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THE WEALTH OF DAKOTA.
Ofcwful Estimate Sliows a Total Population
of 833,621, an Increaso of Over
122,000 in a Ycnr
An Assowed Valuation of Property of Ovei
$69,000,000, or an Increase of
50 Per Cent.
YAXITTON, Special Corrospondonco, Td).
7.—A good deal is written liuwaduvs about
-he material resources of Dakota, but
absolute inures are not always ncoosslbU*.
rhiB iB especially truo in regard to the pop
ulation, which is estimated to be all the way
from 250,000 to H50.000, according to in
dividual enthusiasm. No authentic figures
have been made since 1880, when there
were in round numbers In the whole terri
tory 135,OOi) Koulf. In -July, 3*S2, Gen.
Ueadle and others prepared a table of
estimates of population, based on the best
:lata obtainable. This yavo the territory
something over 211,000. Last spring tlio
ation into Dakota, as is well known,
Bros simply astonishing. Careful estimator
frequently placed the number as high as
5,000 in a single day. It is quite likely
that the total increase for last
Kear was not far from 125,000
people. I have for several months been en
deavoring to f^et some fifyures that will show
the approximate population of the territory,
and 1
have prepared |.he table which is given
below. The superiiiteudent of public In
struction has again endeavored to prepare
in estimate on the population, and the fig
ures are partly from hhn, but generally from
the counties direct. They niay be too low in
tome cases and too high in others. They are,
perhaps, as a whole, as correct as possible
without an actual count. The estimate for
Ust your, compared with 1882, is as follows
-Estimated Pop.—j /-Estimated Pop.
Comities.
Aurora...
Barnes ..
Beadle...
Benson ..
B'Ho'iuti.
Billing*..
Bro'kiii"s
Brown*.
Bruio....
Burleigh.
Butte....
Cuss
Chas. Mix
Clark....
Clay
Cod'gton.
Caster...
Davison
Day
Deuel....
Dickey...
Douglas..
Kuimons.
Edmunds
Faulk
Fall River
Foster...
Or. Forks
Grant....
Ortecrft...
Hamlin..
Hand....
Hanson..
Hughe...
Hutch Vn
Syrto
JerauUl...
Kidder....
18W2.
1,600
18S3.| 1
«H2.
5.0v0iKinKsbury :i.800
fijOODiLako 3,800
8,000 La Moure. 500
.coo.Lawience. in,*j-iK
fi.flTUIljineoln... 6,r»i)7
60ijtMcCook...
7,500 McLean
7,500'Minnehaha 0,752
5,000!M£'rcer.. ..
O.WOMinor
700jAltnflv
2Rt5fiO Mortou
1,50*'! Nelson....
4,000
4/200
isMO
6,4fi5
ft,9f.O
y,ioo
:J,7
82
vm
42,SR
4,*15
2,000
T1«
1.102
5,*201
^soOLPcruLuiu.,
*0|Pc
C,0G2
S^MjPenn'ston,
5,5W!Potlcr......
sou! lianriSeju
5,fi3i-:lUmsom.'..'
a,0'0!Kichland..
•2,005jliobcrts...
•l,00(»
a,c
700
n,5-ij
700
1,001)
1.400
i»,aoi
1,800
7,100
7! «)i Total..211,^50 KIWI
^i i»iI)icroa6e tor'
year... 122,4(S
••l-.DW-.--' •.
500
WI7AT.T1T 01' T!1R TENIILTOUY.
la tills conuuclioii. it-Kiay pruvo of interest
to note the asr-es-'i'il valuation of tlio rtiti'ifrent
counties tor l:u?C year, ul.stt oompurral ivith i,
Lhe year provioi'is. Th.: mcrcaso Kits l-ocii \l! (PfOutiA
ovur'^21,000.000, or nearly 50 pur ocntoyM
tlo valnaHoii for tlm yo.ir ]ircvioi.i?i It is
worthy of note, llmt, for t'.ie past lour yearn,
the moreane has ijoon jnsli aliout 50 per cent
?ndi yoar. At ihir. rate, tile valnailoii for
Llio ci(ri"ent yoar will ho over $100.100,000.
abstract of tlio assess
moot roll for 1 s.S t, oomuar/'A
1 V. lh that of
ISS2:
t, oomuar/'A
Total yjIi a- Toral vain-
Counties. tiun for tttJon fnv
1«K5. JHS2.
