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IS I* 1 *rT HI .7 1 i* if ', I *.,. N 3? 1 BIG FIRE IN WINONA. Destruction of the Entire Plant of the Mill Company A Seyere Blow. Twenty-Five Miners Entomb ed hy a Caye-In in a Mine Near Wilkesbarre, Pa. WINONA, Special Telegram.—The disas trous fire which totally destroyed the plant of the Winona Mill company early this morning, was the general topic upon the streets. It was not only a severe blow" to the stockholders but is felt to be a calam ity which Winona can ill afford to stand. This city has been unusually unfortunate by fire losses, the conflagrations of les3 than a year footing up in round numbers nearly $1,000,000. Winona has been fortu nate, however, in possessing men of indom itable pluck, and it is to be hoped the stockholders of the mill company may be able to accept their losses the same as did the Laird-Norton company and the L. C. Porter Milling company, as severe calami ties from which to rise again with renewed energy. While there have beeu some feat ures discouraging to the thoughts of re building at the present time, is is known that some of the heaviest stockholders favor rebuilding immediately after a settlement with the insurance companies. The mill, which was the third largest in the world, was in reality too large to be successfully op erated, and it is probable a mill of smaller capacity, possibly 1,600 barrels a day. will be put up, if any. The dicectors of the company held a meeting this alternoon, the proceedings *ot which are not made public, but it is known that the matter of rebuilding was generally discussed and an adjournment taken until, Saturday. Tne correspondent of the Northwestern Miller was authorized to say that the mill would be rebuilt in all probability. The loss of the null company, as near'as can be es timated, is now placed at $365,000 on mill, elevator, grain and flour. The insurance foots up $203,000, all but $13,000 of which is in mutual comp'anies. ENTOMBED IN A MINE. Fata and Destructiv Cave-in In a Mine Near Wilkesbarre, Pa. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Special. A cave-in occurred to-day near Ashley in No. 6 mine, operated by the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal company, by which twenty-five men were entombed in the mine. The cave-in extends over a half-mile square, and includes a portion of the thickly settled village called Lafett's Patch. A large number of houses went down with the suriace, but only a few of them were badly damaged. The follow ing is a list of men who are known to be imprisoned: Ellis D. Williams, Harry Parry, Owen Parry, Michael Henry, Thomas C. Davis, John Scally, Michael Scally, David Sullivan, John Hanson, John Allen, taken out seriously burned Rob ert "VV Roberts, taken out fatally burned Harry Jones, Robert Prichard, Charles James, Anthony Proyne. rescued fatally burned, John "Williams, Jonathan Williams, Richard Jones, William Edwards, Thomas J. Williams, Thomas Clau&s, Owen Williams, John Hempsey, Frank Gallagher, John Kenning and two Hungarians r.amed Butts. Rescuing parties went to work and suc ceeded in breaking through one of the chambers beneath the cave, and the charred and blackened form of Anthony Froyne, the first victim, wa3 hoisted to the surface. He was still alive, but his injuries are considered fatal. When the news spread that Froyne was burned a feeling of gloom came over the old miners present, for they realized that there was little hope of his companions having escaped death. The rescuing party Eodies, enetrated to within sight of two dead but gas was so thick that they were driven back to the surface. The place is full of black damp and further approach in the direction of the victims is impossible, even with a safety lamp. As «it looks now very little hope is entertained that any of the men will be rescued alive. The men entombed are nearly all married and have large families all dependent on them for support, and the scene aaound the mouth ot the pit is a heartrending one. ON ITS MERITS. re Asked No to Mix Politics With he Subtreasurie Bill. WASHINGTON, Special.—The hearing of the Farmers' alliance representatives was continued before the ways and means com mittee to-day, Mr. Livingston, the national lecturer ol the organization, taking up the argument. He quoted President Lincoln's prophecy that corporations would be en throned that the property of the country would be concentrated, and that the repub lic itself would be overthrown. Thank God the last prediction had not been ful filled. But the others had been. One twentieth of the people of this country owned three-firths of the property. He also quoted Garfield, Jefferson and Calhoun, and said that what they had recommended was just what the alliance asked. It con gress refused to approve the sub treasury plan, then let it re move the re/tiictions hedging in the national banking system. It would be a godsend to this country to pass .the sub treasury bill, for the reason, if for no other, that there would not be a bucket shop