TALENT NEWS. the driver ¡»lied whip to the horses in an April 1X93. attempt to cross ahead of the train, but the young horses, taking fright at the shrieking of the locomotive, became un- LOCAL ITEMS. managanle ami overturned the carriage directly upon the track. In another in­ Remember the social dance at the U. stant the engine l,ike a devouring monster, rushed upon die struggling mass of M. L. this evening. April fools, would ye wisdom choose? Nice new board fences going up in every Then subscribe at once for the T alent N EW’S. direction in and about Talent. (¡rant Rawlins is teaching a three- On the 19th ult, the day that the fu­ month's term of school at Brow nsborough. neral of Mrs B. C. Goddard took place, Several from this vicinity •r were in .Jack- sonville this week to square up their in­ a couple of sneak thieves, taking advan­ tage of the circumstances, went to the debtedness to the county. home of Mr. Goddard and stole all the Arthur Abbott started for Pokegama, Cal , last week, where he ex peel* to beem- eggs to he found about the premises. We were aware that there were some tough ployed for the season. een over on ment of honor and decency as to deliber­ Applegate for several months, came home ately take advantage of such an occasion when he heard of the burning of his fa­ to engage in sneak thriving. ther’s house, lie will return to-morrow. The parties are ‘ located” however, for Jessa Adams made four trigs on foot to they either felt too secure or were not a- Talent in one week recently and found a depts at calculatingon the circumstantial pocket knife each trip but one. That's evidence that might crop out, and it might what we should call monot< m us luck. not 1* healthy for their constitution and Anyhow it was a good week for finding by-laws to !>e seen prowling about Mr. jack-knives and losing them. Goddard's barn in the future. ’ The literary society, which ternjwirarily We spent a few hours in Medford our lost its grip on account of the wretched roads and weather, is again in full blast. day this week and were pleased to note the general energy and enter) rise display­ The meeting on Friday evening of last ed by its leading business men. The town week was very enjoyable. The exercises is not “looming” yet it is growing rapid­ were voluntary and consisted of songs, ly and will continue to grow. Of course we took in the Mail oflice and succeeded speeches, recitations, etc. in appropriating about a half hour of th»- A certain company of capitalists, who editor’s valuable time for w hich we should are engaged in prospecting a ledge not a have received a ‘‘printers blessing,” but hundred miles from Ashland, are not ex- Bro. Bliton was genial indeed, showing us ja*rts in the science of mineralogy ami de­ through the printing room and giving us pend upon their foreman for instruction. odd bits of information that we can make The latter is giving them some new terms. good use of. We don’t know whether to Noticing a strange substance in a piece congratulate Medford on its go, d f< rtum- of rock they hurried to their teacher for in capturing such an entergetic newspaper information concerning it. He gravely man, or Bro. Bliton f< r having cast his informed them that it was “cloride of as­ lot in so thriving a town, but vongratula sessment, a very valuable metal.” tions should corm- in somewhere. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT! W hile in Medford v.c added to our sub scription list the uan.esof A. W. Tayler. A party of young people from Talent of the lc.ulin«! boot k !.< i shoe stole; Davis were out riding on the Ashland road late A Pottenger. dealers in gro< ♦ i i<.- ami < r< el. last evening and were just nearing the cry; G. .J. W’oody. of the turn of P.cj-se railroad crossing at Wyants when a train Woody, butchers; and J. W. Lawton. (Io­ was Mtn coming rapidly round the curve Medford harness maker. at th»* north. It was too late to turn and