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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-11-13
FRlbiY, 0CF. Is. 1891.
Official Paper Of City and County
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of To Beard n Comfy Commissioners d
Union County, Held It the Court
Heuss Ii Elk Point.
ADJOURNED ocrosxR sEsslox

Ap1OURNHD OcrOBKR sRsslON
ELK POINT, 8. D., Nov. I, 10e1.
The board Of county commissioners met
to adjournment, member all pres
ent: also the auditor.
The election canvassing board was duly or
ganfsed. but the returns not being Ill In, the
board adjourned to meet Nov 8, 1891.
On motion the board Of count commits
sioncrs proceeded to take action on the sew.
erai road petitions on flc.
Scc. l. On motion the petition Of J. X.
Svenes was taken up and dismissed.
SEQ. 2. On motioe the Hunter and Bernard
road petition and afhdavtt WAS taken up and
laid over until the Jnnury session. 1894.
Sec. Q. On motion the petition to vacate the
Michael Chausse road taken up, IN c. llozeil,
John Donovan and John X. Wood were APP
pointed viewers to view the road proposed to
be vacated and report to this board on the 3lst
day OF December. 1891.
On motion board adjourned to meet Novem-
Der 3, 1891.
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AMERICAN MEATS.
Minister Phelps Succeeds in Getting
Some Restrictions Removed.

Minister Phelps Succeeds in Getting
Some Restrictions Removed.
BERLIN, March 1S.-Owing to the un-
firing efforts of Minister Phelps, the
United States Minister here, Chancellor
Won Caprivi has removed the embargo
placed on American cattle landed at
Hamburg, and it is likely that Phelps
will be able to obtain removal of the
restrictions placed upon American hogs.
Already 300 American beeves have been
landed at at Hamburg as an experiment.
Phelps, at series of dinners, which he
has given at his residence here, has given
his guests American beef and has thus
introduced its use into the families Of
many distinguished members of the fash
ionable circles of Berlin
In turn the Hamburg local officials are
making costly permanent improvements
in its landing facilities now at the dis
posal of importers of American cattle.
The object of the Hamburg officials in
making the improvements referred to is
to encourage and develop trade in Amer
lean cattle.
Chancellor Won Caplivi is now consid-
ering the point made Wy Minister Phelps,
who asks that American hogs be allowed
to land in the same manner and under
the same inspection as American cattle.
The interview with Secretary Rusk of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, in which he is quoted as saying
that the United States >tdoes not ask, but
demands the repeal of the hog restric-
tions," is largely quoted in the hostile
press, and may delay matters.
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FROZEN TO A MAST.
A Linelnan Describes Thrilling I
perience on an Electric Tower.

A Linefnan Describes n Thrilling Ex-
perience on an Electric Tower.
An old and experienced lineman said
to Washington Post reporter: II don't
mind working among the. telegraph and
telephone wires on the highest poles ever
used, but I'll have nothing to do with
those arc or high tension current electric
light wires. A lesson I received two win
ters ago was sufficient.
During very severe Sleet-st0rm I WIS
sent out one night 10 lock after line
which was working badly. NV helper
was sick and / went alone. | located The
difficulty at the top OF one OF the tail iron
| masts where several arc lamps burned.
| scaled the tower. The rain, sleet and
wet snow froze as fast as it fell. Ny
clothes were soaked by the time ] got to
| work. l sat astride an iron crossbar and
hugged tightly with my left arm to the
upright framework 70 keep from being
blown off by the high wind, while [
cleared away the sleet and ice which pre-
vented the proper working of one of the
lamps. | had to remain in that position
ten or fifteen minutes, and when at the
end of that time 1 attempted to come
down from my high perch found could
not move. My clothes were frozen fast
| to the iron work.
"Only my right hand was free, and /
hadn't sufficient strength left i'll that to
lSetl LILY sell iDOSc. L was us complete q
prisoner as though / had been bound
there hand and foot.
''Perched $50 feet above the street, and
with the wind blowing a gale, my posi-
ton was perilous in the extreme. There
was no use shouting for help at that time
of night. The intensity of the cold in
| creased steadily, and I was becoming
more tightly frozen to the pole every
minute. TO add to my misery | found I
was becoming nNmb and sleepy, and |
tried to keep up the circulation of blood
by swinging my free arm. | soon be-
came almost exhausted, and then re-
solved as last resort to try an expert
ment. 1t was a dangerous one, but it
was better than to freeze to death, as |
surely should have done without trying
it.
II purposely grasped with my right
hand, on which l had a heavy glove. one
of the live electriclight wires in such a
manner as to shunt a portion of the cur
rent through my body. The object was
to get sufficient electric shock to knock
me loose from my ice-clad seat.
"Yes, got it all right, for the force of
the charge was such as to knock me clear
out of the cross-tree. When I recovered
my senses q few moments later | found
myself on small platform Il few feet be-
low the lamps, with my clothes torn to
shreds. Yes, ii might have killed me,
but knew how to take only part of the
electric current. AS it was / was black
and blue from head to foot, and felt lame
for months. No, l don't want any more
of that kind of electricity"
The record-union., 1891-03-19
Gnr Aalr.

