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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24
A Valuable Rancho For Sale.

A 40 acre rancho all
in cultivation, 3 blocks
from the railroad at
Blackfoot and joining
the Blackfoot school
house block, for sale at
a bargain. 1t has on it
a dwelling house, corrals
and stables for30 horses.
Good water right and
200 inches of water.
Would make a fine adj
dition to the town of
Blackfoot, Terms easy;
part cash, part in mich
COWS and balance ON
time. For further infor-
nation apply to
j. A. BEERLEY,
Blackfoot, Idaho.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

\ fne perfume set will he given 70
the ole who guesses nearest to the
number Of beans 10 the bottle. Free
a flemish drug store.
Make a purchase 81 So 90 at Dip
pel's aud get chance at the barrel
Of apples
Go TO the Fernish drug store for Il
nice and substantial Christmas present
for your father, mother. sister, broth
"r or sweet heart as he has Just r.
cciyed the best assortment ever
brought to Blackfoot Come earl,
and get first choice. Don't forget the
Fernish drug store.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24
MnNEY

Can furnish money on improved
farms at rs low a rate as can be had
in Bingham county,
T. J. SMITH,
Lib. IN,il-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24
Portland Lots For Sale.

Just stop and think, only $50 per
lot, sl00 down and sl.00 p r month
no interest, no taxes My lots are all
clear and level and not ten minutes
walk from the motor. You can get
water within 20 feet There are
houses gong upright along. Church,
school aud store close by. Don't for.
get that son buy right from the owner.
He will send sou maps and informa
ti0n and give names Of Portland bus.
mess men who have bought.
just think, 5 lots for $500 per
month
w. REIDT,
I9l First St, Bet, Pine and Ash,
Portland.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24
NOW TRY THIS.

Il will cost y1u nothing and will
surely do You good, il you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
q 'ughs or Colds guaranteed to give
relief, or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from Ia Grippe found il jn.t
the thing and under IT'S use had IA
speedy and perfect recovery. Try a
sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself how good a thing
IL is.
Trial bottles free at Brhle & Sons
Drug Store. Large bottles Soc. aud
81 90.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24
CHRISTMAS GOODS,
CHRISTMAS GOODS

CHRISTMAS GOODS,
CHRISTMAS GOODS.
Mrs S. Il. Holbrook
Received today her first installment
OF Christmas goods, toys,
Tree ornaments etc, etc.
Call early and see her beautiful stock.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24
Proposals for Bids for
Supplies.

Bids win be received bY the Board of Direc-
tore until January 10, leg3, for furnishing the
Idaho Insane Asylum, the following named
articles
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

Idaho Falls,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Lumber, lath, doors, shingles, ana
all building material kept in stock oy
the Osnabrock lumber yard. johnson
& Donovan.
Stop! Read! Co Where? 10
Canada? How?

Why. buy a round trip ticket over
Northern Pacific railroad, one Of their
winter excursion tickets for only S4o,
good for 80 days. These tickets VIII
also be extended so as to take in points
in the provinces of Quebec, Irlnce
Edward Island, New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia by the further payment OF
one single fare for the round trip from
Montreal. These tickets will be sold
from points in Northern Minnesota
and North Dakota on Nov. Goth, and
Dec. 9th, then daily from Dec. 18th to
22nd, inclusive, and on Dec. q. Sale
of tickets in Manitoba daily from Nov.
2sth, to Dec. 51st, inclusive. Limits
will be extended on these tickets by
payment of reasonable sum for such
extension. This gives a splendid
chance to go through Chicago and see
the grounds and buildings of the great
Worlds Fair. In connection with this
see another notice in this paper. In
quire particulars of any agent of the
Northern Pacific railroad. What a
chance to see Chicago, the Worlds
Fair buildings, Montreal and the thou
sand and one points of interest in
Canada. Don't miss it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Canadian Excursions.

You can buy a ticket from your home
via Chicago, to Montreal land other
points in Quebec and Ontario west of
MontreaD and return, at the low rate
of $4,000, good for ninety days to re-
turn, and an extension of time can be
had if desired. These tickets will be
on sale November %, and December g.,
-. ID, Is, 16, II, IS, 10: 20, 81, % and
q. When purchasing, pay no atten-
ton to outside canvassers, but 60 to
your home agent, and insist on having
your ticket read from St. Paul to Chi
cago and return, via the ''Burlington".
Chicago Burlington & Northern r. r. J
giving you chance to see the Worlds
Fair grounds and buildings at Chicago.
The Canadian lines out of Chicago will
leave at 11:3O p. NJ, giving passengers
ample time to make connections.
w. G. KENYON, G. p. A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.

