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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
An Unsafe Criterion.

A story Is going the rounds which Il.
Illustrates the vanity Of estimating mum.
bers by noise. It sets forth that q Yam.
kee once went to a hotel where he tried
and liked dish Of frogs legs-foa
which, however, he had to pay q large
price.
"What makes you charge 80 much fo1
'em?" he asked the landlord.
Because they are scarce" answered
the hotel-keeper.
''Scarce!' exclaimed the Yankee
why, III agree to get you a million
Of en-"
Agreed" said the landlord; III you
bring me 3 million I'll find a market
for them"
"All right-I'n have 'em by tonight
sure"
The Yankee went away, and at night
came back with eight pairs Of frogs
legs.
"Where are the rest Of the million p
asked the landlord.
well, to tell the truth. answered thu
Yankee, II formed my judgment Of thu
number by the noise!'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
Notes Of Current Events.

Count Cassella, the Pope's private cham
berlain, formerly of Denver, died AT
Rome. He was born in London in 1929.
Edward w. Emerson, of Concord, son
of Ralph Waldo Emerson, has been cho.
sen a. poet for Phi Beta Kappa day at
Harvard, next June.
Archdukc Otto of Austria, nephew Of
Emperor Francis Joseph and heir pre-
sumptive to the throne of Austria, has
arrived Mt Berlin and was received with
great ceremony by Emperor William, the
imperial princes and high court, military
and civil officials.
Sister Mary Xavier died at st. Mary's
of the Woods, near Terre Haute, Ind.
aged n years. She was the last Of the
seven sisters who went to that locality In
1842 and started in log cabin the order
At Sisters Of Providence, aNd where ~
now located property worth mare than !
million.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18

years later and the property then reverted
to George, who was then just q years
old. The estate then comprised less than
5000 acres, but soon after he came into
possession he added $500 acres by pur-
chase, which gave him ten miles of river
front. Then began the system of i'm
provements and cultivation which subse-
quently made Mount Vernon the most
valuable landed property in Virginia. He
drained the land wherever needed, he ro-
tated crops, got the best farm implements
then in existence, built and repaired
fences, had his grist mill. his own distil-
lery, had his own smithy for repairing
tools, his own carpenter shop. looms, and
he built scores of houses and cabins for
his slaves. His FIVE farms ranged from
1000 to 1900 acres each, and each farm
had its overseer and its allotment of ne
groes and stock.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
CHAPTER XVI.

Glasgow on a dull. drcary. drilling
day; Glasgow with east wind in full pre-
dominance, with pavement deep in mud,
with lamps lighted in the streets at four
o'clock in the afternoon, although the
month was April, and in the country, at
least, the daylight hours began to length
en- pleasantly. But the great city was
wrapped in gloom, and the cheerlessness
of the day was reflected in the counte-
nances of those unlucky persons whom
business lit could not have been pleasure)
obliged to be abroad.
A gentleman passing along Bath street,
however, did not seem to share in the
prevalent gloom. He was holding his
handsome dark head high; there was a
glow in his eye and in his face which
rendered him evidently independent Of
surrounding circumstances; he looked like
q man who had just carried out lucky
coup, and had secured for himself some
thing that was worth winning. With
that look of high excitement on his face
it was not likely that he would see even
an old acquaintance like Lady Valencia
Gilderoy.
But Lady Val was not to be discour-
aged. She uttered an exclamation, then
ran lightly down the steps of the hotel
where she was stopping with her maid,
| pursued the unobservant gentleman, and
| touched him on the arm.
"What have done that you should cut
me, Jack?" she said.
John Harrington stopped and stared
| violently. All the glow went suddenly
out of his face.
| II have not very much time to spare,
am sorry to say, Lady VAL" Hanning'
ton was visibly embarrassed.
She stared at him and then laughed
| again-she would not be repealed. TITS
the first time you were ever rude to me,
Jack; it 10 going to be the last, hope.
Come. you can't be so very busy as not
| to be able to give me ten minutes or 50. !"
She ascended the steps before him, and
indicted her guest into private sitting
| room, away from the street and the occa-
sional spurts of hustle in the entrance
hall; and in this room they found q
bright fire, some cosy-looking chairs and
sofa.
Hannington's face had grown gloomy:
his impenetrable dark eyes were lighted
by neither mirth nor pleasure, and he
was pulling at his long black mustache
with what she perceived to be q rather
nervous hand. Moreover he stood up
on the hearth-rug in q constrained and
formal attitude which astonished her
we'll as she knew John Harrington, there
was something in his demeanor which
perplexed her now.
Jack" she began, II have a weighty
communication to make to you. Will YOU
listenr'
"Forever!''
| Ho intended n only ma idle commitment
and AZ such Lady Val had always &C.
cepted the half-jesting devotion that he
had offered her for SO many years: but
on this occasion her eyes fell, and her
face flushed as if she had taken it more
seriously than usual"
CTo be continued)
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
Queens Make Poor Monarchs.

