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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-10-02

ABERDEEN, Oct. Especial: Chair
man Mccoy, Of the state central
committee, says Pierre il winner
il the capital race BY . plurality ap.
preaching 5000. Prohibition car
ries in the state BY At least 1900
and the state ticket BY 10000 or 25-
600. McCoys private dispatches
show big Pierre vote everywhere,
and in many localities exceeding all
expectations.
ABERDEEN, Oct. Especial: Chair
man Mccoy, Of the republican state
central committee, estimates that the
republican ticket is elected by about
1000 majority; that prohibition
carried ~ from 10000 to 5000;
that Pierre has 5000 votes for the
temporary capital, with Huron a
good second and Sioux Falls third
with Waterfowl and Mitchell fight
ing for fourth place. Pierre will
undoubtedly Be the temporary car.
ital. The large vote for that citv
surprised everybody.
1:3O T. chairman Mcooy a.t;.
mates that Pierre will have innn(
plurality ior Tie temporary capita
g 0ousn DAKOTA. A special TO ths
aberdeen tssws from Deadwood
says tdfty.four precincts in the
Hack Hills give Pierre 3.l2S; Hu.
ron, 367; Sioux Falls, 138; Chamber.
lain, 116; Waterfowl, 125.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
STATE n EWS.

II. B. Spofford, Clarendon's historian,
died last week Thursday He was well
known in the state for his writings on his
torical subjects, and his poetry has been
much admired.
The directors of the Vermont Mutual
fire insurance company have voted to make
standing offer of 5000 TO any one who
will furnish evidence sufficient to convict
any person who shall set fire to any prop
erty insured in said company.
Mrs. H. H. Baxter of New York is to
give Rutland Baxter memorial library in
memory of her husband, Gen. II. Henry
Baxter The site aud building will cost
$35 900. 1t will be strictly a reference Ii,
brary, and none of its volumes will be loan
ed She will expend Sl5, 900 in books, and
such other sums may be found necessary
TO complete the various departments, and
also make provision for its support.
l.. r. McDuffee of Bradford has sold d
pair of four and five-year old bay colts Il
Boston parties for $500.
A novel method of government has been
introduced into the St Albans high school
A congress, consisting of delegates from
each class and the teachers, hears and passe
Judgment upon all cases of order, disciplin,
and general welfare, This has been trieC
in higher institutions, but rarely in public
schools. Its success will be watched will
interest by many outside of as well as il
that village.
Dogs recently killed 30 sheep belonging
to Eugene Moody of Waterbury in a singl
day
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

JoHN D. JENNINGS a CHICAGO MILLION
ARE, who is just dead, had made it a prac
tice for more than 30 years to give Wyear
leases for his land. The practice at first
excited astonishment in Chicago, which
lives prominently in the present and with
Il rush that takes little account of what
will he century hence Business friends
demonstrated with Mr.. Jennings, on the
ground that he was resigning large part
Of the revenue that might be expected
with the rapid increase in the value of the
land His method of reasoning was, how
ever, as follows He never bought except
in times of depression, or at bargain, lie
would thus secure for slOO, 900 lot worth,
say, Sl30, 600, without a revaluation, pro
vided a fine building should be erected
The fact that the lease would be made val
liable by the rise of the property simply
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

