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Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Official DireoGoq<

1o.eshof-lrank a. Brises
Secretafy-fred Fs!iey. Ds Ane
Ieeasnfef. George e. Nicbole
n 3.vM,b8eenmuddeat .v,8e Of Public lns,rr E,s.-..
Attorney 9sasral-John covanM
Audltor-Nat1sn b. Hapnum.
SnR!eme Coutt Judces-C3ny G.. 11,na.rr..
Aiatsa pes Wallihs in: Bartholomew. :.
H. resa keyes fSa fGS9m1T1a:SsSners-L L. walto Geo.
Go%$ sbor-Henry o. Thoh
SGo9gfeasntani=M. N. johnson,
g 9Gge plgtrlct Court. Fifth District-s, ri.
tmspeU, Of Jamestown r.
ss.a c0tNfy oFfIcERs.
ppsr. ~ wss Ss Hss Hsnsaasi eha,.%s9 r.
'FHeeiste! Of, Deeds-lUsas O. Lien.
:CClGk District CourI-O. D. Pnrin,o,.
Snettt{4{;TC TClaQtJ Jackson
Hlsft HHistlaft Attofnsy-rDAvi6 Bartlett,
.TreaaHIsr-1vet Udksrd.
suryey6f-Msttih "a ;Uela,d
supt. oS oofS-Ah6feWR Rincla,r
County 5IdkeeC. H.sJofineon.
CQEoner.Df .:Df. Befesti1}n!.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

NOTICE OF FINAL PRooF.-Land Office at
hereby given .ihat the soliowine-named settler r.
has filed notice Of his. inteninn to. make
tinal proof in supports of his clairn,. and
Pnrinton, clerk of.the DISTRICT oCart in h:s office
at the courthouse at CoopenstpwnA, Gsiggs
county, North. Hakota, on Angnst 2ih 1898
NILS II. PAUI.sRUD,
II. q. No. 1885. for tAe y swif, se.k nwX
ana sW4 mex. Of seouo 3, in t oMllehir,l6 n OF
range 60 W.. "
He names the following witnesses teo prove
his continEoue,residenea npon and eaiaivation
OF SAID land, viz. 1Aar Almklo~. John Mustad
20 ttOnwood& N. ID.
CHAS. N. VALENTINE.
Res4lster.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

NOTICE OF FINAL .RIsDo oE,-Iaua; ;essce us
Fargo, North Dnksta, Js,se I'd. 1898. Notice it
hereby given thst the fo!lowinx-HamesA settler
mas . sed notice Of lNs iarentiG4 to, nssae 1--WE
years final proof in .eupsprt of his olaimr and
mat said pronf mill be rsaie tafOre,. Oecay ID.
f"rintOn, clerk OF the dasrict coart ut ais office
on July 23d, 1S9SsviZ:
J.sRGEN, HANSEN.
n. K no. 1903 for the nw4. OFF sectics. ae in
township 144 n, ,of range So w
he names the followiAg. witnesses to, prove
NJ ms continuous residence 1pon, ,nd culiWat tion
Of Dazey, Barnes Co.. n. Dak;. Fred; Nelson,
Oak. 'r >'
CHAsasN. N1fIIENNySB.
John W. o1e' agent. Register.
lat pub. j June 1R
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
NoT1cERoBrUBLIC1r1oN-7. =

:. .MH11cEFoRg 70 TT RggBL1cA11oN.-L.nd ofnS,
y~s sssrg0: r. n gsly 18th, 1888 Notice s here
TED notice Of HE t.tentontc make n:i nrnas nag
be bsepRorf Of his essim, and!ae said proof iHi VIII
tie, 'sn dis,rtc4 ore & oscar D. Pnrinton, clerk Of
comfy NJ d., on As&ust 2iIlii BSs. viz: "f'ege
:, ~. 1WAle ALMKLON. VIZ
nw NJ r. Noi :lss1s forsaie lots !. and and sex
148 9Of range-6O W: ~ al township
ri. Hs sa,, names sbe folsw1eg wis,esses to prove
Of ss4a lan% 1T upon: :at1ts cultivation
me me, e. 3 RRas, N:;DE Nils Il. Paais%1tsS. % Got,an.
woocs n. p; AAnton Et,dbrvon, oaOttnfv yIS"- ~
1st Pubs -puly g.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

