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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-08
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Philadelphia Burglary.

WEsTcHEsTER, November Z. OF $4,000
taken from the safe of Bailey Bros, Wednes-
day night by burglars, $4,000 have been
found strewn around the house and yard. OF
$1,000 carried of, Sl70O was in money and
the remainder in bonds. The robbers left
5000 in gold and over $1,000 in paper money
behind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-08
VIRGINIA..

RICHMOND, November Z. The indications
are that the debt payers will have small
majority of both houses, but the vote is so
close that an official count will be required to
positively settle the contest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-08
I9ifn.

in Aliens Mills, Oct. 80 Mr.. Vilander Weeks
aged 63 years, months and l6 days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-08
NEW YORK.
Railroad Accident.

PouGHKEEPsIE, November 7. The three
rear cars of special New York Express
train which left this city at rs last evening,
going south, jumped the track between New
Hamburg and Low Point. One car went
into the river. A number of passengers
were injured, but none seriously. Trains
both ways were delayed two hours.
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Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, to whom the
public is indebted for 'Pinafore,' arrived at
New York Wednesday, in the steamship
Bothnia, after a fairly smooth voyage Of ten
days. The new opera written by these gen
tlemen. has not been named yet The scene
is laid two or three hundred years ago, and
the characters dress aud act like those Of to-
day. tits broad burlesque. done with all
possible gravity. DIR. Sullivan never
heard Pinafore but once, and Mr. Gilbert
hasn't seen one of his plays acted for seven
years. The company which they bring over
TO produce Pinafore is said to be reMarka-
bly, strong one.
A correspondent writes: "a startling reve-
lation Of human depravity occurred not long
since, in town not thousand miles from
Winthrop. Two old men, near neighbors,
both more than sixty years Of age, engaged
in an old fashioned simon-pure knock-down.
What the final result would have been, had
not the belligerents been summary separat-
ed, must forever remain undetermined. Suf-
fee it to say, kind friends gently parted them
and advised them to 90 home and be good
old men," Sequel One of the men = day
or two after the above occurrence, visited an
apothecary store, and purchased bottle of
liniment, remarking that he had avery lame
back; the other upon the same day visited
the same store, and purchased a strengthen
ing plaster for very lame side.
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Capt. James A. Parker, Of the schooner
Leesburg, which went to pieces the other
night, and the crew of which was picked up
at sea by the Star of the East makes the fol
lowing statement: .il'
Duriag bad weather the deck load shifted,
thsowinG the vessel on her beam ends, when
she became unmanageable, and drifted At the
mercy Of the wind, striking In the breakers
at about 8 o'clock p. n. The vessel held
toRether I'LL dark, within hail Of people on
shore. who seemingly made NO effort to res
cue the crew when the vessel broke up, the
csptain and three of the crew succeeded in
getting on top Of the house, but one seaman
named William Anderson, a Swede, who is
understood to have a brother in Gloucester,
Mass, was probably lot, and Fred Terry. of
Brooklin, Me-, persisted on the house. After
drifting about for fourteen hours, the surviv-
ors were taken from the house by steamer
Star of the East, and landed at Boston Capt.
Parker desires to express his heartfelt thanks
to Captain Collins and officers for rescuing
himself and crew, and for their kind treat
ment while on board the steamer.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELpHIA, November 7. The official
majority of Butler (reP. for State Treasurer,
over the democrat, greenback and prohibitory
candidates is 58,615. The greenback and
prohibition vote was very light.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-04
TUESDAY, NOV. 4, 1879.
ELECTIONS TODAY.

