Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-02
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whisky.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Dec "A deputy United
states marshal has arrived in the city, having
In charge Joseph Freeman and Zach Bynam. oi
Lone Jack, this county, charged with Illicit die
filling of whisky. Both men are considered
highly respectable In their neighborhood They
claim that they did not know they were viols-
ting the law.
He Asked slO. 200 Rut Go, ONLY euse.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, pec. 2.-Ths damage
suit OF John Massey, against Hon. Jesse Mill
saps, member Of the legislature from Nas
Buren, county. has been decided In the circuii
court Massey charged the seduction vi his vii.
TO Millsaps, and claimed s1o,oO0 damages.
Since the time OF the hllng OF the suit Massey
and his wife made up and went hack home.
therefore. when the trial came up the seduciios
part OF the charge was eliminated, and Instead
ofslo,ooo Massey recovered only 800.
The CherOk ee Cattle Lease MoUey.
BITTER CONTEST IN TIRE LEGIsLArvkE oyEa
ITS DISTRIBUTION.
NINIrA, L. T., Dec. 1.-The Cherokee senate
has been wrestling with n bill providing FOR the
per capita distribution OF $500. 900, which will
soon have accrued from the cattle leases The
bill. ms introduced, made this money payable
to Cherokees by blood only, thus deprivng the
pelawares, Shawnees, adopted whites and
negroes OF any share. An amendment provid-
ing for distribution among all citizens wax
submitted and It's friends made an energetic
and expensive fight for Its adoption, but 20 NO
purpose. The amendment was defeated by =
vote OF IL TO :. the full-blood and half-breed
line being the dividing one. That the original
bill will pass the lower house there Is no ques-
tion. A similar law making provision ior dis
tribution OF a like amount, though derived
| from dlnerent source. was vetoed by Chief
Ba>hy head some two years ago. but was passed
over his head. IL il thought that he will again
an.erpoSe ms prerogative AS the senate !
nrin ana decided, the result cannot be iorcseen,
As member suggests, there appears Ia he au
| African in the wood-pile. Tor I'm nearly every
district where the negro vote cuts any Inquire
the members were found arraycd against the
.Cberokec by blood" clause. To some extent
the Cherokee nation IS between the devil and
the deep sea on this issue IL this money f.
Divided among all, there will be a wall from
the citizens by blood; II not ALL the other
classes named viii howl.
Arresting SeSensh.D Day Adv entists.
! A SPECIES OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IL
PROGRESS IN ARKANSAS.
FAYETTEvITLE, ARK, Dec. 2.-within the
! last two years the Scyenth-Day Adyentists have
greatly increased I'm number i'm this state de-
spite the fact that the Legislature at It's last ses-
sion, Tor some reason not easily comprphen si-
bic. repealed the clause the const tuition al
lowing the sect The right oi keeping VA holiday
the seventh instead OF the first day oi the week
! As the law now stands, all parties. irrespective
OF their religious belief, are com PEELED To observe
The nrst day OF tie week as the Christian sab
bath, and under this law three indictments
Were found against members OF the above de-
der Scales one OF their ministers whose case IL
10 be made the test in the supreme court e.
the constitutionality of the recent act OF the
legislature. IL Il a little singular that no one
else has been troubled on account of the law
with perhaps one minor exception, while menu
bers OF the above denomination are being Ar
rested over the whole state.
The Cider Made the Hogs Ssagwer.
NINrrA, /. t. Dec. 1.-The supreme court ~
the Cherokee Nation has just rendered a deci
1 " ID NOT nr,Dr ats.A l,x,e La
better class OF the residents Of this city. Early
last year the district sheriff, al the request oi
the city officers, seized eleven barrels Of cides
belonging to a saloon keeper and spilled 1T. Tbs
presumption was that he was acting ia thu
capacity OF a national officer, and under an
thority of a statute providing far the de9true
| fion OF any fluid which Will intoxicate The
owner, however, brought suit for recovery a
damages against the city, and. although de
feated in the lower court, Was successful in the
supreme. In proof that the cider was tnsoxicat.
| ing. it was shown that when spilled the hogs
drank It and after staggering around NIL over
and remained dormant Tor some time.
Mark Twain's COmrade In Ar0s.
In The CeaturY for December, Id a paper en-
titled, "The Private History OF q Campeign
that Failed" Mark Twain relates his exper-
fence AZ a confederate In Missouri la ls6I.
The following is a sketch OF the Organization
of his company and of one of his fellow-sol-
diers: 81 WAS visiting i'm the small town where
my boyho had been spent-Hannibal, Marion
county. Several OF Us go; together In q secret
! place by night and termed ourselves into "A
military company. One Tom Lyman, q young
| fellow oil "a good deal Of spirit, but Of no mii-
tary experience, was made cap Iain was made
second lieutenant. We had no first lieutenant;
were er h Ieen o ." te ad G1E ago nm Ins
| cent connected with the organization, We
called ourselves the Marion hangers. do nos
| remember that any one found fault with the
| name did not; l thought IL sounded quite
| well. The young fellow who PROPOSED this
5 ,na OF was sI PERHAPS % ves. ns sample Of ~.
KSans ignsTan u rslaa %silmeS
forIorn love-dittfes. He had some painetie
little nickel-plated aristocratic instincts, and
IL. partly because IL Eas mesrlv Ms eon.nen a
| that region smith, but mainly because Il had
| a pebeian sound TO his'ear. 30 he tried TO ep.
noble IL by writing IL In this way: Il Taidp.
That contehted his eye, but LEFT his ear un.
| satisfied, Tor people gave the new name the
same ola pr9nunciatSn ,S on the IRON,
can be imagined,-a thing 20 make one shiver
when one remembers how the world Is given tn
resentipg shams and Alterations be began To
write his name so: a. Tn Lap. And he waited
patiently through the long storm Of mud that
was hung at this work of arr. and he had his re-
cepted, and the emphasis put where he wanted
| it by people who had known him all hi.
been as familiar as the rain and the SUNSHINE
for forty years. So sure Of victory at last s the
| courage that can wait He said lac had found
| by consulting some ancient French chronicles
! that the name was rightly and originally writ.
ten dun Lap; and said that IL n were translated
! into English IL would mean Peterson: Lay.
Latin or Greek, he said. for stone or rock, same
as the French pierre. that is 20 say, Peter: q, of
a stone a Peter; that il TO say, one who IL the
son OF o stone, the son Of q Peter-Peterson.
Our militia company were not learned, and the
| explanation confused them, 20 they called him
| Peterson dunlap. He proved useful 90 M in
his way: he named our camps Tor ms, and he
generally struck name that was no SLOUGH,