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The Press., 1897-05-20
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We ofrer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY CO, Props, Toledo, o. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.
 WEST TEAUx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Q. WALDING, KINNAN e MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
 g1sts, Toledo, o.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle, Sold by all Druggists Testimonials free.
The Press., 1897-05-20

An English paper tells of a real Mrs. Burlington. She walked into the office of the Judge of Probate and asked s'Are you the Judge of Reprobates am the Judge of Probate, !" was the reply. Well, that's it, expect, quoth the lady. "You see, my husband died detested, and left me several little infidels, and want to be appointed their executioner -
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w. C. T. U.
Convention Call.

A mother hen calls her chickens to some special crumb every little while, and our leaders must often rally their
 comrades to some specific work. The general lines do not suff1ce-there must
 be special pressure brought to bear-a
 clear sounding note of invitation, and the
 chicks who have been chirping in the
 grass or struggling here and there in pur- suit of some worm that did not material
 ize, or some fly that eluded them, will all
 make tracks with great alacrity toward the center where the cheerful mother stands, resourceful, kindly and impertur-
 bable. The next thing is the thing for each one.
 The twelfth annual convention of the | Holland County Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union will be held on Thursday,
 May 27th, at the Methodist church of Stafford Springs. -s' Ja-> E The county officers are as follows
 President. Mrs. C.sF. Fitch of Rockville {;
 vice. president, Mrs. J. s. Koons,of Mans Held; secretary, Mrs. Lima McPherson of
 Rockville; treasurer, Miss G. A. Wash
 burn of Stafford Springs. F The morning and afternoon sessions of
 the convention will be of interest to all
 white ribboners and friends. MORNING. 10. O.15-Devotional service, led by Mrs. J, H. James, Rockville. y10:30-Convention. Greetfng-Mrs. c. B. Forbes, state president.
 Welcome-Miss G. A. Washburn, Staf- ford Springs. Response-Miss c. Pike, Mansfield. Roll. call answered by text. Appointment of committees. Minutes of last convention. Reports of unions. Reports of juvenile organizations. Music.
 Reports of superintendents. White Ribbon Banner-MissM.L L. Herr, Norwich.
 Business. Noontide prayer. Adjournment-basket collation.. AFTERNOON. 1.30-Praise service. Minutes of morning session. Election of officers. Music. Address-Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis, New Jersey.
 Offering. Reports of committees. Presentation of county banner. Business. Adjournment. The churches, the societies of the
 Christian Endeavor, Epworth; League, Temple of Honor, Catholic Total Absti-
 hence, Woman's Relief Corps, and the
 thriving local Current Events Club are cordially invited, and all individuals are
 included, and not excluded, from this county gathering. Mrs. Mary M. Andrews. corresponding, secretary of the Conn. w. c. T. U., has
 also been invited as a guest to the con.
 vention.
 Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, frequent
 visitor and well-known in Connecticut
 was for fifteen consecutive years core
 spending secretary of the New Jersey w.
 c: T. U. Last fall she disengaged her.
 self from the.rputine duties of the state to enter'into the wider field of that of the
 National W. c. T. >U., and, too, to be
 more free to pursue that branch of the
 work for which she is so eminently fitted
 tbat of'arDusing neighborhoods to a more
 exalted view of the manifold duties that
 lie at the door of each individual worker fl each is faithful to the little tasks
 that lie at his or her hand to perform. Mrs. Ellis Is much beloved as faithful
 and efficient worker, ranking among the
 finest speakers, since F ', ', ;.
 g"Llfo mea1s $ be sure! ff:;' : ! Both heads and -heart-botha active, both Y; complete, T. And both in earnest"
The Press., 1897-05-20

With this showing it is suggestive to compare the position of the United States, in which, according to the latest available figures, there were 12, 183 miles of road, with a total of 34. .971
 oars. It is not without reason evidently that the United States is considered the home of the electric railroad. Oan- ada comes next in order, with 450 miles of road and l ,150 cars. Oassier's Mag
The Press., 1897-05-20

You have noticed when you have been in England that all the bank notes are always clean and fresh or that most of them are. We'll, the reason is that the Bank of England burns the ones received and issues new ones. The average life of a bank note is only five or six daya
The Press., 1897-05-20
Detroit Free Press.)
HIS MOTHERS GIFT.

