Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER.
ftTBLISHBD BVKRY THURSDAY Bj
Tn Frowtibb Peistiwo Co.
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
OVER THE STATE
The Crete Chautauqua holds ‘from
July 3d to 15th.
Thebe was a large attendance at the
Valentine raeea
The old settlers of Otoe county held
their annual picnic last week.
Thayer county’s institute com
mences June 22 and will last one week.
The Norfolk district of the Epworth
league will hold their next meeting at
Wayne.
The residence of Dr. Anderson, Wa
l)oo, was entered by burglars. They
got a watch and $4 in currency.
Gage county’s teachers' institute had
an attendance of 350, which was larger
than that of any previous meeting.
Auburn was temporarily without
police protection because of a disagree
ment between the mayor and council.
A sow owned by a farmer in John
son county has smashed the record,
by giving birth to sixteen nice, healthy
piga
The annual Methodist conference for
the western part of the state will be
held at Ogalalla, commencing Septem
ber 3a
Pat Suixivan, a former Hastings
boy, has been arrested in Cripple Creek,
charged With robbing the postofflec of
that place. »• i
The Carrico postoffice will be dis
continued on the 15th of this month
and the mail for that office left at
Bayes Center.
Buy home made goods and build up
home industries, is a good policy. Far
rell’a Fire Extinguisher, made by Far
rell & co,, Omaha.
There was a tremendous rainfall in
Gage county last week. Scores of
bridges were washed out, though crops
did not suffer much.
C. K Hay of Thayer county was ar
rested for violation of the fish law. He
• was let go on promise to be more cir
cumspect in the future.
Henry Backnkr of Nehawka wrote
an unseemly letter to a lady and the
federal court adjudged ha should pay a
fine of $10 and costa.
Business men of Grand Island have
taken in hand the matter of celebrat
ing the Fourth and propose to have a
patriotic and enthusiastic time.
Wiixian Ream, of Thurston county,
is in jail at Pender on the charge of
stealing cattle from the reservation
and shipping them to South Omaha.
Burgi.aks entered Morris Mayer’s
store at Norfolk and carried away three
silk dress patterns, some silk handker
chiefs, a suit of clothes and a valise.
Surveyors are at work laying out
additional cattle pens at South Omaha.
The extensions will be such as to ac
commodate about sixty cars of cattle.
Bukgi.ars entered a number of rest
■ dences in Hastings the other night,
but in none of them did they secure
- much of that for which they were
looking—money.
John Hill, one of the first settlers
near Lanham, Gage county, was found
dead in bed. He had been in ill health
for several years and his sudden de
wise was not unlooked for.
The Nebraska State Sunday School
. association, which was to have met in
Norfolk Jane 14 to 16, has been trans
ferred to Omaha, where the annual
convention will be held July 28 to 3a
J. L Brott, near Marengo, was
• by lightning , and inatantly
billed while working in the field near
hit house. Tha horse was also killed.
Mr. Brott leaves a wife and five child
ren.
\ _ The army worm ie ravishing the rye
fields in the various parts of York
county. Postmaster Bradham of Bene
diet tells that the worms destroyed a
- twenty-five acre field of rye near that
village.
Bn Crosby, for some years in the
hardware business at Fullerton, lately
committed suicide at hie home in New
York. He made an unfortunate mar
riage in the west and hie life has since
been a. burden.
Groth Trimmer,.editor of the Fllley
(Neb.) Republican, waa drowned in
the Cottonwood river at Emporia, Kan
•ee, While bathing. He waa in that
place attending commencement exer
cises of the State university.
The following pensions have been
.granted for Nebraska—John C. Logue.
Stromaburg; William M. Knotts, Oma
, ha; Henry A. McCune, Red Cloud;
Thomas Moore, Maeon; William a
Smith, Stratton; Peter P. Head, North
Head.
