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y sj Oregon Sentinel. Oregon Sentinel PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AT JICKSOXYILLB. ACRSOX COUNTY, OREGON BT KRAUSE & TURNER. ADVERTIStNQ RATES. Onesqnaie lOllneeorless first Iniertton.T I eacusuosequcni insertion........ vw M 3 months ........ T CO " " 10 00 0ne-fourtuColnBin3months............. 73 00 ' u j m jo o One-half " 3 ,f 30 00 " " S " 45 00 On Column 3 month! .. 60 00 TERMS; . One copy. Per Ycnr, In mlrnnce, S3 50 " t " 4 0 00 A nucoant lo Yearly AitTertlsera. $3 PER YEAR VOI,. XXIV-NO. 22 JACKSONVILLE. OREGON: JUNE II, 1879- a s y w ?x a & h s a feiisssas tssmzi smssis&L "ssssrfi s& v t m n axm V& -y $ F , a & n F - d i&skr- xs&si& iVQ&r: 07' r s & r- HNS I 5s ' srv3 sasasv-r ssi- yys y w y y' r v ssr 1 y vs-Kja&M--s ---- r - - -?.s-1 : PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. ROBINSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Offlcc on California it- opp"lte P. J.Eyan's. Residence at B. F. Dowell's. m L. DAN FORTH, M. I?., UYSIOIAN AND SURGEON. Q3" Jacksonville, Oregon. Office on California etreet. opposite P. 3. Ryan's tore. Calls promptly attended to, day orulgbt. G. II. AIKEN, M. D., paYSICI-N AND SURGEON, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. KB-O.Uce opposite P. J. Ryan's store. city m CALIFORNIA ST., "WILLIAM BYBEE, - Propnetor- & PIII3 WELL-KNOWN liKTtKET, ofpo L site Kb'iIt& Rio.'s druir-tore is bet ter preparul tlmu ever to furnish the pub lic with Hie choictst quality of FRESH BEEF, pt0RKry;E'A'iM MUTTON, HAM, SALT MEATS, BACON, Cupcr'or, SAUSAGE, LARD, ETC., Tho mot fnioralile irdiicment" offered to patio-ia.a'd nu effnit mil bcspired to ward giving general sati-factnm. WM. UTBKB C1TYBJHBUERY AND In Masonic Uoildixg, Oregon St., JACKSO.WILLE, OGN., nnHE UNDERSIGNED nERKBY DE- JL fires to onniiunruto I lie-pubUeT.flt 4?" III. MARTIN VROOMAN, M. D. )HY5ICIAN AND SURGEON, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. 'VroomaicoinMliere -with the Intention of per manontlr locitln- lilraieir In the prnctlce of his pr.ilM'1 n. Is a Rrtlatte, and. from tnentv eeTcnveirsMpirlencs In tn dl.se Inci.lent to this Cost, flitters lilmseir as being able to glfe cenoral sitlifuctln. Office at Kabler 4 Bio's Drug Store. CHAS. J. HOWARD, 10UNTY ANI) MINERAL PURVEYOR, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Hlnln? anrvevs and all other business In my lino promptly aitendud to. 'B. II. AUTENKIETU, TTORNEY-AI-LAW. -v - - JACKSONVILLE, OUEGON. wniyrartire in all the Owi-t ft thi- "tste. Tro an' 'JuleuHon qiri-n to a'l busliii l"ft In n; i . rS-OSm In OrtlTs brick bullilrR. BARBS AND SjJXXXJL JllUO California St., Jacksonville, - - - PAA-sro JXJLUm Ore: on. 'vinrnowii)ryiMrailifill&plU0i;1eMifrg ievj (Mkwf;WiyTdrV:r.ptT'"rJT5siiiIi"il''ciW'!: canf, caitrs mr paruw, wine cuht: Bin lirown and rjc blear, ginger suups noil erackers. A luncli linne willalsn be kept at llm pliire. win re njntirs in all siyls, Limbnrfjer nnil Schweilz r client, can lie bud at all Ir'urs of the djy or niulit. "Ere"'' bread every day. I'nces reasonable and satisfaction guar anteed. GROB & ULRICH. TABLE ROGK SALOON, OREGON STREET, JTVJVTJEJV' and HELMS, PROPRIETORS. THE UNDERSIGNED IS FULLY pnpired to dn all work in Iih line in the best nuuner und at reasonable prices. HOT OH COLD BATHS Can be bad tit this place at all hours of the GEORGE SCIIUM PP. NEW STATE HOTEL. C. V. SAVAGE, Prop, JAOKSONViLi-E, OGN. A IJ. F. DOWEL!, T T. 0 R N E Y - A T - L A Vf , Jacksonville, oim:gv. Tun; UNT)rn-iGNi: taki n.Es L tire Iii hi noiineiti!! tnat li.- Ins fiitcd o, ind tburnvtily reiiovalel Ihe N'twSttt 'IiiiIMIiii: fur' holfl purple and tint tb Jitei i.vw,o;irj lor 4beir.pejititin o y5id-- , . .. THE TABLE WiU li constantly itmllel with th! bet Hi liiaiki-i-ailoids Mi.aU Can be obtained at itlh(uig. ,Tiie l'd arc nrtr nnd kept cln and r.n tain'snill hji-pirut lo pio the uttnol tatifc iRctiun in vrr ptrl tul.tr. i.'