The Huron News-Record, 1889-10-30, Page 6•••••-••
etroatolitisliaaareasestaageounasah
the Anon algulogword
1.13 BDISLISI! ED.
Ever y We51neclINY MorPiPg
'11.11.4‘1A1A g".;
TUE1R
POWERBESS PRINTING HOUSE,
Ontario Street. Clinton.
50 a Year —$1.25 in Adinnee.
The proprietorsof TkIEGODEJtlen NEW,
having purchased the business and plant
of THE 1;unon Emma), will in future
ublish the amalgamated papers in Clinton,
neer thetitle of "THE Hereon News-
Rtscono."
(Pluton is the most prosperous town in
Western Ontario, is the seat of considerable
manufacturing, and the centre of the finest
gricultural section inOntario.
The combined circulation of T H s News
ttseonn exceeds that of any paper pub-
lished in the County of Huron. It is,
therefore, unsurpassed as an advertising
medium.
tgrRates of advertising liberal, and
furnished on application.
M'Parties making contracts for a sped-
-fied time, who discontinue their /advertise-
ment, before the expiry of the same,- will
be charged full rates. -
Advertisenients, without instructions as
to space and time, will be lelf to the judg-
ment of:the compositor in the pisplay, in•
serted until forbidden, 4riessured by a
scale of solid nonpareil (se lines to the
inch), rind etarged 10 cents a lino for first
insertion and 3 cents a line for each sub-
sequent insertion.. Orders to 'discontinue
advertisements must be in writine.
Or Notices sot as READING mkrient,
(measured by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12
lines to the inch) charged at the rate of
10 coots a line fox each insertion.
JOBWORK.
We have one of the best appointed Job
-Offices west of Torouto. 'Oar facilities in
this department enable us to do all kinds
of work—from a calling card to a mammoth
poster, in, the best style known to the
raft, andt at the lowest possible rates
Orders ble mail promptly attended to.
Address
The News -Record,
•Clinton. Ont
1.00011.11.••••••=•••1514 ••••••=i11,11
The Huron News -Record
V.50 a Year -41.25 in Advance.
.W.i" The man does not d4itstige te hie business
who spends less in advertising than he 'does in
rent.—A. T. STSWART, the millionaire merchant
/ New York.
Wednesday. Oct. $0th 1889
PURGING THE PULPIT.
Stratford Times.
"During a filthy, •degraded, hy-
pocritical creature's pulpit haran-
gues iu this city he has had the
audacity and indecency to direct.his
remarks atsoveral people who have
been decided upon as targets for his
lying tongue. One of these was a
prominent business man on On-
tario street, and although his name
was not mentioned the story was
embellished so that every person
acquainted with -the gentleman knew
who-Waa meant, and those who AO
not were quickly told, On Mon•
day last the . howling, dervish was
passing the merchant's Store, and he
was called, in. What passed can be
easier imagined than described.
When threatened with bodily cas•
tigation if he slid not take back
what he had said he piteously
whined for inercy—saying that
he did not mean. what he had
said in the pulpit—that he had.
no authority for saying what he
had said—admitted that he uttered
a falsehood, and thus escaped a cas-
tigation that he would have remem-
bered as long as he lived, Being
asked what justification he had for
making such libellous and slander-
ous assertions, he stated that, "it
was necessary to do it to save souls !"
This is the kind of reptile who is
to lecture to "married women only"
one night this week, and, next
night to "young girls only," even
their mothers being debarred from
entering the church to listen to this
filthy skunk'e harangue to their
daughters. But of such is the king•
dom of foolish women in Strat,
ford."
Stratford Beacon.
"If the Yankee preacher, now
holding a series of "evongelistic"
services in the city, has the ability
to preach the Gospel efficiently, and
I don't doubt it, would it not be
better for his own credit as well as
the ears and morals of his hearers if
he would stick to his proper work
and leavea certain kind of evil
practices to bo dealt with by thos.‘
to whom it more properly belongs?
Experience !ilk; proved to all re-
flecting men that popular exposi-
tions of such subjects as well as
public executions should be reinov-
ed on moral grounds as far as possi-
ble from the public eye."
