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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
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G. p. Miller, Office with A. E Miller, 81 Main
street, Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
BAND CONCERT.

The First Regiment band will give their
hrst open-air concert next Wednesday
evening, weather permitting.
PROGRAM.
1 1aIcn, NiSnhond Missud
Waj, sui 81 ihe ialueh at her spindle, Suppe
s H.,o1; Zen lCIl - ,,, Witmark
Mlserere and Anvil chorusl Vardi
Mazurka Bouree, LAmerguRnte Came
ppes si'3 Da A1S MAtch dls chile, Laurendeau
A'PuiA' 'ieuley, Kramer own, Boyer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

Hoods Pills cure liver ills biliousness, indi.
druggists ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

Regular meeting next Tuesday evening at 7:3C
o'clock. NJ AUSTIN, JR.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

TIE secret of happiness, Keep your liver
right" Burdock Blood Bitters is Natures EN-.
edy for complaints of the liver or bowels.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28
some Of Mary WIIkins's work.

The writer of the literary column in the
Boston Sunday journal processes to chap
pen TO know" that Mary wilkins will
spend the summer, or part of it, at work
on drama of modern New England life
in which she will introduce the rustic types
of rural life, which have made her novels
famous. practically the whole work is
being done by Miss Wilkins, although the
scenario was written by George II. Bren-
man," clever actor and theatrical mana
ger. AS a result of Miss Wilkins's en-
gagement with Harper's Weekly, English
readers will learn before Americans the
outcome of the story of jerome, a Poor
Man" since the entire novel is TO appear
directly in book form in Great Britain,
while here it will have to wait its compile
ton in serial form before being placed be-
tween covers. The concluding chapters
will probably be reached in the Weekly
some time during the present summer.
Apropos of British enterprise" the Jour
nal understands that company of anna
teurs, from the household of a society
home, in the tight little isle, recently
dramatized Miss Wilkins's "a Humble
Romance" and produced the work on the
stage for the benefit of charity. A volume
of Miss Wilkins's verses and jingles for chill
dren is soon to be published. They were
written several years ago for Wide Awake
and st. Nicholas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

In Kelley Mortgage Release Csse---It
Was civil Case, However, and Mr..
Kelley Has Not Been Indicted as Cur
rentIy Reported.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

For sALE-Nice home IN East Dover, Vt, hous
barn and three fourths acres land, $500
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
HAWTHORNE, EsERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA OCTOBER % 1884,
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instant, and if II crime is committed
which calls for swift retrlbution or
chase after the offender the instant
wings of electricity will aid in the pur-
suit.
The first step toward easily and
eheaply constructing a farm telephone
line is to get the telephones. Cell bat
teries are a prime requisite, and can
be ordered at any hardware store; so
can the transmltter and receiver. 1t
VIII take some studying TO understand
just what part this equipment plays in
the whole ensemble, yet 1t is simple
and practical when properly compre-
hended. The barb wire fence should be
utilized where there are no breaks, and
where wire loops can be employed to
connect with other farms. Where this
cannot be done, however, wire can be
strung from tree to tree, across coun-
try or along the highways. No insula-
ton is necessary, the wire being sim
ply fastened to the limb with staples.
Sometimes bare spaces may need poles.
These need not be the great, tall, well
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
AN ELECTRIC DRILL.
With 1t Six-foot Hole Can Be Bored
in One Minute.

The economy and practicability OF
using electricity in mining coal has
been demonstrated, and its more gen
eral Introduction should greatly cheap
en- the price of our winter fuel. Only a
few DAYS ago a Philadelphia operator
said that in the course of few years
coal will probably be selling at tide
water for the price now paid for min
ing it-namely, As cents ton.
The picture shows an electric drill
which is used for making holes in the
face of the coal seam. 1t is capable OF
drilling a six-foot hole in one minute.
In this connection 1t is interesting to
note that coal undercut by machinery
does not require as powerful cartridges
for the blasting as coal undercut by
hand. and the rapidity with which the
holes are drilled by electric power eff
fects n great saving and largely in
creased output. The weight of the
drill represented, with post for a six
foot vein, is only 152 pounds. This can
easily be handled by one man. The
drill works 50 quickly that 1t takes the
greater part of one mans time to at
tend ~ the feed mechanism and augers
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

