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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-10-12
CFlrst publication Sept. %, 1891
PRnRAIE NnIiEE.

Vt PIOIIVENIOII Iugv'J
PROBATE NOTICE.
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
y Pierce County. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the regular term
OF the County Court to be held in and for said
county, at the county court room in the village
Of Ellsworth, in said county, on the first Tues
day, being the 7th day of November, A. d.
1899, at 10 O'Clock A. M, the following matter
will be heard and considered:
The application of q. H Loomis for the APP
pointmenI Of Roderick McGregor of the city OF
River Falls, or some other suitable person, as
administrator of the estate Of Hiram II. Looms,
late of the city of River Falls IN said county,
deceased.
Dated September &c, A. d. 1899.
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN p. WELD,
NILS p. HAUGEN, County Judge
Attorr ey for Petitioner. 25-w3
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-10-12
Best Wringer on the Market.
Twelve Reasons Why

Twelve Reasons why
I. 1t has an Automatic Adjust
ment.
2. 1t cannot run out of Gear while
in use.
3. Saves Fifty per cent in Labor
4. Needs but one Adjustment fol
Light and Heavy Work.
:. -Four times the Capacity oil
ordinary Wringers.
6. Has Gear Chain which lessons
Friction.
7. VIII wiring inch material or
either side or rolls to nothing
on the other.
S. Has Metal Slush Board which
will neither Crack nor Rust
9. Only q the wear on Rolls, fol
the reason that it remains II
Gear.
10. Will wiring I inch of Material
II. Chain Gear does away witt
Side Friction.
IL. Has Guaranteed Solid Rubber
Rolls, vulcanized on Shaft.
PRICE 81. SO.
KIein's Cash Hardware Store
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-10-12
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SHOOTING
PINS
In the temples-dull aches across the Iofe-
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In reading-seeing obieets double-noatlng
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lfght--a confusion OF objects which can be re-
lleved by closing the eyes momentarily-that
tired feeling In and back Of the eyes-innam-
nation in the minute veins covering tne
"whites of the eyes" are all symptoms OF optic
al defects that can remedy with a properly
adjusted glass. A Determination free.
w. W. Taggart, Optician, Once next door 70
Bank Of River Falls, River Fails, WIS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
MARRIED.
Mr.. III. B. Witherspoon Weds Miss
Leila Smoot.

Mr. II. B. Wi.herspoop, of this city and
Miss Leila Smooi, a daughter of Dir. b. ID.
Smoot, of Foreston, were married at O'Clock
Monday morning at the home OF the bride
parents, Rev J. J. Myers performing the
marriage ceremony.
After the ceremony marriage breakfast
was served aud Mr. Wi,herspoon and bis bride
left for Kershaw, where they will spend few
days with the parents of the groom. before
returning to this city which will be their
home. Qaite plumber of Mr.. Witherspoon's g
friends we're at the depot Monday mornI1g
when the train from Fores:on came 10, and
be and his bride were the recipients of the
sincerest congratulations a,-d best wishes tor
a long and happy married life.
Mr. Witherspoon is member and one OF
the founders of the firm of Witherspoon Bros
i Co., ard the remarkable success of that
firm and the growth of the business from ID
significant proportions to itsopresent magnl-
tude is the best index of his business ability.
The future has in store for him even greater
business prosperity and his friends wish him
and his charming bride measure of happl-
ness as great or greater than his business
prosperity.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
CITY CoUNcIL MEETIN G.

