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Fergus County argus., 1892-08-25

HSI5O LBS OF BAGGAGE CHECKED FREE.
30 Fare always low the Lowest.-ea For
Time Tables, Through Tickets, etc., call upon
your local Ticket Agent, or write to
q. NJ. PRATT.
GeuI Tkt. l. Pass Ag't. Minneapolis. MIMI
Fergus County argus., 1892-08-25

In the District Court of the Tenth Judicial
District of the State of Montana, in and
for the County of Fergus.
ppn- G. CaMp.Nv
Fergus County argus., 1892-08-25
PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR ROUTE.

Pullman service daily between Chicago, st.
Paul, Montana and the Pacific Northwest; and be-
tween st. Paul Minneapolis and Minnesota, North
Dokota and Manitoba points.
Fergus County argus., 1892-08-25
Notice of Final Proof

First publication August 4. 1892.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
william Penn's Treaty Tree.

History records that William Penn
made his treaty with the Indians under
an elm tree on the banks of the Della
ware. The aged tree blew over in a
storm many years ago, but young ones
from it are believed to be in existence.
In the hope Of preserving this historic
spot the city Of Philadelphia has re-
Gently taken possession of two acres of
ground in the midst Of which this tree
formerly grew, and some young speci-
men that has clear and undoubted rec
ord as being the descendant of the orig
inal tree will probably be planted there.
The plot has been taken in accordance
with the recent small park movement.
While preserving historic associations
it will afford a breathing spot on the
banks of the river for dense manufac-
turing population, of which this is, in
measure, the center.-Providence Jour-
nal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

The bachelor hermit of Clinton coun-
ty, Owen Mulligan, has paid the debt of
nature and jSined the great majority
upon the other shore. He was a re-
markable man. He emigrated to Clin-
ton county upward of half century
ago and accumulated n neat fortune
there. He was at the time of his death
worth 100000. The hermit reached the
ripe old age Of ninety years. He lived
all alone in modest farmhouse a few
miles from Aviston. Many years ago
robbers broke into the farmhouse, and,
believing there was money hidden there,
they tortured the hermit to make him
give it up. His feet were burned black
by tallcw candles, but he kept his secret.
After that he purchased a shotgun and
prepared for robbers.
A few years later he was awakened
one night by robbers in the house. They
had forced an entrance into the house
through door and were hunting for the
hermit with drawn revolvers. He lev
eled his shotgun at one Of the robbers
and pulled the trigger. The villains
head was literally blown off. The othe,
robber escaped. The dead man was
never identified, and he was buried by
the county. Owen Mulligan's fortune
will go to relatives in Ireland.-Cor
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

Much has been said about electricity
as factor for destructiveness in the va
rious gyrating storm clouds known as
cyclones, drechoes and tornadoes. In
all of this voluminous mass of so called
scientific opinions and deductions one
fact seems to have been entirely over
looked-viz., the almost resistless force
of wind when moving with high We
locity. When the velocity is but fifty
miles an hour the pressure of air in mo-
ton is equal to twelve pounds to the
square foot, and when this velocity rises
to 100 miles per hour its force rises to
the equivalent of 49.2 pounds to the
square foot, the augmentation of force
being always proportional to the square
of the velocity.
II needs no further elaboration or am
plification of this statement to convey
to the intelligent reader an idea of the
monstrous mechanical force which such
rapid travelling mass of air must have
"a power great enough to tear down
any structure that has yet been built by
man, or to uproot whole forests of the
largest trees now growing on the sur
face of the earth.-St. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07


There is one young gentleman in Lon
don who is determined that marriage
shall not be failure with him at least.
He took the young lady he was engaged
to to the Lyric theater on Monday even
ing and installed her in box. In the
next box was another young fellow,
handsome and dashing, with whom the
young lady established a lively though
surreptitious Irritation. Young fellow
No. protested in vain, whereupon he
left the box, reappeared at that of the
masher and told him that the young
lady in the next box wished TO make his
acquaintance.
Young fellow No. 2 was delighted, and
accompanied young fellow No. to the
presence of the tickle fair one, and young
fellow No. introduced them, saying
quietly, "This gentleman will see you
home.' He then left the theater, and
the young lady has never seen or heard
of him since. All parties are well known
in good society, and consequently the
affair is much gossiped about.-London
Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Looking for His Father.

