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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
ROLL OF DEATH.
The List Of Killed in Michigan Estimated at
One Hundred.

Reports received at Detroit tell OF a ter
rible tornado which passed through the
counties Of Oakland, Lapser and Macomb
Monday evening. 1t 10 reported that more
than 100 persons have been killed, and that
the damage Is widespread and beyond COM
pptation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-09-18

The court found the prisoner guilty
and sentenced him to thirty-eight
hours confinement and liquid re-
freshments for the crowd. But IN
absence Of q Jail the court directed
that he be placed on ice and covered
with sawdust, but before the order
was fully executed the case was
compromised on a basis of more re-
freshments. Another fellow was
brought before the court charged
with seeing cyclones, trains OF cars
and rattle snakes with q rattles
al in Doyle's barn. AS he plead
guilty, the fine was only refresh
ments ana a brief Grafton on tenn
perance.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-09-18
Populist City Primaries.

The populist primaries we're held
Wednesday night and the following
persons chosen from each ward as
delegates to the county convention
at keystone next Tuesday:
First ward-F. M. Murphy, Joe
Jolly, w. H. Boyd, A.. w. Bangs
and Fred Brown.
Second w%ard-John z. Reed, J.. II.
Garvey and Edd Smith.
Third ward-Frank Sucker, John
Beranek and Chris Anderson.
Fourth ward-G. w. Ryan, Chas.
Ensor and James McCracken.
1t is understood that all these
delegates are favorable to the fusion
plan on the county ticket.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-09-18
Program for the Tournament.

The committee on program for
the Black Hills Fireman's Tourna-
ment to be held in Sturgis Septem-
Dor "a and 25, have arranged the
following program:
1000 a. m:-Hook and Lader con-
test. Prizes-Trophy and cash
prizes of $35 and $15.
HOO a. m.-Ladder climbing con.
test. Prizes-Trophy and cash prizes
of $7.50 and S..
2:15 p. m.-Hub and Hub race
straight away. Prizes-Trophy
and cash prize Of $75.
800 p. m.-Hydrant contest.
Prizes-Trophy and cash prizes Of
$3.50 and IS. 90.
SEPTEMBER rs.
$50 a. m.-Wet contest. Prizes
$50 trophy and cash prizes Of
$27. so and $12.50.
1000 a. m.-Novelty coupling
contest. Prize-Trophy and cash
prizes Of S. 80 and SIS.
2:15 D. m,-Dry Hose Race. Pr:
zes-$20 trophy and cash prizes Of
$25 and $40.
800 p. m.-Coupling contest
Prizes-Trophy and cash prizes O
$3.50 and S..
In addition to the above there is
-
$3.50 appropriated for the first five
companies scoring the most points
| $50 to each company.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-09-18
Notice of Annual Meeting

Notice of Annual Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of stockholders Of
the Iowa Irrigation Ditch Company,
will be held at the office of Levi Nc
Gee in Rapid City, South Dakota,
on October 9Th, 1896, at Z o'clock p.
M, at which meeting directors for
the ensuing year will be elected, and
such other business will be tran
sacted as may properly come before
it.
Dated at Rapid City, S. D., this
18th day of September 1896.
w. F. Hall,
Secretary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

We find that during the last six
years there have been 43, homi-
cides in the United States, an average
OF 1917 per year. In the same time
there have been 723 legal executions
and Ills lynchings. These startling
figures show that crime is rapidly in.
creasing instead of diminishing. In
the last year 10000 persons were
killed, or at the rate of S75 per month,
whereas in 1890 there were only 1890,
or less than half as many as in 1895.
This bloody record shows fearful in
crease of the crime which destroys
human life.
We are all alike anxious for rem
edy, but before we can obtain one we
must know the cause. We can easily
recognize that the greatest evil OF any
civilized age is confronting us, not
only in the shape OF crimes committed
by individuals, but also of crimes COM
mitted by masses of men who are en-
deavoring by bloody and improper
means to seek remedy-Imean those
who band themselves together as mobs
TO seek that protection which they
fail to obtain under the forms of law.
North American Review.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

