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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-11-30
uAFFED BIZ A GATOR.
Joseph johnson. : Young Lad Caught
BY . Monster 0ator.
From the Valdosta. Ga. Times

Joseph johnson. Z Young Lad Caught
BY . Monster '0ator.
From the valdosta. Ga, Times.
Captain r. B. johnson, of Clinch
county. writes Us the following particu.
ars Of q desperate struggle with mon.
ster alligator In which his little son, 10.
saph, played an unwilling part: It
seems that henderson's millpond, near
the northern part of the country, had
nearly dried up, and one day last week
was chosen by the neighbors for sein.
ing frolic. Captain johnson, with his
little son, Joined twenty five or thirty
others in the un iertaking, as it was
known that trout and tho various fish OF
the perch family were to be had in
great quantities by the going, The par.
ty were supplied with nets, gigs, and
other appliances, and were scattered
here and there over the now shallow
pond playing havoc with the finny tribe.
Master Joseph carried q bag or corn
sack, in which to deposit the fish when
caught. When loaded with az many as
he corld carry he would take them out
and make deposit and return for
more. In making one of these trips,
while wading through the water about
three feet deep, some distance from the
fishermen, a monster alligator, said to
be of unusual size, rose suddenly right
at the boy and seized him by the thiRh:
A desperate struggle ensued-thv boy
bettled for his life and the alligator for
his prey. 1t SO happened that the bag,
which hung by the boys side, was caught
in til, alligators mouth with the thigh,
and it proved sort of shield-lessen.
iny greatly the incisions made by the
brute's teeth, and thus, perhaps, pre-
venting shock to his nervous system
which might have II ade him succumb
without the struggle which saved him
his life. By an eitort-one of those su.
perlluman efforts which come to men
only when facing death-the boy tore
his bleeding flesh from the alligator's
jaws. The monster grim!y held to the
sack a moment with Il delusion perla ps,
.nat he still had bis prey, aGording the
by an opportunity to escape. He had
hardly eXtricated himself from the Jaws
}. death before the fishermen, alarmed
by the struggle, were at hand, and an.
other battle ensued. Thirty men armed
with gigs, poles, pocket knives and such
other instruments Of war as were al
hand, cliurgrd upon the monster. Be.
ing in three feet Of water, the gator had
considerable advantage, but these men
had their blood up and were not to be
olt-iOne. when one of the party made
bold to seize him by the tail and legs.
iheIc were too many of them for tine
gator to slap around with his tail, a ne.
cuIiar mode OF gator warfare, and he
had to give up the fight. A harpoon
was plunged into his mouth, and then il
was safe to approach with pocket-knives.
Soon Ills head was severed from his
body, and the victorious party marched
out OF the pond with the monsters heu
on pole. Fortunately q physician WAS
among the party. and he atonce dressed
tine boys Wounds. Captain johnson
writes us that Master Joseph, while lie
sufi-rs much, is doing we'll, aud will
likely he out soon.
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4 COUNTY, DAKOTA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 80 1883.


one-quarter Inches a1sl n hens eee esrht
and one-qnsxter incb ~ some az Tie
|.pFodnsts az Dixon comfy. D
The station agent at Alcestsr, Union
county, who reported that he had been
robbed Of 500 Of the railroad compsny's
himself.
Invitations are out asking prominent
Dakotaians to Join In an excursion to
Fargo about the 9th Of December for
Philadelphia, Warrington, and other
eastern cities. Special Pullman cara viii
run clear through.
Pierre has organised committee, Of
which L. Bullard ID president, and w.
Ustick IA secretary, to head q movement
in favor of the opening of the Sioux In
dian reservation. This committee has
called convention to meet at Pierre on
the 9Th Of December, at which time the
subject will be considered, and q plan
agreed upon for presenting the matter to
congress. Each Missouri river county.
beginning with Campbell county, and
ending with Yankton county, IL en-.
titled to representation in this con-
ventton.
Mayville is to have q new bank Dec.
I, to be called the Bank of Mayville,
Brown Bros. & Co. proprietors.
Woodsocket has ITO buildings, and q
population of320 in Eve week. growth.
Col. George Ordway will build brick
business block in Pierre next spring.
North Dakota has ninety.seven eleya-
tor, all filed with wheat.
|, Letcher has artesian we'll that flow
forty barrels per day.
1t is rumored that the president has
decided to appoint Congressman Bur.
rows to the vacant Dakota judgeship.
A desperate named Murphy, from
near Deadwood became involved In an
altercation.swith Henry Eyansat Missou-
RI Valley, Iowa, recently and siabbeds
the latter several times in the head in
flicting terrible and probably fatal
wounds. The desperate made his es.
cape, but was recaptured.
New bonds have been furnished by
Col. G. 8. Uline at Devils Lake in the
sum of $40, 900. The bondsmen are Nav.
or Mccormack, Col. A. M. Ferris, presi-
dent of the bank of Devils Lake; John
McKslvey, president of the First Ma.
tional bank Of Grand Forks, and Horace
G. Stone. The bonds are for his appear
ance to answer to an indictment for kill
ling the Ward brothers.
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The N. r. Twenty Million Mortgages,
The long anticipated and bitterly con-
kod nE kl,o~ LII.

