#
r
r
M rs. Betsy M urphy and «laughter,
Th<* Mr a Kegln«*.
« «»tmI> om «cr--Kl«,('l VII i>iil>
llo w we «lid enjoy the celebration. Ida, returned W tiln e x la y from and The
In - ln I. i t . . I'he ll o n d - a n ti s u r e l i i - - .
l ’libli-lifil Every Saturday.
extended v isit to eu.»tcrn W ashing
< >ur people oolohrato«! everyw here.
On last Monday tin* Ism ils o f all
ton.
“ T he tow n «>f M >11111 >'itli i- -iniated in th è
Measles -till hold fortit in th is v i
the ofileers-elect of P o lk county were
ceu tcr of the riche-t | m "! >. 1' !k eoiiuts,
Fo llo w in g is the li-t of letters re
c in ity .
fidili inili- - > .ili ' :
>
1
i>.:
submitted to the county court, and
rem aining at the jwist office at Mon
and two alni > in-lui!I 111 ilt— \\ > —: >T thè thriv-
\\eie without exception approYcd.
Andrew
w
in
ters,
o
f
Portland,
was
ing tow n >>f lnilcp. n leu.
.in i > mtain» a
m outh, Oregon, J u ly ’.** 8 . Parties
The county i- now in the hand- of a
v isitin g hi- ho-t g— here th is week.
i
u
«idling for them w ill plea**.* say rnl-
lieautiful olle, nn :• *\.-h r>•'litij» | irif. and
R e v . Messick is holding a meeting verti-ed. W . C rossw cll, Joseph Kt'l- new regime, and it- affairs w ill be
for generai li- 1:1.1 . -•
sia -a ll tl, t
admini-tered by it for the next two
1 . M eu u o u th oliere many at S m ith field , thi- county.
could i>c <1
h y . Joe Pickens, M r-. Jess «1 Bennett
advantage-. and ! o se contem plating any cu
years. Th e retiring officers have ad
R e v. Bittio r w ill preach hero to-®\ J . Stater, I . B . W hitcom b .—(».
terpri-c are in
to conter with o ur citizens.
ministered the county affairs in te lli-
The « m-i k \ h wi I lx* iva I in every town-drip night. A good audience is d>-sired. T, W a lle r, i*. >:.
g: n tly in the past two years, and if
und at evi ry
Ilice in the entire county,
Gem* lla y t o r has Purchased the the new ottlccrs make as gixxi a re-
und tlieri t 're un w elled a- an udvcriLdtu; Come out and hear.
imslU.'ga
W ill W o rth , our «aiterprisinggnv- stock o f goods a Q u* closing out store coril, they w ill certain ly deserve ro-
cerym an, w a -o v e r in L in n county a in D allas, of C. <!. Coad and w ill
The O h ' c r t e r latir m mtlis for .»Oct.-. few days li st w eek, w ith old friends. hence forth conduct the busln«*ss. eleetion throughout.
Tin* following ar«* the I miiu I s o f the
T ile ordinance o fw ip tism was ad tlene i- on«*of the reliable young nieu new officials w ith th eir amounts of
IIit^iin >■> M e n tio n ,
m inistered at I ndi'pendonce la t S'ui- of our neighbor town Dallas, and lii- the bond- and -uretie-:
I. T. MIa»oti the ijfniti-t, at Dalla-.
siic« e - s is O .- u r e d .
day by E ld . M essick.
F ra n k Butler, su rveyo r; amount
J . C. W o r t h ’s lin e g ro e c rie -.
,
.
On last F rid a y m orning J . E . F e n $•*», 000 ; sureties, E . T . Match, It. F .
New barns anil «<
¡in > > v> -
Hoad our now tulvoriis •monts this nicuts an* noted i.i « - \ e
ton filed in tin* circuit court for lame Ma-on, ( ’. (t. Fish e r and W’ . G . H a r
o
w eek.
county
w pot lee of contest for the of ris.
A . L . lt o ln i i- o i
«
I..
T h e F . MI. A . store has m-w good.-.
fice
of
county judge. M r. F o .& n
W in . I'I I i-, treasurer; amount $ 12 -
P alm elin , were m arried at Dallas,
Connoway A Cooper Iiardwaro
was
lxW
' ii by two vot«‘- at rip* last uoo;-un til*-, C. G . F ish e r, A . W .
W
ednesday,
J
u
ly
I,
'-s,
R
e
v
.
R
o
ya
l
m en, Indcpt*n<lt'i:<v.
election, and claim to have evidence M cX a ry. Jo h n C . A lle n , J . H . H a w
,
D en tistry first ela-s w ork done by officiating.
that vote- -liould have I k i * ii counted ley, K . T . H atch, K . C . K e y t, Thus.
