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The Press., 1896-05-28
FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.
Dec. 2S, 1861.

Tt is our intention to print under this head, from week to week, items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
 H. T. Small has become local editor and agent for the Stafford News Letter.
 ENLARGING.-A. D. Wakefield of the East Market is getting in stock of groc- cries in connection with his business. Competition is the life of trade, and the Springs village is where you find it.
 A FAT ONE.-Julius Converse, Esq, has a monster hog which is to be slaugh- tered the 1st of January. Good judges estimate him at over 600 pounds, and several who have visited him are inter- ested in the weight of his swineship to the amount of several dollars, bet on the result Stafford Springs will take the premium on fat pork for Holland county. The pig will be IS months old when killed.
 MARR1ED.-At Stafford, 18th, by Rev. Thos. Borden, Edwin Pinney and Esther s., daughter of Moses B. Harvey, of Staff ford.
 (FeD. g, 1869.
 FERE.-The barn of John Fosket was burnt Friday evening, while he was ab- sent with his teams. No cause can be assigned except one of wilful destruction of property by some evil-disposed person. Fires have been frequent and losses heavy in Stafford for the last few years, some of them being no doubt set on fire. It is time the rascals were caught. MT. F. was insured for $25O.
 STAFFORDvILLE. - Seventy-siX couples left this enterprising village Friday, the 14th, for a merry ride to old Brimfield. The mills ceased their humming. The ladies employed therein not otherwise en- gagged or provided for, recivcd a general invitation from the liberal agent, E. A. Converse, Esq. All the teams were out, and a genuine sleigh-rde of the olden time was the result. The Springs village is distanced our ladies begin to despair of the gallants here, and it would not be strange if they got up a sleigh party on an independent plan, leaving the boys at home.
 On Thursday afternoon of last week four little boys, two belonging to w. Deming, one seven years old and the Oth- CT five; the other two, one belonging to Dr. s. F. Pomeroy, four years old, and the fourth one belonging to Widow Clark, five years old, were playing on the edge of the pond near the bridge, where the three youngest ventured too far towards the open stream where the ice was thin, and broke in through, where they stood in water up to their arms. The fourth little boy had forethought enough to reach them and pull them out, and then secured a mitten belonging to one of the little boys, which he saw on the water, by reaching it with stick. Then they all returned home together, the three little ones looking like drowned rats. If the oldest one had run, as most little ones would have done, those who fell into the water must have drowned.
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EERTILIZERS..

TERTILIZERS have just re- II eeived two cars of Fertilizers, Soluble Pa- cific GuanO, in its various grades. Also the eel ebrated Wilson Fertilizers, made entirely of anil nal matter, containing in its composition pure ground fresh bone, dried blood and meat, from the mammoth slaughter houses in Buffalo. This Fertilizer is warranted to give better results than any other made this side of Chicago. Price, 1.6O to $2.O0 per hundred. Seed Oats of the best quality, and warranted free from other seeds. All kinds of grain at lowest prices.
 c. P. BRADWAY, West Stafford, Conn.
The Press., 1896-05-28
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

TAMES FITZGERALD, Attor- O ney-at-law. Office in WarTen's block, room 3.
The Press., 1896-05-28

That tired feeling indicates declining health. Overcome it by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Press., 1896-05-28

CURTIS & JOHNSON, ArcIli- V tects, Room 10, Goodwin Building, 223 Asy- lum Street, Hartford, Conn.
 IT. A. Curtis Wm. D. Johnson.
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DETER SEAMAN, Resident Ag't l for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,, of New York. Residence, West-st., Stafford Springs d1y
The Press., 1896-05-28

r H. REED, Attorney at Law, office O in Stafford National Bank Building, East MAin-St.
The Press., 1896-05-28

WTM. A. COMINS, Horse and OK
 w Shoeing, Machine Forgings and Repairing done to order. Also builder and repa1rer of all styles of Wagons. South-st., Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1896-05-28

