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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
JEFF DAVIS DEAD.
The Great Confederate Chief
tain Passes Away at New
Orleans.
Sketch of His Life and Some
Striking Incidents in
His Career,

New ORLEANS, Special-At 12:45 o'clock
this morning Jefferson Davis, ex-president
of the Confederate states, died at the resi-
dence of his lifelong friend, J. q. Payne
From the beginning of his fatal illness Mr.
Davis had insisted that his case was nearly
or quite hopeless, though the dread
pain or fear of death never appeared
to take the slightest hold upon his spirits,
which were brave and even buoyant from
the beginning of his attack. In vain did
the doctors strive to impress upon him that
his health was improving. He steadily in
sisted that there was no improvement, but
with Christian resignation he was content
to accept whatever providence had in store
for him. Only once did he waver in his
belief that his case showed no improvement,
and that was at an early hour yesterday
morning. when he playfully remarked to
Mr.. Payne: II am afraid that I shall be
compelled to agree with the doctors for
once and admit that am little better"
MISLEADING SYMPTOMS.
All day long the favorable symptoms
continued, and late in the afternoon, as late
as O'clock Mrs. Davis sent such cheer
ing message to Mrs. Stamps and Mr.. and
Mrs. Farrar that they decided for the
first time since Mr.. Davis has been
taken i'll to attend the French opera.
At 6 o'clock last evening, without any as
signable cause, Mr.. Davis was seized with
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
A Joke That Ended in Death.

Entertaining are some anecdotes
told of Gonella, Jester to Borso, Duke
of Ferrara, in the fifteenth century.
AS Gonella was on his way to mass
three blind beggars implored aims Of
him. "Here is form for YOU" He
gave nothing and passed on. The beg
gars invoked blessings on him, each
protesting that one of his fellows was
in possession of the coin. When they
wished to divide the gift not one of
them would allow that he held it, and
they mutually accused each other of
cheating, and from words proceeded
to blows. Gonella watched the fray
with great complacency, and when
the beggars were all bruised and
bleeding he went to church with a
clear and calm conscience. The Duke
of Ferrara fell i'll, and the doctors de-
clared that only a sudden fright would
restore him to health. He was too
great a man for anyone to play tricks
on except his fool. Gonella was with
him in a boat, and cleverly pushed
the Duke into the water. Aid
had been previously provided,
and the Prince was drawn ashore
and put to bed. The fright and
the bath and the bed cured the invalid,
but he was so enraged with Gonella
that he exiled the man who was both a
fool and physician. Gonella returned
in a cart filed with Padaun soil; an
evasion of the edict of Punishment said
to have been practiced by many jest
err. The duke ordered him to be be-
headed, but saying privately that he,
would only repay fright with fright he
directed the executioner not to use the
axe. but to let fall a single drop of water
on the culprits neck. Gonella was led
to the scaffol6; all the usual gloomy
preparations were made. He was
blindfolded and made to lay his head
on a block. The executioner, from a
vial, let fall drop of water on Con-
elias neck. Then amid shouts and
laughter the jesteD silent now, was bid
den to rise and thank the Duke for his
clemency. But Gonella never moved;
he was dead-killed by his masters
lest
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
SENIOR BOCAYUVA.

