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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-10
LDeadwod Times. August 4th.]

AA1sSo <AuS ntli.J
A robbery was attempted Thursday night
last Of Mn. Montgomery's %restaurant, at
Central City, but the GOODNESS and bravery
Of Miss Montgomery, daughter of the pro-
prietress, was too much for the burglar, aud
he made himself scarce as quick and fast as
possible.
We learn from two French botanists that
the mountain on the south side of Dead
wood, has an abundance of the plant grow.
ing thereon, from which absinthe is manu-
featured, and that it is the purpose Of par
ties in this city, to gather It aud manutac.
ture from it the liquid absinthe.
About 2 q. m. this morning, Central City
was startled from its slumDers by the report
of pistol shots. A mar named Peter Clau-
sen, in company with another one, was
passing dOwl the street by the Hidden
Treasure mill, when they were fired upon
by unknown parties. A shot struck Clau.
zen in the left thigh and passed through his
leg.
One Of the greatest curiosiues in the
Hills can be found within half an hours
walk Of Buffalo Gap. on the Sidney route.
IL consists Of q large number of Detrifed
pine trees, one Of which measures 81 feet,
aud is o of the most perfect specimens OF
pelrifactions we have ever seen, every knot.
knot hole and limb being as clearly defined
as one would see them 10 the Da.ural state
OF the tree.
tDeadyood Champion, August 4th.l
II is said that the hay on Hay creek, in
the Spearfsh county, has been all burned
by the Indians.
A good looking quartz ledge has been
struck in Spruce sulch. below Deadwood.
Wililanlssss0f Central City, is the lucky
man. .
A German, whose name we do not recol.
lect, has struck 4 lode between, ;Pennipg.
ton and the Seven Mile rancho, near the
Custer road. showing native gold. 1t is in
white quartz.
Some specimens from the Buckeye mine
on the Lttle' Rapid assayed largely in sill.
vel. We are not ct liberty TO tell how
much. The proprietors say it is not for
sale ~ any going price.
Col. John Lawrence. the genial county
treasurer OF Lawrence county, yesterday re.
eeived In funds over el,100 In liquor H.
censes. Several arrests were also made for
NON compliance with the statutes in regard
to vending spirituoss liquors.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-10
BLACK HILLS NOTES.

lDeadwood Pioneer, Aug. 4th.l
Quicksilver has been discovered on Rapid
creek.
Six steam pumps are at work on Castle
creek.
Five hundred ounces of retort came in
from J. 3. Pearson's mill for the last clean
up on Keeb ore.
Peter Grant an Irishman from Beloit,
Kansas, was fatally shot on the Sd inst. by
an officer from whom he was trying to escape
after he had been arrested.
A man by the name of Nolan, from Min
neapolis, Mimi, was killed on Thursday
evening, at the hay camp on the Belle
Fourche, by Collins, of st. Paul, telegraph
repairer on the Northwestern Telegraph
line.
The farmers in Camp Crook district,
have met with nearly a total failure on &C.
q of q severe frost on the night of the
18th of last month. Water froze in buckets
to quite q thickness, and all vegetables were
killed.
Red raspberries seem to be quite plenty
in the market At present. and some of the
pickers yesterday informed our reporter that
there is bushels Of them within two
miles Of town. Nov, then, junketing par
ties and raspberry shortcakes.
An insane man, name unknown, was
stabbed and beaten by a saloon keeper at
Crook City IN Thursday. The insane man
went into the saloon i%ndishabille, and began
to dispose Of the furniture to suit his pleas
ure, whensthe saloon keeper took the above
course.
A dispatch from Hat creek yesterday
states the Cheyenne bound coach was
stopped twenty miles north of Hat creek by
four road agents, who carried off the treas
ure box and some letters from the way
pocket. There were eight passengers, who
were not molested.
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California Quicksilver.

Quicksilver is an indispensable article
in. gold and silver mining. For cen
turtles Spain furnished the world with it.
With the discovery of gold in this State,
California entered the field as com
petitor. The first cinnabar deposits
were discovered in New Almaden in
Santa Clara County. For years The ore
found was very rich and the mines were
very productive. Then the ore in guam
tity and quality began to diminish as the
demand increased. Numerous other de-
posts were found in the southern and
northern counties, and to-day there is
every reason to believe that the cinnabar
deposits are inexhaustible in this State.
Quite a number of mines have suspend
ed operations, while others are worked
with vigor The New Almaden mines
are still worked, and are the chief source
Iof supply. Last year the yield of quick
silver in the State was over 5000 TASKS.
Since 1850 the total product has been
some $50, 900 TASKS, representing value
of S50,O0O,000 For the past twenty
five years the total exports of quicksilver
have been over 100000 TASKS, and the
EXPORTS yearly increasing, China is
California's best customer for the. liquid
metal. Within the past two years and
a half nearly $4,000 TASKS have been
sent to Hong Kong. Cor. Boston Jour
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A Case of Euthanasia.

