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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07
fakn hnr cn'sn :

Look yere. Bid, doan wanter hat
no trouble wild you"
$50 sees, Sah."
Den let us settle dis er far"
"Oh, Use willin' ter do that, fer de
constitution says, an says mighty
p'intedly, dat de branch postmaster
must settle all de trouble he kim
Il thought" said Abraham, after a
moments reflection, "dat mout sell my
sto' to you"
''Yas. sab, vas. dat's good. I'll buy
yo' Sto' an post-oilice, too"
How much you gin me fur bof?"
"I'll gin you er hunnud dollars in
cash"
"An' sign er paper takin' all the
sponSibiIites o de Office"
"YaS, I'll do dat"
The next day Bid sold his wagon and
team and handed Abraham one hundred
dollars. He also signed a paper, taking
upon himself all responsibility for the
previous running of the Office. Just as
old Abraham had mounted horse TO
ride away, friend approached him and
said:
ABE, | think you wuz mighty foolish
ter sell out fur dat little price.
Does you? Wall, honey you doan
know dis yer life ez well 81 | does. |
has dun 'bezzled all de post stomps dat
has come inter de Office, an sides dat
de stock o. goods wuz mortgagcd fur
two hunnud dollars an de puSSon gwine
lif' de mortgage temorrOr. Wall, good
bye. | mus be ridin' on toward er
quieter neighborhood.
OPIE i. READ.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07

o. de main office fuses to reconize de
branch office dat de Office shall be tuck
er way frum him an put in de hans o
de branch postmaster. Oh, yere'S de
constellation right yere," he added, TAX
ing a book from his pocket and begin
ming to unwind Irvine string. Con-
stertution right yere in my han, an eff
YOU want ter show yo' ignunce ter all
desc folks, wy, just say dat dis book
got out by Gin'l Washington hissef
doan say deze Jacks"
Bids store was soon established. III
was known that he was going. to have
branch office, but as the negroes were
in favor of the Office that had received
the direct sanction Of the Government,
the new store drew but small percent
age of trade. But Bid was not discour-
aged. His wits were not idle. lie went
to a white man that lived some distance
away and employed him to write num-
Der of letters and address them to the
most influential negroes in the commu-
nifty. The next day, just after few
seed catalogues had been received at
the main office, Bid stepped to the door
of his store and shouted
"De mail fur de graft branch Office has
lest arriv'. Is Dan Worthy in de
crowd?"
"Yere 1 is" cried husky fellow,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07

One afternoon, toward the close of the
year treated of in this unpretending ac-
count of shameful conspiracy, a some
what detected looking gentleman was
seated before the smoking room fire of a
mansion in the Midlands. He had been
out hunting, and, as circumstances had
caused him to abandon the chase rather
earlier than other people, he had en-
sconced himself in this comfortable arm
chair to smoke cigar and mediate
while before going upstairs to dress for
dinner. 1t was the chief conspirator.
His muddy boots repoSed upon the steel
fender; his right arm hung loosely by
his side, his fingers almost touching the
floor; his head was sunk forward upon his
breast so that his nose and his reddish
beard met. Anybody seeing him would
have said: "Here is man who is tired
out; in another five minutes he will have
fallen asleep, dropped his cigar, and
burnt hole in the hearth rug"
Lord Guise, however, was not sleepy;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07
CHAPTER Y.

THE CHIEF coNsrrRAroE IN DANGER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07

