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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-24
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FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Daily Line, Sundays Excepted.
THE NEW AND PALATIAL STEAMERS
BAY STATE AND PORTLAND.
alternately leave FRANKLIN WHARF, Portland,
every evening at O'Clock, arriving in season
for connections with earliest trains for points
beyond.
Through tickets for Providence, Lowell,
Worcester, New York, etc.
Returning, leave INDIA WHARF. Boston,
every Evening at o'clock.
J.F. LIsCOMB. Gen. Agt
STEAMER "SOKOKIS."
Time Table.
On and after May 3d. 1896, Steamer Sokokis
will run until further notice, as follows:
Leaye Bridge street. Wfstbrook, at 10 a, m,
Returning, leave Madison Falls at IL a. M,
2.46 and 4.30 p. m.
Arrive at Wastbrook In time to connect with
the g. $50 and $50 electric cars for Portland.
De sure ana take the $40 g. m, 10 o. 2.4o
/ j. Fl. FEZELTON, Prop.
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Domestic Ports.

COOK, CdSLlU6s JOHN OOMCSy UinpCA p AAoAi
Calais for Providence.
Domestic Ports.
BOSTON-Ar 22d, barkentine J H Hamlin,
Mcdonald. Trapani; schs Mabel Jordon, Hart
Cispata Bay; Eliza Pendleton, Fletcher. Phila-
delphia; Chester R Lawrence, OFT, Rockport;
Lnona. Lane, do.
Ar 23d, barkentines Matthew Baird, Norton:
Crab Island Wis Delaware BreakWater; Lew
Andrews Hathorn. Fernandina; schs Sallle
ron, Charleston via Vineyard-Haven; stephen
G Loud. Pierson. savannah; Newell b Hawkes..
Amboy; Ameda Wiley. Dodge. do; Indepen-
dent. Case. Washington; W F Miller DOnncll,
York; Clara A Donnell, Brendige. Norfolk.
sd seas Gaf Maehias Manson okss and
Emma F Angel. do; Seth " Smith. Calais;
NEW YORK-Ar 22d, schs Florence Leland,
from =; Anna Shepard, Greenlaw, Faii RIVER;
A Snow, and A Hayford, from Hart Island
Sid 21st, barque s R Bearce. Rio Janeiro;
Newburyport Ernst Lee. Hoboken for East
pG I'D Esd i' barques Adolph oBrig, Amesbury,
BINGOR-Ar 22d. schs A F Kindberg, Ken
dali. New:York, s M bird. Merrill, do; E
Bowley. Mitchell, Boston.
Ar 2sd. schs A f Kindberg, New York; s NJ
c CID, sch chs Edward Stewart New York; Lucy.
Atlantic City.
BALTIMORE = Ar Z2d, sen jacob REED,
DAklEN-Ar 21st, sch Joseph W Hawthorn,
Hoffses. Boston.
Calais.
HYANNIS-Anchored outside 23d, sch 7 Fl
Lawrence, Long Cove for New York.
NEWPORT NEWS-Ar 23d, sch Lewis II
Coward. Haines, Washington.
NORFOLK-Ar 23d, sch Augustus Palmer.
Haskell Boston.
NEWBURYPoRT-Ar2 2d, sch A B Perry,
Hoboken.
NEW HAvEN-Ar 22d, sch Edith Allen.
Philadelphia
PH!LADELPHIA-Ar22d . sch X Schulz
Hall, Bangor.
PORTSMOUTH : Sid 21st. sch Vineyard,
HIGHLANDS 22d, schs Brigadier. Tol-
man. New York; Wide Awake, raves ao;
Carrie l. HlX, CoOksOn, do; Ella franc1S; ,r rus
ter do; James Il Talbot, Averlll, oo' n -" Ellis
Ryder. do.
SAVANNAH-sIa 21st. sch M Luella, Wood.
Spanlding, Philadelphia. MI. Tn
THOMASTON : In port 2oth' sen Ella +
VINEYARD. HAvEN-Ar 21st, sch Robert A
Snow Pillsburv Washington (and SID IIdl.
Ar 23d. sch Hume. Gray, Wareham for Rock
land.
Sid, sch Salne PGn. Boston.
Foreign Ports.
Arat st John. NIB. 2lst schs George e, Bar
ton Thoma Flash. Keefe, Bar HarUor
Athol. Morris, Rockland. n..o
Cid. sch Allan, Sawyer, Boston.
Ar at Halifax 22d, brigantlne FL Sibley,
DOane Norfolk.
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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.

