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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-25

Miss Annie Rsinig proved a very charm
Ing hostess lhursdaJ evening. In enter.
tanning shout twenty-five friends with pro-
RrsssiVs whist and crokinoll. music aud
danciuR. Delicious refreshments. consist
ina OF salads, ices. etc, Ne served. aud II
WAS IN overg WaV thoroughly me ~ even
Ing. Miss Florence Aclntyrs aud Edwin
Atehison gained the victory prizes In whist
being an stching for the former aud q boz
of candy for the latter. Miss Lottis Run
ser and Mr.. Dusrfsldt won tue D. iEos that
are awarded 20 these At aha other eud OF
the game; they we're tiny Chinese dolls
Gilman Billiard won ths prize for crokinoll;
10 was an oKidizsd silver scarf pin. Ihoss
present were; Misses Blake. Nellie Blake,
Atehison. Virginia Atohtson. Ballard, Ada
Roberts. kumsey Parchen. stuart. II aneh
stuart Nils. hcILtTfs; hsaars. Gilman
Ballard. q. Hedges. Jr.. Bryce. Harry and
Fred Nasger Clifford HillmAu. Loeb.
hshninRer. JAequemin. Atehison, Dusr-
fsldL Charles hsinig Ais1. Botkin aud
Henry Parcheu.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-25

Thursday afternoon Mrs. @. X. Cole en-
tsrtained number OF ladies az her pleas
ant apartm nts at tbs Hotel Helena. Tue
ladies took fancy wo k. aud from two till
eve there was generous rivalry between
tongues and fingers. The rooms we're made
q agrant b the presenos OF several vases of
choice cot fiowe .. The iefreshments we're
more than usually elegant and we're served
ami Louise Wake prettily attended 20 tue
wants Of the guests by directing them TO
rooms TO deposit their wraps and serving
iced lsmonAlee. etc, when required. The
guests IN attendance were. Msslamss
Gates, Loose, W. +. Sanders. HoSt Lott,
Carson, Ma,shail, lreaoy, 4. W. Knight.
Langley, w. Jones. Prescott, Bunnel, era
ven, Perkins, Lyman, A. p. Ca tin aud
Miss Harry.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-25

This Japanned fancy Bread
Box special for Monday only soc.
Best butcher knives, S-inch
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29
END OF AN OLD FEuD.
1t Started in War Days and Was Declared
on at Atlantic City.

1t Started in War Days and Was Declared
on at Atlantic City.
For repeating to Gen. Butler, then in
command Of the army Of the James, a
q disparaging remark made by sub
ordinate concerning the generals mil
itary efficiency, an officer in the Penn
sylvania regiment was promised q
sound thrashing by the officer whom
he had reported, and who, In conse-
quence suffered q bad quarter Of an
hour in the generals society.
The thrashing was to be bestowed
after the war was over, at their very
first meeting, no matter under what
circumstances 1t might occur.
The two officers became prominent
civilians In adjoining states. For
many years one Of them went armed
with q revolver, the other with o
blank bill bond
Though often In this city (whcre one
of them resided) at the same time,
they never met until the other day,
and then they encountered each other
face to face in the surf at Atlantic
City.
Each had grown 80 stouta to weigh
over two hundred and fifty pounds, yet
they instantly recognized each other.
Something ludicrous In the thought Of
such vast spheres Of flesh engaged In q
rough-and-tumble fight may have en-
tered their minds at the same moment,
for they called each other by name,
smiled and shook hands. The feud was
thus terminated. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

No wiser remark was ever made by
DR.. benjamin Franklin than q severe
sentence which he once uttered to
young man who had an ap'
pointment with him and missed
IL. Next day the young man
came and began to make very fluent
excuse to the doctor for his absence
the day before. "stopl" said Franklin,
"You have said too much already, my
good boy, for the man whols goodat max
ingan excuse is seldom good atanything
else" An easy excuse made by de.
linquent for n 1at error or failure TO do
q duty seldom indeed softens the
heart Of an employer or superior. OF
course an account Of the reasons for a
failure should be given when demand
for them Is made, but they should be
given simply and briefly md without
any attempt to make the case appear
any better than the plainest statement
Of the facts makes IT, A youth who Is
beginning a round Of duties In any
place which has any responsibilities
may as well make up his mind that his
eunlovar will lnol, with some disfnvor
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the cool spring water, bathed his (, y
and drank again. Then he Gle l.
csnteenA and strapping everythil 2
close around him, he made ready to
run the gauntlet. With q bold dash
he sprang out Of the ravine, when
like hailstorm came the bullets, cut
ting the very dirt from under his feet
and knocking several pufis Of dust
from his blanket and ragged jacket
But he escaped unscathed, and was In
the trench in twinkling.
"D-n 'em, I'm going to give EN- one
shot for luck" exclaimed . seventeen
year-old youth, named Cranch, Q great
iavorite with Durham.
Don't do It, Lie down. They'll get
you. sure" exclaimed Durham.
Just one. Here goes" and raising
his musket, he fred, but at the crack
Of the musket he fell backward with
bullet In the center Of his forehead.
Poor Cranch! We buried him that
night under tree at the edge Of the
field. Sherman moved up the river TO
secure . crossing, and, Of course, we
changed our position accordingly
N. Y. poat.
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A woMAN's GREAT WORK