NOTICE OF FFINALPRoeE.-Iand o,,ic4 al,
Fargo, N4ssh't Dakota, Jalnlalb, 1888. No
settler has hted.noticssof hssiRter tiolseto max
nve years inal' proof ia"saNp,rt Of sifix claim
aud mat sa at,proof *slibe lHskl. betoee Oscar
y. Parinton, clerk of;the,. ifatrictsouurt, ut
Ms Office ut onpersspwn- NJ d.. on.faturdsy,
september 3dA 1888, viG1
I.EONAIMH ENCk,
ID: e. NO. sO1 IS, for these .eeetion ss township
las n, range 59Rc
lie names thefoowiNgs .mitrs sses to.uove hir
contlnnole residence, ,.pIn and cn1stysstion OF
sad land. VIZ: Athens Warins<. ,'srs.s Peter
ron, Morris koseh, Artha,r K1sW.ull ,os. Cotton
wood p. o.. GRggs o.. MI
CHiYxS: N. V,AIAENEfsNr ~.
w. o, Register.
list s,nb:4-JAty24
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Notice For Publication

Land once, Fargo, N. D.. June stb. 1saa
- is hereby given that the Following nam
i've years final proof in support Of his CLAIM IL ana
that said proof will be- made before Oscar .ia III
Purinton. clerk Of dst'ict court, at his ofioe
IN 1a,,s CoooePerstown, COP Griegs county, N. D., on
JOHN A. JOHNSON,
NO; 1885, for the Y Of sex and &c 4 OF ne Y
cnd 20 sw Of &c of section 4, in township IN ..
He rames the following witnesses to prov.
~ ms coz sn% and
o. ssn ssla n,ana, VIZ: John Forkberg, Sven Loae,
ford, N. D. " AAa""s
CHAS. N. VALENTINE.
Ioh, n ~. A.. Register.
1St Pub June II.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
COSTLY EXECUTIONS.
Bills For Killing Criminals That wer,
Formerly Paid In Holland.

Bills For Killing Criminals That Were
Formerly Paid In Holland.
Edam, in Holland, where the Dutch
cheese comes from, has museum of
local antiquities, and among the not
least interesting of the exhibits are the
accounts of the municipal executioners
during the eighteenth century, says the
London Chronicle One of these func-
tionaries, by name Vogel, presents de.
tailed bill dated Dec. 10, 1918, in which
he sets forth claim for 6 forms for
one decapitation and 8 forms each for q
sword and winding sheet, with forms
il cents for coffin for the decapitated
one. His charge for hanging criminal
was also 6 forms, with the further ad-
dition Of forms for "cutting down
and impaling ditto. Breaking man
on the wheel" was a costlier luxury
and ran to forms. while for Supply
ing nine new laskes for scourge" the
charge was ~ forins
On the whole, however, Mr.. Vogel
was moderate man in hi. charges or
the value Of human life went up good
deal in the next 90 years, for in the no
less circumstantial accounts of Johannes
Ia, presented Aug. l, 1854, we have a
charge of IL forms for "going on board
the Hans and preparing instruments of
torture. with like charge for "tor-
turing one person. But this must have
been for the lesser torture only, as Oh
Aug so the same Johannes sends in u
bill for "torturing three persons at IS
forms a head"-total, 225 forms,
while few days later no less than 600
forms is charged for Changing four
persons at $50 forms each, and for
"fogging two persons and burning q
third" he exacts 150 forms. Clearly
considerations of economy, if not of hu-
manity, must have tended toward the
reform Of the criminal code in Holland.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

Mo11eE.OF f1NAx PRooF.,=t,..d om.a
st Far, n D:-.Jnne fiii B9s.-afirsa. !. Gmce inc
aeag y nes. ot stter has
n euppt Of his sssim sa nat san nsoot PioGt ;11
d; Se made before OsenrD Pt,inton .e,s.x of ~.
31strict aosN ut Dooper.ttwn q rfssp comn,S M Iss
~ " osasatnrday: Jnfy!2Ar. 1898. Wa. >o""'J'
/, ANDR1N O. BosTRnN
~ Il. No. 2371O, fertile nstls Of Sca.'. IL n..
!4G u. r. GOsw VI Scc: ~ Tw'.
MS contin:pOas resfaepoc Ge1.l, and euIfivut,on
q. q said lara, wiz: .sAn r ssrsOn, Sven .Aomme
town r. d.. n. D.,
-, ClsAs: NJ VALENTINE, Register.
"m Giass. ARefsst let Pub /. une 10.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Our Six Year Old Dauxht.

err.
Our six year old daughte, had a
very sore throat, badly liberated, and
ceughed almost necessarily. Gave the
White Wine of Tar Syrup according
to directions and she began to improve
i'm mediately nd soon got we'll. Mrs.
Groves and l have recommended it to
others, and we consider it the very best
medicine in use. Rev. D. H. GROVES.
Pastor M. E. Church, Clarksville, Mo.
From an Ohio Minister.
have used Dr. Warmers White
Wine of Tar Syrup for sore throat,
weak luEgs, coughs ard colds, it sur.
passes al; other remedies have tried
With many thanks to the doctor for
his valuable remedy, I remain,
Clyde, o. REV. G. HAGANs.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
The Vanilla Bean.

