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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
FIRST NIGHT. IN a SLEEPER.
Adventures of Rural Couple bound
for Niagara Falls.

Adventures of Rural Couple hound
for Niagara Falls.
During last August when cheap ex-
cursion trains were being run to Mag
ara Falls from nearly every section OF
the country, as is the custom every
year, l was given charge of tea car
train of Pullman sleepers delivered to
the Erie by a connecting line running
into Darkest Indiana"
The passengers on this train were Of
the raw blue jean type, many of them
were crossing the border of their state
for the first time. and big majority
of them were getting their first taste
of Pullman luxuries. AS the shades
of night began to fall the thoughts of
the passengers turned to sleep. In the
rear of Pullman was IN elderly
farmer and his wife hailing from one
of the interior counties Of the state.
They were tho first people in the car
to ask the porter to fix their bed, so
they could turn i'm Their tickets
called for one OF the upper berthes,
which the porter Immediately made
I'D for them. After the porter had
brought them the ladder his attention.
was called to the other end Of the car,
when to the amaZement Of the other
passengers in the car the old lady
quickly mounted the ladder with the
alertness Of a gymnast, climbing over
the curtain pole. and dropped into the
berth. When the porter came along
the old gentleman was in the act of
going through the same performance.
The porter intercepted him before he
had completed his giant swing and
gracefully parting the curtains, he
showed the mystitied tiller of the soil
that there was an easier way Of get
ting into an upper berth than by way
of the roof, ut which the old man
smiled and said he wondered why
Maria had not thought of splitting the
curtains.
The train. which was running spe-
cial and making few stops, had not
run very far after this little incident
when 1 felt the train give slight
lurch as if the air brake had been sud-
denly applied. 1 gave little attention
to this, but had hardly dismissed it
from my mind when the train lurched
again. I was then convinced that
somebody was meddling with the air
DfIke cOfu WHICH tuuS along the TOOL
of the car. Two officials of the pas
senger department of the road who
were in. the rear sleeper felt the jerk
ing of the train, and climbing steplad-
ders at either end of the car began to
look for the cause Of the trouble. The
officials at the forward end Of the car
quickly discovered the leak. The old
couple who had scaled the curtain
pole to get into their berths had mis-
taken the air brake cord for a clothes
line and had hung all of their wearing
apparel, including boots and shoes, on
it. The weight of the clothing had
stretched the cord so as to set the air
brakes. Just as the plot had been dis
covered the old lady threw her "shaps'
over the line. This broke the camers
back. The air Kissed. the brake was
set like wise, and the train brought
to dead standstill. After the cord
was unloaded the old couple were told
of their mistake and the train piloted
through the dark night without any
further accidents.-Chicago Daily In
ter-Ocean.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
Wednesday, June 8,

Ira J. Graves died in a sixty-foot
we'll at Grand Forks Of asphyxiation.
John Rett gets $1,000 from Peter
Rasmussen at Glendale for having an
arm shot off by the latter.
Michael Murphy Of Valley City was
on trial at jamestown for criminal as
sault, and has been bound over.
Every North Dakotan ought to wear
a suit OF clothes made from wool
IL ised in this state.
-.orn is now selling in some parts of
North Dakota for 81 per bushel, and
there is not enough to supply the de-
mand.
Joe Everett of Stutsman county.
while working in fifty-five foot well
was struck by bucket which fell
from the top, and had his shoulder
dislocated.
The first experimental trial of the
obnoxious weed and grass burner"
in which Fl. s. Diesem and several
La Moure gentlemen are Interested,
was made recently on the McMichacl
place, near La Moure. The machine
was not q perfect success. Still, in
view Of the unsatisfactory conditions
under which the trinl was made, the
machine can by no means be con-
sidered e fiat failure. Certain de-
fectS were made apparent, and when
these are rcmedled another trial will
be made, when better results are OK.
pectcd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
Friday. June z.