left in the United States. The day of specula tion in crops would be done away with,and the producer and consumer would be brought together. Sixteen millions would build all the warehouses thealliance wanted. What good were river and harbor improve ments to the debt-ridden, oppressed farmer? In conclusion, he said that if the commit tee thought that the landed basis was the best if they could not accept the crop basis, let them put it in the bill. Do something to relieve the farmers. Report the bill to the house in some shape, so that it could be acted upon. Don't make it a question of tariff or of politics, but let the bill stand on its merits. LOCAL TAXATION, Th Bill a its Second Reading in he of LONDON, Special. Sir Wilfred Lawson, resuming the debate on the local taxation bill in the house of commons this evening, denounced the compensation scheme, which, he said, would lead to an immensity of .evils, involving further public degradation, corruption and bribery. Home Secretary Matthews defended the compensation clause on the ground of expediency and legality. Mr. Gladstone said he gave Mr. Goschen credit ior sincerity in his attempt to lessen the evils of the liquor trade, but the means proposed were utterly futile and dangerous as well. The scheme might be described as a bill for the endowment of public houses. It was argued that the money for the purchase of public houses would be derived from drink itself. Ever since he had known anything about the country's finances it had, been a recognized principle that a duty which would most limit the con eumption should be imposed upon spirits Therefore the highest duty that could Te levied was pre-engaged bv the public funds already. At the most, the bill would pro duce but a trifling restriction upon the num ber of public houses without a correspond ing reduction ot the actual traffic. The measure was so iramed that it-would para lyze every valuable principle embodied in the existing law and throw back the tem perance cause indefinitely. Mr. Caine motion to reject the bill was lost, and the bill passed its second reading. ^RANDOLPH FOUND. Chicago's Board of Trad Man up in Portland, Ore. PORTLAND, Ore., Special Telegram —Charles Randolph, ex-president, and ex-secretary of the Chicago board of trade, who mysteriously disappeared from home April 23, has shown up in Portland. A letter with a Portland postmark was received from him by a friend Chicago. and this was," the first known regarding his whereabouts, an article in the Oregonian this morning stating tdat he was suspected of being in the city, sailing under an alias, had the ef fect of smoking him out. He strolled into the office this afternoon and give an account of himself. He said he had been in Port land several weeks, and did not know any one was worried about him. "How did I happen to leave Chicago so sud denly?" he said, and a vague, far away expres sion came over his face. "Well, I don't know. There is no need of asking, for you know as well as I. The circumstances of leaving *is a blank to me. Know I was sick and must have left on the impulse of the moment. I will never know how. I know I was sick, tired and worn out. I have been under the harrow forty years and the old machinery shows signs of wear. came here, eugaged a room and pro pose to remain several weeks for my health. I shall noWsend for my family. As Randolph was secretary of the Chicago board of tradefitteen year", once its presi dent, also secretary of the National board of trade and president of the American Fire Proof Steel Car company, his mysterious disappearance gave rise to fears of foul play. Dispatches were sent all along the coast. He is sixty-two years of age. LABOR TROUBLES. A Strike In he Building Trade E pecte in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Special.—A big strike in the building trades is expected here. The btonemasons' union has become dissatisfied with the way the proprietors of quarries have been replacing strikers with cheap laborers, and it is reported that all masons will be called out. A strike of the stone masons will force the carpenters and the allied trades to quit work. CHICAGO, Spcieal—The striking iron niold ers at the Malleable iron works claim that the statements made by the management as to the resumption of work by several hun dred men are false. The chairman of the strike committee declares that only twelve men went to work Tuesday, and" most of them quit again yesterday. The strike of the tinners has been successful in every shop except one. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Special.—Fifty con ductors and brakemen employed in the yards of the Valley Railway company in this city have struck for increased: wages, and all freight business is at a standstill. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Special—All the news gurated here to-day among the stone and brick masons for eight hours and ten hours1 Eut ay. One contractor granted the demand, others are trying to get non-union men. JOLIET, III., Special. A strike was inau papeis of this city to-day granted thfe de mands of the typographical union ior an increase in the price of composition. POPE AND KINC. Restoration oft he Temporal Power of he Plaintiff a me of Discus sion. LONDON, Special. The threatened promulgation by the pope of ihe dogma that the temporal power of the pontiff, of which the church was deprived bv the ad vent of Victor Emanuel into" Rome in 1871, is essential to the complete majesty of the viceregent of Chn&t on earth is the theme of discussion in Catholic cir cles on the continent. The fact that the Italian bishops opposed the promulgation ot the dogma is not to be taken as evidence of their belief that the occupant of the chair of St. Peter should not be atemporal as well as a spiritual sovereign. The clergy of Italy are placed in a position of such peculiar delicacy with regard to expression of opinion on matters touching the relations of the church and the state that no positive declar ation of epproval could be expected from them, while the laity have long since fallen into a state of apathy as regards both pope and king, owing to the unchanging condi tion of the antagonism between the Vat ican and the Quirinal, which the lapse of twenty years has not sufficed to mollify, or even change in character. Nothing short of overt hostilities between the Vatican and the government can arouse the people of Italy to active interest in the question whether the pope shall also be a king or whether he shall remain as he is, a virtual prisoner in the largest palace in the world. CAUGHT IN A SCHEME. A a Nearly Wreck a Train In Order to Secur a Reward. PORTLAND, Or.. Special Telegram, —An attempt was made to wreck the Ta coma-bound Northern Pacific train at Linton, seven miles north of this city. The tram was sud denly flagged by a tramp named F. S. Taylor, who told a strange story of an encounter with train wreckers. He said that while walking on the road to Portland he saw three men piling old ties and fallen trees high on the track. When they saw him they put a pistoLto his head and made him take a seat on a log and' keep quiet while they proceeded with their work. Their work so engrossed them that he man aged to slip away unnoticed just in time to prevent a terrible wreck. Taylor was taken aboard the train and treated like a prince. He was sent back from Centralia to-day and Sheriff Kelly took charge of him to get a description of the wreckers. Taylor claimed that he knew nothing about the country, but he was so minute in his details in describing the obstructions piled on the track that the sheriff suspected some thing. Finally, he turned to Tavlor, saying: "D—n you, you did this Taylor wilted, and confessed and told all. He said he piled the stuff on the track and prevented a wreck for the purpose ot being richly re warded by the company. He was arrested and is now in jail here. There were 200 passengers on the train. RIOTOUS LIVING. A Duluth Man Said to be Squander ins His Money. CHICAGO, Special Telegram, On the petition of C. A. Morrill Co., wholesale tea and cigar dealers of this city. Judge Shepard granted a writ of ne exeat restricting Edward Burlingame from leav ing the state. Prior to Oct. 1, 1889, the pe tition states, Burlingame was running a sa loon at Dulnth, and owed the petitioner $510. Since then he has paid $125, but is still indebted for the balance. Jan. 30,1890, it is said, Burlingame deserted his wife and family in Duluth. He is now in the city, and, it is said, is engaged in spending sev eral thousand dollars, whic"h he has in his possession, in riotous living. The petition ers iear they will lose the amount due them if Burlingame is allowed to leave the state. JTHE NORTHWEST. Ar* rif, 1 V-^A^ I HI A Summary of the Important Events of the Week in the Northwestern States, e' MINNESOTA-- 1 Goodhue county farmers will experiment in the culture of sugar beets this year. The coming encampment of the Second and Third regiments, M. N. G.. will be held at Lake City. Domestic tjouble caused Mrs. Matthew Rhinehardt, of Jefferson, to commit suicide by taking strychnine. Cannon Falls has four saloons, but pool and billiards are not allowed to be played in them by order of the»city council. Merkle, the murderer, who was to have been tried at Worthington, has been adjugded in sane and will be sent to the asylum. A tramp, name unknown, who was stealing a ride, fell from the steps of the fast mail at Read's Landing, and wasjnearly killed. By the fall of a scaffold at St. Paul four carpenters were thrown to the ground, a dis tance of thirty feet, and E. K. Van Hoben had several ribs broken and may die. The report that the patients in the insane asylumn at Rochester had" been poisoned by eating cannel meats is denied by buperinten-, dent Phelps. Walter Lively, a boy who was lost -near Bluffton, was found in a creek dead. His horse had fallen on top of him and both died together. Martin W. Johnson of Mudelia, formerly of St. Paul, was killed by being thrown out of a wagon, and one wheel passing over his chest. A new pulp and paper