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1 Not with June limb . - ex tan l.tAnV ' have N v r 11 1 of Th tin. tti2. lif sv of Tl jrnti. -1 2, ' hf : fT J-f-n. j hf n.( ,f T 1 K'H t, T Tl Ian. or vti 11 V S"n 1 Joh 11c A All' the t,t' r. . !'J- It f i?0 '0 it u ti I" it , .j , T - If t i f .," "1? g C ,. , . . ... I ' I 1 LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOE MEEK BY MRS. FRANCES K.UU.Y PAYS CIIAITKU XVIII. Wnli L Mnk was a ;tivo 01 Washington Co.. Ya. Hurn in th, earh- part of the preset c.mtury, and brought up 0:1 a plantation ' where the utmosi iiixuy " corded the "young massa ; fcrriiiR outdoor H 1 uc,,,. llitl,t . tiiun., fir, Hnd youthful bondsmen ol Jiliidy with the bald-'tK .'master who furnish' idt-d seh.ooi 1 him the alp!i.ibot on a paddle ; p "till exhaustless fun i of huinor, united to a fpn.t ' ture and reniaikahle gtrrnpth. he unwittirg.y I io himself the very wliieh the heroes of the w were made. Yirgini i. -th of the Presidents," L.u- many such men, who, ;:i t days cf the now iop;i';.-.:-. States, became the bar men. or the ft-ariess 1 i.di ers who were the bor.e a; of the land. When younc Joe was n'. pen veara cf RSL he wva:'. ::t'.g .1 monotony of ptar.ta'.;.';-, i -:e, jumping into the waao:". c-t a i bor who was po:i.g to I . u s Ky started out in life t - hi. He "reckoned they did r. t liim at home ;" al whii-'n e.-:.i'. others beside Joe naturally on hearing of his l.ocdus position, ar.tl u'ter tempt ' f. r the or.li:i:;ry useful employments to other men apt ly tl:em?eiv, -. truly Yjrginian and ehiva, r;c tempt for "hom-st lab n " ha tinued to disgust hira trie", his eventful career, ev-: :.!'. formint; the most ardm s i of the life ht had ch ' :. Joe probably l,c,-tv.d should his father gri v- ;' r his strp-motlier woi:l le hi console him ; this -p i.. though a pioo's ami g w. not being one of the s i 'v as might easily be coi y cure was euch thoughts as ti. e kept up his resolution to ? far west. In the autumn of he arrived in St. Lou;?, am following spring he fell in Mr. Wm. Sublette, of the K eon aid , hi.-h e-j:i- 1 1 !tes It that the the i-ith KeV Mountain Fur Company, ..-s making his annual vis.t i tb:t frontier town O purch.:-o mvrJ. i:i dm for the Indian cu:. ;-y, urA pick up recruits for the mr h-i.ta.s tcrvice. To this exptrit;: : i h :-i-er he offered hirnstif. 'How old are you?'' aikc-a Ji letl. "A little past eighteen.'' "And you want to go to t"n Reeky Mountains?" "Yes." "You dont know what y. i are taikiiig about, hoy. Yvn'.I be killed before you get hail way ;!. "If I do, I reckon' I c:-:i 'Y.-. V Faid Joe with a fiush os hi- full dark eyes, and throwing k !.: fihoulders to fchow their breadth. ''Come," exclaimed the trad'-r, eyeing the youthful candidate with admiration, and perhaps a Vam.Ii of pity also; "that is the -ime ipirii. I thick you'll do after a!!. Only be prudent, and' keep your i. ahout you.'' "Where else f-houhl they be?" laughed Joe, as he iuandit.1 oil', feeling an inch or two tai'tr than before. Then commenced the business of preparing for the y ;y making ..n!.;,.t!.,,r.0 ii-io, tl,,. r.th. r tp. cruits ciiioving the t.ovel'y of owning an outfit, being iuitiat-d into the mysteries of camp du; v by the few old hunters ho were toac - company the expedition, and learn-, ing something of tloir sw.i and disregard of civilized obs ancc. On the 17th of Marc.., I ;.'