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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24
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For the year ending Dec.mh.
A. D. 1856. 0er Slst,
Of the condition and affair.
insurance Company, of Hartford 'ne Orlsli
under the laws of the state NJ o%rtsni,d
made to the Auditor of the TerritoS1vvh ds
pres;dents Al .1aho OF W me laws of said TerlI;taos.ea
Vice PRESIDENT. Newton Case.
Secretary, Geo, w, Lester.
Principal office, Hartford
areofheys TOT service of process in thu n,
1st Judicial District
"a JUDICIAL District Geo, ". Roh,x.
ton, Yankron County, "hooefs, Yank.
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4th judicial District-Ra]nb n ~.
Falls, Minneheha County. Dhisss,s iUI
9th Judicial District-W, l.. Xiv.
Beadle county. aug huron,
marck, Burleigh County. nneH Bis
organized or Incorporated June. ,s,7
neheed business January 1872, i'0', ctu.
III. CAPITAL.
Amount OF Capital Stock actually
| palu In cash Al Gnm,
~. PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE oosp,ST
The value of its Real Estate u.s.. y,..
Inc cash on hand in its Office is.... s' ~ z
The cash on deposit in bank ia a, XIV
The cash in hands of agents and in 'i'aa
Loans on b bond nmiss mopt Is ;s.. is;;.. 7si@s
tae hrst lien on Real Estate worth
double the amount of the sum loan
cd oIs M !.
Stocks and bonds owned by the comn,nv :.
WIT; As per schedule attached to orisI, "
statement. "islla
Total carried out at marketvslue sl,Wsas g
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to.wit: AS per schedule attached to or ~
sta cment. "tsmA
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terest due and accrued and rents, 1g7gs
lotai 81, ~ d
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24

II EIHTISyRY. DE1sTIsThk
~ DR.. W. 81. BRowN. Dentint, Union ~
Sankton. d. 4. Erosb gas always on hahua-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24

R-A1l orders for Session Laws promptly
flledIby BOWEN & KINGsBURY,
Feb 4, 1885. Yankton. Dakota.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24
Total expenditures

VIII. BlShS'
Gross amount of risks taken
during the year 1885,.
Gross amount of risks TAX
en- in the Territory of Da-
kota during the year 1885
Whole amount of risks out
Soanulng ..-.......,.......
Whole amount of losses in
CURED during the year
ls65,includine those claim
ed,and not yet due......
Whole amount of losses in
cnrred during the year
1885, including those
claimed and not yet due,
In the Territory of Dakota
Number of Agents in the
Territory Of Dakota, 80.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24

The. silver mine excitement st Pali-
sadea, in M%innehaha county, still RACES.
Sioux Falls is very much warmed up on
the subject and it is believed that it is
a sure find and will bring great riches
to the fortunate owners OF claims.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24

VIZ EXPENSES DURING
Whole amount of losses paid
during the year 1Sa5.......
Amount accrued prior to
preceding statement prior
to January LIST, lSS5........,
Amount accrued gu bsequent
to preceding statement. -.
Amount of losses paid upon
risks taken in the Terri
tory of Dskota.........,,.
Amount OF losses paid prior
10 preceding statement.
Amount of Losses accrued
subsequent to the preced-
ing statement.
Amount of dividends paid
during the year 1SS5.......
Amount of commissions and
fees paid to officers and
agents during the year
1885.
Amount of taxes paid dur
rag the year 1885,. $500.
Whole amount paid for SAL
aries of officers and agents
during the year l8S5.......
Whole amount of all other
expenditures during the
year 1885, general expense.
account ....................
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-24

