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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-04-11
ALstter In "a Button.

A most unique relic Of the late war
IS possessed by George Clutch. of Col
umbus, Ind. 1t is button of pri-
vate soldiers uniform. During the
latter part OF the war Mr.. Clutch's
brother-in-law. j. F. Gallaher, whose
home is in Ohio, had the misfortune
TO be captured by the Confederates and
confined in Libby prison. After Mr..
Gallaher had been there some time hs
began to feel the need OF money, which
would enhance his prospect OF reach
ing the Union lines should he succeed
In making his escape. A surgeon OF
his regiment, who was in the prison,
was about to be exchanged. He cut
of one Of the large brass buttons
from his uniform, and separating the
two parts of it. made a cavity by TAX
ing out the filling. He then wrote on
u slip OF blank paper, in small but
distinct hand, the following note to
his wife, which he inclosed in the
cavity and again sealed the button to-
gether:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-04-11

Conf edcrats Prfsonsrs on their Traveis.
We were to be sent to
Johnson's Island, Lake Erie.
Our route lay over the Erie Rail-
road, and we- made the trip on parole.
The guards placed at each door Of our
coach were for our comfort only, as
we were objects OF marked curiosity
during tho trip and would have been
overrun with visitors had not admit
tance been refused. At the different
stations we mingled freely with the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-04-11
LIRRY PRISON.

L
DEAR wIFE-If we are not exchanged by
the LIST OF December, send me $50 In green
backs. Put In II vial canned up In can OF
tomatoes or black berries. Send IL In u box
OF provisions. j. +. GALLAHER.
This note is we'll preserved. and was
still resting snugly in its place in the
button when shown recently by Mr..
Clutch. TO continue the story the
button was made to take the place OF
another on the uniform OF the ex.
changed surgeon, who reached home
and delivered 1t to Mrs. Gallaher in
due time. 1t could not have escaped
the close scrutiny OF the officers
had 1t been conveyed out OF the prison
in apS other manner, as the officers
were particular to search all OF the ex-
changed prisoners, including the sur
geon, most infinitely. Mr.. Gallaher
did not have much hope that his
scheme would succeed, even should
the note reach his wife, but he was
surprised, for the fruit arrived In u
shoYt time. and although closely in
spected by the prison officials they
failed to discover the vial containing
the money concealed In one Of the jars
OF thick preserves. Soon after re-
ceiving the money Mr.. Gallaher sue
ceeded in making his escape from the
prison, being one OF the chief particle
pants in the great tunnel expedition.
He found the $50 obtained in 80 novel
u manner to be OF great service to him
in reaching the Union lines. Elk.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
THE DRINK PROBLEM.
degeneration of the Human Race Through
Alnnlanlla,sn

degeneration of the Human Race Through
Alc0holism.
thoughtful men fully realize that the
real remedy for the cure and proven
ton of the drink evil has not vet been
pointed out. The pledge, education,
local option, high license, prohibition.
legal punishment, all appear to me to
oe superficial measures to correct this
evil. They do not reach back to the
real causes, and are based on assump-
lions of states and conditions which do
not exist
Yet the constantly increasing a91ta-
ton of these various measures is clear
ing away the confusion, and preparing
the public mind to support the real
remedy for the prevention and correc-
ton of this evil.
To scientists certain ranges of facts
are appearing more and more promi-
nent every year, and like distant
mountains in the morning mists, give
promise with clearer light, and more
accurate observation, of revealing
many of the laws and conditions which
result in inebriety and allits attendant
evils.
The drink problem is, briefly, vast
army of men and women who persist in
destroying themselves, Gripping their
children. and entailing upon future gen
erations untold weakness and disease.
They are literally anarchists in the
worst sense, destroying their property,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE new British minister to Morocco
says slave trade in boys and girls
from the negro regions is in full blast
in Morocco.
TIE ex-queen of Servia, Natalie, was
forcibly expelled from Belgrade.
NEAR Churchville, Ont, a cow caused
the derailment of train, and the en-
gineer and farmer were killed and
two brakemen fatally injured.
A NEW ministry has been formed in
Portugal. The reports of revolution
in that country were said to be untrue
AT Belleville, Ont, James Line was
executed for the murder OF his wife
Elizabeth.
The king Of Roumania celebrated
the twenty-ffth anniversary of his &C.
cession to the throne.
FIRE devastated the town of Rowno,
Poland, and 700 persons were made
homeless.
WHILE insane Joseph Letai, farmer
living near Eradony, Hungary, killed
his three children by crushing their
skulls with a spade and then killed
himself.
A TERRIFIC wind and rainstorm in.
ficted great damage to property in
Paris
BY an accident in a colliery near
Cardiff, Wales, ten men were killed
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