mill, giving employ ment to 300 laborers, will be erected at Little Falls immediately by the Hennepin Paper company. Mrs. Swenson, a Danish lady seventy-three years old, was found dead in Fountain lake near Albert Lpa. It is thought that she ac cidently fell in the lake and drowned. A new barn belonging to Martin Kiefer of Marion, burned together with farm machine ry, 3'00 bushels of grain, etc. Loss, $1,300 insurance, $600. Gporge Euehan, who mortally wounded a man named Anderson at Minneapolis while walking on the street with the latter's wife, has been admittpd to bail in the sum of$10, 000. Knut Kjorlei, living near Kenyon, died of la grippe. The disease was contracted early last winter, and from it he became blind and deal and has been helpless since he was first taken sick. The farmers of Cottonwood county have petitioned the governor to have an investi gation made by the experimental station to discover the causes leading to the injury of the flax crop in that county year after year. Samuel Squire, fifteen years old, the son of Thomas Squire, was killed by alight engine in the Detroit yards. He was cut in two and one hand torn off. The coroner'B jury re turned a verdict of accidental aeath. The state board ofhealth is attending to a large number of cases of glanders among horses in Kittson county. Doubtful cases are being guarantined, and in confirmed cases the animals are being slaughtered and burned. Walter Lively, aged 14, has been missing frontalis home near Fergus Falls since May 5. He started out to look for cattle with a horse and dog, and^ as the animals returned without h:m, it is feared he has met with an accident. An investigation of the Schaerer tragedy at Mazeppa revealed the fact that Schaeter had killed his wife and child with a hammer, their heads being pounded oute of recogni tion. He then took his own life by cutting his throat with a razor. OleLarsen, a wealthy Norwegian farmer living between Good Thunder and Mankato was instantly killed by being thrown from his wagon, the wheel striking his neck and breaking it. He was about seventy-five years old. At the meeting of the Mankato presbytery recently the following resolution was intro duced and will be considered at the fall meet ing- "Whereas, Believing that the license system is the rock upon which the saloon. rcsts.jWe therefore resolve that we will not support any organization that legalizes the saloon The Southern Minnesota Fair association has commenced active preparations for the coming fair in September next at Rochester. Premiums and purses to the sum of $15,000 have been offered, and already the outlook for the fastest string of horses is very pro ra ising. New buildings are to be erected and the grounds materially imprdved. While the steamer Silver Grescentwas lying at Lake City ior repairs two of her crew got int*a quarrel. One of the men was cut three times across the body just below the ribs, and if it had not been for the thick under clothing he had on the knire would have en tered the stomach and death would have re sulted. A physician was summoned and dressed the worst wound. The assailant fled. A row in the courts is likely to occur over the meteor which fell npar Forest City, Io. Prof. Winchel, of Albert Lea, went to the place where the aerolite was found and pur chased it, but later it was replevied by oth er parties, and he returned to Albert Lea and secured bonds and an attorney and will make an effort to secure the prize by legal means. It is thought another*meteor fell near Albert Lea, and students of the college are in search of it. NORTH DAKOTA.* A big broom factory has been established at Grand Forks. Oliver Dalrymple, the North Dako ta "bo anza" farmer, is seeding a wheat field that covers an -area of 13,000 acres. Thfe new Masonh temple at Fargo will be opened with a grand ball and banquet on the evening of June 16. agm So far this season the auditor of La MoVrV county has paid bounces on 28,000 gopher tails, whiih at & cents per tail represents the neat sum of $840. Asa Francis and wi'e, of.Pargo, celebrated the 62nd anniversary of their wedding the other day. He is 90 years of age, while the partner of his joys and sorrows has reached the age of 87. Both enjoy good health and are the happiest old couple in North Dakota. Col. Gearey, of the state Republican com mittee to meet in Fargo May 23 to discuss the time of holding the state convention. Chairman Leistikow of Grafton has called the Democratic state committee to meet in Fargo May 27 to decide on the date and place of that convention. Col. Thompson, of Bismarck, lost a valu able Btallion some time ago, and after a week's search found the animal imprisoned in an old well twelve feet deepT When reB- clied the animal was found to be uninjured, but was S terribly from hunger and thirst. The private ban^ er, of N the number a/thirty-**1"*6 no* to make a separate work with the State Bank ass^ Dakota to a a Conference with closed oZoore* decided 0 a a ,iew state bank law was discussea, a «suary question, exemptions and tho ta% *l tion of banks under the new revenue law. ^-"1 John Waugh, who was recently appointed Indian agent at Devils Lake, is in Washing ton looking after his confirmation. 