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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-12
IIIRUSTEE'S SALE

~ virtue Of deed Of rp'! made By a y ,,g, %
and saiIe Bali his vie to the ,,tod,d ID
dated the 18th DAY Of February ~ Caitt ii Ohlo
tne ouc w. VI,SInIS. in Deed u Trust Bo'l 10"
page 1'0' sATtRpAY, APRIL Srn, iI'li ,,.Ih
.,,, Inc Al i0ESO 0tltcE 4. w.. Pftr,1 "onstI
I'M front door Of the Court hou'e =, Vyb,dI,f IL
west Virginia, to the highest hh" nv wv tossl5t.
following properly hHt ! md.m} Ia aid 6bio eoay
IN ibs gtNle Of WSh Viignia, srd my ',, an
rI,S ~ Wbselins called East heelin' pe .I,,,J 1,
II III ntmb,fSd AsVehtJ ak tlot No %, Id
ina S6uth vest COTniT Of GODS suetl ,,.s,t 11d
SeySnih street, and Eighteenth hIee' tt oil
y, Ss.r,Ibsd "A ioll6Wi, vEi Bgnnitg % ~. w ,,ri
Ia II Woods street At point taenly w s,,,S,sA
~ Iks ailey between eighteenth Mn ~ DID
I,ssiS. running thence north p9rt!i.sIi nF,5si
Woojt street thirty t3Ol iett and tons,,.sb rft,i
thence Vett and parallel Win i3il h,G " "a a
thirty 1907 feet, OF onS ,., , ,.g ,oah ,A ~
SIiSI Tith MD v Gods street. thirty w ,,Ts no.
~, ~ ths MACE al beginning hif lhe 4, Wllhs
ssSs ~ s,rvStFJ 10 the laid samnfl beU Il, az d
W1ynby and wife by decd tand ~ o6ts Of ID,
rsbInSyv. 1915, tnd Of record 70 ihe ,osst,, TUi
CislE Of The County Court oil on'0 ''''
'T TSSSsS ~ sILE:- Ohcihlfd Of 10" isf niI
lMH a. much more ~ the FnfthT ii 10.
sissI Il naV In cash; the Tttiibe ~ 'sVb afsfrit
.,.SI,. Al AZ and twelve month";, ,sored 9
i,orn Isv oi Jala, purchaser Evig u." II ipufibtI
dsej Of trust aud approved Io''e''
io5 dsi ,IS . b'y ISS sd property S','r oai
DstisCt' su, selling - trustee 'h1Ld s,d oiuu't
!ssh M 4, 4 Vestcd In me ~ nid ~ g 1,a,,Ss.
'ueh '"O " WV. r. HUBBARD an
", H. HALLE, AactIOnesF'
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MONOPOLY upoN mONopoLY,

The MISREPRESENTATION OF lr0n--ThO
EIeaaetneF Association GobbIea tho
Haste Process.
Pittsburgh DlIpatsh Of yesterday.
In Saturday mornings issue was printed
statement OF the fact that the Bessener
Steel Association had become possessed
by purchase Of The exclusive American
rights to the celebrated Thomas. llchrist
basic process for the dephosphotization Of
iron. Since that publication more facts
connected with the important transaction
have been made public. The figures In.
volved In this important transaction are
placed all the way from $275OOO 10 $780,.
900, but parties who have facilities for
knowing something Of the matter say that
the lesser figure is the correct one. The
ne citations which have thus been con.
summated have been In progress for con.
siderable period, and we're concluded be.
tween a representative Of the Association
and Mr. ThomaB personally, althouVh The
latter has representative In the United
States.
THR IMPORTANT SYSTEM,
BY this transaction the whole Of the
patents covering the basic process, com.
pfising those issued in the name Of
Messrs. Thomas, Riley aud Shslus, become
the property Of the Bessetner Association.
The success OF the system has been estSb
lished by operations both on the CONT.
nent and In Great Britain, and The En-.
gllsh manufacturers have been looking 10
itasa lever with which they expected 10
regain the ground they have lost 81 lAie
yeare, and become again the virtual con.
trollefs Of The iron and steel trade Of the
world. The. process Ia second IN import.
anCe and value only to the BeBsetner, "A
by II ores containing phosphorus, which
Otherwise would be valdeless can be util.
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but, havingit in their own possession, the
Bsssemsr folks can use 1t or let 1t alone. as
they see dt, The general opinion in the
trade ia that, as the company is now 80
fully supplied with ordsrs at high prices
it will hardly feel any interest in the en-
Coursgement OF process which will 80
rapidly change aud materially cheaper
the production OF ingot steel, A couple oil
firms in the Association are now putting
down the basic plant, but it is not believed
that they contemplate any immediate
movement in the direction OF utilizing the
process; while, again, it i stated that the
Association may grant licenses to works
not now represented in it on condition
that the dephosphorized steel Is not
brought into competition with steel from
hem9tite irons.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF

HOhlH WhEELISa ppnn
" virtue o. died Of trust made nv TIaOFERTT.
ARD and CalhArine, his wife, 10 * S nI lst.
trustee, dated the 2Olh daI . BSoe@ 1 saG,,nlOd
recorded ln the lie Of the ClrFt oi Mi al
court Of OHIO eIunty, west VIrrlSt, We Soutg
Trust BOOK NO .; n,gO SIS shall ON u u'pi 1
SATURDAY, NAY z9,v
commencing Al . ~ O'clock a. III. oss.l,,
the front door Of the louTl Hou'S AZ ~ % IsG
West virginia, to hehEhsat aud beSi Ky, IGaalT
loving described property, that ia 10 eth
the city OF wheeling, In the Stite II w van u
called North Wheeling, and bumbsr,d W.. itlhL
and ore H. lot No, lOl Cu the 0la, oS aaaalN
Of said city, being the me property laA IAN
laid James Leonard BY tho WCTEinRmsn,, \. % III
Association u Wheeling, By deed ds,,J I. W DIM
Of January 1878, and Of record Ia Ihs .'l dlI
tlsIk u The Oahty Court Of Ohio coaS,, M u
gIaia, 10 Deed took No, 60, p,ge l7S. " NS' Viz
TRRuS oH BALE -Onsihid VI Ile ru,,L,,..
AUD .! mqrA more rs the puTChassF IN ~ oht!
In cash. the residue In two equal install ' vW M
aud twelve months, with interest iTDm ~ " III
purchaser giving notes, secured by de,J ~ " NJ,
sufficient Insurance Tor deferred laymsBi, uuN AHt
The TUE 70 the Said property l. be- lived ia ~.
i(ct, but selling rs tTultse, shall ronvsv y Pi'
title d 10 vested In ME by said deed Of INK! 'u 'asA
W, II. HALLER, AuetioneCr. ''u'lee
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TRusrkEs' sSI-.
TRUsTEE's SALE,

a. virtue Of Decd OF T,D,,
Z AsHeehsa a ~ to Is.s, trSa t,sSs,,
dssed oeIobsE, 50. 1875, and ,I Asl.y rl;s,.'
once Of the Clerk Of the I oar, ts'Iidd "a \.
county; W, Va, IN Deed Of TE ySI'I Soar q Ost
~; and .! Virtue of an order 9, ,bs 20 ~, NJ a.
spSOIS SIlG'y u. made 'S on Lhs sh DAY ., .a,s
In place o aid Lewis Bnilrv N rustic tn Ma.
~ SATURDAY, TIE ldTH DAY U IFy' tpSdi siIcs
On tle premises, commanding Al az La
eSeed 70 lell to the highest and mn b'.G II.
the following real estate, tO-Wit' S,lttf ofhdd.S
~ CIdsslIS addition to the city ii w Sa sasa1
S,St ~ rs i Iss On IwSa!!'linih ,t DISP
Of I9t No : which have he n hr,s,s,SM,o siad .
Ihess iols viii BE- sold together, or .sD. ~
ao,t Si ~ II 'G'l b, found tSsS Y,
Plat Of the lots can be seen Al inv ny % ssi,slS
Market street. ny once, No n
~ aE ~, y 9S SAlLE-Ope.lhIrd, Ind a. nu,,
me purchaser may OlCtto pay ca,b nv MuSl moe Y
one aud tive yeau " y n, NE hliIles !,
w, II. HALLER, AuCtIOneer, y '-Nut' Ira'iss
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THERE were s,24s immigrants landed at
New York last week,
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WILL IT PLEASE OUTSIDERS.