Ano AOHR anticipated ana bitterly con.
tested passage of the resolution authorizing
the issue of the $50, ooO, 600 second mogtgsee
Of the Noftbern Pacific Railroad company.
which has agitated Wall street for the past
month, has at last taken place. The 20th
the stockholders' meeting was held at the
companys Office. The attendance was
larger than ut any previous meeting, 362..
428 shares being represented. The Hon.
l.. D. N. Sweat OF Portland, NE, an old
stockholder, presided and james B. viii.
liams, George F0llett and Winthrop Smith.
Of Philadelphia, acted in the capacity
of inspectors Of the election. Every.
thing seemed to be perfectly HARMONIOUS,
The chairman stated that at the time
of closing of the books ON Oct. 20, the to.
tai number Of shares Of preferred stock was
413, ,687. When the veto was counted it was
tound thas 352 628 ahares were in favor Of
the bond ISSUE and only sixty-three against
It. All the available vote had been cast.
about 3, 200 out Of 1900 stockholders, The
Others being small holders scattered
Throughout the country. Every holder Of
500 shares or over except one voted in fa.
vor of the bonds. Mr.. Willard was present
during the Aeeting, ~ were A. J. Drexel,
August Belmont, d. p. Morgan and other
prominent bankers. J. P4erIepont Morgan
represented most of the proxies.
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Talk of People.


succeeds the Princess Louise as the first
lady in the Canadian Dominion, by vir.
tue of being the wife of the Governor
General, Is the youngest daughter OF t! g
present Duke Of Abercorn. who claims
direct descent from tho Stuarts, and who
is the Giving image" of the luckless
Charles l. 1t is said she is not by any
means handsome woman, but she ie
intensely aristocratic looking. She is one
Of tho great leaders of fashion in the
British "upper ten thousand," As Lady
Hamilton, she resided with her father
during his occupancy of the office OF
viceroy of Ireland, where she was ex-
English officials.
A writer In tho Washington Post wants
to set the public right in regard to the
Hon. Tom Ochiltree. the famous mem.
Der from Texas. He is not rough or il.
litera,e: The writer says: Sew men
in the Forty-eighth Congress will have q
wider range Of reading than Mr..
memory TO make 1t available like fiasl,
for purposes of argument or illustration
He was born gentleman, comes OF good
element in the Southwest. His
Cabinet of the little Texas republic,
finement and courtesy, as at Versailles
in the time of Louis XIV. The Hon.
Tom was guest at the White House in
Mr.. Buchanan's time, and no one pre-.
sided there with more dignity than
"Old Buck"
Hon. James 3. Campbell, distin-
guished citizen of Charleston, s. c., died
in Washington last week. lie was born
in Oxford Msss.. in 1908, OF Scotch an
cestry. and was graduated at Brown
University in the class with the late
Bishop Burgess of Maine. Mr. Camp
bell went to South Carolina III 1873.
Mr.. Bartlett Coutts. husband of the
Baroness, is said by one of the London
lmpers to be offered a position in the
diplomatic service of England, and it ia
thought he may possibly be connected
with the legation ut Washington.
Gen. Carr is the first man who has
thrice been elected by the people to til.
Office of secretary of state in New York.
Among living men Horatio Seymour
and Allen C. Beach carried tho state
three times, and Lucius Robinson four
times, but not successfully, nor for the
came office.
1t is eaid during the late Senator RAN
dolph's term in the senate he gave all
his salary 10 charitable and benevolent
purposes. The money was d.sbursed
principally by his vie and daughters,
who had carte blanche from the senator
to use it as they saw best for the benefit
of others.
Many substantial citizens of New Fla
ven have male known to Mayor Lewis
their earnest wish that the salvati on
army shall go, or at least shall no long
er be alloweA the use of the State House
steps and the public squares for their
eervices, or have permission to marci,
through the principal streets, to til. &C.
compartment of lusty singing and the
beating of tambourines and drums.
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Personal Gossip.