-b-"g'- rea.Hjuub!. C. W. SWlfi'. AlHranlness pl-cd In mv hinds 111 receive prnmpi attention. 3-ipeclal attention glveu to c.lkc ttons. D WILL. JACKSON, E N T I S T, JACKSONVILLE, OUEGON. T. O. BEAJIES 7'i.E. K. REAMES. aEA9!ESKOS, California' st., Jacksonville, - -2-iO m t AHEAD M 'sWiWa'W? .vi,.J.V'JC , UJL AIOlJii;tU regonf lUSDAL ! ! '-JrSS e-jgj IiL.ilI.VTH B.VSIV. Tlie following prettily vsritten article from "Wallace's Monthly," gives a good description of a section of country re garding which many of our readers will bri glad to learn. The article is from the pen of Jay Beach, Esq., the ownerof the famoustrotter "Altatnont," a fine engraving of whom appears in this number of our paper. Mr. Beach is paying, particular attention to tho tnrti liiril.-a KeTfioc r-.iJil flm 'Ai-nV.in A CASH BASIS !! THE GREATEST REDUCTION TN PRICES -AND TnE LARGEST STOCK JUS. il MUSE, M, CARRIAGE AND OENANEWTAL PAINTER, J.lCtiSOiivilSe OrczRll THE PROPRIETORS OF TIHS well-known ami popular report nnuld inlnriii their frieinl aid the public cf-nerally lhal a complete and first cla-s Unck of the ht-e brands nl liqiwr, wines, cis'ir-1, ale jnl porter, etc., are constantly kipl no hand I'hey will he plnred to have their fiiendi 'call and smile." CABINET. A fnbinct of CtirinM'irs may nl?o be found litre. We nnu'd be pleatil to have lit rMiti1 posesiii(r curiosities and specimens hrins them in, and we will plae them in 'he Cabinet for inspection. WIVTJEN& HELMS. Critcrian Billiard Saloon ! CALIFORNIA ST., Xo'aud & McDjuiel - - Prors MHI3 ''TOp'nLAR RESORT, UNDER new inanautincnt,, is fnrni"i:ig the bi st rinds ol I'tjuiirc. uin'K. nml cpars. Hi'-n-iduis uhle li mppliid wltli'EifMerti p-ri i1icaK and lcAiling papers of the Coai-t Uo me a call. S. P. H&NHA. WAGON-MAKER, Jaclzsonvillo, Oregon, OF GENERAL MERCHASDIS TnE GREATEST VARSETY TO SELECT FROM IN Any One Store in Southern Oregon or Northern California. ALL FORvCASH! and thinks tielias found the "Arabia of America" away up in the delightful basin of Klamath, which nestles among the summits of the far-famed Cascade range of Oregon. He says: "Fort Klamath, tho pres ent home of the writer, is a military garrison occupied by two companies of United States troops, and is cosily lo cated at the north edge of Klamath basin, in Lake county. Klamath ba sin is a mountain valley in Southeastern Oregon, entirely surrounded by high mountains. It has an altitude of 4,500 feet above the sea-level, and an area of probably 750 square miles, one half of which is Klamath Jake, and tho other half a magnificent prairie dotted with aspen and tamarack groves, and covered with a luxuriant growth of her bage unsurpassed in quality, even by the produce of Kentucky's boasted pas tures. The snows of winter are such that the range can only be utilized in sum mer, and even then the summer frosts permit only the growth of those grasses which are indiginous to the soil. Our native horses, considering their origin and advantages, are surprisingly excellent and what wonder! Cold mountain streams as clear and sparkling as crystal, slake their thirst, and the dry, bracing, rarefied air inhal ed by them at every breath, must give them lung-power and elasticity not to neighborhood; for it was here that Cap tain Jack and his three lieutenants were hung for tho murder of Gen. Can by and Dr. Thomas, of the Peace Com mission, and it was in this vicinity that the little band of eighty Modocs held an army of brave men at bay for six long months. The greater part of Klamath basin is an Indian, reservation and the Klamaths, who are the princi pal occupants, are but one of the divis ions of the Modocs their., language andcustxirusiboiug ientjjPjrHJcthosa, of that tnlieV But to enumerate. tie many points of interest, among which are Rogue River Falls, the grand and picturesque walled canyon of Annie's Creek, and tho valuable deposits of fos sils in tho desert east of us, would car ry me too far from my