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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Miss Edith Ruston, Of Florence town
ship, leav es next week for Seattle, Wash.
where she will.mate her home with her
sister Mrs. j. L. Andrews.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

V. X. Bissell, formerly OF Burdette,
writes from Slaughter Wash. for the
PRESS. He is engaged in business there,
and likes the country.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Eta Playter has been on the sick
list the past week.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

When Baby was sick, We gave her Csstoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
when she had 7hndren, she gave them Castoris.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Mr. aud Mrs. But,s, of Rockdale town.
ship, lost IL months old babe last sun
day. The remains we're buried in the Mil
Ter cemetery Tuesday.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

February is dishing up some good
winter weather but it cannot last long.
Three more days and gentle Annie" will
be sweetly Staging over the praries.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The final and official count Of Hand
coun'y's population gives US 6,546 people.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Col. z. A. Young, formely of Rec
Heights, writes tor the PRESS from Char
lntte, Mich. His card did not state that
he had engaged in business yet.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The citizens who prayed for no snow
in the early winter. but plenty of the
beautiful in February seem to have been
on the right side.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26
TOWNSHIP BI,ANKs

The PRESS has in stock blanks for
township Office raths. bonds, eto. Better
leave your orders before spring
elections FIRST OF March. 2t
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Ed. Daily is another old Millerits who
wants to hear from "home." He is doing
well at Butte. Mont.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Yankton Press:-The question whether
the Rev. j. II Kyle was an "inhabitant" of
the state of South Dakota when elected
United States senator has been raised by
the lawyers of Huron. Inasmuch as Mr..
Kyle has lived at Ipswich three or four
years before removing to Aberdeen there
would seem TO be little doubt that be was
an inhabitant Of the state.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Henry Fitzgerald. Of the palace drug
store, was laid up by sickness this week.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The bill changing rate of interest on tax
sale certificates from l2 to 20 per cent was
lost in the senate.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Yesterdays east bound passenger flew
the track at Hignnore, and the west
bound freight at wolsey leaving this sec-
ton without train till to day.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

For the week ending Feb. 23. 1891. the
following ietters remain uncared for at
the Miller post Office:
ID. A. Mccoy.
Parties calling for above will please say
advertised +. VI. MEAD. r. NJ.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Mr.. Henry aiil.er is reported consider.
ably under the weather.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The state engineer OF irrigation holds
his grip. The House bill to abolish his
Office faied to pass.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Parker New Era:-Just where the dem
ocrats have occasion to crow over the elec-
tion of Senator Kyle seems n mystery.
The democrats gave the Independents
the speaker and now the senator. What
do the democrats get
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Aberdeen News:-At an independent
convention shortly after. he was nominated
as state senator. After making a few
campaign speeches he accepted the po-
sition of financial agent of Yankton col
lege, ana left the county before election,
SO that he has never voted anything but
republican ticket.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Washington's birthday last Sunday
brought cold wave aud more snow with
it.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

W. d. Wayne, of watertown, spent a
few days last week visiting the family OF
postmaster Mead.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Spring poetry will be received "a limited
amount) for our next issue.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Another cold wave struck Us Tuesday
and winter promises to linger In the lap
of spring.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Chas. Havens was reported to be con-
fined 10 bed last week with severe case
of la grippe.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

A. j. Mayyilie and A. G. Bush expect
to start next week for Washington.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The House worlds fair Com. favor q
$4,000 appropriation for an exhibit.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

Teachers examination will be held al
the court house Tuesday, April z, 1891,
7t3 JOHN X. FAILING, Co. Supt.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

meeting OF attorneys is called at Pierre
for March 3D., to form the state bar
association.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

supply OF apples, cranberries, oranges
ana potatoes. 5tf.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26
Y. q. e. SOCIAL

