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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
NJ. A. No. 424
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
U. s. LAID OFFICE, DRApwooD, OAK,

October II, 1SSs. {
Notice IS hereby given that A.. j. Van Cleft
whose poStoflce address is Rapid City, Dakota
has tins day filed his application for q patent
for fifteen hundred linear feet Of the Eddy NO.. (.
lode, mine or vein bearing tin, with surface
ground three hundred feet in width, situated in
Palmer Gulch mining district. county Of Pen
nington and territory OF Dakota, and designated
by the field notes and official plat ON file in this
Office as lot number 524. said lot number 52i
being described As follows, to-wit
Beginning al the southeast corner marked by
q square pine post 4I4NG0 inches, fleet in ground
and protected by a mound Of rocks marked NJ.
{. 54 on one side, and No. | Oh the opposite for
corner No /, being adjacent 10 corner No. Is,
lot No. Or, Palmer Gulch placer claim. From
which L. :. Locating Monument No. AZ bears
south 80 deg 20 min east, 1911 feet distant. Thence
first course, north 10 deg 80 min east, 7s9 feet
thence second course, north 80 deg As min east,
III feet; thence third course, north 80 deg A. min
west, 3l2.s feet; thence fourth course, south 80
deg 46 mir west, 1913 feet thence fifth course,
south, 40 deg SO min west, 76 feet: thence sixth
course, south, IS deg ~ min east, 81. 10 feet 10
the place OF beginning. Magnetic variation Is
deg 80 min east, containing 1888 acres.
The location Of this mine is recorded i'm the
Recorders ONCE of Pennington county, Dakota,
IN book i Of Location Certificates. The adjoin.
ing claimants are on the north the scranton
Placer. east, Eddy No. / lode, south, Palmer
Gulch Placer, west, jolly No. 2 lode.
Any and All persons claining adversely any
portion OF said Eddy No. 2 lode, mine or surface
ground are required TO file their adverse claims
with The register OF the United States land office
AZ Deadwood, IN the territory Of Dakota, during
the sixty days period Of publication hereof, or
they viii be barred by virtue OF the provisions OF
the statute.
JOHN X. WHITESIDE, Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
of application for patent be published for a
period of Sixty days, ten consecutive weeks, i'm
the Custer Chronicle. n weekly newspapers pub
lished at Custer City, Dakota.
JOHNR. WHITEsIDE, Register,
First publication, October q.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
territorial OfIIcers.

GoveInor-Louis X. Church.
Secretary NJ, l.. Mccormack.
ChlefJustice-Bartlett Trip.
Associate Iustices-Charles ". Thomas. w Il
Mcconnell, G. $. Palmer and James spencer.
Uulted >tatcsAttorncy-John r. Garland.
United states Marshal--D. w. Maratta.
ourycyorGeneral--Maris Taylor.
Delegate to COngress--O. :. clifford.
Territorial treasurer W. Raymond.
Territorial Auditor-E. w Caldwell.
Northumberland rubliclnstrUction-A .Sher-
idan JONES. Assistant-J. W. Cowan.
Attorney Gcner6l-Gcorge :. Engel
Commissioners OF Observation-Disclosures Dunlap
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
MINING APPLICATION NO. AT.
L. S. LAND OFFICE, DEADwOop, OAK.

