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Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending Dec. 30.

For the Week Ending Dec. 30.
The Merchants and Traders bank of
Brunswick, Ga, closed it's doors.
The postal savings bank idea is not
a. popular one in New York Banking
circles.
On wager OF $50 F. l.. Mackay ate
New York.
Four children named Maltbeski were
suffocated by smoke during fire at
Philadelphia.
/ The output of gold in Colorado this
year is $22,O00,0O0, against SIG 800, 900 in
the year 1896.
Gen. Pando lost 1000 soldiers in his
fight with the insurgents at the Cauto
river in Cuba.
Canada purchased sci ,64o,04l worth
of products of the United States dur
| ing the past year.
Jacob Strayer and wife were cremat-
ed in fire which destroyed their home
! near Scottdale, Pa.
BY the will of Charles Contoit, filed
at New York, $1,500,o00 is bequeathed
to religious organizations.
The First Reformed Presbyter
| church of New York city celebrated it's
one hundredth anniversary.
William James Linton, 4 well. known
| poet and political writer, died in New
Haven, Conn.,, aged IS years.
Joseph Hopkins, negro who mur-
dered two white farmers at Glendore,
Miss, was lynched by mob.
James Kirkley, treasurer Of Benton
county, was murdered in his office at
Fowler, Ind, by unknown persons.
The wholesale grocery house OF Lewis
Hubbard &Co. was burned at Charles
ton, w. Va, the loss being $4,000.
The miners strike in Kentucky and
Tennessee, which began last May over
a reduction of wages, has been declared
off.
! Thomas w. Seymour, founder of the
| Benevolent Order of the knights and
| Ladies of Honor, died in ST. Louis, aged
67 years.
| Patrick Kelley, of Louisville, Ky,
who for over year has been dumb, sud-
| denly recovered his speech during 3 fit
of anger.
! Edward J. Ratcliffe, the actor, found
guilty of striking his wife, was SEN
! fenced in New York to six months in
the penitentiary.
Two commissioners sent to propose
| peace with autonomy to the insurgents
in Pinar del Rio province were hanged
by the insurgents.
o. H. Maybr, agent for the Southern
Express company at Brunswick, Ga,
is said to have decamped with $4,000
belonging to the company.
Very Rev. William Corby, C. S. c.,
superior of the Order of the Holy Cross
in this country, died of pneumonia at
Notre Dame, Ind. aged 81 years.
Marcus Nassauar, young man, shot
his sweetheart, Miss Katie Dosenbach
daughter of the ex-sheriff in St. Louis.
and then blew out his own brains.
The Universities of Michigan, Chi
cago, Illinois, Wisconsin and the North
western university have organized til.
Western intercollegiate Baseball
league.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

New York, Dec. 27.-Edward Pet
finger, once a powerful politician in
this city, and friend of Tweed, is a
pauper now in Westchester poorhouse,
at his own request. He was an excellent
lawyer in his palmy days, both criminal
and civil, and amassed fortune of $3.50,
COO. This has all been dissipated.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
TEN LIVES LOST.
Mother and Nine Children Burned to
Death in a London Fire.

MOtheF ana MIG Ch1Iuren Burned to
Death in a London Fire.
London, Dec. PA Mrs. Jarvis and
her nine children, the youngest baby,
were burned to death at five o'clock Sun
day morning in four-room cottage oc-
cupied by the Jarvis and two other fam
lies in Dixie street, Bethnal Green, Lon
don. The unfortunate family occupied
the upper floor. BY strange coinci-
dence Mr.. Jarvis, the woman's husband,
who had been suffering from consump-
tion, died in the workhouse infirmary
Sunday afternoon without having heard
of the disaster. Mrs. Jarvis earned a
scantlivelihood by making match boxes,
and her rooms were filled with infam-
mable material.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

A CONNECTICUT man is pushing s
scheme tc fu nd the pensions. giving at
once to each pensioner cash or ncgotia-
BILE bonds Of the government equal t.
the total amount he would receive dur.
ing term of years based On life insur-
ancc expectancy.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Was u Noted AbOlftfOnfst.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. 30. 49, Mrs.
Woolsey G. Sterling is dead, aged SO
years. She was prominent abolition
ist and her house at Bridgeport was {,
station on the underground railroad" !"
She founded the first sanitary society
for soldiers during the civil war.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
WHOLESALE MASSACRE.

