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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-20

Hear the musical album and then
buy it at Hans Madsen' IS Kimballton.
The telephone has been out of order
for few daysand Walter Haynes was
out, Monday, to fix it up.
Miss Anna Carlson is home from
Atlantic to spend the holidays with
friends free from the restraint of
strangers.
Jack rabbits that run, men that
shoot, men and women who perform,
dogs that bite at Hans Madsen's, at
Kimballton.
| will do dressmaking at your
home or will take work to my own
home to finish. Christina Christian
sen, Elkhorn, Iowa. d 20cw
Mrs. Bergreen expects to depart for
ColfaX as soon as Xmas is past and
see If the water there will help her
her rheumatism out,
The college now has about forty
pupils enrolled for the winter several
new names being added this week.
They have good prospects for very
prosperous year.
Miss Christina Rasmussen came
home from Atlantic Sunday where
she has been working for some time.
She will at least remain home during
the holidays.
The friends and admirers of Ole
Olsen expect soon to see him able to
get about by the aid of an artificial
limb as they expect soon to send to
Chicago for new one for him.
Peter Wulf. living north Of West
Hamin Creamery, disposed of fine
car of cattle one day last week and
went with them to Omaha to insure
good prices and to see the sights.
Chris Moulgaard from Kimballton
creamery was down to Atlantic Sun
day and had the tumor cut off his
eye lid. Ii was little painful ne
says but yet he was doing duty Mon
| day.
The Kimballton creamery has not
adopted the plan OF the most others
but still runs every day. They too
have recently added new weigher
for the skinned milk and are doing
excellent work.
1t was the habit in olden times for
men to become lost once in while
but now, when houses are thick, and
a man wanders away on his birthday
and walks all night we don't know
what to think. We know Of case,
too, but won't tell about it. He won't
do it again. He will stay at home.
N. B. Anderson, from near Elkhorn,
came near having an accident that
might have been fatal. While driving
to Harlan he came to place where a
bridge gang were at work and his
horses became frightened and unman-
ageable and ran away with him. He
however was thrown out and received
but few scratches while the horses
journeyed on to Harlan.
The young people in and around
Elkhorn held bazar in that town
last Saturday night. The things sold
were mostly contributed by the
young people and the work was all
done by them. Besides the things
sold, they had other attractions the
fish pond being one of the features.
They realized in the vicinity Of 500
all Of which we understand goes to
the aid of the mission fund in taraway
India.
Last Thursday evening number
of the Pensioners Of Rev. Wig
gathered at his home to do honor to
his birthday which however hap.
pened while he was in Omaha and as
a consequence they could not celebrate
while he laid in the hospital and suf-
fered. They however managed to
snatch few of the pleasures of life al
this gathering and retired wishing
him more prosperity in the future
and less of suffering.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-20