TOHN G. .WIGHTMAN,C Carriage eJ Manufacturer Repairing in all its branches. A large stock of new and secondhand work con- stant1y on hand. Factory at Stafford Hollow.
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T w. CHANDLER, Insurance and O Real Estate Agency, Stanford Springs. Of flee at residence on Westford Avenue.
The Press., 1896-05-28

Tt is our intention to print under this head, from week to week, items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

EASTERN capitalists who are in
teres+ed in Washington state invest
ments are watching the populist
sentiment, and discussing the prob
abilities of populistic legislation,
with a great deal of fervor, A let
ter, to Spokane parties, from an cas-
tern capitalist states that they are
naturally little fearful Of the out
come Of populistic rule in Wash
ingtOn inasmuch as the states that
have tried populism in the past
have Jared so disastrously. How
ever, the Legislators of this state
have the experience of othor states
to guide them, and should steer
wide of those laws that met with
such dismal results in Kansas and
q few other states. The first i'll eff
feet Of populistic rule is already felt,
nevertheless, and eastern capital
lists with investments in this state
have become alarmed, and now it
rests with q populistic legislature
to prove those fears groundless.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

ion. and until his visit to Pullman,
a city in Illinois had held the palm
but Pullman even passed the for
mer city, and is now entitled to
that distinction. This speaks well
for the city of schools, and the
quantity and high order ofthe books
purchased by citizens of Pullman
showed that it is a city of culture
aud learning. People who read
are always the best class ofcitizens,
and Pullman's citizens all read.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
BOOMS AND PROSPERITY.

In the minds ofmany Americans
prosperity is synonymous with
boom, and they are never quite GER
tain that it Is upon them unless it
comes in great chunks. The kind
Of prosperity that they admire is
the kind that is speedily and in
evitably followed by a panic.
They conf0und business with the
fascinating profession ofpromotion,
the creation of something out of
nothing. 1t is good times for them
when they can take farm II miles
from a city of $4,000 inhabitants
and divide it into town lots with a
fair prospect of selling them. They
welcome with delight a condition
of affairs in which nonproductive
energy secures an abnormally large
per cent Of the circulating medium;
in which jobbers and spectators
thrive and honest folk are robbed.
When a loan of $4,000 is placed
by an ecstatic agent upon a piece
of property worth $500 they sing
and dance and make merry at the
humor of the thing and push it
along. They get to yying with one
another in this sharpening of the
wits and filling of the pockets with
unearned gains until the sport be
comes fast and furious. Then when
the reaction comes they exculpate
themselves entirely and look
around for scapegoat.
The evils of one Of these frolic-
some moods are still upon us and
it is to be hoped that we are not
about to give wsy to another. Such
prosperity as they bring is not the
sort that we want. A large weight
should be kept upon the promoter
and the ecstatic agent. People who
were fortunate enough to escape
the land, mining and building
swindles of 10 years ago should
profit by the experience of those
those who suffered. They should
remember that there were thous-
ands Of those $4,000 loans that
shrunk to nothing. They should
remember that the losers were not
all great capitalists, and that many
of them were women and men past
their prime, who depended on the
looms for living. They should re-
member that a prosperity that is
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

The porous soil Of the Palouse
country is storing away the super
abundance of moisture that is now
falling over the land, and will use
it in the production Of another won
derful crop next season, for all
crops of this country are wonder
full, failures being unknown.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
NEW DENTAL FIRM.

Under the management Of the
cold Reliable" DR.. J. H. McCallie
has been organized with headquar-
tiers at Moscow, under the name
and title of the Northwestern Den
tai Co." Eastern men, graduates
of reputable dental colleges, com
pose the company. Each one to
his special branch. Office over
First National Bank, cor Main and
Third streets. We will make it to
your interest to call and see us.
THE NORTHWESTERN DENTAL Co.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
SUMMONS.

