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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
Singular Wagers.


When Mr.. Penn matched himself
against Hon. Danvers Butler TO walk
from Hyde Park Corner to Hammer
smith for wager of 100 guineas, some
body remarked to the Duchess Of Cor
don that it was a pity a young fellow
like Penn should always be playing some
absurd prank. "Yes," the old lady re-
torted, "it is pity, but why don't you
advise him better? Penn seems to be =
pen that everybody cuts and nobody
mends." What would the free-spoken
dame have said 20 a couple of clergymen
running q race on Sunday for q crown
on side. Such thing has been done.
Soon after Swift received his deanery,
he dined on Sunday with DIR. Raymond,
of trim, whose house was about two hun
dred yards from his church. The bell
had nearly done ringing for evening ser
vice, when Swift exclaimed, Raymond,
I'll lay you crown / begin prayers be-
fore YOU" "Done!" said the doctor,
and off they ran. Raymond reached the
doors first, and, entering the church,
made for the reading desk as quick .
walking pace as his sense Of propriety
permitted. Swift did not slacken his
speed in the least, but ran up the aisle,
passed his opponent, and, without stop
ping to put on a surplice, or open the
prayer-book, began the liturgy and went
on with the service sufficiently long to
win the wager.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

The Portland Me- Press of March 80,
says: about fifty years ago Mr.. Isaac
Blake, brother of George Blake, ESQ.,
now living in Atkinson, Me-, was return
ing from trip to New Brunswick, where
he had been engaged in buying and sell
ing cattle and other matters, and brought
with him about 81, 500, mostly in gold.
He stopped in Bangor day or two, and
then started on foot for Atkinson, stop
ping the first night at = tavern about
nine miles north, in what is now Glen
burn. near the foot of the Jameson Hill,
so-called. He was never seen or heard
from afterward; but it was the general
opinion that he was murdered, and two
persons were suspected, but whether .
legal investigation WaA had It i not re-
nembered; q ~ -, no clew wa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
A Forsshadowing Of the Telegraph.


Sir Thomas Brown, contemporary Of
Shakespeare, in his book on Vulgar
Errors" INDUCED in the following specu-
lations in regard to the loadstone, which
reads like prophecy Of the invention of
telegraphy: "There is another of better
notice and whispered though the world
with some attention, credulous and vul-
gar auditors really believing it, and more
iudicious and distinctive heads not Al
together rejecting it. The conceit is
excellent, and, If the effect would follow,
somewhat divine, whereby we might
communicate like spirits, and confer on
earth with Menippus in the moon. And
this is pretended from the sympathy Of
two needles, touched with the same
loadstone, and placed in the center Of
two abecedary circles or rings, with let
ters described round about them, one
friend keeping one and another the other,
and agreeing upon an hour wherein they
will communicate. For then, saith
tradition, at what distance or place %
ever when one needle shall Be removed
unto any letter, the other, BY wonder
full sympathy. will move unto the rama" !"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
New York Butter and Cheese Mark s,.


for the past week, 49,.
kgs. /; previous week, l3, 100 pkgs. cor
nding week last year, 10, 493 pkgs.
its, 2,2lS fbs. The leading feature
after market this morning was the
ion shown by sellers generally to sell
lose, and to accept some reduction
uotations rather than miss sale.
te is arriving quite freely, and when
lity is fine has ready sale at trihe
gures. Western creamery still main
le highest mark among the grades
in this market, but with other sorts
butter, has worked down in price,
It in the market sold in small lots this
gat 35a 36c p b. Prime old state
come rather scarce, but the de-
lis also limited, and holders gladly
"a shade lower prices. All grades of
hte and western butter below prime
tremely dull and irregular--some of
hmonest rating with grease, and sell.
VA to 6}2@7c u tb. Quotations of
b mgke: Creamery, fine, 34036c; do
good, 27@29c; irkins, prime, Il@
J., fair, 9N10c; do, common, 76Sc;
tubs, choice, l6@lSc; do, fair to
s@1lc; do, poor to fair, 7@SAc;
tubs, fine, ls@20c; do, tubs, fair
!, 9@1lc; common, rose; grease but
SIC.
Ess.--Receipts for the past week
Az boxes, against 7,779 boxes last
and 1886 boxes for the corresponding
asst year. Exports for the week were
: fhs. The market has ruled rather
nth a little firmer tone, and frac-
vance to-day on fancy factory and
prime. SKINNED cheese begins to
more show in the salesroons, but the
d is yet very moderate. Ex-
, would probably clear the market OF
| prime factory at 12kc, but as il
sold to the home trade about as fast
lived at 13@lS4c per h, the buyers
pment make virtue of necessity and
to operate. Quotations: State fac
fancy, 12A@l3Ac; do, prime to
l0H@121ac; do, fair to good, 9@1lc;
made western, s@9c; do, skins, so
sconsin do, fancy, 9@l2c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
ChtcAgo.