City Council met in regular session at 6
o'clock last Wednesday evening. Present
Mayor J S. Hughson, Aldermen Hurst, Fion,
Stuckey and Flowers.
The minutes Of August 23d and Septen per
lat were read and confirmed.
Mr. j. Haynsworth, surveyor, attended
the meeting at the request of the street com
mittee and stated to council that the mac.
adam work on Main Street would have TO be
extended hundred feet south of the present
terminus in order to strike the drain level TO
properly drain the street The matter was
discussed by coupcil and it was coocladed
that the present financial condition of the
city would not warrant the expenditure of
any more money on the macadam work On
motion of Mr.. Stuckey the street committee
was requested to have the street graded, at
the least possible cost, so as TO carry CIT the
water
The petition of citizens asking for the i'm
mediate enforcement of the anti bog ordi.
nance, brought over from the special meeting
on September lst vas presented. TO get the
matter before council Mr.. Flowers moved to
reconsider tie vote suspeo ding the ordinance
until November Is. The motion was adopted.
Mr.. Finn moved shat TIE anti-hog ordi-
QaQCe UG GUtUECcQ altCI tCu uoy o llhO. ue
motion was adopted by the following vote
Aye Finn, S,uckey, Hugbson No: Hurst
aad Flowers.
A letter was read from the Atlantic Coast
Line notifying the council hat the road
owned the triangular To-, rand between
Main Street acd Manning Avenue and that
the road would not abandon it to public use
as nigh. be concluded from the fact that it
is now being used by bieyclists and pedes-
trians as pubic highway.
Mr.. E. a. Moses. chief OF the Ere depart.
meut, made requis,ion for 200 feet of fire
hose. Referred to Ere department committee.
An ordinance was presented entitled an
ordinance to regulate the time aud manner Of
putting trash and garbage on the streets for
removal by the city carts. On motion of
Mr.. Hurst the rule requiring two readings of
an ordinance was suspended and the ordi-
nance was unanimously adopted and ordered
published. The ordinance foroids the putting
of trash on the street after 10 o'clock a. m.
Mir. Fion suggested the purchase of two
two-horse dump wagons in place Of The three
carts now used by the street department. No
action was taken.
The appointment OF DR.. S. G. Baker on the
Board of Health, by the Mayor, vice Mr..
Geo. D. Shore, resigned, was confirmed.
The clerk was instructed TO close up street
tax collections by Oct. let.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
"BEFORE BABY IS BORN"
A Valuable Little Book Of Interest
to All Women Sent Free.

Every woman looks forward with feel
ings Of JOY indescribable to the
one great event in her life, com
pared with which all others pale into in
significance. How proud she will feel
when her babe nestles on her breast
how sweet the name of ''Mother~ And
vet, her anticipation of this event is
clouded with dread of the pain and dan
ger of the ordeal, so that it is irnpossl-
bic to avoid the feeling of foreboding
which creeps over her. The danger
and suffering attendant upon being
mother can be entirely prevented, so
that the coming of the little stranger
need not be looked forward to with fear.
Every woman who reads this, can obtain
free valuable little book entitled "Be-
fore Baby is Born" by sending her ad-
dress to the Bradfeld Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga This book contains price
less information for all women, and no
one should fail to send for it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20

A neighbor of Sir. J R Wells, of Brog.
don's, whose black stallion, buggy and bar
ness were stolen about three weeks ago,
Informed the writer this morning that Dir.
Wells received letter few days ego from
a man in Orangeburg C,unty stating that the
horse was there and would be held until Mr..
Wells called for him 1t is believed that the
Orangeburg party is mistaken, as there IS
every reason to think that the thief went IN
the opposite direction toward North Carolina,
and tba. the horse could uos have been cap
tured in Orangeourg County.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
COTTON MARKET.
July O'Cantey Insane Again.

July O'Cartey, colored, of Eliotts, wss
arrested Monday night by Deputy Sheriff
Gailard and brought to th:s city yesterday
He has been insane for several day 8 or weeks
and had terrified the community oy his vio-
lent actions and threats. When the arrest
was made he was armed with a scythe blade
which be threatened to use on those he claim
ed were worrying him He made no resist
ance, however, and Mr. Gslllard disarmed
and handcufed him without trouble. O'Can-
.ty became insane last fall and was committed
to the asylum in December, but bis mental
condition improved so decidedly that be was
discharged in February. Before he became
insanesbe was q prosperous and successful
farmer-oue of the best in the neighborhood, !,
it is said-and this year his crop is conceded
to be the finest in the Elliotts section.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
a CARD.

