Nebraska Newspapers

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(Seymour, Texae, IMinr.)
7t Im agreed that the cowboy Is pa**'
Iny. He Is succumbing to barbed wlr<
fence* and railroads, Hut of tills tlief*
wa* no sign at the reunion of Texai
vow boy* a few days ago.
. * wa* a. picnic on a large scale r
picturesque, fantastic spectacle, Then
was a wild, barbaric dash about It, >
vividness and enthusiasm such a* thh
country never saw before. There wai
nothing ever like It except Ihe first re
union last year, and that wa* only bul
an big a* the present one.
More than 15,000 visitor* came to tb<
little prairie town where the Wlchlli
Valley railroad ends. It I* the nearos
railroad town to the heart of the cat
tie country.
Of course there wn* not room *■<
home mo muny, hut this made not thi
slight'*t trouble, The visitors dido
expect to live In hotel*, They cumpet
along Seymour creek and the Hruzo;
river for four miles.
Many came on the railroad, more ot
horseback, a few hundred In wagon*
aod some on foot, And It was wort)
every sacrlhce that was made,
Texas has hud u prosperous year
The rains eamc at the right time. Th
cattle are fat utid bringing u good price
There has been plenty of work for lit1
cowboys.
Men who have lived all their live
In cities or on smull and peacefit
farm* can have no Idea of what, thl
cowboy gathering was like. To begli
win nicy may iiiiuk mai
< rn) of trouble. During the three day*
celebration there were only two ease
of disorder. One mail was arrested fo
rutting a rope to keep the crowd bai l*
hoi 1 another for carelessly breaking th
wheel of a wagon.
'! Jo cowboys (tame in all the glory o
the,i adornment. They arrayed them
selves In new sheepskin legglns or tor
dun;, trousers, which are matters o
no particular moment. They had thel
brightest kerchiefs knotted aroum
th< necks, and these are Important
Tiny wore the finest of sombrero*
In n with gold and silver trimming*
Tin ; saddles were truly magnificent
and more than one wore silver spurs.
And never, perhaps, was so man;
gorgeous revolvers to be seen In on
pb..,, A cowboy never calls the weap
on : revolver. It Is a pistol, a gun, o
it p. p, The Initial cost of the revol
very and they are tin* finest tha
money can buy -doesn’t compare wl'.l
the ..mount spent on their adornment
Th< are Inlaid with gold, and man
art studded with diamonds. Th
cowboy’s pride In Ills pistol exceed
that In anything else that he posseaset
There were little cowboys and hi
cow.oys; men with soft, apologetl
voh. • and terrible records and other
with swaggering gait and brawlln
voh e that are aa dangerous as don
key
The features of the reunion were tb
cow hoy games and the ’’broncho bunt
In’ '* and steer roping contests. Th
abb t cowboys on the panhandle too
part in these, and It was an exhibltlo
tha: wa* worth going hundreds c
mile* to sec. There was u grand stan
ere ted that seated 2.800 people, an
It was crowded. Seymour Is proti
of >'■ cnternrlse in building that stain
'I he meanest, strongest, most evil
Inspired horses that live were select?
for the rontesls. Those who knot
something of this dangerous and *xdi
Ing sport from the Wild West shot
ran have only an approximate Idea <
what this contest was like. It too
pis , ,m the prairie and the foremen
nun among the most wonderful burst
men of the world had a part In It. The
were not giving an exhibition for th
benefit of a lot of people who kne
noth lug about It. They had to pleas
iht most captious of erltka who kne'
, v, > point of the game. \nd the cow
ho> > are not afraid to criticise.
I! incline llardenhlne. lust year1
chsmplon a slender, active man. flr>
,.tt e forth, swinging hla lailul as
small I > waves a ttag h’rom the pc
lin d u >*a> horse w lib white spins o
p side a powerful and wonderful!
s« *i uuliu.il. II? went by at t"
#1 |M #• hi.
