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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-08
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Assignment of James X. Osgood a Co. and
the Heliotype Printing Company.

Messrs. James r. Osgood & Co, pub
fishers, 2ll fremont street, Boston, and the
Eellotype Printing company, in which the
firm are partners, have been Obliged to suS-
pend payment, and have made an assign
ment to Hon. Robert NJ. Morse, Jr, of
Boston, as trustee for the benefit of the
creditors, A meeting of creditors has been
called for Tuesday, May II, at II O'Clock
The Liabilities of the firm will probably
reach nearly 5000, 900, and the assets are
nominally in excess of that amount
The firm has published several expen-
sive works by subscription, including the
Memorial History of Boston: and one
cause of the present embarrassment is
that while these books are ready tor de
livery and the firm has contracts to the
amount of thousands of dollars with per
fectly responsible persons, the latter on
account of the hard times are unable to
receive the books AT present Besides the
firms liabilities its individual mem
bers are debtors to considerable
amount, mainly for borrowed capital.
The liabilities of the Heliotype Printing
company will not be very large, as its eX-
penditures were mainly for labor. The
exact relationship existing between
this Mr.. James II. Osgood owns the
Hellotype plant and leases it to the firm
of James X. Osgood d Co., who, with Mr..
Samuel ID, Sargent, carry on the work
Gen. Grant Gains Pound In One Week.
NEW YORK, May 6.-Gen. Grant slept
well last night, The gland at the angle
of the jaw beneath the right ear was very
much swollen and quite hard Gen. Grant
did no work by dictation to-day, but he
wrote some upon his book. While driv-
ing the General wa weighed, tipping the
scales at l47 pounds gain ofone pound in
a week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-08
New Haven.

At meeting of the Congregational
church of this place, holden May list, il
was voted to oinvte Mr.. James Barton, one
or It's members, now of Hartford Theolog-
ical Seminary, and intending to 90 to Tur.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-08

ArDor day was celebrated in town by
each school district, under the superviS-
ion of special committees appointed for
the purpose at II preliminary meeting
Over two hundred trees were set ON the
highway, in school yards and cemeteries,
and more work in trimming and clearing
the streets, is contemplated later, when
the farmers are more at leisure But
very little sowing has been done yet, the
ground being cold and wet but as we
the farmers are preparing their ground
for the seed as rapidly as possible. The
quantity of hay being small the green
fields are being anxiously watched for
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

II Is evident that the "twin relic,"
Mormonism, cannot be exterminsted by
law so long as the administration Of the
law 10 in the main in the hands Of the
Mormons themselves, which is practically
the condition of things in Utah now. 1t
is most difficult problem to solve That
the Mormons have as much right to wor.
ship Gsd according to the dictates Of
their own consciences as any other sect
cannot be denied fer a moment. The
tenacity and STABILITY of the sect is IN its
religions characteristics. The last right
that people will surrender Is the right Of
conscience or religious belief. So far Is
form of worship IS concerned the Nor
mons have no occasion to fear moles,a-
ton, for the general sentiment OF reli-
gious liberty which prevails will protect
them in that right, but when in its prac-
tical application it violates the l,w of the
land, the universal custom Of society and
the lmmovable landmark OF civilization.
It should be dealt with as any other in.
fraction Of the law. 1t is not the right
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.


