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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
DO THEY CHALLENGES,
Conduct of n Deer That More Than
Astonished q Hunter

Astonfshed q Hunter
Some years since, in company with
five beside myself, was still-hunting
deer in Arkansas. On the morning we
were to break camp shouldered nv
Winchester to take a farewell tramp
over the grounds we had hunted for
two weeks. I had walked about ono
and one-half miles. and was standing
near the end of prairie. Behind me
was briery slough. had been stand
ing several minutes when I heard
three successive sounds or noises that
were much louder and coarser than
the whistle or snort Of any deer had
previously heard. At first thought
1t some other animal, but presently he
was In sight, and when within about
200 yards Of me he ran into a flock Of
turkeys.
lie would single out one and chase It
away, then another, until he had
chased off nine or ten, likely all of the
HOOK, when he returned to the line or
track he was following and came on.
part of the time trotting and mart If
the time walking, but all the time
travelling as If he were tracking some
thing. When within eighty yards Of
me ne came on my track and stopped.
turning half around, giving me a fine
shot. He was only three-point buck
and rather small for three-pointer
put ne seemed to be ON the war path.
Judging by the way he chased the tur.
Keys, and he seemed to care very lit.
tie for me. Now, have frequently
heard deer whistle when frightened
and have heard them snort from the
same cause, but this deer made alto.
gether louder and different noise
from ehher.-Forest and Stream.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
%a.hi.x,.a.

ashingssn.
The governments suit against the
Stanford estate is to be appealed Inn
mediately to the United States SUI
preme court.
As a result Of the repeal Of the wool
duties the exports from Uruguay to
the United States have nearly trebled.
The United sntes has been involved
in another diplomatic tangie with
Spain.
Second Assistant Postmaster Gener-
nj Nelson, who has charge Of the rail-
way mail, the street car mail and the
wagon mails, will recommend in his
annual report, an extension Of the SER
vice upon street railways.
Secretary Smith has directed the
force in the law division of the interi-
or department to work one hour extra
each day in order that the work Of
that division may be brought up to
date. 1t is now about ten months in
arrears.
The fall work Of the national fish
commission will soon begin. The COM
mission has been unusually successful
with its salmon catch on the Pacific
coast this year. In the early run over
7,55O,OOO eggs were collected at
Beard Station Cal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
Gait Work Just in Tim.

ressenden. N. d.. Oct. 23-The west
Yali OF the new court house fo,i ~.
lay; y few bricklayers had bean ~
.nrk on the vaults in the morninr
',Nt on account Of the high wind hsT
Topped few minutes before ths u,s,i
'eli. owing to legal complication.
nork on the new building had he.,,
,m' It .na az q standstill for a week.
rnnd,tin e wal" ~. were left In an unsaf,,
, = nnn me damage Ia estimated n
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
aIi.ccIlaneoa, items.

At Atlanta. Ca, the Farmers Ma
tfonal congress passed resolutions IA
voring reciprocity with the South and
Central American countries. q
At Rock Rift, N. Y, the pastor of
the Presbyterian church refused t0bf-
ficiate at a wedding on the ground
that it would not be valid IL solemn
lied on Sunday.
At Peoria, ILL.,, the resumption of
the Peoria grape and sugar works has
been followed by a. 10 per cent. ad-
vance in wages, back to the standard
of two years ago.
Mrs. John Langdon, the wife Ola
farmer living near Toledo, and Deltn
Ohio, has presented her husband with
five tokens Of her affections. The
little ones are all boys and are ~.
ported to be thriving finely.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the maritime
board Of the chamber Of commerce de-
cided to start a movement to obtain
an appropriation of $1,000 600 from
congress for the improvement OF Cleye-
land harbor. Ess
Mamie Gray, the famous thorough
bred brood mare by Inquirer, dam OF
Domino, Correction and other great
racers, died at Maj. G. B. Thomas
farm at Lexington, KY, Of heart dis
ease.
1t seems likely that for the first time
in the history of st. Louis negro VIII
have seat in the municipal assembly.
An intelligent colored man, MunrOe
Cravens. was one of the FIVE Republi-
cans defeated on the face OF his re
turns at the last city election, but a
recount. which revealed gross fraud,
gives him more than 100 minority. s Il
w. A. Baker, young man employ
ed as q stenographer by the Paragon
Refining company, mt Toledo, ID lying
at Clyde. Ohio, totally paralyzed ma
In an almost hopeless condition. Hak-
ed formerly lived at Clyde, and ghe
rode there on his wheel, It being a dis-
lance Of fOrty-nve miles. Upon Sdis-
mounting he was stricken with parely.
sis and found himself unable tOamOye
ono side of his body. A
Turpin. the inventor Of melinite. ana
whose recent claim that he had "A.
vented number of deadly instrtJ.
ments Of war caused quite q
sensation In military circles, has been
summoned to C0DstantiR0pie on rs.
half OF tho Turkish gOv0rnment.
which. 1t IL daimed. proposes to utilize
certain OF his Inventions for the ~.
Tense OF the BOsDh0rus and tho OAR
daneIics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
JUDGE KERR KILLS 1T.
Law Passed by the Last Legislature
Regulating Sale of Poultry

