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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-11-23
Honor Among Thieves.

Rollew. in his account of the mission
vhich he accompanied into Afghanis-
tan. tells q most remarkable story, which
NAV be quoted as illustrating not only
the determination which the race is
csnable of, but of sense of honor
snch was the word the relatOr used, and
although it is only honor among thieves,
there was mixed with it desire for the
honor of the family to which the hero
Of the story belonged, which would be
creditable anywhere.
The person who tells the tale was
eslled Khan Gul, and he was one OF the
actors in it. The whole of his family
had, at former period, become band
of robbers, which occupation they prac-
ticed, seemingly on the sly, and their
neighbors were kept in the dark about
their doings. They had determined on
robbing house at some distance, and
going there during the night they made
a hole through the mud wall. Khan
Gul's brother. like Oliver Twist, was
passed in, and he began to hand out
Whatever was wi hin his reach.
The people of the house CHANGED to
wsken up, upon which the brother tried
TO make his escape, but while in the act
of returning through the hole in the
wall, those on the inside caught him by
the feet. Now began tug like the
"tug of war;" fiercely they pulled to
get him out of the hole but it was use
less; those within had one or two hold
ing on each leg, and the burglar was
held as if in a wise. The fear that they
would be recognized and detected be-
came the dominant feeling. and, as they
could not possibly pull him out, they
determined on an extreme measure,
and one SO very extreme it is hard to
believe it could have occurred to any
others than these knife-using Afghans.
The only plan left to prevent identity
was to cut off the head, carry it away
and leave the body; and the very strik-
ing part of this tale lies in the fact that
it was done at the suggestion of the man
himself, and, as he expressed at that in
slant, so that "the honor of the family
might be preserved undefiled." This
was done. They fled with the head on
ly, leaving all the spoil which had been
thrown out, and, as Khan Gul ended
the story, he thanked God that the hon.
or of the house had by this means been
preserved. There is something heroic
in such acts. Neither Agamemnon nor
Achilles, as described by Homer, sug-
gests character capable of such self
devotion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-11-23

John Rattigan, while withdrawing
in a woolen-mill at GAINESVILLE, Wis.,,
was caught by shaft and carried
around with it at the rate of about 90
revolutions a minute. He was shock
ingly mangled, and it was supposed his
injuries were fatal
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-11-23

the car seemed to annoy their weary
fellow-passenger, and he explained, as
the conductor passed on, that he would
like to know, eff the rules of the COM
pany prevented o man from walking
over their old road on an excursion tick
et."-Ne,c York Sun
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-27
ORDINANCE NO. 46.

An Ordinance in relation 20 he ofiat & City Asst
o. Carson City, the duties md corapensason c ,aid
officer.
The Board Of Trustees Of Carson City do oriln:
SECTION J. Tie City Assessor oi Carson City shall
ally assess all taxable property the inhabitants Of said
city, situate and being in SAID city for city AVIATION
tho time and in the be said
property for State and county tlTation. He shall
make separate Assessment Roll Of such assessment but
snail place and extend the upon the Roll
made for State and county taxation D. him
SECTION 2. The City Assessor 81 said City shall receive
annual salary of one hundred doiIars N United States
gold coin, which shall be in full for al services rendered
by him to said city as such otEo-r.
SECTION s. All Ordinances here:o{ore adopted so far
only they conflict with the provisions tAs Ordinance
are hereby repealed
Approved. JAS. A. ct. CLAIR
Carson CITY, June H. 1877. Presidril. pro ten.
Attest ALYREp IfELK Clerk
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ASSlGhEE'S SALE.

