The herald., November 30, 1883, Image 3

About The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890

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tribute now to pay—
.".oclaim Thanksgiving V»y.
nardon
yoo sown, well l»»v-
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riches yoallive heaped
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others, too, may
t!«
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argtixnent y«
salary to
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the fn
on the altar lay
ry rejiiv
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writes I)
the Sem-ai
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e asserts tii.
wed, ther
pnrjg'$ (»g^g
n,«!
ttiiam
'!». taberei
Imbetes fr
ariaf-
ioi Heaveua voice abroad
Gwl's poor dotti lend the
rweaitfl? H'd have to know
you niltft
let
l*
g°-
.he band by Heaven Mrtu*
power to ciutcb its gold/
Jfe
,.e no pockets, do they say?
n
n
•nd that th,
an!
ydr iwpu
"y frasfii
e llip-joiE!
•veakiv ctii
fore, vim
:arded u
•mjtii.-ii.',
e above
ily he a us
Htivt-.-a'::
ith »h,
vl
owyou then the way:
11 death shall shut the door,
ar cargoes on before.
giyeth of his hoard
•od'spoor doth If ml the Lord,
brethren—do not wait
lis Dttme Kelly's gate
fou build a lus'ision fa:r
send your Iumb«* there.
th tat, no ihi»ve* do aiem,
heart doih envy feel.
j, .rs .«I
itm .,v- I
swords: Who of his hoard
rod's |wr doth lend the Lord!
ojrg es under way
o:u rtian,'iv Day!
llMiiksiiiviuii.
lit! week \v:if alvviiyj n !ufiy
1
•Jear timt it wa~ busitM- tills
ver. Stie couldn't. ]nite
it, eitlu-r, for as thtv wcrn
iu from ci.ureli mi Sunday
:r mother say to Aunt Mar
a little brrnk in hor voice,
i "no heart fur Thanki^'iv-
v!|
Ieark!u w why, n:ui she
y would iw a BOITttwful
or, iH'rliaps, no Thauks-
Was
"jus? ris.:ht," they
•'iathlMssly while the loai-cake
e and cookies were care-
U!'d
breathed a deep
lt|
e oven .or ulo.se i upon
committed to its keep-
ly
tnorning the oven was
"i and tilted with mince pie*.
°ut so ileii^'btlully brown
lllou",i.V
1,1
fragrant that the
'r(i'J ew desperately bun
1 lianks^iving would
-ilOUgh
And then such pumpkin
•'f'e pies, and tarts, and at
..
eV(kni»:g
t:
drew on,gr at i.-atch-
a
nd rye bread and
Ji, udtid the oven to the door.
|N. ^h'ken-pio and turkey
L•
9r
^ie next day, the tired
ai,» 'Qto ^ow rocking
i Tiptop oa her lap
C"l''"''"""I'O
»'0.
i, tin- J0 'lJtoP« mamma," said
ln
i how tired her mother
was, but lei toother made answer onlv
by holding Tiptop with a dow
Tlic children gathered around as the
twilight carne iv, and «ittinti there wait
ed for their father to i,
silence foil upon the i,
by the subdued roaring of
the stove, and the bud ticki:^
clock on the inantebshelf.
As lear Listened, how vividlv
back that Korrowfu1 niyibt whi
a n a i I i o k
anl loudiu-, l,11y t2|enf
her lire away, a:,: it v.emed to Dear
that she would :.,-ver again hear the
clock t'ckini,' in the ui^ht witi.out think
i-iig ol that scene. She glanced at her
mother, and did not wond tJsat fhe
had no beurt|for Th.i "intr this vcar.
Indeed, she thougiit jti! hud inore
oui«e for complaint than l'h mk^iving.
Halfblin
!e!
and, goinjt to t'l.e window, looked out.'
It waj u frosty stailuhi ni-^iit. There
was no
HIH»W ,n
1
hat on her wood-pile lies
...dome beyond the skies,
KKJ REjl
e rents within her wa'!s.
rise Tear marble halls,
nk*P?:
on '::.*•£»
that stopa the *rii:d
ih oae with jasper lined.
