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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-14
The Chicken show.

The seventh annual chicken show
under the auspices of the North Dako-
ia and Northern Minnesota Poultry
association was held at Fargo. 1t has
been the most successful meeting ever
held by the association. The number
of exhibits was the largest and the
increased attendance shows that such
events are becoming more popular.
L. D. Caniff was elected president; s.
F. Crabbe, secretary and treasurer;
George F. Clark. superintendent of
poultry, and c. A. Jordan of the pet
stock department Fargo was chosen
as the place of the next annual
meeting and next January as the
time.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-14
rho.e Great 1nye.tio.s,,

Those Great Inventions.
Admiring Friend-What makes you think
your discovery was 80 great success?
Professor-Why, as soon as announced
the idea every savant in Europe remembered
first teeth!-C Chicago Daily News.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

written on tinted paper, with red
ink. Evidently she wanted to inn
press upon him that she was dead,
for she drew Il ghastly border IL
round the margin of the letter and
wrote the word dead across the
face of both the letter and the en-
vclOpe.
THE first | knew that Mrs .Pigg
had attempted suicide was when
she called me into her room and
commenced telling me that her
husband was the cause of it all, y
said Miss Goodcnough to the Star.
when she gave me the message
to send to her husband | saw that
something was wrong, but ii was
not until after | had sent it that !
learned that she had taken poison
! did all | could to save her, but
she was nearly dead when the ann
bulancc took her away. Her lips
were blue and she was uncOn-
Scious. She blamed her husband
with all her troubles. While he
was here he quarrclcd with her ON
numerous occasions
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
The Third Executive in IS Years to Meet This
FateLinco1n, Garfield and Mckinley.
Anarchist Commits the Deed--f Convicted of
Assault His Punishment Can Be Only
Ten Years.

nave saved his successor from death
provided that bullet he got into
the President don't kill him.
Fl live in New York but | never
had a chance before to shake any
President S hand. stood in line
waiting my turn; ahead of me was
fellow with light hair, about )
feet 9 inches tall
HE had cap in his left hand
and handkerchief in his right
hand. He was right in front of
me and | had a good chance to look
at him as he walked slowly down
the line. He did not seem nervous,
as | recall it, but he kept glaring
at the President i'll funny kind of
way.
"Suddcnly | heard two sharp re-
ports, the handkerchief on the
man hand burst into blaze, and
the fellow raised his smoking pis-
tol to shoot again, this time aim
ing at the Presidents $ heart.
gave Il jump, threw my left arm a.
round the man and knocked his
hand down. Then the detective
and myself dragged him into a side
room and threw him on table and
searched him.
1.-THE President turned shade
pale and sat down on a bench
My clothes were half torn off me,
but thank the good Lord | did
what | could to save the successor
to the man who freed my people >
ASSASSIN's STATEMENT.
CZolgosZ is the real name of the
assassin. Says he was born in
Detroit % years ago, His parent,
were Poles. Associated with an.
archists in Chicago, Cleveland
Detroit and other large cities fol
the last five years. Got bitter il
his feelings against public officials
Says what crazed him to kill was
a lecture he heard last May by
Emma Goldman. Her doctrine il
that all rulers should be eXtermin-
ated. The lecture fired him to dc
something for the cause he lOv.
ed" Formed his plan to kill the
President about two weeks age
while in Chicago. Had no accom-.
pliceS. Went to Buffalo and
watched his chance" He got hi,
chance at the rulcr-thc Prcsident
at last and executed it about rs
detailed above.
CZOLGOSZ : PUNISHMENT.
If convicted of assault with in,
tent to kill, under the laws of New
York, the maximum punishment
which can be administered is ten
years in prison. The crime agains
the person Of the President of the
United States is no worse in tn,
eyes of the law than if committed
against the humblcst tramp who
walks the streets.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Ccntralia, Mo-. Sept. 5.-Will-
lam Il. Pigg, whose wife, Ada +.
Pigg, committed suicide in St.
Louis last night by taking NOR
phinc, is Il school teacher and is
now teaching school four miles
south of this city. He received
last night the telegram his wife
sent him Just before she died
On July 9, 1901, he filed II pcti.
ton against his first wife for dl-
vorcc, and alleged that his wife
was Il non resident of this State,
Deceased was Il member of II prom
incnt and highly respected family
Prof. pigg has been twice mar.
ricd,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
The Mad Dog Scare.

