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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03

of II. Haulsmer tho fire took everything
hosse, barns. farm machinery, all.
y! Thompson lost all hts.hay, grain and
farm machinery.
J. johnson lost his barn, grain and all Of
|his farm machinery.
Thomas Thomas Sustained tho most terri
bic loss of all. for the flames, not content
with taking his house, barn and all of his
farm machinery and grain, seized In their
iiendish embrace his little child and literal
II burned ii up. Nj. Thomas narrowly e.
capped with his life.
The above is only a partial list of the
losses occasioned by this fearful lire,
lnd only when the full returns come in will
terrible result Of this conisgration be
tnown.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03

Cicero Newell has been nominated q
agent at Rosebud agency. A Washington
correspondent writes % follows about the
appointment:
Tho MICHIGAN delegation were somewhat
hurprteed to-day to see that Cicero New
ell. Of Mich gan, was nominated ludiau
agent ct the Rosebud agency. He 10
strsnRer. and wss moi recommended by th,
delegation; on the contrary, Judge Harlau
OF Grand Rapids, who was recommends,
BY tie delegation for such an appointment
was not nominated.
Judge Harlan may consider himself Il
luck At escaping this appointment, On,
poor Cicero-he hssn'ti got such q col
thing.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03
Loss IN LINCOLN COUNTY.

sioux City journal, z.
Asline of fire, at least twenty miles long
and six miles wide was to be seer dashing
up the valley, threatening the whole coun.
try with destruction, The stately residences
and the lOWly cabin were alike being re.
duced to q mass of ruins and from the spires
OF more than one church the red tongues of
flame were shooting out as If in derision at
the vain attempt to check their course of
destruction. School houses were wiped out
OF existence In q twinkle and barns, graina.
ries and cattle sheds were consumed with a
rapidify scarcely conceivable. Above and
I'll around was q sea of fire. Horses, cattle
aud other animals were fleeing before the
common enemy with q speed greatly accel.
Grated BY their terrible fright, and every
now . then human beings were obliged to
run for their lives. Capt. Wingett counted
dfteen dwellings,, three school houses.
churches, barns and cattle sheds all burning
@ one time. The sight, he says. was terri.
81.
jacob Wilson's house. and contents,
barns and seed grain were entirely con.
summed.
Anstin Osenss house, Rrsnary, barn,
stlble, farm machinery, 10 fact every thing
"a poeseesed ware swept out Of existence
inian instant.
ivss Olnes lost his itabls and contents
but saved his house.
L. Bursen. Thomas ssusdsrs, Lsrsh
Ssden, @. Victor, Ole HaRy and Is. Nor
teson had their barns, cattle, SHEDS. aud
%out-houses licked up by the 1ire Ia almost
an instant of time. but all were so fortu-
nste % 10 save their dwellings and live
stock.
Tho residences. barns haystacks, seed
gARa&0s0nN EaFntn0 fnnlonnoARn rtA ua~
SOD were swept out Of existence before his
eyes and he was left entirely destitute.
Ole, johnson lost his barn aud grsnsry
together with their contents, all his farm
machinery and seed grain, but he too, for |
tunateIy saved his, dwelling.
Peter Thompson lost everything, includ. !
ing several head of valuable stock.
The store of 8. H.. Holiday, known as
tho Holiday store, vas burned together
with is contents, valued ct about $500 |
Mr.. Holiday also lost bis barn and it's con
tents. $50 ~
( Oles Ecklv lost bis stable, grapsry sno
oil his farm machinery.
John Skorem had his barn, one horse,
hay, farm machinery. In fact everything
but his hOuue. burned.
8. Olsen lost his barn, hsy and oil of his
farming implements.
Mrs. Larson lost Ill Of her farm buildings,
hay and farm machinery. Sever head OF
cattle belonging to her were also burned
alive.
A house and contents belonging to Mrs.
Langun were entirely consumed.
The Norwegian church and three school
houses took fire at near'y the same time and
were burned to the ground.
Ollie B~urRenss stable and granary together
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03

CINCINNATI. O., April 9. 1877.
H. STEVENS, ESQ.,
Dear Sri have used your Vegetine for Mr.
rous Heddache, and also for Rhsumattsm, and
have found entire relief from both, and take
may be likewise afflicted.
FRED. A. GOOD,
1O8 Mill ST., CHM.
VEGET1NE has restored thousands to health
who had been long and painful sufferers,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03
THE BLAZING VALLEY.
Farther P-arlseulars u the Dsstr.susn
Along b Biz Sioux-About Sioux
Falls, Eden and Canton.