I a i i
$!
a's: IM,
!r-" by y ,«!
S» iu.. wi
|'. s.|
ar, 4%
i'iisgone, yourlorm lies cold,
ity paved with gold.
Jav is held in hands Divine
that marks it thine.
I
Dar^aui ye have male
the debt is paid.
see
hotiH'Stt'iid, but it
^roinid, but here
and there patches of i^t*? weru formiiv-'
(tver tiie p')oN nf still water left bv the
lie.wv fail r'1!'?-.
•'•Why d,. -:u.a •••ui-' -a-i Tiot-.o
frettu'i'.y
"He Wui come fio-MI,
S IH
she dared n.-t Honk hat.
At thebrww of ti:e till: she i aused and
ooked down. Th road woiind hke a
urook down the long tub-side, turning
'o thf right and to the ieft. with here
md there steep pitched and many bars,
:iil it was lo**t the darkness tar dovn
Loward tU« v dlev. A" far as her eves
roidd reach there wa-: nothirv: unu-ual
to he seew but at her feet lav a broken
luirn"ss sir.tp. I'p that road Fan had
"onie, and d'w»f.at road Dear mut j?».
On and on, o\ bars and pitchbs,
scarcely toiirliing the ground, loose
-Niiies "hit bv her feet living In'fore her,
1
tuoriiiiij! tliere could be
they wert'to h:ivt» Thanks*
year, fjrtliero w.w what
da "bonlirc" made in tlie
'Veniiitlic kitcht n, which
remt-nil»trtu.. f, H-UH ..juried
wiy 'luring Tl!ai!ks^i\iny
Jp mounted a rha.r
till, suddenly, h.alfwav dowuU'ie Steele
jest pitcit, she came to a phice in the
i road where the stones an i the gravel
had beei, plowed up a if by the jdnng
ing of a hoisc.
Here lav the wagon-peat. A n'Ue far-
TOER ON
HO
thai
into (tie ovt*n, and Rhouunl
diui-i.d in fcsta*y till, l'ur
be Lad on v a chair-bottom
he daiu-ed f.jV nd hruiscd
•id had \o cumlortt'd by
A
i?n
she wad su busy seeding
AQtl Sjti:ir#!top counted it a
••''ije to bring in the long Hticka
rtood
to !!('at the oven, e:u»h
ud, tn»*Lfi ijjr nl0j)ir with
i and an occasional full o»
ifid i} they were allowed to
f^tick into the oven,their
cuinplete. 1 'ear paused,
,...
tn
P* through the kitchen,
•1 ne hla?,mt d(?|)ttiHand think
and Abi-lmyo.
ah stood arouud to vot» the
'"it and the ovtn swept and
tBotlu-r, holdinjut her hnnd
tin1 te!np»rature, sou-niniy
iay two or three pi.inks across
the road, and at the fool of tin1 ste^p
pitei, lay, on itss'-le, a wreeked i'mdjei
wtiiron, which hail run hackrtai'l t,ii it
eapsi7»d: and across the steep gutter by
the roadjd'le lay a :oad of piaim «:ueti
lial s ippe I from the w cg oi as it
went over, Here waa a part ot the bp.)-,
ken reins, beloiigieg to th- hern's*
with .he on Is under the load o* I'latiK.:
The wagon was tier lathers 1
1
.^lie -iON
her and beckoning her on
rin
ntuuaMy
i on or.lv
tire in
w w k V i w
iR loud
•reatlit'd
Ine moiiier.
sootfnnely. and in obelienc«' to an old
habit, be-jtan al'Miiit inind'! liy huminins
Tteejiville, the one time she" knew, and
by whoH' aid she liad vear after year
hummed the dates hibics to s!i-e i.
"N papa at the shop!" naked Dear, in
e fir-4 lull the humrainy.