BooTHBAY HARBOR. Sept 22--Ar. ,schs
Pemaquid. Wheeler. Boston for Rock land
Ringleader, Rockland for Boston; Daniel Web
ster, do for do.
In port. schs Valetta, st John, NIB, for -
Hattie M Howes, Hooper. Bangor for New YORK
Sid. schs Chap-l Brothers. Condor, Friendship
for Portland; Eliza Ellen, Thompson, Castine
for do: onpareil Eaton. Port Clyde for, do
Freeman, Stanley, Swans Island for do; Neya-
da, Thomas Boston for Rockland.
ROCKPORT, Sept 22-Sld. schs Hattie Bar
Boston; Ella May, Greenlaw, do.
SACO, Sept 23-Ar, schs Daisy Farlin. Nor
folk; Rosa Mueller, do; Nat Mcader. Philadel-
phla: j A Gray. Boston.
RED BEACH, Sept 21-Ar, sch Belle Hardy,
Cook, Castine: John Somes, Winters, from
Calais for Providence.
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TWELVE PAGES.

in all it's Details and also ~ the IONS
in their work in the engine rooms. AN
this is set forth every four bJurs snd
every day the chief engineer makes rs
port Of it all to the Captain, and pre-
serves the signed record in book sor
in -9ection at the Offices of tho company
and for the experimenting engineer of
the line
Acts of heroism at sea are noe confined
til risk Of their lives. A raired Chp-
tain, who was aboard the St. Louis % q
passenger, told the Sun reporter Of On
experience he had on an English liEr.
The shaft broke just inside the catsHr
that keeps out the water at the stern OF
the ship. 1t was precisely such an acot-
dent as happened on German liner
within year, when the passengers, led
by Evangelist Moody, prayed earnestly
that the ship might not sink. On the
occasion the Captain was telling about
there was no prayer meeting. The chief
engineer was In the engine room when
the shaft snapped. There wac a heavy
sea on, and at once the water rushed into
the shaft alley, filling it near I'd the top.
The shaft had broken close to She stern,
and the short end was wabblinT about,
threatening every minute to tea9 out the
stern completely or to crash through the
sides of the ship. That broken 0nd muDt
be captured at any cost, or The ship
might go down.
The chief engineer gave wild sho1i
and called on his men to follow him. Ea
did not order others to go into the shat1t
alley, but led the way. The wuter wcs
up to his arm pits and there wal no tell
ing when the alley would become foodei1
and all in it be drowned Ev3n IL Hc
more water came in it was worth man'0
life to go down there and thro tile thp
shaft that was darting from sidD to sidCp
After an hours work every minute At
which might have bean the last aor them,
the men secured control of tie shaft
stopped the leak in the collar, made re-
pairs to some extent and saved tho ship.
II am the last man i'll the world to be.
little the power of prayer, said Che Cap
tain, "but as for me, Iwould rather have
q hero of an engineer like that aboard
my ship than an evangelist, in time OF
such an accident. IN. Y. Sun.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-12
BUILDING FENCES.
When and Hoy to Do 1.-THE Up TO Date
Wire Fence.