Law Passed by the Last Legislature
Regulating Sale of Poultry.
St. Paul, Oct. 25.-Judge Kerr has
filed In the district court a decision
that will be read with interest by
every wholesale and retail meat and
provision dealer and cold storage man
ard commission merchant in the city.
In the decision he discussed the con-
stitutionality Of the law which makes
1t a misdemeanor for any dealer to
sell or retail pluckcd. undrawn chick
ems. Anton Kasmirsky, one Of the
prominent provision and meat dealers
of the city, was arrested for a VIOLA
ton of the law and was in the Gus
tody of Thomas Mcmahon, a city
bailiff. Kasmirsky brought habeas
corpus proceedings and the court has
ordered his discharge, finding on ex-
animation that the law is unconsti-
tutional, as alleged by the relator.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
BEFORE THE GOvERNOR'
nh. Cole.wheeler Case at Pierre
Receives AN Airing.

rh. Cole-Wheeler Case at Pierre.
Receives AN AIRING.
Pierre, s. d., oct. 24.-Ine cnarEes
fled by Emmett Cole, late clerk In ting
Office Of the commissioner of labor and
statistics, against Commissioners
Wheeler. of that office. were taken up
today by the governor. Cole charged
his chief clerk with an attempt to COM
pei him to give up portion Of his.
salary, and refusing to DO neid up u
this way, he was summarlly dis
charged. Commissioner Wheeler was
represented by Judge ]. w. Carter and
Attorney General Crawford appeared
on behalf Of the state and US the ad-
visor of the governor. The case made
by Cole consists Of the testimony OF
himself and wife and Of sundry letters
which passed between himself and
Commissioner Wheeler. The herring
will be continued tomorrow, when Mr..
Wheeler will put in his defense.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
Saturday, Oct. 70.

Lisbon decided for water works
unanimously.
The county hospital at Fargo will
soon be under way, with Architect
Ross of Grand Forks In charge.
A Jamestown party had one side of
his mustache blown OF while starting
gasoline engine.
Miss Linda w. Slaughter was elect
ed president of the Burleigh County
Teachers association.
Father Turcott, pastor of the Catho-
lie church at Tarsus, fell from his
buggy and broke one rib and dislo-
Gated another.
B. Fl. Tilden of jamestown has &C
cepted the position Of chief draughts-
mar In Surveyor General Blewett's
Office.
AT Il special election Forman town.
ship voted $4,000 bonds for the pur-
pose of sinking three artesian wells
in the township. There was but one
dissenting vote to the proposition.
Burleigh county commissioners have
instructed the county attorney to ap-
ply to the United States court for an
order compelling the receivers Of the
Northern Pacific to pay taxes on its
lands for 1893 and 1894.
Harry Greene was employed by
Robert Cook, near Grafton, to watch
a threshing rig. He went to sleep in
a pile of straw near the engine and
was aroused by flames. He was horri-
bly, burned and may not recover.
The supreme court discharged the
writ of habcas corpus in the Pepke
case, and as case to test the con-
stitutionality OF tie prohibition law it
is of no effect. Pepke was sworn and
questioned by the judges, and it ap-
peared that J. G. Oswald & Co. of Min
neaDolis were behind the suit and
hired Pepke for So day to undergo
arrest and Imprisonment to test the
law for the benefit of Oswald & Co.
The court discharged the writ on the
ground that Pepke was not in actual
custody withinthe meaning of the law
and so understood it when the case
was brought. The defendant had not
been deprived of any rights, consti-
tutional or otherwise.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
Earning His s.,..w

