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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07

TAKEN US-Un my premises, IS miles north
- OF ~fanaton, on monday, the 18th inst, a
Day poIy. The owneA is requested TO call at
my place, prove propert., pay charges and
fostot*ce address, Walshtown, Yankton
county, Dakota.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07


which will have to come in greater part
from the local assemblies, has re-
sulted in the order being received with
some very vigorous kicking. In fact SO
strong are the probabilities that many
members will decline to pay up. that the
ruling spirits of several assemblies are
cauvass,ng the idea of having a grand
bali at Battery ID, the proceeds to be
devoted to the assessment. The total
amount called tor from Chicago will
aggregate about SlO,0 and 1t is
thought that il one-thIrd or one-hsis OF
this can be realized from the bali, the
balance will be met with the assess
ments of the loyal members. while the
n~on-contents will be deprived OF an
opportunity of precipitating an open
rupture with the powers that be in the
order,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07
DAKOTA COMBINATIONS.

The Redfeld rifles will give d Christ
mas bail.
The total assets Of C%odington county
are $4,000.
Fourteen inches OF snow are reported
from Griggs county.
Four eighteen months lid pigs sold at
Armour recently for S57. 99.
A lodge OF the knights of pythias has
been instituted at Rsdield.
jrive whist has opened up for the
season at Kimbail III good shape.
The Iroquois Herald records the
birth of q twenty four pound boy.
The Ham1!n County Times has a So, 900
libel suit on its hands and wiahesl II was
more.
One man at Kimball owns thirteen
dogs and OF course pays his tax on every
n of them. y
Hoskins. in McIntosh county, is pro-
crossing and growing as rapidly as any
town in the territory.
Zion. James q. Webb, a pioneer
citizen OF Psmbina county, has been
appointed postmaster at Pembina.
Stutsman county farmers state that
thu fall Of snow up to Dec. lst, has been
greater than that of all last winter.
The marriage of the daughter of Capt.
de Rndio, of the seventh cavalry, to Mr..
Howard Scott, took place at Fort Yates
Last week.
Adelbert W. Warren, Of Larimore,
plead guilty CT taking more interest than
the legal rate and was fired $l00 BY
Judge Mcdonnell. )
There are no empty houses in Roscoe.
and there hae not been a house built in
the town for the last Biz months that
was not rented before it was completed.
Three men who were riding on q hand.
car near Gary last Saturd py were struck
by o freight train which killed one in
stantly and %seriousIy injured the Others.
Webster claims to be the liysliest TOWN
20 lpee ass the ptettiest eirl4, ths hand.
scmest ladies, the nobbiest caildren and
~ 20
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07
% Kewn lela.ssi.rr rnne

Oes Moines,. Dee. fat last he .,bie
dlstiiiery" is put upon tllal tc show
cause whyit shouldn't be closed up under
the operation oil the prohibitory law.
the same 8 the breweries and saloons
a number Of the extreme prohib1tlonists
through the state nave been harping on
the INT strain that the International
distillesy at this place was being tay-
ored unduly and illegally. 1t has been
III vain TO tell them that the d,stlIlerv
manufactured only for export, not a
gallon OF Its product being sold IN Iowa
anu thar the state law had no authority
over Interstate commerce. They insist-
Sd that 1t had, and that the distlllery
could be closed by Injunction the
same as any other institution that thew
held was violating the law. Accordinoly
q suit was brought by an agent of the
state temperance alliance, asking that
the distiliery he enloIned from operat.
ing. The arguments OF counsel have
been heard by Judge Given, o. the rir-
cnit court, and a decision Is anticipated
this week. The maiu Argument of the
prosecution ls to the effect thai the
state has supreme police power, and
acting under that power it can close a
distillery, even though manufacturing
for export, if it believes that such exer1
else OF power is essential to the ppblic
good. The defense rely chiefly upon the
argument that the state has no power to
regulate inter state commerce, and that
the state can no more prevent the ex.
portation OF alcohol to Illinois than If
can the expectation of corr or hogs, 1t
is quietly whispered that the real movers
of this suit are the leading distillers in
the western pool. The International.
which is perhaps the second in size in
the United States, has refused to enter
the present pool and keeps on manufsct-
uring Independently, The pool distill-
cries would be very glad to see 1t closed.
even if the result were brought about
through the agency of a Temperance
alliance.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07
FORECAST OF CONGRESS-.
The Meeting Monday and the Coming
Work Of the Session:

The Meeting Monday and the Coming
Work OF the Session.
Washington, Dec. 5-Ihe second seq
sion of the forty.ninth congress begins
at noon tomorrow. After prayer and
roll GALL each house will appoint a COM
mittee to inform the other OF its readi.
ness to proceed to business. The new
members who are to fill the vacancies
caused by death and resignation will
then be sworn it. After the formal or.
ganization is completed, a joint commit
tee will wait upon the president and
inform him that a quorum of each
house is assembled and that
Is ready to receive any
ton he may be pleased to MAKE. The
presidents annual message Will then be
received, and after Its reading the form
al announcement ID the senate OF the
death OF Senator Pike, and in the house
OF The deaths OF Representatives Blaok
aud Arnot will be made, followed I'M
medlately by an adjournment in re-
.spect to the memory OF the deceased.
The legislative business of the senate
and house Is expected to begin Tuesday.
The unfinished business OF the senate ia
the vetoed private pension bill, reported
from the COMMITTEES on pensions,
with the recommendation that it be-
PASSED Owe the veto, The first
OF b special orders is the
Pacific railroad funding bill Senator
Platt's resolution Tor the consideration
OF executive nominations in open session
is the special order for Wednesday and
it's consideration will be urged at once.
These are the only measures that will
command the attention OF the senate the
present week, the remaining special
orders being assigned to days of the
following week. The calendar contains
200 bills and resolutions. There is q
prospect OF an early agreement by the
confeeres upon the Interstate commerce,
bill. Il is hardly probable that any
business OF any consequence will be
transacted IN the house OF represents
tIves during the early part of the week.
The appropriation committee has made
such progress in the prepare
t'on or the sundfy civil
lead This measure can be reported to
the house about the middle Of the week
Ii favorable to the body the bill can be
taken up for Immediate action and fair
progress made by the end of the week,
The continuing special orders of the
last session-the free ship bill. electoral
count bill, Pacific railroad funding bill,
Washington, Dakota and Oklohoma
territorial admlsslon bills, army reor.
ganization bill, and sundry bills of minor
importance-may be called up at any
time the house is disposed. The nm
finished business for the morning hour,
if the house decides to follow routine, is
the bill to indemnify the Chinese suffer
ers by the Rock Springs massacre. The
next in order on this calendar is the bill
providing for the construction OF the
Hennepin canal.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07

the ugliest men OF eaT town il Dakota.
| A good dea! to claim but Webater may
be right.
The Hamlin County Times has
launched out into the seventh year of
it's existence with colors flying and
with every appearance of a prosperous
future.
The dreaded coal famine at Huron is
ended, but the scarcity of fuel at Aber-
deem is alarming. Much suffering is
apprehended il an early supply is not
forthcoming.
Brookings was pretty we'll blockaded
last week, bat n through mail being re-
.ceived in fur days. Goal and wood we're
very scarce and considerable inconveni.
noe was experienced.
The Homestake company has just
paid its monthly dividend of forty cents
per share, making the hundredth divi-
dend since its organization in 1878.
The total amount paid in dividends is
s {, 56s, 750.
Rapid City has long enjoyed electric
lights, street oars and all the good
things of life but a hearse and now it
has received a hearse, a new and gaudy
vehicle, to celebrate which event the
fire department, band and the entire
town turned out in force.
The mercury at Mitchell registered
thirty-one below the morning Of Dec.
4th aud in the country it went down to
thirty. eight. At Aberdeen the evening
before it got as low "a forty and averaged
twenty-five below all day Saturday.
Huron reports thirty-four below on tho
same day.
The ~iifeless body OF John Larson was
found about two miles from his home
near B%limsmon, a small town in Moody
county, n day last week. 1t vas sup
posed ne had been drinking and lost his
way and that his death was caused by
exposure and cold. He leaves o wife
and q number of children.
Ipswich reports two important failures
in the business houses of that town with.
in q few days, one 4. A. Stanford, dealer
in agricultural implements, assigned to
the president of the Edmands county
bark, with IS, 900 Of liabilities over assets,
and the other a isweiry establishment.
The cause OF the hard times is attributed
to the poor crops.
By the accidental discharge OF a shot
gun at Iroqaois the other day, a portion
OF the charge struck q pocket book CON
tanning silver, which was safely reposing
in the pocket of o dress worn by o lady
named Dershied. The shot drove some
of the money into the woman's flesh and
also tore a hole in the side of the house.
A curious occurrence of the affair was
the imbedding of a cent In q silver
dollar.
The Grand Forks PlaindeaIer is
responsible for the following: The
railroad men on o freight train relate a
strange adventure with wild pigeons be-
tween Hamilton and Bathgate. There
seemed 0 be millions OF tire birde, and
they flew around the train. apparently
following the headlight of the engine.
They settled down on the ground when
the train stopped and the tram men got
| out and picked them mn nv rho dnza,e
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07

