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CHIEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO.
VINITA INDIAN TERRITORY THURSDAY MARCH I2 1896.
VOL. XIV. NO. 28
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WENT HOME TO DIE.
The
Old Mn' Face TVa Wreathed in
gmllN When They Found Him.
They told me in the dining car of a
train on the Louisville & Xashvillo
road that in the smoking car -was an
old colored man who was going south
to see his old plantation home again
before death claimed him. By and
by I went in to have a talk with him.
He was wrinkled and white haired and
evidently Teryold.andwhenlexpressed
wonder that his friends in Kentucky
should have let him set out on such a
long journey he replied:
"Dey just couldn't help delrselves
Bah. I tole de chill'en I was bound to
cum an' dey jes had to let mc."
"And how long since you left the
old" plantation?"
"Way back in wah times sah. I dun
went right off wid some Yankee sogers
an' dat's de last I eber did see of Mars.
Thomases folks. Ize gwine down to
'sprise 'em."
"Where is it?"
"Jest a leetle ways out o' Eelma. Dey
tell me da' am great changes 'Bout
Selma but I reckon I kin walk right
down de road an' find de plantaahun
in de night. Bress de Lawd sah but
I doan' reckon I could hev closed my
eyes in death if dey hadn't let me cum.
Bar's bin .sich a longin' to see de ole
place agin dat I couldn't stand it"
Three or four of us chipped in to I
get his mealn and make him comfort-
able but we saw that the journey was
telling on his strength. On the morn-
ing of the day we were to reach Selma
I could see that he was weak and ner-
vous and when I sat dosvn beside him
he said:
"Ize feelin' sort o' skeart 'boat my-
self dis mawnin'. I had a dream last
night dat I was welkin' long de road
an' met a funeral an when I axed
who was gwine to be buried a white .
Hian spoke up and said: I
"Ton my bouL if dat hain't Mara
Thomases old nigger Job who rnnned
off doorin de wah! Heah boy let me
tole you somethin'. To' has cum too
late to see yo'r ole mars; dat's him in
de coffin an' he was a axin "bout yo
jes de day befo he died."
I told him that dreams did not sig-
nify and after a bit had. him quite
chirped up. I got him some tobacco
for his pipe saw that he had breakfast
and as I left him he smiled all over with
happiness as he said:
"Only two hours mo to Selmal Ize
moas dun got derel" '
Thirty minutes later the conductor "
beckoned to three or four of ns -to
come into the smoker. The old man '
sat in his chair leaning against the
side of the car and seemed to be sleep-
ing. "He's been dead ten minutes quiet-
ly observed the conductor "and .he
died as peacefully as a child falling
aisleepl
So he had. There was a smile on his
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old. black .face a smile of anticlua-
tien and the pipe had not fallen from I
his fingers. Death had come like a
soft and fleeck mantle and its touch -t
bad been-painless. BetroitTree Press.
4j"ii. ' " j
?RETTY JAPANESE INTERIOR.
Sow the Effect Can Be Obtained at Little
Cost.
A Japanese interior will alway be in
favor with persons of moderate means
because so good an effect ma be ol-
tainedatsoslightacost. Hang the wall
from baseboard to ceiling with cart-
ridge paper of dull old red. simulating
a frieze by Betting the bamboo picture
rail 18 inches below the ceiling. Form
a dado and panels with bamboo and
stencil both dado and frieze with Jap-
anese designs in bronze and copper.
Put a greenish white cream matting on
the floor and spread it with jute rugs
in imitation of Daghestan and Kazac
and some of these imitations ere really
wonderful.
There must not be a single picture on
the walls. The divan must bs low a
spring mattress laid directly on the
floor. Coyer this with a Japanri e print
and have pillows covered with Chiami
cloth cotton crepe and Japanese prints.
Over the head of the divan suspend
a big Japanese umbrelln and also
over the head but more to the right
bang a Japanese lamp or better still
use a standard lamp of terracotta with
dragon decorations. Dark reddish
brown denin will answer admirably for
hangings in this room.
