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PVAI'IBBED XTKRY WEDNESDAY AT
Canton, Lincoln County, D. T.
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SKINNKR & TALlMAN,
Editors and Proprietors.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 36,18TTI.
REftauCAN NATIONAL CONVEN
TION.
Ths Mit Union Republican National Convention
for the lonlaitioii of oiiulldfttts for Pnridwt ud
Tim TlMdwil rf thu rnttnfl ffti*— will be held In
the eUr of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the 14th day
•f JonS, 1876, at 12 o'clock, noon, and will constat of
ti-
f(om
mc), gtate equal to twice the number
its Senators and KepreseuUtives in. Congress and
of two delegate* from each organized Territory and
the District of Columbia.
In calling conventions for the election of delegates
the committees of the uereral States are reoom
m«ided to invito all BepubUoaa electors, and all
otfcsr voters, withoot regard to paat political differ
ence* or previous party sfliUsHons, »re eppowfl
to (cvMikf sectional i**ne«, and. desire to promote
friendly fading and permanent harmdny thoughout
the coantty by maintaining and enforcing all consti
tutional right* of every citizen*, including the full
and free exercise of the right of snfflrage, without
intimidation and without fraud who are in favor of
the continued prosecution and punishment of all
oflMal dfehoueatr, and of an economical adminis
tration of the government by honest, faithful, and
csaableoMctn who an In favor of making such
winin in UM government as experience may from
time to tiaae suggest who are opposed to impairing
the credit of ths nation by depredating any of its
sHiaaH»»s, and in Avar of sustaining in every way
ths Mttml.CilIk and Inandal honor who hold
that the csmnon-school system is the nursery of
American liberty, and should* be maintained abso
lutely free from sectarian control who.believe that
/or Ike promotion of these ends the direction of the
Cwwaamt sko^ld continue to be confided to those
-who adhere to the principles of 1770, who support
them as booiperaUd in the constitution and laws,
and who an in favor of reorganizing and strength
ening the fundamental principle of the national uni
ty in this Centennial Anniversary of the ltepublic.
E. D. MORGAN,
Chairman Republican National Committee.
W*. B. CHAHDLVB, Secretary.
REPUBLICAN TERRITORIAL CON
VENTION.
A Republican Territorial Convftitfon is hereby
called to meet in t*ie city of Yankton, on
WEDKKBDAT, HAT 34TH, 187(1,
forth* purpose of selecting two regular and two
alternate delegates to the National Republican Con
vention, to be held in the city of Cincinnati, June
14th, 1876.
The ratio of representative* for each county in the
Territory will be as follows:
Armstrong 1
Bon Homme
BrooUngs '..1
Buffalo 1
Barnes 1
Burleigh^... 7
Brule 1
Black Hills.... 3
ChadeaKlx... 1
Cas* 6
Clay. 11
Davison.. 1
Grand Forks 2
Grant 1
Hansen 1
Hutchison 2
Lake 1
Lincoln 10
Hinnehaha 8
Ho
Pembii
Bichland...
Stutsman..
Sully
Turner
Traill
Union
Yankton...
While we shall use our influence in fa
vor of the Republican party, we shall not
hesitate to advocate the just punishment
of any member of the party for corruption
or wrong doing in any County, State, Ter
ritorial or National office and therefore
prove true to our established motto.
In addition to the local news, editorial,
and miscellaneous reading, THK ADVOCATE
will contain a targe amount of tiie general
news of the week. And in the establish
ment of such a paper in Lincoln county,
we aak the^iearty support and cooperation
of the entire reading community of this
county, AND trust that TH* LINCOLN COUN
TY ADVOCATE, will ever be worthy such
support .and patronage.
The United 8tates sub-Treasury at Chi
cago has commenced paying out coin for
currency.
Tha Connecticut delegation to the Repub
lican National Convention, are in favor of
Postmaster General Jewell for the Presi
dency of the UnitedJBtatos.
Five mtn were executed at Ft. Bmith
Arkansas, one day last week, all on one
scaffold, at the same time September 3d,
1875, six men were hung at that place on
the same scaffold.
President Grant, has vetoed the bill re
ducing the President** salary to $25,000
per annum. His reason for doing this is
said to be the inconsistency of signing the
bill, inasmuch as hs signed the bill raising
AM salaiy tof50,0W shortly alter his in
sugurition.
The Indiana Democrats met in Stete
Coovnitlb!) da the llfcb inst., nominated a
Statf ticket jtnd adopted a platform. They
he anaalmoos elwice
A. Hendricks
ot
Indiana for the.
PwfckSpy aC ±e United States, andin
t4racKd tWdelegates to the JfaHooal Con
ftmiop tocastths vote of tha State in a
D«J||^|4H^«4ned by the majority.
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Ai»illa«oviBied iWcoaateltatkKi *ir
unknown.. Tt
Uke a star of the eleventh magnitude and
its position is Right ascension 18 hfturs
29 minutes declfnatien 11 dfgreM, 4?!
minutes ftoUtlt. lis UWtion is, retrograde
one minute daily in the right ascension,
and north two militates daily in declina
tion.