"No he Weijt down to the cotton-mill
with a load of ibbins, and he ounht to
be here by tliix tim«j.**
"May I go a litt'.ewav and in »et him"'"
asked 1 ear.
es," rem i "nr had
ue*N in the «*,.
R-
,,FJ 1
v fir-t
light a candle akd make the tea, and put
u)orr wood in the stove, and briny tnc
Tiptop's uiyht-dress *he boys'
alio s, and wear yoi diin't be
gone lona."
Dear bad clo-'-d the dcir.
refl.lv to starr on a run, wli--n she ic ird
id I-'an's whinny in the direction of the
barn. "l\ip:i h.is com.*, and i« uiihar
neb^inj 1-an." thought she, teeiing a lit
tle disappointed that she could not meet
him and ride home. Instead she
turned to the barn.
At the ktable d.Kir stood old Fan,
steaming as if --he were having a vajor*
bath. "Papa had a load home," thjught
Dear as she wenteup to pat Fan. Hut
what was that she stepped on'.' A thill?
Yes a broken thill, etiil hanging to the
harness. Star lied, Dear glanced around
the yard. The wagon was not there,
and now she saw that only a part of the
harness was on the lior.se, ami iliat was
trailing on the ground.
lief o e this fee ing in hex heai had time
to take shape. Dear opel'vd the stable
door and letl'.ini. and, carefu!iy clos ng
the door, ran fwr the street. The road over
the hill iay, like three narrow loot
pa*, hs, with straight ridges of turf be*
•w«*en, and along tlies- narrow paths
Dear sped wit! flying feet, straining her
syes to
l^
knew that but where was he! lather.
She sl•
a*id looke.1 on either sid up
th.. hiil and down into tic valiey. .th
iieg moved there was no! oven a mil
enough to bend the !ali .lead grasses hv
the roadside, and no cMinu was to he
heard in ad th-still ibv'M but thegu'g-.
ling and homing of the lifle- b^^kj
that had gullnd •leeprii.mr.iiSini.il..
wa'.-j v.avs oa either ^ide o: toe r-aid.
Dear eoiVd bear this silence no
Fa pa. papa, wh.rvaie v.e.j a:..i.m
wild civ went ni 'he Inli-^de and (.own
into the valley b. in our no answei.
'•(»p.U.a. papa'wlMt .h.ill
called again, and as she
.training ears, she heard, or thou I
she heard, a low moan near her. .u
i her
knees.
"'o Bcldv "lei' »y'-
"Fapa, pap^.,
are vou here?" was a
Si
ire
iv sin heard a sound dm ai^
,-nid it seemed to come from tin. I 1J.UK
loaf, had slid over the gutter.
In an instant Dear
cring among the
plainU' mw. She tried
haste to raise the pluiiKS
HI^II
of
rtrdrr :s
L'sr.i.A:
trom the woods in rr.,t i
this dark path, o\t,r f-r,"*n
Med Itiddv, starting tioin hti
Doar tl'iV wor.l»i
u.ldwl,
»,l!'u'll'°k
8
t!'rt
e
i afraid—I'm afraid there's some
«n- under l!,,.- ^^fj
8
f,"™
tryiiiR t.j lift the load.
i .i KUil, that s no way* to isarruk
tak the top oria rirst. Mike, ve la/.v
sowl, piit along wid ycr lanthern!" and
her voice went down the hillside like the
blast ol a trumpet, starting even the
alow Mike into a run,
''There, hou'd that," said she. hand*
me toe lantern to Dear, and with Hid-
rtontnrms at one end and Mike's
at tne other, the planks were flung over
mto the road. Deai held her breath,
and be.ore tue planks were all off tuev
com-1 H-e that a man lay there stretched
1 1 1
by tears, she .started up,
the bed of the gutter. Ttie pLthks
Welt* ovci iiiin iike a jof, or the cover
of a box, and, when t!ie last one was
oil. I.»car saw her father's fai
and w hi'o •.
sonml.