NGTICE - HFREEY GIVET RY gHE,
~ underIned, A>s1ce in bankruptcy Of the cstate 81
A. r. urieSba"h ana A r. Drirehall and ~ - ffa..l
bantrupts n bankruptcy, viii sell at piblic
IN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER B. 1877, 1t II u,Iaek ~ IN
front OF the County Building in Carson City Ia the hgest
bidder for cash in geld CON. the following descr bed rr n
erty. Il Wit: All the right. title ana interest Of the aC
B. DItesbach bankrupt in bankruptcy, to twtntyICur
thousand and httF shares of mining stock in TIE min
known u the FOURTH of July Gold and Silver Mining
Company located in Eureka Township the county u
Eureka, State Of Nevada. "
Also all :he right, title and interest Of said hanirrt IL
and to certain mining quartz claim known ~ tn. pa
ids3n or A"urt Hope Mine, located in Grizzly Flat Min
ing district in FL Dorado county, State Of CALIFORNIA
Also, all the right title and interest to the ot4 bol
accounts and demands belonging said esrate lst 70
Gain GrEsat-se6d At tie time II saie
ISRAEL CRAWFORD Aspienss
Carson City August sth, Ie77 a
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business and shall pay therefor, by the day, tVo dollars
and fifty if by tie quarter, thirty dollars
AuCTIoNEERs AND PAWABRpkEKS,
Section 20 Every person firm, or ASSOCIATION fn&as"i
in selling Al auction an thing beside f o"n property OF
broker said city shall pay FOR and Obtain l'-' 20 10
do aud shall pay therefor by the day one o"''"' "
the quarter twenty dollars.
BOOK GYMNASTICS, ETC.
Section 81 Every person. whether principal or az IT.
Engaged in y.4ng or soliciting subscriptions tcT Nt
sale If be- oks taare pictures or y similar natt.r in said
city shall ga, and obtain Hc'lse - d" ''d snail "a!
therefor, il b! the day onc d1,4aI ! ~ the quar- 'F
dollars
B0wLIHG.ALLrYS, SALOONS. LIyEKY STABLES,
HAY.YAEue. BUTCHERS, G.tS COMPANIES, Va
TER COMPANIES. SADbLERS, PREV Frs, FOX
WARpING MERCHANTS, LUMBER DEALERS.
FLAMING MILLS WOOD,DEALEkS, SODA MANI
PACTVRIIS AND INSURANCE AGENTS, ETC"
SECTION - Every person, firm ~ asITati"d tHS"S"l IL
carry il the business OF keeinZ b"'rng alley 7t>h'
livery stable, hayward and butchers. as .'"HiN"I
les. companies sdders, hre'"9rS, f"r"irdlt2 h''
chants, keepers of planning mills, ~n deiItI@' t't
actlrers and insurance agents in the iuSi" OF hf
any shed, corral or ether pa" where !-i.;''s are
hired sold, where feed IL s"lI, "r III the
Of any acid huestonc soap cigar shall pay T and "
tain quarterly, hcrse t. carry on >ueii b4-'i9S '''
shall I<y therefor zen dollars ltc quarter
UNDERTAkEKS MILLINEItS, BARBERS, HuLIAk'
TABLE KEEFERs AND BILL FOSTERS.
-S1,ti, q Every person. finn or ASSOCIATION engage, j:
carrying tusiness an und.rt,ttr rHil"r ""f.I.
billiard table keeper ct bill poster rtI! lf: IT ana ''
license carving >1, t;ei,ss a'H"fG!-r Ia ''t
Tfr+,I>,,l IT G!ld t.t. keepers and trtt ~ vh.
monthly lc,tiuts exceed th'osand dol"r shall IA:
Tor slsh lieclS" tc,. dollar, pr quarter. ,,,..
T1r>y >eest billiard ,.F@r A'el~r4 "ld barriers "i,t
exceed Aae Thousand d'ar7 r' I@S far >''' h'''91 '''
dollars per quarter.
And hose UAceit keepers u billiard JS'~ and barb, -
ahos, reye,ts d. n't r>"yei five An""ed @I.F> ',r
n"nth. sinai for sAc !ec'''" -" ;El ' MY '>"
IiiIarI table (e,u~;s -laL pa. ,ar .'.s >- t,' No.
loo dollars pr ,;,lrer. each abb -, E: And the k''
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-27

" the Iz.rl Count! Commissioners If Or1lny eotitt
&cTu1a:
Gentlemen: herewith suhu-t ny rI' I'll 'j'e L",i-
,es Of County Tr.surers vfee t1so b"u Et:- '0
Ing bt<eLnbor 81 III.
~, the let OF ,'uH ISL ,1,r. ia the several o''y
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-27
JOB PRINTING !!

