b Acquitted.
O. Hi'OrbHI'inHotedtfor..rHontwa8
' tried and ncquited by the jury yesterday
in tlin Stato Circuil,tcourt. dlorwas
chargod with Rottintttfiro lb th& Good'
Tcinpl.ii- linll ut Alt. Tabor and was) in
prison awaiting trial lfiiJ days,
PoUoriu'd.
During the past ten laya nino young
mule and three hor.os holougiiij to
Charics Hussell, of Walla Walk, havo
died. The causo is attributed to boiiio
poiscu in tho wheat hay on whioli they
woro being fed. Tho mules wero roiiiu
of tho finest in the country, and the
loss is n very severe one.
Bluo Ribbon.
Dr. Walts lectured at Roseburg thtec
times last Sunday and twice on Monday
to very large audiences. As a result of
his earnest efforts of temperance he or
ganized a Blue Ribbon Club of 175 mem
bers with the following officers: J. 11.
N. Bell. President; J. W. Strange, Secre
tary; Executive committee, Henrv Hy
ara, Chairman, Mrs. Dr. Hoover, Rev.
N. Starr, AIIss Kent.
1 I. . fr.
Foolish Jolin!
John W. Thomp.'on, living on I). D.
Frcttyinan'fi farm, west of town, whllo
attempting to blust a tlr log, on Wodnov
day litnt, was Imdly injured. After
tamping his blast, lie npj lied the mutch
direct without the aid of a fus". Air.
T. thinks it was an hour before ho emtio
to hiuiHelf, but his wifo thinks it wus
not moru than fifty-two minute!! from
tho time sho heard the report, His arm
is in 11 sling
A Silly Fellow.
Tho Junction City Republican says, on
Monday last a young man named "Win.
Heed was sitting in the storo of Conner
fc Crosno, at King's valley, having in his
possession, B.iy.1 tho Jtvinizer, a self
cocking revolver, which contained 0110
blank cartridge, the balanco of the cham
bers being loadod. lie took a notion to
try to frighten tho persons present, and
called them to see him shoot at his big
toe, calculating to discharge tho blank,
but in this ho wns disappointed, and his
aim being gootl, a ball was sent through
tho too he was aiming at. It is just
barely possible that "Wm. llocd will not
soon attempt another suoh a foolish trick.
Freights aud Charters-
Tho Astorian concludes as follows:
It is estimated that thero is nstilllcicnoy
of tonnage in port to carry oil' tho en
tire surplus for export. Persons who
havo tho best moans of knowing, say
there uro less than 40,000 tons uvailavlo
for shipment at this time, probably not
more than 33,000 to 35,000. Tho se.i
Hon in practically closed, and our grain
Huipmonts have fallen oil' fully -.' per
cent from last season. This M partly
owing to tho home demands for wheat
for seed in newly opened localities, nud
partly to diminished crops in the Wil
lamette valloy. Thero is a prospect of
tho coasting vessuls coming back into
their old channels, from which they ,
havo been driven by tho presence of so
largo 1111 iucro.isa in tho stoam fleet. j
Important Transf.tr. I
Within tho past few dayji a very im-
portaut sale and transfer has boeu mad) 1
botwecn the Willamette Transportation
and Locks Company and the Oregon
.Steam Navigation Company. Tint W.
T. A Ij. Coniany havo sold out to tho
O. S. N. Company all their taats and '
tho largo nml valuable wharf (pmpertyj
at Astoria and Salem. Tho purchase in-'
eludes tho following steamers in addition ;
to tho other property mentioned : Wil-',
lametto Chiot, Oriei.t, Occident, l!onau-;
ata, Champioa, Governor (,! river, Aliee, j
Ockluhama, I. N. Cooke, Fauni IV.-(
tou ; ivImj tho barge Columbia, Autocrat
and Columbia Chief !
OlDoa Dcolarnil Vncint.
Tho mayor of As.oiia, W. W. l'arker,
has been convicted by the collision coun
cil of that city, of willful violation and '
disregard of tho ordinances ami of de
faulting the city. The charges and spec
iGcations which were manifold were sub
mitted to a committee, the report of
which was adopted anil the following
resolution passed:
RESOLUTION-.