81 Declare" said Miss Malvina,
shes real comfort about the place. +"
"And he has travelled SO much !"
cried Desire. Sand he talks so beauti-
fully I only hope he'll be contented
here"
There was no sort of doubt about
that. Rolf Welland Carey was very
we'll contented. He had always hun
gered and thirsted for the details of q
home life. Here it was to perfection.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Philo were not SO
well suited. All their spasmodic
efforts toward friendliness were
checked with Arctic frigidity.
'It's too bad |" said Mrs. Philo, al
most crying. "He1l be certain sure
to go and make fool of himself by
marrying Desire. and we shall never
get cent of his money. Desire
ought to be ashamed to think of such
thing at her age!"
But Desire was only forty, and there
are late roses as we'll as early ones.
At least, SO Mr.. Welland thought. At
all events, he married Desire, and tie
Philo Wellands were disconsolate.
"It's all our bad luck !" said they.
For they had forgotten all about
the passage in the Bible that speaks
of entertaining angels unaware. -
Saturday Night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
A Bicyclist's Perllous Trip.

The days of "the foot log and the
trail" are not yet passed in Oregon,
and the pioneers who broke the trails
and put the foot logs across the
'branches" will be interested in learn
ing how they answer for bicycle travel
A Portland lady has been visiting
friends ut RosebuIg, and few days
since she started from there to visit
relatives living about thirty miles out
in the mountains. She is an energetic
and accomplished bicyclist, and got
along very we'll on her journey for
about twenty-five miles, when the road
gave out. She found a trail, which
she followed for about mile, when
she came to a foot log over narrow
but deep stream. She was afraid to
try to walk across the log with her
wheel, but having confidence in her
skill as rider determined to ride
across. When about half way over
something went wrong, and she and
the wheel plunged into the stream and
went to the bottom. She rose to the
surface and, being a good swimmer,
succeeded in reaching the shore. She
then determined to have her wheel,
which had remained at the bottom.
Securing a long pole, with limb near
the end which formed a hook, she
started in to fish for her bicycle, and
after some trouble yanked it out. The
trail beyond the creek was level and
in good condition, and, as night was
approaching, she determined to mount
and make desperate effort to reach
her destination.
She had Just got under good head
way and was scorching along when she
saw a bear ON the road ahead. The
bear seemed the worst scared of the
two, and stood staring in amazement
at the strange wheeled figure APP
preaching. AS has been remarked,
the Portland woman was skilled
rider, and, having been accustomed
to having everybody clear the way for
her, she was not going to back down
for bear, SO she charged down on him
! at full speed, ringing her bell like
mad. The bear, seeing certain death
or six months in the hospital inevita.
BILE, wheeled out of her path, and the
lady whirled by in blaze of golden
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
Stone Against Steel.

An experiment was recently made
in Vienna in order to test the relative
resistance, under pressure, of the
hardest steel and the hardest stone.
Small cubes of corundum and OF the
finest steel were subjected to the test.
The corundum broke under the weight
of six tons, but the steel resisted up
to forty-two tons. The Steel split up
with noise like the report of gun,
breaking into powder, and sending
sparks in every direction which bored
their way into the machine like shot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

Herr Albert Jolly, formerly a conf.
Dental messenger of Prince Bismarck,
who entrusted him with the carrying
of documents and kilograms OF special
Importance, died at Schonhausen re-
Gently. He was well known IN Berlin
as "the Black Rider" his hair, his
clothes, his horse and the bag in
which he carried his missives being all
of that hue. Prince Bismarck gener.
ally took HIM with when he travelled.
When the Prince resigned in 1890
Herr Jolly also left the public service,
and was appointed Keeper of the Bis.
mark Museum at Schonhausen, to the
arranging of which he devoted his last
wears.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

An ideal, but we are assured quite
necessary, state of cleanliness for
healthful school rooms requires that
the floors shall be dampened and
swept every day, with all the windows
open; the busting to be done the next
morning with damp cloth. In addi-
tion to this cleaning, DR.. Adams, who
is President of the Orange County
New York; Medical Societies, be-
heves that at least every other lay the
floors should be thoroughly scrubbed
with soap and water. The various
women's clubs throughout the coun-
try, whose members are interested in
the work of the public schools, will do
well to find out how near the school
rooms where their children spend the
greater part of their waking hours ap-
proach this state.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
Freak Factories.

