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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
u \ dollar ahead II Is laid away


III ! dollar ahead il is laid away
until they can NOPE and fret
around to get another. Their
money never builds q sidewalk,
paints ! residence, grades . street,
plants ! shrub, builds ! church or
pays 1 minister. They act as if
called 10 curse q town, When q
stranger comes seeking q location
they hunt him up and want to
sell ont, Or if they have nothing to
sell, then they deliver a long dis
course on the drawbacks of the
place. And right here we wish to
say that nothing will make a
stranger Suspicious Of a place
quicker than to be chased by a
crowd Of men wanting to sell him
property. One man in a city
with q small house or half-acre lot
can injure the place to the amount
! OF thousands Of dollars each year.
He makes capitalists fear to in
vest. Grumblers always fight i'm
provements, and often thwart en-
tcrprises Of vast Importance. Those
who would build or improve their
homes, they try to discourage,
Il evsry dew-drop were a gold dol
lar, they would whine because
they bad not a monopoly Of the
picking.
What we have said Of towns
and cities holds good in the coun.
try. No land is so fertile, nc
climate so favorable, no crops sc
certain and abundant that will
enrich and prosper a people who
fail to appreciate the advantages
offered by nature. Grnmbline
will not till the soil nor keep j
from wearing out.
Hence, we conclude, that ham
lets grow into cities, prairies int
beautiful farms by the labor, ener
gy and enterprise of men. Will
this country offers more than an,
other to those willing to labor'an'
endure, yet the generality Of mel
earn all they get. With all it
opportunities this is no land 70
idlers and dreamers. Men mus
either make their towns or the,
will never be made, and this hold
good the world over. A city Q
sleepy men is generally taken a
such by men who have means t
invest.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
First Publication Feby 10, 1879.
UNITED STAT ES LAND OFFICE.
Monk Falln n r. Fab II 1870

John Minnehan. Emmett, Union Co. DIT
You are hereby notified that the Honor able
Commissioned OF the General Land Once, in d
letter dated January 18th. 1879 has adjudgeG youi
Homestead entry No. 5663 upon West Y " x
and East V n W section ~ Township ~ Range
40 { rfeited. You are allowed sixty days from
the date OF this notice inwhich 10 appeal from
said decision.
CAMPBELL, Register.
in WAsHBuRS, Recover.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
First Publication Feby. 5th 1871
X. ". .WXLLER, .1ssorNsy.

First Publication Feby. 5th 1871
II. Y. .WXLLER, .1ffornsy.
summons.
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, In district Court "a
County OF Union. judicial District.
James X. Smith,
W..
Henry H.. Curtis and Eliza A. Cults,
The Teri IT. =, Of Dakota Sends Greeting.
To the above named defendants: You are
hereby summoned and required to answer the
complaint In this acfion, which was filed on tho
18th day Of January, u. d. 1879 in the office Of he
clerk of the district court in and for the county
of Union territory Of Dakota at his office In the
city Of Elk Point in Tho county OF Union. Il. r.,
and a copy Of which Is hereto annexed and serve
r. copy Of your answer on the subscribers at their
office on Main street in the city Of Elk Point,
Union county Dakota territory within thirty
Aays after the eorvicc OF the u~Su~nom, On yea,
exclusive OF the day Of service. IL you fail to
answer the complaint within that ii me the plain,
till will apply 10 the court for the relief deniancd
in the complaint. =. W. MILLER
Plaintiff q ATTORNEY.
Dated at Elk Point, d. T. this 18TH day of Jan
uary A.. u. 1879.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
STATEMENT OF TIE CONDITION o. THE
GERMAN INSURANCE Comply

On the 3lst Day OF Deem Der, 1878.
The name of the company is the German lnsur'
ance Company.
II lie located at Freeport, Illinois.
The amount Of It's capital stock IL SoU.uD
The amount OF It's capital stock paid n,
I'D Is '"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
I. N. Flanagan,

In testimony whereof, I have hereuniO. sf my
hand and seal, this 14th day Of March, A d, 1879.
Il. A. SHERMAN. Auditor,
lssALl BY L.. NJ. PuRDY, Deputy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26

suERIFE,s SALE.

TsRRIroRY or DAKorA,
County Of Union. a..
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
Moral Courage.