Walking Dclegate-And you have
no'objection to find with your emn,ov.
ersY"
The Unlon--None whatever.
waking Delegate-And your hours
OF labor are none too longY
"rhe Union--Oh, no."
walking Delegate-And your wages
arc entirely satisfactory
The Enthusiastically.
waking DaleGate-Ihen nothing m.
mains but to order general STRIFE
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

Lord Salisbury, England's prime
minister 10 an adept in the manly art
OF self defense. As a youth he took
lessons Of the famous slugger,
"Young Reed" ma soon feeling that
he was more than a match for his
teacher, challenged him to q fight.
But q round of q few minutes forced
tho future prime minister to confess
that the had had enough. and needed
. few more lessons.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

Ninety,nine out of every hundred
school boys OF this country would give
their cars, or think they would, for
the privilege of going to Cuba TO in
struct the revolutionists in the use of
firearms, as Sylvester Scovet, Of
Cleveland, is about to do. 1t is long
since anything has happened on this
side of the Atlantic which has afford.
cd such an opportunity for romance as
the Cuban insurrection does.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
and buried IN NE yard near the Bid
win woman's ouse.
Friday, oct &

T., sfGs 4 ]. ( " . 4
work has commenced on a new
Presbyterian church at Harvey.
The Keystone club Of Hankinson 10
preparing for a big blowout.
Farmers are unable to plow on &C.
count of the dry weather.
Fifteen travelling men drove into
Milton In oneaSday, rather than wait
for the Great Northern branch train.
Two thieves tried to effect an en-
trance into Frank Andres residence
at Jamestown, but We're captured Dy
the police.
John LARSON attempted to pass
forged check " 500 on Appel Bros.
til the check. ~
George r. Honey of Milton paid
1892 for farm last spring, and har-
vested 1914 worth of crops off the
same this fall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
SECRETARY CARL1sLE's NEWLY
"John JONES'" Ginning D,.t,r.
KutAhel COnnecfians Ein>a
Innuring CONSERVATIVES.

cincinnati. Oct. 21.-special.-Re
ports say that leading life Insurance
company Is accepting risks to the
amount OF 100000 on lives of CON
,H taking the Amick Chemical
lreatment for lung disease. Tie
Annex Chemical Co. of Cincinnati ia
actually paying the premiums on this
insurance II, and presenting policies TO
:. .nelr patients. This company claims
10 nave the most complete statistics on
tp" n In the world. and TINT
these rlsks'are good, providing the ma
ment. 'ieAt-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
Wednesday, Oct. III.

Jud la Moure has been hunting
again and lost his suit by prairie fire.
The Great Northern refuses cars for
potatoes at Portland.
Z Tire Mayyille Mercantile company is
to build brick emporium Is by 100
feet.
Representative Lindstrom of Benson
county is in luck. His wheat averag es
80 bushels per acre.
{ Jamestown is determined to continue
its annual cairs, and has raised 5000
of the 81 900 Indebtedness.
The first car load of fax ever shipped
out Of Ward county was sent out by
r. w. Davidson last week.
4sl The wind blew the tries off Frank
Andres wagon wheels at Jamestown
next!
"A Northwood youth is missing and a
young maiden with kid few months
old is mourning.
A jamestown man is reported to be
In trouble because he married his
niece.
Frank Scribner is in Jail at Devils
Lake In default Of $500 bail for bru-
tally beating his wife, who refused to
give him the money she had earned as
q cook.
81 1t is now thought the skeleton of the
man found burned to death in DR..
barn near Devils Lake was
that OF the man who attempted to rape
the Dunkard woman.
Dickey county says 1t has $3,S49.69
In currency aud coin, $65O9.SS in Can
mons bank, about the same in the Citi-
zens bank, as much more in Cakes, and
nearly as much in Monango-total
cash, S2S,511.41.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

The nepenthe or pitcher plant Is
found in twenty or thirty varieties. 1t
ls indigenous to Sumatra, Borneo,
South India, Ceylon and many parts
Of Southern Asia and tropical Africa.
In its simplest form small receptacle
Or pitcher depends from the end of
.eaf or stem, a hinged lid closing the
apper part of the vessel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

1t is said that the duke Of Marl-
borough doesn't indulge in the habit
OF tipping servants and hackmcn,
which has always been regarded as a
particularly aristocratic habit, and in
consequence the income of the fun
kies has taken decided drop, as the
New York Anglomaniacs among the
New York swells consider it neces-
sary to initiate the duke.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

A novel feat was performed at the
Diamond Ice company's. works in
Newport, R. l. A plate of ice was
stood on edge just as it was taken out
Of the tank, and behind this half a
dozen persons took their positions,
while on the other side photographer
;1osed his camera. The features could
oe seen distinctly through the ice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
Foreign Gossip :.

