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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-03-12
THE CITY COUNCIL
Held Its Regular Meeting on Thursday
Of Last Week, but There Was Not
Much to Transact.
Land Contest, Filings on Government
Lands, etc., Make Things Lively
at the Local Office.
RAILROAD SUFFERS
After a Week Of Snow Blockade th(
Milwaukee Finally Opened its Aber-
deen Line on Wednesday.
NOT MUCH BUSINESS.
The City Council Held Their Regular
Meeting Thursday Afternoon

Ihe City council Held Their Regular
Meeting Thursday Afternoon
Owing to there not being a quorum
present at the meeting on the first
Monday in the month the city council
adjourned it's meeting until Thursday
afternoon, when the members met in
the council room. Mayor Fullerton
presided over the session, which was
attended by Aldermen Bracy. Pollard
Levinger, Simpson, Nielsen, Indra. The
minutes of the last meetings were
read by Auditor Smith and were ap.
proved by the council Justice Abbey
made his usual monthly report but out.
side of 6niug the disorderly houses his
court was exceedingly quiet, there be-
ing but one plain drunk up before him.
AT the session of the council early in
February a petition signed by residents
on west Second street, was presented to
the council asking for the construction
of sidewalk on the south side Of the
west side school house block. The
petition vas granted and as soon as the
weather becomes more settled work
will be commenced on it.
| According to a letter received from
S. A. Kean & Co. of Chicago there is a
strong probability that the refunding
bonds will be taken up by them. The
council gave the firm an option OF &C
days from March Is to take the bonds
at par without expense to the city.
The ordinance committee was in
structed to draft an ordinance covering
the licensing of saloons under the new
liquor law adopted by the legislature,
the ordinance to be presented at the
next regular meeting.
The following bills were allowed and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-03-12

drunk, bottle of bad wEiskey being
among his effects when arrested and
seorched
From the nature of some of the in
cidents which have occurred around
town during the winter it is thought
that the reins OF the government should
to be drawn tighteraand stop be put to
much of this useless scrapping.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-03-12
THE ROADS WE'RE BLOCKADED.
No Trains On the Milwaukee and Omaha
Roads Were Run Friday.

No Trains on the Milwaukee and Omaha
Roads Were Run Friday.
Another storm swept over this Yicin-
ity Friday and as result all the roads
in every direction were bloekaded. The
Aberdeen passenger did not attempt to
start out on account of the prevailing
blizzard up there and the west train
was still in the snow three miles east of
Pukwana, and an accident which hap
pened to the train made the situation
all the more serious. They were work.
ing in big drift Thursday and made q
swift run to get through it, but the big
engine stopped so suddenly when it
struck the drift that the force of the
shock derailed the three passenger
cars on the end of the train. AS re-
suit of the accident they had to remain
in that spot until the rescue train was
sent out from here. A large number of
men were secured and were sent west
on special Saturday morning when
the storm had abated.
1t is figured that the road out there
can be opened up only by shoveling out
the drifts. No train was sent east or
south and none arrived from either di-
rection, SO for one day at least Mitchell
people were shut off from the world
except by the telegraph. The railroad
situation is about as peplexing at pres
ent, if not more 80, than at any time
during the winter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-03-12

Railroad Situation Still Perplexlng.
morning to open up the east and west
lines of the Milwaukee road. A crew
was sent east with snow plow early
in the morning and had opened up the
road nearly to Alexandria, when it
returned here and took the passenger
train east, the fret train sent in any
direction for three days. Between
forty and fifty passengers were eagerly
awaiting the departure OF the train and
were bound for various points in the
eastern and southern parts Of the state.
The regular passenger crew are still
snowbound at Pukwana and Frank
Maynard was sent out on the run, D.
V. Moore having charge OF the express
run. The east train arrived on time in
the afternoon, bringing the first mail
in two days.
A rescue crew was sent west at an
early hour in the morning to reach the
accommodation train which is laid up
at Pukwana, utterly unable to move one
way or the other. The train made
very slow progress on it's westward trip
and at noon they hadn't got much more
than five miles from town. The crew
gave it up as bad job after going five
miles in FIVE hours and returned to
town at noon. Conductor Brainard
wired in from Pukwana that he would
be satisfied if he got out OF there in ten
days. He has been poking fun at the
regular crew which runs out there for
making so much fuss over the quantity
of snow along the line and now that
he has been laid up there for three
days they are anxious to return the
compliment.
The herald., 1897-08-15
Story About the Prince.