A Mandan kid got too tough and has
been sent to the reform school.
William n. Butler is the new princi-
pal Of schools at Hope.
Harvey will have a new bridge
across the Sheyenne river.
jamestown is to extend it's sewer
system to avoid litigation.
New Rockford has inaugurated an
early closing movement.
A farmers institute is to be held at
Buxton June IA and Is.
Flax is being contracted for in Lis
bon at ST per bushel for fall delivery.
Blind pigs at Fessenden have been
closed.
The Fargo city council voted. $500
for the firemen's tournament.
Grand Forks has a female Jack Tor
Jennie) the Hugger, who squeezes
timid men in the dark.
Prof. Coleman, of the Cavalier
schools, has the reputation Of being
one Of the best educators in the state.
Lieut.. Gov. Worst has accepted an
invitation to deliver ourth of July
GRAFTON at HillSbOrO.
Mimic has cerfuw regulation. Chill
dren under twelve must be at home
at . p. m.
On a wager an Oberon sport drank
six pints of sweet cider at one sitting.
He won the wager, but has been near
ly beside(D himself with pains ever
since.
Receiver Johnson, of the Lloyd Bank
at jamestown, has received Il draft
for $4,000 for the settlement of all
claims against D. NICK. Lloyd Of Pitts
burg.
There is a doubt in the minds of
some Of the legal talent in North Da-
kota as to whether the state now has
law Furnishing adultery, although the
state pen has two convicts sent up for
this.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
A student of human nature invested

a student of human nature invested
the purpose of testing the honesty of
New York people. He bought six small
purses and put in each AZ cents, door
key and q card with his own name and
address. He then proceeded to drop
these purses In the streets and on the
floors Of the large dry goods stores. In
less than twenty-fOur hours five of the
purses were returned, and In each case
by woman. This may or may not
prove anything concerning the honesty
of women as compared with men, but
It certainly seems to show that women
are the sharper.sjghted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

The finest country place in America
is that Of George w. Vanderbilt near
Asheville, N. c., on which the owner
is spending not less than 100000.
It's most interesting feature to the pub
lie is the fact that it contains fifty
square miles in which experiments in
forestry, birds and game will be con-
Quoted on q liberal scale. Mr.. Wander
bilt is man fond Of books and study,
who is virtually spending his money to
educate the people in forestry, and the
application Of his ideas is likely in the
course of time to have important re-
suits.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
c Nations Capital.

From Nations Capital.
The constitutionality OF the Chinese
exclusion act is confirmed by the ma
tional supreme court.
The controller of the currency has
given authority for the organization
of the Commercial National Bank of
Helena, Mont.
The Ranger, which was ordered sew
eral days ago to proceed to Guayu-
quill, Ecuador, to protect American in
terests while the revolution is in pro-
gress, has sailed from Panama.
Col. Ludlow. Commander Endicott
and MI. Noble. the commission ap-
pointed by President Cleveland by au-
thority of congress, to inspect the
Nicaragua canal route. and the party
with them, have arrived at Managua.
Owing to the great number Of appli-
cations that have been received from
persons anxious to visit the American
warships at the naval demonstrations
at Kiel, Secretary Herbert has been
obliged to issue an order to Admiral
kirkland that during the ceremonies
every civilian will be vigorously eX-
cluded from the ship board save am
bassadors and ministers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

The statistics show that there is
used in the manufacture Of the Royal
Baking Powder more than half of the
cream of tartar consumed in the
United States for all purposes. The
wonderful sale thus Indicated for the
Royal Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders COM
bined-is perhaps the highest evidence
of the superiority of this article, and
Of it's indispensableness to modern
cookery.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
Saturday. June &.

Some miscreants tried to burn States
Attorney Spencers bridge at Grafton.
Grand Forks has declared war on
the dandelion.
Judge and Mrs. Bartholomew are
back at Bismarck after an Eastern
trip.
Up in Walsh county it is quite the
proper thing now to dig up Indian
relics.
The sherif's contest in Dickey coun-
ty by F. M. Axtell is ended. The
court found the count Of votes correct.
Birch, the man suspected of MUIR
dering his partner at Forman, former
ly worked at Grand Forks.
The Dickey county auditor received
forty-six wolf scalps last week and
paid out $1G1 bounty.
Fargo will undertake to raise $1,000
to establish a creamery in connection
with the agricultural college.
A Fargo man built peanut stand
on wheels and the city council fired
the perambulating "business block"
from the streets.
The Devils Lake Chautauqua assem-
Uly IOf the season OF 80 will meet at
Devils Lake from Friday, June % to
Sunday, July q.
An enterprising Grand Forks county
clergyman made a match between a
young man and and young woman and
scooped in a twenty-fver at the we'd
ding for his pains.
Shaday-Naise-Ish, the Indian
charged with introducing liquor on
White Earth reservation, was bound
over to the United States grand Jury
under $3.50 bonds, which he failed to
furnish.
Andrew WIKI, charged with arson, is
on trial at Grand Forks. He is
charged with attempting, on May II,
to burn the residence in which his
wife lived. They had separated, and
it is claimed WIKI was jealous OF an
other fellow.
In their trip over the Northern Pa
cific the railroad commissioners find
the farmers very hopeful, elevators
being repaired, more elevator build
ings being erected and a revival of
stock interests all over.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

