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The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28
A TRAMP TALE.
How He Got Even With His Pard
and Made Him Deal on the
Square.

tramp, sitting on the courthouse
steps told the following story to some
kindred spirits, last evening. and, Icing
heard by the writer, the substance
thereof Was taken down: 1--WE were
coming through Arizona-me and an
other fellow-.nd grub was scarce and
hard to get, SO we agreed to divvy ND
whenever either of us got anything. We
wouldn't strike the same house together
but each take separate house, and if
We got a handout, meet and divide. l
kept my part of the bargain. but l no.
ticed, after Il while that he never got
anything. | watched HIM. and caught
him eating his handout by himself You
bet was mad bat said nothing; only l
made up my mind to camp on that fel-
lows trail till got even. One evening
we came to house, and, as we had had
nothing to eat all day we were getting
desperate, ard l SAID to him: Look
here, Jack, if we get anything here we
must play 1t sharp. Now, you pretend
to be deaf and dumb and kind of sick,
and l will give them u song and dance
about taking you to your friends; that
we got broke and need q little help.
You must not let on that you hear any
thing or don't you speak or they will ar
rest us both for false pretences.' Jack
agreed and We went to the house.
gave the lady a good story. and she took
us in for the night. At supper l told
the lady that my friend was subject to
lung spells if he ate any kind Of rich
food and for that reason he could eat
nothing but crackers and bread and
water. Poor unfortunate man, said the
lady. and she got him some crackers and |
water, while l was filling up on good |
bsefsteak, bread butter and other good |
things. saw him change color and |
look mad ut me, but he didn't say any
thing for fear of being arrested. Next
it was the same thing only |
told the lady that my friend had spent
q very bad night because he had used
butter on his crackers, and asked her
not to give him any butter. Paralyze
me if he didn't get black in the face he
was SO mad. After breakfast We lit out
and We had no sooner got out of sight of
the house than he commenced to read
the riot act to me. Well, l explained,
and from that time to this he's dealt on
The square; but never could get him to
play the deaf and dumb act again.
Los Angeles Express.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28
ANTELOPE SHIRT AGAIN.
The Bad Man of the Piegans Cap
tNred and Lodged in Jail
Once More,

Messrs. Williams and Watts, who are
duly appointed deputy sheriffs. arrived
in town to-day with prisoner, who is
no less distinguished a parsonage than
Antelope Shirt, who with Frank Pome-
roy. escaped from Jail in this city some
time ago. Mr. Shirt claims the repnta-
ton of being the bad man of the Pie
gals, and that is his record. An Indian
who has served q term in the peniten-
tiary and successfully made his escape
from one of the best jni's in the terri
tory is certainly no slouch.
He was arrested on the charge of
horse stealing. and if proofs should not
be forthcoming to sustain tho charge, lie
stands Il good show of being sent over
the range for Jail breaking. The recap
ture was made OH the 9th in the vicinity
of Dupuyer creek.
Frank Pon,eroy who escaped at the
same time, succeeded in getting across
the line. We understand he IS now in
the vicinity of Macleod, badly frozen,
as the result of his ride for liberty in
that bitterly cold VIC ither.
On being arrested Antelope Shirt
made mild kick. but was easily induc-
ed to accompany the captors. He says
it will be no trick Mt all to get out OF Jail
again, as his medicine IS strong; and
then the whites will do well to keep off
his trail, for Antelope Shirt has declared
veneeance!- River Press.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28
New Postal Laws.

The following resume of the new
postal legislation, copied from an east
ern exchange will doubtless be of inter
est to our readers: After the first day
of July next the rate Of postage on let
ters and all frst-class matter (tllat is all
matter sent under seal or containing writ
ing) will be two cents for each ounce or
fraction thereof to any point within the
limits of the United States or the Brit
ish possessions to the north of US. This
section reduces the rate on all letters
more than one-half ounce in weight
Just so per cent. Drop letters in cities
where the free delivery service is in
operation is charged at the same rate.
Letters mailed in country Offices where
there is no free delivery service, and
which are simply TO be PLACED in the
boxes, may be sent for one cent for each
ounce. Alter July l, postmasters of the
third class, that is those whose salaries
are less than $1,000 and more than 81 coo
per annum, will be allowed certain
sum with which to pay rent for their
offices, the amount to be fixed by the
postmaster general. Newspapers mail
ed from the office of publication to actual
subscribers will be sent for l cent per
pound, instead of cents as at present.
The same applies to newspapers sent out
by news dealers. 1t is also provided
that marked copies may be sent out at
the same rate. One of the most impor-
tant provisions Of the bill is that which
authorizes the postmaster general to
prepare special STAMP of the value of
10 cents, which, when attached to a let
ter in addition to the regular postage
shall insure the delivery of the letter, if
addressed to any town or village con-
tanning over 1900 population, immedi-
ately upon its arrival at any time be-
tween p. m. and midnight, the pay of
the special messenger employed in the
delivery of these letters to be paid from
the amounts received from the sale of
special stamps.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28