'1 a, lariat curled gratefully ibroug
thi .%!r and aelllad over the wild horsi
ti . it nti'n* ' mount sltelcbed out hi
f , • and walled fat 'he »hm k It cam
soli su> h force that th* horse ws
jet red from under it* rider
tiaideahlge led the fractious t.mu h
la ! out o( th« gland stand He walk*
•long peaielulty and meekly 1
•eem*d that any ordinary rider com!
mat age him
Hut wkea a saddle was throng ov<
klm tkeia was trwuhta. aad as* end >
It It seemed Ikat Ike brim, ku ka
•t east t**ai< ifcree feat and that Ihe
•h.d . o| f raards i<a kwards and »*di
wats st ikat hla leg* looked like th
•i» y*s ta • tapidl mostng >«ritw«*
U ban he waan't hbhin* k was dan
Ing Nrtih that horse t«*W hat
mad* • sttihkbg • »•» ta a halt#
At:* a *km - a o tgl uI w*ku
grasped the horse hy the ears and Em
(•line tried to get, the saddle In posltior
They mode two acres of ground look
like a plowed t.:H before they suc
ceeded.
Oardenhlne climbed Into the saddle.
For fifty yards the broncho bucked,
while Etnellnn sent his spurs home.
, j Then the horse had enough. It was
, perfectly willing to behave.
When Harper Young roped his bron
cho the animal looked at him reproach
fully, The horse simply arched his
| hack when the girth* were being drawn
tight. The cowboy* take no chances
| with their girths, Just as Young put
j Ills foot In the stirrup the horse hotted.
He Indulged In ground and lofty fum
bling. He sprang up In the air and
twisted his body about In the most cx
i iraordlnary fashion. He executed a
j back-bucking step that was distinctly
novel and which made the cowboys roll
on the ground with laughter.
It took Hob Wilson half an hour to
, saddle a vicious looking hay. But
, when Hob was In the saddle the animal
behaved In the tamest possible manner
[ "»d Boh was filled with ditgiwt.
! "I want a u til *bronk,' " aid Boh;
"this thing’s nothin’ but tt hobby-horse.
, He's as coy to ilie a ; a tallroad train, ’
Blit It had !>*■< a agreed that ■ ;ndi
, man Wits to have hut otto horse, so Boh
went olT grumbling over his hard luck.
A trim and timid brown broncho,
j with a light, delicate step, was led forth
for MarJon McOInty, of the tt-Pork
. ranch. Hhe looked us If a child could
rli'e her. Hhe made not the slightest.
, protest when the saddle was placed ttp
I on her and the (lank girth was cinched.
( Metilnty hud looked the marc over
t closely and he hud made up his mind
. she was not what kIic seemed.
• She wasn't. Hiding that horse was a
( good deal like riding a cyclone you
. can not tell exactly what happens, hut
you know that much Is going on,
. That gentle looking animal shot her
self into the air. Hhe came down on
r four feet and two feet and one foot.
. Hhe made the most awful plunges. Her
. back curved until she was turned Into
f a hoop.
t Then was the crowd aroused to mad
I enthusiasm, The cowboys shrieked
and the Indians there were 500 Co
manche* there whooped with all their
might,
McOInty was not like his namesake
In the song. He stayed right on the
, broncho, and old cowboys said they
, had never seen such gorgeous bucking.
The animal made mail rushes forward,
r and stopped short with a stiff-legged
. shock. She fell over backwards and
t she sidestepped like a shifty prize
, fighter.
McOInty sat on her hack as If It was
, no trouble ut all, and the plaudits rang
. about him. When the mare wuh doing
* her best, or rafter her worst. McOInty
shook one foot loose of the stirrup and
, sal sideways with one leg over the horn
. of the saddle.
^ Then the broncho started to run. Hhe
, shot away like the wind until her foro
. foot Hank Into a prairie dog hole. Then.
and then only, did McOInty go down.
» Horse and rider disappeared In u cloud
. of dust.
j. It was taken for granted that Mc
{ Glnty had been practically killed. But
, lie wasn't even hurt. There was never
( a finer exhibition of riding.
I | (lave aiuunewa, or ruo a ranen, in
j Shackelford county, drew Old Gray.
