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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
Pensacola Water lPressure.

Mayor Bliss recently prOdded up the
Pensacola Water Company, insisting
the water pressure be increased un-
der certain penalties for refusal to
comply. Thereupon Chairman Green
of the Board Of Bond Trustees warl-
ed him that the extreme water pres
sure he desired would be disastrous
ITO the general plumbing connections
through the city; that the city engi-
neer had So informed the board Thus
the plumber becomes the arbiter OF
question which perhaps involves the
safety Of the city. The water COM
pany may be shielded by the spectrs
Of the infuriateG water-user. AS we'll
almost have the house burned as be
washed out by a food from the bath
room.-Jacksonville Times-UniOn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
An Easy Way.

A Swede and an Irishman were
out walking together when a storm
came up. The rain fell violently.
They took refuge under tree. The
tree for about fifteen minutes made
a good refuge; then it began to leak.
The cold raindrops began to fall
down the Irishman's neck, and ne
began to complain. ooh, never
mind" said the SWede; "there are
plenty Of trees AS soon as this one
is wet through well go under an
other" '...... 49,
MONDAY WE WILL SELL A. =. c.
GlNGHAlMS, SHORT LENGTHS,
MONDAY ONLY SC PER YARD.
r. z. BRAWNER's
Department Store.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
Gsme Warden Wanted.

NlIIIE NsII " aIIGgNd
The people of Pensacola and vici1
ity want a game warden appointed fol-
that section, to protect the indiscrim,
mate slaughter of game and fish
Miami News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
PaIatka Times-HeraId.

Messrs. Parkhill and Whitfield are
now receiving many bOuquests from
the State Press, On May 18th they
will receive" the votes of majority
of Florida voters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
SLIGHTLY TANGLED.

slightly Tangled.
A paragraph floating around in the
state press says that "the people of
Pensacola and vicinity want a game
warden appointed for that section, to
protect the indiscriminate slaughter OF
game and fish" Thought the duty of a
game warden was to protect game
and fish and prevent their indiscrimi1l-
ate slaughter-Jacksonville Times
Trouble in Chunks.
The Warren Fish Co., of Pensacola
Fla, are having more than their
share of trouble. Their plant wa5
burned recently, thought to have beeh
set on FIRE, and they now have had
one OF their fishing vessels seized by
the Mexican Government. 1t never
rains but it pOurs.-The Fishing
Gazette.
The Perdido Section.
The Perdido section Of Escambia
county is a magnificent farming coun.
colony from Arkansas will settle there
shortly on a tract of 5000 acres
bought for the families that intend re-
moving by III. M. Swasey. an expert
enced land and immigration agent,
who selected it after examining many
tracts in several portions of the South.
The colony will establish a town on
the line OF the Pensacola and Per
dido railroad, at about the center Of
the colony. There is now a German
colony in that section brought from
the Northern States, which is highly
prosperous. The Perdido section is
situated between Pensacola and Per
dido bay, the extreme western end Of
Florida. This is the kind of immi-
grafton which counts.-Jackson7il
Times Union.
Not Answered Yet.
The Pensacola Journal has put the
question squarely up to the Florida
News Bureau that is supplying the
newspapers of the state free gratis
with arguments against the drainage
question, as to who is paying the bills
and up to this writing the question
has not been answered.-DeFunia
Breeze.
Energetic Board Of Health.
Pensacola is to be congratulated on
an energetic Board of Health. It re-
Gently served Official notice on the act.
ing street superintendent to clean upI
certain premises and gave but short
time in which to do the work. The
owner had found it impossible to get
men to do the work and had turned
il over to the city which can employ
the city prisoners on it. A failure to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
Quincy Herald and Era.

Justices Parkhill and Whitfield are
standing for reelection. These gen
tlemen have served their state well,
and should be comphmented by the
voters Of Florida, with a continuance
in Office, as they deserve to be.
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Milton Index.