II 10 not generally known that the
vanilla bean is the oostliest bean on
earth. i grows wild and is gathered by
the natives in Papantls and Misantla,
Mexico. When brought from the for.
ests, these beams are sold at the rate Of
60 6s. per 1000, but when dried and
cured they cost about 60 81. per pound.
They are mainly used by druggists
London Globe.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Treasurer's Renor+

3
90 For Coopcretown village School D,.t,,,s,f,
tba vsa. ,sn1 m1 Gg9f, state OF North Dakota .fOf
ren Frsm on sslia nand September I. 1897. oopop
From From special taxes 900. ........ as1s Il
from al other sources .................. H2 81
'''............... ..... $47el 20
EXPENDITURES.
For teachers wages. s1oa. m
koF Incidental expenses ........ l458 Is
Cash on hand June 80. 1883 1850 "a
Grand total, to balance receipts. .x472a ee
1otai amount outstanding wxr- ~
n,- E.W. BLACKWELL
trct. '''"sc echoo' ois-
Approved this 10th day Of Ip,y A. D. 1898.
By order OF the district svheol board
.... DAVID BARTLETT. President.
NJ. w. BUCK,
District Clerk
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
LUTHERAN.

Preaehi1gr: ser s.iee in Norwegian
every Sunday informing at II o'cin--k.
ss Gws:as as trz ssrzie sasay d 's in a m@atR a@s1
IN ash Il anS Morne;an the othe sndayy nday
O'Clock The ladies' Aid Society
meet every other Z Thursday afternoon.
fall are cordially invited.
E. T...-S{LNEss, Pastor.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
For Sale.

The j. G. White threshing outfit
complete. without cash. l Aultman
q Taylor IA horse power engine: / T.
Case separator; self feeder and
stacker and automatic weigher and
loader. Can pay for the rig in thresh-
ing the crop on j. G. White estate.
DAVID BARTLETT.
Executor.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Notice of Tax Judgment Sale.
1st pub. juno "a.

Pursuant to u real estate tax judgment of the
district court. in the county of Griggr, entered
ings for enforcing payment of taxes upon real
estate for the county of Griggs, in and prior to
the year Of 1895 remaining delinquent, and of
shall on the 18th day OF August. 1898, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon, at the sAeriff's office in
the village Of Cooperstown and comfy of Griggs,
se!l the lands which are charged with taxes in
said judgment and on which. sach taxes shall
not have been previously paid.
Sheriff Of Griggs County. North Dakota.
lst Pub. July 22.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Netice TO, Creditors

son, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the Undersigned
Ole 1Yerson, administrator of the estate of
the county of Griggs and state Of North Dakota ,
deceased, 10 the creditors Of, and persons havs
Ing c'aims aim! against, said deceased. to exhibit
months aficn the FIRST publication Of this notice,
to said. administrator, at CoopcrstOwn, in the
county Of Gr;ggs, North Dakota.
DatedJuna Goth, A. D. 1898.
Administrators Of The estate Of Isabella Iversen.
deceased. "
tst pub. June "a.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
s"cklen's A,.nica salve.

Bncklen'. Al.nica Salve
The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, soes, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures piles or no pay requi, ed.
II is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
faction or money refunded. Price 25c
per box. For sale by H. H. Bateman e.
20.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Taken Up.

One bay mare pony, weight about
SOOlbs, white hind feet, white star in
Owner can have same by
proving property and paying charges.
CHAs. FRYDENBERG.
Town of Mabel, Sec. 2S-l45-61.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

, 5InBE8 CULTURE FINAL PROOF ~ a.
tee tis - !. 9S,ss Ss. p rso, b. June ). isssNee.
astf soi;cs =: ven in, .sat Otto n. Rognlieff h{s
6sf"rs OecaTN p Porinton, clerk Of the he, Ete2.
ss Sasss !sdss ~ ~ ;se s e
CATION No 1855 or tie sWT ef ssc,toa sMare aah.
iIownsaip ~ n B angc 60 ". 'on ~ IN
dSde,nse ms nrnes w,n es.ss; Rrick Austad, Asrsk
N: D.. xels Aossad. Of Dszey. N n nnannafosd.
VtAAA. N. VAIEHTINE, Register
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
County of Griggs. {ss.