CHICAGO, April 1872: 80 p. H.-Wheat--
Steady and firmer; closing easier; at $l.O9A
@t.10 for cash; $1.09A for seller April;
81 $l.09H@l.09H for seller May; No at
$1.WN@105. Corn-Firmer at AOLc for
cash and seller April; 41Lc for seller May !;
AIN for seller June. Oats-Firm and shade
higher at 25K@25Ac for cssh and seller
April; 26Ac bid for seller May. Rye-At
5Sc. Barley-Firmer 1910 bid. Pork
Firm 1914 for cash and seller May, and
$9.O7H bid for seller June. LArt-Firm !:
at $6.97H for cash; &7.05 for seller Jrne.
Alcohol-At $l.33X bid. Storage became
due to-day, and prices for cash grains ad.
vanced accordingly, the seemingly large ad.
vance only nominal. Hogs- Receipts H..
600 head.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
THE MARKETS.
New York.

Dull at 10 9-l9c for middlands uplands.
receipts $4,000 bbls; sales
l 900 bbls. Wheat-Quiet: receipts 10000
bus; sales rs, 900 bus at $1.24 No. 2 spring sci.
Ter May. Rye-About steady at 73@74I<c.
Corn-N@1zc higher; receipts 1000
bus; sales $1,000 bus at 5OHG5ONc for
western mixed. Barlcy-Quiet. Oats-Firm;
receipts 1000 bus; sales q, 900 bus; prices
unchanged. Pork-Stet dy at $9S S711. Lard
Less firm at $7.32H. Whisky-At $l.0s
Petroleum-Crude unchanged; refined at
11Hc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, April 16-3:OO p. NJ
Wheat-very quiet and irregular for futures;
No. 2 seller Nay At $1.lO9i.llk; June
el.09@1.09H; No. 2 cash $l.lOX(6l.llL;
No. | $l.l5t9l.15<; No. 8 $lO4L. Corn
Quiet; No. 2 4O1<; new $50
3Sc. Rye-Quiet ct 3Sc. Oats
More active at 25Hc. Barley-Quiet but
firm; No. fresh SEC; No. seller April $50;
No. 5 4lc. Provisions Quiet; mess pork
% 00cash lard 70 for steam. Hogs-Quiet
at $3.3O@35O.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

Liverpool wheat market opens with more
opposition to buy Floating cargoes rather
firmer; on passage do.
LIVERPOOL, April 16-200 P. M
Wheat-No. 2 spring advanced Id; good de-
mand at full prices; No. 2 spring, off coast,
buyers offering full prices.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

A DIVORCE in time saves nine-bot-
ties Of hair restorative.-W Worcsstsr Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

IT will be interesting to many Ameri-
cans to learn that new steamer, Of
which great expectations arc entertained,
has been built for the passage across the
English channel. The vessel is modelled
after the Castalia, which, it will be re-
membered, consists of two vessels placed
side by side, and is warranted to 90 twice
as fast, or at the rate Of sixteen miles
and three-quarters an hour Her name
is the Express and her peculiar construc-
tion is said to be a guaranty against sea-
sickness.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
VARIOUS TOPICS.

AUSTRIA can put in the field for war
purposes standing army of 500, 900 men,
including reserves, besides landwehr,
ersatz, reserve and sturm. The compul.
sorry system will attain its full develop
ment this year, 1878, and it would not
be an exaggeration of the results of
Baron kuhn's organization if we esti-
mate the force now available at 100000
regular troops.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

CHARLESTON, S. c., has been expert
menting with an artesian well lately, in
the hope of ultimately obtaining an in
exhaustible supply of pure water for
the city from that novel source, and the
results, though not quite up to the antici-
pations, are so far encouraging. A we'll
has been sunk l,S47 feet, which dis
charges $50 gallons minute, with an
ascertained head of 65 feet, and proba-
BILE real head of over 100 feet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

LIvERrooL, April l6--l2:3O =. M.-Con.
sols at % 1915; at $50 r. II. ~ 1916.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
THE WEST.

