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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20

Compromise Of Delinquent Taxes.
By resolution of the boatp OF county
commissioners OF Pennington county,
South Dakota, passed in regular session
on the twenty third day OF January,
1896.
RESOLVED, Whereas a large portion
OF the taxes due SAID Pennington County,
South Dakota, remain unpaid upon
town lots and other real estate situated
within said county, and whereas such
property has been offered for sale as
required by the statutes two successive
years and received no ~purchasersson
account OF the depreciation Of the value
of such property or otherwise; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, BY the board OF county
commissioners, that in all such cases
| the county treasurer OF said Pennington
county, South D,kota, is hereby au-
thorized. empowered and instructed to
issue to the owner or owners Of such
property, upon payment to him in cash
OF a sun OF money equal in amount to
the amount OF the original tax assessed
against such property Tor such years, less
the accrued penalty and interest thereon.
a receipt in full for such taxes for the
years they are SO delinquent, provided
and it Is hereby expressly understood
that no compromise or reduction ia or
shall be made in any case unless the
whole amount of such original tax due
! and delinquent as aforesaid shall be
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20

paid ia cash. and that such payment Of
cash Is made by the owner or owners OF
such properly to said county treasurer
on or before twelve o'clock noon. Of the
first day OF July. 1896, and the county
auditor is hereby directed to publish in
OF the official newspapers Of said
county q copy OF this resolution for a
period OF at least two weeks.
seventh day OF January, A. D. 1896.
HORACE CROCKETT,
County Auditor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
Notice to Creditors.

In the county conrt Of Pennington, state Of
South Cakoth.
In the matter OF the estate OF Hugh H. Jones,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned.
OF the estate of Hugh H. Jones, de-
ceased, to the creditors Of, and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of this notice
to the SAID eXecutrix at the Office of A. w.
Bangs, his attorney in Rapid City in the county
of Pennington.
1896.
MARIA N. JONES,
Executrix of Hugh H. Jones, Deceased.
A. w. BANGS, Attorney. =
(2-2S-S-27-'95)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
W. G. T. i. COLUMN.

Prepare ye the way Of the Lord
make his paths straight" So was
the command given to John the
Baptist. Today the same injunc-
ton comes to us Christian people
of the nineteenth century. Is
your soul. reader Of this column,
prepared for the coming Of the
Lord to. you? Are you helping
others that they too may be ready
for the call to the marriage supper
Of the bridegroom. Are you
doing the little that lies within
your power to make the world bet
ter-to s~traighten out the crooked
paths, to build up and level down
the rough places in the way. There
is much to be done. The sick, the
needy, the orphan, and the widow
need your help. Reform in many
lines ask your help. The temper
ance needs you, society
needs you, the church asks your
help, education, last but not least.
demands your time. acknowledge
shall be increased are you help
ing to increase it?
Miss Willard is now making a
six months tour in the southern
states, everywhere lecturing to i'm
mense audiences, Large numbers
7 convinced by her arguments
and put on the white ribbon.
Each of these little badges Of white
worn on the soul white within
helps to bring nearer the day
when all shall live IN happiness
and peace.
Lady Henry Somerset writes to
the w. G. r. y. Of this country, re-
questlng that u leader Miss
Willard may come to England to
assist in the convention OF the B.
W. T. A. this coming summer.
Lady Henry has given fifteen
months Of her time to the United
States. Miss Willard has spent
q months in England. One year
Of this time being the vacation
granted her by the w. G. T. u. It
is to be hoped that these two great
leaders may have all possible as
sistanco In their work from fire.
quent seasons Of each others coun-
cil-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
Theosophical Society Column.
BULWER-LYrToN BRANCH.

In THIS column. through the kindness
of the UNION, we shall endeavor to
express our views about which many
people know little, and that little
wrongly.
"Get the truth once entered and tits like
A star newborn that drops into it's place.
HOWELL.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
Notice..
U. S. Land Office Rapid City,,s s. DIT
March 10, 1896.