em the slip. he muttered presently. "This
means penitentiarv or lynch most likely
lynch" He picked np the letter from the
preacher sweetheart and read it again in
his stumbling way.
"Two hundred dollars II make them pore
souls happy. g" he mused "This we're means
lvncbin' fer me. | reckon Wal. let em
lynch Z"
The door opened softly. and half dozen
men with weapons in their hands entered
without a word. Not movement of the
nvalid's face showed that he understood
the errand that had brought these stern,
silent men to the cabin.
"Howdv" I" he saluted. Take cheers
gentlemen"
Jack Harris" said the leader of the
vigilantes, 1--WE want you ~
wal a'int you got me :" asked the 9th
er, quietly.
"Yes, muttered the leader, "and we are
a -goin to keep yel"
oval don't reckon blame We, Har-
ris answered. "It's been long time since
We got a chance at me. an | don't wonder
We want to keep me. Did the preacher
give We information -
Yes"
"IIas he got the reward yit y
"No, Of course not We amt goin' 10
do no cash n-advance business"
There was the sound Of a struggle at the
door and "a voice crying:
Let me in will 20 in !"
"lt's the preacher some one said
"Bill's holdin him outside"
A pistol cleaned from beneath the table,
and Jack Harris's hard hand leveled it at
the leaders head
LET him in - he said sternly
The preachers white face was flushed
and there were tears in his eyes as he
limped across the room to Jack Harriss
side.
ooh, my friend, he cried, "what have
done p
Delivered my note, reckon"
"Yes and sold your liberty for money
But God knows | am innocent of any in
tent to do so 80 He buried his face in his
hands.
"Now." said Harris, sternly, "Hudden
give the parson his reward. Wen the
moneys in his hand I'll drop this gun
While it's up YOU know how safe your life
is {"
The vgilantes conferred together for a
moment Then each produced his pocket
book and dropped a sum of money into the
leaders slouch hat. As the money was
poured on the table, Harris laid the pistol
beside it.
Thar he said, take me-
Then. as handouts were quickly snapped
on to his wrists, he turned to the young
preacher. "Parson, he said, that II make
you and the leetle gal in the East happy
Good bye"
The young preacher sprang forward
Men, he cried, "one moment :" Then,
in tones that thrilled the hearts of the lis
teners, he told the story of the horse-thief's
sacrifice. The little group shuffled about
uneasily when he had finished
Boys, said the leader suddenly, 'I'm
boss o. this yere association, amt l =
'You air, - they answered
"An what say goes e
1T does, iist that ~
"An' horse stealin' means hangin' -
ut does :"
oval, sentence the prisoner, Jack Har-
ris, to be hung this day week. In the
meantime | place him in the keepin Nv
Shorty Meyers, the leetlest man in the
crowd, an if he let's the prisoner escape
I'll fine him two dollars and a half. ~
Shorty Meyers extracted two dollars and
half from his pocket and handed the mon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
The ArLnu.ns Method.

Light begins to dawn ON the Plummer
Vile, Ark election iniquity. Warren Tay
Tor, Democrat, who has been under arrest
for some weeks upon the charge of obstruct-
ing the election, was placed on the stand
during the recent trial of three election
Judges, and unwittingly betrayed some
knowledge of the ballot box robbery. His
associates threatened his life, but he finally
gave evidence to the effect that upon elec
ton night he rode into Plummerville in
company with "A deputy sheriff and other
horsemen He remained ON the outskirts
Of the town, ready 70 be summoned if the
negroes made any trouble The party re.
turned reporting that everything was quiet,
but announced that the ballot box had been
captured They then rode to Morrillton
five miles away, burned the box in q store
room, and took an oath of secrecy before
they separated. The men implicated are
the county officers and other prominent
citizens John NJ Clayton was taking evi
denre as to this very theft of ballots when
he was shot down by an unknown person,
This gives Importance to Taylor's confes
SION and the excitement over the disclos
ures is natural enough.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
NO. 1S.


The great forest through which Stanley
recently passed, which he estimated to Gov
er 246,O square miles, is only small
part Of the great African forest which ex-
tends almost unbrokenly from the west
coast in the Gaboon and Ogowe regions,
with a width of several hundred miles 10
the great lakes This belt Of timber, trend
ing away to the heart of the continent in a
direction little south Of east, is, perhaps,
the greatest forest region in the world A
part Of it strikes south Of the Congo at the
great northern bend of that river, and the
country embraced within the big curve is
covered with compact forest, the tower
ing and wide spreading trees shutting out
a large part Of the sunlight
In these forests, completely shut out from
the rest Of the world, live hundreds of
thousands Of people who are almost un-
known TO the tribes living in the savanna
regions outside Scattered through the bIg
woods within the Congo bend are little
communities of Batwa dwarfs, Of whose
existence the traveller has no inklng until
he suddenly comes upon them. Here also
along the Sankurn river, are the tree hab-
itations described by DR.. Wolf, where the
natives live in huts built among the branches
TO escape the river floods II was in great
and Tappenbeck discovered some of the
most notable villages yet found in Africa,
where well built huts, with gable roofs,
line both sides Of neatly kept street that
stretches away for eight or nine miles
These villages are even more interesting
than the street towns in the more sparsely
timbered regions south of them, which
were regarded as very wonderful when
they were first discovered by Wissmann.
IL was his account of these villages that
led Bishop Taylor to choose this part of At
rica as the goal he wished to reach.
Last year the Commercial company,
which is investigating the trade resources
Of the Congo, sent its steamer, the Roi des
Belges, up the Ikatta river into this great
timber land, and the explorers described
the country along the banks as covered
with an almost impenetrable virgin forest.
1t is a veritable ocean of verdure, from
which emerges here and there a wooded
mountain" Greenfell penetrated the for
est for long distances on several southern
tributaries of the Congo, and ON the upper
courses of these rivers he sometimes found
the wide-spreading branches forming a
cOmplete roof above the stream
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

