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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-01-31
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mary Anderson Navarro, according
to reports from England, is in broken
health. She is wheeled about in d
bath chair every sunny morning.
A 1~7-year-old London boy killed him
self with cyanide of potassium because
he had to wear a wig while his hair,
which had fallen out on account OF a
fever, was growing out again.
Mr. Eugene Ysaye, the vio]inist, has
bought, for $4,000, the S~tradivarius
known as Hercules. 1t is dated 1882,
is one of the most perfect of it's family,
and is beautifully preserved.
The late Prof. Boyesen's three sons
have been made wards of the college
by the trustees OF Columbia college.
They are now at school and he cost OF
their education is to be me by the col
lege.
Mahlon A. Sellers, of Windsor Castle,
Berks county, Pa, recently celebrated
the 5Oth anniversary of his appoint
ment as postmaster at that place. he
secured the establishment Of the Office
in 1S45, and has been postmaster e
since.
Robert l.. O'Rrien, of Massachusetts,
who during the last campaign acted as
Mr.. Cleveland's stenographer, and who
has since been principal executive
clerk, has resigned to become the Wash
ington correspondent of Il boston
Evening Transcript.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-01-31

UrlrED srAr1s LAND OrT1CE,

UNrrED 8rArns LAND OY1lCr,
RAPlD CRY, 3. d, July II. 1895.
In accordance with tie oct 81 conerenl
approved August 10. 1894, and In com
pllance with the honorable cOmmis-
siOner,s letters s.E,' dated June 20, and
July 8. 1895, notice u hereby given that
the lands embraced in the approximate
full and fractional townships, herelnai-
ter named, are reserved from any ad-
verse appropriation By settlement ar
otherwise Except under rights that may
be found to exist Of prior inception)
from and after the date Of the filing 81
the application for survey (June 1,
1850 and for a period extending from
June 1, 1895, until the expiration Of
sixty days from the date Of the filing Of
the official plats Of survey of the several
townships in this Office, during which
period the state authorities may select
any OF the lands situate in said town.
ships which are not embraced in any
valid adverse claim, viz:
Townships 2, 8 and 4 S.. r. IL E.; 8
and 4 s., r. IL Ed S.. r. Is E.; II n,
z i. and 16. II and Is n. r. 8 E.. B.
H.. M. E. D. RALPH, Register,
JOHN LaFABRE, Receiver.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-01-31
THE

A Curious Eaasrsl Rite Which Obtained
h Wales.
The principally of Wales has within
living memory possessed an official
known as the 'sin-eater." It was the
practice for . relative-usually a wom-
an-to put on the breast of a deceased
person a quantity of bread and cheese
and beer, and the s~in-eater was sent for
to consume them and to pronounce the
everlasting rest of the departed. 1t was
believed that in doing this he absolutely
ate and appropriated to himself the sins
symbolized by the viands, and thereby
the sinner who had committed them.
Such an arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to be desired on the one
| side, but how it worked on the other we
are not told. What was supposed to be
the condition of this spiritual under
taker after the ceremony was con
cluded? Did his appropriation" of the
dead mans sins imply a sort of moral as
similation of them, answering to his
physical assimilation of the bread and
cheese? The question would obviously
be one of some Importance to a s%in-eater
in large practice. If the responsible
ties of his profession were as great as
ties of his profession were as great as
hypothesis, he would need to retire
from it early, and to devote a consider
able portion of his closing years to re-
pentance and good works.
Again, it is natural to ask what hap
pened at the decease of a popular or
fashionable" s%in-eater. Would any
n among his professional brethren
undertake to eat his sins, even in the
first flush of satisfaction produced by
stepping into his shoes? If so, then,
indeed, has the epithet of gallant"
been rightly bestowed upon little Wales.
1t is as though n doctor succeeding to
another's practice should consent to as
sumo the moral responsibility for his
late colleagues treatment Of all his de-
ceased patients, in addition to his w
similar burdens.
We yield to none in admiration of the
quiet and homely heroism of the medi-
cal profession, but we doubt whether 1t
would enable them to face such an or
uCdl DIS CAlS. <AS W tIc welsh pTdCUl-
TONERS to whom we have compared
them, we shrink from pursuing the an
alysis further. 1t is evident that, as in
the s%choolboy game of ~"conquerors,"
where a stone which can smash the
smasher, of, say, 43 other stones takes
over all its conquests, and becomes it.
self a 'forty-fourer," SO the responsible
tiles of these unhappy men might ac-
cumulate at an alarming rate. One
hardly dares to contemplate the inter-
nal condition of the sin-eater who had in
life attended a long series Of other sin
eaters. The cheese would be almost
converted into Welsh rabbit before he
had got it down.-London Times.
From the fact that during the first
week of the open seaso fines aggregat-
ing $500 were imposed in southern New
Hampshire on orer-enthusiastic sports
men, it is inferred that the hunters are
having lots of fun up there.
A large bear entered a barn belong
ing to William Bennington at Ukiah,
CAL. dropping through a hole in the
roof. Before it could recover from the
!! fall the bear was attacked by a COW,
and shockingly mangled and killed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-01-31
THE WORLDS WOMEN.

