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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-03-19
HOUSE.
Tuesday March. 10.
SENATE.


The attendance Of members in the house
yesterday was unusually light and during
the morning session but little business was
transacted Several petitions presented
against the Curricr bill were received, and
citizens of Wright county presented petit
tons asking that all liquor licenses be
turned into the county, instead of the viii
lage treasures, y letter from the family OF
the late Gen. Sherman was read, thanking
the Minnesota Legislature for its resolutions
of coincidence and sympathy.
Senate bills were reported upon 10y the
committees, among which were the apprO-
priation bill tor the st. Cloud relormatory
and the bill aboIishing the state board of
corrections and charities.
The order of Standardization Of new bills
was reached. and ten or eleven measures,
mostly OF a local character were read for
the first time by Judge Dakin. Several were
Of n local character, but of no great im-
pOrtanCc.
The principal general bill introduced was
by Mr.. II. i. Walsh of Ramsey county, and
is to establish a court of appeals.
The following senate files were recon-
mended to pass: 3OS, 3, 81, 81, IS, 8, IS,
2l3, 40, 81 &C. 10l, 81 and %
The house then ad !ourned unCil 10 clock
this morning.
The senate yesterday postponed the con-
SHERATON OF The usury bill again, and II
another postponcment IS not agreed upon,
it will be taken ny tins morning at 1870
The day was occupied with the transaction
o. business in the regular order One of
the principal acts was the recommendation
by the committee OF the whole that SEN
ator Donneljy'S railroad constitutional
amendment bill should pass, The bill is
nearly 4 copy o. provision Of the Consti-
tuition Of Illinois,
Senator Hompes bill requiring court
commissioners to give bonds tor s., 900 was
recommended to pass.
Senator Aliens bill amending the law re-
lating to ownership of real estate by cor
pOrationS and aliens so that it will allow
lumber companies to own mOrethan 5000
acres OF land was recommended to pass as
amended. The amendment limits the
amount OF land TO TO- 900 acres and provides
that it shall be what is known as pine
lands.
Senator S. d. Peterson's bill requiring
the railrEad commissioners to ascertain the
cost Of railroads was recommended to pass.
Senator Iienau's bill adding two mem.
beers to the high school board and creating
the office of high school inspector, with n
salary OF s. 900 per year, was recommended
70 pass alter some opposition. The objec-
! tions raised were to the creation Of another
state 0tfica
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You can read WOman's age between the
lines on her face
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-03-19
Fortune Seekino Enoigrants:

1t costs less to trim ship than to trim an
Easter bonnet
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Perhaps music would not intoXicate if
the bars We're removed.
For a disordcrcd liver try Beecham's
Pills.
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Bronchitis, Catarrl, asthma vanish before
the magic power of Johnson's Anodyne
Linimcnt.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-03-19

Whip and gun stocks cannot be success
fully Watercd at all events
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For Group and whoopilg cough, mothers
try JohnsOn's Anodync Linimcnt used in
tcrnally
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The committee on local bills reported
back a large number OF bills and occupied
a great part Of the morning. The bill to
relieve Thomas MOnahan was placed on
general orders. and several local bills were
passed under suspension of the rules.
Representative Bells wolf bounty bill
was indefinitely postponed on the recon-
mendatiOn of the committee on agriculture.
The bill to rObibit granite cutting in the
state retormatOry at St. Cloud was disposed
Ofin the same way.
Senator MCHale's bill relating to the sale
Of pOisons was passed on to the calendar.
On motion of Mr.. Stockwell the commit
tee on TOWNS and counties was instructed to
bring in bill to organize every morgan.
lied county in the state
Mr. Linnemann presented a resolution to
increase the pay Of Reading Clerk Dakin to
$40 per day, Assistant Clerk MOOdy'S pay
to $3.50 and the dOOrkeeper's committee
room keepers and other assistants be paid
IS per day. Mr.. Gildea gave notice Of de-
bate,
Mr.. Bell introduced a bill authorizing
the city of st. Paul to convey to the United
States lots 8, + and 5, of block s, Rice Il
lrvine'S addition, for a site for a new post
office or government building.
Mr.. Barrett introduced a Dill amending
the law relating to weights and measures
by raising the weight Of bushel of buck
wheat from torty-two to fifty pounds.
A bill by Mr.. n. ?. Nelson defines and
provides punishment for cruelty to chill
dren under sixteen years of age. The fines
inflicted by intraCtiOns of the law are to go
to the local society for the prevention Of
CrueltV.
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The initiated wonder how stage lovers
ward off painters collie.

