ALBANY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 24, 1875.
VOLUME VIII.
BUSINESS OAKDS.
SAMUEL. E. YOUNG,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
GROCERIES, X
BOOTS & SHOES,
THRESHERS, X
REAPERS & MOWERS,
WAGOHS, PLOWS,
SEED DRILLS,
EHOADGST SEED -
SOWERS, ETC t .
Fir stret, Albm'r, Onpw
Terms : -, Oasli.
St. Charles Hotel,
Corner Washington and First St.,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Matthews & Morrison,
PROPRIETORS.
House nearly furnished thwrahont. The
best the market affords always on the table.
FreC
rn to mm tr
i the Ilonae.
EscHaLge Hotel,
Corner First and Washington streets,
ALBANY, ORECOX,
.
E. S. Merrill & Co., Proprietors.
tTnder the new management, this popular
Rntal has been refitted and refurnished, and
now offers the t ravelin)? public the best accom
modation on tne most reaaonaoie lenns.
6-Free coach to and from the House. 33-:
A CARD.
AH. BEIA ft PARKER, late of Oregon City,
br leave to inform tho public that they
have purchased the entire stock ot drugs, med
MnM. JIil . fnrmerlv awnedbv R. C. Hill A Son.
and that they design continuing tho business
at the old stand, wncre tuey purpose Keeping in
-ne lorurc a lull asrorunem oi
Dmg,
Chemicals,
Talent Medicines,
. Toilet Articlct,
Perfnmery.
and everything 09unlly tound In a flrstrclass
'"While earnestly soliciting a continnnncts OT
the lineral patronage heretofore extended to the
old honse, we nape at the same time, by fair
and liberal dealing, and careful attention tothe
ir.nt. t.f nHtnmf iK. to merit the esteem of any
hew friends who may favor us with their or
ders. . r ,
Part fcniar attention win oc givrn to t nc com-
onnding of pnysician 's prescript ions miQ raui
ily recipes.
at an nours oi tne
hours of the layor liisrnt.
A. H. BELL & PARKER.
Successors to lc. c liiu. A ao.
Albany, October 9, irrMl
Here's the Place I
C Clauglitaxi
tt received and Is ofterin ar for sale a well sclee-
. . , tea siockoi -
ceheral ; merchandise
Which he Is determined to sell
ATT THE LOWEST PRICES
Das i , or MerchantaWe Produce
Please give tne a call, and examine
c2-rols. and Prices.
II. CUCGHTOK
Lebanon, Or.
15v7
P. C. DARPEB 4c CO.,
Eeolers In
detkiac, Boots um3 Shf, Hata, Orate-
rtem, Vmmrf ttootfeH Sotlowt Kbotn-oiui
. i mm rmtmta, lUrroro,
" " Willmwri Wool ana- Willow
,Wara Twrts ad TsJIms,
- roebe CteUorr, Ac-,
. SoM wry Ytw either for cash, or to prompt pay-
Eat& Hepsg ' parjbtr Shop.
trjnEBSifiSEa wmin u ect-
. JL fully 1 1
' thank tno eitien .
him for tire r seven yfrs.ar,d hopes for thai
fntnre a continual ion " "ji
accommodation of transient cnstomers, and
friends to tb upper Pt ofw.n J
d heat little bop nexAocAr Taylor roa.
aloon, where a good wof kman will always be
In auendanee to wait upon P-..-
Deo. 11, 1S74. . JOK WEBBHT.
tfiSX-TOlSUl- IflTEHESTS !
Old Kftnn, Mower Tfcr1,er"
Repaired and made almoat aa good a new
OIZl""1' OACHipS SHOP
Isnow'preTBredtoddallkfndsof
' Woo4 Tmrutas Bowlmo Md Dressalsnc,
Alan, anv Ironwork and general Blacksmun-
n the trade demand. . - .
in,n. ib,icAta will be ke t tana at au
FOUK-AGBE LOTS
a to call on W. IL.JW.juD A OO.rerr.
iarrhewbolacan tteTlsmteawlttTBry Ut-
tt expense. . rn
Jyito " W. H. DOW tt CO.
Horn IMexest
New Patents. Through dispatches to
t)ewey & Co., Patent Agents, S. F., wo
receive the following advance list of U. S.
Patents granted to Pacific Coast inventors,
viz: S. II. Holm, S. F. bridle bit; W. F.
Jeans and IX H. Bnlley, Ferndale, Cal.,
machine for counting stock; D. L. O'Con
nor, Covelo, Cal., baling press.
.
DIED.
September 3d, 1375, Charles W. Infant
son cf James and Martha Depuy, aged 1
year, elevcu months and eight days.
v Hpeelal Kotjces.
Cork Soie3.-H. Fllndt makes a pair
of genuine cork soled boots for $16, and
makes any kind of boots, just as ordered.
He also has boots bn hand. 50ml
Lumber Eon Sale. Mr. F. E '. Robln-
son is prepared to furnish nrst quality
Lumber at the foot of Washington Street.