Geld. / applied e compile OF Aiicock's
Porous Piasters upon going to bed at
night. The result was, that in eight
hours after applying them I could get
up and walk about with very little pain
or ache, when the night previous l could
neither get up nor down without help,
nor stoop to remove my shoes. I have
since used them in my family for vsricus
ailments, and have never known them to
fa:! to give almost immediate relief.
Z. 81. BACkus.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07

No. los Carlton Avenne, Brooklyn. N.
T., Ailcock's Porous Plssters are IN.
~doabteoly the best external remedy
manufactured. 1 make tins assertion TO
The p}hlie from my own personal *
peri &c ~ their wo aderfai virtues.
saff r'ne { on ssyere reips in my side
and chest, contracted inrongh a severe
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07
Opposing an Assessment.

Chicago. Dec. 8-Althongh the special
assessment called for by Grand Master
Powderly in his recent order is but
twenty-five cents per head, the call has
not been received with very good grace
by the knights OF labor 10 this city and
vicinity. The recent fiasco at the stock
yards is atill ranking in the minds of
many OF the leaders. az we'll as the
bnlk OF the rank and 6sa. ana rh further
that mauy of tn knights, thrnun
ont OF work ny the summary suspension
OF hostilities, will soon need support
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07
THE MARKETS.

Flour-Steldy, and unchanged.
CHICAGO. December y.
TON May sbA.
O%orn.uash s7I; January ss4; February
SO Ills; May 43%.
9ata-Cash q; January 2716; May s1..
Barley-53AGI.
Timothy Sl,79.
Flax-g3H.
Ca~ttle-Shipping steers So, 1904, IS; stookerr,
ans feeders 81 ,9O0S, 40; cows. bulls and mixeo,
50 COOS. 80.
Hogs-Rough and mixed ss, 1904. 10; packing
an . shipping Sa,9O04,S0; light weights s., $500
4 90; skips 81. 48D3, 40.
Bheep-Reoeipts, 5000. Market opened
higher, closed easy; natives 81. 5OG4. IS; western
$2 Texans, 81. 2503,25; lambs $3.50
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-07

MILWAUKEE,, December 8.
Wheat-Cash n; Jan. 779t; May s4h.
Corn-No 2, SIX.
Oats-No. 2, 81.
Rye-No. l, 57h,
Barlsy-No, 2. 5SA.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26

BRLpvoRp, Pa, March 26.-opouod at 7gNc;
closed al f9HC. highest 7II{C lowest 1901 runs not
iS,iiS barrels; cioafGnCos 2,22S,OOO barrels.
OIL CRY, PA, March 26.---o Opened at 40; high.
cal 7I%o, lowest 71o closed at 78Ct sales no. 700
barrels, charters 1918 barrels! shipments 60,26S
barrels.
PITTSBURGH, PA, March 2J.--Petroleum active
and IRREGULAR; National transit certificates opened
az 7sC closed at 7SSc highest 7g1[ci lowest
Tt1uIVlLLE, Pa, March 2b.--OpenOd at 10;
highest AN; lowest 100 closed shipments
JO,263 barrels; charters ole barrels.
NEW YORE, March 2S.- letrolsum steady, United
closed al 7SkG
NV YoRk, March 2S-WlLh SCENTS and jObbSts,
the new demand Is irregular, anu with the fotmer
very moderate but In The execution Of Otden d
fall business iS being reached.
Lead
NEw YonK, March % Lead firm: common q %.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26
PI.EsENCh OF MIND.