The disembodied spirit does not al
ways appear in darkness and through a
medium. The account comes that in a
photograph taken of an old homestead
at Webster, Mass, recently appeared
something not provided for by the
photographer. When the negative was
developed there was revealed the face
of an aged woman looking out of a
window. There was no explanation of
this startling appearance, but the face
was recognized as that of the mother of
the owner of the house, dead for some
time. The window from which the face
appears looking was one by which the
old lady sat great deal when alive
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

TIE president has issued proclama-
ton opening up to settlers 1900, 600
acres of land in the Fort Berthold In
dian agency in North Dakota.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the ed numbered 254, against 2s7 the
preceding week and 222 for the CORE
spending week last GEAR.
MERCHANDISE exports during April
were valued at $50, 93l, $40, against $685.
523,315 in April, $780, Imports during
April were valued at $s1 269, 6s6, against
$71, 9O3, 40 in April, 1890.
In April s5,0O1 immigrants arrived in
this country, against 54,212 in April,
1890. of this number Germany fur
nished s2,755; Italy, 1923; Ireland,
$500; England and Wales 5,513; Aus
tria-Hungary, s,7O3; Sweden and Nor
way, $500, and Russia, 1872.
A CENSUS BUREAU statement shows
the number of members of the Mormon
church in the United States to be 144,-
352, of which III, $40 are in Utah, IA, sO5
in Idaho, 1872 in Wyoming, 1929 in
Colorado and the remainder scattered
through nearly twenty states.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
MS CHECK WAS GOOD.
The Sign Was Not Intended for Men of His
Balance.

The Sign Was Not Intended for Men of His
A plain-looking man from the north
woods of Michigan had been two DAYS
at Detroit hotel, when he was asked
for his bill and offered a check of SIS
on local bank in payment.
Don't you see that sign!' demanded
the clerk, pointing to a placard which
announced that no checks would be
cashed or money lent.
''But my funds are in the bank" pro-
tested the guest.
''Then draw 'em OUT
''But this check is all right, and if YOU
will accept it shall be much obliged. :"
The clerk turned to the telephone.
called up the bank, and asked:
"lIas - any money with you?''
Eyes, t''
whats his check good for?'
"Wait a minute. Hellor'
"Well?" .r.. - -~.
His balance is s,.:s, H."
':Good-bye! Certainly. Mr.-,with
the greatest of pleasure! There's your
change Always glad to see you when
you come to Detroit! Free
Press. ta~.l..l, ~. 1. ,.s,.s5. $500
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

A DENTIST of Moscow is reported to
have discovered method of supplying
the human mouth with false teeth
which will grow into the gums as firm
~ as natural ones. DR.. Znamensky
has performed severa! successful opera
tions on dogs as well as human beings
The teeth are made of gutta percha,
porcelain or metal. Holes are made at
the root of the false tooth and also up
ward into the jaw. The tooth is then
placed into the cavity. In short time
soft, granulated growth finds its way
from the patients jaw into the holes
in the tooth; this growth gradually
hardens and holds the tooth in position.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
NOTES AND BREvITlEs.