Hubay's opera, "Le Luther dc Gre.
none" has been performed with great
success at Leipzig. sssl ~ "
France is about to establish evening
manual training in all schools for pri-
mary education.
A crop Of strawberries In September
is one result Of the hot weather, n
some parts of England.
The Due d'Aumale has just been
elected director of the French academy
for the next three months, and Paul
Bourget chancellor. sS Ss
The Pectan, the largest tank oil
steamer ever built, has just been com
pleted at West Hartlepool. She ~ lbs
feet long by As broad and 311a dem
Mrs. Kelley, the English actress no
will be 80 next month, is to h4vesa
benefit OH her birthday, when she Will
appear in 'Betsy Baker" at the Iy-
ceum. ~
Ten steamers for the China trade,
aggregating 10000 TONS, were tnEned
out by one Greenock firm In lie
months recently. This is record f0r
quick work.
Africa is to be triangulated from HE
Cape of Good Hope to Cairo. DFASdl
astronomer royal at Cape Town, has
prepared the plans and Cecil Rhodes
Is backing him up.
Large coal deposits have been found
in Sunderoe, one Of the Farce islands.
A French company is going to work
them. having obtained concession
from the Danish government.
The Welsh chronicles record when
Cardigan bay was a fertile districts
and the Irish when the Scilly islands
were separated from Cornwall An
cient maps and the salt beds - the
line indicate, on the contrary, thatthe
estuaries of the Severn and the 9er-
sey were once Joined by tidal chan-
mel Of salt water. Ss n:
Mount Vesuvius is situated sat the
distance of five Italian miles from the
city Of Naples. and is justly accounted
one Of the most dreaded volcanoesSOf
the world. Its declivity towards the
sea is richly clothed with vines and
fruit trees, the air is clear and salu-
brious, and the neighboring plain az
fords most delightful prospect.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

The street railway systems in Phila-
delphia, embracing 425 miles Of tracks,
have been consolidated, with capital
ization of $1OS,O0O,OOO, or over $25,0Oo
a mile, which is vast deal more
than the roads ever cost.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

It is estimated that the use of the
fashionable big sleeves, in Chicago
alone, have added $1.OOO,000 year
to the cost of women's dress. If this
estimate is correct, what must be the
cost for the world at large?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

It is announced that Willie Wander
bilt and Mrs. Vanderbilt will remaHy
after their daughter Consuelo has
welded the duke of Marlborough.
Wouldn't it look more respectable for
the old folks to get married first?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

The spectacle of new corps OF
women missionaries starting for China
arouses neither admiration nor sym
patty. Pity and wonder are the. sentl-
ments which naturally arise on the
contemplation of such deliberate
tempting of fate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

It is reported that Emperor William
finds that he has half an hour day
to spare, and that he will edit daily
paper of his own to occupy the time.
The solemnities of the comic press in
Europe are apparently about to be re-
lieved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

The eyes become bloodshot because,
while ordinarily the vessels OF the
.ornea are too small to admit the red
eorpuscles Of the blood, when inhamed
they enlarge and the red particles en-
ter and give their color to the white.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
kiIIea by i. r....

,,o Valley City. N. q, Oct. D. A q.
, ,~hn ,.a man named Thomas Brenier
r %% qaH neen working Mt New RocI.
''n"r W ,nI from trnlp ana was kIliad
, iu"r VILE, whey City while stealing \ riSe
, 'I,S morning ming He liz thought 10 have
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
CHILDREN KILLED.
p.,.r.. Of !. Quaaraple Murder ~

Renortn Of . 0uAdFupie - = - -
North Dakota. y.
Devils Lake, N. D., Oct. 24.--Dr. W.
n Swnnston returned this morning;
from a trip 20 miles north II Towner.
nm Moose river, where lie was called
~ testify before n coroner's jury. The
tom,Iv Of william Burn,eistcr, consist
mo Of Lena, 10 years old. William
Otto and Gustav, We're Rilled ~ un1
unknown tiend Saturday M0rnnR.
The little girl was mvisne,. ana w
skulls Of all were crushed Win Olunt
instrument The house was burned 70
conceal the crime. The fMtber was al
sent threshing. Sheriff Pitts ana state
attorney Thorsen arc working mp the
case. aud there will be q lynching pee
ma soon as suspicious arc verified.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

