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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-01
lYncHlnc SCENE IN KANSAS.
Hanging OF Robert Scruggs. Who kiliet
His Father.in.L.aw aud q VigilaMtc.

His Father.in.I.aW aud a VigilaMtc.
leavenworth Times.l
Sobered by the deeds ofthe night previous,
and partially stunned by what was trans.
piring around him, lie said little except
to deny the killing Of Croft, which he did
to the very last. His captors took him half
a mile further up the road, and turning off
in a path to the left found a young elm tree
with a suitable limb, under which stood a
large hollow stump. Here they halted, and
the prisoner was told that if he had any
peace to make with God it was about time
he was doing it. He was led to the fatal
tree, and there held by two stalwart men,
while a white handkerchief was tied firmly
about his eyes. His hands were next tied
together behind his back, and he was COM
PEELED to step upon the stump under the
overhanging limb. His feet we're tied
firmly together, and at a given signal a long
line, composed Of inch halter rope tied to
a piece of BEDFORD or haltinch rope, was
produced, a simple moose quickly made, and
the loop placed over the doomed mans head
and around his neck. The loose end of the
rope was thrown over the limb, and . mum.
her Of the men silently and grizzly took hold
Of the end and pulled the writhing form Of
their victim from his standing place until
his h,ad was within q few inches Of the
Dough. They then tied the rope to = small
sapling near, and without a word to eacl,
other waited until life had left the murderer
Then a solemn and impressive scene va,
enacted. The party, composed Of acme O
the most wealthy farmers in the vicinity
arranged themselves in a line, and one who
seemed 10 I've the leader administered al
oath Of terrible import, in substance tha,
he who should first betray the remainder
should meet with speedy punishment
They then rode silently away. Mr.. Simeon
Scruggs had the body cut down three hour
after the lynching took place. The LADY
who was indirectly the cause Of the TRACED,
was his third wife, the first one being dead
and the second living in the south some
where. Captain Scruggs, the father Of tn.
deceased, said that whisky did it all.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-01
r1ens.

4sf ~~~~.~ maaG A# Us a
Tom Thumb Is worth tiOo,00O-exscily
$685. 1913 .$3A ;er foot.
Don't cut or talk much this hot weather.
Now Is = good time 10 let pour mouth lake
4 vacation.
Peaches are 80 abundant In the Atlanta
market that they sometimes sell for ten
cent? y bmshel.
IL you have religion you need not tell
people about il: they will End il out aher
trading with you for . little while.
Mr.. Moody has been working in his har-
vest field, looking more like . farmer than q
preacher. He avs thst he gets inspiration
in the beautiful New Englsnd valley. Az
for his religious work, he says that he can
do more now than in any other year Of his
life.
"Inn" HutA,ell, "ihe~ strongest man Of the
world" once we'll known in the circus arena,
is in The poor.house of Putnam county. n. y.
In his time he could hold back two yoke Of
oxen, and support a weight Of 1900 pound.
resting ON his arched hands and feet with
his stomach upwards.
DR.. G. F. Winslow. whose remains were
cremated at Salt Lake. said In his will: II
particularly request that no religious cere-
monies. go called, BY any priest. minister or
layman Of any creed or sectarian dcnohina-
ton he allowed or performed in connection
with nv death or The disposition of nv re-
mains. Then shall the Gust return to the earth
IA it was. and the sririt shall return u the
God who ave it. NO mans intercessiOna
toward Deity can modify these DEGREES,
they are. therefore. useless. and shams."
Since her withdrawal from European life
Mime. Bonaparte has lived secluded from
society. Baltlmorc's shrewdest banker SAYS
that he knows no man capable Of creating
legitimaiely, with so small a capital. the
large fortune amasscd by MElc. Bonaparte."
Of art, and although her love Of study re
mains. her fast. increasing blindness deprivcs
her Of this resource Her wit is still Incl.
sive, her conversation replete with interest,
her memory retaining infinitely every Incl
dent and figure of the wondrous diorama
that has unrolled before her eyes close upon
q hundred years.
Senator Morton's ill-health was brongh,
OH originally by the exertions Of a long and
desperately contested campaign. When il
as over. he suffered for a fortnight from
physical and mental exhaustion-his mind
would not answer his will. At the end o.
this time he read the morning papers before
rising, a. was his habit, and when he pro
posed to get up, fund to his utter surprise
that his limbs were powcrless. IA soon a.
this physical difficulty declared itself, his
mind again became active. The disease
which at last settled itself in his ankles, has
not hitherto prevented him from taking a
large part in political work against The
advice of his friends, who begged him t.
spare himself. The Cincinnati Commercia
says that 'his Affections have softened hi
personal manners and ways, and touched
with something Of tenderness his intercours,
with his friends, while he has personally
winning way even withhis enemies"
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-01

