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Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
PUNcENT PARAGRAPHS

Don't think every solid man you meet
10 . hard character.-C Chicago Daily
News.
Hicks-.I notice that Charley's wife
hasn't touched the piano since she was
married" Wicks-"No; the tact ID she
thinks the world Of him."-Boston
Transcript.
HE sent her documents giving her
control of their child" ''Gracious! I
wish knew where to obtain documents
that would give me control Of our
child!"-Puck.
Modernized.-He-"Ah, well, those
who dance must pay the fiddler" She
1T sounds better, think. to say tina.
those who we'd must pay the alimony."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
'Pa,' said the youngest of seven.
"why don't you go to the warp" II have
ALL can do to keep the reconcentrados ip
this house from starving" replied the
parent, sadly.-Philadelphia North
American.
Aunt Mary's chandelier was an object
of great interest to Dorothy, who had
never before seen one. On her return
home she exclaimed: Il wish, mamma,
we had place for our lamps to roost
on, too."7Judge.
Opening the Conversation.-Young
Mr.. Bashby and Miss Spritely were at
dinner together. Two courses had been
finished, and still the bashful youth had
not said word. Suddenly the young
lady spoke. "1'll tell you what let's do"
she said; 'let's talk.'-Judgc.
"rm very careful not to let my little
Ann Augusta know anything about the
present conflict" "Are you afraid of its
effect upon her nerves?" mo, but the
time may come when she will find it to
her advantage not to remember the
war."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Getting 1t Straight.-"John, where
are the Philippine islands, anyhow?''
asked the Fourth avenue mans wife,
who fondly believes that he knows
everything. "About so miles southeast
Of Cuba.' "That's where I thought
they were, but wanted to be certain"
Detroit Free Press.
In His Own Hands.-"I suppose you
swore eternal constancy to Fred?"
mo, I told him the length of our en-
gagement depended largely on him
self" "In what way?" II told him II
he hustled around and fought vigorous.
ly and shortened the war, would wait
for MIN. But l couldn't stand long
struggle" Plain Dealer.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
ONLY WOLF LEFT IN IRELAND.
Inst of a pack of DinRos Imported to
Ireland Shot by a Member
Of Parliament.

The dingo is the wild dog of Aus
tralia. 1t is not only wolfish in ap-
pearance, but also in appetite, and it
has strong prediction for lamb and
mutton. Some forty years ago, says
the Westminster Budget. learned pro-
lessor, who was the curator of the
geological gardens in Phoenix park,
Dublin, imported number of these
interesting animals from Australia, ap-
parently with the idea that as they
were ''good for sheep" they would be
useful to the west of Ireland farmers
as sheep dogs. From the natural his
tory point of view, the result of the ex-
pertinent was satisfactory-to the dogs.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS



Reports coming in from the recent
hail. rain and wind storm show that
tts extent was much greater and the
damage more serious than was at first
reported. The storm had Its origin in
the stock country probably In west
ern Benson county. 1t crossed the
Great Northern railway near Churchs
Ferry and moved q swath almost
straight east for at least two hundred
miles and from one mile to eight or
ten in width. Passing few miles
north Of Devils Lake. Park River and
Grafton were directly in its path and
finally 1t passed through Stephen.
Minnesota, and thence eastward until
it was Lost in the Red Lake country.'
Through the entire distance the de-
structiveness Of the storm was i'm
mense, and crops are ruined. 1t ia
possible that with favorable condition
considerable proportion of the ruined
grain may recover and . partial crop
be harvested, but the area devastated
will probably exceed one hundred
thousand acres and the loss at least a
million dollars. In many places small
buildings were wrecked and many
head of stock were killed.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
SMALL PATRIOTS.
The Feeling Against Spain IL Kin.
died In Even the Smallest
Of Americans.

He was very little boy, only four
years old and even the present enrhusi-
astic state of patriotism in which the
country is existing had not penetrated
his small mind, says the New York
Times. He did not know what it was to
be patriot, but he does now. On the
day that he learned he was playing out
doors with some other small boys whose
educations in certain respects were more
advanced than mis-. So, moved by the
spirit of the times, the other small boys
asked this very small boy whether he
was Spaniard or an American. That
was momentous question, but how
should small boy who had never heard
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