Mrs. Julia L. Keyes, daughter of
Caroline Lee Hentz, died ON the 10th,
in Calhoun County, Florida, at the age
of so. She had written little, being en-
crossed with the cares of a large family,
but some of her poems, as 'aEhe Dream
of Locust DELL" have been widely
copied Her husband, in a letter to a
friend, written on the day of her death,
says: "She might have lived few
days longer, but could not get her to
take any food except cream, | talked
with her about dying; she said she had
no fear of the hereafter-no dread, only
the pain of dying. She begged me to
give her chloroform when the time came
and let her die easy. When / found
her strangling l tried to get her to take
some stimulant, but she would not.
She begged me to give her the chloro-
form. To give it was afraid, to with
hold it was to see her slowly strangle.
When found she would take nothing
she begged us to let her die, and to let
her die easy-I gave her the bottle of
chloroform. She breathed little of it,
put few drops on her handkerchief,
then passed her hand caressingly over
my beard, gasped a few times, and
a great shadow was over the house,
NeU York World.
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fred two shots at Debers, both of which took
was arrested.
The st. Louis Exposition will be in
augurated ON Monday, Sept. 10, by grand
industrial procession, and the Mayor will
issue proclamation for general holiday.
The American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science met at Nashville on
the 10Th. One hundred and ten members
were present.
The Chicago Exposition opened on
the 10Th, with between 600 and 700 exhib-
itors.
The business portion of the village of
Ashland, Cass County, ILL.,, was destroyed
by fire on the night Of the 10Th. Loss about
$50, 900; insurance about 25 per cent The
fire is supposed to have been started by an
incendiary.
At Salem, Mass, on the evening of
the 10Th, an unlighted train was run down
upon Penn Pier, which was crowded with
people, killing four, viz: Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Swayze, Miss Rachel Clifford Ca sis
ter of Mrs. Swayze), and William swayze.
! ocfOldi lduISs III buCli AIiSub JUMPED over
board from the pier, but all were rescued.
Perry Davis, colored, was hanged at
Galveston, Texas, on the S1st, for the
murder of Policeman Albert Neal in Feb
ruary last. IN
A most destructive fire occurred at
Paris, Texas, on the 31st. The principal bus
mess buildings and number of private res
rendering the engines useless. The loss is
estimated at over 81, 100000. The tre is said
to have been purposey started in saloon
by man who threatened to burn the town
He is under arrest.
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Connecticut Blue Laws.

No food or lodging shall be afforded
to Quaker, Adamite or other Hereto.
If any person turns Quaker, he shall
be banished and not suffered to return
but upon pain of death.
No priest shall abide in the Dominion;
he shall be banished and suffer death on
his return. Priests may be seized by
any one without warrant.
No one shall read Common Prayer,
keep Christmas or Saints-day, make
minced pies, dance, play cards, or play
on any instrument of music except the
drum, trumpet and jewsharp.
No one shall run on the Sabbath-day
or walk in his garden or elsewhere, ex-
cept reverently to and from meeting.
No one shall travel, cook victuals,
make beds, sweep house, cut hair or
shave on the Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her child on the
Sabbath or fasting day.
No man shall court maid in person
or by letter without first obtaining the
consent of her parents; f5 penalty for
the first offense; Flo for the second,
and for the third Imprisonment during
the pleasure of the Court. Peters's Hts
tOry of Connecticut.
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WAR NEWS.