December 81, 1888. I
Notice is hereby given that The New York
Mica Mining Company, by Donald Macdonald,
its attorney in fact, whose postoffice address is
Custer, Custer County, Dakota, mas made appn-
cation for "A patent for the New YORK Mica Mine,
bearing mica, situate IN custer mining. dlslrlct,
Custer county, Dakota territory, ana described
in the otiicialsplat and field notes on he III THIS
Office, as follows, VIZ:
Beginning AT the southeast corner of the New
York Mica Mine AT "A square pitch pine post,
6x6x60 inches, 2 feet in ground and surrounded
by a mound of rock, marked Nj. {. 53 on one
side and No. l on opposite side for corner NO. l.
From which corner L. =. Locating Monument
No. IS bears north, II deg. IS min west, 212a feet
dist. A blazed pine tree Is inches In diameter
bears south, GO deg, a. min east, go feet DIST, a
blazed pine tree, 10 inches IN diameter, bears
south, 10 deg, 90 n. west, Dos II dist. From" lich
corner so established and marked, run; First
course, north, II deg, M min west, ~ feet 10
corner No. two (2); thence second course, north,
% deg, "a min west, 754.3l0 feet 10 corner No.
three ~: thence third course, south, G. de-, SO
mn west, 1909 100 feet 10 corner No. four a.,
thence fourth course, south, % deg, % min east,
76s. b 10 feet to corner No. five %: thence NTH
course, south, 20 deg, IS min east, 73l.S5l0O feet
to corner No. six (6); thence sixth course, north,
60 deg, 80 min east, 30O.+10 feet TO corner NO.
one % and place of beginning, variation 10 deg,
80 min east containing 1923 acres, ana forming
the New York Mica Mine:
The location OF this mine Is recorded In tbs
Register Of Deeds office of Custer county, Dako-
IA. on pages ~, Z72 and 273, Book 2 of Locatione
and pages l73 and ia, Book Of Locations. Ad-
Joining claimants are Davenport lode on the
south, Maggie lode on the east, Annie McCloud
lode on the north, and by the Jackson lode on
the west.
All persons holding adverse claims thereto are
required 10 present the same with the Register
Of the United States Land once at Rapid CITY,
in the territory Of Dakota, within sixty days
from the first day Of publication hereof, or they
will be barred by virtue Of the provisions OF the
statute.
JOHN X. WHITESIDE, Register.
-
II IL hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
Of application for patent be published for th'
| period of sixty days. (ten consecutive weeks, II
The CUSTER GHRoNICLE. a weekly newspapeI
| published at Custer City, ID. I.
JOHN X. WHITESIDE, Register,
First publication, January l9.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
NJ. A. No. 452.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.

L. ;. LAND OFFICE, RAPID CITY, DAK.,
February Is, lSS9.
Notice is hereby gwen that the Tin Mountain
Company, BY its agent, Alfred l.. Sivyer, whose
post0fice address ls.Custer, Custer Co., Dakota
territory, has this day filed It's application ior a
patent for fifteen hundred linear ieet of the Frac-
tional lode. mine or vein bearing TN anu oller
metals. with surface ground three hundred feet
In width, situated IN Custer mining district,
County Of Custer and territory OF Dakota, ana
designated by the field notes' and Official plat
on file in this Office as lot number 554, east of
the Black Hills Meridian; said lot number 5i
being described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner OF the Frac-
tional lode, "A pine post 5X5 inches and 8 feet
high, . feet in the ground, surrounded by a
mound of rocks, 2 fl high, marked on one side
VI. c. 554 ana No. / on the opposite side for
corner No. /. From which L. ). Locating Monu-
ment No. 5Sbearsinorth 100 deg. 50 min west, ~
II dist. "A pine tree IS incleS diameter bears north,
o deg. 10 min west, blaZed ami marked w. T.,
1868 IT dist. a pine tree Il inches in diameter,
bears north, 3 deg, 10 min west, l22 II distant,
blazed and marked b. T., :. L. cor. blacksmith
shop l2Xl2 brs y, 6S deg, % min W, $50 fl dist.
81 fl to intersection Of north end line of Dolphin
lode, nnsuryeyed) from which point the end line
OF ID lphin lode bears north, ~ deg, 80 min east,
IS IL 10 intersection of east end line JOHN. {. ..55i,
$500 fl To corner No. .. Thence second course,
north, = deg, 80 min west, 800 II 10 corner No. ).
Thence third course, north, Sc deg, 10 min east,
rs II to corner No. 2 of vi. &. 553, 1900 fl to cor.
No, 4. Thence fourth course, south, = deg, 80
min east, 80 fl 10 intersection with north end
line of Dolphin lode, 800 fl To corner No. | and
place of beginning, containing 1913 acres. Con
fictS with Dolphin lode, (unStryeyed) not claim
ed 0.O3 acres. Total area claimed 1890 acres.
Magnetic variation, Is deg, 30 min l., containing
1870 acres.
The location Of this mine Is recorded In the
Register Of Deeds office of Custer county, ID. T.,
III Book . of Locations, page l3l. The adjoining
claimants are east 10y Fraction lode, south by
Dolphin, and John A. Logan placer, north by
Tin Mountain lode, west by vacant ground.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said Fractional lode. mine or surface
ground are required Ia Tile their adverse claims
with the register Of the United States land office
Al Rapid City, in the territory OF Dakota, during
the sixty days period OF publication hereof, or
they will he barred by virtue OF the provisions OF
the statute.
JOHN LAFABRE, Receiver.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
of application for patent be published for the
period of sixty days, nen consecutive weeks III
the Custer Chronicle, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at Custer City. Dakota.
JOHN LAFABRE, Receiver.
ALFRED /. FEAl, Attorney for Claimant.
First publication, February %.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02

