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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
wORsHrPED BY TWO.
A Girl who Couldn't Decide Which h
Loved Better.

A Girl Who Couldn't Decide Which She
Loved Better.
Jefferson, Iowa, furnishes a genuine
romance that is fully corroborated.
Recently a young lady came to the
city and commenced canvassing from
house to house, ~disposing OF articles
Of female wear. She was of progresses
ing appearance, a bright, vivacious
creature and an entertaining con
versationalist.
A widower of about a year became
smitten and paid court at her shrine.
She seemed pleased with his atten-
tions and everything moved along
swimmingly until a third party-a
bachelor-appeared on the scene and
proposed to close the deal at once by
walking off with the fair
1t seems that the bachelor had been
hard hit by the charms of the lady
while she labored in another town,
and supposed himself the possessor OF
her affections. He demonstrated
with the damsal, but she refused to
give up No. 2, saying that she liked
them both and was rot able to make
a decision in favor Of either. No. /
labored diligently, presented his ease
in its strongest light, but without
making any apparent Roadway.
Finally it was decided to send for the
lady's mother, who lived in another
state, and whatever her decision
should be, as to a future son-in-law,
was to be final. The suitors agreed
to this and together put up the
collateral to pay her expenses all
around. The mother came, had
audience with the admirers Of her
daughter, singly and together several
times, and then confessed that she
could not decide the matter, and
returned to her home. Lover No. /
was in desperate straits. He was in a
strange town, at heavy expense; had
neglected business and other interests
for two weeks in this fruitless con
test and vas completely broken
hearted. No. 2 pressed his suit with
vlgor, ever going so far, it is said, as
to present his idol with some of the
jewelry worn by his former wife.
Finally the canyasser returned to her
home, and in a few days Lover No. ?
found 1T necessary to transact bust
ness in that town-it being in another
state-and LIFT his business in the
hands of incompetent help for two
weeks while he continued his wooing
beneath his charmer's own roof.
His persistence has evidently won
the day and fight for him, as it is
said they are to be married very soon.
The affair was town talk at the time
and created much unfavorable COM
ment on account of the brevity of
time since his wife's death, and his
social position in town.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
A X POOH-BAH.
He Was Preacher, Hotel-Keeper and Gen.
era, Factotum.

He Was Preacher, H~otetheePer anu ven
erai Factotum.
"Some time ago." remarked a
Louisville lawyer to the Courier
Journal, II had occasion to visit
Texas. l stopped at a little town on
SATURDAY. about noon, intending to
remain there till Monday morning.
'sThe proprietor of the hotel was a
gray haired fellow, well preserved,
and apparently full of energy. | was
consequently not very greatly sur
prised when he Informed me that he
also was a lawyer. He had a big,
stout wife, and it struck me that he
could very well leave the hostelry to
her, while he practiced law. He dis
appeared shortly after oon /
started out to see something of the
little town, and, needing a collar,
stopped in one of the two or three dry
goods stores to buy one. / must con-
fess that / was somewhat staggered
when l found that the hotel-keeper,
besides being a lawyer, was a clerk in
a dry goods store-for it was he who
smiled blandly at me over the
counter.
II extended my walk until night
was falling, and as / approached the
hotel, whom did l see lighting the oil
lamps in the main street but the
hotel proprietor. The next morning
which was Sunday, / inquired of him
the way to church. 'Come'on,' said
he, III show you He took me into
the church and showed me to a seat,
after which be disappeared, saying
he must 60 and ring the bell. In a
few moments it was pealing forth its
pleading, Come, oh, come and soon
the congregation had gathered. |
was prepared for anything almost,
after what / had seen Of mine hosts
versatility, and Was not much sur
prised when he assembled the stairs of
the pulpit and opened services.
"Then he came down again and
manipulated the keys of the wheezy
little organ while the congregation
sang. He than took up the collection,
after which he again resumed the
pulpit and preached as fine a gospel
sermon as | have ever heard. When
services were over and his flock had
been dismissed with a fervent prayer
the preacher closed up the church.
What sort of a man is Mr.. So-and-
So, anyhow? l asked of a lawyer.
"'Oh,' he answered, he runs the
town generally. He's killed a dozen
men, more or less, and is the best
shot with a revolver In this part OF
the country. He's the best poker
player, too, / eve Jaw. He is from
Kentucky, too"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
HARD ON
Views Of the West Entertained by People
oft Hub.

