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| MIDNIGHT STRUGGLE.
Two Girls Encounter with
Treacherous Intruder.

My sister Julia was always very
courageous. In our youth the country
was wilder than now; but it might
truly be said of her that she was not
brought up in the woods to be scared
by an owl. She would traverse the
most unfrequented paths, wondering at
my timidity. 7atH
There was nothing masculine, how
ever, in Julia's appearance; she was
simply sweet, joyous child, with an
absence Of fear in her character and
consequent clearness of perception in
all cases of supposed or real danger.
When / was sixteen and Julia eight
cen, my father hired laborer named
Hans Schmidt, Hessian, who had been
in the British service, and who, at the
close of the war, had deserted from his
regiment. He was a powerful man,
with heavy imbruted countenance;
and both Julia and myself were struck
at the very first with an intuitive dread
Of him. The feeling in Julia hardly
took the character of fear, but was
one rather of loathing; yet. If she could
have feared any thing, I think it would
have been that man, for she had an in
tuitive perception that he was demon
like, even beyond what his looks dem
onstrated. One evening she read OF q
horrible murder that thrilled our blood,
and upon turning her eyes from the
paper they encountered those Of Hans
Schmidt. There was something terri
BE IN his glance. aud from that mo-
uaRt zas zssolEe5 that fha s;llrn
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PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned intending to- reltnquish
farming will sell at public sale on saturday,
Feb. 70, 1891, ut his residence, 8 miles Que
north of Abilene, ard Amtls west Of zion
church, the following descrtbed personal
property. to.wit: work horses OF Wnlcn
are brood mares are supposed TO be IN Ioal,
5 CO. Is, rising three, two ana one year
old and driving Ionies,5 m1lch COWS u 1000
bull, IA head of steers and heifers l and
: ears old, = brood sOws, 9 shoats, good farm
wagons, l Deerlng binder and Deer1ng
mower all l. good running order, good nay
rak., 2 walking and riding plow, harrow,
acme han row, culttvatOr, corn ptanter
and check rover nearly new IA In, WaLk Ing
lister corn drill, williams par. corn cutter
2 hay racks several sets Of double harness, .
Z of fiynets, single Couole and triple trees
and other articles not Necessary 70 mention.
8 lie 10 commence at IL la. m. on ABOVE Gay.
Free lunch. Terms-On all sums exceeding
IS the purchaser shall have credit OF ten
months by giving his note with apFr1Feo
security wit out interest If paid when due ,
# not ,atd when due ten per cent. per an
nun will be CHARGED from date. All sums
of s. and under shall be paid cash. -
H. b sTOgER AuctiOneer. -.--f
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aperture that they had forced in the
board. So horrible now appeared our
position that ] uttered a scream, such
as 1 do not think | ever at any other
time have had the power to initiate. I
did not know that | was about to
scream, SO terrible was the fright Of
which this was the involuntary out
burst.
To get off the lid, in order to defeat
the movement through the chest-end,
would have instantly been our destruc-
ton; therefore, still bearing our weight
on the cover, we caught at the project
ing feet. In doing this, however, we
partially lost our balance, and sudden
bracing up of the muscular shape below
so far forced open the lid, that the head,
arms and shoulders of Hans Schmidt
were thrust forth, and, with a fearful
clutch, seized Julia by the throat Hor-
rifed by the spectacle, threw myself
forward, bearing down with all my
might upon his head, as lay partially
upon the chest.
Just then heavy crash was heard at
the door below, the foot-tramps spring
ing toward us as if some person were
tearing up the staircase with the full
conviction that this was an hour of
need. The dim daybreak hardly re-
vealcd its identity, as he rushed into
our room, but had faint perception
that young Harry Irving had come to
us in our peril. Some time during the
morning found myself in bed, with
I'll - he
women standing about me. Julia
clasped me in her arms and cried, she
was so rejoiced that the fright had not
killed me.
eve are safe, Mary" she said.
Harry Irving was near the house all
night. He returned after seeming to
ge home. 1t was not right, he said to
himself, for US to remain alone here
all night, especially as our father was
known to have money in the house. So
he kept out of sight, but remained
near. The least scream he would have
heard as he at last heard yours; but
am glad you did not scream before, for
now we have had an experience, and
know what we can do. It was tedious;
but don't wish to be thought afraid
of my own shadow, and I'm glad we
had to hold the chest down good
while" s..
Hans Schmidt had evidently decided
upon the chest as safer hiding place
than that in which Julia first discovered
him. Upon the very morning on which
Henry Irving stunned and secured the
rufian in our room, the officers Of
justice were searching for the old Hes
sian scoundrel as a supposed murderer,
and he was soon afterward convicted
and hung.
Julia became the wife of Henry Irv-
ing. and most excellent wife she was
Magnanimous and unrevengeful, she
was perhaps the only one who felt no
qualification at the fate of old Hans
Schmidt, but rather pity for the ig-
noranee which had STEPPED him in
crime.--N. Y. Evening World
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PuRLlc SALE.