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All who love those grand principles of equal and
exact Justice to all, of fidelity to a union of States
one and inseparable, who recognize the paramount
necessity that the people who saved the country in
late war, should, in preference to those who rais
ed the band of treason to destroy it, je entrusted
•With it* administration, who deplore sectional strife
and nondsain treasonable utterances North and
South who WOBIII purge the public service of dis
honest official* wherever to be found, and encour
age an *rnn—lira' sod honest administration of pub
lic affaire thranghout the whole country and all
who desire to aid the perpetuity of those vital prin
ciples of liberty and ioyaljr, as promulgated through
the BMUbUoan party, we cordially Invite to unite
throughout the seven! counties of the Territory, in
selecting delegates to represent them in the conven
tion. GEO. H. HAND, Chairman,
L. D. F. POOBE, Secretary,
ALEX. HCQHKS,
J. II. SHURTLKFF,
N. EDMUNDS,
JOBS JL IOU.IT,
RWHJBLICAN OOCONVENTION.
A Republican County Convention for Lincoln
County hereby called to meet at the Court House
In the village of Canton on Wednesday, the 17th day
of H«r, Wit, at one o'clock v. x., for the purpose
of sdecttag ten delegates to the Republican Territo
rial Convention to be held in the City of Yankton,
ay 94th, 187«.
The .ratio oflBepreaent&tlon for each Town or
voOng precinct la the County will be as follows:
Eden .3
Canton.
Delaware..
Lincoln.
Brooklyn
Dayton
Norway
Springdale .2
Fairview -...2
Highland 3
Oghkosh 1
Pleasant 1
MASK W. BAILEY,
Chairman County Committeo.
QRCETINQ.
In starting a newspaper it is expected
the person or persons assuming the edito
rial duties of the paper will write a saluta
Wii-y^eflfiiftglueir position and .the princi
ples by which they intend to be guided
therefore these few -remarks.
Lincoln County has long felt the want
of a flrst-classoounty newspaper, devoted
to the interests of the entire county, and
one that is act run entirely in the interests
of any particular locality or set of men
a purely non-partisan weekly newspaper.
With the determination to publish the
style of newspaper we have mentioned
this covn'y has been in need of, we pre
sent THE LINCOLN COUNTY ADVOCATE.
How well we will succeed, we leave our
readers to judge for themselves.
Oreat data ages have been done by the
flood of the €luy river in Illinois during
the past week. Last Friday morning the
bridge across the Buy river on the Chicago
A Alton Railioad, east of Louisiana, was
impassable and fears wero entertained of
its being washed out. The bottomjin that
vicinity is entirely under' water, and the
river is nearly seventeen feet above high
water mark
Thomas W. Piper, condemned to be ex
ecuted May 26th for the murder of Mabel
Young in the belfry of Warren Avenue
Church, in Bostou, has made a sworn state
ment that she received the injuries that
caused her death, from a trap door falling
uponlher head, and that he was fright
ened lest he would be accused of murder
ing her and thereforo denied all knowl
edge of the matter, trusting that his con
nection with it would not be discovered
A call lius been issued for a conference
to be held in New York cily May 1.1, to
consider wiiat muy 1): done t.» suture the
election men in lie n-itionul election lo
the highest o.flces of ilie ltepublic whose
character and will satisfy the exi
gencies of the present situation protccf
the honor of the Americau name prevent
the national election of 187(5 from becom
ing a more choice of evils, and satisfy the
popular desire for genuine reform. The
call is signed by Win. Uullcn Bryant,
Theodore D. Wolsey, Alex. II. Bullock,
Horace White and Carl Schurz.
Don Pedro, hmperor of Brazil, arrived
TUF AR* un
dians near Cheyenne River Ranche, about
fifty miles from Ctftter. A few of the par
ty escaped to the ranche. Mr. and Mrs.
Metz, of Laramie City, were killed. A
colored woman was taken prisoner. A
man named Simpson was also killed. The
bodies were buried the next day. Three
men were wounded. Grichan, from Mis.
souri, mortally Felton,"from Missouri,
and C. W. Bergersser, from Virginia City,
Nevada, seriously. It is feared the wounds
may prove mortal. The wounded men
are at Cheyenne River Rancli9. The
place where the attack was made is about
120 miles from.this post.
A party from the Black Hills on the
same day, say that about ten days ago
three wagons were found at the entrance
of Bufiala Gap, on tha Yankton route,
destroyed and the stock gone. Signs of a
fight were numerous. The wagon covers
had been shot to pieces and part of the
materials the wagons had been loaded
with were lying around, some with marks
of balls on them.
Hon. Addison Oliver, Representative in
Congress from the Ninth District of Iowa,
in a recent letter to the Sioux City Jmrnal
gives the following nine "very good rea
sons for his voting against the Silver bill:
1. It proposes to substitute for our
present fractional currency a currency less
convenient.
