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INTER-OCEAN SrS Published every Saturday at •WTIM LAKE, KAMSKT COUNTY, DAKOTA. ^jk -»T- SH. C. HANSBROUGH, EDITOR AHP PDOPBTLTOK. Kr*- Subecriptiou price 52 per yoar In advance. .Advertising Rato.—81 per inch per month 10 cents per line for routing notice* flnt insertion, 6 cents per line cach subseqnent insertion. Twenty-flvo per cent off theae rates on yearly contracts. tvv All Bills Collected Monthly. r. --JCnt«red at the Post Offico at Devils Lake as second class matter. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1885. THe Fargo Daily Democrat has quit-. It's rough on Fargo but the Democrat is to be congratulated. THE last number of the Park River Gazette is illustrated. We are glnd to see Bro. Bates getting to the front. HALF an inch of ice is reported from Des Moines, la. A Yankton there was an inch of ice and all fruit buds were killed. MAJOR EDWARDS, supervisor of the census for North Dakota, thinks that part of the Territory lying north of the 46th parallel has 229,000 inhabitants. THE democrats at Devils Lake elected a straight Democratic city ticket. The deuce you say! IIow is it that four of the five trustees were elected on the citizens ticket.? OUR dispatches bring the intelligence that Judge McConoell has been appoint ed to succeed Judge Hudson in this the third judicial distinct. Judge McConnell is highly spoken of. GEOBQE V. N. LATHROP lias been np pointed minister to Russia. Minister Lathrop is from Detroit, Mich., is voi-y wealthy, and has quite a reputation a lawyer. CHABLES F. GARRETTE lias purchased the Washburn (McLean county) Times. Mr. Garrette is an experienced jour nalist and will make of the Times a first-class paper. THE Devils Lake INTER-OCEAN says: "Lakota has lakes in her streets." We have lota of things here hesides lakes, Bro. H. We have a term of court here in August and don't have to go to Grand Forks to do our legal squabbling the way Devils Lake does.—Nelson County News. And we are told that you have some safes. GEN. LOGAN'S chances for the United States seu&lorship from Illinois are very bright. Shaw (Dem.), who died re cently, has been succeeded by Weaver (Rep.) With Sittig and McMillan this gives the Republicans three majority on joint ballot. Shaw's district lias hereto* fore given a large Democratic majority. DEVILS LAKE DEVILS OCEAN is respect fully informed that "Major Edwards" don't want "to control any patronage" —he is not a Democrat—and would not seek—even to control the postoffice at D. L.—would not remove Hansbrough —if he could—but hopes that Mr. Cleveland will—"turn the rascals out." —Fargo Argus. We understand he did turn one of them out of the white house door about a month ago, and the first letter of his name is Mage Edwards. It happened something like this: Mage arrived in Washington on a flat car from Fargo and sent his card to the president, fol lowing the bearer of the pasteboard right up to the office door of Mr. Cleve land. The card being laid before the president, the latter said, "Edwards, of Fargo. 0, yes, this is the fellow whose crooked ways the Devils Lake INTER OCEAN has been showing up. Turn the rascul out." And the Mage was fired. THE editor of the Devils Lake INTER OCEAN is accused by some of our settlers of trying to prevent a party of five set tlers from locating in Turtle mountains by telling them the Indians were mak ing it unsafe to live here. It galls them down at the lake to see the way we are looming up as a rival. The'party allud ed to came here however, and are alive and happy that they didn't take stock in the conscionceless falsehoods.