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Bismarck, D. TMNov. 27 1875. THE TOWNSITE. On Saturday the waiter telegraphed friend in Washington who is in po sition to know, to send the BISMAKK TftiBuae a special giving the result of the Bismarck Townsite case then be fore the Land Department. On Mon day a telegram in reply was received which reads as follows: WASHINGTON, C., NOV. 22,1875 To BISMARCKTBIBUME Bismarck town site case decided thirteenth (13th) No vember in favor of townsite. This was signed by a gentleman known to the writer since 1861 as one in every sense reliable, and, *9 this he has no interest in the case and no sympathy to waste or any of the parties the information he gives is vouched for as being absolutely correct. Official notice should, and no doubt will, reach the Land Office here next Saturday. •it may not be generally understood that the Puget Sound Company with drew all claims through Geo. W. Sweet, or others, to the townsite, or any por tion of it, except to the Williams-Proo tor eighty, but such is thecase»i They withdrew in the interests of the peo ple and now the people hare a decision in their favor at the General Land Of fioe. This, of course, is not final, for ap may be taken to the Secretary ol the Interior, an3 tho case may be car ried into the courts in a dozen different ways but the case is now id such shtpe^ that a compromise may be made—a compromise that means something, a compromise that will settle the case •finally and fully, and forever put at rsfct the question of title. Several months of negotiation may follow^ but it is the aim of those most interested to settle all questions during the present winter so as to commence next spring with a clear title and books ready for business. The effect, of this decision, as the writer understands it, will be to give actual occupants of lots at the time the application was made title to not to ex ceed two lots at ten dollers eaeh. Ap plication was made May 15th, 1875, so those who aactually occupied lota on tha 15th day of May will be enti tled to the lata occupied, on these terms. The remaining lots are to ba dis posed of by the Corporate Authorities who are tha tructeea of the people, and the preeeeda from tha sale must be aaed for the benefit of the people, at they direct or their representative# deter mine. So tha people have gained a victory, and a substantial one, in tha first onset. Those who have waited to long and so anxiously fat thie doeiaion way wall gay: "Lot as arise and sing/4 Sine# the above was in type Mayor McLean telegraphed Judge flan dreau, St. Paul, attorney for tha Cor porata Authorities, and tha atatement contained ia our Waahingtop telegram is fully confirmed. Judge Tlandreaa says that all claimed aa a townsite is allowed excepting the railroad forty Thus Jaekman, Ilennefln and Williams tire "left," t« well as Haekett, Proctor and Joy. A Well Advertiaad Tows. Sioux City is the best business city of its size in all the Nortb west. Onti of the primary reasons for this is the liberal advertising they do in the city papers. We have the Daily Journa before uh, in which ono merchant takes an entire page, which he has been carry ing for some time. Liberal advertising has mad* the name and house of Milt6n Tootle familiar throughout ail Western Iowa, Nebraska and Dakota. Another carries a full double column, and sev-. erkl others Single tohiqVns each. This judkius business habit Works profitably both W8y*: Tbv advertiser's businet9 is much enlarged, and -the ptpe^lfi given that sturdy support that |||W them grow constantly, atronger andfcet ter able to promote ©very laudable pciblic enterprise. The newspaper when fftpp erly understood is the Jacob's laddtr upon which business of all kinds the world over climbs to success. A feW ihere are who succeed without adver tising, but they are the exceptions to the rule that is becoming stronger and stronger every day,' and these few seem never to think that if their peculiar method of business was followed by everybody, it would strike down the newspapers of the whole land, and thus remove one* of the most powerful props underlying the business world, one ol the strongest supports of civilization and best conseivtors of good order.