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simaiy resorting to their legal
remedies. 1t is contrary to both
reason and equity, and any par
ty which attempts to enforce
such an arbitrary and oppressive
provisions will certainly come to
grieE It will reasonably and
inevitably be interpreted as a
bold attempt to retain power by
unfair means. We sincerely
trust this issue will not be pre-
sented; not because there is the
least probability that the Courts
would sustain q discrimination
so manifestly adverse to popu-
lar freedom, but because the
very attempt would arouse bad
blood and popular Indignation.
"Let us have peace"
, 1878-07-06

FIRE AT OAK POINT. The building
at Oak Point, W. T.. used as postof-
fee. general storage room and bust
ness Office of Alex. S. Abernethv.
was discovered to be on fire at about
] O'clock Tuesday morning, and be-
fore the alarm could be given the
remainder of the row, consisting of
three other hnildings, was enveloped
in flames. With the assistance of a
number of fishermen; who fastened
to the scene, the mill, lumber yard
and other buildings were with diff
Guilty saved. Nothing whatever
could be got out of the buildings
after the fire was discovered.
Mr.. A. S. Abernethy loses besides
the buildings. all his books and ac-
counts, and about $500 worth of
property stored in one of the build
ings; Francis A. Abernethy about
$500 in fuaniture. clothing, ETC., in
one of the buildings.
Geo. Abernethy loses a valuable
library. the collection of many
years at very considerable expense;
with all his private papers, etc. j.,
furniture and clothing to the amount
of $500 and about $l20 in money, a
part of which was greenbacks and
irrecoverable. The coin will be
partly recovered in melted mass
of cold silver and brass.
Origin of the fire not known, but
supposed to be accidental.
, 1878-07-06
Right of Suffrage.

O.l Ben Franklin illustrated
the principle of a property quail
ification for voting, by suppos-
ing that a citizen owned an ass
Of the value requisite to entitle
the owner to vote. When the
ass died, the right to vote
ceased; hence, by logical deduc-
tion, the elective franchise vest
ed in the ass instead of the man.
The principle attempted to be
established in our city election
goes even beyond this; it is not
what man possesses which en-
titles him to vote, but his ability
to pay his taXes-failure to pay
working political disabilities,
the same as conviction of fel-
onv. Is ii reasonable to believe
that an act of special legislation
can disfranchise any citizen for
the non-paymcnt of his debts?
That citizen can be made to
hold his right Of suffrage sub
jeot to the condition Of the pay
ment Of so much money? A
special election for special pur-
pose, may, under certain circum-
stances, be subject to special
conditions for voting; but in a
matter Of government, state or
municipal, the right of every
elector to vote, by virtue of
ais manhood, and not by any
property qualification, is the
common law of the land. Some
Of the most valuable citizens
and ablest statesmen of the
country have been in circum-
stances under which they could
not conveniently pay special
assessment. Under the rule
which is sought to be estab-
lished here, those men, who had
perhaps devoted the best ser
vices Of their lives to the coun
try, would be distranchised like
common felons, under the silly
pretext Of ruling out loafers
and bummers. When General
Lafayette was in this country on
his last visit, he released from
a debtors prison in Vermont
Col. William Barton, Revolu-
tionary hero, who had Suffered
years Of Imprisonment for debts
incurred during the war. The
victim of the tyrannical law was
a kinsman of the writer of this,
and the incident induced in us a
hatred Of all laws which punish
poverty as a crime without dis
elimination between the vlrtu-
Gus and the vicious. To dis
franchise a citizen for non-pay-
ment Of his debts, is as tyranni-
cal in degree as to deprive HIM
Of his liberty. Let the laws be
enforced against property as
summarily as you please, but
lay no unhallowed hand upon
the sacred rights Of manhood.
We have no sympathy with
that communicate spirit which
would deprive any man Of the
rewards of his own enterprise
and thrift; but we will resist in
all suitable ways every combi-
nation of wealth having for it's
object the domination Of govern
ment. The rights Of property
should be held inviolable, and
the rights OF man sacred.
, 1878-07-06
CITY Election.