Sympathetic Passenger, on lake
steamer-It usually affects people that
way the first time. You'll soon get
over it. Uncle Josh, from Upthecreek,
feebly-You mean well, stranger, but
you needn't try to comfort me; that
dinner cost me seventy-five cents,
b'gosh!'
my man." said the woman who was
leaning across the fence, sis one of
these here pessimists" "An' what's
that?" asked the other woman. ivy,
one of these here fellers that is always
sure that bad luck is a-comin', and is
mighty surprised when it comes"
Mamma" said Chicago little girl.
II want some water in a bowl 1 am
going to christen my doll" mo, lit
tie dear, that would be trihing with a
sacred subject" "Then give me some
wax to waxinate her with. She's old
enough now to have something done
to her."
Landlady-I hope that crust is short
enough for you? Satirical Boarder-
My dear madam, nobody can complain
that any part of your fare is not short
enough.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Notice of Chattel MORTGAGE Sale.

netault having been made in the condition of
0certain chattel mortgage bearing date the 10Th
day of July 1892, executed and delivered by
Thomas R. Bradley, us mortgagor to E. j. Evans
us mortgage, and filed in the office of The register
Of deeds of the county Of Cavalier and Stuie of
North Dakota, on the 18th day of July 1892. at IN
O'Clock am. and numbered 1887. Wherein do
fault has been made as follows, to-wit: By-Non.
payment OF debt. The debt secured by said mort.
gage is $40 90, with interest at p rer cent mr.
annum from 10Th day of July 1892 due Oct
/. 1S92.of which amount the sum of s4s IN 10
claimed to be due at the date hereof by reason
of said default.
Notice is hereby given. that by virtue of soid
default and the power of sale contained in said
mortgage and by order of f. j. Evams
the present owner Of said mortgage will sell the
following chatteis described in said morpan ,e
to-wit: One bay colt year old: One red ce,r
yearsold, one gray steer one year old At nnhl;o
auction for cash at the front door of the cn,,rt
house in Langdon, Cavalier county and state ~
North Dakota, at the hour of clock n m o ",
Saturday, the "a dayof December 1899 from ~, ~,
proceeds Of which saleshall be paid: First t the
COSTS and expenses of said mortgage so ,lc
and Five Dollars us ans attorney fee Sao
'ond. the debt aforesaid with Interest tbor",,,,
at the date of sale; Third the balance IL an,
there be, to the owner of the mortcaged nronar,.S
Dated at Langdon, N. D.. Dec ii, IS9a i'P'i'y'
w. 4. KESsLER, ALLAN pINKFpror
'o'Aes' Agent
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
roo LATE FOR HIS FUNERAL,
a Young Dian Reaches Home Just After
IIc Was Buried.

a Young Dian Reaches Homo just After
IIo Was Buried.
While resting on the string piece of
Ill uptown wharf John Becher, jr,
IF Pittsburg, discovered card in the
morning paper announcing that he
would be buried from his fathers
house, North Second street, at 2 o'clock
tho same day. Not having been homo
for over two weeks he concluded to
walk around and see his own funeral
pass by. He reached homo too late
for the procession, however, and pro.
cccded to make himself comfortable
pn the doorstep.
In due time the lnourners came-his
father, mother, sister and two broth
ers. The women promptly tainted,
and his father, who has not been wcll
for some time, fell into the arms of
his son who had positively identified
the body just buried at Greenmount as
that of his brother John.
Mrs. Becher recovered in a little
while and took second look at her
boy, and it was not until John asked
where they had secured the corpse
that she believed her eyes. The body
was found floating in the Delaware
river opposite Gloucester. The au-
thorities published description, which
tailed exactly with that of John
Becher, jr., whose family went to
Gloucester and identified the body as
his. 1t was so badly decomposed that
immediate burial was necessary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made in the condition
of chattel mortgage bearing date the goth
day of March $780, executed and delivered by
Nels y. Nelson as mortgagor, to C. w. Clarke
as mortgage, and filed in the Office of the
register of deeds Of the county of Cavalier and
State of North Dakota. on the Goth day OF March
1890. at o'clock p. m, and numbered 1904:
Wherein default has been made as follows. to.
wit: by non-payment Of debt when due and
after demand. The debt secured by said
mortgage is s1O5.O0 with interest at 70 Der cent
per annum from the goth day of March 1880
due November LIST, 1890, of whi;h amount the
sum of S11409 is claimed to be due at the date
hereof by reason of said default.
Notice is hereby given. that by virtue of said
default and the power Of sale contained in said
mortgage, and by order of G. w. Clarke
the present owner of said mortgage. I
will sell the following chattcls, Described in
said mortgage, to-wit: One white OK aged
years. One set of OK harness,
At public auction, for cash, at the front door of
the court house in Langdon, Cavalier county
and State of North Dakota, at the hour of 3
o'clock p. M, on Saturday the 31st day of
December 1882, from the proceeds of which sale
Shall be paid: First, the costs and expenses of
said mortgage sale; Second, the debt aforesaid
with interest thereon Mt the date of sale:
Third, the balance if any there be, to the owner
of the mortgaged property.
Dated LangdOn. Dec. 10, 1892.
ALLAN PINKERTON, Sheriff.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
A DREAM OF MURDER,
Verified Very Quickly by the Death of the
Dreamer's Husband.

