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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
PERSONAL PROPERTY SALE.

state Of North Dakota !ss In County Court.
IGtllc mltter of the sstateof James Thonpso n
deceassdt;.
Sotice!is hereby given that, In pursuance Of
an ORDER 1t the County court Of the County Of
Mclean; State Of North Dakota, made on the
It'll day IL January.A. ID. eighteen hundred and
ninety seven. in the matter Of tee estate Of
james Thompson late Of the town Of H ncock,
Co,,r Of Mclean State of North Dakota, de-
ceased: he tndersi :nc.i, George &. Rhude, sd
ministrator Of said deceased. will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash at front
door Of Court House IL town Of Washburn. N.
d., on list day Of March. A. y. 1897. At O'Clock.
p. M. In said Mclean County, the following
property to Wit:
One hay horse, weight about 400 pounds; one
househ'l Ill goods and personal effects.
GEO. G. RHUDE. Administrator.
Dated. Washburn, n. D., January It'll, 1897.
LAURENCE CAssELMAN,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
LAURENCE CASSELMAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY. MADE. AND
FORECLOSURES OF MORTGAGES A
DECIALTY.

LAND OFFICE At B1sNARcK. Nd, Dee.2s. 1895.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has hled notice OF his intenti0!
that said proof will he made before Judge and
Ex -offlcio Clerk Of the County Court Of McI.e
County. N. d., at WashburD n. D., on Febru.
airy sth, 1877, VIZ:
DANIEL TJENSTROM
for the = 4 of n r x and n " OFFS E 4. Sec
ton 10, To wnship ~. n Of Range Sl.W.
= He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence and cultivation Of said
land. viz:
John Satterlund, Laurence (assblman, Eels
1Nelson and August Oberg, all Of Washburn, ND.
-. r. A. LAMR. Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
THE DAFFODlLS.
BIZ WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

By WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
/ wandered lonely as cloud
That floats on high DER vaies and hills
when all at once saw crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never ending line,
Along the margin of the bay,
Ten thousand saw at glance.
Tossing their heads in spright]y dance
The waves besides them danced-but they
Out-did the fparkling waves in glee.
A poet could not but be gay
In such jocund company:
gazed and gazed, but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought
For oft when on my couch lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They fash upon that inward eye, 49, :
Which is the bliss of solitude.
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodls 49,,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23

The bubonic plague is just
now terrifying the famine
stricken people of India 1t is
akin to Black Death that inva-
ded Europe from Asia in the
18th century and killed over
half the people there. Our
consuls in Asiatic countries
are already on the alert to
prevent its introduction in
to American ports.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
Senator Hansbrough was re-
elected to succeed himself as
Senator, on Tuesday the 10Th
inst, getting every Republi-
can vote-6o in all.

Grand Forks has three first
class, lively daily r.~s> Jour.
nails, viz: The News, Herald,
and Plaindealer. Either Of
the three would cred;table to
a town with three times the
population of that lively burg
on the banks Of the Red
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
. Nov. 18th, SO.

To THs RzADEas OF THE. wAszsu1x
LHAD41.
We have startsd.our Saw Mill, and have
Lumber for Sale, at 8, 8 and 10 dellars
per Thousand feet. Will grind Feed every
Saturday; 8 cents per sack.
J. CaEsw08zx d r. Py1srun.
Conkling Mil Co., n. Oak.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
sunscn.rr on rRlcE.3sl PER ykAx.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF MCLEAN co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
CALIFORNIA GEORGE.
The Man Who Fired the Louisiana
and Robbed Coal Oil Johnny
Kills Himself

