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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
NOTICE.
NORTH CAROLINA, I SUPERIOR
HALIlAN COUNTY, ) COURT.

NUN IL CAhOhi LSA3 OUIEKlOR
HALIFAX COUNTY, ! COURT.
W. H. Kitchin 1orron
Edward Alcott.
To THE DEFENDANT EDWARD
ALCoTT:
Take notice that the above en-
titled action has been commenced
in the Superior Court Of Halifax
county by said plaintiff against said
defendant for the sum Of two hun
dred and seventF-mne dollars due
as damages for breach CT contract
Warrant of attachment has been is
sued in this cause against the prop
ertg Of said defendant, returnaole
before the Judge CT our Superior
court, at court TO be held for the
county Of Halifax at the Court
House in III | AK on h e
10Th Monday after the LIST. Monday
in March, 1891, when and where
the defendant Is required to appear
and answer or demC- to the com
plaint therein fled and you will take
notice that if you fail to answer the
complaint within the time required
by law the plaintiff Will apply 10 the
court for the relief asked in his com
plant. Given under my hand this
the 18th day Of Marcb, 1891.
JOHN T. GREGORY,
AZ ct. Clerk Superior Court
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
"a SAILORS ROW."

ing houses on the docks; quite number
at cheap lodging houses and the Bethel,
while few actually has homes. We
don't pay hotel pills in the summer time,
but the winter fetches US, and we have
to look up tenner every day for a
berth in lodging house. Cold weather
drives US away from the creek and
makes regular buns of u.s."
allow abont the dock saloons?"
sThey're generally pretty tough. They
make most of their money out of the
rats, and always stands in with 'em.
There's where sailors are done up. ,
The rats catch onto 'em, steers 'em to
q saloon, where they give up everything.
They take EN- singly, so they can't make
out case. if they try, which amt often.
Some saloons has some pretty tough
women in tow, as an inducement to fetch
poor Jack in"
sWho are the patrons of the dock
saloons?"
aThe rats for regulars. Nearly all
they make or find they drop for drinks,
and always on the wharf. A rat wouldn't
drink above the sidewalk. Some saloons
along the river do good business with
sailors. Grain-trimmers amt bad Gus
toners. Railroad laborers out of work
fancy rat saloons, and you can bet
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

pass unavenged by their tSIiue. Curly
Head, chief OF the Gull Lake band, and
Flat Mouth, chief OF the Pillagers, en-
listed l60 warriors With these they
surrounded a camp of forty Dakota
lodges, at Prairie River.
Just before daybreak they raised the
war-whoop and riddled the lodges with
bullets. So effective was their opening
fire that only sixty Dakota warriors lived
to rush out of their lodges and make a
stand against the Ojibways.
The battle ragged all day. At sunset
only seven of their number were living,
but those seven warriors, from the cover
of their lodges, kept the Objibways at
bay and saved their own lives and also
the scalps OF their fallen brethren. The
only Objibway who won enduring fame
in this battle was very young warrior
named Strong Ground. Having slain
a Dakota brave, this lad leaped into the
very midst of the Dakota lodges and
snatched his victims scalp under run
ming fire.
These instances are only few Of the
best-authentcated accounts of the fierce
battles which once took place in these
Northwestern States between the once
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
Forms a Trust in Himself.

Almost all the wrecks of vessels that
go ashore or burn up or sink in collision
along the Atlantic seaboard are bought
by one man. He has mastered the Sc,
cret of disposing of all the parts Of
such vessels to the best advantage to-
himself. He has storehouses at vari-
GUS points for the keeping of tacklel
and tools, and has made himself as
formidable as modern trust. He can
not sell as readily as he buys, however.
He must wait until some one wants just
the curious things he happens to have
and very often an engine or pair of
anchors or set of masts lie long upon
his hands.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

