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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS
ADMISSION.
Congressman Holman Speaks in Favor =,
the Territory's Admission, with Soma
Qualifications.

~N""N'OuSs
Washington dispatch.-Inspeaking ~ y
cent occurrences in Dakota, Conpressma.
Holman OF Indiana said that he I'll ,poa4
the time had probably come when Il was
right that Dakota should be admitted 81
state. The house, he said, had no rigbt !,
consider tho political bearings OF the casa
The only questions that occurred a. ~.
NINA were whether the populatioaAwas
suihclently settled and ~permanentto maka
it better for them to be under q state forrs
OF government; whether the school lands
ETC., could be sufficiently secured. and Az
question OF the government interest IN ~
reservations. The government had i'm
mense interests in the territory in the ~
tenslve Sioux reservation, and il was m.
dOubtedly true that these interests conla
be BETTER looked to under a territory tba,,
u state; but this last, he thought, wasnota
su tticient reason for refusing admission.
The trouble is" he said, when terri
tories spring up so rapidly, the people do
not become sufficiently settled at once
Their interests do not become so closely
connected with the territory as TO make
them always so anxious for it's wei being
as should be the case. Before thew yers
given the control of the affairs OF the conn.
try they should be solidly enough estab.
hshed to be safe from the selfish action 81
spectators, sharpers and adventures
whose only purpose would be to get per
sonal gain. The public lands and tba
schools lands must be protected. and the
matter OF land grants carefully guarded
These are the proper questions to be consid.
cred whenever any territory seeks admission
into the Union, and these are the only
things to be taSeninto consideration with
relation to Dakota. The territory muSt
soon be admitted. 1t must come in as enc
state, however. The whole territory should
properly come together. It's geography
and the character of the land require this.
and it will be the only way it will be ad.
mitted. Division would not be practicable.
Some parts OF the territory are necessarily
sparsely settled on account OF the pastoral
character OF sections, while Others were
more densely populated and the ground
better suited for agricultural purposes. The
territory coming into the Union as it now
is as a whole would balance the geography
OF the country.
1t would be a balance to Texas and form
the points Of a triangle with it and New
York. The people OF Dakota are not
are not sure that they want to come into
the condition Of a state just yet. All that
must be considered.
He did not think the recent action OF the
people in going through the form of a legis-
~lature, etc, would nave any effect upon
congress. Letters he got from people in
Dakota indicated that the people do not
attach any grave Importance to this.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
WARNER,

Settlers in New Mexico have urged
the war department to procure blood
hounds for hunting down themaraud-
ing Apaches, who have thus far eluded
other pursuit. The department did
not promptly adopt this suggestion,
and now the settlers~ar are going to buy
their OWN bloodhounds, organize vol
unteer companies, and exterminate
the Apaches without help from the
army.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
asualtyRecord

ID. n. Ferry & Co.. establishment and a
theater in Detroit. Mich. were the prey OF
angry flames on the first. The losses ag-
gregate a million and O hall and not more
than one-third covered by insurance.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08


The Methodist Episcopal church at
Renville, was dedicated Dec. 27 by
Presiding Elder McClary and the debt
all provided for.
Aberdeen papers say q company,
known as the Aberdeen La Moure Il
Pierre, is to be organized to build a
line from Aberdeen to a connection
with the James River Valley ROAD
at La Moure.
w. H. Burke, editor of the James
town Capital, who was arrested on q
charge of criminal libel for charging
Wilbur f. Steele of Steele with being q
thief and of robbing Kidder county,
ballot box stuffing, etc., was brought
before Justice Laidley, waived
nation and was released upon giving
bonds in $1,000 for his appearance ct
the next term ofcourt.
The new county court house at
Fargo, is said to be the handsomest
court house in Dakota, and. has done
much to advance the value OF con-
tiguous property. Besides, the county
receives a large rental from thefederai
government for supplying Offices TOT
the United States district attorney,
marshal and United States court.
Prof. Black is OF Highmore looking
up the advantages of that place as q
location for the Christian college.
During the first week in December
the Caledonia mine turned out l,l94
tons of bullion.
Sheriff g. III. Hank Of Cavalier coun-
ty was in jamestown with a patient
for the insane hospital, and on a tele-
gram from Sheriff Dick of PemDna
county, was arrested. Mr.. Hank -
under bonds OF $500 for killing q man
in Cavalier while trying to arrest nim
for running off with mortgagedteam
AZ Valley City, County Treasurer
Benson offers a reward Of $500 Tor 2
ledger taken from the treasurer's q,
fee sometime between Dec. l and ~
by a person unknown. 1t was useu
| Dy "A. M fedS6, JH6 utlttuibAhS $780,
treasurer, who left in the spring oi
1884, from January 1884, to May
1884. The ledger is an important acc
ument in the suit against Pease :
bondsmen.
Ole Anderson, a Norwegian farmer
living near Marvel, fourteen miles
north Of Grand Forks, committees
suicide.
At Grand Forks the jury IN the case
Of Halvor Tollifson have returned 9
verdict that the deceased came to n's
leath from a revolver in the hands 6
Peter Swenson, which was VIII
lelonious intent discharged.
The body of O. A. Stub, pastor Q
The Norwegian Lutheran church 2
Sioux Falls who died oftyphoidfever
was taken to DEBORAH, Iowa, io'
burial. He was q young preacher g
fine scholarly attachments, and 2 70
cent graduate Of the Decorah Iheo
logical college
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04

