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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14
Fulfill Your Contract,

Editor The Pioneer:
have many times heard the follow
ing question asked:
Can man who leaves before the
time for which he hires has expired,
collect pay in full for tho time he has
worked?'
The question has been repeatedly ans
wered in the legal department of Farm,
Stock and Home, to the same effect as
in the following case in it's issue of
Sept. i
Brel ii of Contract e. X. Knutson,
N. d. If hire out to a man at the
rate of 81 per day when l am working,
and agree to work for him till he has
done his harvest and stacking, but I
leave him at the end of harvest and ro-
fuse to stack for him, can l collect full
pay for the time l have worked? Ans.
NO. Your contract was to work until
the end of harvest at the rate of 50 per
day. This is the entire contract. and if
you leave without cause it would be a
breach OF the contract on your part and
you could not compel him to pay you,
or fulfill the contract on his part.
Some men who leave their work be-
fore time for which they hired has OK.
pired, or at the same time conduct them
selves so they arc discharged for good
cause, seem to fail to understand that
they are under obligations to fulfill
their part of an agreement. Nearly
every farmer has had experience with
such men, and both employer and ON.
ploye should know that both law and
common sense demand that a contract
be binding on both parties thereto and
the one who breaks it should pay all
damages, n
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

"Corpsc coins" are treasured in the
north of England. They are the coins
that have lain over the eyes Of their
dead. By this means infection hns been
spread, but superstition causes the Gus
tom to continue, A poor collier or
peasant would never think of doing
anything important unless he has on
his person coins llnL have been upon
the eyes uf bis d"nd rnlnli,,m.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14
Not the Wisest Way.

II IL not always best 10 wait until il IL
needel before buying u bottle Of Cham
berlajD's CoIip, Ciolpru and DiarrA0ea
Remedy, quite frequently the remedy
IL required IN tho ysry busiosl season or
IN tho night aUd much Inconvenience
ana suffering must DO borne befpla II
aaD bp DblglNei II costs bul u iriiis ~
eVmpp,ad WIN 10 r0al worth avb ogery
family oog well ai,pII 10 tpep il IN lhei,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

The entire business portion of North
wood was destroyed by fire early yester-
day morning. The fire originated in
the National Hotel in the north part of
town and made clean sweep on both
sides of the main street south to and in.
Guiding the q. N. depot Two entire
blocks were burned.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14
SOME CROP YIELDS!

F. N. Gilmore gets Is bushels, which
is not bad.
The McCarty boys are satisfied with
17a all ono northern.
We learn that S. D. Curry's fax went
1871 bushels. Good for Seth.
They say that Hank Farris has the
banner crop in this section.
Over east the Fuller boys were re.
warded with II bushels.
Dan Nelson and Ed Carpenter were
rewarded with 16 bushels.
Charley and Jack Rowe have the best
yield we have heard of-20 bushels.
Generally speaking, those who have
threshed received considerable more
than expected.
There is no disputing the fact, most
ali the wheat in this locality is extra
good quality.
Those Willow Lake fellows are laugh.
ing all over. 1t is said that % and g
bushels is small for them.
A. E. Ploof is one of the lucky ones
Part of his crop threshed out % bushels
and he isn't saying word.
II. 1. Standley spent several days at
the farm last week looking after thresh
ing. His wheat averaged 16 bushels.
Mont Washburn and Tom Sussex are
rejoicing over their yields. both received
several bushels moro than they expect
cd.
Elmer Lambert, over in Riverside, il
rejoicing over Il 20 bushcl yield OF one
northern wheat Elmer il II good
farmer
Wheat on The Pioneer farm yielded
III bushels per acre and graded one
northern with pound of, Not so bad
But the flax, don't mention It,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Money couldn't save him, so he died
like any other man. Cornelius Wander
bilt, at his New York home, early Tues
day morning, of heart failure, during an
attack of paralysis.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Chicago will entertain the G. A. Rs
next year. June 30, 1893, there we're
305,6O3 members in good standing and
the same date 1899, the records show
287981.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

The decision in the Dreyfus case is
attracting wide attention throughout
the civilized world and is looked upon
as allow cowardly act Germany heads
move to boycott the Paris exhibition.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