The palms of the hands and soles of
the feet are composed Of cushions of
tat in order that sudden jolts and
violent blows may be successfully re-
sisted and no injury done to the mus
,les and bones underneath.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

The little town of Neilhart, Montana,
seems to be right in on the current
rage for gold discovery. It is reported
that gold vein has been struck three
miles north of town which runs on as
say from 500 to $1,000 a ton. II
there is much of this sort of rock, Eei-
hart can look with contempt OH South
Africa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

Mrs. Gait, the reformer, estimates
the number of bad women In the
country at 100000, and the number
of bad men at 6,OOO,OOo. No wonder
the women die young.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31
personnl Mention.

FGE0OnN1
Mrs. Alexander, the poetess, died at
London.
Ex-Gov. Elisha P. Ferry, of Wash
ington died at Seattle.
Rev. Richard Dunford, bishop Of
Chichester, died suddenly at Basic,
Swift, aged ninety-three years.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Horatio G. Knight
died at East Hampton, Mass. He has
been confined to his home since June.
Gen. William ]. Landram of Ian
caster. Ky. veteran Of the Mexican
and civil wars, is dead.
Samuel p. Hawkins, a prominent
farmer of Newton, ILL.,, was found dead
in ravine near his home.
Col. T. L. Wilson, who conceived the
idea of building a railroad from st.
Louis to Dennison, Tex, In 1866,
which resulted in the construction Of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
road, died in Fort Scott, Kan.
George Davis, aged "a, well-known
financier and formerly president Of
the Louisville Ky.) Fourth National
bank, which were merged with several
others into the American National is
dead.
Mrs. Carlisle, wife Of the secretary
Of the treasury, is the first one of the
cabinet women to adopt the bicycle.
She is taking lessons in riding nearly
every afternoon in Columbia field, the
training ground of the Washington
cyclists. She is generally accompan-
led by two of her children, who are
good riders.
Rudyard Kipling lives in a quaint
old house in Vermont, which is nine
ty feet long by twenty-six wide, It is
built on a domination of rough unfin-
ished stone. The entrance is on the
rear and in front OF the house a con-
spicious sign on the fence post for
bids trespasing. In the winter the
writer is said to enjoy nothing so
much as shoveling snow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

Scotland was named from the Scott,
/ tribe which had it's birth in North
ireland. 1t was called by the natives
Caledonia, "the little country of the
Gaels." Gael proper signifying "a hid
len rover" The Picts, who inhabited
the lowlands of Scotland, were paint
ed men,"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-31

father . few years az
Brocker was shot and kilI6I n
Sylvania, Ga, at Baptiet Sh
meeting, by Solomon and 1S1y|
Zeigler. aSasSs
Near Manchester, Tenn, EuGG IN
noy, q negro, was called ONtH 10
house by crowd Of white M md
shot to death. He was charged Win
mistreating young white tl ef
weak intellect.
At Jamestown. N. Y, 1t Id repCytld
that detectives have traced thu 4u1S
der Of Mrs. Sherman and Mia
in Busti last December to nnlet
Bittles and three others, who ln
the Pennsylvania penitentiary IIa-
other crime. Ss sgs
Straight Head, the Indian ice.
man. who was recently acquitS Tor
killing Bill Fielder, has klle M
other man. He became engaGe Inn
general quarrel with farmer 1fStAe
Forest City Indian agency NH
Dakota and shot him, death re1ulting
instantaneously. The farmersS pnme
was st. Clair. ~
The talk Of Earlville, III. Is Tide
elopement Of Miss Ruth Wiley NJ that
city and son of ex-Sherin NClntyfe
of Mendoza. They were married 1tn
Princeton and left Immediately fOr
Texas. The young woman ix The
daughter of Samuel Wiley, ex-TnSrnher
of the Illinois legislature. The p6t-
cnts of both are wealthy and M afeI
highly respected.
The defense in the Hinshaw murder
case have filed motion for III now
TRIAL at Danville, Ind, alleging erI0ee
in the judges rulings and have dled
a great many affidavits against jaFnrS
One jurors son made affidavit that H
knew before the trial what his
er's verdict would be. HinshaSlsss
hopes are revivipg and he looks 6etter
than at any time since the convfcti6n.