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AND YET HID GOT ALONG.
A Queer, niitornto Old John whe Lived In
PcnnsylvRnin's Pike County.

" In a small town in Pike County, Penn"
said a gentleman to an EVENING WORLD re-
porter. there lived an odd character named
John D, who was renowned for his queer
speeches and Partingtonian phrases.
Old John could not read nor write,
although he made strenuous efforts to hide
this fact, not only from strangers, but from
friends who knew of his defect.
- He had some unknown method OF caicu-
lating. When any of his teams would return
IRON town with "A load of garden truck sdls-
posed of, the old man would some out of the
house with pencil and paper and a oonVersa-
ton something like this would ensue
- Well, Jake, how did you make out
~ sold so much, sir. and paid for nv
80 Les see,' tho old man would say, max
ought, seven's a ~seven-five from nine you
can't-well, gimme about So.
" On one occasion he was hard at work IN
his garden when a neighbor inquired what he
was dong.
well. ) said the old man, pausinG for a
moment. Pm going to make some new de-
rangements, and I'll have n revenue running
from the barn to the house, an then III
build q piZzary in front of the house SOS to
de.ain my friends in n hostile manner
4" In relating the story of his courtship he
said: : 1 posed and posed, and she fused
and fused till finally she scented and gagged
her.
'Anewspaper containing a cut of a vessel
caught his eye, and not noticing that the
paper was wrong end up. he exclaimed:
: Here's n great aXent at sea! Ships turned
upside down. ,
Being asked why he made a GROSS instead
of signing his name, he replied that 1t was to
| extiDguish 1t from his son Royal
Notwithstanding his inability tolread. or
write, he succeeded in accumulating q for
tune; but whoever made out his will was
sadly lacking in intelligence, for 1t was
found when he died that his son, who was
the executor, would be about $50. 900 IN debt
if the directions were carried out"
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A Little Baseball Tobogganing Not just to Chicago's
Liking.

some months, and the happy d y for the eel
ebrat' on of the nnptials had been appointed;
and on the morning one week previous to
that determined upon for the wedding day q
small packet had been left at the door by a
strange woman who had fastened away
before there had been time to open it or TO
read the accompanying note, which bore the
address, in an unknown hand, of i" Miss
Mentone."
The singular manner in which the gift
had been made had somewhat mlrred the
pleasure which the recipient would have felt
had she received it under more pleasing cir
c~umstances.
The nuptlal morn had dawned. and Eldora
Mentone, in, all her grace and loneliness,
crowned with the bridal wreath and en-
yeloped in the misty veil. stood at the
church door, where the whole wedding party
adjoining the bride with the mysterious
necklace.
With trembling fingers the bridegroom re-
moved it from the chsket for the first time
and proceeded to clasp it about the beauti-
fully rounded throat of his bride, when the
party moved on up the aisle, and knelt be-
fore the altar.
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Round About Town.

