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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
Colonel Vance Is Happy

Colonel John L. Vance, the President
of the Ohio River Improvement Asso-
citation, came down as for as Gallipolis,
his home. To Captain Dovener, Wheel
ing's Representative in Congress, and
to Colonel Vance is due most of the
credit of getting the committee to take
the trip and Colonel Vance was hearth
ly congratulated upon his success. He
felt that the result paid greatly for the
work, and said that in his opinion the
committee has been profoundly inn
pressed with the need of dams and
dykes in the Ohio
Major Heuer. in the opinion of the
Cincinnati men who haye met him, is
going to become very popular in the
Queen City. He has had charge of all
the important Government work in
California for years past, and is re-
garded as one of the best men in the
engineering corps.
His address before the committee
was plain and direct, and he talked
like a man who had full knowledge of
and comprehended his subject. This
was his first trip down the river, and
he is not afraid to give an opinion.
The members of the committee were
very favorably impressed with him.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
WarertoWn.

Our schools closed for two weeks
vacation.
Born, on the 10th, to Mr.. and Mrs. L.
S. Bingham, a daughter.
Mr.. Brooks Wolcott attended the
Muskingum Farmers Club at Capt s.
S. Stoves, on last Saturday, to play
violin with the Rainbow Mandolin
Club. He reports good time.
A. j. Barnet, of Fleming, bought the
fine yoke of work oxen of Roscoe VOL
colt.
A. j. and Charles Barnet bought a
saw mill complete of j. b. Day, agent
for the Geyser Manufacturing Com
pany.
Rev. Mr. Hayden will occupy the
pulpit of the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday morning and evening.
Miss Ella Klinger is quite i'll. She
has been poorly for some time.
r. w.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
Probate conrt Sediments.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing accounts have been filed in the
Probate Court of Washington county,
Ohio, and will be for hearing and set
tlement on Wednesday, April Is, 1896:
Frederick Lohsse, decd, by Anna
Lohsse, Admix., 1st partial.
Amanda E. Curtis, decd, by Horace
Curtis, Admr., final.
Adaran Matthews, decd, by S. j..
Hathaway, Admr., final.
John p. Bowling. decd, by III. A..
Downing. Admr., 1st partial I'll
Douis Gearing, decd, by c. r. Bu-
channon, Admr., final.
Michael Morganstern, decd, by
Jacob Mueller, Executor, 1st partial.
James Ormiston, decd, by /. A. Orm-
iston, Exr., 9th partial.
l.. r. Curtis, decd, by Horace Cur.
tbs, Admr., final.
Richmond Devol. decd, by C. M. De-
vol and Wallace Morse, Exrs., 1st par
tial
Morris Bros, insofvent, by F. ]. Cut
ter assignee, final
Geo. f. Williams by Alb. Nice, Gdn.,
final.
BENZ. F. Williams by A. b. Nice,
Gdn., 1sr partial.
Levi Allen by ]. c. Farnsworth, Gdn.,
9th partial
George Scherr by Catherine Scherr
Gdn., final.
Exceptions may be filed to any of the
above accounts before said hearing day
ID. r. RooD,
Probate Judge.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25

The official call has been issued for
the seventh annual convention OF dis
trict 6, of the United Mine Workers of
America which will be held in Colum-
bus, on Thursday, April 9. The follow
ing is the list of candidates for the
several offices of district 6: For presi-
dent, M. ID. Ratchford, Massillon. For
vice-president, William Richards,
Shawnee; G. L. Kimes, Glen Roy; Alon-
70 Higgins, Nelsonville; Thomas Staf-
ford, Comfy. Morgan Lewis, Glouster;
Edmund Thomas, Glen Ebon; w. H.
Crawford, New Straitsville; w. T..
Evans, Jobs. For secretary and treas
urer, 7. L. Lewis. Bridgeport; l. N.
Coleman, Nelsonyille, J. M. Hall,
Comfy.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
IN rnE OIL FIELDS.