Report That 500 Christians Have Bee II
Slain i'm Persia.
Cincinnati, Dec. 2s.-Yakob Sargis, of
Ooramiah, Persia, now in this city Civ
ing talks on Persia and Armenia, has
just received letter from friends in
his Persian home informing him that
band of raiders from Koordestana had
massacred all the inhabitants of Per-
sian Christian town, 500 souls, near
Salinas, Persia.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

Atlantic, Ia, Dec. 2s.-John c. Palmer,
of Oakland, deaf mute, on Monday
shot and killed Mrs. P. D. Len,:art. III
whose home he had been guest since
Thursday. He then put the revolver to
his forehead and fired. falling dead al
her feet. Nothing was developed at the
coroner's inquest to explain the killing
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Chosen President

Havana, Dec. 2s.-Senor Jose Marie
Galvez has been chosen as president of
the first colonial cabinet in Cuba un-
der the regime of autonomy, which goes
into effect after January 1.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

Syracuse, N. Y, Dec. 29.-Leroy Yak
ley, of this city, broke the American
amateur standing broad jump record,
without weights, in Y. M. C. A. contest
Tuesday night. He jumped ten feet
ten inches, beating the record held by
A. G.. Schwaner Of ten feet 9Z inches.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Veteran Editor Dead.

Lcngmont, Col, Dec. 2S.-Henry L..
Hayward, editor of the Longmont Led
enjoyed the distinction of being the
oldest editor in Colorado. He was
born at Portland, Jefferson county, N.
Y, and for As years was preacher in
the Universalist denomination. He came
to Colorado in 1874.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Driven BACK.

Havana, Dec. 30.-Gen. Pando tried
to take food to the garrison at Cauto
Embarcadero, but the insurgents cap
tured the convoy. A severe battle was
fought, but the Spaniards were COM
PEELED to retreat, leaving behind many
killed and wounded.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Another Combine.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 29.-Eighty per
cent. of the edge-tool manufacturers in
the United States have consolidated
their interests and have arranged for
the erection of new plant near Char
leroi. It will employ over 1000 skilled
wOrkmeD.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Wheel Company Assigns.

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 2s.-The Over
man Wheel company, of Chicopee Falls,
with agencies in all the principal cities
of the country, made an assignment
Monday to President H. 81. Bowman, of
the Springfield national bank. Liabili-
ties, $780, 900; assets, $1,31s, 900.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Hunter Killed.

Nashville, ILL.,, Dec. 20. - Samuel
Stage, hunter from Salem, ILL.,, was
found dead in the woods south of here.
He went out to kill rabbits for Christ
mas dinner
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

THE latest notable portrait painted
by John $. Sargent, The American
painter, who is a member of the Royal
academy. is of Miss Daisy Letter.
formerly of Chicago, and is intended
for the academy Of 1899. Miss Letter
is sister of the famous beauty who
was married not long ago 20 Hon.
George Curzon.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
New York School Census,

New York, Dec. 27.-According to the
report prepared by City superintend-
ent of School Census J. J. Symes for
submission to the state superintendent
Of public instruction, there are 3o1 ,4s2
children in this city of school age-be-
tween four and eighteen years.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Noted Athlete Dead

Albany, N. Y, Dec. 27.-John Co.'S
grave, well-known athlete, died in the
City hospital Sunday after an opera
tion for appendicitis. Cosgrave won the
all-round athlete championship of
America in 1895, and finished second to
Clark. of Boston. in this years compe-
tition.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Fine instrument burned.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Fire in the Great
Northern hotel just before six o'clock
Tuesday night burned the great aeolian
organ which adorned the rotunda and
stirred the downtown district to much
excitement. The property loss is $780,
600 and several persons were slightly in
jrred by glass and chemicals while
FIGHTING the flames.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

A CANADIAN bride introduced recent
ly a new feature in wedding ceremon.
les. She appeared in church with her
pet canary fastened to her shoulder b,'
Il golden chain, and the moment the
organ sounded the bird burst into
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Made President.

