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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
Burns Won the Dinner.

There is a story told of Robert Burns
in his youth. Burns was living in the
town of Ayr and, though still young,
had attained more than local reputa.
ton as poet. One day he was passing
through the main street of the town and
saw two strangers sitting at one of the
inn windows. With idle curiosity he
stopped to look at them. Seeing him
and thinking that the rustic might af.
ford them some amusement while wait.
ing, the strangers called him in and
asked him to dine with them Burns
readily accepted the invitation and
proved merry, entertaining guest.
When dinner was nearly finished, the
strangers suggested that each should
try his hand at versemaking and that
the one who failed to write a rhyme
should pay for the dinner. They felt Sc.
cure in the challenge believing that
their rustic guest would pay for the
meal. The rhymes were written, and
Burns read the following: II, Johnny
Peep, saw two sheep; two sheep saw
me. Half crown apiece will pay for
their fleece, and I, Johnny Peep, &c
free" The strangers astonishment was
great, and they both exclaimed: :" Who
are you? You must be Robbie Burns p
New Castle (England) Chronicle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
A Bismarek Reminiscenca.

Professor Aegidi, who was for many
years the chief Of the press bureau, un-
der Prince Bismarck, has published the
following reminiscence of Prince Bis.
marck and the czar, Alexander II: "Be-
fore the outbreak of the Franco German
war the czar was with King William
at Ems. They were together one even
ing, and Prince Bismarck was standing
at the other end of the room anxiously
watching the czar, whose more or less
friendly attitude toward Prussia s poll
cy was a matter of very great impor-
tance.
Suddenly the czar's big dog, which
had been lying silent under its master :
chair, rose, prowled about the room,
stopped before Prince Bismarck, looked
at him, wagged it's tail affectionately
and licked the hand he held out toward
it. The ozar, who had attentively
watched its movements, called out to
Prince Bismarck at this moment, You
see, the dog knows his master S
friends. "
Prince Bismarck, who told Aegidi
this story, added: 81 felt relieved. That
was historical moment for our poll
cy. BERLIN Cor. London Standard.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
Terms OF Subscription.

The Anaconda Standard, Butte
Miner and Butte Inter Mountain
each paesented their readers Sunday
with a multiple dose of reading mat
ter, which is highly appreciated by
the public, and is demomstrative of
the native enterprise of the three
family bibles of Montana. Any one
of these paporial overgrowths makes
a man bow legged to carry it, and
tired to read it. The Standard pre-
sents Sc pages anyone of which may
be taken as an example of truth
perched high on a throne of state,
and like Satan in "Paraise Lost
she appears majestic tho in ruin.
Now if we only had paper to
boom the east size awhile!
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
ARMY AND NAVY.

The new pension appropriation
bill carries s145, ,233,S30.
Gen. Brooke threatens to court
martial an inspector who condemns
Camp Alger.
1t is said $4,000 soldiers will be
required to maintain order in Cuba
The hospital facilities at Manila
are in horrible condition, and many
of our soldiers are dying daily.
The Manila volunteers will re-
turn to America in the order of their
leaving as fast as regulars can be
sent to replace them.
Gen. Miles thinks $4,000 soldiers
would be enough of a standing
army.
Many of the U. S. volunteers are
stuck on Manila and desire to re-
main in that country after discharge
Gen. Miles tells the congressional
committee that 365 coast batteries
will be req"ired.
The Isla de Cuba, 1890 tons dis
placement, sunk at Manila has been
raised and has sailed for Hong
Kong.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
MONEY MATTERS.

Chicago board of trade resolves
for gold.
A milk trnst bobs up in Chicago
with sl0,000,000 capital.
American Tin Plate trust organ
ICES with $50,00O,000 capital.
Continental tobacco company or
ganizes with 100000 capital.
Eckles says a leading country of
Europe has applied to borrow gold
of America. He doesn't say what
country.
Percy 5. Heath first asst post
master general and James Campbell,
ex-gov. of Ohio, will establish a
bank of S1,000,000 capital in Homo
lulu.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS,