Queens have not az q rule been Q
success az monarchs. The darkest
page In English history Is, perhaps,
that which covers the reign Of Mary
l. Semiramis, Cleopatra and Catherine
II. were anything but blessing to
their countries. Isabella OF CASTLE,
with her blind and pitiless bigotry,
wrought good half share Of the ruin
OF Spain. Victoria Is q noble exception
to the rule.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
Ode for Washington's Birthday,

Ode for WashtnXtON's Birthday.
Welcome to the day returning.
DearLr still as ages flow,
While the " torch Of Faith is eusni1s
See the hero that it gave US,
Slumbering on q mothers breast;
For the arm he stretched to save "a
Be Its morn forever blest.
Hear the tale Of youthful glory,
While Of Britain's rescued band.
Friend and foe repeat the story.
Spread his fame DER sea and land;
Where the red cross, proudly streaming.
Flaps above the frigate's deck.
Where the golden lilies. cleaning,
Star the watch towers Of Quebec.
Look! the shadow on the dial
Marks the hem Of deadlier strife:
Days Of terror. years Of trial.
Scourge q nation into life.
Lo, the youth became her Leaderl
All her banned tyrants yield;
Through his arm the Lord has freed herr
Crown him On the tented deld.
Vain 10 empires mad temptation:
Not for him an earthly crownI
He whose sword hath freed q nation
strikes the offered scepte4 down.
See the throneless conquceoe seated,
Ruler ~ peoples choice:
See the patriots task completed;
Hear the fathers dying voice.
BY the name that you inherit,
By tho sufferings you recall,
Cherish the fratePnal spirit;
Love your country 6rst Of ALT
Listen not to idle questions,
II it, bands may be united:
Doubt the patriot whose SUGGESTIONS
Whisper that it, props may slide.
Father! W whose ears have tinsisd
With the words Of doubt ana ohame.
Wa whose slres their blood have mingled
In the battles thunder-dame.
Gathering. while this holy morning
Lights the land from sea to sea,
Hear thy counsel. heed thy warning:
Trust ~. while We honor theei
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
GREELY ON WASHINGTON.

be Man Washington Will Remain at
the Apex of American Manhood.
'These articles have failed in their OBJ
ject if they do not tend to inculcate in the
minds of American youth the importance
of will-power and right aspirations to the
complete development of the individual"
writes Gen. A. w. Greedy, concluding, in
the Ladies' Home Journal, his series of
papers on 1.-The Personal Side of Wash
ington." "What are the salient changes
wrought by these forces in the evolution
of the man George Washington? For
money his indomitable will sacrificed to
the exigencies of harsh labor and uncon-
genial surroundings the pleasures of home
life. Later, his noble aspirations valued
gold only as a means of serving his coun-
try, of alternating suffering, and of ex-
tending charity. Rising in an aristocratic
community to the apex of its social system
he then eagerly offered his assured stand
ing and acquired fortune in order to in
sure civic and religious liberty to all
grades of society. Brutality and cruelty
marked the contests of his earlier day;
in his mature years he was one of the
most humane warriors of any age. The
brooding curse of slavery imposed upon
A~oS
above the race prejudices Of his time, and
by his individual action forestalled by
sixty years that inevitable goal of indi-
vidual freedom, which futurity deferred
for America to another century. His r.
religious and youthful hab-
its were such as have slapped the better
character of thousands. Yet he came to
recognize that his own evolutionary pro-
ceases were no safe guides to humanity,
but that the only sure road is that pointed
out BY religious faith and assimilated ac-
ton, through the by-paths Of sobriety, In
dustry, charity and right living. The time
may come when experts can question the
superiority of Washington ~ q general,
or the entire wisdom Of his policy a. Pres
ident. But fortunately for his fame,
there 10 only one standard by which the
whole world measures IN individual, and
1t IL certain that 70 long ~ equity, hon
esty and charity are deemed the highest
attributes of human nature, 20 long will
| the man George Washington remain q
the apex Of American manhood"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18

washington's Farming Operations.
Washington Inherited Mount Vernon
In 1850 from hisshalf brother, Lawrence
Washington, who died in 1867. This
brother had q daughter Sarah, who was
heiress to the estate, but she died two
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
CHAPTER XIV.

