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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
A RAILROAD OFFICIAL INTER-
VIEWED.

Not every one so cheerfully communicates
his knowledge and opinions as recently did
E. l.. Loweree, ESQ.,, cashier of the Gin
cinnati Southern railway, that splendid out
let to the South from the Ohio, Our rep
resentative waited upon Mr.. Loweree, and
in reply TO certain questions the latter gen.
tleman observed Il was suffering from o
severe attack of rheumatism in my right
foot it was in O terrible condition; the
pain was almost intoierable; our family
physician waited on me without success; /
sent for another well-known nj. d., but
even the twain could do nothing for me /; /
could not get down here to the Office to at
tend to my duties in fact, l could not put
my foot under me at all, and after nine
weeks suffering began to grow desperate.
Ny friend whom, of course, you know, Tor
he is known by everybody, Mr.. Stacey Hill,
of the Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane Railroad
Co, called TO see me he spoke very highly
of st. Jacobs Oil, and recommended the
remedy 20 me in glowing terms. laughed
at the idea Of using proprietary medicine,
and vet the party recommending It (Mr.
Stacey Hill, remember), being man o.
sound judgment. set me to thinking the
matter over. The next day, when the ply
sicians called, l dismissed them, and said TO
myself that would let nature take its
course. That resolution lasted Just day.
On the following morning l, in fit of des-
peration, sent a servant for bottle Of st.
Jacobs Oil. Iapplied that wonderful re,n-
edy. and il penetrated me so that thought
INV foot was about to fall of, but it did not !;
in fact il did just the opposite. The next
morning the pain had entirely left my foot,
the swelling was reduced. and really the
appearance was so different from the day
before that it actually surprised me. l APP
piled more Of the st. Jacobs Oil, and that
afternoon walked down to the office, and
was able TO attend TO my duties and get
around Ms well as any one. Let me say
for st. Jacobs Oh that Il beats railroad
time, and 10 always sure to win.--CineinnaH
En0tirsr
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
HfGH WATER IN THE MiSSLSSIPPI
RIVER.
hlrarpIIIs March


II would require an artists pen to picture the
grandeur Of the Mississippi as at It's present
aood-tide it sweeps with mighty power down TO
the Gulf, while ITS cndless current everywhere
carries upon its bosom the evidence Of its do
structive powers. From Cairo to yicksburg.
Miss, there is scarcely anything 10 be seen but
dreary water waste, extending IN many locslities
fifteen miles INTO the In or or from either bank.
Tho damage that has been dono to farming
interests by the great overflow cannot be esti-
mated. Thousands Of cattle and other stock
have been drowned, nd hundreds are now daily
dying OF starvation. The inhabitants OF the
bottom lands hnve been driven from then homes
and are now existing the hest they may on
ridges where hsstly-built .iuts AFFORD them
shelter, and where they would soon starve
were not food provided. Never before within
suffering experienced by the people OF the
Mississippi valley as now, and, what with the
rising waters and the incessant rains, the ds-
asters Of the future cannot bo foretold. ~
|a MExpHs, March 5.
News reaches here Of terrible destruction Of
property by the breaking OF the levee at Car
sons Landing, La. A gap Of seventy-fvo feet
was first made by the rushing water, and 100
yards OF the levce were soon swept away. Tho
noise OF the roaring food awoke the sleeping
cit zens, who looking out OF their homes, saw
the river rapidly spreading over the country.
Without taking time to clothe themselves, the
people fed for their lives. -Four persons were
overwhelmed by the rushing waters and
drowned. Their cries FOR help were heartrend-
ing. MANY people had narrow escapes.
By the breaking Of the levee . few miles
above Greenville, Miss., tho whole OF Bolivar
county. Miss, is inundated. Great loss Of
property, and. worse still. loss Of life has re-
sulted. Rosedaie, tho county seat OF
Bolivar county, IA more than six feet
under water. Advioes FROM Riverton, Miss, $50
n'its south Of here, report fearful destruc-
tion Of property and some loss OF life. The
stock In all drowned, and there are no provis-
ions for poor people 10 subsist on. The village
Of Riverton has been entirely swept away, and
the inhabitants arc homeless and penni-
less Steamboats, now run through the
streets at Indian Bay, Arkansas. The
water st New Orleans is greatly higher
than the average level OF The city.
Arkansas City, Ark.. Is from six inches to four
feet und water. Tho poor inhabitants depend
on Government rations. The damage 10 the
Memphis and Little Rock road by floods Is csti-
mated at s500,0 900. Refugees sre focking to
Memphis by hundreds. The Commissioners 10
d,Etributo rations for Arksnsas and Mississippi
are GA hand, aud supplies have siready gore
forward to Riverton- Concordia and Bclen.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
AN OFF-masD "ar 10
ACRE

