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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20

THE following relative to the action
of the secretary of the interior in the
case of Brittin vs.. Comissionef of Land
Office, will be interesting to commute
ed homestead people in this country
who have heretofore pre-empted
lands: 1.-THE secretary of the interior
has rendered dscision in the ex parte
case of James Brittin, of Devils Lake,
OAK, reversing the decision of the
commissioner of the general land
office of Nov. IL, 1885, which held that
as under section 226l, Revised
Statutes, a person was entitled to but
one presumption right, he could not
after perfecting one presumption right
be permitted to commute a homestead
entry to cash entry under section
230l, Revised Statutes, IS this would
be equivalent TO asecond exercise Of the
same right. The secretary says that
he concurs in the construction of the
statute as constructed by his predeces-
sors, to the effect that the law intend
ed to secure to those who had hereto
fore availed themselves of the pre-.
emption right, the benefit of the
homestead law in addition thereto.
In respect to the interests involved
this decision is regarded by land office
officials as extremely important.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
Diaz Doing Wonders for Mexico.

President Diaz is doing wonders for Mexico.
I read the Mexican papers regularly and find
a great change in tone from the time when /
was there. don't think any one, however
enterprising or progressive he may be, can
make Mexico an active, pushing country.
There will always be excessively rich people
there and excessively poor people. In the in
terror Of Mexico the people are very poor.
They have become accustomed to a life Of
laziness and nothing can induce them to
work. The weather is always warm, fruits
always grow and clothes are not necessary.
Children go naked and grown people wear
very few garments and those only Of the
coarsest material.
They live lazy, idle life and nothing could
change them. The peonage system has been
abolished for years and yet many OF the ig-
norant Mexicans still engage rs poems, not
yet knowing that they have been freed from
that sort Of bondage. The railroads may
Americanize some OF the cities, but the Mexi-
cans will always be Mexicans Marquis
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20

In our local columns we give ver-
batim copy of the interesting and in
structing remarks made by Honorable
Charles r. Pollard, judge of our dis
trict court, delivered by him at The
Macqueen house. in this city, on the
occasion Of the banquet given in his
honor by the lawyers and other Off
GERS the court. The Judge while he
has been with us, has measured up to
the just and exacting standard which
his speech Of last night sets up for the
conduct of those who sit as interpre-
tiers of law and who hold the scales of
justice. We cordially congratulate
the Judge that his conduct has gained
him the esteem of the people, of both
political parties, and we are particu-
larly pleased that the banquet was in
no wise connected with any political
feeling-bot was simply an expression
of the genaral regard of our legal
friends for a gentleman who has done
well
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20

"a NATIONAL sham" Is what the
New York Tribune styles the range
system of handling cattle. The writer
reads the weather reports about minus
zero and looks at the New York Pic
torial Weekly's illustration of lot of
steers snarled in a wire fence down in
Kansas and then writes up "What |
know about CATTLE" We are willing
to have Horace Greeley's successor on
the Tribune come to our Yellowstone
valley and inspect our stock which
have come through our winter, and II
he discovers that they have suffered
we will admit that he is correct in his
news. The man who speaks from
knowledge is pardonable IL he err, but
the man who ventilates his ignorance
should be suppressed.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
Saturday, March 40, 1886.

THE territorial grand jury in Lewis
and Clarke county has turned its guns
upon the county commissioners. The
jury demanded the resignation of the
commissioners. Grand juries have
great power for good and evil. Moved
by justice they may indict, recon-
mend or censure; moved by clamor, or
misled by Ignorance, or prompted by
spite they may do much to blast good
men. Power should be used cautious
ly. Every act of a grand jury has
force beyond the object toward which
its action is directed. The Indictment
of one wrong doer either deters other
bad citizens from contemplated deeds
or causes the lawbreaker to mend his
ways, or makes the good citizen and
faithful officer only the more anxious
to continue in well doing in order that
he may not fall under even unjust sus-
picion. Custer county commissioners
are, We doubt not, trying to do their
strict duty. The grand jury had no
reason to animadvert upon them, and
Custer county can and does say, with
the Pharisee that it is st thankful that
we are not as other men are" Close
scrutiny of all bills presented to them
is what We earnestly recommend to
the commissioners. The charges
made by the Lewis and CLARKE county
jury against the commissioners en-
braced that want of economy. We
are of the opinion that our commits
sioners may be more economical.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
Did Like Tennyson, After All.