Last week we announced that we were
going on the trail of J. b. Davis, the Apache
avenue grocer, and that this weeks issue
would contain an expose calculated to startle
the community. We had over column of
it in type when Mr.. Davis called at THE
Kicker" Office and subscribed for the paper
and gave us a column lad" for year Mr..
Davis is not only genial, whole-souled gen
tleman, worthy of place in our best socie-
ty, but an enterprising, go-ahead citizen
who is a credit to the whole state When
you want the best of goods at the lowest
nrices call ON im-Arisona KICKER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

Commissioner of Pensions Tanner has
rendered a decision 10y which the pension
of Henry Dembitz will be increased from
$50 to S12 per month The pensioner in
this case has been receiving a pension of
$50 per month for what is known as Peri
goff's amputation of both feet. This ampu
tation is the removal of the entire foot,
with the exception of a portion of the heel
bone and the integuments of the heel, which
are brought forward to cover the ankle
Joint. The commission r held that the le'
gal distinction between the loss of so much
of the feet as was experienced in this case
and the total loss of the feet was mere
technical difference, and that the claimant
was entitled to a pension of S72 a month
This decision will apply to a number of 9th
er cases of like nature
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
Rxpnnd the Mind

By seeing as much as you can of the world. But
ere you set out either as a tourist, commercial
traveller or emigrant whether you 20 by rail
steamship or steamboat, provide yourself with
Hostetter's stomach Bitters which the travelling
public recognizes as the finest medical safeguard
and preventative Of SRA sickness with which any
one iourneying by land or water can be provided.
Il furnishes TO the western pioneer adequate pro
lection against malaria, rheumatism, and those
disorders of the bowels which miasma tainted
water beget. Its sedative effect upon stomach
perturhed il is a capita appetizer and nerve invig
orator. Excellent is il for biliousness and kidney
maction. and il cuunteracts, in IA remarkable de
gree the effects Of fatigue, physical or mental.
After Wrttiug and exposure in Indictment weather,
ID should he used as a preventive.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
MISCELLANY.
Rest Come,h after All.

Beyond the toll, the burdens of the day,
Beyond the tempests and the storms Of life;
Far from the tumut Of the weary way.
Beyond the longing and the cpaseless strife
out Of the darkness and the gloom Of night,
Beyond the hills where shadows never fall,
Aud far beyond the range Of mortal sight,
Rest cOmeth after all
After the fever and the restless pain,
After the waiting and the weary years,
After the conflict and the loss and gain.
After the sorrow and the useless tears,
Far, far beyond the lofty heights Of Fame;
Beyond the hills where shadows never fall,
Beyond the fear OF censure and Of blame,
Rest cometh after all
Boston Transcript
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

We have made arrangements with DR.. b. j.
Kendall Co., publishers OF "A Treatise on the
Horse and his diseases, which Will enable all our
subscribers to obtain copy Of that valuable work
free by sending their address (enclusing two-cent
stamp for mailing samel to Dr, Is. j. Kendall Co,
Enosburg Falls, VI. This book is now recognized
standard authority upon all diseases OF the
horse as its phenomenal sale attests, over four
million copies having been sold in the past ten
years a sale never before reached by any pubca-
tiOn In the SAME period Of time. We feel confident
that our patrons will appreciate the work, and he
glad to avail themselves Of this opportunity of OBJ
tainng a valuable book. Il Is necessary that you
This uffrr wili remain open for only short time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