In the Superior Court of the State Of
ashington, lor hitman county.
The First National Bank of Pullman
ashington, plaintiff, vs. E. NJ Nor
gan, defendant.
The State OF ashington to the said
f. NJ. Morgan, defendant. You are here
by summoned to appear within sixty
days after the first publication OF this
summons, to-Wit: within sixty days
after the 18th day of October, 1896, and
defend the above entitled action III the
above entitled court, and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, and serve
copy Of your answer upon the under
signed attorney for plaintiff at his ONCE
below stated, and in case OF your failure
50 TO do, judgment will be rendered
against YOU according to the demand OF
the complaint which has been filed with
the clerk of said court. The object OF
this action is 10 recover from you the
sum of two hundred and fifty-four dollars
and thirty Gently 1854. 30) with interest,"
thereon from October lst, 1896, at one
and a quarter per cent per month Oh
promissory note given to the Fulillian
Mercantile Company, and now oW9ea
by the plaintiff, and for twenty-five d0l
lars attorneys fees. A writ OF attach
ment against your goods and property
in this state has been issued herein.
THOMAS NELL,
Attorney for plaintiff.
p. o. address, Pullman, Whitman 70,
Washington. (oz"0'
U~0~-~~~~~~--~~-~~~-~-~
The "TwIN COMET" and LITTLE
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

In it's headlines the Seattle Times
bears the startling intelligence that
the Bryan silver men will bow in
loyal submission to the will Of the
majority, and will obey the law
even though it opposes their prin-
ciples. 1t is wonderful indeed that
any party should submit to the
will of the majority and obey the
law! We would naturally suppose
that the rank and file of defeated
political parties would become out
laws, and would oppose every law
enacted during the rule Of the ma
jority party, The assurance of the
Times that the Bryan silver men
will obey the law" is gratefully re-
ceived by an anxious people. The
union is saved Long live the
union!
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

THE representative of an eastern
book publishing house has been
soliciting orders in Pullman this
week, and the result has caused
him to call this his banner town.
The company has sold immense
quantities of books in this city in
past years. The representative who
was here this week has solicited or
ders for books in every state and
territory, except twelve, in the un-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

IT is unfortunate that those who
would have been most benefited by
the present good price for wheat
were obliged to sell while the price
was lowest But as it is the i'll
creased price has been of incalcu-
liable benefit to the Palouse coun-
try. A Palouse ranch proves a
bonanza with 7O-cent wheat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
FRENCH TANSY WAFERS.

These waters are for the relief and cure
Of painful and irregular menses, and will
remove all Instructions, no matter what
the cause, and are sure and safe every
time. Manufactured by Emerson Drug
Co., San Jose, Cal, and for sale by HI
Jackson, druggist, sole agent, Pullman,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

but another name for theft, and the
success of roguery is the costliest
luxury in which a nation can IN
dulge.
The talk of conservative business
men and bankers foretells no such
prosperity as this, but good, sub
stantial revival that may be some
what slow in coming. but that will
be sure if it is carried forward in
the right spirit This is our need,
not a carnival Of promotion. y
Chicago Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
ALL over the east mills and ia

ALL over the east mills and fac
tories are starting up, giving en-
ployment to thousands Of men who
have been idle for the past three
years. Why is this do you ask?
1t is simply because VIM. McKin
ley has been elected president of
the United States. His election
told people that an equable tariff
law will be enacted in the near
future, and the confidence the peo-
pie have in times under republican
administration is responsible for
the improvement in manufacturing
circles. "Confdsnce" restored,
therefore, is what the people were
waiting for.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
PULLMAN MEAT COMPANY.

The Pullman Meat market has been
re-opened under the name OF the ull-
man Meat Co., with +. II. Kren2 as man
ager. The market will be permanent
and we'll supplied with a full line OF all
kinds Cd meats and poultry. The highest
market price will be paid for all kinds of
fat stock, poultry, etc. A share OF the
public patronage is solicited.
PULLMAN MEAT Co
f. II. KrenZ, Manager
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14


sale at Vests Pullman.
Go to Vests below Palace hotel,
for furniture, stoves and tlnWare.
Blackman Bros. leather suspend
ers at Scots a pair will never pull
off button, and are the most COM
Portable thing you can wear.
The 25c and SOC lines of Mems
ties at Black mans are the most at
tractive designs We have seen dis
played this season.
DR.. H. L. King, of the King
Optical Co., of Spokane, will be at
Miller's jewelry store again Nov.
10th. Have your eyes examined
Buy your rubbers now. Don't
wait until it rains, and ruin a fine
pair of shoes. Blackman Bros. are
showing latest styles Of narrow toed
rubbers for men and women.
Lost, by E. l.. Phelps, on Main
street, Pullman, a watch, with sill
VERNE case No. 645,6O6, and work S
No. 249,217. Finder will p.ease
leave same at this office.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14
THE cost of the election in Whit
man county was $24O0.52