The election in New York to-day
is for Governor and other State off
feers and members of the Leglsla-
ture. The candidates for Governor
are A. B. Cornell, (Rep); Lucius
Robinson DEM, and John Kelly,
(Tammany.) At the last Guberna-
torial election, Robinson was elected
over Morgan (Rep) by 10000 plu-
rality. In 1877, for Secretary Of
State, the Democrats had 1924
majority, In 1878, the Republican
candidate for Judge of the Court Of
Appeals had a plurality of S4,461
over the Democratic candidate. In
the present Legislature, the Repub-
Leans have a majority in both
houses and a majority of Il on
joint ballot.
The contest in Massachusetts is
between Long, the Republican NOM
inee, Ben. Butler, the candidate of
the Nationals and one wing of the
Democracy, and John Quincy
Adams, regular Democrat. The
race is between the first two men.
toned. The Republican plurality
last year was 25,290, and majority
over all, 1925. The Republicans
have a majority of 158 in the Legs:
lature on joint ballot.
Wisconsin elects a Governor ant
Legislature. AT the last election
the Republicans carried the State BY
majority Of 8,273, and had a ma
jority of 7 on joint ballot.
New Jersey will elect member
Of the Legislature, the interest Q
which centers in the fact that q por
ton Of the Senators hold over ant
participate in the election Of MI
Randolph's successor in the Unite
States Senate. The Legislator
now has a Republican majority c
I on joint ballot. ~1@' 2's q
There are also elections in NJ
braska, Minnesota, Mississippi
Pennsylvania and Virginia, br
those above mentioned r th
points upon which public intere'
centers.
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WHAT wILLsTHE Old DoaIN

- -
8 With to~day win close.a campaign
in Virginia which is remarkable for
its bitterness and for the magnitude
of the issues involved. Virginia,
like Tennessee. owes a public debt.
AS in Tennessee, she has two par
ties, one in favor Of paying the debt
and one opposed one in favor of
honesty and one in favor Of dishon>.
estv; one DESTROYS of maintaining
the good name of the Commons
wealth and one Indifferent about it.
The Lynehburg News says:
W. do not believe shat prior 10 Ills
campaignthere was ever discussed be-
fore the people OF Virginia question
in which there was at least the appear
anceo OF the advocacy Of iqanaorwljfy
and dishonesty.
"Certainly the cbafgehas-heeb made
and pressed, that The debt policy of
| Mozart Hall, as set forth by The Ieai-
ers, is not in accord with the priDcis
| Piles Of honor and integrity, aud cer-
tain it is that appeals made to the
honesty of the people, and based en-
the preservation of the hoDor1of the
State have been ridicuIed and fouted.
Well, this miserable campaign, which
has paTalyZeds our credit and damaged
our State by the fact That such a con-
test was necessary, Is about TO be
elosed-We hole foreYersxz lis CLOSE
will be the funeral of many q MAN. IN
Virgins who. If he had been modest,
sincere, an dsIood upon D high plane,
might in the future have attained en-
inence. Thirst for notoriety and Office
will have furnished many "a political
cofi n this fall. The State says:
3.Ehe farce,Sa long one, it is true
and a most. ridiculous one Oh theil
side, approaches it's denouement
which will be most absurd-as absur,
as the transformations in Piuafore
The Readiuster babies have been 81
mixed up and changed in thei
cradles that next Wednesday morning
General Mahone win not know wheth
er he is Massey or Massey
him; and that person will be in equa
doubt concerning his identity. fh
11tLba6 buitCACOpSy hOS CFCAs Wal
solve the difficulty, and put these en-
separate cribs thereafter, TO
never again can they occup
the same political cradle, We reaII
do feel pity for what awaits them O
Tuesday next, but they have invite
their own fate, and as they have sow
so must they reap. Their sad expe
Irience in this attempt to lead astra
e the people of Virginia by false an
q knavish teachings of dishonesty, Il
US trust. may prove q lesson to ihei
8 and TO all future aspirants that Whe
they attempt to build up their PEI
lsonal fortunes and further their amt
tfous designs at the expense Of pabl1
honesty and in defiance of the mori
. sentiment of the people, they bu
q court their own political destruction.
ell We sincerely trust that Virgini
. will come out on the right sid
y For her own sake, for the sake
y her enyiable reputation, we hope
K will be that way. And we hope
8. see honesty triumph there, becaus
Pit would exercise a good infuen'
t In Tennessee. IF Virginia repud
IS ates her Repudiators, then Saves
81 & 90. will have received a blow
Il this State that will cause them
% reel and sstagger, if it doesn't pc
% manently disable them.
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Chancery Sale of q Lot il
Temples Addition to.
l. - Knoxville.
No. 32l2.
O.P. Tenn lie vs.. Frank Stone.