Have very few chairs and let these
be of bamboo but let the big pillows
covered with Japanese chintzes tak
their place If this is a parior let the
tea table be of bamboo and covered
with a bit of Japanese drapery; use a
Japanese tea service and a gong of
Japanese T)ronze. If it is a library let
the desk be of bamboo as well as such
book-cases as are not built into the
walls.
Tor & square hall a few touches In the
way of a Moorish iron hanging lantern
a bit of oriental drapery If only of
chintz hung over a spear a rug thrown
over the balustrade -above a jute rug on
Jbe floor or a seatbuiltunden'jc stairs
and covered wijh Japanese chintz pr a
Bagdad rug -will give the effect of a
newly-furnished hall. JJ. Y. World.
TTeceuarr Preparation.
LitlleMLssdcFcphion (meeting noted
author in the park) How-de do Mr.
'lnemicd! Mamma is awful glad you
Is coming to her reception.
Great Author I am delighted to
learn that she is pleased.
"l'ej she says you is th biggest so-
ciety lion ol the season and she's so
glad' she got ahead of that Mrs. De
Sttle. Mamma has told everybody
you are comin. aud'they is all worked
!mt to dth. Mamma's head aches
awful this raorning. " "" -
"Um to what do you refer my
dear?"
"Why you know everybody is nearly
killin' theirsehes tryin to read your
books so they can talk to you about
trj. Los ngeles Herald.
The New Woman.
"Will yoube mine?" he suddenly ex-
claimed. ' '
"ir!" returned the woman haugh-
tily. He trembled and stood with mantling
cheeks.
J'Jt. is leap j-caryou know" he mur--
pured! apologetically. -Detroit Trfi
une.
St the Uentlst's.
Young Lady (timorously) Who was
that screaming just now?
Dentist Don't be alarmed; if was a
jmt'ieptVho was being treated 'free of
charge. JournnI Amusapt.
Before v e passionately desire any-
thing which another enjoys we should
examine as to the happiness of its pos-
MHor. Bochefoucauld.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
English law takes no account of
libels on the dead. Xot so in France
A Parisian lady has just obtained a
erdict against an author who pub-
lished "some defamatory statements of
her grandfather.
Before the coming of the whites
to America the Mississippi river was
known by a different name every few
miles in its course. Each tribe that
dwelt along its banks gave it n name
and more than 30 of these local designations-ore
preserved in the narratives
of the early travelers.
A late official report shows that
contrary to common belief cases of
religious mania ore rare in the British
isles. It also discloses the strange fact
that more mental aberration is devel-
oped among the tribe of peddlers than
among any other class physicians and
druggists coming next. Melancholia
prevails most in Ireland.
Sportsmen's enthusiasm is not al-
ways contagious. It worked distinctly
the other way in the case of a resident
of JJayside Me who recently was
stopped on the highway by a party of
sportsmen and made to wait with them
an hour and a half so that he would not
scare away a deer which others of the
hunting pa-ty were trying to drhe out
of the bordering wood.
The archer fish has a natural blow
gen. This unimai possesses tne curious
property of being able to shoot drops
of water from its mouth.with' extraor-
dinary accuracy to considerable dis-
tances. This singular faculty is of use
to the animal in securing its food. A
fly or small insect passing over the
water has very little chance of escape
from the deadly aim of the archer fish.
The drop of water brings down the in-
sect which is then incontinently de-
voured. Experiments ore being made in
Arizona in the establishment of carrier
pigeon messenger Ferviee between re-
mote mining camps and the nearest
town or railway shipping points. So
far as tried the service has proved suc-
cessful and very valuable. The trails
out from some of the large camps are
long and difficult to traverse at times
and the carrier pigeons insure a great
'saving of time in exchanging com-
munications. Five thousand horses in one bunch
were rounded up on the Flathead In-
dian reservation in Montana a rrreE or
so since. So large a bond of horses I
seldom seen now except on a few of
the Indian reservations where there is
an unrestricted range. For almost a
week before the bunch was gathered
in the Indians and half-breeds were
scouring the valleys canyons and
mountain sides driving every .horse
they found toward the common center
ready -for the annual cutting out into
individually owned bands. -
HOWARD'S FIRST CLIENT.
