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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

The grand jury for the second judicial
district of Dakota declares thiougha a
series OF resolutions that the mass
of evidence presented to that body
during its recent session dis.
closed condition of public affairs which
demands an investigation. This inyesti-
CATION. say the grand jury, is needed in
defence and protection of our political
institutions, as a public safeguard and in
the interest OF law and justice. 1t is not
necessary to invade the secrecy of the
grand jury room 10 ascertain what is
meant by these alarming utterances.
Enough is indicated in the resolutions
made public to give toIerable idea of
the condition of affairs and enough is
known outside these Developments to
confirm the conviction that the entire
political organization is reeking with
rottenness. A grand Jury, which gives
close attention to the acts of public off.
cials during session of four weeks, accu-
mulates fund of information which
must impress its members with q
trne sense of the situation. The
resolutions put forth are the outerowth
of knowledge acquired from the sworn
statements of witnesses. The details
remain the secret of the investigators,
but their conclusions they are permitted
to give. When body of this nature,
at the close of long and exhaustive re.
search, warns the people of the exis-
tence of condition of public affairs
which demands immediate attention it
is time for the people to respond in their
own behalf Ito rise up aud demand that
corruption shall cease, that band of
public plnnderers shall let go their hold
upon the management of affairs. 1t is
difficult for judicial body to reach these
nalefactors. The teehnicalities of the
law are their protection and the wealth
and power they have acquired through
their corrupt Vaccinations is their
strength. 1t is when their victims,
wearied with long submission to plum.
dering combinations, rise and demand
and enforce justice, that the right comes
to the front and asserts its supremacy.
Citizens of Dakota, an investigating
tribunal has warned you OF the danger
which confronts you, and it knows
whereof it speaks.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29
NORTHERN DAKOTA.


Medora, IN Stark county, has new
paper called The Badlands Cowboy.
Aneta. in Grand Forks county, expects
to harvest 100000 bushels Of the golden
this coming season.
A,large general store was burned st
Devils Lake last Thursday. Loss, Sl2..
600; insurance, $4,000.
The widow of DR.. Darlington, who was
lost in blizzard last winter, was pre-
sented eighty.two dollars by the Port.
land dramatic club.
The new court house at wahpeton is
finished and Judge Hudson is holding
court there. Ten or twelve indictments
have already been found by the grand
jury. :.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

A new and startling plot is developing
itself here upon the soil Of southern Da.
kota-a plot conceived in the councils Of
the Northern Pacific capital commission
combination and given birth in the ex.
treme southeast. The purpose of the
conspirators is to secure majority oi
the next legislature and already active
operations for the accomplishment OF
this end have been instituted. Through
this msjority the design is to secure q
confirmation of the work of the capital
commission and then to levy an
appropriation Of hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars upon the tax
payers of Dakota to pay for tho
building erected by the people of Bis.
marck. This structure has been built
entirely on credit. Not one cent of
money has been placed in the territorial
treasury. as is required by the alleged
act under which the location was made.
A Legislature such as the conspirators are
laboring to secure would be pledged to
an endorsement of the work OF the capi.
tai commission, and in giving such en-.
dorsemeut would repeal the en-.
tire capital commission act. This
would relieve Bismarck from
its unfulfilled obligation and
would saddle the entire expense of ex.
travagant building operations upon the
taxpayers of Dakota. The burden Of
payment wod fall largely upon the
people of the south, as the same legisla
tive combination would refuse to repeal
the fraudulent law which exempts the
possessions of the Northern Pacific (one-
bali OF north Dakota) from taxation.
The campaign by which 1t is hoped to
accomplish these ends is to be made with
vigor and the barrel from which the
sinews of war are to be drawn is
already open. The caucus will
be made the scene of active
operations, for it is there that
money and political crookedness can be
male to accomplish the most. It is
without question that ninety per cent. OF
the people of the south in their minds
oppose this scheme. There is need,
however, OF something more than mere
mental opposition. A few active work.
ers In every community can turn the ap.
parent sentiment of that community
against itself. 1t is none too early for
the masses in south Dakota to give their
attention to this matter. It will be an
all summer fight.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

