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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-31
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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-31

The undersigned has ahon, qTbbsa'
I,tvm,,nih II Rock chicks for sale. $40
nure bred. large size, hes ui.ie.p NAl =
price $ Der trio, delivered az Jee'-
''0' VI . IS. HOFER, saeii' W.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-31

Headache. yet CARrER's LITTiK LIVER PIlls
are equally valuable la Constipation, caring
and preventing this annoying complaint while
they also correct all disorders OF the stomach,
stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels.
1tran II thew onlV ctfrad
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-31

ATTUI NIMENI
WASHINGTON, Oct. Sl.-The presi
dent has appointed WmeM NJ. Mead
Commander In the Navy.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-31
CURE

Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles incl
dent 10 bilious state OF the system, such "a
Dizziness, Nausea. Drowsiness, Distress after
eating, Pain la the Side, &C. While their mosl
rcmafkable success has been shown In curing
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
A Boys Experiment.

New YORK. June so.-Roscoe Dean,
a ~18.year-old boy living in Blocker
street. Newsrk. tried an experiment on
Thursday night. He fred a pistol into
the bunghole of an empty whisky bar
rel which wa standing on the sidewalk
in front of Frank Duffy's grocery on
Plane street. Both ends of the barrel
blew out. Dean was thrown into q oel-
larway, where Mr.. Duffy found him q
moment later. His left arm was broken.
1t is said he stood on top OF the barrel
when he fred the pistol, and that he
was thrown six feet in the air.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04

present prospects; heavy rains in this
locality. which will do much good, as
the weather is warm and will develop
rapid growth.
Minto-Two heavy showers during
the past week; crops doing nicely now,
with every indication now of q large
yield of all kinds of grain.
Grafton-Two light showers since last
report; crops in fine condition; weather
remains favorable.
Auburn-Orops doing we'll; good
rains, and grain growing rapidly.
st. Thomas-The crop prospects con-
tinue very good; plenty of rain has
fallen, and everything is decidedly
favorable.
Glasston NO noticeable change in
crop prospects since last report, except
ing that it is steadily improving.
Hamilton-Crops looking very we'll.
Nothing to be said about them any
more than that they are as good as can
be expected.
Bathgate-Plenty of rain since the
last report. Wheat is in splendid
shape. The outlook seems to be better
every day,
Neche-The weather the past week
has been all that could be wished for.
Crops are all doing we'll. Prospects
never better in this vicinity.
Kent-Have had a few light showers
since the last report. Weather very
warm. Grain doing very we'll. Pros.
poets the best in several years.
Georgetown-Weather the past week
has been warm, with several rains.
Crops are looking very fine, and a large
yield is expected.
Hendrum-Orops looking fine; heavy
rain the pastweek, and conditionsfavor-
able for all kinds of crops; ground we'll
soaked; weather warm, and prospects
never better.
Halstad-Weather during the past
week has been favorable for all crops;
farmers are all rejoicing over the out
look, which they say is the best for
many years; there isconsiderable break
ing being done at present.
Crystal--The last few days have been
warm, and all kinds of vegetation made
rapid growth; prospects splendid.
Cavalier-Crops in this vicinity arein
splendid condition, and farmers are iu.
bilant and looking forward to a large
harvest, with q good yield; weather now
cloudy and cool.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
P0stomce Matters.

Washington special in Minneapolis
Tribune: Mail service is asked along
the route to be established between
Ashley and Bismarck, N. D., with post.
Offices to be established at the homes of
John Ostram, Heinrich West and
Johann P. Giedt, with those gentlemen
as postmasters and the new Offices to be
called by their names. D. Titus, post
master at Western, Otter Tail County,
Mimi, informs the department that
Postmaster Robbins has moved away,
and that he, Titus, cannot run the Office,
and recommending the appointment of
B. A. Davenport.
Third-class postmasters salaries adj
justed: North Dakota-Devils Lake,
81, 500 to 81, 400; Glendale, 81 1000 to
81, 800; jamestown, 81, 200 to 1880;
Larimore, 81, 100 to $1,000; Lisbon,
81, 400 to 3d. 0O; Mandan, $1,000 to
81, 400: Mayville. $1,000 to 81. 400; Park
River, ST. 900 to $1,000; Valley City,
81, 800 to $1,4OO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
Fargo Public Building Sites.