O.P. Tenn lie VS.. Frank Stone. .n.#
PURSUANT 10 DEGREE PRONOUNCED.
IN the above. cause at the Juneteim, 1879,
Of he GhaLceTy Court 1t Knoxville, Tennessee,
[ viii sell at public auction to the highest bidder.
inAfent.ef the court house door in Knoxville on
TUESDAY, THE nth DAY OF NOVEMBER
.S 4 NEXT. AT IL O'CLOCK. An. (
4 rortiou Of let Ne. 1l2j in what is known as
% T. TeuYle's Addition to West Knf zgllIe:|,
are~riing 30 a map made by a. M. Lea. sara
part c nslst Dg CT 81 feet in the easteTiy SIDE
thereof, fronting On Willow street. an running
back, by p srallel lines. to tne. center 81 Flr5fi
and situate IL the st Civl district OF Knox
county, Ten essee. 30
TER Ms: I.F L-.e.
Said ale sill be mag on q credit Of six and
fyslya nl9utbs and in bar Of xhe equity of re
Semnsi -r.qH;Tng 81 the purchaser a note with
90 sf,1r M. hRer.ng ~ioferest from date and re-
in; o. Len as fnrtfI her feenvitv.s III s.. October
s5h, IsT9 ~rTrzM.sI. PATTERSON, c. N.
oct3 Wit q 81 SIS ..-EEe j E~+Esl--s -
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fasacaFsaEa ale Of a faIaabie Farasa

saiAsEe>sa H&9 ne4 1a yTavog !.
nj. x. Cau LAND rs..P .easant John on, 80
au8sTATgTnA LIE 81 PRDEGUNGEU
"a he aylv-s c.dss at the June
ie-,s ts7g II fha a1areery4&6Brf st 4knexgiila,
rs1ttessee Z will sell az pabEsc acctsonsfo, tne
n CHESS BIDDER. IN ff0Rt1o Of the court nDase aoaE'
nv e e49TRnAy. ruE 2}Sp DAY OF no
NE aG 1tCFNE1E AT II O'cLCCh a. W-g@
tAe I aet3of land he eb2eors sold N this cause
- cSgfi d;sfrief Of Knsx count. TeQpessee
eava9 rni1aS 10Th Of Nho xvi Ie on the Jacks
100 ~ niEe kaiae a mart Of t tr2ct-sf-iand fer
Marty ow5e7 bs A. J. CoupIan l.. deed. a1d i'm.
aeI~di,p t9e IaTes Homestead of sail &c edeats
&c 3utaiQjns IS acres. more or less. -1 No.
TERMS -
Said propaIty wifbasoll for casa n hand and
/. "a har Of tEeaeQuity Of ~redemntlah inns Deto-
bsr l59h las. Mil PAFLEhs0NoG-G III.
&c I5WstE ~ 8r .ns4a sas4M .n
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NOTICE

nURSUANTT0ADECREE OF e UdAN-'
L Gerry Court for Rlount county, Tenn, rtn.
dered at the June Tern. 1873 viii sell to the
vile Tenn., on the 1st day Of December, 1879,
tho ontvaie Springs lands situated in district
No. sth. Blount county, Tenn essee! contaInIng
Of m. alker, 8. Carpenter. james Matthews,
$50. and others. Said lands will be sol Ia
small Transcend as a whole, and the ale bring
inc the most money adopted as the sale. said sale
will b, made on q credit of six, twelye. eish-
teen and twenty four. months. except 8 percent.
cash in hand. 10 bar of the eauitso Of r, demptlon.
10 satisfy a iudsmeLtin-f favor of 1.C Shepard.
admir-. and against Joseph L.. King ct al, the
purchaser to give note with good SECURITY. bear,
IN interest from date of sale and a lien retained
This 24.h day of Oct 1873. ~
@octs9S4t @ 80. u NJ
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GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER.

