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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21
Post once Regulations.

Office open from 7 A. NJ. toS PM,
Mail closes at 400 NJ,
lU:lU A. NJ.
Money Orders from s A. NJ. to 6 p. NJ.
JAS. E. BLAIR,
Postmaster.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Slaughter's butter house is rush
ing business these days, keeping two
men at work all the while handling
the butter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

The Sioux river which has been
very high all spring, is now falling
very rapidly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

A fine stock of mems, youths and
boys summer clothing just received.
C. w. BEGGs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Our line Of clothing is full. W.
have have not missed : sale since
our Cost price went into effect.
Remember this Is no closing out
or funny buainess, but truly selling
you goods by the suit at tho same
price we paid by the thousand.
FREEMAN Rnos.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21
Candies and Nuts of all kinds at
Mallory e. Crumrineis.

Sweet potato plants now ready.
WALTER HINES.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Miles +. Tully, the genial and
gentlemanly representative Of the
Yankton Press, honored this Office
with a call Yesterday.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21
Stephen A. HurItut Post No. G. A. R.
new FEED STORE.
NEIL CALLAHAN.

NEIL CALLAHAN.
Has opened out in kents building, Nam street,
3 new feed store, where he will keep constantly
on hand all kinds OF
O and FEED.
Will aIso deliver dour in any part Of the city
free of charge. Also keep salt meats and fish.
Have a feed mill and will grind feed at 5 cents
per bushel. Give me a call.
n. CALLAHAN.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

/ am receiving to-day ! lasse ~
voice Of Dry Goods, suitable fcr ~
spring and summer trade. Thess
goods are as fine ~ there y ii ~
market and I guarantee pricss -
cheap as any ID town.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Freeman Bros. are now receiving
an elegant line Of new spring and
summer goods.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

The nice lain yesterday was
needed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Mallory & Crumrine's have On
hand a full assortment Of crackers.
Also fresh bread from the Sioux
City steam bakery.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Small grain is looking splendsd,
in this county.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

For Sale.
One light single buggy,
One light three spring wagon,
One light double hasnses,
One sever, year old horse, !,
All for sale cheap. g. m. Bnoan'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

This is fine corn weather.

Fish in the Sioux have begun to
bite.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Ira L. Nichols has secured the
southwest room up stairs in Hoff-
mans block, and has moved his Of
Ace over there where he will hereaf.
ter be found ready to do anything
in the law and insurance business.
Ira is one Of our best and most re-
spected business men, and by his
strict honesty and close application
is working up a good and profitable
business. The COURIER, with his
hosts of friends here desire to see
him succeed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21
FISH FISH Fishl

Fish, FISH Fish,
If you want any white Fish, cod
fish, herring, mackerel, salmon d
stock fish by the pound, kit kee q
barrel, be sure and call on
If G. w. BEaos.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

M. Hoffman goes to Yankton mex
week as q U. s. Petit Juryman.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

We learn that Grandfather Weed
is lying very low and is not expect
ed to survive many days. We are
also informed that Mrs. Weed, his
faithful old help-meet, is left entire
ly alone to take care Of him, which
is wrong, and the good people Of our
city should see to it at once that
this aged and respected couple have
ample rare and attention. The most
shameful and heartless thing We
ever heard Of is that this couple
have a son living here in town who
refuses to go TO the dying bed Of his
poor old father and render him any
assistance. The ungtateful wretch
should not be countenanced BY de-
cent society.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

The season 81 cyclones and lorna
does is here and the disaster and de-
struction in other localities should
remind the people in this part Of the
Missouri Valley that we are in daily
danger Of their irresistible power.
Do not neglect ii, for . day may
wreck what II has taken years to &C.
cumulate. Policies will be written
fOrsstnall premiums by
IRA 4. NICHOLS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

The largest stock Of wall paper in
town At n. i. McNITT 4 Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Mrs. G.. +. Mallahan and children
are visiting in Douglas county.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21
To the Public.

| shall be prepared to furnish the
public, plants for early and late cab
bage, tomato, pepper and sweet po-
tato. / make this portion Of my
business 5 speciality. Parties not
desiring to visit the farm, can pro-
cure them Of Harter Bros. at then
meat market.
Having permanently located
amongst you, | respectfully solicit
your patronage. WALTER ]. HINES.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

