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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

The pulpit of a little eastern church
has long stood enough to one side of
the platform to disturb the congrega-
tons sense of proportion; but any pro-
test met with a quick rejoinder from
the aged minister. The wife of the sex
ton, taking matters into her own hands.
says the Church Economist, moved the
pulpit toward the center an inch a week
and gained her point, though, 1t took
time, for the old doctor never noticed
the difference. Some citadels must
needs be stormed from the front. but
nor victories are won and more re-
forms inaugurated by methods which
do not antagonize, and in which tact
is Joined to p%ersevering moderation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Not Discouraged.

A duffer Of a sportsman went out
Notwithstanding, accompanied by an
Irish keeper, who a good-natured
enough to make all kinds Of excuses
for his patrons bad shots. At last the
shooter, made reckless by ill-success,
perceived a covey of birds quietly feed
ing on the other side of the hedge. and
resolved to have a slap Mt them on the
ground. He fired, but, to his mortifi-
cation, they all flew away untouched.
"Regorra, sor, you made them lave
that, anyway.'-Household Words.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

:Casselton. N. D., Specialize au-
tMmnis bicycle meet will take place In
Casselton. Oct. %. under the auspices
Of the .Casselton Bicycle club. The
summer meet was such q decided sue
cess that 1t was decided to have a fall
meet; this one, however, will be con-
fined to North Dakota and riders in
Minnesota residing not more than $50
miles east Of the line. The 4Casselton
track has been improved over what 1t
was in the summer, and there Is not
now a.. better track In the Northwest.
Entries may be made to 81. b. Wal
ters, secretary Casselton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Peter.on Jury Di.agreed.

Fargo, N. d., Special.-1n the United
States court the jury in the personal
injury case Of Petersen VS.. the Great
Northern disagreed after being out
t~wenty-four hours. The jury is re-
ported to fave stood eight to four for
plaintiff.-Mrs. E. H. Brown of Rolla
pleaded guilty to an Indictment charg-
ing bootlegging at Williston. She sup
piled camping outfits and crews with
booze.-H. S. Blood, superintendent of
schools for Bottineau county,, With
drew his plea of not guilty and. de-
INJURED to the Indictment charging
him with breaking open his wife's let
tiers, ~: i,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Pierre, S. D., Special. - For some

Pierre, S. D., Special. - For some
reason not given out the prosecutions
against the auditors Office were not
commenced as expected. Gov. Lee and
Public Examiner Taylor left the city,
and it is not probable any action will
be taken until their return. No COM
plants have been filed yet, but when
they are filed they will charge embez.
element and Justification of public rec
ords. While it cannot be positively
learned, it is generally believed that
the complaints in the case will be made
by the public examiner.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

The story goes that the emperor slap
ped the face of a seaman and the sea-
man struck back and BACKED the i'm
perial eye, and that %thereupon the sea-
man drowned himself. Let IS hope
the story is untrue. The loss of a good
seaman is a serious thing. But the
theory that the black eye came from a
ropes end is certainly unfortunate, be-
cause that ought naturally to have been
applied to the imperial back.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

A Partisan who suspects that the
food or drink which he has purchased
Is ad%ulterated. can have the article
analysed free Of cost at the municipal
laboratory. If impurities are found the
city undertakes the prosecution of the
tradesman, and after conviction the Of
fender is not only liable to fine and i'm
prisonment, but may be obliged to dis
play in his window a sign reading,
Convicted Of A~dulteration." There is
room for a similar law in this coun-
try.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Eat He Silent On.

"Here's a carpenter in st. Louis who
hasn't been able to sleep for twenty
five years. said the wife in a flutter
Of sympathy, with the paper in her
hand.
"Let him take a job by the day, and
he'll catch up his arrears of sleep in a
week." growled the husband, as he
fired a pistol at the ear of the carpen-
ter who was snoozing over the building
Of q hen-house at so cents an hour
Commercial Advertiser.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
SORROW AT HURON.
The Death of Sterling aus Much
Pain There.

The Death of Sterling Cause. Much
Pain There.
Huron. s.. d., Special. - The an
nouncement of the death at Omaha of
William 3. Sterling, late of this city,
creates profound sorrow here. The
deceased was born at Dixon, ILL.,. thir-
ty-six years ago, and was a graduate
of the high school Of that city. He
came here with his parents in 1880.
His mother died Il few years later,
then his sister, Mrs. George Love. He
graduated from the law department of
the University Of Wisconsin, and be-
gan his professional career here as an
attorney. He vas one of the most
successful in the state. and as an ora
tor had few equals. He married Miss
Olive Underwood at Dixon, ILL.,, six
years ago, and she survives him. His
interment will probably take place in
Dixon, where his Oldest sister is
buried.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

London has a crusade against hat
pins. It is urged that they are dan
gerous as they are ordinarily used; and
we all know that as a weapon in the
hands Of a determined woman they
have frequently mutilated and some
times killed. What are they, how
ever, in comparison with the ordinary
pin about a dozen of which are worn
about the waist, for no legitimate pur-
pose that any man has ever been able
to discover?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Appointed Railway surgeon.

