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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
THE pAMNABLE DEED
,,san.as Tramp-A Lynohing Party
= on the Lookout.

soneas Tramp-A isShohne F"rty
~ on the Lookout.
,,,o the Gazette.
|lp srarSGs, ARK, Dec. 2l.--L. +.
HoI and j. NJ. Bennett of Clark
snien "a w. X. Mills of this county
Fnp' IN the city last night, having in
'eu Young man who several days
|rge a,strated a shocking and Nance
r. p.ire upon the person OF little
ou.,c7 Aid boy, In Clark county. The
~ .nssistcd by Mr.. Mills, captured
eis, 5oned wretch about twenty miles
l ,Oa.t Of The city, on the Alum Fork,
e ~ He gives the name Of Frank
,e' and also OF II. e, Rankings. He
'Os .i,,nsient wanderer, or tramp, II
~ said. who passes as dentist or
sS,st. While passing through Clark
49, sst week, not far from Arkadel-
~, ' persuaded little eight-year-old
! y 90 with him across a field, osten-
a Y show him an adjoining farm
m ON the way and while passing
n % a strip of woods, the brute as
II the child in most unnamely
~ pursuit was almost Immediately
X inluriated citizens, but the cul.
n leded capture, escaping into Pike,
n ,tsn into this county, passing through
l,y last Friday evening. Baseman
e'apett kept the trail, aud finally ran
X Sown. as above stated. They left
n Nm in chains this morning for Arka-
Z .5 where they will land him behind
~ II the fury OF an outraged COM
4 M does not anticipate and prevent it
Ling short work of dispensing JUS
III - him
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
LOCAL MARKETS.
oFFICE or rHE GAZETTE,
nna ~ 1894

OFFICE or THE GAZETTE,
Dee. ~ 1855.
Tho downpoufiug rain seemed In no way to
operat as a cheek upon business to day, and
oven the faircr sex braycd the elements and
the mud TO complete their Hist OF Christmas
purchases The country people were here IN
force and bestowed generous patronage on
the retailers. The more Fort worms Aulhh
tuVos MS "A market become known the Nluef
her 0rId Of trade and the moe numerous het
patrons As the year 1885 draws TO a Close htf
merchants can look back with eomplacency 20
the record, and tDtn win nope anu cenhuehee
TO ihe beginning Of another year when prom
,aes 10 add ttiu more largely to lie city's com
nc Cotton Ito advanced several points 70 day And
I'm New York Gpuis went up 10. u thls
ndynnce holds any length OF time
hc effect viii be felt here ana
prices VIII 90 Hp, but there Don heein y, 20
bc any faith Ia the staple, Ihc csumhle oI
GreSn 4 90, Of New YORK. published In yeslef.
Javis GAzrrrE, placing The YOTld's yield al
$4,000 bales, ts regarded by Eooa lHosss Ds ~,
tirrly TOO high, ana EfadsIeeta os.i."AI 4,
considered as much nearer we mars "a ~
sbouId turn ont that very title cotton u Delns
held back, aud that the supply u nor ~ biIa'
ns calculated on, cotton VII p'
n ,yil 20 etl lower There great difference
~ nuIui On regarding the future OF TINS lmpufL
ant product, but there IL little iu the -t9auoi
to encourage the pfso go ',i, TI irlees '
In regard 10 breadstuHs the rieayune say
fra thosp Who have waited patiently Tor %
MANY months for an upward movemeht w W.
mice of wheat, the past week has utolent ~
/ H., c,,,nnrnpcment The visible supply hhs III
creespd come 300 900 bushels ana NC aelhan,
Tor eNport b as slack as ever, the reiA,lf9 ioN
/ pricn III Russinn and indian Nheat ihAhlhs
l P,If f5rthg, REDUCTION Co. the price OF ihc 40
! nestlc an lcle necessary 20 attract t9teiBn 1u5
: ers The nour marEct has been quite uhl ~ a., y
he West aud the 5topnase u aouS ~ W., co. ',,.i
=
FOLDERS are asking better prices but buyers ar'
I San Indifferent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Country prodmoo aud Truii.