For the Week Eading July 2.
The president has signed the bank
ruptcy bill.
The Western Baseball association
has disbandcd.
Nine persons were drowned by the
capsizing Of ski6 near White Castle,
La.
Haines Brothers, manufacturers Of
pianos in New York, made an assign
ment.
Business throughout the country
shows healthy condition in almost
oil lines.
The Maine prohibitionists have NOM
mated Rev. A. S. Ladd, of Augusta, for
governor.
A horsethief was shot to death by
o posse of citizens eight miles south Of
Marion, III.
Henry Whitefield, alias Perkins, and
K. b. Brooks (colored) were hanged
at Muskogee, I. T., for murder.
Thomas j. Kirby's bank. private
institution at Abilene, Kan, closed its
doors with liabilities of $2s3,O0O.
The republicans of Maine renomi-
mated Gov. Llewellyn Powers at the
state convention held in Augusta.
The headquarters of the National
Volunteer Reserves at New York were
closed, owing to depleted treasury.
The democrats of Maine held their
convention in Bangor and nominated
Samuel L. Lord, of Saco. for governor.
In session at Altoona, Pa. the demo-
Gratis nominated George A. jerks for
governor and refused to indorse free
silver.
At Yale university in New Haven,
Conn.,, the degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon President William Nc
Kinley.
The degree of master of arts has
been conferred upon William r. Day,
secretary of state. by the University
of Michigan.
The fifty-fourth annual commence
ment of the University of Michigan
was held in Ann Arbor and GA degrees
were conferred.
The treasury department announces
oAAese SAAS CoI1A PAOPOSdAs AOI tuc new
government loan of 5000, ,00o, 900 aggre-
gate $7oo,Ooo,ooo.
The internal revenue receipts dur
ing the last fiscal year amounted to
$17o,ooo,00O. gain of $e3, 100000 over
the preceding year.
Norwich (Vt) university has con-
ferred the degree of master of military
science upon Rear Admiral George
Dewey, graduate of the university.
George Bruce Cortelyou, of New
York, has been appointed assistant
secretary of President Mckinley, to
fill the additional position of that
grade recently created by congress-.
Republican congressional nomina-
tions: Iowa, Sixth district, John f.
Lacey (renominateD; Tenth. j. p. Dol
liver (renominated). Illinois, Nine
teen district, Rev. w. w. Jacobs.
Ohio, Fourteenth district. w. S. Kerr.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
News in Brief

Lightning struck . church twelve
miles west of Minnewaukan. were
service was being held. John Ploium
and Hans Anderson were killed. and Q
dozen more injured. Both the men
killed leave families.
Mrs. Carl Olson of Erie, Cass county,
was killed by lightning.
Ex Governor Shortridge has been ap.
pointed clerk in the Devils Lake land
Office.
The plans and specifications for the
new school building at Fort Berthold,
have been approved by the secretary
of the interior and proposals will be
advertised for at once. The building
will cost SEC, 1000.
Walhalla is about to incorporate as
village. having been enabled to do SO
by recent act of the county commits
sioners Of Pembina county.
The supreme court has decided that
roundhouses, and other railroad prop.
erty on the right-of-way are included
in the assessment of the state of the
board Of equalization. and that they
cannot therefore be assessed by the
local authorities. The case originated
in Cass county.
During recent storm number of
children returning home from school
at Absaralsa took refuge in barn.
The barn was struck by lightning,
and six children were stunned, but
none were fatally inju red.
Fargo boasts of having the champion
baseball team of North and South Da-
kota.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
THE PRESIDENTS ORDERS.
The Careful Manner In Which They
Are Communicated During
War Times.

How does the president, as command.
er-in-chief of the United States army
and navy, maintain communication
with all the force?
1t is an elaborate and complicated
system, which has been worked out
and perfected by experts.
Its principal branch is telegraphy
and on this all it's other features de-
pend.
On the second floor of the war de-
partment at Washington is the central
station for the dispatch and receipt Of
official war messages.
From that station run wires which
form connection with every military
post and signal station on the Atlantic
aud Gulf coasts, and to the headquar-
ters of army and naval commanders.
By system of loops the instruments
in the war department can be placed
in communication with any part of the
world that is reached by cable or tele.
graph line.
Nearly all messages are sent in ci-
branch of the service are among the
most important and most confidential
employees of the government at this
time.
They are the men whom Spanish spies
might seek to tamper with.
If the president wishes to send an
order to the army, he makes it known
to the secretary of war; if to the navy,
then to the secretary of the navy.
Tho orIo ;eH So, 1o:.
English, and is then handed to the ci.
pher clerks, who prepare it for the
wires.
The operator who sends it does not
know its meaning.
No one can read one of these messages
without the aid of the cipher code.
One of these books, stoutly bound in
leather, is kept aboard each ship, and
at each army headquarters, always in
the custody of responsible persons. ]
When ship goes into action this case
is put in handy place by the command.
err, SO that it can be thrown into the
sea in case the ship is captured or dis
abled.
That it may not always be necessary
that these vessels should go to regu-
lar port to deliver or receive messages,
the coast signal stations, light.
houses, lightships and naval mill.
tary headquarters have direct tel.
egraph lines to Washington, and
a system of flag, semaphore and rocket
signals for hailing patrol or dispatch
boats that may pass in sight of land by
day or night.
This great system Of communication
is enormously expensive, but it has been
proved to meet every requirement of
the service, and is capable of extension
to the active field Of operations in Cuba
should occasion require.-N. Y. Yorld.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Fire at Waterford. Wis.

