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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-02-23

ter with this unprincipled cuss is, that
he has collected his fees in advance for
Il great many notices in his paper,
wherein parties are advertised to make
proof before the Clerk, and he now
seeks to mislead them and make it
necessary to publish their notices the
second time, thus giving him the "sec-
ond rake-off." We do not want any
thing of the kind, in fact, are not here
for the sole purpose of making all the
money we can on final proofs ard as
soon rs they are done with, pull mp
and leave the country, as Frost will
il not run out Of the county by its
decent residents before that time, as
will undoubtedly be the case. To
show the settlers that we were correct
in our opinion regarding the taking of
final proofs by the Clerk of Court in
all cases advertised to appear before
him, we publish the following Wash
ington special, under date of Feb. II,
which explains the matter in question::
"On the 18TH of January last, the Com.
missioner of the General Land Office rem
dered decision that clerks of organized
counties where courts were not held could
not take final proof in land cases. The
decision also recognizes the authority of
judges and clerks other than those of dis
trict courts, to take affldavits in such cases
Under this decision, as ii stood originally,
proofs in over 200 land cases would have
been ruled out. The commissioner has,
however. in letter to the register and re-
ceiver at Huron, OAK, rendered supple
mental decision To the effect that his
former decision must not be regarded as
retroactive. but as designed for the gov
ernment of local land officers in the fu-
ture. Proofs heretofore made will not be
interfered with. In pending cases where
notice to make proof has already been
published the proof may be taken accord
ing to the published notice, but in future
the final aiiidavits must he taken before
the judge of court of record. who may
be a probate judge, or before the clerk of
the proper court, when such clerk is
duly qualified and authorized to act as set
forth in the decision referred to. In pre-
empted or commuted homestead cases
when the affidavit is made before Judge
of probate court. acting as clerk of his
own court, il may so appear in the jurat. -
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-02-23
SULLY COUNTY.

SOLLI tolN !.
Commissioners. j. Millett, Sr., B. p.
Hoover. n. ii. Young.
Sheriff-G. j. Millett, .Jr.
Treasurer-Charles Agar.
Coroner-Dr. j. A. Stevens.
Surveyor-William Ashley Jones.
Assessor-Orr w. Lee.
Clerk of Court-H. w. Edgerton.
Judge of Probate-Merit Sweeney.
Superintendent of Schools-David Sta
Piles.
Register of Deeds and Ex Oflicio County
Clerk. j. A. Meloon.
Justices of the Pcace-Wm. p. Ross, G..
w. Everts, P. r. Kelly, ID. ID. Bryant.
Constables-HenryW w. Sprague, George
Bowers. Geo. II. Pcase.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-02-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

TERRITORIAL.
Delegate in Congress-. B. Raymond.
Governor-N. g. Ordway.
Secretary. ii. Teller.
Treasurer-W Ii. McVay.
Audiior-George l.. Ordway.
Surveyor General-Cortez y. Fessenden.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
w. III. H. Beadle.
Chief Justice of Supreme Court-Alonzo
J. Edgerton.
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
WIN. +. J. Church, J. Z. Kidder, s. b.
Hudson.
United States District Attorney-Hugh
J. Campbell.
United States Marshal-Harrison Allen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24

