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The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-08

PspHfAbee Inspsf
A little profit from : lot of pnopIe
mskas . big boaiisn u Wn1xnss.
II Bargains interest you, can and
buy aele.e0 suit for olleost WnlTx'A
Come In and We those Ane Dewey
Portraits. We are giving them sNs
with each yesrb subscription
Z. b Tussea Compton. Mo-. vss
cursd o. pilss ~ nswittt Witsh Ha-
ri salss sslss m 1asias ssysasssa ysau
aud trying evss tWesss Fsasdiss nv
dniAss 80 snsissss endpsss q ~
vsss of dansssous eountssfsits.
Chssesr h. Brswn, Kalamasse. Mich.
aye -Kodsa Dsspepsia Cars cursd -
ese ssysrs cass Of indissslisn: can
srenGly recommend Il TO all dyspeplscs.
'.Disss1s What Won sas without aid fbosn
the stomach. and cqrss d,spspsiA. :
J. H. Sheppard and con of Greeley
county KanaaA moved the Holly
school house this week, and also the
livery harm purchAsed BY L. 3. Nillin-
ger. The school house Was moved 70
work could be commenced on the new
building. - s'.'ia
The most interesting news that has
come 70 our notice this week ID the
fact that the cantaloupe growers are
realizing Ill the way from $50 to 800
per acre from their land. II frost
does not come for two weeks these
amounts will be greatly increased.
The Lanning Bros. who had the cen.
tract for the brick work on the schsoi
evidently concluded there
was not enough In the job for them.
They have departed for parts un-
known and various creditors are won-'
dering where they are going to get
their money.
For wounds, burns, scalds, Doses,
skin diseases and all irritating erup&ions
% soothing and healing -
WITCH Hazel ealve. Nm.
Emma Bollss. Matron Enelewood, Nur-
sery, Chicago. says Of Il: when all
else fails in healing our babies, II
will cure"
Martin Christensen one of Cool
idge's merchants, purchased the stock
Of general merchandise Of VIM. Gill
last Friday and moved 1t to Coolidge
this week. Mr.. Gill is having such
good success with his cantaloupe crop
that he has concluded to quit the mer-
camille business and devote his entire
time to farming. $500.
Monday. MI. Wetzel's bulletin board
conveyed the welcome news that th2
latest sales In New York netted the
grower s1.l2 per crate. n. L. Bran
non attributed the good price to the
that the car contained
Grand Valley melons. But the fact
is that AL the cantaloupes are much
better than ten days ago. Rocky
Ford Enterprise.
The bulletin board here discloses
no information whatever, but after .
diligent search we gather the knowl.
edge that the cantsloupes are bring
ing somewhere near dollar per crate.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-08
Local and Personal.

