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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27

election has some little foundation
other than malice, spite and cha
grin, and that it was inopportune,
not To say indi-creet in You to as
sumo the role of u prosecuted mar
tyr, impugn the motives of those op-
posing you, and challenge the pro-
ductiom nf their reasons
No mere personal resentment
could have induced me to write this
letter; but it j. no part of my inten-
tioh that such u charlatan a. you
shall b" allowed TO deceive the vot-
ers of this district hv posing as an
injured innocent.
Had you not permitted your brnzen
etTrontory to control your discretion
you would have been let down with
out any special castigation. sin
cerely, | feel much more of pity
than of anger toward you.
Now, sir, two courses are open to
you: Without improprlety YOU
might latibulIze.
ON the other hand, if you think it
best you may again attack myself
and others who are opposing your
election, impute to Us base motives
and assign false reasons for our ac-
tiuns.
| warn you now, however, that if
you take the latter course. either in
person or through some other chan
mel, you will get write-up which
will make all have thus far said
seem in comparison like compli-
mentary personal mention. But n
small portion of the ammunition on
hand has been used. This is merely
good sized tirecracker. The next
if you invite unother-will be IA dyu,
amite bomb. JAS. w. Corr LITER.
Pueblo, Oct. ~, 1884.
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THAT mercenary old fraud. the Chief
tain, has again placed itself in an un-
enviable predicament. After making an
unsuccessful attempt to bargain with
certain gentlemen whereby 1t would
publish Il daily newspaper throughout
the campaign in the interests of those
who are fighting the gang ticket, it now
turns round and vlities the fearless and
respectable element of republicans who
are after the gang. The Chieftain would
not come out openly in its regular issue
and fight the gang, because it would not
be 'business policy" but it did make "a
proposition to run another paper through
the campaign for that purpose and was
refused. What an inconsistent, skulk-
ing. cowardly old fraud! But then the
Chieftain never WAS known to take a
stand for decency and reform in any
thing. In everything it is for the al
mighty dollar, and is now working for
the gang for the money there is in it.
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CROOKED GANG TACTICS.
Let the Hired Press Of the Gang Deny
These Charges.

Is it not fact. that last fall Elwel
Dixon, Seuver and Mccoy, all did what
they could To defeat the republican
nominee for district judge!
That Dixon had been Il candidate be
fore the convention. and had been fairly
beaten by that nominee!
That this year. George Seaver paid
out two hundred and fifty dollars Il
elect five delegates in precinct Al!
That Dixon advised persons in that
and against his own personal friends
and supporters. who were candidates
for delegates!
That in the convention Ed Knight,
an ex.convict. was made teller!
That before Dixon got the nomina-
ton, +. c, Glenn received ninety one
votes. being Il majority of all the votes
cast!
That in the convention. Immediately
after the nomination of one OF the
judges. Henry Mccoy said: That last
vote cost us two hundred and fifty
dollars. and we only had three minutes
to work it in?''
That to secure delegates TO the con
vention. service on the jury was
promised to certain men. and that that
promise has since been made good?
That for the last seven or eight
months the clerks IT the district court
have been putting men on juries for the
purpose OF influencing the judicial
nominations.
| That such jurors have been kept sit
ing around the court room week in and
week out as Il personal favor to them,
and while Judge Elwell was engaged in
other business!
| Nobody disputes these things. The
answer to these charges is, that the
men opposing the ticket are actuated
by improper motives. The difference
between the persons opposing the gang
judicial ticket and those supporting it
is this: Those opposing the ticket state
facts as reasons for their opposition;
those supporting it simply raise the cry
of "bolter." and without attempting to
deny the facts speak Of them as vilitica
ton.
Every ward heeler, every professional
politician. every purchasable man in the
county. is supporting the gang judicial
ticket. Those opposing that ticket
make no appeal for the votes of any of
those classes: their appeal is solely TO
the respectable element, the thinking
men and women. the people in the com
munity who have consciences. and their
appeal III not being made in vain. From
merchants, professional men. bankers.
mechanics. laborers, and especially from
the good women OF the community, the
wives OF these men, come assurances
that the gang judicial ticket is doomed.
The Seaver Mccoy kind of politics is
not popular in Pueblo county and will
be still less popular after the coming
election.
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Now, All Together.