Domingo say Cuban refugees there are
possessed of large amounts of money,
and are preparing forlanding in Cuba
in combination with parties here
This will probably cause extraordin-
airy movements of the troops The
government, in spite of all these facts,
pretends to ridicule all reports of a
threatened invasion.
News has reached this city that the
minister of the colonies has made a
new loan of $23, 100000 with the His,
psDo Colonial bank of Barcelona, for
account of the Cuban treasury, pledg-
ing in return the daily payment of
SIS, 900 from the income of the Cuban
custom houses.
The Cuban treasury will have to
pay 1 per cent. commission Oh the
loan, and an interest of 81 per cent.
per annum. This measure caused the
greatest Indignation here aud added
to the state of profound alarm and
general discomfort prevailing, as the
loan is the contract made with the
same bank in 1880, and considered
one of the calamities which brought
about the present state of affairs. By
uirtue of former loan, through
which the Banco Hispano Colonial is
realizing an immense profit, the bur-
den of which Cuba alone has to bear.
The bank is already receiving $33, 900
daily from the income of the Cuban
custom houses. A petition, which to-
bacco growers submitted to the home
government asking that urgent meas
ures be taken to remedy the evils
which they enumerated as de-
structive to their industry, has been
virtually rejected. An answer from
government is that they would settle
none of the difficulties. A perfect
panic is raging in the markets. The
merchants in order to sell their drafts
have to submit 10 large loss on the
current rates of exchange which is
continually declining. Some large
houses cannot sell their bills of ex-
change at any rate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24
A Chinese Failure.
Wall Street News.

When native of China doing busi-
ness goes to the wall, a Mandarin in
vestigates his affairs, and the result
is usually about as follows:
I find that your household expen-
ses have been s cents per day"
Alas! oh mighty Mandarin, have
an extravagant family"
''Your rent has been 60 cents per
month. How dare you incur such
expense on your small capital?"
Il was in hopes times would i'm
prove"
"And I find among your item Of
expense such things as opera tickets,
oysters for Sunday, and smoking to-
bacco for your grandmother. No
wonder yeu have to shut up shop and
cause your creditors to mourn"
"Oh, mighty Mandarin show mercy
to an honest but unfortunate man."
Call yourself honest, when you
withdraw 70 cents of your capital to
buy your wife party dress? Come
to the temple of justice"
At the temple the creditors divide
up the assets, and each one is then
privileged to use a whip on the deb
tors bare back until he thinks he has
got 100 cents on the dollar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24
Fighting Weeds
From the Cultivator.

We meet frequently with this head
ing to paragraphs in exchanges. It
conveys wrong lesson, as common
ly used. Simple and quiet extermin-
alton is better If weeds are allowed
to get foot in height. warfare is
then begun and carried on to an in
definite length of time, and the weeds
often coale off victorious. The usual
cause of this failure is in attempting
to cultivate too much land with a
small force. The result is an enor-
nous growth of weeds, choking and
diminution of the crop, and a supply
of noxious seeds to fill the soil and
last years. The weeds get entire pos
session in this way and the crops have
an unequal chance until another pIow-
ing checks them temporarily.
The remedy is a well arranged plan
for going over the ground once week.
in all hoed crops, sweeping the sur
face, killing all weeds before they
come up. All this work is more than
paid for in the increased growth of
the crops by this continued stirring,
provided the right tools are employed.
Take the corn crop for instance. The
plow and the harrow will prepare a
clean, mellow bed of earth before
planting. If the field is inverted sod,
it may be reduced to a state of fine
pulverization with the Acme harrow,
or a disk harrow, the finish being
given with any smoothing har-
row. BY planting the seed an inch
and a half or two inches deep,
in the shallow furrow made by the
marker, fine slant-tooth harrow may
be passed over both before and after
the plants are up without injury to
them. The operation may be contin-
ued once week until the corn is
foot high. Some of the plants may
be bent over, but they will be erect
again In day or two. After this a
shallow cultivator may be run be-
tween the rows until the corn is as
high as the horses back. This work,
properly performed, will leave the
slant teeth killing the sprouting seed
in the row and among the plants, as
well as over the whole surface; and
the subsequent cultivating keeping
the spaces clean between the rows.
We have never seen leaner fields
than such as were treated in this
way, and the cost of this labor, first
as last, was less than the old hand
hoeing,
But it must not be forgotten that
the attempt will be a failure if the
necessary work is intermitted with
weeds and these get a start. 1t is in
dlspensibly necessary to keep them
under the surface. There must be no
fighting, but suppression and exter-
m1nation.
The potato crop May be treated in
the same way until the plants are five
or six inches high, after this the
leaves would be somewhat lascerated
with the harrow. Carrots, beets and
turnips are too small in early growth,
and require clean soil in advance,
with frequent passing of the cultivator
between the rows, which, as they be-
come larger by growth, require a
cultivator that may be contracted in
breadth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24
ROMANCE AND MURDER.
HOW "a Family Quarrel Revealed a
Murder Of17 Years Ago.

