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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26
Crime Is on the Increase.

Society is in state of unrest. 1t is
time weil-thinking people graphic with
this problem in fearless and rational
manner. In consequence OF the condi-
tons | have mentioned, it is needless
for me to state that 90 per cent of the
crimes committed relate to money
values. think we can begin to see our
way now quite clearly. The distinctive
feature OF our civilization is money
making.
The average criminal is a weakling.
He believes that to attain riches is the
end and aim of life; he is at the bottom
of the ladder; his wages are small, his
envlrons are bad, and his necessities
are great. In an evil moment he is
tempted to try to do what he sees his
stronger and more successful brother
doing all the time. That is, he tries to
get something for nothing He does
not know how to wreck railroad, sell
million pounds of provisions, or
corner the wheat market.
He is undevclOped as yet, but through
force OF example he feels yearnlng to
get something for nothing. He steals
suit of clothes or few dollars in money
and is caught and sent to prison. Now.
what shall we do with him? The old the
DRY was to dress him in stripes; make
his surroundings as bad as possible.
degrade him; brutaliZe him and make
him feel the heavy hand of the Law.
The new theory is that he is quite brutal
enough: degraded enough; that society
itself and his inherited defects have
much to do in making him q criminal.
Supt. Myers then spent conSidera BILE
time detailing life at the reformatory.
Christ, i'll alluding to the accumula-
ton of wealth. says, eff the eve be evil.
the whole body is tull of darkness" i
want to say that this inordnate love Of
wealth pervertS mems understanding.
1t sears their conscience as with hot
iron. 1t incruStS their souls with an
+ impenetrable selfiShneSs; and vet.
through it oil. public opinion fiatters
them with the idea that they are Chris
tlans. Human nature is SO weak that
there are few, if any, who can rise above
their surroundings; and until these sur
roundingS are purified we can do but
little toward saving criminals. But
what can we do? Itwould be worse than
useless to tell you Christ'S remedy :
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on
earth;' for that means poverty, and, as
L have said. poverty, as measured by
the standard of our society, is worse
than successful crime When the chill
dren of Israel set up the golden calf in
| the wilderness and WorShiped it, Moses.
by the authority Of God, ground it to
| powder; but we have no Moses who is
| willing, in the name of the Lord. to
grapple with this golden image of our
modern civilization. We must there
fore be content with minor work, and the
question arises, what can we do? We
can do something in this way: We can
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26
is IT HEAVEN OR HE'LL
Rev. w. S. Vail inquiries Into
the Observation-Disclosures
Of Penitent Murderers.
A Question OF Vital Impor-
lance to Birthstone and
Glory Christians.
How Executed Criminals Have
the Advantage Of Their
Victims.
The Reverned Gentleman
Puts Opponents in a Very
Awkward Fix.

Rev. W. S. Vail yesterday, in the
Grand opera house, before the Uniyer-
salist society. delivered an address on
will Repentance Send the Murderer
to Heaven and Leave the Victim in
Hell?' He said:
A paper recently received contains q
letter from leading thinker. in which
note remarks on the punishment of
criminals that seem to me of great I'M
portance. The statement occurs there
that the severity of capital punishment
is mltigated by the fact that the Grim
in7l is allowed the privilege of spiritual
advice; that he is in condition to ac-
cept that advice. and that he is in most
cases prepared to enter heaven, while
his victim is hurried away, often I'M
prepared, to meet his doom. This
raises the question: VIII repentance
for sins send the murderer to heaven
and leave majority of his victims in
help FIVE accept the theory of
a Death-8ed Repentance
then we must accept this conclusion.
Repentance has been represented as the
key to heaven, making heaven a city
not unlike any costly city, to be entered
by this key, unlocking its gate. Others.
making it q condition OF mind and
heart, have found entrance to be Spir-
ituai. and one like George Macdonald
makes the condition that Of service;
another like Augustine made the ladder
by which men reached perfection on a lad
der of sorrows. another claims some
gratitude, as did Othello, for service in
the ranks of right at the post of honor :;
and another, as the NaZarine at Col
gotha, finds the way to happiness may
be the way of sacrifice. All these are
( irft ,nl
ment of the heaven they bring may be
entered into now and here, or may come
after we leave this world. 1t is some
thing that has no dependence on golden
streets or jasper walls. may be felt in
palace or in cabin, at the bedside of the
sick, i'll the ranks of the noble or OH the
Cross of tsse Martyr.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
First publication Oct. 81
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