Whereas, Tho mayor of Astoria, W.
V. l'arker, has been found guilty of all
of tho charges as preferred by J. F.
Nowlen and John Hahu, be it revived
tbat tho mayor's office is hereby declared
vacant, Avt Or.iy, McCSuire, Ilahn,
Nowlen and Shivley. Nays McCann.
Mall Carrier Froitn.
William Lafooti, a young man about
18 years of age, lately from North
Yamhill, Oregon, where his mother re
sides, started from this city on Tuesday
morning of last week 0:1 horesback, to
carry tho Ochoco mail as far as Oak
Grove, s distnnco of foriy-tive miles. It
appears that this was the fir.d tinio ho
was ever over the route, and night over
taking him, hi got oil' the road, became
lost and partially deranged. Hu was
found Thursday caniKnl under a tree
almost entirely naked and delirous, liav
ing been out two nights, lip was taken
to Jerry Young's house, and Dr. Tier
turn of this city, was hent for, who in
forms us that upon his arrival ho found
hiii) in a wry critical condition. Both
of his feet and legs ore badly frozen.
He will probably lose all his toes, but
the Doctor thinks he will b?able to save
tho feet
Arrested
aUBtojjKh9pcApc4rflnjwt(he4
penltcntinry,in 1870, ( was. arrested in
Kugcno "orr ThuWJay,1 and1 Villi be
brought down to-day and turnl over to
prison.
W
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Proposed Chance.
The proposed chango In tho mail be
tween Astoria pjhI Portland will allow
piMongcrB leaving Astoria to reach Tn
coma, on Puget Sound, or Salem and
Albany tho miiiio day.
Chemistry aud Anatoinr.
Tho clans at tho medical college on
Fourth street Humbert) 29 members.
Drs. Ilex nml Snylor lecture this even
ing, tho former on chemistry and the
latter on anatomy.
A Fearful Dili.
Tho heathens of the city maintained
an iutolcrablo din, racket and bang lust
night and this morning. Chief Besser
permitted them to firo their crackers at
specified hours at the solicitations of tho
mongolians' attorneys. It is hoped wo
havo heard the last of tho nuisance, not
withstanding tho desire of lawyers to
earn their foe.
Klllod by Olnut Powder.
John Alotley, a miner in tho employ
of tho Monumental Silver Alining Co.,
mot with a horrible death 011 tho lJith
inst. It appears that Alotley w-as drill
ing in drift 011 leilgo No. 12, nud tho
drill coming in contact with a caiiridgo
of giant powder, exploded it, causing
instant death. Tho shot took c fleet in
tlm left Ride, near tho abdomen, literally
tearing tho poor fellirv to pieces. Tho
deceaseil Iiml been at work only a few
weeks at tho mine; wits an old resident
of Grant county. Ho leaves a wifo and
two children.
Sontenoa Commuted-
Amongijthe prlioncrs whose sentences
have Just been commuted by Ills Excel
lency Governor Thayer, we notice the
name of Daniel Doty, Charles Wilson
and F. W. Knowlcs, of Jackson county,
and that of George Dougherty and II.
K. Herring remitted.
Doty was convicted at the November
term in 1875, sentence four years. Case
appealed 10 supreme court and affirmed
March, 1879. Sentence would have ex
pired AUrch. 1880. Knowlts was con
victed ol aiiault with intent to kill at the
February term, 1877, sentence three
yesrs. Time would have expired Alaich,
iSSc, Wilson, convicted of gran J lar
ceny at the July term, 1872, sentence
nine years, which would have expired
August, 1 SS 1.
Vary Important Daaitlon.