2. It proposes to substitute a dearer
currency tor a cheaper one.
3. It proposes a currency Which will be
worth more for export than for circulation
and will therefore go abroad.
4. It proposes a currency which will be
worth more on the Pacific coast than here
and will therefore go there.
5. It proposes a currency which will
be worth more to par customs duties than
for circulating, and will therefore be
hoarded to pay customs.
6- It proposes a currency which cannot
be kept in circulation, and will result in
embarrassing business by depriving the
country of any fractional circulation what
ever.
7. It will increase the interest bearing
public debt of the United States at least
thirty millions of dollars.
8. It will postpone cold values by driv.
ins out gold and a gold standard from the
only part of the United States where gold
is now in circulation.
will postoone gold values, cripple
the revenue, and Impair the crcdit of the
United States, by depriving it of its gold
income, and causing custom dues to be
paid in silver, which cannot be used to
pay the interest on our bonded debt with
out a violation of th* faith of the nation
Wd ft PTufliaHoh Of It* Jolcnjn
A. T. BTEWARf'3 WILL.
The will of the late A. T. Stewart was
filed in the Surrogate's office Friday after,
noon, -April 14. He bequeathed all bis
property and estate to his wife, Cornelia M.
Stewart, and her heirs foreyer, and ap
points Henry Hilton to act in behalf of the
estate
and
in New York, recently and has taken liis ready initiated, but should it be ruled
departure for California, lie will remain
•in this country, until the 12th of July,
when he will sail for England. From
there he will go to Paris, thoucs to Ger
many, where the Empress will remain
while he visits Holland, Sweden and Rus
sia. December and January will be pass
ed in Italy, fifteen days each in Naples,
Home and Northern Italy. He will take
in Egypt and ascend ti.e Nile as far as the
first waterfall, and afterward visit Asia
Minor and Palestine.
Uews from New Laredo, Mexico un
der date of April 10th, state that the Rev
olutionists have levied a forced loan on
the merchants and say if it is not paid by
the 17th, that the stores will be forced
ojen and goods sold to double the amount
demanded. The amount is divided be
tween ten merchants, five of them Ameri
con. The Secretary of War directs that
orders be given to the department com
mander to grant the protection asked to
American citizens in Laredo against such
lawless outrage as the government of Mex
ico is unable to prevent, but wishes cau
tion to be exercised.
Scene on board a Now York ferry boat:
"Your Republican party has gone to the
dogs. Belknap has blown you sky high.
The sooner you give up beaten the better."
A quiet looking gentleman replied, "Your
logic is ir'rcsistable. Judas took a bribe,
and that ruined the Savior and his caun'.'!
•Arnold took British gold, and that pr.ovcd
Washington and his steiff purchasable
scoundrels. Floyd st'de out of the last
Democratic cabinet the country ever had, ho a^ks favors that our judgment dic
and went over to the side of the rebellion-1 tales should not be granted. This is true
with all the cannon and war material he ju j|1(. private alfairs of life and stilt in
could -Goatr-olf-and that-shows-the entire ciic^-t\'iIIirafKdrsTTi~ iTfe~we exniini niore"
Democratic party to be traitors and thieves, backbone upon this point than we do in
I hope you arc satisfied with your style of the affairj that concern the good of the
argumcfltyjaftood morning."
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Mr. Milligan, of Scranton, Pa., arrived
in managing his affairs. Asa
mark of regard Mr. Stewart bequeaths to
Mr. Hilton the snm of #1,000,000.- lie ap
points his wife, Judge Hilton and William
Libby his executors. The will bears date
of the 27th of .March, 1878. He directs
his executors to pay out the following bills
as legacies: To* Geo. B. Butler, $20,000,
and John M. Hopkins, $10,000.
Gifts of §100,000 were distributed in
sums ranging from $3,000 to $20,000 to
those who have faithfully served him in
business atlairs, aucl $15,500 to the faithful
servants'of his household. To Sarah 'and
Rebecca Morrow, friends of his early
youth, he bestows an annuity of $12,000 in
quarterly installments (luring their lives,
and also a house and furniture. To the
relatives of his wife, six in number, he be
queathes $10,000 each, and to Ellen B. Hil
ton, the wife of his'friend H. Hilton, the
sum of $50,000.
One of Judge Hilton's important duties
is to bring Mr. Stewart's partnership affairs
to a termination and as far as possible
without loss to those connected with him
in business. The following is attached to
the will:
NEW YORK, March 29,1873.
