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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
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Life 10 Not All Thorns.

"Minnie Myrtle" writes us charm
ing little poem beginning, "Life is not
all Thorns. Well, dog gone it, did we
say it was? Dent come howling at us
about statement we never made; 90 to
the man who said life is all thorns, and
don't 60 fooling around him with poetry,
either. Just slip brick in the toe of a
long-legged stocking and hide il behind
you, and go up to him and tell him he's
q primordial liar, and dassent take it up.
Then, if he makes a motion, swing the
stocking and stave in the top of his head.
We're with you in this thorn business,
and we believe You are right HaWkeye.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
Milwaukee.

MINIATURES, January 22--3 :O0 p. NJ
Flour-Very dull and prices weak; choice
spring extras at S5.00M5.40; common spring
at $4.406I4.75. Wheat-Firm; at Sl.O4 IA
1.045s for No. cash; No. at $1.O7T !;
No. seller February at $l04@l .051s; sell
Ter March at Sl.o5I@l.06. Corn--Dull, but
steady at Ale; New at 26M32c. Oats-Dull
at 24c. Rye-Steady at 81 nc. Barley--Un.
settled; 5sc for No. 2. Pork-Dull and
lower at Sl0.65, Lard--At74@734c. Hogs
Dull at S3.75(d3.90.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
WAR NOTES.

GEN. GoURKo fought Suiieman Pasha
from the 18th to the 10Th inst. The Turks
were finally driven into the Phadope noun
tains with loss of 4,o0okilled, 5000 prison.
ers and forty-nne guns.
THE entire district of Bourgas has been
devastated by bashi-bazouks and Circas-
slams, who slaughtered the inhabitants and
burned whole villages.
A PEIA correspondent states that the
peace delegates are instructed to make
peace on any terms, so as to stop the Rus
sian advance.
THE Servian troops have captured Presh
ing aud also reoccupied kershumlii, after
an engagement in which the Turks lost 400
killed and wounded upon reoccupying ker-
shumlji, twenty-four Servian soldiers and
two officers were found impaled.
IT has been decided by the Turkish gov
ernment and the Sultan to quit Constantino-
pie as soon rs the Russians reach Schadeldia,
a station on the Adrianople railway, %
miles from Constantinople.
THE Bulgarans have massacred the in
hahitants of Teherkel, near Kelanzik
THE grand council at Cons,antinople has
given the Turkish peace plenpotentiaries
full power to sign negotiations with the
Russians.
A SPECIAL from 81. Petersburg says that
the person who helped to draw up the
armistice conditions says they are such as
are not likely to beassented to by the Turks.
! A RUSSIAN official dispatch announces
that Gen. Skobelefl entered Phillippopolis
on the 10th inst, and extinguished the
flames in Bulgarian dwellings fired by re-
treating Turks.
IT is reported from Constantinople that
should the armistice negotiations fail the
porte will unfur the flag of the prophet or
permit the English fleet to pass the Darda-
neiles.
A CoNsTANTlNOPLE dispatch states that
a great battle was fought on the 18th inst,
and that Suleiman Pasha afterward took up
positions near Fhilippopolis and ordered
the inhabitants to leave town; also that the
Russians had reached Cherpan, thus placing
the remains of the only Turkish field army
south of the Balkans in danger of capture
or annihilation.
A SPECIAL from Tifiis reports that lsmal
Hakki Pasha has offered to surrender Eze-
roum if allowed to retire with his troops.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

zTHE order for the widening of Com
ercial street, Boston, to eighty feet, at
Ecost to the city not to exceed half
1tllion dollars, has passed both branches
the city council, and awaits the sigma
re of Mayor Pierce.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
HOME SONG.
BY n. W. LONGFELLOW

Stay, stay at home my heart and rest;
housekeeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full Of trouble and FULL Of care;
To stay At home Is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed
They wander east, they wansler west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds Of the wilderness Of doubt;
To stay ut home Is best
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird b safest In its nest;
Der all that autter their wings and ny
A hawk 70 h0vering In the sky;
To stay 1t heme Is best.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

THE Congressional directory shows
at out of 369 members of congress only
are natives of the states which they
present. Only one state, North Caro-
y, is represented entirely by native
IN citizens, while the delegations of 10
ties do not contain single native.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
Forei4u.

