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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

- 0undAy-sChOo1 kbr'y and reC1to1 %
JCvoly-I he'd 20 out with Il.
GUESS you think I'm actin sort Of
qussr,s ~ ], ~bnt I've got \ little ap-
prshsnsible about my pardner. He had
Orter been IN long ago, and Charity
pi3got cant Ind him In the peach or
chaId, and I've got TO go and look my.
sell, 81 you'll excuse me-"
Rollins. I'll fetch him along"
So Moses went. He went, and he
stayed. but be came back without Oba-
diah.
can't spin this here tale OF horror
out forever, eycn il my nerves could
stand 1t; 80, TO cut q long story short, it
wasn't long before everybody was out
lookin'. You could hear boots and
bowls of--"Obadiah Gufins! Obadiah
Gnfins! where are you?" ell over the
farm. The baskets and the picker were
. lynn under the tree, but my husband
wurn't nowhere. They weut to the vii.
lage, the deacon suggestin' he might
have gone to be shaved and was awaitin'
his turn ; but night came and he wusn't
found.
Then / made sure he was murdered
by tramps and hid in the woods, and
we WIS ont all night with lanterns and
torches. W. dragged the well aud then
We dragged the pond; and when he'd
been gene two days and q half, and
neither hide or hair of him to be found
anywhere, Mrs. Deacon Tillbnry says tc
me:
Don't feel too bad about IL, Mrs
Gufiins, but / I'm afeard yonr ~espouzeJ
husband has eloped with some design
ing critter. Their amt no %acconntin
for his disappearance in no other way"
And then | went on into highstericks.
II was high time. / dunno who said
that / had orter hev some brandy and
water. but somebody that wanted some
themselves, / reckon. Ididnt. And
Charity gave Nose, my keys, and he
took : candle and went down to get
ONE in the milk Jug.
l was feeling awful, and when in o
minute more I heard him call out:
Deacon! Deacon Tillbury! Hurry!
Here, this way! Hurry I sort Of
swooned.
The next minute / came tn and saw
'em supportin' Obadiah between 'em.
What had happened | didn't know. His
legs wobbled about, his eyes were
CLASSY, and he couldn't hold himself
steady; and the first thing he said a
Martha Maria, Ill hev q divorce
from youl Yon done this o purpose!'
They had found him down the cellar,
where he had been languishin' two days
aud o half, and this is how it happened:
Diskiverin' that l had left the key in
the cellar door, he had made up his
mind to treat himself to a good drink
for his birthday, and while he was
DRAWN it on the sly into an empty bot
tie that had had Chnmp's Sarsaparilla
into it, Charity Piggott locked the cell
lar door.
There was enough to eat there, such
as it was-cheese and sweetmeats and
smoked beef-but in his tribulation he
had took . great deal Of spiritual drink
also. In fact, he was intoxicated 4
never blamed him-but he was-and he
kept howlin': where's the turkey din
ner? My first wife wouldn't have used
me sol" until the Deacon and Moses put
him to bed in the up chamber.
He had q bilious attack after that, aud
while I was Q nussin of him we made
up; but neither Of us thought turkey
dinners much Of q subject TO talk about
for quite . considerable spell Of Sun
DAYS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
Just His WAY.

@There goes . singular man." oh.
served . Woodward avenue grocer as an
old gentleman passed out with . pack
age under his arm.
@How singular
He always begins business by ask
Ing IL We have any strawberries. In
season we ray yer, and out Of season we
say no. II We have EN- he doesn't buy il
We don't have 'em he looks disappointed
for . minute and then gives his order.
His trade II worth 5000 . year to me.
! lost u oncs and had TO apologize TO
HIM.
Howl
= I hAd : smart Aleck Of . clerk who
roplied that W had no strawberries but
Iots of0hestnuts, and the old man walked
ouf - s1i8 = : ramrod. / apologized.
disoha1GsdtA ~ clark, and ~ Tstnrnsd.
HoAMy 6Gsgubes1y - lnng = ~ use
~ uolk.DpAoA ~ FFss&s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

PRINCE BISMARCK spends q great
deal of time of late in the Napoleonic
practice of playing solitaire with cards.
He claims that the game quiets his
nerves, which have given him a good
deal of trouble since he gave up brandy
and tobacco. Bismarck looks pale and
haggard and has grown ten years older
in appearance in the last twelve
months.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
Change Of Base.