.', company, numbering, ahou'. i inen, left St. Lou;s, and proo . on horses and triules, r.lth p ' 1 v- the X t V ded horsee for th-3 goods, up through (he state of Missouri. Camp-life . .., . . 1 commenced at, me start ; ami mis , wouiu ever see tne .Missouri coun being the season of the year when , try again. Many indeed went the the weather is most disag'i.e t hie, j way the woman of thu gourd had 'ilsromance rapidly rnelti'l awav j proph.sied ; but not tho hero cf with the-sonw arid fleet which vari- lhis story, nor his comrade Newell. ' rd the flifttj) spring wind and jljej The route of Captain Sublette trtqticiit fold rains. The recruits "gr.'.... i'4l.,r.;:..i,'. tl 1 1, ii.. ;.. ., !,..., tv-'watu tnrongh oil the littitj iiiii-liapsi indident to, trio bu-inesj) and to j !.; ttieirjnexlienence, such as involun tary ter6au!ts over I Heir mules bloody note?, biuifcf, dusty faces,, t FULLER VICTOR IN OKKGO.n'. ...eeidents in forvlinn ' streams vet withal no very serious Miurtsor hindrances Rough t),rr ,l .,.(. nvrreUn cavo theill aollish appetites, which .(o.hhI ; the coarse camp-fire ami amateur clock of a 1 cook ing. Getting up at four o attsmi to the animals was not the; most delectable dutv that our labor I despising voting recruit eo'.ild have ; chosen but it- lie repented of the; venture l:o liaa inaito 11000,1 v l,. he had made t the wiser. Sleeping of stormy j rights in corn cribs or under sheds, ' conid not be by any stretch cl nagination converted into a high- j nmiatic or lierou mode of .oJg ; 0 1 . c ' of 1: t self. I'ue squalid man- , , i:;g of the few inhabitants i 'Missouri at this period, gave a j r'.orn aspect to the country which j lacking in the wilderness itself; 1 umougia wtiio.i .oroeun.es oc- .1 .- rred to Joe like a hope for thi tiire- Mountain fare he begin U i;.k must be better than the bail ed com and pork of the Missouri- j . . 1 1 I....V. 1 I ai,-. -vr.ieiope anu nimaio 1111 ut were ir. suitable viands tor s ':. inter than coon and opossum. Thus thot-c very duties which seem e 1 undignified, and those hard -hips ; without dart r or glory bid. iti.uktd the beginning of his eareet I made him more ambitious of a ' taoru fiee and hazardous lif.' or j ; : the plain and in the mountains, j f Among the recruits was a your.c 1 man not far from Joe's, own age, I named Robert Newel), from Ohio. 1 'ne morning when the company was 1 neatiiped near Boon vi lie. tin t-.'o young men were out looking f.-r their n.uiis, when they encoun- tvrtu an ehier.y woman returning I f'cni the n.ilkin. yard with a gourd I of milk. .Newell made some re- j n.arki r, the sty le of vessle he j earritd, when she broke out in a i -harp voice, 1 '"Young chap. I'll bet you run of! from your mother! Who'll mend them hides in the elbow of 'our coat 1 vu re a pur'.y looking char to go to the mountains, amonp ihem Injuns! They'll kill you. you'd better go hack home!" Considering that these frontier enpli- knew what Indian fighting was, 1.0 doubt Sound and disinter-e,-tt i advice, notwithstanding it was given somen hat sharply. And so the ,..'.i: g men felt it to he; but it was not in the nature uf either o; then) to turn back frnm a course because there was danger in it. The thought of home and some body to mem. their coats, was how ever, fur the time very strongly presented. Out the company mov ed on, with undiminished number". Kar.-d at by the few inhabitant'. 