Thk governor, of Texas asked of Xt
*™m but one,carload.of supplies, but
three were sent It was all contributed
and-the railroads made >no charge for
carrying’. The Nebraska Club took a
band in the work and largely helped
to, push it along.
B. K. Cart»b .of Gordon and J. B.
Fenny ,of Ainsworth left last week for
Oregon, where 4hey expect to purchase
10,000 sheep and will sell ,them to farm
are and stockmen of Nebraska. This
' will put about 50,000 sheep on the
range nearUordon.
Bktkr Jotweox.: of South Omaha,
while intoxicated, drove in front of a
freight tnunea the Elkharn irosd and
wis ltillod. The letn patted the track !
is safety, but the wagon ,«h badly
wrecked and .lehneon killed. He leaves
. S wife and children.
VAtfkx county's asortgage todebted
; seae for the month of May is aa fol
lows: Farm mortgages filed, 47,83ft
®2: satisfied, 13.148: town mortgages
filed, 12,72ft. 50: satisfied, *250; M2 chat
tel mortgages filed, Slfi.307.2fi; seeen
. teen released, *1,*S2^M; six sheriff s
Tna residence of Will Face in West
Beatrice was atraek bjr lightning dur
ing a heavy thunderstorm and badly
li; , damaged by fire. The household goods
b*dly damaged by the com.
tnsed elements Mrs Pace woe stand
ing near the cook stoee when the bolt
cause and was severely stunned.
fVtirncDLABs of the tornado which
wrecked the village of Lynch, Boyd
county, are to the effect that everv
building in the town was shattered
holy a part of the hotel being left
standing. Only one man was injured.
About a month ago fire destroyed part
of the town and BOW wind completed
■; the destruction.
Mbs. John Wilson tff Bayes county,
while drawing 'water from a cistern,
slipped and fell breaking a limb.
Hass Peter Jensen, 33 years of age,
while bathing with others in Baldwin's
| lake in Dodge county, was drowned.
I His father, in Atlantic, la., wired that
| he would come for the body. Deceased
| was single and had been employed as
a farm hand in Dodge county for two
years.
State Superintendent ok Public
Instruction Corbett has made the
regular June semi-annual apportion
ment of the state school fund among
the several counties of the state on the
basis of the school population of 'the
counties. The amount to be distribut
ed is ¥300,410.13.
Congressman Kem was hung in effigy
at Benson, a suburb of Omaha. An al
leged picture of him.was obtained and
attached to the figure with inscriptions
upon it Then, after being hung, it
was set on fire and riddled with bul
lets. The congressman’s action re
garding the Trans-MississiDDi exnosi
| tion bill aroused public reeling against
him.
Dr. C. p. Fall of Beatrice made a
practical test of the Roentgen rays in
surgery. The patient had suffered for
two years from the effects of a needle
in the hand which could not be lo
cated. The rays produced a shadow
graph which plainly showed the nee
dle, broken in two pieces, and with
this as a guide the metal was success
fully removed.
Tuk election of members of the mis
sion board by the Augustana Swedish
Lutheran synod, held in Omaha, re
sulted as follows: Rev. F. N. Swan
berg of Oakland, Rev. E. A. Fogel
strom of Omaha, Rev. Feren of Sioux
City, Rev. J. Torell of Swedenburg,
Neb., J. F. Helin of Omaha, (1 A. Falk
of Council Blnffs, 11. A. Ossian of Stan
ton, la, Prof. S. M. Hill of YYahoo,
Neb.
Harness thieves made a raid on sev
eral farmers southeast of Beatrice and
confiscated several seta of harness.
Blood hounds were put on the trail,
which they followed to the Lillie farm
James Lillie, a son, who lives in Hano
ver, Kas., was suspected, he having
been home on a visit for several days,
and when search was make he was not
to be found. Later he was arrested
and the goods found in his possession.
