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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12
Drunk and Disorderly.

Antoine Degulous filled IN with ben
zine last Saturday forenoon and charged
up and down the streets on his pony like
a mailman. Marshal Garbutt brought his
fun to u sudden termination and lodged
him in the cooler. He wa taken before
Justice Pattin in the afternoon and fined
s. and costs and in default went to jail
four days. Antoine got tired Lying in
Jail and on Monday morning paid 1915,
the amount of his fine and costs, and
was allowed to go free.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12
The Weather.

Observations taken at TT. Totten by Il
J. Glass, private signal corps U. s. A.
and furnished the WEEKLY INTER,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12
Birthday Party.

Miss Minnie, youngest daughter of
Major Benham, celebrated her eleventh
birthday last evening by entertaining a
number of young people. Invitations
were sent to the following: Mamie
Stanley, Ethel Moore, Emma Hollins,
Cleora Mann, Edith Cooke, Fannie Sim
rail-, Annie Jameson, Blanche and Rena
Percival, Nellie Brainard and Essia
Pattie; Everett Cole, Will and Barlow
simrall, Louis Davenport, Ed Percival,
Clarence Parker, Ralph Burdick and
Willie Saunders. Nearly all were pres
ent. One look into the Benham house
between the hours Of and 10 o'clock was
enough to convince any IL that the
young folks were having a good time.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12
NOTICE.

- WINE VI CUVNTI CLEhh, -
RAMSEY COUNTY, DIT
Bids will be received at this Office up to Saturday,
September 10, 1885, at 10 O'Clock a. M, for the erection
of a building 1Gx24 feet, to lie used for Jail purposes.
Plans and specifications now on file in this office. The
Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
Dated Sept. 10, 1885.
JOHN A. PERCIvAL,
County Clerk.
BY c. W. GREENE, Deputy.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12

hear its solemn notes way up in this
country. 1--WE have given orders to the
printer to have this church item placed
above the brewery notice.)
We saw many other evidences o fthrift
and prosperity, showing the existence of
push and enterprise. Grand Forks hav,
ing solved the lumber problem by estab-
fishing saw mills, her people are now
struggling to secure cheap transportation
for the products Of the great valley. A
direct outlet by way of Duluth is what
they are striving for. The completion
of a railroad connection with the "Zen-
it'll city" will give them eastern markets
for their wheat and secure cheap freights
on the imports necessary for their exis-
tence. All North Dakota would be ben
Gifted by such a line.
Our business in Grand Forks was of a
legal nature. In 1928 we published a
daily paper in that city. There were
three Of us. The other two were Bros.
Winship and Murphy. Everything sized
in those days. One day Bro. Winship
would have Bro. Murphy down, and the
next Bro. Murphy would sit OH Bro.
Winship; then we would come in and
climb all over them. The order was
frequently reversed and one or both the
other fellows would be OH top. Town
lots were going up and money was plenty.
Everybody advertised and paid their
bills. Finally the bottom began to drop
out. Town lots went down in price.
Dealers continued to advertise, but some
Of them couldn't pay-or wouldn't pay.
We knew a man named Stone. He was
running q big bank on another mans
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
THE LEGISLATURE CONVEYING.

Tomorrow tho Nineteenth legislature
will convene at Austin undel rather
peculiar circumstances. Tho gre at body
Of membership will be filled with the
satisfaction of knowing that for the first
time for nearly quarter of century
their political sentiments will be In &C.
cord with the national legislature at
Washington. No fear of federal inter-
vention. No apprehension Of force or
military menace will disturb their de-
liberations, but in untrammolcd free
dom they will assemble and discuss the
affairs of their state.
But whilst indulging In this pleasant
view of the situation, another thought
cannot be made to down. They have met
in season OF depression and financial
distress. There is deficiency of $780,
600 of Indebtedness, aud prospect
of depleted treasury before the next
years taxes can be realized. Several
public buildings are in process of con-
struction, and the state will be tho loser
If their building is suspended. As TO
issuing bonds, conservative mon unite
in conforming such a measure. If the
treasury can't make loan until the
deficiency is supplied by taxes collected,
just simply do without the money and
| issue certificates to cover the lapse. But
by no means, tho HERALD would saw,
should bonds bearing interest be allowed
to issue. They are seductive, run for a
long time generally, and when paid, as
they must be ultimately, leave the PEG.
| pie dissati'hod with tho amount they
are compelled To 'popy up"
A very large amount of legislation, in
the way ci amending tho code to con.
form with existing circumstances and
advancing idess, will he called for. The
| HERALD, with other journals, has made
many suggestions not originating ex'
ciusively in the laboratory OF its owr
brain, but suggested by ropresentativ,
men from every pursuit IN life, whctho,
agricultural, professional or mechanical
To the members whose wonderful res
l ervoirs of wisdom and attainmonts ar,
not stopping over, these suggestions hev,
been modestly offered. From on,
source and another they will flnd
their way into the deliberations of tn,
two houses, and it is hoped will h,
granted such consideration as they do
serve. To enumerate them would
transcend the limits of this article, but
they viii be heard from in due course Of
time.
The HERALD can only greet the legis.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

