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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-17
The Territory OF Dakota


Auditors Office.
Whereas. the Continental Insurance COM
pany located in the city of New York and state
of New York, has filed in this office sworn
statement of its condition on the Slst day of
December, A: ID. 1880; in accordance with the
Of the territory of Dakota. relating to 1usur-
ancc Companies, approved February 10th, 1877 !
and
Whereas. on examination of the sworn state
mcnt of said company filed in this office. l find
that the said lns. Co. is possessed of the nee
essary amount of capital, invested rs required
by law.
Therefore l, +. A. Sherman. Auditor of Da-
kota Territory, do hereby certify that said In
surance Company is duly authorized to transact
the business of Fire Insurance in said Territory
for the year ending De:. slst, 1881; Geo. W.
Roberts properly appointed agent at Yanktou,
lankton county, ID. I.
In testimony whereof, have hercunto set my
hand and seal, this Sd day of February, A. d.
1881.
E. "A. SHERMAN, Auditor.
BY L. II. PuRpr, Deputy.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-17
Fire and Marine Insurance.
GEO. w. ROB- BE RTS-
YankOn Dakot
Statement Of the Condition
OF THE
Phoenix Insurance Company
On the 3lst day of December. 1880.

The name of the company is the Phoenix In
surancc company.
It is located in Hartford, Connecticut.
The amount of its capital stock is One Million
Dollars
The amount of its capital stock paid up is One
Million Dollars.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-17

Chicago, May 13.-Percival Lowell of
Omaha has been appointed general pas
senger agent of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad. The appointment
is, considered, an cminently tilting and
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-17

E. "A. SHERMAN, Auditor.
BY L. II. PrRpr, Deputy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23
Concerning Cartridges.

The fact has just been made to appear
i'm France that powder In cartridges de-
acomposes, under certain circumstances,
scausing diminished velocity and loss Of
precision as compared with fresh cart
ridges. It seems that, between the
different dates of charge, 1876
.and 1880, there was. found a markedcon-
|trast in respect to efficiency. Thus, an
analysis Of the matter contained In those
sof 1876 proved them to be mixture of
carbon, sulphur, saltpeter, sulphide of
POTASSIUM, sulphate and carbonate of
potash, and sesquicarbonate of ammonia
with some metallic salts arising from a
combination Of the brass of the case with
the constituents of the powder. The
in these and other cartridges
Examined clearly demonstrated pro-
sgressiye decomposition of the powder in
the metallic cases and the quantity of
spoWder transformed in the given time Is
proved to depend on the character of the
influences, and especially
That Of moisture, acting at the time Of
manufacture or during storage.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23
Snakes that Die at SunGOwn.

81 In almost every country curious be-
'Fief exists. in some form or other, that
sserpent will not die before shutdown,
4 However mutilated it may be- Perhaps
Ethe great tenacity of nervous vitality
Scommon to all the lower or so-called
seold- blooded animals-as evinced by
Etheir vigorous contortions after decapi-
ktation, and even muscular quiverings of
Ethe discovered portion when cut in pieces
& may accout for this. A huge Python
/ molurus has been known to snatch q
storch out of coolies hands and shake
hit to pieces after its body was cut In two
sand the anterior half transfixed with
lSsword. And everywhere where poison
Ssome particular tribe of Indians or re-
sect or other people, are reputed
Ito have the power, by means Of inocu-
Slation or otherwise, to prepare their
fbodies, so as to render them proof
against the effects of the venom, and
fare thus enabled to handle dangerous
sserpents with impunity. But alas !
swhen we come to investigate these ION
Ethe face) by no means impossible or
zeyen improbable tales, we soon meet
swith tissue of nonsense which throws
Zone back in disappointment and disgust.
sThus, Nine. La Barca, in her book on
EMexioo, says that injections of the rattle
ssnake's venom into the veins is practiced
stbere, the result being that the inocu-
Elated one is not only protected from the
sbite of all venomous animals, but has
1.-THE power of inficting deadly bite
himself! / think Pliny attributes some
gsuch process with the scorpions poison
ito his African psylli, or serpent
Icharmers, instead of the far more prob
able one of bunting the insects sting;
Ior extracting the snakes fangs. London
.oJ
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23
How Salmon Are Caught.

