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Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-04-29
Are We Going to Miss 1t.

The Watertown News says that
Gen. Geo. Carpenter is busy finishing
up the maps and profiles OF the sur
vey OF the Sioux City, Watertown and
Duluth railroad. 1t looks as though
Watertown were going to get IN ahead
OF Brookings in securing north and
south road, Isn't it about time q
meeting was called and some action
taken by our citizens in reference to
this matter? Sioux Falls and Mil
bank stand ready to JOIN in any
movement looking toward connect
ing link between the cities and it seems
as though there will never be q more
opportune time to begin operations
than at present. The REGISTER does
not want it's trends to think that it
is over.enthusiastic, that it is dealing
in theories, myths or the like, but it
wishes to demonstrate the practic.
ability of the scheme-that is possible
that it can be done cheaply and
easily If commenced at once and begun
at the right end,viz: Let a meeting OF
our citizens be CALLED and select del
egation to meet in conference with the
citizens OF Sioux Falls, Eean and Mil
bank; this conference to select q COM
mittee composed of citizens from the
three cities to confer with the officials
OF the G. NJ. & St. Paul railway and
see what they would be willing to do,
If assisted, in completing their line
from Egan to Milbank. The Milbank,
Egan & Sioux City railway company,
OF which VIM. M. Brooke, of this city,
is president, has made q complete
survey and have in their possession q
profile OF the grade. This profile shows
that q road could be cheaply and
easily constructed from Egan to Mil.
bank through this city. Advance the
idea that transfer OF this profile and
survey could be cheaply made and
that they would be assisted to the
right of way. This would make one
OF the most profitable lines. when
completed. connected with the st.
Paul system. A line from Sioux Falls
toMilbank passes directly through the
center OF the richest valley in the
world-the Big Sioux. After COM
pleting such line to Milbank the St.
Paul company could, at very little
expense, continue their line that runs
into the reservation. on to Wahpston
where they could connect with their
line that runs into Fargo. Thus, q
line traverslng the Big Sioux Valley,
and from Sioux Falls to Fargo would
pass through country teeming with
its millions of acres of cereals the like
OF which can not be found the world
over. II this matter was placed in it's
proper light before the officials of this
company don't you suppose that
they would give it very serious con-
sideration? Do our citizens believe
that they would reject it? 1t is at
least worthy the trial. Try 'en.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-04-29
A Cash Business.

As will be seen by an announcement
in another column this is the last
week JAS. Natesta will do q credit
business. On and after May 1he will
establish a cash business and will
only cell for cash. He will treat all
customers alike-one price to all-and
at bedrock cash prices at that. In
this way he hopes to retain his already
large patronage by selling the best
goods at prices which will merit his
customers in paying cash for them
and make fair dealings all round.
Read his large advertisement and see
what he has to offer you will then
know what to expect and how to get
your bargains.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-04-29
A Few Short Liners.

In case OF too much money-start q
newspaper.
A meas deeds live after him. So
do his mortgages.
The independent man is often in de-
pendent circumstances.
None but the brave deserve the tair
and none but the brave can live with
some OF them.
II every man was as big as he feels,
this country.
OF course q fellow is pushed for time
when the officer hustles him into the
penitentiary.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-04-29
Notice to Teachers.
Office of Supt. OF schools.

Office OF Supt. OF schools.
Brookings, 8. D., Apr. 1S, 1892.
The next regular teachers exami.
nation will be held at the court house
IN The city of Brookings on. Friday,
May 9Th, 1892, 8 q. 10. sharp. Uni
form paper will be furnished by the
superintendent, aa aa :.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-04-29

By Kew. A. NJ. Work, at the manse.
Saturday April 20, 1892, Mr.. James
G. Otterson to Miss Tsra Nelson, both
OF ArRo township, ...... ,... Z
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-04-29

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
Recent Social Commissions.