-— Oubuqw Timet. There is certainly no town in the West better advertised than Sioux City, and there is no town of its size where so many men have grown rich and are to day making money. This ia not be cause nature has done so much for tfioux City, for there are many localities bet ter favored, but the business men of Sioux City have appreciated and'paid 'or printers' ink, sustaining handsomely daily paper that would be creditable to a city of 30,000 people. Build up the newspapers, if they are well managed, and. you build up the .business interests cfyourtown, and, as this is done^ all are benefited. Sioux City ia a fair specimen of thq newspaper vr ade towns, while Dulnth may be pointed to as a town whichhas been curse dby its newspaper^. AtDuluth, a clique took posse^od^pif/tbA city gov ernment, and failing togain the use of the paper first esttfbl'i8li^d,'!'^it: in another, and in time atablisbedthe third and fourth as the others, failed to rally to their support, until the business became so divided as to be worthless* and as all got by theeaVs, newspapers And politicians, Dulutbi became, famous for its quarrels, rather, thanfor its live business men, and. to dayv-though pos sessing magnificent' advantages, andcier taihto make a lar^e town in the future, few, indeed, are willing to express an opinion favorable to iDuluth The McNear. _.t\ Yankton Press and DaKotaian says: 01 Governor Pennington td-day, commut ed the death sentence of George W. Mc Near, or Bismarck, to imprisonment at hard labor for life. MoNear confessed to the murder of a Norwegian, and was sentenced to be hung at Bismarck on Tuesday next, but executive clemency has stayed the horrible punishment, and McNear will spend tho balance of his days inside of prison walls. He is a half idiotic negro, and after the murder was charged against him he was chased nto a cellar by an excited mob, and after being besieged four days, the con cession from which his sentence was based was gained from him. Gov. Pent nington takes the ground that McNear is not mentally capable of comprehend ing the nature of a crime and it, there fore, not morally responsible for the act of murder, if ono was committed by bin. The above is copied to show that the excuse given for the pardon of McNear is almighty thin. That portion in ro latioa to his being chased into a cellar, 4c., is all bosh—not a particle of truth in it, and nothing to give color to tho story except some wild statements of the negro which wore afterwards ac knowledgod to bo lies. If the negro waa beleived to bo an idiot that was, perhaps, reason enough for commuting sentence. OBITUARY* Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States, died on Monday, Nov. 22d, of apoplexy, aged 63 years. He commenced life as a journeyman shoe maker. At 28 years of age he was elec ted to tho New Hampshire Legislature. He was always the working man's friend and an abolitionist. In 1840 he with drew from the National Whig Conven tion, of which he was a member, because that convention refused to endorse anti slavery resolutions, and took an active part in the organiiation of the Free Soil Party. About this time he pur chased the Boston Daily Republican which he edited some years. In 1852 he was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature and in 1855 to the IT. S. Senate of which body he remained a member until 1872 when he-was elected Vice President. He was a man of solid Worth, one who came from the people and who could appreciate their wants and feelings. He waa not a demagogue but a statesman in the broadest sense, and a1 nation mourns bit loss. rtertsutiTWlfc* tial election. Tho chances seem to be about eyen, but every Democratic -or Independent newspaper counts on P«m *ochftife success^ while tho Bepablicamr are ooofidont that their partywttt" rr main in power. The administration ha* done much within the past year to strengthen tho. Republican party, and if it continues in well doing, its succes* and tho continued ascendency of that party is sissured. Eighty or ninety con federate generals hive been sent to Con gress by the Southern