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KNOWLEDGE.

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; ehectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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PHILADELPHIA has been called the
Sleepy City" but it has awakened
and is to inaugurate an electric rail-
road to New York. A speed of from IS
TO 90 miles an hour is looked for No
freight IS to be hauled, and each pas
scnger will be limited to $50 pounds of
wearing apparel" The road is to have
three tracks. two for through traffic
and one for local business. The power
will be furnished by two stations. one
in Philadelphia and one in New York,
with duplicate sets of engines, boil
ers and generators at each 10 guard
against delay by accident to the ma
chinery.
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CURRENT TOPICS.


tr;ana,a ' 'o '%'"S' "nicn 10Th
vryT1, arm hoo+s .re ~,
1o+as+ !, foo+,a.. ee VIZ
A JELLY fish of ten pounds when dr;ei
weighs about ten grains
A PH1LADE,pHIA 4axiderno;.t ;s an
propriatclv named Suffer
THERE are about 400 women under
takers in the United states
VARIOUS narts of californ;, lie An.
tralia. are nlag,ad hv :, hl;ts -
AN eipht.vear.old n;.n;s+ = ponI,
has taken in sd. 600 in ten DAVIS
The turtle lives for nearly :, con +,rv
and the nike for about 175 vas ;, 80 - .
ONLY two Americans. it Is said were
naturalizcd in England last wear.
TIE New York no1;ca force : r,al,;no
active war on the cla;rvouan+s - tha1
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NEXT to the gold brick swindle, the

NEXT to the gold brick swindle, tho
green goods game is the gauziest of
all frauds, yet it is the most popular.
1t seems to have fascination even for
men who must have read repeated ex-
posures Of the trick, for often we read
Of city men presumably well acquaint-
ed with the shams Of the world ''going
against" the green goods even as the
charmed bird goes against the jaws of
the snake. The money fooled away in
this manner must amount to an enor-
nous sum, for cases that find their
way into print represent stealage of
from $1,000 to $40, 900 per week, but an
inhnitesimal proportion Of the total
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The government of Paraguay, on

The government of Paraguay, on
hearing of the death of the late Presi-
dent Hayes, has ordered the observance
of an official mourning for one week.
It will be remembered that Mr.. Hayes
acted as an arbitrator in the question
pending between the Argentine Repub-
lie and Paraguay in regard to the pos
session Of the district and town of
Villa Occidental His award was IA
vorable to the Paraguayans, who
changed the name of the place to that
of Villa Hayes, and who have just
given to the memory Of the ex-presi-
dent of the Omitted States fitting
tribute of their national gratitude.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

ROSETTA WASHINGTON, a diminutive
mass of wrinkles, backed by negro
complexion, called at Mayor Tyler's Of
fee in Louisville to ask for supply of
coal, and got it after telling her story.
She said she wanted a little coal to
keep warm by until her 'little GIRL" 81
years old. could get well. She is 100
years old, has had two husbands, and
her Sly ,ar-oId girl has one son living.
He is 81 years old, and the last of twen-
ty-six Chi, dren born to her little daugh-
ter. The old woman looks the age she
claims. and says that she spent short
period of her life in Louisiana, having
lived there sixty years.
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LATER NEWS.

