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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

More Facts from the Census Office to
Prose the Holplessness of the Farmer
in His Present Oppressed Condition..
What Shall Be Done?
copyright, 1891, by Reform Press News Asso-
citation, New York.
Alliance men and members of reform
organizations generally have been hay
ing more fun during the past few days
at the expense Of the old partisan press.
The fun, however, is over u very serious
matter, EARLY in the present year it
was announced from the census Office that
there were on file in that department
transcripts Of 5000. 900 mortgages on
the farms and homes of this country.
This information was brought out
through the instrumentality of the Al
lance, and was cited as proof of the fact
that the people Of the country were be-
ing reduced to worse and worse straits
year after year.
This record of 1000, 900 mortgages was
just barely mentioned by the partisan
press, and even the bare mention seemed
to be reluctantly made. But the ALI
ance and reform papers made the coun-
try ring with the announcement, and
only through them were the people made
to understand fully the condition of their
ueighbors and their fellow countrymen.
4
Now comes an announcement from the
census Office as follows:
1.-THE count of the farm and home
transcripts has also been completed by
the census Office, and the results are
very nearly correct, though the figures
are subject to slight modification. There
were returned by the enumerators for
the United States 2,491 $50 farms and
homes, occupied by owners and incun-
bered by mortgages. This number in
cludes some farms and homes about
which enumerators made no report. and
which belong partly to the class OF hired
and partly to the class of owned free. as
well as partly to the class of owned and
incumbered. Until this unknown guam
tity, due to the failure of the enumera-
tors, is eliminated, it may be regarded as
approximately true that 1850 eco fami-
lies Of the IL, 800, 900 families of the
United States occupy and own incum-
bered farms and homes, and that 10, 25O,-
900 families occupy Farms and homes
that are either hired or owned free"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
ALLIANCE AND THIRD PARTY NOTES..

1t is reported-in fact it is known
that a literary bureau has been located
at New York, with connections at Wash
ington, based on the old Tilden machine.
for the purpose of securing the publica-
ton of articles favorable to Cleveland's
third nomination in the southern press.
This bureau is well supplied with
funds from the plutocracy who see their
interest in the election of the Wall street
candidate. But this is not all. Direct
pecuniary aid will be given to such i'm
peoenious papers and editors in the
south as viii accept it, and now watch!
This scheme will cause more than one
outburst FOR Cleveland and against the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
Sounds Like the Trump of Death.

The attempt by the old party politi-
clans to break up the Alliance is very
significant at this time, showing a
wicked design to defeat reform. It has
come to this, and people may as well get
ready to meet it now as later on. The
moral character of the old party leaders
and politicians is so bad that reform
sounds like the trump of death in their
ears, and meanness, lying and SANDER
ing can do the work, the cause of the
people will be ruined. It does not re-
quire much foresight to determine what
those things will lead to, and we will
not suffer ourselves to be blinded by
promises Of any kind from men who
have ruined our nation.
They do not intend to suffer the peo-
pie to have q good popular government,
by and for the people; these old traitors
will sink the movement if they involve
US in a war. What better proof of a de-
termination to ruin the republic do we
want than we have in the legislation of
the last twenty years, and the attitude
of the leaders of the old parties toward
the people? Beware, beware, We people,
for Il freedom is in danger!-Labor's
Tribune.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The government can guarantee loans
for railroad corporations and pay the in
terest besides: it can loan its credit to
national banks and furnish them money
without interest; it can take the liquid
damnation of the distiller. issue deposit
checks for what his trust says it is worth.
and give him time on his taxes: but to
issue warehouse certificates on the farm
er's corn or cotton would be- u%nconstitu.
tional.- Western Advocate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

that will help the laborer will
directly benefit the merchant as We'll
Business drags because the people are 50
oppressed that they cannot afford to buy.
and are obliged to ask credit for even the
few necessities which they are compelled
to purchase. The merchants know this
to be a fact, and they know, too, that
their business can never flourish while
this condition prevails. Why moi come
out on the side of the people and aid in
the work of removing the difficulties IN.
der which every honorable occupation
languishes?-tireentield (Mo.) Pointers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Do not ask the farmer to be satisfied
with his lot on the ground that by COM
parison with some other period of time
he is better off than people were then;
it is an unreasonable request. The surest
guarantee to the stability Of any govern
ment is to be found in the enjoyment of
equal privileges by all classes of its citi-
zens, and a just distribution among
them of the benefits as we'll as the bur
dens Of the political structure. -Secreta-
nv Rusk.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
A Curious Calculatfs,.