_
M 1 LL IO NS IN HOGS,
IP THEY ARE RAISED ON am. DRUR Y'S
IMPROVED PLAN.
loronto Globe
"There's millions in it I" declared
the Hon. 1.1Iinister of Agriculture to
a Globe representative. "If I wore
back on my farm I would have 200
hogs," and the Hon. Mr, Drury
leaned back in his chair and his
eyes wore alight with confidence in
his hew theory. Mr. Drury and
l'rof. Robertson have started out to '
show the formers haw to make more
money in perk than under OW pru-
rient feeding pritetika hi possible.
The Ilitlery le that yOting boge must
tolled more bO/kY fOod than is a;
present the custom. The atoroachl
of an animal enlarger, or contracts
with the size and nutritiousness of
its food. He sap there is no reason
why hogs should not bo fatted by
grazing.
A bulletin will shortly be issued
frorn.the Department of Agriculture
with the object of inducing, the far-
mers of Ontario to follow the Atneri•
can system of grazing' 'hogs instead
of snakily pork altogether in pens.
Mr. Driirts object ie to show the
lowers of Ontario how bogs may be
raised so profitably that they will.
supply the demand of pork -packers
for live hogs. The compiled re-
turns ahow that there are annually
imported from Chicago by Canadian
pork•packers forty or fifty thotteand
hogs. Mr. Drury figures it out that
hog -raising way easily be made
vastly more profitable than cattle.
Farmers keep cattle until they are
three years ntd and se1t them for
from $4.60 to $0. Hogs could be
fed fer little more coat, and after a
season on the grass would sell for
as much as the- cattle.
CHANGED HIS MIND—THE
BRUTE :
Pnliktusuutost, W. Va.—A lops
an ticipatedlovedd ing in high Catholic
social circles here had a sensational
setback yesterday which may result
in the death of the bride expectant.
G. A, Barger; a young man of
wealth and social stauding in
Wheeling,' and Miss Mattie Rossi
of equally high position in this city,
were to have been married yester-
day. The banns had been duly
proclaimed from she altar of the
.Catholic Church and all prepare -
tisane had been made for the wod•
ding. The bride had provdied her-
self with au elaborate trousseau and
had decorated the cathedral for the
ceremony. • '
The young man's business affairs
it was known would keep him ab-
sent until the het moment, so noth-
ing was thought of his non -arrival.
The carriages with the wedding
•party started for the lady's home,
the groom being expected at ti,e
altar. The church was thrown
open and the bridal party was filing
in when the father of the bride was
handed a despatch and told to read
it before pasaing into the church.
It was from Barger, and said : "I
have changed my mind and trans-
ferred my affections to another.
Today I have married a lady of
this city.",
Miss Ross fainted and was with
difficulty taken back to hor home.
She now Bee critically HI. The
greatest indignation is felt at the
occurrence and a warm reception
awaits Barger when he shows him-
self.
HE SRUGGLED -WITH
• • STOVEPIPES.
HOW CHRISTOPHER CHIRON PUNCHED'
HIS WIFE EOR LAUGHING.AT HIM .
wilEg RE JADDEDIHIS THUMB
—SHE WANTS .k DIVORCE.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—Suit for div-
orce has been entered against Chris-
topher Gibson by his wife, who
swears in the bill fyled by her that
the trouble between them had its
beginning in a • prolonged struggle
which Cristopher had with some
stove pipes, during Christmas week.
It -happened in Uxbridge, Canada,
wittiin a year of their wedding:
On that ill-fated day Chrikophor
undertook to put nis the' stovepipes.
After about an hof's . work he
struck a joint which refused to con-
nect. He carefully pressed the ends,
with the result ofjabbing his thumbs
till the nails were loose. Mrs.
Gibson was holding up the other
end of the pipes with a broom.