The lung fever prevails at Memo.
Blunt is to have another newspaper,
Elk Point has provided city pound.
The Mitchell foundry building is under
way.
Hutchinson county has only six sa.
looms.
Madison will soon have an opera
house.
Menno is becoming favorite lumber
market.
Asso,ooo steam Touring mill is going
up at Howard.
As hog market Elk Point bristles
with business.
At Dean, Hand county. the people
want drug store.
Roswell, Miner county, is to have !
weekly newspaper.
The Grand Army post at Canton viii
give fair 10 juno.
Miner county has population Of
5000; Howard LOCO.
The Elk Point centennial oornes band
is prosperous. The city Il erecting !
grand stand where the band can ailks-d
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

plans and specifications for buildings, Iron
same at reasonable terms. =
Also manufacturers Of Door., Sash and
berveen first and Second. fankton. b. +.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

alScoufse eloquent melodies during the
summer moonlit nights.
The civil township system il. III fun
blast in Brown county.
Somebody 81 Milltown wants Arm.
strong county revived.
Edmunds county voted in favor Of
license by 1A majority.
The Union county Jail has not had an
occupant for two years.
Il. N. Loomis now runs the Jersuld
Journal at Alpena, alone.
Steamboats, have already begun trips
from Columbia northward.
Rome township, Dawson county, will
build 200 school house.
The Waite comedy company play four
nights in Sioux Falls this week.
Joseph Cook, q Dawson county farmer
recently lost $4,000 by prairie fire.
Memo offers frat class inducements
for good hotel and man who can run
it.
Mrs. schanuber, an old lady of Free.
man, Hutchinson county, has recently
died.
Sphinx county declines to license whis.
Ky selling because it tends to make
paupers.
Lincoln .coanty has $4,000 on hand
and the city of Canton has $1,000 in its
treasury.
The foundation walls for the new court
house for HUTCHINSON county have been
completed.
About 100 pounds of pickerel day are
taken out of the river at Sioux Falls
every day.
A paper has been started at Valley
Springs, Minnehaha county, called the
Enterprise.
The Stephen A. Hurlburt post at Elk
Point, is preparing. to celebrate May Goth
in fine style.
Wolsey, in Beadle county, also expects
to become the most important point in
southern Dakota.
The new bank at Grand View is called
the Douglas County bank and is branch
of the Clay County bank.
An Elk Point tree dealer lett that burg
the other day for central Dakota with
2,4OO. GOO cottonwood trees.
b. F. Lyman, Douglas county gran.
ger, has just received thirty high grade
Durham COWS from the east.
Castlewood, in Hamlin county, won't
try to dodge the Rock Island railroad
which is making in that direction.
The building boom has struck Madi.
son. The Leader says it will cost the
place 500, GOO before the season ends.
The two hotels at Olivet are inadequate
to accommodate its transient population
and third is to be built this summer.
The teachers of Hutchinson county
have been invited by Supt. Daboll to
assemble at Olivet, next Saturday, Nav
3rd.
The Olivet district, in Hutchinson
county, voted Saturday upon q PROPOSE.
tion to bond the district for a new school
building.
Six hundred and seventy horses have
been unloaded from the cars at Blunt
this spring. The animals are used TO,
breaking teams.
A man named Jones, laid an egg on the
table in the Egan Express Office the othe,
day, that measured eight and one-hall
inches in circumference.
The .Olivet debating club will meet
May End to discuss the question whethe,
fire has caused moro destruction to life
and property than water.
Pierre Free Press: Next mfontl
promises to be lively one in Pierre
Three conventions will meet here, the
democratic territorial, the Huron land
district editorial, and the dental conyen
| fiop
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

Refers by permission to First National Bank,
Yanktsn; Hon. Green B. Raum, ex-commis.
sioner internal revenue. Washington, d. c.;
John 8: James, New York stock exchange.
and Bishop Hare of Dakota.
.Ofhee,,Room No. s, Postofice block,
Yankton, Dakota.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

The finest, purest, ard best flavors for
cakes puddings, pastry, &C., are DR..
Prices Special Flavoring extracts. In
this age Of adulteration, it is gratifying
to find an effort to stick by the old path
OF honesty, and consumers owe Il to
themselves to patronise those making
Tie effort. For natural tiAvorines none
compare with Dr.. Price's.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29
Want Of Eaith.

