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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
In the DISTRICT COURT.
A Verdict of 1915 Was Given
James Gravel Against the
Imp. g. Nav. Go. .#
BURGLAR JOHN LAMBERT SENTENCED;
Sitzman vs.. Nagle Case Dos
cided in Favor of Plaintiff 4
McCourtney Arraigned.
Zak Pleaded Guilty, and NC
Courtney is Discharged
Civil Cases Settled.
Sibley Gets a Verdict Against
The Insurance Company h
For $500.
CIVIL Cases on the Calendar
All Disposed Of on
Wednesday. III
Chas. w. Clark Charged With
Forgery, on Trial Thursday
Afternoon. III

The case OF james Gravel against
the Little Falls Improvement & Nav
igation company, for damages sus-
taiueh by reason OF the paintings
land being overfowed. was given to
the Jury at about :O'ci,vk Thursday
afternoon. and shortly atterG O'Clock
that evening the jury returned Its
verdict. The verdict was in favOrof
the plaintiff, III the sun, Of $:s75. He
fore the verdict was received An
agreement was reached betwee the
parties that a stay OF proceedings
for sixty days would be asked which
ever won. The defendant asked Tor
the stav Of proceedings, and it was
granted by the court. The case will
be appealed to the supreme cOnrt. n
As soon as the Gravel case was
given to the jury the case of John
Sitzman against Arnold Nagle was
called. 1t was given to the jury
shortly after 6 O'Clock last evening.
A verdict was agreed upon last
night, and when received by. the
Judge this morning, was found to;1e,
In favor or the plaintiff in the sum,
Of $5S17. >'ost1
John Lambert, the man who bur-
glarized the saloon of T. i. Monahan
and the store of ID. J. Williams, last
March. was arralgned this morning.
He was allowed to plead guilty to Il
charge soi petit larceny, and was
sentenced to the county jail for
term Of thirty days. Lambert has
been in the county jail for about six
months, and the complainants were
not disposed to punish him to the
full extent.
McCourtney, the man arrested by |
Sheriff Rider at Swanville as the ac-
complice of Walter Greer in the theft
of the bicycles of DR.. Nero and J. X.
Martin, WAS arraigned this morning.
He gave his name as William Abner
McCourtney. He did not plead ITO
the charge. and ::the court allowed
him twenty-four hours to secure, all
attorney ana prepare for trial.
While it is certain that McCourtney
hos Il twin brHther. the authorities
are quite positive that thev have the
man who committed the theft. When
brought in by the sheriff he stated
to the officer that this was the first
time that he " as ever arrested for a
crime of this kind, but later admit
ted that he was the man that served |
a term in the Todd county jail for
stealing beef.
The case Of Mat Zerwas against F.
E. Ca wiley was called this afternoon.
The case was completed and given
to the jury before noon. The YER
dict was In favor of the plaintiff in
the sum of $52.10.
Andrew Hanson against Martin
Christensen was the next case called.
The taking of the testimony in this
action is now III progress and it is
probable that the case will go to the
jury this evening.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
Sold Wiskey to Indians.

oOlO "lSN0y " llAiolASs
The following items are from 1.-THE
Fergus Falls Journals reports ofithe
United States court report In that
city:
Nick Schroeder, who has been do
ing something of a wholesale liquor
business at Detroit. selling liquor to
the Indians and introducing it on the
reservation contrary::to law ,ipleaded
guilty and was sentenced to pay q
fine of $500 and be committed to the
Becker county jail until such fine was
paid.
His bartender, Matt. Kitten, also
plead guilty and was fined $25.
VIM. Holden, who was indicted for
the same offence, selling liquor to the
Indians, was fined $50.
Alex. Ducette, who committed the
same offense at the White Earth res
ervation. pleaded guilty but has not
vet been sentenced. r..@
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01

BAN 1t. al. for damages. The testi-
mony was taken and the attorneys
made their arguments, but the case
was not given to the jury until Sat
urday morning. The jury was out
but short tim. and returned y
verdict in favor Oi the defendant.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01

