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LOVE’S VICTORY.
Unarmed, Love wins her bloodless battles
here
Against her stubborn foes;
She conquers Hate, and routs the coward
Fear,
And swiftly overthrows
Proud Self and blind Ambition. She de
thrones
King Greed, whose worldly sway
Has ruled men's minds in all the earth
ly zones
From *;he remotest day!
She toileth in the silences to gain
The victory o’er Wrong;
-Crim Avarice resists her power in vain—
Her power, a heart-born song!
She worketh with her miracles to glean
Men’s thought and to restore
That which they yearn to know of the
Unseen,
To their soul’s sight once more!
0 Love, how mighty shall thy triumph
be,
Which now hath but begun;
Xiook where thine adversaries turn and
flee
Before Life’s dawning sun!
A.s vapors vanish ’fore Aurora’s beam,
When day disperses night.
disappear before thy power supreme
The enemies of Right!
■Unarmed, Love comes and scatters far
and wide
The hosts of selfish sin;
with what grandeur doth her rising
tide
O’er life’s dark shoals flow in!
-s*-Boston Transcript.
[Copyright, 1597, by F Tennyson Neely.]
CHAPTER IX. — Contested.
“Bless my soul!” said Folsom. “I
supposed that was what she was for.
TVhat did these women mean by tell
ing me I must have a companion—a
: guide, etc.?*’
“They meant, you blessed daddy,
that they wished to provide you with
—one of their number, and me —with
something I ao not want. If Mrs.
Fletcher is to be housekeeper. I have
nothing to say. but—don’t you think
your big daughter old enough and
wise enough to select her own com
panions? Daddy dear,’’ she continued,
after a little pause, and nestling close
to him with a pathetic look in the big
Frown eyes, her lips twitching a bit,
4 T know how loving and thoughtful
you ha\ ' been in all this, and I
wouldn’t have you think me ungrate
ful, but —did you believe I was always
.going to be a little girl? What do
you suppose I studied housekeeping
for at school? Mrs. Fletcher is en
gaged, I presume, and I can't ask you
to undo that now, but I wish you had
written to me first. However, if you
fiomt mind, there’s somebody I’d
rather you would invite to take the
fourth seat to-day, and then you can
have Pappoose beside you, if you
wish.”
“Why, of course, sweetheart, any
one you like.”
“Lieut. Loomis, then, daddy—the of
ficer we met on the train. Jessie likes
him, and he’s such a friend of her
brother —the only one we have yet
seen who seems to know him at all.
Then you could ask him to dinner,
too.”
Folsom’s face was a study. Doubt
and perplexity both were twitching
in the little muscles about his lips.
“We met three officers, did we not,
Elinor, and I had thought —somewhat
of — asking the major and his guest.
He said he wished to call. He was
here while we were driving yesterday.
T met him later.”
“Yes, I saw his card,” was the hur
ried, indifferent answer. “But they
are not like Mr. Loomis. Daddy, I did
not at all like that Capt. Xewhall, or
for that matter—”
“They both seemed prodigiously
struck with you,” said Folsom, in mis
guided confidence, yet pardonable
pride. “They’ve done nothing but talk
to me about you ever since.”
“They did nothing but talk to me
all the way over the mountains, ex
cept when they were out taking what
1 have reason to believe was an occa
sional drink, daddy mine. Jess had
Mr. Loomis to herself. They have
found your weak spot, daddy. They
know you love to talk of your daugh
ter. You have only known Maj. Bur
leigh a little while. Is it not so?”
“Only within the j’ear, perhaps,
though of course I’ve heard of him a
great deal.”
“And this Capt. Xewhall, whose reg
iment is in Louisiana while he’s out
here on leave —I thought officers went
east when they got leave.”
“Xewhall saj’s he’s out looking over
aome mining schemes. He has money
to invest, I believe.”
“He should invest some money in a
traveling suit, daddy, dear. That coat
and his linen seemed woefully out of
condition. Gentlemen are not care
less about such matters.”
“Oh, he explained that his trunks
were delayed in Omaha or somewhere,
and were coming along next train. I
own I was prejudiced against him,
too, but of course if he’s a friend and
guest of Burleigh’s he —he must be all
right. He’s staying with him at the
ilepot.”
“And you’ve got to invite them to
dinner?” asked Miss Folsom, after an
other pause, during which she had
been flunking deeply.