TIME NORM ArrEA l.
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MERCHA

Is called to the tact that Job Printing every description
> done at this Office at reasonable rates.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
the 18th day Of March, 1873.

the following described properly. towa:
The Nor,h West quarter section Twenty
three, less sl,ou, three acres south Of the Alto
and Liule Creek road, the south half Of
South West quarter section Twenty-'h'ee,
and abont three acres in the South Est eOF-
ner Of the North hall of SoSih West quarter
sec,ion twenty three. and North East quarter
Of North East quarter section swen,y-seven;
The West half OF South East quarter, and
the South Yves, quarter Of North East qsar.
ter Of section twenty-five; oil in Township
Sixteen North, Range Six East, containing
four hundred ceres, more o. less, with oil he
buildings and Improvements thereon.
S-ized as the properly 81 John A. Hemles,
defendant, and will be sold 10 ply said debt,
interest and all costs.
Terms Of sale-Cash, without the benefit d
appraisement
Sheriffs Office. RayvilIe. La,
February 9Th, lS78-6t.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Murder Most Foul.

On Friday night last about 3 o'clock.
q nan by the name Of Perkins. col
ored, shot and Instantly killed another
colorrd man by The name of Auder-
son Klein. on the Bedford place. sew
en- miles below Delta,
The facts, "a We learn then from a
man from the Bedford place, are as
follows: Perkins. three ago. left the
Bedford place and went t, Washing
ton county. Miss, but bis wife, Man
erva, who could not get along very
serenely with her husband. refused to
follow him to his new home. The
wife then took up" with Klein ; Per
kins, bearing of this, became enragec,
and repeatedly warned Klein to turn
Manerva out Of his house, but II
seems he did not do as hidden
Things cane to climax on Friday
night. Perkins came to the house o.
Klein after dark. concealed himsel
until the still hours of night, and
then hurst into the house and com
PEELED Klein to get on his knees and
and beg for his life. al the sane TIM
holding a cooked revolver to his head
After Klein had implored bis anita
gonist to spare his life. Perkins sho
him through the temple, and re diet
instantly. The murdered man wa
about % years Of age.
Perkins Immediately left for part
unknown. bu. it is thought he ha
gone back to Mississippi.
Squire Barnes. 10 the absence {
the Coroner. held on inquest On tn
body on Saturday morning, and
verdict 10 accordance with The abov
facts was STANDARDIZATION Jou'
nal.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09

ii, and when be persisted in doing -.
Tavlur struck him. He lief. The house
aud ran in'0 the road, where Taylor
followed hin, attempting to beas him,
when be ran, and went to another
part of the plantation. 10 about an
hour be says he went back with
three other men, TO get his clothes,
aud TAYLOR would not let him go into
the house, but threatened him aud
told him to go away. He told Taylor
he would not 60 away, and would
have bis clothes. when Taylor stepped
out of the house and came towards
him with big stick in his hand and
struck at him hut missed him, land
then struck bin on the head, and he
fell down and did not get up again.
Tom Cowser is likely mullato.
about 23 years old, and has father
living in the parish who is much re-
spec.ek by every one.--CaTroH Con
serrdtire
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09