The New York State Bar association has
received from Lord Coleridge an elegant To-
lilo volume by John Pym Yeatman, contain.
ing history Of the house of Arundel, being
an account of the origin Of the families Of
Montgomery, Albini, Fitzalan and Howard,
from the time ofthe conquest OF Normandy
by Rollo the Great.
A writer in the jBismarck Tribune re-
members that Mr.. Tildsn was engaged to
young lady who was drowned on the
steamer President on her way to Europe,
whittier her parents sent her to break of the
match. Mr.. Tilden never felt q desire to
marry any one else.
I John Mccullough advanced Anna Dick
inson $500 at Detroit to help her .out of her
straits, and now she Is in them again. She
10 calming he.self in Chicago, but goes this
week to New York.
Capt. McKibbin, Fifteenth infantry. is to
be tried at Fort Smelling flor duplicating
pay accounts.
Judge Nelson Of Boston discsurasss tenn.
perance work by throwing cut evidence oi
hired spoilers.
franklin Haven. Q Boston bank president
fifty years, has resigned.
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Total al................ll.63l 0.5lO
Majority 6.l2l

HAeJvAiSy OskSA
1t will thus be seen that tho constitution has
ooen ratified by vote of two TO one When
| tho returns are oil in 1t 10 probable that the
;otal vote will reach 2O,OOO, and that the ma
lority will be not far IRON 5, 500 or 6,OOO.
THE AY-AT-HoMRs.
1t will be seen from the table that tho total
vote for delegate last year WAS about 28, 800
Il IL quite safe to say that our population has
increased one-t third during the past year This
would give about SO, 900 voters at this
time. and it will therefore be seen
hat. .La. Just about one one half Of the voters
rest Of .h. voters would have voted II they had
come out on election day. One side claims
that the absentees favored the constitution,
but thought it would be ratified anyway, aud
that their assistance would not be needed.
The other side are equally certain that the ab-
,entees opposed the constitution, for, had they
favored it. they would have been on hand to
rote for it At any rate. the apathy existed,
and it is apparent that the constitution has not
pecled, but it encountered au opposition that
vas not dreamed Of
A glance at the map will show for tho most
part the opposition to the constitution came
from the southeast corner. and that Yankton
and Turner counties were the only ones to
II was in these counties only that tho opposi-
,ition assumed . belligerent attitude, il 70 ex-
sept Clark and Brookings. whore meetings were
also held. Il has been charged BY the sup
porters Of tho movement that the opposition
whom ex-Chief Justice Shannon and that old
war-horse. Dr.. Burleigb, were able to impose
in their speeches against the constitution. But
their charge was certainly ill-advised, for ii
does not appear justified when Union county
constitution, and when that document received
such small support in Lincoln. Minnehaha and
other counties. The opposers say that had they
begun their canvass two weeks earlier they
would have completely buried the document
On the other hand, the supporters ssy that II
DR.. Burleikh in tho crusade against IL, they
could have won back all the converts made by
Ihem As each party ia sincere We shall let
zach have his say.
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TERRITORIAL NEWS.

kdlS6 SSkk9 EsseilAsSs Us9ssslaae ths yste
Palled - the. 2oosnt Reoslsa-The Neay.
at-Aomea
YAsxTox, Special Correspondence. Nov. ~.
The returns on the vote for the constitution
have come in very slowly, but the figures sre
now suineiently definite to enable one to figure
the result certainly within few hundreds. Il
is we'll known that one OF the papers
here wss the strongest advocate found
for the constitution, and Il u equally
well known that the other paper opposed the
document with might and main. A. The cleo.
ton was held without the warrant Of law. the
returns have not been forwarded to tho score.
tary Of the Territory, ~ would have been done
under an enabling cot Accordingly, these
pspers get the returns 90 best they NAV, and
their 6Rures differ quite materially. The her
aid figures ont the result % follows:
For the couatitutiou. .lC. .739
Majority for the consultation. .......... 3.ol7
On the other hand. The Press and Dakotsisn.
which favored ratification, publishes table OF
msjorities a. folows:
Maioritiss for constitution. :. eo72
Majorities against constitution. ,e5y
Majority for constitution. .8,2l3
= nV A1ttoL pSpoE puUll1u0u &uOt0ek t4Olo OF
total votes BY counties. Tho figures are only
part ,'oficial' and nine or ten counties are yet
to 10 heard from Taking this table have
added to 1t the best figures obtainsbls for the
missing counties. aud have prepared another
able, in which Is included the tosal vote for
delegate for 1882, % tho figures appear upon
the records in the ofice Of tie secretary Of the
Territory. All these figures, except 10 The case
Of the counties marked with stal. arc the re-
suit accepted By the supporters Of the oon-
stitntion. In the case Of Pennington county,
the Rapid City Journal says that Mr. q T.
Mooa, member of the con.t.uttSnsl county
to keep separate box and poll book
for the constitution. When thev declined
10 do this Mr.. Wood received votes
Tor the constitution 10 separate building.
The result Of his count is said to be ~ votes
Tor tho constitution. and 73 against for Rapid
City. The result OF the count for Rapid City.
Is published by the judges. 10 24l against tie
constitution and Is for; and for tho whole
county, 422 against aud IL for. These are
tho figures that sppear in tho table, which are
herewith given.
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FORTY YEARS AGO.