Fond father: Julia, my dear, you
know | refused you Sniggleby's request
to marry you last evening""
"Yes, and it was real cruel"
well, don't cry, dear. l have re-
considered the matter. and will be glad
to have you marry him.
"Oh, how good you are! How did
you change your mind"
Il was at the baseball grounds to see
the exhibition game, and the young
man who III stop a hot grounder us
Sniggleby does has a great future before
him."-LincOh Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

The old lady went to the theater for
the first time. The play was Julius
Caesar what" she said afterward,
"I've hearn tell that the theayter was
bad, but I think it wuss than bad. It's
nothin' but crime to kill all them fell
lars just to amuse the audience, an it
ought to be put a stop to-"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
Senster Eyarts, Lar CaAln.

Senator Evarts has erected an Old faSh.
toned Log Cabin on an elsvs.sd point o.
Potomac. jus, below Washington.
II Is much moro elegant In its finish and
appointments than were the homes OF cur
ancestors In the Log Cabin days u long
ago. but probably not moro conducive 10
Outside. It presents tho appearances Of
The typical old fashioned house Of the
pioncers, being built OF, logo hewn In the
adjacent forest and raised and chlnked In
the oiden style. Tie interior will be nm
ished In native woods. from the place. but.
unlike tho primitive original. 1t Will be nm
tshed in oil.
This is luxury to which the dweilers In
the rude Cabins OF early days dared not
aspire. II being purel9xury, and not adding
to The comfort Of the domicile.
senator Evarts began tho Log Cabin last
summer with the determination that. II
Gen. Harriso on were elected. he would res
verss the popular campaign axiom OF halt
.cen.ury ago. From The Log Cabin to the
Whit House" to a social axiom OF the new
admin tration From the White House to
the Lo1 Cabin
Harrison was successful; Senator Evarts'
new. ld-fashioned. Log Cabin will doubt.
less also prove a great sue cess. Many q
happy days surcease from the tolls and
car $ Of this groat station. our Log Cabin
presiden mt will no doub enjoy beneath its
~hospitahis roof as the guest OF tho genial,
. n or senator I: om New York.
trcat MS te success may be that attends
the nitro uction OF this old-time log cabin
10 fashionable life. 1t cannot be greater
than the success which has attended the
miro iuction Of Warner's Log Cabin Sarsa-
parilla, one Of the oll-time. effective rem
e1ies. tho use OF which. in primitive times.
g yo our grandparents health and rugged
oil age.
Senator Evarts' log cabin ia but another
evidence OF tho tendency In fashionable
LIE. ut present SO marked. toward things
pr mitivc auJ a%n.iqua,ed. The now fashion
Is for things old fashioned, aud a return to
the old-fashioned roots and herbs rem
odics Of log cabin days is noted with pleas
IRE. Ms their common use does not per-
Mancntly injure tho system. as the use OF
tho mineral drugs Of modern medical rrac-
tice does.
The three great hotels Of st. Angus
tine, Fla, are literally cast from con-
crete and not built in the ordinary
sense of the word. Stone was practi-
cally inaccessible, wood was not to be
thought of. and resort wal had to con-
crete for a building material. One
part Of cement, two of seashore sand
and three of coquina were the ingredi-
ents Of the concrete, with water added
in carefully measured quantities. The
mixture was delivered in borrows,
dumped through canvass tubes into
moulds or formers and rammed with
iron The moalds were often
removed within twenty-four hours af-
ter placing the cement. The result is
solid and durable buildings and excel
lent architectural effects. The cost
was about So per cubic yard. The en-
during quality of concrete structures is
seen in Rome and the buried cities of
Italy, where piles centuries upon cen
turtles old are standing in a tolerable
state Of preservation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
What Our Weather Costs Us.