Dr.criptio" Of an Exciting Scene In a
California Court.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-01
'Iisx Stations. Telegraph sts.,on,

CONNECTIONS.
!. At Sioux City with Illinois CeL.1l, s,cu,
CITY and Pscidc and Sioux City and st. Paul ka:i
road..
2 Passenger train going east connects at Dayi.
Junction with branch trains arriving 1t Port
!andvillc al i2.i9 ,. ~, and then connecting with
Towards stages for Virginia. Eden, faifview,
Rock kapids, Sioux Fslis xhd all points on the
Big Sioux River. and from leaving Po.t!andyille
At LIS p. IN. connects at Davis junction With
train going west.
s; AtEis Point With atage. for P rca. Neb
aud Richls d. D. T.
4. Al vermillion with stages for Lodi, Riy.
side, Turner, Bloomingd ale and FiDIay.
8. AT Aeckling with stages for st.Jsmes.
8. AtGayville with stages for ST. Helena.
4. At fsnkton with stages for all points in
southern and western Dakota, and North Neb,as
"a; and during the season Of navigation with
Missouri River Transportation Companies line
o. steamers Tor Randall, Brule, Pierre, sulIy,
RICE, bismarck. Stevenson, Berthold. Buford,
arroi and Benton; connecting at Pierre with
transportation wagon. for the Black Hills.
This is the only Direct Route to the
Black Hills.
E. v. DERRIcKsoS, Gent SuJeriat<nd't
d0eM
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EXPRESS.

CONNECTIONS.
l.. At U. P. Transfer with Union Pacific Raj
aoau Tor Omshi.
2. At Council Bluffs, with Kaneae City, ST. joe
and Council Bluffs Railroad for st. Louis and all
points south.
8. At Missouri Valley with Chicago 4 North
western Railway for Chicago and all points east.
I. At Sioux City with the Sioux City and St.
PAUL, Illinois Central and Dakota Southern Raj
eoade, Steamers for upper Missouri river, during
navigation, and with stages for all points IL The
Northwest.
5. AT Blair with Omaha and Northwestern Il
3. for Omaha and Southern Nebraska.
6. At Fremont, Nsb., with the Union Pacific Il.
&. for all points west, and the Pacific csaet.
Z. AT Wienef, with stages for Norfolk, and III
| ooints in Northern Nebraska.
~ Be sure your tickets read via sc. PIX.
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Western Passenger Agent.
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
Shall We Have Rellefs