'Since his appointment some of his enemies have led charges against him that he is not a good Christian gentleman and would be a bad shepherd for the Fort Totton flock of Sioux. He is ready to refute the charges. Under United States Laws the States of North and South Dakota, Montana, Wash ington and Oregon are entitled to receive standard weights and measures but at pres ent the stock is exhausted. The superin tendent of the geological survey has recom mended an appropriation for an* additional supply for these states. The Fargo Agricultural college board have secured a forty-acre tract a half mile south of the city, appointed a local experimental board consisting of Jacob Lowell, Dr. Satter thwaite and James Holes, and authorized them to secure buildings for use in the city, employ a superintendent and go on with the work of the experimental station at once. The college proper will probably be organized this fall, The railroad board announce they will in struct the attorney general to immediately commence action against the Great Northern to compel it to build a "Y'' at Grand Forks connecting with the Northern Pacific, also to have it put in a side track at Burlington, for Colton's coal mine, furnish him cars, and charge the rate fixed by the legislature for hauling coal. They will also ask the written opinion of the attorney general on the sub ject of local freight rates out of Fargo. A largely attended meeting of citizens at Mandon protested against the proposed abandonment of Fort Lincoln. A number of farmers said they settled there because, of government protection, and if this was with drawn they would be compelled to abandon their farms. Strong resolutions were passed expressing alarm at the disposition of the military department to abandon the fort with thousands of hostile Indians within a day's journey. Reports are at hand of sim ilar meetingsin the country, and great alarm is manifested. According to the Napoleeon Homestead gopher hunting could be made a very profit able business in North Dakota. In some counties bounties are paid on tails, in others on ears, and in some of the "vvay-back" counties nothing less than legs will be taken as evidence of the sure death of the little pets. Thus in Logan county tails bring 3 cents, while in Mcintosh ears quoted at 2 cents, Dickey county gives up 3 cents 'or four legs, making an aggregate of 8 cents in boun ties for one gopher. There is no necessity for a boy going without circus money in North Dakota. The supreme court handed down its decis ion in the assessor case at Bismarck. The rev enue law, section 30, in dispute, abolishing the use of county assessor, was sustained, Judge Lauder being thereby reversed. The court holds that the office is a legislative office and section 10 of the schedule in con nection, which provides that "all county and precinct officers shall hold their offices for the term for which they were elected," does not prohibit the legislature from abolishing the office. The new revenue law creates dis trict assessors and this case was an appeal from Ransom county, wherein the county assessor refused to vacate. SOUTH DAKOTA. The Canton City council has decided to open negotiations with parties desiring*a franchise ho put in a system of water-works. It is expected that 4,000 Russians will set tle in McPherson and adjoining counties^ this season. The welcome rains of the past few days have been general throughout South Dakota and the ground is reported to be in excellent crop condition. It is expected that every county in South Dakota east of the Missouri will be represent ed at the state irrigation convention to be held in Woonsocket, June 4. A bad boy in the Plankington »reform school is 16 years old, weighs 20Q pounds and shoots up into the air 6 feet and 3 inch es. A man named Patterson was sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment in the Brown coun ty jail for voting too often at Aberdeen at the recent election. Christopher Columbus Commentz, living near Wessington Springs, set a prairie fire that destroyed $1,000 worth of his neigh bor's property and skipped the country for fear of being lynched by the indignant peo ple. The Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Val !«y will commence ivork shortly on the tun nel route between Whitewood and Deadwood. A change has been made in the tunnel loca tion whereby the length of the same is re duced from 1,350 to 450 feet. A party of Brookings capitalists are or ganizing a stock company with a capital stock of $1,000,000 to develop the oil depos its in claims owned by them in the recently discovered oil fields of Wyoming. Some twenty-four business men are interested and control a tract of 3,840 acres near the recent excitement. Reports have reached Rapid City that the Cheyennes have again left their reservation in an endeavor to make the Big Horn coun try. Oelrichs and Buffalo Gap have been warned to be especially watchful, as it is thought the Indians will attempt to leave the country by the southern trail, which passes through those places. James l'nngle, a farmer living near Bridgewater, had a narrow escape from death the other day. He was plowing in a field with three horses abreast when a shower came np and he crawled under the horses to keep from getting wet. When the rain stopped he left his shelter stud started across the field, buthad not gone more thanafew steps when a bolt of lightning struck the animals and ^IMI^-H? a11 of them ^.