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Griggs courier., 1897-07-02
A Raid.

A drunken street row ut Courtenay
inspired the townsmen to organize for
raid on the soft drinks establish
ment of the town. As result dozen
kegs Of beer were poured into the
street. The piggers escaped the town.
Griggs courier., 1897-07-02
Moved.

The North Dakota Harness company,
which has operated at the penitentiary
for several years. has shipped all its
tools and machinery to Fargo, where
1T will locate. The penitentiary trus-
tees did not renew the contract with
this firm, owing to the anti-convict la
Dor law passed by the last Legislature.
which forbids the use of convict labor
in any industry which would bring it
in competition with free labor. The
firm employed about half the conyicts
in the penitentlary, and the problem
of employment for them is now &C.
ricus one.
Griggs courier., 1897-07-02
News I'm Brie,

A colony OF 200 Russians will locate
near Kuhn. The foreigners present
quite picturesque appearance in their
national costumes. None of the party
speak or understand English.
Horse thieves rounded up $50 work
horses near Dickinson and started
south. The county sheriff and ten
trusted men are in hot pursuit.
The following officers have been
elected by the Dairymen's association
at Jamestown: ]. B. Power, president;
j. H. Shepperd, vice president, Fargo:
E. E. Kaufman. secretary, Fargo; Geo.
F. Clark, treasurer. Tower City.
The little son of Date Berlin was
badly mangled in q runaway at VIM
bledon. He had his shoulder dislo-
Gated, arm broken and otherwise in
jured.
The farm residence of J. c. Brown,
near Williamsport was destroyed by
fire. during the absence Of the family.
Rev. Golling, at Fessenden, baptized
nine candidates in the James river, in
Ontario township.
The Cakes feed mill was destroyed
by fire. Loss. $1,000.
Lightning struck the steeple Of st.
Paul's and st. Peters church near
Devils Lake and did 5000 damage.
The rush for government lands in
the Devils Lake district still continues,
the land Office having more business
now than any other time in its history.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the river Abercrombie.
Ole Hogen. who lives near Gilby,
lost a horse-his barn was struck by
lightning.
That Presbyteriaus of Conway have
begun the construction Of 81, 200
church building.
Park River will offer bonus for the
Icelandic college.
Gustav Olson has been appointed
postmaster at Kinloss
A telephone line is to be built from
Hillsboro to Caledonia.
.Cass county has let contracts for the
building of sixteen bridges that were
taken ont by the floods this spring.
A gopher hunt at Cando resulted in
the death of 1000 of the little pests.
The s-year-old daughter Of Thor
Swanson. at New Rockford, was kicked
in the abdomen by horse and her
condition is serious.
Reports are that II the state militia
companies will be satisfied without a
per diem, state camp can be held at
Devils Lake this summer.
The Merchants National bank at
Devils Lake will pay 100 cents ON tho
dollar. according to y statement sent
out by the comptroller of the currency.
Roscoe Woods, Great Northern
section man at Bottineau, was struck
in the back with pick by q fellow
workman. The wound is not serious.
but very painful.
The 15-year-ola son OF William Fa'
lerdeau was drowned in the Pembina
river at Bathgate.
"A new hotel to be called the Pacific
will be erected at Fargo on the site o'
the old Headquarters.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
It Took Six Horses.

A tenderfoot farmer In Arizona en-.
gagged a neighbor to pillow a field that
had been in alfalfa. On being en-
guged, the neighbor set his price at
$40. @You see" he exclaimed, "these
alfalfa roots are terrible to pillow. 1t
takes six horses to pull through the
roots, two men to hold the pillow and
a boy to drive. It's worth at least $50
but you being a neighbor I'll do it
for $40" The native was engaged,
and later the tenderfoot related to an
other neighbor that he had struck a
bargain in getting his blowing done.
@Why," was the reply, shat job is not
worth go" @But it takes six horses"
protested the tenderfoot. Eyes, that's
so-two to pull the pillow and four to
pull your lyg."-Argonaut. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
TOLD OF NEW YORK.