Alderman Alexander Roman, of
Minneapolis, is the man said to have
offered to brlbe state capitol CON-
missioner. So the aldermen can
work both ends of the game.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01

c ,n,pletpd, and the criminal cases, 1t
Ia expec,e will be called tom mOrrow.
~ ore nre several criminal cases. but
the prospects are that the entire
calendar will lie completed this week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

Using the words of better man, come
and See The legions camp was very
nice. The Twenty-fourth Georgia was
swept as clean as a parlor, and others
were very good. Gen. Lee was high in
his praises. Returning to headquarters
l found jug of buttermilk which lad
been sent me. Taking the jug l told the
general that 1t was said that drinking
was the curse of the army, and l sup
posed l must fail in and offer him a drink.
The old fellow laughed and drank .um>
bier full
while we were riding 1 had a singular
conversation with Gen. Lee. He com
menced by saying he relied on Howell and
me more than on any other two officers
in the civil part of the army He then
asked me why / did not raise my legion
to brigade. that he was troubled at it's
separation, but it was impossible to keep
II together, and he would be delighted il
l would raise II to a brigade. listened
to him, but shook my head and said ::
General, six months ago / did that very
thing under authority of President Davis
and he repudiated 1t. | cannot go through
with that again But, said he, there
Is no objection now. There was a diff
Guilty then. Gov. Brown claimed your
regiments. The president told me So
replied: General, the president was not
candid with you. My regiments went into
the governors camp by his express per-
mission. The president did not give you
the true reason. He gave me a very diff
ferent one. 1t was my brothers appoint
ment' The conversation was interrupted
here and was not resumed.
There Is one paragraph in a letter of
June 10. 1862, which the family OF Gen.
Cobb would have done we'll to suppress,
but since they have permitted II TO 90
out. II will be as well to quote IL. 1t Is
as follows.
THE papers say that Andy johnson has
been killed. Righteous DEATH And that
Butler has been assassinated. Glorious. IL
true! Would that Il were by the hand OF
a womanl Did you think could ever re-
1oice in an assassination Yet II Is true.
and ! think / can meet my Maker with
my Justification"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

ing statement. which tells in graphic Ian
guage exactly what his fortunes and mis-
fortunes We're:
sT have been working twenty-six years
In the interest of science, and IL all that
time never experienced an adventure 50
perilous as the one that befeu me on BLACK
Point KEY. l had heard of great snake
being there before 1 came here, and made
I'm NV mind that 1t must be specimen
worth looking after The story as 1t came
to me was that a ship containing sPecl-
mems from South America for circus IN
the United States had foundered OF tiils
coast. and il was supposed that TINS sr r,
,,,saI +rss reaIiv king of Black Point
Key had been part OF the Sai 81 -
Inflated vessel. -.
"Rlack Point Key lies just of the coast
ana a. the edge OF the Everglades. II Is
a low ridge topped by a CROWN OF plilea
while an island now, 1t originally was
neck of land. s..,.v.
l,evs we're in a state Of terror regarding
~ snake and in constant fear that II
would leave the key on which II had DeSh
for 90 long. nav them a visit and possibly
eat them before they could DO any ls
about it, The length of the snake tneS
declared, was phenomenal ana II Il an
said thew had seen it were willing 70
make afidavit that it was fully thirty-
Ave feet long. and must weigh at least
hundred pounds.
.I knew that no snake from South Amer
ica could be of that size, and 50 iancled
there must be a good deal OF exaggeration.
I made IN nv mind that / would at least
take n look at the monster II / could not
capture it, and made two Trips 10 biaeA
Point Key for the purpose.
~ could not even catch glimpse OF the
snake. and. not being DESTROYS OF placing
myself In such a position that Il could
catch me uuawares, II II really proved 70
be as horrible as my informants had stat
Cd I kent out of the underbrush and avoid
ed places where Il could drop on me from
trees.
IL heard OF the snake again soon after
my secorh trip and so decided to make a
third attempt. I went 10 that portion or
Black Point Key that h known as the
Prairie. being that section OF IL nearest
the land. II I could find the snake here
I knew / would have better hghting
chance.
Fortune seemed with me this time. for
I barely landed when ! found traces Of
the snake. trailed q for half a mile. and
al last came within sight OF ~. II was a
big one. and no mistake. but there ga not
seem any opportunity for me 20 capture
a. alive or dead. I realized that % would
be impossible 20 get u alive for. though /
could crowd a pretty biz snake into The
canvas bag / carried. this one was alto
gothor zoo large for anything Of that sort.
II thought the situation over. and con-
cludod fhl only thing for mo 20 DO was
10 watch and wait for my chance. ] knew
] was hftecn miles from the nearest per-
son and ihm J might cry for help 10
loud as ] lked without DE slightest 29s-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