The United States pays 5000, 900 !
year for its weather service, Great
Britain pays $50. 600, Germany $56, 900,
Russia $65, 900, Austria &1O, 900, Swift
xerland &6,OOO, France 100000. And.
though no European nation attempts 10
do IS much rs we do. or takes general
observations more than once q day, the
percentage Of veriication Of predictions
Is rising there, which il hardly the case
in this country. Our weather service
with it, great cost and thorough organ
ization, ought 10 be the best in thu
world.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
DELAYS are Dangerous.

Doctor, just an instant, please" y.
claimed a caller at the office of q man
Of physic As he caught sight of the
physician disappearing in his private
office. "Ill see you shortly, sir" vas
the curt reply. "But a SECOND is all 1
want" persisted the caller. I'll see
you directly, sir" with sternness. The
visitor took a seat in the general recep-
ton room, read the afternoon paper
through, looked at the pictures, played
with the dog, and took a nap. After
thirty minutes or more had passed the
medicine man came out of his den, and
with an air of condescension said to the
visitor: well, now, my man, l am at
your survice. Your turn has come.
What can l do for you?" ooh, nothing
in particular" was the reply. Il just
dropped in to tell you that your neigh
boris three COWS have escaped from the
barn and are having a picnic in your
garden and backyard fowerbed."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

"a SHOE manufacturer in Portland"
relates the Brunswick, Me-, Telegrdph,
"being asked to assist in providing
bread for the suffering poor, said that
he would contribute to the extent Of
100 sacks Of -four and 100 bushels of
meal, one sack of -four and one bushel
of meal to be given to each man who
might be found in Portland who Meth
er kept a dog, drank rum or used to-
bacco, and was in need of bread. The
first man has not appeared yet to claim
the gift"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

SNA1Ls are being imported into the
United States from Europe. The bust
ness Of raising and fattening them is
considerable of an industry. They are
used for food, and are said to be q very
good substitute for cream, which they
are sometimes used to adulterate.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

One of those things everybody ought
to know, but few really know, is the
relative size of a shoe and a stocking.
The size of stocking required by a per-
son wearing q No. 6 shoe is 81 inch.
No. Z shoe, 1O-inch; No. 8 shoe, 1O}
inch; No. 9 shoe, 11-inch; No. 10 shoe,
111-inch.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

MOTHERS who have delicate children can
see them daily improve and gain In flesh and
strength by giving them that perfect food
and medicine. SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
OIL. Nth Hv%pophosphites. DR.. w. A. Hull
bert. Of Salisbury. ILL.,. says: Il have used
SCOTS Emulsion in cases OF Ecrofula and
Debility. Results most gratifying. NY little
patients take 1t with pleasure" Sold by all
DRUGGISTS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

AUNT SUSAN Ito Boston girl who has
just returned from New York)-And
did you enjoyself, Carrie? CARRIE
had an enjoyable visit, aunt, but it was
positively shocking to see so many
people without glasses. - Boston.
transcript.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

To Crawforlsvil,e and Indianapolis, Ind,
Troy and Spring field, O.-Through Sleep
ing Car from Chicago.
A combined 81 eping and chair car leaves
Chicago via Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Raili Dad ut 11:N p. m. daily. running
through to Springfield. o.. via Indianapolis.
Passengers reach Charlottesville at $50 a.
M; Indianapolis. TAO a. M: Troy. 1 2:O4
noon: Springfield. loo p. H.; Cincinnati.
1910 noon; Louisville. 1915 noon. Berth
rate: Chicago to Indianapolis. 81 so. Chi
caso City Ticket Office. No. GA Clark street.
Sherman house.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

THERE 10 more Catarrh In this section Of the
country than oil other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to lie
incursble. For = great many years Doctors
pronounced 1t . local disease. and prescribed
local remedies. and BY constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced 1t incurkbls.
Science has proven catarrh to be . constitutional
disease, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarih Cure. manufactured
by r. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, il tbs only
constitutional cure on he market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to . teaspoon
full. 1t acts directly upon the blood and nlucus
surface Of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address +. J.
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o. A1Sold by Drug.
riata 7jc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10
Catarrh Cured.

