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The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

y, ,.,,,o d. hil, nv Mr. Baldwin OF Boul-
Nor N renpportion the convlcts Of the state
Ia me counties having At least a population
f5O00 Each county was 10 build IA jail for
~ r. Ee,t,iu,- OF The eonylcts apportoned by
10 nenlfsntinry commissioners. The cou-
- ,rcrr la be employed In building roads
II "a almost unanimously opposed and was
killed. s,
The state iunu poaiu ~. :, - ,,.H,i, a.,
li!on adopted ny lhc p"aTti le'iuss'.'S 81
appropriation Of s-a,OOl 10 ciauEe t"e cuurs1
willow creek at Crcedc Z" rs iotlhel
.aa4-c. II was referred TO the committee on
Huallc lauds.
Iac lloGtc then adjourned untA MnhnaE
.Hrulug lu uFicr I" allow tue ui,liineis 20
.-ir h.' State Institutions al to'''sA' Sl'F'"h'
..1i1v
nm Both tnu-cs y;sii.d the Mute and
Hilui Institution al Colorado Springs and
tbogourhIg inspected the workings Of this
school md Tie mechanical departments.
, .- =. n,,,iar-,, ,,,,
fLh; - - -. o., ", n,,,r'.s,
elected nh ,,'n ,si. Sa,,in o'c5nnor
il'l, =, ~, - - AL g., ~, ,,,t,,
nv, -, : ~. -, So. p,rcis offered
,' ,.,',,i rr-t rsoinflnn thnt The
an .AseH4Si @ ~ ~, -, ir,l.I ,is.
,,tpl'e 'li4 i'v-s 50 - - a., EsbrtIore
~ e. 7, s',,..d IN tgld evening
- ~ -, -,
W., ,ha ,,,oi ,he I'M tn rem.
49,. "a ,,of ~ srtncd Guards va.
- n.y. ~ afifr some dIscu,.ion referred
- ~ ~ 81, i,I. The biiI abolish.
70 t''e ie.''ia,y 80, ysos discussea
tns 80, -, 70 ~. rn,T,,cc ON labor
mn, M t III t'u 80 - t ,r,,snrrtInt.
IL 1.dt ~ - go -, S,ance committee
= ,,.,'i,, ~ ~ huis ,ye~e dI.,usssd and
= & =. VI '',,,i,,,o- for final f,rnuIatio,
''i'i'e" ~ ''' ''',,,'
HousE.-Ipon motion OF Chairman Len.
nard Of the judiciary committee number OF
aupilc"Ig OF Useless FL, ullls we're laiu On thc
lapif' Hou,s oui 10 Wa passed. II pro
S,l a1 'ila' WHO" ah',i not receive more thah
S'iVuO lrgh NJ esIale p5i@Fe tAe NatIlnistratof
j. appointed ne pi.l 10 ior"id the ac-
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25
four COWBOYS KILLED By INDIANS
TWO STRIKES THE LEADER.


dispatch to the Omaha Ies from Pine
Ridge agency on the 9Th stated that four
cowboys had been murdered by party OF IN
dians led by Two Strikes.
The acting agent, Captain Brown. sent out
some policemen to investigate the matter.
They reported that they found three white
men killed and one mor,aily wounded, who
has since died. These men were killed by
Two Strikes. his two sons, and White Face
Horse, full blood Captain Brown sent ont n
detachment OF twenty police to arrest the
murdereri. All the prominent chiefs, Young
Man Afraid OF HIS Horses, Red Cloud and
others condemned the killing and said the
guilty parties must be punished.
Captain Brown, acting agent, instructed
the police that he sent out that they must
bring the murderer to the agency. II they
resisted TO bring them in. The report of First
Sergeant .Ios Bus,i, who was in command, tells
the story. He arrived al the agency at p.
~ sunday aud reports as follows:
The meu were camped doyTa near No
Waters camp, cloee TO the hill. The police
were oct on the fat. wh,r the Omaha house
T.. When the pelicc ilr-t came upon them
tbcy fired oncc Us. and all Of Us then COM
N 'ucel to lire u,on them. We got one Indian
There WI. anofsS mlu raised there close by
the house aud We fniGhod him and knocked
him down there Sergeant Siuins Bear
Killed one Policeman Red owl Killed one and
Sergeant Blunt Horn Killed one. took five
Of Young n-Afraid's men, young fellows,
and they ielped US n great deal. No Water
came up o the police and told u that we had
settled EIem; that we had Killed them and
that Thy had all they wanted, and the best
way uos was to drop IT.
Aftsr making their reports the police were
highly commended by Captain Brown and ln-
.pcutor CIsncy. Two Strikes and one of his
hQys got away. It is thought Two Strikes is
str iously wounded. Captain Brown has an.
other squad Of police out after these two, with
instructions 10 bring them to the agency.
Two Strikes hut recently returned from Fort
Sheridan where he has been Imprisoned for
making trouble Two years ago.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25
Big Bridge a, New Orleans.

