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The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
The Cattle Business.


The movement in the cattle business in
Arkansas was opened at Little Rock few
days ago. The price paid per head was Sc
for calves, and So for yesrlings,. and $1a
for two year olds. Although local owners
are holding for better figures, the above nre
thought to be the ruling prices for the sea-
son. The movement in stock throughout
the State will be active but not as large as
last year. The absence Of buyers from
Kansas and other Western States has a
tendency to lessen the demand and the
fabulous J'rices Of last year. A careful es-
timate Of the number Of cattle Of all kinds
to be marketed In the State reaches 10000
The condition Of the stock, considering the
severe weather, has been good. North
Louisiana and the border counties of Mis-.
souri, report csttle In good condition gener.
ally and the market steady and active.
Buyers from Texas, Kansas, and Wyom-
ing have already contracted for several
thousand head. The number to be placed
on the trail from the three sections will
show decided increase over last years
shipments.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
vigilantes WORKING.

Adispatch sent from Sioux City, Iowa,
relating to Kid Wade and the Nebraska
vigilantes, says that the man hung at Bas-
sitt was not the Kid but large, full grown
man, while the Kid IL email and hoyish
looking. It was true, however, that Sher-
itf Brown had possession Of the Kid for a
short time, having taken him from two
Vigilantes who took him to Long Pine.
But the Vtgilantes as soon as notified came
In force and retook him. It 10 claimed the
vigilantes will not hang the Kid until they
endeavor to compel him 10 divulge the
names Of the members, Of the gang ol
horse thieves that he il training. The man
hanged at Bassitt is believed to have been
!, victim 81 the vigilantes and horse
Thief People at Bassitt state that they
knew nothing Of the affray until they saw
the body hanging from the whistling post
They even feared to cut the body down
The whole country is terrorised, and peo.
pie are afraid 10 say word
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
Oh DILLON sEAvERHEAD COUNTY SATURDAY FEB
Iss.i A.ai,sa.

tr;ct az In Terrenrv nf Mnssso. Ju0ic,s ass.
Ilm,;, r. Ev,r;ss .i.,..;9 -.,. 80, -, :,
ner and Richard II. Jones Jonn VI
Action bruuyh, i, the nssric, c:",.t of ~. g.
ond Judicial district 81 the Territnrv of Mnr,ans
in and for the county az R,.averh.ad .na H. -
plant fled in said r,,.ntv ~ I sn @ e
of the clerk Of said st;rt rrt 'l 'ns ollee
The people Of The Tsrrisory Of Montana send
defcndants: You are hrrehv rean;rsa - ..
an action brourht a0aicst v.' n sh. ,ip .9
plaintiff in the distrrt csrrt Sf ~ $3.50 ,:.s .sg
district Of the Ferrit,rv of Mnn.s.s ~ 's., -. -.
county Of Beaverhead: and to answer te coniaint ~
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
NOTICE or FINAL ENTRY.

LAND OrsIcr AT HELENA, Montana, Fsb. ,,.lss4s !.
NOTICE . hhseby given that the following nam
maks 6nal proof In sappnst Of his claim, and thai
said proof win he made hefoee Robert +. Wing,
Probate Judge Of Beayerhaed county, Montana, q
skawnes who made pse.elnption dcciaratory state.
mene No s4ps for the s w + See. y Up. ! Sof r q
w.
dnuoas residence upon and culsivston IL aid land
vi: Con Orem, James Murray, John ANner and
William n. Kealsv, Ill of Dillon, MoutAna.sS
(7.td1 n. Atkinson, RsSislss.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
the oaEAr OHIO rIooD. !,
The Greatest Flood Ever vvitnessesl In the
Ohio Valley Many Homes Devastated
aud Mach PropertY Deafrpxet.