of the Hub.
zone OF the amusing thingso of life
OF my life, at any rate-is the pity that
Eastern people feel for the residents
OF the West. Women frequently, ard
with a rudenesS of which they seem
to be sublimely unconscious, put
their pity into words-and they
really pass very nicely for gentle
women, too: but gentlemen, never.
Ii you wish to startle both out Of
their seven senses, tell them very
heartily and happily that you have
always lived in the West writes
Ella Higginson in a breezy, witty
paper in the April New Peterson.
my experience is that the most
inconsiderate people come from
Boston, and are usually women.
They are also the most amusing. |
do not say that they live in Boston,
for have never met them there: but
l meet them in the West very often.
n they certainly say that they are
from Boston. However, l must con-
Tess that 1T has also been my ex-
perience that every one who has
lived within a thousand miles from
Boston, and spent one week or
traction thereof under a Boston roof
Is straight from Boston by the time
he reaches the Pacific coast. This
must be because they are uncertain
as to their W merits, and prefer to
trust to Boston's to carry then,
through. At any rate, it is worse
than useless: because the one alto
gether beautiful and desirable thing
about the West is that it doesn't care
a totem-stick where you are from
who your father was, or who your
mothers great-aunt was, or indeed
whether you ever had either. so long
as you are bright and good yourself.
1 must say here that / have of
course met a few very well-bred
people from Boston, who could not
nave been induced to say to us per-
sonaiiy anything touching upon the
land that is dear to us that could
hurt US; but, until / have met more.
l shall be doubtful as to whether
boston's much talked of refinement
is real or only affected"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

tourists visiting the Indian and
banana rivers in Florida are aston.
sheoa ana amazed at the antics of the
muliets OF those streams. These fish
grow TO be five or six pounds in
weight and are famous jumpers.
They leap from the water, shoot thru
or our feet through the air, come nm
again and leap twice as far, and keen
on Tor a half dozen Of leaps, each
ionger Than the other. Now and then
a muilet takes a leap OF Is or 20 feet
ana disappears. 1t happens not in.
irequehtly that a leaping mullet falls
into a passing boat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

Iner Murdered And Placed In
his wffe's Grave.

1tector RessnSk muruer9o ana flacc0 an
His wife's GRAVE.
Among the private papers OF the
late DIR. Francois FoItenay OF Clarks-
Vile, Tenn, has been found his
written confession of the murder,
twenty-eight years ago, OF Rev. A. M.
Feltner, rector OF the Episcopal
Church, who disappeared myster-
iousls in 1865. A diligent search by
his friends, aided by detectives, failed
to furnish any clew to what had
become OF him. His wife had just
died, but beyond that no cause for
melancholy was known, and nothing
could he learned to indicate any
motive for going away SO strangely.
DR.. Foutenay was Mrs. F~eltner's
physician, and had become greatly
interested in the case because OF
some peculiar features that appealed
t. his professional zeal. When Mrs.
Feltner died he yielded to the
temptation to steal the body for an
autopsy. He had removed it from
the grave and was preparing to put
back the dirt when he received a
stunning blow from behind. Wheel.
ing round, he found himself face to
face with Feltner.
The rector again attacked him, and
to defend himself, knowing that pro.
tests would be useless, the doctor
seized the shovel and struck bis
assailant on the head, hoping to stun
him and escape. The blow crushed
the temple bone, causing instant
death. The Mortified murderer placed
the body in the empty coffin anc
Ieflled the grave. Rain washed
away all traces OF the work and the
strange disappearance was soon al
most forgotten.
DR.. Foutenay completed his autopsy
with great advantage to science. HI
adopted his victims two children
both of whom are living. TIL,
daughter Is married to a stat,
official. The son is in thegovernment
service. DR.. Foutenay was a wealthy
bachelor and left them his fortune
v Mrs. Feltner's body was found wher,
the confession said 1t had beer
buried, in the cellar, and reinterret
beside that OF her husband.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
A Pulpit Romance.

