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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-26

A, y, u, w ), Meets "a and Attn Friday
night l.. NJ. BYERLEY, N. W.
). w. SINGER, Recorder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

The czar and czarina and their children
queen of Denmark.
Prof. Bernadotte Perrin, of Adelbert
college. has resigned to accept the chair
IF Greek in the Yale university.
Prof. Virgins. the Canadian weather
prophet. has decided to make no more
predictions of earthquakes, foods or cy-
clones. t
Robert Mcclure. agent of the Law and
Order League of Pittsburg, who has been
prosecuting newspaper men for violating
the Sunday lew, was arrested, charged
With embezzling the fines imposed.
Stiles +. Catlin. an eccentric and miser-
" old bachelor who lived all alone, died
about ten years ago at Des Arc. Ark.
The other day DIR. George e Petty,
while digging in the cellar Of the house,
lneGrthed a box containing $4,000.
When Doorkeeper Isaac Bassett first
went to the United States senate as a
page sixty-fve years ago there were
forty-six desks in it; now there are eighty
eight. The senate has grown up with
the country in Mr.. Bassett's time.
Mr.. Iincoln's experience as minister to
London is said TO have cost him about
10000 more thar his salary, or, in other
words, his entire expenses were leo per
rent more than the salary he received.
Yet he lived modestly and entertained no
more than the duties of his office madA.
il incumbent upon him TO Go.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
A murder.

The murder OF a settler named Mattsoh
about 30 miles south OF Chamberlain, )
D., a few days ago proves to have been
"a very coldblooded act. A sister OF
Mattson's who was in the house, plucSby
snatched up a shot gut and fired several
shots at the fe+ingiorm OF the murderer,
none ofthem takingefiect. Dragging inc
dead body OF her brother into the house
she held the fort until assistance arriVeu
from naighbors. who were attracted py
the shooting. The young woman claims
that a German working OF q nelgbDofius
ranch is the guilty party, and be va:
promptly placed under arrest and !oasea
in jail. lie, however, claims that ne
innocent. At the coroner's inquest ls
young woman stated positively thai W.
German was guilty. 1t is a remarkaus
ease, as the young woman says la.o
ssome time ago the German attennptel y
poison her aud her brother by steaitmT
entering the house and putting stryeg
nine into their jar OF sugar. The casss
all the more remarkable when 1T Is eoa.
sidered-that the murdered man was
very inoifensiye individual.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
Sails Into Sioux Falls.

Rev. A. II. Grant preached asermon ~
Sioux Falls, s. D., recently when was
calculated to stir up the animals.
said that the city officials and proInlnelss
citizens Were doing evil very earnpees
with both hands, that the churches WI
winking at public and private wich,g
ness, that business men were gults y
constant seheming 70 cheat custonraS
that in politics deeds were being ~.
s%tantly done that would make amInani
hall blush with shame. He charged va
Prof. McCionon, who D recently, ~
leated for reelection as principal o. ~
high school, had been sacrificed pecn hI;e
OF his opinions and thatno man IN pun IN
Office dared TO have any. opinSd
on any moral question. He chalsSsss
the city government with having ma ~
Illegal appropriations and with pulns ~ y
debt which it would be burdensoms
meet. He accused the mayor with g ~
plicity in the violation oil law. nr
Grant is the same preacher who 9 s la,ss
time ago made sensational exposus
concerning the sale ofindecent liteTa,v ~
Sundays sermon has bsenthe taiS or
TOWN..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
d. Forelgn Rudee,.


