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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12

IN Minnehaha and Yankton coun-
tics Independent candidates for coun-
~ commissioner we're elected over the
regular nominees. Both Of the par
.ties are republicans. Their success
naay have i tendency to encourage
independent running, which will
n~ecessitate more care and fairness in
conventions to guard against party
defeats.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12
OUR SCHOOLS.


The school in district No 20 on
May % was being taught in a rath-
e comfortable building, toward the
eastern o. south eastern part Of the
district, and this could not at that
particular time be better arranged.
There was no room to be obtained in
tharesntar Of the district. Previous
terms had been taught toward the
western edge Of the district. The
consequence Of this state Of affairs
have been to furnish school for a
portion ofthe scholars each year.
IL is to be hoped that the district
will build q good house in the geo.
graphical center Of the district and
hire first Glass teachers which will
Insure good schools and remove all
eAuse for trouble about schools.
The school was being taught by Mr..
-. b Bishop. Fourteen scholars
were enrolled, 8 were present. They
appeared to be much interested,
wsre leaining 70 read and write
Mn Alice Erwin taught the school
Msdistrict ND 80. On May 70 TWEEN
ty4gix scholars were enrolled and II
preaent. Two short visits were made
AttD nchOol. Though not M adj
NEnoedssch00l this was agood school.
Atta1dAnce was firstrate TOR q coun-
In oG1Qcls They were industrious
$3.50 SfE3S1 A .~n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12

Martin Monson, Elk Point
Jno. Kindlie, Brule
M. j. Lehne Sphinx
J. nj. Peterson, Sioux Wy +"
Peter Segain, Virginia
j. e. Behnke, = Prairie ="
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
r. III. Libby and N. Y. Farris
Big Sioux twp.
A. r. Beavers and P. Callahan
Civil Bend twp.
Michael Ryan, Jefferson twp.
f. w. Smythe and w. d. Percival,
Elk Point twp.
w. II. H. Fate and II. Knudson,
Brule twp,
Carl Olson and J. P. Kendall
Sioux Valley twp.
Frank Wade, Sphinx twp.
w. Hamilton and C. w. Finn,
Virginia twp.
VIM. Costar & John Clear, Prairie.
FOR CoNsTABLEs.
Mart Kellogg and VIM Bourett,
Big Sioux twp.
John Ccwell, Civil Bend twp.
Douis Paradee and G. Vradenburg
jefferson twp.
Mark Brown and Archy Christy,
Elk Point twp.
L. B. Chamberlain and Ole Rings
rud, Brule twp.
Andrew Martin, Sphinx twp.
G. l.. Lake and A. Hanson, Sioux
Valley twp.
G. Finn and U. r. Ashmore, Vir-
ginia twp.
VIM. Vassar and S. S. Conrad,
Prairie twp.
On motion there was allowed 1000
feet bridge lumber and 20 lbs spikes
for district No. ii.
On motion there was allowed 500
feet bridge lumber and 20 Tbs spikes
for district No. II.
The following resolution was Of
fered and adopted: Whereas there
is q balance of two hundred, ninety
eight and 44-100 dollars due the
county of Union from N. j. Wallace
late treasurer of said county,
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Board Of Commissioners Of said
Union county, that said N. J. Wal.
lace be allowed until the 10Th day
of December, A.. d. 1879, to make
final settlement of said amount, now
due and unpaid; and be it further
resolved that if final settlement il
not then made, the said Commission
of said county viii proceed agains'
the said N. j. Wallace and his
bondsmen, according to law, to col
lect the above amount.
On motion George Stickney coun
ty treasure of Union county, is here
by instructed to insure the cour
house furniture and fixtures, for thu
term of three years in an amount a:
follows to-wit:
$500 ON building, $500 on furni
ture and fixtures, and it is hereby
ordered that a warrant be drawn OF
the county sinking fund in favor Of
the treasurer, to pay for said in
surance.
On motion the following account
were audited and allowed.
| II Rrnbophar m6Sa for % =
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12

THr county seat Of Dawson
county, BY the vote polled on the 4,
will b. moved fro m Firesteel to
Mitchell, 4 new town on the rail-
sroaA of~ considerable promise.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12