A clergyman. after years Of suffering from
that loathsomc disease. Catarrh. n vainly
trying every known remedy. at last found u
recipe which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this
dreadful disease sending a self addressed
stamped envelope TO Prof. J.. A. Law
renee. Is Warren street. New York City.
will receive the recipe FREQ OF charge.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

When Baby was sick. ~ gave her Castosia.
When she was . Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Nin. shs eiuag - CAstoria.
When ahe bad Children, he gave them CastoriA,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

De scrviHg or onfldencc.-There IL
no article winch so richly deserves the en-
ir. confidence OF the community %
browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. Those SUI
eases Coughs. and coils should try them.
Price 2s cents.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

The world moves, but it would seem to
be the opinion Of some enthusiasts that the
momentum could not be preserved il it
were mot for the crank.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

IT often happens that the coat Of . swell
bears . ~buttonaire, while that Of . tramp
has nary . button.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

-Night-sweats indicate a rundown
nervous system. HAaEE's EMULsIoN IL a
quick relief and q sure cure. Get It at your
druggist.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-10

CREDIToR--Iye a bone to pick with
sou. Physician Excuse me, my dissect.
ing hour has passed. It'd Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30
CONTEMPLATING PARNELL,
Irish Municipal Bodies Congratulate Parnel

Irish Municipal Bodies Congratulate Parnell
on His Success in Disproving Charges
LONDON, May pa deputation from
various Irish municipal bodies today
presented to Parnell an address congrat-
ulating him upon his success in disprov-
ing before the commission many of the
calumnies that had been heaped upon
him. Parnell replied he WAS sure the
Irish municipal authorities would con-
tinue to use their privileges, not for the
purpose of the disintr egration of the
empire nor for upsetting the
authority of the queen, but
for obtaining a realization of their legi-
inmate aspirations. He had never doubt
ed that the falsity of the forged letters
would ultimately be shown. He would
rather have gone to his grave with the
stigma of the letters upon him than to
have submitted his country to the humili-
ating ordeal which it was proposed to
place upon it as an accompaniment of the
inquiry into the letters authenticity.
The right had been transgressed under
pIetext of inquiry into crime. The po-
lit1cal issue has been laid before men not
competent to give fair decision. He
had never oonUem plated parliamentary
action. If convinced of it's futility he
and his COLLEAGUES would not remain in
the house of commons twenty four hours.
He believed in the near realization of
their hopes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30
0'BRIEN TESTIFYS.