EfOR SALE ONE OF THE FINEST AND
Il largest saloons in the city; extra family
entrance; best location; stock and lease. In
quire atthis Office mr9-tf
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AS OTHERS SEE US.
The Ways of the American Juryman
% ESuox,-r, In I.I,cl and

The Ways of the American Juryman
as Known In England.
The strange custom in America of ap-
pointing men to Office without any regard
to their previous career or occupation
frequently leads to the most extraordi-
nary incidents, which to English readers
unacquainted with transatlantic life
would appear extravagant, even if they
witnessed them on the stage of some
theater devoted to opera bouife. Thus,
what can be more comical than the con-
duet Of the Dakota Judge, veterinary
surgeon by trade, who was asked by a
citizen to be excused from serving as a
jury on the plea that he haG Il sick
hctse. rs il your sorrel nara?'' inquired
the Judge, his professional instinct got
ting for the moment the better of his ju-
dicial dignity. Yes, your honor" re-
for one hour" exclaimed the Judge. 81
know something that will cure that sorrel
mare inside of twenty minutes;'' and
thereupon the court linked arms with the
juryman and. accompanied with the
prosecuting attorney, the Sheriff and the
prisoner, whom the Sheriff did not like
TO leave behind, sought the indisposed
sorrel.
Nor was it so very long ago says the
Pal Mall Gazette, that a big raw-boned
man at Julesburg, Colo, declined to go
on jury, because, as he expressed it,
she couldn't bear to serve under no man
that he could lick" meaning the Judge.
Now. the latter, when not dispensing
justice from the bench, was dispensing
drinks at the bar of the liquor saloon
which he owned, and in his younger days
he had acquired considerable fame as
bruiser. The dormant instincts of the
latter awoke and arose to the surface on
hearing the objection put forward by the
refractory juryman.
Laying aside its judicial ermine, the
court got down from the bench into the
tors to form a ring, ana with the clerk as
timekeeper and the prisoner as referee,
fought the large man for fifteen minutes,
thoroughly removing the latter's hesita-
ton to serving on that particular jury.
As soon as his honor had accomplished
this he resumed his seat on the bench and
went on with the trial.
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Go 5et or Rrut.

ITO LET-FURNISHED ROOMS, SINGLE
L or en- suite; also, stable to rent. 12l G
street. mrlS-5t*
EoR RENT-oNE OR TWO NICELY-FUR-
L nished rooms, with all conveniences, at
1929 street p1rl4-If
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TOM TURNED THE JOKE.
1t Was Monkey, After All, and Wa
RuthleSSly Slain.