This purchase Is no doubt great thing
for the company, and highly gratifying to
it's stockholders, whose stock is now worth
$50 above its par value; but whether 1t
will be as gratifying to the buyers OF iron
and steel rails, and Of iron and steel gen.
orally, Is q question. Had MIR, Thomas,
the patentee negotiated for the sale Of
rights to individual works, giving all man.
uhCturers an equal chance, 1t would have
been wiser policy, productive OF more
satisfactory results to him personally, and
would have enabled the public to profit
by 1t. At present the outlook indicates
that the greatest improvement in the man.
utActure OF steel will be controlled by a
combination whose interests are more or
less Averpe to the widest possible success
OF the new process.
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CHEAP HOMES FOR SALE AND FOR

CHEAP HOMES FOR SALE AND FOR
" RENT
$50 will buy frame dwelling ard lot on Twelfth
street 500 will buy house ard lot in Norm
WLeellng, SLIGO for 4 two DRY brick dwelling IN
from $3.50 10 SEQ. $3.50 for frame dwelling and
io Ji feet 'front.' runs TO the river, Nor wheeling
V,5 d and 81 100 will buy two nIce cottage houses
on the Island. L9CIiiln excellent SlGOO Tor Q Two
Storv brick dwelling and lot on Fifteenth street, one
block from the Capitol For Rent-A hns country
TeSIdspCp, Q rooms, AtAbls aud carrlsGe house.
RG-ACEnowl Judgement taken Of deeds, DEED o. trust
and other documents. Bills certified powers Of at'oT.
uey, ea'eS and all nOtarlal bustLOIs promptly nj
tended to, .,,,,pp,o cn
ana 1873 Mprket street, Opera House corner.
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WILL THRY MAKE usR OF mt

Just whether the Association proposes
to put ito purchases to practical use Is q
question which the wisest heads in the
trade outside ottheconcern are not allowed
to fathom. Mr.. Eenton, the President Of
the Association, ia confined to his resi-.
denee bv illness, and Mr.. Kennedy, its
Secretary, intimsted his inability to im.
part any information beyond the fact that
the purchase had actually been consum.
mated. The Bessemer process is now ex'
Clusively moncpolized by II firms. The
works, which have capacity Of over
loo, 900 tons per annum, are fully en-
ployed, and orders are booked Tor year
ahead. The object OF the Association in
securing the basic process can, therefore,
be readily seen. Once in the hands oil
other parties the Besssmer people would
no longer have a monopoly; prices would
be forced down, and, more than this, the
value Of the plant now engaged in steel
manufacture would be greatly deprecated
In short, operated by independent par
ties, the invention would work
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TRUSTEES SALE OF OHIO COUNTY

u hEAb HlA al
~ virtue Of deed Of trust made by lnhn Ferrel,
Is tho unierS gusd trustee dated the IIt day Of 90:
tober 1870 aud recorded Ia the office Of the Clerk Of
The County Court Of Ohio county west Virginia, In
Deed Of Trust book No. L. on pBge 2ol, VIII sell at
public auction a. the front door Of thj Court House
u Ohio county on
SATURDAY, THE l4rH DAY OF MAY, 1881,
commencing al 10 clock q. M, 10 tho highest and
best bdte the following dUtrlbCd real estate, that
Is 10 Jay piece or parcel Of land situate on tho
head witeIs Of PCtert' Run, In Ohio county, west
VigniI Joining lanlS VI silaS NC Donald, tho taid
John Ferra and OhtrF, aud bounded RA 70 lows: Be-
ginning at ptint 10 the Ridge road, running thence
N, s6e, ". " poles to point near an ELM themes
\. ~ Il 70 '6,l0O polls To pOiRt near dosw0odi
thGlcl f. 40 pO HS 10 white walnut thence n. lIN0
H. 20 poles to q stake; thence N TX, W. % poles to
stakCj therce N, 10 ". 80 poles to tho place Of be-
g0nnE, containing nineteen (9) acres and AKty'hVe
(G5) rods, more or less.
TERSS OY sALE Two hundred and nifty dollars,
aud as much more Is the purchases may elect 10 pay
In cash. ant the residue III ono YEAR, with interest
from the day nj sale the purchaser giving his negOta-
bls note occurred by deed oil trust on The property
for The deferred payments.
The tito 10 said property 10 believed TO be good
but selling Rs trustee shall convey only such title
la Is vested Ia me by IAd deed Of trust.
npI2rrGw /. =. JONES, Trustee.
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NRUSTEE's SALE,