One by one the old heroes are
dying away. Of the men who
fought under the Stars and Stripes
in the wars for the Union, each day
seems to add one more to those who
shave gone before" The news has
reached us that Fighting Joe
Hooker" the gallant victor Of the
battle above the Clouds" has gone
to his long rest. The old warrior
has drawn for the last time his trusty
steel, and has crossed the dark
river, over which We must all pass,
be we exalted or be we loWly.
Gen. Hooker was born at
Hadley, Mass, in 1914, and was
consequently sixty-fve years Of
age. He graduated at West Point
in 1887. With him, as with SO
many of our military heroes, the
Mexican war was his finishing
school in the art of war. Through
this he passed with great credit,
and with his good sword he carved
himself out a name and promotion.
He entered it as an aid, and was
brevetted Captain at Monterey, for
gallant conduct on the field, For
the same m%eritorious action he won
his silver leaves at the
Natural Bridge, and his eagles
at Chapultepec, In s 1855
he threw up his commission
and settled on a ranch near SAL
Fancisco. He vas unsuccessful
however, and when the loud alarm
rang over the land, publishing th'
dreadful news that civil strife hat
begun, he hurried to Washington
and offered his services to his bleed
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-"5- ""-""E-I N0.|.Z6J. -s@-4 : -
JastE.Har, Wm. B. Halt and otb eTsz vs.Adaline
= Gibson. AID 9th rs. ~ sz
.ET A~PPEAEIEG FRQMTtE BILL WHICH
! /. is sworn to that the4defeud8nts, Adaline
sGi5s0p,James Hal. Lea, Hall, William l.. HAI,
Al J. Han sndJ J. II. AfcCiai1; are nen-resfdeats
tof the 5tate Of Tennessee, 1t is}nrdersd that The
defendants aboTe named appear before the
Eh68osry Court at Knox VILE. TENNESSEE. on the
& It Monday II December neat. 1879, and make
defense to the bill fied' in this cause. orthe same
-vsit be; taken for e9nfess 81. This Hctice. will be
grbi he'd n the Rockville Wing and hronleie
Fol four eousec tive weeks. Es b
= true cGpy Artegt. Get. 8tb, 1879
rcfs.yz4t N. Il. p~ATpERSUNt G. b NJ.
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1.-The CireuitCourt at Clinton
Tenn.
BILL FOR DIVORCE.

BILL FOR DIVORCE. 2
Ester Smith We. John smith, lat least one Of
them yt5
III THIS. CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
! 4he allos atoms of comp ainant's jug which is
sworn to. thaet4e defend3nt.FJohn Smith, is of
residence to c0mHlaiDant uaknown, It is there
FIRE ordered by D.. L. Ball.. Clerk, &c that the
said defendant, Joha smith, be required to ap-
psar hcfore tbs Judge Of cur Circuit Court fer
Anderson county, Tennessee, at G inton, Tenn.
or the End Mon5a7 of &ovember, 1919. and make
cefense to said bill. or the same will be taken as
confessed and the cause set for hearing e1
nArte. It Is further ordered that this notice be
published for four C nseeutive weeks in the
Knoxville Whig AID Chronicles; This Oct. 10Th.
1879. octl1wst D. L. HALL, Clerk
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In the Circuit Court Of Andersen.
County, at Clinton, TsneeSsee.

