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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
Repartec.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself"
said the feather legged hen to the game
one. 1.-The idea of you trying to crow"
Anyway" retorted the game hen, with
a scornful glance at the others extremi-
ties, anyway I have not begun wearing
boomers !'-Indianapolis Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
Too Much.

Customer-Thcse nails I bought here
yesterday are in terrible condition. Half
of them arc rusty.
Salesman Gndignantly)-W what If
they are? You don't suppose we can mani
cure every pound we send out, do your
Boston Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
WANTED.

A GENTS to sell our new book, DictiOn-
~ airy of United States History, by
Prof. j Franklin Jameson. Needed by every
teacher, pupil and family; Endorsed by press
week Successful agents will be made gem
eral agents. Big Pay.
PURITAN PUBLISHING CO.,
Jan 26-tjeS Boston, Mass
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
Impossible.

Mrs. Bellefield-Mrs. Oakland has a
great secret.
Mrs. Bloomfcld-Oh, no! She can't
have.
"Why not?"
"If she had, she would have told it to
me. "-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
A DisappoIntment.

Nodd-My wife felt terribly to think I
played poker last night.
Todd-Is that so? Why?
Nodd-She lost new bonnet.-Clothier
and FurniSher
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29

"And what are you going to give your
little sister for a birthday PRESENT."
"I'm going to ask papa to get her a foot
ball, and then I'll show her how to play. 4"
Ottawa Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29

money talks" said the confident man.
eyes" replied the melancholy citizen
"but when it's conversing with poor re-
lation it usually talks in a whisper -
Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
Defined.

What do we mean by health2" asked
the teacher. Health, " said timid little
voice, sis when you're real fat and have
lots of skinP'-Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
Wholesale.

Applicant-How much for marriage
license?
Clerk-One dollar for single license;
SIS for commutnti7n liccnse.-Detroit
Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29
Answered..

"How many bells are in this chime?"
asked the curious traveller.
Eight, all tollcd," said the scxton.-.
indianapolis Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-29

OFFICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CUMBERLAND MD, Aug. 16, 1888.
hereby certify that during the time | was
deputy collector internal revenue for District
of Maryland James Clark, in the manufac-
ture of his Braddock Pure Rye Whskey, ac-
cording to the record from government books,
used only rye and barley malt.
WEBSTER BRUCE.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
PITH or THE NEWS
BV0NT3 OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
TAe Latcst and Most Important New
sf the World, Called From the
telegraph Reports OF the Preas
VI Associations.
Warrington.

Warrington.
Secretary Olney has gone to Boston
for q short stay.
The president has appointed Albert
ID. Chamberlain to be register of the
land Office ut Douglas, Wyo.
Spain snubs the United States, de.
Ginning to permit an Investigation in
Cuba. The Washington administra.
ton therefore gives st up.
The government has declined to an.
swer Col. s. NJ. Whiteside's request
for court of Inquiry as to why he
was removed from command Of Jeffer-
son barracks at st. Louis.
The secretary Of war has relieved
Maj. Henry J. Nowlan, Seventh cav
airy, from duty at Fort Grant, Ariz.,
and transferred him to Fort Sheridan,
III.
Commissioner General Stump Of the
immigration bureau says there is no
reason to fear an influx Of Japanese
into the United States and denies that
the alien contract labor law has been
violated by them.
Secretary Smith has denied the APP
plication of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railroad company for re-
funding $15,335 deposited by the COM
pany to pay for the right of way
across the great Sioux reservation in
South Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Casualty

Most of the town Of Ceres, Ia, was
destroyed by fire.
Simon Bloch, a clothier of Marion,
Ind, took an overdose of morphine to
relieve pain, and died. He was fifty
years old.
While making cider, Wall Stiltz, q
farmer living near Ashland, ILL.,, was
[accidnetally killed by being struck on
the head by an iron rod.
The freight trains on the Wabash
railway collided at Martinsburg, NO.,
killing Dan Kehoe, pump foreman,
and Edward Thompson Of Tulip, Mo.
A waterspout broke at Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, drowning eighteen per-
sons and destroying church and sew
eral houses.
Charles McManus was killed, James
H. p. Reed was fatally injured and
four others were seriously hurt by an
explosion in the dry and mixing room
Of the fberloid works at Newbury-
port, MISS.
The mining village of North Stock
ton, Pa, was practically wiped out by
fire: There was high wind blowing
at the time. Twelve dwellings were
destroyed. They were owned by the
Stockton Coal company. The loss is
$4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
THERE Is NO CLUE.
People of North Dakota Sigh for -
Sherlock Holmes Just Now.