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-The follow
ing sales were offered by bidders for the
Fargo public building site: Ninth and
Second avenue. so, 400; Robert and
First, 49, 900; Broadway and Fifth ave.
nue., So, 500; Pacific avenue zeal Broad
way and Fifth, $1,000; Eighthand First
avenue, So, 600; opposite side. 81 1000;
Sixth and First, SIS, 1000; Seventh and
First, $40, 600; Eighth and Second ave-
nue., $4.0 600. The special agent of the
office of the supervising architect who
visited Fargo rejected all of the bids
and selected a site which seemed most
suitable to the wants and needs of the
city, not only for the present but the
future as we'll, and the secretary of the
treasury today approved his recommen-
dation and ordered the selection of 40
feet on Roberts street and the same dis.
lance on First avenue. the public build
ing to be on the corner of those streets.
between the Northern Pacific and Ma nj
toba roads.
WASHINGTON, June 30-Assistant
Secretary Grouse has selected sites fol
public buildings as follows: Sioux
Falls, s. D.. property corner Phillips
and Twelfth streets, the cost of which
is SO. 900; Fargo, N. D., property cor
ner Roberts Street and First Avenue
North, cost of which is $4,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
The Daly.van Heest Fight.

M1NNEAPon1s. June 3o.--The fgbtbe.
tween Johnny Van Hest of this city
and Dan DAILY of Bangor, Me-, for a
purse Of $500 came off tonight at the
Twin City Athletic Club before q good
crowd; Both men weighed in under 1879
pounds and we're in good condition.
Van :Heest won the fight in the twelfth
round. During the entire fight the
Minneapolis man rushed and olinohed,
DAILY stopped the rushes in fine shape
and had Van Hest groggy
in the fifth round and would
for the call Of time. From that time
until the twelfth round It looked as
though DAILY, who was playing q wait.
ing game. would win. Van Heest's left
eye was badly cut and blood flowed pro.
fusely: In the twelfth Van Hest
landed three body blows, and following
this with 3 rush. got in a right.hander
on the point Of Days jaw: DAILY reeled
and fell, and before he could rise he was
counted out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
MEXICAN FOLK LORE.
stories Which the Citizens OF Machines
Tell to Strangers.

Five leagues from Jalapa on the road
that goes down to the hot lands lies
Naolinco, of which town they relate
many things that go to prove the
superior wisdom and intelligence of ito
inhabitants. says the City of Mexico
Anqlo-American. They say for J.
ample, that once when there was much
grass on the church tower and the
matter was brought before the town
council. after many plans for getting
rid of said grass had been proposed
and discussed, it was agreed to put q
iackass up there. who should eat tho
grass. Aud the jackass being procured
and got upon the tower, n without
difficulty, he remained there for tho
space of a day we'll %contented, there
being a s%uficiency of grass. But early
the morning of the second day, after no
had repeatedly called the attention Of
the inhabitants as we'll as he could to
the fact that there was nc more grass,
he endeavored to get down from tho
tower himself. in the doing of which he
broke his neck and the. town council
had to pay for him.
They tell, moreover, how a certain
gambler of these that go round win
ming their cattle from the ''haciend-
ados'' came into Naolinco once in
fiesta time, when there was much
gambling in progress. And he stood
and watched the game awhile. And
he heard how this nan had won 800
head and how that man had lost 500
head and so on. And he concluded to
sit down and play himself awhile, which
he did. And he had shortly won over
!, 1000 head. And he said he would
play no more that day, and he inquired
where he should 60 on the day follow
ing to receive the thousand head that
he had won. And they told him in
such a place. And he went there at.
the time appointed. with several
vaqueros, supposing that he was to
receive the 1000 head of cattle. But
he received instead ], 1000 head of cab
bage. For Naolinco is famous for its
cabbages, which they send to Jalapa,
and to the hot lands, and to all parts.
as any man who has travelled that road
knows we'll.
They say, also, that a certain stranger
once came to Naolinco, and entered q
barber-shop to be shaved, and the bar
Der spit upon the soap, whereat the
stranger complained. but the barber
told him he had no cause for complaint,
seeing that only in shaving his best
customers did he spit upon the soap.
and that in shaving ordinary folk he
spit upon the man, whereat the
stranger went his way wondering.
They tell besides of this same barber
that in shaving common people he was
wont to put his thumb in their mouths
to bulge their cheeks out, but that in
shaving those Of the better class he
used a small apple, which was hung
from the roof by a string for the pur-
pose; and one Of his best customers en-
tering one day to be shaved, the bar
Der put his thumb in his mouth, and
the customer inquired for the apple.
%whereupon the barber told him that
the last man that had the apple in his
mouth had eaten it. So the customer
had to content himself with the bar.
ber's thumb.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
HIS BURIED LEG.
How the Intense Pain He Felt Was
SIngularly Relieved.

