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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-11
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has been appointed special admins
traitor Of the estate Of the late, w. e.
Wording, who died in Fargo. A. G.
Marshman has also been named as
special administrator OF the estate oil
Mrs. j.. B. Raymond while "A. "a. Ray
mond of Deadwood is the administers
tor Of the estate Of Mr.. Ray mond.
At Mitchell, DR.. Edward johnson, a
physician Of Fullerton, Neb. was mar
ried to Miss Fannie Combs Of Ando-
yer, Day; county.
st. Thomas has been Incorporated,
and elected officers. AssS1i5S2s
a number Of farmers in Walsh coun.
ty have instituted suits against Will
lam Deerint, claiming breach of war
ranty on harve ting machines of 1882.
Herman Neimi, a miner, was crush,
ed to death in the Highland mine.
A. G. Gleason Of Okobojo is burning
tiax straw in q coal base burner.
The fine stock breeders OF Dakota
have formed an association which al
ready numbers forty members, with
Theodore Davis Of Mitchell president.
A young man named Ed. Halstead
committed suicide by shooting him
self near Andover. s ~
Col. Benton Of Fargo, who has just
returned from Washington, says il all
parties in Dakota would unite on q
single petition for admission the nec-
essary bill would pass at once.
The city council Of Mitchell deter
mined to advertise for bids for Jasper
rock for building the new reservoir Tor
the artesian well water. The reservoir
will be seventy-fve feet square and
ten feet deep. It's location will give
the water 9 fall that will raise it to;
the root Of any ordinary block in
town.
Is lE9y Tower library, which #as.
destroyed by fire some months ago,
has been replaced, and now consists
ofsabout i, 600. volumes, all standard
works. They were presented to the
town by Mrs. Tower Of Philadelphia.
The. jury in the case Of Eliza French
against the Northern Pacific company,
at Fargo, brought in a verdict for the
plaintiff for $426. &c. The amount
sued for was SIS, 900.
The Iron Hill mine at Deadwood
completed two months active opera,
lions, yielding $52, 900, and signallzed3
it's success BY declaring a per cent
dividend. The property is owned ID
Deadwood and St. Paul Col. Carpent.
er and Capt. Blakeley holding stock
amounting to sac, 900.
Footpads stole two letter pouches at
Rapid, Black Hills. So far as can be.
learned, they obtained upward of
"a Wv. Lucas, department COM
mander, has issued general order an
.nouncing that the third annual en-
campment OF the Dakot Ia Grand Army.
OF the Republic will be held at Water
town on the oath and 25th Of March.
A Bartlett special says that Victor
Carlson was frozen to death, and his!
brother Frank had his feet, face and
hands badly frosted. s55s
The Insurance Company OF Dakota
with eadquarters at Sioux Falls, re- "
celved in premiums and interest for;
1886, $216,672, and paid out for!
losses, etc, during the same year
$3.50, 275.67. 81 81
The Kinpsburv Conntv Rank has.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-11

distance, was excellent, and gave the be-
holder very clear conception Of the per-
sonage who was advancing to attack and
dislodge the king On chair behind The
kings throne sat his assistant, while four
gherbers, dressed in flaming red and wear-
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-11

can bring aeainst It. In fact, one cold freez.n
breath Of the Ice King cannot only utterly ar,
nihilate the Fire King, but all those who follow
him. In the interest or humanity, the Ice King
recommends that yousswithdraw your forces at
once 4 you decline this, then You must be re-.
war your first shot viii be a sisnnl tor me to let
loose my engines of destruction, and I can Rs-
sure you that in two minutes your followers
Will be dead upon the feld-Think we'll before
yon act. 5 -,7S77 Eg.5 a u As
THE ATTACK ORDERED.
The contemptuous reply of the Fire King
was an order to his herald to give the signal
for the attack, which was done, and imme.
diately the dogs Of war were unleashed
Each one Of the thousand In the attacking
party was nrmed with Roman candles, which
were discharged against the building
The defense was similarly aroused, and the
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-11
CONGRESSIONAL.

