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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Beckwith lost his reason through a
shock received in a runaway several
years ago.
W. Fl. Brooks, city freight agent of
the Sioux City & Northern Railroad
Company, is defaulter in the sum of
$4,000. He has disappeared and the
railroad officials are now making an
examination Of his books. The COM
pany is protected by $40, 900 bond in
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust
Company.
1t is stated the autopsy on the body
of Gen. Butler showed the cause of
his death to be the bursting of a small
blood vessel in the brain caused by
violent fit Of coughing. All the other
organs were in an excellent condition
and but for this accidental cause he
would probably have lived for many
years. His brain weighed four ounces
more than that of Daniel Webster,
one of the largest on record.
Probably for the first time in the
criminal annals of Chicago it is
recorded that house was relieved of
every vestige Of furniture by thieves.
George Grimm and his wife, Bessie,
are employed in laundry and live
at No. 17S South Green street, where
they have had comfortably fur
nished fiat. Husband and wife leave
home every morning at o'clock and
do not return until late in the
evening. When they came home the
other night they found that their
fiat had been thoroughly cleaned out,
even their marriage certificate,
which had been hanging on the wall,
having been taken by the thieves.
Grimm thinks it is the work of a
man whom he once befriended until
he found out he was thief.
Mary c. Mcdonald, formerly wife
of Mike Mcdonald, Chicagos demo-
cratic boss, has begun the serial
publication of an autobiography
which promises to wreck the repu
tations of scores of prominent
citizens who visited her husbands
den. The first chapter tells how
Mrs. Mcdonald shot policeman.
Any man or woman who ever aSSO-
ciated with Mcdonald may expect to
be exposed. For years Mrs.
Mcdonald has preserved letters, tele-
grams, af1idavits and contracts. All
these papers are in safety deposit
vault, and Mrs. Mcdonald says they
Will be embarrassing t. anyone who
asks her to prove her statements in
court. 1t is thought that efforts
will. be made in high quarters to
suppress the prospective revelations.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

cut off from fellowship in the party
and denounced as traitors in every
part of the state and nation.
u. S. Senator Davis has been re-
elected by the Minnesota legislature
The independents and democrats
fused in Oklahoma and organized the
house.
Faulkner and Camden have com
bined in West Virginia. Faulkne
will succeed himself and Camden will
take the unexpired term of Senator
Kenna. The caucus will be held
tonight.
Senators have been elected as fol-
lows: Edward Murphy, Jr., in New
York: Francis Cockerell in Wiscon-
sin: John B. Allen in Washington;
Stockbridge in Michigan; Eugene
Hale in Maine: VIM. B. Bate in
Tennessee: George Gray in Delaware.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
WASHINGTON MENTION.

A company has been formed with
$4,000 capital to erect a casino in
Washington.
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination of Elijah w. Halford,
of Indiana, to be paymaster with the
rank of major.
There will soon be two vacancies in
the paymaster's department of the
army and it is said that Russell Har-
rison has an ambition to fill one of
them.
DR.. Eastman, of Pine Ridge agency
is in Washington and in few days
will have hearing by Secretary
Noble regarding the troubles at the
agency.
William Dickson has been selected
as chief marshal of the civic parade
at the Cleveland Inauguration.
Tammany Sachem Croker will head
the New York organizations.
Representative Picker has been
notified by the state department that
Ray Myers. of Huron, who was for
merly consul at Salvador, and who
was badly treated by the government
has been awarded So, 500 damages
because of this treatment.
Secretary Foster will insist on
reparation from Hayti in the Meyers
case. His idea is to settle the con-
troversy in such manner by going to
extreme lengths if necessary SO that
American citizens will hereafter be
assured of fair treatment in Hayti.
Secretary of the Treasury Foster
and Secretary of Agriculture Rusk
have promised to speak at the annual
banquet February % of the Michigan
Club of Detroit. The secretary Of
the treasury has limited that he may
point out how Carlisle will have to
struggle with a deficit.
The sudden death Of eX-President
Hayes caused decided shock in
official life. The fact was recalled
that his last appearance in Washing
ton was during the G.. A. r. encamp-
ment, when he and Gen. Butler, SO
lately deceased, were cheered contin-
uously along the line of march during
the parade.
Representative Fellows offered in
the house for reference a resolution
directing an inquiry by the congress
siOnal committee into the state of
affairs in the isthmus of Panama and
the expenditures Of money in Amer
ica to secure acquiescence in the
canal project and the property of Gen.
Newton, connection with the Panama
Canal company.
Senator Carlisle has forwarded the
resignation of his seat in the United
States senate to the governor of Ken
lucky, and asks that it take effect on
the 4th Of February. The legislature
will begin ballOting for his successor
on the l4th of the same month, and
the chances are that he will be sue
ceeded by Mr.. Lindsay, who declined
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
WEDNESDAY. Ian