A Columbia river salmon canning
factory has gone into the business Of
canning horse meat for the foreign
trade. One popularity of the horse
meat business is that the meat is al
ways packed for foreigners. Another
popularity is that some of the meat is
marketed on this side Of the Atlantic
without discovery. 1t is hard to get
q ''horse'' on the Gamers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

The decision of the United States
supreme court that the Geary Chinese
exclusion act is constitutional saves
the lower courts from great deal Of
work, and incidentally keeps a large
amount Of money out Of the pockets
of attorneys. The supreme court had
the interest Of the lower courts in
view to some extent when it made it's
decision.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
Otherwise.

There is only one sudden death
among women to eight among men.
Many important changes are being
made in New York's police force.
An earthquake shock was felt at
Battleboro, vt.
The plan of having national miners
strike has been abandoned.
Warden Chase of the Topeka, Kan,
penitentiary has been dismissed for
unbecomipg conduct.
H. l.. Bunting, living seven miles
southwest Of New Sharon, Iowa, was
found dead in his bed.
The Freeport, ILL.,, common council
is going to prohibit saloons from Civ
ing free lunch.
The San Francisco Call has discov-
cred the original of RndyaM kipling's
Private Mulvaney." He Is William
McAIanus, and lives in that city.
Supt Lcgee, of the Atlantic mills at
Providence, has given notice that work
| will be resumed in the mills with non.
union hands.
The week of festivities in Kansas
City from Sept. 80 to Oct. 5, inclusive,
will include as one of it's features a
great military pageant and parade.
The Calumet & Hecla Mining COM
pany employing 300 men, Ns NJ restore
10 per cent reduction OF 1898.
AS result Of the woman's congress
which was held last week in San
Francisco, an organization was formed
to he known as the California suffrage
| constitutional amendment association.
w. G. Stivers, Lancaster, KY, to-
bacco raiser, sues Miss Catherine
West, pretty twenty.three-year-old
school teacher, for breach Of promise,
and wants $4,000 damages
Speaker Crisp, of the national house
of representatives, has issued a signed
card in which he says he Is a believer
in the full and unlimited coinage Of
silver.
The United Presbyterians, in session
at Pittsburg, decided to give the as
sembly veto power over seminaries
and also authority to remove profess
sors for unsoundness in faith.
Loring +. Tyler of Boston left $780,
600, eight wills and two contestants
for each will. The probate court has
decided that his last will shall have
its way.
The miners of Gloucester, Ohio, last
evening to the number OF ,087, adopt
ed Il resolution expressing their will
ingness to join the American Railway
asGC ciatiOE.
Indiana G. A. r. is fighting certain
text books In use In tile public schools.
claiming that they lean too much to-
ward the South and are historically
incorrect.
Mrs. .Alva Vanderbilt In wanted ms q
witness In the suit OF MrA Leyerlch
for damages against the BIlwelI-Tink
ham Cycle company In NewlYork city.
MrE. Vanderbilt ID In EurOpb
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

DR.. Schott believes that even Ia a
violent storm, waves tifly-tive feet high
are rare and that even those Of forty
feet are exceptional. With an ordinary
breeze the height of waves is from
four to six feet.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Russia is now credited with de-
sign of Selling Corea and Manchuria
for herself, and is said to be concen-
trating troops for that purpose. Ger
many is becoming suspicious and is
withdrawing her support from Rus
sia's pretensions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

At the birth of child in Cypress a
vessel of wine is buried. to be served
up afterward at the marriage. A GER
tain superstition attaches to this wine,
for. whatever be the fate Of the child,
it is never employed in commerce.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Birds differ very much in the heights
to which they commonly ascend. The
condor, largest Of vultures and of all
flying birds, has been observed soaring
over $4,000 feet. or about five miles and
q half above the level Of the sea.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