LIuS VIC i4S"i uPoh oiiN 'N- s|'
that the clty election, which
is to come off on Monday next,
will be attended by more than
usual excitement, which under
the present condition OF our mu<
nicipal and business affairs is to
be regretted, and it should be
the aim Of all good citizens to
avoid, as much as possible, any
cause of division or disturbance
out of which no public good can
come. Our present City Coun-
Gil is composed almost eXclu-
sively Of large tax x-payers,
among our most respected and
trusted citizens. That they have
administered their trust, under
very embarrassing circumstan-
ces, for the last two terms, with
honest purpose, we do not ques
ton. The main thing which
has excited public distrust and
opposition at. this time, is the
suspicion of cliqueism. The
people are always jealous OF
their rights and irritable 10 die
tation. No administration Of
government can perpetuate it
self in power without returning
their delegated trusts to the
people at short intervals, and
consulting their wishes in regard
to the same. No party, howev-
er pure, however discreet, or
however able, can sustain itself
upon the principle that
''Enough 90 the ra' bic to krow Of th-ir lr 5
The present city administra-
ton has Ead control for two
terms-the second without any
serious opposition-and without
any public consultation it is now
self-announced for Il third time.
as if the position had become a
vested right, instead Of being
held as a public trust. Many
who are willing to concede that
the members of the city govern
ment are as good as any, are not
prepared to accept the manifest
assumption that they are the
only persons capable Of dis
charging the duties implied.
There is prevailing prejudice
against official rings and combi-
nations Of office-holders to per-
petuate their own power; and
there is also a we'll grounded
prejudice IN favor Of occasional
settlements and changes in pub
lie custodians. There may be
no necessity for it in the pres
ent case, but we think the in
cumben.s made mistake in as
suming that there is no popular
demand for settlement Of old
accounts before opening new
books. 1t would have been more
graceful, at least, to have sub
mitted the matter of re-nomina-
tion to the people.
Another cause of disturbance
is the qualification of voters pro-
yided in the amended charter,
disfranchising call citizens un-
der fifty years of age who have
not paid either a poll or prop
erty tax in said city for the fis-
cal year." Under this clause,
probably not less than one-third
Of the legal voters of this city
would be disfranchised. By q !
decision of the Court, which has
not yet been reversed, it was de |
termined that no legal assess
ment was made for the city, and
no legal tax could be collected
for the past year Many tax
payers have reserved payment
until this question was finally
disposed Of. No large portion
of any community will quietly
submit to be dist'ranchised for
, 1878-07-06

NOTICE Passengers from up-Sound ports
will take Puget Sound Mail steamer and make
connection with "City of Panama" at Victoria
Steamer "Dakota" goes through to Olympia.
These steamers leave Victoria at noon on the
day advertised Tickets are good oEly on the
steamer for which they are purchased and are
not transferable. For freight or passage apply
on board. or to II. l.. TIBBALS,
General agent for Puget Sound,
Port Townsend.
, 1878-07-06

: The average yearly income OF
a .Frenchman. is $50: that of a
German only S6Q- -.
Sailed Brig Sea Wait sailed to
day with 300 tons of Seattle coal for
San Francisco.
, 1878-07-06

part of which was greenbacks and
irrecoverable. The coin will be
partly recovered in melted mass
of gold. silver and brass.
Origin of the fire not known, but
supposed to be accidental.
1t IS scarcely more than 120
years since Col. Francis Town
ley, George Fletcher, and seven
other Jacobites were hanged on
Remington Common, London,
cut down, disembowlled, behead-
ed, quartered, their hearts toss
ed into a fire, from which one of
them was snatched by a bystan-
der, who devoured 1t to show
his loyalty. Walpole at'terward
saw their heads on Temple Bar,
and says that people used to
make Il trade Of letting out spy
glasses to look at them at a half
penny a look. The spikes which
supported the heads were only
removed in the present century.
FAST TYPE SETTING.-In rela-
tion to fast type setting under
difficulties, the. following story
is told by an old compositor:
"You may talk about setting up
type on a rush and making fast
time, but when l was young and
my fingers were nimble and my
elbows timber, | used 10 be
called a pretty good compositor.
| remember one night in partic-
ular when | set three thousand
ems an hour out Of 4 bag by
moonlight, and had to take ev-
cry letter to the window to see
what it was"
INthe opinion Of General Crook
and other officers high in com
mand an Indian war upon a
very large scale this summer is
almost certain. The Bannocks,
General Crook says, have been
driven to war by the govern
ment, and are compelled to fight
for their lives. They occupy
An exceedingly favorable coun-
try for military operations.
Supplies are abundant, and the
opportunities for ambuscade al
most innumerable.
Says the Richmond Baton: 1t
is quite notifying, when a man
has scraped together enough mo-
ney for a carriage drive in the
country, with his family, and is
returning gaily homeward, that
envious people will lnslnuate he
has been attending a funeral and
is enjoying free ride.
The Rev. Josephus Cook struck
Madison with a lecture, wherein
he boldly asserted that the
"hypotheses of pangenesis in
wolves several untenable subsid-
iary hypothesis" 1t was not
openly disputed, but Wisconsin
thinks she's heard enough of
Cook.
There is music in the air, for
political campaign is
upon us, and what few newspa-
pers are not already set down as 1
organs will be denounced as
Tyres.
Texas claims to have three
millions of inhabitants, and to
be the third now in population
and the first in size among all
the States in the Union,
, 1878-07-06