Sistersville. w. Va, March 23.-The
developments during the coming week
are very important and will be watched
with the keenest interest by both the
operators who hold leases in the indian
Creek field and the business men of
the city in general, as much depends
upon the showing made by the wells
that will reach the pay before the week
has closed AS soon as the gas has ex-
hausted itself sufficiently to permit,
the Carter Oil Company will drill their
we'll on the Stoneking farm on through
the Keener and into the big Injun"
sand where they expect to get pay.
The we'll being drilled by Guffy &
Company on the Pitts farm should also
reach the pay in n day or SO. This we'll
is located to the south of the Kyle and
will assistiu determining the Southern
extension of the pool. This company
commenced spudding at their No. on
this farm to-day and will be ready to
commence spudding at their No. 6 on
the same farm in couple of days.
Shay e McMullin's well on the Dan
Weekly farm is holding up very well,
making 25 barrels an hour, However,
it is slowly decreasing.
The guage also sh ows that the Devon
ians we'll on the Weekly farm is max
ing 16 barrels an hour, and that their
No. Kyle is making little better
ho n hOnr
Parkersburg, w. Va, March 23.-In
the Burning Springs field, Park Bros.
have commenced new we'll on the
Wetzel tract. The Kyle derrick, which
was destroyed by fire, has been rebuilt
A splendid showing of oil was found in
the Russell & Skinner well No. 2, and
the we'll filled within ten feet of the
top when 400 feet deep
The we'll of Peyton Triplett, in the
Wayerly field, will be in Thursday, and
a well will be drilled on George Tay
lor's farm as soon as the weather per-
mits.
The West Fork Oil Co., of this city,
have 800 acres leased on the west fork
of Lee Creek and have located a we'll.
Kelly e Beatty will drill on the Rich
ardson farm near the Lewis Ogdin well,
Waverly, as soon as the material can
be gotten on the ground.
The oil we'll at Vaucluse, owned by
Messrs. j. M. and j. j. Jackson. L. B.
Dellicker, II. p. Camden and w. A.
McCosh, of this city, is reported here
tonight as good for over thirty barrels
a day. The well was shot Thursday
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
Condensed Testimony.

Chas. b. Hood, Broker and Manu-
facturer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, GER
titles that DR.. Kings New Discovery
has no equal as a Cough remedy. j.
d. Brown, Prop. st. James Hotel, Ft.
Wayne, Ind., testifes that he was cured
of Cough of two years standing,
caused by La Grippe. by DR.. Kings
New Discovery. b. f. Merrill, Bald
winsville, Mass, says that he has used
and recommended it and never knew it
to fail and would rather have it than
any doctor, because it always cures
Mrs. Hemming, 222 e. 25th St., Chica-
60 always keeps it at hand and has no
fear of Group, because it instantly re-
lieves. Free Trial Bottles at w. H..
Styer's Drug Store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
ORMIsToN, O., March Goth, '9G

EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce
through the columns of your paper
that VIM. Honesty is not, nor has not
been starving his horses as was report
ed to the agent of the Humane Society
recently, and that the report is a false
hood, without any foundation what
ever. We, the undersigned, visited
and helped Honesty with his horses
regularly and know that there was no
scarcity of food at any time, and make
this statement for the purpose of put
ting Honesy rightly before the public.
d. NJ. Robson,
THOMAS MAPLE,
ALEX. MAPLE,
JAS. WITHRow.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25

THE Republican Executive and Cen
tral Committees of Noble county, met
Monday and appointed the following
delegates and alternates to the con-
gressional convention, instructed to
support Van Voorhis:
Delegates-C. e. Wilson, j. w. Alli-
son, Jasper Mcfarland, G. A. Leland,
I'll. w. Kuntz, W. II. Okey, j. X. Hedge,
N. c. Calland, R. T. Brown, E. w. Arch
er, S. Harris, Charles Sullivan, G. S.
Ullman, Fl. c. Foster, P. Ellison, c. F.
Myers, ]. N. Danford, D. E. Young, l..
w. Wheeler, j. H. Reynard, D. L. Shat
fer, G. g. Mallett, Dayid Quick, j. c.
Stultz, Fl. F. Hancher. Alternates, G..
h. Atkinson, Jr., WILDER Scott, Ezra
Kackley, A. Young, John Emmons, F..
M. Martin, j. n. Graham, Frank Ad-
dule, Charles Ramsey, Naaman Harris,
Ed. Wells. ]. w. Derock, Theo. Wilson,
S. c. Danford, A. B. Bell, j. w. Wat
son, R. w. Calland, Friend Calland, j..
w. Newton, Robert Dyer, A. V. Bates,
J. L. Danford, c. Harmon, w. L. Nor
ris, Charles Craig.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
SOLID GOLD TOILET SET,
Property OF the Khedive Incrusted with
Precious Stones.