branded then will lie left out to starvs
on the bare range. To my mind half
starved maverick, if he has fustled and
made the best Iivin' he could when tho
range was short, will stand Just rs good
show to get in the blue grass paster us
the slick Polled-Angus who has been
corn fed since lie was y aarlin'. But b.
that as it may, bein' in that corral full
last Sunday, and hearin' some things
that had about escaped my memory, has
doae me more good than my feelins'
will permit me to say. Only Just say to
the boys for me that takin' in that
preach house and hearin' few things
they ought to, whether they believe 'em
or not, is darned sight better than
lofin' around camp. ropin' long horns or
breaki;' bronchos." And having fin
ished his fifth cigarette lie touched his
hat and left us wondering if We hadn't
better tell the boys his experience, and
aek them to take his advice. -
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28
A Cowboy at Church.


He was as fine looking specimen of
the western cowboy as ever cinched d
broncho or threw 4 rope, and, as he
rolled into the Graphic office, with his
big sombrero on one side, Mexican
spurs jingins, and persuader in his belt
we felt that nothing we could do would
De too good for him. care you the re-
ligious boss of this rancho was the
question with which he greeted us. We
cheerfully answered in the affirmative,
and as he rolled q cigarette with one
hand, toyed with the ivory handle of
his gun with the other, closed one eye
and scanned the Taylor cylinder with
the other, he continued: "You see
ranged over your last Sundays campin'
place, and concluded I'd take your ad-
vice and 60 to the preach house. Tie
last time l was in herd of that kind
was back in the states, at an old fash
ioned Methodist roundup in the woods,
where the skypilot fred red-hot perdi-
ton among the boys and knocked his
desk out in three rounds, Marquis of
Queensbury rules and made a grand
stampede in the whole herd. Well, 1
was looking for some deal of that kind,
and figured that I'd have picnic with
the boys. But l didn't. / got left on
that the first turn O. the wheel.
waltzed into the gospel factory with my
sombrero over my eyes, but off it came
on the first jump. had on my steels,
and ] hadn't got more than half way up
the chute till 1 tripped up on the skirts
of slick looking Jersey heifer who was
goin' in ahead. I got myself together
and squatted as quick as 1 could. jest
felt like Texas maverick in a herd of
Shorthorns. Purity fine bunch of corn
fed girls you've got on this range, amt
it? But, sir. when that feller got in his
work on the cuttin' out and roundin' up
Of them words and speeches of his l
felt like gettin' up and givin' HIM All old
style three cheers and a tiger. 1 only
had to shut my eyes and thought l
was back In the old church at home
with my mother holdin' my hand, AS she
used to do when was kid; and when
opened 'em I'll be gol darned if there
wasn't some, drops of water on my face.
First time such , thing happened since
we planted nv Texas chum on the old
Dodge trail ten years ago. l thought I'd
got over them feelings long ago; but they
come onto ME like long horns on stam-
pede. / don't helieye much in this
grand roundup business on the last
day, ana J. don't just hitch onto the idea
that all the stock found in the herd un-
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28

of their personal life were not in all re.
spects heroic. But if you take the case
of this man, pursue h,m into privacy,
investigate his heart and his mind, you
will find that he has not proposed +,
himself any ideal of wealth, or power,
or even fame, but that to do good is the
object which he has proposed to himself
in his whole life, and that for that object
it is his one desire to spend and be
spent. Such is the man We have lost
The loss is great indeed; but he is not
all lost; for such examples are fruitful
in the future, and trust there will grow
from the contemplation Of his character
and deeds other men who in future
times may emulate his noble and most
example"
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28
Horse GOSSIP.

