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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
REPUBLICAN, DELEGATES
Twelve States and the District Of Colum.

bia Select 1875 to Date.
WASHINGTON, March lo.-Up to Sat-
urday night, March :, there had been
elected to the st. Louis convention 1os
delegates, distributed among the
States as follows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
A Pastor Gives Up His SALARY.

CARTHAGE. Mo-, March Ii The
Rev. R. Z. Maiden, pastor of the First
Baptist church of this city, begins his
third year here by giving up his salary
OF Sl,so0 per year, and he will in the
future expect only ''such remuneration
for his services as his people see fit to
give him. MI. Maiden urged this
arrangement on the ground that it
was unscriptural for a minister to ac-
cept wages. The Rev. Mr.. Maiden
came here from independence and is
well known over the State.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20

Sold by druggists; price, Use.
Halls Family Pills, csc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
RnnaMau Ii PIatteylIle.

Last Saturday Prof Chas i. Rad
cliife Of the Platteville Normal was
out cutter riding with his best girl.
and while in the aetof turning street
corner at lively pace the runner
struck curbstone and stopped SO
suddenly that the couple were thrown
out and the horse ran on. taking the
thills with HIM. The frightened ami
mai tore wildly down Main street try
ing at times to kick the thills loose
from him bat most Of the time en-
deayoring to run away from them. AT
the Columbia house he tried to turn
the corner, but did not succeed, and
ran back up Main street to the Nor
nal. The professor and his lady
were not hurt but were badly shaken
up and frightened.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
Wedding Bells.
AusrEY spRAGuE.

AUSrEl -sPRAGUE
The marriage Of Miss Blanche. eldest
daughter Of Beetowns esteemed eiti-
zen, II. IL. Sprague. was celebrated on
Wednesday evening the 10Th. AT the
hosPitable home Of her parents. Rev.
T. PengiIiy officiating ina most pleas
ing manner. The brid, was attended
by six girl friends, Misses Ada Whalev
Mary Bonham, Emma and Nav Oates
Birdie sprague and Edith Hoffman.
who formed a beautiful half-wreath
Just behind the bridal pair The
pretty rooms were comfortably filed
with only the neighbors and very
near friends OF the contracting parties.
The wedding supper was most taste,
fully arranged and abundantlv served
to the guests. The presents were
very beautiful combining use with or
amentation. Everything was con-
Quoted with an air ofssimple elegance.
very charming in these days of osten-
tation.
Mr.. Anstey is young man of thrift
and industry, member of the NJ. E.
church and has shown remarkably
good taste in his choice Of wife.
Blanche has been for five years a sue
cessful teacher in the county and I'M
derstands full Well all the arts of
housekeeping and home making. She
i possessed Of rare attractions and
though OF retiring and modest de-
meanor stands very high in the es-
TEEN Of all who know her
The happy couple Immediately as
'umed the duties Of housekeeping on
-he old Anstey farm. May long life
md every blessing be theirs. b. d. s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
NUMBER 46


PoseF deputised Harvey Abrams to
heip him and the two were taking
their prisoner to jail when he broke
away and ran south. Posey tried to
stop him by firing shots over his head
oo' ne kept on running and the Off
GERS gave up the chase. Cranage con
'inued 10 run until opposite the Go
oie residence he sank down in the
road from exhaustion. Young Wal
lace happened along there and heard
the shots and saw the man living in
the road, and he brought in the news
that started the crowd out to bring
u the corpse The man who took
him up in the wagon was his brother
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
Death Near hi. tIone.

David Carmody, son Of Thomas Car
molly residing 2 mile. northeast d
MI Hope died Of consumption ae 10
O'Clock Sunday morning. Dee %. Is
90, aged - years The funeral wa
held at Y o'clock from the Catholic
church, Rev. Father McNuIty con-
Quoting the services. The young man
possessed many exemplary traits Of
character and his early death is a
source Of sorrow to large circle Of
friends Thos Carmody and his fam
lily have the sympathy Ut the commu-
nifty III their sad bereavement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
DR.. Barber Resigns His Position Ht The
K6cl6y Institute.

