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Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20
The s.Rel,ancc" Harvester and Binder.


An important advantage in the Rel-
ance Harvester and Binder is in the
plunger bolt being done away with alto
gether and cam movement substituted,
which prevents the binding apparatus
getting easily out of repair, which is
sometimes the cause of no little delay
and loss to the farmer.
Another advantage of the Reliance
over all other machines is in the knife.
which is held in such position that it
can be bound with wire and yet work
perfectly, cutting the twine as easily as
if sharp edge were presented. A dull
knife will not stop the farmers work.
Another advantage is in the light
draft of the Reliance, and still another
advantage is in the substitution of an
oscillating board in place of the ordinary
canvas adjuster. This packs the bundle
in place. making an even butt, saving
wheat and time.
HOLLAND & RuKKE.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20

Sealed proposals will he received at the
clerks office of Red Willow school town
ship, until Saturday, June 2lst, 1884, for
the building of two school houses in said
township, one to be built on section l6,
town 1873 north, range 60 west, the other
on section "a, township 147 north range
go west. Plans and specifications can
be seen at the office OF Supt. Kerr in
CooperstOwn.
Dated this Goth day of May, 1884.
HAIRY CLARK, Clerk.
0. II. JOHNSON, Treasurer.
w. G. JIMESON, Director.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20
A Card.

We have placed full line of FLOUR
in our Burrell Avenue Store, where we
shall hereafter handle the largest provi-
sion business i'm this section OF the coull-
try. Our stock will always be complete
and our prices such as to maintain the
present popularity of Cooperstown as
TIE trading point for the counties of
Griggs, Steele, Nelson, northern Barnes,
and eastern Foster. Our terms are
strictly cash, and will not he varied
from. DAVIS Il PICKETT.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20
An Underground River.

Water was struck i'm the court house
well Saturday at depth of forty-eight
feet from the surface. 1t rose in the
we'll with such rapidity that the work
men had to climb for their lives. At
last accounts there was twentyOne feet
of water and still rising-no blind fish
rs vet
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20

az We are receiving lumber of every
description daily. Lenham Elevator &
Lumber Co.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20
For Sale.

One span work horses, weight 5000
pounds,9 years old, price $500. One
span work horses, weight 300 pounds,
age 3 and 10 years, price 1915. For fur
ther information apply at
COURIER OFFICE.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20

Andrew johnson, posting school
township election notices. ...... 10 :i5
Stevens 4 Enger, Gsteel scl,perS. lO4 90
On motion. adjourned till June 10th.
1884. at 2 p. m. ROLLlN c. COOPER.
HERBERT =. SMART. Chairman.
Clerk,
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20

tssT Whilden Bros. have Just received
half Il car nj canned goods which they
will sell You cheaper than YOU ever
dreamed of buying them.
Flour from Fargo:
Flour from Valley City.
Minneapolis.
Valley CITY
and Sanhcrn.
DAVIS & PICKETT.
eH Fresh oranges and lemons every
week at Whidden Bros.
eYTTarmers clean YOUR seed wheat.
The Lehman +. 4 l.. Co. will sell Won !,
machine for $500 that will take out all
foul seed.
EsSeBone checks taken in exchange for
flour and feed ut q. w. Greenleese 4
Co.'S.
e8 IN the spring the old mules fancy
lightly turns to soft bran mash Bring
him in and let us load him up.
DAVIS 4 P1cKE1r.
Esss'' Blest he the tie that binds is the
tune every one feels like singing who
uses Il Mccormick binder.
eYWe will not be undersohl in North
Dakota. Lehman Elevator & Lumber
Co.
1t was Barnum who said that some
people liked to I've l.umlmgget. and even
were willing to pay for it. That is all
true enough in the show and circus line,
where one can look on and laugh at the
clown. but it is another Kind of a circus
when you feel that you are the clown
making fun for your more fortunate
neighbOrs rs you waltz back and forth
from the binder to the blacksmith shop
for repairs while trying to keep your
temper i'll trying to make Il defective
machine work. To avoid Il circus at
harvest time, buy the Mccormick and
take Il rest.
HWm. Glass loans money for final
proof. and OH titled land. soft.
&y'W We have for sale few good farm
work horses. Davis l. Pickett.
Wall Paper, Carpets aud floor oil
cloth at Whidden Bros
g y supply of bran and shorts re-
ceived this week by Davis Il Pickett.
GrWe are long on shorts. and they
are frst-class. DAVIS T. PICKErr.
ETFew things refrain profanity better
than binder that works smoothly day
after day like the Mccormick, without
tinkering.
eYTOh how fine it is to wear a fine fit.
ting suit. They fit like the paper on the
wall. and are for sale by Odegard &
| Thompson.
eY- Prices that compete with Fargo
Lehman Elevator Il Lumber Go.
eyHWe can take a lady clothed for the
wash room and furnish her everything
fit for the queens drawing room--cor-
sets, linen, hose, silks, laces. ribbons
hats, gloves, false hair, jewelry, and {;
glass eye il necessary.
ODEGARD & THOMPSON.
sagWe are receiving lumber of every
description daily. Lenham Elevator &
Lumber Co.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20
For. Sale.

