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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

The board of managers of National
Homes for disabled volunteer soldiers
at a business meeting recently held in
Washington, said that there are now
5000 veterans in the homes through.
out the country, and there is no room
for new applicants. At the same time,
the number of applicants has largely
increased, especially in Wisconsin,
Iowa and the northwest. There are
now more than 5000 applications on
file for admission to the homes. Con-
gress will be asked for a larger appro-
priation than usual this winter for the
new quarters necessary.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

There is an abundant reason for be-
lieving that the earth's crust is very
thin, asserts Mr.. J.. Starkie Gardner,
and it seems not impossible that some
Q may be devised for utilizing the
intense heat of the molten mass below.
This is already being done, in fact, TO
some extent, an artesian well having
been bored at Pesth to obtain warm
water for public baths, etc. From a
depth of about 900 feet a large guam
tity of water heated to 16l degrees
Fahrenheit pours forth, and the boring
is to DO continued until water at 178
degrees is yielded.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09
Among the fints of the chalk for

Among the fints of the chalk for
nations is occasionally found one
which emits a clear musical sound
when struck with another flint. lis
sander tells of a distinguished French
musician, II. Baudre. who is a Jealous
collector of these musical stones, and
who has just succeeded in making n
unique ''piano" from them. In this
instrument the flints are suspended by
wires above a sounding board, and are
played upon by two other flints. The
stones of the piano number twenty
six, forming the two chromatic oc-
taves, and were collected with much
patient labor during a period of more
than thirty years. There seems to be
no relation between the sizes of the
stones and their tones.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09
ciaI union

Color-blindness, as usually under
stood, is a blindness to red, to green,
or to blue or violet, and about one
male in every twenty-five appears to
be unable to discriminate between the
principal colors of the spectrum. In a
stricter sense, all persons are color
blind, for although Chevreul said to
have been able to distinguish 14,420
tones of color, it has been proven that
the human eye is totally incapable of
receiving all the vibrations of color
which must exist in the spectrum.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

Aunt Clara Brown, formerly a slave,
who was credited with being tho first
woman to cross the plains into Colo
RADIO, died at Denver recently at the
age of more than four score years.
Two years ago she brought to Denver
one of her daughters who had been
sold to slavery forty years before.
This long-lost daughter was the sole
comfort of Aunt Clara's declining
days. At the close of tho war she
journeyed to Kentucky anc returned
to Colorado with .twenty-six members
Of her family. At n time she vas
quite wealthy, but was retuced to
poverty by agents who swindled her.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09
PUBLISHER

Successful experiments have been
made in joining and restoring the
functions of divided nerves, even
nerves of different function being used
to replace those partially destroyed.
1t is thought that even sight and hear
ing may be restored, after injury to the
nerves on which they depend. by bring
ing other nerves into service by artifi.
ciaI union
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

Senate, 81 Republican, 10 Fusion; House, 81
Republican, 80 Fusion. In the Senate are %
old soldiers; In the House "a. The Oldest
member OF the Senate is GS years; the
youngest %. The oldest member Ct The
House is 67; the youngest %, u native. In the
Senate all are married except 3; In the House
al are married except 6. For the first time
Iowa is represented fairly in nativity, there
bsing 3 native born In the Senate, and Z In the
House.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

The great superiority Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup 10 all OTHER cough remedies is a,tested
by the immense popular demand for tlat old
estat .isned remedy. Price - cents.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

Young or middle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility or kindred affections, should
address With 10 cents In stamps for large treat
lee, Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

The only exercises Of the evening was the ad-
dress by the state superintendent, ID. L. Kiehle.
The subjects of better sanitation for school
houses, compulsory education, and reading
circles were touched on, and then the subject
Mr.. Klehle thanked the superintendent for
the courtesy they had shown him, coTpli-
mented them on their ability and industry,
welcomed them to me capital, and expressed
a hope for a successful convention.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09

