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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

details of an immense conspiracy among a
aalf dozen gamblers TO use Nelson as a
tool to steal the funds of The bank
Archie S. McNabb, a German, whom
Nelson, IN his affidavit duplicates in an
attempt to blackmail him by exposure,
made an affidavit corroborating Nelson.
TIE action against the gamblers
for conspiracy is eng reserved, pending
the outcome Of the motion to dismiss,
which will be argued Monday. If the ar
rest and bail proceedings hold good the
action for conspiracy will not be pushed.
The gamblers had Nelson in poker game
In which be lost large sums but paid
promptly, generally the day after the less,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
swINDLED THE TIFFANYs.
New York Man Takes Advantage of Fam
lily Friendship.

New YORK. April 21-Jas. A. Palmer
WIS arrested this afternoon charged with
the larceny of $4,000 from Tiffany & Co.
The stealing has been carried on more
than FIVE years. Palmer acknowledged
his guilt and to an officer said he wished he
had shot himself The prisoners father
and Charles L. Tiffany were close friends.
from loyhood until Palmer's death, sew
eral years ago. The Palmers manufac-
tured fine bronzed goods for the Tifanys.
Owing to the intimate acquaintance OF
Tiffany and the elder Palmer, bills be-
tween the houses were audited very loosely
and for the last FIVE Years young Palmer
has taken advantage OF this fact TO swim
die the Iiffanys.
TIE matter was discovered by accident
and it is thought the amount may exceed
1000 when the books are carefully ex-
amined. Palmer has been playing the
races and losing heavily. He has fami
ly and his wife is completely Frustrated.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Washing Little indians.

We were camped at the Hot Springs
on the Lo Lo trail, made famous in
Indian annals by the escape OF Chief
Joseph and his band of Nez Perces
Just above us was a large camp Of
Flatheads who were making their fall
hunt. One morning we were awaken
ed by shouts and cries. Evidently
there was great excitement somewhere
and we promptly jumped up. 1t was
just after daylight, and cold clouds Of
steam were rising from the big BASIN
shaped pool at the foot of the granite
wall from which poured a thick stream
of boiling water. The pool was so
large that at the lower edge the water
was almost cold; the nearer you ap-
preached to the place where the hot
water burst from the rock the better
chance you stood of getting boiled
At the edge, at a point where the
water was of a comfortable tempera-
ture, stood two Indians, one on the
bank and the other on a stone in the
water. Near by were a dozen other
Indians guarding a number of little
Indians boys and girls who had moth
ing on and were bowling and crying
When we looked out of the tent the
two Indians at the pool had an Indian
boy-one holding him by the feet, the
other by the hands-and were gravely
swinging him backward and forward
through the warm water, while he
yelled at every dip. As soon as they
had finished with him he was set up
on the bank, and ran to the willow
brush near by.
Then the noise redoubled, for each
child in the group guarded by the In
dians feared that it was his turn.
They all tried to escape to the brush,
but their elders pursued and caught
them, until the very LIST one had
been put through the cleansing process.
N T. Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
CHILDISH LACK OF COMMON SENSE.
Grasshoppers, Pigs and Cows Formally
Tried for Murder.

To prove that the human family of
three or four centuries ago had child
iSh want of common sense, and that
they were bound by an absurd devo-
ton to forms and customs, we need
but refer to few of the remarkable
animal trials of the sixteenth century.
One Of the most celC brated of these
was case tried in Savoy in 1915, when
a suit was brought, in the name of the
people, against the grasshopperS, which
were then ravaging the country. A.
lawyer was found TO undertake the de-
Tense of the insects, and the records,
which are still accessible to-day, prove
that he exhausted his ingenuity in
pleading their cause.
Seeing that they could do nothing
better, and that the grasshoppers were
fast laying waste the country, the
magistrates agreed to formally deed
them a large tract of country on CON-
ditiOn that they would leave the re-
mainder untouched. The lawyer took
the proposition under advisement and
spent several days looking over the,
proposed Canaan of his clients. He
finally returned to court and declared
that chs clients could not accept tho
proposal, because the land offered them
was an abandoned and sterile tract.
producing little or nothing suited to
their uses and sustcnance."
The court decided the case against
the grasshoppers, however and they
were ordered and commanded" to
remove forthwith to the district set
apart for them. They must have re-
fused to obey the mandates of the
court for the records tell of n great
famine in Savoy that year caused by
the ceaseless warfare of the grass
jumpers against everything that God
made green"
Hundreds of court records in France,
Spain, Holland, Italy and Austria
prove that animals were tried for all
sorts of great and petty crimes up to
within the last hundred years.
In 1892 4 COW was tried for murder
at Poitonf, France, and five years later
a PIG, which had killed a child in tho
streets of Menlan, was thrown into
prison, tried, and finally strangled in
the market-placc.
Any one who has access to n library
containing sets of Meliott's Remark
able Trials" can prove that the above
specimens are not fanciful Sketches
st. Louis HepUbijc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