Sohlu Furst. OF 80 Chrystie street, had his right foot
masked almost To a Jelly yesterday by having IL caught
6etn cen a barge and the wharf At Pier Is. kAst River.
Gus hAnnIsh, tTeni ~ LsaTs old; teli from the third.
right leg last night. He WAS removed to Bellevue Hoe.
petal.
street, iell from the Central bridge in Mott Haven yes.
terday and mad his riyht leg broken. He was taken to
the Manhattan Hospital.
Bruno Schultz. OF 3 State street. stabbed William
CromAu. q siIteen.ye r-old boy. in, the lett arm last
night because the latter WAS teasing him. Schultz Was
locked up in the Old sip Station.
An unknown man was seen to fall nto the Harlem
River Yesterday. opposite Willis avenue, from a row
boat owned by jennie I. Millner, OF One Hundred and
Tenth street and East River. The body wAs not recoy.
cred.
Nicholas Dishl. aged seventy years. expired suddenly
Of heart disesss while sitting IN a char In his ApATtments
day morning. He'rt disease WAS the cause of his sudden
drnlss, lie was IN fried.
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The white haired rector of the parish had
commenced the ceremony, when suddenly
the bride swooned. and he friends gathered
hastily around the PROSTATE firm of the
lovely girl, administer .ng resloratives, when
q cry from the yestlbule was heard.
- Give way give way. and let me use an
antidote !" and a woman of singular appear
ance, with on VIII te hair flowing upon her
shoulders, decrepit will age. and using a long
wooden staff for support, and whose garments
bore evidence of having seen much service,
rushed madly up the aisle until she reached
the ~insensible girl. The necklace" she
cried, snalching it from her neck. and cast
ing il upon the marble floor. stamping II be-
meath her feet IL is poisoned"
Then, taking from her bosom a small white
powder. which she pIa ed between the pen
lips of the patient, signs of returning con-
seriousness were soon visible.
The ceremony, however, had to be post
poned. and the bride-elect was tenderly re-
turned to her fathers house, where along
illness ensued.
When Ernest Ellison first visited the house
of Robert Mentone, it was believed by all of
the household that he desired to pay his ad-
dresses to Miss Crawford instead Of Miss
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note addressed to himself, which ran as fol-

note addressed to himself, which ran as fol-
lows;
My Poor UNCLE: | have failed in my plans; the
Old hag has thwarted me. / did not succeed In de-
stroying my beautiful cousin, an she Will now
live, doubtless, to necome the bride OF the man
whom | adore. BY requesting that he should clasp
the fatal Thing around ner neck, %thou1ht how de-
liciously sweet II would be for me to see her lie by
his nand. Now you WIN see, uncle, that l am NOS
depr,viug myse fof life from the great remorse OF
conscience wnicI l feel, but from cnasrin at my
failure TO carry ou' my wsl-conceived programme.
Ny wealth is your own. have taken poison.
Adieu. khAL.
The unfortunate girl was quietly buried,
and was thought to have been partially de-
ranged, prot, by caused by her great disap-
polntment in love,
Three months subsequent to the events
recorded above, EldoIa o. having recovered
her usual health, the marriage ceremony was
happily concluded.
More than half a century has passed since
the poisoned necklace had SO nearly
terminated the earthly existence Of Eldora
Mentone, but the tale is still told by the
Oldest inhabitants of the town, in their
chimney corners of a winters evening, and
vouened for as having happened within they
AAAA1AnAioAN =
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A pUGILISTIC BRADSTREET.
OF WHAT GREAT USE 1T WOULD BE TO
DEyOlEEs OF THE RING.
4" The Evening World - Mans Views on tho
Race Track of the Future Were Very
Modcratc-A Special Race mt Monmouth
Dominick McCanrey Would he Glad to
Meet smith.