Salmon are caught by what is called
the fishing wheel" This device con.
sists of a ietty of rocks built out from 8
point on the shore of the river, outside
of which is planked sluice-w way, in
which an undershot wheel with large
tank buckets revolves. The sluice-way
was built when the river was at its low
est stage of water, and the wheel is hung
SO that it can be raised Or lowered. as
may be desired, according to stage Of
water. The instinct of the salmon is I'd
run up the river alongside of the banks
instead of mid-channel. By this the
fish can take advantage of the eddies
below jutting points of land. On these
projecting points the Indians have been
from time immemorial taking salmon in
large numbers by using dip-nets. The
ietty built out from the point above
named makes larger and longer slack
water behind it, and the salmon roundI
ing the point rush into the sluice-way toI
get up the river. In the sluice-way the
wheel which revolves in the current, isl
gagged so as to sweep within foot of
the bottom land the salmon are scoopedI
up in the tanks or buckets, which latte1I
let out the water as they ascend. On!
the wheel descending the fish are thrownI
out into a through or gutter, leading to
pen below, where they remain until
taken away to be canned. The arrange
ment of the sluice-wheel, etc., is a most
successful one, the catch Of the adult
salmon, which are the only ones canned,
running from 1900 to 1000 per day.
There is virtually no expense in taking
the fish save attending to the pen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23

my dear" said the young husband, " do not II
For Just simple teacup do not scold
AS II the cup were gold. y, IA u
Dup2y can 9lake another like the set- M
al least, SO I've been told
Believe me- dear, that nothing in rnis life
10 worth your fretting for. Do IS do
Be Vt the happy few
Who do not wear themselves away in Etrife:
Be caln--doa as do.p
The placid master stood serenely DER
His pet aquarium, watching its still life
SO calm aud void Of strife ~
(The husbands hobby often Isl bore l01
Even to loving wife.
Just then footman entered with note,
And turning quickly, the aquarium fell.
An mel how shall tell
Row the herce master the poor culprit caught
And how he pulled the bell,
And called the man and maids, and banged the doc
4retted and fumed in passionate regret,
And how his feet got wet,
Aud how the handsome carpet on the floor
Wasluined by HE peti
Meanwhile the wife, serene and calm and still,
Sat smiling In her chair. " My dear" she said,
q where is your patience fed?
You should control yourself. There is 60 i'll
Worth frettiUg for. Do as 1 do, instead"
No answer then. The wreck was all removed
Then came this frank confession: "Lucy, dear,
have been wrong, fear;
My poor Hp-patienee is indeed reproved" M
Then she drew kindly near
And whispered sOmething-what, | can not tell;s
But ever since, the wife's small troubles find
sympathetic mind
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23
EI,EnrEn ~ coNaREss.

ELECTED To CONGRESS.
The Congressional district in which Garfield
lived was the one long made famous by
Joshua R. Giddings The old anti-slavery
champion grew careless of the arts of politics
toward the end Of his career, and came to
look upon a nomination and reelection as
a matter of course. His oYerconfidence was
taken advantage of in 1858 by an ambitious
lawyer named Hutchins to carry conven-
ton against him. The friends of Giddings
means of defeating him. The old man himself
was comfortably quartered in his Consulate at
Montreal and did not care to make fight to
get back to Congress. So his supporters made
use of the popularity Of Garfield and nomina-
ted him while he was in the field without ask
ing his consent. That was in 1862. When he
heard of the nomination, Garfield reflected
fore the Congress would meet to
which he would be elected. and believ-
ling, as did every one else, that the war
scould not possibly last a year longer, concluded
to accept. He often expressed regret that he
did not help fight the par through, and said he
never would have left the army to go to Con-
gress had he foreseen that the struggle would
continue beyond the year 1853. He continued
his military service up to the time Congress
met.
He was renomlnated in 1864, without opposi-
ion, but in 1866 Mr.. Hutchins, whom he had
ssupplanted, made an effort to defeat him
Hutehins canvassed the district thoroughly,
1 put the convention nominated Gar
AEield by reclamation. He had no opposition
thereafter in his own party. In 1872 the Lib
erals and Democrats united to beat him, but
bis majority was larger than ever. In 1874 the
aGreenbackers and Democrats combined and
put up popular soldier against him, but they
made no impression on the result. The Ashta-
bula district, as it is generally called. is the
most faithful to its representatives of any in
The North. 1t has had but five members in
half a century.
When JAMES G. Blaine went to the Senate in
1877 the mantle of Republican leadership in
The House was, by common consent, placed
zupon Garfield. In January, 1880, Gen. Gar
/ FIELD was elected to the Senate to the seat
vacated by Allen G. Thurman on the 4th of
March, 1881. He received the unanimous vote
of the Republican caucus, an honor never be-
fore given to any man of any party in the State
lof Ohio. s8
NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT.
The circumstances Of Gen. Garfeld's nom
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23