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, is
fond of going about London. either
alone or with some trusted friend, and
sometimes when indulging this PEN
chant he meets with curious adventures.
Once while passing the mint late at
night, with the Earl of Carnarvon. q
soldier was observed in the sentry box.
putting away at large and exceeding
ly bad cigar. Both the prince and the
earl were so mufiied up as to be un-
recognizable and the prince made talk
with the sentry at once, declaring that
the smell of the soldiers cigar pro-
nounced it of unusual quality To this
the sentry agreed, but declared it to be
impossible for either of his visitors to
guess the price. The prince wagered a
shilling with the man and after all
possible sums had been mentioned and
pronounced incorrect the sentry con-
fessed that it had cost him nothing, in
asmuch as he had received it as a
present.
Much pleased with winning the wager,
the man thereupon commenced guess
ing with regard to the Princes name,
and another shilling was staked on the
question as to whether he could men
ton the right one or not. The soldier
hazarded several guesses, mentioning
Smith. Jones, Robinson, etc, until at
last the Prince informed him who he
really was.
"Owly Mosesl" cried the soldier
thrusting his cigar into the Princes
hand, "'ere, catch 'old hov this cigar
for minute; stick to hit while l pre-
sent harms
The herald., 1897-08-15

mud which showed that he had lately
slept in wet ditch. He had saved his
inefficient carcass from violent destruc-
ton by running away from an Ameri-
can ship where. in moment of forget
full folly, he had dared to engage him.
self; and he had knocked about for a
fortnight ashore in the native quarter
cadging for drinks, starving, sleeping
on rubbish heaps, wandering in sun
shine-a startling visitor from world
Of nightmares. He stood repulsive and
smiling in the sudden silence. This
clean white forecastle was his refuge;
the place where he could be lazy; where
he could wallow, and lie, and eat-and
curse the food he ate; where he could
display his talents for shirlxing work,
for cheating, for cadging; where he
could find surely some one to wheedle
and some one to bully-and where he
would be paid for doing all this. They
all knew him He was the man that
cannot steer, that cannot splice. that
lodges the work on dark nights; that,
aloft, holds on frantically with both
The herald., 1897-08-15
JOE SPICER, GENTLEMAN.

1t was said Of Joe Spicer ~ least
three years before he was captured that
he was gentleman from head to heel
and that he would die like q gentle>
man. whether in his bed or dangling ct
the end of rope In the course Of
time he held up five stages, robbed
dozen lone travellers and relieved an
army paymaster of his chest, but he
always did these things with an apology
which took good deal of the sting
away. When Sheriff Bill Jackson chas-
ed Mr.. Spicer into the hills and was
shct in the leg and made helpless Joe
returned to the spot where he was ly-
ing and DOTTED his hat to him and said:
Really, Bill, but am sorry for this
and hope you won't be laid up. Here's
WhislSy-here's water-here's my horse.
and I'll help you into the saddle and
give you a good start towards home.
wish you wouldn't chase me around any
more. You are gentleman and I'm
a gentleman, and hate to shoot you."
One day, after Joe had held up the
Fish River stage in his usual urbane
and courteous manner. a posse struck
a hot trail and ran him to earth.
Through fall of his horse he was cap
tured, and as he had wounded two men
he would be tried on the spot by Judge
Lynch.
Gentlemen" he said in his most
gracious way, "am correct in suppos-
ing you wish to finish this job as soon
as possible and get back homer"
That's about the size of it, Joe," re-
piled the leader of the posse.
II presume you brought along rope
for hanging purposes?"
"Of course"
"Well, 1 see no reason why you
shouldn't proceed to carry out your
wishes. I will certainly do all can to
make it an enjoyable occasion"
That's kind Of you, Joe, and just
what might have been expected. Don't
you want to own up few trifling
things before you go?"
Anything to oblige you gentlemen
He was then asked regarding two
shooting scrapes and several robberies
which the authorities were not quite
clear about, and he solved the mystery
by admitting his guilt He had about
$4,000 in the hands of friend in Custer
City, and he expressed his desire to
leave $500 towards public hospital and
have the balance forwarded to relatives.
He presented his horse to the Sheriff,
his guns to the Mayor Of Deadwood,
and then rose up and said:
Gentlemen, I'm sorry to cause you
this trouble, but I'm here to be hung
Eyes, Joe, we've got to hang We. Hope
thar won't be no hard feelin's."
mot a one. Let me see the rope.
Looks to be all right. Is it that limb
up there?"
That's the one"
"You couldn't have made a better
choice. I'll slip my head into the moose,
if you please, as I want sure thing ok
it,"
Sure you've said all you want to,
Joe?" queried the leader.
LET me see! Yes. I think have.
Where's the grave to be?"
"Over by that brush"
THAT'S right. Never mind about .
head-board unless it happens to come
handy. Well, gentlemen, I'm ready and
waiting and wish you all a pleasant
journey home" :.
There was a smile on his face as they
pulled him up, and the smile was there
as they cut him down. They said It
was the smile Of a gentleman, and that
Joe Spicer was the gentlemanest gen.
tleman in all the Black Hills country.
The herald., 1897-08-15
THE BRIDGE WAS SAFE.