I . T . Mason at 1 Mila.-.
Otto M ille r and S iv a Tonder were
for h im were* not counted at a ll.
Piuree, W in . F a ll, Jo h n K llis , P. M.
’ 88 , Ju stice
P a in ts, Oil-», V arn i-'.ia t * 1 . I t . l ’at- m arried M onday, J u ly
W is k I s , C. P. Zum walt/., I I . B . T in
Tuesday
evening,
w
h
ile
M
rs.
J
.
M.
terso n’s cheap.
F rin k olliei Jog. T h ey are both qi
PoweU and M rs. D r. Solan, o f A rl- gle, J . !>. Lee.
Fen to n A -Tru itt the loading«ior- this eountv.
Ira S . S m ith , -iu r ill; amount # 10 ,-
....
...
.. T, „ .
. ington, O r., were out rid in lr g -< , y they
chants of Dallas; Imik at tiio ir sfock
Ilm s. W ann, o f Ballsto n , a grad
before going el.-ow hero.
D am e near havin g «piite a rions ac 000 ; surt*tles, J . L . Stockton, F . A .
uat<* of tin- Normal school, is engaged
cident. T il lior- - bee An* iinniau- Patterson, It. S h e lley, J . S . Cooper,
T h e finest line of dre-s goods ever
as
t«*ach«*r of the Cochrane school,
brought to Polk t unty k ire to l « 1
ugeble on grade north of town and W . P. Connaway, J . I). Irv in e , J .
found at
G . Co.ol’s the now store two mi!«*s north >>f tow n.
went n ifto one side. Tin* buggy did M. V an d u yn .
Dallas.
A . I). B u tler came up from C alifor not tip over, but M r-. Solan was
C. G . t ’oad, eli*rk; amount $ 10 , 000 ;
S h e lley and V an d n yn are in tli nia, and was present at his m other’s
Utpown out into the mud and water, sWt’eties, Sam t 'oad, I . T . Ma-on, < Seo.
lead w ith tli lam -t -look of general
and a genuine good scare was tin* re- Tillo tso n , A lie Cirfow , D. J . U ile v,
m erohanili- i'i Intico. adeiioo. T h e ir fum ini la-. Saturday.
K. B iddle an>i .b >->- j>li Black.
Itrio«*s eoniparo w ith Ilio tim e- ami
.J. 11 . C u rly , o f S u i Francisco, is -n it.
till good-aro warranted first cla-s.
W . G . Campbell, assessor; amount
v isitin g lii- children here th is wi ck .
F ra n k B u tle r, C o i n t y St r v k y o i i
F o r fint> watch w o rk go to P . X . lie w ill return heme by wax' o ft.fi - 1 v i ler, va lu eran d auction« Cf: postal s >,oait; sureties, K. L . iMia.-hmutte,
G ra n t at 11 . I!. l ’.tUcr-on’s.
cago.
addre-s, Dallas, P olk county, Oregon E . T . M ille r, J . F . Groves, J . M.
Good limit and D n r • have four
Pre-ident Stanley, Prof. P o w ell, S|K*eitlcat!ons, estim ates, plans and Campbell and C. B . Craves,
“ D a vi-" - i
whichfl
d raw in g so fd w ellin g -, liarns, bridges,
Be-ide- these, W . I. Reynolds,
th e y are otferlng al ■ > •' for the n e x t M r-, f ’a t fo n , an«l Mis- - ( lava < ¿ani,
t h ir t y days in
let' t i eins tiiem Fannie G riggs, and M illii* Doughty, excavation , earth w o rk and brick- school superinteii'Jgnt, and B . F .
out. T h e y ar • first o la - , call and are attending tin* State Touchers’ w erk furni-hed. W ill attend in 1 Hil- M cl.ineh and < ¿. \V. McBee, «inu
wee them .
la.-nil W ednesday anil Thur-d.'.y in m is-ioners, who an* not re piired to
Association at Salem this week.
Spectacles prop
font- e -1 and
<?»'h
«•« unity court w ic k . Otiice at; give bond*», (p ialili, d .
Th e I in ! pendenti* A m ateu r in u
tuxtnrat lyfitted n li ■nryPato r-o:i’ -.
the court house.
1 (
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mati'*
Club
p
la
y
e
d
‘
‘
N
evada”
at
the
K v e ry pair w arrant' 1 . X>> lit, no
Probate Court.