of conscience among the Mormons that is
q violation of the laws Of the country but
its practical application. 1t is CRIME
against the laws Of the country, against
nature and against woman, ana yet
woman is herself the support and perpe.
tustlon of the institution of polygamy,
which Is the main AID the obnoxious fea-
turc Of Mormonism. Womaa Is the sup
port and perpetuator of every religious
sect. Take woman out of any church
society and it would not survive a year
She will make any sacrifice for the faith
however distorted her conscience may be
by education anil false teaching. 1t is
repugnant to her nature to have part
nershlp husband with any one or more OF
her sex. She would scorn such a relation
with queen. But she can and will sac
rlfice this natural instinct to her religious
convic tions and this IS the secret and
stronghold Of polygamy. TO evade the
law plural wives are no longer "eealed"
to the elders in the endowment house,
but in the seclusion of obscure places
Women marry as religious duty and
will falsify the fact to save the fractional
husband to the faith snd from the clutch
es of the law. She is taught not to ex-
pecl love from her husband. Brigham
Young taught his wives that they must
not expect love from HIM for it was hodor
enough to them to bear children to a
saint. The lowest place in heaven is &C.
corded to unmarried men and women, the
next to those who have only one wife,
and the highest to the polygamists with
their many wives. They are amasslng
wealth, and now haye in course of con-
structlon at Salt Lake City the finest
temple of worship In the world, upon
which two and half millions OF money
have already been expended and which
Will require thirty years yet to complete.
They are Incl easing in number at the
rate OF fifteen thousand year. They are
spreading oyer adjacent territories and
proselytlng IN all parts Of the world. They
evade and defy the laws of the country
and laugh the courts 10 scorn From a
blot on our civilization they have become
menace to our nation. Tie time is
near at hand when heroic measures will
oerequired and demanded by the people
to ex'ermlnate the evil. .
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

SCIENCE is just now being brought to
bear upon the evil of intemperance. An
eminent French physician has discovered
that alcohol in every shape and combina-
ton, whether in wine, whisky or beer,
contains parasitic life IN such infnites-
imal size that they can only be discovered
by means Of powerful microscope.
From the stomach they pass INTO the
blood, and, carried by the circulation to
every part Of the body, they penetrate
the tissues and the drlnker becomes q
living den of these invisible parasites.
In form they arc like reptiles, and his
theory OF delirium tlemens is that the
imaginary snakes seen by the victims of
this horror are due to the presence of
these diminutive reptiles IN the brain.
He thinks the various Lorrid forms seen
by the person suffering from delirium IS
no. a halluclnation but these parasites
magni6ed by and made visible to the
brain.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

The official returns from the constitu.
tional election held IN South Dakota the
third of this month show a majority of
1850 for the constitution, and on the
separate clauses submitted a majority of
334 for prohibition and majority of
1888 for minority representation. In the
improbable contingency Of that part of
the territory being admitted as a state It
will be prohibition state, and by the ad-
vantages of minority representation the
democrats can elect one third of the
members of the legislature. The latter
was the bait thrown in TO catch the dem
ocratic vote and it seems caught more of
them than was expected. 1t is the first
instance of territory applying for ad-
mission into the union with liquor pro-
hibition constitution or one incorporating
the principle of minority representation
IN It's constitution.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

The last Thureday in November of
every year has come to be regular holi
day in this conntry and hrnnpa with it
many happy thoughts and associations.
1t is appointed and set apart by those
high in authority as day of thankegiv.
ing and praise to God the Giver of all
good for the blessings of the past year,
not that this praise Offering should be
formal, but that it may be united and
simultaneous This occasion directs the
thoughts to contemplation of the varied
and thousands of blessings we enjoy from
day to day, which are hardly noticed
while passing. Blessings are so lavishly
bestowed upon us that We hardly per-
ceive them, while single misfortune Is
bewailed and remembered, just as .
stormy Cay is remembered while hun.
dreds of beautiful days are forgotten; as
q few days of sickness are remembered
while months and years of health are for
gotten. 1t is the exception to the rule
that most impr esses US. There are DIFF.
ferent ways Of rendering thanks and
praise to God for His blessings, which,
though they may differ widely, arc equal
ly acceptable to Him. That gratitude
which comes from the abundance of the
heart, however expressed, is the thanks
giving and praise most acceptable to God
With some it will manifest itself IN praise
of prayer and sacred song; with others IN
gifts Of charity to the poor and needy;
with still others in reunion OF family
circles, making home especially pleasant
and children happy. Thankful and hap
py should be the family today that is
blest with health and has not vacant
chair from death or other distressing
cause that was occupied BY one of the
family year ago. Such a void IN the
family circle impresses itself with crush
ing force on such occasions IS this. Those
whose homes have been thus visited by
the desolatlng hand of death should be
invited out to dine with those who have
not suffered such misfortune. By this
means their burden of sorrow will in par,
be dispelIed and the family which thus
relieves the heart and mind distressed
will itself be the happier for it. The sc.
cret Of happiness is IN making Others hap.
nv
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
DeDlscratic LOvefeast.