A month later was a clerk on cooo
salary, and six months later Mabel and +
were married. But the secret OF our
Eooing IN the stone house and under the
Iapple tree was never told. and from thaf
time forth I had no fear of ghosts-InvI
|own particular precious little ghost was "a.
my shield and my protector. - HarDer's
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23

when the delayed letter arrived from the
fair baker announcing the forwarding of
the adamantine delicacy. 1t was sawed
into pieces, which are now used in tbe
various Governmental departments as
unique paper weights.-Detroit Free
Press
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23
Yassar Bread.

A beautiful wrestler with chewing gum
and mathematics at Vassar College sent
ITO the President loaf of bread of her
own baking. When it reached the
White House and was unpacked from
the dainty tissue paper which surrounded
lit, the physician in attendance did mott
know what it was, and sent it to the
Smithsonian Institute for examination
and analysis. There the learned profes-
ssor clawed over whole library of geo.
logical works, not one of which threw
amy light upon the wonderful specimen.
The School of Science at Paris was ca
lbled, and for two days cablegrams flew
thick and fast from one side Of the great
sdampness to the other, and it was abou
decided that the specimen was rock
heretofore unknown psychological science,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23

AGREEABLE advice is seldom good adj
Saa 8& Is 81 = 4 & M
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-23

NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT.
The circumstances of Gen. Garfeld's nom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05

Ko-Kun- Hua the Chinese professor at Harvard, is
n poet, and lately contributed number of his own
verses to CambridgepOrt fair. Each paper has
his autograph and seal in Vermilion, and is COW
cred with pretty sprays and leaves: The titles are
odd enough: Pear and Peach Blossoms III the
Window" Tender OF Flowers, get up early"
Thoughts on Antiquity" etc.
Mr.. Carlyle for week before his death lay
Quietly, none of his attendants speaking to him,
since the effort to listen seemed to be trouble to
him. Now and then he kindly made his niece I'M
derstand that he was without pain and few nights
before he died he gently whispered to her: Good
by"
King Ludwig Of Bavaria has lately given up
drinking very old wines. and his Chancellorhas been
selling in London some Of the royal stock Of veneer
able tipples. Among these the most noticeable are
the Steinwein, grown in tho Bavarisn State vine
yards In tho year 1910; Leistenwein. grown In the
year 1881; and some wines OF the famous GOMEZ
year 1911 1t s needless 20 observe that these wle
are valuable only as relics of the past. and The
| 0uantity which remains Is so email that they vii
doubtless be purchased by people interested
curiosltiea.
The late Professor Peirce. the distinguished mathe
matician, once wrote to President Gilman, of John
| Hopkins; "As tho greatness Of a university mus
depend upon its few able scholars, you cannot hay
q great university without such great mon. AZ th
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05
THELUYURY or THELAW.

