is Smith-Petch Murder Case. W. Smith Found Guilty of Mur der in the First Degree, ( fhents III© «¿allow» b> Coni niiaiii» Suicide. fill Account of the Trial. j’lir Smith trial has ended and, as we Ljiuised hist week, we give our read- Lnaccount of the trial. To give rlHitim the testimony of all the wit- ,s would require more spare than halfdozen R eroute RS contain ; hence testimony of each is condensed so tugive the most important points, flowing is the Testimony : lose-'h Patch testified: Step-son of de- y. 40 years of age ; had known Smith Jeor four years ; that Smith worked for Ifutlu'r considerable ; trouble between the nilies begun about land claimed by pris- y ; uua year later deceased obtained pa- Hiroiu Kansas, showing that prisoner [ j, homestead right; was m Cawook county when deceased was shot at Ltime. July 12th, 1882 ; August 17th went L home to North Yamhill after deceased, LTluinb r wagon, and returning drove on L bridge, where a plank was disturbed ; Ephdihe horses over and when thirty flbcyond the bridge heard a shot, saw [t ¿¿eased was hurt and was falling out fthe wagon, and caught her clothing, but Lklnot pi vent her falling ; she fell and bfiiidl wheel of the wagon passed diagoiu t across her breast; I stopped the team fi gut out; heard a second shot and ex- fmtd “ niuruer !” returning to deceased, hrd a third shot; team was frightened and Lnt and tied them to a t ree, returning to Last'd, found her dead; identified hat Eclothing as that worn by deceased on fdayshe was shot. [The sight of the body clothing overcame husband of deceas- Lwho left the room, in tears. | Upwards of [liorrand a-half was occupied in ques- tahigby prosecution. Examined by defense : Prisoner worked f Petch during the fall and winter of 1878; table I • an the following May. Here fol bed at length a long list of questions and Lw. rs. iibout the same’as by prosecution. ¡Laron Frazier : Saw and handled body of Bei'.sed after shooting ; examined the scene blit) tragedy and made measurements; btios found a cartridge shell and handed [him. Court adjourned till 7 p. m. EVENING SESSION Elimination of witnesses was resumed. Btrh t Attorney Holmes conducting the ex foliation for the prosecution and J. J. py for the defense. Laron Frazier on the witness stand : Visi I ride pits that were near the road ; the Bhes cut to blind the rille pits were cut [ha kuifo with a nick in it. A. Raymond testified : Was on the roa/1 friilamook with my family on the day of b murder; heard one shot and drove up medially to deceased . my son preceded me put fifty feet; saw Joseph Fetch returning Weoeas. J and he said this will kill my pr old father. ” i. L. Jones testified : 1 am a minister of L".. i I: s-tw ii (-eased and Joseph Fetch uruing from North Yamhill; went to ten's house that night: was at the scene of e murder nt 0 o’clock next morning : i wit- bsdetailed at length the position of objects) marked cartridge shells with a knife ; foils were then shown to witness, who rec- nizedthein) ; there was dense undergrowth foil the bridge; examined the wound and MHted Dr. Haynes at the first autopsy ; de- Lsed was of fiue physical form. laiiK.-; 11. Bower testified : Visited the kne of the murder the next morning ; five ¿¿e planks w?re moved, making room to bot between the bridge and a tree : found foaii tracks under the bridge by the tree ; Senry Roberts testified about the same as Hast witness : examined “ rifle pits, ” and big a vet eran, gave that name to the hid- ! place along the road : several of the neigh- h'dogs were poisoned about the time of k murder ; found moccasin tracks near ten's house; moccasin shown to witness re sized as probably the one making the feks: Raw a man prowling about the prem- Batdivers times, always endeavoring to [id o!>' j thm ; thought he recognized Piner hiding mice : lived neighbor to both foes, n Fetch's land ; questioned at great fob both by prosecution and defense, oo- pL ; about two hours. [in s i >.t?r testified : Logger ; found ww about three quarters of a mile above Roller's house ; recognized prisoner at one pp about th’e'* months after the murder; fod inoeca>tns above shown at one of these ppx. Rigid cross examination followed B the court adjourned at 9;40. the audience Mining to the close. SECOND DAY—A^)IlNIN(». fonrt was called at 8 o’clock, sharp, The fonv r caiue in with a brisk step and took . s. it Is fMre court was called and seemed Wready for the trial to proceed. The fot room was filled with an eager audi- fo. among whom is the prisoner's wife P Mo little daughters. [ b- testified : Frison**r left home in to do carpenter work : saw a roan [Mat Maroney’s house near midnight M tl ?■ • i lontha after th • prisoner left. ‘r ,‘ ■ dwick : »Steyed nt prisom r'< p night of August 15th. 1882: heard ►><*’-n • p ..,-, jp and out of house after pnight; saw a moccosin track the next pfo » toward Fetch’s. i. L. Storey : Had conversation several [put times with prisoner regarding his ptrouble: in last conversation. Smith Ptin1.'