The Lake City Reporter" has put
its foot in it. 1t denounced Judges
Parkhill and WhitfeIG and the senti-
ment of the people has risen to sucn
high pitch that it is likely to say
sorry I spoke"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-13
ST. Auuustine Record.

All this newspaper talk about Whit
field being entitled to another term
reminds us that the people are not en-
tirely responsible for the Judge. Gov.
Jennings appOinteG him, and he was
nominated in the primary two years
ago. Why ask voters to keep on ratl-
flying? Clarke and Parkhill look good
to us.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04

Is. j acob ~ Nicholson 81 u
Earth came yeaterday zte spend sEa
with her parents Nj. and MRS
IMcBride.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
GOULD-WHITNEY.

~ -5s /. .i-+
The Rochester Post and Record
says that Miss Florence Whitney,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. F. G
Whitney and Delber Gould, sen, o1
F. H. Gould. of Wa1la Walla, WASH
but formerly Of that city, were mar
Rad Tuesday evening at 9 O'clock al
the home of Rev. A. G. Sahr on Grovs
street. The young people were unaS
tended, the marriage ceremony being
performed by Rev. Sahr, !
Mr.. Gould arrived in the city Mon
day to claim his bride who is onss
Of the most popular young ladies #
Rochester. Congratulations will b
sincerely extended by their man
friends. "k @@ sd, NY /
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould departed q
the afternoon Great Western straf,
for the north. They will take al wet,
| ding tour after which they wilt tak!
up their residence in Wa1la Walk
The best wishes Of all their acquaift
ances go with them. The bride Tss
i formerly a resident Of Austin. Il
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
Phil Short in Trouble.

Il "A special from Grand Forks, IN. -,
to Mondays Sc. Paul Dispatch says
that news has reached there from ron
DEVILS Lake Of the serious charge
brought against Phil Shertt, for many
years prominent publisher Of that
city. Mr.. Short waived exam g 2 nation 10 : y
and was held to the district court under
q bond of $1,000 on charge of assault
with intent to commit rape, his alleged
victim being . young woman u years
Of age, employed by A. N. Powell, g
land man, as nographer. The arrest @
/ / Of Shortt caused something Of 9 sensa q,
ton in Ramsey county where hsart.. ne 70 i y
+, we'll known. q 81 5sS 81. asz /.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
GOL DEF J | DDIN'GI| ] /
/ llIr..2 and AIS. I! atrick (ieraghty
Celebrate n Elf Fiftieth W Wed.
ding Annive ersafy s., 81

~
Last w Wednesday was the e1fif ftieth wed ed
ding anniversary of the edding so
Patrick Geraghty and Miss Ellen Bar
4 rett. They were married at Janesvlllle ne !
Wis. March 28, 1856 They spent II nine il,
months III GAINESVILLE and then moved g q
II to- Freeport, III y where they lived laii six
& years. They removed to- McGregor IL illn
1868 and he worked along the line ztt' of i
4 the Milwaukee railroad which was
/ then building from Nc Greg0r to Aus.
tin, part Of the time foreman and part art
Of the time sub ontractor. They
reached Austin III 1867 and the family
removed here and this has since been
their home. Mr. Geraghty has been
/ street commission in Austin for
eleven years since his residence here
and he. is an expert in grade work. He:
and his family are among our most "a s
respected citizens, ss8 asi.3. q: ssss 55sss,
Last Wednesday the children 4 and q
friends arranged a very happy observ,
ance of the anniversary. At eight
.o'clockin the morning., special nup-.
rtial high mass r was celebrated ct at st.
4 Augustine church "a ana & Mrs.
@aGeraghty marched up the broad aisle
where they received fitting wore from 2 J.
Father Devlin, Their daughter, Mrs. Y s.
ITCHY, was organist on the occasion !
and two grandsons were altar boys .s, B /
In the evening surprise was ar:
ranged at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J
Jacob Shook on ater street and about
fifty were present. A fine wedding
I supper was served. The rooms were W
! appropriately decorated in golden
colors, yellow flowers also Astounding Din
"A musical program was given I by
several Of the grandchildren. A purse
OF gold was presented to Mr.. and Mrs
Geraghty. They have eight chill dren
living, Lawrence Of Dubuque, Thomas
of st.. Paul, Mrs. Jake Shook, Mrs.
Frank ITCHY, Mary, Rose, Charles and
John Of Austin. All were present = ex, =
cept Lawrence. His wife and three
children,were here. There are 4 grand:
children One daughter, the Oldest, il
dead. =
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
OAKLAND j! !, j.