Tho Puget Sound Argus says the cel
ebrated tax ease of tho Northern Pacific
Railroad Comp my vs Stephen Jitdson,
treasurer of l'iorco county, involving
tho legality of tho taxes levied on tho
Kailroail anil tint land of tlio company
for tho years 1871, 187A, 187Cnnd 1877
in Piorco counlv, was finally decided
last Alonday by Chief Justico fowls,
tiresidini; at tho district court ut Stoila-
eoom, in favor of the Itailroad comiuny.
and a perpetual injunction was ordered
uginst tho collection of said tax which
amounts to overtixteeu thousand dollars
besides interest, penalty and costs. The
claims of tho company that its right o
wayund tho limits not patented worof
exempt from taxation was not finally
pasted upon. The easu w.ia decided ad
tersely to the peoplo for non-compliance
with the m sudatory requirement of the
re venu 1) laws and bwiuso tho legislature
of 1877 ulnolutely rcpeahsl the law of
ISO.") without miy saviug clause, which
repeal acted us u destruction of nil exist
ing roiiiislics for thu collection of
taxes leiieil. Tho court held in sub
"tanco that all inchoate right derived
under tho statutes nrj lost under its to-pv-al.
TliU decision, if it is the law,
will nlui put u quirt us on the claims of
Thurston, I.kwu, Chohalis, Pccitio a 'd
Cowlitz counties for all taxes levied uu
ilr oaiil law in said counties prior to the
year 1878 uud amounting in tho rapre
gata to over 50,000.
it.,
The Indians Are Coming.
Tho Indians wo mentioned recently as
lieing en routo from Camp Harney to
this place uro expected to arrivo on Five
Alilo Crook on Friday next, and as soou
as arrangements can bo made will Ik
brought to town or vicinity. A portion
of them are " prisoner of war," captured
by General Howard last summer, and
tho others an) members of old AVinna
mueva's liaud, whoso brother ucoompanies
tho expedition.
Tho "outfit" coiuisUi of about ICO In
dians, two companies of cavalry, sixty
wagons, with as many teamsters.
Tho Mountaineer says Mr. Jamen N.
Clarke, of Grant count, " agent " of
tbis " circus," says tho Indians are fat
and hearty, and appear to enjoy tho
journey very much. While camjK'd on
tho John Day river wo noticed a num
ber of young bucks in swimming. Tho
river was frozen along the shore, extend
ing out ten or twelve feet, and the little
fat fellows woul I take 11 run and lido
on tho icu on their bellies oil' iutu tho
water.
The objective point or destination of
the ''outfit" is the Yakima lleserratiou,
over in Washington Territory, but for
some causa it will remain hero for a
while.
"What object tjio Government can have
in moving these Indians to tho Yakima
reservation is more than wo can under
stand, unless in case of an Indian war
tho Indians will bo all togethor,
and thereby better ablo to protect
themselves.
TROUBLES AT OMAHA.
'Tlio7crWb'cl5h',drifiTan'of-YCTrt
righln, 'again corporate 'monopoly las
spread constf rnation by its imperious ac-(
tlon, hud tin? umn it 'is Omaha tha ; is
badly hit. Only a few years ago :ho
placowas it snag) wild, and then itgrow
in benuty like well, so well that (eo.
I'raneis Train located fi,000 lota thjire,
and went all around tho world to tell it.
It outlived is j'jveiiesqnco and forgot.i
Geo. Francis Train, and otbor
i elements .
of its mvago nature. It lived to soo tho
Union Pacific llailroad and tho great
bridge ncross tho Missouri rivnr built,
without n thought that tho samo U. P.
11. It. would bring Omaha capitalists to
grief and load its monoy changers
with burdens a pack hoi-so could iiiot
comfortnbly bear. But that timo has
como ; tho U. P. It. It. has done, it ;
Omaha is ovorrttn with with what they
never tailored they would havo enough
of ono year ago.
It happened thus: Tlio peoplo of Oma
ha had mado it tho study of their lives
to nccumulntogrcsnbacks, and wero mod
erately successful in their endeavor, hav
ing, as a safety valve, tho power to buy
lots of Geo. Francis Train- when thero
was an oveiplus. Tho prico of currency
they cared nothing for,' nnd yet they
longed for specie, for gold, as all men
are apt to hanker after filthy lucre. Of
late tho railroad company, which has dis
bursed tons and hundreds of thousands
of ourroucy in their midst, has impbsed
ou them a different tuennsof liquidation;
it has hauled ovor from the mints of 'Ne
vada nnd California and disbursed in
their midst, gold coin. Blessings always
arc " brighter as they tuko their flight,"
and consternation spread among capital
UU, who had no confidonco in feather
bols as a placo of reftigo for coin, and
workmen whoio weekly wages wero
handed over in this weighty shape. Fi
nally n bank was found that consented
to receive gold on deposit, nnd workmen
discovered that tho butcher, baker and
candlestick maker would, upon solici
tation, receive gold as payment, so that
tho ntllicted people, though making soro
complaint, umnngo to tide over their
gilt-edged day of misfortune.