11, d having their own little adven t .res, until they came to In b pend i c, the 1 1st sta'ion before com mitting themselves b the wilder- At this place, which contained diviiiing hente, cotton gin, and v c-ry, the camp tarried for a few days to adjust the packs, and pre par" fcr a final start acrot 8 the p'.iin,-. On Sunday the settlers got together for a shooting match, in which some of the travelers joined without winning many lau rels. Coon-skins. deer-fkins and bees-wax changed hands freely 11,(1 t'-wett, wnoso stun the witn the rifle was ereater than their '"',u "-ver dollars, una was 0 Ia"'" v''stige of civilization hich ! . iUil "P""- could hop- to behold I f,jr -vtars ' a"d a . ' jH'" frora the,' a f,artir'g lo,jk " ll,p' t,naliy ok their way across uie j.iains -toward tne Arkansas nver. Often on this part of march ' a tfd silence fell upon the party. which remained unbroken for ! miles of the way. Many no doubt ; regretting homes by them aban- dorn.-d, or wondeiing dreamily how many and whom of that company .01 ., ... . ; led acres the country from near ; accident, und arrived, about the !i l, .. .,,i 1, ,.t 1 1,,. !.'..... i..r..i.e . .. .. the n outii ot (lie Kansas river to; the Arkansas nver ; thence to the ..south rork of the Ilatte; thence on I he North Fork of that river, to j where Ft. Laramie now etandsJj , 1 thenoe up the N'orth Fo.-k to the Sweet water, and tluneo across in a slid northwesterly ilirutiou to the head i.f Wind river. Tlio manner of camp travel is now so w-rtll known through thi writing nt' 1 rving, mi.) slid li;tirt' f i o til tln great numbers .vhich tl:'v' "OHni tl, a pi tins since As- toiiaaud Inmnevillo were written that it would he sunertluous here ' . .. I . I :. . 10 !,u r l'ron " l,,n u l,l',r "escrip. , tion of a train en that joureey. A ; Mill, intii iiiittt.'irv tiiMij'ititi' tnta to te ina;ntannl, regular ihities i'S!ii?ned to eaoh person, pret'im- i lions taken against the losi of ani-' ma's either by straying i r Indian ' stampeding, etc. Somejof tin men , were appointed as eamp keepus, who had all se things to look ; after besides standing guard. A j vecto l.vtrd 11s liimters. ami thest are froe to ooii't ati.l go, as )(,, cil.-.j. quired. None hul the most experienced were chosen; ,-,r hunter, on a march j therefore our recruit e.iuld not aspire to thai dignity vet. and game for the camp. The Tiie tirst a iventure the company ! plains along the lVno Agie, be mi t with worthy of ment'on after : sidi s furnishing tha-e necessary leaving itidepmlence, was in cross- , bountiis. Wi le homered bv pietur ing the countrv between the Ar- Utqtie mountain range, whose k.ins, an j ,;u. n.itto. 1 1 re the camp was surprised one morning : by a ban I of Indians a thousand 1 strom:. th.i! came swceniifj down , thom ; fU.., warlike stvb- ' tj,.u 0V;.,, 1 ',,,,,, SaPLtte fain to believe it his last battie. j Cpon the open p .ti i i tin re is im such thing ns ihght, nor any ever ; under whuli to eotneal a patty for even a few moments. 1'. N always flight or di if lha as-ailants are in the humor for war. I Happily on this occ.isimi ihv d.ltiil p.rovtd to lie more peaca. iv dispo-eil than th-ir appearance in- lieated, being the warriors of siv era! tribes the Sioux, Arapahoes, , Kiowas and Cheyenne, who had f oeen holding a council to consider probably w hat miseliief they could j lo to some other tubes. The spec tacle they pnsented a thev came at full sp d 01 horseh.i -k, armed, painted, brandishing their weapons ind yelling in first rate Indian V.yle, was one which might well trike with a paUy the stoutest heart and arm. What were a hand of sixty men against 11 thousand armed warriors in !u,l lighting trim with sp.