He came up to me at Broadway and Thirty y-fourth- one evening, and asked if knew of pawnshop in the neighbor- hood. told him thought there was one only two blocks away, and he wiped a tear from his eye and pointed to a par. eel under his arm and said '-e ,sss - "It is my. mothers gift-a Bibie-the last thing leftto me to raise money on. Yes, motheEp1aced this book in my hands as started.sout in life fifteeniye ago, and4I hoped would always be guided by by its noble precepts." And now you must pawn it ?'' ask 1T must. It's the only thing I have left, and must eat and sleep. I cannot tell you how it wrfngs my heart to have this gift go into the hands of a pawn broker. If I could only meet a gentle man''-
 "A gentleman who'd advance you $1 on the book and hold it for you ?"
 That's it-that's it !" he cheerfully ex- claimed. "Yes, if he'd advance me $1 on it could start out in life anew, and in a week could pay the debt and have my relic back. You appear to be kind. hearted mani"
 | "Yes, am."
 | And you don't want to see my mothers gift go to a pawnshop?" "No." r
 "And you will advance me $1 on itP" | ''Not mueh'!' Pm looking around for g I policeman to give you the collar That trick has been played on me three times, and am getting tired of paying $1 for 6 50-ceIlt Bible."
 "Sifl" exclaimed the man, as he began to back away, ''it is evident that you dc 1 not reverence your mother.' L t'Not in this shape-no."
 "And you have no love for the'good book l"
 Mot at 100 per cent profit"
 And sentiment, sir, you have no senti ment-and you are bad man, sir-ano if,I ever catch you on a side street I'll fput head on you and send you to the hospital for a week !"
The Press., 1897-05-20
It has long been suspected that when

It has long been suspected that when a clergyman, in the course of his sermon, asks any one in the congregation who chooses to answer some questions he has propounded, he doesn't really expect any one to do so. This was proved at a watch-night service at St. Pauls Church, Brixtons England. The vicar, the Rev. Carnegie Brown, was preaching a sermon on the Prodigal Son, in the course of which he said: Hast year some people came to watch-night service from neigh boring public-house, and some of them were drunk. Is there any one here like that tonight ?'' "Yes," said respect able looking man seated in the aisle, "rm here, and I'm drunk.n The effect on the congregation was electrical. The preach CT was startled for a moment, but, after saying, Poor fellow, poor fellow" pro- ceeded with his discourse. "I tell you I'm drunk" said the intruder. "Hold your tongue" said the vicar. 'tI am speaking now, and must not be inter- rupted."
The Press., 1897-05-20

Sick stomach means sick man ,6or woman).
 Why not be well?
 Sick stomach comes from poor food poor nourishment i; means poor health, poor comfort. Shaker Digestive Cordial means health and a we'll stomach.
 If we could examine our stomach we wbuld understand why it. is, that so little will put it out of order.
 But, unless we are doctors, we never see our stomach. We only feel it. We would feel it less if we took Shaker Digestive Cordial.
 Shaker Digestive Cordial makes youl stomach digest all the nourishing food you eat, relieves all the symptoms of in. digestion, acts as tonic and soon makes you we'll and strong again.
 The more you take, the less you will feel of your stomach.
 At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents..
The Press., 1897-05-20

The barbers of India are so delft and light of touch that they can shave man without awakening him.
The Press., 1897-05-20

One of the best evidences that Ayers Hair Vigor is an article of exceptional merit is the fact that the demand for 1t is constantly increasing. No one who uses this incomparable dressing thinks of try ing any other preparation for the hair
The Press., 1897-05-20

It isn't what one knows that mak ee him great, but what he learns from others.
The Press., 1897-05-20

Boston Transcript: One of the first things that a child learns, in family where there. are smaile,s< chirdrsh, Is to be very efficient In the management of those other children. One small boy, aged three, has sister, aged nearly two, who has a propensity for up setting her mothers spooLbasket. For this offense she has had to be corrected several times, and her brother has become aware of the enormity of the offense. Recently the mother heard terrible up. roar in her room, where the children were together, and going in to see what was the matter, found. the little girl weeping while the. boy,l looking very conscious oi virtue and radiant with efficiency, said ''She tipped over the pool ,mamms but she's all banked !"
The Press., 1897-05-20

GREAT TRIUMPH.-Instantr relief and a permanent cure by the. great remedy, Otto's Cure for Lung and throat diseases.
 Why will you irritate your throat and lungs with hacking cough when E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, W. P. Fuller, TSdmers, Odell & Jones, Staffordville, sole agents, will furnish you a free sample bottle of this guaranteed remedy? Its success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Sample free, Large bottles, soc and S5cs F: ~-...; ,~-, .+-4 ~
The Press., 1897-05-20
Prirnitive ainters

scientific appliances of the modern factory. Yet many continue in the old rut because it enables them to know their material"
 This is all wrong-find the big "H." .-.
 HarriSonS' Town and Country Ready Mixed Paints are composed of white lead, zinc white, pure colors and linSeed oil only, and ground and blended to: fit the require mentS of the most exacting painter. Wll stand unlimited brushing out and keep its uniformity Harrison Bros & Co.,. Phila.. Chicago. New York
The Press., 1897-05-20
FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.