The Rev. DR.. James Redman, of
New York, while filling by invitation
the pulpit Of the Rev. Samuel Fried
mar in Andover, near RoxbGrgh, Pa,
on Easter Sunday, was reunited with
his wife. They had been parted by
the Chicago fire and each believed
the other dead.
DR.. Redman had progressed about
half way through his sermon in An
dover Congregational church, when
a middle-aged woman in the congre-
cation suddenly tainted. He paid
very little attention to the incident
and members of the church carried
the woman into the vestry. When
the services were concluded, DIR. Red.
man was asked to step into Mr.. Fried
mans private study. There, from
surprise and joy, the minister nearly
followed the example of his new found
wife in fainting.
The woman has married since their
separation by the great fire. Her
second husband, Robert Cass, has
died. DR.. Redman had never mar
ried.
At the time of the fire he was ia
1ured and lay a long time in the
house OF a friend with brain fever,
When he recovered all trace of his
wife was gone. The husband gave ur
commercial life afterward and EN-
tered the ministry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

Many widows are capable of accept
ing a second husband, but not all of
displaying the business shrewdness of
a woman now living in Washington
state. She was wise enough TO choose
for her first husband a Revolutionary
veteran. He died and went to his
honored rest. After mourning him
the proper length Of time the widow
welded once more. But was she
going to lose her pension because of a
second marriage? Not she! She
waited till she found a veteran Of
1872, and then fell in love with him
and bestowed on him her hand. In
due course the 1872 veteran went TO
join the Revolutionary veteran, and
now the doubly widowed one draws
the 1872 pension. A sketch Of this
lady ought to be added to that able
book, How Women Can Make Money
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
A Remarkable Duel.

The strange looking man sat i'm one
corner of the smoker and hadn't much
to say while the drummer and the
western real estate man were telling
their stories. He reused, however,
after a peculiarly peculiar n by the
drummer, says the Detroit Free Press.
THAT reminds me- he said, ''of
something that happened once in a
mining town in the Rockies during
the good old times when everything
was new out there. Like every other
mushroom municipality we had
among us gamblers and ~greenies,
toughs and ~tenderfeet. One of these
enderfeet was the most cowardly
elbow, in some ways, | ever saw, and
low he had ever came to such a place
couldn't understand. He was
afraid of everybody, and a boy could
oulldoze him, but he was bright
minded, with a fine turn for business,
nd was honest. A pistol a a hor-
ior to him, and he wouldn't take a
rink OF whisky under any circum-
tances, which by the way, required
considerable courage. In his case it
i'd, at least, as it afterwards turned
,ut, for one day he refused to drink
18th the ugliest, most dangerous man
se had, and a row ensued. The tough
,hipped out a pistol and would have
tiled the fellow, but some n caught
,is arm, and the other man went
pwn on his knees and begged for his
fe. IL was no good, however; tough
as drunk and was determined to
III him, and to prevent an open
,urder some one suggested that they
ght it out in the street, and a revolt
pr was put into the hands Of the
nderfoot. He didn't know how to
andle the gun at all, and while one
AN showed him what TO do, four or
ge more held the tough. Then they
ERE put at ten PAGES, and a more alb
ct, scared specimen / never saw
IAN that tenderfoot. He could hard
stand up. and his pistol wabbled
9out as il it were swung to a string.
he tough enjoyed it more than any
sdy else, for he felt sure Of his vic
m. After he had watched the
livering wretch a moment he pulled
ID his gun, and at the same time th3
nderfo0t pulled his up and tried to
IN it. Then bang went the tough's
IA, and almost simultaneously fol-
wed the report Of the tenderfoot.
BE tough dropped like a shot OK and
e tenderfoot threw UP his right
End and howled with pain and fear.
rushed up and found the tough
lad, with a bullet through his heart,
ID the tenderfoot with his fingers
ia hand bruised and bleeding, but
l. seriously injured. The bullet
I'm the tough's pistol had struck
l trigger Of the tenderfoot's and
enlarged it with fatal results"
The strange looking man had APP
rently no more to say, and his listen
looked at each other questioning
.rhe drummer coughed suspiciously.
May / ask" he sa id, show it hap
hed that the tough's bullet didn't
Tide the tenderfoot's finger of before
Reached the trigger Of his pistol?"
he rock OF Gibraltar is an exact
PRESENTATION OF a lion lying in a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
The Drawbridge Keepers Heroism.