Every bridge on the North Loup
from Scotia to Fullerton, with the sin
gle exception of the Burlington & Mis
souri railway bridge, was carried out
by high water. Scores of low lying
farms were flooded, thousands of dol
lars’ worth of live stock, farming im
plements, etc., swept away and one of
the prettiest and richest valleys in Ne
braska made a scene of destruction and
desolation.
Tub first move in the way of appli
cation to the governor for a commuta
tion of sentence for Claude Hoover,
of Omaha, convicted of the murder of
Sam Du Dots, and sentenced to be
hanged August 7, was made last week.
No petition has been forwarded to Gov
ernor Holcomb, but Messrs M. A. Aeh
eson and James A. Powers, attorneys
for Hoover, have sent a letter asking
for a hearing of the case.
John Samuklson, a farmer living
near Swede Home, a small settlement
seven miles northwest of Htromsburg,
met with a peculiar accident. While
driving home from town Sumuelson’s
team became unmanageable and r.an
into a row of trees at the side of the
road. The shock broke the tongue of
the wagon and the horses tore away.
Samuelson was thrown to the ground.
He struck on his heud, dislocating his
neck and receiving severe internal in
juries
A bald eagle was shot last week by
Charles Anderson of Cass county, while
attempting to carry off a pig it had'
stolen from his herd. The bird is re
garded as a very large one of its vari
ety, measuring over six feet across
its wings. The bald eagle is not a com
mon bird in this part of the country,
and when the successful shot of Mr.
Anderson became known a large-sized
congregation of neighbors convened to
see the purloiner of little swine, which
had been at work for some time in that
vicinity.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the local committees of the
Epworth league to entertain the State
league, which meets in Nebraska City,
June 24th to SGth. Several prominent
league workers will be present, among
others: Rev. Edwin A. Schell. D, D.,
general secretary of the Epworth
League of the World; Rev. J. F. Berry,
D. D., editor of the Epworth Herald;
Rev. W. P. Murray of Omaha, and Hon.
A. G. Wolfenburger of Lincoln. The
Wesleyan male quartet of Lincoln will
furnish the music.
THIS general merchandise store of Ed
Fifield and the postoffice at Eldorado
were entered "by burglars. They took
tools from a blacksmith shop with
which they twisted the padlocks from
the door. Five dollars tn pennies were
taken from the cash drawer. The safe
was blown open with gtant powder.
Several sucks of flour were piled around
it to deaden the sound of tho explosion.
Fifty-five dollars in stamps were taken
from the safe and a registered letter
containing a small sum was. also opened
.and the money taken.
Tiik Masonic grand lodge of Ne-,
•bsaska elected the following officers;!
Charles J. Phelps, Schuyler, grund:
master; John B. Dinsinore, Sutton,
deputy grand master: Frank 11. Young. I
Broken Bow, Grand seuiur warden;'
grund treasurer, Christian Hurtmun 1
Omaha; grand secretary. William B, i
Bowen, Omaha; grand chaplain, Rev.
Henry C. Harmon, Nebraska CHv;!
grand orator, Samuel R, Smith, Indian-;
ola; grand custodian, James A. XnJ-i
leys. Red Cloud; grand marshal, Wil
liam W. Keysor, Omaha: grand senior
deacon. Albert W. Crites, Chadron;j
grand junior deaeon, Frances & White i
Platts month; grand tiler, Jaeob King, !
Pupil lion. The nest session of {the*
grand lodge of Nebraska will be held '
in Lincoln. |
Washington dispatch: Representa
tive liainer of Nebraska, just before!
the adjournment of congress, succeed- i
ed in passing a joint resolution ex-'
tending the time of payments due from !
settlers and purchasers on all ceded
Indian reservations. The resolution
provided that the homestead settlers
end settlers who purchased with the
condition annexed of actual settlement,
on sit ceded Indian reservations, be
granted an extension of one year in
which to make payments as now pro
vided by law. Mr. Hainer thinks that J
the resolution will be the means of
settling the Otoe and Missouri Indian
tronble.