1T is Il healthful indication when party
men show disposition to subordinate
party to principle. The republicans Of
this judicial district who refuse to sup
port the gang judicial ticket are en-
titled to all praise. They are not seek
ing political advantage, but purity in
public affairs and especially in the
courts. The Herald is ready to Join
with these people or any people who
have an unscltish desire to better the
condition of affairs. Down with the
Dixon Elwel Collins gang, 1t is un
healthy, dirty, corrupt. Pueblo Herald
No well informed man who knows the
circumstances througout this district
believes that the entire populist judicial
ticket can or will be electeced The
republicans who are opposed to the
gang judicial ticket have decided To
throw their strength ina body To Deyine,
Voorhees, and Sabin. This being true,
it becomes evident that the last named
ticket will be elected, or that the gang
republican ticket, Elwell, Dixon and
Collins, will be elected. Without in
anywise rejecting on the ability or
fitness of Mr.. McFeeley and Mr.. Camp
bell, it seems plain that vote for them
is simply depriving the independent
judicial ticket of Il vote and to that ex
tent tends to help the gang ticket.
Since a large number of republicans, on
grounds entirely unseltsh. are voting
for Il judicial ticket on which there is
not Il single republican, why cannot the
the popuists be equally patriotic and
unsetish and give a hearty support 10
the independent judicial ticket of
Devine. Voorhees, and Sabin! This is
not matter of politics, but an attempt
to put the courts on proper basis and
have judicial business properly ad
ministered with "a great il reduction in
expense as possible. Partisanship should
cut no figure in this matter and with
the republicans it does cut no figure.
In view OF all the facts populsts oughtto
Join the republicans and democrats in
this matter. This is too important II
matter to take any chances on allowing
any part of the gang judicial ticket 10
slip through. Everything is To be
gained and nothing can be lost by elect
ing Devine. Voorees and Sabin not one,
but all.
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The gang may as well understand first
ut the primaries and in the convention
will not be tolerated ut the polls, and il
they expect to elect their wretched
judicial ticket by sharp practice
they will be mistaken. Nobody will
vote from vacant houses this time and
the John Does will be scarce article.
II trickery and illegal voting be at
tempted determined committee of
citizens will not stop until they will have
landed the guilty ones in the pen. This
is bit of advice that the gangsters will
do well to heed as it is strictly business.
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THE Chieftain has never yet been
known to make a fight for public
decency, let alone purity in official
positions, which accounts for its lame
attempt to ridicule the stand the IN
DIcAToR has taken for honest politics.
Instead of being shining light in
Pueblo for social and political reform
it has always been the mercenary tool
and exponent of any set of men, no
matter how disreputable who have
cared to hire its columns. And now
that it is following its usual custom and
has hired itself out to the judicial gang
who are trying to fasten themselves
upon the people. no one need be sur
prised and no attention should be paid
to it. Money, money, money.
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Republicans for Revenue Only.

Ed. INDIcAroR-The Chieftain tear
fully expresses the hope that the men
opposing the gang Judicial ticket Twill
see the error OF their ways and return to
the republican ranks"
When did Elwell, Dixon, Seaver and
Mccoy return to the republican
rankss" They were out last fall fight
ing the republican nominee for district
judge, who had received his nomination
fairly and without any hint OF corrup-
ton. Bah! The men on the gang
judicial ticket are political shysters
with whom politics is merely a matter
OF personal interest. II their despicable
action OF last fall were the only cause Of
complaint against them, that OF itself
would be suf3cisnt to warrant every
true party man 10 quitting them.
A RRAnnn.
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his campaign methods


