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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
OLD OFFICERS REELECTED.
Close Of the South Dakota w. l.. q. L
Convention ut Aberdeen.

Close Of the South Dakota W. L. q. L.
Convention Vt Aberdeen.
The State w. G. 4. U. Convention
1T Aberdeen has nd lourned. All the
Did officers were reelected without OPP
position and the meeting was u most
harmonious and enthusiastic one. the
meetings on Sunday were addressed
by Mrs. Woodbridge of Chicago and
we're among the most notable ever
acid. Following are the officers:
prssident-Mrs. Emma A. Cranmer, Aber.
1een.
Vice President-Mrs. Anna X. Simnion. HUI.
ron.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs Emma T.
Myers. Nermillion.
Recording secretary-Mrs RI. swan, Sioux
Walls.
Treasurer-Mrs. Eugene Steere, Pierre.
The Equal Suffrage Convention
elected the following officers:
Pres.dent-Mrs. Emma Simmons.
Vice President Mrs. M. A. Grossback.
Watertoun
Secretary-Mrs Kate Folger, Waterfowl
Treasurer-Mrs r. j. Beacn, Brttton.
A resolution was adopted commend.
ing the Popullst party for adopting a
suffrage plank and declaring that the
woman 8 ballot will settle the prohibit
ton question.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
T>HE u. s. Government Chemists have
reported, after al examination Of the
different brands, that the ROYAL Bak-
ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest
in strength, and superior to all Others.
COflins Have Rum Short.
eovA, eAx,no POWDER COMPANY, los WALL ST. HEW-YcRk.
"" - ~ - oao - oAo - 0Se a NAeaM

Reports from the plague-stricksn
districts OF China show that the dis
ease Is still spreading and that TIA
burying OF the head is o most serions
problem. Often the pallbearers, who
are paid to carry the coffin to the
grave, are stricken with the dread dis,,
ease on the way, and OF the four who
start out with the bed only one or N
return. There are not collins enough
in Canton 1T present. The giving away
OF collins has been undertaken by
charitable associations, n OF which
reports having distributed 1900 cofins
thus far. In some places the babies
are not buried at all and the baby
towers are full. The taby towers az
little buildings with windows near ia
roof. The bab:es are laid on the win.
dows and pushed inside to decompose
Many OF the dead 6t Canton have no
burial plot and their cofSins are left On
the top OF the ground. 1t is said that
the Pearl river, which flows Fast he
city and upon which hundreds q
thousands OF people live in boats, con.
tains many floating corFses. Ons
hundred and forty wore counted In
few holrs the other day.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
shipping Cattle from Ranges

Cattle from the Sioux Reservation
range country are now coming into
Pierre from the severa! beef round
ups in pretty liberal quantities at the
rate OF seventy-five carloads per week,
or about l,60O cattle, valued at about
$685. COG. A dry, rainIess a makes
the best beef: the tallow hardens and
there is not near the shrinkage as in
a rainy season. The Sioux Reserva-
ton 10 distinctly a stock country. 1t
is finely watered by the rivers which
empty into the Missouri, the White,
Bad and Cheyenne, these being fed by
nulnberless creeks. The buffalo
grasses are the most %fattening and
these cure on the ground, making the
best Of hay for feed in the winter.
The country is broken. giving the
best and safest shelter afforded any
range. in the. country, the losses hard
~ ever exceeding > per cent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

IN th1 0overnor 0snerafOf CuhaSfrom
tn minister os the colonies 81 Madrid
dttectlnG the latter to repiaco the du-
~ ~ American products Ia that
t1lAnd md In Porto Rico q soon ~ tho
neW tari0 hill went into operation.
This 10 the first official notification res
oetved BY the Treasury DoparsInent Of
the restoration Of duties by any coun-
Try which w. Z party 10 the reciprOc-
tty agreement provided for By the Me-
Kinley law. This actiOn Of the Span
tsh Governments will reimpose duties
On many articles exported 70 Cubs
from the United States, including
meets In brine, bacon, hams, lard, tai
low, lhsh, Oats, starch, cotton seed oil,
hay, fruits, woods OF oil kinds, agrt-
cultural implements, petroleum, Ice,
etc. and reductions made on corn,
wheat, noury butter, boots and shoes,
etc.
BAY CITY, Mich, special: James Ii.
Eckels, Comptroller OF the Treasury,
delivered an address before the State
Bankers Association convention.
Among other things he said: Our
cOuntry's return to prosperity will, in
the very order Of things, be substan-
tial In character and long continued If
the people on ona hand refrain from
undue precaution. and our Legislators.
or the other, from crystali2ing into
law the financial vag9ries OF those who
demand OF the Government q great
volume OF money without regard to its
intrinsic or representative value.
Banks can in 9 large measure check
the speculative tendencies OF the peo-
pie and deny them credit which their
do not warrant. 1t rests
with the people to say whether they
shall suffer from legislative folly"
HILLsDALE, Mich, special: Rev.
Charles Clancy Of Frontier was tar
red and feathersd, end rolled down q
steep hill by about forty masked men.
Of them being husbands who did
not like the minister's style. All the
time he was shouting Praise the
Lord" and GLORY TO God" and 1t ia
said his cries were heard a mile dis
tant. He has made no complaint to
the authorities as yet,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
s~outhQDakots Briefs.