Chicago men have been authorized by the
President to build a bridge over the Missts
sippi river at New Orleans. IL VIII H., III,
largest cantilever bridge In America, and VII
cost about SjOG0,0Go. 1t Will take ncarl,
three years to complete II. The contract !.
,.Ac in which nearly all the railroad, in tie
South are interested.
The bridge Will be of steel, with three con.
tinuous spans between the river banks and
with but two piers in the river. The maif
channel span will be ,095 feet long. and tho
two side spans 751 feet each. The lowest
part of this bridge will be c;-hty-fivc fee;
aoose the high water mark.
The exact location Of the bridge nas not
been determined upon, but 1t will be whcf-
ever the best foundations can be found.
From the east approach to the bridge joint
railroad will be built to the new Illinoi, Cen
trail depot In New Orleans. The bridge la
been needed and would have been erected
years ago had it not been for the opposition
OF Jay Gould
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25
TWO APPALLING GRIMES.
A Texas Mob ror.ures Negro for Raw
ishing Child.


One OF the most blool-curtiing affairs ever
occurring in civilized country took place at
Paris, Texas. Wednesday.
On the 25tl. Henry Smith, n big negro
picked up little girl only three and u half
years old, named Myrtle Vance, and carried
her through the streets to 4 pasture just out
side the town. There he outraged her and
then literally tore her limb from limb. After
covering her body he left tom. There was
tremendous excitement whcr the crime be-
came known, and The country was secured
for Smith. He was arrested inArkansas on tle
3lst and brough, back to Fairs, where on the
next day lie expiated his crime In mot hoF-
riblc manner. He was bound down 10 plat
form and the father and brothers OF his Vie
tim tortured him with rcl-hoi irons Tor ncsr'y
two hours. His whole body suffered, and his
eyes were burned out. Al last the platform
was fired and the wretch is burntd TO death.
The terrible sight was witnessed by vast
crowd OF people ~ho iniorsel the punish
ment
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25
Colombia and the cana,.

The New York Rerd'ds Panama cores
pondent tcleEraphs a. follows; Coomhian-
are now convinced that the French COMPANY
cannot compete the canal without aid from
the French government. The concession
lapses next month. 1t is probable thai the
government OF Colombia will take immediate
possession of the canal aud the visible assets
of the company II thi- + doae the Coon
bians expect the aid Of the United States.
The expectation is based on the treaty with
the United States, by which the government
10 Lound to protect the interests OF Co'omb,a.
A new concession may be granted 10 au
American and British syndicate If It /. aux-
ious 10 secure 1t. II not, the Colombian gov
ernncnt may undertake to complete the wori.
as national enterprise.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

The knowledge that lies concealed
under many an humble hat would. II
disseminated, save the world from
much misery by enabling mankind to
foresee and provide against impend.
ing evils. For instance, it is now
disclosed that the aviary men last
fall noted the preparations the bees
were making for severe winter. The
drones were killed earlier than usual.
This demonstrated that to the pro
phetic souls of the bees a period of
polar weather was n certainty. Yet
the boe-keepers were mum; at any
rate, they did not make their inval-
liable information generally known.
II the massacre of the drones at the
beginning of autumn had been in
stanty announced. coal men would
have filed their yards with the fixed
sunshine" every cellar would have
feen crummcd with fuel, the win
dows OF every house listed, the fur
trade would have ilourished-in short.
people would not now be shivering
and praying for spring.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

About 2 o'clock Friday morning the mail
car from Ouray to sallda caught fire and was
damaged to some extent and some mail matte.
was burned. The mail clerk, D. II. Long
maker, arose at 3 o'clock and Ill the lamp that
hung directly over the open mail sack OBJ
serving the blaze to be uneven be took off the
chimney and scraped the burning wick, parti-
cles of which fell into the open sacks. The
clerk turned his attention to other matters
and the blaze gained some Roadway before it
was discovered. After vainly endeavoring TO
smother the blaze the car was run down OPP
poste the pump-house and the water turned
on, Longmaker rushed through the blaze
and seized the registered packages. which,
though somewhat badly burned were not so
much so as to render them ilegiblc. The clerk
was burned about I'll. hasd and one hand
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