New York, Dec. 2s.-Horace G. Burt,
third vice president Of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad and right-hand
man of President Marvin Hughitt, of
that road, has been elected president of
the Union Pacific. He will enter upon
his new duties January /.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Special Session Called

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 3o.-A specia
session Of the Tennessee legislature has
been called to meet January II. A sue
cessor to the late Sepa tor Isham G. Har-
ris will be elected, and important ,egis-
lation is pending.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Eighty-Eight Years Old.

London, Dec. 30.-Rt. Hon. William
e. Gladstone celebrated his eighty
eighth birthday at his home in Erawar-
den yesterday. - T..
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Terrible State of Affairs,

Washington, Dec. 30.-From reports
on file in the state department it is
shown that 100000 Cubans are to-day
in the direst distress, and that G00, 900
reconcentrados have died since Jan
uary, 1897.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Place for Mr.. Stevenson.

New York, Dec. 29.-Adlai e. Steven
son, former vice president of the United
States. has accepted the position Of
western counsel OF the North American
Trust company, of this city, with a mem
bership in the board of directors.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Flour Mill Burned

Toledo, o., Dec. 27.-The M, D. Har-
ter company's Touring mill Fostoria.
one of the largest winter wheat mills
in the country, was destroyed by fire.
The fire started in a boiling, chest. The
loss is $150.00O, covered by Insurance.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
GrOcers ASSIGN,

indianapolis, Ind, Dec 2s.-Krag,
Reynolds & Co., wholesale grocers, filed
mortgage for $225,ooo to secure notes.
They assigned to e. L. Mckee. Liabil-
tiles, 100000; assets, 100000.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
ASPHYxiATED.
Mother and Two Daughters Feund
Dead In ChfcaxO.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Mary Ander-
son and her two daughters, Edith and
Myrtle, aged eight and five years respec-
lively, were asphyxiated by illuminat-
ing gas in their home at 81 johnson av-
cnue, Monday. The husband, on re-
turning from work at night, found the
door locked. On forcing it open he
found his wife and children dead in bed
The gas was pouring from all the jets
in the cook stove. 1t is supposed that
Mrs. Anderson was temporarily insane
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
To BE Inaugurated January ]

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 29.-Gov.-Elect
L. M. Shaw and his family will arrive in
Des Moines to-day. tits their formal re-
moval to Des Moines from Denison. Mr..
Shaw expects to remain here most of
the time before his Inauguration, which
will take place January. 13.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Aldermen Indicted.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-The grand jury
voted IS indictments against proprie-
tors of alleged gambling resorts in Chi
cago, among those indicted being three
aldermen.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Corbett Issues a Challense,

New York, Dec. &c. j James ]. Corbett
has challenged Robert Fitzsimmons to
fight for a phrse of $4,000 and the
worlds championship.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
The Cotton Crop.

New York, Dec. 2e.-The Daily Dry
Goods Record prints revised estimate
of the cotton crop of 1s97-1s9s, placing
the estimate Of the crop at 1o,257,o3o
bales.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Ran over His Father.

St. Hyacinthe, Que, Dec. 29.-Antoine
Goyette, aged 55 years, was run over and
instantly killed at Richmond by train
whose engineer was Goyette's son.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Eate ofTwo\Chil,

.s.~ Fate Of Tsvo<Children> ST. e.:
Lima, o., Dec. 2s.---At Leipsic, Halle
and Hilda Orem, aged IL and IS, were
snffocated from coal gas from q stove.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Hit by the Cars.

Stanton, DEL, Dec. 27.-Wesley Nc
Bride and his wife were killed and
their daughter, aged six years, fatally
injured by train here.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Iceberxs in Lake NIfchiran.

:, .Waukegan, ILL.,, Dec. so.-several ice
bergs in Lake, Michigan about 100 feet
high and Is feet in diameter were an
unusual spectacle seen four miles from
here. -
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

Death of Actor e. j. buckley.
New York, Dec. 2s.-Edward Joseph
Buckley, for many years one of the best
known actors on the American stage,
died Monday in this city, aged s. years.
He had been paralyzed for several years.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
Killed i'm n Runaway.

