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snatched up his gun-a musket load
ed with twenty buckshot--and see
ing Maupin pass the window, start
ed out Of the door to meet him
When Mr.. S. reached the door he
! heard Maupin call him. He stepped
out of the door and as Maupin came
around the corner covered him with
his gun. He ordered Maupin to drop
has weapons which consisted of two
guns and dirk. Maupin dropped
one gun and at the same time cock
ed the other, and while he had the
muzzle of the gun elevated IN the
air Stinnett ordered him to discharge
the weapon. lie demurred a moment
but looking down the muzzle of the
weapon which was at the shoulder
of officer Stinnett, and his finger on
the trigger, the villain wilted and
fred the charge in the air. DIR. Grain
had by this time gotten out of his
buggy and the two undertook TO ar
rest Maupin and they succeeded on
ly after hard fight Other parties
appeared and he was securely tied.
1t is supposed that the murderer WIS.,
tied Stinnett for the purpose of kill
ing him, but failed in his deyilisn
design. 1t was with difficulty that
the officers prevented the men pres
ent from hanging him to the nearest
limb.
Maupin is now in the county Jail
and Is playing crazy, but this game
is regarded as very thin one and
it is not likely that it will save his
neck.
! Maupin is hard citizen and has
resided in this county about two
years. The first time he came to pub
lie notice was several months ago
when Sheriff Haskins, of Mississippi
county, Ark, came here and took
him back to that state to be tried
for cattle stealing. BY some means
he went unwhipt of justice and reap
peared in this county. The next time
he turned up was in the police court
in this city where he was fined for
assault. His next exploit was an at
tempt to kill a young man living at
Mounds Junction. He was indicted
for this offense and was at large un-
der bond. The officers of Arkansas,
who are acquainted with Maupin,
say that he has committed not less
than three murders in that state.
The probabilities are, that he has
about run his course, and that he
will go out of the world through
trap door. The insanity dodge will
not save his neck in the end.
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A l'Ily sican's Evidence.

People, as general thing, en-
dorse a medicine according to the
effect produced upon individuals,
but remedy to be of universal
good, must cure in all similar in
stances; hence, the evidence of a
physician is of paramount import
ance in summing up the salutary
and curative advantages of rem
edy when largely used by the peo-
pie. In this respect, Mansfeld's
Magic Arnica Liniment is support
ed by an astonishing array of evil
dence, and among others, DIR. T.
Harbors, of Magenta, Ark, says;
''In almost every house | find your
preparations, especially the Magic
Arnica Liniment.' | have noticed
its effects in cases of rheumatism and
neuralgia, and it acts in truly mag
ical way, giving almost instantane'
Gus relief"
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That AnecdOtc.