“Xot if you don’t want it, pet. Of
course they’ll expect it. Army officers
are hospitable, j r ou know. Burleigh
lias asked me to dine with him a doz
en times, though I’ve only been there
once.’
“Then you’ll have to invite him,
daddy,” was the answer, with quick
decision. “Only, just wait for a day
or two. Capt* Newhall -was goin£
right out to the mines, he said, and
there may be others we’d be glad to
have, Jessie’s brother ought tA be
here any hour.”
“Yes,” said Folsom, dubiously. “I’ve
been thinking about him—l’ve been
wishing—”
But he hesitated and faltered and
could not meet the deep brown eyes,
so full of searching inquiry and keen
intelligence.
“You’ve been thinking—what, dad
dy?” she asked, and now her slender
hands were on his shoulders and she
was turning him so that she could
study his face. “You have been hear
ing something you do not wish us
to know, daddy, dear. I heard Maj.
Burleigh say something to Mr. Loomis
about —about Lieut. Dean, and I know
Mr. Loomis did not like it, and Jes
sie and I can’t believe it. Father,
where is he? Why doesn’t he come?
Why do these —these xieople at the
fort hem and haw and hesitate when
they speak about him? Jessie is
getting so troubled.”
“I’m getting troubled, daughter,”
answered Folsom, impulsively. “I
never met a likelier young fellow or
one that promised to make a better
officer. He may be all right, too, only
it isn’t so much w r hat they do say as
what they don’t say that troubles me.
Burleigh here and old Stevens out at
the fort and one or two others I’ve
asked about him, Burleigh says he
‘lost his nerve’ wffien they met Red
Cloud’s big band. A boy might be ex
cused for that so long as he didn’t
misbehave. It was big responsibility
for a young lieutenant. But these
people, as you speak of them out a v t
the fort, really know very little about
Dean. Burleigh says he sin a position
that enables him to know so much
iore about the character and habits
of the young officers.”
“Surely he can say nothing against
Mr. Dean!” exclaimed Pappoose,
looking up with quick indignation in
her brown eyes. "Xo one knows how
good and generous he has been to
Jessie and his mother.”
They were standing at the moment
in the corner of the library farthest
from the doorway. The front win
dows opened to the north, giving a
fine view of the rolling hills rising
higher and higher and looking down
upon the grass-grown slopes spread
out at their feet, criss-crossed and
traversed by bard-beaten roads and
trails. Immediately in front of the
house Folsom had seeded and wafered
and coaxed into semblance of a lawn
the best turf to be had in that sec
tion of Wyoming, and inclosed it in
a spick and span white picket fence.
The main road between the fort and
the railway station passed directly in
front of his gate. The side window
of the cozy room looked out to the
west over the valley of a rushing
stream, once rich in trout, but now
much infested by the mules from Bur
leigh’s corral, which lay half a mile
away to the southeast, out of sight
of Folsom’s house except from the up
per windows. Eager to stock the li
brary with standard works against
his daughter’s coming, the old trader
had consulted a friend among the offi
cers and had sent a lavish order to a
house in Chicago. Books, therefore,
were there in plenty on the handsome
shelves, and they were not ill-chosen
either, but it was Xlrs. Fletcher who
pointed out how stiff and angular
everything looked, who introduced the
easy lounge, the soft rugs, the heavy
hanging portieres of costly Navajo
blankets. It was her deft touch that
draped the curtains at the windows
and softened and beautified the lines
the hand of man wmuld have left
crude and repellent. And that li
brary had been her favorite haunt;
but since the coming of the girls Xlrs.
Fletcher had seemed to retire to her
own room aloft, and to spend no time
below stairs that w r as not demanded
by her household duties. Now as the
father and daughter were talking
earnestly together, they heard Xlrs.
Fletcher moving about overhead as
though looking over the work of the
housemaid. Jessie had gone to her
own room to write a short letter to
her mother. Xlaj. Burleigh was to
come at 10:30 to drive them out to
Pinnacle Butte, a sharp, rocky height
far across the valley, from the sum
mit of which a wonderful view w r as
to be obtained. It lacked but five
minutes of the time and suddenly
Xlrs. Fletcher’s voice was heard on the
floor above. It was a well-modulated
voice, gentle and controlled, with a
clear, vibrant ring in it that made the
words distinctly audible to the hear
ers below.
“The major’s carriage is coming- up
the street, Xliss Dean. There are two
officers.”