Silo laughed every time Christopher
injured a thumb. He worked on,
holding his breath and getting
madder and madder every minute,
withsbeads of perspiration standing
out ,on his brow. Mrs. Gibson
kept on laughing and making re-
marks, till at last Christopher, not
being a saint, dropped the pipes
and punched her on the mouth
several times. Then he retired to
rest. :Next morning, however, the
sight of the wrecked stove -pipes
maddened him again and he started
after his wife with a hatchet. Now
wants a divorce.
PLACATING THE CHIN ESE.
The Ottawa correspondent of the
New York Herald writes : There is
strong probability that Great Brit-
ain has brought pressure to bear
upon the Canadian Government for
the purpose of inducing the aband-
onment of the policy of taxing
Chinese on entering, the country.
The present law is that every China -
'nen on entering Canada must pay
a tax of $50. This regulation is, of
course, irritating to the Chinese
Government, and as is well known
tiles; threaten to retaliate on Great
Britain for tho act of her colony.
Great Britain bas vast interests in
the Flowery land, and to avoid
suffering vicariously for the sine of
Canada she is endeavoring to get the
$50 tax abrogated. The Hon. E.
Dwedney, Minister of the Interior,
• •
.14
speaking in British Columbia, where
,the sentiment againat the Chinese
71's etrongest, plat out a feeler to aee
How tilO Imperial to abandon the
tux would be received there.
Captain M. R. Slayson, Com-
mander of the Coot Guard of the
Chinese navyssarrived in this city
to-nighn his wax buck to his post
from a Vialt to England. ,He said
there was no doubttat the Chinese
Government telt very sore against
both Collude and the United Statea
for their treattnent_of Chinamen.
Captain Claysou is au Englishman,
and was formerly in the British
navy, as were nitlny (tithe officers of
the Chinese fleet,
Whether China would take active
measures to retaliate against these
countries he was not at liberty to
say. Being askedwhat fusee China
could excereise to expel the Englieh
or Americans from their country,
ho replied emphatically that there
was no doubt about her power.
'She does not appreciate hor own
streugth„" said Captain Cleyson.
"It is simply enormous. The army
and 'liovy, ate ,better drilled and
equipped than the outside world
has any idea of and are becoming
more pellet:t all the time. Foreign
officers"..are to ,be found in all
branches:" of the servibe. Her re-
sources in men and money are ream-
ingly. uulimited, and any power
swlsont. she quarreled -would
have to Out up wilh whatever treat-
ment she meted out to them. Eno•-
laud had become aware uf this an
Was makiug strenuous endeavors to
remove the only eause of quarrel
thus existed."
0001) FEED, GOOD COWS,
.cmiug MILK.
As cows are still living mainly
ou pasture grass, not much •atten-
tion is paid to the cost of keep or
production. But soon the pastures
will , give out, and then the feed -
question will come close home to
the dairyman. He may think it all
contained in the greater or less cost
of feed, iguoriug'entirely the cost of
production. If any of our readers
belong in this category, we want to
,call their attention to some figures.
'fuinigied ty the New lialiipshire
Agricultural Experiment Station,
which illustrate the difference in
chat of production with different ra-
tions and different cows. It was
found ..that •the cost of a quart of
tnilk from the hest feed was L32
cents, while with- the poorest fed it
cost 5.35 cents. This allows the
effects of feed onthe saute 'cow.
The difference in cows was almost
as striking. The average cost of a
quart of milk from the poorest cow
was 4.26:cents ; from the best cow,
only 1.59 cent. The average cost of
a quart of milk from the whole herd
wss 2.74 cents. TIDISO figur,s most
strikingly illustrate. the difference
in, both feed and animals. They
that ahow a profit where would bo
one much larger if the unprofitable
cows were out of the herd. There
is here shown a differrnce in cost of
about 200 per cent. in the cows, and
100 per cent, in the feed, to Produce
a quart of. milk.
THE LAST DUEL FOUGHT Iss
CANADA.
Montreal Witness.