ORIGINAL DIVORCE AND ATTACHMENT
? 4iEir ff .f@E tlL5. .sIrHf Es%
.Han0ey Rutherford vs.. Rufus Rutherford
IN his CAUSE IT APPEARINa FROM
1 the compliments bill, together with the re-
JcTn made by the Sheriff of tie process and
writ, il TIE cause duly issued as by, nat of bis
Homer D. K. Young, Judge, &c, that the de.
Enewn. and that an Attachments as duly levisd
upon the property Of saf9 deferdApt, II IS there
fore ordered By D L Hal, G erx ct the Circuit
Gaartf e Andersen county, Tennessee, that said
-gdefendans, RUFUS Rutherford, be required to ap
p ar blfole 9 t3e tircait Court on tne znd Ao1r
day Of Novem oerTn at t%tlntor' Tor Ander
b5tl or the same Will be sae en- as confessed and
fae cause set fer hearings * Rarta It's luFtheT
nrdeTel taat this netiee ee EuoIsp<d IQr Ioua
& roa Gle, K #evgpapfr p9h}i <ned IN kRoXVlles
TENNESSEE. This Sept. 3Uth>l.Is-- has
.ooti5N4b 1o1saI = II. LgH Nil, C5erx.
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His somewhat dissi-

ing country. His somewhat dissi~
pated habits, andSthe failing be had
of criticising his superiors, made
it difficult to obtain a command, but
he was finally assigned to the army
Of the Potomac. Ia 1862 he was
made Major General Of volun-
teers, and in the latter part of the
same year Brigadier- General Of
the Army. In 1863 he rose once
more and superseded GeneralBdirn
side in the command Of the army of
the Potomac. The retreat which
Gen. Lee caused him TO make at
Ghaneellorsvn los him his com
mand and Gen. Meade Vas given it,
he taking command Of the Eleventh
and Twelfth army corps. In Octo-
Der. 1868, began the movement
which ended with his famous ''battle
above tbeclends at Lookout Noun
tain. In 1866, while assistipg at
a banquet given at New York, in
honor Of Gen, Grant, be was struck
fby paralysis, from the effects Of
which he lost the use Of the right
side=o his body. Three years later
he again resigned his well-earned
commission.
Gen. Hooker was a brave, spir-
fitted, combatiye man, who held on te
his opinions with the greatest te-
nacity. He was fiery, and what hi
lacked in strategy, made up in dash
It was this quality which Won fol
him the soubriquet Of Fighting Jo'
HOOKER
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Chancery Sale ola Vacant LOT
s-a Knoxville. ID ~.

@ Nc. $500. . sat1b~ r
:. r. Bradshaw AID wife IS. J. ". Bri1wef an
9. r. Aabry a7d wife and other'.
DUVSUtNT 70 A DEGREE PRONOUNCE :.
TIE Chancey CcrTt a. Knoxville, AID EovIy "a
the JGnet term. - 8, [ will SCI. fer cash IN bal 81,
at an tan. to ths highest aidder. il front Of the
Gnust Iossed or ia hao47ile on .rz.y =
LUEsDAY, TEE IITanAE o. NQTEMBER
= NEXT AE1t U'1L9eK 4. NJ, ID
Ita T0s e ground manio ! an1 desribed Ia
fhe plea2i5gs lyisg in Be- at civti district 81
Knox c7unT-, Tgsre.see. ID tn eli u OF. Knox
xfI-e, at the saatae ct c4rrer rCf LOCUST ana
vn55h Etese5E. b11cdA3 onthe nor sb3 Union
street en- tba ssuth bs Pc az tau8'S 30tso on the
the cast by. TIE pFapeFtg OF LaaTa. s. tiiie4tie,
ana On tie Te.t by iaezs- r et-5eins ahpue
ora-zGuF II e ahfocF. IS,
Ibis October StP, la7e. ~ 5a 81.
ccss Wit II, L-PATTERSQf, C.. j. NJ
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City gireftorg.
OF HONOR.