aEHeT Mr. Ride leberger offered the
following resolution designed TO cause de-
bate Id open senate on the presid att.
tude coTeernine removals IRON Office, but
an objection was made to the immediate
oonsideration q the resolu Luton.
Resolved Ehat II is; the sense Of the sen.
ate that the executive Of the :united States
Is not restricted by Constitutional aw in
removing or suspendfng appointees; that
the senate has no right to EreQuire that
reasons shall be:gi von Tor such refnovafs Or
suspensions; that 1t is:the right Of the sen.
ate to call for any paper relating to the
conduct OF rem we'd or suspended mp.
pointees, to the quail fcat bon and fitness
Of all persons whose names are presented
TO the senate fot confirmation or rejection;
and it il the duty Of the executive to com.
ply with NIL demands for the same.
Bills were introduced to prevent con.
gressmen from soliciting or Recommending
appointments to Office; to prevent the In.
PRODUCTION Of contagious diseases into the
United States, and establish bureau d
public health. Fl 81 sfl
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-11

SENATE The debate on the Dakota bill
was concluded. Mr. Buffers substitnt
admitting the whole territory was lost-Ss
to 81. The bill dividing the territory. an
the iorty.sixth parallel, admitting 4 the
southern portion and organizing the Terri.
tory OF Lincoln out Of the northern p,lrt
passed-32 TO 22--it being q strict party
vote, except that Mr.. Voorhees,, Democrat.
voted with the Rspub licans in the atfirrnas.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13

Fourth District Convention Richland
County goes in with fictitious dele
CATION, while Laurens, Spartanburg
and Greenville between them are de-
MED the votes Of six delegates in
choosing their representative in Con-
gress.
Thus this great. wrong deepens as
it goes, and per force must remain
so until tie Census of 1895.
Iss.there no remedy? Have the
people no rights which the rulers
will respect? The Legislature has
willfully violated its duty to them.
Will the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committe at least urge the
State Convention itself take the bull
by the horns, turn out all improper
delegations and give seats to dele
cations according to the number OF
people in each county.-AbbeviHe
Medium.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
Abundant Cause for Regret

From the tone of the papers in the
upper Counties, there is great dissat-
isfaction with the recent Legislature
because ofits failure to pass the GEN.
sus bill. We publish few extracts
from those papers on our first page
and if they represent the feelings of
the people. those who are response
BILE for the failure will have abundant
cause to regret their action. One
and by no means least, of the
unfortunate results coming from this
discreditable affair will probably oc-
cur at the next State Nominating
Convention. There will almost GER
tainly be two widely diyerging senti-
ments represented in that body and
if nomination should be made by q
narrow majority coming from those
Counties whose representation is
greater than it should be, it will
arouse antagonisms in the Counties
which feel they have been debarred
their Just rights. A nomination may
be equivalent to an election in this
State, and then it may not be. 1t
depends entirely how that nomina-
ton is made.-Sumter Watchn1Gn.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
VIII Sectionalism Never Die
Out?

1t does seem that it is about time
for the spirit OF sectionalism in
South Carolina to die out. The low
country is, in many respects, different
from the up conntry, but no sensible
reason can be assigned why one sec
ton should strive to rule the other.
During the last session of the Legis-
latnre, this spirit of jealousy, this
desire for supremacy on the part of
the low country, was plainly maui
tested. Charleston is South Carolina
in the eyes of Charlestonian. By
what system of reasoning the Legisla-
tura arrived at the conclusion that
Charleston County is entitled to re-
tain two Senators, and every other
county one, we do not know. One
of the fundamental principles under
living the American government, and
one that marks its superiority, is,
that in the lower house the represen-
tation shall be in proportion to the
population, but in the other house
the little States of Delaware and
Rhode island have as much power as
the Empire State. This is one of the
checks which the trainers Of our or
ganic law have seen wise to make,
and the same principle should be
recognized in the State. This may
appear to be a small matter, anc
really, we might allow Charleston
two Senators if she would be salts
fed, but. not content with this, the
low country has defeated the censu:
bill because by it our representation
would be increased in a greater pro
portion. When it comes to cheating
US of our rights and allowing greed
such sway that the plain provisions
of the Constitution are disregarded
then, not even for the sake Of harmo
nv, and at the risk of stirring ur
sectional animosity, we must enter
positive protest. It is gross injustice
and an insult to the State. Let the
representatives be appointed fairly
according to the principle of equity
cost what it may. We thipk- the
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
The Governor Has Done His
Duty.