The practical utility of having a
telephone on the farm Is fast being
demonstrated in many agricultural dis
trlcts, and the system is bound to
spread. Outside of the business aspects
of the project, the social side of the
question has helped on construction.
From the experiments of a mere boy
there has grown in one eastern section
a system with sixteen wires, covering
seven townships. The demand has
spread, in this instance, for telephone
service, until now farmers miles apart
sit in their homes with receivers at
their ears, and listen to speeches, songs
and recitations sent whirling over the
wires, or express with one another,
with readiness and convenience, what
shall be done to kill the weeyil and
keep up the price of wheat
The farm telephone Is the outgrowth
of no corporation, and no charge is
made for rates. 1t should either be a
purely personal venture, or conducted
on the lines of the Grange, for mutual
Improvement and benefit The person
starting into this enterprise will find
enthusiastic helpers. Farmers instant
ly realize that they have an opportu-
nifty to build their own lines at nominal
cost. As the great bulk of the farmers
business is, after all, with other farm
ers, and with local dealers in the near
est town, he is practically independent
of the long-distance companies, and
serves all his needs by a short line to
the town and to the homes of his near
est neighbors. The experiments al
ready made will soon become popular,
and the near future will doubtless see
a farmhouse with a telephone as natu-
rally a part of It's equipment as is a
windmill or a cistern.
Communication between farmhouses
in time of peril or trouble has always
been slow and tedious. Fire, murder,
robbery and other disasters which nat
urally enlist the sympathies of neigh
boring farmers are liable to occur al
most any time on a farm far away
from its neighbor. If the place Is left,
as is often the case, in charge of the
women while the men are at work far
away in the fields news of some i'm
portant happening can be transmitted
only at the cost of long journey,
which many times is out of the ques-
ton. But If on the wall Of farmhouse
hangs a telephone connected with a
neighboring system a dozen or score
of farmhouses may be alarmed in an
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
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seem to be nothing to prevent farmers
from installing telephone systems
which would be independent of the
companies which charge such exor-
bitant tariffs. Private lines among
neighbors or lines to town, with a
small exchange and switchboard in the
postotlice or general store, could be
easily and cheaply installed, and when
once in service the farmers would fight
before relinquishing them.
The practical utility of the independ-
ent telephone may be realized by tax
Ing the case of an isolated settlement
not on any railroad. Everyone must
drive to some other town to see any
body or to find out what is going on. II
they had a telephone line, even sin
gle instrument in the settlement, the
advantage would be enormous. The
original cost would be scarcely any
thing, $40 or SO perhaps. After that
there Is no expense and the conve-
nience will never be appreciated until
the line has been in operation for
awhile. There are hundred and one
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

They use 1t every day and near neigh
Dors come into call up the town, 1t Is
connected with an exchange but De,
pie are accommodating in small town
and If anyone wants message trans
mitted to somebody there is no trouble
about its being delivered at the other
end. They call up in the morning and
ma out what price is offered for some
thing off the farm. If 1t Is satisfactory
a bargain Is made over the wire, per-
haps, or decide to drive in with a wag-
on. If the market is low n trip is saved.
The possibilities are endless. A tele-
gram arrives late at night. The opera
tor MT the town can hasten to the wire,
read the dispatch, and save long and
tedious trip into the country.
Another thing that will be brought
about some day will be the storage of
the surplus energy developed by wind
mills in storage batteries and its use
TO light farms and fanmhonses by cleo
triclty. The only drawback to the
scheme now Is the great weight and
considerable cost OF storage batteries.
But an immense amount of energy
could be accumulated by Il windmill
and converted into electricity, stored up
and later released to light up farm
house. OF course this would be chiefly
available In the winter when the
evenings are short, because in the sum
mer 1t is light until almost o'clock.
and then the average farmer goes to
bed. But that plan will be developed
by-and-by and indeed has been already
in some places. but the expense under
the present system is almost prohibl-
tive.
There Is no doubt but that in the city
the telephone is IA constant necessity
for the transaction of business. In the
country it would seem to be fully as
necessary, where everyone is isolated
and communication is necessarily slow
and difficult by ordinary methods. For
every need of the farmer he must drive
to town, no matter how great the dis
tance or how bad the roads. Often it
means merely a trip both ways to order
something by telegraph or to get some
thing that might as well be sent out
from the town. With the telephone
system in operation his labors will be
lightened intellectually and his time
saved immeasureably
And. after ALL the barbed wire fence
system should commend itself to the
farmer through its simplicity and its
ease of operation and equipment.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