He Came on MUhty rrtlcnUr Business
nt " WM 'ot 'ree
When Bepresentati ve M W Jloward.
the populist- member irom Alabama
-f t hung out his shingle as a lawyer
nearly exhausted by days spent in vain
waiting for his first client to come
nhen one day he heard a knock at the
door. On calling "Come in!" n darky
known as Sam stepped into the little
office.
"What can I do for you?" the lawyei
asked as visions of his first fee came tc
him.
u 'Scuse me. sah" said Sam "but Meed
I wants to see you on partik'cr bui
ness."
Mr. Howard thinking that the man
most likely wanfed a divorce said : "Sit
down and explain everything care-
fully." " 'Deed sah I would like to clobe de
dore fo' de bizness am mighty pertik-
ler" said Sam. After having closed the
door he took the proffered chair. Then
he explained:
"Sah I has got a gurl in Georgnh dat
I wants you to write a letter to f o' me."
"Do you love her?" asked the lawyer.
"Do you want to marry her? Does she
love you7" and many questions of a like
nature.
To all these questions Sam leplled:
"Sutjingly."
The replies being satisfactory he pro-
ceeded to write the letter. Aftcrhaving
finished it he read it to Sam to see
whether it agreed with his ideas
" 'Scuse me boss" said Sam scratch-
ing his woolly head; "'scuse roe f I
offer a suggbestan; I would like to put
something else in dar also; something
like ais:
De ross am red.
And de vylets bloo;
Do pinks am preaty.
And so Is you.
And having put it in Howard asked
if that was all. Sam scratched his
woolly head a minute and then said:
'Boss dar am one mo thing dot ought
to go in dor dis: 'I hopes dat you will
'scuse de pore mizerable writin' and de
bad spellin'." Washington Post.
The 'Fagot Tarty.
If one has a wide fireplace and a num-
ber of friends wljo ore good story-tellers
a fagot party may be a pleasant
form of entertainment. Give to each
guest a ribbon-tied bundle of fagots or
bits of wood place cozy renin about
Lhe fire and ni-.k number one l the ribbons
should be numbered) to throw her fuel
upon the fire. As it burns a story is
to be told neither longer nor shorter
than the lime of its burning and as
the light dies out number two begins
'his tale. A room for a fagot party
should be lighted only by candles and
the firelight." Finish the-ctenlng with
an" informal dance if your guests are
of the dancing habit and with a light
and dainty supper as most of us are of
the eating habit. X. Y. Post.
Finance National and Pergonal.
"2o" said the man who picks up bits
uf wisdom wliereter he can 'Jf. never
like to hear Blykins start out' to show
how all -the indebtedness of the coun-
try can be liquidated and financial nf-
falrs put into shape at short notice."
"Why not r-
"He nearly always winds up by bor-
rowing two dollnrs on his own ac-
count.'' JTashtngton Star.
One Folnt In Illr Favor.
"I haten't lhed with you 25 years
without finding out you're n'brutej"
wratbfully exclaimed Mrs. Itangle. fI
lenqw a pillion reason8"vhy'l"dhute o
be you and ojilv one why I'd like to be
you:"
"What is thnt ope reason roadame?"
fiercely demanded Mr. Itangle.
"Because you've got a good wifel"
die screamed. ( hicago Tribune
THE PROSPECTIVE LAW.
IT'S PASSA'JE 3EANS A NEVf ORDEIt
OF THINGSTO THIS TEItKlTOKY.
Citizenship Allotment Toivusllcs Min-
erals and all Else of Value is Looked
After 1 he Danes-Flvnn. Administra-
tion I1III.
Because of the almost universal
belief that the bill now before con-
gress will very soon become a law
it is herewith republished in its
entirety. It is designated H. It.