CONVENTION PROGRAM.
PROBA1E DEI AT ON CREDEN
TIALS AND PLATFORM.
MAY CONTINUE ALL WEEK.
"Senator Tbnnton of Htbratka for Per
manent Chairman—H. Clay Kvnna
Withdraw* In Faror of Hobart
for tbo Vice Presidency—
Bradley May Be llropped
—'Con ventlon Mews.
•St. Louis, Juno 15.—The Republi
can national convention will be called
to order at noon next Tuesday by
Chairman Carter of the national com
mittee, and the dav will be consumed
in the r. uding of the call, the install
ing of temporary officers and the ap
pointment of committees on creden
tials, permanent organization, order
of busin ;ss and resolutions. It is not
known whether Chairman Carter will
make any remarks in opening the con
vention or not, but it is safe to say
JOHN M. THURSTON,
that the temporary chairman he will
present will make the best speech of
which he is capable, and the proceed
ings of this session and. of that which
will follow in the evening will prob
ably be interspersed with oratory.
Wednesday morning the report of
the committee on permanent organiza
tion and order of business will prob
ably be presented and acted upon and
the perraanentoflicers will take charge
of the convention. The permanent
chairman will probably be United
States Senator John M. Thurston of
Nebraska, a far famed orator. Pend
ing the receipt of the report of the
committee on credentials the sessions
will be devoted to general conven
tion business, interspersed with
oratorical efforts by famous ora
tors of the Republican party in
attendance. At all of the sessions It
is probable that resolutions will be
received and referred to the commit
tee on resolutions with or without
reading or debate, as the convention
may direct. Whether the money ques
tion will be precipitated upon the con
vention before the report of the com
mittee on resolutions shall . be
received is questionable, but, regard
less of any rule which may be adopted,
the tension of this question is so
great that the question is liable to be
precipitated at any time and 1b threat
ened by some silver men.
it is hardly to be expected that the
report of the committee on creden
tials can be prepared and presented to
the convention before Thursday night
or Friday morning if the contests are
considered as thoroughly as by the
national committee. There are 108
SENATOR FOKAKKR OF OHIO WHO WILL
I'LACB M’KINLKT IN NOMINATION,
contests and it is doubtful if the com
mittee can give any reasonable atten
tion to the facta short of three days
and three nights, unless the report of
the lutl.onal committee should be
adopted. The report of the commit
tee is likely it® preeipitate a heated
debate.
Siestt will probably come the report
•of the committee on resolutions.
This .committee will have clear sailing
u n til the currency question is reached.
On ithat interest will be intense and
oratorical efforts pronounced. A
member of the national committee,
discussing the probable length of the
convention, said: “Considering the
whole situation, it is difficult to see
how the report of the committee on
credentials and the committee on res
olutions can be disposed of before
midnight on Friday by the convention;
therefore, according to the natural
order of things, the presentation of
candidates will not occur until Satur
day morning. Owing to the interest
taken in the money question,
the convention will scarcely de
fer action on the platform until
after the nomination of the candidate.
It is well known that when le nom
ination 01 the cnnuidate takes place
the convention rapidly disintegrates
and the gold standard men, who seem
to predominate in the convention, will
not take "hauces o" leaving the silver
men in possession when the platform
is to be passed upon. This result may
obt.ain, or indeed any result may be
predicted, if tho adoption of the plat
form should be deferred until after
the nomination of the candidate—no
one can predict what the platform
would be in such an event”
PLATT’S TH REAT.
Warner Millar and Depew Discredit
the “Boss’s” Power.
St. Louis, Mo., June 15.—Ex-Sena
tor Warner Miller, one of the dele
gatcs-at-large from New York, ar
rived to-day. When asked what he
had to say regarding the New York
bolt talk that had been indulged in
since the arrival of Mr. Platt, he said:
“There is not a Republican in the New
York delegation that will bolt or walk
out of the Republican national conven
tion. And further, there is no man in
the delegation who can take ten of
the New York men out of the conven
tion under any pretext whatever.”