Emperor Williams yacht HohenzoIlern
has made twenty-five knots an hour.
The sugar yield Of Cuba shows a large
decrease.
Russia has suspended her commercial
negotiations with Germany to await the
results of the general election.
Charles de Lesseps is suffering with
acute dyspepsia, and has been transferred
from the prison of the Conciergerie TO
the Hospital of st. Louis.
Advices from Japan say that the vol
cano Bandaisan has become active and
that widespread disaster has been caused
by the eruptions.
The French chamber of deputies voted
TO order the prosecution Of NJ. Baudin,
Socialist deputy, for assaulting the police
on May i.
The treasurer of the court of justice in
1nsterburg, East Prussia, shot himself
dead with a revolver. He had misappro-
priated 10000 marks.
The mail from Samoa announces that
Mataafa has written TO King Malietoa
suggesting a peaceful settlement of their
respective claims to the throne by refer
eAcc 10 the people.
Signor Giolitti has agreed to recon
struct the Italian cabinet with Senator
Cagliardo as minister of finance and
Senator Canonico as minister of justice.
Signor Grimaldi viii remain minister Of
the treasury.
According to advices from st. Peters
burg the Chinese minister there has sub
mitted to the Russian foreign office a
copy Of al admission made by Russia
and England in 1884 that the Pamirs
belong to China.
Monchicourt, the Panama liquidator,
has commenced an action against NJ.
Imbert, the administrator of Baron
Reinach's fortune, TO recover 1900, 600
francs, which, it is alleged, Reinach re-
ceived from the company.
Home Secretary Asquith has refused
TO grant the petition for the release of
James Gilbert, alias Cunningham, who
for life for having been connected with
the dynamite explosions ut the houses
Of parliament and Tower of London in
Hugh ONeill of Ulster, Ireland. IS
dead. He was looked upon by the Irish
people as the true representative of Red
Hugh and Owen Roe O'Neill. and took
a prominent part in Irish affairs under
O'Connell, Butt. Shiel and the present
Irish party. He was seventy-iiye years
old, and is survived by three sons, one
in Ireland and two in the United States,
John O'Neill of Boston, and Hugh
ONein, q Chicago lawyer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
Casualty.

1893 FNN'Nh ~
Two students of the University of Wis
.onsin are drowned at Madison.
Eleven men lose their lives in & lumber
,amp fire near Lake City, Mich.
Hail damages Pittsburg to the extent
Of 81 million dollars.
Several men are killed on the Wiscon-
sin Central road by an explosion of tank
ears.
The house of John Downey at Buffalo
burned. and three children persisted in
the flames.
Damage TO the amount of thousands
Of dollars was dene in Pittsburg by a
nail storm.
0io Nelson, an immigrant, was thrown
from a wagon and killed at Clinton,
iowa.
The Union hotel, McGugan's livery
stable and a vacant building were burned
At Saginaw, Mich. Loss, $500.
Joe Robinson, twelve years old. fen
and was drowned.
John TrowaIdt was killed by the acci-
iental discharge of a gum while hunting
1t Baldwin, Iowa.
The Brazilian warship Almiranto Bar
-osa was totally wrecked on the Gulf of
Suez.
A train on the Tralee & Dingle railway,
N Ireland, jumped the track, killing FIVE
passengers and injuring twelve others.
The losses by the big fire at Saginaw.
Mich, aggregate 100000 and the in
mrance S5rT3,0O1.
the plant Of the American Tubing and
Webbing Company at Providence, r.. l.,
vas destroyed by fire. Loss, S221O,oQ0.
Nineteen houses were burned in Lang
mfelde, Bavaria. Nine persons and many
ows and horses persisted in the flames.
John Foght's sod house caved in, neer
Ord, Neb., snffocating a ~seyen-year-old
laughter. The rest of the family narrow
" escaped death.
James Browne and Mary Smoot, lovers,
Dok a stroll on a railway trestle ia Taze-
Tci county, Va, and were killed BY a
rain.
Bert Craig. q switchman who last both
sgs in a detective frog, sued the Lake
Erie & Western railroad for $4,000
damages.
The loss by the burning of the Beatty
glass factory at Tifin, Ohio, aggregates
aearly 100000. About 600 people were
throws out of employment.
James Poe, a farmer living near Ben
ton, Ark, fell from his wagon under the
wheels, and before he could crawl away
a wheel passed over his head, crushing it
20 a jelly.
Fred Todd of Cheboygan. Mich, and
Robert Wolfkeil of Denver, Colo, are
supposed to have been drowned at st.
Tgnace, Mich. Their capsized boat was
picked up.
Part of the ~east-bound Great Northern
freight train left the track a mile west
Of Great Falls, recently, and six cars
loaded with copper matte from Butte
were wrecked. Some tramps who were
stealing a ride in one of the matte cars
were slightly bruised.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
FIGURING Mnl at Alpena, 6. :.

