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TIE sEaNg7 DUEL FOUGHT.
TIE TRUTH at LAST, AS TOLD EY DIR.
PHELPS TO Mr.. GEORGE WILKES.

The Doctor described Mr.. Bennett, who,
| it viii be sreoollected, was the challenging
party, as having slept well the night before
| the duel. He appeared fresh in the morh-
ing and his manner was free from depres-
sion or fippancy. He bore himself, in
short, like man who was fully impressed
with the gravity Of the crisis, but he was
evidently without the slightest desire to
avoid its legitimate responsibilities and
risks. "It was plain he was there to fight;
and, as Ihaye said before, it was impossi-
bIe for him to behave better or more brave
Ily than he did," Both parties brought
sleir own pistols. Those Of Mr. Bennett
iaisFe hajr.triggers. new, Of the finest fash
ION. most delicately balanced and with all
the latest Improvements. Those Of MIR.
May were not new. Indeed, they were
very old and appeared to have seen much
service. They were less nicely finished than
Mr.. Benefits, and, as it turned out, very
hard upon the trigger; the one that Mr..
Bennett got was so, at least.
The parties took their places and the
word was given to fire. The direction was
to fire at the word ''fire," and not after the
word three. Almost instantly upon the
word MIR. May fired. some, two, three
followed, and Mr.. Bennett, who pulled at
his trigger, and evidently with the bestwill
in the world, did not succeed in getting his
weapon of. He was bafaed by the hard
ness, or, rather, the stiffness Of the lock.
It was an exciting moment. Ne one
who locked at his eye as it bore straight
across the angry voand which his oppo-
nent had inflicted upon his face few days
before (while his arms were entangled in
bis coatS could doubt for q moment what
he theu intended to do; but the Ineffective
pistol exhausted the " one, two, three by
its reluctance and dropped harmlessly By
his side. His second at once interposed,
and clsimed that as Mr.. Bennett had suf-
fered his risk and disadvantage through no
fault OF his own he was entitled to return
shot at'Mr. May. The claim being accord
ed to rule, was, of course, allowed land Mr.
May took his place, empty handed, before
Mr.. Benefits pistol. The fatal disc of the
avenging weapon covered him as the mer-
ciless word was given, but the face Of Mr..
Bennett changed as he saw his opponent at
his mercy, and before the signal words were
counted out he had forgiven him and fred
in the air.
This terminated the proceedings, and as
the party left the ground, Mr.. Bennett, whs
during the whole affair had acted on his
said to the surgeon, =" Well, Dr.,
do you think I did right 2'' Il should have
been very sorry to have killed any man who
was at my mercy" was the answer of the
Doctor !; "but," lglancing at the shining |
fresh scar across Mr.. Benefits nose-a |
scar he.wears to this day, ana will carry to |
his graye--he added, 'tbut with such . pis- |
tol hands as yours, I shouldhavebset terribly |
tempted to wing him."-N. 7. Times.
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anything the Matter.

When the parent went into the parlor to
look for the newspaper he came suddenly
upon his daughter and her young man
with their faces SO tightly glued to each
other that they didn't notice his entry.
"Ahem ~ he observed.
The twain started and came to the light
with faces that bore every appearance of
having just been drawn out Of furnace.
Anything the mattere" grimly asked
the old gentleman.
"T think we mast have fainted,'' said
she in whisper,
'Humph what made you faint e'' he
inquired suspiciously.
This was such a poser that she sank
back exhausted, leaving her companion to
carry them safely through. With an awful
wrench at his faculties he managed to gulp
out -.
{" think there must be poison in the
wall paper"
The old gent leman collapsed Ha-
cen Union. as z1t&
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Sensible Sentences.
Josh Billings.