1t Was Monkey, After All. and Was
RuthleSsly Slain.
\ party of commercial travellers had a
lark at one of the large hotels the other
afternoon. says the Washington Post
There were several in the crowd. A fell
retired the night before half seas over.
He had not been seen during the day.
Presently an Italian organ grinder with a
monkey stopped in front OF the hotel,
and the knights of the grip Were not
slow TO grasp this opportunity for joke.
An offer of - to the grinder was sufficient
to hire both monkey and organ for the
remainder of the afternoon. A key to fit
Huertly's room was quickly obtained,
and the musician was stationed in the
hallway near his door. The men were all
near by TO hear the fun. They opened the
door, and to the strains of We've All
Been There Before, Many Time" the
monkey hoped into the room and
perched himself upon the footboard OF
Toms bed, the occupant OF which was
fast asleep. 1t was not long before the
latter began to grow restless, and, as the
tones OF the organ penetrated deeper into
his muddled brain, he rubbed his eyes
and looked about with q dazed expression
on his face. Then he saw the monkey,
and his eyes fairly bulged out of their
sockets. He rubbed his eyes again, then
reached for a glass of water and took q
drink. He rubbed them q third time
and gazed lntentiy at the object on the
footboard, which kept up constant jab-
bering.
Finally, "Have 1 got 'em? Is that q
monkey? No, it isn't; I've got 'em, sure
The fellows in the hall overheard, but
they took no pity on Toms desp pair.
They waited for further developments,
which soon came. Huertly seemed to
take courage, for addressing Jocko sol
emnly said:
Now, Mr.. Monkey, if you are monk
ey, good-by, monk; if you are not q
monkey, goodby. Tom Huertly," and
he adroitly SHE'D his boot at the monkey,
knocking him off his pedestal and kill
ing him instantly.
Huertly really had the best of the joke,
for it cost the other fellows so piece to
pay the monkeys insurance policy.
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than year old of consumption (scrofula, OF
coursel. He could walk little, but could not
get up If he fell down, anu could not move
when in bed having no use of his hands.
Immediately commenced with the CUTICURA
REMEDIES, using all freely. one sore after an
other healed. bony matter corning III each
one of these five deep ones Just before healing
which would finally grow loose and were taken
out; then they would heal rapidly. One of
these ugly bone formations preserved. After
taking dozen and a half bottles he was com
pletely cured, and is now, at the age of six
years, a strong and healthy child.
MAY 9, 1885. MRS. Il. 5. briggs,
GIG f. Clay ST., Bloomington, III.
My grandson remains perfectly well. No
signs of scrofula and no sores.
Mrs. f. S. briggs,
FEB. Z, 1890. Bloomington, III.
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and my head, face and ears were one scab.
The disease continued in this manner until l
was seventeen years old. and one day in Janu-
ary, / SO, read an account in the Tribune of
your CUTICURA REMEDIES. It described my
case so exactly that thought, as a last resort,
to give them trial. When l first applied
them l was all raw and bleeding, from scratch
ingmyself, but l went asleep almost imme-
diNely, something had not done for years.
weak; but my sores were nearly well. As near
as can judge, the CUTICURA REMEDIES cured
me in about six to eight weeks, and up to this
date q. e., from January, 1879, to January
1852, have not been sick in any way or
have had the least signs of the disease reap
pearing on me. w. j. MCDONALD.
3732 Dearborn ST., Chicago, H., June 80, 's7.
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NEwFOUNDLAND.
Movement on Foot for Admission Into
the American Union.

MONTREAL, March 18.-A private letter
has been received here from Govern
ment official at st. John, N. F., which
says Of the existing difficulties: ''It is
known that England has arrived at no
agreement with France for the settlement
of our difficulties, but instead has con-
sented to arbitrate the question of French
rights to build lobster factories on the
coast, which have never been claimed by
France, and England has or will refuse
to ratify our commercial treaty with the
United States. The day for reconcilia-
ton is past, and 4 movement is now
on foot, not for reciprocity, but for ad-
mission into the American Union. We
have too much experience with British
injustice to seek more by entering into
the Canadian federation. The people are
not alone in this matter, but have the
support of many members of both Gov
ernments. What is more, it is almost
an open secret that the delegation now
preparing to visit Washington will gauge
the feeling and see whether the terms for
this could be brought about"
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stormy Scene.

LONDON, March 1S.-A stormy scene
occurred at a meeting of the County
Council last night. II was occasioned by
Davies asking the council to suspend the
opening of Waterloo Park by the Prince
Of Wales pending the outcome of the bac-
carat case. The request met with cries
of Order" ''Sit down." etc. During the
uproar Councilman Burns was heard to
exclaim He'd be better employed there
than in gambling" The Chairman de-
clined TO Interfere
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Use for Wedding Checks.

why, Maud remarked the young
husband rather dolefully, after they had
returned from their tour, THAT 81 900
check your father gave as wedding gift
along with his blessing is no good"
SOh. Henry, l am so sorry. And to
think that of papa!''
Still, it's all right he continued.
when he saw how bad she felt over it.
"Fl give it to you every time you want
money for going shopping Philadelphia
TiJaeH
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The story nenied

LONDON, March 1S.-Lieutenant-Ge Cen
eral Newdgate, commander of the forces
in Bermuda, writes to the Times emphat-
ically denying the stories of the alleged
military uprising two months ago by the
Leicestershire Regiment. The Attorney
General of Bermuda and prominent cifi-
zens also denounce the story as a baseless
lie.
The Times, in explanation, says the
dispatch in question was furnished by
the Dunlap Dalziel agency.
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ITALY ORANGES AND LEMONS.
Crops Much Reduced by Wind and
Hail.

