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"\j $?: N ft ,%-V' KILLED W CHURCH. A Terrible Tornado in Tennes see Crushes a Church in on a Congregation. Two Women are so Horribly Crushed in the Enins That They Will Die. GALLVTIX, Tenn., Special.—A terrible .ornado parsed over the northern part of Gallatin to-dav lasting about five minutes. It cou'd be heard some distance, and the storm kine came with terrific force, uproot ing trees, lifting roofs, and tearing awnings and siqns from their fastenings. A church, the African "Methodist, was blown to pieces ami the root caved in on the congregation. Their screams and cries could be heard a great distance. Ten were taken from the debris, and two were so horribly crushed by the root and falling timbers that they are dj ing. Granville Brown, the minister, was badly crushed in his pulpit. Among the wounded and crippled are Ann Martin and Mrs. Mary Hoffman, both are dying Gilbert Woodford and child, JLiry Horton, Nancy Lowrey, a child Nannie Sawyers, Granville Beeck, G. Brown and others. Al the doctors of the town were soon upon the scene and admin istered to the dying and wounded. Th church was rilled, and how any escaped is a miracle. Gallatin's public school was damaged by part of the iront blowing in, but the loss is not serious. Fencing and trees were swept away by the storm, and many private residences carpets were blown from the floors and furniture smashed into kindling wood. No other loss of life has been re ported. The tornado took a southwesterly course, and very heavy rains fell during the time. AMtCHIG\N TWISTER. HILLSDALE, Mich., Special.—A cyclone is reported as having struck Heading and that several buildings are blown down, and one man killed and several severely hurt. Particulars are very meager as all the wires are down. A cyclone also passed over Portland and Orange in Ionia county, causing great damage. Edward Harwood's barn was in the track of the tempest, and it was first set on fire by lightning, then de molished by the winds. Three valuable horses were killed. Stephen Drum's house was blown to atoms and the family of five buried in the ruins. Al escaped alive, however. Far fences are obliterated, and dozens of persons injured. Crops are ruined and much stock killed. O E E A E A an W a a O me of A a in A a LONDON, Special.—It is feared that Russia may at last be compelled to take the initia tive step to protect the long-persecuted Christians of Armenia. Th Armenians have repeatedly appealed in vain to En gland, Germany and Austria to uphold the terms of the Treatyot Berlin by compelling Turkey to recognize the rights of Arme nians as stipulated in that agreement of the powers The danger now is that the conflict in Erzeroum may lead to open rebellion all over .Aimenia, in which event Russia would undoubtedly take sides with the Christians and seize Erzeroum, if not the whole of Aimenia, thus bringing on the much dreaded catastrophe ot a European war. Russia at the present moment has a large foice within easy marhing distance ot Erze roum and could overrun the whole country be'ore any ot the powers could bring troops into action. Information has been received here that sporadic cases of insurrection have late! occurred in Armenia, arising Irom the intolerable conduct of the Turkish authori ties. Private letters received from Armenia give the most horrible details of cruelties quite recently practiced by the Turkish au thorities on the Armenian peasants in the district ot Khanoos, between Bitlas and Erzeroum. S E E S E A I O N S a is a in a a me in Itsel LODON, Special. Th abandonment by the Salisbury cabinet ot the compensation clause in the license bill is simply a matter of self-preservation, for it has been evident from the day of the great Hyd Park dem onstration that all other questions were be coming subordinate to the issue between the temperance sentiment of the country and the government as champion of the publicans. The test of popular opinion on the ques tion of compensation to publicans, which is the basis of Mr. Caine's campaign at Barrow-in-Furness, is attracting more at tention than has been given to any single election in England in many years, and the contest for the seat promises to be waged with a degree of bitterness that will sever many lifelong friendships. Cardinal Manning takes parts in the cam paign to the extent of wiiting a letter to Mr. Caine, in which he bids that gentleman God's speed in the cause in which he has made himself the champion. The vener able prelate writes that he has always re fused to take part in political matters, but he regards the piesent issue as a question of morals, and theiefore feels called upon to express his views and declare his prefer ences. O N E S S I O N A O E A S S W at a be A is by re in re W W I O Special.