Collision in the Fargo freight
yards kills two.
Freight collision at Dubois, Pa,
causes 4 deaths.
n. P. declares dividend of
percent on the common stock.
Nine Poles are crushed by a N.
Y. c. express while shoveling snow.
The Northwestern lines are dis.
charging all women in their employ
and giving the jobs to men.
The Great Northern tunnel, Stew
ems of the Cascades will be 1925
feet long. 1t is about one fourth
completed.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

There is no direct relation be-
tween the eclipse of the moon next
Tuesday and the editorial associa-
ton which meets on the same day.
When the moon rises full on that
night she will have great maly es-
teemed contemporaries in Butte. 1t
is also worthy of observation that a
general observation of the heavens
will be made that night through the
bottom of a glass, and we expect to
learn tnat the Dog star has had fit
and that the head of Medusa is max
ing faces at Castor and Pollux.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
CROOKS AND THEIR CRIMES.

Desperate Coins is lynched at
Middleboro, Ky.
Senior DeLome's downfall was en-
compassed by woman.
1t costs America half million to
transport Spanish army.
Dave Dancy hung at Columbus,
Tex, for numbering his wife.
Crib crackers enter the Seaboard
oil works at Chester, Pa, and secure
$40.
Rolly Harvey, wanted in Kansas
for forgery is pulled in Glasgow,
Mont
Dick Collier, Daneville, H., hung
for the murder of G.. F. Bryant at
Sidney.
John McCrellis shoots and kills
w. G. Gillian at Carthage, Mo-,
Jealousy.
Mrs. Lulu Johnson, Pond creek, !,
Okla, is jailed for poisoning her
sixth husband
j. w. Pearson, crazy printer
stones the residence of Pauncefote
in Washington.
Four burglars lift the Bennett
Foundry company at Youngstown,
| O., for three dollars.
A Watertown. girl punched both
eyes out of tramp with her parasol
because he tried to hug her.
Jake Glover, colored, after trial
and acquittal for murder at Monti-
cello, Ga, is hung by mob.
Edger Mann hung in Montreal for
killing his mother-in-law. Says he
only intended to kill his wife.
Nelson Rust of Bermidia, Mimi,
is held for manslaughter. He kill
ed VIM McMullen, mistaking him
| for a deer.
j. w. Cole who murdered the IA
yeaI old Ford girl at Bismarck took
rough on rats to cheat the gallows,
but is unsuccessful.
w. "A. Steele, cashier of the bust
ed Chestnut street National bank of
Philadelphia is convicted of misap-
preparation and false entries.
VIM. Hitchings, Free Soil, Mich,
kills Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt and their
hired man and then cuts his own
throat. No cause assigned.
A gang of counterfeiters in the
Mississippi valley has coined 200,-
600 standard silver dollars, date of
1890 The guilty have escaped
capture.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
LEWISTOWN LIFE.
From the Democrat:


The price of beer in Lewistown
has been reduced to cents.
The Rev. F. A. Riggin will be in
Lewistown and hold services Dec.
30, 81 and Jan. 1st.
A crew of men are at work on the
mountains near Stanford getting
out new poles for the Great Falls
aad Lewistown Telephone Co.
When a man goes to the treasur-
er's Office in this county to pay Lis
taxes he makes what some would
call Mexican standoff-that is he
escapes with his life.
Work on the Woodhurst mine,
near Stanford, is being rapidly
pushed; the ore that is being taken
out presents much better appear
ance as development progresses.
Deer are reported to be very
plentiful in the mountains near
Stanford; Notwithstanding the fact
that venison would meet with a
prompt sale very little of it fin Is its
way to town.
In the past six months four fright
full murders have been committed IN
Fergus county and appearances are
beginning to indicate that all of
them may go unpunished. To
whom must we attribute the respon-
sibility for this condition of affairs ?
On Friday last the Spotted Horse
mine was sold at sheriff's sale, Mrs.
Ballinger, of Gilt Edge, bidding in
the property for $3l, ,575.43. This
lady also purchased the personal
property, paying some 800 there
for. With this amount realized for
the property no doubt all encum-
brances, liens, cts, will be liquidat-
ed in full.
This idea of filing an itemized ac-
count of money spent by candi
date during campaign times looks
likes something of farce. One
gentlemanly candidate comes out
with statement that he dispensed
with something like 800, when the
impression seems to be general that
his bank account was decreased in
the neighborhood of few thousand.
a rumor is atioat to the effect that
the Burlington will build west to
the coast, starting the work from
some point near Sheridan, Wyom-
ing. If this proves true we hope it
will in no way interfere with the ex-
tension of the Burlington's Billings
line into and through the Judith Ba-
sin. The Burlington is especially
popular with the people of this sec
ton, and everyone would rejoice at
its building into our county.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
One Definition.