ACRE.
Few farmers know the size of their
fields OF how many acres they contain.
A field of the writer's, before it came
into his possession, bad been plowed
and rcaped by contract for fifteen acres.
On measuring it was found TO have but
twelve acres. 1t is desirable, in fact
indispensable for good work, that q
farmer should know how many acres
each field contains, for otherwise he
cannot apportion seed or manure for it,
nor can he tell how much time it would
require to be plowed. A measuring
cord should DO part Of the furniture Oh
every farm. To make one, procure sew
enty seven feet of strong rope, one inch
around; make loop or fasten ring or
a bar at each eLd, and make these pre-
cisely sixty-siI feet apart. This is four
rods. Then tie piece Of red rag in
the center. One acre of ground will he
piece four of the cords (chains) long
and two and one half wide, equal to six.
teen by ten rods, making 160 square
rods to one acre. The advantage o. the
ring or loop is that one person can
measure alone by driving stake in the
ground TO hold the rope while he
stretches it out. The rope should I've
soaked in tar and dried, which will pre-
vent it from thinking when wet.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
FREE PAssEs---A coon sroSY.

This talk about laws against railroad
free passes, and the probability of any
such law being enforced. reminds mo Of
the time when Florida was Territory,
and society there somewhat in a crude"
state AN attempt was made to sup
press gambling in Tallahassee, and
"true bills /" were found by the Grand
Jury against Hfty or sixty persons. in.
cluding some of the most prominent
citizens Of that place. The case came
to trial, and the first witness was called
upon TO say who he saw, on certain
night, occupied as charged in the in
dictment. "Well." said he "I saw
Messrs. Jones, Smith and Others" nam.
ing quite number. "Did you see any
one else ?" said the Judge. "Yes, sir. "
"whof" "The Prosecuting Attorney" /"
ANY one slssi' YES, sir." "Ststs
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
HOW no MEASURE AN ACRE.

An exact acre can be found by the
following table Of distances
Aplot Of ground Ave yards wide by
96s yards long contains one acre.
A plot Of ground ten yards wide by 4s4
yards long contains one acre.
Apiot Of ground forty yards wide by
l2l yards long contains one acre.
Aplot Of ground 22s feet long by 1893
feet wide contains one acre.
A plot Of ground 40 feet long by
ninety-nine feet wide contains one acre.
A plot of ground 110 feet wide by 800
feet long contains one acre.
A plot Of ground 240 feet long by 1871
feet wide contains one acre.
One acre contains 160 square rods,
4,640 square yards, or 43, 800 square feet.
One rod contains 80.25 square yards.
272. IS square feet.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