There was II mad dog scare III
New York the other day which
was II direct result of the dog. days.
They did not affect the dog; it
was the people of the metropolis
who seemed to be bothered.
The dog was quietly trottiug IL
long Amsterdam Avenue, mindiug
his own business and allowing
other people to mind theirs, when
some boys spicd him and began
throwing tin cans and stones at
him. Naturally, he ran. Natu-
rally, they chased him, and as it
was a hot day and the dog did not
See the necessity of this sort of
thing, he began to lose his temper
and snapped at one or two people
whom he passed. The door Of Il
vaudeville theatre was open, and
the hunted animal lodged in and
ran down the aisle, yclping ont
his prcdicamcnt in dog language;
but nobody there had studied that
tongue, and the result of his ad-
vent was Il panic. Women grab
bed their children and sprang up.
on the seats, rs if the canine in
trudcr had been Il mouse, the
SOuhrcttc on the stage stopped
singing and screamed. When she
saw the dog coming toward her,
she made an exit not provided for
in the program, and the tired
beast mad" for corner of th"
hall which looked quiet, and lazy
down, painting.
\ policeman was on hand by
that time, and he came up, with a
chair held between him and the
dog, shot the animal, and remoy-
ed the deceased. Then the show
went on.
This is fairly good example Of
! the manufacture of Il mad dog
scare. OF course, there is such II
thing, now and then, as ease Of
| hydrophobia, but some ease,
which are taken for that are moth.
ing but common, ordinary mad
ness, IN the Yankee scmsc Of tn,
word-madncSs any kind. II
would save time and trouble t,
recognize the distinction and i'm
press upon the public that a dog
has nerves, Just like anybody else,
and if he is tcascd and tormcntcd
in hot weather, he is likely TO be
come nervous, irritable and cross
In that case, he does not need tc
be chased up the street by II mol
with sticks and stones nearly II,
much as he needs to he let alou
and kindly treated The formc
treatment will produce IA Yer.
good imitation, entirely unneccs
sary, of real hydrophobia,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
AUDRAIN PEOPLE.
Six Children and Parents
Weigh ,4SO Pounds.

Sturgeon, Mo-, Sept. 5.-JamcS
hampton and family, of Benton
City, who have been visiting in
this vicinity, are rather weighty.
Mr.. and Mrs. hampton have six
children, the combined weight of
whom aggregate l,ll0 pounds, the
parents each weighing lS5, max
ing the weight of the family ,4SO
pounds.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
Divorces and Divorces.

Repeated from the Centralia
Guard;
Speaking Of divorces reminds Us
that Attorney Thos. s. Carter, of
this place, has procured divorces
for a mother and three of her
daughters, and for two of the
daughters he has secured each two
divorces. This, We think, is with,
out parallel in this State.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
Terribly In Earnest.

Clipped from the Vandalia
Leader:
DR.. }. b. Hawkins, of Mexico,
was here last week. The Doctor
has taken new track on the bond
issue question. He seems deter
mined to hatch out some scheme
by which the distress, if there be
any, may he relieved this winter
and, at the same time, build rock
roads. DR.. Hawkins is terribly il
earnest aud hopes to see some
good result from the discussion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