Milwaukee, Wis.,, July "A special
to the Sentinel from Waterford, Wis,
says: The business part of this city
was almost wiped out by fire Friday
night. The blaze started in Noll's
general store, in the heart of the city.
some oil becoming ignited. The
Burlington fire edepartmentsent assist
ance, and at midnight the flames were
under control. The loss will reach
about $4,000, less than half insured.
The opera house and Noll's big general
store were among the buildings de-
stroyed. No one was injured.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
The Tendency of Morality.

The tendency of morality is to hui
mamie the struggle for existence, to
minimize the suffering of these who
lose the game, and to offer the prizes
to the qualities which are advantageous
to all rather than to those which in
crease and intensity the bitterness of
the conflict. This implies the growth
of foresight, which enables men to
adapt themselves to the future, and to
learn from the past. 1t implies still
more the development of the sympathy
which makes every man feel for tho
hurts of all, and extends his interesta
beyond his own private needs.-Leisurs
Hours.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08

either word before to his knowledge
know that? And unfortunately the
word Spaniard was either easier for
him to pronounce or il appealed more
to his imagination, so that he prompt
ly returned that he was Spaniar.!.
That was enough; he was traitor to
his country and the other small boys
promptly took vengeance and turned in
and pummeled him.
But why didn't you say you were an
Americana" queried mamma when he
came to her in tears little later. But
that was, oh. great many days ago,
and now there is no more stanch little
American on the block than the small
four-year-old who was taught so forci
bly, what it meant to be Spaniard.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08

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Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Rejected suitor'. Revenge.

New York, j July2.-vincenza Rosano,
an Italian woman about "a years old.
a bride of week. was shot Friday at
Newark, N. j., by Giovanni Marighetti,
rejected suitor. and died in St.
Michael's hospital Marighetti. after
the shooting. leaped from window on
the fourth floor. and was so seriously
injured that he. too. died Friday
night,
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
chinch Bus.sat Work.

Charleston. ILL.,, July Alarming
reports arc coming in daily from the
farmers of Coles county regarding tho
ravages of the chinch bugs. In addi-
ton to running many wheat fields, they
have attacked the young broom corn
crop. Many hundred acres have been
planted second time, only to be de-
stroyed by these pests.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
For Governor of Minne.otn.

St. Paul. Minn.. July William
Henry Eustis was nominated for gov
ernor of Minnesota by the republican
state convention Thursday. This re-
suit was obtained on the third Eallot.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08

OF course, they were got rid of as speed
lily as possible, but several appear to
have packed and committed good
deal of havoc among the sheep in some
districts. The specimen which Mr..
John Roche, the Irish member of par
lament, shot recently must be one of
the descendants of these wild dogs.
The strange thing is that the animal
should have remained undiscovered so
long. Mr.. Roche thought at first that
he had secured wolf. but there can
be no doubt that that creature has dis
appeared entirely from Ireland. The
wolf of hunger is the only wild beast
left in the west of Ireland.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
VIII senda Man.

F. w. Robinson of West Virginia,
who was offered the receivership of
the First National bank of Minot, has
declined the position because of the
short time he will be employed. Con-
troller of the Currency DAVIS has re-
ceived number of applications for
the place. After q CAREFUL review of
the situation with reference to the
trust in connection with the report of
the special examiner, he is convinced
that the trust should be closed in from
sixty to ninety days. He has therefore
determined to send q man from his
office. with instructions to close the
business ana make a final dividend.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Government Receipt.,

Washington, July 1.-The govern
ment receipts during the month Of
June aggregated about s33,50o,ooO. and
for the present fiscal year about $3o4.-
100000.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Deylllsll.

A half witted 13.year-old girl named
Rector attacked the infant child of q
family named Goldberg. residing on
the outskirts of Devils Lake with q
whip stock. with such force that the
helpless little fellow was rendered un.
conscious for several hours. At first
it was thought that the baby would
not recover, but after several hours
attention DR.. Schultz announced that
it was not permanently hurt.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
The Advance in Wool.