was elected Grand Patriarch of the
Grand Eencampment of Odd Eel
lows at Mitchell last week.
We call the attention Of our read
ers to the important change Of time
of the arrival and departure of trains
over the Milwaukee road to be found
in another column. This is decid-
eddy the best arrangement of trains
we have ever had and the thanks Of
the travelling public are extended to
the management of the road.
The meeting last Saturday to
take into consideration the organiza-
ton of an Agricultural Society, was
not very we'll attended, but the
matter was taken well in hand by
those present, and final success of
the movement is pretty certain.
Another meeting will be beld on
the 3lst, of this month.
Older, Crane Coos circus showed
in this city last Thursday as adver-
tised. They gave a very creditable
show, but a very conspicuous fea-
ture here was the slim attendance.
We congratulate farmers of the
county opon their good sense in
staying in their fields and attending
to the corn planting business.
This was the principal cause OF the
small attendance. This company,
however deserve a good patronage
as they gave a good show, but it is
the wrong time 0 fthe year for such
exhibitions in this part of the coun-
try. Owing to the action Of Mayor
Ta)cott and the city council, the
confidence man and thimble. trigger,
failed to show up as usual on circus
and the greeny and his money
had no occasion to separate. Our
city officers are highly commended
for this action.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

5000 rolls Of wall paper just re-
at III. L. McNIrT 4 Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

Hon. e. w. Miller of this city
was elected Grand Patriarch of the
Grand Eencampment of Odd Eel
lows at Mitchell last week.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

The Celebrated deki
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21
In The City.

~ particular attention paid to Prescription Department, day or night
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-21

it.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-06
CRITICISM,
PROPER AND IMPROPER.
MRS. MYRA VAUGHAN.

J
rogue may burn city or kill a hero where
as he could never build the one nor equal
the other" This sentence, in the title of
an old book on Witchcraft, printed in $780,
induced a train of thought on criticism,
proper and improper. In the first place,
criticism has come to mean unfavorable
Judgment, in these later times, until we are
very much disposed to forget the fact that
the original meaning of the word was the
art Of judging with propriety Of the beau
ties and faults of literary or other artistic
performance By this means the literary
or other artist has come to dread the very
name of critic and there has grown up
an antpathy between the former and the
latter, almost as proVerbial as that between
man and the first great sophist in the garden
of Eden. This should not be the case.
For the province of the true critic is none
the less to praise than to blame and he who
confines himself alone to unfavorable criti-
clSm of literature or art, becomes more truly
deserving of the name of cynlc than that
of critic. The true and faithful critic should
conscientiously blame or praise and should
be the mirror in which an artist, seeing his
imperfections dressed out in their true habili-
ments, may be able to become a correct
judge of his own productions and to realize
the fact that things which had appeared per-
fectly natural to him, may, in the judgment
Of others, fairly briStle with incongruities.
The tasks Of criticism is one which should
not be lightly assumed, nor should it be
rashly welded If the aspirant for literary
fame receives not the praise that he deems
due to his performance, he considers his
aim and his productions misunderstood by
the temporary judge; yet the reputation of
the critic for fairness and honor, should be
of such general acceptance in the literary
world as never to lay him liable to the suspi-
cion even of unfairness, or of bias towards
any coterie of writer's, or for any particular
manner of writing.
The critics office naturally becomes very
tiresome, when one is obliged to review, day
after day, the constantly accumulating pile of
uncongenial NATTER of inharmonious verse,
of unimaginative romance, and of most un-
seasonable philosophy. Just as the inferior
wine passed undetected at the marriage
feast of Cana Of Galilee So no doubt the
true and appreciative taste is lessened, or
obscured after wading through long pages Of
weary platitudes, unrelieved by the well
come sight of one solitary basis, of lfelke
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-06

chosen vocation Of the heart, there n
and there always are tiresome .tast.
nected with it, which are all the mors
considered duties because they are irk
! confess, have little faith in CHE
inglorious Millions of Gray, but I i, i
doubt the fact that the uncondensed -,
Of some noble poets and prose writers i
existed in many, whom adverse criticism
frighted from the deep sea of literatnrs
Keats, who was said to have died from
unfriendly review, has been the then.
many a pen seeking to prove the DE-,
effect on sensitive soul Of a cruel ria,
in place of honest criticism. Though
view Of the case is highly colored and N I
we'll known fact that he had a constitutr
predisposltion to consumption which a SID
cold served to bring to a crisis. Still d,
is no doubt that he did suffer acuteE r.
the heartless criticism of Jeffrey and otbs
as Lowell says: Gle suffered, in propot
as his ideal was high and he was coneDu
falling below it. But in these reviews
filings were equally divided between
faults of the poet and the never to-be-fob
en- fact that the poet was an apothecar
the son of livery-stable assistant.
command Of "back to his gallipots'
BlackWood may be criticism, but it ceta
was not criticism and in this day and gen
ton it seems strange that it ever could b
been SO considered. But taking into COM
Grafton the state Of English society as III
constituted and it's rooted contempt for
and the laborer we do not wonder that 81
contemptuous treatments could inAict n
lasting pain than legitimate blame CO.
ever have done. So youth, to be made Z
diculous and the laughing-stock of an en
nation, is more cruel than utter irrecognt
Keats, thrilling to his very hnger-tip
the super-sensitiveness of the poetic temp
ment, with the super-imposed susceptblH
of the consumptive tendency, was as susc4
bic to the indignity of such attacks, as
proud temper of the Arab steed would
to the touch Of the whip. Each lash LETT I
inefaceable mark in his mind and heart
though, with the instructive shame
naughty SOUL he gathered his mantle anl
him and tried to conceal the wounds
brave words, the wounds we're there ne Z
to be effaced.
How different was Wordsworth All
abuse, falsely called adverse criticism, a
cred upon him affected him not, disag
him no whit. He, "who by constant
panlOnShiD with mountains had aCqul
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-06