Milwaukee sentinel DR.. A H.
Barber, who has been the physician in
charge Of the Kelley Institute at
Waukesho since its establishment. has
resigned the position and will relin-
quish the duties on Jan. /. The doc
tor has been very popular at the III
stitute and with the people Of Wauke-
sha and many regret his determine
ton to return to Lancaster, his former
home. The OCCASION Of his resigna-
tion il the growing feebleness 1T his
aged mother. who requires his care.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
Crushed IN n Shredder.

Mr. Hugh Utt 81 BHce Prairie Is
another victim Of the dangerous corn
shredder His accident occurred last
Monday whom be with others we're
iu finishing iob q work flis
hand was caught ii the machine and
held . firmly that il was fifteen niu-
ule- before the united effort. d all
present could release him from the
machines grip. Elias Utt tried u
break the rollers with sledee ham
mer but without success Doctors
Crouin and Hassell amputated the
crushed limb between the elbow aud
wrist Accidents With these machine.
are 30 numerous Some change
should be made in their construction
to reduce the danger to life and limb
ia their use
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
Mixed On Tie Mans.

It was a man from west Grant who
came in the other day and said Here's
dollar and half; send me the HER
AID for a year | want to see what
il is ven say that makes old Polly
woggle wiggle " every little while
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24

is to the plant. causing it to grow and
flourish and in time to. blossom. it
would give US more thought and cd
vice for the spiritual welfare Of our
souls instead Of letting Us gradually
drift deeper into crime II you would
act "relieiouslv'' in this matter our
penitentiaries. reform schools and iails
would not contain one-half the VIC
Tins do,thev at the present time. But
no, we are left destitute OF spiritual
consolation Do you call religion the
act Of leaving the poor and needy to
the mercies of this cold, cold world?
No, no. If that is your religion give
me none Of it. / want the religion as
taught by Christ and not that which
is practiced and called religion by a
great many of you sanctimonious APP
pearing people with drawn faces and
pious ways. / want the religion Of
love and truth as taught to me upon
my dear old mothers knee. 0, those
happy moments; how would to God
they were but here again, and shed
a tear Of bitter anguish to think they
cannot be. Did you. fond mothers
who have loving sons, ever stop to
think that we too are some fond moth
ers' sons. sons who respect.aud vene-
ate the name Of mother above all else
on earth. Suppose then your son
were in some foreign land in search OF
wealth, Oh, that cursed stuff! and I
through his folly and weakness, was
led astray and ultimately landed be-
hind the bars, would not your heart
60 out to the loving mother who
would visit your son and offer unto |
him spiritual advice such as you
were won't to teach him in his child
hood, when you thought that
soul the most noble. that face the
brightest of all on earth, when YOU
were cherishing fond hopes of grand
success in life for that son, who was
the ideal of his mothers heart. Oh,
how well you remember those happy
days and fond hopes. Then l pray
let this appeal to your better nature.
Then say to you, dear Christian
friends, on that great judgment day
to come who viii be held accoun lble
for that son who has committed erimeo +;
He or you who have neglected him?
lis not for me to answer The de-
eision will he handed down to YOU by
that righteous Judge on that inevitable {
Judgment day.
Let your light shine on before YOU; t
aide it not under bushel but keep it t
veil trimmed and burning brightly SO
hat no smoke from it may ascend i
and make a black mark ,
lpon the pearly gates of heaven to be t
here against you before your arrival J
lome t
Love thy neighbor as myself" ;
Moral-Visit us. !
l have learned the moral. t
GEO. KING t
P. S. | hope the Christian public c
nay take no offense at the foregoing v
ines or think me sacriligious for it is v
lot the case. / only write to jog the e
'ublic's memory and let them know t
here are number of souls here that n
iced saving. o
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
BRINGING IN THE CORPSE.
Loadon Jaok" Has An Hll-around Saturdau
Night In Lancaster.