Local and Personal.
John Lsmotte vent to Pueblo Toes-
day.
Hammer Paint, the best, 1t the
Holly Pharmacy.
T. D. Newman waited his folks 1t
Tribune Sunday.
J.. C. Newman Of Tribune ~ In
town Sunday night.
wm. Pronk and children left We'd
nesday for his old home in Iowa.
FOR SALE-A suods work hosse,
very cheap. Inquire It thk once.
A brand new girl was added to the
household Of Mr.. and Mn. J. l. Ranks
last Friday.
Mr.. and Mn. John Simpson went
to Granada Tuesday to visit the lat
ter's parents. ST
Drs. Young & Shrock, the real pain
less dentists, will be in Holly IA and
Is Of this month.
Weather observer Markham re-
ports 2.s5 inches rainfall during the
month Of August.
George A. Watson was in Holly
Monday and Tuesday attending to
some legal business.
Pay up your subscription to the
Chieftain and get an elegant portrait
Of Admiral Dewey, free.
G. L. McPherson has large stock
Of Mason fruit jars In quart and half
gallon sizes, at 70 cts. and el.O0.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Mitchell are Ne.
joicing over the arrival Of fine girl
ut their home at AmitY lastweek.
The Amity having outfit finished
their work Tuesday night. having put
up over 1900 tons OF finest kind OF
hay.
Mrs. q. NJ. Wilson flaS right good
mich cows which she offers for sale,
will sell any number purchaser may
desire.
Between the extreme hot, weather
and life insurance agents. s3ife has not
been altogether pleasant dream the
past week.
Lewis Challin will sell seed wheat
ut 10 cents per ewt. leis than the
market price, At his farm six miles
northwest Of Holly.
Farmers are having much diniculty
in getting a'sunieient number Of can.
taloupes pickers, and some loss 10 &C.
curing In consequence. .
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McGlashen. ],
W. Lyons and T. d. Newman wen,
to Rocky Ford Wednesday morning to
enjoy the festivities Of watermelon
Day. =
BEST on the market ,for, codehs and
colds ssd all bronchial .sosbles; sol
Group is has no equal" writss Henry
X. whitford, South Canaan, Conn.,, o.
One Minute Cough Cure.
"'rhsy are simply perfect" write,
Rob'. Moore, Of La Fav-sts. Ind, ol
Dswi,ts Little Early Rissrs. the fan.
Gus little pills" for cunatipation and oil
liver silments. Never gripe.
A large crowd Of land seekers are
In town this morning. They have no
doubt heard Of the wonderful canta-
loupe crop here this fall, and have
come out to see and 'a.Aple Asm.
This has been the longest hot spell
residents Of Holly have seen f0r years.
The heat would be almost unbeara-
BILE were 1t not for the breeze which
We always have. But such weather
has been just what was needed to
ripen the cantaloupes.
1t Is now very clear that the farm
ers who stayed with the associations
and sold their cantaloupes to Nat
Wetzel acted very wisely. They are
getting good price for their product
while those who undertook togo it
alone are unable to find a market at
aprice that will pay their expenses.
OF course an editor is supposed to
know about everything that happens,
bnt he does mot always know It, aud
would therefore feel very grateful to
The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-08