Q. S. Land office Rapid City, s. Dbl
March 10, 1896.
Complaint having been entered at this office
by Edwin j.. Thompson against John F.. Nc
Kinney for abandoning his homestead entry,
No. 1880, dated Nov. 21st, 1894. upon the
SEH of NEA and NEH OF SEH Sec 20 and NWA
Of SWA and lot 3, Sec. II Twp 2 S. Range IL Il,
with q view to the cancellation OF said entry:
the sait parties are hereby summoned to APP
pear at this office on the 25th day of April,
dOnment.
E. D. RALPH, Register.
POyd r. Bangs. Att'yS for Contestant.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
Notice OF SileriF''s Sale.

Boyd & Bangs, Att'ys for Contestant.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20

Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of a
judgment OF foreclosure and sale i'll the above
entitled action, made and rendered on the 18th
upon said Judgment, the subscriber John II. In
gersol, sheriff of Pennington county, South
Dakota. for that purpose appointed will sell at
public auction at the front door of the court
house in the city Of Rapid City in said county of
Pennington, state of South Dakota, on Satur-
day, the 2Sth day Of March, 1896 at two
O'Clock in the afternoon of that day the real es-
tate and mortgaged premises situated in the
city Of Rapid City, Pennington and state of
South Dakota and directed in said Judgment
and execution to be sold and therein described
as follows. tO-wit:
All the right, title and interest OF the said de-
fendants, Theodore Reder and Elizabeth Reder
in and to the following described tracts or par
GELS OF land, to witt: lot thirty-one (31) and
thirty-two (32) in block number one hundred
| and twenty-one 121) in the original townsite
(now city, Of Rapid City as shown by the re-
corded plat thereof on file in the Office of the
register OF deeds Of said Pennington county.
South Dakota, with all the heriditaments and
appurtenances thereon belonging or in any way
appertalnlng or SO much thereof as may be SUI
fcient to satisfy said judgment and costs
amounting in all to the sum OF seven hundred
aud ninety-three dollars and ninety-eight cents
(s793. 9S) with interest thereon from the date
of said Judgment and all accruing costs OF sale.
Dated at Rapid City, S. D., this 9Th day OF
February, 1895.
JOHN T. INGERsOL,
Sheriff OF Pennington county, S. d.
A.. w. BANGS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
(2.7-3-27-'06
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20

In the circuit court Of the Seventh Judicia cir
cult Of the state OF South Dakota, in and for
Pennington county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20

The Buffalo, N. Y. Theosophists OBJ
tanned the use OF over $50 acres IN sur
burban lots, free OF charge and planted
the same with potatoes. The lowest es-
innate OF the value OF the crop distrl-
buted to the poor during this winter is
$4,000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
JOS. HARTER,

THEODORE REDER, ELIZABETH
REDER and the BAILEY LOAN
COMPANY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
The Heat IN London,

Inc EnglIShnan VINO returns to Lon
don after long exile must be struck
Ey the effect of the heat on our tradi-
tiOnal reserve. Three years ago we
had Just such = LuSitanian summer as
that in which Will Waterproof's grand
e ather's grapes grew fat It made
havoc among our customary suits of
solemn black. The Londoner shed his
waistcoat and appeared in pnblic be-
girt with silk band. which. in another
ye3r or two. may take on a Lusitanian
color. The black cylinder was depOs-
ed and the straw hat reigned for some
melting weeks in its stead. This July
has seen further concessions to our
tropical climate Citizens of repute 90
about in the white Indian helmet. with
sunshade to match. The Prince of
Wales, not unmindful. perhaps, of
Lord Ronald Covers appeal, has
worn white hat at a garden party.
1t is said that the arbiter of fashion
has even gone so far as to don a white
soft felt hat, with frock coat. com
binatiOn that must have sent a thrill
through Mayfair. We may be within
an ace of white ducks and a Panama
sombrero, a waistband of many cOlOrs
and blue cotton shirt-a costume
that might infuse into our department
the fervid graces of the South. In the
foyer of the opera rank and fashion
do not hesitate to drink cool liquids
through straws, which, in figurative
sense, show which way the social wind
is blowing. \ few more such summers
and our insular angularities will dis
appear, and the foreigner will have to
invent fresh reasons for disliking us.
London Spectator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
TWO HUNDRED GRANDCHILDREN
Connccicu: Man Who Has Nc;rly u
Ecgimcn: OF descendants.