« ir a iv i- i.tst ripening, and next
opera 1 1 1 >u» M cM in n ville , on tin*
salo.
i v ndi tlu* reap; rs w ill I»- runniug in
In the m atter o f guardianship of
H e n ry Pathtdon has just received evening of the F o u rth .
a now
of all th • lati - n - iv lti« —
Ju lia ( liamb tfidn, of Salem , lu*s full l>la-t. T h e long «untinued m in I suu* M cCoy, d ¡‘«*as«il, A . ( '. Mc-
in theJ>>volry lino. N > >>kl goo I- in
li • ai elect«si instructrc s in tin* m u of tlu* pa.-t nionth, put the hay har- Ix in non guardian, annual accounting
h is stock. Drop in and exam in e
sical department o f the territo rial ve-t off so late, that it bring- Itoth approved; al-T>, icvountlng from dates
thorn.
harv«*sts togetber, w hich niake it a 1-st; to 1 S 87 approved.
T h e “ <p ’ iorne’ ’ :n «wor ha- an itn- u n iver-ity at Scatti«*. ;»nd v. illa s time busy tinn* tbr our farm ers to «im* for
In tin* matter of Nancy W ard de
p ro vo n v n t t.hi year wltloii i- far her position about Sept. 1 st.
u s u i, Nat H olm an appointed guar-
ci
botli
tlu*
h
ay
and
grain
emp
at
tlu*
ahead o f a n y th in g . C all and
11 . G . and W . I I . Ila w le y , of Mc
same tun
I f good weather contili- «lian.
them at Goodman a v i D o u q ' s In-
Coy, were in town last Saturday. The
dopondonu'.
u«*s, they x 9 i b able ave all in difr
In matter of A . ( f i l a l i , m inor,
boy.- are trading in stock, and were
tillli*.
M ary H . Briedwells.il«* of land con
Thousand.- o. i,> li: ■ av it is tin
lie»t they ov.-r u d . i'ii v n i .in th> in the lo ikout for a bargain w ith
Th«* Bepublican “ bandiWtu’O is a firm ed.
W h ite -owing M k'ot. - you w ill some of our farm er .
sm
all Am erican Hag for the p o cke t—
tinti them at Buster A- Verno!©, In
Our people w * e a ll loyal to tin* m®!«* o f A m e riiiin -g ro w n -ilk , dyed
< ar«l «»t l haul;*,
dependence.
glorious fourth of J u ly , and are now in ana.iim* from Am erican petroleum,
To
the
m
any kin d friend- of Mou
I lo r- • shooing, :p»w -h o e s *1 . V*; settled baci; q u itly to business.
ntin' :i P h iladelp hia ja ck s, woven on » m u tli, w«* desire to c.xp n -so u r heart
ro-otting a io ail around '.SO; plow
Pain tin g and im provem ent- lu re New Je rse y looms by Am erican felt thanks, for the kindness shown
sbarponin;;- w i:ho-;t . utt. r » .2 » an :
till o ilie r w ork in proportion. O ak are not checked yet, and the outlook w o rkingm en. Not a foreign element us during our dear mother’s illn c —,
coupling put in l>»r i, o ik Iwr.-each brightens every day for tin fu tili e
n it, not a foreign touch ha- profan- ami e-pccially tin* night she died, for
$ 1 . at ('. Lan ktreeV .M nmoutli at
O
of th is villag e.
« « lit. Nothing a fiiu t it from In i'- their faithful and u n tirin g efforts to
the old stand.
Cy Bennett, th'^gonial conductor trade England. In every thread, tint relieve her ufiering. None but lov
W h ile at End ;
on ■ da
th is w eek, our attention was attraet on the narrm w gauge, h a-o u r thanks au 9 outline A m eric in, it i- a llt Sym ing thought- e:^ ever till «* 9 r lu iirts
eti to a ite w and nov 1 m ow ing ma for fovors receivd l W ednesday.
bol of our eampaigu ior Am erican when we call to m ind thus«* d«*iir
chine it:'* u r o p in e n i - thoni -t per
friends that were so faithftil in our
®
F . Y . M u ikey w ent to M cCoy, Industries.—E x .
fect m ower wo o .c o v e r ( \:tiohic*l
-a<!
aliliction .
Lavton
Hink!«*,
w
ho
live-
12
m
ilc-
W ednesday to v isit lii- sister, Mrs.
it i- ti: C S A ■
M a (.<;: r. a n i » A t t .i t; i b 9 i i;u .
-outheast
«»f
M
otinioilBi,
saw
a
«leer
J
.
#
.
Haw
i.
y
,
w
iio
¡©quite
-¡ck.
Note the follow ing s j h - laities at
O
— ©-
S h e lly A- Y a n d u y iis: tò inch em broi ®The campaign is open. Send in stan<lir.g in bis door yard and. of
d e r sk irt
-
I,o ra ls.
yo u r -ui »script ions forth«* < >:i-i;u\ r.i:. eii?ir-e, und r such circunlSkinccs,
cjlin ih * c in i. fan- y ■ mom ents for ta
«im eludiil I.e wou’.d takc down bis
<
©
cy
ear,
six
months
or
three
months,
A
nother
wedding
on the tapis.
ble scaris, etc.
q
little gun and put a bullet tlirough it.