II E. NJ. Coates. the Druggist, does
not succeed it ia not for the want faith.
He has such faith in Dr.. Bosankos
Couah aud Lung syrup, % remedy for
eoughs, colds, consumption, and lung
sdections, that he will give : bottle iree
TO each and every one who % ID need 81
. nsdlcine Of this kind.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

The Oldest Bookstore in the territory.
I'VE continue to offer to our many
patrons oil the new and popular works
the day at eastern prices. In this de-
rtment may BE- found everything re.
ircd Tin the stationery line) in the
,lEce. store or chool house. Writing
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

paper, envelopes bad blank books made
. speciality. We also carry the largest
stock of eEWALL PAPERS. Ra
offered in the market. Our prices
will always be found reasonable. Third
street, bet. Cedar and Walnut Sts.
PURDY 4 BRECHT
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27
Tran for Dishonest Postal Clcrks.

A former Post office mailing clerk
picked up letter from an office table.
The letter bore little upon its outward
face that would give any clew to its
interior Sail he: There's money IN
that letter." There WAS money in it.
The gentleman said that one Oh the adj
vantages OF modern post office business
was the increased advan age of trans
mission of money through the mails.
When he was erk there was not q
clerk in the Off ,e who couldn't tell
easily upon the first feeling OF letter
whether there was money in it or not.
lie remembered the first decoy letter
that came into the post office where he
was. 1t was the first OF the, Govern
ment's sendiiig ont. The dccoy letter
is marked 10 an impossible direction.
1t is due at the dead ie ter ofliee within
a stated time. The first that he ever
saw bore lhe directions: .Mr. Harry
Qailp. mi lecounsys QnilR. " There is.
Of coursc,S NO sucasoirectlon pos Die.
lie ,lecoy lal,er con,a.l rs monef, ard
will ,urns-u at the dead letter office
according 20 rpcor kept By their'send-
| els. S,tcn lclters are = part OF the ma
! cliinery of the department, and ;gc
| floating through the mails with the
| view 10 catcalns the aislncest anu nm
J mr,y 'Dsssap journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27
An Atrocious Epistle,

A more atroc Gus tp;stle than the
following could scarce.y deiiie paner.
1t is from the electoral Prince of Hesse
Cassel. and refers TO the Hess.ans in
the British army Killed a. tie battle Of
Trenton, Dccem Der 26. l776 1t is giv-
en- for the first time in this country in
Les sing Pic:oriai Field Book OF the
Revo .ulion, and The wriir WAS the
grandfather Of the present Pr nee Hesse
Cassel. one of the th.rty-nina petty tyr
ans who raiei Germany at the time:
You cannot think how much PIE s.
ed | was To hear that. ont of the 1888
Hess.a,s who took par, in the bate,
no more than 345 remain. There are,
accord nI.y. 1,6l0 dead--no more and
no .ess so tine treasury owes ne, ac-
cording to our contract, 634. 900 iiorins.
The Court of Lon,ton Says, it is true,
that some hundred OF them, are only
wounded, who cannot be paid for like
the dead; but hope that rcmindful OF
NV instructions given to you at Cassel.
YOU have no. tried 10 save, wi h inhu"
man help. those poor feilowswho cou d
have bought lie only at the sacrifice OF
ley OF arm. That would be a sad
pres mt for them; and ! am sure they
D .afer 10 die gloriousIy rather t,a,l
i've famed and unfit for my service
Rcn.ern Der that out OF tho Three hun
t.rel Sp ,rtans but one remains in iifr
Oh! how happy would | be # ! cotsld
say the same 81 my brave Hessians '
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27
A New Remedy for Consmmptivea