MAJOR RENO is again in trouble.
The offence is similar to the one for
which he was court martialed two
years ago. AT that time he was
sentenced to dismissal from the
army. but his sentence was COM
muted BY President Hayes to sus-
pension from mnk and pay for two
years. He will be tried by q mill
TRY conrt. at Fl. Meade, the latter
part Of this month.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12

BuRDfcK il king-C1ay county has
gone democratic. Sllake. Herald.
Eo, you claim him. The orphan
has found friends.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12

y. il. REETENG1LL 4 CO.. 10 state 81.
ndston, ~ Park How, New York, and sol Chest
~ atreet> IhilsdslpAiA. are onr Agents for pro-
eafia4 adseriiss fnents fcr the CouRrsk IN the
xbess eiftss. nnd aushorassd to contract for advsr-
tisisK II ouf lowest rates.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-12
Five Hundred Thousand
Strong.

In the past few months there has been
more than 500 600 bottles Of 6bilOh's
Cure Sold. Out of the vast number OF
people who have used il, more than Q 600
cases Of Consumption have been cured.
All Coughs, Group, Asthma. aud Bron-
yield at once. hence It is that every
body speaks in its prase. To those who
have mot used it, let " nay, II ycu have >
Cough, Or your child the Group. and Jon
value life don't fail to try It. For Lame
Back, Side or Chest. use 6hiloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold by H. n. Blair.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
Words Of Wisdom.


Learning without thought is labor
lost; thought without learning is peril
Gus.
Friends are as companions on Jour
ney, who ought to aid each other to per
severe In the road to a happier life.
When the millions applaud you, seri-
ously ask what harm you have done
when they censuressyou, what good.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices
or duties, but of little things in which
smiles and kindness and small obligations
given habitually, are what win and pre-
serve the heart and secure comfort.
Misfortune is but another word for the
follies, blunders and vices which, with a
greater blindness, we attribute to the
blind goddess, to the fates, to the stars.
to anything, in short, but to ourselves.
Our own head and heart are the heaven
and earth which we accuse and make
responsible for all our calamities.
There is this difference between those
temporal blessings, health and money
money is the most envied, but the least
enjoyed; health is the most enioyed, but
the least envied; and this superiority OF
the latter is still more obvious, when we
reflect that the poorest man would not
part with health for money, but that the
richest would gladly part with all their
money for health.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
Sharper than a Lawyer.

A wag OF lawyer, says the Ioa0a State
Register, was sitting in his office the
other day deeply engaged in unraveline
some knotty question, when gentle
men entered and inquired: 'Is this
Mr.. Z.Pn The student of Blackstone,
raising his eyes from the legal book be-
fore, replied: eff you owe me anything.
or have any business in my line, then
u. is my name; if you have a claim to
present | am not the man. If you have
called simply for social chat, you can
call me any name.
/" propose to present you with some
business in your line. have note OF
twenty-five dollars I want you to col
lect," and handing the lawyer a note, de-
parted to call the next day. AS soon as
he was gone the lawyer ascertained that
it was one of his own promises to pay.
The next day his client appeared and
inquired; "Well, what success ?r
''All right; | have collected the
money. Here it is, less the fees,'' hand
ing him fifteen dollars.
"Goodn' said the client. II have
made two dollars and a half by this
operation
:" How SOP" said the lawyer.
:" Well" replied the client 81 tried
all over the city to sell your note fol
twelve dollars and a half, but couldn't
do it.n
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
A Big MeteOrite Found.