— Appropriation bills will occupy most, if not all, of the sen ate during the week. The Indian, District of Columbia and legislative appropriation bills w.ll be discussed, and there is a proba bility that the Idaho statehood bill will come up Th senate will probably ad journ Thursday over the Fourth until Mon day. in the house the first three days of the week will be devoted to the consideration of the election bill, which will be placed on its pas-age Wednesday. N programme for the remainder of the week has been ar ranged, but Thursday will probably be set aside for the consideration of the national bankruptcy bill, or possibly the compound lard bill, and an adjournment will proba bly be taken Thursday over the Fourt un til the Monday following. Thursday may possibly be consumed with a conference report upon the silver bill. I is not likely, though, that so early an agreement on the silver bill will be reached, and that this subject will not •come before the house again until the following week. There is also always a possibility of a hitch in congressional pro grammes, and an unexpected debate on some appropriation bill conference report, or some other at present unknown obstacle, a delay the final vote on the election bill until Thursday instead ot Wednesday. A I N A O W N he a us a an ix in he E a a Cmcifao, Special.—The grand jury to day continued its investigation into charges of bribery of aldermen in connec tion with the granting of a franchise to the Lake street elevated railroad. Th investi gation is based on alleged "affidavits by ex Aldermen a in and Monear con essmg that they were bribed. These affidavits bear fac similes of the notarial seal and signa ture of Joseph C. Mackin, recently released from the state penitentiary. Mackin was called before the grand jury some days ago, but professed to know nothing about the affidavit. Th impression was sought to be given that affidavits were manufactured by Mackin's clerk. Something of a sensation was created to day when Mortimer Roberts, an intimate friend of both Mackin and his clerk, called on State's Attorney Longnecker and said that the affidavits were drawn by Mackin, and that the latter had frequently boasted to him of the Jact that he had them. A bailiff was sent out to brin,: Mackin in for a f-econd session of inquisition, but Mackin could not be found and the general impres sion is that he has absconded to avoid pros ecution lor perjury. S I O I N O N a in re a S in E a S is ST. LOUIS, Special.—The situation in the freight handlers' strike in East St. Louis remains about unchanged. Th strikers held a meeting to-day and decided not to accept the terms offered by the railroads and are determined to stay out until the roads come to terms. Th latter have a few green hands at work, but very little is being done in the freight houses, as the new men know little or noth ing of the work required of them. It is stated also that, should the roads not accede to the strikers' demands, the trans fer drivers and other members of the Amer ican Federation of Labor who are immedi ately concerned in the freight handlers' movement will join the strikers to-morrow. Another rumor current to-night is that should the threatened move on the part or the transler drivers prove true the roads will accede to the demands made by the freight handlers. The superintendents are to hold a meeting to-morrow at which a decision will likelv be reached. S W A A N S is a on N in O A re S a in W a in to WASHINGTON, Special Telegram —Some questions are under consideration by the department of the interior here which are of importance to Washington State to the extent that they involve title to swamp lands in that state. Representative Wilson had a conference Saturday with the secretary of the interior," Assistant Secretary Chandler and Gen.Mankato, Shields, the attorney for this department. The most that can be said as to the result of the conference is that it was the sentiment of the officials that the history and the laws on the subject of swamp land grants, and those in Washington in particular, must be carefully looked up before a decision is made. At present there seems to be no law to govern, and legislation may be needed which shall settle definitely how swamp lands may be acquired unless the secretary, after the examination, holds that the sovereignty of the state extends, over these lands. A A N I A S O in A in a O SOFIA, Special.