* if Petch got the disputed land. Ffourcry would be too hot to hold thorn fare"' Fa’.des : Prisoner said to him h conversaf iou prior to the shooting, that lh*n I <_-f t to heli. 1 expect to find old fhtr Fetch there.” Phn 8. Fairchiles : Aconinted with pris- ; had hunted with it and kept a [ • ; the gun wa« :‘ 1 pc.i s er. fhe witness was handed gun Iwil «nd ahuwvd how it operated. Th-- P he had kept was siuiie size of those pi nr dur bridge. r It*' mond : Was two Lnndrr-d vards pi’rid^- a* time of «hooting { heard two REml . fixed I.ndue pi ink for hi* fa- n \tep.ra to cross ; saw Jos Petch enrn- I * ;,ol. supposed there had been a r*.1' and that the lady had bcpn thrown Li k halt ; went to her and I l> id and found she had been shot. pHntchcroft ; Visited rifle pits: ex- P“<1 th»» bridge and tried with the gun ns FY'rt • <X>uld hit the ground where de- LJ- l,<‘rts : Saw inocen^ín tracks of F'iar »»hap*» in road past Petch’s : traced F”o a ;w«th that led from the road to pti»boa«w.r saw the*w> tracks the last rtnr (iHy before Mrs. Petch was killed : \camp about two miles west of de- with rooking atensils, etc : when Mv*he<i th« oh t »* p t<o parties left in FT: didn't see tb» n>. AFTERNOON. : Found cp.mp filled with p. provisions ’n the moantain* : R b store blown no with katded r _ m 1 • ti r» «v-dinn with defendant be ph r«i,j »»jf rrv land F ■ my life w-»r<b that.” ««napping ••I bimmons. do-^p. « Had emm- [ ¿ ►/*nea relating to th* U . Knrnek: Exhibited expr< as r«*t* * .nature of G. W Smith. f f'nnett Mm. Smith’* Mr« »’ enri : "/y froo, th« b.Mmr’at ni«ht by Mr?. Smith said it was tak^n bv nc <M’TnPerM tbi’-r? : Mrs. p fixed tignai guns. Jim. Haworth: Saw Jos Petoh ,1Inl de- »trt along the road a few momenta belure Ute fatal ahot was Bred ; lived about a quarter of h wile from bridge ; heard sh<Hs but suppon 4 it wa8 hunters ¿hooting. »■li. Haworth : 'liie same as his wife. Mrs Lenox : Corroborated the testimony OI Un M cshi - s . Haymond, with whom she was on her way to the mast. f.llery Rogers: Saw Joseph Petoh in Till- aniook July 12th, 18c2. 1 rank Hoberg : Same as Kogers. John Petcn . On the 13th oi duly 1882 my wile and I wer® standing at gate ut our home when a bullet struck th»» fence near mv wife s elbow. My wife <od " There he goes, it s Smith.” * ’ James Green: Knew a great deal about the ease, but contradicted, fiat-tooded his testimony given before the Coroner's jury ; consequently his evidence was of light wiight. John Entry : Examined the scene of the murder and in experimenting found that a person could be shot at the point in the road where All,. Fetch was shot, from the hole in the bridge. P. F. Gates : Had experimented at the bridge with the same result. ( apt. Hundley, surveyor : Made survey and diagram of scene of murder. Dr. Eoyd : Made post mortem examina tion Aug. 2Gth, at coroner’s second inquest; detailed minutely the search and recovery of the ball in a shattered condition. Bullet shown witness and recognized by him. Dr. Galbreath : Assisted at inquest and explained to jury, with skull, the route of bullet and resistance it met with. N. P. Robinson, Jr. : Found camp in the moui^uins. Flios Malaney: Assisted in capturing prisoner; was shown numerous articles of clothing and a hunter's camping outfit, that were recognized by him. Richard Allen : Testimony about the same as Malaney's. Frank Honsworth : Recognized clothing sold to Mrs. Smith the first of last August and found on prisoner when captured. L. T. Barin: Produced land office decis ions and other papers relating to the Smith and Fetch land suits, together with letters purporting to be from prisoner about his land claim. EVENING SESSION, E. P. McCornac, clerk of the board of land commissioners, was present at a oontest be- twfcen Mrs. Smith and Mr. Petch before said board for the school land in dispute, which was decided in favor of Mrs. Smith. G. W. Sappington, postmaster at North Yamhill, produced a postal order application, signed by the prisoner. H. M. Daniel advised the prisoner to leave the country so that his wife would become the head of the family and gain the school land. Jesse Dixon, jailer, carried a letter from the prisoner to Janies Olds ; did not read it did not recognize the letter shown witness ; James Olds recognized the letter as a request for newspaper and signed by G. W. Smith. Lillie Kennett testified ; that some little girls found letters in a letter box by the road side and gave them to witness. Witness gave them to teacher, and the teacher sent the letters to Fetch's by prisoner's little girls. Joseph Fetch, recalled—Identified letters shown as those handed io deceaseed by pris oner's little girls. [Much interest was