Property OF the Khedive Incrusted with
Precious Stones.
1t is said that the only complete gold
toilet set in the world belongs to the
khedive of Egypt. Its exact value is not
known, but it must be enormous, for the
set is incrusted with diamonds and
other precious stones. Egypt, by the
way, has a debt of about S525, 200, 900,
and besides the interest on this has to
pay an annual tribute to the sultan of
Turkey amounting to nearly So, 500, 900.
Despite this the present khedive has
been following in the footsteps of his
predecessors, whose eztravagances
brought about the present almost bank
rupt condition of the country.
Each piece of the khedive's golden
toilet set bears his monogram in dia-
monds. Upward of 5000 diamonds and
over 1900 rnbies were used in decorat-
ing these gorgeous adjuncts to the
Egyptian rulers dressing-table. The
body of each of the 2S pieces is of 49,
karat gold, and all are inclosed in dia.
mond-incrusted ebony case.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troubles? If not, get bottle
now and get relief. This medicine has
been found to be perfectly adapted to
the relief and cure of all Female Com
plants, exerting wonderful direct in
fuence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have Loss OF Appe-
tite, Constipation, Headache, Painting
Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Ex-
citable, Melancholy or troubled with
Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the
medicine you need. Health and
Strength are guaranteed by its use.
Fifty cents and s1.00 at w. Fl. Styer's
Drug Store
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
Washington County Delegates.

Tuesday evening Hon. T. F. Davis
completed the list of Washington
county's so delegates to the GAINESVILLE
convention and we give the names be-
low, accompanied by so alternates.
The short time intervening before the
convention, which will be held next
Tuesday, has caused Mr.. Davis to select
his delegation hurriedly in order to give
the delegates and alternates appointed
sufficient notice of their appointment.
The delegation is good one, however,
and every precinct in the county is rep
resented.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
DELEGATES.

Matthew Augenstein
Willard ii. Davis
George Smith
VIM. A. Eaton
Louis c. Hayes
Howard Hoddow
John Algeo
j. B. Waterman
Duncan Crois
A. Russell
w. B. McGill
E. III. Trickle
Charles w. Fem
John Shannon
M. w. Cline
ALA Chamberlain
Thomas j. Connor
George w. Null
William Cranston
John Smith
BENZ. Pape
w. G. Olds
w. II. Henning, Jr
Seldom S. Stowe
ID. A. Dye
Diarca Boswell
Harvey Murdock
C. e. Athey
George Lauer
James Briggs
S, A. Coffman
John c. Griggs
II. L. Skipton
Jacob Stepher
w. H. Jewell
w. II. Underwood
J. E. Miner
G. j. Best
d. r. Rood
Rolla Putnam
w. b. Loomis
j. b. Wheatley
b. E. Guyton
John W. Lapsley
j. s. McCallister
J. c. Hardy
John M. Landon
Chris Anders
John Snodgrass
r. Il. Moore
ALTERNATEs.
Frank Best
Lewis McCallister
Henry Cherry
s. h. Garrison
VIM. Meagle
N. N. Thornily
w. A. Snodgrass
James r. Hyler
E. A. Cochran
l.. j. Cutter
Hugh Cox
w. A. Bunch
John w. Wells
Mason Gorby
VIM. II. Murphy
Charles Davis
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25

o. j. Stowe
G. B. Fearing
Robert Simpson
f. j. Cutter
M. X. Andrews
Marcellus Dye
Thomas Sprat
E. X. Dyar
r. A. Underwood
William Strecker
John w. Otto
ID. w. Story
Andrew Uuger
Charles Beebe
A. j. Barnett
c. l.. Weber
o. j. Fuller
VIM. Ketter
S. j. Hathaway
VIM. Lancaster
Il. s. McGee
c. l.. Flanders
e. A. Myers
G. W. Bonnell
A. G. Ferguson
George Schad
FL. s. Taylor
Scott Riggs
b. f. Kidwell, Jr.
+. It. Curtis
j. j. Brown
d. b. Molyneus
Horace Curtis
c. w. Richards
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
HENRY p. BoDE, Adm,r |
of VIM. IIooN
Administrators
Sale of real estate

