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The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
A WISCONSIN HERMIT.

Robert Todgertell and His Forty
Years In the Wilderness.
West Superior, Wis, Oct 29.-Robert
Todgertell, one of the oldest settlers in
Northern Wisconsin. died at his for
est home on the south shore of Lake
Superior yesterday morning. Todg-
ertell came to Superior in 1858 and
took up q claim, and from that time
until his death he lived in his little log
cabin the life Of hermit, coming to
town abont three times year to pur-
chase supplies and get his mail.
His body was found lying upon n d.
lapidated couch in the quaint, time
worn abode. by party of loggers.
The visitors found sealed envelope
nailed upon the bedstead. 1t was ad-
dressed in fine charcoal marks: ITO
the first man this way" and written
upon greasy piece Of notebook paper
therein was q letter addressed the
same as the envelope, which read as
follows:
"Am liable to die any time. Getting
pretty old now; will be SO Nov. 1S,
1893. Bury me right here and don't
have no ceremony. Let old Judge
Roberts of Superior appoint an ad-
ministrator for my estate SO what lit
tie l got can go where it is needed.
got about $4,000 laid up for rainy
day, but always carried an umbrella
and 80 didn't need it. Some of that
money is in the National Bank of the
Republic, New York, which was put
there twenty-five years ago. A cer-
tain man will step forward when I am
dead and straighten up all things. So
good by"
This letter, scrawled up and down
Binns Let Out.
Washington, Oct. %. = The resigna-
tion of Second Lieutenant Joseph i.
Binns, Second infantry, has been ac-
cepted to take effect Immediately. The
officer rendered his resignation in a
long letter setting out his belief that
a collision between the people and the
United States army will follow the
election, in which case, he wrote, that
he could not conscientiously serve
against the former.
Crisp's Funeral.
Americas, Ga, Oct. 8.-The remains
of ex-Speaker Crisp were buried in
Oak Grove cemetery last evening.
The body was brought here on q spe-
cial train from Atlanta. When the
train arrived the entire population Of
the city had gathered at the station.
The vast assemblage stood in silence,
with uncovered heads, to show their
respect for the dead. All the bells Of
the city were tolled and added to the
solemnity Of the occasion.
The Preacher Pardoned.
Webste: City. Iowa, Oct. 23.-A. r.
Candle, minister of Charlton, entered
his pulpit for the first time in ten
years without a fine of 500 hanging
over him for the illegal sale Of liquor.
In 1885 he conducted drug store at
Stanhope. in the southern part of this
county. He was arrested for the IL
legal sale of liquor and the fine i'm
posed. He removed to Charlton and
entered the ministry. Saturday d. d.
Chase, his attorney In this city, re-
ceived from Gov. Drake official papers
remitting the minister's dne.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
n W penI,odv Dcnd

O. W. Peabody Dead.
Boston, Oct go. w. Peabody, Of
the well known Boston banking firm
of Kidder. Peabody g. Co. died to-day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
IL NOiicc.

Notice is hereby giren that L. the
undersigned assignee Of 7. J. and +.
L. Juden do appoint the Both day
January 1896. as the time and she
Office of Chas. MiHt0u in the Sturdi-
ant Bank building as the place where
| will. between the time of 3 d. IN. and
> p. ~. on above named day andthe
two succeeding days be in attendance
to receive, adjust and allow claims
OF the creditors of T. J. and E. l..
Juden against the trust fund arls'
ing from the sale and disposal of the
goods assigned me for the benefit Of
the creditors OF L. J. and f. l. Juden
CHAS MCDONALD.
Assignee.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

put as to whether the patient had felt
herself equal to carrying out the pre-
scription.
''Oh. yes" answered the woman
"And how many herrings did you
manage at a meal:" was the next
query.
Weel, sir" was the reply, Il man.
aged to eat eleven"
Eleven" exclaimed the man OF
physic, with an amused smile. THAT
is quite as many as l expected. How
did you manage them?"
"Weel, sir, they We're rather
strong" said the patient, ''but l just
conquered them wi Dried, We see.!r
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
JACKSON ITEMS.
r THE C~ASH-BOOk.

