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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

A Washington telegram states that an
abuse has grown up of late, especially
in the west, that the treasury depart
ment will devise some means to dis
courage at an early day. 1t appears
that many persons engaged in the trade
have established u custom of punching
holes in fractional silver coins. 1t is
believed that they take in the pieces in
perfect condition, punch out small
portion. and pass them again. To such
an extent is this abuse practiced in
some localities that the banks have made
complaint and have adopted measures to
check it by establishing rates of discount
for defaced coins. The custom is to
allow but about five cents for the
pounded ten-cent pieces, Is to 20 cents
for the quarters, and about 40 cents for
the half dollars. The treasury depart
ment will probably advise the public to
refuse these coins whenever offered to
them, as the most effectual means oi
putting stop to This species of vandal
ism. Any person may refuse to take q
coin with hole punched in it on the
ground that its value is not what it was
when issued and stamped by the gov
ernment.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16
So confident are the treasury officials
that flow Of European gold will soon
act in to the United States that they
have begun to make room for it's recep
fiOn

A soaking rain tell, on the night of the
18th, in all the region tributary to Kan
sas City. Advices from the country
around about indicate that rain came too
late for early corn, but it has benefited
late corn immensely, and farmers are
feeling iubilant.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

Hon. E. w. Hilgard, of the university
of California, ex-Gov. Robert w. Furnas.
Of Nebraska, and Judge L. @. Jones,
have been appointed by the government
t, investigate the agricultural resources
of the Pacific slope and proceed at once
t. the scene of duties.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

Liverpool. Aug l6.-The Daily Post
and Daily Courier Of this city announce
this forenoon tho death Of President
Gardeld and publish obituary notices.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16
Monmouth Park race.

Monmouth Park Races.
Monmouth Park, Aug. 16.-The three.
quarter mile dash, Julietta, first; Wyo.
ming second; Onondaga, third. Time
1:l6.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

THE AFTERNOON BULLETIN.
Executive Mansion, Washington, Aug.
16-12:3O p. m.-The president has been
tranquil and has not vomited since the
morning bulletin, but has not yet rallied
from the prostratlon of yesterday after.
noon as much as ives hoped. The ene-
mata administered, however, is still re.
tained. At present, pulse is la; tempe.
rature 983; respiration IS.
d. w. BLISS.
j. K. BARNES.
J.J. Woodward.
RoBr. REYBuRS.
DIR. AGNEw.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

Several of the republican and readiust-
er leaders from Virginia are in Washing
ton, and are in high spirits over the neat
victory they won over the faction of re-
publicans who fought against the in
dorsement of the read]uster ticket by
the Lynchburg convention. They repres-
'ent that the liberal party, as they pro-
pose to call it, is now in excellent fight
ing trim, and will have square contest
against bourbonism, with no third ticket
in the field to waste votes upon, us there
was at the late presidential election.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

It is reported on good authority that
the decrease in the wheat crop in Ohio
will be 25 per cent, Illinois so. Indiana
IS, Kentucky 25, Tennessee 30, Michigan
80, Missouri 40, Wisconsin 20, Iowa 35,
Minnesota Is. Tho increase in Kansas
will be 20 per cent. The decrease in
these states is estimated at 105,973, ,710
bushels. Nebraska and Dakota show the
same yield as last year.
Irving hall, New York, headquarters
of the anti-Tammany democrats, was
filled with socialists Friday night to ex-
press sympathy and admiration for Leo
Hartmann, the refugee Russian nihilist
The meeting was presided over by H
Hagerty, president of the American
land league. The audience greeted
every mention of Hartmann's name
with applause and adopted resolutions
condemning the United States govern.
ment fer acting so as to make Hartmann
insecure here and fly to Canada.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16
THE BULLETINS.
MORNING BULLETIN.

Executive Mansion, 8 $50 a. m. Aug. 10
The president was somewhat restless and
vomlted several times durng the early
part of the night. Since 8 o'clock this
morning he has not vomited and has
slept TRANQUILITY most Of the time. Nu-
tritious enemla have been successfully
employed to sustain him although the
symptoms appear less urgent now than
yesterday afternoon. At present
his pulse is ITO; temperature, 1856; respi.
ration, 10.
D. W. BLISS,
j. K. BARNES,
J.J. WOODWARD,
RoBT. REYBuRS.
DIR. AGNEw.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16
NO CHANGE SINCE MORNING.