Milwaukee, Dec. 20. "A special to the
Evening Wisconsin, from Appleton.
Wis, says: Ewald Kuehne, one of the
best known wholesale meat dealers in
this part of the state. was killed in a
runaway while driving home from the
city.
Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
France Takes a Slice.

London, Dec. 30.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Singapore confirms the
report of the seizure of Hai-Nan island
Ey the French. Hai-Nan island is off
the south coast Of China and separates
the Gulf of Tonquin from the China
sea. 1t has an estimated area of $4,000
square miles and a population of 1,0OO,-
the INTERIOR
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08

There is no longer the prejudice
which used to exist against the wood
pecker as the destroyer of valuable
trees, which it used to be believed he
peclled so as to start the sap to flow
ing. The work he does is almost al
ways on dead wood, and he only pecks
holes in that to find the insect that has
deadened the wood and if allowed to
live would ultimately destroy the tree.
There is no more valuable insect de-
stroyer than the woodpecker. 1t is
one of the few birds that stay with us
all winter, and it's cheerful pecking
can be heard in almost any woodland
at this season. The only complaint we
ever heard against the woodpecker is
that he destroys early cherries. But
he has earned his part of the cherries
by previously destroying the insect en-
emies that would have killed the tree.
American Cultivator.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Hint for Potato Growers.

AS the potato is so largely water 1t
might be supposed that 1t is not at all
exhaustive. But the potato crop is al
ways sold from the land instead of be-
ing fed on it. The only thing that the
potato takes from the soil is potash,
and this is largely found in its leaves
and stems. The tubers also contain
some potash, and IL is this which black
ems the knives and hands of those who
peel and cut potatoes. A large crop
Of potatoes, II is estimated, will take
100 pounds of potash an acre from the
soil. The best potato growers practice
a system of rotating grain and pota-
toes, and in this way keep up the fer
tihty without much difficulty.-Dakota
Eisld and Farm.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Do not use coal tar on wounds caused
| by pruning. Use wax or paint.
Never plant too many summer apples.
Winter apples are what you want.
1t is profitable to buy canned fruit If
you have none. 1t is health promoter.
Keep the squash in a dry room where
the temperature never goes below freez-
ing.
Onions rot so easily that when grown
for the market should be sold as soon as
possible.
Uncultivated orchards suffer more
from drought than do those that are
cultivated.
Cider is quite rs dangerous beverage
as can be given the young. 1t is an APP
petite breeder.
Ashes spread broadcast in the or
chard at the rate of half ton per acre
will be very useful.
Mulching of the strawberry bed,
grape vine, roses, etc, should be done
as soon as the ground freezes.
1t is of no use to expect to make a sue
cess of house plants if the temperature
varies from freezing to 70 degrees.
Blighted leaves or branches on tho
fruit trees should be cut off at once
and burned to prevent the disease
spreading.
Every farm should have an acre Of
orchard, 40 apple trees, and go divided
between pears, peaches, pums and
cherries, says a horticulturist.
The apple eater, the man who always
has an apple in his pocket to offer you,
isShsualy good fellow and much safer
than a man who has ten cents to buy a
drink for you.-Western Plowman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Apples Cannot lie Cookec.

A peculiar feature of the apples
grown in this section the last season
is that they will not cook properly.
Many a housewife has been surprised
that the best varieties of cooking APP
pies cannot be cooked as usual. They
are tough and stringy and when sliced
for cooking retain their shape. no mat
ter how long they may be kept on the
stove, instead of cooking to pieces"
as they should. Grocers and apple
men have been flooded with complaints
about the apples they sell. The unusual
condition of the fruit, explained an old
apple grower and handler the other
day, is due to the dry weather that came
just when the fruit was filing and ma
turing.-Kansas City Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Monument to the potnto.

A curious monument has just been
discovered in the dense underground
of the so-called Brandhai, in the Upper
Hartz. 1t is n granite block about seven
feet high, resting on stone pedestal,
and on an iron tablet attached to it is
the following inscription: "Here, in
the year 1747, the first trials were made
with the cultivation of the potato" The
German peasant at the time did not
take kindly to the potato plant on its
introduction to the country. 1t had,
however, great friend in the king,
Frederick H., who was convinced of
its value, but who was obliged to use
forcible measures to get the people of
Pomerania and Silesia to plant it. The
action of the Hartzers in voluntarily
adopting the plant was evidently
thought worthy of memorial, says the
Sunday Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
The Walking backward Cure.