to throw him, and expected an easy
victory. But he soon found him
self in different hands from any he
had heretofore engaged with. See
ing he could not manage the tall
stranger, his friends swarmed in, and
by kicking and tripping nearly sue
ceeded in getting Lincoln down. At
this, as has been said of another
hero, "the spirit of Odin entered into
him." and putting forth his whole
strength, he held the pride OF Clary's
Grove in his arms like a child, and
almost choked the exuberant life out
of him. For a moment a general
fight seemed inevitable; but Lin
coin, standing undismayed with his
back to the wall. looked so formida-
BILE in defiance that an honest adj
miration took the place of momen-
tary fury, and his initiation was
over. As to Armstrong, he was LIN
coins friend and sworn brother as
soon as he recovered the use of his
larynx, and the bond thus strangely
created lasted through life. Lincoln
had no further occasion to fight his
own battle while Armstrong was
there to act as his champion. The
two trends, although so widely diff
ferent, were helpful to each other
afterwards in many ways, and Lin
coin made ample amends for the
liberty his hands had taken with
Jacks throat, by saving, in a menu
orable trial, his sons neck from the
halter.
This incident, trivial and vulgar
as it may seem, was of great impor-
tance in Lincoln's life. His behav-
ior in this ignoble scuffle did the
work of years for him, in giving him
the position he required in the COM
munity where his lot was cast. He
became from that moment, in GER
tain sense, a parsonage, with name
and standing of his own. The ver-
dict of Clary's Grove was unani-
nous that he was "the cleverest fell
low that had ever broke into the set
tlement." He did not have to be
constantly scuffling to guard his self
respect, and at the same time he
gained the goodwill of the better
sort by his evident peaceableness
and integrity.-Nicolay and Hays
Lincoln; December Century.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04
The Stage.

1t is doubtful if the theatrical
public can compass many more vari-
tions and innovations in the immor-
tai character of Hamlet" yet it is
perhaps fortunate that the forbear-
ance of our audiences is not COM
pletely exhausted, for otherwise we
should lose one of the best "Ham-
lets" ON the contemporary stage and
now embodied in the young English
actor, Wilson Barrett. There is no
character ON stage to-day which has
the weighty traditions of "Hamlet,"
many descending as heirlooms from
the primitive English actors includ-
mig Shakespeare himself, though no.
thing really authentic is known of
w6s.. wS6s original creation of the character.
@IIN4 oII MT" 1tkSsCovpgb all these years
,...,s, 4 remained prac-
and vicissitudes hasSaao 90, tempero-
tically unchanged in Giehs 80 a.
10 IhGr
ment and purpose. 1t falls Segsslt
lot of Mr.. Barrett to effect revolu-
ton in the ideal and universal con-
ception of this character and the
avidity with which American audi
ences admire and applaud this in
novation is perhaps characteristic of
the American disregard of tradition.
His impersonation is direct and con-
sistent leaving a pleasant impression
by his admirable acting and indi-
viduality in the character of "Ham-
let, ," which he makes as flexible as a
wave of the sea. Mr.. Barrett's admir-
ers will undoubtedly crowd the
Chestnut st. Opera House during
this week and next if ''first night"
is any criterion.
"Mikado" returns to McCaull's
this week to be revived from a state
''innocuous desuetude" into one of
"perniclous activity" if you will
allow me nse the terms made popu-
lar or perhaps rather unpopular by
our Democratic President.
ltisreceiving crowded houses and the
enthusiasm almost equals that caus-
ed by the greatest success Philadel-
phia ever contained, i. e., "The Lit
tic Tycoon"
LOBBY LOuNGFR.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04
Lincoln and the "Clary's Grove
Boys"