To My Dmr Wife:
It has been and is my intcntion'to make
provision for various public charities, but
as any scheme pf the kind I propose will
need "considerable thought I have made
my will with the codicils in their present
shape to guard against contingencies,
knowing I may rely on your supplying all
deficiencies on my part. I hope and trust
my life may be so spared that I may be
able to complete various plans for the wel-
fare ()f 0
ur fellow-beings which Hiave al-
otherwise I must depend on you, with
such aid as you may call about you, to
carry out what I have begun. Our friend
Judge Hilton will, I know, give you any
assistance in his power, antl to him I refer
you for a general understanding of the va
rious methods and plans which I have at
times with him discussed.
am aware also t'lat there are many
wlio have served me faithfully in business
and otherwise who should be recognized
and rewarded, but for whom as yet I lnve
made no special provision. Your own
recollection, aided by Judge Hilton's
knowledge on this subject, will doubtless
bring these" persons to your attention. I
feel satisfied that their claims will be just
ly considered by you Especially do 1
desire that you will ascertain the names
of all such of my employes who have
been with me for a period of ten years and
upwards, and I request that to each of
those who have been in my employ for a
period of twenty years shall be paid $1,000,
while to each of those who have been with
me ton years shall be paid $500.
(Signed) A. T. STEWAIIT.
Judge Hilton says the business affairs of
the late A. T. Stewart will be- carried on
the same as before his death, and that all
plans and projects in operation or prospect
ive at the time of his decease will be faith
fully cmried out.
The Sioux City Daily Journal of the
20th inst., contained the following very
good advice: "In the sc'ection of candi-j
dates for office, there is one important"!
thiDg above other things that the people
should remember, and that is that the office I
belongs t» tho people, aud is to be filled
if properly filled, solely in the public in-1
terest, It in hard many times to resist the I
importunitiss of a man hnvi:i_- our reaped
h0le people. While it is pleasant to
ferratify
0U®'3
ambiti,m for
best possi
f)1(!
lnlbUc l:aoc'
I and while it iu easy to say that no one else
Want
Ft. Laramie, last Thursday. He said that public duty to till the place to thu very
on the 17th his party was attacked by In-
the pUcc. it should be a
ai
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ivatttage, irrespective o:
personal considerations, and iu order to
do this there siumld b. disposition to look
for the man. It is true iu politics as it
true in business, that the best men are no
going about bagging situations. Why
cannot the electors of this country realiz
a
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this simple truth If one desires a good
man for his farm, his shop, or hi9 oflic
he is not backward in looking for him
He is likely to apply to those not apply
ing to him he oliors an inducement to
some one of known faithfulness and abii
ity to enter his employ. Why should
not, in politics, purtue the same plan
Cetrain it is that good man, in whateve
sphere of life they may be wanted, cannot
be picked up at random. Tlioy must
searched for. Ravher than the stale inqu
rv of, "Who are the candidates let the
question be, "Who shall wo ask to become
candidates."
THE LINCOLN MONUMENT.
The unveiling of Lincoln statue too'i
place at Lincoln Square April 14, and wa
witnessed by an immense gathering. A
large prbcession of colored people, com
prising all of their societies, witnessed th
ceremony. The original cost of the mon
ument was $17,000, and that, as well as all
incidental expenses, have been paid
colored people. The last "Congress appro
priated $3,0C0 for the pedestal, and the
statue was allowed to.pass the Custom
House free of duty. The statue is bronie
twelve feet high, resting upon a pedestal
ten feet high. It represents Mr. Lincoln
standing erect with the proclamation of:
emancipation in his left hand, while the
right hand is outstretched over the kneel
shackles have just been freed. Upon the
base of the monument is the word "Eman
cipation."
There were on the speaker's stand tlic
President,, members of the Cabinet, Jus
tices of the Supreme Court, Foreign Min
isters, Senators and Representatives and
other persons of prominence. After
prayflr, music by the marine band, "Hail
Columbia," and reading of the Emaacipa
ire
Ky
ern was read composed liy Miss Cornelia
(colored), of New York. Frederick
Douglass was then introduced amid ap
plause and delivered an eloquent' oration
and at its conclusion the procession re
forned to the Citr Hall and wai dismissed
Ji"\
THE SILVER COIN ISSUE.
Secretary Bristow lios issued the follow
ing instructions concerning the lssuo of
silver coin in place of fractional currency:
TREASURY DJEPARTMKHT,
.. & WASHINGTON', APRIL 18.
By virtue of tiie authority vested (sin the
Secretary of the Treasury, the several of
ficers below named nre hereby authorised,
upon presentation at their respective offices
for the redemption of fractionol currency
of the United States iu sums of $5 or mul
tiples thereof, assorted, by denominations
and in amount not to exceed $100, to issue
therefor a like amount of silver coin of
the United States of the denomination of
10,20,25, and 50 cents, and furthermore,
upon presentntioi. for redemption at the
office of the Treasury of the United States
in this city, of any "amount of such cur
rency, properly assorted and in sunis-of
not less than $5, the Treasurer is author
ized to issue silver coin therefor, payable
in silver at either of the offices hereinafter
named at the option of the party present
ing the currency, as far as it may be prac
ticable from time to time. Fractional cur
rency redeemed in silver under these in
structions by any of the Assistant Treas
urers or designated depositories of the
United States in this city, the same to be
Charged in the Treasurer's general coin
account as a transfer of funds, and any
amount of such currency for which silver
lias been paid remaining at any* time in
the cash of the several ofiiccs will be
treated as coin assets and in no case Mil
such fractional currency be re-issued.