II
ARoo ten shoe for n. 20,
Theae arc sope cssh bargains
n WHrTz's.
Subscribe for the Chieftain and eet
= large postrAit Of Admiral Dewey.
Conatah,e J. ~. Lyoss vent 70 Il.
mar "Wednesday On oficisl businsss.
Nis Iaura Fortune, Of Lamar, ~
elected mad ef honor from Psowers
county.
Lewis Chapman and con Clais, Of
Tribune. Waited the Chieftain family
this week.
= B. Gsahle's family arrived from
Denver this week, and his hafchine
dsvs are over.
Mr. Ida Rockwell, of Horace, Kas.
h attending to the household work for
Ma J. I. Banks.
Leslis Milford the Chieftain typo
exercised htmself at the hay camp
three days this week.
Mew DssA. rs
Start Bank account On what you
save b. buying goods It wHrrE's.
DIR. !. S. Miller brought in . sam-
pie Of his onions yesterday which
were ~ fine ~ can be grown In anv
county. ~.
-Four carloads Of stone for the foun-
dation Of the new school building has
arrived, and work will be commenced
in short time.
CoNecfios kofes
Pay other peoples debts II you like
but it 8 cheaper to look at the cash
bargains at WHITES.
Clark vanNoy, Of Tribune, came
down Monday and went to Rocky Ford
to Gee the Arkansas Valley Fair and
eat watermelons.
DrA Young & Shrock will make
their next regular visit to Holly Sept.
IA and 10Th. Have your teeth ex-
trscted or filled without pain.
OAi Ssyv
Did you see that carload Of Blankets
at WHirE'sy They will be sold at
cost for cash for the next 30 days.
You ought to have a picture OF the
hero Of Manila hanging up in your
house, You can't get \ finer one than
we are giving away, to subscribers
Come and see them.
Have all your old teeth taken out
and good plates made BY Drs. Young
& Shrock. They will be In Holly
on the Il and 18th Of Sept. Teeth ex.
tracted without particle of pain.
Those who have recently paid up
their subscriptions to the Chieftain
are o. F. Cox, ]. A. Wilcox, Chas.
Fowler, John Duncan, VIM. Pronk,
of Holly. F. W. Powers, lafayette,
Ind, Colonel Thos. Holland, Of East
Orange, N. J.
DeWitts Little Early RlseFs psypa-
nently cure chronic constipation. bill.
onsness, nervousness and worn. oul
feeling; cleanse the entire system
Small, pleasant, never grippe or sicksn
famous little pills"
After . long illness Mrs. VIM
Pronk passed from this world last
Saturday morning and was inferred
in the Holly cemetery In the after.
noon. Mrs. PrOnk came to Holly
with her husband and two children
about year ago from Edgerton, Iowa.
Her death leaves Mr.. Pronk With
three children to care for. The sym.
pathies of the. entire community are
with the bereaved husband and moth.
erless little ones.
Wall paper! Wall paper!! Here
we go!!! l5ard 20 ct, paper at q cts.
per roll: 25 and 30 ct. paper vt cts.
per roll: the best from 40 to 60 paper
at II per roll, his holds good until
stock is closed out.
Respectfully,
HOLLY PHARMACY, i3f
D.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Charitable requests of a public nature
amounted to & 1 300, 72O in England last
year. s@}sa
The latest in the building line is the
aluminium hut for Klondoke miners.
When packed for carriage it weighs 10
pounds. #
By the will of the late Henry C. War
rem. Of Cambridge. Mass. Harvard uni
versity will receive property valued at
ST 100000 a,-.....$.s ~
A millionaire who died in Boston a
few days ago directed in his will that
NO one who owed him less than $4,000
be required to pay.
Benjamin. Bissell, who lives near
Ballston Spa, n. Y, says he has voted
for IS presidential candidates, not one
of whom was elected. -. He
The executive committee of the In
ternational League of Press Clubs has
decided to hold the annual convention
in Baltimore early in April
The savings banks of New York have
deposits amounting to $766,6s4,916.
This money belongs to no less than
1,so5,sso persons, mostly poor.
Twenty-Five years ago the United
States produced 70 per cent. of the coto..
ton of the world; to-day she produces
IS per cent. of the worlds cotton.
The only colored congressman is Mr..
White, of the Second North Carolina
district. He is graduate of Howard
university, a lawyer by profession.
Carl Schurz will be 70 in a few weeks,
and at about the same time he will Gel
citrate the fiftieth anniversary of his
exile from Germany because of his po-
litical opinions.
Miss Sophia Dallas, daughter of
George M. Dallas, who was vice presi-
dent of the United States under Presi-
dent Polk, died in Philadelphia in her
seyenty7sixth year. IL.
Gen. Lew Wallace, author of !""Ben
Hur," says his publishers tell him that
more copies of the. book have, been
sold than of any. other book published
in the United States
The coal miners strike of 1898 was
one of the most disastrous in the his
tory of Wales, leaving thousands Of
workmens impoverished. The company
losses also were enormous. s.
In January 1887, there were in st.
Louis 4,067 saloons. This year finds
that nun Der reduced BY statutory reg
alton to Z, 029, a decrease of 203s. The
Missouri law prohibits tie adulteration
VI liquors.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
A QUEER FINDING.
Said Court of Cessation Will Find
Dreyfus Probably Guilty But That
Asts1 He Should BE Released.