A correspondent of the Chicago IfI
bstne writes from Estherville, Ia, as fol-
lows: Something of a sensation was
caused here on the 10th, at or near five
o'clock, by the falling of a meteor. The
sun was shining, and only occasionally a
feecy cloud visible, when all at once,
far up in mid-air, there was loud report
resembling the discharge of cannon,
only louder, followed soon by another
resembling a heavy blast, which was
followed by one or two more reports that
might have been the echo from the first /;
then, for a minute or so, there was a
rumbling sound, seeming ly passing from
northeast to southwest, as near as
could judge from the location / was in.
About two miles north Mr.. Charles
Ega was at work planting corn when
the explosion came. Looking in the di-
rection of the report, he could not see
anything on account of the sun, but,
following with his eye the direction of
the roaring sound that followed, he saw
dirt thrown up to some height in the
edge of ravine hundred rods or so
to the north-northeast of where he was
at work Mr.. John Barber also reports
similar appearance hundred rods or
so further in the same direction. Further
observations were made by S. w :.
Brown, who lives three-fourths ofa mile
north of here. He was in the edge of
the timber, looking in a northwesterly
direction into the tops of some oaks, to
see if there were going to be any acorns,
the direction being quartering to the
sun; he saw red streak, and was look
ing attentively at it when the explosion
came. He claims that it was passing
from west to east, and that when it burst
there was a cloud of smoke at the head
of the red streak. which rushed forth
like the smoke from cannon's mouth
and then spread in every direction.
Upon examining the edge Of the ravine
a hole was found twelve feet in diane
ter and about six feet deep, which was
full Of water. Parties have since, by un-
tiring labor and search, found numerous
pieces varying in size from one to eight
ounces, also four pieces about four
pounds, and one weighing thirty two
pounds and two ounces; but the largest
was found bedded eight feet in blue clay
and fully fourteen feet from the surface.
Its weight was 43l pounds, and should
Judge it was two feet long by one and
one-half wide, and one foot or so thick,
with ragged, uneven surface. 1t is COM
posed. apparently, of nearly pure metal
of some kind, piece of which has been
made into a ring by fattening out a
small piece. A hole was then drilled in
it. 1t was then drawn over a round iron,
and makes very pretty ring, resembling
silver somewhat. but a trife darker in
IyNra
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27

Last evening between eight and nine
o'clock mice young man was stand
ing on the corner of Fifth and Vine
streets, smoking a cigar and twirling his
little rattan cane, endeavoring to attract
the attention of young ladies who
chanced to pass by. "a lady crossed over
from the opposite corner and walked
down Fifth, and the young man followed
her until about the middle of the square
between Vine and Race. when he stepped
up beside her and remarked:
Beautiful evening, isn't it?n
The lady looked at him but made no
reply.
enade with you?n
The lady stopped and said: "Sir, I
think you have made mistake, = and re-
sumed walking.
But the young man thought he hadn't,
so he spoke up again:
" Not at all, | assure you; come. take
my arm, and We'll go and get some ice
cream
From what followed it would seem
that the young lady didn't like ice-cream,
or the young man, either. She made
grab at him, caught him BY the collar,
and commenced humping him on the
head and in the face with her fan. After
receiving five or six whacks he made a
dash for liberty, leaving his nicely-laun-
dried collar and fiaring red recktie i'm
the lady's possession, when he walked off
up Race street at rate that would make
O'Leary stare There are hundred can
didates for such treatment on that same
square every evening Cincinnati En-
qssirer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
Enterprising Correspondents.

The Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier Journal saws: Mem
bers of Congress are constantly puzzled
as to how correspondents get hold of
their secret proceedings in caucus. After
the last caucus there was a pretty cor
rect report given in one paper of the sub
jects reported from one of the committees
and presented for discussion. 1t was
afterward learned that the chairman of
the committee had made some notes in
regard to the subjects presented to the
caucus. When they adjourned he tore
the paper to pieces and threw them in
the waste-paper basket. When all had
departed an enterprising reporter entered
the hall and began search for items.
He saw the bits of paper and carefully
collected all of them, then he retired and
skillfully fitted the particles together.
Next he visited a committee-room and
asked the clerk if that was the hand
writing Of the chairman, He went from
one to the other, until he fixed upon the
member whose writing he held Next
morning his paper had pretty correct
report of the proceedings in secret eau
Gus. Many think it would be better if
the caucus would give correct news to the
papers, and thereby avoid the many
imaginary reports which correspondents
send out as news. A prominent paper
published sensational report which.
am told, had not shadow of truth for a
foundation. When the correspondent
was taken to task about it, he said, 81
was obliged to send something to nv
paper, and, if you will not give me news,
there is nothing to do but invent. /
would prefer the truth, but you leave me
no alternative,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
NO. 80.
nAccepted and viii Appear"

