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The Delta independent., 1897-02-24
Seventh Oay Advsntists.

Lincoln. Ncb.. Feb. 19-The general
conference OF the Seventh Day Advent
lists Of the world began today at College
View with an immense number OF dele
gates in attendance. There are present
delegates from Europe, Asia. South Afri-
ca and Australia. as well as all portions
Of the United States. Among the distin-
Guishcd arrivals at the conference is
Capt. J. E. Graham. skipper Of mission
ary ship Pitcairn. which has been famous
for her cruises in the Pacific ocean.
Other important delegations include the
olicep Of the International Religious
Liberty association. which has for its
object the separation OF church and
state.
The opening session OF the conference
was hold at o'clock and consisted Of .
prayer and social meeting in which the
time was employed in giving expression
to the feelings Of thankfulnees and good
cheer that filed the hearts Of those pres.
ent for the privileges they enjoy. At 10
O'Clock the first session OF the conference
was held. opened by President Olsen.
who gave an addrces in which he b: icfiy
reviewed the status oe the work. The
aftsrnoon wss devoted to religious ser.
Vicee.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24
Talks With Travellers.

Yes, sir! The most en-
joyable trip I ever took to
New York was over the
WABASH. Only one
change of cars in St.
Louis: the finest passen-
ger station in the world.
Fine restaurant and cafe,
Got an elegant supper for
fifty cents.
We arrived in St. Louis
at 500 p. NJ, and left on
the WABASH NEW YORK
LIMITED at 100 p. ", in
the elegant through sleep
er, reaching Detroit at 9:15
the following morning, Nj
agara Falls at 4:37 that af-
ternoon, and arriving at
New York, Grand Central
Depot at 100 A. n, Just
the right time to get break
fast and attend to business.
Oh! the WABASH is the
route for New York.
By the way just write to
G. NJ. HAMPsoS, CONNER
cial Agent, Denver, for par
ticulars. l may have for
gotten something.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24

The "A day Of July. 1897 will be the
Rfticth anniversary Of the arrival Of the
Mormon pioneer band in the valley Of
the Great Salt Lake. and will witness
the closs Of fivc days celebration which
will eclipse in magnitude and surpass In
splendor all other celebrations ever given
In the United Ststcs west of the Mis-
sissippi. On this occasion il 10 proposed
BY the people u Utah 10 commemorate
the birthday of western civil,satiou and
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24


Feb "A. 1897.
Louis Wyman came down last week
from Silverton.
Miss Parker. OF the North Fork, Is
visiting at Mr.. E. c. Rist's.
Miss Florence Dawson, Of Lake City,
is the guest Of Mics Nellie Rowan.
We have one more month Of school,
which will make a seven months term.
Duke Bros, Of Hotchkiss, are having
several head Of cattle fed near Eckert.
Geo. W. Delo, is hauling lumber pre-
paratory to erecting a house on his
ranch near Eckert.
H. H. Smith, of Delta, with two gentle
men whose names We failed to learn were
in this vicinity Thursday.
Wm. Smith contempIatss putting out
10 acres OF tomatoes and Mark Phoenix
and John Harrington acres each.
Our experience is somewhat limited in
-ragard to raising tomatoes, but il we
were to put out 25 acres not seed would
fail.
Miss Bryan. who has been visiting
friends in this vicinity for some time,
left last week for her home in Waco,
Texas.
Eleven years ago today your cor
respondent arrived on this mesa. Have
been living here ever since and have no
desire to leave.
HoosIER.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24