Wire Fence.
After harvest is the best time TO put
up fence. In tho spring the ground is
SO wet and spongy that one cannd make
a first class job with the posts. In the
fall one can put in the posts % stay.
To haul the material in place in the
spring makes clods and ruts, anil a rut
in the spring is very apt to be d, gully
by midsummer III the fields. Mot so
when the ground is dry and solid, as it
is in tho fall. Of course the holes are
not dug with tae spade. A good post
hole digger can be bought for 81, per-
haps a little less if you pay spot Clown.
Or if you use steel posts there ere no
holes to dig.
Only very cheap land and very cheap
timber will justify the Virginia rail
fence nowadays. The space it aceapies
is very serious objection to the osage
orange hedge What snowdrifts the
hedges are sure to make! Rail feSces
and board fences are responsible for
many a snowdrift also But the snow
does not drift badly against wire fences.
The disposition Of fence to blow
down also is not unimportant, especial
ly on the prairies A hard windstorm
will blow down the rail fence and may
blow down the board fence, but it does
not blow down the wire fence. Wire
fence, too, does not make a shelter for
insects, and it favors weeds less than
any other fence.
In the end a wire fe will be the
cheapest in nine cases out of ten. One
can put ap, complete, woven or locked
wire fence for about so cents a rod.
That S cheap fence when you consider
how strong and durable it is. Count
nine wires, galvanized, No. 8 or No. 10
WIRE That makes a close, strong fence
of the legal height in most States
feet inches. The barbed wire fence is
ANTICIPATED. Il was a good thing in its
day Some wire fence has been made
with the posts SO feet apart. That's too
far. Posts 16 feet apart are about right.
No wire fence, no matter what its
merits. will be satisfactory unless the
end posts are woll braced. That is the
most important part Of ALTO brace the
end posts. Those posts should go four
feet in the ground Galvanized wire is
the cheapest. 1t costs only trifie more
and lasts much longer. Tt is not econ
omy to use wire too ight-No. 10 is
light enough. No. 9 is better. One
must have breaks in mind when he Sc
lects the wire and wear when he selects
the posts. The wire will probably not
wear the posts. Moral--use only large
seasoned posts.
The foregoing is CLEANED from letter
written to The Country Gentleman by
John M. Stahl, one of the progressive
farmers of Illinois.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-12
AMID A LINERS ENGINES.
Four Stories Down in the St. Louis
Machinery.

Curiosities of the Rods and Reservoirs
That Make the Ocean Records-Pains-
taking Minuteness in the Work and
Reports of Engineers and Their As
sistants.
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Two Lives Saved.

Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she had
Consumption and that there was 40 hope
for her, but two bottles DIR. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr.. Thos Eggers.
139 Florida St, San Francisco, suffered
from a dreadful cold. approaching Con-
sumption, tried without result every
thing else then bought one bstt!c of DR..
Kings New Discovery and III two weeks
was cured. lie is naturally thankful.
1t is such results, OF which these are
samples, that prove the wonderful eff
cacy of this medicine in Coughs and
Colds. Free trial bottles at SEQ. n.
Young's Drug Store. Regular size SOC.
and 81. 90. II. G. Starr, Mcslbrook
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Rucklen's Arnica salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world fol-
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Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19

gone.-W. J. Hithcock, Late MAJOR
U. 5. Vol. & A. A. Gen. Buffalo, N. Y
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"There are none more miserable than cpl
lcptics. For 20 years suffered with epilep-
tic fits. having as high as FIVE in one night. |
tried any number Of physicians. paying to
one alone, a fee OF 10000 and have done
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remedies but received no benefit. A yeara ago
my son, Chas s. Gallaher, druggist nj l9i
Reed st Milwaukee, gave me DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine, and tried 1t with
gratifying results. Have had but two fits
since began taking II. lam better now in
every way than have been in 20 years"
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by druggists
on positive guarantee that the first bottle
will benefit or price refunded. Book on the
Heart and Nerves, free. Address,
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhar, Ind.
Dr. Miles Remedies Restore Health,
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CATARRH

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The Balm Is applied directly into the nostrils,
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ELY'S PINEOLA BALSAM Is u sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, &c. Price Of Cream Balm 80
cents at Druggists or by mall
ELY BROTHERS, 80 Warren st. New York.
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A GREAT RnnK EREE.