S. p. Emmons, of this city, at
the Methodist conference held at
st. Joseph last week, was elected
an alternate delegate to the Gen.
eral Conference to be held at Dal-
las, Texas, next May.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Buffalo, n. y, sept. O.-frcu-
erick Nieman, a Pole, made an at
tempt to assassinate President Nc
kinley on the Pan American eX-
position grounds this afternoon.
He fired two shots at the chief eX-
ecutivc, one of which took effect
in the Presidents abdomen, while
the second penetrated above the
abdominal cavity and found lodg-
ment in the region of the breast
bone.
The first bullet struck the ster-
mum in the Presidents chest de-
tlected to the right and travelled
beneath the skin to Il point direct
ly below the right nipple, The
second bullet penetrated the abdo-
men. Only Il superficial wound
was caused by the first bullet, and
within five minutes after the ply
sicians reached the President it
had been removed.
The Presidents stomach was
opened, but the second bullet was
not found. Drainage tubes wer,
inserted and the incision sewed
up.
WITHOUT A MOMENTS WARNING.
The reception to the President
this afternoon was one to which
the general public had been invit.
ed. President John G.. Milburn
of the Exposition, had introduced
the President to the great crowC
in the temple, and men, women
and children came forward for a
personal greeting. Nieman haC
wrapped in his h andkcrchief a 81
caliber derringer. A little girI
was led up by her father and the
President shook hands with her
AS she passed along to the righ
the President looked after he
smilingly and waved his hand in ;
pleasant adieu.
Next in line came the would-bt
assassin. AS the President turned
to the right, again bringing hi,
right hand about in the character
istic attitude with which he eX'
tends it while receiving, Niemal
thrust out both his hands, brushed
aside the Presidents EXTENDED
hand and brought the revolver
hidden in the handkerchief up a
gainst the Presidents stomach
At the same instant he pulled the
trigger. 1t all happened in an in
stant. Almost before the noise OF
the second shot sounded, Niemar
was seized by s. L. Ireland,
United States secret service man
who stood directly opposite th'
President. Ireland hurled him tC
the floor, and as he fell il ncgr,
waiter named John Harper leape,
upon him.
Meanwhile Ireland and the he
gro held the assailant, endeavor
ing to shield him from the attack
of the infuriated artillerymen an
the blows of the policcmcn's clubs
Supported by Detective Geary an
resident Milburne the Prcsiden
was. assisted to a chair. His fac
was very white, but he made II
outcry, and sank back with on
hand holding his abdomen and tn
other fumbling at his breast. Iii
eyes were open and he was clcarl
conscious of all that had transpil
ed. He looked up into Presidel
Milburn's face and gasped, "Col
telyou."
"Cortelyou," said the Presiden
"my wife; be careful about hel
don't let her know"
NEGRO INTERCEPTS.
j. b. Parker, who grabbed Il
assassin about the neck with
strangle hold, preventing thin
shot, is a negro. Parker said:
"If | had not grabbed that Graz
loon he would have shot again,
! got a strangle hold lon his neck thi
, | learned down South Just thinl
old father Abe freed me and now
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

A. c. Jones, arrested las t week
on the charge of selling mOrtgag-
ed property, pleaded guilty to a
charge of misdemeanOr before JUS
tice Cluster and was fined $40.
He was placed in Jail pending the
payment of the fine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Circuit Court opens next Mon
day. Judge Hughes has notified
Sheriff James that the petit jury
will not be needed until September
%. The first week of court will
be devoted to non-jury cases.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Hicks, the weather prophet, ad-
vises the farmers to plant their
crops early next spring, so that
they may be well developed by Ju-
ly and thus escape the drouth
which he says is certain to be
prevalent again next season.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

VIM. Moss, of near Nandalia,
sold out his farming interests in
that locality and reinvested in
Ripley county, Mo. The ether day
his body was shipped back for bur-
ial. He died with typhoid fever.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

The Centralia Courier favors a
series of joint debates by w. J.
Stone and Champ Clark, the two
candidates for United States Sena-
tor.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Champ Clark and Capt. c. 7.
Allen made the two big speeches
at the Confederate reunion at
AuXvasse last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

j. F. Sisk, the Farber Forum
says, tone of the most deserving
citizens in Cuivre township" will
again be in the race for Collector
of Audrain county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

The Sturgeon Leader says that
George HOmbe, of near that place,
planted an acre of watermelons
this season and sold them for $3.50.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Rev. G. w. Petty, of Rush Hill
vicinity, we understand, has sold
his farm to the Messrs. Thorn
hill. Mr.. Petty does not give
possession till next spring.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

a Philadelphian after travelling
to Buffalo to get married arrived
an hour after the woman welded
another man. His hair breadth
escape should teach lovers to 60
slow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Despite your experience during
this summer, you will probably
kick about the size of the fuel bill
next winter. Don't forget the
morrow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Hon. ID. A. Ball, of Pike coun-
ty, still has the distinction of be-
ing the ''ugliest white man in the
State of Missouri"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

