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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14
The Roach Contract.

New York, Aug. 12-The Tribune saws:
The secretary of the navy received yes
terday afternoon the assiguees of John
Roach & Son, Geo. 81. Weed and Geo. ".
Qunitard and their counsel, Aaron J..
Vanderpool. TO Judge of what could be
learned about the consultation Mr..
Whitney is to take charge of the works,
plans aud tools of John Roach & Son
and to finish the cruisers. Mr.. Weed is
to handle the money and make the
profit, II there is any, acting virtually
IN the capacity of government agent.
The compromise is looked upon as the
outcome of Secretary Whitney:s dis.
covery that it was impossible to com.
plete the craisers at the government
navy yards. The plan was instigated,
the place selected being the yard in
Brooklyn. Upon advices furnished by
his agents Secretary Whitney found it
would cost at least 100000 to get the
yard in condition Lto do the required
workeand buy the necessary tools, and
even then it would have cost flve times
more in labor and materials to do the
work than it would have cost the con-
tractor.
The Tribune goes on to say that Sec
retary Whitney found that the contract
of the remaining work on the Chicago
was $2S5, 900, and that if done in Roachs
yards it would cost $4,000 to complete
her; that the contract price for the com.
| pletion of the Atlanta aud Boston
was SS5,000 each, and that the
work to be done would cost $4,000 each
These were the conditions that were dis.
cussed at the conference and the result
was an arrangement by which the assig-
nees are to release the ship yards,
slants and materials, without dispute to
the navy department, and the work OF
completion is to be carried forward un.
der the secretary's personal supervision
The assignees, however, are to furnish
labor, materials and tools, and are to
receive full contract price for each vessel
If. however, it should cost more money
than the stipulated price to finish the
cruisers. the bondsmen are to held
themselves liable. This plan was en-
tertained by Secretary Whitney wher
he issued his order of August 7th,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14
The Brooklyn Murder Case.

New York, Aug. l2-The murder of
Albert Herriok in Brooklyn still con.
tinues to attract attention. The state
ment of lis step-son, Thomas Armstrong
who is in custody on suspicion of com.
mitting the crime, in regard to his
movements on the day of the murder
have been found to be untrue, and when
taxed about it he admitted that they
were. Detectives talked with him last
night and this morning. 1t was current-
ly reported that Armstrong had made a
confession. and the work OF the detect.
ives was ended. Later Armstrong was
arranged in court aud af1idavits read to
him connecting him with the crime, Then
followed the statement made by the
prisoner to detectives ir his cell
last night. It set forth that when the
deceased returned to his house ir Brook.
lyn on Monday afternoon he found the
prisoner there and upbraided him. Her
rick chased HIM down into the cellar
and the prisoner drew n pistol and shot
at him three times. When he left the
house after the shooting he carried the
pistol with him and threw it into the
East river. He went to his aunt's IN
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

Sioux City has decided not to hold q
fair this fall, the people manifesting in
difference on the subject. It looks now
as though Yankton would follow the
example of Sioux City. Our people
have railroad on their minds to the ex-
clusion of all other subjects. The
Journal, in speaking of the conclusion
in the Sioux City case, says:
1t would be profitless to discuss now
the causes that have led to the lack OF
interest complained of. It is probable
that before another fair Is to be held the
society will be reorganized on broader
basis. AS starter it is likely that the
grounds will be sold to pay judgments
and other debts and the stock thus
wiped out, leaving the new company
that purchases the grounds free to go
on without the pinch of poverty that
has been the bane of the present associ
alton.
We commend these remarks to the
thoughtful consideration of our own
people.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