| Rain has fallen almost incessantly for
week In the Ohio valley and adjacen
country. The Ohio river rose steadily un
til it reached the unprecedented height o.
sixty nine feet, ten and one. half inches on
Wednesday, which is three feet higher thar
It was at any time during the food Of las,
year. A dispatch from Cincinnati says the
situation is more gloomy than ever, as the
end Of 1t cannot yet be foreseen. 1t ID
Psignifcant because Of the vastly increased
territory flooded and the greatly increased
danger to buildings by the increased lever.
age swaying in the water has on them, as
we'll as the injury to foundations. As the
water creeps upon the houses, 1t has been
found necessary 10 remove families to other
places. The relief committee in charge Of
the work has had 70 net arbitrarily Ia some
cases and compel people to leave their old
homes.
a dispatch from Wheeling, West vir.
ginia, says the people Of Wellsburg are
destitute and suffering. a dispatch was
sent from here asking the War Depart
ment to send $4,000 there at once. The
work of relieving the suffering progresses
favorably, but there is still great need.
The home fund Tor relief has reached $2s,
600 cash and an equal amount in goods,
but this and outside help disappears US fast
as 1t Is received. .u-.. 8.55m5-
1t is believed the Ohio River railroad is
almost entirely destroyed by the floods.
The entire city of Portsmouth is under
water, three-fourths Of 1t to the housetops.
62o dwellings are demolished
The loss at Steubenville will reach $780,
600. The relief committee has been doing
much to relieve the suffering.
Many dwellings at Lawrenceburg are
totally wrecked. ...s@a...- ..-...5..z..-..
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
NOTICE or FINAL ENrHx.

LAND orrrcE At HELENA, Montana. Jan. II, ass1,
NOTICE u hereby given that the following naus-
~ ed settler has filed notice u his inienti0nt "a
make fnal proof Ia support u his clai,, and tial
said proof will b. made before Robert T. Wing, Pro.
bate Judge Of Bsavsrhead county. Montana. At Dill
lon. M. Il, On February Is, 1886, viz: Charles l..
Thomson, who made declaFatory statement No s,s4z
for the N w ~ Sec: y. .Tp ~ ofRsW.
fs"aie;e.. ssa sa izssa WA tpa Gl.ifssas ga q :s
Peter Tihdo and Charles Bliven all Of Dillon, NJ Il.
(3.td) FsADKlNSON, Register.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
senator-Elsct frosa Ohio In Place Of Pes
dheon, and Author Of the
Civil Service Bill. H.

Henry BsPayne was born November 90,
1870, In Madison county, N. r., and was
the son of Judge Elisha Payne, one Of the
early settlers 81 that part of the State. He
graduated II 1881 at Hamilton Theological
Seminary, which his father founded, and
afterwards read law with Judge Field, for.
merly Judge Of the Virginia Court Of Ap.
peals, andJohn c. Spencer, Of canandai-
qua. He removed to Cleveland, O., in
1883, and finished his law studies with the
late Sherlock Andrews, was admitted to
the bar the next year, and practiced law un-
til 1876. Since that time he has been en-.
gagged in various extensive business enter
prises, and not long ago was a stockholdcr
and director in eighteen corporations, EN-.
bracing coal, iron, manufactures and bank.
ing interests.
Mr.. Payne was Presidential Elector on
the Cass ticket in l84s, and the next year
was elected to the Ohio Senate. In 1851
he was the Democratic caucus nominee for
Y. 5. Senator, but was defeated by Benja.
min F. Wade BY majority Of one.
/ Al 1881 MHs &yuG Wa9 Tie ASt0ONtAtAG
candidate for Governor of Ohio against
Salmon P.Chase, and was defeated by q
small majority. He was a warm friend Of
Stephen A, Douglas and stood by him IN
the Cincinnati Convention Of 1886, and
again at Charleston In 1860. During the
war he was an active and consistent Union
man. At the Baltimore Convention of|
1879 he @ynred the nomination Of Horace
Greeley 7a -
In 1874 he was elected to Congress from
the Cleveland District by majority Of
7,5oo over Col. r. c. Parsons, Of DeGolyer
contract fame. Mr.. Payne was the frat
Democrat from that District and entered
Congress just in time 10 take part in the
'rilden. Hayes contest. He was chairman
Of the House Committee on the Electoral
Vote, strong advocate of the Electoral
Commission Bill and \ member Of the
Commission itself. He was also member
Of the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency and the author Of the bill for the
gradual resumption Of specie payments,
which was adopted BY the Democratic eau
Gus, but nevervnacted.
Mr.. Payne will take his seat in the SEN
ate March 9Th, 1856, concurrent with the
inaugui alton Of the next President.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16
CURRENT &C NEWS NOTES.

CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
The Iowa Legislature contains s. Union
veterans.
Seven persons in 4 pleasure boat at Dun
dee, Scotland, were drowned last Wednes-
day. s.sv.,.@
The crew Of the wrecked collier Una.
tilla was picked up at sea and taken to Port
Townsend, W.T.. -.5...
Thomas Cheeny, editor Of the London
Times since 1877, and very distinguished
Oriental scholar, is dead.
In St. Louis on Sunday an association
was formed to colonize Jewish refugees
from Russia on Western lands.
The weavers Of King Phillips mill at
Fall River, Mass, struck on last Monday
against the 10 per cent reduction.
The Mayor Of Philadelphia called q
meeting Of citizens to arrange for assistance
for sufferers by the western floods.
Miss Clara Barton, president Of the Red
Cross Association, Il working among the
sufferers by the Ohio valley foods.
Over 4,soo bills have been introduced in
the present Congress, and 50 far only zoo
have been acted upon BY the committees.
1t cost the Government $4oo,ooo to foil
bogus claims to $4,000 bequeathed to the
Government by Mr.. Lewis, Of New York.
The examination Of the Russian Social.
ist arrested at Cracow showed q connection
between the Austrian and Russian Social
lists. 1a @-.3 ~ ,~a a.s5.-a..-... ..I..:
The Mexican Government has appropri. |
ated $2oo,ooo to represent Mexico at the
Worlds Exhibition in New Orleans next |
year. ,-.-
Reports Of trouble come from the Texas
and Mexican border. A raid from Mexico
to capture the alleged train robbers is |
feared.
Admiral Hewitt, commander at Suakim,
Egypt, has been instructed to do his utmost
for the relief of Tokar, consistent with the
safety Of his force.
Sidney Dillon appeared before the House
Committee on Pacific railroads and argued
against the proposed legislation affecting
the Pacific railroads. ...-....a.-
Or 900 Democrats in California. 500 Of
them want to see Tilden renoninated, 1876
would prefer tc see Thurman the candidate
and five choose Field.
1t is believed the ship Andrew Jackson,
from Cardiff to Coquita, Is lost, with all on
board. The captain was accompanied by
his wife and two children.
A letter has been received from James
O'Kelley, the Egyptian correspondent Of
the London Daily News, about whom so
much anxiety has been felt, dated Assiot,
January sta.
Bradlaughs appeal against the sergeant
alarms for removing him from the House
OF Commons, BY not permitting him to en-
ter, has been disallowed BY the Court Of
Queen's bench.
Map,eson, Patti and Gerster gave mat
inee at Chicago Wednesday for the benefit
OF the Ohio sufferers. The amount receiv-
cd was $4,000. The opera company then
left for Minneapolis. ~
The Treasurer, Wyman, At Washington,
received from an Ohio bank two packages
purporting to contain $1,000 each. One
was found to BE $3.50 short, and the other
contained two pieces Of flannel.
At Mt. Carmel, Pa, there is . general
suspension Of work throughout the mining
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16

1esa. - q e1 ~ iiae leoap. me.sus~.l fae rst
slagls aaesEtsoa toe - than 8 esaea =,
The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-16

A drunken timer named John Gardener
at Denton, Texas, amused himself BY com,
pelling everyone he met tokneel and pay
In his ravels.he pointed his pistol at DR..
Schmitt's baby. The Doctor look the
baby 10 It's mother, went TO = neighbor's
and borrowed gun ana esarning alted
the timer SO full Of holes that he cant q
soldered In this world. .ss .3.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

ABL the Socialists ask of anyone is a
fair hearing. The enemies of the doc
trlnes of Socialism-the aristocracy and
their hirelings-strive by all means to
prevent free discussion of the subject.
They misrepresent, threaten and ridi-
cule.. They say in one breath that So
cialists are idiots, and in the next that
they are dangerous and should be sup
pressed. If the Socialists are fools,
where can be the need of the fear that
they will upset the present institutions
The workingman should try to find an
answer for this, and he can best do that
by informing himself as to what the So
ciallste profess and propose.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
AT THE GRAND.

ss- AT THE GRAND. ~
. The Haverly Strategist company played
"The Ace of Hearts in the Tabor, Mon.
day evening, for the benefit of the local
Elks' society. The house has been
closed during the remainder Of the week.
Monday evening the par excellence
of favorites, Emma Abbott, opens for
one week in English opera. This COM
parry has been greatly strengthened since
its last appearance in this city, and the
press of San Francisco, where they have
just completed wonderfully successful
engagement, speaks in unlimited praise
of their performances. During next
week, some old favorites and one or two
new operas will be sung by this com
pany, and it is safe to predict standing
room only" at every performance. The
prices, Notwithstanding the large and ex-
pensive company, will be $1.50, 81 and 80
cents, which will enable hundreds to at
tend who could not reach the Mapleson
persinmon. He who has heard Emma
Abbott sing remembers the event as one
of the happy phases in his life. If you
have not:heard her, try and arrange it so
as to hear,her next week.
T.. ! THE ACADEMY, q
Smiths Double Uncle Toms Cabin
Company" opened at the; Academy on
Wednesday evening to house crowded
full. Same thing Thursday night. They
stay until after Saturday nights perform
ance. This company is said to be supe-
rior to anyIsimilar organization that has
ever visited Denver.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