LONDON, January 22-l2 80 P. M.--Con.
solS sto53k. Liverpool wheat market opens
with fair inquiry. California club at l2s l0d
"a 13s Id; average California at 12s 7dMl2s
lUd spring, at los sails Sd. Floating car.
goes very little demand on passage do ; fair
average quality No. . Chicago spring wheat,
for shipment, etc, 49s I'd.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

SINCE New Years the managers of the
tlroads centering in Chicago have
ned 10000 deadhead yearly passes.
Dbably seven-tenths of these have teen
ned in exchange for similar favors
rom other railroad companies. A very
1ot have been issued to editors, still
swer to large shippers, some to stock
holders, and a good many to members of
the legislature and Congress.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

TowN TALK" Had quite q schlow
storb ad last. Cad you tell be what's
good for code in the 'ed?"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
THE EAST.

THE standing committee of the diocese OF
Northern New Jersey has consented to the
election as bishop of Rev. ID. p. Seymour.
VIM. II. VANDERBILT was placed under
s. 900 bonds, at New York on the 22d inst,
to appear at the inquest OF Matthew Reilly,
who died of injuries received by being run
over in November by Mr.. Vanderbilt
ON the 21st inst. Wm. NJ. Tweed made
application to the supreme court, at New
York, for his discharge under the poor
debtor act He was taken to court, but the
hearing OF the case was postponed.
THE anniversary services of Niobrara
League were held at New York ON the Goth
inst, Bishop Potter presiding. The past
year has been II prosperous one, good work
having been done among the lower indians
at Spotted Tail and Cheyenne agencies.
A BANQUET rendered the Hon. B. II.
Bristow by Gov. Rice and 800 leading citi.
zens, took place at Boston, on the 18th inst.
About $50 gentlemen were present.
A SUIT was commenced against Jewett
the receiver of the Erie railway, on the 18th
inst, on behalf of number of stock holders
on q charge of mismanagement.
THE leading wool manufacturers, dealers
and importers, IN session az Boston, on thu
18th inst, memorialized congress to reduc,
the tariff duties on woods, and to place or
the free list mohair, camel-hair, alpaca, vi
emma and similar materials not produced il
this country.
SAMUEL BowLEs, OF the Springfield Re
publican, died on the night OF the 10th inst
THE Empire Pipe Line, which carries thu
oil from wells in the Pennsylvania oil re
gions, to the railroads, was purchased OF
the 10th inst, by the United Pipe Linz
Company for Sl,100,00o.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
THE WEST.

THE keokuk Northern Line Packet Com.
pany has abolished bars from its steamers
between st. Louis and st. Paul, and will run
their boats in the future on strictly temper
ancc principles. The profits from this source
have heretofore been Sl2,000per season.
THE Indians in Alaska are on the war.
path. They have been destroying many
public and private buildings which were
unoccupied, and the people are unable to
prevent them.
ABOUT five hundred tailors belonging to
the tailors' union, quit work at Chicago on
the 2ist inst, demanding an increase Of
from 20 to 40 per cent. Most of the whole
sale clothing establishments are involved
in the strike.
THE bill introduced in the California leg
islature making incendiary language felony,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

The Philadelphia Public Ledger OBJ:
jects to the enactment of law by con-
4ee imposing tax on incomes, on two
Gzvnnds: First because it is necessarily
inquisitorial, and second, because
" Straightforward, honorable people will
1e1Drt the incomes honestly and pay the
tnkes, while Others, having less scruple, or
nO8scruple at all, escape either in whole
In part"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

8 The medal given TO Stanley in Rome
D. "a beautiful piece of workmanship,
bearing the simple inscription, Henry
~. Stanley, the Intrepid African En-
plorer," and was accompanied with a
letter from the dead king containing the
mast tiattering compliments, marking
Victor Emanuels appreciation of
6hnley's numerous geographical discov-
Afies and the great services he had rem
do1Rd to humanity and civilization.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