Verified Very Quickly by the Death of the
Dreamcr's Husband.
A farmers wife dreamed that she
was walking near the house of a re-
jcctcd lover, one O'Flanagan, attended
by beautiful hound, of which she
was very fond, when a raven dashed
ut him, killed him, and tearing out
his heart flew away with it. She next
imagined that she was returning home
and met funeral, and from the coffin
blood flowed upon the ground. The
bearers placed it at her feet, opened
the lid, and exhibited her husband,
murdered and his heart torn out. She
4woke, ns might be expected, in great
terror. But here follows the most in
comprehensive part of the narrative
Her husband entertained an idiot
cousin in the house, and he in doggerel
rhyme repeated the very same dream
to a gossip to whom the farmers wife
had related hers.
That very night the farmer was
murdered and the next morning the
poor idiot, to the horror of all, ex-
claimed as he rose from his bed, 'Ulick
-Ulick Mcguire was the farmers
name-is kilt! Shamus dhu More kilt
him"-Shamus dhu More O'Flanagan-
big black James-"and buried him
under the new ditch at the back of the
garden. dreamed it last night
every word of its Search was made
at the spot indicated by the dream,
and the body was found with the skull
nearly cleft in two. In the mean
while O'Flanagan abscondcd and en-
listed, but was subsequently arrested.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Of NJ ortsage Foreclosure Sale

De1ault having been made in the conditions
~ o. CERTAIN mortgage made, executed and do
h tNcrea 9y Royal Goodwin and Annie Goodwin
nuspanu ana VIE mOrtgagOrs to The Dakotn
HlOrtRage Loan corporation, a corporation
duly established and having its principal niace
q business IN Boston in the Commonwealth Of
said corporation, said MORTGAGE having
been since the execution of said MORTGAGE
anH 1S VT; oc On IT the day May
ImI,onwealth. approved on said day, Changed to
Globe investment Company, said mortgaSc
being a, dated the first day of May A. D. 1ss6 and
Of the REGISTER Of e DEEDS wbEn in the Office
county OF CaValier, and Territory of Dakota.
nov avs state or North Dakota) on the third day
oa May A. a: iss5 in book OF mortgages on
que on SAID mortgage at the date of this notice
me sum OF Seven Hundred three and s5IOO
40 DQli ia as.9s.a5 including taxes and inter-
tlonS Oh said mortgage, and no action or nrn
ceeding at law or otherwise having been in
sutntea TO recover the debt secured by said
u.,lortsage or any part thereof, and whereas
the power of sale contained in and rs.corSa1
alive: SA0 10 opei-
Now therefore. Notice is berebv given tba+
by virtue OF such power of sale and 81 +he stot1
| tutes III such case made and provided the
sad mortgage will be forclosed bv sale nf the
pr. n. ,;t a., aescrlhed in said mortgage, which
saie VIII De made ut the front door of the
court mouse IN Langdon in the said county of
cavalier "a in the State Of North Dakota at pub
nc a'ictlon by the sheriff OF said last named
esouhty or MS deputy on Saturday, the thirty
nist Gay OF December A. .. lSR at two r.
clock Ok in the afternoon. to satisfy the amount
, when n, snail then be due on said mortgage
with the interest thereon and the costs as,tf
expenses es Of sales, as stipulated in said mort
55age IN case OF foreclosure. The premises
o oe m said mortgage and SO to be sold
described as follows. to witt 1 A1'1
+h me east half Of the southwest quarter and
t tae noftn.west quarter OF the southeast omar
west quarter of section twenty -six(26l in town.
sup one ss.i hundred and sxty.one tIi) north.
,nitynine i59 west of the NTH principal
9 vaa. t 70 redemption ut any time within one
year from the date of sale US provided nv law.
Dated this tenth day of November a. d. 1899.
GLOBE INVESTMENT COMPANY.
ALBERT w. CASEY, Mnrtravea
Attorney for Mortgagee I4S0
First Publication November 18th.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
SoorH.s LAST DRINK.
tory Of the Man who olalms to Have
Supplied II.

