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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

E.adstree reports II, ,7i9 failures in the
United States fol. 1889, with Sl40, ,00O. .oeo
liabilities. the largest number for Eve
y9ars
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

In tho light Of succeeding events, the
following weather predictions tor South
Dakota last Saturday was somewhat Of q
burlesque Fair, followed by light rain,
warmer. southerly winds"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02
MONOAMIN,

Mr.. and Mrs. s. b. Cawood are improy-
ing the winter hours studying to prepare
themselves for business.
Girls beware OF George McCar!'s buggy 4.
II is liable to break, and his good looks
wont keep the wolves from catching you
while he is after vehicle to convey You
home.
During Rev. Martins meeting Rev. WV
Penwell by request filled his appointment
at Buffalo Center and Gam Valley Some
of the members are anxious fer him to go
back and hold series Of meetings there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kintigh were made happy
by the arrival of twin boys at their home.
They are now the proud parents Of twelve
nice children. Two Of them, Edward and
Jessie, are teaching school in this
township
Rev. Martin, of Waterbury. has been
holding a series of meetings at the Hawk
school house, and organized q Congrega-
tional church of about forty members at
that place. All attending the meetings
thought he was an excellent minister. He
Intends preaching here twice month till
the first Of April. and likely stay another
year. EDEN
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

E. Cressey has resignd the managing
editorship Of the Sioux Falis Press and
gone to washin Ston to be assistant librsr-
ian of congress.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02
GLENDALE.

meeting Of the citizens OF Glendale
township will be held in No school house
at 2 o'clock p. NJ. Jan. 6, 10 discuss the
artesian well question, with a view of
obtaining wells for that township.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

Jackson, thecolored Australian pugalist
has accepted Sullivan's challenge to Aght
In California.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

The South Dakota Alliance has purchasd
Geo. Crosses Ruralist, and will continxe
| its publication under the management Of
E. h. Cummings.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02


II. L. Loucks has rendered his res,gna-
tion OF the presidency OF the South Dako-
Ia Alliance.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

Half-rates on coal and feed expired
Tuesday. The next question OF concern
Ia some localities will be that of seed
wheat
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02
EAST HAND.

81. Lawrence journal:
The Journal fsvors an active campaign
for the Omaha railroad, by the united IN
tcrests Of Miller and st. Lawrence.
Frank Clancy and Harry Dawson, the
two typhoid fever patients, who were re-
moved from the burned district, are
getting along oil right
J. Q. Hsrshslman saved about one
fourth Of his stock.
II has been discovered considerable
thieving took place the night Of the fire,
and officers are after the guilty.
York townships literary society il
debating The question Of irrigation.
1t 10 more than likely the burned district
viii be rcbuih in the spring -. .ss''-s"'
b9if,k
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

charters OF two or three Plankinton in
surance companies
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02
MoSpAMrs, Dec. soth, 1889.

MoSDAMIs, Dec. 30th, 1889.
Winter arrived Saturday.
w. A. Ross has Rne new we'll.
Tom Nickles transacted business in the
''hnb'' Friday.
A stranger arrived al bailey last Tues
day, and will spend the winter with w. II.
Gill. 1t is . ten pound boy. Gill would
az given ten dollars IL there had been two,
just to got even with r. H. Kintigh
Rev. z. Edmonds has comDenced pro-
tracted meeting nj No. 3 school house, and
We had the pleasure Of listening to a
very good sermon from Rev. Young of
Miller, Christmas night. The protracted
meeting has closed at No. with over 40
converts. JoKEk
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

Eweka has found it--diptheria- several
cases resulting fatally.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02
SheriR's Sale.

State OF South Dakota. =. In tho Circuit Cour
Iowa Loan Trust Compnny, Plaintiff.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02

W. G. WHITE. Attorney for Mortsasee. Ssas Deess
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-01-02
Nortraye Gale.

W. a. WHITE. PLAINTIFFS Attorney
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
RECONCILED BY MUSIC,
An Incident of the Conquest of Californl
by the United States.