G309 and was introduced in the
house of representatives Feb. 19lh
by Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma
for the sub-committee and re-
ferred to the committee on Indian
affairs and ordered printed.
A Bill to provide further security to persons
and property In the Indian Territory and
tor other purpo.es.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representative:' of the
United States ol America in con-gres-s
assembled That the United
States courts that are- now or may
be hereafter established by law in
the Indian Territory f hall have
exclusive jurisdiction both in lsw
and in equity to hear and deter-
mine in their respective districts
all controversies cau-es and suits
conctrnii.e the tribal lands and
other tribal uronertv of either of
the five civilized tribes of Indians
namely the Cherokeee the Creeks
or Muskogee the Choctaws
Cbickasaws or Seminole tribes;
and for that nuri)0?e shall have
power to make parties plaintiff or
defendant tp such controversies
causes and suits- any of sajd Cher-
okee Creek or Mukogee Choc-
taw.Chickasaw t r Seminole tribes
or any peison claiming Jitle in any
manner in and to or any interest
ol any kind in or any right to the
uie occupation rents or profits
either exclu-ively or in common
with others of any. portion of their
tiibal lands or other property.
And in the determination of t-uch
suits said courts shall have the
same rights of exception and ap-
peal as are now reserved to parties
in said courts.
Spc. 2- That said United States
courts shall also have exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and determine
all other civil cases oi wnaiever
name or nature and without re-
gard to race or citizenship of any
of the parties thereto within their
respective district? and also ex-
clusive jurisdiction of all prosecu-timis'fornmes'nnd-rrfrsdemeanors
committed in their respective dis-
tricts without regard to the race
or citizenship of the person or per
eons charged therewith: Provid-
ed That this section shall in no
way affect tne jurisdiction of the
United States court.- at Fort Smith
Arkansas and Paris Texas under
existing laws. The fifteenth sec-
tion of the act of congrers cnt tied
"An Act to establish United Sta'es
courts in the Indian Teritory and
for other purposes" approved
March first eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine limiting jurors to citi-
zens of tlie United states is here
by repealed but not to auect any
causes now pending in said courts.
Sec. 3. '1 hat no act resolution
ordinance or decree passed or
adopted by the legislative council
of either of said five civilized
tribes after the passage of this act
shall be of any validity or force in
said territory until after the same
shall have been approved by the
president of the United States.
And every such act properly au
thenticated shall be presented to
hun for that purpose within thirtv
days after its passage and if ap
proved by him rliall be pubUsned
with his approval as one of the
laws of the tribe by which it had
been enacted.
Sec. 4 That the commissioners
heretofore appointed under acts of
congress approved March 3rdlS93
and March 2nd 1S95 or then
successors to negotiate with the
five civilized tribes in the Indian
Territory in addition to the au-
thority already conferred upon
them by law are authorized and
directed to proceed at once to hear
and determine all quest'ons of citi-
zenship in the- several tribes in
said Indian Territory namely:
The ChcrokeeMukogee or. Creek
Choctaw Chickasaw and Sem-
inole tribes and all rights
pertaining to such citizenship
and to make for each of
said nations a full and complete
roll of all persons entitled to the
rights of citizens therein; and in
the performance of such duties
said commissioners and each of
them shall have power and author-
ity to administer oaths to issue
process for and compel the ktlcnd-
ance of witnesses and to send for
persons and papers and to punish
any disobedience of their orders
and process as for contempt. They
shall at all times have access to all
rolls of citizens records and docu-
ments belonging to or in til" ous.
tody of any of said nations or any
of their officers which limy may
deem neces-ary for the prosecu-
tion of said work and may make
copies thereof: and in determining
all such Questions of citizenship
mid commissioners may consider
all acts of tRe national councils of
said several nations and tho acts
and decisions of persons claiming
to act by authority thertof; and
any decisions made or papers is
cqed I)' Such persqns in an' case
before thern and al depositions
affidavits and qt)ier evidence in
any lorm whatsoever neretotore
taken where the witnesses giving
such testimony are dead or now
residing beyond the limits of said
territory .and use all other fair and
reasonable mean within their
reach for the purpose of dermin-
ing the rights ..f per.-ons claiming
such citizenship or to p'otect the
tribe or anyone claiming to be a
citizen thereof from fraud or wrong;
and the decisions of said rommis-
m oners in all such cases ahall be
final and the rolls so prepared by
them shall be hereafter held and
considered to be the true and cor-
rect rolls of persons entitled to the
rights of citizens in said several
tribes.
