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Griggs courier., 1889-06-21
Shot by Accident.

A young fellow named Walker, of Spring.
dale, while fooling with loaded revolver
recently at Grow Creek accidentally dis
charged the weapon, the ball. a forty-four-
caliber, entering the right eye of Miss
Whitehead, q belle of the Sioux tribe, who
was standing near, and passing entirely
through her head. She was still living at
1acf aocoOnta
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PRESIDENT HARRISON on tho 10th NOM
mated Thomas J. Morgan, Of Rhode Island,
to be Commissioner of INDIAN Affairs. vics
John II. Oberly. resigned.
Griggs courier., 1889-06-21

Q
tion of Governor Hill,
because a few weeks
ago a similar requisi-
tion for an offender
was honored with
out question. When
asked what course
he would now pur-
sue the States At
torney said that it
would be useless to
do any thing until in
dictn e n ts are re-
turned against Mar
Onev and Mcdonald
Griggs courier., 1889-06-21
Yankton's Big Hotel.

At a meeting of the stockholders Of
Yankton's proposed mammoth hotel the
other day the following officers were
elected: T. NJ. Purdy, President; E. G.
Smith, President; George R scougal,
Treasurer; John P. Crennan, Secretary.
built aud enlarged at cost of 100000.
Griggs courier., 1889-06-21
DAKOTA NEWS.
He i" Was a Female.


A few days ago two young fellows @.
rived at La Moure looking for work. Louis
Smith, who claimed to come from Green
Bay, Wis, soon found work on farm, but
the other one boarded in town and led O
life of ease. Failing to pay board bill
''he'' was taken into custody by the
landlord, when 1t was discovered that t'he'
was a female. For ten days the woman
paraded the streets in male attire without
detection Her sex being discovered she
precipitately fled to other fields.
Still Another Pacific Road.
s. J. Bills, of Dubuque, Ia, and George
NJ Nix, of Sioux Falls. civil engineers, re-
Gently made up a surveying party to survey
railroad through to the Pacific coast,
probably touching at Minnesota in the
Black Hills, making Pierre the initial point
on the Missouri. Work on the survey will
last some five months. The road is called
the Midland l. Pacific. and is strongly sup
posed to be backed by the Illinois Central.
Groups of Mines Sold.
W. H. and Henry Meyers, of Rapid City,
have sold to General Boyle and Judge
Pope, of st. Louis, the Gold Safe group Of
mines in Grizzly gulch for s25,OO0. The
same capitalists also purchased of Meyers.
Cook & Rodgers the Grizzly Bear group, in
the same locality, for $25,OoO The latter
property includes twenty stamp mill and
a valuable site and water right.
Griggs courier., 1889-06-21

Tho Delegates to the Berlin Conference
End Their Labors = Tho Agreement
Signed-Sume Of Its Most Important
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YESTERDAY.

My friend. he spoke Of q woman face;
1t puzzled me, and paused TO think,
He told OF her eyes and mouth, the trace
OF prayer on her brow, and quick as wink
/ said: 20, yes, but you wrong her years.
She's only child, with faiths and fears
That childhood fit. / tell thee nay;
She was q girl just yesterday"
ssThe years are swift and sure, I trow"
fQuoth he.) you speak of the long ago."
Once strolled in q garden spot
And every flower appraised head
$50 1t seemed,) for they, 1 wot
Were mates Of mine; each bloom and bed,
Their hours for sleep, their merry mood,
The lives and deaths of the whole sweet brood,
Were known to me IL was my way
To visit them but yesterday.
Spake one red rose, IN language low:
I'VE saw you asst in the long ago."
Entering under the Intel wide,
saw the room; twas all the same;
The oaken press and the shelves aside,
The window, small for the sunset flame,
The book loved on the table large;
ope'd. and lol In the yellow marge
The leaf placed was shrunk and gray.
swear It was green but yesterday,
Then voice stole out of the sunset glow:
you lived here, man, in the long ago."
Ills the same old tale. though it comes to me
BY hundred paths of pain and glee,
Till guess the truth at last, and know
That yesterday is the Long Ago.
Richard E. Burton, in Harper's Weekly.
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FRED GRANTS Sized.
How Mazeppa Carried It's Rider Through
the Movement OF the Drill.