A dime social will be given at Mrs. W.
Fl. Smiths, Friday evening, February 81.
PROGRAM.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The Senate referred the resubmission
bill to judiciary committee, although
there is committee on temperance.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Several election reform bills have been
introduced i'm both houses. The impress
sion is that one of them will pass, and
become law.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Petions for seed grain have been pre-
sented from some counties where crops
failed last year.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

BY vote of &C to AZ the resubmission
bill has passed the House. This ,natter
of iesubmiting the liquor question to vote
seems to have been pushed to the front as
the all absorbing topic.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

Heilman Of Hand voted for resubmission
Of the prohibition question, Trotman
and Campbell voted against Heilman and
Lansing carried Zell township. 1866.
Were they pledged to the same thing
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

The senate favors Melnlle's artesian
well bill.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

N. D.,
n, n. Y.
depart
r expert
Cstora,
ong our
regular
that the
ook with
SsARr,
N, Mas
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-26

A House memorial wants the National
Government to assume control of the state
soldiers home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
He Could Explain 1t.

Pastor Ito applicant for church men,
bership)-"We shall be glad to well
come you among us, brother, but in
order to become member of this de-
nomination you will have to be kept
on probation, as it is called, for six
months"
Applicant - six months? What
for ?"
"To prove your fitness for being re-
ceived into full membership"
(Struck by q sudden thought" Mr..
Goodman, six months won't make any
difference at all in this redness at the
end of my nose. It's erysipelas."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

were added to the course
The buildings erected during ms OH
cial career were: In 1879, large olh-
ing-halI, in the center OF College % iafe'
in 1s2O-21, North College, ana lalet d
chapel: in 1892, the Irumou'i arr
Gallery, now the Treasury BulIdlng' ana
in 1S43 the stately SANDSTONE Llol"lt
Finding. DR.. Alfred E. Perkins, OF
Nnw York. a Ya.c graduate of 1880, do
natnd $40, 00O to the permanent library
f,'nd which still remains the largest IN
diyidual gift to that department OF the
COLLAGE. President Day resigned in 1916
and was succeeded by Prof. Theodore
Dwight Woolsey. o,,+,
President Woolsey, during the twenty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
Who that

the trees and wild flowers. Who that
ever spent a twilight hour in the woods
has not heard the almost human tone,
Katydid-she did" and the assevera-
ton comes louder and louder, fuller Of
delight and assurance and approba-
ton from every echoing Dough, "She
did she did"
This beautiful insect, in its brilliant
green dress, is truly American.
Should we wish to designate our true
paternity in the soil, this is the grass
hopper that should be our badge Of
American blood. But, alas, the must
cal katydid is growing fewer. In the
far West the music OF these creatures
is never-ceasing from the time the
evening star beams forth until the sun
sends them to rest from their revel.
But toward the seaboards they are be-
coming fewer, and in many places
their songs come to us like the visions
of youth, full Of memories of beauty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
THE LOST WAIF.
The Strange Midnight Experience of an
Express Messenger.