Public opinion at New Salem was
formed by a crowd of rufiianly
young fellows who were called the
"Clary's Grove Boys" Once or
twice a week they descended upon
the village and passed the day in
drinking, fighting, and brutal horse
play. If stranger appeared in the
place, he was likely to suffer rude
initiation into the social life of New
Salem at the hands of these iovial
savages. Sometimes he was nailed
up in hogshead and rolled down
hill, sometimes he was insulted into
a fight and then mauled black and
blue; for despite their pretensions
to chivalry they had no scruples
about fair play or any such super
stitions of civilization. At first they
did not seem inclined to molest
young Lincoln. His appearance did
not invite insolence; his reputation
for strength and activity was
greater protection to him than his
inoffsnsive good nature. But the
loud admiration of Offutt gave them
umbrage. 1t led to dispute, contra
dictions, and finally to formal ban
ter to a wrestling-match. Lincoln
was greatly averse to all this "wool-
ing and pulling" as he called it.
But Offutt's indiscretion had made
it necessary for him to show his
mettle. Jack Armstrong, the lead
ing bully of the gang, was selected
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04

OiANh hOOls
"Go and see if you can find who
sent tine flowers" Speranza said,
with all the curiosity of her sex.
The servant went off, to return in
a moment afterward, saying that
the tall cloaked man he had lett at
the door was gone. During this
time Speranza had smelled of her
flowers. A deathly pallor and faint
ness came over her +; she reeled IA
moment, then recovered and looked
at Lord Darrell, who had thrown his
arm around her.
"The bouquet !" she whispered ;
"it has such a peculiar odor~ p
He bent his head near the flowers,
then, quickly threw them through
the open window.
"They were scented with poison"
he said, "the deadly poison of hy-
drocyanic acid. Some enemy sent
them. l thank Heaven for your
cscapew
"She has not escaped!" hissed a
voice behind them. A man darted
from behind the pillar, sprung to
the side of Speranza, and buried his
stilletto in her breast She fell, and
the wretch was again about to stab
her where she lay when Darrel, who
had been paralyzed for an instant
by the suddenness of the attack,
caught his arm and held him back
from his victim. He was man of
powerful frame, and he wrestled
fearfully for a moment, and, sue
ceeding in suddenly freeing himself
from the grasp of the others, leaped
quickly out of the window and fell
with a heavy thud upon the ground
below.
Darrell did not wait to ascertain
his fate; he was bending over Sper-
ANA, raising her in his arms, laying
on the couch, and trying to stanch
the blood that flowed over her white
breast, and deluged the rich, maize
colored silk she wore.
The two physicians he had at once
| sent for speedily arrived.
} Dangerous, but not necessarily
fatal" was their verdict, and Dare
blessed the words of hope.
For three week she was prisone
on her couch, tenderly watched anC
l nursed by her faithful lover.
e When she grew able to converse
Darrel told her two pieces of goo'
tiding: First, that the madmal
: who had pursued her so relentlessl1
was dead, now, in earnest, he ha'
. represented himself to be, in orde
> to throw her off the track SecOnc
that, while he lay dying of brokel
" spine from his leap out of the win
U dow he had confessed many of hi
!, evil deeds, and, among them tn
sending away of her child and hid
ing it in a foundling asylum, who's
= ,,5,vra SSd $50 the number of the chile
4 llaliie' a'T''' .nn.,,
he gave. e,,s .....o,.
y Speranza, the beautiful acrncs.
u appeared no more upon the stage
, but, lovely as ever, she graced on
of the proudest homes of "Merr
= England" and there is still extan
picture of the beautiful Lady Dan
rel looking at her children playing
her dark-eyed Italian girl rompin
with her fair-haired half-brothe
whose violet eyes and sweet, prou
mouth are his fathers own.
i NJ. E. B.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04
He Didn't Wait

as the editor in ?" asked a LARGE
fierce looking man with horsewbip
in his hand, as he burst into the
sanetum.
"No, sir" answered the Office
boy. "He's gone down to Smiths
saloon to clean out the place with a
howitzer. Will you wait until he
returns ?"
But the fierce man had fled, and,
as the editor crawled out from
underneath the table, he softly mur-
INJURED:
"l'l have to raise that boys salary
next year"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04

Read the ads in the Ledger,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04
The Man Who Knows it All.