and, happening to look up to the roof, I
saw his black hide away up on one of
the "great beams" where he had
climbed to get out Of the scrimmage.
There were the marks of his nails on
one of the posts. When he saw We
were looking at him, he sang out ut us
Justify, and then growled his very saw
agest.
"I'll Dix him r. muttered Joe, taking
! aim.
"Oh no, mol Hold Don't fire 70
shouted Ranse. "It won't do. FOUL
have the barn all in blaze r.
And indeed he would, for everything
inside was rs dry rs tinder. There was
hay on one side and straw on the other,
moved up almost 10 the beams the bear
was on.
Then we stoned him, and threw sticks
OF frewood at him. But the creature
seemed to be scared. He growled but
hugged. the beam desperately. There
had been such racket that he was act
ually terrified 1-....
Finding there was no probability of
his coming down voluntarily, we drove
the steers out of the barn and shut up
the pigs. .-. ,.-..-..
"Now, old fellow, you must take it -
exclaimed Joe.
He took long pole off the fence, and
began to punch the bear Ranse and
standing ready to shoot him if he
jumped off the beam and came out OF
the barn. sr-. ......,..
But he wouldn't leave his beam.
Rack and forth he ska!koa from one end
of it to the other, growing and tearing
at Joe's pole.
He was big old fellow, but he did
not seem to have much fight in him.
At length We got SO We were not at all
afraid of our game. Joe declared he
would have him off that beam if he had
to go up and push him off.
Ranse ran and got the clothes line.
We made q slip moose at one end of it.
Joe then set the long ladder against the
beam, and, while Ranse pushed the bear
on the other side with the pole, he
climbed part way up the ladder and
flung the moose over the animals head.
i had hold Of the other end of the
rope and ierked it tight. The bear
reared up on the beam and clawed at
sthe neose, but couldn't get it off.
We all three caught and pulled. He
hung on to the beam for dear life, with
his nails, and then got his fore paws
round il.
"Heave-ho I" Ranse shouted.
We surged and jerked, but couldn't
start him.
The rope soon choked him, however,
so badly that his tongue stuck out, and
he toppled over to the under side Of the
beam.
But he still hung with his paws, and
for some time we couldn't break his
hold. At last, with a tremendous jerk,
We forced him off, and he came down
into the middle of the floor with bump
that shook the whole barn. While he
was kicking round TO get up. Joe struck
him on the head with the ak, and killed
him.
1t was one of the largest bears that
had ever been seen in our neighbor-
hood, and weighed as much as our heav-
lest hog.
We did not go to Woodstock that day,
and so lost the shooting match but, on
the whole, think we had more sport at
home. q g
We concluded that the bear had been
near the read where we left the steers
in one of the hemlock clumps, perhaps
and that the smell of the fresh meat
had led him TO climb into the cart to
help himself. r a.4'
Two or three of the turkeys we're
eaten, but otherwise the load was not
injured. - Youths Companion.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

The way Of publishing work In an
cient Rome was this; The author placed
copy Of il in the hands Of transcrib-
ers. called ibrarii, who wrote out the
required number Of copies. Those
trAnscribers, who are equivalent 10 mod
ern printers, passed the copies over to
certain artists, called iibraraioli. who
orpameated them with fAnciful tities
margins and examinations.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
BApIER AND sHrLLALAH.

A Frenchman had some words with an
Irishman in Paris and challenged him;
the latter, of course, had the choice Of
weapons. Without hesitation he chose
shillalahs at two PAGES.
"An' what did he say TO that p
"He said, By gar, what weapon is
he? Inevare hear Of him. l viii have
re rapeer.' An ] says, said i, very
well, Mossoo, bring on yer rapeer an
I'll sthick 10 me shillalah p"
can ye licked him?'
"Faith an did; an his mawther's
plasterin' up his durty head in the Rue
de Ia Murphy, down yonder by the Boy
de Mahogany, at this mint !"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
Who" "Your Honor p NeW York
SOME MORE or THEN.

O VI
A Justice of the Peace, who was ono
cred Robber in the act Of roinr through
Peasant. Instead OF flying with all
speed, the Robber boldly stood his
ground and called out:
"Your Honor, desire to bring suit
against this Peasant for money long due
me-"
II owe him nothine--I never even
saw him before !" sbouted the Victim.
"That may all be" replied the JUS
tice, as he slowly tickled his ear. "but
Law is Law. The Robber being the
Plaintiff in tnis case il is my duty TO de-
eide in his favor without going into mar
ticulars to discover who is the Robbcr
and who the Victim. You are both
lucky in having selected me 10 decide
this matter. Legal fees, "a, of which
the county gets what 1 happen to lose
ont Of my vest pocket"
Moral Always be tae Robber instead
of the Victim.
A Saloon-Keeper, having given ball
in his Hall, was presently hauled before
the court for having kept his doors open
and sold Intoxicating Beverages after
the Hour prescribed by Law.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
THERE is a wealthy brewer In Mon

THERE is q wealthy brewer in Mon
treal who built church and inscribed
en- it: "This church was erected by
Thomas Nelson, at his sole expense.
Hebrews, xx. chapter" Some of the
McGill College wags got q ladder one
night and altered the inscription so as
to make it read: "This church was
bui,t by Thomas Molson at his souls
expense. He brews (double) Xxx"
THE Fish Commissioners OF New
York have planted 77,667. 900 young fish
and sos. .l56 mature fish in the lakes and
streams Of that State during the past
ten years. There IL good fishing in many
waters now whore there was none before
they were restocked.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