Fractional currency sent by express
tor redemption iu silycr, under the pro
visions of this circular, should be accom
panied by a letter of advice stating fully
the address of the sender and how the re
mittance in payment therefor is desired,
and if. by the Treasurer's check the office
at which tiie check should be made pay
able. '1 lie eoveriiment will not pay ex
press charges on silver issued, or fractional
currency presented for redemption. Un
der the provisions of this circular the of
fices herein .referred to are as follows:
Treasurer ot the United Stales, Washing
ton Assistant Treasurers at Boston, New
York, Puiladelphia, St. Louis, Charleston,
South Carolina, New Orleans, Cincinnati,
Chicago, San Fraucisco and Baltimore,
and the United States depositories at Buf
falo and Pittsburg.
(Signed) B. II. BIUSTOW, Sec.
CROPS.
The Inter-Ocean of the 20th, publishes
reports from .some two hundred points in
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and
Pennsylvania, where the bulk of the win
ter wheat is grown, showing the present
condition of the growing crops of wiutei
wheat and fruit. Illinois promises well.
In a few counties the wheat threatens to
prove a failure, but by far a majority of
the reports are encouraging. Peaches
were injured by the cold spell during
March, but apples and nearly all varieties
of small fruit look well and promiso an
abundant yield Michigan and Pennsyl
vania reports excellent prospects for all
winter and spring- have proved unfavorable
for winter wheat and peaches, but apples
and small fruits appear to be thriving.—
lieporls from Ohio are to the effect that
wheat is badly damaged except in well
drained bottom lands, and a reduced yield
of all kinds of fruit is expected.
Returns from fifty-seven points in Ohio,
published in the Cincinnati Commercial,
of the same date indicate that peaches are
totally destroyed or badly injured. In re
gard to other fruits, fifteen reports indicate
good crops, twenty-one fair, and twenty
one badly injured. Wheat, twenty-lour
report good crops, eleven lair and tweuty
tv.'o badly injured. Fifty points iu In
diana indicate peaches badly injured.
Other fruits, twenty-five good, twelve fair,
and eleven badly" injured. Wheat, ten
good, fifteen fair, ami twenty-five badly in
urid.
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otherwise to iJie officers below named ferlagV.', some testifying to unusual good for*
kinds of crops. Michigan expects a plen- folded--pressed togethe/ as if in the agony
tiful yield ot everything. In Indiana the
THE LEGEND OF HOFF STEN-
ZELLS.
I reached Hoff-Stenz.-lls at an early hour of
the morning, but the gates were already
opened, and the peasants were crowding in,
driving small carts or laden animals, or bearing
on their shoulders the burdens of fruit, vege
tables, poultry, eggs, and other eatables, with
which they wero proceeding to the market
place of the old town. It was, in truth, a
strange old place, and its first aspect pro
mised to repay me well for tho fatigue of the
pedestrian expedition by which I reached it
Nor did I repent, on a further investigation
of the sights of HofT-Stenzells, the many
0f
long and weary miles that I had travelled in
search of the picturesque, and beyond the' oling more imploringly together my heart
common track of tourists. For there ia ached with pity as I guz .'d upon all the an-
nothing in HofI Stenzells to attract the many:
there is no palace, with a stately picture gal
lery, or cabinet of rare gems no world
famed statue is there, to draw pilgrims to its
thrine from all the homes of art and re
moved from the highways of Europe, from
the roads that lead to capitals, from the broad
Bhine, and yet broader Danube, it lies be
yond the reach, at present, of "steam or saiL
But ther is a small azure river, that winda
through the green valley around and washea
the crumbling walls, which is beautiful, with
a soft and tender beauty, stealing as it doth
through verdant meadows, and beneath the
shadow of massy trees and there is a castle,
whose falling turrets and deserted chambers
are open to the winds of heaven, and are as
sociated only with the memories ot a few at
most forgotten names, a few petty and insig
nificant wars, but which to me, with their
eloquent dumbness, their unrecorded histo
lies, have more interest than many vaunted
shows and blazoned antiquities of other and
more remembered spots.