IT is not the bicycle rider or the
light buggy that cuts up the roads.
makes the deep ruts, and causes the
annual expense for necessary repairs,
but the heavily loaded teams of the
farmer and of the owner of the mills
And factories that have located in the
country 1t Is true that the latter
went there in many cases because
their expenses would be less than In
large city or town, but most of them
have benefited the town by furnishing
employment, by bringing in an in
creased population. and by the taxes
they have paid. Yet they would be
saved much more expense II they had
better roads for transporting their
goods to and from their establish
ments, and not many OF them would
or ought to object to paying their
share OF the expense OF the improve
ment OF the town.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

SERIOUSLY this custom OF wearing
Grape in commemoration of our dead
Is the very ghastlicst surviving relic
Of barbarism. It has filled the world
with senselcss gloom through count
less generations. II is ugly, stupid.
depressing and unhealthy. There
is nothing to recommend and every
thing to discredit it. morally, physi-
cally and sentimentally, The spec
tacle OF II woman walking along n
public street, shrouded from head to
loot in grcwsome Grape is painful aud
shocking in the last degree. Not
only does it saddcn others, but 1t
brushes the wearer herself under in
dcscribable woe.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

DELAWARE still retains the system
Of appointing judges who hold their
officer for life or during good behavior
The chief Justice and ono of the asso-
ciate Justices of the supreme court OF
that state have become incapacitated
from their duties by age. with attend
ant physical and mental weakness.
The Delaware constitution empowers
the legislature to remove by JOINT
resolution judges who from infrmity
or other causes are not desirable oc-
eupants OF the bench. This course
has been adopted, at the general re-
quest OF the state bar, to remove the
superannuated iurists who persisted
In holding their seats to the total
paralysis of the administration of JUS
tice
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

The island OF Zanie, ncar Greece, was visit
cd by another earthquake at . O'Clock
wednesday morning. One b.ndred house,
are reported TO have been wrecked In the city
OF Zaute Thousands are leaving the city to
sleep In the fields. Many have been killed
and Injured.
On other parts Of the Island. the shocks
have not been less severe. Several villages
have been entirely destroyed, many of their
inhabitants have been killed, and the rest
are sleeping In the fields. An enormous tidal
wave swept up from the barbor smashing
craft against the sea wall and sending the
water two feet deep aloag the street on the
harbor front
The shock ate O'Clock was felt af Ccphs-
lonia and several have been felt slncA
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25
FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.
Heavy Loss of life and Destruction OF
prgDrrty,

Property.
Inccssant rains for several days have caused
floods throughout Queensland. People arc
deserving the low-lylng districts, as many
houses are submerged to the second floor and
the water is still rising. The towns of Bunda-
berg, Ipswich and Bundamba are suffering
most severely and are threatened with total
destruction. The inhabitants have left their
houses and those who have not fed to the
higher lands have taken refuge on the roofs
OF the highest buildings.
All domestic animals and hundreds Of cattle
have been drowned. A large loss Of human
life Is reported, but nothing definite can be
ascertaincd Us TO the total number.
A mine near Bundamba was Hooded and
seven miners were drowned. In Ipswich many
houses have collapsed. Goodna Is entirely
submerged and the inhabitants have taken
refuge on the hills Hundreds are homeless.
without shelter and without food. The loss
of property Is enormous. Cattle have been
drowned by thousands. Railways have been
washed out and telegraph lines have been
broken. Most railways have stopped running
trains
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

At o'clock Wednesday night it vas from
60 tn 40 degrees below zero at all points t.,
Minnesota and the DRkota. The only repor
from any point OF the Northwest indicating
weather above the zero point was Miles City,
Montana, which was above at s a. H.. sllos-
ing o rise of 20 degrees in the past twenty.
four hours. The temperature 10 Miaresc'a
was the coldest known In five years. the regis
ter running as low as 80 degrees below zero.
At ST. Paul It was SO below, and at dozen OF
points 1t was over 40 below. In a coed many
instances, as at jamestown. North DAKOTA.
the public schools rere closed.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

THE number of immigrants ar
rived in this country last year was
$40, is7, against $50, G66 in 1891, a
decrease of 47,l79. The decrease
during the last half Of the year was
1888, from which it appears that
there was an increase during the first
half OF the year, and that there would
probably have been an increase for
the whole year but for the measures
adopted to defend the country against
cholera.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

DIX. PHILLIPS BROOKS. the Protest
ant Episcopal bishop of Boston, whose
death was lately announced, after
having read Bishop Spalding's recent
article against exhibiting obscene
pictures and improper amusements.
said This Is great article, n
grand work, that ought to be mem
orized and preached by every minis
ter throughout the land"
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