I A horse with convictions In Old Gray,
and he Uvea to them. He Is willing to
. work. When he la being driven he
I la aa gentle aa A killed. When an ut
„ tempt la made to ride Old Gray It la
. very like trying to go through a threah
v tug machine.
f Several hundred ambitious men had
4 tried to ride Old Gray and not one had
( succeeded. When the Huddle waa
. placed ou liia hack he behaved heautl
,. fully. He had the air of a wiae horse
„ , and a couqueror. He waa certain that
4 he would throw his rider and there
i waan't any uae In wasting strength.
r . If you have ever seen thoae firework*
. things called "nigger chasers" you can
have aiiuie Idea of the way Old Uray
a acted on the ground. Hut nothing tha’
t move* cun give any Idea of Old Gray'*
a aerial evolution*. They are |ie. ullar
, to himself. He gather* himself In a
lt halt, shoots upward and then appear*
t. l to eypItHle Aa a rule lie land* oil hi*
., head, Imi he I* ii.it particular about
thta.
i, After Ida Aral effort* old Gray
, I stopped lit sheer sill prise to lilltl Hie
4 man still ou Ins but k lie turned hi*
,, head to look, An Inch of steel tear lug
* up tils nils* made the brom ho Jump
He plated ills head Iwltsst Ms leg*
,i art bed hi* Ua k until ll was like that
d of a in11,Hi, and it*tan bucking un
I til |l teemed that he most tsar htmeeit
i| and Alwlthsw* to piste* llui the man
*l» not 4lwl«*dg»d
r When Old Ora* in led •**) he
( huhg hi* head In »bam* It wg* hi#
4 Ural dslenl In a long and touy Ilf* lie
l had kroksu mans haw* and the pride
of hundred* only to nisei hi* solo
* al )•*•
In all tests* won took pan in the
’* ; tiioieei and hoi: one ww* thrown, Jim
* Haul* had the narrows*! *w»wpe He
i i www wthutwd a ktg uiw* h *-* wrtoww tkn
W th* pun*. t auo'd the ktood
1
to nur.h from Harris' nose
and eurs. Once the man lost his stir
rup. Hut he eonquered the broncho.
McOlnty was awarded the first prize,
$40, while Dave Matthews received the
second prize for conquering Old Oray.
The third wan given to llarpry Young.
The verdict of the judges was ap
plauded. McOlnty waa placed first be
cause "he cut up antlcdotcs when his
horse was npitc'aln,’ "as a cowboy care
fully explained.
The first of the seventeen competi
tors won the first prize and established
a new record. He was Berry I’ersley,
of I he Pitchfork ranch.
The steer crossed the line on the run.
Parsley's lariat settled over his horns.
The steer turned a complete somer
sault. The horse braced himself white
Peraley ran up to the prostrate and
stunned animal. The man threw up
Ills lint to show that the steer was tied
In Im, 1 Vis.
fCraellno Ourdcnhlne caught the steer
around the head and horn and the big
anlinu! came down with a crash. The
pony drugged the steer while ISmellnc
was dismounting. The animal was
tied In im. 14s.
When Billy Parks, the "Pitchfork
Kid," came forth, he waa acclaimed ,tx
become* a champion. Parka won flrat
prize last year In Im. 28a. But fortune
was not with him this year. First his
prey put his hind foot through the loop
and then he missed hla first throw.
Still he tied the steer In lm, 55s.
It sounds very (.nine on paper, but It
was a hair raising spectacle for a ten
derfoot, The cowboys seemed to take
the most desperate chances, yet they
escaped so easily, and were so quick
and skilful that the danger appeared
to bo eliminated.
To Scare Her Mot Iter.
Clara Moran, the lC-ycar-old daugh
ter of John Moran, of New Haven,
Conn,, who was believed to have com
mitted suicide from the fact that she
hat] been missing for two days, ami
left a letter for her mother and sisters.
In which site said she would drown
herself, has been found. The girl says
site has not been out of the house since
her disappearance, but has been hid
ing In the cellar to create a scare in the
favilly, Just to see bow badly her moth
er and sisters would take on if she bad
really killed herself.
Hare Felicity.
She Such lovely bargains as there
are at that new place. He Ah! She
Ves, silks at IS cents, mid in a store
mo small that 100 persons crowd it to
suffocation!" Detroit Journal.
