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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo-
cal Weather Bureau Office,

Salt Lake City. Utah. Oct. SO-Ba-
rometer, a m, 25.72; p. M, 25.77f
thermometer, 6 a m, 81; 6 p m, so;
relative humidity. (per cent? a. m.
50; p. M, 81; direction of wind. a.
m, southeast; p. m, west; velocity OF
wind, miles per hour, s a. M, /; s p.
M, 3; state Of weather. a. M. clear;
6 D. m, clear; maximum temperature.
90 degrees; minimum temperature, 50
degrees; mean temperature, 40 de-
grees, for % years, 46 degrees; de-
fciency for this date, degree; accumu-
lated deficiency of temperature since
Jan. 1. 321 degrees, accumulated de-
heiency of temperature since Oct. /, 81;
precipitation GncIuding rain, hail and
melted snowy 90 inches; for % years.
05 inches: deficiency for this date. O5
inches: accumulated excess since jan
1, go inches; accumulated excess since
Oct. 1, .39 inches.
Forecast Tor today.-FoIIowing is the
forecast for Salt Lake City and vicin-
ity for the "a hours ending 6 p. m. to-
day: Fair Sunday, stationary tempera-
ture. J. II. SMITH,
Observer. Weather Bureau.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

a new piece called THE Promoter"
Curtis was booked at the theatre, but
some dispute arose over the terms. and
he transferred to the Grand Tuesday
evening the election returns will be read
from the stage. AS a, special attraction
each evening DR.. Charles j. Mullins will
deliver a lecture on the Klondike re-
gion, and Miss Albina De NIer, Curtis
leading lady, viii appear in KIondike
costume. DR.. Mullins is interested with
the comedian Curtis in quite a unique
Klondtlle scheme. Mr.. Curtis, in April,
Will leave with his entire company for
Dawson City. leaving Seattle on the
steamer Queen on April 2. Dr. Mullins
viii act as guide, taking charge of the
company from the time it leaves Sc
attic until the time when it again
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

the Grand, where 25-cent rates ruled,
the Jam was on the suffoeation order.
AT night the fourth rendition of the
Heart of Chicago" saw little or no
diminution in the crowd, and Mr.. Nc
Garvie's receipts for his four perform
anees Will form substantial aid to-
wards recouping his losses on the stock
company At the theatre the night
turnout was not up to the average.
6, 6, q
Russell Bassett and several others of
the late Grand company, including Mr..
Slanden, still finger in the city. Mr..
Bassett vigorously denies the statement
that he has signed a receipt to Mr.,
NIcGarvie in full Of all demands and
intimates that he does not propose to,
g. g g
NJ. 3. Curtis. the noted "Sam'l of Po-
sen" star will put in the week at the
Grand presenting both the old play
which he mas done over 5000 times. and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

Yesterday was an ideal matinee day,
and both houses profted by it, The the
atre had a fair turnout TO see Lost.
Strayed or Stolen" but it could easily
have been made 4 throng had the prices
been put as SO instead of 10 cents. At
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