-ir. shields, h w-. oattle axes and not a few guns'.' Hut it is the rule of th ; rant.it-ain-nv.-n to tight and that there is a chance fir life until the breath i lUtof the body; therefore Captain Sublette h id his little firoe draw up in a line of battle. a came the eavagi 3. whoojiing and siving ing th-ir weapons above their ueads. Sutih tte turned tn his men. ' When you hear my shot then fire." S .ill th -y cam? on, until within about fifty-pac-'s of the line uf wait ing men. Sublette turned his oead, and saw his command with tln-ir gu is all up to their faces ready t ti.-e, then raised owui gun. Jt.P". at this u.onient the printlpil chi-f sprang off his bor. laid hi weap-ni on the ground, making signs of peace. I hen fol lowed a talk, and after the giving of a CO isble.'ahie present, S tbiette ivas alio vo l to depirt. This, he did Willi an -lispatcti, tne company , put ,, g, !lUii,.; free trapper re ou' t ng as much distance ag possi- , gar,,.j ,,, ,(.f ;tM gr,.aljy the u ole between themselves and their j,,.,;, 0," ,,j(h(,r ,,f .lc fur,.g0ig visiters before making their next ,..,,., M i: hi own homes camp. (.onsiuering tne warns.. character of these tribes and their superior numbers, it was as narrow r,.n. i,n tl, ,. re, rl of I to. ' pany uu it was an exceptional freak , if generosity on the part of the' savages to allow it. Hut Indians have tUl a great respect for a man I who shows no fear; and it was i most probably the warlik move- i ment of Captain Sublette and his parly which inspired a willingness on the part of thi chief to accept a present w hen Ii3 had the amer t hive taken the wholu train, lie- sides, according to Indian logic, then present cost him nothing, and it might cost him many warriors to capture tho train. Had there heen the least wavering on .Sublette's j pait, or fear in the countenances of - His men, the end of the affair, would have been different. This J adventure wan a grand initiation of the raw reotuiin, giving them ' t .1. .... 1 :. ... . uuin un iiiisiiii intti navnge mo ins 1 of attack, and an opportunity to ; test their own nerve. : Tlie company prececded wilhoul first of July, at tho rendezvous, i which was appointed for this varied wiiha fine horse ca imiisoncd on the Popo Agio, one of the streams w hich form the hcudivat'T I of Bighorn river, j Now imloi it, young Joo had m oppniiiiiiity nl H't'ini! ?oiii'tliiii(j 1 1 I he life upon whioh lie hail entered. Ai eut"iuary when tin traveling n.iitm'1' arrived at rend. rvi-iM h l In) ye.it'.i mereli;HHli.-e, t beiti wua ! angeling ni all thu pa ' 1 1. elf, if ; thi'V were williiu ri aeh of the tip ! pointed piaee, tn tliis eeeafii ll Smith was ahooiil on bin tour t'ininch Californiti and W estern til 1 . ..t .. ... 1 1... . ... M. v -remi. a..n., mi. .. r.u. , paitner, nr.d th eouiinaiid, r for un'i'n,H,tMi, ,.f,i.v.v , , k" i ami Mi.ilcUe tia.l j usi ai 1 1 veu nn the gondii from St. bonis. All the different hunting and (nipping parties and Indian allies were gathered toga'.her, so that the eamp contain 1 several hundred men, w ith their liding and puck log horses. Nt r weie tmlian wo- men ami ehinl ren wantin . to tur . - ; vatiety and an appearance of do 1 on slieity to the scene. 