500 bushels white seed oats; $50 bush
els choice select Early Rose potatoes.
NJ. ROBINSON. Mardell.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-06-20
~ Prices that compete with Fargo.
Lehman Elevator q Lumber Go.

GsrWe can take a lady clothed for the
wash room and furnish her everything
fit for the queens drawing rooln--cor-
sets, linen, hose, silks, laces. ribbons,
hats, gloves, false hair, jewelry, and a
glass eye if necessary.
ODEGARD & THOMPSON.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12

Ned was decidedly cross as he stepped
on the first rocks. He knew perfectly
well that he was not the one to give up
his fun for the sake of silly little cry
baby of nine years old, but what was the
use of goingon if all the pleasures was
spoiled alreadyp He went springing on
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
An Anecdote Of General Sherman.

e. V. smalley. In the January Century.
Many good anecdotes of Sherman
were current during the war. Some of
them, he once said, when they were
brought to his notice, had been told of
every general since Hannibal. Here is
one of unquestionable authenticity,
which shows his sagacity in dealing
with the population of conquered
the people kept the churches, schools
and place of business closed, so that,
save for the movements of the soldiers,
the place looked like city of the dead.
He issued an order directing that the
stores and shops should be opened
during business hours, the schools re-
sumo their courses and the churches
hold their customary services. Among
the people who called at lis headquar-
tiers to protest against this order or to
ask for explanations was the clergyman
of an Episcopal chnrch, who said that
the ritual of his denomination con-
tanned a prayer for the president which,
under the circumstances, embarrassed
him. "Whom do you regard as your
PRESIDENT" asked Sherman, bluntly.
I'VE look upon Mr. OaVlS aS our preSl-
dent" replied the minister. every
well; pray for Jeff Davis if you wish.
He needs your prayers badly. 1t will
take a great deal of praying to save
him." "Then will not be compelled
to pray for Mr.. Lincoln?" "Oh, no.
He's good man, and don't need your
prayers. You may pray for him if you
feel like it, but there's no compulsion,"
answered Sherman, Instantly divining
that the worthy clergyman wanted to
pose as martyr before his pensioners,
and had hoped that he would be or
dered to use the prayer for the presi-
dent of the United States. The next
Sunday the prescribed prayer was so
modified by the preacher as to leave out
all mention of the president, and to re-
fer only to sail in authority
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
THE CORN CROP.
S. w. Tal'madge Differs with the AgricuI-
tural Department. , Report.

Milwaukee Telegram.
5. w. Tallm idge, of this city, who
has given great deal of attention to
the collection of crop reports, has pre-
pared table of the corn crop yield of
1888 by sta es which is given below.
His estimate differs materially from the
department estimate, but he claims that
his are the more reliable, because gath
cred from the most reliable sources in
each state, and gathered more recently
than the government estimates. His
authorities in the different states are
the state agricultural departments,
where such are organized, and, where
these are not organized, state and gov
eminent statisticians. Mr.. Tallmadge
states that the quality OF the corn in
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan,
and portions of Illinois, Iowa, and In
diana is reported as being rather infe-
rior, while in Kansas, Missouri, Ne.
braska, and all the southern states the
quality is excellent and the yield far
above an average.
The total production, 1867, 100, 900,
represents the bushels of corn grown,
and makes no allowance for soft and
understandable. There is no way, he
states, of computing what difference
this damaged corn will make in the
total yield, but, of course, will make
some. There are well-informed par
ties who claim it will make no differ
ence, as the poor corn will go into con-
sumption and fill vacuums, the same as
if the quality were better; while others,
equally well informed, say it is non
sensical to say that Il bushel OF
poor corn Will go rs far as
a bushel of good. Tallmadge
himself inclines to the latter
theory, and is satisfied that there will
be a big shrinking in so large a crop
caused by the soft and understandable
corn.
The table below shows the yield to
be the largest ever produced in the
United States, with but one exception,
that of 1881, which was LIZ, 435, 900
bushels.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
observation-disclosures.