Aurora ...
W
Barnes ... 2fai0,02S
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$l,iWJ 00
Wi
l,ftW,70i «X1
Beadle ... j,»j7i.wa (K) ssn/jas
Bon Homme ... 1,122,^^1 oo 788,101 uo
BrookingH ... vriPJJiO i»2f, 105 00
Brown 00 M" 1,121.' 40
Brnl« ... 4o(».0K8 «t oo
Bmleigli ... 9,297,5-1'i 00 •2,:MW,W7 00
OasH...* ...
(i,oMsWM
00 4,7 is,s(,i5 oo
Charles Mix 7S,!H'» (iO 20,»17 50
Clark ... ur»,in :j(« 11 ,011-00
Clay ... INt Ml,v.w LHJ
Codlujtfon on K40,4'.4 (»0
Caster ... :J70,0CS •(7 502.010 00
Davison ... 4i:,l.W 09
Day ... 00 124.52S 2:5
Deuel .. r.'J7,7«2 00 ia*»,i5i oo
Dickey .. 2lV*,«Ga 17
Donglan ... 00
Grand Forks ... 00 :j,ri77s't: oo
Grant ... d«5,«M ro 8ia,4 oo
Griffls.- ... a,23:i,7:jn 0
Hstniiln ... 40y,:5 70 ^(K'^OO
Hand ... IJGS.-tT-t
Uaiujon »5 972,4U'73
flushes ... 724,r»:i2 00 aj:j,r»no :i0
HutcliliiHon ... 8si,K.r (K) 638,OH:» W)
Kidder. ... fitn.iia 40 RSfi.771 00
Klnj?fibury .., 771,014 50 4iW,S7« 00
Lake ... fcEMUS 00 1H.0.S3 00
La Moure ... 1,41^473 75 825,050 :10
Lavvreucc ... 01) 5,141,SOU 00
Lincoln ... 1,U9,53U 44 1,090,848 00
McCot.k ... 523,007 00 36R,00'J 50
Minnebalia .... 2,2r»H,.'v44 80 1,720,006 00
Minor ... 2154,m 00 104,702 00
Moody ... 708,913 00 050,520
Morton .... 1,016,205 00 57y,874 00
NclHon ... 225,2CU 00
Pembina ... 2,771,984 70 1,52*4,37^00
Peiiuington ... 621 /HM 00 627,220 00
Ramsey ... 27i,aaj 00
fUuHom ... 1,237,495 00 oVi/isi *00
Rich land .... 00 1,825,101 00
5link ... !4,0ll.'.Wr» 50 024,352 00
Stark ... 240,228 10
StHCle ... 2^3,012 00
3tutnmau ... 2,907,067 4G 1,705,045 66
Sully 70,281 00
Traill .... 2,i:M, if.o 04 2,27a,i'xV66
Turner ... «77,4ti8 00 872,522 00
Union .... 1,024,257 00 848, oa2 00
Walsh .... 2,701,2K) 00 1,403,005 00
Yankton ... 1,H27,584 00 1,675,*100 00
Total *60,lii5,909 82 4,701,478
Increase 121,454,480 47
For the purpose of comparison, and of not
ing1 tho rapid growth or the territory, the
following ttgures are £lven which show the
raluutiou for the last four years:
For 1880 $20,750,782
for 1881 81,001,818
For 1882 47.701,470
For 1883 60,155,007
CLASSES OP 1'ItOrEHTY.
The property of tho territory is divided into
Ihe following classes:
1983. 18*2.
rjand. 32.518,402 23,225,03a
Town lots 15,177,254 8,175,639
Merchandise 3,500,053 2,373,365
Manufactures 227,546 47,595
Horsos 4,882,242 3,258,601
Mules 621,214 395,112
Cattle 3,367,072 2,666,462
Sheep 101,788 162,773
8
wine. 212,233 126,233
Sarriaffos and wagons........ 1,677,620 630,359
Moneys and credits. 1,353,752 002,847
Household furniture 161,402 98,063
Stocks and shares 437,010 585,334
U1 other property 3,080,326 6,040,341
Total 69,155,000 47,701,479
TAXABLE ACKEAOK.
