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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Hurting the Fog Germ.

The London city council have tun-
neled under the Thames, reconstructed
bridges, demolished many streets,
provided parks and music for the
masses, and are anxious to add serv-
ice of free steamboats, and hope to buy
up all the water companies whenever
parliament will grant the requisite
powers. Not satisfied with these enter
prises, it is now suggested that the fog
fiend should be localized, run to earth
and deprived of his asphyxiating ter
rors. AS a commencement it is only
proposed to spend ESQ on an experi-
mental Investigations. When prelim-
inaries are completed fogs may cease
as soon as the Essex marshes are re-
claimed, the river diverted and smoky
chimneys suppressed. These cannot
be called trifling obstacles, but with
ambitious councillors on the job there
is sure to be big effort made to over
come them.-N. Y. Sun.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
YOUNG ALPINE EAGLES.
(Hunting Them Is the Most Dangerous
Sport Known.)

gerous, but it is excessively tedious
as we'll. 1t necessitates, sometimes,
the searchers hanging in midair for
hours at time. The circling of the
eagles is carefully watched and the
cliff noted on which the nest is prob
ably located. This can only be de-
termined after long and careful
study of the birds habits. The GEN.
ter of the diameter of their circular
flight is sure to be near the nest and
the young eagles.
The next thing is to get to the top
of the cliff and rig up double set
of pulleys. The hauling pulley is
fastened on sturdy standing tree
firmly rooted in the intricacies of
the mountain top. A cable is veered
through this and then through a
drop pulley fastened to some stout
fallen tree trunk, braced to reach
over the brink so that the line will
fall clear of the rocks.
A complicated knot, known as a
boatsman's seat, in which man can
rest at comparative ease, is formed
in this line. Into this the eaglet
hunter slips his legs and is lowered
away over the precipice. With man
above at the pulley to lower and one
below at the guide rope to pull in
or out, the eagle hunter can get at
the crevices in the rock and search
carefully for the nests.
In recent hunt Herr Amrhein
was 210 meters up in the air. Snow
shrouded peaks and glaciers were his
neighbors. A weak strand in the
rope meant certain death. But death
also threatened him in other ways.
1t might come from moments gid
diness on his part; from q foot slip
by the man above who held the pull
ley rope, or from bad judgment by
the man who held the guiding rope
below, who might swing him so
forcibly into the cleft that he would
be dashed to pieces.
After the nest is found and the
eaglets secured there are the old
eagles to be reckoned with. They
do not take kindly to having their
young kidnapped and if they are in
the immediate neighborhood there
is sure to be lively half-hour for
the eaglet hunter up in the clouds.
Sometimes a hunter is lowered to
the foot of the cliff without seeing a
nest. Then comes the tedious and
laborious process of hauling him up
again. This frequently takes an
hour.
If single nest is found in
weeks hunt the hunters feel amply
repaid.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
A wEApoNLEss HUNTER.
wood.man who chokes Bears ana
Wildcats to Death, and Hunts
Small Game with stones,

Bob Brown, of Fox Hollow IL q
woodsman who gets much game, yet
uses neither gun nor knife, nor any
other weapon except occasionally q.
club or stone, says the New York
Sun.
He has a record of choking bears to
death, and even q wildcat is among
his trophies that he bagged in that
way. His manner of hunting bears is
to trail one to it's feeding grounds, get
to the windward of it, creep stealthily
upon it, and, when near enough, throw
q horse blanket or sometimes his coat
over its head.
While the bear is blinded and its
forepaws entangled In it, Brown
jumps in, finds the bears windpipe
with his right hand, clutches it with
grip like wise, and actually chokes
the bear to death. At least, he has
succeeded in killing two in this way.
One of them weighed over 200 pounds
and one was a}11O-pounder.
The wildcat that Brown choked to
death leaped ut him from hollow
stump where she had kittens con-
cealed. Brown, who is o powerful
man, seized her by the throat while
she was still in the air and held her
at arms length until she was dead,
with her hind legs drawn clear up rs
her breast. n
He killed wildcat once with sim
gle blow of his fist, crushing the ami
mails skull.
Ruled grouse, or partridge, as they
are called by the natives, will tree
when flushed if they hear the barking
of dog. Brown hunts cartridges by
initiating the bark Of whiffet, when
the birds rise.
When they tree he brings them
down with stones, with which his aim
is almost unerring. He is said to be
able also to kill running rabbit by
stone throwing.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26