DeTs responding.
George d. Goodrich, Anoka.
V. d. Eddy, Chicago.
w. A. Fleming, Crow Wing.
G. l.. Greenough, Dakota.
Arson NJ. Sperry, Dodge.
William II. Sanders, Douglas.
X. W. Richards, F~Aribault.
john Brady, Fillmore.
q. w. Levens, Freeborn.
A. + Engstrom, Goodhue.
Thomas Z. Hodgson, Grant.
w. w. Wrasmsn, Hennepin.
Charles Booth, Isanti.
G. A. Birch, Kandiyohi.
Malens p. Kivley, Lac qui Parle.
II. f. Gibbon, lie Sueur.
L. 7. Harrington, Mcleod.
ID. P. Sackett, Martin.
j. w. Wright, Meeker.
I. y. Stromme, Norman.
=. l.. Lord, O.msted.
George Y. Cowipg, Otter Tail.
Henry G. Blake, Ramsey.
s. h. Wilson, Rice.
II. j. G. Macintosh, Travers.
George NJ. Berdal, Watonwan.
Simon Mufley, Wright.
Leroy 8. Chase, Yellow Medicine.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
BILL-EE CHANDLER

AT a recent meeting Of the Republican
State Central Committee OF New Hamp-
shire, in Concord, the Hon. Bill-ee
Chandler arose and urged the nomina-
ton OF strong candidates, and advised
the party to favor Prohibition, and to
take advanced ground on the labor topic.
This action is perfectly consistent with
the party-watch-dog tactics displayed by
him for years, and serves to show that
he Is alive to the great danger to the
party from Blaine's straddling position on
the Prohibition question, and the fierce
fight now looming up for Republicans
over the line in Maine. Chandler is
hawk-eyed, and knows we'll how the re-
spectacle element OF the Republican
party sought the aid OF that party in es-
tablishing Prohibition laws, and how
ioully they were dealt with by Republi-
can candidates after each succeeding
election. He knows that Prohibition
has deep hold on the so-called blue
blood OF Yankeedom, and that il is from
that class, all Republican strength has
been drawn. He knows the danger TO
his party hopes and aspirations from the
desertion OF the Prohibitionists, and he
makes timely plea 10 entertain them
again with false pretenses, only to be
broken, and the deluded Prohibitionists
-r.v.-.--tli...-.s,i... .sa. &c ID Slse. l.a
taking OF advanced ground ON the labor
question, too, and at this late hour, after
twenty years in which to have ef
iected this much-needed step, it looks lik,
bad exposure OF his party for their ne
glect OF the worklngman's interests.
Why did not Chandler and the New Eng.
land Republicans favor Prohibition be.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
IN A BAD BOX.

Murat IIalstead, OF the Cincinnati
Commercial Ga;ette, is just now in peck
OF genuine trouble, which will cause him
to curl his martial whiskers "till the cows
come home" or words to that effect.
John X, Mclean, of the Enquirer, has
unearthed an alleged attempt by Hal
stead to suborn perjury by procuring
false swearing on the part OF certain
Mrs. Boone, TO the effect that Mclean
was in the house OF one Herman, in com
pany with several well-known ward
workers, with ballot box, during the
election of the Legislature which
elected Payne, and that he (Halstead)
offered the woman 800 in money
and to procure the pardon OF her
brother, then refugee in Europe, ii she
would swear 10 these things In his still
hunt for evidence, Halstead went one
step too far in this, for Mclean has got q
hold on it and will prosecute him, and
those who know Mclean and his deter
mined methods, know that he will never
rest, night or day, till he succeeds in an
undertaking. The trouble and bad blood
between these two men has become a
source Of annoyance 10 their numerou,
readers, and it would be great relie
ii it should end IN the conviction oi
Halstead and his subsequent quietus as a
journalist, lie is one OF the enatiC
nowers in the profession, powerful iol
good OF evil, and he has deliberately
chosen the latter pathway, annoying tho
whole country simply TO crafty per
sonal malice, and because he was able to
do so, The day OF the rule or ruin ed
itor is past, as witness the neat trouncinl
Halstead received at the hands of Logan
| Dhu.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
G. 8. CARVER
Livery, Feed 6 Sales Stable

uAyE THE FINEST CARRIAGE AND san
IL die horses In the country.
Transportation to TAYLOR and PlOCHE OF
short Notice.
Terms Reasonable aud Satisfaction GuaLaA
eed
stable at head OF Main Street.
Triaco. ufah
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
LOGAN AND THE G.. A. II.