Miss Beatrice I%Iarraden's winter in
C.itora.i:l ,;nS 50 pleasant and Mrril-
. s=r 49, So, Miil ~i"tl,rl t..;.ia
The Press., 1896-07-09

Mrs. Ellen Weston has been in corres- pOndence with former residents of Staf- ford and has received pledges from thirty other persons which, when paid, will bring the invested fund up to $1 ,0OO, and over. We copy 8 few sentences from some of those letters to show what the writers think of the plans proposed. Mrs. Jennie Gordon, of New London, writes, "I thank you for inviting me, and will of course do something to forward your plans" Mrs. J. B. Ellis, in sending contribution adds, ''I am very glad to know that there is that interest manifested for so good a work, and that we are able to assist you in caring for the sacred ground where re- poses all that is mortal of our dear ones" Wm. Mecorney, of Springfield, writes, II thank you heartily for your letter, and shall consider it a privilege to add to the funds of so very worthy an object" These are samples of numerous letters received from points as widely separated as Bos- ton and Salt Lake City and all of the same tenor.
 The Improvements already made are an earnest of what will be done as funds ac- cumulate, and are also proof of the earn estness and good taste that will yet make Hillside cemetery worthy of it's beautiful location.
The Press., 1896-07-09
A Visit to the Battle Field.

Having promised you a sketch of my recent journey to Sharpsburg, Antietam and vicinity, whither I was sent by the town authorities to get the bodies of our friends and fellow citizens, Lieut.. Horton
 and Augustus Truesdell, and also to look
 after the sick and wounded volunteers of our town, 1 now undertake to partly re- deem my promise. After leaving the Springs nothing of special interest at tracted my attention till I arrived at the railroad bridge across the Monocacy, which had been recently destroyed by StOnewall Jackson. This bridge, fine structure of iron, was completely de- .stroyed by that dashing rebel general. A very good wooden structure now fills its place. On the upper or right hand side of the bridge, as you pass toward Fred erick, are to be seen the marks of the rebel camp fires, covering over a large extent of territory. The next place of in- terest on my journey is Frederick City,
 Md. This city is at present one vast con- gregatlon of hospitals. All of the church edifices, several hotels, the court house.
 seminaries and many other public and private buildings being occupied for hos pital purposes. 1 visited these, but suc- ceeded in finding only one Stafford man, though am informed several were there the next morning, having arrived after l had retired for the night On the morn ing of Sept. 18th, with my friend, Mr.
 Brooks, who had accompanied me from the Springs, started for Sharpsburg, g miles distant. This portion of my jour ney was particularly interesting. was informed that there was a good deal of skirmishing most of the way from Fred erick to the South Mountain, where was fought the memorable battle on Sunday, just two weeks previously, in which the brave Gen. Reno was killed. On each side of the highway, and in the adjacent fields and woods are numerous graves, all speaking of that terrible struggle in Ian guage not to be misunderstood. Here lies the brave officer, and the no less brave soldier, each and all sleeping quiet ly in their rude yet peaceful graves, many of them not mark to indicate their iden- tity. Alas how strangely does the ap- pearance here to-day contrast with that l of two weeks ago. The trees and fences in this vicinity all bear witness to most desperate conflict, the trunks and limbs of huge trees being rent asunder as if all the destroying elements of nature and art combined had been let loose among them. Passing South Mountain, the next town is Boonsborough. This place also is thickly dotted with hospitals. Here found on my return Major General A. Washburn of the 18th regiment, seriously wounded at Antietam, who informed me that he was recovering slowly, and hoped to be able to be moved home in the course of four or five weeks. In this place are several rebel prisons, into one of which gained admittance, but was only permit ted to look in at the others. The next town l will call Ketysville, perhaps not
The Press., 1896-07-09
CHICAGO GROCERY
REFORE you purchase a