The total vote of Whitman coun-
ty on the 3rd was 5,494, a decrease
of 500 over hte vote of 1894, and Of
588 over the 1892 vote.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14


"Gentlemen--I wish to express to you my
gratitude for the great good that Dr.
Miles Nsrvinc mas done Tor me, | was
taken sick with typhoid fever and I laid
over the fever was thin, nervous and tired,
and did not regain my lost strength. tried
several proprietary medicines, and finally,
pounds, began trying your Nerpine, and a
once began to improve. Was finally entirely
cured, and today | can say / never felt bet
ter in all my life, and weigh 20 pounds
This is my normal weight, as | measure
feet 51a inches in height"
South Bend, Ind. J. Fl. BAIRD.
DR.. Miles Nervine is sold on a positive
guarantee that the nTst bottle will benefit
All druggists sell it ut 81, 6 bottles for S., or
it will be sent prepaid, on receipt OF price
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co.. ElkharI, Ind
DR.. Miles NerVine Re .'sassltb
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

Piano, parlor and hall organ for
sale at Vests Pullman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-11-14

The "TwIN COMET" and LITTLE
GIANT"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10
NURDER0US MANIAC.
IL Shoots Right and Lei In a Canada
Town.
HE KILLS ONE MAN INSTANTLY.
Tie Terribly wounds the Chief of
Police and Seriously Injures n
Number of others-iie Is Finally
Captured.

ROCKVILLE ONT. March 9.-shortly
before noon to-day man named La
point made his appearance on Perth
street. carrying q doub!e-barrehed oreech-
loading shotgun. when almost opposite
the opera- house block he met an old
man named Peter Moore. and. raising the
gun to his shoulder. took deliberate aim
and shot him dead Chef-of-Police Rose
was coming ont Of his Office at police
headquarters al this moment. and ran
towards the scene OF the tragedy. La
point shot at him, the charge taking eff
feet in his breast and head. Lapo.nt then
fired at an old Indian named Dickson
who was standing near the corner. the
. charge entering his head and neck. Con-
stable Lnsley now arrived on the scene
and found Lapoint. who had his pocket
full of cartridges. shooting right and left
large crowd had gathered but every
body was afraid 20 go near LapOint, who
was evidently insane. Linsley shot at
Lspoint with his revolver but missed him
and before he could shoot q second time
LLpoint shot him in the head and neck.
A young man picked UP the constable's
plStol, anu bpibE 10 the ups airs MihuoN
of store opposite the maniac. fired at
and struck him Wheeling quicker tnan
lightning, Lapoint fired into the window,
smashing II TO atoms. He then dropped
and was quickly captured. and placed in
the cell OF a police station. which was
not more than fifty yards away.
Chief Rose is terribly wounded, and ii
is doubtful whether he Will live Con
stable I.insley IL badly wounded, but vii.
recover. The Indian, Dickson, will also
recover. Other persons wounded. but not
seriously are Sam Kilborn, Robert Boyd.
Fred. Stage. George Stagg, Robert Nc
Cormack. and Thomas Debeau. Lapoint,
VINO is about 40 years old. lives about
eight miles from town. He is an eXper'
shot and spends most Of his time hunt
ing. He has shown signs Of insanity at
tines. Lately he has been drinking
heavily
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10
INITIATED BODIES IDENTIFIED.
They Were Dumped In nm Alley by
"a Medical College.