I vii. offer at public sale 2 miles east OF
Abilene on Enterprise road on ThursoRy,
-ebruary -, 1891, Commencing at 10 O'CLOCK,
the following described personal property
tO-wit: heaI of hOf ses, u head OF good
Milk Cows, 7 head IF Yeariings aud Bull.
ID head of ShOats, farm wagon, 2corn plows.
, stirring plows, float, corn harvester,
harness, 100 shocks of corn fodder, so hedge
posts / brown corn planter and. eheck
no We, 100 rods OF wire, ! hay rack, hog
GUS to mention. Terms, all sums of $500 and
less cash. ON all Gums oyer $500 a. cre1te OF
l. months wall be given, purchaser giving
note with approved security without
interest if paid when due, If not paid when
due 10 per cent from date. L. L. BOOK.
II. b. StOner, AuctiOneor. I'D
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The MINSTREL.


He thought he once could sing
A song OF love and spring,
But stammered, though he held afulI-strung
Tyre; ----
Because he lacked-ths art
Which later years impart;
Because the skill was less than the desire.
b. And now he seems to know
Just how the tune should flow,
But misses the young ardor once so strong.
The impulse Of the heart aly
Is slower than the art;
The skill to sing is better than the song
The SOLDERING touch Of time ---
Holds back the hasty rhyme
That in the heat of youth once spurned controli
- For shared in webs Of thought
His flying dreams are caught
Age looks beyond thesenses to the soul
All could the singers art
Assume the loftier part ---
As once the lowlier in the realm OF song
All, could LIES grander themes
o. 9. Flow hkethe early streams ~ ~.
What minstrel then would say he had lived TOO
r-- --1 long? -.- --- az ." rrE.-
Christopher P. Cranch, in Harper's Magazine
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WRoNGHEApEo PEOPLE.
Those with Whom 1t Is Difficult to Ge
-r Along.

Those with hnOm Is O1ulculI 10 NHcl
-r- Along.
Among the most unpleasant people
one is compelled to rub shoulders with
on LIES highway are the class whose
minds take hold OF every thing, as it
were, the wrong end foremost. They
are usually as obstinate as perYerse,
and the false differences they draw
from misapprehended premises they adj
here to with as much tenaeity as if
they were Gospel truths. One knows
not how to deal with such incorrigibles.
Good-humored rallying they are as like
ly as not to mistake for studied insult,
kind words for humbug, endeavors to
instruct and convince for airs of superb
ority; and whatever one may do or say
with a view of benefting them, they
mistake for insidious attempts to get
on their blind side. Their field Of moral
vision is filed with mist of suspicion
which distorts every thing, and it is in
vain to reason with them; for you can
no more do away with their absurd i'm
pressions than you can wipe out craven
letters with sponge Error, we sup
pose, is to them what truth is to right
headed men and women, and they cling
to it because they believe in it. They
are objects of eommiseration; yet, be-
ing unabatable nuisances, IL is prudent
to give them a wide bertk -
1t is really sad thing to be predis-
posed by nature to misconeeive and
misconstrue; but it is equally unpleas-
ant to be misunderstood and miscon.
strued. We, therefore, make it a rule
to have as little as possible to do with
tnyeterately wrongheaded Deople.-E-
: : = ALglAwava GF1 f0F
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SOCIETY CALENDAR