here manifested by the audience, as the letters were supposed to be important.] Emma Wright testified that she taught school in the Petch neighborhood at the time of the murder ; letter boxes are placed along the roadside.on Tillamook road ; North Yam hill is nearest postoffice; the mail carrier drops mail m those letter boxes for citizens living in vicinity of the road ; some of wit ness' school children found two letters in Mr. Bennett's box and handed them to wit ness. one addressed to Anna llall and one to John Petch; gave them to prhtaers little girls to deliver to Mr. Petch. Andrew Shook—found a camp in the moun tains : found an ax and board written upon in leadpencil: " Jack, you will find me at the mine ; Bring the flour when you come.’’ Thomas Wilkinson corroborated Hardwick testimony in regard to moccasin tracks. Court adjourne I at ■* P. M« 'J’be judge reproved witnesses for being tardy and told counsel to have them on hand as the trial was costing the county ftofiOauay. The court room was filled to the close. THIRD DAY—MORNING SESSION. Court called to order at 8 o’clock sharp. Attorneys came in complaining bitterly of the court pushing the work so sparingly. Dr. Haynes—Held first post-mortem exam ination and assisted at second. There was a rigid cross examination, in which the defense were unsparing in their indirect criticisms of the doctor's apparent lack of skill. Win. Bail—produced papers signed by pris oner. L. T. Barin — T< stifled that the letters found in the letter box were very much like the pri -mers h.u?! writing; would judge they were the prisoner’s. W. J. McConnell, ixp rt—Familiar with prisoner's writing: believed <'.'libit “ A the prisoner's writing : exhibit “B” shows an at tempt to disguise handwriting; an efltort at backhand which w s not nil backhand ; por tions of some words are only partly so : did not follow lines as one ac istomed to back hand ; I Jitwed exhibit “C” was prisoner's writing. J. B. Eilev —R(?cognizPd letter received. G. E. Withineton. cnslii *r First National bank. Fori land, expert—Accustomed toread- inq and inspecting signatures ; believed let ters shown to witness w< re written by one person. W.V.Sivm-iT.c Portlandsivin»^bank Accustomed to scrutinising writing ; believes letters written by one person ; signatures and initials of ell pnjH rs I :*r close resemblance : satisfied tlnv weie all written by one person. G. F. Wnhinu. »n. pcMied—Believed writ ing on the board written bv the same man^ The letters were then read to the jury, as follows: wronged or swindled by Smith cheating the government, und I hear you are not citizens of the government. Spit n and robbery are too plain in this case. All van see it, and the whole country are down on you tor it. l»e- |w»nt, sir. and look ut your own faults. Others can sae them if you can't. Noone but your selves have found out that Smith's character was ho dangerous, and it is believed that if you r past record was brought before the public that it would put Smith’s in the shade. A nian that dare nut own any tiling, and will injure and maltreat a poor man's stock,and then take shelter from the law for damages behind hie wife’s petticoats,has not much character to boast of. and for a further cloak to such work as that to pretend to be very pi ous and go out to preach. Twon’t do. to them, we can all see it. Self righteous is a great fault. I don’t wonder that the cause of Christ is daily languishing when so many of its rente sen tat Ives look more to dollars and cents than they do to a point of justice between uutn and man. You have sought to drive away from Smit h's. help that was hired to take care of his wife during her sickness, and even resorted to threats if they did not obey you, you was so afaid their character might be damaged Ev ery one can see more spite in it toward Smith than sympathy for others' characters. That’s what you call doing unto others as you would that others do unto you, is it? (and not have the public sec the robliery, but the man’s faults.) They forget *------* * the ’ *- ---- in their -------- beam own eye, and can only see the moat in their neighbor’s. “ EXHIBIT 0.” M c M inn vi lle , June 3,1882. Mr. John Denton -.