The train was booming along at the
rate of forty miles an hour towards Big
Creek, when the air-brakes were sud-
denly applied and we came to stop
in way that made every passenger un-
derstand there was danger ahead. A
number of us got down with the con-
ductor and ran ahead to the engine, just
as an old man with a lantern came up
from the opposite direction.
Hello! Did you signal the train?"
asked the conductor.
Eyes, it was me-" replied the old man.
"Well, what's the row?"
"Reckon the bridge over the creek
has gone down."
"It has, eh? Well, If that's the case
you've done a thing which the Compa-
ny won't soon forget. When did the
bridge go DOWN."
Dunno 'zactly."
'When did you find it gomez"
'T didn't dun find it gone at all, sab,
but I reckon it amt thar no mo-. Yo'
see. sab, I was sittin' in the cabin with
the ole woman bout an hour ago, and
it was rainin' and blowin', when we
heard a crash and she calls out:
"'Oh! Lord, Jim, but what was
that'
Reckon it was that big seycamore
tree sez I.
Couldn't be. Must be the railroad
bridge
Reckon it wasn't
"'Recl1on it was.'"
''But what about the bridge?" asked
the impatient conductor.
Reckon it's gone, sah.'
But why do you reckon?"
"Why, at first didn't reckon. Then
the ole woman she reckoned and I had
to reckon with. her or hev row. When
I reckoned as she reckoned, she reck-
oned that I'd better cum out and swing
lantern and stop the train, and that's
what did"
"And you haven't bin down to the
Creek?''
mo. sah."
"And you don't know that the bridge
is gomez"
"No sab. Yo' see, the ole woman she
reckoned it was, and I had to reck-
on
"Get out of the way, you old idiot!"
interrupted the conductor, as he gave
the signal to go ahead.
But the ole woman reckoned-"
"And she's another!"
"Both of us idiots, eh?" shouted the
old man as the train began to move.
s"Wall I reckon we ar. That is if she
reclons so I'll reckon so too, but If she
reckons we amt then I'm goin' to reck-
on long with her and keep out of a
fuss"
We found the bridge all right and
"reckoned" it must have been the syca-
more tree which went down with q
crash.
The herald., 1897-08-15

arms and legs. and swears at the wind,
the sleet, the darkness; the man who
curses the sea while others work The
man who is the last out and the first in
when all hands are called. The pet OF
philanthropists and self-seelsing land
lubbers. The sympathetic and deserv-
ing creature that knows all about his
rights, but knows nothing of courage,
of endurance, and of the unexpressed
faith, of the unspoken loyalty that knits
together ships company. The inde-
pendent offspring of the ignoble free
dom of the slums full of disdain and
hate for the austere servitude of the
sea.
Some one cried at him, whats your
name?"
"Donkin," he said, looking round with
cheerful effrontery
What are your" asked another voice.
The ragged newcomer was indignant.
That's a fine way to welcome a chap
into foc'sle,' he snarled. "Are you
men or lot of 'artless cannybals."
Don't take your shirt off for a word,
shipmate," called out Belfast, jumping
up in front, fiery, menacing, and friend
ly at the same time.
els that ere bloke blind?" asked the
indomitable scarecrow, looking right
and left with affected surprise. Cant
zee see 'avn't got no shirt?" He held
both his arms out crosswise and shook
the rags that hung over his bones, with
dramatic effect.
He knew how to conquer the naive in
stincts of that crowd. In a moment
they gave him their compassion, jocu-
larly, contemptuously, or surlily; and at
first it took the shape of blanket
The herald., 1897-08-15

ward since the age of twelve, who in
the last forty-five years had lived Gas
we had calculated from his papers) no
more than forty months ashore,-old
Sullivan, who boasted, with the mild
composure of long years we'll spent,
that generally from the day he was
paid off from one ship till the day he
shipped in another he seldom was in
condition to distinguish daylight
Sullivan sat unmoved in the clash of
voices and cries, spelling through "Pel-
ham" with slow labor, and lost in an
absorption profound enough to resem-
BILE a trance. He breathed regularly.
Every time he turned the book in his
enormous and blackened hands, the
muscles of his big white arms rolled
slightly under the smooth skin. Hid
den by the white moustache, his lips
moved in inward whisper. His bleared
eyes gazed fixedly from behind the
glitter of black-rimned glasses.
Opposite to him. and on a. level with
his face, the ships cat sat on barrel
of the windlass in the pose of a crouch
The herald., 1897-08-15