timidly moving forward with an express
sion Of establishment on his face.
'All right, yere's letter fur you. Is
AL Soaper yere?"
Use de man" a squatty Guiena negro
answered.
''Wall, dar's err letter yere fur you in
dis office"
He continued to call off names until
some ten or fifteen letters had been de-
liyered. OF course, the letters amounted
to nothing, but that made no difference
with their recipients. All they wanted
was recognition from the outside world.
This piece of shrewdness changed the
currenn of trade. The negroes flocked
into Bids store, and when Abe remon-
strated with them, the only satisfaction
he received was that the main office had
done nothing for the people and that
the branch Office, in consideration of
its enterprise, was entitled to patron
age. One morning, during lull in
trade, Abe called on the branch post
master.
Look yere, Bid, doan like de way
things gwine on"
NO, sab, | reckons not. De fox
didn't like de way things wuz goin' on
nuther. but de hounds kotch him all de
same"
81 doan know nuthin' bout dat. but /
tell you whit | does know. | knows
dat dar haster be er change yere mighty
soon or somebody gwine git hurt. |
has been er foolin' wild you an losin'
my trade long huff, an now dar's got
ter be er change"
''All right, Use pufuckly willin'. Oar
neber wuz er man dat liked change bet
ter den does. Wy, sab, Use so fond
o. change dat sometimes when Use feel
in right good gifts tired o. it an hurts
myself wild suthin' jest fur de change.
How you thinkin' bout bringin' bout de
shange, Bru'r Abraham, an whit sort o
change does you prcfur?"
Il prefurs er change dat'll fetch me
back my trade. Dis yere blamed branch
Office business dun gone fur er huff. It's
de tail dat is er Vaughn de dog. | wants
de dog ter wag de tail er while. / doan
blebe you gifts dem letters frum the Cub
erment no how, | noticed dat dar amt
no post stomps on de letters you gifts"
''Da doan put post stomps on de let
tiers dat da sends ter the branch office,
an eff you wanter show yo' ignunce er
gin | KANT hep it. has done my best
ter edycate you, an eff you is 'termined
ter take de bit o. jgnunce twixtgo' teeth
an run off down in the woods o dark
ness / shan't hol' you back"
Il amt tuck no bit o. ignunce tween
my teeth an doan low ter; but | tell
you whut | is gwine take tween my
teeth. Use gwine take some black
meat tween deze yere teeth, an de
meat longs ter er niger dat keeps er
branch poSt-office.
"Oh. no doubt eff you takes meat
tween yo' teeth it longs ter somebody
else You went to the pennytenchy
once fur takin' uder folks meat tween
yo' teeth"
81 amt gwine be slandered, so you
got ter fight right yere."
81 thought Suthin' like dat" Bid re-
piled, 'an' OATS de reason | set up near
ly all night er stroppin' dis yere razor.
She's powerful keen now" he added,
taking Il razor from his bosom. de
constitution say, an say it mighty
p'intedly, dat when de branch postmas-
ter thinks er fight is or comm, wy, he
must Strop his razor an den let natur'
take her co'se.n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07
HONEY RUN MAIL.
A TALE OF BITTER RIVALRY In THE POST.
OFFICE BUSINESS.
Bill Sawyer's Branch Office Kept the Community
Supplied with Letters, and the Postmaster
Was at Length Compelled TO Sell
His Commission.
ICOPYRIGHTED.

A post-office was recently established
at Honey Run, community mainly
populated by the sons of the veterans
of Africa, and was placed in the keeping
of Abraham Nick, seller of eggs that
had attained their majority and bacon
so musty that hound pup had been
known to turn from it and sigh distress
ingly.
Shortly after the first mail had ar
rived, and while number of negroes
were standing around, looking in adj
at seed circular and a sam
pie copy of story paper, Bid Sawyer, a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07
A "Jack the Ripper" IA Century Ago.


II isa strange coincidence that cX-
actlv hundred years ago young girls
i'm London were in constant terror OF
meeting in the streets the Jack the
Ripper of that day. He attacked and
wounded several ladies in different parts
of the town, cutting their garments, and
gashing them in the body with sharp
pointed instrument, although he never
went so far as murder. In April, 1890,
a large reward was offered for the APP
prehension of 1.-THE Monster" as he was
popularly called. In July in the same
wear Rhvnwick Williams was prose-
cuted at the Old Bailey on charge OF
assaulting four girls, the daughters OF an
hotel keeper in st. James street, and
wounding one Of them. He was recog-
nized by several witnesses as 1.-THE
Monster" He lived in Jermyn street,
and fourteen witnesses appeared to give
evidence TO his excellent character, but
the Jury in one minute found him
ruilty. 1.-The Monster" however, seems
to have had some powerful friends. AT
the September session at the Old Bailey
certain questions on his case were re-
served for the consideration OF eleven OF
the iudges. At Serjeants' Inn Hall, on
November 10, 1890, nine OF the eleven
Judges gave their opinion that Rhyn-
wick Williams, Notwithstanding
the finding of the jury, had only been
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07