Long" John Wentworth was nee run
ming for office, and heard that his politi-
cal opponents were asserting that, II
elected, he would soon get his hand into
the city treasury. May be | will. and
may be | won't, he sardonically replied
when he heard of the charge. But III
tell You ono thing; nobody else will get
his hSld in; Ill sit ON the chist New
York Tribune.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Nights Ia Northern Scotland.

A clergyman recently returned from .
vacation spent in the north of Scotland
saws the nights are so short there that
there Is hardly two hours of darkness. AT
Inverness he was able to read at II
o'clock mt night without the aid Of artif-
cial light.-Chicago Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Notice OF Forfeiture.

To Samuel Scott:
You are hereby notifed,that we have expend
ed $500 in labor upon the General Harvey, En-
pire City, Lucky Boy and Ocean Queen tin lodes
situated in Hill City mining district, Pennington
county,, Dakota, in order TO hold, said premises
under the provision OF section 2324, revised
statutes OF the United States, being the amount
required to hold the same for the years 1887 and
OF this notice You fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion Of said expenditure as a co
owner, your interest in said claims VIII become
the property OF the subseribesr under said sec
ton Z324.
&. Won WORKMAN.
d.. n.
Dated February 9Th, 1889.
First publication, February, 3.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
VI E CHRONICLE
arrival and Departure Of NaIIs,

Custer and Buffalo Gap daily leaves Custer
81 10 q. IN. Arrives at Bullaio Gap at 400 u. m.
leaves Buffalo Gap at 10 a. III. Arrives at
Custer i.3O y. m.
Custer and Deadwood tri-weckly) leaves Chs.
ser Tuesdays, lhurSdays and SATURDAYS at 6 A. N.
Arrives at Deadwood same dav 9 y. IN. Arrives
at Custer Mondays, Wednesdays and FRIDAYS 9
=. m. Leaves DcadwOod same days n. IN.
Custer and Rapid (tri-weekly way maiD arrives
and departs via Custer and Deadwood route.
Custer and Rocks weekly arrives and departs
Saturdays.
S. VI. BOOTH, p. N.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02

Clerk Of Court--F y. V. Rutkowski.
District Attorney--W. II. FRYE.
Comnissioners--J. +. Street, f, A. Towner, J. L
HuEphries,
sherif--Benj. +. Porter.
Register Of Deeis--Jos. f. Pitcher.
Treasurer--E. IL, Flynn.
AsSeSsor--Samue K. Maddox.
Judge ofProDate-Cyrns w. Robbins.
Coroner. l., Couant.
Supt. Of Pub. Instruction-Willis g. Bower.
Justice ofthc Peace. VI. Lewis, Custer.
Coustable--JasSco scott Custer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Nutmeg Hickory the Wood.