GChappel agt Winters" is the title of a case in
the Marine court which is just now furnishing the
most amusing illustrations Of the profound WiScoHi
OF the New-York Bench and the amenities and as
perities of It's Bar. 1t is remarkable action IN
many respects among others az illustrating the ex'
pensiyeness of the luxury of the law, so-called III
was originally o common action to recover about
$3.50 but the belligerent defendant, If one may
30 characterize him, by various dilatory motions
ran up the costs to three times the sum sued for.
When they had reached about $1,000, the suit
took a new form some property OF the defendant
was found and seized and receiver had TO be APP
pointed then two or three politicians, who are also
alleged lawyers. were called in to influence the
Court by their profound way of putting law adul-
terated with Ward politics; and when last heard
from the costs, ETC., had reached about $1,000
with other counsel to hear from. The case has been
before every Judge of the Marine Court in some
form or other; each has passed upon every point
raised and no two of them have decided alike on
any one. Some of them have passed twice on the
same point without being twice Of the same opinion
They have Jointly sat upon it in General Term and
there have been evolved about as many decisions
rs there are Judges.
And now. to add to the general interest, the re-
ceiyer has expressed through of the judges hi;
contemptuous opinion Of one of the others who had
decided adversely to his claim and the judge has
retaiated by an order putting the receiver IN con
tempt The original counsel was ruled out OF Tho
case by ono OF the judges, and ruled himself II
again before another. Being required by the frs
named to hand in o brief on this point, the c0unse
filed a printed pamphlet of 125 pages costing $40
in $50 CASE ais this your briefp asked thu
amazed justice. 1T purports to be-" "Weil i
doesn't look it," was the meek reply, In subduet
tone and with melancholy air. The case Is still
only in its second year what the costs will b.
when Chapel aGt Winters finishes its second de
cade, is beyond conjecture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05

The Pennsylvania Legislature has before it Ii
eenso bill imposing q uniform fee of $50 upon all
louor-dealers throughout the State. That is the
sum collected now in all the counties except Ale,
gheny County. There the fee is $500. and as aarge
revenue is raised in this way the taxpayers are
naturally opposed to any reduction. Ono amend
ment that has been offered places the license fee at
S15O in all the Counties one-third of which shall 60
TO the State treasury and the other two-thirds to
the county treasures The bill will probably fail
but its discussion has brought out the fact that the
hauor-dealers of Pennsylvania are accustomed to
send annually O case Of whiskey to each member of
the Legislature. One case came this year to MIR.
Moore, q representative of Allegheny County, who
has dstinGui shed himself by his opposition to any
reduction Of the license fee in his county He refused
to receive It, and when asked his reason said Be-
cause did not think it exactly the thing for me to
do would not want those people to go around
talking about me and saying that took their
whIsksy and kept on fighting them / know it is
customary for them to send such presents to mem
beers each session. and that those who receive them dc
not feel at all bound to do ANYTHING in return but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05
MUSICAL NOTES.

MozarHs " Idomenes" was performed at the Opsra
in Berlin on February in hoaor OF the one hum
dredth anniversary of its production.
According to the Gassttesdcs Ehang~s, of Paris.
Mr. W. s. Rising. young American tenor who has
met with much success in Italy, bas been selected
by the Choral Society of Milan to sing the tenor
part in the forthcoming performance Of Berli0zs
DamDation of Faust"
At a recent concert at the Paris Conservatoire
number of selections were given from new opera
by Reyer, sigurd," which Is awaiting its turn at
the Opera. where it Is TO be produced ultimately.
1t is modelled after Wa9ners operas, and is very
highly praised.
There is story of Liszt which seems to be new,
He had Just returned to Vienna after concert tour
in Italy, when one evening he met the Princess
Metternich. Ibid you make much by your trip.
dear Maestro ~ said the Princess never make
anything. dear Princess" said Liszt. except
music"
The March number of The Musical Festival BstIe-
tin the official organ of the New York Music Festival
Association. has been published. and is now ready
for gratuitous distribution at the Office OF the organ
izaton, IN the Everett House. It contains great
deal of interesting information in regard to the OBJ
jects of the festival the works TO be performed and
the forces to be employed in the performances The
different choruses will number: Grand Chorus.
| 200: Young Ladies' Chorus, 200; Bows Chorus,
$50. There will be over $50 players in the orches-
ira The selections to be performed have already
been given in detail these columns. The sale Oh
announced later, one downtown and the otner Id
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05
THE NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES.

