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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-05-27

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-05-27

DIR. Piercc's pheasant Purgative Pellets
are both PREVENT 20 and curative.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
w. j. Williams,
County Treasure

If you understand the above report
you do well. The total Of the detail
statement does not equal the total
just above it. Ifyou subtract two items
1.-THE amout paid the Territory and that
paid the township school treasurer
then the detail statement amounts To
more than the amount expended
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
I. @. O. f.

Washington Springs Lodge No. 81, Meets every
Tuesday night. Brothers of the order from
l.. N. Loomis N. G..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
G.. A, r,
FRONTIER Il U. D., A. E. e A. n.

Stated communications. Friday evenings on
or before the full moon. Visiting brethren fra
ternally invited to be present
G. W. MCDONALD W.. M.
E. G. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
A Gran d Good Time.

A Gran Good Time.
The Farmers Picnic at Wallaces
grove last Saturday was a complete
success SO far as attendance, interest
speeches and music were concerned.
The weather might have been warmer
and the shade more acceptable, but
the chilly air did not chill the arder Of
the farmers, and jolly good humor pre-
vailed. We arrived on the scene Of
action just in time to help empty a
lunch basket, and accept a luscious
watermelon with compliments of
farmer Hawthorne. The afternoon
program was good. Opened with sing
ing after which a speech by E. V,
Miles president of Jerauld county
Alliance.
He thought farmers capable Of making
their own speeches at their gatherings.
The time is past when farmers can
oratory of professional men picturing
the glory Of the sweating brow and
the 'shardened hand of honest toll.
Toll is not in itself necessarily glori-
Gus, but should not descend to drudg-
cry. Farmers work too much, and
think too little. Brain is the great
motive power Of this age, and muscle
but a feeble instrument. Farmers
must study their best interest, and
organize to cope with the great organ
lied body of grain buyers aud shippers.
The president then called for reports
from the Township Alliances.
Judge Converse made short speech
IN which he said farmers were not
sufficiently represented in legislative
halls. Laws were made to favor law
yers rather than farmers.
3. r. Shrimp, Ben Swatman, o. j.
Marshall, n. E. Williams, Judge
Woodruff G. w. Hill and A. Il. Smart
followed with reports of Alliances in
short speeches. Captain Van Etten
being present was called upon, and
made few witty remarks, and urged
farmers to keek out of debt. A closing
song was then sung and the farmers
picnic became "a thing Of the
past and memory forever"
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
COUNTY.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FINAN-
CIAL CONDITION
of Jerauld county, Dakota, June Both
1886, and Of the receipts and expenses
during the year ending June Both 1886.
FLOATING INDEBTEDNESS.
Warrants drawn against general
fund and not paid $ll562, 10
Cash in treasury June Both. 1886 be-
longing to Jerauld county and held for
warrants called in $577,6 go
Total floating Indebtedness less cash
in treasury SlO984,57
Entire debt June Both. 1856 $1O9S5,57,
Receipts and expenditures during
the year ending June Both, 1886.
Taxes collected on Territorial fund
$l67074
Taxes collected on county fund
$297l ,83.
g +" bridge fund 1901, 73.
Co. school and school
poll $1961,9O.
Advertising fees $4S,5O
Taxes collected OH township school
I a9O78,25.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24