DER yon calm heights the great stars roll
Above the sleeping earth tonight;
No breaking heart, no hopeless soul,
Can stay their course or dim their light. q
Not these the stars whose tender beams
Bent o'er my youth in guidance sweet;
Were they but phantoms Of my dreams,
Sent to mislead my wandering feet ?
SO warm and near they seemed to shine,
So kind the aspect that they wore,
They kindled hopes almost divine
OF winning heights untrod before.
But now their glamour falls away;
No magic ladder to the skies
They build for him whose hair grows gray,
Whose soul looks forth through aged
eyes.
And far off now the great world lies,
And fast its youthful halo fades,
And dim seems now each glittering prize
Seen through the nights fast-gathering
shades.
The Old Year dies, and in my soul
Dies many a hope that once was bright;
Still calm and cold the great stars roll
Above the sleeping earth tonight.
-[Jouinal of Education.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
4 YEAR OF DISASTERS.
over One Hundr. d Thousand People
Killed by Acc dent in 1888.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The year of 1883 has been a memo
rable one in the extent of its disasters
and calamities. The list includes only
disasters, calamities and accidents, and
in these only such are mentioned as re-
suited in the loss of three or more lives.
Had those been mentioned where one
or two were killed the record would
have been more than doubled in length,
and the sum total greatly increased.
Also no account is made of the loss of
life by war, pestilence, famine, crime or
suicide, but in these ways untold thous-
ands made a miserable exit from the
world.
The yellow fever in Mexico depopu-
lated villages and cities, and the cholera
in Egypt and India reaped a plentiful
and CHASTITY harvest
The imagination of the reader must
supply the desolatIon caused in the first
part of the year by the destructive
floods in the valleys of the Rhine and
Danube, the Mississippi, the Missouri,
the Ohio, the other western rivers, for
no well-defned estimate of the loss of
life in the aggregate can be published,
nor can the loss of property be esti-
mated.
The year throughout has been pro-
life in earthquakes, tornadoes, cyclones
and shipwrecks, as well as railway ac-
cidents and mine disasters, while the
item of boiler explosions is the most
numerous in fatal results. The awful
earthquakes in Java, Syria and the east
are simply appalling in loss of life.
When classified according to the
months in which they were reported,
the deaths are divided as follows:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
The Sun the Source OF Electricity,
and Solar Light Electric.

Journal of Education.
The agitated condition of the sun,
throwing out sheets of light on the 10Th
of April, 1882, the grand aurora borealis,
the night following, and the inorera-
tive condition of the telegraph lines
from the excess of electricity at the same
time, and similar agitated condition
of the sun few months after, and a
like imperative condition of the tele-
graph lines at the same time, were
striking condolences, which show that
the electricity was thrown off from the
sun, and that the aurora borealis is
caused by solar electricity. We also
have brilliant evidence of sonar electri-
city in comets, which on their near ap-
preach to the sun, become charged
with it, causing their heads to repel
their atmosphere, the particles of their
atmospheres themselves to be repealed
by the sun. So great was the solar re-
pulsion on the comet of 1850 that, i'm
mediately after passing the sun, its
tail was heightened out sixty millions
of miles in forty-eight hours. And in
whatever part of the heavens a comet
makes its appearance it exhibits solar
electric repulsion in its tail, being in a
direction opposite the sun, which also
shows that the sun is constantly radiat-
ing electricity throughout the space
occupied by our solar system. From
the evidence we have of constant flow
of lectricity from the sun, we must con-
clude that solar light is electric, the
sun generating the electricity which
illumines and diffuses the atoms of
light throughout the space of our solar
system.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
Western Journalists Going East.

