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By virtue OF an order of the district court
| offer for sale the following described
property: Lot 7, block $50, with i'm
prevemeuts thereon, listed to me. as the
properly OF the estate of Swan Bros.
Also 9 feet 9 inches off the west side of
lot 5, and all OF lot &, block $50, with i'm
provements thereon. listed to me as the
property of A. II. Swan. Also lot 3,
block 3SS, with improvements thereon,
and lots 5 and 6, block 232, with improve
ments thereon, listed to me as the prop
erty of the estate of Thos. Swan.
All proposals for purchase of either or
all of these properties should be submit
ted IN writing. and | reserve the right to
reject any or allbids, the sale to be made
subject to the approval of the court.
Terms cash.
l will also offer at public auction on
Sept. 81, 1888, at $50 a. M. at the
building formerly occupied by W. r.
Swan Il Co., Seventeenth street, the fol-
lowing property listed to me as the prop
erty of Swan Bros.
One safe. two revolving top desks, one
standing desk, one large library table, one
Concord top buggy, double and single
harness, etc.
Il. NAGLE, Receiver.
, 1888-09-21
THE PLEASURES OF RAncHlNa.

life in the Cattle Country-C1ouds OF
Musquitoes-In n Rain.
For bedding, each man has two or three
pairs or blankets, and a ~tarpaulin or small
wagon sheet. Usually, two or three sleep to-
gether. Even in June the nights are gener-
ally cool and pleasant, and it is chilly in the
early mornings; although this is not always
so, and when the weather stays hot and mus
quitoes are plenty, the hours of darkness,
even In midsummer, seem painfully long. In
the Bad Lands proper we are not often both
cred very seriously by these winged pests;
but in the low bottoms of the Big Missouri,
and besidS many of the reedy ponds and
great sloughs out on the prairie, they are g
perfect scourge. During the very hot nights,
when they are especially active, the bed
clothes make a man feel absolutely smoth-
cred, and yet his only chance for sleep is to
wrap himself tightly up, head and all; and
even then some of the pests force their way in.
At sunset l have seen the mosquitoes rise
up from the land like q dense cloud, to make
the hot, sitting night one long torture; the
horses would neither lie down nor Craze,
travelling restlessly to and fro tin daybreak,
their bodies streaked and bloody, and the in
scots settling on them so as to make them all
one color, a uniform gray; while the men,
after a few hours tossing about in the vain
attempt to sleep, rose, built asfirei of damp
sage brush, and thus endured the misery as
best they could until 1t was light enough to
work But If the weather is fine, a man will
never sleep better nor more pleasantly than
In the open air after a hard days work on
the round up; nor will an ordinary shower
or gust of wind disturb him in the least, for
he simply draws the tarpaulin over his head
and goes on sleeping.
But now and then we have a wind storm
that might better be called a whirlwind. and
has to be met very differently; and two or
three days or nights of rain insure the wet
ting OF the blankets, and, therefore, SILVER
ing discomfort on the part of the would-be
sleeper. For two or three hours all goes
well, and it is rather soothing to listen to the
steady patter of the great rain drops on the
canvas. But then it Will be found that a
corner has been left open through which the
water can get in, or else the tarpaulin will
begin to leak somewhere, or perhaps the
water will have collected in a hollow under
meath and have begun to soak through. Soon
q little stream trickles in, and every effort to
remedy matters merely results in a change
Tor the worse. To move out of the way in
sures getting wet in a fresh spot, and the best
course is to lie still and oeoeyt the evils that
have come with what fortitude one can.
Even thus the first night d man can sleep
pretty WE'LL; but If the rain continues. a
second night, when the blankets are already
damp, and when the water comes through
more easily, is apt to be most unpleasant
Theodore Roosevelt in The Century.
, 1888-09-21

a
The wonderful increase of the public debt
of European states within the last few wears
suggests the question, "Whither will this ten.
dency lead themF' In 1870 the total indebted
ness was $751; o 600 900. This has been in
creased to the amount of SOB, OOO, 600, 900 in
1856. In sixteen years, therefore, the public
debt has increased $4,000, 900, 900. During
this period the reduction of interest has been
going On just as it has done in the United
States. England is now arranging to reduce
her interest from 3 to 81 per cent. and the
other European governments are attempting
to reduce the rate of interest from 5 and 6 to
8, 4, and ~ per cent.
The immense reduction of interest. how
ever, does not seem to benefit the people, for
the governments take advantage of it to in
crease their total indebtedness. Here we are
paying off the debt and reducing the interest
at the same time; in Europe they are reduc-
ing the rate of interest, but are increasing
the nominal capital of the debt, SO that no
reduction of taxes can take place. The total
annual interest upon European Indebtedness
is about Sl,01O,00O, 900, while the total annual
expenditures of the war and navy depart
ments OF the same government reaches the
enormous sum of S906 ,000, 900. The European
powers are all of them troubled with financial
difficulties. They are immensely in debt;
yet the political situation Is such as to re-
qulre increased armament They cannot
go to war because they have not the financial
credit to extend their indebtedness; and the
question now is: "How can this intricate
situation DO Observation-Disclosures Times
Star.
, 1888-09-21
Search for Old Watches.

