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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14
People Talked About.

John Bigelow. ex-minister to France,
was Slightly injured in a railway acct
dent at Highland Falls, N. Y.
Jesse Scott, one of Iowa's pioneers,
died at his home in COMPETING. Wa
pello county. He went to Wapello
county in 1912 with a party which set
tied before daylight on the land which
the Indians left at midnight.
Edward Avery, widely known as a
jurist and lawyer, died at his home
in Boston. He had been sick about
a year. He leaves wife, a son and
two daughters. He was born In Marble
head, Mass, March II, 1928, Of stock
that was prominent in the wars Of
the revolution and 1912.
Col. Mapleson. late impressario Of
the Imperial Opera company, and all
who took part in the Mapleson benefit
at the theater Sunday night, have been
summoned into the municipal count
at Boston to answer a charge of vio-
lating the Sunday concert law. A num-
yer of the audience have also been in
Guided in the charge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

1t is all well enough for the marin
ers to wipe the island Of Juan Fernan-
dez off the map, and declare that it
has been swallowed up by an earth
amount of marine storytelling or even
of cold fact will affect the existence Of
the island in the hearts and affections
of the young. Ships may sail all over
the site of the island, but it will still
live with childhood. and the touching
story of Robinson Crusoe and his man
Friday will charm juvenile readers 80
long as literature shall endure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14
Foreixn Gossiv.

Floods have occurred in the Laviilla
district Of Greece. They have been nc.
companied by some loss Of life.
The Brazilian cruiser Friadentes wac
on fire at Rio Janeiro. The crew ex'
tingushed the fire before serious dam
age was done. One officer was injured.
A Spanish court in Cuba sentences
Julio Sanguilly. the American citizen,
to eight years Imprisonment for con-
spiracy against the Spanish govern
ment.
Two of the men convicted Of the
murder of Stambouloff. premier o.
Bulgaria. We're sentenced to short
terms of Imprisonment and another ac-
quilted.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii has
left the Parker house at Boston, where
she has been staying during her visit
there, and during the remainder of the
stay she will occupy a house in Brook
line.
The Epoca of Madrid, the organ Of
the Conservative party, now in power,
says: american Intervention IN Cuba
is perfectly logical on the grounds of
material interests and national senti-
ment."
The arrlored cruiser Rossia, 1880
tons displacement, the largest vessel IN
the Russian navy, which ran on a sand
bank near Cronstadt in the beginning
of November and has been frozen in
ever since, has been relocated.
There was large meeting at the
Mansion house, the lord mayor pre-
siding, to protest against the overtaX-
alton of Ireland as disclosed by the
royal commission on the financial rela-
tons between England and Ireland.
The report showed that Ireland is now
overtaxed TO the amount of f2,750,OOO
annually.
Details have been received of mas
sacre by Spanish guirillas under Pie
nonto at a small hamlet near Pinar
del Rio, Cuba. Tine inhabitants were
searched for valuab les, and two young
women were numerically dashed for
resisting the soldiers advances. About
twenty men and women and two chill
dren were killed in a volley following
an attack by the inhabitants after the
whipping Of the women.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

The melancholy fact that physician
rannot cure himself is apparently bal
anced by the discovery that lawyer
cannot make his own will So able and
renowned a lawyer as Samuel ]. Til
den was unable to make his last will
and testament a sound document, and
the splendid library requests that he
towns revert to his heirs, for the sake
of legal defect.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14
CHAMPION SNAKE STORY.
The Fish story Man Is Hereby Dis
counted.