There has been slight increase in the
water supply since the recent rains, but the
city still suffers from an insufficient flow,
and we are dependent on the weather for
further improvement. 1t is scandalous that
a city like New York, with such ample re-
sources at her command, should be placed in
such position. The fault lies with those ex-
officials who, while squandering or stealing
the public money, neglected necessary pub
lie works. The new reservoir, which will be
completed by next December, should have
been finished years ago. It's capacity is four
thousand million gallons, and this reserve is
relied upon by the engineers Of the Croton
Bureau as ample to give us q sufficient
supply in seasons of drought. If these cal
culations are correct we may hope that the
present year will be the last in which any
scarcity will be felt. 1t is contemplated,
however, to put another reservoir under
contract next spring, which will be COM
pleted under faithful work, in three years.
The Commissioner of Public Works contem-
plates in addition the supply Of the newly
annexed territory from the Bronx River,
an improvement that could be secured at
comparatively small outlay and would afford
some relief to the Croton-
These measures will probably remove oil
risk Of a repetition of our present annoy
ances and danger and insure US plentiful
supply next year, provided the aqueduct is
strengthened so as to render it certain that
it will carry the additional volume Of water
to be supplied through the means Of the
new reservoir But the question of the ex-
pediency Of building second aqueduct
and Of drawing on new source Of supply
still remains. The cost would be some
millions Of dollars, it is true, but sound
economy would dictate the prompt COM
mencement and gradual prosecution Of
a work that will be one day a
necessity. The Housatonic River is
looked to by the department as afiording
the most ready, the most promising and the
cheapest new source of supply. 1t would
require the consent of the State Of Con-
necticut to tap that river, and we should, no
doubt, have to pay for the privilege. Even
if we should not commence work on this
new aqueduct for some years to come it
would be wise to take time by the forelock
and secure at once the right to use the
Housatonic waters whenever we may need
them.
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr.. w. +. Mills, the pianist, will play ut the New
Haven Opera House this evening.
Miss Emma C. Thursby will give grand concert st
the Academy OF Music on the 29th OF October
The arst grand concert OF Theodore Thomas takel
place ON "Wednesday evoning at Stenway Hall.
Miss LOUISA Leslie, tho we'll known reader and eo
cutionist, Is about TO onter upon her usual whites
tour.
..La Marjolainen gives way TO "Girone- -Giroaa al
the Broadway Theatre Tonight This lis the last wceh
but two OF the Aimee opera boufo season. ,"y
Miss Emma Abbott singg in concert tonight at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music and will be assisted BY
Arbuckle, Stanley, Ferranii. Carrsno and Robyn.
Tho Bryant Minstres present large and attractive
evening programme. The artists are excellent and
the music is fine. Their place 72s and 73o Broad.
way IS among the most enjoyable IN the city
Mile. Venturoli, premier danseuse who some years
ago one of the principal dancers IN the "Black
Crook" IS living la this city In a state OF extreme
poverty, wanting even nutritious food. She Is inca
pacitatcd by paralysis from pursuing her profession
and requires prompt aid.
The managers oil the Great London Circus AMI San.
GERS British Mcnagerie, which opens a. Gilmorc's
Garden Monday evening" October %, promise the best
and largest exhibition seen in New York They
say that many Of their artists have no living equals
aud that their principal artist, Nine Dockrili has
never had rival. They also promise excellence In
the way OF entertainment never before given by
Gus, and confidently anticipate season here OF the
greatest truuph
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
The Nez Perce Campaign.


Further and interesting details of the
surrender of Chief Joseph and his Nez
Perce braves are furnished by the special de-
spatches from the HERALD correspondent in
the field. His graphic story will be found
in other columns. BY these dispatches we
gain clear idea of the importance and COM
pleteness of the victory gained by General
Miles and learn to appreciate the military
skill shown by this remarkable tribe of In
dams. 1t is also interesting to find General
Howard, the "Bible Chief" as Joseph
styles him, on the scene Of the surrender
That the Nez Perez chief admires real
good fighter is shown by the distinction he
made between General Howard and General
Miles on coming in to give himself up as a
prisoner. The narrative reads q good deal
like page from Cooper novel, and for the
first time since the Indian troubles began
we find tribe of 'hostiles" who are not
wholly savages.
The resources possessed by Joseph and
the magnificent arms carried by his warriors
prove how rapidly the Indian has pro-
gressed in the arts of modern warfare, while
the engineering skill and military strategy
displayed by these Nez PercG braves elicit
our admiration. Surely SO brave and heroic
tribe OF red men deserves honorable treat
ment at the hands of the government
Though they fought desperately they be-
trayed none, Of those brutal instincts and
practices which have hitherto accompanied
the operations Of the hostile Indians. These
Nez Perce warriors refrained from murder
ing wounded prisoners in their hands, and
they even declined to take any scalps from
the dead, and the officers and men who
fought them express high appreciation OF
their foes. Brave men like these can be
made good citizens if the government pur-
sues generous course with them.
The surrender of Joseph is not only
gratifying end to troublesome and ex-
pensive campaign, but it is important in its
influence on the attitude of Sitting Bull.
The leader Of the rebellious Sioux will
doubtless see the futility Of any further op-
position to the government and speedily
initiate the Nez Perce chief in surrendering
himself That the commission appointed
sign, and the probabilities are that the en-
tire Indian trouble will be settled without
further bloodshed.
In such an event it behooves the govern
ment to show the Indians that in future
they will be fairly treated and that all prom
ises will be strictly carried out Gain the
confidence of the Indian by honest fulfil
ment of oil treaties and protect him against
the dishonest greed of the traders, and
there will be no more wars. While doing
all this the government should see that the
Indians are prevented in accumulating mill
tary stores and thus remove all temptation
to 60 on the warpath. Prevention, not cure,
is what is needed.
The New York herald., 1877-10-15