Democrats, which is an ugly fact, and one that will not strengthen the Democrats in tho North a bit Dr. Redfield is now in the South, writing up tjie phases of Deiptocract.: He rcportB that the* Democrats gained many negro votes in Itississi. pi through a system of betting with thenegros thai they daro not votetbeirj ticket. The politician wouhfput up the money, the innocent creatures would vote an open Democratic ticket, take the stakes ¥nfl go on their way rejoicing. Nobody wat bribed, none intimidated, but in each case the Democrats-ginned a vote, and in the aggregate many thousand through this means. The prospects for extension gjLjho Northern Pacificnextyear is reported ver^ favorable. The present bondbo^d ergjfnd their immediate friends w#LiXi tend ft at least 25 miles. Thin tooeu* to be necessary in order tbi site the 1 (charter.' The Northern Paciflic( people do not expest to ask aid of the next I Congress, and there is no danger that jakl will be thrust upon them, though there Is a growing feeling of friendship to the Northern Pacific enterpriae at the Cast. 1 1 W-al". Colonel John H. Stevens is elects^ he house from Hennepin county, It'* way this old settler ^as of beating lis republican opponents wheneveri .btj takes a notion to run for: tho legisH ture—although for that matter hill pol itics don't hurt him a bit. The Colonel las sense enou|g|^to go for g^pod things whenever and wherever he sees them.-r Pioneer-Prctt. The Gallant Col. h. Battery of Car ver, Minn., was elected Judge in t,he 8th Judicial DUtricti to.fili the vacancy caused by the detth of Judge Cfratfield. John L. McDonald was his competitor l0th are Democrats and both Well qualified for the position but BaxterV personal popularity carried him through. Commenting upon the results of the late elections, tho Boston Advertiser •ays: The next change will involve a break ing up of the old parties and tho organ isation of now ones, the Republican party can prevent such a result by an swering the reasonable expectations ol the best elements of the nation*! life. It now seems certain that Col. W. S. King will not be molested in his Con: gressional seat. Hia prosecution was for atock jobbing purposes and intended to help the Democrats in tho recent canvass but it did not turn out more than two mills ro (fee pan. Governor Pennington takes deep in terest in the territory of his adoption, and displayed that interest early in the erection of a large three story brick block at Yankton, but now ho has, de termined to erqet another, for which the plans and specifications ere now in And now it is claimed tho Confeder ate General John Morgan suryived the wound received at Knoxville and baa been living in Oregon since under the name of John Pendleton, With his mother, where he died last month. Congressman Kasson seems to be get ting the worst of it in tho trial of his libel suit against the Des Moines Regi£ ister, as that journal is attempting to prove its allegations true, and seems to be succeeding. "Pillsbury's majority for Governor in Minnesota is 11,733} that oC Pfoender is 5^787. The Republican majority in l«t» was less than 5,000. So it will. be seen the* wanderers arO't-eturoing.- snakes. Tho ujpjU}in ef uthe Howellti|a|^ toj^ot. 1 Davia, aid durin| the liirar v^as" a did ahipman under Semmes. Tho Orphena waa the boat whioh collide^ with-tins Pwifip. ^e l^BiBVKn wis in error in givinr the yoto ifor B. WrDlke for State Trtai URO^I^ 1 TLIIINEJFINI OO^^TY, 'LLIIIII.j •*& only 20. 1 l^he figures are Sf4. It seems tha.t tvarf soul on the ill fated City oT Waeo waa lost-^-niot one survived to tell the origin of the fire. nen. H. L. Gordon on being tried for the tihooting of Will jam Desmond, was acquitted, and thu fully fxhonorated. Lady Mordaut is at last divorced and will no longer insist on her old plea that "they ail all do it." .. The Soo^ of An anec^ot^ yrhicji Mark Lemon loved to tell, relaCed. to the period when Tom Hood became a contributor to Punch Looking over his letters one ttor^ngV hti opened an envelope enclofr ing a poem Which tlm ril*naaid had been Kjectod by i^ree cm0mmraries. If not thought available toi Punch, he begged the editor, (whpn and was consideredf Vox jthe.