There are q great many funny things
attending the rise of the "Jenkinses." l
mean those people who have advanced in
material wealth without adding a whit to
their literary or social position. They are
Dragging of an ancestry they never had,
and are at q loss to establish themselves
as members of the old families. Just now
there is a search for old gold watches,
which will be paraded as family heirlooms,
handed down by this or that distinguished
Roundhead, or Mayfower pilgrim. The
old Johnson watches, made on Church
street, Liverpool, are among those most
eagerly sought by the man who wants to
trade money for lineage. Few of them
are left, and in Baltimore an especial mar
ket has been established, and large sums
are paid for them. Money is a great deal
plentier than blue blood, and the exchange
is willingly made by, those who have
lately acquired the shekels w
In Globe Democrat.
, 1888-09-21

Formerly all the streets in Merida were
distinguished in a manner peculiar to Yucca
tan by images of birds or beasts set up at the
corners and many still retain the ancient
sign; for example, the street upon which We
are living is called La Gale del Flamingo,
because of a huge red Aamingo painted on
the corner house. Another is known as the
street OF the Elephant, and the representa-
uon of 1t is an exaggerated animal, with
curved trunk and a body as big as a barrel.
There is tho street of the Old Woman, and
on its corner is the caricature of an aged
female, with hugo spectacles astride her
nose. The street of the Two Faces has a
double faced human head; and there are
others equally striking. The reason for this
kindergarten SOFT of nomenclature was be-
cause when the streets were named the great
mass of inhabitants were Indians who could
not read, and Therefore printed signs would
have been no use to them, but the picture of
a oull, a hamingo or an elephant they could
not mistake - Sucatan Cor. Manchester
Union.
, 1888-09-21
10 Eevo1ts Against Cruelty.

1t is rather in others and for others that
the modern civilized man breads pain. He
finds it harder to knowthat other men are
suffering the pains of cold or hunger in
Kansas or Ireland or India; or that "pris-
oners of poverty" are working for pit
tances in the great cities; or that laboring
men are driven to work sixteen hours a
day; or that criminals are tortured or mis-
treated in the chain gang; or hat '"politi-
calls" are driven to insanity in the Russian
state prisons. He resents and Furnishes
cruelty to animals where his great-grand-
father, perhaps, thought nothing of send
ing a slave to the whipping post. He re-
volts even against h~arshness in Just
punishment, and desires to alleviate some
of the horrors of hanging. If he ignores
q case of cruelty, it is from lack of ON
niscience; let him know about it, and the
world shall know his feelings about it.
Wilberforce and Copley might go on for
years telling Englishmen of the horrors
of the middle passage and of all the vii
lainies of the slave trade; and still the
slave ships sailed out from Liverpool, and
the slave trade was represented in parlia-
ment. Cruelty in more recent times lives
by stealth and bushes to find itself ia
nous in the newspaper pilory.-The
Canturv
, 1888-09-21
AN INDIAN LOVE SONG.

His winter home the bear forsaKes
The red deer swims the shining lakes,
Up foaming falls the salmon leaps.
The wild sheep halts on dizzy sleeps,
The swans are northward flying.
With laughing voice the rivers run,
Their pillows flashing in the sun;
1t is the moor of %sprouting grass,
A thousand warm sweet breezes pass,
Through lofty pine tops signing.
With bounding steps the antelope
Springs lightly down the mountain slope;
To verdant plains the bison HES,
The eagle mounts the morning skies,
And all the birds are mating.
With life and joy all things are bright,
Come forth, my lovel my SOULS delight,
Thy wigwam's folds throw wide apart,
For thee, oh dear and tender heart,
Thy lover true is waiting.
e. NJ. Allen in American Magazine
, 1888-09-21
INC cothIo A1nhnhrt coInr.