The G. N. and N. P. railways have an
nounced cut OF so per cent on hard
coal freight rates to North Dakota
points. That will help little.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Indianapolis again leads the Western
Base Ball League, with Minneapolis a
close second.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Aberdeen business men have put up
a guarantee fund of nearly $4,000, for
the Interstate Grain Palace, Oct. 2
to I.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Hits and Mrs. Pierce will be missed.
He has disposed of his interest in the
Grafton Record.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

None are more popular than Editor
Stickley and his Fessenden Free Press
is always bright and snappy. May vol.
ume five surpass all previous efforts.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Dewey has left Gibraltar for New
York where he expects to arrive on the
29th.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

liODDinE prHSes is u "r'm" under
Chinese lpw ior "liioii ila thIri may be
justly KILLED on the spot w anyone
finding him DOl,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

Gen. Merritt, according to latest re-.
ports, will succeed Gen. Otis in the Phi
lippines.
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Official Newspaper Of Steele County.

Entered as second class mail matter at the
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

A Colorado Judge decides that prize
fighting in that state is legal, and allows
the bruisers to scrap it out.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

home. 1t is everywhere acknowledged
to be the most successful medicine in
the world for bowel complaints. For
sale by Wamberg & jacobson, druggists.
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Casselton Harvest Festival, Oct. 5 and
S. Don't forget it, big time.
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iDbHsi,biss, EVpHp.sH rspi,aL
a. Petersburg IL the 0haplllinsl
sapIlAl IA iia'opo
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-09-14

The North and South Dakota soldiers
also Minnesota, will ride home free.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
4 CORRECTION.
Mrs Mitchell Has Something to
 Say About Miss Williams.

Mir. Editor-I wish to correct an article published in yesterdays daily Graphic, purporting to be the par ticulars concerning the estate of my sister, Miss Mary Williams, her pc cullarlties, etc.
 The will left by her bequeaths one- half of the estate to me and one-half to nephews and nieces. It does not specify any amount and it is not yet known what the amount will be, but suppose in the neighborbood of $10,000 if iudiciously handled. Ii is all in real estate in only three places, namely, Pine Bluff, Lincoln county, Ark, and Wichita, Kan. The property there is valued at $l, 200, l believe.
 As to my sisters pecuiarities, they consisted in her great generos ity and uncomfortable disposition to credit out her money and goods till she became destitute of available means. l have not yet been able to find a dollar in cash which belonged to her, but have ip my possession about $20, 900 in accounts which could not get cents on the dollar for. My sister was aoout 76 years old at the time of her death; was of a very sociable disposition, With friends she was friendly and kind to a fault, as have learned. He- last acts on earth were that of kindness and true christianity. She, as all know, was person of great grief, poor eyesight, almost bllnd of late, for many years overwhelmed with work and worry, and if she sought refuge in loneliness at times it was hot sur r1rising
 My husband, MT Mitchell, is not a millionaire lor silver king, does not own a mine, IS man of small means and in ill nealth Very re spectfully SUSAN MITCHELL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

land plenty of stiff body blows, but the trouble was his inability to fol- low them up at the proper time. Evans fought just the opposite. When he labded, one, two and three blows would follow in quick success sion, At one time be had Green fairly going to the floor, but in some unaceountable manner Green re- gained his strength and began the battle right. He took the advice of his seconds and following up his blows, he soon had Evans guessing.
 Twelve furious rounds were fought and both men were badly punished and bled profasely. Knock downs were frequent occurrences and a heavy blow squarely on the jaw, would have put either of them to sleep. Ia the thirteenth round Green began as the aggressor and continued to rush Evans through out the entire two minutes. When the three minutes was nearing an end, Evans made vicious but fatal rush. Green smoothly tucked his blow and landed three terrible swings on Evans jaw. He fell to the floor in heap and was counted out.
 The fight was one of the best con- tests ever seen in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

and Harper standing nearby re- loading bis weapon. Only one of the eight or ten shots fired took effect. That one entered Patton s body just below the right nipple.
 The attending physicians say PatIon's recovery is very doubtful as the wound is dangerous one. Patton has family and is popular with the people of that section of the state. Although Harper was entirely iustlfable in his actions, the sympathy is said to be with Patton. Harper has many friends in both telegraph and railroad CIT cles who will regret very much to learn of bis trouble. He was law abiding and peaceful during bis residence in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
IMPUDENT NEGRO SHOOTss MIR. w c. ROUNDTREE
 AT LINWOoD SPUR
MADE GOOD HIS ESCAPE.
Shooting Was Unprovoked-mr- Rountree Called Him
 Down.