Chicago News.
Slowly but surely are the western
journalists crowding their eastern con-
temporaries off into the oyster beds of
the Atlantic slope, the following west
ern men now figuring with more or less
conspicuousness in New York news
paper circles: John Swinton, of Kan
sas; Wh.telaw Reid, of Ohio; Joseph
Pulitzer, of Missouri; John A.
Cockerill, of Ohio; Ballard Smith,
of Kentucky; Charles A. Dana, of IL
liaois; Clinton A. Snowden, of Illinois;
Isaac H. Bromley, of Ohio; ID. A. SUIT
ton, OF Missouri; Carl Schurz, of Mis-
souri,; Horace White, of Illinois;
w. NJ. Grosvenor, of Missouri;
Ralph Bayard, of Colorado; Edwa d
Willett, Missouri; George T. Lannig; n,
Illinois; Stanley Hunt, Missouri. 1t is
a noteworthy fact that the most sue
cessful journalists of the east are those
who served their apprenticeship in the
west.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
WHEN NOT TO MARRY.
Items of Interest in View of the approach
ing Leap Year.

BOstoL I'll De-
81 dreamed last night my brother
was dead" said one of two shop girls
tripped down Winter street.
"That's the sign theirs going to be a
marriage in the family" said her COM
panion. "Did you cryP"
"Did 1? My goodness, should think
so. Who wouldn't.
"Then you ought to have counted
the tears, and just as many tears as you
shed it's just so many days before you'll
be married.
"Why, how funny. Did you ever
try itp'' "What question, foolish. |
amt married-am IP But then I cried
lots and lots, and couldn't count EN-,
and it's just as well for 'spose it had
come on Friday. That's an awful I'M
lucky day"
"Oh, don't talk about luck. There's
my cousin in Salem; she was married
on Sunday-they say that's the best of
all-and what luck did it bring herp A
miserable husband, divorce case, isn't
much for Luck
Overhearing all of which, the GlOJe
statistican was reminded of clipping
stored in his archieves with the old play
bills and the articles cut out to save that
will never be wanted until the next day
after they are burned. According to
this clipping, which will be read with
interest in view of the approaching
leap year, and prospective matrimo-
NAL boom, there are 80 days in the year
on which it is unlucky to marry, upon
the authority of manuscript dated in
the fifteenth century These days are
January 1, ?, 4, 3, Z, 10, Is: FEBRUARY
6, 7, 1S; March /, 6, 8; April 6, II;
May 5, 6, Z, June Z, 10; July 3, 10;
August 10, 10; September 6, Z; Octo-
Der 6; November 10, 16, and December
Is, Is, II. Consequently January is the
worst month and October the best month
in the year for marriage. The records,
show, however, that in Boston, and in
fact throughout New England, Noyem-
Der is the banner month for matrimony,
October holding second place in nup-
tial favor. For this Thanksgiving day is
mainly responsible. 1t has been con-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12

secrated to marriage festivals for many
generations. First day is another favor
lite day for connubial ventures, and
with a large proportion of our popula-
tion Easter Sunday is regarded as an
suspicious occasion for the wedding of
the matrimonial letters. Thousands of
couples have welded New Years week,
unwilling the risk they ran as above set
forth and it is hardly to be expected
that the publication of this list will in
crease the number of happy families or
lessen the regular long roll of divorce
suits upon the dockets of the courts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
Total ......................1,6S 7, 70

Tallmadge's wheat crop estimates
for several years past have been so re-
liable that he has acquired reputation
as a sta istic an. On May 1, this year,
he compiled an estimate of the prob
able wheat crop of this country for
1888 by states, placing the entire yield
at 402, 000,0 bushels. At about the
same date the government departments
estimate was AGO, 100000 bushels. A
month ago, when the government
figures were completed from the thrash
ing returns, they were given at "about
100000 bushels" or within 100000
of Tallmadge's earlier estimates.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
A Caution.

r
Never judge by appearances. A
shabby old coat may contain an editor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12
Fl askell & Smith, Proprietors.

in Caldwell 1t pleasantly situated on Front
reasonable all and give CALL
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-28

independent movement for the selec-
tion of candidates. A so-called inds-
pendent movement is in progress, but so
far has only taken the form of laying
of heads together on the streets and in
offices to pick out men who are sup
posed to be ratified by nomination at
an independent caucus. We hear it
mentioned that the democratic COM
mittee has been asked to ferego its
movement on condition that certain
candidates are nominated under the
Independent name and it therefore ap-
pears that the whole programme is
laid out. This cannot deserve tho
name of an independent movement;
it appears more to resemble plan to
engineer the election in some interest
that is not for the public good. In
snch probability. while still deprecat.
ing the necessity for party movement,
we do think it advisable for the dem
ocrats to hold good representative
caucus and openly and without pre-
yious concert nominate the best and
most suitable men obtainah BILE for these
offices. If they do SO their work will
be endorsed on election day.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-28
forfeiture Of northern Pacific Lands.