A Female Aliotting Agent Gets the onss
Of the Otoe and Missouri Indians to TAKE
All0tmcnts.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Nov. 26.--Miss Helen
P. Clark. the only female allotting
agent in the employ Of the government,
has succeeded In doing alone what gov
eminent commissioners and interior
department attorneys have tried for
years to accomplish. She has secured
the consent Of every member OF the
Otoe and Missouri tribes Of Indians 10
take allotments Of land, and BY De-
cember will have completed her task.
These Indians occupy q reservation
Of over 100000 acres OF land In
the eastern part Of the Cherokee strip,
contiguous to that portion opened q
year ago, and the land not taken by
the Indians will be very valuable from
the start, as much OF II will be included
in = county and lie but few miles
from Perry. Miss Clark having accom-
plished the work Of allotting 1t, 1t re-
mains for the interior department and
congress to provide for the opening OF
the residue OF the reservation. This
energetic little lady Is part Blackfoot
dian, having been born on the reser-
walton in Montana, but was educated
In u convent in Cincinnati and was
three times elected county superin-
tendent OF schools at Helena, Monk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29
MUSTERED OUT.


4 Tssshins Story Of the seveuty-secona
New York Regiment.
"oh. leave the dead behind Us. for they canuot
come away
10 where the ships s-coaling up that takes US
home to-day"
Diamonds are trumpsl' that we'll
known battle cry Of the old Third
army corps Of Sickles' brigade, would
be heard no more. Their identity was
lost, their badge gone and they were
organized no longer, after having
shouted their war cry on every battle
field from fredericksburg to the
Weldon railroad. The ranks Of that
veteran corpshad been SO thinned That
the authorities deemed It inadvisable
TO endeavor to recruit 1t up to any
thing like Its full strength again. So
In 1894 II was consolidated with Han.
cocks Second army corps, and the old
fighting Third was thing Of the past.
The mastering officers resolved to
amalgamate the regiments from the
same states, and hence 1t came about
that the Seventy-second New York
and the Ono Hundred and Twentieth
were consolidated and placed in Nc.
Allister's Jersey brigade, Third ID.
vision. Both regiments had worn the
diamond, both had served In Sickles'
brigade at Gettysburg and the friend.
Hest Of feeling existed between the
two, now under one colonel.
When the new company rolls were
being made out q singular circum-
stance was discovered In Company +
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ELeCTROCUTiON.


\ High state Onlclal thinks tho Exper
mcnt OF Resusciiation Might lie Tried.
ALBANY, n. Y, Nov. 2G In CONVEX
,ation yesterday over the much talke
4 experiment of re,uscitation in the
use of an electrocutei criminal. u
eh state official, who for obvious rca'
,ons does not wish his name to appear
n connection with the article, said he
i'd not see why this experiment could
not be performed under the law not
vithstanding the attorney-general's
opinion to the contrary. Dr. Gibbons,
i Syracuse, who wishes to attempt the
resuscitation, said he could be invited
" Warden Stout as u witness. After
lAe current had been passed through
he body Of the criminal DR.. Gibbons
ould be appointed one Of three to con
luct post norton, which Is, of course,
to ascertain whether or not the man Is
lead. Instead Of using the knife, con
tinued the official, the plan Of DR.. Glib
bons should then be followed out.
This Is plainly more humane than pro
cecding with the surgeons knife II the
supposition is entertained that the sub
ject may not have been killed by the
shock,
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A HIDDEN CHAPTER.