Sec 5. That when the roll of
citizens of any one of said nations
is lully completed as provided in
section four and the survey of the
lands of said nation also complet-
ed the president of the United
States shall order said commis-
sioners to proceed to allot the ex-
clusive u?e and occupancy of all
the binds of said nation suscepti-
ble of allotment among the citi-
zens thereof to them and their
luirs as shown ty taid roll giv-
ing to each so far as possible hi-
fair and equal share thereof con-
sidering the nature and fertility of
the soil location and value ol
same. All known and valuable
coal and mineral lands and town
sites shall bu set apart as incable
of division When such allotment
of the lands of anytribes has been
by ihem completed said commis-
sioners shall make full report
thereof to the secretary of the m
terior for his approval reporting
all town sites coal or mineral
lands or other property which
the' found incapable of division
and giving reasons why snmo can
not be divided; and the secretary
.-hall thereupon direct the disposi-
tion of the use of such undivided
property in the best manner for
the benefit of the citizens of said
nation. Provided That no allot
ment shall be made upon lands
heretofore granted or otherwise
disposed of by congress.
Sec. G. That said commis.-ion-ers
are fuither authorized and di-
rected to cause to be surveyed and
laid out town sites at such place
as they may deem expedient and
necessary for the needs of the peo
ole and the prosperous growth ol
the country at the present sites of
ua.-fw. ww .-
towns and at sucu other p
at such other places as
may seem necessary opening or
laying of! such streets alleys and
other grounds as they may deem
sufficient and giving to such town
sites such extent of territory as
may appear necessary for the fu-
ture growth thereof and making
correct and proper plats of each
town and filing said plate in the
clerk'sjftacc of the United States
'courfm fhVtuliTrlct in Chlch said
towns are located to be there re-
corded: Provided That nothing
herein shall be construed to vest
any right or title in anyone occu
pying an' of said lots or lands so
laid off into town sites
Sec 7. That when any such
town has been laid off and platted
as provided in section six if there
be three hundred or more residents
therein they may proceed by pe
tition to the United States district
court in the district in which said
town is located to have the
same incorporated as provided
for in chapter twenty-nine of
Mansfield's digest of the statutes
of Arkansas and such town gov-
ernment when so authorized and
organized shall possess nil of tho
powers and exercise all of the
rights of similar town govern-
ments in said state of Arkansas:
Provided That such town govern-
ment shall in no case have any
authority to impose upon or levy
any tax against any lands in said
town: Provided further That all
improvements upon lands situated
in such towns shall be deemed
and considered personal property
for all purposes of such town gov
eminent. All male inhabitants
of such town sites over tho age of
twenty one years who haye resid-
ed therein for more than six
months prior to any election held
under the provisions of said chap-
ter twenty-nine of Man.-field's di-
gest shall be qualified voters at
such election.