cys At all events he must
attempt. because he could
alternative open to him.
what he was saying when
his remarks first dawned
is that | Nave been a little
less and easy going: I've
checks when | wanted
know, and supposed it was
But a time comes when one
must be an end of that-that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07

wel-known characer and man whose
'crap" throwing was said TO be marvel
Gus, came into the store and, address
ing the postmaster, said:
"Wall, reckon you think de mantle
O ole man Ligy dun drapped on you,
eh?"
"Neber mine, bout dat, but III say
dis: Ef the mantle has drapped on me
kin war it TO de Queens taste"
"Oh, amt s'prized at dat" Bid re-
piled. "You is so uster WARM uder
folks clothes dat mighty nigh any thing
will fit you. reckon you kin swell
yo'se'f out or draw yo'se'f in so dat no
Sorter gyarmint amt so mighty far
wraung."
Il amt wore none O. yo' clothes,
kin tell you dat. Use mighty particular
whose clothes war"
"Yas. mighty particular not to war
yo' own when you kin hep it,"
Look yere," said Abraham, brushing
the mornings "mail'' aside and leaning
back against the counter, did you
come round yere TO pick or quarrel wild
me on dis de day o. my 'joyment? Is dis
de way you does when my frien'S and
neighborS has come in yere ter 'gratu-
late me? Wy, man, Use almos' threat
ened ter be crShamcd o. you
.'Oh. no, Abe, amt come TO pick no
quarrel wild you; but | tell you what |
has come ter do: has come ter tell
yer dat Use gwine start er sto' right err
cross de road dar: an, mon dat, de
wagin' an team is dun gone after the
lumber ter build de house wild"
"Huh." Abraham grunted, IAN is dat
all you come ter tell? Wy. useless
worryin' pusson, you mout er staid at
home an Sont dat through de mail, er
haw. haw.'
''Mout er done it, dat's er fack, fur
Use mighty handy wild der pen; but dat
amt all | got ter say. | knows in rea-
son dat | KANT buck ergin you when
you is got or post-oi1ice ter draw trade
"Now you hittin it" Abe broke in.
but hol' on. Doan ack like de
sheep dat jumped ober de shadder an
den butted his brains out ergin de fence.
| knows dat | KANT buck ergin dis
post-ofiice, so | has 'cluded ter start one
myself"
IVY. man, you KANT do dat. De
Guberment will be down on you in er
mint. Oar KANT be but one post-oiiice
in de same place, you know"
"Oh, | knows dat, but Use gwine start
er branch Office. Oar amt nuthin' in
de constitution ergin branch offices.
De constitution say mighty p'intcdly
dat ever post-oifice is titled ter er
branch an dat de main Office has got ter
divide de mail wild de branch, an it
furder states, and states mighty pint
eddy, dat ef de man dat has charge
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07

"Why, hello! You are the last per-
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last person You have met. Smith, Gray
e. Co. s Monthly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-07
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Baimbridge Town ship Truss
tees Notice.

VvHE undersigned, Trustee OF Balm
= bridge township, Dubois county
will attend to Township business Oh
Saturdays OF every week, 1T his re-idenc,
on North Main street, between sew
enth and Eighth. in Jasper.
The Library Of said Township il KEEP,
At the bookstore Of Mr.. Jacob Gosmann
where persons wanting books can obtai
them At any time.
JOSEPH ECKSTEIN, Trustee.
April 20. 1883 w.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
PERSONAL.

