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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17

IF THE barry Is CUTTING TEETH,
Be sure and use that old and wclI-tried
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
FOR children teething 1t soothes the
child. G0ftens the guns, allays all pain.
cures wind collie ana is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents . bot
tie.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17

tlcmcn from all sections of the country
very truly am yours.
'LAWRENCE GARDNER"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17
Superb Spectacular Festival

Produced Upon n Scale Of Magnitude Never Before .
augurating the Most Rcspendent Circus Display
ANY OthCr COuntrN
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06

and A. p. blanchard for defendanS.
Case NJ. 81, E. F. Carlisle. aKai''s'
@. Legesse. E. s. Smith for plAtntin
j ohm Fl. :ROdes for defendant.
Case No. 80, Adam u. Bemert
against County Commissioners q
Morrison county. LindberRh, Blan.
chard & Ltndhergh for Rlatnttn: =
H. Rhode. for defendant. 4.
The grand jury rs.t,.riled three IN
dictments against p. a. Flood,
charged with uttering forged notes.
The defendant was brought into
court and nrraiKnad, and was given
until today to plead. .s.s !
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
The Residence OF George Lar
lee With the Contents Con-
8 sumed by Fire this
III Morning. >@>.

The two-story frame dwelling "n
the corner of Second street and
Sixth avenue northeast, Ow ned and
i,scupied by George Larlee, wascOm-
Iletely destroyed by the fire mend.
tOge' her with all the household
goods and personal effects Of the tc-
cupants' at an early hONr Thursday
morning. <
HI Mr.. and Mrs. Larlee are bO:h ab-
.Aehr and the house IL occupied by
Mr. Larlee'S mother. Mrs. Ga:::.And
her son Wallace Larlee. George
Larloe Ia in the lumber woods for
the Pine Tree company nea, Pine
Mountain lake, and Mrs. Larlee IL
visiting relatives in Maine. ..,t..E
a The fire started in the front room
on the first fiOOr. and IL thought to
have originated from the heating
stove. In which 4 large fire had been
built just before the occunants re-
tired for the night. When tue fire
was discovered 1t had completely Ell
sveloped the east side. and when the
department arrived the fire was Ell
tirely beyond control. OF the cen
tents not even an article ri wearing
apparel was saved and Mrs. Gay.
who is quite an old lady. had Il mar
row escape from death in the burn
Ing building.
81 The loss with the exceptions oi
clothing and other personal etfec ts Ia
fully covered with insurance. The
house was insured for 81, ,2eO. $5(O
with the Liverpool. London & Globe
20, Of which the First National
hank is the local agent, AMI 800
with the Commercial Union COM
pany, e. s. Brown, agent. and the
household goods were insured for
$500 with the Royal Insurance com
spany. Victor Schellern agent. max
Ing total insurance on house and
contents of $l.7OO.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
LlnCOln Items.

N Mrs. Berxum Ia improving slowly.
The painters have been here and
Iasssye painted and kalsoininsd ..onr
railway station.
Miss Annie Knatson is quite sick.
We are having a slight sprinkle Of
snow. a5a H.. .~=
Some .Oi the lumbermen in this
vicinity are hauling logs Oh sieca
across the lakes, aul Others are
hauling on wagons.
Two weddings Of pa' ties living
here have taken place this week, viz ,
Mr.. Ingwald Erickson and Miss
Anna Hanson, and Mr.. Oscar John
son and Miss -: all of whom are
keeping house.
Say! There III blind pig or old
hog here somewhere from all ap-
pearances. and believe anyone
could come up ON the blind side and
catch him.
"A new residence is going up in the
suburbs. I do not know whether
the young mans mother is to act as
housekeeper, or somebody's sister.
In other words he may be going to
follow the fashion and get married.
Oh the snow, the beaut tiiul snow!
Tell the weather clerk to send US six
inches or more.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
From Monday's Daily. s#5 ..a 5@ 81.
The DISTRICT COURT.
The March Term for MOrIi-
son County was Opened
at 8 O'Clock this
Morning. y. "
TOday's Session was Occu-
pied in Hearing Argu-
ments on Motions
and Setting Cases
on the Calen- y
,'>..# dar. %. ~.