NEA<sl.l all the opposition to the Sal
vation Army comes from the public.
house element, Gen. Booths followers
being regarded as the deadliest foes of
the liquor traffic.-Christian World
AT temperance meeting lately held
in Rangoon, Burmah, where but fifty
natives were present, seventeen signed
the pledge. The speech, made in Eng
liSh. was translated into Tamil, Telugu
and Enthusiastically. C. I. U. Bulletin.
The Irish Temperance league is one
OF the foremost reform associations of
Ireland. Among the many effective
methods the league adopts is the circu-
lation of temperance literature, fifteen
hundred dollars worth having been cir
culatcd during the last year. Much
success also has attended the cafe and
coffee house movements. the league
coffee stands in Belfast being patron
lied by thirty-five hundred persons on
a busy day.
Two SALOON KEEPERS at Barnum, Ia.,
hit upon new scheme for evading the
liquor law. They had building con-
structed in sections SO that it could be
taken apart and.stowed away. Recent
~ the district court granted an injunc-
ton against the saloon, and the other
night the proprietors took down their.
building and stored it away in a ware
house, SO that when the sheriff of
Webster county comes to serve the in
junction he will find no saloon.
PRINCESS VlRoQuA, an India, primo
ess of the Mohawk nation, is devoting
much time and thought to the temper
ance question. She is an intelligent,
educated lady. physician by profess
sion, and philanthropist by practice.
She is fine speaker and has appeared
upon many w. C.. I. U. platforms and
before other audiences. Her lectures
are for the purpose of raising funds to
carry on mission work among the In
dams. She is q devout Christian and
an earnest whitc.ribboner.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

A MOST miraculous result has been
attained by DR.. Lannelongue. an emf
nent specialist of Paris, in operating
upon little idiot girl to restore her in
telligencc. The child, though four years
old, could neither walk nor stand, never
smiled nor seemed to take notice of
anything. The doctor made an incision
in the center of the child's skull and cut
piece of bone from the left side to re-
ieve the pressure upon the brain of the
abnormal narrowness of the head
Within less than month the child
could walk and has now become quite
like other children, smiling, playful
and ObServant.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

! A MAN in Arkansas has, after two
years of litigation, been acquitted of
the charge of killing his neighbors pig.
1t has cost the state 1000, the accused
$4,000 and the time of over 100 wit
ncsses, The pig was valued at s.. 50.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
CARRIED OVER THE FALLS.

Five Men Drowned While Crossing the
Kettle River Near sandstone, MINI.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, May GA terrible
accident occurred in the Kettle river
near Sandstone, Mimi, Saturday even.
ing. A boatload of men were crossing
the river at dark and ventured
too near Kettle falls. The boat
was caught in the rapids and
whirled over the falls. Thomas Bar
ney, Of Chippewa Falls, and Charles A.
McGraw, of Augusta, Nc, both prom
inent lumberinen. and Swan Peterson
were drowned. A boy named White
sides and man whose name could not
be learned are missing AMI are prob
ably drowned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

The net profits for the last five
years OF the principal firm engaged in
manufacturing chewing gum are said
to be 1866, 1850. These figures do not
exactly speak for themselves, but they
are uncommonly suggestive. Think Of
the number of human jaws that the
stuff which produced this large sum
has set in profitless motion, ofttimes,
too, to the annoyance of unwilling wit
nesses. The chewing-gum habit is far
from being a survival of the fittest.
Some physicians claim therapeutic
value for chewing gum, but, like the
application of a blister, its use ought
to be entirely private.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
BOTH WERE KILLED,
Two indiana Men Fight a Solitary Coz
bat to the Death.

Two Indians Men Fight Solitary Com
bat to tho Death.
PErERsBUKGn, Ind, May 25.-Satur-
day evening about 9 o'clock horse and
buggy were found by Joseph Dean in
front of his house. about 2 miles south
of town. The buggy contained the
body of William johnson with
d bullet through his heart In
the buggy were two pistols with several
chambers of each empty. AS it was
known that johnson and Lafc Sprinkle
had been together in the buggy search
was made for the missing man, who
was found about Il quarter of 4
mile nearer town lying by the
side of the road with bullet
through each of his lungs Sprinkle, still
alive. was taken to his home, where he
died about midnight. 1t is not known
how the shooting originated, as there
was no witness of the affair, but it is
known that both men nursed an old
grudge, left town together in Sprinkle's
buggy, and they probably fought it out
with the above result.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

The young emperor of Germany now
has no less than three thrones. One
is the old-fashioned affair of the DAYS
of the king of Prussia, another was fur
nishcd for the occasion of the Princess
Victoria's wedding, and now he has a
third to be used only when his majesty
appears as supreme head of the United
German empire. This last one is erect
ed in the White hall of the German
schloss. and its canopy is of yellow silk
and gold brocadc, into which the i'm
perial eagle is beautifully woven. 1t
is not stated which of the three has the
BOftest seat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