"How do you manage TO find new
freaks and curiosities ?" was the ques.
tion asked of the managers of travel.
ing "show" that had pitched its tent
in London suburb.
"Don't have to find them," was the
laconic response. "They find us"
The freak business is as regularly es-
tablished as any other, and has its
wholesale and retail firms, travelling
statesmen, brokers, price lists, fac.
tories"
"Factories?" queried the reporter,
aghast. "Why, certainly-factories
of course. The freak business is
divided into about three factories
foreign, domestic and fake.
"ln the first class the collectors
travel all over the world in search of
rarities, but the very best freaks come
from India and the Malay peninsula.
In these countries there are many peo.
pie who breed freaks. They buy
young children and animals, and de-
form them while their bones are soft
by all manner of means. Then they
are constantly on the outlook for gen
uine natural freaks, and in those lands
the birth of freak occurs very fre.
quently. The headquarters OF this
business is at Singapore.
"Then there are any number of
men who devote themselves to the
discovering and placing of freaks of
ali kinds and varieties, and there IS
scarcely n day goes by that we do not
receive packages of photographs and
illustrated circulars from some freak
merchant or other.
"Of course, there are the faxed
freak men-a perfect host in them
selves. If the proprietor of some lit
tie show needs an additional attrac-
tlon and does not have the money to
hire something good-for, like every
thing else, freaks have their price-he
can get something for little money
that will serve his purpose.
1.-The real, genuine, live freaks al.
ways command high prices, and travel
oil over the world in order to exhibit
themselves. Most of them have reg
ular routes mapped out by their ad-
vance agents, just like theatrical COM
panies, and as they only appear at Il
place at long intervals they never get
stale, and sometimes make bigger hits
on their second or third appearance
than on their first. "-London Mail,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

'Real Estate Mortgages in the Unit
ed States" is the title of a volume Just
issued by the Census Bureau, the work
having been delayed until now on ac-
count of the rush at the Government
Printing Office. According to this
publication, during the decade of 1880
1890 there we're 9,157, TAT mortgages
filed, representing an incurred debt
of $12, ,O94, ,877, 793. During this time
acre tracts were covered by 4,747O7S
mortgages, representing debt of 81, =
1896, 771,113, and Alto, $50 mortgages
were placed on lots to secure an in
Cured debt of 81, 1913, 1O6,6 ,681. With.
in the same period 622, ,S55, ,O91 acres
were covered by 4,75S, 268 mortgages,
not stating the amount OF debt secured
by them, and S,O27, OBJ lots were GOV.
cred by 4,77S,O ,O75 such mortgages.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
Cowboy Ingenuity.

A novel method of perforating iron
plates is reported from Salt Lake City.
The city is being supplied with cleo
tricity for lighting and power, gener-
Gted fourteen miles away in the Big
Cottonwood Canyon. 1t was found
necessary for the purpose of pipe con-
nect1ons to cut four forty eight-inch
openings in the sevenfoot penstock,
the plates of which were half an inch
thick. The workmen began to cut
with cape chisels, but the progress
was made too exasperatingly slow for
the engineer of the works, r. M.
Jones, who is known throughout the
West as the "cowboy engineer" Mr..
Jones took up his rifle, and, using
steel bullets cased with copper, shot
q line of holes through the plates
from distance of about thirty feet.
The intervening edges were afterward
easily cut out, and in very short
time the job was finished.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

Three great life insurance COM
pnnies whose home offices are in New
York City have policies in force
amounting to more than 1850, ,0OO,-
900. The similar engagements of the
twenty-six principal American life
companies exceed 1881, 900, 600. The
grand total of American life insur.
ance policies in force, those of the
assessment companies and orders in
cluded, is reported to be $13, 048, 452,
664.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
Letters Without STAMPS,