The Presidents coat pocket protruded 80
much at the recent Florida fishing that
some one asked the reason why. "Its only
a bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup" the
travel a mile without it,"
Try no experiments. time and in
finite ycxatiOn OfSpirlt would be saved, if
eschcwing novelties, tbs afflicted would use
Salvation Oil at once. AT all dealers, for
Is cent bottle.
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We are said to be made Of clay, and its
all right to call some Of us bricks.
DO you wish to know how to have no
steam, and not half the usual work on
aeh-day? Ask your grocer for a bar Of
DObbins' Electric Soap, and the directions
will tell you how. BE sure to get no iInta-
ton. There are lots of them.
Congress is continually getting down to
business, but never catches up to it,
TO FACILITATE THE Digestion AND AsgIMI-
LATION Of 1ood take Aliens Iron Tonic Bit
tiers. All genuine bear the signature Of J.
r. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul, Mimi.
Women persist m violating the laws OF
beauty i'll the VAIN hope OF securing it.
Nervous headache, wakcfulnc,s, relieved
by inhaling John,On's Anodync Lmiuent
freely.
The tighter you pull the corset string,
girls, the IOOscr grows your grip on lite,
A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. BKOWN's BHONCHIAL TKOcHI..
give sure and immediate relief. Sold only
in boxes. Price Is cents.
Sparks as well as Sparker5 have to be ar
rcSted occasionally.
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to the Rainy river. It further provides for
the appointment OF a surveyor general for
the new district, and fixes the scaling fee at
five cents.
Thursday, March. | 2.
SENATE.


SENATE.
The senate at Yesterdays session finally
succeeded in recommending an interest and
usury bill for passage The bill recon-
mCnded was Senate File No. l, which re-
duces the interest to and s per cent and
retains the present law, which forleits both
principal and interest for usury.
Senator Donnelly presented a resolution
authorizing the investigating committee,
which was ordered the day before to be ap-
pointed, to send tor persons and papers and
TO employ stenographcr to take evidence.
When the special Order-the usury bill
was taken up the first question WAS upon
the amendment of Senator March, which
in effect repeats the forfeiture clause and
substitutes penal clause i'll its stead.
Senator Wood, i'll discussing the ques-
tiOn said that no action taken by the legis-
lature could bring great measure or re-
lief The remedy must be furnished by the
national government i'll providing greater
volume of currency.
Senator Dean followed in a speech COM
batting Senator Woods free coinage ideas
A vote was then taken upon Senator
March's amendment and it was defeated by
\ u vote OF ~ TO "a
! Senator John Day Smith moved that the
| amended bill bc recommended to be placed
at the head OF general orders, but the mo-
| ton was defeated by vote OF II to 80.
Senator Davis moved to recommend the
amended bill to pass Senator Leavitt
moved to substitute No. 375 as amended,
| but the motion was lost by vote of 20 to
-
Senate File No. l was then recommended
to pass by vote OF % to 2l and the senate
| adjourned.
Two petitions in favor of the Curricr bill
were received and referred to the railroad
committee
Under the order of the introduction Of
! bills a large number of measures were i'll
| troduCed, among them being several of
| general character. The most important
| was a proposed amendment to the constitu
! ton introduced by Mr.. SmOut by which it is
| proposed to radically change the qualitiCa.
! ton OF legal voter in this state.
The 10 bills on general orders gave the
! house a busy time during the afternoon.
| Mr.. Greer was called to the chair when the
| house went into committee Of the whole,
and the galleries commenced to fill up with
! large numbers of railroad employees and
others interested in n. 2. Nelson's bill to
compel railroads to tit their locomotives
and cars with automatic breaks and
| COuplerS.
After a speech in favor Of the bill by Mr..
r. y. Walsh and short and lurid remarks
pro and con in which Mr. MCAllister, the
DemOsthenes Of Hennepin county, partiCi-
! pated, a vote was taken and the bill, which
| has been fought over and discussed Tor the
! past six weeks, was recommended TO be-. nj
definitely postponed by vote OF So tG Of
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Friday March. / 8.