The whole place is invested with an air of
age and quiet everything looks the mmo as
it may be supposed to have looked a hundred
years ago the streets are crookedandnanow,
the great gables project from the sides of the
houses, the signs hang and creak above the
beads of the passers-by, the tall chimneys
are carved and fretted with brick or stone,
the fron'.s of the dwellings are crossed and
inlaid with spars of painted wood, upon
slave from whose limbs the which are sculptured strange faces, or
black and white, red or grey, assimilates with
a flooring of like nature on the entrance pas
sage of the house, and sometimes indicates,
by a rude design, the occupation or the
of the builder or tenant of the tenptmwift
tion Proclamation, Prof. Langstoc formal- spent the day in exploring this singular
ly accepted thestatue behalf.of the.en-1
tire nation and then callcd on President
Grant to unveil it Prolonged applause,
greeted the words of the speaker, and in
creased when the President stopped to the I
front and grasped the rope that was at-'
tached. to tho flag veiling the statue and
amidst the deafening cheers of the multi
tude, music, and booming, of cannons, the
beautiful monument stood unveiled. A
hnm
-L,
town I visited Ihgrtrined castle,
and
over the parapet of the steep and
bridge I crossed beneath the portcullis of
the olj tower, in which a few apartments an
still preserved, and which "serves aa a goal for
the felons of Hoff-Stenaolla and the neigh
borhood. I inspected the small manufactory
of stamped and gailded leather, and that in
which black beaver hata are made^ as old
fashioned in form as are the buildings in
which their wearers reside and atlast, aaday
was drawing to a ekwt, I entered the vast
cathedral,,
MiWf-u Kt-0^mbJmaiiUfta»
positive interest to the mere antiquary, and
this interest is but derivable from its age and
groat si*e—it has little architectural beauty
to boast of its stainod windows, though
glowing with purple and crimson, present
nothing curious in design, or rare in quality:
no costly shrines enrich the chapels, no Ti
llable paintings adorn the altars.
ml ju-t as tbo sun was approaching
he:mon, aud was pouring his full glorj
ugh Uia narrow windows that light ths
.. io°l. I oould not have beheld the chnreb
ut better time, for the thousand dies of ths
jiVmtocI glass wtre repeated upon the marble
pillL-.rs aud pavement, and were tinging with
MiUd lustra tbo faded tapestries and
UiWv
wi 1 flcwero that formed the chief de
.ik.iuTof. the altar. while such articles ai
iv roof r-al worth anil beauty gleamed and
.Voiio
wilh an added brightness and rich-
roof, tiie tall candlesticks of solid silver,
ric'ily gilt, that st.ood on the altar, the glory
of gold ihat surrounded tho heads of the vir
gin and child, whose eftl were elevated
above the allar of a small side chapel, en
closed and decorated by a noble family of tho
neighborhood, and containing many memen
tos of their piety in the shape of votive of-
tune, some depioilbig or d-^locating a dread*
ed or dreadful judgment..
In the front of this chapel, plaC6d clo$9
against the nils dividing it from the aisle,
was a marble tomb, tho only monument of
any apparent impcrtauce in the cathedral-
figure of a young female, her eyes closed,
hands folded on her bosom, her feet resting
lightly on a marble cushion, her lovely head
turned towards the spectator, and rather
away from the chapel to which her sepulcher
was attached, her hair parted, and flowing
down cither side of her face. And her face
that was so remarkable in its expression that
it was impossible not to pause before it—it
was-very beautiful but there was no repose
in those features, though carved ia marble,
and condemned to a silence and a sightliness
that had already endured for hundreds of
I years. It was rather the face of one sleeping
from woarinesfl, but haunted in sleep by the
memory of a wrong so deep that no retribu
tion might annul, no vengeance might ap
pease sorrow and un air of utter desolation
were there, but also an indignation surpass
ing in strongth all other feelings. This ex
pression seemed also to appear in tho action
of the hands, which wero clasped rather than
supplication, or the energy of passionata
approach, rather than meeting in proyor or
hopeful resignation.
All around tho sun was shining, and the
pavement on which tho tomb rested was
stained with the golden and purple hues that
were reflected from the windows, bnt no
shade of color rested on that reposing figure,
or the tomb which supported it. All around,
too, the evidence of time and decay were
visible green stains were creeping over tha
1
marble pillows, and damp was corroding the
inlaid pavemen but the wondrous facet
and all connected with it, were as puro, and
white, and fresh, as free from the touch of
time, or the taint of neglect as though they
had but that hour quitted the studio of the
artist, and the work-shop of tho architect.
I As the sun sunk lower changes of light and
shadow wore apparent throughout the build
ing, broad masses of shade flung themselves
across the body of the church, but no dark
ness seemed to fall on that divine face and
graceful form floods of golden light poured
from the warm rosy sunset, and filled the air
with dancing-sun-inbtes, but not a beam
touched them and when the deep twilight
gloom succeeded, no deeper gloom appeared
npon that mysterious figure—no sadder twi
light surrounded the coaotaph of its awful
•lumbers.
I stood and watched it until I at last began
to believe that it would rise and address met
or at least reply to my demands each
ment the expression appeared to increase in
intensity—each moment the hands seomed to
guisb, all the cruel injuries speaking from
those voiceless lips, thosa closed eyes, those
•training fingers.
I stooped to search for an inscription, bnt
there was nous 1 looked at the lower end of
the tomb, that was likewise without record
But in my search I became aware of what I
had not before noticed, the presenoe of an
old man, who, seated in a wicker chair placed
within the angle formed by the tomb and
the high railing of the chapel, had previous,
ly been obscured from my sight by the upper
part of the statne. I addressed him, and ha'
rose find approached me, and stood with me
before the tomb.