The town has been full of visitors
this week. Court week, you know.
The little baby boy of MIR. James
Brcwning's, this city, lis very sick and
not expected to live.
Jas. Thompson, who was tried for
assaulting one Sierod, was fined S32. 30
in circuit court this week.
The boys of the Training School
will have a debate at Fruitland next
Tuesday night. All + invited.
Ben Adams, editor of the Cape
DEMOCRAT, is a member of the grand
Jury this time. Evil-dOers better look
out.
Five lots composing part OF the
Training School property were sold
at the court house door Tuesday after
noon for $1.O2O. w. II. Miller the
purchaser.
II. /. Caldwell and Charles Behrens
went up to Pocahontas this week to
make an inventory OF the stock of
goods in the store Of the late Jas. c.
Thompson.
Squire Hinton of Allenville was up
attending court. and said it was re-
ported at A]llenville that there II two
cases Of smallpox at Handles Station
md tbrrn at Poll ljty
Prof. Schoebel has returned from
his trip to Indiana where he went 20
, hunt up a location. We understand
the Prof. il we'll satisfied with this
country and is thinking of moving to
Jackson or near here.
It is getting about time the Presi-
dent Wa appointing Il postmaster for
this herm 10 succeed Mr.. Harrison
whose time cxpiEps this month. There
ar seyeral applicants. but no n
(rerhapsl knows who the lucky man
will be.
\ horse trader who was arrested by
the city marshal and given several
days in thu lookup escaped from the
city rock-pile the other day and went a
gilpin. He used the hammer he had
been brakium rock with to hpak the
chain that connected hin with the iron
ball.
A Mr.. J.. l. Silver Df Lexington.
Mo-. an experienced canning factory
man. is here trying 10 organize a
stock company to put arp Il canning
factory in Jackson. There is no ques-
ton but WHAT such an establishment
could he made IA success here ii the
right kind of enterprise and push were
behind it. In other sections of the
country canning institutions are run
with great success, and why not here
in this magnificent farming community
where an abundance of material could
be raised? Some day if not now.
the farmers of this county will have
to look to the other crops than wheat
and corn if they expect to make a sue
cess of their business. We believe it
would be we'll for or progressive
farmers and others 10 give Mr.. Sill
ver's proposition due consideration.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

The sound money Democratic Sena-
tors are doing right in preparing to
make a vigorous fight against the
Finance Committees free silver sub
stitute for the bond bill. If. by the
aid Of the Republicans, they defeat
the substitute. they ought to combine
with the Republicans in rehabilitating
the bond measure and in pushing it to
enactment. A law of that sort would
be of great service to the admiristra-
ton in ~eXigencies like the present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
Notice to

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual election of seven Directors of the
First National Bank of Cape Girar-
deau. will be held at the Office of the
bank the second Tuesday in January.
1896. Polls open from 10 a. M. to }
D. m. L. S. JOSEPH. Cashier.
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, Dec. II, 1885
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Gov. Morton might have some
chance to get the nomination, not.
withstanding his advanced age. if his
State we're in the doubtful column
again. Nobody, however, believes
the Democrats have the faintest chance
to carry New York this year. More,
over, the Republicans will undOubt,
eddy be able to win withou- New
York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

y clause in the Constitution of
Venezuela declares the territory of the
republic to be inalienable. This fact
disposes of the suggestion that the
region in dispute be given up for
a bride.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

The latest plan of the rainmakerS is
to produce a fog and then turn it into
rain by an ingenious application of
dynamite. London is suggested as a
field of experiment, but Londoners
may object.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Nobody takes Gov. MOrton's candi-
dacy seriously, yet if he were ten
years younger he would be ahead OF
Harrison and perhaps ahead of Ali
son in the race The question of in
terest in connection with him is: To
whom will the New York delegates GO
when, after the hrst or second ballot,
they drop Morton?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

In the event Of Gov. Morton's nomi-
nation for the Presidency, the selec-
ton of Il candidate for VIce-President
will be invested with unusual impor-
lance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Mr.. Seward favored the purchase of
the islands Denmark has again offer
ed to the United States, and his repu-
tation stands high as an expert in
foreign real estate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