The judiciary OF Connecticut grows
weary OF the divorce business it re-
ceives from New York. and one of the
judges has just refused to grant de-
cree where the applicant was forced
to admit that she had INVADED the
1'urmrH seaVv ~ Sol oue. Inns VIII
have tendency to help out the South
Dakota dabblers in this industry and
produce boom at the trade centers.
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

The woman with the broom has
again put in her appearance. WELDING
that dangerous feminine weapon, Mrs,
Frick attacked two robbers armed
with pistols and drove them both
from her husbands shoe store. Wo-
mans puissance with the broom bids
fair never 20 be disputed II the king
of Dahomey had armed his amazons
with brooms he might have swept
France out of Africa.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

The kaiser OF Germany may well
view with alarm the demonstrated
fact that cholera had as lieve attack
crank as anybody else. 1t is max
ing the grand tour Of German insane
asylums.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

SAcKcLoTH and ashes ought to en-.
nance in price in this country. The
London Saturday Review is weeping
over us without waiting for an invi-
tation. as its custom long has been.
It tells us with sorrow that lynch
law has at last invaded the New Eng.
land states and America is reverting
to barbarism At this moment.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

The wife of II notorious gambler
and leading resident OF Chicago has
written u book characterized by frank
and comprehensive personality. This
fact is named as the reason that
some Of Chicago's, best people. now
abroad, are not expected home in
time to see the worlds fair.
The Meeker herald., 1893-02-25

TIE jealousy among musicians 10
proverbial. For this reason tho pub
Ito should be slow to take sides In the
var upon hand organs. Professional
rivalry may be at the bottom Of it
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-04
Good Reports From Piute.
rg,,y Deseret MewG

Egtoy Deseret New"
KtSes1oN, Pluto county, Utah,
D.o o71s92.-The people around here
,,, rejoicing at the prospect Of getting
their erist done nearer home In the
- near future. Mr.. Jas. Whitaker OF
rl,c,syille ia having n Touring mill
s,.cted near tho old wooden factory.
Itisthirty fee, by forty, with tea feet
,s,onent waited with rock aud frame
nuIlding above, twen,y.four FEET high.
us.sts. Sergeant and Steel OF
p,nuuitch have raised the frame anu
dana moo. Of the work, but have stopped
4, while for want Of materials, which
willlbe ON hand soon, however.
Here az elsow here we had agood deal
., noll,ical fuss, but now all Is asquiet
.,a lake on n calm summer day. Trade
1, very dull, money rari avis yet we
manage to live on somehow anyway.
Our crops were fair TO middllng with
,,cs, of the farmers. Some had poor
crops, owing no doubt to poor manage
/ raised ninety bushels Of Danvers
carrots ON ten rods o; ground and l2O
bushels OF mangels ana sugar bects on
slxteon rods OF ground, some OF II
slightly alkaline. Onions were bad
this year here, hardly any coming to
i1ll sIzo; Inst yonr had somo OF two
POUNDS and over.
we had u hard frost Of nearly three
weeks, duration, beginning with tho
bth Of December and ending with
december gSrd. Now We have the
weather % mild that II looks rs "
spring wero going TO start in right
nway. instead OF waiting for the
,uulnox OF March.
The health OF tho people IL very fair;
we had no deaths this year and, excspt
last spring rome Ia grippe, no sickness.
worth mentioning, except In one or
two cases. In q settlement Of about
fifteen families we have two stores,
and there are rumors OF Hoine others
going to start. Query-lt every one
Ieepsa store who will tho buyers be?
Respectfully you're,
IL. EDWARD DEsAULEs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-04

Young John Green was n very lit
oral, matter Of fact fellow. who.
after mo had graduated ut the high
school and taken years course in
shorthand, obtained u situation as n
secretary in u large mercantile cs.
Enlistment. One day his employer,
who had good opinion of Johns lit
erury abilities, called him and said
Green, | want you TO write u cir.
cular letter TO our customers telling
them squarely what we are going to
do for them in the matter Of that big
consignment of percales.'
John went AWAY to write the let,
ter; but the task troubled him. BY
and by he came back.
Didn't you tell me, sir, to write n
good square letter 20 the customcrsf y
"Yes.n
"And didn't You also tell me that
II was 20 be a circular lettern
why, yes"
"Well, sir how can It be squire
and circular ct the same timer That
isn't good geometry, is il, siri'
"Oh," said the mcrchput, looking
steadily at John, ~ forgot the gcom.
etry. Perhaps you had better tell
them roundly what we aro going 10
do-not squarcly! Can you do thatf'
"Oh. yes" said John. This timo
ho performed his task without puy
trouble. -HOuth's Companion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-04
SENSIBLE PARENTS.