TO be had in the Market.
MIR. Thomas win conduct nothing bmt a Ilrst'
class house, and cordial welcome Will De eN-
tended to all guests.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

is weu.known and finely furnished and Is tne
most popular resort In Caudelaria. Ihe Dae Is
,,n@ "a with the choicest and best brands Of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
A GAY PARTISAN.
Cleo de Merode Is the Sensation of the
Day in New York.

Day in New York.
New York music hall patrons have
been worshiping at the shrine of Cleo
de Merode, the gay Partisan beauty
and ballet girl. Cleo's appearance ere
ated a sensation among the gay New
Workers. Her visit to New York is for
the purpose of filling an engagement
in one of the music halls, which will
net her $500. AT its conclusion she
will return Immediately to Paris.
Microbes fame and money earning
qualities rest upon an uneviable basis.
She is not a great singer, not even Il
great dancer. In Paris she gets SO a
week for kicking up her heels in the
ballet of the Grand Opera and no one
ever discovered that she had talent in
any line. But she was beautiful and
one night when King Leopold, the
wicked old monarch of Belgium, sat in
the front row her shapely figure and
handsome face appeared to him and he
applauded her. That was the first
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

trimmed poles of the telephone COM
pany, but material cut in the woods,
and branches Topped off.
When line is complete, part or all
barb wire fence, or current carried
aloft on a homemade line strung to
trees, roofs and poles, the farmer has
decidedly new luxury secured at a
very low expense. An instrument com
plete costs but So and wire is $2.70 a
mile. If the barb wire fence method is
used the wire costs nothing, for 1t is al
ready on the ground, strung and ready
for service. With hundreds of miles
of barb wire fence practically continu-
GUS all over the country, there would
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

things that settlement like that
would want to get into communication
with town for If they had a line to
some near village they could have mes
sages transmitted over the long dis
tance wire to large cities, and if a farm
er wanted something in hurry instead
of writing for it and waiting for the
slow delivery of the mails there he
could can up his dealer in the city, or
der iI by wire and have it come out by
express that day.
In one of these settlements where a
line is now in actual operation it is
claimed by its users that they abso-
lutely could not get along without it..
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

together with starting and stopping the
drill, while the other man is arranging
and picking the places for the holes.
By the time he has another place ready
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27
VIM. H. THOMAS, Prop'r.

With a Hal, which cannot be equailed IN Soutn-
,vssieru Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mana
gers will address the Proprietor
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

has drilled enough holes in ten hours
coal in a seyen-foot vein. 1t consumes
about ree-horse-power, and the one
shown in the cut is Jeffrey machine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-27

Somehow, when an old maid finally
succeeds in getting married, her baby
never looks just right.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

Tampa. Fla, Aug. so. The expedi.
that left during the night was delayed
somewhat by washout on the Plant
system. The party did not embark on
the tug at Cleveland until midnight,
when II set sail
The train arrived at Cleveland at
ii-35 p. IN. and seventy Cubans landed
with their baggage Each had n va
Iise and many had bundles. They bore
no arms.
The Cubans are very much elated
but many of them IRE fearful Of tho
results OF an expedition that starts I'M
der Spanish colors.
The Spaniards are pleased, for they
predict that an expedition starting un.
der Spanish colors is likely 10 end un-
der them. The revenue cutter, For
ward, arrived at Port Tampa and sig
nailed at once calling Capt. Rodgers
ashore, whercupon consultations were
held with the treasury officials. The
enter stlll remained at anchor at
Dark.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