but the printer or his devil may be able
to use your goods, and I'll advance you
a dime on their account, if you'll tel me
what you know about the Chicago docks,
and show me around generally"
cts bargain, Mister. l havn't made
the price of snifter out of the shaving
fake to-day and my hold needs ballast.
I'm the lad for you: ! was born in
canal boat. | know every turn in the
creek, an every plank in the docks. I'm
Billy the wharf-rat, I am.
Thus escorted, the writer saw-and
smelt-his fill! of the docks and their
appurtcnances, and came away con-
WINGED that Butler had the forefathers
of the denizens of the Chicago docks in
mind when he wrote in Hudibras:
Some rats of an amphbious nature,
Are either of the earth water.
Probably not many know that the
Chicago docks, like the old-time White
friars of London, contain. and for the
most part conceal, a peculiar people of
their own. who there earn and steal
their livelihood. Unlike their first cou-
sins, the tramps and buns. they some
times work. Their principal occupation
is that of stevedore, and in loading and
unloading vessels they often labor for
LWenJy-lOuf anu tnlrIy-Sl& hours Wltn-
out cessation. This is done only when
the carrying trade is brisk or the YES
sci has cargo awaiting her and time
is valuable. In such cases the men are
paid large wages, and can afford to loaf
for few days Night work is bonanza
to the stevedore, who generally man
ages to conceal and carry away some
articles of value. BY a Encouragement,
small boat often comes alongside in
the night, and receives goods of all de-
scriptions dropped overheard by the
confederate wharf-rat whenever occa-
sion permits. This is even done while
the boat is in charge of Government
inspector, and, in spite of the greatest
vigilance, the shortage from the bill Of
lading is generally considerable Vessels
often discharge and receive their freight
at different docks, and carry the steve
dores With them, who frequently sue
coed in throwing overheard metals,
pieces of machinery and other heavy
articles, which they afterward fish out
with graphing irons.
"Where do the rats sleep?" the guide
was asked
"Some snoozes under the bridge ap-
proaches, lots of 'em in saloons and eat
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
Banishes the Devil Cures the Grip.

In front of a Japanese store in
Twenty-third street, New York, little!
sand pot stuck full of tapers, or in,
cense sticks, is displayed with a sign.
bearing these words: "Incense-good
for grip" If that is so it begets a;
theory closely uniting disease-germs;
with evil spirits, because in China1
those same little sticks of punk, sea-
soned with ground sandal-wood, are
said to keep evil spirits out of room;
You light few and put them by your,
bedroom door with full confidence in,
the idea that no demons can disturb
you or steal your soul over night.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

Hon. William w. Warren, himself
part Oiibway, is authority for the state.
ment that Big Oiibway's bravery so inn
pressed the Dakotas that they cut out
his heart and chopped it into small
pieces, which they swallowed in order
to inoculate themselves with the irwin
chile courage that nerved the heart of
their dead enemy.
The Lac Coutereille band was no less
active and daring in frontier warfare
upon the Dakotas than the Lac de Flam-
beauS.
An instance of the reckless daring of
this band. under Yellow Head, war
chief of considerable renown, is fur
nished by their encounter with the Da-
kotas, at Prairie Rice Lake, in the fall
of 1898. Rice and Pelican Lakes are
drained by the Menominee River. Rice
Lake is dense bed of wild rice, and
was almost invaluable to the Indians,
not only as hunting ground for wild
fowl, which fed, in enormous flocks, upon
the rice, but as a natural harvest field,
from which they could reap abundantlY
without having expended labor in culti-
walton. In the center of the lake is
, large island, heavily timbered
An extensive village of Dakotas was
lively few seasons of rice gathering
passed in which these Dakotas did not
succeed in killing some of the Ojibwa@s,
Notwithstanding the fact that the women
who came to do the harvesting were &C
| companed by band OF braves, who
| hunted while their squaws worked.
Yellow Head became oppressed one
night by dream that the Dakotas were
about to attack him. Early in the
morning he requested his warriors to
| assemble at his lodge. They did SO, ana
two scouts were detailed to examine the
shore in search of Dakotas. Rapid firing
soon told the Ojibways that their scouts
! had been attacked.
About twenty-five braves, including
| old men and boys led by yellow Head,
| swiftly padded their bark canoes to-
wards where their scouts were being
fred upon. They were heading for a
spot which presented a favorable land
inn, The Dakotas anticipated and sent
a norton of their warriors to give the
! Oiibways a bloody reception. This
strategy would probably have been sue
cessful and very disastrous to The ollo-
WAYS had it not been for the TACT that
[ the maneuver was discovered oy the
Oiibway women. Instead OF landlhg
| where GQey uESU uVCAoCN, -
their sonaws. the Ojibways touched at a
nearer point of the main shore and sent
their canoes back to camp
Between this point and the Dakot as
was a dense thicket, through Nv, wn1 I;a
party, when they suddenly stumbled
p p1 ~ a Dakota woman and her little
son, whom Yellow Head by their s1i,s dress n.
no1,ota chief whose scalp had been
added to the bloody trophies of ojibway
bravery some time before. -, A.
yellow Head did not deisn n to Rl the
un, who fed through the thicket,
minsng N her screams fer help with his
warwhoop. Her sw Mirr;er w pn5s oet,
strinped his chief in the chase.
~ A hundred sturdy Dakota warriors e
were fastening to protect; the .o w ~t;n;aad
the pursuit
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
He Got His Dollar.

