The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-28

George and John Montgomery, who
are brothers, and Arch ID. Riley. Riley
was killed and George Montgomery
fatally wounded.
ELECTED WHILE IN JAIL.
House Blair VIII Serve Four Weeks More
and Then Assume His Office.
''I'm the only man in Habersham
that kin reach up an pull a possum
outen the top Nv a persimmon tree. l
stand 6 feet an q half even in my stock
in feet. l kin lick air man in Center
Hill district, an my name is Benjamin
Houston Blair, called House Blair fer
short
The rugged looking mountaineer
braced back his broad shoulders, jerked
his SLOUGH hat down ove one eye and
began to stride rapidly down the cor
ridor of the Jail.
House Blair is a man of distinction.
His influence is paramount in the rocky
regions about Mount Airy. Politically
he is a tower of strength. He is a formi-
dable enemy during election time, and
i'll fares the unfortunate fellow who
chances to incur his wrath.
There was q municipal election in
his district recently. House Blair was
not there. His natural proclivity for
manufacturing mountain dew had caus-
ed him to be transported to Fulton
county Jail. Neither the absence nor
the charge weakened his power. The
clans Of Center Hill gathered together,
and when the ballots were counted out
it was found that House Blair had been
elected bailif. Great was the rejoicing
among his followers when the news of
the result was announced, and they
sent a letter to their champion telling
him ito hurry up an git through servin
his sentence; that the court proceedin's
were awaitin on him."
In altitude the Hon. Benjamin Hous.
ton Blair almost rivals the rugged peaks
Of the Blue Ridge. His face is as red
as the sunset about Mount Airy, and
his scant, unkempt beard is suggestive
Of the scrubby growth on its precipitous
sides. His voice is deep, like the dis
tant rumbling of q cataract, and his
smile is as broad as the limits of his
face will allow. He wears a spacious
brimmed SLOUGH hat, which he is in the
habit of pulling down over n eye. A
blue striped shirt and a pair of jean trou.
sers stuffed in heavy high topped boots
complete his costume.
Now, the boys TUX on themselves to
cleo me to thar Office NV bailiff, which
Office, as you uns knows, is in Their gift
NV the people. I wasn't a-seekin NV it.
but they jes' give it to me to show that
they didn't keer how much them thar
revenues got onto m &.
T"Does I make moonshine? In course
I do. Bin maxim NV it fer Their las ten
years an never wuz reported until this
time. An l never would a bin caught
then but some NV them smart Alexis
what we boys beat out endurin nv the
las election TUX a noshun that j wuz
a-keepin q still an told thar revenue.
about it.
"That still were put up in my smoke
house tel years this las gone Novem'
Der, an she made stacks an cords u,
good ole corr fer me. Ye see, l didn'l
keep any ~smokestack, an nobody coult
see the smoke, as she jest foated ou'
Nv the rafters. My ole lady's bin a-run
min Nv it fer Their las two years, al
she kin make jes' as good doublin's a
anybody about thar.
II live lackin jes' two miles an
quarter from Mount Airy, an / XII,
walk thar in a quarter Of an hour an.
day. I'ze ergoin back thar an tax
charge as bailiff an stop maxim moon
shine, as this here feed don't agree will
my ways NV Twin"
House Blair has only four weeks NOR
to serve. He is waiting impatiently TO
the time to come when he shall 60 bacl
to take charge Of the Center Hill dis
trict as bailiff. Atlanta Constitution
Cardina Di Rende.
Speculation ON his successor by tn
pope himself is humorous and interest
ing. Leo XIII smilingly told some car
dinals recently that Cardinal Di Rende
archbishop of Benevento, would be tn
next Of the tiara On being ask
ed why he thought SO, Joachim Pecc
looked round slyly at the cardinals an
said: Because he is the youngest. TIL
mortality among aged members Of tn
sacred college is 50 great. " Cardinal o
Rende is M Of the pope's favorites. h
speaks English perfectly and was fo
some time attached to a church in tn
Marylebone road, London, and q prt
lessor at the Westminster diocesan SEM
nary Of st. Edmund's, Ware. He wa
afterward nuncio in Paris. He belong
to the Odescalchi family. The mentio
Of his name by Leo XIII makes him TOT
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