theme. Do my readers wonder that I have decided to enlace in breedtjs trotters in this 'Arabia of America,' c- question the soundness of a belief, that with the right kind of blood, there can be pro duced in a locality in which serious dis eases of the horse are unknown, and at an altitude and in a climate in which the lungs must attain their greatest ex cellence, horses which will prove them selves the peers, and even the superiors of the greatest Eastern prodigies? Whether experience shall cool my ar dor would now be a question of prophe cy, and time must tell the story." X BlULLI INT SPEECH BY SEXATOB BLAINE. r rr-iEETII F.Xlt s.Crr.n AT ALL ? hours. L-inahliUT eas id.J imlnlitercd.lf desired, fjr which extra I.L.rH . ill lljt 111ft 1. Ofnce and residence on corner or calirornia ana Fifth streets. p5 KULLY IREIWUFD TO DO ANY 1 Work in tl: s line oi: ftcirt notice and nFlB for a fliure of th public pilrouagf. Oiders from the country promptly attend ed to. BERTH OLD R03TEL, 'fcAsst: SURGEON ol the German Army AND PROFESSIONAL HAIR-CUTTER, IN OnTH'3 BUILDING, Jacksonville, ------ Oregon ??rThe Treatment of Chronic Caes Made a .Specially.. . P. DONKGKAJST GENERAL BLACKSMITHING -t-AND-f SIOKSS SIBEIRTSt Cor., of Second and California St. N CRON'E.'ILLER'S BUILDING IS IN receipt of a lull R"ortinent of muterial nd prep tred to do nil work In his line on liort nolic" and in a norkmiulike manner Vehicles of every description made to or -It Terms reasonable and saiit-faclion guaran ty ul. 339Repairing a speciality S P IIANNA. J.ick'onville. February. 20, 1S7. RE-OPENED! A LL KINDS OF MAUKKTAWI produce taken iii-xcli.in;e lor work P. DO.NEGA.V. ji n. oinm. I,. B. SIEARSf .GIBBS & STEARNS. A-TT0RNEY5 AND COUNSELLORS. Rooms 2 and 4 Strowbridge's Building, PORTLAND, OREGON. ,Wlll prai-tlco InallOcnrtsof Rocnrdlnthe State of orescon ana ansiunc;in iernirY; nu imy par " itlcular attention to business lu Fedoral Courts. EA'GLE BREWERY. BLAfJSBlITHIlfGi. - PAVE CRONEM LER. . B.Waf?!iSOLi)ST;i:iD. T AM NOW PREPARED Tf) DO ALL L work in my liu' cheaper than ur, ami in fm.t will do it ch...r,i-r than any othei shop in So.ilhtni Or sc Give me a call n-.tl I will convince you. DAVI CBONKMlLLEl't. KAHLER BROTHERS. Dealers In ( JACOB MEYER, PIONEEU VACON.3I.KEn, I HS RESUMED BUSINESS AT il the sliind of :he late J. L D-idj-er mil i prepared to i xecule all work in his me nilh promptness and dispatch and at very reasonable rates. All kinds of vein eles eeir-triictei). Ri-patring a srCilly. loot! work and low ptices trnaranleed Jive me a rail. J. MEYER. F.BITSOHA&D, practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, California Street OUR STOCK CONSISTS OF FALL &W.N1ER DRY-GOODS, FANCY GOODS, LAPIES' DRE?S GOODS o iSHMERES, AND DIAG0NLS. SILKS. AND SATINS, ROOTS bllOES, CLOTniNG. ETC,, LADIES' CAL., MADS CLOAKS WE CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE indie to th fact that we have now nu hand the Inrjf-t and b -Jt seh-eti d aort-m-nt rt. DIES' DRESS GOODS and FAN CY GOODS nl every deiciiptton in Sooth em Oregon, and we will honci forth make this line of goods our speciality and ecll tSem at Cheaper than the Cheapest. To the cntlemen we will iy. if joii want A No. I SUIT OF CLOTIlC-ynu must ri to Ueme Bros. In buv tb'in as we cli'm lo have the be.t STOCK OF CLOTHING in Jackson county and will allow none to un dtr'ell us. These goods were all rureha'ed by a mem ber ol our firm from FIUaTCUSS HutiFe- ir San FrJiici-o a'ld New Vnrk.and we wil' watrant etery article and sell tin mas cheap fiirTH"li as n'iy hous in the oiuutv. We albo keep ou ha.iJ a lull stock of Haedware, Cctleey, Glassware, . cabcKERy. Jacksonvillp. Oregon, Xf KES A SPECIALTY OF CLEAN- nnd repi'mij; witeliis and clocks. XpKEi ill '"K a Claries reasonable, Give Ii-ni a call. m.' ten i" JOSEPn VVKTTERER. Proprietor Orcgoii',St.,JncUsonvil!c. rffHE BESTOF LAOER DEER ALWAYS KFPT JL on hand and ready for sale by the keg or glass UNION HOTEL, KeruyviMe Oreon, M. Ryder, Propr. -T7IRST CLSS ACCOM ODATIO-V CA" JL always be bad at this bouse at the met jvaannnble rates, SSTAn excellent stable connected with the hotel. li 1 r. BOOKS AND STATJQNERY. -ilcry cr all ikj ESOEirTION OF CUT-FILLERS, THE CITY BREWERY. VEIT SCHUTZ, - - Proorietor. T WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY IN- form the citizens of Jacksour.lie and l.a ....