IDEAS IN FASHIONS.
A lady of title recently appeared at
a London race in a silver gray alpaca,
with wide velvet revera framing a
tucked vest of white chiffon; the fold
ed belt of black satin ribbon came from
under the arms. The bonnet worn
with this costume was of Itlack fancy
straw and lovely shaded crimson
roses.
A beautiful French product was a
tun-ray skirt of gray canvas, over a
oiin iuiiiiuuik'ii, >wi mini i/uuii U
had a circular basque, with a V-shaped
opening In th>i back, aud double
crossed draperies In the front, caught
on the shoulders with bright buckles.
The epaulets were petal like In form,
and. like the crossed hands oil the bo
dice, were edged with narrow lice nif
ties. The high rolled collar was en
circled with a twist of primrose vel
vet. corresponding with the folded
belt.
Harden party dresses now lining
worn at the various functions going on
ull over the country are worth uotlug
liray, trimmed with yellow, softened
with guipure, seems to lie a favorite
mixture. A gray kllt-plalted voile hud
a bolero of this kind fastened on to the
Isidlt-e III such a fashion that It formed
the entire trimming Many people go
ing backward and forward lo the sev
eral entertainments waether It bs
garden parlies or dailies are wearing
kllt -plalted rrepon cloaks" to match
their dresses, profusely trimmed wish
lace.
A I' cm b d< 0410-1 m-iidii oil tbi lo
lowlna go* n The material l« led
i Uet keil i sin s> over silk, there Is •
piss* run In trogl and back of accor
dion platted red silk muslin adorned
with a banner Ilk* Mb which Is fas
tened down the skies with Itllttl sat
in loops over enameled Miltons Tbs
folded silk belt Is I led In lbs ba h In
• too i loop, and long end- w hb b aiw
embroidered with |si Toil ruf
Use of s-. vrdton plaited • b>d<-n Mnish
; the n*ck t red slise Ml. adorned
With a Mpt k meson feather led ruaes
and a wrsaih wf loop* of red amattn.
ftn,she.v ibis striking •ostMUB# wbk-k
must not b* s>- - led » k- ept bt a Wom
an who ts ronktsni ihs b-r <ssul>
is gieat »n to ♦ • I •t*»«s tn-psn
t Urn
DID WORK OF A HOUSE
GROUND BARK FOR ONE LONG
WINTER.
I'onfrilenile Osnfral Mhrtl.y < omintitrd
lit* Itntli ttrntnr* to Hard Labor
In the Tanyurd Had Kitwrlrnn of
llenjaiiilii AIWup.
IN a Utile volume
published by Mr.
Patterson of Jeffer
son City, Mo.. In
1874. (be biogra
phies of tho mem
bers who composed
the General Assem
bly that year are
given. Among oth
ers, this paragruph
will be found:
Henjamln Allsup—Born In Tennessee
and removed to Douglass county, Mis
souri; was captured by Generul Shelby;
trlod as a spy and condemned to be
shot; worked In the brick mill of the
rebel tannery at l.lttle Rock all winter
as a horse and wus released In the
spring.”
To a group of friends Col. Henry A.
Newman of Randolph county, Missouri,
the other day related a truly Interesting
story about Mr. Allsup, with whom he
served In the lower house of the Mis
souri legislature in 1874. Mr. Allsup Is
now dead, but a host of relatives In
Southern Missouri and Northern Ar
kansas survive him. Colonel Newman
said that lie was first attracted to Mr.
Allsup by reading Hie brief blograph
referred to.
"This remarkable statement attract* |
ed my attention," said Colonel New- I
man, “and 1 hunted the old fellow up, j
and asked him what it all meant. I
had rendered him a little favor onee,
and being a Tennesseean myself (you
know Tennesseeans are elunulsh).! sue
eeeded In obtaining further particulars
from him. Here Is about the way lie
told the story to me, as I now recall
It:
“‘It Is true that 1 was captured by
General Shelby's men as a Federal spy.
