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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12

The republican territorial committee,
at its Fargo meeting elected DIR. +. \
Burdick, of Nermllion, and Z. e.
Moody, of Deadwood, TO fill vacancies
occasioned by the resignation of Mr..
Mosto and General Cunningham. The
committee is now composed Of the fol-
lowing gentlemen; George II. Walsh,
Grand Forks. chairman; Charles C.
Moody, John Patton, Frank Moulton
first judicial district; Z. L. Mccoy, }. K
Gamble, James Baynes, second judicial
district: Judson La Moure, |. +. Edger
ly. Mr.. Ball, third district; 7. w. Wildt
d. c. Thomas, DIR. +. n. Bur3ick, fourth
district. This is strong Pet.igrew com
bination and one which will enable hin
to control the pre'iminaries Of the mex
convention,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12

afer a few years Of trial, that it low
presents itself before the investing pub
lie as Il candidate for favor without re-
proach a e rong proofs Of an underly-
in. basis Of real worth that can not be
conroverted. The signs of the times
the good times that will speedily dawn
upon us here-are these
lst. There is not single instance Of
failure of mining or reducing company,
at least in the Hills, which has not been
directly dne to fraud, negligence, or In
excusable ignoran ne upon the part Of
promoter or manager, or both.
2. More than three-fourths Of the
difficulties encountered here have been
due, originally, to mismanagement in
the east or at least, to negligence Of
some kind, not chargable To our mines,
or our reputable citizens. For it is mis-
management or negligence, when it is
not fraud, to send out incompetent or
dishonest persons to select mining prop
crty or to superintendent it's develop
ment. Ii is negligence or stupidity for
board of directors to employ an agent
unknown to themselves, or to purchase
properties Of man whose reputation
for villainy is common talk where he
has lived. 1t is mismanogement Of a
sacred trust for the Representatives Of
stockholders to engage the services Of
one who is not trained for his work in
one way or another. 1t is only because
our vein.mining industry has, as yet,
not reached the stage when life and are
imperiled by inferior control Of opera.
tions, that we do not cultivate and
patronize by profession of a mining en-
gineer. Now, mining for the precious
metals is entered upon by the majority
ofinvestors with the feeling that every
stock certificate is a lottery ticket.
Hence, il IL not considered worthy Of
serious inquiry, in case Of failure, wheth.
cr success were ever possible
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12
To the Cattle Country.

! The following faom the Sioux City
Journal Of the Az would indicate that
! there is at least one railroad being built
west between the Union Pacific and
! Northern Pacific th.'t thinks more of
| tapping the cattle country the they do Uf
building an impossible railroad into
Rapid or Deadwood:
The important item comes from a
! Hall of the Sioux City and Pacific, and
| Capt Ainswor,h, his chief engineer.
have gone west from Long Zine, the
present terminus of the road, to look
over route for road as far west as
Camp Sheridan. Camp Sheridan Is Just
south oi the boundary line between
Nebraskaand Dakota, and 40 miles from
Long Pine, the present terminus Of the
track. The statement comes from an
official source that next year the main
/ line ofthc Pacific will push west fowar,! 10
the cattle country ofWyoming and that
if the Black Hills is made point, it will
be touched by branch, The main line
Is to 60 west to grow up with the coun
try. When ut Camp Sheridan, which it
is hoped to reach next year, the Sioux
CIty and Pacific will be nearer by fifty
miles To Deadwood than any competitor.
unless some of the competitors extend
meantime 1t will bc remembered that
Il little less than year ago General
Manager Hall and Capt. Ainswor,h went
out 10 look up the route which has been
built over this season, and that the par
~ 'crc caught out in the October biz
zard. 1t may not be generally known
that on that occasion Capt. Ainsworth
saved the lives of the party 10y insisting
that they remain in camp in ravine,
instead Of starting Oh across the prairie
His experienced eye detected the com
ing storm when the others Of the party
could sec nothing but fall rain indicat-
cd b. the weather signs.
4 letter from Running Water says
that the Central Pacific engineers pass
ed Paddock, forty miles west of Niobra.
ra on the 23d ult. The party had gone
that far on the south side of the river
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12

1t is both the curse aud the blessing
of our American life that we are never
quite content. We all expect to 60
somewhere before We die, and have
better time when we get there than We
can have at home The bane Of our life
is discomfort. We say we will work 30
long, and then We will enjoy ourselves.
But we find it just as Thackeray has ex-
pressed it. "When was boy" he
said. Il wanted some taffy; it was q
shilling; l hadn't one. When l was
man, had shilling, but / didn't want
anv v."-Robert COllver.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12

A Territorial VS.. A State Governor.
Fargo Republican.

