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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Prosperity DOCS Not Depend ON Vice.

Hundreds of leading business men and
bankers of the various cities of Ne
braska have signed the Prohibitionists'
business mems protest against the posi-
ton taken by ex-Saloonkeeper Rogers
estate Business Mems Association" that
prohibition would be inimical to the COM
mercial interests of the State. All these
signers declare for Prohibition, and adj
wise those who are looking to the best in
terests of Nebraska to vote for the
amendment. Lincoln has 23S signers;
Kearney, 173; Beatrice, 1873; Tekamah,
~: Alma, ~; with many others.-Li,.-
coin (Ncb.) letter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Bullets as a Toothaohe Cure.

FERGUSON, Mo-, Sept. 19.-Prof. Drewry
Jones, principal of the public school at this
place, committed suicide this morning. He
had been suffering from toothache and neu-
ralgia for several days and school had been
suspended. This morningsshe was called to
breakfast and he replied that he would be
down in a few minutes. Nothing more was
heard of him. The family where he boarded
waited until they feared something was
wrong, when they burst in the door of his
room and found him dead. He had shot
himself, as the revolver was still in his
hand.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Held a Mad Dog In Her Arms.


CHICAGO, Sept. sO.-A woman living at 79i
Thirty fifth street went into Marshall's drug
store at Thirty-tifth street and Cottage
Grove avenue Wednesday and asked the
clerk to look at her dog and prescribe for it..
She held the animal in her arms, with
cloth thrown over it, One glance at the dog
was enough to convince the clerk that it
was mad. The beast was frothing. at the
mouth and snapped at its mistress. The
clerk ran behind the prescription counter
and saturated a handful of cotton with
chloroform. Half dozen customers who
were in the store made a dash for the street,
The dog bounded out Of the woman's arms
and ran behind the counter. Two men
drove the beast into u corner, where the
clerk chloroformed him. Then he was hit
over the head with club. He died right
there, and the woman went away with tears
in her eyes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Proi,ibition and Drunkenness.

1t is a common assertion of the anti
prohibitionists that Prohibition increases
drunkenness. A single example only is
necessary to show the absurdity of such
claims.
The following table of arrests for
drunkenness taken from the police
records of the city of Atlanta for the ten
munsho. of Prohibition in 1887 compared
with the corresponding ten months in
1889 under $1,000 license presents a
startling Showing of the relative effect
iveness of the two in dealing with the
saloon curse:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

WE are rejoiced to learn with what
energy and zeal the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union is combating the destruc-
tive vice of intemperance. Hence we es-
teen worthy of all commentator and
approval the association and it's noble
resolves. Is The greatest of all
in this matter should be the priests. Let
pastors therefore do their best to drive
the plague Of intemperance from the
fold OF Christ by assiduous preaching and
cxhortation, and let them shine before
their congregations as models Of total
abstinence, so the many caamities with
which this vice Threatens both church
and state may by the strenuous endeav-
ors of these pastors be averted.-Popc
Leo Kill, d. letter to Bishop Ireland.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

GET out of here, OF I'll whistle for
the dog" said the man Of the house to
a peddler. Cant sell you whistle. :"
REPLIED the peddler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
PRIESTS FOR pnUNKENNEss 1N ArLANrA, GA.
1889.
(High License
1851.
prohibition
Total. ......... 966 Total. g, 536

tmust be remembered too that even
at this time Qss7) prohibition did not
have fair chance in Atlanta, the city
being encountered with the nefarious
swine room" for the sale of the native"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

