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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1893)
o o O O O o o o o o Sis? HE WANTED TO EE HANGED. II llra II U It art ItrrauM. III Hltuuirr Wasn't l.ulrl. At Cimarron, K. M., an ofjccr came aboard of the train with a prisoner whose head was bandaged, hi right urm in a sling and who limped infully on Lin right leg. II u was Isith hatidcuffi-d and shackled, aud m tlie jmir wit down in the seat behind rue thu iriiMiti)'r tdied teur and displayed considerable mud tiou. "Now. Tnui, be man uuJ trace up," kindly chided tho officer. I'm a-tryin to, Jiui, but it' ao go." sobbed the other, "It's the fust tmio I was ever caught tint way, lyid I kiu never forgive myself." "All of nt nro liable to make mis tak.." "Ye, of course, but I orter kuowed better. Why, Jim, a born fool would V bad more sense than tbatl Here I am, hut iu three places and goin to be hung by the neck probably, when thar ain't the leant excnso fur itl I cau't btdp but wecpP "Can't say I blame ye much," laid the oftVer.aftur pause; "but it orter con sole ye t' remember that yon hev killed three officers aud winged bulf a dozen. "Yea, that's miM consolation, but it dou't excuse me fur boin fool!" "To what dues tho irisoner refer?" 1 asked the ofllcer, nnable to restrain my curiosity any longer. "Why, stranger," replied the prisoner as he looked tip with tearful eyes, "Jim was after mo for shoot in man over at Fuoa. Mcbbe 1 hadn't orter dono it, but he wasn't much of a man and was in mighty poor health at that. I knowed the warrant wan out aud in Jim's hand, and 1 knowed Jim had earned on my truil, but 1 bunks down iu tho chaparral about ten mile from here a serene as an old wolf. 1 cleans my shooters and forgit to reload Vui. 1 gits my feet to the tire and my blankets around me aud goes in fur a long snooze. Hain't 1 right, Jim "Yes, Tom, yo ar'," replied the ofllcer. "Jim fuller the truil and diskivors me, aud Jest arter daylight ho creeps in on me and yell fur hand up. 1 grata my guns and liegius to pull trigger, and while 1 him foolin with empty cylinders Jim bores thrt e holes into mo and I am dished!" 'Then yon neglected to reload your revolver, ehf "That's it, nud that' why 1 weep. Just think of it! 1 can't make it out! For teu year I'd stood the crowd off and gone my way, and then 1 hud to play fool! If them gun had bill loaded Jim would now lie coyote fodder out in tho chaparral and I'd Ixt gnllopin around on my cayuso. Hain't it so, Jim?" "Every word of it. Yon'd V killed mo fur sure." "It's too kid!" I couldn't help but sigh. "Don't, stranger, dou't pity me!" gasped Tom as hi tear dropped on hi leg. "I'm so bunted up uiid broke down that 1 want to bo hung right away tomorrow! Take warniu by me. Shoot yer mnn or rob yer stago or stcul yer ho if yon want to, but after ye do it (kn't go and muke an infernal ass of y.-rself by goin to tdeep with two empty guns under yer head. Jim, will ye kindly wipe my weepin eyes with yer coat mil and sorter gin my noo a chance to blow a few times?" New York Herald. Arrived ( n t DltTaliliu(. A modest and small sized man occu pied a seat on an electric car. A robunt woman, who clung to a strap directly in front of him, looked at him reproach fully now and then till be could stand it no longer. Finally ho said to her: "Madam, I would cheerfully give np my place to you, but in my judgment you would not be ablo to sit