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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
A Fall in Prices.

In the early days of Michigan, when
one dealer was the source of supply for
a large territory, a capitalist from the
East suddenly bought up all the tobac-
co and whisky to be got hold of in the
State. There was no railroad commune
cation; it was winter, and there was
no navigation, and everything promised
a big profit on the speculation. Prices
began to creep up, and settlers to in
quire and protest, and the capitalist
was rubbing his hands and holding on,
when something happened. He was
on his way to church one Sunday, when
he was seized by a band Of tough-look-
ing pioneers and carried to the river,
where a hole already had been cut in
the ice. "What is the meaning of this?"
he finally asked. 1T means old prices
fur whisky and terbacker!!' replied the
spokesman. "Howp" They proceeded
to enlighten him. Two of the band
gave him a duck into the water, and he
was plunged in and hauled out three
times before he got his breath and said:
Gentlemen, tobacco has taken a great
drop!' "Giye him some more!' said
the leader, and into the freezing cold
water he went again. When they hauled
him out, blue with cold and teeth chat
tering, he observed: "And whisky 10
ten cents a gallon less than the old
price''-WaH Street News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
Oil-:Wells of Baku.

The railway between Tifis, the Capt.
tai OF Irans-Caucasia and Baku, was
opened on May1 A correspondent of
the London Daily Meas passed through
on the first trip. ssThere are MANY first
sights in the East" he says, (Which
one never forgets, such as the first sight
of the Pyramids, or of India at Bombay,
or of the mysterious glow which in a
dark night may suddenly illumine the
ocean, perhaps to vanish as quickly as
it appeared, and the first sight of. the
Caspian, especially if near Baku, is one
OF them. Not that it is, like the others,
marvellous or beautiful. But it is
strange and startling after many days
travelling among the silent mountains
and the empty plains to come all at
once upon this big port on the shore
OF a great sea in the heart of Asia; this
Portsmouth of the Steppes, dotted white
upon its amphitheater of brown hills
with forests Of masts bristling along the
shore. smoking steamers and white
sailed ships gliding over the smooth
waters; its splendid Quay Alexander H.,
bordered with wharves and %jetties, and
great shops and warehouses, resound-
ing with traffic wagons and with open
cabs for a ruble per hour, and frequent
with gentlemen in frock-coats and Chin
ney-pot hats, and ladies in the latest
'one-leg-trouser' fashion from Paris;
and, most strange sight of all, it's verita-
BILE black country away to the left, the
black, gray, and white smoke of which
hides the sky and stretches over the
land for leagues-the petroleum mines
of Baku. Let us visit them; in the in
dustrial sphere, at all events, there are
few if any sights as curious in the whole
by railway brings us into the heart of
the black district, and to the place
named Sarunchi, which may also be
called Oleopolis, from the greasy char
acter of its soil, to say nothing of its
very heavy atmosphere. The oil oozes
with the sticky, o%leaginous stuff. You
walk over acres after acres of what at
first sight seems to be fields of asphalt,
such as that with which they cover the
London streets. Only at Sarunchi the
asphaltic-looking ground yields at every
step, like soft putty, and perspires
greasily at every pore.
"Some of the mines here can produce
enough of it to light the whole Of Asia,
and the Russians are doing their utmost
to beat the Americans in the markets of
the Old World. Each mine or boring
has its wooden shed, with black, wood
en-, py~ramid-shaped chimney over the
bore or fou%ntain-hole, the upper end Of
which consists of an iron tube protrud-
ing to a distance of about five feet above
the level of the ground. There are ap-
parently hundreds of these black pyra-
mids scattered about the undulating
surface of Oleopolis, and they impart to
Che scene an aspect of curious, if dreary,
monotony. And now n discovers the
use of the vast and numerous lines of
iron pipes which vein the upper surface
of the ground all the way from Baku to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

The Oil City Derrick is noted 70,
dropping into sentences with a WHY '.Ths
volume of meaning. It says: :nm
best thing in print-a pretty girl III ,
men who are roosting from three TO o. CO.
stories high and eating hash IN p oam.
ments, to whom the Inter Ocean coh r.
mends the sentiment. Why not bessln;mu
live, young mane The man who I4 70,
to get rich before marrying is a fo9 lt "a
the want Of Chicago l"S
Ocean.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
p1rH AND POINT.

