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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24
GENERAL TOPICS.
Calculating the Political Complexion
Of the Next United States
Senate.
How the Operations Of the New Butter.
Inc, Law Are Regarded Through.
out the Country.
The Next U. =. Senate.

The Next U. .. Senate.
The present terms Of the following Re.
publican United States Senators expire the
Sd of March: Hawley, Of Connecticut; Har-
risen, of Ind ana; Hale, Of Maine; Dawes,
of Massachusetts,; Conger, Of Michigan;
Mem llan, of Minnesota: Van Wyek, Of
Nebraska; Sewell, of New Jersey; Sherman.
of Ohio; Mitchell, of Pennsylvania; AL
drich, of Rhode Island, Edmunds, Of ver-
mont; Williams, of California, who 70.
Gently succeeded Hearst; Malone, Of vir-
Gin, and Sawyer, of Wisconsin. Senators
Hawley, Hale, Dawes, Conger, Mcmillan,
Miller, Sherman, Aldrich, Edmunds and
Sawyer will be their own successors. There
seems to be little doubt now that Senator
Harrison will be reelected in Indiana.
Van Wyck will have a stiff contest with a
Republican opponent in Nebraska, but may
win. Mitchell will probably retain his seat
from Pennsylvania. Williams, Of Califor-
nia, and Sew II, of New Jersey, both Re-
pablicans, will doubtless be succeeded by
Democrats. Democrat has already been
elected to succeed Mahone.- Republican.
The Republicans gain the seat in Nevada
now held by Fair. The net Republican
loss, therefore, is two. The present Sem
ate stands Al Republicans, Readjuster
(Rddleberger), and "a Democrats. The
next Senate will therefore stand 80 Repub-
licans, Readjuster, and SO Democrats.
or course, the Democrats may gain the In
diana seat. That would alter the figures.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24
The Butterine Bill.


The National Butter, Cheese and Egg
Association, held in Chicago last week,
adjourned on Saturday. Many delegates
were questioned as to the effect Of the
passage Of the oleomargarine bill,
and without exception they ex-
pressed themselves as highly graft.
fed, not only with the passage of the
act, but with the practical working as shown
from the reports from twenty-five States
and Territories, which were present at the
session just closed. They say that the
price of oleomargarine has been reduced
five cents per pound and in many cases
even more than that. Instead of compelling
the consumer to pay the tax and thus in
crease the cost Of the bogus article to the
poor man" as claimed by opponents Of the
measure in the last Congress, ii has been
cheapened and the public protected against
n deliterious article sold as genuine dairy
butter. Formerly the manufacturers sold
to retailers at IL cents per pound, while
they sold 1t rs genuine butter at the price
OF the genuine article. II il now being
sold to the retailer Mt IL cents per pound,
who is compelled by law to sell it as oleo-
margarine, and as the public are unwilling
to pay the price of the genuine dairy butter,
for the lard product, the price of the latter
article has been materially reduced to the
consumer. They say they are protectionists
and believe in protecting their product the
same as the Pennsylvania man does his
iron.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24
ANDA new DEAL ALL ROUND

ANDA NEW UEAL ALL RUUND
The old reliable Dakota Flour
ing Mills again comes to the faont
after having received valuable
additions in the shape of ma
chinery. We propose to furnish
better -four and more of it to the
bushel than ever before. While
proud of our past record in this
line, we expect to discount all pre-
vious efftors. Farmers of Union
county, and vicinity, bring on
your grists, get satisfaction and 60
home happy. Flour and Feed
constantly on hand at lowest
market rates.
Come one! Come all!
M. w Sheafe & Go.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24