He Got His Dollar.
A strapping young man sat in the
Erie depot, across the Hudson. the
other day, waiting for his train. He
had twelve scythe-stones in bundle
on his right hand, and cuckoo clock
in a box on his left. AS he was looki z
around the waiting-room he gave q
sudden start. Then he started soma
more. Then he rose up and walked over
to q fashily dressed man about forty
years old, whom any one would have
spotted as fakir, and asked:
Don't YOU travel around with
tooth powder?"
mo, sir, was the sharp reply.
wasn't you up in Elizabeth last
fall?"
"No, sir"
Eyes, you was, and I'll bet on it.
You are the same burned teller, and /
know it!'
"Sir! What does this mean?" de-
handed the other.
"It means that I was in Elizabeth
last fall and bought box of your
tooth powder. You changed five dol
lar BILL and darn my hide if you didn't
hornswaggle me out Of a dollar!"
"Sir!"
"No use, old fellow! I knowed 70
the mint I got eyes on ye. Same big
diamond pin-same red neck-tie-sam
nose, bumped up in the middle like q
circus camel! 1 want that dollar?"
@This is outrageous! I'll call =
policeman shouted the fakir.
"Call and be burned to We, but I'll
lick ye first! You either come down
with that dollar or I'll wallop We till
ye can't holler?"
"Look here!" replied the other IN
much milder tones, you are mistaken
It was my cousin who was in Eliza
beth. He is dead now."
"Then I'll take it out of you"
"He is dead, as I remarked, and
rather than have any blot resting ON
his fair escutcheon 1 will pay you ths
dollar"
CHATS all right! Idon't know any
thing about 'scutcheons, but I've got
to have that dollar or pull hair! I've bin
lookin' for that hump backed nose ale
over the face of the earth. And I've
laid awake nights thinkin' how I'd
make ye boiler like an Injun if ever
got my paws on vel"
He was given the dollar, and the
fakir disappeared at once. and the
young man explained to those aboxe
him:
"I'm almost sorry he gave up so soon.
I twas just achin' clean down to NV
toes to lick him all over forty-aexs
lot !"-NeaO York World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

H. given by the Dakotas at friendly
tuerlng of the Ojibways.
Ia !. soon as he persuaded his warriors
h. aaa a MIN, he deliberately lighted his
T h ana seated himself on the prairie.
me- nae en- the foremost of the Dakotas
Eed VIM" ~ shot of the chief, they fol-
n 49,. lhelr usual tactics, and began to
n es ,.om SIDE to side. in zig-zag course,
essen sS their chances of being hit by
~ yno.s They were dumfounded when
perceived that he made no move to
|ie ~ mem, but sat putting his pipe as
MY, as though he had just finished
a"a a'Tuuay meal and was surrounded by
his wi solitude, instead of by a posse
h ~ enemies =, who were ready to scalp
lin lie even pretended not to notice
81 e. , tsonfounded were they by this con-
o lial those in the lead, fearing that
'''oway was playing them a bold
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