(Jail before contracting. 30tf
N'ew FlRNT. Snm Miller ha9 boueht the Wnr-
on and Sinithshop heretofore occupied ly
Peters Snciilel. tocether with tbo material
pnd unfinished work, and is now prepared to
fnrntsh onvthinpr in nis nnc. consisting or
Cnrriiures. Bnsrzies. Lumber W asfOns. Hacks.
c, and senerai simtningr nearly anu wnn uis
patch. I employ none but the best of nicclinii-
cs. and insnre satisfaction. AH wortr war
ranted. I think I can make It an object for
vou to buy of me. tn price, style ana auraomi y
of work. I use the best of material, hickory
and oak, from the Eastern States. Call and e
amine for Yourselves : all I want is a lair trim.
I Have Had several years oi exrionion iui
coast, and with the knowledge thus gained, aia
certain I can please you. I (ruarantee to sell tor
cash as low as can be bought in this city. A
larse lot of lumber wagons, side and end spring
carrintres and hacks on hand. Patronize borne
manufactory do not send your money off out
oi tne country, act- tne part oi wise iiit-n, mm
bulla up your own aiate, ana you m prustH-T
0.11
Premium Chaiks. Those wishing; to
nroenre the celebrated Metzler chair, wil
taKe notice mat none are treimie tuiiess
the name J. M. Metzler appears on tlic
back of each chair. 44 tf.
VARIOUS "TODllER.-
The best sermon in the world won't
stand an e;ghteen-minnte prayer.
The new 6tyle of pantaloons to be
worn this Fall will be largo enough to
tie back.
An Ohio pulpit has been made into
canes and in thw manner still assists peo
ple to lead an upright life.
The best way tor a man to acquire
a nne now oj i.nvsuazo is to siuo ni'
toe against a raised brick.
"""If you wish" to make an editor mad
ucr than a luarch hare just whistle in
his Fanctura when he lstiyinsi to write
a leader.
The well-bred gentleman will not
spit on the carpet of a lady's parlor
while there is a match-box within
easy reach on the niantlepiece.
fceven iennessee women are mana
factrwers ot whisky, and they make as
poof liquor as any roan can. Swan B
has many such things to etiebnrage her.
A Nevada woman has a pair of
gloves and a pair of shoes made from
tlie hide of a Pawnee Indian,- and si
says she'll never wear any other kind
A Pennsylvania woman recently
hung herself somehow with a corset
This is the first instance on recod of
woman who didn't know that corsets
are unhealthy worn about tho neck.
Nowladies, listen to this. A Cana
dian priest has given notice that he wil
refuse the bacrament to those wearing
low-necked dresses or pull-back-skirts,
Any young man who has not been in
jail, and is 'tired ot standing around
6ghting flies will find that this is
good time to go to California and start
a bank.
A correspondent asks why it is that
mosquito bito is generally more poison
oua to a woman than to a man ? Prob-
Lablv becaupe it is only the. female mos-
r -
quito that bites.
2 Id Burlington, Vermont, three
churches were, recently struck by light
ning, net ' a number "of persons, who
were at prayer-meetinC'g. were knocked
down.' A terrible warning to church
goeri.
Wi caiA
all o' us be great" re
marked a seedy but benevolent philoso
pher. "Some of us ha'e cot to-' run
peanut stands, or children would gfow
up comparatively unaccustomed to lax
Mrs. Princo'of Wales has fifty-fouf
Saratoga trunks, and yet when She' goes
traveling she can't' find room for half
her clothes. All women must -jiave
something to cast a shadow over" an
otherwise happy Hfe.
- Tho dawn ot treedom tor women is
seen in Kentucky. It is seen because
Mrs Lovejoy left her husband and
soven children when given her choice
between that and lecturing on woman's
When a Massachusetts man walked.
seventeen miles to see a man hung, and
the prisoner was respited, the disgusted
traveler sat down in a fence corner and
hoarsely inquired if this country wis
drifting back to barbarism.
A Cleveland tlentist committed
suicide because he failed in his efforts to
invent f sovereign remedy against the
toothache. -His s access would have
ruined the profession, and his colleagues
are not wearing mourning for the de
ceased.
The young ladies of Abbot Academy
were told by Prof. Smyths, of Andover,
that while he was "not prepared to
send them forth as captains in the social
ship, there would be no difficulty in
their going as first mates."
Silver has been discovered in North
ern Michigan in gratifying quantities.
The. testa made from the vein rock
give aresultrof $45 ,34 per ton, and
people are rushing in to buy up the
land. This district is in Ontonagon
County, Upper Peninsular.
She was an athletic and deeply reli
gious, and "Here I raise my Ebenezer,"
she sang softly, as she lifted her hus
band, Ebenezer Johnson, off the 6toop
with an application ot her foot to his
coat-tails, when he came home a little
inebriated.