^as^. two weeks, a son of Allen Rogers, aged eleven years, a wo«i^ cutter on the Blue mountains, about three miles from'Hamburg, has been in the habit of leaving, his fetbqr'$ bpuse every morning about 9 o'clock, aod ,not ret^rningtillnoon. Theparentsofthe boy )iave questioned sev^Bl timiBB as.to where jhe went« and the boy. would reply, tio' pl#y with a neighboring boy named Springer. 1 ferda On Friday last the father watched his boy. and followed ai a short distance. Wnen about half a [mile from the hOuSe tho boy entered piece of thick sprout land, in fr^m, t^e road some two hundred yards, w|iere he seated himself upon f, Urge rock, and in less than ten minutes th# lather »H« E. B.MAISH* he knew but slightly, toconsign it to the waste pa per baHket, as the author was sick at Tom Hood," and- the lines were en tit^ «VheSohg^f the work was altogether diffarpht from any I thing that had ever tppe^rei1 in (*!?d^eVe^r Punch, KO much out of keepingwi&therapiritiof ttie.^driodioa I that at the weekly .meeting its publica tion was opposed byr several members of the staff Mark Lemon was so firmly impressed, not only^it^^t^beauty ol the work, but wjthits suitaoility fpi tlicl'bape.rj'i^at he stood bjr hi^^deefsion iand piibfuihWd itl. By,"' letter Wfjtte^ Iby Tom H^blc 'to M^dc Lyfiibn which we bavrfj^r the flfom^fit^' ii^kfslid, it ip, peart t^aif 'tne' dti^Hifprx. of illil^tratih^ itbebo^y^ksyti^irtain^liiid^i^ssM. jrhW li^s, ^4r^ !pubihsher jwiihodt ilmtVatron^eid^ptthat "hiimor ous border of grotefeqiie fighres wh knade up Ptuich'a Procession," on !Pecember :16,184^. 44 1.. The Song[p| the Sturt" trebled tbe sale of the,pfipf»r an^ created a profound sensation, ^proj^gh?1 out Great Bri|%in.^Londop S^ty. .., A Bby bliarinea by Aeo^f^b rid^rift 6f the Read^g5Daily |Eigid, ^m^ frtom Windsor JP^, gives' the followthg Remarkable stbry of a large black snake charming a small boy. The writer pays: t\ WIM rified at seeing a mopstrous black jsnake crawl on the rock and put its head on the boy's lap. The father states that the snake was the largest he ever saw on the bills. ,He states that it was,at least teen feet long, and as thick as his.' arm*. wh^cb is weil developed. The boy had taken bread with hiim and was feeding the snake, which at short intervals would stick out a large tongue, as if hissing for more to eat Then it would' coil itself around the neck and body of the boy, and play with the (boy's hand* with its mouth and neck. The father had often hoard of snake* -charming children, and that if they were disturbed AB the father turned tQ. leaye lus boy with hit deadly comnanien he looked back, and the anake, hearing a noise, at onco uncoiled itself and raised itB body at least four feet from the rock and Look ed in all directions, and then it reiturn* ed to the boy's lap. The father return ed home and awaited thC boy'a return, which was, as usual, at nooiu When told that he had been seen playing with the snake, the boy said the first morn ing he met the anake ho liked to play with it then hei took it food, and ho was so much pleased with hia oompan ion that something told him he ^iust iheet the snake every morning. One morning he said he WBB late, and when he reached tho place the snake' was standing up, and it came out to moot him, then followed him to the rock. On Saturday morning the father and two of his neighbors went.to the place with guns, and at tho usual -time the snake made its appearance, when all fired %t one time killing the charmer. On taking it home Mr. Rogers found -Ih^ «^ov^ measurement to be nearly correct. There is something1 Very'strange about a^ftftake channing not only" children, :butl have read of adults cbthmg under their oharmX There in certainly softie hd truth in the fascinitihg'' po.W^^ -d rs teL (Lam BAIUT HOUSI.) MCG0WAH, Tropifctwl emwiM BISMARCK, D. T. .7 Moee Ha prtarat ^royihtonlitp this Hoew ha 'betn coipletdy omfctaM, wSi»Ct and a hor MI |MM aeeoaMMdatiaos I«r MM leaal Oat: 17,1815. it. CAFIT0L HOTEL, B.B.KuA AiOo. PROPRIET6RS. al- 1 I .. .• .v..a jMain Strert, Biimafok, D. T. Firat Class Hotel In BAKKMBS. 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