law I had the gall to name his new tirade
claims it was only a common
marriage by which both consented against the Bible and Christianity
to live together as man and wife ‘The Foundations of Eaith”.
AKi)!<JCHDAY NOVEMBER 2D 1W»6
I until death parted them . ahd this let Jim CoAiett lecture on the
contract, she sayft, was faithfully Foundations of Fighting ■
OREGON
BURNS.
carried out by them both. For 22
I lif Romance of a Slave.
M rs F. E. M c G ee , Proprietress.
Mr. Reed will carry a large stock
j years, she says, she was a wife to
Henry Laurence, and closed his of assorted aizes of muzzles ol
Cun Ano, Nov. 14.— I he romance eves when death separated them. Washington, but whether the re-|
of a slavo will be brought to light The couple came to live in Chicago publican members of the House,
in the trial of a suit to be called in in 1877, in a house which Dr. Laur- will all agree to wear them remains1
Ill
Judge Bn ntano’s court today. The ence bought.
to be seen.
central figure of the romance, be- > The defense is that th» form slave
Big Tom Reed will find adding
gun more than half a century ago, was uot the wife of Dr. Laurence,
survive» in Marie Evans, or Laur but his servant, and that no mar- the direction of a Presidential boom
cnee, who is now figliti ng in the riage contract existed «between the to the duties of Czar of the House a
courts for dower in the estate of Dr. t wo.
heavy huriien for even as broad-
Henry Laurence, i.s his widow
shouldered a man as himself to
It isjwell arranged nice, cosy, comfortable rooms, rhe cuisine de-
Opposing her suit is Dr vv
If some men had given their yotes carri’
partment is as perfect as possible for an inland town and guests will h
Lawrence, of Oakwood Ixiulvevard to the democratic party as freelv as
served with care and attention.
und 20 other relatives of Dr. Henry they now give their advice there
Laurence, who died in 1891. 1 líese would have been no defeats.
set up the contenth n that the coin-
pluintant was not the lawful wife. Chftiincy Depew has beeri CO 11 -
of theirileml relativi*. I he amount pliinenting Prenait ht Cleveland
involved in the litigation reaches
again. lias he forgotten 1892 and
fl<M),0OO, the property left l>y Dr. bin wrestles with previous comb
Laurence, who died intestate and
uients?
childless
I he widow s dower is
two thirds of the whole estate
WOODWORK
HUNTINGTON.
Bob Ingersoll, who believes in
h n < w itmescwiRG mqwco . ota ^¿ m ^
Manu Evans Laurence, the com-
no Hing except the gullibility of c UICABO. It UNION SQUARE. N. f. »»*'”ïCUf«.
phiintant in the suit, still preserves
those who buy tickets to his lectU’es,
the cometíness which gained her j
her freedom and, as she claims,two
white husbands, both of whom were
men of learning, of distinguished
futility Connections, and possessed
of means. Her kinked hair, long
for orni of her race, is whitened with
th- snows of 72 years, and her face
is sunned with the furrows of time
■Ilf KNOW A UQOD ADVERTISEMENT MEANS INCREASE IN RLSINESS..
but her carriage is erect, her step is 1. .!
light and Ir r eve lustrous
She was born in Adams county. !
M IHMISHItlpi, ¡Il 1823
The first
chapter of (he romance of lier life
ust
la gan in the slave market of Yazoo
M iss , i» hen she wus 17 years <>, id.
A clerk, John II, Evans who came
ot a prominent Virginia family, saw
bei ami fell in lovt with her
made a Vow that lie would secure
her freedom and marry her.
had no money with which to buy
her freedom, but set 'about to earn
nml save it. Il took him years to
do it, l»ul lie was true to his dark
skinned sweetheart,
in the
meantime, bini been sold to new
muster and taken ti> Kentucky
Evans followed her there and in
Ibis paid down $1(100 to her mas-
t« r, brought her to Cincinnar where
he gave her her liberty and. il is
alleged, made her Ins wife. The»
returned to Yiioo, w bere he contili
nel in Initinm
Shortly alter moving to this rl1
piaci' she made the acquaintance of.
Henry Laurence, a young English
man, n dentist, w Im became a tre
queiit v'sitor at the Evans home
He was an aboliOoiiiwt nml later i
From 300 to 500 Head.
Price from $4 00 to 115.00 per Hea«
h ft Y u zoo, and came to live
Chicago. Just before the war broke
out Evans m.d Ins wile went to live 77/A’ //AÀ^ /. />.
in N.-w Orleans. In 1861 they re /<</>•< r/w in i/.
vet vol a letter from Laurence who
«sas not prospering in Chicago, and
he was advised bv them to move loi
Ar« Orleans, which It
Evans couple conducted a fashion
»tile tmarding house qn Canal street
in that city, «nd which was a rm-
detv.ms for |mlllki«iis of the lime ¡
In
< E\ans died
Dr Laurence
««« living with them and he fell
in love aitli the widow
THE HER ILD DOES
1 wo year» after the death of
THE BEST JOB PRIVO Mi
On the Corner South of the French Hotel, Main Street.
Evan» Hier« c««>i another epoch in
AT LOWEST R \TES.
JOE! GILL
Proprietor
the life of the Mississippi slave
From that time she called herself
Everybody _
ft nows Joe and a horta under hi» car« will never tuffar
the wife of l>r lienry 1 aiureive«
» int ..»on job « rimino ik > se , » oxmit thk Matsu» cl * -■*. lor foin» thing to eat
\\ I tether she was is the question
that will Iw determined in the court
r*L.rthrr Jor i» so old stable keeper, havint had teveral ve«r»
She
hi the trial I-eguu today.
exjeneucein a first class »table in Corvallis.
ihr Micrafcl
I'his popular Hotel holds itself
point of rank equal, if not super-
ior to any inland hotel and in fact
compares favorably with many
railroad houses.
The O. C. CO
¡Garry the Largest Stock of Gen-
leral Merchandise in
EASTERN OREGON
I hev
SELL AT THE LOWEST PRICES
If you arc in a position
To do B ; ss
Let Peonie Know it-
1 hev
ARE NOW I ODED WITH Fdl AND Wk TER GOODS
if yon have anything
You want to Sell
Let People Know it.
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W. D. Huffman
SThoi ■ovehbred and Hieb Grade
Spanish Merino Bucks.
These Bucks are from the Cunnington Sheep Ranch, Umatilla
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