From the New York sun.
On Sunday last there was a riot of street
ear strikers in Minneapolis. Mimi, and on
the same day there was riot of street car
strikers in Vienna. Austria After hard
work by the police in Minneapolis and by
the troops in Vienna the riots in both
places were quelled About 100 rioters
we're arrested in Minneapolis, and about
the same number in Vienna Many Of the
policemen were wounded in Minneapolis,
and many Of the soldiers in Vienna The
Austrian cavalry charged the mob with
their swords the Minneapolis police were
armed with clubs and revolvers. The ri
oters who were arrested in both cities will
now be punished according to law. 1t is
always blunder, as well as a crime, for
strikers to resort to violence
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

The Democrats are bound, for reasons
that are evident, to keep Mr. Cleveland
above ground as a possibility for 1892,
While the ex- President was on his way
home from his recent trip to Florida IA
North Carolina country newspaper man
rode ON the train with him for two hours,
and then went home aud printed an inter
view Among the statements attributed
to Mr.. Cleveland was this Tell it through
your columns that my public life is at an
end My future life will be devoted entire
ly to the practice of law in New York,
love the South and all her people
yet shall not accept the nomination" Fol
lowing on this, it is alleged, came anxious
letters of enquiry asking if this declara
ton was authoritative and final. To these
Mr.. Cleveland has answered in a letter il
which he says in a non-committal way that
"the report of the interview is very inac
curate and misleading
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

meant TO him that the lessee would he bet
ter able to pay the interest, which would be
8 per cent on his Investment, and would
continue 99 years with a superb security.
So he saw his leases sold at profit of some
times S7j, 600 with entire equanimity, be
cause he calculated that he or his heirs
would be drawing from to 10 per cent on
the investment at time in the future
when the rate of interest had fallen to
figure very much lower.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
New Postal snrre.,ion.

If there is any point on which our postal
system does not stand in need of improve
ment, it is in the cheapness of postage.
Our newspapers are carried within the
county Of their publication for nothing and
everywhere else for next to nothing, and
letter of an ounce weight is transported
from any point to any other of our enor-
nous area of 1900, 900 square miles, for
the smallest unit of letter postage known
in Christendom. But far more important
matter, and one wholly neglected, is that
of postal delivery. In other civilized coun-
tries, the post-ofice. receiving letter from
the writer, undertakes to deliver it to the
person addressed. In our own happy land
the post-office receives the letter, and lex
cept in the case of privileged 20 per cent
of the people, undertakes to carry it to
within five or ten miles of the person ad-
dressed, and keep it there till called for.
This is the mere barbarism of postal SER
vice, worthy of the dark ages before Row
land Hill. The enormous cost and loss
which it involves become obvious to any
one on few minutes reflection. For ex
ample A man living three miles from the
post Office is anxiously expecting a letter of
great Importance, which may arrive any
time within fortnight. He goes daily to
lcok for it, and on the sixth day he gets it.
That letter has cost him twelve hours of
walking, or six hours of travel for himself
and horse. In other words, the postage
on that letter has been virtually 81. %, or
more. The government does not get the
money, but the citizen loses it.-Dr. Leon
ard Bacon in the Forum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

Gen. Boulanger denies, in an interview,
that he had any intention of precipitating
a war between France aud Germany. New
ertheless, he does not consider that the flu
ture of France was settled forever by the
vvar of 1870
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
A difference of Qualifications,

From the Chicago Tribune.
Sunday school teacher-Children, what
lesson do we learn from this verse Verify,
say unto you that rich man shall hardly
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven y
Thoughtful boy-We learn it's going to
be "a good deal harder to get into heaven
than it is to get into the United States Sen
ate
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

The Nicaragua canal company is steadily
pushing the project forward, and making
its plans for an early start ON the work of
construction, On May 10 an expedition is
to sail from New York to Greytown, and ON
its arrival active operations will be begun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

Circulars of inquiry addressed to all Har-
ward students who have been members of
other colleges have brought answers almost
unanimously denying the charge that the
moral tone of the university is low. With
only three exceptions these students believe
that Harvard morality is equal to or above
that of any other in the educational world
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
The, Would Have Eel, Happy.