Washington, Aug. 16.-Dr. Hamilton is
expected in Washington about tonight.
DIR. Reybun. as he was leaving the white
house. was asked if he considered the
1880 bulletin as indicating cause for
alarm, He replied: "There is no per
ceptible change in the presidents condi-
tion since morning"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-16

been for years under the treatment Of
DIR. Baxter for indigestion, for which rea-
son he is rarely at an evening entertain
ment.
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Skylarks In New Jersey.

On the 1st of May Henry Hales liber-
ated at Ridgewood, Bergen County, N.
j., seyenty-four of the skylarks inn
ported by /. w. England, and reports
the entire success Of the experiment.
After few days enjoyment of the
sweets of liberty the birds set about
housekeeping. They stole away by pairs
in the fields and began nest building.
The males became more and more vo-
cal, and scared aloft above their sitting
mates and poured forth their sweetest
strains. The nests. hidden in the grass
or grain, were not easily discovered, but
some of them we're found. They con-
tanned four or five freckled eggs of a
greenish-gray cast. Like other nests
placed on the ground, some of lnem
have been visited by cats or other pred
atory animals. but in other cases the
eggs have gone safely through the proc
ess of incubation and the young larks-
real American born skylarks-have ap-
peared. There is no question that the
youngsters will take care of themselves
and, barring accidents common to all
birdlings. reach maturity Hackensack
Republican.
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A Frightful Adventure.

There were a party of four couples
coming over on the steamboat Saucelito
last Sunday, and the prettiest girl of
the gushers looked up at Mt. Tamalpais
and said:
80 that horrid, horrid mountain! /
had the most frightful adventure up
there last summer you ever heard of.
It's wonder my hair don turn white.
What on earth was it?o chorused
the rest.
Well, you see. l was up there with
a private picnic party, and / wandered
off by myself about mile, picking flow
ers. After while / sat down to rest
in lonely canon, and before long
heard a queer rustly sound in some
bushes right behind me- I knew at
once, somehow, that it was a grizzly.n
Great Scott! and you all alone!"
shuddered her escort.
. Not soul within mile of me. I
was just paralyzed with terror. didn't
dare to stir, but in q minute I heard the
beast coming toward me through the
thicket."
20 if I'd only been there!'' said a
young man, breathing very hard.
g knew it was no use to try and run
and had heard somewhere that bears
never touch dead people. So I just
shut my eyes and held my BREATH
Graciousr'
Pretty soon the great brute walked
up close and began shifting me all over.
o! it was just terrible!''
Should have thought you would
have fainted.''
40 I didn't dare to-" said the hero
inc.
just then, I suppose, the party
rushed up and rescued YOUR said the
appalled, audience.
g No, they didn't. Pretty soon felt
the great beast pulling at the flowers in
my hat; SO | just got up and showed the
horrid thing away!n
What, the grizzly?''
go it wasn't a grizzly! 1t was a
nasty old cow! But just suppose it had
been grizzlyr'
But the audience refused to s.sup-
pose," and the party looked like a
Quaker funeral until the boat struck
the wharf. San Francisco Post.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The oldest educational institution
in the country is the Boston Latin
School. .,ss,lt., g,,s.. j. .....ss..
There are forty-two Baptist churches
In the District Of Columbia. OF these
ten are white and thirty-two colored.s
~ 1t is said that, the Rev. George Al
len, OF Massachusetts, is the only min
lister living who attended the Grst meet.
ing OF the American Board of Foreign
Missions. $500 -asIRe
4. There are 266 city missionaries in
New York City, and the. number of
calls they may make in the course OF
year on the sick and poor is estimated
at 800, 900. 80 - Is.
An American lady is attending the
lectures of the celebrated physiologist,
Professor Virchow, at Berlin. This is
the first instance of female student at
the University Of Berlin. pssa 8 s89a8s
il Tobacco isprohibited to othestudents
OF Oberlin College, Girard College and
the Naval School Of Annapolis A sim
liar rule has been recommended. for
west Point by the Board of Visitors. AT
Cornell University nearly all the str-
dents have voluntarily signed q pledge
of abstinence.
q Most Of the Methodist ministers in
Alabama receive very poor pay.n Yet
these self-denying men. have just con-
tributed from their own salaries enough
money to support q foreign missionary.
his was done in consequence of the
pressure OF a resolution Introduced into
conference at its recent session. ag
The Baltimore Biblical Institute has
dedicated its new building, in which ii
has facilities for educating $50 students.
Ninety-six candidates for the ministry
have during the past twelve months en-
loyed the advantages of this instituti on.
these are all colored people, as, It's
only for their benefit that the institution
isicarried- onaog 9Gi r9lHu ssAga' DIR
The northwestern, provinces. .of. In
dla have made astonishing progress in
freese edacation. E There IS Hardly a VII
lage without Its government school,
wherein are taught reading, writing,
arithmetic, the geography and history
OF India, and in the higher classes a. lit
tie Euclid. These schools are governed
by local committees, made up of Euro,
peans and native gentlemen. !.
Bishop Wightman, of the Southern
Methodist Church, has been Sconfine6
to his house by illness since last Octo
Der. During most of this time he has
been unable to leave his bed. Fof
some weeks his recovery was not looked
for, but he is now so much better that
he has left Charleston for Summerville,
which is about twenty miles of. He
hopes to engage in his regular duties in
q few weeks. Is.aa s84Y ef sfgss
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Bad Grammar Used by Public Speakers.