An Incident of the Conquest of California
by the United States.
The Spanish and Indian Californians
were passionately fond of music ALI
the men could make shoes and play the
guitar, and every woman could sing
Spanish songs to her own accompani-
ment. Bancroft, In his California
Pastoral" tells how the people, after
the conquest of the country by the
United states were reconciled to the
new rule by music.
The CalifOrnians were invited to re-
turn to their homes and resume their
usual occupations. Proclamations
which promised protection of their
persons and property were placarded
in the towns, but they would not come
out of their hiding places.
The Commodore whose naval force
had helped to conquer the country was
at Los Angeles, and, meeting Captain
Phelps, an old trader on the coast. re-
quested his help.
Commodore, replied the captain.
"you have fine band on your ship,
and such a thing was never before in
this country. Let it play one hour in
the plaza each day at sunset and | as
sure you it will do more toward recon
CLING the people than all your procla-
nations, which few of them can read
The captains suggestion was adopted.
At first the children came forth and
peeped around the corners of the
houses. A few lively tunes brought on
the vivas of the older ones, and before
the band ceased playing they were sur
rounded by delighted natives.
The next afternoon the plaza was
thronged with the people of the town,
and with ranchmen from a distance.
who, having heard of the wonderful
band, had ridden in. The old priest
of the mission of San Gabriel, as he sat
by the church door opposite the plaza
listening to the music, was introduced
to several of the naval officers.
Il have not heard band" said the
old man, ''since I left Spain over fiftv
years ago. All! that music will do
more service in the conquest of Cali
fOrnia than a thousand bayonets. -
Musical Record.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
JOHN BROWNS IRONS.
Historic Relics That Once Served Beech
for an Object Lessnu

served BeeChpI
for an Object Lesson.
James N. Atwood, of Livermore Cen
ter, has in his possession the veritable
"leg irons" worn by John Brown dur
ing his Imprisonment previous to being
hanged at Harper's Ferry.
II. Atwood, Jr., Company |, First
Maine Volunteers) was at the Jail
shortly after John Browns death.
The officers in charge of the buildings
vouched for the identity of the irons al
the time and Mr.. Atwood was thor
oughly satisfied with the proof. He
also formed the acquaintance of the
old negro and his wife who had the
care OF the cell where Brown was con-
fined.
On the day of the execution the old
man. being afraid that he should forget
which pair of irons it was. tore a strip
from the quilt on John Browns cot
and tied it into the key of the shackles,
but the old negress, his wife, said ::
Law! | didn't forgit muffin, for it
was de only pair O irons in de whole
Jail where de key turn de wrong way"
ct was left-handed key.)
Untying the dirty strip of calico
from the key, Mr.. Atwood went to
Browns cell and found the torn place
in the quilt, the figure of the cloth
matching perfectly
MIR. Atwood tried to buy the shackles
from the authorities, but thew good
naturally told him they had no right
to SELL" then he made this proposition:
elf those irons should disappear and
new pair be found hanging in their
place would there be any investiga
tion?'' They answered him, prob
ably not
He then paid eight dollars for new
pair and made the transfer on his own
responsibility.
The shackles were sent home to
Mrs. ii. Atwood, Jr., but the journey
was interrupted several times. Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher took them upon
the lecture platform one evening as AN
eloquent object lesson. They were on
exhibition for week in Portland.
Me.
The Portland Historical Society were
very anxious to get possession of them.
Inc soclety's rooms were destroyed
afterward in the great Portland fire.
For few years previous to the death
OF ID. Atwood, Jr., the shackles have
been on exhibition in the museum in
connection with the Boothbay Custom
House.
Mr. Atwood, after returning from
his services in the war, entered the
Free Will Baptist ministry. He was
brother to James N. Atwood, who now
has these shackles in possession. The
present proprietor prizes them very
highly, and says that they are not for
saie' being almost the only souvenir he
has of his departed brother.
(Me.) Gazette.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
MAN OR GHOSTI
The Chinese God of Literature and His
Seventeen Lives.