'We have not on record the name
and address of the writer of this in-
teresting story who receives .ti,e
Witness prize for York School,
Haldimand County. We hope the
spoubtlitcoputio.on will lead to its being
n
At the close of the war of 1812
there eettled on the Grand River a
shrewd, middle-aged Scotchinan, of
the name. of John Norton, known
in later years 'among the settlers as
Colonel Norton. Norton, like most
of bis countrymen, had an eye to
the main chance, and soon clot
about him for some means of im-
proving hie worldly position. The
greet Mohawk chief, Brant, was
alive at the time and exercised un-
bounded influence among the Six
Nations settled on the river. The
canny Scot, who was a real soldier
of fortune, took a cool survey of
the whole position of affairs on the
river, and laid his plane am:it-dings
ly. Securiug the friendship of the
great chief he contrived to make
him understand that he, John Nor-
ton, svould not be at all averse to
conferring the honor of his name on
any dusky maiden who was the
possessor of a good "Locher in silver
or braid lauds." Brant told his
friend, that, if he eoeld find a suit- will
able squa w, his ( Brunt's) 1: fluence bust
should not be wanting to further
the match. Norton attended sever-
s: pow -wows, and finally selected as
his future wife a very handsome
young squaw, the possessor of a
Milesian na me and fi ve hundred
acres of land. Capt. Bran t and
Squire Warner Nelles made John
Norton and Kate Docherty man
and wife, and immediately after the
ceremony tho Colonel set to work
building a mansion on his newly
acquired estate. Possessed of groat
executive ability and energy, the
shrewd Scotchinan eoon made his
wife's land the source of a hand-
some income, which he spent in
Tu goinPatlY wig?, hie Wife
terPhUilevi4tihtdre bpidretnkr ilZate*bdail
honor of being prOented ro7
iu the pereon of Queen Caret
the spouse of George Ill.
Queen was very gracioue to
red daughter of the fort, and lo
ed her with jewellry and Wink
which many persons yet living
the Qraud River remembet. to h
seen on her person 'after she rete
ed to Canada. .
The Queen also caused two
traita of, the Indian matron to
painted, one of which she'kept
herself, and give the other to N
ton.
Three or four years after the v
to Britain the cloud that was
darken their married life, and ev
tually deluge it with utter ru
appeared no bigger than a ina
hand. A certain Indian, known
Onondaga Joe, began to pay co
in a sly way to Mrs, Norton. 'I
fooliah wife smiled on her n
lover.' The result was disgrace a
exposure. "the injured kosher
deterniined to be avenged on t
scoundrel who had brought
honor on his house. He gave h
his choice of fighting a duel or
ing shot down in his tracks. T
Indian, who, to `do justi
seems to have been no cower
cheerfully agreed to the duel,
marking,i that, after he had put,
bullet through Norton, 6 „otou
have undisputed possession of Ka
and all her property. Two hea
pistol's were loaded by one Willa
Wsie,. who kept a hotel on t
river up to quite a recent dates '1'
Indian got the first choice'
weapons: Then tho two duellis
stood up back to back, and, at t
word of command, given by Wei
stepped off, six limes each, the
turned and fired. Both staggere
but neither fell, and wild with ra
they flew at each other With th
discharged weapons s After sever
ineffectuaLattempts to knock eac
other down with these, they grapp
d and fell, locked in a deadly en]
brace. Both welt active, muscurn
men, • but the redskin ,had the ad
anlage in weight and years, an
or some tirno it looked as if No
on was to.bei variquished. But th
crat; 'like the 'hajority of hi
ountrymen, was a man of resources
ud by a skilful trick of wrestlin
of the Indian under him, and be
an to batter his brains out wit
ho butt end of the pistol. The
to cur begged for mercy, sayin
tat he was shot in the thigh, an
as bleeding to death. The Col
nel, like a modern Dugald Dal
etty, desired a bystander to' exam
e his enemy's thigh, and -repot-
o its condition before giving u
e- advantage he had obtained by
is skill in wrestling.' When as
red of the severe nature of the
ound he released his grip,' and
se to his feet. The Indian died
hemorrhage two days after.. His
I let 64 -grazed Ntrrimf's soalp.
Having a wholesome dread of the
patties attached to dueling; Nor -
n gathered " together his portable
operty, and, converting what olso
could into ceeh, disappeared, at -
Titled only by a young lad named
in Chen As neither of them
re ever afterwards seen on the
-and River, it was generally,sup•
sed that they made their Way to
e far West, there to commence
e anew.