sibility of any response. This was about
o'clock in the afternoon.
presently 1 saw 1t move. A short dis
lance away was a rabbit, and almost as
quickly as I can write this the snake weni
after him and seized him. Then began
the process preliminary to the swallow
ing OF food by a boa. This compla+ad
the snake commenced to swallow its vic.
tim.
waited few moments until the rab-
bit had gotten fairly into the snakes
throat, and then I went after the boa.
seized II by the neck and tried to shove
IT, head first. into the canvas bag. 1 had
underestimated the powers of my adver.
sary. / had supposed the snake would
be in such a state, owing to the meal i,
was making, that there would be Httle
trouble IN handling 1t, but before I knew
IL Ielt the snake folding around nv
llinDs. In marvelously short space of
tlme the snake was about me as far as
the abdomen. chung to it's throat des-
perately, realizing that if / once lost nv
hold it would be like signing nv death
warrant would be squeezed to Jelly.
1t is impossible for me to describe with
a pen such a frightful position. The
snake turned its head toward me and
missed In my face. darling out its forked
tongue as IL 1t would pierce me with n.
l expected to be slowly squeezed 10
death. but to my surprise the folds did
not tighten, and then 1 realized that. ow-
ing 10 the position Of the rabbit in the
snakes throat, the pressure of my hands
thereon was having an effect.
Besides this, the snake was not seem
ingly In the possession of its full powers.
My hands are rather muscular, and /
doubt If that 1act will ever stand me in
better stead. I squeezed the snakes
throat as vigorously as possible, and Il
kept up continual kissing. glazing at me
with the most malevolent look II is POSI-
bic to imagine.
This sort OF thing went on for a few
moments, and then made up my mind
to try to break the snakes hold So /
choked II with all the strength OF which
I was capable
ITO my Joy felt the hold Of the snake
upon me relax, and the coils slipped down
as they loosened. ] pushed the head and
neck TO the ground. Still keeping one hand
and my knee thereon, I managed with the
other 70 gain possession OF the knife at my
belt With this / soon ended his snake
ships existence. II writhed about 20 a
considerable extent. and during It's con-
tortlons thrust the end OF is tail under
the edge OF ono leg OF my trousers An
other movement OF the tail split that leg
up 10 my waistband. Al last the snake
died. and ] took Il back 20 Miami
The snake Is unlike any ever saw be-
fore, but i am satisfied Il ~ q Brazilian
python. n is of q dun brown IN color. with
black spots. lis head o. about four inches
long ana three and a half inches wide
Taken altogether % o. a. ugly D customer
aH j ever encountered"
The snake Dr. being prepared Tor preser-
walton. and before long Will be ono % the
cufosiiiea N the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
Thrown
From Horse