posrerlor face or the second slate che
nail of the middle finger makes sound
resembling that produced by chalk
when written with. When the operator
judges that this little comedy has last
ed quite long enough he lays the two
states horizontally upon his table, TAX
ing care this time that the non-pre-
pared slate shall be beneath. 1t is
upon it that then rests the black card
board and the other slate on being
raised shows the characters that it
bears and that are stated to have been
written by an invisible spirit that slip
ped in between the two States.
Our readers will not ask us how we
manage to know in advance what
should be written upon the slate. 1t
is useless to say that deceit is allow
able in prestidigitation. Loaded dice
always turn up the same number and
nothing is easier than to know the
name of the card that a spectator will
draw from a pack composed of thirty
two similar cards, if not skillful enough
to cause him to take the forced card.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Cash Sales

CHICAGO, April 25-SEEDs-Sales by sampls
were: Flax, No. l. 91&9.sc. rejected, Q3Ic;
timothy, SI24QL3O, clover, s66Oa6.75
CoRN-Salcs by samples we're: No. = white,
40Iac: No. yellow, 4Ilsc; No 3, 4Oc; No. Z
white, 404 040Ec; No 4, S9I4Oc
BRAN-Sales were 1t SlL75RI225
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were at $3.50
HAN-Nalcs were. No. timothy, Sl2ai3 90,
No. :, Sl05OtlI50 mixed timothy s90tO; up.
land prairie. SO .5OGll6O
WINTER WHEAT-Sales by sample were: No
. red, 90c; No. red 7Sc
SPRING WHEAr--SaIes by sample we're; No
4. T00s6c.
oATS-Sales by samples were: No. -, 1850
SoAc No white, SI1Q32lAc, No. 3, 27G29c;
No g white, S0(lSlc
BARLEy-Sales by sample we're; No q
a2a6Sc, No e. 4O05Oc
WHISKY-Steady a SIl3
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Work for Idle Little Fingers.

Charming little chairs, tables, and
sofas for dolls are made by cutting
pieces Of cork in the shape of the seats
of the chairs and sofas, and covering
them with silk or satin. The legs are
made Of pins. with crewel silk of the
same color as The furniture wound
around them. and the backs of the sofas
and chairs Of pins of different sizes, the
large in the center, the small outside,
with the crewel silk twisted in and
out II. to entirely cover them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Live Stock.

CHICAGO, April 25.-CATTLE-No less than
f,729 carloads arrived, making a grand aggre
gate of about 5000 head or 1000 head more
than were ever before received in one day The
average reduction in fair to choice steers was
from 2o9Soc per 100 pounds, while 1512oc COW
ers the shrinkage in butchers and Gamers
stock. Although there was an active demand
ct the lower price there were several thousand
cattle for which no buyers could be found and
the market was very limp at the close
HoGs-Sales were generally at Sc advance.
There was IN active demand as s43al46s Scr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
On a Crusade Against Trusts.

PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-During the
last week c. NJ Horton, the newly APP
pointed special agent of the Depart
ment Of Justice, whose special duty it
is to investigate illegal combines, has
been in this city, and it is understood
that the object of his visit was to col
lect evidence against the sugar trust,
and the National Cordage trust From
here Mr. Horton went to New York,
whe"e the District Attorney is to act
with him in the crusade against the
cordage combine and possibly the SUI
gar trust.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Ancient Wheat.