cUNNtat "hN Nv
Dom'nIck McCsnrey Would BE Glad to
Meet smith.
Why wouldn't it be a good job to publish q
kind of pugilistic Bradstreet and Goodwin
combined2 What lots of questions and run
ming about such q book would save to club
secretaries detailed to get up a mill for a
purse between two ''likoly ones" and how
quickly a gentleman could decide by it when
approached by glove-ight ticket peddlers if
they wanted to go or nc.
The book could have monthly additions
just as the railway guides have. A man look
ing up Billy Killqulck's record would have
only to turn to X in the index, where he
would hunt down the column Of hard hitters
until he came to "KillQuick, Wm., rated B2,
English. 1860, light: weight. Address 1924
SluSgers alley, care W. Madden. See pages
1lGo, l64, $40, LIPS. Matched. See also ad-
dition for july"
This would mean that Mr.. Killquick is on
sidered pretty hear championship form. il q
lightweight boxer. born in England in 1860.
and on the pages referred 10 are the battles
he has engaged in on this side. The result of
the battle which took place this month would
be found in the extra pages sent around to
subscribers at the end of July.
: Moderate, indeed, were the most radical of
the views expressed by The EVENING WoRLD
writer O few days ago. conceiving the race
track of the future, beside those OF the cele.
brated English physician, DR.. Walter b.
Pratt, in the current numbe Of the Popular
Science Monthly.
Among the reforms looked for in this
paper nre the abolition of church bell ring
ing in cities. paving of residence streets with
asphalt. putting the elevated railways under
ground, the iorbidding of street vending
and all noisy traffic.
1t is competition that is going to compel
the forward movement. II some inland city
should make itself 80 attractive Us to notice.
ably draw population from the metropolis,
something would very quickly be done. II
the DIVERS new track and the new race.
course in Westchester provide novelties and
are watchful Of the comfort and convenience
of their patrons, other things being equal,
the new associations will make the money.
There will be an extra race at Monmouth
tomorrow for o 5000 purse; entrance fee,
$40; distance, three quarters of q mile. II
is for maidens. those not having run second
allowed s pounds.
Lon Myers is now working for Mahoney 4
Co., the bookmakers, at the Monmouth
track.
Dominick McCafrey, the boxer who met
| Mitchell, Sullivan and Dempsey, was at the
Long Branch races on Saturday. He weighi
1876 pounds and is looking we'll. McCaffrey
thinks Conley is desperate in not being able
to get on O match, and Ia glad to take OF
Smith at any terms.
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ANSWER. TO Correspoudents.

Redder.-The dealer can take the furniture. Ac-
cordiug to the terms OF the contract 1t belongs to
him until paid for in tull.
j. j. Zann. Send your torn bill to Assistant
Treasurer Alexander McCue, Sub-Treasury Build
ing, New York. You had better register letter.
J.H .-Applicants for positions as letter carriers
In this city should write TO the Secretary Of the
United States Board of Civil Service Examiners Of
New York Post or apply at room 1 on the
second noor OF Federal Building.
y. H. McFarldne. You cannot vote until you
have res, ded i've years in the country. You must
declare your Intention to become a citizen before a
Judge oil a Court OF Record In the county In whioh
you live, and i've years from tile date on winch you
came here you can he naturaiiZed. You will be
entitled TO vote at the first election thereafter.
Constant Reader. Most OF the orphan asylums
bind out their IN nates.
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Brown Employees, Excursion.

On Saturday the fourteenth annual excursion OF
the employees Of Nj. B. Brown took place at River
view Grove. Among those present were Mr.
Haines, Henry Fairclough, Mr.. BreBlin, G, Fur
berslaW, II. r. Van Gasbeck, George Elliott, VIM.
Bale, 4. A. Donohue, f. \. Koran, John GAN
non. WIN. Z. Dillon, John Gilmore. Cbrls McWay,
j. X. Murphy, T. j. Tracy, Z. ". Conway, W.
Boardman and many invited guests.
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News Summary.


New York Is to have 261 moro letter carriers.
The King Of Greece Ia visiting St Petersburg.
Eight thousand navvles are on strike at Paris.
Two boycotted farmers are shot and killed by
masked men IN Ireland.
Pittsburg capitalists have subscribed 81, 900, 700
to open a big tin mine In Mexico.
Jem Smith, the prize-nghter, 10 thrown from his
carriage while driving in London and is seriously
injured.
finds that the British Government was responsible
for his death.
The steamer Parthenia- OF Philadelphia, is run
down by a schooner Of Vineyard Haven, and has
to go Ashore.
A sixteen year-old Chicago boy, who the police
say is the greatest horse-stealer in the country, has
been arrested.
Mrs. Dunn, OF Norwich, Conn.,, and her two
year-old son are friRhtfully burned, the result Of
the boys playing with matches.
Chicapo Italians are looking for a fellow-country-
man who brought fifteen Of their number to Alaska
and left Them to die OF starvation and exposure.
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Tine transportation TO and from Monmouth con-
tinues to improve, both N The matter OF the gen.
eral comfort Of passengers and In the running
time. Several very fast trps were made last
week, inclu ing q run from jersey City TO N IL
mouth by the parlor car tram over the Central In
one hour, while the " nve-thlrty " special from
Monmouth PARK, via Railway, Elizabeth and New.
ark, made the run TO JERSEY CITY Saturday. includ-
ing two stops, In one hOnr and four mlnu,es.
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The Gang Stole His Watch Chain.