Ii seems to be the misfortune of Gov.
Ordway, not to be able to appreciate the
spirit of those New Englad institutions,
Amid which, he WAS born and bred, and
that he cannot remember how even un-
der the crown, the acts Of "royal govern
ors" were ever jealousy regarded and
often sternly withstood by his ancestors.
To-day he stands In the same delicate
position in which they stood, not as the
chosen and legally elected governor of
this people, but as the simple appointee
OF the head Of the nation the political
favorite to whom, for what services we
care not, has been committed the guild
ance of government in this vast and
fertile territory, into which from every
side are pouring men, his peers If not
his superiors in all that constitute true
American manhood. These men have
conquered the wilderness, and let the
march of civilization, as the worlds his
tory has never in all its myriad pages
recorded, and it is for themselves and
for their children, that they aim to
create state, and lay its foundation
deep in wise policy and unchanging
institutions.
In this respect men Of all parties are
equal, and he who would strive to make
this important step, the result of parti-
san triumph, sows the seed of lasting
dissension, and future complications.
No plea but that Of the demagogue's
wish for personal advancement; no
noblcr aim than the antocrat's thirst for
power; no more delicate feeling than >
desire to utterly disregard the wishes of
the people can be claimed for the man.
who with stands the popular sentiment
in favor Of leaving the question Of divi-
sion of this territory wholly in the
hands Of its inhabitants.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12
FOR SURVEYOR

Frank Brewer received 224 votes, only
one vote was cast against him.
For CORONER
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12
THE ELECTION.
At Which the People De-
clare Themselves i'm
Favor Of the $50.
Called "I8in:''
A Case Of Bulldozing---Mining VS..
County Affairs.
A. P. Smith Victorious,---"Whar! Oh,
Whar' are the Hebrew
Children"

Probably the most quiet election ever
held IN Custer county WAS the one whicl
occurred on last Tuesday for count,
commissioner and other minor officers
Quite an interest W 5 taken in the mat
ter before the nominations were made
but as soon as it Was known that a Ger.
tain weak -kneed aspirart for the position
had fallen by the wavside, under the
conviction that he could never ''get
there" all interest abated and up to tho
opening of the polls t seemed AS if elcc-
ton day was Il thing Of the past.
IN CUSTER,
however, the Smithitcs began by doing
good work and kept it up until the polls
closed, and when the votes were count.
cd it Was found that the republican can
didatc, 4. r. Smith, had majority OF
forty out of Us votes cast
At JUNCTION,
and at all ether outside precincts, the
democratic candidate had everything
his own way, ar far as electioncerlng
goes, the republican candidate not put
ting in an appearance, personally or by
proxy. At Junction it would have made
no difference, as all the men at work for
the Grand junction company were told
that if they voted for y. Atche~on they
would receive full pay for all time lost
and if they voted for A. p. Smith they
would be dockcd one-quarter of day.
This had the desired effect and all smith
men remained at work. and did not
vote, while the AtcheSon men. of course.
took advantage of a holiday on full pay
and vut in an appearance at the polls,
giving him thereby a majority of % out
of 43 votes.
This would seem TO indicate disposi-
tiun on the part of the Grand Junction
management to devote their time and
money in influencing county elections,
and has served a good purpose in that
gaining the desired result The balance
OF the county are now forearmed and
can govern themselves accordingly
BATTLE RIVER
also precinct uncanvassed by A. p.
Smith, and worked by the other side,
gave \, T. Smith a majority Of 8 This
precinct has about thirty voters and of
his number only II were cast The
news from thi, precinct was received
Thursday morning and as the opposition
had been counting on a majority Of -
for Atcheson they very naturally
'throwed up the sponge" while the \.
p. Smith men smiled, looked pleasant
and throwed up their hats.
The following are the official returns
(DMMIk@lGNkR
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, August at was a very
pleasant gathering, that of the surviving mem
bers of Finley's Brigade. last week in this city,
In point of members. it has not been equalled
at any simila rassembly since the war Here
and there in the procession a man with leg or
arm missing, vividly brought back the scenes
Of the past and the memories of many field
of blood and carnage
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
RAILROADS In FLORIDA.
An Arrangement for the Passage of
Trains Through Mr.. DIsstOn's
Tract.
PhiLndeInhin Press. SOth.