The Fish story Man Is Hereby Dis.
counted.
1T was right over there by that
stump" remarked the Mississippian, as
he munched his sandwich of frizzlcd
zig and homemade bread beneath the
shade of tree in the forest, ''that I
killed one of the biggest rattlesnakes
ever saw. 1t was during the month
Of January, and was out camping on
this very spot, there where the palmet-
toes are dead. Well, the weather was
very cold when we arrived, and l set
my niger cook to clean away the
brush. so we could make Supper. Well,
he hadn't been at work lDore than a
minute before he came back with his
eyes as big as saucers.
Boss" he said, 'dar's big linn in
de brush what's live. I dun saw it
move when chopped it, Shua, sah.'
"He wouldn't rest until had invest
igated. When 1 reached the place he
showed me the linn, and, sure enough,
when struck it with the AK it moved
with a sinuoLs motion. Bob said,
that limbs snake as sure as cotton
is worth 6 cents. Get out of the way
l raised the ak and made a deep cut
In the thing, which was about eight
inches in diameter, and as started to
cut the second time there was swish
Of the brush, and up came the head
and neck of the biggest RATHER ever
want to see. He made dart at me,
his eyes cleaning, but his neck caught
in vine. I then made another cut at
his head. and missed, and the Ak bur-
led itself in that stump you see there
I dropped it then, and the Internal
snake struck the handle of the imple-
ment and then fell back, writing in
the brambles, rattling as well as it
could with it's back broken. started
to pull the ak out Of the stump, but I
didn't put my hand on it, because
saw the poison of the reptile had af-
fected the wood. 1t was swelling, and
directly the swelling extended to the
helve, and the head of the ak split
apart as clean as if done with cold
chisel. The snake was twelve feet long
and had twenty-six rattles."-St. Louis
Republic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14
Accidental Happenings.

The Wilson line steamship Volo is a
total loss at Wingu, off the coast of
|Sweden. The crew and passengers
were saved.
There was landslid at Ratsmore,
Eng. A laborer's house was over
whelmed, and the man, his wife and
seven children were buried.
The double-decked ferry boat New
Brunswick, owned by the Pennsylvania
Railway company, was burned to the
waters edge at New York. Loss about
$4,000.
F. NJ. Johnson, a merchant, was killed
and Alonzc johnson, colored, seriously
injured by the explosion Of a soda
fountain in burning building at Mia
mi, Fla.
Gregor Kerchbaum and his wife were
burned to death in their home at Johns
|ly consumed by the fire, which resulted
from the explosion of lamp.
Charles Pfeffer, wealthy laundry
man with interests in Allegheny City
and Chicago shot himself while hunting
near Ligonier, Pa, and died before
his companions could reach him.
A land slip has entirely destroyed
the village Of Santa Ana de Paag0,
Italy, demolishing 119 houses and rem
dering $50 families homeless. There
was no loss Of life.
Forty-four families were driven out
Of their homes when the temperature
was y to IA degrees above zero by a
fire, which started on the third floor
of an apartment house in West Fiji
teenth street, New York.
The large furniture house of julius
Lansburg on New York avenue at
Washington was burned. Loss on
building, stock and adjacent structures
damaged will amount to about 100000.
The Burr mansion, where tradition
says that Edgar Allen Poe wrote 1.-The
Roven." is separated from the furniture
establishment only by an alley, but
was saved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

"a Bachelor wrote to ask why it is
that girl, when she goes to sleep on
the sofa, always curls her arm around
one OF the sofa cushions. We would
like to know how a bachelor found out
that she does.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

A Dunkard colony to be founded IN
Indiana will have neither Jail nor court
house. The members seem to THINK the
existence of the latter renders neces-.
sary that of the former.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

There is said to be danger that the
supply of rubber will give out before
many years owing, mainly, to the ex-
traordinary demands of the bicycle
trade. The same principles, however,
apply to the conservation of this prod
Get as to other sts pies. Eccnomy and
systematic cultivation should avert the
threatened result.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Sandow has recommended whole
lot of exercising machines, but ne Will
have some new views on "how to de-
felop muscle by the time he mas
walked the floor few nights with that
new eishteen-pound baby.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