Stolen was one of the New York sue
cosSeS last season. IL is not, however,
> musical skit, but a straight comedy,
said TO be of the most hilarious nature,
md furthermore said TO be clean. 1t
s said that even TheosophiStS- laugh at
the fun gotten out Of the curious APP
phcation Of their doctrine in pushing
he social aspirations of a wealthy pork
packers family in New York. which is
The basis OF My Friend From India
The situation is not forced too much
in the practical KIDNAPPING Of a barber
and booming him as My Friend From
India" who has brought his yellow
robe along in the shape of a silk bed
spread. which was to conceal ms lden-
thy for ultimate escape. The Order
CT the Yellow Robe" is one of great
Iheosophic renown in India, and the
pork packer takes advantage of this
to foiSt the barber on society as pop
ular fad.
q q o
Oscar E!iasoa's home coming next
Friday and Saturday evenings. with a
bargain matinee Saturday afternoon,
should be made the occasion of q warm
welcome TO the gifted wizard. In the
short time he has been away from
home, NIr. EliaSon, under the stage
name o. Dante, has risen to recog-
nized place in the profession, and since
the death of Hermann there is no one
lett or The American stage who eXcels
him in his art on Friday and Satur-
day evenings we shall have the first op
portunity Of Witnessing the illusion of
the Marvellous Bicyclist." In this Won
derful act Nile. Edmunda (NIrs. Ella
sony, appears in a Jaunty, up-to-date
costume. mounted on a wheel. She
cakes a few turns around the stage and
then begins to rise in the air until the
tips % her toes are three or four feet
above the stage. Then she begins to
show Us what can be done on a wheel.
She treads on the pedals with d light,
graceful, elastic step that astonishes
the multitude: she turns somersaults
backwards and forwards in light. airy
circles, always landing on her wheel.
She performs all the daring eVolutionS
With as much ease and grace as if she
were riding upon the stage in an up
right position.
Besides this, Eliason will present the
physiological phenomenon, "Karmos,"
and viii perform Hermann's famous
bullet catching feat" In this act he
stands alone upon the stage, While six
picked marksmen from the national
guard fire point blank upon him from a
platform in the audience. Eiiason
catches the bullets which have been
previously marked by q committee of
citizens, and hands them back, hot from
the barrels. for Identification.
Yesterday was an ideal matinee day,
and both houses prohted by it, The the
atre had a fair turnout to see Lost.
Strayed or Stolen" but it could easily
have been made a throng had the prices
been put as SO instead of 10 cents. At
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.

The theatre reopens Tuesday evening.
with the comedy My Friend From In
dia, which, like Lost, Strayed or
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100

Are you aware that Hewlett Bros.
has the only spice mills in the inter-
mountain country. All their spices
are pure and home ground
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Hosiery in cashmere, Isle, silk, ball
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We do the rest and produce best work
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TROY STEAM LAUNDRY,
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06

when the stomach begins to fail In
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06
A Progress i've State.

No other State in the Union
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HOMR-sEERS
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Villas COUNTY.

EAGLE RIVER, Wis, Nov. 9, 1897.
The County Board Supervisors Villas County met in annual
session to Section 664 Statutes Present Joseph
Elliott chairman Arbor Vitae Mart Hlrzel town OF age
River and T I. Laughlin, town of Minocqua
The Board was then called by the Hon Chairman
Laughln The meeting read and approx
Upon motion Resolution No presented by supervisor e
was UNANIMOUSLY adodted
Resolution No. 4.
the County Board of Supervisors OF Villas county
deem advisable the best interests of the county to hire
physician by all the county patients and FUR
the need said and to attend TO all SICK
persons confined the county Jail of Villas County
And whereas Dr. NJ E. Sanorn for the past been
poyed Villas County county physician at salary OF
Now Therefore be it by Borard Of Supervisors of
Villas County said Dr. M B. sanborn be- he is here
by employed attend all county paupers OF Villas County
within the Eagle River and attend all sick con-
fined county and that he shall receive for such services
the $35OOO per payable in monthly nstaments
each month during the continuance OF this contract
and that County of Villas County hereby authorized
contract to this
luton with Sanborn said contract to commence
on the 9th day November 1897 and continue in force year
until the 9th 1898 and that the Chairman and
County Clerk hereby authorized and instructed orders
to the the end Of each month the as
salaries of other county officials paid,
MART HIRZEL, Supervisor.
On motion the adjourned to November =, 1897
JOHN RADCLIFFE, Deputy County Clerk
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. Nov. L. 1897.
The Board pursuant adjournment and called
order by the Hon Chairman All members present. >Uponmo
ton the following resolution unamlouy adopt
ed:
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION NO g.
WHEREAS the of chapter l67 OF the laws OF 1881
amendato thereof the the public lands
Of Wisconsin funds OF this state
loans to towns villages and this state IN said
Acts provided and
WHEREAS every town. city, village and county isempowered to
borrow of said trust funds such
money time and such conditions and terms
as NAV agreed upon and between said Commissioners and
village city county applying Tor loan snect TO
the limitations and conditions in said act set forth;
Now Resolved that the County Board OF Sup
ervisos county duly assembled according to law do here
by approve authorize application to be made to said Com
oners bv and Clerk of this board for loan
forty thousand this board said loan to be payable
Continued next week.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06