BEFORE you purchase a
 Carriage, call and ex- anime the Largest Stock ever shown in this town. l have on hand, Surreys, ConCOrds, all prices and styles. Business Wag- ons; Democrats, Traps, Farm Wagons, &c., also a good assortment of secondhand work.
 My facilities for repair ing are unsurpassed, and prices the lowest.
 All work warranted as represented.
 JOHN c. WIGHTMAN,
 Stafford Hollow
The Press., 1896-07-09

ELECTRIC BITTERs.-El Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but per haps more generally needed when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious levers No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, h. digestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. soc. and $1.O0 per bottle, at B. K. Taft's Drug Store. 1
The Press., 1896-07-09

N. Champlin, member of the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. It covers the entire year of 1864.
 Sept. 9.-A very warm and pleasant day, Heard last night that Richmond was taken, with thirty-five thousand pris- oners, and all the ammunition, etc.
 Sept. 1O.-A pleasant day. Our de- tachment, the 95th, with several others, received orders tonight to pack up and leave, consequently we left Andersonville on the cars, about o'clock p. m., for Charleston, s. G., expecting to be ex- changed. We are all in good spirits. Several of the boys had to be left behind, and among them were Oscar Lyon, Mor- ris Chadwick, Nelson D. Young, and Eli Hart, of Go. I.
 Sept. Very warm and pleasant. We got into Macon about Midnight, and about four o'clock this morning we left for Charleston. Arrived in Augusta be- tween three and four o'clock, and there remained until about eleven o'clock, when we started on again. Augusta is beau tiful city.
 Sept. 12.--The day is delightful. Ar rived in Charleston about two o'clock and were marched into lot just out of the city, on the fair grounds. About four thousand of us are here. A few shells were fired into the city this evening. like the change of prisons very much. The people seem to be very kind to us.
 Sept 13-A warm and pleasant day. This morning we drew rations of hardtack and bacon. The ladies, and other citizens of Charleston, came up and gave us soap, hats, clothing, bread, tobacco, &c. The city was shelled early this morning, and some during the day. Fifteen hundred men had orders to leave in the morning. We heard that the commissioners met this afternoon in the harbor. This is the best day have passed for three months.
 Sept. 14.-The day has been warm and fine. Fifteen hundred men left to go to some other place. We are now divided into squads of one hundred men each The city was shelled early this morning. General Foster intends to waken the people of Charleston in good season every morning. About three hundred men vol. unteered to go out and work for the Rebs to-day. 1 hear they are going to throw up breastwOrks on Sullivan's Island.
 Sept. 15.-A pleasant forenoon-cloudy
The Press., 1896-07-09
A SOLDIERS DIARY-A FRAG-
 MENT.