Some very interesting facts in regard
to the fast trotting and pacing horses Of
| this country are contained in the follow
ing, from the Chicago iorseman; There
are ,9l5 trotters with records If 2:3O or
better; 592 Of which have records Of
2:23 or better; l29 with records of 2::2J
or better; T. with records of 2:l5 or bet-
ter. and with records of 2:1O or better.
OF the horses in the $50 list S74 are
geldings, 6U7 mares and 81 stations. or
these $50 are bays, 3l6 chestnuts, 1877
browns, 1Si blacks, 1G5 grays, 45 roans,
l0'whites, 10 duns, spotted. blue and
4 unknown color. There are $50 pacing
horses with records OF 2:30 or better; lit,
in 2:25 or better; 55 in 2:20 or better; IL
in 2:l5 or better, and in 2:10 or better.
The sex is 81 geldings, 1o2 mares and q
stations. In color they are bays 1872,
chestnuts II, vrays 80, blacks 80, browns
%, roans 26, duns s, spotted I, and of
unknown color. There were ::E,4 trotters
to enter the 2:3O list in 1854; SO making
records of 2:25 or better; 9 in 2:2O or
better. One hundred and eleven horses
lowered their records in 1881: IS trottinx
in 2:25 or better; 19 in 2:2O or better; 5
in 2:l5 or better AMI 2 in 2:1O or better.
Flity-eight PAGERS dropped into the 2:3O
list In 1884; % went in 2:25 or better; 8
in 2:2) or better, and in 2:l5 or better
Twenty-eight PAGERS lowered former
records in 1881; IA going in 2:25 or bet:
ter; 10 in 2:20 or better; in 2:l5 OF BET:
ter, and l johnson 2:O64) in 2:1O or bef.~-
ter. Thirteen four-year-old trotters
went in 2:3O or better, before the pub
lie, while 5 of them made records of
2:25 or better and 2 better than 2:2O.
Three 3-year-olds made records of 2:3O
or better. but none lower than o:25.'
After reviewing the above l find that
out OF complement of $50 PAGERS We
have 3 records of 2:15 and better, and
only II trottcrs out of ,9l5. From this
it is evident that the pace is the fastest
gait. In color wo find that the BAYS
predominate i'll both PAGER and trotter,
chestnuts taking second place, while
with the PAGERS the srays and off colors'
are more numerous in proportion to the
number of horses. In sex the geldings
are largely in the lead, with the stallions:
in the minority. Last year will long be
as a year Of record smasht
ing, and it will also 90 down :p history
as the first year in which two 4-year-oldss
made records better than 2:2O, namely;'
SalIie Benton, 2:l7i (the best for the
age), and Elvira, 2:lSl.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28

| Some United States capitalists are said
to be engineering scheme to get around
I Germany's prohibition of the importa-
ton of American pork, by slaughterlnx
in Canada the hogs raised on this side
of the line. The scheme will not proba-'
bly, be more successful than was the at
tempt of Mr. Morton Frewen, and other
raisers of cattle on United States soil, to
avoid the English law requiring the i'm
mediate slaughter of cattle imported
from the United States. Their idea WAS
that Canada would be sort of purgatory
for their animals, cleansing them from
the faint of American wickedness, and
fitting them TO enter the English para
disc alive. Here were cattle bought
with English capital. raised by English
men, carried over English railroads, and
by English steamers, and owing nothing.
to the United States except the grass
they had foraged from the public lands,.
but for all that England refused to
make any better terms for them than for
the most out-and-out Yankee animals.
1t is hardly probable that the astute
Bismarck will be outwitted by 80 shallow
a trick as these capitalists are endeavor-
ing to play. The fact is that Americans
haye cried "bad fish," and are now ex-
periencing the natural consequences.
Local and comparatively harmless cases
of disease among cattle and hogs have
been magnified into foot and mouth dis
ease, pleuro-pneumonia. or hog cholera
and the most exaggerated accounts pub,
lished all over the country, until We have
not only persuaded foreign nations that
our food animals are reeking with dis,
ease, but we have come almost to be-
lieyeit ourselves. We have told::Europe
plainly that our cattle are afflicted will,
contagious pleuro-puem0nia, and our
hogs with trichinae, and have scoured
the country all over to find cases of dis
ease that would even seem to give colos
to the tale. and now We are seeing tho
consequences Of our own folly in the.
loss of our markets. Instead of endeav-
oring to regain those markets by trans
parent trickery. would 1t not be better
to take such measures at home as would
convince our foreign customers that if.
our domestic animals are diseased, We
are doing our utmost to prevent the dis
case from being carried beyond our own.
bounds.-(New England Farmer.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-28