The night express went laundering
out Of Hopkinsville, KY, at 7 o'clock
sharp. The passengers had made
themselves comfortable and everything
seemed suspicious for quick and safe
run to Nashville, Tenn. The express
messenger busted himself about his
packages, getting his car in order, after
which, having nothing else to do, he
sauntered to the open window and
looked out at the rising moon. What
a glorious night it was. The full moon
came up from behind the trees and
hung over their tops like ball of fire.
How sweet and peaceful everything
looked, The thoughts of the young
man went back to home and mother.
Wrapped in a delightful dream he
sank down on the box nearest to him,
but suddenly he jumped up in alarm,
for he had heard remarkable sound
"a poor faint little voice crying,
Papa"
"Oh, what q cruel trick for the boys
to play on him. He must find the
little one at once. He searched every
nook and corner, and looked behind
every box, but no baby was to be
found.
What was he to do? He felt certain
that he had heard the voice, and some
thing must be done Ah he had it at
last. He rung the bell with all his
might, and the conductor came hur-
riedly to know what had happened.
The passengers were all excitement;
windows went up, heads were poked
out, and every one had sllrmise, fully
one half of them thinking it must be
robbers
When the conductor returned he told
them that the express messenger had
heard the cry of child in his car, and
then he inquired if any child were miss
ing. This threw all the mothers pres
ent into a panic of fright But they
soon recovered when they saw that all
their own darlings were safe, and every
woman expressed the greatest sympa-
thy for the little stranger in the eX
press car. They even volunteered to
go and assist in the search for the lit
tie lost waif, but to this the conductor
would not consent.
The young man in the express car
was somewhat doubling the evidence
of his own senses, for had he not heard
the voice? He could swear to it.
Slowly he sank down on the same box,
when, merciful heavens, there was the
voice again crying, Mamma"
All, he has it now. The voice comes
from the box. Some heartless mother,
perhaps, sending her babe by express.
Quickly he cuts the cords and takes
off the pasteboard lid. Yes, there it
lies, the dear little soul, with it's soft
curls and snowy dress. He lifts it out
tenderly, and then, imagine his sur
prise-it is doll-one of Fdison's
speaking dolls. Every time he sat
down on the box he pressed the spring
and then came the feeble little vail of
papa" mamma, which had caused
so much sympathy and alarm.-De-
troit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

lar as President, and declined in 17-7
to longer act in that CAPACITY Ha was
succeed by Rev. Ezra Stiles for veorS
tutor in the college. These We're
revolutionary days, and for a time
the practical worth of the college
was almost suspended. The law gave
Che members of a college communitv ex-
emptlon from military service. and the
year OF 1883 found 27O pupils in attend
dhce, or l3S more than in 1777! In 1892
Inc dlnlng- hall-later used as a chem
ical laooratory-waS erected, and in 1913
the present South College was built.
ne otner most important act of Presi-
uehI otlles' administration was the socur-
ing OF grant of S4O,62O from the T.eg-
lslature, III return for which the Gov
ernor, Lieutenant. Governor, and the six
senior Senators were constituted ok
0ttclo members of the CORPORATION
PRESIDENT Stiles died May H. 1895. and
Rev. Timothy Dwight, former tutor in
the college, was immediately elected TO
succeed him.
President DWight's administration was
the most prosperous that the college had
enjoyed He raised it from sectional to
national Importance and patronage He
was grandson of Jonathan Edwards,
the famous divine, and possessed many
or his great ancestors characteristics
and much of his eloquence.
For this reason he filled the divinity
chair as we'll as the Presidency He
added many new departments to the
work oil the college, notably those of law
and medicine. The increase of students
resulting from these added attractions
necessitated new buildings, and in 1902
the present North Middle College and
Lyceum were erected, and also a new
residence for the President. President
Dwight died in January, 1917
Professor Jeremiah Day was then
elected President. He was conservative,
systematic and persistent, and the col
lege made steady and vigorous advance
ment under his administration, and
various important branches of study
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
LearuiJi- Soc al Diplomacy

One of the secretaries of the Chireso
Embassy in Washington has shown
himself apt in the art OF compliment.
He was introduced to lady wh),
among other questions, asked him
what virtue DO you most highly phi e
in YOUR woman?" "The virtue of do
mesticity," was the reply. "The You
do not like your women to move in So
cietv much?" she questioned. Not
at all. Our law even recognizes it as a
cause for divorce when woman-par-
don me, madam-is inquisitive aud
talkative" "Ihen I should be in dan
ger of being divorced if I lived in
China?" smilingly asked the lady.
"The very day that my country would
have the luck to possess womanly
being like YOU replied the gallant
son of the heavenly realm, @every
cause of divorce would be removed
from the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

an inch under the weight of a man. It
is the descent of this platform that
pulls the @ierk" that releases the
weight. But it has been SO arranged
that minute and half elapses be-
tween the time that the man steps
upon the platform and the time the
weight falls.
In the closet there are two square
buckets, one above the other. The
upper bucket, when it is full of water,
weighs forty pounds. It rests upon
the end of beam that moves up and
down upon an axis. At the other end
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