When the grain begins TO be hauled to
market this fall, those who appear to
know say that the Touring mill compan!
at Alpena, S. d., will be in q position to
take oil the grain offered. The men who
are back OF the new industry have rot
only got the money TO proceed with the
institution, but they have the backbone
to use it Tor an industry that nleaDs
machto the farmers for miles around.
L. n. LOOMS, president OF the Bank
Alpena, il mt the head OF the project and
when he goes into u deal OF this kind, he
goes in for keeps" Among the Other
gentlemen connected with the institution
are ID. +, Roger, David ManwariDg, Il
j. Wallace and f. Il. Brayton, all sold
men OF the county. The mill VIII un
dolbtedly cost about $4,000 by ths
tine il is completed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
sinful poinus.

James McGuire, a pcddle-. was found
murdered and robbed at Mascontah. III.
White Caps at Martinsyilic. Ind. took
David Beaney, a w~ife-beater, from his
home and whipped him with straps.
George Landlord. a saloonkeeper at
Marietta, Ohio, shot his wife and then
killed himself. Jealousy was tine cause.
c. i. Zuber cornmitsed suicide by piae-
ing his head under a north bound Iroa
Mountain train at Carondelct, Mo,
The body Of @. s. Rogers, who shielded
at St Paul. has not been recovered. A
reward of $500 is offered.
Philip Seybert. one o. the Oldest resi-
dents Of New Athens, ILL.,. committed
suicide By shooting.
Ssinrei Letter, a patient In the in
surables' ward at the st. Louis city hos
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
General News.

The Minneapolis & st. Louis road i,
cutting passenger rates.
The Monarch distillery at Peoria, ILL.,,
has withdrawn from the whisky trust.
The Manhattan Athletic club property
at New York has been sold for SI4o,.
600.
F1ccds have caused a suspension Of
traffic on the Bell Mountain road in Mon
tana.
The National Bank of Deposit, New
York city, has gene into liquidation. De
pastors will be paid in full.
The corner stone of the Woman's club
building, to cost $4,000, was laid at
Peoria.
James +. Layton was granted a di-
vorce at Goshen, Ind, and within an
hour had taken out a license to wed 0
pretty girl in the same town.
Noah l.. Farnham Post, q. A. r., New
York city. has been disbanded by Grand
Commander Cleary for passing resolu-
tons cridcising the pension laws.
The new armored cruiser New York
made 21.09 knots on the official test,
which entities her to the distinction Of
being the fastest armcred cruiser in the
world
The Calumet & Hecla Mining company
viii pay the widows of the victims Of
the late nine disaster 5000 each. the
orphans $500 each and the relatives OF
single men $1,000.
G III. Lorain and II. w. Knapp. Aneri-
cans. and three Mexicans became lost on
Il desert while prospecting. Knapp es-
capped alive, but the others persisted from
thirst.
Sanlei Wolfstein was appointed re-
ceiyer yesterday Of the firm Of Cowen d
McGrath, dealers liz shoes at Cincinnati.
Ohio. Their assets are estimated at sos.
00o: liabilities. $4,000.
The leadership of the Boston Sym
phony orchestra has been offered to Herr
W~eingestner. e leader Of the orchestra
In the Royal opera house, Berlin. The
salary named was 10000 marks annually
According to the latest advices from
England. w. X. yaaderbilt's new steel
tuir-sc-e. yech. Valiant which was
launched on May 3 from the yard Of ths
Laird Brothers at Birkcnhead, 10 fhe
finest private yacht asoat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
The Capitai.

Samuel Blackwell OF Alabama has
been appointed third auditor of the treas
ury.
Secretary Carlisle says he will enforce
the law as to Chinese deportation as fast
as possible with the means at his COM
mand.
Robert Aarsden, acting hospital stew
ard at Washington barracks. is trans
ferred TO Fort Yates, y. ID. Private
Joseph Beck. Company G. Third infantry,
Fort Smelling. is ordered discharged,
having enlisted uEder false pretenses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

Paul Gibier, manager Of the Pasteur
Institute of New York, recently exam
kaed a quantity of European rags
shipped to this country. He found
JO0.0oO.o00 germs TO each drachm Of
rags. Among them were microbes Of
pus, erysipelas, d~iphtheria and other
diseases. There Is something wrong
somewhere when sucn pestiient de
bris from European disease centery
can be dumped upon our shores
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

