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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27

Last Fourth of July Eugene Debs
was bigger man than the president,
since which time it has been nip and
tuck in their race down the toboggan
slide, says the Sioux City Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
A Swiss Exhibit.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The United
States consul at Zurich has informed
the department Of state that federal
exposition will be opened in Geneva
next May, at which our producers and
manufacturers may exhibit. and thus
give the Swiss people the opportunity
to compare American goods with those
of other countries.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27

That big, over-grown country town
of Minneapolis may yet fall down be-
fore it lands the fish it is after. It is
notorious that Minneapolis sends
larger per cent of hobos to the legis-
lature than any other district in the
state. They are pulled up, punky
fellows who imagine they wag the
whole state. They have already
elected U. S. senator, speaker of the
house, and gobbled all the important
chairmanships. They will probably
allow Ramsey county and the rest of
the state to select a door keeper.
What Hennepin lacks in ability it
makes up in gall. The Marshall
News-Messenger says: "Hennepin
county members of the legislature
have given the second district slap,
by adopting the unit rule and pledg-
ing Van SAINT, of Winona, support for
speaker of the house. Dan Shell, of
Worthington, is the second district
candidate for speaker, but the cities
have no more time for the second dis
trict than they had at the state con-
vention, all of which suggests that
the banner republican congressional
district of the state must in virtue
find its own reward. However, Hen
nepin county and Minneapolis may
be able to get along through the SEES
sion without the aid Of the second
district.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
koettine's Case Again Confined,

koetting's Case Again Confined.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 26. - The case
against John B. Koeting, President of
the defunct South Side Savings bank,
has again been continued, this time
until the February term. w. c. Will
Jams, Mr.. Keotting's attorney, is COM
PEELED to go South for his health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
Crushed His Skull.

DOWNING, Wis, Dec. 2e. = While
driving along the street Leon, ~
year-old son of John Cole, fell from a
loaded wagon and was instantly killed.
The wheel passed over his head and
crushed his skull.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
JuHY DisagHeed.

WEST ANON, Iowa, Dec. 2e-In tho 1
trial of Allie Rawson, the banker, at
at Brush Creek for fraudulent banking,
his alleged offense being tho receiving
Of deposits after he knew he was in
solvent, the jury stood 6 for acquittal
and 6 for conviction.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
Mania for Bad Checks.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-George Decker,
who at one time was well known
baseball player, was arrested on q
charge of passing worthless checks.
The police have arrested Decker several
times lately for the same offense and it
is claimed that he is deranged mon.
tally.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
Thousands Of Jack Rabbits.

MILLER, S. D., Dec. 26.-Nearly
1000 jack rabbits have been killed in
this part of the state this season and
shipped to Eastern cities, where they
are in demand among the elite. The
people here hardly consider them fit to
cat -,. a.,. .- b..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
REPRESENTATIVE gear mi.

RepfeSentRtfv0 Gear III.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Representa-
tive Gear of Iowa was taken ill at his
apartments in the Portland Monday
and his condition was considered some
what serious. He is said to be much
improved.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27

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TR0UBL OVER.
Militia Ordered to Quitman,
Ca, to Put Down Riots Find
Peace Restored.
LEADERS TO BE PUNISHED,
Citizens Of the County Will Do
Their Best to Bring Them
to Justice.