Hans Madsen, in Kim ballton, head
quarters for Santa Claus.
Chris Nelson and G. H. Castrup
were Harlan visitors, last Saturday,
on business.
Anyone desiring good gasoline
lamp inquire of j. H. Petersen, Elk
horn, Iowa. 1w
The editor OF the Marine Free Press
was in Elkhorn Saturday looking
after business.
We are onto lot OF good Jokes on
the boys about KimballtoD, but as
long as they treat US nice we won't
divulge secrets.
The Kimballton Lumber Company
did $500 worth of business, Monday
forenoon. We call this pretty tall
work to start week on.
There was meeting Of the West
Hamlin creamery last Monday to
transact business in regards to an in
surance made few years ago.
j. r. Hansen will hold shooting
match in Kimballton December q,
and all are cordially invited to 60
and get turkey for Christmas.
H. P. Peterson is expected home
from Lincoln, Neb., where he is in
college to spend the holidays. We
understand a friend of the family,
Miss Maud Mae Aud, will also spend
her vacation time in Elkhorn.
Remus Iversen from Nebraska gave
a party last Thursday evening at the
home of his sister south east Of Elk
horn. From reports that we received
we would Judge that each one present
had as good time as it is possible to
have.
E. l.. Petersen was at Kimballtyn
one day last week and contracted for
lumber to put up an eight hundred
dollar barn and three hundred doll
ar corn crib. These will add much to
his farm and a great deal more to his
own comfort while doing chores.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs
A. Knudsen, of Marine, was inferred
Monday in the Elkhorn cemetery. A
little blossom came into this lite TO
cheer and bless, but was too frail and
has gone back to the spirit world
where there is no suffering or pain,
there to wait for father and mother.
The members of the ladies aid
society of the church in Kimballton
will give basket supper in the hall
on February 4, 1901, at 7 p. M. All
are cordially invited and urged to be
present. There will be program fol-
lowing, by the young people. Go and
hear and see and eat. 1t will do you
good.
Hans j. johnson, the pioneer set
tier and founder of KimballtoD, is
soon to erect barn that will be one
of the finest, if not the finest in the
country. He already has the founda-
tion laid and will soon be ready for
the others. 1t will be square with
four gables and will accommodate
lot of stock. 1t, too, will be valua-
bic addition to his farm.
S. M. Petersen, from Omaha, Neb.,
is at Elkhorn getting ready to organ
ize a lodge of the M. w. A. He says
he has met with fairly good success
and hopes soon to have lodge es-
tablished. He rests sure Of one thing
that he is representing company
that has never failed. Every man
should protect his family in some
manner. If he is heavy in debt and
should die he leaves nothing for those
he loves to live on unless it is through
some insurance and it pays TO belong.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02

u 4 was no such a thing as
~ \, The ilint and steel Of
i lamlly musket was the
~ S' klndling a fire; or a live
,~ brought from a neigh
%,aetimes ~ many miles dis
"hen the friction match
n, ~, PEOPLE were afraid
y would not have it in the
ioday we in America
'Se over 125, GOO, 900, ,000
~each year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02
lucky; twenty-five days to Nash

lucky; twenty-five days to Nash
vile, Tennessee. The cheapest
letter postage was eight cents.
and to send a letter moro than IL
hundred miles cost a shilling.
Three million papers aud letters
were then sent in Il year; at the
present time the postollice han
dies about 3OO,0 pieces Of mail
in a single day.
The telegraph was undreamed
of. Not until 1914 did Morse send
his FIRST telegram. When the
battle Of Waterloo was fought u
1915. unusual measures OF haste
were adopted TO get the news to
London, where it was received
two days later. The Guns OF
Dewcy'S ,,ect were hardly quiet
before tne result was known in
New York. Today we have H.
600, 900 miles Of telegraph wire in
Amorica,and 10000, 900 messages
are sent over them each year.
There are 10000 miles Of ca
Die ON ocean beds, but none u'
this was laid until the century
WIS sixty years old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02

II some OF the money devoted to
propagation and protection to fish
in this state were used to raise
song birds, it would prove a great
benefit The fish that are dis
tributcd by the million do not
benefit one person in Il thousand,
but lot Baltimore oriole or some
othcr bird be heard singing and
you see people stop and try to
get glimpse Of the beautiful,
sweet singer, Their value as de-
stroyers of insects is well known.
About the only law needed for
their protection would be one
preventing. ladies' from having
their hats ornamoutod Withthem-
for is very seldom that anyone
/ kills Il bird, except the sparrow,
lust for sport.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02
Prevented Il Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs.
George Long,of New Straitsyille,
Ohio, saved two lives. a fright
full cough had long kept her
awake every night. She had
tried many remedies and doctors
but steadily grew worse until
urged to try DR.. Kings New Dis
coycry. One bottle wholly cured
her; and she writes, this mar
velous medicine also cured Mr..
Long Of u severe attack of Pnou-
monia. Such cures are positive
proof Of its power to cure all
throat, chest and lung troubles,
Only SOC and Sl,0o, Guaranteed.
Trial bottles free ut ". 5. Dick
sons drug store,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02