BY VlrLuoo Of three several deeds Of trpl mai.
me, the undeTSlGn ned trustee, by Indiana HeST
vile OF Chafls II. DiteTJ, with thArleI ii D.tns
her huSbIpd dated and recorded rtSwS,Iy", D !, y.
office Of tho nleTk VI thu County IOuIt a 0hL,
county, Wet Virginia, GE follows one d,isi II, M
day june 1874 and recorded IN b, o. Of iru,t nv
Nc, 7, pages 1902 and iOS; one dated The TX a., y
September, 1874, aid recorded Ia he d Of lrut BtS
No. L pages 1857, and one dated lhS gS az y
May, 1875, and recorded In hs Of Trust BoCk ~ 1
page biV shall sell, at public auction, Al III IN
door Of the Court HOUSE 10 tho city OIL WLelltE
Ohio county, West Virginia, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 80, 1851.
commencing At 10 O'CLOCK q, m The iSinSin, Al.
bCribtd property that Il to Ily The north tso did,
II the Eouth hall Of lot nun te1ed d ieCn IN Wi,~
W. shTlYCr's addition 10 last WhalbI nd NJ
b, Ink situated on the BOuthwat eoIn,T y Sosi,
formerly sevenlh street, STREET, and Fifteenth tlo,n.
ely Centre street, street, In Tho titI ii Ma,
Ing WeSt Virginia, II being the cane property Id.
yeIed 10 IA,d lndIASa DtItcr hv Wilijn INK
bard and wife, by dead dated the 81 day June M
and oil record In tho Oce Of tho Clfft Il The Suby
t'Ourt Of Ohio county, Wat NIrSIBIA, In died 6Sk
No. o., page W.
IKRns oR SALE --Onr-thl d Of The purchase none,
and W much more As the puFCtaur NAV el,tt 10 M
In cash, the Hsdu0 In two equal iIstlllmthiI liLi
and twelve mouths, with inoftIt from fiy Il nt
purchaser giving NOTES, secured by dUd Of trust nd
Ihs title 10 tho said property IL belieVtdObe nj.
feet, but selling as trustee shall convey tlJ IItA
title as 10 vested 10 me hy said deed Of Of trust.
WILLIAM +. HUDBARD,
W. II. HALLRR, 1rnTRt.
.nkn
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1t is only short time since the Bessem
sr Company was a party to another Rnt
similar transaction, by which 1t gained the
exclusive control Of the patent owned BY
Mr.. Jacob Reese, OF Pittsburgh, for treat
Ing refractory ores. So far no movemen
has been made by the concern towart
utilizing this patent, but this Is mater
OF indifference to the inventor, who, ever
II the process DO buried for all time, vii
receive handsome figure as the return fol
bis ingenuity.
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lied and made to produce any desired
quantity Of steel or iron at 8 small cost It
Is also more rapid and considerably
cheaper than the old method.
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commencing Ut 10 80 O'clock IN, proceed 10 ell u
the front door Of the Court IlIus, OIL Ohio county,
West Virginia, to the biz hest and beN bidder, IL
following described property, that IL tol 1.-The
south half Of lot numbered twelve, In squire num-
bered nine Is y d lot No r2inEQ 40 utNiC
ted Oh the plat Of the Iu6.di',IOnS oil The JO,IBh
Caldwell ,s'Ate and additions tbrreiftn 10 ths city
Of Wheeling, Ohio county, West ViRlnla. lild hIl
lot 10 situate and fronts on ihg EN,i side Of AHlN
street formerly called Fillmore MueD tttSeen
TW,nt ninth street tnd Thirteenth 'tntI formerly
cAl,d Falfmont STREET an New street, 10 nd sub
dlVISIon, being the same property 'On'eyed 10 Darby
McuOnOugh by Alex J. CadUCll hni vile BY DEED
dated the 81 day U! May, 1873, and Of rtnd 10 ihs
sthCo u the Clerk oil the County tout q OAio
county, West Vifgirla, In Deed Box No. VI Pr
3H.
THRMs or sALE.- Ont.Lhird Il The purchase
money, and a. much more ~ the PnIthAn my
elect 10 pay, In cash. the residue 10 IE0 cluM "
BtAllments, al IIK and twelve mont Hilh lhie,N
from day Of sale, purchaser giving notes Etaiel y
deed Of trust and sufficient insurance Iof dlsh@
payments. ,.,,.-.,,.,...,
Iha title 10 tho said property |. believed % sr
lec, but selling "a trustee, slhl convey Only i0sa
title 10 10 vested Ia me by said detd Of trust
VIM. P. HUBBARD, TtuIh.
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uELP = ALL PERSONS WISHING
Ii good and reliable help Will do Wsll 70 call on
MIiI R0benon, At 81 Eleventh street, Help uSm
down the river. PALMER 4 60. Apl2
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WANTED-A SITUATION IN A RE.
w TAIL or Vh0leslIe store. Have hAd four years
Cxperisne0 in travelling aud can give besl otrtAIsuee
AidFesu HR f. T - this fire. Apl!
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