Pills may sometimes fail to act on the
liver, but saving wood never will.
Make ourself necessary, young man,
and your success is certain.
Anger always hurts us more than the
one we get mad at.
About as low down as man can get
and not spoil is to live on his wife's repu-
tatlon.
Idon't bet ON precocious children the
huckleberry that ripens the quickest is
first to decay.
Everybody seems to think himself a
moral half-bushel TO weigh the worlds
frailties.
When you strike oil, stop boring. Many
a man has bored clean through and let the
oil out of the bottom. -H
Next in point of meanness to doing an
injury is to do a man favor and every
now and then remind him of it.
The man who is honest froha policy
needs as much watching as hive OF bees
ready to swarm. a--z. z
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

A bird in the hand is the best policy
every time -Iarnsr,'s Falls Reporter.
A Vermont paper likens Mr.. Tilden to
an owl. Yes; we did hear him crying
Hoo ia hoo?"
The Philadelphla Bulletin thinks the
Gear ID afraid to take Turkey for fear il
may belong to Mrs. Gaines.
/ An Iowa man saw his barn and cattle &c
up in theair, and then he got on the next
whirlwind and went after an
apolis Sentinel.
/ Dad, have you ever been to the muse.
um p, said ten-year old. "No, my son. .
Well, 60 and mention my name to the
keeper and he'll take you 'round and show
you everything.
One Of the Powers involved in the East
ern complications has ordered the purchase
of $1,000 horses which leads US to infer
that it contemplates starting livery stable.
OIL City Derrick
A Burlington man has invented an i'm
provement On Edison's phonograph. The
machine is so natural that during Spring
weather it can talk through its nose add
cad't say eb dor ed.-Hasokeye.
A youth who has been reading dime
novels gets off this sort of poetry:
Mother let me he an Indian.
Let my blanket be OF red,
Kill the rooster in the barn-yard
For feather for my head"
A coachman having a female friend for
whom he was anxious to obtain situa-
tion, called on lady and explained the
situation thus: "She's a little green,
ma'am, and had to leave Kansas on account
of tho grasshoppers. ."-BrookEyn Union
Argus.
Mark Twain told a newspaper reporter
that he was going abroad to find a quiet
place to write where he would not be dis
turbed once a day. 1t is singular that it
never occurred to stay at home and secure
desk in store that doesn't advertise.
Norristown Herald.
At . recent fancy dress ball up the Hud-
son Chinaman was engaged to cook the
supper. He was mistaken for masker,
driven nearly frantic by jokes and games
he did not understood, was awarded the
prize for the best character costume, and
finally he put for home in rage, character
izing the party collectively as cheap dam
foolee. .'-Rochester UnioB
st is an age of superstition said
young Mr.. Mehyrter, scornfully, I" Twill
have none it. will not" he said, in
burst or disdain, "I will not tie my be-
lief to q Prof. Tice. will not pin my
credence to the United States Signal Ser
vice reports. / live in a land of intelli-
gence. own no God but reason, and
will yield to the sway of no superstition Or
scientific tyranny" And he took of his
fannels and put on a straw hat and pair
Of low shoes, summer trowsers and linen
coat and started out to look at the river by
moonlight. And when they found him IN
the morning a change of weather had
taken place, and he was frozen so stiff
they drove him in the ground on the cor
ner of Elm and Maple streets and will use
aim for fire hydrant nt.-Hawkene.
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A FISH IN A HUMAN SKULL.-A live
fish embedded in human skull was taken
from the India dock yesterday morning.
The finny tenant must have had a liking
for its quarters, as it was too large to mako
It's escape from the orifce, and must have
developed considerably from the time it
found its way inside. The fishermen had
a dispute over the treasure, one claiming
that never before had such an occurrence
been heard of. This was denied, but the
production of a newspaper containing tho
following settled it I'm 1857, two sons
of Mr.. John Fl. Witt. of Greensbnrg, Pa,
were in the habit OF setting night-lines
in the Allegheny river, in order to become
possessed of the finny tribe. On drawing
in the lines one morning fish with it's
head p rotruding from the orifice of a hu :
man skull, which rests upon the vertebra
column, its body being in the skull and
too large to allow its escape therefrom
was found ON the line. ."-.S. r. Call.
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Wanted a Man to ''sit With Sal" "
Virginia City Chronicle