To-day Mr. Platt expressed the
opinion that the national committee
would place the Morton delegates in
contest on the temporary roll. He
also referred to the fact that in one
district the contest aga’nst his men
had been withdrawn. He said there
was no reason for making a contest in
the other five districts.
Chauncey M. Depew said that there
was no talk of bolting in the New
York delegation.
NOTABLES ON THE SCENE.
l'craker, Depew, Heating* of Penney! -
Tania and Other* Arrive,
St. Louis, June !5.—Every incoming
train to-day brought crowds of dele
tfa<£S and others to attend the Repub
lican national convention, and the
immense waiting rooms and midway
of the Union station presented a scene
of activity.
Among the notables was ex-Gov
ernor Foraker and party of Ohio.
Foraker .will place Major McKinley in
nomination before the convention.
Chauncey M. Depew, who is to
nominate Levi P. Morton, came in his
private car on the Big Four.
Governor Daniel H. Hastings and
party of Pennsylvauia came in later
over the Vandalia, and Congressman
. H. C. Loudenslager of Paulsboro, N. J.,
and party arrived on the same tpiin.
The whole town is assuming acon
vention aspect, as everywhere can be
seen decorations in which the red,
white and blue pictures of Presiden
tial candidates predominate. Iq the
leading hotels the decorations are
especially fine, the different head
quarters being elaborat ;ly draped and
the corridors hung with bunting and
flags. _
BRADLEY MAY BE DROPPED
Friend* of the Kentuchlan Concede that
McKinley Will WlnPjtaily.
St. Louis, Mo., June lo.—The friends
of Governor Bradley of Kentucky are
confident that McKinley will be nom
inated on the first ballot. John W.
Verkes, national committeeman from
W. O. BBADLET.
Kentucky, to-duv expressed the opin
ion. that the Ohioan vyill have G50
▼otes that cannot be moved. He is of
the opinion that Bradley's name will
not be presented, though he was
chosen to nominate him should there
seen to be any show for a dark horse.
COLORED DELEGATE SHOT
C M. Lose* of Texas Mistaken for a
Footpad and Wounded.
St. Louis, Mo., June IS.—About 1
o'clock this morning' CharlesM. Losee,
a colored delegate from Texas, who
has been stopping at the home of a
brother at 30:">8 Lucas avenue, while
on his way to his brother's house, be
coming confused, halted pedestrians
and lnquiied the way. Robert W.
Thiet, one of these, it is cfeimed by
the latter, drew a revolver from his
pocket and Bred five shots, one of
which took effect in Losee's right
shoulder. _ Losee was taken to the
home of his brother, where his wound
was dre _.ed and pronounced not seri
ous. Tuiet is in jail. He claims that
he thought he was about to be held
up and tired to save himself from per
sonal injury.
GOV. HASTINGS TALKS.
Ho Will Present Quay's Name to
the Convention.
].NDiAN-Aroi.ii, Ind., June 15.—Gov
ernor Hastings of Pennsylvania and
party pawed through the city on their
way to St. Louis at 8 o’clock this
morning. Asked if Senator Quay's
name would be presented at the con
vention for President, the governor
said: “It will be most assuredly, I
am authorized to present his name
and that 1 will do to the best of mv
ability."
When informed that d'spatcbes
stated that Senator Quay’s name
would not go before the convention,
Hastings said that he had not seen
such dispatches. “I can say, how
ever," he replied, “it is mistaken, for i
I am to present his name myself.”
“Will Pennsylvania stand solidly
for him?"