stitutiOnal question, the r.ienis CT the
bill claiming that the provisions ofibe
Constitution in questirn did not refer
to the mileage but to the per diem,
while its opponents claimed that il ap-
piled to all the compensation Of the
members.
This being the case. Of course we
could not expect members TO vote for
what they honestly believed ito be an
unconstitutional act, no matter how
wise the act or how Objectionable the
law it proposed to repeal; and we ar"
bound to take their word for their
construction of the Constitution,
especially, when that construction was
very reasonable.
But there is no law, constitutional
or otherwise, compelling a man to re-
ceive just or unjust compensation tor
! bis services; and those who believe.
as we aud many others do, that this
constructive mileage, particularly the
s. per 80, miles, is unjust and un-
reasonable, could have declined to
receive it and donated it to the treas
ury. without doing violence to tbclr
oaths Of Office. ut their own option. as
an act of patriotic b"nevolence and a
all earnes, of their desire for retrench
me.t and reform. To have accom-
pii'hed any good results. however
in this direction would have required
concert of action and selfahnega
tion hardly TO be expected Of any in
dividual or body Of men in this ia,
aud generation.
What we mostly blame many o
our members for is their opposition tt
the bill reducing the compensation o
future Legislators. especially their OF
posiiion to the abolition of this con
struclive mileage aud TO the calling o
a ccncrntion fol the framing Of cou
8 s,nu,ion that would not present $
mauv barriers to measures OF leg'sla
tive rptrenchment and reform as the.
ciaim the present cvnStiln 'On does.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Shcrif's Sale.

Richard Harley State Of Lon,'''n:'
VS.. No COS Parish Of k'ch's"a'
Wad. Hampton, 81 al Parish Court
ny virtue of a writ Of Fl. Fa., issued if."
Is the Honorable Parish Cont in ana io'
Inc parish Of Richland, State Of Lou's'sne, !"
The above entitled and numbered suit, ana -
me directed. have seized and will oner 'o'
sale al the door OF the court house IN the low"
of Rayvile said parish, on Saturday,
The 18th day Of March. 1878,
within the hours prescribed by law, ~ P"ohs
auction. To the last and highest bidder, the 'e''
lowing described properly. to-~n: .>
The South East qnarer OF secnon \sj
three. township Q6) Sixteen. North Of Range
(Gl Six East, containing One Hundred s"s
SKY Acres, more or less. .,
Seized a. the property OF Wade hsmP'o"
aud will Le sold to pay said debt, in's'e"
ani all costs.
Term. of -ale-Twelve months credit Po''
chaser 10 give bond with approved secuf'y'
bearing per cent per annnm 'n'efes' s"o
NOR, gage retained on he property.
J. A. LlDDELL. Sherid.
Sheriff s Office,
Rayville, La, Feb 90, lS7s.-4t
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09

1t is plain 10 every man who has
a gllmmering Of sense. that raising
cotton to the neglect Of breadstuffs,
dragged the South down TO poverty.
will farmers 70 on 10 this most ruin
Gus policy? We know it is said there
are some men too stupid to he instruct
ed even by experienee-'hat school
master of fools, but We trust the MA
jority of farmers have sense enough
to quit q system of busbandry that is
yearly impoverisbiDg them. Let
every farmer curtail bis cotton crop,
and 70 in for diversity of crops
surh as corn. oats, peas, potatoes, etc
Madison Journal.
No, they won't either, Colonel, you
may bet your bottom dollar.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
The Constructive Mileage.