Sec. S. That it shall bo unlaw-
ful for any person after the pas-
sage of this act to claim domand
or receive for his own use or for
the u-e of anyone else any royalty
on stone coal or other mineral or
on any timber or lumber or any
other Uiml of property whatsoever
or any rents on any lands or prop-
erty belonging to any one of said
tribes or nations in said territory
or for anyone to pay to any indi-
vidual any such royalty or rents
or any consideration therefor
whatsoever; and all royalties and
rents hereafter payable to the tribe
shall be paid under such rules
and regulations as may be pre
scribed by the sec.reta.ry of th'e ' in-
terioV to the assistant treasurer of
tho United States at St. Louis
Musouri to the credit of the tribe
to which it belongs: Provided
That whero any citizen shall bo in
possession of only such amount of
agricultural ar graaing lands
as would be his just and rea
sonable share of tho lands
ol his nation and that to which
his wife and minor children are
entitled he may continue to vse
or receyg thtf rents thereon "until
allotment has been made to him:
Provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall impair the rights of
any holder or owner of a lease-
hold interest in any coal rights or
coal claims which has' been ac.
quired 'wilh tho consont qf e
United. States (mt all such inter-
ests shall continue unimpaired
hereby
Seo 9. That it shall be unlawful
for any citizen of any one of t-aid
tribes to inclose or in any manner
by himself or through another di
rectly or indirectly to hold pos-
session of any greater amount of
lands or other property belonging
to any such tribe than that which
would be bis just and reasonable
share of the lands belonging to
such nation and that of his wife
and his minor children; and any
person found in such possession of
lands or other property in exce-s
of his sharoand that of his family
as aforesaid or having same in any
manner inclosed at the expiration
of six months alter the passage of
this act shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor.
Sec. 10. That any person con-
victed of violating any of the pro
visions of sections eight and nine
of this act shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and punished by
a fine of not le-s than one hundred
dollars and shall forleit possession
of any propeny in question and
each day on which such offense is
commilttd or continues to exist
shall be deemed a separate offense.
And the United States di-trict at
torney in aid territory is required
to see that the provi-ions ot said
sections are strictly enfoiced and
he shall at once proceed to dispos-
sess all persons of such excessive
holding of lands and to prosecute
them for so unlawfully holding
same.
Sec. 11. That all per capita pay-
ments hereafter made to the citi-
zens of any of.said nations shall be
paid directly to. each individual
citizen by a bonded officer of tho
United States under the direction
of the secretary of the interior who
shall be required to render strict
account for such dinbursements to
congress.
Sec. 12. That said commission-
ers shall have power to employ
such assistants as may be found
necessary to the performance of
their duties such employment to
be first approved by the s'ecreta.
of the intorior who may fix their
compensation.
Sec. 13. That the judge of the
United States court in each of the
oisiricis in saiu territory snail ap-
point one person for each tribe em-
braced in the district who shall be
a resident of the territory ol such
tribe and a noncitizen thereof; and
lit 1 f C 1i"l
hlue ei 0I 1U wine may appoint
uwo ""'"' u ma i"i uu wie
two persons so appointed wilh oqe
member of said commission to be
named by the chairman thereof
shall constitute a board whose
duty it shall be to appraise all town
lots in the towns within tho terri
tory of such tribe in tho actual or
constructive possession of any citi-
zen or noncitizen and the claim to
which has been acquired by any
such persuii or nersons from any
tribe or from any citizon of any
tribe or by the citizen himself be-
fore the passage of this act at a
fair and reasonable value exclusive
of the improvements ypon such lot
or lots or upon such town site;and
suoh claimant of any such lot or
lots may thereupon deposit with
tho United States assistant treas-
urer at Saint Louis Missouri or
with soinp person designated by
the secretary of the interior to re
ceive tha same the amount of such
appraisement and the person re-
ceiving such money shall execute
duplicate receipts therefor and the
same shall be deemed a tender
thereof to suoh tribo and such
tribe may in such manner as may
be provided by tho national coun-
cil thereof execute to such claim-
ant a deed convoying to him the
title to such lot or lots to which
consent of the United States is
hereby given and thereupon the
money so deposited by the graqtce
shall become the property of such
tribp.