—The sentence of death pronounced upon Maj. Panitza for conspir ing to overthrow the government was car ried out to-day. On the arrival at the place of execution he made a confession to the chaplain. With a firm step he walked to the post alone and saluted the military of ficers present. was then bound to a tree. Just before the order! fire was given the condemned man cried in a loud voice, "Long live Bulgaria." Th body of the dead soldier was given to his widow. Th execution took place at the camp near this city. All the officers attached to the camp were present. Four regiments of infantry, with a bat tery of artillery, formed the hollow square in which Panitza met his end. blind folded himself stood erect in plain clothes and acted courageously throughout. Twen ty-one bullets pierced his body. E E E W I E S A W S or an W in of W E S SUPERIOR, Wis., Special Telegram, —Early this morning George S. Hicks, a groceryman of this city, became aware that an attempt was being made to enter the house of which he was a roomer, on Ogden avenue. Th key of the front door was turned from the outside with nip pers, and two men entered the hall. They were greeted by shots from a revolver in the hands of Hicks. One of the men, whose name is said to be Patrick Mahoney, other wise "Tug" Mahoney, was shot in the right lung, era none block and fell. Fran Hopkins, his partner, was shot in the left side. ran a much greater distance than Mahoney, but is more dangerously hurt. It is thought that lie will die. Mahoney is also in a precarious condition. Both men were removed to St. Francis hospital. Hicks was arrested, but afterward released upon furnishing bonds. Mahoney and Hop« kins are well known to the authorities the Northwest. O W N A N E A N E N O a S re W in a is so a ad W re NEVADV, Mo., Special.—The Missouri Pacific passenger train was wrecked five miles from here to-day by the spread ing |Of the rails on a sharp curve. Three of their coaches were precipi tated down an embankment and two people fatally and twenty-seven more or less dangerously hurt. A special train bearing surgeons went to their relief. Those fatally hurt were Conductor Sar.» Jones and a child of W. Marvin's, both of Kansas City. The most seriously injuted were: John Edmunas, Lincoln, 111. Dr. J..T. Bills, James Arthff, Kansas City: T. H. Smith, Cmca go A. B. "Walker, Butler, Wis. Missis Bodie and Pettie Mountjoy, Lexington, Mo. Mrs. E. B. Ray, Deerfield, Mo. W. H. Marvnus. Kansas City, and Miss Minnie McFarland, Butler. I E A W A O O E a of a E on a a In a COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Special.—A carriage containing a party of four ladies, a young man and the driver, while attempt ing to cross the Midland track at TTte Pass to-day, was struck by the Midland excur sion train. Th carriage was utterly de molished, and Mrs. Cosgroveof Chicago in stantly killed. Mrs. Wolf of Newark, N. J., received injuries from which she died in two hours. Mrs. Gill of Chicago had both legs broken and Mrs. Wilson ot the same city was severely bruised. The driver and the young man escaped. Th ladies be longed to the Travelers' Protective associa tion party, who axe now making a tour of THE NORTHWEST. A Summary of the Important Events of the Week in the Northwestern States*.- I N N E S O A Mankato claims a population of 10,000. Sixty wagon bridges we washed out in the1 •ecent freshets in Goodhue county. The saw mills of the Mille Lacs Lumber company were totally destroyed by fire. The mills weiet valued at $75,000. Albert Casey, a 10-year-old boy. while play ing in log jam at Aitkin fell between the logB and was drowned. Sheriff Hylfind took Ernest Hoffman to the state's prison from Hastings, to serve a two years' sentence for the alleged larceny of $320 Irom Mathias Klein of New Trier. The Minnesota Creamery company has contracted furnish for European export 1,500 tubs of butter, which will aggregate about 100,000 pounds. A reward is offered for thp arrest of Peterson, of Kan'son, who is charged with attempted outrage on a oung woman while out buggy riding. The chamber of commerce of St. Paul has adopted resolutions calling the mayor to en force the law providing for the closing of •aloona on Sunday. J. M. English became insane in church at Marshall and caused a sensation by contin ued war whoops. will probably be sent to an asylum. J. .T. Hill demands $50,000 damages from the town or Mound View, in Ramsey county, because the supervisors constructed a road through his property in at town against his remonstrance. From 60,000 to 70,000 acres of school lands have been disposed of in this state this year, none of which have been sold for less than $ 5 per acre. The total amount realized by the state will be abont $500,000. John Wookzecko, a Pole, was struck by .a train at St. Cloud, and knoeked into a ditch. Both legs were broken and he was otherwise seriously injured. Both legs were amputat ed. The 2-year-old son of E. Metcalf, of Furgus Falls, was killed by the overturning of a carriage. The child had just experienc ed a marvelous ascape from death by falling thirty feet from a porch. The Republican committee of the Second congressional district was in sessi on at Man kota, and called the convention to meet in July 23. the day before the state convention is to be held. Four men visiting