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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02
Legislative News.

The Bismarck Journal will make a
special feature Of the legislative reports
during the Session OF the legislature,
and will give a clear idea of the ,legis-
lation pending or accomplished. noting
carefully the prospects and progress #
all important measures. The editor d
the journal has had fargo experience
rs a legislative reporter, and Believes
he knows what is wanted by those III
terested in legislative proceedings.
The Weekly journal will he sent to
any address from date of suEscriptiol
till the close of the legislature for 20
cents. The Daily Journal during the
session will cost So. The weekly con-
tains forty-eight columns OF matter,
and is filed with news and choice mis-
tellany that will prove L Welcome'Ils-
ltor to every huGse.
Get our figures on loans before max
ing proof. 9AgIMAN s. MCDONALD.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

The jamestown Capital say, one OF
the strongest points made in favor O.
division Of the territory is urged by
Hon. Waldo M. Potter, OF Fargo. .HnG.
other clear headed thinkers. 1t is that
good government cannot be maintained
in Il territory SC large permanently as
one political body. The reason given
is that the control OF the conventions
will be in the hands Of these who run
politics for revenue. The people who
have no other interest to snbstrve than
The common good cannot afford to
spend & week amt one hundred dollars
OF more every time d convention is to
be held. The majority OF them would
have to travel hundreds Of miles. some
INO or more, to reach the point where
the convention holds. The few who
live in the nearest Coulties will attend,
ana the schenerS will gather The proX-
les from remote districts and run the
convention. This has largely been the
ease heretofore. and has given the ter
ritorv bad political rcpute. Mr.. Potter
and others who take this view insist
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

John D. Cameron has succeeded IN
-aising funds sufficient &c survey the
-oute for his Sioux Fails ard Fairbanks
,ail7oad, and Us soon as MI. Walker can
raise the necessary funds in Europethe
work of grading the read win begin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02


The county seat uprising in Sphinx
has left a debt for that county to settle.
i Fargo telegram to the Pioneer Press
says: The report Of Col. Tyner to GOV.
Pierce Oh the late expedition to Red
tield by the Fargo military, has been
prepared and will be forwarded to the
governor in day or two. In an inter
view Col. Tyner stated that the cost OF
the expedition was between $4,000 and
$4,000. This sum includes railroad ana
hotel bills and q reasonable per diem
for the members OF the company. Col.
Tyner will recommend also that the en-
tire expense OF the expedition be borne
4y Sphinx county, and this was just wha,
was expected by many citizens Of that
county, and would go far toward pre-
venting the occurrence Of such scandals
IN the future. The Injury done tn.
good nalne of the territory, Coz. Tyner
thinks, is i~ncalculable, and those who
engaged in such affairs should be made
TO pay the bills. The Legislature will
probably take the same view of the
vase
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

Entered st tie Posi- office at Ness!nston
springs, D.T. as second class mail matter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

Sioux Falls pays out o than sol'e
,gD per annum for cooks and chamber
maids.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

ti;at an efforts shoa] he concentrated
imam division aud nh Thing said about
admission OF fonnins\a state slttil this
is secured
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

rEnMs:-mno Pln NEAR IN ADVANCE
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02

Wheat at Iiereis quoted at fcrtF-two
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
THE ROAD TO BETTER ROADS.

valuable Expression OF Opinion from
the Representative from Bell County.
The need Of an efficient road law has
long been recogidled IN Texas, aud Tm
GAxErrE has often pointed out the lack al
some means for practically obtaining bet
ter roads than those we now have la put
up with. Hon Geo NJ. pcndleton OF Bell
county, one OF the leading mcmbers OF the
present legislature, who has given partic-
ular attention Ia this matter, boiug In The
city, was.sought aud asked 70 favor the
readers of TnE GAZETTE with his opinion
as 20 the defects of the present law and
the proper means to Do taken 70 secure a
better system OF roads. In answer AIR.
Pebdleton said;
81 don't think the present road law Is
TO be condemned. IL Is sufficient as
far as Il goes, but the trouble is
that Il is not enforced. IL may bellkened
TO an engine, with all the parts complete,
standing ready 20 DC 'fred up, y but idle
because there Is no tlre Ia the furnace TO
start u IN motion, The law provides for
an ad valorem tax OF 10 cents on the 500
valuation for building and Keeping up
county roads, but the county Commission.
ors' court which has control OF The sub.
ject. Il ayerse Co levying The tax; and
when levied the money u not always ex-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