A great amount of talent is
lost in the world for the want of
"a little courage. Every day
sends to the grave a number of
obscure men, who have only re-
manned in obscurity because
their timidity has prevented them
from making a first effort, and
who, if they had been induced
to begin, would, in all probable
ity, have gone great lengths in
fame. The fact is, to do any
thing in this world worth doing,
we must not stand back shiver-
ing and thinking of the cold and
danger, but jump in and scram-
bic through as best We can. 1t
will not do to be perpetually cal
culating tasks and adjusting nice
chances; it did very well before
the flood, where a man could
consult his friends upon an in
tended publication for a hundred
and fifty years, and then live to
see its success afterward. But,
at present, a man waits, and
doubts, and hesitates, aud con-
suits his brother, and his partic-
ular friend, till, one fine day, he
finds he is 60 years of age; that
he has lost so much time in con-
sulting his first cousin and par
ticular friend that he has no more
time to follow their advice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
Mall Directory.
Fayetteville POst-Oflice.

Railroad--leaves every day except Sun
day at 8:45 AM: arrives at 5:40 I'M. supplies
the following Offices. Kclso, Lincoln, Fiynt-
Vile, Oregon, Georges Store, Flora, Hunts
Station, Salem, Winchester and Deeherd.
Shelbyyiile stage-arriyes Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at IL A. NJ; leaves same
days at 2P. NJ. Supplies Mulberry Lynch
burg Bonneville, County Line, Shclbyyille.
Huntsville stage-leavcs Monday and
Thursday at A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 5P.n. Supplies Goshen, Hazle
Sreen, Meridianville and Huntsville.
Shelbyvillc hack--leaves Mondays and
Thursdays at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 8 p. N. Supplies Norris Creek,
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and Shelbyville.
Pulaski horse-arrives every Saturday at
n:3OAN; leaves same day l2:3Q. Supplies
Cyrusion, Millville, Pisgah, bradshaw AMI
Pulaski.
lanehehorse-leaves every Tuesday ard
Friday at 8 A. NJ; arrives Wednesday asd
Saturday ats I'm. Supplies Camargo, Mo-
limo, Cold Water, Blanche.
Boons uill horse-arriyes every Satur-
day at u N; leaves same day At ! IN.
Petersburg horSe--ieaves SATURDAY at a
y; arrives at 5 IN same day. Supplies
lenfrow Station aud Petersburg
Money Orders can be Obtain. d At this Of
fec upon post Offices in all parts ef The u
nitcd States. A list Of Money Order offices
may be seen on application. Rates OF com
mission FOR Money Orders are as follows:
Not exceeding SIS. 10 cents
Over Is and not exceeding $50. Is do
do 30 do do 40 20 do
do 40 do do 80 % DO
w. R. DOUTHAT. z. NJ.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

There are three things which
nobody can do without--money,
buttons and the baker.
If the'sm strikes you on the
right check say nothing about il
i'm other words keep shady.
When two girls meet, they
kiss. When two young men
meet, they don't. That shows
who likes kissing the best.
The young lady whose lover
wrote that he was doing duty on
the tented field, afterward ascer-
tanned that instead of fighting
Indians he drove a team for q
circus.
According TO medical author
tiles, kissing is dangerous. And
never more so than when the old
man pops into the parlor and de-
Itects an obnoxious young man
and his daughter in the act.
A loud crash in the suburbs
the other night, which awakened
and frightened the neighborhood,
was ascertained to have been
caused by the fall Of All editors
pocketbook from the bureau to
the floor
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
Church Directory.