Fred, Rettig, recently butterma ker at 9.
Moscow and now buttermaker at at
Mansfield, was married Monday at 4 Az; !;
bert Lea to Miss Nora Mann, daughter
$of Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller Mann Of Mos
COW who is we'll known. and high
IL esteemed In I h is vicinity. 8 i A e z
wedding took place st the Presby ter
ian parsonage, Rev. p. y. Bruins ofic.
$iating. They will resid de at Mansfield.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
9I)e!ElIH I)|!lls1 Isl
JAMES DOUGLASS.

.N At the home of his daughter, Mrs.
e.. H. Decker, Tuesday evening,
March 27, 1906, Of apoplexy, James
Douglass, aged 73 years. He had a.
stroke of apop1exy as he was coming
to this city last December to visit
and has been down from the effects
of it ever since. He was: born in Del
hi, N Y, March 25, 1888. His folks
were Scotch Presbyterians, He lived
there until 81 years of age when he
came west to Lake Mills, Wis. He
was married there to- Miss Rachel
Doolittle. They lived at different
points in Wisconsin,. until 1877 when
they moved to Carpenter, Iowa. Mr..
Douglass served during the war in
Company G. 49th Wisconsin Infantry:
For the past twenty-five years he has
resided in Carthage, S. D. He was
member ..of the South Dakota legis-
lature for three terms and was post
master Of Carthage for six years. He
was highly respected in the commun
ity where he lived. Mrs. Douglass
died III this city Jan. 4 !, 1899. # Three g :, 8
l.chfldfen survive, william R. DotsHglasl Dot
of sigourney, Iowa, Mrs. C. III. Decker
of Austin and Mrs. Will H., Blalocl
Of Cheyenne, Wyo. All were pres
| ent at the funeral services which WERE
held Friday forenoon at the residence
Of G. H. Decker. Rev. F.. E. knop
Of the Congregational church off1c1
ated. Interment in Oakwood.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
Mayor George Suttoa's Platform.

1st. 1 pledge myself for the enforce
mnent of law and good government j IN !.
this city. You will decide fors your. W Il
!; selves at the coming, election saEheth ther
license or no license will prevail.
Should you decide for license Twill use
all. my power to see that the laws regu-
lating and governing the sale Of Liquor
are enforced. Should you vote no-license,
I will do all in my power to prevent
..Blind Pigs and to bring TO punish q
ment those who may violate the law.
4 End. / believe in strict economy in
public expenditures and will use all
! nv power to see. that the city gets e 8
full dollars worth for every dollar
h spent. i also favor the reduction o.
the indebtedness of tho city. ( / ..>
3rd. I favor the permanent improve
ment of our public streets as fast as " y
!. are able to do it without undue hard l'
i ship on the tax payers. &. N @ { Y. . :.>s B
4th. Twill appoint men Of standinl ti1l I
and ability to the various public board
as vacancies may occur. s#. y y
5th. l will give to each man
square deal.'' I appreciate the homo
asw 9 Has the responsibility o
this nomination and iif elected I Wi
. receive the office without any othe
Z pledge or condition and my whole pul
i pose and desire will be 70 give TO you
b good clean, decent admins stration. =
Austin, March 80, !,
rs $@s - GEO. SUTTOl
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
II. Sg3%.' = =
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