''I'hat reminds me-" said the man
who is always being reminded ofsome-
thing. il,
"What is it that remaids you, and
what OFF"
This item about a man having his
leg buried the other day. l wonder if
he will have the same experience as a
friend of mine. Strangest thing lever
heard of. You see the poor fellow had
suffered untold agony for a year or
more after injuring his right leg by
falling downstairs. and finally the
member became so diseased that ampu-
tation was necessary. The man near
ly died under the operation, though
this is not the curious part of the
story. The removed portion of the leg
was taken away and buried. 1t is we'll
known, of course. to surgical science
that when q man has had a limb cut
off he still suffers, or thinks he suffers,
pain-which amounts to the same thing
in the part of the member removed.
It was so in this case, and as my friend
came back to consciousness his constant
complaint was of the most severe pain
in the buried foot.
"'There is something pressing upon
it, he would say in what seemed like
delirium; it's packed too tightly
"Now the sufferer knew nothing of
where or how his lost limb was buried,
but as a matter of fact it had been
swathed in a lot of hay, packed tightly
in a box. and the whole put under
ground. Day after day went on. the
suffering of the mar with the buried
leg and foot grew intolerable, until
finally he begged his brother to dig up
the piece of l%ifeless flesh. remove its
wrappings, and change its position in
the box. Only Il sick mans whim,
thought the brother. who was nursing
the unfortunate fellow. Still. why he
could never explain. he too was seized
with a fancy that if he were to do as
the invalid wished and then tell him
about it the effect might be a relief to
the sick mans mind. It's all none
sense, of course, he said to himself, but
he went one night, just the same, dug
up the limb. relieved it of its wrap
ping, turned it over in the box. and
buried the grewsome thing again,
thinking the next morning he would
tell his brother all about it. The first
thing his brother said to him when he
saw him was: Something queer hap
pened last night What was thatp'
We'll. you know what l have been tell
ing you about my buried limb, how aw-
fully it u, he'd, and how it felt as if
something vas pressing upon it. Well.
just about 10 o'clock last night. when
AL, khs,xs r,,oo onhs,,r~ &c xv0rek oil
at once felt a relief. The pain was
completely gone, and l have not felt it
SINCE
''The brother was astonished beyond
expression. 1t was just exactly five
minutes before 10 o'clock on the night
previous that he had changed the posi-
ton of the buried limb, and he had
not told a living soul of what he had
done. Rather curious, isn't ltp"-N.
y. Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
Rich Plum fer the Lawyers:

ABERDEEN, s. D., June 30.--The
original will of Mrs. May L. Dayton,
who died at San Francisco June 8. 1891
and who left property in Minnesota,
South Dakota and elsewhere valued al
$135, 600, has been filed in the Office OF
the county Judge of this county. Both
her husband, Lyman c. Dayton, and
her son by former marriage, James O.
Reed, of New York city, petition for let
tiers of administration. and the hearing
in both cases is set for July IA. Lyman
@. Dayton alleges in his petition that,
to the best Of his knowledge, informa.
tion and belief deceased departed this
life without leaving any last will and
testament, and that there are no heirs
except himself. There is certain to bea
bitter and prolonged contest, for Day.
ton loves litigation. and is not in the
habit of yielding until forced so to do.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
Northern Pacific Crop..