The Postmaster General recently
discovered clever scheme on the part
of certain railroads to avoid postage
on mail matter intended for officials
of railroads and their employees by an
interchange of mail between roads car
ried by the baggage masters in large
envelopes. The scheme was worked
principally in New York, New York
City, Buffalo and other terminal points
exchanging mail matter, thus avoiding
postage.
The outcome of the discovery was a
communication sent by the depart
ment to the railroad officials stating
that the Revised Statutes forblds regu-
lar post route roads carrying mails
other than in regular mail cars, except
when all letters are inclosed in stamped
envelopes Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
notes that of the long list of philan-
thropists who have given 81, 900, 900 or
more to the cause of higher education
in this country, only one is a college
graduate. The single exception is
Seth Low. Girard, Peabody, Cornell,
Cooper, Rockefeller, Rich, Parker,
Hopkins, Clark, Drexel, Vanderbilt,
De Pauw, Lick, Stanford and the
others had not the advantage of COL
lege education, but they appreciated
the value OF such a training enough to
assist other men to obtain it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
An idaho Hero.

Ferdinand Trentman performed two
acts of heroism at Haley, Idaho,
Wednesday morning. One was the
saving of human life, and the other
placing his own life in jeopardy. The
warm weather having caused very
perceptible rise to the water in the
river, it became necessary to remove
the brush that had accumulated on the
edge OF the dam at the foot of Bullion
street. james Riggen and Fred Trent
man, a young blacksmith, were car
ried out to the dam in chair, secured
to ropes drawn down by pulleys.
Having an ak apiece, they soon cut the
brush adrift. Riggen then caught
hold of the life-rope, and was drawn
to the shore. Trentman did not, how
ever, even try to catch the rope. TAX
ing hold of the axes he hoated on the
brush to the bridge, about 100 feet
away. AS he Deared it he yelled to
those on the bridge to get out of the
way. He then threw the axes on the
bridge and jumped on the bridge him
self as he got in reach. The brush
must have been moving at the rate of
twelve or fifteen miles an hour. If he
had failed TO jump just when he did he
would have been a dead man.
The same morning, Joseph Yetzer,
Trentman and others tried to dislodge
q huge tree which had lodged against
the central pier OF the main bridge. Yet
zer, who was standing on the bridge.
attempted to lasso the trunk, but lost
his balance and was pulled into the
river on the upper side of the bridge,
but reappeared on the lower side in a
second or two Trentman instantly
jumped into the raging torrent, swan
to his drowning partner, and succeed.
ed in pushing him ashore, about 200
feet below. - Portland Oregonian.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
DIFFERENT STANDPOlNTs,

''If I were but farmer" sighed tho mer-
chant. "Oh, to be
From all these petty dragging cares for Just
atwelvemonth free.
'No books to keep, no trust accounts, no bills
long overdue;
No fret from lussy customers because thing
is new.
because a thing is old or wrong, too dear,
or underweight;
No worrying to suit their tastes from early
day till late;
"But lowered fields, and lowing kline, and
pleasant flresde chat
How gladly would give this life if could
change to that"
"If I were but a merchant" sighed the
farmer. "Oh, to end
This life OF tugging, dragging work which
makes the body bend
"To stoop OF age ere age has come. It's plow,
and plant, and reap,
And milk the cows, and feed the pigs, and
mind the calves and sheep
"From morn till night, from year to year
and taxes ever high,
And children's feet that must be shod, and
children's clothes to buy!
t'No toil-worn hands the merchant has, for
weather cares he not;
How gladly would take his place and think
it happy lot"
Mary Clarke Huntington.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
Both Robbers.

"Now you know the details of The
affair."" said the doctor to the lawyer u
few days later, "what would you ad-
wise me to do about it?'
go back to your practice" re.
piled the lawyer, promptly. "You
have 10 case. Ten dollars, please"
"Now that / have told you the symp.
toms," said the lawyer to the doctor a
few days later. "what would .,ou ad-
wise me to do?"
$50 back to your practice" replied
the physician, promptly. "You have
nothing seriously wrong with you.
Ten dollars, please"
Thus it happens that two men are
calling each other robbers. Chicago
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
A Poisonous Frog.