Lisbon, N. D., Specialize. Gilbert
B. Furness, a capable physician and
experienced surgeon of O%gdensburg,
N. y, who recently located at Lisbon,
taking the Office and practice of DR.. A.
b. Herrick, has been appointed sur
geon for the Northern Pacific road at
this point.-Max Nobis, of this place,
who is a prominent member Of the
First regiment band of the national
guard, goes shortly to Browns Valley,
MIMI. where he will 60 into business
- q ~tons0rial artist.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Collar Buttons a Good PIN.

A Shelbina. newspaper man bought
two pills and put them in his vest
pocket. He also bought a pearl collar
button and put it in the same pocket.
When It came time to take a pill, he
just shut his eyes, opened his mouth
and gulped it down. He was relieved
of his headache, and went on his way
rejoicing. Afterward. having use for
the collar button, he felt in his pocket,
and found two pills and no collar but
ton.-Kansas City Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Left Destitutel

Not Of worldly goods, but Of all earthly
comfort, is the poo wretch tormented by
malaria. The fell scourge Is, however,
shorn of it's thong in advance by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, its only sure pre-
ventive and remedy. Dyspepsia, bilious
ness, constipation, rheumatism, nervous-
ness and kidney complaints are also
among the bodily aflictions which this
beneficent medicine overcomes with GER
tainty. Use it systematically.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
sunragl.t. at vermilnon.

vermillion, S. D., Specialize wo-
man %suffragists of this city and coun-
ty are making a strong plea for the
cause. Meetings r being neld often
and prominent speakers are secured.
A call for a mass convention of city
and county and surrounding towns has
been issued and will be conducted .un-
der the joint auspices Of the National
and South Dakota associations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lifts Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever. bemade well, strong, magnetic,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400, 600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac Of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, SOC or
500. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Clever Working of the Rural Mind.
Sally-How I'd like to be one Of
them great actresses or singers.
Her Mother-Oh, I dunno! 1t must
be an unhealthy business.
Sally-Why, ma?
Her Mother-Don't you allus see
their names in the papers tellin' how
they've been takin' patent medicines
an tonics an sech?-St. Louis Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Belle Fourche, s. d., Special-An old
timer named John Burke: was found
dead in his bed at his ranch near this
city Sunday. He was an old soldier
and is well known in the Hills. He
leaves no relatives except a sister in
New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Grand Forks, N. D., Special. = The
annual meeting of the North Dakota
Teachers association will be held in
Grand Forks on. Dec. %, 20 and, 80.
.This>is the most important teachers
meeting in the estate and a large at
tendance is assured. The laws of the
state relative to public schools are
usually Influenced largely by the ac-
ton of this association.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
Probable Suicide,

Armour, 8. d., Special. = Charles
Weise, residing on the reservation
south of here, was. found dead, at a
crossroads on the reservation with a
bullet In his head and d revolver by
his side. The theory Of suicide is gen.
orally accepted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

The Kansas preacher who agitates
himself against ice cream at church So
Gals is so fiendishly radical that some
day he will cry out for a little of that
a%lleviator to cool his parched tongue.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

They tell Of women who are habitual
cologne drinkers. Perhaps the poor
things are not aware that cologne Is
intended solely for outward applica-
ton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

The Parisians appear to think that
the czar is going to give them the free
dom Of Alsace-Lorraine in a gold box;
but it Is impossible for his majesty
to be up to that kind of snuff.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

F~landreau, 8. D., sptec:ial.-An agent
Of the interior department. will. shortly
arrive here for the. purpose Of select
ing q farm for the. 3 Indian school.
Eight thousand. dollars is the maxi.
mum price,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

It having turned out that a Virginia
white man recently lynched was limo
cent, it is the solemn duty of the "best
people" Of the locality to lynch the
1ynchers,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Fargo, N. D., Specialize personal
injury cas- Of Peterson vs.. the Great
Northern Railway company is on trial
In the United States court. The plain
tin is a twelve-year-old boy, and asks
$4,000 damages for the loss Of . leg.
He was attempting to cross over oh
the bumpers between two freight cars
when the train started up and q brake
man compelled him to jump. He fell
under the wheels.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething ,softens the Gums. reduces tnhax1p
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Ny doctor said I would die. but Piso's
Kelner, Cherry Valley. ILL.,. Nov. "a. 1895.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Henry NJ. Stanley IL going to
company. He will resume journalism.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30
DR.. ]. q. RINDLAUB, Specialist
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
Fargo. N. Dak.
ConRcnial.