TO WHOM III MAY CoNCERN:
Notice is hereby give that an application. will
governor of the state of North Dakota, on the
23d day OF July, 1898, al the hour of ten o'clock
q. M, of said day. asking for pardon Of LIVER
age, who was on the 10th day Of June, 1s0z,. ut
the town of Cooperstown, in the county Of
Gr;ggs, convicted of the crime CT embezzlement
by jury, in the district court in said county,
by the judge of said to be confined in the state
penitentiary, ut Bismarck, North Dakota, for the
term of three years. said term commencing at
twelve O'Clock noon. Of said 11th day of June,
and under which sentence the SAID liver Jacob
son is now confined in the state penitent,ary.
II. n STEVNS,
Attorney for liver Jacobson.
1st pub. June "a.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Chh1>eff .Nottces.
BAPTlAsx..

s,a...,, uu-lp1 s1r2E9sssfc r2E99sssfcepreachihg a,
~, sunday 9.a sd bY'. Bielen school at 1916;
evening SERVICE ATS Prayer and
inquiry meeting Iburslay> evening at
8 O'Clock; ss
JOHN 6n1pRERs. Pastor.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
METHODIST.

HETHODIsT
Preaohaagr every Sabbath norning as
II O'CLOCK, andsevery Sabbath evening
at .7:3o -* o 'clUck. Sabbath school
at 12 NJ Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening at .7:ges o'clock All are
cord;a|lyinvited.
BE- A: BURNS, Pastor.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Notice to Creditors.
1st pub. June "a.

In the matter of the estate Of James G White,
deceased
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
David Bartlett, executor Of the laet viii Of
James G. White, late Of the county OF Griggs
and state OF North Dakota. deceased to The
against, said dec-ased. t. exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers, within four months after
the first publication of this notice, to said exc
ty.
Dated Luue 20, A. D. 1898.
DAVID BARTt&TT,
EEsecutor,
1et pub. juno "a.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
coNGHEGATroNxL.

CoNGHEGATTOssxL.
Pr@chiugservice every Sabbath Il nj.
at 10:30, fD!lowed by Sunday school,
Umion.Y. P.aS:sC: Eat Pm; evening
service atss;,L Lastics Aaxilliary every
Jasnev !Rs evs5y 4asrsd"y eySn'%g ynn%egvs at g
Els. SHAW, Pastor-
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

Cash on hand June 80, 1898. 2N s.
Grand total, to balance rec. ipts $5aS a
JOHN r. OLSOM&
Treasurer of Waxiya School District.
Approved this 18th day of July A D. 1epeN.
l'y ord"r of the district school board:
GILBERT OLSON Presideat.
Attest:
A.JARN SON,
District Clerk.
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Treasurer's Reportt

Treasurer's Reports
For Wazsys School District No. 4. copnnr AZ
Grtggs and Steele, state OF North Dakota. sor.
the year 1891-08,
RECEIPTS.
Caeh on hand July /. 1897 .saMaz
From state tuition sund. Sa2; ;h2
From special taxes s......-............2 24I 96
Tota.:.... ......... ....,..... s:s9ps, 46
EXPENDITURES.
For teachers wages. ...... .......$ 3s8 so,
For service Of school officers -. d co..
For incidental expenses. SO 33..
Cash on hund June 80, 1soS - 287 81
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

Grand total, to balance receipts. $1a8A SO
FRANK j. PFEIEER,
Treasurer OF TyrOl School District
Approved this l2th day of July. A. d. 1898.
By order of the district school board.
HENRY DETWlLLER President,
Attest;
VIII. sANsBURN,
District Clerk
Griggs courier., 1898-07-22
Treasurer's Report.

Treasurer's Report.
Griggs, state OF North Dakota for the wear 1897
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand July :. 1897 sS2 II
From state tuition fund. nd.. l8O 66
From special taxes =. ...... IOg8 Fl
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-27

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How to Get Relief and Cure Quickly.