It is nil as a man is used. We, who
camo this distnnco after gold, long ago
got used to it, and tho Hastcrn man who
brings his currency with him soon Icarus
to bear his share of tho public burdens.
It required men of courage to settle this
region, as has been often anil modestly
suid by ho many of us, and wo knew
gold was heavy when wo camo hero af
ter it. Wo havo worked hard for it
when we could got it, nnd many uf us,
to show our contempt for sordid things,
spent it freely when got,
Thero is nothing mean' about as, as n
peoplo, which remark is not entirely
original and if tho U. P. II. II. Com
pany doesn't believe it, let them build
tho Salt Lake, Dalles and Portland road,
nud disburse their tent and hundreds of
thousands of gold among us, mid every
man, yes, nvery ono of us, will open onr
hearts and our purses to receive thorn
uud theirs. This whole community could
Mi ike a Shaksperiau attitude nud shout
in defiance, ' Duuuod he ho who first
cries, Hold '. enough !'" Portland Bco
DKOUTH ON POOET "SOUND.
Taking up a S. F. Billetin of late
date, we come across frctdi Kusteru dis
patcher, tint by :.oiuo inexplicable reason
never reached Oregon by telegraph. Ono
lengthy story of human suffering tells of
a worthy Dutchman who left the Father
laiul to find in America, tho land of tho
free and the homo of brave Germans.
Ho landed in New York and caught
immediately the great Horatian idea to
'Go West." "Westward he went, and
kept Koiug until no liecame owner ot a
small ranch u the shores of Puget
Hound, where lo raised all tho wheat and
potatoer he could until the drouth drove
him away, when he collected what he
had left and left himself. Ho was then
in New York asking charity to help him
Iwok to Germany. "We suppose ho got
it, and certainly hope so, for w'e would
dislike to know that tho United States
held so big n liar as tho man who could
with delibeiut)' puqiose fay that ho lest
his crops by drouth over on Puget
Sound. Portland Bee.
Supreme Court.
Friday, Jan. 2 1.
F. Nodiue, et al, apiH-llauts, s J.
Shirley respondent; npj.Ml from I'nion
county. Ordered to bo re-arguad; mo
tion to admit ('. M. Spencer, of Balur
City, to tho bar, ho not being present
taken under consideration.
V. W. .Moore, appellant, v C. S -Miller,
resjondent; ajijeal from "Wo-sco
county; argued and bulnnittt'i.
Time net for hearing the cao of the
.State of Oregon, por.deat, vs J. I).
"Whitnev, appellant, Tuejday the 2ttthat
11 o'clock .AM.
Court adjourned till Tueadiv the 2t!i
at 1 1 o'clock A. M.
VINDICATE THE UW
MJmtTAeiAjWMri 1 Uie4oldetAuiL
tnoft 'drpniaty, rw:ts oEobbery over
plfnnedjin.this Btato.was 6rricd out) to
(ho b'llCcr.k.'ejHl&f v'owhcditnJmjrd(r,'
in this citj'. An old man Vas robnsi
in 'daylight, his premises f,clzod, his body
left, .bleeding and hcuseJcss, with every
reason to beliove that he could not sur
vive his injuries; and loiidcd with cold'
and precious booty, tho ha:
lid of robbeis
Hod. Eou us they lied fn
,ey lied tiom lnclluctunl
pursuit thoy carried murder in their
hearts, nnif turning upon their pursuers,
who would have vindicated tho law, ono
of them fired nud killed a passing boy.
Thero wero three of tho murderers.
Two of tlmm wero Stato prison binls
from California, had taen repeatedly
sent to prison to ntono for crimes, and
tho third was an unfortunate lad who
was commencing a career of vice under
their vilo tuition".