kept close under the shelter
ing pinions of r. c. Robinson,
and Miles Mathis. About o'clock d.
M. Robinson, Mathis and Measles left
the saloon, Measles being dead drunk,
and repaired to an old vacant house,
where Robinson and Measles engaged
In game of cards. Measles being too
drunk to handle his money, Mathis
would take it out of Measles purse and
put IL up Tor him, and when the hand
was called, Robinson, of course,
would proceed to take the
money down. After about $50
had changed hands, they blew out the
lamp and took Measles to the back of
the house, where they were all seen on
the 1loor, Robinson ON one side, Mathis
on the other, and Measles in the middle.
from there Robinson and Mathis took
Measles to the Parsons hotel and left
hlm IN the Office by the fire. Soon
after this, three or four mon returned
and land hold Of Measles, and
proceeded to cut or turn all his pockets,
pun OIL his boots and go through him
thoroughly. He was SOLDERING up some.
and tried to hollow, but one Of the men
told him not to raise any alarm, he was
MS friend and placed large piece of
cotton in his mouth as a gentle persua-
DER Tor him to be silent. Measles is Dos
tive that Robinson is the man who
stuffed the cotton in his mouth, and
told him not to hollow. He did not get
square look at any of
the other men. His watch guard was
left around his neck, and the key on the
lloor, but the watch! Oh, where was it?
Ihese men were very considerate, how
ever, and left Measles dime and cop
per cent for stake. Robinson now
languishes in Jail in default of $1,000
pond. Mathis heretofore has stood well
IN his community. He is under s., 900
pond for his appearance that he may
have chance to expl ain,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

lature with the hope that it will be a
business body. From all its informa-
ton, the members elect are practical
and sensible men, whose ambition will
be to make the state hall of legislation
a beehive rather than debating soci-
ETY.. A few days generally sufices to
exhibit the temper of the body on that
important question, and the develop
ment will be eagerly looked for.
The necessity for agreeable rela-
tons between the executive and the
Legislature never was more essential
and as GOV. IRELAND has been so en-
Enthusiastically sustained by the people of
the state in the late election, his recon-
meRdations, backed by experience, will
be oil immense assistance in the pro-
posed Legislation. Beyond all things, q
legislative snail is to be avoided, but
with the proper spirit, and with Judi
clously selected committees, there need
be no more delay than the considera-
ton of important questions demand.
The HERALD repeats its confidence in
the capacity and practical wisdom OF
the legislature, and sincerely hopes, as
it prays, that it may surpass in prompt.
ness, vigor and intelligent action any
body that has yet prec eded it in fran
ing new laws and amending such as re.
quire it. And above all, the HERALD
would invoke for the members the spirit
of wise economy, which may adapt
state action to present depression.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
ALECK R0BpNSON'S RECORD
THE BAD ,NleeER oFlTHE SABINE.
"A scrap of Reconstruction History When
"hurnel" Barrett Held sway-Tho
Black Burglar and Fire Bug
Promised Something.