Although i'll a Weak Condition He Makes
Good Impression
LONDON, May 2l.-Mr. VIM. O'Brien
testified today before the Parnell COM
mission. The fact that his testimony was
ex Qected drew large crowds TO the court
room, and the witness was listened to
with great attention. Owing TO Mr..
O'Brien's weak condition, the result of
his long Imprisonment, he was allowed to
lemain seated. In weak voice which it
was difficult TO hear beyond the counsel's
table, he gave detailed account of ag-
grarian outrages perpetraSed in county
Tipperary prior to the formation of the
national league in that dis
trict. The league, said the wit
ness, after it was estab-
lished, prevented a wholesale famine and
a fearful war in the west of Ireland in
1870. The witness declared that no muir
ders had been committed in Tipperary
since the league had formed a league
there.
Mr.. O'Brien described the wretched
condition of the people in Tipperary and
other counties prior to the formation of
the National league. The poor tenants
were in debt up to their necks and had
absolutely no redress against oppressive
tiIld OI0bdl iouu1OIu6s he Wlbu65b BdlO
the troubles that came on after 1870
arose from the universal movement made
by the landlords to take advantage of
the ''two years" clause allowed by the act
of 1870, to get rid of the small tenants
and thus save paying them the compen
sation due them.
The witness described the condition
of County Mayo at the time that Mich
ael Davitt formed branch OF the league
there, as appalling. "Wholesale famine
and bankruptcy seemed inevitable" said
he, Farmers sold everything at a dead
loss, and landlords did not lift a
hand to help them, but on the contrary,
denied that any distress existed"
O'Brien stated that he approved boy
cotting. He believed it prevented crime.
Reid, of the counsel for the Parnellites,
read an article from United Ireland, de-
ncuncing the Phoenix park murders
and asserting the assassins, if they were
discovered would be more likely to be
lynched in Dublin than in London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May 22.-Immense
damage to crops throughout this section
was done last night by hard frost. Ice
formed, and potatoes, corn, strawberry
plants, and other garden crops were de-
s'ioyed everywhere, even oak leaves were
frozen black.
NKoEDAH, Wis, May 22.-Tbere was
nesvy frost last night and ice formed to
ens 1nlckness of quarter of an inch.
oonsioeraoie damage was done 30 fruit
and growing crops.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Nav PA kill
ing frost visited this section last NIGHT.
wheat apd oats were not ADVANCED
enough to be injured.
PALMYRA, Wis, May 22.-This section
OF country was visited by heavy frost
last night, forming Ice so that it could be
taken up IN pieces. 1t is thought that
owing to the heavy rainfall of the early
esenlng and the moisture of the earth
that 1t will do no great damage.
HUDSON, Wis, May PA heavy frost
visited this section last night, doing
great damage to vegetables aud small
fruit. 1t is feared that the strawberry
crop, which promised to be larger than
ever before in st. Croix and Pierce
counties, Is total loss.
COLUMBUS, Wis, May 22.-Heavy frost
last night; ice, an eighth of an inch thick
formed on pools of water, and the ground
was frozen. Corn, which was coming on
nicely, will have TO be replanted in some
places. Small fruits are much I'M ured.
RosENDALE, Wis, May 22.-Quite
heavy frost visited this city last night.
1t damaged early garden truck and killed
the corn in low land.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May PA num-
Der of towns in central and southern Min
oesota report a hard frost this morning,
doing some damage 10 vegetation.
WHEELING, w. Va, May 22.-Harrison
county was visited by a terrific hail storm
today, which did great damage to crops.
In this city the hail lay on the ground
from three to five inches deep. The loss
to farmers is very heavy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30
INVESTIGATING CHARGES OF BRIBERY.

The Interstate Commerce Commission Inquir-
ing into the Charges Against Railroads.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Chairman Cooley
and Commissioners Bragg and Morrison,
of the inter-stats commerce commission,
began inquiry today into the charges
preferred against the western
railroads by the Chicago board
of trade concerning the relative basis of
rates on live hogs and packing house
prod ucts. The case of John P. Squire Of
Boston, against the eastern roads which
was to be heard with this, was found to
be by no means Identical, and it will be
taken up in Boston at some future
day. Judge Smith, representing the board
of trade, made a statement of the case
as detailed in the origininal compleint.
He argued that the present adjustment
of rates we're higher on live hogs than
on the dressed product, from the Mis-
souri, river and Iowa points, is wrong and
a discrimination against Chicago.
Lawyer Cummings, of Des Moines,
represented Iowa packers who are the
real defendants in the case. He said It
was his intention to prove that the
present rates had been in effect twenty
years and the Chicago packers are al no
disadvantage on account thereof, the
rates are now equitably established.
The evidence of General Freight Agent
Morton, of the Burling ton road, went to
show that the cost of transporting dressed
meats was rather higher, all things con-
sidered, than that of shipping live stock,
and the risk fully as great. Several other
witnesses we've examined, including Asst.
Secretary Dennison of the Union Stock
Yards, superintendent Besler of the
Burlington road and Nelson Morris. The
investig alton will be resumed tomorrow.
It is said the commission
while in Chicago will make inquiry into
the case of prominent cattle shipper who
several months ago, bribed one of the
agents of the Western Railway Weighing
at the stockyards, to
pass a shipment of live stock
at less than their actual weight.
It transp ires that the facts in the matter
are in possession not only of the inter
state commerce commission, but also of
the United States district attorney.