Rochester from St. Paul, whose names are unknown, who were on the circus grounds during a storm were attack ed by circus employes or hangers-on, and terribly pounded. One man was robbed of a $70 watch and chain and $11 in money. Until July 2d Clifton Holden, the convicted murderer of his cousin, Frank Dodge, of Redwood Falls, respited, and all proceedings on the governoi's warrant fixing June 27 as the date of his hanging have been staid until further order of the United States court. John Welch, a farmer living in the town of Warren, Winona county was drowned while' crossing Rush creek with John Hall. Th two were returning from a barn raising, and drove over the budge, which was already covered with water. Mr. Hall was rescued. John Schmidt, living on Congress street, West St. Paul, accidently fell off the steamer Henrietta at Robinson rocks and washim drowned. He was a member of the Ivy Leaf excursion party from St. Paul. He leaves a wife. Byron Gilpin, manager of a stock farm near Owatonna, went to Minneapolis a few weeks ago to dispose of some horses, since which time nothing has been heard of him. As he had a large sum of money in his pos ession it is feared he has met with foul play. Albert Lilligren, of Stillwater, was drown ed in St. Croix lake, near White Birch, Wis., while attempting to ferry a team of horses across the lake in a boat. The horaes be came restive and plunged overboard, taking Lilligren with them. The body was recov ed. Rev. J. B. Drew, of St. Paul, was drinking soda water when the glass slipped from his hand and fell on the marble counter. I try ing to catch it he cut his wrist on the broken glass, severing the main artery, His life was only saved by the prompt arrival of a physician. Seymour Brown, a prominent younjr at torney of Winona was kicked in the face by a stallion on his farm near that city. The animal kicked him twice, breaking his jaw and cheek bones badly and cutting his head. He WAS rendered unconscious and his injuries rre pronounced dangerous. During a recent thunderstorm at Wheeling, RicB County, the other day, the village school-house was struck by lightning and Willie Vierkant, aged 11 instantly killed. The same building was badly damaged by lightning in 1880, and about twenty years ago Jacob Ropf was struck and killed by an electric bolt neor the same place. A fearful hail storm commenced at St. Charles and extended over five miles sooth east through the townships of St. Charles, Saratoga and Fremont. Great damage was done to all kinds of crops, wheat. o*ats, etc.. being almost destroyed. This storm was immediately followed by the heaviest rain fall in ten years. Many farms that had al ready been striped by hail wpre washed of everything moveable, including fences and bridges. The Salvation army opened an engage ment at Albert Lea the other night in the Sweedish Baptist church after haviug been refused admission toth E. church. While the leader was opening the meeting he as sailed the Methodists iu a severe manner, whereupon Rev. R. Colley, the pastor of the chulch, arose to speak, but was pushed from the platform. D. W. Hayes, a husky drayman, stepped to the iront and demand ed that Rev. Mr. Colley have the -right to speak, but when he began the drums and tambourines were beaten so hard as to make it impossible for him to be heard. »_j^ NORTH DAKOTA. The republican state convention will be held at Grand Forks July 29. The Mandan city council has decided to license original package houses, fixing the fee at $300 a year. The house committee on public, buildings and .grounds agreed to report favorably Mr. Hansbrough's bill for a building at Grand Forks, N. D. The committee having in «t»arge the bei««^ tion of the location for the Methodist col lege will meet at Grand Forts August 12 when final action will be taken. The bid of Larimore is the highest thus far. The St. Anthony and Dakota elevator, at Everest, was struck by lightning. Fir© fol lowed and e^ building was entirely con sumed, together with nearly 5,000 bushels of wheat. Gov. Miller, of North Dakota, will not be a candidate for re-eleetioa. I pavs him better to act as manager of the great wight farm at $5,000 a year than to play governor at $3,000. Says the Bismarck Tribune: "The show ing North Dakota are so frequent and so copious the press has ceased to mention them, This means at the statements of thirtv bushels and over of No. 1 hard wheat toth acre this fall will be numerous and general." Bayley, the Northern Pacile train robber in jail at Fargo, has been identified as the horse thief who made a daring pscape from the officers who had captured him while crossing the Sisseton reservation some years ago. His escape made quite a stir at the time. At Salem, Miss Mary Lyons was terribly burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove which she was in the act of filling with