'iiS iihNALp sahctGm irving after a
hard weeks work to compose his
mind for sunday duties by reading
The Judge and other easy literature.
when his tranquility was rudely dis
turbed BY somebody counting ON the
window and calling, Come out here
quick
Grasping pencil. some blank pa
per, and the iron stoye-poker ii our
hands. we unbolted the door and
rushed out in time to see the form of
man disappearing in the gloom mp
the street toward the Wright house
corner, where crowd Of twelve 81.
fifteen lien could he seen indistinctly
assembled under the white moonlight.
Stores were closed and the streets
We're almost deserted except Of the
band q gentlemen Oh the hotel cor.
ner, and we got there as soon as pos
sible
The men We're walking around ex-
citediy. gesticulating frantically with
their arms. All talking wildly at once,
and to our questions As to what had
happened they paid not the least at
tention. Out Of the roar of CONVEX
sation these sentences fell upon our
ear. Thing ia this town are com
ing to a pretty pass. "The idea OF
a man lying out in the road in the
cold snow with the top OF his head
blown Off, I'VE had best take rio
to bring back the corpse. No; we
can carry it in" WAS held up and
robbed and his brains shot out. !" No, |
Posey or Hannum shot London Jack |
and he didn't die until be got up in
front Of Coolies. Come on. come
on, hurry up. lets 90 right now, "
and the crowd OF excited men filed out
into the middle OF the street and
headed by Jehiel Hyde, Lee Philipson
and other men OF nerve, moved Off
over the crisp. sparkling snow fol-
Owed closely by the reporter
After walking block or two some
body halted and yelled, Eve havea't
got the coroner with us. We can't
lold an inquest without the coroner
After parleying for while, some one
;ang ou' Darn the coroner, come
IN anyhow, and once more the pro-
'ession moved forward
The rapid pace set ~ the leaders
yer the slippery streets was wind
'reaking in the extreme ana The EEL
ows with weaker lungs Jagged be-
lind until the procession was at least
Of mile long. Sew
raj times the reporter tried to find
mt what had happenedi but the men
n his division were painting SO hard
OF breath that they only coughed
whenever they tried to speak After
DING on thus for long time the
aaders suddenly slowed down and {
he stragglers closed up the gaps.
hen all stopped, and pointing ahead
D black heap in the road one Of the J
,aders said IN a husky voice, That !
. the corpse Everything was 50 still y
hat one could fairly hear the moon l
cams throb on the glistcning snow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
A LETTER FROM The JILL.
a Prisoner Sets Forth His Visws CT CHRIST
ian Duty.

THE following letter IS sent us from
the Grant county jail with the follow
ing note attached: EDITOR HERALD
I beg of you to give me space in your
worthy columns for the enclosed let
ter which / write for the benefit Of
the Christian public. GEO. KING."l
To OUR CHRISTIAN FRIENDs:-''God
is love" Then in all humanity where
there is no love there is no Christian.
ity. Then, dear Christian friends,
why do you fail to visit Us poor sin.
ners in the Grant county Jail. Per-
haps it is from the want OF love, con
trary to what is taught by God above.
Love thy neighbor as thyself' is
what Christ hath testified when for
love OF Us he was led forth AMI cruel
fed. Now, dear Christian, from us
poor sinners do not turn, but seek to
uplift us is the moral you should
learn.
Our Christian friends may think
the foregoing lines little too severe,
but not nearly so severe as the treat
ment you have accorded Us. You
perhaps ali will say in one accord that
you have never misused any OF us by
deed, action or word, do not know us,
IN fact have never been to see us. That
is Just the point. By the absence of
your presence from among Us, you
treat US more severe than by word or
action; for God hath said thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself and scat
ter the seeds of divinity throughout
the world that all might know and
appreciate the blessed work OF the Re-
deemer. But you do not do that; you
simply lay Gods commands aside and
content yourself by kneeling in your
velvet cushioned pew and offer up
worldly prayer. Then you gather at
your neighbours house for prayer and
offer prayer for some heather of
foreign country and ask God to have
mercy upon them and show them the
blessed light Of love. Then you same
dear Christian people circulate pa
per asking for aid to send missionaries
to foreign lands to teach the word of
Christ to the heather But look at
home; we have heather at home, who
are heathenin a sense and as devoid
of all knowledge of Christ and his
as a hen is of music. The
class of heather | refer to may be
found in all public places for criminals
and the worst | know of in need OF
such aid is the Grant county jail. where
various classes of criminals may be
found And | will venture to say
right here that there is not one among
the many of us now confined here who |
follows the commission of crime for a |
livelihood, our respective crimes being |
committed in our folly and ignorance
of divine truth and laws Of man, but |
still we are treated as though we were
the most desperate criminals in the
of crime with hearts as cold |
and devoid OF all feeling as the head
stones that mark the graves of our
victims. But undeceive
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24

souyenier spoons At Weber Bros.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24