pended in the most judicious manner. An
! Improvement that ] would suggest rs To
make provision for q county supervisor
OF public roads, who should have control
OF all matters pertaining to the roads IN
! his county, aud be held responsible
for their management Under the
present system the commission
ers' courts, being composed Of
several individuals, cannot act with
promptness and decision, and the mem-
bcrs shift upon each others shoulders
the responsibility for % failure ia the I'd
miulstratiJn OF tie road law. 4 single
individual, as county supervisor, would
have all authority to net, ana being alone
responsible, could not eyade censure by
laying the blame on somebody else's
shoulders for failure to keep up the
roads.
"This supervisor should have authority
On call out the road oYcreecrs and cause
them 70 work under his direction as DC
saw fit. There would thus be more
economical use Of Time and money. IL is
now usually the case that time put Ia In
working tho roads Is virtually thrown
away, aud the money used Is
squaudered. 10 large de-
gree the inattentiOn or i1compe.
tency OF Overseers Is chargeablc with this
failure to get the greatest benefit fromthe
woodworking An intelligent, practical
supervisor who knew how to work tine
roads so ns to improve them, and who
would make every hour Of labor and
every cent OF money spent count for the
most, would In little while put the roads
Ia better condition
adequate penalties should he provided
for failure on the part of the supervisor
20 enforce the law or TO do his duty prop
erly. This could be done by giving The
law Ia charge 70 the grand jury 40 each
session of the district court
"Probaby It would be a good idea 10
make the law so that the county Surveyor
may bee supervisor Of roads This would
combine two Offices, the duties OF which,
instead Of tres passing upon, would sup
plcmcut each other 4 surveyor usually
has a knowledge OF civil engineering, aud
thi, knowledge is essential to the proper
grating dhchng and leyciing of roads
Generally the surveyors wOuld 6e glad to
add TO their income 10y the compensation
allowed the supervisor, aud it would be
well Tor the people aud themselves
owe need better roads" continued Mr..
Pendletou, very earnestly, sand the max
Ing Of them should not be- delayed. The
fault Is not all In the law, as, if it were
enforced, IL would be very well as IL Is.
But the changes suggested would make 10
operative, aud, think, give Us good
roads so fnr the law has 10 a great eX-
tent been un experiment.. Now we under
stand about what is needed and that need
should be embodied I'm the law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
BAIRD.
serious Accldont--Thc Coolest Night OF The
seHAou.

serious Accldont--rhe Coolest hight ot The
soUsou.
special to the Gazette.
BAIRD, Tx, Dec. g.-Thls evening
about o'clock the horse with delivery
wagon Of G. Estes became frightened aud
ran away, throwing the driver and Mr.. NJ.
j Blakcly out, Mr. Blakely was serious
ly bruised but the driver was not hurt.
Many fish are being caught In the pools
below Baird owing to the very low stage
of water In MrNiH creek. We have had
but little rain for three months.
lion. } N Rushing has moved into his
new dwelling In Newlon's addition.
Maj Richardson new dwelling on Pow
erty bill VIII be complotedneNt week.
We have had quite large number of
nrw farmers TO settle IN Callahan county
this fail.
The Sundny-school people are engaged
In preparations for grand Christmas
tree. The Baptist people are TO
hive a supper here Tomorrow night
TO raise fluids 10 be used in building a
church structure, The Presbyterian peo-
pie have q mite meeting at The scstdence
oi J l.. Lea Friday night, to secure funds
to buy an organ for the new PRESBYTERIAN
church
Another sand.storm struck Baird yes
terday, and died down To n regular solid
freeze last night, when the mercury low
cred to ~ above zero, the coolest spell
we have had this winter.
Owing to Christmas coming, the Christ.
mas festivities in preparation and changes
IN Baird, our school has grown smaller IN
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