Everything is wrong this morning."
exclaimed Springwell butcher yester-
day. Il have just lost NY best GUS
toner. He was anxious to see me kill
ing and dressing. so he stepped into
my slaughter house just as was about
to remove the fat from dog
"A dogP You don't mean to say"
"No; don't mean to say that we
butchers shove dogs and cats on the
market, but this particular dog was
brought to me by a consumptive young
chap who lives near by. He wished
me TO remove the fat that he might
render it, and use it as cure for his
r1lalady, and, rs said before, just as
was doing so in walkel my best GUS
toner! You never saw u madder man
in all your life. He wouldn't give me
chance to explain, but after swearing
enough to make that boys hair stand
on end, he rushed out saying he would
have me lynchcd."
Isn't that = rather novel cure for
consumptionp"
''Well, l don't know, I have killed
dogs for half-a-dozen who have con-
sumption; but there is man up town
somewhere who makes dog oil whole
sale"
Further inquiry revealed the fact that
the manufacture of dog oil may now be
numbered among Detroit's defunct In.
dustries. The dogs from which the oil
was extracted were procured at the dog
pound after having been drowned.
When the fat had been taken out, it and
the carcass were steamed and pressed,
and rs result, Lyman W.. Blakely,
manufacturer. obtained, rs he described
it, "a transparent oil almost as clear
as water, and sweet to the taste" He
received only g per gallon for the oil
and found it did not pay. although this
sum was supplemented with a small
sum paid by fertilizer company for
| the flesh, bones and hide. The pur-
chasers of the oil were veterinary sur
| eeons, who used 1t in compromising
liniments, and people suffering from
throat and lung diseases. especially
consumptives, who are willing to use
any and all remedies suggested. 1t is
entirely unknown 10 the pharmacies,
and why it has gained even the moic,5
| of popularity it enjoys it would be hare
TO say.--Uetroit Tamcs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27
A 3OO-Year-OId Biblt

A curious and valuable book has re-
Gently come into the possession OF Mr..
S. A. Thompson, of this city, it being
Danish Bible of the year of 1888. 1t
was printed at Copenhagen by Ma,z
Bengaardt. and is one oil the second
edition ever issued in the Scandinavian
peninsula. Its history is known for the
past 800 years, having been in tile
Svendsgaardt family for that time. and
il contains the family record for most
of this period. About seven years ago
it was brought to this country by L.
Svendsgaardt, and, after changing
hands several times. was recently pur-
chased by Mr.. Thompson in Otter Tail
county.
The book shows traces of its age.
both from its worn condition and the
stylo of its binding. The covers are Of
Norway pine, some five-cightbs Of an
inch in thickness, and covered with
hog-skin The corners are finished in
brass, figured in fanciful shapes, which
have been battered and worn till what
ever beauty they may once have had
has been lost. The work is profuse in
its illustrations. and is valuable chiefly
for these. as being well preserved speci-
mems Of the engrayings OF three CEN
turies ago. Quaint and curious are
some of them. The creation OF Eve is
one such, the idea being taken from
the literal wording OF the Scriptures.
Adam is asleep, and the Creator is
drawing fuily-developed woman from
his side. A curious thing is that in the
sky the sun, moon and stars are all to
be seen at the same time. Many Of the
engravings. ii not ali, are made in ac-
cordance with modern rules OF arisi
perspective, a thing not always done in
works of that century.
A singular fact is that in the New
Testament there are no engravings uu-
til Revelation is reached. The life Of
Christ had not single scene, and the
only representation OF Him is where He
appears to John in Revelation. The
value of the book is not far from 81 900.
and Mr.. Thompson is in c mmunica'
ton with parties who wish to purchase
it, Minneapolis Tr.baae.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27
Poetry aud Pensions.