It has been frequently said that Dakota has
fcbout U6.000,000 ncres of In «l But it is
bo rexnombefdd that the titio nearly all
tho lAnd le still vested in the general ^ov
srnment. It is only after tho patents arc is.
mod Uiat tho land becomes taxable. The
cumber of acres of taxable land may bo
ioen from the following hg-ures:
Countles.
Kurora
Darnes
Beadle
Bon Homme
Brookings
Brown
ImlCttK*.***.*,!
Atjs'd sc. AssM ae.
tor 1883. ,for 1882.
68,800
678,166
177,464
174,082
158,642
»,280
517,6HS
45,335
148,061
157,747
65,118
&163
68,280
t*
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Bnrlelffh 28B,"BC4
3a»8 836,98ft
Charles Mix 7,777
:i»rk 43,165
Clay 185,809
Codington 148,893
Custer
Davison ,.... 68,600
Day 21,276
Deuel 183,140
Pickey 21,403
Douglas 16,264
Orarid Forks 465,002
Qrnut 113,04
OriRRS 211,285
ilamlin 04,730
Hand 76,787
Hanson 102,807
Hughes. 27,U46
Hulchinhon I6 *,09tt
ICidcler 31U.07U
li.ingc.bury
Lake I14,v'.»8
Lsi Moure IJ31,510
liawreneo
Lincoln 204,:uu
MeCook 107,000
Minneliahn :$23,M5
Jliucr 60,020
Moody 155,5815
Morton C0,ft70
Nelson
Pembina S24.08I
Peuninycon 7,100
Uamsey
ltimsom 315,540
Itiohlaud 408,611
Spink. 174.451
Stark
Steele 7s,7'.»o
Stutsman 704,170
Suliev
Trail! S84,827
Turner 246,874
Union 225,232
Walsh
Yankton 2 io,705
1883.
0,000
5,(MX1
1,200
12,500
6,000
4,500
500
12,750
500
5,000
5,000
a,75li
n,eooo
0,000
Ant*'
•A&T
-H.mt
jyj'ju
a,500
3,1*111
4.80*7
0,507
fanbM,n
..
2,0 olSnrgflnt...
C00: Spink
3,000'Stark
•.j.fH.-O HU'pJe
7co,St-utsman.
3,5«n.Sully
vitj
0,005
12,490
C, 1 AO
1.500
1,00(1
ii,ooo
i,ru
6,(.00
•-',0011
I ,!«0
V,(K0
7.51B)
S,IK O
1,1)1)11
n,oao
10 ooij'Tnilll 4,UC:
0,000 Tinner
ufii*
8,»on (Tiiian 7,lir.
«,i'57 %Valsii :,m
D,(!5!i Wnlwort
3,0( iijVanl ion.. 8,71')
Cit.r.'.ens of JJorthfielil are donating
$20,000 to Mariner Humphrey & Muri
um", •alio will erect a $20,000' flouring
mill there.
A. Goodman and wife, of lloscoe,
lost four children by
diphtheria, and their residence was
bltnied just after the last funeral"
More v.'oodhawks have boon arrested
at Sibley Island.
Hundreds of men are leaving Dead-
It is rstinmiotl tJiat at least 3.200 men
I ^'otild iiiak'* nn c::(h1us from Doadwood
iu tho spring,
Tlio mother'of Kul AVtitlo, Nobruska
liorso .thiof an.-l outlaw, is in Yankton,
having l»oen tlriv.m from liomo with her
nine children l.»v tho hostility of ln*r
neighbors.
I CluiTle« AViison and I'1rod Woll'ord
had a prize iitfht r.fr lism:ivk. hoin^f won
in six rcnindf* l.»v AVilford, who poidictod
$25, uiul iUOO mon^y,
**u
Biv.-ney Caulliohl te.h'sra])hs from
"Washington to the Deadwood Times
that overytliing looks favorable to the
passage of tho bill to open up the Sionx
reservation.
.Dr. liarrington of Olteyenno is miss
ing, and diligent seaivh is being mado
for him by his neighbor*. It is be
lieved he was lost while going from his
claim shanty to his team during a bliz
zard.