A Cincinnati paper attacks the New
York Herald for using the word 'gents.'
The Herald is right. There are 'gents,'
plenty ot them. They carry little canes,
eat with a fork only, and smoke to ex
cess. " The world would bo a wilderness
without its 'gents.'
A professional gentleman known
when at home as "Arkansns Bill," has
been traveling through Texas incog.,
dressed in dilapidated rustic garb and
childlike and bland smiles, and bank
rupting Texas generally at games of
cards which he at first appeared not to
understand. .
They are talking ot abandoning the
system ot giving prizes to Sunday
scholars up in Willimantic, Connecticut,
since they found a few weeks ago that
the boy who won a copy of Paley's
"Evidences of Christianity," had traded
it off tor a meerschaum pipe and
quart of peanuts.
Six skunks got into a Pennylvan"a
camp-meeting last week, and after stand
insr it as long as he could, one of the
brethren rose and remarked : "If you
all say so, beloved, and I think you
will, we'll get out of this. . The Arcl
Enemy of mankind must be stirring up
his fires, for I am sure I smell the gas."
A sirrn of the giving way of caste
theories in India was the recent mar
riage of a native widow in fJomby,
Over 500 friends wsro present at the
ceramony, including a number of ortho.
dos Brahmins. The groom was
leading member ot the Parthana Somaji
and the bfide belonged to the highest
Hindoo caste.
A candidate' for a vacant vicarage in
Englan announces an invention of his
own which mav prove to be useful. It
is peculiar arrangement of the pulpit
with a clock to give warning:- When
at the end of the halt hour" the clock
sounds an alarm, if tho' reachef Joes'
not conclude within three minutes1, down
comes the pulpit with the parson and
the rest of the appendages. , . - '
...... .
In 1874 Lafe Lane, present Demo
cratic candidate tor Congress, ; thought
Republicans were ' honest men good
enough men for him and- he supported
a ticket, composed mainly of' Repub
licans, tor. the several offices in Donglaa
county. During the canvass he said he
had been deceived in the Republican
party, as he had been led to believe that
it was very corrupt and its members
dishonest; but a -better acquaintance
with the principles advocated by the
party and the1 members' composing it
convinced , him that his, previous im
pressions 'were wrong -f and done tha
party- injustice; that ; the principles
were correct and the advocates' of those
principles honest and, truthful men
Mr. Lane, then, was a good Republican
-the principles ' of the Republican
patty were good enough for even the
pure and unsullied statesman. Late
Lane, in 1874." ' Bu haVdly a' twelve-
month expires, , and . he receives the
nomination for Congress at the hands
of the Democratic party, when he and
denly becomes convinced that the Re
publican party i really the most cor
rupt and rotten political power that
ever cursed this fair land! Now,' while
we would not assume,' of course,1 that
Mr. Lane is a political weather-cock
and liable to change with every breeze,
yet there are those who will incline to
the', opinion that ha posses&sea the
faoultyjin theflargest degree, ot adapt-
ias himself to any line of policy of tak
ing any pddtion, politically, that looks
to the advancement of Lafb Lane.
" SIGSIF1CA3IT. -.."T. -
We have it from the best ot author
ity that the Catholic priest at Jackson
ville denominates ' Mr. Lane as ' "the
Pope's candidate"! ft is understood
that special orders have been 'sent to
Coos and Curry counties to the faithful
to support Mr. Lane, because he is the
Pope's candidate. ' Every other consid
eration is to be laid aside, and the
faithful required to work withlnight
and main lor Mr. Lane s election,' be
cause the Pope sees in' him one .of the
pillars of the Catholic" Churchy who
will do what he can to break , down
and overturn our tree school system.
Do the people of Oregon want , such a
'
man in
Congress?
v
During a thunder storm in Maine the
ightning killed a horse worth $300 and
never touched an old cow which had
just kicked a woman senseless. . - '
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A New York. 6tate farmer has a cow
which loves to get drunk on whisky,
and supply the fanily with milk-punch.
In what color should babies be dress
ed? Why, in-fancy colors, ot course.
HALTERS PUB SIX.
HALF A DOZES FRONTIER DESPERADOES
HANGED AS EXTBAORDtSAKY SCENE AT
I.ITTXE ROCK, ARKANSAS A BLOOD-CTTRD-tlNG
RECORD OP OnTME MURDER FOR
MONET, REVENGE aStD WANTONNESS
COOL TO TflE LAST. . .... : :
The following account of the hanging of
six men at Fort Smith, Arkansas on Fri
day, the 3d instant, -and tho crimes for
which tliey suffered, is condensed from the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat t ' .
The six men executed were named John
Whlttinetoii, Daniel Evans. Edmund
Campbell, James Moore, Smoker Mau
Killer and Samuel Fooy.
wurrrrsGTos 4
lived in poverty with a wife and two chil
dren, near the lied riyer, in Pickens coun-
tv, Chickasaw Nation, and was sentenced
for a murder committed in that vicinity on
Snndav, Feb. 7th. -Oil the day in question
V hittington and John-J. Turner, a neigh-
Dor, startea in company, across tne river.