Adams declares that Lord Coleridge made
most damaging and slanderous allegations
as TO his tAdamsD motives in seeking the
hand Of Miss Coleridge. The outcome Of
the case is watched for with interest.
The London Times announces that Sir
Henry Ralfour las tern admitted to the
En- glish Cabinet.
The steamship Normantore foundered of
Pnshina, Japan, with seventy two persons
on board. OF these twelve reached shore.
She was laden with tea for New York and
Canada.
EMPEROR WILLIAM il confined TO his
room with "A severe cold.
IT is rumored that conspiracy is on
foot to murder Michael Davitt, the Irish
agitator, because Of his opposition TO the
extreme measures proposed by the O'Don-
ovan Rosa faction. At a meeting in New
York recently it is said Davitt was de-
nounced and desperate measures threat
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24
The Prohibition and Labor Element

The st. Louis Globe Democrat calls
attention to the fact that though the Pro-
hibition vote has not been 20 large this
year in some of the States notably Penn
sylvania and Illinois, as the Prohibitonist
predicted 1t would be, yet the gains actually
made must certainly be gratifying to that
party. The following shows the Prohibi-
ton vote in several of the principal States
for President in 1884 and for State officers
in the recent election, the figures for the
Western States this year being computa.
tions from the most reliable returns made
BY the Voice. Prohibition journal:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24

AUSTRIA, England and Germany propose
that before Prince Alexander's successor is
elected the line between Bulgaria and
Eastern Roumelia shall be permanently
adjusted, but Russia OH ects to the proposal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
MANY CITIZENS.

An exchange says; "After you get
on your ear and make up your mind
to stop your paper to humiliate the
editor, just poke your finger in water
and then pull it out and look for the
hole. Then you will see how badly
you are missed. The man who thinks
paper cannot survive without his
support ought to go off and stay awhile,
When he comes back he will find
half his friends didn't know he was
gone; the other half didn't care a
cent, and the world at large did not
keep any account of his movements
whatever You will probably find
some things in the home paper you
cannot endorse. lfyou were to stop
your paper and call the editor all
sorts of ugly names, the paper would
still be published, and you would
sneak around and borrow a copy. 1t
is much better to keep your vest
pulled down and your subscription
paid up.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
OWN A HOME.

The Dry Goods Chronicle, in a re-
cent issue, contains an article some
of the terse thoughts of which are
worthy of wide reading and consider
alton. 1t says:
The great law-giver Of the Hebrews
well understood the first principles
of political economy when, under
that form of government, the head OF
u family was allotted a piece of
ground, and ownership thereof made
sure. a strong national support
was in this manner created, for it is
a universal tact that men will die in
defense of their homes.
Individual possession of the soil is
not only one of the best guarantees of
public safety; it is equally promo
tive of good citizenship Men who
own property are supporters and re-
specters of the law. Self-interest, to
say nothing of duty or patriotism,
impels to the UNFOLDING of govern
ment. Turbulence and strife find
little sympathy in well-settled com
munities. Mobs are organized by
those who have nothing to close. This
class is the disorganizing force in So
ciety. The strong arm of power
alone keeps them in check.
Tax-paying and self-respeet 60 to-
gether, Proprietorship exerts inhu-
ence and adds to dignity, and digni-
ty, by the exercise of natural law, in
creases self-respect. There is a par
donable degree of pride felt in the
lawful possession of property. There
is glow of satisfaction in owning
the roof-tree that shelters.
The house, the ground, the farm,
acquired by individual effort, is an
enduring testimony to the fruit Of
honorable toll. They possess intrin-
sic value. They are safe, permanent
investments. They are not subject to
the depreciations and fluctuations
that suddenly destroy values in other
forms of wealth They in all ages, in
all countries, and under all condi-
tons, have a substantial value. For
this reason, houses and lands are de-
nominated real estate.
AS possession of property, there
fore, invests citizenship with new
dignity and influence, and tends to
the promotion of public safety, it
should be the aim of every young
man to acquire real estate.
AS absolute ownership of home
saves the family from many of the
ills incident to changing fortunes,
what higher inducement can be Of
fered than for the head of the house
hold to be sole proprietor Of the
house or cottage?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
READ AND HEED,