1'he summer rendc-voiis w.i a! - : ways chosen in some valley where ' there ..s :-rass lor the animal. naked I,'. of;., of red sand sttme : ohangi d into a rcenc ol tin1 w ililesi glowed in the niorniioj; ati.r evt uing carousal, toing from bud to worn. ,-t;n with .1 melhovnes-i of coloring ; un'il from harmless noise ninl bins charming to the eye of the Virginia tor it came to fighting and I is 11' recruit. Trie waving grass of the! life. At this first tenth jvouh It plain, vatieg iletl w ith wild llmvers ;; was shocked tti behold the revolt th clrar summer heavens decked ing exhibltiott of four trappn. with white clouds that threw Si f, "playing at a game i.f cauls will, shadow in pissing; the gr; ing : the dead body of a c iiirnde !r a ai.imils sc.-.tti ted aiout the mead jcartl table! Such w.i iheimlilhi r t.ws ' the ! .1 1 Jt of the Ihek-hw.tvs, ..r.e.iid w hich clu.-tertd the cautp'narv tnut'on which tlnse viler i:iu.,; iy g irh and hrd.i i:tt c ilor- j an of the v, ihi rn s-. culiivat. d in in :;g,v l.uigh er, and the intir- ; tin ntielve. and it euleated in t!to tnur ef s'.ft Indian Void , all mail..-1 u ho tame under thin n Inn nee up a most -polt- d and enchan: ing Seer es like -tins at tils' had the picture, in w hich the eve i.f an at-; t IT. 1 1 to King ft clings 1 1 hcm.su-k t;.-t could not fait to delight. Hut as the goods veie opmed the scene gn w livelier. All were eager to purchase, most of the trappers to the Itiil amount of their yaar'e wages ; and .-onir of them, general !v fiee tr ippers went in d-hl lo th 1 lompanv to a considerable am eant, aft-r sp- nding tho value of a year's; 'be force of thlicule, is very potent labor, privation, and danger, at tne .th the young; n..r ate we quit, rateof several hundred dollars in a ll'fec fiom their intiaenee later in single tlav. The d and a fi favor 0 itlt-rence between a hireil i . tr,4ll,,p w ill ,rr,nl!c 111 ' '"It1 - t-J --- c .1. . 1 ... . ti... 1.:... 1 1 l II ' illter. I lie 1 1 , 1 I 4i trapper was regularly intli ntured, and hound no', only to bunt and trap for his employers, but also to peiform any duties nqiiircd of him in camp, 'fhe Rooshwa.v, or the trader, or the p irtisrn, (leader of the ilelaehminl.) hid him under Ids command, to uuikj him take charge t f, load and unload the horsis fuel, 1. duty, j .-civic I ir.ips, , hor.-es '. n quir s ceived stand gu ml, cii.sk, hunt ', in short, do any and every In return for his toilsome he recieved an outfit of arms and ammunition, and w h itever hi service d. H-.-i 1-s hi outfit he re in) more lii in three or lour hundred dollars a liar as wages. Theie was aiso a com .1 of free trappus, chowero Kiridshed with :h lroitlit by the company they trapped for, and who Hero itdigej to agree lo a certain s'.i pulated j price before the hunt commenced. I . iltill ilCcnuterment.-, arms and am- ; I1,u,ii1jon lie look what route ho i thouuht III, hunted and trapped wlim anil wnere no cnose ; iraueil with tne Indians ; sold hii furs to i ' i whoever ollernd most for them ; j dressed llaiintingly, and generally j had an Indian wife arid half breed! ehildrin, 'I'h' v prided themselves i " I n their haidihoo.l and courage;; j , V(;n 0 tiieir ,,!Ck!esstiers and ' J prfJfio;.1f y. Kaeh claimed to own) j ,h(. i,,. horse; to have hud the' wildest ad .entureo ; to have made; the mo-t narrow escape ; to have killed the grealet-t number of hear and indians ; to he the greutcst favorite with tho Indian belles, the greatest consumer of alcohol, and , 1 1 1 ... . ..... 1 j f.. largist credit on the Looks) of the company. If bin l.oaiers1 did not btlievu him, he was ready1 to run a race wit h him, to heat hrm ! nl "old sledge," or to (Uht, if light ' . .. . . ! 