How Mazeppa Carried Its Rider Through
the Movement of the Drill.
The following story is told by Fred.
Grant: In his last year at West Point
he held the position of Captain OF
Artillery. One day the visiting officer,
who happened to be his father, General
Grant, held an inspection and drill.
After the cadets had assembled on the
parade ground it was decided to give
the commands by bugle call. The
officers would then deliver them by
word of mouth to the men. Fred.
Grant had VIGOROUSLY bad ear for
music. He had never been able to
master single tune. and. worse still,
had no idea of time. When the an
nouncement of the mode of giving the
orders was made he rushed up to a
comrade and said:
"Great goodness! what shall dop I
can't tell the difference between the
charge and the retreat"
His friend advised him to change his
horse for Mazeppa, a horse of one of
the sergeants. She would carry him
through. He hastily did so, and
watched every movement of his animal
during the ensuing evolutions. When
the bugle sounded forward" the
knowing animal advanced; and the
command was accordingly given to the
men. When the call of 'halt" came,
Mazeppa stood like rock, and the
proper order was issued by the officer.
In this way, the horse by its ear tor
music, told its rider the order of the
day and carried him safely through the
complicated movements of the drill
Council Bluffs Qa.) Sentinel.
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PROTECTING A QUEEN.

Precautions to Prevent the Death of
Marie Antoinette by Poison.
Madame Campan, in her memoirs,
speaks of plots for the assassination of
Marie Antoinette and the measures
taken to counterfeit them. I'm $780,"
she says, ian official in the royal serv-
ice discovered what he conceived to be
a project for poisoning the Queen, who
spoke to me aboutit with perfect cool
ness as well as to her chief physician.
Vicq-d' Ayr. He and together con-
sidered what precautions it would be
necessary to take. He relied to a great
extent on the Queens extreme alb
stemiousness. but advised me always to
have within reach bottle of sweet oil
of almonds, which / was to renew from
time to time, this oil and milk being,
as is well known, the surest antidote
for the irritation caused by corrosive
poisons. One of the Queens habits
particularly disturbed her physician.
Powdered sugar was ALWAYS to be
found in her dressing-room, and fire.
quently without calling an attendant,
she would put some spoonfuls into
tumbler Of water when she wished to
drink. 1t was agreed that should
pound a large quantity of sugar
privately; that should always carry
some boxes in my bag, and three or
four times a day, when l happened to
be in her majesty's room. should sub
slitute fresh sugar for that in the
sugar-dish. We knew that the Queen
would have prevented every precaution
of this kind, but we kept it concealed
from her. One day. however, she sur
prised me when making the change OF
which have just spoken, and told me
she was sure it was an operation con-
certed with Monsieur Vicq-d Ayr. but
that was taking a useless trouble.
Remember she said, that no one will
employ grain of poison against me-
The Brinvilliers do not belong to the
present generation. Nowadays ones
enemies can use calumny, which is far
more effectusl for killing people. and
through which shall perist< Gen.
tieman's Magazine.
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hand in the distribution of Justice. In

hand In the distribution OF justice. In
case woman had been made to suffer
N reputation by man. she was al
liberty to challenge him to combat,
which took place in the following way
A regular ring was formed for specta-
tors and chairs were placed for the
judges. In the middle of the ring was
hole about three feet deep. in which
the man, armed only with club. had
to defend himself against the woman,
who was armed with stone weighing
a pound tied up in a handkerchief and
attached to a slender willowy stick.
The lady had a space measuring ten
feet in diameter in which to eyolute
and to attack.
The rules were as follows: IL the
man in attempting to strike the woman
touched the ground with arm or hand
he made one error. If he made three
such. or if the woman succeeded in dis
arming him, he was declared defeated
and was then delivered over to the
executioner to be put to death, which
was by being buried in the same hole
in which he had vainlv attempted to
defend himself. But if the man sue
ceeded in thwarting the attacks of the
woman, or in disarming her, he was
declared the victor. and the woman
herself was then the victim and was
sentenced to death and buried alive.
The unpublicity of the proposed
method of execution by electricity will
be deeply regretted by hardened crimi-
nails who have read up the last speeches
on the scaffold by the heroes of their
craft. Many a black-hearted wretch
has died comparatively happy after
being allowed to address the world
just before being launched into eternity.
The darkest-dyed criminal loved dearly
to preach a sermon as warning to the
rest of humanity prior to being taken
of. Many brute has left his friends
with the disgusting assurance that,
after the fatal moose has done its work,
he has first-class entrance ticket for
the realms of eternal glory. And the
great public enjoyed this kind of sacri-
legious spectacle hugely. This speech
making on the scaffold appears to have
been relic of still remoter times, when
the practice of chanting last dying
speeches in the vicinity of the place of
execution was common thing.
Truly desperate world was ours at
one time in the search for cruelties to
be melted out to malefactors, traitors
and sinners in general. Modern crimi-
mails may perhaps thank their stars that
they are spared unnecessary bodily
torture, and that the evident hope of
justice to-day is to get them out of the
world with as little noise and prelimi-
nary suffering as possible.-N. Y.
World.
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A PATRIOTIC PAHsoN.