the liquid. Mrs. Lyons, the mother of theyoung lady, in her efforts to save her daughter was also badly burned, the flesh literally peeling from her hands and arms. Both will recover. The postoffice department has completed the read,ustment of salaries of postmasters of the second class. There are in all 548 of fices of this class, which is an increase of thirty-one over last year. The new salaries are for the fiscal year beginning July 1,1890. North Dakota has but one increase—Grand Forks—from $2,300 to $2,400. John G. Elmsie, aged eighteen years, was drowned in the Red river while bathing at Grand Forks. David Stewart, a compan ion who was with him, had a narrow escape from a like fate in trying to save him. Young Elmsie could not swim, and wasdrowned. carried beyond his depth by the current. His parents live at Mount Forrest, Ont. The south-bound Winnipeg express on the Great Northern road ran over and fa tally injured Ed Darling. Darling was cross ing a coolie on the bridge and saw the train coming. In attempting to get out of the way his foot caught in the culvert. Before he could get up again the locomotivo struck him, cutting off both legs just below the thigh and frightfully mangling him. He will probably die. The Bismarck Tribune tells us that 115 women voted in that city at the recent school election in Jamestown 12 7 voted, and in Mandan 137 voted. There were two tickets in Mandan and in Jamestown—in each of thesecities a board of education was elect ed. In Jamestown a "straight male ticket was put in the field the night before election. I made the election interesting, but the ticket with two women on won. In Mandan it was a religious fight, in which the Catho lics claim a clean sweep. I Bill bo interesting to the deputy survey ors in the Northwest to know that for the first time in twenty years payments will all be made this year before the appropriation lapses, thereby avoiding all necessity on the part of the surveyors of presenting claims to congress in order to secure their just dues. This class of payments is terribly behindhand. The interior department is just about to distribute to about iorty deputy surveyors in theDakotas, Montana, Washington, Kan sas and Calorado $100,000 appropriated two years ago for work done in 1888. This is an unusually quick time, although the cash is two years overdue. The sheriff of Oakes had a lively time chas ing up a couple of horsa thie\ es the first of the week. He finally located them at Ver ona, where he had left two hoises locked up in the elevator, while he went to Lisbon to get information concerning the thieves. He engaged a liveryman named Conkhn to drive back to Verona, and arrived just in time to see the parties he was looking for mounting the horses he had locked up in the elevator. Conklin attempted to prevent their escape when one of them fired four shots at him at close range, but none of the shots took effect. The revolver was held so close to his face as to severely burn one of his cheeks. The thieves then escaped in the darkness. Tony Sieg, of Dubuque, is probably the only wholesale dealer and jobber in cats in the world. He was at one time a farmer in North Dakota, but became bankrupt through the depredations of field mice and gophers. Then a brilliant idea struck him, he located in Dubuque and went into the cat industry. By so doing he not only struck it rich for himself, but became a benefactor to the small boy for miles around, who gath er up all the tommies and tabbies in their re spective neighborhoods and sell them at the cat emporium for spot cash. Mr. Sieg, on leaving North Dakota, formed a syndicate of farmers who agreed to purchase all the cats he could furnish. Last year he shipped 4,200. This j*ear he is covering a much larger territory, and, with an extra number of circuses billed for Dubuque, which will in cline the small boy to greater effort, he in tends to at least double last year'B business. He pays 10 cents a head lor the animals and retails them at $ 1 SOUTH DAKOTA. The "belt mines" of the Black Hills pay out monthly, in wages, about $100,000. The Elkhorn tunnel, near Whiiewood, will be 900 feet long. There are now 200 men at work on it night and day. South Dakota issues more publications than the combined states of Nevada, Dela ware, Vermont and South Carolina. Chamberlain is jubilant over the announce ment that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul road will build a branch from Armour to that city in the near future. In a runaway at Marion recently Miss Hattie Entz was thrown from the buggy, striking on her head and completely sever ing her left ear. The cyclone in Potter county totally de stroyed the school-house in Avon Springs township, making it necessary to postpone school until a new house can be built. A Mitchell census enumerator in his rounds recently found a