Hamilton Dlsston, President Ingram
of the South Florida Railroad, and Col
Onel st. Clalr-Abrams, counsel for the
latter company, met yesterday for the
purpose of effecting arrangements for
the passage of railroads through the
large tract of land in Florida recently
purchased by Philadelphia capitalists.
Mr.. Disston was perfectly willing that
the company named should have the
right of-way, provided that the land do
mated to it should be compensated for
by the grant of an additional tract
elsewhere of equal value and extent
from the State to the Philadelphia par
ties. The necessary papers were duly
signed by the parties in interest.
The South Florida Company agrees to
divide the location of towns along its
road equally between itself and the
Disston Company; it agrees to complete
the railroad from Orlando to Tampa
Bay in three years at the furthest, and in
default thereof will convey to the Diss-
ton Company all its charter rights to the
uncompleted portion, so that the latter
can take up the enterprise and carry it
forward. They also agree to complete
eighty miles through the 'big purchase"
within eighteen months.
A conference was also held yesterday
afternoon between Mr.. Deming, of the
law firm of Alexander 81 Green, New
York, representing the Jacksonville,
TAMPA and Key West Railroad, and
Mr.. Disston relative to an arrangement
similar to that made with the South
Florida.
The matter was adjusted satisfactorily
to all concerned. Thirty days grace was
allowed the railroad company to sign the
papers which will complete the negotia-
tions. The agreement specifies that
operations shall be commenced within
six months. Gov. Bloxham, of Florida,
was present at each conference, and
acted in behalf of the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
Secretary Burch's Successor.
Washington Post.


The removal. by death, of Secretary
of the Senate Burch adds to the compli-
cations with which the opening of the
next session of the Senate will be sur
rounded. There is no provision in the
rules governing that body for filling a
vacancy in the Secretaryship, except by
an election; consequently one of its first
duties will be the choice of a successor
to Colonel Burch.
The strongest argument made by the
Democrats at the special session against
a reorganization of the Senate offices, and
in fact the one On which they success
fully fought out the issue, was that, with
the offices already filled with competent
men, there was no necessity for change.
The Secretaryship, on which all the
minor positions depend, being now va
cant, there can be nothing urged against
going into an election as soon as the
Senate convenes.
Right here will arise the question as
to whether this should be done before OF
after the admission of the new Senators
from New York In the one case, the
Democrats having control of the Senat g,
may elect the Secretary. In the other,
the Senators being seated before an cleo
ton is had, it is the next thing to Ger.
tainty that, with the vote of Malone and
the Vice President. Republican will be
chosen.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
Florida Affairs.