Il Paris, Jan. 1e.-The Matin and the
Gaulois say they understand that the
inquiry Of the court of cessation into
the Dreyfus case.is on the point Of ter.
minating, and that the court will prob
ably report that acts of treason actual
~ occurred, but that sufficient proof
of the guilt Of Dreyfus does not sex-
list and that his sentence. therefore, is
'quashed. The papers add that there
will be 9 fresh 9coutr-martial. Drey-
fus, it appears, was informed of the
revision proceedings some time ago
but he is under the impression that they
are due to the initiative 81 the general
staff, and in his letter the prisoner
thanks Gen. Boisdoffre, the, former
chief of the general staff. and his COM
rades Of the army for the action ken.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
DOMESTIC.

While three negroes were sitting
about fireplace of farmhouse near
Huntsville, Tex, bolt of lightning
flashed down the chimney and all were
killed.
Andrew Carnegie will give $25o,ooo to
erect a building for public library for
Washington if congress will furnish a
site and provide maintenance, not less
than $4,000 per annum.
The transport steamer Senator ar
rived in San Francisco from Manila
with seven officers and 100 men of the
Astor battery. Ks TEL }GEa -
Commissary General Eagan, in the
course of his testimony before the war
investigating committee in Washing
ton, called Maj. Gen. Miles, command
ing the army, "liar who lied in his
throat, lied in his heart, lied in every
part of his body" <&.
Fire in the heart of the business dis
trist of Atlanta, Ca, caused loss of
over $50O,O0O. e..s. 49, u
Mrs. Francis s. Lee, member Of the
Colorado legislature, acted as speaker,
the first instance of the kind on record.
Maj. Gen. Shafter left Washington for
San Francisco to assume command Of
the department. OF California.
A syndicate of bankers has been
formed to buy the whole of this years
crop of Havana tobacco and eventually
to purchase every Cuban tobacco plan
tation.
A combination of chewing gum manu-
facturers of the United States was con-
summated in New York with a capital
of $15,0o0,OO0.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,940,605, $40, against SLIGO, 1893, 975 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 34.5. IN
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
FOREIGN.

Maj. Otis reported to the secretary of
war that conditions were improving in
Manila, that the citizens feel more Sc
cure, that many natives were return
ing and that the city was quiet and
business active.
Fire destroyed 70 buildings in Bridge
water, prosperous shipping and mill
town in Nova Scotia.
Widespread devastation on land and
sea in England has been the result of a
storm. the aggregate losses of prop
erty are immense, and at least IS lives
have been lost.
Spain is preparing to resume diplo-
matte relations with the United States.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
IHE WEEKS NEWS
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief:
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and Po-
itical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
CONGRESSIONAL,

ONGHESSlONAL.
In the senate on the 18th Senator Foraker
spoke in favor of expansion and maintained
that the right to acquire territory was an
inherent right of nationality. The nomina-
ton of Joseph H: Choate, of New York, to
be ambassador extraordinary and plenipo-
Tertiary to Great Britain was received
from the president. The peace treaty was
favorably reported. In the house the bill
for the codifcation Of the criminal laws of
Alaska was passed with an amendment
providing high license system in the ter
r1tory with a species Of local option. "A ia
Vorable report on the Hawaiian bill was
made.
motion was discussed by the senate in
executive session on the 18th providing
for the consideration of the resolution of
ratification of the peace treaty in open ses-
sion, but no decision was reached. The In
dian appropriation bill was reported
The house passed the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill without amend
ment. 1t carries 1.7O5, 533.
Senator McLaurin (S CO. spoke in the
senate on the 18th against policy Of ex-
pans1on by this country. Senator Allen
(Neb.) asked for the appointment Of COM
m1ttee to make full inquiry into the con-
duct OF the late war between the United
States and Spain. Senator Gray (Del)
introduced joint resolution recognizing
the patriotic devotion and bounteous be-
diers Of the army Of the United States dur
Ing the war with Spain. A bill was passed
providing for the adjustment Of the swamp
land grant to the state of Wisconsin . In
the house the session was mostly devoted
to a discussion of the bill to promote the
efficiency Of the navy and increase the
personnel. A joint resolution was intro
duced to recognize the patriotic devotion
and unremitting attention as nurse Of Miss
Annie Fairly Wheeler. daughter of Gen.
Wheeler.
A resolution was introduced in the SEN
ate on the 18th by Senator Hoar declaring
that the people of the Philippine islands of
right ought to be free and independent. A
favorable report was made on bill appro-
priating 100000 for the erection of a
building in Washington for the department
of justice. Early adjournment was taken
out Of respect to the memory Of Congress
man Dingley....In the house no business
was transacted because Of the death of
Nelson Dingley, of Maine.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
Personal AND POLITICAL.