Additional local trains win leave HarriSburi
daily, except sunday for Carlisle uud intermedi
ate stations ut Q. IS n. m, 2.OO D. M, b.l5 u. m
80 p, M, and 1880 p, m, also for Mechanics
bnrg, plllshurg aud intermediate stations n
z. 10 "a, M, and 3.27 p. m.
Nos. ! and run daily between Harrisburr
und HagcrStown
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
ON Sundays win leave Philadelphia az i3o
p. m
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
York and Knoxville Tenn. on trains / west
and 10 east.
Through coaches to aud from Philadelphia
ON trains ana east and ana west.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02

Lovers of tea will be sorry to
learn that the trouble in China
has furnished importers and
dealers in their fayorite beverage
a pretext to raise the price from
10 to 25 per cent. And the end
us not yet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02

known Tho cooking was done
in ,hc fireplace in pots and kot-
tIas Stauoiue on loa4 slender legs
WrIl ahuyv tho Goals 1hc old
brirhurpn Was ;uod oGcc 70 wcol,
jo@moata a blaaiuG hraO and ilicd
/ with appeJi1iu% dishes.
'fab!n linen Wj.s n;.dr ~ the
housewife, and IL was beautiful.
China and silverWare were lack.
ing. Pewter spoons and steel
knives md forks were choice
hcirloomS and highly prized.
/ Hand made wooden trencherS,
pla5tcrs, bowls and uoggins com.
. priSed most OF the tableware in
use u hundred years ago. On the
/ frontiers meals were often eaten
of chips freshly cut from the
forest trees.
Garments were spun by hand,
every member of the family do
Ing q part. There were few
cotton spinning mills in operation
/ but the spinning Jenny, the card
inc machine and the loom with
dying shuttle were almost un-
known in America The century
was l3 years old before the iirst
power loom was set up at Walt
ham, Massachusetts.
A woman could spin from
dawn to dark from forty to sixty
knots Of yarn. Now, with mod
ern machinery, one operative can
spin 100000 knots in the same
time.
Carpets were luxury in 1900
. There were u few wooiou carpets
in Philadelphia and New York; Il
| few iGgrains, and herc and there
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02
CUMBERLAND VALLEY
TINE TABLE. Nov. 10, 1899.
Leave no. emo no. 6no.s lnolO
Covers the Field

Additional trains viii leave Carlisle fui Har-
risburg daily, except sunday, at 55Oa n 7Uh
q. m, r.. 40 p. m., 33O p M, $50 p. M. and from
Mechancsourg nj Ola "a. m, $50 o. m. SIC ~.
M Los =. m, 80 p m, and 3.h9 p. m, h..O =. M
d.35 p, m, abl p, m, stopping nj Second street
Harrisburg, To let OF passengers.
Trains No. and 10 run daily between Harris
burg and Hagerstown, and ON Sunday will stop
nt intermediate stations
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02
COUNTY OFFICERs.

President Judge-Hon. s. McC Swope
Associate Judgos-Lemuel Kirk, Peter Nor
ton,
Parliamentary, &c,-F'rank u. Lynch.
District Attorney-George 49, Daniels
Treasurer llhco Sipes,
Sherln Daniel Sheets.
Deputy Shern james Rumel
Jury Commissioners David ROtz, Samuel n
Hockcnsmith.
Auditors John - Harris, ID, II. MYERS, A. !
I.ambcrSon,
Commissioners l., w Cunningham. Alberi
Pessiuger, John StunIard
Clerks. w, Kirk,
Coroner Thumus Kirk
County Surveyor Jonas Lake,
County superintendent t-Clcm Chcsnut
Attorneys Scott Alexander, j. Nelson
Slpes Thomas +. Sloan L. McN, Johnston
NJ. II, Shniiner, Geo. u, Daniels. John t.
SiDes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-02

