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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
Lynch law has at last reached

Lynch law has at last reached
North Dakota. Last Monday |
night a posse of armed and mask
ed men rode into Williamsport,
went to the county Jail, demanded
the keys from the deputy sheriff,
dragged from their cells the three
Indians, Alec. Coudot, Paul Holy
Track and Philip Ireland, charged
with the murder of the Spicer
family, and hanged them to a
large beef windlass that stood
only a few feet from the county
Jail. The men committing the
lynching were quiet and orderly
and went about their work in a
systematic manner. It will be
remembered that a short time
ago Coudot. was convicted after
an exciting trial and sentenced to
be hanged. Application was then
made to the supreme court for a
new trial, the court recently
granting the motion, The feeling
over the committal of the horri-
BILE tragedy is intense. and the
decision of the supreme court
granting new trial has simply
aroused the bitter feelings en-
gendered, and the thought that
perhaps through the many and
intricate ways of constituting law
by able attorneys might result
in the acquittal of the murderer
at the next trial, brought the
matter to a head and the people
took it into their own hands to
mete out long delayed justice.
We deplore the methods used for
administering justice, yet at the
same time the many subterfuges
used by courts and attorneysIis
enough to make people desperate
and we hardly think that the per-
petrators of the lynching will be
severely censured by the public
at large. The red-handed mur-
derers have only met with their
just deserts. Blackhawk and
Defender, two other Indians i'm.
plicated in the murder, are now
in jail awaiting trial, and it is said
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
The Wonder of the Age.

When he with the studious and re-
aective mind, glances back through the
busy years that have passed and are
gone for ever, and pictures Hudson
plowing his way up the now we'll
travelled littleriverthat bears his name,
in his first steamboat. and reviews the
countless thousands" OF advance
ments made in theuseofthe knowledge
and power ofstsa,n. air, electricity and
other mineral productions, he must
needs bow his had. agreeing that
in no other county. within the time.
have geniuses so numerous sprung up
and taken advantage OF the excep-i
tional insight th:s God had given them
than in America. While. being young
country, we hav~ n"t advanced SO lar:g,e-
ly in sculpturr. painting autl such like
arts as our neiyhsm:S. yet NC have
justly outstrippel ali "ur rivals III
creating successful improvements for
our own comfort nutii today our house,
hold, mechanical and agricultural
utensils and machinery arc ac!snowl-
edged to be inferior M none. bus SUI
perior to all. And. perhaps. the end
is not near yet; ii may s,c only the be-
ginning. wiY' Knows! AT any rate, the
thrifty laborer has lis easy reclining,
chair in whicii to rest his tired body
as the man of millions. and SO with
the hundredauauue other comforts
he enjoys thai :.re s'eyond the reach Of
his toiling brother in the mother lands.
Almost everything h;t, !teen improved
upon time aud again, all teading to
attain pcrfectiun. Take artificial light.
for instance. Starting with steel and
flint, the peele. 1u.l-rush dipped in
grease, the tailuw candle. the oil para
fin and gasoiiav) with lamps OF many
designs, coal gas aud the electric light.
So successful, apparently. were the two
last that experi,nenters felt inclined to
rest upon their i;surels contented; but
the vagaries and uncertainty of the
lights, the deception of the shades, the
injurious effect upon the eyes and
health, the danger of the wires. leaks IN
main pipes, through frost and other
causes, the cnercive tendencies of the
companies the aadaci.y oftheinspector,
the nntimely intrusion OF the collector,
and the insurmountable gall of tho
slothful plumber, all combined to make
people wish for;, change. In the small
towns and priv;tt;. homes thereof, the
long suffering citizens with more force
have prayed for something better thar
the tickle and sooty oil-lamp, but th'
great expense edeterred lhemfrom doint
anything only hoping for change
And today the inexpensive, safe, bril-
liant gas for the people. the individual
the clean housewife and the home, ha
been found in A:ety leie, and with tn
amended fi'.vl "'sa Generator w
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