QU1rMAN, Ga, Dec. 26.-The trouble
in Brooks county is over. The Val
aosta Videttes were ordered here Mon.
day night by the governor. Captain
Cafferty, Lieutenant Staten, Leuten'
ant Peoples. DR.. Bass and Sheriff
Thrasher at once visited the scene OF
the trouble. They found peace restored
and the citizens assured them that
there would be no more trouble and
they came back to Quitman about 2
O'Clock and the Valdosta Videttes left
on the afternoon train for Valdosta.
The negroes were killed because they
were supposed to know the where
abouts of Waverly Pike, whose CRIME
was the original incentive to lawless'
ness. Good citizens of the county will
do their utmost to bring to justice the
men who are responsible Tor the
trouble.
Blacks Were Lawless.
The northern portion Of Brooks,
portions of Worth, Berrien and other
counties adjoining have large numbers
of negroes, mostly brought from North
Carolina for the purpose OF getting
turpentine from the pine trees, which
abound there These negroes live III
camps and arc lawless set, controlled
only by fear of punishment from the
boss. Without any restraining intlu-
ence save fear, they fight among them
selves, rob the neighboring people,
gamble necessarily when not at work,
and if any resident white man incurs
their displeasure he is marked as q VIC
tim of their wrath.
When Bailiff Mauldin of Brooks,
seeking to arrest negro charged with
some trivial offense two weeks ago, ne
found him in a turpentine camp. See
ing himself surrounded with savage
negroes, armed with Winchester rifles,
the bailiff found it safest not to at
tempt the arrest, and. turning his
horses head. sought to ride away.
Two negroes named Jeffreys fired on
him and s=
Killed Him Bruta1ly.
The citizens aided the officers, and
after much chasing captured the two
Jeffreys and confined them in the
Brooks county jail. 1t is said that
number of other negroes, under the
leadership of Waverly Pike, formed all
oath bound organization to kill every
white man concerned in the arrest OF
the Jeffreys. In pursuance Of this plot
Joseph Isham was killed q few days
afterward, and Henry Tilmal was
marked as the next victim. The kill.
ing of Mauldin and the subsequent
killing of Isham has been told at
length heretofore.
The cause of the present outbreak is
two fold. First, the arrest Of Waverly
Pike and bringing him to trial for the
murder of Isham, and second, to break
up the gang of outlaws who have shot
down good citizens and who threaten
Tho 1;,oa ~ ofharS it.j a3H
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-12-27
Stock
Clothi1
at Cost

N/ISHING to 20 out of the C1ot1ting
Business / will sell my entire
Stock at Cost. Ny Stock is very Csras-
plete md noEShoddys in it.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Initiative Of Fish.

1t would probably be found that a
smooth surface of iron or steel is
about the worst which we can give
to our ships, for a smooth metal
surface has apparently the property
of attracting and OBTAINING the par
ticles of water III contact with 1t,
whether 10y molecular attraction or
otherwise. Thereby the water in
Immediate contact with the vessels
side or bottom is drawn along with
her, and its particles communicate
their motion To an outer circle of par
ticlcs, and 50 ON till a "a a of
water is set constantly in motion
along with the ship.
This is precisely what we want to
avoid, as the ssenc of the reduction
of fluid friction is to slip easily
through the water with the least pos
sible disturbance. Herein lies, as !
imagine, the great advantage of the
surface structure of the fish. 1t would
probably be found by experiment that
an exact model of a fish III any ordi-
nary material-as wood, iron, steel,
etc.-when towed through the water
at a given rate would communicate
motion to a straw or light floating
object lying neal its course to a far
greater extent than would the real
fish passing through the water at the
same speed. Experiment on this point
would be easy and would be valua-
BILE and suggestive Contemporary
Review
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Treating Customers.

The customer who is in the habit
of taking solace out of the clay pipe
may experience a beatitude through
a choice Havana cigar which will al
lay d~iscordant feelings and put him
in good buying humor. But it must
be handled cautiously by the travel
er, and it must eve appear that he
goes about with a ase full of the ar
ticle intended expressly for the pur-
pose of giving him an audience with
the trade. The dealer is not to be
bought, and if the offering of a cigar
carries with it the remotest intima-
ton of this sort the traveller had bet
ter pack his grip OF the spot.-Trav-
cling Salesman.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
A Hairbrcadth Escape.

Il served all through the late civil
war" remarked Jonas Felt of Nash
Va, n. H, land l saw a good many
narrow escapes from death. About
the closest shave to being killed ever
saw was this: One day a sick soldier
was lying in a tent with his KNAPP
sack for a pillow. He was supposed
to be out of harms way, but a solid
shot came flying through the air,
struck the knapsack and carried it
clean away. The only inconvenience
to the invalid was the loss of his pill
low and the sudden letting down of
his head. As the knapsack was
scarcely thicker than the missile it
might be called literally a hair.
breadth escape."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
No Buddhists In India.