The following is from diary kept by George N. Champlin, member of the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. It covers the entire year of 1864.
The Press., 1896-07-09

Dig down to the cause of your sickness, if you want to get well and stay well. Most likely it's indigestion. The irritating poisOns of fermenting, putrid food, left in the stomach by indigestion, cause head ache, neuralgia, nervousness, dizziness, stomach-ache, nausea, irritability, and all the other well-known symptoms of in digestion.
 They also cause many pains and disor- ders which are often laid to other causes, and hence are not easily cured. But as soon as the poisons are removed all these symptoms and disorders disappear, be- cause there is nothing left to cause them. Nothing succeeds in this like Shaker Di- gestive Cordial, because it prevents the undigested food from fermenting in the stomach and helps the stomach to digest it's food.
 Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to $1 per bottle.
 Le Gaulois: "Sir, allow me to shake hands with you, just by way of showing that know somebody here."
 With pleasure, sir as am precisely in the same boat as yourself"
 Te prevent pale and delicate children from lapsing into chronic invalids later in life, they should take Ayers Sarsaparilla together with plenty of wholesome food and outdoor exercise. What they need to build up the system is good red blood.
 A new law in Pennsylvania allows re- bate of one-fourth of the road tax to the farmer who has four-inch tire on all his draught wagons hauling over $, ,OOo pounds. This is good idea, and should be adopt ed in all the states. The narrow tire cuts into the roadbed and injures the road, the wide tire improves it. There is more in this than most people imagine.
 Persons who have a coughing spell ev. cry night, on account of tickling sensa. tion in the throat, may overcome it al once by a dose of OneMinute Cough Cure W. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1896-07-09
ITEMS FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.
Oct. Is, 1862.

Tt is our intention to print under this head from week to week. items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
The Press., 1896-07-09

BUOKLEN's ARNIoA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
3 r, k

President Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio,
is highly respected all through that
section. He has lived in Clinton Co.
Is years, and has been president of
the Sabina Bank 20 years. He gladly
t~estifies to the merit Of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and what he says is worthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
to their needs. 1t makes pure, rich,
red blood, and from this comes nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive strength.
~ am glad to say that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is a very good medicine, especially
as a blood purifier. 1t has done me good
many times. For several years / suffered
greatly with pains OF
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
How to Treat q wife.
From Pacific Health journal.

From Pacific Health journal.
First, get a wife; second, be pa
tient. You may have great trials
and perplexities in your bus
mess, but do not, there
fore, carry to your home a cloudy or
contracted brow. Your wife may have
trials, which, though less in magnitude,
may be hard for her to bear. A kind
word, a tender look, will do wonders
in chasing from her bow all clouds of
gloom.-To this we would add always
keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house. 1t is the bes:
and is sure to be needed, sooner or
luter. Your wife will then know that
you really care for her and wish to
protect her health. For sale by X. D..
Goodall, Depot drug store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20

Ayers Sarsapar,lla enjoys the ex
traordinary distinction OF having been
tho only blood purifier allowed an ex-
hiblt at the Worlds fair, CLicago.
Manufacturers Of other Saryaparillas
sought by every means to obtain q
showing OF their goods, but they were
all turned away under the application
of the rule %iorbidding the entry Of
patent medicines and nostrums. The
decision OF the Worlds fair authorities
in favor OF Ayers Sarsaparilla was in
effect as follows; "Ayer's Saisaparilla
is not a patent medicine. II does not
belong to tho list of nostrums. 1t is
here on its merits
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
Up to Date-1S06.

The most complete tariff text book
ever published is the new edition OF
"Tariff Facts tor Speakers and Stu
dents," defender document No. $3.50
pages, just cut. Publisher, the Ameri-
car Protective Tariff league. Cam
paign text books issued inst before the
election are of little value. The tariff
league is to be congratulated on its
foresight in getting out its hand book
so early in the year. Order by num-
Der only. Sent to any address for
twenty-five cents. Address w. F.
Wakeman, general secretary. 1856 West
twenty-third street, New York.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
sOMR SPECIAL T