Seventeen Lives.
The lives (nine) of most remarkable
man have been chronicled by Rev. d.
Lyon, in the Chinese Recorder. The
PythOness at Delphi did not know
whether to hail Lycurgus as man or
god, and the world is in similar diff
Guilty about the owner of the nine lives.
This was not in fact, Ibis identical
NUMBER" he is the Chinese god of liter
allure, and he lived seventeen lives
fifteen more than Herold, who is de-
clared by Pindar to have lived twice.
But the records of eight out of the sew
enteen lives have persisted Among the
works of the god of literature is a chap
ter on ghosts, kind of beings with
whom he was well acquainted. "A
ghost" he says, lis the corrupt part of a
man, and man is the pure part of a
ghost. man can be ghost, and
ghost can be man. The church
yard ghost, under his sheet and
turnip lantern. can also be a
boy. ''Why separate man and
ghost" says the sage. The Chinese
$500 :" "oOAJ VI o IIOoO w III JdSSCu oX-
aminatione, ETC., but declined to be
married, kind of celibate fellow who
preferred to be. This looks as if ghosts
had their limitations; but on the other
hand, the ghostly Bride of Corinth had
no objection to making love. '.The
ghost, the many-lived one goes on.
may become man, and man NAV be-
come ghost" But it is difficult for a
ghost to become man. because it has
fallen to ghosthood, and because it has
lost manhood. Have we not already.
however, been told not to separate man
and ghost? There is perhaps an incon
sistency here. 1t is possible, though
difficult, Tor man to avoid becoming
ghost. To do this he must be a gentle
man in conduct and character: thus he
will develop into Buddha, or GEM. but
not into ghost. The society of Bud
dahs must be very charming, and we
may all win our way to it, if we .scan
obey to perfection the rule of life.n
More information as to what becomes of
ghosts who fail to win their way hack
into humanity would be valuable. COM
ing from another author who must have
succeeded at least sixteen times.-Lon-
don Daily News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
WELDING COPPER.
The Lost Art Reiiscovered at Last by ,
Pittsburgh Man.

IIttSDurSn man.
The art of welding copper was well
known to the ancients; but the secret
by which two pieces of copper can be
joined so as to present as perfect a
union as that made in welding iron was
by some accident lost, and many mil
lions have since been spent in resusci-
tating it from oblivion. The lost art is
stated to have been at last rediscOvered
by Mr.. James Burns, of Pittsburgh.
The economic value of the process lies
In the fact that, even by the best
methods now known to metallurgists.
copper scrap can not be economically
utilized because of the difficulty in
welding mass of pieces into one BODY.
Mr.. Burns recently demonstrated be-
fore critical audience that his pro-
cess is not mere sham. After f1atten-
ing rod of copper three-eighths of an
inch in diameter. he formed a discon-
nected ring. The usual soaring" pro-
cess-forming a union by means of an
obllque jOlnt-fOlOwed and then the
operator, after sprinkling certain
powder over the piece, proceeded to
make a weld, which. when cooled.
showed perfect union. He next took
the ring, which measured two inches
in diameter, and submitted it to a
strain until its longest width had been
extended three-quarters of an inch. its
shorter width being narrowed to cor
responding degree, a circle being thus
changed into an ellipsis. This was a
more severe test than iron is expected
to stand, and demonstrated conclusive
ly that the union of the two ends of
the rod was not the mere "brazing'' of
the coppersmith.
Mr.. Burns discovery opens up a new
field in working copper, and will in all
PROBABILITY cause great changes in some
lines OF manufacture. At present. to
make copper ring for fitting over a
JOINT, or making gasket or Joint, it
had to be cut round out of solid plate.
causing great waste. To repair broken
or defective pipes. brass had to be used:
and should an intense heat strike the
orazed parts afterwards, the brass
would melt and ruin the piece. But by
the Burns process the economic use of
copper Is assured, and copper scrap.
now worth but one-third its weight of
new copper, would be as high in value
as lngot copper. 1t is said that the in
gradients which form the powder used
by Mr.. Burns in welding are very
cheap. Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
Giffiard's Miracle Gun.