CHICAGO. March 9.-The bodies OF the
man and infant found In an alley last
night at Forty eighth street AM Indiana
avenue in a horribly mutilated condition
have been identified. There was no muir
der. as was supposed but the bodies
were dumped into the alley by medical
college 10 save the expense or burial.
The man was Edward Cummings. Y
years Of age. who has a wife and eon
living AT No. 3l3 Fortioth street. He
had not lived with his family, however.
for the past year. and died I'm the poor
house. Hi body was bought by the
Herring Medical College. No. College
Place, for dissecting purposes. The In
FAINT wa the child OF Mrs. John Nc
Donald. wife of a painter. II IL claimed
that the infant was born deformed, and
lived only ten days and that Il was
given 10 the college In the interest OF
science.
The disposing Of the bodies was done by
Mrs. Eliza Shirra, matrOn Of the college.
she induced George Citizen, negro. TO
undertake the Job by giving him 81. The
negro was told to throw the barrel con-
tanning the bodies into the lake, or to
dispose of them in any way he saw ft'
so long as he took them away from the
college. The only excuse Mrs. Shirra
gives for the disposition Of the bodies in
this manner IS that II would cost - 10
bury them, and the students could not
afford the expense. The city authorities
win be asked TO decide If the negro and
woman can be prosecuted for anything
other than violating health ordinance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10
BRITISH COMMONS.
Ii Is Denied That WarShipS Have Been
Ordered 10 Curacao.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION


LONDON, March 9.-In the House OF
Commons to-day Mr.. John Dillon CNa-
tionalisO asked II there was any founda-
ton for the statement that five BRUSH
warshlps would arrive within a short
time at Curacao.
Mr. William c. f.. Mccartney. secre-
tarv to the Admiralty, replied In the neg
alive. He said that as far as he was
aware the government had no intention
OF dispating warships to Curacao.
The House resumed the discussion OF
naval estimates on the vote for more
men Mr.. John Dillon. the leader of the
anti-Parnelites. and Mr.. William Red
mond both contended that the naval pro-
posals were intended as a menace 20 the
United States. and for that reason every
freshman would oppose them.
George J. Goschen. First Lord OF the
Admiralty declared that the suggestion
was absurd. Mr Dillon. he added. SEEM
cd DESTROYS OF creating In the United
States animosty towards Great Britain,
Of which happily. there was no indca-
lion i'm the American newspapers.
Continuing. Mr. Goschen said the naval
programme was settled in November last.
before any Of the events that have caused
the recent anxiety had occurred II was
not intended to attack anybody unless
Great Britain was attacked. The govern
mcnt entertained no idea Of an adventu-
rous course anywhere on the globe. u
merely desired 10 be prepared for posi-
BILE evcntualities.
Mr.. Walter Hazel advanced Lihoran.
[ afnactgr and "a
the Peace Society. asked the government
TO make n pronouncement in favor of in
ternatiOnal arbitration.
\. J. Balfour First Lord Of the Troa-
sury and government leader IN the
House. said that nobody would be moro
pleased than himself 70 see an interna-
tional arbitration board and that steps
thereto would be taken.
The vote was carried by n majority 81
26. the division showing 2Gl members in
favor Of IL 10 - against.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10
WARRANTS OUT FOR HIM.
He Talked Wen and Obtained Money
Under False PrPtences.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March 1.-TWO
warrants were issued here to-day for DR.
Luke McGhee, charging him with OBJ
tanning money under false pretences'
McGhee is a fine-looking, elderly man,
who came here from st. Louis several
weeks ago, and made many friends. He
claimed to be representing new bul
and loan company of Atlanta, and, being
a good talker, soon persuaded a number
OF persons to take stock In his company
He disappeared last week, and about that
time several of the persons who had sub
scribed for stock in the building and
loan company learned that McGhee had
never forwarded their money to the At
lanta headquarters. Among those who
were victimized were A. r. Merrill, who
had given McGhee about 500 In cash, and
A. Fehrnback, who had given up S25.
When these men learned that they had
been swinded they swore out warrants
for the arrest OF McGhee. but the bird
had flown, and their money went with
him,