where I am sitting." She said it was all right, and cheer fully waited till somebody got np and in ado it possible for the slim muu to move along. Buffalo Courier. Willi It Looked LIS. A friend of Mr. Oeorgo Gould sent him a book and with it bis card. "1 am glad you sent your card," said Mr. Gould, "for not long ago a friend sent an oblong coke of maplo sugar without any notification, and tho butler took it into the cellar and put it in a pail of water, thinking it was dynamite." New York Evcutag Sun. Thai Spiral Mad. Mrs. Harri.-an Sure, sor, an yes bo aflber l'avin yer bre.-u.tpin in yer siiirt, an divil a bit could Oi oinm all the kicks out ar it. Jeweler' Weekly. Kot t lb Maadard. That plsy wonl stand modern criti cism." "Why notT "The story i too probable." Detroit Tribune. (bl AflT. He I tave plyel a (rrfst deal, but I Bver bare b" n successful at pjk-r. She You tziDxt be very popular. Lifs. o o II kf t.. I x v ! t'oireiMiiideurt'. IIam.i villi, r., April, Inn. F.w n.it iji-aiii,: I j j,,, V(1 : down a few lin.- from thii section.' On Tuesday the li-lli day of Mureli, the "bar. holder, of the F.lmlm Grist i Mill Company n, t at F.linira an I pro cvl l lu hu-iiic.,, .y cl.i tinu n lsnrd of live director a follows; J. F. Kirk. 'j. IWUvr, T. M. McCulluck. W. T. Ku.r and T. X. Duckworth. The di rccloi in the mar future will hold a Hin ting to elect president, wvrclary and Inii-un r. and Iu ap.int a com lllitt.v to solicit suhxriplions ,, ,,. re mainder of the -tuck, which is uU.iit Pi,. There aie .pilte n numU r of the shun holder', willing to .loiib'i their idmrcN to inuke it a kiicivw. At the lat inc. ling of I.itcny Alli ance we initiated three candidate and have a cl'iM of fix m re for the next nn-cllng. We p.iM-l a r. md ut i.n In relation to the' county lliiaucr lii. li will be pubtiilic. iu due time. We will hold a grand unio-i picnic at the ral.Ktlne church, on the fourth Satur day ill May, F.vcrylNidy Invited, for we intend to have the U-st Hpciik lug In the elate, iiu.l the U-t vocal music In the county. Mr. K.litor it I mining now but If it iiit, come to the picnic. F. M. Nn.ii-WAMU it. ivrsotiai. I . 1 1 y ,unl, Ainl '. t'onimlioni rH l'nrker and erklux are Iu town. It. F. Mulkey, of lulla, -p. nt lu-t night ill Fllgelie. Ir. ('. I'l L.Miiui returned froiuCnl ifurnla thl morning. (S. M. Jack-on, of Junction, wa 111 town over lat night. Win. I'nvtoii went to Portland on the local thi morning. A.Sdilbnilf, n It.wburg itttorncy' wa in Fugeiie this moriiiiig. ("apt. 1. C Xolainl, of frewwcll pn eluct wu In the city t.xlay. A. r.rkiiiB ttnd I!. ('. l'almcr of Urniii were In the city today. J. W. Withnw went to Portland tbi uiuruinjr to ft. 'iv wveral .lay. Mr. W. ('. Yonm and . bild have U-cn visiting in Portland thi w.vk. iiHi. W. Itiddle, county Judge, of Douglas, wa in town over hint night. Mr. II. D. Norton and child went to Junction thi morning for u short Villi. Hun. K. P. ('uleuinn, of Colnirg, I In town today. He inform u that I'ncle li.b Cochran I Mill idouly im proving. The phyilclau 111 charge think he will regain hi tiowcr of pccch to a limited extent. WUtcli !. ou ChiMi!? "Which doyuii chm ' mIic Hiiid, she said, "The verdant have or the cherri.s n-.IV" Aloft hIic held the ting, r II), While an urch Kinile parted licr roy lip. "I've math' my choice," ho wild, he Mild, "Though neither the have nor cherries The cluster fell fnun li. r llnger-tlHi, And