The population Of New York cannot
be called a churoh-going one. There are
less than 600 places of Christian wor-
ship, seating only about 3Oo 10000 per
sons.
The most valuable spots on the face
OF the earth are believed to be the four
where Wall street touches
Broadway. Not long ago 81, 5oo,o 900 was
paid for five lots on Broadway, opposite
Bowling Green.
1t is stated that more than 76 per
Eel of those who people New York to-
day were born Of foreign mothers,
while more than 40 per cent. were them
selves born on foreign soil. Peter Stuy-
yesant ruled in his day over 1,4Oo New
Workers., who ~conversed in 1S different
tongues.
1t is said that there is scarcely a ma
tion upon earth that has not eating
places of its own in New York, with
its yiands and drinks, it's own
chatter, its OWE customs and subsidiary
The clubs and even the
theaters are also cosmopolitan in char
acter. At some Of the Bowery theaters
plays r frequently given in Hebrew
or Yiddish.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
A Terrible

There N NO dssth punishmSnt in
Belgium, but few criminals would
choose the punishment substituted Tor
it-that i, II they had . choice. The
condemned man i placed in . dun
Geon 90 constructed that from the
moment he enters it be win never
hear the sound Of human voices nor
soS . human being. Hrs food 10 pas
sed in through q aiding panel in the
door OF his cell. Not one prisoner has
ever been known to survive this pun.
ishment more than three years. The
authorities have ~striven In vain to
prolong their lives by varying their
food as much ss possible, but those
who are moderately or lightly neur-
ished gradually waste away, while
those who are fed generously 20 mad
and die raving maniacs.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
A Suicide at Carson.

An unknown man committed sui
eide at Carson Saturday afternoon
by shooting himself through the
head. He deliberately sat down by a
tree in the residence part of town
and took his life. A pencil found in
his pocket on which was marked the
name of s. A. Riley gave the only
clue to his neme. He arrived in Car
son Friday morning and was without
means, and was given his supper, bed
and breakfast at the Ormsby House.
At tho Coroner's inquest it was de-
veloped that he vas formerly a ST.
loon keeper in San Francisco.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
a QUO. OF 1osAcco.

. Sman Thing Stepped ODosatIonD
on = 0FoAS WG4 Bhip.
Lieut.. Emile Duboc tells ON amusing
story of an event, which, he says, GER
tainly led to the downfall Of hydraulic
machinery in the French service. A
few years ago the authorities Of q great
Shipbuilding firm we're very much per-
turbed when the trials for turning tho
turrets Of q new battle ship, In the pres
ence of tho committee appointed to take
over the ship, were failures. A day or
two before everything had gone salts
factorily. But W'the turret, after
some slight movements. Atuck fast.
The gauges indicated the normal pres
sure; there was nothing wrong with
the turret or with the racks for rotAt-
ing It; there was no perceptible leak
In any Of the pipes and il was SO inn
possible to assign any reason for the
behavior OF the turret that the COM
mittee had TO go home without seeing
it revolve. That evening and the fol-
lowing day q complete overhaul was
made Of the system Of piping, and It
was then discovered that one small but
important pipe was completely choked
by a "quid'"o of chewed tobacco, which a
workman had doubtless let fall into it
inadvertently. When this was re-
moved the turret worked an we'll "a
ever, but the d~isquietude caused by the
want of success of the day before was
only increased when it was discovered
how Insignificant the cause had been.
From that day the naval authorities de-
cided that in future wherever practic-
able the power for battle ship opera
tions should be carried by . wire in
stead of q steam pipe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
Sparrows Hang u Robin.