THOSE readers of THE ENQUIRER who
read the daily papers will remember
that the latter-especially the Republi-
can-have been in the habit of publish
ing the sermons of DR.. De La Matyr,
but they NAV not have noticed that last
Monday morning they contained not a
word of the sermon delivered by that
gentleman On the previous day. That
sermon was too much for them. 1t will
be found entire in this issue of THE En-
QuIRER, and if you will read it, you will
readily understand why the dailies
omitted it. AS long as DR.. De La Matyr
deals in generalities he can be radical,
and still be reported by the arlstocratic
press; but the moment he goes into par
ticulars and deals in every day facts,
they don't know he occupied his pulpit
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15
WHAT WILL 1T DO!

The supreme court of 1.-The United
States has decided that the power of con-
gress to coin legal tender paper money
is constitutional and sovereign func-
ton, and our greenbaek friends are
happy.
This decision is a vindication of a
principle in the Socialistic doctrine, and
we take as much satisfaction out of the
decision as it is possible to get from the
acknowledgment of truth by our high
est court. But the question is, what will
this decision do? 1t tells our congress
men that they can no longer hide the
theiving rascality of their collusion with
the national bankers behind legal tech
nicality not heretofore authoritatively
decided. 1t tells them that the robbery
of the people of millions of dollars an
nually by banks they have subsidized
and shared the thievings With-can no
longer continue upon the hypothesis
that the issuing of ample money to do
the business of the country is illegal,
when that money is issued by the gov
ernment. l.. Z
In attempting to imagine what effect
this decision will have upon the future
financial policy of congress, we naturally
find ourselves asking the question, did
not congress know all this before, and
will this decision compel them to be
honest? and the answer is not favorable
to the greenback. The majority of our
representatives in congress have known
all the time-and this majority embraced
every financeer in congress the
government had the right to make and
regulate its money, in times of peace or
war, and the law, the supreme court or
their duty to constituency has cut no
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15
naEY,1L no lnorHINe

1t begins to look now as II THE ENQUI-
RER was not 80 far wide of the mark
when it said, few months since, that
there was little hope of this congress do
ing anything to relieve the suffering of
the country. The legislative reformer
has been telling us how congress was go
ing to do so much in the interest of the
producer during this sitting, and petit
tions have flooded the headquarters OF
the misrepresentation of the people
ever since they took up their abodes in
Washington. Committees have been
called for and investigations set on foot.
and, in some instances, bills have even
been introduced. But what has been
done to improve the condition of the
toiling millions? Actually nothing. ls
there any prospect that anything will be
done? No.
Let us look over some of the questions
which have been agitated and see how
they stand at present:
There will be nothing done towards
enacting a national eight-hour law that
subject has been covered up by petitions
on others, and has about been forgotten.
There have been several bills with refer
ence to national bureau of labor statis-
tistics introduced, but there is no earthly
show that any of them will become a
law. This won't be much loss, unless
something more substantial were done.
Bills to prevent the requirement of large
tracts of land by aliens, and to regulate
the charges on railroads have been
smothered. There has been no bill in
troduced for the revival of the income
tax, of which we have heard so much
lately. There isn't ghost of show for
legislation farbidding the importation of
foreignNpauper labor under contract.
Something may possibly be done with
the Chinese question before adjourn
ment, but that will be due more to the
ldCb IudI IuS MANUFACTURERS aiO pSSiA
ming to feel the baneful effects Of coolie
competition and are kicking, than to a
desire to protect the workingmen of the
country.
Summing the whole thing up, there
will be no benefits to the people derived
from this session of congIess, and once
more the legislative reformer will have
to admit he was wrong in placing hope in
the ballot box and confidence in the das.
tardly scondrels who have been given
opportunities through it. 1t has been
the old story over again-a total disre
gard of the wishes of constituency.
Such will continue to be the record Of
congress and our legislatures until the
Imperative Mandate of the Socialistic
system takes the place of the individual
license of representatives under our
present imperfect and corrupted system.
when representatives can be recalled
and discharged the moment they falter
lin the performance of their duties to
the people who send them to the legls,
lativey halls, then there will be some
regard paid TO those duties; but not
until then. III r 4.
Congress is gold mine to the merce-
nary and selfish, and so long as. the cor
porationists will put up their money to
obtain or defeat legislation, the members
Of our supreme legislative body viii do
nothing to help the condition Of the
producing and suffering class.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