LIE execution by electricity OF Jas.
W. Hamilton, the colored ex-preacher
and convicted wife murderer, occurred
at Sing Sing, N. Y, the Sd. Death was
instantaneous and there was no scorch-
ing or scalding of the skin.
The United States court of Toledo,
o., the Sd, issued an order enjoining
Mr.. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, from issuing a
boycott order.
w. R. SHAW, cashier of the Lincoln
National bank at Bath, Me-, was an
nounced defaulter the Sd.
The president, the Sd, nominated Jas.
81. Eckels, of Illinois, to be comptroller
of the currency.
For the first time in 10 years, the
democrats of Dubuque, Ia, were de-
feated in the city election the Sd.
NINETY houses in Klein oechlarn,
Austria, ON the Danube, were burned
to the ground the Sd. Fifteen dead
ruins and 10 more are known to be UNI
der the ashes. Ten persons, whose fate
have not been ascertained, are missing.
THE sheriff and five deputies at Baker
City, Or, the 3D., attempted to arrest
Thomas, George and William Mccarthy
at their residence, IL miles from that
city. Upon knocking at the door the
sheriff was covered with Winchester
rifles in the hands of William a., /
Thomas Mccarthy, who disarmed the
sheriff, who was held by the stepson of
William Mccarthy until the father and
uncle made their escape.
A BAND Of whitecappers came to grief
at Jonesboro, Ark, the night of the Sd.
They attempted to punish Geo. Block
for renting land to a negro. j. w. Met
calf, the leader, was killed and Block
was shot and mortally wounded.
GEN. MILES, the Sd, ord .red General
Townsend at Fort Leavenworth to go
to the seat of trouble among the Choc-
taw Indians in the Indian territory.
The Mills revival in Minneapolis
closed the 3D.
AT Toledo, O., the Sd, Judge Kicks in
the United States court rendered his de-
cision in the case of the Lake Shore en-
gineers who, obeying the laws of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
refused to handle Ann Arbor freight, as
there was strike on that road. The
court held Engineer James Lennon, in
asmuch as he had been twice ordered to
move the cars by the officials of the
company, but did not do SO until or
dered by the brotherhood officers, after
the boycott was raised, guilty OF con-
tempt of court. The seven other men
were discharged.
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The News in Brief.

The fourth annual commencement of
the Minnesota Agricultural college was
successful. Gov. Nelson addressed the
graduating class.
The 4-year-old son of James Barber
of Echo swallowed large dose of car
bolic acid.
Herman Lauer, German cobler in
St. Paul, was arrested for inditing and
sending too warm love letter of forty
four pages to a cook at the Windsor
house in that city.
: Vernon Hicks of Fairmont was at
tackled by a bull dog and one of his legs
terribly lacerated.
John S. Pillsbury has fled an action
in the Duluth courts against w. K.
Twomey and wife to force the defend
ants to give clear title to land valued
at $4,000. The plaintiff alleges fraud
in the transaction in which Henry w.
Fuller and the defendants are inter
ested.
A great sensation has been caused at
Redwood Falls by finding Ned Mulloy,
awell knowE laborer, in his hut. two
miles north of the city, dead. When
found he was sitting on the bed with a
jackknife at his feet.
The residence Of ex-Mayor Silks in
West St. Paul was burned. Loss S.
900.
While taking lumber from band
saw at Milaca, Torinas Nordseth got
his hands in the cage, necessitating am
putation.
Richard Gerdes, general merchant at
Morgan, has made voluntary assign
ment.
Louis Kiichli, the young murderer Of
Fred Stanke, waived examination in
the municipal court at Saltwater, on
the charge of murder in the first degree,
and was held to await the action of the
next grand jury. Attorney Erwin will
make arguments for his release on bail
in the district court.
St. Stephens Catholic church at
Anoka was burglarized. The priests
vestments and laces We're taken. The
thieves entered through the basement.
They attempted to make an entrance
into the chalice closet, but were fright
ened away and the ccstly service re-
mains intact.
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Rhodes Arrested.

Another step was taken in the coal
combine matter by the arrest of John
j. Rhodes on the charge of perjury. Mr..
Rhodes anticipated his prosecutors, and
surrendered himself to Sheriff Chapel,
of Ramsey county, who took him at
once to the chambers Of Judge Cory,
where he waived examination and asked
that he be allowed to give bail for his
appearance at the May term of court.
Bail was fixed at $4,000, and bond
signed by Cashier E. 81. Bailey, of the
First National bank, and Charles A. F..
Morris, the engineer, was soon accepted
by the court. Rhodes was again at
liberty.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

No LIVING germ of disease can re-.
sist the antiseptic power of essence of
cinnamon for more than few hours, -
Is the conclusion announced by NJ.
Cham berland as the result of prolonged
research and experiment in NJ. Pas
tours laboratory. 1t is said to destroy
microbes as effectively, if not as rapid
~, as corrosive sublimate. Even the
scent of it is fatal to microbes, and M.
Cham berland says decoction of Gin
namon should be taken freely by per-
sons living in places affected by ty-
phOid or cholera
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Tired of Life.