a kiiw wa rccd on her r.y lip". Florence Jcphliic Hoy.v, iu tho April XeW 1'cter.oll Sample t'ojiy. Call at the ir Attn ollt.vuml examine a wimple copy of the CIiiiIIiIktV Kney cloue.lin uhich i ottered a a premium with the (ii AltnaiicI New York World ut n ii t of I-'.IU alxive Miitcriptioii prlcin. I'ortlaml Daily Dimtch: l'rof. J. V. Johnson, of the state univcr nity, has rcbigneil tho proM.leney owing to failing health. lie has held the js-itioii ever inou thu un iversity oiH-'iicI, ami the institution has hail a inu-t irosivrouM and suc cessful care r. His n signation is a source of regret to the friends of the school and certainly the fact that lie has Im'H jirompted to take this steji owing to ill licalth is received by tho jirofcrsor's many friends throughout the state with dcoiest sympathy. His resignation was iu:wiitcl wOh r( liictaance hv the lwwrd of regents and he was i-!cet-d to fill a chair in the faculty, which will not require so much r-sNiiisi-hility and U: i-ucli a task njion liis licaltli. His resignation takes ef fect next Septcinlx-r, and we trust the board of r. trr-nts mav he able to wcure a man who will prove as ac-1 ceitable as l'rof. Johnson has Uin I to the patrons of the university. ' Ti.e Ll.i'-ago l).ird of aldermen ; h-ve prohibited the further cm-; struction of all buildings in that Hut city over ten t-t ri s higli. when a brick falls from even tel. story as it did th other the hy while the building was undergoing repairs and strikes the head of a niantelow, it w ill kill him as it did Xf?. Weed, the owner ( f the Northwestern Druir-i-t aul the Chicago Graphic. xinr O l.'sn (t.Hilieu Item. April 4. I v..!. John Purkcr delivered sonic l'0 l.il-bel. of rtrt fin llurlniik Mtatoe at the deMi lien for As Hilly n few day ago, for which lie revived VI i lit sr bushel. Mi. Taylor uti.l family have li ft for tin Ir future home in California. We nr.- winy to . them leave us. I.o! Where I our friend O lundy'."' Wiily, -il. n.v enketli stronger than w..rd. CllcIc I Hill lluiisukcr, of IVxl.-r, Wit III the village Sunday for the iiurixisc of taking Mr.. II. home who lias Uvii vl-iliug n lallve- here mid at l'.ugeiie. Henry Mathews, theru-tlcr, luutMii- lN'rb'inl nnture. The knife wound traded for the building of a large bun J Ht'iit only through thu skin, ami no the .Mining summer. "C. II." for en-! cavitlm were -netmte.l. After Ulcli-t.-rprl-e. ard-on was brought to the d.-Nit I ex- S.iue of our farmer are endeavoring ' Mul- M' ,lrl "'' I' ' r" l to r.ua.le Ihem-M-lve to Ulieve that ,,,f ,,U ,ul,", 1 f"l"", lU U'"' ""rl"ni there l something wrong with ,u, and made mental i-..iiiment that w.iii mining, ii cut of the weather. ' i thing wa wrong. We brought him to I nch. IU.. Itr. lv .... urn ;!' hospital, where he was placed on called on friend here w hile on hi w ay ' . ..... to and from l.ugeiie lust Friday. Cha. Smith and wife visited with hi parent near Creswcll Sunday. Marcus Kell.