 Mr w. C. Rountre8 the eaiciepg manager of Mr. M. v. Wares Liu~ wood Spur general merchandise store, was in the qlty this morn7De- He came here on Business but wass under the care of Dr. ". H. Biaa- kenship of Einwood. His face Was largely covered with a bandage agFa he has temporarily lost his powan of speech.
 The cause of this was his being shot by an impudent negro in Ah5 store at Lilwood Spur last Mon day afternoon. The negro wEo. aias the work is named George Pierce.
 The facts as related to us by TA-. Blankenship are as follows PieEcas entered the store and had Ee~ words with MT. Rountree a6oua some cord wood. There WAS a aif- ference in the payment or someth5Dga of that kind, and Pierce talked as Olp eOO lAd paQChO Ut MIL AeOGlt ea ks'ls who proceeded at once to call hiE1a down peg. When he did SO sRsas negro drew a 38-calibre revolver and fired into Mr. Rountree's sasssz The ball entered the cheek sBd and glanced to a side of the momab.. wbere it lodged.
 After the shooting Pierce fled aEGg up 10 this writing has not been ape- prehended. He worked on the Rsitz place ln that section and is reierFe6a to by many as a dangerous ant sueaking person. His fathers Stephen Pierce, killed a negro cozs- panion a few years ago on tbe Greenb back place in Jefferson county near the Lincoln county line.
 Mir. Rountree is able to be aoosssz but will have to keep on the band age and may not recover his speech for several weeks. MT. RounSaea has family residing at LinwOoSR and is well and favorably knovyEs throughout this state He IS quies and inoffer sive citizen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
A PISTOL DUEL, OCCURS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF NEW LEW
 SEVILLE, ARK.
PATTON AGAINST HARPER
Both Empty Their Revolvers But Only One Shot Takes
 Effect.

From a we'll known and popular Cotton Belt empIoye, who was wis itor at New Lewisville Tuesday af- ternoon, we learn of a duel which occurred in the heart of that town early Tuesday morning.
 The participants in the tragedy were Berry Patton, a New Lewis, vile merchant, and T. NJ. Harper, a telegraph operator for the Cotton Belt road at that place. Harper worked at the Cotton Belt office as telegrapher in this city for several months and is quite well known here.
 We have been informed that the shooting scrape was the result of some uncalled-for remarks, which Patton claimed Harper had made about his daughter, but when ac- cused ot it Harper blankly denied it. Monday night Patton went to liar per,s office at the station and with out warning, deliberately jumped upon him and a fight, in which Pat ton was worsted, was the result. Several people say Patton was drunk when he en tered the office.
 @The next, Tuesday, morairg Pat ton waited for Harper on his usual route to the office. When Harper came up he opened fire upon him Harper claims he heard that Patton had threatened to kill him and was we'll prepared. When Patten fired the first shot, Harper produced his siv-shooter and respon led to the salute. They stood on the sidewalk shooting at each other for fully two minutes and when both guns had been emptied. and the smoke of,the sudden battle cleared away, Patton was found lying in 8 pool of blood
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
LAST THURSDAY
Was When This Negro Saw a
 Couvicl in he Field.

Last night Deputy Constable Frank Stewart went to Mir. James Truock's place a few miles aoove this city GU he river, as he was notified that batch ot escaped con vets were ID the field in hiding.
 He wertto the scene late Tues day night in hopes of winning laurrls and rewards, but when he reached bis destination the negro on the place who had told MT. Trulock of the col.victs said: Ut wuz ast Thursday da seed dose fellers."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
HERBERT GREEN PUT KID EVANS OUT-A FURIOUS
 FIGHT.
gHE MEN WELL MATCHED
A Large Crowd Witnessed the Battle-Several Other
 Good Bouts.

