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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
The mysterious Assassin.

One night, shortly after the cele-
brated battle of FOntenoy, its hero,
Marshal De SAKE, arrived at ii little
village in which was an inn with a
peculiar reputation. 1t was said that
in this inn there were ghosts who
stabbed or strangled all who attempted
TO BASS the night in a certain room.
The conqueror of Fontenoy was far
from being susceptible to superstitious
terrors. and was ready to face an army
of ghosts. He diSmounted, ate his sup
per, and went up to the fatal room, tax
ing with him his arms and his body ser
want.
His arrangements completed, the
Marshal went to bed, and was soon in
a profound slumber, with his sentinel
ensconced in an arm chair by the fire.
About l o'clock in the morning the
watcher by the fire, wanting to get
some sleep himself, approached his
master to awaken him, but to his call
he received no response. Thinking the
Marshal soundly asleep he called again
Startled at the continued silence, the
man shook him; the Marshal did not
stir.
As he lifted his hands from the form
In the bed, the frightened servant saw
that they were red. The Marshal was
lying in pool of blood. Drawing down
the cover the soldier saw strange
thing. An enormous insect was fas.
tened to the side of De Sake, and was
sucking at wound from which the
blood flowed freely.
The man sprang to the fireplace
grasped the tongs, and ran back to the
bed. Selling the monster. he cast il
into the flames, where 1t was instantly
consumed.
Help was called, and the Marshal
was soon out of danger; but the great
General, who had escaped fire and steel
for years, had barely escaped dying OF
the bite of an insect. He had found
the ghost.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
An Accommodating Railroad.

1T used to be standing joke" says
the Lewiston (Me.D Journal, that any
obliging conductor on the Bangor and
PiscataQus road would stop a train
while a passenger got ont and dug a
mess OF green's, and the writer once
enjoyed tarry in Piscataquis woods
when the only apparent cause of the
stop was to let some summer tourists
gather some choice wild flowers that
grew beside the track. 1t seems that
the good old customs are still kept up
there, as the Bangor paper reports that
train was stopped about half way
across Bunker Brook trestle the other
day to allow a photographer to get a
picture OF 1t, and also to take views OF
the beautiful scenery around there"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
GREAT STRIKE rs ON.
Affects About $4,000 Persons Ira
About $50 Mills.

Boston, Jan. l9.--The fight between en-
ployers and employees in the New En-
gland cotton mills is on, and what it will
lead up to can not be foretold, The great
corporations in New Bedford are silent
and thousands of operatives are idle, while
here and there discomfort has cropped out,
the most serious being at Biddeford, Me,
where 5000 persons refused to work, thus
closing two mills, and at Lewiston. where
one mill was crippled by 400 weavers stay
ing out. The general wage reduction is
estimated to affect $4,000 persons in
about $50 mills
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

he went to work on the model. 1t took
him the whole summer, and while the
work was In progress hundreds of visi-
tors were attracted where the tiny car
was being constructed. A rule OF the
patent office still in force prohibits the
offering of model more than twelve
inches in length, but in this instance
special permission was obtained from
the commissioner to make model
twenty inches long, yet, with this addi-
tional advantage, the car was very
diminutive and required the most del
icate and intricate work. After three
months of patient labor Massey sent
his model to Washington. He says it
was as pretty piece of work as any
ever submitted to the commissioner of
patents. The car was perfect in every
respect. The seats, four to each table.
were upholstered. the doors were hung
with silyer-plated hinges, the kitchen,
with its range, shelves, sink, cellar.
etc, was true to life. job w. Massey
won the prize and George NJ. Pullman
reaped the fruits thereof
After the fire in 1871 Mr.. Massey left
Chicago, went to Coles County and
engaged in farming. He is a man of
fine intellect and polished manners.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
Death of c. C.. Anger. Retired.