THIS is the latest opinion promul-
gated by Col. Ingersoll: There will
never be really great civilization un-
til women enjoy the same rights as do
the men. The highest ambition of any
man is to win the love of some noble
girl, and the highest ambition of any
good girl must be to win the love of
some good man."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

THE New York Tribune says that the
forest fires raging in different parts of
the country carry a stern warning of
what may happen if we continue to
neglect measures for their prevention.
The destruction is enormous In the
census year of 1880 more than 10, 900, 900
acres were burned over in the United
States ard over $25,0OO,OOO worth of
property was consumed. With proper
precautions nearly all this might have
been saved.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
Burned to Death,

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May e5-Two
children of Felix Lawler, railroad
man, were burned TO death in a fire
which broke out at his house. The chill
dren were alone in the kitchen, when a
hot fire in the stove ignited some clothes
hanging over it. They were dead before
they could be rescued The mother was
badly harmed in trying to reach them.
The other children were saved.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

The boat that bore the body of John
Wilkes Booth away from Washington,
down the Potomac, has been sold for
$4,000, and will be converted into a
Philadelphia coal barge. The boat is
the monitor Saugus, and she has lain
for seventeen years at the Washington
navy yard. She bears several huge
dents imprinted in her stalwart sides
through the force of cannon balls. Her
turret also shows several huge dents,
as we'll as the pilot house.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

PROF. JOSEPH LEIDY, of PHILADELPHIA,
and his brother, DR.. Philip Leidy, be-
queathed their brains to the Anthropo-
metric society, of which the professor
was a founder. 1.-The brains of the
two brothers," Philadelphia news
paper tells us, ''were of the same
weight to fraction of grain. Both
were noticeably below the normal size.
confirming the deduction of ANTAGONISTS
that quality of tissues ratherthan uuan.
tity distinguishes the valuable brain
from the ignorant"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
Flasnes in a Prison.

p JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May ga fire
broke out in the j. $. Sullivan Saddle
tree Company's shop at the state pcni-
Tertiary Saturday evening at 6 o'clock,
and in an hour the state had lost nearly
$10O, 900, the Saddletree company $780,.
600, and the Strauss Harness Company
about $4,000,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

THE average construction of railroads
in the United States during the last
twenty years is said to have been 5, 700
miles annually, so that the construction
last year of $3.50 miles was slightly
above the average, indicating a healthy,
not q speculative, growth. This country
now has l5s, 900 miles of railroad, which
give employment to 700, 900 men.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

Pacific Express Company has been
robbed of SIC, OO0 to $12, 900.
Republicans Of Kentucky in corven-
ton at Lexington nominated A. Il.
Wood for governor.
The death of Alphonso Taft, who
was attorney general of the United
States under President Grant, occurred
at Los Angeles, Cal, aged 81 years.
NEAR Evansville, Ind, colored man
named Jennings was lynched for as
saulting a little white girl, Is years old,
the daughter of George Bowles.
FIRE in the iron works at Knoxville,
Tenn, caused loss of 100000. -
THE grand lodge of odd fellows, of
Indiana, in session ut Indianapolis,
adopted resolutions to forever exclude
from the order anyone. engaged in any
manner with the manufacture or sale
of Intoxicating liquors.
The Logansport QndL) Street Car
Company's stables were burned to the
ground with nearly all of the contents.
OF forty-three mules only fifteen were
saved.
FIVE men were struck by lightning
while working in q tobacco patch at
Centerville, Ky.
THE failure of the Hills Shot Com
pany of Memphis, Tenn, with liabil-
bilities of $500, 900 and assets $500, 900,
was announced.
tlemen are alarmed over the appearance
of an unknown and fatal disease among
their herds.
The mayor of Cincinnati has notified
the managers of the baseball park that
games advertised for Sunday will be
prevented by the arrest of the players
if necessary.
FIVE blocks of lumber yards, six
blocks of residences and ST. Patrick's
church at Houston, Tex, were burned,
causing a total loss of $4,000 ...
BETWEEN thirty and forty people
were killed by the cyclone that swept
over some parts of Missouri. The prop
erty loss was about $4,000
FLAMES destroyed the lumber stock
of j. w. Day & Co., at Minneapolis, con-
sisting of 100000 feet. Loss, $22S, 900.
NEIL JONES, of Wabash, Ind, while
drunk bit off the entire upper lip of
David Boblett, a friend.
GREAT damage was done by storm
ties, o.
BY wreck on the Southern Pacific
road near Columbus, Tex, one soldier
was killed and four others were fatally
injured.
A wINDsToRM passed over section
of country 25 miles north of Arkansas
City, Kan, wrecking houses and barns
and devastating fruit orchards
A WIND and hailstorm passed over
lars worth of damage.
WALTER JOHNSON was hanged at
Petersburg, Va, for assault on Eliza
beth Majors; Albert Havenstinc was
hanged at Broken Bow, Neb., for the
murder of William Ashley and Hiram
Rotten, and Hiram Sheridan (colored),
who killed DIR. Felix Varnado in 1888,
was executed at Magnolia. Miss.
In a fight at Ojo LIE, N. NJ, three
sheep herders were killed.
A MOB lynched Tennis Hampton (col-
ored), charged with the murder of e.
II. Weber in 1889 at Beardsley, La.
AN explosion of gas at the Pratt
mines in Alabama killed ten negro con-
victs and one free miner.
THERE has been discovered in Pick
ems county, Ala, vein of galena ore
containing silver in very large guam
titles.
/. FIVE persons lost their lives in a
storm at st. Mary's, o. A party was
out boating on the reservoir when their
boat capsized
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28