Default has been made In a certain mortgage ex.
ecuted by Peter +. johnson to T. q. Holmes. dated
the 2Ot day of May, 1885, and recorded In the office
of the register of deeds Of the county of Burleigl,
ID. T., on the 9th day Of May, 1885. at 2 O'Clock
p. m., in Book E2 Of mortgages, on page 1877; on
of this notice the sum Of nine hundred and eight
dollars, and no action or proceeding has been
instituted at law OF in equity to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage, or any part Thereon.
Tie said mortgage was duly assigned by an III.
strument thereof, duly executed and delivered
Elgell, dated the 10TH day Of June, 1885, and re-
corded in the office OF the register Of deeds OF the
county Of Mclean, North Dakota, ON the 9th day
OF September, 1884, ut O'Clock p. IN. In Book g Of
Mortgages, on page us.
Notice is hereby given. that by virtue Of pow
er of sale contained in said Mortgage, and Of the
statute in such case made and provided. the said
Mortgage will be fOrcclOScd by u sale Of the
mOrtt;tged premises therein described, which
sale will be made at the front door OF the court
house in the village Of Mashburi, In the county
Of Mclean and state Of North Dakota, at public
auction, by the sheriff Of said county To the high
est bidder for cash, on the 18th day of November,
1891, at lO O'Clock iii the forenoon, to satisfy the
amount which shall then be due on said mort
gage, and $1lO,64 paid as taxes on said premises,
and costs and expenses OF sale, and so attOl-
neys fees, as stipulated in said mortgage in case
Of foreclosure.
The premises described in said mortgage and
so to he sold, Is the northeast quarter (ne) Oi
section thirteen Q3) OF township one hundred and
fOrty-twO (42) north, Of range eighty (SD) west OF
the Fifth Principal NJ eridian, III Mclean county,
North Dakota.
Dated ut Fargo, N. d., this first day Of Octo'
GEO. s. EDGEL1, Assignee of Mortgage.
BALL s, SMITH and JEFF. II. IRISH,
Att'ys for Assignee OF Mortgage, Fargo, N. ID.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
First Publication Oct. 81
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been made in a certain mortgage
executed by Peter +. johnson to i. &. Holmes,
dated the 10th day Of May, 1885, and recorded In
the Office OF the register Of deeds Of the county
of Burlcigll, u. r., on the 9TH day of May. 1886,
at O'Clock p. m.,. in Book E2 Of mortgages, OH
the date OF this notice the sum Of nine hundred
and eight dollars and no action or proceeding
has been instituted at Law or IN equity to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof. The said mortgage was duly assigned
Iy an instrument thereof, duly executed and de-
Geo. s. Edgell, dated the 10th day Uf june. 1886,
dnd recorded IN the Office of tile register Of deeds
of the county of Mclean, N. d., on the 9th day
Of September, 1891, ut O'Clock p. M, In Book &
Of mortgages, on page l1s.
Xe1 MSes Is eerey ysn that sa BY x"e Of
0f the statute In such case made and pro-
vlded, the said mortgage will be foreclOsed by y
sale OF the mortgaged premises therein described,
which sale Will be made ut the front door Of the
court house, in the village Of Washburn, in the
at public aution, by the sheriff Of said county, to
the highest bidder for cash, on the 18th day Of
November, 1891, ut 10 O'Clock In the forenoon, to
satisfy the amount which shall then be due ON
said mortgage, and SILICA paid as taxes on said
premises and costs and expenses Of sale, and $50
attorneys fees, as stipulated in said mortgage in
case Of foreclosure.
The premises described in said mortgage and
so to be sold, Is the southeast quarter (Sek) Of
section thirteen U3), OF township one hundred
and folty-two q42l north. Of range eighty tsO)
county, North Dakota.
Dated at Fargo, N. d., this first day of Octo.
Der, 1881.
GEO. 8. EDeELl, Assignee of Mortgagee.
BALL T. SMITH and JEFF. H. IRISH,
Attys for Assignee Of Mortgagce, Fargo, n. ID.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
Weller. N. D.. Oct. 6. 1891