If any claimant to any such lot
shall fail to make such tender
within six months after such ap-
praisoment he shall forfeit a.1 riglit
thereto.
if any tribe shall fail or refuse
to appoint a member of such board
the other two inembors herein pro-
vided for shall have power to make
such appraisements and perform
all other duties relative thereto;
and in any caso a majority of such
board shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
When such board shall complete
the appraisement ol such town lots
in any town they shall make two
lists thereof with valuations and
file one of the sane in tho office of
thp clerk of the United States court
in such district nearest to such
town to be by him recorded; and
one copy with the subtreasurer at
Saint Louis; and any person mak-
ing such tender shall file with said
clerk the receipt ol such treasurer
and the clerk shall note the same
on his record.
The members of suck board 50
appointed by such judge and the
ch ef of tribe ahaU each receive lor
his services fifty cents for each lot
so appraised by him to be paid by
tho claimant of such lot before any
such tender may be made.
LAST WtEK'S FT. LMITH J..5TTE2
IljafU Sentences Passed- A Lone Listuf
Malefactors.
Wednesday morning Judge Par-
ker pnssed the death lentenco up-
on five prisoners. The are John
and George Pierce who killed
William "S andever near Whisky
ford on Grand river in January
1S94; Wibber l6.tars convicted of
the murder of Mike Curbing a
peddler up in Saline district in
0-c.t. 1894; Mollie King and Perry
Foromant convict rd. lst week
of the mird.er of Kd King at Vian.
last August. The cases of the
Pierce bo and Isaacs have been
to the supreme jourt.
Mrs. Kettenring covicted of
having her husband murdered for
his life insurance is writing a his-
tory of her life
The federal grand jury adjourned
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last week Their report dwelt
principally with the condition of
tne jail. xney lound it over
crowded and filthy and liable to
produce disease. They also found
the bedding insufficient and recom
mended more frequent change of
diet.
Isom Mayes arson ignored.
Bud Hayes' Mack Franklin
rape ignored.
Sim Mclntoch assault ignored
W. E. Williams adultery ig-
nored. Will Blackburn larceny ig-
nored. Riley Howell selling ignored.
Walter Harp Andrew Stephen-
son assault ignored.
Win. Johnson threat to kill ig-
nored. P. S. Bean larceny ignored.
John L Iioyell introducing ig-
nored. Jesse Green murder ignored.
Benton Shrig assault ignored.
John Oglesby larceny ignored.
Walter Smith assault ignored
John Baker violating plea guil-
ty 26 months and 5200.
William Goings and John Byrd
larceny verdict guilty 2 years.
Joo Nabbs violating plea guilty
CO days and 8200.
Jess Newsome perjury plea
guilty 2 years and 500.
William Jones assault 3 years.
William Jones violating 20
mouths.
Dan Beck violating plea guilty.
60 days and S10J.
Jim Smith violating 30 days
and S100.
Hnry Golden introducing and
selling nolle pros.
Jim Dyer robbery appeara.ice
bond presented and refused as in-
sufficient. Bud Jamison and Henry Smith
larceny verdict guilty.
James Chappie violating plea
guilty 30 days and 3100.
David Lowery alias Marion Fate
sacne.
Robert White same.
Ohas. Cassel sumo 40 davs and
$100.
John Smith same GO d.iy and
100.
John W. Finney larceny pita
guilty IS months
Alonzo Myorc assault verdict
not guilty.
Bruce Wannack violating same.
Jack Sunshine viol-iting plea
guilty 30 days and S10Q.
John Leach came
Carry Ilapner same.
Hugh McLean and Steve Camp-
bell violating verdict guilty.
Bose Bruce larceny verdict of
guilty 2 years.
rnk Wilson alias Prof. Kidd
larceny verdict guilty -l years.
Frank Polioater violating ver
diet not guilty.
Joe Campbell adultery verdict
guilty 2 years.
Daniel Coody laiceny verdict
guilty 2 years and G months
James McGuire violating ver-
dict guilty 60 days and $100
James Whitten larceny verdict
not guilty.
Elijah Denton Win E. Den'on
Joseph Sutton assault acquitted.
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Dick Ray having counterfeit
I money verdict not guilty
Dave Quinton assault verdict
not guilty the court having no ju-
risdiction. James Brazcll John Shaw.fJhas.