“He has sixty ont of the sixty-four
delegates. Surely a candidate could
not complain of that, and the dele
gates will vote for him to the last.” i
“If McKinley is nominated will ,
Senator Quay accept second place?” (-•
“1 um not authorized to say any
thing on that point. We are going ,
there to nominate him for President,
and not to make any compromise.”
EVANS OUT OF THE RACE.
The Tennesseean Retires In Hobart's
»’aTor for Second Place
Louis, June 15.—It was said
after the adjournment of the national
committee for lunch to-day that II.
Clay Evans had been induced to with
draw from the race for Vice Presi
dent in favor of Garrett A. Hobart of
New Jersey. He is said to hav- taken
this stt- in deference to the wishes of
the McKinley managers.
As a reward to Evans, the Postmas
ter Generalship will be given to him
m case of McKinley’s election, it is
said.
MORTON VERY POSITIVE.
The (Governor Will Not Accept Second
Place Under Any Circumstances.
Sr. Louis, Mo., June 15.—Chauncey
M. Depew of New York, who arrived
to-day, received the following tele
gram from Governor Morton: “Please
announce that I stated to you before
you left New York that I would not
under any circumstances accept a nom
ination for Vice President.”
Mr. Depew will place Governor Mor
tou in nomination for President.
Morrill Men Defeated.
McPhebson, Kan., June 15.—The
anti-Morrill men carried McPherson
eity at the primaries last night, 19 to
7, Returns from other precincts glre
the anti-Morrill men 70, Morrill 33.
The indications are that Morrill will
be defeated in the convention and
that Royal Matthews will be indorsed
for senator, but that A. P. Williams,
Simpson’s candidate, will probably de
feat A. W. Smith for representative.
For Matthews and Free Silver
South Bend, Ind., June Is.—-Demo,
cratic caucuses were held last night in
the county of St. Joseph for the selec
tion of delegates to the State conven
tion. A solid silver delegation of
forty was selected, bound by a resolu
tion declaring for the free coinage of
silver, C. W. Matthews for president
and B. F. Shively for governor.
MRS. COCKER1LL MARRIED.
rh. Wtdow of the Noted Newspaperman
Remain. Single Only s Short Time.
New Yobk, June 15.—The Commer
cial-Advertiser announces that Leon
ora CockeriU, widow of the late
Colonel John A. Cockerill of this city,
has been married to Walter Louis
Linean, son of the late Rudolph
Lineau, who was president of the Ger
mania bank iu Brooklyn. Mr. Cocker
ill died suddenly in Cairo, Egypt, on
April 1).
Firemen's Races at Weir City.
Wfib Citit, Kan., June 15.—Joplin
won first money and Galena second in
3:i% and 02respectively in the
couplers’ contest at the Southwestern
Firemen’s tournament yesterday. In
the 20u yard hub to hub race, time
was made as follows: Joplin. 0:25 1-5
Weir City, 0:25 4-5; Webb City, 0:26;
Ottawa, 0:26 3-5; Columbus, 0:27; Ga
lena, 0:27 2 5. Ralph Martin of Colum
bus won the 150 yard race in 0-16 2-5.
Hawkins of Joplin ran off a tie for
second money with Dennis of this
place and won in 0:17. A picked team
ran 15o yards against time in 0:16 2-5.
In the chiefs’ l 0 yard race J. W.
Costly of Webb City finished first in
0:11 and W. J. Benton second.
Kansas Woman's Fortnnste Discovery.
Wichita, Kan., June 15.—Mrs. H.
H. Leonard, while looking over old
papers yesterday, found where the
sum of >10,000 had b-en deposi'ed by
her brother in a bank at Trenton,
Teun., in 1863. lie was killed iu a
battle a few weeks afterward. A local
bank wired the Tennessee bank and
received a reply stating that the
money was still there and that they
had been hunting the heirs for twen
ty-five years. Last fall Leonard pro
cured a divorce and married a. other
woman. The first Mrs. Leonard’s for
tune, with interest, is now estimated
at >20,000.