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIO'
ARLENE Post No. 6S-Meets at the court
,onSe the second and fourth Monday even
nos ~ each month. All comrades are m
Sffed TO meet with Us. W. L. Alliso y; Us
A. 8 Davidson, Adjutant. Jezo-y
Woman's Relief Corps, No. eS-Meetsa lterps s!1
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ats O'Clock IN the CITY mall an
iTrs. Alice Seeds, president; Mrs'hafS Nali'
E1eoretary. 49,
- - KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Damon Lodge No. 6-Meets every Wednes-
daV evening, corner second and Broadway.
visiting brothers cordially invited &; o
Crawford, 9. c.; A. &. Cooper, K. OF b. q B.
A.O.U.W.
Abilene Lodge, No. 81 Meets every I2uTS
6ay evening in Odd Fellows hall Rev. w. d
Zinmerman,A N. w; Richard Waring' record
er.
Western Home Lodge, l. o. U. r, no. %
Meets every Tuesday evening IN Oqd I S eLions
hall Oficers: Noble Grand, D. b. metLgeL,
Secretary, j. T. Hornaday. Visiting oretnron
cordially welcome. -ar -. -
, ~ MASONIC. -
Abilene Commandery NO ., d. y .-h1 s ~ ~
Masonic hall on the first and third IhqrsdaSs o.
each month. W. B. Giles, E. c. John ID. Gasls7
ner Recorder. 10
Cyrus Chapter, No. Is, r. A. M.-Meetsin No q,
Ronic hail on the second and fourth trlesys Oh
ssch month. o. L. Moore, b. p J. L. "OIley
Secretary.
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First publication Jan. 20, 1911
Sheriff's Sale Under Execution.


STATE OF KANSAS, lss.
Dickinson County. ~ Ela
The Travellers Insurance company, plain
tiff,
W. C. GfIliland, n. Blevins, J. +. Baxter, @.
9. Bessey, s. g. Reed and T. >. Wilson,
defendants.
By virtue of an Execution to me directed
and delivered, issued out Of the Eighth judi
cfal district court OF the state of Kansas SIT
ting in and for Dickinson county, In SAID
state, l will,
On Monday, March 2nd, A. D. 1881,
at the hour Of 10 O'Clock g. m of said day Sc
the court house door in Abilene, In tne
county and state Al Oresatd, o1er for puonc
sa.. and sell 10 the highest bidder. for cash
in hand all the right, title and interest OF
the above nsmed defendant, 5. g. Reed. IN
and to the following described real estate
THE undivided one-teBth interest in the
-oufh half of the southeast quarter Of sec
tim No. twenty co and the north BALI Of the
northeast quarter Of section No. twenty nine
(2ql. ali in {, wnship No. thirteen. CO south,
of range No, two C2l east Of the 9Th principal
meridian in Dickinson county, Kansas.
said property levied on and 10 be SOLD a.
the property of the above named cefenoAn1'
S. G. Reed.
23-5 Sheriff of Dickinson County, kas-
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OUR DAUGHTER.

1 see her as toddIiAg child, .
Who in the sunshine laughed and smiled
Enjoying life without pretense-
A picture of pure innocence.
1 see her in her early youth,
Her face the very home of truth
And sweet unselhshness, that stroVe
To lose itself in acts Of love.
I see her in her maidenhood,
When knowledge of the higher good,
The truer life, endowed her face
With softer light, more tender grace.
1 see her in her matron days,
A sunbeam in LIES darker ways
Such sympathy she ever had
With sick and desolate and sad
I see her in her later years,
Passing through many vale OF tears
And yet wiShal you e'er could trace
Peace written on her wrinkled face.
Now, leaning on q daughter dear,
And wee Annie playing near,
Just as she once had loved to do ..-
She passes down the avenue. -'-
And q glad smile IS on her face
That lights it still with old-time grace.
For, lol she fears not coming night:
" At eyen1ide there shall be lightr'
C. Westherly, in Golden Days
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MA THE ALRERT u RoUTE.

eyes, certainly" I replied; "but
where are you putting up now?"
"Oh, the same old quarters" he re-
turned.
what is the best way to get there?"
I asked, as last and altogether desper-
ate hope. $50 - ..s ..- ~.
''You can't do better than take cab"
he said; and we parted never to meet
Against. James Gazette.
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice having
had plaoedin his hands by an East India mission
lry the formula of q simple vegetable remedy Cor
the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption,
.0 Bronchitis, CatRrTh Asthma, and all throaf and
Lung Affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints
Gfter having tested its wonderful curative pOWerS
81 thousands Of eases has felt il his duty to make
itknoWn to his sufferingfellOws Actuated by this
motive and desire 70 relieve human suffering,
"a will send free Of charge to all who desire it. this
recipe IN German, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using Sent by mail
By addressing with stamp, naming this paper.
". A. MOVES, $50 POlUers' Block, Rochester, n. y.
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A. /. Parish, Pension and Claim, at
torney, Washington, D. G.. Successful
practice before the several government
departments during the last twelve
- years, enables me to prosecute all
: claims b the best advantage Appli-
eatisns for pensions, increase Of PEN
s, sions, bounty, pay, etc, promptly at
tended %. No fee unless claim is
allowed
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Castoria.