A ll farm er-w ho im ml purchasing and get a live Republi mu county pn-
Ed ito r W ash’s w ife nini«* up from
M r. llin k h * br »uglit the «t«ir d o w n , .
,
. . . .
se lf hinder- -lioubl C .,11 and -ce tile pt :• d uring ijf) lam p aign.
,
,
the sound countrv tlus weuk.
and on gonig to lts suh* noticeil an-
•
°
lie v “ Osborn®” at Goodm an’- a n d
Thos. Bash came home from Mon
other diud «lc« :Oloso b y. U p id ex-® Th<‘ deniocratie orphansfljMnne on
IJo u ty ’s, Indepeml.*!!":*.
I! has
m any new iniproM 'iii 'iit- am! MM en tana, a rriv in g here W ednesday, l ie am ination it was fouml that he had
,s“ » opposite theeo urt hous«*.
ha- -pent almost a year in that «nun-
tire ly new rit*»l wheel.
k illn l botli at om* sho*, ® 1 h * ba!l «*n- \V«* eelebraied at home did you'.‘
T h e « al**Dr.it: i broadhead d^ - t r y , but he th in k s there is nothing to
terlng the back of tlu* lir-t and pass-
bandanas; biit the <>!d »lag floai-
good- ju st reí . ived direct fro n iTh c compare w ith W cbfoot.
hrough : nd going into the next ,.,t on thehfeeaea J u l^ 4 tb , In l W IM .
factory at S h e lly a - Yc.m lu yn -. r i ol
Uncle L u k e M u ik ey returned to
or- iib-olutely guaranteed. -?>--t
standing nt Ins s’. dc. Iltis was a
T h e scaffold for hanging Ijin d re th
his lioine W u ln e -d ay, © > m ;Pv:-it of
< 5 »>o.l- for t UO iiioney.
double k l Hing.
¡. id ^ a d y fo r h is ^ r iv a l.
six weeks w ith his old friends near
MI rs. L:\B a n sieu r C ity B azaar
!’h<* Lit"-t in ;lu* je w c lry Uno at© L yn u io Dämon, o f Monmoutli pn>-
Hu id
H i- © 'phew, M r. C an trell,
IndepOiulon«*«*, w a ni< «* lot
! le iirv P aLci'so n ’
o f ladies m uslin und« rw ear, Im -iery, aecompa^ie I him here.
1 einet, was ln town Tuesday.
glove-, m it-, «i»llar.«,eiiffs; gents m ck
Jo h n E . Ml iHer, of Cooper H o llo w ,
Th
e
sound
of
the
mower
is
hear
in
w ear, b aailki rebit f-, -«»"k-; al » ,-ta-
was :- eon on our streets T h u r-d ay.
D r i i l g r p u r t t ' c l c l i r n t i s (!•.«* r o n f i l i
tio iH Ty, n(>iik-, croquet -et-, notiom fields near town. T h e tim o th y hay
innum erable. C all before purchas crop w ill be goo£Hn th is section «f
Miss Essie Tatom left Tuesday for
A Targ ■ number of citi/.«‘ns met at
ing elsewhere.
the country.
tin* Lu ckiam u te F a lls , to eelebrat«* Spokane Palls. She w ill lx* absent
Z. F. V aug hn always keeps the lat
F ra n k C o llins i adding a new tin- inii'o rtan t d ay. A good ground for some tim e.
est styles ill all ç y Is of jew f ie r y and
H nrri-on and MIorton w ill g«> into
fanciful ornameli - .a n d know- how cleaner and building a largo storing®«-. - prepared by the local committee,
to d isp lay tin in to the In -t advantage. room to tin* warehouse here. T h
M". K im - chairm an and -eat-aml a the W h ite llo u «*, and don’t you for-
Y o u can got fir-t eia— <• dar sliin- Inui-e w ill lx*flr-t-cle-£>m ever*.' ri ; uiitform creete<l in a c’ larm iug grove get it.
by tin* classic Lu ckia m u te . Tin* mit-
from Goodman and D outy, In- sjK*et and w ill be filled w ith w heat.
Mir . A . Shults’. o ' daughter are
dependeiHi*.
Ilo n . s»«*; ,ic n Staats returned to sic,< rfap u trlo Jfech aru cter, w a* w ell On a vi it to Trent creek Eastern < >r.