John Guenther, Of No. 2s East Forty first street,
went to the dock at the foot of East Thirty nrst
street last night for an airing and was set upon by
a gang of young roughs, who stole his watch chain.
valued at $55. He had no watch. Jacob
Arbor. twenty years of age, Of No. saS East
teen years OF age, of No. 1894 East Thirty-ninth
street, were arrested. On the way to the station
Arbor threw the chain away and 1t was su0se-
quently picked up.
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morrow and Thursday aud Saturday at
Park. The stake features tomorrow include tho
seabright for two-year-olds and the Newark for
three-year-olds, at q mile, ami n the latter IL
likely TO prove a GIFT to MIR. Belmont's Raceland an
extra race has been added to the ''card." II 10 q
dash of tnree-quarters OF a mile for maiden two-
year-olda Thursday the Elizabeth Stakes for
three ear-oll lilies will be run, with the Free
hold Stakes for all ages at a mile and a half. The
entries include The Bard. and It is rumored that
starters include Connemara, Raceland, Flrenzi,
Linden or Belvidere, 1t will in no sense he a
"walkover" Tor Mr.. Cassatt's horse. Saturday
the stakes include. the Redbank for tw0-year-olds
and the Palisade for three-year-olds. The welter
handicap ID at tbree-Quarters OF q mile, when 1t 10
TO be hoped that the entry will again be 30 large
that they win be divided into two races. The
The weller handicaps Saturdays have been among
the best races OF the day, and prove that under
the lest OF ''time" made. The several weller
races run during the meeting have resulted as
fnllnWa.
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Spelling FOR THE FIGHT.
johnny HavIin Comes Down from Boston
and Is Ready to Meet Murphy.

and Il. Ready to Meet Murphy.
Johnny Havlin, the New England feather
weight, who is to fight Frank Murphy on
Thursday somewhere between New York and
Boston. arrived from Boston this morning.
He was accompanied by his hacker. Tom
O'Rourke, another friend, and Nelson j.
Innes, the Boston Police Netcs sporting writer.
Havlin is looking well and SAYS he never
felt better. The party went to an out-of-the-
way sne t;i par hotel and wl,i remain emu ~ there hn,
tie ground. Murphy and his hacker. Ed
Holske. have been here the past two days.
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cousin" she said, raising her large blue eyes.
now swimming in tears Of gratitude and love,
imploringly to the face OF her companion,
do tell me, dear, if you know who has
sent me such a precious gem?" ,
" I'M sure, cousin. / have not the faintest
conception who can be SO magnanimous,"
coldly returned the other. b II i think,
were l YOU, 1 should obey the mandates OF
nor even remove Il from the casket. until at
Lae place and time specified" she added.
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Fe.uxitie. nj shaenshand.

Osborn's Hotel at sheepshead Bay was the scene
Of very pleasant festivities Saturday night A
large party was present, including twenty men,
bers OF the Sheepshead Bay Crescent Club, to
dance to the music Of Gilbert's orchestra. The
grand march was led by Ike Goldberg and Miss
Emma Birnbaum, assisted by ID. Hehner and Miss
Essie Osborn.
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Obituary Notes.

DR.. Isaac T. White. n vell-known wholesale druggist,
OF Evansville, Ind. and President OF the city school
board; died Saturday. liter a short illness Of paralysis. in
hi. grsndfather. Col. Issno White. having heen an aid to
Con. Harrison At the battle of Tppecanoo and was killed
at that battle Alongside of Dol. 10 Davies. OF Kentucky,
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Assistant Dispatcher Nuuent surprised.