No one except reporters has any idea
OF the amount Of bad grammar, badly
constructed sentences, and murdered
English generally which flow from the
lips of nearly every speaker This is
not much noticed in conversation, and.
indeed, not so much as one would sup
pose in public speakers; but it is prob
able that an extemporaneous sermon.
lecture, or address OF an hours length
was never made, that did not require
correcting before being put into print.
And some there are, who with the audi
ence pass for the essence of perfection,
yet when placed under the microscope
Of black-letter type, their horrors ap-
pear as plainly as do those of drop of
vinegar. Well digested discourses which
have been repeated a hundred times,
as have those of the lectures above
noted. do not, of course, come under
this criticism.
1t is the reporters business to strain
out these deformities. If he cannot do
it artistically, he has but half mastered
his profession. He may do to take tes-
timony, for this is reported strictly YER
batim, bad grammar and all. and often
times the bad grammar comprises the
greater part Of all. Many persons have
characteristic oddities of expression,
which crop out in all their conversations
and in every day talk. We hardly no
tice when man with whom we are
conversing interpolates into every sem
tence lyon know Very many per-
sons have that unconscious habit, and
when their testimony is in manuscript
or pamphlet form it is extremely hdi.
crous.
One well known man whose wealth
rises up into the millions, ends every
assertion with .don't you seer' A
photographer, who reported his testi-
mony. once by actual count ascertained
that he had used this expression 1876
times within one forenoon. - Grabans's s
Students Journal,
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; PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

az This is'swarm,' z as the man re-
marked when the bees mistook him for
q hive. -Keoktik 'Guzette.Id 8aii a9aoS
III THeaYys weight clothing-suits 70,
which the tailor waits for his pay
Hartford Jourmah '9gs 5 YHssa atsfa
sysr---It does not always follow that 3
m an is a sculptor because he chisels his
tsilor out of a suit of clothes. Nal =.
HeTutd. .iss I'D e. sss;S,s,ss
The fox whose tail was caught in
The trap was one Of the first Individual
who severed hissconnec ecsion. -Bost0n
Commercial -Builetin. =. =.
How to pronounce Duquesne.
There was young girf4n Duquesne, t1d
Il Whose stomach was tortured with. pesne..
From eating in numbers, ssss
Some vile greenr cucumbers, sH tssgs
She swears she'll never eat them agesne.
= s'ital& - Eraascals lAryasFs
MAN has two eyes and two ears,
and but one mouth; which signifies that
you should see and hear twice as much
as you speak. But think of theelouuence
that would be lost to the world IL this
were the universal rule! = Bosto,s Trdns
script. a ..ssss.,s ss.s..s.,srFg
: N Ell
This confounded slang does raise
the very mischief. When q handsome
young wife went to hardware store to
get one of those wooden contrivances to
smash potatoes, and said. seI want i
masher, 7 every man in the shop. from
the boss to the office boy, started to at
tend her.-B0sto,s Post. 3fAs 5tlAsgosTfIss
49, You are feeling much better
madame, than you did when saw you
last" said the physician, pressing his
fingers gently upon Fl the patients left
wrist. 30, much better, doctor, thank
you. just after you left. little Johnnie
upset the table and smashed all themed-
icine bottles. -Brooklyn Couazer. ).
The latest popular craze is two
cent red stamp and d one leent blue
on q white envelope Thisis especially
the correct thing where young ladies'
and gentlemen correspond Theblend-
ing of the .colors, red, white and blue,
means union. 1t also means that the
variegated billet-doux, being prepaid,
will go through. --LotUeu Courier.
"A young man who lives in Austin,
and whose mustache is, like faith, ssthe
evidence OF things hoped for. the sub
stance of things not yet seen," called
on his prospective father-in-law and
gave nctice that he intended marrving
the old gentleman's $ daughter at an early
date. q II had better take place on
some Saturday, so that it will not inter-
fere with your school hours, sarcastic
ally remarked the old man. - Tsras
-S.ftsRgs. 4sss Eiasa .sYzs sassfss
It is now explained that the reason
the Princess Stephanie wept so copi.
ously at her marriage with the Crown
Prince of Austria was. because she
loved an American whom she met in
Paris while travelling incognitio. n This
is plausible story. The only wonder
is that she dried up her tears so soon.
it is mighty rough 10 be obliged to give
up free-born American citizen to wed
an ordinary Grown Prince. Norris-
torn Herald.
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BELLEVUE La. THURSDAY, JULY 21 1881