About two years and four months ago
there was organized in the city of Yank-
ton (on the run) an association known
as the capital commission, consisting, in
the language of the notorious Nehemiah,
of the mine most reputable" men in Da-
kota. Under the supposition that he
spoke the truth it was considered at the
time that Nehemiah had associated him
self with the wrong crowd. but subse-
quent events demonstrated that his
devil.craft had not deserted him IN the
emergency and that they were all birds
of feather. The career of
that unsavory gang has become part
of the history of the territory, and it is
not our purpose to inhiot it upon the
public at this time. 1t is we'll known.
We are reminded of the foregoing facts
by perusal of the following telegraphio
item which appears under date of Bis.
marck, Aug. 1lth:
The capital commission has held it's
last meeting. settled accounts, and this
morning adjourned until judgment day,
1t is reported that settlement was made
with creditors by issuing warrants ex
changable for capitol lots at the ap.
praised valuation of the latter made
when the capital boom was opening;
but the members of the commission
would not disclose their doings.
The shadow of the judgment day fell
upon this congregation of men long be-
fore its final adjournment, and it is a
dense and ominous shadow. Con.
ceived in sin and born IN lniquity,
the capital commission has fulfilled the
purpose for which it was brought forth,
though its schemlng progenitors have
not realized the full fruition of their
corrupt hopes. This, however, comes
through no fault of the commission. II
performed it's rasoally work to the very
letter of its instructions. Its members
stand today under the cloud of last,
ing Disgrace which will 60 with them to
their graves and viii constitute the epi.
taph over their last resting places
Their closing work ~ an organization
was settlement with their creditors
but as Individuals they carry with them
something they can never settle with
shsir consciences or their God.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

Hoboken, where he was arrested. This
statement caused sensation in the
court room. The accused. through his
counsel, pleaded not guilty. The pris-
oner was then remanded to the care Of
police to await the action of tue grand
jury. The coroner has empanelied q
Jury, but has not fixed the time for
holding the inquest. The prisoner, in
speaking of the matter to the police,
said he only acted IN self-defense; that
he was writing letter to his mother
when his step father came in and quar-
relied with him.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14
Free from Malaria.

In the fall of 1884 l was taken with case of
Salarial fever which prostrated me both body
and mind. was drugged after the old fashion
with mercury and other mineral mixtures, but
with no good results. Ny health was shatter-
ed and my, energy gone. My legs and feet
would swell, and ! had what everybody
thought was dropsy., These symptoms alarmed
me, and was ready to grasp at any remedy
suggested. friend advised me to try Swift's
Specific. procured three bottles and COM
menced its use. The swelling soon subsided,
have taken the three bottles, which have
made perfect cure. and 1 feel like new man
to-day. There never was more meritorious
medicine offered to suffering humanity. 1t has
wrought wonders for me. WILLIS JONES,
teesbqrg, Lee county. Ga, March II, 1886
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,
GA. NY, l57 W. I'D St.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

The superintendent Of public instruc-
tion calls Governor Ziebach "smarty"
and offers to give him instructions
which will enable him to make correct
use OF the English language. The first
lesson will doubtless consist of IN effort
to induce the governor realize that there
is no such word as "smarty" in the Web.
stcrian lexicon.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

The wise men of the north are exer-
cised over legal complication arising
from the case, at Grand Forks. of George
Miller, arraigned for murder. The de-
fendant plead guilty. Under the law as
it existed prior to 1888 the sentence
would have been death, but the legisla.
ture of that year amended the law and
gave to juries the power to decide be-
tween death and Imprisonment for life
where convictions were brought. The
legislature OF 1885 still further amended
the law so as to give the Judge the
power to prescribe the penalty when a
plea of guilty should be made. This
enactment was passed after Miller COM
mitted the crime, and his counsel has
made motion that as he hos pleaded
guilty, the judge has no power to name
his sentence, q jury cannot be impan-
neled to name it, and therefore the pris-
oner must be discharged.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

Attorney General Rice's investigation
OF the charges of corruption against
Messrs. Twomley and Teel, northern
university regents. closed Tuesday. No
evidence was introduced to sustain the
charDos
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

Excelsior Store
ESTABLISHED IN 1869.
Purd y & Brecht,
SUCCESSORS PURDY]
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
sepn linz and f. e'h
els Paints and Oils
excelsior Book Store. ---WhoIesaIe and Retail,