DELIEF LODGE. No. los. Z. OF H--Meets
II on the FIST and Third Friday nights CT
month at Teutopia Hall. coraer Church aad 0ay
4. a. Brown. Il D: Harvey c. ark. Reporter
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{ a new Anthem Book is nearly ready.
Tho Musical Record is always new. 500 yer
year, Is cents per COPY.
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TINS standard article IS compoand-
cd with the greatest care.
It's effects are. as w%ondertai and as
i rcstofes grq}A p fad99 cnd Z Is
youthful color. sssTnt erE ao5sss !
IT removes all eIuptionE, ltelilng
and dandruf. It gives the head q
cooling, soothing sensation Of great
comfort, and tie scalp ~ its use
becomes white and Clean. ed5 81
By its tonic fpropentiessl 1t restores
the capillary glands to their normal
Yigor, preventing badness, and max
Ing tie lair grow thick and strong. .
AS a dressing, nothing has been
3 found so efectual or Desirable. nj
A. A. Hayes, MD, State Assayet
Of Massachusetts, says, "The con
stitqents. are. pure, and carefully Sc
lected for excellent quality; AMI ]
consider it the BEST PEEPARAT4oS
for ts.intended purposes" s4oas /.
Price, One DolE go
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IIekiinghans Dye
ENR THE WHfsKERs.a2

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Thisa elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color of the
beard from grayor any other undesir-
able shade, to, brown Or b,ack;sat dis
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EnEn srC For.t the ~It.ctoTial BaIa Commentator.
S-e1Issrse1E of8 Poses. 475 ulastrstisnsan Maps.
81 q as@ @pa p The mQst complete and comprehensive
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-30

ing black snake likes so we'll for
meal as robins eggs, unless 1t be very
small tOads. But black snakes rarely
trouble owls nests. They lose their
eyes if they do. The cries of the robin
brought its mate, and the two, after pa
thetic appeals for help, boldly attacked
the snake. Their pecks hurt him evil
IDENTIFY Just enough to anger him; he
raised his head and darted at them as
he moved along toward the nest. Just
as he reached il the armer with pole
struck the snake a blow that brought
him to the ground; but he brought the
nest and eggs with him.
About ten miles fromIthe place where
this battle occurred, and a day or two la
ter, Daniel b. Perkins, middle-aged
farmer, was repairing a stone wall on
his farm. He suddenly felt n violent
blow against his shoulders and at first
supposed that limb had fallen from a
tree. Then he felt another, and heard
at the same time a hiss. He at once
knew that he was attacked by a black
snake. Mr.. Perkins had had a similar
experience year or two before, and
knew that the bite OF the black snake is
perfectly harmless, but that ii one once
gets a coil about q mans neck, its mus
Cular power is great enough to strangle
him. lie seized one of the snakes-iOr
there were two of them, although at
first Mr.. Perkins did not know it-and,
while fighting desperately, stopped and
picked up an axe that lay on the ground,
Selling il near the iron, he managed TO
cut both reptiles, and they at once
dropped. Then he killed them. One
measured six feet, and the other five
and a half Mr.. Perkins says they
would probably have strangled him had
he not had theaXe.
Just over the Connecticut line, in
Southbridge, Mass, Avian Grover, one
day last week, while working in his field
came suddenly upon a nest of black
snakes. He at first only saw two, the
others being hidden in a log, and he
picked up a stick and struck these two.
Instantly dozen or more black heads,
with sparkling eyes and kissing tongues,
appeared from the log, and darted to-
ward Mr.. Grover. He would have run
if running had been OF any use. 1t
seemed 10 him af if he was surrounded,
but he kept his face toward them, and
swung his stick right and left, up and
down. After fight that lasted fully
fifteen minutes they were all dead, or
Law with broken backs. Then Mr.. Gro
yer counted them. There were sixteen,
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