-y, of Creswcll Jirecint, wu in (iosheu Sunday. Mr. David Matthew, of IVxter, s-nt a short time with relative in thi vicinity the llrsl of the week. Mr. mid Mr. Perry Monroe, of Plea sant Hill, visited friend here Monday. Mr. W. D. Kcvm-y Is gun a term of school in what I called the, Poverty liidge district on the Middle Fork riv er, Monday, and thu Will I left a "Imtcli." Horn, near (i.Mdieii, on K.leii farm, on Wednesday, March IMi.l, to Mr. and Mr. Frank Ilyli.ii. I, a ten Hiutid w.ii. When Grandpa Dylan. I hums that he i to be chrintciicd "Ilcrnum" 'tw ill doutitlcM till i ur c x-comiiilHsioii-er' heart with Joy. Mr. Jack Futon wa down from Crewell Sunday. Mr. J. C. Wilson ha Ut-n irnlto In- dinK.'d. Miu I-nii Cullison, of Tny, wu a pusm-nger from thi place to Cottage Grove on the local Friday. She wa to U-gln a term of m-Ii.mi on Mosby Cn--k Moinlay. Nnl In rrv.'l In ls try nJ llriluii lhi ki roiue a 1th lhe luipl Dura, 'Tin l.ut to 'It vt.licv an hun.-l mllcllon I allid lurtb by nainUukahl algn. If t la Cr.-nWi.il cdrrmptitiilriit "l-yrlontf" In-,ii atoii hl littlv aei-kly fuaa, A lid lt-1 hit tirother crll- alunr, ir mlnj plrtimi matu-n lliua: A r,rtiii Imp yanl tlie alii- of a Miti T. rniliiatliin In a a hlrla IikI of ami, I cavtn i'm''11 ihurl of a 'try marhlnn Ami I lu-li- Al I Katon niln.ii a"liainl." hhr Hrlnard la l ive Ullhlllm GAKI.ANH, April 3. Alsilll H:.10tlll morning Curl Itock enme 'o the house when.- Fmlle S'hui.lruthw-lieim wa k.vpiug house for C. W. Kiimiutli, a machinist, and rc.iiitc her to re turn and live w - it Is him. When she l-i-fii-ssl he raised a pistol which he car ried in hi baud and shot her ill the right temple. She attempted to get away from him through the front door but U-fore she could do so lie shot her again In the head, lt.s k then ran out of tho buck door and down into the cellar, where he phn-.il the pi-tol to his head ami llrcd. When the oilie r reached him lie w a Just gasping hi last. The woman I still alive and conscious, but is very weak. It ii-H-ur that the man and woman have Invii living together ill San Francisco for some time, although they wen-not married. They have two children, one a girl o years and a boy 2 year of age. Alsiut a month ago thu woman left It.s k because lie wanted her to upMrt him and the children, and she came to Oakland to k.-ep house for Kuauth. Kver since that time he bus U-cti trying to get her back. Hock was ulsuit 40 y.nr of age. Among hi elli-ct wu a waled letter to thu Cali fornia Democrat. Hock and the wo man are said to be cousin. Fall Creek Items. Ituiny w.-atlier, Schmil commenced at Juser April 3, with It. G. Culllwili a teacher. Mis 1a Ih Cullisoll ha gone to Cot tat.' e Grove to niiiinieniv w-IkmiI. Wilson Vench wa visiting friends on the creek on Sunday lust. M.-ssr. George Young aud Arthur HartiiiHti hove contract for cutting 3o,oou hop jsiU-s for Kug.-ne parties. Itubt. Young and lady were visiting with hi futh.-r Sunday. Win. Iteiifrcw has gone to Wwo oiunty, eastern Oregon. IU-v. Sw.vney I holding a series of imsl I to: at I'nity school house. There were three Joiner Sunday. We are glad to learn that Mrs. H. C. Duty I Improving. Mr. IL '. Ke-iiey has onijiiu nc.il -hil at the Vench chiil boo... W. F Wilmot had a valuable foS hound shot the other day by ome Ijad l.y. O J. I. Ilurl.n-, our wide ;. ake farn r, i preparing to set out jilite a large yard of Loim. 0 T'""- o o oo I I t ' F. i nia aiitKi. IVmi.AMi, April i-jYirge K. Klchardsoii, the man who tlagg.tl the liorth-bolilid Southern I'.ieille cti r4F rain near ItUv Hill hut Fridav morning, iNrupic rni No. A on the ' tlrt II.N.r of the ()hn Samaritan Ii.hm iiu.l In the next room, No. H, 'sits a I'iiikertou .l.tective who t.l. ' n-rviHi every one who tiii Kiehard i anil, llleii to all that in Miid, and h' jeajiiotiallr, rcprccntiiigimclf to j fellow (mtielit, .MIlVerH w ith Hie "lie- roof I omttlla concerning hi grtnt tmiii Having cm ri. n.v. "1clianlMi i not n ick man,'' Mtld lr. (on. F. Wilxui to a Ti legrniu j rv.rt r ItNlay, and I do ut think lit' ! lN-nr any Injuries save of the most u . , ai.i.. II...H.I iJM - siss- ini'iv. lit- tiiti hwo m un'ii ti ' IiI.mmI w bile we t.Hik two stichea In tho j cut In hi breast and in the one at the lower rlli. 1 hese were -rpciidiculur cut and could Iu no w ay, being a.