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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-18
from the Musse1lshell where they had
been visiting relatives.

from the Musse1lshell where they had
been visiting relatives.
Engineer Taber has again assumed
his work on the Rancher ditch.
The I S = have turned all of their
horses loose except few they gather
ed off of their range.
Rev. McConkey of Mugginsvi1le is
putting in ford across the Yellow
stone river. That part completed was
tested by the young people on Sunday
last and found to be fully up to con-
tract.
Some very bold and daring would be
gentleman cut the wires between every
post on Philip Isaac's fence for dis
tance of over two miles.
A very pleasant little dance was
given in the school house Monday
evening in honor of Miss Jennie Wit
seers who afterwards departed for Bill
lings where she expects to reside for a
time.
Martin Forsyth found the saddle that
was lost by M. I. Draper on the 4th by
horse being drowned.
Miss G. M. Higgins, county super.
intendent, is visiting schools in the
valley.
What constitutes quorum to tran.
sact business in country incorporat.
ed town? A niger and a major.
Rudolph Reichen is suffering from a
bone felon on his hand.
Miss Frances ]. Murphy having Sc
cured school in Missoula the trustees
of school district No. are looking fol
fanother teacher. Respond gals.
! Postmaster Heynemann's potatoes
are very prolific this season. Nine il
hill weighing five pounds each.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-18

w. ]. Nix, game warden, has been
in the valley for day trying to work
up case on the pumpkin rollers.
But emit"
Martin Forsyth is taking a lay-off
for few days to visit in the county
seat.
Mrs.L. Haveman and two daughters,
Anna and Dora, have just returned
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-18
Rancher, August 16, 1904.

KdnCner, August 10, 19U4.
G. w. Stoddard, head carpenter on
the Rancher ditch, has gone to Billings
for few days.
Engineer Taber went to Forsyth
Saturday. He expects to work on
the Forsyth ditch.
Grand opening on the 26th-The
main headgate of the kancher ditch.
Two young men from Lande., Wyo.,
passed through the waller yesterday
enroute to Miles City.
Thos. NcVay was found Friday.
Some days prior to the find Tom under
took to ride his colt Frank and was
left ON the prairie.
Phil and ALI Isaac have just return
ed from rebuilding fence that had been
destroyed by some heartless villain.
There were four miles cut.
Mr.. L. Haveman and a portion of
his family visited Junction Monday.
On their return considerable noise was
spoken of by the neighbors. But we
think they were just glad to get home.
Large attendance at Sunday school
Sunday. None of the regular attend
ants absent except the Rev. from Mug
ginsville.
On Monday while raking hay Mas
ter Jno. Guys team became frightened
and ran away. There were just two
pair of names, one bride and one tug
left besides the team. No damage
done except destruction of property.
Mrs. Jennie Lane, post mistress at
Forsyth, is visiting friends in the val
ley. Her first visit to the old home for
about ten years.
The night villain has returned and
and set fire to the Grossen sheep sheds
totally destroying buildings and sheds,
The property was located on prong
of Alkali creek near the divide be-
tween the Yellowstone and Mussell
shell rivers.
John Dahl Of Bull Mountain has pur
chased the ranch belonging to S. v
Lindon. Consideration unknown.
Mai. F. w. King and crew have jus
branded and turned loose a bunch o
horses that have been under herd al
summer.
4 Mr.. Bruno Heynemann and famil!
who have been living at Mr.. Robinson
place have moved to their own hom
lust north of the Rancher Post Office
Good morning ]. c.! Good mawnil
Majah! Well John, anything we can d
!, toward election? Yes MaJah, get ;
twenty yeah franchise to put in lectri
lights, and report completion by Dec
LIST. Dat am de time TO de lection to b
! oveh.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-18
RANCHER.

RANCHER, August 10, 1904.
A seven and one-half pound boy ar
rived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elias johnson August End.
Mr.. Dickinson of Quincy, Illinois, is
in the valley buying horses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-08-19
Mrs. CO. Newcombe Dead.