M«— rs. Sta ver A W a lk e r imvi* ju-t h is b o m b ie re ft*om a s ix m onths stay and sp irite d ly rendered u©der the
L a rk e H a ll, the genial insurance
issued instr® :ii>!i- to lia r/: A Rob in the P rin e viU e co un try. H e says t h » a b l e m e n t o f D o u fias <;d-
agent, was in tow n Tuesday.
ert-on w lii' li cnabl«*- them to b ad tin
o
trade in Ila r v . -ting .Maeiiinery. he is alw a ys glad to g«*t back to the Haul, w ith M iss A n n ie \\ Ii it«* as a
T h e w ork on the Tine hotel for our
E x t a s of ull kin d s, also, tw in e, '/ri R w a v i i i ' ; w h eat field- o fo ld P' q I very tah*ntc«i ^ co m p an ist " ii the in
town is fast coming to com pletion.
lieitin g , oils, lH.lt-, hay fork-, etc.
strum ent. H on. Isaac Sm ith pre-i-
.Gorman,
a
pioneer
ne-
Ik
in
n
g
i
It w ill Is* the be -1 liu lld in g o f the
\<Mite, or call on tin in im m ediately,
h the follow ing progromme:
kind
in Polk county, and tin* (s iip le
as tlii-m < :. O i'i' in
from a nun- gr*— , O nii '' m i" to tIt:- »untry fr g
Morning: “ Anicriia" by ths Uriilgi'|M»rt
M -iiuri .i- a slave of (O pt. Sharp, in
p e titiv « * s t a l l d l s . i l l t .
Musi<at Union; Invoi ition. 1 >y Katlicr Koyiit; w ill fi e! ju s tly proud of it.
1814 , and settled in P o lk co unty, was “ H ark tlie song of jubilee'' U m l1- M. IT.;
T h e funeral <>f Mir . Mlattie Buford,
M iss Lena B u tle r xr'dl leave next found dead in her lied at the home ol It, i ang ' i'i».- 1 1: > . n "f !n«!c|«n■letiee, *.' 9 va- |»n*aclie«l at the MI. E . church
week for C alifo rnia, h r future home. her sun, H ir .:.11 Gorm an, in Sah-i# . 1 . M. l ’.ii ■ ; Insinuici: .il duet E l. Collin | . , . t Sunday, by R e v. R o y a l, t o n
.m.i Nettie Igrry; Oration, .bulge ( illta- of
largì* audience. M r-. Bufoni died nt
P ro f. J . M . Pow 1 11 is acting as sta M onday J u ly 2 , ’ 88 .
’
I ■ 1 . I. :
11 I l
:. i O
T
h
e
railroad
commission
met
in
her bom«* in Portland hist w«*«*k and
tion agent for tli n row gauge d u r
It. M. U.; ami tin»'lii'H r by ev«*rjrbo iv.
regular m onthly session at the Capi
ing vacation.
Aftcrii'Hin: Patriotic glee; Essay “ Putriot- wa- b u rh il then*. Sin* was Isirii and
tol last M onday. Th e com m ission • an»." Frank Butler, K«mg: Declamation "Tin- spent ill! of InT early day • among us
T h e catidogues o f the norm al art*
ers w ill be busy for two w eeks, col
i
m
1
i i" Mar m k I her fHeuds w n m any in c a lía s .
being sent out to all the students.
lecting m aterial for the the biennial S|mi»(rte B anner ' - mr;
»g:
Dcrlaination
“The | ( * . ( ; , c , Kl<| h a s d is |S H > i| o f t h e
I*
-
lumafion
“The
A n yo ne not receiving one should ad
,
report to l»e submitted to the n ext C onstitution K. F. Beli. The trout of Young .
-took o f goni- to ( »ein*
dress the pn s':.l( n t, and t in y w ill U*
ltovnl; The toast of Luck- l,“ n k n l I,t
\
O !:
legislature.
sent.
ia.nut« f
J. b. <
i .1 '
th H a y to r, who w ill on inut the busi-
Th e n«*w county officers assumed ladie J. J. Broom; Heminiseeners l>y H<>n i ness of a g(*ncr.d merchandise stori*.
T o m«st the n«s*«ls of the rapid
th ie r various positions at the court
•Co e ale re the unie» 1 !!.. ... Gene Is a rii-tle r and a g issi business
grow th o f th«* State N orm al S c I uh .I,
J. 1>. Is
house on M onday. Tlu*n* is a change song: I». .motion l>y Frank Collii», agni m an, who w ill tlo W «dl.
it has been determine«! to still further
county
adm in istration J year»; ilbuniK-al i>ray«*r bjr Father Royal,
M r . I I . Sm ith ba-sold her m illin -
increase the F a c u lty by the addition 111 th(*
throughout, no old officer h a v in g , jh h brought a very |>l«a.-ant«toy toacli«*. c ry establishment to Mlrs. \ \ . ( I .
o f another Profe-sor. Aft«*r d ireful
been r«M*loctcd.
j Tl>c weatber wa» c'l'ii'ly mi'i rw l C igar H a rris , who w ill add it to her stock;
In vestig atio n among the applicants
T h e referee's sale of the D ix ie m ill I '«»iliw *-rk«»l ».uni to arrange U»e «flair and she w ill then hav«* the largest and
for the |H»-ition. Prof. H<Hlg«-, now
'thi-re dH th eir I»«—t in
Ix-st selected sto k in the co un try.
p rin cipal of the c ity public *«*h<H>l at projierty «H ru m il la-t Saturday af- doubt snerva.