TIE jury in the great Emma Mine suit for
. portion Of Hemestaks No. mine, at
Dsadwood, after remaining locked up
eighteen hours, On the 18th, asked 70 bs die
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

EDIsoN's phonograph has been on ex-
hibition among the scientists of Paris
When the instrument was placed on the
table and vociferated, The phonograph
presents its compliments to the Academy
of Science" there was roar of laughter
from the audience, which could with
difficulty be persuaded that the sound
did not proceed from some concealed
ventrilOuuist,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

THERE are said to be still eleven or
twelve survivors of the men who de-
Tended Stonington from the British at
tack in 1914. Nearly all of them are
living there, the two oldest being John
Bennett, aged 93, and Colonel J. w.
Hull, aged "a. Another, Henry Lewis,
died last Friday, in the town he defend
ed, and in which he was of late the old
est person; his age being 81, lacking
three months.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

New York hop market is reviewed by
j Wells as follows: We have to re.
very dull market. Shippers have
ionly 235 bales, brewers probably as
more. Prices remain nominally un.
I'D. Without revival of the export
I'VE must look for dull dragging busi-
There is no speculation in the article,
Fould not be, even though prices were
for the reason that everything now
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

charged. as it was impossible to agree on a
verdict They stood eleven for the defend.
ant and one for the plaintiff. The juryman
whose decision was for the plaintiff made a
statement in open court that parties in the
interests of the defendants offered him
81 900 for his vote.
W. X. MILLER, of Canton, O., fled VOL
untary petition in bankruptcy ON the 10th
inst. Liabilities $492. 600; assets unknown.
The AZ lii .a
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

next fall. Receipts for the week, Ola bales; !;
Quotations: New Yorks, good to prime,
8@10c y n; New Yorks, low to fair, 5tg7c; !;
Eastern, 5@Se; Wisconsins, 5GSc; Yearlings,
2@3c; Olds, all growths, lM2c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY, April l0.-Matthews
offered amendment to the bill To repeal the re-
sumption act, and 1t was referred m The senate
then took up the bill to repeal the bankrupt law
Matthews offered a. a substitute bill to establish a
uniform law on the subject OF bankruptcy. After a
short discussion the senate went into executive
session. and when the doors were reopened, ad-
journed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

The Pacific Life publishes a letter
from Seth Green to the effect that fish
have an enemy in the cormorant much
more dangerous than the sea lion. These
voracious and predatory birds swarm in
thousands along the shores, and each one,
Mr.. Green says, consumes a pound Of
fish day. The difference between cor
morant and the sea lion in selecting food
is very great. While the latter eats
only the full grown, marketable fish, the
former destroys the young fish which
have just passed through all the perils of
childhood" and are ready to develop
into large ones. The size most sought
by the cormorant is that of one to two
ounces weight, although they can swal.
low fish weighing a pound. The cor.
morant is like a good many ladies and
gentlemen who fish for pleasure and &c
away leaving two or three hundred small
fish dead in the boat, when they should
have been taken carefully from the hool
and thrown back into the water in order
to give them chance TO grow up and b
eomsthing.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
WEDNESDAY, April 1O.-O'Niel pre

chants and manufacturers against the passage Of the
tariff bill as vi ally inju ious to the business inter-
esfs OF the country. Referred The following bills
were referred: Authorizing the issuing of treasury
bank notes. prohibiting the contraction of the cur
rency, and repeating the internal rev. nue. laws; .
Joint resolution directing the committee Of civil
service reform oi the two houses 10 inquire into The
propriety of limiting the executive patronage by a
amendment, and also into the pro-
Prety OF adopting some new method Of keeping the
accounts OF thefederal government; joint resolu-
no" proposing c Institutional amendment as 10
the sessions OF congress- Ii provides that after 1880
ihere snail lie but one session every two years,
less when congress shall he convened by the presi-
ient w The house then went into III mittee Of the
whole on the pension appropriation bill After dis
e,'ssion the committee rose without action and the
house adjourned
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
A Dead Mans Imagination.