Several weeks ago the Ouacbita
Telegraph promised to publish q list
of the names of our legislators who
drew their constructive mileage. il
the editor could procure the list, and
we promised to copy it from the Tele-
graph; but if the Telegraph ever con-
tanned the list it escaped our notice.
Perhaps the editor found that all the
members accepted it, and therefore.
considered il useless to publish the
names of the entire Legislature.
On February 18th. however. it did
copy from the Thibodesx Sentinel an
editorial denvuDcing the members who
voted against the bill to abolish the
20 cents mileage. aud giving list OF
the names Of the Democratic members
who thus voted, as follows.
Bridger, Brice. Csrloss, Duke, Gas
kin, Gilleepie. Hammond. Kelly Of
VIM, Kidd, Means. Nuuez, Peralta,
Pitts. Richardson. Raile. Randolph,
Singleton, Self, Stage, Sellera. Tolsr,
VOORHEES,, Washington. Wilde, Wood,
Young Of Claiborne. Vsace.
These gentlemen claimed to Ia
actuated by Q sense Of the obligation
they were under to observe the oath
Of Office they had taken to support
the Constitution, believing that they
had no right, under the Constitution
to pass . bill affecting the co~pensa
ton of the present Legislature; and
thus the issue was made upon con
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Silly Laws.

Two DAYS Of this week (Monday
and Tuesday, were legal holidays,
in which no legal or Official business
could be transacted. Three legal
holidays during the present short
term Of our District Court. during
which busicess bad to be suspended
in obedience to legislative enactmenta.
Now. in the name Of common sense.
We would like to know what q major
ity of the people Of Louisiana care
for these legal holidays. aud what
benefit their observance is to the peo'
pie. Why should we be denied the
right Of trsnsactiug business on these
daysl
Suppose Q stranger should arrive in
our State and purchase . piece OF land
on one Of these days. end the recorder
or notary public should proceed to
pass his title and record it without
ioferming him that The act was illega
and void, be would suffer for bis ig
norance Of oor silly laws by losing
tho property be purchased in goot
faith. Would there be any equity il
thus depriving, or rather robbing,
man Of bis property!
The repeal Of oil these silly enact
ments ia one Of our hobbies, II yo'
40 choose to call it, and We are goin'
10 ride II until we accomplish our OF
jeet or cesss to publish . paper j
Louisiana.
II people wish to observe holidays
feast days or fast days. either tro"
sepss Of religious duty or for pleasure
why let them do it; but We are o.
poeed to compelling them 6y law I
observe them whether they wish to q
not All such laws appear silly to U
whether they do to others OF mol.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Homicide.

p On Sunday night last. about nine
o'clock. Tom Cows, "olored. got into
Q difficulty With Sam aylor on the
Key plantation. where they both lived,
and struck him on the bead killing
him almost instantly. Cowser is now
in Jail at this place. Our local re.
porter intervie wed him on Tuesday
morning. Cowser stated that con
The night in question. he was getting
some wood from the wood-pile in front
of the house where be and Taylor
lived. Taylor lived in one end and
DO in the other. Taylor bad chopped
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09

The Morebouse Clarion thinks that
the "vicksburg Herald does The press
of North Louisiana q great injustice
when it announces as o positive fact.
that tho Ricbland BEACON has the
largest circulation in North Louisiana,
outside of Shreveport" That may
be possible. but We are not response
BILE for tho statement Of the Herald,
nor can We say positively whether 1t
ia correct or not; there may he pa
ners in North Louisiana with larger
circulation than the Beacon, or there
NAV not be; we can not say, because
we are not their mailing clerk. nor
have We ever examined their sub
scription books. We do not boast Of
our circulation nor Of the merits Of
our paper; but, reIhaps. the Herald.
whose editor is q good judge, based
his statement upon the latter, believ'
ing that its merit entitled it to as large
circulation as any country paper, al
least. -,
We have no quarrel. however. with
the Clarion or any other paper on this
subject; we are too modest for that
Although we do believe that both ths
BrAcon and Clarion deserve a larger
circulation than they have. and thai
they would have more subscribers
their merits were appreciated.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09

We have heard it said that Charley
Howard, Of the Lottery Company,
says the present Legislature is the
cheapest one be ever bad dealings
with.-Iberrille South.
Of course didn't you expect it to
practice retrenchment and economy !!
But really we 90 not believe it, be-
cause Howard is too sharp man to
have paid Radical Iegis lators all they
demanded.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Sherif's Sale.