Sioux Falls Press: o. w. Buck re-
ports that l,274,77o cigars were made in
southern Dakota last year, and that
100000 Of that number were made in
Sioux Falls.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

mutual success in newspaper editing.
We must confess that we have ourselves
frequently Spilled over" but hope there
has always been sufficient excuse for
our rash choler." If newspaper men
would mCulcate into their natures 4
little more of the creed of Pythianism
their lives would certainly flow more
smoothly. We believe that 1t is with
newspapers as with all other institutions
Of power, "united they stand divided
they fall.' Whenever there is a great
work to be done by the newspapers in
county it is best that they should
work hand in hand to advance the in
terests of the common cause, but where
one chooses to hold aloof let it do SO
without sowing tares among the seed
of its fellows. In the case of Mr.
Hinchliffe and Mr.. Ewing it can be
clearly seen that the latter was very
unjust and indiscrete, the action of the
former could not have been wiser, and
now that all are pacified, let Ceci
county's newspaper men, from the
ranks of which we are sorry to take
our departure, endeavor to live in con
cord and thereby save disaster
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

In a lengthy, double-leaded dispatch
from Washington, the Times OF last
week endeavo. ed to picture forth in
terrifying colors the why's and the
wherefores that have been stood up
lik. a stone wall between President
Cleveland and the efforts he has made
for a successful administration. In
summing up the work of the President
for the past year, the Times evidently
concludes that he has done nobly and
crowns him in consequence with many
laurels Of adulatory rhetoric. The truth
OF the matter is that at the present time
President Cleveland has great many
more enemies than friends among the
politicians and an enemy is the slowest
person in the world to see any good in
The work Of the person he happens to
dislike. Behind all the bitterness that
is felt towards Cleveland, however,
there turks feeling Of respect for the
manner in which he has managed the
great ship of State, stormy as the
weather has been since he assumed
command of the helm. He has worked
quietly, and if there is anything in the
world hungry ofiice-seeker hates, it is
a President who works quietly. Quiet
work is honest work, and there is very
little of the honest in the make up of
the hungry office seeker.-that is the
best way we can define the substance
of the unfas orable feeling that prevails
against Cleveland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

THE Rev. Chauncy {. Williams,
as much as emay have disappointed
the members of the Easton Diocese
has made himself familiar to them in
very gratifying light. 1t can now
be plainly seen why he delayed so
long deciding the momentous ques-
ton that confronted him. He is a
man of conscience, of the highest
honor, and he left the settlement OF
the question to a higher power than
his own personal desires. 1t is be-
vond doubt that as bishop he
would have been a worthy successor
of the lamented Mr.. Lay. Their is
a power and depth revealed in his
letter of resignation that few modern
clersymen have. 1t reveals the fact
that he is self made man, whose
whole physical and moral constltu-
ton is moulded in the crucible OF the
highest thought and the best chris
tan motives. Prayer was his soul
aid in the decision of the question
and in his faith he seems to have
been tourfold strong.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

WE are glad to learn that the differ
ence lately existing between the editors
OF several Of our Cecil county papers
and the Elkton correspondent Of the
Baltimore SIN has been so amicably
settled. None of the parties are eight
ing men and we were surprised at
even the faint indication of i'll feeling
between them. The method pursued
in settling tie matter will meet with
general commentator. Although Mr.
Hinchlihe had excellent grounds for
his charge of libel, yet it was well to
consider that perhaps both the gentle
men who had traduced him had written
their articles in a hasty mood while
in vexed temper at other business or
social annoyances. We do not think
that either of them lacked manliness
enough to wish to loose Mr.. Hinchliffe
his position or that they really felt any
personal enmity towards him. If they
did we are sorry that they took such an
unkindly avenue to show it. There is
certainly room enough in Cecil county
for all the newspaper men whose occu-
pations lay within its borders, and ample
room for them to live together in peace
and fellowship. This we believe they
do far more continuously than is the
case with men of the profession in
other parts of the county. Every news
paper man, especially if he be an cap
prentice hand" does or should, expect
to be "torn out by his contemporaries
during the first few years of his career,
and if he has real good sense and judg-
ment will take the mud balls thrown at
him in good faith and without resent
ment. We admire the newspaper man
who returns smile for a frown. As
one of our exchanges lately said, loss
of temper is a serious drawback to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