—Dear Sir : 1 have been to Amity to-day to see you, But did not find you. I was at Hillsboro last week to see you Jt was told you were at Amity painting. I understand Fetches are going to try to make a witness of you against me in my land mat ter. Now Johnny if you are a friend of mine you will not have anything to do with them in thi? matter. they are the blackest hearted villains that I ever saw. They have persecuted me <fc my family in every way they could ever since I have been there, lied about me, cheated me, slandered me & the other day the old man ruined the best cow I had Because he found her in his field that had no fence at all on one side and nothing to hinder anything from going around and coming in from the backside, now to cap the climax Mary E Fetch has tiled an affida vit at Oregon city tn the effect that I have had the benefit of the homestead & I am no tified to appear at Oregon city on the 15 to contest for my home I have worked so hard for. She told me over 2 years ago that she would never rest until she had ruined me. She goes around boasting that she will send me to the penitentiary, that she has applied for the land and that immediately after the 15 he will set my family out doors and take possession. I have been to Oregon city A’ had the case adjourned until the 14th day of September, but she does not know it yet. I tell you Johnny it is pretty tough to be’ run over in this way & I have the sympathies of all my neighbors and nearly all of North Yamhill. I have frequently been advised to shoot her down. But 1 have a family to look after cant do anything rash. Johnny I lay this trouble all to your door. But I think you done it unthoughtedly But let it stop now right where it is A I will forgive you. Write immediately and direct to Lida as I am away from home. Any inconve nience loss of time or expenses that you may sustain m keeping away from this I will make good to you. Baton no consideration dont go to Oregon city or give any affidavits in this case. If you think I have exagerated when you happen in North Yamhill ask Dan iel A Ball Frank Bidwell & co Uncle Abe or most any one. G. W. S. I will send this to Dayton in hopesit may reach you. During the reading of the letters the pris oner showed signs of uneasiness and depres sion. His wife buried her face in her hands during ]i<rt of the reading. This welds a fearful chain of evidence around the accus ed. The plan of unfolding the evidence has shown a masterly skill on the’part of the prosecution, which the defense recognize, but they have not slackened their vigilance or energy to make a strong fight to save the life of their client. Prosecution continues : Portland Adams recognized the board con taining the writing found with other articles at a camp in a skunk cabbage swamp, in the coast mountains last July. W. B. Turner, coroner, produced evidence taken at second inquest, and sent papers of first inquest to county clerk. Did not know where they were. H. M. Daniel, recalled—Prisoner's wife asked witness for money for prisoner to leave the country a few days prior to the prisoners arrest. J. J. Spencer, county clerk, produced copy of complaint of prisoner's wife against prisoner in divorce suit now pending. Not admitted. Anna Hall, recalled—Worked for Pitches at the time of the first shooting : Joseph Petoh was gone to Tillamook and returned day of shooting with Mr. McClure. Lee Laugldin saw Joseph Fetch the week after first shooting, on the road to Tillamook in the mountains. Prosecution rested at 10:45 A. M. Defense asked indulgence of court untill 1 o'clock to confer with witnesses and arrange testimony. Court granted until 12:30. “ EXHIBIT A ” Miss Anna Hall: I understand yon are at Fetch's. From what 1 can hear and see. you bad better leave Fetch’s if you value ytmr life. Yon nre liable to be shot by mistake, or burned up at any time. Take a friend's warning and go at once. A FRIEND. “ FXnIBIT B." the liberty P.-nt her Petrh. Paar Sir. I ake .......... ..— .. to <tr<m von .1 few lines, honing von will profit bv them Ml n aso I lor -o doin'.’. 1« that Ibe tte,< von hi> e m>! <te«lt |n«tlv with SuntU.ne- < or-llñg to onr «’nn'lsnl of talth >in<l I will en I. .Ivor to -lion i-ou where. t rom wlmt I nAn learn from comi reliable nnihorltv. Smith i ..S..T red to leave all vonr mlw>n<ler«n»n<l- l„„. h.-tw..n ■■< > 's .ti«imi-r.'-.'<l person, forsolllem - . .’ 'i‘lvP_re,??"'.1,__Y2?. have «ought to ,b }¡é¿én hi* reputation by hHnain^*omethin¿ l^r»’ tfc« public from urm^n t the , «»ateof Kan-aa, wtin a view wav fwk In *t opinion tlown on him so yon of gottlnir publico is» hard earned home. Mr* p’e^cK’ìun'dérstsnih b»« l^n to «w the goy- ernor twice, to «r *p if -lie could not »«eenre his home Iff-fArt» bi* title w:i« «et r ^M p now. Sir, :’. .t soul'! naturally make «urli dealing It is reported that moftt m»y man litli should ifive lmme'11- «Le hn« *aH tl pn<4<u>sion when hi* ri&fht to homestead to law. if his the land 1* ®<’t asiie According titl*1 to hnn>p*,**aii the land is *pt a«id? hr r riiri t ’n purchase the land •till hit* u i »>< ft. from the « rx»f I »pa rd than any one ele? by B‘it jon have w>uarht the riirht n . - ■•tlphi.'itt. door iiMrttn«t him and turn hi* to cìo*e evi and from wha* I can learn. family out drw : ii snv friend- He bat lived Smith ha* a srt r h here thr«1 rec . ; Iipc’n a public benefit In nrlpinff tn ae* e’nn the resource» of the co’in- and work road*; ha« try and hut’d ’ na «(’I'.nol :vle no premies except dealt honorably ■ ’ iiDfl tl a’ Mrs P. ha« i’onr family, ronderai it : which do hpf.p «tm* at. I it? robN r or the rnan think th- w and reputai inn at the i« m other wav’ I •m tiflcr «»f i»f<* ’* t« a very determined nn L r-f.i.»'» «*•*/ you 19 that you 9tttle man. an«* ...... tnfe«a*)«Kt po«- Stuitb H honorable If Aon will him. The o on ■>. that j n» are the he trouble h The above cut gives an» idea of the acene »1» ì on. «ir. «•’aim to be M « .n ' «honld I - a Iforht showing: £ b ock. <x)» et on «ne.