James R. Sovereign, who has
been the general master work
man of the Knights of Labor for
the past four years or more, and
who before and during that time
has been one of the ablest cham.
pions of the order and it's doc.
trines, was last week relieved OF
his Office by the general assem-.
bly, of the order then in session in
Louisville. Henry A. Hicks, New
York, has been elected to succeed
Mr.. Sovereign.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

needed reforms can be realized
only by amending the constitu-
ton, but there seems little prob.
ability of this progressive step
being taken, for with the excep-
ton of the three amendments
growing eout of the conditions
arising from the civil war, the
federal constitution has remained
unchanged for generations. In
fact, while our country is the
most progressive on earth. our
neutrality-suspicious. are more
conservative than in any other
country"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

Theo. Durrant, who has twice
been sentenced to hang, the last
time being Friday q week ago,
has again been respited on a tech
nicalty. and his neck has been
saved until next spring at least,
which goes to show how clever
lawyers can put stumbling blocks
in the way Of executing the laws
of our country.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

It is claimed by those who are
on the inside that when congress
reassembles there will be at least
two.thirds of the senators who
will vote for the ratification OF
the annexation Of Hawaii by the
United States. It is also stated
that no foreign complications will
arise from such action.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
The Coming Woman.

The Coming Woman.
Who goes to the club while her husband
tends the baby, as we'll as the good old
fashioned woman who locks after her
home, will both at times get run down
in health. They will be troubled with
loss of appetite, headaches. sleepless-
ness, f:,inting or dizzy spells. The most
wonderful remedy for these women is
Electric Bitters. Thousands cf suffer-
ers from lame back and weak kidneys
rise up and call it blessed. 1t is the
medicine for women. Female CON-
plants and nervous troubles of all kinds
are soon relieved by the use of Electric
Bitters. Delicate women should keep
this remedy on hand to build up the
system. Soc per bottle. For sale by H.
II. Rateman & Co.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
Briggs Courier.
PERCY r. TRUBsHAw.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

The Finley Golden Slope comes
out as a double -header-that is it
has two heads. The paper, how
ever, has improved very mater
tally of late, and is quite newsy
sheet, and is in truth q double
header in that line.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

that now that the other three
are dead that the state has no
evidence to convict, and it isprob-
able they willbe liberated. Should
this happen it is possible that
they will meet the same fate as
the other three.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
Additional Local .

teatherston, dentist, Nov. l0, II,
Is and 10.
DR.. j. A. H. Winsloe, Veterinary
Surgeon, graduate of the Ontario Vet
Urinary College. Office at II. h. Bate
man & Co.'s drug store. Calls most
promptly attended to.
8 pounds Best Package Coffee for
one dollar at Jimeson's.
Calmly considered, we have as a
whole something more to be grateful
for this Thanksgiving then last, and
wish all our readers A Happy Turkey
Day.
Buy your school tablets of Jimeson
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Morton and two
little girls, and Mrs. Oliver Morton,
mother of Ezra, arrived from Michi-
gan yesterday. Ezra thinks North
Dakota is good place to live in yet.
A gentleman, who lives not many
miles from town, took q flying trip
recently over the fields to shoot geese.
He espied some sitting on the subtle.
not far from the road. Husband says
to his wife, 81 willget outof the buggy
and hide in the straw stack; you drive
around and scare them up" She did
SO, but the geese had no intention of
rising, for they were glued to the spot
and could notmoveevena after thcfowler
banged away at them! Moral: Look
before you shoot.-SPLAsH.
DIR. FeatherstOn will furnish you
with a good set of teeth for SO. Best
set $40.
The Office and dining rooms of the
Newell house were in possession of a
crowd of jolly, social people Friday
night. Being the first public assembly
in this new hotel, it was sort of
house-warming, instigated by q few
friends of the proprietor and his family.
The invitations sent out were literally
responded to, and all present had q
real good time. Local talent furnished
the music. and dancing formed fea-
ture of the evenings program. and
there were other social pastimes in
dulged in, while varied and seasonable
refreshments were served at the usual
time. Thus was the very long even
ing spent affording much pleasure to
all.
Record of Boys Brigade weekly
shoot made with q Stevens rife at
forty-fve feet, target one foot in dia-
meter, with bull's-eye one inch in
diameter. This record is out of a
possible 20:
i N ar----..aA q O o
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
Key To The Klondike.