The newspaper is, III every sense,
the best medium for advertising, and
for o given result it is by far the
cheapest also. 1t reaches a far
greater number of possible customers
than any private announcement, and
it is more certain to receive atten-
ton. The private circular is thrown
aside as thing which people have
come to regard as bore, and which
is neglected because its recipients
have no time to attend to it. The
newspaper is used in each days hour
of leisure, and readers find interest
in reading its advertisements as well
as its news, because of the variety
they present and the information
they convey respecting wide diver
sity of interests. 1t may be safely
estimated that an announcement
made through the press is noticed by
fifty readers, where in private way
it would reach but one. If therefore
the same amount were expended in
either case, the result would be fifty
fold better from the former method
than from the latter. There are un-
doubtedly cases in which the circu-
lar is a better medium than the
newspaper. But such cases are quite
exceptional, and the sooner advertis-
erS learn the folly of their present
large expenditure in seeking publici-
ty through private means, the better
for their pockets and their success
Delphi (Lnd.) Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

There is a man living not far from
Gibson, Ga, who is well supplied
with teeth. In his upper jaw are two
distinct and complete sets, the one
being just back of the other. The
extra set is composed ofteeth as large
and as well formed as the others, and
is used in masticating food precisely
as the first set is. The superhuous
teeth are of no disadvantage to him
except in talking, his speech being
rendered little indistinct by them.
Such dental arrangement is some
what peculiar and unusual, to say the
ikAAt Utdh
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT?


MESsRs. EDfToRs-It is safe to say
thatin no county in Georgia is the
temperance sentiment stronger than
in Cobb and in her villages, includ-
ing Marietta, and for n long while
after the final vote it was a rare
thing to see Il man on the streets un-
der the influence of whisky. Deal
ers in the accursed poison feared the
enforcement of law. How is it to-
day! Some men, "on the sly" are
using whisky to influence coming
elections either for themselves or
friends, and others, running blind
tigers, trafficking for the miserable
small profit. Cobb county by an
overwhelming majority adopted a
stringent prohibition law for the gov
eminent of the whole county. Courts
and officers OF county are established
and organized to enforce the people S
will. This will has been expressed
in unmistakable terms. Is that will
enforced by those selected by the
people on account of their supposed
intelligence and virtue to execute
the law What are the excuses for
the non-enforcement of the law? In
Marietta it is said there is no city or
dlnance. Who makes and enacts
these ordinances? Is it not the city
council? Is there any ordinance
against murder, rape and other high
crimes and offences against the State
laws! 1t there is not would the city
officials allow violations of these Of
fences to 60 unpunished and even UNI
noticed because there was no city or
dinance prohibiting the offence or
prescribing penalties for violations
OF the State and county laws? All
other excuses of government, State
and city authorities, are about as
flimsy.
The purpose Of this communication
is to call the attention of all friends
Of temperance to these questions and
to invoke cooperation and action to
enforce our temperance laws. We
have confidence in our city council
and believe that when their atten-
ton is called to the subject they will
take all necessary and proper action
to guard the city. But we must 90
further, for outside the corporate linn
It's of our towns, in the country, the
same class of offenders are at work.
This question is above politics. We
suggest and earn. estly ask II meeting
of our temperance friends in Mariet-
Ia and in all our towns, districts and
neighborhoods that we may take
necessary action. Prohibition will
prohibit wherever the law is fearless
ly enforced. We have the moral
sentiment in Cobb and in all our
towns to sustain strict enforcement
of law. What is wanted il that this
sentiment he enforced by action as
well as words and at the earliest day
possible that men in sympathy with
the law be charged with the enforce
ment of the law.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

1t is strange but true that man
may do ninety nine good things and
by error of judgment may commit
one wrong, and thereby have all his
good deeds overshadowed by one lit
tie puny mistake. Not only that,
but depraved hearts will shut their
eyes to the good, and stretch out up
on canvass the "mole hill'' of error,
and cover it at once with the magni-
flying glass OF a distorted conscience
that evolve at glance towering
mountains of sin and evil doing. God
pity the man that has never felt the
swelling throbs of "sweet charity"
and knows not the feeling OF selfab-
negating devotion to truth aud vir-
tue. Christianity is the only reme-
dy, however, against evil speaking
and the spirit of magnifying the little
mistakes of life at the expense of
much that is noble, good and true.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