-ros t lie riU, Juliet rate the cavity. After tliat, a he complained of hi buck, I lifted him to the lb sir, to see If hi spine wo lujun-d. Against thi ho entered a vigorou protest, but IiunI.hmI upright on the ll.Mir kIiow lug that hi spine wa not Injured. "In my n-Nirt to the coiiimiiy I liole.1 ull these fact, ami I must mv that I do not like the idea of living tin poa.il iimiii, or that I should t culled to d.M'tora man w ho I not sick." i:TK(TIVM KMI'UiVKH. A siniii a Dr. Wils.ui wiit hi r M.rt to the Southern Pucllle lUilr.td Company, SiiNrluteii.lcnt Field m-nt for SuMrluteiident Minster, of tho Pliik.-rtoii agency here, w ith w hom ho held a long consultation. The result was that the case wu tum.il over to Mr. Minster, who immediately detail ed six of bis liet men liill the cam. Five of these detectives were sunt Friday night to the scene of the stip icd attempt ut train wrecking, w liilo the other was sent to the hospital, w here he wa given the nsiiu next to that (N-cnpicd by Itlcliardsou. Tin detective i known a the patient of a prominent physician, and it I given out that he I lroubl.il with tuls-rculo-si. I lcr. he keeM cI.mv watch Umiii the hero, whose clothing ha all been taken from the nsim, presumably lo bo cl.nn.il. INsl KI CTIoNH To AKKIxr. The detective w ho went south Im mediately U'gtin work, and their re Hirt are sulllclcut to indicate that they have traced the crime to its l-rNtrutor, and their deductions; are Unit the mil wu not lisiiliic.il for the purH of rohlK-ry imr to "piny even' .hi the railroad company. The theory i that It wit prearranged that the mil should be displaced, and then that one of the men should I' given murks of extreme violeiii-e, mid then he should Hug the train. f .nurse, for ail thi. tho company would reward him hand somely, and the crowd would divide the swag. Yesterday aftcrinsin SherilF Noland of Lane county, ti l. gninh.il SherKf Kell. y to arrest Hlchardsou, as enough evidence lias ls-li s.i ure.1 to warrant such a step. Slierill' Noland alwiaske.1 whether Hlchardsou could be moved at present. Slierill' Kelley at once communicuted with Dr. Wilson mid Mr. Wukemun, matron of the hiH.pl tal, and lcarii.il that removal would not endanger Itlcbard-in' life. How ever, lie replied to Sln-rill Nolulld that it would lie U-ttcr for him to bring bis warrant and come to this city at once. Therefore the oftlcr was exis-etcd here this morning; but a he did not arrive ho will probably come ok the Host-burg local this evening, and Itlchurdsoii maylM-nrrest.il tonight or tomorrow morning. Hilierillten.lelit Minster held ft lengthy consultation this morning with Superintendent Fields. Thu de tective nssiir.il the sii-riiiteiident Hint hi operations are on the right track, and that all the guilt v men will soon U- under arrest. Thi morning Super intendent Field nsvlvcd a dispatch from thu district attorney of I long las .iiunty, asking If suMl. i. nt evidemw Iiu.l lice ii wcunil tliere to wnrrani the arn-st of Hiclmrds.ui. As Mr. Fields not yet ren-ivel Mr. Minster's n-ort, he replied negatively. DESTEOTED AT SEA. 