Levi Bradshaw. .vho lives in the
Sparks district. il NiIliugly. Conn.
has such 4 large family that he can
Eol count his grandchildren. Brad
shaw euligrated from Canada and has
lived in hillingly thirteen years. He
is now III his 70th year.
he has been married three times. and
is the father of iorty-onc children,
forcy oi whom are Dow living. By his
first wife ne bad six children. inciuj
Ing pair OF twins. His second wiie
bore him twonty-four children. half Of
whom were twins. His present wife
presented him with eleven children.
BRADSHAW was not II years old when
lie married The hrst time. His oldest
son i ROW H. and mas several children
ana grandchildren. Twenty-nine of
the old man sons and daughters are
married, and all hive children. The
grandfather does not know Just how
large this family of grandchildren ana
grcat-grandchiIdren has become. lie
can enumerate up tn $50. but is in tae
dark as to the remainder. Heestimates
that they may run up 70 POO or 50.
The Killingly patriarch married his
last wife in Danielson thirteen years
ago. Only one out of her eleven
children has died. The death occurred
at birth three weeks ago. The rest are
healthy and robust like the father.
Mr.. Bradshaw is believed to be the
banner father in New England and the
banner grandfather OF the United
States.-New York World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
The Dollar IN the Melting Pot.

This comes to US from d reader:
If dollar be q dollar-honest coin
without deceit-one may melt it.
one may smelt it but its value won't
retreat.
Melt ten dollars-silver dollars-in
unbiased melting pct, and the silver
slug" resulting only sells for five
the lot
Melt gold dollars-melt an eagle in
aforesaid melting poland the gold
en- slug resulting quickly sells for
Item The lot. -
Will you tell me-kindly tell mellow
these dollars equal are-if a little
glowing furnace pnt on only one a
scar:
There was never yet equation that de-
manded legislation ito establish
right to bean equation is equation
else it is a fallacy.
And m thinking-quietly thinking
that poor man has poor sense
if he votes to have a dollar-that
will melt to 80 cents.-Concord y.
II. Monitor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
An Honest Yard stick.

What is Il yard stick? y measure
of length containing IS inches. What
is an inch? One thirty-siNth of yard.
We are back where We started and
must start again. \ yard is the length
of a yardstick. 1t may be. if the yard
stick is just the length of yard.
What is yard:
a yard has been various things, as
the length of Henry Is arm, or the
length of a pendulum beating seconds
of mean time in the latitude of London:
at present it is the distance. at - de-
grees Fahrenheit. between two lines
engraved upon plugs of gold inserted
near the ends of certain bar of gun
metal deposited in the Royal Observa-
tory atGreenwich. with copies deposit
ed in various other places, including
one in the custody of the Department
OF State at Washington, which in turn
supplies copies to the several States.
If our yardsticks conform with this
standard. they measure true yards: if
not. somebody is cheated.
1t will be observed that this stand
ard unit of measure is quite arbitrary.
We can not give good reason why
the yard should be just of that length,
and not longer or shorter. except that
is so, that common consent has accept
ed this standard and we can not de-
part from it now without confusion.
The French, and many other Cont
mental nations following them. have
adopted. and similarly recorded. a
different unit of length. the one-ten-
milliOnth part of the earth's meridian
quadrant. called a meter. with decimal
divisions. which is about 10 per cent
longer than a yard. The use OF this
measure is optional in this country,
but ii is commonly necessary to tran
slate it into the corresponding English
measure. As each is exactly deter
mined. however. and their ratio is fix
ed and invaria bic. this translation is
not difficult, and either equally repre-
sents the necessity of fixed standard
of measure.-Philadelphia Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
The EoTnerinm Money