Gen. Piekstt's Connection with the Rec
erds Of the Confedsracy.
Frank Riggs, the son Of the famous
banker and his fathers successor In
the financial circles at Washington,
tells me an interesting story that cor
reefs false impression which many
good people have carried for years.
During the second term OF President
Grants man Of the name Of Pickett
sold To the government Of the United
States the records Of the executive de-
psrtments Of the southern confsderacy.
From these documents was obtained
much evidence that prevented the pay
ment Of claims Of southern citizens
who pretended loyalty for losses grow.
Ing out Of the war In 0 single In.
stance they saved several millions by
showing that mail contractors through
out the south had been paid from the
confederate treasury for services per-
formed by them for the post office de.
partment Of the United States before
the outbreak Of the rebellion. They
proved to be Of great value In many
other directions, and the price paid Mr..
Pickett for them, which was something
like sixty thousand dollars, proved to
be one Of the most profitable invest.
ments ever made by the government.
Pickett had been chief clerk Of the
confederate state department, or held
some similar Office which made him
custodian Of the archives. When Pres
ident Davis and his cabinet fled from
Richmond Mr.. Pickett carted the rec
ords away and hid them In some place
that escaped the searchers Of the
union army, and the manner Of
their disappearance was . mystery
until they were delivered to Secretary
Fish. 1t was always believed that Mr..
Pickett pocketed the money, and he
was universally condemned by south.
ern people for betraying the secrets Of
the lost cause for price.
1.-THE facts have never been told,"
said Mr. Riggs "for Mr.. Pickett ex.
acted the strictest pledges Of secrecy
from my father In regard to the dis.
position OF the money. But both Of
them are dead now, and there Is no
~.aso,, ,,,L,, thn <ruth should Mt Ia
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

BEAUTIES OF FOOTBALL,
Murphy, OF Yale, Suffering from Concussio
Of the Brain liarvard's Injured.

Murphy, OF Yale, Suffering from Conclusion
Of the Brain iiarvard's Injured.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov, 26.-F. 7
Murphy, the Yale left tackle who was
carried from the field on account OF
injuries received during the game with
Harvard Saturday afternoon, was
found, when taken to the Springfield
hospital, to have conclusion of the
brain. This, it is said, was due to
the succession Of mass plays directed
against him by Harvard, though II
Is the opinion among the Yale men
that he was slugged. When he
left the field he was completely dazet
and without control OF his facial mus
cles. A trustee Of the hospital says
that the conclusion is slight, and thai
Murphy will be removed to-day
Wrightington, Of Harvard, whose col
lar bone was fractured, and IIallowell
also Of Harvard, whose nose was brok
en-, are suffering considerably.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

WASHINGTON, Nov s6.--The latest In
telligence from Justice Jackson, OF the
United States supreme court, who lies
i'll ut Thomasville, Ga, Is that his re-
turn to the bench at any time Is not to
be expected, Ills friends entertained
hopes that winters rest in the south
ern climate might restore his health
SO far as to permit Of intermittent serv-
Ice, but his days Of usefulness appear
definitely to have ended.
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HURLED DOWN.
Three Persons Knocked OF
Bridge by a Train.
THEY WERE AZ g..g r


c,,vprp, Avn Md Nov. 90. -Yester-
,...na-nir. .hout s.a1 o'clock n most
hor-;fvinr accident resulting in the
dsa,h ~ throe neoplc. occurred on the
pa,,;mora q ohio railroad at South
prarch hridoc about IS miles east OF
th,s citv The unfortunate persons
,voro Isaac TAYLOR and wife. living
near Green Spring Run, and Miss Kid
we'll whose home was near the bridge.
They were on their way to church at
South branch and when near the mid
Ala Of the BRIDGE crossing that stream,
were oyertaken by train No. AZ. com
inc west All three were hurled from
the bridge the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
TAYLOR alicbting on the bank of the
stream while that of Miss Kidwell
landed in mid.strean and was recov-
cred some distance below. All were
dead when found and badly mangled.
Thev were nil promincntXi that neigh.
borhood.
SHOT TWO MEN.
HASTINGS, H., Nov, 96.-As result
Of a general drunk and the careless
handling Of a revolver about midnight
Saturday night Phil Booth was killed
and Charles Bickford was seriously
hurt The shooting was done by Al
bert Bowen, The men were drinking at
q livery stable and Bowen undertook
TO make all present dance. WINE
firing at Bickford Booth was struck by
q stray bullet and died an hour later.
Bickford was struck in the knee
Bowen escaped. All three were farm
ers living near Hastings. The authors
ties have been looking for the muir
derer all day without success. lie Is
supposed to be concealed in the heavy
timber in the northern part OF the
country
A POOR WIDOWS SAD FATE.
PERRY, Ok, Nov 2b.--Mrs. Sarah
Alder, q poor widow, travelling from
somewhere In southern Kansas to III
Reno, accompanied by her two sons,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