Know Their Own business Even whore
Their Only Son Is Concerned.
A Now York man, distinguished
for his cool head and quick iudg.
ment, has had in the days of his
middle age a long wished for son
born to HIM. The child Is heir to n
great deal besides the adoring love
OF his parents, and for the first few
years he grew superbly, developing
extraordinary beauty and intelli-
gence, Suddenly there appeared
signs Of some terrible nervous dis.
ease
Father and mother were almost
crushed at the discovery.
But what did they dor
Hope their trouble would not prove
10 DO so bad as it threatened, and let
the matter go on for timcl
No, indeedl
Give the baby over to the family
doctor or to tho first specialist recon-
mended TO thcinl
Not that either.
Ihey Immediately made a thor
ough and careful inquiry ON tho sub,
1ect of such diseases, and those who
have had success in treating them.
Then they Ind n long talk together,
and decided TO ask certain physicians
to consult over tho case.
The consultation was held.
The parents talked the report over
between themselves, selected one
doctor in whose hands they would
place their boy, and decided TO lot
him engage what other scientific adj
vice no saw fit. For the rest the
mother then devoted herself TO obey.
ing these physicians orders and the
father to paying their bills.
Whom friends ask il this remedy
or that method Of the doctors Is
quite satisfactory and suggest some
other treatment or some other
doctor, the wise mother has had al.
ways ono reply. I'VE selected the
doctor with our best Judgment. We
believe he knows more about these
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-04
The Late Sister Davies.

Sister Kezla Davies departed this
life ON tho 18th Of December, 1892,
at Ogden. She was tho daughter
OF Ambrose wickens aud Sarah
Phillips wickens, and was born
at Bhelboutn, Bsrks, England,
October Goth, 1916 She was married TO
Richard Edward Davies, November
18th, 1871.
In 1865 she with her husband loft the
land Of their nativity, anu arrived Ia
salt Lake City In October. Early In
Novenibero Of the ssuo year they came
10 Ogden. In 1868 the family removed
to Boa, Lake county, and settled in
Paris, where, shortly after their arrival,
Sister Davies was appointed president
OF tho relief society In that city. In
1872 she and the family returned to
Ogden, where she has continued 10
reside until her demise. When the
relief society was organized Ia the
Second ecclesiastical ward OF that city
on December 2Blh, lSiS,s. wns elected
treasurer Of that institution, which
office SHE held for the remainder Of
her life. She also held. for several
years, tho oflico OF commisssry for the
poor " the ward. These positions sho
filled most faithfully.
For yenrs she had labored, Ia con-
neclion with Sister Mary Ann Ellie,
the president OF the society anu Others,
visiting and administering TO the sick,
soothing the last hours OF the dying,
performing tho last sad offices to the
dend, preparing them for their last
resting place, and combating those
who had been bcfeavci OF friends by
the hand Of death She died in full
faith of the Gospel.
The ohsequles, which were held on
the 10th OF December, were humorous
ly attended. Many persons from salt
Lake were present who knew and
highly esteemed her In hor native
land. Addresses were delivered by
Elders William l.. Binder, William
spicer, Thomas Slight, Thomas
Doxey, Presidents L0rin FAIR an1 &.
+. Middleton, and Bishop Robert Me
Qlarrle, all OF whom bsre strong tesii.
mony 10 her worth. An immense
cortege followed the remains TO the
Ogden cemetery, where thcl grave was
dedicated by Elder Joseph Fall. She
leaves one child, i've grandchiliron
and two sisters, (who emigrated with
her to this country, besides q host OF
friends TO mourn their lots.-lCOM.l
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pInercnt KIND. nf nn.,.

Some curious facts uro elected by
experiments ON different kinds OF
dust. Remember that-cUtcris nari.
bus-thc greater the humidity of the
atmosphere the greater the haze or
thickness of the air; that Is why on
damp day tho smoke from gun.
powder or u railway train is far
more dense than It is on dry. sunny
day, II gunpowdcr be burned in an
inclosoa space into which the best
mirror has been placed for the depo.
sition Of the dust, and this plate be
examined a. before, It viii be found
that the gunpowdcr dust shows signs
OF cOndensing at temperature of .
dogs Fahrenheit above the dow
point II sodium which has a great
affinity for water-bc experimental
upon IN the same way, it will DO
found that what We call the haze
point (Or the point Of condensation
on the dusu is no less than 80 degs.
Fahrenheit above the fog Tor the
point of s2turatiom. - Longmans
Magazine.