^s^w-m »., Mi Charles Henglund killed a bear weighing 355 pounds near Florence. The carcas wa* sold for $25. Sam H. Fesrandez. of Madison, a traveling man, was found dead in bed at a hotel in Ma'dison, with a morphine bottle by his side. By the accidental discharge of a gun, Mrs. Clandins Scherer, livingjn Shawano County, received a wound in the arm that made it necessary to amputate the mem ber. A mortgage for $1,500,000, covering Wis consin lands, was filed at Chippewa Falls by the Wisconsin Iron company, in favor of the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company. Louis Schoefeld, the Wausau forger, was brought before Judge Webb in Merrill. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for two years. It is alleged that EdmoWdl Horn of Osh kosh robbed the cash drawer of A. J. Runge, of Merrill, a boot and shoe" dealer, of $60. He is now in jail. A terrible fire occurred in the villiage of Up son which destroyed an entire block. The fire originated in the Upson house. Seven »f the principal business houses were burned. Loss, $20,000 very little insurance. 3 ^.g| ^t is feared thab cranberries and blueberries have" suffered severely from the recent heavy frosts vhicn, if true, is a very serious loss financially, as these are considered two of the largest harvest of the country. Andrew' Linnelson, a min#r, was killed and David Mor a -1" 3 5 8 *s probably fatally injured by failing rock in the Minnesota mine at Ashland, i^it No. 8 was filled with debris to a depth of 60/eet, causing a loss of about $75,000. Vandals entered the oJ^e of the Kingsfton" Spy and carried away the forms that the the editor had made Ti? lication the next day. They or ub we'e carried about a mile away, the type being distil011*" ed along the route. At last, accounts chases had not been found. R. C. Judson has been engaged as secretary and general manager of the La Crosse Inter State Fair. There is no man in the West who has longer experience or a better record than Mr. Judson in this line. He has been thirteen years engaged in the work, part of the time as secretary of the Minnesota State Fair, IOWA. There are 1,700 Farmers' alliances in the state, besides eighty granges and a number of farmers' clubs. The total membership oi farmers' organizations is setimated at 50, 000. Two little school girls were set upon by a supposed mad dog at Des Moines the other day and terribly bitten before the animal could be driven away. The dog took refuge in a barn and died while suffering all the symptoms of hydrophobia. A suspicious character named White was arrested at Ottumwa while trying to dispose of 2-cent postage stamps at a cent apiece. A search of his pockets brought to light 600 2-cent stamps and ten special delivery stamps. A chunk of the meteor that fell in a shower in Kossuth and Winnebago counties a short time ago WUB picked up near Ramsey and is the finest specimen yet found. It weighs an even hundred pounds and has the appearance of melted pig iron. Henry Spiker, of English, Lucas county, amused himsell the other day in plaguing a horse by shoving a live chicken in its face. The horse didn't seem to enjoy the joke, and wheeling suddenly around gave Henry a good, swift kick in the stomach which will confine him to his bed for some time. The city council of Marshalltown has de cided to levy a license of $50 a month on dealers in original liquor packages in this city. The authorities propose to test the question whether such a license can be col lected under the recent decision of the su preme court. Two precocious children.the son and daugh ter of Mrs. Martha Buckley, a widow living on a farm near Fort Dodge stole $15 from a trunk at home and started out for a trip to Chicago. The boy and girl, who were about eight and ten years old respectively, bought tickets at the Illinois Central depot, but were luckily captured by friends before the train pulled out. The children say they were ill treated at home. The following amusing and yet pathetic note was received the other day by an O'Brien county court official from a witness in a case about to be tried, and is given ver batim in the Sheldon JMail: "Dear Sir: it will be out of my Power to attend cortin obrien county on the—th of this month. Please arrange to excuse me and oblige your old friend. P. S. my wile got run over at a railroad crossing and is dead. I have to at tend to her business a little." I iiw Self Devouring.