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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-20
HONEST OLD ABE.
An Instance OF Lincoln's Praiseworth
Professional Honesty.


Some time early in the years follow
ing 1850 the Hon. j. G. Gest, Of this
county. was guardian of some minors
who had title to some land i'm Illinois.
and, deeming it to be to the interest OF
n of his wards to sell the land, he
went to that State to make sale of it.
He went to the court through which he
would have to proceed. and upon a
conference with the Judge of hat court
he. for the first time, was made aware
that there was difficulty in his way.
The judge told him it was the first
time an application had been made in
his court by q foreign guardian 20 sell
lands in Illinois, and that he doubted his
right to do so. Mr.. Gest was himself
q good lawyer, and on careful exam
inntiOn OF the statutes of Illinois he had
as troublesome doubts as the Judge,
who advised him to take counsel. and
directed him to a lawyer named Lin
co!n. who. he said. would give him safe
advice. He went to Mr.. Lincoln's
office aad found, he said in n~arrating
the incident afterward. q tall. rather
bOny man. with kindly expression of
face, and plainly dressed. He stated
his case to Nj. Lincoln. and that he
wanted an opinion; also that he was
very anxious to get through with his
business speedily and return home.
Mr.. Lincoln examined the statutes then.
book after book. Finally he took down
a volume and remarked: ''This is
Story on the Conflict of Laws j
trust it may give me some light"
After examining through it carefully
he placed it back on lis shelf and said:
For tae first time has the question Of
the right of q foreign guardian to come
into our courts to sell the lands of his
nonresident wards. situated in this
State, been presented to me. / hoped
that Story would help me to solve it.
He does not. and l can not give you
an opinion without further examina-
ton; you are in a turryto return home
and I will give YOU the best advice that
1 can. Come here" He stepped to
the door and. pointing across the
street. said: ''You see that lawyer sign?
That is the office of exJudge Logan;
90 to see him; if there is a man in
Illinois who can give you an opinion at
once. he is the man; / am not"
That" said MI. Gest. ''was the first
and only lawyer l have v met who
had the candOr to admit that he was
ready to give an opinion. 1t
was an instance Of professional hon.
esty worthy IF all praise. and referring
ne to Judge Logan in the manner he
iii was Il circumstance Of magnanim-
ty."-Xenia (O) Torehtighs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-20
CHAPTER vi.

NOME
The schoolhOuse in Mooseneck was q low
structure, SO low a tall man might Law his
hand upon the caves. In this regard it.
composition was strikingly Mormonesque
Hewn pine composed the walls and q med
ley OF shingles and clapboards the roof
When it rained. q thing ~infrequent In this
region, il administering Mormonism with
an occasional pinch Of earthly information
IN 1t Glanced to be in progress, they simply
adjourned. It mattered little anyway, con.
sidering the Intellectual pap offered
these unfortunate sucklings.
The place was q very dirty one, indeed
quite in the Mormon way. The floor was
OF Natures own furnishing, packed solid by
countless foo:-strokes and, when un.
sprinkled, rising often in little smoky
puns to further aggravate the mental fog
which seemed always webbing about the
poor heads congregated there. Its area wa
the one redeeming feature, it being rather
wide and deep upon the ground, q necessity
obvious enough when the flocks OF children
IN the settlement were taken into &C
count Indeed in Mormondom chill
dren are ubiquitous; they literally
swarm upon n burden the eyc-sight.
Their production is q cardinal feature of the
Mormon system; they vote ultimately, of
course, and to insure the product, the
leaders have made woman's salvation
depend In large part upon the number
Of bodies she furnishes the shirts
that wait to pass through this exist
ence to the next. The imposition is in
expressible. That night after the PROPHETS
coming however, the old school-house had
q holiday look. The seats had been re-
moved, the walls decked with greenery. and
the dirt floor swept and s%prinkled. BY nine
O'Clock the p0pulace was there, q hard.
favored, animal-looking crowd, yet with
here and there q good form and gentle face.
The ball was opened with prayer, one of the
Salt Lake Elders Offering the invocation,
and that night ere the disgusting pastime
had ceased q young man vas killed upon
the floor, and half the dancers were reeling
with drunkenness. Quite all Of them were
members Of the Mormon Church, but none
were Christians; sincere Mormons there are
in uleuty, but never Christian Mormons, the
beliefs OF the latter and the holy refine
ments of the former can not lie down to-
gether in the same heart.
Mormonism Is not Q religion; those fine,
suiritual laws that mankind, after centu-
RES Of sitting, have found pure gold at the
bottom of experiences are lacking: A shut
fling and repulsive assumption OF worship
ID nut forward by the priesthood on all pao-
lie occasions, no matter how secular and un-
holy. Worship Is vulgarized, a:d i1e IS
largely brutali1ed. In all the oack reg,ons,
where the contact end restraining pfess0's
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-20