Mason LONG, one Of the most notori-
Nme gamblers in the west, was immersed
the First Baptist church in Fort
NAyne, Ind, recently, in the presence
vast audience, including many
erting men and saloon keepers. He
@ been the proprietor Of faro bank in
Ut city for the past twelve years, and
h@ also at times run gambling houses at
Eaianapolis, Logansport and Lafayette.
made an eloquent address. beseech-
his old associates in crime to follow
examplp
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

became a law on the 10Th inst, taking inl-
mediate effect.
THE private banking house of Mark NJ.
Palmer, of iankton, d. r., closed its doors
on the 18th inst Liabilities $4,000.
THE gen eral freight agents representing
twelve railroads, met at Columbus, o., on
the 18th inst. to fix rates for transportation
of ice from lake points. Rates were liked
from fifteen places, based on ten tons per
ear, all excess to be charged at proportions
ate rate; one ton additional, however, to be
allowed the shippero or consignee for shrink
age.
A SUIT was begun at Chicago on the 18th
inst, against John Macarthur, late postmas-
ter of tina: city, and his bondsmen, for $780,
600, the sum in which he is said to be def
cient in his accounts
GEO. NJ. MILLS, an old and wealthy citizen
of Omaha, Neb., died on the 10th fnst., aged
20 years.
THE ninth annual convention of the Ex-
pressmen's Mutual Benefit Association of
the United States, convened at st. Louis on
the 10th inst, President Geo. Bingham, of
Pittsburg, in the chair. Over 100 delegates
were present, representing fifty out of the
sixty divisions of tie association
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

HE secretary of the treasury has
hrded-a gold life saving medal of the
fHt class under the provisions of the act
~ June 20, 1874, to Philip c. Bleil, a
holman of the New York Metrorol-
ta4 police, for extreme and heroic daring
sinnving from drowning six persons, on
asnany different occasions. The medal
b awarded to Mr.. Bleil in recognition
only of services of this sort rendered since
the passage of the act referred to, but
preyiously he had saved from drowning
twelve persons and one horse.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
TUESDAY, January 22.-Morrill, from
TUESDAY, January 22.-Ewing, from

FNUH JHfIUdI --.-I1WIHE, ifVHf
the committee oa banking and currency, reported
resolution instructjng that committee 10 ascertain
the amount Of gold and silver coin and bullion
owned by the United States, the amount OF bonds
which have been sold by the secretary Of the treas
bank notes and legal tenders held by banking inst-
tutions and such facts as will tend to inform the
house when and by what method it will be prarti-
cable and consistent with the public welfare - re-
sumo specie pay yments Adopted. The bill 10
equip an expedition to the Arctic was recom-
mitted The house then took up the bill to amend
existing laws concerning commerce and navigation,
and the regulation of vessels but after dspos
ing OF pages laid 1t aside and passed the
senate joint resolution accepting from the state OF
Maine the statue OF William King, To be placed in
the old hall Of the house Of represent yes Ad-
iouvned
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
THURSDAY, January l7.-Davis, of

THURSDAY, January H.-Davis, of
California, introduced bill to restrict Chinese inn
migration. Banning reported bill, which was
passed, directing the secretary Of to pay to Of
fcers and soldiers engaged in the with Mexico,
the three months extra pay already provided for
by act oi Cox reported back joint
thanks to Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explorer,
for solving the most important geographical prob
lem OF the age:.... The house then went into COM
mittee Of the whole on the state of the union, and
addressed by Blair, Of New Hampshire on the
financial question...At the conclusion Of Bair's
speech, the speaker laid before the house
sage from the senate announcing the resolutions on
the death of senator Morton, and Hanna gave no.
tice that he would call them up Tomorrow. Add
iourpal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30

duced bill to punish forcbe obstruction to inter-
state commerce on railways. II provides penalty
OF fine and imprisonment for rioters and strikers
who shall be convicted Of obsructing the travel Of
persons baggage passing by rail water. Al
Ter the mornings business had been disposed of
Mcdonald submitted resolutions of respect to the
memory of the late senator Morton, and made suit
able remarks upon the life and character of the de-
ceased. He followed by Thurman. ConklDg,
Morgan, Bruce Edmunds and others who eulogized
the late senator, after which the senate further
mark Of respect adjourned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-30
FRIDAY, January 1.-THE military
Senate.
MONDAY, January 2l.-A bill having