11 g wan preierre'l, ready lo prove w hat ho u dinned in any mant.ei the company pleased. U lhfs fr,, ,.,,,. ttifl(. ' she moved w ith the ea mil lo whicl I. ...... .'. ! . 11 - i he attached him.' elf, la ing; furnish i n thu gayest and cortliest manner, Her (ires was of ihu Ji i.i ( t goods the maiktt tiU'oidcd, and was null- al.lv oniaiiH'titod with hemic, lib bun, fillip' and. rraiherH. llrj rank, too, an a uet i 1 1 1 1 1 1 " ve her e.oiiM'.pit uee not ou'y in l.n ,,.v ( n ,.v, h, I ut in tt'OM' ol ti ite, and p't'terb'd hi r fieiu ll.a j sPtv i -i ill U'lu'-iy to hieh a.1 wjf,, ,,f an Indian hunter oi wiiriiorj would have been fliljeel. 1 hi' j 0ulv authuritv whieh the fien Ir.q - i 1Hr aeknowledi;eil was that ol : 'i I I. . . ..1!. r ruled i lt ,ul ,im f,,,,,,, ,,u . in ,,, Imlt, hoilevir her hud! in tit to : t u I'ti imik'. Due of (he free trappers special;,,,, d. li.htH was to take in hand thej law r emits, to gorge their wonder jji wi,h his boastful titles, and to;i aiiio.-u hiniM'lf with fhoikieg bis; I nidi's tivili.'ed no ions of ptopii rly. Joe Meek did i.ot esc.i e thi. soit i.f "bu'itking in," 111 d if ii 1 1. ,1111 K unnertr 111 tlio eouise el uns ...... , , I t . r .1 1 i v that he proved an ep!t i sehohtr, it will I ut illustrate a . ' ruth thai high t pints am line tub nt.- tempt tin tetiipttr to win them o ver 'to his iat.l;n. Hut Joe was no I won oM'i all ill once. lit beheld the beautiful' sptctaclo 11 1 the encampment as it has tu i u ill sciibid, giving life and enchant mcnt to the summer landscape ; t nee tt all the natlir.il am null i ' nt t-, while it inspired by c -nti is! ' StUt of i liiti 1. 1 1 11 1 tn.d teiign ' feehng also. According In Mu k't ' account cf those early day s in ll.i mountains, he said some secret ; prayers and shed some ectet tears Rut this did not last Tin if example, and ispeetalll j life. If the gambling, cWi aring, drink , ing, and lighting at first astimisln ,1 . '"It ilarmul the uitsophi-tiea'etl Joe, ho found at the nunc time Mimething to a.imire, and that h- f.-lt to he congenial with his o vn disposition, in the fearlessness, lb couteinpt of surtlie gain, the hearty merriment and fiolitcome abandon of llic better portion of the men about him. (To be continued ) NOTIN ANYTRUST THE fJW HOME SEW!Q MACHINE CO TOd rntfrrd it (rur.l or jmMimtJ'n : w wh V n?nr' it .( (.( then i nn ttnth til is h i"' i-"rt. UitM Ih-i-h ni'inulLi' ftsritB : ; 1 1 '.iii- iiiiif h Utt its Mr 'piiii'd r iiln rv. ; .i-l i...vc :. -Mlirf i r'"i it iI.om r.r nr irlf5 ivii-l t'l ir...K'i.iu- - tU:,i m It t nvj- (.f all oth-'r.;. 0':r ' ilnati " in nl u- (uti l.t-v.-';- M1 ri rlviti '1 tt a t.ttt.'y in:i I. In- - It I'ttiiNnl t:i. h'J.lufnt! Iti(U V- miff 'n9 rititrtiitit , .!tiU'.ft i oiri t-r . Tftc ' fir itotitv " in the unlv rrttlty tiiun uu i ns: svu Sn0 .nut h in on the mm hrt, i i f ! i ni .! uf tii -try (r vu ui'Mti r mm ft tnim i -1 --, i- our i-pilit "r i'ny uny ! t-l r.a w.- ),if vn ! ie , i,:. n, (,, w , huvc n v, r run rt ,1 no.) j j ... 1 1 1 1. ot will. Ill ;llief,iitur, r nt lew i-l,.!i) .0.. -ni, -tilic thilt .ir- Il.Il'lo In ."i! is .r,l. ' ..o i.f iinv llllrlh!'' KM-rllil. Is, li.it t ,1. ; e, t v, .1, vvl-, ii y.Hi vtuni n wlim iiim iiiiin -lon't I s, ri,! ;. ,..ir 111 miry nwity rr'.I.i It. ,11c ; r-.. 1 1 ,,.) 