When Dr. R. V, Pierce, of Buffalo, N Y.
published the first edition Of his great work,
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chronic cold or deep seated cough, often
Cream Cream Balm. Both remedies are pleasant @ t' to
use. Cream Balm, Soc. per bottle; Plneola
Balsam, 25c. at druggists. In quantities OF
$3.50 will deliver on receipt OF amount.
ELY BROTHERS, 10 Warren Street, N. Y.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19

We exchange grinding ofro
grind load feed while roller and
please Wehave shelter grind her shd
the We buy all kinds dump
knd Of grain Come and We will try please
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is now giviag aieay, absolutely free, 10000
copies Of this most complete, interesting
and valuable common sense medical work
ever published the recipient only being
required to mail to him, OF above address,
twenty one l7ll recent stamps TO cover
cost Of mailing oaly, and the book will be
sent post paid. II is a veritable medical
library complete in one volume. Contains
zoos pages, pfoiusely illustrated. The Free
Edition Is precisely the same as that sold
at 81 50 evcep, only that the hooks are in
strong MANILA paper covers instead Of cloth
seud now before all are gwen away.
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IN A TIGER TRAP.
BY CHARLES EDWARD BARNES.

Punda-Tsang was an innkceper. HI
was sole proprietor Of the Ballawari
Oak, which is very big name for
very small native hotel aboutsixty miles
north Of Penang, and on the high roat
to the hunting steppes Of the Bukit, OF
hill country. The quaint little hospice
clung to the mountain side like
swallows nest, high over the jungle.
beddcd Sungei, whose foaming, crash
ing torrents came down from the upper
mountains like an endless charge OF
white cavalry to the sea. Punda
was good sort Of Malay, which
means bad sort Of anything else.
That Is, he would plunder only on the
securest principles, and never quarrel
with a bigger man nor better armed
one than he. In this he differed from
other Malays, who would plunder and
knife upon no principle or provocnlon
vhntevcr, II they thought there was a
ten-anna piece In the job.
But deeper reading Of this prosper
ous bonface Of the junglcs revealed the
fact that he was capable Of lovs-yes,
even tender, human affection; and
that little Iali, his fve-year-old daugh-
ter, was the object OF worship In his
heart even more fervcnt than that
which he bestowed upon the five home
nlnde clay gods before which, in dark
corner Of the dak, he burned a vast deal
of ll-smelling punk. The second year
Of I'sang's married life had hardly be-
gun when his beautiful wife was bitten
by yellow viper while gathering heal
inn herbs down in the valley. When
they found the poor creature she was
dyIng-wlth a little newborn babe In
her arms. This calamity the bercaved
husband regarded as direct visitation
Of ,he clay gods In the corner; only the
DIV before he had robbed King hunt
er M bIs rife. leaving the poor fellow to
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'a .'"aS s Wv .' :, ,,,,,,,, no,r ~ holss,arveJ
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w., "'''' ps's" no 5oshod to rlocso
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, with her, knowing that any accident
happening to Iall while in my keeping
would result seriously for perhaps
, cost me my life. The coolies were fly
Ing hither and thither. making the air
ring with their loud walls. Such agi-
tation on the part Of these vagabonds
reused me to realization OF the child's
danger. Suddenly turned my eyes
and thoughts in the direction Of the ra-
vine where the tiger trap lay. re-