the United States, and especially for
Chicago, is known to those who were
most prominent, in getting the
Olympian games for that city. Eu-
rope did not desire the games to go
to the new world. Eastern cities,
New York and Philadelphia, had out
their lobbyists for the games. But
the baron had carefully studied the
situation and had spoken so highly
of this country and the worlds fair
city that Chicago easily won the
fight. In Europe President Roose-
welt is regarded as the wholesome
type of athletic enthusiast. With the
international games directly under
the supervision of the nations chief,
the foreigners will have great faith
in the exercises at the stadium.
"Rooter in Washington for Har-
ward when the crimson met the blue;
rooter on the side lines for the army
team at Philadelphia when the West
Pointers met the middies of Annap-
oils, and champion of all good
healthy, manly sports, was and is
Theodore Roosevelt" said Chicago
worker for the success of the Olym-
plan games. "Why should not Mr..
Roosevelt accept the position? We
think he will"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
RIGID D1sc1p11NAR1AN.
Bishop Charlie. c. McCabe Believe. II
the Semi-Military Government
of Churches.

Bishop Charles C. McCabe, who is
being harshly criticised by several
members of the Emmanuel Methodist
Episcopal church in Evanston, Ill.
because of his alleged autocratic
methods of church government, is
noted for his plain and outspoken di-
rectnessof opinion and for the gem
eral sturdiness of his mind. He has
been minister of the gospel for up
wards of 40 years, and came originally
from Ohio, from which state he went
to the civil war in the uniform of q
fighting soldier. The future bishop
backed up his political principles with
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Statistics Of Atchison county. Kan
show that Of the la,s0l people liviae
there l2,1S3 have never attended sun
day school issssss
Rev. Samuel Scoville, the son-in-law
of Henrys WStd BeecAer,y hAs becomo
associate pastor With DR.. WILLIS. Of
the Plynbutk chyechh BID pklyn.
The bilhdp Of London sSa recent
ly in taltiSg d the,poverty Of the
clergy tn 4,5d6 lsisgs average $3.50
year, and no fewer than 1871
benefices were worth only $32s per
annum.
Rev. Richard Lewis Howell, one Of
the best Known Episcopal clergymen
of Washington, d. c., has project
for the erection of . magnificent edi-
fee in that city to serve as meeting
place for the communicates of all re-
ligious denominations.
Nearly 1000 men and women are
employed to conduct summer vaca-
ton schools and Fairgrounds in tho
boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx. Last summer more than 1OO,-
600 boys and girls were in more or
less constant attendance.
In the future Boston's public school
buildings are to contain well-appoint-
ed bathrooms. The impulse was given
two years ago, when the Paul Re-
we're school was erected, and now
bathrooms are to become regular
adjunct of the public school system.
Carrie Nation the other evening lee
tured to q large audience in Marietta,
O., under the direction of ii. j. Con-
rath, q saloon keeper, and Joe
Bruner, pugilist. In answer to crit
icisms on her appearance under such
management Mrs. Nation said:
"Neither the W.; C. T. U. nor tho
churches would bring me here, but
these men did, and am grateful to
them"
President Eliot, of Harvard, insists
that the school-teachers spend alto
gether too much time trying to teach
arithmetic to young children. In his
Twentieth Century club lecture he
told of naughty boy who was told
by his mother that he must either
do as she told him or leave the room.
The boy thought for moment and
then remarked: 'That's fair" II
would give more for that judicial
comment for it's effect on the boys
later life," said President Eliot, "than
for any amount of accurate figuring
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
SIMPSONS PROTEST FILED.
Raises Objection to the Approval Of
the FindlnE Of Admiral
Dewey.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The objec-
ton of Admiral w. T. Sampson to
that portion of Admiral Dewey's re-
port of the Schley court of inquiry,
in which he says Admiral Schley was
in command at the battle off Santi-
ago and entitled to the credit for the
victory, was filed with Secretary Long
Friday. The document was brought
to the navy department by Mr.. E. S.
Theall, of counsel for Admiral Samp-
son, and handed to the secretary. It
is as follows:
$50 Broad Street, New York. Dec. 10. 1901.
Sir: AS counsel for Rear Admiral Samp-