Washington, Jan. l7.-General Christie
pher Colon Anger, L. S. A., retired, died
of old age at his home in West Washing
ton last night. General Anger was one
of the three surviving members of the
class of '43 at West Point. the class with
which General Grant graduated. General
Anger was with Grant in Mexico and
served with distinction through the civn
war
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

man himself. His first work with the
Pullman people was the devising of a
coil spring to lift and hold in place the
berths in a sleeper. This was about
the time that the construction of the
dining car was worrying the railroad
people.
One day Massey and Longstreet went
TO the yards, and Massey sketched a
ear in the outlines. or skeleton. Then
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
Mustaches Sacrificed for safety.

Men exposed to the rigors of the
Alaska winter never wear mustaches.
They wear full boards to protect the
throat and face, but keep the upper lip
clean shaven. The moisture from the
breath congeals so quickly that mus
tache becomes imbedded in solid cake
of ice and the face is frozen before a
man knows it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

light to be reached by the hunters gun,
fired from a convenient ambush.
Hounds drove and harried the deer
so much that it was found necessary to
prohibit the chasing of deer with dogs.
Under the protection of stringent laws
with deer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
CLAIMS TO BE I4o fEA1s OLD.
Georgia Negro Who Says He Remem"
bers the Revolution


Samuel Andrew Gibbons is an old
negro, who, il his claims are true
is the oldest living native of Chatham
County. Gibbons says that he is 14O
years old and that he was II years
old when the revolutionary war be-
gan.
A reporter met Gibbons on Bay
street yesterday and had quite little
chat with him. He does not begin to
look as old as he claims to be, but
he gives circumstantial details which
go to prove him very old man. A
peculiar feature Of his story is that
he says that up to a month ago, when
he returned here, he had not been In
Savannah for seventy years. The old
man is not in his dotage by any means,
and uses pretty good English.
81 was born on a Fairlawn planta-
ton. over that way west of the city,
he said, land | belonged to William
Gibbons. The GlbbOnseS owned a
whole lot of property here then.
s'pose they own some of it yet. | used
to run a barbershO right over on that
corner pointing to the corner of Bay
and Montgomery streets.
Il don't know the names of the
streets now, 'cept one or two. They
didn't have all these streets when L
left here. That street they called
South Broad used to be the common
where the soldiers mustered. They
had market here then, but it was Il
wooden building. / don't know wheth-
err it was the same square the market
is now on or not
Yes, sir, | was here when the first
revolution in the United States of
America took place. l was II years old
then"
You saw General Washington, of
course?"
Eyes. sir; l saw him. All the peo-
pie turn out to see him, and they fired
guns
Did you see LafayetteT
Eyes. sir. He was the man they put
down carpets in the streets for him
to walk ON. They had IA big gather
in in Monument Square and "a whole
lot of soldiers. They don't treat Presi-
dents now like they used to-"
The old man was evidently under
the impression that Lafayette was
President.
Il was sold away from here seventy
years ago" he said, and brought $500.
INrit al oln IN LN1nl'i1o
and Alabama ever since. | remember
the falling stars. That was seventy
years ago
The old man was positive in all his
statements, and could not admit that
he might be mistaken in any of his
facts.
Il left daughter in Florida when |
went to Alabama" he said. she was
just big enough TO tie in napkin. l
went back there the other day ana
found her, and her hair was whittier
than mine
This statement, if true, would appear
TO be pretty good evidence of very olo
age If the old man was, as he says
II years old when the revolution De
gan, he would be 139 years Old today
so that his statement that he Is l4O
would not he much out of the way.
His statement that the falling stars
occurred seventy years ago Is not Tar
wrong. The great meteoric shower
occurred in 1888; that Is. sixty-tour
years ago. He gives circumstantlai
account of this event, which Is not re-
markable, however, as, according to
his own account, he must have been
an old man then.-Savannah News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
Fire at Portland. Maine.

Portland, Me, Jan. 1.-THE casino at
Willard Beach, South Portland, the prop
erty of the Portland & Cape Elizabeth
Street Railway Company, was destroyed
by fire Saturday night. A pavilion and
restaurant, the property of C. j. Willard,
were also burned. The casino cost $751;.
600. Other losses on property were $500
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
DEER IN ABUNDANCE.
THE WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN
WOODS FULL OF THEM.