James G. Easton, Los Angeles, is registered at the Lemon.
 Mrs. J. K. Murphy and child returned yesterday from California.
 NJ. E. Hurley and T. \. Clanton returned to Buckeye yesterday.
 Mrs. E. J. Edwards returned by yes- terday's train from Coronado Beach.
 Mrs. J. F. Michaels arrived Tuesday from Flagstaff to rejoin her husband in this city.
 Mrs. w. A. Mcdonald and Mir. George Passey came down from Mesa City yesterday.
 Charles E. Le Wall, San Francisco, and E. G. Smith, Omaha, are at the Commercial.
 J. T. Priest was in the city yesterday from Tempe, to attend the meeting of the County Central Committee.
 Mrs. II. x. Alexander accompanies her husband to Yuma today, embracing the opportunity to visit friends in that city.
 II. x. Alexander and Webster Street go to Yuma today to represent the de- fendant in the mining suit of Hubbard vs. Horne.
 Frank Fuqua came in on yesterday evenings train from Maricopa, where he went to meet Mrs. Fuqua, who returned from her visit to Denver.
 Messrs. William Kimball and William Newell were in the city yesterday from Mesa to participate in the deliberations of the County Central Committee.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
LOCAL BREYITIES.

Acting Governor Murphy returned yesterday from Tucson.
 Up to yesterday evening Bruce Perley had registered 100 voters.
 k. F. Garner shipped this morning two carloads of fat steers to California.
 Company B, N. G. A., had their weekly drill on the grounds east of the Lemon Hotel last evening.
 Delayed by q washout near Adonde, the Southern Pacific train from the west was four hours late at Maricopa yes terday. The local train reached Ph@niX at 6 D. m.
 Messrs. NJ. F.. and r. Hurley have purchased the meat market belonging to the estate of George Marlow, together with l50 head of cattle. They take pos session October 1.
 A carload of honey shipped by the Maricopa County BeekcepeTs Associa tion leaves on the morning train for Fort Worth, Tex. The shipment is com posed of l2 ,0O0 pounds of strained honey and 5000 pounds of comb.
 There will be meeting of the tax payers of School District No. II, held at the school house on Saturday evening next for the purpose of voting a special tax, which is necessary to maintain the school the length of time required by law.
 There will be no session of the District Court today, as was anticipated. Judge Kibbey is compelled, by lack of time. to go direct from Florence to Yuma, where he opens court next Monday on an unusually heavy calendar for Yuma County.
 Harrisburg and the Harqua IIalas have, according to a recent arrival from there, lost nearly all of their population. Court will sit in Yuma next Monday and nearly everyone at the camp has been subpgnaed to attend as witnesses on either the Mexican murder trial or the Horne mine-jumping case.
 Fast and careless driving on the street is strictly prohibited. The couple who ran into gentleman's buggy at the corner of Monroe and MOntezuma streets Tuesday evening, 'were not as good as their word" The young man was recognized on the street yesterday, but he failed to call as agreed to repair damages.
 II. A. Wilson, while prospecting in the Harcuyar mountains about twenty miles west of Harqua Hala, six weeks ago, came upon a spring of water that flows fully 300 miners inches. The water comes from under ledge of rock and runs a short distance down an arroyo before sinking into the sand. Mir. Wilson has located the spring and has taken overa band of cattle to occupy the Virgin range. By piping the water distance of less than two miles 1t can be brought upon a flat containing about fifty acres of excellent land. Here he will establish himself and will engage in cattle raising and farming.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
GOLDMAN X co.
DRoposAIs FOR MILITARY sUpPLIEs-

DRoP0sALs FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES
 | Headquarters Department of Arizona, Office of the Chief Quartermaster, Los Angeles, Cal, September l3 1890 Sealed proposals will be received at this office and at the office of the Post Quartermaster, Fort Thomas, A. T., until II o'clock, a. m., on Monday, OctO- Der l3, 1890. and opened immediately thereafter in the presence of bidders for the furnishing and delivery of 1000 cords of Wood, 3iOOOO lbs. Corn Oats or Barley, l6,00O lbs. Bran 100000 lbs
 Hay, 100000 lbs. Straw or Hay for bedding, 2,000 ibs. Blacksmith's Coal and 300 bushels of Char coal during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 20, 1891, at Fort Thomas, A. IT., at such times and in such quantities as may be re quired. Preference given to articles of domes- tic production and manufacture, conditions of price and quality being equal, and such prefer ence given to articles of American production and manufacture produced on the Pacific Coast to the extent Of the consumption required by the public service there. Proposals for quanu- ties less than the whole required or for delivery of the supplies at points other than Fort Thomas, A. T., will be entertained. Specified tions, general instructions to bidders, and blank forms of proposal will be furnished on application tO this office or the Post Quarter master, Fort Thomas, A. T. A. $. KIMBALL, Quartermaster, U. s. Army, Chief Quartermas
 ter $ l4, l5, l6, l7, O II, l2
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19