about minute and half to run across
from one side to the other. When the
victim steps upon the platform the
descent of the spring moves rod that
pulls a stopper and permits the water
to trickle from one bucket to the other.
AS the upper bucket becomes lighter
it rises, and the weight at the other end
of the beam lowers at the same time
the float in the lower bucket rises as
the water pours in. The hand begins
it's progress across the dial. The upper
bucket continues to ascend, and the
position of the weight at the other end
of the beam becomes every moment
more precarious. The weight trem-
bles; the hand has we'll Eigh made it's
journey across the dial. Suddenly the
weight slips off the beam. 1t falls.
By that fall it pulls the long arm that
regulates the heavy weight in the
wooden pipe.
The big weight falls with a crash,
and the man is jerked into the air.
He has executed himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

Porter Presidency were: 1S74-76, the
Battcll Chapel: 1S92-S3, the Sloane La
boratory; 1SS5-S6, Lawrence College and
Dwight Hall, also the Peabody Museum
of Natural History. During these years
the Observatory, the West Divinity Hall,
and the Bacon Memorial Library were
also erected. In 1856, Professor Timothy
Dwight, grandson of the former Presl-
dent, was ccted to that position, which
he now holds. The name of the institu
ton has been changed, to conform with
the growth and scope Of the school, from
college" to university.
The principal bui dings completed
since President Porter came into office
are the magnificent new Chittenden
Library, the Osborn Hall, for lectures
and recitationS, the Kent Laboratory,
and the Gymnasium.
4 sug rcstiOn of the extent OF
the patronage Of the uniycrs ty
may be had from the fact that its
income for tn year ending July 81,
1889, from its theological, scientific, law,
medicine and art departments was $500,
649.6f, while its expenses for a Xix
uertOd were 2.1S5.53 less than thai
amount The number OF nam S i'll the
college directory. fer 1879, wa, l,s02.
In scholarship Yale is exec led b. nc
American toIcg1 or university it also
leads in athletic sports. America may
well be proud Of her Vale.
FORREST CEIssGY
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
PLEASE HANG YOURSELF"
A New Device Which Will Allow the
Felon to DO the Killing.

A New DEVICE NnlCh VIII Allow the
Felon to DO the killing.
Recently plan was invented by one
of the convicts serving term in the
Colorado Penitentiary at Canyon City,
by which James Joyce, condemned
murderer, executed himself. Now a
bill has been introduced in one of the
houses asking that this system of sui
eide be legalized and adopted as the
means of carrying out the sentence of
capital punishment, with an excellent
chance of it's becoming law,
The problem the inventor has at
tempted to solve was to devise some
means by which the victim, by his own
act, would let the weight fall and hang
himself The problem has been solved
by the methods depicted in the illus
trations of this article
A square platform, about three
inches high, was placed in the center
of the floor. This platform is set over
spring, which bends down about half
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

his wonderful executive powers lel wv III
ey l department of the co tseso re nre
progress of the college IN o mos ear a''d
was phenomenal and nn Ineb1 to its we" re.
;ts forward strides brougn' 70 ,o 1's se
s,n numerous gifts anu s ouq.fso'
from wealthy friends OF p,e eru 'ns' ''0n
both in England ana A,neraca. soo,,o,ce
The buildings eree oro as as f follows:
OF tne Se5 ga Alumni Hall; in 1s69-7l,
In lso 80. Colieae and Durfee College; in
Farnnah tha School of Fine Arts; in
1s64-oo, 'n mr,onasium: in 1s69-7o, the
1859, n TGs II Hall and the Trowbridgee
East pl1 Rnilding: in 1871, the Marquand
Library a,! u n'l 1889. the New Medical Col
Char n 1862 IS the North Sheffield Hail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
just Like Human Beings.
lst like human being ). y