hand, the press needed the army on its side,
so as to reduce the opposition to the repub-
lie to mil" When the time came, by
bringing forward Gen. Fonseca, the army
was secured, while, by giuing the for
eign relations to Bocayuva, and the ex-
chequer to Ruy Barboza, the more imme-
diately important portfolios are held by
leaders who represent, respectively,
the original mothers milk" Republicans
and those Liberals who wanted republic,
provided the empire could be peacefully
disposed of. do not mean to suggest that
Gen. Fonseca was either dupe or mere
figure head. He is an excellent selection,
since the army was wanted. But it is as
much mistake to suppose him to be a
Simon Bolivar, putting all on the cast for
iberty's sweet sake, as it is to class him
with the Gutierrez of Peru, or the Melgare-
jis of Bolivia, seeking only their own ag-
grandizement through the medium of a re-
bellious and subsidized soldiery. The re-
public was bound to come, army or no
army, and the press, alone and unaided,
had made this possibility.
give the place of honor in this whole
Brazilian movement to Quintino Boca-
yuva, and the more readily that he is not
going to claim it for himself. A republican
and patriot of proven consistency, he has
ever refused to hearken to the hlandish-
ments of the imperial governments, which
have so often been fatal to the principles of
the leading republicans of Brazil, and has
passed his life in laying bare the weak
nesses of the monarchy and urging his
countrymen to have done with it. A
journalist by education and profession,
he is writer of a pure and incisive
style, as free from bombast as from
timidity. Persistently refusing all entan-
clements with either of the great constitu-
tional parties, he has equally set his face
against the sans culottism of the Patrocinio
school of republican agitators while en-
deavoring to infuse vigor into the too Pla-
tonic indifferentism of the merely theoret-
ical wing of the democratic movement
Possessed of no fortune, he has suffered in
the last ten years several bitter disappoint-
ments, notably in the failure of the Globo.
which he edited with extreme ability, and
in the collapse of some railroad projects to
which he gave much time and thought.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13

The theory that oil will offset the
effects of whisky and other strong
drinks is popular among the drink
ing men of New York. A New York
paper says: "Those who drop into
the uptown oyster-houses and res
taurants after midnight are very apt
to order a salad simply to get the
oil with which it is dressed. The idea
is that oil will remaH on top ofwhat-
ever is in the stomach, and that the
fumes of the liquor that has been
drunk can not ascend through it to
the head"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
LIBERATING BRAZIL
Three Editors and a Cart00nist
Caused the Overthrow of
the Empire.
Interesting Gossip About Men
Who HaveBecOme Famous
by the Revolution.

If the question were asked any one
thoroughly conversant with the recent
troubles in Brazil, "Who are the men who
brought about the overthrow of the Brazil
ian Empire?" the answer would undoubted-
ly be, "Three editors and cartoonist"
Quintino Bocaynva, of the Paiz, Dr.
Araujo, of the Gazeta de Noticias, and Jose
de Pratrocinio, of the Gazeta da Tarde, are
the editors, and Angelo Agostini, of the Re-
vista nlustrada, is the cartoonist. Their
work differed as much in quality as the
men themselves in character, and they are
very unlike; but all are entitled, though IN
varying proportions to the credit of having
brought into being the most extensive re-
public the world has seen since the Romans
reversed the Brazilian process and seated
Caesar as emperor on the wreck of their
grand commonwealth.
Never was the influence of free press
more extraordinarily established All the
talk about Gen. Fonseca being dictator of
the United States of Brazil, and the army
holding the keys of the future, is sheer
nonsense, and no one would be quicker to
admit it than Deodoroda Fonseca himself
To call it military revolution is to con-
found the end with the means and make
the tail wag the dog. The newspapers did
it-openly frankly and above board-and
the army took their counsels and followed
their straight lead, as the rest Of the popu-
lace did. The empire couldn't face such a
tremendous combine"
Twas in Petropolis when the big row &C.
CURED between Gen. Fonseca and the war
minister-practically it was with the en-
peror's son-in-law, Count d Eu, for he was
in permanent command Of all the forces.
One OF Fonseca's aide-de-camps told me,
over glass of vermouth, that the army
"would not permit the general to be pun
ished for his alleged insubordination.
"But what can you do, MAORI" 1 replied;
"you can't get your army together, small as
1T is, for it's scattered all the way from the
Amazon to the River Platte"
"No, don't mean that" he said, land
it wouldn't do, anyhow, for the Flum-
inenses Citizens of Rio) haven't forgiven us
for firing at them in 81. But we can send
that deaf - back to France when the
old man dies" and he called his COM
mander-in-chief the prince consort, very
hard name.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
SHE COULDN'T "sPEL VEL"
Mary Washington Much at Sea
| OrthORraphiCally.