The number of cattle in. the United
States has not increased of late The
number of people has. The chancesg
are III favor Of rise ls beef.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07

From the Bdin6rid0e Ga Democrat.
Mr.. Betton, of Cuthbert, Ga, has been
spending several days among his old ao-
quaintances in and around the city this
week. MIR. Betton was resident of this
place when only three families lived here
in 1927 aud witnessed the landing of the
first steamboat which ever came up Flint
river, himself making fast the first line, to
a tree which stood at the Townsend wharf.
Mr.. BettOn was man of family when Mr..
Reuben Donaldson, now probably the oldest
citizen of the county was mere lad-with
his brothers, Jonathan and Madison, long
since notwithstanding school ia the court
house then used by the county. Mr.. Bet
ton Is in his SSth year, but looks not day
over 60, and is rs young In manner, vigor
and activity as most men Of 10. 1t is very
interesting to hear the old gentleman re-
count the early history Of the community,
and his visits amongi the oldEsoenes are
much enjoyed by him as well as old citi-
zens with whom he meets. His quest OF
old faces is saddening, no doubt, to him,
for he rarely finds the faces-Only the
names OF children and grandchildren of
those whose faces he seeks.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07
Georgia,s Spiritual Welfare

Rev. W. c. McClal, Of.DaltOn, has been
called by the OOthcaloOga and Salem
churches as their pastor for the ensuing
year,
Rev. A. J. Goss, of Charleston, has been
elected to fill hepulpit of the Second Bap-
fist church at Conyers, recently vacated
by Rev. ID. E. Butler, of Madison.
DR.. N. Bachman, OF Knoxville, Tenn,
and DIR. Z. W. Lane are conducting pro-
tracted meeting of much interest in the
Presbyterian church at Athens, which
will be continued for a week.
The City Board of the Baptist Missions
of Augusta held its first anniversary at
the First Baptist church in that city Sun
day. The board is composed of repre-
sentatives from each of the Baptist
churches, elected on the basis of one to
every fifty members or fraction thereof.
Thus constituted, board OF twenty-five
or more, to whom under its con-
stitution is intrusted the care and
fostering of the Baptist interests and
principles, has prosecuted its labor
in the destitute portions of the city. The
board has maintained various mission
stations during the past year, and pro-
vIded preacher of the gospel wherever
1t was possible to do so in the promotion
Of its objects. The various congregations
Of the several Baptist churches united in
a mass meeting as above suggested. The
people responded with donation OF 5000
to help forward the work OF the board
during the ensuing year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07
Partv hines Drawn in a smit.

Towns Superior Court was held last
week at Hiwanee, Judge Estes presiding.
The court house was adjudged to be dam
gerOus, and on Tuesday morning court
was convened in the Methodist church.
The only business of Importance was the
case of the State VS.. A. ID. Mauldin, at
tempt to murder.
The facts, or acts, charged, was
soliciting one j. A. Hooper, and
through his agency, to kill
and murder Nj. j. Brown, Mauldin's
brother-in-law, and furnishing gun with
which to dc the act.
Mauldin is Republican and Brown a
Democrat, but as they married sisters
the warmest personal friendship had for
II years existed between them. and when
Hooper disclosed what the defendant had
said to him the whole Democratic party
of the county took sides with Brown and
went to work for Mauldin's conviction,
and Mauldin's friends and the Republl-
cans to secure his acquittal. The whole
of what Hooper said was promptly denied
both by Mauldin and his party, and salts
factory explanations given. The political
parties are about equally divided, and
this became q living issue between them.
The jury returned q verdict at $3.50
O'Clock Friday morning, and found the
defendant not guilty. The result was
entirely satisfactory to the people at
large, while Mauldin's friends were over
joyed,
Judge Estes was very anxious for the
case to reach the Supreme Court TO have
the law settled, as only one case, that of
Griffin VS.. the State, in 26th Georgia, has
ever been before that court, and then
there is dissenting opinion in il, and 1t
a case larceny. The verdict precudes
the case going. and the law will still re-
main confused,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07
BILL-BoARDING RELIGION.
Rev. MIR. Jsrrelrs Explanation of the
COlOred Posters OF the Augusta Meet