The remark was made by an old en-
gineer, and referred to the difference
between locomotives. There had been
some talk of the road, and some wild
stories had been told OF the bravery of
the man who stands beside the throt-
tie. There had been other talk too,
hedging on lurid adventures on the
road, dark nights. men on the track,
sharp curves, falling bridges, and so
forth The man went on;
II have no exciting stories to tell /;
rather I would speak OF the eccen-
tricities Of the engine AS [ said, an
engine has it's peculiaritias, just the
same as human beings. No two en-
gines are alike. To know an engine
one has to be right on her all the time.
It is true that they are all made the
same, but there are small mechanical
differences that cause them to run
very differently the one from the
other. It is hard to explain the idea
I have in mind, but / guess you grasp
my thought. For instance, some en-
gines will run along all right for a
month or so, and then suddenly, APP
parently for no cause, they will become
cranky and begin to act badly. They
will start and stop with jerk, sway
violently from side to side, and alto
gether behave in strange and mys-
ferrous fashion AS / said, there is no
explaining it, but any old engineer
will vouch for the truth of my story"
Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

of the beam rests loosely an iron ball,
which weighs twenty-nine pounds.
This ball is attached loosely to the rod
that regulates the large weight in the
wooden pipe.
The little window already mentioned
has been painted in the shape of dial
A hand on the dial is attached by a
string to float in the lower bucket
AS the water rises in the lower bucket
the hand moves from right to left
across the face of the disk 1t takes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
LamcntnbIe Failure.

"How far we fall short of realizing.
our youthful ambitions" remarked
Skimgul!et, in a reminiscent mood.
Chats so, assented Lummix. and
here is case in point: You have heard
Of Jere Simpson, of Kansas, the sock.
less statesman who was elected to
Congress in November" ~ y
yes, of course"
well, when he was boy, hi4 GREAT
ambition was to be a pirate wAe8 he
grew up" !
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

had begun to pour in upon the college
under President Woolsey continued in
increased volume in his successors adj
ministration. Many of the individual
gifts ranged high in the thousands, and
several were over 800, 900 each. TO at
tempt list Of even the most muniticent
gifts to the college is outside the limits
of this sketch. A marked feature Of
President Porter's work was the large
increase in the number of elective
studies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

Mr.. Sheffield also purchased the old
Medical School, remodeled it, and pre-
sented it to the col ege
The Legislature passed an act substi-
tuting six graduates of the college in
the place of the six senior State Sena-
tors as members of the Board of Man
ayers.
Professor Noah Porter was elected
President on the resignation of Profes-
sOr WOolsey, in 1870 The rich gifts which
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
A Healthy Location.

City Man docking for home in the
suburbs}-"I like this place very much,
but | am told it isn't healthy"
Agent-"Ain't healthy? Dye seq
that mule over in that field? That
mule hez lived here all his life, an it,
amt a week since he kicked locomo-.
tive off tn track "-Neto YORK. Weekiy.I
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
Criminal Note.

"Whaffor has dey got Jim Webster
in de Austin jail?" asked Uncle Nose
of Sam Johnsing.
Ger stealth two gallons OBJ mer-
lasses"
Use mighty sorry to hear it was
merlasses he stole, bekase dat am
boun' ter stick to him as long as he
Ibis. Texas Sitti7l9S.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02
THE KATYDiD.

The Beautiful Insect Musician OF Our
Woods.
The most beautiful insect sonyster
of our woods is the strange aud Won
derfully fashioned katydid. He sings
when he likes, eats, rests and sings
again. unmindful of anything save his
own pleasure and the messages that in
reply are waited to him from among
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

Lady I've got nothing for you.
Tramp-You haven't. Ell? Well, youth
be sorry for this. If you don't give me
something nice to eat I'll recommend
you to all my friends between here and
the Gulf of Mexico Tecas Siftinlsl