*« 1. The murderer under the bridge, behind r ft mes in the «wht of the tree. nt plenty to 'In. y«»u. 2. The victim falling from the wagon. ph t- vra. P ha« raid The tree to Which Petch tied hi« team. а. r ___ IMS 3ll f*zT th« K-vxm. mood oommg 4. Fred Fret! Kay Kaymoud coming ontt onU the bndip. Imdge. re - the novera men t. and «♦ Tn» prono mo ■ — 1.1 believe, arc tb* enIy onc* thBt ieel б. Bridge. DEFENSE—AFTEBNOON. J. J. Spencer : Had the papers connected with the tirst inquest livid by the cot- h . but the papers could not be found. W. B. Turner : Had weighed the bullet that had killed Mrs. Petch. Thought it weighed about 130 grains. Dr. Galbreath : Exhibited corresponding bones to those broken. He believed ho had found all the fatal bullet. The Dr. weighed the bullet in the presence of the jury, and found that it weighed 129% grains. Dr. Hall: In his opinion a rifle ball fired at the distance of sixty fret would go thro' six heads. In cross examination said it was possible for it to have lodged in where it was found. Dr. E. E. Goucher : Knew of a rifle bull passing through a plank an inch thick, a man’s body, bed clothing and the roof. Isaac Burson, a gunsmith : Had fired a Winchester rifle, and the bullet had penetra ted fir timber to the depth of six inches. J. T. Hembree : Gave a number of in stances of shooting through the bodies of animals ; there were no bones in a deer's body that were large enough to stop a rifle ball a short distance. G. W. Davis testified that a rifle bullet goes clear through a deer's body more often than otherwise. M. Swick ; 'Bhat he had shot nearly thro' a four-inch scantling. Noah Robinson : Killed a deer with the prisoner’s gun at the distance of 150 yards. Two bullets had passed diagonally through the deer from the ham to the shoulder, breaking the shoulder. Geo. Riggins stated that the murder was committed on his place. Luke Morris testified that his lead pencil fit closely’ in the bullet hole in the fence made by the ball tliat was fired at deceased in Julyi A. P. Fletcher and T. A. Turner testified that the Winchester was a powerful shoot ing gun. J. C. Cooper, county surveyor: Made a measurement of the scene of the murder ; that it was 59 feet from where the planks were moved back on the bridge to where the body fell. The object of the above testimony was to prove that the ball found in the neck of de ceased was not fired from Smith's rifle. FRIDAY—FORENOON. John Maddox : Mail carrier from Tilla mook to North Yamhill, passed the scene of the murder the next morning ; the road was corduroy; blood was spattered about the middle of corduroy. Stopped at prisoner's house the night before ; reputation of pris oner was good. L. C. Thompson met Jos Fetch going to Tillamook, on Monday in July. G. W. Sappington, same. T. J. Harns, Deputy Sheriff : Was at the scene of murder tue following Sunday ; swept the corduroy looking for ballet marks, as Jos. Fetch had told witness that one shot struck corduroy about three inches from head of deceased ; found no bullet marks in corduroy. The cartridge shells found at the bridge were peculiarity marked by the rifle in firing; recent tests with prisoner's gun did not mark shells. Sam Daniels corroborated Morris and Har ris’ testimony. D. I. Corker : Shells shown by the sheriff soon after the shooting looked as though they had been fired six months before. Lee Laughlin: Same as deputy sheriff Harris in search for bullet in corduroy. G W Sappington, same. E. P. Bower ; Identified bullet wads found within two inches of a blood spot; found no bullet marks in corduroy ; exjieri- mented by shooting and the marks were eas ily found. Mat Guin : same Bert Bower: Passed the bridge about 4 o'clock on the afternoon of murder ; saw nothing wrong with bridge ; saw a strange man near the bridge ; knew prisoner. John Perkins : Prisoner’s reputation as a citizen was good. Lee Laughlin : Merchant at North Yam hill ; prisoner was a law abiding citizen ; his reputation was good. Win. Ball: Saw mill owner ; had dealings with prisoner : was an honest man. G. W. Sappington : Corroborated Laugh lin and Ball. A number of other witnesses testified to the good character, and the defence closed. In rebuttal testimony, G. L. Parker and J. C. Cooper, old veterans, told of instances where men in battle had been torn all to pieces, while in other cases at a