"Jennie. what makes you such
a bad girl?' "Well, mamma,
God sent You just the best child
rem he could find, and If they
don't suit you | can't help it,"
A beveted husband saws that
the photograph is simply a ma
chine that stalks back" and he
has one OF that kind in his
house ever since he was married.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20

l. 81 rN F4F ~
Imperial Insurance COMFY
On the 3ist day Of December. 1877.
The name Of the company Is Imperial Imsu-
rance Company.
Iii located In No. 50 Pine ST.. New York City.
TIE TIE amount amount 81 & IL IL s espi's| b Is; i; up IS: g s s,sSS; SSS g g
The Assets ofthe Company are ~ Follows,
Cash ON hand and n banks........$ 1889 10
Cash In principal office. .............. l6o Is
Bonds owned by the company. United
States ana St0te............ ........ SIS,S39 %
Debts for premiums 1927 ~
TOTAL assets. SS1o,SS5 !:
LlAHlLlTIEs.
Losses. resisted interest, &c......... a0.759 &c
Losses IN suspense waiting for FUR
All n, Sths rre Claims againstt the company. ~; ;,aSi Is
Total Liabilities. .............., S26O,572 10
STATE OF New York. lss
City and County of New York. e"
Richard d. Alliger, Resident Manager Of the
deposes and says tina. lie is the above described
VlICtI ~ llC SOut SobAbnNIys hiN Nta1S "a Wv oASs
day of December last all Of the above described
assets were the absolute property Of the sAtd
company, free and clear from any liens or claims
statement with schedules and explanations an
nexed and by him subscribed, are ~ full aud cor.
rect exhibit IF all the liabilities and Of incomes
and expenditures, and Of the general condition
OF the affairs of said company, on the 3lst day OF
December. and for the year ending on that day,
according to the best Of his information, knowl-
edge and belief.
L.. ID. ALIlGER, Resident Manager.
Subscribed and sworn before me-. this 9TH day
OF February, 1878, ms witness my hand and on
cinl seal.
lSeal.l CHARLES NETTLETON,
Commissioner for Dakota Territory in New York
THE TERRITORY OF n%AKoTA,l
Auditors ONCE.
Whereas. The United States Branch Of the I'm.
New York, and state Of New York, has filed In
this office u sworn statement Of its condition OH
the 3lst day OF December, A. ID. 1877. in accord
lative assembly Of the Territory OF Dakota, rela-
ting to insurance companies. approved January,
1868 and 1871.
whereas, On examination of the sworn state
ment OF said company filed In this office. l find
that the said insurance company Is possessed Of
the necessary amount of capital invested rs re.
quired by law.
Therefore, /, John s. Sand. Auditor Of Dakota
Territory, do hereby certify that said insurance
company Is duly authorized to transact the bust
ness of fire insurance in said territory, for the
year ending December 3lst. 1873, by agents prop
erly appointed.
+. 7. WHITE. Agent.
hand and seal, this lsth day Of February, 4. b.
1878.
lSea!.l JOHN S. SAND, Auditor.
BY l.. NJ. PURDY, Deputy.
e. =. White, Agent.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20
L0RD-HlckS.