Mrs. Dr. lirown was thrown from ft
carriage at Huron, and dangerously
hurt in the neck and spine.
The Methodists of Huron occupy
their new church. About $2,000 was
raised to pay the debt.
The trial of Alex. McGuire for shoot
ing Tom Mullaly at East Grand Forks
last September, resulted in a sentence
of guilty, and the prisoner was sen
tenced to two years at hard labor in the
penitentiary.
R. R. Kelley, a well-to-do farmer liv
ing near White Lake, has been threat
ened with lynching by his neighbors on
account of a brutal assault on his wife
and Heveral small children.
At a term of the district court of Col
umbia, Weeks, who is charged with at
tempting to murder hia daughter at the
Hotel Artesian, Aberdeen, last fall, was
released on his own recognizance.
Bradstreet's March book will show
sixty-five new postofticeH established in
Dakota since Dec. 15,1883, and 700 new
names of firms and individuals doing
business in that territory within tho
same length of time.
W. Uppercue, formerly connected
witn the First National bank of Fargo
lias been indicted bv the grand jury for
the embezzlement of $800 from the
bank. He states that he loHt the mon
tv from his pocket, and had no inten
tion of betraying the trust which the
bank reposed in him.
While J. E. Hill and Peter Kouvm
iea were digging a well for Engineer
Stciuiuctz the South part of Mitch
ell thev came across a hemlock log
about three ieet in circumference, at a
•depth of twenty-five-feet below the
surface.
Anton Morboe and Randolph Hold
ing, of Ransom City, have been
arrested for selling bquor to Indians.
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3,258
174,207
269,408
109,13
65,184
*70,14i
2,691
308,125
•144,010
"o'y,2ii
176.35C
105.171
257,24c
M,24C
!MJ0,53t
iV,2
aa,ooc
158,67(
4:17,055
42,85(
000,02]
450,521
]52,7«
215,881
t..
287,876
220,
Total 0,66:{,562
7,2Ul,10i
Tlio Yiiiilitrtii Pi-(!s» anil Dakotinn lias
entorcd upon its twciity-fonvtli year.
A ]nstoHico eshiblislieil at Darlington,
Charles j\Iix county.
Watovtown, 'will lioom itself ly invit
ing the wliola country to a tonitoiral
danco.
John Reginald King, a prominent
voting business man of Sioux Falls,
died in Chicago.
Citzens of Miller have voted in favoi
of incorporation.
Mr. J. C. Hague, hoot and shoe dealer
of Aberdeen, has made an assignment.
A proposition to allow Dakota school
lauds to be leased is to bo made to con
gress.
The houses of Mr. Itosa and Mr.
Laurence, in Goodwin, were burned.
Loss §1,800.
Wvlio Winter, a Frederick, attorney
and land agent, is under arrest at Col
umbia, charged with embezzlement.
Aberdeen papers claim that $.r)00.000
have b'-eu expended in building im
provements in that city the past season.
Thomas Wise, a .carpenter at work
on the Sioux Falls penitentiary, fell
thirty feet, receiving serious injuries.
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The Recent Mad Waters.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 11.—Tho day has beon
(ne of the greatest excitement since the
!iood began. The stage of high water last
year was passed at 1 p. m., and a steady and
hard rain during the greater part of the day
together wtuu a report of general rains at
very place where it would run into the
Ohio, mado it certain that a Btill more daa
gerous Hood would be upon the already un
fortunate people of tho Ohio valley. The
experience last year made the people bold
in confronting the danger they once met and
overcome, but when a new element of terror
comes in the form of a heightened flood, a
new series oi calamities begin to appear.
(»as was lost yesterday, and the water supply
ceased to accumulate to-day, There is live
days' supply in the reservoir with careful use,
but one big tire would make serious inroad
on that. The worst of ail is, nobody
knows when the limit of the liood
will be reached. The rising of water above
and in all side tributaries renders it certain
that the river must continue to rise for some
time. How long and how rapid the rise are
points of conjecture and fear. The rate in
creased this afternoon to an inch an hour,
and during the hour from 5 to the rise was
three-quarters of an inch. It is hardly pos
sible to give an idea of the situation. Tho
mass of the people cannot see the great body
of the river. Approach to the banks lias been
cut off on all streets running to the river at
i'earl street or near it Those familiar with
the city may gain an idea of its extent when
it is stated that the water is now but little
more than (»00 feet from the Burnett house.