"That'll do. Go over" growled Mr.
Baker, fixing the new hand with steady
blue eyes. And Donkin vanished sud-
denly out of the light into the dark
group of mustered men, to be slapped
on the back and to hear flattering
whispers. Round him men muttered to
one another: "He amt afeard; he'll give
sport to 'em, see if he don't. Reg'lar
Punch and Judy show. Did ye see the
mate start at him?'
The last man had gone over, and there
was moment of silence while the mate
peered at his list. Sixteen, seventeen"
he muttered. "I am one hand short,
bo'sen,' he said aloud
The big west-countryman at his ell
bow, swarthy and bearded like a gigan-
tic Spaniard, said in a rumbling bass:
There's no one left forward, sir. had
a look round. He amt aboard but he
may turn up before daylight"
AYE. He may or he may not" COM
mented the mate. Cant make out
that last name. It's all a smudge."
Wait" cried deep, ringing voice.
All stood still. Mr.. Baker, who had
turned away yawning, spun round
open-mouthed. At last, furious. he
blurted out: whats this? Who said
wait? What"
But he saw tall figure standing on
the rail. 1t came down and pushed
through the crowd, marching with a
heavy tread toward the light on the
quarterback Then again the sonorous
voice said with insistence, "Wait!" The
lamplight lit up the mans body. He
was tall. His head was away up in the
n ~ fAI,o a.
above the deck. The whites of his eyes
The herald., 1897-08-15

with calm loftiness. He moved up side
ways.
There's a bloomin' supper for a
man." he whispered bitterly. MY dorg
at 'ome wouldn't ave it. It's fit enouf
for you an me. Eres big ships To-
c'sle! Not bloomin' scrap of meat in
the kids. I've looked in all the lock-
ers."
The niger stared like man address,
ed unexpectedly in a foreign language.
Donlin changed his tone.
'Giv'us a bit of 'baccy, mate" he
breathed out confidentially, 'T 'avent
'ad a smoke or chew for the last month.
I am rampin' mad for it. Come on, old
mani"
Don't be familiar" said the niger.
Donkin started and sat down on a
chest near by, out of sheer surprise.
1--WE haven't kept pigs together" con-
tinued James Wait in a deep undertone.
Here's your tobacco
The niger put away his shore togs
and sat in clean working clothes on his
box, one arm stretched over his knees.
After staring at Sullivan for some time
he asked without emphasis: What
kind of ship is this? Pretty fair? Eh?"
Sullivan didn't stir. A long while aft
er he said, with unmoved face: Ship!
Ships are all right. 1t is the men in
them"
He went on smoking in the profound
silence. The wisdom of half century
spent in listening to the thunder of the
waves had spoken nunconsciously through
his old lips. The cat purred on the
windlass. Then James Wait had a fit
of roaring, rafting cough, that shook
him, tossed him like hurricane, and
flung him painting with staring eyes
headlong on his sea-chest. Several men
woke up. One said sleepily out of his
bunk, "'Struth! what blamed row!"
'I have cold on my chest" gasped
Wait.
'Cold! you call it," grumbled the man;
Should think twas something more''
20. you think sol" said the niger
upright and loftily scornful again. He
The herald., 1897-08-15
How Lamar Learned to Talk Well.

The mother of the late Justice Lamar
was completely discouraged when he
was boy by his apparent dulness in
school. A relative to whom she con-
fided her fears took young Lucius in
hand and cathechised him as follows:
Cant learn Latin, eh?'
mo, SIR"
''Or Greelz?"
''No, SIR"
"Or mathematics?"
mo, SIR
What do you do In your debating So
ciety?"
''Oh, talk to the members. don't
find that very hard
Then, sir. go back to school ana
learn how to talk WELL"
The herald., 1897-08-15
An English Law OF ITO.

1t is not recorded that it was ever en-
forced, but the following was really
enacted into law in England in 1770:
ANY person who shall, by means of
rouge, or of perfumes, of essences. of
artificial teeth, or false hair of cotton
espagnol, of steel stays or hoops, of
high-heeled shoes, or false hips entice
any of his Majestys subjects into mar
riage, shall be prosecuted for sorcery,
and the marriage shall be declared
void"
The herald., 1897-08-15
G0un0d's Pet Hobby.