For some time past telegraph wire
No. 4. along the line of the Wabash
road. in Indiana. has refused to work.
and on investigation it was found thai
an old man had cut the wire and ran :
line into his house. where he was util-
izing the electricity Is a cure for rheu-
matism.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-20

paper Co. Al RigA1s Reserred.
CHAPTER V.-CONTINCED.
"Shake! Brother Young. shake! You're
kindness itself to your servants SAID the
Bishop, feelingly.
''Yes, l know, and l expect you to look
after these tithes pretty closely, too, Par
leyr'
Eyes, certainly; most certainly"
'Havc any Of the elders cOunseled her to
marry you" queried the Prophet.
swell, no; they seem sort Of 'fraid of 'er.
w talked to her father, and, Of course. he
submits like u lamb, but she's as stiff as
steel and silent-like. l can't figger with 'er
someway."
''Well, she'll have to bend or break. that's
all. Are any Of the young brethren stand
ing in your wayr'
There's several feedin' themselves on
secret hope. I think, for she's a fine creeter,
but she pays little attention to any of 'em,
unless it's young Elder Beam. I've had
Arsen spyin' and I guess that amounts to
nothing
well, if he gets in your way let me
know, and I'll send him OF to Europe
preaching"
Thank We, Brother Young, thank We
kindly" Tn Bishop ruminated a moment.
There's a fellow, q down Easter, up at
their house who got hurt at the ford near
there. But I guess there's nothir' atween
EN- al yet, ner likely to be, according to
Dubette and Arsen. whose been spyin' 'em.
Acorse if he interferes I'll have him sent
~apreachin' lowell, sperrits of just men
made perfectr"
That's right: I guess you'll take care of
your chances, Parleyr" said the Prophet,
with an approving grin. ''Sweeten up a
couple more sups and Wen swallow it to
your success"
The Bishop threw up his hat, they drank,
and rose and with flushed faces went ont.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-20

Copyrighted, 1857. by the 4. ". kellogg Nens
paper Co. Al RigAks Reserred.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07

1t is at present ditficult to say which
is to prove the greater benefit to Da.
kota-the good prices which have ruled
in the wheat and hog markets this
fall. or the reinstatement of the repub-
lican party. Over these two things,
however, the people of Dakota haye
great reason to rejoice, They assure
to our farmers prosperity and abun-
dance, and that which benefits the
farmers will prove equally beneficial
to all other classes. AS an illustra-
tion of the confidence of capitalists in
the future of Dakota, we submit the
following extract from private letter
TO the Northwestern AgricuIturist
There has been quite a demand for
lands in this vicinity lately, and sew
eral farms haye changed hands at an
advance Of fully so per cent over pri-
ces of one year ago. | lately sold a
farm, unimproved, for $4,000 or $50
per acre. and | believe that the higher
prices of wheat will enhance the value
of lands very materially. L am nego-
tiating the sale of two farms to parties
who worked the farms this year at
fully so per cent over last years price,
and had we not had that heavy frost in
August last, farms we'll located
would have readily sold for from 800
to $50 per acre. UnimproYed farms
are new selling for from $40 to $15
per acre, according to location,
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growers LAST MESSAGE.
1t Is Expected to Explicitly Re-
affirm His Position on the
Tariff Question.
He Will Again Ask for Power for
Retalis.tion-Civil Service
Reforms Recommended. >.
Generous Appropriations for Re-
building the Navy Advised
Important Topics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Post says:
1t is understood that in the message to
be transmitted to congress next week,
the president will explicitly reaflrm the
recommendations made in the tariff
message of 1887, but he will not confne
himself to that one topic. To large ex-
tent the document will be review of
ths mostimportant questions with which
the present administration has had to
deal, and pertinent suggestions will be
submitted looking to the settlement of
some of these questions that are still
open.
Much space will be given to review
of our foreign relations, especially in re-
spect to the efforts of the state depart.
ment to bring about an adjustment of
the fisheries dispute, which were
thwarted by the action of the senate,
and renewal of the suggestion that
adequate power of retaliation be given
to the executive. Special mention will
be made of the administration of the
civil service law, and its support and ex-
tension will be recommended. Allusions
will be made to reforms in the admins
tration of the postal service and the ex-
tension of its benefits, especially as to
the improved facilities in the foreign
mail service, by which saving of sew
eral days is made in the transmission to
the business centers Of Europe, and to
the conventions with Mexico, Central
and South America, the West Indies and
Canada, for the transmission Of mer-
chandise by post.
Among the other important topics that
will be treated will be The rebuilding of
the navy, for which generous appropria-
tions will be recomtnended; the recla-
nation and preservation of the public
domain for actual homestead settlers,
and the necessity for legislation looking
tS the security Of the interests of the
the government in the Pacific railroads.
1t is understood that, although the
message will be very lengthy, it will be
ready for transmission when congress
convenes, yet it will probably be with
held until a day or two later.
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A Curious Broadway Lunch Room.