"You are sacristan," I began, "probably tha
keeper of the cathedral
Ee interrupted me quickly. 'No, only of
thin tomb. And he laid his hand npon the
marble.
"Then yon can tell me its history," I said,
eagerly "you can tell me the name of thia
lovely being, who must have died so young."
"I can toll you little," he replied—"nay,
1
of foliage or flowers the streets .ate only
paved With large and rough stones, save
noticing, but she has lain here for ages."
"The marble is fair and iresh," I said, "at
when it was first fashioned into shape what
means do you take to preserve it so
"I? None," he exclaimed "God only—for
the sake of tho innocent blood that shall
oarer oeaae to cry up to haaven—keepa thk
pure and stainless, as tboagh washed in iti
holiest fountains."
"Is this possible?" I involuntarily exolaia*
vl, "and the Bhadows
I pointed -to the dark shades gathered
where before each door a quaint of "round, and enveloping all else in gloom, bnt
clouding not the perfect image—ha under*
it an in 5
"They d*re not fall on her," ha replie&
"A strange tale must be connected with thia
tomb," I ejaculated.
"Siraage, Jndead," he murmured, aa though
lamed h?ing overheard then he shudder
ed, as though the very thoughts of what It
alluded to terrified him, and he muttered
prayers, and crossed hims.lf devoutly.
"Is it not known?" 1 said-"cannot It be
revealed."
"It will be known one day," be answered—
"ons day it will be revealed."
"And that day?" I demanded-—
"Will be the day of judgment for flie
world," he madr answer "all Will hear it
then." \.
I lppsrd at bin) wilh astonishment,
V. VW&OMM.*
VST*.
-iij»..? at&r,,'
The cathedral is perhaps the only object* »li^ mc, but bonding low^ovs
the face of thj statuo, hi prayed earnestly fot
soma moment*, gukhg upon it all tbd linw*®
O. the latter description were tho gilded of that tomb I inquired.
1 mips, suspend by brazon chains from the "Nay, that I know not but long ago my
immeasurable height of the dim and distant ancestor was placed in the situation I now
w?f
though pr vying fordeu child.
I •.'Com.',"ho said,, hastily, "I mast go I
(jnly kei-p watch by day—coioo, tho ohuroh
doors are closed, but I will conduct you
through tho uooroi'lhe chapel, to which I
and
this tomb belong."
We entered Wu caaptil, and the old man ta
king a key from his poekut, opened a door be
hind the altar, wlncii lid into the street a»
we departed I could not forbear to turn and
gaze again at the entranced figure and ths
old man bade me remark how white and radi
ant it appeared, shining through the thick
gloom as though with an inward voluntary
light.
"Yes," he said, os he closed and locked the
door, "I love her as though she were my own
child, yet I do not even know her name."
"And who has constituted you the guardian
hold, and the secret of her fate confided to
him: a solemn vow was there exacted from,
him—a vow so terrible in its terms of prom
ise and of forfeiture that no one would ha
impious enough to dare to break it—that ha
would watch the tomb, that he would pre*
serve it^-that he would remember, day aal
night, her sad history—that ha would oeasa
not to invoke the vengeanoe justly du* &.
"And all this has been fulfilled 7®
"It has," he continued "my father reveal
ed to me the secret on his deathbed, and 1
took, kneeling, the vow that pledges to me as
hereditary task. Not that it is an irksome
task. No from tho moment that I becanu
acrtainly the only one of any pretensions as acquainted with her fate my whole spirit hai
to beai^y. It was oblong iu form, and of or- been given to her her wrongs and sorrow!!
dinary dimensions itsupportecl the reclining soem my own, and I pray day and night for
vengeance, as though the sin had been against
myself it has been the same with all—witk
my father and my father's lather it will b#
the same with my son. Ages have passed, btt
no circumstances of chance or fate have bro
ken the strong spell that stir, out ids her and
us. Generations lived and died, great nasca
and mighty nations hav* become extinct,j tut
our race decave'h not revolutions havesyept
over the earth, bet she rests unharmed aa
when first she was laid down in slumber. In
other families, however prosperous or)®
cient, some casualties ure ulwuya occurring to
break the line of succession. Nothing of thia
kind reaches us no seion of our houseldies
without a son to whom to' leave his mysteri
"cns legacy. No sudden death or accident has
ever sealed in silence tho lips foredestin^d to
register and fuifil the vow.