1t is q remarkable fact that the man
who knows it all in the profession
of journalism is always man who
has never done any active work in
newspaper office. He is gener-
ally man who has the vaguest
ideas of the actual customs and
necessities of newspaper work, and
who, to save himself from the gal
lows, could not write an editorial
paragraph or a half-column report.
Yet he knows all about the news
paper business. He can tell Just
what this paper should do and that
paper should not do. He can re-
cite to you categoricaly the mis-
takes made by every newspaper in
the city, and he can explain to you
exactly how, if the policy he lays
down were followed, the papers
would all be rolling in wealth.
Above allheis fairly bubbling over
with suggestions as to how you
should run your paper, and remarks
pityingly concerning the manner in
which you neglect your opportuni-
ties: ''You have a bonanza, but you
don't know how to run it, or what
is quite as cheering' "You are vast
ing your time. Your paper can
never be IL success" And so he
drivels on, showing his gross igno-
rance every time he opens his mouth
and apparently oblivious of the fact
that he is not only a bore, but ri
diculous bore into the bargain.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04

Nothing is so pleasing as to have
IA large man thump you in the left
lung to emphasize an argument.
The foundation of many an ever
lasting hatred has been laid in that
way.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27
Western Farm Mortgages.

mi, 20, 80
Inc ohicago Mo,t OF September 10Th
cails attehtioh TO the questionable and
even Ieckless manner In which certain
:, Wno,caC mortgage companies and
ilIins are dolhg business at the west.
~ says, ny way Oh Illustration; "A west
erl !arih mortgage on which over
year interest was IN default was sent
lIV,h tne East ~ Chlca9o Irm Tor
collectlon, anu ny II sent 10 western
oolleePouusn.' WHO reported the Dor
roMei pauIy Oh lie GOWN grade" "A
lew uays later Woru came mat IL would
pe pau, anu niue later Iuli payment
was Iecelveu; Delng lt!le curious on
tne SUBJECT lurtner inquiry was made,
anu repiy came thaU western mort
gage company nau maze delinquent
ne" loan ior rory per cent more than
tne olu auulhg, lor "hich round
COMMISSION COMMISSION was Palo' In another case
Sen'ie,nan III Kansas SOFA one nun
uteu slX'y acres Oh woodland Tor S2,OoO,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27
The Goose Bone i'm Kentucky.

The goose bone may be called "Ken-
tucky's weather prophet" In many
farmhouses it will be found hanging in
the hall, and old men who have had it
for years say that the genuine bone
never fails. The real bone can only be
obtained from goose that was Matched
out in the spring-the month of May
is said to be the best. The goose must
not be killed until Indian summer has
passed away. After cooking remove
the breast bone, scrape it clean and
then wash it in warm water and let it
dry for a day or two. When it has
thus been prepared hold it up to the
sun, or in front of lamp in a dark
room is better, and the dscoloration
may be easily deciphered, and to one
who knows the bone the reading is as
plain as book. A bone shown to a
reporter was taken from a goose Matched
out in May. A row of dots found
around the keel of the bone indicates
the temperature, and the darker the
colder will be the weather. Some light,
cloudy discolorations that spread out
over the keel of the bone are indica-
lions of falling weather, and the darker
these discOlorations the more rain or
snow there will be. The marks divid-
ing the bone indicate the three winter
months, December commencing at the
front. a careful reading of the bone
indicates much more regular weather
than was had last year, and not so Sc
we're. There will not be many DAYS
during which running water will freeze.
The coolest weather will occur during
the first half of January, and along be-
tween the 18th and the 18th there will
be severe days of freezing. 1t will be
the severest part of the whole season.
Near the point of the bone the discolo-
ration is a little heavy, thus showing
that the first day of winter will give
proof of the seasons change. This will
be followed by rising temperature and
falling weather for Christmas. January
will be ushered in cold, and the cold
will strengthen as the days lengihen,
the coolest days of winter falling about
the Sth of the month. This severe
weather will be brief, followed by rising
temperature and heavy thaws, and the
last half of the month will see many
rains and SHOWS. During February
there will not be any very cold weather,
but it will be very disagreeable month
with snow and rain. a few cold days
is all that the month will contribute to
winter. An early and decided thaw is
among the promises of the bone. The
February thaw will overflow the noun
tain streams, and disastrous floods may
be looked for. Altogether, the winter
will be what is known as an open season,
a good wheat STANDARDIZATION at Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27
The BarthOldi Statue.