John Erickson, a retired saloon keep
er at Duluth, blew his brains out with
ss-calibre revolver. Liquor is the
only cause assigned. Erickson was so
years old. He leaves wife and two
children. An envelope marked, "Not
to be opened until I am dead" con-
tanned notes, receivable aggregating
$1,000, Endorsed over to Mrs. Erickson,
and three checks for So, 900 on the State
hank .....---
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

REV. =. II. TYNDALL, of New York,
is the first person to illustrate his SER
mon with menageric effects. He used
a stuffed lion as his latest inspiration.
end to make it more impressive had it
fixed np with roaring apparatus,
which enabled it to emit soul, corrod-
ing sound like that of dull saw tear
ing its way through knotty board.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

WHAT would you do" the Cosmo-
politan Magazine wants to know, ''if
assured by scientific men that the
next twelve weeks?' Do? says the Min
neapolis Journal; we would eat our
bread in peace and singleness of heart,
and not endeavor to get out an injunc-
ton against the cataclasm.
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An Incendiary

The high school and adjoining pri-
mary building, with the library and
contents, at Pipestone, were burned to
the ground. The building was one mass
of flames when discovered, and with
hard south wind it took the united eff
forts of the fire department to save
property in the vicinity. Loss is $780,
600, insured for $4,000. The fire no
doubt was the work of an incendiary.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

In Missouri, according to an act of
the last Legislature, a man who deserts
his wife before he has lived with her
ten years IS liable to fine and imprison-
ment. After ten years q man is sup
posed to be either resigned to his fate
or justified in running away.
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ME idea of the extent of Office seek

SOME idea Of the extent of Office seek
ing may be gathered from the statistics
relating to fourth-class post offices.
OF these there are over $4,000. 1t has
been estimated that an average of ten
applicants exist for each Office. This
would make an aggregate of $50, 900.
This seems incredible, and when one
takes into consideration that there is a
vast mum Der of other offices with per-
haps greater average number of APP
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THE EAST.

BURGLARS robbed the bank at Caney,
Kan, of $4,000.
FLAMES ruined the Elm Park Meth
odist Episcopal church at Scranton,
Pa, causing loss of $125, 900; insur-
ance, $50. 600.
In state convention in Boston the
Massachusetts, socialists nominated
Patrick f. O'Neil, of Boston, for gov
ernor.
In the Delaware river at Washing.
toms Crossing, N. j., the breaking OF
the great ice gorge and the consequent
subsiding of the water on the farm
lands along the Delaware caused loss
of 81, 900, OOO
In New York Stephen o. Broadwell
died in the prison hospital He was
one of the most dangerous and skillful
counterfeiters and forgers in the
United States.
NEAR Scranton, Pa, Barney McFad-
den, a miner, murdered his wife and
child and then escaped. No. cause was
known.
FLAMES in the shops OF the prison at
Auburn, N. Y, caused a loss of 500. O0O
WILLIAM REYNOLDS while Temperate
ly insane shot and killed his friend, M.
V. Kelley, in New York, and then
killed himself.
The firm of William P. Brooks &
Co., dealers in furniture and carpets in
Boston, failed for $780, 900.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the
Clifton house, popular summer resort
on the Clifton shore of Marblehead
Mass.
FLAMES ruined Coxe's iron coal
breaker at Oneida, Pa, the loss being
$500, 600. The structure was the only
one of it's kind ever built
NEAR Provincetown, Mass, three
dories containing six fishermen were
wrecked and the men were drowned
The mint at Philadelphia has struck
the last of the 5000, 900 worlds fair
souvenir half dollars.
The republicans of Pennsylvania
will hold their state convention at Rar-
risburg August 30.
AN organization for the gathering
and dissemination of news, to be known
as the American Press, filed articles of
incorporation at Trenton, n. j. The
capital stock is $4,000, 900.
FLAMES swept away the town of
Galena, Nd, containing 800 inhabi
tants.
A FIRE ruined the Electric company's
plant at McKeesport, Pa, the loss being
500, 900.
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Killed by Cars.