Does he mean to say that he had
nothing to do in the 9th precinct in the
| election Of d fallen colorei woman as ii
delegate TO the convention in order to
I catch her class OF people, and that after
ward her proxy was bought up and
given to Ed Knight, the ex convict:
Does he mean to say that he was not
a party to the deal by which Dave
Sponsilier, who runs the Senate
saloon on Front street was to receive
800 for carrying the 9th precinct for
him: II Judge Elwel has Il written
denial to make of these charges, then
the lNpmAToR will proceed to publish
the atfidavits Of responsible parties who
know all the facts in the case and who
will strip from the Judge the gau1y
mantle of innocence under which he is
trying to hide
Does Judge Elwell mean to tell the
people that himself and his man George
Seaver did not go to the Philadelphia
smelter on the eve of the primaries and
tell the chief clerk To hustle all the
workingmen he possibly could out TO
the primaries and that he would stand
good for the time they lost: As judge
well posted in the law does he need to
be told that his proposition meant
bribery and that he was stepping out
side the bounds of the law? Let him
make "A written denial of this Phila
delphia smelter episode and the IN
DICTATOR will also publish the affidavit
of the man who was approached by
ElweIl and Seaver, convicting them of
the charge.
Will ElweIl dare make the denials
Let him accept these propositions or
stand convicted Of dishonorable and
disreputabe conduct unbecoming any
man who pretends to be decent and
respectable. These are only a part of
the slippery business in which he was
mixed up but it is sufficient to indicate
| the character of the man who is out
soliciting the people to place him in the
honorable position of Judge.
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N. BoLrER Dixon, candidate for dis
trict judge on the gang judicial ticket
may have made a few votes among the
Hungarians and Austrians by setting W
the drinks to them at the low dives on
lower Santa Fc avenue, but what about
the other element in this community
A man whose instincts lead him to go tc
to be district judge; so is man who will
subordinate his principles to his in
ordinate desire for office.
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PUEBLO democrats ought to go fairly
wild in their aduation of the Washing
ton administration. When this and
district wanted IL register Hoke Smith
gave 10 it Raymond Miller of Kiowa
and when it wanted receiver Hokt
gave to it John j. Key of Denver. Now
let the next deputy revenue collector he
run up from San Miguel.
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The ring of corrupt politicians who
have bought up the editorial privileges
of the Chieftain for the purpose of de
Tending the gang judicial ticket will
have plenty OF material to roar about
after this issue of the INDICATOR. And
to disprove some of the specific charges
made and not try to elude every point.
They dare not deal in facts.
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THE GANG IN RHYME.

What an eayes'Iroper overheard in thu
private room of the gang at a late hour ON
night this week.
oh. why should the spirit of morta
be proud
When fellow gets mixed in con
founded crowd
or bribers and boodlers and men full
of tricks,
Who dote on deception and bad politics
When came here from Kansas 'bou
four years ago
left all my sins behind me, you know
And think that old Time. DEAR ole
Father Time
Has dealt kindly with me and covere,
my crime.
But here lin in trouble again, and | tax,
The cause of it all is that oily jim
Drake.
For am his partner he'd have me hil
His district attorney his handy old fool
And"
Come, come. Mr.. Collins, have courag,
me boy!
Jest listen, me daddy to Misther Mccoy
Yer no better nor worse than the crowC
ye are in
And cryin' like that, sir, won't whittier
yer sin.
Shure we know yer sucker. but ther
what of that;
Keep yer head on yer shoulders and talk
through yer hat!
Put on bold face and attorney yell be
While I'll be the chief clerk for n
Walter D.
Right you are, Henry; you've done
In our holy cause. and I'll make you M.
clerk.
Like my fat friend "Old Windy" came
here saint.
But bumped up 'gainst Seaver, and
now then | aint.
came from the East to be big judge
And honor" and "decency'' can't make
me bulge.
I'll go down to Mike Egans, drink beel
with the boys,
Hobnoh with the Seaver's, the knights
and McCoys.
Cast "honor" aside and let "decency'
lag
And depend on my nerve and the virtue
of swag.
I'm in this to win-give me ward heeler't
tricks,
I'll defy all creation and Room 46."
sEAvER.
Good. good for you, Walter. you ga,
old deceiver;
Here's my hand and my treat Just de
pend on George Seaver.
don't care for nothing but Elwell and
you.
And MS l juggle juries, I'll jugge you
through.
You're learning it fast tMephistophelet
listenJ
Together we'll round up the slums
and the glisten
OF gold in our fingers will give then
good cheer.
While they'll drink to our health oven
bumpers of beer.
The tinhorns are with us; such men as
Ed Knight
And Dave Sponslier will lead in the
fight.
just give me the bar'l. the tinhorns and
rakes
And to h-ll with your ''honor" and
"decency" fakes.
"Well done. my man frluaN. nut dc
cunning and foxy.
For they're your friends and my friends
mine only by proxy.
Smooth runs the machine that is swim
ming in oils,
the spoils.
A rattling good judge I think we have
been
All h,. fa;r p,oups nr fnuI wall unt
there again.
True, the Rohrer decision was rather
too rank,
But what could we do, for he owned a
bank!
Let the wheels go round and gain what
they will,
Well be in at the finish and be the
Judge STILL
ALL TOGETHER.
.Walpole is our prophet and. here's to
his health!
The barl's all our own save what's his'r
by stealth.
Wen help him knife Mulnix and he'll
zee us through,
For he's the great captain for me and
for you.
The boilers may bolt and the womer
may talk;
On the sixth Of November they'll all
walk the chalk.
We will make all tile boys on the ticket
believe
That we're staying with them. while We
laugh In our. sleeve;
And WAlly, our prophet, will see thai
we're landed,
THOUGH Tie rest oe tie ticket hsdamnsc
and ~ sssandsd."
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THERE'S IL lot of law and decency
loving republicans in Pueblo who are
fighting Joe Elwell and other fruits Of
the rotten county convention. The
party must be purged if it isto live
hereafter Silver Cliff Rustler.
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In took the Chieftain forty-six days,
or from September to October y To
decide whether or not it would hoist
the republican ticket, and it filled in
the intervals in threatening to bolt the
state ticket because Walpole was not
nominated for state treasurer. a nice
"organ," that, to be prating to people
about republicanism.
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JUDGE ELWELL GUILTY.
He Dares no. Deny These Charges.