An English rainmaker, now operat-
fng in India, has an apparatus consist
ing Of a rocket capable Of rising to
The height Of a mile, containing q
reservoir Of ether. In Its descent 1t
opens q parachute, which causes It to
come down slowly. The ether is
thrown out in a fine spray. and its alb
sorption OF heat is said to lower the
temperature about ii sufficiently to 0 z
hepse the yapor and produce 9 limited
xhewer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

During the ten months beginning
with last July San Francisco has i'm
ported a net balance of $4.5O0,000 in
gold, and exported a net balance Of
over S10,000.0o0 in silver; while the
coin and bullion imports and exports
at New York reverse the record as TO
flie two metals. There is a marked
difference in taste between China and
London as to money metals.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

John L. Sullivan tackled an inof-
fcnsiye looking one-armed lawyer, and
same so near being knocked out that
MS hair stood on end. IL the lawyer
bad had two arms that would have
been the last Of Sullivan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

Wood for tennis ricquets requires at
east FIVE years seasoning-that is to
say. 1t requires TO be kept i've years
"a the rough timber state before cut
Ding up for use. Wood for pianos is
kept, as a rule. for forty years before
n is considered sufficiently in condition
10 be used.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

Lieut. Peary is making active prepa-
cations for another trip TO the polar
regions. He viii start in about a
month, 10 be gone two and a half
gears, or forever, as the case may be.
As has been asked before, what
goodY'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
pital. -stransIed himself with a piece Of

PAtAt. III sA4StCa 1lhStil tlLu u piece OF
bandage.
Gov. Altgeld pardoned Albert l.. Will
isEss cf Peoria, who has served FIVE ont
OF z six years sentence for cri s:inal as.
sault.
Mrs. Mary Carnahan. wife of a stock
man at Bear Creek, Tex, connnitted
suicide at a hospital ut Batavia, Ill,
where she was stopping.
The grand jury at Norwalk. Ohio, has
indicted a dozen prominent men for gam
bling. They were caught by the police
while searching for other game.
William Sullivan. who. Jan. /. mur-
dered Layton Leetch, Il farmer, near
Burand, Mich. and assaulted the muir
dered mans wife, was captured at De
iroit.
Mrs. Annie Peterson was sentenced to
the state prison for two years at Co
lumbus. Ohio. for smuggling a small saw
10 her husband in jail, by which he made
his escape.
Sam Wilson, a Chicago colored cook.
was shot in the breast by Officer Drake
at Aurora, H.. while ~endeavoring TO es-
cape arrest. He is in the hospital and
may die.
Lizzie Ashley, aged thirty-three, CON-
mitted suicide by jumping into a c~istern
at her brothers home at Evansville, Ind.
She had been in poor health for a num-
Der Of years and was respondent.
In a riot at the Gum Springs saloon.
Miadlesboro, Ky, in which white and
negro men and women participated, Mat
ne Young was shot and killed by John
Martin.
Two men named Merk and Mccain
are under arrest at Clarion, Pa, charged
with numbering William Crawford, a tel
egraph operator at Foxford There was
some talk of lynching the prisoners.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

Emperor William INDUCES In the
luxury of speech-making just as
though he was that his mouth
rs one Of the most dangerous institu-
tons in his dominions. Ever since he
bounced Bismarck and pulled off his
muzzle he has been making things
hot for himself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

A curious animal captured on the
African coast in 1854 was called the
talking fish," though IL was really a
species Of seal. Among other innumer-
able tricks it was taught to a~rticulate
the words mamma papa. and
John"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

A man In Waupaca, Wis, has found
"a \ sand pit a shell that may prove OF
Importance TO naturalisss, as it be-
tongs TO a species found in the warm
ecas Of South America known as Busy
ron Perversum They were used all
over the South by the mound builders
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

A mare owned by Herman Colby OF
sanborn, n. III, recently gave birth TO
triplets. Two Of the foals were about
The size OF kittens and the third per-
fectly formed and of normal size.
The mare was bred TO a Percherop
stallion weighing 1000 pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

The salaries OF the British ambas-
mdors are: To this country, S35, 900
. year; France. $4,000; to Austria.
10000; to Turkey, $4,000; to Russia,
10000; to Germany, $37,500; to Italy,
f3J,OO0; to Spain, $27,5o0. The Brit
ssh ambassadors have also official resi-,
dences.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

