, is nephew of Daniel
Webster and has a high forehead and
deep-set eyes like the distinguished
statesman.
HENRY WATTERsoN, the brilliant
! journalist, ,aspired to be pianist when
boy, and appeared in a number of
concerts, but fclon robbed him of his
thumb and changed his career.
JOHN STEPHENSON, the man who
built the first street car, is very hale
old gentleman at the age of eighty. He
is frequently seen walking on Broad
way in preference to taking car.
CAPT. JOHN McELwArN, of the New
York police department, has been re-
tired on his own application, after
nearly thirty years service on the
force. His pension will be S1,325, or
about half pay.
Mr.. BLAINE is out for 'sconstitu-
tionaF' every fine afternoon. His fa-
vorite walk is one of the many road
ways intersecting. the reservation back
of the white house, and frequently the
walk is extended around the monument.
Mrs COUGH, the widow of John B.
Cough, lies the victim of steadily adj
yancing disease, which has progressed
to entire helplessness, though, from the
nature of the malady, paralysis, she
may survive many months, it may be
years.
SAMUEL MACIdNDER was freed by
panther near Crescent City, Cal, q few
days ago. His cries for help were re-
sponded to by man with rife, who
shot and killed the creature, which
measured nine feet four inches in
length.
JOSEPH ALTMAN, the bankrupt painter
at San Leandro, Cal, is an American
lied Chinaman. His AIongolian name
is Chung All Wung He has lived in
California for forty years. Some time
ago he was an adopt bartender. Hehas
forgotten his native tongue.
THE first offender whom Mayor Post,
of Tampa, Fla, called upop 10y
morning was the last man wla
before him when he was Ia
town of Tampa five years aS
sake of ''auld lang syne" his T ~
assessed fine of one dollar.
CAPT. JAai-s3 CARROLL, the new con-
gressional delegate from. Alaska, was
born in Illinois and was sailor on the |
lakes in his youth, but for the last elev
en- years commanded steamers running
from Columbia river to Sitlza. He rep /
rcsents q constituency of about eight |
thousand Alasl5ans.
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Not in Harmony with Burnt Cork.

G. Washington Coon purchasing suit
of clothes)-Tse 'fraid, sab, dat obese
trousers am bout TO- sizes too big fo'
me.
Cohen-But dot was English, mine
friend!
G. Washington Coon-Mebbe, sab;
but it pears to me dat my complexion
don't go very well wifi dat Anglo
maniac craze.-Puclz.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
st The Now Home.

Mrs. Wiclwire-Oh, Henry And 1
told you so particularly before you chose
a house to be sure the chimneys didn
smoke.
Mr.. Wiclswire-Well, this enc doesn't.
Come outside and see for yourself
Judge
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
A FouH-w1NGED duck was Matched a

A FoUR-wINGED duck was Matched a
short time ago at Bar Harbor, Me.
A SHREVEPORT Na.) beet of the blood
red variety weighs forty-six pounds. 1t
grew on Silver Lake soil.
A FLOWING well from which strong
current of cold air constantly gushes is
the latest curiosity near Grecnsburg, La.
A KINGSTON IN. y man has an egg
ca inches round, So inches long and
weighing AZ ounces, which he claims
was laid by hen which he owns.
AN extraordinarily large Polar bear,
the fur of which is q bright pink color,
has been captured in northern Siberia.
The animal will be sent as a present to
the car.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
ALL QUIET AGAIN.
i Gazette Correspoadent on the Scene of
the Recent Red Bone TroubIe-A
Most Dcsolate Place.
Special 10 the Gazette.


NpetlL 10 lhe Gazette
LAKE CHAIR E, La. Aug. 6.-Gour cor
responder, visited the scene of the recent
battle near here to-day for the purpose OF
,-cer'anln" the true state OF AFFAIRS
ne distance from 'ALs place Is
nearly thirty miles, the road leading
thereto traVerSIng the most deSolate and
weird portion OF Louisiana. The camps
were reached about noon, and found to ne
qur'-e extremely 50. only ond red-oone be
luS seen. Little ONera hall crew OF Whltc
meA has been mustered together
since Sunday and work resumed.
Inc logging teams are running ua!lN
from where The battle occurred INTO the
woods, distance Of twenty-five miles,
white men operating H. he h2ht Is no
longer fractional ana should Ill De renewed
IL win be between officers and the
outlaws, VINO are S,ul IN hiding
The shelHff and his assistants are deVol-
lug their attention 10 the matter ana are
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
AT THE AUSTIN DAM.
A FATAL ACCIDENT, THE FIRST
ONE TO OCCUR.
County Tax Rolls. Valuation and Increase.
4 Probable Fatal ShootinS-Certi1-
Gates Granted Teachers.
Special to the Gazette.