l,''toh. England. NJ which he made a
careful comparison of the health and
cath rate of the Independent Order of
lSehah.tcs and tile Independent Order
OF Odd Fellows. The former is com
posed of the most rigid total alb
scalners from all alcoholic drinks,
ana the latter of the most re-
spectacle and orderly citizens, but for
III. inc nest part Inconsistencies. DR..
thornley, states that in 1876 there were
IN Blackburn. Bolton and Manchester
a,loO Rechabitcs. Their deaths that
year were 46. In Blackburn the same
Year there were $500 Odd Fellows, and
their deaths were &C. Of cases of sick
ness he Rechabites had 1862 per cent,
Will" the Odd Fellows had so.53 per
cent. Of every hundred Rcchabtes, 16
We're sick; of every hundred Odd Fellows
20 were sick. During the prevalence of
typhoid fever in the same district 1s per
thousand of the Rechabites died and 81
per thousand of the Odd Fellows. At
the same time and in the same district
100 per thousand of the liquor dealers
died, being eight of the latter to one
Rcchabite."
We suggest that many of the Odd
Fellows might not have been drinking
men, and perhaps for that reason the
percentage OF death among them, though
exceedingly high, was lowered by the
number OF abstainers in their ranks
So we'll is it understood that the aver
age life of the moderate drinkcr is
shorter than that of the total abstaner,
that some of the English companies are
charging 10 per cent. more to insure a
drinking man than to insure total alb
stainer, while many of the American
companies will not insure drinkers at
all. In view of these facts, we submit
that the temperate use" as well as the
"abuse of alcoholic drinks" may do
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mail.
Prohibition in Force Among Railway Emu
pIoyes.
The New York Independent has been
Investigating the attitude of railroad
companies toward the use of intoxicat-
ing liquors by their employees. Sixty-six
officials replied to circular letter sent
out by the Independent. Every one of
the roads replying has either specific
rules, or policy that is generally under
stood, forbidding intoxication. Fifty
four require absolute total abstinence
while on duty, and twenty-five absolute
total abstinence, not specifying ION
duty" Nineteen require that employees
shall not be intoxicated even while of
duty; thirteen specify that total absti-
nence will be considered a condition to
promotion. Nearly all testify that they
have very little trouble with enforcing
the rules against the use of liquors
One road, Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis, requires the signing, prior TIC
employment, of a total abstinence pledge
1t is an impressive revelation, and must
prove somewhat astounding to our Ger
man brethren who have an idea that the
harder the labor man performs the
more need for liquor. With athlete!
practicing total abstinence, with railroad
managers enforcing it, and with life in
surance societies discriminating in it,
favor, there are strong agencies at worl
on public sentiment. And yet, strang'
as it may seem, the drink bill of the ma
ton continues to swell.-Ihe Voice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

AS THE Jordan is river, Palestine
cannot be Wholly + nd
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

licans were eager to proceed, but few
words will describe it. It was the seat
ing Of two colored republicans for dis
tricts that elected white democrats,
and for this important public measures
had to wait when the speaker did not
care to issue his ukase that they be
passed with the formality Of debate.
And while the republican COMPRESSION
al campaign committee is in the photo
graphic business why can't it give the
country pictures of some other recent
scenes IN the house"-for example the
set-to between Wilson, of Washington,
and Beckwith, Of New Jersey, or the In
cident in which Cannon and Mason, of
Illinois, figured most prominently, the
former covering himself with the infamy
OF being the foulest-mouthed BLACKBOARD
in congress. The participants in these
Incidents under the working of Speaker
Reeds automatic rules are all republi-
cans, and that they were present and
eager to proceed with the business of
punching each others heads is unques-
tionable. Let us have pictorial cam
paign, by all means. The republicans
shall be permitted to do the posing be-
fore the camera.
P.S. The reader should not hold the
republicans in Washington responsible
for the insults to our Irish fellow citi-
zens in the cartoon in Mr.. r. B. Harri-
sons ex-lottery circular. The republi-
can state committee is now editing those
gems Of art with Ratchet.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
Wallace & TlOrnDulgl, Sole Agents.
WHAT AN ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD Be,
ITS USE AND ABUSE.