WEDNESDAY, Jan. Is
sryArE-On motion of Mr.. Sherman, after
remarks in eulogy of the late r. b. Hayes,
the senate adjourned.
H0UsE-Mr Holman, from the committee
on appropriations, reported the sundry civil
appropriation bill and it was placed on the
calendar. Mr.. Haynes, who represents the
town and district in which ex-President
Haves formerly lived and which he once
represented on the floor of the house,
announced in feeling language the intelli-
gence of the death of ex-president, and
eulorized him as a citizen, soldier and states
man. Adjournment was then taken as u
mark of respect.
THURSDAY, Jan. 10.
SENATE-Mr. Walcott gave notice of an
amendment to the Sherman silver repeal
bill requiring the coinage of all silver
bullion now in the treasury or hereafter
purchased
Mr. Walcott introduced the joint resolution
directing the postmaster general to discon-
tnue the sale of the so-called Columbian
postage stamps except where specifically
called for. He asked that the resolution
be Immediately acted on, and said he knew
nothing more ridiculous than those plasters
went over Mr.. Stewart opposed the anti
outiOn bill on constitutional and business
grounds After further debate Mr.. Wash
burn withdrew his request to reach a vote
today, but he gave notice that tomorrow he
should ask the senate to remain in session
until a vote was reached. The bill went
over without action and the senate
adjourned.
HoUsE-Mr. Patterson called up the bill
amending the interstate commerce act. The
bill provides that any common carrier or
corporation may be indicted for violation Of
the provisions of the act. Mr.. Lind moved
to strike out section two by amending the
pooling section of the original proposition,
but Mr.. Quinn stenuously objected. The
motion was agreed to. Mr.. Boatner offered
an amendment requiring all railway COM
mon carriers to accept from connecting lines
loaded cars or trains to be hauled to points
of delivery at a rate not exceeding the
charge for a similar service over it's own
lines. Agreed to-S5 to 5S The bill then
passed The bill for the establishment Of a;
national quarantine was called up, but the
opponents of the measure tillibustered
against it and finally forced an
ad diOurnment,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

What is the American national
bird? Turkey. What is the Amer-
can national flower? The corn
tassel. This emblem of our greatest
agricultural product is as graceful
and picturesque an object as art can
lay hold Of for decorative purposes.
Let us see it used for such at the
Worlds fair, carved in wood and
stone and painted in wavy, shining
luxuriance upon doors, frescoes and
panels.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

The state that will hold the
balance of power in 1893 is most
likely Texas. This state has in her
own borders every climate, shading
off from north temperate to tropical.
The agricultural products of every
other state can be grown in Texas,
from wheat to bananas. Texas has
fifty-seyen counties that are each
larger than Rhode Island. Her area
is as great as that Of all New
England, with New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Ohio added. She has besides long
sweep of seaboard with cities and
harbors. In hundred years all this
vast region will be fully settled.
Think of the congressman that Texas
will furnish then!
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Henry Watterson tells this story of
Hon. B. Lawless, former member of
the Louisville bar, and who came
from Glasgow, Ky. He was ''long-
winded" talker, and when he arose to
make an argument he did not know
when to stop. On one occasion, he
was making a speech before Judge
Ballard, in the United States court.
He had spoken several hours, and the
Judge and everybody else was thor
oughly tired out, though they were
helpless. At last Judge Ballard
beckoned his brother, Jack Ballard,
to him and implored him to stop
Lawless if he could. ooh, that's easy
enough" replied the brother, "Ill
stop him inside of three minutes"
There was great deal of curiosity to
see how this could be accomplished,
as the orator seemed to be nowhere
near the end of his speech. Jack
Ballard took pencil and a sheet of
paper and wrote: MY Dear Colonel:
AS soon as yOutinish your magnificent
argument, would like you to join
me in the clerks Office in a bumper of
fine old bourbon" The note was
handed to the orator, who paused at
the end Of soaring period, drew his
glasses from his pocket, and read the
note. He put it in his pocket and
said: "And, now, if it please Your
Honor, and you, gentlemen of the
jury, leave the case with you" He
picked up his hat and was in the
clerks Office in about minute.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