The second annual meeting of TIE
Mower County Merchants Associa-
ton will be held in this city today.
Col. G. L. West, is president and
Geo. A. Wright of Grand Meadow
secretary the members from .all
the other places in the county will be
the guests Of the Austin association.
The following is the program for
the day: y. 81: sss -
|9 O'Clock A. NJ, ss
Address of Welcome-Chas Cook,
Mayor Of Austin, n
Response j.. c. Halbkat, Spring
Valley. S..~. :.2s4sa. rs,
Presidents annual address-Chas.
l.. West, Austin. :
| Reading of minutes.
| Reports Of committees:
Report of Secretary.
4 Report Of Treasurer.
\ Necessities of Trade-John Bryant,
4 Of Bryant-Sisson Co., La Crosse
i The needs of the Rural District
John Frank, Of Leroy. II
i The Prosperity Of Minnesota. w
J, Cooper. of Griggs, Cooper & Co, st
Il Paul. - 9 % +
y .'Watchman Tell Us Of the Night
John c. Applegate, of Cannon Falls
Editor ''The Beacon
! 81 e. Z
The Merchant from the Farmers
Point of View-John J. Furlong,: Aus
tin. 4 E:.. 3:.:=.& ~
General Discussion. = +
Paying of Dues. - j.
IL Election OF Officers. -t
The local Association Of Austin wi
: Ientertain at Dinner.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04

Mir. ard Mrs. Will Day ol St. Paul
are fisiting at Parke Goodwins. f..
"A ION was born to Mrs. John +.
Ro4nson of Steele, N. D. on Monday.
-Bi4hop S. G. Edsall preached at the
Epitopal church last evening and con-
firuSd htlarge class 49,. iii
I'VE noticed 8 U. 5. fishery car 60.
ing outh Saturday evening over the
Milwaukee road. ! f. H.. =
1-b1 William A. Goslee and wife of
AuI urn, Neb., are visiting relatives
herl land in London. ~.
lCol. A. w. Wright inspected Go. H
| at tankato Monday evening, Adjutant
Gderal Fred b.: Wood accompanied
hif. ..<.@.ss~ =.sz... y :. =. 5.s 5' r..
F. FMr. and Mrs. A. O. Hollister are
ELECTED home this evening from Car.
rigton, n. d. where they visited their
dbghter, Mrs. Myra Graves. ~
ESupt. A. Nelson left Monday eve.
| 4g for Kansas City and Texas fol-, 9
| lief trip. Mrs. Nelson will spend>the
1 |eek with relatives in Minneapolis
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
Low Rates West and Northwest, Chi
e~&es e~&:ees cago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul $s@
: ., .-ssi5 Railway Z =, sEE>oa.E !

$32.4O to i points in California,
$27.95 to North Pacific coast points.
Greatly reduced rates made to many
other points West and Northwest.
Half rates for children Of half-fare
age Liberal. stop-oyers allowed on
FAN tickets. Tickets are good in Tour
list sleepers. For further informat
tion regarding rates, routes and
train service see nearest ticket agent
or write F. "A. Miller, General 8 Pas
senger4 Agent, Chicago. .se: sssss ii .#s3 Il i
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
'.l.@t'!l z t#hN
FOE SALE

e.; We offer the 80 acre tract near Aus
tin known as the aTow Mill" property
at $4,000 per acre. ! will make liberal
terms to q responsible purchaser, and md
for such will require no cash payment
No trades considered. Apply to Jno
w. 5Keogh s. CO., l3 Mich. Ave, Chica
90, Ill, or "A. w. Wright, Austin, Mimi l
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04

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II Z 1 !.
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
M. and Mrs. I. D. Baird Return.

: Mr.. aud Mrs. L. D. Baird arrived
home Sund%y evening from their Cali
fornis trip. They left here Feb. lst.
They spent three weeks in Los Angeles
and vieinit!, one week at San Diego,
two weeks It Santa Barbara, one week
at San Fra apcisco and a few days at
PortlaM aid Seattle. They went out
| over thb bShta Fe route and returned
by the Northern Pacific. The trip was
a delightful one. +
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
MRS. JOHN. MURAN E.