crops Much Reduced ny N1nd and
Hail.
New York, March 1S.-Some excite
ment was caused in the foreign fruit trade
in this city by reports from Italy to the
effect that the orange and lemon crops
were destroyed by the recent storms.
President Contencin of the Italian Cham
Der of Commerce, who at present is at
Sorrento, Italy, has written letter in
which he says the damage to the orange
and lemon crops has been enormous, and
was caused by a gale of wind which
swept all the leaves off the trees, leaving
the oranges and lemons without protec-
ton. The crop, he estimates, will be re-
duced about IS per cent. There are from
10000 to 10000 boxes of winter-cut fruits
stored there, leaving about an equal
amount of the trees fit for shipment Had
it not been for the gale Sorrento would
have shipped during the spring fully
1000 boxes of oranges. The lemon crop
suffered chiefly from hail, which chilled
the fruit. Sorrento will not export this
summer much over 10000 to $4,000 boxes
of lemons, instead of, as formerly, about
100000 boxes.
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Greatest Humor Remedies

It is one thing to claim to cure these great
SKIN and blood diseases, but quite another
thing to DO it. No remedies ever compounded
in the history of medicine have performed the
wonderful cures daily made by the CUTICURA
REMEDIES, which are in truth the great
est skin cures, blood purifiers. and humor
remedies of modern times We earnestly de-
sire those who have suffered long and hope
lessly from torturing and disfiguring humors
and diseases of the skin, scalp and blood aud
who have lost faith in doctors and medicine
to make at least one trial of the CUTICURA
REMEDJES
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New Orleans

A visitor in New Orleans says that there
City that are sure to impress the stranger
forcibly. They are the cemeteries, which
are veritable flower gardens. the language
of the French residents, which is spoken
everywhere, and has the pure Partisan
accent, and the fact that the negroes on
NE lower river still sing the old tuneful
songs that were heard in slavery days.
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!. Gatelv Court-NIa artiaI.

OMAHA, March 49, In the Captain
Galley court-martial case to-day, Surgeon
Hartsuf testified that Galley asked his
opinion on his (Gatley's) varicose veins,
but they were not bad enough to prevent
his going on an ordinary march.
General Wheaton, commandant at Fort
Omaha, testified that he believed Galley
was disqualified for duty. Some officers
of the regiment believed the Captain in
competent to command under fire. The
officers considered Gatley's not accom-
panying his company into the field from
Pine Ridge as disgrace to the regiment.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning.
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mind to go TO a hospital and see if could be
helped. 1 went to several here in the city. in
turn, but none could do me any good / had
a terrible leg, with hole in it as biz us a dol
lar and pain that almost set me cray got
scared about it and determined TO try CUTI-
cURA REMEDIES. obtained set, and inside
of five weeks my leg was healed up as well as
it ever was, except the terrible scar it left
Tor a reminder of what was once Il terrible
sore leg. These REMEDIES are worth their
weight in gold.
JOHN THIEL, 243 E. esd St, New York.
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Standard OH Company.

New YORK, March 18.-J. d. Rookie
feller, President OF the Standard Oil
Trust, and A. C. Dodd, counsel, declined
to say anything to-day about the petition
filed with the Attorney-Ge General by Roger
a. Pryor, Jr., on behalf of a number of
independent oil-retiners, asking him to
bring suit in the name of the State against
the Standard Oil Company to have its
charter declared forfeited, because it had
become one of the constituent COM
panies of the trust. This is the same
method pursued in the proceedings
against the North River Sugar Refining
COMPANY
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FAILURES.
A Large Boot and Shoe Firm Makes
an Assignment.

a Large bOOI anu S1lOc FIRM Makes
an Assignment.
CINCINNATI, March 1S.-There is pro-
found sympathy in business circles in
this city to-day at the announcement of
the failure of the old boot and shoe firm
of j. d A. Simplzinson. The men have
grown old in an honorable and hitherto
successful business career in Cincinnati,
and both have always been valuable and
honored members of the community. The
firm was composed of John Simpkinson
and his brother, Alfred Sim mpkinson, and
nephew, II. H. Simpkinson, who also
was the adopted son of John Simpkinson.
Yesterday deeds and mortgages by men,
bers of the firm to the amount of Sl50000
were filed in favor of the Davis Shoe Com
pany, John Kelly, guardian, Elizabeth
Robson, Mary III. b. Wolcott, guardian
and others. The liabilities are estimated
at S400, 900; the assets at 100000. 1t is said
the assignment leaves the men absolutely
penniless, their elegant residences being
turned over to their creditors.
BANK DOORS CLOSED.
TOPEKA (Kan.), March IS.-The United
States Savings Bank of this city closed its
doors this morning and made an assign
ment to the President of the Kansas Ma
tional Bank. The failure of the bank
was caused by the failure recently of the
father of w. C. Knox, President of the
bank. The Liabilities and assets cannot
be learned, but the latter will pay in full
all liabilities The capital stock of the
bank was S26l, 900.
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Cuticura Resolvent