Society in the great centers of the East
appears to be undergoing great changes,
and there is q growing suspicion that there
is some connection between this and the
big spot on the sun, and also the evidences
OF speedy approach of the millennium to
which attention has been called by Prof
ToTTEN, DIR. JENcKEs and others. One of
the most important OF these revolutionary
movements is the cutting down of New
YOrk's -Four Hundred" to $50. This
action, which has just been taken, is not
so striking on account of its results as on
account OF the principle involved. Doubt
less time had arrived when New York
society needed publication, and proper
wedding out of the social garden was verv
proper, but it is certainly strange idea
that the minority should expel the ma
jority. 1t is difiicultto understand how this
could be accomplished unless Mr.. REEDS
parliamentary rules have been adopted
by Col. MCALLISTER for the government of
our best society. But even If this be the
case, what can prevent the majority from
assembling and expelling the minority ?
If this should be done serious confusion
might arise, and the country would be
wholly unable to decide which was the
genuine Four Hundred, reduced to its low
est terms.
Another social earthquake. even more
important in its possible effects on the
body polite, is presented as follows by the
Washington Post:
For years it has been adebated question,
the subject of endless discussion. as to
whether or not the president, as the Off
cial head of the nation, should not take
precedence of the host and hostess. The
usual arrangement has been for the presi-
dent TO sit on the right of the hostess. In
order TO settle the matter Mrs. NOBLE,
some time since, sent TO London to get the
English order of precedence, which car
ried out her ideas on the subject by averr-
ing that the president should occupy the
seat of the host. The matter was then
submitted 10 the state department, from
which came the reply that the matter was
in this country purely optional. Mrs.
NOBLE thereupon decided to have the seat
for the president placed at the head of the
table, she occupying the one on the right.
Secretary NOZZLE sat at the opposite end of
the table, with Mrs. HARRISON at his right
hand.
There seems little justification for the
action Of the state department in throwing
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24

the entire responsibility of deciding this
momentous question on Mrs. NOBLE, and
especially at a time when Mr.. NOBLE was
engaged in hand to hand struggle with
Uncle FMLEY for control OF the Missouri
delegation, and with no statesman to as
sist him except Col. ABE SLUPsKY. The
result is that although the matter OF
precedence was solved. the Missouri dele
CATION was captured by the anti-adminis-
tration forces. What is worse, there is
serious question as to whether the decis-
ion of the question of precedence is cor
rect 1t is evident that the seat at the
head Of the table carries with it the oner-
Gus duty of carving, and this was proba-
bly, the controlling consideration in the
decision. Mr.. HARRISON mas shown dis
position to carve something or other that
cannot be controlled. He insisted on carv-
ing Chill. and when that opportunity was
taken from him he proceeded TO slice Gen.
ALGER in way that permanently dis
figured that great product of the tariff on
pine lumber. Possibly it is we'll to let
him exercise his warlike disposition on
turkey and other edibles before mis- sword,
like that of Hudibras.
For want of fighting had grown rusty,
And ate into Itself for lack
OF somebody to hew and hack.
And yet more suitable badge OF dis
tinction might have been found. In
countries where blue blood is properly
recognized it has been usual for the most
important person present to wear his hat,
while the Others remained uncovered. In
this country. where nobility depends on
ones grandfather instead Of on the title
one may acquire by descent or otherwise,
it would be just the thing for the really
important parsonage to wear bis grand
fathers hat on all state occasions. The
fact that it is too large would be no objec-
ton in Mr.. HARRIsON's case. 4 wire
framework could be placed inside the hat
that would make it fit, and this would
serve to give ventilation. and also give the
effect of halo to the brim. OF course,
the rule OF precedence laid down IN Wash
ington will have to be followed elsewhere
and the hat rule would certainly be much
more satisfactory when the chief guest is
not proficient carver For example, we
are informed that Governor CHASE cuts
up a chicken so that it is all legs and
wings, and insists on having a Ratchet
however, with great effect. Ii there is
any possibility of a rehearing in this mat
ter Indiana would like to be heard.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24

The New York World at last bids adieu
90 Senator HILL as follows:
II, as now seems likely, the national
democratic convention shall drop all New
York candidates, then, on a sound tariff.
reform and honest-money platform, we
believe that any one of the following
named nine gentlemen can unite the fac
tions, carry New York and be elected
president of the United States:
Governor HORACE BoIEs of Iowa.
Governor ROBERT L. PATTIsoN of Penn
sylvania.
Senator JOHN VI. PALMER of Illinois.
Senator JOHN q. CARLISLE of Ken
lucky.
Chief Justice MELVILLE W. FULLER OF
Illinois.
Senator ARTHUR P. GoRMAN of Mary
land.
Governor WILLIAM Z. RUSSELL of Massa-
chusetts.
Governor Isaac p. GRAY of Indiana.
Governor LEON ALBEIT of New Jersey.
That is a very good democratic nine,
but it omits the name of a pitcher who
has proven himself phenomenon. The
question is whether he should be dropped
because the man on first permitted the
other side to make home run, and il is
intimated that he would do it again.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24