The evening was dull. Mr.. Moncried
scarcely spoke. and the rest Of the fam
~ followed hin example. Stella ut last
went 10 the piano and began playing the
Ooft, melancholy airs which she knew
tat her husband loved, as her father had
done before. But in the very midst Of his
fayorite melody Alan got up and walked
ont Of the room. Stella went on playing,
but her eyes filed with tears, and the
heart seemed to have gone ont Of hel
music.
Alan and his brother-in-law went into
the smoking together. Alan threw
Aimself into low easy chair, crossed hi,
arms, and fell at once into . deep reverie
Kinescott selected . fine cigar with great
care, and lighted It in q peculiarly delhi
oeate manner before speaking. Then be
said. quietly:
s'Don't ron want to hear what Han
ninston said to mel"
s.No," said Moncrieff, with an impa
1ient movement Of his head.
AYour wife"
Il would rather not hear anything
against my wife"
KIn9scott raised his eyebrows and
rhrugged his shoulders. my dear Alan
I wodId not say anything against your
wife Tor the world. / have the very
greatest admiration and respect for her
What ON earth makes you think that ]
meant to say anything to her discredit r
II don't know: beg your pardon
Ralph"
III seems" says Kingscott, carelessly
sthat she and Harrington were engaged
before she left Dundee"
n sort Of start ran through Alan'i
1Aols frame, but he did not look up.
She has that curious sort Of shame
md dislike 70 the subject which man,
rvenen show On the subject Of their nrst
Aevss" Ralph went on, In the tone q {
a1inpaasionate Judge, ''and shs seemed r
faAcy tat Jack Harrington had kept
\ aef 1atteFA and that she might ct the1
s1ack II personal interview"
AZ vas ! planned thing. thsa-thil
eettns q
3 {
s ssss iIots = H.. psshava = nss
4
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18

The woman who talks most about her
sphere spends the least time In 4
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CHAPTER XIv.-(Continued.)


For minute or two no member Of the
little group said word. Then The gen
a3amen saluted each other very formally,
And Mr.. Moncrief turned gravely 10 his
wife: "Are you coming home now!'' he
Inquired. And as Stella nervously an
isWeFed that she was coming, he offered
her his arm-a very extraordinary pro-
eeedfng on his part, at such an hour and
u zach place; but designed. no doubt
1as Harrington thought to himselD to
show that Stella was his property. and
that It was his intention to take care OF
Der. The husband and wife walked away
together, leaving Kingscott and Han
1Ingt0n face to face.
Stella did not venture to speak for some
NINE; he walked fast and did not seem to
notice that she could hardly keep up with
him.
.4Oh, Alan, don't be angry with me!'
The words seemed wrung from her, half
against her will.
II do not know that have anything to
- angry about, Stella" said her hus-
band.
Fl don't think you have, Alan"
~Except," continued Moncrien, in mis-
most freezing tones, except that you ap-
near to have relations with Mr.. John
Hanuington-a man whom particularly
dislike concerning which you Keep me
n cntire ignorance"
mo, indeed, Alan; at least-oh, 1t -
very difficult to answer you when you put
4 II that way" said Stella, the hot tears
ereakin4 forth.
& q 40 not wish you to answer unless 1t
II qu2le agreeable to yourself" said Alan.
r. 4 tone that more than ever showed
him b Be displeased. II prefer to ask
- questions"
II win ten you everything some time,
aid his young wife, tremulously, but
nj just now. Alan, please do not ask It
She was hardly prepared for the excla-
uaation that followed. There y some
fhiug % tell then! Some secret Heaven
Aelp mi thought had done with se.
Grsts now. but 1t seems that Ill women
AFe alike"
"Have patience with me, Alan" shs
Gaid, seftly. II think-I hopeI am mol
ooacsaling anything from You for my
0wn nod simply. want to do right
anA . tsn Jon everything; but five me
I = llat1s tims-I have reason for not tell
~ you to-day-"
q bslievs that you mean well, Stella.
y IL wpeds fsll coldly upon her ear. 81
1hlak that you want, - you say, to d
GlgAt. But It 10 possible that your juds
uAent may Be- ct fault"
Alan waited for her to speak-waitet
MORE anxiously than she knew: but wher
- word issued from her lips he foldet
Aimseaf Ill the more closely in his cloal
- reserve and pride, and the two walket
~n IN silence broken only BY Alan whe1
h ~ swung open for his wife the heav,
gate that led into the grounds Of Torres
muir.
, 1897-10-18
TORREY CATTLE SHIPMENTS.