One can get the best view of the
statue as a whole, perhaps, from the
southernmost angle of the old fort wall,
where the worm eaten flagstaff is still
standing. 1t was never quite clear be-
fore the goddess's head and neck were
put in place, Just in what direction she
would look. Her back is surely now
to Communipaw and her face toward
the Narrows and Sandy Hook Lean
ing against the fort wall and gazing
upward, one feels at once the stately
symmetry of the splendid bronze figure,
its graceful sweep of outline from the
shapely foot, half-hidden in the trail
shoulders, high-arched neck and open
brow. 1t would puzzle modiste to
tell at glance what sort of drapery the
goddess has on. The heavy folds
from the waist down look both
ancient and modern-a Roman woman's
tunic run to length of skirts, perhaps.
And if the lower half betrays the tunic,
the upper, even more distinctly, is
Roman toga. Its cumbrous folds weigh
on the breast and shoulders and gather
in bulging knot under the left arm.
The dress is masculine almost, though
not more so than the bust and face; the
goddess it must be remembered, hav-
ing, like Minerva, the qualities of man
and woman mixed. The face, as it
looks from distance, is an eager, high
bred one, with pure Greek features
the rich hair gathered in loose knot
above the neck serves only to intensity.
There are one or two woodenish curls
behind the ears, but most of the rough
lines have come out finely. The right
arm is held almost perpendicularly and
the hand is turned so that the palm
faces outwardly. This would be awk-
ward, the critics say, with man, but
with women and goddesses, of course,
such things are beyond solution Tiib-
ulle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27
FlOrida's Recovery From the Frost.

Mr.. William j. Vinegar, president
of the First National bank of Palatka,
Florida, gives an account of the condi-
ton of things in Florida, which will be
interesting to many who are concerned
in the development of that state. Mr..
Vinegar says that when the great
"freeze" of last winter occurred, nearly
everybody thought that Florida had
received disastrous setback. But a
few months have put very different
face on affairs, and now it looked as if
the freeze would turn out, like many
other mishaps, to have been blessing
in disguise, real advantage to the
state, as showing just how Florida
stood. After the freeze things looked
pretty melancholy. The orange trees
stood blackened, with nearly all the
crop that remained ungathered wholly
ruined. 1t was feared that the trees
might be crippled for years. But with
the spring came unusually abundant
rains, and the trees put out a surprising
strength of new growth, recovering
entirely what had been lost The as
pect of the country was now really
beautiful; in spite of the effort neces-
NulN W iNN Slphi i5 iHC iipbo
were handsomely laden with the golden
fruit, those which were in bearing be-
fore, would yield at least two-thirds of
the usual amount, and the thousands
of new trees coming into bearing for
the first time, would make up the diff
ference, so that it looked as if this sea-
sons crop, instead of being compare
lively of no account, would be up to
what last years would have been had
the freeze not occurred. To be sure, it
was not a pleasant thing for orange
raisers to see their fruit frozen solid on
the trees, and if it were likely to occur
right along, they would be discouraged,
of course. But there had not been
anything like that cold spell for about
fifty years, and it would not be likely
to happen again for many years to
come. But it would teach orange
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27

growers to be on their guard against il
One precaution which had been shown
to be desirable, was the planting of
wind breaks for the orange groves.
Those groves which had been thus pro-
tected, had suffered the least, and all
level-headed orange growers would
take the hint, and shelter their planta-
tions with belts of rapidly growing trees
of dense habit to the windward. The
freeze had also been of advantage in
demonstrating the varieties of orange
trees which would best stand against
the cold, so that the main dependence
might be placed on them. For instance,
the Mandarins had been nearly all des-
troyed, while the Tangerines, which
resemble them closely, proved to be
harder than the regular orange trees.