The most desperate fighting of the
war took place at Schipka Pass in the Bal
kans, where the Turks under Suleiman
Pasha, on the 21st, undertook the desperate
feat of driving the Russians from their al
most impregnable position. The attacking
army, for five days, made the most heroic
charges upon the Russian Notifications, and
several times nearly gained an important
victory, notably on the 23d, when the waver-
ing Russians were only saved from annih-
lation by the opportune arrival of reinforce
ments. On the 25th desultory fighting was
still in progress.
A dispatch from Shumla, the 29th,
says: Yesterday Suleiman Pasha made an
assault on the Russian positions in Schipka
Pass, at O'Clock in the morning. The bat
tie, which was sanguinary, lasted until 6 in
the evening. The enemy, who were as
sailed on both TANKS, were unable to resist
the attack, and the Turks gained possession
of all earth-wOrks at the opening of the de-
file. 81
The Chief of the Russian staff visited
Schipka Pass on the 18th and reports the
troops are well supplied with provisions
and very determined. The Turks are get
ting wearied. Several thousand unburied
dead cause an mbearable stencil around the
hill. Reinforeements for both armies were
coming in.
A hardly contested battle was fought
on the Both along the line of the river LON,
extending from Telieber to Spahilar and
KarahassOnhler. The Turks under Mehem-
ct Ali Pasha were the assailants. They sue
ceeded in driving the Russians from their
positions and capturing the three villages
named, together with considerable stores of
ammunition and guns. The Turkish COM
mander places his own losses at 5000 and
those of the Russians at 1000 in killed and
wounded
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the temporal manager of the Church
aadrState, the sole director and manip-
ulatef of every thing, while they have
been simply spiritual lights under his
Dissection. 7
TIE lRsTATE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG
is sstimated at from Sc ,OOO, OOOto 81, OOOs
600, But it would be difficult to place any
approximate value upon it, as it is very
widely scattered. He owns large tracts
of real estate in many of the settlements,
and mills, buildings, live stock, and a
great variety of improvements. Heowns
nearly alb the-stoelSs.ihut the street rail-
roads in this city, and large amounts of
Utah Central and Utah Southern Rail-
road bonds; is,a large owner in the Des-
eret Bank, the Deseret Telegraph Com
pany, the controlling proprietor of the
great Zion's Cooperative Mercantile
Institution, etc. In Ann Eliza's bill
divorce she estimated his monthly in
come at 100000, which he denied in
his reply, and stated that his monthly
income would not exceed $4,000. He
had already distributed a considerable
amount of property among his chill
-dren, and as he was very punctii-
ious in regard to his affairs it is prob
able that his will has been drawn to pre-
clude if possible any legal complications.
Through life he was averse to lawyers
and the settlement of disputes through
the courts. 1t is doubtful whether ii
will be possible to avoid complications
and law suits in the settlement OF this
vast estate, and it is more than likely
the lawyers may have many fat fee be-
fore the will is finally disposed of.
A clause in the win directs that Brig
ham shall be buried in q rosewood cot
fin three inches wider than his body, SC
that if he hqd.a disposition to turn over
he might do SO that he be laid on a
cotton mattrass; that his body be borne
to the grave on bier, and be buried in
a stone vault, stone slab to be place
over the top. He requests that none
of the male members of the family
should wear Grape or emblems Of
mourning, and that the females SHOULD
not purchase mourning dresses, al
though they might wear them if they
had them l'' .ii'.'4" . t....
-.f THE FUNERAL SERVICES pulg e..
will be held in the great Tabernacle OF
Sunday at noon, where his body will b.
borne. A prayer will be, previously
said at the Lion House. There viii bC
a great assemblage. Extra trains viii
be run on all the railroads, and tht
saints will come up from all parts of the
Territory within reach. Say what We
may, Brigham Young has retained the
respect and reverence of the Mormon
people beyond what might be expected
considering the part he has had to play
The demonstration of Sunday will show
this. As to his standing in history, it i:
assured that, despite his fanaticism anC
creed, Brigham Young will rank among
the great leaders of the century.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

LIEUT.. VIM. NJ. ENGLISH, wounded
in Gibbons recent fight with the Indians,
died on the 21st.
A MEETING of Greenbackers, held at
New Haven, Ct, passed resolutions calling
for the removal of Secretary Sherman.
GEN. GRANT returned to London from
his continental tour on the 18th.
In the suit brought against Mr.. Will
liam Mckee by the Government for damages
accruing from his completely with the st.
Louis Whisky Ring, the defendant has filed
a demurrer TO the first 454 counts of the bill,
claiming that the offense is barred by the
statute of limitations. To the other ,19S
counts he answers that, having been. once
tried, convicted, sentenced, and pardoned
for the crime therein alleged, no defense is
necessary.
FRANKLIN A. ALBERGER, formerly
Mayor of Buffalo, n. Y, and late member of
the Legislature, is dead.
RUFUS KING has resigned the Presi-
deney Of the Cincinnati Southern Railway,
and w. II. Clements has been elected to fill
the vacancy.
Ben DEBAR, the well known actor,
died at his home in st. Louis on the 18th.
He had been for some weeks confined to his
bed by paralysis.
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THE following official programme of
the Presidents Western tour is furnish
ed by the Associated Press: The Pres
ident, Acknowledgement Devens, and
Postmaster-General Key will leave
Washington Thursday evening, Sep
TENDER 6, for Marietta, Ohio, to attend
the National Encampment of Volunteer
Soldiers on the 9TH. From Marietta
the President goes to Fremont, Ohio,
and the members of the Cabinet return
to Washington. The President remains
at his home Sunday and Monday, and
on Tuesday leaves for Dayton to attend
a meeting of the Board of Trustees of
the Soldiers Home. We'd
nesday he unveils the soldiers
monument at the Home, and returns
Thursday to Fremont to attend the An
nual Reunion of the Twenty-third Ohio
Volunteers, his old regiment. Monday,
the 18th, the President viii be at the
opening of the Industrial Exposition at
Louisville, where he will be joined by
the Postmaster-G General and other Cab
met officers, and will be in Nashville on
the 18th, Chattanooga on the goth, and
Knoxville, Tenn, on the 2lst. The
President will return to Washington
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THE MARKETS.