Lebanon, Ind, Aug. ai.-An Immense
meeting was held tonight at tie opera
house la behalf Of the starving coal
miners Ia Indiana. Judge Thomas j.
Terhune made a statement OF i.e con-
dition o, the miners Us he found II
while making his investigation rs
Governor Mounts special eommis.
sioner. In the course Of hs address
he said:
"Thcrc are : 1000 families In destitute
condition. Thirty thousand people
are literally starving. A few years
ago they received si.e5 per ton; now
tho average price paid is about 3s cents
per ton.
"a good miner can make 81 day
and Is allowed to work two or three
days each week. They are compelled
10 trade at company stores and the
prices they pay are left entirely to the
nine operators. The miners admit
that they cannot live on the present
scale OF wages
A large subscription to the relief
fund was raised.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

HALEY, Ida, Aug. a0-Jamcs Don.
nelly, George Rolston and George
slmms, guards from the Boise peniten.
tiary, lodged in the county Jail Jesse
Coleman, who escaped from the chi.
Tertiary n short time since. lie was
captured near Sawtooth lake. lie had
a new Winchester, but was out OF am.
munition.
James Trumbull, the other escaped
.onvict, was with Coleman until n
short time since, when they separated.
Tor unknown reasons. Coleman was
making for Jaclsson's Hole, and were
Il not for the fact OF his exhausted
supply OF cartr ldges the guards nigh.
not have Jared 10 we'll, rs he ia known
10 DO dangerous character. lie had
Travelled nearly 900 miles on foot The
guards leave ut once 10 take the trail
for Trumbull.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

ea.tlc, Wash, Aug. 3i.--The follow.
ing letter was received per steamer
utopia today by the Associated
Press.
slssguay, Aug. 3i.-The jam is brok
en- on the sl,aguay trail A number Of
outfits haze gotten over and there Is a
steady stream Of moving humanity
mixed up In an almost indescribablc
mass Of horses Of all sizes. ages and
conditions, mules, steers, mich cows,
goat, and dogs, also vehicles Of every
description. Three steamers are nov
unloading ON lighters which convey
the freight a. near the shore as posi-
BILE, where II Is loaded on wagons or
carried over In the high tide.
The utopia" Is loading at the only
wharf, which Is u shalsy structure.
Two pile-driycrs are nt work on another
dock which Is intended TO be a sub
stantial affair. A new sawmill got up
steam for the FIRST time this morning
Rough lumber Is worth s27 per thous
and, but cannot be got half fast
enough at any price.
The city OF tents Is not being dis
placed, but reinforced by n city O.
"shacks" OF all sizes and degrees D.
finish. sisaguay Is the boom town III
| Ainskn. Every mnn whose hsprt -
/ htu, ,.t.u "a. au..nuN.r.l th. trsA
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03
HAaRlrY DEFEATED.
I Psnnsyivanis Democrats state Con'enu"n
bya Majority Removes Hin.

Psunsyivania Dsmocratlc state Convenuon
by Majority Removes Him
Reading, Pc. Sept 1.-The Demo
cratic state convention convened IN
this city aud nominated Walter T.
Roidcr Of Lycoming county for auditor
general and VI. y. brown u Blairs'
sillc for state treasurer
The matter Of the selection Of candi'
dates was entirely overshndowed by
the Eight 10 force the retirement Of Mr.
Ilarrity from the national committee
owing TO his hostility 10 silver
The opponents Of Mr. lIarrity succeed
cd In pushing through by vote OF 2po
10 1874 resolution indorsing James NJ
gufc for his position. Mr. llarritys
friends contend that The state conyen-
ton has no power to declare his seat
In the national committee vacant and
that he will not surrender without "a
eight
william =. llarrity showed no us
may over his defeat He said: 81 em
not greatly disappointed at the out
come. when / recall that during the
campaign Of last year such names rs
W. c. whitney and David II. Hin were
Missed In meetings held In Tammany
hall because Of the refusal 10 acqui-
esce In all declarations Of the Chicago
conven tion, find II quite easy TO DO
philosophical over the situation"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03
BRYAN AT HOME.
Say. BImetaillsm IL Live Issue In the
West