There has been sold in Key West this year
$4,000 worth OF sporgs.
Engineers are at work upon preliminary
survey OF the Sanford and Lake Eustis Rail
road.
The millmen along the lire Of railroad from
Jacksonville 10 Madison are pleading for more
lumber cars to ship their lumber upon.
Mr. E. G. Harris, the oldest and most pOpu-
lar hotel proprietor in Florida. has sold his
hoteI-the Ccala House-tO Messrs. Dunn &
Brown. two enterprising Ocalans.
Palatka Herald. 1T does not matter whether
Putnam county is in South or East Florida or
one thing We are sssured-it has more large
orange groves than any county in the state,
and will in five years time Or less, witness the
arrival and departure Of steamships TO and
from this place for New York
Palatka Herald: The residence Of S. ..
Hammond, Esq at Fort Gates, in this county,
Is said 10 be the finest on the 81. Johns river.
The section called Mount Royal aid Fort
Gates, and the line Of beautiful residences and
cultivated river fronts. presents to the eye OF
the traveller a picturesque scene which mia ht
well challenge comparison with scenery on the
Hudson
Palatlza Herald. Yesterday morning while
sam BasfOrd was ~ a rOau rowing in the Cove,
ne discovered the dead body Of an unknown
man Heating in the river BasfOrd came TO
town and informed the aulhOritieS. and the
ulUAEAi GouoEE- NO ufuls-s OF MAJ As
ol violence were found on the body and it is
soPposeo ne came 10 his death BY accidental
eIyhnlhs. The man was five feet six inches
IN helgnt, lair complexion auburn hair. wore
lhustSchs and chin whiskers. was evidently
lrishs and on his body was found a nocket
knife and seventy-fve cents
DeLand correspondence Jacksonville Trnfon
Last night. Sunday, difficulty occnrreS re-
tween 81 Moore and Emanuel WRIGHT borb
coIOred, about yoke Of oxen owned nv tbsv,
in company. The result Of the fight was tbat
Wright was severely cut in three places
Jacksonville Union: The westward bound
train on the Florida Central Railroad met
with sn accident yesterday when near Sander
sOn. resulting, we understand, from g broken
axle on the ice car. The express and baggage
car we're pitched from the track, and the mail
agent, a young cOlOred man named ElberE
Griffin, slightly hurt"
Jacksonville Union: ''The papers In the case
OF ben Bird, the eolored man now IN the
county jail condensed 70 death, have been
submitted 70 the PardOning Board with petl
ton asking that his sentence be cOmmuted %
LIE imprisonment. The board viii probably
take some action upon the matter this week.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
Science Aiding the Lighthouse De-
partment.
D.Jf
2nlfinlore S1il

Captain Higginson, Lighthouse In
spector, has received an instrument
known as spiegel goniograph, or double
sextant, by which three objects at diff
ferent places can be brought in line.
1t is intended for locating the position of
buoys, lighthouses, shoals, etc. 1t con-
sists of a graduated circle, with two
verniers and three arms, with double re-
flecting object-glasses. The three OBJ
iects to be taken are brought together in
one straight line, and the instrument is
then placed on the chart or map, with
the three arms intersecting the three
points By small hole in the instru-
ment the position of the buoy, light
house, shoal, ETC., is marked exactly on
the chart. The instrument will no doubt
be very useful, especially to depart-
ments like the lighthouse department.
where everything must be so exact for
the purposes Of navigation. Il looked
at first as If It would require an engineer
to run the apparently complicated affair.
but Captain Higginson and his assistant.
Lieutenant Paul we're soon familiar
With its workings.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04

NEW YORK RUFFIANs.- s.-The New
York EOening Telegram pays its respects
to the New York rough as follows
"Rowdyism is the curse of our watering
places and public conveyances, and our
Sabbaths are violated by the worst set
of men in the world. Italian and Span
ish brigands were bad enough, and
Western road agents are INSCRIPTIONS,
but the New York rough is the meanest
specimen of humanity. He has only the
courage of the wolf, which attacks its
prey In gangs, never singlY, and he yelps
like cur and flies when manfullY re.
sisted"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
SENATOR HILL.
Success of The Recent Operation
OF for ROckbridge Springs.

WASHINGTON, August 3--senator Ben
Hill arrived In the city at o'clock this
afternoon. He left the cisY tonight for
Rockbridge Alum Springs in Virginia, where
Mrs. Hill is for the summer. He has almost
completely recovered from the effects of
the recent operation, which was performed
on him in Philadelphia by DIR. Gross. He
talks pleasantly of his experience there, and
is very enthusiastic over the admirable treat
ment that he received. Almost quarter
Of the tongue, which had become greatly
enlarged from the cancerous disease, was
cut away from the left side in order to re-
duce that organ to its natural size.
The wound caused by the operation has
almost entirely healed. There is no doubt
of Senator Hill's full recovery from the
caDcerous affection and from the operation.
There is now apparently only slight defect
In bis enunciation. Senator Hill did not
let his family know that the operation was
to be performed on him. and their first
knowledge of it was gained from the news
papers,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
TIE NOON REPORT.

1890 P. NJ. TOficial Bulletin The
President continues to progress steadily
towards convalescence. He has taken to-day
an increased proportion of solid food. His
wound is doing well, and his general cOndi-
tion is better than yesterday. At present
his pulse is 100, temperature 1874, respira-
tiOn 49,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
NOTES FROM RALEIGH.
The Monument to Governor Cas-
WelI-SOIdIers Overcome by Heat
PrOb-b bic Rejection of Prohibition.