Mary Washington Much at Sea
Orthographically.
The grave charge brought by Arte-
mus Ward against Chaucer that he
couldn't ''spel wel," applies to no less
parsonage than Mary Washington,
the mother of the father of his country.
In the Cosmopolitan Magazine Moncure
ID. Conway publishes fac-simile letter
taken from the original in the collec-
ton of DR.. Emmett, which runs as fol-
lows:
July the 2, 176O.
DEAR BROTHER: This Comes by
Capt. Nickleson you Seem to blam me
for not writing to you butt I Doe a
Shour you it is Not for want of a very
great Regard for you & the family butt
as 1 don't Ship tobacco the Captain
Never calls on me soc that I Never
knows when tina come or when tina goe,
I believe you have got a vary good
overseer at this quarter now Capt.
Newton has taken a large peace OF
ground from you which I dear say if
you had been hear your Self it had not
been Don. Mr.. Daniel & his wife &
family is we'll Cozen Hannah has been
married and Lost her husband She has
one Child a boy pray give my Love to
Sister Ball & Mr.. bowman & his Lady
& am Dear Brother your Loving Sister.
MARY WASHINGTON.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
WAR DEPARTMENT, RIO JANEIRO.

When that tiresome old organ of the
planters, the CruZeirO, died its anemic death
Senior Bocayuva secured the backing of
the Portuguese millionaire, Ioao Jose dos
Refs, and bought up the plant which he
converted into his present excellent jour
nal, o Paiz. The anti-slavery crusade was
at its height and Bocayuva, who had fought
as frauctireur when dismounted from his
editorial charger, flung himself into the
He welded led the he cry Of NO slavery" With
that of mo monarchy" and turned the
national aspirations for Free BraziT
Beazan repue Tor the
length and breadth of the empire his name
stood for freedom and progress, years and
years before Gen. Fonseca's was known,
save by small circle, as that of brave
brigadier. Grave and reticent to degree,
Senior BOcayuva is man of singularly
courteous and polished manners, whose
small wiry frame and spare Intellectual
face have the impress OF untiring energy
and devoted determination.
To test the practical strength of the Re
publican party land, perhaps, its moral
courage), Bocayuva presented himself as
one Of the candidates to parliament from
Rio a little while ago. The vote he re-
it encouraged him and his coadjutors i'm
mensely.
"The pear is long way from being ripe
yet, he said to me, when congratulated
him on his comparative success, "but the
sun shines hotter and hotter"
He had always faith in the peaceful es-
Enlistment of the republic, which
amounted almost to fatalism, and would
never countenance abuse of the emperor or
his farl,ily.
''They are entitled to respect" he told
me, one day, ''but they are no longer
wanted in Brazil
One of his collaborators on the "Paiz''
described him to me once as 1.-THE Quixote
of the Brazilian press, constantly sacrificing
himself to his ideals" but he was far more
sagacious than they, and was building bet
ter than they knew. AS all his life's work
was the result of principle, conviction and
reflection, so the establishment of the re-
public is the logical result of his ife's Ia
bors, and he is more entitled to honor and
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
A Governors Pride.

Connected with a saw-mill in Top
sham, which William King, the first
governor OF Maine, owned, was a store,
with the business of which he was not
we'll informed. Being alone in the
store one day a lady entering asked
him the price of needles. lone cent
apiece. madam" replied the governor.
''But elsewhere can purchase three
or four for cent" she Replied
WELL" Gov. King responded: '.if that
is so take them all. I won't have anv
article in my shop that's not worth a
cent Bangor (Me. Independent
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13

