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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-26
nuN OWEN nY a rHrIanr.

Special 10 the Gazette.
VAN ALspYNE, TEX, Sept. 25.-Eli
Watts, a young farmer, was run over
and horribly mangled by freight
train In the north end OF our town At
8 O'Clock this morning. Watts was on
a spree last night and must have gone
TO sleep on the track AS he WAS lying
at full length In the middle OF the
track when hit by the engine. Some
think that he was murdered aud put
on the track, but there was no evil
dence 10 that effect and the oOrOners
jury rendered verdict Of killed by a
train.
Suspicious or FOUL PLAY.
Specialize the Gazette.
SHERMAN, Tx, 5ept. 25.--A mys-
terious killing took place at Van Al
slyne last night. A young farmer
named Eli Watts, who lives about
four miles from Van Alstyne, was run
over by freight train and bis body
nAngled. The engineer says he thinks
that Watts was dead. He whistled
down the brakes and reversed the enc
CINE, but could not stop before run
ming over him. Some parties heard 3
shot q few minutes after Watts left
) saloon. and a pool Of blood was found
pear the track this morning that indi-
Gated murder. A saloon man named
Harper was arrested on suspicion and
held 10 await the verdict OF the cor
oner'a Jury.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-26

Tho INST cold wave struck ArkAnsss
yesterday.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03

politicians, each leading member of
the 1ankton committee on credentials
through the streets, so drugged with
whisky that they could not walk with
out assistance this statement is vouched
for by citizens of Yankton) is, l say, q
proper climax to the open-air conven-
ton at Swan Lake. When correspond
ents of eastern journals, eye witnesses
to the so-cailed district convention at
1ankton, characterize said convention
as the most barefaced villainous out
rage on justice ever perpetrated in the
name OF any party, not all of 2. r. W's
reasoning or PLAUSIBLE figuring can
convince the people of Turner county
that they should place the Parker ring
or their willing tools in the chief places
in the synagogue.
Now Mr.. z. r. w. take out your
pencil and characterize this article as
scurrllous attack on yourself and the
other innocent, guileless members of
the I-arker ring, and you will have
effectually squelched the undersigned
in your mind. GRANGER.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
A Few Comments.


EDITOR HERALD:-Hackett saws the
boiling ticket is a strong one. So is a
pole-cat.
Parkerites virtually disfranchised
their own voters by placinfi the names
o! all the delegates upon one ticket and
defeating motion to elect ond delegate
at a time. Some refused to be buldosed
and did not vote at all, 1t is not strange
that they would disfrancnise Daneville
No doubt this was honorable tn the
eyes Of the wise z. r. w.
Hurley was more generous. A motion
made by Mr.. Moore Parker's candidate
for registeDto elect one delegate at u
time, was carried without a dissenting
voice.
2. r. w, in the New Era OF Oct. IL,
attemps to answer the questions OF the
Herald which, answer proves to be a
mixture of bluff, balderdash and soft
mud singing, which gives to him the
title of the boss mud singer of the
season,
Hackett says the convention is over.
What do you think of it? We think
that the part acted by the Parkerites
was mapped out before the day of the
convention, and thatis was both DIS
graSeful and dishanest by calling it re-
publican, and that no fair minded or
honest honest person will support its
ticket, or the action OF the Yankton
convention and cannot without losing
all respect integrity, loyalty and chris
tianity.
q. r. w. says Parker is as near the
geographical center of the, county as
Hurley, and that he has the map before
him &c, &c. But the map does not say
any such thing and why does z. II. w.
Has he sold himself out body aid soul
for less than thirty pieces of silver? a
miserable of pottage.
FARMER.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
Few Encfs