Virginia City Chronicle ss-rrs
Yesterday afternoon a green looking
couple, evidently nswly married, called at
the photograph gallery of Beals q Water
house and wanted their pictures taken.
Just as Mr.. Beals got his plate ready the
man pulled him aside and wanted to ask
him a favor. 81 was told in Carson you
took the best pictures in the State. Now,
you see Sail and got hitched down there
last Monday; now, y on see, her folks goa
good deal on style, and they live In the
States. They never saw me, and if send
my mug back East they II be dead agin me
sure I'm darned sight better than look,
and when people know methey vote me a
brick. Now, what / want is to got some
good lookin' man to sit with Sal for, pic
ture. Win you stand ina She's willin'.
Them big whiskers Of yours will casch'em
sure and create harmony. You look like q
solid capitalist, and they'd take me for o
petty larceny thief Dir. Reals enjoyed
the idea immensely, and SAT with Sail for
picture. which win doubtless carry joy
into the household of the Eastern relatives
in week or 10.
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AN IDEAL PORTRAIT.

A manly form, erect and tall,
A kingly tread maiestical.
A noble brow, full, fine and white.
Filled with an intellectual hight. .-.
Eyes that win with single glance,
The soul looking through in it's deep expanse
A gentle mouth, yet irm and true,
When oft the kindly smile breaks through.
voice like music, soft and low,
And Wondrous sweet in its ebb and flow.
A manner strong, and brave, and bold.
Courteous alike to young and old.
A mind which wisdom's way has trod,
A soul that humbly worships God.
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A Four. Wheeled InYineihle,


|, An iron -cEid coach is to be used in the
transportation of treasure. In view Of the
depredations of road agents last season, Mr..
Luke Voorhees,, superintendent of the
Cheyenne, Sidney and Black Hills stage
line, is having constructed a coach to be
absolutely bullet proof. 1t is lined.with
steel three-quarters of an inch thick, and .
bullet is not expected to penetrate it. The
inside carries burglar proof safe weighing
800 pounds, of an oblong shape, with .
combination door in one end, the secret
combination being known only at both ends
OF the line. The metallic lining has two
port holes through which the messenger
can fire at the pestiferous knight of the
road. The iron-clad will run onGe d week
between Cheyenne and Deadwood, and is to
be accompanied By four guards thoroughly
armed, two of whom are to ride on horse
back ahead of the coach, while the other
two remain inside. Two OF the messen-
gers have been seiected-Messrs. Scott Da-.
Wis and Boone May a1t g9l as93a,l3 atss
This coach, Invincible." " viii no doubt
strike terror to the hearts Of the gentry 90
handy in making people "hold up' their
hands by placing them in the position OF
danger,in instead OF the passengers, drivers
and messengers as heretofore. = Black Halls
Pioneer. 4 Ea# sssss g
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Miss shsrman's Snake Adventure.
Yankton Dakotian.

The marriage of DON Cameron and Miss
Elizabeth Sherman reminds US of a little
story told some time ago by river captain.
It was during the navigation season of '76
that Miss Sherman took trip up the fel-
lowstone on the steamer Far West, just to
see the country. Grant Marsh was cap
tain. and at one of the wood landings. while
he was scouting around for. dry sticks with
a gang of reostsrs, Miss Sherman came on
shore, accompanied by a young officer who
was rather attentive to her, While the
couple were promenadiug up and down the
river bank something with black and white
stripes upon it suddenly shot across the
trail at Miss Sherman's feet and disappear
into hollow log. Woman's qsiick instinct
suggested in an instant the nature of the
apparltion, and she called to Capt. Marsh
to come quick and kill the snake which had
gone into the log. Marsh went, of course.
He would like. no better diversion than
mashing up Yellowstone reptiles for the
entertainment of good looking young la
dies. He poked the end Of o dead limb into
the hollow log, and they all stood back and
squinted into the opening to see what would
be the result. This close inspection was
entirely unnecessary, as they soon discov-
cred. A blind man half mile off could
have made q reliable affidavit as to the
species of the animal which Captain Marsh
was stirring up with the end Of short
stick. There was wild rush for the boat,
a hurried order to steam ahead to the next
wood lot, and as the boat swung out. into
the turbid current, Captain Marsh said, sif
I'd known that was skunk in that log,
you may be sure I wouldn't been poking
around there to kill snake.' After the
voyage was over and heparty had disenl-
barked Miss Sherman's parting words to
the Captain were to beware of Yellowstone
snakes. And he has ever since.
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"A German paper gives simple test for
the purity of milk. It states that if we'll
polished knitting needle is dipped into q
deep vessel of milk, and withdrawn in an
upright position, some Of the milk viii ad-
here to the needle; if water has in The
slightest degree been added to the milk,
none will remain on the needle.
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Lynn Correspondence New FORK Herald