The March term ut the OtRtrlct
court for Morrison county was be-
gun in this city at 8 O'Clock this
morning, Judge L. L. presid-
ing, and with Court Stenographer
VIM. Russell also In attendance. y
The larger portion sOf today's ses-
sion was occupied in hearing the ar
guments ofattorneys ON motions bt'-
fore the court and In setting the
cases on the calendar. '.> = =
George LaFOnd and H. B. Schenck
are acting as deputy clerks and
Sheriff Riders special deputies con-
sist Of N. Rarbeau, of Belle Prairie,
in nrharge Of the grand jury, Marion
Roberts, OF this city, door keeper,
and j. w. Cotield, of Swanvllle,
Peter Lemay. of this city. and o.
wald Witka. OF Swan River.
,, The grand jury organized this
forenoon. tlecttng F. E. Mansfield al,
foreman and the jury this afternoon
proceeded to the consideration Oi
the work before it. -
A motion by the defendant for q
judgment ON the records in case No.
IL, as it appears on the calendar,
was argued by Oscar Taylor, attOr.
ney for the defendant, just after the
opening of court this afternoon.
The parties to this action are J oseph
Preiner against Peter H. Meyer.
In Case No. 16, Robert Roche,
against, James Hollenheck, a motion
was made by the defendant for leave
to file supplementary answer. ;
Case Mo-: 43. Sparrow Bros,
against j ohm Zeigher, motion was
made hy the defendant to adismiss
the appeal.
Case No. 48, Casmeier rTrebiatowski,
against H. A. Rider, as sheriff oi
Morrison county, motion was
made by the defendant for Judgment
on the pleadings.
+ In Case No. 50, The Little Falls
Water Power Co., of Minnesota,
against Henry Belin, Jr., and Ed.
ward Mahan, a motion on the part
1T the defendant was made for
continuance.
The cases set for tomorrow are as
follows: ' + Fl
No. z. Mex Bahr, against j ames
German, E. s. Smith attorney for
plaintiff. -
No. 9, Samuel Trebby, against The
Transcript Publishing, Co.; G.. W,
Stewart attorney for the plaintiff
Lindbergk. Blanchard & Lindbergll
attorneys for the defendant. s;st ,
No. 10, N. p. Clarke against M. M
Williams, ct al: G. W.. Stewart fo1
plaintiff Llndbergh Blanchard &
Lindbergh, for defendant. ~
No. 2l, Joseph Preiner against
Peter H. Meyer; Lindbergh Blanch.
ard & Lindbergh, for plaintiff; Oscar
Taylor for defendant.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Swanville Itel,is.

TIE hea vieHt snow Nf the aea6On
fell here last night and today the
sleighs are are QUO again.
There was a WcOdman lodge or
ganized ut 'Burtrum on Tuesday y
evening OF this week. The members
Of the lodge from here went up td
assist and report splendid time.
They had twent y-four nemhers 80
begin with. I'D x,ss &
j. w. Cofielh IL in Little Falls this
week attending court. .$54
W. s. Sullivan made a business
trip to Little Falls ON Tuesday and
returned Wednesday,. S5s.
John Meheg,ln is having his house
moved this week across the track
near the American house. ( J.455iJ.
McRae IL experimenting the work.
1t is reported that A. p. Nc Rae
will soon become ira Yelling sales.
man for some firm In st. Paul. We
did not learn the name ri the tirms
Miss Mabel jackson, who has l,ee.'
spending the winter with her uncle
at I.edgerwood, n. D., came home
on Tuesday. NJ :5i.. ~ 4
Our village schools closed last Fri
day and H. A. Barton, principal left
on Saturday for visit with hfs ppr:
ents ut. Little Falls. From there
he will go to Dakota to join Buch-
anan's Comedy Co. .>. : Il II :s
The candy man. Of Sauk Centre,
was in town this week. Rs
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Balm and Mrs.
Van Zile were in ti,wn Sunday visit.
ing with Mrs. Biggerstaff. IA q
Mrs. s. Burch and son, Earl Rouse,
of Burtrum, visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mehegan on satuslay
Isl. Vincent u 81 u q tils sick not ssata
this week.
AL. Mattieson shipped q car. .load oI
cattle from here to st. Paul on MIN.
day. He went down to St., Hss,l
and returned Wednesday. !
John Wendt was in Little Falls
the first oi week on the grand Jury
E. j. Bachelor and Geo. Seth
drove to Long Prairie on Monday.
John StOll drove over to Long
Prairie ON Tuesday.
Elsie Alsllire, ol Lake Beauty, is
spending Il few weeks here with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.. f. j.
B& tchelor.
Nels jacobson and Miss Mary
Mucia drove to Swan River and ht-
I tended church ON Sunday last.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
From Tuesdays Daily, "
\. THE BONUS CASE.
N. r. Clarke's Suit to Collect
ona Joint Note.