Drecker, while stationed at his
post OF duty at the drawbridge above
the Passaic river, heard the whistle
of an approaching express train. In
his haste to close the draw, which ne
had opened for a passing ship, ne
knocked his six-year-old boy into the
river. What should he do? Save his
only boy or the trainload Of passengers
rushing toward the open chasm!
What mental agony va involved III
the choice! Nothing but a hlgn
sense Of moral duty and with quick
action could save the passengers. As
the child sank from his view DrecRer
swung the heavy draw into place and
then only did he spring into the
river after his child. 1t was TOO
late, but a train crowded Win
passengers whirled past in safety
and ignorant Of the g~atekeeperS
heroism. This seems to me the
brayest act / eve personally knew
Cor. New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

1t is agreeable to know that rela-
tions of perfect harmony have been
established between the national and
local quarantine authorities. At
their conference in Washington they
agreed on mutual regulations with
unanimity. These regulations will
SOON be published. In view of the
possible coming of cholera the great
est disgrace and calamity that could
befaii the country would be pickering
and squabbiing among health officers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

Philadelphia dispatches state that
Henry Willard has resigned from the
Northern Pacific directory, and that
arrangements have been completed
for the issue Of collateral trust notes
for the purpose of taking up part Of
the debt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

One Of the largest meteOrites in ex-
istence was found some years ago al
Bacubirite, Mexico. It's length IS
ll.65 feet, height 5.25 feet, width 40
feet, weight % tons.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

Three fresh recruits in the garrison
at Strasburg committed suicide rather
serve In the German army.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

the rock OF Gibraltar is an exact
.%resentation of a lion lying in a
ting position.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-20

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The Dickinson press., 1893-05-27

THE case of Barse VS.. Wads-
worth in the United States District
Court was decided Friday against
Wadsworth. The case is one of
great interest to commission men.
Barse had loaned money to John
w. Laswell, of Kansas, on a lot of
cattle. The cattle were shipped
to Chicago without the knowledge
of Barse, and sold. The money,
of course, was returned to the
shipper in good faith, as he had
been known to the Chicago sales
men for a number of years. Sev-
cal months later Barse discover
Il nat both cattle and man had
o.t the country and at once
brought suit against the Chicago
house. The decision was in his
favor, as the law in such cases is
all that way. Of course the case
will be appealed and it certainly
should be reversed. Whatever
the law is, there is no justice in
compelling an innocent third par
tTto stand in the breach.-Chica-
go Drovers Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1893-05-27
TAXPAYER
Dickinson Coal and Pressed Brick.