'I!.f Ship King hum Curned 200 ililrs Off of San Francwo. I.MI-.K-, Cal., April 4. The start- ling new has n ached Point Co:icrs- te-n light hollae that y.-ster.lsy the f.'iirmaslts! steel ship King Julnes, tMtl l-id.-n fmni New Castle, Kngluiid, to nii Frsii. iMS) had been burned at sea t u liundnil miles olf San Franclw-o. .st.rdny s Is.at containing first mate, i o apprentices and 13 iii'-u hmd.-l at point Conception light hou.-. An- ''herlsMtt containing the captain, 11 urn, two appreiiti.-ea and the captain's s-.n are missing. o o 0 I.. Chsiii's r. .- I nex yiltlyj'''fyjttgaemK luiporiaiit Nrh.iol Matisii.s County Surinleiidciil Stevenson's AH mini n-sirt to the State SuM-iii!ciii- eut contains the following Item-: No. ofjicrson IstviH-ti the agi-s of 4 and 'Jo In itmnty.. ti.'illl' No. of n-sl.leiit puplls. nndl.il in public sch.s.ls during the year vcrngc daily ut ten. Ian. v 4,soT .'1,1.' lo No. of applicants for teacher ccrlillcutc during the year. i:t: No. of tfuchcr holding o-rtl- tlcute iu the County Average wages paid teachers l-r month f :.- .'i lvtltiiatnl value of school j house and ground TS.i'kis ,'i' ' K-.tlnmt.il value of sclusd furniture ii,l V 1'j.limutctl value of sclusd a p. J psratu 4,s'.l is". No. of orgnnjed eh.i district, Hi No. or scli.sil tlistrlct making an mini resirts, 110. No. of scln. I houses built during the yer, 4 log aud 11 frame. No. of m'Ii.miI house iu the county, 1 log and 115 frame. No. of legal voter for scIi.miI purin es, :is4;. Total amount of fund ruls.il for w-h.Mil purHise fd, 1M Total amount of fund .lis biinteil for m'Ii.miI purMM-.. oS,4.W Ki Total amount in clerk hand J,TVt M Mure Almut Hie "Hero." The How-burg Hev lew contains the following: ltl.hards.in' wound have turned out to lie mere m-nitches, which he now state were made with a -li knife In the hand of one of the robls rs, a peculiar Wimiii, to say the least, for such cold hliMMlcd dcsjicrudoc to hih sens. And although he grmtu.il In an agonizing manner all the way to Port land, an examination showed him to lie but slightly injured, hi "terrible" ls-atlng having caused but one small sized lump on hi head. Ills story alsmt being put oil' the freight 111 the evening Is false according to the state ment of Conductor I a lleii.lrick and the brakesmen of that train who say that nothing of the kind hapH-n.il. Sherlir Miller and other w ho vlsll.il the scene, (w hich I near Mr. Warner's place Iu Yom-alln vulley) as wniii n Mw.ible after receiving the new , state that there was nil impression In the soft ground U-lieath the trestle which might have been made by Hichurds.ui iu fulling. The Imr and wrench (stolen from the Yoiicallu section bourn-) with which the rail wa re moved, were lying i-Iomc by umiii the ground. This wu Hear the end of the trestle where It is only ulsnil twelve fist high, while in the center it in tw hv that distance. Th.ro were blissly linger prints on one of thu tliuls-rs, but no IiI.mmI stains whatever could be found along the route w here Hichard win claimed to have draggiil himself, bleeding and exhallst.il. These apparent discrepancies coupled with the fact that train robls-rics are very m-ldom, If ever, preced.sl by w reck have caused the man's story to Isj disbell. vel by a majority of those Is-st a.iunint.sl w ith the facts. Thi F.srth Will Fall Out of llalanre. We clip (he following from the St. Louis lU-pllblic, of recent date: "Marshall Vh.