Some Of our State exchanges are
urging Governor Thompson either to
take the census u2der the constitu-
tional provision, or to call an extra
session Of the Legislature to provide
for taking it. The Governor cannot,
under the advice Of the Attorney
General, have the census taken, for
he is forbidden to contract any debt,
under very heavy penalties, that is
not provided for in en- appropriation
by the Legislature. We had inclined
to the opinion that the constitutional
mandate to the Governor to have the
census taken, where the Legislature
fails to comply with the provisions Of
the Constitution in regard thereto,
would be ample authority to the Gov
ernor, and would override any stat
ute, either direct or implied, and
must confess that We have not been
convinced by the able and carefully
prepared opinion of our accomplished
Attorney General; but our friends
must recognize the fact that the Gov
ernor is bound under the circumstan-
ces to be governed by the advice of
the highest law officer of the State.
Governor Thompson cannot, with
any propriety, proceed to have the
census taken now, even though quite
a number of lawyers think be hassthe
right to do so. Neither would any
practical advantage be derived from
calling an extra session of the Legis-
lature. The Senate refused to con-
sent to q census, at the risk Of defeat
ing the general appropriation bill,
which would have necessitated an
extra session of the General Assem-
bly,. 1t is practically certain that no
census bill could be passed at such a
session. The Governor could bring
the Legislature together, but he could
not make them pass bill. It would,
therefore. be useless to incur the ad-
ditional expense Of an extra session
that would do absolutely no good.
The Governor has fully performed
his duty in this matter, and shown a
readiness to have the census taken if
possible. He has presented the mat
ter to the Legislature twice, and has
consultedthe legal adviser given him
by the people as to his right to take
the census, and has been distinctly
informed by the Attorney General
that he has: no authority to do so.
1t seems to US therefore, that the
census cannot, under any circum-
stances, be taken until after the next
election. The people should see to it
that the candidates for Senate and
House of Representatives are pledged
to give their votes for taking the
census next tIme.-Anderson htelli-
QenceT.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
Well Paid for their Patriotism.

If any body Of men on earth were
ever paid, as far as money can pay,
for defending their country, the ave-
rage yankee soldier has had value re-
ceived. Enormous bounties were
given to induce him to enlist, he
was well paid and fed while in SER
vice, and since the war closed, the
amount OF tafy given him is beyond
computation. In addition to all this,
a steady stream of gold, some years
as much as $75,000,000, has been
flowing into Northern soldiers pock
cts from the National Treasury, and
still they are not satisfied, but efforts
are being made to push bill through
which will give pension for life to
every person who enlisted in the
Federal army for as short time as
two weeks. Now when it is remem-
bered that an overwhelming majori-
ty of Northern soldiers were foreign
ers and bought as verify as any slave
in the market was ever bought, and
that the question of patriotism or
love of country had absolutely moth
ing tc do with their becoming soldiers,
we can understand the wonderful
amount of clap trap in this cry of
gratitude to our Nations defenders
Of course the South is the sufferer in
all this, as she pays her portion of
the tax, but receives nothing in re-
turn. The North had some men to
the marror born in her army who
fought from a conviction Of duty and
for sincere patriotism but the num-
ber was wofully small in proportion
to the number Of the other class
Samter WatchWan.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
Did Not Dare to Cope With the
Question.