On the evening; of the same day, while re
turnincr, Whittii.gton knocked his compan
ion offi Ids horse wlttfaclub, rendering him
senseless, then deliberately cut bis throat
from ear to ear.-. Tbtrobject wasol course,
robbvry, -Whlttingtwg knowingtha'FTOfner
nati juo on tns peroiwnicn tie Immedi
ately possessed himself ot Turner had a
son. not out of his teens, who, a short time
prior to the murder. ( rod el out to meet bis
father, and while CTWSing(a , small prairie
noticed a man and two horses near the
cde-c ot a strip ol woods ahead of him. The
man's peculiar actions aroused susnlcion.
as he seemed to be busily1 engaged with
some ina isctngutsnaoie ooject on tne greuna
As the disbmce lessened- betwesn the boy
ana tne odjccb or nis iwtenuon- ne recog
nized VVhittington. a-ho at once mounted
his horse and rode off at full speed. The
lad was hoi rifled on : behoMine tlie dlsflar-
ured corpse ot his father, and immediately
started to wreaii a terrible vengeance on tne
cut throat. He came up with Whittlneton
at the river bank, and compelled him to
surrender at the month of a - derriiicer.
Whittington afterwards escaped, but was
again captured, and has been confined in
the Fort Smith latl for the past six months.
A knife, covered with blood and recognized
as belonging to Whittington, was found
near Turner's body, and Turner's money.
wnicn was oisa identified, was lonna on
Whlttington's "person after his capture.
Thero was not the shadow ot doubt as to
his guile j r,, i j ..- (
. . " -r TliE 'MCRCEBSra IVANS
Was a native ef Tennessee and has not yet
attained hisrjnajorirf fWbile traveling
from Denisoiv Texas, in November last,
with a yomig inan nasneerVilllam R. See
bolt, he killed" Ms -eouiparlon and was con
victsd'ol tb mnrdmv lie. was seen in com
pany With Seebolt j ; 8 prior to his disap
pearance, and Immediately after .the mur
der was seenridirtw Seebolt's . horse and
leading his" own: . I - body, which was
touud about a wek a r the murder,- was"
identified by a r : ;tuly worn over
the left eve. and t pinorjindnm con
taining notes iii t . t his relatives,
from which
wa csctu iaS;..ed tliat he be-.
longed tor a " "
mother resl i
and be b&3
Missouri,
arrested a .
Creek Xa- -. -.a
led a wiid i re
fin be iu" a wi
wore bis Victim's t
rest, and give See
one of the- hrwy
Evans was utteri.
When sentence w;
-rati" family. Evans
,qne countyr Texas,
relatives living in
i Tennessee. .He was
'a house, nearEufala,
- irderer has always
r . life, .how : reckless
let is .tated that, he
'4, long after "hU ar
horse 1u a fee. to
9 defended him,
'3, and .hardened.
..... ed tnou him ho
lauirbUisiy aM : : (.v u-iit you. - - "c
A full blooded negro, . J1 bom? near Scul
ly villc, Choctaw Nation, twenty year ago,
and the crime for which he was tried and
convicted was an unusually"-heinous one.
On Febronry 13th, accom panted by bis
thirteen-year-old brother Sam, and Frank
Butler, a half brother,, he clandestinely
visited the house of awson Ross, and
killed him, as well as ft young colored girl
reiidjng with fctm. EdmnutT and the half
brother, Butler, were both arrested, and
Campbell admitted having had a -hand in
the crime, but asserted that' Butler did the
actual killing. His only defense was that
several years previously; his father' and
mother had been injured by the murdered
man, and the deed. wa! committed tofsat
isly an overpowering longing for revenge.
Butler was also oonvlctedv and would have
ended bis existence by means of a hempen
tie, were it not for the fact that he stte tutt
ed to escape and was kiUed by, the officers
Of the law. - :.-7 "" ' '
As he calmly stood Uctng Judge' Parker,
was a perfect picture -of the Western des
perado.. Orwr slx- fee-in night massive
shouldered ar:.l tMt trom the ground tip.
he was ;"'" I rpeciraen of physical
manhood. i i ; boyhood' p he had
led the wKd lzi cattle herder,; and of
necessity had tn'wd in many a bloody
8criinmag-wf;,j"i;, redskins-- Bis asso
ciates were ct t"ia w: rst .clasaand thoogh
-ha was bn twey-e, bt yaara of age, nu
merous bloody deeds baa been placed to
his credit. The crime for which Moore
suffered the extreme penalty of tlie law
was committed in the Indian Territory un
der following circumstances : About a year
ago he brought some stock to Washington
County. Arkansas, and after disnosinir of it
lie and a confederate named, Huntou stole
some horses from a farmer named Fox.