l..
BEEvEs-Choice to Fancy, $500 5.o21l Good
to Prime, S6.25G5.+0; Native Cows, S2oOT3-Oo;
Texan and Indian. g. 40d4.00.
HOGS shipping, $f60ao2O
FLOUR-ChOice, IS. IO66.50; xxx, f5.40Gd5..5o.
WHEAT-Red. No. 2. $l.260i.3o; No. ., 81
CoRS-No 2 Mixed, s9s4Oe.
OATs-No. 2, 25625<c.
RYR-No. 2, 50652c.
TIMOTHY SEED-Prfme, x.330l.35.
TOBACCO-Dark Lugs, $2.503375; me0Ium
Dark Leaf, S6.5O07.5O.
HAY-Choice Timothy, $500.
BUTTER-Creamery, 25d30c.
EGGS-Fresh, I16l2c.
PoRK-Standard Mess, Sl2501l355.
WooL-Tub- washed, Choice new, o9a4OHc;
Unwashed Combing, 20632c.
COTTON-Middling, l05sc-
NEW YORK.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $500 100; Texan
and Cherokee, S.75d6.75.
STANDARDIZATION; Lambs. S5.b6@6.5o.
HOGs-Live, $5.65.
FLoUR-Good 70 Choice, $5.70es $40
WHEATwNo. 2, Chicago, 81 29H @l-ss
OATs-W estern Mixed, 29037c.
PORK-Mess, s13O09 1910.
COTToS-hfiddling. 1le-
CHICAGO.
BEEvEs-Common TO Choice, A.oos625.
HoGs-Common TO Choice, A-S0g5.5.
SHEEP-COmmon TO Choice, S3.OOG350.
FLOUR-Choiee Winter. s6.5O07.os; Choice
'H WHEElf@spring. No. 2. s1OssLIO; Spring.
No. 3, 81 oral CSC.
CoRN-So. 2, 42k642Ac.
OATs-No. 2, 22k d23c.
RYE-No. 2, 5lG52c.
PORK-Mess. Sl2.200l2-30-
KANSAS CITY
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $3-5094.35; Native
Cows, S2.75a3-30.
HoGs-$4.5004.55.
FLoUR-XX TO Patent, per sack, R.0o04.00.
CORN MEAL-Per cwt., 000S5c.
WHEAT-No. 3, S1.061< olO7.
CoRN-No. 2. 29629xc.
MEMPHIs.
FLOUR-Choice, S7.256750.
CoRS-Mixed, 5otd53c.
OATS--White 4064Sc.
COTToN-Middling, le5<c.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR-Choice Family, $6.759725.
CORN-White, 55656c-
OATs-St. Louis, 3894lc-
HAY-Prime, $15.0O6I7
PoRK-New Mess, Sl3.5O6 1913.
BACOT-6k SIC.
CorTQN--Middltng. l0ke.
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Anecdotes of the Late Ben De-
Bar.