—Dun seith Herald. The INTER-OCEAN has permitted no opportunity to pass to deny the silly rumors that the Turtle mountain In dians were going on the warpath and the settlers were "in danger. We have never advised any one against visiting or settling at the Turtle mountain region. On the contrary, the INTER OCEAN has printed a great many col umns of free advertising for that coun try and defended it generally against the aspersions of enemys to northwest ern, Dakota. The Herald knows this to be'true. THERE being some inisaDprehension in regard to the five commissioner dis trict law whioh pasaed the last legisla ture, the Steele Herald editor wrote 'Secretary Teller inquiring in reference to the bill, and the secretary replied as follows: Tfie statement in the Pioneer was ^doubtless copied from the Fargo Argus Zurich published the five commissioner law as introduced. It applies, as passed, to but four counties, Hyde, Sargent, Falk and Richland. Yours, J. H. TELLER', Sec. Ramsey county must continue to struggle along with but three conjmis sioner districts, but we think there should be a redistricting of the county on that basis, as there have been mate rial changes in our boundaries. Judge of Probate Prosser received a letter from the secretary last night similar to the one received by the Herald editor. THE NEW BOARD. First Meeting of the New City Fathers. The new board of trustees met at At torney Smith's office Saturday evening present Messrs. Mann, Dodd, Alexander, Moore and Lynch and Clerk Nadeau. Mr. Mann was made temporary chair man, and on motion of Mr. Dodd Mr. Mann was chosen permanent president. The minutes of the three last meetings being read and approved, bills were al lowed as follows: John Haughn, surveying Arnold ave nue, $7. B.F. Shanley, marshal salary, etc., $58. B. F. Shanley, crosswalks, Fourth street, $23.90. C. & L. Budde, lumber, $8.91. On motion of Trustee Moore, D. W. Ensign WAS employed to make a profile of Fifth street and an estimate of the grading and have the same ready for the next meeting. On motion of Trustee Moore the clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for grading Arnold avenue from Fourth to Sixth street, bids to be received until the 21st. On motion of Trustee Lynch the marshal was instructed to repair and replace the broken sidewalks and look after certain lumber belonging to the '•it.V. ON motion of Trustee Dodd the bonds of the marshal and treasurer were place*) at $4000 each, and the clerk and assessor at $200 each. The bond of Justice Pnttin with J. A. Pereivalund H. C. Hansbrough as sure lies w.is accepted. On motion of Trustee Dodd the city justice was instructed to bring the books ofhis predecessor before the board at the next meeting. On motion of President Mann the of fer of Trustee Alexander to i.ermit the board to meet at his oflice over tIn Bank of Devils Lake was ace«ntcd. The subjectof letting the ci' printing being taken up, Trus'.ie Alexander moved that it be let to lite lo,wxt bidder. Trustee Dodd stilted thnl (i.e INTE: OCEAN had been doing tin- ciiy'.s adver tising since the organization nf the loivn at onp-tliir.lof Uy:il ••ites. is was the proposition of the LNTUU-OUBAN when there was no opposition, and he did not believe the city could do better by asking for bids. He therefore moved that the legal advertising be given to the INTUR OCEAN at the rate it had been charging and that the city job work be given to the INTER-OCEAN at commercial rates. The motion was carried. On motion of Trustee Lynch Pat Mc Weeney was appointed night watchman, the salary and also the salary of the marshal to be fixed at the next regular meeting of the board. Adjourned to Thursday evening, May 14, at 8 o'clock. Election Certificate. The following certificate of election was signed Friday evening: We the undersigned inspectors of election at the annual election held in the city of Devils Lake, D. T., on Mon day, May 4, 1885, do hereby certify that at such election the following named persons were elected to fill the offices set opposite their respective names, viz: Trustee, 1st District Frank \V. Mann. Trustee, 2d District—Sam M. Dodd. Trustee, 3d District—A. J. Alexander. Trustee, 4th District—Michael H. Lynch. Trustee, 5th District—William N. Moore. Clerk—E. J. Nadeau. Assessor—John E. Coolin. Treasurer—E. J. Nadeau. Marshal—John E. Coolin. Justice of the Peace—W. B. Pattin. Dated May 8, 1885. W. N. MOORE, SAM M. DODD, J. G. CAMPBELL, Inspectors of Election. Board of Trustees. The old board met Friday evening in special session present Messrs. Dodd, Moore and Converse. Mr. Moore was called to the chair. On motion of Mr. Dodd Ordinance No. 9 was amended so as to provide that liquor licenses are not transferable except by consent of the board, and the amendment was ordered printed the required ten