-lit .1 larfrM lli.t tli.v fttn find t anv time, at my llrawerr, the best lsrer -h1 tteer, in any quantity the puicha.er rcy desire My hon.e i conTenlntlvsllniltHl and mr rooas are always In order. A Ti.it will jilease yon. r1 est drfigs and 1'atent Medlclnrs irn to liAiiLKit liuua OB., SPINNBY & CO., SPE01AT-.ISTS, No. 11, Kearney Street TREAT ALL CHROMO AND PRIVATE DIS ei.rs without the id of mercury OGlceliours 'J . to 1-2 a; 2 tSandGto9 P.M. ()tl!.TATlN FrkB. ?nndrs exccptetl Coillations free. Call or ad dress Dr. A I' SPINNEY 1 CO., No.ll. Kearney, treet San IrancibCo. WAiLDO EXiP!.t9 OnrrylnsTJ. S.BCails Leaves JacksoiiviUc MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR "WALDO. LEAVES "WALDO, Tuesdays and Fridays. First-class accommodations for pa'sen- prs. Expres3 business promptly attended to by R. M. GARRETT. sVr.AXXiS.ROrF..ar,ARPEXTERS,ANDWA 171 gem-makers' tools for sale by JOHN MILLER, A FULL LIFE OF ASJllFAND GOODS ., 4 PA'tM AND FrtEIGKT IVACOSS Plovvs, Gang Plows & Sulky Plows In fuct everything from the finest needh to a tlireOntiL-nuclnne. Give lis n cab and judH for vonrcelves as lo our capacity if fnnni-hing petuN as above. The way to unke money is to save it. To ave it" luy cheap. To liny c'teap pay CASH for your good' and bnv of REAMES BROS. MEW LB VERY STABLE BACK OF COURT HOUSE. J.W. MANNING, Proprietor. TT-T-AVINO LATELY FITTED UP THE COM X 1 mllMUSuirn on th" School House Flat and in the rear of the Court llou. Weare miw fully prepared to attend tn alllniires inonrline with imnnptnessauddispitch aud at the m st reasouable rates. Pine Sarnouts Tlie stable Is fnrnl-hed with the best animals and nin-t mb-tantlal bu5i;le; also a first cli-s hack and ajldle horses. Horses boarded, and the best care bestowed on them. Satisfaction gmianleed in eyt-rr instance. Oire ns acall and JuJge for yoursclre, J.W MANNING. JaclfonTllle. April if Ih. IB iiOIO KAHLER BROS AND BOY YOUR- VX If "old Pen, Tb& iound auiuii" -aminai ,.vhHli Jiave been reared in the humid atmosphere of lower altitudes. Could 'S. T. H.' but feast his eyes upon the beauties of our little park, his facile pen would trace such a glowing description that even though it should preface a 'horse- article,' I think our brilliant 'Yah Amerikanski' could endure it. Mounts Pitt aud Shasta, with eternal snows, loom up grandly in our sight. Crater take, twenty two miles from here, is a walled or sunken lako exactly on the summit of tho Cascades, and is one of the grandest and most awe-inspiring sights ever witnessed by mortal man. Its walls are from one thousand to two thousand feet high, -and the water's edge can only be reached at one point, where the descent must be carefully made. The lake is in dimension, about ten by fifteen miles; has been sounded to the depth of seven hundred feet, and in many places no bottom can be found. Near its centre is a small mountain island, in which is a deep conical hole or crater, which contains snow during tho whole year. Tlie presence of vast amounts of scoria and pumice covering the country for miles around, sufficiently attests the exist ence at one time of a mighty burning volcano. Snow is found on the banks of the lake at all seasons of the year. The water is perfectly transparent, and not a thing of life inhabits it. Klam- atti latTepiloWeTer, "ana ttie scleral mountain streams which flow into it, contain myriads of golden, silver, lako and brook trout, that are capable of making n line spin out to the merriest music of the reel. Our sportsmen v ho find water foul, prairio