-ler, one of the U-st known of thu great army of I'ueillc const scientist that have lately sprung up, claims to have ills.vivcre.1 a 'third principal motion of tho earth,' which ! this: F.very ai,!0 years the glolw changes It north and south pol.-on ac.ii.int of the nttini tiou the cart Ii has for its own magnetism. The sun, t.si. strongly attracts one of the pol.-s and re-l the other. This Is lng the case, It only takes the short sui.w of 'Jl),'.i:i years for tho double attraction to cans-nit over to such an extent that it suddenly Ml op' Isj degrees. Mr. Wheeler says that one of Hie.1 grand 'llois' iM?-urred wssi years ago, at the time set down by the gisdogist a the 'glacial t'MM-h.' " Thi is tho same Individual that s-nt nearly year In F.ugi-tie, and bilked nearly everybody bo came In contact with, tho Guakii U-Ing a nota ble exception to the rule. He was ao comiiaiilcd by his wife, who claimed the iMiwer of healing by laying on of hand, and for a time the cn-duloii were plentiful. Among the bill left behind was a large one at tho hotel when run by K. Munra, and another to our friend, If. It. Kim-aid, for print ing a large pamphlet descriptive of the "third motion." I Fi Rf t- 'l.Asjt ISil.K. Thu Itrowns I villo Times tell of a fellow re ntly 'Jugged In Albany: Thi week our town was visit'! by another bilk. lb is time It was a little Italian who 1 gave his name as Win. Spore. He ar rived In town about 1 1 Vl.M-k Friday t night and hft Is tw.s n 'l'uli.y and Wednesday, leaviiu the Hotel llrow n- Ville In the "soup," so to speak. He has two or three mouth organ, which : he msnlnulal.il in it'ssl sinus-, and b thi mean get little mon.y v whieli to buy w insky. tialij Ouard. April V ' Sl KOK Af. Ol'l.UATIoX. Dr. J. W. llurrls, awisUsI by Drs. T. W. Harris, J. F PayUoi and F. W. Prentice r- f.rmel a suceesaful surgical oM-rstion on a 4-yt-r-old boy of J. I. Calloway, of Sj-mr creek, In thi city yesterday artermsm. Th right leg was ampu-j dated Just als.vc his km-. Thcoja-ra-, tiou U-eaiue ii.s-Mtry on account of! hone dii eof the lower limb. G uii'iiai - - i , oi tin eiiy, ; I W.iiiK-soay t. -uilig. j''gS"11' tUMPilL ELECTIONS. Msnv $i .1I.tI heir I'itv Uliiiyri I ltle.i lirmea rail.'. Gill. ..-i, April I. t'arl.r II. Ilar-ri-oii, .h in., ha- li n i l.-eic.l mayor by 11 l.i l plurality, and the . Mire city lick.-t. St. I .on I - and Kaii-as City eli-ct re publican otllivrs. In Michigan the . ili. ale bv Ide.l. The deui.s rats carry Helena, M.uit. Nebrilskil tow 114 generally Voted for lii'llse. Ci nvi i. wn, o., April I.- Clinton, O,, elects n n-publl. an mayor fur tho llrsl time wince Ivsi. Tin- .l.-in.M-ral get the muneil. At Yoliugotowu the .l.-m.s-rat wuii a swu piiig vi. tury. At Fiiullay there was a republican victo ry. At Ma-illoti t;,c ih iuiN-rats won. At Aknui the .Iciii.s rutscl.s'tcd every oltl.vr but the marshal, tb.lr can didate for mayor having II plurality. niu:ii in-- l-ol-l I isih. Kansas City, April .1., I a. m. He turn from tl.i-l Ion thMiighout the state Indicate a must sweeping victory fur the n'piibll.-ali-au.laslroiig cliange of x-iitimeiit against the sipulist. llrinsrrailr ( rrsaiM In U I, ansln. Mil. w At kkk, April 4.