The most difficult p~uncCuatlOn IL
putting q stop to q gossip's tongue.
The slang phrase So dead sure
thing has been superseded by the ele-
giant expression, "a deceased surety
An old philosopher says senten-
tiously: Don't play with the devil
while you are young, if you do not de-
come"
Literary Matron-What does Shak-
speare mean by his frequent use of the
phrase, "Go to-" Matter-of-fact Hus-
band-Well, perhaps he thought it
wouldn't be polite or proper to finish
the sentence.-London Punch.
Plantation philosophy: Pleasures
decrease as da come near us. DE fish
is a heap bigger fore yer gifts it outen
alters de fanciest. De brandy bottle is
fixed up finer dan de bread tray
Arkansaw Traveller.
-"Well, there is one thing sure,"
said Mr.. Job Shuttle, as he closed a dis
cussion on the wrong-sidedness of
everything in general; ''there is no JUS
tice in this world, and it makes me blue
to think of it," ..True, Job," said Pa
thence, "but the reflection that there is
justice in the next, ought to make you
feel a great deal bluer. "-Hartford
Post.
Brother Gardner draws the following
conclusions: "Dat no nan cher gets
work sittin' on de fence an discussin'
the needs of de kentry. Dat de less
pollyticks a man has de mo- cash he
can pay his grocer. Dat arguments on
religion won't build churches nor pay
de preachers. "-Detron Free Press.
While more boys are born than
girls it is a singular fact that there is a
surplus of female population. It is
easily accounted for. Pooling with toy
pistols, playing base ball, and falling
of, cherry trees, all boyish pastimes,
are six times more hazardous than
wearing corsets and jumping the rope
Herald.
There is no excuse for the young
nan who complains that his fance
kisses him so much he can't get a
chance to engage her in rational con-
versation. He ought to know that by
rubbing a little sodium upon his mus
tache the abuse can be speedily checked.
Sodium is a substance which seems to
have been created especially to meet
such a case as his. As soon as any
moisture touches it it bursts into flame.
Chicago Herald.
A few nights ago an Austin man
was awakened by a burglar opening a
shutter. The disturbed proprietor of
the house got out his pistol, remarking
to his wife, II am not quite sure this
pistol is loaded" The burglar, how
ever, overheard the remark, and being
a reader of the newspapers, and remem-
bering how many fatal accidents occur
from handling unloaded pistols, fled in
wild dismay, leaving his professional
instruments behind Ehim.-Ieras SJt-
inq's.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The paper railroad tie, as cheap as
wood and with twenty-five years of life
in it, has presented itself for considers
tion.-Delroit Post.
Some old-school doctors hereabouts
aa ss+h been fo trying y,,g;o %e sns,'saa. as s+a an
with success. They laughed at this
proposition thirty years ago.-Sciemce
Monthly.
1t is said that inventors, fearful of
being robbed of their ideas, deliberately
deceive their attorneys and the Patent
office about their inventions, obscuring
the truth so that when they do get a
patent it is practically worthless for. the
reason that it does not cover the real
points.-M Y. Suu.
Charles ", of Spain, after persist
ent experiment, decided that two pendu-
lums could not be made to beat in uni
son, and the attempt, often made by
clockmakers, has always failed until,
lately, a London matchmaker has set
six Of them in his window, where they
swing exactly alike.
"A Philadelphia Company has pur-
chased a farm in Accomac County, Va,
which is to be devoted to the raising of
geese, SO as to secure a supply of feath-
ers for making pillows and down quilts.
1t is proposed to commence with two
thousand geese, and to increase the
number to ten thousand as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be per-
fected.-Rhtladelphaa Record.
There is but.o one nickel mine in the
United States now in operation. 1t is
situated in Lancaster County, Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is two hundred feet deep, and
has been worked seventeen years. The
demand for this metal is rapidly in
creasing: Groupings of nickel are
found also in Madison Qowa) and
Wayne counties Missouri. The refined
metal is worth So a pound.-CAicaqo
Times.
AT a recent meeting of the New
York Sugar Association, at Genoa.
President Williams said of the sorgum
sugar industry in the North: .We are
going to make sirup that is superior to
that Of New Orleans. Men are expert
menting all the time to perfect the pro-
cess of manufacture. 1 expect in nv
day to see glucose driven from our
homes by a better and purer article."-
Utica He1eld.
"A novel device for stopping runa-
way horses has been patented by Mr..
Carl E. o Schwarz, of Vienna. Aus
tria. The invention consists in so ar
ranging a curtain or binder to the br1-
die that it may be dropped over the
horses eyes should be become un.
manageable, thus cutting off the light
and reducing him to submission.
When the animal is once more under
control, the curtain may be raised again
without subjecting the driver to alieht
from his vehicle.
Mr.. George Hall, of Newark. an
old pressman, has devised a simple nro-
cess for preserving and r~enovating ink
rollers and adding greatly to their
longevity. A steam jacket is added to
the roller closet, and numerous fine lets
are so arranged as to play gently mon
the roller within. These lets thoronoh-
ly cleanse the surface of the roller. fha
kin on its face disappears, the BODY Of
the roller absorbs a portion of the
heated vapor, and the whole is sent in
a fresh, elastic condition ready for work
without further preparation.-Newark
"a. ~ Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