Just try Zoe box OF Cascerets, the
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06

Call at J. J. Roderick's furn ture
store and see a $500 sewing machine
for sale fer 4SS. CO.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-06

Continued next week. J
The herald., 1897-09-26
Indians and The Hudson Bay Co.

The items of credit for Indians on the
Hudson Bay Company's books consists
of skins and work, the fur of wild ami
mails and sledging. The books do not
show how many or what kind of furs
have been furnished, as everything has
been reduced to the unit standard A
mink skin is the unit and counts as one
skin. A bear hide is fourteen skins,
but it takes ten muskrat hides to make
one skin. If the Indian works day
for the company he is credited with a
skin and half. The work consists of
carrying provisions from one point to
another, as the company may dictate,
and in May Of every year in forwarding
the accumulated skins to Hudson Bay,
from where they are shipped to Eng
land. Carrying goods from one place
to another is done by means of dogs in
winter, little work of this nature
being done in the warm season. The
Indians make their own sledges and
four hundred pounds in addition to the
driver are considered load for
four dogs; if more dogs are used hun
dred pounds is added for each dog.
The dogs are principally of the Esqui-
maux breed and some Of them are
magnificent animals. In the summer
months these dogs are kept in large
corrals, their owners clubbing together
for that purpose. When there is a
sharp crust Of ice on the snow, shoes
made Of caribou skin are fastened to
the feet Of the dogs, being tied about
their ankles.
The herald., 1897-09-26
NEARLY STUMBLED UPON A MAN LYING UPON THE SID


known of about Farris, even in Sat
bury, that the incident of the gate
hinge was considered of Importance,
giving some reason to believe that the
second witness had been in the vicin-
ity Of the Kefford farm on, or about
the tenth of August.
Reuben Farris was finally discovered
to be living in ST. Louis, and having
been offered his travelling expenses
and something besides if he would
come and give some desired testimony
in regard to old Kefford's property, he
readily consented and set out without
delay of time. 1t must be mentioned
that Doctor Latimer insisted upon
bearing part of the expenses of bring
ing Farris to Camborough. He de-
clared that he desired more than any,
one else that everything in relation to
the will should be made clear and plain.
This was somewhat disheartening to
the Kefford interest. They would
have preferred that the doctor should
have the desire that Farris should not
testify.
On the twenty-first day of August,
about half-past nine in the evening.
Reuben Farris arrived at Camborough.
He had been told to report at the Man
sion House, and the nearest way from
the station to that hotel was through
| Decatur Street, a small street in the
| business part of the town and very lit
tie frequented at night. About a quar-
ter past ten, two men hurrying through
Decatur street to make short cut. be-
cause the night was dark and rainy
nearly stumbled upon man, lying up
on the sidewalk and apparently dead
| When assistance had been called. and
the man had been conveyed to the sta
ton house, it was found that he was
Reuben Farris.
This occurrence created great excite
ment in Camborough. Farris was not
dead but had been stunned by a ter
rible blow in the head. There had been
murderous assault upon him, and
such a crime was almost unknown in
Camborough. 1t is true that Decatur
Street was lonely, that the night was
dark and rainy, but no one, even a
woman. would have been afraid to
make a short cut through that street
at any hour. There was a hospital in
Camborough, and thither Farris was
conveyed. Surgical examinations re-
| been
struck, almost on the exact top of the
head, with some heavy object, and in
such way as to make circular frac-
ture in his skull nearly two inches in
diameter, breaking both plates of the
skull and pressing the detached piece
of bone against the brain, thus causing
insensibility.
The terrible blow which had occa-
stoned this fracture had evidently been
given for the purpose of killing the
man, and there could be no idea of rob-
berry connected with the case. Far
ris' valise which he had carried in his
hand, was found unopened by his side.
He had money in his pocket and his
silver watch was undisturbed. All the
surgical talent of the town was gath
cred together at the hospital, and al.
The herald., 1897-09-26