There are no Buddhists in India.
There are many in Ceylon, and there
is a sect of them in Nepal, an indie
pendent territory to the north on
the borders of Buddhistic Tibet. The
religion vanished from India in the
early centuries of the Christian era.
The neo-Brahmans set anti Buddhas,
so to speak, in the figures of krishna,
Mahadeva and Rama-demigods and
idols of the great neo -Brahmanic re
ligions, Vishnu worship and silva
worship-and these swept everything
else before them until the Moham-
medan conquest, and at the present
day in one shape or another these
forms of belief are adhered to by
f~ive-sixths of the population, the re-
mainder being Mussulmans. The
Buddhists are gone, though not with
out leaving behind them a rich leg
acy of philosophic thought and many
monuments of their artistic genius.
Marion Crawford i'll Century.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Tlaubert and France.

Flaubert believed almost to the end
III the free guerrilla corps, in the
avengers to the death = he believed
that all men L soldiers and every
mob an army; he believed in Glais-
Bizoin and Cremieux; he believed in
the proclamations; he believed in the
balloon of deliverance :" he believed
in the oath to conquer or die;' he
believed that the retreats of our ar
mics We're only ''strategical move
ments; !" he believed that Rouen would
blow itself into the air rather than
suffer the enemy to enter into its
walls; he believed that Paris would
never capitulate; he believed i'll the
sorties that were to be as a flood
overwhelming the besiegers:" he be
lieved in the European Intervention,
in the arrival of the Americans, in
the utter exhaustion of the Germans.
He believed in everything except de-
feat.-MaXime du Camps Literary
Recollections."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Uray " Owes.

As a rule, the gray wolf soon dis
appears from settled regions. In the
United States there is probably not
one wolf today where 90 years ago
there were 80. The killing of the
ranchmen's cattle, colts and sheep
was not to be tolerated, and a bounty
was put on the gray VOLTS head, with
fatal effect. More deadly than the
steel trap or the winchester, the
strychnine bottle was universally
brought to bear upon his most vul-
nerable point-his ravenous appetite.
Even during the last days of the buf-
falo in Montana, the hunters poisoned
wolves by hundreds for their pelts,
which were worth from So to So each.
Now it is a very difficult matter to
find a gray wolf, even in the wild
west, and in Montana and Wyoming
they + almost as scarce as bears
w. T. Hornaday in ST. Nicholas.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
AT

The colonel on his tour of inspec-
ton Unexpectedly entered the drill
room where he came upon a couple
of soldiers, one of whom was read
ing "a letter aloud while the other
was listening, and at the same time
stopping up the ears of the reader.
What are you doing theref' the
puzzled officer inquired of the latter.
You see, colonel, l am reading to
Pitou, who can't read himself, a let
ter from his sweetheart"
And you, Pitous'
please, colonel, / am stopping up
Boquillon's ears with both hands, be-
cause 1 don't mind his reading my
sweetheart's letter, but l don't want
him to know what she writes Ia
mile
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24

1t was then, IN their hour or greatest
need, when the food upon which de-
pended a whole people was threat
ened, that these beautiful winged
messengers appeared. In large hocks
they came, from nc one knows where,
and settled like so many sparrows all
over the land. %devouring almost with
out ceasing the hosts of the foe. The
crops we're saved, and all Deseret re-
ioiced.
Was it any wonder that a people
trained to regard the head of their
church as the direct representative
of the highest should believe these
to be really birds of God and should
accordingly cherish theml Well
would it be for themselves if other
Christian peoples We're equally be-
lieving, and protected and cherished
other winged messengers sent just as
truly to protect their crops. The
shrewd man who welded the desti-
MES of his people beside the Salt lake
secured the future usefulness of what
they considered the miraculous Wis
itation by fixing a penalty of IS upon
the head of every gull in the terri
tory.
And now, the birds having found
congenial nesting places on solitary
islands in the lake, their descendants
are so fearless and SO tame that they
habitually follow the pillow like
flock of chickens, rising from almost
under the feet of the Indifferent
horses and settling down at ono in
the furrow behind, seeking out grubs
and larvae and mice and moles that
the pillow has disturbed in its pas
sage. The Mormon cultivator has
sense enough to appreciate such
service, and 10 man or boy dreams of
lifting a finger against his best friend.
Extraordinary indeed was this sight
to eyes accustomed to seeing every
bird that attempts to render such
like service shot and shared and
swept from the face of the earth.
Our hearts warmed toward the
.'sons of Zion" and our respect for
their intelligence increased as we
hurried down to the field to e this
latter day wonder. Atlantic Month
ly.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24