In its present condition the marsh
in the rear of Elkton must be pro-
nounced veritable disease pest.
Having been overlooked several
times during the late freshet it now
reeks with damp mire and offal of all
kinds. A few days of summer with
the warm sun shining down upon it
would create stenChes almost I'M
bearable to the residents in that part
of the town. What to do with the
marsh has long been debated among
those who have the best interests of
our town at heart, but the solution
OF the question is still anxiously
waited for. The land has been pur-
chased by private citizen, first with
the intention OF converting it into a
cranberry bog, but which idea was
abandoned, after an unsuccessful
trial, for something else. In its
present state, except for minor and
hardly profitable objects, it is use
less. Why this should be we cannot
understand. There is certainly some
method by which this land could be
made valuable to its owner and less
of torment to the disease-tearlno
community. Every country village
it seems must be burdened with a
thing of this kind, but in the course
of time there invariably comes along
some one who is wise enough and
ingenious enough to propose some
practical plan by which the trouble
may be overcome. At first it was
our intention TO appeal to Mr.. Sin
gerly, who has aided the prosperity
of the town so much already and
whose head is stored with answers tC
just such questions as this marsh
business, for a solution of the riddle,
but consideration has prompted us
to submit the question to the popu-
lation at large and allow them space
in our columns for their replies. A
great deal ofthought should be given
this matter by our town fathers and
some effort made to abolish a pest
that is dangerous to life at all times
and certainly does not increase the
value Ct any property that may be
within its vicinity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27
THE RESULT.

Both tie High License men and
Prohibitionlsts of Cecil county should
now be content with the results attained
by their several conventions. The
first really practical move towards the
securing of better temperance law for
Cecil county was made at the meeting
of the committee in Elhton on Tuesday
last. For the first time drafts of what
it is thought will be adequate laws were
produced and some final method
adopted for their perfection and pre-
sention to the Legislature. The law
drafted by MIR. Writ for the High Ii
cense men is certainly a strong one.
No rum-seller can find a loop-hole in
it by which he can escape any of its
severe restrictions. Ga the other hand
Mr.. Blake's law for the Prohibtionists
is even more strong and meets with
greater popularity. Under Its edicts,
if they be properly enforced, the tenn
perance people of the county may feel
safe. The elimination of the cider
clause and the added degrees of pun
ishment for any violation of the statute
make the law in our opinion just what
the people want. The great object of
these conventions and the highest pur-
poses of these drafts are to secure for
Cecil county an abolition of the liquor
traffic as total as such thing can be
while spirituous liquors are necessity
in disease. As we have said Mr.. Wirt's
High License law is strong one and
shows much dexterity, skill, and fore
thought in its construction and for
that matter the same may be said of
Mr.. Blake's, but strong and perfect as
this High License law may be it does
not remove the system from its ap-
pearance of compromise. Elkton will
have its saloon again, the county will
have its rum-shops, and liquor will have
to be sold just as cheaply as ever to
compete with the dealers in an adjoin-
ing state whose shops are far too con-
venient to our town. We cannot see
how this High License system will ben
eft the county in any way. And we
have pondered the question with a great
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

The opening volley in the Prohibi
ton campaign has been fired in the
form of a bill introduced into the
United States Senate for general in
quiry into the general liquor traffic Of
the country. Though not as open and
frank as the movement should be, yet
it is one Of which this opening volley
indicates many more telling shots to
follow. The interest felt in the Prohi-
bition cause a few years ago greatly
diminished when the defeat OF Blaine
came, and that event was charged to
the action of the St John party, but it
was not dead nor did it sleep SO soundly
as not to awaken again. A strong and
influential clement row composes the
rank and file of its advocates through
out the country and the next time it
speaks it means to be heard If it is a
movement for the best it will succeed
in America beyond whatever detrimen-
tai circumstances may arise to oppose
it. The public spirit of America has
now reached such state of refinement
and perspiculty that good movements
may feel assured of popular support,
even if they do have to struggle for a
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27
A COMMENDABLE MOVE