R. Hamilton Ace Wade and Ed
Brazellmanslaughter verdict from
box not guilty. These are Mar-
shal McAlister's deputies who by
mistake killed Alex Brown while
out after the Christian gang.
Petor Pi keu larceny death of de-
fendant suggested and prosecution
abated.
Charles Pike Jeff Pike and Rob-
ert Pike larceny verdict of not
guilty.
Frank Carroll larceny verdict
not guilty.
B. W. Merrick violation30days
and $100.
Reuben Mr 1 violation 120
days and $200.
Tom Ridge violation 60 days
and S200.
Bob Wilson violation. 40 days
and $100.
James Turner same.
George Watton introducing and
selling verdict guilty of introduc-
ing and not guilty of selling.
Charles Pace assault verdict
guilty 3 years.
Henry Smith larceny 2 years.
Percy Owens and Clinton Owens
larceny plea guilty 40 days each.
Thomas R:wles larceny verdict
guilty 6 years.
Germ Wyandham violation 30
days and $100
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ROMANCE OF A WIG.
A Very Simple Trick That Ended In a
Traced j-.
A tragic ending' to a comic scene re-
sult'tl in the heroine of the adventure
being conveyed to the hospital in a very-
precarious state while the hero was se-
curely under lock and key at the
depot of the prefecture of police In
Paris. The whole affair turned on some
fiilly fun and stupid horseplay about a
wig. A young man had been fascinat-
ed by the attractions of a girl a few
yean his junior and had asked to be
permitted to pay his attentions to her
but she was by no menns disposed to
return the compliment as he had be
come very bald through illness and
ns the object of bis affections concise-
ly put it she would never dream of
marrying anyone with no harr on his
head.
The youth meditated 01 er his dis-
comfiture and then a happy thought
flashed upon him. He would repair
the ravages of uukind nature by a re-
course to art and forthwith he wended
his way to a hairdresser's shop and
became the delighted possessor of a
wig with curls and love locks and elab-
orate partings in front and behind
which as he fondly hoped would pro-
duce the desired impression on the
heart of the obdurate young woman.
Thus adorned he proceeded that
evening to a restaurant where she was
dining with some friends but to his
horror she not only burst out laughing
when he appeared on the scene but
presently made a dash at his wig which
she tore off revealing his denuded head
to the astonished gaze of the party.
The youth endeavored to 'wrest the wig
from her grasp and so finding herself
hard pressed the fair maiden passed it
over to one of her companions who
tossed it to the other side of the room
and then as ignorant of the fact he
still struggled she dealt him a slap in
the face.
Beside himself with disapppointment
and wrath the young man snatched a
knife from the table and ere the spec-
tators of the scene could interpose
he stabbed the girl in the neck. Cries
of d is.may now resounded instead of the
peals of laughter which had hitherto
rent the air as the young woman fell
fainting to the floor. The police were
summoned and while the youth was
led off in custody the girl was taken
to the shop of a neighboring druggist
pending her removal to the hospital.
It was feareil that she would not re-
CQer. -London Telegraph.
"You sit on your horse like a
butcher" said a pert young officer
who happened to be of royal blood to
a veteran general who was somewhat
bent from age. "It is highly proba
ble" responded the old warrior with
a grim smile; "It is because all my life
I've been leading calves to the slaugh-
ter." Household Words.
Came too Late "It's a great-pity"
said the convicted burglar to his law-
yer "that you couldn't have made that
closing speech of yours at the open-
ing of the case." "I don't see that it
would have made any difference." "It
would though. Then the jury would
have been asleep when the evidence
came in and I've have stood some
show." 'Washington Star.
Young Tuttcr Miss Clara suppose
hat to-morrow evening I should call
again and having nerved myself up to
it suddenly while to were convers-
ing. I should without a word throw
m . arms around your neck and delib-
erately kisi yout what would you do?
Miss rinkcrly Oh Mr. Tuttcr don't
ak me to look v far ahead. Itrook-
lyu Life.
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