Berea, O hio, fo rm e rlj profe—o r in temoon, Th e m ill and n u l catate
Note: lx»t altjroiH* nli«»ol«l ftlpfv>-r our old
N eis A S m ith , our enterprising
the G e n e va,, O hio, norm al school, a were knock«il down to C . W . Wtish- friend Frank C.dlin* is only H ye>«r* <>M h - merchants, have sta rtn l anord« ra n d
classical graduate of G ls rlin College, biirn fi h » $ 2 : 1 , 0 ' Mi. and $ 25 » for the m ill Ii. i-rrtainly 1 .>->’:- mon it alioiiM l*<* -i.io d « 1 « liv e ry wagon in th e c o tin try . T h e y
has been elected and w ill hegln his -afe. M r. W ashburn is one o f the that iltc )H-rf.>no< r above naxonl is 2 nd uli- -end out a salesman w ith samples—
«Inti«*- w ith the new year in Septcm- firm of K ra tz «V W ashb urn, the p ri tion of Frank (.'ollins |*iibii-lit-.l by Jiidg'
to take orders-- who -i*nds them to
L. «.'ollin-.
ent les-sii* of the m ill.
l**r.
Polk County Observer.
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lli:iti: o n
i l l U 1 -: t n n i i s .
Innul «iliarters, where they are filled
and delivered. Ifth e re i- anything
in ru-tling they w ill “ get then*.”
Laiulretli llan^od.
J U S T IC E Q U IC K L Y V IN D IC A T E D
End of a Most Wretched Criminal
The* Harder ua« ou«* of the most fold-
lilo«*ilr<l iiik I i'itnr»»i)lo'il «1 I- c trr
«-«»inini 11«-«1 in a ii*ili/.*«l «'oii>tnt>nil).
I iitl«- pi* it « 1 « ace l.octtli«.
11 until for H arrison!
< >ur |M*opl<* are happy and b usy.
< htr dram atic trmip went to Mc-
M iunvilli* on tin* U h.
W e s till have tw > in at m arkets,
cotn|M*tioo bt og- trade.
T w o n ew ly m.i «*>1 coupl«*s have
ma'le application- «Prof. Yates, a^
assistant teachers next year.
J . 1 >. Irv in e and J . Stockton, our
"iic rpri-ing g riK vryin en , hux'i* start
ed d e live ry wagons. Progress is the
watch-word of our business men.
lnd«*|H*nilen(v |>«x»pl«* «i*lebrut«il at
different plan-- it was go as you
please, and all sivn i to have enjoyed
them selves.
,
Ban ker ( 'oop«*r and wife, have re
turned from tin ir visit «*ast.
Th«* prisoner w ash'on
.o v i ‘ I'roni
Salem , a rriv in g at Dalla- in « barge
of tin* shed (fund depu tie-at in o’clock
a. m . lie wa- taken im m ediately to
th*» county ja il, in front of w h ich had
U*en erei ted tin* scaffold when* he
The city council grunted tin* Mon
was to be c x iru tc d . Th«* eiiclo-ure
m
outh A !i*.d**p« 4J'-re>> Telephone
wa- :l f"U i)(> l -xb i feet and l>oarded
up 22 feia high and around th i- en Co., th e right of way tlirougli th e
closure was a space ;d»out 10 fiv t in ci© , re ptiring the com pany, how-
diam eter surrouniU il by a rojH*. Th e «*v«*r, to nii-i* tin* w ire 21 f«i*t alstve
crowd was not permitted Inside of grotmil, and to put up goisl and -ul>-
th is circle.
S h e riff S m ith order - tan tial poles, neatly paint«*«!. T his
ed dinnt*r brought forth«* prisoner at will b e a n Im provem ent tliat all will
11 : 10 , when lm u lrcth looked upon (*ndorse.
O ur l©o|*L* read tile papers eb*-ely
the di-lie- eontai^ng, bis, hi- la.-t
m in i, he broke i* coninh'teiy down and and take quit«* a liv e ly Interest the
cried lik e a child
ild; luHvas ve ry tierv- political discussions of tin* day. Each
on- and at«* nothin g mon» than a party eager to «iit«*h tin* least it«*m
sm all piece of pie an 4 ) e.:k< ; innm*- i f.iytjring lii- view,-.