Exceptional Number of Animals OBJ
served in Hunting Grounds -Methods
of the Skilled woodman in Approach
ing His Antlered Game.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

A woman is very apt to regard her
friends as so many debts to be cheer
tally and promptly met
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

A woman will cheerfully get up at 8
o'clock in the morning for an oppOr-
tunity to say good-by.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

What has become of the old fashion
ed man who sometimes wore two pairs
of spectacles on his nose?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

Confectioners should make their
candy over bon bon Ares.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

Great Britain is willing to assist China
TO liquidate the japanese indemnity.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22

What the average Kentuckian needs
is a waterproof coat for his stomach.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
Announcement.

Having purchased the complete
millinery stock and fixtures of Mrs.
j. S. CAN'T | desire to announce
that the business will be continued
at the old stand, with a stock that
new, fresh and strictly up to date,
Millinery goods of every description
will be offered at living prices and
my stock kept complete in every
particular. Everything seasonable
and the latest styles. Call, look my
stock through and get my prices on
millinery. Mrs. Gantz's old stand
on Main street, Rapid City.
LOTTIE e. INGERsOL.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
THE PRELIMINARY HEARING.
Why Bonds Were Issued.

The United States government is be-
ing used as a fiscal agency to supply a
safe investment for the millions of dol
lars extorted and to be extorted from
toll by usury and unbridled greed. The
possessors of this wealth have SO over
reached themselves in their grasping for
gain that ordinary investments are no
longer safe, and it is now determined
that the United States turn rent COL
lector, interest Garner, dividend maker
and under the forms of government and
by mean of the taxing power furnish
it's wealthier citizens an income from
the sweat and toll of her poorer but pro-
ductive classes .-Nonconformist
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22

Quoting a farmers institute and ir-
rigation convention. The session
will open at 2 p. m. in the court
house yard and all farmers and
ranchers are urged to attend. Lee
lures of peculiar interest to Black
Hills ranchmen will be delivered by
these representatives of the state
agricultural college. Let every
ranchman reader Of The UNION at
tend these meetings.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
Robbed the Grave,
LOTTIE e. I]NGERsOL

A startling incident OF which Mr.. John
Oliver OF Philadelphia, was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: II was in
a most dreadful condition. My SKIN
was almost yellow, ewes sunken, tongue
coated pain continually IN back and
sides, no neutrality-suspicious. growing
weaker day by day, Three physicians
had given me up. Fortunately, a friend
advised trying Electric Bitters, and to
great JOY and surprise, the first bot
bic made IL decided Improvement. |
continued their use for three weeks, and
am now a well "a ] know they saved
life, and robbed the grave oianother
victim" No one should fail to try
them. Only so cents at w. L. Gardeners
Drug Store.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
Here's Enterprise for You!

Beginning Monday, July 20 and
continuing to Saturday night, July
Both the Tom Sweeney Hardware
Co., will serve to all, free of cost.
a hot lunch consisting Of hot biscuits,
coffee, sandwiches etc. This is done
to show the advantages Of the Ma
jestic Steel Range handled by them
and everybody is urged to come and
see the finest range yet produced
in actual use. You will be shown
how to bake biscuits brown top and
bottom, in just three minutes, with
one half the fuel your are now using.
An expert cook will be in charge
and serve your hot coffee and bis
cults fresh from the Majestic the
qeen of all steel ranges. You are
urged to turn out during the week
and see what this wonderful range
will do. Remember, the lunch
costs you nothing.
Tom Sweeney Hardware Co.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
WAS FouLLY MURDERED
Fred Frederickson Slain Near
Runaway Springs.