•'And wili you tell me no more I sail
"I bave no more to lell," he answei
"fare you welL"
"Nay, stay one moment I cried, tint he
had turned down a dark and narrow opening,
and either heard me or heeded me not. I
could not shake off the itLpression: mads
upon me by the beautiful statue and tlfe sin
gular appearance it presented, and smbmon
ing mY landlord, I inquired of him whether
he conld give me auy information on tha sub
ject. I did not tell him of the remarkable ef
fects I believed I had witnessed with refer
ence to it, for in truth I was half ashaned of
the credulity with which I bad listened to the
old man, and tho superstitious feelings with
which bis narration and all I had witnessed
hod inspired me.
ejjfd,-
The landlord looked grave and shtfok hie
head: "There is nothing known for a certain- I
ty, sir, of that tomb, though we all hare mar
veiled at the beauty and sadness of tie face,
and the wondrous freshness of the narble
'tis conjectured to be the monument of the
last of an ancient race, to whom in olden days
all the power and most of the we&ltli of thia
to,wn belonged. She was left an orptan, and
wte wedded secretly to one she was ut doom
ed to love, and 'tis said she died the morning
after her nuptials, and all her rUt estatea
passed to her husband of scarce a d«f. Saoh
is the legend no reoords exist tof prove ot
disprove its truth, and her very i^ne is for*
gotten but no doubt over that nuiriage and
that death—both eo unlooked-for 4id so snd
den—there hangs the veil of a myafciy which
conceals some dreadful crime, scjne fearful
Wrong, inflicted upon the orphan aid the de
fenceless. I
"And is it said who reared tht stately
tomb I inquired.
"It was raised, they say, by a ypng sculp
tor, by whom she was passionate! beloved,
who devoted his life, and all he pressed, to
that memorial, and who, in the ajany of hia
despair, invoked above it so foarnl a male
diction npon her destroyers ill thia world
and the next as will lu ver eean to gathaf
around her tomb the demons and the angali
to whom he appealed, mini the Ity of judg
ment comes, when all f.,or«ts shall be known,
when the innocent shall be avenfgd, and Am
guilty shall perish for v.:rmore.r
Such is the legend of llaff-Siei
SherilfN Sale.
TEKltlTOBY OF DAKOTA, I
OO'JKTY
OF
LINCOLN,
By virtue of an execution lnmed oi
ot the Clerk ot the Fixit Judicial Dii
the County of Lincoln, and to me
levied upon and taken all right, title
of the omoe
hi and for
ed, I have
interests of
year
Whl eh I will offer for aale at publio Suction to the
higHeat easli bidder on the 10th day
front of Bailey ft GUfford'a ofBoe in]
Canton, Lincoln county, to satisfy a]
favor of E. W. Skinner, and coat
$90.88 together with coat of levy and
Dated April 22d, 1876.
(ay, 1876, in
he village of
kilgement in
Counting to
O. A. 801
BAIIEY OirroBB,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Sheriff's Sale.!
TEBRITOBY OF DAKOTA, I
COUNT! or LIKCOLV.
By virtue of an execution issued oi
office of First Judicial District, in
County, snd to me delivered, I have
taken into my possession as the gi
Laning, being' portion of the
under a warrant of attachment
fatten out of my
and described aa
powesjion, a «fii
0f
follows, to-Wit-
About 850 bushels of oats.
100 traahela of wheat.
180 buqhel* of oorn.
18 buaheia of barley.
3,000 feet pine lumber.
One barrel of ayrup.
Four kega of ayrnp,
One barrel N. O. sugar.
Twelve waah tabs.
Twelve water pails.
Thirteen Caddys of fish.
One fanning mil].
1
«,
&
One 1,000 pound grain scales.
Four bushel measures*
One case smoking tobacco,
Fourl bushel baskets. lw»:
c?
the* °£5,
the premises which the goods a^oerteTtoirM"
on lot 8^ block M. also oa lot^S
Smith Oarpenter'a addHfan to tha
ton, Lincoln County, D. 5ft. am. thaa
187S, at 3 o'clock r. IL, iad 'saffl
fsdtgftsecl of.to aaWrfiHTSnri ,r
•or ot a. H. Harwood 4 ••ASiTti w-
a Oimwfc, BMrlt.
PistaSS*. Attorney i-wi.
TEUBITOEV OF DAKOTA, T„
Optnrrv or XIVOOMI.
By virtue of Mr 1MM*. e*T of tt»
Clerk'«office of the Vint JndlcW Diatftot of UueSa
County, and to me directed, havatekMl all rlaht,
tltlu, laid inUnwra of Frutor Oilaun, to the fouuir
.ug r«il property to-wit: Houtbweat quarter of th*
aoutncMt quarter, Section %i, Town. ML Range 48.
iiiiuiM in Linooln Oounty, which twill offer for
»aie lit public auction on the SUtte day of Mar, 1878,
io the aigheet caah bidder, at o'clock r. M., at th*
,'ront floor of Uourt Houae in the village of Canton,
lu wjH oouaty, to satin fy a judgment in favor of the
Muiicou Muuuiaotuiiug Company amounting to
5aoi.6«, togetiwr with coat of my and aale.
Dated AprU wth, 1STS.
O. A. SODTH, Sheriff.
BAILKX Oirrono, .v
Plaintlft'* Attorney. l-wi.
THE
LINCOLN COUNTY
ADVOCATE!
Published at
Canton, D. T.,
-BY—
Skinner
& Tallman
Inoemged by tta People
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TERMS OF BUMOBIFTIOH:
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three mon tha...
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3f the Clerk's
far Lincoln
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hold by. me
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