Connection for all stations ON Cumberland
Valley Railroad and PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
system.
II. A. RIDDLE, d. r. BOYD.
Genl Pass Agent. Supt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-04

sso Feet: thence south II degrees q min.
utes east 1,S0S feet: thence south A de-
sVees 80 minutes cast sos feet; thence
soutn o. degrees &c minutes east 2.O35. s
teet; tnence south 30 degrees 90 minutes
east !.lOC feet: thence south ~ degrees 81
minutes west $50 feet; thence south n
oeerecs ~ minutes east 600 feet: thence
nortn IL degrees 80 minutes east 120 feet:
tnence south 80 degrees O6 minutes east
W. Feet: thence north 10 degrees AZ min.
Htes east l,741.5 feet: thence south ~
leet and running thence north 80 devrees
negroes rs minutes east 1885 feet:
enence south Is degrees " minutes east
~ ieet; thence north rs degrees AZ MIR
utes west 1,t95.5 feet; thence south II de-.
sreea W minutes west 1855 feet; thence
.ortn ~ degrees OK minutes west 1885
leet: thence north g degrees 60 minutes
west l,54S.5 feet; thence north 81 degrees
20 = west 1887 feet, to corner No.
l, place of beginning, containing an
area OF 31.7 acrec claimed.
Inc location OF this mine Is recorded in
the ca!ce o. the recorder of jefferson
county on page 47S In Book "I' Of Pla-
Ine adjoining claims on the north are
survey NO. 2,431, the Alta Lode. Francis
=. Mcbride Ct al. applicants: and on the
. the Lewis lode u~nsurveyed, claim
ants unknown.
GEORGE Z. GREENE,
N. I. BAKER, Register.
u. S. Claim Agent.
First publication Oct 81. 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Mining Application No. 4.os7.