Those who are obliged frequently to
refer to German books are especially in.
terested in the movement to introduce
the Roman in place of the Gothic alpha
bet. Since 1866 the society which is agi.
tating this matter has nearly doubled in
numbers. On its lists are now over 4,436
names, including memF rs of all profess
sions, teachers, physicians, booksellers
and merchants. In 1885,, u of 6,013
books on artistic, scientific, mercantile
and industrial subjects, 5,316 were printed
with the Roman letters.-Science.
, 1888-09-21

4 correspondent wants to know why
railway companies do not arrange to have
all passengers go out at the front end and
enter at the rear end Of = ca. he doesn't
know the peryersity Of the average pas
seuger, or he wouldu. ask this question.
If a railway company should try to en-
force such q rule it would meet with the
pig headed opposition Of nearly half the
passengers in every car. Americans, in
dividually, are a bright people, but in a
crowd they act as though they were not.
New York Tribune.
, 1888-09-21

ALL
The Democrats of Laramie county are
hereby called upon to elect delegates from
their respective precincts to the Demo-
cratic County Convention to be held at
the court house in Cheyenne on Thurs
day, Oct. 4, 1888, at | o'clock p. w., for
the purpose of electing ten QC) delegates
to the Territorial Democratic Convention,
and placing in nomination candidates for
the various offices, to-wit:
Three (3) members of the Council Of
the Eleventh Legislative Assembly for
the first council district.
Six co. members of the f ouse of Rep.
resentatives of the Eleventh Legislative
Assembly for the first representative dis
trict.
One () member of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Eleventh Legislative
Assembly for the twelfth representative
district, including the counties of Albany,
Converse and Laramie, in such manner
as shall hereafter be determined upon.
One ~ sheriff. y
One () county clerk.
One ~ probate judge.
One ID county and prosecuting attor-
ney.
Three (3) county commissioners.
One ~ assessor.
One ~ surveyor.
One ~ coroner.
One a. road supervisor for each road
district.
One q superintendent of schools.
Two (2) justices of the peace for the
Cheyenne precincts.
One Q) Justice of the peace for each
of the other precincts.
Two (2) constables for the Cheyenne
precinct.
One () constable for each of the other
precincts.
Five (5) members of The coun ty central
committee.
And for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
the convention.
The primary meetings of the various
precincts for the election of delegates will.
be held OF Saturday Sept. %, 1888, at
the place set opposite the names of the
respective precincts.
The primary meetings in the Cheyenne
precincts will be held att O'Clock p. N.
of that day and the polls be kept open
until $50 o'clock D. m,
The several precincts will be entitled to
representation as follows.
No. Name of Precinct and Place of Holding
Del. Primaries.
- Cheyenne-First precinct. Clark hose
house.
u Cheyenne-Second precinct, Alert hose
house.
II Cheyenne-Third precinct, City hall.
Bordeaux, Hunton's road ranch.
l Chugwater, railroad station.
l Pratt & Ferris, upper Pr ranch.t
l Egbert, railroad station.
2 Fort Laramie, Rustic hotel. Y
. Fairbank, Wyoming Copper company's
boarding house.
! Granite Canyon, school house. v
3 Hartville, Watson's store. LEB
l Hawk Springs, Herrick's ranch:h -
l Hubert, Groher's store. r
l Hauphoff, Hauphoff' ranch. "
l Iron Mountain, postefhce. Y
] Islay, school house. V
l Little Bear, Little Bear post office. n
l Little Horse Greek, postof6ce.
l Moran, Moran's store.
2 Pine Bluffs, Tracy's store.
l Phillips, postofice. w..
l Pole Greek. p. o. ranch.
l Patricks, Patric ~postoffice. v
l Rawhide Buttes, r. Thorps's storey
l Silver Crown, P. Simmons ranch.
/ Swedish Home, school house. -
l IVA, postofice. v
l Upper Horse creek. school house. u
| Wheatland, post office. V n l.,
l Wendover, McGuire's hotel. \ VIZ
l Walker, Walkers ranch. Y
l Willow creek, Johnson's.
l.. r. BREsNAHEN.
EDGAR H. LEIBEY, Chairman.
Secretarv-
, 1888-09-21