“Two!” exclaimed Jess, starting to
her feet, thinking only of her brother.
“Oh! I wonder if —” And then they
heard her go pit-a-pat through the hall
to the front of the house, heard Xlrs.
Fletcher more deliberately follow,
heard presently the beat of horses’
hoofs on the hard roadway, and: the
whir of coming wheels. “I’ll go out to
meet them, Elinor— l’ll — I’ll talk to you
more about this some other time. You
don’t care to go on this ride this morn
ning one bit, do you, dear?” he added,
uneasily.
“No, "father; frankly, I don’t —but he
has been polite to you and attentive
to us. There’s no help for it.”
And so Folsom w r ent alone to the
door to meet his visitors on the porch
without, and did not hear, did not see
Xlrs. Fletcher, who came hastily down
the stairs, her face singularly pale, a
glitter of excitement in her eyes. On
tiptoe she hastened along the broad
hall, reaching the library door just as
Folsom stepped out on the porch. On
tiptoe she darted in, closed the door be
hind her, almost rushed to the north
window, and there grasping the cur
tain she crouched, heedless of the possi
bility of observation, and' for half a
minute clung and crouched and stared.
Then, as Folsom’s genial, powerful
voice was heard in welcoming accents,
and hwavy xooistepi# came along the
broad board walk, the woman straight
ened suddenly and, noiseless as before,
hurried back across the room and came
face to face with the daughter of the
house.
“Oh, Miss Folsom!” she faltered, her
bosom heaving in violent agitation. “I
did not know you were here. I —excuse
me—” and hastened out of the room and
up the winding stairs.
“Pappoose” never hesitated. Coolly,
quickly, she stepped to the window.
Maj. Burleigh had just reached the top
step and was exchanging greeting with
his host. The stylish team and glisten
ing wagon were just spinning away.
“It’ll be back in five minutes,” she
heard the quartermaster explain to her
father. “Newhall has to meet some
people coming in by stage from Green
river. I thought I’d rather spend the
time here.”
And on the back sea-t, affably waving
his hand in adieu, and jauntily lifting
his rakish forage cap in salutation gen
eral to any of the young ladies who
might be watching, sat the gentleman
whose regiment was in Lousiana while
he was up here on leave looking after
mining investments.
. _____
CHAPTER X.
“Three mortal hours,” said Miss Fol
som to her fond little school friend and
chum that afternoon, “have I had to sit
or stroll with or listen to Maj. Bur
leigh. I never once was able to enjoy
the view. What made him hurry us
away from the northeast point, do you
suppose?”
“Did you notice that, Nell? I did,
too, and I was so interested in the view.
Away up toward Laramie peak I could
see something through the glasses that
looked like a lot of little ants crawling
along together. It was just after that
--just after we looked through the
glass, that he marched us round to the
other side. The view toward Green
river isn't half as pretty.”
“And now he’s telling some in
terminable story to father over their
cigars. What shall we do if he hangs
on? Father will have to ask him to
drive with us to the fort, and there
won’t be room.”
“Unless Mrs. Fletcher gives up her
seat,” said Jessie, demurely.
“Mrs. Fletcher isn’t going. Avery
different person takes her seat to-day,
Jess. Father left a note for Mr.
Loomis at the hotel and he accepted.
Now you see why I don't want Maj.
Burleigh.”
It was then long after three o’clock.
At five they were to start, and Jessie
The voice came neither from bed nor lounge.
could hardly curb her impatience. The
mail from Frayne, so said Folsom,
would arrive that evening, and then
surely there would be news of Mar
shall. They had slipped away to their
rooms after the bountiful luncheon
served on their return, in order, as
Pappoose expressed it, that the gen
tlemen might have their cigars in
peace. Mrs. Fletcher, after seeing that
everything was prepared, had direct
ed the servant to say to Mr. Folsom,
on the return of the party, that she
would prefer not to appear, and would
be glad to keep her room, as she did
not feel it at all necessary for the
housekeeper to meet strangers, and
Folsom felt a sense of relief. It was
so much sweeter not to have any pre
siding genius other than Pappoose,
not that he w T as forgetful of Mrs.
Fletcher’s merits and services—which
were great —but it was plain to see
that his daughter would have been
happier had no such office existed as
that created for this deserving and
destitute widow. At three Miss Fol
som had gone and tapped at the lady’s
door—her room was in the third story,
overlooking the street —and was very
civilly assured that Mrs. Fletcher
stood in need of nothing, but, being
wearied, she would like a little sleep.