From there to the river bank proper the dis
tance is between three aud four squares. All
that can be seen is streets inundated and
boats gliding in all directions. The suspen
sion bridge, 100 l'eet above low water mark,
makes a low arch above the mad flood.
The Newport and Southern railroad bridges
almost touch water. The view from Price's
hill, in the western part of the city, gives
A F.'OUPJTEUSNSIVFI OUTLINE
of the flood covering a portion of the city.
At the foot of the hill on the west side of the
city, Mill creek spreads to an average of a
mile expanse of water, and reaches north out
of 6ight. Backwater runs beyond the Spring
Grove cemetery a distance of seven miles up
the river. Cincinnati, Covington and Newport
houses can bo seen peering out of the water,
while down the river almost from hill to
hill, the valley is covered Up to this time,
great as is the inger, there has been no
great disaster. The cry of distress, however,
is beginning to grow louder. Manufactories
are stopping, and men thrown out of em
ployment In Newport it is estimated that
5,000 or 0,000 people i\xe homeless, and
their supplies were exhausted at noon.
UAI.LII'OLIS, Ohio, Feb. II.—The relief
committee eeut to Pomeroy has just re
turned. Five thousand people are camped
on the hills in terrible want for food and
shelter. One hundred and iil'iy houses have
touted away. Boats land at tHe court house
(tops. The people are hngcrardaud worn out
lor sleep, food and shelter. Nearly every
business man is bankrupt. The coal minus
at Syracuse are flooded. A. houre went
by Mkldlcport this morning with a woman
sitting on the gable end J.leu rowed out
and appealed to her to get oft', but she re
fused, saying she ht four babies -boimv. A
plass was biokcu and the children were seen
floating dttul
SIOIJK AXI) MOHE SEHIOUS.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 12. .12:110 a. in.—With the
river a foot higher to-night than a year ago
and rising at midnight an inch .in hour, tho
situation becomes more and more serious.
Up to to-night the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton road has been able to reach its depot.
It will be unable to get trams out in
the morning. This leaves the Cincinnati
Northern the only road able to take
its transmission from its depot. It carries
passengers for the Cincinnati. Washinglon^r
Baltimore, aful for the Fan Handle out lo tflh
junction with the Cincinnati, Washington «t
Baltimore road, which road is used by the
Pan Handle to LoveJand. Trains on the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati »fc Indianap
olis road are obliged to stop at Chester Park,
seven miles out. Ohio and Mississippi boats
ran no longer land at Storr's station, and
will use a ferry to convey passen
gers to and from the boats. The Cin
cinnati Southern is arranging for a ferry
to reach the depot at Gest street The Ken
tucky Central and Chesapeake & Ohio have
no water to trouble them Five thousand
distillery cattle, now at the stockyards, will
have to be removed in the morning. Tho
water has reached Chester park, and Maud S.
and Kittson's horses will probably have to be
removed from the stables. Covingtou has
neither gas nor water.
THK MASONS
of this city have found it necessary to take
decisive action, and issue tho following ap
peal
To the Masons of tho Cnited Status: The
Masons of Cincinnati represent that a calamity
proatcr than ever known is now upon tho Ohio
valley. For hundreds of miles, not only Masons
In great numbers, but thousands of mon. women
and children are homeless, cold aud hungry.
Every source of charity must bo railed on
to relieve their distress. If any Masonic body
desire* to contribute* tothw noble purpose, re
mittances may be sent to the Masonic Flood
Committee, Masonic Temple, Cincinnati.
All the Masonic bodies in the city will meet
to-morrow to perfect amuigements for sys
tematic relief. Tho river at 10 p. in., vvas
sixty-eight feet tenth and one fourth inches,
and rising half inch pur hour raining hard
TO KNICrin-S OK TIONOU.
TOLEDO, Feb. 12.—Following is an appeal
Issued by tho supreme dictator of the
Knights of Honor:
Supremo Iiodtre ICnltrhts of Honor. Toledo.