Some complaint has been made as to the manner of dividing pupils between the East and the West End school build ings, it being claimed that Center street is not proper dividing line, but it will be noticed that there are l07 pupils in attendance at the West End, while at the East End there are 10l pupils en- rolled. This is about as equal division as could be made on any basis.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
THE CONVENTION CALLED.
2Ieeting of the Republican County Centra
 CnmmIIIee NesterdaY.

leeting or the Republican county central
 Committee Yesterday.
 The Maricopa County Republican Central Committee met yesterday al p. m., in Greene & Woods office, ir this city.
 In the absence of Chairman Hine, T II. Seelig was elected to the chair.
 Upon motion it was agreed to instruct the Secretary to issue notice calling ,he primaries for September 25 and the County Convention for September 20.
 It was agreed that the same appor- tionment should govern as at the previous primary election and that the same precinct officers should have charge.
 mass meeting of the Republican electors of Phoenix Precinct was called for September 23, for the purpose of nominating list of local delegates to be voted for at the primaries.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19

for property within three miles of town. Apply REPUBLICAN office, ll2u
 FOR RENT-Centrally situated resi- dence of three rooms cool and pleasant, Apply at this office.
 Go to Lemon Hotel for iirst-class ac- commodations. Newly renovated, and new management. Sample rooms and electric lights. MRS. $. c. DREW.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
TRUE TILL DEATH.
German Artist and His Sweetheart
 Commit Suicide.

German Artist and His Sweetheart
 Commit Suicide.
 NEW YORK, September lS.-Gustave G. Koch shot and killed himself outside the window of Emelie Rossi, his sweet. heart, aged l9, this morning, and his death was immediately followed by the suicide of the girl. Koch was well known crayon artist while the girl, who was an actress, was the daughter of an Italian tenor of note, now dead. Her mother resides in Berlin and is a Ger man novelist. She objected to their marriage.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
County Recorder,s Omce.

Reported daily by Greene X Wood, Abstra ctor.
 The following instruments were yesterday filed for record in the office of the County Recorder
 c. T. Walters to J. Hubbard-Lot I, block l. in Montgomery Addition. Consideration S2OO.
 Matt w. Reedy to F. D, Welcome Part of Lot |, block l5, Gila Bend. Consideration Sl.
 Levi E.. HeWins to Truman Austin-LOt e. block c, University Addition. Consideration S2OO
 out of the SE f section Y, T x, R k. Con, sideratiOn $500.
 United States to James T. Priest-Nl5 of NE ll and 12 of NV 4 section 20, l N, K E. Patent.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
A California stare Eohhery.

SAN ANDREAs, Cal, September lS.- The stage from Valley Springs to San Andreas was held up by two masked men this afternoon, about four miles from town. The eight passengers on board were robbed of about $50 and the wooden box of Wells Fargo & Company was taken. The iron box remained untouched. Immediately upon arrival of the stage the Sheriff started in search of the robbers.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
TARIFF CONFEREES.
Hope to he Able to Report Back Next
 Monday.

WASHINGTON, September Is. - Con- ferees on the Tariff bill this morning reported they had made substantial progress.
 Their most important action was the acceptance by the House conierees of the Senate reciprocity amendment. IL is understood that the increased duty on wines and spirits has been abandoned by the Senate conferees. The committee now hope to be able to report Monday.
Arizona republican., 1890-09-19
PREFERRED LOCALS.

For Q first-class breakfast go to the Maricopa House, at Maricopa.
 FoR RENT.-A spacious, cool dwelling close to business center. Enquire at office of Goldman x Go. 90-tf.
 Mrs. c. II. Bury will reopen her pri- vate school about October l for the fall and winter months. 1l8-tf
 The best school shoes at the lowest prices at c. A. Downs, Monihon build ing, Washington street. 1l2-l4l
 Stock cattle for sale, or will exchange