Mining Application No. 4.0S7.
United States Land ONCE, Helena. Mon
tana. Dec. 9. 1893.
Notice is hereby given that Josiah II.
Trerise. whose postoff1ce address is Butte,
Montana. has this day filed an applica-
ton for a patent for 1.44 linear feet of
the Copper Trust lode, extending 210
feet in an easterly direction and 1,234 feet
In a westerly direction from the point of
discovery, situated in Summit Valley
(unorganized) mining district, Silver Bow
county, Montana, designated by an off,
cial survey as No. 5,57S, township 8 north,
range Z west, upon which a notice of
Intention to apply for patent was posted
on the LIST day of December, 1899, the said
Survey No. 5,57S being more particularly
set forth and described in the official field
notes and plat thereof, now on file in this
office. with magnetic variation at from
20 degrees to 20 degrees so minutes east.
as follows, to-w1t:
Beginning at the southeast corner. 2
porphyry stone 24xl2xG inches, set IS
inches deep, marked 1-5o7S for Corner No.
J., from which the quarter section corner
between sections Z n 1S, township 3
north. range Z west, bears north SO de-
grees west 1888 feet, and running thence
North IL degrees OF minutes east GIL fee.
to Corner No. 2; thence south So degrees
30 minutes west LASS feet to Corner No. 8;
thence south II degrees OF minutes west
b64 feet to Corner No. 4; thence north "a
degrees Is minutes east 1.444 feet to Corner
No. l, the place of beginning, containing
an area of 1898 acres in this survey.
upon which an application is made for
extra lateral rights upon that certain
vein or lode, and for extra late raj right
upon all veins or lodes which nave their
tops or apexes within the boundary es-
tablished by said Survey No. 5,57S, and
which extra lateral rights are particu-
larly designated to be such extra lateral
rights as have not been heretofore appro-
priated by any other person, or granted
by the United States Of America upon
any other lode or ledge having its top
or apex within the boundary lines of the
said Copper Trust location, it being he
intention of the said applicant to apply
for the surface ground hereinafter de-
scribed, and for extra lateral rights upon
all veins or lodges within the planes of
the end lines rs surveyed n described
in the plat of said Survey No. 5,57S, as
have not been heretofore appropriated or
granted to any other person or persons,
and especially excepting from this appli-
cation all rights that may have been
granted by the United States under min
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-04
Promised in the Kentucky
G0vernOrShip Case.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
Will be introduced by Both Sides<
Colonel Whallen Was Bound OVef
to the Grand Jury--The Charge
Of Bribery.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 3.-The joint COM
mission which will hear the evidence in
the Goebel-Taylor and Beckham-Mar-
shall contests for governor and lieutef1-
ant governor, will be formed tomorrow.
The law provides that the members ,of
the commission shall be drawn by lot,
three in the senate and eight in the
house. The policy of the Goebel leaders
will be to push the contests for q final
issue as speedily as possible.
Governor Taylor's attorneys are pre-
pairing not only rebuttal evidence to off
set the charges of fraud set forth in Goe-
bells notice of contest, but, according to
Senator Deboe, are going much further,
and attempt to show count frauds of
a glaring nature on the democratic side.
The senator says hat among other
things it will be brought out that Taylor
was robbed Of over 1000 votes in kenton
county, Goebel's home. y.
The Goebel side, under the Kentucky
code of practice, in it's taking of proof,
is restricted to the grounds laid down in
the notices of contest, but under these
they promise very sensational testimony
regarding the election in many counties
alleged to be damaging to many people
prominent III the hoNtuCky business ana
political world, compared with which the
Whallen alleged attempted bribery of
Senator Harrell is only a sample.
Colonel Whallen was arraigned for ex-
animation and trial on the charge Of
bribery before Magistrate Thompson and
held oyer to the Franklin county grand
jury. He was represented by Gen. p.
Watt Hardin and Theodore Hallem. His
bond was fixed at $4,000, and the same
bondsmen who stood for him yesterday
at the time of the arrest were accepted.
In the circuit court this morning Pres
ident Hector v. Loring Of the Louisville
Trust company was before Judge Can
trill, charged with contempt for disobey-
ing the order of the court to turn over
the vault box alleged to have held the
81, 800 which it is claimed was to be paid
to Harrell in the event of his voting
against Goebel in the contest. Loring
stated that he merely desired to protect
his company. and his attorney moved to
quash the summons against him. This
the court, overruled. Thereupon a re-
sponse was filed to the rule for contempt,
and in this it is stated that Whallen.
Harrell n Charles Ryan rented the box
in question, and deposited something in
it.. the box being sealed up and covered
with white paper. The trust company
officials We're notified not to allow the
box to be removed, except by the con
sent of all three parties. Judge Cantrill
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-04
Iron Trade Review.

Cleveland, Ohio, JAM. 4.-The Iron
Of the pig iron production of 1900 sold
in advance, though not all Of this for
shipment in the first six months, it is
not to be expected that any sensational
market turns will be encountered for
weeks, if at all. The significance today
is that the sensational crash in Wall
street and the dullness of holiday time
have left pig iron prices thus far UNI
touched. Against the fact that produce
tion has overtaken the demand, sellers
of iron point to the general urgency
with which deliveries are called for, and
the further fact that a good many impor-
tant who began in Novem-
Der to wait for prices to decline have yet
to buy for a round percentage of their
requirements in the next six months.
In some cases the test will be made on
the advance iron II steel freights, ef-
fective June 1, whether buyer or seller
shall stand them on the next purchases
made. Bessemer pig remains at $25 at
Pittsburg. and is very firm in view of a
slight curtailment of operation, due to
the recent interruption of the movement
from the docks. Foundry iron Is in de-
mand in all markets, In steel billets the
indications are that while the mills are
not so well filled with orders as are the
blast furnaces, the expectation of buyers
who have been waiting for a decline will
be disappointed, for the present at least,
Bessemer steel capacity has not in
creased in the year, apart from the COM
pletion of a new plant in the Wheeling
district, n with rail mills so heavily
sold for 1900 they will not be heard from
in the billet market.
All lines of finished material are quiet.
with prices for plates a trifie easier. Bars
are strong and sheets stationary.