The pioneer Alaska Railway is the
Northern Pacific. aud to that company
belongs the credit. in connection with
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. o;
having inaugurated the sale of through
tickets to points in Alaska. The Nor
thern Pacific was the first railway to
issue q map of Alaska showing thc in-
land passage from Puget Sound to
Sitka, Juneau and Chillsat.
Those intending to go to Alaska
early next spring. after tl.c SHOWS on
the Dyea and Skaguay passes are
packed down and the lakes frozen, or
at q later date either via this route Oh.
via St. Michael's and the mouth of the
Youkon, should remember that the
Northern Pacific is the Pioneer Alaska
Line; runs steam heated trains with
dining cars Pullman Standard and
Tourist Sleepers from St. Paul to Ta-
coma, Seattle and Portland, passen-
gers having the option of going by
Helena or Butte City Mont. J, the lat.
ter the greatest silver mining camp in
the world; also via Lake Pend d'Ore.
lille, Idaho, or through the famous
Occur d'Alene country.
EARLY in November we shall issue III
illustrated folder replete with Alaska
and Klondike information up to date
Send Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger
Agent, St. Paul, Mimi, two cents il
postage and he will forward you this
map.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

Go to the Model Restaurant, pre-
sided over by Alex. Iverson and Theo.
La Forest, if you want good meal,
also confectionery, cigars, etc.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19
Free CHI IA rye to suffer.
&llses.

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Free ofChar rye to suffer.
s,l'k.
Cut thus out aud take it to Your drug
gist and get sample bottle free of DR..
Kings New Discovery, for con-nmp-
ton, coughs and colds. They ,lo not
ask you to buy before trying. This will
show you the merits of this truly won
derful remedy. and show you what can
he accomplished by the regular size bot
tie. This is no experiment and would
be disastrous to he proprIe.ors. did they
no: know it would invariably cure.
Many Of the best physicians are now
using it in their practice with great re.
suits, ard are relying on it in mos, sew.
ere cases. 1t is guaranteed. Trial hot
ties free ut H. H. l'ateman & Co. drug
store Regular size 40c and 81 90.
Buclklcn's A1.nfca Snlvc.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rhemm, fever
sores, tctter, chapped hands, chilbIains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles or no pay reqni' ed.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts.
faction or money refunded. Price 25c
per box For sale by H. H. Bateman 4
Co.
On complaint of A. H. OVERLY DR..
N. A. Bergstrom was arrested last
week for practicing without state
license, and the case came up before
Justice Warner Tuesday afternoon.
Motion to dismiss was overruled, and
defendant was fined $50. Case ap.
pealed to the district court and bonds
fixed at $500. It seems somewhat funny
that man who needs the services of q
physician when in trouble should turn
around after the services have been
rendered, and practically slap the ply.
sician in the face. "Man's inhuman.
ity to man makes countless thousands
mourn" While we do not up.
hold the practice of medicine or any
other profession without license, the
Doctors ten years. practice in this
county makes it easier to overlook this
negligence on his part. There seems
to be something else at the bottom OF
this affair.
VIM. Robinson wishes to announce
to the public, that he will deliver the
"Novelty Fabric Implements" next
week, beginning Monday, October Is.
He has done some very fine work with
the machines, which he will exhibit at
the same time, showing what can be
made with them, and all others wish.
ing to purchase machines will have q
chance to do so.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-11-19

Pickles Sc a dozen at Jimeson's
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24