* A strange and really dramatic sit uation is one described by the author of"Obeah,"alittle.book which treats of West Indian life. Insects and rep tiles are abundant in the West Indies, and one soon gets well acquainted with certain small, bright green liz ards, which are perfectly harmless and very lively. Those little crea tures are quite tame, and when caught by the tail they slip away, leaving that appendage behind them. I was sitting in the veranda, watch ing a little green lizard darting about atter the flies. It became bold, and in one of its quick movements jumped onmyfoot. I made a sudden snatch, and caught the little fellow by the tail. Giving a wriggle, he darted off leaving that portion of his prop erty in my hands, and, havJng no use for it, I dropped it on the floor and resumed my book. Presently I looked down and saw that a lot of ants had found the piece of tail, and were hurrying off with their treasure as fast as they could. When they had dragged it almost to their hole I noticed my little green friend, a few inches away, intently eying his missing property. The ants were just giving a final pull toward their nest, when the lizard suddenly made a dart upon them, seized his bit of tail, and swallowed it with evident gusto. am ,?». No a Hotel. Speaking of hotels, a gentleman- o* my acquaintance stayed over night at a good sized hotel on the main street of a suburban city not long ago, and when he wanted to wash his hands he found that there were" no towels in the room. Neither was there any bell pull so he went to th© door and shouted for a chambermaid. That, too, was aluiury not possessed by the house. »In her stead a housekeeper, with the tread of a grenadier, appeared upon the scene and wanted to know what he was "bawling" about. He looked at her determined eye and Col ossus of Rhodes attitude "and mildly asked for towels. "Towels!" she shrieked. "Is that whatyou brought me upstairs for? You don't get no such trimmin's here. You can dry yerself on the sheets, as the rest do," said she "this ain't no dudes' hotel" —New York Commercial. WM. FRANK. JOHN BENTZIN. Cottcttfrood MiUs. Custom grinding solicited. Will grind wheat for (one eigth) or ex change 34 Ss. flour, 5 fbs. shorts and 8 lbs. bran for one bushel of wheat. Flour and feed sold at low rates and delivered a New Ulm free of expense. f§ |%^--i £j?. FRANK & BENTZIN.-^, ATJG. QUEHSE. HARNESS MAKERlJ —and Dealer in— S Whips, Collars, and all oth-t er articles usually kept^t, in a first-alass har ness shdfy, j*' New harnesses made to order and re pairing promptly attended to. NEWftiJ'M. MINN Empire Hill Co. ROLLER MILL: 24 Rollers and 4 Burrs. We take pleasure in informing the Dublic that we are now ready for bug. ness. The best machinery and all the atest improvements in the manufac* .ure of flour enable us to compete with P[ :he best mills in the country. We are constantly buying Wheat, Bye, Corn, OatSj Buckwheat, &c, &c. At the Highest Market Prices. We sell all kinds of JFLOUB, SHORTS, jii&ji.2ra jbc.» AT LOW RATES.© Special Attention given to O-ustorxi "Worls. An extra stone for giinding feed. Steam Cornsheller. Wood taken for cash or in exchange QAFM PURCHASES and CHEAP SALES. HANSCHEN, Contractor and Builder. Special attention given to mason tfork in the city and country. & New Clm, Minn. The North Star Lung and Throat Bal sam is a sure cure for coughs and colds. HIMKE & mmm, Carpenters,/ /:f.» Builders and Contractors^ NhWULM, MINN Designs and plans made to order and estimates on all work furnished and contracts faithfully executed. THE FIGURE 9 Thefigure9 in our dates will make a long stay. No man or woman now living will ever date & locument without using the figure 9. It stands the third place in 1S90, where it will remain ten years and then move up to secoud place in 1900, where it will rest for one hundred'years. There is another "9" which has also cometo stay. It is unlike thefigure9 in our dates in the respect that it has already moved up to first place, where it will permanently remain. It is called the "No. 9" High Arm Wheeler &, Wilson Sewing Machine. ffhe "No. 9" was endorsed for first place by the experts of Europe at the Pari3 Exposition of 1S89 where, after a severecontest with the leading ma chines of the world, it was awarded the only Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, all others on exhibit having received lower awards of gold medals, etc. The French Government also recognized itssuperiority by thedecoration ol Mr. NathanielWheeler, President of the company, with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The "No 9" is not an old machine Improved upon, but is an entirely new machine, and the Grand Prize at Paris was awarded it as the grand est advance in sewing machine mechanism of the age. Those who buy it can rest assured, there lore, of having the very latest aj4 best. J?" ^j. fefti'jr/v g/: $ IfWHEELER & WILSON BFFG CO., if* 185 and 187 Wabash Ave., Chicago For Sale by g| f* HORNBliRG, T|||f New Ulm. Minn. ED. PAULSEN, ml Licensed Auctioneer LINDEN, BKOWNCO..MINN., Correspondence promptly attended to. Jfl