who was a cripple. Indignant citizens Oh
learning ot the outrage, at once .started in
pursuit of the thieves and hunted them for
200 miles into the Indian Territory. As
the chase became hot, the vhrilarues were
joined by Cant. Erwin, a former United
states deputy marshal, and a companion
named Spivey. , The horse-tliievea . were
brought to bay on a little creek near Red
river, and tliey concluded to turn on their
pursuers and show fight. At the first fire
Spivey was killed by Hunton, and Erwin
Daaiy wounaea oy .Moore. .Extra exer
tions were then made to capture the thieves,
and they resulted in success. Hunton,
however, again succeeded in escaping, -was
again pursued into the. Indian Territory,
and killed. Moore's wife andtwo children.
subsequent to his Incarceration, moved to
the vicinity of ort Smith, where thev now
reside. -
SMOKER MAK-KTLLER "i '
Was a full-blooded Cherokee. Wm. Short,
a popular young white man, living in the
Flint district, was his victim. The scene
of the tragedy is about forty miles north of
tuts piace. exactly one year ago last
Wednesday, Short, who wss a mere boy.
being aged only 19, Started out on a bunt
ing expedition. Smoker-man met him and
asked to be loaned the gun for a few mo
ments, vine request was compiled witu,
when the red demon, true to the blood
thirsty Instincts of his race, stepped back a
lew paces, pointed tne nre-arm at nis ac
commodating friend immediately pulled
tne trigger, snort s aeatn was instantane
ous. The deed was witnesse'l by two men
who chanced to be in the vicinity, and who
identified the murderer. The proot was
positive, not only on this account, but be
cause the fiend openly bragged of his crime.
He was arrested at once oy the United
States authorities, and speedily convicted.
The prisoner's record was an unusually bad
one. Though quite young, he has a wife
and child. A few weeks prior to the crime
for which he was convicted, he killed one
of his own tribe, and was acquitted by the
tribal laws, of course, no one ever having
been punished for murder iu that territory.
. FOOT AND DIS TERRIBLE CRIME.
The murder for which Fooy was con
victed was one of tre most extraordinary
on record, and may well be classed among
curiosities of crime. In the winter of
1871-72, John Km-nett Naff, a young
school teacher, left Leavenworth, Kansas,
for the Indian Territory. Being an indus
trious young man, of fine address, and anx
ious to work, the Cherokee trustees placed
him In charge of a school near Tahleqnah,
where he remained from February to July,
1872. Desirius to return North, Naff re
signed his position, and on tlie 16th of
July, in the same year, after receiving $200
due him by same school trustees, he started
on foot towards the salt works on the Illi
nois river. ' The next night he slept at the
house of Caut. O. R. .Stevenson, deputy
United States marshal. A member of this
household was the murderer's sister. In
the RMirniiiSi when aljeul t- take- M-d
parture, Mr. Naff tendered to the lady of
the house a $o bill, from which liny cents
wa3 to be deducted for his lodging. There
being no change in the house. NafFagreed
to leave the amount due, fifty cents, in the
store a, the salt works, and lie and the pris
oner started for that place, Naff carrying a
small traveling satcnei m nis nanu. lie
was never asam seen, and the supposition
was, of course that lie had continued on his
journey north. Three residents in the
vicinity know better than this. About the
1st ot August Fooy called upon a brother-
ni-iaw named jueattie ana connuea to mm
the terrible secret that he had murdered the
school teacher.- Beattle did not betray the
trnst. A tew weeks afterward Fooy again
unbosomed himself, and this time a woman
was his confidant.' For the time being she
also kept the secret, and but for an accident
the crime would doubtless never have oeen
revealed. An ludian boy discovered the
skeleton on a high bluff on the shore ot tlie
Illinois river, and some papers, which
proved his identity. Fooy was arrested
Those to whom he had confided appeared
against mm, anu nc was convicted
DEATH ON TOTS SCAFFOLD.
The six men, Moore, Evans, Whitting
ton, Fooy, Campbell and Smoker Man kill
er, were placed upon the scaffold, Fort
Smith, at half past 9 o'clock this morning
There wa3 a strong guard placed about the
scaitoid, commanded by Captain Whitten,
formerly of St. Louis. The death warrants
were read by Majors Pierce and Blank, and
it was interpreted to Smoker Mankiller by
Captain King, official interpreter to the dis
trict court. . The ministJerp then performed
their functions,- and a- hymn was suns:.
Father" Smith' ministered to Evans and
Moorel The services were brief.' .iFhe ex
ecutions were well managed. The men
cjied comparafively easy. They were as
brave men as ever mounted a' scaffold.
With death lust before them they never
flinched not a nerve trembled. They
went bravely to death. Just as the black
cap was dropped over tho face of Evans he
waved a hand kercnier toward tne crowd,
and bade farewell hi a clear ringiner voice
Fooy smiled pleasantly jtist before he was
shut out from seeing the
forever.
sight of heaven
V A Difference. "Brother Smith, wliat
uoes tn is mean r . ... , . - --m
IVlid f- rlswia vltaf tnaen f"
"Bringing a nigger to this church;
v "i m pew is my own."? .