"Only help me to keep him happy."
pieces from his pocket to console herself
for the loss of Mr.. Topmark, who, as
she reported, had shamelessly deserted
her for the mature charms Of Miss Man.
dy Allen. Much as she recoiled from
the man, even from mention Of him,
she knew her father would need some
other than the true explanation Of why
the widower came no longer and seized
upon the one nearest at hand.
So she got through the weeks before
court sat. Then Mrs. Payne would hear
Of nothing but that the McGregors
should come to them for fortnight
"Cerintha will love to take care Of your
father. He delights to hear as she to
tell Of Brother Walton's perfections, "
the good lady said, with mild twinkle,
"and we will take you to the courthouse
without ever letting the daddy guess
what we have been about"
Rob could not speak. She dropped her
head on Mrs. Payne's broad breast, and
for the first time sobbed hard. But aft
erward she was docile as a child, even
making herself fine without murmur
in the dark green gown. with little
touches Of gilt, that set off her dark
beauty as it deserved, for Mrs. Payne
had said when the garment was laid be-
fore it's wearer, "You must let me do
for Helen's daughter q little part OF
what she would do for mine"
Walking into the courtroom between
the gray haired couple, Rob was glad
they had taken thought for her. She
knew herself the focus Of all eyes and
rejoiced that the most captious should
see her look as became the heiress OF
Roscoe. "My, but don't she walk proud
on them little feet?" one spectator said
aside to another. " 'Tain't no wonder
she wouldn't eben wipe 'em on Ben
Topmark. " .
Rob caught the whisper and flushed
family, drawing O trife behind her
friends. When the three were safely
seated, she let her eyes range the court
room until they fell upon Magnolia
Tubbs sitting between Mrs. Annis and
her son. 1t was her first conscious sight
of the girl in whose behalf her own
right was disputed. Rob had heard
vaguely her story, barely enough to
know that for some reason or for none
the girl was wildly anxious to come into
ready money. She had heard, too, of her
coarse, luxuriant beauty, her passion
for flaming gauds, some hint, too, of
her abject, doglike devotion to the bru-
tai bully, Nooh Annis So the heiress Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24

The WORLDS BICYCLE.-"If all the
bicycles in the world were brought to
a central point and reconstructed into
one giant machine" says one of the
leading bicycle publications, "the re-
suit would be a machine six miles
long and over four high, with wheels
almost three miles in diameter. TO
construct such monster would re-
quire about 15,0OO,OOO cycles, and if
built in proportion of weight and
thickness the only available course
over which some atlas might hump his
back and scorch would be on the
boundless prairie of the west, or in
the heart of the Desert of Sahara.
The average human mind cannot well
conceive of 100000 modern bicy-
cles all thrown into one mammoth
machine, the wheels of which have ,
circumference of nine miles, no more
than the travelling capacity of such a
wonderful thing could be even remote
ly conceived.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24
ON SIGNING ONES NAME.

"Do tell the women" begged a lady
of great wealth the other day, "tell
the women never to sign a paper the
contents of which they do not fully
understand. In the sorrow and ex-
citement of certain hour, put my
name to a document which placed my
money and affairs at the mercy of
money changer for a dozen years.
Had I only told him that I would
think it over before signing, should
have had fewer sleepless nights and
fewer gray hairs. Why did my father
or my husband never tell me this?"
To think over paper, or at least to
read it carefully before signing! This
precept should be taught every girl
and woman as the alphabet of bust
ness affairs. Many things may be
safely left her to learn by experience,
but not this. Too often it means her
gentle acquiescence in mans "Sign
here, with a consequent adoption of
other persons obligations or the abro-
cation of her own perquisites and
property.
A PERSONS signature, standing be-
fore the law for ones self, is entitled
to proper respect; and how to sign is
scarcely less important than what not
to sign. Everybody should adopt and
cling to the use of certain style of
autograph. Women should use their
Christian names, never their hus-
bands, and omit Mrs. or Miss as a
prefix. A signature should never be
left carelessly on pieces of blank pa
per where unscrupulous use might be
made of it, and it should be distinctly
legible.
A woman should learn also. to re-
spect the signature of those of even
her nearest kin. Messenger boys say
that they are daily asked by ladies if
they shall sign their own or their hus-
bands names on receipt books. The
New York Tribune recently portrayed
a pretty bride with no practical knowl.
edge of check book. The deliverer
of a choice piece of bric-a-brac had
insisted on payment at the door. The
young woman explained that evening
to her husband that as she had fortu-
nately remembered how he had drawn
a check the previous day, and where
he had left his check book, she made
one out for the merchant, and added:
"You do not know how well Alonzo
B. Tompkins looked in my hand
writing"
It is needless to add that no time
was lost by the distracted young hus-
band in recovering that most inno-
Gently forged check
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24