Professor Sargent is credited with max
ing the statement that the strongest
wood in the United States Is that Of the
nutmeg hickory of the Arkansas region
and the weakest Is the West Indian birch.
The most elastic is the tamarack, the
white or shellbark hickory standing far
below II. The highest specific gravity,
upon which in general depends value as
fuel, is obtained by the blue wood OF
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02

Any man who has struck his finger
nail with a hammer knows how it j.
himself" and if he tries it he will know
that the best thing for it is DR.. Fenner's
Golden Relief. 1t is also the best thing
for diarrhUa, pain in the stomach, burns.
fresh cuts, neuralgia and rheumatism
Quickly cures all pain, swelling, and
stomach and bowel difficulties. Worth
it, weight in gold. Try it. For sale at
I~iitchcock's.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
A Close Approximation.

In 1864, in Memphis, in a refugee school
true vine, and my Father is the husband
man" One little fellow recited it thus:
II am the vine and my father is q married
American Missionary.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Had Never Seen IL.

ty Poet-What a very queer looking
ow weed that isl
Dung Indy-Yellow weedl Goodness
... This Is the beautiful golden rod
t.4at you raved about in your last poem
Time.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Farmers Tor south America.

Patagonia and Argentina are gaining
large ncccssions Of farmers by immigra-
ton. II is said a person may become =
.itizcn on his landing there, and he can
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02

Board Of Trustees A. Johnson, President II
u. Bptterield, +. V. GarlOck, A. r.. Smith, X. )
Lewis, ". W. Ward, W. Altalfer,
clerk +. J. V. Rutkowski.
TreaSUrer-H. A. Albien.
Marshall. II. Scott.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02

When Colonel Higgins Of Fredonia.
was building the Louisiana and Texas
Railroad, nothing was found TO prevent
the effects Of the malaria on the work
men and ward off disease equal to DR..
Fenner's Capitol Bittcrs. Use his Blood
and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic in
all blood, skin and nerve disorders, his
Cough Honey in all coughs, and his
Golden Reliefin all pains, stomach and
bowel disorders. For sale at Hitchcocks
If you want anything in the line Of
hardware, fancy and staple groceries
stoves, iron and glassware, mining sup
plies. farm implements, iron, steel, etc.
etc, 90 to Cochran's, the cheapest house
in the Black Hills.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
United states Land ONCE.
C0untyOfTcers

Register-John K. Whitesiie, Deadwood.
Receiyer-Johu LaFaber. Deadwood.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Conversational CharcL.

Rev. VI. J Macomber, Pastor.-Divlne serv-
ice every sunday AT IL a. m. and p. III. san
day school AT 10 a. m, Meetings for prayer and
Conference Wednesday evenings, All are cor
daily wc,cOme.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Register.

no ~ at the Newspaper Adver
49, &S Using Agency of Mssrs
u. WsAvkk 4 SON. Ur ;ut,rr,ynH agonN
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
Churches.
Methodist Church.

Rev. W. n. Atwater ~Pastor-Services in the VI
x. Church every sunday at II o'clock a. IN. and
T:3O o'clock p. IN. All are cordially invited.
sabbath school at 10 O'Clock d. m.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02

Devoted to local and general
news, and advertising the
resources Of the
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
JOHN LAFABRE, Receiver.

Ii is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
Of application for patent be published Tor tile
period Of sixty days, (ten consecutive weeks, IN
the Custer Chronicle, a weekly newspaper pub
lished al Custer City, Dakota.
JOHN LAFABRE, Receiver.
ALFRED I. FEAY, Attorney for Claimant.
First publication, February %.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-06-11
IN THL D4YS or nc
TOR/O.