At Morganton, n O., during a quar-
rel between Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bird, the
wife, in her passion, blurted out a
statement which has caused her hus-
bands arrest for a murder committed
II years ago, the victim being an ex-
federal soldier, Capt. Raphael Living
ston, said to be from New York. The
developments disclose a romantic af-
fair with tragic sequel. During the
war Capt. Livingston was confined
in the confederate prison at Salisbury.
He was good looking and intelligent,
and was seen by Rose Austin, the pref
ty DAUGHTER of the guard At the time
he was convalescent from a severe
fever and her woman's heart pitied
him. She gave him delicacies, and
the result was he formed friendshi o
for her which ri peRed into a love that
was returned. She dared not speak
to her father, and managed to effect
Livingston's escape. Before he left
for the federal lines he gave her a
ring and promised to return after the
war was over and claim her as his
bride. After the war was over Miss
Austin waited anxlously for her lover.
She wrote to New York, but could
hear nothing of him, and gave him
up for dead She had declined sever
al advantageous offers in the mean
time. Among her most persistent
suitors was Alonzo Bird. He was
the favored one, but she could not
bring herself to agree to marry him
In 1867 Captain Livingston appeared
in Salisbury, and he lost no time in
finding Miss Austin. Bird was told
that Livingston was her betrothed,
and he seemed to acquiecse. The
northerner was not in well-to do cir
cumstances, and therefore the we'd
ding could not take place at
once. Suddenly Livingston dis
appeared and Miss Austin was made
to believe that he had desert
ed her. About a year after she
married Bird. Husband and wife did
not get on together. Yesterday after
quarreling with hia she stated that
Bird and two companions had MUIR
dered Livingston. and with the aid
of a colered boy buried the body ia a
grove near by. The negro was at
once taken into custody and corrob-
Grated Mrs. Birds story. All the par
ties were arrested this evening and
are now in Jail at Wilkesboro. The
matter causes intense excitement, as
the principals are prominent people.
Mrs. Bird is about 35 years of age and
very handsome.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24
Cuban Troubles.

Havana advices of April II, say that
serious accounts come from the interior
as to the movements of large parties of
bandits, and government troops con-
tinue to come in. Yesterday battal-
ion of regular troops were sent from
Havana to Vulta Arabia, and for a
few days the coast in the neighbor-
hood of Havana has been occupied by
detachment of troops. The govern
ment is apparently waking up to the
situation. Private accounts from San
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24

of divorces has. largely increased.
With regard to the age of the iuhab-
itants of st. Petersburg, it appears
that on an average they die before
they have reached their Goth year,
which is eighteen to twenty years
less than the average in England.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24

The New York pilot boat Enchant-
ress collIded with schooner and her
crew jumped off. The Enchantress
went down the coast under full sail
without a soul aboard. Fifteen miles
out she was picked up by a schooner,
and crew retuned her. A fine gold
watch, heavy diamond pin and con-
siderable property of value were found
in her cabin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24

Mary Raspberry is the romantic,
ruby and fruity name of an ardent
old lady who aspires to be in Atlanta
what for many years Mrs. Myra
Clerk Gaines was in New Orleans.
She sues the city for the recovery of
twenty-five acres, on which are eighty
houses, claiming the property as in
herlted from an aunt whose will was
lost or stolen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-24