The Chinese cultivated wheat 200
years before the beginning of the
Christian era, always considering it as
q gift direct from heaven. Scientific
agriculturists are of the opinion that it
was widely known and cultivated by
prehistoric man. At the present time
it is the principal bread corn OF the
leading European nations, and is fast
supplanting the use Of maize, or Indian
corn, in the American states.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

selling at substantially the same prices Al
though the quality Of the offerings was rather
poor the greater part Of them were taken at
s4O Q46o. There were scattering sales at
"a 67Ha470, but the amount Of trading at over
Ao9 did not cut much of figure CuIIs were
salabc at s2C1410.
SHEEP-Sheep were in fair request and
being in light supply. sold fully as well as at
the close OF last week, In fact good 10 best
light and medium weights were rather
stronger Quotations range from S5Q5.5D for
very common grades TO Sc 596.665 for strictly
choice. The lamb market was firm at s 75l7
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Buried Alive.

In Persia when a man is convicted
of robbery they put him IN brick
tank by the roadside, pour plaster Of
Paris around him till he is suffocated
and leave him standing there hermet-
ically sealed up as a warning to all
Mat pass that way.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

LONDON, April - -Cargocs whea, OF coast
snd passage steady. No cargocs corn OF coast
onering. Corn on passage quieter At Mark
Lane wheat was steadily held Corn a turn
dearer and flour in fair demand No. CAL
Norma wheat unchanged at Sos No. > red
winter unchanged at SIS Sd Corn Sd higher
at EOS Cd. The French country markets were
quiet Al Liverpool wheat was very inactive
snd probably cheaper. There was less DISPOSE
tiou TO buy corn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Paid His Way.

Hotel Porter (to travelling salesman
In AUTHORIZATIONS me. boss but
dem towels are for de use oh de guests.
Travelling Salesman-Well where
are the towels for the boarders?-
Cloak Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Clearing House state ments.
Peoria.

PEORIA. IN, April 25-CoRv-New No. ,.
f0Hc new No. 3, 39Ac; receipts 81 200 bu.
shipments. 1,4Oo. OATs-No. 2 white. 3nn
30Ac; No. 3, white, 284929c: receipts 81
900 bu; Shipments $4,000 bu RYE-No : ~
73Hc: receipts none; shipments none NHi~I.T
BIB for highwines; receipts none 81 :,
mcnts 7l7 orls.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

s6Hc: May, 85Ac; July, 1870; August, 1876
CORN Cash, 38@3S2lc; May, 37zc: July, 363zc
OATs-Cash, 3O1lc; May, 3OAc; July, 27iac.
POhK-Jobbing, $40. LARD-s6. WHISKY
81 Is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

ToLEno, Ohio, April 25.-WHEAr-No , cash
s2Ac: May, 92c; July, s5!.c: August. Sic Corn
No cash, Ale; No. & 4o2c. No 4. sHo
OATs-No. , cash. Sic bid No white, $3.50
bid. RYE-Cash, 7sc. CLovERsEEp-Prime
cash. 50 80 asked.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
COST OF THE TREATY.

Blame Wants $4,000 for the Behring
sea Agreements.
WAsH1NGToN, April 25. = Secretary
Blaine estimates the cost to the United
States of carrying out the Behrng sea
sealers arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain TO be
$3.50, 900. and he. through the secretary
of the treasury, today sant to the house
of representatives request for the appro
priation of this amount # money.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, April p, - FLOUR - Steady
WHEAT-9lQ32C CORN-43A043Ilc. OATs-3l0
32c RYE-8l PROVISIONS-PorlIs 70; lard ST:
bulk meats IS Gu bacon IS 6596 20 WHISKY
Sales Boa Lrls on basis of 81 13.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
WHEAT TENDING UP.
This is the Wa Prices GO On the
Chicago Board OF
Trade.
Closing Figures, However, Vary Less
Than Cent From Satur-
days.
More Cattle Received at Chicago
Than Ever Before in One
Day.

REV YORK April 25.--On the resumption OF
dealings at The stock exchange to-day the mar
kct for the prominent railway shares
svinced renewed disposition TO sag and as 4
rule prices showed q fractional shading from
Saturdays final sales. Trading was fairly
active, but still the pressure against values
not very great.
Chasing 0uotatiOug were.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
St. Inuia.

ST. Louis, April e. -CATTLE-Mar
lower HoGs--Fair to choice heavy, S4 4G0
So mixed, 50 9O0150; Workers.. 81 4OG4 SO
SHEEP-Markct steady.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

The schools of New York will cost
this year 81, 500, 900, of which s., 1885,
900 is for teachers salaries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
CONKLlNC'S MAGNETIC SPEECH.
The Famous Opening Words Were writ
ten by Charles q. BaIpin.