One nee in Waterville. Me-,
made 10, 900, 900 yards of cotton goods
last year., and a Maine newspaper fig
ares that the cloth would make a tent
that would cover $40 acres and hold
all tho people Of Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Massachusetts,
comfortably seated, with airing OF l6S
acres in the center. In that ring the
81, 900 horses OF Maine could be ex-
hibite2 at one time without crowding:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
Rusk Secs IL.

am of those who believe that the
farmer in politics has come to stay.
More, I am of those who believe that, in
spite Of possible, nay inevitable, blum
ders on the part Of men comparatively
untried in the conduct Of public affairs,
the presence and the influence Of the
farmer in politics will ultimately prove
beneficial to the country at large.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
Ese1IS.

Bells are tollad in some of the wine
districts of France when there is like
Nv to be a-severe frost The inhabit-
ants at once hurry out of their houses
and place quantities Of tar between the
rows OF vines. Then a signal is given
to light the tar, and in a few minutes
a dense cloud of smoke arises which
completely protects sSile vines from the
frost.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Passing through the farming districts
at this time Of year it is a CONNER thing
to see women aiding the ranchers in Sc
curing crops. Is this not a disgrace to
our boaste1 civilization, when the farm
<ers' wives and daughters are compelled
to labor in the field the same as in Ger
many or Italy, simply because the cor
porations take all the farmers profits
and he is unable to hire help to secure
his crops? How would the bankers and
railway magnates like to see their wives
and daughters tramping around a stub
BILE field barefoot, shocking wheat? No
doubt they consider farmers wives and
daughters a lower order OF beings, fitted
only to milk COWS, shock wheat, load
hay and attend to household drudgery.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The statement is so persistently ant
repeatedly made that all the Kansas AL
lance lecturers except S. NJ. Scott, ire
opposed to the ~subtreasury plan, that we
are led to ask those who seem to be SO
wefl posted upon the subject to give us
the names Of some Of these opponents Of
this important measure. We will ven
ture the prediction that there is not a
state, county or sub-Alliance lecturer in
Kansas that is opposing the subtreasury.
II there is n trot him out till we see
what he looks like. What do u enc
mics expect to gain by publishing such
tomfoolery?-Topeka Advocate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

When you hear. an opponent Of the
sub-treasury bill say it would be uncon-
stltutional to lend money to the farm;
ers, tell him that it is held to be iconsti-
tutional to lend government: credit to
distillers, and thattodoy the amount OF
internal revenue on the whisky in store
in the bonded warehouse, amounting to
$50 100000, Is a loan to the distillers
for three years. Then ask him why a
whisky distlller is SO much better than
a farmer, and why whisky is better Sc
curity than corn, wheat or cotton.
These are pertinent questions.-Free
Press (Winfield, Kansas).
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
CHORUS.
While we are marching through Kansas.

Not one tree planter in a hundred rams
or .tramps the soil hard enough upon the
roots of the transplanted trees. You
don't. That's what ails your tree, or
will all it, before the season is over. says
The Farm Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The professional politician is a queer
animal, and at present he is in his most
peculiar state. He hardly knows what
to do Or say at present-the present is a
period of great uncertainty with this
class. lie is anxious to get on the big
gest chunk, and is engaged in feeling the
public pulse. and when he finds out what
the people want he will come forward
and say, "Tleln's my sentiments ex-
actly." He never leads, but always fol-
lows public opinion.-Brevier N1o.) Ap-
peal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
Republican editors should get toreth,

Republican editors should get together
and " e to an understanding. While
l." t~:.iital is telling its readers Of the
soil t!ly Of the Democratic party of the
south and the futility of the hope of
northern Alliance men that the Peoples
party will gain any strength south of
Mason and Dixon's line, the Clay Cen
ter Dispatch correctly sizes up the situa-
ton and shows that there is the same
danger Of the overthrow Of Democracy
in the south as Of Republicanism in the
north. This will never do. Get together,
gentlemen, and arrange to tell the same
story.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The Tin Miner says that w.
II. Glockner, better known as Bis
mark, brought in a sample OF oats
which stood siX-and a half feet high and
were very heavy. If any man in the Hills
gets acrop tits Mr. Glocckner.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Rey. Father Maher preached his fare
well sermon at the Catholic church last
Sunday. He will soon take charge ef
the parish at Madison, Lake county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Cleveland defines to aid Campbell in
the democratic campaign in OHIO be-
cause Campbell believes in the free coin
age of silver.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

J.T. Garyey recently returned from
a tour Of the northern Hills. He re-
ports labor in good demand and wages
good in Deadwood and Lead.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Wheat was highest in Chicago May /.
1867, when it sold for $3.50 per bushel.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The Conservative house OF Canada de-
feated reciprocity by a vote OF la to
lightweight.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

New wheat threshed on Box Elder
averages about fourteen bushels per
acre.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Last Friday Andrew Wahlein, aged
seven years, unprotected a calf from a
stake near Rapid creek and tied the
picket rope around his waist. The calf
started to run and dragged the boy
through the creek, where he narrowly
escaped drowning, and through a barb
wire fence into'a bunch Of willows, where
he was rescued, slightly bruised but not
seriously injured.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Judge Aiken, Of Sioux Falls, insists on
compelling Marie Nevius Blaine to live
IN Sioux Falls indefinitely before he will
divorce her from James G. Blaine, Jr.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
An Alliance Song.