Ornnges-i louisiApR per box = 90
Messlna IcmOns-.Pcr box O0dJ 9p,
Apples--NOrthoru 3 O903 % per bbL
P1iatocs-lrish per bu new northern soc IN
sacks.
Northern per bbl p ~.
Beans--Navy glasc; med bbls Sol large limE
8lci small buiier 3lc,
'psnnuts--7dac.
Cider-IIalf Dbl 4 90
Cabbnge-percr crate Northern 70 20 90
POnitrr-iIenH % per dor, young chicEous
% 10 10; Turkeys Doe 10 800 geese G,c 70 50c
duck per doz 10 90 %.
Egga-pcr dOE re.
Fresh Country Buttpr--Choice ~ 70 25c choice
Western dairy lsci fancy creamery Doc.
p0tatOeF-Swcet 30 10 1Jc per bu.
saucr Krant Per hAlf hbi 3 %.
Hauanas-Per bunch - to -.
CooOanuiB--lHF 100 %.
New PecanH-lc.
Brazil Nuts--rlAc.
Aimonds-~X0c.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Throw physie to the pogsn

h II Is the old-fashioned blue mass,
pll sort, and insist on using DR.,
HE'S ,fPleasant Purgatiye Pellets
|odern medical luxury, being small,
rcoated granules, containing the
h principles OF certain roots and
\, and which will be found to contain
Iach cathartic power as any OF the old
loaed, larger pills, without the lat
violent, drastic effects. The pellets
be thoroughly but harmlessly, estab-
BIZ permanently healthy action OF
somach and bowels, and as an anti
h remedy are uneoualed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

fkOnrCf
vhlVAuo, Dec sL--flOuf-- pul and ,reat
,,,.. lrsncd moderately active and
stronger advanced lGllo over eitsinS s.i,,ri
Gay anc closed q higher Than Ssigra,v W.
cenugr W gsiso. closed site; Janparr ~ Ssile
s,,easee eslc February stiss5c. r(osed SifS
SIS. May s'sEsQic closed gaic
eVttu-N c0k iui near options owing 10 large
SSsseiRts year d.llyegy closed h lower. cash
ss.gelSi December and year Slas7;e closed
S,le' JAnusIy 800 cSdic, closed Sole, NAV 500
PROVISIONS
Fork rioes 10 Iic lower. closine stea5v
e osa " Gee %, according 70 age. February
i.ard-Quiet aud steady; cash sSgAQ5 as.
January y oSaa ga. tebruary s. ualdG0S.
hoNed Meaia-steadv; dry saltod shoulders
" ogt ah0rt rib 81 15a4 so, short clear
sides s. seGa ..
AFTERNOON R0ARp.
Corn lGl c hlrhor
Fork an lard unchanged.
LIVE STOCK.
The Drovers' journal reports;
Oatuo- Receipts 6SOO; shipments el0o: mar
ket active az i0Gl5c higher: shipping
sloers, - oOd5 sAj stockure aud feeders
X tUoA co. COWS, bulls and mixed
81 GOa2 20; bulk . hb6S vs. Through reVans
active and steady steers = eOaS so COWS s. q
Receipts 1900 market dun and saic,
lower; s. lOd3 80.
Sheep Receipts 6o10; shipments zoe, market
weak aud 80 lower, natiNcs 3 Qua 8 10j Western
y was 49, Texans g OQUS 90; lambe, 81 s1a
The Drovors' Journal special cablegram re.
ports Liverpool market &c lower per puut a
best American steers 1910 drosscd.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Passed Away Suddenly.

|hlo the Gazette
In SMITH, ARK, Dec. 2l.-Henry /.
b0ser. ex-shenff of this (Sebastion)
IN died suddenly this morning at his
4, near this city, He served this
IN as sheriff and collector four con
I'M terms, and declined to be can
H. At the last election. He took
Hast this morning with the family,
A shortly afterwards laid down. His
. .npeared to have been snuffed out like
{5ie. He had been in delicate health
"A nme time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

p.ooa,ed chemical tests" have placed
one brand of baking powders
mother at the head OF the list, but
|sost satisfactory test of all is that OF
tactical housewife, who uses Silver
and never fails to make light and
|.some bread. She cannot be inn
mon. and the powder peddler who
|nts 10 palm off something else on
/ a better grade of goods viii have
|Du 10 believe that he has missed his
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