- Wellor, N. D., OcG, D, 1oJA.
Editor Leader: Through the medium
of your paper, please let me correct false
report, as far as know. A few days ago,
while visiting in the northwest portion of
the county, I was taken severely to task
for statement made in my letter written
from Fort Berthold, and published in the
Leader some time ago, praising the county
officials. cannot recall my words in that
letter, but am positive I did not utter
one word in that letter that was not correct.
have been notified by certain tax payers
of this referred-to portion of the county,
that the officials were not a clean set, SO
far as principles are concerned; "that they
would be, if the Hon. John Satterlund did
not do with them just as he pleased. That
Mr.. 'Satterlund could not keep, nor was he
ever known to fulfill his agreements, ex-
cept when he thought he could get some
thing out of you" Now let me say that I
have known Hon. Satterlund for ten years.
and 1 have yet to know of his breaking an
agreement. As for the officials of the
county, have too a1alted an opinion of
them, to think they can be run by any one.
1t is this, friends-you are chronic Sore
heads, and know not what you do-fOr
your brains are diluted with the essence of
glue factory, and you cannot help saying,
through idiotism: Corruption! Corrup-
tionW" will, if necessary. give the names
of these so-called friends of the county.
Yours truly, j. K. DAVIS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10

We are in receipt of the initial number
of the Williston Tribune, published by Geo.
w. Wilson ofthe Minot journal. Williston
is the county seat of the new county of
Williams, which Hon. John Satterlund has
the honor of having mapped out in the
legislature last winter, and was formerly
the camping ground of Bro. Wilson, who
now becomes publisher of the first baper
established there under the new organiza-
ton. The Tribune will have wide field
to operate in and We wish it success.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF CoUN.
TY COMMISSIONERS OF MCLEAN co.

III COMMlSSlONEkSO OF MCLEAN 70.
ADJOURNED sEssION.)
Washburn, N. D., Oct. 3, 1891.
l o'clock p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Com'rs Bettendorf and Allen.
Com'r Bettendorf was called to the chair.
The minutes of last meeting were read,
and, on motion, approved.
On motion, the bill of F. B. and E. s.
Allen, for services rendered as attorneys in
1896, was laid over for future consideration.
John Merry, who wassappointed by the
board to appraise AN 1estray pony in the
handseof Joseph Nudleman, reported that
he had valued the pony at $50.
On motion said report was accepted.
On motion, the bond of G. C. W. West,
as fire warden for district No. 3, was &C.
cepted and approved.
On motion the board adjourned sine die.
FRANK B. WELLS, Co. Auditor.
(BRau1AR MEET1Na.)
Washburn, N. d., Oct. s, 1891.
o'clock p. m.
The board met in regular session pur-
suant to law.
Present, full board.
On motion, the minutes of the meeting
of Oct. 3, 1891, were read and approved.
J.E. Britton, justice of the peace, made
his quarterly report as such justice, and
on motion the auditor was directed to re-
turn the same for correction in regard to
expenses of court.
The bill of F. B. & E. s. Allen, amount
ing to $3.50, was, on motion, disallowed.
On motion, the auditor was instructed
to notify those Rad supervisors who had
been appointed fire wardens to come for
ward and file their bonds as required by
law.
On motion the following bills were al
lowed and warrants ordered drawn on the
respective funds:
John satterlund, expressage. s 8 O8
Geo. E. Brownel, salary, postage,
&C., ............ ~ W
Theo. j. Haugeberg, postage, ex-
pressage, &c. 8s
Theo. J. Haugeberg, goods furn-
lshed 3 lO
F. B. Wells, salary, furnishing pro-
ceedings, &c. &c................. 80 80
T. B. Wells, expenses to Bismarck, II so
R. H. CopeIand, salary .......... 33 33
Com'r Allen introduced the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the county auditor be
directed to advertise the 1891 sale of lands
for delinquent taxes in the Washburn
Leader. -....4-
On motion the resolution was adopted.
On motion of Com'r Allen, seconded by
Bettendorf, the bill of John Bettendorf,
amounting to SIG, for services on board
and mileage, was allowed.
Com'r Mann voting no.
On motion of Com'r Bettendorf, second
ed by Allen, the bill of John E. Allen, for
$14.4O, for services as commissioner and
mileage, was allowed.
Moved by Com'r Bettendorf, seconded
by Allen, that the bill of John R. Mann,
amounting to $1s, be allowed.
The motion being put, Com'rs Allen and
Bettendorf voted no. Com'r Mann de-
clined to vote.
On motion, the board adjourned to
Monday, the 7th day of December. at
O'Clock p. m. FRANK B. WELLS,
County Auditor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
An Entertainment.