Presbyterian, Fayettcvi,le--no regular
services; Sunday school at 8 NJ.
Mcthodist--seryices every Sabbath al
a0:3O and at night; Rev G z PJackson, pastor
Sunday school at s O'Clock.
Cumberland sbyterian-services ev-
cry Sabbath 1890 and at night; Rev w G
Temploton, pastor; Sunday school 8 o'clock
Union Church, Pleasant Plains--scrvices
list Sabbath each month at IL and night by
the Mcth0dists, Rev w b Lowey, preacher
in charge--2nd and 4th Sabbath each month
Mt ii by the Associate Reformed Preshyteri-
ans, Rev j B Muse, pastor. Methodist Sun
day school at
A Il Presbyrian, New Hope services 1st
and 3rd Sabbaths ia II; Bethel, End and
4th Sabbafhs at l1-Rev S Sloan, pastor.
Methodist, Mulberry-services 3rd Sun
day in each month at IL O'Clock and every
Sunday night; RevWJCollier, pastor; Sun
day School at 8.
Baptist Mulberry-seryices 1st Sabbath
in each month at IL Rev Wm Huff, Tastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Mulberry
services Ist Sabbath in each month at III
and night; Rev JAS Campbell, pastor.
United Presbyterian, Lincoln-serviceS
every Sabbath at 1l:l5 NJ; Rev David
Stran pastor; Sunday school at 10.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
creek)-services 1st Sabbath in each month
at IL o'clock; Rev j. Parks, preacher inch
Liberty Grove-services 2nd Sabbath at
liam; Rev w A Gill, preacher in charge.
Cumberland Pfesby yterian, Oak Grove,
near Flyntviile) )--services 4th Sabbath in
each month at IL o'clock; Rev A w Suth-
erlend. supply.
Methodist, Oak flill-services 4th Sab
hath each month at 10 O'Clock.
Mcthodist-services End Sabbath at 10 a
NJ: Rev w Is Lowery, G.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak llill Rev
j Tigert, pastor.
Prospect, Wells Hill, Saturday before 2d
Sunday, each month, Rev Il I King. pastor.
Hester's Greek, Saturday before 4th Sun
day, each month, Rev Is I King, pastor.
Methodist, Flyntviile--seryices 4th Sab
bath at 1890 A. NJ; Mt. Hermon, Flintyille
circuit, services lst Sabbath at 1880 AN;
Macedonia, Flintvilic circuit. services 3rd
Sabbath at 1890 A M--Rev w Ii Anthony,
preacher in charge.
Missionary Baptist, Norris Greek, Q}uck-
eye)-services 4th Saturday and Sunday IN
each month; Rev C w Dolby, pastor.
Union, lst Sunday; Providence, End; Lib
erty Grove, 3rd; Oak Hill, 4th; Rev w I
Gill, preacher in charge.
Shiloh, Methodist, near Millvillc-preach-
ing on End Sunday in each month at 3 P.
n, and on Saturday at IL a. NJ, before the
End and 4th Sunday, Rev S NJ Cherry, pastor
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
"The Woods Is Full of ,Em. u

This expression is in frequent
use in this State, both in con-
versation and composition, and
yet its origin is probably known
only to one in a thousand of
those who use it. A gentleman
who claims to know gave a re-
porter for the Nescs Saturday
the following as the manner in
which 1t was first used:
In the ncighborhood of Wash
ington, Wayne county, lived a
weIl-known character named
Bill Dean. He was what is
generally termed a ''smart AL
eek" always endeavoring to
perpetrate joke at somebody's
expense. One day, while rid
ing to Richmond, every foot of
which he knew, he espied an
old gentleman named Cheezum,
for a hunt, earnest
ly looking up a tree. Ap-
preaching him, Dean asked:
"Can you tell me the way to
Richmond?"
"There was two of 'em run
up TINS tree, was the response.
of the old gentleman, who was
somewhat deaf.
81 didn't ask you anything
about squirrels. How far. is il
to richmond?"
zone of 'em just went in that
lole; didn't you seeshim?" the
Did man said earnestly.
Out Of patience, Dean yelled
put: "You must be an old fool!'
eyes," Cheezum responded,
still gazing upward, ''thc woods
S full of en-"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

Swiftly DER Deaths rapid river,
Anchored on the heavenly shore,
Thou hast left us, and forever
Left us TO return no more.
Mid celestial scenes rover,
Where the saints in glory roam.
All thy earthly trials over,
Summoned by thy Saviour home.
When thy soul ON seraph- -pinion,
Scars thro' radiant realms on high;
Now released from earth's dominion
Why for thee the pensive sigh?
All, how yainly we deplore thee
Vainthe bitter tears we shed;
For they never can restore thee
Can recall the sainted dead.
As the flowers Of earth that perish,
flowerets of the fairest hue,
So the treasured ones we cherish,
Vanish like the morning dew.
Still We humbly hope TO meet thee
In The world devoid of woe;
Where immortal pleasures greet thee,
Such as angels only know.
Where the white-robed ones of heaven
Tune their golden hearts above;
And the erring are forgiven,
By the Saviour whom they love.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

lines. 1t was no harm then to
have killed Van Dorm, SO he
was not molested. After the
war it was not thought proper in
anybody to indict him for a MUIR
der committed during hostilities
under the circumstances. He
condoned her offense at the end
of the war and took her back,
and they moved to Arkansas.
In q little while the woman be-
gan to coquette again and again
aroused Peters ire. He took
her next supposed paramour by
the chin, with a bowie-knife in
the other hand, literally guillo-
tined him. That is the last that
is known of DIR. Peters"
etS GATH.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