William St. John. who was treasurer
OF the national silver forces in the last
campaign, died suddenly in New York
last " eek.
Wanted Agents, to sell in all parts Of
the United States, Toilet Articles OF the
highest grade. For further particulars
address Partisan Toile: Co. 10 Michigan
Street, Chicago.
Miss Bessie Songer left Tuesday morn
ing for Delta where she will probably re-
main for while, at least. as her parents
reside in that city. She leaves host Of
friends whose best wishes accompany
her in her new home.-Ophir Mail.
Be prepared to relieve your children
OF Group and sore throat by having in
Good for the old as well as young.
W. L. Ferree Of the Tiger spent a few
days here this week and reports the
property as looking better than ever be-
fore. As soon as spring opens a large
force Of men will be put on and the
Tiger will become one OF the big pro-
ducers OF this district.-Saw Pit Hum
mer.
Frank Sanders. one OF the principle
owners OF the Bachelor mine. Ouray. and
F. E. Dodge cashier Of the Farmers &
Merchants bank, Delta. who have lease
and bond on the Crescent City mine.
Deep creek, are having development work
pushed ahead as rapidly rs possible.
This property was formerly operated by
the Mariposa Mining and Leasing Co..
but owing to lack OF funds work was
suspended last fall. About the first Of
the year Messrs. Dodge and Sanders
secured control Of the mine and i'm
mediately procseded to equip it with all
necessary machinery. The pump and
other appliances OF the Currency. near
old Ames. we're moved to the Crescent
City and installed. and the property
is now provided with all necessary
machinery to develop it rapidly. A shaft
down about 100 feet is being sunk deeper
to the limestone formation where il is
thought rich gold ore will be encounter.
ed in 4 fissure vein and in the lime cor.
tract on each side OF it. W. r Wander.
veer. owner and operator Of the Currency.
has position on the Crescent City and
lives near by with his wife.-Teliuride
JourSial.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24
lsadqlartsrs, Isrtl fsrk Camp 10. u.
Sens Of Veterans.

Whereas; 1t has pleased the
Almighty to remove from our
presence Comrade W. F. Sheek
of North Fork Post No. Sc G. A.
r.
Resolved; That we, the mem
bers of the North Fork Camp
No. ii Sons of Veter ans extend
to his widow and orphan our
heartfelt sympathy in this the
hour of their sorest trial.
Resolved; That . copy of these
resolutions be spread on the
ai.Assa q ~ CaapaaA . copy
be sent to the family of our de-
ceased comrade, also that these
resolutions be published in the
Delta papers.
w. H. Smith.
A. s. Mckee. Committee
H. E. Niles.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24
-H...-s>~n<r.~ Exe.-.s.. Rate.

"HoSe-SeekePs~ ExeaFsiSo Rate.
II you have a friend in the east who
desires to come out here to look At the
country with view to locating. you can
secure for them rate OF one fare for .
Oday round trip ticket from Denvers
Pueblo or Colorado Springs by applying
to any officer OF the Delta county Board
OF Trade. II they are coming to
stay you can get them a rate Of two
thirds OF one fare from either OF those
points and an emigrant rate on their
household goods to Delta
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24


Saxons who half century ago broke the
first trail from the Missouri river and
wrestling the wilderness from desolation
laid the foundation for the presentgreat-
ness OF the mighty area between that
river and the Pacific coast.
Impartial history must always applaud
the courage Of those pioneers and record
their achievement as one Of the greatest
since the discovery Of the New World.
They departed from the borders OF
civilization and unmindful OF the savage
and needless OF the desert, mountains
and plain. toiled on until they penetrat-
ed to the center Of a wilderness almost
three thousand miles in extent.
For nearly twenty centuries the
christian world has viewed with amaze
ment the journey Of the children OF
Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land.
but what was their journey to thiss
The lands that Moses saw on that pilgrim
sge-the dreary wastes that he travers
ed measured in miles. were not equalled
to those his great prototype, Brigham
Young, and his followers forced through
within the first twenty days journey
from Council Bluffs.
Before this journey was undertaken
all that was known OF the western por-
tion Of the United States could have been
inscribed upon the ivory tablet OF
modern society belle. Vague rumors
placed in circulation by Coronado.
Father Escalante and La Honton, OF
wild humpbacked oxen and great in
terror seas were extant. but the mighty
mountains and the buried wealth with
in them, the broad plains OF fertile soil,
and the great timbered areas which have
since produced vast wealth, were then
wholly unknown.
After the journey-after the trail was
broken-came the emigrant trains and
the pony express, and the stage coach
and the railroad, and with them gradual
ly rising higher and higher rolled the
wave Of humanity which has peopled the
Western Empire and drawn through it
the lines Of q dozen or more populous
aud productive states.
In the celebration OF all this the people
., Ir..h I'll, ,o,csr,,.,. thai, an.,o;ss
.na .,r.rd thai, mon.x. in Julv mart
. nd ..ch . celebration =. II vill he, II
iii -. sIoannoo n. nnnv sxnr..
XII b 10 fs-sstsblishsd and messages again
Be sent overland in the old way. The
stage coaches will be dragged from their
hiding nl.cea ard nass once more over
IN. .R.n Halliday trail. Those Who
are living Of the original pioneers will be
prA.ent and a half a century after the
d.x NJ the close OF their memorable
oilvr;maoe they will again enter the Salt
Lake valley by the old road in the old
v.y. In fact. il ia intended to reproduce
true To life every step taken by ciyiliza-
tion in this region since the settlement
in 1s47. All OF the strength and yigor
and epterprise OF the people of Utah
WI oe ehiis'eu N 'iis a'''n' ~.
toe lnteutlOu Is 10 MAKE IL 8u cNeut
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24