That very afternoon as we were standing
in the gay throng that daily gathered at the
railway station to receive the trains from
town, the Count d'Eu came along. walking
by the side of his little son, the prince inn
,perial, who was driving goat cart. Tall,
angular and awkward, clad in we'll worn
dress suit and wearing shabby silk hat,
the count was anything but an imposing
object.
<"Do you suppose we Brazilans are going
to be governed by a thing like that" the
major asked, with contempruous gesture.
And in saying this he defined concretely
the position of the army-or rather all the
brainy men among its officers-toward the
emperor and his family. The vast majority
of army officers were nonentities, and the
mass of the soldiers were ignorant negroes,
or cabocles, who might be counted on to
follow their leaders with as little thought
as the tat pet sheep of the Tenth Brazilian
regiment used to march with it through the
streets of Rio.
Gen. Fonseca himself, the provisional pres
ndent OF the new republic, owes his nominal
leadership to the press, and could not hope
ITO rally the army about him in opposition
to the united will of the journals named.
He is the nominee of the real authors of the
revolution, put forward by them to secure
the army for them, and not the leader of
an armed revolt who has called them into
his councils to represent the civil element.
In the first place, he is in no sense the idol
of the army, as was the great duke of
Caixias, the hero of Paraguay, of glorious
memory. Caixias was capable of inspiring
even the bloodless undergraduates of the
Amazon, whom the necessities of the war
had drafted into his ranks, with something
of his own dashing courage and vigorous
loyalty. Gen. Fonseca cannot infilse his
personality into the mixed elements which
compose the Brazilian army in any such
way, and unless he did he could not bring
them to face the people for twenty-four
hours, were he to attempt to shape the
government to his own ends The
troops for ten years past have had
no notion of loyalty to their
sovereign and have become intimately as
sociated with the populace and its aspira-
tons. To have called on the army to fur
-ther his personal ambitions would have
been only to distribute so many rifles
among the people In the second place.
Gen. Fonseca obtained the support of the
Republican press more by good luck than
good management. No disparagement of a
brave officer and sincere friend of his coun-
try is implied in this; but even his newly
Aedged admirers cannot deny that he made
m accidental hit when he took part in the
anti-slavery meetings, whose anti-monarch-
icai sentiments led to his reprimand.
conversed with more than one of his
colleagues in rank at the time, and the
general opinion was Deodoro had put his
foot in it. To be sure the army was, or pro-
fessed to be, degraded" by the manner in
which the general was treated by the gov
eminent, but it was not so much on account
of Fonseca himself as because they were
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
Returned Too Soon.

MITCHELL, s. D., Special Telegram,
Fred and Anton ::Espenbach, two farm.
ers living eighteen miles south Of here,
were blasting large boulder. They lighted
the fuse and ran off little way and waited
for the explosion. There being none, they
concluded the fuse had gone out and re-
turned to the boulder, got on it and were
ON the point of digging out the charge
when it exploded blowing hole in An
toms skull from which he died and putting
out one Of Freds eyes and SO badly injus-
ing the other that if he RECEIVERS he will be
blind.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
Quite Impossible.

St. Peter Ito applicant for admis-
sion) You say you never used profane
language?
Applicant-No!
Young man, did you ever get =p
in the dead OF cold night and, when
searching for the paregoric, strike
your ankle-bone against the point OF
a rocking chair?''
eyes"
"And did not swear?"
"No." ''f
'Sorry, young man, but there's no
freak annex to this place. You must
seek farther. Lawrence American.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-13
Worse and More Of It.

Irate Politician-Look here you pub
lished lie about me this morning-an
infamous lie-I won't stand it.
Serene Editor-But just think where
you would be if we were to publish the
truth about you. -Terre Haute Ex.
press.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-18
TOTAL TAX
WITH COSTS.

st, bd n by Moloney. by Farnsworth.
in the Huber tct, bl 81. 16 OF
AIS in -uber tct, lvt l2s% It front on
Q side Grand ave, bet 9th aud 9tl kts, bd
g oy Mol ney, u by Breed. Q by Foster &
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-18

oco, dhfL Elteu-f fabdQ6Q6, darL SUD
lot II,
Pasadena. Hart Sub, los % to q incl,
Pasadena, Hart sub, lots 80 to A incl,
Pasadena, Hart suo. lot 45,
$50. Ashman, James-Ia Hiscock 4
Smiths 1st aod, lot86,
L. tSS. and per prop.
$50. Brooks, Harry-L A City, In Ger
man & Arch bald tct, lot q,
l. A City. alsO in u L Wicks' sub, lots
2o and 29,
LA City, also in Hiscock & Smiths LIST
add, lot 15, nd per prop,
59l. Fisher, Geo-L A City, Bliss tot,
lot bl D, and usr prop,
692. Keast. H riy-L A City, in NJ A
Wick's sun al South & Porter tot. lot 46,
b93. Putmau, Cnas Elm Pas dena,
In Nil ard's sub, cvm at sw cor OF lot ~,
thence 46 #, { ,eace n IT'S It. thence W
46 It thence l7S I to beginning
Ais III Long Beach, lots IA. l6 bl 90,
5s4. Jones'. A NIL A City. in Kieier
tct iot 81,
III K,cfer tot. 4 12l,
696. Mitchell. Moses Monrovis, Grand
View sub OF lots a and G bi !, Of Mon
rovia tot, l0t6.
Monro. ia tct. 'ot7. III
587. B chm0nd .iayry-L A City. In
Kisfer tet los ~ per psop and poll taxs
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-18

