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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
kaIsa From the eanrIs.

THE contest of the will Of Mary Med, Has
lett ID on trial befeFs Judge siagle,
In the suit of Nicholas HehmidteheT against
Henry Stein, an action on a contract q verdict
OF siF W was given yesterday for the plaintiff
IN the suit of Gustav sehulE against the
PittsbuTg, MeKeesport and Youghi0gheny
Railroad Company for damages for injuries 20
property caused by blocking M o sewer, q yer.
diet was given yesterday for e20s tor the
plaintiff
the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester
Railway Company 60 obtain possession OF lot
IN Allegheny yesterday, i, ii. Ittel was al
lowed 10 be substituted for Robb as the plaint-
id, and the case was continued.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
RIGHTS OF A SCHOOL BOARD
To Allow Drilling for OIL on PubIie School
Properly.


Properly.
Judges Collier and slagle yesterday heard
the arguments on motion for preliminary
injunction In the case Of A. b. Young and
others against the School Board OF Robin
son township and Lessee Hale. The bill 10
to restrain Hale from boring for oil on IN
acre Of school property leased to him by the
school board for oil purposes, and 10 have
the lease annulled. NJ. A. Woodward ap-
peared for the plaintiffs. He maintained
that the school board had no authority to
lease school property, and II could only be
used for school purposes, and further, that
10 sink an oil we'll on the premises would be
creating O nuisance that would unfit the
place for school purposes.
Messrs. Young, Trent and Briant ap-
peared Tor the defendants. They main.
tanned that the board had the right to lease
unused school property, and that the we'll
was in the far corner Of the ground from the
school house, and would not prove q nui-
sance. 1t was stated that II it were o nui-
sance 80 would be the wells of the plain
tiffs being bored on adjoining property close
to il.
The Court reserved its decision.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
EXCURSION TO WHEELING.
Rnte 81 SO Round Trim.

The B. & o. X. r. will sell excursion
tickets to Wheeling. commencing next Sun
day, and continue during the summer
months at the popular low rate, tickets good
for Sunday only. Train leaves at $50 A.
M, returning leaves Wheeling at q P. M,
arriving in Pittsburg at 10I5 p. M. Exour.
sion tickets will also be sold for this train
at rate of 81 to Washington, Pa, and re-
turn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
TOES FOR A WATCH CHARM,

Grussome Relies m indianapolis Council.
man Carries About With Him.
Joe Casper, q member Of the indianapolis
Council, has q watch charm which is enough
to give some people the horrors Several
years ago he had two OF his toes amputated,
and he preserved them In alcohol. The
bottle was accidentally broken, and Joe
threw the toes into box In his garret. Not
long since he ran across the toes and found
that they were mummifed completely.
Though greatly shrunken, their forms
were still perfect, He had them mounted
In gold In unique designs, and now wears
them as pendants TO his watch chain. and
claims that the strange charm has brought
him good luck.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
EXCURSION TO WHEELING.
Rate 81 SO RSund Trim.

The B. & o. r. r. will sell excursion
tickets to Wheeling, commencing next Sum
day, and continue during the summer
months at the popular low rate tickets good
for Sunday only. Train leaves at $50 A.
M, returning leaves Wheeling at z PM,
arriving in Pittsburg at 1915 P. M. Excur.
sion tickets will also be sold for this train
at rate of 81 to Washington, Pa, and re-
tnrn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
ourt reserved its decision.
A VICTIM OF MORPHINE
Asks to be Sent to rhe Works in Order TO be
Cured.

In the Criminal Court yesterday Angelina
Harris was acquitted of assault and battery
on Samuel Breton. William Kenneweg
pleaded guilty to pointing firearms at his
wife. Kenneweg stated that he was victim
of the morphine habit and did not know
what he was doing, and pleaded guilty to
save exposure. He asked to be sent up to
be cured of the habit. He was sentenced 60
days to the workhouse.
s. Clemcloskie was convicted of the lar
ceny of valise and some silk from H. w.
Downs. Ann Mozersky was acquitted Of
the charge Of malicious mischief. The jury
is out in the case OF Gottlieb Huffnagle.
tried for assault and battery on Peter Sic
bold.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
SAVED ODD COINS FOR JIMMIE.