Among The 10 ~ edy.u,ures
mud ilairbreatth escapes from the
Apaches uut,.r Victntio, there are
none uore thrilling or interesting
to relate 'oan that had Ivy Pablo
Flnes, u Mexican residrnt of
Hillsh rough. Like great mahy
others wien they get hard up for
something to do about town, Pnb-
!" hnr teen wont for many years
Pie RS H. reruperate his rxcheq-
ner. returns AMI have big time
while ms diueio last, d.
1t Was during the last raid ever
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-06-11

at thu very tiur We're DONG, KEEP
the poor Aztecs Ia suspense o
their lives, ani selected that hi9l
place nn which to huili their homer
tire br tier -, ,hserve tl.e uiproncl
of the enemy
Upon eui rrtarn home that -v
euiug, Al after supper. ae all tool
u walk to the upper eud "f 'h'
ranch, wbvre, IN digging hn irrIg'd
ing di,,h, Mr. iIouAee had uncover
ed II lurrp tkel-tou and hat
throw il wal his sh, vel to on
side on ihe UPPER pnrt II the MI
When he duS into II, 1t was IN
sitting posture, arms la front ant
hands locke jIst b ipw taa knees
aud face ab mead resting above
This, Ar Lougee claimed, Was the
rrlnaiba at a. Aztec. and althuugu
this il ingariabiy found To I've the
position ia which this people burr.
e,' their dead, tllel. seems to be,
from ihp sutr uaJlngs III lhis ill.,
stanc,, t,eutn fur many doubts Hs to
lis having hgen all AZ,ec n" ether
signs uf .Aztec habltation were ANY
were to he found on that side ~f
the v,lley; and though y grea,ei
pnFtt05 u the skeleton efumhled
away AT toucii, si,il large p"r
ton OF the baoy WAS, nnd ID yet,
W. preserved lhe ,emplns were
that ~ a small person, hr"c'
hands aIis.iire., beng small tn tell
cacy an reffe n mt, t,r gr,wn
person. The i'Mh "eIe of pearly
whiseness, ais sinas!. and Of UNI
form size and ,.v-liy ses, and worn
but llttlr, Indicating that wle age
ot tie Aukuuwn bad been Ahout
twenty six years. 1t remains only
in cur mind that it may or may
not hav. been an Aztec; evidence
pro and c"n seeming 10 be pretty
evenly balanced
As before stated, this is all the
Aztec nuns known Ia us III the
C"uaty, And lu,l ho. they came
here III 80 small ntmbti, n n.tre
fragment fr III the mann bodies on
the lularrsH aIrl sat francisco
rivers, in S.co'ro couhty, is an oh
jrct If curiosity and surrounded
with "a depth 1T mystery. 1t might
have been n wrong idea embarked
ia by the head of the colony whose
word wns law, -xperlmentlng to
fodud u new home ant worship un-
l-r anothei form Of friIglun, hs did
l,ung. Ii.ee people
we're certainly a Il d-icHIing pro-
,le, verywhere III iiieir fuiLs
IRE seen Foundations ii | rg-r
one III II community,
arueT thHh lo1., for tam ia use.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-06-11

Let the Commissioners OF Sier-
IA County purchase the Aztec
ruins on the RIO Animas; also vote
an annual amount to be expended
IN their care and preservation as
public park Tins is merely sug-
gestl"u To keep business from
moving backward like the west
end Of u horse going east.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-06-11