Senator O'Brien presented a Communica-
ton from the warden Of the Saltwater pen
itentiary saying that the binding twlne ma
chinery was now IN working order and
would be operated on the day when the
legislature visited the prison. Later in the
dav it was agreed that the senate should adj
lourn at noon on Thursday next and spend
the afternoon at Saltwater. AspeCial train
will leave the union depot at 100 o clock.
When Senator Donnelly's bill proposing
a constitutional amendment relative to rail
roads and WarehOI lists was reached upon the
calendar, Senator Leavtt spoke briefly
against it, pointing out some detects which
he thought existed in the measure. With
out further debate the senate proceeded to
vote and the bill was defeated by a vote
of - yeas and - nays,
Soon after Senator DOnnelIy moved to
reconsider the vote by which the bill was
| lost. The motion prevailed by vote of 25
to II. The bill was then referred to the
the understanding that it should be placed
upon the calendar when reported back and
not 60 again to the committee of the
whole.
Senator Aliens bill amending the law re-
lating to the ownership of real estate by
aliens and corporations, SO thatit permitted
corporations engaged in manufacturing
lumber to own 10, 600 acres of land, was de-
feated.
Just previous to the adjournment OF the
senate Senator Crandall presented a con-
current resolution providing for the adj
| jOurnment of the legislature April 10.
| Notice Of debate was given by Senator Nc
Hale.
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We are said to be made Of clay, and its
all right to call some Of us bricks.
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! CURE Fits !

When l say cure do as,t mean merely to stop them
for q ms and then have them rstnrn again. mean
radical cure have made the disease of FITS, EPL
LEPSY CT FALLING SICKNESS lifelong study.
warrant my remedy 70 the worst Because
others have failed season for not now recevinga
cure Bend at for tFeastse and Free Bottle OF
ing iBfallible Fefaady. Give Express sPd Post O1e.
II. &. ROOT, D. e., 1873 Pearl ST., N T.
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ai%r snns a o76y
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Sparks as well as sparker5 have to be ar
rcsteA occasionally.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-06-25
l)Cl' cent.

William Taylor O'Dcll was born
ON the 2lst of May, 1847, in Pickcns
county, on what is now known as the
Richardson place, just south of the
BoGgs mountain. His father was
John Elias ODclI, who was also Il
native Of this county. His mother
was Elizabeth Clayton, q daughter of
the late Stephen Clayton who raised
h,s family on the place now owned by
Captain w. w. Clayton.
The O'Dclls and rlaytons are Of
IRISH descent. Tradition saws tbot
the father of Stephen Clayton came
over frcm Ireland with eight Of his
brothers. On their arrival on thc
new continent, they sought their
homes in different sections.
W. II. ODcll's mother died wbon
he was three months old, and he WAS
then placed nnder the caro-, Of his
grand-f father, Stephen CLAYTON, bv
whom he was raised He received all
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-06-25