Hurley, Dakota, Oct. 20, 1SS4-Editor
Herald-Why is it that the Parker New
Era and Marion Sentinel follow so
closely in one another's tracks, in print
ing what they claim to be true report
of our late republican county eonven-
tion. One would naturally infer that
their statements were put up from the
same copy by their gross falseness,
which is merely put before the people
for an effect.
In the first place they claim that Mr..
Elliott did not arise to make the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Allen as temporary chair
man until Mr.. Jones was nearly
through, which / emphatically declare
to be false, but that the two gentlemen
arose at precisely or very nearly the
same time. Mr.. Elliott was recognized
strictly on parliamentary rules. w: in
making his nomination he first address
ed the chair before making his motion.
while Mr.. Jones utterly ignored the
chair in making his motion. Messrs.
Hazlitt and Hackett also claim that
Mr.. Allen put and declared carried the
same motion, electing himself tempo
rary chairman. Will the two gentle
men please give their authority for
that base and doubly false assertion.
If put under oath ] can positively assert
that heard Mr. Elliott put that same
motion myself. And why don't they
herald 1T through their yillainous sheets
that Mr.. Jones and his gang remained
and recognized Mr.. Allen as temporary
chairman long enough to vote on a
motion for an adjournment, which was
they opposed? There is the pinch, be-
cause it would not look well in print
for their side of the case. Finding the
vote to stand 26 for, and 81 against, Mr..
Jones became satisfied that his side
was in the minority, upon which he
cries out: All fair minded republicans
who are in favor of peoples conven-
tion follow me-" which they did, the
whole 81 of them. You can imagine
they looked sick enough, as some of
the boilers had made their brags the
day before, and even offered to wager,
that the convention would be captured
by the so-called Parker Q. If Mr..
Jones desires any further evidence as
to his remarks before leaving the con-
vention. affidavlts will be furnished to
the number of fifty or more.
Now, Mr.. Editor, am satisfied that
the bolt was not made under the i'm
pulse of the moment but was aprenedi-
tated affair as well as that Centreville
double-header; because a certain attor-
ney of Parker who boasts of no small
influence, made bold enough to say that
he was the cause of that bolt. When
asked how that was, he replied: al
told Jones if he was agolng to bolt now
was the time"
The statement made by the Era and
its followers to the effect that Mr..
Allen said he was chairman and should
hold the position, is another base lie.
Respectfully,
L. BRAUCH.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
GOOD BYE, z, IL. w,

K
EElToR uERALD:-P Permit me to
offer few structures on z. r. w. In
the Parker New Era of October 25th he
says One Who Knows !" strains at the
gi.at and swallows the camel" because
he fails to locate the center of Turner
Icounty at Parker, or where the egotis-
tical z. W. wants it. Z. II. w, says:
i"I have the correct official sectional
map before me-" and then goes on to
say; Divide the townships in range Sc
in the centre, and place the south half
to the west, opposite the north half,
making the county base straight. and
draw your lines again. They cross in
the west side of southwest quarter of
section Z, township 9S, range 54." Take
out your correct official sectional
map" again, examine it closely, and see
if your learning and honesty is not suf-
ficient to discover the fact that the cen
ter Of the county is in section II, town
ship SO, range So, less than miles from
Hurley and over miles from Parker.
Now, Mr.. z. K. W.,go miles directly
north from Parker, and you will be in
McCook county; go 2l miles directly
south from Parker, and you are still in
Turner county.
Garry the glad tidings of great joy to
the farmers j. e.; that your oat meal
mill is consuming oats SO rapidly that
it has already produced corner on
corn lin your minD on the Chicago
market; tell the farmer that he can
leave his team at home and come
around by the way of Sioux City over
the great c., NJ. Il st. p. r.. r.. to Par
ker; tell him the great moral city of
Parker has taken a man whose pros
poets were as bright as 2. r. WIS and
made a defaulter and thief of him,
they then bail him out of the U. S. Jail
and make pauper of HIM, taxing Tur-
ner county $3.50 for his support for six
or seven weeks. Farmers, examine the
commissioners proceedings and see if
these figures are not correct, and ii it
would not be well to locate the county
seat amongst the gulleless gentlemen
for whom the truthful 2. r. W. vouches.
And now, Mr.. z. r. w. we know all
about Parker's flour mill and its capac.
ity, and for that or any other honest
enterprise IN Parker, or elsewhere, all
honor and success. Allow me to call
Your attention to the fact that the soy
elgn voters of Turner county are the
proper tribunal to decide whether the
Parker ring can disfranchlse precinct
by getting theirlying, villainous mouth
piece, the New Era, to leave said pre-
cinct ont of their publication of the
call, when Its lying editor well knows
that every precinct in the county was
included in the original call; and again
l say, the spectacle of two cf Parker's
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
THE YANkTON CON-
VENTION.
Carried by Bribery, Per
jury and Corrup-
ton.

