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VOL. 15 No. 46 g* 1$^ 1 55* ,v RFR'-V dourier. PBROT B. TRUB8HA.W. EDITOR AND FUBUSHXR. The Finley Golden Slope comes out as a double-header—that is it two heads. The paper, how ever, has improved verymater Jally of late, and is quite a newsy ^sheet, and is in truth a double header in that line. It is claimed by those who are on the inside that when congress reassembles there will be at least two-thirds of the senators who -will vote for the ratification of the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. It is also stated that no foreign complications will arise from such action. Theo. Durrant, who has twice been sentenced to hang, the last time being Friday a week ago, has again been respited on a tech nicalty. and his neck has been saved until next spring at least, which goes to show how clever lawyer can put stumbling blocks in the way of executing the laws of our country. James R. Sovereign, who has been the general -master. work man of the Knights of Labor for the past four years or more, and who before and during that time has been one of the ablest cham pions of the order and its doc trines, was last week relieved ol: his office by the general assem bly of the order then in session in Louisville. Henry A. Hicks, New York, has been elected to succeed Mr. Sovereign. The introduction of Acetylene gas into our town is'certainly a further indication that we are looked upon by the busy world -outside!, as go-a-headative, pro gressive citizens, ever ready to adopt the newer results of scien tific research when their superior capabilities are demonstrated, and we can safely predict for this mellow and luxurious illuminant an appreciativeandactive support to the detriment of oil cans, lamps, wicks, glass chimneys, soiled cloths, hands and black ceilings. Saturday's Argus suggested 'ere Mr. Moody depart from the state he visit Bismarck and by his influence try and reform the powers that be in that burg and save moving the capital. It would do no good whatever, Bro. Argus. So far, it has not been demon strated that the .power of the evangelist could reach the small heart-of a corrupt boodling poli tician. In fact, the result gene rally twines the other way, and we think too much of the noted revivalist to concur in the sug gestion. We advise him to steer clear of Bismarck he is only like the rest of us human, and you know the adage: "Evil communi tions corrupt good morals. Let the capital building be purified through the ballot box! A movement is being agitated to form a new state out of several counties now comprising part of the great state of New York, the new state to be called Manhattan. In order to accomplish this it would be necessary to amend the constitution of the United States, which is a hard thing to do. Speaking along this line the Grand Forks Herald says, 'if the the ice of conservatism can be broken and the way opened to amend the time honored organic law of the Union, an era of reform may possibly set in and several very much needed* amendments be-secured. Students of econ omic and industrial problems agree that a number of much needed reforms can be realized only by amending the constitu tion, but there seems little prob ability of this progressive step being taken, for with the excep tion of the three amendments growing^out of the conditions arising from the civil war, the federal constitution has remained unchanged for generations. In fact, while our country is the most progressive on earth, our constitutionalprovisions are more conservative than in any other country." Some few days ago the Minne apolis Journal printed an inter view from Gov. Briggs, in which he was made to say that he had advised Editor Moffet, of the Bis marck Settler, to move out of the state as a matter of protection to himself and to his family. The interview was widely copied by the state press, and the governor was treated to a rich brown roast in consequence, which has caused our chief official of this glorious commonwealth to rise up in his indignation to deny the allegation, and he has written the Journal that its reporter had misquoted him and asks the Journal to re tract. The Journal says that it will stand by the interview and will retract nothing, and that if it has done anything wrong at all it is by suppressing part of the in terview which would if published redound still more to the dis credit of our genial governor The question now arises as to which to believe, Gov. Briggs or the Journal! The governor is a man whom we believe to be hon est, while the Journal is a reput able paper, and would hardly dare to misquote a person in such a malicious