Rev. MIR. Jsrrelrs Explanation of the
COlored Posters OF the Augusta Meet
ing.
From the Athens (Gd.) Bonner Watchmdn
Athens is billed with flaming posters
printed in different colors, in regular cir
cus-minstrel style, calling attention to
the grand Holiness camp meeting now
progressing at Augusta, and which will
continue until Oct. Is. No minstrel
troupe ever got up more carefully pre-
pared bill TO catch the public. IL is print
ed in colOrs, and reads like regular saw
dust ring rally. AS one of the "catches,"
the name OF Sam Jones appears in big red
letters (eVidently with design to lead the
party reading to the opinion that this
great clerical clown will be on hand), but
beneath are the explanatory words in small
letters, "Tent, with a seating capacity of
10000. II will be lighted by electric
lights. A fine large organ Will supply
the instrumental music and we'll selec-
ted choir will furnish the vocal music"
Now isn't that new departure in adj
Vertising religious meetings! In fact, the
bill was so far from the purposes
and department of the Holiness disci-
pies that we sought out Rev. A. j. FARRELL
for an explanation. This gentleman said
that his people had nothing to do with
either preparing or circulating the BILL
but that it was an advertisement gotten
up by the railroad for the immediate BEN
eft OF that company. We advise our
friends OF the Holiness band to enter
their protest against such an unusual
and significant use Of their name and
mission. 1t puts them in the wrong
attitude, and we do not think the Chris
tian world is prepared for such a revolu-
tionizing departure. While thereis no d.
rect harm in the bill, anyone whOhas ever
gotten up an advertisement for a show
will see that it was prepared with an eye
to mislead the hasty reader, and also that
it is written in a whOOp-' style
that does not conform with the humble
and sincere confessions of the believers in
sanctificatiOn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07
A Tale with a Good Moral.

From tho GreengiUe (GG.) indicator.
A very nice gentleman residing three
or four miles from town is the owner of a
handsome buggy which he has been in the
habit of leaving under an old shelter.
Last Saturday, the wind blowing very
strongly, the good lady, I'm her husbands
absence, removed the buggy from under
the shelter. Coming home late that after
noon, the gentleman made light of the
fears Of his wife respecting the safety Of
the buggy and run it under shelter again.
About midnight the posts gave way and
down came the timbers on the vehicle be-
meath. 1t took, perhaps, $40 TO repair the
damage done the buggy, all OF which
might have been saved had Mr.. Tom lis
tened 10 the suggestions OF his thoughtful
better half. How many losses might he
saved throughout the world if men would
heed the cOunsels of their good wives.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07

dispute about the possession of a seat,
which resulted in Davis gaining the seat.
In stepping out into the aisle Miner trod
upon the feet of a girl. This enrsged
Davis aud ne commenced to abuse Miner.
West Barkdale, friend OF Davis, saw the
fight and also attacked Miner. Miner
had retreated to the lower step of the
platform, when Davis pulled out his
knife and gave him two fearful stabs, one
in the head and the other in his thigh.
He then Knocked him off the cars while
they were running at speed Of forty
miles per hour. The unfortunate man
fell on the sharp edge of the crOss-ties
and WAS badly mangled and bruised.
When found ne was lusensible and his
life was for while despaired Of, but at
last accounts his condition was regarded
as more favorable.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-07
School Recitations.
From. the 4 nsries.s Republican

From the 4 nerScJS ReDUbtfcdn.
Approaching some little school children
the other day, the following conversation
occurred:
"Well, my little ones, what do they
teach you at schoolT'
Little One-'sCat, SIR"
"Well, my little man, what lessons do
you recite first in the mOrningW
"Write cat sir"
CATER that what do you look forW
"The word cat sir.''
"Then what next?"
"Set up and be quiet"
"You don't write cat all day, do youP
eyes, sir; sometimes write dog, and
then set up and be quiet"
"Well, don't thew teach you your a, b,
c's and abs, etc.w
''No, sir; we can write cat, situp and be
quiet"
''Where are the other little ones who go
along with you every mOrningV
"Their ma took them away from school,
for she said we all did nothing but write
cat"
"Can you spell and readp
''NO, sir"
"Well, what do you do at schoolp'
''Write cat and look for the words sit
up and be quiet"
"Can you write hat, hog, pig, cow,
bugr
''No, sir; only cat"