One Of the Choicest Revolutionary Anec-
dotcs Ever Published.
TWAS fine Sabbath morning. in the
year 1777, that the inhabitants Of q
little parish in Vermont, and on the
borders Of New Hampshire. assembled
in their accustomed place of worship.
The cares of that fearful and long to-
be-remembered summer had imprinted
an unusually serious look upon the
rough though not unpleasant coun-
tenances of the male members of that
little congregation. The rugged fea-
lures relaxed, however, as they en-
tered that hallowed place, and felt the
genial influence of a summers sun,
whose rays illuminated the sanctuary,
and played upon the desk and upon the
countenance of him who ministered
there. He was a venerable man, and
his whitened locks and lettering frame
evinced that he had numbered three
score and ten years. Opening the
sacred volume, the minister was about
to commence the services of the morn
ing. when a messenger, almost breath
less, rushed into the church. exclaim-
ing:
"The enemy are marching upon our
western counties!'
The clergyman looked around upon
his congregation and announced his
text: He that hath garment let
him sell it and buy sword" After
few preliminary remarks, he added:
go up. my friends. / beseech you, to
the help Of your neighbors against the
mighty. Advance into the field of bat
tie. tor God viii muster the hosts of
war. Religion is too much interested
in the success OF this day not to lend
her influence. As for myself. age sits
heavily upon me. and lean not go with
you; neither have representatives of
my family to send. Ny daughters-my
daughters can not draw the sword nor
handle the musket In defense of their
country, but they can use the hoe; SO
that when the toil-worn soldier returns
from the field of battle he may not suffer
for the necessaries Of life"
The venerable pastor bowed his head
in devotion. When he again looked
around his audience was gone. One by
one they had silently left the house OF
God, ana ere the sun had that day set,
the male inhabitants Of that little par
ish, who were able to bear arms, were
on their way to meet the enemies Of
their country on the geld Of Reuping.
ton. IN. 7. Ledger,
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The Elder sothern as a Joker.

One day the elder Sothern, who was
a famous practical joker as well as
actor, went with Mrs. Wood into an
ironmonger's shop and asked for a
copy of Macaulay's History of En-
gland" I'VE do not sell books, sir,n
said the assistant. This is an iron
monger's shop" "Well. I'm not par
ticular." said Sothern. pretending to
be deaf; II don't care whether it is
bound in calf or Russia" '.But this is
not booksellers" shouted the as
sistant. "All right" said Sothern;
wrap 1t up neatly. I want to
have it sent down to the hotel.
it is for present / wish to
make to a relative I'VE don't keep
ii, shouted the assistant, getting red
in the face. sDo it up for me as if it
were for your own mother. 1 don't
want any thing better than that"
said Sothern. II would like to write
my name on the fiy-leaf." Sir"
bawled the assistant at the top of his
voice, s'can't you see we do not keep
booksp" Every well," said Sothern,
quite undisturbed, Il will wait for it. "
The clerk appealed TO his master and
said he thought the customer must be
off his head. what is it, sir? What
do you desire?" he said to Sothern.
Il want to buy file," said the actor;
"a plain file, four or five inches long"
Certainly" said the master. casting q
whitening glance at his assistant
Cleveland Leader.
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CLIFF JEWELLERS.