On . tract Of land, lces than twenty
five acres, at Hurli., Al Cram will
harvest nor than &c, 600 heads Of cab
baRe and 10000 watermelons, to say
nothing OF an immense crop OF pO:a-
toes. Inc . was irrigated with
water taken from the IN River by
means OF . water wheel.
In the Black Hills wheat shows q
yield OF thirty bushels per acre, and
oats fifty TO sixty bushels, with q very
good potato crop. In that region eli
crops are good In Lawrence and Meade
Counties, and portions OF Pennington.
The other counties have suffered
moro or less from the general drouth.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
Mlaera ~ ip Want.

CoLuNBus, Ohio. special: II IL dis
ccy4red through In appeal for aid n.
Gued by President John Mcbride, Of
the united Mine Workers, that about
400 members Of the Organization
who went out on : strike last April
failed % settle on the basis OF the Col.
ufnbus c0mpromiss. The appeal state
that 1000 mon have beon out In the
Nassitiion, Ohio, district since last
February against Z reduction OF Is
centS Per ton. Al Denton, KY, and ut
the mines 81 the New York and Cieve-
land Ca Coal Company. in the Pitts
bury district, ~ we'll as those at
WhItewsll, Tenn, have been idle
since April. The president urges the
men II work to contribute 5 cents for
each ton Of coal mined to help the
strikers, the amount to be divided
proportionately between the districts.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
~ 4 EAST.

80. a ~ Tr.es.ns~ -. aaasaaS ~.
~ :. 49, 1872 - u0o.s-u I'M h.n
$3.50. - la.s. e" a I'll.
.n.S. y. su..a t ~ ir III c n.u
rs n ns.s.msS hcravsr 49, 81 n ~.
aucefs having claims for the bounty
will prosecute them In the court OF
elaima
WAeHINGToN special: The custom
puS the country lists Of unclaimed LETT
tsrs 6 postollcss will be abandoned
and the list will b bulletined In post
once buildings hereafter. Acting
PostmAster- General Jones has decided
70 stop the old custom, ~ Congress
failed 70 make : sufficient appropria-
tion for the usual amount OF advertise
Ing. The expense OF publishing the
lists LAST wsarw was el9,OO0.
WAsnINoToN apeciai: Inc Mhite
g y noW 1isn scanOiu-
sn9 ne y y .. rePsiI.
Inc nistotac Wnise ! sno xtorior =
peing osignsenea ana Ine
49, g Us es0lnas IL ~ Drn w
I sne oePsn 9. IOOs propsl..oly M. -
~ IAy.n8 q meM p.ySuaen. ano
Plecee oI AZ exserl0s wnaro "eeks
ss0 ssasesmsn sno omcs.sS ".re
son.tensl{ paasfnR unc9nsca9us y me
Witnln me mansion 81 me ~0o1wosk
~1ecoretions changed or renewed.
DETROIT, Mich, special: Four we'll
Known young a. =. Cameron.
"a flOy0 Msrsn.li a9u asou-
az aic1man, PIsyea Esme =. sevsn-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
Hin l.:ty Postmaster Arrest cd.