Kate Norton met the fate of all
ee wivee—ft wrotchial life and a
serable death. Many in th-is see-
n of Canada yet remembet• the
ty old squaw, leprous with dis-
e, who begged her bread at the
ors of white people for tnany
rs before her death. That was
once hanasome Kate Docherty,
o' had kissed the hand of royalty.
'he " Red house " built by -Nor-
, in front of which the last duel
ght iu Canada took place, has
n thoroughly renovated, and is
w the elegant residence of.Mr.
Neltes, of the township of
eca.
'his story, which is perfectly true
all its details, I heard from the
of :Mr. Isaac Nelles, sr., who at
la hale and hearty enough to
'e two miles and record his vote
Mr. Colter, and even to dance a
ly step on hearing that a Re-
ner had been returned for the
nty in which he tvas born and
which he has had a vote for
e.quarters of a century.
- -
Robert Morton, a farmer living
it a mile from Ailsa Craig, had
barn, outbuildings and contents,
Nor.
and
the
alty
(n°.
J.' he
the
ad-
ets,
on
aye
rn-
por-'
be
for
or-
isit,
to
00.
in,
n'e
as
u rt
'he
ew
nd
nd
he
la-
ina
be.
he
ce,
d,
re•
a
Id
te
vy
he
he
of'
ts
he
r,
d,
go
0
li
1-
d
g
h
g
d
S..
0vfa
g
tl
tl
w
g
in
0
th
SU
w
ro
of
bu
pe
to
pr
he
te
51
we
po
th
lif
fel
mi
tio
dir
eae
do
yea
the
wh
ton
fou
bee
Do
Fre
Sen
111
lip
04
at
1 ii
for
live
fort
000
in
tine
abet
his
ch consisted of over a thousand
tela of grain and. his season's
crop of hay, entirely consumed this
week.. His son, a child six or
seven years old, was also burned to
death in the barn It seems that
he and his brother, a boy ten years
old, were playing in the loft of
the barn, and when the fire started
the oldest got down the ladder and
called for the other to come, but
the little fellow could not get down
for the flames, and although the
older child ran for the father, be-
fore he could got there the flames
had spread so that ho could not get
to his assistance. Tho body was
afterwards found at the other end
of the barn, terribly mutilated th
, e
princely hospitality. He dressed head ,and legs being, entirely burn.
his Indian wife in regal style, d ed away, It is supposed the boys
for acme years their married life must have been pla lug with
was as happy as could bo desired matches and t fi
oiljouT q‘ THE' HELL IDEA,
•••••,..•01••••••
Sunday evening Rev. S. Lyle,
Presbeterian, Hamilton, continued
bi seties of am mane an Hell. The
particular department of the sub
jeer alluded to that night was the
place ot torment in which the wick-
ed are to receive their puriistment.
In the course uf his rewarka the
preacher explained that the word
" holl•" is derived front " hal," to
hide, a hidden, or °bemire or dark
pingo. In the course of 14,108 it came
to mean a void, prison ju the unseen
world in which the impenitent were
punished by literal fire. The Old
Teatansent meaning, of " Gehenna "
is never "hell," as we 'understand
it. The Hebrew farm 'of the word
is "Or' Hinuon," and primarily
and essentially refers to the Valley
ot' Hinuon, Ilbiob lies 1,6 the south
of Jerusalem. This valley was a
place where the rites of the heathen
weto practiced, and the 'cursed apot
Was Shunned by all Jews; but
Josiah destroyed the groves and
strewed the valley with hones.
As a result of this it became a vast
city cesspool into which the dead
bodies of criminals and animals
were cast. From this place offen-
sive smile arose, and to prevent
disease fires were kindled which
burned night and day to purify it.