UES0OE 14tttS0Io&0 d 800 O~ODG&OSG2O0
Along the Big S~ioux-About Sioax
Falls, Eide nj Canton.
Sioux Falls Times, LIST.
Sunday evening eight prairie fires could
be counted, raging in IS many different di.
rections from Sioux Falls. The largest one
was to the north Of usa few miles and Vas
burning over . vast ares. During the fore
part Of the evening there vas no wind, and
apparently but little danger was apprehend.
Cd from the fires. Daring the night the
Dire lit up the streets Of our village in such
. manner that it was almost y light q day.
Yesterday dawned With quite q heavy wind
from the west while the fire vas still raging
in the north. About eleven o'clock the
wind shifted In the d~irscion Of the Ere,
and blew . regular hurricane, bringing
dense volumes Of smoke through the streets
The wind increased, and - the FIRE had
reached the tall grass on The bottom land il
Travelled With astonishing npidity, and
perfect clouds e. soote asoss from Tx
iers,as paisis cd bsosgAs iaes Tie vii
la0a
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03

After Remaining that the editors Of the
Elk Point Courier are "old rascals," that
one of them is a 'tpitiable lmbecile," anoth-
er an "old lamp thief" and . amiserable
nincompoop," and that both are anotable
prevaricators," the Sioux, Falls Times rises
to remark that it has no desire to indulge
in blackguardism, and dismisses the subject
with the statement that "the Courier man
charged the territory thirty dollars for two
~dictionaries." The wise discretion Of the
Times in deciding not to descend to the
utmost depths Of it, ability in the line Of
senseless invective will prove = relief to
those who had feared that 1t might b led
to say something which would bs Construed
q b~lackguardism. And while the Times
holds to it, resolve TO keep II colunns
free from all scurrilous re6sc.ianl,yit Aight
wisely take another advance step ID ths psth
of honor and decent respect for itssreadsEs
and institute = reformation in the fald6ca-
ton Department Of the paper. A good's,art
in this direction would be for the Times 70
assure its readers that the editor Of the Cour-
Ter never charged the territory thirty dol.
lars for two dictionsries-that he never sold
the territory two Dictionaries Or sven q
This the official record shows andsit T. q
good piece of truth to disseminate - ! start
er and then the Times might 20 on to say
that fifteen dollars apiece was not . large
price ct the time thoss two ~dietionaries
were bought, ~ they were really bought,
though not Of the Courier
man. Territorial warrants. at that time
were worth seventy cents on the dollar,
which brings the Aforesaid dictionaries down
to $l0.50 apiece. Will the Times tell this
70 the people? !
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03
SALE OF

SALE or LIQUORS.
UNITED STATEs INTERNAL REVENUE,
Collectors Once. District Of Dakota,
YanktOn. March -, 1879.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That on Fri
~. day. the 4th day Of April. 1879. I shall sell
scribed property as forfeited to the United
states. under section 3s6O. United States Revised
Statutes
About 60 Gallons whisky;
20 Gallons Rum
Setzed.a ~ the property Of u. b. DAY. In SprinK.
deid. DIT.
The above sale will take place before my once
In Yankton, u. r.. n - o'clock y. n tie day
JOHN 1. YKNxIxGlox.
eo4sA Cealess61.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03
vEGETINE
FOR
DYSPEPSIA. NERVOUSNESS,
And General Debility.

BERN ARDsToN. MASS, 1873.
take pleasure lie IN recommen5din ase1 to :ift those
troubled with Humo' 8 of any kind, Dyrhepria,
Nerpors esq, or Gene,el D,6ilIy, it being the
Great Blood Purifier, sold by r; L, Crowell y
medicines put together.
MRS. L. F. PERKINS,.
Il H. w. SCOTT
JOShPHUS SLATE.
VEGETINE Is the great health lestorer-com
posed exclusively of earks. roots, and herbs. 1t
IS very pleasant to a k every child likes it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
FO0d-Cure for Alcoholism.