Joseph Hare. postmaster at Hill
City, Pennington County, was ar
rested on the charge Of em~bezzlement,
an inspection Of the books of his Of
flee showing that he was short in his
accounts. He was taken to Deadwoo3
and had an examination before Unit"
States Commissioner Mclaughlin,
who held him in bonds of 81, 900 to ap-
pear before the next United States
Grand Jury. The postoffice inspector
made the arrest. Hare has fora num-
Der OF years been editor Of a weekly
paper at Hill City.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

Canton has added a new hook and
ladder truck to its fire department.
1t is an aerial truck and is capable of
reaching the highest building in the
city. Canton has now one Of the best
equipped volunteer fire departments
in the state.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

The Congregational Church OF
Edward NJ. Williams of Groton, Conn,
u minister whose ability has been
widely recognized throughout this
country, to in1 the position as pastor
Just vacated by Rev. A. +. Thompson.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
The Floor of the Ocean.

The bottom of the Pacific between
Hawaii and California is said to be SO
level that a railroad could be laid for
500 miles without altering the grade
anywhere. This fact was discovered
by the United States surveying vessel
engaged in making soundings with the
view Of laying q cable.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
JAY Hicks Must Hang.

The Supreme Court affirmed the
sentence in the lower court in the
murder case OF the State vs.. Robert
Hicks and Jay Hicks. Robert was
sentenced to life Imprisonment and
Jay to be hanged.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
sully County Farmer SHOT.

Owen Wheelock, a young Sully
County farmer, was killed by his
child knocking down a loaded Win
chester rifle, which discharged, the
ball passing through his body.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
scarlet K.y.r d lll.aol..

Scarlet fsysr In Illinois.
SPRINGFlELD special: An outbreak
Of scarlet fever IL reported to the
board Of health from Hanover, 10 Da-
yiess County.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
Two Missing Misses.

Emma Wilson, L. years old, and
Edith Smith, II years Of age, skipped
out from Aberdeen and all efforts to
discover their whereabouts have
failed. Both leave respectable par
ante
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
Mine In-spector.Appoiuted

The Governor has appointed Samp-
son Jetfries OF Lead City, vice presi-
dent Of the Miners Union, inspector OF
mines to I'LL the ~unexpired term of w.
8. O'Bricn, resigned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
ERc sua. GNRE
OR MONEY RETURNED.

For all chronic, or lingering, Pulmonary
or Chest Diseases, as Bronchitis, Laryngitis,
Severe Coughs, Splitting Of Blood. Pains in
Chest and Sides, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is a sovereign remedy.
In Asthma it is specific.
To build up both flesh and strength. when
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
Tramp Loses Hi. Legs.

A tramp was u over by a Milwau-
kee freight twenty miles north Of Al
pena and had both legs taken of.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

reduced below the
standard of health by
pneumonia, or lung
fever" grip, or ex-
|hausting fevers, il is
tho best restorative
tonic known.
f. b. NORMAN, Esq,
OF Anon, Ga, says: 81
think the Golden Med
ical Discovery Is the
best medicine for pain
in the cheat that l have
ever known. am
sound and well, and I
owe it all to the Dis
cOvery.'"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

The master mechanics OF the entire
Burlington system held their conven-
ton at Hot Springs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
George schIund withdraws.

George SchIuhd WfthdfaWs.
George Schlund, Populist candidate
for State Senator, has withdrawn from
the ticket.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
G.. A. R. AT PITTSBURH.
ANNUAL ~ENCAMPMENT or j
NATIONS HEROES

Noasiy 10000 Old soldiers BrougAs To-
gsthsr-A Fitting Place for This Meat.
ias Of Veterans Tho Northwest Tskss
. Pfominsnt Part.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

n. i, isle. quieksilysr fross
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20

SHE WAS BLIND.
A blindness comes to me now and
then. have 1t now. 1t is queer, I can
see your eyes but NOS your noae. cant
read because some Of the letters are
blurred; dark spots cover them II ia
mighty uncomfortable.
know all about it; it's DYSPEPSIA,
Take one Of these II will cure you la
ten minutes.
What is it2 &
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-20
A.Ripans .TabuIe.