1t matters not from what cause the
blood becomes poisoned, it is impossi-
BILE for the doctors to effect a cure.
This class of disease has puzzled the
science of medicine for ages, and the
same treatment that was employed
centuries ago is now prescribed. Pot
ash and mercury are the component
parts of every doctors prescription
for diseases of the blood.
Many of the so-called blood puri-
fiers are based on potash and mercury.
In fact, S. S. S. (Swift's Specific) is
the only blood remedy that is guar
anteed purely vegetable, and is the
only one that contains no harmful
ingredients. S. S. s. is the only blood
remedy that cures real blood diseases,
obstinate cases that physicians and
other remedies have failed to cure.
1t never fails to cure blood disease
no matter how deep-seated the case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

friend. irrespective OF the official or social
standing Of that friend. must always fol-
low the rule for the President In entering
the carriage first and of occupying the
seat Of honor on the right.
Ii Is etiquette 70 remain standing in the
presence OF the President or the mistress
of the white house as long as either Of
them stands
When, however, the mistress of the
white house invites a guest to sit or TO re-
main after reception and take part in
any informal entertainment that may fol-
low, such invitation is in the nature of a
command.
In addition to the state receptions. 1t IS
customary for the wife Of the President to
designate certain Saturday afternoons
during the season upon which. from 3 to
3 o'clock. the general public is received.
These receptions are not obligatory upon
the wife Of the President. and can, In her
discretion, be altogether omitted from the
season 5 programme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
FORTS ARE THEIR FORTE.
the spsniards Have Dotted the Is
land of Cuba.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Bejucal, April 9.-The forte of the Span
lard is fort building Cuba is the scene of
his greatest and most varied endeavor in
that art OF war. From the hour that the
arriving steamer passes under the frown-
ing front Of MORO Castle at the mouth Of
the Havana harbor until departure from
the island. one is never out OF sight of
some kind OF a fertilization. The Spanish
army has not done much fighting in this
war; because. perhaps, II has not been pos
sible to bring the insurgents 20 battle, but
these little fellows from the farms among
the Pyrenees have fortified with amazing
industry.
From Pinar del Rio 20 Santiago de Cuba
the defences are conspicuous everywhere.
Some thing to turr bullet is the end IN
view. With this idea the spaniards have
given ingenuity OF construction full play
When the war Is over not the least OF
cuba's attractions for the visitor viii be
the forts. They number, not hundreds.
but thousands. There ia fort OF some
kind IN Cuba for every ten insurgents un-
der arms. And the building sull goes on.
Not many days ago a party Of Havana
people went out 20 the suburbs Of the city
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

Mr.. H. Kuhn, of Marion, Kansas;
wites
about three years ago my grand
daughter Bertha Wildwood, was
thrown from a horse, receiving a
wound of the scalp. Under the treat
ment of physicians the wound seemed
obstinate, and for several months re-
manned about the same, until it finally
became very angry looking, and broke
out into running sore. This soon
spread to other parts of the scalp, and
ran down the side of the neck, in
creasing in severity, and fearfully
disfguring her.
'After being constantly under
physician for a year, and her condi-
ton great deal worse than at first,
we placed her under the care of the
faculty of a well-known hospital, but
even the treatment she received there
failed to arrest the terrible sore.
Reading of the many cures of
blood troubles effected by S. S. S., we
decided to try it, and it relieved her
promptly. At first this remedy seemed
to increase the discharge, forcing out
the poison; this soon ceased altogether,
and the place began TO heal. In a
few months she was entirely cured,
and scarcely a mark now remains
where the disease held full sway"
s. s. S. is the right remedy for all
blood diseases, and is the only cure
for Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula,
Eczema, Cancer, Rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, etc, no matter how deep-se
the case. S. S. S. is guaranteed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
FOUGHT A BIG SNAKE.
rrof. walter RaIstOn's Combat with
Huge Python.