days. J. W. Oswald presented a petition asking that he be permitted to transfer his license to Rasmus Johnson and C.O. Moloney asked by petition that he be permitted to transfer his license to A. Mackay. Both petitions were granted. The board then adjourned. Another Colony. Messrs. Johnson and Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, have been in the city for a few days and returned last Saturday to bring a colony here. They like this part of Dakota Lest. Business Changes. Chas. O. Maloney has sold his bar fix tures to A. Mackay and is going out of the saloon business, and Billy Oswald has sold to Rasmus Johnson. Bill Nye was recently written to by a Democratic friend, inquiring how he finds the journey up Salt river. Bill re plied: "The progress of the Republican party up Salt river is being very serious ly impededjust at present by the great swarms of sucker* coming down who went up twenty-four,years ago." COMMISSIONERS. License Transfers—A Long Talk Over Roads. Commissioners Rumney, Barton and Creel met Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. •Minutes read and approved. The trans fer of,Wm. Oswald's license to Erasmus Johnson, provided he give a good and sufficient bond to Ramsey county, was granted, the transfer to be made to An drew E. Hanson for ten months for$166, which was paid. Chas. O. Maloney's transfer of liquor license to A. Mackay was granted, to take effect Monday, May 11, provided he give a good and satisfactory bond to the county. Mr. Rumney moved that $400 be ap propriated from the road and bridge fund to be expended on that portion of the county road lying in Odessa, to be expended by the board of supervisors of Odessa township, and $200 for the town ship road on the 13th standard, to be expended by the Odessa supervisors. Mr. Rumney's motion was amended as follows: That $100 be given to that part of the county road in Devils Lake township $100 to that part of the county road in Minnewaukan township $300 to county road in Odessa $50 to township road in Stevens township, and $50 in Odessa township. The liquor license bonds of A. E. Hanson and A. Mackay were presented and approved. The clerk of the court was authorized to purchase a cabinet for blanks. Mr. Rumney moved that the board of county commissioners act as a coin mi tee and go to Church's ferry Wednesday next, with a view to locating a bridge on the Coolie. A petition from Bartlect, Stevens and Minnewaukan townships, asking for a road along the railroad through said towns, was called up and a committee consisting of the board of uinty com missioners and II. O. Nessith was ap pointed to view and inspect said route. Adjourned until 7 p. m. Tuesday. THE SOUTH Ei fD. Building School Hous's—Advice to Mr. "Skip." Special Correspondence of tho I.\TKU- :-!F.AN.| ODESSA, May 7.—People -i-o talking of petitioning the the "clerk of the weather" for a change in the program the cold snap is pretty rough on our gardens, but it is a good thing for our wheat which is our main crop, so we can well afford to put on our overcoats and submit to the inevitable. Mr. Lawrenson has finished the Je i-'i-'i.!- in sckoollionop and V. E. Calder wcud is painting it. The school board have "lfeided to put a small entry on the front of this building and add six feet each to the length of the other two, which will add much to tho ap pearance and utility of the buildings, and tliey will lie :i ciudit to the town ship. Mr. Hunt is "a little off" in his re mark concerning the hiring of teachers in Alta township the board has hired no teachers as yet, and they have no "Sioux shop," but when they do hire it will be for cash, and "no teacher need apply" unless well qualified for the position. Who said Ira Vickers went fishing last Saturday night (und didn't catch any fish) just because Miss Pendergast was working at Shepnrd's? We see ".Skip" has favored our girls with some (so called) advice. Now, "Skip," just wash the Vandyke brown off your mustache, and come over and get acquainted with some of the Alta girls. You need not bring your dic tionary along, for we assure you that if you undertake to talk matrimony you will have no trouble in understanding what they have to say on the subject, and if you should