Lynn Correspondence New York Herald
In 1856 there were 80, coo more shoema-
kers 10 Massachusetts, than there are
to-day, and yet the value Of the products
Of the various factories is $40. .000, 900
greater per annum to-day than il was then.
Thera are machines for sewing, siding,
lasting, healing, pegging, buffng, riveting,
crimping, edge setting, eyeletting, black
ing, and other minatia. OF the shoemaking
business, and no less than seventeen differ
ent inventions ara now required for any
large boot and shoe factory.
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GOLD.

Gold gold! gold! gold:
Bright and yellow hard and cold,
Molten, craven. hammered and rolled:
Heavy to get and light to hold;
Hoarded bartered, bought and sold:
Stolen borrowed, squandered, doled;
spurned by the young. but hinged by the old
To the very verge of the churchyard m mould
Price of many crime untold
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Good or bad athousand-fold!
How widely its agencies vary
10 save-to ruin-to curse-to bless
AS even its minted coins express,
Now stamped with the image of good Queen Bess,
ana now OF Bloody Mary. Hood.
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Total

AotdA. A....s..... SlU W
Please inclose the amount and send by
bearer; and if You think this court is ex-
travagant in its charges, just you send
your next business % some other judge.
t t t
The money, we are happy to state, was
sent.
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WHAT A AFRENcHMAN Can't PRONOUNCE.
An Irish gentleman writes to Truth TO say
that he never found Frenchman who
can pronounce, this I: Thimblerig Thristle-
thwaites thievously thought to thrive
through thick and thin by throwing thin
bles about, but be was thwarted and
thwacked and thumped and thrashed by
thirty-three Thousand .thistles and thorns
for thievously thinking TO thrive through
thick and thin By throwing the thisties
about.
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Boarding and Lodging House
CHARLES ROULEAU, PROPRIETOR.

Having purchased and thoroughly overhauled and
rehtted the City Hotel, Main Street, Deer Lodge,
have opened the same
FIRsT-CLAss BOARDING AND LODGING House.
Terms moderate. respectfully solicit the patron
age of my friends and the public in general GFH
457-3m CHAS. ROULEAU.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

!. Any who takes paper regularly from the Posi-
occe-whether directed to his name or another's or
whether he has subscribed not;s responsible for the
payment
II person orders his paper discontinued, nc mus.
pay AN arreaages the publisher will continue 10 s.Dd
until payment is made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper is taken from the Office or not
B. The courts have decided that refne to take the
or periodicals from the Postoce or reRov.
ing and leaving them uncaled for pria acia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to address be changed to aret
er address at the option of the subscriber
Remtances by draft check money order or registered
letter may be sent at risk Ali PostasteV ars ~
CURED to register letters C anuitcet;nn
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A Texas Bill.

Henry Lambert had two fine colts stolen,
and by liberal use of printers ink the same
were returned to him, having been captur-
ed some 200 miles from where they were
stolen. The following note which accom-
panied the return of the horses, is suggest
i've of the fate of the thieves:
DA MI ANnI u Trr-.r
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Mr. Henry Lambert, Cimarron, N. M:
You are indebted to me in the sum of
$40, and for fear you may ask further ques-
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ArrEhDs TO ALL MATTERS RELATING TO LAND AND
MINING CLAIMS.
References-Judge o. B. O'Baunon and Hon. W.
Y, Dixon. Deer Lodge, NJ. t. 459-1y.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-31
The Time L. at Hand.