People of North Dakota Sigh Tor .
Sherlock Holmes Just Now.
Towner, N. D., Oct. @.-The citizens
of this part'of the state are very much
excited over the Burmeister murder,
and all are interested In catching the
perpetrators of the horrible crime, but
the officers seem to have no clue to
work on. Nothing can be learned to
give even an idea of who the murder
er can be. The only evidence Is the
burned sod shanty and the bodies OF
the little ones.
Judging Ivy appearances. after the
children were killed the bodies had
been saturated with kerosene and
then match applied. The wooden
floor in the room where the children
slept had been entirely destroyed by
fire. There was another room to tho
house, and here the floor showed no
traces of fire. The stove was found
intact. and there was nothing to show
that the fire had started from 1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Postnl Crookx Cnnxb4

Sioux Falls, s. D., Nov. 1. - The
three men arrested at Garretson on
suspicion of having robbed the Illinois
central safe here last week are now
bein held in jail here to await the re-
Turn OF Inspector Fosness, of the post
az; a aepartment, from the Black Hills.
i ne men had In their possession when
arrested complete set of burglars
.oois. and on their persons were found
GOODS which have been identified as
among those taken from the store Of
Mr. Varney, which was. robbed ten
aays ago at Villas. Their drills are
sald to exactly fit the holes made in
t sne safe of the postoffice at Hills,
hM nn' and also in the railroad safe
n aere. Inc men refuse to give their
names or place of residence
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Foreign.

Most Of the crops in Nicaragua are
ruined by cold weather.
Ireland's Gaelic league has just held
it's first public meeting in Dublin.
Charles Day Rose withdraws his
challenge for Americas cup.
Gen. Casabianea, commanding the
Colombian Army of the Atlantic, has
left Panama for Baranquilla.
Edmund Tattersall. head of the we'll
known horse exchange firm, is dan
gerously i'll in London.
Massenct's symphonic poem, "Vis-
IONS" written for the Leeds musical
festival, was dismal failure.
Venezuela's reply to England's ulti-
matum on the boundary dispute will
be spirited and determined.
After golf comes a revival Of GRO
quet; the game has become fashion
able again in England.
The Japanese minister, Miura, and
the other members of the legation
and Japanese military officers at
Seoul have been recalled.
Out of 10000 English soldiers in
India, $4,000 have Joined the Army
Temperance association and profess
to be total abstainers.
Serum treatment has been applied to
syphilitic patients in the Moscow mil
itary hospital by DR.. Vievorowski,
with very satisfactory results.
Centrifugal force is used to refine
Sweden; the pressure drives out all
1o<,v vino W
The anniversary of the battle Of
Trafalgar was commemorated in Lon
don for the first time since the en-
gagement.
Advices received from Erzeroum,
Armenia, say that the issuing by the
sultan of the trade has caused great
rejoicing there.
The Spanish government las appro-
priated 100000. pesatas about $780,
COO for the purchase Of astronomical
instruments for the Madrid observ-
atory.
Nine. de Rute, who has had an ad-
venturcus career as Marie Bonaparte-
Wyse, the princess Of Solms, and
Nine. Ratazzi, is mixed up in mys-
terious jewel robbery that occurred
lately in Paris. Her jewelry was Civ
ell to man for repairs, and soon
after the police commissary of the
quarter received an anonymous note
accusing the jeweler of substituting
false gems for the real in the objects
confided to him. His stock was seized
and the statement found to be true.
But no sooner did the man surrender
himself and acknowledge what he
had done than Nine. de Rute ran
away from Paris.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Saturday, Nov. 2.