NO. 1872.
i" road poll and land
road S1948,47. 4
TOTAL ,$18581 ,62 e.
EXPENDITURES.
10 Territorial treasurer 1920
To redeemed road warrants and roaS
receipts 1857,
Warrants redeemed and interest paid
on general county fund $2569,3.
On county school and school poll
$12O2,63.
Paid township school. treasurer's
$7238.73.
Warrants redeemed on bridge fund
$765,67.
Collected fees of Co. treasurer a.
gainst allfunds $729,82.
Advertising Real Estate S4S,5O.
TOTAL. $15453,97.
EXPENDITURES In DETAIL,
SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Clerks Salary $4,000
Supt. Schools Salary and fees 1880
Sheriff and Deputy's fees 652,2s
County Attorneys Salary 1855
County Coroner's fees, Gaffin \ 20,D0
County CONS, per diem, and 1nilage
5GO,25
TOTAL. $247I,u
DISTRICT COURT EXPENSES.
Grand Jurors $1,000
Petit Jurors 1000
Witness fees and mileage 1910
Clerk of Court 40,75
Stenographers 5000
Bailiffs 500
TOTAL. a379,S5
JUSTICE COURT.
Justices fees 1885
Witness fees and mileage 307,SO
Constables 1855
TOTAL. ss55Isl ;.
MISCELLANEOUS. NJ
Election returns ss32,soN
Cororner's juries 1905
Book and stationery anc blanks for all
officers 5O4,3O
Lights, fuel and repairs of Co. Offices
and jail 1923
TOTAL. $lO44,63
SUPPORT OF THE POOR
Temporary relief S257,45
TOTAL. $751;
TOTAL general county expenses S47O4,SS
Cost of court house, Jail, Jail cells and
stoves and furniture for same $s3344S3.5A
ROAD AND BRIDGE EXPENSES.
Supervisors orders paid $4,000
Material 36G,54
Contracts 1860
County surveyors fees 32,7o
Hired help $3.50
TOTAL. $i245.99
GRAND Total $S18S.39
RECAPITULATIO
Total receipts during year S1S5s1 50
Total paid out by treasurer. during
year S15453,97
Balance on hand in treasury, June
Both. 1885 $3i27,55
June 5Gth. 1885,
We. the undersigned certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct state
ment of the financial affairs of Jerauld
county, Dakota, June 30th 1886 and Of
the expenses and receipts for and dur
ing the year ending June 3Oth., a 70
1886. l. n, LOOMS,
County Clerk
w. j. Williams,
County Treasure
If you understand the above report
you do well. The total Of the detaE
statement does not equal the total
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
r. C. w. C.. r. u.

The Jerauld County W. q. I. U. meets when
called Wy Executive Committee.
Mrs y. G. Hall, (Wessington springs2 Pres.
Mrs i. n. Miles Cor. Sec.
Mrs. M. Spears Rec. Sec.
Mrs. T.. l.. TOfflemire Treas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
JERALUD COUNTY's REPRE-
SENTATIVE.

1t is claimed By some OF the Jerauld
county people, and we must confess,
with much show OF reason, that an
attempt IS being made by Sanborn and
Beedle county politicians to name the
representative from Jerauld. 1t is
averred by these Jerauld county folks
that DR.. DE-. Roger, Alpena, is the man
whom these intermeddling politicians
propose to cram down the Threats of
the people of that county, whether or
no. Now, we haven't a word to say
against Mr.. Roger as a fit man for the
Legislature. He may be the most emin-
emily fitted man in the county, for
aught we know; certainly the TIMES
knows nothing against his candidacy,
so far as his fitness is concerned; but
an attempt such as we have mentioned
on the part of either Sanborn or Beadle
or the two combined, can be caracter-
Used only as intermeddllng, improper
unwise. The only reason that can be
assigned to such action is that Huron
is anxious to secure men from this dis
trict who will stand by her in the event
of capital removal scheme next winter
and any such attempt on the part Of
Beadle, or Sanborn county tools can
only result disastrously to Huron. The
people of Jerauld are not prepared to
have any man cramnled down their
throat: they feel themselves able to
name their own chosen man. and no
doubt give the other two counties in
the district, a privilege. There exists
this legislative district. at present,
no hostility to Huron or Beadle coun-
ty, or any other town or cou nty in the
district, but any such atthmpt will
Immediately create the hottest sort Of
hostility agains the town or county
attempting it, If any such scheme is
on foot in Sanborn county, it must
emanate from the Price-Estee-Ne
clique. Such an attempt would be in
perfect accord with their action thus
far That action has been characterized
by an attempt towholly control the
action of the caucus in this township,
and if possible in Sanborn county Fair
minded men will take warning and see
that no such unfair advantage is TAX
en- of Jerauld county or Of them
Woonsocket Times.
Judge II. M. Rice wishes US to state
for the benefit OF the public /" that as
Il county officer he has received but
$4GO from the county for services as
probate judge during his term of office,
nearly years and that he has opposed
every thing that had tendency to in
crease taxation unnecessarily.
TO TILE VOTERS OF JERAULD COUNTY.
hereby announce myself candi-
y 70 81 4 -E
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
Territorial omoers.