The Fmber Forum says that w
II. Logan, of Laddonia, sold a
farm of l2O acres in Rails county
last week to Herb and Arthur
Cutlery at $2l % per acre.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Jesse Carter, west of Mexico,
while hauling water was thrown
from his wagon and as result
suffered broken rib.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
Champ CIarkS War Tales.
"Fighting Whisky" Sent Seven Kentuckians
Against Morgan's Cavalry.


ridcrlcss horse went back with
them and that only six home
guards rode back to Mackville in
lieu of the seven who had ridden
forth to battle. Morgan's COM
mand halted, dcploycd in battle
line and rode slowly up the hill,
while ! rode Il great deal faster to
the woods. The home guards had
shot one man out of his saddle
and captured him and Morgan had
captured one of them. Next
morning the home guards, from
their forest faStncsS, sent in n flag
of truce and regularly negotiated
an exchange of prisoners accord.
ing to the rules in such cases made
and provided.
"Of course Morgan would have
paid no attention to the seven men
but he supposed that even his own
native Kentucky never nurtured
seven darcdcvils so reckless as to
do thing like that unless they
had an army back of them.
" have often thought of that
matchlcsS deed of daring and can
say in the language of the French
man who witnessed the charge of
the Light brigade at Balaklava:
1t is magnificent, but not war.
"FlmnTlNG WHISKY" Dlp IT.
Years afterwards one of the
seven was sending his children to
school to me After became well
acquainted with him one day
said to him: Gibson, have al
ways wanted to know what mndc
YOU seven fellows charge Morgan.
oh, he replied, we were all full
of fighting whiSky'-an cxpIana-
tion which explained not only that
fight, but thousands more. If
that splendid feat of arms had
been performed in New England
by New Englandcrs the world
could scarcely contain the books
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

to succeed Senator Vest in the
United States Senate, laid politics
aside today and talked war" to
the cX-Confedcrates of the coun-
ties of Audrain, Galloway, Lin
coin, Montgomery and Boone, who
met in annual reunion here today.
Mr., Clark said
"Rcally, there was no war, ex.
ccpt III Missouri, Kentucky, East
Tennessee, Kansas, West Virginia
and MARYLAND. As far as the rest
of the States were concerned it
was as much Il foreign war as if it
had been wagcd by two different
nations speaking the same Ian.
guagc
From the first, Missouri has
been the stormy petrol of Amcri-
can politics. The richest, the
most imperial commonwealth III
the Union, her geographical loca-
ton always placed her in the
thick of the fight. She was Il
slave peninsula lutting out into II
frrc-sOi sea. The first serious
trouble on the slavery question
came with her admission to the
Union, aud the second over the
admission of California, MiSsOu-
ri colony. As II matter of fact
Missouri and Kansas had been
carrying on n civil war on their
own hook for five or siX years be-
fore the first gun was fired in
Charleston harbor. If Sir Walter
Scott had lived in that day he
could have found enough material
for fifty novels descriptive of bor-
der warfare in the forayS and cN-
pIoits of the Missouriaus and Kan.
sans before the first soldier was
legally mustered into the scrvic,
of either army.
\ KANSAS BATTLE IN lSJG.
"Out ON Il Kansas prairie stands
a monument to old John Brown
rccting the fact, inter ALA, that
he commanded at the battle of
Osawatomic ON the 3Oth day OF
August, lSJ6." Whether the OPP
posing commander has Il monu'
mcnt do not ku ow. | witnessed
only one battle during the Civil
| War. \ line in General Basil W
Dukes entertaining book, Nor
gan and His Men, is all that Is
vouchsafcd TO il in the litcratur"
Of the war: but surely il was thC
most astounding martial rapcr and
1t fully illustrates ia" h'nturklan
! inherent and incradicabIc love Of
fighting.
II saw seven home guards charge
Morgan : caNaIrN-thr very Hover
Of Kentucky rhlyalry ! was
working rs Il farm hand Tor one
John Call, who was the proud
owner OF several I'm" horses 81 'h'
famous copper bottom breed
Morgan had, perhaps a. g"od ~
eye for a saddIrr rs was ever sci
in II human head, ana during 'hoS'
trouhIous days his NINA was sadly
mixed ON the mrum and tuun
when It cam" to "punro--a r"
mark applicable TO many othrr
besides Morgan, on both sides at
that.
taIl, hearing that Morgan wa
coming and knowing ms pcnrhan'
for III" nobI"st OF Qnadrup"dS, or
drrrd m" 10 mount IN hot haste
and take the horses to the woods.
just rs ! had climbed upon a mag
uiGccut chestnut surrrl tit for I
king charger, and was rounding
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Rev. John Allen, a well known
Holiness preacher, is conducting a
revival meeting at Centralia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12
NOT TEACHING HERE.
A Deserted Wife Commits
Suicide.