The oldest Bookstore in the territory.
We continue to offer to our many
ratrons all the new and popular works
of the day at eastern prices. In this de.
partment may be found everything re.
auired Tin the stationery lins) in the
oitioe, store or choel house. Writing
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

A. Minnewaukan, northern Dakota.
the republican postmaster was removed
and another republican appointed in his
stead. A correspondent explains that
the new appointee is merchant and
buys his goods of Pat Kelly, the Mime
sofa appointment dictator, while the
bounced official purchased of rival
house. So fragrant case of offensive
partisanship could not, of course, escape
the all seeing eye of the administration.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

TIRED AND ACHING MUSCLES, CRYING
through countless nerves for rest and relief. )"
sS;7o d Like mama to the children of Israel
is the Cuticura Plaster to the tired,
NY overworked, aching muscle. Do not
J. 3AA deny yourself the comfort afforded
this new, original and speedy
to pain and Inflammation.
At Druggists, 25c.: five for 81 90. Mailed free.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

Sold by all druggists. Price: Cuticura, 50 cts;
Resolvent. S10J; Soap, 25 cts. Prepared by the
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston. Mass.
RFATTEI the Complexion and Skin by
~ using the Cuticura Soap.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

It is reported that the Charles Mix
County Record. now published at
Wheeler, is about to be removed to Cas-
talia, in the same county.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

paper, envelopes and blank books made
especially. We also carry the largest
stock of wWALL PAPERS "a
offered in the market. Our prices
will always be found reasonable. Third
street, bet. Cedar and Walnut SITS.
PURDY & BREOHT,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14
SXXl
Indigestion Cured !!

suffered for more than five years with indi
gestlon, scarcely able to retain the simplest
food on my stomach. The burning sensation
was almost intolerable. and my whole system
was deranged. l was wakefuI and could not
sleep, and consequently more Or less nervous
all the usual depression attendant npon thi s
terrible disease. In word was miserable.
At last, failing to find relief in anything else,
gan to improve at once. The medicine toned
up TIM stomach, strengthened the digestive
organs, and soon all that burning ceased, and /
health is good, and can eat anything in the
shape of food, and digest it without the slight
est difficulty. most cheerfully bear this tes-
as l was, and am sure they can be as read.
liy healed. Take the prescribed dose after
eating, instead of before.
A., JAMES MANN, No. IA Ivy street.
Atlanta, Ga, May IS, 1885.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-14

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-05
TEMPERANCE.
THE DRuNkARD's DREAM.


He slumbered in quiet sleep beneath Heav-
ems sparkling dome,
a man without single friend, wretch with
out home;
And there he Law. a spectacle To every passer.
by
The only roof that sheltered him, the star
bespangled sky!
Hungry and i'll. he'd left the town TO roam he
knew not where;
Hungry and tired, he slept at last, forgetful
of his care;
Fcrsetful Of the agony he'd suffered all the
day.
He sllimbered now, and care and woe at last
had flown away.
He dreamt that he was standing where so long
ago he stood;
Again he heard the cheering of a mighty null
titudc;
He was receiving once again the prize his
Skill had won
He heard his father blessing God for having
such soni
His fancy changed: he dreaInt he stood be-
meath the ruStling trees,
Which seemed 10 shake with laughter at the
antics OF the breeze:
A thousand flowers were meath his feet, rich
beautiful and rare,
AS he was whispering love-tales to maiden
twice as fair.
He saw her startled attitude he marked the
rising blush
He saw the tears of pleasure from her lovely
eyelids gush,
He saw the joy and happiness she sought not
to repress,
And with a thrill he heard again the softly
whispered "YeS!"
His dream was changed: Again he stood-and
she was by his side,
Within the little village church to claim her as
his bride;
Joy thrills his heart with happiness his eyes
with pleasure CLEAN,
When, bark that noise! he wakes again to find
it but dream.
The wild wind means in sorrow and the rain
begins to fall;
Where are the pictures of his dream? They We
vanished one and all.
The lightnings FASH the thunders roll and
rattle overhead
And the very Sky seems weeping DER the JOY
forever fled!
He tries to rise, but, weak and faint, he can
not stir a limb;
| Before his 6azZled, weakened eyes the trees
begin to swim;
| He hears another rattle, and another rattle
STILL tt <s.
| And now through every nerve there runs
strange and fearful thrill
| A sHdden pang has twitched his heart, has
m robbed him of his breath;
| He gasps a moment, then he f2lls asleep-but
now in death! ts
| The lightning struck him lying there, and sew
cred lifes last link,
| And the stars alone are weeping for the vic
| tim of the drink
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-05
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