Scandinavian woman 93 years old, who tends to her regular house hold duties, milks the cows and is as lively as a woman of 40. The city council of Dell npids has passed resolutions calling on citizens to aid in the suppression of the sale of intoxicating liquors in any form, "original" or other wise. A mad dog bit sixteen hogs belonging "t Jacob Ha (fin, ofChildstown, Turner county, and fourteen of theanimals died with rabies. The dog also bit a number of hogs belonging to Peter Stuekey with the same result. While Stuckney was feeding one of the afflicted porkers it bit him through the hand making a painyul wound that may result serionsly. In his charge to the grand jury at Web ster, Day county, Judge Andrews gave in structions for an examination into all cases where liquors were being sold in original packages and to report indictments. held that the state law was sufficiently broad to fully cover the ground and informed the jury that he proposed to see the law en forced. \A4 A strange legand comes to us from the Siouij who alone can tell the true history of that dendly ambuscade, says the Rapid City Republican. The? s»y that on the hillock where Custer fell now grows a plant never Been there be'orA -a curious plant with long, slender leaves, carved in the exact form of asaber, with «dges so sharp as to inflict keen wounds upoa unwary hands, and those who pluck it once soon drop it, so strangely cold and clammy are its leaves. I bears a golden-hued, heart shaped blossom, and in the centre is one small spot of brilliant red. like a drop of blood The Indians regard it with superstitious awe. They call it "Cus ter's heart," and cannot be induced to touch it, claiming that the blossom crushed in the hand leaves a blood-red stain impossible to remove. W I S O N S I N Eighty thousand rainbow trout have been distributed in Waupaca"County. James McLaren and wife were badly injured at Racine by being thrown from a buggy. About 400 purvivers o' the Twenty-first Wisconsin Resriment visited the Waupaca Home, on the 19th, and took dinner. John Phillips, of Greenville, 0., a sludent in a Jar.esville school of telegraphy, drowned, while bathing in Rock River. The body of Joseph Servass, who drowned near Kaukana by the breaking away of a dam at the wa ter-power, has been found. Joseph Halt, 17 years old drowned at Chippewa Falls, while bathing in the river. He was a son of ex-D eputy Sheriff Halt. Jens. P. Jensen, 15 years old, suffered a sunstroke while swimming and nearly He was taken from the water, but died A G. A. R. picnic was held at Medford, which was attended by nearly all the veterans in the county. An original poem was read by Judge R. W. Hubbell. In a drunken row at Superier a man nam ed John Olsen was cut with an axe. Ole Anderson and a Swede whose name is un known were arrested. Olson was badly in jured. John Thompson, for forty-six years a resi dent of Montfort, died on the 18th, aged 99. He was the oldest Free Mason in Wisconsin, having been a member of the order for twenty-six years. He was buried with Ma sonic honors. Horatio C. Belt, of Spokane Falls, Wash., one of the students who graduated from the Beloit College Academy, is but 14 years old, the youngest graduate evet known from Be loit Academy, and probably from any acad emy of such high rank in the country Conrad Becker, of Blue Mounds, who was sent to jail from the circuit court at Madison for illicit liquor selling, has been pardoned by Gov. Hoard, and it is expected he will graduate from the university law school with the senior class, having completed the work of the course in the jail limits. Becker served five weeks. While woikmen were engaged digging on the farm of Ole Hanson, in the town of Nor way, Racine County, they discovered a skele ton, supposed to be at of an Indian. The corpse had been buried in a sitting position. The larger bones were intact and the skull, ppifp-t. A largo silver ring, supposed to hav«- f,een an ornament worn by the Indian, was also unearthed, I O W A In the past six months the farmers in *„he vicinity of Morning Sun have shipped $125, 000 worth of horses, cattle and hogs. A Keokuk man got mixed in his packages the other night and drank the contents oi an arnica bottle, serious results are ex pected. C. A. Wicks is under arrest at Lamoni for holding a revolver to his wife'B head and compelling her to sign over her property to him. While the little daughter of J. T. Roop, liv ing near Ottumwa, was gathering a brood of chickens in out of a rainstorm she was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Farmers in thesourthernpartofPottowat tamie county are losing their stock from hydrophobia, and have declared a war of ex termination on all dogs running at large. Chas. A Rebman, a Dubuque brick mason, has been adjudged insane by the commission ers of insanity. He imagines himself a mil lionaire