1t is gratifying to know that the pc
tition now being circulated throughout
the county for the creation by the
commissioners of bonded debt Of
S45, 900 is receiving the signatures of
all the heaviest tax payers and the most
influential business and professional
men in the county Its objects alone
are enough to recommend its wisdom.
The repairs to the court house can be
made for about ST., 900, and the in
sane hospital, no matter how much it
may cost, viii in time, return ten fold
the amount Of the investment. That
this plan is particularly free from all
jobbery has been shown by careful in
vestigatiOn. The men who originated
it had the interests of the county solely
at heart at the time and in no possible
way could 1t be made to work to the
advantage of one or a dozen. 1t is
proposed to give the contracts to none
other than unpartizan builders and me-
chanics, and to remove the work as
far as possible from any instiSation of
political favoritsm that may be brought
to bear upon it. That the court
houses needs repairs all who have eyes
to see will admit. In the course of a
few years it will be almost in ruins and
another cannot be built for less than
SIS, 900, if for that, which will amply
meet the demands of our growing
county. All of the county's public
buildings are SO ancient and out of re-
pairs that they have from time to time
been the laughing stock of visitors to
Elkton, and it is hardly polite thing
to hide the fact that as a general rule
dilapidation marks every building the
county owns, with the exception of the
Jail, and that being comparatively new
has not yet felt the gnawing teeth of
time. The idea of an insane hospital
to be attached to the aims house is a
new one and one which we can highly
commend. Not only would it be made
a fitting home for the unfoltunates of
our own county, but, if SO constructed,
might become the mecca of patients
from other parts of the country who
would aid materially in its support by
their physician. nurses, and Judgement
fees. Looked npon from every point of
view this movement is a thoroughly
proper one and we are glad to see it
meet with such general approval. Any
action in the matter must be taken
promptly and we advise those who have
not yet seen or signed the petition to
do SO at once, if its object meets their
views. The debt to be incurred in the
event is comparatively small one and
in no case SO great as to Swamp"
the tax payers. We have noticed that
all tax payers are ever ready and will
ing to accede to fresh demand that
may be made upon themif the cause
be a good one. If our observation
has been correct, therefore, they can
not conscientiously hesitate to lend
their voice to this appeal for bonded
debt of $4,000 When secured i,
will admit of such repairs to the court
house as we'll make it far more safe,
healthy, and commodious than it is at
present or ever has been and admit Of
the erection Of building that will nc
doubt in time be so managed as to be-
come one of those successful institu-
tons in which the citizens of old Cecil
may take deal of pride
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

-xcANDlDATE Tor the presidency,
John P. St. John, has just discovered
somewhere about his Old clothes a
strong liking for the South, which he is
about to turn to good account in the
little 1883 boom which his CO workers
in the Prohibition party are quietly
bringing to perfection. He says the
people of the South do not drink half
so much as he thought they did, and
besides that they are just as noble men
and women as the people of the North.
We are surprised that Mr.. St. ohm
should have such a small head. Why
we knew all this about the South more
years ago than we can recall. TO tell
the truth the very birth stock Of the
Temperance movement has been grated
in the North from specimens taken
from the South and the most effective
temperance work of the time has had
its origin in the midst of those gloomy
Tennessee distillery regions. There is
a power of good in the South which
the people Of the North are much too
slow in finding out.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