That tho English sparrows kill
other birds by hanging them was
demonstrated here again on Monday
morning, when Mrs. Geo. D.. Greig
found a robin in her yard hung by a
small piece Of Irvine to a tree. About
four o'clock IN tho morning che
heard agreat commotion among tne
birds, and it is supposed that was
the time the wicked sparrows were
executing the robin. The Irvine was
about four feet long, fastened to the
first limb Of a tree and tho robin
hung nearly to the ground, with tho
Irvine around its neck. Possibly the
robin might have hung itself while
flying with the piece of Irvine in it's
mouth, but this is hardly probable.
Reports heretofore have been heard
OF the syarrows killing robins in this
way, and one was found some years
ago in the village hung with a horse
hair to an evergreen tree.-Nunda
IN. " News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26

This is to certify that we have thit
day sold our store property ano
business, situate at Carlin, Nevada
together with the good will to Mr.
j. w. Puett, who has been on.
neighbor in business here for nor
than the last eight years, and WI
cheerfully recommend him to til,
public as a kind, energetic, uprigh
business man, and we bespeak 70,
him as our successor all possibl,
success.
We also take this occasion to thanl
the people for the liberal p~atronag.
they have, from time to time, durml
the last twenty-five years, extended
US. Respectfully,
8. ARNHEIM,
AARON ARNHE1M.
Carlin, Nevada, April Is, 1897.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26

Frank Butler the man with a doz-
en- aliases who tined to depopulate
Australia by numbering its inhabit.
ants by wholesale, has arrived at the
antipodes on the steamer Mariposa,
He was guarded day and night on
the voyage from San Francisco to
prevent him from taking his own
life.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
The Now Mining Law.

-
The Act Of the Legislature relating
80 the location, relocation, manner Of
recording lode and placer claims, mill
sltes, tunnel rights and the amount Of
work necessary to hold possession Of
mining elaine, approved March l6,
1897, receives general commentator
from the press. The Mining and Sci
enufic Press says that with the excsp-
ton Of ono sentence it is an a1sct
copy Of q bill published in its col.
umus last October for the considera-
ton Of the California Miners Con-
ventlon and the State Legislature.
The Press says it in better than the
California law. 1t specially defines
tho number and the size Of the posts
that shall be set up to mark the
boundaries. 1t provides that a GER
tain amount of work shall DO done
within ninety days after the posting
of the location. The locator or To-
Gators must within that time sink q
shaft to a depth Of at. least ten feet,
but a cut or c~rosscut or tunnel, which
cuts the lode at a depth of ten feet, il
equivalent to a discovery shaft.
The relocation Of abandoned lode
claims shall be by sinking a new dis
covery shaft and fixing new bound
aries as if it were the location of a new
claim or the relocator may sink the
original discovery shaft ten feet
deeper than it was at the time of
abandonment, in which case the rec
ord must give the depth and dimen-
sions of the original discovery shaft
at the date Of such relocation, The
r~elocator must erect new or adopt the
old boundaries, renewing the posts
or monuments If removed or destroy
ed.
The act provides that the annual
expenditure on each claim Of 1,5O0
feet or less shall be 800, the same as
is required by the laws Of tho United
States. In estimating the worth Of
labor required to be performed upon
any mining claim, to hold the same
under the laws of the United States,
the value Of a days labor of eight
hours is fixed at the sum Of four dol
lars. ..--..... t..
The Act is based upon the best
practices of other States and Terri.
tories, which have received the ap-
proval Of practical miners. 1t will
doubtless result beneicislly to Me-
yada as the prospecting Of abandoned
mines to a depth Of ten feet below the
old shaft o. tunnel may develop rich
ore in many Of them and sinking a
new shaft at least ten feet ON a new
discovery may disclose bonanzas.-
Reno Journal. .
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
DISSOLUTION OF PARrNERsH1p.

Having bought all tho interest OF
Patrick Taylor in the firm Of Smith
d Taylor, doing business in Ruby
Valley, the partnership heretofore
existing is hereby dissolved by mu.
tual consent.
JOSEPH SMITH.
Arthur. Nevada, April 16 1867.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
Don't Tobacco spiI ana smoke Your
Life Away.

IL you want to quit tobacco using
easily and fore YER, be made we'll.
strong, magnetic, full Of new life and
vigor, take No-To.Bac, the wonder
worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
over 100000 cured. Buy No.To.Bac
from your own druggist, who will
guarantee a cure. Booklet and sample
mailed free. AID. Sterling Remedy
Co., Chicago or New York.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
MEN OF MARK.