is Star of last week will interest
readers in this section:
Married two months ago against
her parents wishes; deserted II
few weeks later by her husband;
knowing that the door of her IA
thcr's home was barred against
her, and without friends in Il
great city, Mrs. William Il, Pigg,
recently of Columbia, Mo-, at
tempted to commit suicide at the
residence of James Goodcnough of
1923 North Compton avenue.
Mrs Pigg was discovered be-
fore the poison had time to do its
deadly work and was sent to the
City Dispensary and pumped out.
She was later sent to the city hos
pital, where the physicians pro-
nOunccd her condition critical.
with chances of life and death a.
bout even.
Mrs. Pigg left note address
ed to her husband, who is said to
be in Ccntralia, Mo. in which she
accuses him Of being the cause of
her rash act. She also directed
that IA telegram be sent to him at
Centralia requesting him to come
to st. Louis without delay.
Mrs. Pigg was a beautiful
young woman of twenty summers.
She was formerly IA Miss Cowdcn,
of Columbia, Mo. She came TO
st. Louis March Is, and sought
employment as Il saleswoman. On
June 23 William Pigg, who had
often times Travelled the Boone
county roads between Ccntralia
and Columbia to pay her court ,
came to st. Louis. They were
married on the day of his arrival
and a week later took up THEN
residence at the Compton avenue
home, where the abandoned bride
sought today to relieve her suffer.
ings in the stiffness of death.
"Three weeks ago today William
Pigg left his wife. He said h,
had been engaged to teach Schoo
at Mexico, Mo, and that he would
send for her when he got ready
for her to come. Pigg is % years
old, and claims to be II school
teacher by profession. While h,
was in St Louis he was employed
as Il shoe salesman three days Il
week at one Of the department
stores.
"Since going away Pigg, it is
said, has not sent his wife a Gem
of money. Mrs. Pigg's mother
had been with her until a day or
two ago, when she fell i'll and wa,
compelled to 90 home. The young
bride became respondent, but nC
one ever heard her threaten tC
commit suicide, altho it is said shC
made an attempt o do so on Jul,
I, after her husband had quarrelc,
with her for speaking to an ac
muaintance. Her mother save,
her that time by snatching the ra
zor from her hand.
Mrs. Pigg's father did not
know. it is said, that she was mar
ricd, but it was stated that hen
brother William had sworn that
she should never return home.
This morning Mrs. Pigg called
Miss Mamie Goodcnough into her
room and asked her to 90 to tn,
telegraph Office and send mes
sage to her husband, telling hin
TO come to st. Louis at once. II
II little while it was discovered thq
something was wrong with Mrs
IPigg. DR.. Pritchard was calIcl
and he said that she had takcl
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

G. \. Shotwell purchased a stock
of harness at Chillicothe and will
move the goods to Farber.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

Shelf Douglass and family, of
Benton City, have moved to Mexi-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

The Martinsburg creamery has
been closed down for some time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

DR. Hobbs SpaTagus Pills cure u kidney Ills sam
pie free Add sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or NY
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-09-12

j. b. Parker, who grabbed the
assassin about the neck with Il
strangle hold, preventing "A third
shot, is negro. Parker said;
"If | had not grabbed that crazy
loon he would have shot again,
got a strangle holdon his neck that
| learned down South Just think
old father Abe freed me and now