\. Missouri negro named Wash
Nash is the champion hard-headed
man. Last Friday in st Louis he
and Jim Potts were fooling with a
revolver. when il went off, the ball
striking Nash in the forehead Squarely
between the eyes. The contact was
dangerous for the bullet. which WAS
flatteued out. Nash now can hold his
place beside tho negro woman whose
skull broke into splinters a chair with
which she was struck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Directory Of the Principal Business Houses.
The following is published daily for the
benefit of travelling statesmen, strangers and
the public generally. 1t cannot fail to prove
of interest to all who intend transacting bust
ness in Cape Girardeau.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Among curious plants one OF the
most notable has heen discovered re-
Gently in Arabia. where il is known
ny the natives a. the laughing
plant" 1t does not do any laughing
itself. as might he Inferred from its
title. but it causes whatsoever eats its
seeds to break out into fits of the most
uncontrolled and immodcrata mirth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Fifteen hundred sea otter skins were
brought to the traders by Alaska In
dams this year, according to the esti-
mate of Il trader just returned to
Seattle. Furs of bears and foxes ag-
grcgating many thousand dollars in
value were also brought III. He says
Alaska : wealth in furs is very great,
and in many regions is yet practically
untouched. The tract between Cock
inlet and the Yukon. he says. pro-
duccs the finest rurs in the world. and
only one or two white men have ever
been in there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Brown-How is i you are such Il
favorite everywhere you so:
White-Oh, that's easy enough.
Whenever anything pleasant happens
to ne. ! keep it to myself. so as to
make nobody enviOus: but ALI my mis-
fortunes | tell to everybody who will
hear me, and you can't imagine how
happy they make everybody | tell
them to. They say. you know, that
misery loves company. [ don't know
how that is, but company loves misery.
every time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Dean Holes booH giving his i'm
uressions OF this country, just out
contains some curious Inaccuracies
He says, for instance, that in prohl-
bitten towns liquor is generally dis
pensed in teapots, and tells about a
puest in a hotel who. upon calm. for
something to drink. WAS told by the
landlord: You will find Il little tap
near your dressing'tablc in your room,
which will put you in communication
with the old rye, and you can take
what you please for yourself anu your
friends. as there Is Il meter ON the
other side of thr wall" Il cannot DC
supposed that this was II personal
experience of the good Dean. and it
looks. therefore as ii some wa" had
been ''s~tufing" him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
AND NURRiNS.

Mr., .Lsaac-Now Esau. ! haf made
my will and left e~verythin | have ia
you.
Esau-Yes, vader.
Mr.. Isaac-And as you will get Ill
the benefit, III keep tie COS; of max
ing the will out of your next weeks
salary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

FFE CREA 3ntM nay.
EEsR,EEsY.% e
proslucrS the above results "a % day. Ia ,.
powerfully and quickly. CEres Shc" all o'hr- Z.
Yong men will regain thar lost uzGGooI aGl r. =
men viii recover tacir ynathfpI ,.sIr - - .
REEl.O. IL quickly ans Sn:th -e>i@T-s ,.-NG~ -
ness Lost Vitality. lmpottnc-. Ni-h'ic Fi--.S:"- .
LOST Power, Falling Mem ~. Wa>iing Di, -,--S q. .
Gil elects % seit-abusc Or cxcC and IL lisg IL
which units one tor $ uuy br.inesS or m. ritF. -
not only cures by starting 81 the seat or els Gse. b {.
isl great nerve tonic and blood builder. hri-,v-
inS oacS the pink GLOW 10 rals ctsrrSS T. q =,
storing the fire OF yOgr3h. u wall. cit JrsGat .
aud Consumption. IGsis: IN hayICg T"EECES. =,
other. /. can be carried in vrs: ro,E7t By n
Sl-oO per package. or SIK tor S5.Spo. with "A p4.,
tive written .uarIaieo ~ cure or rcfI1 {
the money. Ci-calaTfrec. Address
ROYAL MEDICINE CO.. 50 Rivcs 81. CHicAen 49,
]. Ben. Miller. Druggist. Care Char
deau, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