Wool prices started off at Dickinson
at Is cents per pound, or 6 cents higher
than was paid for the first '97 clips
purchased. Owners of the larger clips
are not selling at Is cents even, and
say that they will get at least 16 cents.
The quality is better this year than
last year.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Leading Baseball Organixa.
tiOns Up to To-day.

The following table shows the mum.
Der of games won and lost and the
percentage of the clubs of the lead
ing baseball organizations. National
leagues:
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Hoppers.

Commissioner of Agricultural Thom-
as has returned to Bismarck for q trip
across the counties where the grass
hoppers are said to be the thiclscst and
aud reports that ample facilities are at
hand in each locality to kill the pests.
Hrofessor Waldron of the State Agri.
cultural college. Is also in the field
and rendering all assistance possible.
It seems that the hoppers in North
Dakota are we'll in hand.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Fought a Superior Force.


IT cannot state positively as to the size
OF the Spanish force which we engaged, or
the extent of their casualties, further than
that the force was much greater than ours.
and that Information l have would indi-
cate that their killed and wounded exceed
ed those which our troops sustained, but
our estimate on this can only be verified
when we have access to the reports Of the
Spanish commanders. The engagement in
spired our troops and must have had a
bad effect upon the spirits Of the Span
iards. 1t also gave our army the beautiful
and well-watered country in which we have
established our encampments 1t has also
given US full view Of Santiago and the
surrounding country. and has enabled US
to reconnoiter close TO the fortitications OF
that place. Very respectfully.
JOSEPH WHEELER.
major General. U. s. w.. Commanding"
The Casualties.
''The casualties in the engagement were:
First United States volunteer cavalry.
strength. 500: killed. 8; wounded. "a.
First United States regular cavalry.
strength. 244; killed. Z: wounded. s.
Tenth United States regular cavalry.
stregth, 220 killed. l.. wounded, 10.
Total strength. 964: killed. 16: wound
ed. 50.
Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH WHEELER.
Major General United States Volun-
teers. commanding"
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
r. A. Ms.

The annual session of the Gaand
chapter of the Royal Arch Masons in
session ut Fargo elected the following
officers:
Grand High Priest-Geo. II. Phelps.
Deputy Grand High Priest-Geo. L
McGregor, Ft. Totten.
Grand King-DeWitt c. Moore, Graf.
ton.
Grand Scribe-Frcd G. Aplin, Lisbon.
Grand Treasurer-V Landquist, Cas-
selton.
Grand Captain of the Host-William
H. Topping, Grand Forks.
Grand Principal Sojourner-Robcrt
ID. Hoskins, Bismarck.
Grand Royal Arch Captain-Geo. H.
Keyes, Glendale.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
4 Wonder.:. Bridge,

The most wonderful bridge in the
world is one Of solid agate in Arizona.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
No Pigeon Pie in Russia.

NO FIIe0n FIe IN Hussfd'
Pious Russians do not eat pigeons be-
cause of the sanctity conferred on the
dove in the Scriptures.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
Lower Erelrl,t Rate.

The farmers of North Dakota who
use the Great Northern Railroad in
getting their grain to the market Of
the East, are jubilant over the state
ment containined in letter received
by Hon. H. NJ. Creel, from St Paul,
announcing sweeping reduction in
rates, to take immediate effect The
communication states that the reduc-
ton was entirely voluntary on the
part Of the corporation. Heretofore
the rates from points between Devils
Lake and Minot to Duluth has been
% cents per 100 pounds. The new rate
from points east Of there between
Crary to Lakota to Minneapolis the
tariff will be 16 cents instead Of 22
cents, the former rate.
The state herald., 1898-04-08

between the United States and Spain Is
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American Red Cross, who is now car
ing for the starving Cubans.
Should war break out with Spain,
woman's most valuable military serv-
ice will be done at home. AS soon as
the first gun Of the civil war was fired.
woman's work for both the Union and
Confederate causes began in earnest
Within month after President Lin
coin called for the first army of $4,000
volunteers, an association of New York
women had chosen from hundreds of
candidates 100 competent nurses to be
trained by the physicians and surgeons
Of the city. At the same time women
throughout the country organized SOL
diers' aid societies, sewing circles. fairs
and entertainments of various sorts for
the purpose of furnishing the brave
boys both necessities and delicaces.
Trains running into Washington were
weighed down with a tremendous ac-
emulation of freight for this purpose.
Its distribution was finally turned over
to the sanitary commission, which CO.
operated during the war with women's
clubs and societies throughout the en-
tire North. After each battle agents
distributed the supplies as received.
Statistics show that during the late
war the women's organizations raised
altogether s50OO0,0O0 among their So
ciet!es in the Northern states. tho
amount recently appropriated by con-
gress to put the nation upon an effect