Lotse.
Lot 10! rerd in bk 81 p9o,
400 Hamilton, S-L City, in Also
tet, lot II I'll F,
Lot Is bl r,
Lot lS bl F,
InL A Imp Go. sub II bl 80. Il s. lot 2
PASADENA City. In M higgins sub.
lOl. Noble, R Lees Pasadena. mort
In. in Marb Q tot lot l blS
Lot b 8.
L.t3 bis,
Lot hl s,
n Lot 9 Dl3,
Bot ii II 3.
Lot IL bl 8.
Lot ~ bl 3,
Lot 81 bl 8,
LIT o bl3,
Ec, 27 bl 8.
hSs LSs s. - Sls. 3 :.
Lot 80 bl g.
Lot s5 III =, rec in Blk 1al, . 1873,
40. MCFARLAND, Cnas IS Pasadena,
Mare GU tct M lot nl H,
al O III Anahein, 20 ac OF land, being
se 2 &c, lot l6. Anaheim ext, per prop
4o4 Reg. rs Ralph-lACity, mort int in
Fort Hill tct, lot 8 Of b,
in bk l25. p 23S,
~. Su nmerield. Morris-L A City,
In g iffin sdd to L A, part of lot Is
gooxloof.l front ng 100 It on " side OF
bv Fra .kenhausOr, W by land If Can
helu,
Also in t wn of Ahaheim, in summir-
fields tct. sub Of Win A 4, lot bll.
Lot bl 8,
Lot 5 nj .,
4OS Zeyn, John E--rown of Ana
hein, mtge int Summerield tct, sub OF
Win 4, lot / bi l,
Int Q h
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-18

AIS, in Santa Fe tit, lot Is bl o.
l Santa + tct, ot le u 5,
San Fe tct, lot II VI 3
Santa Q ,ct lot lS II 5, 8
Santa Fe tct, lot 10 bis,
Santa + tot, lot IL bl 2,
SAINTS Fe ict, IL bl 2,
Santa Fe tct, lot 80 hl 8,
Santa Fe tct, lot 81 bl 8. /
3 ut1 Fetct lot 81 bl3,
AS Ny rea, Mrs Clsrence-In Santa
474 Ho ien0ery, Mrs Matilda In
Santa Mvnlca, lot b. 90 g.
Lo H bl s5 and per prop, a
ATS. Buster, Antoin - nanta Monica,
Wave Crest tot, lot bl B, D.
476 K.is,iansen, Cari--San Pedro, lot
Stl3i, i
All. Sharkey, James--San Pedro,Jor-
dsus ub, lot 1S bl IS, /
AS KepliA1,r, wm-sau Pedro, lot
W v. St St ss IT of lot ID b 8, per prop AMI
psas $50. .A1 Anson. Mslvin-sanPedro.p psSs's :
suu, cot bl 4s, /
Lot bl 10 and per prop :
4e1 Tlmone, battnolomew--SaVt Pc
arc s,a .ls.n ,Gss b.. al f'o ee2p
sub, OF ~ bl 55. per pr P aud poy tax, 2
Ped o. B ck's SUB, At IS bl 50, 1
4s4. Sci ind, -evel,n-Ia sya Pedro.
Nesson's sub "a, los7u q, 9liaax, 8
feck's sub 1t 12 bi 80. and v tax. 8
4ss. Monro, Roe' C-Sanj Pedro, Jor-
dau's sub. lot b. 15. per pf 0p and poll
tax,
4sl, W ldon & Lsthro,. San Pedro.
lot 5. bl rs. 2
Y IN f. rot 4 HI 76. and per prop, o.
49z. Keyes. Cna -G-75an Pedro. lot 8
4ss. Il 4, yuIns--s,.p P Pedr.-P, ck's
sub lot Il bl 40. aud per prup, 2
peet.. III sus' MSsrs sot assi q = M Annssn Pedro
49,. Don ell, Cos WI 4 City. o'Mel.
vens' SUB OF pl IN. lot bl 22<. Ord's
eusvey and per Wsop, Is
496. viae 70, IArshur--L A City, In l.
4, 4 Imp ~ Yrs 80 sun s.t ios bl 81. -, lot1s
| xs7 and 19S. eonaxd, GEO =, E.tsse
lws :.s e. 4 =. J = ~ ~ a City, IQt q q on
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-18