MORE than one-half Of the towns of
Massachusetts voted no-license at their
late elections.
NEARLY fifty years ago Louis Philippe
said: Swine is the curse of france. I
could wish every grapevine destroyed,
except for the production of food. "
THE Massachusetts, Total Abstinence
Society during the year 1884 pledged
over one hundred and fifty thousand
children in the public schools of the
State. 1t also circulated over sixteen
and half million pages of Temperance
literature.
CONCERNING the Scientific Temper
ance law in New Hampshire, Prof
Patterson, State Superintendent of In
struction, says: 1.-THE Temperance law
is success It has been complied with
generally, and / have examined classes
in several towns which are dong adj
mirable work in the new books.
DIR. JAMES EDsIUNDs, of London. in
an address before the British Women's
Temperance Association, spoke of the
change in public opinion within the last
twenty years in the position of the total
abstainer socially. Formerly, if he re-
fused wine at dinner he was immedi-
ately involved in long argument as to
his fanaticism; but now be found that
the excuse was rather on the side OF
those who took wine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-05

A New York lady, we'll known in GER
tain circles, the widow of wealthy Gu
ban, and who afterwards married the
old Scotch Earl of Caithness, is now
the Duchess di Pompar. 1t would
seem that the family title, Caithness,
was not pompous enough for this Ameri-
can, and as her son insisted upon a
dukedom, she crossed over to Rome and
paid her hard cash down for brace of
titles. Her son is now known in fash
ionable circles as the Duke di Pompar.
Italy seems to be kind of Eldorado
for the title-loving citizens of America.
Nor is thecraze entirely confined to the
male dudes, as unfortunately the youth
and beauty of our sweet society rose
buds have an almost unquenchable
longing for an Italian title, and its meet
accompaniment, a palace by the Lake
of Como. A Est of some of the rich
American girls who have allied them
selves to penniless Italian Counts and
Princes would 60 q good way to new
edition de lace of the american peer
age" The leading names which now
occur to the writer are Miss Mackay,
now the Princess Colonna; Miss Field,
Princess Vicarara Cenci; Miss Broad
wood, Princess Ruspoli; Miss Kinney,
Countess Gianotti; Miss Fisher. Count
ess Gherardesca; Miss Roberts, Countess
Cali; Miss Fry, Marchesa Torregiani;
Miss Lewis, Countess Barbolini Amadel;
Miss Gillinder, Msrchesa di San Mar
zano, and Miss Hungerford, the Count
ess Telfener.
We wonder if these naughty Ameri-
can princesses and countesses would
like to have their attention drawn to
their husbands compatriots, who, with
crook in hand, skip from ash barrel to
ash barrel on all our sidewalks, ike the
bee tasting the sweet flower when it I'M
closes its sleepy petals to the first rays
of the morning sun.
One of the italian comic iourn ais,
commenting on the rage for titled ALI
ances evineed by our American girls,
puts the following sarcastic saying into
the mouths of two filthy lazzaroni:
Father: "What shall we do with our
good-for-nothing sonP''
Mother, "Why, make him assume
his grandfather's title of Conte de
Stracci ed Ossi" Count Rags and
Bones.)
Father: YES; and then he can marry
some rich American lady,
To the credit of the Astor and the
Vanderbilt families be it said. they have
not sought any stupid alliances with
foreign noblemen, but contented them
selves intermarr-ing with natiye-born
Americans Our young ladies, when
they take their usual European trip, get
dazed as it were, with the pinchbeck
glitter Of foreign society and thus easily
fall victims to the present craze for
empty and high-sounding titles.
In Hoods witty ballad Of Miss XII
mansegg, the heroine is represented as
being captivated with the linguistic ac-
complishments of the Count:
He piled her in Flemish, Spanish and Dutch.
| With now and then an italian touch
TIL she yielded, without Directing much
10 homage so continental
Many OF our young society maidsns
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-05
"SNOB ARISTOCRACY."
Anglomania and the Rage for
Foreign Titles.
The Beginning of American 4" Nobility -
Progress of Snobbery, and It's Ig-
nOminlous Maturity at a For
t. eign Court.