'uNvb i -'-ei, i.t t.,.t. ulated
liicdv. lake his tvet, Mike, and help
get him out, ol the waiher. He'll be
drowned iniirely if he's no kit alreadv
boras he iay damming up the narrow
channel, the c:ioii»'d water had risen
and spread around himin an ever-"i° n»
pool.
*. Rild
liter a
Aa they took him up and lai'.
!..'u
down in the road, the motion seemed to
roils- him to lite, tor Biddy, stooping
over him with the lantern, saw his eyes
suddenly open. He looked about him
in a bewildered wav, and ithen Hutched
at the reins Hint were still in his hands,
shouting: "Whoa, Fan, whoa!" Then
he slowly raised himself on his e:bow,
and scing the planks scattered
ab nit him muttered: Why! she's got
away."
"Are ve much hoi, sur'.'" asked
Biddy, concernedly, taking his arm as if
she would help hun to his feet
"I dou'l know, I'm coid," said he
slowly.
"An' well ye might be iyin' in all that
wathi*r." and she told them how they
fo'iiid him iying in the gu:ter. with th"
olaiiks over liim, but not on him, and
the water around him.
"Is that y u, Dear? and has the horse
gone hoaiu?" asked he after a moment,
seeing the little, ehaking figure beside
him.
Yes, papa,'' and ail at ov.ee the con
v i!s ve sobs b'aped beyond her control,
am! she fell on her ki.ees, quite unable
to say or do anything but «ob.
The sigiit and the scamd of her sobs
nin'e t.lan anything else to restore
her fattier to himself. With Biddy's
help be slowly rose from the ground,
and, aftr-r standing a moment, he said,
steadily: "I believe I am all right, only
cold and a little confused. The fall must
have Mtinncd me, but for your help, my
good woman, I should have been u dead
man soon."
"It was ver little girl tor.i us. We
shouldn't have known."
lie held his hand to Dear, and she
caught it and held it under her chin,"till
unable to speak.
"Do ye think ye could, walk sur? Ye've
no right to be Btandiu' here wid yer wet
C:othe8."
Thus admonished they began to move,
lli-lly arid Mike and the ''hwithe' o"
went ivith ihem to the top of the bill.
P. v that time Harvey Gates bad obtained
full possession of himself, and he hade
Kiddy goud-night. tebirig her he wouid
see her on the morrow.
"\oiv, Dear," said be, "run home and
tell votir mother quietly, that the wagon
limkedo
JI,
W
wa
I.
«vor there,
She cou'd
peering a
mo c.. i ,.i
.see nothing but she c«u.
wi'h frantic
hut theie was
h' j([1
4 500
M1V1
'I'1
hut that 1 am all right and
will I.re in directly."
Jt w --s not until rear noon the next
dav, wneu Dear broke into an ii repres
s 'lije fit of sobbing, that tier mother
unew how near death had been to them
that, night. She :uru"d vrv vihite :nd
ai'e-ra moment--aid: "('h. di.-u,wehave
tii eat reason io b-' thanktul t«.-i»iy."
A little later Harvey (uiu s came in.
He had been down with Luke to get the
planks out of the road and to see Biddy
M.-Cov. He old a pitiful story of the
provertv in the little t'han'y. *'There
will be no Thanksgiving ^upper thye
to-dav," he said. Mrs. (bites winced a
little." •"•h'* was a thrifty woman, audit
was not easy for her to understand the
b!e«--V'!nes« of giving. 'And s ch a ba
bv, such a lit' te. of a iiaby!" run*
tinned ll'arve i ces, as if speaking to
hi lilted.
i.a'ii-?" refie.ited Mrs. dates, pnus
inaon her wav to the oven "did you say
Iliddv iiad a baby?"
"Ye-, i.n 1 ihe poir little tilings look*
half «farved."
M.imrna," said Dear, eagerly, why
rtn'i we have them all up here to
Th Mtk-.:ivii:g supper.' we've got enough
for them-'
ll.jrv.iv Gates glam-ed at I
bushels
k SltU
thing dreadful' has happened on the
the
.wJ yuu
Bi.ltlv III. 1.- Wiilimmt, ,K,
(she came
There
I to the foot of bill.