It is true that there was demand
on the part Of some for the repeal of
the lien law. Whether or not it
would have been wise to repeal that
law it does not now need to discuss.
The last Legislature did not repeal
it. On the contrary they tackled on
to it an amendment that we do not
hesitate to say savors strongly Of
return to feudalism in that it puts
the poor renter and laborer in the
power Of the landlord. There are
numbers of men, white men, who do
not own land and who are compelled
to rent. To such the above amend
ment is cruel blow, It puts them
absolutely in the power and control
of the landlord. For no merchant is
going to advance to them upon the
security of a lien, whilst the land
lord holds this almost unlimited pow,
er over them, We recall that it was
said privately in Columbia during
the Session that this Act was intend
ed to make the lien law odious sc
that its repeal might be the more
easily accomplished hereafter. Il
this be true it was a weakness OF
the part Of the Legislature, which did
not dare to cope with the question
That the amendment was not made
in the interest Of the poor and labor
ing man is shown by the Act itself
After providing that laborers who as
sist in making the crop shall have g
lien next in priority to that Of the
landlord, Section 2, provides ''that
no writing or recording shall be ne
cessary to create the liens OF the
landlord" It will be observed that
it was not said that the lien of the
laborer need not be recorded or writ
ten. On the contrary it would ap'
pear that provision was purposeIy
omitted. So that under the guise OF
protecting the laborer, he really un'
der this Act stands on no better
ground than others whose liens are
written or recorded.
Above all the Act throws open the
door to fraud. At the end Of the
year by collusion and connivance be-
tween a dishonest laborer and his
landlord the whole of the crop may
be gathered up and pocketed from
honest creditors by claim of icti'
tious verbal lien of the landlord.
Upon the whole it seems to US the
amendment is unwise and perniciols
If the experience of the country
proves that the lien law has ceased
to be useful then let it be repealed in
full. Amendments in the nature Of
that above set forth cannot be of any
ayail.-AbbeUiUe Messenger.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
On Both Sides.

The Legislature, which has just
concluded its session, while a hard
working body, can scarcely be ac-
credited with the accomplishment of
any great amount Of public good.
All along it has evinced a disposi-
ton to avoid large undertaking, and
to split the difference on smaller con-
troversies, so as to be as near on both
sides as possible. In the very be
ginning it killed the Bill to provide
for the assessment and taxation of
property, when no measure could
probably have been passed that was
calculated TO afford the people
greater relief than a properly de-
yised assessment law. There were
defects in the pending Bill, but with
amendments it could have been made
a most grateful measure to the honest
taxpayers of the State, by equalizing
the burdens of maintaining the gov
ernment. For instance, the people
Of Anderson County are now pay
ing taxes ON real estate valued high
er than any other County in the
State outside of Charleston, and yet
the market value of our lands are
not as high, probably, as those of
several other Counties. Many inc,
qualities exist in the assessments Of
the several Counties which ought to
be corrected. Some measure looking
to the relief Of our judicial system
should have been adopted, though
it must be admitted that it is very
peplexing to know just what would
be best to be done. The Legislature,
we think, made a grave mistake in
repeating the law exempting new
manufacturing companies from tax
alton for ten years. 1t is practically
Withdrawing an inducement for the
erection Of factories in our midst.
The inducements extended under the
law were not excessive, anG were not
onerous to the people. Their repea!
is q step backwards in the line OF
progress and development in South
Carolina. The action on the Lien
Law was the result of halting be.
tween two opinions. The sentiment
of the Legislature was in favor of its
repeal but the Senate was afraid OF
direct repeal. 1t therefore resorted
to the indirect attack by which the
law is made uncertain and con.
fused. The direct repeal of the law
would, we thiuk, have been better
than the amendment which prevailed.
Anderson Mtelligencer.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
son nJourna

"Just my DANCED luck r growled
passenger on train down in Ohio.
81 believe / am the 1nluckiest man
on earth, anyway. Nothing goes
right WITH me and Pm about dis
couraged."
whats the matter now?"
"Well, you see, l have been the
Postmaster down at the Corners
nigh Oh twelve years. My first boy
1 named Ulysses Grant Snider, the
second, Rutherford B. Hayes Snider,
the third James Garfield Snider, and
last week We took my fourth boy to
church and had him christenei Gro.
yer Cleveland Snyder. I pad the
editor of our country papsr S. TO
put in q long article about it and get
copy or two marked to send TO
Washington
But where docs the bad luck
come in 2"
"Why, the next day after I mailed
those papers I got an official letter
from the department. It was my
discharge, and now they've got >
measily Democrat in my place
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
The Source From Which the
State DeriVe es Her Revenue.