Blood is thicker than water. Pure
blood is the secret OF health. There 10
no better preparation to improve the
blood and prolong hfe than Beggs' Blood
Purifier and Blood Maker. McMurrayi
druggist.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24

when your cough % deep indeed.
And you vish 10 Be relieved,
To the drug store hurry up
Buy Bcggs' Cherry Cough Syrup.
NcNurray, Druggist.
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24
Narried =; :::;:;; :::::;:;: :::;;: c.;

ances doesn't sound just right. And it
isn't our fault either. We print both in.
vitations and announcements In the
very latest style as cheap as you can get
them in Denver or Chicago. Address,
The DELTA INpEPExDKxTs
The Delta independent., 1897-02-24

A few clean cotton rags large enough
to wash presses with will be purchased
at this office; price certs per pound.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
AFAITHFUL FIRE HORSE.
Has Served Michigan II wn Twenty
Years-Rewarde with a Pension.

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Billy is pensioner, and is the only
one that the corporation Of Mus
kegon maintains at the expense of the
public, says the Detroit journal. The
lefty is in extreme indigence, and the
administrators of the municipalities
funds are pondering over grave fnan-
cial problems and seeking in every
possible way to alleviate the distress
of the oyerburdened taxpayer, yet, in
the face of all this adversely, Billy,
the pensioner, daily receives his ra-
tions, and no one grumbles or thinks
of grumbling.
Billy is a small gray horse, who has
won his laurels in the city fire de-
partment, where he has served for 20
long years as faithfully and honora-
bly as any horse could. He became a
fire horse in the year 1876, and was
six years of age when he was enrolled.
He has now been a year on retire
ment, which makes his present age
approximately % years.
Billy has seen some big fires. He
saw the great confagration which oc-
eurrred in the latter part of the 70s,
that left the banks of Muskegon lake
almost destitute of any trace of civili-
zation. Billy raced and pranced to
the great fire which swept up Pine
street in the early part of the decade
and left hundreds of people homeless
and destitute. Billy has been to hun
dreds of fires, big and little, and has
unenviably earned security and
comfort for the remainder of his old
age. He reported for duty for the
last time on January last, when his
stiffened limbs helped to carry the
cart to an alarm coming from Lake
side, and three miles distant from the
barn. Since then he has had life of
comparative ease, and, having been
given the freedom of the city, he
ambles leisurely about the streets,
venerated by all who see him. He
lives at barn No. 4, where he reports
three times day for his meals. Billy
still has remembrances of the activity
and excitement of the past, for when
the great bell in the city hall tower
sounds a fire alarm he pricks up his
ears, and, with as much alertness as
his senility will admit, he scrambles
back to the barn, where with an ap-
parent air of disappointment, he
views the younger and more spirited
horses who have taken his place dash
past the spring doors into the harness
and out into the street with a helter
skelter, reminiscent of his more use
full days. Billy is gentle and kind,
and is a friend to everybody. lie is
much loved by the fire laddies, who
make a great pet of him. He enjoys
a froic and goes through many laugh
able antics which the boys have
taught him, Billy is both well known
and popular, and there is not much
fear that. the city pension commits
sioner will ever reduce or discontinue
his allowance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
A Thousand Gallons Of physic.

The following is from the report of
recent meeting of the Milford board
of guardians: Miss Parnell is an
elderly maiden lady who has been in
receipt of medical relief from the
board for some years past. When her
case came up for consideration, the
doctor announced that he had reclx-
oned up the quantity Of medicine she
had consumed, and found that it
came to just over 1 900 gallons. The
relieving officer added that he had
seen no alteration in her all the time.
But if it had done her no apparent
good, there is the consideration, on
the other side, that she is still alive to
tell Of it, and can boast of being the
greatest medicine takar in the world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
In Youth Gladstone Wanted to Be an
Actor, But Changed His Plans.