One OF the favorita complaints OF
the free silverites is that under The
present system the bankers and capi-
talists are permitted 10 corner lnc
supply Of money, and prevent it from
being used for business purposes and
the promot: on OF general prosperity.
The folly of this view is so plain that
any man who knows enough to pitch
straw should be able to see it. Money
| is worth nothing TO the bankers and
capitalists when II j. withdrawn from
circulation and locked up in theirsafes
and vaults. That kind ol cornering
simply means the voluntary surrender
Of chances OF profit, and meI al tI.t
class are not i'll the ha DIT of nuv.nE
fun with themselves IN tl.Il way. II
is 10 their advantage to keep their
money employed. ana no, .r .cg it ..c
in idle piles for the purPoss Of an
noying those who woula like 10 have
it. They favo: ths Iar@,,t po7aiJ,-
uSH vi LLISiitS iiOI II OLIi pau iCei' VI
philaEthropic motives. Dut because
that i their source OF gaia. It is
their capital. for the simple reason
that when il is inactive it yields chem
nothing.
There are times. OF course. when
banks are slow 10 lend money or cap
itajiSts to make investments. on ac-
count of conditions of disturbance and
uncertainty: but it is nonsense to say
that they deliberately go to work to
prevent the use Of money when the
conditions are reasonably safe. They
are more apt to take risks that they
should avoid in that relation than
to neglect good opportunities. Their
prosperity is dependent upon that of
the people at large: their money is
productive on Y when it is helping to
advance the welfare of others. The
banks are tn :mselyes constant bor-
rowers. Thei. depOsitors are their
creditors, and the money thus bor-
rowed is loaned out at rate of inter-
est that gives profit for the trouble
and hazard IN the case. The more
they can borrow in that way, the more
they have to lend, and they borrow it
only TO lend it. not to put it aside and
gloat over the possession of it. They
must keep it in motion. or it will profit
them nothing. The thing that they
most dread is its accumulation on
their hands without the chance to en-
ploy it. All talk about the concerning
of money in the sense of arbitrarily
preventing the use of il is obviously
ridiculous. therefore, when the fact is
considered that the business of bank
ers and capitalists is to avert that
very result. and to make as much
profit as they can on loans and invest
ments.- -Globe-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
Thou Shalt Not Steal.

The commandment. Thou shalt not
steal, thundered from Sinai and re-
lterated in the legislationo OF all ma
tlons, Is no respecter of persons.-Mr.
Bryan at Madison Square Garden.
Does not that commandment forbid
the enforcement by Legislation of a
policy which would require the own
ers of life insurance policies and mort
cages, the depositors in savings
banks and the members Of building
associationsand similar organizations
to receive in satisfaction OF their
claims dollars having IA purchasing
power of only 53c IN the place of The
dollars having a purchasing power
of lO0c which they invested. loaned, or
laid by, and TO which. under present
laws. they are entitled? Does it not
forbid the reduction. by nearly one
half. of the Ealue OF thousands Of
small mortgages held by widows and
Orphans Does it permit Mr.. Bryan
and his party 10 cut the pcnsionel 5
moGthiy allowance in tive:
There are in this country f..15. 600
savings bank Geposito"s. the owners
O. more than Il.0OJ. .00o life insurance
policies o. contracts. SO. 900 pension
ers, and great many persons of
small means who have loaned their
savings on mortgages. ! gr,aJ ..-g-
iOrity Of these persons haze nov. c..
will have before November next. firm
ly fixed opinions a. 20 the application
o. this commandment 20 the Bryan
silver programme.
Il may be noticed tia- lIr. Eryan
has already forgotten his assertion
-contraGictad ny four-ffths OF the re-
mairder Of his Madison Square ad-
dress and by the arguments and pleas
OF the leaders Of the silver movement
for Il longtimepa7l- that the proposed
silver dollar will ba worth lG0c in gold
and thus be merely q duplicate OF the
hated ''two-dollar. whose value has
been wicEledly Increased by the alleged
appreciation OF the gold standard.
Al Rhinebecll on Wednesday lie took
up the old strain about the rise in
the value OF Il dollar. The consequent
fall in prices. etc. New York Trib-
uus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
CLEVELAND'SPOSITION.
Positive statement That He Is for Il
New Ticket.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-President
Cleveland favors the nomination OF a
sound money Democratic ticket by the
indianapolis Convention. This was
the positive information from abso-
lutely reliable sources that the Presi
dent and his Cabinet, with theexception
of Secretary Smith, will support the
nominee of the indianapolis Conven-
ton.
1t is still an open question whether
the President will in a formal way give
his Endorsement 20 The third ticket
movement. but when the convention
meets his friends there will be able to
state that practically the entire Ad-
ministration, under the lead of the
President, can be depended upon to
bolt Bryan and Sewall.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
What -Good WiIE'' Means.