From the Burlington Free PrrSs.l
How would the half starved continentals,
in the winter encampment at Valley Forge,
have felt if they could have looked forward
100 years and known that SG0,OOO was to
be spent on a single banquet held in honor
of Washington
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

Are a hane to society, but many of us feel lazy
used up, played cut aud languid at this season of
the year when we simply need an inyigOratng
tonic These bad feelings can be cured by the use
Of one bottle of Anti-ApOpectine, the great spring
medicine Sold at your druggists for 81. +. y,
Freeman, of johnson, Vt, says, Anti -Apuplrct-
inc gave me an appetite and did me the most
good of any remedy ever took
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
FOR SALE!


Very compact and blocky, vigorous roam, quiet
sn,sitinn and is one of the finest bred calves IN
N,' EngInnd Dropped April !, lSS The dams
nf tbesa Young bulls may he seen at the lallh anu
are the ls.st bred heifers m the state OF Netmonl
ha,in, takrn first premiums wherever shown
h, ssrti,ilars address l.. A. STARK, Manager
of oaE Ridge Farm, East Dummerston, VI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

An lrishman was planting shade trees
when passing lady said You're digging
out the holes, are you, Mr.. Haggerty =
"No, mum, Ohm diggin' out the dirt an
laYin' the holes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

From a Washington sunday despatch.
1t is not often that the President Of the
United States is AN object of less curiosity
to a congregation than somebody else in il,
even in Washington. That was the case
today, however The Church of the Gov
enant, in which the President is pewhold
er, was entirely filled, excepting one entire
pew that was evidently reserved. After
the President, Mrs Harrison and Mrs Nc
kee had taken their seats, a party entered
the church from n street and was shown
to the only pew remaining unoccupied
The party consisted of Mr.. Ee Ha Yung
Mr.. Ye Sang Jay, and Mr.. Kang Chin He
Of the Corean legation an interpreter, and
the two ladies of the legation, whose names
are not easily recalled for use.
The ladies had never before attended a
church service, but they were perfectly
self possessed as they made their way TO
the pew reserved for the party. They are
both very small and were costumed in ma
ny colors and in fashion strictly Corean,
with curious little notched silk caps and
tassels, skirts a triAe long and very full
and Wristbands that were passed about the
body directly under the arms. Through
out the service they were admirably attent-
i've, although they knew not a word Of
what was said, and they did not appear to
be aware that they were the chief objects
Of notice in congregation that included
the Chief Magistrate. When the service
was ended they passed composedly out by
the door they had entered, the ladies dainti-
ly picking up their skirts as they tripped
down the steps to enter the carriage that
was waiting for them. At home no Core
an woman appears in public.
Tho 6 h. ,,ati,u b.,
are here are impressed with the idea that
whatever the Americans do is all right.
Since they have seen several funeral ser
vices they have manifested great deal of
concern about what should he done in case
Of the death of the queen dowager, who is
~ years of age and likely 10 die soon.
They think that her death should he fol-
lowed by appropriate services, and they
have expressed regret that there is no
church in which something like the Ameri-
can funeral services can be held
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
The Versatile BABY.
A FARCE.

DRAMATIs PERSONA.
Ma. the LdLy's mother,
Pi the buby'S Jdtsr.
BdbV the boy himself
Chorus, sisters, cousins, diuItS, grandma.
Ma
Come, Baby, show these people here
How very smart you are
Call Pa.
Baby.
Ba ba! Bopup.
Chorus.
Precious heart,
How very smart
Pa
Now, darling sing that pity song,
"Baa! baa black sheep" for Pa
Baa Baa,
Baby
Ia ba Bopup'
Chorus
Well, declare,
What genius rare!
Ma.
And now, my precious little one,
Say by-by To Papa.
Ta-ta.
Baby.
Ba! ba! Bopup
h, wonderful! magnificent! his like was never
seen:
most precocious youth is this whose weeks arr
o say so much. and exc to say it all 50 very plain
is equal neer has been before, nor e'er Will b'
again
pom lis natal day the Fates in union must hav'
smiled,
or nothing else could have produced so versatile
child [CiTtdiH.
Editors Drdrer in May Hdrper'S,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03

To neglect yourself IL troubled with any disease Of
the kidneyss No, il is dangerous; and It you are
50 afflicted, attend To yourself nov. DO not wait,
hut use sulphur Btters, for they cured me, iona
than Ham, Boston