A man was denouncing news
paper advertising to a crowd of
| listeners. ssLast week. said
The, 81 had an umbrella stolen
from the vestibuIe of the -
church. 1t was a gift; and val
uing it very highly, I spent
double IFS worth in advertising,
but have not recovered it,.
"How did you word your ad-
yertiscmeni ?'asked a merchant.
"Here it is" said the man, PRO-
Iducing slip cut from a news
paper. The gentleman took it
and read: "Lost from the yesti-
bule of the - church last
Sabbath evening, black silk
umbrella. The gentleman who
took it viii be handsomely re-
warded by leaving it at No. -
San Fernando street" "Now,"
said the merchant, 81 am a lib-
eral advertiser, and have always
found that i. pays me well. A
great deal depends upon the
manner in which an ADVERTISE
ment is put. Let us try your
umbrella again, and, if you do
not acknowledge that The ad-
yertisement pays, / viii pur-
chase You a new one" The
merchant then took a slip of pa
per from his pocket and wrote:
eff the man who was seen to
take an umbrella from the yes
tibule of the - church last
Sabbath does not wish TO get
nto trouble and have a stain
east upon his Christian charac-
.er which he values so highly.
ie will return it to No. San
Fernando street. He is well
Snown." This duly appeared
n the paper, and on the follow
ne morning the man was aston
shed when he opened the front
Ioor of his residence. On the
'orch lay at least a dozen UNI
'rellas of all shades and sizes
hat had been thrown in from
be sidewalk, while the front
ard was literally paved with
mbrellas. Many of them had
otes pinned to them saying that
hsy had been taken by mistake,
nd begged the loser to keep
ne little affair quiet.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
A Man Who Stopped Repudi.

, Years ago Illinois was poo
, and burdened with a debt OF
seven millions of dollars. 4
large part of the indebtedness
had been created in order t,
carry out q system of internal
Improvements. The people
finding it difficult to pay theiI
taxes, talked loudly of repudia-
Ition. A convention met at
Springfield, the capital of the
State, to voice the popular feel
ling. The rePudiating ordi-
nance was prepared. 1t would
have been adopted but for the
interference of one man. The
incident is thus described by
the New Orleans Times:
The convention met, and the
reputation ordinance was pre-
pared. 1t was about being a.
dopted when Stephen A. Dou-
|glas, who was sick at his hotel,
asked to be taken into the con-
yention. He was carried on o
mattress, and lying on his back,
for he was too i'll to sit up, he
wrote the following resolution,
which he offered as a substitute
for the reputation ordinance:
"Resolyed, That Illinois will
be honest, although she never
pays a cent"
The resolution took like Wild
fire. 1t touched the honest sen-
timent OF every member of the
convention. It was adopted
with the widest enthusiasm. 1t
dealt death-blow to the repu-
diation sentiment throughout |
the State.
The canal bonds Immediately |
in value, and in o
short time were quoted at par.
kilograms were received from
New York that Illinois could
have all the money she wanted. |
What was the result? Capi-
al and emigration flowed into
he State, and Illinois il to-day
'ne of the most prosperous
States in the Union.
She has more miles of railway
han any of the other States.
Ter broad prairies arc one
,reat grain field and are dotted
With hundreds of thousands of
happy homes. Thriv-
ng cities and beautiful villages {
re found everywhere within her
,orders. (
This-is what honesty done for ]
illinois. What would repudia-
ion have done? {
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
Rules Of Conduct.

Never exaggerate.
Never point to another.
Never betray a confidence
Never wantOnly frighten 9th
ers.. %
Never leave home with an un.
kind word.
Never neglect to call upon
your friends.
,sNeyer laugh at the misfor-
tunes of others.
Never give a promise that you
do not fulfil.
Never send a present hoping
one in return.
Never speak much of your
own performances.
Never fail to be punctual at
the time appointed.
Never make yourself the hero
of your own story.
Never pick the teeth or clean
the nails in company.
Never fail to give a polite an
swer to a civil question.
Never question a servant or
child about family matters.
Never present q Gift saving
that tits of no use to yourself.
Never read letters which you
may find addressed to others.
Never fail, if a gentleman, of
being civil and polite to ladies.
Never call attention to the
features or form of any one
Never refer to a gift you have
made ora favor you have rem
dered.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
Five Hundred Dollars in the
Waste Bag.