One of the saddest cases that ever
came before a court was that of Cath
crime Burneson, a Philadelphia woman
who recently killed a little girl. ehs
pleaded guilty, and evidence was pre-
sented to show extenuating clrcum'
stances. The woman was seriously ILL.,
and the school children gathered unde,
her window, shouting for her to cone
out, and calling her filthy names. FOL
the purpose of frightening them away
she arose from her bed, and, opening =
window, pointed a pistol at them. hs,
nervousness and excitement were ~
great that the weapon struck the WI. VIII,
dow sill and was discharged, klllps
n of the children in the crowd uy
side. The court sentenced her "
eighteen months Imprisonment
Philadelphia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

attention, made itpossible for a musical
audience to derive pleasure from LISTEN
ing to the performances on such q
humble instrument as the jewsharp.-
Boston transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

Dom Pedro has been Emperor Of
Brazil for tifty-two straight years.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
THE CAPITAL COMMISSION,
( IT III MEETS AZ, CANTON AND5
OPENS BIDS.
And Will Now Visit the Towns Bid.
ding and Determine Which is the
Best for the Capital, all
Things Considered.
Details OF the work Thus Far.

Details OF the Work Thus Far.
Sioux FALLS, May 2.-lspecial l-Fhe capital
commission at Canton has received sealed bids
from Huron. Mitchell, Steele, Ordway and Red
field, and Pierre, Aberdeen. Frankfort and Can
ton arc preparing bids. All towns bidding have
extended invitations to the commission to visit
their places and inspect the land offered. The
invitation has been accepted, and special train
was taken for Mitchell this afternoon, the first
town to be visited. The time for receiving bids
was extended to May 10Th, at II o'clock noon.
no bids to be received after that hour and none
to be opened before. The meeting on the 18th
will also be held at Canton. It is thought none
of the bids are less than 100000 cash and 'lGO
acres Of land, though the bidders are very reti-
cent. 1t is thought the towns standing the best
chances are Huron, OrtiwAy and Pierre, in the
order named. Steele is complimented on being
the most enterprising of North Dakota towns
being the only one to bid.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
GRAND OPENING
OF the Most Fashionable Millinery
~ Eatah1ishment i'm the CITY.

OF the Most Fashionable Millinery
establishment in the City.
The ladies Of Bismarck will be pleased to
learn that the Misses Southmayd & Kelley have
received their stock of millinery, and are now
prepared to show them the finest and the latest
styles. These ladies have had long experience
in dressmaking, as we'll the millinery trade.
and with their knowledge of the business the
ladies of Bismarck may rest assured that the
metropolis will not te behind her sister cities in
the northwest as regards the latest styles.
Their bazaar in the brick block on Third street
ia model of neatness, and it is a temptation
even to the male sex to peep behind the tastily
arranged lace curtains that screen the windows.
The display is so fine that certainly no lady can
pass without stopping to admire, and few can
pass without stopping to inquire farther into
the merits of the establishment. Lovely bon
nets ribbons, flowers, ETC., abound on every side,
and light purse will transform the homeliest
into the loveliest, and make the belle of the
town blush for shame. There is only one obiec-
ton to this establishment. The family man
will now be importuned quite frequently for a
$40 bill, and the fellow with girl will receive
frequent hints like, "How nice such person
locks with that new hat or dress, " as the case
may be, from the fashion emporium of the
Misses. Southmayd & Kelley.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
History Of the North Pacific.