Yeu cnn . ' money by wearing the
w. L. Douglas %. 90 Shoe.
Because, We arc tho largest manufactures. q
this gradoof shoes In tho world. and guarantee TIN
value By stamping the name and price on ~
tho middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custea
work in style, easy hitting and wearing QnalittA
We have them sold everywhere atl0wcr pricaf1
tho value given than any other make. Take no -
0kituts. II your dealer cannot supply you, We ca. |
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13

The Indian is really becoming civil
lied. According to Il dispatch from
Rushville, Neb., Red Horse, a we'll
known Pine Ridge Indian policeman.
was killed in Il tepee at the camping
grounds north of the tracks. Plenty
Bird dubbed him I o death because he
interfered in Il row between him and
his son, Fast Thunder. Plenty Bird is
in jail. This has Il real civilized ring
to it. The man who interferes in Il
family row always gets the worst of it.
and the circumstances in this instance
were such that it might have happened
in Chicago or New York or even Bos-
ton. 1t shows that the red Il is rap
idly learning the ways of the white
man, and there need be no fear for his
future.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13

When Cromwell was Il boy he fell into
Il river, and was saved from drowning
by Il clergyman. Years after, when
The lord protector asked the clergy
man if he remembered the incident, he
received the blunt nswer
Eyes. do; but | wish | had put YOU
IN rather than see you in arms against
your king"
Old books have a story of Cromwell.
and his uncle-a gallant old knight and
stanch royalist who fought Loyalty fol
his king throughout the wars, aided by
his two sons.
Oliver had Il regard for his uncle. ant
went To visit him during the stormy
period. The castle was full of arm:
and ammunition raised for Kins
Charles. The old knight received his
nephew coldly. but Oliver treated him
with Difference. remained with uncoy.
cred head through the two hours of his
visit. and besouGht his uncle's blessing.
Having 1T last received it, he then
quietly seized the arms, ammunition
and plate for the public service.
Six years after. when ruin had over
taken every rOyalist. Oliver obtained
his forfeited estates for his uncle, and
the old man resided upon them until his
death.
Neither b%luntness nor the boldness
which often went with it We're cor ined
10 til" Puritan ranks, and probably no
q sincerely pious and earnes, aspi-
ration ever went up from Cron Wells
praying soldiery than the quaint pray
Of eli Sir Jacob Ashley. Il cavalier:
50 Lord. Thou kloWcst how busy {
must u" this day. If | forget The =
not Thou forget mo- Then rising ron,
his knees, March ON, hoys." he shouteo
EhiS same knight, being defeated ant1
It,te captive, surrendered himself with
the Sc3I.lful remark;
"Weil, you have 10Y done your work.
and may go to play-unless you will fall
IN among yourseives."-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13
Waiting for a Man-O'-War.

The State Department at Washing
ton is considerably troubled with the
care of certain large packing cases
piled up in the cellar of the building
marked "Tbe Vatican, Rome, Italy"
They contain the priceless manuscripts
and relics of Columbus lent by hlsl
Holiness the Pope to the Columbian
Exposition. Through an arrangement
made with the American Minister to
the Italian court, the Columbus collec'
ton was brought to the United States
on board an American man-of-war'
and a guarantee was given that 1t
should be returned to the proper place
in Rome by the same method OF trans
p~ortation. Unfortunately, however, II
has been impossible up to this time 10
return these articles to their rightlui
owner from the fact that American
men-of-war have not been receiving or
ders which would take them in the VI
cinity of the historic seven-hilled CITY
Special pains and care, however, are
taken with these relics and curloS OIL
the great explorer at the State Depart
ment, and watchmen have been de-
tailed to keep constant vigil over them
during the entire tw%enty-fOur hours Oh
the day
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13
CANVASBACKS IN ENGLAND,

Fate of an Importation Into Great
Britain of an American Dclicacy.
An American who is married
to an English squire of high degree
tells the following funny story Of the
fate of half a dozen c%anyasback ducks
which she had sent to England as Il
present to her mOther-in-law. The lat
ter was an excellent hOusekeeper and
had prOfesSed herself to be anxious to
taste the renowned transatlantic
dainty which she had heard so eXtrava-
gantly praised. Carefully packed in
ice. the game arrived in good condition,
and Lady NJ. the recipient. invited
a couple of friends to partake Of the
m~uch-vaunted delicacy.
Fancy my feelings said the pretty
American, describing the affair after
ward, when a pair of ducks were
brought IN the table done to death and
stuffed with onions, sage and potatoes,
while my father-in-law, carefully cary
ing up the entire bird, legs, wings and
all, distributed the portions to Il party
of six! And the climax WAS reached
when. after enduring disappointment
and disappearing looks on the part Of
the guests, my belle mere remarked: Il
must say, Margaret, that | rather pre-
fer our English duckling to your can
v~asbacks.' | could not tell her thai it
vas the atrociouS cooking and stupid ;
carving that had destroyed the chief of
all game birds. However, the ducks
were there and had to be disposed of.
and the next day | had the pleasure of
eating Il pair of my canvasbacks en-
salmi. while the others were actually
ended up in pie. 1t is needless to re.
late the modification | suffered or the |
vows | made never again to introduce
American daintieS to British palateS."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13