New York, Feb. 16.-The difficulties be-
tween Thos. Lord, ST., and his children,
growing out of the marriage of that gentle
man to Mrs. Hicks, were brought to a con-
clusion to-day by q settlement between the
parties. Negotiations looking to a compro-
mise were opened shortly after the COM
mencenent Of the proceedings to prove the
bridegroom insane, and the agreement, it is
said, was only brought about finally by the
most earnest efforts on the part Of eminent
counsel. After a great deal of discussion
and trouble, it was decided that Thomas
Lord, ST., should surrender his entire es-
tate, including his real and personal proper
ty, to Clarence A. Seward, counsel for the
owner, and Henry L. Day, of the firm of
Lord, Day & Lord, counsel for the sons,
they to hold it in trust and pay from it $50,
600 per annum to each Of the children.
Mrs. Lord surrenders all the right of dover
to the estate and agrees to receive nothing
from it after the death Of her husband,
should she survive him. The papers neces-
sary to the settlement were drawn up yes
terday by counsel for the pafties. To-day
ex-Judge Porter, counsel for Mr.. and Mrs.
Lord, and Henry L. Day, counsel for the
young Lords, had q long conference with
the parties and the papers were duly signed
and verified this afternoon. The estate of
Thos. Lord, ST., is said to amount to over
$4,000, 600, and upon the death of the father
it will go to the children. Mrs. Lord is
said to possess Z fortune Of over 100000.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20
SCHEME AGAINST DAKOTA's
INTERESTS.

In Mondays issue we made mention of
the several attempts which are on foot to
accomplish the division of Dakota territory
and referred particularly to the bill of SEN
ator Saunders, introduced in the senate last
Thursday, providing for a division north
and south on the line of the Tooth meridian.
Last night a letter came from d. legate Kid
der which says that. the Saunders bill has a
show of success and that men from Bis
marck are in Washington working for its
passage. This is a measure which the pee
pie of eastern Dakota should combat with
all the influence which can be brought to
bear. We are looking forward to statehood,
and while the proposed division would take
away from US but little in the way of popu-
lation it would leave to us a fragment SO
shaped as to retard progress in that direc-
ton indefinitely. It would leave
us purely an agricultural territory,
spread over nearly six degrees of latitude
and but It's miles wide east and west. It
would take from US the larger portion of
our navigable river, upon which the future
commercial cities of the west are to be built
and would deprive US of a vast extent of the
best grazing lands in the world. 1t is by
the combination Of agricultural, stock grow
ing and commercial facilities that we can
best thrive as a separate part of the union
and when two of those industries are taken
away our advancement is retarded and our
future rendered uncertain. The natural d.
vision Of Dakota is on IN east and west line
running across the center of the territory, as
proposed in the Pembina bill. Political in
auence defeated that measure and political
influence has set up this job to deprive us Of
aterritory and state 60 shaped as to conform
to the best interests of the people who have
here invested their money and labor.
The combination in the interest Of the
Saunders bill is a strong one. All
the influence Of Nebraska, Wyoming,
Montana, tie Black Hills, the Union Pacific
railroad company, Minnesota. the Northern
Pacific railroad Company and Bismarck IA
vors it, and eastern Dakota i. left alone to
fight the battle for its rights. The scheme
doubtless is to make Bismarck the capital of
the proposed territory ofLincoln and by this
means procure the support of Minnesota and
the North Pacific company.
Delegate Kidder SAYS in his letter that if
this portion Of Dakota wants him to oppose
the measure he requires notification in the
shape of remonstrances We submit this to
our readers and urge that they take cogni-
zanc of the situation and act immedi ately.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20

| -- EL----rI T-r-EEH
A Vienna correspondent says:ai II is an
nounced from Constantinople that the Porte
has instructed 6afvet Pasho q. hasten peace
negotiations, aud If possible, conclude them
before the end of February. IL
ASteleRram from Athens. denies the re.
port that the Greeks have renewed the in
vssi0n Of Turkey by way, of Aits.
A special from Gibraltsf says: The
channel squadron has arrived here. Lord
Napier, of Magdola, will start for England
: .morrOw.
A correspondent At Pesth ssys: II i re.
ported that 5000 men ore. bsing secretly
modified. and that two campo will be
formed on the Gslicisl froutier.
London, Feb. ia &. Petersburg cor.
respond0lh ean ON good authority tha,
Russia has declared, o. IL about TO declare
that abe has had NO intention Of occupying
0allipoli.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20
ACROSS THE WATER.
The War Situation in Europe.
BY. Cable to The Inter.O Ocean.