New York, Aug. 21-The corpse of
the man who on Tuesday last fired a
bullet through his head while in a lone
ly part part of Central park, in this
city, has been identified as that of
George Weyman, better known through
out the United States as California
George" He was a notorious eharac-
ter, having been twice tried for muir
der, and during the rebellion he fired
the Confederate ram Louisiana to pre-
vent her being captured by Admiral
Farragut. Weyman was for years
professional gambler in this city On
account of his bloody record the old
type of gamblers tolerated California
George and among the younger sports
he had few friends
Weyman was born in Germany sixty
years ago. He came to this country
when young, and at the time OF the
gold excitement drifted to California,
where he developed into a card sharp.
His early career as a gambler was so
crowded with reckless daring and wild
ton which spread with the passing
days and gave him the title of Cali
fornia George"
A few nights after the. Heenan and
Sayers fight Weyman got into a bitter
argument at New Orleans with
southern sporting man named Cum
bingham concerning the relative merits
of the fighters. When the discussion
floor having been shot by Weyman.
The latter was tried for the killing, but
was acquitted on the plea Oh Sen-oe-
Tense.
At the outbreak of the civil war
California George enlisted in Colonel
Hunts Fifth Louisiana infantry. Con-
federate army, but after a short serv-
ice he left the service on account of ill
health. Then he became chief calker
on the ConfederateramL Louisiana, which
was being built to run the Mississippi
blockade. Farragut's fleet showed up
before the ram was completed, and
Weyman, to save il from capture, set
it afire and adrift down the river.
After the war Weyman came to this
city and made a Bowery saloon his
headquarters, where he helped dupe
Coal Oil Johnny and others out of
millions.
On New Years morning, 1878, in Ops,
a Bowery saloon, Weyman stabbed Bill
Gould, a brother of the notorious dive
keeper, Tom Gould, to death. He was
convicted of manslaughter and SEN
fenced to Sing Sing for seven years.
He served his time and when he emerg-
ed from prison he found few friends to
help him along. 1t gradually grew from
bad to worse, and at last the gambler
and murderer was Stunned by all his
former acquaintance. Weyman'S
daughter, Jennie, who was dancing I'M
der the stage name of Rhea, died three
years ago at Chicago. The body will
be buried by friends Of his family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
RRADSTREET,S.
Bradstreet's says:


Special kilograms from trade centers
throughout the country emphasize the
growing prosperity of the farmer, due
to higher prices for almost all agTicul
tura1 products still in his hands, and
point to a continue ton of the demand
past few weeks. The volume of trade
continues to increase, and prices are
hardening.
No such volume of business, largely
in anticipation of requirements, has
been reported since 1892. Larger trans
actions have been in dry goods, cloth
ing and shoes and, south and west, in
wagons and farm implements.
Another very favorable bank clear
ings report is found in the total, s., no.
900, 600 this week, which, while it is one
per cent less than last week, is 40 per
cent larger than in the third week of
August, 1885, 26 per cent heavier than
in 1895, 40 per cent larger than in 1894
and fully So per cent larger than in the
like week of 1893, when clearings totals
were reduced to very low figures. Conn
pared with the like period in 1S92,a year
of large volume of business, this weeks
totals show a gain of Is per cent.
Among sc cities showing larger bank
clearingS, only II show decreases this
week, compared with the CORE spending
period, last year. Bank clearings at
other cities than New York are II per
cent larger this week than in the like
week a year ago, but at New York the
increase is Sc per cent
Prices for staples continue the favor
able movement of the past few weeks,
with advances for wheat -four, wheat,
new pork, butter, eggs, cheese, corn
and oats. Hides are also firmer and
higher. Ginghams have advanced lie,
while the cotton mills are starting up,
and jobbers in wooden goods are getting
higher prices for spring delivery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
SOUTHERN COLORED MAN
Says the White Democrat is the Me-
gro's Best Friend.

Washington, Aug. 21-Dr. L. W Man
way colored, financial agent for the J.
P. Campbell college, at Jackson Miss,
is in Washington, on his way home
from a northern tour in the interest of
the education of colored youths in the
south.
He declares that the best friend the
southern negro has is the southern
white Democrat, and asserts that ne
gro labor m the south is better paid.
better trea I'd and better fed than la
Dor of the anne grade at the north.
He is firm IL the conviction that the
salvation of the colored race in the
south lies in eschewing politics and
making strong friends of their white
Democratic neighbors and employers
He deplores the recent wholesale as
saults and resultant Iynching in the
south, and declares that the better class
of whites, knowing the potency of the
law, are opposed to lynching in any
form for any crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
BRYAN'S OHIO TOUR.
Democratic Party Organizing its
Forces for the Campaign in the
Buckeye State.