son, we have the honor to request that the
department., for the reasons below stated.
| strike out or specifically disapprove that
portion Of Admiral Dewey's opinion filed in
connection with the proceedings of the
Schley court Of inquiry, in which he states
his view to be that Commodore Schley was
in absolute command at the naval battle
| of Santiago.
81. Commodore Schley was not IN com.
mand at that battle.
go The president of the United States
| and the navy department. had decided that
Admiral Sampson was In command at that
battle and Commodore Schley second in
command.
'.3. The question as to who commanded
at Santiago was not referred to the court
for consideration, and evidence bearing on
the point was excluded.
The document then goes on to fully
treat the matter under the three he lads,
and establish them by evidence from
the records of the court of inquiry.
Washington, Dec. 21.-Dr. w. S.
Dixon, the physician in attendance
upon Rear Admiral w. T. Sampson,
made the following statement regard
ing his patients condition:
1.-THE admiral is not in any immediate
danger. His body is in its usual condition.
He goes out for exercise every day, wealth
er permitting. He goes to the table for his
meals. He sits with the family after din
| ner especially and spends his evenings
wherever they sit. either in the dining
ROOM, drawing room CT library. He smokes
his cigar after dinner. He usually sleeps
very WELL He has not a trained nurse. MOI
does he need the service of one. He Is not
feeble, but just in impaired health. His
heart action is quite vigorous. His life may
be prolonged for many years or 1t may be
very brief. so far as anyone knows. call
at the admiral's residence once day. but
before going there am fully prepared to find
him in the same condition that did ths
day before"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Wreck on n. q o.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 21.-The Cum.
berland express on the Baltimore &:
Ohio train, No. IA, which left Pittsburg
at $3.50 Friday morning, ran into the
caboose of freight train at Scott Ha'
ven, IA miles above McKeespert and 30
miles above Pittsburg. The smash-up
occurred while the passenger train
was rounding a sharp curve on down
grade. The freight was standing on
the main track, but why has not yet
been learned. Engineer Frank Hughes
and his fireman and flagman were
badly injured.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
THE oLYMp1AN GAMES.
Heaunary Preslaent Of the Great
Athletic Event Of 1904.

President Roosevelt as honorary
president of the international Olym-
plan games to be held in Chicago in
1904! Baron Coubertin, of Paris, the
great and moving spirit in the in
tcrnational Olympian committee, as
well as its executive, has written q
letter to President Roosevelt asking
him to accept the honorary position.
Ambassador Porter has been given
the letter, and in due time it will be
placed before the president.
That Baron Coubertin on more
than one occasion has shown his ex-
ceedingly pronounced friendship for
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Paternalism In Norway,

The paternal government of Nor
way has a fund of money amounting
to about 100000, which is loaned to
farmers through the municipal Off
GERS to assist them in buying land.
Such a proposition was advanced by
the populists of Kansas some years
ago and did not meet with any IA
vor, but generally with ridicule. In
Norway, however, it is actually in
practice and small sums are loaned
to Industrious people at three per
cent. interest for term of IS years
to enable them to acquire farms and
improve not only themselves, but
the state.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Two More Deaths.

San Francisco, Dec. 21.-Two names,
making four in all, have been added to
the list of fatalities resulting from the
collision of trains Nos. 9 and 10 on the
coast division of the Southern Pacific
road Thursday. John Cardona and
Francisco Sanerimonek, section hands,
both of whom were terribly burned,
died at the Southern Pacific hospital in
this CITY Friday.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Orders De,imitntion of Frontie,

The Hague, Dec. 21.-Great Britain
having fully recognized the fact that
the rights of the Netherlands are in
no wise affected by the Paris arbitra-
ton of the boundary dispute between
British Guiana and Venezuela. the gov
eminent has ordered the de.imitation
of the Dutch frontier.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Mu.tache. of Old.