they're not afraid to go there Once in
a while well-heeled lubber goes down
the stairs at one of the bridges for
drink. He generally gets something in
it, as he didn't order. gets absent mind
ed, and forgets to take h S roll and
watch away with him."
do river men gambler"
"Poker's all the go here, though most
rats drink too much to play we'll. Near
ly every saloon has a game, but they're
never on the square The boss always
wins"
"Is there much fighting along the
docks?"
"Lots of it; and mighty ugly, some
times. A rat don't shoot; he strikes
and cuts, and many cash charged up
to Innocent propeller by the corners
jury was put onto the foater with a
knife in rat saloon. Sometimes sail
ors as has been done up and kick. get it
that way. Generally the man as is
fixed amt known away from here, and
is terror that honest rats are glad to
| get rid OF; so no tears is shed and no
fuss made. I know dozen as has
downed their man. You see l get the
inside facts"
"Don't the police sometimes capture
! them"
81 never hear ont. The cops don't
care to come around here much, and you
don't catch a rat going far from the
river when he can help it. We know
where we're safe. Why, in rat sa-
loon we're as secure as bank president
in Canada. Most of 'em has trap doors
behind the bar as connects with the
creek, and a rat'll take to the water,
| dirty as it is, to shake cop I've seen
it done lots of times"
els there much stealing along the
docks?"
els there much to steal? that's the
point. Everything as can be took, goes.
Why, in winter I've seen vessel
stripped of her ropes, Choir, bolts that
could he got out-everything junk
dealer will buy. A great many are IN
cahoots with land thieves, and exchange
plumber with them. l know cellars
along the river where goods are safe
and can't be reached except by going
under the dock in a boat"
slow about burglaries, are they COM
mon?n
"There's gang as works that fake
regular. They often let some one else
why you don't hear more of EN-. Some
other streets block or two away, bat
generally they enter stores and ware
houses direct from the river. They
!, carry the plumber away in boats, and il
,, seen and close pressed. dive and disap
pear-every rat can swim. The loss Of
a boat amt nothing, as they're easy tt
. pick up. Some fellers here does righ1
, handsome trade in boats They sell en-
to boat-builders, who alter and repain1
, 'em so that the owner wouldn't know
. EN- l know a boat-builder here who
!, sold the same boat to the same part!
three times-he was land-lubber. :"
! "Where do the rats ONE FROM"
;. 'sThat hard to tell. A good many
like me, has been canal-boat men. Lot
9 has been sailors-a sailor out of a bert
n naturally comes here, and often stay
for good, Some come here becans
they're wanted elsewhere. We've go
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

plunged into the closing ranks of the
Dakotas, shooting the nearest warrior,
telling the next with his dubbed gun,
and then stabbing with his knife all who
came in his way
He fought so desperately and effectu-
ally that, for several minutes, the Da.
kotas were repulsed But he was rid
died with wounds, from which he bled so
profusely that Dakota warrior finally
Won great fame by cutting the old
chiefs head off at single blow.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

two educated fellers what took to drink,
and dozen reformed tramps and buns. I"
Quite number of people earn a liv-
ing at the pier along the Lake Front.
They make a good deal of money rent,
ing out fishing tackle and selling min
nows for bait. These they catch in small,
dip nets They buy fish from small boys
and others, and sell them to impatient
and unskillful fishermen, who are
ashamed to return home empty-handed.'
At the Government pier dagos have
stands where they sell coffee, pies, cakes,
sandwiches, tobacco, and sometimes,
whisky. In the olden time "bumboats" %
reigned supreme there, making night
hideous. These have mostly been sup
pressed, though Black Jack Yattaw, the
king of "bumboat" masters, still con-
tinues to defy the law, in spite of the.
fact that he is frequently arrested and
heavily fined. DWIGHT BALDWIN.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