While Logan Dhu is in San Francisco,
memorandum of tho action taken by the |
Society OF the Army of the Potomac, at
its recent annual meeting held there,
when it passed resolutions expressive OF
thanks to Congress and the President for
granting tardy justice to General Fitz-
John Porter. The DEMOCRAT claimed a
few days since, that Logan did not have
control, politically, of the G. a. r., and
this action by its strongest part proves
the truth OF that claim. The Society Of
the Army OF the Potomac comprises all
the officers and men now living who
fought in that wonderful army, and
nearly all OF whom were on the
ground when Porter was charged with
disobedence Of orders, many of them
being in his command, and thoroughly
conversant with the merits of the case.
Some OF them helped General Grant in
the way OF seeing the case in its true
light, when he gave his opinion that
Porter saved the Union armies that day,
and hundreds of them wrote and talked
to Logan on the subject, seeking to
change his opposition to Porter, but all to
no effect. The only chance they have
had since the tardy justice was granted
to Porter was on Saturday last, when
they Immediately placed themselves on
the record, and gave Logan snub such
| L. 4 - La, Ia, I'D -,
reckoning on the support Of the soldier
element for his political aspirations. 1t
is self-evident that Logan is on this trip
when he should have bean in his seat in
the Senate, solely for political effect, but
with General McA1ahon at the head OF
the Society OF the Army OF the Potomac,
Logan will look in vain for support
from Eastern soldiers, whose feelings he
outraged by the persecution OF as good a
soldier as ever wore Government uni
form. No man has right to expect
help or opposition from the q. A. X. as
an Order, but there are times when the
: recollections OF old memories come over
the men, and they will not countenance
the unmerited persecution OF the men
who stood with them in those dark days.
At the present writing Logan's military
boom is fiat failure, and we hope tc
! yet record more dismal fail
ure in the event OF his again
being placed before the people for 8
, national office. Logan was a good sol
! dier and did his work well, but there are
: hundreds Of gentlemen in the 6. A. r
who led their men into three fights fol
3 his one, and with far more success, ant
!. while they honor him for the good he die
| in those days, they cannot forget that he
, alone oil all the q. A. II. sunk every con
: sideration OF magnanimity, every i'm
=. pulse OF a soldiers friendship for com
rade, in his persevering pursuit OF Gen
, eral Porter, when that gentleman had nj
, friend in the Senate but the men VIII,
+ fought on the other side, and who knew
how he was wronged. Logan had hi
= day in the Senate. Porter will have hi
s day at the polls.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06

WE show elsewhere that the opposition
OF the Republicans in both houses Of
Congress was the cause OF hindrance to
legislation, and in the face of the big
fight against the President, made by
Senator Edmunds and his followers, the
following summary is certainly good
showing:
"Mr. Cleveland has sent to the Senote the
names of 2,427 persons whom he has nomi-
mated to office. All of them have been con-
| firmed save seventeen. The Senate, which
| sprang upon the President like n roaring
| lion with its mouth wide open, has become
! as quiet as lamb. No other President has
met with such small percentage of rejec.
tions, and no other President has treated
the Senate with such contetnptuous indiffer-
ence. His enemies say he is obstinate, his
friends say he is firm. All agree that he il
boss of the ranch. .'-Louisriite Times.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06