AS sample Of the democratic lovefeast
now going on in Washington the follow
ing newspaper correspondence is given:
AS Day, Ziebach, Bartlett, Trip & Co.
are but the democratic factors of the
gigantic republican scheme for the per-
manent and effectual accumu lation of
republican senators in the national con-
gress, with the implied understanding,
perhaps, that Trpp or some one else of
the clique should be made senator to aid
in procuring successful admission, one of
the leading features of their mission is to
force the territorial democracy into sup.
port OF their plans for division and ad-
mission, and consequently every effort
for Zlebach and Trip has been accom-
panied with equal, if not greater, zeal for
the latter, and by far the more important
project. They desire an accumulation of
fat offices at the burdensome expense of
the people, and are willing to take the
risks OF obtaining them, when they are
created and become attainabIe. What if
a change of political sentiment and action
was necessary for the achievement of so
desirable an acquisition Many dlstin-
guished men had set the example, and it
would be easy for them to follow
The regularly organized, genuine dem
ocrats, through their territorial commit
tee, represented In Washington by A.
Boynton, are opposed to all these manip-
ulations, schemes and ali their delele lerious
consequences. They know that the dem
scratic party IN Dakota is in the minority,
and that it is desirable TO produce such a
change in the political sentiment Is to
give the friends of the administration
majority. They know of no better way
of producing such q result than that
adopted by President Cleveland. While
he Is anxious that the Offices should be
filled BY democrats. he IS not 80 foolish
and regardless OF the interests of the
party as to wantonly antagonlze and drive
away friends, who, by little torbearance
and delay in their removal from office,
might become permanent friends, not on
ly Of the president, but Of the future dem.
ocratic party. And they know that the
sagaclty, wisdom and pertinaclty of the
present administration IS the adoption Of
its nav. concilistory, cautious and correct
meth DDS OF procedure resulting In giving
numerical strength 70 the democratic
party.
But they depreca.e any policy that
would divide Dakota, and ultimately
double the senatorial power from that
locality.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
J. G. wARNooK.
Editor

The president has appointed Capt. Nc
Cormack, Of Grand Forks, secretary Of
this territory. Mr. Mccormack was q
prominent candidate for the United States
mars halshlp recently given Capt Maratta.
lie is "rockrooted' democrat, aud
said TO he good man for the position.
fortunately for the peace aud harmony
OF the territory another bone of conten-
ton and discord has been removed. The
Alert congratulates both Mr.. Mccormack
and the democratic party on this appoint.
ment.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
The New Statehood Drama.

Dakota only ''played" holding an elec-
ton Tuesday, but let none esteem that
performance lightly. Its sequel may in
the end be more interesting than
that of any election held else
where. Those sturdy Dakota falmers
have got somewhere the idea that they
have the same right a. other citizens Of
the Union, and II they are barred from
such rights for political ends the wind
may set In strong from the northwest
Chicago Tribune.
Tuesdays work was only the second act
OF The "play' entitled statehood. In the
third act the scene will be transferred to
Washington, and il the curtsin does not
ring down upon satisfactory denoue
ment the fourth act will be presented in
Dakota with Governor Mellette h 20. 40
the star performers. This Is drama in
rea! life, with an intensely interesting
plot.-Yankton Press and Dakotalan.
The quotation above from the +. and
D. has much the same spirit Is the ''last
ditch braggadocio that came up from
the southern press when Lincoln was
elected president in 1860. They set up
their own standard of rights and demand
ed their recognition at the hands of the
national government, and with dire
threats denied the right and dehed the
power of the federal government 10 inter-
fere with their independent confederacy.
What Z spectacle it will be for "Governor
Mellette & Co." to undertake to carry on
statehood business in defiance of the
federal government, as threateningly in
timated in the above. There could be
enough men mustered in single day in
South Dakota to bind hand and foot the
insurrection gang.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

For some time past the land Office has
been run on the most liberal and broadest
gauge principles Of accommodating
everybody who wanted to get ahead OF
the government and the nation, but the
interests Of the public as against those
OF individuals are receiving some atten-
tion now.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
A Detective Memory.