Recently westerner Q feet 9 inches
tall, with broad shoulders and weighing
over 200 pounds, appeared at Titusville.
He was William Ferguson, of San Fran
cisco, and was in search of his IA
ther. His parents were married near
Salamanca, N. Y, thirty years ago,
and few months before William was
born his father deserted his mother, who
was then little more than sixteen years
of age. Ferguson never returned, and
his deserted wife eventually went west
with her boy and married again. Within
n short time past she told him for the
first time the story of his father. Will
liam not only failed to feel repugnance
toward the father, but desired TO sec
him, and on learning subsequently that
he was still living came east to find him.
He was informed that the old man was
leading her'nits life somewhere in the
Allegheny mountains.
In his search he found woman who
said she had been married and deserted
by Ferguson, and was working to sup
port herself and two children. The
searching son finally got on the right
track, and securing here n man to go
with him drove to the vicinity of Nc
Graw Center, located in the woods,
some miles from Titusville. There, in
n tumble down shanty, living alone and
with apparently nothing to live ON, he
found his long lost father. William
concealed his identity, and the old man
was drawn into reminiscent CONVERSE
tion, during which he took no pains to
conceal the fact that his first wife was
living in the west. Then the son made
known his identity.
The shock of surprise caused the old
man TO swoon. Then the son, who is
well educated and in good circum-
stances, offered to take the father west
with him and contribute to his support.
The old man declined, and the son left.
The son is now in the vicinity of Titus
vile, and hopes to persuade the old man
to return with him to the west.-Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
The Action of n Spinct.

The spinet instrument was animprove-
ment upon what was known as the clavi-
chord, the tone of which, although weak,
was capable, unlike that of the harpsi-
chord or spinet, of increase or decrease,
rejecting the finest gradations of the
touch of the player. In this power of
expression it was without rival until
the piano was invented. The early his
tory of the clavichord previous to the
Fifteenth century rests in profound OBJ
scurity, but it is said that there is one
bearing the date 1920 having four oc-
taves without the ID sharp and q sharp
notes. The spinet was the invention of
the Venetian Spinetta.
The action is unique. The instrument
is similar TO a small harpsichord with
one string to each note. The strings are
set in vibration by points of quills ele-
vated on wooden uprights known as
Jacks, and the depression Of the keys
causes the points to pass upward, pro-
ducing a tone similar to that Of a harp.
Springs are used to draw the quilts ba"
into position. The keyboard is arranged
in a manner after the present modern
piano.--Providenc Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS
- BURGH RAILWAY.

The short line between Dubois, Ridgway,
Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points in the upper oil
region.
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily except Sunday, as fol-
lows:
7;IO A. M.-Bradford ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
points North between Falls Creek and
Bradford. 1:15 "a. m. mixed train for
Punxsutawney.
IO:O5A. M.-Buffalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayville, Rdgway, Johnsonburg, Mt.
Jewett Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester; connecting at Johnsonburg
with p. 4 +. train 3, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1O:b5 "A. M.-Accommodation- Dubois,
Sykes, Big Run and dPunxsutawney.
Beechtree, Brockwayville Ellmont, Car
and Bradford.
4;5O =. M-Mail--For Dubois, Sykes, Big
Run, Punxsutawney and Walston.
1865 P.M.-Accommodation- Dubois, Big
Run and Punxsutawney.
Trains Arrtve-7:10 A. NJ, Accommodation
Punxsutawney; 10:05 AM, Mail from Wall
ston and Punxsutawney; 1888 A, NJ, Ac-
cOmmOdatiOn from Bradford; 1:20 II. NJ,
Accommodation from Punxsutawney; $3.50
p. Nj, Mail from Buffalo and Rochester;
1855 p. NJ, Accommodation from Bradford.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good for passage between all stations.
j. IL. MCINTYRE. Agent, Falls creek, Pa.
j. ii. BARRETT +. O. LAPEY,
General Supt Gen. Pas. Agent
Bradford, Pa. Rochester, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
A Clever Reply from N Cracker.