aud G. b. Randell, for the state, entered
a nolle prosequl on the grounds that the
principal witnesses had left the state and
were not within the jurisdiction OF the
court. The court granted the motion,
and the case was dismssedn We are
now informed on reliable authority that
this statement docs Mr.. Loving great IN
justice; that Mr. Loving Is one Of the
best citizens Of Denison; that he un-
fortunately became involved in a dini
Guilty with man named Wood, and,
while protecting his family from
insult by Wood, was compelled to
use force, resulting IN woods death
Loving was charged with murder
a charge that could not be sus-
tanned the state dl,ml4sing the case.
This IS ihc only criminal charge that has
ever been brought against Mr. Loving.
Tng GAzerrg takes pleasure IN making
the correction, for 1t has no desire TO IN
jure or mlsreprcsent any man. Our
thanks are extended 70 the gentleman
who 30 promptly and courleously gave US
opportunity to correct an uuiutentional
mistake aud undo an injury that was un-
prcmcdilated
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
TBE MESSAGE.

Three topics treated OF 60 the presi-
dents message will be read with greatest
interest In this country. These are The
tariff, the decentralization Of silver aud
civll-scryice reform.
Noihiug unexpected l5 proposed. The
country was well prepared for the recom-
meudations that are made While not
taking such advanced ground in favor Of
trcc-trade Or tariff for revenue only as
ia occupied by Mr.. Morrison aud Mr..
Carlisle IN the house, aud Mr. Beck in the
senate, the president counseIs a reduction
Of tariff 10 such point as VIII stop thc
accumulation OF an unnecessary surplus in
the treasury This is, indeed, # car
ricd out, but another way Of
getting The tariff down TO rev
cnue basis. and may properly be called a
tard for royenuc only. As matter Of
fact, neither frce.traders nor protection
lists can nnd much TO give then, Joy. The
message Is about as equiyocal as the ma
tioral party platform upon which the
president was elected
The recommendation ia favor Of de
monetizng silver docs not bring forward
amy new argument, and congress viii not
be at all likely TO heed It.
Applause viii greet the very positive ut.
terances in favor Of cIyil-scryce reform.
II L. wall .oGJ thut tJ,..t,,.,.l ~ Ui,.,., t
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
wEATHERFORD.

Married IN the rort--A Fire nj springtown.
special to the Gazette,
WEAruERFoRD, Tex, Dec g-Mr
John r. Lewis, u prominent hardware
merchant of this place, was married to
Miss Anua Lighuoot, az her home, In
Fort Worth, last night, and the happy
couple came IN on The west.bound train,
at l0i8l to-day, aud have been receiving
the hest wishes and congratulations OF
the many friends Mr. Lewis has made
since his advent into this city.
News reached here this evening that
the handsome two.story residence OF Mr.
Lewis Anthony OF Sprlngtown was de.
stroycd by lire last night, Nearly all OF
his furniture was also destroyed The
house was partially insured
j NJ. Brannon aud Pat Mailman, popu-
lar travelling men OF the Fort, spent the
day In this city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