am paying for all choice oeef cattle from
d to cents per pound on foot and all who
have cattle to sell should see me.
have the finest cold storage for meats to
be found in the South, and as kill from
three to ave oseves daily, besides sheep and
hogs IN seasoo, no meat is offered for sale
until it is IN prime condition. All choice
cuts afe sold at l23 cents pound, delivered
anywhere in the city. made every effort to
secure tie choicest beef cattle aud to so ham
die the meat that it will be equal to any that
can be procured in the largest markets in the
country The patronage of the public gene.
rally but of those who appreciate choice
meats in prime condition especially is solic-
tied Respectfully,
EUGENE HOGAN,
Tuomey Block.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Chronic Diarrhoea Cured

This is to certify that have had chronic
diarrhoes ever snce the war. got 30 weak
could hardly wax or do anything. One
bottle of Chanberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy cured me sound aud we'll.
J.R Gibbs, Fincastle, Va.
had chronic diarrhoea Tor twelve years.
Three bottles of Chamberlain; g Colic, Cholera
and Diarrboea Remedy cured me
s. Shaver, Fincastle, Va.
Both Mr.. Gibbs and Mr. Shaver are PROM
ipen: farmers and reside rear Flncastle, Va.
They procured the remedy from Mr. W. E.
Casper, druggist of that place, who is we'll
acquainted with them and will vouch for the
truth of their statements. For sale by Dr.
4 J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Escaped Convict Captured.

Constable T. B. Roberts, of Lancaster,
passed through the city last Saturday wisb
jim Seegers, an escaped convict. in custody
SeegeIs was captured Friday nigh' at Ashland,
Darlington Coauty, where be had been work
Jog since big escape from the State farm on
July 18th, 1898. Seese.s was serving Il tea
year term for maDslapghter and had been in
the peni,en,lery six years wheo be escaped.
He was convicted ln Lancaster County 10
1892 for killing Frank Hilton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
DEATH

Wm. Barrett, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J J. Barrett, died last Saturday morning.
Rev. T. D. Tadlock, ID for Is years a
professor in the Theological Seminary at Go.
Ia u bia, died 90 Aug. 26th at his home in
Bristol, Tenn. DR.. Tadlock was koown to
many of our people having preached on va
rious occasions in this city and county.
Mrs. Wroton, the wife of Rev. W. a. Wro-
ten of the South Caroliua Conference died
the aight of September 23rd, after only a
few hours illness at her home in Orangebu'g
County. Rer remains were inferred in the
Denmark cemetery. She leaves six small
children
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Sept. l9.
EXPOSITION DAYS.

Monday and Tuesday, Get. lst and 2nd are
the days announced for the trade event OF the
season. The Grand Fall Opening at
Schwartz Palace Dry Goods porium-tEe
display of Fall Dress Goods, the informal
reception days among the new Tailor Made
Suits, Cloaks AID Furs, the showing il new
Silks and Trimmings An EXHIBIT from each
department Of the seasons latest creations.
Your presence requested.
Sept 20-lt. Schwartz Bros -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Magnetic Healing.

Mr L. l Parrott has opened an Office on
Dugan Street, two doors from Main, where
be may be consulted by the sick whom be
can restore to health by the system Of mag
netlc healing Mr. Pasrott ls assisted oy
Mrs R. S. Bradwell. Many remarkable
cures of chronic and acute cases already
made. Testimonials from people you know
furnished. Sept. l9-1t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Teacher Appointed.

Miss Virginia Anderson, of Stateburg, has
been appointed as teacher in the city
Graded School to fill the place made vacant
by the resignation Of Miss JAMIE Mikeil. The
appointment is FOR one year, Miss Mike!I
having been granted leave of absence for that
length of time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Cotton Seed Wanted.

Having severed ny connection with the
Sumter Oil Mill Co., ar. uow prepared to
pay the highest cash price for cot,oo seed at
the ola C. S d n depot: an also haldlog
meal aao hulIs. See u1e before selling or ex
changing your seed.
W. B. BOYLE.
Sen, lift
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20

.sBest On .be market for coughs and colds
and all orochisl troubles; for Group 1t has 30
eoaa!," writes Benry R. Wbitfo:d, South "a
naao, Cann., of Ooe Minute Co9gn Cure
Hrghson-Ligon Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20
Che WlaltDulan ann Saaters,e..
Eatered at tie Post Office at Sumter s
O., as Second Class Natter
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

q. Harby-lst Load
James McDoweil-For Sale.
Dawsey Bradwell-No,ice.
First National Back-Statement.
j. Ryttenberg l. Soos-Howard Hats.
Sumter Dry Coos Co-Where Do You
Belong.
J. Edwin Rember,. Co. Sups.. Ei.-Last
Teachers Examination.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-20

Sept l5-t!
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-07
Profit Lies In Pnre Bred Cattle.