At quarter after ten, Saturday
morning, August 10, 1904, Mrs. Har-
riet Newcombe, wife of c. Q. New
combe, died at her home in Great
Bend, at the advanced age of IS years,
after but a few days illness.
Deceased has been a we'll known
and respected resident of Great Bend
for many years. She was kind,
motherly woman, but of late years
old age had made her quite feeble.
She was the stepmother of F. B. and
S. A. Newcombe. A married daugh-
ter, whose home is in New Mexico, is
also here to attend the funeral, which
will be conducted at the residence on
Sunday the 14th at p. m.
The family have the deep sympathy
of large circle of friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-08-19
How a Truthful Paper Sounds.

A Missouri editor announced that
for just one issue he would tell the
truth. Here are a few items from
that issue: a
"John Bonir,- the LATEST merchant
in town, made trip to Bellview yes
terday. John Doyle, our
grocerman, is doing. poor business.
His store is dusty, dirty and noxious-
ly odoriferous. How can he expect
to do much? Rev. Styx
preached Sunday night on charity.
The sermon was punk. IF the rever-
end gentleman would live up little
closer to what he breaches he'd have
bigger congregations. x x Dave
Sodkey died last Saturday, at his
home in this place. The doctor gave
| it out as heart failure. The fact is,
he was drunk and whiskey is what
killed him. His home was a rented
shack on Rowdy street. \
Married-Miss Sylvia Rhodes and
James Canahon Saturday evening in
the Baptist parsonage. The bride is
a very ordinary town girl, who doesn't
know any more than rabbit about
cooking and who never helped her
mother three days in her life. She is
not beauty by any means and has
gait like duck. The groom is well
known here as an up-to-date loafer.
He has been living off the old folks
all his life and don't amount to
shucks. They will have bard life
while they live togather and the News
has no congratulations to offer, for we
don't believe any good can come from
such union.'
This issue in which the Missouri
editor told the truth was the last
made. Now, in the springtime, when
the dewlike diamonds sparkle in the
tender grass where sweet thro1ted
birds make melody all the day, SUBJ
scribers to this paper while it was
published drive out into the country
short way to catch glimpse Of a
piece of black skin which hangs
suspended from barbed wire fence.
1t is the remains of the once manly
form of the Missouri editor who "told
the truth for once"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-08-19

Henry Gideon was down from
Hoisington Saturday.
Miss Mabel Langham of the east
side, has new Kroeger piano.
II. L. Ives of east Lakin township
was county seat visitor Saturday.
Mrs. A. B. Riddle will leave Penn
sylvania on the home trip about the
18th. She will visit at the fair before
returning here.
A Mr.. Cantwell, of Sterling, came
up Friday evening to see what his
horse, 'Billy The Twister," who is
being handled by Aber, was doing.
Mrs. Seymour Fossburg came down
from Syracuse Friday evening to be
present with her foster mother, Mrs.
c. Q. Newcombe, who died Saturday.
Emmett Putnam was called to
Topeka, Saturday, on receipt of
telegram stating his mother was very
seriously i'll. He returned home Mon
day.
Mrs. E. B. Smith of the Nickerson
Normal College, accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Helen, are in the city
for few days visit with old friends.
The body of Henry Lunz, killed at
Belpre last week, was brought to Bar
ton county and inferred in the St.
Peter and Paul cemetery. He leaves
a wife and three children.
Mrs. F. E. Dean three daughters,
of Grand Junction, Colo, are in the
city the guests of Elmer Dean and
family. They are on their way to the
Worlds Fair.
Joseph Eppstein and son left for
Chicago and Bloomington, ILL.,, Fri
day evening. After visiting relatives
there for awhile they will take in the
St. Louis fair. then return to their
home in Denver.
Thomas L. Temple. of High Point.
Ness county, was killed by lightning
last week. He had just returned
from Rczell, and goi, g out to the
barn, did not return, his wife finding
him later between the house and barn,
near stone post.
September 3Oth will be Jayhawker
Day at the Worlds Fair, when a
special program for Kansas will be
prepared, and Dave Overmeyer-and
others-will crate. If we get our
thres hing done by that time. and sell
our wheat at 81. bushel, we expect
to try to make. arrangements to be
there.
Through the Kindness of Attorney
Randall Livesayy we received copy
of the Anadarko, Ok, Plaindealer of
Aug. 18th, giving finely illustrated
write up of the third anniversary of
the establishment of Anadarko.
Everything that an agricultural coun-
try can produce was on exhibition,
and large crowds of people were in
attendance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-08-19
For Sale.