A Gould Claim.et la Court.
New Yobk, June 16. —Sarah Angel,
who claims to have been married to
the late Jay Gouid April 16, ls53, and
who is suing for her dower, applied to
Justice Beach yesterda.y for a commis
sioner to take depositions of aged and
infirm witnesses out of the State and
obtained her u{filiation, it the
judge? declined to give a direction as
to promptness as was asked on account
of the condition of the witness, hold
ing that as the petitioner had waited
forty-three years beiore bringing suit
she was rot entitled to consideration
in the matter of promptitude.
No Recognit.on for Cubans.
Washington, D. C, June 15.—The
announcement is made without quali
fication, from the State Department
that President C .eveland intends tak
ing no action with respect to the Cu
ban revolution. Neither he nor Sec
retary Olrey deemed it advisable that
this info -nation should become pub
lic until Congress adjourned, is it was
feared that were it known the session
ivould be protracted until a joint res
jlution recognizin ' Cuban beligerency
sould be rushed tnrough both bouses.
Uroaveaor and Faster an Hand.
St. Louis, Mo., June' 15.—General
3rosven r, who gained a good deal of
prominence by publishing every Mon
lay during the delegate contest a ta
ale of fig res sh w;ng the owth of
the Mi i.inley si reug b, arrived last
light with Charles Foster, secretary
>f the treasury under President Har
•ison • _
Hnda Blch by a Storm.
St. Joseph, Mich., Juneis.—George
De Long, a berry picker, had a rich
mcle killed in the St. Louis cvclone,
md lias received word that he lias
leeu left a fortune of $150,000. He
proved his heirship by telegraph. He
s about 30 years old.
Carnegie to Make Big Vans.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 15.—The Car
legie people have deciued to build an
iddition to their works cos ing at
east $1,000,000. T . new plant will
ie for the rapid construction of heavy
irdnance.
A POSTMASTER’S WIFE
A LEEDS WOMAN WHO ASTON
ISHED HER FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS.
Kear to Death bat Restored So Completely
That She Has Been Accepted By a Life
Insurance Company as a Good Risk.
From the Journal, Lewiston, Me.
A bright little woman, rosy and fresh
from her household duties, dropped Into
a chair before the Writer and talked
with enthusiasm shining in her snap
ping, black eyes.
The people In the pretty village of
Leeds Centre, Me., have watched with
some Interest the restoration to com
plete health of Mrs. W. L. Francis, wife
of the postmaster. So general were the
comments on this interesting case that
the writer who visited Mrs. Francis and
learned from her that the statements
regarding her troubles and her subse
quent extrication therefrom are entirely
true. All of her neighbors know what
has been the agency that has performed
this cure, but that others may be bene
fited by her experience, Mrs. Francis
has consented to allow her story to ap
pear In print.
“If there is anything on earth I dread
more than another,” she said, "It is to
see my name In the papers. But in this
case I conquer my repugnance and give
publicly the same credit to the savior
or my lire as I would to one who had
dragged me from a death beneath the
waves. In fact, I have extolled my
preserver so enthusiastically and un
reservedly, have sought out sufferers
and recommended the remedy to so
many friends and acquaintances that
already my neighbors jocularly call me,
‘Pink Pills Francis.’ But really, my re
covery is something that I consider
wonderful. I know that there are so
many testimonials of medicine In the
papers nowadays that people do not pay
as much heed as formerly, but I do wish
folks who are suffering would remem
ber that what I say comes right from
the heart of a woman who feels that
she had a new lease of happy life given
to her.
“Eleven years ago I was afflicted with
nervous prostration. My existence until
two years ago was one of dragging mis
ery. Anyone in the village will tell you
of my condition. My blood seemed ex
hausted from my veins and month after
month I grew weaker. I was able
to undertake only the lightest household
work, and even then I could perform it
only by slow and careful movements.