'Your own ! is that any reason why you
should insult the whole congregation t" '
"But be is intelligent and well educated.?
'Who cares for that he is a nigger."
"But he Is a friend of mine." - e -r
"What of that? Must you therefore in
sult the whole congregation?"
"But he Is a Christian and belongs to the
same denomination." ; ... -i
'Wbat do I care for that? Let him go
and worship with his fellow niggers.- '
. . "Bui he Is worth five million dollars.'
"Worth what?" ' ,,. , r - v s
"Five million dollars,' ?
"Worth five million dollar!' Jerusalem!
Worth five million dollars! Bro. Smith,
Introduce me." - -: --'' r
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At Cumberland, Ind., an altercation oc
curred between McMurrty and Lew YeAtch
brothers-in-law, which resulted h Veatch
shooting Murray with a shotgun, the dis
cbarge tearing one of his arms off and oth
erwise lace rating his body, causing Imme
diate death. ' Tr "
The railways in- India: seem to run to
bridges. An .English firm has . built, no
less than 18,000 Iron bridges for the Bom
bay. Saroda, and the Central India' and
Indian railways. . The last constructed and
sent out is to have an entire length of 9,083
feet. o y -; ..rJlti, 3. ,f j-4
1 Advertisement in - the ; San' Francisco
Call : "Notico-I will not be responsible
for any debts contracted; by cay wife, Maria
A. Charnay, she having put me out of the
house Antoine Charnay..'
IAW AJtD LAWTEIM.
'. :". BY 3T. QUAD." -V,f.
I happened to pa ss a corner the other day
just as Mr. Kennedy struck Mr. Thomas a
left-hander on the nose. I saw the blow
struck;-1 saw, Mr. Thomas fall; ! saw Wood;
I even halted and explained to' Mr. Ken
nedy how a man could get along in this
world without either fighting or running.
Mr." Kennedy was arrested: Tr
enough to arrest: him. If a man argues
witn another man, knocks him down to en
force his particular views, and doesn't ex
hibit a meek and lowly spirit after the fit of
anger 1ms passed away, it is but right that
he should be arrested. , .
His Honor the Judze made , mo tVrt
solemn oath to tell the truth. He mlo-ht
have judged from my. looks tiiat I would
tell a deliberate lie about a' one-horse
knock-down, vr perhaps be hoped I weald
perjure myselt and elve him "a chance to
send mc to prison for five or ten years.
The counsel for the nrosecutlon thcri
wanted to know .what my name was. I
had lived next door to him for eleven years,
but yet he suddenly suspected that I might
be John Smith or William Patterson. Aft
ter I had satisfied him that my name was
my name he wanted to know If I lived In
Detroit. He could have walked from .the
court to my house blindfolded, but be per
sisted in the question. Then he wanted to
Know u i lived in "Detroit County of
Wayne, State of Michigan.". He seemed
to suspect that the name of the county bad
been changed, and that I didn't know
whether I lived in Ohio or Michigan;- but I
satisfied him. ?. . ,
All this didn't take tin half an hour's
time, and then he wanted to know if I saw
the difficulty between Kennedy and Tliom
as. I was quite sure I saw it, but he didn't
seem to be. He wanted to know if I saw
the blow struck; if 1 was certain I saw - itf
if there was more than one blow ; if there
were three blows; if there was any kicking;
and after another half hour he seemed to
believe that I had seen some part of the
difficulty, if not all of It. -
The counsel for the defense had been im
patiently waiting, and as soon as I was
lumen over to mm, no uegnn :
you say your name is yuau?"
"Yes, sir."
"I want the jury to remember that! And
you say yon live in Detroit?"
"Yes. sir."
"Let the jury remember that this man
says he lives in Detroit!" exclaimed the
attorney as he gave me a fierce look. He
made a note of the fact himself and then
continued :
'Now, sir, uo you own the house you
live In?"
"Yes, sir."
"You hear that, gentlemen ?" he said.
turning to the jury. "Now, sir, is there a
mortgage on that house ?"
I object!" said the counsel for the pros
ecution, suddenly springing up.
"You do, eh?"
"Yes, I do. I can't see what bearing
the question has on the case." .
"Well, your nonor," replied the other
lawyer, facing the desk, the question is
vital one a hinge question- We expect
the answer to that question will prove the
innocence of tny client."
His Honor leaned back as if the fate of
kingdoms depended on bis decision. - and
the lawyers read from the Twelfth Michi
gan report, the Seventeenth Massachusetts,
the Ninth New York, tlie Eleventh. Vei
mont and one or two others, and for an
hour and a half the case was put aside.
Tbey finally got through, and the court de
cided that I need not answer the question.