manner. The facts are before you, draw your own con clusions. "Round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows," and Editor MofTet stil resides in Bismarck. Lynch law has at last reachec North Dakota. Last Monday night a posse of armed and mask ed men rode into William sport, went to the county jail, demandec the keys from the deputy sheriff, dragged from their cells the three Indians, Alec. Coudot, Paul Holy Track and Philip Ireland, charget with the murder of the Spicer family, and hanged them to large beef windlass that stooc only a few feet from the county jail. The men committing the lynching were quiet and orderly and went about their work in a systematic manner. It, will be remembered that a short time ago Coudot was convicted after an exciting trial and sentenced to be hanged. Application was then made to the supreme court for new trial, the court recently granting the motion, The feeling over the committal of the horri ble tragedy is intense, and the decision of the supreme court granting a new trial has simply aroused the bitter feelings en gendered, and the thought that perhaps through the many anc intricate ways of construing law by able attorneys might resu in the acquittal of the murderer at the next trial, brought the matter to a head and the people took it into their own hands to mete out long delayed justice. We deplore the methods used for administering justice, yet at the same time the many subterfuges used by courts and attorneys is enough to make people desperate and we hardly think that the per petrators of the lynching will be severely censured by the public at large. The red-handed mur derers have only met with their just deserts. Blackhawk and Defender, two other Indians im plicated in the murder, are now in jail awaiting trial, and it is said that now that the other three are dead that the state has no evidence to convict, and it is prob able they willbeliberated. Should this happen it is possible that they will meet the same fate as the other three. Dr. May's Lectures. Under the auSpices of the M. E. church of this town, Dr. Eugene May delivered hia lecture "With Knapsack Through Switzerland and Up the Mat terhorn," at the Courthouse Saturday evening to a fair-sized and thoroughly appreciative audience. For the hour and a half that this unique and elo quent speaker carried his hearers into and through Switzerland, peeping at the noted and historical scenes and men of Germany, France and Italy on the ourney and then conveying them up and down that great, awe-inspiring mountain, you could have heard the proverbial pin drop. To say that he is a polished orator of the first water puts it mild indeed, and whether pictur ing the venturesome ascent of 14.728 feet, or the almost impossible and dangerous descent, or the habits and customs of the liberty-loving Swiss peasantry, or giving voice to the medi tations born of the accomplishment of the feat, or dilating upon the natural aud historical surroundings of the place, it was all the same. His descip tion was graphic, sublime, realistic, original, picturesque and displayed in broad relief the greatness of God and the smallness of man. As seen frdm the summit, the wonderful beauty of the miles of the charming landscape views of northern Italy and sunny Franco were all depicted as we have never heard them spoken of before, as were also the democracy, thrift and cooking of the peasantry, the persist ency of the mendicants, and the re sources of the grasping innkeepers the whole being handled with humor pathos, eloquence and power, until the listener was taken at a lively pace through the scenes mentioned, only landing back in Cooperstown when the Dr. said "good night." The lecture was truly American, ana the lecturer- unhesitatingly intimated that while the sights and scenes of European countries may interest the traveler, they have nothing abroad to excel the indescribable grandeur and sublime pictures ot nature's work to beseen at home in this noble America of ours. Monday night, the Dr. lectured on "Rome, the Eternal City," and in the same learned, racey and fascinating style, interestingly guided his hearers through that most wonderful of cities whose famous treasures of art, sculp ture, painting, architecture, religion and learning are as unexcelled today when Angelo and Raphael were making its perp3tual history upon thebuildings and canvasses of the city of popes. The Law Relating to Delin quency of Taxes. All taxes for 1897 became due Nov 1st. Real estate taxes become delin quent January 1, 1898, when a penalty of three per cent will attach, and if re maining unpaid a further penalty of three per cent will attach