, 1884-07-24
THE DIVIDED HOUSE.
Fighting Partners Pull II Down
Over Their Ears.
Publication of the Stock Journal
Temporarily Suspended.
Mortgages Being Given to Secure
the Payment of Debts.

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notes judiciously selected from Texas and
Kalamazoo papers, must to-day foregothe
pleasure, for the phenomenal weekly has
temporarily at least, turned up its brogaus
to the daisies. and the maverick publica-
ton is now in a state of %interregnum.
The Sheriff yesterday seized exclusive
possession of the office on at attachment
issued by the f. Il. Warren Mercantile
Co. for S457. 90. This amount represent
ed furniture purchased by Mr.. Marney,
and though the attachment was only
issued against half of the concern the
whole establishment was necessarily
affected.
Mr.. Mercer gracefully stepped down
and out, giving the Sheriff full sway
Work OF the issue of the paper, which
was to appearto morrow, was Immediately
suspended, although nearly all the neces-
sary material was in type. The entire
working force of the establishment was
relieved from duty, and the overworked
editorial shears took Il much needed mid
summer holiday. The editorial goose
quill had been given a leave of absence
long ago.
The Sheriff selected Messrs. Milton
Taylor and ID. +. Whipple to appraise the
value of the property, and they secured
Mr.. H. w. Moore, as a man who was ac-
quainted with the cost of material, to aid
them in the work. After taking an in
ventory of all the fixtures, including a
Country Campbell press and an Office safe,
they appraised the value of everything at
81 1850. This is what they calculated all
the fixtures would bring at forced sale,
being ordinarily worth about 81, 500.
When all the material was originally pur-
chased it cost about $1,000, but it has
been in use for about nine months and is
naturally not in as good condition as it
was when bought.
Three or four different law firms were
kept tolerably busy yesterday in attending
TO matters growing out of the Stool.
Journal suspension.
An attachment was issued by Mr..
futile against Mr.. Mercer's half of the
concern for a bill of 500 incurred
in painting and ornamenting that gentle
mans residence.
Mr. Mercer gave to the Warren Mer-
camille company, a mortgage representing
81, 064, to cover the bill for furniture
which he secured to put in the house that
Mr.. Tuttle had painted.
Craig, Davis x Co.. also had a bill for
S347 for fancy furniture for the residence
which Mr.. Warren partly fitted up and
Mr.. futile ornamented. To Craig, Davis
& Co., did Mr.. Mercer likewise give a
mortgage on his furniture and carriage.
Several other prominent city firms hold
claims against either Mr.. Mercer or Mr..
Marney for supplies ordered on credit, but
the bills for the same will probably not be
presented until to-day.
Il am pretty well acquainted with the
affairs of the Stock Journal" said a well
known business man, in conversation yes
terday, "and | would advise everyone
having a claim against the firm to present
it at once for payment If | had such
a claim | wouldn't bank on its being liq-
Undated" -
But" it was suggested, THE firm is
well supplied with cash.
Where is it?" inquired the gentleman
with some anxiety in his tone
Everybody says they have money!"
said the reporter, in explanation.
They do, eh? The whole concern has
been nothing but an inflated bubble. The
paper was started without capital, and was
ushered into the world with a wild hurrah.
Everybody was ind~ustriously informed
that it was to be the Simon pure repre-
sentative of the cattlemen in this great
live stock centre. This was industriously
drummcd into business men to secure their
advertising patronage. They claim to
have cleared 5000 over and above their
running expenses. If such is the case is
not it a tritie strange hat honest men
with 50 much wealth should allow an at
tachmcnt for a petty bill of 500
to be issued against them? If
they were rolling in wealth
why didn't they pay their furniture and
their grocer bills?'
"Of course you don't know" resumed
the gentleman. big claims were made
for the circulation of the Stock Journal.
1t has been represented as high as 20, 100.
copies a week. 1t never reached one
fourth of that amount. They actually
printed 5000 copies. Originally not half
of them were sold. They were shipped
out in the mails though, to keep up ap-
p~earances and furnish good bait to the
business men. Latterly the circulation
was dropping off, and had the paper
existed another year they would
not have had 500 paying subscribers.
Originally there was a great
of interest manifested in the paper by
stOckmen and others. 1t fell so far below
expectation, though, that interest in the
m tier has died out. There was never
the least tact or enterprise shown in the
editorial management, and everything
that had the faintest tendency to break
the monotony of the sixteen pages was
rigidly excluded. The selections were
made with the apparent idea of filling
space, and everything it contained in its
weekly round.u up that wouldinterest either
the individual or the public at large had
lanU Nrapfaral,t kn., 1911 =. IL. Ill.