Senator Gordon, says a writer in the
Atlanta Constitution, was wounded five
times when fighting as a colonel in the
battle Of Sharpsburg. The fifth ball
entering his cheek, brought him to the
ground, and as he began to recover his
senses this is the half dream and half
soliloquy that he carried on: 81 have
been struck in the head with n sixteen
pound solid shot. 1t has carried away
my head. On the left side three is q lit
tie piece of skull left. But the brain
is gone entirely. Therefore, l am dead.
And yet l am thinking. How can q
man think when his head is shot OFF,
And IL I am thinking l cannot be dead.
And yet no man can live after his head
is shot off. I may have consciousness
while dead, but no motion. If 1 can
lift my leg, then l am alive. 1 viii try
that. Can II Yes, there 1t is; lifted
upl Pm all right" The general says
that every stage of this soliloquy is in
delibly stamped on his mind, and that
In his exhausted state the reasoning
was carried on as logically as aver man
reasoned at his desk.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
The Fa,test Man in the World.

The London Lancet announces as the
champion heavy weight, Mr.. VIM.
Campbell, Of New Castle on Tyne. lie
weighs over 50 stones (72S lbs J; is six
feet four inches high, measures round
the shoulders 96 inches, round the
waist IS inches, and round the calf of
his leg So inches. He is only % years
old. 1t is with difficulty he keeps his
present low weight. He was brought
up a printer, but his size compelled him
to discontinue all labor. Until recent
ly corpulency has been considered a
natural condition, but since, by the
use Of Adams Anti-Fat, a sure reduce
tion of from two to five pounds a week
is effected, it is believed to be a disease.
If Mr.. Campbell would use the Anti
Fat, which is a harmless vegetable
remedy, for twelve months, he would
be reduced to a respectable working
weight. For particulars, ask your
druggist, or address Botanic Medicine
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. daw1w
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
A Speaking Ottoman.

An American recently solved a mys-
terry which had confused and amazed a
wedding party in Rome. The bride
was a daughter of one of the most noble
marquises of old or modern Rome, and
the groom was the scion of another
noble house. When the wedding con-
tract had been signed the groom took
the hand of his young wife in his W
and kissed its fingers. She smiled at
this and allowed her hand to rest where
he had placed it. But in a moment, to
the dismay of the company, a voice was
heard, as from her lips. saying: "Im-
pertinentl howdare you touch my handp
Be of, foofl" Still she smiled as be-
fore, and her lover gazed upon her face
in dismay. Suddenly she seemed to
laugh, and it was SO dry and ironical
that it startled people more than the
words they had heard before. .sHas
the girl gone mad2" some n asked.
She tainted, and her friends gathered
closely around the sofa on which she
had fallen. At this- moment a Young
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
King Humbert.

When King Humbert visited Flor
ence recently, extensive preparations
were made for his reception. One hun
bred and forty bedrooms were
made ready for him and his suite in the
Pitii palace. But the king and queen
refused to occupy the state bedrooms,
which were given to the ministers, and
chose the most retired quarter of the
palace, ftted up entirely in modern
style and the plainest of all in its furn-
ishings. The kings ewn bedroom had
a worn Brussels carpet, hangings of
yellow silk, and a small high bed with
canopy. for which he would fain have
substituted a still palmer one. The
only really valuable article in the room
was q prie.dieu in mosaic work. His
library was equally simple, the writing
table was very Said and covered with
plain green cloth, with the simplest
possible writing materials upon it,
and a small black walndt tacle without
a cover stood 9 by. In fact, all his
tastes are said to be as simple and SOL
dier-like as his fathers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
One Mans Feeling, Facing Death.

= rom the Hartford Times.
Presence of mind, when facing death,
may not be so rare a possession, after
all; we hear Of it in almost every great
disaster, and now we have a case in the
fatal crash ola wall, in Wethersfield.
Mr.. Brainard, who was one of the in
jured men, was in the act of picking up
a tool or something, in the ruins of the
Novelty works, when he felt some
pieces Of mortar falling, and looking up
saw the whole wall topping over upon
him. 1t was a three story wall. Feel
ing that his time had come, his chief
thought, in that supreme moment when
thought acts like lightning, was to pre-
vent if possible, his face from being so
disfigured that his wife could not rec
ognize it when the body was taken
homeland springing to the base Of the
wall he stood with his face covered with
his hands and arms. He saved his face
unframed, but sustained such injury
abo ut his chest and head that he may
die-and may recover.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
Don't Give up tho Ship.