The Famine Fare of B~eieaguered Paris.
Everybody conversant with the
history of the siege of Paris by the
Germans will remember that the in
habitants OF the beleaguered city
We're fed for a time ON the flesh OF
African and Asiatic beasts and birds
of prey from the geological gardens.
There has lately been discovered a
packet of letters which throw an in
teresting light on this matter. These
documents. have been deposited in
the C~arnavalet museum. They We're
addressed by NJ. Geoffroy Saint-Hi-
laire, director of the Jardin d'Accli-
nation in the Bots de Boulogne, to
NJ. Deboos, a butcher on the Boule-
ward Haussmann, and refer to the
prices which were asked for the ami
mails required for the nourishment
of starving Parisians.
Zebras, buffaloes, reindeer, ante
lope, wild boars, a kangaroo, a casso-
wary and a black swan We're killed
during the month of October, 1870,
together with several rare ducks,
p~heasants and geese. The cassowary
was sold for Is and the kangaroo for
half that sum. In November an an
telope fetched $40, and prices began
to ascend rapidly all round. Thus a
bear cost the butcher Deboos f20,
and fsS was given for a wild boar.
During the Christmas period two
camels from the garden We're sold at
pJIn nn n.a % NJ hAInnS fnnH
over the two elephants, which were
the veritable pieces de resistance of
his food supply. They cost him ~
900 francs. or II. 0SO. He soon sawed
up their colossal and sold
the pieces at a profit London Tele-
trT1lG
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Consolidated Notice of Final Entry,

Land Office at LewistOwn, Mont.
April Is, =
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settlers have filed noticed their m
netion to make final proof in support of
their claims. and that said proof will be
made before the Register and Receiver
of the u. 3. L.. D. at LewistOwn, Fer
gus county. Montana, on Saturday, May
M, 1884, viz;
Gilbert Gitlies.
who made homestead application No. 3s2.
tor lots 3 and 4, sec. 81, tip is n, re. q f.,
and lots 4 and 5. sec. 9, tp. IL N, TX. Fl E.,
and
Andrew Fergus.
who made homestead application No. 40,
for lots = and 3, 81 NW4, sec. 1. tip. IL N,
re. 20 +.
They name the following witnesses to
prove their continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
David Hilger of Christina, Eugene Town
send Of Maiden, Herbert Blanchard and
Nathaniel T.. Smith OF Fort Maginnis,
Montana
CHARLIE A. BURG, Register.
Fiut publication April IL. 1884,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF.
U. S. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
April I9, 1884. /

u. S. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
April 10. 1884.
Notice is heTeuy giventha AnnieC. Knud-
son al Maiden, Fergus county, Montana,
has filed notice of intention to make proof
IN her desert land claim No. 30, for
lot 4. sec. Is. township IL N. range Is east
and SCI Sci. sec. Is. tip. IL N, range II
east, before the Register and Receiver
of the u. $. l.. o. at Lewistown, Fergus
county. Mont, on Monday, the 4th day
of June. 1884.
She names the following witnesses 10
prove the complete irrigation and reclama-
ton of said land:
Frank SwanzeT Of Maiden, Peter Clary of
Gilt Edge, and Isaac =. Butts and Henry
Butts of Lewistown, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First publication April 70. 1884.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Notice of Final Entry.

Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
April "a. 1894.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton Il make final proof in support cf his
claim. and that said proof will be made he
fore the Register and Receiver of the u. 5.
l.. q. at Lewistown, Fergus county, Mont.
May 81, 1894, viz:
Bernard Logan,
made homestead application No. 4769,
the Ei NW4, SWt MEL. NWA SE4, sec.
10, tip IA N, X. 10 +.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
of said land, viz.
William II. Barney, Isaac B. Dawkins
nd David j. Bedford. all of Tibet, Mont,
nd Posey T.. ElstOn of LewistOwn, Mont.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register.
First publication April &c. 1894.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Notice of Final Entry.

u. s. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
April II. 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten.
ton to make final proof in suppor of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be.
fore the Register and Receiver of the u.
5. L. o. at Lewistown. Fergus county,
Mont, on June 5, 1894. viz:
Allerson p. B~reysington,
who made homestead application No. $685..
for the E3 SWA, 81 SCI, sec. 8, tp. 10 N, r.
10 +.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, n
of. said land, viz:
Samuel Baker. Frank Walters. Edward
Taylor and William NJ. S~tranahan, all OF
Halbert, Mont.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First publication April 10. 1894.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24

u. S. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
April -. 3
Notice is hereby given that Alice q.
Bower, of Stanford, Fergus county, Mont.
has filed notice of intention to max,
proof ON her desert-land claim No. 1896
for the 81 SEt, sec. .. WI SW4. sec. 4,
n, r. II f., unsurveyed ed, before The Register
and Receiver of the IT,. :. l.. o., at Lewis
town.. Montana, on Friday, the sth day
of June, 1884.
She names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclama-
ton of said land:
Park and William II. Alshouse, all OF
Stanford, Fergus county, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First publication Nav 2. 1894
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
GULLS ARE SACRED IN UTAH.
Why Grateful Mormons Impose a Fine of %
For Killing the Bird.

ny eTdttiui tibTthpi~ i"pt~ea IL VI 90
For Killing the Bird.
Most interesting of the birds that
we saw on our daily walk to the pas
ture We're the gulls-great, beautiful,
snowy creatures, who looked strange
ly out of place so far away from the
seashore. Stranger, too, than their
change of residence was their change
of manners from the wild, unap-
p~roachable sea birds, soaring and div
ing and apparently spending their
lives on wings. From this high place
in our thoughts, from this realm of
poetry and mystery, to come down
almost to the tameness of the barn
yard fowl is a marvellous transforma-
ton, and one is tempted to believe
the solemn announcement of the
Salt Lake prophet that the Lord sent
them to his chosen people.
The occasion of this alleged special
favor to the Latter Day Saints was
the advent about 90 years ago of
clouds of grasshoppers, before which
the crops of the western states and
territories were d~astrayel q. 49,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Notice of Final Entry.

Land Office at I.ewistown, Mont,
April "a, 1891.
Notice is hereby given hat the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton To make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will he made be-
fore the Register and Receiver of the IT,.
L. %. at Lewistown. Fergus county, Mont.
on June ., 1884, viz:
Roland y. Hamilton,
who made homestead application No.
Dbl, for the E4 NWl, NJ SW4, sec. ~, tip.
Is n, rg. II T..
He names the following Witnesses Ia
pre- re his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation oi said land, viz:
John Mcdonald, Irving Shippee and
Simon ID. Campbell of Stanford. Montana.
and William /. Hughes of Utica, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First mobilization N.x 2 IsqI
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-05-24
Desert Land Final Proof.
Consolidated.)
Us Land Ohiceat Iewistown, Mont,
April Ii, 1891.

IT,. s. Land Oficeat Lewistown, Mont,
April NJ, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that Roland 7.
Hamilton, of Utica, Fergus County, Mont,
has filed notice OF intention To make proof
on his desert land claim No. 40. for the
st NW4, sec. 3, SEA NE4. NEt Sci, see. 4.
tp. Is N, r. Is f., unsurveyed, and
Minnie j. Hamilton Of Utica, Montana,
has filed notice of Of intention to make
proof on her desert land claim No. 259. for
lots = and 3, sec. 3, tp. 10 NJ, r. ~ f., unsnr-
veyed, before the Register and Receiver of
the u. ). l.. o., tat Lewistown, Mont, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of June, 1894.
They name the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and recla-
nation of said land:
John Mcdonald, Irving Shippee and
Simon ID. Campbell of Stanford, Montana,
and William !. Hughes Of Utica, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First publication May 3. 1891.