William Thomas Bowen was lorr
near the present county scat of Pick
ems county, then Pickens district, en-
the Tth day Of May, 1913, on tho
farm where his father, the vcncrnbl,
RccSc Bowen, still lives, and has spcnt
the most Of his life in that immcdiat,
ncl%hborh@od. He received a fai,
common school education under IN,
tutorn%e Of Major Daniel Gricp and
Stephen ID. Keith, working ON his fa.
TIERS farm during the summer and
attending school in the winters. AT
the breaking ont Of the war in 81.
Mr. Bowen, then Il youth of II, was
among the FIRST TO offer his services
at the call Of his State, cnlistinr in
the fourteenth South Carolina Volu.
tcrrS, Company e., Captain WyEc
li"IlmEsw"rth. I'm April, 1861, he
went to Columbia, shortly after
ward went from that place to Lees
burg, Va, where he began the life Of
Il soldier III Cnrnc~t. Ills command
was attached othr Army Of Northern
Virginia, and Young Bowen was in
very nearly all the important engage.
mrntS during the foHr Years conilict:
Among tn" most prominent Of thcsr
WAS, the battle Of Bull Ran, William.
burg, second Manassas, Seven Pines
the Srvcn Days fight before Rich,
mond and WAS also in the terrific
night battles on Lookout Mountain,
Tennessee. lie was Transferred to
the second South Carolina Rifles and
served III that command the last two
years of the war and WAS with Lee at
AppomattoX, when ihc struggle for
Southern Independence ended, the
flag WAS furlcd and the curtain rung
down III tn" last act Of thc great
drama. Though he had been in the
forefront, during the four years Of
the war, Mr.. Bowen came out with
ont scratch, hmt had many narrow
escapes from shot and shell. Nor
WAS he ever taken prisoner. After
The war Mr.. Bowen came home and
started IN the business Of farming,
which no has followed ever since with
marked success. He owns n fine farm
within two miles Of his birth place.
lie was married 10 Miss Rcbecca All.
good, daughter Of the late Alexander
Al'g"od, on the 18th day of Decem-
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Der 1867. In 1878 he was elected
to the Legislature. He took q strong
stand for temperance and greatly aid,
eel III doing away with whiskey Ii.
cense in this county. Mr.. Bowen has al
ways taken prominent part in every
movement looking to the interest of
his county and fellow farmers. He is
member of the Farmers Associa,
ton and the Alliance, and in the late
reform movement, he took an active
interest, and was elected member OF
the House. Mr.. Bowen is member
OF Secona Baptist church and takes a
great interest i'll everything that will
advance the cause of the church and
Sunday School
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J. n. MUEPIREE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
James Nimmons Murphree was
born at tho William Murphree place
four miles from Pickens, on tho
Twelve Mile River. AS his name in
dicatcs, he comes of sturdy Irish
blood. His grand father settled on.
the Twelve Mile farm, shortly after
the Revolution. His father, William
Murphrcc, was born in this county,
as was his mother, Miss Mary
Baker, who was born and raised on,
the farm now owned by Mrs. Lnura
Baker, three miles north of the coun-.
ty seat. Most of his education was
received in the common school Of
his ncighborhood, taught principally
by Jefferson Parsons. His youth
was spent in hard work on the farm.
On the 18th Of January, 1853, he
was happily married to Miss Nancy
Price, daughter of the late Hardin
Price, and settled on Mile Creek.
He was steward OF the Pickens dis,
trict poor farm for five years. When
he ga>e up the stewardship he moved
w Wv" Sltch NllclC he llVCt until
1861, the beginning of the war. On
July 2lSt Of that year, the Same day
the first battle of Manassas was
fought ho enlisted in Company A,
Orrs Regiment, at Sandy Springs.
HIS first service was on the South
Carolina coast, from there his,
command was sont to Virgin
IA and attached to the "Stonewalk
BrIGnde," known as Jacksons foot
cavalry, and MI. Mnpreo was with
tins famous commander during tho
chasing of Generals Pope, Banks
and Mcdowell out Of the Shenandoah
Valley, and frequently enjoyed a full
meal from the wagon trains of these
Northern Generals. 1t was notori-
Gus that Banks army kept Jackson's.
looI cavalry, i'll bread and meat for,
during that campaign. Mr..
was in the command aod
near that illustlious Gontra when he
received his death wound. During
the war he twice felt the hot sting of
the yankee lead. At the second Ma.
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". VI. l.. BRIGHT, SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
William Wood Field Bright
WAS born in Blouit county, Tcmcs
see, December 10Th, 1910, of Scotch
IRISH parents. There he grew to man.
hood. lie attended the "uld field"