Tuesday mOrnlng tn. suit Of N. r.
Clarke aEninst 4 dOzen of the leading
citizens Of Little Falls was begun.
The case ii one quite familiar othe
people "f the city. When the Pine
Tree cnmpnny prop''setl to build
their mill here n. p. Clarke wanted
$40 900 for his mill property aud the
Pine Tree people would pay OnIv
81. 900. The citizens of Little Falls
agreed to pay the :$l5.OOO difference.
A subscription list was drawn UP,
and nearly the necessary" amount
plpdgSd. a second document was
prepared, in which about, twenty-five
citizens pledged that the $4,000
would be raised. Then M. t1arke's
attorney drew HpOther guarantee,
in reality a joint note. which he pre-:
ferred in place Ut the other guaran-
tees. This note was signed by about
twelve citizens, with the distinct
understanding that 1t was to he
signed by at least III many as.signed
the second list before it sh0ul Id he
dt livpred. III some manner. how
ever, it passed into the hands "f
Clarke with only twelve nam mes omit.
None Of the parties Iii the case can
tell how Clarke got IT. Clarke in
sists on collecting on that joint note,
and the signcrs maintain that he has
no right to- it, and that ne must col
lect Dn the guarantee mnde by the
twenty-five. Nearly all of the
twelve have paid the amount due
under the first subscription and
agreement, but severalof the wenty-
five have refused to keep their
pledge.
Among tht witnesses this morning
were A. r. Davidson, N, H. Clapp,
&. w. Stewart and N. P. Clarke.
The attorneys are Lindbergh.
blanchard & Lindbergh and Tavlor.
Calhoun & Rhodes for the defend
ants. and G. w. Stewart for the
plaintiff.
CASES DISPOSED OF.
The case of ofCasmeier rebiatow wski.
against H. A.. Rider, as sheriff Of
Morrison county, was continued.
III the case Of the State, against
William Broker, the action was dis
missed. Broker was Il resident of
Buckman, and was charged with
selling llquOr without Il license last
fa.l. 1t was proved that he had
made application and paid the money
for u license,- and the case was dis
missed.
The case Of Sparrow Bros. against
John Zeigher was dismissed and a
stay of twenty days was granted.
Case No: 81. Frank Lesemius,
against James R. Wood was con-
tinued.
The cases set for trial Wednesday
are as follows:
Case No. 9, Samuel Trehhy, against
The Transcript Publishing Co., q.
W. Stewart, attorney for plaintiff;
Lindbergh, Blanchard & Lindbergh,
for defendant.
: Case No.. 81, Joseph Greengard,
against H. A. Fretz, Samuel Trebby.
and j. e. Flynn. Lindhergh, Blanch-
ard & Lindbergh for plaintiff; Taylor.
Calhoun & Rhodes for defeniants.
Case No. 80, Edward F. Mahan.
against John Close; Taylor. Calhoun
& Rhodes for plaintiff; E. p. Adams
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Trade Conditions.