leau, but I always will think that Bob knew
about it" she concluded, "and bribe1 my
pocket edition of a cook to take the nails
out Of that chair in my absence"
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-06

a young married lady was telling her ex-
perence the other day in furnishing her little
home, and how, with much good taste and
little money, she had made regular dove
cot of it. "The parlor," she said is quite
artistic, if do say it myself, and SO after
wards found it, with her many embroideries
and paintings. THE dining-room | try to
have cheerful and inviting, and the other
rooms and hall just very home-like One
thing think important, and try SO much to
have the entrance to the house very attractive
and with the vines over the portico and my
hanging baskets, | am sure it will be SO in
time. Just now the vines are SO stubborn
about growing and my pet hanging basket
met with such a sad fate
"a kind neighbor sent me some pickles the
other day by her little boy. Of course | was
delighted, and ran into the house with them,
leaving the small boy on the portico. Hear
ing crash rushed back and found him look
ing ruefully at my fallen basket He was
very sorry, poor little fellow, and told me he
wouldn't dond it. only he wanted to see if
he could lift it off the hook with the top of
his head
"But to return to the house. The spare
room gave me much anxiety, and turned
over in my mind what should do, as the
necessary funds were all exhausted. Finally
| decided. first painted the floor, and then
made some rugs, quite number, out off
pieces of dark carpet edged with deep
fringe My bureau was large box covered
with blue cambria and white muslin, with long
muslin curtains over the mirror, which hung
over the box.
"But the triumph of genius, in my own
eyes, was the chair manufactured by myself
and juvenile colored assistant out of bar
rel, and covered with creton to match the
curtains, which we're light blue, with pink
flowers.
q decided to take my legc lord by sur
prise, after the final touch had been given,
and lead him into the room which he thought
still unfinished SO after tea | said Come,
Bob, have something to show you, and,
leading the way, ushered him into the won
derful room. He was both surprised and
delighted; said he thought | had succeeded
admirably and was looking around, when his
eye lighted on the bar'P chair. 'Hellor he
said What under the sun is that2 why,
chair said stoutly, feeling inwardly weak.
Whereupon the horrible man walked quietly
over and threw himself into it, and it crashed
all to pieces.
t1JA - IL
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-06

A handsome monogram silk guilt l.a n
made for Mr.. Pierre Stevens, Of WaSnaas w,
by his young lady friends, each turll NM
large silk handkerchief with her MONS
in the centre.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-06
qonne loeoplt's Department.
MISS JEAN LoUGHBoRoUGH.

In our last paper we gave conundrum,
the answer to which would be given this
week: Is it lawful for man to marry his
widows cousin2
No; for in the kingdom Of heaven there is
neither giving nor taking in marriage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31
NEW TIME SYSTEM.

At midnight, tonight, revolution in
the method of telling time will be in
inaugurated at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, England, and gradually the
new system will spread over the
civilized world. The day will commence
at midnight, which will be designated
zero, and then the hours will follow con-
secutively up to midnight which
will be twenty-four o'clock. In the new
system, one o'clock tomorrow after
noon will be thirteen o'clock, two
o'clock viii be fourteen o'clock, and so
on up to the end of the day, when the
observatory clock will strike twenty
four times. The English government
has adopted, or will dc SO tonight, this.
method of time, in order to benefit tran
sportation companies, and arrest errors
caused by the authorizations of A. NJ.
and P. M, which are to be abolished.
The transportation companies will of
course try the new system, and com
mercial houses will necessarily have to
follow suit and finally the people will
fall into line. Our present system, like
so many other things that We cling to
with a tenacity that is not based on
judgment, is clumsy and awkward;
when we get rid of it people will wonder
why it was adopted, and then why it
was not abandoned generations ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31
NO Soap Given Away

NO Soap Given Away
With Spanish Clippings" Smoking To-
bacco, as when once tested it will sell
without premiums thrown in, " and the
price, SOC. per pound, is within the reach
of all. For sale by
SAM LEVY,
Cigar Manufacturer.
SOLID SILVER and Plated Ware, at
ELIASON'S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31

where in Idaho, and his belief in the
system of plural marriage cannot be
made the subject of legislation without
violation of the fundamental law of the
land and in direct opposition to the
opinion of the highest tribunal.
However, the Idaho Legislature has
actually been guilty of this violation
and defiance, and unless Congress can
be induced to promptly reject the act.
or the courts declare it void, much harm
may result. In view Of the late official
frauds in some of the counties, the
people of those counties may look for
the further outrageous disregard Of
their rights by those who seem to be
affairs there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31
Dissolution Of Partnership.