In New York the republican legisla-
tive caucus unanimously nominated
Chauncey M. Depew for United States
senator.
Hiram Walker, founder of the great
distillery at Walkervulle, Ont, died at
his home in Detroit, Mich, aged SO
years. g..
c. Herman s. Boppe, 3 prominently
known as editor of Der Freidenker,
died in Milwaukee, aged 81 years. =
Nelson Dingley, Jr., governor of
Maine 1874-75, and member of congress
from the Second congressional district
Of Maine since 1881, died in Washington
of heart failure, aged 81 years. His
home was at, Lewiston, where his re-
mains will be buried. a., sa. sf, 49,. i.
Commodore John w. Phillip succeed
ed Rear Admiral Bunce in command Of
the Brooklyn navy yard. -. J.
Mrs. Emily J. Mosely, who would have
been 102 years old in April, died in Uti-
ca, N. Y aa
George W. Clark, whose songs of lib
erty made him national character dur
ing the period that led up to the civil
war, died in Detroit, Mich, aged 81
years. Is. - .-
DR.. Edwin M. Hale, one of the best
known homeopaths inthe country and
the author of number of medical
works, died in Chicago. aged 70 years.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
LATER.

LATER.
The London Times announces that
Germany is in the market for the pur-
chase of the Caroline islands.
The sultan of Turkey has issued an
order directing the purchase of 1862
Krupp field guns and 10000 shrapnel
Shells. <5#
The farm house Of Fayette Meacham
near Pittsville, Wis, was blown to
atoms by dynamite, killing Meacham
and fatally injuring his wife and four
children. Mr.. Meacham had stored Is
pounds of dynamite in the house with
out knowledge of his family. How the
explosion occurred is mystery N
The funeral of the late Representa-
tive Dingley was held the 10th in the
capitol at Washington. The president,
cabinet and distinguished memb ers Of
the diplomatic corps were in attend
Three men who are implicated in the
Great Northern train robbery at Fer.
gus Falls, Mimi, are under arrest at
st. Joseph, Mo. They were. recog-
nized as James Gilmore, John Allen
and Harry Harvard. r.. N.
The colossal task of putting into:
proper sanitary condition every dwell.
ing in Havana has begun. Surgeon.
Major Davis hired 100 physicians to
make house to house inspection to
compel obedience to the new rules. T..
A shock of earthquake at Santander,5
Spain, broke a number Of windows
and threw the inhabitants of the CITY
into a panic. ~,z* =
The coal operators and miners meet
at Pittsburg, Pa, to revise the inter
state agreement. . 49,. 3
King William opened the Prussian
diet the 10th. ~
Gov. Mcmillan was inaugurated at
Nashville, Tenn, the 10th. \
The geological gardens at Cincinnati
O., were offered for sale by order of
the court, the lowest price being fixed
at 800, 900. Not a bid was received. y
General Otis was heard from again
the 10th from Manila, and the contents
of his cablegram were so reassuring as
as to the situation there and at Iloilo
that the officials here have come to ac-
cept without question the correctness
of his statament that the critical stage
is past, and that he has control of the
situation.
Many Paris newspapers are trying
to revive sentiment against the United
States by giving prominence to anti
annexation speeches and reports of
meeting among American. troops at
Manila. One paper declares the
Americans are besieged at Manila"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19