Judge ]. l.. Torrey returned from Ne
braska Monday evening, where he had
been with a shipment Of cattle, and
again shipped another trainload consist
ing OF rs car loads yesterday afternoon.
Another train load will be shipped from
here next week. which will probably
be the last shipment from here this
season by Mr.. Torrey's company. With
next weeks shipment will make 200 car
loads OF cattle shipped from here this
season by the Embar company. Judge
Torrey. in speaking about the report
that the Embar company was going out
OF business. said: Il would like the
Tribune to say that reports about the
Embar company going out Of business
are untrue, for we are not even thinking
OF going out o. the business OF cattle
raising in Wyoming. We have merely
taken advantage Of a good market and
sold of a great many Of the old cattle
that next year would not bring 50 good
a price as this year. We will have
plenty OF cattle on the range this win.
ter and next spring. and We expect tc
stay In business right along. I do no,
know how the report originated. unles.
some reporter was anxious for new
, 1897-10-18
THR PGYBR SITUATION
ITALIANS SUFFER IN SILENCE
AND REFUSE TO SEND FOR
THE DOCTORS.
Mere IN Proportion OF This Race Have
Succumted Than All Others-The
City Authorities Are Likely to
Abandon Quarantine Regulations
Eve New Gases at Mobile.

New Orleans, Oct. 17.-While the new
cases did not run up rapidly here to-
day. the deaths were somewhat numer-
Gus. comparatively speaking. having
reached five as early as 6 o'clock this
evening. One OF the fatal cases, how
ever, presented the same old story O:
neglect and concealment Domenico
Miceli's case appears today under both
heads. new cases and deaths. He had
tsen III ome time, but no report OF
his sickness was made to the board and
NC doctor called in till 1t was too late
tc do anything for the man. He was
an Italian. more OF whom have succumh-
Cd to the present fever in proportion to
cases than all Of the other nationaiities
put together. The Gould case was re-
ported four days ago. James Burns case
was reported on the 9Th and he died
his morning. The case of Matthew
Levy was OF some days standing. Will
lam Brockdield, who Ia among the deaths
today, was the ~booldkeeper OF the Metro
politan bank. He came here a few
years ago. has q wife and six children
in Germany, and was In good circum-
stances. He was taken sick on Monday
and died before noon today. The bodies
Of these Ave people were promptly
buried.
The agitation against the quarantine
regula lions Of the board OF health is en-
c%ouraging violations Of the regulations
There Is very considerable sentiment
against continuing the quarantine sys-
lem and the result is that the board Of
health, having reduced the number Of
it's guards, inmates OF houses are slip
ping out into the street whenever they
have a mind to. 1t Is no longer consid-
cred possible without the expenditure
OF large sums of money to maintain cor
dons around infected houses strong
enough to prevent egress and ingress.
Whether or mo-. the fact that people are
coming out Of and going into infected
houes is having the effect OF spreading
the fever. is a disputed question amone
the authorities. but the belief is much,
longer to maintain the quarantine sys-
tenn by which 1t has hoped to keep down
the fever.
Here Ia the list of new cases and
deaths today:
New cases:
- Schneider, - Guonolon. Guy
Maloney. Domenico Miceli, W. G. Ma
lothe. P. 8. Harvey, Miss Agnes Shields.
Miss M. A. Roddis, Frank Schonezman,
Lorena Scanlon, - Pafnato. Michael
Wlerners. - Winter, Jules Tibert,
Francis Efbert.
Deaths:
- Gould.
James Burns.
Matthew L6vy.
William Bochheld.
Domenico Miceli.
, 1897-10-18
OVER THE STATE
DETAILS OF THE TERRIBLE ACCI-
DENT WHICH BEFELL
JOHN COWAN.
Mrs. Hereford OF Fremont County, Who
Was Shot by a Mexican. Breathes
Her Last-Rev. Dodshon Sprains
His Ankle on a Worthless Sidewalk
-Torrey's Cattle Business.

lMessrs. II. Altman and VIM. Myers.
wholesale merchants of Cheyenne. are
in Casper today. having driven from
Grin to Douglas Tuesday evening.
En- route they came onto two wagons
loaded with lumber and standing in the
road. 1t was dark. Stopping. the gen.
tlemen lighted matches to learn the
cause Of trouble. for. at a glance. they
saw that something was wrong. Find.
ing a man lying in the road near a
wagon, they learned from him that he
was great injured about the back. They
could find no cuts or broken bones.
Their vehicle was loaded to its utmost
and the gentlemen placed the injured
man as comfortably in his tarpaulin as
they could and told him they would send
him assistance at once.
Arriving at Douglas the gentlemen in
formed De Forest Richards OF their dis
covery and said the injured mans nam
was John Cowan.
Mr.. Cowan was the foreman OF the
Platte Valley Sheep company. OF which
Mr.. Richards is the head, and promptly
sent a driver with DR.. J. M. Wilson, also
a member Of the company. to the scene.
Mr.. Cowan was taken to the company's
ranch where he vas relieved, so far as
possible. The doctor there learned that
Mr.. Cowan was driving the lead team
.- 49, . + g.
, 1897-10-18
SELLING THE RESERVATIONS.