Gardening was Gounod's pet hobby,
and almost to the last day of his life he
was able to busy himself among his
roses and geraniums. But mentally the
composer was wreck long before death
came.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-02
NOTICE TO

l%ikors Island Post Light.-Noticc is
HEREBY given that III or ahou August
81, 1897, the fixed red lantern light at
this station, on the north end of Rikers
Island. East River, will be moved l2S
feet wcSt-nortltWcst. Il west from it's
present location. and re-e8tabiished.
without change OF characteristics. 32h
feet above mean high water, on the root
Of II b~oathouse being built on the island
by the Department of Correction OF
New York city.
This notice affects the List OF Lights
Coasts. 1856" page 5S. No. 296. and the
List OF Beacons n Buoys. Third
Lighthouse District, 1885, page IS.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-02
HERyEOHD.

1t Is said that the work on the col
ored Baptist church Will keep on until
tho church Is completed.
iiertford. N. c., Sept. 1.-(SpeciaD-
we had a delightful shower OF rain
yesterday, which gladdencd the heart OF
many q farmer.
The new warehouse at this point is
heariy completed. .
L. w. Turpie. u cOlored barber of his
pace, Is the owner OF Il clipper grinder
which is something new in II place like
This. N
Miss Ida Ward. who has beer visit
ing In Woodvil!c. has returned home,
accomnanted by Miss Arabclla Elliott,
or that place.
mat alT., Dennis Carr will leave for COL
.sse his week. 1t should have been
Mr. Dennis Cox. The mistake came
anout on the part OF the printer or the
nad Writing Of the reporter, most likely
the latter.
Mr.. i. III. Small and family. who have
neeh spending Il short time at Nays
iieau. ~, g. have returned home, to the
dellGht or their many friends.
Mr.. David Cox. Jr, has returned home
aiter n short surveying trim ia Suffolk.
MISS Ludo White has taken charge
or me millinery establishment belong
ing 10 Mrs. BERT White. while she is
away on u tour of the Northern mar
kets. "
Miss Maggie Blanchard has returned
home.
Hon. j. L. WhedhSec has returned
nome from Washington.
flotracted meetings will he held at
cedar Grove church and will be held
AZ l'cthcl church week after next.
burglars are at work in our town.
iheN seem to love chickens better than
anything else, or It may be that they
are custer to get.
We had a slight shower yesterday ar-
tcrnoon which succeeded i'm LAYING tho
dust. -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-02
EDESI

Edenton, N. c., Sept. 1.-(Spcc:an-
\ coiared woman died at the depot yes
terd3y, She WAS very sick with typhoid
fever and WAS on her way 20 Wind
sor. y. c.. her home, wncu she was
taken worse and died in Il very short
time, She was taken back up town to a
house en- Albernarlc street, Wherc She
was prepared Tor burial.
Mr.. II. S. Norman. proprietor OF the
New York racket store. Is quite sick at
his home, on King street.
Mr.. Waters has returned from Ply
mouth and Mr.. q, b. Berry has return
ed from Camden, where they have been
visiting relatives.
Mr.. II. w. Miller. formerly salesman
for Mr.. ]. IL. Bonner. now travelling
representative OF a wholesale firm of
Norfolk, Is In town this morning.
Mr.. Willie n. Holmes has resigned his
nositlon as salesman for Mr.. II. ID.
Haste.
Several families ,. this place thaL
have been spending the heated term at
Nag's Head are expected to return home
tu-day.
The wood work on Solicitor Laary's
handsome new residence will soon be
competed.
Prof. Kittrci has rented the Mitchell
residence. on Broad street. and vii!
soon occup same.
Mr.. Walter Carnin. after spending
several days here with his father, left
to-day for Philadelphia. his home.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-02
GEO. W. DEFY,
]. w. HUNTER,
II. II. HORLAND,
c. II. TERRELL s CO.
lids Auctioneers.

RY VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST
trustees, Tearing date on the first day Of
February, 1898. and recorded in Deed Book
los, page $50 of the Norfolk county Clerks
office, and at the request of the creditor
therein secured. we shall sell at public
change. 236 Main street ut ~ m, on
SATURDAY, the nth day OF September,
1897. the following property, to-wit: Ali
that certain lot of land in the city of Nor
folk, Va, with the building and i'm
the north side of Highland avenue, with
a depth between parallel lines one hun
dred 1000 feet. being lot umbe twenty
five l25) on the plan of William Pannill's
property, duly recorded in the Clerks Of
flee of the Corporation Court of the city
of Norfolk, with the deed from r.. II. Ba-
ker, Jr.. and J.. H~armonson, commissions
era to VIM. Pannill.
TERMS CASH.
II. r. BORLAND,
]. w. HUNTER,
Trustees.
c. II, TERRELL & CO.,
nu29-tds Auctioncers.