Tt is our intention to print under this head from week to week, items Of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
The Press., 1897-05-20

1.-THE WATCH-W0RD OF THE ,
 CHICAGO GROCERY
 Is always the Best and Choicest Groce- ries at the lowest prices, as the following list will prove. Until further notice we offer
 20 lbs. Fine Granulated Sugar, s$1.OO
 bbl. Best Haxall Flour, .-5.00 bbl. Best St. Louis Flour, 800
 can California Bartlett Pears, 2Oc 1 can Prime Sweet Corn, '7c
 can Cold Packed Tomatoes, : Sc
 bushel Fine Potatoes, soc 10 lbs. Rolled Oats, 25c ats. hand-picked N. Y. Beans, 25c
 1 package Gold Dust, 19c cans Best Little-Neck Clans, /, 25c
 cans Burnhams Clam Chowder soc A lbs. Fine Carolina Rice, 25c
 lbs. N. Y. Evaporated Apples, 25c gal. Prime Porto Rico Molasses, 35c
 gal. Best Porto Rico Molasses, 4Oc
 gal. Maple Syrup, weighs Il lbs., s5c 10 lbs. Pure Lard, 75c lb. Best Boneless Corned Beef, v, Sc
 1 lb. Cow Brand Saleratus, . 7c
 qt. Hinze English Chow-Chow, 1sc
 at Best Prepared Mustard, 15c
 3 cans Fine RedsSalmon, 25c
 WeHhaNe just received large line of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30
Circuit Court.

A number OF minor and unimport-
ant cases have been disposed of in
circuit conrt this week. Among the
more important ones vas the state
versue John Benn for shooting Fred
Widows at Keystone something
over a year ago. This cas- a
tried on Tuesday and on Wednesday
the jury returned a verdict finding
Benn guilty of shooting with intent
to do great bodily harm. The pris-
oner has not yet been sentenced.
The case OF the state versus Ar
chic Pinkerton for cattle stealing is
the most important n left for trial
at this session. 1t will probably be
reached on Saturday or Monday. In
the meantime the judicial mill is
grinding slowly along on cases Of
little or no Importance or interest
to the general public.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30
Commissioners Proce edings.
Rapid City, So. OAK.
ApriI XII 1907

ApllIcOu, 1000.
Board met in regular session, all
members and the deputy county Audi
tor present.
The minutes os January 10th and 2lst
were read and upon motion approved.
Upon motion official bond of Robert
Boyd as County Judge was approved in
the sum Of One Thousand Dollaro $4,000
.0O), Upon motion reqrisition OF Cor
nelia J.. Beach for supplies or County
Supts. office was granted. Upon mo-
ton the Board proceeded to open and
examine bids filed as per advertisement
For furnishing the county with IS
cords Of green cut, seasoned four foot
wood, there was one bid by Louis Violin
IN which he agrees to furnish the wood
for $500 per cord in county warrants.
For furnishing meeicine and medical
attendance to the county poor there
was one bid by Geo p Staunard for the
sum of $4,000 for the ensuing year.
For board of Jurors and Bailltfs one
bid was made DO p r Mccarthy for 3o4
per meal.
For care and maintenance Of county
poor two bids were filed as follows
Glenn Violin $4 90 per week for each
person in county warrants
Louis Violin $40 per week for each
person in county warrants
For Janitcr of Court House 3nd
grounds there were seven bids
John Black COR the sum Of $44.75 per
month in county warrants.
john Waite for the sum Of $3.50 per
month in county warrants.
NJ l. Bentoh for the sum Of $47. 90 per
month in county warrants
j. w. Ingersoll for the sum OF $4,000
per month in county warrants
Hans Graves for the sun OF $50. 90 per
month in county warrants.
Fred Rotzler for the sun Of SAC. 90 pei
month in county warrants.
PHI Finnigan sor the sum OF $5e. IS pc,
month in county warrants.
For furnishing the county with
blanks blank books and supplies for the
ensuing year there were " bids.
Ons by Perkins Bros Company o.
Sioux City Iowa and n by A E Wal
lace Of Rapid City S d.
For county printing there were two
bids, one by Art w Grid publisher o.
the Northwestern Stockman and the
Black Hills Union and n by A +
Wallace publisher OF the Rapid City
Republican.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30
y Ith bsconssnb Fowier sud
ap9pprlSo3valo i Tie count q