The census returns of st. Peters
burg, which has recently been pub
lished, gives a curious picture of
the population of the Russian capital.
The number of the inhabitants includ-
ing the suburbs, is 998, Ole, of which
only 253, 046 were born at St. Peters
burg: The fuctuating population
consists chiefly of peasants, the great
er part of whom are from the province
Tver. The different classes are repre-
sented as follows: Al Per cent. peas
ants. 20 per cent. middle-class citi-
zens, Ii per cent. subalterns, IL per
cent. mobiles, 9 per cent priests, 3 per
cent. foreigners, 2 per cent. Fins, 2
per cent. merchants. and L per cent.
honorary citizens. The differences in
the mum bers of the two sexes has
gradually decreased since 1859, when
to every 100 male there were 80 fe-
male inhabitants, whereas there are
only 12f Of the latter at present. The
number of illiterate persons-64 per
cents the same as in 1869. There
are %, 900 children who receive no in
struction In schools, although their
parents are living As compared
with the returns of 1869, the number
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-01
"Old Autograph"

A few days ago General F. E. Spin
ner, of Mohawk, so many years Treas
urer of the United States. passed up
Genesee street, in Utica, looking almost
as hearty as ever. He wore the military
style of SLOUGH hat and short blue cloak.
and looked every inch the veteran that
he is. He had come home from Florida
to vote, and was looking around our
city on a shopping excursion with the
ladies of his family. A correspondent
writing from Washington to the Pitts
burgh (Pa.) Chronicle says that a story
is printed that has this for its begin
ming:
: "Sophy is the name of an old colored
woman who had been appointed upon
the scrubbing force of the Treasury De-
partment by Secretary Chase"
We may observe that scrubbers in the
Treasury Department are never APP
pointed. They are not subject to the
annoyance of civil-service nonsense;
they are not put to the ordeal of a COM
petitive test; they receive no written
Certificate signed by the Secretary
making them otfice-holders; they are
not furnished with a yellow envelope
when they have to 60. The custodian
of the building employs them; he keeps
the labor roll, and pays them at the
rate of fifteen dollars a month. They
work from four until six p. M, and
when they are no longer wanted he
tells them they need not come again
until notified. Nevertheless, Sophy is
a reality, and has been in the Treasury
Department since Secretary Chases
time. She is on the down grade of fifty,
is a fine figure Of Il woman, and is
worth her weight in gold-which is
about two hundred pounds-for her
faithful and Trustworthy t ats. 1t is to
illustrate these that the story locating
her with the s%crubbers is told. She
ranks as a messenger now, a somewhat
soft position, when. as in Sophy' case.
the duties consist chiefly in waiting up
on the lady clerks. This may sound
strange, but is nevertheless true; nor
is this kind of attention confined to
these ladies. An army OF male messrn-
gers render like service to the gentle
men clerks.
1t is related of Sophy that she once
distinguished herself by some volunteer
guard duty in the interest of the Gov
eminent. 1t was when General Spin
ner was Treasurer that, one evening
when she was sweeping and busting,
she discovered in one of the counting
rooms a pile Of uncovered ~greenbacks,
which had been carelessly left bv one
OF the counters. The find frightened
her, because all of the officials had left
the building and there We're only
watchmen, sweepers, busters and scrub
bers there, to non of whom did she
dare reveal the exposed conditi n of
the money, lest they might be tempted
beyond their power Of resistance. 1t is
told that in her extremity she put her
ample weight upon the pile Of money,
which had the double effect of conceal
ing it ard Keeping it down.
IL these days Father Spinner slept in
a room adjoining the Treasurer's Office
ar ecccntrjcity which brought upon
him a quantity OF scandal and Sophy
knew that, in the course OF time, he
would come home to bed. 1t might be
late for the lat..er was liable to stay
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-01
PITH AND POINT.