TINE UNDERSIGNED, HERETOFORE
il doing business under the firm, name
and style of Salt Lake Forwarding Co., have
this day dissolved by mutual consent I'm
settled accounts will be adjusted at our for
mer Office, 218 Main Street, up to January. /.
1885, after which time, address K. ]. ToWle'
our late manager, at Gunnison, Colo.
G c. TOWLE,
], H. FERGUSON,
r. ]. TOWLE.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 23d, 1884.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31
vITUPERATIoN IN POLITICS.

"Vituperation in Politics" is the title
of an article in the January number OF
the North Anlericau ReUieC, by Bishop
Huntington. II is in the main an able
paper, and is timely, but the spirit in
which it was written makes it more or
less vituperative, as it is certainly a
partisan attack upon Democrats, and
defense of Blaine. The late
election called the article forth,
and the writer goes upon the
assumption that the Democratic orators
and newspapers went beyond the limits
of legitimate criticism il assailing the
Republican candidates. Undoubtedly
our political campaigns have degener-
ated into periods of licensed mud-fling-
ing, but Bishop Huntington has been
unable to separate proper criticism and
comment from blackguardism. The
idea that when a man is nominated for
the Presidency, he should be held sacred
from attack is not the correct
one; the fact that party has taken him
upfor the high Office does not eface the
stains from his character and elevate
him above the people. The country
does not want a rascal for President
and if a party in its blindness or cor
ruptiOn dominates a rascal, it is the
duty of the opposition press and orators
to inform the voters of the fact: this is
not vituperation, nor is itmud-slinging
it is honesty and patriotism; it is devo-
ton to country more than to party. Mr..
Blaine was the victim Of little vitupera-
ton; all the Democrats did was to give
to the public the facts in regard to
Blaine's public career; it was the right
Of the people to know the character of
5he man who was presented to them as
/ candidate for the highest Office in the
nation; if he were a dishonest
nan, the voters should know the |
acts, that they could protect them
elves against his roguery; if he had |
Ised Office corruptly, it was not vitupe-
alton to say so, that the people might
ct intelligently at bhe election. There
) a vast difference between vitupera-
ion in politics and the exposure of
andidates. Bishop Huntington has
zen unable to mark this difference
Ience an otherwise valuable paper vii
10 little good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31

No TROUBLE to Show Goods at Ella
sons, 162 Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31

A HUNDRED years ago, in Maine, they
employed different means than those
now resorted to for erecting their sacred
iifces. The good Christian of to-day
would hardly consent to the employ
ment of rum, with the necessary con-
comitants, sugar and molasses, as fac
tor'in church building Here is copy
of an entry in the parish records of
Alfred, Maine, dated April 6, 1854:
The inhabitants of this parish met
pursuant to adjournment and passed
the following vote: Voted to purchase
2 barrels of rum. barrel of pork, 4
bushels of beans. 10 gallons OF nolasses,
10 pounds of coffee and 10 pounds of
sugar, to raise the meeting house.
Voted that Nathaniel Conant was de-
sired to procure said articles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31

THE CENSUS of 1880 showed there were
in the United States $3.50, 95S persons
above the age of ten years who could
neither read nor write, and of these
], 90S, S1S were voters. The returns from
the late election show that the number
of illiterate voters in nearly every State
is larger than the majority in the State
for either political party. All of which
tells story that is not altogether cred
liable to the American people; it tells
that while we boast of being the most
enlightened people on earth, the country
is really under the control of the il
iterate and ignorant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31

THERE IS a bill before the alabama
Legislature which proposes to make
every man carrying concealed weapons
wear badge reading in plain letters,
Il am armed" That kind of a law
might do in Alabama, but in the west
the fellow without badge would feel
awful lonesome.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-31
To Gentlemen.

j. B. TORONTO. a. ,. GEDDEs.
Have you been in to see Barton & Co.
in procuring your Winter Clothing and
Furnishings?
They are giving their customers a
cash discount of 10 per cent, for thirty
days only, on their Clothing and Fur
nishings; and as they are closing out
their elegant line of Underwear, Far
and Sedtskin Caps. they are quoting
them at the lowest possible figures.
You need only call and examine the
quality and prices of their goods, to be
convinced that they will furnish you
with anything in their line as reason
able as any house in town.
Don't fail to call and see them before
elsewhere.