shorter range men had been struck with the same size hall with but slight injury. Dr. Poppleton. Portland Adams and Den ny Walker related instances of like charac ter, showing that you do not know what will be the result of a shot fired from a rifle. This closed the testimony. The argument for the State was opened by District Attorney Holmes, lie stated that this was an extraordin ary case ; that it was necessarily cir cumstantial, hilt that while it was so i the circumstances pointed to G. \V. Smith as being the guilty party. Mr. Holmes was followed by lions. W. D. Fenton and N. L. Butler, for the de fense, each speaking for upwards of an hour, making many strong points in favor of their client. Once (luring Mr. Fenton’s speech was the only lime during the trial that there had been any perceptible change in the prison er’s countenance, aud that, was whin Mr. Fenton referred to the final sepa- tion between Smith and his two little girls, at which time tears came to the eves of the prisoner. James McCain closed for the Stale, making a strong and telling speech. At B :30 o’clock the Judge read his charge, which was a very fair and im partial one, tn the Jury, and they re tired for (leblw ration. The Jury were out until s Jio o’clock »Saturday even ing when they brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree.— ’I'he day set for fixing* sentence was Tuesday, < let. 2nd. Before luring remanded to Jail, the prisoner was allowed a few moinents’ talk with his wife and children, and bade them good bye for the last time. G. W. Smith,though convicted of min der, knew that ho would for all this, though we believe (». W. Tiie Meclianice Fair eoninieneeH one »Smith to have committed the crime for week from to-day. which he was convicted we can but ex Mr. G, l>. Carlin and Louis Garrison claim “ Peace to his ashes.’’ liis remains were buried in the cem eatue down from their home near Eu- etery near North Yamhill, on »Monday. ■ eneCity, to we tueirmother Mrs. Car lin. who Ims been so ill. The boys re port good times in Lane county. OHI J>r. Bnyd’s neat little apothecary 100,0 -hii.es forth in true busmess like style with its brand new stock of drugs Secure your winter's wood. and ni. ili. ines. t all and see it. South Roads, in splendid condition. door Garrison's building, 1) street. Interesting matter crowded out. XoTtt :■ !—The store of R. .lacobson Go to E« mid N. Hendrick's lor Mil \ Co. at Sh. :idan, will be closed on 1 hursdav. Oct. 11th, till tt p. m. on ac linery. count of Jewish New Year. Parties . Go to Corker's, at Lafayette, for w ishing to purchase goods will please Timothy Seed. cull before that day. School bags, only 25 cents each, at George \\ ¡Hi . Sr, brings ns a brain It Russ «x Foster's. oil a black walnut tree that contains Wright & Hemstock’s steam saw is about two dozen line walnuts, and aa Mr. Willis expresses it "There’snot a at work in town. walnut tlnee in all Oregon that can The Petch murder trial costs Yamhill bate that.” county $500 per day. \\ o should have mentioned last week lion. 1>.O. Durham accompanied the the plea ant call we received from Mrs. Pioneers' excursion. A. Wallace and lief daughter, ( ora ; Air-. A. I.. X’ewgard and her daughter, Corker, of Lafayette, keeps many Nora, anil Mi.-s Nora Hendrick, who different kinds of plow s. e line in to see our press grind out the Those letters written by G. W. news. Smith, convicted him. Messrs. J. Caswell and Bert Keys The number of pupils at the new took a drive up to Amity one night last week, and just as tliey were entering College increases daily. town, oni' of the wheels of the hack Mr. Alfred Smith, of Moore’s Valley, dropped into :i ditch, mid over they came in to see us last Saturday . went. Nobody hurt mid damage to See those Heating stoves, Cook hack, slight. stoves mid Ranges at .Manning’s. Please come in and settle your ac Don't put off settling vonr account counts. 1 have waited long and pa tiently on you, mid now the time has with the R ei ' okti it, any longer. come when I have to pay toy accounts Custer Post, Grmul Army Republic, and 1 have to have the money you owe intend giving a ball on Thanksgiving, me to do it w ith. I un an you, anil yon fh A.' M anninq . The Misses Hendrick have their Mil and you. linery Opening to-day and to-morrow . fiiir friend, G. L. Rowland, of North Mrs. A. Andre started on Saturday Vainbill, lias a son-in-law limned Frank last fortheeasi, to make a three months York : and tin \ tell us that this man Flank York lias swelled up too large visit. for his clothes since the Kith of Aug I'ni'h-Gcorge llangiisser is another ust, all because on that date Mrs. Yolk pioneer that accompmiii'd the excur presented him with a fine ilaugliter. sion. To say that n twig fifteen inches long Go to Rogers &• Todd's foi your contains 28 gond-sized nnples, seems School Books, Stationer! of