Several hundred sports and fol. lowers of the ringed arena assem- bled at the Owl Club, familiarly known as Havis' Hall, Tuesday night to witness the glove co4tests previously advertised by George Coleman and John Mullins, the man a1ers.
 The first go was between two ne- gro boys, the Rob Roy Cyclone and the GreanYille Bulley. The Green vile Bulley lost on a foul in the third round.
 The second event vas between Bob Robinson the Pine Bluff Terror, and Ephriam Hill, known over the country as the Louisville Hypnotist. This scrap was 8 slugging match from start to finish and the men be- ing evenly matched, made the thing quite interes ting. Hill VOL by Rob inson throwing up the sponge in the fourth round.
 The third battle was a five-round go between Rosco Parks, the Hobo ken Wonder, and Turner Span, a tturerbreds from Little Rock. The Atmosphere was bit too cyclonic for the Little Rockian and in the third round he refused to come up. His seconds finally induced him to go another round and he came up game. When that Hoboken mig ger" brought around his right aud caught Span just over the heart, the latter saw his finish. He doubled up in knot and rolled from the ring. A glass of beer soon brought him back to his former self.
 The star event of the evening and which brought the crowd out, was twenty-five round contest between Kid Evans, the scientific St Louis pugilist, who put Kid Lane to sleep in 13 rounds in this city few months ago, and HerDert Green, local negao, who before the fight ended, showed how well versed he was in the art of pugilism.
 Evans weighed 1243 pounds and Gnen 125 pounds when they enter ed the ring. They have been train ing for the past three weeks and both were confident of victory. Gr en had about an inch the best ot Evans in reach, brt in cleverness he was entirely outcIassed. He would
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

Horace NJ. Hamick. ,ofSwan Lake and member of the late ConpsBy B, of the First Arkansas regimens, and Duval Johnson, of this city, n1yae a member of fhe same company passed examiAations Tuesday end joined the 33a U. $. Volunteer Kn~- fantry, for duty in the Philippines. Together with the four other rs-- eruits, mentioned in Tuesday's Hzs sue. they left this morning for Lisasse Rock to report to Capt. Dowdy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
STILL RECRUITING
Lieut.. Jef fers Completes His. Work
 Here But Goes South for More

Since the recruiting office was established in Pine Bluff, Lieut.. Jefers has added 20 men to his regi- ment, four of whom were mentioned in yesterdays Graphic. The addi- tional men are c. Rives Taylor, Rives; Bobby Goodwin, El Dorado; Theophilus E. Pace, Paragould; Emery D. Omer, John D. Decker vile, Joseph A. Ritter, William N. Fisher, Will Stoddard, William s. Savers, Cory M. Chamberlin, John s. Pope, John NV. LiLn, William k. Link, Darel Jackson, Jonesboro, and Duyal Johnson, of this city.
 Lieut.. Jeffers and his aid, K. M. Anderson, left this morning for Dumas, Arkansas City and Cyprus, where additional recruits will be secured. They will pass through Pine Bluff during the latter part of this week. In the meantime all in this vicinity who desire to enlist, are requested to submit themselves to Dr. John Waters for examination.
 Dr. Waters office is corner Bar raque and Pine streets, and he is the official examiner for Pine Bluff. Lieut.. Jeffers thus far has recruited 78 men for his regiment. The men just recruited will leave tonight for Folt Sam Houston, Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

Mrs. A. S. Trigg and children will leave in few days for Lake Village, where they will visit friends for few weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-21