He Dares not Deny These Charges.
Judge Elwcll attempted to play upon
the sympathy of his audience at the
Bessemcr city hall Monday night, and
declared that if his listeners thought he
had bought his nomination or was in
any corrupt combination then he asked
and expected them tu vote against him.
Such idle talk is meant only to deceive
people whom he hopes are not yet on to
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JUDGE Elwell's statement at the Bes
semer city hall Monday night that
Judge Gibson and f. G. Glenn are sup
porting the gang judicial ticket was
wholly unauthorized and is untrue.
II any reader doubts this it will not be
much trouble to ask Measrs. Gibson and
Glenn about 1t.
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The expense Of running the county
assessors office will not be more than
one half as great under j. M. Mckee as
it was under N. 8. Walpole. Taxpayers,
remember this. and then remember that
Walpole is leaving nothing undone to
elect the district court gang.
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IT is worthy Of note that in all the
heat OF the fight on the judicial ticket
no word of adverse criticism has been
said against any candidate on the in
dependent judicial ticket. Voorhees,, De
vine and Sabin have nothing to explain,
no charges to refute.
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sale OF property on which taxes are
delinquent until the LIST Of next January.
This act OF considerate kindness on the
part OF Mr.. Mcnamara will make him
even more popular with the people at
large.
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1T Is ERTIMArED THAT THE DISTRICT
COURT EXPENSES AMOUNT TO THE ENoR-
NOUS SUM OF 100000 YEAR. GREAT
HEAVENS, yE TAXPAYERS, JUST THINK OF
1T! 100000 A YEAR,!
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The chances for the election of the
Independent indicial ticket are growing
so dazzling that in another week the.
will have to be looked at through q
smoked glass.
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TO TAXPAYERS.

Extrayagance and Politics IN the
District Court.
Prior to Judge EJwell's administra-
ton one clerk Of the district court with
: tady assistant to make copies etc.. had
siuays yssenensd the dutiss of ths
s1les. AsA Js4ss Eexs,l vsat =
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IN MONARCH 3fb TABLE FRUIT
put up for the finest nf Preserved Canned
Fruit. We have full assortment
October 27th the last day. Come early be-
fore our assortment Is broken. We guarantee
every can.
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DevINE, Voorhees, and Sabin, the mel
whom the people want in the distric
court.
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If Devine and Voorhees, are elected
district Judges there will be no mock
courts, and jurymen will earn what they
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The circulation of the Indicator has
been increased to $500 copies this week.
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VoTE the honest and clean Inde
pendent judicial ticket.
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AuwAYs alive to the bsst intssests of
~ lazguyes, Cssnty Trsasefse No.
l - 1st4sd y pcytSeas ~
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q. II. HARD would make capt.;
commissioner. Vote for him.
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The purity of the courts must he
preserved.
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DEvINE and Voorhees, for judges and
Sabin for attorney. Every lover of
judicial honor and integrity should vote
for them. The gang must go.
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The Villa Grove Record says it ad-
mires the INDICATOR for the position it
has taken on the judicial question in
this district. Thanks. Record.
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A VOTE for Devine and Voorhees, is a
vote against illegal juries and ex-
travagance in the district court.
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THE CIRCULATION OF THE
INDICATOR THIS WEEK Is
$500 COPIES! Can any other paper
in Pueblo county equal it? This is
bona tide.
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Vote for Devine, Voorhees, and Sabin.
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The prosperity of Colorado will re
turn with the election of governor
who is not "A populist Vote for Me
Intire.
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DowN with gangism.
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P. sYRNEs. eDlroR AND Paops,lroa.