John Flynn, on trial before Judge
Winchester in EmmOns county for as
sault with deadly weapons, was found
not guilty.
An aged couple at Dickinson were
thrown from buggy by runaway
team and severely bruised and shaken
up.
A farmer named Dawson lost as load
and was severely burned while trying
to loosen the frightened team. Heswas
smoking a pipe.
A daring robbery was committed at
Crystal. Mr.. Holm had hides stolen
from the slaughter house valued at
500. Marshal Darling is on the track
of the thieves and q few Of the hides
have been found at Auburn.
At an adjourned meeting Of the
Fargo city council a $4,000 issue Of
D-year per cent bonds authorized at
special election were sold to Il. r..
Fulton & Co. of Grand Forks at par
fat.
Judge Thomas of Fargo has rem
dered decision in the famous Bis
marck water works case in which he
refuses to grant the application tos re-
move it from the state court Ito the
United States court, holding tits mot
proper to be transferred on the show
ing made. hi IA
An enthusiastic mass meeting was
held at the opera house at Fargo md
resolutions were adopted indorsing the
Cuban revolutionists in the fight for
freedom being waged by them against
Spain. The meeting was presided oVef
by Mayor Ball, and stirring addresses
were delivered by Bishop Stanley,
James Holes and number Of other
prominent citizens.
G. II. henderson, who came to Bot
tineau two weeks ago as manager for
a threshing machine outfit for one
Peterson Of Petersburg, this state, In
duced man named Jess Leonard, Ito
put $500 cash in the outfit, and then
stole horse and buggy belonging to
Peterson. and with the wife of one
Wickam Of Florida, a daughter Of
w. III. Harris of this city, wli0swas
visiting her parents here, skipped out,
The couple were arrested at Caring
ton and will be brought back B.
George Kallikey Of Eureka, s. D..
came to Bottineau Oct. 8, ostensibly to
induce his wife, who had previously
left him and taken up her residence
here, to return. Failing in that he shot
her five times. Two shots took ct
feet in the left breast and bowels, go
ing through her body. one in the LEFT
arm and another in the forehead. the
fifth grazing the skull. He was appre.
hended and is now in jail awaiting
preliminary examination. He. boldly
walked into a barber shop ut Willow
City for a shave and was recognized
Willie being shaved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Fire ut Dell Rapids.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 81. = The
barn of Chris Anderson, who lives in
Dell Rapids township, was destroyed
by fire. Together with the barn there
were lost eight horses, three cows.
fifty hogs, 1000 bushels Of grain and
several stacks of hay and grain. The
total loss is $4,000, with no insurance.
Eleven threshers were sleeping up
stairs in the barn, and one of them
barely escaped with his life. All the
men lost their coats and some Of them
their pockethoOks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
General.

A stranger is in Burlington. Iowa,
getting out injunctions against the sa-
looms. He has secured twenty so far,
The Lackawanna and Erie compa.
MES will, on Nov. I, advance anthra-
cite coal freight rates from Is to %
cents per ton.
At Waterloo. Ind, Mrs. John AK
died, and her relatives dug up $500
In gold from the floor of her home.
She was reputed to be wealthy.
San Francisco is after the National
Republican convention, and work has
just commenced in earnest to that
end.
At Altoona 1t is believed the differ
ences between miners and operators
in the bituminous section will be set
tied by concessions to the men.
Steam will be raised in the monitor
Monadnock this week, when the yes
sci will be given q dock trial at Mare
Island, San Francisco, to test her mn,
| chinery.
The fish commissioners steamer AL
world over. 1t is fish, but utterly
unlike anything ever caught before
and In no way resembling ordina,.v
fishes.
A special from Pla1nfeld, Wausbaro
county, Wisconsin, says fully 400 0oo
bushels of potatoes have been frozen
in the ground in that section bv tho
frosts of the past few nights.
Two thousand citizens of Rochostor
n. T.. attended mass meeting of the
united societies for liberal Sundnv
laws. They demand local option IN
excise matters. ="
Further evidence Of volcano in TIM
Olympic mountains has been received
at Port Townsend. Wash, and serves
to confirm the report of Prof A,oY
ander, Of the Smithsonian institnte
Jack Dempsy, the well known mia
dleweight pugilist, Is dying OF cnn
sumption ut Portlnnd, Ore ava 9.
very low now and may die NJ m"
time. ~ ""y
The international association os,,
mates the production OF auyor o..
1855 In Germany, Austria. Fra n ,"'
1850. 023 tons. a falling of, NJ NJ, ~ W
tons from tho total Of the prsr;o" w
year. Ss'o"'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Brilliant Performo M.