WANTED A GOOD GIRL, ONE
w Who unatrstands cooling and general house.
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HNRUSrEE'S SALE or PROPERTY IN
J. CALDWELL'B ADDITION.
By virtue Of two tcVerAl deeds Of trust made "
Darbt MGDOn0ugh and Bridget, his vile, to The ub.
denigned trustee, dAiId and recorded Ia The Ohst 81
tho Clark VI the Ciunty curt Oi Ohio county, NHt
Virginia. ~ follows; ono dated the 10Th day VI NIJ
Az, and one dahd tho 9th day u September, lliS,
and recorded 10 eed Of trust Book No, ., pgs H.
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WANTED-TWENTY GIRLS TO
w work for few days Call At Jos; sPsdI 4
Coz, wholesale RTOeeTS, after p N. to-day. 1PH
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So.. % and "a Fourteenth street
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Germany is ahead of England and this
country in the matter of a spelling reform.
In our own country a little, though it is but
very little, has been done by popular consent
and we have completely discarded the letter
''u" in the spelling of such words as color, "
''labor," and all of thar class. There is
growing tendency also to discard double let
ters when it can be done, and we find such
words as councillor" travelling" and SO
forth, almost as frequently as we find "coun-
cillor, " travelling" and the like Such re-
forms here, however, are the result Of popu-
lar opinion, while the reform in Germany is
Government idea and will be speedily accom-
plished. The principle underlying it is the
discarding of all useless letters, and the meth.
cd of forwarding it is to require the reformed
spelling to be used in the preparation of pub
lie documents and to be taught in the public
schools. As a result the old method of SPELL
ing will pass away as the presentIand succeed
ing generations come TO the front
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