and indulges in all sorts of vagaries. Frankie Shaffer, a 10-year-old Eagle Grove boy, made a hole in the sand, filled it with gunpowder and touched it off with a match. Result, boy full of sand, minus hair, minus eyelashes and may lose his eyesight. Frank Wallace, an Eldora horseman, was attacked by a vicious stallion and some of his teeth knocked out, part of his lip bitten off and otherwise seriously injured about the head and face. The day the Ringling circus was in Carroll the hippopotamus attempted to make a square meal out of its keeper. The animal grabbed him by the arm with its ponderous jaws and the member was badly lacerated be fore the hippo could be inducted to Jet go. Fiitz Draer, a farmer living near Gray, Audubon county, while digging a well a few days ago found small quantities of gold at a depth of forty feet. He refused to sell out at a good ound price and intends to thorough ly investigate his find. A Youn W a On a street car, yesterday, my at tention was attracted by a tall young woman with the air and manner of an actress, who came into the ear as if she 'expected instant admiration aud homage from all beholders. 8he was not handsome, but she had a striking- appearance. A einerle glance would tell any one that she was at least a reader of the erotic literature of the day, if. not a devotee of the school made famous by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Laura Jane 'Linbv Ametia Eives Chanler and others. Her dress was peculiar. From shoulder to foot she was covered bv a sea greenj velvet cloak. Russet shoes with pointed toes incased her feet. Her hair was frowzy with little curls, and hung about in utterly utter abandon. Her head was covered with asoftwhite hat—a man's hat—which had been crushed into a point at the front and turned up in the rear, and only needed a feather to make it like the hats worn by Shakespearean archers or merry men". I have been thus particular in describing the young woman, because, as I glanced" down in her lap, where a little pack age of manuscripts was held in one of her hands, I could not help read ing the bold title on the outside. I was as iollows: "The Morality of Immorality." What are we coming to, anyhow? VTar. FRANK. JOHN. BBNTZIN. 5 Cottonwood Mills.' ,"-'- -Si a S Custom grinding solicited. ^Will grind wheat for (one eigth) or ex change 34 fts. flour, 5 fis. 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. ^I' FRANK & BENTZIN. AUG. QT7ENSE, HARNESS MAKER —and Dealer in— Whips, Collars, and all oth er articles usually kept in a .first-lass har ness shop. New harnesses made to order and r» promptly attended to. NEW MLM, MINN waspairing Empire Mill Co. ROLLER MILL. 24 Rollers and 4 Burrs. We take pleasure in informing the 3ublic that we are now ready for bus* ness. The best machinery and all the atest improvements in the manufac ture of flour enable us to compete with .he best mills in the country. We are constantly buying Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats* Buckwheat, &c, Jbc, At the Highest Market Price*. We sell all kindTof FLOVR, SHORTS, AT LOW BATES. Speoial Attention given to Ghastoin "Worts: An extra stone for gi inding feed. Steam Cornsheller. Wood taken for cash or in exchange C^SH PURCHASES .and CHEAP SALES. H. HANSCHEN, Contractor and Builder. Special attention given to masoa work in the city and country. New Ulm. Minn. The North Star Lung and Throat Bal sam is a sure cure for coughs and colda. HDEMKE & SHAFEKAM, Carpenters, Builders and Contractors. NtW ULM, MINN. Designs and plans made to order and' estimates on all work furnished and contracts faithfully executed. E FIGURE 9 The figure 9 in our dates will make a Jong stay. No man or woman now living will ever date a document without using the figure 9.S I stands in the third place in 1890, where It will remain ten years and then move up to tecond place in 1900, where it will rest for one hundred years. There is another "9" which has also come to stay. It is unlike the figure 9 I our dates the respect that it has already moved up to first place, where it will permanently remain. It is called the "Xo. 9" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. The "No. 9" was endorsed for first place by the experts of Europe at the Paris Exposition of 1889, where, after a severccontest with the leading ma chines of the world, it wa3 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 its superiority by the decoration of Mr Nathaniel Wheeler, 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 sewing machine mechanism of the age. Those who buy it can rest assured, there fore, of having the very latest and best. WHEELER & WILSON WWQ CO., 185 and 187 Wabash Ave., Chicago For Bale by Cf.H. HORNBURG, New Ulm, Minn. ED. PAULSEN, Licensed Auctioneer LINDEN, BROWNCO., MINN. Correspondence promptly attended to. ^1 %j-si I' 5 I) W