"What is your idea of political
economist
"Well, replied Senator Sorghum re-
hectively, there's lots of different
kinds. But my idea of the genuine ar
ticle is the man who manages to put by
enough while he has an office to pay
the expense Of getting it for another
term. Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
All the Symptoms.

They had watched the couple for
several minutes.
''He has just about reached the point
of proposing" said one of them at last.
'How do you know that?'' asked the
other.
Because he is so nervous and she is
SO self possessed. Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

An effort is being made to have a
normal school established at Marcus
Daly's stock ranch in the Bitter
Root valley. Mr.. DAILY says that if
the state will appropriate $4,000
for the purpose, that the Anaconda
company will give as much toward
the establishment of normal school.
The Neihart HERALD urges that the
school be built at Great Falls, if
built at all.-Great Falls Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
THE FIRE FIEND.
Milwaukee sees a 100000 fire.

Milwaukee sees $1OU,OOO fire.
Oil Ruikka's saloon and residence
in Sand Coulee destroyed by fire.
Residence of Carl Wold at Hal
stead, Mimi, burns with two chill
dren.
A Danbury, Conn, hat factory
burns for $l25,000, four fifths in
sured.
A falling wall of a burning build
ing in Chicago kills two fremen and
Injuries a dozen more.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
A Wonderful Map.

The ordnance survey map of England
which contains over l0S, 900 sheets, and
which has cost 81, 900, 900 year for
20 years to keep up to date, is said to
be the largest map in the world. The
scale varies from ten feet to one e-eighth
of an inch to the mile. The details are
10 minute that sheets having scale of
20 inches show every hedge, fence,
wall, building and even every isolated
tree in the country.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
Would Be q Dilemma.

"But what would you do if you had
no white flag of truce, general?
"Oh, we can always arrange to i'm
provise one.
"But, you know, all of the shirts of
the men might be black from dirt?''-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

There is movement on foot to
repeal the anti-gambling law It
will fail. Outside of Butte and 9TH
er large centers, the gambling law
is enforced and its benefits are so
marked that the people, under no
circumstances, desire to return to
the old "open door" policy that
made Montana's name STENCIL
Bozeman Chronicle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

"What does your father do, little
girl?" asked the new teacher.
"He is a confiagration ejector, said
the little girl from Boston.
"A whats"
"He puts fires out. "-Philadelphia
North American.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
Reduction in Dry Goods.

In order to make room for the i'm
mense stock of goods just received,
VIM. Mueller offers all kinds of dry
goods at greatly reduced prices. See
his stock and the remarkably low prices
he offers.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

The people of Great Falls and
Cascade county will note that as yet
the segregated southern strip has
not sent up single case of crime to
the district court. There is no
winter community of people on the
earth than is to be found in the south
shoestring of Cascade county.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
ContemptibIe Familiarity.

Toughy-Is dere any demand round
here fer men who are familiar wild
horses?
RESIDENT think there is, stranger
Sheriff Shutter is offerin a reward for
the man who was familiar with his
hoss. New York World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

The railroads were willing to give
transportation, but they wouldn't
give the trimmings; and transporta-
ton without trimmings is too dry
for enjoyment. This is why we do
not take in the editors annual meet
ing in Butte next week.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
A Pleasant Sensation.