A DEVOTED ENToMoLoGIsT is Schelpert, an
Atlanta (Ga. barber, who was a lieutenant
with Carl Schurz and Gen. Sigel in a Prus-
sian regiment in lSiS. He was wounded
captured and sentenced to death in the in
surrection of that year, while Schurz, Sigel
and other rebels escaped. just before the
day Of his execution, however, he also got
away and came to America. He drifted to
Madison, Ga, and opened barber shop
The business proved profitable and gave him
plenty of time for pursuing chronological
studies for which he had a passion. When
the war broke out he raised a company and
marched out of Madison with the first con-
federate flag that left that place. Before th e
war closed he became a colonel. He then
moved 10 Atlanta and resumed his old trade
Having received a fine education in Germany,
be is 4 scholar of thorough culture. The
walls of his shops are covered with cases of
butterflies, bugs and insects of all kinds, ar
ranged exquisitely. For one of these cases
he has been offered $25O0, and his entire
collection is worth over $4,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Paper betting is used with success in the
machinery hall of an exhibition now held in
Japan. 1t is stated that the betting made of
paper has been tested and found to be much
stronger than that made of ordinary leather.
The Pennsylvania railroad has in use a
car fitted up with self-registering apparatus
which records the slightest error in the level
of the track, bad joints between rails, ETC.,
and by time and distance register shows
the observer where TO locate the trouble.
Postal telegraphy by private enterprise
is what company just incorporated in New
York proposes to give the people. 1t is TO
have a capital of 5000, 900, with power to
increase the same to S2l, ,OOO, 900, and erect
wires in all parts of the United States for the
purposes of correspondence.
Nine years ago a dying child at Philadel-
phia gave her pastor her little tin savings
bank which contained $42l, and with child
like innocence told him to "buy nice new
church for the poor folks" The pastor told
her story after her death, and as the result
of it a $50, 900 church has been erected and
paid for.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

few days ago Frederick Douglass visited
the estate of Edmund Lloyd in Maryland,
whence he departed as a slave ffty-sx years
ago. He was received with the greatest
courtesy and kindness by the great grandsons
of his former owner, and on entering the old
hall where he had often played as a slave-boy
he was invited to partake of the hospitalities
of the house. Mr.. Douglass was visibly Af-
fected at the great kindness and considera-
tion shown him, and drank the health of the
family. 1t became noised about among the
colored people that Mr.. Douglass had arrived,
and on his return to the boat he was met by
a number OF the descendants of the old slaves
with whom he had been acquainted when
boy. In conversation with them he revived
many of the early incidents of his life. Mr..
Edmund Lloyd and his two brothers accom-
panied Mr.. Douglass back TO the cutter, and
after an expression of his gratitude TO them,
and God bless him." for their father, he
departed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

STORY OF MALICE AND MURDER comes
from Arkansas, as many tragic stories do; it
is the appeal of Mrs. Rhoda Peerse, a widow,
for justice to the murderers of her son, a boy
OF 16, who was her only support. The moth
er and son, with a daughter, were living scan
tily by farming in u back region of Polk coun-
ty. One day Frank saw several men rob
turkey trap hard by, and told the neighbors
OF 1t. The thieves were alarmed, and warned
the Peerses by anonymous letters to leave the
country. As they did not go, a systematic
persecution was begun people were warned
against doing anything for them, and they
often suffered for food, and once had to send
20 miles for meal to save them from starving.
They had made up their minds to leave after
harvest, but they were not allowed to see har-
vest in peace. Frank was thrown into Jail as
horse-thief, but released because there was
no evidence against him. He shortly after
hired out to q farmer on the mountains, and
in his absence the mother also went to the
mountains to take care of piece of corn
they had, eight miles distant, leaving the girl
alone. She was alarmed during the day by
two shots in the forest and the shouting of
men, but went to rest in a hut in the field,
where she was reused at midnight by two or
three men bursting the door open. They told
her that her daughter was under arrest for
horse-steallng, and they were after Frank on
the same charge. The women were taken to
a cabin at little distance and left, though
armed men remained around the house until
Mrs. Peerse went out to search for her son.
Remembering the shots she had heard in the
woods, she felt sure the boy was murdered,
and presently she found him, dead, ON heap
of brush. He had been hanged first, and his
body riddled with bullets. This was year
ago. The murderers accomplished their OBJ
lect-the Peerses were driven from the neigh
borhood. Some of the guilty parties were
scared enough to flee to Texas, but they have
since returned. Gov. Churchill has now Of
fered a reward of $500 for the arrest and con-
viction of each man who took part in the
murder. They number 10 or ~ and it is
said to be expected that every one will be
brought to Justice.