Few are aware that, not only has
Mr.. Gladstone figured as "a playwright
but that, also, he was to such an ex-
tent stage struck in his youth that
he actually consulted the famous
actor, Macready, respecting his
chances of success in the theatrical
profession, says a writer in the Phila-
delphia Press. The tragedian is re-
ported to have accorded a favorable
opinion, but, subsequently, Mr. Glad
stone was induced to abandon his in
tentions in that direction by the adj
vice of his friend, Lord Stanley,
afterward fourteenth earl of Derby, so
celebrated as prime minister, and as
the most successful translator of the
works Of Homer
Of course, the entreaties of Mr..
Gladstone's own relatives likewise
weighed in the balance in persuading
him to change his plans, and thus the
British stage was deprived Of a star
that would certainly have proved its
most brilliant ornament. There GER
tainly is no man on the English-speak-
ing stage to-day, or, indeed, who
has been during the present cuntury,
whohas been possessed of so exquisite
ly melodious voice or Of such perfect
diction. The course of English his
tory during the last 80 years might
have been different had Mr.. Gladstone
become an actor,
With regard to his career as play
wright, it was both brief and inglo-
rious 1t is just 60 years ago that he
wrote play, making its theme the re
treat of the famous "ten thousand"
under Xenophon, the leading part in
which was intended either for Kean
or for Young The drama, however,
was rejected by every London and
provincial manager of the day 1t is
doubtful whether a play written by
the Grand Old Man nowadays would
meet with so particularly sorry fate.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
CONNECTICUT LIGHTNING
Complicated Damage Done by Bolt
IN Naugatuck Valley.

II was in Goshen, at the upper end
Of the Naugatuck valley, that the
frisky Connecticut lightning recent
ly made its playground. The first
flash that came in the storm just tried
its craftsmanship. Darius Thompson
had been setting bean poles in his
garden that morning, and one Of
them was particularly sirpighi and
handsome, somewhat taller than the
Others. The bolt singled out that
particular bean pole, struck it on the
tip end, and split it down to the other
end, foot or more under ground
Having satisfied itself Of its aim
and having got the range, it took
another shot. This time it aimed at
the lightning rod on Fred Williams
house. Eighteen inches of the top of
the rod, including the copper point,
was cut off as though it had been an
icicle, and struck into the roof several
yards away. Then another section of
the rod was clipped off, about s feet
of it, torn from its fastenings and
rammed ten inches into the ground,
where it stood upright when Mr..
Williams started to look for it. Hav-
ing had its fun with the rod, the bolt
followed down to within about two
feet Of the ground, where it parted,
one section going into the ground
with such force as to throw mud on
the clapboards as high as the roof
while the other section tore out
piece of siding large enough to put
hand in, and began trip Of investi
CATION.
The first room it came to was Miss
Williams bedroom. She had been
lying on the bed few minutes be-
fore, but had been called downstairs
by her sister. The lightning tore off Fl
a section of lath and plaster, jumped
down to the bed and tore every slat
on it to kindling wood, ripping the
headboard and footboard to pieces,
and leaving not enough to make over
into bunk. Then the bolt bored its
way into the parlor, where another
bedstead had been put up for an
emergency. Italsostruckthis bed tore
off the woodwork, and went through
the mattress, quilt and sheets The
family's dog was shut in closet in
this room, but the playful electricity
sought him out and killed him. Then,
having had fun enough, it broke two
panes of glass in the lower window
sash and went out.
This finished its work on the Will
liams farm, but it struck several trees
in that section of the town and split
them apart, tearing off the bark to
the ground.-N Y Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
The Worlds Fleets.

According to the Marine Rund-
schau, the official organ Of the Ger
man naval service, there is only one
naval power of the first rank-Great
Britain. The French navy is barely
half as strong, and France must con-
sequently be classified as a sea power
of the second rank. AS none Of the
other naval powers is equal to France,
they are placed in the third class,
which includes Russia, the United
States, the Japanese, the Italian and
the German fleets Expressing the
fighting value of the various fleets in
terms Of units, the author OF the
article estimates the English fleet at
1901, the French at 466, the Russian
at $50, the American, German and
Italian at 1876 each and the Japanese
at 179.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
F.r-t Use of the eayonet.