The vast mahogany forests of Near
,eua are almost wholly controlled by
Boston firms by cc1 tract with the Mic
araguan government. The export TRACE
in the expensive wood has become
very extensive, it having reached o.
100000 feet in 1898
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Edward Campbell, another one Of the
gang who aided In robbing the Ada
bank, Is confined In Jail at Fargo,
charged with burglarizing the postoffice
and store at Leonard, securing over
| $1,000.
Hon. Joseph l.. Cotton, the father
of Lisbon, and the locator of Burling-
| ton, near Minot, who moved to Florida
a few years since, died at Baritone. In
that state, recently Of kidney trouble,
from which he had suffered for several
years. Mr.. Cotton plated the original
town Of Lisbon Mt the time of the or
| ganization Of Ransom county, In the
spring of 1881: was the first postmaster
and register Of deeds, and took a very
active part in the development Of the
town and county. He was thirty Sec
Ond degree Mason, Il veteran of the
| late war, and prominent member
of the G. A. II. He served III the North
| Dakota legislature for one term. He
| leaves a widow and two children, Il
| son and daughter, the latter being the
! wife of State Senator Johnson of Minot
N. D., where the widow resides.
Mfr. T. e. Robinson Of Hannaford,
Griggs county, met with very unfOrt-
unlCc accident. During luc carly PsAA'
of the fall, while repairing his plow,
small piece of steel struck him in the
right eye with such force as to bury It,
self completely, rendering him totally
blind. He came to Fargo to consult
DR.. Rindlaub, the optician, after the
eye wound had healed SO completely
that it appeared perfectly healthy, al
though the sight was gone. The doc.
tor was able to locate the piece of steel
within the eyeball, and decided to OPP
crate. Remembering the attraction of
the magnet for iron, he conceived the
novel idea of making an incision and
inserting an electric magnet, with the
gratifying result of withdrawing the
piece of steel which had buried itself III
the tissues next to the Tense, which had
become Opaque. This being accom-
plished, a part of the iris was next cut
out and the tense itself removed. A
week after the operation the bandage
was removed, and, much to Mr.. Robin
sons qualification, he found that the
sight had been restored. This is one of
the most difficult and infreQuent oper-
atoms known to the profession, requir-
ing great skill and much experience.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Cremation does not seem to be max
Ing much Roadway in Scotland. At the
annual meeting of the Scottish Burial
Reform and Cremation Society in Glas-
Cow it was stated that only eight bod
les had been incinerated during the
past year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Succi, the famous Italian faster, mas
tasted himself into insanity somewhat
faster than any one anticipated. 1t IS
certainly noteworthy that feasting ana
fasting should so often lead 10 lne
same end
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

The sultan of Turkey needs no nerve
tonic. His invitation to the Armenian
patriarch to sign q statement that the
Armenians were personally responsible
for the recent slaughters will rank as
the most impudent proposition OF the
year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

The Lagong bridge, built over an
arm of the China sea, is five miles long,
with 300 arches of stone, seventy feet
high and seventy feet broad each pillar
supporting q marble lion twenty-one
feet in length. The cost of the bridge
is unknown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

If Gen. Weyler were as successful IN
Strengthening insurgents as he is IN
killing peaceful citizens, Cuba wouio
have been conquered months ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

sister, Mrs. Stewart In Forest City.
After killing the girl Rosa blew out his
own brains. They. had been to a dance
Christmas, and Rosa believed he had
not been given proper attention by the
girl f1
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

And now comes the announcement OF
a suspected irregularity in the accounts
of Sing Sing prison. Holy smoke
where next!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Greater New York is to have one
capital innovation if the proposed
charter goes through Perpetual fran
chises are to be done away with, and
after the lapse of specified time all
corporate privileges now in existence
under grant from the city are to re-
vert to the municipal corporation. If
New York will make such provision
and stick to it the city will be greater
than it's name. Millions Of dollars
have been thrown away by the lesser
city in franchises.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Weston, the veteran pedestrian, wept
because at the age Of ffty-eight he
walked only 1O3 miles in twenty-four
hours. against the 112 he made when
he was a man of thirty. The second
record is more remarkable than the
first. but Weston seems to have dis
covered in it an intimation that by the
time he is seventy he will not be able
to accomplish even 100 miles day.
Premier Canoyas declares that no
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14
THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST Of THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD
l Comprehensive Review of the
important happenings Of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel
egeapA Repor4s-The Notable
Have Attracted Attention.
The Nations Capital.

Washington.
Cuban sympathizers in New York
have sent to Secretary Olney formal
appeal that the state department exert
it's influence in behalf Of DR.. Gasparda
Betanicourt, arrested in Havana on
suspicion of being an agent Of the Gu
ban junta in New York.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-14

Like his predecessor, the present Ar
menian patriarch refuses to join in
embarrassing the sultan. He will lose
his position, but he will gain in honor.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-30
RELlEF SOCIETY
EMPLOYMENT REGISTER.
OMce 141 East Ninth Street, TeIe