Paderewski has been decorated by
King Humbert.
It is 80 bites now that Gladstone gives
each mouthful before swallowing.
Francis Murphy says that more than
1000 persons have signed the pledge
since he began his temperance crusade
in Boston.
Frederick Saunders, of the Astor
library, is the oldest living librarian.
He was assisted to his place by WASH
iDgton Irving.
King Humbert of Italy carries seven
and a half millions life insurance and
has thus prepared his wife and heirs
very substantially for a rainy day in
which they may not reign.
President Kruger, of the South Afri-
car republic, states that Cecil Rhodes
is trying to undermine that nation.
Rhodes is considered by Stead as the
greatest man since Napoleon.
Bismarck complains that he is tired
and lonely, and that nothing interests
him any more. He says he has no
longer any object in life. Agriculture
and forestry have lost their interest,
and politics bores him. Etc does not
mention whether he has tried the ex-
quisite amusement of helping others
who are more unfortunate than himself.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26

JUST try a lOc. box OF Cascarete
the finest liver and bowel regulator
made.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
Collection Agency.

lrdortd ty,ho LeaoirR Fi,ms of tp
Coast.
What isf
The INTERSTATE COMMERCIAL
AND COLLECTION AGENCY.
Send your slow ocoun 70 them for.co)
cotton.
once, s10 Fifth Street Sacramento, Cal
Don't doiay. Call 81 sscs and let us have
ysur busimoss
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-26
KIushroom socIotY.

A society for the study OF mushrooms
has been organized in Philadelphia. It
will meet every two weeks, and mem
bers will read papers on such topics as
Mushrooms That Have Helped Me-"
The organizers say that there are about
235 edible kinds of mushrooms to be
found around Philadelphia, and that
tons Of the delicious food go to waste,
simply because people have a horror OF
what are known as toadstools, only four
kinds of which are really poisonous.
MEN OF MARX
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-09
The Sealing Conferences.

1t now seems probable that the chief
contention of Canada in the sealing
conference between this country Eng
land and Canada will be for an in
demnity as the price of her assent to a
cessation for the present of pelagic
sealing. The promptness with which
the representatives from Russia and
Japan and this country agreed upon
efforts to put a temporary end to kill
ing Of seals in open waters leads Eng
land and Canada to reiterate their eX-
cuse for not joining that conference on
the ground that everything was cut
and dried between the United States,
Russia and Japan,and that they would
have been in the minority. 1t may.
however. be regarded in different
light. that the need of cessation Of
pelagic sealing is so obvious that no
intelligent nation interested in the pro-
lection of seal life need hesitate to sub
scribe to it. Indeed no investigation,
entitled TO credence, of this veXing
problem has left room to doubt that So
long as pelagic sealing is carried on as
it now is, and for all that can be seen
is likely to be. so long all other at
tempts to afford necessary protection
to fur seal life will prove futile. At
first thought it may seem that Canada
should receive some indemnity for she
will suffer most at first from prohibit
ton of pelagic sealing. A moments
reflection, however. clearly shows that
if Canada is most affected by measures
to prolong the sealing industry she is
most concerned in having that indus
siderations as to the length of the pro
posed prohibition of pelagic sealing
also as to the purpose of those owning
the haunts of the seal relative to TAX
ing the animals thereon. 1t is certain
that if there ever is to be profitable
pelagic sealing the Canadian sealeIs
and the English firms that prepare thu
skins are as much interested in having
it brought about as are any and gem
orally speaking it is not plain what
good grounds there may be for such a
claim as Canada is said to make.
However we may get new light on the
subject before the conference begun
this week is concluded. One thing is
apparent Canada can no longer grace
fully play the part of the dog in the
manger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-09