The valley became the receptacle of
all that was unclean and vile, and
it was the greatest indignity to•the
dead to throw their bodies in this
valley to be consumed by fire and
eaten by worms. The old Testa-
ment " Gr' Hinnon" or " hell," re-
fers to this valley. Tho meaning
of the word "Gehenna " or. hell as
tatight by Christ, is not a literal
hell fire. Our Lord shows that
each and every sin shall have ite
proportionate punishment, and hell
has as many degrees an are the
varieties of guilt. He does not
say where or what hell is. All He
announces is that it is a place as
distinctly removed from heaven as
the valley of Gehenna was from
Jerusalem. The speaker said : "1
fail to find any foundation for the
popular idea of a material hell fire,
but if we fail to refuse Christ and
persist in sin then' there is a fearful
fate awaiting, us in being cut off
from God, and this will be infinite-
ly worse than ten thousand hell
fires."
KILLED
FATHER AND MO-
THER.
AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD FIEND'S
CONFESSION.
DUBUQUE, Ia., Oct. 21.—The dis-
trict court of Clayton county has
adjourned, and the grand jury has
returned an indictment • against
Wesley Elkins, thell-year•old boy
'who cruelly murdered his parents
last July, five utiles north east of
Edgewood. There- was no evidence
against him excepting his own state-
ment in writing over -his signature,
which is as follows : "I was sleep -
sing at the barn and I wanted to get
away from home. I bad run away
front home a number of tirnes, but
they brought be back. I thought I
would kill them, so I went up to
the house just before sunrise ou the
morning of July 16, und wont softly
into the house to see if my parents
were asleep. I peeked into their
bedroom and saw that theywore
fast asleep. I then went out to the
road in front of the house to see if
anybody was coming, and, finding
the coast clear, I went to the corn
crib and got the club, ayslaish was
part of a flail, and then went into
the bouse softly and put the club in
my bedroom and set it down. I
then took my father's rifle, which
was always hung up in my room
loaded, and I stepped out of my
bedroom around to father's, and his
door being op" I put the -gun to
his face and fired. I immediately
went back for my club, knowing
that I would not have thee .to load
the gun. I got the club, and when
I got back to the door mother was
upon the floor and stooped over do-
ing something. I thought perhaps
sbe was looking at father, who lay
ou the front side of the bed. I
struck hor on the head as she MIS
stooped, and she straitened up and
fell backward on the bed and over
father. I then got up ou the bed
and struck 'her a great many timtes,.
on the head until I thought she was
dead, Then I heard father inake a
noise in his throat and I struck him
two blows on the head that smashed
the'skull. I then took the baby and
hitched up the horse and started for
grandpa's. Nobody helped me in
any way, nor told me to kill them.
I did it all alone."
THE YOUNG MCNSTER.
Tho boy is very intelligent little
fellow, only weighed 73 pounds,
and is very fragile -looking,
—Attorney -General Webster, ad.
dressed a meeting of Conservatives
at Ryal this evening, made the
statement that if the Irish parlia-
ment, for which the Homo Rulers
wore clamoring, was intended to be
given authority over strictly local
matters only, the government stood
ready not alone to ooncede it, hut
was prepared to father a measure
looking to that end. He did not
believe, however, that Mr. Parnell
and his supporters in Ireland, what.
ever might be said of his English
allies,, would remain long satisfied
with such a reform alone. =Ina
A WARNING TO CANADIANS,
HEARTRENDING AOCOUNT6 OF DU-
' TITUTIoN IN TELE UNITED
rasTaff NORTE-WEST.
APPEALS FOR 13--"—E1,1) FOlt THE FAUIN
STRICKEN.
St. Paul, Miura., Oct. 22.—Suf-
fering among the settlers of North-
western I)jinuegota and Western
Dakota has becomo so witlesPreed
that it haa been decided to appeal
to the principal cities of the Union
for aid to get them through the
winter. The Chamber of Commerce
at St, Paul this morning opened a
subscription list and appointed a
committee to visit all the business
houses generally and ask for liberal
subscriptions of cash and supplies
for these people. The relief com-
'Hitter) of the Chamber has been
directed to invite all church organs-
izations to take up a special contri-
bution on Sunday, Nov. 3, to be
devoted to alleviating this distress.