A big passenger train full of northern
people was temporarily halted in a
dreary sand plain where the only object
in sight was woebegone looking
cracker sitting on a sand dune busily en-
gagged in doing nothing. In the train
was "smart Aleck," who thought that
he would have some fun with the
cracker. So he put his head ont of the
window and called out, "My friend, this
appears to be pretty fine country you
have here"
81 reckon" replied the native without
looking up. "How much of population
have you in this town." continued the
smart Aleck as he winked at his friends
in the car. "Waal," replied the cracker,
"'bout 10000, reckon, and nary a fool
among them. We did send for one last
week as specimen, but derned eff we
thought he'd come so soon."-New York
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
The Titles of Books.

A book title, like a woman's face,
ought to be pretty. And if a bewitch-
ing, diaphanous veil, in the shape of a
slight curiosity rousing cloudiness Of
meaning can be thrown over it, so much
the better Readers delight to be half
taken in by books, just as men do by
women, so long-and this is a most i'm
portant proviso-so long as their vanity
is not piqued. The object of title
should be to seem simple, artless, naive
and quite naturally charming, but this
as in the case of SO many of its feminine
analogues-is often to be attained only
by the most consummate art.-Black-
woods Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
NUMBER 81.
MOURNERS BY THE SEA.

BY the side of the sea three mourners pale
Sat idly watching an idle sail.
"By the sweet Spice islands II lies" she said.
"And often fancy on days like these
Their breath floats to me DER southern seas"
"where sank your ship" "By tcmpests tossed,
On n shore of amber and pearls twas lost.
"Oh, often dream Of its beautiful bed
And the rainbow CLEANS that are round IL
shedl"
"where sank your ship2" Oh wan, white face.
Does she know not, then, her lost loves placer
"My ship sank moi" she said, AMI cast
A tiny she'll on the waters vast.
No balmy odors nor gems of price
Her dreams 10 its resting place entice.
Her ship lies frozen in arctic ice.
Christian Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
One Sunday Newspaper.

The Globe-De of Sunday con-
tanned AZ pages and 294 columns. The
total number Of words contained in that
issue was $4,000. The number of
"ems," counting the matter as one-half
agate, one-half nonpareil, was 2,352, 900.
The number of separate pieces of type
handled by the compositor in preparing
that issue was 5,Ss0,00O. If the columns
of type composing that issue were placed
end to end they would form solid col
umn of type l,754 yards long, or, laid
in line, would extend from the Missis-
sippi river to Seventeenth and Olive
streets. If the lines of type composing
that issue were placed end to end the
result would be line of type 8,92C
yards long, about 2ls miles, or extend.
ing from the river to Vanderventer ave.
nue.. The words contained in that issue
would make 81 ,802 book pages of 25C
words each, and So volumes of $50 pages
each, with 142 pages over. To print the
issue of that one day required 4s,75s
pounds of specially prepared paper
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Similarity in the Names of Peers.

Several peers have names nearly alike.
There are Lord Amherst Of Hackney,
and Earl Amherst. There are two peers
with only the difference of letter in
the spelling of their names-the Earl of
Lindsay and the Earl of Lindsey, the
former being Scotch representative
peer and the latter an English peer.
There is only the difference of letter
also in the names of Viscount Middleton
and Lord Middleton, but there is diff
ference in rank which makes the dis
tinction easy.
There are several instances in which
the territorial title is necessary to distin-
guish peers, the more notable being Lord
Stanley of Alderley and Lord Stanley Of
Preston, and Lord Howard de Walden
and Howard of Glossop. Formerly Lord
Willoughby de Broke and Lord Will
loughby de Eresby sat in the house, but
the latter has been made an earl, and
will henceforth be known as the Earl Of
Ancaster.-London Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
The Man Who Really Enjoys Life.

To no man is the world so new and
the future so fresh as to him who has
spent the early years of his manhood in
striving to understand the deeper prob
lens of science and life and who has
made some headway toward compre-
hending them. To him the commonest.
things are rare and wonderful, both IN
themselves and as parts OF beautiful
and intelligent whole. Such thing as
staleness in life and its duties he cannot
understand.
Knowledge is always opening out be-
fore him in wider expanses and more
commanding heights. The pleasure OF
growing knowledge and increasing
power makes every year of his life hap
pier and more hopeful than the last
Vicl's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Chess In Japan.