11 : " .li-ir Immi.'" lirtih'r, le' rim im II v.11 1. I l.eit r inn. I.111.. f.r l .s tluin y.m .uui pur- ltm 1 j wli. re. If Hi. ni 1. an deulur at-ur yuu. I wrl1' THE NEWKOME SEWINa MACHINE CO ORANOEE, rVI AO 3, New V'.rk, l ln.(j.i. III., Ht. I. .ml.., M..., A ll,il Ul, Uu,, Iiillu, l i-x., S..H i-r,.il'l!ir.t, t ul. OREGON SiiOtT LINE a unicn Pacific. I.k.eAHT J TIMK Ml'lll.lll l.KH VtiV. III.IM l., ..ft, 1, , I'lll.'H.l. I'.irllHiel Snll l.iilo,, lieic.-r, V K(,..-ml W.irth, l.nuOni, Kioi,.,. 1 !Z. I. 111. I III, H Iji.iib, I hi. .IK VlH llillll. Hll.l l.H.t. 1 II If It. 1 1 , 1 iin.t u- A IOO V K ru.oi !'.'.; , in h Sua I.ilk,'. Il. in I'l.i I J 1. in n.irtli, Onmliit, k'ftii.a.: l,;li n, , Via ll.llll- flit, HI 1..MIK, l'l,.a; lllKl.MI. Ull'l l'.ii:.t. I si. imuI wiu wli. I,.-,, I'uH M.OI M,.ik,uii'. Walliu'i', V r.l ,. in. n;ii, MOn via I'hiiI, IhOioii, Mll H..ikl..' I lui',M.,, nml l..i,t. I'nll ' Ml. aiikrwi 70 HOURS 70 (OUTtANDToCHICAGO i"i i ".. ... ... ...lie Yor I'lirtliruUrB ni to rnlen ale) i,, ie,f,, J. II. HtKWtlCV. aK,.,t, i,r. I S Ml . . .. . ii mini tin. r.illovvlJijbra:i U of CaJOl Qooas Carvv i .t ttii-i.ti-'i' i; . V 1,1-. r .1 "'"11 M l M " '. I'" M M I li.a It. i it. nan" It, Yellow Slnitc uixl Old HtcUory UKNDKION l'OliLAUI), t tl.l .Hf. S Fine NVins, I.iqirs and (;iprs. Ocst Dranils PPviKiKI. ' Till t iiV l f ,f L, .- .r.' a. 4 i.-it!ffl rs ? NfHi ' ii. i , -"-T-s'i VVo will m;ik j n Sjic-cinlty of till Kinds of Dlack tmiihin::, Her so s. hoc inj; nnd Woodwork. J .0 " ! e .r, I 1 ; O'fleil Bros., ii::,u.i5ii;i mi l.iroiis ANU t'KiARS, Beer 5 Cents. fdMIW.t! I , I 1 ,1 1 1 ii 1 ,V, Mi l'.KAVr.i:, MAY W '" !', siiAw s M.'i ,t RVK wh.-k 1 s ,,u i.o S ,,11, lllil.i.lr SfiAfillvO (ilAHEflOUSE GO. pie.f le It ,1 MERCHANDISE, W OOL, PKLTS, GRAIN, ETC. - UKAl.KUS IN LUMBER, WOOD, COAL, FLOUR. HAY AND GRAIN i Sj .1! ,'ll'entloll ind grading factll ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS I 'or I Iiuidlinir Stock I'll' KToll; ) W. H. CROOK COUNTY , feal Estate & Abstract Go. J l M.cri.i.nrii, M.f This company will , gent-nil Ileal Kstatn and Abstract hllslni'M as well a- to loc,!.. r-tll.'M upon pul.lio lainU. I'artie witiinK to dii- pose nf Ihi ir hitol . ..,,!, I ,,,, ,vi.n t r..ii 1 1 ... it lit. t. - t t......irll . , , , - - " j lion, pmiles n ls.hu l,, . f n k nnd w, have a niirnh. r of . Imicn h,tn RHEUMATISM 'tUIEF Id 1 MlflUtES '"' 'i '"'" ''ii'" t.W Il'nl "' 1 ' , llli.lui.ul ' i I I', J'"' I rj..o -,',. I't muttrti fiovk naouniiilla Oil Ito'Oo.'i t Cl Pi UlM SMI I'll .1 t'LKKK, puopHiuroua, in,i iiu'iii'iy. Ml Vmiioil. l,,ut!h Klitnf. ill '"' mi bOII. mi"ii w. fcIig. t,UClltOlVlllCrl. Domestic amllmportod Cigars. of Goods on tho Market. AM' IniMFSTU! . . . 1 1 I I " cuiars in bb Ibtt' iiivi'f.. 1 1. Nal Ur U ruln lKitar Hotel Unix w n i l', HHNh.Tr KUtlNM. 1. 1, 1,1 nil ilin tt-tiiia at .;. il I'wk I '.mill r lu lit and intwtriur tl ll 1.1,1 ti, lu-f I .ii.iura l.rfvl il iin lOUjlWlrJ l)J i .,1 mis .1 i:tkiu. o . tk d 'jb lu a .jti-U. Imr niannrr. Full line of Caned goftdl MAKTKI.l.. HKNNKMY ir4 MONOl'Ot.K brsndiea Saulrrii, Hitk, I'ort, Angnlic n III! INK Win. iielt nnd .,..! ; .! H-.o Un un from ft la l(l dii.(, dot I'UMlOO feel, is HOW uivrii lo wool. First clas haling ies. Also utoik yard latrt plan. ( ' KitKM 11 A Co , Hiitikem, Tho Dalli , J Mo.iiik Hitnn , Hniiker. Moro, hold., b. I.m Tim I.t!le. UU I.M, The Ihillc. I n nu iiuvd 11 1. 1 ...... - finminir in thu new town of 1'alniair. for 11 . W Ml fx ill tf&j?,,jM V x ,s.r ., - N .w. ... .r-