| OF div > G o G, lot 8.
675. Biggs. ,ames-L A City, Walnut
| Grove tct. lot 5 b O, and per prop,
GIG. Evans. Jo-eph Al A City, in
MI tct. lot s.,
Lot 6S, per prop and poll tax.
67s. Clsrs, Mollio Ell A City-Can-
nerv tcs, lot4,
67e. Haslan, Mrs Augusta MI A
6s6 Bandel, wm-L A City, in Mott
| tct, com IS # from C. Flower and Sd st.
5ox12O beipg parts of lots ls and 20. blk
Alao sub of bl 80, H 8, lot 10 bl 6. and
pei Isl ~ h h .tson. Mrs Eliz LA City, in
Carey tct. so f. lot IS,
In Cable road tct.luts and s, bl G,and
6a. Scott, Mrs G L-Towu of Santa
Ana, in GoUdwin's add, lots d and 10
biz,
Also lot bl E, and per prop,
6s5. Mansur. G Flown of Sants
An =, lot 10 pi H. per prop,
$50. Crookshank d Wakeham-Town
OF santa Ana, in Crooksnank & Wake-
hams add, lot ~,
North half Of lots and 3.
LOt2,
Lot, IS and %,
6ss. Lesvitt Mss H J-Pasadena City,
Lyman ALEU- cub, hl X 8 p. lot 3.
$50 Arno q, DEL s-Pasadena City.5
&C, nk CT LIT bl O. SP,
In Frost's sub of part Of lot bl II. 5P.
lot 2,
BO q Mary 3 Clsrk's sub, lot I.
BO& Mary 4 Clark's sub, lots !, 2
and 8,
Lot 1lox2s5 n side Of Colorado st,
CON "A ft . OF Hudson ave,
con Hinnev " J.-Pasadeua Cftv in
Lyman Aalea's sub, lot ~ and per prop.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
THE KID CONVICT.
Sinnvil1e Coombs Imprisoned for Murder
at the Age Of II.

Sinnville Coombs Inprisoned for Murder
at the Age OF IL.
Frankfort, KY, special: Sinnville
Coombs, probably the youngest convict in
any prison in the United States, has
served the first year Of a life sentence.
When sent up from Breachit county last
July he was II years old and small for
that age. Prison life has toughened him,
both morally and physically.
Young Coombs committed a crime that
was fendish, but he does not deserve the
heavy punishment that has been inflicted
upon him. He killed his 2-year-old sister
in q brutal manner. The two were in the
house together alone, when the lit
tile tot started to crawl across
the floor. The boy picked up q stove lid
and smashed her skull with it. He then
threw the body into q fireplace, intending
to burn it. This process OF cremation was
too slow and he pulled it out and carried
it to q small stream near the house, throw
ing it in. When the little ones body was
found Sinville admitted that he killed her.
He was arrested and tried.
On the stand, when asked why he had
committed the CRIME, he said that his step.
father had told him to do it and had
promised him a new pair of boots. There
was no other evidence against the step.
father, and as the boy was q confessed
murderer bis testimony could not have
weight. There was but little doubt that
young Combs had told the truth, yet there
was no law to punish the father, 80 the
boy suffers. Many efforts have been made
to have the governor pardon him, but
thus far he has failed to act. When first
sent up, young Combs had never heard OF
God, knew nothing of heaven or hell, and
had never seen a school house. He can
now read and write and talks like a very
bright, intelligent boy. He does not seem
to care for his imprisonment.