two-page form of twentv-four by thirty.six
inches, and then, after distribution 10 set
up another. These forms were then
printed on a two-puli Washington hand
press with complete attachment OF rollers
and distributing rollers.
I'm Nav, 1871. Bolton & Pattison sold
the outfit and subscription list to George
and Jacob Page Chapman, the former
publisher OF democratic paper at Terre
Haute and the latter of one at Evansville
| They had been thoroughly educated to
the printing business in Boston. aud when
they brought their two printing Offices
here and combined them with the old
Democrat material, and, also, added many
new fonts OF type to the outfit, their office
was regarded as the model Tor printers
everywhere. They changed the name of
the paper, calling it the INDIANA
STATE SENTINEL, and the engraved head
contained picture of the state house and
a rooster. The motto of the paper was
Grow, Chapman, Crow" the Chapmans
taking advantage of an incident of the
Harrison and Van Buren, campaign of the
year before to appropriate the advice
given to a Greencastle Van Buren, poll
tician and use it as a catch sentence to at
tract attention to The SENTINEL. George
Pattison of tho Democrat had written this
politician to not get discouraged at the
furore then overrunning the country for
''Tippecanoe and Tyler too" and to tell
Chapman to crow" The letter containing
this advice got into the hands of the wings
and was published in the Indianapolis
JOurrd To the ChaDmans, therefore, is
due the credit of the first use of the rooster
as the emblem of the democratic party.
1.-The first issue of THE STATE SENTINEL"
Mr.. Brown continued, twas June l, lS41.
During the latter part of the Chapman
ownership John ]. Spann of this city be-
came partner, and the firm of Chapman
& Spann continued The SENTINEL publica-
ton until 1850, when on the LIST of Juno
of that year | became the owner of the
good will, name and subscription list of
the paper. The old office was purchased
by Dr. Erastus, w. II. Ellis and John
as state printers, and after
ward started the Indiana Statesman
which they published for a short time
only. During the Chapman administra-
tioD the paper was edited almost solely by
Page Chapman, George A. occasionally
contributing. During the five years of my
ownership-irom 1850 to lS55-my father,
William j. Brown. was the principal and
responsible editor. He was assisted at
different periods by Nathaniel Bolton,
Alexander F. Morrison, John w. Duzan,
Oliver B. Torbett, Charles Nordhof and
myself, the city department being
always in my charge. Messrs. Bolton
and Morrison were formerly editors of the
Indiana Democrat. ready writer's and good
politicians. Mr.. DuZan was a good general
newspaper man and a practical printer.
Mr.. Torbett was a much better public
speaker than writer, though some OF his
writings showed ability. Mr.. Charles
Nordhoff resided in my family for over
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~ srntln.lv AImnnnc.

To THE EDIToR-Sir: In examining THB
SENTINEL Almanac | find there Is a vast
amount OF useful information contained
In 1t; information. too, that is very i'm
portant to know and understand bv any
one who wishes TO be informed on subjects
OF vital interest. The tables and statistics
arranged IN 1t are valuable and important.
Ia fact. to study Its contents is time we'll
and protitably spent, and l would say to
those who have any desire or wish to post
themselves on the vital issues OF the times
they should get one of these almanacs. and
ifan examination don't prove the assertions
here made then | am behind the times.
Aside from the Mckinley tariff schedule,
which. within Itself, is worth the price,
other facts and figures make it of valua-
bic worth TO any one who can see and re-
aiize the Importance of the information it
contains. g. w. :.
Dublin, Ind, Feb. Is.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
THE Columbus Herald ave:

The rumor that Governor GRAY was
working to throw the national delegation
OF Indiana 10 HILL in the event that his
own chances should prove bad, the Herald
Goes not believe. GRAY is too bright a
politician to do anything that he knows
in advance would be suicidal Such re-
port could only originate with men who
are really opposed to GRAY.
We entirely agree witt the Herald.
The attempt that is making to set I'D a
Hill delegation from Indiana under cover
OF Governor GRAY's name is a gross out
rage upon that gentleman and ought to
be abandoned at once. We make bold to
say that no man, however popular, could
be elected delegate to the national con-
vention from Indiana if he were TO an
nounce in advance that he would
vote for HILL for president at any stage
of the proceedings. The demo-
Gratis of Indiana prefer ISAAC P.
CRAY for president and will support him
loyalty. But Mr.. HILL is not their second
nc= their third choice. and no delegate
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two years and did his first editorial work
on THE SENTINEL, and though the field
was limited, his experience here was OF
some value TO him and formed no small
part OF his journalistic education for the
very extensive field he afterward entered
upon. as he has acknowledged to me.
"Mr. Nordhof's last active journalistic
work was that OF being at the head OF the
New York Herald correspondence bureau
at Washington. at $1,000 annual salary.
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, in his
hberality, has the past year placed him
on the retired list OF the Herdlfs
journalists, at an annual pension during
life of 5000.
THE SENTINEL" further, said Mr..
Brown, was fitted up with a new dress
and hand presses, to suit, at the time l
took hold of it and was considered a model
OF Typography Tor that day. 1t was not,
however, until 1852, that the first steam
printing press was used in the office.
During the sessions of the legislature very
small-sized daily publications were made
both OF The SENTINEL and the Journal.
The SENTINEL. however, has the honor Of
being the first daily newspaper published
in Indianapolis, consecutively for the six
days OF the week, for whole year. This
was in 1851. The first year OF its issue il
was Iour-page, six column paper, p by
SO size. The entire circulation for the
first three years was not over 500 copies
day, but the weekly had a very large sub
scription list"
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That is very we'll so far as it goes, but
there is no statement of the number or
amount of mortgages satisfied in these
years, and without that there is no way of
telling whether the debt OF the state is
increasing or decreasing. The same Off
Gals who made this examination had
been using in the past a system OF compu-
tation by which they calculated the life
of mortgage at so many years, and
arbitrarily wiped i. out OF existence at the
end of that time. The falIaciousness OF
this method and the utter impossibility of
securing correct results from it were
pointed out in an article in the Political
Science Quarterly for March, 1890. Clearly
it is impossible to ascertain the amount
OF existing mortgage indebtedness In any
state or county without taking into ac-
count the satisiactions of mortgages.
The indications throughout the bulletin
referred to are that this same fallacious
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method has been followed in this investi-
cation. and that so far as accurate results
are concerned the report is hardly worth
the paper it is printed on. The total
amount of existing real estate mortgages
reported is S3S4.299 l50. This is for the
date Jan. l, 1890. Two years earlier these
same gentlemen reported the total exist
ing real estate mortgage debt at 1881 .322,-
$50, and yet by their own showing there
have been recorded since that time new
mortgages to the amount of S240, 270, 737.
Have the satisfactions of mortgages
amounted to S237OO0,000 in the same
length of time? If not these
Investigators cannot possibly be correct in
their present statement of the debt, and
there is very strong reason for believing
that they have not the slightest idea what
the satisfactions do amount to. The only
thing learned from such investigations as
this in Illinois is that the number of
mortgages recorded increases constantly
from year to year-that the amount re-
corded in 1889 was two and one-half times
as great as in 1850. But it must be that
this represents new mortgages only, and
not increase Of mortgage debt. The salts
factions must be deducted to obtain that.
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"SENTINEL" OF OLD TIMES.
SMALL BEGINNING OF A NOW IN
FLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER
RecolIections OF Ono Who Has Seen the
Paper He Once Owned Pass from Easy
Going Methods TO Rush and. Enterprise
of the Present.

4 number OF gentlemen, gathered re-
Gently in one OF the superior court rooms,
were discussing the growth of newspapers
in Indianapolis, when Austin ii. Brown,
deputy county clerk, related an interest
ing story OF the early history of TIE
SENTINEL. In the years 1883, 1889 and
1910 during school vacations and at odd
times" said he, Il was the printers
devil and newspaper carrier in the office
of the Weekly Indiana Democrat, published
here. 1t was edited first by Nathaniel
Bolton and John Livingston and after
ward by Nathaniel Bolton and George
Pattison. Nathaniel Bolton owned
the farm on which the Central
hospital for the insane is located
and on two or three occasions walked
out there for copy for the paper. The
carriers district embraced the whole cor
poration limits and in some instances a
little beyond. The Office of the Democrat
contained about enough type to set up one
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The Illinois Mortgage Fraud.

The census bur has just issued a
bulletin which purports to give the stats-
tics of mortgage Indebtedness in Illinois,
but it is very far from certain that the
figures which are given indicate what is
claimed for them. The work is the result
of the investigations of Illinois officials,
and so far as it purports to be the result of
actual examination is probably correct,
but it does not appear how much is the
result of examination and how much is the
result of guess work. A summary of the
result of actual examination as to the
record of mortgages for ten years is as fol-
lOUs.