Feb. 11, 18S-1.—Distress call to all lodtres anc
Knights of Honor: Thousands of families art
Ruffcrinj* from the awful floods in the Ohio and
tributary st reams. This only need be named tc
induce iusiant aid, much or little, from each o1
our y,000 lo bres and KW,o0O members. Thf
distress' is too dire to await relief through
single channel. Aid sent by telegraph or other
wise to cither of th« following persons will 1«
distributed in their own, uolithborintf or remote
rnmmunUfea, to nocdy sufferers, whether they
bo of us or not: Col. Lewis Wilson, Cincinnati.
G. O. Hhofleid, Wheeling, W. Va.: .Tudgo Robert
Jj. Brcckenridge, Louisville, I\y. Judge O'Kej
Johnson, Parkersbunr, W. Va., Thomas K. Rich
ards, ZanesviMe, Ohio: John B. Kwan. Covin#*
ton, Ky. Itoseman Gardm-r, Stoiibenrille, Ohio:
Rev. Thomas ltovle, Allegheny, "Pa. and W.
Godfrey, New Albany. Ind. SulTerers in othei
communities will report, thefr needs to ono ol
the above.
[Signcdl It H. COCHRANE,
cient
Supremo Dictator.
THE GOVKltXaraXT ACTING.
WASHTNni'ox, Feb. 12.—The secretary ol
war is taking active measures for the imme
diate relief of sufferers by tho overflow oi
the Ohio and tributaries, in accordance witt
the act appropriating #2100,000 for that pur
pose. Orders were issued to-day for Gen.
Amos Beckwith, assistant commissary gen
eral stationed at St Louis, to proceed to Cin.
cinnati, where he will have general charge
of the distribution of supplies. Jle will es
iabJadi eadqnarters at Cincinnati and act
directly under orders from the socretary ol
war. Orders woru also issued for the pur
chase of supplies and the charter of a suft!
number ot boats to distribute then
where most needed. It has also been ar
ranged that an officer of the aruiv shall ac
company each boat and superintend the isarn
of the supplies. The general plan of rebel
determined upon is the same as that nursuec
In affording relief to sufferers from toe over
flow of the Misslusippi last Tear. In order tc
givo his personal attention to this subject,
Seer"*"'-" Lincoln has abandoned his pro
posed trip to "*hieago.
oov. HOADl/Y PHOCXAJMH.
CoT'tTMBua. O.. Feb. 12—The following
proclamation was issued this evening:
To the people of Ohio: The distress existing
along our western border cannot -well bo exagger
ated. Many thousands of our follow citizem
»re without- JCood and ebe)ttrv The ureas ha
as
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VOLUME II KIMBALL. BRULE COUNTY, DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884
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brought vividly to the attention of us all the dc
tails of the sorrow and suffering which the pros
ent flood has entailed ujon oar people. Th
duty of the citUenS of Ohio is to furnish relic
and that immediately. 1 urge upon ever
community In the state to organiz
at once for the purposo ot providing for the re
lief of their unfortunate fellow-citizens who liv
jn tho banks of the Ohio. Everything is neede*
aud at every point along the state boundary
except at Cincinnati, which is taking care
t-ir own sufferers. Money, clothing, shelter an*
od must bo provided, and that speedily, or los
t£ life will be the result. An energetic commit
tc-\ of which P. W. Huntington is chairman
.»«en organized in Columbus. This commit
kvU2 ciarl-artaia tho taak of distribution. I
general assembly should provide fo
lio creation of a state rel er coramitto
•iia ppointmenUs will be made Immediately, ant
ao aaid comrnifirtlon will also undertake th
:isk of disunijai'.oTi. No tlino should bo lost
rg uniz&tfe rv perfected, and what ma:
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Itomembering the feeling with which our "Lift
in the Highlands" was received, the writer think:
the present volume may equally evoke sympa
thy as, while describing a very altered life, it
shows bow her sad and suffering heart wai
soothed and cheered by the excursions and inci
dents it recounts, as well as by the simple moun
taineers, from whom she learned many lcssom
of resignation and faith in the quiet of the beau
tiful Highlands.