Yesterday a package contain
ing 500 was missed from the
American Express Office and q
careful search failing to dis
Eclose its whereabouts, as u last
hope it was determined 10 ex-
anime the sweepings, it being
barely possible that it might
have fallen among the waste pa
per and not have been noticed.
This paper is one of the per-
quisites Of Mrs. Charlotte Mettc.
an s tim a Bile Frenchwomam
who has the care of a number
of Offices in the vicinity, and
who is noted for her scrupulons
honesty. Accordingly, one of
the clerks went to her house
and questioned her, when the
old lady in dismay said, 81
have to-day sell my two bag
old paper TO de mans" This
complicated matters, and the
two started for the place where
the dealer in old paper keeps
his stock, and here they found
some women sorting paper, Mrs
Mettes' two bagsful not yet
having been touched. She took
a hand in the work herself, and
excitedly tossed ever old en-.
velopes, newspapers, scraps,
strings, and the iDdescribable
contents of snch a catch-all,
when glad "I'ye got i'm; I
got inn" and sure enough there
was the package in fact.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
county Omcors.

n. p. Carter, County Judge.
a. S. Fnltcn, c ERIK Chanccry Court.
~. G. Morgan, do Circuit DO
g. d. Doyce, do County do
al T. iiolland. Sheriff.
"a. w. Counts, w. A. Cunningham, Dep
vty-Sherinis
Henry Henderson, Trustee.
Is. y. Thompsea. Register.
III G. Duh. County Surveyor.
r. 4. Riyes. Sup't Of Public schools.
j. B. MORGAN. Coroner.
\ o. Wallace, Ranger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

A lightning rod peddleP was
struck by lightning in Indiana
while seated on his wagon, dll-
ring a thunderstorm, talking TO
a farmer through his window try
ing to induce the farmer to let
him rod the barn. It was the
largest funeral ever seen in In
diana. People went miles to see
the deceased. They couldn't be-
lieye it until they saw it with
their own eJes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

The verdict of the coroner's
jury on the death Of child;
"The child was suffocated; but
there is no evidence to show that
it was suffocatcd before or after
death"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

xe77- Two Dollars for one year, inca
-yabIg fa adcgRce, Two Dollars and
Efny Gents If payment be deferred ihres
months. Ali papers going out Of the county
o be paid for IN adcGRce.
BsS~ Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21

One of the disagreeable feat
ures about being near-sighted
is that a man is in danger of TAX
ing his wife for another woman,
and being polite to her.
A prohibitory liquor law is en-
forced SO rigidly in Worthington,
Ind, that a communion service
was lately celebrated with cider,
the sexton having been unable
to procure wine.
"It is for you TO say" said
Judge Butler of the United
States District Court to a Pfila-
.delphia jury, whether q man
who plays poker for money can
have a good character"
A Michigan girl coaxed her
lover to take her buggy-riding,
and the horse ran away and kill
cd her. Showing this paragraph
to the girls viii be thousands of
dollars in the pockets of our
young men.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
A Race between a Carrier Pie
con and a Locomotive.

Dover is twenty miles from
London Gas the crow flies," anC
seventy-six and half miles by
railroad; and a few days ago
says the True Citizen, there
was an exciting race between
the two cities. The French po-
lice wished to forward to Lon
don q very important document
as quickly as possible, and the
question was, whether a carrier
pigeon or the "Continental mail
express" could take it the sooner.
1t was determined to Try in a
competitive manner both means
of conveyance. The railroad
company selected its strongest
and fastest engine, and the
French police hired the services
of a "Belgian yoyageur," which
lis one Of the best breed of car
rier pigeons. At the moment
that the train started the little
messenger with the document
fastened to him was tossed out
of awindow of car. Flying
about half a mile high, for a
minnie or two he circled about
as if in search of bearings, and
then took a straight course for
London. His apparent hcsita-
ton led the railroad officers to
feel confident in their own sue
cess. They made their iron
horse stletch every nerve, and
they scored a mile for every
minute. But in the hazy, sun
ny atmosphere, and borne along
by the west wind, the bird beat
the engine by twenty minutes
a time allowance representing
eighteen miles. He accom-
plished in fifty six minutes what
the engine was seyenty-six min
tes in accomplishing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-21
fIIaElleiee Raeiplg
For the Fayetteville Observer.
eo GONE BEFORE.

BY JESSIE FERGUSON BROWNE.