P. S. hope the Christian public
may take no offense at the foregoing
lines or think me sacriligious for it is
not the case. / only write to jog the
public's memory and let them know
there are number OF souls here that
need saving.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
a CAMPAIGN CHARACTER.

A-sIttIn' front o. Jones' store, most any summers
day.
Is dim. He's known by every one thet travels
round that way.
He's studied up on politics, kin figger out each
chance
AM give We bottom facks about our National
finance.
I've heard folks say they don't believe Jim labors
eZ he should:
he gives up all his time a.thinkin' fur his eoun-
trys good.
An feel, while readin' papers with their argy-
ments slim,
Thet they don't know whut they're missin' by not
interviewin' Jim.
he won't go shown forrard electrify the crowd;
Like every man of intelleck he's distant like AM
proud
He's conscious .thet he's got the calcerlations
straight an pat,
An eff his country needs 'en whv IL knou,a ias.
where they're at
But in the private circle OF his friends 'e oft un-
bend,
An feast yer mind on logic an opinions without
him, -
Thet they dom, know whut they're missin' by not
lnlerViewin jim Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
THAT OUTRAGEOUS ASSESSMENT

The CALL has not been at all backward
IN charging that the outrageous increase
in the assessment of San Francisco real
and personal property was inspired by the
Southern Pacific Railway Company, and
every day fresh proof Is revealed to SUBJ
stantiate the charge. The latest reveIa-
tions go 10 show that the plans to do this
thing were laid in the last session of the
Legislature, and everything has been
made to conform to this purpose.
The agents of the railway have seen
events unfold themselves in harmony with
what was to be accomplished, but the
people knew nothing of the conspiracy
until the Equalization Board announced
what had been done. 1t will be admitted
that the railway company managed the
affair very adroitly, but of course it never
tor moment contemplated taking the
public into its confidence. 1t cannot be
said that the people needed this object
lesson to teach them that vigilance is the
price of an honest assessment roll when
the Southern Pacific wants it otherwise.
for they have had dealings with that cor
poration before, but they have a remedy
IN the Supreme Court, or are supposed to
have, which they should apply most
vigorously.
But there is another view to take of the
matter. If the public indignation takes
on no more of a substantial form than the
protests of citizens and commercial bodies
no good whatever viii come of it. The
railway company cares nothing for such
opposition. Not only does it not care, but
II it finds that this increase in the assess
ment roll meets with no legal effort to
right the wrong the next burden the COM
pany puts upon the City will be still
greater. " hat is wanted is such an ex
preston OF the public's disapproval of the
acts OF the railway company through the
equalization Board as will have tangible
results. No doubt the railway assumes
that what is every ybody's business is no.
oody's business and hence there is very
little danger of united action on the part
OF taxpayers, but the mind of the corpo-
ration should be disabused of all that sort
OF thing by thoroughly united stand by
all the people in the defense OF their rights
in this matter.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
PERSON