WK-O
it up
Ami so the MH'ov- bad the de.-t
Thanksgiving .-u»»p *r of their dv-..:S aiof
,,,, moie thalik!'u! cotnpanv gathered Hi
S'cw l-h.gland lint day. the iates !am
tender over their es
jiv jceiitig verv U'lidcr over their es
cape from a great caltt mity.—Josephine
R. Baker, in fs. S. Ti.ues
The ("Jarfield farm, near WatertoA'Ti, od
ing.on county, Dak., was run over by a.
uMirlefire. d-siroyi'ig tweatv-tnree stack
of whea» 125 tons ot hay 400 bushels of
barley
all of th" farm machinery, inetud
a" thre«h»njr luschiiM- barns, stable, and
erHiiarv ^even 1'S three b.orses Durham
bull, va u-d at t4-R». one cow, .ur calv.s
OF U*Us HO1 4UM
I'AUkTA NEWS NOTKS.
ies Mud Cou«»raine the Vole
P«il«! at Hi.- IttccM Klection—The tj
at-Honie*.
VKSKTON Special Covrespondenre, Nuv. "JU
I roturns on the vote for the constitution
come in very slowly, but the figmoa are
now sufficiently definite to enable one to fijjui#
the result certainly nithin a few hundred*. I*
i* well kuown tLat one of tha papers
l»ere was tha strongest advocate found
for the conafitniion, and it is e|ually
well known that the other paper oppose tbt»
locument with might and niaiu. As the elec
tion was hf-M without the warrant of law, tin
returns huvo not been forwarded Io tho see
re
•sry of the 'J'errifory, as would hare been
under an enabling art. AecordingW, tln-ne
papers get ttu* ve'oiriiK as best thoy uiav, ui,
their tit ure» differ quitfi riia'eriiUly. Tiio il«»i
wld fi^iio -i out iIn rtBnit as follows:
fur tl.e cuost.tuiion
A*aiu»t :h« cmatitue.,-: c.sgg
Majority for the .. :{,!! 7
Total vote 17.."itit
On the oilier bfuul. tha Press and Dakotai&n.
which favort'tl laiiticat'.-m. juibhsfiea a (able
I'OS'J,
f.-r
..
bu^ht-in
threshed wheat. Total loss, $ ",toO i(j,OOU
iusurance, $3 r'o
Col. Albert I'm Bennett, associate editor
of the state newspaper of Richmond, Va,,
died recendy. aged fif v five, o? pneumonia.
He was a native of Venango county, Pa.
(Wl Unmet bewail lite as s journalist in
Vw Orleans at the cio«je of th« Mexican
war. ..
Queen Elizabeth was a proud old cirl,
though her band-: and feet were of irreat
size.
of
ciajoritiea as fo.hors:
M.ijoritien tor coustit'jtioa s.o7*2
Ma jr.oes »{r4:ti8t I'otistitil'., I.'-o'J
Maj c- fur cou-s'.iiution 1
Tli'i latter pain.r puMiahen another table of
Niial bv c. Uiities. Th ligurcs &re only
part "otlii'iid'' m,d nine or e.iiuiti.is arc yet
to be heard from Talung tbia table I bavc
id.iful lo it the t.e?-: figures (ib'amat.le for the
aiisnirig c..untie*, and bavc prepaiJtl another
al.h', in wlu.'ii i* liicoi lfd tlic to.at vote for
lt'h-^at" for
aa the figures appear upon
the lt'cords in tlmoftu'e of tlie bccp i.iry of tho
Territory Ah th"se tigure^, except in t.ho case
jf ihc ciainijus marked wiiii a Mar, are the re
mit accepted by tho suppo'turn of tlie cou
jtHntioti. fu the case of Pen'iingfon county,
tfie itai-id City Journal nays That Mr. (J. L.