Senator McGillivray, who was in
jamestown last week, is quoted in the
Alert thus:
SIN the last five months the in
creased output at the Lehigh
coal mine has been over 100 cars.
Last winter we had all we could do to
keep up with our orders. The coal
is being more generally used every
day.
The Columbia hotel company at
Fargo, which has been paying this
winter about $50 Il day for wood, has
discovered that IL great saving can be
made with Ignite and have contract
ed for 1000 tons. The Gladstone
hotel, asylum, penitentiary and other
large concerns are using it satiSfactO-
rily.
A West Superior firm has made u
cook stove which promises to solve
the question for Ignite as kitchen
fuel. They propose to put stove in
operation i'll every large town i'll
North Dakota next fall to show how
the CRATE works and what can be saw
ed by the invention.
Lignite is the coming fuel, for
North Dakota and South Dakota, and
us soon us people learn how to use it
properly it will come into general use.
The monopoly prices of eastern coal
are too we'll known to need referring
to us an excuse for using a cheaper
fuel
Mr. McGillivray says that Dickin-
son is growing and is 1.-THE best little
town in the state" Dickinson is a
good town, because it has, like James
town, something to build it up besides
wheat. A big brick firm is there
making splendid white finishing
brick that is us smooth as silk and
never air checks-made out of the
white fire clay that abounas there
These brick are used for inside walls
as they make the interior lighter. A
big demand is also expected for the
fire clay, which overlays the coal bed!
of that region and abounds in TIN
form of buttes, to be made into flint
pottery. In addition, Il splendid de
posit of dense, heavy sandstone, TAX
: ing polish like granite, is to be fount
near there.
The stock interests of Dickinson
are we'll known to be growing ant
{ that place is the largest shipping
point on the Northern Pacific TO
cattle; sheep and horses, pigs an
poultry, are getting numerous OF
farms. and the single hazard of exclu
: sive wheat farming is not taken b
the Stark county people any longer
Jamestown Alert.
The Dickinson press., 1893-05-27

CHARLES ANDERSON was az
rested Thursday afternoon and
placed under a one-thousand dol
lar bond for his appearance before
Justice Davis on Friday to be ex-
amined on two charges of assault
and one of arson. They are seri-
Gus charges, and if reports are
we'll founded, as they seem to be,
Mr.. Anderson is in bad boat.
John R. Bidleman, manager of the
Barrows restaurant, and principal
complaining witness, says that
Anderson and a crowd came il
between the hours of twelve ane
one of Thursday morning 70
lunch; that said Anderson com
menced an assault on the nigh
cook, whereupon Anderson's a:
sociates sneaked away. Anderso
then knocked a large hangin
lamp down with a stool; Bidl
man came forward to extinguis
the flames and was covered wit
revolver.
If the names of all who we
mixed up in this affair were pu
lished, it would cause son
squirming. Every one of the
could be, and ought to be, ;
rested and fined for disorder
conduct. Such things have be
allowed to go altogether too f
1t is time that something W
done to make certain people IT
pect law. Common decency
volts against such disturbances.
The Dickinson press., 1893-05-27
LITERARY NOTES.

"The lumber industry of Washing
ton has made great strides in the last
few years, but it is still only in its in
fancy. AS the various manufactures
of lumber are developed, agreater Il de-
mand will be found, and, with the
practically ineXhaustible supply, an
unlimited prosperity will follow" :"
writes Hon. T. 1. Vassault, in his adj
mirable article, '''rhe Forests Last
Stronghold in the June New Peter
son.
The Department matter of Worth
ington's Illustrated Magazine for
June is we'll chosen and attractive.
The special articles, stories for young
people and little children, the original
puzzles for those who find relaxation
instead of WEAKNESS in this form of
brain-work, are all such as any pub
Usher might feel a worthy pride in
presenting to his readers. A. d..
Worthington 8 Co.. Hartford. Conn.
Sc. so per year, 25 cents a single num-
bnr
The Dickinson press., 1893-05-27
A Timely Communication.

EDITOR DICKINSON PREss:-It is
time for the respectable citizens to
act i'm suppressing the rowdy element
that has for some time past indulged
in lawlessness.
Certain saloons have been run not
only regardless of law. but violating
all forms of decency.
Anyone observing the increase of
gambling and the number of men
sent adrft in IL state of helpless in
toNication for some time past, can re-
quire no further evidence of the ex.
istlng iniquity.
On Wednesday night last this state
of affairs eliminated in a lawleSs at
tack on the employees and property OF
the r. r.. restaurant, nearly resulting
in the destruction of the building by
fire.
When such license results in assault
and battery, arson and threatenin
life, it is time to demand the closin &
and suppression of the disreputable
gambling joints and dives, which are
responsible for the display of such
brutality.