called wildly the child's interest In the
"jungle god' who was to be captured
in the deep pit; and, knowing the lit
tie creatures absolute fearlessness,
thought that, acting upon some child
ish impulse, she might have strayed
down the narrow path to the pit.
Meanwhile the wailing about mo in
creased.
The distance to that tiger pit seemed
to be doubled, and the time that elapsed
before reaching It everlasting. The
cracking OF the leaves and twigs on the
moss beneath my feet added to my trep-
idations. Almost before | realized II
| had reached the big trap and then
halted short, thrilled by the sound Of
something human. looked up.
Through the deepening mists and in
terycning boughs | snw the little child
figure Of Iali creeping out upon the
withcred branches over the pit. For
the instant had no power to move, nor
dared speak, lest, overcome with sud-
den fright, the frail little one might lose
her foothold. Suddenly new horror
disclosed itself~ What were those two
glaring, cold, yet fiery points just be-
yond the pit, burning their way through
the shadows? My God 1t was the
tiger. lie was lying flat on the ground,
couchant, paws extended quivering,
ready for the fatal spring.
In moments like these ones reason
in, nowc,a hecomo sunerhumon I
.o,r ,bo, /, aII ,,nh.,,i;tv .;tbar To,,
mr. vos to ho socri6ced. which ono de.
pended entirely upon the caprice Of the
r;ld hone, bod hoard TINT flo colm
s,eody reorleasstnrcofo bumon is more
terriiv,ng IN yil1 animals tbop g,,ns
that I'm Nm ,ho ,nstont I resolved N
nrnc,ica Il. Il wos nv on,v exnedient
a. = s,ared NJ thosc two co,,,lr hrioht
nnd ,r,ou,ro ,o;nt. ~ l,obt III. mo1.
man without n ouiycr withouta n doubt
crddoulv sor tho l,tle f,o,,rs yovor
-, "a ,iond hronohas o,or +,,a mouth ~
,ho n, and ,hen-oh borrors,-vith n
,...', ~. noo, ,aro IN; h,d los, Ia,
f,,,ho,1,,d slln.,d el,,vlv tb,ou,,b tbe
,io,d;.,, houoh. ;,to ,be coye honeotb
ror ,noment all ,os eilcnt Then
h,an,I Lo. oh,,,n.h nr,tu, Tho ,of,
.n,d Ind broLe, b,li. ,plluud saved her
m, whi,o ,ma hrouoht r,co to faoo
,i,l, the most o,yf,, urohlen of mo life
ror r,hot .oeme1 hours I .tood i;La n
,,,,or ~ ytoro tho s,,oot rourl,r 1o,,n
NV neck my toncue hot md parched.
One show OF fenr would. knew, be fatal.
The "ilpglc rods" are keen, like
demons. measuring strength with man.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19

Diseases unfrlendly to women are posi-
lively cured by DR.. sawyer's Pastlllies. AL
Gulick, the druggist for a free sample pack
age. 1t heals aud cures
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19

Since 1861 | have
been q sufferer from
catarrh. | tried Ely's
Cream Balm and to
all appearances am
cured. Terrible head
aches from which l
had long suffered are
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19
PINE0LA COUGH BALSAM
excellent for all throat inaammations a

t'h'F Aats
for asthma. Con
sumptives will in
yarlably derive
benefit from Its use
Ias sitquickly abates
he cough, renders
* ectoration
easy, assisting ma
ture In restoring
wasted tissues,
There Is u large
percentage ofthose
who suppose their
cases to be con-
sumption who are
only eutfarInpfrom
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19

AhN t'Ple NNth tiSh
Sense Medical Adviser,
he announced that after
$4,000 copies had been
sold at the regular price,
s.. 50 per copy, the profit
on which would repay
him for the great amount
of labor and money ex.
pended in producing 1t,
he would distribute the
next half million free.
As this number Of copies
has already been sold. he
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19
Epilepsy 20 Years.
Cured by DR.. Miles Nervine.