Mr.. E. V. s nalley, who is engaged in writing
q history of the North Pacific railroad, is now
in Duluth and the Tribune says of the scheme:
president Willard, regarding the construction
of that great continental highway, the North
Pacific road, as one of the great achievements
of modern times, proposes-and very properly
SOTO have the history of the enterprise per-
petuated in more succinct and authoritative
manner than in mere fragmentary newspaper
legends; and to this end, he has decided to have
the whole history of the project from the time
that it was first proposed by the late Asa Whit
ney. (abOut third of q century ago) down to
its final completion, which illtake place abont
the first of next September, published in book
form; and he has engaged that we'll known and
scholarly newspaper correspondent and maya
kline writer, Mr.. Il. v. Smalley, of New York, to
prepare the proposed volume, which will be
quite a large one and an elegant one. Mr. Small
ley has already engaged upon the work of col
lecting material for the forthcoming book, and
he is now in Duluth for that purpose. BE called
Col. Culver to consult some of our old files with
reference to certain events pertaining to the
early history of that enterprise at this point,
and he will remain here one or two days longer.
The preparation Of the work in question could
not have been entrusted to more capable hands
than those of Mr.. Smalley, It will not be with
out interest to state that the first volume of the
"History Of the Northern Pacific" that will be
given to the public will be distributed in this
city by Mr.. Willard himself to some invited
guests who, on some bright morning next Sep
tember, will start with him on the first through
train from Duluth to the Pacific coast"
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
Brewery Burned.

The Bismarck brewery, owned by Messrs.
Kalberer 4 Walter, and operated by Otto Selzer,,
was totally destroyed by FIRE at 4 80 o'clock We'd
nesday morning. Mr. Kalberer, who lives on
the hill near where the establishment stood
arose about the hour named, and looking down
toward the brewery saw the flames bursting
through the roof. With all possible speed he
rushed to the scene d gave the alarm, and the
most strenuous efforts were made to check the
hames but the efforts were unavailing. The
entire building was consumed, together with the
machinery, tanks, etc, and 9 large quantity of
barley. The brewery was located under the hill
at such distance from the fire engine house
that no alarm could be sent in, and even had the
engine started to the scene when the flames were
first discovered it could not have reached there
in time to be of any service.
The brewery was built in 1874, and at the
time it was destroyed was leased and operated
by Ma. Otto Seller. The loss will foot mp about
81, 600, upon which there is no insurance. The
FIRE originated in the malt house, and the belief
is generally accepted that it was caused BY spon-
taneous combustion. Messrs. Kalberer 4 Walter
informed TRIBUNE reporter that they will re-
build 1t once upon larger scale, having great
faith in their ability to build up Large trade in
Bismarck and tributary towns.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
Telegraphic Ticks.

Gov Leland Stanford, of California, is dan
gerously i'll.
The North Pacific track is now seventy miles
west of Livingston.
Sidney Dillon, president Of the Union Pacific
has written to the secretary of the interior that
the government is indebted to them instead OF
the road to the government, as Teller claims.
Mrs. E. Beard, another Of the Mississippi
cyclone victims, is dead.
Miss Rye is again actively promoting her
scheme of bringing pauper children to Canada.
The steamer Grappler, plying between Puget
Sound and Alaska, burned yesterday, and sixty
lives we're lost.
Judgments on notes aggregating $24, 600 were
entered yesterday against Vim. McKenney q Co.,
scrap iron dealers of the south side, Pittsburgh.
E. l.. johnson, we'll known temperance ad-
vocate of New York, has begun suit against
Henry A. Higley, of the Produce Exchange, for
improper intimacy with his wife while he was
absent in Australia
Secretary Folger has addressed letter to
Congressman Murch declining to remove Alex
ander, fifth auditor of the treasury, from the
Hill investigating committee. He also asks
that Murch Will signify Us soon as possible
when he win be ready to proceed.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
THE WHOLESALE TRADE.
How 1t Is Developing In Bismarck
&sxSs - A New Firm