4 Rich Field for the Archwoio gIst In
Southern Colorado.
One of the most attractive portions
of Colorado, if not in the entire West.
is that part of the State in which are
found the cliff dwellings, of long ex-
tinct race. The district in which these
ruins are located covers an area of
nearly six thousand square miles,
chiefly in Colorado, but which includes
narrow bolts in the adjacent territories
of New Mexico. Utah and Arizona.
The ruins 1T this region. like most
others Of the extreme West and South.
are the remnants In great measure of
stone structures. It is evident. how
ever, that q great POI tion Of the viii
lagos and dwellings OF the lowlands
which comprise this district lave been
of material other than stone. FREQ s'ently
doubtless, Of rubble and adobe co.u-
bined.
The cliff houses conform in shape to
the floor of the niche or shelf on which,
they are built. They are of firm, neat,
masonry, and the manner in which they
are attached or cemented to the cliffs
Is simply marvellous. Their construc-
ton has cost great deal Of labor, the
rock and mortar of which they are built
having been brought hundreds OF feet
up the most precipitous places. They
have much more modern look than
the valley and cave remains, and are
probably in general more recent, be-
longing rather to the close than to the.
earlier parts Of long period Of occu-
patton.
1t seems probable that a rich reward
awaits the fortunate arch@ologist who
shall be able TO thoroughly investigate
the historical records that lie buried in
the masses OF ruins. the unexplored
caves. and the still mysterious burial
places Of the Northwest. But it is ouite
improbable that any certain light will
ever be thrown on the origin of this
curious race or its history.-Cincinuati
Commercial Gazette.
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plJNcENT PARAGRAPHS.


He'll you will be mino' louise
will lead you through life iike an
angel" She-s'That is, with nothing
to eat and nothing to wear NO.
thank you. "-Fliegcnde Batter.
-"Professor" is rapidly getting 10
be title which implies that the pro-
fessions of knowledge on the part OF the
man who implies it to himself are 1ot
| to be believed. journal OF Education.
-"How l would like to be the man
In the moon. Maude, to look down on
this gay old world as he does. 4
wish you were, I'm sure. George.
.Whyr' well, the moon is several
thousand miles away."-Lincoln jour-
nal.
1t is time for revival OF reading
writing. and arithmetic in the public
schools. Clay modelling and music are
nice accomplishments, but the children
when grown cannot handle mud for
their board nor sing for their supper
San Francisco Alta
There are half q million men i'm
this country who daily enter cigar
store and ask: slave you good
cigarp" And not one of them has ever
found tobacconist honest enough to-
reply in the negative. Detroit Free
Press.
1--we been working like horse all
day, growled Fogle, as he sat down to
the supper table, with look OF gloom
Mrs. F. remarked very quietly, Elm
sorry to hear you say so. dear
Horses, you know, never work unless
they are driven. Transcript.
Railroad President-s.Mr. jenkins,
can't you suggest some distinctive name
for our road, something like the Bee
Line or the .Nickel-Plate something
on that planP" Secretary = ''How
would the True Love- do for a name"
II don't see the application. 1T
never runs smooth. "-Terre Haute Ex-
press.
Somebody says that drinking beer
I'LL quench { he thirst. Perhaps it may.
,ut not SO quickly as water. Some
mems thirst is a, hard to quench with
beer that they swallow ten glasses in-
,ide Of an hour, VIII ereas one pint Of
water will satisi.y a plain. ordinary.
everyday thirst for eight or ten hours
It -Norristow2 IA .srald.
--Husband-'I hope, dear you can
ind time to do something tor poor
Browns family. He has beer II Tor
hree months; his wife is bed-ridIen
ind his children are starving, They
i've but ten minutes walk from here.
rou know" Wife-'Impossible. john
This is the day of the meeting OF our.
society for the preparation of Dressed
Dolls and Canned Soup for South Afri-
AN sufferers. The Browns must wait"
Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Miss Ethel-"Did you enjoy your
'elf. Clara, at the De Dottom affair tho
,ther EVENING"" Miss Clara--''O,
was asked to sing, which
can't do; also to dance and play.
leither of which is one of my accomp--
ishments; If painted, or was fond Of
Irt in any way; If belonged to any
literary club, and all that sort of thing,
III OF which you know 1 do not do. I
imply established reputation for
,enius, and was intensely admired
ovely to be genius!" -Harper's Ba-
ar
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I'm afraid Bill Hustlum is a had
lot " said Major Battledore. the other
morning. e'
why soF' asked Mrs. Batt,edore.
pouring out another cup Of coffee for :.
the Major. 'o'
This Is the third time he's failed
and stuck his creditors badly, his faith
er-in-law among EN-. They've agreed
70 let him settle for twenty cents ~
the dollar on
Trouble him. "o''lo
III DOES Hes sorry now that \.
offered EN- morsn ten,S said tha ~.
l@.-tswiston Journal.
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"A man in Nebraska vaccinated his
hogs for cholera. He experimental on
S07 head, 300 of which took the disease
in . mild form and died.
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plOyment OF elephants as execatiOnerS,
either by trampling the victims to death
or by having the huge creature do it as
gently as possible by pressing its pom
derous paw upon the head.
In Japan they do the business in this
way: An official asks the culprit If he
is ready. One of the assistants Sits
the dress at the back of the neck and
turns it back over the shoulders, leav-
ing the neck and upper portion of the
back bare. He then pours little water
on the neck, and then for the only time
a shudder passes over the poor wretch's
flesh. The executioner then takes the
dipper and pours water along the blade
of the sword, also wetting the linen
wrapped around the handle so as to se-
cure a firm grip. Then he quietly
moves to the left Of the prisoner, who
is motionless as stone; two assistants
stand in front and two behind the kneel-
ing form. There is silence of death
on the crowd. The executioner meas
ures his victim. lifts the sword with
both hands shoulder high-a lightning
stroke given apparently without effort
"a never-to-be-forgotten thud and the
head rolls of.
A very peculiar preliminary to a
death sentence that deserves to be put
ON record was that in vogue in Fran
COMA in the fifteenth century-that is.
IN the days of the ordeal. in which
Heayen itself was supposed 70 take &
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-01
T os ANGELES COUNTY BANK,
Temple Block, Los Angeles, Cal.
Capital Stock Paid Up, 100000.
Reserve Fund, 500, 900.