The kaleidoscope Novelty Sbcw
Co, under the efficient management
Of Messrs. Geo. 3. McManus and.
Louis Young will leave Rapid City
for a summer tour in about a week.
The boys have the kinetescope, the
one great invention which overshaa-
ows, eclipses and outdoes all oh r
moving picture machines. HI con-
nection with this wonder the boys
will carry a mammoth graphophone,
producing all the best marine band
selections. various Instrumental So
los and all the up-to-date and catchy
songs of the day sufficiently loud
for an audience of a thousand people.
The latter machine is a whole show
within itself, and it is safe to say
that the Black Hills has never turn
ed out a more meritorious aggrega.
ton. Here's to the success of the
k%inetescope Novelty Show Co.
J. B. Gossage left on Wednesday
evening for the great sanitarium at
Battle Greek, Michigan, in the hope
of regaining his shattered health.
Porter Warner Of the Deadwood
Times has been appointed receiver
OF public moneys at Rapid City.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Woods has been i'll a
part Of the week, but is reported
better today.
Editor VonWoehrmann of Hill
City spent part of the week in town,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30

lJr. E. ". Ied1pu ouAOeRy w LIS
ranch near Belle Fourche.
". 9. Temple has spent a portion
Of the week in the city attending
court.
Elegant, y foot jointed fishing
rods for Is cents. See Art w. Grid
st. Joe street.
Circuit court opened Friday last
and disposed ola number of minor
cases before the fire.
Fred NJ. Brown came down from
Lead City Saturday night and spent
Sunday with his family.
C. d. Crouch came in from the
east and is attending some at
this term of court.
William Clemens has added aeon
modulus summer kitchen to his resi-
dence on Kansas City street.
Gospel Union Temperance services
were held at the Baptist church last
Sunday evening under the auspices
of the W. C. 7. u.
The Odd Fellows and Daughters
of Rebekah joined forces and held an
enjoyable celebration at their hall
Monday night.
The new liquor license law goes
into effect tomorrow, May l.
Saloon men must 'put up or shut
up"
The fishing season opens tomorrow
the first. Mountain trout will be
in evidence from this time on.
Harry Tonner, a former employ
of this Office, it now a member of the
"foorce" at the stores of the Consoli-
dated Mercantile Co.
A new line Of states, tabs, pencils
and all kinds Of statationery and
school supplies just in. Art W.
Grid, st. Joe street.
The court house fire last Sunday
morning again demonstrated the
fact that Rapid City has a water
system worth that of any two cities
in the Hills.
Railroad Commissioner Tompkins
came in from Sioux Fails Sunday
morning where he had been attend
ing to duties III an official capacity.
The city council met on Monday
night and canvassed the vote cast
at the city election on the Goth.
The result was practically the same
as that published in this paper.
The pupils of the fifth room, at
the high school, Miss Cora Hite,
teacher, enjoyed an outing on the
hills above the electric light plant
last Saturday.
Mr.. Faris, the sewing machine
agent who located here recently,
moved to Sturgis Tuesday, the alti-
tude Of Speartish proving too great
for Mrs. Faris. -Spearfish Register.
Frank Bangs came down from
Deadwood Monday evening and re
turned Wednesday morning. He is
associated with his brother Stein in
the assaying business in that city.
Hot Springs elected it's anti-ring-
rule candidates last week and there
is rejoicing among the Springs tax
payers. Spearfish did the same.
1t would appear that the anarchists
are pretty much in evidence in the
Hills towns this spring.
The silver judicial central commit.
tee met at Buffalo Gap last Satur-
cay night and set July IL as the date
for the nomination of the next cir
cunt Judge. c. L.. Wood and EG
Smith attended. The following is
the representation for each count,
at the coming convention: Penning
ton 70; Custer 10; Fall River II
and Zeibach /.
There was court at Hot Spring.
the fore part of last week and from
h0 AI@ZHC EE
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30