Runaway Springs.
Early Thursday morning the re-
port became current on the streets
that a murder most foul had been
committed on White river at Run
away Springs. Frederick Fred
erickson was the victim and as far
as can be learned the particulars
are about as follows:
On Monday afternoon, July 18th,
J. f. Backus, at whose store the
tragedy occurred, left his lplace at
Runaway Springs expecting to be
absent three or four hours, leaving
the store in charge Of Frederickson,
who had been helping around the
place ever since last April. Five
other people were at the place, one
Of whom rode away with Backus,
while the other four were preparing
to leave for Pine Ridge agency as he
left. The party who rode away
with Backus parted company with
him after riding abont a mile away
from the house. Completing his
task, Mr.. Backus returned to hi
headquarters and was mortified to
find Frederickson lying dead on the
floor, having been shot from behind,
the charge tearing away the greater
portion Of the top of the old mans
head. Frederickson was a bachelor
aud was known to carry money on
his person. At the time OF his MUIR
der he had $500 concealed in a belt
which was taken by the murderers.
When found he still had $500 in his
pockets, which in their haste to es-
cape, had been overlooked by those
who had taken his life.
Bachus, suspicious at once center
ed on the Pine Ridge parties, the last
persons seen about the place-and
the next morning (Tuesddy) they
were overtaken and brought back,
Offering no resistance. Backus and
the young man who rode away with
him came to Rapid City Wednesday
and the young man gave himselfup
Two more of the Pine Ridge party
were brought up Thursday and
placed in jail for safe keeping. The
names of the suspects IRE: Ray,
Hewitt, Dan Hanitf, and an individ-
ual named Brown and one party
whose name we failed to learn.
The murdered man was IS years
old, was in i'll helth and was quite
childish. He had served in the
civil war, lived many years with the
Sioux Indians in this state and was
a expert trapper. Whether the sus-
poets held are the right parties or
not is of course hard to determine at
this time.
II PRELIMINARY HEARING.
The suspects were given a prelim-
mary hearing before Judge Worth
at the court house today (Friday)
and the hearing is in progress as we
go to press 1870 p. N.Y.. The evil
dence produced threw some light on
the murder, but vas hardly suffi-
Gent to warrant holding the prison
ers. Everything seems to show
that the guilty parties are not in
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
Russia's Railway Policy.

Russia's policy of binding the remote
parts of the empire together with state
railways is about to be shown in other
directions than in the construction of
the great Transsiberian railway. A
very important line will be begun at an
early date to connect Ufa, in the south
ern Ural district, with Tashkent, in
Turkestan. This line will give the
shortest route from Russia into central
Asia, from which Russia draws it's
great supplies Of native grown cotton.
A second important line is projected
from Nizhnee-N ovgorod into the Ural
district, where q number of feeders to
the new line will be built.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
BRIEF MENTION.