DR.. w. w. Eastman of Sonora is in town,
NJ. NJ. Bellinger of Tacoma is a visitor here.
Charles C. Geltner OF Table Rock is at the
Russ.
Scott ]. Anthony of Denver arrived here yes
terday.
James F. Peck, an attorney of Merced, is in
the City.
Ex-Judgc Il. ]. Bond OF Seattle arrived here
yesterday.
J. Fred Kelsey OF Ventura is in the City for
short stay.
o. D. Colvin and Miss Colvin of Seattle are
at the Palace.
W. s. Rayburn of Springfield, ILL.,, is at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
C. II. Colburn, the mining man of Virginia
City, is visiting this City.
]. w. Beckwith of oberlin, Ohio, was one OF
the arrivals here yesterday,
d. P. burst, the extensive grain-grower OF
Wheatland, is at the Grand.
B. R. Herman of Washington, D. c., was
among yesterdays arrivals.
Alfred Gerner of Moss, Norway, is among the
recent arrivals at the Palace.
The Rev. DR.. Alexander and Mrs. Alexander
OF San Anselmo are in the City.
DR.. T. A. Mathews of Los Angeles is regis,
tered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
V. S. Smith, merchant OF Portland, Or, is a
guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel
A. ]. Bailey. a business man of Ontario, isa
guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
J. Carey, wealthy farmer of MADEIRA, is at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel with his wife.
c. M.Colgan of Sacramen to, secretary of the
State Board of Equalization, is at the Lick.
Carlos F. Hillman, the millionaire of San.
tiago, Chile, is at the Occidental, accompanied
by his family.
S. NJ. Green, the wealthy mining man of Mil
waukee has returned here. He is interested
in some Of the best properties of the West.
c. A. Kessler, business man of Phnnix
Ariz., who has long been q resident of the
great Southwestern Territory, is at the Grand.
Frank ]. Branton of San Jose, who was secre.
tary of the Senate and who has long been
known as leading accountant, is among the
arrivals here.
Joseph Hatch, prominent resident of Cam.
den, n. j., is at the Occidental, accompanied
by Mrs. Hatch, Miss Hatch Miss E. A. Hatch
and Arthur Hatch.
J. A. Coram of Boston, one of the heavy own.
eTs in the Anaconda and Calumet and Heela
copper mines, and who is largely interested in
the Merced Mining Company at Coulteryille
is at the Palace. He is ACCOMPANIED by G II
Palmer of Butte and J. F. Moffett OF New York
both heavy mining men.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Tabor of Denver, Colo. wife Of
Make Tabor, for many years leading owner OF
the rich Matchless silver mine at Leadyille. is
at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs. p b. Will
son OF Denver. Mrs. Tabor is the daughte rim
law of ex-United States Senator H. A. w. Tabor
of Colorado, who has long been such pictur.
esque figure in the West.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

very thousands who were living in clover
, before he refused to permit the Govern
ment to hanger protect them against the
Pauper labor of other countries. Mr..
Bryan is in very awkward position when
he stands before the workingmen-work-
ingmen whom he did all he could TO i'm
poverish. Naturally the tariff question
would be delicate subject for any one to
discuss under sucn circumstances, and Mr..
Bryan Is not to be blamed for declining to
make that affair an issue, for much of it
or any OF it would make life burden to
him.
IL Is very true, as Mr.. Bryan says, this
is no time for him to discuss an affair
Whlch reduced armies of men, women and
children from a state of prosperity to a
state OF poverty, especially SO as he
warmly advocated the adoption of meas
ures which would accomplish th at for them.
II Mr.. Bryan has n tender heart it would
be painful to him to revert to acts of his
own which brought SO much distress upon
his fellow citizens, and ii he were as mod
est as some men be would want 20 slip
OH to the woods and hide himself until
some one repaired the damage he. had in
hicted upon his fellows. But good as he
is, Mr.. Bryan lacks modesty, and so he
will not go off and hide. Nevertheless,
he should not be urged to call up events in
his Lie which resulted in making people
lack for bread
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
SPARE HIS FEELINGS.

Mr.. Bryan is entirely justified in refus-
ing to discuss the tariff question. Every
one has the right to steer his boat clear
of breakers. Mr.. Bryan could not discuss
the tariff question without putting his own
political life in jeopardy, and when he
says lit is not necessary to discuss the
tariff at this time" he has excellent
reasons for wanting to avoid the subject
Only little while ago Mr.. Bryan said
upon the floor Of Congress that the theory
of protection was all UNANIMOUSLY
wrong" he said. Mr.. Bryan Joined with
those who believed as he did, and they
passed free-trade measure, and soon
thereafter the industries of the country
suspended operations and threw hundreds
of thousands of workingmen and work. ig-
women into idleness. Not a few of them
have been pretty hungry for bread and
butter since then, and they are still living
Oh short rations.
Mr.. Bryan ID now q candidate for Presi-
dent, and he stands face to face with hun.
cry thousands every day, and they are the