A GIRL in Kentucky has recovered five
hundred dollars damages from a steam
boat company for naming boat after
her without asking her permission, and
they must rename the boat. She took
offense at the marine item stating that
"Kittie Marshal took the lower chute
and run her nose into plantation"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
THE EAST.

HARRY and james GasSer, brothers,
80 years old, Joseph Voss and Jacob
Hautenb beck, were drowned at Newark,
n. j., by the upsetting of a boat while
fishing. All leave families.
In Metztown, Pa, Ferdinand De
Long died from the effects of eating
14O raw oysters in two minutes and
three seconds.
CITIZENS of Delaware defeated the
proposition to hold constitutional
convention.
In the Jersey pine forests the losses
by fire this spring are estimated at
$500, OOO
THE failure of the Davis Shoe Compa-
ny of Boston for $1,000, 600 was an-
nOunced.
THE steamer Ell Sol has broken the
record from New Orleans to New York,
making the run in four days, twenty
three hours and fifteen minutes.
CARS loaded with dynamite were
blown up near Tarrytown. N. ", kill
ing eighteen men and terribly iniuring
fifteen others.
By the caving of a sewer at Provi-
THE banking firm of Bunnell &
Scranton. of New Haven, Conn.,, has
failed for $500, 900.
SATTERLEE, BosTwICK & MARTIN, OF
New York, insurance agents, failed for
100000.
ITwas said that City Treasurer Bards.
ley, of Philadelphia, had embezzled
S93O,OOO
AT Bow, N. H., Aaron Nichols eel
ebrated his Tooth birthday.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the
blacksmith and machine shops of the
New York Central railroad at West AL
bany, n, Y. Loss, 100000.
AT Englewood, N. j., Frank Turke,
a shoemaker, murdered his wife and
then killed himself. They had only
been married two weeks.
In Brooklyn, N. Y, Mrs. Charlotte
Smith celebrated her 1O1st birthday.
There were five generations repre-
sented at the domestic gathering.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
; IF tho hooufif,,1 cor,

One of the beautiful souvenirs the
president and Mrs. Harrison brought
home from California was their invi-
tation to the banquet of the Union
League club of San Francisco. 1t is
engraved on gold plate four and
three-quarters inches wide, seven and
one-quarter long and one-eighth of an
inch thick. The plate bears the seal
of the state and the American flag treat
ed in colored enamel. The plate is in
q handsome case.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
Eight Persons Drowned.

PARIS, May 25.-Word has been re-
ceived from Beauvais of the capsizinR
of q pleasure yacht containing q family
named Dominant and a party of friends.
n. Dominant, his son and daughter anA
Ave others were drowned,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-28
They Wouldn't Match.

''Why did rich Miss Crmsus refuse the
hand of young Charley Poor?''
"She had an idea somehow that her
greenhack fortune wouldn't 90 very
well with his auburn complexion
Judge.