When these words were spoken by our la
mented Lawrence. 1t must have been n SOL
emn time for those oil board, and probably
not a dry eye among them, seeing their com.
mander MORALLY wounded, and still giving
orders like the above: but not more solemn
than when the family physician informs
you that some one OF your family has an ar
feetion ofthe lungs which,. II neglected, will
eventually terminate In Consumption. But,
reader, don't be frightened or "give up the
ship" for DR.. Hale, a physician of Europe,
discovered a remedy for all Coughs, Colds
Hoarsn ess. Difficult Breathing, and all afrec-
lions OF the Throat, Bronchial Tubes and
Lungs leading to Consumption, and c. N.
Crittenton, one Of the leading medicine dealers
ofNo. Z, Sixth avenue, New Yorl. believing
the market required an article which was
certain, safe and sure to do the work, and
yet within the reach OF all as regards price,
ect., has purchased the original receipt from
DIR. Hale. and we understand he is selling
very large quantities of tho same. and as TAR
as we hear. It gives entire satisfaction.
Hale's Honey OF Horchound and Tar.
ISold at all drug stores ut 90 cents and ST.
Large size much the cheapest TO buy. Depot,
Crittenton's. 2 Sixth Avenue, New York City,
Pixies Toothache drops cure In ono minute.
d&wlw r.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
What Do You Want ?

Do you want to insure in the largest
and best Life Insurance company in the
world, The Mutual Life of New York;
Call at 800 Hill street.
Do you want to insure your property
in only Standard Fire Insurance COM
panies?
Call n square and q half north of
the Inter Ocean hotel.
Do you want to. see $500, 900 insur-
ance now in force among the best bust
ness men in Cheyenne?
Call n square northeast of the post
Office.
Do you want rates on Fire Insurance
as low and equitable as is consistent
with safety?
Call for information, calendars, blot
ters, lead pencils, etc.. ETC., on the west
side Of Hill street between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth.
Do you want to see the largest street
scales in town, 10, 1000 lbs. larger than
any other, Fairbanks Standard?
Remember that Burners new Office
Is the place, on Hill street.
Do you want to see the neatest and
only model Insurance office in the ter
ritory?
Call on j. w. Bruner at the above
mentioned place..
Omce Hours: Any hour, day or
night, Sundays excepted. n2s-3m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-12
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the
conditions of a certain mortgage made
and executed by Naoma A. Rutledge
to e. Is. Graham, and dated the 10th
day Of August, A. ID. 1877, and given
to secure the payment of the sum of
eight hundred and fifty dollars (SS5O),
and which said mortgage was on the
10th day of August, A. D. 1877, duly
recorded in the Office of the county
clerk and ex-officio register of deeds of
Laramie county, in Wyoming Terri
tory, in book "Cn of mortgages. on
pages No. 226, 227 and 228. And,
whereas, by virtue of the conditions in
said mortgage contained, the whole
amount of money secured by said mort
gage has been declared due by the said
mortgage, and there is claimed to be
due upon said mortgage at the date of
this notice the sum OF S1,038. 81, and
no proceedings at law or in equity hay
ing been instituted for the cover of
the same or any part thereof; now.
therefore, by virtue of the power of
sale in said mortgage contained, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale of the mortgaged premises, and tor
that purpose the said premises and the
equity Of redemption of the said Naoma
A. Rutledge and her heirs and assigns
in and to the same, will be sold at pub
lie auction for cash to the highest bid
der, atthe front door of the court house,
in the city of Cheyenne, county Of
Laramie, on the 18th day of January,
A. ID. 1879, at Q O'Clock in the after
noon. The premises covered by said
mortgage and to be sold as aforesaid
being described as follows, to wit: All
that piece Or parcel Of land situate,
lying and being in the county of Lar
annie and Territory of Wyoming, and
more particularly known and described
as follows, to wit: Lot number eight
lS) in block number three hundred and
twenty-one (321), in the city of Chey-
enne, said county and territory, to-
gether with the improvements thereon.
Dated November 18th, 1878.
f. b. GRAHAM,
noylI-6Ot I Mortgage.