Literary young lady Ito her father)-
Paw, thinks it's awful strange that you
don't like Tennyson when everybody dotes
on him.
Father with look Of surprise)-I do
like him.
Young Lady, am so glad, for
thought that you disliked his writ
ings.
Father-Oh, his writings; well,
haven't any use for his writings, but
haven't anything personally against the
old man-Ar,.ansa " Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
Inspiration of an Indian Girl.


The other day was told this story at the
Howard university: A little Indian girl, a
wounded and terrified little thing, was
brought in here from the Sand Creek massa-
ere, Colorado-they call il battle out there
and placed at this school For the first
year she was mute, moody, entirely silent,
and unapproachable. What in the world
could this ungrateful little savage have been
thinking about!
But finally she made friend or two, and
then she began to talk, and to talk weird and
wonderful things. She seemed inspired. She
laid her fingers on the keys and played the
piano almost instantly and, incredulous as it
seems, perfectly. But she was falling away.
A flower that had been gathered from the
wild and far west in the fashion she had been
gathered could only droop and die. Yet,
having touched the keys, she could not let
go. She played and played almost con-
stantly, and entirely by ear and inspiration.
At last she was too ILL., She could only Lie in
her room and wait for death.
But special occasion was approaching, n
birthday party among the young girls of
some sort, and she was entreated to play, for
the hall would he filed with famous people
from far about who had heard of her, and
would come only to see and hear her. OF
course she declined; said it was impossible
she should never play any more. But in the
midst Of the entertainment, and at precisely
the time desired, she came gliding down, and
all in ghostly white. She was wearing her
shroud. do not dare repeat the praises that
were showered upon her. Suddenly she arose,
glided silently away, and on, and up to her
room.
They found her little time after in her
room lying ON her back very still, her loving
little hands across her breast, her great black
eyes forever closed. She was dead. And
they buried her as she lay, without even so
much as disturbing lock of her heavy raven
hair.-Joaquin Miller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
Railroad from Africa,s Interior.

Science calls attention to the first well.
developed plan for the construction of q
railway connecting the interior Of Africa
with the Atlantic ocean. On Dec. %,
1885, an agreement was made at Brussels
between the independent state Of Congo
and delegates from the Congo Railway
company, of Manchester, England, grant
ing to this company the right to construct
a railway to connect the upper and lower
Congo. The capital will be 5000, 600, and
subscriptions will be Immediately opened
in the capitals Of the four states which
signed the general act of the Congo con-
ference at Berlin Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
The Absurdity OF Having Ushers.

The fashion Of having ushers at an after
noon tea or reception is simply absurd. The
hostess who does not know the people she in
vites had much better not be able to call them
by name. Ushers are a convenience at we'd
ding receptions, where from necessity many
guests are strangers 10 either bride or bride
groom, but in an Informal sat home they
are as out OF place as policeman.-Bostou
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-20
s. GORDON.
w. d. KNIGHT.

No bills against THE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL,
contracted BY any Of the employees Of said paper or.
others, win be recognised unless accompanied by
written order signed BY the publisher or business
manager.
The editor Of TIE YeLLowsrosE JOURNAL is not
responsible for any Of the opinions or utterances OF
its correspondents.
All letters and communications containing mat.
ter intended for publication In this paper, should
b addressed TO "THE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL"
and the name Of the writer must be given to insure
attention.
Notice 10 hereby given to all concerned that The
YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL holds the contract from
the governor Of Montana, to do all printing and
advertising Of whatever nature chargeable TO Gus
ter county and 10 also the designated and only
paper In Custer county In which services BY pub
ucation can be legally made. Legal notices pub.
iissed In other papers Of Custer county, are rosd
and worthless A. has been decided by the courts OF
Montana.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17
How Riders Reduce Their Weight.