Columbus, O., Aug. 21.-It is now def
initely settled that William Jennings
Bryan will make a series of speeches in
behalf of the Ohio Democratic state and
legislative tickets. The news comes
from Springfield that Mr.. Bryan has
been induced to speak for silver at the
camp meeting to be held in that city a
few weeks hence. Mr.. Bryan will make
a number of speeches in Ohio. Senators
Jones of Nevada, and Jones of Arkan-
sas; ex-Congressman H. F. ~Bartine,
Charles A. Towne, national secretary of
the Republican silver forces; John r.
Sovereign and other labor leaders have
also accepted invitations, and will
stump the state for Chapman.
Allen o. Myers stated in the letter
which he sent out to the country edi-
tors asking them to accept his cam
paign literature, that the campaign on
the part of the Democrats is to be con-
Quoted on the still-hunt plan, until the
speech making campaign is opened,
about the middle of September, and then
an aggressive campaign is to be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

A baby's cheeks may be too waxen-white
and its BODY too purly, and when that's the
case, baby's cheeks won't dimple or it's lips
laugh, and death is in its eyes.
Above all things a woman wants healthy
baby and she may have one if she viii but
use the right remedy for weakness and dis
ease of the delicate and important organs
that make baby possibility. DR.. Pierce's
FavoTite Prescription is the best of all med
ici1es for prospective or would be mothers.
It makes a woman's distinctive organism
strong, healthy and vigorous. It a1lays in
hammation, soothes pain and heals ulcera-
waiting time and makes the little new
comer's entree to the world easy and almost
painless. It insures baby's health. In
writing for advice to DR.. R. V. Pierce, for
thirty years chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
at Buffalo, N V, a mother, wife or maid
writes to one of the most eminent and skill
full specialists in the world at the head of
staff of physicians that has treated over
$50, 600 women.
When was taking your treatment, sent in
the names of three ladies who sterile
writes Mrs. NJ. A. Scott, of Park Rapids, Hubbard
Co.. Minn. lone had been married seven years
and had no children, and after taking DR.. Pierces
Favorite Prescription she gave birth to big girl
inside of a year The other one was confined
within year and half after going six years
without having any children. do not know
how the third one came out, for we moved away"
Torpid liver and constipation are surely
and speedily cured by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They never gripe. They regulate,
tone up and invigoTate the liver, stomach
and bowels. No substitute urged by meT-
cenary dealers is as good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
CRITTENDEN'S REMEDY.
Ex-Consul to Mexico Wants Silver
Countries to Unite.

Denver, Aug 21-"It is a surprise"
remarked Ex-Governor Crittenden of
Missouri, that the United States, Mex
leo, and even, I might say, the South
American states-the only silver-pro-
ducing countries of the world-do not
coming together and say: Not an
ounce of silver will be mined hereafter
until the metal is given an honorable
recognition by the gold countries Mex
leo, in spite of every possible opposi-
way of silver, has improved, is improv-
ing and will improve in many ways that
will show silver has not lost it's merit
and it's virtue
The ex-governor has just returned
from a term of four years and two
months as consul general of the United
States to the Republic of Mexico He
is in Denver for the purpose of meeting
old friends and will spend brief vaca-
ton in this city and at Manitou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