The German press is discussing At
length the merits of new French re-.
peating air rife called the miracle
gum" The rifle was invented by M.
Paul Giffard in Paris, the original pro-
jector of the Partisan pneumatic post.
1t is described thus: 'sThe weapon is
light, much lighter than any of the
army rifles now in use. 1t resembles the
magazine gun in that steel cartridge
about span and half long and as
thick as a mans thumb is attached To
the one barrel by means of screw.
This cartridge contains three hundred
shots, which can be discharged as ran
idly or slowly as man desires. Since
neither powder nor any other explosive.
but only compressed and liquefed air
supplies the expelling force no smoke
and no flash accompany the discharge
Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
The ARIZONA KICKER.
Items from Recent Issue Of That Enter.
prising Western journal.

Recent
prising Western Journal
KEEP CLEAR OF Tive notice some
cheap printing on the wall to announce
the fact that Welsh & Golfers circus
will appear in our town on the 18th.
No representative of the show has
called at this office to secure advertis-
ing or printing or to leave the usual
free tickets. We are therefore satisfied
that it is a snide concern and should be
given the cold cut. A show of any sort
which sneaks past newspaper Office
is fraud on the public and should be
so treated. Let no one sink his man.
hood by patronizing Welsh & Collier
LATER-Since the above was in type
we have received call from Mr..
George De Vol. the handsome, accom-
plished and liberal-minded agent of
this circus. He left fifteen free tickets
with us, contracted for column ad.
and gave us the printing of 1900 date
lines. The circus, as we are happy to
state, is one of the best in the country.
and we trust that every man, woman
and child for twenty miles around will
turn out to patronize it.
WE Took WATER. The old imbecile
who publishes the dish-rag journal
down the street is out this week in a
scare-head article relating to us. 1t
is in relation to that little affair at
Yancey's one night last week. The
dish-rag says we played the part of
coward, and advises that we be treated
with contempt. Let us explain. We
dropped into Yancey's gambling house
to pick up few subscribers. We ran
across Bill Thomas, Familiarity known
rs ''Shoot- You-Dead William" and the
first think we knew he had revolver
at our nose and was asking us to take
back something. We hadn't clear
Idea OF what he wanted us to retract,
but we took back every thing we could
think of, and we weren't over two min
ltes about it, either. When a man who
has made it his practice of killing fifty
two men every year for the last twenty
years has the drop on us we are going
to take water every time, and do it
gracefully, too. If that's the part of
coward, then the dish-rag has hit us
right.
THERE is A CHANGE. Some of our
old pioneers boast that they are i'm
pervious to civilization, and that phil
anthrophy and sentiment have found
no lodging place here. And yet we
can see that a change is going on de-
spite these boasts. The other night
when the boys caught Comanche Bill
and got ready to pull him up to cot
tOnwOOd, half a dozen of the crowd in
terfered and demanded to know the
reason why he was being lynched. 1t
was duly explained that he was
worthless kuss who was barnacle on
society, and that the boys hadn't had
any fun for several weeks, and yet that
hanging didn't go off. The crowd was
made to let Bill off on his promise that
he would skip the town or 60 to work.
A year ago he would have been hung
without word of inquiry or protest.
We believe that the mawkish sentiment
Of the East is creeping this way, and
that it will, in time, upset our most
sacred institutions. - Detroit Free
Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
JlM.JAM VALLEY.
The Remarkable Sights Alleged to 30 seen
i'm That Region.