a great admirer of Hon. John Leary,
although otherwise a Democrat, and
when the latter ran for Mayor, nearly
four years since, Wright came down.
town with a pet parrot on his shoulder,
trying to teach it to say ''Hurrah for
Leary." This it would not do, and
after returning home he turned the
hose on it. After this operation the
CAPTAIN, feeling very sorry, said:
-you,P Polly: you ought to have
said 'Hurrah for Leary.'"
Polly stood before the fire drying
its feathers, and without turning
around said: You go TO hill"
y fisherman, skilled in music, took
his Tyre and his nets to the seashore--
but. let the fisherman tell the rest in
his own inlmitable way: standing on
a projecting rock l played several
sweet tunes in the hope that the fish,
attracted by the melody, would dance
into the net. Presently a large fish
poked his head out of the water and
said: Sir, if you will play that in the
lower clef we will dance | did so
and was surprised to see the net fill up
rapidly with beautiful fish. l kept
on playing in the bass clef until my
net was completely full of bass. The
largest l caught that day weighed a
tritie over sixteen pounds
Moral: Evidently the fisherman
brought his Tyre home with him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

In a certain Ayrshire fishing village,
the local doctor was called in the 9th
or day by a stout, sturdy looking wo-
man of gigantic proportions. who in
formed him that she had fallen into a
cry delicate state of health. The
doctor did not feel called upon to
search the pharmacopoeia very deeply;
and he asked if she could eat Il her,
ring.
'.Ay," she replied: Il rather like
them"
'sWell, the best thing you can do Is
fust keep at them" said the doctor.
On his next visit the question was
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

While he was in Akron. Ohio. re-
Gently receiving congratulations on
his election to the Ohio Senate, James
Il. Garfield, son of the murdered
President, met Edward II. Viers, now
a farmer near Akron, who claims the
honor of having been the first man to
give the late President employment on
the canal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Only fourteen months more OF
Grover. Then Treasury deficits, bond
sales and panics will come to a dead
stop.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
WAYSIDE NOTES.

Mrs. James ]. Corbet, that was.
has notified Jim that he need not pay
her any more alimony. She was
welded last Saturday to Mr.. Masury,
the millionaire, in New York.
~
President Cleveland signed the pro-
clamation last Saturday morning
which admitted Utah to Statehood.
Over in Arkansas a man named
Driver stole a lot of hogs from a
man named Pigg and mortgaged them
to a man named Ham. He was prose-
cuted before Squire Bacon: a promi-
nent witness was named Shoat. He
was convicted and put in charge of a
jailer named Lard, all according to
the Little Rock Gazette.
~
The relatives of Anna Bradshaw,
the young lady who suffered death
while undergoing a surgical opera
ton in st. Louis a few days ago, say
she never sinned, and that the dead
child was not hers. They say the
sensational story was circulated to
shield the physicians from blame for
the terrible error which caused the
death of the woman and the child.
They still say that Anna Bradshaw
was operated on for a tumor. and
that the work was so bungled that, to
conceal the bungliug, the story was
given out that the woman had been on
the brink of maternity. y dead child
was secured somewhere. and the in
formation then given out that it was
| Anna Bradshaw's. This belief OF the
relatives of the unfortunate woman is,
however, diSproved by the ~post-mortem
examination of DR.. Nietert, which
/ showed beyond a doubt that she had
erred.
St. Louis will III all probability
bury her wires.
-
The Bar Association Of Pittsburg.
Pa, nave decided to permit women to
practice law there. \ resolution TO
exclude womcn from practicing law
was overwhelmingly defeated, after a
| spirited discussion of nearly two
hours. at one of the largest meetings
ever held by that association.
~
Tennessee will bc the first State of
the Union to celebrate the one humid
rcdth anniversary of its admission
into the federation. and she Will do it
on a grand scale. The State was adj
mittcl into the Union on June !. l1G.
For several years the people of Ten
nessea have been planning To honor
the event in Il fitting manner. and they
arr now building at Nashville. the
capital city. an Exposition that will
he larger and more beautiful in detail
than any Exposition eve held in this
country except the Worlds Fair at
Chicago. The Exposition will open
September /, 1896. and continue one
hundred days.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Mrs. James ]. Corbet, that was.
has notified Jim that he need not pay
her any more alimony. She vas
welded last Saturday to Mr.. Masury,
the millionaire, in New York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

President Cleveland signed the pro-
clamation last Saturday morning
which admitted Utah to Statehood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
S p E CIFIC S.