It was then noon and the court adjourned
until two o'clock. . ; . ;
When the court opened in the afternoon
the lawyer resumed the cross-examination
by asking : : :
"How old arc you?"
"Thirty-two." -'
'.Thirty-two! Didn't you tell me this
morning that you were fifty-five?"
"No sir."
"You didn't, eh?"
"No, sir."
'"Remember, sir, you are on your oath !
Be careful, sir! Now answer me, aren't
you forty years old ?" "
"No, sir."
He noted the answer down and then
asked:
"Haven't you been arrested for, man
slaughter?" . i
"Never." ' ' ' i - : -
: "What? Remember,' sir, yon are on
oath!" . : -
"Were ydu ever engaged in a riot?"
"Yes, sir." s ! .. , '
"Ah! you were eh? Let the jury make
a note of that ! , This case is becoming in
teresting, and before we get through with
it we will make tlie prosecution open their
eyes! Now,-then, when was the riot?"
"Iu 1870." . , .
' "And where '
'Un La Crosse." -"
"Tell the jury what started' it and what
part you took, and the sentence 61' the court
in your case." i . ;
"We hung a lawyer to a lamp-post for
for " ' ......
. "What??' be yelled,- slinking his fist,
"am I td be insulted by this witness, your
Honor?" ;'
Tlie tWO attorneys then brought in an
other pile of law books, and after arguing
tor an hour the court decided that tlie de
fense had no right to ask roe tbe question.
The cross-examination was then resumed
by bis asking: : t
"You saw the difficulty?" - f -
"Yes, sir.""- "
"You swear to tliat?" i ? ji. -i
"Yes, sir." - , . . . .
- "And you say the plaintiff struck the de
fendant nrst?" '.:...,;
"No, sir: it was the other " way." ,
-Now, sir, look me in the eye and? tell
me which man struck first,"
"The defendant.'?
" Heifld?" . . -- -' - - " '
... "Yea, sir." . , , . .
"Look out, Mr. Quad, you are under
oath, and if you swear to a lie the punish
ment will not be less than one year In State
prison.- Do you say that my client here
kicked the defendant m the stomach?"
. "No; sir." , -
; "rAh, ' I thought my warning" would
touch you.; So my client nfiwin't kick te
r)lalntiff ?" - - f
"No, Blr."" " -v' -
: "Nor bite him ? " , .-;--,' j
"tin. , . i '
"No, sir." .
"Nor draw a revolver on feimT ,r
''No,sir.", .. i . r, ,
l"Weli Mr.' Quad that'k all. : Oh! by
the way, did you ever have a fight With njy
client??? -4 t .tvi..-. '..'-.J
tNcssir." . ,-
"Didn't you threaten to shoot him about
a year ago tn. . , , v
. "No. sir. "'"St" X
' As 1 was the only witness,' the lawyer
. at once. Went to bnsicesvand a the titird
day after the suit commenced tbe etsa was
S.ven to the jurr, "and the jury jxoczz'.?
eared th deicndantC 'possibly on' t
grcuna tnat l never votea tor Anarew
Jackson.
"Hallo, stranger, you seem to be"goIng
to market?" .,. ,
"Yes, sir 'I am."
"What are yott'earryine that' plow along
fi" .- ... '. :. .
uomg to send it to nttsourgn." . .
"To Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania?" .
"Yourre mighty right;-1 am."
"What are you going to send It there'
tor?". :v. ;y .'v;f
"All the way to-Pittsburg to get sharp"
!ned?" - ...
"You bet! We've sUrverTour blackamltJi.
out; he pulled tip stakes the Other dajrandr
went to Tt'''' s " .
Well, tliat's a rather novel faea. my .
friend scndinn a dIow so-far to get sharp-
ened' -- . t t t
joi so novel as yon nesra a was .
'Yoti're right tt i; vf tm& to have tr-
mill at Pdnklrivine Creek, but. the, owner
got too puur to neep u op, ana so wo
turned to getungour. gnnoing done ftt t.
Lottis.".- ,';: - ' - - -c . .
You don I mean to say via eend. .tocT
grist all the way.to.St. LouU by rail?".
.. -'xatou'c say nouisng aoone grtsc we
hain't got no grist :efc send J3et we " jgefc
our flour and meal from St. Louis." " .
"I see you. have a bide in your wagoa."
"Year our old' cow died last week.
March winds blowed the life out'a her.,
Sendin' hide to Bostoh to get it tanned.'
"All the way to Boston? ' Is nee that
rather exMnslve," my friend . The treights,
will eat the hide up." , .....
"That's a fnet cleaner than zm bnzaird
did the old carcass., But what's tbe use'
bein taxed to' build -rauroada 'tbout Tea
trpt the pohd ofemf. .. IJaed to have a tan-
yard over at Lickskillert and a sboem&ker,"'
too. uut they're Kernumrauxea.'.' u '2 i
"KerfiUmmnxed What's that?" . ,
you and me,: fSat's .mighty nigh .the case'
ullh run- Stis-'' ' ' X- -'
"IE means, xrone im s mni-aoO'iHU
"When do you expect to get your
leather?'.' -a-... .