In this country we have no aristocracy,
according TO the European acceptat;on
of the word, and what is more, we do
not desire to create one. The reward
which genius and labor bring to the
sons and daughters OF this Republic are
sufficient for all who stand up for true
AmericaniSm.
1t is amusing to watch the efforts
which are made by some of our young
swels toimitate the manners and eccen-
tricides of English people who move in
high society. Anglomania, as this mild
form of idiocy is called, has of late
years taken possession of large por-
ton of our dude population, and if this
class of brainless, faultlessly- attired
youths could have their way an Amer
Jean aristocracy would quickly become
q social entity.
A few days ago your representative
encountered would-be American
nobleman, walking in the street, with
his trousers tucked up and an open
umbrella over his head, although the
tagged sideway was scrupulously clean,
and there was not cloud visible in the
sky.
Hello" said the scribe, addressing
the Anglo-American dude, whats up
now, CharleyP The sun is not so hot
that you need carry an open par@olP"
cav, my dear boy" languidly replied
the swell, you really can not under
stand it, but lis beastly weather.
''Why, on the contrary, tbs delight
full. A finer day have not experienced
this year"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-05
WAS MADE

1t is said that in Boston no one can
claim to be an aristocrat whose grand
father piled the humble ayocation of a
green-grocer; in New York one must be
able to trace ones descent from the
Knickerbockers, and in Virginia from
Pocahontas before admittance can be
gained to the receptions of the first
families. If we carefully examine the
genealogies of most of our first FAM
lies we shall see that they spring from
a simple Woodworking stock who did
not consider the humblest labor undig-
nifed so long as it brought them an
honest recompense.
If one wishes to give expression to
the antiquity Of any English family line
tbs usual to say of the ancestor that he
came over with the Conqueror; in Amer
lea the strongest patent of nobility
seems to be that ones ancestors came
over in the 'Mayhower.n Many proud
American millionaire, whose family tree
can prove beyond disputing that the
founder of the house was one of the
Pilgrim Fathers, owes his name and the
foundation of his present great wealth
to the hard tolls and indomitable per-
severance of some poor German or
Irish outcast, who crossed over to this
country in the slow old leaky sailing
craft which braved the terrors of the
Atlantic in the beginning of the last
century. Family trees are not difficult
to construct as may be desired.
As men grow rich it is only reason
able to suppose that their uninterrupted
leisure and the facility afforded them of
gratifying every desire will lead them
into search after empty titles. There
are not fewer than one hundred full
fledged American noblemen at present
in Europe, and the number is being
gradually increased by the purchase Of
foreign patents of nobility. The Duke
de Campo Selice, at present residing in
Paris, is nothing more than smart
New Yorker who made his money in
sewing machines. His wife-Madame
la Duchesse-is averybeautful and tai
ented lady, and at her receptions when
ever any of our other American ''aristo-
Gratis are invited, the ducal coronetis
certain to be trotted out. The title is an
Italian one, and is said to have cost its
owner $3.50, 900. There is an old saying:
"a fool and his money are soon parted