The surgeon Of Stonewall Jackson's
brigade tells story Of Gen. Early
which he says may or may not be true,
but 1t which he heard Gen. jackson
laugh very heartily. Gen. Early, who
then had command Of the troops on
the lower Rsppahannock, had some
guns on a high embankment trained
TO shoot at the federal gunboats II they
should make their appearance a mile
or two down the river. The muzzles
Of the guns were lifted very high In
order to carry ball SO far. One day
while Early was inspecting the guns
he found . soldier sighting one Of
them, which pointed to the top Of .
tree In the neighborhood. A long time
he squinted. Then he turned to Gen.
Early n say" said the soldier. ''is
there any squirrel up that trse%-
Youths Companion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29
FIRE ON A STEAMSHIP.
1t Breaks Out In the Hold Where Lot o
Cotton IL slowed.

| IL breHkn Out IN the nOiu where LOt o.
Cotton IL slowed.
GALVESTON, Tex, Nov, 26.-Thc fire
which broke out in hold No. 4 Of the
steamship John Bright extended into
hold No. 3, and was one OF the most
stubborn the fire department has had
to contend with. The holds were
flooded
The steamship at the time the fire
broke out had on board 6,l62 bales OF
cotton. About 2, 800 bales Of this was
slowed In holds Nos. 3 and 4. Under
writer's estimate the damage to the
cargo at from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t Is
not believed that the vessel Is seriously
damaged.
During the progress Of the fire John
Ilelfenstein, Ollie Bassett and Joe Rig
ley, three flremen, entered hold No. 3
with O section OF hose, so as to have a
better command Of the fire. They
were almost instantly overcome with
smoke and heat, and were handed out
unconscious. The two former have
about recovered. but Rigley's condition
Is critical. How the fire originated is
unknown, but 1t is being rigidly In
|. yestirated,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

a l. i
OF the new reg,men'' Inc ono nunarsu
ana Iwentietn new iorK' ~ was
iound 'nss 'nere were s'A au'y se',
geanA NOW tne ali'wlse rlies sns
regulations provlaeo lor only I'VE, anu
no sergeant 'oula DC go'ten lia o. ~
was only upon charses ,na' non,
commissioned omcer couia DC reoucea
70 the ranks ana mono e1lsIea among
these chevroned veterans Inc chances
for lmmeoiate promotlon were SO eA'
ceedlngiy siign' thae " was oec'ocu W
muster OUT one Oh 'he sergean's'
William Hume was senior, and hav'
ing ilrst-class record asa soldier, was
given his discharge Nancy such luck
dropping apparently from Heavenl lie
got his order fer pay and transporta'
ton and was to start for washington
In the morning, washington meant
home, parents, sisters and sweetheart
and many a heart was aching Tor
sight OF the dear ones that had not
been seen ior Two lonSyears !. woulo
nave oeeh naro 10 ina d napP,e1 'nan
IN 'he whoie urny VI .ae lo'oina'
than tho sergeant was tna' oay' AN
honorable discharge was IN ms pocket
already was ne tlngiine win 'ne an
tlcipatlon OF stay az home' then
there would DC more ac'ive serves ~
.ne i'on' anu po'S'o'y 0ol,'.'on L., -
inc iu'u,e. Aa' no ,uoA 'aIno W a'n,
IN 'no u.''uee' a.u a ao's uaeap.SSeu
way no was nnuen env.S 1--WE .I ,'...
ooisra'"'asious "e ISM, snv"', 800, W n'
unu nc causny n'",Sol' nuunuk'
Nome n"ee s,, 'iolno' e I've, Wis M s"o
ooys were 'a'hins W nun ne was
laoen WIN ertanos' '...e's wy oon.
aen'ial messages W '"e s" s.
ana ,oveu ones VI sne isSs ior'unas 70
ovss snus nav , W my H. ~. -, ~ i"st ~
.a' n.y. '. i honad . .n h. w. sn', ,;tt,s
wouiu ns,0 ,;, nopua . "a w. a ~ ' h;,n
'e ~, " 'lNo .a'u'' so"' ~. .'' -,
Inc regilnens was aoins eu'y ~
ilon' Vi re'erspulR' anu l's"s ~ i.ons
o' 'ne p'cac' ''nes was .ne no,oliou :.
conleuera'o wo,ss' rors , ne'., az ~
was nio1'naniea W ,ne ' sv.u'e.s' ~
,ng was gong W o'isnt' snu ~"
'na' sne serReau, was soins ,lo'no 'n'
war ra.''e WIS ike ''.u''o III NIB care
Just before sunset ne was surround'
cd by MS envious comrades hume
said 1estingly' come along, boys,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