Johnson was the'master who planned
this bloody deed of robbery.and executed
it boldly uud in the light of day, in the
midst of this busy city. Brown, who
lired tho fatal hhbt, was his follower.
Actitig under Johnson's orders, ho as
saulted and nearly killed O'Shea. Itoth
wero hunted down at length, nnd after
trial wero convlctod of murder and con
demned to die. Concerning Brown's
futo thero seems to bo no gtcat appre
hension, for his coarso uaturo suits thu
bloody work ho has done, but wo hear
of efforts uiudo to commuto thesontencc
of tho chief conspirator and actual mur
derer, Johnson, without whom this deed
of robbery nnd murder would nover
havo been planned.
If it is desirable to leave the law tin
vindicated nud let tho author of this
drama of blood go free, why not ox
tcud its clemency to thn more brutal and
less nttractivo criminal who did tho
othor's bidding t Why should Brown
sillier tho direst penalty of tho law, if
his chief escapes 1 When n man has
graduated through Statu prisons until
society can hop.i for 110 reformation, and
then uuliniuutui in crimo as this "on-
gaging" murderer lias done, who that re
spects law nud society can forget both
so far to plead for him 1 Wo hear that
ho "innkos friends" and has "prcp'ossess
ing ways." If so hu is nil tho moro to
bo dreaded us able to sedtico others to
his biddiugjiud-to plan and execute de.s.
poratu deeds if ugaiu set at liberty, for
of course those who would commuto his
seutenco now would pardon him here
after. Portland Boo. ,
HANOMAN'S XIECORS.
It iicems tluit ninety-six murdoreni
wero hanged ijfjtliu United States dur
ing tho year 1878, an incroaso of thir
teen over tlto'yoar 1877. Tills shows
tho orco of our bt editiorlal whoor wo
showed that if the rato of murders woro
tho same elsewhere as thoy havo been
Jiero of Into, them wuuld bo 1,000 exe
cutions per annum in tho vholu nation.
Crimo has its full proportion of victims
in Oiegon, hiuI while wo must attribute
thin o.nciHH to thu prcsoncu among 113 of
recklefcs nml, desperate men who have
lately nought, asylum hove, that is all the
moro reason why tho Stafo courts should
jui , thoy have, uieto out tho full force
of tho Law, and whyclemency should not
bo misdirected but juhticu should hold
tlio scales with stern regard tor law and
morality. This carnival iof crimo must
close or wo shall havo . terror at homo
and an evil name n 1 a community. -Bee
rain TrTcAriroRNiA.
Itaiii h&u visited California, and it
must havo appeared very beautiful to
thein after their aeasou of hops and
fears, for it means all thut is possible of
succew to agriculturists, ami with all
her miubral wealth and bonanzas, they
cannot live without thn dews of heaven
and the lifo giving rain. It may ta too
lato to answer their purpoao, even if
abundant enough to niako the earth
growi and fruitful, for tlio plowing sea
sou is ntaut over. If they havo enough
grain to start the stirred fields and niako
grais for docks and herds, and to raise
half a crop of wheat, they will bo in big
luck, but thn prospaet for 1879 is not a
favorable ono for the California firmer.
Portland Bee.
Anybody can soil the reputation of an
individual, however pure and chaitc, l)
uttering a suspicion that hi j enemies will
believe and his friends ner hear of, A
puff of the idle can lake a million of the
seeds cf a thistle and do a work ol mis
chief which the hujhinJman men labor
long to undo; the floating particles are
too fine to be seen nnd too lio.li: to be
stopped. Such are the seeds of blander,
so easily sown, 60 difficnlt 10 be gathered
iij), and jet so pernicious in their fruits
'1 he slanderer kriQwa that many a wind
will catch up the plague amj become
poisoned by his Insinuations, without ever
seeking the aiitldott. No reputation car
rcfate a sneer, nor any human tkill pre
vent mischief.
Stato and Territorial,
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Many naw, claims.. havo been looatal at
iaquinaithil.Alsc.s. '-
ry,ryis Ijj-wcnport is building aaAno
rjWs JryuJ);wcniKrt ij b
!nnirt nfc Inn Italics
iicnca at tuo Danes.
f
A UeW hotel llllildin? lllfue storioa liiirh )
Intthlfiiir ut UonMlia.