Willie Woo, a Michigan Chinaman,
has shaved off bis queeue and applied
10 Mr.. Bissell for a postoffice. He
doesn't want TO be a postmaster, but
takes that method OF showing his de-
sire to be an American citizen. Obser-
walton has taught him that hunger for
Office is one of the symptoms of com.
pleta citizenship.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

The young woman telephone school
has been established by the govern
ment In the city of San Salvador for
the purpose Of training young senoritas
Tor service in the American Telephone
company. This is a decided innovation,
for work is not considered at all in
good form in the Southern republics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

Before the new Parliamentary legisla-
hon turning them over to the Charities
Commissioners, the London guilds en-
loyed-and generally wasted-Incomes
hanging from the MERGERS annual $415,-
200. the Diapers $4,000 and the
EoIdsmiths' $220,0 600 down.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
A Wife and Child Eat Paris Green.

When a German farmer named Marin.
living 10 miles from Springfield, Bon
Homme county, $. D.. walked into the
house from the field the other day h
witnessed a sad sight. His wife washed.
ing Paris green to q child but a few
months old, and the mother having lust
taken a teacup full OF the poison herself
She vas anxious to die, and was unwiE.
ing to leaveh her baby behind. Thebabys
life was saved, but after great suffering
the mother died from the effects Of tho
large quantity OF poison she had taken
There Seems to have been no cause for
the deed, as the family were in good ar
cunstances and the husband and vie
lived tremendously. The only explana
ton to DE given is that the vile wasiE-
sane.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
WEBSTER, : SOUTH DAKOTA

Solomon's Temple was LOT feet
song, 80 feet broad and "a feet high.
Though deemed a wonder Of the
world, it was not larger than many
private houses of the present time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01

At . meeting OF the grain na,.
tive committee at Aberdeen. s
days ago, it was decided D'aAx
enough were subscribed. or mai ipad
70 warrant the success OF Tia a~aIantAa
The secretary was es'efpriM
ignate plans for the buiIdinoanJu 6dx
Tor ali special features. .Aberdaaa. faea
has raised it's full amount ofsnhss 81
but VIII add to it considerably ; =
TO render the exhibit a greater sn n Ofds
Frank Curtis, ir., the young
Valley City who Went crazy IN VIZ 'a
ton, has arrived lin st. Paul wssa sung
was sent from Washington CIV
authorities. He il in the ca,o " tn
sister. Mrs. Gus. Schillings ns q BID
have him treated for insanitv mo viii
thought Frank is only snffer;aa = =
0ewiiderment caused IRON francs ifoa
rom a lonely farm life to tba hn posfioa
great city. He had over s50o usae o.
lett home. Mr.. Curtis was yven "uph ls
in North Dakota. KaoSaI
st. Paul is making extensive n.,..
tons to celebrate the opening a q
oreae Northern as a tra~ns-contiue,s.,
line. The parade OF floats end
tries in which cities OF thenortbsil aas
Pacific coast will take part win ald
most imposing affair ever snan zoe
northwest. 81. Paul is building an -
across the principal streets. and IN m
viii beelaborately decorated. The ~
Northern makes q half ratefrom IT,
st. Paul and return. Tickets gaaa
tween June q and IL. e0ou ON
Two years ago the Legislature Of yo...
Dakota made the 10 per cent penalty
anpaid taxes collectable June anao..s
Der 3, 8 per cent at each time. Tba
legislature changed it TO have ! nor a.
due every month IRON June until a. y
when 5per cent additional should baeon,
jue on real estate lands. There wa0-
emergency clause on this. but the CIV
ney general and State Auditor po.,s
have decided to apply the new law n.
year and are sending out the NOTICES -
county officers showing the new ruli,~s
Alice Baruber, aged 90, was droxusa
about three miles south OF Alexandra {
D., a few days ago while attempting n
lord Pierre creek. The stream oaa
swollen to such an extent that il MAJ
impossible to tell just where the grads
was. When in the center OF the stream
the horse became nervous and CANNED
the buggy. James Baruber. her broiba,
ON the ground, but was unable Ia
rescne her until she had tioated down to
D fence about 20 rods below. The girps
mother was also in the buggy, but yup. |
seeded In getting to the shore without |
help.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
IN A CONDENSED FORM.

The --latest and Most important
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From the Telegraph Re-
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