The destitution and Buffering are so
great and exteusive that the local
authorities and relief societies are
unabte to grant the assistance re-
quired.
FARMERS DESTITUTE.
Ramsay County, D.T., has a pop-
ulation of 7,000 people. Of theeev
about 6,000 are engaged in farming.
The frosts of last year cut off the
crops generally and the farmers -
were obliged to mortgage their .
farms for seed, provisions, clothing,
etc., to carry them through last
winter. This spring othet parapher-
nalia, such as stock, machinery, etc.,
were mortgaged for seed to put in
the crops. There has been a con-
tinual drought throughout the en-
tire season and the Crops have been
almost a total failure. The borrow- •
ed funds are entirely exhausted, as
well as the credit of most of these
people, and in Ramsay county there
are about 400 familiesof farmers
who aro destitute. In Nelson and
Walsh counties, there is also great
destitution and suffering; and there
is probably in this. district of North
Dakota not less than a thousand
families who are nearly entirely des-
titute. There is a district in South
Dakota that is in like condition.
['his district is embraced tithin
Miner, Lake, Sanborn itinffteadle
counties, but is surroundedby pop-
ulous towns and cities -like Sioux
Falls, Yankton, }Enron, Watertown,
'ierre, &c., and it is thought that
f application is made to these cities
by the proper 'authorities 'in the
everal counties, that sufficient re-
ief can be realized to take care of
he people for the present. But the
evastated district iu North Dakota
s directly dependent upon the Twin,
ities,.9uluth and the larger towns
n the.dine of the Northern Pacific
ailway 10 Dakota for assistance.
rand Forks has already appointed
orntuittees and is actively engaged.
n 'supplying clothing and some
revisions to the North Dakota
istrict.
AN APPEAL.
The committee of the St. Paul
humber of Commerce has decided
correspond with the Mayor of
also, Jamestown, Bismarck and
her Dakota cities, and ascertain
bather any organized movements
ave been made toward relieving
ese people, and also to communi-
te with the state authorities of
orth Dakota to ascertain if there
o any available funds which may
used for this purpose and what
tion will be taken by the State
fficers in this matter. It is impel.-
ive that the devastated district of
orth Dakota should receive some
sistance immediately. The sup -
les most •thsently required are
ots, shoes, hosiery, mittens, under-
rruents, flour, corn meal, necessary
°cedes, and grain for their stock.
rangetaents have been made for
e free transportation of products
ended for distribution among the
"Ski:AH.17,11'10N THREATENING.
Two years ago the farmers of
rshall county, Minn. were. un-
tunate enough to lose almost their
ire crops. Since that time they
vo been struggling to relieve
inselves 'froin the burden of fin-
ial embarrassment, but during
past year devastating hit storms
ited the eastern part of the coun-
and practically laid everything
te. This disaster came after the
vious visitation had reduced
ny of the farmers to the verge of--sia
•vation, and unless something is
in to relieve the distress there
I be much suffering this winter.
clegation has waited on 0.over-
Merriam and asked aid from the
e. It was pointed out that int -
late relief was absolutely re -
red. The importance of proinpt
sures was recognized by the
mots and he immediately ma-
ted the Rev. M. Falk, G. Jirt-
11. L. Alilgard, A. Banker and
Galvin a special' comthission to
stig,ate and report upon the
tint and nature of the existing
'ese. It is then expected that a
sh distribution of funds to ra-
tite stricken ones will take
0.
1
d
0
0
p
d
C
to
F
ot
w
th
ea
ar
bo
ac
0
at
as
pi
bo
ga
gr
Ar
th
int
pe
Ma
for
ant
ha
the
RUC
the
via
ty
W/15
pre
stet
dot
wil
A d
nor
stet
mad
qui
inert
Gov
poin
zon,
M.
inve
51110
d lati
lavi
lieve
plac
—A respectable widow of TOrOL,
to, named Mrs, Elliott, pleaded
guilty to the charge of procuring an
abortion and WAS sent to the Mercer
for six monthe. The sentence was
1115(10 light 011 account of lel- family
of seven children.
r-