] so. Louis t"lIlrs
"By The way" said Kelly, al knew
| Bowman thcu--NiayOr Bowman, you
| know, who was murdered last week
across the river. ilc was BcptOn's pC-
| waite secretary at that time, aud was one
OF the griuicst men ever saw, and
shll never FORGET the time first met
| him, 1t was in DICK Patlon's rooms,
| near the present Glube-Democrat buid-
| Ing Major Patton, You recolleCt, who
was Shot dead in Lcadviilu in 10, ~ the
| time OF the rush, by miner nc was try
| ing To sNmdlc Wen Dick had always
! had "a very shady reputation. and it was
pretty generally understood that he never
missed u chance to skin green hand ii
1 there was big money in it, aud so it hap
/ pcned that on that particular night he had
/ Il green youugs,cr in tow with big roll,
/ and sat ~ the end Of the table ostensibiy
bucGing against the bank Tor big money,
! but really 10 help Barney, the banker 10
! skin the kid.
"BoWmun stood back OF the chairs,
looking bf, and the rest of thegaug hand
/ linz tho cNips were IN the rjngaud winkrd
Iat Barney when he raked ia the KIDS
money whether his card turned up or not.
| The hoy knew little ornuthng OF the game,
and was too much under the influence of
lNubIs w Stt Nut+l nc WIS bciNN Ibb0tNt.
Like most Youngsters OF his kind he
wanted to show how much he knew about
faro by playing half dozen cards at once,
coppcuug in the same way at random, and
Int every round he called the turn-or
tried to-for quite take.
"Wcl, this thing had been going on for
quite a while before | drnpped in. as |
learned afterwards, and hadn't been IA
the room but a few minutes before the
boy got down to his last hundred, and he
determined 10 make a stake or bust bim-
self fat at once by calling the turn for
that amount This time hls situation had
kind of sobcred him, aud he watched the
carols carefully but luck was against him,
and he dropped his last cent.
"The Kid kind of reali. ed his position
thenand psrst ont crying so Barney went
down into the drawer, pulled ont n twenty
and said, Here, Won take this and 20
home.'
''rho boy was about to take IL and 20.
when Bowman, who had been Watching
} the game intcntly, intcrbosed. sand he.
Gcntlcmen, YOU'VE been swindlinr this
bow.
al tell you the gang was startled. Most
of them iumped up and b ,rney reached
} tor the drawer to yet his gun, bat before
he could do IL Bovmnn had thn dron ON
him.
= Il don't want any trouble, said he.
but that hoy must he given back every
cent you've robbed him of. or thcre will
= be-
I "Dlck made q dash at him from behind
. M hp said mis- h,t po,.t,,,, 80, -,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

ANOTHER eminent victim to Sudden and
unexpected death was VIM. H. Wander
bile lIe was the richest man In the
United States, probably in the world.
and that was his only title TO fame. Com
ing into possession OF 500, 100000 by the
death Of his father, he simply trehled It.
Other men have done much more aud
been Thought lees Of. wnl his children
keep the enormous fortune in the family,
as he has done, or VIII II be disslpated
among otherss For the good Of the conn.
try We could wish that It might fan into
a family q spcndshrlits, who would get
rid Of ltand Of their dangerous power At
the same time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
nav MN legislation.

PnmApEiruIA, Pa, Dec. a,--The arbi-
tratlon committee Of ihe League aud
American associations met last evening.
The report on qualified admissions OF
minor leagues and associations was
adopted. II provides for the protection
OF all players engaged by these clubs,
which are signed after November l.. This
win give the League and American as
sociatlons from October 20 to November
% engage players, From clubs OF minor
leagues admission viii Do $50 for each
league or association The following
have applied for protection nnder the
national agreement; Southern, Eastern,
New England aud Canada.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

Mr. r. Springer of fredericksburg. Pa,
wrltesf al was afflicted with lung fever
and ahscess ON lungs, and reduced to a
walking skeleton Got a free trial bottle
OF Or Kings New Discovery for con.
sumption, which did me so much good
that bought dollar bottle. After using
three bottles found myself once more n
man, completely restored TO health, with
a hearty appetite, and gain In flesh OF as
pounds.n
Call at II w Williams & Co.'s drug
store and ret q free trial bottle of this
certain cure for all lung diseases. Large
bottles ST.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

TUX difficulty OF printing n daily news.
paper IN Texas was very apparent ycster-
day. Texas needs sadly more telegraph
facilities. II the public could only know
the manner in which the presidents mes
sage was received in THE GAZETTE office,
they would wonder how we got together
what we did This paper resorted to
the use of special service, but the ex-
pense did not avali the scattered sheets
could not he collected, Mover was the
lack OF telegraphic facilities more APP
parent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
Fort worth aud rarran

