Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-18
YaovslG N nj ,sn VALLEY.

ynovDlE N ItG I'M VALLEY.
WisA 1ssusry ana Ruasrs % Rssssr
People are Nearly At their wits
Eaa-IAsa the Rallreaa Spreads
An ever = Ce1atry In An
UncsrtAia Mannsr.
Correspondence Press and Dakotaian.
Your little 8 BY 10 paper 10 exciting U
: vary much. II 10 the cause OF great trouble
lst-What you have stolen from the VII
suous constituents Of the territory, through
legislative e%nactments. We would not car
much about, provided you let Brown aut
bis consolidation district out. You ani
Brown are the most simple thieves I evel
heard Of. We might expect you to hide
what you have stolen, but what Brown did
Ne can't Brown wears . big overcoat with
huge pockets, but whom he came u
stuff into them four counties, with all their
tax.liss, and commissioners reports the
pockets were not large enough. Amt il
remarkably queer that when the republl-
can steals the democrat is honest In detect.
ing It. and when the same democrat steals
the same republican that has stolen does
the same honest thinRi I don't know nor
do our people, If anything has been stolen,
but II you are aware of II and don't get your
share you are the veriest fool that ever
lived and edited q paper since the days
Of Andrew Jackeon, who established
that old, we'll timed maxim, ITO the vic
tor belongs the spoils." l do love ~ all
others do this wise and beautiful sentiment
of that illustrous patriot.
2d-Railroad trouble accumulates. En-.
gineers survey the valley all over. Land
grabbers locate on the positive routes.
Every route is positive, and every body has
. good thing. Every body knows just
where the road will 90 and where it will
stop. Townsite men knew more than all
others. aud if you would believe them, and
the prospector, that are taking up land and
buying lots there will not be ground enough
in the neighborhood Of Rockport and Mill
town left to plant a bushel of potatoes in,
unless you dig between the ties of this most
accommodating railroad.
3d-Comes DR.. LivingstoAn's trial, and an
array of intelligent witnesses, the eager faces
Of the honest and patriotic prosecutors in be-
half Of old Uncle Samuel,-men who never
held Office for the love of gain, but who only
accepted them when the time came, that it
was their duty to their God and country to
accept. Well if you want to catch q thief.
take 4 thief, pay him we'll and he will
catch somebody. 1t don't make any differ
ence to him if you will brand his victim
and pay him for the heating Of the brand.
When l see that trial going on and read the
names Of the prosecutors and the witnesses,
as my memory revives and brings forth past
occurrences l think 1 ought to be q witness
also, to prove the good honest character Of
some of them, both prosecutors and Wit.
neses. When l see a man like old Deacon
Crane, cover Jealous" in the cause of justice,
l want to know who he is, where he came
from and where he got his "arnin." 1t
don't take any Of Deacon Cranes hard cider
TO answer these questions for me. Personal
knowledge for years past Of all these parties
both prosecutors. defendants and witnesses,
informs me that the defendant, guilty or
not guilty, is decidedly the most honorable,
gentesl and respectable of the lot.
4th.-Dr. Parsons little trouble annoys US
also, particularly the married ladies who
have children that might get sick, and those
that will have them after while. 1t is very
bad to take a doctor out Of a neighborhood,
at any time, on any pretext whatever. The
doctor ought to have known this, and not
listened to the persuasive tongue of tina,
Creppen. How or from what source thi,
fellow Creppen pu, in the name of Star,
Plat as a party with Hunter and Mellison
or the Jim river horse thieves, l don't know
but l believe that it came from some enemies
of Mr.. Plat. The people Of the valley
know Starr Plat; the people of your towr
know him. I know him from the day h,
came to Dakota, seven years age. Til,
Dakota Central Stage Co. employed him a,
driver, one year, half . year as agent, mex
year as partner. In all his Transaction
with that company. he conducted himself a.
an honest man and a gentleman. Itbecome,
your correspondent to defend the characte,
of an honest man, when assailed, whether i
be BY a villain like Creppen, or any hear
say stuff that we find in . newspaper.
MRS. e. J. c0GelNs { co.