they could easilv in terpret it for you with the sharp end of a blacksnake whip, nor would they say yes when they meant no. Our girls are intelligent and capaple of taking care of themselves, and if our notary public should, become over zealous in the mat rimonial business (which we think doubtful) they will not need any dic tionary with which to protect them selves. By the way, "Skip,." our notary wishes you to give him tho meaning of that long compound word(?)you fired at his "bump." lie can't find the combi nation. R, P. S. Our girls are not particularly averse to talking matrimony when the right sort of fellows come along, but when the wrong one tries it on they do have such acute way—all their own— of murmering, "Skip." Effects of Dakota Life. Streator (III.) Free Press. John Barton, who has been sojourning in our midst for the past few weeks, took the afternoon train for his "new Da"kota home." Under the circumstances this is probably the best thing that could hap pen for all concerned. There was a time when any statement madebv John Barton could be relied upon: indeed among those who knew him best he went by the patronymic of "truthful John," but on his return from Dakota this last trip, these faithful friends of old were pained to see that he had departed from his time jionoied custom, and Instead of being content to gently amble along in the paths of realism, had learned to wing his flight in the highest realms of imag ination. He could not meet a friend on the street, that he did not relate the story of the manifold advantages of Da kota. In Dakota, the rays of the sun produced more sunlight the moon was more resplendent, and the stars consid erably nearer the earth. The soil was more productive, the air nore bahnly the food supply more nutritious, and the lager beer more exhilerating. An equable temperature is maintained during the whole season on the principle of a gridiron pendulum with alternate layers of heat and cold. Even the char acteristics of mud are so completely changed that it is regarded as a blessing instead of a curse. If John were an or odinary liar these enthusiastic utterances would have no effect, but from the fact of his previous good reputation, they have so worked upon our people that there is liable to be an exodus to Dako ta thatWill almost depopulate our com munity, and hence all home loving citi zens will join us in singing: "With rap ture we delight to see the cuss removed." BRIDGES: Some Things the County Board Should Attend To. The bridge'over the coulee east of Dry lake is in a deplorable condition, the north end of it being but little less than a trap. A few hour's work and a load of lumber would repair the bridge and make it passable. One farmer passed that way yesterday with a dozen bags of grain and was compelled to un load his wagon to get over, and then carry the bags across on his shoulder. This bridge has been a disgrace to the county ever since it was built. All last summer it had a two foot jump off at each end and was without siile rails, It is iu a much worse condition today. Roads and bridges in the county should be looked" after regardless of the probable political complexion of either of the commissioner's districts. Evidently a Mistake. A Huron (D.T.) correspondent of the St. Paul Globe, has had an interview with Surveyor General Fessenden, relative to certain land surveys in Tur tie mountain. Among other things in the interview, Gen. Fessenden sayR that town 162 range 72, immediately east of the town in which Dunseith is situated, was surveyed without his knowledge and while it was a *part °f the Indian reservation. An INTER-OCEAN reporter called at the land office in this city this morning and inquired in regard to the matter. An examination of the plats and records shows that the town refer red to by Gen. Fessenden as having been surveyed without his orders, has in fact, never been surveyed at all. New Firm and New Goods. P. O. Henry fe Co. have opened up a harness shop in this city. They have been on the frontier for a number of years and are acquainted with the style ot harness suitable for either farmers, eow boys, jockeys or livery men, and wish all buyers that require anything in their line to cull und