Men with enormous mustaches real
ly have nothing to be proud of. Rather
are they to be pitied. Those of high
rank among the Gauls and Britons, ac-
cording to Caesar and Diodorous,
shaved the chin, but wore immense
forests of hair on the upper lip. The
mustaches of the inhabitants Of Corn
wall and the Sicily isles hung down
upon their breasts like wings.-N. Y.
Press,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Children Burned.

Richmond, KY, Dec. 21.-Two chill
dren of Ephraim Estill were burned to
death at night when their home at
Ford was destroyed by fire. The par
ents were absent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26

bullets, and after serving his term in
Libby prison he left the army because
of the failure of his health. His first
pastorate was little church at
Portsmouth, o. Bishop McCabe's
principal distinction has been his re-
markable success as a collector of
funds for missionary purposes, and in
that capacity he stands unrivaled in
the ranks of American church work.
ers. He is GA years old.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.


tt Chicago, Dec 20.
wHEAT-Rulad stronger and higher.
May sold at 19ss@S0c.
CORN-Tirm. May sold at 66@6G6Bc.
OATS-Steady ard firm. May sold at AK
@45c
POTATOEs-Market held firm. White
stock good to choice, 79@S2c; fancy rurals.
84@S5c; red stock, 70@7Sc; Burbanks, TO
S2c.
EGGS-Market ruling firm. City recan-
died, fresh eggs, new cases Included. ESQ
&c; at mark, cases returned, 2G26c; loss
of. cases returned, SG2Sc.
BUTTER-Marketr ruling frmer. Cream.
cries. 15@24c per pound; dairles. 14@2Oc.
LIVE POULTRY-Dull. Turkeys, 6@7c:
chickens, 4@7c; ducks, 6@Sc; geese, 5000
600.
New York, Dec. 20.
WHEAT--Slightly stronger. December.
Ss1sc; May. S44@S5c; July, 841t@S4Ac. s
RYE-Stea6y. State, 67@Ssc c. l. t. New
York car lots; No. western. 71kc f. o. b.
afioat.
CORN-steady. December, 7O;sc; May.
70A@70Ac. 81
OATs-Dull and steady. Track white. e
Oslo. 81 II
BCTTER-Firm. State dairy. 1a1esc:
creamery, 16@25c; June creamery, 15@A1ac;
factory, 1eh@15hc.
CHEESE-Quiet and firm. Fancy large
September. 1O@10Ac; fancy small Septem-
Der, 10z@11c; late made best large, &c;
late made best small, 10@1OAc.
EGGS-Market excited and higher. State
and Pennsylvania, 32@34cc; western at
mark, 26923c; southern at mark, 6@32c.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Dec. 20.
HOGS-Choice to fancy strong-weight
shipping, $6.35@6.55; common to good heavy
packing. $5SO@6.40; plain to choice heavy
mixed, $5.70G6.25; selected butcher weights,
$6.1O@645; assorted light, $5.5G@600; COM
mon to fancy light mixed, $5.20@59O; thin
to choice, $4.25@5.15.
CATTLE-Christmas beeves, $6.SO@7 40;
good to prime beeves, $6.0O@6.75; fair to good
export shipping steers, S. 30@5S5; plain to
medium beef steers. $4.60@5.25; common to
rough, $4O0@4.5O; good to fancy feeders,
$350@4.25; plain to fair stockers, $2.2C@3. 40;
bulls, plain to fancy, $2.20@4.65; stock
calves. fair to fancy, $2.50@4O0; corn-fed
western steers, $450@660: fed Texas steers,
A1O@5.O0; Texas cows, bulls and grass
steers, $26O04.O0.
South Omaha, Neb., Dec. 20.
CATTLE-Market slow to 1Oc lower Ma.
tive beef steers, $4.00@685; western steers,
$375@5.75: Texas steers, $3.50@44O: cows
and heifers, S2.90@4.75: Gamers. $15O@2.8O;
stockers and feeders, S2.75@4.40; calves, $500
06.O0; bulls, stays. ETC., $1.15@4.10
SHEEP-Market steady. Fed muttons,
$350@4.25: fed lambs, $4.30@5.5O; ewes, $275
@S 50: common and stockers sheep, $3.50
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
HOW oid rhex eet rhere,