O
(La te ly after dinner !u* « .ill ««1 tor M v. T h i- town is 1 m i lining , tru ly , a town
Crow of I iu l piWdeni .t o whom he of church«* -. l-’ivi* organiwition- and
gave hi- hi!»!«*, w ith a reqin t that i: the pulpits are generally fi© il every
In*given to Mr.-, lain d retli; a leaf Sunday.
o
wa- turned down at Matt t l : J | 9 )and
Th e saw m ill shut down two days
the follow ing enelo-ed in heavy line this xvivk) in or,|,.r to g ive tin* hands
of black: “ Conn* unto me, a ll y«* that a chance to celebrate,
labor auc|li«>avy laden and I w ill give
you rest. T a ke m y yoke upon yo u, q
liriiieport ii rood mgs.
and learn o f me; for I am meek and ;
low ly in heart, and y<* shall find rest | Bert M artin i- still ve ry sick .
1 '. lx. Ilitlih u rd has e o im fta u n l a''
unto yo u r sou!-: l'oinny yoke is easy
and m y burden '!»• lig h t.” In tin* large barn w ith -lieds attached for
book w as a
O p of paper signed cattle next w inter.
W in . Lan drcth , g ivin g a'fount of a
Too much rain is now our opinion.
“ iu.--” about u wa-li tul>im:nt«*lligiblc Prejudiced -ettlers among us charge
to the pablie; tii^. eommimieation it to the too vigorous prohibition can-
was addressed to th e 'ritm 'iis o f Inde- v a - for the pa.-t elect itti they over
pi*ndi*ne(* and also requested them not did i?, -o t > -peak and yet it was a
to cast any rctindion- i^ou t!u* name ! sp iritlcsi— lreus
!,i> “ 'm ily a- mniione was to lilam e
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jp u le r, surveyed a ll o f E l (jail
that thi.- wa.-tae tru lli and was l»ia> Aljurtin’.-s m ouiitiiin rujiohc* the first
last w ritin g - and «i.ntaincdhis d yin g » .la ys In last w e e k -h o w d«*es that
w frib
In tin* interval Infuri I"*o t , , ‘> suit you, Fra n k?
fiii(|l - 'ene tbi' reporíeis a Od Lan-
F . S. Pow ell i- 1 ieri *l»\®i ii »titled that
dr«*tli w h y la* had murdered Ids
In* can stop chopping h im self up til!
daughter, In* answered, ®heeause -lie
I im le u r- from us. Bridgeport e x
has ruined m e,” w lien asked how
pect-a whole repre-entution in thé
-he had ruined him lie -a id , ‘‘by ta lk
le i-latiire am Phot b it- o f one o n ly.
ing about m e;” lie repealed tills over
& >l»t tila zc has returned from Pa
several times and im m ediately after
would m utter to him self a- though cific e q u ity , W . T ., to his home.
in prayer: The ju r y , doctors am! r«*-
W e endorse the H arri-son and
Mort-on choi •«* as w ith two “ ons” in
l»ort«*r- wi o idm itte l «,«» tin* enei«
ure at 11 :.*»(!, till* ju r y wa- «idled by tin* ticket we are sure to “ get tli(*re.”
mum* as fallows at I 2 : 2 ">: I. T . Mason
E lija h M artin is iu treaty for W .
T . J . G ra vi s, ('has. F a rle y , i*. W .
T e a l’s ranch«*- yes sir, we are
H aley, W . \S'. Brooks, J . <). S m ith , spreading our -elv«*-, you In-t!
<¡«i>. Houck, Cass Sarg«*nt, 1 ). . 1 .
< in Saturday J . I >. llo llin sh ead and
R ilc v , J . I». E llis , W . W . W illia m s , B o I mt I o I . i i * Bobin-oa y «Te b u ritil.
a n d «'. «'. Doughty. Th e prisoner Th e on«* at tin* S m ith und the o th iT
was brought out of his «*11 and upon at tla* N ealy b u ryin g ground. T h e
the scall'old at 12:27 leaning upon tin- crvic« commenced at L y m a n B a
arm s «»f deputy J . F . G ro ves, ex- ker' house and were completed a t
sheriff, of Polk and sh eriff E . M. the grave. About Ô 0 carriages and
( 'roi-Q'iof M arion, who a.-si-ted in the gti horsemen follow'd! to the g rave.
hanging; the proccs-ion was hen led Th e sail drowningofthi*-«»twoyoung
by sheriff S m iili.w h o conducted him- i men last Th u rsd ay, has east a gloom
self in a«idm and dignified m anner over the entire co m m unity. T h e
throughout the try in g seem*. Th e greatest sym pathy Is felt forth® rela-
warrant was now read by the sin riff ■ tlvcs of ls»th the boys.
in a clear and distinct void*; he th en ' . . . . . .