By the employment OF new pro-
cesses the manufacture of steel has
become so cheap that it is rapidly
taking the place of iron for most Of
the purposes Tor which iron has been
used. There are now seven Bessem-
er steel plants in Pittsburg that
make a grade of steel cheaper than
iron. Yet in order to deprive con-
sumers of the benefits of cheap steel
the manufacturers organize to limit
production and insist that the old
duty on steel shall be maintained
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

Ten years ago paper box maker
died in New Orleans, leaving his Wild
ow with nothing but knowledge of
his trade. She went to work in her
attic room making boxes, and was so
successful in getting orders that she
soon had more than she could do.
She hired help, added room after
room, and now employs thirty-fiye
hands. She travels for her own
house, taking long drumming tours
through Texas and Louisiana, and is
getting rich fast.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

The tax on olemargarine or arti-
fetal butter is two cents pound and
the manufacturers pay an additional
tax of 5000 a year, wholesale dealers,
in packages of ten pounds or more,
$3.50 a year, retail dealers, less than
ten pound packages, S48a year. Seal
ed packages must bear the revenue
stamp and any person buying olemar-
garine not stamped is liable to a $50
fine. Heavy penalties are imposed
on manufacturers, wholesale and re-
tail dealers for noncompliance with
the law.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
A WISE JUDGE.
From the Syracuse journal.

rum me SYRACUSE journal
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dwyer of
Glens Falls, a respectable-looking
young couple, with a beautiful little
girl in her third year, were before
Judge Booker this morning, where
the wife, Mrs. Ella Dryer, was seek
ing to get possession Of the child by a
writ OF habeas corpus. Unfortunate
differences had estranged the hus-
band and wife, and they had separ-
ated some time ago. The mothers
love for her child was great, and her
heseeching look at it and desire to
possess it was no less strong. Judge
Booker, on looking over the papers,
was compelled to dismiss the writ for
informality, but his instincts seemed
to suggest the best way of all, for
said he to the husband, who was visi-
bly, softened in the presence OF his
wife, "You go and talk to her; it is
perfectly proper; it is your duty to
do so, and the venerable JudgeIust
then found it necessary to 90 into
the law library after book. He was
detained there some time. Mean
while, subdued voices were heard in
his Office, a few penitential tears were
shed, and when he returned the lit
tie one was on her mothers lap, with
the father bending over both. They
have returned home and their differ
ences have been adjusted.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

James Mclaughlin, trying to ford
the Alfalfa River during recent
Florida freshet, found himself unable
to go forward or backward, and so
climbed cabbage palmetto and there
roasted tor forty-seven hours. lie
tied his wrists to the stalks, and thus
was able to sleep without falling out
of the tree.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

A little tornado whirled through
Goldsboro, N. c., the other day, and
finding the front door of fine resi-
dence open, dashed into the house,
gathered up lot of furniture, burst
open a rear door, and flung the whole
lot in a heap in the back yard.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

The lumber trade of Dalton is an
industry of no inferior proportions,
At the large saw mill Of w. B. Far
rar IN North Dalton, fifty hands are
employed and 10000 feet of lumber
per day is turned out. North Geor-
gia lumber is in demand for building
even as far away as Ohio.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

A Wisconsin farmer, going down a
hill with load of hay, locked one Of
the wheels of the wagon. The fric-
ton of the wheel upon the ground
struck a spark which ignited the hay
and started a fire that required eleven
men to extinguish.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
Asa Snyder of Cattskill, N. Y

Asa Snyder of Cattskill, N. Y,
owned a hog which grew amazingly
fat, Its rapid increase OF adipose It's
sue attracted the attention of the
neighbors, among them DR.. Bogardus,
who told Asa that the hog had drop,
~, and then tapped it. Sixty-three
gallons of water followed the tapping,
and the hog diminished in size quite
as fast as it had increased.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

Col. w. IL. FELTON, has been nomi-
mated for the Legislature by the
Democrats Of Macon county, and his
son, W. II. FELTON,, Jr., is one of the
Democratic nominees of Bib coun-
ty. Should DIR. FELTON, be elected
from Barlow, there will be three w,
II, Foltons in the next House Of
Representatives of Georgia.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
Ii the Democrats are successful.