PANA. H., Nov. sS.-The forest fires
which were raging IN the bottoms on
the 0saw river southeast Of here and
were thought to be under control, have
again broken out with renewed viror
aud arc raging fercer than ever. Gre I
damage Is being done TO the crops anu
meadows and several thousand acre
have been burned over Ten dwell
ings have been destroyed aud consider
able stock injured.
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The IRON HALL


A Petition Alleging Excessive Payments to
Receiver and Attorneys TO he Presented
In Court.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov, 26.-lt Is
probable that the allowances in the
Iron Hall receivership will be investi-
gated, and preliminary steps have been
taken to reverse the courts action on
the matter. II will come before Judge
McMasters, of the superior bench, who
has Just succeeded Judge Winters, who
made the allowance. 1t Is reported
that a petition reciting the facts, and
alleging extravaganza, excessive pay
ments to both receiver and attorneys,
pay for services that were unnecessary
and incxpedicnt, and failure to account
for large interest on the deposits in
bank, has been prepared, and will be
presented to the court. The removal
Of Mr.. Faily as receiver will be asked
md the reduction Of expenses generally
demanded.
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rag'-ed a ''
the old Slxtn Aaleo.
men. and then aboni on ~
Us were left alone with our reslli,ntal
hag-no other OF our troops III sight
but closing in around US In every d..
rection were the veterans Of Lees
army. Then the wonderful discipline
Of the old brigade came In full play.
No surrender; let Us cut our way
through.
And then Bent stood up, bis tall
form quivering all over, bis black eyes
flashing,
Great Caesar. what Q struggle u
wasl never could tell how II was
done, but only dfty in all got through
their lines. had lost all direction Of
which way we should 60 for safety,
when, toiling on, we came TO ANAL
opening and there found Gen. Warren
with small command. We were safe,
but, great Godl where was our Tag
the flag that had never trailed the dust
or had known surrender? Tesrs came
flowing down the. cheeks Of bronzsd
veterans who had been heroes In The
many hard battles OF the old army Of
the Potomac. Tired and exhausted,
they rallied again, and shout went
up: Lead us back; we will have our
flag or die with itr And Just then w
saw Sergeant Cuyler Babcock, our
brave, gentlemanly sergeant major,
coming all alone out Of the wood. I
met him with: Cuyler, where d our
hag?' A quiet smile passed over his
smoke-begrimed face as he unbuttonsd
his coat, and there, wrapped around
his body he showed our dear old 6aG.
then sank, exhausted. to the ground"
Detroit Free Press
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delnan'


CHICAGO, Nov. .6.-Samuel Carson,
an escaped convict from Jefferson City,
Mo-, who had been Chicago cabman
for ten years, has fallen heir to SIC, OO(
left by his parents and has sur
rendered lie hopes that with the
aid OF the money he can employ
attorneys who will secure par
don for him, lie was in prison for cat
tie stealing near Marysville, Mo. Car
sons escape was effected by concealine
himself in Il stone pile in the prison
yard at dusk. after having fixed gate
lock so that though apparently secure
II had not operated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

THE discovery was made by q bride
in Bloomfield, N. j., on her way to the
church that she had on dark shoes in
stead Of white. She insisted on re-
turning to change them. As she was
about to reenter the vehicle, she fell
and sprained her ankle. Before the car
riage reached the church, wheel
rolled of and the bridal party had q
severe shaking up. Another instance
in proof Of the timc-honored saw
pride gocth before fall. and many .
'waterfall.'"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Nov GA war;
rant was issued to-day by Justice Of
the Peace Withrow for the arrest Of Ed
Finlay, the gambler-politician, charg-
ing Finlay with aiding and procuring
fraud in election. 1t Is charged that
Finlay instructed the judges and clerks
Of election In the Fifty-sccond precinct
Of the Ninth ward and induced them
TO destroy republican ballots and re-
place them with democratic ballots.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

NEW YORK, Nov. 20. "A bookkceper
In the National Shoe and Leather bank
disappeared few days ago. A national
bank examiner has just finished an In
vestigation. which discloses defalca-
ton OF s354,OOO. The bank has capital
ofsl, 900, 900 and a surplus of about 5000
900, leaving an impairment Of capital Of
about sl5O,OOO which will at once be
made good by the stockholders. The
name Of the defaulting clerk is Samuel
c. Seely. His residence is on lIalsey
street. 5rooklyn,