matter of will probably forged or
altered. such as I had often read of in
law books and even in novels. 1t would
have been in every way a most suitable
case for me to begin upon, but 1 was
not asked to give the slightest assist
ance, and Mr.. Kefford put the case of
himself and Mrs. Crown into the hands
of Messrs. Shallcross & Dorman, firm
of lawyers who already had so much
business they did not know what to
do with it.
Although sorely hurt, I determined
that l would not let any of the Kef-
ford family know it. Even to Natalie I
made no complaint and to Mr.. Kefford
1 talked of the affair as would of any
matter in which it was not expected
that I should take anything but a
friendly interest. The wound ranked,
but believe concealed it.
One strong objection to the validity
of the will was the fact that everything
which had been owned by the testator
was given without reserve to the In
stitution. 1t was reasonably argued
that even if old Mr.. Kefford had de-
sired to give the greater part of his
property to this charity, he would have
made some bequests to his relatives.
1 had studied the will very carefully,
and in conversation with Mr.. Kefford ]
took occasion to give my ideas con-
cerning this peculiar feature of it.
Il believe. sir" said 1, "that this will
is a copy of true will, made by old
Mr.. Kefford and of which Doctor Lati
mer had gained possession. The prop
erty bequeathed is described so clearly
and in such detail that do not be-
lieye anyone but the old gentleman
could have drawn it or dictated it. 1t
was probably all left to yourself and
your sister, and the only alteration
which Doctor Latinaer dared to make,
was the substitution of his name for
those originally mentioned. If he could
have done so, l believe he would have
inserted other bequests SO as to give
the document an air of naturalness and
credibility, but as he could not consult
anyone of legal experience in the mat
ter of altering a will, and as he was
afraid to do it himself for fear of max
ing a mistake which would have
spoiled everything, he confined himself
to the change of names. That is the
way look at it, sir "
Mr.. Kefford replied that he thought II
was not at all unlikely that was cor
rect in my suppositions. and I have
reason to believe that he mentioned
those suppositions to Shallcross & Dor
man; but I did not mind this. If there
was anything 1 could do for Natalie's
family would do it, asking only that
they should do one thing for me; that
is If should find that Natalie was
willing that it should be done.
In regard to the signature of the will
there were diverse opinions, but the
majority of those who examined II
thought that If it were not the writing
Of Nicholas Kefford. it looked very
much like it. However. it could not
be expected that a man Of Doctor Lat
liners shrewdness would undertake te
The herald., 1897-09-26
HE WAS NO NOVICE.

They are telling story about Coney
Island fakir who had a stake and ring
game in full blast the other Sunday and
succeeded in being beautifully taken in.
The simple and enticing amusement
known as stake and ring" runneth
about as follows: The stake is placed in
the ground at certain angle which
leads the uninitiated to believe that it il
easy to throw a ive-inch ring over II,
whereas this feat is almost impossible.
Three throws" cost ten cents, but il the
player succeeds in pitching ring over q
stake he gets prize. This particular
fakir had a crowd around him and was
raking in the dimes, when black-mus-
tached, middle-sized man walked up and
said he'd bet dollar he could put three
rings out OF FIVE over the stake.
The fakir winked at the crowd and
took the man up. The black mustached
stranger threw five rings rapidly one at
ter the other, and, as three Of them were
ON the stake, the thrower was in so
cents. They doubled bets, and the
stranger won again. Then they bet $40
even that nine rings out Of the first ten
thrown could not be put over the stake.
The whole ten settled safely over, and
the fakir, as he handed $40 in silvee
over, said:
'I'm broke; what's your business~
"I'm q distributor at the New York
Post Office" said the ring-thrower. II
don't do anything but fling papers all
day long into the mouths of fifty sacks"