all kinds like a pretty good-sized tide ; but ’¿is etc., etc. line, l itis specimen was brought in Corker, of Lafayette, keeps the best by Mr. 8. F. Staggs, aud is of the “Old stock of hardware on the west side of Kentucky variety . And w hat is more curious is that this-twig was taken Portland. from a large tree that contained not Mr. J. C. Cooper will please accept another apple. Can any one beat thia. our acknowledgements for favors, dur Our old pioneer friends left on Mon- ing the week. dav, bound upon having a good time. A shoe was picked up in the load Many of them intend " taking in ” New near Illis place, a lew days since, mid York, and we expect that in their left at this oilice. rounds they will luive mi opportunity making many a dollar, as many of Zephyrs, 10 cents mi ounce. Ken of eastern cousins would give a good sington crewels, Saxony yarn, etc., at our round sum Io see the webs on the feet Russ iN Foster's. or moss on the backs of un Oregonian. For your Hardware, Stoves mid Tin At a regular meeting of Custer Post ware you eau get bedrock prices ill Baud, Monday evening, October 1 st, Manning's tor cash. 1883, the following officers were re Slates, Blank Books, Copy Books, el. vied tof the ensuing six months : G. Blotters mid all kind of School Sup W. .Snyder. President: A. B. Baker, Secretary: Win. F. Bangiisaer, Treas plies at Rogers & Todd's. urer; A. V. IL Snyder, Leader. A re ’ Don't buy a lantern until you have port of the Secretary mid Treasurer seen the very latest improved at Mann bows the Band to be in a prosperous ings; they (ical the world. condition. Our young friend, C. .I. Skinner and One day last week, while Mr. mill a fi ii nd of his have gone to make their Mrs. Brock were away from their home home at Montcseno, W. T. for a short time, some sneaktbief en- Rev. J. R. W. Sellwood will hold terid the house and took seven or (■¡.'.¡ii d.kl.ii - in silver from a purse service at the Episcopal Church next left by .111 -. Brock. It is to be regrett Sunday—morning mid evening. ed that, we have a person in the com- An old rotten and broken plank in lnunity who will -loop to thefts when lliinii creek bridge, on the Lafayette ce ts person leaves the house for a road, should be replaced, at onee. lew moments. It should also teach Mrs. C. G. Rowel), of Dallas, I’anie our people to secm.lv fasten their down mid paid her daughter, Mrs. A. doors and windows, when going away. V. R. Snyder, a visit over Suudny. The Shakespm.au Rending Club, A nd still the approach to the North after a vacation of the slimmer months resumed exercises on Monday last. Its Yamhill bridge, settles. Is it the inten reg'ilar meetings me held at Odd Fel tion of tile supervisors to let 'er go low ' llall on Monday evening of each W. W. Wright mid family left on week, [is membership embraces soinCi Monday's train for their old home in ol I lie bi iglite t talent of our town, mid Ohio. They will lmve a good time. we are glad io learn of a glowing in The Ri roiri i i: is under obligations terest in I he institution. All those w ho to Sheriff Collard fol courti si, - s hown l ike a p. ide in the advancement of in- its representatives, during the Smith telecl mil l ull uro are cordially invited Io become membe. of the Clilb. trial. When yim go to Lafayette, don't fail to call aud see Corker, on the coiner, if you want hardware ; if not, call any way. Court is grinding rapidly along. Business w ill be brought to a do-“ Illis week. Proceedings' in imp: her column. It costs only ^-1 •»:► p i month to i - u:< the IlKt'OtiTnit. But how is this small i'X|M'iise to be met f you don't pav lip ’ Do y ou see .' We b ld the pleasure of meet in . ! Ion. L. T. Batin, the gentlemanl;. I.'i ■ ster of tin Land Oflice, Oregon City, al ta fayertc, last wick. Mr. F. M. Blake, the rustling, w id. - a wake tiavdin : l oriesjicndent ol tin- (hegonian, was in town I iiesdny morn ing and < inie in to st e n . “ I'ni le'' Billy Rogers brought iis a potato top that bail a dozen or more thrifty looking pot ’oe growing in it —looking curious enough. R<member the foot race between Martin and Pendi s. next Saturday. It will be the mo»l interestin ever run in Yamhill county. Any one wishing to purchase a good farm w ill find it to their adva utage to BBCAPE THE GALLOWS. He was remanded to hi* cell at 9 call at the «tore of B. 1 Hartman for 25 w 1 o’el<M*k. At about 9:30 he told a fel particular*. low prisoner—Rogers—that lie intend Robison & Bak« r hi ave a supply of ed to take morphine ; told him to re Book Siiti'hels that a: just the thing quest the sheriff to give his lx>dj to lii- for children to can their books to wife, that it might be buried besid« school in. Go and g< *t one. his little babe that died while lie was Aren't those pretty little ** pud miid- in the mountains ; also that the sheriff' Post Office.