AS this is intended for the pros
2ective purchaser, not for the in
struction of the advertiser, we
shall limit our remarks to a few
questions and answers suitable to
our purpose.
That judicious advertising pays
is fact no longer doubted by the
wide-awake merchant. But what
is judicious advertising?
An advertisement that is not a
statement of plain facts-that
lacks the impress of unvarnished
truth-that borders on the realm
of fiction-such an advertisement
is not only soon detected but as
certainly avoided--no matter how
adroitly the advertiser seeks the
ear of the public.
To gain the confidence of the
public, simply to advertise will
not suffice; the merchant must
keep faith with his customers; he
must do what he advertises, and
have what he advertises. Such
advertisements are sought out by
the reader in the hope that it may
contain an announcement of
special bargain offered, or to as
certain the price of something he
contemplates purchasing.
We do not pay out our money
for printers ink because it is
custom-we calculate its effect,
and estimate the outlay to pro-
portionate gain.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
THE MURDER OF WEBER.

Further Particulars Of How tho Sheep
herder Met His Death.
"Why, they never mind little thing like
that over there"
This was the queer reply of an old-time
Meagher county resident yesterday to a
question put by reporter asking if the
officials of that county had taken any steps
towards asoertaining the whereabouts of
Geo. Hall, who murdered Henry Weber in
Whites gulch during August for the pur-
pose of robbery. 1t happens that the ut
most Indifference has prevailed in Meagher
county over this foul murder.
"They hardly ever pay any attention to
these little Matters" said the MeaRher
county man. "There have been number
of such cases, and if the murderer gets
away. why they think that the man is be-
yond reach anyhow, and do not further con-
Germ themselves"
The Indifference with which the man
spoke was rather surprising. L. d. Bert,
who has charge of Cans d Klein's sheep
ranch in the Judith Basin, discovered in
Beaver Flats the harness and wagon, which
proved to be the same in which Weber
and his slayer rode on their journey to
Helena. Mr.. Bert tells tho story of the
murder as follows:
Weber was sheepherder for Crowell
Bros, of Judith Basin. He got through
with the seasons work and was taking a
lay OF to run down to Helena to make
filing at the United States land Office on a
ranch he had taken up. Hall was miner
and heading for the same direction, and
stopping at the ranch he made arrange
ments to ride with Webber. Weber Dor
rowed q span of horses and blackboard
from Crowell Bros: also. When everything
to draw his summers earnings from Crow
ell Bios, and Hall was present when he
received $500 in cash. They left the ranch
together and that was the last heard of
Weber until he was found in a
prospect hole dead. There was bullet
hole in the top of his head into which a red
handkerchief had been plugged TO stop the
flow of blood. It is supposed that Hall
stood behind Weber in the blackboard and
held pistol directly over his head.
The three hundred dollars that Weber
had was gone. The murderer took the body
out of the wagon and placed il in one hole.
but this not being deep enough to hide it
from view. he dragged it to another, hole
about six feet deep, where 1t WAS found BY
George Parminton.
The murderer then drove OF to another
gulch, where he unhitched the horses and
struck out for parts unknown, but presum-
ABLY in the direction of Great Falls. He
probably started for the new mining campo
of Barker and Neihart, or else out of the
country. Crowell Bros. have not recovered
their horses.
Mr.. Bert left for home yesterday. He
thinks some effert should be made 10 cap
ture this murderer.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
THE EARLY DEMAND FOR
Fail OveYcoatS


Has caused us to open our new
goods much earlier than usual.
The lines we offer this season are
more extensive, more varied, and
handsomer than ever. The new
concelts in style, finish and gen.
eral elegance, are calculated to
make eager and early purchasers.
The box coat will be the favorite.
We have them in all grades and
kinds of fabric. listers and cane
coats will come in for their share
of popularity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

MONTANA has heard a great deal about
wnat Representative Carter has been
a-eolng to do" for the state. His &C.
tl'ity IN that line probably accounts
for his not finding enough time to Look
after Montana's claim for 5000 ex-
penses over and above what the govern
ment allowed for the constitutional con.
ventlon. Or perhaps he was too busy
looking after the land offices. Either
way the Dakotas and Washington got
their claims through, and Montana did
not. -
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

