, 1874-04-29

Ilefo ID q my6tlCa1 importance hpout LILO
number three 'Two are company" says an
old provorb, "and three mako crowd" The
three taiors Of Tooley street were sufficiently
multitudinous to represent tho people OF En-"
gland, "Thera wcro three sailors OF Bristol
CITY, "ThacAeraY says, "what took vessel md
went to soa," The three wiso men OF Gotham arc
familiar myths. Perhaps it was this numerical
importance of tho number three which plaoed q
bandsomo sum in tho hands OF three wise men
Of Arkatsas who stole county. They lived at
Baxter Springs. In their day and generation
they wero wise mon, for they took covered
wagon aud "went Vest" In tho broad aud
beautiful valley Of the sparkling Arkansas they
halted their iadcd tenn and cast lots for oflces
o proceeding which stamped them true Amor
icane and fit representatives Of tho great aud
growing Woat. The of1lces they clloHe we're
county o1lcoa, aud to support thoir claims a
county was needed. So they roamod round their
wagon aud ca'lcd tho spot Barbour County. There
was in this romantio county tlon proaigy,--too
many Offices for tic number Of candidates.. It
REQUIRED only change OF nanes, aud the threo
wise ruep from tho Eaat assumed half-a-dozan
additional naInea, each name All oflcO, and oach
Office sinecure. In this earthly paradise thore
was no marty atrifo to mar the harmony Of IN
election, ind no money was needed to secure
votes, And 30 It turned out on tho following
day that Barbour County WAS represented in the
Arkansas Legislature by one-third of Ito popula-
ton, the Hon, ". H. Horner. Armed with his
credentials, this unanimously represents
tive of the sereno valley Of the Arkansas found
his way to tho Capitol While other more pro-
tentious persons wore squabbling, he drew
IN Ills little bill. It WAS a modest
request. It merely asked authority to
issue bonds, build bridges, and otherwise im-
provo Barbour County. OF courao it was passed,
for tho session waR nearly at an end. Tho bonds
woro iasuod The member from Barbour nogo-
tinted them. They sold we'll. Tho county ofit-
cors OF Barbour received thoir compensation;
the populaco Of Barbour camo In for their share
not man In the county but WAS honoated. And
then tho covered wagon moved on, leaving tho
broad aud beautiful valley Of tue Arkansas fur
behind. The earthly paradise is rtill there, but
Barbour County exists only On beautsfully-en-
gravod pictures. for which tho present ownora
paid unusually large aums or money In other pa
per. and now these patrons OF art arc looking
for the Hon. ". II. Horner.
In 1903, while petroleum still exerted the
magical power OF the philosophers atone, Penn
| sylyania was ono day alarmed ut daring and
hoayy robbery. Petroleum Centre, Vonsngo
| County. WAS tho scouo of this operation, The
circumstances will be remembered. party Of
four man, armed aud maakod. entered tho houBe
of QUO Denuaholf In broad day, gagged aud
bound the inmates, mud ransaokod two aafes.
They found aud carried away nearly half q
million do,lars, leaving double shat sim In q
third safo which they could not open. Tho
leaders of this gang wore Jamea saegor and a
mau named Pholffen, aud their accomplces two
professional craokHmon. The plumber was
carried away in a FELLOWSHIP and coll
| cealol. immediately after the robbery
tho leaders prosecuted themselves at ball
iu order to ayost suspicion. Tho 1uso waa ell
tiroly sucoosHful. saeger few days later bent
his companions by carrying of tho contents OF
the a,ip and departing for pastures now. Phoi{.
ton waa Ruspocted Of tho robbery, tried, convict
cd, and sonssnaed to tho psnltentlkrY tor lftaeu