So, when the case Of Tubbs versus
McGregor came up, Judge Graball was
not astonished to find that the plaintiff g
most serviceable attorney sat in the place
of Judgment. Do what Graball might,
things went at railroad speed. Motions
were denied, overruled, set at naught,
until he became 80 defiantly and impu.
IDENTIFY cheerful those who understood
him best felt his case was hopeless, for
in the most desperate cases his air OF
confidence became something superhu-
man. More than once it had carried the
jury his way in the face of law and evil
dence. But juries are never candidates,
needing to regard the sun, the winds, OF
popular favor. The more Graball ma
neuvered the more flinty hard grew
Judge Waxem's face.
The case had been called in the early
afternoon. 1t still lacked hours Of night
fall. Mr.. Graball was on his feet speak
ing against time, indeed, when the Judge
presiding, who had listened with an air
of polite fatigue, as one who tolerates
another's babble solely from self re-
spect, yawned behind his hand, then
began to say:
"As you have nothing to offer beyond
adverse possession, Judge Graball, l
think we had as we'll not waste more
time. Mr.. Clerk, enter judgment for"-
A stir about the door startled him in
to pausing breath's space. Before he
could 90 on there was hubbub that 81
fenced him. An old woman, hatohet
faced, weazened, bent, with skin like
brown parchment below thatch Of stiff
gray hair, was half leading, half drag
ging, tall figure up the aisle toward
the bar. At the rail they stopped short.
The long figure painfully Strengthened
itself and said in husky whisper:
NANNY, ask 'em-ask 'em eff we air
In timer"
Noch Annis half sprung upright at
sight Of the wasted face. His mother
drew him back heavily, deeply frown-
ing. Lawyer Howell was on his feet,
speaking to the judge, who, as he lis
tened, called sharply:
"Oficer, remove these disturbers from
the presence of the honorable court. T."
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24

BUSINESS In 1800.-The field OF
business enterprise was slow and diff
cult. The merchant kept his own
books, or-as he would have said, his
own accounts-wrote all his letters
with a quill, and when they were
written, let the ink dry or sprinkled
it with sand. There were no envel-
opes, no postage stamps, no letter box
es in the streets, no collection of the
mail. The letter written, the paper
was carefully folded, sealed with wax
or a wafer, addressed, and carried to
the postoffice, where postage was pre-
paid at rates which would now seem
extortionate. To send letter which
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24
CHAPTER XIX.

Rob was destined to demonstrate that
even the unrighteous are sometimes not
forsaken. She was distinctly of the un-
righteous, according to those whose
standard was Miss Winfold, yet at the
first word Of her trouble friends came
hurrying to her aid. Mr.. Payne and
Colonel Talbot, of course, were fore.
most, and each looked to find limp,
white, fearful creature, hunted, driven,
not knowing whittier to turn. Instead
they found collected young woman,
family smiling, with eyes that grew wet
for all her bravery when they let her
know upon what erand they had come.
Yet she was not ice or marble, this
wicked Rob. 1t was only that she had
been stirred to heat Of wrath 80 white
it burned away apprehension. The steal.
ing Of her stock, the midnight outrage
upon Aunt Phemy, last Of all Ben Top.
marks pursuit Of herself, had nerved
her to set her teeth and say:
"Fightl Yes; I will fight this mon
strous claim, fight as I would never dc
in mere matter Of money. There is SC
much more at stake-the honor Of my
name. No McGregor ever took advan.
tago Of ignorance or helplessness. lowe
it doubly to my father to prove that he
speaks truth in saying we are lawfully
seized Of what we possess
"You are better than gold, the most,
the finest, gold, you good, dear friendsr'
she said to the two old men. "But
please to let me work out our salvation
If it can be done, mean. If it can
not, then, because you have been SC
kind, I will put my pride in my pocket
and take all tho help I shall need"
After that there was nothing for it
but to let her havo her way, or at least
agree to lot her think she had it. Yet
tho very next day Mr.. Payne rodo tc
Oldbridge, intending to bid his own
lawyer, Judge Graball, take the case
and spare no pains, looking to him for
fees. The judge heard him half through,
tho while fidgeting in his chair, then
broke in upon the old gentleman, who,
between haste and wrath, was short OF
breath:
See here, Payne, man may be 9
lawyer without heing also al uncon'
] scionable scoundrel. Take that case