HAWKINS Jan. sll.-TSpecial. l-Aleck
Robinson, the colored burglar
and incendiary, reported in Yesterdays
HERALD by your Hawkins correspon-
dent, is well known in Smith county as
notorious character. During the Rad
ical reign of terror in Texas and all
over the south, there was certain
hurneP' Barrett, OF freedmen's bureau
fame, located at Tyler. lie was the
most insolent, oppressive, oyerbearinp.
indecent scalawag that ever flourshed
ms sabre over victim. He gloried in
tantallzlng and expressing the white
people upon any and every silly COM
plant OF the negroes. He had white
people arrested by negro roughs anu
made these ill-used and much-oppressed
southerners come at his bidding and
stand before this august and brazen
carpet-bagger, who settled matters with
as much imperial egotism and vanity as
chinese emperor or Turkish sultan.
On a certain occasion Barrett sent q
gang OF fifty or sixty negroes to arrest q
white man in Wood county upon some
trivial complaint. Among this holy
band of "culled" gentlemen, whom Mr.,
Talmage recognizes as Goods image in
ebony" was this same Aleck Rob-
inson, also Pete, his brother,
and old Jake, his father,
They crossed the Sabine at Belzora in
the night without paying their ferriage,
claiming they were acting umder orders
from Col. Barrett, but promised to paw
upon their return.
railing to arrest their man, they were
on their homeward march next night,
talking and laughing as negroes only
can talk and laugh, when little band
OF I'VE or six white men, tried and true,
who had been hauled about by the radi-
cal bandits, determined to submit to
such outrage no longer; but patiently
awaited the arrival of their oppressors,
With double-barrel shot guns and re-
volvers, they gave this negro posse
grand salute, which was not answered
by a single shot. Pell-mell, heller
SHELTER, went the negro braves, as they
abandoned their horses and threw away
their guns and swords. Through the
woods they went like herd of wild
cattle IN stampede, or like the Philis-
tines who, were put to fight by Gideon's
little band. They quickly reached the
Sabine, which was on a boom, too, but
they were soon on the other side, some
now, and reached home wiser, if not
better negroes, somewhat hide-riddled.
Aleck Robinson ought to have learned
by past experience. He will likely learn
something in the near future.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

In fourteen southern stfItes l,S65 new
enterprises were started during the
past year, with an aggregate capital
of $lO5, 269, 500 recorded, Much of this is
northern and western capital, but the
New York Herald thinks this only adds
significance to the movement, and fur
Their says ''it shows that steady re-dis-
tribution of producing agencies is oc-
curing, which is leading capital to
seek the positions most advantageous
to its profitable employment in certain
lines of production. The growth of the
southern iron interests is marked ex-
ample of this redistribution; and so
favored is it that its competition is be-
ing felt ia Pennsylvania, hitherto the
great iron prodecing centre. So it will
be in other industries. The south is
building its own cotton and wooden
mills, its machine shops and foundries,
blast furnaces, flour aud saw mills. 1t
is growing steadily in it's capacity to
supply its own population, and all this
is healthy, unstimulated growth-a
growth that is taking place in the face
of fierce competition from long estab-
iished and specially, though artificially
favored industries.
What remains for the eastern millsi
Obviously the foreign markets, for sup.
plying which they have greater adj
vantages than these southern industries
now possess. Fer that reason they
might do well to examine the Spanish
treaty and see if an opening for thei,
wares is not created by it in Cuba and
Porto Rico.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
STATE PRESS.