I tried to conceal my Identity under the
guise of an Ignorant old farmer, but It
didn't work. Compromising papers
were found In my possession, which
proved lhat I was a spy beyond ques
tion. This happened In the vicinity of
Little Hock. I well knew the penalty.
A drum-head court martial followed
and 1 was sentenced to he shot Just out
side the camp at Little Rock.
" ‘As a guard was taking me away
from General Shelby's tent, Capt. I)lek
Collins, Shelby’s gallant chief of artil
lery, came In and said to the gejernl
that he had found a splendid horse for
his battery In the government lanyard,
working in the hark mill. He sold It
was very light work and a broken-down
mule could pull the beam.
” ‘General Shelby at once called the
guard back and Instructed the soldiers
to take me down to the lanyard, rig up
a set of harness of some kind and put
me to work and turn the horse over to
Cap. Collins. The order was strictly
" 'I do not know just why the guard
changed my name to Belshazzar. It
was his duty to put on my harness,
which consisted of a belt around my
waist and two straps over my should
ers, and then I was hitched to the sin
gle-tree; the guard would "click” to me,
as If I were In reality n horse, and tell
me he would give me a good feed at
night, and also a good currying down In
the morning If 1 worked well,
" 'All this was fun enough for the
rebels and I had no particular reason to
complain, as It was preferable to being
led out and shot as a spy. In this way
I ground tanhurk all winter, and In the
spring (Jen. Shelby exchanged me.* "
NO EFFECTUAL METHOD.
He Was Not a l.oril Futint leroy by Any
Mr* »t«.
The little hoy whoso parents had re
cently moved Into the neighborhood
was a human document; over his en
tire costume wus written the fact that
good clothes do not bring happiness,
says the Detroit Free Press. Ills sailor
hat, his I in maculate little trousera of
duck and his ncally polished shoes
were so obviously (instilled to the aver
age juvenile temperament that two
urchins paused to extend their sym
pathy.
“HI, there Johnny," said one of
them; "tell yor mother we’re goln’ flsh
ln’ an' ask her will she lend you to
us to lean over the boat an' charm the
tlsh."
The hoy with the sailor hat made no
reply.
"Aw, let him alone, "put In the
other urchin, "Don't you see what's
happened to him? Ills parents are
tired of hlrn an' have dressed him up
Dlirtv mi' <4fnrifI him mil nn tlm nnvn
rnent so's he’ll get kidnaped,"
The subject of their remarks hung
his sailor but on the fence, took off Ills
collar and necktie, and, turning to the
boys who bad been gleefully admonish
ing him not to spoil fils beauty, offered
the simple Inquiry:
"Want to fight?”
The challenge was promptly accept
ed, with the stipulation that each of the
old residents was to refrain from tak
ing u hand while the other was en
gaged with the stranger. In a short
time both the local boys had announced
that they had "had enough,"
"Hay, you feller,” said one of them,
as he wliied the dust off his sleeve,
"you're u scrapper all right, lint what
makes you wear that kind of clothes?"
“It saves time,” was the answer.
"Mother and father are movers.
They’re never contented to stay In one
part of town. They rent u different
house every three or four months. It
used to take two or three weeks of
glvln' an' takln' buck talk to get ac
quainted with the boys, so I got mother
to buy me these clothes. She doesn't
know yet what I wanted ’em for; she
thinks I'm gettln’ upat. All I have to
do now when wc move Into a new
neighborhood Is to put 'em on. They
make me look so easy that It only
takes a day or two to get ull my fight
In' tended to an’ get acquainted with
the fellers an' have a good time."
vn AlXfll’P HARD AT WORK.