An Uncle VINO Put Away 1883 Nickels for
His Namesnke.
The will Of the late James P. Miller, Of
Allegheny, was filed yesterday for probate.
1t divides Mr.. Miller's estate among his
relatives. One hundred dollars are given TO
the building fund Of the First Presbyterian
Church Of Allegheny. One clause Of the
will reads:
/ give TO my nephew, little Jim. son OF Frank
and Ella Miller, 500, also all the nlckels In my
trunk without the word 'cents' on them, saved
for him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
Penn.,I,anIs Comp.ny,. Chanrs OF rIm

Under the schedule taking effect May IS
the train leaving Pittsburg at 820 A. M.
Sundays, and arriving at S15 P. M, GEN.
trail time, will run between Pittsburg and
Rock Point instead of Beaver Falls Other
slight changes will be indicated in the cor
rected time card in this paper and on the
time tables, which will be distributed on
the suburban trains of this afternoon and
evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
A COUPLE OF BANK SUITS.

One Of Them Won, the Other Just started
on Its Way.
The Bank Of Pittsburg, yesterday, entered
suit against the Keystone Coal Company,
limited, 10 recover from the members OF the
ssaed BY ths coal company and held by the
bank,
In the suit Of the Allegheny National
Bank against the Keystehe Goal Company
10 recover on notes, verdict for the defend
sHts was given yesterday,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
No, Their I.ay.

Detroit Free Press.1
Russian delegates to the international
Prison Congress have received their orders
not to discuss Siberia In any manner or
form. They are sent there to discuss the
evils Of prison system as practced IN all
other countries outside of Russia.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LINZ,

401 smiihheld Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, 500, 200. Surplus, SCI 800.
Deposits of 81 and upward received and
interest allowed ut per cent. IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
A ss 90 sx1O photorrnnh Freo

Ofyourself or children with every dozen OF
cabinets at Hendricks & Co.. IS, No. 6S Fed
eral st., Allegheny, every day this week.
Good cabinets u dozen. Life-size crsyon
only s..
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
MRS. CLEvELAND's PROPERTY.
A Sixteenth Interest In Omnha RenI Estnte
VaIued mt $500, 900.
New York Sun. J

Valued Mt $500, 900.
New York SUM-
The rapid growth of Omaha and it's won
derful development into o metropolis are
strikipgly illustrated by the increase in
the value OF the Folsom estate in that city.
Mrs. Frances Cleveland has one-sixteenth
interest in this property, which is now
valued at 100000. Originally Benjamin
R. Folsom, the great uncle. and John B.
Folsom, the grandfather of Mrs. Cleveland,
owned 81 lots in the city. Twenty of these
have been sold. The property was acquired
in 1859, when Benjamin R. Folsom was a
member Of the Territorial Legislature.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

LACE ECURTAINs-The remarkable values
we are offering in Nottingham, guipure,
antique and Irish point lace curtains are
worthy immediate attention.
TTsSu HUGUs & HACKE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
Baby's Delight

Is to get a ride in one of those buggies at
Harrispn's. hesprings are 80 comfortable.
HARRIsoN's Toy Store,
123 Federal ST., Allegheny.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

And lowest prices-consult our trimming
department.. Jos. HORNE & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

30 DOE. fine suede 81 30 mosquetaires,
black or tans. this week at 81 15, ut Kosen-
baum & Co.'s.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
Mariners. Briux the CbIldr.r

To Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market st.,
Pittsburg, and get fine photograph; cab.
inets 81 90 per doz.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

INDoRsED by reputable physicisns-
Klein's Silver Age Rye. IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

FINE cloth capes at half price and less, at
Rosenbaum & Co.'S. WIS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
DIRECTORS=

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VIM. w. APPLETON.
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14
OVER Thu BORDER,
BY WALTER BESANT.