been reported to the senate, Beck submitted con-
resolution declaring that it is unnecessary
and mex xpedent TO impose the taxes, at this time
asked by the secretary OF the treasury, TO provide
S37 900 900 for q sinking fund, and directing tie
secretary not to purchase any more bonds for the
liquidation of public debt until directed TO do so by
congress. Laid uyer.....Cameron (Wis.) presented
resolution OF the Wisconsin legislature asking an
appropriation Ia complete the Sturgeon Bay and
Lake Michigan ship canal Bills were introduced: :
Authorizing the coinage Of the standard silver
dollar and providing that gold and silver jointly,
and otherwise, shall pe legal tender TO establish
a mail service between the United states and the
Empire of Brazil At the expiration OF the morn
ing hour consideration was resumed of Matthews
silver resolution, and Jones and Cockereli spoke in
favor thereof The senate then went into execu-
tive session, and when the doors wer5 respened ad-
iourncd.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18
pitch IN. F."

Come, young ladies, the time for
folly, foolishness and fashion is
about gone. The sooner you 'sPitch
i'm and make yourselves more use
full and less ornamental, the better
for you. Everybody's son don't
own bank, and men amt around
"buying" household pets and wall
flowers for wives. The stock of
cold fools" is about run out, and
Betsy James and Hannah AIMS will
be in demand after awhile by sensi-
BILE men who want helpmates and
not help eat. Pitch in, help your
mother, learn something from her
before she dies and leaves you an
idle, ignorant do-nothing-a stun
bling block in the road of life for
others to run against and fall over.
Go to work; it must come. These
are terrible times, and the sooner
you realize the awful facts and con-
dition of things IN everyday life
the better it will be for you. Take
your old mothers place in the din
ing room and the kitchen, and ''give
her a rest" Show disposition to
help her, even if you are in the way.
1t will cheer her old heart to know
that you are at least willing to help
her, even if you don't know how.
Pitch in and try at any rate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18
Lying in Bed.

No piece of Incidence hurts the
health more than the modern Gus
tom of lying abed too long in the
morning. This is the general prac-
tice in large towns. The inhabi
tants of cities seldom rise before
eight or nine o'clock; but the morn
ing is undoubtedly the best time
for exercise, while The stomach is
empty and the body refreshed with
sleep. Besides, the morning air
braces and strengthens the nerves,
and in some measure answers the
purpose of a cold bath.
Let any one, who has been accus-
toned to be in bed till eight or nine
O'Clock, rise by six or seven, spend
couple of hours in walking, riding
or any active diversion out doors,
and he will find his spirits cheerful
and brisk throughout the day, his
body braced and strengthened.
Custom soon renders early rising
agreeable, and nothing contributes
more to the preservation of health.
The inactive are continually COM
planning of pains, etc. These COM
plants, which pave the way to
many others are not to be removed
by medicines. They can only be
cured by a vigorous course of exer-
cises to which in Iced they seldom
fail to yield. 1t agrees with obser-
walton, that all old men have been
early risers. This is the only cir
cumstance attending longevity to
which we never knew an exception.
In Ireland, sixty-four acres in
every one hundred are seeded down
for pasturage purposes. In England,
forty two in every hundred are seed
ed to pasture.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18
A Sure Remedy for Bolts,

The Department of Agriculture
publishes the following experiments
which a gentleman from Georgia
tried and found effective in dispel-
ling that serious trouble in horses
About thirty years ago, friend,
lost by bolts, a very fine horse.
He took from the stomach of the
dead horse about a gill of bolts, and
brought them to my Office to exper-
iment upon. He made preparations
of every remedy he had heard of,
and put some of them into each.
Most had no effect. A few effected
them slightly, but sage tea more
than anything else-that killed
them in fifteen hours, He con-
cluded he would kill them by put
ting them in nitric acid, but it had
no more effect on them than so
much water, the third day they
were as lively as when first put in.
A bunch of tansy was growing
near my office, he took handful of
it, bruised it, added q little water,
OUT the juice, and put
some III; they were dead in one
minute. Since then 1 have given it
to every horse l have. seen suffering
from bolts, and have never known
it to fail in giving entire relief.
My friend had another horse af-
fected with bolts, several years af-
ter. He gave him tansy in the
and dose of salts in the
evening; the next morning he took
up from the excretions three half
pints Of bolts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18