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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-27

Rcinland, Man. DIR. Peter Fahrnsy, Chi
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in or village which may be of some interest
TO you. Mrs. L. Quireng suffered for many
wears with what was termed niilk-leg. 4"
She used almost everything which was recon-
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open again in n short while. Somebody
advised her to use your BLOOD VraLIzER.
She did So and it cured her. Months have
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the great benefit she derived from the,use of
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DR. Pc Ea,'s BLOOD FITALIZER is the re-
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-27
IN FRONT OF THE STONE WHLL.
Some Features Of tho Desperate Assault on
Marye's Hights.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l was in
terested in reading Comrade John L. Wiley s
13Oth Pa "reminiscences of the charge on
Marye's Nights, Dec. Il, 1862. 1t brought
back to my mind as though it were yesterday
the wild rush of the First Division Han
cock's) on the impregnable position OF Lee
behind Fredericksburg.
The experience of the Third Brigade, in
which the comrade served, was similar to
that of all the others in the division-a
division which lost more men in the
rebellion, according to their numbers, than
any other in the Union army. See Fox's
Losses in the Civil War;
Comrade Wiley says: ''Ours was the adj
vance regiment on that part of the line. 1
do not know about the First and Second
Brigades, put / am inclined to think the
whole division charged at the same time"
The writer was in the Second Brigade
Urish) We led the assault on the extreme
right of the Union army, i'll brigade front,
and were followed over the same ground by
CaldwelPs Brigade.
SO hot was it in front of the famous stone
WALL that the men were ordered to lie down
and fire, then turn over and load their
muskets (smooth- bores) on their backs
Flesh and blood could not stand up and live
We hung on s. like grim death, giving the
Johnnies as good as they sent, until Ca!d-
Wells men came up and advanced beyond
our line, or rather in their desperate effort to
do so, but were thrown back in confusion,
and went to the rear, leaving half their num-
her of brave boys writhing in agony or dead
under the stone wall. Those not killed out
right lay there exposed to the murderous
fire all day from the rebel infantry and
artillery.
When night threw its mantle over the
bloody plain, few, if any, of the wounded
of the First and Second Brigades lived to
tell their story. We left so per cent. OF our
comrades behind-our tribute to the ineom-
potency of the commanding General, and the
monumental blunder of the whole war;
JOHN DwYER, Captain and Brevet Major,
63d n. Y, Sandy Hill, n. Y.
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COULD NOT HIVE BEEN TRUE.
Missouri Comrade Discounts a Recent Asser.
fiOu About Gen. Curtis,

Missouri Comrade Discounts Recent Asser-
tiOn About Gen, Curtis.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In recent
issue a cOmrade, who said he was at the battle
of Pea Ridge, Ark, March, 1862, claims that
on the last day of the battle Gen. Curtis
turned over the command to Gen. Sigel.
venture to say such thing never occurred.
Some men who know about this are still alive
and can be asked Twill venture to say none
OF them will agree with the comrade / heard
as a camp rum0r at the time something OF the
sort did not believe it then, and | am now
quite sure it was not true.
The cOmrade SAYS that on the night of the
second day the rebel army was on three sides
of the Union army and the other side was
blocked by mountains which were impossible.
Pea Ridge runs down from the north and
ends right there. Along its east side is hollow
till you come to the battle-ground, then the
ridge ends, and the road that has been in the
hollow climbs, perhaps fifty to seventy-fIve
feet on to a level plateau. The ridge is still
higher, but not one hundred feet higher, ard
ends about where the road begins TO climb to
the plateau. The point of the ridge is not
over one hundred feet above the plateau.
The morning of the third day the rebel army
occupied the south end of that ridge with its
left center That is the nearest a mountain
that can be found anywhere i'll that VICINITY
The fact is that battle began by an attack
on Sigel camped at Elm Springs some four
miles south of Bentonyille. He retreated
through Bentonville, turned east there, and
Joined Curtis, who concentrated his army at
Elk Horn Tavern, on the plateau mentioned,
and Just south of the end of Pea Ridge, OF
which / have made mention. The rebels fol-
lowing him, placed themselves across the
ridge. as | have mentioned, and north of the
Union army. The morning of the third day
the rebel army faced nearly south, and the
Union army north. When they were whipped,
their center was broken, and they passed
around the two fianks of the Union army
retreatine southeast and southwest.
This is as have always understood it, and
| am sure it must at least be substantially
true. Keytsville is almost right north, and
about fifteen miles. No considerable portion
OF the enemy retreated to Keytsville.-E. j.
SMITH, Sedalia, Mo.