see them before buying elsewhere, {fliey have associated with them Mr. William Gor man, a man with a large amount of ex perience in saddlery and who is well and favorably known hi this and adjoining counties. Call and see them as they are propared to sell at the lowest living prices. Real Estate Transfers. The following is the list of warrantee deeds filed with the register of deeds of Ramsey county during'tlie past week: Fred Moraon to Amelia Morson, 100 acres, town lf5, range G4 consideration George DiUer to S Winumun, 100 ncrog,to\vn l.r)6, range GG collaboration Jacob Jenkins to John Hull, 1LH acres, town 154, range 04 consideration John Spiesmnn to Moore Ai Podd, 80 acres, town 1M, range G4 consideration Wiesentlial and 51 II Voigt to Erik Thorson, acres, towu 15'.$, range04 con sideration Francis II $1000 300 Fluent to Fremont S Graham, 100 acres, town 154, ruugc 04 consideration A Model Institution. The Lakeview has been thoroughly renovated and is now open to the pub lic. It will no doubt prove a successful venture for our popular and efficient host, Martin McCullum. lie has long been identified with the interests of this country and has a large circle of acquaintances in the northwest. lie has employed a first class cook and ex pects to set as good a table as the public ever sat down to in this eitv. Coming In the Back Way. A Helena, Mont., dispatch of the 8th says that J. J. Hill, Dennis Ryan and C. A Broadwater are there selecting a route for railroad from that point to the great falls near Fort Benton, Mon tana. It is said to be Mr. Hill's inten tion to extend the Devils Luke line west to the Missouri at Bismarck and then build to Benton. This is a scheme which has before been talked of. Another Surprised Man. II. C. Rasmussen, foreman of the Xordvestern, and one of the pioneers of this county, arrived in this city Mon day evening. He owns a farm betweon Bartlett and Jerusalem. He has not been up bore since tho town was burned down and was quite surprised to see so many brick blocks and fine business houses. He thinks our citizens have a good share of enterprise. A Revelation. George Laschelle, one of our old time hotol keepers, came up from Larimore lost Saturday. He seemed surprised at the rapid strides this city has made in the way of brick buildings and the number of houses put up also at the husiness bustle and the number of peo ple running to and fro on our streets. Property Exchange. A trunsfor of real estate took place in here Tuesday between J. E. £oeke and James Campbell, the former exchanging his farm on tho inlet at Freshwater for Mr. Campbolls residence and lot in this city, a small consideration being given in favor of Mr. Locke. Mr. Campboll will no doubt make a scientific farmor. First Trip. The boat sailed to Port Totten Monday and took over the first barge load of lumber for Tom Twiford to put in tho government buildings thero. A delega tion of the boys from the Fort is expect ed tonight. A Nice Country. Mr. Higbea is in reeoipt of a letter from southern Kansas saying that on Mqy 7 it was raining, snowing and sleet ing and no grain had been planted. THE VISION OF PRAYER. Rev. M.-. Converse's Sunday Morn ing Sermon. Rev. iu:5. In these verses we have one of those grand majestic visions for which this book (Revelations) is so noted. It. surpasses the highest flights of poetic imagination, and would be blasphemous if it wei"3 not inspired. Like the other visions iu the book it is a vivid pictorial illustration of truths else where in the bibly expressed in plain simple language admirably adapted to burn its way to the depths of the soul, and stamp itself indelibly on the tablets of memory. It is one of the heaven scenes of Rev elations i. e., one of those scenes that present God ruling and protecting his spiritual kingdom on earth, and direct ing it onward to final complete victory over all opposing earthly forces. A golden altar (the altar of incense in the Hebrew tabernacle and temple) is seen, and by it a mighty angel collect ing the prayers of all saints and offering them to God The angel is a symbol of the agency (not fully explained in Scripture) by which all true prayers ascend to the ears of the Heavenly Father. Not one is lost even