The past week has been more quiet
in busin. III circles than was expect
ed. The district court usually at
tracts a large number Of people to
the city who do more or less pnr-
chasing. but disagreea ble weather
has prevented u. large percentage Of
those people coming in this week.
The meat markets, owing to the
Lent season. nre complaining OF ex-
ceptiOnnllv small sales.
However, most alt meats have an
upward tendency and beef has ad-
vanced about one cent during the
last week. Other quotations are
practically the same as during the
former week. The folio wing are the
quotations.:
Wheat-No. nari. SIC; No. l. Northern So
No. 9. 50; No. 8. 4sc.
Flour, patent procesa. per Dbl. $780,
Bakers PER hi s2l0 "
Ground feed, $3.50 per ton.
Shuris-sl0.
Oats IA a. 10
Corn--2O Sl22 per bushel -
Dairy bat,er-'seh @ i6c.
FL ca,tls-2X q &c.
COws-2 "a 211c.
Veal dres ssed--5c. to &c.
Hogs hve--3Xc
Fresh pork
Mutton dressed SC ia. r..
Cut meats. & 70 l2l1c.
Chickens. 6G to &c. .y Gtt. ~ 4ss. ,,.r,,y4G
Potstoes-l2i<c per bushel.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
To School Teachers.

Send your name and address to
w. j. c. Kenyon. Gen. Freight &
Pass. Agent Burlington RO ute, st
Paul, Minn., and you will receive
each month a bit Of reading that
will do you and your pupils good.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Not Pleasant.

~ Not PleAaAnt.
Some days that wo spend arc exactly like
cards.
Thus everything here has It's use.
You may feel like = king IN the wee small
hours.
Next morning you feel like the deuce.
New York Herald.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Royalton Items.

| J. w. JOslin purchased of Frnnk
Green the two lots adjoing his brick
residence on Fourth street.
r. Herwers and Henry Bnners. ~
Buck man. have sold their farm for
1880 cash; mot silver either Mr..
YOwne.) s.. z ~ ~ ~.
j. Thenis and 3. Johnson, Of Two
Rivers, have hauled brick this winter
to com plete fine residences on their
farms. Mr.. e. Unke, Of Buckman,
will &C .nplete a fine brick house ON
his farm this spring. F. wson Ia
now building u residence "n hts fine
lots IN this village. =. W. Bouck.
y. H. Havill, II. Ober, F. Graham
and Others are figuring ON building
plans for this spring. Ca lAmity
hOwle hear ye?
F. l.. Hyde and wife visited IN
Little Falls Saturday and Sunday
last.
H. Galley left last Saturday for Il
visit and business trip to the Twin
Cities. Dplano. Buffalo. Elk River.
etc, etc. ~ ....
Road Superintendent Downing
was up Saturday overseeing the
track laying ON the new bridge.
Howard Ohor went below Wedncs-
day on business. In his absence
Jerry Hurphy will look after his
business interests hare.
Barney Feitsam was In Little
Falls Sunday Oi this week.
Supervisor Joe Leigh was in town
Tuesday evening shaking hands,
getting shaved, and looking sad.
On being asked. wny the sad smooth
face Joe? Got to 60 to Little Falls.
Rag Bee at Charlie ConnOrs Tues
day night. Charlie SAYS they sewed
up and tore up every thing.
Presbyterian Sewing society meet
at the home Of J. H. Russell this
week. The Ladies' Aid with Mrs.
Satterlee, and the Guild with Mrs.
l. W. Bouck.
Local politics requIeu here. The
majority are watching interested.y
the Office seekers scrapping among
themselves; tia good object lesson.
Why does the Transcript In gOulish
glee iump on a. cOrpse? Did the
corpse move? .1.-....,,.: ...
did not intend to write fast week
sI,hat the safe expert tSmnled the
hank safe. Jam 1t! He did not nae
theiam. Twas the Jam iIOltler the
Jar that did the business.
II Royalton could elect the COVER
nor (and why not? Minneapolis
thinks she should) Bill Lee would
now be writing his inaugural. I.
Fort Flpley Items.
Richard Neill, of Green Prairie,
was in town Monday.
J. W. Day went to. Minneapolis
Monday.
| Miss Caroline went to Little Falls
Monday to spend d few days.
Mrs. Martin Enke and children
went to Little Falls Tuesday to
visit friends.
School has been suspended this
week on account Of the teacher be.
ing sick.
Frank TuttIe and family, Of Grand
Forks, who have been visiting rela-
tives in this vicinity, lett for home
Saturday.
J.C. Rose left Tuesday for Spring
Valley, Minn., to visit his daughter,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
A v and An x,