The new Blood Purifier internally Ito cleanse
the blood of ali impurities and poisonous eie-
and CUTICURA SOAP, an exquisite Skin Beau
ti1fer, externally to clear the skin and scalp
and restore the hairl. have cured thousands of
quart daily the skin cracked, bleeding, burn
ing and itching almost beyond endurance,
hair lifeless or all gone, suffering terrible.
What other remedies have made such cures?
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again done for me. On the
22d of last September. I had
the misfortune TO bruise my
leg, and l put u piece of stick
ing plaster on it. Inside of a
week l had a terrible leg. My
wife became frightened and
advised me to go to sur
geon. l went and doctored
for two months, but no good
was done me. besides costing
me big money. My leg had
by this time formed into an
ulcer, and got worse every
day. 1 could not stand it any
longer. and made mn INV
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nounced incurable. I heard of the CUTICURA
REMEDIES, and after using two bottles CUTT-
CUEA REsoLvENT, could see change; and
CUTICURA REsoI.vENT, one box of CUTICURA
and one cake of CUTICURA SOAP, I was cured
of the dreadful disease from which had suf-
fered for five years | cannot express with a
pen what | suffered before using the RENE
DIES. They saved my life, and feel it my
duty to recommend them. My hair is re-
stored as good as ever, and so is myeyesight.
Mrs ROSA KELLY, Rockwell City, Iowa.
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formed. He then had two
Of them on each hand, and
as his blood became more
and more impure, it took
less time for them to break
out. \ sore came on the
chin, beneath the under lip,
which was very offensive.
His head was one solid
scab, discharging q great
deal. This was his con-
dition at twenty-t wo
months old, when I under
took the care of him. his
Il ,vt,nY, l,a ,.-,,r, =, Ii+-1a ,,,,ro
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Beet SMEAR Machinery.

WASHINGTON, March 1s.-Assistant
Secretary Spaulding has decided that the
law which admits duty free until July,
1892, machinery used in the production
of beet sugar does not apply to ma
chinery used for refining beet sugar.
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layers, accompanied with itch
ing. / would scratch every
night until l was raw; then
the next night, the scales be-
ing formed meanwhile, were
scratched Off again. In vain
did ] consult all the doctors
iii the county, but without
aid. After giving up all hope
of recovery / happened to see
an advertisement in the news
paper about your CUTICURA
REMEDIES, and purchased
them from my druggist, and
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haNe made my SKIN as Clear and Irce from
scales as q baby's. All I used of them was
50 worth. If you had been here and said you
would have cured me for 5000, you would
have had the money. / looked like the pict-
ure (NO.2, page Az in your book, How to
Cure Skin Diseases" but now l am as clear as
any person ever was. Through force of habit
| rub my hands over my arms and legs to
scratch once in n while, but to no purpose. 1
am all well. / scratched 2S years, and it got
TO be a kind of second nature to me. l thank
you thousand times.
DENNIS DOWNING, Waterbury, VT.
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is as fat baby as you would like to see, and
have died if l had not tried CUTIcURA RENE
DIES. / write this that every mother with a
baby like mine can feel confident that there is
medicine that win cure the worst eczema,
and that medicine is the CUTICURA REMEDIES
MRS. BETTE EBERKNER, Locllhart, Texas
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relief. began to notice that the scaly erup-
tions gradually dropped off and disappeared
one by one, until l had been fully cured
had the disease thirteen months before be-
gan taking the REMEDIES, and in four
or five weeks was entirely cured. My
a great many who have taken the REMEDIES,
and thank me for the knowledge of them.
especially mothers who have babes with scaly
eruptions on their heads and bodies. / can
not express my thanks to you. My body was
covered with scales, and / was an awful
spectacle to behold. Now my skin is as clear
as a baby's. GEO. COTEY, Merrill, Wis.
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Only Relief and Cure

Words can scarcely do justice to the esteem
in which these great skin cures, blood puri-
fiers and greatest of humor remedies are held
by the thousands upon thousands who have
found them the only source of immediate re-
lief and of speedy, permanent and economical
cure of skin, scalp and blood diseases. which
have rendered life almost uncomfortable by
reason of personal Disagreement and great
physical suffering.