Wood, a ir, -nib. ol' iho cMUftiaitioiial county
(Jinimttf-c, uanted the judges of t)j3 election
to kt ep a sejiarato box and poil book
for tlie constitution. Wnen tt:ev deciu. i
to do tliin Mr. Wool roei'iv vot
f,r the coiistuutloii in a separate yi d.ug
rhe result of los count i« taid to bo I FT v..
tf.e covis'i'tpi tii, and 7:i against f.r Kaoi i
Jity The rt'fii.t of tho count for Hani City,
published by the jiidge-*, is 'J 11 against mo
jonstiliir :i and 1 J~» fo- and for tlie who',
rounty. 4'J'J agoiist and 17 for. 'i tiese use
.Lo tiuuies that appear in tha table, which are
aerewnb given.
.... ,.N .,.,!g n\--:T!TtrrroS.
V( on Vute f.it
i Coils,! nriui). l)elr.g»t(
For, Auaintt in 1
S
\'irora •jti 1
»B.solle ... 518 50 t',71
Hon H"iini: 400 455 1. 100
Bruokines OS at'.s l.aia
ttr.wr, ItiU 155 i .o»a
firui'* oSS (ig
Charles Si log
•Ciav. 'ggo -ill
.'o iington i!57 i :tr» 7-vS
•Cust»r •il l^:: ,') s
JNark L5oS aoi
ivisoa 701
'Day •Jo 1
Oougla# •Jos i rj g4:i
tliick^y
Edmunds....
•Faulk
'(ir.tnt tkl ..
Hanson ia.' 418
•iSauilin 114 to i
tlu'ohci^o :iH7 u titiW
dughtw «(ii 100 -a
fK'id MO 60 tui
Kuigsburr .. 3^-t 70 7 ~.
Luke
7.'iti
[.awr-nco I.i 77 •s.ic ,ss4
U'ncolri nit r.Gc 1 .tigs
MuOook 75» 44 S 7
Miiiri»l.»l.a s 4 -,'iio
Mirer i s
.-«
1.150
Moody 7 tl 1 s
•Ivnnington VJ!' 1 7 S^4
Spink SOI l.OOl
saiibuto HI 1
Sully 5f
Turner .. .. 453 i .Sc. l.'JIH
••Union 31 !'7T i,is:r
fankt'.-i:. S40 .i.'* l.'^GS
T«tal i i.t u o.r.io gs. 104
Miij'uity .... o, 1VJ1
It will thus bo t«een that 'ho constitution as
i• .-ij ratified by a vote of two to one When
h» returns arts ad in it is probablo that tlie
total vo't, will readi and fha' the nu
jnty will be n a far from ,",.*i()l t.r (i,000.
TUK STAY AT-HOMES.
It will be sei'n from the tal.do thai t'lf1 total
rote fcr delegiits last vtar \va abou' 'JS.'sOd.
It i* qiut«j sa'e to pay that o .r popuhi ion ha*
.ncn.-asod
OHO
ttnrd during the ]ast year 1 his
would givu al.,ut US.UOO v.iters at
timt-t, and it wi therefi.ro be noeu
that just about one-half ol' the voters
went to the boils on elecuon day.
So nit •!'our papers me disni-'sing Ji-w tici
re-it uf ,'li" vi'ers null!.1 have vot'-d it th«y had
roiiie out on election day. One side aims
that 'he abn'Mee* favofd the c.-n-titu'iufi,
but .h-iiignt it would be ra'itio I anyway, and
k,at iheir assiatance w mid not bo ntioded.
T!.o oth»*r -*ido are eipi.idv cei'uin th.±' tlie «h
on|"osod the e ustitutioti, fo:, tiad they
fav.] it, tliey woa'd liav :en o i band
vote fin it. At any rate, the apatiiy eKi.-tnd,
a »d it is apiiareut that 1o constitution has not
t.n.y not lec'-'ived t!i" -upi.oi that was i be ei
peccd, but it enc.'uutered aa opnoeitiou that
was not
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ained of.
wi'e.
After a moment's hesitation she sdd.