Lelbig's theory that liquor-drinking is
compatible with animal, but not with
tarlnaceous diet, seems to have been
corroborated by an English scientific
man, who has been trying the expert
ment on tWenty-seven iquor-drinking
persons. A striking instance Of reform
was shown In the case of man Of sixty,
who had been Incorporate for thirty
five years, and was in the habit of tax
ing spree about once a week His
constitution was SO shattered that he had
great difficulty In obtaining insurance
on his life. After an attack of delirium
tremens, which nearly proved fatal, he
was induced to live upon farinaceous
food, which IN seven months entirely
removed his desire for liquor, and be
became perfectly sober. He lost flesh
at the beginning of the experiment, but
Among the articles of food mentioned
as specially antagonistic TO alcohol are
lentlls, dried beans, haricot beans, and
macaroni, all of which should be we'll
boiled and seasoned with plenty Of but
ter or olive oil. Ordinary garden vege
tables are said to be provocative of
temperance, but much less so than far
inaceous diet. The carbonaceous starch
contained in macaroni, beans and oil,
seems to render unnecessary, and there
fore repulslve, the carbon resident IN
alcohol. This remedy is SO simple that
it ought to be tested by men who have
so often tried to break themselves of in
temperate habits. Drinking to excess
is unquestionably q curse in every
American city, and farinaceous food has
never hurt anybody. Whatever harm
it does to alcohol is clear gain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
The Death of Mr.. J. Blair Scribner.

The New York Tribune says the irony
of fate has seldom been more strikingly
illustrated than in the sudden death of
Mr.. J. Blair Scribner. At an age when
many young men are just casting about
for start in life he found himself at the
head of one Of the richest and most dis.
tinguished publishing houses in the
United States, managing an extensive
and varied business, and taking posi-
ton which might be thought ample re-
ward for the intelligent labor of a long
life. He seemed to be one of the most
fortunate of men, prosperous in his af-
fairs, happy in his home, a favorite
with all his acquaintance, the associate
of artists, poets, and scholars, and all
the world predicted for him still
brighter future. It rarely happens that
the death of young man makes so
deep an impression in the best circles of
society and brings sorrow to
so many hearts. .n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
will fatten anybody who can be fattened

will fatten anybody who can be fattened
at all, but of course, they must be
swallowed in considerable quantities
quantities very different from those
usual in this country. We heard of a
lady recently who had such a desire to
get fat that she mad made fully one-half
ing up with O. bowl Of it, with milk
every night before retiring, and sue
ceeded in adding nearly thirty pounds
to her weight in one year. .."
The onl y question is as to the regimen
which will give an abundancy of flesh
to ordinary mortals, without too much
annoyance or disturbance of the domes-
tic economy, or risk of producing habit
ual and excessive laziness. Brillat-
Savarin's rules are clear, and in then
way sound, and we quote them as sum-
married. in a little book just published:
" General Rule-Eat a quantity of fresh
bl ead-same days baking-and do not
throw away the crumbs. Before s A.
NJ. when in bed, take a basin Of soup,
not too much, or, if you prefer it, a cup
Of good chocolate. Breakfast at II.
Fresh eggs, boiled or poached, outlets,
or anything else, but eggs are essential.
A cup of coffee will not hurt. After
breakfast take little exercise. Go
shopping or call on a friend, sit and chat,
and walk home again. At dinner, eat
as much soup, meat and fish as you like,
but do not omit to eat the rice with the
fowl, maccaroni, sweet pastry, creams,
etc. At dessert, Savoy biscuit and other
farinaceOus preparations which contain
eggs and sugar. This diet may seem
limited, but is capable of great varia-
ton, and comprises the whole animal
kingdom. Drink beer by preference:
otherwise Bordeaux, or wine from the
South Of France. Avoid acids, except
salad, which gladdens the heart Eat
sugar with your fruit if it admits of it,"
A physician would, we think. strike out
the Bordeaux and the pastry, but for
the rest, the advice, though over elabor-
ate, is sound. Its defect is that it does
not explain the principle on which the
experiment ought to be conducted, and
demands of the patient a great deal too
much appetite. q There is no reason for
eating SO much meat, and, indeed, some
for avoiding it; for the whole process de-
ponds upon introducing into the system
oil, sugar and starch, none of which
are the components of lean meat. Two
OF these substances are contained in
milk and cream In the greatest profu
sion, and the third exists most literally
in real arrowroot, cornmeal and cracked
wheat.
The old proverb, laugh and grow
fat" is also applicable to ''scragginess."
Fat people are generally jolly and good
natured, while those who are scraggy
are not apt to suffer from an excess of
mirthfulness aud humor. Those whose
tendency is to corpulence should pursue
regimen just the opposite OF that
proper for the lanky ones. They should
abstain from fats, milk and farinaceous
food. and keep to lean meat and succu-
lent vegetables. .tt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
Like Son Like Father.