The Record at Vail ey City relates the
following case of absent mindedncss:
One of the worst cases of 4 defective
memory We ever heard of came under our
observation last week. 1t may have been
forgetfulness-hls affectionate wife says
it was-although we would call 1t by an
other name. lie was bummlng around
the saloons, his wife at home in q cold
house without coal or wood, and, as he
returned at night, she would remind him
that there was ne wood and that she
could scarcely keep from freezing with
the few splinters she was able to pick up.
With this state of affairs continuing from
day to day he arose the other morning
and told his wife to lie in bed until he
went up town and got load OF wood so
be could build the morning fire. That
was week ago and he hasn't got back
yet. The conflding woman laid there un-
til hunger compelled her to get out in
the cold and find comfort elsewhere.
With woman.s nnbounded ocean of con-
ndence, where she has placed ner arrec-
tions, she says she knows he intended to
bring the wsod but has just forgotten
it," and he also forgot to bring himself
back. HIS IS the worst case Of loss of
memory We ever heard of. But it's not
bad case of disaster to either his wife
or the city if he continues to forget to re-
turn with the wood to his wife, and his
worthless carcass to the city.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
Flourishing Florida Fraud.

This country frequently receives a del.
uge OF advertising setting forth the
financial bonanza there IS in orange cul-
ture down in Florida, the state where
flowers eternslly bloom. Knowing the
extreme cold of this county they lay
great stress upon tn, warm climate of
that country where it never freezes. One
would suppose Florida to be the original
Garden OF Eden, that is viewing it from
the distance and through the literature
sent out by orange lot spectators. The
truth IS the larger part of the state is q
wilderness of sand and marsh tha. has
lain there uninhabited for two hundred
years while the country north Of it has
became over crowded with population.
We quote the following eye opener from
the Western Rural:
"We arc requisite to state whether or
no, II will pay to invest in some Florida
lots that are advertised for five dollars q
piece, aud so into the business of orange
culture. Of course we do not know what
los are referred to. We are always sus.
picious no wevcr, of five dollar lots. All
such schemes IN the past have turned out
very unsatisfactory for the purchasers
Of tae lots. There would appear to be
some parties advertising cheap lots IN
Florida, whose schene bids fair to turn
out just as other similar schemes have
turned out. Mr.. VIM. ii. Mann of
Mannville, Florida, has sent us warn
ing against this lot scheme, whosoever
may be at the bottom of it. He writes:
"I wish to warn your readers against .
lot Of swindlers, and if mistake not some
of them reside in your city,
Their mode of operation IS this: They
buy q few hundred acres OF land worth
probably one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, lay it out into small lots fifteen
or twenty to the acre, give 1t some big
sounding name. probably ending with
city. This done they advertise extensive
ly, offering them at very low prices say
three, five or ten dollars. The reason
given why they can afford to sell SO low is
that they retain the alternate lots on
which they expect to make their profits,
The writer heard not long ago of several
families from Illinois who arrived in
Jacksonville with two carloads of goods,
who had invested in = number Of lots in
one Of those cities in Clay county not
over twenty miles from Mannville. At
Jacksonville they sent one OF their num-
Der on to hunt out the city. He found it
in the dat pine woods and mostly under
water, and on one part of his own pur.
chase he found the water three feet deep.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

The new Lloyd brick block only awaits
the arrival Of the plate glass for the front
to be completed ready for occupancy. o.
the ground Aoor are two elegant business
rocms.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26
Tied Together BY Rr'l.