One of the most shameful and out.
rageous proceedings that ever charac.
terized a political convention in Da-
kota Territory occurred in the district
convention held at Yankton this week.
A boiling delegation from the regular
republican convention, headed by a
Parker politician, was admitted to carry
out scheme by which a Yankton fac.
tion should get control of the entire
representation of Yankton, Turner and
Hutchinson counties in the next legis-
lature, the scheme being manipulated
by Yankton politician and lawyer, as
sisted by s. V. Jones, lawyer and poll
tician from Parker. A portion of the
Hutchinson county delegation had to
be kept up to the mark by the free use
of bulge and oyster suppers. A mass
of lying affidavits was introduced to
sustain the action of the boiling faction
but they all failed to show majority
for the soreheads and they had to re-
sort to something new in political tao
tics--the disfranchising precinct be-
cause a certain newspaper in the coun-
ty had left out precinct in setting up
| the call.
This sae,c departure in politics was
forced through the convention by the
two legal gentlemen and all debate cut
off. How is this doctrine going to work
in future conventions? Supposing the
call for the convention had left out
Parker with thirteen votes instead of
Daneville with five votes, would Par
ker have been entitled to vote ON the
temporary organization? Uuder the
action of the Yankton convention,
decidedly not. Now suppose, in the
future, in making up call for a con-
vention 1t is intended to exclude some
precinct from participation in the pre-
llminary organization of the conven-
ton, all that has to be done is to leave
them out of the call and thus disfraa-
chise them on the temporary organizn-
tion and give the convention to mi
nority, as was claimed and allowed in
Iankton yesterday. This is dan
gerous power; but like a two-edged
sword it will cut both ways. This may
be victory for Parker but it deprives
Turner county of all representation in
the council and places on the ticket two
men. no matter what their personal
character may be, who will be only pup
pets in the hands of the Yankton fac
tion. and Turner county with its one
thousand republican majority, if this
ticket Is elected is again consigned to a
back seat, and Yankton with its two
hundred republican majority gets the
kernel while Turner, as usual, gets only
the shell.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03

The Vermillion Republican says j.
r. Gamble run the First district con-
vention at Beresford. and that he has
made combination with Alex McKen-
zie by which the southern tier of eoun-
ties will vote an appropriation to pay
for the Bismarck capital. Voters. how
do you like that?
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
Thiel1nan, the Pirate.

Who goes about from place to place,
With boastful air and smiling face.
Though struggling in n hopeless race?
The Pirate.
Who takes each loafer by the hand,
And satisfies his loud demand
For lucre to appease his band?
The Pirate.
Who puts his trust in beer and ale.
But keeps his eyes on votes for sale
For fear his dirty work will fail?
The Pirate.
Who smiles, and shakes, and drinks In vain
And spends his cash and strength to gaiu
Experience that will give him pain?
The Pirate.
Who, when November's sere leaves fall,
VIII lie in his political pail.
And MOURN that he has lost his all?
The Pirate.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
VOTING PLACES.

We publish below the territory em-
braced in the different voting precinctss
the places at which the polls will be
kept and the names OF the judges d.
election, and let every voter IN Il
county "get there" on the Ath of N
vember:
Township 100, range 52-House
VIM. Rost. VIM. Rost, Martin Shan
and Ole I. Sletten, judges.
Township 100. range 53-House Of
Peter Unruh. II. w. Parker, II. Daw-
son Ta@nshin ana SGnn rosanner, ioa nsIu Judges;
Lundy and Joseph Ballweg, Judges. !.
Township 100, range 55.Honss -
Peter Dick, ST. John kopperman. John
Ellis and Peter Dick. ST., judges.
Township 80, range 52SHouse Of
Miles Mclaughlin. w. H. Cheney.
Miles Mclaughlin and John Heren
judges.
Township 90. range 5s-Ot,ice of
bins & Pratt. o. Still, L. Clisby
w. HI. Sanborn, judges.
Township 50, range 54-Ofid
Marion Sentinel. T.. C. Winp Fre
Cotton and Jacob Heb, Judges.
Township 90, range 55-House Of as,
drew Graber. John Albrecht. HejnNch
Unruh and Andreas Graber, Judges.
Township SO, range 81 Cramer school
house. james Bradbury, George Cra.
mer and Conrad Meier. judges.
Township gS, range, 53-Allen's haiY
D. Dwyer, sr, Edward May and Junia
Sargent. Judges. 80
Township SO, range 54-House OF, Al
Knutsen. Cornelius Unruh, Dunmn
Mckercher and A. Knutsen, Judges. =
Township %. range 55-Childstotn
postoffice. Christian Miller, Peter Fe.
helm and Jacob Miller, judges.
Township 81. range e52-Turner schii :
house: T. b. Martin, d. C. Turner AMI
II: j. Sanborn, judges.
Township 81, range 53-Reeister a
deeds office. J. A. Chllds. A. a. Basy
and s. J. Frederickson, iudscs. Il
Township ". range 81. pats
school house. James Sherard. Cal
Township 81. range SS-Io,.
Anthony Benson. Ignatz DANCE "
Downer and Anthony henson.
Township So, range 5g-n
Blades y Coulter r. e. Blade
Ege and John Turnbuil, Judges
township 96, range 53-Aa
scnool house, ]. T. Hewettl
Martin and Joel Fry. Judges.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03

dedicated to my neighbor in Spring vaeyll
Hell has no nend worse than he that plays Il
That he may cloak the trsache,y tha. serve. b
own base end. q
The stock and buskin creature creeps throu
hidden ways OF vice, - 3
tue has its price.
He'd sell his soul to gild q lie, that on
would place
The hemlock wreath Of lnfamy or sibl,
grnce.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
A Card.