"Doh't expect to eit no leather at aa
expect to git shoes, some day,' made at .
Boston or tliereabouts." . ? J -t
"Rather, a . misfortune to lo&e a muca'
CoW, taf frFend'.'' ; : .. . . . . . . -;
Not so .mucn a misrorrane as yon oenru. ,
it was. Monstrous sight of ehrtttklm' ana (
nubmin' a cow, and milkin her night and
morntn' and gettin' only about three quarts.
a day." - -. ....... .
"vv nat are you going. to 09 or hiuu -
"Send North for it.' . f
eud North for milk?" , ;
"Yes; concentrated rm"S and Qoshea!
butter.".
"OhM see the point."'-"" - -; .-:
"Mighty handy tilings these railroad,
make them Yankee fellers do afl our Jobe
tor US' now do puf arttltliih' and gtlnofn
and tannin' and milkin' and churnln V
"Yes we go our bottom niekle on -cotton.
Sendin". it up to Massachusetts to
get it carded, spun and woveV .nme'ir
come when we'll send it there to bs giru
ned then we'll be happy. Monstrous sighs
of trouble rnnnlngthese gins."
"That would be rather expensivey sead
lrn Tfntton in scedt" -r"-- : ;. '. . '. ':. "
"jno more so man uiem vy estem ieuera
pay when they send corn East and get a
dollar a bushel and "pay six bits freight.
Besides as I said, what is tbe use ot py
in for railroads 'thdht we nse tm roads?
-"You seem to appreciate tbe advantages
of railroads." 5
"I think we ought we pa enough for"
'em." .,
"I reckon you' ffcttfcn'your own pork?' ,
"Well,-you reckon- wrong, strangei . I
get them Hlinoy fellers to do that for me
It'a mighty convenient, - too monstrous .
sight of trouble toting a big basketful of
corn three times' a day to' hogs in a pen'
especially when yon balnt got nohfl to tote"
it to:". . ' .
"I should think so.' ..
"There's one thing lacking though' to
make the business complete.' i t
"What's that?" ... tj
t.j UUUH IA O-GUU bJIX2 mgVjiyi a&kVI
cobkedv - Cookin and preparln'1 wood tor'
cookin' takes up a heap of time that ort by
rights to be employed in" the cotton patch.'
I was sayih' to my Old' woman the other
day. if we MississloDl folks got our cookin.
and washin' done up- North- and sent bV.
express, we'd be as liappy k ofScaMlders.".
"Youre horse in the lead there seems to
be lame." .; .J1--j - - -
"Yes,- needs' shoelh. " If he wasn't "the
only horse I've got, and can't spare him
I'd send him up where they make tae
horse shoes and' natUr and get him ahod.'
Can't get such a thing '-dond ftr :ur parU
perhaps 1 can at the depot." , .
' "How do yCtf manage to live In yonlr
parts, my old frleftd?'V 4. ' ... ,
"Why. we ral cotton. My mad tarna
offhere, stranger,-1 Gee, Bali, back Brandy
I'm giaa l scea
Weekly Democrat,
you atranger.' -Watch
Aaether Bey Ftead.
A boy desirous of emulating Jesse . FonV
eroy has turned up In Newton, llasi. " Ills
name is Archibald Jdaisdh. and tS Eoaoa
3oi?'repdrfe'' lila -"'estniteafioli ' ii&iiti a1
Police Court.' h.yitm -mO ' .
Jack86n,vw1iois eighteen, ysara of agev
with a boy named John Dwyer," nine yars
ydiihger, and "who was Intimidated tnia,
joining : him, . succeeded in getting' . ti
Mullen child into the field, where Jadvia1
deliberately stripped him naked 'and-t": tat
administered to jBm a wvere wh'
after which' he rroc4-- " to taunt Cue 1 . ,
fellow on his helplts eondteldn.- IftiU
thus engaged, Jackson saw approaching" a
young glrU" about eleven yttun rf ,'
whereupon he tied te limbs of te 2 ran'
boy ahd then-aeiwd the girl ami k 1 -her fca'
t5 prostrate form of his little viea; cotn
pellfrig, her to gaze upon the cMld ' ttr
nndity. After eatSsfyir" irs dyli?h! ,f e-
pensltles in, this manner he released t'a,
rfrL wlio fled at once. Then 'he catler'
young llnllenrswh frf -i raptiTy ,-r
t was about to depart, 1 Jackson " ia
approached hlm,-wlth ta evident lr : , ja
of renewing bis wfnn,I i!'.?n,.
nowever, wa v s, ..a uy
wben benrw-'Lu torontor t,'rju-'.i,-r
ru' rinxtf wvnlrot.lrTl! arid .. tttiwat"!!.
to stab Ja
picked up t- -dealt
tha
hand,- com""
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afcd f.b& for - -
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