Dasherly-I hear all the fellows are
borrowing from Callow.
De Broke-Yes; you see it's his first
bank account, and he hasn't been writ
ing checks long enough to lose that de7
licious thrill of self Importance. New
= r-------'
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

WANTED-sEvERAL TRUSTWORTHY
W persons in this state to manage our
business in their own and nearby
counties. 1t is mainly Office work con-
Quoted at home. Salary straight 5000 a
year and expenses-defilnite bonafide,
no more, no less salary. Monthly SIS.
References. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. Herbert E. Hess,
Prest., Dept. NJ. Chicago.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

An Oklahoma girl advertised for
a husband and got him. The adver-
tisement and wedding outfit cost $14
and within a year he died and left
her $4,000 life insurance. It pays
to advertise.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

When generals threaten to court
martial inspectors for telling the
truth, tho American army is becom-
ing as corrupt as the French.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

EA'OON. nice, MdSS., ul0S III DOS
ton.
Civil war has broken out in Bo.
livia.
A. F. of l.. holds annual session
in Kansas city.
Ex-Sen. Calvin S. Brice of Ohio
dies in New York of pneumonia.
Severe storms in Mississippi, Tex.
as, Nebraska, Michigan and Califor-
mia.
An election in New York city
costs $4,000 for judges and clerks
alone.
President Mckinley and part Of
his cabinet attend the Atlanta peace
jubilee.
A. E. Terry 81 millionaire OF
New York dies in Paris of liver
complaint.
Judge Pemberton yields the elect
ion to Brantley. and will not con.
test the case.
Ex- Gov. of Minnesota is talked
for the Interior department in case
Bliss resigns.
Canon city, Colo, sees a gold ex.
citementement and regular Daw
son stampede.
A gas tank with 8 million gallons
of water collapsed and drowned &
hundred people.
Great Falls is expecting to ge1
the Washoe smelter and branch o.
the O. r. & n. r.
Henry Chaplin the wealthy miner
of Niles, Mich, is dead. He wa.
worth $30,00O,000.
Turkey promises 10 pay Americs
an indemnity for losses of life anc
property in Armenia.
Sen. Davis of Mimi, favors a
triple lliance between England
United States and Japan.
The treasurer of Silver Bow coun
ty has been named receiver of the
Boston and Montana property.
Judge Carey, an ex-lU. S. senator
of Cheyenne, announces that he will
| not be candidate for reelection.
A detachment of Belgian soldiers
and few traders are KILLED ant
eaten by niggers of the upper Con
60.
Northern Montana cattle have
brought the highest price in the
Chicago market for the last foul
years.
President Mckinley assures the
pope that Catholics in all the cedet
territory will enjoy the same liberty
enjoyed by those in America.
According to the annual report o
Superintendent Carleton, there are
800 school districts in Montana with
an enrolment of 49,473 pupils, and
| 1886 teachers.
William Gallagher, who wa:
killed at Barker, was a member o
the a. O. U. w. and X. of P. Hi:
only relative, 16-year- old daught
er, died in Helena recently.
w. II. Smith, Great Falls, referee
for the fourth district of Montana
under the federal bankruptcy law
has resigned the place. Says bis
clients are too poor to pay him fol
his services.
The bill to incorporate the Inter
national American bank was over
whelmingly defeated in the house
and the bill to extend customs anc
revenue laws of U. S. over Hawaii i:
passed without opposition.
C. w. Miller, Chicago, wins the
great 6 day bike race in Madison
square by running 20O7.4 miles
beating the world record, his own
by "a miles. He was married or
the track as soon as the race wa:
|
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-16
nRTEr ITEMS.

Miss Hattie Patterson has returned
to Norfolk.
Mr.. Walter S. Langdon left for Roam
oke yesterday. ." a.I 3.
Little Clarence Temple has recovered
from a protracted Illness. A..
Mrs. Nj. Cottrell has returned from
q visit to James City county.
The letter carriers yesterday re-
ceived their summer uniforms.
Miss Florence Addison of Norfolk.
ia the guest of Miss Walsh. on Twenty
ninth street. a,g
Mrs Brown Jeffries. Of Keysville.
Va. is visiting Miss Matte Jones. 341
Twentysixth street.
Miss Virginia Ballard, who has been
visiting in this city f"r severa! days,
returned to Salem. Va. yesterday
Miss Sallie Clarke has returned from
Baltimore. where she has been visit
Ing her sister. Mrs. Douglass Gordon.
Miss Mamie Waddiil and Miss Alice
Doyle of Richmond. are visiting Mrs.
]. w. Elliott. on Twcnty-fifth street.
Mrs. Will IIowald left Yesterday NOR
ming for Ashland. Ohio. having receiv-
ed dispatch that her father of that
place. was in a critical condition.
Mr.. Morton MrIlvain Dukehert. Of
Baltimore. has decided to make his
home in this city. He is stopping with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Jones' on
Twenty-sixtl1 street
Lieutenant Fillyer. Of the Hunting
ton Rifles.has opened a recruiting office
on Twenty-seventy street and is now
ready to receive the names of all able
bodied men who are anXious to so to
the front
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-16
sE,urS FORMAL, DISCHARGED.
hut rh- >n"rhana WIN En'i-t in the NAVY
a"n E-'n,'u RI" 81. ~.