For want of the masters presence fo,
lack of pushing and encouragement tho
yearly returns of the shop grew less and
less No one knew this except NV
mother 1t was useless to tell nv father
If she begged his attention to the fact bo
only said that business was. in the nature
of things. fuctuating; that a bad wear
would be succeeded by good year; that
large profits had recently been made hv
traders to Calicut and Surinam. where he
had designs of employing his own capital.
and that ventures to Canton had of late
proved extremely successful Alas. moor
mani he had no capital left. for now all
was gone-capital. credit and custom
Yet he still continued to believe that his
shop. the shop which came to him with
his wife, was bringing to him. every wear
great and steady return. and that he
was amassing fortune
One day-it was Saturday evening in
May-in the year ITO. six years after the
fight of Ralph Embleton. when was in
my seventeenth year. and almost grown to
my full height. saw coming slowly along
the narrow road which leads from the high
way to Warkworth a country cart. and in
it two persons, the driver walking at the
horses head ! stood at the garden gate
watching this cart idly. and the setting
sun behind it, without so much as won
dering who these persons might be. until
presently it came slowly down the road
which here slopes gently to the river and
the bridge, and pulled up in front of our
gate When the cart stopped a lady got
quickly down and seized my hands
You are my Drusilla?" she asked. and
without waiting for reply because she
was my mother and knew could be no
other than her own daughter. she fell upon
my neck in passion of weeping and sob
bling, saying that she knew | was her
daughter dear, and that she was nv most
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14
GRAND OPPORTUNITY
INVESTMENT
WASHINGTON s!

Of all the leading cities in this new
State, none have made more progress than
Ellensburgh. Burned up in July last. it's
citizens Immediately went to work re-
building, and to-day Ellensburgh can
show more brick frontage than any Young
city on the Pacific coast. 1t is the heart
of Washington, and has all the elements
of success. 1t has gold, silver, copper,
iron and coal mines; it is surrounded by
one of the most extensive agricultural and
grazing sections of the State; it has un-
limited water power for manufactures. 1t
is establishing manufactures, and is des-
tined to be the Pittsburgh of the Pacific.
Walters & Co., the pioneer real estate
dealers and loan agents, have city bust
ness and residence property, addition
property and acre tracts; they have farms
ranches and mines, which they offer to the
public on reasonable terms. They take
pleasure in showing strangers around,
and also make investments for non-resi-
dents.
60 Refer to Ben. E. Snipes & Co.,
bankers, and Ellensburgh National Bank.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14