Air-"Marching Through Georgia."
The election now is over. boys. we'll AVE a
four years. rest;
The promises that were given US we happily
will test;
And il they are fulfilled, boys, the party we
will bless.
While we are marching through Kansas.
If I was a Republican I wouldn't try to kill
The blessings that are contained in a free COIN
age bill;
And the bankers up in Wall street had better
now keep still,
While we are marching through Kansas.
o
Come, boys. come! let's down monopoly;
Come, boys, come! from bankers set us free,
And vote no more for lawyers, but farmers
they must be,
While we are marching through Kansas.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The lowest price for wheat ever known
in England was .S7A in 1856.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Rearing horses for sale in the Black
Hills is one OF the most profitable in
dustries the ranchers can engage in.
Very little more expense is required in
producing and raising a three-year-old
colt than in growing a steer to. the same
age, but the value OF the horse product
is almost sure to be more than double.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

From an extended trip east OF Rapid
City We learn that grass is shorter than
it has been for years and it is feared
that there will be large losses among
range stock unless there are fall rains
followed by an open winter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Frank Thompson, who has been at
work in Hot springs this summer, re-
turned to RAPID last week. He says
work is nearly all rounded up at the
Springs. with very little more projected
for this season.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Kansas broom corn growers arc COM
blning to obtain satisfactory prices.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Wheat is being shipped in bulk instead
OF sacking, from Tacoma, Washington,
to England. This will greatly reduce the
cost OF transportation OF export grain
and increase the price received for wheat
by the farmers,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Tho people from Tulare, California,
will visit the Worlds Fair. at Chicago,
in two palace coaches made from a red
wood tree by following out the interior.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The United States consumes Ak bush
OF wheat per capita,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
TILE MORTGAGE LOAD.
THE TERRIBLE BURDEN WHICH THE
FARMERS CARRY.

More Facts from the Census omoe to
Prose the Holplessness of the Farmer
I'm His Present Oppressed Condition.
What Shall BE Done?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The grading OF the railroad down Box
Elder has a tendency to greatly encour-
age the ranchers in that vicinity and
many are already planning to improve
and enlarge their lines of business.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

Some ranchers on the Box Elder and
Elk creek divides report inability to Sc
cure hay for the coming winter. They
are in a dilemma to know what to do
with their stock.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21

The wheat harvest is nearly COM
pleted.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
KNIGHTS OF LABOR COLUMNS.
Edited by James H. Wilkinson.
Plums are ripening. The crop will be

Plums are ripening. The crop will be
large.
The wheat harvest is nearly COM
pleted.
The United States consumes Ak bush
oil wheat per capita,
The lowest price for wheat ever known
in England a .S7A in 1856.
Kansas broom corn growers arc COM
bining to obtain satisfactory prices.
Wheat raj highest in Chicago May l.,
1867, when it sold for S2.S5 per bushel.
New wheat threshed on Box Elder
averages about fourteen bushels per
acre.
The Conservative house Of Canada de-
feated reciprocity by a vote OF la to
lightweight.
Cleveland defines to aid Campbill in
the democratic campaign in OHIO be-
cause Campbell believes in the free coin
age of silver.
J.T. Garyey recently returned from
a tour Of the northern Hills. He re-
ports labor in good demand and wages
good in Deadwood and Lead.
Rey. Father Maher preached his fare
well sermon at the Catholic church last
Sunday. He will soon take charge ef
the parish at Madison, Lake county.
Judge Aiken, OF Sioux Falls, insists on
compelling Marie Nevius Blaine to live
IN Sioux Falls indefinitely before he will
divorce her from James G. Blaine, Jr.
Tho people from Tulare, California,
will visit the Worlds Fair, at Chicago,
in two palace coaches made from a red
wood tree by following out the interior.
Some ranchers on the Box Elder and
Elk creek divides report inability tn Sc
cure hay for the coming winter. They
are in a dilemma to know what to do
with their stock.
The grading Of the railroad down Box
Elder has u tendency to greatly encour-
age the ranchers in that vicinity and
many are already planning to improve
and enlarge their lines OF business.
Wheat is being shipped in bulk instead
Of sacking, from Tacoma, Washington,
to England. This will greatly reduce the
cost OF transportation OF export grain
and increase the price received for wheat
by the farmers,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-04
FIRED INTO A CROWD.