President pro tem. Ingalls, uses the old
fashioned time glass to measure the five
minute speeches of the senators. When
the senator begins the glass is inverted,
and when the sand has all run out he is
stopped promptly. The other day q
senator who thought his five minutes en-
tirely o short demurred when the presi-
dent pro tenn. told him his time was up.
THE chair is guided entirely by this
glass, said ingalls, firmly, holding up
the twin bulbs with the sand all in the
lower one AS the president pro tenn. is
almost as absolute as a baseball umpire,
nothing more was said. AsnIngalls re-
marked afterward to another western
senator, 1T takes sand to run the senate"
Philadelphia Record.
, 1888-09-21

In England the proper ratio of doctors
to population is said to be one to 1000,
but by this rule there are /, 943 too many
doctors in London, and while GOO die
every year, 1,SO0 new ones are turned
out. Competition is so great that in some
parts of the city doctors will see a patient,
prescribe and supply medicine for six.
pence a visit.-New York Sun.
, 1888-09-21

Six hundred tons of baled hay for sale,
consisting mostly of blue grass, mixed
with other bottom varieties. The Border
Ranch and Stock Company will receive
offers for the above hay in lots of 100
tons or more at their office in Salt Lake
City until Oct. /, 1888. The hay to be
delivered at Border station on the Ore gon
Short Line Railway. Terms cash. Ad-
dress all communications to
A +. HYDE, President,
p. o. Box 332.
, 1888-09-21

Should you be troubled with blotches
or pimples appearing on your face, try
Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker.
1t will positively give you a smooth skin
and clear complexion. Sold by w. n.
Hunt, druggist.
, 1888-09-21

A man stops" at a hotel when he
lodges for one night; he stays when he
is well fixed; he puts up" when he is
given a sky parlor; he is a guest of the
landlord" when he does not pay.-New
Orleans Times.
, 1888-09-21

There is a respect due to mankind
which should incline even the wisest of
men to follow innocent customs.-Dr. l.
Watts.
, 1888-09-21

A negro farmer in Dougherty county,
Ga, has succeeded in making excellent
syrup from watermelons, and thus a new
use is devised for the surplus crop.-Chi-
Gag Herald.
, 1888-09-21

Cheyenne Transfer Co.-From five
pounds per dav to a carload at a time.
Reasonable reductions to large Consumers.
, 1888-09-21

The finest line of dress trimmings ever
shown in Cheyenne, Just received at Kell-
ner's.
, 1888-09-21

Special sale of boys and childrens suits
at Hellman's
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TOBACCO NEWS,

Sales by Hanbery Sc Shryer of 90
hhds. as follows:
7 hhds. new lugs-$4 so, 5 90, 5 70,
6 80, 6 so, 6 so, 6 so.
hhds. common leaf-$7 45, Z 30,
Z 35, 7 %, Z 00,7 rs, 7 so.
8 hhds. medium to GOODS 90,
8 90, s 90, s TO- rs, 9 10, 8 90, 9 so,
10 25.
The Farmers Home Journal says of
the Louisville Market:
"Olferings have continued light
this week, and this seems to be hav-
ing a salutary influence on the mar
ket. While prices have not advanced
over last weeks quotations, there has
been decided Stiffening in prices all
along the line. Brokers claim that
there is great scarcity of orders,
but the supply is SO limited that
healthy competition has prevailed all
week, and prices have been more
regular than for several weeks. At
one warehouse q resale of fifteen
hogsheads brought an average adj
vance of 81 so per hundred over the
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-16
A Nortonville Man Nabbed In
Nashville.

A special the Courier Journal from
Nashville dated March 18th, says:
George A. Halsey was arrested in
this city this morning on the charge
of taking SIT in money belonging to
the JOINT office of the Louisville and
Nashville and Chesapeake and Ohio
railroads at Nortonville, KY, and an
overcoat from the same offices. Hal
sey started TO Nashville at an early
hour this morning, and left the train
at Edge6eld Junction. Mr.. NJ. T.
Grizzard, who was visiting relatives
near Edgefeld Junction, was notified
and followed Halsey to town on the
turnpike, and saw him after reaching
the city 60 into clothing store. He
notified Officer Laflerty, who made
ahe arrest. Halsey will be taken
back to Kentucky by Mr. Grizzard
'to-morrow. lie had $l3 of the mon
'ey on his person. He says that he
and man sent to relieve him were
drinking last night, and that he took
the money while under the influence
of liquor.
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socIAL1TIEs.