J. M. rfnrmAii is to build a court house at
Mount Idaho to cost $2,070.
An express and passenger lino is to 'run
froifi Link illo to' kiuerlow. J f
Kiftccn or thirty thousand head o( oattlo
arc wintered in Warner valley. '
Many of tho items in tlio MuuiiLiinccrj ara
forcttallril hy oar privato advices.
Tlio Icwijtoti Teller najs stock running la
that part iif Idaho has RUUcrcd little.
Thero is a prospect of a telegraph between
ltodding and Lakoview, Lako, county.
O. Olson, of Laccntor, hail tho miafortuno
to get somo rihs broken a fow days ago.
Tho Stato Line Herald says'this is tho picas
est Winter over known in l.sko county.
CorvoUis is to havo a hank as Mr. V B.
Hamilton has concluded to establish one.
Dr. Sharpies, lato of Halcm, will rcnumo tha
practice of uuvllcine In Kugcao, Ids old home.
Charles. Staats, on tho 11th, killed a Coyoto
in King's valley and got 50 M bounty motier.
Tho proposed construction of tho West bido
llsilroad to Corvatlis causes great joy In that
place. '
A wagon road Is betnsmsde for SO miles
from I.aVuviow to llidwoll over tlio niouilUln
raugo.
A surprUo party was given to W. W. HucV,
at Oregon City on occurrence of hU 7.1th
birthday.
Tho Mountaineer says county court hai ap
pointed Charles Hilton Inspector of rlbccp
lindor tho now law.
Tho peoplo of Olyinpia arc afraid tho pnta
tooj thoy ship to California w ill ho classed as
"Oregon products."
Tho Mercury says n valualdo horso ormed
by l'Vauk Johnson was run over by tho mmth
hound Monday train.
Tho Jacksonville Sentinel says l'amoll Ic
llall found a nugit of gold In this claim, near
(irauts' ln worth $371.
A ortlon of tho water of Hood river ii to
bu turned into tho valloy, at least tho Hood
Klvor Ditch Co. has so rosolrcd.
Mon uf O. A. Wado, Clackamas, playing
with n rovolvor, shot himself through' tho
urni, aUo elbow, so say tho Entctyruo,
Thero uro 15,000,000 feet of logs afloat In
i'ugot Hound, and all covered with laborers
lions. Thoy ought to keep well in that order,
I.anthou & Co.'s storo at bewlston, I. T.,
was lately rohU'd, and tho Teller says nomo
of tho stolen goods wero found in a Chiua
shop.
Dennis Malnuy, who lives on Canyon City
road, lost his house and Wlntur's R-ub by tiro,
farly In Jaiiuary. Was nway to see a neigh
bor at tho timo.
Tlio scattered Indians nlmut Jacksonvillo
havo mado up a mi no of SCO for the tlofcnse
of Indian Moo wlin wan concerned with Itath
in tho munler uf Sohring.
KastwicVs report estimates that $n.1,000
will bo sulllcient tu inako tho Clearwater river
uatissblo for steamem fnm tho mouth to
within 10 miles uf tho mouth of tho middle
fork.
Tho Olympic Kxperimeat says our littto rail
road and its dignitied management rominJs us
vory ividly of alittla I oy wearing a ttovo
pipe hat and adds that a dog fight this moru
in s ot our daily back two hours.
Tha Albany Democrat tells a groat story of
a young man, recently from tho Stales, who
wa out hunting aud tacklod a coujrar, and
put 13 buckshot tutu hi in, and then left tho
coujnr eating a deer. They had a tcrriblo
coulUct but his amunltion gavo out.
Hays the Washington Indcjiendenti Hinco
tho tiiaw It is found that tho young grain in
this couaty was not injured by the (ruozing
woathur as It was feared. Mr. 1. Jackson,
ucr lliljtlMiro hn somo volunteer oats that
aro unhurt, and ofcourao "tho srlwat, is all
right, (t
Tho Kntcrpriso says that Monday avoalug
th citizens of Oregon City held a moctuiR to
talk mer matters and sco what could bo douo
toMranU having thu railroad projected on tho
ua.it Me, terminato at Oregon City. Kpoechcj
w(.w msilu byT. II. Harrinou, K O. McCown,
Dr Caito, Charles Cutting, K. L Rtslhmn,
Hon. John Myors, Major (.'liarman, M Athoy
and A. .Siudoni, cltiieiu uf town aid county
who ail favored activo elTorts ai.d liborat sub
scnpti'iiu to that end.