O.S. Clifford. Delegate in Congress.
Gilbert A. Pierce. Observation-Disclosures. Governor.
M, l.. Mccormick. ...................Sec Secretary.
j. w. Raymond. ...................Tre Treasurer.
e. w. Caldwell. Observation-Disclosures Auditor.
M. Taylor. Surveyor General.
Az. Zones .Supt, Public Instruction.
j, ". GOwen. Observation-Disclosures. Assistant.
Bartlett Trip. Chief Justice.
VIM. IT, Church, Associate Justice.
G. S. Palmer. ..............As Associate Justice.
VIM. III. Francis,... ........ Associate Justice.
VIM. g.. Mcconnell. Associate Justice,
Lewis X. Church, Associate Justice.
Hugh j. Campbell III. S. District Attorney.
Gen. Geo. Rice ....... Territorial Attorney.
ID. w. Maratta ...... United States Marshall.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
E.D. g. Ord. Relief Corps. No. l2.

Regls. meeting every Saturday, on or before
the full i:io0n of each month.
Mrs. y. Cummings ......................F res.
Mrs, g. NJ Spears. ......................S Sec.
Mrs. Lizzie Smith. Observation-Disclosures. Treas
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
J. C. A. &. I. S.

!. G. a, g.. I. S.
The principal place of business of the Jerauld
tounty Agricultural & Industrial Society, is
Washington Springs.
B. &. Cummings President,
H. j. Wallace Secretary,
WI. Williams Treasurer.
M. e Church.
Services are held each Sabbath as follows:
Preaching at II o'clock Il. IN. Aug 1st, 18th y 80.
Preaching at s: 90 O'Clock p. III. Aug 9Th &22nd.
Rev. James Trewartha. ................ Pastor.
Sunday school 1t 10 am.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
w. C.. T. u.
j, G. f. a..

The Jerauld County Farmers Alliance
its meetings ut the court House i'll Wessir
Springs.
Z. " Miles =. 49,. .. :. :. :. :. :. .Presit
o.. j. Marshall .... .Secre
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
Hair for Wigs.

The hair for making wigs comes from
all parts of the world. The natural
blonde comes from Norway and Sweden.
Dealers in the south of France supply
great quantities of dark hair and thou
sands of pounds of black hair are brought
from Italy to New York every year.
China sends us the cheapest hair, but
it is rather coarse, and is used in manu-
featuring low-grade theatrical wigs
and back pieces, braids and bangs for
ladies' street wear. By bleaching and
dyeing, Chinese hair can be given any
color that is desired. But it assumes
auburn shades best, and an enormous
quantity of it has been used. The
Swedish hair is rarely longer than
TWENTY-FIVE inches, and when received
here it is always dirty and teeming with
insects. French hair is generally clean,
but the Italian hair, which comes to
New York in 1OO-pound bundles, is ex-
ceedingly filthy, and the workmen who
clean it before it is purchased by the
wig-makers sometimes contract diseases
from handling it. Dyed hair is called
"dead," and becomes harsh after being
worn short time. Chemicals are used
to give it glossy appearance. Besides
the human hair large quantities of yak
and angora goat hair and jute fiber are
used.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
EmbalMed by the Soil.