CEpHAs KooN ct al.
In pursuance of an order of the Probate
Court Of Washington County, Ohio, will offer
for sale at public auction on Saturday the 25th
day of April A. d. 1896 at one O'Clock p. IN. OF
said day upon the premises, the following
described real estate, situate in Liberty Town
ship, Washington County, Ohio to wit: The
north west quarter of the south east quarter OF
Section % Township 4 Range Z, containing
80 80 GO acres more or less.
Said property is appraised at S400.
one year and one third in two years from day
of sale with interest. Deferred payments to be
secured by mortgage on premises sold
HENRY r. BoDE Admir-
of WIN KooN deceased
ELLENwooD, SMITH g. LEEPER, Atty's.
March %, Nv.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CITY SOLICITOR.
NH EDITOR: VIII you please announce the
undersigned to be a candidate for the ONCE OF
City Solicitor, subject to the will OF the voters
at the coming Spring election'
CHARLES w. RICHARDS.
MR EDITOR: Please announce that will be
Solicitor, at the coming April election.
J. O. BRENAN.
CITY CIVIL ENGINEER;
EDITOR LEADER.--P Please announce my name
for the ONCE of City Civil Engineer, subject to
the vote of the people at the April election
W. p MASON.
EDITOR LEADER
Please announce my name as a candidate
for reelection to the office Of City Engineer.
Il. FRANK GATES.
COUNCILMAN
EDITOR LEApER--Kindly announce through
your columns the fact that MIR. Phillip B..
Peters, the present enicieDt member of Coun-
ell from the Fourth Ward. viii be a candidate
for re election. APPRECIATrvE VOTERS.
EDITOR LEApER-willyou announce in your
paper my name for the office OF Councilman
for the Fourth ward? DIR. j. c. HARDY.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce the name
of Frank Weber as a candidate for reelection
to Council from the Second Ward.
MANY TAXPAYERS.
EDITOR LEADER:-Will you state through
your columns that B g.. Wood will be a candi-
date for the office of Councilman from the
Second Ward, subject to the will of the voters
at the coming April Election.
TAX PAYERS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
EDITOR LEADER:-will you announce the
name OF B. E. Guyton for the office Of Justice
of the Peace, and oblige MANY FRIENDS.
EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce my
name as q candidate for the office Of Justice Of
the Peace in Marietta township, and oblige
MILLER II. HART.
MAYOR.
EDITOR LEADER-Please announce my name
as q candidate for Mayor OF the city Of Mari
eta at the coming spring election. subject to
the will Of the voters. H. F.. KRAFT.
EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce in your
candidate for reelection at the next munich
pal election. VOTERS.
EDITOR LEADER-Please say in your paper
that am q candidate for the office of Mayor
of the City Of Marietta, subject to the will of
the voters at the April Election
EDw. MEIsENHELDER.
EDITOR LEADER:--Please announce the
name OF Charles. H. Newton as a Candidate
for Township Clerk of Marietta Township,
subject to the decision OF the voters at the
April election. HIS FRIENDS.
EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce the
name of ]. w SturgisS as q candidate for the
office of Clerk of Marietta Township, and
oblige MANY FRIENDS.
EDITOR LEADER:-Will you announce the
name of the undersigned as candidate for
the office of Trustee of Marietta Township,
subject to the will OF the voters at the April
Election. JOHN T. BELL.
EDITOR LEADER Please announce the
name of William Harsha as a candidate for
Township Trustee at the Spring election.
MANY VOTERS.
FOR SHERIFF.
EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce the
name of George A. Shapley, of Grandview, as
a candidate for the office of Sheriff. subject to
the will of Convention. HIS FRIENDS.
EDITOR LEADER
viii you kindly announce that Mrs. Helen
Morgan, Fifth Street. will be candidate for
member of Board of Education, Marietta, sub.
ject to the will of the voters at the coming
election. VOTERS OF THE CITY.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
For President,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY,
OF the United States.
Republican State Tlcket.