The Famous Opening Words Were Writ
ten by Charles q. BaIpin.
Men who would write the history OF
twenty years ago had best postpone it
for later information This was my
thought after | rose from a converse
ton with Thomas Murphy of New
York, who visited Washington after IN
absence of about eight years. ] greet
ed him without expectation of more
than a few good-natu-ed sentences,
but almost the first thing he said ar
rested me.
"DO you remember" said Mr.. Muir
ply, chow Conllling opened the speech
he nominated Grant with in 1880 at
Chicago?"
when asked what State he halls from
Our sole reply shall be,
He halls from AppOmattOX
And its famous apple tree.
very well, said /, "evcrybody there
must remember it."
"Wcll, | gave that to COnEing; he
did not know the verse. The fact was
that Charles Halpin wrote that piece
and brought it in manuscript to my
house, and one Of my family under
took to read it and made some funny
mistakes. Ha!pin then read it," Mr..
Murphy here recited several stanzas Of
the poem. GAS Conkling was to nomi-
nate Grant | called him aside and told
him that the four lines | have quoted
would arrest the attention of the con-
vention, | thought better than any
other sentence. He did not take at
once to the suggestion, but said to me
that evening: i wish you would not
mention those lines to anybody else, as
l shall probably use them / said |
would not, and Conkling made them
celebrated" - G0th IN the Cjactnnata
Enquirer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
SIcnt 2OS DAYS.

JACKSON, Mich, April 25.-Miss May
White, the twenty year-old
daughter of Palmer White, OF Ingham,
has been sleeping since Sunday, June
21, 1891, just 3oS days. At one time
she weighed but fifty pounds. Before
she was stricken down she weighed l2e
pounds. The cause of her malady is a
fall received while attending a business
college in Ypsilanti in 1890.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
Rronsht to Terms WIN Hnxonet rhrust

Brought to Terms with Bayonet Thrusts.
CITY or MEXICO, April 25.-A party of
charge of military, en- route to Vera
Cruz, attacked their guards, who
wounded several of them with bayonet
thrusts, and, as further measure of
intimidation, cooked and presented
their rifles, whereupon the convicts
gave mp all further resistance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29
GAMBLERS CONSPIRACY.

Nelson the Tool of an Organized
Band.
GRAND Forks, n. D., april %. =
Further developments in the case cf
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-29

And reader mine, whate'er betide,
! wish the same to thee.
WaUerJey Magazine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-19
Jeddo Letter..

Ella Snyder is visiting in'Speaker.
Our singing school is erogressinp
finely.
ola Grippe" is still the prevailing
disease.
Nina Moore, of Melvin, has been Wis
iting in Jeddo.
The Ladies' Aid Association gave an
oyster supper at the residence of Rev
Marks last Wednesday evening.
William Burns and wife, of Speaker
have been visiting with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burns, of this
place.
The Arnott family celebrated their
father s-Robert j. Arnott-eighty-fi
birthday, February 9Th, at the resi-
dence OF 5. ). Arnott, Jeddo.
j. ID. Campbell died at the residence
on Thursday evening, the 18th, inst,
after an illness of about three months.
Mr. Campbell had diphtheria, and had
nearly recovered from the same, when
he caught cold and suffered with pa
ralysis, which caused his death. He
has been engaged in the threshing bus
mess for the past ten years, and had a
wide acquaintance. He was member
OF Golden Tent, No. SO, X. O. II. NJ. and
member of Grant Court Independent
Order of Foresters, and held a policy
for 81 900 in each society. About one
hundred Maccabees and Foresters as
sisted in performing the last sad rites
act OF the deceased brother.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-19
Gems of Thought.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom
The less people speak of their great.
ness the more we think of it.
Try Dullam's Great German 20 cent
cough cure at Grant Holden q Bros.
A life that will bear the inspection of
God and man is the only certificate of
true religion.
Try Dullam's Great German 25cent
Cough Cure at Grant Holden & Bro. 8.
Every person is responsible for all
the good within the scope of his abili-
ties and for no more.
Great power of natural gifts do not
bring privileges to their possessors SO
much as they bring duties.
Try Dullam's Great German Is cent
Liver Pills, 40 in package, at Grant
Holden & Bros.
The man who Is doing all for God
that he can do will soon be able to do
more for Him than he does do.
Try Dullam's Great German Is cent
Liver Pills, 40 in package, at Grant
Holden & Bros.
Do not mistake stubbornness for
stableness. Remember that you can
be stable without being stubborn.
Try Dullam's Great German l5-cent
Liver Pills, 40 in each package. For
sale by Grant Holden & Bro.
Advice is like counterfeit money.
Most people are ready enough to part
with 1t, but none care to take it.
If we are ever in doubt what to do,
it is a good rule to ask ourselves what
we shall wish on the morrow that we
had done.
The chief secret of comfort lies in
not suffering trities to vex one, and in
prudently cultivating an underground
of small pleasures, since very few great
ones-alas!-are let on long leases.
Everything in life, from the largest
to the smallest, has its surface and its
depths; and it depends upon the eyes
with which we view it whether we
merely skim over the one or descend
into the other.
Just to the extent to which we ex-
ercise our faculties in our daily en-
ployments, thus increasing the power
and giving the results freely and fully
TO the world, are we warranted in pro-
nouncing them truly successful.
Perhaps the most prompt and certain
way of checking an emotion in others
is to tell them that it is their duty to
feel it. Tell any one he ought to feel
grateful, and you will probably make
him ten times more ungrateful than he
was before.
The man is poor indeed who cannot
in some way help his neighbor, if only
by words of sympathy; and, unless he
has the disposition to do this when he
is poor, there is little likelihood that
the possession of riches will transform
his nature.
English SPAWN Liniment removes
all hard, soft or calloused Jumps and
blemishes from horses, blood spavins,
curb, splints, sweeney, ring-bone, stiles.
sprains, all swollen threats. coughs. etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. 1t is
warranted the most wonderful blem-
ish cure known. Sold by Grant Holden
II Bro, Yale, Mich
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-19
Happy Hooslers.