eory Of the Man Who ClAlms to Hava
[ Supplied II.
One Of the witnesses for the prose.
tuition in the trial of the persons who
sonspired to assassinate President
lAncoln was James P. Ferguson, the
proprietor Of tho restaurant and saloon
adjoining Ford's theater. Mr.. Fergu-
ION had heard that General Grant, of
whom he was an enthusiastic admirer,
vas to be in the theater on that event.
:ul April IA, 1865.
He therefore purchased seats next to
The box directly opposite the one in
which sat President Lincoln and Mrs
Llacoln, Major Rathbone and his
lmanced, Miss Harris From his po.
sitioa Ferguson was, of course, enabled
- 500 everything thu at occurred. He
IS nov . resident Of Cincinnati.
Ferguson claims that he sold Wilkes
Bssth the last drink of liquor he took
before hs shot tas president, Ferguson
was just shout to start to the theater
when Booth, who was well known to
aim, entered. Ferguson delayed long
enough to give him the drink he
called for, and it is bs1teved that this
IS the brscer which the assassin took
to nerve him for the crime he was
rbsat to commit.
Mr.. Ferguson said: "rhe District
If Columbia offered $40 for ths
arst information, and l was the Arst
naa WAC gave It, ! carried tho in,
EasmaHon to the poltcs headquarters
asa also to Co1one1 John w, Fornay
and Major Richardson. as the Chronicle
office, that night Of the assassina ton,
They made affidavit to this. l put my
claim ia the hands OF General Slough
Is was appointed Minister TO Mexico,
waers ha was assassinatod in some
lHarrel, My claim was left with
yeang fellow, l got nothing. Colonel
Isalksr got s. big pile of money, and 80
lid Major Doherty, who commanded
the troop aud cavalry that captured
Booth, while Boston Corbstt who
shot him. got $1,000 for his share"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22

During the epidemic Of tlux in this
country in 1888. l had hard work to
keep supply of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and diarrhoea remedy on hand.
People often came ten or twelve miles
in the night to get bottle of the rem
edy. I have been selling patent medi-
cines for the past ten years and find
that it has given better satisfaction in
cases of diarrhoea and flux than any
other medicine 1 ever handled.-J. II.
Benham, Druggist, Golconda, Pope Co.,
Ill. Over five hundred bottles of this
remedy were sold in that county dur
ing the epidemic referred to. 1t was a
perfect success and was the only rem
edy that did cure the worst cases.
Dozens of persons there will certify
that it sayed their lives. In four other
epidemics of bowel complaint this
remedy has been equally successful. Is
and SO cent bottles for sale by Chal-
mers & McGruer, druggists
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
AN OXFORD PROFESSOR
Stories That Arc Told Of an Abssnt-
Minded Mathematician. aY

Minded Mathematician. ~
Prof. Sylvester, once of the John
Hopkins university, now5of the chair'
of mathematics at Oxford England, is
strangely absent-minded man with
many peculiarities. One of his fads
was to attend regularly the Peabody
concerts, and he would sit as If deeply
interested in the strains of the or
chestra. II do not hear note," said
he, 'but when music is being played
can think out my most intricate
problems" He has frequently gone
into strange houses and appropriated
a bedroom, not knowing whore he
was, but as every body know him it
was all right. The greatest joke
which they tell on the professor, how
ever, Is to be takon cum grano sails.
He was walking along the street on tho
curbstoas and walked right up to tho
polished rear OF private brougham.
He stopped. The black expanse
suggested blackboard, He felt in
his pocket and found piece of chalk
and at once began to calculate some
thesis in quarternions, As he worked
away the brougha,n moved off, but
the professor grasped the hinder bar
with his left hand and walked after
it, still immersed in figures. Tho pace
qutckened, and the mathematician
was forced to break into a trot, which
gradually increased to a smart run.
At last he could keep up no longer,
and. letting go, he mopped his per
spring brow and realized for the drst
time what his peram buluting black
board was, Ho sighed and got a po-
liceman to show him the way home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
n I31S2s1s FOR ~
Fl CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. On
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
"a in time Sold by druggists -
81 SESlElS1y1Nli67ISlE q