"That is the way they reduce their weight" I"
said horseman at the state fair the other day.
A crowd had gathered about one of the stalls
at the west end Of the horse tier Within was
a magnificent, cleanly built running mare
feeding at crib and almost treading upon a
negro boy, who lay stretched at full length in
the straw on the floor apparently in great
agony. "He's getting over a drunk" said one.
"That man Is hurt; that horse has stepped ON
him." said another, benevolent old gentle
man, who attempted to open the door and
save the lad from further injury,
"s;tand back from that stall, said gruff
voice behind; didn't you people ever see a
man train for a running race before9
He went into the stall and asked the boy
what he wanted, "Water" he gasped, The
man laid back the thick woolen blankets with
which the boy was covered. About his body
were heavy skin-tight sweaters. The boy
raised himself on his elbow with difficulty,
swallowed the little water allowed him and
sank back as feeble as child
"He weighs 49," said the man in charge,
aand he got to train down to no. 1t makes
'em weak while they are sweating, but when
they get out of the woolens and begin to eat
they pick up strength quickly"
The bullet headed colored rider said after
wards that he reduced his weight from 11S to
1903 i'm "a hours. Philadelphia Press.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17
LIFE OF A STREET CAR HORSE.

Retired From Public Service After Five
or Six Years and Then Sold.
Whether it is mental strain which eventu-
ally ruins the constitution of the car horse I
don't pretend to know, but the fact remains
that, after enjoying public life for five or six
years, they are retired. The retirement is
sometimes congenial, but oftener not Many
learned men believe that horse is wiser in
quiet way than some human beings. If
TINS is true, does not the young colt, scamper-
ing about ut will in the field of its first
owner, dream of the days of ease which will
follow the years of work to come? It has the
example of its mother. This good soul, for
twenty years or more, aided the farmer in
piowing the soil, or in harvest time stored
the hay in his barn. She is now enjoying the
leisure which she has so hardly earned.
The day arrives when colt and mother
must part. The former is taken to the city
and sold to a railroad company, while the
latter pursues the even tenor of her life, hop
ing each year that the lost one will return.
Vain hope! The colt which at four years of
age left its home, buoyed up with hope, en-
ters the service of q railroad company. No
more for him will COW bells jingle No more
will he feel the caressing nose of his mother
on his forehead, or sniff new-mown hay or
partake of fresh green grass. Instead of such
pleasures he must jog patiently in front of
car, with a SCARED veteran for companion,
and after five years service finds himself
broken down and useless. Between five and
seven years is the average life of a car horse.
Some have been used by the company for ten
years or more; but such are rare cases.
Like an orange, the juice of which has been
sucked, the car horse then, after five years of
faithful service, is condemned and sold for
pittance The $500 horse of five years ago is
the $25 SIS or even $5 horse of to-day.
Horses which have outlived their usefulness
are sold at auction at prices ranging from
$50 to $40 and IS. Occasionally poor ami
NAL is in such bad condition that it cannot be
sold at any price. Being useless, the horse is
shot and its bones allowed to bleach on the
odoriferous soil of Barren island. The horses
in a salable condition are bought by huck-
sters, peddlers, rag men aud others, who
treat them kindly or otherwise, according to
their several natures. One of the principal
reasons for the premature age of car horses is
that at all times while on duty they are COM
PEELED to stop suddenly and with but little
warning. Such violent treatment has a
wearing effect and is evidenced by the fast
whitening locks and general lackadaisical
appearance of many horses seen daily on the
streets of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.