:rhr0I in the winter and worked or
his fathers farm dining the summer.
His only educational advantage out
side Of th" sold ijcld' school house
was short term at the Union cffcr.
son College, ON Holstcin River. He
remained st that institution but u
short tilnc, being called home by the
death Of his father. The care Of the
family then dcvolvcd on young Bright
and he was compelled to rclinquish
his studies and manage tho farm.
He remained on the farm until the
opening OF the hostilitics between the
North and South when on the 18th
day Of August, 1861, he enlisted in
Company Il. Fifth Tennessee Bat.
TALON Of Cavalry, commanded by
Lieutenant Coipmcl Gcor b. McClcl,
Ian and ut the reorganization in 'G2
he became enlisted in Company X.
2nd Tennessee Cavalry, under com.
mand of Col. II. NJ. Ashbey, who was
II cousin Of the noted Virginia Ash.
bcyS. He was in active duty during
the .war in the western army and was
surrendered at Charlotte, n. G., MAY
the Bird. 1865. Mr.. Bright then came
to Pickcns county and lived with Mr..
Reese Bowen during the years 'G5
and '66. In 1867 he went back to
Tennessee and remained one year,
then returned to this county and be-
gan t"aching school at Cross Roads.
lie has taught the public school at
that place since 1868 with the exccp-
tlon of one or two years, when he
taught Smbscri ription schools. On .ho
2lSt Of September. 1870, he was mar
ricd to Miss MaYarct j., daughter of
B. J. Williams, of the Saluda side.
He vas elected School Commissioners
in 1899 and has taken hold with the
determination to do everything in his
power to advance the cause of educa-
tion in this county, He is consci-
cntious paimstakinG officer, a-d no
doubt, the public schools will be
grcat V benefited by his administra-
ton. As above noted, much of his
time has been spent in teaching the
country school ald all this teaching
has been done in the same section.
One of the results is that he has
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Twelve Mile Rivor Association. In
1883, he Was elected Clerk Of the Cir
cunt Court for the term Of four years.
lie then moved to Pickons, having
purchased the Philpot House from
Mr.. James *. kmksey. lie has
greatly improved this place and made
1t beautiful village home. He is
one among the active and progressive
BAPTIST population that has come into
Ilckcns i'll the last few years, char.
ter member of the Baptist church re-
Gently organized in Pickcns, and he
IS also one of the trustees Of the Pick.
ems High School, and is Thoroughly
identified with whatever promises
good to The town and clllntN-
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If his schooling at Liberty under the
utorage of Maj. d. Glicr, Col. G.. L.
iollinGsworth and Thos. J. Dickson.
Ntter the war, he was pupil of the
ate Stephen Holliugsworth. He was
also for one session, pupil of Miss
Mary Alice Clayton, a. former class.
mate. The writer we'll remembers
the aptness of young O'Dcll in moth-
ematics. This is pre- cmincntly a
characteristic of the Clayton family.
AS general rule, algebra, tririnomi-
try and geometry are as easy to them
as the "slngle rule of three" 1t was
his desire, and the intention OF his
grandfather, that he should have a
thorough education, and with this
cnd III view nc WAS sent to the Arscn.
al at Columbia, where he had been
only short time, when, in january.
1863, the State cadets were driven
out by the invasion of Sherman. lie
was III the service Of the confodcrncy
with the cadets eight mouths. This
was the last confrratc military organ
lZat1on to be disbandcd. Capt.J B.
Patrick WAS one Of the officers in com.
mand under Col. John u. Thomas.
After the close Of the war, Mr..
ODcll returned to the farm to whi,.,
he has given his closest attention ty.r
since. On the 2Ist Of july, 1870. hc
was married to Miss AIRY Parsons,
the second daughter Of Squire james
Z. I. Parsons. lie purchased the
Gravlcy Mills place on Twelve Mile
river, put everything to rights in one
year, then rcS"ld t" his grantur, Rob
crC Garter Cla;tun. HAVING pur.
chased the Joe Cox place on Goldcn's
creek, he novcd on it and soon
brought it up t" II high STATE of cul-
tlvatlon. Here he remained eleven
years, when he moved to his present
residence at Roanoke, the valuable
plantation formerly owned by his un-
Gle, Capt. \. II. Clayton. lie has
been truly successful farmer.
While he has never held any office
OF profit. he has been Fortunate in
filling poSi'io!5 OF honor and trust
lie WAS appointed trustee of the pub
tic schools in lihrrtv township bv
school commissioner, Myjor ID. T..
Bradley, and has served in that ca.
paclty nearly ever since. lie has
been member Of the Alliance ever
since ITS organization in th;H county,
amt was tn" president oj the county
Alliance. In 1890. he WAS elected