Sold by Druggists; or Sent Prepaid anywhere
and in any quantity on Receipt of Price.
HUMPHREYS MEDICINE CO.,
Corner William and John SITS, New York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

The late Capt. Wright was always
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
Swift's Plant in Kansas City I'amaged to the Extent of S19O,OOO by Spontaneous Combustion.

swift's Plant in Kansas City Tamaged to
 the Extent of s1eO,OOO by Spontaneous
 Combustion.
 KANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. T.-Tke Swift Packing Co. s plant was damaged to the extent of over SlOo,Oo0 by a fire causd by spontaneous combustion which broke out at 11:30 o'clock last night In the fire one of the company's employees, Frank Hoblowitz, was burned to death, and three other em. ployes were badly injured. The three men injured are Steve Reynolds, Harry Crcasey and Robert Forsinger. The building damaged is l57xl75 in dinen. sions, and is used as a smoke house and store room for all smoked meats. The building is really two buildings, as the store room was built recently and ad- joins the smoke house, a fire wall sepa- rating the two. This building cost $50, 900 and the meat stored therein is valued at S75, ,OOO, and all of this stock is almost a total less, as what is not burned is damaged uy smoke and water to an extent that it is unfit for use.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
GOV. HoLcoMs RENoMINATED.
Nebraska POpulists Could Not Agree with
 Democrats, However, as to Fusion,

Nebraska Popullsts Could Not Agree with
 Democrats, However. as to Fusion.
 HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 7.-The pop ulist state convention finished its la bors and adjourned sine die yesterday, after having been in session all night. The convention was almost entirely dominated by the middle-of-the-road delegates, and they very nearly over turned all the carefully laid plans for fusion with the silver democracy. c. J. Smyth, chairman of the democratic state central commit tee, was on the ground with a proposition that two places on the populist state ticket be left vacant. The proposition evoked ebate which dragged along without result until Chairman Smyth broke off all nego- tiations by withdrawing the request for fusion on the state ticket. This action on the part of the democrats seemed to have panic effect upon the radical element of the convention, for after nominating nearly the entire ticket a motion to leave the attorney-generalship vacant was carried. The question of electors was left to the central committee, and it is understood there will be an even division, though not with the conven- tion's official consent. Gov. Holcomb was renominated by acclamat ation. John F. Harris was named for lieutenant governor, w. F. Porter for secretary of state, John F. Cornell for auditor and J. N. Meservc for treasureS.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
STREET-CARS IN NAPLES.
Riot Produced by the Introduction of
 Electric Propulsion.

Riot Produced by the Introduction of
 Electric Propulsion.
 'I was in Naples last summer when the first electric street car was put in operation and was stoned by the popu- lace," said Dr. w. o. Terry, of Sacra- mento, Cal. Dr. ferry has been in Eu- rope for two years, mostly in Germany, pursuing surgical course, and is now going home to practice his profession.
 "The new style of street cars," ne continued, gave great otfense to the Neapolitans, simply because they were an innovation. The people over there resent everything that is new, regard- less of merit. Naples is one of the toughest places in Christendom, any way. It is rare thing in that town to meet with anyone who seems to recog- niZc the bath as an institution of ciTili- Zation. Men, women and children reyel in dirt-particularly the latter. Boys and girls of ten years are often seen in public without single garment to hide their nudity. The ordinary refresh- ments of life, as practiced in America, are unknown there. Tue public convey ances are crowded with passengers so redolent of garlic that it is often prefer able to get out and walk. Doubtless everybody eats garlic n order to keep from being overcome with its odoriter- ous sceLt, as matter of protection.
 "But worst of all in Italy is the ter riblc drain of taxation and the corrup- tion on the part of men in high official position. The railroads. for instance, which ought to bring Tn large revenues to the government, arc q source of eX- pense. The explanation is that every body connected with their operation is engaged in stealing. The oharga is made openly. and never orce Eeard it disputed. d."-.Washington Post.