In Cheyenne, Wy. L, there is q Maltese
cat that drives the COWS to and from the past
ure as successfully as cowboy could.
A Pittsburg confectioner has dog and
horse that are fond of kissing each other.
They occupy the same stall, and the two are
inseparable. .r.e
A hen whose head and mouth are described
as being in striking resemblance of q snakes,
is classed among the possessions of Pcnsa-
cola, Fla, man.
A pet deer at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
was being worried by dogs. A friend of the
deer's owner fired shot at its tormentors.
He killed the deer -.s.s
A. B. Belcher, of Bainbridge, Ca, has an
OK which, in addition to its regular compile
ment of horns, has one fourteen inches long
growing out of his shoulders.
Punxsutawney, Pa, has a crow that is
fonder of chewing gum than is Boston girl.
He steals pennies and buys it from grocery
man who knows his weakness.
a dog belonging to David English, of
Frankfort, Mich, lay ON bridge an entire
day and could not be driven Off. A search
was finally begun for its master. His dead
body was soon found in the water near the
bridge. s.. -a.....s.s g..
Oscar Galley and Win Jones, of Stantons-
burg, N. c., were out shooting and saw
squirrel run into a hole in tree. Will
climbed the tree to scare him out, and Oscar
waited for chance to shoot. The chance
came, for the squirrel popped out, but in
stead of hitting the game the boy hit his
conrade, who plunged headlong to the
ground dead -4s@-- 2
A remarkable cat, which moves and acts
like a kangaroo, is owned by Joe Elley, pet
animal faneier of New Haven. Besides the
usual number of claws on each of its paws a
nail grows out Of each front paw, one of
which is rolled up like a key ring, and looks
like little rams horn. Its fore legs have an
extra joint, and its tail would do honor to a
well bred pug dog. The cat sits up after the
manner of q kangaroo and is great rat
catcher It is valued at 500,
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17

AMONG THE RAILROADS.
The Northwestern and Minnesota will b
into Chicago March l. -

The Northwestern and Minnesota will be
into Chicago March /.
A large sale of Lard by the Atlantic and
Pacific company to Chicago capitalists is re-
ported 1t is 1,000, 900 acres at S1.25 an acre.
The Canada Southern company's next
statement will show that S300, 900 has been
expended for new equipment, etc, since last
May, and surplus to declare a dividend of
2 to 2H per cent. ..lt .-s
Special freight trains have been placed on
the Pennsylvania road making twenty FIVE to
thirty miles an hour. This is done to meet
the demands OF merchants who complained OF
slow transportation. M a4aSa /
Il The Canadian Pacific viii have q through
line to Boston by May ana cars wiil25e
running through Oh that date. The route
will be over the Boston and Lowell, and 60
direct from Montreal over the st. Lawrence
at Laehine, where a bridge is now being
built. ..s-.s e5s.-s5.,.,-.-
In 1866 twenty-ene roads between Chicago
and the Atlantic coast cities carried q, $50 245
tons, and the rate per ton per mile was 2. .945
cents In 1885 the same roads carried 150,-
972,O25 tons, and the rate per ton per mile
was .767. This gives some idea of the prog
ress of American railroads.
The day OF narrow gauge railroad building
seems to have passed away and narrow gauge
roads are being changed to the standard
gauge all over the country The difficulty
about maintaining the narrow gauge system
is the necessity of retrucking the cars to
make connections with standard gauge roads
or transferring freight, either of which has
been found imnracficahle
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17

I met gentleman recently who told me
that he never made but one bet in his life, and
although he won it yet the money brought
him SO much bad luck that he never repeated
the offense 1t was made on o presidential
election, and no won $780, He was away
from honse at the time, and he invested the
money in handsome set of furniture for his
wife. Their home was being improved, and
this set of furniture would be a pleasant sur
prise to her. The furniture was packed and
shipped, but an accident happened to the boat
and it was tied up six weeks in a hot port.
When delivered it was so much damaged that
after removing the handsome marble tops the
furniture was sent to q cabinet shop for re-
pairs, Shortly afterward the shop took fire
and the furniture was burned. On his return
homo, after hearing of the loss Of his furniture,
he found that one of the worlmen had let
something fall on one of tho marble slabs and
broken it. He thought he would finish the bust
ness, SO he got sledge hammer and smashed
the whole lot of marble His only son, a boy
years of age, stood by to see the fun, but
stumbled and fell on sharp piece of marble,
receiving dangerous wound on his temple.
He has grown to manhood, bat win carry to
his grave an ugly scar.-Louisville Courier
.To,truaI nss
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.