"Voj, they can com", I suppo-e, it
die re aint inore'n forty or tifl .• m,
and she op.-n.-d the oven co.e, :o.d
hasted the turkey with energy liar
vev she called, as she beard hou go
jtig ti,,v trd the tloor. "ted liid.ly to
hruig the baby and here, you take toat
th ci shawl io 'he entry to
A glance at the mnp will show for tho moat
..rt th" i .•••it o'l to the constitution cam"1
from lho HoudieNrit corner, and that Vanktoii
and lurner ud.8 were tho only oars to
la e ik tii almo-* sohd phfci tux in this corner,
ll was in iheso coti itn s on y that ths opposi
•8iti.ni assumed a belligerent altitude, if we ex
i- p: 'laui r»n I brooking'",where inoi iiug^ wore
a'-o held, it Las b-en charged bv tho
MIJI-
p. rti-r.s of tho niovem-nt t.iat the opposition
eame only from the s£ ignorant, upon
whom ex Chief .Ji.s'ice Shati,u and tnat old
w.ir-hor~e, Dr. lUiil"mh, w.-ro able to nr. o-o
in their speeeliea against the constitution, liut
the ciiog-' was ctrTtinly ill advised, for it
docs not appear jusati'd when I'oion county
e,i-t 1,000 vote^, an i .iity one otiiy for t:.«
r,, i-t tn!ion, and when that document iece:ve.l
tjui.'h Miia.l support Ltnc-jln, .Mron-hai-a and
o'her counties. J'le- ..op .eer* ci. that had they
begun their canva s t.vo weeks earii-r they
would Lave complf-ti-ly btnie-l the (i.curn"iif.
On the o bur hand, the tiuitporterd ssy t.liat if
iher !iad bt-en lime to fohow up Shannon fc-id
Dr. iiurU'igh in tne cru-iwb: against it, incy
c..u!u I avH won back *11 the c.juvorts mad: by
them. As tach party is sincere wo shall let
each have lus gay.
Ninety-five Indian children from
llosebud agency were taken la^-t week
to the government school at Carlise Bar
racks, Pa.
N. Frank, dealer in clothing, of Dead
wood, has assigned to C. B. Straufw of
that place. Frank's assets are given at
^l.fjoo, and bis liabilities at $S,00 », all to
Eastern creditors.
The first marraige in Edmunds oe*
cured on Saturday at Ipswich, the con
tracting parties being T. A. Turner of that
place and Mi«s Fannie Hard of Chicago.
Terra cotta of the best kind ha^ bt-en
found in McLean county.
A girl named Glark had her fai her
arretted at F-delline, charging him with
trvint to outrage her. He avers that he
was merely trying to spank her bad
character out of her.
The examination of\. P. |Hrooi :vly
charged with aiding'H. G. R.sing in the
publication of a libel against ('. H. My
ers was concludett at Kcliield. He
was bound over in |2Qo.
lie v. David A. Sanford, late of Miter,
ell, has accepteii a call from the vestry
to become rector of8t. I'anl's Episcopal
church at Watertown, Wis., and will at
once entei upon his pastoral duties.
J. Curtiss and D. E. Donoven ha e
been jailed in default of $2 000 bail, to
await trial on a charge of forgery and
perjury in having personated a home
steader in the. Mitchell district named
John Gordon, proving tip on the latter i
claim after Gordon had died.
An attachment was levied upon th*
general store of F. Davis A: Co., Kstei
line, recently by «y. kpndall Bros
Minneapolis.
Marie Perii wa» to be married U
Arcbilaus Burton at Grand Forks, Louis
Forkey came as best man. When he
beheld the bride to be heand she fell
in love with each other. They were
married Arcbilaus attending the cere
mony, weeping copiously.
Col. George Ordway will build a brick
business block in Pierre next spring.
North Dakota has ninety-seven eleva
tor, all tilled with wheat.
Mayville is to have a new bank Dec.
1, to be called the Bank of Mayville,
Brown Bros, & Co. proprietors.
It is rumored that the president has
decided to appoint Congressman Bur
rows to the vacant Dakota judgeship.