A Y and IN x.
He asked the deacon for q "V,"
And this aroused his ire.
"Dear sir, I think you II dnd." said he.
"A tenor In the choir"
New York Recorder.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Vioarloua PUnlshm0nt.

Vioarious Punishment.
Watts-Do you really believe that every
sin Is followed by punishments
Potts-Of course. For instance, when
some man steals d, 900, 900 or so, don't a
lot of people have to starve as . oonse-
quencei-Indianapolis Journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06

Grooer-I give you credit, Bill, for stop
ping that runaway horse the other day.
Bill-Thanksl was list goin ter ask
yer fur little.
Grooer-0et out o. herel Who'd give
you crediti-Roxbury Gasette.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Boots and Shoes.

In this department we can supply
the trade better than other house lin
this part of the state. Whatever
you want in the line of Footwear,
you can get from us to your advaut-
age.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-06
Ladies' Shoes.

We are making special offers on
Ladies' Shoes just now, and the en-
tire line is cut over 25 per cent in
price. Over 5000 pairs going at a
sacrifice. This opportunity was
never equalled before. Good bar
gains in Mems, Misses and Children's
Shoes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
Character in the Nose.

The nose of Beethoven was large,
thick and ill-shaped.
Mozart had a prominent, straight
nose, showing great force Of char
acter.
Goethe had a large Roman nose.
rather more bent than is usual in that
type.
Caesars nose was decidedly Roman,
and in size altogether out OF proper
tion with his other features.
Lord Brougham had wonderfully
expressive nose, the tip of which was
almost constantly in motion when his
Lordship was listening to an oppon-
ents speech in Parliament
Paderewski has an almost Greciau
nose, with slight curve of the bridge,
indicative of emotion rather than phil
osophy.
Nine. Patti has deicately nodded,
thin-nostriled, aggressive little nose,
indicating an artistic temperament,
combined with an impulsive, emotion
al nature.
Queen Victoria has the straight,
short, delicate nose characteristic of
her Stuart MISUNDERSTANDING high
courage and resolution with Il sensi-
tiveness to honor and tenacity OF con
viction on all subjects. New York
Mail and Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
WHY HE RAN.