fore? Because they would thereby lose
the liquor interest vote, which kept them
in office. Why did not Chandler and the
Republicans OF New England advise ad-
vanced ground on the labor question be-
fore? Because they would lose the capi-
talist vote, and the money poured out Tor
the enslavement OF free people. Why
do Chandler and the New England Re-
publicans do these things now2 Because
they see the writing on the wall, which
tells them that the workingman oil the
country has resolve d hereafter TO rule by
his ballot, and that the power OF capital
for political purposes is irretrievably
ruined. Because they see that under q
government of the people, the promises
are kept which their candidates made at
the conventions, and that the people are
pleased thereat and give unstinted sup
port to the party and its principles that
has delivered them from the clutches o
the Republicanfwould-be dictators OF the
country's law. Because, by gaining the
vote of the Prohibitionists, they could
still hope to hold the boards and elec
their candidate in 1888. But the politica
horizon OF that party is clouded with dis
trust and the defeated hopes OF thos
who placed reliance on it, and all tn
Chambers, Blaines, Halstead's et ais. i
the country cannot cfface the stain ne
its blighting effects. Democracy was tr
umphant in "a on its own merits, al
proposes to repeat the act in 'Ss ON sin
| ilar ,rrc,,nla
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
The following testimonials are from patients
residing In Salt Lake CITY.

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residing in Salt Lake City:
D. Delouche, No. 25s Third East street. says:
Having been unable to walk or straighten my.
self up on account Of great pains In my back, l
was completely relieved of all suffering and
pain by two administrations of DIR. MacLeanan's
method of treatment"
DR.. LeBaron Harrington says: ~ can freely
and conscientiously recommend DR.. MacLen-
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Mr. Olsen, of 523 First East street. says: Am
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yet, after ten minutes treatment by DR., Mac
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Mr.. Z. Gunderson. Of South First East street,
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alIiictlng trouble In my head. The doctor, by
| applying his remedies, has entirely relieved
me-"
Charles Holt Sixth Ward, says: "Dr. Mac
Lehman cured me of severe atiiiction Oy one
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Mrs DelOuche says: During per cd Of Il
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and cutaneOus eruptiOns on my bowels In the
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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
THE PALACE HOTEL.
Entrance No. s7i Main street, near Third.
$1,000
Will be given for any of them that
are not Genuine.
ATTORNEY. GENERAL MARSHALL'S REPLY To
HON. T. Z. JONES.
OFFICE OF THE ATToRSEY-GENERAL)
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

OFFICE OF THE ATTONNEY.UEN EKABI
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, :
SAN FRANCISCO. March IS. lSsiS
Hon. T. +. Jones-MY DEAR SIR: ! have Just
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Respectfully E. c. MARSHALL.
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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
DIR. MACLENNAN Treats successfully

All Broken Down Constitutions, Nervous and
General Debility, Veal spines Prolapsus and
all kinds OF Male an Female Weakness of II
private nature or othCrw sc, brought on either
by abuse or excess, Diseased Liver, Kidneys,
stomach, spleen, Heart, Lungs, Throat, Head,
Eyes aud Ears, Internal Ulcers, Loss OF Voice,
Weakness OF the Limbs, Weak Back, Weak
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chitis, Deafness. Diabetes. Epilepsy, Consump.
tion, Paralysis, Matured TumOrs, Cancers, and
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numerous to be mentioned
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-06
KNIGHTS oE PYTHIAs.

CALANTHE LODGE NO. 8, X. OF Freq.
" ular conventions every Monday, al Castle
Hall, Walker Opera House. AT 800 p. IN,
Visiting knights madewelcOme.
&. Il. LAS0. X. OIL and
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

that AL Bennett was the lucky man,
and that he has provided the young
lady with revolver to keep the other
boys away with.
T. P. Chambers received letter
last week from Silver City, Iowa,
bearing the sad news of the death Of
his mother. Cause: cancer of long
standing.
Jno. Jordan returned from ST. John
county Sunday. He secured home
stead and tree claim there and left for
Eustis Monday, where he il building
large feed and livery stable.
Jones Bros. have a new mower and
rake and will do your cutting for SOC
per acre.
Thos. Trump is in Sherman county,
building on his homestead.
s. L. JR.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

SCHOOL LAND.
No. 169, 16O acres in choice location,
| $4,000, one-half cash, balance two years at
six per cent.
No. 100. 100, 800. $50. or $40 acres al
choice land, price $500 per acre, one-half
cash, balance long time at six per cent.
DECIDED LANDS.
No. 204. I60 acres near Quickville,
$4,000
No. 199, leo acres near Colby $500 90 one
half cash balance on short or long time.
No. 228. 1GO acres three miles Of post Office
and near Colby $4,000 FIVE hundred cash
balance in Eve years.
No. 22s. l6O acres four miles Of Colby
$4,000
Farm Loans q speciality. Call and see us
or Address WELD BRos. Colby Kansas.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