obeyed. The aoldler* tied the backhand
of the harnean to me. und 1 worked nil
vv inter grinding Uuhurk. The work
true eu»> . hut very monotonou*. Hound
after round l went nil day, A aoldler
waa on guard with a rule In hta hand*
to aee that I didn't alrlke for higher
wageu or a nek u ihauge of elluiate for
my health, hut all lhinge runaltlered, I
waa treated fairly well
*' ‘The rebel* would come around and
poke their fun at me aotuetlmea One
aald he believed Mint 'Old lloaa", na I
waa called had the Italia; another one
ubaerved that 'Old lloaa’ waa about to
lose hla oft ahue, and then I waa givrn a
new pair tine old fellow aald he be
ttev ed I had a aure net k and attainted
that a leather collar In place of the
•hut k one | wore would prove t ewed
j rial He ata<i advtaed a good fee.I of
taila Alt lhaa* •ugge»Uua < were matte
In goud buiHot
**’Tha little tonacripr who fed the
hark Mill waa vary kiad ia ate. and
[ wuuid work la mv pat < t« otuMlh
' akea ike guard waa not atouvd Hu*
ke waa < aught wu day, and tka guard
railed Ike corporal, with tkuv tvyltio
Hu*
*1 ' liar*'* vkta detn*d Hill* lura
maaatoH vkai ava l half broke working
In glare it# old HeUhatrai He will
rua away and break the Mill** I waa
gut ha» k I • w«ak
I
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
w—«—
It begin* lo look .»» If we might have
: (a Invent the ward <hnmploa**a.
If you lie io u euatogwr, and th«
, dark know* * I. Iimm the elerk a war
rant fur faUlfytug lo you.
Ureal crowiU tit reported at l'i«
| raui|< meeting*, anti Ike religloua fer
vor wa# never mure In lent*
The Maided ladt of Ike miituin
wouldn‘i *kave for ike heat man In tk<
world. Her fare la her fortune,
Tree a have trunk*: but they lean
out their doth** until iketr litnlta at*
1 blown bare hr tut mu it wind*.
New that ike wtaiher I* tool enough
for Ike people lo deep I key ate begin
ning •* »ia* up night* In play wbt*t,
t he tfrldtK *111 know ite r# about
what Kkyuet pa** ka* mat them after
Mr Mull pteaehl* hi* Mil to do** Ik*
PIIMMI
N«w that Ik# prlavatM If Wakr* baa
gone Woatwkofen lo *ah> ike knetpg
cm* barefooted partUt* among iM
dot*. h#t **»•'' people ><n tkt* **d* ul
Ike tree* t*P k* <unk'leatly depended
upon
Coearawt u<•*** of \«* !*•*»• d*
eMna* to h* a » aadnfate lor t aitad
male* •***■••* be««M k* .anno* »P>*<4
M tla# «k* pit.* of tk* p * * adraa al
In umot. tt auk ikat of aiket p.. ***■
«Ma tommodilK i*
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WAS NEVER SO DRY.
A CHEAT SCARCITY OF WATER
IN THE WEST.
An I'nprereilenteil Urmifltl that Fill-nils
All Out the Country llltutnrl mill
Illinois the tlrentest MilTerera — The
!tl l..|..||i|il ituil Missouri llivi-rs tn<
asuitlly l.mv.
tv hie Eiienileil llruujht.
Rt. Louis, Mil., Oct. 7.- United
States Observer I1'Yankendeld snld to
day that the present unprecedented
drought extends nil over the country.
He added: "Speaking from this sta
| tlon, the states of Hlinoli, Missouri,
' Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska and Ar
I kanss urn all in the need of wet
| weather. Iowa lias had more rain
1 than some of the surrounding states,
but is now In almost as bad a condi
tion ns the rest.
"Missouri and Illinois are suffering
the most, particularly the southern
portion of Illinois und Central Min
■ouri. Thera Is yet no Indication of
rain."
Kcporta from these states say the
ground Is too dry for fall plowing and
all the country roads are from four to
six inches deep In dust A white film
covers ell the laud. The ripening
corn hangs dull and apparently life
less in the heat of it summer sun, and
everything la parched. In many sec
tions of Missouri cisterns huva gone
dry and the danger of fire In the small
cities and towns la imminent.
The Mlsslasippl and Mlsaourl rivers
have uot been so low In ten years.
LIKE MR. POTTER OF TEXAS
Man From Missouri (males • Mean* la
a (,'tilcNgu llolel
Chicago, Oct. 7. V, It. (lead, u
stockman from < ufbertson, Mo.,awoke
from n troubled dream till* morning
nt the lliwi hotel, Knot ami llalstcud
sir.-el*, possessed with the bleu that
someone hud entered hi* room and
taken from under Ilia pillow £300
which hn hud received from u aalu of
stock the day before.