London, Saturday night, Feb. V, 1873
The military situation, as we'll q diplo-
matte, in connection with the eastern ques
ton, becomes more interesting and connPlica-
ted than ever. Still it is simple enough
upon thoughtful review. England in fore
ing her feet through the Dardanelles despite
Turkish protest, has abandoned, deied, ~.
pudiated the treaty of Paris, hitherto
claimed - her pretext for attempting to
restrain Russian advance toward India's
hack door. This naval demonstration was
also \ positive act of invasive warfare
AGAINST Turkey q we'll a. threatening def
ance Of the conqueror who has become the
~suItap's Temporary sovereign. Admitted
fact that there i no panic in Enslish funds,
cou6sns and justiso ths cool conviction
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20

The government grasshopper commission
is still unable to decide in regard to the ma.
nativity Of the pestiferous insect which gives
title to their organization and calls for a
suspension of public opinion until a further
appropriation can be made by congress to
pay the members for a more rigorous inyesti-
cation. Meantime the hopper has disap-
peared from the land and the bug hunters
are concentrating their talent upon a few
counties in southern Minnesota, which they
aver constitute the last ditch of the destruct-
i've enemy,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20
CATARRHAL AFFECTIONS,

Eyes: liberation and Inflammation OF tho Earl
Ringing Noises in the Head: Sore Throat .ElongAs
Headache. Neuralgia. Dizziness. Clouded Memory.
Loss OF Nervous Force, Deprcssiono OF Spirit arc
all carefully and scientifically treated with this
remedy according to directions which accompany
each bottle. or will be mailed TO any address on
receipt OF stamp.
Each package contains pr. sanfords Improved
1nhalin& Tube; Eith full ,directi1ns for US " all
tall Drugsists throughout the United states and
Canadas.. WEEKS b POTTER, General Agents
and Wholesale Druggists, Boston. NasA.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL DoINes.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-Mr. Cameron of
Pennsylvania introduced . bill to reinstate
certain officers ofthe United States army.
Referred. 1t provides that all officers Of
the United States army who served therein
more than twenty years continuously, and
served also during the late rebellion, and
who were wounded and brevetted for gal
liant services in the field of action, and who
were honorablv mustered out of the service
under section IL, act of July Is, 1870, be
reinstated and retired at the date they were
respectively mustered out.
Mr.. Withers, from the committee on PEN
sions, reported back the resolution instruct
ing the committee to consider as to the ex-
pediency of reducing and readjusting the
compensation of pension agents. and also as
to the practicability of having pensions paid
directly from the treasury Of the United
States, together with views in writing of the
various public officers to whom the ques-
ton had been submitted, and moved that
they be printed and rec committed. So Or
dersd.
The following calender bills passed:
The senate bill for the relief or settlers
on public lands under the %pre-emption laws.
Mr.. Paddock, in explanation Of this bill, said
it was to allow all settlers who had occupied
a tract ofland a year or more to change his
settlement and take one under the home-
steadslav, and the time spent On the former
tract to be counted as part Of the five years
required under the homestead law.
The senate bill to amend the act of Mar
oh 2, 1876, to provide for the preparation
and publication Of a new edition to the re.
vised statutes.
Adjourned.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-20
SANFoRD'S RADICAL CURE,
10 YEARS A SUFFERER.
From Hon. Theo. P. Eoaert, Brl.tol. RI.

Mcssrs. wEEKs& POTTER: Gcni;e,nen, FEELING
thorouEllye convinced OF tho efficacy Of SAhvonDS
RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRlf, lam induced to drop
You q line to .ay that although l hAve been eceP.
ticAl q al tho .ostrums advs.tised q radical
such relief and ultimate cure as that Of ANfoRD6.
I have been afflicted with this dreadful disease
for moro than ten years, and not until recently
could I be induced - pcrscvcro with any until I
read tho letter Of Mr.. nENEr veLLs. and caQ
truthfully say that after using i've or six bottles I
am thoroughly convinced Of Its curative proper.
ties. Hoping that others similarly at1icted like
myself will be induced to make the trial. am, Ren-
tlemen, very truly, etc. THEO. 7. N0GERf.
BR!sroL, L. l., July p. ISL.