o. Doohs Mllrn may We 80 %,S'Iv" r, t'r 1u,
teacher may have out M the same fIme
three volumes for the purpose above
named. Ieachefs WiShins 10 aNali them-
seiNes % 'ilis va, II,
The librarian. II is the desire OF the frus-
tees to make the free librar, rs service
able rs possible to tue teachers ara pu-
no ~ nbsa,te ~. Ibtra Is :, Srovire,
appreciation of its advantages in this d.
rection.
A meeting Of the graduates of Cherry
tieid hlgh school ana the Academy from
$50 70 49, Wa ie'o i.S.ntN' lor ine
f;on Fyarvon~ present was verv noIch
III favor OF this project and thought it
centanre of tho constitution tho follow-
ing officers were chosen: Ralph H.
Bowles. president; Susan Adams, senior
vlee-presldent' FRANK +. McGouidrlck
,.ic, .nrasident. Fre1 T Wa ~, ,;o ou
president: John Hartman. treasurer:
Bessie Nickels. secretary: executive com
lil'tee' chairman. haIph II. bowles. 10
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will amount to about $4,000 and the
benefit derived from that amount
placed as the late Mr. Fuller des;p-
mated will be great. and the town vii,
have a blessing of which it has long
been deprived.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-09

Wisconsin, a short time ago, told Of
the following experience he had as a
boy in the old college town: My
father. having six boys, bound me out
for a years service to an old farmer to
work on his farm. The old gentleman
had only two rooms in his house. He
slept in the front room and his house
keeper in the kitchen and l was al
lotted sleeping place on, the floor in
the old farmers room, without any
ma ttress. I soon became so sore and
lame that it was with difficulty that ]
could perform my daily task. ! found
a sleeps pelt in the barn which /
spread on the attic floor where ] rest
ed at night for the remainder Of my
service, quite comfortably"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-09

Brown. '99; W. G. Hooke. 1900 from
the classes: N X. Fulton. '9S. H. H.
Bishop, '99. Fl. L. Corson. '9S. C. E. G.
Shannon, SO. from the divisions in the
dormitories. The faculty members Of
the conference board are the same as
last year, Pres Butler, Profs Taylor
and Stetson.
There has been real class in botany
at the center school, jefferson, this fall.
George e. Linscott, teacher. In a few
schools the pressing of leaves. etc, are
given some attention, but in this school
flowers and plants We're studied in con-
nectfon with the text book. The class
has analyzed more than twenty wild
flowers alone and as many more with a
little aid from the teacher These were
brought from field. pasture or woods and
We're wholly unknown. but by the in
struction given by teacher and knowl-
edge of the text book they ascertained
the names themselves and have written
a description of each and pressed ana
mounted the specimens very artisticaly,
besides have learned the characteristics
of familiar plants that they knew moth
ing of before. Some say spring is the
time TO study botany This class found
all the wild flowers they needed to the
close of the term. and besides they are
now able and qualified to begin with the
first flowers next spring and go on ai
summer alone. This class also studied
arithmetic. algebra. L. S. history. read
ing. spelling. grammar and composition.
The following paragraphs from the last
report of Superintendent Irving SHOWS
how they prepare their teachers IN RoeA-
land: For some time it has been Gus
tomary for some of our high school grsu
yates to observe. for Il short time, ~
one term to three in the rooms OF
best teachers then they have been gNs
a school of their own. OccasionaT
these observers have been paid three our
lars per week. A large number OF ou
primary teachers received their traihMe
in this way. Many of them have shown
marked ability and may be called s SUI.
cessful teachers: but on the whole LIE, .ns
system is very unsatisfactory ana III w
long run will have a deleterious ens.'
upon our schools. The Fundamental piha
cipie is wrong. for the evils in our schoo,
are just as liable to be observed cop,.,
and perpetrat ted as the good points. M
year little effort has been made 70 On
set some of the bad tendencies by reeeN
ing only four observers from the zen W
twelve candidates. having them give
years time without pay in observing an.
study. and giving them each yea
subscription TO some teachers JouIin
and also two or three books on teachne
upon which they will probably DC
amiGed.