One Of the most curious varieties Of
lunch room is down town in Broadway.
No chairs are provided, both sides Of the
room being lined with shelves loaded
with viands, all clearly marked with
their different prices. In here rush bank
ers, lawyers, brokers and clerks. Each
grabs a plate, knife, spoon, fork and cup,
seizes what he likes from the shelves,
bolts it standing, reckons up his own bill,
draws check from pile near the door
for an equal amount, presents it at the
desk, pays and departs, unquestioned
whether he has eaten dime or a dollars
worth. This method Of trusting to
customers honesty is found to pay better
with the class of men who eat there than
hiring walters. Undoubtedly certain
quantity is eaten that is not paid for, but
9 dozen practiced detectives are on the
floor during the rush hours at noon,
watching. people who are suspected, and
the amazing rapidity with which man
can help himself, swallow and be gone,
makes the place highly popular with men
who only eat to i've, and live only to
hurry. New York Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07

necessity DC provision fora new cleo
ton. 1t is condition of one sort or
the other which ccnfronts us, and be
cause we thiuh there should he a
chan2e does moi make legally i'm
ptratlve to have one; neither does the
tact That we are satisfied with these
officers establish their right to hold the
offices. The same reasoning will apply
with equal force to the question OF
temporary capital location.
am led to the conclusion, therefore
that the safe, the wise and the expe.
dent course for the people of South
Dakota to follow at this time is te
stand by the position already taken
not only by themselves, but by the re.
publican party in the United States
senate and in the Chicago convention
and by the president-elect himself
Present indications are that the two
Dakotas are not to have the smoothes-
pathway IN the world into the Union
lt then behooyes us, who have the mos
at stake, not to seem to embarass il
the slightest degree those who have
still to fight our battles at Washington
r. w w
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07

1t is now STATED upon good author
ity" that the fftieth congress at its
adjourned session is to go at the work
of state making in earnest, and pro
poses, providence and the republican
party permitting, to admit the two
Dakotas, Washington and Montana
And so the democratic party has de.
termined not to go out of power with
out leaving something to be remem
bered by and having accomplished one
purpose for which it may claim the
future suffrage of the American peo
pie. Indeed, but this is too good to be
true.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07
CONDITION OF OUR NAVY.