The following story, left out of
last weeks communication, by AT
Random" is voucbed for as being
literally true:
"When Capt. Charles Bowen was
first elected as Sheriff aud Collector
of thus county, he was the happy
owner of an old two-story hat which
ne cst .doxa sad forced the lower
part of the crown up into the INSIDE
of the upper half so as to have dry
and convenient place in which to
carry his papers. In this hat his
warrants, tax-list and all other Off
cial documents pertaining to his Of
fee were carried without any incon-
venience to himself and with perfect
safety to the county.
For the first year or two as Tax
Collector, the Captain tried to find
every man in the county, in order to
get his taxes. There being but few
settlers in the county, and they most
ly in neighborhoods, much of the
county had neither roads nor settlers
in 1t, except trapper, perhaps, eve-
ry eight or ten miles, back Of the
lakes and such places as the game
was most plentiful. Having lost
much time, (and sometimes himself,
compass and dugout) in his effort to
collect all the taxes by calling ON
every man, the Captain found it nee
essary to change his manner of ccl-
llecting, as he was loosing seriously
not making ten cents day, and
often having to swim, 60 without his
meals, and lie out at night into the
bargain. So he ceased to go only
into the thickest settled portions OF
the county, and after collecting all
he could there he went Immediately
on to Little Rock to make his settle
ment with the state. He would first
pay over all he had collected, and
then ask the state officer how much
more was due. On being informed
he would take his own money out oi
his pocket and pay the balance, say.
ing, "It's a confounded sight cheap.
er to pay it out of my own money
than to lose time hunting them fel
lows back of the lakes, who are al
ways in the woods coursing bees, ol
watching an otter slide Thus mat.
ters went on for eight or ten years
when the Captain, one day chancet
to be looking over his tax lists, dis
covered that one Tom. Blank, bach
of Big Lake, had been claiming tc
own a COW which had been assessed
all these years at fifty dollars, while
he, the Captain, was paying regular
| ly on her for nothing. Soon aftel
this discovery the Captain met Tom
| in Osceols, and arming him off t
one side told him he "was getting
all-over tired of paving on that COW
at the rate Of fifty dollars; besides,
continued the Captain, "she must b'
getting pretty old now, and can't b.
worth more than fifteen dollars, anc
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I'll be blamed if she hasn't got to be
let down to fifteen dollars if | con-
tinue to pay taxes on her" Tom.
consented, and the first opportunity
had the COW assessed at fifteen dol
lars, and the Captain continued to
pay on her regularly, out of his own
money, until he gave up the office,
some ten years later. Subsequently
it was discovered that Tom. never
owned a COW. The discovery hap
pened in this way: Smith, one of
Toms friends, got so mixed up with
fat hog out there, that it became
necessary for'the court to separate
them, and in the mean time, Smith
was required tc give bond for his
appearance, when the matter could
be attended to. Tom. put in his
appearance as bondsman, and the
officer having some doubts as to his
property qualification had him sworn
and on being asked to state what all
he owned, Tom. replied that she
owned more then than he ever had
owned before he owned sixteen
foot dugout, an eight foot paddle, an
otter slide and bee course" and
concluded by saying he thought that
sufficient to make him a safe bonds
man, and asked the officer If he did
Mt think so too. The officer shook
his head, in disapproval. Tom. pick
ed up his coon-skin cap and walking
SLOW y toward the door and address
ing the officer, said, f" Well, you can
60 to HI, and stay there until | get
ready to pray you out. Smith, "
continued Tom, addressing that in
dividual, show much of that hog
have you got now?" Smith replied
81 have bout half a middlin', s'pose
twill weigh ten or twelve pounds" !"
I" WE'LL" said Tom. "give that to
them, and lets go home" The OIL
Tended party consented to quash it
if Smith would give up what he had
left of the hog, and thus the matter
was settled, and they all retired in
to the cane.
Thus we see, in early times, the
Captains hat held all the official
documents of his Office, as Sheriff
and Collector of Mississippi county.
Now, it requires 100000 Coult
house, huge iron safe and books by
the ton. And yet, it does seem to
us, we are not happy now as then.
Then, we would walk ten miles,
barefoot if need be,) to church, to
get to shake neighbor's hand, in
whose hearty grip, we could feel a
soul as big as all out of doors. Now,
they poke one finger out for a shake
and hold it straight and stiff as
poker. Then, a mans word secured
us in piomise-to-pay. Now, neither
bonds, mortgages, courts, prisons,
penitentiaries nor the gallows itself
secures us against such losses as
were in those early days made safe
when simply trusted to the honor of
men without either note or witness.
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Important 10 Isupturcd
YCrsOns.

The Excelsior Rupture Cure M'fe
Co, of Ogdensburg, n. V, guaran-
tee to Cure any case of reduciblc
Hernia with their Remedies.
THE RUPTURE PLASTER AND HEALING
COMPOUND.
This treatment is endorsed by our
best Doctors, Druggists, and the
general public. Send 65cts for free
book on Rupture or ask your drug
ist for the Remedy.
The Osceola times., 1885-08-01

MEMPHIS captured the first bale
Of cotton last Saturday. 1t was
shipped from Houston, Texas; and
consigned to Mess. Stewart, Gwinne
& Co., and sold for 30 cts. pound
to William Froehlich & Co., who i'm
nediately started it to Liverpool;
consigned to l.. Rosenheim & Sons,
of that citv.
The Osceola times., 1885-08-01

A BIG fire was raging, in Memphis,
on Second street near Beale; last
Wednesday evening, when the Dean
Adams left that port, but as we
have only three mails a week, we
can get no account of it until too
late for this issue.
The Osceola times., 1885-08-01

The King f'Alll The New I'm
proved, Light Running New Home.
The Simplest and most Durable Ma
chine in the World; will last a Life
time; never out of order; the Best
sett of Attachments ever Invented
for Ruflling, Shirring, Plating, &c,
accompanying each Machine. a
thing of beauty and a joy forveer.
CHARLES GOoDRIcH.
The Osceola times., 1885-08-01

News of the death of Gen. U. S.
Grant, did not reach us until after
we had printed the entire edition of
our last issue. He died at Mt. Nc
Gregor, July 23rd,, at s o'clock, A.
NJ, aged 63 years.
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Official Directory.