Major Mclaughlin put a new man
at work at his mine the otEer day dry
ing out dynamite.
"Now," " said he, by the way Of ex.
planation, you've got to keep your
eye on that thermometer in the heater.
If it gets above eighty-fve, you're lia.
BILE to hear a noise around here. When
it reaches eighty-two degrees, you've
got just three minutes in which to
work, for it takes three minutes fer il
TO rise to eighty-fye.
An hour later the Major returned to
see how the man at the heater was do
ing.
swell, how is it getting along?" be
inquired.
"Oh, first-rate.
"Do you watch that thermometer %
"You bet your life / DO, and Im
keeping her down"
He reached into the heater, pulled
out the thermometer.
"Whew She's up to eighty.fo ."
he remarked. "There, that'll fix it I"
He jammed The thermometer into a
bucket of cold water aud hung it back
on the heater Then he wondered
what Mclaughlin was running for.
ssp francisco Post,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Scientists declare that the cathode
light will penetrate steel half an inch
thick.
There are 24s7 different varieties Of
FIRE escapes and ladders to be used in
emergencies.
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
proposes to dredge the rivers and
ponds Of Cook County for snails.
Afghanistan Is going ahead. The
Ameer has decided to light his capital
city by electricity, and run his fac
tories with the same.
Scientists who have made study of
the eye say that fiat b of light lasting
40.1, , 900, 900, 000ths of q second is
quite sufficient for distinct vision.
A bottle with a message and the date
was thrown into Boston Harbor July
81. On October II it was found ON
the coast of small island in the Car
ibbean Sea, $500 miles away.
Among DIR. Donaldson Smiths dis
coveries in the region Of Lake Ran
dolph is that of the existence of fifteen
new tribes of Africans-one Of them
dwarfs, none over five feet in height.
The Grand Jury at Chicago has in
dicted a man for obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, who, it appears,
hypnotized his victim, and while in
this condition made him give up $1,000.
Professor A. q. Totten, of New
Haven, Conn, has issued calendar
good for 67, 7l3, ,250 years. 1t is said
TO have very simple key, and is
evolved on a cycle of 1000, 900 years.
After about a years experiment
with an aluminium torpedo boat, the
French naval authorities have decided
the aluminium is unfit for shipbuild-
ing, unless some non-corrosive alloy,
or anti-corrosive paint can be discov-
cred.
DR.. Selle, practicing physician of
Brandenburg, Germany, claims to have
contrived Photographic instrument
which will in minute details reproduce
the various colors of objects, persons
and landscapes brought within speci-
fed range on the camera. American
SCIENTISTS are sceptical concerning
the reports of this process.
It is stated that diamonds become
phosphorescent in the dark after expo
sure to the sunlight or electric light,
and when rubbed on wool, cloth or
metal. This is an important proper
ty, as IL enables the amateur to distin-
guish between paste and real. This
property is not electric, as is clearly
shown by its being visible when the
gem is rubbed on metal.
There are as many laughs as there
are vowels. Those who laugh on A
(the broad sound) laugh openly and
frankly. The laugh in e (short soundl
is appropriate to melancholy persons.
The las in machine) is the habitual
laugh of timid, naive or irresolute
people. The o indicates generosity
and hardihood. The person who
laughs in U is n miser and hypocrite.
The fifteenth annual report of the
New York State Board OF Health states
that the typhoid fever epidemic at
tributed to infected oysters which
were freshened in water contaminated
by sewerage at Port Richmond, led to
careful investigation by DR.. e. O.
Curtis His opinion is that not only
typhoid fever, but cholera and diar-
rheal diseases may thus be transmit
L.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

General Travo.ing Agent Stcne, oI
the Georgia Southern Railroad, told a
Georgia man recently that he had dis.
covered an electrical process for con.
verting wood into stone. He could,
he said, petrify wood at moments
notice, and he proposed to make for
tune by converting the plank walks
common in Southern cities into stone
pavements. He also said that there
ought to be lots of money in turning
frame buildings into stone houses.
Ills statement was printed in some OF
the newspapers, and now Mr.. Stone is
kept busy telling his friends that he
was only joking.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
Spite Fences.

Millionaire Crocker maintains a
fence twenty-five feet high on one side
of his place on Mob Hill, San Fran
cisco, fencing off all the view from a
lot owned by the estate of an under
taker named Yung. Yung, who lived
there at the time, didn't want to sell
his lot, but after the fence was put up
had to move his house The fence
cost $4,000
Right in the middle OF George Van
derbilt's princely domain in Asheville,
N. O., an old colored man owns six
acres of land, which Vanderbilt fenced
in. The owner says: "Yas, sab, l
been waitin' 'steen yeahs 70 good
neiehbohs, an now 1 got one, don
move. No, sab -
In Saco, Me-, two families are on
spite fence terms, and one of them has
erected an ugly barrier of brush to
darken the windows of the other.
A fence six feet high is just fence
Make it sixteen feet and it becomes a
spite fence. AT twenty.six feet it is
just-foolisbness. New York Re-
corder.