Secretary Whitney Ranks the United
States Second Among the Commerce
Dcstroyers' of the World.
WASHINGTON, Dec. H. Secretary
Whitney has presented his annual re-
port to the president. After giving a
brief review Of the condition of the navy
as it will exist on the 4th of March, 1889,
in comparison as it existed the 4th day
of March, 1885, and furnishing list Of
armored vessels heretofore authorized by
congress, the secretary says:
The efforts of the department in ship
construction have necessarily, since
March, 1885, been devoted to unarmored
vessels, and as to these the department
is able to report that when the ships i'll
course of construction and those author
lied shall have been completed the
United States will rank second among
the nations in the possession of unar-
mored cruisers, or Commerce destroy
ers," having the highest charistics, viz.
Of size 5000 tons and upwards, and
possessing speed of nineteen knots and
In1yards
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07
MITCHELL DAKOTA, FRIDAY,
soUTHERNERs BOYCOTT.
Merchants in Dixie Disposed to Retaliate
on the North for Putting "the Enemies

Merchants in Dixie Disposed to Retaliats
OH the North for Putting "the Enemies
of the South i'll Power"
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 30.-A spirit of
retaliation has been aroused here by the
publication of the following from The
Pitts5urg Times: GA number of gentle
men, well known in this city as business
and professional men, some of whom
served in the Union army, met to enter
a protest against the Haunting of rebel
flags, which has of late become so COM
mon, and a bill was prepared, to be pre-
sented at the next session of congress,
making it misdemeanor, punishable by
heavy fine and imprisonment of one to
three years, to display Confederate flag
in parades OF on other public occasions" J"
In lastevening's Richmond State call
is issued by country merchant, adj
dressed to the patriotic merchants and
consumers of the South, requesting them
to Ponder we'll this action of leading
business men Of Pittsburg, and to make
a solemn vow that they will hencefor-
ward buy nothing from the City of Pitts
burg, or, indeed, from the Ssate of Penn
sylvania, where such spirit of persecu-
ton prevails. Let them buy from some
Democratic state or town, or, better still,
at home."
The State says editorially: One of our
most intelligent and progressive bust
ness men remarked: '1 have withdrawn
my custom from wholesale dealer in
Philadelphia, with whom / have dealt
for years. He gave $1,000 to the fund
used for putting in power the enemies
of the South. The Northern merchants
who support men like Cleveland and
Thurman deserve Southern patronage,
not these who delight in seeing the
hopes of the best elements in the South
disappointed and who give their votes
and money to the party of Blaine, Sher-
man, Foraker and other foes of our
noon1o >.
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sRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Secretary Endicott says the staff and
other vacancies in the army will not be
filled until after the meeting of congress-
The Standard says that the Irish con-
stables and detectives have been ordered
to withdraw from the vicinity of the
house of parliament.
Navigation on the upper Hudson and
along the Delaware and Hudson canal
is seriously impeded by ice formed dur
ing the cold wave.
Several Pittsburg aldermen have been
arrested and found guilty of collecting
money from the county for cases that
never had an existence.
The general term of the New York SUI
prcine court has decided that the Bell
Telephone company must pay taxes on
its business and property in the state.
Deacon Richardson has given notice
that hereafter only American citizens,
native or naturalized, will be employed
as conductors or drivers on his street car
lines; in Brooklyn.
At Rock Island, Ills, the second an
nual exhibition Of the Northwestern Illi-
day. The attendance is good and the
entries are more numerous than in FOR.
mer years.
| Governor Beaver, in an interview at
| Pittsburg, said he was in favor of abol-
ishing the internal revenue department,
and that he would not veto bill passed
by the legislature unless it was uncon-
stitutional or opposed by the people.
The ten policemen who refused to re-
move Instructions from the street car
track during the riot in Brooklyn have
been fined ten days pay and warned that
a repetition of such insubordination
would result in dismissal
p. L. Barnum, the Snowman, has an
nounced that he has retired from the
circus business. He has given up his
handsome residence, Waldemere, and
will spend the remaining days of his life
in modest cottage overlooking Long
Island.
Secretary Whitney, following his
usual custom since he has been at the
head of the navy department, presented
to each Of the employees of the navy de-
partment fine large turkey for their
Thanksgiving day dinner 1t took 400
turkeys to go around.
Carl Rankin, the comedian. who, until
the beginning of this year, was one of
the leading members of the Dockstade1
company, died of consumption at his
mothers home in Philadelphia. Carl
Ra.lsin was 80 years old He was an
| end ,nan. He was the son OF Judge
ita'a!s:n, the famous criminal lawyer Of
Ohio. and came of family famous fo1
its musical talent.
Foreign Notes.
President Hertenstin, of Switzerland
has had his leg amputated.
The Rothschild syndicate has taken an
Austrian loan of $10,000,00O
The piecemeal sale of the Great East
ern has yielded profit of 100000.
The pope has instructed Cardinal Glib.
oons to congratulate Mr.. Harrison on his
election TO the presidency. He has also
sent a letter thanking Cardinal Manning
and the English Catholics for their sup
port Of him in the penal laws Question.
Cardinal Rampolla, in recent conver.
sation with diplomats, said that only
two things would compel the pope td
quit Rome, namely: War in which Italy
is defeated, OF stoppage Of the Vatican.
communications with hostile country
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NO NORTH, NO SOUTH.
Gen. Harrison Refuses to Recognize rha,
There Is Southern Question.