Assistant Dispatcher Peter ". NuRent, OF the
Manhattan L road, was surprised by q large num-
her Of his friends at his home In One Hundred and
Second street Saturday night. Prof. Somers's or
chestra furnished instrumental music, and there
were singing by Ned Lyon, Mrs. Nugent and James
g. Babcock, and banjo performances by Mr..
Wharton and his seven-year-old daughter. The
Mount Morris Male Quartet also sang.
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THE POISONED NECKLACE,

Ii, Emma, is it not
lovely? Just look at
that centre pearl Oh.
it is SO beautiful y"
and Eldora Mentone
clasped her SIN all
white hands in an
ecs asy of joy, and
confer plated the
beauty of the jewel.
as 1t rested costly
nk EOnnNa INV aUAAf
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10 ID. shove scale; mile and

The racing begins at 9 30 p. N. Al the expira-
ton OF the thirty days the racing will he resumed
at Clifton, N. j., with the new three-quartera OF a
mile track. an enlarged and improved stand and
other changes that promise to make the autumn
racing more popular than ever before.
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CbicnuO Needs Him,

Prom Puek.l
The re Is a pitcher out West named Hope. Hope
ought never to be knocked out OF the box.
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The entries for the several races to DO run ut
Brighton Beach to-day-the seventeenth day Of the
legal thirty days-are A. follows:
First ~Rses.-Purse $3.50; for maiden hrse-year-olds
thfsa-nuartera of n mjle
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UniDjured.

twas the baby bruised at all when It foil into
the cistern 2"
''Not the slightest. 1t was soft water, you
knoW,n
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euro sick headache, biliousness, liver complaint, dy,-
pspsia. Heartburn, indigestion. mslaris, pimplss on face
and body. impure blood, 4o.. by using regularly On. O.
McLANE's CELEBRATE LIVER PILLS, prepared onlv
by Fleming Bros. Pittsburg. Pa. Price, IS cents. SOLD
by all druggists. Insist upon having the genuine Or. O.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming Bro,.
ltttsburR, Pa, the m,rket being full Of limitations Oh
the nsme McLASEI; spelled differently, but Of the same
pronunciati n. Always make surs Of the words 20 Flem-
uR Bros, P%ittsburg. Pa" on the wrapper.
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From Dakota.


FLEMING Bros.
DEAR sIRs; For a long time I have suffered from the
effects OF Indigestion and sick no 'daohe, and on tryinr
your On. q. noLAsE's CELEBRATED LIVER Pills I
found quick and satisfactory relief. A very fev doses
does the work. and ! would not be without them.
siouI Falls. Dakota. GEO. Il. HARRIS.
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Coming Events.

Coming Events.
Picnic and games Of the United Labor Councils
of the American Legion OF Honor, az Empire City
Colosseum, Wednesday, Aug. 90.
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The Century for October.

The October Century closes he
Both volum and 18th year of IL lat
periodical. The frontlspiece of
the number is a portrait of the
late Emma Lazarus, the Jew ,ish
poet of New York; and in the ody
of the magazine appears syI npa-
thetic study of the genius and
personally of this most int rest
ing woman.
The opening Illustrated article
of the number is a paper by Rich
ard Jetferies, on AN Ell lglish
Deer-Park," with illustratio MS by
Alfred Parsons and Bryan Hook.
Theodore Roosevelt close 5 his
Ranch series with an ans cdotal
paper on Frontier Types" the
text being expanded by a nu mber
of Remington's studies of We stern
character and incidents. An other
Illustrated article is on came rican
Machine Cannon and Dynt unite
Guns"
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Inquiry from California.
Los ANGELS, CAL. Aug. I'd.

