The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
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berry: Ho"n'-
~ VIA, 'iate he was acknowledged TO be annv.
cement 'ids>lcaI scholar and a man of fine Iitnr.
y,rinr. III "t an early age contributed
'",i'"S di'liltS To magazine. and other pcriod.
,i "n ~ ,'a' law Tor over four years under dis.
th'A'HSll'd professors before he ast,d for ,l,ri.-
SION 10 the bar. After iivn years nt r,oottna 81,
il''snui@' Ia. he was elevated To the hrprh nf
NV ~ .i' foremost courts of the state namely
-. "i>l"t court 81 Allcghany County. at that
n.y. S president Judge with Il law as>nciatc he
- ~ immediate successor of Hon. Walter
~""iu' WHO hau been a foreign minister and
'y.i'tdr9 81 me treasury OF the United STATES.
re was quite young when made ,,I1,. L.i,.,
men ABOUT - years old, and during the time ne
WIS on 'ho bench he acquitted him sell so credit.
""i9 '''t OILY one OF bis numerous decision, WAS
reversed. The lawyers who practiced in his
,""it were largely men Of eminencc. such AS
non Edwin NJ. stanton. fthcn RESIDING NJ pittS.
purg ana afterwards Secretary of War. his mart.
ncf. "A-Judgc Silalcr. and \. W. Inomis Al
hampton, Thomas Williams, COZ. 5. w. Black
NV UNITS IL Is well known that Mr.. Stanton
praised the integrity and learning Of ,Judg.
summon. and that he remained his friend until
his death.
. pom the breaking ont of the rebellion judge
ohahhtil promptly offered himself as a volunteer
private. but on examination ly the srrrenns II,
"d> rejected because of his having had numer-
Gus heillnorhageS, affecting his physical ability
10 serve IN the ranks. He vas at the head of the.
can 1or the first mass meeting at Pittsburr TO
CONSIDER measures for the suppression OF the re-
most Lrin,.n, . >" n"ou.nS n1ue one oi inc
ne was Immediately placed on the mmit of
iioihe Safety. and at the head OF its mill
lafy volunteer organization had seven rrgi-
ilents, uniformed and equipped on parade
a Threatened Invasion Of rrhiIs 1r",t
west Virginia ana Maryland bent on the
canturp of the Allrubnnv rru.r,l 81, pi,t h'n.
ana lIc manItartorjrS tt6ern Tmi. a. .rr r.N nnIES
of volunteers were rnuinund iron fho rir,.s
guns. the bat.rrie, ana IN. .,n,uu,ifion nhtnf,.oi
from that Arsenal by nr,I,,r fr"'' H." Sn,ra'ru
War. directed M the sr,ry,,,iun nt rho i,l,r VA
H. then devoted himself Ia The r,i,i,Ir nj rnoi.
mcntS Tor active service in The sni,tn anI hnin.,
personally unite po,,,l,r anl m,,rh ,i,nirnJ ~
his integrity and patrioti.m' ne Nn. "rmr,n'.sjv
backed w wealthy citizen, wilo rontrihntrG ION,
Of thousands of dollars.
1T was from the ,lrrfinn of tl. rogi,,nn., ar.t
named that George II tass then nf pftt~hnrr
obtained the title of brir,1irr rrner,i J'iGS
Shannon being duly authoyiIci thereto ,irnjmr
his commission AS surh. This we learned ram !,
friend of Gen. Cass.
BY one of the regiments princina,v raised hv
him he was unanimously elected lieutenant col.
olel. was then duly commissioned ana swarm in.
to the service at Baltimore, lie remained in thr
army a, such otiiccr until he wa, hnuorablv dis.
charged.
trioti,m and krpublicaniSm we're fuIIv arnns,ni
In company with Andrew Gregg Cnrtin' thr war
Governor OF Pennsylvania. and with John ".
Forney and Others. he stunned that state in Is,;3'
making for himself a brilliant record rs an elo.
u,rnt rampalrn sneaker. Tnon Governor chr.
tins reelection he wished the Judge to be Attor-
nry General. which friendly otTnr was inrliued
Again in 1854 he spoke for Abraham Lincoln ana
the Republican party in ali the principal cities,
towns and districts II the sam state. receiving
The rrrltr,t .nrI1n.n nv,ryyh,rn. and 81 rnnI
was his work that some Of the leading Journals
declared thai no man in the state Ia. com ril,utrl
so effectively to the ELECTION Of IA. Lincoln as
Il. = -
Abraham Lincoln was his friend. AMI made to
him several of,rrs If hirn rn,j,jon. Which wtr.
also refused. and when Mr. jnrnIu i'm the mes
"nn al al NIorin ","u W i. "a ,hn ,.eInIr "a ~ ,!'il,.
drlnhil editor n.kl,i for ~, rt,sol,, If sl,rh re-.
tu,aIs. .Jldrn Shannon with drer r,no,inn, re-
piled: MT. President. from m, heart / thauk
Iou. and r.ueri3ly ion Inc honor of your friendly
nrrsonnl rpoarI tor mo. but | do moi wish il tobc
Said q; me While alive uor IL my children after
.,, nom. tb,r La,n dam. whit INV, lar tl,n
sIkT uf ott,r" ,n ,n,ttpr tnu Ii"E ar Jalzlin,.
lie served several terms in the PENNSYLVANIA
Icpi>latiIre in thr House of REPRESENTATIVES. n,
one of the mrrnbrr, from Iitt>hIIrr. was ON i'm.
unrtant rn,nn,ittf,,s, look an nctiy,. l,art in MI the
nrorrrdiu".' aud VA, considered the finest ora
Tor thpn in th.t BODY At the dedication of the
(ctiysi,,lTr cemetery he occupied a CONSPICUOUS
unsiiin,,
! In thr eorly nortjon of Gen. Grants first ad.
| ministrati0n he was offered "A foreign mission at
Ni,rrh ~ is-3 he was auuointrd Chjrf, Justice.
If the Suprcnc court Of iriknta. which position
he accepted because it was in the line of his pro-
fcSsiun ana studies, ana he served IN that cipdt-
ity until January 3. lsS2. when he resigned.
His judicial labor, in Dakota are well known
To- the older settlers. In lisa l. held the June anu
S,ntrmhnr term, Of cont for ali North Dakota
,t pamIina. n. annoiutel United states Com
" 81 ponnLina Earrn and Rismarri;
and ser the wheels Of replllar leval practice in
motion. In the faIl If 1873, Mt Fargo. he obtained
frnm his old friend t;aorlr. " CaSS. then in
, i" ;" ~ nv, \nr,hnrn I.,r}1ir P,iIroaI n verbal
,"ras,nent Tar tp. lois mon which the court
house at Fargo now stands. He organized the
49, 49, t.rritnri.I Grand iurv that ,yrr Sat for this
, a.r. -, In,i;nt, lie fT,,n;ed nur first admiralty
rrmles for he r"c,,latjon Of navigation Oh the Red
and NIi.,oIIri R7yrrs'
In 1874 shortly after the removal of Gov. Bur
bank. he was assigned to the Yankton District.
and .i,,I"a Barnes came to this, the Northern
ni~trict Ar Voul;ton he introduced the proper
,rrjt, ..d farms info the practice of the United
Stnt,. cnurt ana Tanned and enforced through.
omt The Whole district such s"alntarv rules as were
"n m,rh needed TO preserve uniformity and dis
| cipI!nc in the courts. Thus disorder gave way to