made hy the WHY whtfhT, 'ilas
Pablo had betaken himself 10 the
placers to lecruit his finances.
Victorio had ran all tie miners
and pros ,ectors in to the large
towns and camps Il the Black
Range, hut the news did not arrive
at the section Of country In which
The placers are situated until
b,"ught by Victorio md his dusky
followers themselves. Pablo was
wo, king ia Da,ch gulch. aad get
ting big pay dirt. The writer was
on the same side of Anllnas peak.
but about half way to the top
more than half mle from where
tue Mexican was located. From
our standpoint miles Of open coun-
Try could be seen when a view OK
tine cuuAtrI WAS wanted. But We
were on ciol ping that showed
Color iIom pauning, and 1t was on
iy when projecting rock was sat
upon for rest, TINT view of ths
country WAS taken. 1t was then
that Va c,alI 500 Ptbla's head
Lobbing ap and down through the
brush carrying dirt to the water
some little distance away 10 pan
out Ii WAS on one Of these occas-
IONS that about fifteen Apsches
were seen coming down the gulch
from the direction of the Trlpp
mine centeling for Pablo. He had
his head down, which was covered
With broad white hat,
working oat a short drift in the
mouth Of little draw that empti-
ed dir, city into Dutch gulch
where he was working. lh'y saw
him swine distance of, but the
Mexican was yet UNCONSCIOUS OF
danger; intent only on working
out his pocket" They bore down
upon him and wnen within thirty
Yards is'fic paused and upon look
ing up bents9 the deadly enemy.
He sprang frS~. The little ravine
aud with another s.und was be-
hind "a cluster uf scrub. oaks and
bushes allch there t1ickly stud
,lt-d tout bali aa ,.cW OF ground.
ne Indians divided; one party
keeping straight ahead, and the
ptiier ing to flank him. Pablo
dad not know Ut the division that
hDu taken place among the Indians,
and kept straight ahead until he
WAS brought lace to face with tho
Apachcs and their guns. A parley
.onk place. But, as Pablo could
lot savvy the dialect of the Indi-
aus, only II neager and uusatisfac-
.ory ni3delsiandlng was had.
Among tictoiio's men however
Vas Que who could talk Mexican
lueutly, aud he WAS brought for
ward AMI IN ,lro.nise was m .de
Dy Pablo giving the Indians all
he gold dust he had, which
IN ,untet to about $35. This lie
willingly gave Of course, and the
nllaus started forward on their
ons, soft trot, p.culiar to nothing
'ut an Indian or coyote.
",keered, Was no name for it
hen applied to Pablo after his es-
ape; AID the fellow half mile
way, paralyzsd TO his seat, witness
d the whole surprise, capture and
beratiun Ut the Mexican; and,
hen the Indians moved off down
Dutch gulch la the direction of
le Anlmas, he went directly up
ie peak to the summit and we'll,
rep. 'ei down, is the best way to
,nvpv he idea OF how he
nded IA tut bottom Of Greyback
uich nearly mile below. Pablo
ior+s his hong since recovered his
aatri equilibrium anu good
.alth and is NJ present engaged
ih, healthful exei else Of making
,d laying 'dubes' ut Hermoss,
bile the other fellow has just flu
he'll putting this article In cold
pc.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-17
HOUSE SPARkLES.

When Senator "Dar" Hall shrieks
about ''lobby" some one should let
the drainage bill for Kandiyohi state
lands fall upon his head.
One effect of the visit of the legislators
to st. Louis was to raise the price of
the necessaries of life from side of
bacon to so cents.
'.When any man says that he has a
string tied to me-" says Judge Fleming,
'he will find me dead against him.
After this remark the enemies of oil
inspection reform will probably cease
to classify the judge as ''wid 'em.''
Col. Graves was wise in cautioning
the house to move slowly in the matter
OF making railroad commissioners
elective.
Hon. Jared Benson, with two re-
trenchment and reform victories during
the past week, will eat his Sunday
dessert with the happy contentment of
a true patriot.
Hon. Ro bert G. Evans will not take
the counselShip to the Mississippi river
commission because he has discovered
that a dear Indiana friend of his now
holds it.
The officers of the state insurance
department appear to be as hot after a
raise of salary as the Hon. Sam Nichols
is to prevent reduction of his own.
The house having knocked out an
"Ojl'' trust is in good fighting trim to
tackle the beef monopoly.