JOHN z. PLATTER R...................Pre President
R. s. BAKER,. .............. Vice President
GEO Il. STEWART T......................Cas Cashier
DIRECTORS:
q. L. Macneil, lothian Bixby,
John Z. Platter, Robert 8. Baker,
John A. Paxton, Geo. w. Prescott,
Geo. H. Stewart.
Buy and Sell Exchange on San Fran.
cisco, New York, London, Paris, Berlin anc
Frankfort.
Buy Exchange on all parts of the United st 8.
and Europe.
Receive Money on open account and Ger
tihcate of deposit and do q general banking
and exchange business.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-01

Vernon who was in favor of using the
sewage was Chinaman.
Mr.. Glassell replied that he under
stood that the people were changing
their views on the subject.
Mayor Hazard said that he had heard
that the people were moving away and
renting their lands to Cinnamon.
DIR. Orme cited several instances
where sewage is utilized by people out
side of the cities. He thought, however
that the sewers should be built without
much talk. The city must have an out,
fall sewer to the sea. The sewage couiu
be taken from this when needed, and
then when not wanted it could be run
to the sea. He thought that MIR. Eaton
had made careful study OF the matter,
and should be allowed to go ahead and
build the sewer.
Major Bonsall said that he understood
that the Centinela Company would en-
tertain proposition for running the out
fall sewer over its land.
Mr.. Eaton said that the Centinela
Company had objected to the presence
of the outfall sewer for the reason that its
route was along the same line as taken by
a water tunnel, and ran near fresh water
springs.
Major Bonsall thought that the objec
ton was only to the establishment of q
sewer farm. If the outfall sewer were
laid in cement and carried to the sea,
there would be no objection.
Mr.. Shafer So id that this discussion
might be carriedyon for weeks, and at the
end of it all the conclusion would be that
a sewer must be built to the sea in ODE.
dience to the wishes of the people.
Mr.. Humphries was of the opinion
that there would be objections made to
the construction Of the outfall sewer over
some OF the private property. He thought
the route to be taken was the one where
the most land could be irrigated. At any
rate, the consent of the property owners
along the route of the outfall should first
be obtained. If this was not done OBJ
jections would be made.
Mr.. Chandler said that he represented
more than majority of the people wher
ne said that they wanted sewer, ire
spective of the truck or apple-sass busi
ness" Build the sewer first and then lei
the people tap it if they wanted to after
ward. 1t was no use to go ahead, how
ever, unless the right-of-way had beer
obtained. He knew people over whose
land it would have to 60 who would
"cinch" the city at the last moment
The right-of-way should be obtained first
Mayor Hazard then, on request OF the
Council, handed the Clerk the ordinance
with the following message:
81 herewith return the ordinance re-
lating to the general sewer system, with.
out my signature, for the reason that the
City Engineer has recommended certain
amendments thereto, which, in my judg'
ment, should be incorporated in the or.
dinance, and also in pursuance of the de.
sire of the Council"
On motion OF Mr.. Shafer, the vote
whereby the ordinance wac adopted, was
reconsidered, and the ordinance and the
matter Of the right-of-way for the outfall
sewer was referred to the Sewer Com.
mittee and City Engineer to report back
on Monday.
The meeting then adjourned.