People in general look upon all spe-
cies of the frog as being perfectly
harmless. Should you be travelling
in New Grenada UNITED States of Col
ombia), however, you would do well
to let certain little tree croaker Sc
verely alone. He secretes poison
equally as deadly as that of the rattle
snake. 1t exudes from his skin in the
shape of a milky liquid and is used by
the natives as poison for their ar
rows.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
A Montana Man Shoots an Eagle.

w. O. Orr, OF Great Falls, Montana,
Is the proud possessor of three young
American eagles, captured in the Bad
Lands, which, however, cost a hazard
GUS experience to secure. About two
weeks ago, while making trip
through the country not far from
Minot, his attention was called to a
huge bird soaring aloft over the rocks
high above the roadway. He recog-
nized the bird as an eagle and decided
to capture it. AS it settled among the
cliffs he became convinced that there
was nest, SO, climbing the mountain
side with his gun, after an hours
labor, he reached the pinnacle of the
cliff. Looking over he discovered that
his surmise was true. At the same
time the noise above attracted the at
tention of the mother bird, and with
loud scream she rose from the nest
and at once began to prepare for fight.
Continually screaming, she rose high
until almost vertically over Mr.. Orr.
Then with her talons wide spread she
began to swoop down upon him.
Realizing his position, Mr.. Orr raised
the gun to his shoulder and when the
bird was within but few feet of him
he fired. The dead bird measured over
nine feet from tip to tip.
Over the cliff 100 feet below he
could see the young birds. A rope
was procured and tying one end
around the waist of boy who was
with him he lowered the little fellow
over the edge. The nest with the
young birds was raised to the top
safely. The birds, although only
three weeks old, are as large as a hen,
and can eat meat equal to full grown
ST. Eernard dog.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
HIS VIEW,

He Urchin-"Say, Mag, did yer
hear de lady as just went In dere tell
de little girl what she has wild her as
she could have all she wanted ter
eat?"
She Urchin-"Yes."
He Urchin-"Well, dat was all
bluff. Dere's two pies left in de win
der, an dey're bote gettin' up from de
table. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

Once in five years the Mayor of
Newcastle, England, is rowed up the
river in an Elizabethan barge, and,
landing at village green kisses the
pretsiest girl he secs and gives her a
sovereign, to clinch Newcastle's right
to the foreshoge. Some of those old
English customs are not so very silly
nfter all
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
Cooking in the Army,

The British Army has at last dis
covered sure method OF rendering
itself invincib!e. 1t has, in fact, ar
ranged for regular competition
among the army of cooks, and has an
no1nced that prizes will be awarded
to those culinary artists who can set
before soldiers in q most acceptable
manner regular meal of fresh her
ring, boiled potatoes, pudding and
rhubarb tarts. Needless to say that
the rank and file of the army, and es-
pecinlly those who knew anything
about the food that was served during Q
the Crimean War, are delighted to
heSr of this innovation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
REGRET.

Business Man-"Yes; I'm sure it is
useful book. I'm rather sorry 1
didn't get it some time ago."
Canvasser-'Then you'll take q
copy?"
Business Man-"Oh, mol It's too
late nowl But if I had it before you
called it might have saved both of us
great deal of valuable time"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

The maritime provinces of Spain
are helping out the Government IN
the acquisition of a navy. Seville
and Barcelona have already collected
money to buy warship each, and
subscriptions are being vigorously
pushed for the same purpose in Ma
laga, Cadiz and Tarragona.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
HIS EXPERIENCE.

There is a man with n great
deal of faith in human nature"
Smith-'I thought that was Klews,
the detective"
Jones-"So it is. He has known
people who were accused of all sorts
of things, but he never could find any
thing against them. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24

John Burns proposes to have law
passed by Parliament making it com
pulsory for employers to give domes-
tic servants ga character" on dismis-
sal. Laws to that effect have long been
in force in France and Germany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.

Cobwigger-'It's no wonder he be-
came millionaire, for he is the best
business man l ever saw"
Merrtt-"I guess that's so. Before
he announced his daughters engage
ment to the Count he advanced the
fellow enough to settle all his debts
at fifty cents on the dollar" Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-24
NOTHING NEW.

Adorer (nervously)-"Isn't that
your fathers step on the sta1rs?"
Sweet Girl-"Yes, hut dop't mind
that; It's only scare. He won't
come down. He always stamps around
that way when ! sit up with young men
after eleven o'clock. New York
Weekly.