NJ. G. Miller, of Pembroke, was In
the city Tuesday.
Mr.. Il. p. Campbell has returned
from Birmingham.
Col. j. NJ. Dodd is out again, after
long spell of sickness.
Miss Jennie Slaughter returned to
Louisville, Wednesday.
Ike Lipstine will leave Sunday for
spring and summer goods.
Mr.. Settle, jeweler of Elktop, was
In the city Tuesday.
s. W. Dalton, ofSpringfeld, Tenn,
spent Sunday in the city.
w. b. Brewer and b. w. Humph-
rey, of Fairview, spent Tuesday in
the city.
Mrs. Chas. Slaughter has Joined
her husband at Rockport, where they
will reside in future.
A. @. Shyer has returned from
Cincinnati where he had been to buy
4 stock of clothing,
Miss Matte Mcknight returned
to the city the first of the week after
a visit to Mrs. Chas. Sivley.
Jno. Moayon is in the East for the
purpose of supplying his store with a
stock of Spring goods.
Miss Emma Wheeler, who has
been the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
Hugh Drane, left for her home In
Hopkinsville Saturday. She was
accompanied by Miss Mary Gardner,
Of Paducah, who had also visited Mrs.
Drane,---Mrs. Jesup, of Hopkins
Vile, is visiting her grand-daught-
er, little Miss Roach.-Miss Maggie
Bloomfield, of Hopkinsville, is visit
ing Mrs. w. G.. Smith, in South
Olarksville. - Clarksville Tobacco
Leaf.
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KELLY.

KELLY, Ky, Mar. 13-Tobacco
raisers are preparing to oyerdo the
matter again this year. There are
seed enough sown to plant two crops
and if this proves seasonable year
there will be the largest crop ever
known in this country.
MIR. John Golden who left here
about year ago, returned recently.
lie is brother Of our popular Sec
ton foreman, b. j. Golden.
We wish to correct a slight mis-
take in our last in regard to the age
of Mrs. I-itchford, who died here
March LIST. Mrs. Litchford (nee
Hayes was born April 18th, 1901,
consequently she was nearly 81 years
of age. She had been consistent
member of the Methodist church for
many years. She was the second
wife of Mr.. T. G. Litchford, who now
at the age of seventy-six, is hale
and hearty old man.
Mr.. Il. j. Davis had one sheep
killed and another one crippled by
dogs last Sunday. Two of the dogs
have been killed. t..r
Mr.. f. P. Lacy and family, of Man
nington, came up on train 81. They
intend returning to-day.
Abner Hern and VIM. Fortner
have exchanged places. Mr.. Fortner
is now citizen of our village and
Mr.. Hern has quit the railroad and
gone to farming. ROVER.
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encouragement From Tho Outside.
lowensboro Messenger

lOwensDoro Messenger
The Hopkinsville SoUTH KEN
TUoKIAN under the administration of
Editor Wilgus is developing most
commendable spirit of independence
in the discussion of public affairs. 1t
has givei several local officials, in
Guiding the postmaster and chief of
police, some evidently deserved re-
Dukes, which will unQuestionably do
no harm in the community. The
SOUTH KENTUcKIAN may be assured
that its readers will heartily appre-
ciate newspaper that is not always
mute, or ready TO jump to the de-
tense of the accused, guilty or inno-
cent, when there is official miscon-
duct. Be just, but rub 1t in when
necessary.
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"sKINNERs" CRIME.

The cine with which skinner"
who had several aliases, was charged,
and which he confessesed to, was the
malicious and unprovoked shooting
and wounding of Ballard Fourqurean
in the road a few steps from where
the hanging occurred, on Monday
evening, the 2lst of November last,
the full particulars of which appeared
in the SOUTH KENTUcKIAN few
days afterwards. 1t was thought
for some time that Fourqurean would
die but he has sufficiently recovered
to be out, though is not yet well. The
affair created so much excitement at
the time that large posse was formed
and hunted for several weeks for the
would-be assassin and would have
mobbed him surely on the spot II he
could have been caught, but he was
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MARRIED.

A quiet wedding took place at the
residence of Mr.. Stephen Hays, near
Fairview, at 4 o'clock, P. NJ, Wednes-
day last, number of relatives and
friends being present. The contract
ing parties were Mr.. Jas. V. Fores
and Miss Matte II. Hayes, Rev. j.
L. Barrow, of this city, officiating.
The groom is gentleman well
known and highly esteemed. lie is
fortunate is securing such an accom-
plished lady for a life partner.
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SPECIAL LOCALS
STOVES AT COST!

We have a large number of Cook
aud Heating Stoves of all the differ
ent makes which we will sell at
COST for CASH, as we wish to dis
continue the handling of stoves In
future. Now is your time to get a
stove. CALDWELL g. RANDLE