No, she did not even care for a cup of
tea. Yet Elinor felt confident that
the voice that replied to her inquiries
came neither from the bed nor the
lounge, but from the direction of the
front window.
At three the cigars were smoked out
and the host and his guests were in
the library. It was Folsom’s custom,
when a possible thing, to take a brief
nap after the midday meal, and Elinor
felt sure he would be glad of the op
portunity now, if Burleigh would only
go, but Burleigh wouldn’t. In monot
onous monologue his voice came float
ing up to the second floor, drowsy,
unbroken in its soporific flow, and the
girls themselves, after the morning’s
drive in the clear, bracing air, felt as
though forty winks would be a oless
ing. Could it be that Burleigh lin
gered on in hopes of their reappear
ance below? Might it not be that if
relict came not speedily Papa Fol
som would yield to the spell and fall
asleep in his easy-chair? Was it not
Miss Folsom’s duty to descend and
take the burden of entertainment off
those cider shoulders? These thoughts
oppressed the girl, mad, starting ail
she cried:
“It’s simply wicked' of me staying
here and letting- poor papa be bored
to death. Do come down, Jess, dear,
unless you’re too dreadfully sleepy.
He acts just as though he intended
never to go.”
And Jess promised reluctantly to
come down in ten minutes, if he didn’t
leave; but she hated him, and) had
hated him ever since he spoke so of
Marshall in the car three days before.
The upper hall had been quite dark
when Miss Folsom went up to inquire
how Mrs. Fletcher was, just after
luncheon. The door to her little room
was tightly closed. The blinds in all
the other roomh aloft were drawn
against the glare of the sunshine in
the cloudless atmosphere, yet now, as
Pappoose stepped suddenly out upon
the landing, she was surprised to see
that the upper floor was much lighter
than when she went up half an- hour
earlier. The maid had not gone thith
er from the kitchen, and Mrs. Fletch
er wished to doze. Who, then, could
have opened both blind and door and
let in that flood of light? Impulsive
ly the active girl flew up the winding
stairs to the third story, and someone
suddenly withdrew from the balcony
rail, and an instant later, as Miss,
Folsom reached the top, all became
dark again. Mrs. Fletcher’s door had
unquestionably been open, and was
now shut to. She must have been out
there listening, and gravely the young
girl asked herself what it meant—
Mrs. Fletcher’s agitation in the li
brary that morning as she peered out
at the major’s wagon; her absence
from luncheon on account, as she
pleaded, of not desiring to appear
when company was present; and now,
despite her desire to sleep, her vigil
at the third-floor landing, where she
was surely listening to the sounds
from below.
Pondering over the facts, Elinor
Folsom slowly retraced her steps and
went downstairs. She reached the li
brary none too soon. Old John’s eyes
were closed and he was slowly top
pling, overcome with sleep. The sound
of her cheery voice aroused him, and
he started, guilty and crestfallen.
Burleigh's heavy face brightened
visibly at her coming. He cared no
more for music than does a cat, but
eagerly followed her across the broad
hall into the parlor when she suggest
ed showing him the beautiful piano
papa had given her; and old John,
blessing her, lurched for the sofa,
buried his hot head in u pillow, and
was asleep in ten seconds. Maj. Bur
leigh was alone with the lovely daugh
ter of the veteran trader. He was a
man of the world, she an unsophisti
cated girl just out of school —so said
Burleigh, albeit a most charming one;
and he, who had monopolized her time
the entire morning, bore down once
more upon his prize.
[To Be Continued.]
The Spirit Mediums.
The Occasional Visitor —I have noted
that these clever spirit mediums who
can make chairs and l miscellaneous
furniture dance a hornpipe always call
in a very material dirayman when
they want to move the piano.
The Artist —You recollect the
Frenchman who asked an Irish me
dium to produce the spirit of Vol
taire? Voltaire came forth, much
to his admirer’s delight. It was Vol
taire complete in every detail. The
Frenchman began an animated con
versation in their native tongue. The
shade did not respond. At last the
Frenchman grew exasperated) and
turned to the medium.
“Not can ze great Voltaire con
verse?”
“,Of course he can, yez heathen, if
ye will stop that forrin lingo and
talk good English. Do yez take him
for a frog-eater?”—“As Talked in the
Sanctum.”