If the Democrats are successful,
and it is presumed they will be, in
the coming election, as regards
Georgia's Congressman, the next del
egation viii be; LIST district, II. NJ.
Norwood; I'd, II. e. Turner; Sd,
Charles F. Crisp; 4th, T. W. Grimes
9th, John d. Stewart; 9th, James II.
Blount; It'll, Judson c. Clements
Sth, IL, IL. Carlton; 9th, A. D. Can.
der; 10th, George Y. Barnes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02
An editor who can read, write an

An editor who can read, write and
argue politics, and at the same time
be religious, funny, scientific and
historical at will, write to please
everybody, know everything that is
going on without asking or being
told, always have something to say
of everyone else, live on wind and
make more money than enemies for
such man a good opening will be
mAasr"in the tAavSSAFG,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the
New York World, is credited with
the possession of $500, 600 in register
cd 4 per cent. bonds, and his income
for the current year is estimated al
$4,000 indicating the possession Of
property to the amount of 81 800, 600
Twenty years ago he was a penniless
boy in st. Louis.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

Superstition will out. The Cleve-
land Leader has noticed that seven
is the mystic number in the history
Of Chicago anarchy. Seven police
men were killed in the Haymarket
massacre, seven lawyers spoke in the
closing arguments before the jury,
and at the end of a little more than
seven weeks of the trial seven anar-
chists have been found guilty Of
murder.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

James Armstrong, of Loure, Cana
Ga, well-to-do farmer, aged 80 years,
fell in love with a maiden rs sum
mers, who rejected his suit. There
upon he made his will, bequeathing
her all his property, and then hanged
himself.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

1t is about as certain as anything
can be that the tens of thousands of
people in France who have been put
ting their money in the Panama cam
al will wake up some fine morning
and find that they and their money
have parted forever. OF the $780,
100000 lottery loan which is now be-
ing taken, only s54,0OO,000 will be
realized by the canal company. 1t is
absolutely certain that four times the
amount will not build the canal.
Where is the money to come from?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

In an Indian mound near Oakland,
Ind, was unearthed recently stone
wall ten feet square. Within were
five or six skeletons, three copper yes.
sells filled with fifty pounds of rich
silver ore, copper axe weighing
eighteen pounds attached to a stone
handle, and a number of stone hatch
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

A tract of land near Birmingham
was recently sold fors400 per acre.
Five years ago it was bought for $50.
One half of an acre in the city was
sold for 80, 700; ten years ago itcould
have been bought for a mere song.
A few years ago Birmingham was an
Insignificant village, and now it is q
growing city, destined in a very few
years to be one of the largest and
wealthiest cities South.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

The continued drought in Indiana
caused the Salvation Army at Elk
hart to pray for rain recently. They
began at 6 o'clock in the evening and
kept on praying until cloud burst
at ) o'clock the next morning.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

Charles Reese and Newt Robinson.
both colOred, in the chain gang from
this county, will be given their lib
erty this month.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

You may go far in the temperance
reform by moral suasion, but it has
failed in removing the evil and from
the nature Of the case, must always
fail, just as anything else would while,
the state throws its protecting shield
over the traffic; and while there are
men who will take advantage of such
protection and resist your arguments,
and soothe their consciences in the
plea that what they do is legal
Rev. Albert Barnes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-09-02

In view of recent detalcations up
North a Boston paper asks; as there
any reason why the banks should not
require the paper of a corporation
to be countersigned by two duly au-
thorized Directors, one of whom
should keep resister Of the amounts
of the notes and the purposes for
which they are made?'