A young man in Boston recently re-
ceived a bequest Of $4,000. He had
been poor, and the sudden acquisition
of wealth rather turned his head. He
began to spend the money in reckless
dissipation, in spite Of the efforts of his
father to restrain him, and kept on un-
til only 81, 900 was left. The father
begged that this remainder might be
given him for safe-keeping, and the son,
being then i'll from long drunkenness,
and very penitent, readily complied.
The father put $1O,950 into g. pocket in
his shirt, and started out to spend the
other $50 in a frolic. That night he
slept on a bench in barroom, and in
the morning, every cent Of the money
was gone.-W Worcester Mass Spy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05

Dumas" "The devil you arel So am
II replied the novelist, with roar of
laughter sA
The Chicago musical ear is so deli
cate that if an angel were to come down
from heaven blowing q trumpet, the
unhappy critic would discover that the
staccatO notes were too altissimo, and
the t1orituri passages too quinquigesima
tish-horn amenta. Hear him on Gers
ter: Nine Gerster's voice is not phe-
nomenal nor dram attic, and the eastern
newspapers that have heralded it as
such convey wrong impression con-
corning the lady's gifts. Gerster, come
home.-NeaO York Commercial 4 duertiser.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
Scragginess and Obesity.
New York Star.
Baltimore American.

There are great many Of the female
sex who are not satisfied with what
nature has done for them in the wav of
flesh. Some are too fat and others are
too lean, or, as the English term it, af-
flicted with scragginess. There are
anti-fat remedies, which are in great
demand, and have taken the place of
the old specifics Of pickles and vinegar.
Excessive obesity is regarded by some
as disease, though we seldom find
those who live an active and stirring
life, and who are good walkers and in
dustrious workers, who are seriously
afflicted with it. The cultivation of the
muscles is the best anti-fat remedy ex-
tant. African beauties are penned no
and fattened on sour milk and clabber
for the matrimonial market just as an
American farmer pens and tattens his
pigs. Their great attraction to the op-
posite sex is superabundance of flesh.
and the scraggy ones, who cannot be
fattened, are made hewers of wood
thickened with meal of any kind, ar
rowroot, or wheat starch preferably, or
cracked wheat, with either milk or
sugar will cause almost any one who
is not i'll or consumptive, or prefer
naturally active, to be brought, like
other domestic animals, into decent
embonpoint. It is on this kind of food
that the wealthier classes of India OBJ
tain that coating of muscleless, effemi-
nate fat which they prize as mark Of
grade, the head Of the house being
often bid to "sit and get fat for the
nonor of the family" They add but
ter, but there is nothing in butter which
their is not in milk. There Can, there
fore, be no doubt that milk and meal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
THE COMANCHES.
Some Account of Their Life and Habits.