The MORMON RING have the penetration to
see that the death of Brigham Young is likely to
have most important effect the future of
the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and that to
save it from dissolution in the near future it is
necessary to introduce reforms which he would
have laughed at and make concessions to it's
misguided members which he would have
scorned to yield These tactics were pursued to
some extent ut the late conference and it is
hardly to be wondered at that there is some
thing like reawakcning of the fast expiring
faith i'll the superstitions and mumnerics OF
Mormonism. The change is the strongest
symptom Of the decline and fall Of the whole
fabric of fraud and ignorance. Reform, per-
haps, delays the end, but it makes the end GER
fa;u
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
The Prize Secured.

Thanks to the courtesy of the Khedive Of
Egypt and the hberality and public spirit
of citizen of New York whose name is
not yet made known our city has a fair
prospect of being before long graced by one
of those two famous obelisks which have
stood for two thousand years on tho shore
of the Levant, and are Familiarity known as
"Cleopatra's Needles" One of these inter-
esting relics of past ages has long been held
in ownership by England, but has only
now started on it's voyage to Lon
don, where it will henceforth crafty
the pride of cockneydom and the curiosity of
visitors It's companion has been generously
offered to New York by the Khedive, and,
according to the World, a gentleman OF
wealth whose name is identified with the
enm m arcial GraAtnAss of the matronnlia has
The New York herald., 1877-10-15

session is for the true interest of both par
ties and all factions As President Hayes
wishes this session to be short his re-
publican supporters will doubtless adopt
his view. His republican opponents should
naturally prefer to wait until other States
have held their elections before deciding
how far they will carry their opposition to
the new policy. The democrats have power-
full reasons for keeping the currency ques-
ton, at least, out OF the extra session. The
tendency of the great democratic victory in
Ohio is to embolden the advocates of the
Western financial heresies, and if they are
allowed full scope to propose measures now
they may ruin their party in the important
Eastern States that are to hold elections in
November. We are prepared to expect that
after time has been had for general CONSUL
tation among party leaders on both sides
they will concur with the President as to
the expediency of short session.
Besides the army appropriation, which
will be the chief topic of the Presidents
Message, there is one other topic of such
urgency that Congress should give it some
attention ut the extra session. We refer
to the troubles on the Rio Grande, subject
which we sincerely hope may not be brought
into party politics. Even this question
should not be gone into at large 1t will
suffice for Congress to make it evident
that it watches with jealousy and solici.
tude events which might lead to
war, and to assert its constitutional aus
thority to be the sole and exclusive judge
of measures which may tend in that direc.
ton. Congress will discharge its whole
duty on this subject if it insures main.
tenance of the status quo until the regular
session. Even this may, perhaps, best be
done by consultations between the Secre-
tary of State and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate, and of the House.
too, if it's committees should be appointed
before the close of the extra session. We
can think of no other subjects which might
not better be postponed until the regular
session.
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
Equal Division of Wealth.