from one of the ports of Norway.
By some strange mistake the pilot
neared the dreadful maelstroom.
For short time the joyful party
knew not what force was speeding
them so rapidly over the sea. They
were glad. They had music and
dancing, wit and mirth, and all went
merry as a marriage bell; but soon
they were informed of the terrible
mistake. They made signs to the
shore, but no help could come.
Faster and faster in narrower eli
Giles this noble vessel was carried like
a feather around the fearful vortex.
Every face was pale with fright;
every tongue was silent. Mirth and
laughter gave way to the deepest
gloom. Then in a moment down,
down into the guilt; the vessel was
torn to shreds and every one on
board went down into the dark
waters.
So is it with all who have gotten
into the whirlpool of bad habits.
They dash like fearful pillows; they
carry one down, down, down into a
whirlpool more fearful far than that
which swept the giddy throng of
royal dancers and sunk them all to
a watery grave. Beware of bad
habits 1 beseech you. Beware.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18
Never a Man SO Loved Woman
New York Ledger.


'Never man so loved a woman as
l love you" So writes a young
lady that her lover said to her. He
undoubtedly believed what he said
to be true. Probably every man
who has beeI in love as what man
who is a man has not-has thought,
if he has not said the same thing;
and every woman to whom it has
ever been said has believed it.
And yet only one man has ever
lived who could say it truly. Had
Adam said to Eve, ''Never a man
loved woman as 1 love thee" he
would have tod the truth, because
there had been no man before him
to fall in love. 1t is probable that
Adam was as deeply in love with
Eve as man has ever been with wo-
man. At all events he loved her
well enough to ruin not only him
self but the whole human race on
her account; and that is a greater
sacrifice than any man since has
ever been able to make for his love
to woman.
Still it is all the same Co those in
love as if nobody had ever SO loved
before. 1t is the same earthly par
adise as if its sacred precincts had
never been trodden by other feet.
In the beginning it was so; so it is
now; and so it undoubtedly will
continue to be to the erd.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18
Remedy for Diabetes,

A friend IN Louisiana sends the
following prescription for diabetes,
given by an old physician of forty
years, successful practice and OF
high repute:
Parch the hoofs of hogs, so that
they can be pulverized. When pull
verified, give, for a dose, one tea
spoonful in cold water in the morn
ing. If necessary to repeat the
dose, give another teaspoonful at
noon.
The physician says, that he has
used it often, during his long prac-
tice, and it has never failed. He
has, rarely, had to give it more than
three times, and very seldom that
often, to effect a perfect cure.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-04-18
Cheerful Women.

In marrying, men should seek
happy women. They make terri
BILE mistake when they marry for
beauty, or for talent, or for style
The sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being
happy under any and every circum-
stance. Rich or poor, high or low,
it makes no difference, the bright
little fountain bubbles up just as
unsteady in their hearts. Nothing
ever goes wrong with them-no
trouble is too serious for them to
''make the best of it." Was ever
the stream of calamity so dark and
deep that the sunlight of happy
face falling across its turbid tides
would not wake an answering beam ?
Why, then, joyous tempered people
don't know half the good they do.
No matter how cross and grabbed
you feel, no matter if your brain is
full of meditation on affecting dis
pensations, and your stomach with
medicines, pills and tonics; just set
one of these CHEEKY little women
talking to you, and we are not
afraid to wager anything she can
cure you. The long drawn line
about the mouth will relax-the
cloud of settled gloom will vanish,
nobody knows where, and the first
thing you know you will be laugh
ing. What blessing these happy
women arel How often their little
hands guide the ponderous machine
of life with almost an invisible
touch! How we look forward
through the weary day to their fire
side smiles. No one knows, no one
will ever know until the day OF
judgment reveals, bow much we owe
to these helpful, hopeful, uncom
plaining happV women.