Not only are there great number OF
pieces and moves in Japanese chess, but
their value changes; for instance, on
reaching the enemy's camp promotion
ensues and captured pieces are re-en.
ter,d under various conditions. In fact,
the game demands, if that were posi-.
BILE, more undivided attention than Eu.
ropean chess, and in its provisions and
contingencies, especially the last, is
strictly military.
The pieces, agreeable to the enrolling
of prisoners, are all Of one color. Chess
has always held considerable position in
Japan. 1t fiourished during the shogun-
ate, and again after the revolution is
being revived. A grand tourney was
held not very long ago at Tokio.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Two Greatest of stamp Collectors.

The two greatest stamp collectors in
the world were M. Philippe Ferrari, son
of the late Duchesse de Galliera, and the
czar, whose collection is said by experts
to be worth 5000, 900 francs. He began
to make it when he was czarowitz, and
has been adding to it ever since. M.
Ferrari, who cast away fortune, or
rather several fortunes which he con-
ceived to be i'll gotten and said he had
no right to inherit, boards stamps as
misers hoard money. He has quantities,
which he says will be valuable to his
heirs should he live to a great age.--
London Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
THE VOICE THAT CALLS.

Where forlorn sunsets flare and fads
On desolatc sea and lonely sand,
Out of the silence and the shade
What Is the voice of strange command
Calling you still, ms friend calls friend,
With love that cannot brook delay,
To rise and follow TIE ways that wcnd
Over the hills and far awayY
Hark, In the city, street on street
A roaring reach of death and life,
or vortices that clash and fleet
And ruin in appointed strife;
Hark to Il calling, calling clear,
Calling until you cannot stay
From dearer things than your own most
dear,
Over the hills and faraway.
Out OF the sound of ebb and flow,
Out Of the sight Of lamp and star,
IL calls you where the good winds blow
And the unchanging meadows are;
From faded hopes and hopes agleam.
Itcalls you, calls you night and day,
Beyond the dark into the dream
Over the hills and far away.
w. +. Henley in Boston Commonwealth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
The Loss in Gold Coin.

A remarkable example of the loss of
gold by reason of abrasion came to the
notice of the Chicago customs officials
the other day. George w. Sheldon &,
Co. sent $1,000 in gold to the collector
to pay duties. The sum was in equal
amounts, made up Of IS, $40 and geo
pieces. The teller found that the coin
footed up all right taken at its face
value, and 1t was sent over to the sub
treasury. Pretty soon word came back
to the collector that the e15, 900 in gold
was 81 1886 short weight and the deficit
would have to be made up before a re-
ceipt would be issued. Examination
proved that the coin had been abraded
to that Internationally 1Sper cent. .--Bos-
ton Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

One of the humorously attractive
characteristics of a child is his large
sense of personal Importance. A little
girl was walking with her father on the
shore of Lake Michigan, where the
waves were gently tapping up on the
beach. Suddenly ono came up higher
than the others and swept over her foot,
when she exclaimed, "Oh, papa, the
lake stepped on my toe."-New York
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
benedict Arnoid's FIagship.

A portion Of the timbers of GENERAL
Benedict Arnold's flagship, Congress,
which sank in October, 1778, in Lake
Champlain, has been raised by Captain
@. w. Adams, Of West Addison, vt.
The timbers are Of oak and are sound.-
Cor. New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

Trains daily except Sunday.
DAVID McCARGO, GEN'L. sUPT.,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
6HhNGEhBLE WEATHER

Nature has seen fit to have
changeable weather and why
not have your person garmented
with a neat and nobby suit
made Of heavyweight material
to suit the weather that is now
creeping upon us. You need a
new winter suit and as the cold
waves are very uncertain you
will be wise If you place your
order now for winter wearing
apparel, so as to have it to don
when clustering weather is
ushered In. Such an immense
line of winter patterns was
never displayed In town as can
be seen at
j. G. FROEHLICH'S,
rNext door to Hotel Mcconnell.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
Wollmnn a TrsO Man.