Iron River Man Resents Tormenters with
shot-gun-Two Mortally Hurt.
IRON RIVER, Mich, Feb. 25.-This
town was thrown into the widest ex-
element last evening over the shooting
Of Chief of Police Ed. Scott and Peter
Doctor, bartender at Innes' saloon, by
Joseph Hollase, Polander employed at
the Iron River mine several years. Hol-
lase was somewhat under the influence
of liquor and got excited on account OF
-balling by men and boys. He
went home, armed himself with a
shotgun and came back down
town. He was again snou-balled,
when he opened fire on the crowd,
shooting Doctor and slightly wounding
several others. Officer Scott attem pied
to arrest him, and was shot in three
different places. Hollase was then ar
rested by Under-sheriff Flanagan, who
at the danger of his life kept the crazed
citizens from lynching his prisoner.
The latter was Immediately hustled
across the country to Crystal Falls,
and from there was taken by train to
Menominee for safe keeping. Scott
and Doctor are very low and may die.
The bullets have been probed for, but
have not yet been found.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-04
CHURCH AND STATE.

A Story of PriestIy Interference in Cana
dian Politics.
1t is stated on the best authority that
the priests Of the province of Quebec
have received confidential instructions
to use all their influence to secure a
victory for Sir John Macdonald in the
present election contest. The church
is naturally opposed to any pol
icy that will lead to greater inter
course between the United States
and Canada, as it fears a dimi-
mutton of its power from such an ar
rangement. The bishops and priests
consider it to their interests to inculcate
in the inhabitants the necessity or stand
ing by the status quo, and of refusing to
sanction any policy of increased inter-
course. Archbishop Fabre, in circu-
lar letter to the clergy, says: Beneath
the British flag, which protects rather
than dominates, we enjoy the most
precious liberty sanctioned by solemn
treaties, and which preserves to us
intact our laws, our Institutions,
our language, and, above all, our
possess these favors up to the present
time, thanks to the action of Divine
Providence which guides our people,
thanks also to the power which freely
accorded these liberties in return for
those sentiments and acts of perfect
loyalty which you have never ceased
to offer upon each and every occasion.
May we and our very dear brethren re-
main faithful to our traditions and to
our duties in this respect, in order that
our country may not be exposed to the
loss of that which is favorable to her
and that which brings upon us the adj
miration Of the people of other coun-
friac -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-04
Work Again Resumed.

Work was resumed at Jackson Park
on the site of the Worlds Fair, on the
morning of the 23d. At daybreak the
mob began to gather. At s o'clock it
numbered fully 5000 men. The Nc
Arthur Brothers sent their foreman
with 100 men to begin work on the
bitches. Hardly had the men reached
the bottom of the trenches before the
mob surrounded them. through fear
the laborers dropped their shovels and
quit work. Paymaster Spencer tele-
phoned for Inspector Hunt The in
spector drove rapidly into the park and.
addressing the crowd, commanded them
to dispense in the name of the state.
The mob only jeered. The inspector
hurried to a patrol-box and called for
two wagon-loads of police officers. They
came dashing into the park, and at sight
of the officers the mob fell back. The
workmen then took up their shovels
aOaip
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-04
her MURDER AVENGED.
Marsh, Who Killed His Sweetheart
Hanged This Afternoon.

Marsh, Who Killed His Sweetheart,
Hanged This Afternoon.
EBENsvILLE, Pa, Feb. 26.-Marsh, the
murderer, was hanged at lbs P. NJ. to-
day.
The horrible crime for which Marsh
suffered death was committed near Gal
litzin, Pa, Sunday, July 9th, 1890. His
victim was Clara Jones, aged 10 years.
She was bright and handsome girl and
had long been in love with the girl, and
on the day of the murder pressed her
to marry him. She refused and he beat
her over the head with bar of iron
and cut her throat with a razor. He
gave himself UP and seemed uncon-
cerned, treating bis fearful crime light
ly. He said he only carried out the
wishes of his sweetheart; that she want
ed to die and was tired of life.
Marsh retired at 11:20 O'Clock last
night and awoke at $40 this morning.
At 1880 A. NJ. he took dinner, eating
about as usual. He refused to speak OF
his crimes. At liz P. NJ. Sheriff
Steinman read to him the death
procession started for the scafold.
At the conclusion of prayer by the Rev.
Mr.. Hill, Marsh made short speech
saying he was sorry for what he had
done, and hoped to meet all in the
other world, At 1854 the black cap was
adjusted, and at 1:55 the drop fell,
breaking Marsh's neck. He was pro-
nounced dead eight minutes afterWagd.