TuERE is no brighter moment in the
life Of q young lady Of ton than whcn
the happy discovery is madc that she
can at last balance pair Of eye glasses
on her nose without squirting.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

FROM an extensive use OF ~. Jacobs Uii
In the editors family, We are able to speak
confidently of its great worth in numerous
ailments, and fully recommend II as an
the medicine chest. = Stamford (Ct)
Herald.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

Tar saisry Of Rhode island Legislators
h but 81 per day, but the petition has
its compsusations. for each member y
allowed snswspspss.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
SHADOWS.


The moon iighthung world Of gold,
Low-drooping, pale and phansom-fair;
The fresh pomp Of the summer leaves,
And fragrance In the breathing air.
Beneath TIE trees fat silhoucttes,
Mute idiot shapes that shun the light,
Weird crook-kneed things, fck,e crew,
The restless children Of the night
In Idle, vacant pantomime Ft#
They nod and nod forever more,
And cluch with aimless nutteyipg hands,
With thin back hands, the leaf-strewn noor
Quiyer,ng, wayering there forever,
On the bright and silent ground
Mcshed and tangled there together
While the rolling earth goes round.
And the gold-tinged airy ocean
Nipples light In many breeze
Der the swoet-breathed purple lilac,
Ger the tan and slumbering trees.
But comes the dawn,
Tho spell Is done;
Weird spirits ned
Al rise Of sun.
". S. Kennedy, in Harper's Magaxins
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

BmxARcK Is . great man. but when
an English paper charges him with hAv-
ing nose like . turnip dug out Of the
ground after long winter he feels the
hit just as much % II his salary WAS
only 81 week.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

A NrsRAsKA woman couldn't scare :
tramp by poirting an unloAded gun q
him, bat when she shouldered arms snd
brought shs slock down o. his head ~
Vailed 81 V - weods asd did. 4
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08

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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
MANS A roor

II 10 settled % rule,
Mans fool.
Whom it's cold he wants 81 hot,
when it's hot he wants it cold,
Ever grumbling at HE lot,
Mans fool.
Ne'er content with what he's got,
Always wanting what hrisnot,
You may take II as . RUE,
Mans fool.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-08
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-29
TILE nlnLEYY FAMILY TROUBLES.

In the suit Of Susinnah NJ. L. Is. Dudley
against ncr husband, Henry j. Dudey, for limited
diyorce on the ground OF abandonment, Irs Dudley =
children aud father yesterday testified that Mr. Dudley
had dcscr.ed his wife d left her destitute Mr Dudley
said hat in 1881 he speIc $685. 81 or the support OF
mis- family lie had not abandoned his wife, but sue hal
refused TO live m where his business was. Mrs.
Dudley had also kept people In the house 10 whom ne
ohectCd MIR. Dudley became affected by the recital
Oh h.s family sOrrOws tnat he "as OD.lsed
10 seek cotapOsure in TEMPORARY hight
from the wnesostand. He rcbukcd by Judge Don
on!e Tor speaking ID. SHAW, 81 his Wiics irends
as a man HON he had picked out OF the gutter lie
id he once ordered Mr Shaw the house. and upon
hls refsa to 20 Il fight ensucd and Mrs Due y showed
that her syInpathies the side Of MT Sha" lie
drclarcd that Mrs Dudley told him that sne would
raj bcr live with MIR Shaw than with MN, her husband
Mrs. Dudley recalled ana denl,d her hlSDLuds stat"
mcnt in regard to Mr. 5naw Judge DonOnuc reserved
nj die
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-29
POLICE OFFICIALS GOIAG ABROAD.