The term father of his country"
was first applied to Marirs, the great
Roman general of the century before
Christ. Since that time it mas been
worn more or less worthily by various
great men, not the least of whom is
our own Washington.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Jinks-l1yerybody predicted that
Hardhead would have trouble after he
married that vain beauty; but she new
er leaves her home unless he Is with
her. How does he manage?
Wlhks-He hlled the house with mir
rors.--New York Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Michigan has just passed an anti
treating law. 1t is to be feared that
whatever decrease in law-breaking
will have been secured by her recent
adoption of capital punishment will
be sacrificed-in fact, if not in statis-
tics-by the viola tons of this new reg
ulation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Sara Rernhardt is writing book of
personal memoirs. If she tells the
whole truth the book will be one of
that sort demanding the services of an
index eXpurgatoris.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Robins and goldfinches have been
seen among the sunbirtls high up the
mountains of Africa, while one species
Of the humming bird lives perpeually
some $4,000 feet above the level Of the
ocean.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

A New York paper declares that
there must be bicycle reform; that
is to say, ''scorchers" and reckless
riders generally must reform their
methods and not ride down unoffend-
ing citizens. That's right. The same
reform is needed everywhere.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Thomas Byrnes, for many years the
chief of police of New York and one
of the great detectives Of this country,
has been retired on pension Of $1,000
q year. This is the first step toward a
complete publication and reorganiza-
ton of the New York police by the
new board Of police commissioners.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALB
PARTS OF THE STATE.

a Condemned Record Of the lmror.
tant Happenings OF the Week In
North Dakota. Arranged for Ripple
Reading.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
Sunday, June =.


The Glendale creamery is pushing
things.
Casselton wants to celebrate the
glorious Fourth.
The Monango cheese factory is rum
ming full force.
Grandin Woodmen are to have Il big
picnic this month.
Dickey county farmers gathered to
the number of twenty strong and
seeded George Meek's farm.
Last week Mimic had a dog shooter;
this week the town comes to the front
with dog poisoner.
a. T. Cole is acting as state attorney
of Dickey county during Attorney
lemington's illness.
Henry Jackson of Grand Harbor,
while cleaning out well, fell in-40
feet-and broke his ankle.
A fire was discovered on the third
story of the Vinkle hotel at Cakes on
Monday morning, but no damage to
speak of was done.
The Baptist church bell at Lisbon
has sprung leak" and the good
people of the city are now called to
worship by fish horn.
The people of Portland and May
vile are offered telephone line to
connect with Fargo and the rest of
the world for $500 advance payment
for service, after the line is working.
You bet them folks" will do it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13


Thirty-three lumbermen are drowned
in Canada
Hot winds are damaging small grain
in Nebraska, but corn is in good con-
dition.
The molding department of the In
diana machine works at Fort Wayne,
Ind, was destroyed by fire.
John Rosburg, who had a pitchfork
driven through his hand by wind
storm at Sibley, Iowa, is dead.
Three young men named Patterson,
Salisbury and Doolittle We're drowned in
Chase lake near Adrian, Mich.
John Brode attempted to board a
Great Western freight train at Du-
buque and was run over and killed.
Preston Talbot, aged eighty-five. of
Valley View, Ky, broke his leg while
pulling off his boot and died of his in
jury.
Louis Penne. agent at Cleveland,
Ohio, for the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance company, was drowned by the
capsizing of a boat.
The Atlantic express struck a defect
i've switch near Reno, New, last night.
while running at high rate of speed.
The engine, mail, express baggage and
smoker were ditched. A tramp named
Hickel. supposed to be an esca ped pris-
oner from the Oakland Jail, was crushed
to q pulp.
T. NJ. Strait, While working in well.
about seven miles north of Independ.
ence, Kan, was overcome by foul air.
He was brought up as quickly as DOS
sible, but as he almost reached the ton
his hold upon the rope relaxed and he
fell back into the well, killing him in
Stantly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
AROUND THE GLOBE.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

All 1mp9kient Occurrence. of the
Past WSr1NTs - WIN and ARR
anHed1 .nnE, From
fencing ho
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

Oscar Wilde, in prison, will perform
the unesthetic and unpoetical task OF
working tread wheel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13
Personal Mention.