Forfeiture of Northern Pacific Lands.
Washington dispatch: Representa-
tive Henley. of the house committee
on public lands. has completed report
to accompany the committees bill de
claring the forfeiture of lands granted
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany and not earned under the terms
of the charter by July 4, 1879. The
report will be submitted to the COM
lnittee for approval at its next meet
ing. Henley says: The commissioner
is satisfied that the grant was one In
presente upon conditions subsequent;
that by a breach of such conditions
the grant along the entire line, SO far
as it was uncempleted July4, 1879, is
and has been, since said date, subject
to forfeiture. and that justice to the
United States and its, citizens now re-
qujres the forfeiture and restoration
of the lands to the public domain and
should be declared so by act Of con-
gress.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-28
MONTANA NEWS.
Scarlet fever has broken out in Hell

Il
ena.
1t is said that the bridge ever Belt
Greek on the Neihart road has beer
ggeatly damaged by recent treshets.
1t is charged that much OF the
quartz exhibited as coming from the
Occur d'Alenes had its origin in
| Butte or other rich and well-known
| qvartZ districts.
The two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
St. Clair, who live near Anaconda, a
boy and girl, both SIX years old. died
a few days ago of diphtheria. They
were Mr.. and Mrs. st. Clair's only
children.
George Scott. the man who had his
leg crushed in the railroad yard at
Helena by freight car. died in the
hospital. He had but lately recovered
from another accident and was in bad
general condition to stand the neces.
sary amputation.
At Coal Banks last Saturday an In
dian boy aged twelve years, while
playing with loaded gun pointed it
to where his little brother was play
ing. The gun was accidently dis
charged, shooting the little fellow in
the left side, causing instant death.
The Missoula Times tells of fierce
fistic encounter at Thempson's Falls
between Platt Burr and Leigh r. Free
man, both of them Butte newspaper
men who were trying to get the start
of each other in publishing paper at
Thompson's Falls. Freeman got bad
ly drubbed.
The certificate of incorporation of
the Helena & Benton Railroad COM
pany has been officially signed by the
following persons at Helena: Rein
hold III. Kleinschmidt, Henry Klein,
EraStus D. Edgerton. Anton M. Hol-
ter, Sam'l L. Hauser, John III. Ming.
Richard Lockey. John L. Murphy, E.
w. Toole. A. M. Voolfolk, Paris
Gibson, Carl Won Bausenwein. John
B. Wilson, Matthew Carroll. And at
Sun River by George Steel, Robert S. |
Ford, Robert Vaughan.
The COeur d d'Alene miner says Dan |
De guile has quite an original plan
for booming his mines. He shows
the new arrival piece of quartz, and
asks him if he can see gold in it.
When the tenderfoot says he can see
40 gold, the miner puts a pistol to his
nose and again asks him if he can see
gold, and the tenderfott swears the
rock is alive with gold. In the spring
it will be necessary to sell some of the
claims in the same way.
Lumber is still very high in the
Coeur d 'Alenes, being $3.50 per thou
sand in Eagle City, and $3.50 per
thousand at Mnrrayville. 1t will,
however, be mnch cheaper in a few
lays. as two saw mills are now in the
lamp and will be put up and running
in few days. They were brought
Up on the Occur d 'Alene river and
hauled in on large sleds, drawn by
block and tackle. Not over two or
hree hundred yards were made in a
lay. 3AAk
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-28
Nominating school Trustees.

The democratic committee gives no
tice thatit will call caucus of the
party to nominate candidates for
school trustees. The ENTERPRISE
has already expressed its opinion ad-
rerseiy to making partisan issue on a
matter.of such purely local and non.
political nature. We atiyoc ted In