The Journal has said that the de-
mand for the best classes of cattle has
kept their prices we'll sustained, and
perhaps this is always true, says Texas
Stock and Farm Journal. There are
several reasons why it pays the best
to produce the best. One of these is
the condition presented by the market
today, and, it might be said, presented
always, that is, that the supply of
animals of the really choice quality
is so limited that they are put on a
market where practically they are
without competition. Choice cattle
are now selling as high as at any time
during the year, but their number is
small. On the Chicago market of Sept.
q the cattle receipts are reported at
18,400. OF this number, II head were
good enough to bring $5.S5 per 100
pounds. Only 16 head brought $50,
and only 295 others commanded over
$3.50. 1t is needless to say that these
cattle were ripened for market at a
cost far below most of the fed cattle
that sold for much less. The differ
ence lay mostly in the quality at the
very beginning. Those that command
ed the highest price were of a beet
breed, early maturers, of a type that
not only takes on more flesh in pro-
portion to the feed consumed than is
possible to inferior animals, even with
the most scientific feeding, but that
developed largely in proportion to the
entire carcass those parts that supply
the choicest cuts to the butcher. The
time will come, and it is not far off,
when men of moderate means cannot
afford to raise scrub cattle, even up
on the range, for the discrimination
against them continually grows
stronger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-07

handed man in the profesh. 1 don't
mind telling you that I'm all alone
today, and that l need your money
awful bad. Tell them Tombstone fell
lers that Dan Elkins has got a new
trlck in his line o. business"
During the winter of 1879 and 1880
the reckless and bravado of Elkins
and Wilbur became ~unbearable, and
people began to see that the stage
rcpberies were hurting the name of
Arizona, an unusual effort was made
to get the rascals. An extra reward
for their capture was offered, and two
Or three detectives from Los Angeles,
Cal, began work. Several half-breed
Apache and Indian ~trailers were hired,
and in a few weeks the trail 10 the
bandits was found.
We're trapped! We're trapped"
shouted Elkins, as he jumped from
his couch OF leaves and saw the horse
men encirciing his hiding place.
In a second he and Wilbur were
behind two great oaks and were pre-
pared to fight for their lives. They
forgot the Indians in the rear, and
no sooner had they turned their faces
toward the advancing posse than they
were shot dead in the back by the
Apache trailers.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-07
HEAVY POSTAGE ON A POEM.
Literary Club of Women Working for
u Reform.


Literary m are not, as a rule,
fond of notoriety, and the P~ennsylva-
mia Women's Press association is sell
dom in print, but at their last meeting
they undertook a line of work which
requires a great many newspaper no.
tees to aid in its success, and they
earnestly hope these will be forth
coming, says the Philadelphia Record.
1t is no less a matter than the under
taking to have the laws regulating pos
tage so changed as to permit manu-
script to go at third-rate rates. One
woman told a pathetic little story of
a poem which cost So in stamps before
its final acceptance, while another stat
ed that the numerous reflections her
stories met with and the heavy post
age required for mailing and returning
had already seriously jeoparaized her
bank account. That there is justice
in the new movement is apparent to
any one who will consider the subject,
and the only question is, How is the
desired end to be accomplished? The
secretary was instructed to write at
once to the postmaster general for in
formation, after which definite plans
will be arranged for. Every member
of the club is pledged to work for the
new movement with heart, soul and
hand, and other literary clubs will
likely be prompt to come to their aid.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-07