The boomers on the Kansas borders
of the Cherokee strip will have a
good time dancing to warm their toes
while they await the opening of the
strip. They could get a homestead
with less trouble by staying where
they were and working and laying up
money. Then they could step in and
buy outright, cheap, one of the
claims that disguised boomers will
be leaving in about year after
settlement.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Good gracious! A German pro-
fessor, Brugsch by name, has
discovered that the fight about the
ratio between gold and silver was
on fully 5000 year ago, and that the
ratio of the two metals in ancient
Babylon was l to l33. Later, in
Egypt, new supply Of gold seems to
have been struck, for there Pro
fessor Brugsch finds that II! parts of
silver were equal to one of gold.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Double ender locomotives of
enormous size and strength have been
built to carry freight across steep
grades Nin the railway from Tampico
to Mexico. Each engine has one cab
in the middle, with a boiler and fire.
box at each end. The whole weighs
105 tons, and is called the JohnstOne
compound locomotive, after. its
inventor, Mr.. Johnstone, superin-
tendent Of the motive power of the
Mexican Central railway.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

1.-The Brooklyn Chronicle has some
good ideas regarding the so-called
cards of thanks which some people
desire published, seeming to think it
the proper thing to do. 1t says: "The
only time when a card of thanks is
proper is when a man dies who has
been no earthly good to the world,
his family or himself. Then if the
people turn out and give him a
decent burial they ought to be
publicly thanked for it. Otherwise
it is meaningless. A public card of
thanks IS the most SlOVenly manner
of expressing gratitude we know Of.
1t looks like cheap way of shrink
'ng duty. 1t ison the same principle
that the lazy christian adopted who
wrote out his prayer of Thanksgiving
to the Lord and placed it under his
pillow and told the Lord where to
find it. This style of expressing
ones thanks in a job lot is indeed
shabby. If friend has done favor
which calls for an expression of
appreciation the only way to express
it is to go to those friends personally
and tell them of your gratitude,
or else send note. Thanks can also
be expressed at the close of the
funeral services for the family, by
the minister. The people who have
been of any help are always there.
The newspapers do not always reach
Them
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

A financial writer bewails the fact
that the south this year will get
SIC, 100000 less for her cotton crop
than she did last year, thereby cut
ting down the sum of our exports by
that amount. But this is no loss
really. The wise southern farmers
planted 100000 acres less in cotton
than they did last year. The place
of the $16, 800, 900 for export is taken
by s87, 100000 worth of sugar, rice,
wheat, corn and garden vegetables.
Much of this the southern farmer
will consume at home in place of
articles which he formerly bought.
There is no loss here; there is large
gain.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Let us think Of our mobs, riots and
]ynchings and hang our heads.
There is one thing the people of
localities where such crimes against
law and order are committed should
fully understand. A region where
mob instead Of law reigns cannot
become prosperous. The decent
people who build railroads, churches
and school houses and by their
industry add to the prosperity of a
community will shun the mob
infested regions as they would a
cholera hospital as place Of resi-
dence. Electric lights, WaterWorks,
colleges and throngs of well-to-do,
intelligent people will never be found
in the same atmosphere with lynch
law and moonshine whisky.
The Roman Emperor Tiberius
prohibited men from wearing silk.
1t was deemed only fit for women.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

An enthusiastic citizen of Montana
remarks: "From her paying gold
mines Montana can produce gold
enough to pay the national debt.
Montana can produce sl50,000,000 in
gold if forced to it," Then why
doesn't she do it?
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
POLITICAL.