Hon. S. B. Osborne was nomir
by acclimation at Ness City on
day Aug. 3, when the judici cor
ton for the 23rd. Judicial Dis
met. He was appointed by
Martin lart winter. when the new
was created. He is popular and
and this is another case of
judgement shown by Gov. Martil
making appointments.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
nNMEsTEADs.

nNMESTEADS.
No.2l1, 800 Acres in z, 80, two houses,
twenty -One acres broke, price $4OO. 90 cash.
Ne. 2l7, I60 acres, 5 mile from Eustis OF
Leonard, $4,000 cash or trade.
No. 2O2, 16O acres six miles from Colby
$4,000
TIMBER CLAIMS.
No. 2I2. I6O acres fourteen miles from
Colby, six miles from r r., $250O0
No. 222, 16e ;acres 4 miles Of Colby
$4,000.
No. 223. $40 acres two timber claims and
two decided quarters all adjoining, $4,000, 90
for all or Sl5OOOO for half
No. 227, $50 acres one quarter timber
entry and one decided, all choice l aud, price
$12OOO0
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
q Crop From The Sod.

We have received. with the con
n.ents of I.UGENE WORCESTER, q
tograph OF the first office OF
Thomas County Cat. There sts
tie Office. q sod house with g bt
roof, and door in front and a
and window in the side. Near by
q dug-oEt, the low roof rising al
the level of The esrth. the rest below.
Thai is al. N0 tree. no fence, 10 bit
of garden ground. 10 bird or beast
are there, and 30 shadow. One can
see the rev roof shining in the glare
OF the sun There is nothing to tell
whether il is winter or sum ner. for
the crinkled buffalo grass looks alike
III both seasons, but YOU are sure from
the great b!ne vast unclouded Kansas
sky shines the'sun. There is in this
no horizon, no background, no line of
hills. or belt of forest, or solitary
mound to mark the line between here
and the beyond.
That picture was taken less than
two years ago. The paper which found
: its home in the sod house is still pub.
lished, but it is in Il well appointed
Office with a cylinder press There is
not in sight of the present Office q
single sod house, but, instead, when
YOU stand in the office door you look
up and down well built business
street, with building of wood and brick
stores where you may find all man
wants anywhere; all the means of liv-
ing. food and raiment, just as in the
Oldest communities. Books. music
amusements, society, business, all that
the four or five thousand people who
now living in Thomas county want
is in sight of the newspaper Office now
And it all came of the type and the
paper and the press in the sod house.
That house came before the other
things we have mentioned. Seek We
first newspaper, and all these things
shall be added unto you. Everybody
wanted to see the newspaper with the
funny name; the THOMAS Car, that
was it; the word county did not
show up in the head line So, from
reading the Car they came, they saw,
they honesteaded. They braved the
the solitude, the wind, which Is some.
times sirocco IN summer, sometimes
q blizzard in winter, and started to
live in great wide country without
even a shade or shadow, not even
that of a great rock, in it, because the
newspaper man had first dared to start
his paper in the sod house e-all alone.
The fashion of sod houses passes
away; they are built for a day and
not for all time We suppose of the
original Car Office, not one sod is now
left upon another. So, in memory OF
it this picture was taken, and these
words are wntten-for even rudely
fashioned words may live.-lThe Daily
Champion.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

The prescription repeal bill ant
bill forfeiting the Northern p:
land grant have been laid aside
this session. They were brought
campaign capital and it is very
likely if they come up again. we
dicted this.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

The House on Aug. 3rd pa
resolutions endorsing the admin
ton in demanding immediate SUI
der of \. S. Cutting who is now ;
by the Mexican government, and
quest the President to renew the
mand. War with Mexico would n
good times, SO let il come if theyss
tinue to insult and trampie a
foot on laws