So. stesdy and unchanged. butcher cs,,,,, a =,
~ higher Under HIGHT receinss rc,a,,,, y 70 20
bS y9I sn,pPsrs' sOat ~; choice. 7SSs az a
cows, % 70 5 ssf feeder. s,,ov, so ~ % coed
stnckcrs, ? 90 10 s 81 "e' so 70 Ssoi
hogs-Reccipts, no: market 10, ~. 49,.
ana fairly active at % 30 tosSo ~ ~ ''V '""et
sheep Receipts. 81 +. shin1m,,,. =, -.
kei quiet and unchanged "enei mar
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec l2.-CottOn-SpOt
closed quiet but steady.
Low ordinary Gle; ordinary u 10; good ordinary
Sc low middling sc; middling II ice, good
95lGc; middling fair lOc; fair lie.
Sales. 300 bales.
Futures opened and ruled dull, closing qntet
but steady l 40 > points higher, except for
January, which was points higher.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
VINO Ever tIeard

ch bargains in furniture as Fakes &
ne Offering? Trade fifty dollars
with them and you will get ticket
viii probably draw the $4,000 bed
suit. Don't delay, for the drawing
ske place January /, 1886.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

Exposition Universelle de Tart
w awarded the highest honors 70
w Bitters as the most eilicaciouS
w to excite the appetite ana 70
v digestive organs in good order;
ne genuine article, manufactured
\ VI j. G B. Siegert s Sons, ana
o. limitations.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

Twelve months clip, light, lne and medium
lGal,e; ane heavy 20 light ll@licj six months
light, nne 10 medium lOelsci ial' pne
heavy ---i fall hight, hne medium -----i
coarse ia 10.
Iides--NO. heavy y. 4. hides, igc per ~ NO
heavy l8c: No light &c; No. light re.
Dry salted-lOal2c5 bull hides lOci glue %
green sailed 5ei butchers green &C.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

'eGng Of the directors of the Fort
q Denver City Railway company
aeld at the Office OF the company
clly Of Fort Worth on Saturday
Y =, 1886, ct 10 O'Clock q. mp by
Y The president. W. A. Ross,
Secretary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

Prlnts-standafd prluts, new Styles SIC; ~.
lcn's fancies tlcI American 5lci Arnold o}ci
belmont Do; Berwick 4ci Charter Oak 4lci
Concatoga 5ic Duukrk Nci Dunncn-,lAc.
guards Gc; Dunncl -eatinos blci Hloncetlor
SO. Hamilton staple styles 5lc liariel Alci
lodi $40; Manchester blc Pacific blc, South
bridge be-; steel River dc; Simpson linen
finish 6ic Windsor 5lci fancy piuks hic;
Slater solids Bic, Peabody solids 3ci icrlln
solids 5lc; Durhnm solids iic' Victoria black
HcNyv Brown Shooting Atlantic J. "A blci
Albany A A4.f6ic Atlantic IA s4Goi Clitlon
.CCCa.l &c: Lawrence LLA.4 DC; Rutland q
n "a dc; Tam O'shantcr 4 Bic; Chapman A
"A Sc; Belfast II "A Die; iloeo Valley ici
Flret Prize "a &C. Argyle 40 6lci Busy hoe
wide Brown shcetpg Lowell 10 ( lso PEN.
broke 1914 lgc: MOnadnork 1914 latc; Lancaster
1914 1870; repperci 10 9ici boston 1914 SJci
Wide Bleached shcotiug-204 Boston 2ac
1914 Peppurcl 2lc; 1914 Pembroke Poet 1914
Monadnork lDlc; l0i Lowell lbGi lgA Lock
wood 2ic; "a Quinuebauy pci 90 Pembroke
}oiored Ducte-tiontaup d SIC, Boston s.oz
lOic. Everett II ID llCi fatuNent 1905 l2sci
Eagle brown llCi Warren MILLS lllr.
Iickings- Amoskoag g a l2Ci irashpha ~
tc: Cornwall Is 80; Mhiucutun 900 1906 olon
Fiddle 7c Lewiston S0inch lilc; ocean osc
Hickory slrpes-Extra stout, blue Or brown
g,Ci Mechanic, blne, sc; Jcwelt cry lGi ROCK
River, bluo add brown, Set Eagle, blucbtc Jh'
cHsyillo = 81 ; Columbian SIC
.Glughams Zephyr eci Pmnkot ite' GLASGOW
fancios 70 Glasgow dress styles hlci BHBhton
Glc' Earston SIC; scotch Bookioih slc, OH
checl 7ie. slatteryilc checks ne hubian dress
styles 80, Argyle staples slci Bates iancles oG
Observation-Disclosures Ike, Calumet 1905 Fab
Play l5ci imperial i!o, Geneva ioci A1llat'
Jcnns-Kluyyer 10; AbbnttsiQrd lfct Tole
graph l8c; Coyington l1c. rOlaris l7lc lioDalei
[ lie. Imperial lsc, bennington Is!ci american
D
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
: lako. h bad noon bartol.. ~ pooleta