The Yankton Press and Dakstaian
says: The completion of the James River
Valley railroad from jamestown to La
houre almost closes the gap between
Ysnkton, at the mouth of the jim, and
jamestown, the Northern Pacific cross.
ing of that stream, three hundred miles
northward from Yankton. A gap of
twenty-five miles between Glendale and
Labloure yet remains and the promise is
that this will be filled in the spring by
the Milwaukee company. AS the North
ern Pacific extends northwsrd some fifty
miles above Jamestown, the completion
of this link, will give an all rail line up
the Jim valley three hundred and fifty
miles from its mouth. If the people of
Omaha do not conclude that this is a
good system to link themselves to land at
the same time make q connection At
Yankton with the Missouri river extern
sion of the Northwsstcrn) they have little
commercial foresight,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

The Yankton Herald says: IL Dakosa
is admitted - . whole, which n6wlseens
reasonably sure, the republicAa politi.
clans of southern Dakssa viii 10 eoaalv
responsible for it. AIRY plaa.t that IA nos
couple with 1t . divisioa Of The AiG6Puat
state Offices in sdvance OF sdmiapiaa -
defided BY these gentleaes, posvieA.
standing repeated waralnp ffoo ~ l8ss.
aid, and now let them take tAeir unaala-
BILE meticine like little mea. DiviaSoa =
dead, and no one regrets Il nsss tAaa ~
Herald.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-11-26

The jamestown Alert naively remarks
that the leading democr st,c papers of the
country are taking an open and avowed
stand against both division and admission.
Very true. But 10 that any reason why the
vii of the people should not be granted.
In South Dakota there are eight or nine
democratic newspapers, five Of which
are fsvoring admission and division and
the balance are non -commlttal. The Aber-
deem Republican and the Canton News are
the only democratic newspapers IN South
Dakota opposed to division and admission.
Canton Advocate.
The Brookings County Sentinel saws:
"trom present indications the people of
South Dakota propose to put IN ope ration
. state government, complete in all its ar.
raugements, and it remains to be seen
whether congress will admit them as
state-whether this action will be tolera-
ted BY allowing them to assume seIf-con-
control of their own affairs, by making
no appointments to fill the several Offices
to which men have been elected and yet
denying admission, or whether the voice
Of the people will be ig nored, further ap-
polntments made, and citizens of South
Dakota be treated Is rebels, provided
they follow out this course.
The Mandan Pioneer says; Not little
talk is beng indulged in IN town in re-
gard 10 the judgeship of this district. 1t
10 claimed by some TO be . positive fact
that Minneapolis gentleman has as good
- received the appointment, and that he
is now actually on his wav here. Letters
have been received in town that make the
lawyers and others Who desire to sc .
new Judge, exceedingly jub,lant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-31
PURLlC NOTItE

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT AETI-
IN cleS : Incorporation have been filed in the
proper offices. The Name Of said corporation is
The Nebraska Lumber Company. It's PRINCIPAL
place Of tranSacting business, Red Cloud. Ne
hrAska. Organized for the purpose of transact
ing a general lumber business. and in buying and
selling al kinds Of goods and merchandise per.
tanning thereto. including coal. at the Town of
Red Cloud. with branch yards ard ottces at such
other towns IS the board cf directors may des-
irnate. With q capital stock III cite hundpd
thousand dollars. 10 be paid in ~ directed b,
the board Of directors. within thirty days from
date of subscribing same. and power - increase
said capital stock To two hundred thousand dol
Lars. The business II said corporation 10 CON-
Nence on the LIST day of February. 1854. and con
finne until the ist day of February, lsa. The
highest amount Of Indebtedness or liability to
which said corpOration Is at any time 10 subject
ITSELF shall he one halt the amount Of capital
stock paid in. ThebusineSs of said corporation
shall be conducted by . board nj seven dlree'ors
Yseruzryl5. 1854.
z. u. JCNEs. President.