COUNTY OFFICERS:
County and Probate Judge-E Bevel.
Circuit and County Clerk-Hugh X h-cN elkh
Sher in and Collector W. Is. llaskins.
county Examiner Leon l,oussan.
county Treasur flames Iiston
County Surveyor Thomas II. Musgrave.
County Coroner NJ. Lawrence.
County Assessor-J. X. Riggans.
MONROE TOW NSuIP.
Justices OF the Peace-A. J. Lynch, 81. G.
Tandy.
CDnstsble-John Eddie.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor-John o Blackwod d.
Recorder-M. Heinz.
Aldermcn-James Listoh, Jas. NJ Hamilton
j II Bacchus. W ID. Jones. a. u. flel's'
The Osceola times., 1885-08-01

Az predicted in our last, Hon. T.
G. McRae received the nomination
for Congressman of the 3rd., District
on the 172nd., ballot.
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ss2r~ Advertisers ly the year vii ll.lereslricted
to their legitimate bgsiness.
sxy- Yearly advertisements may he changed or
reset four times during the year free OF charge.
trParties contracting for yearly advertise
mepts and disseminating from any cause. viii be
charged short,time rates, as per time asserted.
SEE RATES.
c~Foreign sdrertisements, sent u.rongh
Advertising Agencies. must De paid for IN ad-
vance, or a deposit made with some one who'n
we may designate.
~ Marriages and deaths, not exceeding ten
Iinep will be published Ms news, Tree OF charge,
lint obituaries. tributes of respect. funeral Iot-
css and invitations charged as advertisements
eB- Ali personal matter, letters or communi-
cations setting forth individual schemes or
Aerests to be promoted, emanaiing rom parry
or parties, organic cations or societies. Will be
charged for as other advertisements
ey-In all legitimate demands of the demo
cratic or Conservative party, or of uie great M
,terests Of the general pubic upon our columns,
the TIMES Will not fail Of It's duty
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TIT1T Nor working people. send 10 cents
tiHi Pposta-c. and We viii mail you fHtr u
llDlJl royal. valuable sample hex of g,,ptls
lha, Will iui You In the WY of making murr
possible Mt any business Capital not required
ioa can Lac At home ,ni wuh tn spae time
only. ov ell the time. All OF both sex-. OF al
ages, crsndlv successful 10 crnls 10 IS civsiiy
earnes every evening That who wait
work ,uay t.'-l the business We make this IN.
paralleled oderi To all who are not well sat
isHeu we will send ~ 10 pay Tor N. ffuuhh rf
writing US Full particulars, directions. etc :.
sent Tree. Immense lsaN absolutely sure for
ail whn start OF anre. Dout ,l,lav. Address
fsrIxsoS 4 60 Portland, Maine.
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Peach aud Pine Apple Sherbert
every Sunday at f. F. McVeigh's
Emporium of Luxuries and Delica-
cies.
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Important.

when you visit or leave New York, save
Baggage txpressage and Carriage Hire and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand
Central Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted mp at cost of one mil
lion dollars, reduced 20 si.0O and upwards per
day European plan. Elevator Restaurants
supplied with the best. Horse cars; stage and
elevated railroad to all depots Families can
Hotel thsn al any othrr tirst-class hotel IN the
..ffx
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PATENTS

Obtained, aud all Patent Business attended 70
for Moderate Fees omo,
and we can obtain Patents in less time tnan
those remote from Washington:
Send Model or Drawing We advise as ~
patentabilitv free OF chargci ana We "ehe nv
chs, &c unless patent is secured
werefer, here, TO the Postmaster me sup,
Of Money Order Div and 20 oftcials o. ,h'
II. y. Patent once For circular, snvlce,
terms and references 10 actual clients IN yo"'
own state or County, write 70
e. n. N.V'O VS. 20.
Opposite Patent once, Washington. D. G.
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THE 0SCE0LA TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
Editor and Prophet o r

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, I'm advance D
FOR u Term of One year. ...-.............Si 81 90
. S.x Months ..... ....... 10
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Masonic.