the weak est and most ignorant Christian is in cluded in the "all saints." But these prayers are imperfect. The best Christians often offer foolish peti tions, and earthly, selfish motives often mingle with pure and holy desires, even while they bow the knee in prayer. So incense is mingled with the ascending prayers by the mighty angel. This in cense is the excellences and interces sions of our Redeemer. Our prayers are accepted through him, though in themselves faulty and very imperfect. The prayers presented in our text are those based on the Lord's prayer: "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven the Christian's ardent desire for the spread of the gos pel. The answer is remarkable. The coals of the altar are cast by the angel from his censer on the earth. That is, the truths of Christ's atonement are pro claimed abroad. Great commotions re suit: "Voices, thunderings, lightnings and an earthquake." The world hates the gospel of Christ and it causes con vulsions wherever it goes. The Chris tian must be a soldier battling against his own lusts and appetites and evil ex amples around him. Jesus himself says, "I came not to send peace but a sword." But through all these convul sions (described more at length under the sounding of the trumpets that fol low) the great cause is steadily moving on to final victory. Christ shall reign on earth, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Crow Creek. By the advice of attorneys the gritty squatters upon the Crow Creek lands are deliberately planning a test case which will place the question before the courts in a form which must attract active at tention. The settlers will remain on their claims until a movement is made to eject them by military force. The first soldier who makes a move to en force the proclamation will be arrested by the civil authorities, and will become the defendant in the case. The counties within which the alleged reservation lies are all organized, and possessed of full compliments of civil officers. Mrs. Bill Guilty. WAHPETON, Dak., May 9.—The jury in the Dill murder case, after being out seven hours, returned the verdict of guilty. Mrs. Dill, when asked by Judge Hudson why sentence should not be imposed, said: "I am not guilty." Sen tence for lile at hard labor was then imposed. Mrs. Dill fainted and was removed from the courtroom. Mrs. Dill shot her husband Jan. 26 lust during a quarrel. She then wrap ped the body in bed clothing and took it to the burn and digging a grave buried it there. She is passed 40 years of age. More Hydrophobia. ITarry Rumney had to kill his dog Monday. It seems that the .samo dog that bit I'M Poole's cows followed Mr. Rumney to Odessa, about two weeks ago, and bit his dog while there, and about four days ugo his dog showed symptons of madness. The brothers Rumney chained him up for four days, but as ho got worse and more dangerous they had to shoot him. It was a very valuable dog Harry brought with him from Minnesota. A Surprised New Yorker. Mr. Stephen Baker* of New York, who is connected with the M. & M. road, was in the city last-Friday and made this office a pleasant call. Mr. Baker says he didn't dream of finding such advancement here in everything. An Indiana Farmer. Dr. Mote sent a hired man all the way from Indiana to seed his fine farm of 120 acres near Crary. His man, Bonanza Smith, Is a good one and will get through this week or by the 15th of the month. Ijake Craft. Williams and Hopkins launched a new sailing boat Sunday and Bailed over nearly to Totten. The bay was dotted all over in tho afternoon with pleasure parties rowing and sailing. The Ocean W ave. The Minnie H. pulled out from her winter moorings Saturday afternoon and steamed down to Heerman's Land ing. Regular trips to and from Totten commenced to day. Notwithstanding much has been said about the importance of a blood-purifing medicine, it may be possible that the matter has never seriously claimed your attention. Think of itnow! If, by'the use of a few bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla you avoid the evils of scrofula, and trans mit a healthy constitution to your offspring, thank us for the suggestion. AN OLD TRAPPER. What He Knows About Half Breeds—Too