How 1t is Developing In Bismarck
| A New Firm.
In few days the wholesale hardware firm of
Van Hauton Bros. & Little will be open in
Central block. These gentlemen looked over
Dakota thoroughly, and finally decided upon
Bismarck. They are shrewd business men, and
have abundant capital to carry an extensive
broad gauge and liberal, and that they under
stand their business is evidenced by the fatter-
ing notices given by tho press in the towns
from which they hail. They will carry large
stock in nnbroken packages, and compete with
st. Paul In prices They will also have retail
department, and have employed the services of
Geo. Wilson, the well known ru tier formerly
with d.. Bailey & Co. speciality will be
made of farm utensils and machinery, and
their interests now being centered in Bismarck,
these gentlemen will be live and valuable
boomers for the Missouri slope.
Mr.. Whitley, of the wholcsals grocery house
Of Yerxa, Whitley & Co., returned yesterday
from Grip west as far as Bozeman. He comes
back more than plea ed Wherever he vent he
found friendly feelings for Bismarck, and as he
| offered prices beyond possibility of competition
he received orders for an enrmous
amount of goods. 1t is but nee
essary 4 to watch the loads of goods
leaving this establishment every day to be con-
vinced of the Importance of Bismarck as a
| wholesale point.
Macnider & 90 are as busy as they can be and
a number Of extra clerks have been pressed into
SERVICE Mr.. Macnider says the year starts of
better than any previous spring and that ne Is
entirely satisfied with the business is plain to
be seen from brief conversation.
In the wholesale clothing l1na Sig Hanauer is
taking the lead and very few goods used west OF
this point are purchased in st. Paul. MIR. Han
auer has his own manufactory in the east and is
therefosss prepared to compete with st. Paul or
Chicago. !sa5.4sgz5fz3
All eys< town in both wholesale and retail
| trade the verdict of all is sbusiness is good.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
Another Railway Project.

Articles of incorporation have been filed in
the office of the secretary Of Dakota which con-
template the construction of railroad from
Yankton to Fort Buford, by way Of Okoboja
creek and the construction of branch there
from leading from the mouth Of Okobojo creek
eastward to the head of Big Stone lake. The
title of the incorporation is the "Yankton, Oko-
boja l. Fort Buford Railroad Company" The
incorporators are VIM. A. Jones, Sully Center;
Walter @. Fawcett, Pierre; VIM. Banter, Pierre;
VIM. s. Knappen, Pierre; Charles P. Tyler,
Pierre. The capital stock of the company is
fixed at SIS, luu,uO0, in $500 shares and each
one of the incorporators is to take twenty. five
shares. The articles recite that the main line
of the railroad is to run from Yankton to Fort
Buford, SAC miles, through the counties Of
Yankton, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Brule,
Buffalo, Hyde, Hughes, Sully, Potter, Walworth,
Campbell, Emmons, Burleigh, Stevens. Noun
traille and Wallette. The branch to run east.
ward from Okoboja to Big Stone will pass
through the counties of 6ully, Faulk, Sphinx,
Day, Roberts and The Sisseton reservation. II
is q large sized scheme. The design is to con-
struct railroad which will follow the Missouri
river closely as possible along its entire length
in Dakota. sS@F 5EE5
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-05-04
BISMARCK D. 7, FRIDAY, NAY = 1888.

land, commissioner.
Oath Of Office Of VIM. a Ward as road super
visor was presented, read and approved.
Oath of office of Gust W johnson as road SUI
pervisor was presented, read and approved
On motion the county clerk was instructed to
notify the county surveyor and the road super
visors of the river road and the Third commits
sioner district to proceed As soon as practicable
and relocate the river road from Bismarck north
to the county line and make sufficient map to
enable the county clerk to record the same.
On motion the following bills were read and
approved:
Peterson, ,Veeder & Co, soap lye, brooms
etc., for court house. 20
Peterson, Yeeder Il Co., medicine for
needy poor. ...s......... IL 40
The reprt of 81. s. Hersey, physician for
county jail, read, approved and placed on tle.
Board adjourned to meet on Saturday May
~, 1888 at 10 9. m. E.. NJ. FULLER.
County Clerk.