Ben DeBar was a close business
manager, but no one ever gave more
cheerfully or beautifully than he. Many
and many a ship-wrecked actor has he
sent on his way rejoicing. One incident
we give: An actor of some note had
been employed by travelling combina-
ton, but the troupe had met with nu-
merous reverses, and one cold winter
day the young man found himself in st.
Louis, penniless and friendless. He
wanted to get back to New York, but,
how to do it, he knew not At last he
sought out Mr.. DeBar and told him
his story. The venerable actor looked
at him curiously. "Egad," he said,
scout of money, are ye? Promised We
$40 week, did he? And if I'd offered
ye $50, you'd have called me an old
fogy. Well, well, my boy, go and see
P. g., and he'll give you ticket to New
York. Hold on; don't be in hurry!
Ye can't starve. Ye must have some
thing to eat! Egad, man must eat be-
twixt here and New York! Here's $40,
and good day to ye!' ..-.-
Another actor, named Conner, had
been engaged by Mr.. DeBar, but con
Quoted himself so outrageously that he
was discharged, and forthwith Conner
went about abusing his employer in a
most indecent manner. Very soon Con
nor'S funds became exhausted and his
friends dropped off one by one. The
management of Woods Theater, New
York, rendered him place and he ac-
cepted, but he hadn't the ready money
to take him East In a fit of despera-
ton he applied to Mr.. DeBar for help,
and the noble man generously forgave
him all and furnished him with the de
sired means of transportation
Mr.. DeBar was one of ,Lotta's first
friends and up to the hour of his death,
the attachment between them was I'M
abated. Lolita s first success was achiev-
ed at the old Opera House on Pine
Street. She never forgot old Ben's
kindness. He was in New York City
this summer-broken in health. The
fatal disease had already taken deep root.
He could remember faces but not names,
and his weakness troubled him deeply.
He seemed to appreciate his alarm
ing condition. One morning he
sat in a meeting of theatrical managers,
making business arrangements for the
coming season. Lolita came into the
room and rushed at once to his side and
kissing him tenderly inquired after his
health. He sat for moment as if daz-
ed. Greatly, my dear lady, can not
call your name. l know you well, l
have seen you often but can not recall
your name!" Lolita was overcome with
grief. Throwing her arms about her
old friends neck, she sobbed like a
child. ''Dear old father Ben, don't you
know meP Don't you know your little
Lotta?" 1t was a scene that defed all
the mimicry of the stage. The old man
bowed his head upon her and wept.
"Know you, my little LottaP How shall |
L forget your sweet name and your
sweet face? shall know that face in |
Heaven, my own little Lotta?'' 1t was
their last meeting on earth.-St. Louis
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CURRENT TOPICS.

COMMISSIONER RAUM has recently
been looking into the practice of nepo-
tism in his department, which has here
tofore been quite prevalent. An order
has now been issued forbidding Col
lectors TO employ more than one person
of a family not their own, and to ap-
point not more than one relative each of
their own.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06

ACcoRDING to a report prepared by
Major Powell, to be presented to Con-
gress, the United States is now owner
of but comparatively a small amount of
arabic land. In the humid, or arabic,
belt east of a line from the eastern point
of Lake Superior to the Gulf, he says,
the United States owns no lands not
taken up. In the subarid division, $50
miles wide, TO the west, the United
States owns considerable quantity of
land, which may be cultivated by irriga-
ton. West of that, in the immense arid
belt extending from the Rocky Noun
tains into Eastern California, only 2
per cent. of the land can be cultivated,
and of this much has already been pre-
empted.
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APPLE AND TAPIoCA PUDDING
Soak over night / pound of tapioca !;
pour off the water and add 1 quart and
a gill of boiling water; sweeten and fla
vor with grated lemon peel and the juice
of l lemon. Take 6 or 8 tart apples,
pare, core, and place I'M pudding-dish;
fill the center of each apple with sugar;
then pour the liquid tapioca over the
apples, filling the dish, and bake in a
hot oven until the apples are perfectly
soft. Serve with cold cream.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06

A MONUMENT in cOmmemOration
of John Brown, and of the Free State
men killed in the fight at Osawatomie,
Aug. so, 1856, was dedicated at Osa-
watomie, Kansas, on the 30th ult There
was large attendance present, among
them being a number of the men who
participated in the fight of q years
ago. Senator Ingalls, was the l,ading
sneaker
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Theatrical Matters.

The Theatrical season is approach
ing, and theatrical agents are busy, for
we see that Billy Florence is reported to
have made $4,000 mining, and to have
saved somebody from drowning; Clara
Morris pays doctor 800. week to
stand at the wings and prescribe for her
while playing Lottat has invested $780,
600 somewhere; doe Jefferson and
Sothern have been up in a balloon; the
dentist who took ,Soldene's contract has
failed; a rich nobleman has contem-
plated raising Fanny Davenport to the
peerage; John Mccullough has fright
ened an Indian to death by shouting
+" Ali hal traitor-r-r!" at him; Oliver
Doud Byron has been mentioned as
Professor of Intellectual Philosophy at
Deadwood College; ETC., etc.-BOStOn
Commercial Bulletin.
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The Anti-Administration Republicans
of Ohio have issued an address, recon-
mending all in sympathy with the move
ment to abstain from voting at the COM
ing State election.
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LANES DonGE. aged 10. and lis wife

JAMES DODGE, aged 20, and his wife
Rachel, aged II, both died at their home
in Turner, Me-, on the same day, Aug.
6. Only one hour and ten minutes
elapsed after the death of Mr.. Dodge be-
fore his wife breathed her last. They
had nine children, and this is the first
death that has entered the family.