Gen. Harrison Refuses to Recognize That
There Is a Southern Question.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1.-Gen. Chal.
mers, of Mississippi, called upon Gen.
Harrison Thursday. In the course of
their interview Gen. Harrison made the
following statement: SIT is fallacy to
recognize such a thing as Southern
question. While am president shall
only demand that the people of the whole
country shall obey the laws of the ma
ton, without reference to the section in
which they may live. 1t is an insult to
me for the Southern people to intimate
that it is my desire to deal harshly with
them. 1t would also be an insult to
them for me to anticipate that they do
not expect to obey the laws as they do
and shall exist" Gen. Chalmers says he
is entirely satisfied that the president
elect will deal fairly and justly with the
Southern people.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07

The report of G. w. Ainsworth, SUI
perintendent of the reform school at
Plankinton, appears in this weeks edi-
tion Of the Standard. Embodied in
the report is the statement of one fact
TO which we wish to call the attention
of those great centers of culture and
morality which lie east Of the Sioux
river and which have just exercised
the exalted privilege of president max
ing, from which Dakota, on account of
her ignorance and immortality is ex-
cluded-it is that though our territory
possesses one of the finest and most
complete institutions of this kind
within the domain of the United States,
yet it is occupied only by the officials
of the establishment and their servants
and has never had single pupil.
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A DISGRACE TO THE PEERAGE.
Once Wealthy Lord Ogilvy Now in til
London yVorkhouse.


London Workhouse.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-Lord ogilvy is in
the common workhouse, herding with
petty criminals. Lord Ogilvy is 40 years
of age, and when he is not in some one
of the jails of the county he resides at
Piccadilly. When he attained his ma
jority he became the possessor of an i'm
mense fortune. He quickly disposed of
it in riotous living and his pater1lal es-
tates We're, before he reached the age of
30, sold at public auction to meet the de-
mands Of the money sharks in whose
meshes he had become involved. Since
then he has not been particular as to the
means he employed to obtain living,
and consequently he has frequently
found himself in the public courts. At
first he was leniently dealt with, for the
English Dogberry dearly loves q lord,
even though he is poor and disreputable;
but he is now treated only with the
scanty courtesy given to the ordinary Of
fender against the laws. His friends
have disowned him, and they return all
his letters begging for aid, unopened.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07
Bright Piece of Architecture.

The Albert memorial, the monument
erected in Hyde park by Queen Victoria
and the English people to the memory Of
the good prince, is one of the brightest
pieces of architecture in London. In
fact, it looks as if it might have been
picked up in Paris and transplanted to
its present site, SO bright and beautiful is
it and SO different to anything else in the
dark metropolis. Yet the Albert memo
rial finds no favor with the press and
people of London.-Home Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07
Dcstroyers Of the rruit Fest,

The parasites recently imported from
Australia by the California state board
of horticulture to destroy the fruit. pest
known as the white cottony cushion
scale, survived the long voyage and are
now thriving in their new home in San
Mateo county. These parasites, which
propagate with great rapidity, dig into
the back of the scale bug and finally kill
it.-Chicago Herald.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07

1t is at present matter of consider
able speculation how much further the
administration will &C in the selection
of its public seryants from among the
list OF biblical characters. There were
Benjamin and Levi-and now Elijah
is added. "Whc'll be the next?"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07
Toronto's Event of the Season.

TORONTO. Dec. 1.-The St. Andrews
society ball. which was the society event
Of the season, took place at the pavilion
Of the Horticultural gardens. The PARTY
was honored by the presence of Lord
Stanley of Preston, governor general,
Lady Stanley and party