HUT I'll" Nn,"r''a"s VIII E.n'i-t i" the Navy
we. a"d t:rn,'u RI" ~. w..
The engineers, f1remen snd Other sea-
men comprising the crews Of the non
81 listed men on the auxiliary cruisers
fals and Harvard We're yesterday
formally paid Off and discharged from
fun Tier service. Hundreds OF men LET,
TIL ships and spent the night in town,
ara a majority of them are foreigners
vino will probably not enlist in the
Nay.
re these seamen wish to continue In
tn" service of the government they
may do so by enlist!ng, but under the
former articles Of agreement they could
moi lie forced to serve on warships,
aud rnr that reason the men We're dis
charged.
1t is understood that nearly all Of
he Americans who were on the steam
n.> vili volunteer their services and
i"in the navy These men do this at
y sacrifice. as their pay will BE greatly
reduced. Said = stokcr to reporter
fnr the Daily Press yesterday: eve
:re Americans. and as such we wish
r. SO" Spain licked by the United
S'"to-. It IS for that reason we Will
r"',,n'r on the sh1ns. even though our
my Is cut from Sept n month to $50"
81 il IS evident that the men are ac-
tiatnd from patriotic motives.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-16
NEGRO IN HER ROOM
Brute Attempts to Assault
Mrs. Kate Hughes. ...
SHE GIVES TIE ALARM
tfer Frantic Screams Frisi.ten the Gull
prit Berure His Purpose. liz Accom-,
piisiied .s,ld iIe -Absconds to
Parts Unknown.

A warrant has been issued for The.
arrest OF Henry Smith. ii l9-year-old
negro. charging him with attempting
70 commit a criminal assault on Mrs.
Kate Hughes, a respectable whit,
lady, who resides OH the outskirts of
the city.
The attempt to commit the crime
alleged in the warrant was made by
Smith early Tuesday morning, but the
matter was not made public by the
county police authorities for the reason
they thought it might aid the negro in
making good his escape.
Mrs. Hughes resides in small house
On the Briarfield road some distance
beyond theScorpora tie limits IF the city
with heratwo small children. Her hus-
band, while ship carpenter. LEFT home
several week, ntu FOR Philadelphia III
search Of employment Just before
dawn Tuesday she was startled by n
noise In her he'd room Right by her
of Selling her Mrs. Hughes screamed
and shrieked frantically for help This
frightened the brute and he fled
The. moon was shining and Mrs.
Smith, who lived with his parents i'll
that neighborhond. Smith effected an
entrance to Mrs. tIu~hes bed room
tlrungh a window. Several neighbors
h ard her frantic cries fo, help. and
Went to her assistance but the culprit
ha.7 escaped
Tuesday morning Mrs. Hughes ap
pearal before Justice Jones and swora
outSa warr"rt for S"ith's arrest. hat
as VET C'hiaf ". g. r ltYrimht has
been nnahle to 'crate the negro, as he
has left for PARTS unla,.own. Smith IS
DESCRIBED 'as h"ine = n""rn "f light
brown c"l"r slcrd"rlv hu;lt and about
four feet seven inches tall. 1 liz.
The cri,ne with which Smith is
charged: Is y most serious one. Under
q recent act Of the Legislature She
death penaltv RAY n. inflicted in this
State for atta''nteh rane. and If
Smith is arrested inetice VIII n" r,@t'd
out to him. Mrs Hughes. II is said is
modest lady and is generally liked by
those who know her. .u
The negro Smith is ore of the
family of that nan,n who some time
since co'npIaine.l that their house WIS
haunted by evil SPIRITS. and il is said
that his mother had nresentm"nt
that her son would he guilty of some
heinous crime for which he would have
to pay the nenaltv of death.
Every effort will be made to APP
prehend the negro.