West.
Lincoln, Ncb., Aug. 3i.-IIon. w. j.
Bryan arrived home today from his
lecturing tour. The journey has con-
sumed three months. lie was greeted
with great acclaim throughout the
state as lie approached his journeys
end, and his arrival here was the sig
nal for 5000 people 10 gather at the
ucpot and hurrah for the apostle Of
bimctallism.
Mr.. Bryan declared that his trip had
been n success In every respect, and
that at no place had there been such
an enthusiastic reception as In Ne.
braska towns.
lie thought the silver sentiment had,
II anything received an impetus in the
past few months; at any rate, he found
II fourishing.
Blmetallism, he asserted, would be
rs live an issue three years hence rs
II was last fall, and would be found TO
be much more powerful argument In
securing the ballots OF the masses
The prosperity OF Nebraska he con-
ceivcd 20 be due wholly TO the good
crops, and that the prosperity incident
thereto was absolutely in spite OF the
Republican tariff and the success OF
the gold party.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

Helena, Mont, Sept i.-Comptroi.
Ter of the Currency H. Eckcls has arrlv.
ed here from the East, en- ronte for
the Yellowstone National park. where
he will spend ten days lie entertain.
ed large number OF callers here.
among whom were dcpositors in the
defunct First National bank which
had deposits Of s3.5Oo. 900 when II
closed, who not only have not had a
dividend, hut could not lind ont when
there would be one, lie told them
that he would be glad To answer their
requests for information II they would
write to him at Washington.
From here he goes To the park; then
10 Butte, aud To salt Lake. and thence
ON hunting trip into the mountains
Of Colorado, leaving his family at
Glenwood while he goes into the will
dcrness.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

Washington, Aug. 30. The treasury
department is conducting an investiga-
ton Of charges that Chinese are being
smuggled into the United States at
Port Townsend, Wash. The reports
upon which the investigation is based
indicate that the Chinese has made use
Of forged certificates. No charges were
made against the customs officers at
Port Townsend, except by impliea.
tions.
Special Agent Cullom has been or.
iered 10 proceed TO Port Townsend to
investigate.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03
nlcnfR rHAM KLoNpIKp.


New Miaine District south Of Kisnsha
Tacoma, Aug. 3i.-A letter 10 the
Ledger has just been received from the
north fork oi the Macmillan river.
Alaska. from George Lennon, nd-
dressed 10 his wife In south Tacoma.
Giving particulars Of fabulously rich
strike on this tributary Of the Mac.
MILAN river.
lie aud his partner went there from
the Yukon on information from an
Indian who accompanied them last
spring and he says that they have
,,rncl, q locality richer than the Klon.
dixie. In three months they have made
clean up Of $4,000.
tie says they have large bucket
and o big can full Of nuggets and al.
though they have no scales they be-.
licvc IL will reach the amount named.
They have stasen Off five claims and
hc tells his wife 20 send up four
friends. whom he designates, as quick.
iy a. possible TO locate the adjoining
properties, the law being that one man
can locate only one claim.
The letter was sent down by the In
dian who tock $500 or $500 worth Of
nuggets to lay In fresh supply for the
winter. Lennon says he will not be
out before next summer and that his
friends can reach there by the middle
Of October over the Chilkoot pass.
Macmillan is between 200 and 800
miles south Of the KlondiSc aud In
what until lately has been an unex.
/ plored region.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

Washington, Sept 1.-The weather
bureau, In It's report Of crop conditions
for the week ended August 80, says:
Early coru is maturing in Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and South
Dakota, but II has made slow progress
In Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and
Michigan, In Kentucky, Tennessee
and Arkansas the crop promises to be
short, owing To drought.
Spring wheat harvest is nearly com.
pleted In Minnesota and North Da.
kota, aud threshing In general. In
Washington and Oregon the weather
has been especially favorable for
threshing the heavy wheat crop, which
has been harvested In these states.