ais free grass dead ?"-[ Young County
News. Well, yes: If not dead 1t is yery
dormant. That Is to say, not a lux
uriant growth Louisville Headlight.
Among tho curiosities from the Lone
Star state on exhibition, the centipede,
the tarantula and Roberts book on
Texas repose tremendously in the same
glass case Texarkana News.
There are fewer applications from the
south for office than there would have
been if Blaine had been elected. The
southern Democrat is not halt so hun
CRY for position as the cGrpet-bagger.-
Austin Sun.
The whale swallowed Jonah 10 save
him, and perhaps Vanderbilt may have
similar philanthropic idea in view i'm
gobbllng up Grant. May be that he will
cast him upon terra iirma when the
storm subsides.- Laredo Times.
II will be hard on Booth If tho nine
teenth legislature don't provide Kim
with an office of some sort. Having
been used TO that kind of berth SO
long, he won't know how TO paddle his
own canoe unless the state greases the
levers. Austin Sun.
There is no man In the country, IL is
said, who knows better when to set q
hen than Mr.. Hayes, and 1t is not right
torh him to refuse to enlighten the public
on this and other interesting points con
nected with the propagation of poultry
through the universal medium of the
press.-lGainesville Times.
The ownership OF land by foreign cap.
italists and syndlcates In the United
| States is attracting attention, and bill
has been presented to congress proyid
ing that no alien shall acquire title /,
land from the government. The publ,
domain should not only be reserved fol
bona fide citizens, but for actual settlers
-LWaco day.
Brethren, the old year is as dead as
herring, and there Is no need of tear,
and regrets over his grave. Don't stand
and grieve over neglected opportuni
ties and wasted coin, but letting the pas
take care OF itself, look wen to tn,
presont,and don't forget 10 rustic arounC
ard pay. your honest debts.-[ Nolai
County Record. ot
The envions man is the most con
tomptible of all creatures, and yet how
many ARE TO be found. IL would be wei
II some would conceal the evidences o
II, II they cannot altogether suppress
the feeling, for in time they will b,
found out, and then they will b,
spurned by all honest, consideration
people.--LEagle Pass Journal.
During the last fiscal year the Ian,
board leased l,s02,SO5 acres of schoo
land Mt an average of cents per acre
which will add 10 the available schoo
fund SIG, 1855 per annum. A It'll,
over 2,l25,0oO acres were sold at 50 pei
acre. This amount, at per cent. in
terest per nnnum, brings 10 the availabl,
fund S2l2,60o per annum.-l Denison Ga
zetteer.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
MONDAY. JANUARY IL. 1885.

THE B.ERALD, during the sitting of
the leg isiature, wiz be delivered in
Austin several hours earlier than are
the papers published in Galveston end
Houston. This announcement is made
because heretofore the trains running
between this city and Austin, when the
legislature was in session, left Dallas in
the evening and the HERALD did not
reach the Capital City uatil the morn
ing after publication. The members of
the legislature will receive the HERALD
promptly on the day of publication, con-
tanning full legislative proceedings,
with other interesting state news.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

If the toiling people have to pay
heavy taxes to support the convicts,
then the protection that society gets is
well paid for. If the convicts are
punished and at the same time made to
earn their living, then the ends of JUS
tice will be best subserved. Let the
state build its own road and then locate
its penitentiaries on it, and put every
mothers son of them to work in the
walls. Their labor will not then conflict
materially with the laborers of Texas,
very few Of whom have any employ
mont in factories. The profits of the
convict labor would not then 20 in the
way of high freights, and the cost of
lumber would be greatly lessened. 1t
is better to spend amillion or so at one
time, to some advantage, than to dribble
it away by tho hundred thousand to no
permanent purpose.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

THE Austin Statesman says "as
might be expected, SToNEMAN, Repub-
lican governor of California, advises
against the Mexican and Spanish trea-
ties" and when it does say that, it says
a very foolish thing. A stauncher,
more uncompromising Democrat never
drew the breath of life than GEN. STONE
MAN. He redeemed California from
Radical rule, and would require the
apologies Of the entire Texas delegation
TO expiate the Statesman's insult.
These treaties are not political questions
and Republicans as well as Democrats,
are everywhere divided on their advis-
ability. But SToNEMAN, a Republican,!
Shades of JEFFERSON rush upon the
scene
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
THOUGHT IT TREASON.
STORY OF THE PHELAN TRAGEDY
a Reporters Explanation 49, Phelan Re-
vealed the Efforts to Kill Informer
Carey and Destroy tho Cana
dian Parliament.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. lin connection
with the recent attempt against tho life
of Capt. Phelan, in New York, Frank p.
Clark, who wrote the interview pub.
lished in the journal here, which led
to the difficulty, stated to an
Associated Press representative to-
night that in the int erview the true
status OF tho case was concealed. but
that 1t came SO near the truth as to lead
to a war among the dynamiters. Pholan,
he says, was one of the ten
men sent from this country
to kill the informer, Carey. He made
an effort to save the steamer Queen, as
described. The dynamite, however,
was placed In that vessel, not through
wantonness, but by mistake, to blow
up Carey, who was expected to sail in
her. The informant also gave the name
of an lrish-American who organized the
attempt about two months ago to blow
up the parliament buildings II Quebec.
CAPTAIN PHELAN's CONDITION.
NEW YORK, Jan. ll.-Capt. Thomas
Phelan continues to improve, but is un-
able to attend court to-day,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
KICKING x! .ALLLEuIENANT-GovER.
NOR GIBBS.