Editor Herald: We decline
ces for which we were put in no
tion by the boilers from the I
lican county convention held on
10th instant, as we shall support
vote for the straight republican tick,,
Please publish for the benefit of your
readers. w. H. CoNKLIH. ?
A. j. ALLEN.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
</O THE VOTERS :
'OF TURNER COUNTY!
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company and the citizens Of Hurley and
vicinity offer to Turner county bonus Of
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,

Soo cash. and $4,000 in town lots forming
sufficient to furnish the with
out costing the county
contains two blocks the
delightful location for the county buildings
Tax taxes and place the
seat near the center the county where
Der Save the mileage
settle
main at Swan Lake after levied
the county buildings
The together with
written deed to the
Court House site and be used Immediately
the until
house
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
swAN.LAKE, D. T., Oct. 3lst, 1884.

SwAN.LAKE d. T.
kEd OF Joseph Allen trustee for the Chicago
GO and the citizens of Hurley and vicinity FIVE
two hok in the village the above to
subject the
to be USED i'll county buildings
county seat shall be
j. b BEEBE. County Treasurer
TERRITORY DAKOTA, L.
c Pier being duly oath
the
j. b. l'ee,c sign his the receipt.
C. o.
Subscribed and before of November
Nd
SEAL l.ss4 Notary I'ublie IT,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03

For Superintendent of Schools;
CARRIE TURNER.
For Justices of the Peace:
JOHN RYAN,
D. DWYER, SR.
CHRIS. EPPLE.
R. G.. TOUSLEY.
For Constables:
JOHN DWYER.
- SKINNER.
THOMAS WINN.
HARL DOUGLAS.
For County Seat;
HURLEY.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, J
TURNER COUNTY.
READ THIS:
CRANpoN. 81 1884

II CIR 81,
e. G. KENNEDY, Parker DakNo such
inducements directly indirectly
county Hurley
tocatet at farker as any other point SSANBORN,
Supt of fC.&N NV. Ry,
owner of the Parker townsie
And Now Read This From Headuuar-
ters in Chicago.
elrAs E SIMMONS LAND DEPARTMENT.
LAND COMMISSIONER CHICAGO, Oct 7th, 1854.
los.
Hurley, Oak,
In the matter of the County
lED to say the County Seat legally located
the county election
COMPANY will County, expended the
erection County Buildings either
Block Plat the
County said TWO BLOCKS OF Buildings
u Whten understand will the
to give written pledge
Yours Truly
C.E. SIMMONS
We hereby o agreement:
EDWARD a
G.SCONKLIN W. 81 CONKIIN
JOSEPE ALIEN ROWLAND REES.
w: j.
BRlUCH w. RI GOWDY.
TEtRapoK6 eoTN2K or Of 4rTsnR DARoTA' }ss
1cfy that the within orig
nal letter now the
Dated November, 3D. 1884. J.B. BEEBE
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
Democratic Ticket,

For Register of Deeds;
J.S. McELHENY.
For Sheriff;
I. H. NEWBY.
For Clerk of Court;
A. BERTLESON.
For Judge of Probate:
ROWLAND REES.
For Treasurer;
j. F. DAVIS.
For District Attorney;
C. ID. CONE.
For Assessor;
J. NJ. GITCHELL.
For Coroner;
II. E. BUCHANAN
For Surveyor;
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03

LEaIsLATIvE TICKET:
For the Council:
j. B. VAN VELSOR..
L. d. F. POORE. 4
For the House;
C. E. BROOKS.
A. E. MAHANEY. 7
WILLIAM LOWRIE.
MATTHIAS SCHLIMGIN.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-02-14
yen cnnrf Hanse IN DE rare.