himself and a plotter of evil. man with
hardened heart and a dead conscience
Well. my mother shed tears with me.
and said that | should not be married
against my will that Mathew was not a
good man. and that she would bid him.
not uncourteously go look elsewhere
This she did thanking him for the honor
he had proposed
For some reason perhaps because be did
! not really wish to marry me. perhaps be-
cause he had not thoroughly laid out the
scheme of marrying me to revenge himself
upon Ralph Mathew gave me respite for
the time though went in great terror lest
he might poster my mother or myself Per-
haps which think more likely. he trusted
to the influence of poverty and privation,
and was contented to wait till these should
make me submissive to his will
However that may be. he said nothing
more concerning love. and continued his
visits to my father in whose conversation
he took so great pleasure Oh villain
Things were in this posture. being in
the greatest anxiety and fear that some
thing terrible was going before long to
happen to us. when a most joyful and un
expected event happened
1t was in the month of May. seven years
since Ralph fight-like the followers OF
Mohammed, reckoned the years from the
flght-that this event happened
The event was this. that the fugleman
had q letter sent TO him-the first letter
he ever received in his life
saw the post boy riding down the
road early in the afternoon. he passed by
the house of Mr. Carnaby where he some
times stopped past our cottage. where he
never stopped because there was nobody
who wrote letters to us. and over the
bridge his horses hoofs gathering under
the old gateway | thought he was going
to the vicarage but he left that on his
right and rode straigh, up the street
blowing his horn as he went | wondered
but had no time to waste in wonder wh
was going to get letter in that part Of
the town The letter. in fact. was for no
other than the fugeman
Half all hour later the fugleman. who
had been at work in the garden all the
morning came down the town again anC
asked me- with respect to her ladyship
my mother-if would give him five min
utes talk With him was Sailor Nan
cause the thing was altogether so strange
that he could not avoid telling her about
it. and she came with him curious as
woman though bold and brave as becomes
an old salt
/" "Tis strange thing" said the fugle
man turning the unopened letter over
and over in his hand its a strange
thing here is letter which tells me |
know not what-comes from know not
where have paid three shillings and
eight pence for it A great sum doubt
was fool 1t may mean money and it
NAV mean loss
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Burn it. and ha DONE" said Sailor
Nan IT'S from some land shark. Burn
the letter"
II am GO or mayhap 20 years of age
Sixty must be Yes. sure and certain
60 let never letter in all my day:
before
Now. which is very singular. not the
writer of the letter
is it" asked. from a cousin or
brOtherI''
"Cousln2'' he repeated with the shadow
of smile across his stiff lips Why |
never had father or a mott her to saw
nothing of a brother or cousin When
| first remember anything | was running
in the streets with other boys We stole
our breakfast we stole our dinner and
we stole our supper Where are they all
now those little rog'es and pick pockets
my companionsr Hanged | doubt not
What but hanging can have come to
themS But as for me by the blessing of
the Lord. was enlisted in the Fourteenth
Line, and after few hundreds taken
mostly by three dozen doses which now
are neither here nor there and are the
making of lad | was logged into a
good soldier. and so rose as was due to
merit hearty three dozen now and
then. laid on with will in the cool of the
morning works mr.k les Not such a
regiment in the service as the Fourteenth
And why3 Because the colonel knew his
duty and did it without fear or favor and
the men were properly trounced Good
comrades all and brave boys And
where are theyt Dead | take it. beggars
some. fallen in action some broke some
in comfortable berths like me some II
all were living who would there be to
send me letter seeing there wasn't
man in all the regiment who could write?
Strange that not one of us even then
guessed the truth
II was a great letter thick and care
fully sealed addressed TO Fugleman Fur
long at his room in the Castle of Wark
worth, Northumberland England :" 1t
came from foreign parts and the paper
was not only stained but had curious
fragrance
broke the seal and tore open the GOV
ering of the letter Within was another
packet Oh heavens Ii was addressed
to 'Drnsilla Hetherington care of the
fugeman to be forwarded without delay
Haste-post haste''
And then | knew without waiting to
open the letter that it would be from none
other than Ralph 1t must be from Ralph.
After all these years. we were to hear once
more FROM Ralph stood pale and tremb
ling nor could for some moments even
speak At last said
'Fugleman-Nan - this letter Is ad
dressed to me 1t is, | verify believe. from
Ralph Embleton Wait little. while |
read it "
Read tread IT." cried the old man
Could l-ah mercifuI heaven-could |
ever forget she rapture. the satisfied
yearning the blissful content the graft
tude with which read that sweet and
precious letter. They waited patiently
even the rude and coarse old woman re
Trained from speech while read page
litter page They said nothing though
they saw the tears falling down my face.
because they knew that they were tears
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14

Mr.. knutsford, the Colonial Secretary
mas advised the Queen to give the royal
assent to the divorce bill. The bill ac-
cepts as grounds for divorce desert;on
Tor three years, either on the part of the
man or woman; habitual drunkenness
coupled with cruelty or neglect; neglect
OF household duties on the wife's mart
sentence for and violent assault The
vile is entitled to divorce on the ground
OF lnhdellty, In case the offense is com
IL itted during conjugal residence or con
PIE pLeu WIN aggravatlng conditions, or in
sle event OF the act being repeated The
Jaw on TINS point is unchanged with ref
erencs to an offending wife
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14
Walters & Co.,
washington
TO SETTLERS.
Important Modification Of the United
States Land Laws.