His MxtiSic.
The secret of success is to believe in
the thing that one is doing. Because
he innocently expected nothing but
compliments, an Italian organ-grinder
easily got out of a difficulty. He had
been playing before the house of a
very irascible old gentleman, who furi
ously and with wild gesticulations or
dered him to “clear off.” The organ
grinder, however, continued to grind
away, till finally the old gentleman had
him arrested for disturbance. At the
police court the magistrate asked why
he did not leave when requested to do
so. “Me no understan’ much Ingleese,”
was the reply. “Well,” said the magis
trate, “but you must have understood
what he meant when he kept stamping
his feet and waving his arms.” “No,
me not know,” replied the Italian. “Me
tink he come to dance to my music.”
Tte organ-grinder was discharged.—N.
I. World.
k Proof Positive,
Female Customer —You say these
spoons are solid silver, young man?
Clerk —Yes, ma’am; every one of
them.
Female Customer —Who are they
made by?
Clerk —Sterling, ma’am. His name
is on every spoon.—Judge.
Not Necessary.
Deacon Short—Bobbins gave me
lead quarter -when I asked him to
change a dollar for me.
Friend —Did you get after him about
it?
“Oh, no; I didn’t have any trouble
in passing it.”—Harlem Life.
Uncle Allen.
“The trouble about onions,” philoso
phized Uncle Allen Sparks, “is that
when you eat them you have to take so
many people into your confidence
about it.”—Chicago Tribune.
His Virtue.
“Well, no one can ever say that I talk
about my neighbors.”
“No. Y T on talk about yourself so
much that you don’t have cime.” —Chi
caga Times-Herald.
BOLDEST INCIDENT OF WAR
Details of Gen. De Wet’s Escape from
the British Whc Had Sur
rounded Him.
Bloemfontein, Dec. 20, —The details
of Gen. De Wet’s escape from the en
circling British columns show that
it was one of the boldest incidents of
the war. When laasbroek’s com
mand joined De Wet December 12.
some 15 miles east of Thabanchu, Gen.
Knox was only about an hour distant
and the Boer situation appeared des
perate. But De Wet was equal to the
occasion. Dispatching Haasbroek
westward, to make a feint at Victoria
nek, De Wet prepared to break
through the British columns at
Springhau Nek pass, about four miles
of broad, flat, unbroken ground. At
the entrance were two fortified posts,
while artillery was posted on
a hill eastward, watching the
Boers. Suddenly a magnificent
spectacle was presented. The
whole Boer army, of 2,500 men. start
ed at a gallop in open order through
the nek. President Steyn and Peit
Fourie led the charge and De Wet
brought up the rear. The British
guns and rifles rattled incessantly.
The Boers first tried the eastward
route; but, encountering artillery,
they diverged and galloped to the
front of the hill to the westward,
where the fire of only a single post
was effective.
The whole maneuver was a piece of
magnificent daring and its success
was complete, in spite of the loss of
a 15-pounder and 25 prisoners.
The British force detached after
Haasbroek came in contact with his
commando at nightfall. The burgh
ers were scattered and Welsh yeo
manry galloped among the retreating
Boers, using their revolvers and the
butt ends of their rifles with great
effect.
An incident of the fight was the
gallop of a British ammunition wagon
right through the scattered Boers,
the gunners using their revolvers
freely.
London. Dec. 22. —The war office
made the following announcement Fri
day evening: In view of the general
position in South Africa, the following
reenforcements of mounted troops
have been arranged. Eight hundred
will start next week. Two cavalry
regiments have been ordered to leave
as soon as the transports are ready.
The colonial police will be increased to
10. COO. Detachments will leave ns fast
as they are formed. Further drafts of
cavalry will be despatched at once.
Australia and New Zealand have been
invited to send further contingents.
Three thousand extra horses, beyond
the usual monthly supply, have been
contracted for,
TRADE REVIEW.
Improvement Ls Reported in Trade
Circles No Complaint
from Any Quarter.
New York. Dec. 22.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s
Weekly Review' of Trade says: “Better
weather conditions on the Atlantic sea
board and pronounced activity in distribu
tion of all staple lines of merchandise at
southern cities have imparted a slightly
more aggressive tone t3 general business.