chickens and tho different varieties of grouse in such abundance for their game-bags, and who sometimes take a hundred pounds of trout in a single day, (with fashiona ble tackle, too), read in the columns of Eastern sporting journals the long, prosy decriptions of abortive attempts, vhich the disciples of Ninirod and Walton are constantly making to bag a pheasant within gunshot of a farmer's door, or capture a 'red-horse' in some quiet brook which irrigates a cow-pasture, with derisive smiles; and venture the assertion that should the aforesaid disciples ever act on II. G.'s adiice, and get far enough West to 'set' a twelve pound trout, or caught a glimpse of a three-hundred pound buck, to say nothing of attempting to disturb the equanimity of a serene and 'level-headed' grizzly, they will never after waste naDer. ink and time in tho description of futile attempts upon the life of a poor robin or meadow lark. An act approved March 3, 1879, to provide additional regulations for homestuiU and pre-emption entries of public land, omiting the enacting clause, reads as follows: That before final proof shall be submitted by any person claiming to enter agricultural laiuU under the laws providing for pre emption or homestead entries, such person shall file with tho registcrof tho proper land-ofiico a no'.ice of his or her intention to make such proof, stating therein the discription of lands to be entered, and the names of the witness es by whom nccessaay t.icts tablished. ' Upon the filin" of such notice, the register shall publish a no tice that such application has been made once a week for tho period of thirty days, in a newspaper to bo by him designated as published nearest to such notice, he shall also post such no tice in some conspicuous place in his oflice for the same person. Such no tice shall contain tho names of the witnesses as stated in the application. At the expiration of said period of thirty davs the claimant shall be en titled to make proof in the manner heretofore provided by law. Tlie secretary ot the Internor shall make all necessary rules for giving effect to the. foregoing provisions. Several confederate democratic politicians- have had the impudence to as sert in tho two houses of Congress that Daniel Webster in. his closing years changed his views and held that the government was not national, but a compact between the states. On the 10th day of May Senator Blaine took up these assertions, and in a very able speech showed how ihe remarks of uWebsterlhadtCeen "perverted apx suueu. .a. special io a tjatrriro naDer1 - a i jrives these particulars: Mr. Blaine began by adducing au thoritiesyAetting at rest the position of Daniel Webster as to whether this is a nation or confederation of states. He quoted largely from the speeches and writings of Webster, and somo of the utterances of that statesman he showed to be singularly appropriate to the pres ent condition of things. Reading from one of Webster's speeches in the senate directed to the democratic side, he said he would adopt that language and apply it to day after the lapse of forty years. He showed that the democratic party had learned nothing from that day to this and their states rights doctrine was a perpetual menace to the national au thority and existence. He overkauied Alexander Stevens' book called the "War between the States;" whilo he gave Steven's credit for sincerity, ho lamented the mischievous tendency of tho book. Ho denied that oven the ti tle was right; that the war was not be tween the States, but between a section of tho country and the nation. Ho riddled sonic portions of Ben Hill's great speech and managed to place that senator in a very ridiculous position. Hill had siid that he consented to se cession as he would to the death of his father, because ho could'nt help it. Blaine showed that Hill voted for tho ordinance of secession, so that from his 7f -tt H0JV) liKci -1 t ;cnted to the death of his fatj but had