Published Every Saturday at Pueblo. Colo.
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What an eavesdroper overheard in the
private room of the gang at n late hour one
night this week.
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Stearns,
Fowler,
Gendron.
WaVerly,

than is TO be found elsewhere. In
every race meet this year, held under
the sanction Of the l., A. W., the
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and TO files statement on motion for
. new trial
In the case Of Jusius w. 5eeley Va.
4. II. Parsons at nj, brought for 2
recovery Of sl5l collected by Mar
shal Parsons on an execution, aItoi
iudement had been satisfied, the Jury
returned a verdict Tor plaintiff
The fult Of =. &. Jensen VI lslo
Grhndo Western Railway Go. for The
recovery Of 800 damage, alleged 90
have been sustained In the killing 0i
n shire stallion In Spanish Fork
canyon April 18Th, 1892. The jury
returned verdict for defendant no
cause Of action.
The grand jury returned n batch OF
indictments, seven territorial and one
United States.
The tmUtzEIumUnt CaHs against VIII
lwolvCa, 1i Provo, waa Ignored.
Judge judd is in attendance at court.
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"STEARNS" wheel has finished fut
FIRST first. The FIRST Worlds Record
Broken this year falls 10 Nat Butler.
and the "STEARNS" special 1i
pounds, namely the Great LIusro.t
road race al Maiden, Mass, before
sixty thousand .6oo11' people, aud the
time 70 hr. 10 min. gS I-5 sec. one hour.
eleven minutes and twenty-eiTht and d
tnh seconds, Tor twenty-five miles.
THINKS of u, on the road. Dd the
"SIEAkNS" wood rims add feather,
weight wheels break down. ! guess
no.
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New Cases in Conri.

The East Tintic Railway company
has commenced euit Ia the First Dis.
trict court against Frank AzEAlla ct nj
10 obtain right OF way through cor.
tain property owned by defendants In
Eureka.
J. q. Taylor has brought suit IN the
First District court against Joseph n.
beeley on two promissory notes, one Of
Sll6.8l and one Of {778i.
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Gan q Man do Better-
Than to Buy "STEARNSP

We made the bold statement, chal.
longing contradiction, in last week
Tribune, that the Stearns Bicycle was
the highest priced bicycle to the dealers
not the highest lIs,-but to the deal.
ers the highest priced bicycle iu the
world. Have any OF the agents of other
wheels accepted the challenged Not
one. They know that we have the
proof We know TO a dollar what every
wheel sold in this city costs, and wheth.
er long lists or short lists. We are
giving the riders better value for their
dollars IN the
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Notes.

The 18th and 10Th Of June has been
decided upon a. the time Tor tho *.
animation Of teachers by tho board OF
education.
President George q. Cannon and
Elder II. J. Grant, OF the Council OF
Apostles, attended the commencement
exercises At the Is. Y. Academy, and
addressed the students.
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CASH CAPITAL. 100000
CASA sUHPLUs, t1OO,vO0
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HOR about The Fowler?

Good wheel. good worsmsnship.
Value for price In every purchase.
Try them.
Mr. a, Fisher Fisher Brewing Com.
pany, bought two WaverIy Bellies, one
for bis daughter and one for bis niece.
Mr. John Kelly same company, bought
one N1ycrly Belle for his daughter four
weeks ago last sale resulted from the
first.
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NEPEI.
Court Proceedings.

A stay Of execution for thirty days
was granted plaintiff IN the c1se OF L..
II. Irvine Va Enquirer Co. ia the pay
ment Of cosls, which amount 10 ll2l'