y bottineau, D. D., Nov. &c. IT.
henderson, who came here two wooks
S Sar as as manager for threshing outfit
s one peterson of Petersburg, this
800, ihauced q man named Jesse
81 fItona ,re 10 put 5000 cash in the out
n ~; ihen; 1T is alleged, he appro.
- p a horse and buggy belle gang
! W ,leterson: and, with the wife of one
", WlcKam of Florida, daughter a.
W. w. II: Harris, of this city. and who
W. "sS N ylsltlng her parents here, took
MS, .,s departure. The couple was A..
l lssted at Darlington and viii be-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Criminal.

Cr1"1hAl.
Chief Of Police Badenoch of Chicago
has begun war on saloonkeepers who
keep open after midnight.
Andrew Jackson in shooting Maj.
Campbell in saloon at Mlddlesboro,
Ky, killed his sixth man.
The residence Of Minister Kurino Of
Japan III Washington was robbed by
sneak thieves. The loss was between
$500 and $1,000.
Albert Gable and James Brett Of
Bolivar, Pa, went to the home Of p.
|Kingsand to settle grudge and both
were killed.
Ex- Cashier Colean, who wrecked the
State bank of Fort Scott. Kan, is dan
ger0usly III. He gave bond for $1,000
| for his preliminary examination.
"a most daring but foolhardy attempt
was made by two men to blow up and
| rob the bank Of Hoge, DAILY & co. ut
Anaconda. Mont. The robbers, A. L..
Firpo and Will H. Darling, both
bla cksmiths, are now in jail.
Frank Coleman, editor of the Argus
at Huntsville, Ala, and Robert l..
O'Neal. editor Of the Mercury ex-
|chanRed ten pistol shots but neither
was injured. The trouble grew out OF
business rivalry.
Dan q. Young, m old citizen and 9
prominent politician, was murdered
| In OAK Canyon, New Mexico. 1t 10
Thought the white caps. some OF whom
he had exposed, are connected with
the murder.
George u. Swain, an engineer Of
Hartford. Conn, was get upon ~ Q
hand OF royshs and Ared In sslf-de.
tense. Ono 6sn pierced the hsArt Of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07

The final Appraisemest of the estate
Of the late Jay Gould foOts up the sum
Of nearly $S3,O00O00, OF which $4,000
600 .is in real estate, and the rest is In
various kinds Of personal property,
mostly railroad securities. This d
probably the largest fortune made In
20 short q time by speculative meth.
DDS alone; and whatever may be
thought Of the morality OF the man
who made 1t. there can be no doubt
about his rare intellectual spdow.
ments and bis mastery grasp OF busL
psss conditions,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
s...Eoct. 81.

st. Thomas new mill is about ready
for action.
Millions marshal sets the hoboes at
work cleaning streets.
The shooting of some valuable bird
dogs at Jamestown is likely to furnish
work for attorneys.
"A number Of toughs loaded with
booze raised hades generally at Voss
the other night.
Many farmers will find lucrative en-
ployment this winter in hauling coal
from the Burleigh county mines.
A four-year-old boy Mt Tower City
had his face terribly mashed by q
kick from a horse. 1885,.
The semi-annual inspection Of the
bridges and waterways of the North
ern Pacific in North Dakota Is COM
pleted.
Rev. B. II. Breasted, superintendent
Of the Childrens' Home Society for
North Dakota. reports the work in the
state growing grandly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Personal.