--; lake, Ia Hat hoop barrels, 50; pockets
2iH6c
Soda--Bloarbonate TN kegs 4la6c; blearh In
cascs blc, lump sal soda ia kcgs p 8eic; granu.
lated sal soda In 60 10 drums Be-
crop) fair to good Sbc; core ayrup $50.
CoiIoc-Rl0. fair pl0i0c primo l0l0ilc;
choice ll4"lsG' Laguyra 1896 Java 2ooi colo
Plckles--2. gal. pals mixed pickles 90; glass
piuts 10; glass quarts 20; glass hall gal 3 10,
glass gAi. I %; glass hVN- gal. q TO-
Wrauplng.naper- and etrnw 20 10 75c.
snut--Garrrtt's COZ II 20 per case . %. q 80
l-oz. 70 l,alph's Coz. 10 20: Loo. e5i OF.
OOg dputal g.Oy 10 O0i OF 90
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
New Orleans.


PRODUCE lllN lNlbNNt FAA3s
NEw ORLEANS, La, Dec. Il go Flour putet
and weak. choice s. so; fancy AGO; extra
fancy s. 20; Minnesota patent process aud
winter wheat pAtcutsi So co.
Uogn-Quiet but steady white hci mixed
Oats-Steady; choice Western sacked SG8SIc
Cornmeal-Quet; 500
Ilay-Quict but firm; prime $40 OOdld Oo'
choice 81 OOdlS o.
Hog Products--NomnNlly unchanged.
Pork-sg Sii
i.ard-Rchned ticrcos So 25.
Rink Mcats-Shouldcrs, So So; long clear
and clear rib, 70 90.
DEMONSTRATION So j5i long clear s. 'o'
Hams-Cholce sugar cured canyascd, $40 o0@
Whisky-Duni Western roculcd 81 GOA
Coaee-Dull; common to prime Rio cargocs
Rice--Quict, ordinary to prime 81 o5lc.
Cotton seed PrOduCts--ln fair demand but
steady; prime crude oil 21d21!ci refined "
a32i,
sugars-Opeu kettle casieu choice iia5o
prime 44dl Is l6c, good fair 70 lully IAN igH
Ilc; good common to fair tAd4Bci Gehlrllu
gals and plantation graduated bld6 Ute
choice white &C; choice yellow clarified OdWci
prime ditto 5lc; seconds itoalc.
Molasses- Easier; opcn kettle choice 44c
prime 800 sac; fair 25d21c; centrifugal strictly
prime posse fair to primo 2od3ic
ENGhange--New YORK sight nomlnhiy NJ par
Clcariugs OF the banks 1904 029.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Galveston.

GALVESTON, TEX. Dec. 2l.-Cotton-spo'
closed steady.
Gross receipts, io,G63 bales
Sales j93.
Exports 6l25.
SHIPMENTS, coastwise, e4is'
Stock, 03S3 bales. 49, -,t $40.
ordinary. IS. ice; good ordinary , 10 oe (
loo, middiing. 3 l6c middling, u lbci Boou
middllnr, 1. Ice middling fair. 99'lbc'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
ON CHANGE.
Better Quotations on the Fleecy sta
pie = Money Easy - Live stock
Transactions Brisk.
The Wheat Market Was Moderately Active
Prices Higher-The Corn supply Too
Great for Demand.


MONEY
INV NoRK, Dec. p. Money on call easy at
2o2l per cent; prime mercantile paper fa5
foreign exchange quiet at s. IS for sixty DAYS
and - ssh tor demand
ENGLISH CONSOts
LONDON, Dec. 2l-Cousols closed at gol for
money ana g9i Tor account
STOCKS AND BONps.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.--rhe following were the
omcial closing quotations at the New York
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

Piles, nstule, rupture and
'e radically cured. Book OF par
i9cents In stamps. Worlds DIS
Aedical association, Buffalo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2l,-Cottoh-9Pos SIu9u"
steady In fair demand ,o,c,. lao.
ordinary lld good ordinary 9-l6d; low
middllng lyd; middling uplands 5di mlddhnS
Total sales. 5000; American, $500. Imports
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

|wlllaugh and grow fat during hol,
y using Sandegard's fresh roasted
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Buy Your Presents.

suole to make a choice selection
endless plumber Of beautiful ar
lAtest designs at Anderson's gun
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

New York.