One evening while reclining
In my easy chair, repining
Ger the lack of true religion, and the dearth OF
common sense,
A solemn-visaged lady,
Who was surely on the shady
Side Of thirty, entered proudly and to crush
me did commence:
L sent poem. here, sir, }"
Said the lady, growing fiercer,
" And the subject which I'd ehosed, you re-
member, sir, was Spring
But, although I've scanned your paper,
Sir, by sunlight, gas and taper,
I've discovered Of that poem not solitary
thing"
She was muscular and wiry
And her temper sure was fiery,
And knew to pacity her would have to
fb like fun.
So / told her ere her verses,
Which were great, had come to-bless us.
We'd received just sixty-one on Spring Of
which
We'd printed one.
And added, we decided
That they'd better be divided
Among the years that folIow-one to each sue
ceeding spring
So your work, I'm pleased to mention
VIII receive our best attention
In the year Of nineteen-forty, when the birds
begin to sing. Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
out of him was that Of the original pur-
pose for which Ned had come to the sea-


out Of him was that of the original pur-
pose for which Ned had come to the sea-
shore.
3 7"Oh, you poor fellow!" she cried, be-
tween her peals of laughter; "you poor
victiml Going out to shear, and coming
back shorn. Such fine plot, SO beau
tifully organized, and AL to go awry!
Oh, Ned ! Nedr' m
Ned's color deepened perceptibly, but
he met her laughing eyes boldly.
" Well, yes, it was something like that
in the beginning" he confessed. "You
see, Uncle Joshua had got this idea into
his head, and felt bound to crafty him
if it proved possible. I think l fell. in
love with you that first morning; but |
wouldn't own it, and went on stupidity
trying to prove to myself that you were
only a-a-n
"a Symphony in Black and White,
perhaps" broke in Essie, saucily, read
ing the words from the newspaper in her
lap, "oras A Nocturne in Yellow Which
was it, ,Nedp"
Neither" cried Ned, catching up the
paper. g. A Prelude in Brown That
was it, Essie. Prelude? That's the
thing they play before they begin the
real theme, isn't itp Well, all 1ask is
that you will keep on playing so long as
l live, darling. I want no other music,
nor ever shall, than just my Prelude in
Brown. '"-Harper's Bazar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27

The current word to express peculiar
and frequent phenomenon in our politics
is "boom.n 1t is derived from the
Western idiom describing the freshets
in rivers and creeks. In those streams
that are far from the stable equilibrium
of tidal waters, there are very great inc
qualities of volume. Some of them vary
from six inches of dust in dry time to
sixty feet of water during season OF
rains, and all have their times, when
the usually thin and shallow streams
comes pouring down in yellow flood.
bearing fence rails and corn stacks and
other signs Of the invasion of the
riparian farms, and laden with the dog
gone expletives of the settlers and the
vexations of the travellers delayed at the
fords. The stream is powerful while it
lasts. but that is only for day or two,
and while it is mt its height of temporary
greatness it is called s'boom.n "Lost
Greek or the Dry Fork is booming y is
the way in which the natives describe
these passing ebullitions of nature, -
Providence journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A chest-prOtector-a lock.
Crows fly nearly twenty-five miles an
hour.
1t is estimated that there are 600, ,OOO,-
600 sheep in the world
Forty different species of tobacco are
described by botanists.
The best sheep sell at sixteen to
twenty cents per pound in London
If man is known by the company he
keeps, how do we recognize hermit.
There must be lawn order,n said the
Judge yesterday, pushing his little mower
vigorously.
you are beneath my notice, )" as the
balloonist said to the receding crowd of
gaping citizens.
What men want is not talent, it is
purpose; in other words, not the power
to achieve but the will to labor.
Exporters of live stock from the United
States pay three per cent. insurance on
cattle, and five per cent on sheep.
The paint mine at Reno, New, COM
prises ledge forty-two feet wide and OF
unknown depth. The material is said to
mix well with oil.
Three hundred workmen are employed
in building the Second avenue branch
of the Elevated railroad in New York,
and the daily payroll amounts to 81. .0O0-
A young lady at ball in New York
recognized in her eOmb-ly partner the
young man who had dressed her head
for the evening. Her hair stood on end.
IfJohn P. Brady gave me a black
walnut box Of quite a SIZE Nothing
remarkable about it, however, except
that the sentence contains all the letters
OF the alphabet.-N. z. Tribune.
The boy that walks lame around the
streets now and looks pale and detected,
is the same gay and blithesome child of
JOY who but yesterday got caught slip
ping under the canvas at the circus
The greatest number of vessels Of war
at any time in the service of the Colo
nies, during the Revolutionary war, was
twenty-five. The little American navy
captured over 800 vessels during 1776-'77.
Mr.. G. T. c. BARLEY writes: q An
ounce of bread wasted daily in each
household in England and Wales is equal
to %, ,00O, 600 quartern loayes, the produce
of 10000 acres of wheat, and enough to
feast annually 100000 people. An
ounce Of meat wasted is equal to 300, ,00e
sheep"
'John, did you go round and ask how
old Mrs. Jones is this morning, as told
you to do last night?" "Yes, sir"
"Well, what's the result?n "She said
that seeing as how you'd had the impu-
dence to send to ask how old she was,
she'd no objections to telling you that
she's twenty-fOur.
The principal thing we have to rejoice
over on the fourth of July is the en-
couraging fact that the day doesn't come
oftener than once year. We always
cherish the memory of our forefathers
with a deeper affection when we think
of this. We entertained an entirely diff
ferent opinion when we were boys.-Nor-
riSt0wn Herald.
BEDRIDDEN.
Formed long ago, yet made to-day,
Pm most m use when others sleep;
What few would like to give away,
And none would ever like to keep-a bed.
Eugene Field.
And in the stiffness OF the night.
When silence is most awful thick,
And you have Just turned down the light,
You think you hear that same bed tick
Claude De Hdven
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
Housekeeping Made Easy.