A tear from the eye of representa-
tive of the Caucasian races is found to
be composed of water, salt, Soda phos-
phate of lime, phosphate of soda and
mucus. From the eye of al African
the elements composing the tear are
found to be the same as the above,
with the single exception of the phos-
phate of soda and with the addition of
slight trace of ammonia. The Eskimos
and the fishing Firms seldom shed tears,
but when they do chemists say they are
exceedingly salty. The chemical ele-
ments in the Caucasian tear arrange
themselves into particles that look like
fish bones; those from negro's tear
form rude cross. while the same pro-
cess of evap ration leaves the chem
icals in an EAsimo's tear in the shape
of bow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Notice Of Application.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, IS
Sou"'' q In District Court,
FIRST Judicial District.
In the matter of the voluntary application OF the
of the Bank of Langdon, Tor dissolution OF It's
corporate existence.
To Whom it May Concern,
having any legal objection to. the di solution Of
the Bank Of Langdon corporatons p pFoyy sIes
by Chapter 80 laws Of 1890 Of the STATE OF No5th
ton in wiring with the Clerk of The District
court, In and for Cavalier county, in North D.
kota. at or before the expiration OF Tie time for
the publication of this notice =, 49,
esrd day of December, 1892. You will further
fake notice that The said Bank OF .nngdon has
filed its application with said clerk on the 18th
day of November 1897.
n n Yo1,SG. Clerk District Court.
Attorney for Plaintiff. 1919
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
U. S. Land Office.

.. s. Land Office.
Grand Forks N. D., Dec. 6, 1892,
Complaint having been entered at this office by
John Fulton against Army Dawson for failure TO
comply with timber culture entry No. 37SS, dated
April 4tll, 1884, upon the swA. section 2 Twp.
1Ga H.. Range SO W.. in Cavalier county. N. OAK,
with view to the cancellation of said entry;con-
testanl alleging that this said Army Dawson has
not broken or caused to he broken five acres on
SAID lard since date OF fling that at the present
time here is nothing broken or cultivated On said
land and has entirely failed TO comply with the
Timber Culture law: the said parties are hereby
summoned to appear ut this office on the oath day
of January, 1892, ut o'clock n. m. to respond
and furnish testimony concerning suid alleged
failure. Testimony will be taken before II. +.
Dorval, County Judge. Cavalier county N, OAK.
at Langdon, on the 2Ist day of January, A. b.
1893, at 2 o'clock p. m.
1922 JAS. ELTON, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
U. S. Land Office,

U. S. Land Office,
Grand Forks. N. D., Dec. Ii, 1852.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the Judge
ex-officio clerk of the county court Of Cavalier
County, ut Langdon, N. D., on January %,
1893, viz:
JOSEPH LAMBERT, HE, 1o46O
for the e1% nwL nw1 sec 80, seq swL and lot
s. sec. %, twp IG4 n, r COW.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of said land; viz:
Wilson Mccain, William Henderson, Bern-
hart Croft, of BAG, and John STANCE of Mt.
Carmel, Cavalier county, North Dakota
1924 JAS. ELTON. Register
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Speed of Electricity.

The speed of electricity is SO great
that its passage from point to point
along conducting wire may be re-
garded as practically instantaneous
Various attempts have been made to
measure the rate at which it travels,
and observers, with delicate instru-
ments, have affirmed that it was not
less than ia, 900 miles per second and in
one or two places its speed as high as
24O, 900 miles. Such swiftness is in
conceivably great, the mind cannot
contemplate it without staggering.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
The First Daguerreotype.

The first likeness ever successfully
taken by the Daguerreotype process
was one obtained by the late J. w.
Draper in June, 1889, fifty-three years
ago. His camera was cigar box in
which he had fastened common spec
tacle lens. Prof. Morse. the wizard of
the telegraph. succeeded Draper in the
winter of 1904. From this small
beginning the art of photography =.
America has grown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22
Scared His Muse.

When Grattan was a youn g student,
he was fond of practicing oratory in a
certain wood, in a part of which was
gallows from which depended the
rusty chains in which a criminal had
been hanged many years before.
When he was once apostrophizing
this melancholy object, stranger
came up unperceived behind him and
squelched his oratory by saying TO
him: How the devil did You get
DOWN. ..