we appeal to that higher, more hu-
name and patriotic court-the great
plain people-who in times of trouble
have always proven the just arbitrators
of differences between diversified inter-
ests and contending elements IN the
government of human society. We
appeal to the liberty-loVing people OF
this great nation to send accredited
delegates to st. Louis, Mo-, where a
August 80, 1897. The object OF the con-
vention will not be to merely protest
against usurpation and tyranny of the
courts, but to formulate plans to COM
pei return to the principles of free
government and put said plans into
practical operation.
: Our people have suffered all the evils
that are sufferable, and we are given
the alternative of submitting to the
iniunctions of the courts and coward
Iy entreating our miners to return to
the novels of misery and shame, or ap-
pealing to the patriotic hearts of Amer
lea to consider our cause and render
verdict in accordance with the just
claims of suffering humanity We
have chosen the latter and will accept
the verdict with that fortitude and
loving patriot of this great nation.
(Signed.) NJ. d. Ratchford, presi-
dent; w. G. Pearce, secretary-tre
urer; r. L. Davis, ]. H. Kennedy, Jas.
NJ Carson, Henry M. Stephenson, Pat
rick Dolan, W. E. Farms, Fred Dilcher,
members executive board United Mine
Workers of America.
This call has been endorsed by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and ]. r. Sover-
eign, general master workman Knights
of Labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
DAWSON ELECTRIC PLANT.
Power Wanted for Heavy Machinery
on PlacerS

Tacoma, Aug. 21-Frank Mccormack
of Duluth, representing the General
Electric company and the large con-
tracing firm of Grant & Foley of st.
Paul, left here today on the City of
Kingston for Skaguay and the KIon-
dixie. His first work will be the loca-
ton, If possible, of an electric power
plant at Dawson City and in the neigh
borhood mining districts for the pur-
pose of utilizing heavy machinery in
the working of the placers.
After disposing of the electric power
part of the work, Mccormack will To-
cate telegraph line and a long dis
lance telephone circuit into the new dig
gings. He believes that by hanging
the wires on the trees, together with the
erection of a few poles. he cam estab-
lish connections with Dawson City be-
fore the snow will block his work At
points that cannot be connected by
wires on poles or on trees Mccormack
proposes to lay a light insulated cable
along the ground
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
DISSATISFIED DUNKARDS.
Indiana Contingent in the Dakotas
to Return at Once.

Anderson, Ind, Aug. 21.-The Dun
kardS, who co1onized and went from In
diana to Dakota last spring, send word
that they intend to return to Indiana
as soon as they get their wheat crops
in. They have met with reverses, and
say they have been deceived.
Land booming companies represented
a year ago that the National Society Of
scheme of colonizing DunkardS from all
parts of the country in the Dakotas.
About 5000 went last year, and a like
number Joined them this spring. The
letters received from the Madison coun-
ty colony state that there is general
dissatisfaction, and this fall will wit
ness a general depopufation of colony
towns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
DEPEW'S EXACTING TASK.
Obliged to Sign His Name 100000
Times to the Centraps Bonds.

New York, Aug. 21-Some time ago
the stockholders of the New York Cen
trail railroad decided to refund $780,,
100000 of outstanding bonds at 80 per
cent. This decision has led to a neat
little mathematical problem. The new
bonds, which are masterpieces or the
engraver's art, were received at the Of
fees of the New York Central yeSter-
day. They have a photo-engraV1ng of
Cornelius Vanderbilt and picture of
No. 999, the famous flyer engine of the
railroad. They are a dark green in col
or, and are exceptionally handsome. The
bonds are each for $1,000, with coupons
running for 100 years. They came to
Mr. Depew for signature yesterday
When the enormous pile was stacked
up on his desk he began to figure on
how long it would take him to get
through with the bundle. His deduc-
ton is interesting. He decided that he
would have time enough to sign 500
bonds a day, and allotted that task to
himself.
Here is his problem worked out: One
hundred million dollars in bonds of ST.
900 each gives 100. 900 bonds to be sign
ed. By signing 500 bonds a day it will
take 200 days to get through the task.
Taking % working days in the month,
it will be seen that it will take Mr..
Depew just eight months to get through
the Hst.Mr. Depew has signed his name
to thousands upon thousands of official
documents, but this is perhaps the larg-
est single job he ever undertook. He
said laughingly yesterday as he sur
veyed the pile: 81 guess I'll know how
to write my name blindfolded when 1
get through with this job
While affixing his signature to the
paper yesterday Mr.. Depew talked bus
mess with any one who called. He has
come to write his. name automatically
and his attention is not diverted for an
instant from the conversation he is car
rying on by his writing. A clerk stands
by his desk as he signs the bonds, and
materially assists in the work. He care
fully lays the bonds down in front of
the signature at hand, and then, when
the paper is signed, picks it up and
substitutes another While this other
is being signed he is blotting the sig
nature just written and preparing the
next bond Mr.. Depew can sign SOC
bonds in about two hours He says that
he may increase his list to ], 1000 or even
1900 a day, but for the present he
means to jog along at the rate named
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