An Old Man with tho Boaoa of
his WiveH.
lleadera of Hawthorne's "Marhlo
1'auu," remember tho vivid ihwcription
it contains of thu fumons Capuchin ccin
ttrry in Home. Not many years ago
thero lived in nn Ohio village uu old
man w ho established in his own house u
riceptaclo for human, bones quite sugges
tive of that remarkable placv. Ho had
buried threo wives, and after the death
of the third ho bocsmo vo-y disconsolate
and would not ta comforted, At last
ho conceived the idea of exhuming tho
remains of ull threo. Waiting until
time had bon sufficient for tho remains
of the last to decay ho carriod out his
niojoct, Tho bones woro all taken to his
house and thero deposited in boxes.
Nearly every day ho psusod several hours
in cleaning, polishing,' arranging and re
arranging the precious relics. It was
his delight, as a wriUr in the Cleveland
Herald relates it, to mix tho boues in
ono box, and then select and point out
to his frieuds tho fragments of Mary,
the bride of his youth. In each instance
m was nblo to toll which of the other
wives the remaining tancs belonged.
At last the old' man himself died nnd
directions for his burial were found
among his papers. A cotlin was to be
mado large enough to contain not only
his body but ulso tho remains of his de
parted companions. The honcH of his
lirtt wifo were to bo arranged about his
head uud shoulders, while thosn of tho
second and third wero to be plufed aloug
either .sido of him, and at his fijct he di
rected that a small silken hagctjutuiuiug
auiarthy matter, aupxnwl to bo the
dut of the thru- wdves carefully taken
out of thu original graves, n!;u!U lie.
U his lirst mnniujto ho had worn silken
how and kins- breeches; ut the fwcoml
tho same pair of hoso carefully pn utrv
ud, though covered by the rnoip modern
trousers, und at tlm lasi niarfiag" tho
same piir of hose tn at the Srs,t. Care
fully dressed, wit'i ihcso bun n'ou:d
tiim, and those identical hole ophUfeft,
the old man was hud nwnv in his 'irxv.
Backwoods Courting.
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ff&lAiOSVr ?' m)rLF A Io"S
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eatiM dWilioundRnaniirnuai flics was bv
hLspid;-v basket ,ov sowing was by
hers. Both n-ockod incessantly that is,
the young people, PQt,lho,dog,aiul bas
ket, lie sighs heavily nnd looks tout of
me weal winunw ni 11 crupu iuyrno,neu;
rim sighs lightly, and gazes out of tho
east window at a turnip rpatch. At
last he remarks : '. 'j
"This is mighty good wither 'to pick
cotton." v . " ,
. "'Tis that if wo only had arty to
pick." r '.
Tlio rocking continues. .
" What's your dog's namo 1"
" Coony."
Another sigh-broken stillness.
" What's he good furl"
" What is wlio good for V said he.
abstractedly.
' Your dog, Coony.;'
" For kutchin' possums."
Silence for half nn hour.
" IIq looks liko a deer dog."
"Who looks liko a deer dogV
; " Coony."
." Ho is but ho's kinder bcllowbtl, an'
gettiii' old an' slow now. An ho ain'fc
"no' account 011 a cold trail."
In the ipiiet ten minutes that ensued
she took two stitches in henpiilt; it was
a gorgeous nflair. That quilt was mado
by the, pattern called ' Itoio of Sharon."
Sho is I'ery iinrticular about tho nomen
clature of her quilt, nud frequently
walks 15 miles to got n pattern with a.
" real purty natnu." .
" Your ma j-aisiu' many chickens 1"
" Forty ojld."