- P. J. Hum mer, .b ill., was elected (oeolign-a III I Ii is district over Thcohuhl It I Jen, rep., by nlsiiit IJ" majority. The el.i t ion s to till the vacancy made by the election of Colonel John I.. Mltch- ell to seiinte. Judge Newmuii, delu., I probably elected to the supreme Judgeship by 4oou majority over Judge Wedd, rep. I letrlansl's Slamlnees. Wash i N.iTos, April 4. The pn-sl-.lent sent to the senate the following nomiiiatiou t.slay: James O. Itmad heud of Missouri, minister to Sw il.er land; Hurt let I Tripp of South Dakota, minister to Austria-Hungary; Fls-ii Alexandria, of North Carolina, minis ter to Gnu-.-, Itoiiuiniiiu and Servla. Consuls: Janu s I'.. Ncal of Ohio, at I,lverMNil; J.is. M. Is.bU of G.sirglu, ut Valparaiso. A ktrllte I allure. ( III. A. hi, April 4. The thn-titciiisl ilrikeofa thoiisuud I'liiou World's Fair enr-ntcr t.lav, to enforce lu mali.l for discrimination against lion union men, pniv.il a failure, I.-mh than a hundr.il men .pilttiug. Their lend er claim thi I owing to n misunder standing. AgalHsl t ala. Al.nr.ji i Kyi K, N. M., April 4. Is inocruls of this territory universally pnit.-si iiguiiist the npMilutmeiit of William I jnls, of Missouri, for govern or. They strongly endorse Colonel J. W. Albright of thi city. rtt (hi I.Ik UimMS. Wixr I'Mox, Iowa, April 4. A h-r-rlllc buttle t.sik pla.-e nt Jackson Junc tion, 1SI miles from here, U-twct-ii em ploye of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Hallway and nni liiinlc and Inrmer. Mile Mctioveril and Peter Myers .letenuinul to build a warehouse in Mpitu of order from the railway to the iiu.tniry. Thi ii.miii the eompuny sent "' men to lay mil on the build ing site to prevent building. Mi-Gov-eru mid Myer and a bund of farmer n-sisted mid abbsidy buttle t.sik place, resulting in seven or eight men la-lug terribly Injured, one of whom will die. The men bts-ume wild and fought like demons with crowbars, hammers, ris ks and club. The company did not want to make a shipping silul at the Junction. The railway U now In Muesnlon of the Held. ilarthsjaaks lit alltarulai Has Hkhnakmno, Cul., April 4. A heavy earth.piake, moving In a southeasterly direction, visited this city at 11:40 a. in. bslay. No dumiige was done. A l larlSlan Allllrllsa. Tai.I.aiiahm:, Flu., April 4. The state legislature in. t st nisui. It con sists of tl7 d.-m.M-rats and 4 snple's party men. 1'as.n will I si chosen to su.i-.sil himself as I'nited States sena tor. I.allrr Uaf SalMt. Halt I.akc, April 4. The a. inl-aii-nuul eonf.-reiiee of the Mormon ehiireh Is-gsn t.slay. The diillcntoiy cre- moulcn of the new temple Is gin April II, and run to Arfril Is, Inclusive. A fatal I rallr. (iKixiAW, Vs., April 4. A negro des-ru.lo mimeil Morgan bus been lyncli.il t'slay by a inob of m gr.- for murder of another n.-gro at a Irollo. Jnaae UraSf's Mill. PoKTI.AMi, April 4. -Tho will of the late t'lilbil Stat.-s District Judge Dcady was fllnl for prolmte today. The w ill Is very brief and the entire estate, vulunl at fifty tliousnud dollars Is left to his widow. After her death It Is to Iw ispially ll Idul ls-tweeu her thTue son. Indepeiideuiv W.-l Side: The fact I leaking out that two well known citizens of thi county concluded to In vent iu "green giMsl," They Journeyed to New York, met the gissl men and made tliein a present of alsrtll olio thouaaml dollars and re.-elv.sl a bus of sawdust for their hard cash. Verily tba crop of suckers urf die. , iu uin mn ol tlie valo.. ttrn ,Kr u- an, i. w F. L. C'UAJsULka, 1 reach it lit a kuudrcd years. O 'O o o o o