Emil Grenke, a laborer, was killed by
the Chicago Great Western motor in the
yards near the Annapolis street station,
Minneapolis. He was walking upon one
of the tracks and was forced by an in
coming train to the other track, where
he did not see the approaching motor.
He was terribly mangled, but was still
alive when picked up and was taken to
the city hospital, where he died.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

THE world has reclaimed about 49,
coo, 900 acres OF land by irrigation.
India has rs, 600, 900 acres, Egypt 6,O0o,-
900, Europe 5000, 900. and the United
States !. 600, coo. But the United States
is only a beginner and will yet cause
many millions of acres of arid or semi
arid lands to blossom as the rose as
population crowds the fertile portions
of the country.
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DEGRADATION Foun,

CITY OF MEXICO, March 31.-Ac-
eountants who have been engaged for
several days in examining the books of
Leandro Corralvo, federal chief dis
bursting officer at Oxaca, Mexico. who
disappeared about two weeks ago.
have discovered q heavy defalcation.
The amount will reach $50. 600.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

New YORK spiritualists have ar
ranged big celebration in Carnegie
hall on July ? of the anniversary of
the celebrated Rochester rappings.
Mrs. Foxkane, who did some of this
ripping, confessed in 1888 that the raps
were produced by the Fox sisters crack
ing their toe joints, ability to do which
they discovered accidentally. They
practiced the trick until they became
proficient in toe-cracking, and then
they set about fooling the world. It
took some time toe-nail this lie
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

IN Singapore, southern Asia, no man
can buy nor use spirits or opium unless
he holds a license costing one dollar
per month in advance. Wages are low,
and only the sober, Industrious and
economical can afford license.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

THE chief of police of Cincinnati has
declared war on the matrimonial
agencies. Hereafter when the buxom
Buckeye lass wants to go man hunting
toned Wav
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Mai. Newson Dead.

A report reached st. Paul that Mai.
Thomas M. Newson, the veteran Mime
sofa newspaper man, had died of small
pox at Malaga, Spain, where he has
been the American consul since 1890.
Maj. Thomas Mclean Newson was
born in New York City, where his
father, Gen. Newson, was commander
OF military company, on Feb. %,
1922. His grandfather was paymaster
on Governors island during the war of
1912.
1t was in 1858 that he came to St.
Paul and engaged as associate editor of
the old Pioneer, then edited by Maj.
Joseph R. Brown. He remained in this
position until spring, when he started
the st. Paul Daily and Weekly Times,
which he continued for seven years. 1t
was staunchly republican in politics
and its editor was prominent in the
party councils. He was the sole dele
gate from Minnesota when the party
was organized at Pittsburg, and was as
ISOLATED on it's committees with Horace
Greeley, Abijah Mann. Henry j. Ray
mond and Joshua r. Giddings. He
strongly supported Lincoln and
stumped the state in his behalf.
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Flames in : Coal breaker.