Then moro rocking, and nomohow, in.
a shot t while, thu big rocking-chair nnd
tho little rocking-chair woro jammod.
sido by side. I don't know ihow it hap
pened It nitty havo taen,causod by a.
jmcullarity in tho floor, or by tho natural
magnetic attraction ono chair had for
tho other; hutl strango to say tho basket
of work had followed tho littto chair,
and tho little chair hud traveled as fast
as the birr one. Coony had not .moved.
Ho lay In tho samo place sound Asleep,
- I .-tl-!.. 1.. I.f -1 lt...l !..
nun will uniting 111 11 in inuup, mill, m,
L'ivinir faint, irrocular barks nt tho nos-
sums ho beheld in his dreams. Aftor
n little while tho conversation was re
sumed :
" How many has your ma got V-
" How many whatl"
" Chicken'
" Nigh 011 to n huudroil."
Ity this timo tho chairs were ao closiv
together that rooking was impossilile.
"Tho mlnlc hasoiituu most of ours."
Thou n long hilcncu reigns. At last
ho observes :
"Makln' quilts V
"Yes," sho ropUnd, brightening up;
". I've just fiiiishod iv 'Soaring Kagul of"
Brazeel,' a 'Sittin' Hun' aud a Nation'tf
l'rido.' Havo you ovor saw the Yellow
Iloso ou tho Paniry 1' "
""No."
Moio silouoe, (lion ho aays :
"Do you likocabbagol"
" I do that"
l'rrticjntly his hand is accidentally
pluced on hers. Hho does not know it ;
at least does not hoom to bo uwaro.of it,
Thuu after a loiigjiou spent in sighing,
coughing and clearing of throats, hit
suddenly wiyn: ,.
" I'vo a groat mind to Into you."
" What you great n-inind to ibito mo
furl"
" ICasv you won't havo mo."
" Iaso you ntn't nxod 1110."
" Well, now 1 nit you."
"Thou, now I lisHyou,"
Tiieti Coony divauis ho heir.i a sound
of hissing.
Thou thu not day tho young man.
goes to Tigeivillo after .1 marriagu li
cense. Wfliiesday tho following week.
No cards.
Why Hampton Rodo tho Mulo
''ho nocoun!. of thu auchleut which
was puhlishod in the Nowh and Courier
the tiny lifter its occurrence liecamo
known, was full and oxact in overy par
ticular mvo cue, (and that oiuIksioii I
now de.dits to r.upply rv it answers thn
question whioh 1 havo frequently hoard
asked : "Why (lov llumpton, of all
nujii, should over havo oousoutcd t't rido
a mulo iurtdeor hiintl" A sufficient
reply might bo mado to tlio effect that
the Coventor can rido anything that any
other man can, and, thorofoio, felt no
hesitation in mounting oven a young,
unbroken mule, but tbu true and tatter
reason is tltat he chooi to rido tho ani
mal iu question rather than continue tho
hunt iqiou the horsn which ho had
brought with him, uud which' had al
ready douo him good nervico ou tho
day liefore, nud which . ho wished to
spatv for tho rcssoii thtt it was not lib
own, but hail Ix-.-u placed nt his disposal
by a friend. The flovornor n a hard
rider whim hit own stock are con
cerned, but bo is not 0110 of thut very
luiyu clcss of iii.inhiiid, who, .'iccording
to thu pmvitib, mo willing to "rido it
tarrowed Iioim to deitli." He left tho
horw bhind theiofoio, upon pihieiplp,
ami took u)oiih!miMf thoiihkof ilding
n brute that lew ineu would iiiro to Lo
htnii. in I bin ;iipral tontuction I
inuy as well mention auothtr fact lit
point, which will Im nppieolatul by any
man who l.'iiown thn Clovonwr or who
has jvw fidljwcd Mio' houndi, t'wlt
tba tho only 1 ?nl toneeni the . 1l,i ernor
eingHl nt tho t'lno wf tlm r.iiidnt, dl-th-i!i
ind'eiiug keenly Jhf while, was
in slew of thu juii.iibility tl-.it tome
b in luring irpirlT 0" 'ulito.4 intent j ub
Jul; to tlu woiid iiat, hu 1. 1 1 been.
thnwii from I11.1 inddh4. J Columbia,
Ltti' tQ t!o
a.'sl Couriw
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