What Man Did WhSn he Saw Brick FALL
lug straight Towards AIS Head.
CHICAGO Herald,
"DO we ever stop to think about the
people who are compelled to pass under
us2" said a bricklayer; Eyes, We do, and
often, too. People don't seem to under.
stand how careful we are not to drop
bricks or pieces when working over side
walks, I've been working on the Rialto,
and the folks going TO and from the Rock
Island station have persisted in walking
under he scaHolding, though Mr., Griffith
has kept 'Danger-keep 0ut' signs up
all the time. Guess III have 10 tell you
the story Of the man who came along
under me one day just as l let brick fall,
1t Is q story OF such presence OF mind as
you don't often find in this world, | tell
you, aud as to the other world IdoR't know
nothing about 1t. What mean ia that II
was the kind OF presence OF mind you
read about and rarely or never see,
"Well, let brick fall and 1t went
sailing down, / called out as loud as |
could Look out belOwV Then / got
look. On the ground below was man,
and the brick was going go straight for
him that II he had stepped back few feot
1t would have hit him sure. l knew the
man would jump one way or the other
people always do when suddenly alarmed
and on the way he jumped his safety
depended AS the thought flashed
through my mind that people usually
jumped backward on such occasions felt
as ii that mana life could not have been
insured then for ninty.niue cents annual
premium on the dollar. But he didn't
jump at all, He threw his eyes up, sight
cd the brick and walked along as calmly as
II there was no danger near, The brick
struck within eight feet OF him and made
a hole in a board big enough to give one
an idea OF the effect it would have had
upon mans head. This may seem like
q llttel thing to you, but it struck me as
being one Of the greatest exhibitions OF
presence OF mind | ever heard oil"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26
Early Psas-How o Grow EA0m.

Early PsRs-How 70 Grow Them.
American Agricultural,
There is not much that Is new to be said
as to how to get peas earliest. know OF
no royal road. We can only plant, and
cultivste and wait, BY assisting nature
at the start though, we can sometimes
hurry her ups little, have found two
ways Of doing this, One is to ridge the
ground IN the fall, before 1t freezes, to
make 1t dry of earlier In the spring, and
the other Is to start the seeds before the
ground is dry enough to bs worked, The
frat needs no explanation, For the sec
ond | place my seed peas in moist sand,
about the last week In March, and act the
box containing the SAND in a warm place,
until the peas have formed sprouts about
half an inch loug, Then, il the
soil in the garden is not yet
sufficiently dry for planting, l Get
set the box in the cellar, covering it with
board il mice are troublesome, and leave
1t there until We can plant, | have left
the Hprouted seed in this condition for q
fortnight without any apparent harm re-
sulting, When the ground Is dry enough
to plant, ] pick the peas carefully out Of
the sand, place them in the drill about two
inches apart, and cover slightly With fine
soil. i have gained as much as eight days
in eaFlinssSlby thus starting the seed be-
iOrehRnd, though the difference ia usually
not 30 much.
The earliness may also be increased
some by planting In sheltered location,
particularly lit ia one that receives re fleet
ed heat from the sun, as the south side Of
a building a high, tight board fence,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26

urdce uEeeHWOOds ktttF'
It is said that noble young ladies, aspir.
ing to the position OF maids Of honor, Ire.
pare themselves by spending an hour OF
two day In a refrigerator. Tho London
correspondent OF one OF the Milan news.
papers dwells pathetically on the suffer.
Jugs OF the ladies Of the house OF lords on
that feariully Indictment Thursday, when
they sat, stripped almost 10 the waist, all
through the ceremonial and the reading OF
an unusually long speech, blue with cold,
and shlVerlng vislbly. de speaks also Of
the "horrid museum OF skin and bones
furnished by the old and thin progresses,
aud rendered all the more ghastly by
diamond illumination, and adds that the
queen Clocks on the sight Complacenlly,
as though she had as intense an admire.
ton for the sharp shoulder blades OF
Indies as for the naked knees OF
her.-bony sCots." It Is said that
Princess Beatrice was some time since
compelled by severe attack Of rheuma-
lism to adopt plebeian modern innovation,
a high neCked evening dress; but until
this Instance, the only one in which the
queen was known to relax the Median.
Persian law Of court etiquette was in favor
Of our noble American slnger-Antoinette
Sterling. Nine. Sterling was command.
ed" to Windsor to sing before her males.
ty, but respectfully represented that she
could only do 80 on hygienic and high
neCked conditions. These were granted,
and the gentle savage" appeared before
the most august body Of the world, before
the most deCorous and deCollete court cir.
Gle Of Ohristendom-appearedy calm and
grave and simple as usual, and clad in
Null Dress" US she Understood the term
that lie, deCently draped from head to foot,
and from shoulder to wrist. There was q
little scandal, Of course, butt was hushed
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26