The advocates OF woman's suffrage are not
supposed to be the wisest of mankind, but
the members of the Massachusetts Asylum
had enough common sense the other day to
suppress a resolution which was too insane
for even their toleration. Some unhappy
person, who had apparently escaped from
his keepers, rose in the asylum and de-
nounced the Secretary of the Treasury, on the
ground, if We understand his speech, that
there should be no Treasury and no Secre-
tary, and that Mr.. Sherman is, therefore, q
gormandizer OF the money Of the people.
These bold opinions were then embodied in
resolution demanding tho equal distribu-
ton Of wealth Immediately, and warning
the Rothschilds and Barings for the last
time. Alarmed at this radical suggestion
the wealthier members directed the
resolution to be locked up IN the
dark dungeon Of the asylum, and
straitjacket, it is said, was placed promi-
nently upon the Speakers table. The
production of this familiar article of dress
is believed to have silenced the eloquence
of many persons who had pecuniary reasons
Tor sustaining the resolution. This is to be
regretted for it would have been interest
ing to learn upon what plan it is proposed
that the equal distribution of wealth shall
be made. Thus far the advocates of the
scheme want the process to begin at the top
and to 90 on gradually to the bottom
till there shall be neither bottom nor
top, but nothing but level, on which
wealth shall be equally divided and there
fore shall no longer exist. This plan, how
ever, does not seem to work, and we sup-
gest that the advocates of the equal distri-
button idea should begin the reform. Let
them set the noble example Of giving their
wealth to persons poorer than themselves
This, weregret to say, they do not appear
disnnsed To do And this extrama readi-
The New York herald., 1877-10-15

signifed his readiness to cut short the ques-
ton of the cost by defraying the expense OF
transportation out Of his private purse The
contractors who are transporting the Eng
lish obelisk to London have proposed to de-
liver its fellow on our docks for one hun
dred thousand dollars and, no doubt, bar
ring accidents, they will fulfil their agree
ment
Let us have the obelisk by all means.
As the Khedive is willing to part with it no
better place could be selected as its future
resting place than the metropolis of the
American continent. We shall have the
satisfaction of securing at least one public
monument which will not bear the stain
of job to mar its beauty. Of course
there can be no room for deception
in the matter. We shall get the real,
original article, and there is no danger
that some bogus concern will be palmed off
on us in its place. 1t will be one of the
most interesting ornaments of the city, and
will share with the Central Park and the
other attractions of the metropolis the atten-
ton and admiration of our visitors.
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
Can Courtney Beat Wallace Ross nj
the Sculls :

While Courtney has rowed more single
scull races than any other man in this coun-
try, so far he has never been beaten. There
is little doubt that, could he have met Walter
Brown, Josh Ward, James Hamill, or, in
deed, any of our best scullers in their
palmiest days, he could have rowed them
down, and it is still not certain that he will
have to cross the Atlantic to find his master
at the oar. In the amateur field he never
SELF Curtis and Riley are certainly not his
equal in this respect AS professional in
open races Courtney has met all the best
men we have, save perhaps Luther, OF Pitts
burg, whom he can probably whip. He has
met no first class man simply because we
pitted against man who trains four or five
pounds heavier than Courtney, is very large
and strong, comes of rowing family Of
great reputation on both sides of the Allan
tic, and is not only ''stayer," but, in his
race with Plaisted, was never headed. Court
ney has always had antagonists whom he
could afford to give the lead for the first
mile. knowing that he could wear them
out. But if he finds that Ross can get
away faster than any other he has yet met,
and can hold his pace, how will he fare
then? If in all the races he has rowed
hitherto he has done his best when in good
condition he is likely now to be beaten. If,
on the other hand, the reserve power which
seemed to exist the other day at Owasco
Lake, at Saratoga, and in all his races last
fall on the Schuylkill-and which his un-
commonly deliberate style of rowing
strongly suggests-is still available, then
his measure, as it is said to have been
taken by the great English captain, Gull
ston-namely, that he is the best man he
ever saws doubtless correct, and the
American public, which has already been
much gratifed at his long and brilliant
record, has in store still greater treat in
the defeat Of an unusually formidable foe
His friends are now reported to be nego-
tiating for matches with the best men be-
yond the Atlantic, and Courtney may have
chance Of rowing against the best men in
| the world.