The republican organs are lodging the
issue OF honest elections in Montana
Is it because Returning Board White.
one OF the men who robbed the ia Ia
borers at precinct "a Of their suffraees.
is at the head OF the republican state
committee?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
OUR cH|LDEN's DEPT,

Here the mother can satisfy
her fastidious tastes or her econ
omical inclinations. Chevoits and
worsteds predominant. Our school
suits cannot be excelled in dura-
bility, nor surpassed in neatness
and design. In short, we are pre-
pared for the wants of all classes
of purchasers.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

AGAIN We ask honest republican yo-
ters it they think it would be right for a
democratic canvassing board in Silver
bow to throw out republican votes this
year for trivial clerical irregularities in
making out the returns? If they do
not think SO, how can they vote to ius-
t'fy such an action in a republican board
last year?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

HE rupor that Mr.. Russell B. Harri.
son Is ABOUT to print special edition of
his organ for circulation in Canada ia
without foundation. The Dominion
government proposes to cooperate with
the honest citizens Of the United States
in suppressing the lottery thieves.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
A PICTORIAL CAMPAIGN.

We are told that the republican con.
gress,onal campaign committee, of which
our own smooth Thomas Henry Carter
is the secretary, Is sending out as cam
paign documents photographs Of scenes
in the house during the last two weeks
empty democratic seats, the republi-
cans being present and ~eager to pro-
coed with public business" The photo
graphic art has not progressed to the
point where it will show what the pub
10 business was With which the repub-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

ALvAN CLARK is now constructing
telescope 2or a Los Angeles observatory
that will bring the moon within an an.
parent distance of leo miles from the
observer. Perhaps with this telescona
it will be possible to discover what has
become OF Los Angeles real estate val
roa
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

W: h. Crane made $4,000 last season in
PLAYING The Senator, Post.
That is said to be about the figure it
cost Commodore Power to play it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
HELENA. MONT. OCT. 1, 1890.

Veterinarians abroad will always End Tn.
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their favorit.
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York; Grand Pacific. Chicago; West, Minneapolis:
Baldwin and Palace, San Francisco; st. Nicholas
and xeDermott, Butte; Island Hotel, SPRING
6sld, III
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01
Reduction In Hack R.a,..

On and after this date the Pioneer Haok
d Transit Line will cell tickets for cash
good for any part Of the city, to OF from
any depot, for dances, theaters. receptions,
ETC., where carriages are mot detained over
i've minutes, at tho following rates.
Twenty tickets for g. No half mile
limit with us. Everything eees. Cali at
the Office. II N. Main street, and purchasa
your tickets. CHS. r. STUART, Prop.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

See tho beautiful veilinp at The Bee Hive from
&c to 81 Per yard
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

Ieaie' aadE.,ae ~ hepis.s skTasBs Hi,s
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-01

If have read list, published this space from tim
time Of parties for whom residences being there
will with us in saying that LENOX almighty fine ne
borhood in which locate ones home
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13
rHAsxsoIvIso rRocIAMArIon.