Fashions Of Our Fathers, and Things
That Were Familiar, Nows Obsolete.
By Prentice Mulford.
Forty " srs ago the lecturer and lee.
ture course had not made their appear
snce. The village debating society was
of regular winter occurrence, discussing
(which was the greater man, George
Washington or Christopher Columbus?"
or "Whst invention has been most use-
ful to mankind. the art Of printing or
the mariners compass?"
The land was free for all to shoot over.
Breech-loaders and ''shells' or cart
ridges" were unthought of. Gunners
cut their Own wads, poured the charge
of powder into the muzzle, then hand
full Of shot, adjusted the percussion cap
and banged away. But If the
fowling-pie o was not improved, the
game Of all descriptions was far more
plentiful. Forty years ago deer were
still native to the pine forests of Long
Island, and . yearly hunt for them was
organized by the sporting element Of
this country.
The trunk Of the period was covered
smasher had barely been developed.
bags were not out of date.
City hotels called the guests to meals
by the gong or dinner.bcll. The land.
lord sat at the head of the table, and
carved the breakfast steak, The guests
dined together all at the same hour.
Dinner was served with great parade
and formality. The walters re emoyed
the covers from the chatting dishes at q
given signal, bore them aloft out of the
room. then reappeared and carried off
dishes to he carved at side tables.
4: The oyster saloon of that time was
furnished with ''stalls" and curtained
recesses afording parties more seclusion
and quiet than those of to-day. It hung
without cloth.cOvered balloon.shap ed
sign, painted red, inside of which
candle was stuck at night.
The bar of the period was more dingy
than that of the present, but the liquor
was better. Brandy was not obsolete.
In the city drinks was three cents "be.
fore the screen" and six cents behind it.
Six cent drinks were deemed extrava.
CANT and 80 were three cent cigars.
could be found more.cutglass decanters
and port'or Madeira in the closet or in
the sideboard than to-day. Hundreds
Of the smaller agricultural villages forty
years ago maintained one or tive ''tav-
erns" where now they are none. Tip
pling and intemperance among our ma
tives was far more general.
The ''solid men" of the town belonged
to engine companies, and pumped faith
fully at fires. A village fire often term
mated in q subdued and respectable
drunk. Exhaustion justified unusual re-
course TO stimulants at unaccustomed
hours, and the rest followed. The vii
lage engine was always under repair
after fire and always broke down at
one. Householders were required by
law to keep leathern buckets to be used
at fires. They hung in the hallway and
had the owners name painted on them
in white letters.
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EPITOME OF TIE NEWS.


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,as,I esn;.. a. q, S..,..s . r Y. ~ sw ,sou
- hoe,d 9. s,s,ss ssa.sS. ~: 8 49,. ~.
q consernntsS a "a - @n. - Els. Hss
This 10 time 81 n vnnlS Ss : ,sssi s 4. ~
q all coelfnS Ststscrs Ss,siS y sSssSaa
aeainst the Unitss eests. i'1 "nd 4, t,ms u.s II
ceeoe MI ys.ssi. sSss,sa saI s..a ~ 1e ~ Gs
lor the saks ef eoonomy. The sdnirsl -. =.
,,isvs Y tie immsdiats construction Of .
kIns a0d thln0 We could build twenty largs
The esmstc.v a. e.. t,...u., -. .,,...,
ICED the pavment. vithont ,.i,.ts - ths .
turing Dec. 1. The emount % outstan 80 ndins an =. n
about pa 10000. Tho secretary also an.
thoftsad the payment Of the s. embraced I'm
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Crimes and Criminals.