Miss Iva M. Lambert's school at Inger-
soil, Veeder township, will close on Friday,
Oct. 23d, 1891, with an entertainment and
supper. The entertainment to commence
at O'Clock p. m. All the friends and
patrons of the school are cordially invited.
The following is the program for the even
ing:
Speech. Observation-Disclosures. Peter Miller
Song-"Vacation 8 Coming. The School
misunderstanding Song"
....... Ida johnson
Recitation-"Boys May Whistle,
but Girls Must Sing" Algoldt Nordquist
Recitation-"Only farmers Boy"
............ james johnson
Song-"Don't Forget the Old Folks"
........ ........ The School
Recitation-"Marion Comm Home,"
............ Anton johnson
Recitation-"Our First Thanksgiving"
............ Hilda Nordquist
Song and Accompaniment merry
Children We," Anton d Minnie johnson
Recitation-"What Little Boy Knows"
........ Theodore johnson
Reoitation-"A Little Housemaid,"
"when the Swallows Homeward
Fly"
Song-"What Yankee Doodle Wants."
................T The School
instrumental Music. ...... Jenette Ward
Recitation-"The Drunkard's Wife,"
...............Ki .Kittie Miller
Dialogue-"A Shoemaker's Troubles"
Emma johnson, Carl Nordquist and
Chas. Peterson.
Recitation-"A Little Washerwoman,"
....... Minnie johnson
Tableau-"October."
Recitation -"Life's Mysteries"
Sadie johnson
RecitatiOn-... Albln johnson
SOlO-.... .......... .Jane MA1ar
Dialogue-"The House that Jack Built"
Ida johnson and E. Peterson
Recitation-'sThe Tadpole's Mistake"
............ Martha Casper
Reading-"An Irish Suit" Jane Millar
Tableau- u-"Time."
Recitation Rock of Ages"
........ Gertrude Kettleson
Reading ssDauntless," Annie Nordquist
Dialogue-.'Master of the Situation"
.Kittie Miller and John Lindelesf
Song "Parting song,". The School
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
Pensioned Lcaguers.

Sometime ago the Leader made the as
sertion that four-fifths of the blatant mem
bera of the enforcement league of this
state were non-tax payers and leeches up
on public charity, and the statement has
not, and cannot, be gainsaid. In every
locality, where there is local league, you
will find that the most officious and active
members of it are men with very little, if
any, political or social standing in the
community, but who are always forcing
themselves forward and assuming the most
conspicuous place before the public. They
are invariably place-seekers, but owing to
incompetency and unworthiness they are
seldom, if ever, honored with position at
the hands of the people. This statement
is verified by the lives of the prominent
leaguers in Bismarck. And another sig
nifcant fact we may mention, to bear out
the assertion that the principal leaguers
are public pensioners, is that the most ac-
tive members of that organization in Bis
marck are members of the G.. A. R., and
are drawing large monthly salaries as pen
sioners on the U. s. government. We re-
fer to Gray, Gilbert, Mason, and onesor
two others who live mainly on the charit-
able donations of Uncle Sam. The g. A.
R. is not responsible for the acts of these
men, nor do we believe their Paul-prying,
sneakish conduct would be for one moment
tolerated by that grand organization if it
was brought properly to their notice, for
such men are disgrace not only to the
Grand Army of the Republic, but to the
country upon whose bounty they subsist.
Men who will spend their time crawling
through the filth of back alleys, hiding IN
privy vaults and secreting themselves in
dark corners and other places in the rear
of buildings where it is suspected that
liquor is being sold, ,.simply for the pur-
pose of getting some one into trouble and
parading themselves before the world as
public benefactors, are not the class of
men who make up the bone, muscle and
business element of town, nor are they
desirable factors in grand. patriotic and
philanthropic organization like the Grand
Army of the Republic. They are mere
blotches on the face of nature-postules
on the cheek of humanity-disgustin
loathsome testers on the business and So
cial body of the commonwealth which
tolerates their presence. They are draw
back to the prosperity of every town and
every association infested by them. They
dwarf business, dull society, violate law,
and breed trouble and discomfort wherever
they are permitted to foist themselves and
their views unrestrained. How long will
the great mass of free American citizens
allow themselves to be kept under such
surveillance?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10