s. G. Wellman, the man accused Of
the larceny OF q number Of emory
wheels from one Hoffman, at Cincin-
natl, was yesterday discharged from
custody by Sheriff steenrod, in accord.
ance with the order by Judge Campbell
in tho Circuit Court on Saturday, no
requisition papers for Wellman having
arrived. It is understood that papers
were issued by Governor Mckinley and
taken to Charleston by a Cincinnati
officer, and 1t is probable that the OFF,
GERS arrival here with Governor Flem-
ing's warrant for tho transfer Of Wells
man to Ohio has merely been unayoid-
ably delayed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
A FIRE IN AlHoTEL
which Might Have Been worse--Goo'
Work with the Axe.

which Might Have Been worse-Good
Work with the Axe.
Yesterday evening one Of the female
help at the Behler hotel was admiring
a new dress hanging in her wardrobe,
and in showing it to another girl set fire
to it with candle. The whole ward
robe blazed up, and the girls, tumbling
down stairs, gave the alarm. Young
Charles Behler seized the hotel extin-
suisher, and jumping up stairs, ak
steps at time, soon had the fire out
as he thought. Foreman Shaughnessy,
Of the chemical engine, which had in
the meantime arrived, noticed that the
ceiling was hot, and taking an axe,
chopped the lathing away. The ratters
were charred and plenty OF hot Goals
showed that tho caution OF the fireman
in investigating was not misplaced.
With the aid OF an extinguisher and o
few buckets OF water the FIRE was OK
tinguished. Had the firemen left when
they were assured the fire was out, the
whole garrett would have been shortly
ablaze. A hundred dollars will about
cover the loss.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
Tho Fire Was out.

1t appears that the report in this pa
per ofthe fire at 2424 Chapline street,
early Monday morning, was in error.
when it stated that the Niagara fire
company had not succeeded in turning
on the water before the Chemical en-
gine arrived. Engineer o'Malley told
an INTELMGENcER reporter yesterday,
and his statement is corroborated by
eye witnesses, that the fire was already
out, with the exception Of few smol-
CINE arrived on the scene. The rockets
and roman candles firing into the
streets prevented the frightened horses
from being driven up to the plug,
which is directly in front Of the house.
Foreman Wilson, himself, coupled the
hose on the plug, and had lively
time lodging the fireworks. The en-
CINE was not used.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06

On the night Of the Fourth Mr..
Charles E. Hill, the market street ga
loonkeeper, was surprised by about
fifty OF his friends, who gathered in his
place and presented him with q hand
some gold chain and charm. The pre-
sentation speech was made by Mr.. John
NJ. Short, and Mr.. Hill, though sur
prised, made neat response. Refresh
ments we're served, and good music and
entertaining conversation made anhour
or two pass pleasantly. Mr.. Hill said
the occasion was ono Of the happiest OF
his life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
peath from q Rn.ty San.

Robert Anderson, an orphan boy
eight years Of age, OF Bellaire, died a
distressing death late Monday night.
Last Thursday while playing with other
boys he stepped upon rusty nail
which penetrated the foot enough to
make it quite sore, but nothing serious
was thought of it until Sunday, when
the boy went into spasms, which con-
tinued until his death.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
sald ne vas As.aulted.

Alois Kuen, the gunsmith, COM
planned TO Squire Rogers yesterday
evening, that he had been grossly as
saulted by a street car conductor and an
operator, and thrown off the car. He
claimed that he refused to go inside the
car, and because he preferred remain
ing on the platform, to watch his dog,
who was trotting along behind, the two
men threw him off on his back. de did
not know their names.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
A Wh.e1lnr a1an Klllel.

Peter ]. Davis, a young man aged
twenty-one years, who was brakeman
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad, was killed while coupling cars
at Cincinnati last Saturday night. His
remains were shipped to this city to
the residence Of his mother, No. 400
Wetzel street, from where the funeral
will take place this morning, tho inter
ment being at Cameron, W. Va, on the
arrival there Of the s o'clock train.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
All Game Here to Wed.

Clerk Hook yesterday issued marriage
licenses to the following named parties:
Albert stoehr, aged so, native OF
Goodrich, Cam, and resident Of Rich
burg, N. Y, and Etfie g. Akin, aged 81,
native Of st. Petersburg, Pa, and resi-
dent OF Washington, Pa.
Charles A. Lenhart, aged %, native
and resident Of Somerset county, Pa,
and Annie White, aged 81, a native OF
franklin county, N. Y, aud resident Of
Pittsburgh, Pa.