C~OnHcnial.
"Joe is in luck again"
"How? Has he had a salary raiser"
"No; but his new employer is us
crazy about base ball as he is."-De-:
troit Free Press. ~, -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Glass brushes are used by the artists
who decorate china. {.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

The court of Pope Leo XIII. con
prises 1000 persons. There are twenty
Wallets, 120 house prelates. 40 privy
chamberlains, six chamberlains. 300
extra-honory chamberlains, 100 SUPER
numerary chamberlains, thirty officers
Of the noble guard and sixty guards
men, fourteen officers of the Swiss
guard and palace guard, seven honor
ary chaplains, twenty private secre-
taries. ten stewards and masters of the
horse, sixty doorkeepers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

No-1'o-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes. weak
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

Only two English women in every 100
now wear earrings. -.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

When a woman's bliss lies in her
ignorance it is folly for her to read
the letters she finds in her husbands
pockets.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

In Hamburg the authorities tax O dog
according to its size. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-30

kHe00 tn6
You will enjoy this publication much
better IL you will get into the habit Of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford a most interesting study and
will put you in the way Of getting
some excellent bargains. Our adver-
tisers are reliable: they send what they
advertise.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25
UNDER A VEIL OF MYSTERY.
No Light Yet on the Strange Tragedy
at Fort Wayne,

az EOES " 0y
The sensational tragedy of week ago
at Fort Wayne, Ind, is still yelled in mys-
terry. The final chapter was commenced
when, week ago, Will E. Colerick was
found dead in the parlor of the home of
his promised bride, separated by less than
dozen feet from the room where the girl
herself, Miss Mae Hall, lay at the point of
death. BY their own hands, by accident
or how? No man knows.
Mae Hall, after regaining consciousness,
related her story, but it throws no light on
the mystery. She said she had no knowl-
edge OF Will Colerick's presence in her
apartments week ago Thursday night. At
q o'clock in the evening she says she en-
tered her home to lock up the fiat before
returning to Mrs. Peter Platinger's to
spend the night. After arriving she found
note from Will Colerick, stating that he
would call and says she sat down to wait
for Mr.. Colerick's arrival and picked up an
evening paper to read She says she did
not finish reading the paper, but became
suddenly sick and faint. At this time Win
Colerick had not arrived. When told that
she was found in bed in an unconscious
condition thirty hours later she could offer
no explanation whatever. The informa-
ton that Colerick's body was found on a
couch in the front room appalled, her. She
claims that she knows nothing more. The
affair, she insists, is a mystery she cannot
exnlain
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25
BEATEN BY THE WOMEN.
Love Affair Defeats q Kansas City
Candidate for Mayor.

Love Affair Defeats q Kansas City
Candidate for Mayor.
R. L. Short, city clerk of Kansas City,
who was candidate before the Republican
primaries for mayor of that city, has been
defeated. Although Short was the favorite
the nomination went to his opponent.
After courtship of twelve years Short be-
came engaged to Miss Sadie Parsons,
Shortly before the wedding he married
another woman. Miss Parsons and her
friends made campaign material of the
affair SO eftectually that l2O women teach
ers of the city alone voted solidly against
Short. The whole feminine population
was aroused and many women went in
hacks and literally hauled other women
to the polls and urged them to vote against
Short. Kansas City is Republican city,
and q nomination would have been equiv
alent to an election.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25
BOILER BLOWS UP,
Eng1neee and Fireman Instantly
Killed at ChiCarO.