pass away. Keep calves growing thrifily
6kim.milk with q little linseed meal scald-
cd and added TO It as q substitute for the
cream, Ia Just as good for them as whole
milk led from the pail. Sheep must be
kept in dry yards or there will be danger
to their feet, Ewes with lambs should
have grain daily, at least until they come
to pasture. sWine.-Thoss whobuy young
pigs for feeding should buy none but half.
bloods by Berkshire, Yorkshire, Poland
or other pure sire, They grow faster and
fstten with less feed. Poultry,-Reduce
the stock Of fowls as soon as this years
hatch Is well provided for, but hold on to
old turkeys and old geese, they get used to
the ways Of the farm and are worth much
moreas breeders than Young ones, Ducks
also are good till three years old. A tur-
key Is In her prime at Ave, and q goose at
twenty.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26
Ll1e slosE M Antil.
n AprlnlLatlA

American AgrtcllshrtA.
Battle the horses shoulders with cold
water or brine ne quick asthe collars come
90, before the sweat begins 70 dry, and
rub of the collars and saddle pieces with
A moist cloth. This will prevent sore
shoulders. All changes Of food should DO
gradual, but In proportion 10 the work,
Heavily taxed muscles make demands on
the stomach hence, increase the iced alter
work beginB-hevef In anticipation. A
horse fed up before he 10 called 10 work
Qets soft and fat. Be careful 70 protect
horses from drafts when wBTm rub down,
blanket, or let them stand In close stables,
Cows al CAlving need little care, the leul
the better II in q loose box OF the open
Aeld. "Fus8lng" over them % always
provocative Of Injury. Give no grain
but loosenlng diet Of bran
and roots TOT some days, and gtad1
ually increase feed a ieVstlih Dymptoml
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26
Scrofula ofLllngs
Relieved.

lam now 40 years old, and have suffered for the
last fifteen years with lung trouble. Several
members Of the family on my mothers side Of the
house had died with Consumption, and the doc
tom were all agreed In their opinion that had
consumption also had all the distressing Symp.
toms Of that terrible disease. lave spent thou
sands Of dollars to arrest the march Of this dlseaSei
have employed ali Of tho usual methods, not only
in my own case, but In the treatment Of other
momb Grs Of my family, but temporary relief Was
all that obtained. was unit for any manual
labor for several years. BY chance l came into
possession Of a pamphlet on "Blood and Skin
Disease" from the office oil Swift speclac Co., At.
lauta, Ga. A friend recommended the use oil
swiits Specific claiming that he himself had beon
greatly benelted by It's use in sorc lung troubles.
resolved to Try IT,, About four years ago | com;
mGnced 10 take ), &, \ according TO directions.
found II an invlgorntlng tonic, and have used
about ATTY bOltlel The results arc most remark
able. Ny cough has LEFT me, my strength has 70
turned, and weigh sixty POUNDS more than l ever
ali IN my life II has been three years since ]
stopped the use Of the medicine but have had
no return Of the dlFehse and there are no palms o.
weakness felt IN my lung! do thn hardest KIND
Of mCchI meal work aud feel as well a. ever fGl!
| since was boy These, know, arc wonderful
Et0temenU 10 mako, but / EN- honest when l say
| that owe my existence Rnd health truAy 70
SWligg Specific. II u the only medicine mat
thsi SWlis Specific will d. this 10 every case, but
most positively aIlrm thai II has done INA much
| fOF mo ard would be feOreant " tho duty owe
% sufeTing humanity 4 nHd S w y " gSat @
Tnsdioine, am we'll known In tho city Of Mont
gouery and can relet 10 somo oil tue best citizens
ID the city. ,.,, Il d hoLE
SWiits specific Is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
/ Blood and SKIN Diseases mailed ifce.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-26
AN Answer Wanted.

Can any one bring us q case Of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily Cure7 We say they can
not, as thousands OF cases already per.
manently cured and who are daily recon-
Electric Bitters, will prove.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Weak Back, or
any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purify the blood, regulate the bowels,
and act directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale at Doc a
bottle by Logan & Co. MwF4w