The pleasure resorts In the vicinity of
Buffalo will cause many visitors to the
G. A r. encampment, in August to
linger beyond the time of the close of
the meeting. Such as desire to make
trips to the Thousand Islands, Watkins
Glen. Lake George, the Adirondacks, or
the mountain and seacoast resorts, and
who buy their tickets via the Santa F'e
Route, IRE accorded privilege of having
limits thereof extended to September 20
1897 To do this tickets must be de-
some time between August % and 81,
inclusive. w. J. Black General Pas
senger Agent, Topeka, will be glad to
furnish any further informauo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
Something to Know,

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bftters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centers in the
Stonlach,gently Stimulates the Liver and
Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the appetite.
aids digestion and is pronounced by
those who has tried il to be the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic. TRY
it. Sold for soc or $1.O0 per bottle at
J. K Jonese' drug store
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
NEW BABY AT TEN YEARS.
A Bicycle Accident Makes a Curious
Wreck of a Girls Mind.

Hillsdale, N. Y, Aug. 21.-Ten-year-
old Mamie Owens, of this village, is for
the second time in her life learning to
walk and talk.
Several months ago the child was run
down by bicyclist. Her brain was in
Jured and she was unconscious for a
week. When she recovered sensibility
it was found that she had relapsed into
babyhood- She had to be taught to
and mamma She was taught to
creep, too. Now she is able to make
her wants known and can walk a few
steps. Her general health seems to be
good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
CANADA'S WHEAT CROP.
It Will be 100000 Bushels, Which
is 100000 More Than Last Year.

Toronto, Aug. 21.-The wheat crop of
Canada this year will be 100000 900 BUSH
els, or fully 10, 600, 600 bushels more than
last year, the increase being in Mani
toba, where the harvest is now in prog
ress and where the crops will proba bly,
escape any material frost damage this
season.
In Ontario there has been a good deal
of damage to the wheat by rain, and
considerable wheat now offered is
sprouted and sells several cents below
sound grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
It is always gra tifying /

It is always gratifying to receive
testimonials for ChamDerlaiu's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
when the endorsement is from a physi-
clan it is especially So There is no
more satisfactory or effective remedy
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy writes Dr. r. E
Robey, physician and pharmacist, of
Olney, Mo-; and as he has used the rem
edy in his own family and sold it in his
drug store for six years he should GER
tainly know. For sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
Co. operative Cotton Mill Successful

Selma, Aug. 21.-The Selma Cotton
Mills company put on a double force
today and will from now run it's
plant night and day. The mill was
built two years ago on the cooperative
plan. Recently the capital stock has
been doubled in order to increase its
capacity. 1t makes a fine grade of
cloth, for which there is an unlimited
demand at good prices. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
$22.55
Topeka to Buffalo and Return.

This is the rate at which Santa
Fe will sell tickets on August 21 and o.
Ample extension of return limit by de-
posting ticket with joint agent in Buff
faIo. Tickets good on all trains APP
ply to w. c. Carney, agent, for partic-
ularS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

Burning, itching skin diseases in
stantly relieved by De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve, unequalled for cuts.
bruises, burns. 1t heals without Ieav-
ing scar. G. w. Stansfeld. 632 Kan
6as avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

Taxation Bromo Carb cures headache
and neuralgia; guaranteed by all drug.
gists or money refunded. Price 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

Druggists know that DIR. Davis Anti
Headache is the >~@t of all headache
remedies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

If you want reliable dye that will
color an even brown or black, and will
please and satisfy you every time, use
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia West Sth