Eight room dwelling, barn, stalls
for 8 horses, buggy shed; city water.
shade trees etc. For further partic-
ulars call on or address w. ToRREY,
P. Building, Great Bend, Ks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-08-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Henry Born returned from the east
Saturday evening.
Harry Marx is helping in this busy
print shop for a few weeks.
Tom Ely returned from a weeks
rusticating down on the farm.
Bert Winterburg arrived from
Excelsior Springs Sunday morning.
Roger Lee is taking a couple of
weeks vacation from his office work.
The Colorado outing party is ex-
pected home Friday morning of this
week.
Charlie Walkers parents drove
down from Albert Sunday to see
Charlie. E.4
Geo. .Barrows came down Galatia
Saturday and remained in the city
over Sunday.
DR.. c. H. Ewing and family were
down from Larned to spend Sunday
with the folks.
A new cement walk is being put
down on the east side of Main street,
along the block south of the Moses
Mill Offices.
The republican county central COM
mittee, in session today, called the
county nominating convention for
Great Bend on Saturday, September
10th.
Tobias McGill and two daughters
will leave Monday for an outing in
Colorado. Mr.. McGill says he will
be back to make his home in Great
Great Bend again in about month,
if he does not get dizzy in the high
altitude and fall off the earth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
THE GARRoTED MEN CAME TO
 LIFE AGAIN.

4 rather gruesome occurrence took place some time since in connection with the garroting of four condemned murdereds in the province of Isabela. It appears that the American judge sentencing these men declined to wit
 ness their execution, embarking on q boat lying in the Rio Grande, opposite
 the prison. The execution was witness ed by several Americans, and the act of death certified by native doctor and several provincial officials. This death
 certificate was brought to the judge, | who signed it and at once departed down the river. The bodies of the four garroted men were removed to the church and laid out preparatory to a fu-
 neral service to be held later, and about three hours after the supposed execu- tion two of the garroted men showed signs of returning consciousness and
 ultimately returned to life, with no worse results than badly bruised and
 wrenched neclzs. This put the judge doctor and others who had certified to the fact of death in an embarrassing position, and raised very serious question as to the legal status of the linen themselves. The records in their
 cases had been officially closed by a
 certificate of execution and they could thus have no legal existence. Ap- parently they could not be held or pro- ceeded against in the courts, not having a legal entity; but. on the other hand, If they were allowed to go free and committed and further depreciation they could be shot down by the injured party without fear of punishment for such action. As matter of law, a | judgment cannot be attached except lwhere accident, mistake, or fraud has crept into the record, but this annot be at the instane of the party respon- ! sible for the mistake, as the govern ment was in the present instance. The 1 condemned men certainly committed an 1 intentional fraud in surviving after the government executioner had choked l them into insensibility, and in passing l through such an experience it would certainly seem as if they had paid a 1 large portion of the debt due. The gov- ernment has, however, held the survi- 1 vors in custody, and recently the gov ernor ndS imposed seltellce u lle imprisonment in lieu of the uncom-
 pleted one of death by the garrote. It l is understood that the existence of these men having thus been legally rec ornized, they will now demand that they be heard in the courts, where they propose to contest the latest action of the governor. The case is one of such lnecl1liar nature that the medicolegal questions raised will be of unusual in- lterest and importance.-Ma Letter l to Medical Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