Without looking to ano If hi* fear*
were correct. Heed hounded from hi*
lied, dashed out of the door anti down
tho hullway with a revolver In hi*
hand, yelling nt the top of Ida voice.
When he reached the elevator shaft
tint car was at the top lloor and Iteed,
thinking lie law at the bottom of the
abaft the man who had stolen Id*
money, fired three shot* Into the base
ment
No one wa* on tha lloor nt the time
except the porter and clerk, and they
hurried above and overpowered the
Imaginative cattleman liefore he tried
to shoot again, lie wa* held until po
licemen from the stock yard* station
arrived, and Ids revolver wa* taken
from him and lie wu* sent to the etu
tion
Hi* pocket book, containing t'HIO, was
found under Id* pillow, lie wa* nnt
locked up, but war warned by the offi
cer* ut the station to go home at once.
HE HAD ELEVEN WIVES.
Ur. William SI* Nontonreil to th* llllnol*
I'enlleullary for lilgamr.
Bl'HlxoriK.t.l., ill, Oct 7.—Dr. Will
iam Mix pleaded guilty In the Sanga
mon circuit court to the charge of
lilgnmy. and was given an indefinite
sentence, under thn new law, to Chea
ter penitentiary. The complaint wa»
made by James llornung, brother of
Ml** Katie llornung of Iterry, III., Id*
lutest victim, whom lie married last
spring, when ha hud ton other undi
vorcod wives living in various cities in
Indiunu, Missouri, ‘Kuiikus, Oklahoma
and Texan MU* llornung, with an
unuccouiituhle infatuation, stuck to
Mix to the lust Hu is a veterinary
surgeon, about -10 yeurs old, anil fairly
good-looking.
Chicago to ll»a a Beer War.
Chicago. Oct. 7. - Chicago Ik dos*
tiucd to have cheap beer tor a time,
and a beer light thrown Into the bar
gain. A war of extermination waa
threatened by the beer trust to-day on
tho rebellions brewers who remain
outside the breastwork*. It is re
ported unoflteially that an immediate
cut in the price from 84. .10 to 84 will
be made, aud that the prices wilt bo
scaled down to 8i‘ even, if need lie, be
fore the light it ttnlshcd.
lllf; C’o|i|»«*r Mining !>•*!
Hoiohto.v, Mich., Oot 7.—Captain
\V. A. I>unn lias sold hi* Six Mile Hill
properly to t'amerou, ' urrie i la, of
Itetroit, broker* for New York cap
italists. for 8VJU.OOO The property
has the richest showing of copper of
any mine ■•peneo since the discovery
of the Oaluatel mill the llecln, aud
mining men are unauimous in predict
ing a prosperous future.
Ilaery lleiueem far Injuries.
I.rst asaoitin. Kan., th-t. 7.—-A Jury
ia .lodge Mr ere’ eourt yesterday
awarded a verdict for 8i,*tU to Mr*
ttridgut A 1 usiek against the Kleetrie
Street railt ay for injuries alleged to
hare kr'i rvivivvil iu ItHI while
alighting olT a ear
tirgluls Hseahlltaas Muntlaala
l.i *• uai an Va , 1st 7. The slat#
liepnhllceu tsiurenliou met ia tha
opera house here at moom yesterday
1 a plain C II Met all of t utpepper m as
gautoueted lor governor
t sitsilaa tkrirkar* 1 aavvma
T.nroai*. Kan . t let a I he an anal
rouiratloa uf the tKrtstian churches
ol the state ol Kease* eaireal bar*
to day and will h«dd sesame* natil
Pt dev esea.ug aest I he atteudaava
t* verj large every section uf Usg
etet* being iep«eeeated
trass Setter thergeU t*u* KtSSm*
Ksrssee, i*at *hl t W II Core
ter teller of the Ihraadtiua tssk
bean- h hera, which »as rtthhed of Out'
at> a ha weeks ego. was arrestsI ta
day a eha-ge uf e'*n.« ttsag tha safe
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