Inat hegiOus
"In the secluded Jim-Jam Valley OF
the San BernardinO Mountains. re-
marked Joe JoachinsOn, the pioneer OF
San Bernardino, the other day to re-
porter at the Palace Hotel, ''there are
the most marvellous mirages known In
the world. The wonderful mirages oil
the Mojave Desert have been talked
about good deal, and they are entitled
to all the prominence they have had.
But those of the Jim-Jam Valley are
far more wonderful than these. 1t is
called the Jim-Jam Valley because OF
the strange things seen there, and
defy any man, however sound OF mind
he may be, to go in there, and not
think he has got 'em before he gets
out. The valley is about twenty-five
miles long by fifteen miles wide. 1t is
uninhabited. 1t is bordered by the
main San BernardinO range on the east
and by spur of the Sierra Magdalenas
on the west. There is no well-defined
trail through the heart of it. The valley
is desert. The surrounding noun
tains are terribly serrated and cut up.
The peaks are jagged. Altogether the
surroundings are very weird and for
bidding. Leaving Fisk ranch on the
trail at the foot of the Sierra Mag
dalenas, you climb an easy grade to
Dead Mans Pass, the entrance to the
valley. Go on in and pretty soon you
see lakes and running rivers, and green
borders, and flying water fowl. Will
lows spring up here and there, and in
the distance you see water-lllleS. What
you behold contrasts finely with the
rugged mountains, and you are charmed
with it and go on thinking you have
struck an earthly paradise. Indian
camps appear in view, and 1.-THE oars
men propel fantastic crafts upon the
waters. Advancing still farther, you see
dim outlined forms, things whose out
lines you can hardly express in words.
Somber cOuntenances CLEAN at you from
the air above. The lakes and rivers
and the pallid faces shift and change
before your eyes. Sometimes dozen
of the more or less dimly outlined
forms may be seen, and the pantomime
reminds you of strange EObgoblin
dance. Sometimes a storm brews in
the valley, and then the scene is all the
more terrible. Forked lightning blazes
about, and strange, uncouth animals.
differing from any you have ever read
about, are to be seen there. These
phenomena are seen for a stretch of
about fifteen miles up and down the
middle of the valley principally, and
they have been viewed by great
many people. They can not under
stand why the forms of the mirage, if
such it may be called. are so much
more strange there than on the Mojave
desert. Every body is in awe of the
valley, and there are mighty few men,
however nervy they may be ordinarily.
who care to 60 there much San
Francisco Examiner.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
A CANNIBAl FAMILY,
The Strange Beings on Exhibition at the
London Aquarium.

The Strange Beings on Exhibition at the
London Aquarium.
The advertising columns of the Lon
don newspapers have recently an
nounced that nine cannibals from Terre
del Fuego would be fed three times a.
day in view of the audience at the
Aquarium. At two, six and ten o'clock
the spectators have enjoyed the privi-
lege of,seeing these specimens of an ex-
traordinary type of American savage
heat their beef and fish over fire and
then tear the flesh to pieces with their
fingers and devour it practically raw.
The family of Ona Indians are the
only representatives of their large
tribe that have ever been taken from
their homes. Many years ago some ma
tives from the south coast were taken to
England and received there a rudi-
mentary education. But the Onas, who
are spread over more than four-ffths of
the great island, have been almost I'M
known until the recent discoveries of
Lista and Pepper; and the mountain
ranges that parallel the south and west
coasts have been barrier which the
natives on either side have never tried
to cross.
The family now in London includes
woman about fifty years old, her son,
tall and not bad-looking specimen of his
race, his two wives and their five chill
dren, ranging in age from one to sixteen
years. The thing about the Onas which
most stimulates scientific interest and
popular curiosity is the fact that they
are regarded by some authorities as
the lowest stratum of uncivilized hui
manity that has yet been discovered.
Many years ago Darwin inclined to the
belief that in the race he met in Beagle
Canal he had found the missing link in
the chain of evolution. In his last years
he was of the opinion that the data he
gathered at Terra del Fuego were too
meager for valuable deductions, and it
is certain that had he extended his re-
searches north of the mountains he
would have found tribe that was even
lower in the scale of being than the saw
ages he saw and described.
This family now in London seem to
possess the most limited vocabulary.
Llsta said he could not learn that the
Onas have any words except those re-
lating to hunting and fishing and the
new natural objects that interest them.
Pepper could never get them to speak
except in monosyllables, and they sell
dom made themselves Ineligible. II
is probable that their vocabulary does
not embrace more than 200 or 800 words.
IN. Y. Sum-