noyance and impatience, again pulled up within yard of his dogship. The whistle footed violently, the motorman added some lurid expression of his onw, and the dog again jumped again. trot- ted along the ties for 20 yards or more. and again sat down, but this time he looked bored.
 When the train pulled up the third time, the motorman thought of more diplomatic move. He would entice the dog near enough to drop something on him. Come Joe-Towser- Togo he called, whistling meiodiously between times. Nothing was doing. Then a pause: "Hene, Catherine" he called gently.
 The dog winked, and then resumed his trot. The passengers, very hot very much in a hurry, and very cross poked their heads of the windows to ascertain the cause of the frequent stops. It wasn't any use though because the dog kept on playing with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company past the Grand Street and Canal Street Stations. Traffic was blocked as far as Thirty fourth Street.
 At Chatham Square, though a know ing elevated employee walked out on the tracks and with flank movement caught the dog in the end with pair of overalls. The yellow outrider of the Third Avenue caravan was uncere- moniously tossed down the steps.-New York Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
A FAIp Rnr1Nn HANn.

In spite of the protest of authors, who may well be supposed to be capable judges of such question, many people continue to have lingering belief in the value of a bad handwriting. It has so frequently happened that men of genius have been illegible writers that those who are always apt to mistake the failings of greatness for greatness itself have come to consider a fair, round hand an impossible accompani- ment of literary merit.
 The late James Payn, who wrote a hand which he was wont to describe as ''cataleptic,'' protested vigorously against this superstition, and backed up his remarks by instancing numerous friends of his whose writings were all most as easy to read in manuscript as in print. Wilkie Collins was one of thse. Miss Martineau was another, and there were several others of equal emi- hence. But the superstition continues Ito flourish. Nowadays. says a writer, there is a sort of feeling abroad that the man whose writings can easily be read is at the best not more than medi- orce. Absurd as this feeling seems at first sight, it is not without it's excuse. Copperplate writing of the type affected in business firms, is not only unsightly but argues an absence of character. The idealhand is one that is full of character without being illegible: and this is very rarely found. People do mot seem able to avoid copperplate without running into ''catalepsy. "-- London Globe
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
LAST OF THE OLD SHIP MFR
CHANTS.

There died in this city on Monday the last represtative, we think, of the Bos- ton ship merchants of the past genera |tion. Nathan Crowell entered the firm of Howes & Crowell as a member in the fourth decade of the last century. This was atime when Boston was the
 maritime center of the United States, so far as concerned ownership of mer-
 chant tonnage in foreign trade. The ship merchant, who were then frequent |ly importers. had their offices in the
 brick and granite blocks on the wharves Of our port, and frequently loaded and
 discharged their vessels in the docks in
 front of their office windows. After the discovery of gold in California, in 1S49, the merchant tonnage of Boston was
 largely increased, and the firm with
 which MT Crowell was associated had at one time under it's control larger tonnage in vessels than any other firm of skin merchants in the United States. In those days ocean commerce was the ranking occupation in Boston, in the business and social standing of those
 who were carrying it on, and in the
 financial returns secured through a wise participation in it. MT. Crowell, who died in his home on Massachusetts |avenue on Monday at the advanced age
 of S5 years, lived through, as a personal experience, both the great rise from 1S40 Ito 1861 of the American merchant
 marine and it's decline from the time of the war of the rebellion to the present day. Mir. CrowelPs active participation in this business came to an end some 20 years ago. when, by hard experience, it was found that the effort to keep Ameri can merchant ships upon the high seas, in competition with foreign craft, was a hopeless and profitless undertaking. As a business man MT. Crowell was much esteemed by all who knew him, and this feeling of regard extended to a large circle of social friends. His in
 terest and active participation in the affaris of life were maintained up to
 within a few weeks of the time of his death. While never holding a political office, MT. Crowell had been director in a number of our local banks and in- surance companies, and was also as- sociated in the management of several charitable efforts.-Boston Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
YELLOW DOG HOLD UP.
Remarkable Obstruction Bars Progress
 on the New York Elevated.