"a E.
& at her home in Oakland township,
Thursday evening, March %, 1905, Of
consumption, Mrs. John E. Murane,
aged "a years. Mollie Davis was born
in Madison, Wis. in October, 1883. A.
the age of, ten she came with her folks
to Austin. She finished hef: education
at the Austin high school and the 5. NJ.
Normal college and taught school near
Adams and Oakland. She was mar
ried to Mr.. Murane June Z, 1905. She
has been growing rapidly worse fol
several months. She was Of . happy
sunny disposition and made all about
her .happy. It seems hard that bel
home should SO soon be broken up bu,
there are many arrangements Of provl
dence which we shall be better able t.
undlsrssandl hereafter. Funeral service
held at the Catholic church saturda.
forenoon. lnterment in the Catholl
cemetery. =, s ~ !. .%....s.ss,. ( $s. +:
Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
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!. .VARCO

Peter Rosenthal sawed wood for E
". Hart a couple Of days last week.
Mrs. Riley Brooks ST. was a guest Of
Mrs. Eton Officer Friday and Saturday
and went to hear Rev. Sunday speak.
! Mrs. L n. Pike went to Austin Fri.
day to visit her sister Mrs. E.: F.
Spooner. Il %..s.lg & :.tt..,,:i
MI. Chris Hanson is on the gain, he il
able to sit up part Of the time
g. B. SayIes and Ned Edward was il
Iowa 8 couple Of days last week. The.
bought 8 team Of horses and brought
them home one for Ned Edward ami
| one for G. B. Sayles.
"a. A. Hickok had the misfortune \
lbe kicked BY 3 horse one day last Weel
A good many Of tho men from 81
place attended the temp lecta
SUNDAY afternoon at the tabefnacle.
: IA fN
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The Savings Of Solomon.