Human bodies buried in limestone
countries are often turned to solid stone
by the water which penctrates the
graves In other soils there are elements
which sometimes SO embalm the buried
dead as to preserve form and features un-
changed. Many such cases are on record.
Robert Burns's body was disinterred in
1915, to be removed to new tomb. To
the surprise ofall his friends, the features
were found to be as perfect as at burial.
The case of John Hampden, the
famous English patriot and leader, was
more surprising. His body was disin-
tered by Lord Nugent, two hundred
years after burial, but form and features
were as unchanged as if the corpse had
been recently laid in the grave.
When general Washington's body was
taken up at Mt. Vernon, to be laid in a
sarcophagus and removed to the perma-
nent tomb, his face was found to be in a
state of perfect preservation.
In all these cases, however, the process
of decay hao gone on internally, thong
arrested at the surface. After brief ex-
posure to the air, the body crumbled,
and all resemblance to life passed away.
= Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
The Town Cow.

One of the most annoying things that
the country people has to contend with
(says the West Union (O.) Defender) is
the ordinary town COW. When the farm
er leaves home he puts in the bottom of
his sleigh or sled bountiful armful of
hay. This answers the twofold purpose
of a seat and to keep the feet of himself
and the good wife warm. He arrives at
town, unloads his wife in front of some
store, and proceeds to hitch his team at
some point about the public square. No
sooner is his back turned than dozen
starved cows Immediately surround his
sled, and before he can say "Jack Robin
son with his mouth open," every straw in
his sled has gone through the gastric
oritices of the aforesaid cows. We no.
ticed one particularly careful fellow the
other day. After hitching his team he
took his hay and carried it into the court
house yard. He was going to have the
deadwood on that bunch of hay and de-
parted for saloon with grin on his
face. We watched the proceedings with
considerable interest. He was not out
of sight until three Or four long horns
opened the gate and proceeded to the
pile and chewed it up. Clubbing these
lean kind does no good. In fact they
rather enjoy the fun. You can take an
ordinary stick of cordwood and bounce
it from off their carcasses fifty feet high
and they will turn around and smile at
you They don't even grunt when you
have hit them hard enough to staye in
their ribs. Such punishment seems only
to act as tonic; it whets their appetites
and makes them enjoy the repast which
the farmer has hauled to them from his
home many miles distant. And after it
is all over just notice the peculiar look
they give the man who came to town sit
ting on pile of hay, as he departs for
home on the bare boards! The town
COW is a nuisance, but at the same time a
necessity in all rural villages. A "home
without mother would not be more
lonesome spectacle than rural village
without its herd of lean long-horned,
stump tailed cows.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
Concerning Pensions.

An Examiner of Pensions gives the fol
lowing hints concerning applications for
pensions that may be of use to old sol
diers:
Now in obtaining pensions all the Gov
ernment wants are the facts, simple plain
facts, and then there is no trouble If a
man can prove that he is suffering from
disability contracted in the arm v, and
while on duty, he will get a pension with
out any trouble. He may have proof, say
of two persons, one perhaps in California,
another may be in Maine. No matter
where they are we go and see them and
get their statements. The government
gives man all the opportunity in the
world to establish the fact that he is en-
titled to a pension. The claimant is not
required to so to any expense whatever,
but the government stands it ALL All
that is necessary is simply to prove that
it is deserving of a pension. Sometimes
man applies for pension but that does
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
Canned Goods.

In the testimony brought forward in
the recent Kolyer- -Thurber case, much
light was thrown by expert and other
witnesses upon the methods, in some in
stances, of the canning trade. Besides
the copper boiling and zinc soldering
practices, other reprehensible modes of
manufacture were testified to. One wit
ness, who said that he had been in the
canning business for thirty years, gave
simple means of distinguishing spoiled
from wholesome fruit. 1t is understood
that when air can get at the contents of
the can decomposition will ensue. The
wholesomeness of the goods, therefore,
depends entirely upon the air-tight con-
dition of the can. The witness asserted
that when can is perfectly air tight
there will be a hollow in the heads-that
is, they will cave in. If they are level,
and spring back when pressed upon, they
are known to the trade as "spring bot
toms"-that is, air has got in and the
contents are in state of fermeptation.
The cans have been badly soldered or
sealed up. If the spring bottoms"
stand long enough they become what is
known as 'swell- -heads"-that is, the
bottoms have become convex and swell
out, condition due to the generation of
gases by the process of fermentation. In
order to sell these goods unscrupulous
dealers resort to what witnesses called
"reprocessing" That is, the dealers
make a hole in the head of the can, heat
the fruit and solder it up again; or, as
this trick is easily detected, shrewder
manufacturers melt open the original
vent-hole, heat the fruit and then resol-
der the can at the old place. This leaves
no mark, and therefore removes all evi-
dencc that the can has been tampered
with. .-Ne,o York Commercial.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
The Thirteen Superstition.