The populist members of the Cal
ifornia legislature met and denounced
Mr.. Kerns, the populist who voted
for Mr.. White for United States SEN
ator, and Mr.. Cannon, who influenced
him, and recommending that they be
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Yet new use has been found for
electricity. 1t has been taken
advantage of as heating power for
drying lumber on large scale at
Ottawa.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Bishop Potter, of the Episcopal
church, and Cardinal Gibbons, of the
Roman Catholic church, both advo-
cate the opening of the Worlds fair
on Sunday under proper restrictions.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

France is believed really to have
the most powerful army in the world.
But has it any general great enough
to lead it?
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

Kansas newspaper men who have
become weary of the extortiOns OF
the combine auxiliary houses, sick Of
distributing advertisements for the
wealthy corporations and generally
disgusted with their Jewish manner
OF doing business, have perfected
plans to print their own ready
prints, and have organized by form
ing cooperative company with a
capital of $4,000. The plant will be
located at Topeka, Kan.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

There are more Hebrews in three of
the fourteen wards in New York city
than in the whole of Great Britain
and Ireland.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

ONI DA, SULLY CO.. SO. OAK
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21
HOw's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any Case of CatarrlI that
cannot lie cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo. O.
We the undersigned. have known
+. J. Cheney for the last Is years.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in ali business transactions and iinan-
ciaily able TO carry Ont any obligation
made ny the firm.
West < Trliax, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo. o.
Walding, Kinnan t Marvin. Whole
sale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucou surfaces of the system.
Price. sc. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free. -
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21
Mass Meeting.

\ mass meeting was held ut the
court house in Dickinson Monday
evening to place i'll nomination candi-
dates for u county commissioner of
this district. A. ID. Carpenter called
the house to order, and j. w. Currie
was elected chairman. Paul Hager-
man was made secretary, and a short
intermission was taken.
Next in order was nominations as
follows: l.. ID Kidder, j. w. Currie
and w. II. Walton. An informal bal.
lot was taken. resulting: Kidder ID,
Walton IL, Currie S, Dickinson l. On
the first formal ballot the vote stood:
Walton Is, Kidder 13, Currie ..
A motion making the vote of Wal
ton unanimous prevailed.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21
NORTHERN Pacific STATEMENT.
Deficit for the Year Was $sS9,255.Gs
CaDital Stock.

Capllal StOcks
NEW YORK, Oct. I9.-The board of
directors of the Northern Pacific will
submit their annual report to the
stockholders at the meeting held in
the Mills building at noon today.
The reports shows that the gross
earnings of the company, including
receipts from the Wisconsin Central
lines and branch roads, for the fiscal
year ending june 80 were SO, 55l ,3U2.-
81: operating EXPENSES and taxes, $lS,-
Iy~3,33339.s4; net earnings from operat.
ing, $lO,757,9e 3.l0; other receipts, 81
1855, 2G.Gs: total net incomes, Sl2,924,-
the following charges: Rentals. 3d.
4s9.123.93; interest on funded debts,
,O92.l59.72; guaranteed TO branch
road companies, Sl,453,972.22; interest
OH other than funded debts, $499. 7l5..
81; sinking funds accrued. Sl,ll7,537,-
81; sundries, Sl60,s36.05; totals, Sl4,-
sl3.945.46; deficit for year, Sao9.255.88.
The capital stock Of the company
is SIS, 40, l31.4 AZ, of which $4,000.
opD is common stock and S35.l4o. l3l-
- Is ;rcf-rle1 %..""'. Tie preferred
stock is Si2l.l.. .oJ less than tllAt Of
last y ~. During the fiscal year the
IT, d debt was increased By the
issue of S8,00O,Ob0 of collateral trust
notes. 1t was decreased by the re-
demption of the following bonds by
the action of the sinking fund: Mis-
soula division bonds, 1000; Pend
d'Orcilic division ION l.. S2S 900: gem
rltI frs. mortgage bonds. $i33t,D0O;
general second mortgage bonds, S2l2.-
COZ. From the proceeds of land
sales these bonds have been cancelled:
Pend d'Oreille division bonds, $685.
0O0. Total reduction funded debt,
Sl.Oo7 900.
The land commissioners report
shows sales for the year of 250,5ll.16
acres. amounting to Sl,25l. 33S6.s6.
The number of acres remaining on
June 80 was 3s,442. 5OO.s1.-Minnea.
polls Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21
The Event Of the Season.