By authority Of law entitled An
Act Making an Appropriation to
Build Court Houses II the Several
Districts of the Nation" the IN
designed committee VIII let, TO the
lowest bidder, after advertising 30
DAYS in the Cherokee Adrocate and
INDIAs CHIErTAIS newspapers, the
contract to build court house IN
Delaware District, Of the following
dimensions and specifications, as
set forth in said act, to wit +:
Twenty-one feet in width by
thirtv-three in length, two stories
high, with wall sixteen feet. One
room in the lower story and four
rooms in the second story, connect
ed bv fight of stairs from tie in
side of the ceiling, with raised plat
form and jury box and bar-with
tive doors below and one door IL
each room above-with eight win
dows, eight lights, ten by sixteen
each, above and below, and the
whole painted, inside and out with
lead and oil, and covered with first
class shingles. That the doors be
four panels each, and an inch and
a quarter thick, and The lower win
dows with shutters on the outside.
The court house Is 10 be completed
bv the first Monday in May next
Parties to whom the contract may
be awarded VIII be required 10 gi-e
bend and security for the complete
and faithful fuldimcnt Of tie con-
tract. No bids received over One
Thousand Dollars. Parties desir-
ing information viii be responded
10 by addressing R.F. .Wyly, Mays
vile, Ark.
Y. +. WYLY. District Judge,
J. l.. THaNPsoN, Solicitor,
JOSEPH McsKRAr, Sheriff,
BailGing Committee
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-02-14
WE Nish i understoelthat.wh

VIZ wish II understoo1thaf, while
we crificise ~executive construc-
lions and acts of public officials.
we do not do It IL any spirit
Of mere opposition, We prom
Issd 70 give our convictions
fearicssly, and re are doing
So We give every one the fullest
privilege Of reply. We want al
she light let on the subjects Of pub
lie interest that i Is possible 10 get
It's "a help and an inspiration to 4
patriotic Ofiscer 10 knsw that all his
official acts viii be subjected to the
careful and impartial scrutiny Of a
newspaper, and Of public senti-
ment behind IT, We shall not
shrink from our part, but We wish
to be understood a doing Il kindly
and conrteously. But when, few
weeks ago, we merely called atten-
ton to apparent Inconsistency Of
the Executive construction ola law
IN whick construction he was an
interested party, correspondent
charged rs with malice 4 great
many people say they want a paper
10 speak out its opinions boldly,
but Just g sure as It does 50, they
call It malice. We shall not be IN
timidatei by any such charges We
expect 10 bring nP0n ourselves the
wrath Of evil-doers, but We ask
even them 10 remember that when
we chastise them we d il for their
own good
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-02-14


What are you going TO do hercs9'
4 am going q ask Mr.. O'Neill
Of Missouri 10 introduce a resolu-
tion appointing a committee Of the
house 10 investigate the matter. If
that committee Is appointed | pro-
pose 10 prove that Senator Plumb
OF Kansas has 40.O00 head OF cattle
down in the country now, with fifty
men under the direction Of Harry
Hibbon, formerly county surveyor
Of Lyon county, Kansas. He Is
fencing in to-day the cabins our
colony built. l propose TO prove
that the cattle men have raised
what they call a corruption fund Of
s509.Oo0 to keep Payne out The
firm Of Barbour, Campbell 4 Co. in
Wichita, Kansas, have paid s'6, =
900 for the purpose. and another
firm has paid $4,000 lean prove
that Senator Plrmb Is on the bond
OF Agent Miles, Of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe agency, and on that
Of the agent Of the Sacs and Foxes,
and that he went d0xn there last
fail and told them tllat he would
withdraw their bonds unless they
gave him the land he wanted. Mr..
Boltz. of Leavenworth. WAC used 70
4 be a contractor for supplying the
Indians with beef, had been on this
/ land for ten or fifteen years, but
they made him move off TO make
room for Senator Plumb, and Boltz
lost at least $4,000. 1 can prove
that Secretary Teller has admitted
that Payne has got Us; be eaa hold
that Territory, but we don't intend
to let him use it. We will put
some negroes down there The
courts are instructed not to give
him a hearing IatsrrieU nth
/ Captain Payne IA T. c. Timos.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-02-14

THE Wyoaizs Territory legisla-
fure has a stock law before II now
hat. If passed. VIII convert all
mavericks found IN the state iato a
source of revenue, to be expended
in prosecuting stock thieves and
paying inspection and detective ex-
penses. It proposes to sell all
mavericks sound, at auction, the
proceeds % go to the State Stock
ines's Association for the purpose
shove named This Is a wise law,
snd should pass. as tho mavericks
are the unknown property Of stock
men, and, when found. should be
sold for the benefit Of stockmen IN
that sccticn OF the grazing districts.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-02-14

ST. LoUIs, Feb. 10-A dispatch
from Fort Smith, Arkansas, says
a facfionsi fight occurred among
the Creek Indians fory miles west
Of that place on Tussdsy, in which
Yohala was killed and several
others were wounded Il Is feared
that further bloodshed wiz result,
as there is said - be very bitter
feeling between the factions. The
- ..f.s... 4 IE..rencn ere not stated.