THE PRINCE CONSORT.
After a dedication to the '•Loyal Highland
ers. and especially to the memory of otu
faithful attendant and friend, John Brown,*
the diary opens with the building of the
memorial cairn in honor of the prince con
sort It reads as follows:
We started off iu a little ponv chair, led bj
Brown, Bertie {prince of Wn'losi iu front,
Kleauor and Louise on ponies and the twe
little boys. Arthur and Leopold. I actually
drove in tun little carriage to the very top ol
Craig Lowriijan, Grant aud Duncan pushing t-h
carriage behind sweet baby Beatrice. We found
at the top the view so line, the day ec
bright, the heather so boautifully pink but nc
pleasure, no joy—all dead. Here at the top if
the foundation of a cniri* to be erected to the
memory of my prccious Albert. 1 and mypooi
six orphans all placed stones on it, aud our in
itials arc to be placed on stones all around it.
Several succeeding entries in the diary
mention other visits. to the prince's cairn,
along with family records and remarks oi
domestics. The 'following may eervo as
sample of the latter:
When near the cairn, Grant said: "1 thought
you would like to be here to-day, on his birth
day." So entirely is he of the opinion that this
beloved day, and even the l^fth aC December, th€
imnivei'sairy of his death, must be looked upon
as a day of mourning, Tiiere is so much good
and strong faith in theso simple people.
In October, lMKJ, when making an excur
sion from Balmoral to Ciova, the carriage
was overturned. The face and right ann o!
the queen were bruised, and Brown's knees
were badly hurt. Succeeding entries recur to
BROWN'S INJ EUV.
I wis much distressed at Bclfnst to And that
poor Brown's legs had been dreadfully cut at the
back of the knees, and ho said nothing about it.
But to-day ono became so inflamed aud swelled
so much lie could hardly move. The dactor said
he must keep in as much as possible and walk
very little, b»t did not forbid his going out with
a carriage. I did not go out in the morning.
The next day, Oct. 12, tho queen writes:
"Brown's leg 'is much better. The doctor
thought he coulu walk over tho hill to-mor
niorrow." When making her first visit to
UJassalt Shiel, a mountain lodge, in 1808, tho
diary describes the house war ruing, as fol
lows:
Brown came to say that oil the servants were
ready. There wore present Louise, Arthur, Jane.
Lady Churchill, a number of domestics and
policemen. We made ninetcsn altogether. Five
animated reels were danced, in which ail but my
self joined. After the ilrst reel whisky toddy
was brought round for every one. and Brown
begged that I would drink to tire the land
ling.
The merry, pretty little ball ended at 11, but the
men went on singing in the steward's room for.
some time. All wore very happy, but sad
thoughts tilled my heart, both before dinner aud
when I retired to rest. I thought of my darling
husband, whom I tancied 1 must see, and who
always wished to build here. Then the sad
thought struck me,
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fitjpaaJ,, Utc:o/aTe, to all the good people
Ohi3 va BVJipM without delay to assist th
a.-lousicllet oommitt oea in their efforts to sta
uetideo? distress which is overwhelming th
orders of the state.
GEOKHR noAniiY, Governor.
The Crown and the Pen.
LONDON, Feb. 11.—The queen's new bool
was distributed to the p»vss this morning. I
consists of a disconnected diaiy from Aug
21, 1802, to September, 1882, with alonj
gap from October, 1870, to final date, cov
ering the period of transition from the ad
ministration of Beacoustield to that of Glad
stone. The entire book is devoted to do
mestio and family affairs, political allusion
being oniy incidental. Tho illustrations ari
numerous, and include portraits of th
queen and Princesses Eleanor, Louise ant
Beatrice also a portrait of Grant, the quecn't
body servant, and one of her attendants
John Brown. There are pictures, too, of th
queen's collie dogs. Sharp and Noble, an
several views of scenes in the Highlands
from sketches by Princess Beatrice. In tht
preface the royal authoress says:
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is my first widow's
house, but 1 am sure his blessing rests on it."
LOUISE ANT) L.OUNE.
October 3, 1S70, Priucess Louise became
engaged to the Murquis of Lome.