NEW YORK. Dec, 2l-Cotton-spot closed
quiet and l6c higher
Sales, 245 bales.
Ordinary, &c; good ordinary, SIC; low
mlddllug, . 100; middlng, &c; good middlmg
g7c; middling fair, l0lc.
Futures closed dull but steady; to points
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

Visible supply OF cotton In the world on sat
ufday, December 10, according to the New YORK
Chronicle, i5as follows. Total supply to day,
. s77,72g bales; same time last year, S,O)s.hbl ;
difference, decrease, lsOsO..
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
500 HOUSTON STREET.
LADIES READ CAREFULLY
ELEGANT samples Froc)
T,ppun1 OBTAIN np prAUTY

The miracle OF Modern COsmetic6 The moot
ordinary purson rendered StriiSiuKly bonuu'
ful. IL elects a Complete Transformation
and will stand the clogcAt nywith0ut dctoc
ton Possesses remarkable bleaching properties
which quickly remove SuRhurn, Tan, sun irack
les Blutches and other blCmishog uf tic AKIN
OuT belief IN tie superiority 30 all other propara
tons Us 80 great tbAt We VIII send 10 any address
free, an elegant sample package suncirnt ioI
one month"; application, together with valuable
treRiise ON Development OF The Form. Enrloh'
ak 2-ot. stHmps fOi postage aud packing IA
drega IN sacred confidence. naming this paper
THE FnENCH spEClfIC co.,
2Bia MADISON square. PhlladCiphiA, Pa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
An Urinary, Kidney and BLADDER Troubles IN ols
MARRIAGE GUIDE.

200 fnE0Hs NiAo NlNt'"t
ssf,at soih s6d "a bnthg sealed for DOC in re-
40 or esffsnsT. over hny p1Ddsffei pea pfiefss m
ss ,tsfr tfas 70 fsi aFiiefa tpe feDeHiHe ae.tN
laay affy, ~ act ehys aahheea isas,,ss ~
IN aeesy sHsfia csibesy sad heH lis ESQ ~
s.s ~ II usr ,aasd tts pbyassET ~ Representation
raaY nfe Tbsss nsfisd ~ e6staz fsiinG maffafe
asadlt n saNht 70 ~ FeaN ~ 81 a1et ptfsets ~
taaf Goa end k Rspaaf s1lisn AAass pas esfsA zoo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
70 and from Europe at Lowest Rates
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
NnYEMENT nE lNAINsl

No pnruvs wlsblug TO nnuE Fricpda to this
Country,
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1885-03-26
nur,prRs .yp Coyrmacrons. ATTENTION.

Sealed proposals Will De received by the under
signed School Clerk of Ohio township 0l06S)
Hand county, Dakota, for the erection OF two
school houses in said Ohio township said county.
And such sealed proposals viii be received at any
time between the 10Th OF Feb and 90 of March 1885
inclusive. The plans and specifications for said
school houses will DE open to inspection and eS-
animation of all at the house of A. NJ Fry, school
Clerk, Sweetland Dakota in saiC township
and county. Every bid must be accompanied
by a good and suthcient bond in the
sum of double amount Of bid AZ liquidated damages
in case bid IL accepted, bidder should fail to at
once enter into written contract for such W 1rk
the sureties TO be approved by board OF directors for
faithful construction and completion of said build
ings in accordance with the plans and specifica
tons thereof. AMI that he VIII properly
account for all money and property of said town
ship that may come intot hands.
Said Boarul reserves the right to reject any and all
bids also 10 waive any of the terms and conditions
hereinbefore specified should It see fit.
Envelopes containing proposals should be sealed
and marked Proposals ior building" aud addressed
to A. NJ Fry Clerk of School Board for Ohio
township, Hand county Oak. p. o. Sweetland ID. T.
feblat5 A. N FsY SchoolClerk
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1885-03-26
moNDAMIN TOWNSHIP ITEMS
March 20, 1885