Remarkable Obstruction Bars Progress on the New York Elevated. A small, sly-eyed dog, whom nature painted an aggressive yellow, who neve was honored with a christening party, and who, in the absence of permanent dinner table, is compelled to live from foot to mouth, found himself yesterday lin the course of his somewhat aimless journey through life, on the downtown track of the Third Avenue elevated line at Houseon Street.
 A six-car train, full of passengers, be- cause it was il o'clock in the morning, pulled out from the station. The dog was about 20 feet ahead of the forward car facing the train, his wagging tail brushing the dust off the third hail. A wel-bred dog would have realized the of the position but this one, having no pedigree, stood still, beaming a foolish and indiscriminate amiability upon the world at large.
 The train kept on coming, and then with great grinding of wheels stopped within yard of the dog, who looked up at the red-saced motorman and re- marked in dog language:
 well, how about it?"
 The motorman, realizing the im- potency of the English language, dougle-tooted his elevated screecher by way of reply. The dog understood, jumped off and trotted about 20 yards further, where he sat down and waited for his friend, the motorman.
 The train, with a great show of an-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
HISTORY OF THE MAIDSTONE.
One Brought From Russia is owne

|
 \ One Brought From Russia is Owned By Stock Company. The maidstone cannot be assigned to
 a place either in geology or mineralogy that is to say, a stable position. Its composition is not definite; and it may
 possibly be found upon any beach or in
 any gravel pit, and the supply is all ways equal to the demand.
 l There are even now many of these
 precious talismans in this country, and
 the believers in their efficacy always
 know where the nearest in kept" One Of them had been the poperty of an Ohio negro, and was placed, after the
 death of the owner, in the State library | at Columbus. There it was recently ap-
 piled to the wound caused by the bite lof supposedly rabid dog. The dog
 recovered, and the woman to whom it
 was applied died of blood poisoning caused by the unclean contact. Such stone was kept in the Virgin
 ia State Penitentiary for years, and was open to all corners for application to the
 bite of a mad dog or other allied wounds. One such (perhaps the same) was at a later date sold at auction for
 $39.
 Still more famous was that brought from Russia in 1887 by a physician of that country, who settled in Nevada It had previously been exploited in that
 country for at least century and a
 half, a fact supported by documentary evidence. The document was written
 in native Russian, and as nobody con- cerned could read it everybody impli- citly believed what they were told of it. The owner offered the stone for sale at 5000, and a joint stock company was
 formed for the purchase A number of
 shareholders advanced Sf each, and the
 balance was made up by farmer, who
 became its keeper when the purchase
 was completed. Its fame still flourish
 es, and it is said that an offer of $S,0O0
 has been refused for it.-Central States
 Medical Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
THE PROBATE JUDGES.
Their Practices Warmly Defended b. c. M. Woodruff of Litchfeld

Their Practices Warmly Defended by 1 G. M Woodruff of Litehfield.
 Hon. George M. Woodruff, who is judge of probate for the Litchfeld dis trict, warmly defends the Connecticut probate judges from criticisms growing
 out of the D. Preston Atwood suits.
 His defense, which takes the form of a | letter to the Litchfield Enquirer, is as 1 follows:
 Some evil-minded persons, though
 knowing better, are saying or insinua- 1 ting, that the judges of probate | throughout the state are morally re- sponsible for the Atwood suits against
 administrations, etc, for not filling in- ventories of the estates in their charge. This is not correct. So far as I know
 the universal practice of the judges when asked if an inventory and ap- | praisal must be made, has been to ex- plain penalty for failure to have it done, but that where the estate was very small and other circumstances 1 justified, the court, unless some one i1i- terested should demand it, would ex- cuse it. Those accustomed to settle es- tates have fully understood the situa- | tion, but in some cases, particularly where the executrix or administratrix was woman unacquainted with the details of such matters, they only re- member that the judge told them they l need not have the estate appraised In no instance has any injustice been done the state by any individual by the neglect to make an inventory, but the cost of having appraisers and the pro- bate fees have been saved for those more needy.
 "T will not here discuss the probable issue of these suits. I have, however, no hesitation in saying that the men who have instigated them, while per | haps within the letter of the law, are Iengaged in an attempt to extort from Ithe very poor the little they have. They are veritable Shylocks demanding
 the pound of flesh and to take with it
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

the life blood. for the estates in which inventories have not been required
 were often of less value than the pen 'lalties demanded in these suits and the party used a widow or only child"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

the yellow peril" and a great deal more; but will close with the mere warning-let America look out.-New York Tribune.