Tiie event tooU place, says the queen, 'luring
a walk from Glassalt Shiel to Dhulook, where
Louise had gone with Lady Llv. the lord chan
cellor and Lome. Louise on returning at ni«ht
told me Louie had hpoken of liis devotion to
her, and proposed to her. £he had accepted,
kowing I would approve. Though 1 was not un
prepared for this result, 1 felt painfully the
thought of losing her. but naturally 1 gave my
conscnt and could only pray slvc might be happy.
The eoncuhling page is devoted to the
death of Brown. It contains these sen
tences:
His loss to me 1s irreparable, for he deservedly
possessed my entire confidence. Ho served me
truly, devotedly, untiringly. To say that he is
daily, nay hourly, missed bv me, whose life-long
gratitude he won by constant care and devotion,
la but a feeble expression of the truth,
So far tis its political interest is concerned,
the book is throughout intensely disappoint
ing. All tho queen's remarks have direct
reiation to personal emotious. Even iu her
allusions to tho Egyptian campaicra and bat
tle of Tel el Kobir, her only thought is for
Lhe safety of the duke of Connuught. The
diary says: "On the eve of the attack, I
prayed earnestly for ray darling child and
lougedforthe morning* to come." The next
day she gets a telegram anoouncing the great
victory and reporting the duke was well and
had behaved admirably, whereupon she says:
I liave unbounded joy and gratitude. I showed
the telegram to Beatrice and embraced her
warmly, saying: "What joy anil pride and
t-ause tor thankfulness we have to know that our
tarling is safe and so much praised." I feel
unite beside myself with joy and gratitude,
'hough grieved to think of our losses.
Senator Morgan's Start.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, Lad a
hard straggle when lie began the prac
tice of law. His shingle hung unno
ticed for many months. Becoming des
pernte one day, he packed up his few.
books and started for the depot, deter
mined to abandon his profession and go
to Texas. He had reached the foot of
the stairs which led to his oflico when
he was accosted by an elderly man who
inquired where John Morgan's law
officii wfts. '-Right here, sir my name
is Morgan." "Going out.'" "I am
about to start for Texas on pressing
business." "Indeed! Then can you
direct me to a good lawver! I've a lit
tle case to dispose of.' I decided,"
said Mr. Morgan afterward, telling
the storv to a friend, '•that my Texas
trip was not so pressing after all. I
took the old gentleman into my oflicc
and heard his case. I wou it, and amce
that day fortune has favored me.''
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The best located
town in Southern
Dakota, being situ
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in the midst of the
best farming and
stock country in
the world. The
proof of which has
been fully demon
strated in the mag
nificent crops of the
past few years.
IIBALL
Is located on the Main Line ot
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul liailroad, 48 miles west ol
Mitchell and 22 miles east ol
Chamberlain. It has a line iuh
lic school building', good church
es, a first-class jiostoffice, two
banks, two jrood hotels, one
large grain elevator and mate
rial on the ground l'or another,
three lumber yards, all tarrying
immense stocks several black
smith shops, good livery stables,
and stores representing all
branches of trade. Still the
country demands more and to
live men great inducements are
offered to invest in this.
Beautiful Town
The Brule County Agricul
tural Fair Grounds adjoin the
townsite and is one of tho best
lair grounds in the Territory,
with a good half-mile track.
THE TOWN IS BOOMING
And now is the time to invest.
D. WARNER,,
Proprietor of the original town
site, has platted and laid out
three additions, all adjoining,
with a continuation of slreets
and alleys. Part ot which are
in acre lots, so as to enable all
classes to be suited in procuring
a residence lot The most de
sirable blocks on Main Street?
are still for sale to those who
desire to engage in business, aud
great inducements are oliered
to that class of men.
The climate in this part of
Dakota is everything to be
desired and is fully as mild
as that of Ohio, Indiana and Il
linois, with, perhaps, a less num
ber of cloudy days. The rain
fall is abundant and always
comes when most needed. The
water is free from any alkali
taste aud as pure as any found
in any of the'Eastern States. Iu
short, the country, climate and
social advantages make this one
ol the best it not the very best,
county in Dakota for the emi
grant.*
For further particulars, call
on or address
D. "WARNER,
KIMBALL, DAKOTA,
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