deal of zeal. Mr.. Blake Local Option
bill meets the view of every fair minded
temperance man in the county. 1t
prohibits and Furnishes with equal force.
1t makes the existence of a saloon I'M
possible and the Illicit sale of rum a
very dangerous business to engage in.
This is truly, then, temperance law.
1t abolishes and wipes out an evil that
all men curse and despise. We hope
that this Local Option bill will be
adopted. We think the voice of the
majority will cry out for it. There are
so many in the county who are DESTROYS
of temperance that it is impossible to
satisfy them with a half and half meas
ure. There is no reason in the world
why Cecil county should not be the
pioneer in movement that is worthy
the highest esteem. Prohibition has
been charged far too often with fanati-
cism. Every great cause must be II
radical in some points while young in
the minds of its orginators, but maturity
OF thought and consideration purge it
of all the wrong with which it may be
charged. There are strong and intiu-
entail men in the nine districts of this
county who love their homes, who love
their lands and possessions,w who respect
their citizenship, and who have set
their feet down against intemperance.
Riotous drunkenness, that robs the
body Of its health and the soul of its
life is not the thing for such communi-
ties as we have in this county. 10
quell it will be to put down moral
passion, and to do that seems impossi-
bic, but if there is anything invented or
uninvented that will do it we believe it
to be the amended Local Option bill
of which we give synopsis in another
column. We will have to wait with
all due patience until the November
election to see whether Cecil county IS
to have Local Option or High License.
The decision of the question must be
kept far apart from anything at all polit-
ical or partisan. Mixed up with them
and it is ruined. Special tickets will be
prepared at the time of the election
bearing the words: "For or against
High License and "For or against
Local Option" and these the honest
voters of Cecil county will deposit with
the balance of their ticket, scratching
them of course to meet their views. If
the result is High License we fear there
will be too fragrant repetition of the
present Local Option law. If the re-
suit is for the amended Local Option
law then the temperance cause in Cecil
county will have gained vast amount
of vantage ground and its prospects
will be more than ever glowing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

its disenchantment,a and break the evil
spell by which the destiny of Ireland has
been so long controlled But onr hope
of such q result is very faint indeed. We
can only cherish the earnest hope that if
he fails, he may yet not lose heart for all
the many brilliant asks which will still
be within his power. Great position, he
has said, in concluding his book on Vol
taire, often invests men with a second
sight whose vision they lock up in
silence, content with the work of the
day Heartily do VIC hope that this
sec nd sight may be his, and that it may
guide him to the great achievement which
we nevertheless believe to be beyond his
strength, and probably beyond the
strength of any living statesman.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

The Wilmington Every EseRiMs-
thinks that no country in the world
can see the numerous side of a serious
matter like America. This is indica-
tive OF a healthy state of affairs in the
land of Bunker Hill monuments and
Liberty Enlightening the World statues.
There is never a tear shed but that it is
answered for later on by a smile, nor
fits there a shadow over the sky but
that it is followed, soon or late, by the
merriest of sunbeams. And why can
not America afford to laugh? How
free she is of all the bloody burdens
that weigh SO heavily on the shoulders
Of other countries. No war, no mob,
no Parliament, she may well spend her
days in serene enjoyment of the re-
wards her noblest sons and daughters
have won in the variovs walks of life.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

In his series of sermons on The
Marriage Ring" the Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage is rather losing ground on his
reputation. The sermons very much
lack the epigrammatic force and bril-
liancy which have marked the former
work of Talmage and SAVIOR to mar
vellous degree of the school-boy essay.
1t is a grand subject and beautiful
one upon which he is endeavorlng to
talk, bun the twaddle Of Old age creeps
too often into his doctrine, with the
result as we have stated above.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

There are all sorts and degrees of virtue,
and sometimes we are told that virtue is its
own reward. Mr.. A f. Evans of Burr
Ferry. La, says, in writing about Brown 5
Iron Bitters | have been the recipient of
its virtue in my family 10 a considerable
eNeent." This great Iron tonic has supe-
rior advantages as Il reliabie family medi-
cine. ITS power has been thoroughly tried,
and its virtues abundantly proved. Nearly
a million bottles year are sold by the
druggists of this country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27
EAKTON, FEBRU AIRY p, 1886.

WHAT the Westminster -1d90c0fc
proposes for Marylad may be sugges,
ton worthy the attention of the leglSla-
ture of every other state in the Union.
1t suggests that the power OF the
County Commissioners be increased SO
that they may have authority to dispose
of all bills brought before the leglsla-
ture that have reference solely to trivial
affairs OF the counties, leaving the leg
islature more time to dispose of matters
relative to the state in general.