" Didn't answer you?'' she asked,
makinga last effort to be heroic, though
there was a suspicious tremor in her
voice.
:" You didn't mean itp''
did," she persisted.
BE careful; dom t prevaricate. Didn't
you write to me that you wanted me for
husbandp''
The sudden glance, halfashamed, half
audacious, wholly surprised, that she
flashed upon him, was laughable.
He drew paper from his vest pocket
and unfolded it. Sure enough, there
was her note. turning up as unexpect-
edly as lucky lottery ticket.
Didn't you write thisP''
4" Yes; but | put an it, didn't I?'
she asked, archly. "'If he is good
looking and agreeable. etc.''
"Well, don't l answer to the de-
scription?" he asked. quizzically.
She looked up at him. He caught the
gleam of tender love-light in her eyes
struggling with coquettish mischief that
sparkled there. Without another word
he drew her within his arms and kissed
her lips.
The action sealed her fate She had
fought bravely against his strange mag
netle influence from the first, but he had
conquered her.
How did you happen to find the
paper?" she asked. softly.
81 was examining the hat rather
closely and detected it through the
lace.n
Didn't you think it was very bold
thing to dop" she questioned, hiding her
face against his breast.
!" | knew it was girlish freak. / did
not feel sure that you and the writer
were identical until / asked your aunt
II you trimmed hats in M. / came here
to study the ocean in its various moods,
but the discovery of the note led me to
study the face of the girl who had done
such an audacious thing" he concluded,
drawing her closer to him.
thought he was awfully old and
not bit handsome" said Ellen, when
Lottie paid a visit TO her late compan-
ions.
81 think now he's just perfect said
Lottie, but l tried awful hard at first
to keep from loving him.
Didn't suggest that. your destiny
might hang upon that hat?' asked Dora.
1T was SO funny that he got it,
wasn't itP'' remarked Julia.
And Lottie thought it was.-M z.
Mercury. etsa
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Through differing COURSES QoWH It's slope.
onabark ii 1ured 10 some fair bay
Where dreamily the seasons glide,
IN daily with the lighter spray,
= And batae IN whiris of eddying tide.
One blithely dips in sunny deeps, .n#
As laugh ng breeeZs cross its trail,
And fortune-fayored, sheeres and leaps,
Unehailenged by the tardy gale.
Yet, by the dar4lipg tempest swept,
Ger mountain -wase.s through wintry sleet,
nv sterner fate, a third is kept,
Forever battling with defeat.
While. en- the sea, in surge and calm,
Another rides, q victor, free. 4sF =
who piucks a glory from the storm = Ew
g triumph for her destiny.
sill far beyond, dismantled, lies
The wreck of some belatedscraft,
whose master tells, with languid sfghs.
OF seas that swept her fore and aft.
And thus, divided. friend from friend,
ttn one vast sea, ah, who can say
The nameless thoughts that heart would send
10 heart across the voiceless way! i
Zen though the promise, as of yore,
PreIudes an undiscovered land, stt
Alas. to part, to meet no more
Beneath the sky, on sea or strandi
sf - IS. H.THagek in Christian at Work.
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During the ten years ending in 1877,
l91, 500 acres of land in Charleston
County, South Carolina. were forfeited
to the State for non-payment of taxes
The lands are valued at 1894, 1856 and
the total charges upon them amount to
S96, 405. A large portion of them are
now lying idle, without benefit to any
interest, and the Charleston INeOs ad-
yises that they be divided into small
farms and sold upon such easy terms as
will induce the coming of a substantial
and well-informed class of immigrants.
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! If You wish to make asound invest
ment, hire brass band. .-Rochester Ex-
press,
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DIVIDED.

the wide sea sewers friend from friend;
The sea of life, of thought, of hope;
If ives their sail to veer and wend,
Through differing courses down its slope
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-09