Mr.. Ryan, a Bismarck prohibition poll
tician, recently made a speech at Steele in
which he made certain charges against q
Mandan attorney. The Times of the latter
city administers merited castigation to
Mr.. Ryan and proves that the gentleman's
statements are untrue.-Emmons County
Record.
That will be nothing new, Bro. Streeter,
nor would IL be the only lie which that
reverend aannel,mouth has: been guilty
oemanufacturing. The truth snot in him.
For ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain, the Rev. Ryan 3 peculiar.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
Notice of Election.
Orr1cE or CouxrY Aup1rou

OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
Washburn, Mclean Co., N. D.
! Notice is hereby given that on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday, to-wit:
the Sd day OF November next. at the school
house ut Coal HarbOr. in Election Precinct
No. 8, in the county of Mclean, state Of
North Dakota, an election will be held for
the election of ono county commissioner
for the third commissioner district of said
county for the term of three years,
which election will be opened at
O'Clock in the morning, and will continue
open until O'Clock in the afternoon of
the same day. FRANK B. WELLS,
County Auditor.
Dated this 10th day of Sept, 1891.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
Notice of Homestead, Final Proof.

Land Office at Bismarck. N. d.. Sept 25, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention 10 make
final proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will he made before the register and rccciv-
or at Bismarck, n. D., on November IL, 1891, viz:
NOLAN KATZ,
For the 81 neh and lots and section 4, town.
ship 143 n, range 81 w. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF said
land, viz:
Andrew p. Peterson, Brit Wing, Hans Fritz,
all OF Washburn, N. d., and Joseph Nudlcman
Of FalcOner, N. ID. +. S. NEAL. Register.
Oc3nOV7
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10

Our old friend Judge Leonard M.
Wallin, who has been in Helena, Mont, for
the past ten months, returned to Washburn
last Friday evening, bringing with him q
bride (Miss Agnes Johnson, formerly q
resident of this place and q cousin to John
and Axel Nelson), to whom he was married
at Helena q, few weeks ago. The judges
many friends welcome his return with
hearty congratulations Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallin will take up their residence in
:Washburn andbscoma permanent fixtures
tQ, our thriving commonwealth,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10
Notice of Home.tea.l Final Proof.

Land Office ut Bismarck, N. d.. Sept. 10. 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice Of his intention to make
final proof In support Of his claim. md that said
proof will be made before the judge and ex-offlclo
clerk o. the county court, at Washburn, N. D.,
on OctOHSr 26. 1891, viz.
WILLIAM l.. TOWER,
For the eA neh and Ell SEA OF section 22, town
ship lac, range 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land. viz:
Henry II. Ilolrer. of Conl Harbcr, N. H., Mar.
tin u. Murray, Noah w. Solcnberger, John X.
Mann, ill OF Hancock, N. ID.
sepl9oct24 f. s. NEAL. Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10

Pierre Free Press: The Rosebud with
the government snag boat Mandan arrived
from down the river Saturday, and before
leaving fished up several of the big boulders
that were planted in the river at the former
site of the pontoon bridge as anchors.
Tho snag boat has removed all the snags
in the river from Sioux City and will COM
plete this work as far north as Bismarck
before tying up for the winter.