on March 1st, and three per cent June 1st, and five per cent on November 1st, follow ing. TAX SALE FIRST TUESDAY IN DECEMBER EACH YEAR. Personal property taxes become de linquentMarchfirstnext whena penalty of five per cent will immediately attach and interest of one per cent will occur on the first of each month thereafter until paid. On April 15th following a list of all unpaid taxes will be left in the hands of the Sheriff, who is com' pelled to collect by distress. COOPERSTOWN, GRIGGS COUNTY, N. D., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1897. IVER UDGARD, Co. Treasurer. The Coming? Woman. Who goes to the club while her husband tends the baby, as well as the good old fashioned woman who loeks after her home, will both at times get run down in health. They will be trouLled witb loss of appetite, headaches, sleepless ness, fainting or dizzy spoils. The most wonderful remedy for these women is Electric Bitters. Thousands cf suffer ers from lame back and weak kidneys rise up and call it blessed. It is the medicine for women. Female com plaints and nervous troubles of all kinds are soon relieved by the use of Electric Bitters. Delicate women should keep this remedy on hand to build up the system. 50c per bottle. For sale by H. H. Rateman & Co. Go to the Model Restaurant, pre sided over by Alex. Iverson and Theo. La Forest, if you want a good meal, also confectionery, cigars, etc. Pickles 5c a dozen at Jimeson's •N. The Wonder of the Age. When he with the studious and re flective mind, glances back through the busy years that have passed and are gone for ever, and pictures Hudson plowing his way up .the now well travelled little river that bears his name, in -ibis first steamboat, and reviews the "countless thousands" of advance ments made in thereof the knowledge and power of steam, air, electricity and other mineral production*, he must needs bow his If ad, agreeing that in no other count.-y, within the time, have geniuses so numerous sprung up and taken advantage of the excep tional insighttliin God had given th-iu than in America. While. being a young country, we har* not iiiv:ineeti so large ly in Rculpturi.*, painting aud such like arts as our iii ightiov. 'yet wu have justly outstripped all oat- rivals in creating suetiessfii! improvements fur our own comfort, until today our house hold, mechanical and agricultural utensils and machinery arc acknowl edged to be i-ifi't-ioi- to none, but su perior to all. And, perhaps, the end is not near yet it may lie only the be ginning. \vly ioiows! At any rate, the thrifty laborer has as easy a recliniug chair in which to rest his tired body as the man of millions, and so with the hundred-aud-uue other comforts he enjoys thai. are lieyond the reach of his toiling brother in the mother lands. Almost everything ha» 1 tee 11 improved upon time and again, all tending to attain perfection. Take artificial light, for instauce. Starling with steel and fliut, the peeled bull-rush dipped in grease, the tallow e.indk', the oil (para ffin and gasoline with lamps of many designs, coal gas audtheeloetriclight. So successful, apparently, were the two last that experimenters felt inclined to rest upon their laurels contented but the vagaries and uncertainty of the lights, the deception of the shades, the injurious effect upon the eyes and health, the danger of the wires, leaks in main pipes, through frost and other causes, the coercive tendencies of the companies,the audacity of the inspector, the untimely intrusion of the collector, and the insurmountable gall of the slothful plumljer, all combined to make people wish for a change. In the small towns and private homes thereof, the long-suffering citizens with more force have prayed for something belter than the fickle and sooty oil-lamp, but the great ex (tense deterred themirom doing anything only hoping for a change. And today the inexpensive, safe, bril iant gas for the people, the individual, the cleau housewife and the home, has been fouiiJl in Acetylene, and. with the appended 1 Generator we have what wo long desired, a splendid illuminant—the nearest appearing to the glorious sunlight—at a cost within the reach of all. so that we can indi vidually be our owii light company, col lector, inspector and plumber, and with our wives and families secure all the comfort possible from such a heaven sent acquisition to the'iome, the store, the church, the school and the public building, at a minimum expense. In the smallest homes the cost of main' taining oil-lamps, on the installment plan, with their necessary appendages, is a heavy item when figured up at the year's end. Here, then, is Acetylene gas in op position