WILLIAMS Hendricks. 1852 s0-10o acres "
/ Of see Il, I s SR 2 east. Amount Of t. s420
t. 1878 $50.
| WEBB b. 116 acres forest lands on Amstc
| and Ha1Tei ferry road, known az the Vaughax
tract. Amt of "a 20, t. 1878 $50.
AN. WEBB Mrs Dice acres, bounded north BY
Mills and Forbes east by Mrs. Starks. south ~
oft. 1873 % Sc.
=. fOuNG Margaret..3 LOTS and II. SQUARE
", BeanTegard Town. Amount OF .$725
lot : square So Bea,uegard Town. Amount
Amount of t. ~ 90.
YOUNGBL0OD Nareissa Mrs. 80 ac,sa ~.
Beaver Creek, bounded north by Geo Meow.
sullivan, south by Sullivan, east by N. Wax and
west Dy Dan Sullivan. Amount Of tax s6 40. 4
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-09
NON-REsIpENTs.

ALLEN Joseph. i lot l2, square IA. H;ckv
IS1n n and Mather town. Amount Of I'll
FOWLER s S. $40 acres Il 4SR East Wa,k
half ofN W Or, and s W or Of N z or and Rast
half Of $ gr Of sec 90, West half Of s W or Of
sec 2e and n 4 fractional Or Of sec 80, and West
nan OF W or Of sec %, Greensburg land ijn.
trict. Amount of to 49,
rAUSSEIT, Fred. 406 26.10a acres sec 57,rH
8 R3 East
464 1870 acres in sec 5STsSRe East
54O 6.l00 acres sec So T 8 s r East,
20 y lo0 acres sec SO Ts s r East.
2U9 l4'lO0 acres sec 50 T8SR3East.
| =. '0o ee'lO0 acres sec 46 and SO TBS r East aaa
10 ana part OF sec AZ + IS r East, making in an
*'y. s2loo acres. Amount OF 100 90.
uAEA - n I W Il Succession. .G39 DEVILS
| t II 90 30 ~ Aipouht "
HENRY Elbelt..5 arpents Of ground heinz
squares ne 40 and Il, formerly Hicky. Amount 81
KENEBREw. W G Atkinson, AIT. Undivided
OF 20 OF l2sO acres owned jointly with r J
lanes lanes, bounded north by lands formerly RW
south by 1.6 Of said 1880 acres, formerly III
a1klnson now Wolf. and west by Comite liver.
Amt of Sl2 80, t. 1873 1920.
MAILER Fergus. lot 3, senare 8 Deyalf
Town. Amount oft. 90 co.
MUSE, n Il Mrs. .644 acres on. Comite river
bounded IN north and east by w r CLANCY. south
Dy carney and north by Mrs McCants. Amt
OF 10 20 of 1873 % 80.
McDoNALD : " 4o acres $ w or sec II,
East half OF West Or of sec 20. T r y
East Amount oft. $50.
- PALAO Eulalie..a of lot 4 square 6. Hckv
duncan and Mather Town. Amt Of /. 73c
PEIERS George. $50 acres on Conite river
= r. east, bounded north by Jesse Carney.
south by Kemp east by Stafford and west ~
Comite river Amt of t. 50 90, t. 1855
ROLLING S 100 acres on Jones Creek
bounded by Brogden, Pike and Gordon. Amonat,
OF I. 80 49, t. 1873 760
s!MMS 1 s. $3.50 5000 acres T ~ Sra Eaat
sec 90 ; East sec g., Amount oft IL 70.
section a. I IS r West, bounded north b,
Hope estate, south by Garig and Fisher ann
west by Mississippiriver with the buildings ana
improvements Improvements, thereon. Amount of t 10 90.
WHITE Rufin. 100 acres, bounded north h,
boulilon, east by Denham, sOnth by Rocherau
ana west by Mason. Amount oft3 20. & of 1873
On said day of sale viii sell such portion Of
each OF said specific property as each debtor will
point out, and in case the debtor shall not point
OUT sn1nclent property, will at once and with
OUT lnrther delay sell the least quantity of said
spe,cIic property of any debtor which any bidder
WA wa ouy ior tne amount OF the taxes interests
ana costs due by said debtor. The sale will h.
without appraisement, for cash. in legal tender
money Of the United States and the propert,
sold shall be redeemable at any time for tn"
space OF one year, by paying the price given.
win twenty per cent and costs added
Sheriff parish Of East Baton W. fGoa sA A. 3!
Tax Collector.
BATON ROUGE, June a. 1891.