HAzLEToN, Pa, March sl.-Coxe.s
iron coal breaker at Oneida burned
Wednesday. The total loss to ma
chinery and building will run up to
5000. 900. The structure was the only
one of its kind ever built It was sun.
nossd to be entirely fireproot
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

THERE is $4,000, 900, 900 of life insur-
ance written in all parts of the world,
and of this nearly one-half is placed in
this country. Americans hold their
lives more dearly than other people do.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

A PEDESTRIAN named G. II. Howard,
left Englewood. ILL.,, for Buena Vista,
COL, in an attempt to cover the dis
lance, 1000 miles, in twenty-seven
days.
Most of the business portion of To.
ronto, Kan, was destroyed by fire.
In Cine innati Frank Long, q gas fit
ter % years of age, who had not been
living with his wife for six months,
went to her home and cut her throat
and then took his own life in the same
manner.
ABOUT half of the town of McComb,
O., was burned by an incendiary. Loss,
500, 900.
WILLIAM GRAY was killed and Lewis
Mitchell fatally injured in wreck on
the Georgia Pacific at Waco, Ala.
AT Anderson, Ind, the Doxie music
hall and theater was burned, the loss
being 100000.
The wife of j. NJ. Renfro, of Glad
stone, Ia, charges him with having
four other wives when he married her
one year ago. Renfro's whereabouts
are unknown.
STRINGENT orders have been issued
by nearly every western railway presi-
dent against the issuance of free pas
senger transportation after April 1.
The orders are all alike, and forbid
the issuance of free transportation
and the cancellation of any already is
sued.
In Kansas City, Mo-. a building oc-
cupied by the Campbell Paint & Glass
company was partially destroyed by
fire with its contents, the loss being
500. 900.
ONE of the Oldest Pottawatamie
squaws in southern Michigan, Mother"
Toquin, died in Van Buren, county,
aged over 100 years.
The maple sugar output in Michigan
this season will be triple that of last
year.
On Lake Erie navigation between
Cleveland and the head of the lake is
open.
In the Nebraska legislature impeach
ment proceedings were begun against
). e. Allen, secretary of state; A. b.
Humphrey, commissioner of public
lands and buildings; e. H. Hastings,
attorney general, and J. 7. Hill, ex-
treasurer of the state They are
charged with failing to prevent syste-
matte plundering of the state by con-
tractors.
FLAMES burned thirteen buildings at
Walnut Ridge, Ark, the loss beng
100000. A man and child persisted
in the flames.
NEAR Durango. COL, snowslide
buried two men under thousands of
tons of snow.
In San Francisco w. C. Ripley, the
old man who shot John w. Mackay and
shot himself, has been indicted by the
grand jury for assault with intent to
commit murder.
For visiting saloons during working
hours the Rock Island railway dis
charged twenty-seven employees at Pc
oria, Ill.
On the Denver & Rio Grande road a
train was ditched near Leadville, COL,
by the rails spreading and seventeen
persons were injurea
AT the age of SO years George Wash
ington Lusk, preacher and one of the
best-known colored men in Kentucky,
died in Lexington.
JOHN I. LUv1ENE, aged Is, and Will
liam Bluncx, aged II, were each sem
fenced in Chicago to forty years i'm
prisonment for the murder of Albert
Eckroth.
WILL L. SAcHTLEBEN, of Alton, ILL.,,
and Thomas G. Allen, of Ferguson, Mo-,
rolled into St. Louis on their bicycles,
having completed tour of the world
in three years.
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IRIS is the age of lightning. Five
years ago there were fifty miles of
electric street railway in this country;
now there are six thousand.
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Loss Of an Arsonal 81 Fire

PARIS. March s1.-Tho greater part
of the arsenal in Lille was burned
Thursday. All the apparatus used in
charging cartridges and melinite shells
was destroyed. The powder and
melinite magazines, however, were
saved. Loss. ]. 1000. 600 francs.
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Death Of !" Mother, Toouin

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, March 81
"Mother" Toquin, one of the Oldest
Pottawatamie squaws IN southern
Michigan, is dead in Van Buren, coun-
ty. She was over 100 years of age. and
will he buried at Silver Creek.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-06

WILLIAM ORDwAY PARTRIDGE, the
Boston sculptor, only 81 years of age,
got $4,000 for his statue of Shakes
peare, and is to receive ser, 600 for his
statue of Garfield
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Pin Money

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