Never go into business with relatives,
saws a writer in tho American Magazine.
THEY'LL skin you even If you get 81.
Peter for doortceper and the Recording
Angel Tor bookkecpsl
Beware Of false profits! A penny
over charged may cause you to lose a
dollar customer
When you hear a man say DO
others before they do you, look out
for him. He is one of the evil-doers!
When YOU are down, take knocks with
out bowling But when you get up
again Just sock 1t to your enemy with
compound interest.
Mark Twain says-"B, good and you
will be loncsomc!" Your Uncle Sol
onion says
Better be alone in good company than
socialablc in bad"
The ready lender generally finds out
that when he gets broke there is Il great
deal OF truth in the old saying that "He
who goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrow-
ingl'
te this over your desk! If YOU
haven't u desk on your looking glass;
If you haven't a looklng-Sass over
your bed! II you haven't Il bed. wear
1t next to your heart. 30 sure to keep
1t by you so that you may remember
u dollar Is your best friend!
Never answer advertisements that
promise to pay you thirty dollars u
week for sitting home, doing nothing!
save your stamps and your common
sense! The postoliicc hasn't cornered all
the frauds yeti
Never run from policeman oria dog!
They'll think you are guilty whether you
arc or not! Then you are sure to get a
clubbing, or a Biting, no matter how lit
tie you deserve it. There'are times when
it pays to stand still"
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stead of making such q desperate, hEht
outlined in socIallstic theories, should help
r roaa o sppos IN hSs anse tf s' snM
kid smoking cigarette I had a right to
not only take II. from him, but to gently
slap his face. Suppose 1t was my privl-
whiskey to not only l.eport him and have
him punished, but could collar him and
take him home; If every man was a
word to assist in protecting children whom
hc caught smoking, and swearing ana
drinking, do you MOI believe that such y
form Of procedure would go q long way
In breaking up tho habits listing to-day
Il do.
But were a man to catch a kid ever, halt
drunk and start to take him honcEand tell
;halfsdrunk she would jump on you like q
wildcat and tear yoliainto sllrcds. And
! the old man OF the house was there
there certainly NJ wG,ld bf III, c
they get the erroneous impression unto
( their heads, somehow, that their tchi ldren
are all angelic, and that neighbor's KIDS
hnrc alone bad. ] have watched 1t for
thirtT@odd years. and when knnW some
urchin who was rs turf as they make EN-,
II kncwiI dared not intimate to the mother
of that kid. that her child ) was ahythlhs
/ much short Of an angel.
Wo have soclties for the prevention Of
ivlcc--b,lt We do mot take. hold of it until
fitthas festered and polluted It's victim. t
would seem thatathere was some way out
7 Of this wilderness of woe--a way tc get to
youth the understanding that al these
things which it thinks smart are the GER
tain things to lead it to moral death. But
do such preachmcnts as this DO any Eoodf
Parents may read it--but II they DO they
will say that 1t applies only TO
1.-THE neighbours children-that they know
their children are all right. 1t really looks
as though some disinterested party should
be the arblter; should be the iudge--and
there should be some way determined
upon to pull off the mask of the rising
generation, rather than wait Until II
natures and fills our asEums; our pen'-
ttentarics: our nlmshouseS-and / was
about to say, our legislatures
Along this line there might be some
thing said of the woman, Mrs. Alice
Smooth, who has been arrested in Green's
boro, N. c.. for passing counterfeit money.
i 1t was proven at the preliminary trial the
other day that she passed some. COINS, and
in her valise were found many pieces OF
counterfeit money-both, gold and silver
She was q woman of limited education:
lived up somewhere in Wilkes county. ana
she vas used rs a cat's-paW FOR some
designing men. When she was shown the
money she was ignorant enough to be led
70 believe that ii looked like good money,
and she could pass 1t and never be de-
tectcd. But she was soon caught ana IS
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Ventior Of tic Georgia. I'D Division, ~. D.
ca held In Macon, October IS, 1906, was
adopted by that body, aas follows;
Miss a. CT 13cnnins, tof Columbus,
moved that this Convention adopt the
resolution Of Mrs Voting, Of Savannah,
and That the Gcorgin Division, u. d, ca
ut once take the initiative, and secure
finds to erect Mt AildcrsOnvillc, Cas-
monument which shall stand as tho pro-
test Of the South against tie ISLANDERS
and fnlschoods already displayed III
bronze nnd marble at that place. Sec
ondcd by Mrs. M. u, Johnson, OF Cass
station. and carried.
"The resolutions offered by Mrs. Young
reads as follows:
"'Whcrcas Capt. Henry Wirz, Cons
mantlnnt Of tl,e%stockndc $1'rlson at An.
tlcrsonvillc. Gag was jldct,llXs 1nurdercd
under fnlse' charges Of cruelty to prls-
onrrs; and, whereas after m interval OF
forty years thcse false charges nrc re-
itcratcd on sign boards III public places.
from the pulpit and on monuments;
therefore, be 1T
- Resolved. THAT the United Daughters
Of the Confcdcracy III Gcorgin use their
Influence to obtain the necessary funds
to place a suitable memorial to Captain
Nvlrz IN Andcrsonvillc. Gn.Et,Ipon which
n statement OIL 51UClS8 kTtttLApQE ~
enduring brass or marble, shown tina
the I7cde rn1 Government, VAS solely re-
sponsibln FOR tho condition Of affairs a
hndersonvl1c. s(s33ta 81 VI n t,,4i 81
"Be Is further resolved, ThntFns four
Federal prisoners were permitted TO 70
from z understandable to washington Ito
plead for an exchange oflprlsoncrs, and
when refused hearing returned to
prison THUS keeping thor parole, n trb-
ute to their honor, BIO Inscribed on said
monuments, !.
IN accordance with the decision OF
tho Conventions that We should at once
tnlse tho, Initiative In this work, / take
this method Of making an earnest arpcal