1t is probable that New Orleans will have
an all winter race meeting
Bill Monahan, of Omaha, has offered to
fight John l.. Sui ivan for 1000 a side,
Queensberry rules.
The first racing season of the Prince of
Wales as an owner has been signal failure
Two of tho princes three horses have died
and the third amounts to very little.
w. G. George, the runner, is on his way
to New York. He expects to settle down
there for good, after making trip to Aus
tralia, where he will probably run Malone
Jack, Dempsey will make New York his
home in the future. He will arrive from San
Francisco about the middle of December,
and expects to fight Charley Mitchell for
S22,500a side i
Now that the speedy bicycle riders, Fred
Wood and Robert James, are en- route to
Australia q number of professionals wish to
follow after them. They think q well filled
purse awaits them in the east.
Tommy Danforth, champion featherweisht
of America, and Jack Harding, OF Philadel-
phia, arc matched to fight with skin tight
gloves for $50 Il side and the featherweight
championship within three weeks.
Articles of agreement for dash of 125
yards have been signed by George H. Smith,
of Pittsburg, and Harry NJ. johnson, the
champion slrinter of America, also of Pitts
burg The race will be for purse OF $1,000
and will take place at the Exposition driving
park, Pittsburg, on Dec. 6.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-17
WHAT THE CHILDREN SAY.

A little school boy in Waterloo, named
George Richardson, nearly paralyzed his
teacher the other day in reading from the
first chapter of Genesis. In place of ''Let
there bc armament" the urchin read it,
"And the Lord said, let there be fire meet
ing. g."-Geneseo Republican
Hally is an intensely practical child, and
much given to authorizations. He is very
fond of Bible stories, too, and never tires OF
several of his special favorites. One Of these
is the history of Joseph and his brethren.
Last Sunday he came to his mother with this
request: Mamma, want you to sit right
down now and tell me the story about Joe
and tile other boys. Boston Record.
Our little niece. years old, was visiting
her grandmother. Among other things
given her to play with was q large, old
fashioned cent. Maud took this up and
viewed it meditatively for some time. Then
she suddenly exclaimed: Grandma, I've
been thinking if they used to have such big
cents as this, their dollars must have been
Babybood. .-.-
On recent occasion in Rochester parish
school a small boy at the first appearance
therein was asked if he knew the Lords
prayer He replied that he had never heard
of it before. Here an urchin at his side, with
friendly feeling toward him and desire to
excuse his ignorance as much as possible,
said to the teacher, eagerly yet sympathiz-
ingly: "Please, ma'am, he's a stranger
from Pennsylvania. Rochester Union.
Little Miss Lily has been allowed to come
to the table on the occasion of her mammals
bif tfhday, after promising tttlat si1o vot1id ID
very, very good. Unfortunately she was
seated opposite a gentleman who was en-
tirely bald. After some time spent in awe
stricken contemplation of the phenomenon,
she could not help remaT king to her mother
in quite audible stage whisper: "Oh, man,
ma! SEQ that gentleman. His head is all
naked. Judge.
A lady who dresses elegantly and belongs
to the high perch of social plunlage, made a
formal call upon q lady of her acquaintance
and waited in the parlor while her card was
sent up. A tiny specimen Of a girl was
present, who eyed the elegant visitor very
closely and seemed much interested in her
appearance. "Well, my DEAR" remarked the
visitor with approval, as she smoothed out her
silks and laces, "wnat do you think Of me-"
"Uh," said the little girl, with the charming
candor of childhood, live seen tlounces be-
fore. Detroit Free Press
Two little misses of this city, respectively
and 6, were invited out to a juvenile party,
and when it was time for them to return to
their home a gentleman present offered HIM
self as their escort They were very digni=
fed and old-fashioned in their speech and
bearing, but their politeness reached its
height when they took leave of their escort.
The eldest, by a year, said with great i'm
pressment: "Good night, Mr.; and thank
you ever SO muchr Then the younger one
put out tiny hand and lisped: "Dood night,
Mither -; an thank you most to death!"-
Detroit Free Press