As the woman was almost within the
protecting range Of Dakota rifles, the
young Ojibway plunged knife into her
back
An Indian will not only risk his life,
but fortunes at the stake, to secure the
scalp of dead victim. Although the
Dakotas were sweeping down upon him,
he would not leave without taking her
head with him.
AS he was securing this bloody trophy,
Yellow Head warned him to fee. He
did so, but his speed was somewhat i'm
peded by the burden of the woman's
head. The chief of the Dakotas, who
was armed with only spear, pressed
him closely. The Dakota warriors dare
not fire upon the fugitive for fear of kill.
| ing their chief instead. Finally the young
| Ojibway felt the spear of the Dakota
chief pressing into his back Then he
called to Yellow Head for help. The
latter dispatched the Dakota chief with
a single shot, thus saving his young war
rior's life.
Yellow Head then called upon his lit
tie band of warriors to turn and with
stand the Dakotas. Only ten responded
to this call. But from behind an ambush
OF trees these ten braves and their chief
kept the Dakotas at bay all day.
Alright the Dakotas retreated to their
village, and the Ojibways secured sew
eral scalps.
This daring battle and brilliant VIC
tory over such tremendous odds gained
Yellow Head a great repute among the
entire Olibway nat on.
AT the beginning of the present cen.
fury, Waub-o-jeeg and She shebe, who
were camping with their fam lies, at
Mile Lac, were surprised and massa.
cred by a large party of Dakotas They
were both Ojibway warriors of repute,
and their death could not be allowed to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

the Chicago bridges, few days since.
Il sometimes ask questions myself,
and can't we'll object" was the reply
"lf bring two bushel baskets full of
shavings to your house for your wife to
kindle fires with, will you give me 10
cents to buy a fish-hoo and strong
line?"
Had the proposition involved the
transfer of a controlling interest in all
the Vanderbilt roads, it could not have
been made with greater earnestness.
~ have neither wife nor coQkstnve
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

savage tribes, the remnants Of which
are now leading quiet life on their
reservations, some of which are situated
on the very spots in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Dakota where their bloodiest
battles have been fought. A very
cursory glance into the actual history Of
Indian warfare is sufficient to show that
the most sensational Story writer's who
treat of these savage conflicts have
hardly exaggerated the craft, cruelty or
bravery of the participants.
FORREST CRIssEY.
GENEVA, ILL.,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

game, by drawing them into the fire. of
iarge body of ambushed Oifbwavs
waited Tor the entire party of Dakotas
70 come up before they ventured to snr.
l l' the chief, who had complished
n. ms OBJECT In drawing them off from fur
ther pursuit of his braves, -
ne feigned to fall dead at the first
snot, and they approached to scalp him
eoddenly jumping to his feat. he
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
Four rramps and $50 Cattle Killed.

A cattle train on the Santa Fe Rail,
road near Trinidad, Col. became un-,'
manageable while going down grade,
and sixteen cars went down twenty
foot embankment. The cars were;
smashed into kindling wood, and 36o'
cattle were killed The loss to the
company is $4,000. -Four tramps who
were stea1ing ride were killed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

ISTER, will you be
real mad if l ask you
one question:"
A bare-footed, red
headed, bright-eyed
little man, or large
boy, it was not easy
to determine which,
thus accosted the
writer at a boat
house under ono of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
HUMOR.
No Need to Interfere.

Excited lady-why don't you inter
fere to stop that dog fight?
Bystander-I was Just goin' g.
mum; but you kin calm y'r fears now.
Ny dog is on top at last, mum.-St5eG
d Smiths Good News.
Was on His Mind.
II want to ask you question, Katy"
he said, shortly before taking his de-
parture. ut has been on my mind IN
the evening, but I-I--"
well, what, Mr.. Dingdong?" asked
Katy, encouragingly, her heart throb-
bling with expectancy. "Speak right
out"
"Well, Katy, will you bel wanted
to ask if you would be kind enough 6p
find out if the dog is chained to-night.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
Lighter.

Couldn't Help Herself.
Natts-So she refused you, did she7
Dumley-Yes; said she wouldn't
even be sister to me. That made me-
mad, and now she's got to he one
to me.
Watts-Row is that?
Dumley-I proposed to her sister
and was accepted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
THE CHICAGO DOCKS,
WHERE SAILORS AND RATS
MOST DO CONGREGATE.
and Their Patrons.

One OF the Hardest Quarters to Be Found
in the Western Metropols-Queer Char
acters Encountered There-Tough Dives
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

WALKING the plank is not the sauna
as making board walk.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

IT is said that an electric shock is
one form of punishment in the Ohio
Penitentiary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

That which fewest persons can do.
the greatest number try to do.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

SOME one has calculated the worIda
present stock of champagnes at 11Q-
256, 900 bottles.