A jury in Judge BrentanO's court. at
Chicago. engaged in the trial Of a bur-
glary case found the defendant not
guilty. although, it is said, the evidence
of guilt was conclusive. The Judge
was greatly incensed at the verdict, but
under the law he could do nothing else
than accept ii and order it to be record
ed. However, he punished the Jurors
who were responsible for what he re-
garded as a plain miscarriage of justice
by filming each of them the amount CT
his pay and discharging the entire pan.
cl from further service in his court.
While Judge Brentano may have
stretched his authority a little. if ne
follows the precedent he has estab.
lished there will be few verdicts of ac-
quittal in criminal cases tried before
him. Let the jurors once understand
that they get no pay unless they return
Il verdict of conviction and the prison.
er, whether guilty or innocent, will
hardly be permitted to escape.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13

the benches to see over them through
the windows.
AT noontime the teacher and the big
the small boys stayed to eat apples and
%beechnuts around the glowing hearth.
After Il time they grew restless, and,
putting on mittens and little coats, ran
out into the snow. They tumbled each
other over and over, till they all looked
like small snow-mcn.
Then Tim crawled up over the big
gcst drift. which reached nearly to the
caves, and got up on the roof of the
school-ho,se. How the boys did cheer,
wave their fur caps, and stamp at this
act OF bravery.
Tim wanted to show the other boys
tnat it W. nothing to what he dared
do. Edgil along to where the drifts
fell off a 2 " feet, he swung his arms
aroun h lead. shouted merrily. and
then gave plunge.
Foolish TIM! Down he went i, TO Il
soft, light showdown, down, dow
Gu of sieht, out of sound almost.
There he stuck fast. The little boys
crept ZIP 10 the hole and shouted t.
hin to cl;nb out. But the more he
tried to do so the deeper he sank in
the snow. Chen they got sticl , and
the iire-shohcl, and tried in vain t, dig
him cut.
But b~y-aNd-by the teacher came, an .
Tim was pulled up II of tie snoW-
drift. He looked very cold anl scared.
ana sat in the teachers chair before The
fire, where ia soon fell asleep.
| think iittle Tim will be careful
where he lcai,s hereafter. Den yol:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13
r., Uinch the Endowment.

There is u weekly auction of linen
GOODS in Belfast at which nothing ~
ever sold. About two hundred years
. ro there were two halls for selllhs
zen in Belfast. the White Linen fai
and.the Brown Linen Hall. In the ~
mer all bleached linen was sold, Whio
the latter was exclusively reserved iw
the sale Of brown or unbleached goou''
Nearly a century ago a linen manuiaeF
urek in Belfast endowed the latter III
stitItion, and the deed Of endowment
contained a clause to the effect that
market should be held in the hall every.
Friday. Linen, however, began 10 W
disrbsed of in other ways and the mn.
WE'RE no longer useful. The why
Linen Hall was made into public o.
fees, but the Brown Linen Hall stlh le
mains to fulfill it's original functions
Every Friday morning MI. McNlchon'
an old man, opens the doors, M,
stand in the middle of the hall ana pu"
Il single bale Of untdeached linen ~
to auction. 1t is always the same Wv
man and the same old bale. NoDou.
ever m to buy it because few ~
pie are aware of this remarkable
tom.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-13

"r1l tell you what to 90" she said.
"Daisy is used to me. you know, and
she does not like q change. Go home,
and put on your wife's s%unbonnet ana
one of her skirts, and l think YOU will
have no tr plble."
"Maybe that is the NATTER said the
good man. and went home to try the
experiment. Sure enough, when he
came in sunbonnet and print skirt,
with tile pail on his arm. Daisy made
no objection. She was as quiet as she
had been with Aunt Patty and gave a
pailful Of rich, yellow milk.
This is Il true story. He new owner
kept her for years and liked her very
much, but it would never do TO forget
the sunbonnet.-Mrs. Mary Johnson.
in Our Little Ones.