The Chairman of lhe Committee on
Harmony then announced his desire TO
submit n roport, and benz encouraged
BY q smile ton inches ionr he read
twelve PAGES of c.osc,v- w itten manu
script. WaldoWn Bcbec hid for the
last three wears dope everything III his
power TO Lring out and encourage
poets Several months since Judge
Congo h"'I demanded an Investigation,
stating his belief that tine principle WAS
calculated 10 work evil 10 society, ana
the matter was turned over to the Har-
mony Committee.
The Chairman now reported that he
had personal, y invcs igated several
cases, rs follows:
I. William Henry Green, Of Iniiana,
formerly an industrious mechanic with
money in tie hank. Had written three
poems and an iivl, AMI was now in
Jail for stealing q giraffe be,on 2ing to Il
circus.
9. Bradcwl Watkins, of Ontario,
formerly one Of the best whi,ew ,s1e:s
in the civilized world. Had written
Two odcs and an obituary in verse. and
had been fined S25 for pounding his
wife.
5. judge Glucose Blindhoof, of OHIO,
formerly black ksmih earning 81 a
day and having n laugh that could DC
heard half nile away. Had only
written fogr verses on The by .ng
Year" aut, vet his whole nature SEEM
cd TO have undor2one a complete
change. Had had three fights with his
, l., n ,,y,tS
and had spplicd for a divorce.
The chairman said he could give sew
cral further instances of the tiendish
results Of Brother Bebee's Efforts, but
before he had time to do so, Givedam
Jones presented The following:
"Resolp,d. Dat from dis date de Lime
Kiln Club will use ebery means in its
power 10 discourage de m'Hin' oh poets
and de producshun OF poetry
Waylown Bebee arose to begin an
argument, but he was shouted down
and the resolution put to vote and
carried with whoop.
Samuel Shinn then presented the pc
tiiion of Liveforever Smith, a colored
resident of Detroit, but not member
of the Lime Kiln Club, who desired the
club TO endorse his application for a
pension from the government for inju-
ries received during the war
"Brudder Sninn, sternlv replied the
president, 'you raise the wiader and
drop that paper inter dc alley
Samuel obeyed,
"Now. sab. want to say TO you and
to all olller mem bers. dat dis club am
not workin de pension racket. ID,
man who went to de wah an was Grip
pied a1d disabled dcsarvcs recompens,
at de hans of his government, an ha'
probably had it for y'ars past. De pen
sion business nowadays am fo'-hfti
swindle an one-fi!th ciaip, agent. I'm
Gle Sam pays cbery dollar that he owe
| 10 his defenders, an an application 81
dis day would be regarded with aston
ishment if not sisp cion. We doan' rs
sist no man, black or white, to max
out dat twenty y'ars arter he come bacl
| from wah he suddenly falls lame iron
having slep on de ground. Let rs nov
blow cut de lamps and go home. W
| Detroit Free Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27
Need or Manufacturing reform.

There is one department OF manufac-
turing production that lacks not so
much good workmanship AS proper
material; that is, the department. OF
manufacturing for domestic purposes
ducers think that anything is good
enough for the household. SO long as it
makes pretense at convenience and
has some meretricious ornamen att on.
A most attractive and convenient
form of cook:n utensils is now maae
of tonyh iron enamclel inside and out.
In most respects it is much superior to
utensi, OF tin or those OF cast iron; the
tea pots and coffee urns being partIcu-
larry useful. But the hinges break af-
ter little use, the ornamental tops
come of, showing that they were mere
ly attached for tenn porary purpose,
and even the handle drops off, being
merely soft soldcrcd on.
In lamps for burning kerosene the
vexation ID fully rs great, whi.e the
danger is more. The glass reservoirs
for the oil are barely stuck into sheaths
of the fimsest sheet brass at the top OF
the standards by means of plaster Of
Paris that soon loses all its cohesiveness
by the slightest overflow of oil; and yet
in nine times out of ten the lamp is
moved when lighted by lifting by the
glass reservoir. The thin brass tops
are always getting out OF shape; they
| hardly sustain the weight Of chimney
and shade The rag wheels, or the
loothed wheels which serve to raise and
lower the wick, may turn on thin wire
axles or refuse TO turn ut all. Some
time these appliances are so INSULT ,len'
that the lighted wick drops through the
tube down into the oil.
If price would secure good products
these annoyances and dangers woulJ
not be so vexa ious. but the higher
priced artistic and ornamental lamp
=, are no better made, have no better
material. are no more secure than tht
cheaper sorts
This singing out Of two common ant
necessary artic. es as evidences OF iacs
of honest work and material is not in
tended to lie a marked rebuke to thes'
particu ar departments; this ''skrimpi
ness and .'Cleap John" makeslif
method runs through almost Mi th
produc.s Of manufactures for household
use, and long list might be made Q
articles of everyday use which becom
useless a most before their uscfulnes
il established, because the makers US
glue insteat of nails. nails instead o
scr 1ws. .soft solder instead Of braz:ng
sheet Tin insteai Of iron or steel, pew
ter instead OF tin, and unsklilel iabo
instead Of bones, work. There Is rooI
for Improvement - Scientific american
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-27

A Cleveland woman tried holding u
baby as colateral security for u board
bill. She took care OF The chill SO
that It's motnef could worA Ia y storo,
when the mother tailed 10 pay the bill
refused to give it up, and the owner Of
the property had to seek courts OF law
and get writ Vt habeas corpus.
President Arthur prevents much Of
the fatigue and lameness Of the arm
one must undergo in shsking hands
with SO IA my scope by doing all tho
shaking Ainiself. He never allows the
visitor 10 seixo his hand first, but takea
the outstrelched hand himself. and
can thus let 60 when he pleAscs.