Hon. Fred Hoisington, special apprais-
er for the general land Office. went to
Fort Laramie Wednesday,, accompanied
by l. o. Middaugh. By a recent act OF
congress, provision was made for the
appraisemenc and sale OF abandoned
military reservations, and Mr.. Hoising-
ton has been engaged for some months
in having these appraisements made,
he having been selected by the secretary
OF the interior as a special officer for
this purpose. The remaining govern
ment property at Fort Laramie was ap-
praised Wednesday by Mr.. H%oisington,
Mr.. John Hunton and Mr.. Middaugh,
and will in the course O: time be offered
for sale by the government. Mr.. Hois-
ington leaves today for Buffalo to ap-
praise certain subdivisions Of Fort Nc
K~inney.-Wheatland World.
, 1897-10-18

Currier company, manufacturers O.
doors. sashes, frames and NANTES OF the
NEST expensive sort. THIS firm had
had among its stock the dryest OF woods
and the most infiammable of oils and
varnishes. After an hour or SO, the
f1ccns became weakened. one after the
other gave way, and at last the flames
shot up through the roof. The building
was erected 10 years ago by the Trinity
church corporation at a cost OF $lOO, 900.
Ncthing OF it now remains but the black
ened walls. and they will have to he re-
buiit. The stock of Fitzpatrick & Co.
and tle Bradley CurEer company, all Of
which was destroyed, was estimated to
be worth 5000, 900.
q Cormus Christus. 60 years old. and
his nephew. Michael Christus, IA years
cid. in their fright jumped to the ground
from a nea by tenement house. They
were burned terribly and the old man
died soon afterward.
, 1897-10-18
VETERAN JOURNALIST DEAD.
Af;er a Long and Useful Life, Chas. A.
Dana Passes Away.

New York, Oct. I7.-Charles A. Dana,
editor OF the New York Sun. died at 1:20
this afternoon at his home at Glen Cove.
Long Island.
Mr.. Dana's death had been expected
fer several hours. and his family and
physicians were at his bedside when the
end came. His condition had been such
for several months that the members O.
his family had kept themselves in CON
slant readiness to go to his bedside at
any moment. On Saturday morning he
had a relapse and it was apparent that
recovery was impossible. Several times,
however, he rallied. but toward night
began TO sink. During the night there
were feeble rallies. but they did not last
long. This morning it was seen thai
the end was hut a few hours off, and
his attendants remained almost con
stantly at his bedside. The end came
quietly.
The extreme heat OF Saturday and
Friday had much to do with Fastening
death. On Friday Mr.. Dana showed
signs of distress and everything posi-
BILE was done to relieve him. He had
been weakened by his long illness, and
during the summer was several times
thought to be on the verge Of a fatal
collapse, but each time rallied. He did
not improve much with the coming
cooler weather, and The sinking spells
became more frequent. On Friday Mr..
Danan was able to take only the light
est nourishment and this condition GIN
tinued. Paul Dana and his sister, Mrs.
Draper. Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. Bra
nan were at his home on Saturday
morning. and were warned to remain
there. They were at the bedside when
death came.
The cause OF Mr.. Dana's death was
cirrhosls OF the liver. On June 9 he was
at his office apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken
i'll and he never afterwards visited New
York. He was IS years Of age.
, 1897-10-18
BAY ST. LOUIS INFECTED.

New Orleans. Oct. 17.-It has been
currently reported here for some days
that the fever Was prevailing ct Bay
st. Louis. This evening DR.. Olliphant
OF the Louisville state board Of health
received the following message from
Cant Of the Mississippi state board 1t
Biloxi. whom he had cent 10 investigate
the cases:
Have just returned from Bay 81.
Lodis: visited eight cases, seven yellow
fever. n suspicious. Surgeon R. D.
Murray o; the marine hospital service.
who accompanied u, %concurred 10 the
diagnosis In each case"
Upon receipt Of The telegram DR.. Oil
plant promptly promulgated q decree
Of quarantine asaiDst, Bay St Lonis and
all Of it, environs. thus placing ~ west
ern limit a the gulf shore eussantine At
Pearl rivsr. Dr.. Oiliphant has also ak
ed the Loaisvills and Nashville rod to
assia II, ~ satbfce0enk.