A couple may now set up for them
selves with very few utensils, scarcely
any provisions, and next to no know
ledge Of cookery. A gas or oil stove
takes the place of a costly and cumbrous
cooking range. Coffee is bought not
only parched but ground. Spices and
pepper come all prepared for use. Every
kind of bread, cake and pastry can be
purchased at slight advance on the
cost of the materials they contain If
one wishes the sport of making them,
self-raising flour may be had in any
grocery Fruit of all kinds, all ready
for the table, can be purchased about as
cheaply as that which must be pre-
pared. Not only Holsters and other
shell-fish, but salmon may be bought
cooked and ready to be served at price
but little above what the crude articles
cost, and cooked corned beef, tongue,
and pigs feet and ham have long been
on the market. There are also canned
soups, that only need to be diluted !;
mince meat all ready to put between pie
crusts, and roast meats and fowls of
all descriptions. Some grocers keep
mush prepared for frying. Boston baked
beans, put up in cans, have had a great
run during the past few years. English
plum puddings are also on the market.
Last summer witnessed the event of
fried potatoes as an article Of commerce.
And now comes the report that char
tered company has been engaged in the
manufacture of fish balls for the market.
1t is no longer necessary to be a cook
in order to keep house. 1t requires
scarcely any cooking utensils to provide
a warm meal A can opener, a frying
pan and coffee pot are the principal re-
quisites. Even the last is not absolutely
necessary, since a mixture of prepared
coffee, sugar and cream may readily be
obtained. 1t is even practical now for
the novice to dispense with cook book,
as the label on every can tells how to
treat the contents. Chicago Times,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-27
At the Gate.
And whore we're you just now, Mabelf
Where have you been SO longi
m, n, o<,r,-sc Ill

And where we're you just now, Mabel
Where have you been so longf
The moon is up, and all the birds
Have sung their evening song;
/ Isaw yon lettering down the path,
n So lonely and so late,
Beyond the well and lilac bush,
And hanging by the gate.
! love to hear the birds, mother,
And see the rising moon; etfs 81
And, oh ! the summer air is sweet
Beneath the sky of June.
Ny COW is MIXED, my hens are cooped,
And washed are cup and plate,
And SO wandered out while,
To hang upon the gate.
The gate is by the read, Mabel,
And idle folks go by,
Nor should a maiden brook the glance
Of every stranger eye.
Besides, / thought saw cap
> Pm sure you had mate;
So tell me who was with you, child,
Just hanging at the gate.
Now you know just as well, mother,
Twas only Harry Gray.
He spoke such words to me tonight,
knew not what to say;
And, mother, oh for your dear sake,
I only babe him wait !
And mayn't run and tell him now?
He's hanging at the gate.
-Hurper's .Mugazine.