Mafcn z3, 1000.
e. r. Greeves has returned from his
-ter STAY in Missouri.
I'm. Barber, Clark and Scott have re-
. ned to their claims from Town, where
3 hnye been spending the winter.
=. II. Hawk has gone on II flying trip
/. Tama City, Iowa.
larsnal Sparks has returned from his
I nter sojourn in Missouri.
viii Lucas and his brother in law, a
N. Brown has moved here frcm Miner
oanty.
Charley Quigley has returned from
mona county, Iowa, where he has been
.tending school.
n. L. Saltmarsn has returned from
linton county, Iowa, where he has been
sehing school this winte-
Mr.. Beardsley has moved back on his
aim fro n Woonsocket, where he spent
'i.e winter.
4 stranger recently arrived at Add
oxens. 1t is a girl of the standard
Es!ght
". II. Gill's colt knocked the shed
own on it and broke its leg. He splint-
red 1t up and it is gong very we'll now.
J. W. Humphry has bought a new seed
l.r
Fred Jannings is building new dwell
ny house.
Wheat sowing is still going on. but
siny 20 the cool weather for the last
reek we can only work about half the
lme, the ground being troze in the morn.
V
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1885-03-26
ALpHA rowNsH1p ITEMS

March "a. 1885.
The srhoois are out tais week. Some
|fased mst week
Peter Olson returned from the sunny
outh looking quite well, fat and hearty
Oar township officers have all qualified
Tnd some have given bonds.
Prof W. A Sawlll is expected home
b n few days with car load of horses,
t0rn, &c
b. K Purkey and r. Hansen received
aeir fne Piymoth Rock chickens from
r Louis in good shape. "hey are
eauties.
Some of our farmers have sown con-
iid-rable wheat already II il stands this
rold spell they may try sowing in the fall
De next time:
David Wal on. Sen, went on a flying
PIP to Iowa on business,
Il. n. Briner has returned frcm Yank-
(n where he husked corn and hauled
/ food all winter. He does not believe in
|oaAng because il is winter in Dakota.
see in items from north of ST. Law
tsace that the farmers are grumbling at
= st. Lawrence millers. Don't do that
fmsrs for they think we would starve if
sas not for their mill Here is the
Esll amount OF toll they take IL you take
m good milling wheat, say No. ? hard,
Every 81 lbs of clean wheat they give
lbs Of straight tionr. 6 lbs OF bran and
bs Of shorts, total 80 lbs Won got back
of 90 lbs. They only take "A lbs toll
nearly two fifths of your grist. Water
s in Illinois are allowed by law to take
tenth, steam mills one-eighth, aud
The difference in cost we can see is in
cost Of fnel. We propose buying
~ -four till they take less toll,
BUCK I.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1885-03-26
ORDINANCE NO. 1G.
MILLER, D. T. February 2, 1885

MILLER, ID. T. February 2, 1885.
Be it ordained by the Trustees of the
incorporated town Of Miller, in session
assembled
That any person having or keeping in
his possession any cards monte. rowlette,
faro or hazard, for the purpose Of gamb-
ling, or by any device contrives, keeps or
permits any game of chance to be carried
an in, or about his place of business, or in
any adjoining room, or in any place con-
nected Herewith, and any person partici-
pating or playing in such games shall be
guilty cf misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined the sum of ten
dollars t$l0) and all costs; and that all
gambling apparatuse, of each and every
kind and description used in such ga es of
chance shall be seized. forfeited and dcs-
troycd be order of the court upon due
proof that such gambling apparatus was
50 used or kept for such purpose and
shall stand convicted until such fine and
costsare paid.
And it is further ordained that any
person having. keeping or permitting to
be kept any house of illfame, or assigna-
ton where women are kept for the pur
pose Of prostitution or where men and
GomeH assemble for the purp'se OF Illicit
intercourse shall upon conviction be
deemed guilty of misdemeansr, and any
person or persons participating in or being
found in said house Of illfame or sssigna-
tion shall be declared guilty OF inside
meanor, and shall be find the sum If
ten doilors $50 and all costs. and shall
stand convicted until such fine and costs
are paid and that such house ar place of
iilfame or assignation shall be declared
nuisance, and shall forthwith be abatcd
by orderof the court ana oil household
goods and phaphernalia belonging to or
/. in any wise appertaining to said house
or place Of illfame or assignation shall
be forfeited and sold under order OF the
court and the proceeds thereof shall gC
into the city general fund
p. II. ANDERSON, President.
Attest: j. Q. HEEsCHELMAN.
Clerk.