JAMESTOWN, N. D., June 29.-The re-.
ports wired Superintendent McOabe OF
the Dakota Division as to the condition
of the crops this afternoon are as fol.
lows:
Buffalo-The outlook continues fine
for good crops of all kinds; plenty of
rain.
|. Sanborn-Orops looking fine and hav.
ing plenty of rain.
Dawson-Prospects for .. heavy crop
continue favorable; plenty of rain.
Oriska- Grain doing as we'll as can
be; no material change in prospects
from last report; weather very agree
able; some rain during the week.
Cooperstown-Crops continue to do
we'll; heavy rain last night.
Steele-Orops still continue in good
shape; ground Is in fine condition; grain
is growing fine.
LaMoure-All grain is looking fine
and prospects r f~rst-class; weather
the past week was mostly cloudy and
warm with three good showers.
Minnewaukan-The past eight days
has been very favorable to the growing
crops; about two and one-half inches of
rainfall aud warm.
Valley City-Crops in vicinityarelook-
ing we'll with the exception of grain
sown on summer fallowed land, which
in aggregate in many instances has CON
siderable pepper grass in it; it is claimad
to have damaged wheat 10 to Cooper
cent.
Casselton Frequent heavy rains dur.
ing the past; complaint being made
that there is already too much moisture,
general appearance of crops are good.
Lisbon-About four inches rainfall
since last report; some wheat heading;
all crops doing we'll. except part of the
wheat which was sown on stubble with
out plowing;. pepper grass has made its
appearance in some such fields, but
have heard of no serious complaints so
far; most prosperous outlook in a great
many year.
New Rockford-Grain of all kinds in
splendid condition. The outlook at
present could not be improved upon;
heavy showers during the week.
Carrington-Wheat never was known
to be as far advanced and in asgood Jon
dition this season of the year as it is at
the present time. It has the dark, rich,
oily color peculiar to heavy growth. All
other grams look correspondingly we'll.
One inch rainfall this week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
A Deaf.NIute Cow.

Alexander Skerkoff, the Russian
veterinary surgeon, reports the cas- Of
q deaf-mute COW. She is ~ years old.
of Algava breed. belongs to a Russian
nobleman, and has never showed signs
of hearing or been known to below.
Seeing that other COWS below she tries
to initiate them, stretching out her
head and opening her mouth-not,
however, producing the least SEM
blance to a sound. Two of her off
springs have been curiously malform-
ed. One had its tail directly between
its eyes; it lived but a week. The
other is a full-grown COW of 5 years.
with her udder in her flank. about
eight inches from her backbone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
orchids in India.

Hunting the orchid was a lucrative
business a few years ago. and India
ministered beneicently to the craze.
as Holland had to the tulip mania and
Japan to the chrysanthemum rage.
Along the banks of India's wide
streams, and high up on the rocky
faces of her Hottest mountains. some of
the most valuable orchids were found.
Ignatius Foster of Newtown, L. l., one
Of the most widely travelled orchid COL
lectors of the time. is said to have
wandered over 1000 miles up the
Brahmapootra river in search of y
single rare specimen. and its discovery
paid him well for his time and trouble.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
Great Norlhern PLANS.


GRAND FORKS, June 3O.-General
Manager Mohler arrived here in his
special car this morning accompanied
by Supt. P. B. Smith, superintendent
of the elevator system along the lines.
These gentlemen are out for an inter
view with patrons and to learn what
needs to be done to meet the wants OF
wheat shippers the coming harv est.
General Manager Nohler is a popu lar
official and meets the people at the de-
pots in a business spirit that leads ship
pers to be hopeful CT good results. 1t
was stated that the Great Northern
would complete the CROSS road from the
Moorhead Northern vla Hendrum to
Kelso before harvest, and it was the in
tention to put on a daily train from
Fargo via the Moorhead Northern, to
make the circuit, taking in Hendrum,
thence to Kelso and then to Fargo over
the main line. If traffic will warrant
it, another train will start out from
Fargo in the morning. run north to
Kels0 and then across via Hendrum,
and come in over the Moorhead branch
to Fargo. It is the intention to extend
this cross road to Mayville and Port.
land eventually. This will give Trail
County plenty of roads.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
The RIO cRANoE.
a Stream Regarded with VeneratIon ~
the Natives Along Its Course.