The t9y9net was first made in Bay
onnc, in France; hence its name, and
it was first used by the French army
in 1911 1t was successfully en-
ployed by them during the reign OF
William III. in an attack on the Brit
ish Twenty-fifthL regiment of foot.
1t afterwards became generally rec
ognized as an indispensable military
weapon, and has been used on both
sides in nearly all the great battles
Of Europe and America in which the
British and other troops have been
engaged for the last $50 years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
ANIMALS LOVE MUSIC.
Sweet Sounds Tighten Horses La
bar and Fatten the Sheep.

~ - anu otbSh VIC
Just at that moment, before any of
them had begun to talk, every ear
caught the pleasant musical sound of
little bells ringing, says a writer in
Our Dumb Animals 1t was no regu-
lar tune, but a delicious melody in
that soft, sunshiny air, which was
flled. at the same time with the song
Of birds. Angela had heard all kinds
of music in London, but this was un-
like anything she had heard before,
so soft, and sweet, and gladstone! On
it came, ringing, ringing, as softly
as flowing water. The boys and grand
father knew what it meant. Now it
was in sight!-the farm team going to
the mill with sacks of corn to be
ground, each horse with a little string
of bells to its harness. On they came,
the handsome, well-cared-for crea-
lures, nodding their heads as they
stepped along; and at every step the
cheerful and cheering melody rang
out.
"Do all horses down here have
bells?" asked Angela.
"By no means" replied her grand
father; "they are some expense, but
if we can make labor easier to a horse
by giving him little music, which
he loves, he is less worn by his work,
and that is a saving worth thinking
of. a horse is a generous, noble
spirited animal, and not without in
tellect, either; and he is capable of
much enjoyment from music. We
all know that music stimulates to
exertion, as well as soothes the weary.
Soldiers, as Willie says, march to
music. If bands of work-people at
field labor sing, the labor is lightened
and the mind cheered. Button says
that even sheep fatten TO the sound of
music"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
Robins Long Trip.

A robin recently caught in Medina,
N. Y, by schoolboy had tied to its
leg a paper asking: ''Where will his
robin build its nest the coming
spring" and signed, without date,
N. Jules Ferdinand, box AS, Tampa,
Fla. The schoolboy wrote to Tampa,
giving the information asked for.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14

1t is now stated that the world
will be over-peopled at the end of 175
years. This brings us to the year
2072, when the population, at the
present rate Of increase, will be 1884,
100000 people.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14
Viewed from the Craze.

eyes, that equestrian statue ap-
pears very well, considering"
Considering what?"
"Why, considering the fact that
the old warrior would look better on
a wheel"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-09-14

There are 256 railway stations
within q six-mile radius Of st. Paul's
cathedral, London, whilst within a
12-mile radius there are nearly 4Op'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Aft.r Dinner Orators

Although forensic oratory" is fast
becoming tradition, although college
ueoatlng at its best calls cut but per-
lunctory interest from the body of stu.
uents, although what is left of congress
sional eioquence is worth, speaking com
paratively, but a passing mention in the
press, although the address is supplant.
ing the GRAFTON and is itself tolerated az
a perhaps necessary bore, yet there prob.
aoiy never was u time when the latter
ninner orator" hourished a. be does to.
gay 'Epoehs are signalized by their
eatings, here remarks Kenelm
Chiliingly, the nineteenth century Ali.
iosopher, and our own is signalized nv
.ne bad digestion which waits on ora.
tory la mode. '" W"
IL IS typical Of the American way Of
foina things-just as we play our mn.
sionai game by crowding around "dia.
mono to watch professionals play !,
ior rs-that at our dinners we have our
taking done for us. il not by profes.
sionais. as least ty men who make n
profession of L.. These are the men who
as enc 81 their number wittily described
H. ere TO lie found regularly each din.
ing season travelling 1.-THE postprapdio,
circuit They are popular, recognized
purveyors OF this kind of oratorv as AZ
tinctly marked as class as are CLERGY
men or actors. Outlook.