A desperado named Murphy, from
near Deadwood became involved in an
altercation'w ith Henry Evans at Missou
ri Valley, Iowa, recently and B'ftbbeda
the latter several tunes in the head in
tlictmg terrible and probably fatal
wounds. The desperado xuade' his* es
cape, but was recaptured.
There is still at Sioux Fails consider
able going on in the way of bnilding.
A n ng the structures in course of erec
tion is a bridge acir^s tlie river, and a
handsome bloci-. v« high is being put up
by the Odd Fellows, at a co«t of |25 000
to fill',000. One wing of the penitentiary
has been completed, and seventy five
convicts are confined therein. A new
enterprise has recently been set on foot
down there by Messrs. F. h, and J. H.
Drake of St. Paul. The gentlemen tin
der the name of the Drake stoneware
company, have set up machinery for the
purpose of polishing and manufacturing
into mantels, slabs, table tops and orna
mental designs, the jasper stone of that
vicinity. The polishing is done by a
patent process, and so hard is the stone
that after it has been polished nothing
but a diamond wili scratch the surface.
The amount of capital which the Metwrs.
Drake, have put into the enteiprwve „i*
f25,000.
Joshua, son of Squire Negus, of Mid
dfeton, is insane and has been taken to
the asylum. 'Squire Negus is a w»rtbt
c'tizen and should have our sympathy.
One daughter and a grand* hild were
burned to death by prairie tire one
grandchild killed by hogs, and now a
son insane.
All the land in the Huron land dis
trict has been surveyed and the platu
tiled in the Huron land office with the
exception of two townships. One of these
has been surveyed and the plat will be
returned to tlie Huron office in about
ten days. The other has not yet baeu
surveyed.
The station agent at Aleester. Union
county, who reported that he had been
robbed of $.100 of the railroad company's
money, has since admitted that there
was no robbery and fie took the money
himself.
Pierre has organized a committee, of
which L. P.ullaid is president, and W.
Ustic-k is secretary, to bead a movement
in favor of the opening of the Sioux In
dian reservation. Tfiis committee has
called a convention to meet at Pierre on
the tith of December, at which time the
subject will be considered, and a plan
agreed upon for presenting the matter to
congress. Each Missouri river county,
beginning with Campbell county, and
ending with Y mkton county, is en
titled to representation in thin con
vention.
Let.-dier has a artesian well that flow
forty barrels per day.
Konuuice in Uenl Life
From the udi n iv ho.
The beautiful and highly-cultivated
daughter of one of the proud old Roman
huMes, the Duke Gallesc. was intro
duced to the Italian poet, Signor d'Ai.
nunzio. Her kinsfolk n.-ver dreamed
ihutaladyof such great expectation
and h'gh birth could run any risk by an
intimate acquaintance with a man risen
irom the lower ranks. The two walked
and chatted together, but while t: e
young ladv's friends supposed thnt sin
was tal1.i intellectual mat-ers i_t urrieo
out that. 1 i.i' conversation or the intt rc.-'
ing con pi turned in n very diflen nt di
rection. The (inke learned, to hib hor
ror and anger, that his daughter bud
dared fo bethroth herself to the poet.
As a matter of course, he re
.'u.-ed to give his sanction to their
marriage, whereupon the lcfcia
took me train to Florence, where tin-/
were made man and wife. The last steo
made the duke so indignant that be bad a
legal document drawn up, which he
disinherited bis daughter but the fatti
er and the man aft ward.i so far over
came the arisf'.cra: in him that he set
iled upon her h..r life a yearly income of
(i.tt'fi lire. The -dory has since obtain*
an almost tragical completeness by the
f-epara ion or tin- duke from bis own
wife. He accused her of having secret*'.
!y favored the cause of lVAnnunzio. and
of allowing the lovers to hold interviews
afterjtht father had prohibited all furth
er intercourse between ihe two. He
has const queutlv broken np his house
bold in Koine, made .i settlement upon
his duchess, and declared that he will
henceforth li\'r and die as if he had
neither wile no: child.