An American who has been study
ing the life, habits and traits of the Co
manches, thinks that there are at pres
ent from 10000 to $4,000, Of whom
$500 are warriors. Wholly nomadic.
they have no villages or fixed habita-
tons. but roam and plumber 700 to 900
miles from north to south and 200
miles from east to west. They own
large herds of horses and mules, obtain
ing horned cattle only for their imme-
date wants, because they cannot drive
them as fast as they want to move. All
their animals are procured by robbing
the Mexicans and Americans, and all
their wars are undertaken more for
plumber of this sort than TOR any other
purpose. They never take men pris-
oners, though they kill and scalp them:
but they carry off. women and children;
make wives of the former, and rear the
latter as their own. They have never
had any permanent places Of abode as
the absence of all mounds or tumuli IN
the territory they range over clearly
proves. They seem to have been born
on horseback, where they do all their
fighting, and in attacking trains they
always endeavOr to stampede the ami
mails by cries and war-whoops-a stam-
Dede rendering destruction of train
almost certain. If they attack a vii
lage, they kill everybody they encount-
er, and then drive Oft the stock. The
chiefs Of these Indians do not inherit
their authority but acquire it BY superb
Or knowledge. personal bravery, or
81
ment is adj listed by q council Of chiefs
and seniors of the lodges; but these
dBagreements are few, and family
feuds are rare. Indeed they live togeth-
er more tremendously than many civil
lied people do. Of law they have no
notion, nor have they any conception
Of national policy. They never observe
treaties any longer than self-interest
prom pts, in which they resemble most
enlightened people. Their religious
Ideas are very crude and indefinite In
an evil spirit they do not believe, but
ascrlbe both good and evil to the good
spirit. Their conception of future
life is lndistinct; but they hold
that men who have stolen the most
horses and taken the most scalps
will have the best chance of happy
hunting grounds in another world.
Fire Is sacred with them, and used in
all their religious observances. Ties of
kindred are very strong, and extend not
only to relatives by blood, but bv mar
riage. Off.nses against any n ember of
a family are promptly avenged by all
or any one connected with it. They are
polygamists, some chiefs having ten or
twelve wives. Infidelity on the part of
a wife is punished by cutting off the
nose, and the seducer is obliged to give
up his available property to the injured
woman. The husband exercises abso-
lutte dominion over the wife, who does
all the work while he fights and steals.
Going into d fight, they divest them
selves of everything except breech cloth
and leggings. They call themselves
live, or tirst-alive, people.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
How to Prevent Rheumatism.

Put away the sheet and counterpart,
and sleep in blankets under and over,
and no counterpart at all. The sheets
and the Counterpart do great deal of
mischief. The cotton keeps the sour
heat and perspiration from the body, in
the bed, and SO you breathe poisoned
air all night, summer and winter, and
that poisoned air makes your rheuma-
tism ten times worse. II you were in
blankets they would not absorb the
perspiration; it would pass through
from one to the other; but in cotton, if
it absorbs it, had better say soaks In
to it,-there it remains, cold, Or hot, or
clammy.-.Frono Mrs. Worrea's Ne"
Book
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
Piucky Girl.
San Francisco Call.

Miss Sue Jones, a young lady resid-
ing near the Tuolumne river, few
miles below Modesto, CAL, recently
killed wildcat measuring four feet
from tip to tip. Attracted by the bay
ing of hounds kept at Mr.. Jones house,
Miss Jones followed them until they
succeeded in freeing the animal, and,
on seeing what it was, the young lady
went back to the house, took her bro
theirs shotgun and, accompanied by
two other girls, went back to the tree.
Upon seeing the animal the other girls
beat q hasty retreat through the brush
and briars, bot Miss Sue raised her gun
and, taking deliberate aim, shot the ami
NAL through the heart.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
The Story as Told.
From a New York Paper,

A Wisconsin girl put on trousers and
started through the deep snow to walk
six miles to a village for provisions, the
sanity larder being empty. She soon
became tired out, besides losing her
way, and the cold was intense. A big
New foundland dog, which accompanied
ner, was the means Of saving her life.
She sccoped out a hollow in the snow,
lay down in it, and made the warm dog
lie on her, shifting him about so as to
successfully cover the coolest parts Of
her body. In that way she passed a
whole night, and was not severely FROST
bitten. with two Or three more
dogs" she says, 81 would have got
along very comfortably"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
LITTLE PEOPLE.
BY CHARLES DE KAY.

BY CHARLES DE KAY.
I stole so gently on their lance,
Their pvgmy dance in red sunrise.
/ caught the warm and tender glance
Each gallant gave his dear ones eyes
Wee ladies. clad in fine bst's-wing,
With plumed lprdlings stamp the heel;
Behind hem swords and fans they fling
And footit blthely dOwn the reel.
They sighed and ogled. whispered, kissed
IN meetings of the swaying dance
Then fled not, but were swiftly missed.
Like love from out well-known glance.
/ spraug: the flashing swords were grown
Mere blossom stalks from tulips tossed;
The fans that snarkled on the stone
Were Turned to sprays of Offering fro t.
.Scrjbner for February
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05

CANADA is getting one feature of a
great nation, and that is great debt.
She owes about $l5O,OOO,OOO, and has
just arranged for new loan of SIS
100000. Her debt is probably larger,
in proportion to her means, than that
of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05

A LEADER Of fashion in San Francisco
has had her chairs and sofas aud the
cushions of her carriages stuffed with
aromatic herbs. in imitation of prac-
tice prevalent among Oriental nations.