An apostle of physical culture says
that an excellent and never-failng cure
for nervous headache is the simple act
of walking backward. Ten minutes
is as long as is usually necessary to
promenade. 1t sometimes, however, re-
quires more than ten minutes to walk
at all If one is very nervous" But it
is not understood that it is necessary
to walk chalk line. Any kind of walk
ing will do provided it is backward. 1t
is well 10 get in long. narrow room
where the windows are high. and walk
very slowly, placing first the ball of the
foot on the floor and then the heel. Be-
sides curing the headache. this exercise
promotes a graceful carriage. A half
hours walk backward every day will do
wonders toward producing graceful
gait.-Medical Record. So
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
THE FARMING WORLD.
TREATMENT OF COWS.

How to Secure Satisfactory Results
I'm Farm Dairying.
From an article written by George
Sampson, of the Sharon (Wis.) Report
err, we take the following:
1.-The functions of the cow are to take
your coarse fodder and grain and man
ufacture them into milk. Providing
she Is so fed that she can sustain her
body and in addition produce milk at
profit, she is good COW. You know
there are any number of cows that do
not pay for their keeping, but in this
age of progress we can ascertain be-
yond shadow of doubt whether or not
a COW is profitable dairy cow.
There are three things you must con-
slider: /, the quantity of milk given; 2,
the quality-by the Babcock test; 3, the
length of the period of lactatioh.
"After having succeeded in establish
ing a herd of good dairy cows comes
the important part of taking proper
variety of feed, as no one kind of feed
contains all the different elements
which both sustain the body and pro-
duce the milk. We will see later what
milk is composed Of, and you will I'M
derstand why she must have variety
of feed.
"Do not feed your cows before milk
ing. so many do this in order that the
COW shall stand better during the proc
ess of milking. You will ask why?
Most of the milk is secreted during the
process of milking and the COW must
use her blood in the udder If she is
eating, this blood rushes to her stomach
in order to carry the nutriment to the
different parts of the body, and the con-
sequence is that there is lack of blood
in the udder to produce the best results
Extreme care must be taken not to feed
anything that will flavor milk just be-
fore milking, as it will then pass into
the milk, but feed directly after milk
ing"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
MOTHERS COOKING AGAIN.
1t Cured Him of kicking About HIS
Wifc's Cooking.

Grumper isn't his name, but it will
serve. He's big man with a big
voice, big appetite, big heart, big bank
account, and rather n big opinion of
himself. He belongs to that extensive
class that come in from the country,
begin in a small way, and push along
till they are among the leaders in their
respective callings. 1t is not long since
he married dainty little woman whose
chief aim is to please him. For weeks,
day by day, he registered the familiar
old complaint that no cooking tasted as
good as his mothers used to. Mrs.
Grumper was so anxious to please him
and remove this cause of complaint
that she roasted, fried, stewed and
broiled herself in the kitchen, but
Grumper never ceased to yearn for
mothers cooking"
One day plain, but CHEEKY old lady
appeared at Grumper's front door. She
was the mother, and had come long
way just to see her boy once more and
give him q surprise. He would not be
home till evening, and his little wife
enticed the old lady into the cooking
department, determined that he should
at least be made happy. The mother used
plenty of grease, made plenty of
smudge, and felt more at home than
she would have been in the parlor. She
was induced to remain in her room till
the meal was well under way to see il
Grumper did not recognize the food as
prepared by her hands. He shifted the
air of the dining-room and there was
an unpleasant look on his face. He
scanned the table. and the look deep
ened. lie tried a few dishes, laid aside
his knife and fork, turned to his wife
and declared that he could stand it no
longer. He had hoped that she would
learn, but this was, by all odds, the
worst yet. He would write for his
mother and she could remain till the
wife learned her ways.
When he knew all he wilted, and adj
mitted that tobacco might have spoiled
his taste. and now eats any old thing
with relish.--Every Where.