Fort worth and rarrant County Abstracts
Comprising the Hanna & HogsetJ and
Cause and Phillips abstracts, ante-datine
the lre Of March ~, 1876, which de-
stroyed the records Of Tarrant county
and the j i. Cooper abstracts Of the
present recOrds--the only abstracts Of the
county approaching perfection. Titles to
both city and country property abstracted
with promptuess and at reasonable
prices. ONCE IN Lloyd block, over Zane
Cett's real estate and insurance Office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

THE Brenham Kramer holds among
other things that 'if the lease law is a
failure 1t would seem to be so more
through the failure to properly enforce It
than through any fault Of the law itself"
just so. ''The meanin' o. this obserya.
tionlies in The application o. It." The
Banner is opposed to prohibition because
itcould not be enforced, not 20 the prin-
ciple Of prohibiting the evil Of whisky,
What Is sauce for the prohibition goose
ought to be sauce for the leasc-law gan
der.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
WANT COLUMN.


DEB~ONAL--ladlcsi enlarge the bust AND
! develop Oh, form; simple sct-treamcut;
no quack stuff; physicians ludorsc it. Scnlcd
particulars and proofs mailed free.
EEtE MED co, Buffalo. y. y.
| ONG kEE, liu5i Main street, has Chimes,
- lilies for sale in any quantity
FIstE PeapN's Int llig nee nd Emp oymen,
/ unice, up s.nir over poetOflce, Room
70 70 d. no os, fsrmCr-, merchap.s con
tractors aud ph ate fem os u nlshcd VIII
cllHhlc Cip, 'ptr male AID tcmalD. N or
der prom NY alten4CI o., releph me No, II
q vs. - Eynu prUIriator
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

TIM daily registration at the hotels is
proof q theuecd Of more hotel room in
this city And the registration does not
show the names Of those who are turned
away with not where to lay their heads
IN The best hotols
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

Tm presidents message is presented
in iis entirety this morning. This ought
90 have been done yesterday, but, al
though THE GAZETTE used every facility
that money would buy, II was impossible.
There wasn't facilities enough.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

BECAUSE of It's impossibilIty THE GA
zErrh did not give an OF the presidents
message yesterday morning. hut gave
about twice as much Of It as any other
Texas paper That was eoldnor'hor that
prevailed but II takes several degrees Of
colder weather for Tun GAzNrEE to get
1Afl
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

TtIE GAZETTE dec Ives no man wan
tonly, This paper printed nine columns
Of the message yesterday and told It's
readers that was not all. Other papers
printed i've columns, with never u word
Of explanation, leading their readers to
infer that the message was printed in It's
cntiretv
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

THE effect OF the building af the Fort
Worth & New Orleans road is beginning
to be felt It win bcmuch more SO when
the road reaches 4 connection with the
Central system,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

Tux governor of rs a reward of 500
for fence cutter, and $50 for one who
Illegally fences the public domain and
offers temptation to fence-cptting.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

Mn J. NJ. BAIL writes TnE GAzErrE
postal card, from which we cannot learn
his address. IL Is not dated and the
post.mark Is lllegIbIe.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

A afISSTATEMEN7' 0ORRE CITED.
TnE GAZETTE, on Tuesday, made The
following statements "arhe ease Of ] p,
Loving Of Deuison, charged with the
theft Of horse, was called this mofaiag,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

Contractors Tor cement walks and cement
Ing buildings. ONCE 500 Main street
Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

Just arrived from Middle Tennessee,
and for sale st our stock-yards, eighty
head Of Jerseys. j II, 8 i. J Polk.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

THE GAZETTE has the largest
boua-fde circulation Of any daily
newspaper published in Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10
~ nm pUBLiC.

Parties having bins against THE Ga
zzrTY viii please present them promptly
on the Isl Of each month. ON the lolD
OF each mouth every BIN Of every KIND
viii be settled I'll iuil. II found correct
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-10

rnunspAy moasiFo. nrounHen 70.