Much Life Here. Andrew Hart, a tall, keen-eyed trap per, who has been on the northwestern border for nearly thirty years, came down from Turtle Mountain Saturday on his way to Wright county, Minn., where he has a wife and ten children whom he has not seen for three or four years. The old frontiersman has been hugging the border west ever since he was twenty years old. He has been all through the Black Hills and the wilds of Montana. We asked him what he knew about the disposition of the Indians to join Keil, and he said "Them half-breeds is the fellers that would like to go into the fightin' business. The Indians ain't half so bad." Mr. Hart stated that three or four Sioux Indians who were in the mountain region when the Riel re bellion broke out, had gone north and were now with the rebels, "ef the kan nucks hain't killed 'em." Being interrogated as to the effects of the rapid settlement upon the game and fur animals, he said, "Well, there's too many people getting in, and the animals is quittin'." He said he couldn't be hired to live in this city. "The noise and slam is too much. I don't like it. I'm lonesome to get back to the woods, and ez soon ez I ee the folks I'm going thar." "Give the Devil His Due." Thompson's Bank Note and Commercial Reporter. An enterprising banker of Devils Lake, Dakota, has adopted the forego ing as his business motto. His letter heads are embellished with a picture of his Satanic Majesty, who seems in the very act of claiming "his due." The idea is a good one, whether applied to banking or any other business and even when carried into real, every-day life. It is true, nevertheless, that few ever get their just deserts. Gone up the Flue. Bismarck Blade. The Devils Lake Evening News has gone out of existence, and on the prin ciple of tho "survival of the fittest" has disposed of its interest to the INTER OCEAN. We congratulate Bro. Hans brough on his success in the journalistic field, and wish him the same success with all his opponents. Likes to Read It. Hillsboro Banner. The^Devils Lake INTER-OCEAN has purchased the Daily News at that place which will hereafter be discontinued. The INTER-OCEAN is one of the brightest dailies west of St. Paul. Its telegraphic reports are full and its editorial page is vigorous and inspiring. The Right Reverend Bishop Gilmore, Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the many eminent church dignitaries who have publicly added their endorsement to the wonderful efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil in cases of rheumatism and other painful ailments. 'Sqnlre l)arbee'« Grindstone, 'Squire Darbec, sou of Sam Darbee, the famous panther-fighter of Sullivan county, and who killed and captured nine panthers once in less than an hour, had been Justice of the Peace in Hock land township for many years. He was a candidate this spring, and was de feated. "An' what dove s'posc heat him?'' said a native of the 'squire's town yes terday. "He got beat jis' because he didn't think that ho orter pervide a grindstun fur ev'ry man th' was in the town to grind his axes, an' his scythes, an' his hog knives, and ev'rytiiing else he had to grind, 'eept grist, an' I be daruod if I don't think the township'd a fetched its grist to tho 'squire's to grind on his grindstun if they could a done it. For morc'n twenty years ^Squire Darboe had a grindstun stand in' right whar everybody that wanted to could use it. Ho hadn't much use for a grindstun hisself, but folks got in the habit of 'speetin' liim to pervide one for''em, and ho got to thinkiti' he had to. Whenever they'd wear a ^rindstuu out. or it'd be gittin' a leetle holler and wobby, they'd drop in at the 'squire's an' say: 'Squire, thatgt indslun o'your'n's gittm' a leclle onuoiohhorly.' "Then the squire'd buy a now one, an' things'd run all right" till the new one got on neighborly, too. an' then he'd git another one. Wall, jjiiiuisluns is grindstuns nowadays. Thcy'm rittin' sca'ce an' they come high. 