Iust NINTH street. Telc-
phone 1873. =
handy MAN--Has had experience in ths
awning business, the care of horses, farm
work, etc.; good, useful man, we'll ac-
qualnted with the city, needs work; will
take anything, as he has a family to sup
HMSPLOYMENT-A good strong man, with
FAMILY depending upon him, is anxious for
work IN warehouse, etc., where he can
make himself generally useful; can fur
nish good references.
NURSES-We have several efficient women
desiring nursing to do.
WASHERWOMEN, ETC.-We have a num-
Der Of good. worthy women who want work
washing, ironing or cleaning by the day;
can take washing home If necessary; also
men who are handy about the house or
lawn.
WOMAN-A good, strong woman Ia widow
with boy twelve years Of age) wants
place to work at the lake for the sum-
try.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-30
CLEANING AND REPAIRING.

FRENCH TAILORING CO., for $12 per year
quarterly in advance, clean press and repair
clothing as often as desired. No. 329 Robert.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
An Attractive Retreat"

Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 6,-The
Missouri State PeDitentiary is ole ef
the largest penal institutions in the
United States. It now has confined
within its walls nearly 1900 conylcts
and more 10 proportion to the num-
Der confined, are at work under the
present administration than under
any previous one. The State will
from trend of affairs reap greater
income from that institution.
The flower courts are magnificent
almost equal in aspect to Babylon 8
hanging gardens of ancient times.
They are located just inside Of the
main entrance ard consists OF IS
different varieties of flowers.
This garden Of flowers, Which
first charms the eye Of those who
visit the penilentiarv, is something
that but few persons expect to be-
/ old IN az institution OF this kind.
Chaplain Pike stated today that q
brass band would be oiganized from
corvicts in few days and that 500
new volumes would be added to the
library room. This shows that
everything is being done that can be
done to tighten the heavy hearts OF
the unfortunate aud make their stay
as pleasant as possible.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16

Trenton, N. j., Sept. 3.-The
County Board of Assessors was
greatly refreshed by the statement
presented by the assessors from
Princeton borough, who exhibited
the return blank made by Grover
Cleveland.
He fixed the value of his new
home at $4,000, and his personal
property at $4,000. He says in
his remarks that this is as near as
he can get at the value of his securi
ties, because of the fuctuating value
OF stocks.
Mr.. Cleveland, however, pays take S
on Washington property aud on
Gray Gables. As part of the New
York Gridiron Street Railway syn
dicate be also pays taxes on New
York property.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
A Freq Slept 10000 Years.

Chicago, Ill, Sept S S-Workmen
on the Northwestern Land Tunnel
at North avenue and Kedsie avenue
rudely disturbed, yesterday, The
slumbers of frog that, in the esti
nation Of scientists, had been sleep
ing for at least 10000 or 10000
yesrs.
Down in the depths of the earth,
90 feet, blast of powder was shot.
The corcussion broke large piece
of rock and clay into several parts,
and in one of these lay the frog. 1t
was brown IN color and torpid
Prof Guthrie, a scientist. thinks
that the frog must have been buried
before the first glacial period, which
may have been 10000 to 10000
years ago.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Indian Dog Feast.

Perkins, Ok, Sept. s.-The Iowa
and Sac and Fox tribes are holding
their annual reunion and dog feast
on the allotment of Chief Abraham
Lincoln, six miles south of here.
After six days and nights of con
tinuous dancing the great dog feast
came off yester day, something like
200 CANNES being roasted. Tomor-
row the dance will be resumed,
when they expect 10 bs joined by
300 Usage Indians, who came down
TO dance with the Pawnees. but
found the latter tribe so busy haul
ing wood to the agency that they
would not take time to stop and
dance, an unbeard of thing for an
Indian
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
PANIC SPREADS IN IRELAND.
Poor People Become Distracted at Famine
Prospects,