— in .».<».. front of the [MIDI, i dies" up ... . turn over to W. D. Fenton his pistol, antnorities ought to fence gun and $31.7*^ in money, to do with vK.‘. *’,e as he chose. Rogers thought him to 1 ’em up for fear they may be disturbed, lie jesting; nor did he think (lifferentlx Mr. Tom. Willis, of Happy valley, until he was awakened by Smitl/s canir in to s<*e um last, Friday and heavy breathing about I o’clock, f lie brought us a half bushel of tim apples, alarm was given at once, and Drs. Lit for which In* will a< rept many thanks. tlefield an<! Galbreath were summoned, El. T’mlrrwood has Just finished np and did all in their powei to revive him, but to no purjiose, The deadly a year of pulling the ribbons over tie big Nest Hern Mill team; has quit and drug had too deep a hold upon its vic tim ; had jierfornied its mission well, will go up into Eastern Oregon to look and he breathed his last at h 30 o'clock him up a home. Sunday morning. Smith had the moi We n reived a pleasant, call on Mon phineconcealed in the lajwls of his day from Mr. <-.dh ntin*', brother «4 <NMit. The coroner’s jury returned a our townsman, W. Ik, who, kith bis verdict in accordance with the above wife and <»tir son have come to make facts. Oregon their horn« . Through the courtesy of jailor Dix on we were allowed to* see the corpse, T he second half-term at M< .Minnville and as he laid cold in death lie looked College begins on next Wednesday, the same ax he did when we saw him Oct. |Oth. Quite a large nnimber have a few hours before eicept a pallor had ex pressed their intent ion to enter the overspread bis countenance and hi»« s< hool at that time. fare was eonstdt raidv swollen. As we Some of »hr nicest potatoes w< aaeed upon the lifeless form of this doomed man our tbmiiriita are led bark seen this year, were brought t- over the horrible minder, the scene, ofth e oik «lay last w«»«»k, fr< the circumstance* connected with it, ” Fullerton farm ” bv Mr. Char to the aniniish of the heart-broken hus C«w»k. Then are thr«»e cant it s, band when his wife wa torn so ruth- IL we*. Peerless and Snow Flake, I he legMly from and fa- ’ ar«* seven of which will*weigh u ent £•"*/ fro!" him &»"• ; I of <>J the V'? wife *, ,,d /* I . tl^rifraa of ----- thin l — man lie one pounds or an average <>f the .------ chiidnn —■— --- — lyinjr » -- lor* «*» tin mdee<i a Md picture. But pounds each. Who can l»eat it f Bow ON A T iiain . Yesterday morning, íu * tlm .McMinn- villi' express ¡»ped at Not th Yamhill, a nunibi t of y « ip men who had been at a «liince nil night got aboard the ; : . . I I I . I 1: ? v ere in a state ___ of _____ intoxi- , •;uion bonlci iu;: on the bestial^ mid won berm'ii* involved in a brnpl among thmiiselv <‘S 1 vLirh amounted to almost a riot. r or a time Conductor Bog.irt ami thi tl tinmen were un abb' tq keep t hem quiet or NUppiegH iiH'ir foul Imigi ‘ me of the party, mimed Pliilli] p \\ alker, tlom islied apis- tol, which Vint a b r a k m an * HU<ci o<le<l in I ::ig away from the wnrliKe Ymnhiller. Giistavus Scrog- in , ii. • 1 <*i • to quiet the men and vent their making fools mid crillli- e I oi t heiiiseh rs, as drawn into I ho 1» as mid r . ¡(D rably sei aped about !<• head and lace. Mr. Srrogrgins wan ;i ;o Hrd mid had not long to do v. i ii lx • miaii e\i< pt as a peacemaker. Tin re was conoide: •ruble hitting and sli'ikii ug, hnf the co mtestants were in a uinudlin str ate that but little (I rl.tmni was done, mid they did not il|>|M*il r io can* wh hether they hit or Hl IKMU 1. Conductor i Bogart Miieccedcd ill fj i < tillK Ülo ( row d at Wapato ftlltioiii.—Sunday’s Standard, At 1 in* residence of i the bride’s pa- 1 Opts, in Wi’bfoot, Yamhjll County, i )rt*Lf(> it, on Tue day pt. 25, 1 bv Re v. .1. Faraona, pH* | tor of tlii* M. E. ( ili nre h, Day Ion, Mr i. ( 'lay ton I riali, of me Dall« nid Miss Katie Coox rt, of WebfootL _ At thè r« idence of A. IL Fatilconer, Slicridan, On'gon, Hei>t. HOtli, 18H3, by >. Coti i. .1. I’., Mr. .1. A. W iiiixiiiiixii. of \L Miniivilh' :ui<l M ìhh olile Faul- i ' oih t , of .. < ~i Hi'i-ii. ti11 of Oregon. tin* re odi'iiii' of ihe briilc'H pn- reni ' l Ite. ■ pt. 27fh, 1 by . I I. ’fonli-«mi, Mi. \V. A uk I ìii Eld : and Mis* K itile Uruxer. t* .M illin Eta OPENING. 1 1 A N. Ih ndi irk, win» have moved to their large store, for- rtipied by Mr Spurs, bave a all Miliirjei •ipening on the 5th. when tli ry w ill ilisiiiny the uni l’est M*le (■ ■I 1 .diurni Wili k that waa < er shown ill this ’t)Oli- will la- foil,ui anil Bonnt-t», Binis, era, w ■linea. Velvets and tea in ¡ ittcwi shades. No iinred III rtfdlTtillK have a cordial invitation in itnek. i to attend the ojM*DÍiig. ----- — r.i< S r. .1. I I il will «II at pabilo »cmiw « l>a niilrs «ve»t. turili;.. < ti t. filli, H ot * ng. am! all kind, of usila. For furtlici pnrtic- tenu*. see poster». 25w 1. li (