'Squire Darbee got a thinkin' to" hisself las' summer that he di !n't see no p'rtickler reason why he sh'd set up the hnlldurn township to griudstuus two or three times ayear.an' so when a bushwhack er came in oue day an' told the 'squire that his grindstun wasn't in shape to do the proper thing by the neighbors, tho 'squire didn't say no!bin', but he bought a new grindstun. thinkin' he mowt want to use it hisself s'ome time, mebbe, an' locked it up in his barn. "Wall, now, if society in any place ever were all tore up, "it were in old Rockland when the news eot 'round that 'Squire Darbee had locked his f'lieve rindslun up. Folks couldn't hardly it, an' come iu from ten mile 'round to see it with their own eyes. People ast tho 'squire if lie were actual ly goin' crazy or whether he were jok in', but he didn't let I he grindstun loose wuth a cent. The lowuship said it were an outrage, and that 'Squire Darbee orter be 'shamed o' hisself to go back on his neighbors that way. But the grindstun laid low. "As a matter o' course, when town 'lections come 'round this sprino* the 'squire puts hisseif up for justice t3 the peace ag'in, and sot down,as he'd alluz done, an' waited for the office to come to him. Wall, some o' his old neigh bors went round an' 'lectioneer'd ag'in him, an' got the voters worked up on the grindstun outrage. 'No man that's mean enough to jock up his grindstun hain't fit to be justico o' this here town,' they argied. The consekence were that I'm darned if the voters didn't pitch in an' beat him! They did, by jiuiiny!"—Cor. N. Y. Hun. Adam Forcpaugh was formerly a butcher in Cincinnati, and got into the circus business by having to foreclose a mortgage on si" show." He is worth about iji,000,ooo. GDttUNKttfDl FOR PAT1V. Rheumatism, ^ur^gia, Sciatica. Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, soiatfS, THE C1IAULE8 A. VOGELER CO. (a«gMmtoA.VKUCa*C0.) BtHlaiK.Bt.C.S.A. T. L. TWIFORD, DEALER I2f Lumber, Doors, Windows, Mouldings, Building Paper, Mixed Paints, Siding, Ceiling, Shutter*, Etc. IRON ROOFING. Contractor and Builder. PlniiM ami specilloutions furbished to order. BUI* of material carefully figured out. I have one of tlie le^t outfitted trimly iu Dakota for furuUhiiig all kinds of finiMh work. Poor und Window Frutnotf, Corniccn, Staira, Storo Front*, Urackelts, etc. Twenty-five years' experience hi tfcta Lu^iiies* enabled we to give you Nitisfuction. Come and me before letting your contract. NORTH SIDT OF KAIMtOAD TRACK, BELWEEN DKPOT.S, DEVILS LAKE. D. T. L. GRANT, Carpenter! Builder. Contracts Taken in any Part of County. Plan* and Specifications furnished ou short notice. Odd Size Sash and Doors made to order. £ton» fronts a siecialty. Repairing of all kinds done with neatness and dispatch. 1 have put ininuchinory fordo ing alt kinds of work. Shop, Kellyavonue, opp. Benham Ilouse, Devils Lake. WILLIAM HURST, UNDERTAKE COFFISS Fl'ltXISHF.D ON TWO HOURS' NOTICE. WAGON AND CARRIAGE WOKK Neatly aud promptly attended to. US.CONTKACTING A SI'KCIALTY.-S$ Office aud shop on Arnold avenue miuth of (.'brittle'* ldarkHmith shop. 5 Head of Heavy Work Horses. I Pair Mules. 5 Head Fresh Cows. 4 Head Driving Horses. Will be wold cheap Tor Cash or good Security. ONTARIO FEED STABLE Well Boring. We nre prepared to bore wells in nny pnrt of the Devils Luke region on short notice. COOD'ilMEPAPEII TAKEX I!i PMEW. Size of augers lt, 22, 28 and 32 inches. LYNN & ELIOTT, DEVILS LAKE, D. T. N ORT HDAKOT ANU RSER1ES O. ItKHGll, prop. Forest Tree*, 3nr-u.it Trees, Small Fruits, Slirvib ory. NOTHING BUT HARDY VARIETIES WHICH HAVE BEEN Thoroughly Tested In this Climate. For Timber Culture claims we have Missouri river grown trees, such as Cottouwood and Willow. Also a full line of SKK1X3. Send for catalogue. Address, NORTH DAKOTA KURSHRIES, COOLIN. D. T. SHERMAN HOWIE ST. JOHN, Tnrtlc Moontain, D. JOSEPH COUTT'RE, Prop'r.' The leading hotel at the east end of the Turtle Mountain. Good rooms and th- table well supplied. Commercial men and tourists accommodated, liivo mo a trial. 30tf JOSEPH COUTUUJ:. HOPE BROS. HARDWABE! HARDWARE! All kinds of hardware at Hope Bros, at BOTTOM PRICKS- JOB WORK IS TIN. COPPER AND SHEET JR.IN. School Bonds. We pay the IIiche*t Market Prico for Township School HOIHIH. FULTON & GOWRA?', *1-8 4«rand Forka.U k. $50,000 TO LOAN ON IMPROVED FARMS, AT THE NORTH SHORE ON LONG OR SHORT TIME. JOHN ROCKE, Veterinary Surgeon Office in 1 two doors oast of postvital. and Cattle a Specialty