Distinctive holiday business, W'hich at this
period of the season means retail distribu
tion, has shown further improvement, and
no complaint is heard from any quarter,
while the jewelry trade is much more ac
tive than for several years past. Un
changed conditions in the leading manufac
turing industry during the last week be
fore the holidays mean much. At this time
in ordinary years furnaces close down in
large numbers and dullness is general at
mills and shops where iron and steel are
handled, instead of reduction of working
force or concessions in price, this yea",
however, reports from the principal cities
indicate the existence of contracts that
will take months to fill, and new sales are
made at the former level, despite much
talk of cheaper ore next year.
“Failures for the week were 293 in the
United States, against 220 last year, and 18
in Canada, against 26 last year.”
Bradstreet’s says: “Seasonable conditions
rule in trade at present. Holiday trade ac
tivity is widespread, and comparisons with
previous years are favorable at most mar
kets, with the possible exception of some
parts of the northwest, where the spring
wheat shortage and unseasonable weather
have checked distribution. Notably cheer
ful reports come, too, from western job
bers, who have been called on for reassert
ing orders, and who report collections good.
Quietness in wholesale lines is usual at
this period, but it is to be noted that spe
cially good advices come from the iron and
steel, hardware, groceries, fancy goods,
toys and confectionery trades, while a dis
tinctly cheerful tone Is found in shoes,
leather and lumber, although eastern ship
ments of the first-named are still consider
ably smaller than last year. Industrial
lines are fairly well employed and strikes
are few' and far between. Prices show few
changes, most staples being steady, but it
might be noted that most farm products are
slightly higher than last week and well
above 1899. Speculation in the cereals has
been narrow, dull and featureless, but
prices have been aided by shorts covering
on Argentine crop reports, advices of an ex
portable surplus from that country of only
40,000,000 bushels and the poor grade of re
ceipts at the northwest. Corn receipts are
large, but little of it grades to contract,
while the export business holds up the
price of the cash article.”
Little Left for Creditors.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 22. —Receiver
Clark, of the Chosen Friends, says
creditors have little prospect of real
izing- much if anj'thing- from their
claims. The utmost that the creditors
can hope for is the realization cf ten
cents on the dollar. With liabilities
of $500,000 the order will be able only
with the greatest difficulty to raise
$50,000 to adjust the claims of cred
itois.
SCRAPS.
In Virginia 150 years ago tobacco
was used in lieu of monej'.
The idea of india rubber-soled boots
for policemen originated in Belgium,
where the force was supplied with
them over ten years ago.
A London paper, commenting on the
fact that upward of 100,000 horses had
perished in the South African war up
to date, sees in tnis condition of af
fairs a potent reason for the success
of the motor vehicle- as a military ad
junct. *
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
State School Fund.
State Superintendent L. D. Harvey
has apportioned the state school fund
income to the different counties. The
total amount to be given the schools of
the state is $816,278.21. The apportion
ment is as follows:
Adams $3,716 29 Ashland 6,679 26
Barron.. 30,574 08 Bayfield 4,404 85
Brown 19,798 98 Buffalo 7,124 52
Burnett 3,259 83 Calumet 7,674 74
Chippewa ... 13,819 43 Clark 10,693 54
Columbia ... 11,372 04 Crawford .... 7,082 14
Dane 25.157 99 Dodge. 18,376 06
Door 8,103 28 Douglas 10,567 41
Dunn 10,862 08 Eau Claire... 13,389 76
Florence .... 1,303 48 Fond du Lac. 18.363 67
Forest 360 47 Grant 14,567 15
Green 8,488 30 Green Lake.. 6,471 67
lowa 9.165 71 Iron 2,286 68
Jackson 7,329 87 Jefferson 14,436 58
Juneau 8,261 74 Kenosha 8,14122
Kewaunee .. 7,796 36 La Crosse 17,075 91
La Fayette.. 8,247 27 Langlade 5,396 55
Lincoln 8,893 53 Manitowoc .. 17,762 27
Marathon ... 19,565 71 Marinette ... 13,233 60
Marquette.. 4,625 81 Milwaukee ..126,325 61
Monroe 11,308 42 Oconto 9,125 54
Oneida 2,956 29 Outagamie .. 18,897 24
Ozaukee .... 7,184 811 Pepin 3,156 05
Fierce 9,422 39 Polk 7,659 11
Portage 13,320 56 Price 3.394 88
Racine 16,500 07 Richland 7,472 75
Rock 17,425 22 St. Croix 11,178 97
Sauk 12,643 15 Sawyer 1,056 85
Shawano .... 11,548 26 Sheboygan .. 20,660 52
Taylor 4,580 07 Trempealeau. 9,778 39
Vernon 11,412 34 Vilas 1,062 43
Walworth .. 9,470 39 Washburn ... 2,194 06
Washington. 10,119 89 Waukesha ... 12,888 61
Waupaca ... 12,998 04 Waushara— 6,255 17
Winnebago . 21,500 87 Wood 11.471 3c
Buys a Fine Tract.