Our special dispatches from Washington
give very full and vivid accounts OF the In
auguration ceremonies and festivities Inc
weather all the morning threatened to dampen
the enthusiasm of the multitude and spoil the
fine uniforms of the citizen soldiers who came
from all sections of the Union, but fortunately
the storm ceased in time for the great process
sion TO get together in good orOer and follow
the prescribed line of march. Washington
never saw so many men in martial array before
since the victorious Army of the Union was re-
viewed before it's muster out on those memoir
able two days in the spring OF 1850. Inc
demonstration was without parallel for mag
nitude in any previous Inauguration process
sion. No doubt two causes operated to draw
an MANY military and civic organizations to the
Copital-the popularity of The new President
and the growing strength OF the sentiment OF
nationality, which is no longer confined to the
North, but begins to invade the South and take
nossession of the minds of the young men.
When the volunteers of Georgia and South
Carolina are seen, as they were yesterday,
marching in line with the tne militia regiments
of New-York and Pennsylvania to lend dignity
and brilliancy to the inauguration Of a Republic
can President, we may fairly hope that the
epoch of sectional strife IS drawing close to It's
end. Evidently, in the language OF President
Garfield, the people are determined to leave
abehind them all those bitter controversies con-
acerning things irrevocaby settled"
The Inauguration ball, which closed the days
festivities. was held in the new National
Museum. near the Smithsonian Institution, re-
Gently finished aud not yet occupied by ex-
hibts. The building is spacious and conye-
nient, and the ball was what no similar affair
ever was before-enjo and successful. SO
the day which began with sleet and snow and
general misgiviDgs about the possibility OF car
wing out the programme for the ceremonies
passed of pleasantly and ended right morrly
| with music and social gayety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05
NEWYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY., MARCH 8. 1857.

at all on the subject. it had to be two
faced and deceitful to hold itself together.
It might, to be sure, have avoided any
refe renee to it and so escaped the blunder OF
living and the sin of being found out. But
Free Trade bad somehow come to be one OF
its traditional dogmas, and it was easier to
keep on lying about it than drop it. 1t Is not
an OVERLOAD assertion to say that it never
as party uttered sincere or honest word
on the subject of tariff. There have been
times when the majority wanted-so far as
they knew what they wanted-free trade ;
but they always had to practise some
kind of deception in order not to
drive away Protectonsts. Their hypoc-
risy was never moro beautifully illustra-
ted than in the last campaign, when, being
charged with holding the Free Trade doctrines
they had openly avowed in their platform,
they turned tail like frightened sheep and
with almost unanimous voice repudlated the
tariff for-revenue-only plank.
So now we are to have I" fight for true,
honest tariff REFORM" and fair, square
fight for the people against monopOlies."
With these fresh issues Mr.. Cox proposes to
eaIvanize the corpse. The three-card-monte
men are about to open new game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05

tary system by driving either metal out OF cir
&culation.n These brief statements show that
the financial policy of the President will be In
harmony with his record and with the best
thought of the country.
Other measures particularly urged are the i'm
movement of agriculture by giving to the tilers
of the soil the best lights of practical science
and experience; the Improvement OF water
routes and transportation by sea; the construe-
ton OF an interoceanic canal under control OF
the United States the suppression OF poly
gamy; and the regulation of removals from
office during the terms for which executive
officers are appointed. Each brief reference
shows that the subject has been long and
thoroughly studied by the trained statesman
who now assumes the duties OF Chief Executive.
The address is admirable. 1t justlties the
high confidence which the people have felt in
President Garfeld's patriotism and uprightness,
and in his ability to propose wise policy for
the government of the Nation. 1t still remains
for him to show whether he possesses the rare
tact, the patience, and the practical statesman
ship to get things done. If so, the Nation Will
manifest it's gratitude four years hence, as
heartily as it now manifests its goodwill and
confdance