Some of the fashionable people of Bos-
ton are firm believers in the superstition
which is opposed to thirteen at table.
this often leads to awkward complca-
tions, for their dinner parties are fire.
quently arranged for fourteen. When
this is the case and one of the guests can.
not attend, and does not apprise the
hostess of this fact until the day of the
dinner great exertions are made TO OBJ
tain the one necessary to make up the
original number, and many ladies accept
short invitations in order to help their
friends out of their dilemma. When the
one desired cannot be found, it is often
convenient for member of the family to
be indisposed. This, of course, makes
the number of diners even, but it is
doubtful if it prevents any of them from
dying within the year. Boston Budget.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
Forever Young.

The wild world hastens on Its way;
The gray.haired century nears 1t close;
It's sorrow depens day by day;
The Summer blush forsakes the rose.
But, darling, while your voice hear,
And while your dark-brown eyes | see,
Sad months and sunless, seasons drear,
Are all the same, all glad, to me-
Despair can never reach me
While Your soft hand hold,
While your eyes love and teach me.
Inever shall grow oldl
They say that love forsakes the old:
That passion pales and fades away;
That even loves bright locks of gold
Must lose their charm and change to gray.
But, darling, while your heart is mine,
And while feel that you are true,
For me the skies will ever shine
With Summer light and tenderest blue.
Hes let old-age deride mel
/ scorn his mocking tongue.
Dear love, with you beside me,
lam forever young
-Belgrarid.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15

As a result of the instructions sent our
consuls in Europe to gather information
In regard to the land troubles existing
there, our representative at Copenhagen
reports that a belief exists among Euro
pean philosophers that the prairie farm
ers are making the same mistake into
which their forefathcrs fell, in not cult
waiting closely enough. 1t is shown by
closely compiled statistics that eleven
barrels of flour can be grown in Den
mark on the same area of land that it
takes to grow five barrels on our Western
farms. The point is made that these
farms will, in comparatively short time,
be considerably impoverished, when it
will be difficult to compete in the mar
kets of the world, for as the land deterio-
rates, the on-going flood of emigration
will continue to raise the price of wheat
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-15
not give any proof other than his own as

not give any proof other than his own as
sertion. Now we may believe every
word he says, but cannot grant his claim,
simply because there is no legal proof.
Perhaps the persons whom he knew he
could prove it by, are dead or nobody
knows where consequently his claim is
rejected. But this does not necessarily
end the NATTER as the claimant may ac-
cidentally stumble on some proof that he
knew nothing about, and send to WASH
ington and revive his claim. On the
other hand, a man may assert that he
contracted rheumatism on the 18th day
of December, 1868. We will go to him
and take his full statement, and then ask,
"Can you provo this" "Oh, yes" he
will answer and then we will ask him
for the names of his witnesses. He will
probably give me two, for instance, liv-
ing in different parts of the country. I
will go to one and ask him if he knows
that Mr.. Smith contracted rheumatism
on such day. He may say: "Well, I
remember that Mr.. Smith complained of
itching pains in his leg that morning.
He had been on picket duty the night be-
fore and that morning borrowed bottle
of linimcnt from one of the boys and
rubbed his leg for some time" I'll go
to the other witness and he will say,
'Yes, remember Smith was complain
ing that day. told him we were going
to have serious trouble and that he had
better drop back and go to the hospital,
but he said, Il came here to fight, not to
go to the hospital" Well, he will
suffer from rheumatism after that and
know that he contracted it that night
while on picket duty, and has two wit
nesses to prove it, so he gets a pension.
If a man is entitled to pension and can
prove it by competent witnesses he has
no trouble in securing it.