Before the next issue of the HERALD
the people OF Ohio county will have
made their selections for county as
wen as some of the State offices, and
the great agony will be over for the
heated summer, aud the relief Of
thousands Of wornout candidates,
whOse jaded appearance liken them
well 70 the florida soldiers iu> the In
dian war, who travelled on turnpikes
and dusty roads in the middle of SUM
ner, from Florida TO the Ohio river
What a stnnge infatuatiOn these
poor fellows Thought to love ones
country so much and suffer accord
ingly. We can not blame you gentle
men if you should be a little dissat-
isfed with the spring aud SUMMER
campaign-twO elections 10 secure one
office is unwholsome to any party that
adopts it, and the Democracy, if they
ever adopt similar primary mode of
nomination, deserves to be disastrOusly
lhraien. We are like Judge Baird,
mo more primary in NINE and all
the candidates, whether successful or
not, viii say Amen! The old fashion
I'd way Of selecting candidates is far
preferable, loss of time and expendi-
iure ofmesns admOnish ia Of the error,
tOsay nothing Of other still greater
objections. II is due the ticket you
have selected, Democrats Of Ohio
county, that yOR give it your support /;
duty TO your party as well as the men
yOu have imposed this arduous can
vnss upon demands, that you do your
duty at the polls.
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leased premises. What Was to be don e
Should the Sheriff haul the family to the
public highway or commons aud dump
them out which was oil that the law re-
quired mol the invalid vie and moth
er had relatives in Grayson county, who
would cheerfully give them shelter, and
to Grayson they went, not al public ex-
Pense. but at the individual expense Of
our Chivalrous and humane Sheriff,
Charlie Phillips, who gave SIS out Of his
own pocket for a wagon, team and driver
TO convey the uniortunates to their dis
tant Grayson friends and tor this noble
act ofchrisIian philanthropy and charity,
taken in connection with the general
management Of the Sheriff's office
Charlie Phillips is richly entitled to the
reelection, even over his present worthy
competitor by an overwhelming majority
by the good people Of Ohio county. But
few people know of the foregoing circum-
stances. because Mr.. Phillips "modesty
equals his merit" and the writer of this
just CHANGED to come in possession Of the
facts, which were well youched for some
weeks since, and felt desire that in JUS
tice to merit, modesty aud unostentatious
charity,they ought to be known to the peO>
pie at large, that they might know that
IN voting for Charlie Phillips, they are
voting for philanthropy, genuine good
heartedness as we'll "a efficiency.
QUITET OBSERVER
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eur Ticket.

Tire Democrats, after a long and
full canyass, selected the ticket they
now have in the field for county off,
eers, and having Selected them, it is
their duty TO elect them. The ticket
isa good one, composed of good hon
est mon, and men wOsthy the support
Of the people of the county.
Ben. Newton, the candidate for
County Judge, Is sober, moral, Chris
tan gentleman, and best of all, an
hOrest man. He is a sturdy farmer. a
man thoroughly in accord with the in
terests Of the masses Of the people, and
has-had eleven years experience as
Magistrate, which will aid him very
much in the discharge of his duties as
County Judge. he is we'll qualified
~ make a good, honest County Judge,
and Is mau who will carry oct his
promises. lie has promised in his
sard, publicly aud privately, to re-
trench and refOrIn,. and lls- will Ger
brinly do it if elected. He deserves,
and no doubt will receive a hand
seme majority next Monday. .-r
Captain Sam. h. Cox, our candi-
daie- for County Court Clerk, is one of
the best clerks IN Kentucky, and his
sfice today proves tie fact. He was
nominated over one Of.the most popu-
bar men in Ohio county, by n very
h,ir majority, and he will be elected
next Monday by a large majority, over
both his opponents, the. RockpOrt Reg.
ister 10 the contrary Notwithstanding
J. p. Sanderfu5 for County Attor:
ney. has no opposition, and hence tin
not worth while to waste time and
space on him.
c. W. Philips, our candidate for
Sheriff, is the present incumbent, and
has Sled the Office very efieientiyc
Ne collected and paid over his reve-
Rue So last year in due fine. and in
fact has discharged all his duties faith
fully. He * quiet, modest unns-
surnfng man, honest and capable, and,
according to the custom Of the State
ever since this has been an elective Of
fee, he merits an endorsement by
ne-election. See TO it that he is elected
without fail.
No more worthy or deserving man
lives in the county than Armistead
Jones, candidate for Assessor. He is
an ambitious, aspiring young man,