The stated Communications of Os"eola Lodge
da IVA on or next before each iall rlson The
m.mbers are ordered 10 attend promptly.
ALI Ma ter Masons In good stauding are
cor,lis.ly invited 10 attend
by order Of PETER BRICkEY. W. NJ.
Huan Il. McVx xiGu Secretary
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Notices under this head giving name, occupa-
non. business or profession, and location. viii
be charged 81 per annum.
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RATES or ADVERTISING:
FOR TRANSIENT AND LEGAd. NOTICES

IN LOCAL COLUMN
First insertion, per line ............ 10 cents
ach subsequent insertion. ............ 40 -
LEGAL NUtJES.
One dollar per square OF one inch running
measure, or space OF ten lines OF TINS type, i0f
rst insertion, and seventy five cents for each
subseq quent insertion.
CARDS AND ADVERTISEMENTS:
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EOR sALE-Jersey COW. Apply to j. P. BAX-
II TER, 81 Deering St. 13-II
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BURGLARY.


Sometime during Monday night-probably
after midnight as there is an eleven o'clock
Car between Woodfords and Portlsnd-the
fancy and dry-goods store of Mr.. Charles Ls
Grow on Forest Avenue, Woodfords, In which
the post office ia located, was broken into by
burglars who made thorough ransacking of
the place. The burglary was bold one. as the
store is Ia two-storied wooden building locs-
ted on the main street of the village, and the
burglars coolly smashed in the great glass win
dow in the door, with such force as to leave
the jagged glass sticking out all around the
aperture, and evidently making quite noise
in the effort. The hole made was SO large that
mans body could easily be admitted.
After entering the store the cases and goods
were carefully examined and the better class
OF iewelry selected and appropriated to value
Of between fifty and hundred dollars The
letters in the post Office were then taken out
and opened to obtain the money they might
contain, II any, bnt 1t happened there was no
registered letters among them. Whether any
OF the letters contained money that was not
registered is unknown. Some forty or fifty
letters were carefully opened and left in the
office.
1t would seem as IL the selectmen OF Deerine
should employ some police force, or night
wstchmen. Last year Foss's apothecary store
was entered twice, and other bur glaries were
committed in the village
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-05-13

TUESDAY The grand jury came In at 11.15 and
reported ABOUT forty-tWo acknowledgements
o. tnem liquor indictments running against about
fifty respondents. The following indictments are
all that have been made pablo:
John W. Simpson, assault with a dangerous weap-
on. Plea not guilty.
George Morrow, assault with dangerous weapon;
Elliott Walker larceny of 500 in bank bills frern
murder Of Lydia Snow. Walker was detailed to
take Of Libby and 1t is alleged distracted the
unconscions condition suffering from his selfinflc-
ted wou DIS. Walker pleaded hot guilty.
Willis Skiiiugs alias Willis Bryant, forgery. 1t s
alleged Thar he forged the name OF j. l.. Taylor TO
order c. +. Aouton. for three pairs OF rubber
boots He pleaded not guilty.
Henry G.Cole aud Ella M.Cole arraigned up
on an indictment charging them with the larceny
OF q lot of bank bills amounting in all about
$3.50 the property Of Samuel A. Lawrence. Ella
pleaded guilty and Henry not gui lty.
Harry L. sMiliiken and Thomas Hamel. DR.,
we're srraigned upon an indictment charging them
with breaking and entering the store Of William l..
Dunn aud committing larceny: Both pleaded gull
t.. Miliken has been before the Court before and
received q lenens sentence on account of his youth
aud his promise of reformation
Joseph II. Hali. breaking and entering the bake
shop OF l.. A. Goudy and larceny therefrom. Plea
not guilty.
bart Beianger in Brunswick, pleaded not guilty.
Weston johnson, larceny. Plea not guilty
Tho following parties were arrsigned upon indict-
ments against Them for keeping liquor nuisance,
pleaded not guilty aud either gave bail from day
day or lied demurrer; Daniel Mullen. Thomas
Mullen, Ann Incb. James WEIGH, Daniel Z. WEIGH,
George Deyine, Montgomery Leyeeque, Charles e.
Timnlons, Martin Flahsrty.
Frank L. Byram paid fine and costs amounting to
s120.SS Oh a nuisance indictment.
Rosanna Brady on two search and seizure com
plaints sentenced In the aggregate 10 pay fines
amounting to $500 with costs or to six months in
the county jail. Having no money to pay the fine
che was coInmttefsa
Martin r.Fiannigau, on a nuisance indictment, was
sentenced to pay 90 and costs and II not paid in
ten days to six months Imprisonment In the county
fall.
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Fort Royal.