Rev. A. A. Williamson, a Baptist preacher
at Warsaw, resigned Sunday. He goes to
Albany, Ore.
The Lake View Hotel, at Lake Wawasee,
was not moved across the lake, as an
nounced, owing to the thaw.
Mrs. A. B. De Verter, aged ffty-eight,
born at Augusta. Ind, died at her home at
Annapolis on Monday from paralysis.
The Terre Haute Y. M. c. A. Juniors
last night defeated the Charlottesville Jun
iors at basket ball by a score of 9 to 4 at
Terre Haute.
The h-ve-months-old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Teeter was found dead in bed Sunday
at Madison. The doctor said death was due
to heart failure.
The residence Of Ed Carson was destroyed
in South English Monday morning by the
explosion of a gasoline stove. Loss, 81, 000;
covered by insurance.
The residence of Mrs. SaIlie IT. Adams
was destroyed at Portland early Monday
morning. Mrs. Adams barely escaped with
her life. Loss, 1880, with small insurance.
Solomon Harding, the Populist De Kalb
county chairman and late candidate for the
Legislature. fell from a load of hay, break
ing his leg, several ribs and otherwise in
juring himself.
Lieut.. G.. S. Carver, of Madison, late of
Company F, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In
diana. is raising a state militia company,
the membership of which will embrace many
of the leading young men of Madison.
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other peaths in the stnte.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. Feb. 20.-Mrs.
Mary A. Phillips, aged eighty-two, widow
Of the late Joseph Phillips, a pioneer of
this city, died this morning at 4 o'clock, of
old age. She leaves three children, Mrs. d.
w. Ramsey. of Indianapolis; Mrs. Lizzie
Phillips, of Louisville.
William Morris, a prominent citizen, died
suddenly this morning of apoplexy. When he
arose this morning he was apparently in
good health, but soon after became suddenly
ill and expired in a few minutes He was
fifty-three years old.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Feb. 2O.-Mrs. Caroline
Stephens. aged seventy, mother Of the
photographers, Henry S. and Thomas
Stephens, died last night after a protraCted
illness. The remains were sent to Rich
mOnd this evening.
Mrs. Hypatia Havens, aged sixty-seven,
widow of the late Rev. Thompson HaVens,
died last night of grip and pneumonia. She
leaves five sons.
FRANKLIN, Ind. Feb. 2O.-Mrs. Sarah
N. McGannon, aged eighty-six. died yes
Payne, in this city after a long illness. She
had been a resident Of Indiana for almost
eighty years, and for the past twenty-five
years had made her home with Mr.. Payne
and family.
BRAZIL. Ind, Feb. 20.-David L. Miller,
aged eighty-seven, one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of the county, died
ago, when there were only three houses
here.
COLUMBUS. Ind, Feb. W-C1arence Coff-
man, a prominent young farmer of Ohio
township, died to-day Of consumption, aged
twenty-three years.
WARSAW, Ind, Feb. 2O.-Mrs. Hannah
BoydSton, an aged pioneer, died yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-21

Robert F1tzsimmons and his company Of
vaudeville performers began a three-day
engagement at the Park Theater yesterday,
playing to crowded houses both matinee and
night. Fitz's admirers were noisy as well
as numerous and wanted him to know they
were there. F-itzsimmons is relying largely
on his pugilistic fame this season for en-
tertaining the public. although there are
several acts in his show that cannot be
duplicated elsewhere. Drawee is a juggler
OF more than ordinary cl~everness and at
times rises to the lofty standard set by
Kara a few weeks ago. McWatters and
tyson, IN a comic skit called "A Dressing
Room Scene" introduced some impersona-
ions that are excellent. Theo, Manager
Juiians wife, shows herself to be exceeding
ny expert with the Xylophone and bells.
playing selections rarely attempted with in
of such limited range. Ward,
B~rddburn and Murphy, the Folly Trio, .
walking and catchy rendition of coon
songs. The most remarkable act on the
pm and one that has never been surpassed
IN indianapolis is the slack-wire exhibition
given by a man who has taken the weird
and unpronouncable name of "Caicedo."
This man does some tricks on the wire that
are little short Of marvellous. The even
lngs entertainment commenced with a farce
called THE Laugh Maker-A Woman Mad. -
an airy nothing which took Messrs. White
Williams, Fenton and Whitman for it's pro-
duction. Conroy and Mcfarland demon-
strated either that the day of the knock
about Irish comedians is past or else that
they are not up I'm the business. The closing
acts of the programme, the bag-punching
exhibition by Fitzsimmons and his sparring
contest of three rounds with Yank'' Kenny
were what the audience was longing most
to see. FftZsimmons undoubtedly possesses
the ability to give an artistic exhibition of
bag-punching and those who have ever seen
this act by 'Lanky Bob" know how well he
does it. His sparring bout was for points
only. and his company will
remain at the Park until Thursday, when
they will give way to The Gay Matinee
Girl"