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1 )n I- rid av evening tm* 2 ! 1 th an en-
asA«*d the prisoner if he had a nythin g
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1 tertaliim ent was give by the Bridge
to - tv, the a iisw iT was -im p ly no.
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port school, under the giiuluiid* c of
im wa all t!;; ■ word Laiu lretli -poke
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spuk« ' ................ *
Mir. H ill, tin* accolliplished t«*achi*r.
after ÌH*ing brought upon tin* siiiffold
Satisfaction w ith his s k ill as teacher
and In* remai ne. I seated until tin*
was felt and openly expn*ss«*d. T h a t’s
-hcrifford« n il ^ e deputi« - to bring
good, boys, you milk«* a g isxl m an
him forward upon th«* trap; he was
better by encouragement.
now p in io r.n l; it i-doub tful w hether
he could have stood w ithout assis
oifl i i \itv .
tami* w h ile the black cup was being
p iacili ovi r Ir ficca m i ro| c adjustnl
Mury A. Butlpr, wifi* of Judge lu i F. M.
around hi* n< k. 'ftii.- -aim* rope
Butler, died at ber lióme in M onm outb,
was u-eil in hanging thru* other men, ■ iim n in d iil by family and frietlds, F riday
M u rry, Drake and Mlarph*. Tin* m oniing tin* 2!Mb day *>f Ju n e tsss. Mrs.
word was now given “ a ll ready,” nnd B utler " a s bom in Barren eoiint.v, K entucky,
the «Imp wa.-sprung at 12 ;.‘tn. L in - A pril -J, 1SI4, m arried Nov. 6, l-’-'lö in Illi-
dreth’s n<*"k wiis broken and w ith- yoi-, ero .ed tile plains lo Oregon ill 1SÚ3,
.•tlbd in r »lk enmity, w lierexbe lias residui
ou* il trcinor In* hung motionless;
ever sinen, 'till tbt* day o f ber death ut th«
Bt*
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inute,
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15 » at I, 11 » a tti, at 7 interm ittent a of 71 y«*ars, .> M onths and 7 days. Hin* was
the m other o f eight children, four only o f
and too rapid to count, at 8 ones la whom are living, one in « 'alifom ia, the other
ft -n omi-, I ¡onotinceil dnul by lit • Ibe , in M onm outh. She >\a>a m em ber o f
doctors, L . N . Woods and T .
l l f C hristian church (or m any years and
I s i , at 12 : 5 0 ; b • w as now taken lived a faithful C hristian. T he funeral ser-
down the mjx* nnd * !aek cap ts’ing vi. - were held at th e churvh Sunday at l
removeil he was placed in h is c o f o'clock, i'on<lu«'t«»l by Filiere li. M (ta lle r
fin. H e looked v«*ry natural and laid and K. M. Messick; m any friends and a large
v«*ry little color in Ids face, thi-ngony audience »hotved th eir sym pathy w ith the
that he su fferiil and that was s<» bereft visi l>y tlieir p n is n e e . Site and lier
p la in ly depicted on his fa •>* w h ile a_. <l i im panion bave I» sui |s>rmitt<il to live
together for m ore th a n h alf a century and
upon the scaffold, was all goneand h •
walk down the slo|H> of of life trustingly, at
soonidl to lx* at rc.-t. T h e crowd was pi ace w ith <»'sl and m an. Site was a kind
permitted to p a s s through the en- m other, intense in ftienilslii|»s; herm tighboni
eloriin* nt I oYl«*ek to vie w the corpse; wa re her Is st friends. The old piotwer, | «ca
we n o tim i quite a n u m lier o f ladies ed aw ay as -tie lived, going hum bly and
in the .............. Ion. Lnndrcth w ill I m * tranquilly, she lias pitched her tent fa-t by
burled by the enm ity in th«* old grave the river» o f life, w here y«nre «re no longer
yard -oiith o f Dallas, by the side of is Militisi and days uud nights are I« o»t in an
T a r r , the suicide, who shot at a wo eternal now of light am i joy.
“ Leaviw bave tlieir tim e to fall, and tin were
man in Dallas ¡ilHUit 7 y«nr- ago and
to w ither at the north wind's breath,
supp ing he had iiillu l Iter In* then And t >r- to set, but tlion lmst nil seasons for
th in e ow n I», death!"
shot him self w ith fatal « ffect, -«> the
suicide nnd m u n lcrer w ill re»t side
A n u m ls r of the normal students
by id«* until the Judge of a ll the
«•artIt shall «nil them to th e ir final ami teacher* w ill att«*n«l th«* national
, tuie hers u - k »elation at San Francisco^
account.