1,740,2S1 acres of land and build
ings thereon, valued and returned at
S58,449,207. Real estate in cities
and towns, $29, 9,199,935. Personal
property, $47,O6O,875. Railroad
property, s15,263,34S. Total amount
of taxable property, $149,973,365.
On this amount a tax of 81
mills is levied for State pur-
poses, which should yield $751;
360.161. 1t is estimated that
she Phosphate Royalty will yield
S150,0O0. Total incc returned
and estimated, $937, ,36O.163. ofthis
amount Newberry County will be
called upon to pay $23,17S.09, on a
taxable property divided as follows: ::
373, ,165 acres of land and buildings
thereon returned at $2,2S8,4S0; real
estate in city and town, S556,5S0;
personal property, $l,398,530, and
railroad property, $451,254; total $4,-
416,779. The total net receipts of
tie State treasurer, for the year end
ing October 31st, 1885, were $685.
383.6S, which after paying the ex-
penses tor the year left a surplus Of
1924, 1915 In addition to the
State tax of ST mills, Newberry will
be required to pay the two mill Con-
stitutional School Tax, and for
County purposes as follows: X
Except in the County of New
berry, where it shall be three and
one-fourth mills; of which the pro-
ceeds of two and three fourth mills
shall be applied for ordinary County
purposes; of Which the proceeds of
one-half mill shall be applied to the
payment of the funded Indebtedness
of the County" Making total of
105 mills for all purposes, a reduc-
ton of II mills on last years levy.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
Avoiding the Issue.

Our esteemed contemporary at
Charleston is a splendid and remark
ably cool editorial humbug. It has
printed an article on the census ques-
ton in which it meekly remarks that
the census should have been ordered.
It then proceeds to show that the
census should not have been ordered
with this argument: "Reapportion-
ment of representation could not
have been reached so as TO affect the
elections this winter by any action
taken at the legislative session now
closed. Under no circumstances
the legislature having failed to pro-
vide for taking the census this year
could the reapportionment 60 into
effect at anysselection earlier than the
general election to be held in No
vember 1888. The election next
year will be upon the present basis,
and we cannot suppose that it will be
desired in the winter Of 1886 to un-
dertake an entirely new census in
1887, two years after the proper
time, or to reapportion representa-
ton for 1888 on the basis Of a CEN
sus which will then be eight years
old" ....
When the census would produce
it's effect is not legitimately part of
the discussion. The only question is
whether or not the constitution re-
Quires it to be taken, and nobody
who can read and understand Eng
lish can have doubt on that. The
constitution required the Legislature
to order the census and requires Gov
ernor Thompson to order it now. If
he fails to do it the Legislature Of
1888 will be an unconstitutional
body not representative of the peo-
pie and powerless to perform any
legal acts. That condition Of affairs
will cause endless confusion and dis
aster, for which the men who voted
against the census in the house and
senate and the governor will be re-
sponsible.
Waving that, what is the relief
from the existing conditions Of fraud
ulent representation on one side and
a defrauded people on the other ?
No subsequent legislature can con-
stitutionally order a census to be
taken. Nobody has the right to
adopt any other census than that re-
quired by the constitution to be made
as basis for reapportionmcnt. Even
in 1895 there will be no remedy for
the chain of census years will have
been broken. By the News and
Courier process of reasoning the
present apportionmcnt will be per-
manent aud if Greenville has hun
dred thousand and Charleston has
fifty thousand people fifteen years
hence, Greenville will have four
representatives and one senator and
Charleston will have twelve repre-
sentatives and two senators.
We are not willing to believe that
Governor Thompson will give his aid
to defiance Of the constitution and
the defrauding Of the people who
have been his fast friends and put
him where he is againsG the will and
influence of Charleston and her al
lies. He is an honorable and IN
telligent man, and we can not under
stand how an honorable and intelli-
gent man can doubt what the COVER
nor's duty is.-GTeenville NeeUS.