Enginese and Fireman Instantly
Killed at Chicago.
The boiler of the locomotive, which was
hauling the Chicago and Boston special on
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad, blew up Sunday morning in
Chicago, Instantly killing the engineer
and fireman and completely demolishing
the engine. The dead are: Alexander
Franks, engineer Of Chicago; Edward B.
Smith, fireman of Chicago. The engineer
was hurled twenty feet into the air, through
a network of telegraph wires that were
stretched along the tracks and had his
right leg torn off. The fireman was thrown
against cattle car with such force that al
most every bone in his body was broken.
None of the remainder OF the crew nor any
OF the passengers were injured. The train
to which the engine was attached is one of
the fastest on the Lake Shore road, and
leaves the Van Buren, Street nepot at 1890
in the morning. The accident occurred
at IL O'Clock as the train had just pulled
out from the Englewood depot and was
running at the rate of twenty miles an
hour. = peculiar feature of the explosion
was the fact that, although the report was
so loud it was heard by residents half
mile away and the force so great that the
engine was literally blown to atoms, none
Of the passengers in the rear part of the
train heard the report and were
not aware that anything unusual had
happened until they looked out after the
train had come to a sudden stop.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25

The unclasSified service consists Of III, 725
fourth class postmasters, $3.50 laborers,
$50 persons whose salaries average less
than $500 annually, 4.230 clerks in second,
third and fourth class postofiices, 2,O6l In
dams and 4,818 persons whose appoint
nents are confirmed by the senate. In adj
dition to these are private secretaries and
confidential clerks, cashiers in customs and
postoffices, deputy collectors Of customs
and internal revenue, deputy postmasters,
marshals, attorneys and assistant attorneys,
employees in the quartermaster's depart
nnent Of the army, custodians Of military
reservations, clerks in congress and in the
library Of congress. commissioners of
various kinds, special agents, superintend-
ents Of national cemeteries, ETC., amounting
IN oil to about 700.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25
UNCLE SAM'SPAY ROLL
REPORT Of -hE CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
Nearly $4,000 Persons, Not lnclud.
ing Those Employed in tho Mill
tary and Naval Service. Draw
Money from the Government.
Uncle SANS Paw Roll.

The civil service commission has pre-
pared a report, which has been presented
- congress, and will be issued shortly,
showing that there are lis, III people in the
employ of Uncle Samuel, not including
those in the military and naval service,
and that they receive as compensation for
their services annually the enormous sum
81 ~, ISL, so. OF the total number of per-
sons employed In the civil service 81, 500
ore unclassified and are not subject to ex-
aminations for appointment. The total
number In the classified service, who can
not be discharged without good cause and
cannot be appointed without competitive
examination, is S7,lOS. OF the classified
service 4,l20 are examining surgeons for
pensions. The remainder are divided by
- fol
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25
SEASONS FIRST TORNADO.
The Town of Arlington, Ca, Almost
Demolished by 4 Twieter.

xn0 Town O1 AFllu8IOns 0oss AImOsV
Demolished by . Twister.
Eufala, Ala, was swept by cyclone in
which death and disaster played dread
full part Monday. Men were caught up from
the streets before they could find shelter.
Roofs, shutters, etc. gave way and for two
hours there was terror and desolation,
when the storm passed off to the northwest,
coursing along the Chattahoochie Valley.
The town of Blakely, Ga, was almost lifted
out of existence.
The most shocking story Of all, however,
was that which came from Arlington,
Early County, Georgia. 1t was about
o'clock when the pupils Of Arlington
Academy began to assemble. There were
about fifty present when Prof. Covington,
noticing the storm coming, called them in
for shelter. Suddenly with cracking
noise the academy shutters and swinging
doors were wrenched from their hinges.
Then came twisting and careening, and
the central partition gave way, falling
with deadly effect upon group of children
who were clinging to the professors. Eight
of the pupils were killed and the professor
and at least dozen others were fatally
hurt.
Along the banks of the Chattahoochie
River up from Appalachicola there is but
one story of death and destruction. The
storm came from the Gulf Of Mexico. The
Appalachicola is formed by the conjunc-
ton of the Chattahoochie and the Flint,
the FIRST Of which, up to West Point, forms
the state boundary line between Georgia
and Louisiana, and the second DIVORCES
northeasterly into the heart of Georgia.
1t was in the tongue Of the territory within
this circumference that the force was spent
and most Of it is inaccessible to Geographic
communication and details are hard to
obtain.
From Henry County, Alabama, around
Abbeyville, there come stories of death
and wreck, but no names have been re-
ceived. A family of five are reported
killed near Geneva.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-25
May Rival Mammoth Cave.

The discovery Of large cave east of
Brazil, Ind, is creating considerable ex-
element in the neighborhood where it was
found. Numerous parties have ventured
,nto its rocky haunts and discovered many
curiosities in the way of peculiarly shaped
stones. The skeleton Of human being,
the head Of deer and the skull of bear
are among the finds which were brought
from the cave and placed on exhibition.
Fourteen rooms have already been discov-
cred, and it is claimed many of them are
Handsomely decorated by large stones Of
various shapes, and SO systematically ar
ranged that they resemble the work of an
~ffist