the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 243 the week
previous and, so insthe corresponding
period Of 1898.
Alexander White and wife were suf-
foeated sbyseoa1 gas il their home near
Franks, liz
The annual, report Of the interstate
Commerce commi ssio On to congress says
that the interstate commerce law, in
it's present condition, cannot be en-
forced. """.ss$-
Abe Small, murderer of Policeman
Neve, who was four times sentenced to
death and as many timesrespited, was
hanged in Savannah. Ga.
The gun boat Yorktown sailed from
San Francisco for Manila. r. : /.
The Hartwell & Richards company.
jobbers of dry and fancy goods in
Providence, r. L.. failed for $4,000.
The transport Manitoba, with the
Seventh cavalry on board, Sailed from
Savannah. Ga. for Cuba. .@f.
Commodore Lewis c., Sartori, United
States navy, retired, died at his home
in Philadelphia, aged 81 years. ~
In the Michigan legislature the anti
Pingree majority in the senate in
creased the. membership of the i'm
portant committees. taking control out
of the power of the administration fac
ton. --. 5.s 81 i.E1,..
The value of the principal articles Of
domestic export for the month of De.
$5,642,9O0 over the same month in 1897.
The war Investigating commission in
Washington passed resolution of cen
sure of Gen. Eagan for the language he
used concerning Gen. Miles.
Fred Sawyer, negro, was hanged at
Waxahachie. Tex, for an assault on
Mrs. Fannie Fuller, white woman.
The launch Paul Jones, with eight
persons on board, was given up as lost
in the Gulf of Mexico. Col. Yocum and
daughter, of St. Louis, ard a daughter
of Mayor Ia gart, of indianapolis, were
among those on board. .-'.
- A storm did great damage at Massil.
lon, o., unroofing houses and destroy.
in: other property.
v
left Fort Sheridan, Ill.,, for the Philip
pines.
Capt. George w. Stating and II of the
crew of the British ship Andelana were
drowned in Tacoma (Wash.) harbor
during squall.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
fast mail was ditched by broken rail
jured. - - ..'5.-
Nearly every one of the 300 Kickapoo
Indians in Oklahoma has the smallpox
Temperance advocates in Lexington.
KY, who secured evidence against sa-
loon men for violating the Sunday law,
were badly beaten by liquor dealers.
Daniel Jennings, a tobacco grower,
and his son Samuel were drowned near
Curdsville, Ky. This wipes out the en-.
tire family by drowning, as jennings
wife and two daughters were drowned
some months ago. r.
President Mckinley has decided to
send commission to the Philippines to
make thorough study of the situation
and advise hm as to what the policy OF
tie United States should be regarding
those islands. - t
A cyclone swept over the northeast
part of Gregg county. Tex. doing much
damage, and Mrs. McEwen and five
children were fatally injured.
The Arlington hotel and sanitarium
at Marlin, Tex, was burned.
Two Mormon leaders were tarred and
feathered by citizens at Fowerwood,
KY, and driven from town.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-08-02
The influence of the Flat.

The flat has made its mark on the
conditions of modern life. A good illus
tration of this fact is the following
story of bright Kenwood youngster
"going on G." The boy heard visitor
say to his grandmother. We'll. | sup
pose you feel very proud these days.
with three of your sons married and
settled?"
"Only two" corrected the boy who
was not supposed to understand any
thing at all about the subject. Just to
see what his idea was his grandmother
and her visitor cross examined him.
The conversation ran like this:
why do you think only two are mar
ried. John? There's your Uncle Jim
he's one
YES ma'am. And he lives in a fat"
whats that got to do with it? And
there's your Uncle Fred-he's two"
Yes ma'am. And he lives in a fat
too
why. yes; certainly. And there's
your own father-he's three"
NO. ma'am." cried the yOungster
triumphantly. my papa isn't married.
l know he isn't cause he lives in a
house" e."-Chicago Inter Ocean.