"Castoria Is sowell adapted TO children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
hownto me-" --- v.-
n. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyns n. z.
"our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly OF their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPErsARH,
.. ... ....- . Boston, Mass
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
nrrar STRAIT. Nav York City.
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A WEAK MAN

Can noW cure himself OF the deblorabIe re-
suits of EARLY ABUSE, and perfectly restore
his v1GoR and VITALITY by the Great Aus
tra1ian Remedy. The remarkable CURES Of
hopeless cases Of Nervous Debility and PHI
vate Complaints are everywhere stamping
out Qpackery- The Medicine, q physicians
gift 70 suffering humanity, will be sent FREE
% thoge afflicted. Address, f.r
:. ? Oct 2ei&c-ly DR.. NJ. B. TAYLOR,
= 500 Market street, san Francisco.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
When she was Child, she cried for CastoriA-
When she became Miss, she chung to CaseoriA
When she had Children, she gavethem CsssOriA
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what's

CastOria Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription
and Children. It contains neither Opium Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers destroys Worms and aayS
feverishness CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie CastOria relieves
teething troubles constipation and fatulency
Castoria assinates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
tOria is the Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren- Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OseooD,
Lowell. Mass
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First publication Feb. 10. Issl.l
SHERTFF'S SALE.

Under and by virtue Of an ordar Of sale is
sned nv the clerk of the district court OF
Oickinson county. state Of KaRssas In
eause pending therein, wherein James NOT
- a lIsintiff and William L. Cooley Emma
q. Cooley and Thomas Kirby are defendants
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nm MnndaV. March %, A.O. 1e9l,

at the front door ofthe court house, in the
eirV of Abilene unity of Dickinson, state
Of kansas, at 10 O'Clock q, m Of said Day
soGfng described real estate to-wtt: -ea
Lot humber twenty-five (25) and the east
half C10 Of lot number twenty four Cd In
block number nineteen llsi ~ A Lacy ana
nectSinson county, state Of Kansas 5h5f
Tne said real estate win be sold p1rsuRnt
to the Judgment Of the courl IN sAad cause
rsefte6 IL said order Of sale.
J witness my hand this 18th dag Of February
A. D. 1871 ea 5H1 " n any
@e sh@s9 q DiasisDh un
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NHEAHTED--An active reliable man-Sal
( Wv airy go TO $50 monthly, with increase
to represent In his own section responsible
New York House. References. -trgeT
MANUFACTURER. LOCK Box 1855, New York.
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$75 $3.50 Ao aHsTa ar S as p f. msas
preferred who can furnish a horse and give
l. cir whole time, to the business. Spare
moments may be probably employed also
A feWIYacancies in towns and cities. B. T.
i25-fy
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The oentaur Company. Murray Street. New York City
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"Castoria is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use Castoria in
stead Of thevarious quack nostrumswhich are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DE-. ]. F. KINcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-26
Tax Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Tax
Rolls for tho year i891have been deposited
in my office, and that the taxes. assessed
for said year are set forth IN the said rolls
the. Recorder of thisparish, that they are
now due, andwill BECOME delinquent on
the 31st day of December, 1891, and will
draw 2 per cent per month interest from
thatsdate, according TO the provisions OF
sectiod 40 Of Act No. 9s of 1856, untl paid
or the property be sold in accordance with
Article 40 of the Constitution.
Sherifs Office, Abbeville, La. Auguat
20, 1891, A.. j: LEBLANC,
Sheriff & Tax Collector.
Per Il. q. BRoUssARD,
Dy-SheriH & Tax Collector.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-26