A huge Brazilian python. which has rul-
ed Black Point Key for a long time. has
just been captured by Prof. Walter Rails
ton. snake agent OF the Smithsonian In
stitution az Washington. who came here
for tho purpose. The snake measured NJ
teen feet IN length and weighed July sew
onty-nye pounds. IL is supposed 20 have
killed several persons who landed on
Black Point Key and have never since
been heard or Prof Ralston tells an ex-
citing story OF his adventure with the
snake. He watched ~ without food or
s.eop for twenty-four hours before The OPP
pOrtunlty came which enabled him 10 fry
10 master IL with some possibility Of sue
cess.
The professor has prepared abe follow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. APRIL 25, 1897


So Miles
TABLE IN IL, 1897.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
Plant System.

Trains operated by Ttne-One hour sIoS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

Going North-Read Up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

to witness the dedication of new tore
as similar party might have gone rom rom
an American city to celebrate the torIlal
installation OF some new industry. lno
new fort was finished in a style behttlns
its proximity to the capital of the islahl;
1t was given a name. The ceremonies u
the formal opening of the fort for DUST
ness was duly reported in the papers o.,
The forces Of the revolution number ~, ",
900 by the claims Of the leaders, and So.V"
by the admissions OF the Spanish govern
ment. The supply OF ammunition Is ~
scanty that the general instructions TO W
soldiers Is mot a single cartridge may %
wasted" Against such an enemy w
Spanlards have dotted the island VIZ
these thousands OF forts. Much OF VIZ w
fortifying Is voluntary work. The spahiss ~
soldier seems TO have an Unborn likins TO-
II. He viii fight In the open II he mus ,.
There Is no doubt OF the Spaniard's Valol'
But having hunted In vain for the eneii,,',,,
and being given the duty Of defen l Il,,
some particular place against the hiu ni'.,,
foe, the Spanish soldier. without peiu gs
told, proceeds TO make himself as
from possible harm as convenient ma,
rial Will permit. He Is a natural for'il'''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

Charles Dudley Warner, who has poe,'
making a tour OF Mexico, comes HON I'u ~
impressed with President Diaz as -,
markabic man. n man who docs NOT ~,
the meaning OF the ford failure. ana w. w,
absolutely accurate ana all-comprehensN,s
knowledge o. his country and his peoP'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
Purely Vegetable

and contains not a particle of mer-
curry, potash, or other mineral, which
means so much to all who know the
disastrous effects of these drugs.
Valuable books can be had free by
addressing SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
Atlanta. Georgia.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-06-29

League of American Wheelmen. whose
membership. understand, is fast climb
ing to the 100, 900 mark, has done u
vast amount Of work in making right
public sentiment.
I've must not forget that among these
wbeelmen are thousands Of farmers and
their sons; statesmen, diplomats, mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors, manufacturers.
capitalists, mechanics, workmen-men
from all walks of life--as good people
as we have, patriotic, public spirited,
pushing citizens, whose power is being
felt more and more In many laudable
directions. used to look with suspicion
upon their efforts. l do 90 no longer, for
I have never known them to take up any
work that did not mean more for others
than il did for themselves.
II must not forget my own profes-
sion Why, can hardly pick up an ex.
change in which there is not a reference
to the good roads subject. Look ut this,
just clipped from widely circulated
publication. The editor was talking
about a proposed piece of good road be-
tween two western cities. His closing
paragraph is worthy Of close study and
is as follows:
But these roads cannot all be built
in one year. The county board should
lay out plan for road improvement
covering a number Of years. A given
number Of miles might be allotted to
be completed each year. All parts OF
the county might be included. and in
time "a system Of roads would be built
that would be credit to the county
and saving to the farmers. Perhaps
II the sessions of the county board were
to be held in the early spring months,
instead Of in the fall, when we nearly
always have good roads, we might see
something substantial accomplished.
Here is a paragraph from Mime
sofa paper that attributes the failure Of
four merchants in March to bad roads.
The roads We're so bad that collections
could not be made. Oh, yes, my profes-
sion is doing its part in fastening the
good roads era.
The conversation was encouraging,
very, and indeed rather inspiring, for
what the old editor said is true. The
agitation il indeed widespread. 1t must
result in the upbuilding Of the required
pood roads sentiment