Poor People Become Distracted at Famine
Prospects.
London. Sept. S-A panic is
spreading throughout Ireland over
the terrible prospect of the appar-
emily complete failure of the harvest.
Reports from ITO parish priests
from Counties Clare, Cork, Kerry,
Limerick, Tipperary. Antrim. Ar
magh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal. Down
Fermanaeh, Monaghan aud Tyrone
all tell ths same piteous story of
inned crops, impending destitution
and famine. Blight has everywhere
wholly or mainly destroyed potatoes,
while oats, which is the next most
essential crop to Irish farmers, have
been battered down by incessant
rains and practically destroyed.
From Connemara county, Galway.
comes this heartrending tale: The
late long run of harsh weather
scarcely veslige of hope TO the
poor Connemara cottiers. The three
principle crops raised in this locali-
ty-hay, oats and potatoes-are viz,
tually ruined, the latter to an alarm
ing extent. 1t is common observa-
tioa around Clifton that it is full
days work for man to dig oue Iull
meal OF potatoes fer his family, and
even then they can scarcely be eat
en-
From Mallow, County Cork, stu.
ated in tie rich streak OF land known
as Golden Vein," the report is:
The oat crop, which is the main de
pendance of vast majority of the
far m ars, is entirely unfs for market
log purposes. 1t is sill seen spread
out in sheaf and can not be bound or
stalked. The crop is now reduced
to a condition that fits only for the
manure heap. The potato crop is
counted altogether failure
A dispatch from Westmeath says:
'Incessant rains for the past month
havs completely destroyed crops oi
every description. What were a
month ago smiling, cheerful looking
fields are today blighted and ruined
The potato crop is bad even to rot
tenness. Oats and kindred crops
are in such wretchei way that nc
yield can be expected from them
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Weyler Boasts.

Havana, Sept. S.-Gen. Weyler
was welcomed on bis return from
the field to the palace by the leaders
OF the Spaniards in Cuba. He talk
ed with unusual free dom about his
policy and the war.
IL am not afraid said Gen. Wey-
Ter, ''of the charges made against
my administration. / do not try to
win the title of a humane general.
War is war, and / came here to make
war, relentless, pitiless war against
the enemies Of Spain.
"What means all the outcry
against my decree ordering the con
centration of the paci6cos? It is
not my fault if hundreds or thous
ands of people have to die from the
effects of military measure I die
not provoke this war.
Il believe that the magnani NIFTY
of Spain is so great and the ipius
tice of the revolution so extraordi
nary that the insurgents and theil
abettors do not deserve any consid
Grafton"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Stoned hY Women .

Gas City. Ind, Sept. S.-About
800 men congregated about the
Thompson Glass Company's factory
when ii was started yesterday with
non-union men.
When J. Thompson appeared he
was stoned and general fight fol
lowed. One man WAS badly hurt,
his shoulder being broken, and Mr.
Thompson was hurt by stones. His
life is threatened. Women took an
active part.
Last night an open meeting was
held, and the action of Thompson
was severely condemned by D. A.
Hayes, President of the Green Glass
Workers Association, aud several
prominent business men, including
Mayor Brashear.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
HUGGED A BURGLAR.
Miss Nellie Feeley Of Kansas City Proves too
Much for One Bold, Bad Man.

Miss Nellie Feeley Of Kansas City Proves too
Much for One Bold, Bad Man.
Kansas City. Mo-, Sept. 6.-Miss
Nellie Feeley, who lives at S03 Penn
street, displayed remarkable cour-
age this morning by capturing a
daring burglar who had entered her
house.
Miss Feeley had left her front
door open and gone to visit neigh b.
Dor. No sooner had she left than
Charles Wiuslow, recent arrival in
the city entered and gathered up
considerable jewelry and sllverware.
Miss Feeley returned to her hou az
just as the thief was about to de.
part his arms loaded with p'under.
She grappled with the bGrglar and
held him in her arms until she re-
ceived stunning blow On the left
cheek, which caused her to release
her hold and fall.
Miss Feeley was Oh her feet aga ain
in an instant, however, and fought
the bold intruder fercely, at the
sams time yelling at the top Of her
voice for help She held the man
until the arrival OF Officer Moulder,
when he was taken to police head
quarters aud locked up.
During the struggle with the bur
glar, Miss Feeley spiained her left
ankle, and as result che will be
confined to her hom, for several
days.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Mad Marriage,

Culia, \. Y, Sept. 9-Fre1 Ora
ham, an exceedingly black young
negro, with but one leg, and who
bears bad reputation, WAS married
on Friday last to Miss Myrtle Coule,
a handsome orphan white girl OF
good family
Justice Straight tied the knot.
The 200 indignant citizens, with a
pail of tar and some feathers went
to Straights house for the purpose
Of giving him q coat, bat could not
find him.