During all these sorry months and .
years I was under the care of yils doc
tor and that, but their medicines helped
me only spasmodically, and then I fell
Into relapses more prostrating than
ever.
"In the night I used to be awakened
by the most excruciating pains in my
heart and side, and was obliged to use
pellets of powerful medicine that the
doctor gave me for relief in such at
tacks. At last my condition became so
grave that I went out only infrequent
ly. We live upstairs, you notice, over
my husband's store, and in descending
the stairway I frequently was obliged
to sort of fall and Slide over the step*
in order to descend, such was the strain
on my system resulting from even this-,
slight exertion. Occasionally I visited
the neighbors, but I was obliged to sit
and rest to recover breath while ascend
ing any elevation. In short, it did not
seem that I could live, such was my
complete physical prostration.
"One day I saw an advertisement of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People,
and although my faith In remedies was
weak by that time, I sent for a box and- ~1
tried them. That was two years ago.
Now I call myself a well woman. Isn't
It wonderful?
"I haven't had one of those excruciat
ing pains In the heart for a year and a
half. Why, even the first box of pill*
helped me. I can walk miles now; can
do my work easily; have gained in
weight constantly, and you would!
scarcely believe it, but a little while
ago I was examined for endowment life
insurance and was accepted unhesi
tatingly after a careful examination by
the physician.
“Do you wonder that I'm shouting
•Pink Pills' all through our village? I
haven’t taken any of the remedy for
soma months for it has completely built
me up, but at the first sign of trouble
I know to what refuge to flee.
•'Last year my aunt, Mrs. M. A. Blos
som, of Dixfleld, P. O., was here visit
ing me. She was suffering from a lack
of vitality and heart trouble, but she
was skeptical about my remedy that I
was so enthusiastically advocating. At
last, however, she tried it and carrledi
some home with her when she went. A
little while ago I received a letter from>
her, and in it said, ‘I am cured, thanks
to God and Pink Pills.* She also wrote
that her husband had been prostrated
but had been restored by the remedy.
One of the persons to whom Mrs.
Francis recommended Pink Pills is Sta
tion Agent C. H. Foster, of Leeds Cen
tre, and the reporter found him patrol
ling the platform awaiting the arrival' ,
of the morning train. Mr. Foster, who
is one of the most trustworthy, capable
and energetic men In the employ of the
Maine Central railroad, appeared in un
usually good health and spirits and we
made inquiry as to the cause.
"Do you know,” replied he, "I think
I’ve made a discovery, or at least Mrs.
Francis has for me. I have been in poor
health for a long time with a heart
trouble variously complicated. We
have been so fully interested in Mrs.
Francis’ wonderful recovery that I at
once determined to give the medicine
recommended a thorough test. So, about
two months ago, I bought the first box
of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Only two
months, please note, yet already I ain
so much improved, so much better able
to fulfill my duties, so sanguine that I
am on the road to recovery, that I feels
like a new man.
"I can now walk without the fatigue
I once experienced, my heart affection'
appears to be relieved, and I have
joined the Pink Pills’ Band in our com
munity.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
by all druggists, or may be had by mail
from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company
Schenectady, N. Y„ for 60c per hex or
six boxes for $2.50.
Shouting in church is sometime.) one
kind of religion, -while paying the preach
ei’e tack salary is another.
Shaw's Garden Wrecked.
The Missouri Botanical Gardens, es
tablished many years ago by Henry
Shaw, a wealthy citizen of St. Louis,
now dead, were devastated by the storm.
These gardens contained the rarest
collection of shrubbery and flowering
plants in the world, with the possible
exception of Kew gardens in London.
The most valuable of the plants in.
the Shaw gardens, as it was commonly
tailed, were uprooted and swept away
by the wind. Hothouses and hotbeds
snd outdoor beds of flowers were torn -
np and scattered in the storm. The
money damage is estimated at $100,000.
The loss of rare plants is irreparable^