At a point about midway in New
Mexico, from north to south the Rio
Grande takes on a new character. says
G~oidthwaite's. Geographical magazine.
The Rio Puerco (Nasty river) comes in
from the west, bringing down in thick
solution the soil of its alluvial valley.
The earth of the Rio Grande's banks IN
this locality easily dissolves, and from
the mouth of the Rio Puerco south
ward the waters are liquid mud.
The great river both gives and takes
on its Journey I o the sea-. Smaller
streams join it from point to point,
some leaping to it down canyon bot
toms. others m%eandering as rivulets III
the middle of wide channels filled only
at flood, and often the waters of the
inlet, as in the case of the Rio de Santa
Fe, are hidden beneath the sands of a
dry bed and ooze underground to join
the subterranean current of the great
stream. The river gives of its abund-
ance to the villages and cultivated
fields through acequias, or irrigating
bitches, that lead from it to the
grounds of the jewellers upon its
banks. Far enough up the channel to
secure the necessary fall to the lands
to be irrigated a little wing-dam Of
brush and stone serves to turn the
water from the stream into the bitches
which follow the bank at a slight de-
scent as compared with the downward
flow of the swift current. These canals
which at first ruiz nearly at a level,
parallel with the course of the stream.
as the rivers surface falls more and
more below them, seem to the untrain-
ed eye actually to climb the bank. and
the tenderfoot or uninitiated stranger
is ready, almost to assert that the wa
ter in the ditch is running up hill.
The main canals that lead from the
river, which are known as acequias
madres (mother ditches), distribute
their waters into smaller waterways
leading into the separate fields; and
these bitches in turn. through burrows
like ramifying arteries. difuse the wa
ter evenly over the cultivated ground.
No mannre is needed on lands thus IT.
rigated, for they are abundantly fer
tilted by the fine. rich detritus in the
water. There are productive fields in
the Rio Grande valley that have been
under continuous cultivation for 200
years. The water drawn off for do
nestle use, when allowed to settle, is
excellent. and the New Mexico nomads
that thirstily seek its refreshing ur-
rent it is regarded with a veneration
akin to that which the Egyptians and
and Arabs bestow upon the Nile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
They Can Raise 1t.

A childless couple having concluded
the house was too quiet, bethought
them of adopting a child. So they
proceeded to a nice respectable orphan
asylum to Zee what there vas in stock.
ave want a boy to raise" the hus-
band said to the Superintendent when
that gentleman appeared.
ITO raise whatP" he inquired with .
peculiar CLEAN in his eye, as a terrific
racket resounded through the upper
halls.
The husband and wife looked at each
other for a moment.
II guess we don't want a boy to-
day. remarked the lady, and they
said ..good-bye" hastily.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
BY n. H.
Fargo vs.. CrO0kst0n.

CRooKsToN, Mimi, June 30.-A fair
sized crowd assembled at the ball park
today to witness the ball game between
Fargo's crack club and the Crookston
willow wielders. The game was highly
interesting from the time the first man
stepped up tothe bat in the first inning,
and when the Crookston boys made a
squirt in the eighth and ran in three
scores, the excitment was simply great,
and odds were about even in the pit
on the Fargos getting the worst of it.
but q little m~iscalculation on the part
of the batters knocked all hope into a
cooked hat, and Crookston gracefully
yielded to the inevitable by a score OF
10 to 9. Mclaughlin, of the Fargo bat
terry, was quite seriously injured in the
second inning by attempting to make
q slide to the home plate, but he will
be on deck all right for the games at
the Forks. Mclaughlin, Raymer An d
Gesperry we're the battery for the
Fargos, and Reed, Adams and McNeal
held the points for the Crookstonites.
Gesperry, MoNeal, Adams and Reed all
made home-runs. while Gesperry and
Raymer each made q two. base hit. The
strike-outs were q tie-ten each for the
batteries. The score by innings vas as
follows:
Fargo .......2 % 5 2 Ola
CroOkstOn.. .....3 8 0 0 0 3 o.
The game in it's entirety was the most
interesting ever witnessed in this city,
and no doubt a still larger crowd will
witness the games tomorrow.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-04
Powder Exploded by the sun.

MoU1ToN. Ala, June 30.-On Mon.
day last a farmer bought q pound of
powder. a pair of shoes and a new tin
pan, and putting them into the back of
his wagon, started for home. He was
not smoking and no fire was about the
wagon, but a mile out of town the pow
der exploded, knocking him out of the
wagon, almost tearing his clothes off
and burning him terribly about the face
and body. The bright tin had acted as
q ooncave mirror to concentrate the
ray of the sun to q focus on the pow
der, hence the novel explosion.