General Assembly, Presbyterian church
In the United States. at Memphis, Tenn.
May 21st, 100. From Las Vegas to Mem
phis and return, $50. 95. Tickets on sale
May 10. b and goth '96: limited to ~continou.
passage in each direction; final limit, June
9th '96.
National Peoples Party (Populist) con
v-ntion and American silver convention,
at st. Louis, Mo-, July 22d, 1916. From La.
Vegas to ST. Louis and return, $32. 70. Tick
cts on sale July 10Th, Goth and slst. 100;
lin ited to continuous passage in each direc.
ton; final limit, July 9th, '98.
General assembly, Cumberland Presby-
terian church, at Birmingham, Ala, May
Goth TO Goth, 1885, from Las Vegas 10 Biz.
mingham ADD roturn, IA 70. Tickets on
sac May 18th and 10th, 1896. limited to
continuous passage in each direction, with
final limit OF June 9th, 1896.
National prohibition convention, al
Pittshurg, Pa.. May 9th, 1896. from Las
Vegas to Pittsburg and return, 81 95.
Tickets on sale May 23rd and Gath, 1895
limited to continuous passage in each
direction with final limit of May 3lst, 1896.
Woman's Board Of Missions, Cumberland
Presbyterian church, at Memphis, Tenn
May 18th and goth, 1896. From Las Vegas
to Memphis and return, $780, 5. Excursion
to continuous passage In each direction,
with final limit of June 5 b, 1896.
Annual Tournap ent of Memphis Gun
Club, Memphis, Tenn May 18th and 10th,
1896. From Las Vegas to Memphis and
return, $53 80, on certificate plan.
National Encampment G.. A. r. at
st Paul, Mimi. September LIST to 4th 1896.
turn. $37.2 90. Tickets on sale August Both
and 3lst 1895, final limit September 18th, 1896.
All tickets deposited with Joint agent on or
before September 10Th will be extended
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
The Brazilian Count.
From the Albuquerque Citizen.

From the Albuquerque Citizen.
That stupendous fraud, the alleged
Brazilian count, sneaked into the city
from up the river, last Saturday, and
it is stated that he at onc left for the
Dow homestead, out in the Tsjlque
neighborhood, east Of the city, for the
purpose of stealing the daughter Of
Mr.. DIV, whom be persistently de-
clares he intend, to marry at all haz-
ards and in the face of bitter objec-
tions from her parents. The alleged
count is SC desperate in his desires
that he has letter heads printed, upon
which is his photo and also that Of the
young lady. 1t is a safe bet to make
that If the Brazilian shows up at the
Dow home and makes himself obnox-
:ous, that some person will crack his
head, as they should.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
The same ola story.

From the New Mexican.
Hear this fairy tale from the Las We
gas Optic:
Secretary Morton,during his recent visit
In Santa Fe, finding that II was impossible
10 get an anti-silver delegation to Chicn-
10, told the federal officials to keep out Of
the thing II they wanted TO hold on to
their positions.
Nothing could DO further from the
truth than this. There are other good
and sufficient reasons why the federal
officials have no hopes Of going to the
national convention this year. They
are reasons that appeal to self-respect
aud to true western manhood, and the
New Mexican, for one, insists that
these officials shall have due credit
therefor. THE OPTIC has simply been
imposed upon by it's lawyer-politician
+ lend in Santa Fe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20

Mr.. d. P. Davis, a prominent livery
mar and merchant of Goshen, Va,
has this to say on the subject of rheu-
matism: 81 take pleasure in recon-
mending Chamberlain's Pain Balm for
rheumatism, as | know from personal
experience that it will do all that is
claimed for It. A year ago this spring
my brother was laid up in bed with
lntiammatory rheumatism and suffered
intensely. The first application Of
Chanberlain's Palm Balm eased
the pain and the use Of one
bottle completely cured him. Fol
sale by X. d. Goodall, Depot Drug
Store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
To neaith.seekers.

The Blake Ranch, on the head Of the Rio
Sapello, Is now prepared to receive a limit
ed number OF boarders. This ranch ia
located in the heart Of the mountains, amid
the most beautiful scenery In the world,
where brook trout and wild game offer
ample diversion for the nimrod or anyone
seeking outdoor sport. 1t Is located only
twenty-five miles from Las Vegas, and
within eight miles of the Rio Pecos, and
only three miles from the headwaters OF
the Rio Galiinas. Address,
Address Mrs. J. P. Blake, Rociada, or in
quire for conyeyanGes and rates OF w. K.
Critics, East Las Vegas, N. NJ.
J. p. BLAKE,
77-tf Rociada, N. NJ.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20

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