The purchase of over 10,000 acres of
government pine land in the northern
part of Idaho by the syndicate of which
Gov. Scofield is the head has been com
pleted. The tract is a compact one in
Shoshone county, lying on the north
fork of the Clearwater river, which
flows into the Snake river, which in
turn runs to the Columbia. It is said
to contain over 250,000,000 feet of white
pine timber, and cost the purchasers
SOO,OOO. Experts estimate the value ol
land and timber at several times this
amount. It was purchased with South
ern Pacific railroad forest reserve scrip
which lists at. five dollars per acre. A
sawmill will be built next year.
Made a Long - Speech.
Melvin Howard, the negro who
wounded Deputy Sheriff Warner while
resisting arrest at Plover last August,
was sentenced in Stevens Point to state
prison at Wan pun for 12 years a+ hard
labor and has been taken to that insti
tution. Howard made a long speech
prior to receiving his sentence in which
he intimated that if he had been a
white man he never would have been
convicted cn the evidence presented
against him.
Big Tannery Burned.
The immense plant of Zschistsche &
Sons, tanners, was totally destroyed by
fire at Sheboygan. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Loss, $180,000; fully
covered by insurance. The flames,
fanned by a high wind, scorched the
big furniture plant of the Mattoon
Manufacturing company, adjoining,
whose loss will be several thousand dol
lars.
Left a Fortune.
Mrs. Agnes Adams, a resident of Ea
cinc. who is in poor circumstances and
whohad been confined at St. Luke’s hos
pital by a spinal disease, has received a
dispatch from Templeton & Weaver, of
Detroit, stating that she is heiress to
the estate of her deceased brother, es
timated at $500,000. Mrs, Adams was
born in London 34 years ago.
Town Sold at Auction.
At a judgment foreclosure sale the
town of Glen Flora, on the Soo Railway,
was sold for $2,800 to Mrs. Elizabeth
Stanley, of Chippewa Falls. A mort
gage against W. F. Switzer became due,
and, as the sheriff of Marinette had
failed to find him, the mortgage was
foreclosed without public notice.
Site Chosen.
The site for the mammoth new plant
of the Allis company is said to have
been selected. Upon it the company
will at once begin the erection of works
costing over $1,000,000 and which will
give employment when completed to
7,000 men. The site includes 100 acres
bordering the state fair g'rounds and
North Greenfield.
The News Condensed.
John Tilton, of Osceola, was return
ing from a wolf hunt on foot when a
dozen or more gray wolves appeared
and chased him a mile. He was well
armed and brought three pelts to
town.
Adam Tuchscherer, a dry goods deal
er in Menasha. filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $24,015.52;
assets, $22,419.25.
The city council of Kenosha has re
fused to grant a franchise to the Mil
waukee Electric Railway & Light com
pany to build a line through that city.
Mrs. L. F. Widslen, an old and prom
inent resident of Green Bay, fell down
stairs with a lighted lamp in her hand
and was fatalH burned. She leaves a
son and husband.
Christmas gifts sent through the
Kenosha post office a year ago will be
delivered this month. The delivery at
this late date will be due to the discov
ery of five mail pouches that hare been
secreted in the basement of the office
for 12 months.
The town board of Washburn revoked
the liquor licenses of William Burns,
Edward Williams and John Ritan for
opening their places of business on Sun
day.
Mrs. Crandle. aged 84 years, widow of
David Crandle. died near Baraboo. She
was among the first settlers, and lived
over 50 years on a farm near the city.
Paul Boetscher, of Appleton, was
found dead on the railroad track. The
body was terribly mangled.
Capt. Joseph Monger, master of the
Goodrich line steamer Atlanta, died of
heart failure at his home in Manitowoc,
aged 50 years.
Malcolm Sellers, who was well known
throughout the state for over half a
centur}', died in Green Bay, aged 81
years. He was one of the founders of
the republican parly.