Spcclal 10 the bdZtLle.
AUSTIN. Ten. Aug G.-The first fata,
accident at Austins big dam occurred this
afternoon. when d heavy stone swung by
the cable struck AGAINST u pile Of huge
granite blocks resting Oh the embankmcut
Immediately above spot On the masonry
Of the dam where the maSOns and helpers
we're al work. causing The pile to top
pie and fall down. crushing one
of he men al work on =. derrick, maugiiug
him fl'ghtfully ami killing him Instantly
His name is Charles Clark, AGED twenty
seven. and he came about six weeks ago
from Kansas Ci,N. He has 4 brother 4,
work on The dam also.
About > o'clock this afternoon Henry
Hill, a boy Of about i, got INTO a dispute
with y. X. Turner, aged about p. and Il
runner for the Troy steam laundry. over
trifug account. in which Turner
Slapped HiL. The latter drew revolver
and shot Turner through the bod. the bal.
entering above the hip and coming out IT
the opposite side The wound IS probably
fatal. Turner has wife and baby.
Deaf Smith county tax rolls for 1891, show
4 total valuation of $2.2l3,G9i. an increase
over last year of Sg5l. :}61: Farmer county
rolls total valuation Sl4S,2jI, an increase
over last year Of S19.iOl.
The special taxes collected by the comp
lroller in July amounted TO 1924 -, of
which amount $3I3y. - was railroad passcn-
ger tax. S:}4l6 So insurance companies. so 81
telegraph companies &3l59.sS unor@anized
comfy tax and the balance special taxes.
The board Of education granted ceItiti-
cafes to sixteen teachers Of the Harrison
County summer normal.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
A COMBINE.
Farmers Alliance and Anti
Lottery Democrats.
LOUISIANA FUSION TICKET.
TO be Submitted to the Democratic Convention,
Alliance President to Head It.
The Peoples Party in Convention Assem-
bed ut Springfield. ohro--A Plat
form Adopted-A Candi
date for Governor.
LOUISIANA FUSION TICKET.
Peoples Party Convention.

SPRINGFIELD. OHIO, Aug. G.-Prayer by
Rev. L. p. Foster of Cincinnati opened the
Peoples party convention al 925 Z. IN. after
which the committee on permanent OrganI-
zation report was adopted with few dissent
ing votes.
The committee on resolutions reported
the platform:
We hold that labor Is the basis of ali
wealth, happiness and progress ana must
have equal protection b., law
In the organization of our party we
know no North. South. EaSt OF West. and
we are determined that the government OF
our country shall be so administered Is 10
secure equal rights to all people
We demand that taxation, national. state
or municipal, shall not be used 10 build up
one interest or class at the expense OF an
other.
We demand the abolition Of national
banks as banks Of issue, and as Il substitute
for national bank notes we demand thai
full legal tender treasury notes be issued in
sufficient volume 10 conduct The business Of
the country on cash basis
We demand the paymcn of all bonds of
the government instead Of refunding them
in such money As they were originally made
payable i'll.
We demand government ownership of all
means of transportation and cOmmunica-
zion between the people of the United
States.
We favor liberal pensions to all honorably
discharged Union soldiers Of the late civil
war. and generous care for their widows
and orphans.
woman's suffrage plank is included in
the platform.
The platform favors government loans
directly 10 individ uals. favOrs free coinage
of silver. opposes alien ownership of lands.
and demands that congress devise means Of
obtaining all lands owned by foreign syndi-
Gates. also demands all lands held by rail
roads and other corporations in excess of
what Is actually needed shall be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual set
tiers only, and demands a graduated tax on
incomes.
STATE ISSUES
We demand the enactment and rigid en-
forcement OF the laws Tor the suppression
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
q. 4 Z. Election.

Immediately after the meeting of the en-
campment this morning the election of COM
mander-in-chief was declared the first bus
uesS. There We're four candidates, John
Palmer of Albany, \. y, A G. Weissert OF
Milwaukee. w. p. Smedbury of California
and ). II. Hurst of Ohio
Benjamin f. Bryant of Wisconsin placed
Weissert IN nomination in an eloquent
speech.
Just before the ballot opened L. H. Hurst.
the Ohio candidate, asked for recognition
and said that as it had been conceded for
years that when the great state of New
York became united on 4 candidate. the
state which gave more men to the great
army OF the Union than any other state
should be entitled to the commander-in-
chief. New York was now united on a
candidate and he desired to withdraw in
favor of Palmer of New York
The election was by secret ballot. a very
slow and tedious process.
Palmer was elected on the second bal
lot.
Capt. John Palmer, the new commander
in-chief, was born on Staten Island March
%, 1912. and has splendid war record. He
enlisted in the Ninety first New York V OIL
unteers September l, 1861, and was
constantly with that regiment until it was
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07