To the Editor of the Press:
Can any one inform us of the origin of this
name? Mr.. Willis locates this fort on the site
OF the engine house of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way. Mr.. Hull says the fort was located on
the land now occupied as a passenger station
for the Grand Trunk Railway. never saw
the fort, which was destroyed in $780, and 1
shall have to look to others for information re-
lative to it and of its location.
think that it occupied the land on which
the old Lemuel Dyer house stands, or near it.
l have an original plan plotted by man who
lived at time when the remains of the ur-
right timbers, which were set in the ground as
palisade, were in fair state of preservation,
and many persons were living VINO knew the
situation OF the fort. At the time of the build.
ing of the tort it is written that the principal
settlement was around what was then desig-
mated as the "Uove," later as "Clay Cove"
The only ''store' was at the head of this
Cove, nearly opposite Mr. Weeks store, and
the wharf came nearly up. If not quite, to
Fore street. The boats were usually moored
ID or hauled up on the shore of the Cove. A
tort built on this spot would be within cannon
shot OF the buildings around the Cove, and In
dian canoess could not approach the boats
10 destroy them. What was Thames street,
which led from the fort, was on the shore Of
TINS Cove, and on Fore street can be- seen an
entrance (Which leads to the laundry which ia
recognized as passage way which was used
by the early settlers Later Broad, now India
street, was laid out.
The two sites first mentioned were open to
grave objections, the adjacent surroundings,
consisting OF bluffs of rocks. would have given
the asaailants such advantage as no skilliul en-
gineer or commander would deem prudent.
An old deposition of 1892 refers to objects
winch would strengthen the correctness of this
plan. 1t also antagonizes some of the received
written history of Rev. George Burroughs.
These conclusions of mine may not bs cor
rect. and one of the others may. have lived
long euocgh to think and to learn that others
are last as likely to arrive at correct conclu.
sions as myself. | am anticipating a rich his
torical repast when / read the reports OF the
papers read at the coming anniversary of the
destruction OF this tort" s. NJ
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1t Was bright and warmer yesterday morn
ing, but the usual cold southwest wind sprang
mp 10 the afternoon, The mercury indicated
AZ at SUNRISE $40 at noon, 500 at sunset.
The Maine Central Railroad conductors were
measured yesterday in this city for their new
uniforms.
The Sarmatian, which reached Quebec Sat-
urdsy, was in the ice for eight days, during six
OF which she was held fast.
The funeral services of the late Mrs. Ann R.
Dyer will take place at st. Paul's church to-
morrow afternoon ct 2.3o o'clock.
The Ere at Golf & Plummer's Mill, North
Gcrham. occurred last week, and was reported
In Mondays Press, in the Suburban News
A young man named Farnsworth was arrest
cd last night on a charge of stealing articles
valued at several dollars from his roommate
ct the Chadwick House.
The Eastern Steamboat Company intend to
ran one or two Of their steamers from Portland
TO the islands daring the National Encamp-
ment in June.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin pub.
fishes an extract from DR.. Hills Fast day ser
mon on the haste to be rich, and cordially
concurs in his condemnation of gambling in
"futures."
Work was commenced yesterday morning on
the new telephone wire from this city to Bos-
ton. The new wire is large copper conduc-
tor, and the line will be completed In about
tive weeks.
William Foster OF Boston, aged sixty, was
lost overheard from the Minnie Abbie on her
outward trip from Boston to tbs West Indies.
It is thought he committed suicide. The YES
sci arrived here Monday.
The Brooklyn, N. z, schools have contri-
buted 1880 to the LoDgfsllow Statue Asse-
citation of Portland, and other schools $50. Mr..
A. S. Higgins, principal of Brooklyn School
No. 9. and the Irving Literary Society accom-
plished THE result.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
I'D, SITUATIONS WANTED, FOR SALE, To LET,
BoABD and Rooms, and LOST AND FOUND, not
exceeding forty words, will be inserted In the
Daily PRESS one week for twenty-five cents, II
paid In advance. When payment is not made
in advance regular rates will be charged. The
large circulation of the PRESS makes it the
hast nnedium for these advertisements
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-05-13

Much enthusiasm prevails among the Mont
gomery Guards in regard to their drill and ball
which takes place the 25th inst, and they are
doing all in their power to make it success In
every particular. In connection with the pro-
distributed, giving every ticket holder an op-
portunity to win q handsome gift Among the
gifts may be mentioned chamber set, ladies'
COLA watch, barrel Of -four, fve-dollsr gold
piece, box OF cigars. ton of coal, ladies' gold
ring, and numerous ether gifts. The tickets
are placed at q low figure, and there 10 no doubt
that City Hall will be taxed to its utmost on
the above mentioned night.