Dickinsonites will have an excep-
tional opportunity of displaying their
good taste aud judgement OH We'd
nesday and Thursday, of next week.
The ladies of the Congregational
church and their many friends have
during the past months prepared a
very choice selection of plain and
fancy goods for their annual fair.
These will be offered at prices that
will draw crowds. Many additional
attractions will be submitted-see
program to follow.-Remember the
days, Wednesday and Thursday, 25th
and Goth of October. Supper and
refreshments provided.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21

a. II. Arnett arrived from the East
Thursday.
n. G. William returned from Bis.
marck Tuesday.
Sheriff Hayes had business in Bis.
marck Tuesday.
l.. G. DeGraff went down to Bis
marck, Friday.
+. $. Cunningham got home from
Chicago Thursday.
Mrs. Newcomer of Glendive is WIS.,
iting the Granteers.
VIM. Colgrove returned from a trip
to Chicago Tuesday.
e. S. Foley, county auditor of Bill.
ings county, has gone to Chicago.
Geo. Lanes mother and sister az
rived Thursday from Cresco, Iowa.
MI. and Mrs. l.. Christensen OF Bel
field were in Dickinson Wednesday.
G. j. Wilson, superintendent of the
Dakota division, was in Dickinson
Monday.
d. A. Stocking was IN Mandan
Tuesday OF business as n. T.. time
Inspector.
j. w. Chamberlain of Richardton
transacted business i'm Dickinson
Tuesday.
Mrs. r. +. Fuller spent several
days in town this week visiting
friends.
j. r. Stewart and family returned
Thursday from an extended visit to
Nova Scotia.
Frederick Anderton, for some time
stenographer at headquarters, left for
st. Paul, Monday.
f. II. Register, state S attorney for
Burleigh county, had business in
Dickinson Wednesday.
Sheriff Hayes started Friday for
a visit to the Worlds Fair and his
old home in Vermont.
James Converse came up from st.
Paul Thursday. Mrs. Converse re-
mains in the sanity city.
Miss Carrie Messersmith has been
visiting with Miss Adelaide Keene at
New England City this week.
Frank Ballard. after paying a visit
to his brothers of this place, returned
home to Minnesota Monday.
DR.. V. II. S~ticin@y departed sun
day on a trip to Chicago and Il visit
at his parental home in Vermont.
Mr.. and Mrs. $. NJ. Ferris of Me-
dora started Tuesday evening for a
trip to Chicago and the Worlds Fair.
Geo. Keene came up from New
England City Thursday. expecting to
go East for Il month and possibly all
winter.
Samuel Richardson of Oven Sound,
Ontario, father Of J. w. S. Richard
son of this place, arrived on the 18th
from the west.
The editor of this paper got home
from Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. Ayers
and her mother will remain a few
days longer at the Worlds Fair.
Mrs. w. j. Pelton was in town
Wednesday to see the safe departure
of her aunt Miss Curtis, who will
spend the winter ut san Diego, Cali
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Edison arrived
on the 18th and have taken rooms at
the L. A. Davis house. Mr.. Ellison
is a chemist and expects to remain
some weeks in Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. l.. Faucet started
Friday for Hatton. Mo-. where they
will spend the winter, returning to
Dickinson next April. They stop
over in Chicago Il few days to do the
Worlds FAIR
Mrs. j. B. Dehlinger. accompanied
by her friend. Mrs. Blanchard, went
to Glendiye for a day Thursday. Mrs.
Oleson and Mrs. Mcdonald of Man
dan, made the trip with the Dickin-
son ladies.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21
During nv term of service in the

DuTlng my term OF scfVlce IN the
army l contracted chronic d%iarrh@a,"
says y. L. bending, of Halsea, Ore
gon. sSince then l have used Il great
amount of medicine, but when l found
any that would give me relief they
would iniure my stomach. until
Chamherlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhGa Remedy was brought to my
notice. l used it and will say it is the
only remedy that gave me permanent
relief and no bad results follow" For
sale by druggists. =
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21

Don't commit suicide on account of
your s%incurable" blood disease. The
sensible thing for you to do is to take
Ayers Sarsaparilla. If that fails,
why, then-keep on trying, and it will
not fail. The trouble is, people get
discouraged too soon. "Try, try, try
arain"
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21

Lanes Medicine move the bowels
each day. In order to be healthy this
is necessary.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21

Joe Iams and Smith Dohson are out
on the Little Missouri hunting bear.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21

Robinson & DeFrance expect to
open the first of next week.
The Dickinson press., 1893-10-21

The Odd Fellows have had the front
of PRESS building repaired and re-
painted.