Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-06-27


authority that there was u farm
sold near Beresford, this county, last
week for 1920, or SIT per acre.
p. ID.
Mitchell is preparing extensively
for a grand fair to be held on July
Sd and 4th.
A full attendance of the G. A. r.
ia requested on next Saturday even
! ing.
| VIM. Duncan Commander
ASSOCIATE EDIroR.--We have
made arrangements with Ira j..
Nichols to assist us in the editorial
work on the COURIER. He is gen
ueman of nnqucstioned ability as a
writer, and we are satisfied our pat
rons will be well pleased with the
arrangement.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
for July abounds with mos. inter-
esting and instructive reading. "'The
LongestSpan in the World" by A,
Y. Abbott. has fourteen illustrations
of the Brooklyn bridge, Of which
full details are given Cornelius
Mathews contributes The Poet of
Home-John Howard Payne: this
number also contains an unpublish-
ed story and poem by Payne. There
is sketch Of Assam" the great Tea
Country of India: an article by Mrs.
V. T. Polk, san Antonio and its
Old Missions; one by Marc Val
lette, of peculiar interest, with illus
trations of the ''The Strange Fnner-
al Rites in different countries.
There are stories and sketches by
Oscanyan, n. Robinson. etc; sever
al charming poems, and miscella-
ny of a varied and pleasing charac-
ter. The great serial "The Beauti-
full Countess Of Clairville" is contin-
ued "WINrEE QUARTERS" is the IT,
tie If the colored frontispiece.
Twenty-Five cents copy, So a year,
postpaid. Address, Mrs. Frank les
lie, Publisher, 50, % and 81 Park
Place, New York.
Pimaecl Pros: The Huron state
hood convention was as harmonious
as Ramsey or Hennepin county
republican convention. All d:scord-
ant elements, especially Coy. Ord
way and the North Dakota men,
were kept out by nice diplomacy
and without Il resort to- stern meas
ores. This left ii division and
| statehood convention for South Da-
lsota, pure and simple. The gist of
the proceedings is in the resolutions,
which after long string of where
asses setting forth the sovereign right
of Il territory having $4,000 square
miles and 2J0,G03 inhabitants to adj
mission As state, provide fer the
election of delegates to a constitu-
| tional convention OH the lst of Au-
gust, which shall take the necessary
steps for application to congress for
admission as state. The conyen.
ton was judicious enough not TO an
nouncc any Of the revolutionary
purposes some Of It's projectors are
credited with 1t has given the
stat, )d movement lignilicd and
suspicious Inauguration.
We have always regarded the
American jury system as farce,
and that the jury very often "dis-
pclises with justice is fact that
we are forced to admit. The recent
disgraceful ending of the Star Route
trial illustrates this point to a nicely
That the government did all in her
power to prosecute the guilty par
ties cannot be truthlully denied
| and that those men on trial were as
guilty as demons, the evidence in
the case conclusively shows to the
satisfaction of every mind endowed
with reasoning power. And yet
these men are unqualifiedly vindi-
Gated by twelve of their fellow men!
Never in the history of the Ameri-
can courts has the government been
more active in its efforts to have JUS
ticc meted out to its offenders. II
employed the best obtainablc coun-
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