Ex-senator Van Wyck of Nebraska,
who was stricken with apoplexy in
Washington, is somewhat better.
Ex-Supt. of Police Byrnes Of New
York sailed for Europe on the North
German Lloyd liner Havel.
The death Of H. B. Cotton, presi-.
dent of the Oxford university boat
club and bow of the university eight
for the last six years, is announced.
Frederick L. Billion, aged ninety-five,
who had resided in st. Louis longer
than any other inhabitant, is dead.
He was the Oldest Mason in the West.
At Portland. Ind, Rev. Seth Wilson,
|eighty-two years old, and a pioneer,
died after more than fifty years Of
service as a minister.
Upon motion of United States Com
missioner Shields, John NJ. Ward, the
ex-ball player, was admitted to prac-
tice in the United States circuit court
at New York by Judge Lacombe.
Henry Preserved Smith, the Lane
Theological professor tried for heresy,
arrived in New York on La Cham
payne from Egypt, where he has been
studying Oriental languages for sew
eral months.
"A Copenhagen publishing house has
commissioned Henry Cavling, a Dan
lsh journalist, to write q book on the
United States. Mr.. Cavling arrived in
Boston few days ago, at which point
he will begin his labors.
Martin Marsick, the French violinist,
arrived in New York on the French
liner La Touraine At the Waldorf
the manager and his party, consisting
Of the musician and his wife, We're
told no guests playing the violin OF
plano were taken. At the Windsor no
| objection was made. Mr.. Marsick has
/ q. wonderful collection Of violins two
of which, a Stradivarius and a Mich
olas Amati, are almost priceless.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07

Quite a curiosity has been seen by
many at Montague, Mich, during the
past week, an albino backbird, which
was shot near that village. 1t is a
genuine red wing blackbird in form,
habits and nature; in fact, everything
except color, which is snowy white,
with red spots on wings, same as the
ordinary red wing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Monday, Oct. %.

The Lisbon cheese factory has
closed down after very successful
seasons business.
The Northern Pacific is making i'm
provements in the roadbed of the
Jamestown Northern.
Devils Lakes new school house Is
said to be out Of plumb and the whole
business botch job.
The village of Happen had narrow
escape from destruction by prairie
fire.
The Northwestern Cordage company
has secured judgment against w. G..
Leistikow of Grafton for stock sub
scription for $1,000.
Kidder county still had room for q
big fire the other day. 1t swept
through the southern portion and
cleaned out number Of farmers.
Registers of deeds throughout the
state report a large increase in bust
ness this fall. Mortgages are being
paid off and transfers made in great
numbers, Notwithstanding the low
price of wheat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
LAW OF 1905
Governs 4 hesS Scale OF LO1w Cut VAdeF
Permits Previously 1ssued.

Governs he scale OF LO1W Cut UAaef
Permits proviously 1ssuo0.
st. Paul, Oct M.Attorney General
Childs has written an opinion In re.
ply to a communication from 3. s.
Brown Of Minneapolis, surveyor gen
eral of logs of the Second district or
Minnesota, relative to the application
Of the law passed by the legislature
last winter concerning timber cut un-
der permits issued prior to the time
when the provisions of general laws
of 1895, chapter 1's3, became operative,
and as to whether logs are to be scaled
pursuant to the provisions OF that law
or of the pre-existing law. Tho at
torney general holds that logs must be
scaled according to the provisions OF
the law Of 1905.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07

The French iron-clad Brennus has
just attained a speed of Is knots per
hour. with her engines working up
to 6.245 rse-power. 1t is expected
that when the engines of the Brennus
are worked up to their full 1880
orse-power the vessel will attain a
speed Of 171a knots to 10 knots per
hour.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07

Nutmegs grow in the Banda islands.
The Dutch long enjoyed a complete
monopoly of this spice, and supplied
the whole of Europe with them. They
frequently destroyed large numbers
to prevent the price from falling by
their abundance. The harvest for them
is in June
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-07
Hanson In Recovering.

Lake Benton, Mimi, Nov. Geo.
Hanson, the young man mystertously
shot ten days ago, is recovering. The
would-be murderer has not been ap-
pretended. The continued absence of
a neighbor who desired to pay atten-
ton to a sister Of the young man
against her brothers wishes, and who
disappeared the night Of the attempt
cd murder, confirms the belief that he
is the assassin.