der from Chicago. is i'll the city soliciting
subscriptions for the erection of Z monu-
meut to the colored soldiers in jackson
Park, Chicago, before the Worlds fair
An association for that purpose has been
organized at Springfield, Ill, with Senator
CUllom, Governor Eifer and banker of
that city. Sam Jones, as trustees of the
funds. 1t is intended TO raise Sl50.00O, and
about 81, 00O has been secured so far. The
monument as designed will be l05 feet high
and will consist of granite shaft sur
mounted by the statue of Capt. CaillouX, d
colored officer who was killed at Port Hud-
son. Around the base will be eight bronze
statues of abolition and war heroes. includ-
ing Lincoln. LOvejoy, John Brown and
others
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
AN ARTIST WITH A PEN.
A Young Fort Smith Attorneys Accom-
plishment Gets Him in Trouble and
in Jail-A Little Sensation.
Special 10 the Gazette.


FORT SMITH, ARK, Aug. 1.-THE arrest
on Tuesday night last of ]. o. Clark. a
young lawyer of this city, on a charge of
forgery, caused quite a sensation, notwith-
standing it was at first represented as
4 mere technical violation of the law. Fur
Their investigation. however, developed a
very ugly state of affairs, which indicate
that the young man is quite au eX-
pert in initiating the signatures of other
people. The case was TO come up WedneS-
day, before Esquire Edmonds, but change
of venue was taken to the court of Esquire
Vance. II developes that Clark forged
the name of H. J. keyser to note for $50.
which he cashed at the American National
bank. On learning it was a forgery. Mr.
Clark was notified at once to fix
i, which he proceeded to do
BY paying part of it in cash and working in
another forged note with the name Of Col.
Ben T. Duval and DR.. G.. ". Smith on it
However, he had obtained DR..
Smiths signature BY trickery,
but did not present the note
at the bank that contained the genuine sig
nature. He is also charged with taking
800 out of Col. Duval's safe,
and also that he had forged
b he} bsd sb name to $50 b mote wh, S
note was taken up by a genuine note of
Col. Duval's. Clark was held I'M
der guard Tuesday night, but
spent part of the day Wednesday
in jail. Wednesday night, however. he was
kept at his home, Mrs. Clark being i'll, and
Constable Fuller remained with
him him Clark came to this city
years ago, and up to month ago was en-
ployed in the Office of Duval & Cravens.
For some time past he has had an office Of
his own.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07

evening Weber visited the home of the
Colored woman on Austin avenue and was
importuned for money to purchase buckle;
Of beer The mother said she wanted lC
cents and the girl begged for 10 cents.
Webber handed the woman a quarter anC
lef. the premises and went into the alley
where the girl joined him with the buckle
in her hand 1t is claimed that Weber as
saulted the girl and was taken into
custody by 4 negro who was passing alour
the street The trial Of Nebber IS SET 10.
8 o'clock tomorrow morning IN Justice
Hughes court Additional evidence de-
veloped in the case this afternoon IS verv
damaging 10 the accused.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
The Lottery the Issue.

SpeclaL 10 the Gazette.
New ORLEANS, La, Aug. 6.-The confer
ence between the Farmers Alliance and the
anti-lOttery Democrats at Lafayette re-
suited in an agreement by which a joint
ticket will De put up by the two factions.
the Farmers Alliance having the governor,
treasurer and superintendent of public ed
ucatiOn, and the Antf-Lottery League the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, auditor, attorney-gen
eral and secretary of state. The nomina-
tons are to be made by a convention held
by all white voters who are opposed to the
lottery. and afterwards submitted to the
Democratic state convention. The Alliance
Endorsed this agreement and at once nom
mated T. 5. Adams. its president and state
commissioner of agriculture, for governor.
The campaign will be made almost alto
gether on the lottery issue.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07

mustered out. July 3, 1865. taking part in Al
its engagements He was seriously injurc'
at the battle of Five Forks in combine
charge of cavalry and infantry. Since the
war he has been engaged in fresco painting
and the decorating business at Albany. \. Y.
and had the contract for ali the decorations
on the new state capitol. As member OF
the g. \. Il. he was for several terms com
mander of New Benedict Post. No. =, was
reelected commander of the New York de-
partmeGt. and in 1879 was elected senior
vice-commander-in-chie all Of when i'm
portant positions he filed with credit. He
is said TO be a fOrcible speaker, model
presiding officer at department aud IA
tional conventions. and has frequently been
placed al the head Of important committees
by both state ana national eucampments.