VIM. TimmOns, Postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has
done more for me than all other medi-
clnes combined, for that bad feeling
arising from Kidney and Liver trou-
Dle." John Leslie, farmer and stock
man OF same place, says; "Find Elec-
trio Bitters to be the hest Kidney and
Liver medicine, made me feel like
new man." j. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant same place. says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing for man who
is all run down and don't care whether
he lives or dies: he found new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he had
new lease ca life. Only 50c. a bottle,
at Grant Holden IL Bros. Drug store.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-19
General News.

A new store will be opened at Brown
City.
G. G. Hartung has been appointed
postmaster at Romeo.
j. b. Keyworth, of INLAY CITY, will
build himself a concrete house.
Brown City will soon have a new
brick Methodist church, 60x60 feet.
Sand Beach has been very fortunate
IN having sleighing for the past month.
Devereau & Harvey, of Carsonville.
Will open up business in Port Huron.
Mrs. Jerry Barney, of Mt. Clemens,
has lately been informed that she is an
heir to large property in Holland.
j. III. Dillon, general merchant of
Minden, has made an assignments to
Geo. W. Thayer. Liabilities about So
900.
Joseph Regan, of Brown CITY, was
shoeing horse the other day when II
kicked him in the head infictinp quite
severe wound
Prof. f. L. Ferguson, superintend-
ent of the. Sand Beach schools, has
a'book called "Opening Ex-
erclses for Public Schools"
Rufus Hitchcock, principal of the
New Haven school, is having trouble.
lii will be tried on n charge Of outrage
ously Furnishing boy by the name of
Wyckoff.
Monia Morse, 16 years of age, until
within the last few months a resident
or Cass City, was accidently shot at her
nome IN Indiana and the remains were
brought to Cass City for burial.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-19
Zion Letter.

Mrs. Nye is quite well again.
Fred Ernest was home Saturday and
Sunday
S. Lawrence died last Friday. He
was over ~ wears of age.
GrandS4a Atkins is gaining very slow
ly. The cause Is probably old age she
being over 80.
Orley Heath, who is working for w.
II. Quinn, won't homo on Friday for a
few days visit es
The scholars Of the Harmony school
gave an enttrtainInent last Tuesday
night which was great success. The
little folks MAKE $500 with which they
intend to get foot ball outfit.
James Campbell, of Jeddo, died on
the 18th. Death caused from the eff
fects of diphtheria. He was member
in good standing ipthe 7. OF. and X.
o. I. NJ. A large number Of Foresters
and Maccabees attended the funeral.
He was buried under the LOT. cere-
monies.