+ C. Davidson, } Mrs. Matilda Sibley, Tu'T'1'
X, ~. VS.. No SIS. W.
John A. Hemler.> Jro. A. Hemler.
S,,,e of Louisiana, Parish Of Richland, l+'h
District Court
Re- vir,ue of two writs Of Fl. fas. issued
C,o.,, the Honl. liii District Court, IN aud ior
The psr,,h of Richland, State Of Louisiana
m Tie above entitled AMI numbered SUITS an'
y, me. directed, have seized and will oher
e., al, M the door of the court hOuse IN the
,o,yn If Iayvil.r, SAID Parish Of Richland
aud Stale OF Louisiana. within the hours
rr.sc,.hed bv law. at public auction, TO the
las, and b,rhrs, bidder, on Saturday,
the 10Th day of March, 1878.
the following described property. 'o-wh:
The North West quarter section twenty
three. i-.. about three ncres south OF the Ate
and L,u,e Creek Rosd the south hall OF
south West quarter section twen'y-three, ana
.,h,u, three acres in the South East corner OF
IN. North half of Somh West Cus.rier section
,,v.n,v,,hree. and North East quarter Of
NORTH Eas, quarter section twenty'seven;
The Yves, halt Of South East quarter and the
Sou,b Wrs, quarter of North East quarter o.
SECTION twenty two; all in Township s'xteen
North. Range six East, containing four MN
bred acres more or less. with all the oeiid'
ngs aud improvements thereon; Also, ono
old wagon. one COW and calf, six head sheep
! aud three bales cotton.
Srz-I rs the property Of John A. hemier,
defendant and will be sold to pay said dso's'
interest and costs.
Terms Of sae-Casb, with the benefit Of
appraisemen'.
Si,erif-s Office, RayviIle, La.
! February 9tb, lSIs-6i.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09

The silver bill question has been
.ettled and ia now out of the political
issues of the country, unless its oppo-
neots wish to raise it 10 the next cam
paign; and 10 this we have no o9ec'
lion. for whatever party Incorporates
in it's platform q demand for the de-
mopetizstion Of silver again, will meet
with certain defeat.
HAYES vetoed the bill, but Con-
sress. recoe nizing the demands OF the
people and of business. passed it over
bis veto. and the coinage OF The doI'sr
Of the daddies is to commence at once
The wisdom Of the measure Is
shown by the rapid rise Of silver and
fall of gold since the passage OF the
b;ll. The old standard dollar only
needed to be recognized as the money
Of the country to become As valuable
as the gold dollar.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Wife Murder.

A uulasto, by the name OF Gus
t.v. Labs,ut. murdered his wife,
Corslie, February asth. in New Dr.
leans. According to bis own state
meut to Q Democrat reporter. it was
one Of the moot ccld-blooded and
shocking murders ever committed IN
this State, the dstsils Of which are
sickeuing. He states that ne mrs.
ave her time to pray. then stabbed
her in The stomach; she fell to the
aoos; BE- raised her up aud kissed ner.
told Der to pray again and then de''o-
sratsl, cut Der throat. The Murderer
then assisted bis mother.in-Iaw to
lsy The murdered woman on bed
and coolly swsited arrest.
Richland beacon., 1878-03-09
Sherifs Sale.

Antoine Carriere State Of Loui:'.ns.
M Az. VS.. Parish Of Ricbland,
John A. He,nl.r. l4,h Di,,ric, Courr.
By vir,ne OF writ Of 6 II. issVed ~
upon twelve month. bond from the Hon
orahIe li,h District Court, in and for the
paris, of Rchand. State Of Louisiana. in the
above entitled and numbered suit and to ne
directed, ! have sexed and will offer for sale
a, the door of the court suse, in the town OF
Rayv,ile, said parish Of RichIand. State Of
louisiana, within the legal hours, and ~ pub
lie auc,on to the las, and highest bidder, on
SaturIav