At The recent session of the Metho-
dist Conference held at Alexandria
the following appointments were
made for the Opelousas District:
JohntA. Miller, presiding elder.
Opelousas and Washington-Ton
S. Randle.
Plaquemine Brales and Rayns-
F.. M. Blocker.
Lafsyeste-H. Armstrong.
Crovley--C. Briscos Garter.
Abbevitle-E. T. Densen.
New lberia-Fitz s. Parker.
franklin and Jeansrette-J. B.
Classify.
Lake Charles-T. J. Upton.
Patterson and Morgan City
Tom B. White.
Sulphur Mime. b. Kent.
Grand Cheniere-C Chs. F, Staples.
Indian Bayou-C. r. Seward.
Lake Arthar-To be supplied By
J. L. Gibson.
Sabine Nission-To be supplied.
Huron Mission-To be supplied.
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SheriF's Sale
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of vermilion-25th Jud Dis. Court.
No. 222.
Aexandre Briggs.
Ben. COrb,ns

Ben. C0rb.ns.
DY virtue of a writ CT feri facias issued
I'D by tho Honorable Court aforesaid in
the matters of the above numbered and
entitled suit and to me directed / will
sell. atapuble auction to the last and
highest bidder for CASH, at the front
door of the courthouse of said parish on
SATURDAY J4NUARY Is, 1892.
between tao hours of II o'clock q. m.
and 4 O'Clock p. no. thefollowing describ-
ed property seized to satisfy said writ
to wit:
One certain tract of land situated in
said parish. on the West side, of the
Vermilion River containing forty acres
and being bounded North by Ed sBuford,
East by =. T. Briggs A.. South by II.
Trahar, together with the impfoyeme nt1
thereon situated.
Sheriff's Office. December 10, 1891. )
AL. LEBLANC, Sheriff.
Per l.. O. B~RotssARD,
Dy-Sherif.
December 10. 1891.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-26
Succession Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of yernilion-ssth Jud. Dist Court.

Parish Of VerTnilion-25th Jud. Dist Court,
By virtue of an order Of sale issued
BIT the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court in and for the parish Of Lafay-
cite, in the matter Of the succession Of
Marin Mouton, being Nd. 322 of the
Probate Docket Of said court, and to
me directed, / will proceed to sell, at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, at the front door Of the court
house of Vermilion parish. on
Saturday, December 26, 1881.
the following described property, to
wit
A certain tract of land situated in
the parish of Vermilion, on the west
side of the Vermilion river, containing
Five Hundred and Two (502) acres
and being bounded north BY the Bau-
dom tract, south by Judy Wells, east
by the heirs Of Julie Moutcn and west
by Daniel Paul.
D The above tract will be sold by
tract of ffty-arpents or more. and accord
ing to plat of survey of said land.
Terms and Conditions Cash on day
Of sale.
SheriFs Office, November 81, 1891
a. L. LEBLANC,
Sheriff Of Vermilion,
Per L. O, BRoUssABD,
Dep-SheriEs
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-26

In a recent issue Of the Blooming
ton, Illinois, Paragraph we End the
following glowing account Of YER
million parish -Southwest Louise
lana just receiving quite a boom at
the hands of quite a number of the
prominent citizens Of Gibson. Some
Of thepersons from there who have
already visited this wonderful land
and invested in farm lands or other
property are az follows: e. C.
Mcclure, W. A. Taylor, Craig
Gilmore, r. a. Mcclure, F. s.
Wayis, Geo. "A. Mcclure and Il.
A.. Mcclure. The land they have
purchased is situated In Vermilion
parish, about forty milessfrom the
gulf and is beautiful rolling prairie.
Something over 1000 acres have
been bought by Messrs. Mcclure
andTaylor, and others parties fave
bought smaller. tracts. This land
viii be brought under tha nlov At
once and soWn to rice. u vbich il
seems especially adopted, the yield
of rice being about twenty barrels
per acre Is usually Sc lis at 81 per
harreLe rsineee northern men have
begun iltivatiou of rice in
Louisiana, it is harvested very much
as oats arc In Illinois, the self-binder
a prominent factor. This prairie
land is now very cheap as compared
with Illinois land, bu. is rapidly
advancing in price.
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Taken Up.

A black mare taken OPP by the IN,
dersigned; description as follows d
split in the left ear, a lump on the
ancle Of the left hihd leg. She is
branded on each shoulder with a
circular figure similar to the letter
O. The party can obtain said pro-
.operty By proving the above des.
cription aud paying the cost of
keeping and advertising the same.
KIMBELL FoRMAN.
Dec. 70, 1891.