RALEIGH, N. c., August 3.-The cere-
mony of laying the corner stone of the
monument to Governor Caswell, the Revo-
lutionary war Governor Of this State,
attracted fully ten thousand persons to
the village of Kinston to day. Senator
Vance delivered an eloquent address and
Governor Jarvis made a stirring speech.
Grand Master II. F. Granger laid the cor
ner stone with Masonic ceremonies. Dur
ing the parade a number of soldiers were
overcome with the heat and had to
leave the ranks. One of them,
Adam Hsugh, who came to Raleigh
with General Sherman's army In 1865, and
has lived here ever since, on leaving the
ranks drank two glasses Of iced beer and
died within an hour.
The close of the prohibition canvass
causes some excitement tonight. The can
vass has been quiet, and the vote will be
light. 1t is believed that the prohibition bill
submitted to the people will be rejected by
them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
The runta Troubles.

GoLETTA, August 3 Two battalions of
French troops and battery of artillery
have arrived here, and are camped under
the walls of the town.
LONDON, August The Morning Post
says that England and Italy have resolved
to send two more irouclads to Tunis to pro.
tect their respective subjects, owing TO the
persistent complaints of the residents.
PARIS, August 3-The Saiida correspon-
dent of lie Temps confirms the statement
that Chief Bou Amena is disheartened, and
says bis forces are considerably diminished,
and that he does not intend taking the
offensive. The inhabitants of Susa desire
French occupation of that place in view Of
attacks by marauders. The deserters from
the Tunisisn army, who were brought back
to Tunis, lave asked for pardon, and have
promised TO serve the Bey faithfully.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
canada. Side OF the maIIRag story.

OTTAWA, August 3.-In reference to The
dispatch from Washington about the i'm
proper use of United States mail bags by the
Canadian postal authorities, inquiry at the
Post Office Department eiiciis the infOrma-
tion that as more postal matter is sent from
the States to Canada than in the opposite
direction, there fis sometimes an sccumul6-
tion OF United States bags in
the frontier offices in Canada. Some Of
them have been occasionally used for service
IL Canada, Just as the Canadian are used
under similar circumstances in the States.
The Dominion postal authorities have 10
need nor desire to use United States bags,
ard. moreover, the suggestion of a system
of international mail bags difft rent from
those in use, Of which each government
shall furnish it's due proportion, is said 10
have been made to the United States In
spectOrs by the postal authorities at
Ottawa
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
ESTABLISHED 1850.
A sELF-CONFEssED sCOUNDREL.
A Remtniscence of Radical Days In
the SOuth-HOw Campaign Lies
Used to he Coined.

Correspondence Net0 York Tribune, Rep.
I'm Mississippi l was told by num-
Der OF Northern people of an account
sent to the Northern press during the
Hayes campaign which located an
atrocious political outrage at the place
which l was then visiting. These per-
sons seemed reputable, and they all
affirmed that nothing of the kind had
ever occurred there. / inquired regard
ing the author of the dispatch, and,
learning that he was still living few
miles away, went to see him. He
laughed when l told him my errand,
took fresh chew of tobacco, and, cross
ing his feet on the top of the table before
him, began talking of the affair in an
easy, fluent, indifferent style, which
seemed to indicate that he was glad to
have somebody to talk with, and would
as lief talk of that subject as any
other Then the dispatch was not
really trueT / said. We'll, he re-
piled, 1t was true as to the spirit
of the South generally at that
time. But why did you say that such
and such things happened at a particular
place if they did notT We'll, now, you
huOW IL MOuAO nOb VI any oNNO0Ae w
say, at such time. that there was lots
o devilish feeling in the South. But it
rather wakes people up to tell them that
something's been done at a place they've
heard Of But it was not true. But
he thought the use of fable or parable
was justifiable under the circumstances,
because it was the only way to give point
or effectiveness to any account of the
condition of the South at that time.
'All writers do pretty much the same
thing, he urged; they have to- oh. l
hope not said. We'll, now, if you
lived down here awhile you'd find out
we have to fight the devil with
fire. The Northern people who told
me of this occurrence were good Repub-
licans, and they were especially indig
nant about the fabrication, because it
alarmed some of their Northern friends
who had been preparing to remove TO
that region, but were now frightened
from fhair TNurnOea