Detective W. 81. Owen of Louisville re-
turned to Nashville with Mrs. A. +. LFncks
alias Rese Miller, alas Myers, alias Flincks
thief, who victimised jewellers I'm ali The
principal cities of the south, especially Lon
isviile, Nashville, Atlanta and Charleston.
Her game has been to examine Q tray 0l
costly solitaire dismond rings, On the pre-
text Of purchasing for her daughter, swan.
ping diamond ring for the best ring In tie
boz, then leaving the store, promising to re.
turn and purchase on Nov. /.
At New Providence, Tenn. Mr.. Garrett, q
large tobacco buyer, was swakened by q
noise, saw . burgler at the window, rushed
into the ball and got sun. Returning he
shot and killed the man entering the vln.
dow when he was attacked by Que inside,
and Q desperate scuffle ensued for the pos.
session OF the sun. Finally Garrett and
wife put the robber out, and he escaped.
Mrs, Garrett ran mile to the nearest neigh
bur and gave an alarm. The other man
was found dead under the window.
A. R. Parks, the peddler. Who eaticed the
two Goodwin girls from their homes IN In.
dependence, Iowa, and who subsequently
ravished them at lhotel in Warren, Ill,
Was tried a. Galena, ILL.,, on the 22d inst,
found guilty. and sentenced to the penilen.
ttafy for eight years.
In the Congdon murder case at East
Greenwich, r. l.. on the 22d, ,after forty.
three hours' delibe1ations, the fury re.
turned verdict Of manslaughter, With q
recommendation for mercy. The case has
excited the greatest interest of any criminal
trial In the state
Frank James is reported to te dying OF
consumption. He il also psnniless, and
his cell 10 no longer richly furnished, as II
was Q year ago.
Peter c. Small, in Jail at Beveidere, N. J..
for horse stealing, has gone without food
thirty-ave days. determining to starve him
self to death.
Mrs. Harvey McClintock, ofsp,ing6eld
Ohio, . :eautiful society brunette, ha,
el0ped with Boston drummer named Mi.
Ter.
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dear fellow aid the prince, In . prince.
y way; but really / don't know. john
he continued, turning to tho servsnt
who stood behind his chair, what is my
salary? You see, to the Englishman, Il
always give my salary to nay servants
The Englishman was 20 overwhelmed
that he did not hear the servants some.
what unsatisfactory reply.
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A Pension Point Settled.

Secretary Teller has rendered an importaa
decision in reply to question of the coma
missioner of pensions, asking for proper
and uniform construction Of the revised
statutes concerning pensions to dependent
mothers. The secretary maintains that if
the son was minor, the father was entitled
to his services; or II not living the mother
was 30 entitled, and therefore dependent
ai0ns
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Catching and boiling.


The Hot Springs of the Yellowstone
Park consist of many pools of boiling
water, which vary from forty feet in
length by twenty-five to about one.tenth
that size. A bewildering scene presents
itself to the visitor. He sees tints as rich
and varied as the colors of the rainbow.
The water is mostly of a turquoise blue,
but 90 translucent that the most ::minute
fretting deep down upon the sides and
bottoms of the pools is plainly visible.
There is one place where the fisherman
can catch trout in stream and with
out removing the fish from the hook or
stirring from his tracks, cook it in boil
ing spring. Among the recent visitors
to the hot springs. there was q Boston
banker, who, having heard the story,
which was regarded as "Munchausena
by many. stole of. without saying
word to any one. The result is told
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une:
A couple of hours later he was seen to
approach the hotel painting and out of
breath, excitement depicted in, every
line of his face.
"Hello, M! what's the ,natter?"
is!' 40
At the same time the ordinarily sedate
and composed-looking old gentleman
swings Q tomatoe-can triumphantly
above his head. and displays to the
group quickly gathered about him q boil.
ed trout, about four inches in length, re.
posing peacefully at the bottom of the
can.
It is tasted by those present, every
body declaring that little salt is all that
is necessary to render the fish palata-
BILE.
As soon as the fact had been demon.
strated, everybody with any pretence
Of being Q fisherman. hastened down to
the Gardiner River to catch and cook
trout.
This feat Of catching trout and boiling
it without detaching it from the hook is
ono which can be successfully performed
in di9erent places within the park.
Boiling springs are frequently met
With on the borders Of streams, dis.
charging their overflow into the fresh
water.
Strange TO ray, fish approach 1t time,
very closely to the spot whore the sul.
i phurous Water mingies with that of The
lItream, l1i1ing the Temperature OF the
st.r consid iderably, but seemingly with.
N6ut ecttne them.