to the many drawbacks of the other lights: the introduction into the house isinexpensive: the tight is steady and bright the flame is pure—no soot, no smoke, no stnell, turned high or low, nothing remains from its combus tion, water and carbon dioxide are all it yields, and no heat to speak of It is more healthful than kerosene, as it consumes less oxygen when burning in the room. The light is uniform, bril liant white, and shows hues, shades and colors as true as seen in day time, and it is absolutely safe. The cost, in proportion to the light required, of an Acetylene plant, will not exceed the cost of better grade oil lamps, and with the exception of the carbide, there is no renewals or further expense after the plant is in there are no chimneys to clean or break, nor shall the pictures, curtains or ceilings be discolored from smoke and soot. After two years' fightagainstopposi tion, the superiority of this light is as serting itself, the insurance companies have accepted it, and it is fast driving the gasoline light out of use. I11 first cost the Acetylene generating plant for a given candle power is but a small fraction of the cost of A gasolinc-air plant. The piping costs the same. In operation, candle-power for candle power, Acetylene is the cheapest by ouo-half. Gasoline cost 31J cents per 1,000 (candle-power hours): Acetylene 15 cents per 1,000 (can die-power hours). Those who desire to see the light in use can do so by coming to the Dank or peeping into R. C. Cooper's office. A! who have this spleudid light speak highly of it and we uuderstand several other business men mean to put it in right away, while many citizens have had their private houses measured up ia contemplation of using it Itn bene fits to us are also manifested in the fact that the farmer out on the prairie and the herdsman on the isolated hill side can have this unique comfort as well as their fellows in the populated town. Key To The Klondike. The pioneer Alaska Railway is tin: Northern Pacific, and to that company belongs the credit, in connection with the Pacific Coast Steamship 'o of having inaugurated the sale of through tickets to points in Alaska. The Nor thern Pacific was the first railway to issue a map of Alaska showing tin*, in land passage from Puget Sound to Sitka, Juneau and Chilkat. Those intending to go to Alaska early next spring, after the snows on the Dyea and Skaguay passes ar packed down and the lakes frozen, or at. a later date either via this route or via St. Michael's and the mouth of the Youkon, should remember that the Northern Pacific is the Pioneer Alaska Line runs steam healed trains with dining cars,' Pullman Standard aud Tourist Sleepers from St. Paul to Ta comn, Seattle and Portland, passen gers having the option of going by Helena or Butte City (Mont.), the lat ter the greatest silver mining camp in the world also via Lake Pend d'Ore ille, Idaho, or through the famous Coeur d'Alene country. Early in November we shall issue an illustrated folder replete with Alaska and Kloudike information up to date. Send Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn., two' cents in postage and he will forward you this map. Free ofCharge to (Siifloi' ei'Ki. (Jut tins out mid take it. to your drug gist iinil get a Multiple bottle fire of Dr. King'* New Discovery, for ro i-nuip tiou, coughs and colds. They lo not :isk you to buy before trying. This will show you the merits of this truly won derful remedy, ind show you what c:in he accomplished hy the regular size bot tle. This is 110 experiment ami would be disastrous to the proprietors, did tlie.y not. know it would invariably cure. Many of the best physicians arc now using it in their practice with great re Milts, and are relying on it in most sev ere cases. It is guaranteed. Trial bot tles free at H. H. Ilatemu'i & Co. drug store Regular size 40c and $1.00. Bucklcn'ti A.i*uica Snlvc The best salve in the world for cuts, brutees, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilbhiins, corns, and all skin eruptions, aud posi tively cures piles or no pay requited. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 35c per box. For sale by H. H. iSatcman & Co. On complaint of A. H. Overby Dr. N. A. Bergstrom was arrested last week for practicing without a state license, and the case came up before Justice Warner Tuesday afternoon. Motion to dismiss was overruled, and defendant was fined $50. Case ap pealed to the district court and bonds fixed at $200. It seems somewhat funny that a man who needs the services of a physician when in trouble should turn around after the services have been rendered, and practically slap the phy sician in the face. "Man's inhuman ity to man makes countless thousands mourn." While we do not up hold the practice of medicine or any other profession without a license, the doctor's ten years' practice in this county makes it easier to overlook this negligence on his part. There seems to be something else at the bottom of this affair. Wm. Robinson wishes to announce to the public, that he will deliver the "Novelty Fabric Implements," next week, beginning Monday, October 25. He has done some very fine work with the machines, which he will exhibit at the same time, showing what can be made with them, and all others wish ing to purchase machines will have a chance to do so. li.5« PER ANNUM. OBITUARY. After some two weeks' illness, Mrs. Fred J. Stone, of the Palace Hotel, succumbed to the inroads of septic fever, and passed to the great beyond, yesterday afternoon (Thursday, NOT. 18, 1887) at half-paBt four o'clock, In the 25th year of her age, leaving be hind an almost inconsolable husband, two dear littlechildren (girls), several relatives and many friends to mourn her very great loss. While to a cer tain extent, the sad event was no sur prise to those tenderly waiting on her the last five or six days, yet to the majority outside who knew her, it came as a startling announcement, it being only three weeks ago since she was around apparently well and in fair health. Seldom has it been our lot to chronicle the demise of one who was so highly respected and loved, for her personal worth, by all who knew her as was Mrs. Stone. While not imme diately identified with any particular church, she was a generous supporter of them all. Never letting the right hand know what the left did, her char ity and sympathy were genuine and whole-souled. She loved her husband and children, was an excellent and dutiful wife and tender mother, and it is our prayer and that of the number who kuew her, that a merciful Provi dence will sustain the bereaved ones in thW their time of need and sorrow. The funeral will be held in the Con gregational church at three o'clock today, and the remains will be taken tomorrow morning to Elkhorn. Wis., to be luterred In the cemetery of that place. ... Additional Local. Peatherston, dentist, Nov. 10, 17, 18 and 19. Dr. J. A. H. Winsloe, Veterinary Surgeon, graduate of the Ontario Vet erinary College. Office at H. H. Bate man & Co. 'a drug store. Calls most promptly attended to. 8 pounds Best Package Coffee for one dollar at Jimeson's. Calmly considered, we have as a 1 whole something more to be grateful for this Thanksgiving then last, and wish all our readers A Happy Turkey Day. 'v: Buy your school talilets of "J iineson Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Morton and two little girls, and Mrs. Oliver Morton, mother of Ezra, arrived from Michi gan yesterday. Ezra thinks North Dakota is a good place to live, in yet. A gentleman, who lives not many miles from town, took a flying trip recently over the fields to shoot geese. He espied some sitting on the stubble, not far from the road. Husband says to liis wife, "I willget outof the buggy and hide in the straw stack you drive around aud scare them up." She did so, but the geese had no intention of rising, for they were glued to the spot andcould notmoveeven after the fowler banged away at them! Moral: Look before you shoot.—SPLASH. Dr. Featherston will furnish you with a good set of teeth for $8. Best, set $10. The office and dining rooms of the Newell house were in possession of a crowd of jolly, social people Friday night. Being the first public assembly in this new hotel, it was a sort of house-warming, instigated by a few friends of the proprietorandhis family. The invitations sent out were liberally responded to, and all present had a real good time. Local talent furnished the music, and dancing formed a fea ture of the evening's program, and there were other social pastimes in dulged in, while varied and seasonable refreshments were served at the usual time. Thus was the very long even ing spent affording much pleasure to all. Record of Boys Brigade weekly shoot made with a 22 Stevens' rifle at forty-five feet, target one foot in dia meter, with bull's-eye one inch in diameter. This record is out of a possible 70: Marquardt Whidden O Marquardt Edmondson O Melgard Geo Berg Syverson Retzlaff Capt Retzlaff H. St. John A Melgard E Erickson E Cowen 10-9-8-8-8—6—0—o4 9-8-7-7-5-1-3— 42 10-7-6-6-0-1-5—41 10-9-9-9-9-8-7—61 10-9-9-9-9-8-7—61 9-8-7-7-6 13 14 10-9-8-7-7-5-4—50 9-7-6-5-4-7-3—41 10-7-9-9-9-9-8—61 10-10-9-8-8-8-7—60 OCT OP FIFTY. 8-8-7—5-5—33 7-5-3-7-3—2® 3-5-5-4-5—j$ People say Jimeson Is ahead good groceries at lowest prices. KSsBHKS on 111 MiMI