Los ANGELS, CAL. Aug. I'd.
ED. GRAPHIC-Dear Sir: / have
been informed that the cost of liv-
ing is so much cheaper in your
your state that a man working for
S1.50 per day in Missouri can
make more money than q man at
S2. 90 in California. If this is
true will you please publish a
comparative list of the cost of liv-
ing proving the above. BY so do
ing You will oblige one who would
like to know. Truly Yours,
JAS. RICHARDSON.
The following is the list of pri-
ces for comparison, as given by
Mr.. Richardson:
House 50 to so per room per mo.
Water S1.50 per mo. and upwards.
Butter 75 cents per roll l $lbs
Cheese 20 to % cts per pound.
Ham 16 to 20 cts per pound.
Bacon 16 to 20 cts per pound.
Lard II to Is cts per. pound.
Hens 50 to So per doz.
Ducks 50 to SO per doz.
Geese Sl.25 toS1. 80 each.
Turkeys Is to 20c per lb.
Beans 4 to &c per ID.
Beef 10 to 90 per lh.
Eggs 80 to 35c per doz-
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STATE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.

The State Presbyterian Synod
convened in Kirksville Tuesday
evening with about a hundred
members present.
Rev. Carson Reed delivered the
opening sermon from XV-1-2-3.
after which the Lords Supper was
administered.
Rev. Geo. e. Martin of st. Louis
was elected Moderator and Rev.
o. G. Morton of Holden tempo1 ary,
clerk.
After devotional exercises and
business session Of Wednesday
morning, Rev. J. W. Lewis of st.
Louis was heard in the interest of
the American Bible Society. At
the close of the address a resolu-
ton was adopted by the Synod,
commencing Rev. Lewis to the
churches of the state and recon-
mending that churches take up a
collection at least once a year for
the benefit of the Bible society.
The address Of Rev. Geo. Miller
on Presbyterianism in Missouri
its outlook and needs, with the
discussion of the address, the
reports of the stated clerks OF
Kansas City, Palmyra, Ozark
Platte and st. Louis Presbyteries
and the report Of the Permanent
Committee on Schools and Colleges
occupied the afternoon session.
Wednesday evening Rev. Wilson
Phraner of New York and Rev. J
A. Worden of Philadelphia, de.
livered addresses respectively OF
Home Missions and Sabbath
School Work.
Thursday forenoon Rev. n. Fl
Cleland preached, and in the af
ternoon Rev. I. d. Tatlow wa.
hearo on Temperance. II
the evening Rev. S. J. Niccolls de.
livered an address on The Chris
tian Endeavor NJ ovement.
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NOTICE.
K,RKsyrl1E. No.. June Goth. 1888

hIRhBEILLE, .hO, uHc OOttu, 1860,
This article of agreement made and enter
ed into this day by Sllas G. Mahuron party
or the first part and Thomas J. Phillips par
ty of the second part both of the county of
Adair and State of Missouri. Whereas diff
Guilty has heretofore existed between said
above named parties from time to time and
on or about the 2Sth day of Nay 1888, the
same culminatedin in the said Phillips greatly
beating, bruising ana greatly injuring the
said Mahurop and whereas said parties are
brothers-in-law and the said Mahuron is de-
sirous of having good feeling and personal
friendship exist between himself and said
Phillips, and for that reason alone, there
fore in consideration OF the promise OF said
Phillips to live in peace and friendship TO-
wards said Mahuron, and from this day on
never again 10 refer to any disturbance mat
ter or trouble heretofore existing between
said parties, and the further consideration Of
three hundred dollars. paid to Mahuron bv
Phillips. two hundred dollars in cash and
one hundred dollars to be paid tweve months
from this day, and in consideration of the
above agreement and the money so paid as
aforesaid the said Silas C. Nahuron hereby
gives full and complete release to the said
Phillips for all claims for damages arising
from the personal injuries he received from
said Phillips by reason of the assaulting,
beating, bruising and injuries herein before
mentioned. And the said MahurOn further
agrees and pledges himself to maintain and
keep u friendly relations and kind feelings
toward said Phillips and never to refer to
the trouble heretofore existing between said
parties aforesaid. Given under our hands
this Goth day ofJune 1883.
SILAs c. MAHURoN.
THos PHILLIPS.
Contract was changed to $3.50 in cash in
stead of 300 down and 100 on time, there
mainder OF contract to stand firm.