BY Hosace Crockett Commissioners
Deputy.
Rapid City SO Oak
April 6 1897
Beard met pursuant to adjournment
All members and the Deputy County
Auditor present. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and upou
motion approved.
Upon motion action upon bids for
furnishing the county with plank books
uniform blanks and supplies was de-
5ferred till such a time as an approxi-
mate estimate can be made of what is
needed.
Upon moaol bid of A E Wallace for
the county printing vas accepted and
contract awarded to A E Wallace for
the ensuing year, contact to take eff
e st upon the approval OF bond and sign
ing of contract.
Upon motion bid of Hans Graves for
Jlnitor OF Court House and grounds
for the ensuing year 1t $50. 90 per
m nth in county warrants was accepted
and contract awarded to Hans Graves.
Upon motion bid of Glenn Violin for
care and maintenance of county poor
for the ensuing year at $500 per week
for each person in county warrants was
accepted and contract awarded to him.
TO take effect upon approval of bond
and signing of contract.
Upon mosion bid of p B MCCARTHY
for board OF Jurors and Bailiffs at 3St
c,nts per meal was accepted and con-
taact awarded to take effect upon APP
prevail Of bond and signing of contract.
Upon motion bid of Louis Violin fer
furnishing the county with IS cords of
four foot wood at $3.50 per cord in
county warrants was accepted and cor
tract awarded to him.
Upon motion bid of G p Stannard
for furnishing the county poor with
medicine and medical attendance for
tue ensuing year for $500 was accept
ed and contract awarded to lake effect
upon approval of bond and signing of
contract.
Upon motion petition of Henry G
Cordes ct al for the establishment of a
Section Line Road in township two,
North, Range eight, E B H NJ was
granted and the same declared a public
highway 66 ieet wide.
Upon motion Board adjourned to
meet April 18th 1897 at 9 O'Clock A M.
Attest G w Clark
p F Mcmahon Chairman
County Auditor Board OF County
By Horace Crockett Co1nmi ssioners
Deputy Auditor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30

Rapid City, in the State Of South Dakota,
April -, 1897, as made to the Public EX-
aminer and Ex-Oficio Superintendent of
Banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-22
CITIZENS CAMPAIGN BOOKING.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE DIS
TRICTS-THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE
MANHATTAN DEMOCRACY.

The impetus given to the Citizens Union
movement by the Endorsement given on Wednes-
day night by the Manhattan Democracy. or the
Steckerites. was manifested at headquarters
yesterday by increased activity. The decision
OF the Stecsers' organization to support Mr..
Low defines the attitude of about the last Of
the independent organizations to come into line'
and so General Tracy is left standing alone as
the organization Republican candidate, without
a single Endorsement from an independent or
ganization. Mr. Low on the other hand, has the
Endorsement of many Independent organizations.
and his strength grows daily General McCook,
James 3. Reynolds and the others who are di-
recting the campaign found their time taken
UP listening TO reports from the leaders In the
districts and never since the campaign opehou
has there been such throng of district work
ers present at headquarters as there was yes
terday. and all Of them had the most encourag-
Ing reports TO make.
The revised list Of the Citizens Union enrol
ment, completed withii the last twenty-four
hours shows a total enrolment OF 13I.OOO. This
is the number after deducting Implications, re-
inovals and the small percentage that has
drifted back into the Republican organization
ranks most significant feature Is that the
Citizens Union enrolment is being signed Win
greater readiness than ever. Charles Stecklcr,
one OF the leaders of the Manhattan Democ-
racy said yesterday:
ii found tha: the voters IN the Manhattan
Democracy were more favorable to Mr. Low
than TO any other candidate, and that his plat
form suited their ideas best. We had no COM
nunication with hin. or his managers. and. In
fact went ahead. indorsed him and told him
about it afterward. We VIII now pegih an act-
I've campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-22

UI| |lST4TEU BY 1 CYCLONE.

SEVERAL THOUSAND NATIVES PERISH cN ONE
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Madrid, oct. 21.-A dispatch received here
from Leytc. one Of the Philippine Islands, says
that pla % has been almost devastated by a cy-
clone that many persons have been killed, and
that the damage done to property Is incacula-
BILE
The cyclone destroyed the towns OF TagloDdh
and Hernari Oh the island OF Lcytc. as well as
seNcra Villages
Later adviccs from Manila say the cyclone
occurred on October H.. ami they add that carr
CARA and Buiugo. on the eastern coast OF Lcyte
have been wiped cut, and that an immense
way" swept inland. enguliing villages. ScVerai
thousand natives pcIished at Tagloban.
The cyclone also swept tn island OF Samar-
The full extent Of the catastrophe Is not yet
know. ,.
The town OF Lcytc. however. sustained pu'
little dan age. contrary L. the first reports re-
CeiVcd. -.o,,, --..
The damage is estimated at I.d".o"o pesetds