.firure in their past refusal to do the hon
est thing. The money Of the bankers &
stolen by help of congress. from the peo-
ple-has been the great power, and has
regulated all financial measures IN con-
gress, as 1t has controlled all other legs
lation.
Now, the question comes up, VIII tne
bribe-money Of the banking corporations
weigh less with the legislator than it DID
before the supreme court made DE
cision,a which any school boy IN the
country could have rendered lntelll-
gently after an hours investigation? 10
be candid, I must say. it is my opinion
that until the complexion OF our con-
press has undergone material change,
this opinion of the supreme court Will
amount to absolutely nothing. And now,
we get down to the subject OF making
Legislators, and am at loss to see how
we are to secure the election of honest
representatives any easier than before
the opinion was pronounced. In fact' il
would seem that work in that direction
will be more difficult in the future than
in the past. The bank ring will now
turn its attention more directly to cor
ruptlng the ballotbox, since the honest
party has, what it considers powerful
weapon to fight with. Our greenback
friends will 90 into ecstacies over this
decision and viii follow the jack-o-lan-
tern into the forests of logical political
reasoning, while the bankers and their
accomplices at Washington will be tight
ening their grip and springing new
schemes for robbing the people,
The greenbackers are right as far as
they 60, and 1 would like, to see their
teachings practiced. because they are an
important plank in the platform of that
party which desires justice for all man
kind. But if they are going to be salts
fed with so small . portion of what il
their due, thenI sincerely hope the
bankers will keep them down. There
are other and more important features
of our political and social structure which
must be dealt with, and q acomplete revo.
luton of system be brought about, and
so long as this remains undone, it will
make little difference to the producers
whether the government, the banks o.
the devil issues the money. In fact, We
don't care particularly, whether such q
thing as money exists. What we want
is the full product of our labor and an
equal right to share the gifts Of nature
If greenbacks are necessary. as a means
of exchanging those products, then
give is greenbacks. -. -.
The competitive system must be abol-
ished,, the producer must be secured in
the products of his labor, and the gov
eminent (the people, must by cooper,
ative system, control the affairs of the
nation, financial as well asotherwise, and
in that much am a greenbacker,, as il
every other Socialist.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

THE friends of E. P. McPhilomy-and
they are many-are confident of his re-
election. Mr.. McPhilomy has made an
honorable, capable and unostentatious
representative of the Ninth ward during
the past year, and it is but right, as he
has consented to be a candidate again,
that appreciation should be shown him
by his reelection.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15
rur nEIIEF D1sTRIBuT1oN.

It is said to be always darkest just
before dawn. / began once more to be
somewhat discouraged with the result Of
nv efforts to obtain donations sufficient
to make me feel safe about the continu-
snce Of the paper, although the contribu-
tions have been exceedingly liberal from
those friends who hare responded to the
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

JUsr1c cE, the new socialistic organ pub
lished in London, gets better with each
issue. Unless l mistake the eagerness
with which the people are searching into
the truths it teaches, England will find
Justice a more powerful enemy of tyr
amy and despotism than Irish dyna-
miters or Egyptian rebels.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

TINS paper is not supporting any
aticketn this spring and never will SO
long as the present editor stays in the
harness-but as long as the workingmen
continue to vote, The ENoUIRER intends
to say word about candidates for Office.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

II you can spare 81, send II in to the
.sRelief Fund, 4 and procure 2 chance IN
the aBeneRt Distribution" You will be
helping on the good work, and may be
fortunate enough to draw pair Of lots.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

A FEW extra copies of this issue have
been printed, and those desiring to pre-
serve the portrait and sketch Of Prince
Krapotkine, can get them by applying at
The office.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

4 ONE DOLLAR donated to the "Relief
Fund" may draw $3.50 pair Of lots, and
win not draw one cent from the treasury
of the paper.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

FRIENDS Of the paper should always
remember the liberality Of Stephen
Yinot in donating pair of lots to the
aRelief Fund.- He is true friend OF
the cauaf,.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

The Chinese question is being stirred
up again in this country. There is some
little excitement on the Pacific coast
over the strike inaugurated by Chinese
cigarmakers, and considerable wonder
over the same affair IN other sections OF
the coun ntry. Next weeks ENQUIRER will
contain an excellent article on that topic
which appeared in the last number of
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

THE Cleveland Messenger has been
enlarged. 1t is now the same size as
THE ENoUIRER, and looks prosperous.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

REMEMBER the Benefit Distribution
is wholly for the purpose of putting
your paper in good shape.