A few years ago. Mr. L. W. Gallaher, was
an extensive. successful expert manu-
'facturcf Of lumber products. Attacked with
epilepsy, he was obliged to give up his busl-
ness. The attacks came upon him most In
opportunely. One time falling from a carrl-
age, at another down stairs, and often In the
street. Once he fell down shaft In the
mill. his injuries nearly proving fatal. Mr.
Gsllsher writes from Milwaukee, Feb. 10, O5
Abilene weekly reflector., 1895-12-19
First published in The Abilene Daily Re-
First published In the Abilene Weekly Re-
flector, Nov. 81, 1851
SHERIFF'S SALE,

tdse NO. dt3t.
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insur-
ance Co., plaintiff,
VS..
Herman W. Schmidt, Eva Schmidt and The
Kansas Loan 4 Trust Co., defendants.
Under and by virtue Of an order Of sale Is
sued by the clerk of the district court OF the
sth judicial district within and for Dickinson
county, State of Kansas, In the above en-
titled case, and TO me directed and delivered,
will, on
Monday, December %, A. D. 1895,
at 10 o'clock a. m. OF said day at the front
door OF the court house In the city OF Abb.
lene. Dickinson county, State OF Kansas
without appraisement, sell to the highest
bidder for cash In hand the following des.
cribed real estate towit:
Southwest quarter ofnortheast quarter and
northwest quarter Of southeast quarter Of
section twelve Qg township fifteen d !. south
range two t2) east Of sixth principal meridian
In Dickinson County, State OF Kansas.
The said real estate will be sold pu rsuant
to the judgment Of the court In said cause
recited in said order OF sale
Witness my hand this 2lst day Of Nov.
1895
Us. SMITH,
Sheriff Of Dickinson County, Kas.
WILSON 4 WILSON,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-25
HOW LITIGATION GAINS AccRETIoNs
Land Patent for S1.1o Sets Lawyers
TO EighIing ONer Thnmsnnds.

The announcement was made by special
telegram in yesterdays Bee that c. s. LEFT
ferts Of Council Bluffs had won at least the
first round in his contest with the East
Omaha Land company. The case is one
technically involving only one-tenth Of an
| acre, as described in the patent granted by
Uncle Sam to Lefferts. The accretons
claimed as having become attached to this
one-tenth of an acre, and the title to which
Is claimed under this patent, amount to over
twenty acres, embracing the very heart of
the East Omaha Land Company's tract, be-
sides numerous building improvements, so
that in reality the contest is one for thou
| sands Of dollars. In watching this litigation
| one is led to again stroke the whiskers on
| that ancient exclamation, How great a fire
little matter kndleth." The land company
| is said to have purchased its title to the dis
| puted possessions for the paltry sum of $780,
| the great state of Iowa selling 1t for that
! amount. Lefferts preferred to get his decd
| from Uncle Sam, and when the one-tenth of
| an acre. as shown by the plat, was sold to
! the highest bidder, he was there with the
munihcent sum Of no. and this took it. For
this Lefferts got his patent from Uncle Sam,
! and when that patriotic sire was called upon
! by the land company to cancel this patent
! he simply said that patent was all right, and
showing his hands in his striped pantaloons
| he shook his star spangled waistcoat with
laughter and told the land company to go
see his daughter, Iowa, who had given them
| their deed. If she had sold them something
! she didn't own she was at fault and should
make it right. AS for him, he owned the
land and had sold it fair and square to Lef-
| ferts fer $1.10.
The amount of property now involved,
with The thousands of dollars of improve
| ments, lifts the case sky-high above the
| $11O starter, and both sides have already
gone to great expense in protecting and
! strengthening their respective claims, and the
end is not yet.
Whether the land company will accept
| Uncle Sans advice and seek redress from
Iowa is not declared, but the company win
doubtless not quietly yield to Lefferts the
possession OF the fan-like chunk of twenty
odd acres claimed by him, because forsooth
| Uncle Sam sold him for l.10 the little one
tenth Of an acre which forms the tip of the
| handle.