joined in with the mob to help kill tho o:d man. Such vas tho logic of Hill's position. He passed in rapid review the speeches of Hill, Eaton, Rtyard and Saulsbury. There were several amusing passages between Blaine and Eaton, in which tho Con necticut senator reiterated his former statement that ho would not vote a dollar to the army until the President signed the democratic caucus bill. Blaine spoko for two hours and had the undivided attention of all present. Even Conkling laid aside his work, which has been known to bo very pres- A young Jewish lady of a rich and respected family was recently on the point of being married near Cologne, in Germany, when a peasant woman entered aud forbade the ceremony. She said that twenty years before she had. been the nurse of the child now suposed to be the bride, but had acci dentally rolled over upon it and smothered it while sleeping. Fearing punishment, shg substituted her own infant, and allowed it subsequent ly to be taken from her. "Of course I am much obliged for the education and rearing the child has received,"said the woman, "but you can understanil that as a rood 0Wastian I could nov- allow my daughter to be married to a Jew." Mug, when Blaine spoke, and listened to tho entire speech. Blaine showed that all the confederate statesmen, in stead of taking their quotations from Webster himself, had taken them at second-hand from Stevens' mischievous book, and Stevens, a known secession ist and ex-vice-president of the south ern confederacy, is not an authority on Webster, the great champion of the na tional cause. KTnG CE.E. Troy Dye, the boss murder manipu lator of Sacrnmento, Gil., used his in senuitv to make tho authorities believe he was insane by almost kicking his wife to death while visiting him in his cell the other day. A council of physi cians examined him and have decided that he was sane. He was sentenced to be hung last Thursday, and w e pre sumo he is now fully dyed. The reason he was senteneed to be hung on Thurs day, instead of the usual hangman's day (Friday), was that Judge Denson considered that it would have been a disgrace on the fair name of other crim inals to have him play to a select audi ence on that day. Rayburn was arrested, had a prelim inary examination bofore W. II. John son, J. P., and was held to answer be fore the grand jury in S200 bonds, which were given and he was released from custody. o Edwin Booth is quoted as saying of his recent assailant that he is a "dan gerous lunatic nothing more." About 2 o'clock, p. m., last Tuesday, says tho Corvallis "Gazette," Sheriff Sol. King returned Frank Rayburn to tho jail of this county and placed ,hiiu in the large iron cell, in the jail. Mr. King having been absent from home over a week, and anxious, to see his ifahiilv, was in the act of Iockmg'tlio , cell, when J. W. Rayburn demandedj an immediate interview with his broth- er, Frank. Tho Sheriff, for reasons torical 'Lava Beds,' too, The nis- aro in this T3XI1X3S 9U1 JOJ OqiJOSqng above stated, declined, but -said hii would give him an opportunity afteil while or words to that effect. Shortly after this Mr. King and a large crowd of citizens were returningfromthe court house, Mr. R. among the numberJ While walking toward Mr. IL's officii he was very abusivo of the Sheriff, and when near there Mr. King turned , around to face his assailant when ho found himself covered by a revolver in' the hands of Rayburn. He immediate ly drew his own pistol, and at tho samo instant caught the pistol of Rayburn in his left hand, when the pistol snapped and was prevented from being dis charged by catching upon his hand, be tween the thumb and forefinger. At this juncture a friend of Mr. Rayburn snatched King's pistol, but the Sheriff kept a death grasp on Rayburn's pil and took it from him no shot beiT fired. Had a pistol been dischargeJ even accidentally, in the crowd, theJ is no telling what might have been tlS sad consequences. 1 Dll 103.2