me President Designatos Thursdsy, Mo-
yember ~. Tor that Purpose.
The following sproclamatiOn by III
pssnldent mss fHsued onstise sftsrnson ot
the: eight6Iinst.:
Blythe grace and favor 81 Almighty
God the people ofthis nation have been
led to the closing days Of the passing
year, which has been full 81 the blessings
OF peace and the comforts OF plenty.
Bountiful compensation has come to Us
Tor the work OF our minds and of our
hands in every department of human
industry.
Now, therefore, I. Benjamin Harrison,
president OF the United States OF Amer.
lea, do hereby appoint Thursday, the
twenty-seventh OF the present month Of
November, to be observed as q day Of
prayeran Thanksgiving; and / do invite
the people. upon that day, to cease from
places OF worship and to join in render
ing gratitude and praise to our benefi-
cent Creator for the rich blessings He
has granted to us as q nation and in,
voking the continuance Of his protection
and grace for the future. Icommend to
my fellow citizens the privilege OF re-
membering the poor, the homeless and
the sorrowful. Let us endeayor to
merit the promised recompense OF char
ity and the gracious acceptance OF our
praise.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States tn he affixed,
Done at the city OF Washington this
cighth day OF November, in the year Of
our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Ninety, and OF the independence OF
the United States, the One Hundred and
Fifteenth.
By the president.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary Of State.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13
soLIDLY N

The Republican admits that the
valleys went almost solidly Independent
and reads the people quite . lecture for
their foolishness. The Independent
voter has nothing to be ashamed of on
the other hand the very name, indepen-
dent, is something to be proud Of. A
man who, even though he may err, yet
thinks for himself and has the courage
to vote according to his convictions,
who cannot be bought either with
money or promise Of Office, neither bull
dozed nor driven with the party lash. is
more truly q man than he who realizes
that something is wrong, that a change
is needed, that he has not been repre-
sented by men whose interests areidenti-
cal with his and get, after reaching these
conclusions, issled by the gift Of some
petty office, the extension Of a loan, the
oily tongue Of some professional tongu'
est or fear that the new move will
amount to nothing, to fall into line and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13
POLK Is HAPPY.

h the President of the Farmers,
Alliance has to say.
President Polk of the national farmers
alliance is very jubilant over the result of
the elections. In an interview today he
said: :sThe democrats and republicans are
claiming everything just now, but when
they come to sift the ohaff from the wheat
they will find that the farmers alliance
had something to do with electing a fair
proportion Of good men who will haye
seats in the next congress, Up to the
present time it is eertain that congress will
contain thirty-sight straight ont alliance
mar opd khara ava fwelva or A ftaay, moro
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13

Il, as is claimed by its friends, the
Mckinley bill is a blow to foreign coun-
tries and viii shut up many Of their
manufactures, will not that fact drive
many skilled workmen to this country
and thus. lower wages? II protection
increases home markets and thus makes
farming pay better, will not the result be
q fresh impetous to immigration, which
means more foreign farmers In America?
II wages Of miners and other laborers
are increased, will there not be q rush Of
cheap foreign labor to these shoresi
The only way to receive the full bcnef,
OF protection is to stop immigration.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13

MINNESOTA, November 10, 1S90.-[E.
B. Reed, Manager BLACK HILLS UNIoN]
I must tell you something OF our glori-
GUS victory in Butte county. We have
had a hard fight, but all honor to the
alliance and our independent journals
we have now a complete and decisive
victory for our entire state and legisla-
tive ticket and only lost one man on
our county ticket. Although every art
known to the whips OF both old parties
was vigorously applied, the alliance men
stood the test like men worthy the name
of American citizens. They marched up
to the work i'll almost solid orders and
voted for their principles despite tbs
free use Of brides and threats, whisky
and cigars. The democrats put nc
ticket in the field, but organized into
clubs and selected their men from both
parties and voted solid either one way
or the other as suited them, thus we
lost one man, but we are happy.
JAMES NEwLAND.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13

The evenings are getting long and good
reading should be in demand. The Co.'S
mopolitan magazine furnishes an album
dance OF good matter at a very low fig
ure. We send it and The UNION one
year for $500. Call and see a sample
copy. If you want a farm journal we
can give you one OF the best published,
the Farm, Stock and Home, and The
UNION for $1.75. Or the American
Farmer and THE UNION for SLIGO.
Other combinations will be announced
soon,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-13

The call for advertising space is con-
stantly increasing and we are forced to
ask the kind indulgence of our readers
until after the holidays, when business
in this line will decrease and we can give
you the usual reading space.