10 frequently hear the term good
will" used in describing a benefit or
advantage existing as = part of or in
connection with :; business. says an
e.chau.t. il i defined in several
c;:ses as the advantage or benefit
which j. acquired by an establishment
bsvcnd the mere value of the capital,
sock. funds. or property employed
therein in consequence of the general
public patronage and encouragement
which il receives from constant or
habitual customers on account of its
local position or common celebrity,
or reputation for skill or affluence. or
punctuality, from other accidental cir
cumstances or necessities, or even
from ancient partialities or prejudices.
This is definition given by Story and
followed in several cases. Boiled
down, this definition would seem to
mean simply that the good of a busi-
ness consists in the probability that
customers will continue to come to the
old place of business. At best it is a
sale of mere chance. which vests in
the purchaser nothing but the possi-
bility that a preference which has
usually been extended may continue.
The Keystone.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
A GEORGIA YARN.
That Tom Watson Was offered a Big
Jobto Come OFF,

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 24.-The
Journal this afternoon prints a story
which it says comes from a source of
undoubted authenticity, the effect that
the purpose Senator Tillman's 5 recent
mysterious visit to homas +. Wat
son at the latter's home in Thomson
was to see if Mr.. Watson could not be
induced to retire from the Eice-Presi-
Dental race on the promise of a place
in the Bryan Cabinet. The journal :
Informant, who is Democrat of high
rank. bat warm friend and possible
supporter OF Watson. says there is no
doubt that tentative c.Tcr OF such Il
posit5onwas made. bywhos" authority
It i 40, known, and Very promptly
declined.
Mr.. Watson declared that insomuoh
as he had accepted the Eice-Pres;-
Dental nomination in order - pre-
serve his party organization. he rould
not surrender il in exchange fo" any
other Office whatever. !: : said ;hat
4 similar offer Is to ne made % sir.
SewaH. In this connection !, i noted
As significant that Mr. Watson has
been declaring with confidence Of late
that he would be OF tn Deaiuvrutic
ticket inSid" Of TWO weeks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29
STRUCK A SNaG AND SUNK.
Steamer city of Hickman a Total
Loss-Passengers, Crew and
Cargo saved

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 23.-Early
this afternoon the Anchor Line boat
City of Hickman, bound from ST.
Louis to New Orleans, heavily loaded
struck a snag in the channel at island
No. 10. about twelve miles north of
here. She was run on a bar and
grounded in nine feet of water. The
City of Hickman's officers knew the
channel was dangerous and on sound
ing got fourteen feet of water. but
moment after a snag was struck. and
it tore hole fourteen feet long in her
bottom. The boat was at once thrown
around and all steam possible was
used to get her to the bar. The Hick-
man rested easy on the bar. and the
Chickasaw- coming south, reached
at i:I0. The Chickasaw took on her
Passengers and came to Memphis.
She brought also % horses and mules
and - tons OF dry goods. The cap
tain OF the Chickasaw fears there is a
lump Under the middle of the Hick
man and reports the sand washing
from under her stand. This being
the case. there > danger OF the
Hickmdn'a back being broken IN
less the immense load Is taken
off. The tug y. u. Jones. with
lighters. LETT for the sunk boat AT
O'Clock. and the dredge boat Castor
proceeded later. The Ora Lee left
Memphis al o'clock empty for Cairo,
where she will be repaired, and she
will probably Tighten the Hickman.
At l1:3G o'clock tonight reporters
returned from thestranded boat. They
state that the captain and pilot are
fearful that the boat will 20 to pieces.
The SAND Is washing from under her.
ana this j. the cause of the appre-
hension. Relief boats are taking off
the cargo. The water is now i let on
the lUwes. deck
=. of ne passengers have puI-
chased ticBcrs Dr rail for their desti
nations. The City OF Hickman cost
$lGt.@gl. am is nov valued at so. 600.
She Is one of The largest boats belong
ing to he Anchor Line. Those now
or board are in no danger, for two
boats are alongside of the crippled
craft
The boat was in command or Capt.
Robert ". Mccoy. She carried forty
pas. myers and 400 tons Of freight.
Tn boats insurance is only $20.010.