SENATOR GIBBS interview, in which
he speculates on probable legislation,
don't seem to have taken well in Austin
IN certain circles. They rasp him for
expressing the belief that the legislature
will make a raid on the fish, the state
engineers and the insurance depart
ments as well as on the ranger force
and the surplus clerical force. There
must be reductions in current expenses
IN some direction, and if not in these re-
spects, then where? They criticize
GIBBS for allowing himself interviewed,
and call itan inaugural and say tbs out of
taste. Only q few days before, Gov. IRE
LAND was interviewed, and we can't see
what objection there can be to any pub
lie man giving his views to newspa-
per, and the Partially of the
press for SENATOR GIBBS
has been largely due to the fact that he
is not afraid to talk for fear OF making
mistakes, or because of excessive dig.
nifty. While we have taken issue with
him on some of his positions, yet we see
no objection to his being interviewed,
and it has had good effect in starting
discussions on leading questions of
probable legislation. The Quidnunes
in austin who think that man thus
"digs his political grave" are mistaken.
They don't know the temper of the peo-
pie 1t would be better if a few more
politicians would express themselves
ON public questions without waiting to
find the popular side. In this day and
time the Austin politicians and state
employees don't make or unmake n man
politically. Havn't they found this out?
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

II congress continues to form new
bureaus and offices to be filed, it will
soon be necessary to create an appoint
ment bureau. So many Offices to be
filed by appointment will DO too oner-
Gus for one mans physical ability to
withstand the labor. The chief of our
appointment bureau might make money
out of the applicants for office.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

COMMISSIONER oRINa has telegraphed
to Hon. Tom ocHILTREE and Gov. IRE
LAND to watch out for herd of l25 cat
tie sent to Texas from the stockyard of
FRIsBEE Il LAKE, said to be affected
with pleuro pneumonia. The commits
sioner will cooperate with the governor
in the effort to quarantine the animals
until the disease disappears.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
The Lucky Numbers,

The following is a list of the numbers
drawing prizes in the rattle of b. Calm
d Co., the wido-awake cigar dealers at
GO3 Main street:
No. SOS drew first prize, gold watch.
No. 657 drew second prize, suit of
clothes.
No. $50 drew third prize, chamber set.
No. 1855 drew fourth prize, gents tot
lot set.
No. 1850 drew fifth prize, complete set
OF Shakespeare, won by Peter Ross.
No. loss drew sixth prize, silver castor.
No, 1893 drew seventh prze, 100 Prince
Carnival cigars.
No. $40 drew eighth prize, one pound
smoking tobacco.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
Shot in the Back.

WINsBoRo, Jan. 1l.-[Special. AN
attempt to murder by shooting, was
made here about $3.50 o'clock last night.
James M. Massey, being the victim,
and the facts of which are as follows:
Mr.. Massey, who runs q grocery house,
was sitting by the fire in the rear end OF
ms store, when some one shot through
the door, the shot striking Mr.. Massey
IN the back, intiicting slight wound.
Three parties are under arrest, charged
with the shooting, aud are to have pre-
liminary trials tomorrow.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

The indianapolis police have disoov-
cred the true solution of the tramp ques-
ton. They arrest all of the knights of
road that are found in that city, load
them on patrol wagon, haul them out
side of the city liuits and cow-hido
them. That city is now free of tramps.
That beats feeding them at public ex-
paugp
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

THE Hico Reporter appreciates the
HERALD, as is evidenced 10y tho follow
ing, taken from its last issue: "The
Dallas HERALD is a fayorite exchange
in the Reporter sanctum, and we could
scarcely get along without it. 1t is ably
edited and always has the latest news
from all parts OF the world"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12

--latest reports Of the bull-fghtiug is
anything but interesting or natteIing.
II is a kind of child's play and monkey
lronic, and hardly becoming q town like
Piedras Negras. We wonder the au-
thori.ies have not closed Il out ere this
RS something disgeputlblo, to the digni-
" and standing Of tho town.. Eagle
Pass journal.