The sultan has an annual income of
$30.00O,O00.
Joseph Yeager, prominent business
man of CreSton, Iowa, dropped dead
from heart disease.
John Gray. prominent farmer liv-
ing north of Homer, ILL.,, was found
dead in the road.
Andrew Fitzpatrick died at Hanover,
ILL.,. aged ninety-four years. He had
lived in 10 Davies county since 1880.
Lewis Long of Logan county, Ky.
is eighty-tive, has had five wives and
is the father Of twenty-eight children
John Lynch, a brother Of Judge
Charles Lynch, the originator of the
Lynch law, was the founder of Lynch
burg, Va.
Bismarck has been decorated with
fifty-one orders. He has every decora-
ton that the German emperor can be-
stow except that of the Friedensklasse
established by Frederick the Great.
Gen. Grants grandson, Algernon
Sartoris, is youth nearly six feet tall
and fair of complexion. He was born
in England, but is said to prefer his
mothers country to his native land.
Grandma Eva Gross of Herneyville,
100 years of age, died at Jetfersonville.
1nd.She was born on farm few
miles from where she died. A son
seventy years Of age cared for her in
her last illness.
Mrs. Florence Blythe Hinckley Of
San Francisco, who inherited the ST.
100000 estate of the late Thomas II.
Blythe, has placed lien on the Blythe
estate to secure the fees of some of
her attorneys, w. w. Foots and Gar
Der, Boalt & Bishop, amounting under
special agreement to $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-06-13

ger OF the fGcluc CUSiSt UTdLC4 OIL tAv
John T. Baker Company Of Hhiladel.
phia and the A. A. Hart Company OF
New York, is said to have sailed from
San. Francisco to escape arrest on
charge of embezzlement.
Col. Goldsmith w. Hewitt, the most
prominent criminal lawyer in Ala
bama. and member of the Forty.
fourth, Forty-tifth, Forty-sixth and
Forty-seventh congresses from the
Sixth Alabama district, died at his
home in Birmingham of neuralgia OF
the heart. He wis 81 years old.
A we'll dressed young woman giving
her name as Myrtle Eldridge was ar
rested in Lexington. Ky, for vagrancy.
She turns out to be the daughter of q
prominent judge in Catlettsburg and
a sister of prominent lawyer and
physician OF that place, both well
known all over the state.
J. H. Jones. now dead, has been
found to have defaulted to the extent
of $5O,0NO as trustee of his two wards,
Henry X. Jones and Matilda Thomp-
son, heirs Of the estate of Desalmu
Jones at DetroiBt. The estate, aggre-
eating about $4,000. was placed in his
hands to manage without bonds.
Foreign. ~.
The city OF Vera Cruz is negotiating
loan of $1,0O0,O00.
There has been no cholera at Mecca
since Thursday last.
Cuban hospitals are rapidly filling
with yellow fever patients.
Central American republics take
steps toward union @
E'renchmen and Brazilian free-boot'
ers have a battle.
A British fleet has been ordered to
Beyrout, Egypt, owing to disturbances
there.
The Italian government gets large
majority in the parliamentary cleo
tons.
Anton Rubinstein's religious opera,
"Christus," was introduced IN Berhn
Saturday.
Seven men were killed and twelve
injured in an explosion on the Turkish
torpedo boat Destroyer, whichis being
built at Kiel.
The conference of the German banks.
held in Hanover, has unanimously
adopted resolutions against any change
in the currency law.
Thieves entered the American Bap'
fist Mission house at Thebo and MUIR
dcred a young Englishman named
Lambert, who was in Charge.
Rev. Joseph D. Parker, D.. D., in a
sermon preached in the temple at Lon.
don, advocated a war for the redresa
of Armenian wrongs if necessary.
A surveying party, working near the
head water Of the Saskatchewan, has
found valuable deposits of alluvial
gold in minor stream tributary to
the river.
Two Armenians, editors of the Jour-
nal Vatan. have been arrested at Ath-
ems for Matchmaking the Turkish
minister and publishing articles in
sulting the sultan.
The correspondent of the London
Times at Athens confirms the rumors
that bands Of Bulgarian brigands ere
awaiting a favorable opportunity to
invade Macedoa:a.
Premier Crispi has been elected in
five of the nine districts in which he
was nominated for the Ita2fnn cleo
lions office. Judging from returns al
ready known the ministry has 800
seats.
Lord Rosebery has introduced bill
into the house of commons to author
ize any one who has been a Judge of
the supreme court in Canada or AUS
tralia, to become member of the ju-
dicial commission Of the priYy council.