Petrified tropical fruits have been
found in coal from Spitzbergen, the
island group in the Arctic ocean, mid
way between Greenland and Nova
Zembla.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
News Notes.

A new addition is being plated to the
town of Devils Lake and a stock com.
pany is being formed for the erection Of
a $4,000 hotel in the springs. This is
another note of the prosperity that ex-
lists throughout the state.
The owners of the Chicago railroads
seem to be much, or even more inter-
ested than the people of the Northwest
in preventing the community of inter-
ests" of the Pacific railroads. They
have vision of the business of the
northwest going to the Orient instead
of to the windy city. When the north
west sells its products in the Orient it
will hav bigger customer than Chi
cago. ..,-.,e..
John Vik, druggist of Hillsboro, was
found dead in his bed. Death was
caused from heart failure. Deceased has
no relatives in this country.
Efforts are being made in some of
Of boring artesian wells in each town.
ship for irrigation purposes: Under the
Peabody law each township can issue
bonds to pay the expenses of digging the
wells.
While there is no official utterance, it
seems to be expected that Gov. Van
SAINT will call the Minnesota legislature
in extra session sometime in February,
to consider the report of the tax COM
mission. Attorney General Douglas is
proceeding on the assumption that ex-
listing Minnesota laws give all the pro-
lection needed to prevent the consolida-
ton of parallel lines of railroad, and
will not ask new legislation, even If an
extra session is called.
Fargo authorities intend to rigidly en-
force the ordinance regarding clearing
the snow from sidewalks. The fine is
not less than S. nor more than SIS.
Mrs. Ben Corbin, wife of the famous
wolf hunter of Glencoe, died at her
home on Tuesday. She was 81 years of
age, had been married AZ years, and
leaves five children, all residents of Bur-
leigh and Emmons counties.
Engineer Woodwork was killed in a
wreck at urbana Point.
A national bank with $4,000 capital
has been organized at Fairmont.
The First Baptist church at Grand
Forks was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26

Poverty Not the Worst Thins.
Poverty may sidetrack man, but It.
never blows him up.-Chicago Daily
News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
Masonic Meeting.

There will be meeting in Fargo, Jan.
IS that will be of more than ordinary
interest to the Masonic fraternity of the
northwest. 1t will be the comforting of
the thirty-third degree on a class of
nine, recently elected at the biennial
meeting of the Scottish Rite at Wash
ington. Charles E. Rosenbaum, of Little
Rock, Ark, will be the direct represent
alive of the grand commander, Con-
gresham Richardson of Tennessee.
Colonel S. Z. Adams, of Minneapolis,
lieutenant commander; E. T. Taubman,
of South Dakota; L. w. Hugo, of Du-
lutl,, grand cross and lcgate of the court
of honor; and w. E. Richardson, of
Duluth, will be present to assist in con-
ferring the high honors.
The following day the regular winter
reunion of the Scottish Rite will open
here, and it is expected large class will
be present.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-26
,urglars.

Ulen was visited by burglars and the
general store of Dahl & Hauge was en-
tered and considerable booty secured.
The burglars entered the safe, which
was not locked, and took $500 which
was in the money drawer. They also
carried off large quantity of canned
goods and underwear. The burglary was
not discovered until the next morning,
and up to date no clue as to their iden-
Ity has been discovered. The manner
in which the job was done shows clever
work and leads the authorities to believe
that the men who did it are old cracks
men. The matter has been reported to
the police of the surrounding towns, and
close watch will be kept for the men
and the stolen goods.