Mrs. Art. w. Grid spent Wedres-
day in Piedmont.
J. NJ. Woods came in Tuesday
from an eastern trip.
Prof. Geo. H. Coulton Of Hiram,
Ohio, has spent the week with S. b.
Young and family.
The chime whistle at the chlorina-
ton plant was blown for the first
time Wednesday %
A pleasing missionary program
was rendered at the Congregational
church Sunday evening.
William Hartley left Tuesday for
Pierre where he will assume the
management Of Il store.
Grashull home talent gave a very
satisfactory dramatic entertainment
at Piedmont Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Helen Garlick left Wcdnes-
day evening for a three months Wis
it with her mother at Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
Old papers. suitable for putting
under carpets, for sale at The UNION
Office at 10 cents per hundred. Come
and get them.
South Dakota's troops left San
Francisco for the Philippine islands
on the Rio Janeiro this, Friday,
morning.
Mrs. NJ. Fl. Day and daughter
Bessie left Tuesday for Oakland,
California, where they will spend
the summer.
TIE UNION is a day late this week
in order to obtain the result Of the
preliminary hearing in the Freder-
icksOn murder case.
Charles N. Herried Of the state
board Of regents spent the fore part
of the week in the city looking
through the school of mines.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Presbyterian church will give a
lawn fete at the home of "A. II.
Spayde this, Friday, evening.
The annual picnic of the Baptist
Sunday school vas held in the can
yons west of the city Wednesday.
1t is reported as being a verv enjoy
able outing.
William Clemens and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. G. Gambrill are
Enjoying camp life at Canyon lake,
having left town for an outing early
Thursday morning.
The Spearfish Mail is out for ex-
Judge William Gardner for congress
since Kirk Phillips knocked the bot
tom out of the VanCise congression-
al bubble at Deadwood.
DR.. G.. P. Waldron, Rapid City;
special attention given to cases of
surgery; calls for medical attend
ance promptly answered day or
night for city or country. Office on
st. Joe street.
Mrs. Coulter was happily sur
prised Wednesday evening by the
arrival of her sister, Mrs. T. T.
Tucker Of Washington, D. c., whom
she had not seen for seven years.
Mrs. Tucker left for her home on
Thursday evening.
The UNION is pleased to announce
that Dr.. P. &. Waldron, who has
been among us during the past four
months, has decided to make his
home permanently in Rapid City.
He is an excellent surgeon, a most
able physician and a good citizen.
Mrs. ]. S. Gantz was the victim
OF a most pleasing and enjoyable
surprise at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. LaBee Thursday after
noon. Some forty or fifty members
OF the First Church of Christ, Scien-
list, made up the party and the sur
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22

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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22

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teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
COUNTY OF PENNINGTON
I, Geo. F.. Schneider, cashier OF the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true and correct.
GEO. +. SCHNEIDER, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th
day OF July 1898. GEO. G. HUNT,
[sEAL] Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-01-27
James A. Bunker.

James A. Bunker died In Hudson,
Wis, Jan. 7, Of Bright's disease.
The deceased was born In North Arson
In 1927 and was therefore about 10 years
old. He was married In 1858 to Miss
Irene Churchill and three years later
moved to- Hudson where he has since
lived. Mr.. Bunker was photographer
by trade and continued in that business
until 1881 which on account of failing
eyesight he was obliged to relinquish.
Since then he has been in the insurance
business. We quote the following from
the Hudson Star and Times: "Mr.
Bunker was useful and capable man
In whatever capacity he was put and
was called upon to serve In some public
capacity or other during nearly his
whole life. He had been treaurer, su-
pervisor, school commissioner, assessor,
trustee of the county poor, police judge
and for more than 81 years clerk of the
city. All these pieces of trust he filed
with fidelity and capacity. A widow
and three sons survive him, also four
sisters, brother and the venerable
mother at the advanced age of 88 years. "
The deceased was brother of Mrs.
T. M. Steward of this town.-Union Ad-
vocate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-01-27
typographical Bulls.

A head writer ON the st. Paul Pio-
neer Press wrote the top line of "slug
head" this way, Minnesota a Sheep
State" The wooden headed murderer
of common sense set it up Minnesota
a Cheap Skate. This puts us in mind
of two bulls" made by Gig Martin ON
the old Omaha Herald in 1886, One
night Gig got hold of chunk of Frank
Morrissey's editorial headed "Multum
in Parvo," and he set it up Mutton
in Fargo" Once again Martin caught
one of Franks effusions captioned "a
Red Letter Day, and printed it "A Red
Setter Dog"
But about the worst break ever made
on the old Herald was made by Billy
Hardy. The style on. The Herald in
those days was to hyphenate and abbre-
viate to beat the band. For instance,
Farnam street was styled "Farnam st. F."
and Capitol avenue as "Capitol-av. y,
Hardy lifted a take of commercial re-
view off the hook one night. and it
quoted Bradstreet as saying this and
that. Bill, ever mindful Of the style
and ignoring common sense, arranged
the type to read "Brad-st. predicts, :"
etc. OF course it was marked on
him, but Bill wouldn't have it. He
went down into the proofroom and kick
ed for ring" demanding an apology
and wanting to know "if they were 60
ing to change the id style every
day. "-Dyersville Ga. Newsletter.