Mr.. l.. C. Newlin and wife.
MIR. Newlin is an Englishman by
birth and a ~seafaring man. About our
years ago he wooed, won and was mar
ried to a daughter of Capt. J. c. Park
er of the English bark 7. j. North. A
brief honeymoon on land followed and
then it was continued on the great
waters, Mr.. Newlin having accepted the
position of mate on the North, taking
his bride with him on the voyage.
1t was on the return voyage from
Iquique, Chilli, to Liverpool that dis
aster came to the vessel. In n of
these tremendous storms which have
given to Cape Horn an ~unsavory rep
utation she struck on a reef and be-
gan to fill with water. All hands were
ordered to the pumps, but the effort
was in vain, and it soon became evil
dent that the North's time a to be
numbered by but a few hours at most.
For t~hirty-siX hours the men stay
ed with the sinking ship; for thirty
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-07

the amous gang of d~esperadoes, Of
which George Wilbur, Dan Elkins,
and Bill Howard were leaders for
several years., at the time of the
tombstone mining excitement in
southeastern Arizona. Mr.. Davidson
was the officer who laid out the plan
OF capture OF Elkins and Wilbur, and
ne was paid by subscriptions, $4,000
Tor his share in Kidding the territory
OF W of the most reckless, daredevil,
and murderous men in Arizona.
Among the men who went to Tomb
stone in the summer of 1878 were Dan
Elkins, Bill Howard and George Will
bur. They came from the vicinity
Of Boston originally and had lived in
n mining camps of Colorado and
Idaho for IL to Is years. Howard, af-
ter a checkered career of crime, fed to
Mexico, never to return. Elkins and
Wilbur remained, and became the
ooldest highway robbers ever known
In Arizona. Gambling and mining
too slow for them as ways of making
money. They limited that the con-
tents of only one of the strong boxes
of gold bullion that went away every
week or 10 days from the gold mines
in Tombstone to California and Ell
Paso would make a man independent
ly rich.
Elkins and Wilbur went from the
mining town to Tucson in the spring
of 1879 and engaged themselves as
workers about the livery stables,
where teams that drew the coaches
from the mines across the alkali des-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-07

erts to Los Angeles, in Southern Cal
i~fornia, rested. AS time went on they
gave out that they had by chance
come upon rich-looking ore in the
Santa Rita mountain canons, some so
miles southwest from Tucson, and
across the sandy waste. Once every
week or two the two men rode away
from the lazy old Mexican town, APP
parently for a visit of a few days to
their newly found mining claims.
In the fall of 1879 highway robberies
began to occur along the lines of the
stages from Tombstone to Yuma and
Ell Paso. They were always lone by
two men who wore white masks. They
stopped the stage to California three
times near Florence, and then the
next week the Ell Paso stage was rob-
bed $50 miles away in another dlrec-
ton. The driver was killed in two
instances, and another time a her
from Tombstone, who was slow in
getting out of the coach with his bags
of gold dust, was shot dead. One at
tack was made in the night, and the
others at different times at daylight.
The government officers watched
Elkins and Wilbur and were satisfied
that they were the highwaymen. The
suspects realized this, and left. For
some months the stage lines were un-
molested, and then suddenly the BOLD
robberies were resumed. These were
the work of Elkins and Wilbur, who
nartt1rnd Fponu q hio nrl1n IN mis-
way. They knew that their identity
was known all over Arizona, and that
rewards aggregating $4,000 were out
for their capture, dead or alive. They
were cold-blooded murderers and had
not one redeeming trait. They would
even rob women On their way to their
families at the mines. 1t was a COM
mon trick of theirs to shoot through a
mans hat OF between his legs merely
to enjoy his terror. One time one OF
them shouted to the passengers in
the stage as it rolled away:
you fellows may go and tell all
the sheriffs this side of hell that you
have been held up by Dan Elkins and
George Wilbur. We defy them all"
Dan ElklnS is b as the
original lone bandit of the Southwest,
because, single-handed, he nee held
up a stage load of eight passengers,
besides the driver, all of whom were
armed. For weeks the exploit was the
talk of men in and about Tombstone.
For some reason Wilbur was not along
with Elkins on a raid one day when
the stage was rumbling along through
San Miguel pass, and it seemed a fit
opportunity for Elkins to make an
other raise of money, so he robbed
the stage single-handed. After he had
cleaned out the eight passengers and
the treasure box he said:
-An'va been held up by a single