Superintendent of Police George W. Wailing and
Police Commiss oner James Matthew's lett mere Tor
rurope Yesterday afternoon, on board the French
Steamer ST. German. Ii Is thclr Intention 10 eA-
anime INTO the pOhcc systems OF London and PariS
RrnresrntatIvcs from the Police Department and
some scores OF local politicians went down the pay
in Inc steamer AmercIs 10 bid the officials good-rX
The floral offerings were displayed IN the small
after bin of the AmerlcuS. Among lnclh was an
.tigv of the superintendent as zone OF the hncSt:
Jh'. hiir coat and hat were reproduced III purple
iumort.llcs the collar. Cut5 and other glIStenlng
suriace, being in white lmln0rtelles MS cInsy
,gaa th. o1ft of the Detective Bureau. steamships,
nilIows. pillars and other floral presents were
exhibited. 49, A.
Amercus left the Ncw-IOr6 plcr. Az the time the
ILL. IN rim. after cabin was piled with bottles.
sandwiches ana salads. In fifteen minutes 1t was
swept clean Ii was supphed again
from mysterious source, and during the
remainder of the afternoon 1t was
aIirTnltciy supplied and swept with graf
Tauidiiy shorty after o'clock the ST German
nvrrhoulcd tue excursion steamer near sandy HOOK
The Americus, which had gone down inc Day some
to before was brought up alongside OF the ocean
steamer aud amid mucn cheering ana enthusiasm
tine firing of "A brass cannon ana the pray lhS Oh
lTls, band, Mcssrs. WdllIIg ana Matthews passed
over a narrow plank that hal been thrown between
city about 5 o'clock. Among those on
board were stephen Il. French, president OF
IN, Police Commissioners; Police commissioners
Joel W. Mason and sidney L. Nichols, fOhco Jus
tic.s Morgan OttcrO0urg, Blxby and Gardiner; ClNI
Justices Kelly Angel, McGOwdd, Stccklcr ana Ted
neg: olonel j. *. Fellows, John ). OBrien, As
.i.Jout torporatIon-A ttorucy Dlchl, sheridan
>uook j. L. Poole, Alderman RINK ex-senator
Lr,t Rrm.ter Augustus /. DOcnarty, Michael Gre
can General Lioyd Aspnwall, f.. g. Gll4IOre, ali
spectors Byrncs lhorne, Dllks and Murray and
Charles d. lIcdcrlCkS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-29
THE u,vrR1y AMUSEMENT COMPANY.

The gentlemen interested in the }. H. ilaveTi 9y
Amusement Company, with a capital oil 200 ooo,
inco S are J. H. fiayerly, Henry Mann G.
f. Mcdonnell A. Hayman, EDWARD keyes,
and +. g. Gilmore. " Mr. Haverlvs idea" said
Hen Henry Mann the manager of the Fourteenth
Street Theatre last evening is to bring o over Ecoa
caI; attractions TO England. We Ike anything that
is i1" Thoroughly and aracteristieally English
and English audiences literally patrohize every
thing which is really American III the theatrical
t hmc The Fun OF the Bristol party are doing
large business nroug the British Provinces now
So nave The Mighty Dollar and other of our ma
I'VE dramas. / am persuaded that the idea Is a
good one" go oo,,.n,1 NJ
Haverly's theatres here, which are the California
Theatre, San Francisco; the Chestnut t street
Theatre PhiladephiA; the Brooklyn theatre,
uavrrl1 rs Theatre Chicago, and the Fourteenth
Street lheatre here It IS SAID that the QInpic
Theatre III London has been secured anu also d
theatre in Manchester, and that other theatres are
beinr negotiated for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-29
COMPLAINTS ABOUT A CELLAR.

About fifty merchants and firms dong business ID
tLe neIgbhorhood of No n BrOad-st. sent a com
mnnicafon to the Board of Health on lgesday call
ing attention to the fact that qlthoqgh senGn
odIv bTonoht to the notice of the board, the eyll
wass ~ unremcdied. TRIBUNE reporter VS. ted me
ceIar Yesterday 1t filled with boxes OF brandy
cbeTri9s nutS sardlnes and similar commodlues,and
tLora was no had Odor about the place. In an alley
at The side OF the building, however. there was
filthy stream of water which came from lara lac
forvin The rear and oozod out INTO Broad-st, WhGre
il formed puddles i'll the gutter The men VINO
signed the protest assericd that the stencil was
often uncomfortable. One OF them sad that an IN
snector OF the Board of Health had examined the
crlar and pronounced the origin of the odor to be
saucr kraut in decayed condition. adding tha' the
more decomposed it was the healthier IL was:
workman in a cellar adjoining the one complained
of aud in the building iii which the protest was
started SAID that his cellar was III bad CONDITION.
that the stencil in 1t often lntoeraDle ana IndI
If gave him headaches 10 work there