About thirty per cent. of the candy
sold by the confectioners is white earth.
People who want the EARTH should
eat nothing but candy.-Detroit Post.
"A young man writes to consult us
about the best pattern of health lift.
We would suggest helping his mother a
little with the coal hod.-BurzSnoton
Free Press.
Among the new toys are some won
derful singing dolls. They resemble
prima donnas at a party in some re.
spects. They must be pressed before
they will sing.-M, O. Plcayume.
"A New York letter speaks of a
"man who lost 1000 a minute"
Candidly, if we were to loose $50, 600 a
minute our fortune would be completely
exhausted in less time than half q day.
Much less.-Norrastdwn Herald.
-"How-de-doo, dis mawnin' Brud-
der Boremp | hearn dat de mare had
Yer up for lying and stealing Yesterday.
Now, tell de truf, is yer gibben to dem
dar habits?:" eyes, Brudder Gardener;
l lie and steal bofe-I he on de bed, and
steals outen bad con,pany.''-7Ne Judge.
The French ambassador to the
English Court paid a neat compliment
a little while back to a Peeress who had
been talking to him for an hour. The
lady said: ''You must think I am
very fond Of the sound of nv own
voice" The Frenchman replied: 81
knew you Liked music"
"A man who hadseen a good deal OF
quarreling owe wills, recently left this
legal document for his friends to peruse
''This is the last will and testament OF
me, John Thomas. I leave all nv
things to be divided among my rela.
lions. II anybody makes a fuss about
anything he isn't to have nothing."-
Chicago Tribune.
-Foresight-Miss Edith Gagged Sky
Mamma, they say the Gibbses have
come into a whole lot of money. Ella
Stanford says they are real common
and vulgur, but l think we had bette,
be very nice to them, as there are two
boys in the family about my age, and
when grow UP something might ccme
of it, you know.'-E1cha0g &c.
I'm thoroughly Disguised with
everybody" said a cynical fellow.
whats wrong now?" asked a friend.
ooh, everything! Why, l don't look in
any direction that I don't see a fool
Indeed? Then why don't you throw
the mirror out of your room? I'd have
some comfort, even if | didn't get to see
myself for six months" MercAMu,
| Traveller.
Uncle Ernest surprised Lilly wet.
ting her fingers with brandy from {.
flask and smearing the face of a doll
with it. CIV hat are you dong there,
little one?" said he. "Ay doll is paie.'
answered she; 81 am giving it COLOR
"But you can't impart co or with that
ayes, [ can. for mamma told me it was
brandy that made your ose red
Boston GL0Ja.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-01
Housekeepers' Measures.

A great deal of poor food, especially
cakes and other ''recipe"' preparations,
is due to inaccuracy in measuring.
"a pinch of salt or pepper or other
condiment may mean four times as
much in N hand as in another-quite
enough to entirely change the quality
and flavor. Teaspoons, teacups and
coffee cups now vary greatly. The old
standard tea cup held just half a pint,
orfour to the quart, and the coffee cup
three-quarters OF a pint, or two and
t%wo-thirds cups to a quart; but on test
ing several cups now in use we find that
of one pattern of teacups three fill a
quart; of another it takes five, and of
another six; while of coffee cups, two
of one set fill a quart, and of another it
takes nearly four. 1t would be a sim
-ple matter, and a great convenience,
for any housekceper to keep always at
hand accurate measuring cups of earth
enware Or tin. Let a teacupful or tum-
blerful always mean exactly half a pint,
and keep a cup of hat size. Or use a
small tin cup-one with a side handle
being preferable. Spoon measuring is
more important, especially in giving
medicines. The top is so broad and #
is SO difficult to know when a spoon i
evenly full that a 'teaspoonful dosc' of
any medicine OF Of q flavoring extract
in cooking, may be double what it S
prescribed. The standard teaspoon.
evenly full, holds an eighth Of a fluid
ounce, or 1913 to a pint. and a standard
tablespoon just three times as much, or
forty-two to the pint. Sixty drops OF
water equals n t%easpoonful, but drops
of different liquids vary in size. Every
family shosld have a ''minim glass
(minim means a drop. This is a little
tube or cup having a broad base and a
lip for pouring out the liquid. There
are marks on the sides, and figures 10,
20, B. 40, so, 20. for 50 many drops
the figures 60 making ust a tanda. d
teaspoon III. With tn at / md one is
always able to measure of exact TIA,
spoonfuls Of ANYTHING. In giving medi
cine such regularity Of dose ma. meal
recovery of health. These glasses can
be bought at most druggists for fifteen
to tn rty cents each.-Americem Ayri
ca!lu7ls