The following important changes and
notifications of the U. S. land laws were
approved by the President, March q,
1850. All persons desiring to take
advantage of the same will have their
claims promptly and efficiently looked
after and attended to by addressing,
either in person or by letter, Paul
d'Heirry, who has lately associated him
self with w. W. Newlin, Esq, in the
conduct and care of U. S. Land Oflce
business. See subjoined card:
Parties who prior to March a., 1889,
entered homestead claims, and for any
reason failed to make final proof on the
same, can make new homestead entry.
Parties who entered homestead claims
and failed to make final proof on same,
and who have since fled presumption
claims, can have the latter changed to
homestead upon application.
Parties who prior to March 4, 1889,
entered homestead claim of less than
100 acres, may enter other and addl-
tiOnal land Lying contiguous TO the orig
inal entry, which shall not with the land
first entered and occupied exceed IN the
aggregate 100 acres. Proof of residence
and cultivation will not be required on
such additional and, and if final receipt
or patent has already been issued, such
party will be entitled to immediate pat
ent for such additional land. This does
not apply to any person who at the date
of making application for such add,
tional contiguous land does not oaUm ana
OCCUPY the lands owned by his original
entry.
Parties who prior to March 4, 1889,
made final homestead proof on less
than 100 acres of land, and who are
unable, or do not wish to enter con-
tiguous land, as above stated, may
enter as an additional homestead so
much additional land as added to the
quantity previously entered by him shall
not exceed 80 acres. But before patent
can issue for such additional entry upon
lands rot contiguous the same proof OF
residence and cultivation will be re-
0uired as in the original entry.
Parties who prior to March a, 1889,
have entered homestead of less than
100 acres, but who have not yet made
final proof, and who either cannot
obtain or do not wish to make additional
entry on contiguous land, can, after they
make final proof on lands so now held
by them, obtain the benefits of the pre-
ceding section.
Parties who are unable, by reason of a
total or partial destruction or failure
of crops, sickness or other unavolda-
bic casualty to secure q support for
himself or those dependent upon him
upon the lands settled upon, may receive
leave of absence from said land by the
Register and Receiver for length OF
time not exceeding one year, and forfeits
no right by such absence.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14

hiCoDS dt dii IudL ociIlS Vi COmpd
sIonate heart. he was strongly minded to
nelp them. and that the best way. as we'll
~ be could Judge would be to make her
laughter Drusilla his wife This done,
ne would then see that their later years
would be attended with comfort and the
elief OF all anxiety
At frs: my mother did not reply She
had no reason to love Mathew whose un
Sindness to his ward was well known to
.eI Again she had still some remains
family pride ieft-you do not destroy a
woman pride Oy taking away her money
She thought being the daughter of a we'll
TO do London citizen that her child should
look higher than man who had nothing
IN the world of his own but thirty acres
IT land although he lived at the mill and
pretended to be its owner And she very
truly thought that the man was not in per
son likely to attract SO young girl as my
self But she spoke him fair She told
him that was young as yet. too young
10 know my own mind and that perhaps
he had better wait he replied that he
was not young for his own part. and that
he would not wait Then she told him
that she should not certainly force the
Inclinations of her daughter but that she
would speak to me about him
She opened the subject to me in the
evening No sooner did | understand
that Mathew had spoken for me than
threw myself upon my knees to my moth
er. and implored her with many tears
and prOtestations not to urge me to &C
cept his suit | declared with vehe
mence that if there were no other man
IN the world could not accept Mathew
Humble reminded her of his behavior
toward Ralph assured her that | be
ueved him to be- one who sat drinking by
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14

Or 1.-THE JOURNAL"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14

The British schooner Glenn has been
wrecked on Little Duck island, off the
coast OF Maine. Some of the crew we're
taken off after suffering terribly from
exposure. Four others had previously
lett the vessel, and it is feared thev have
persisted. --''e
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[To BE Continued.

Durham's steamery and tobacco fac
tory and the tobacco factories of Cameron
& Co. and Cameron & Sizer were de-
stroyed by fire at Richmond. Va.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14

The tusboat Flora d. blew up thirty
miles above Mobile, Ala. killing Enyi-
neer William Grimby, his son and a col
9red cook and severely ipjuring Captain
Hall and Pilot Romell