For Secretary OF State,
CHARLES KINNEY, of Scioto Co.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
MARSHALL J. WILLIAMS, Of Fayette Co
For Food and Dairy Commissioner.
JOSEPH L. BLACKBURN, of Belmont Co
For Member Board OF Public Works,
FRANK A. HUFFMAN, of Van Vert Co.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2s. 1896

We will consider 1t a great favor If
subscribers Will report any failure
to get :heir Leader, or any careless
ness on the part of the carrier.
Subscribers Will please not pay
the carriers unless the carrier
punches his credit tag In subscrib-
er's presence.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
Marriage Llcansas.

Elwood ]. Smith and Laura Hen
Erickson, both of Belpre township.
Adam Wirth, of Pittsburg, Pa, and
Lizzie Bay, of Adams township.
David Cotton, of Lake Odessa, Michi-
gan, and Mrs. Lena Haddox, of Mari
eta.
The u. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all Others.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25
EDITOR LEADER :

EDITOR LEADER:
viii you kindly announce that Mrs Helen
Morgan Fifth Street. will be a candidate for
member of Board of Education, Marietta, sub
ject to the will of the voters at the coming
election VOTERS OF THE CITY.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-25

EDITOR LEADER:-Please announce IL
name of George A. Shapley, of Grandview,
a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
the will of Convention. HIS FRIENDS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15
RESIGNATION OF HOAX SMITH.

Tine resignation Of Eoax Smith from
Cleveland's cabinet continues to excite
desultory comment. His efforts to pose
as q patriot and a martyr fail to bring
applause or tears, however. 1t ls we'll
understood that loyalty to party and
desire for financial reform had nothing
to do with the resignation, for Smiths
paper and his own speeches since he
went into the cabinet have given the
lie to any such professions. But Hoax
found that a goldbug paper in free sill
yer Georgia was an expensive luxury,
and in order to save his paper, he re
signed and changed the tone OF his
paper.
But we have a striking object lesson
in this affair. If some n had made
the prediction that a Democratic mem
Der Of a Democratic cabinet would
have to resign in order to support the
nominees of the Democratic party,
such a person would have met with a
storm of Kisses from Democratic
But this has come to pass,
Hoax Smith had to do it, as he says.
The Democratic party has many sins
to for, but the greatest of all will
be the crime of hosting upon this coun-
try an administration calling itself
Democratic, but which, in reality con
tanned not a single man with a drop of
Democratic blood in his veins, and the
Democrats knew it before they nomi
mated and elected the Well street fish
ermsn now angling at Buzzard's Bay.
Bring on the sackcloth and ashes and
see if the Democrats will try to make
amends by taking down that arch
goldbug, Arthur Sewall, of Maine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15
ALLIANCE TO BE REVIVED.

The Farmers Alliance has been over
Swallowed by the Populist movement
in Georgia during the past three or
four years, but now there r signs
that it is going to lift up its head once
again. The heads of the order propose
to revivity and rechristen the organ
ization which promised to accomplish
SO much good for the farmer, says the
Cedartown Advance Courier.
A big State meeting of the order has
been called in Atlanta for the 21st Of
October. The leaders are putting
forth all their efforts to max the meet
ing a grand rally of the Alliance, and
it is their purpose to show in the gath
ering that there is still vitality ia the
order.
Mr.. M. L Palmer, of Floyd county,
is President of the order this year. He
says the Alliance will assert it's strength
at the coming Atlanta meeting, and
will in the future enj ~ it's old time
strength and popularity.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15
ANOTHER ACT IN The FARCE

We have already told of the incon
sistency or the Democrats when they
nominated Arthur S9w8ll for VIce-
President, and now some of them are
willing to admit that it was a mistake,
though they are not trying to get him
off the ticket.
Arthur Sewall is President of a Ma
tional Bank and interested in manv
other corporations, the evils of which
the Chicago platform declares against.
Arthur Sawall is a millionaire, not a
crime within itself. but when a man
becomes a millionaire, by shrewd
schemes and by pauperizing thousands
around him, as Arthur Sewall has done
it is folly to attempt to make people
believe his election can add ANYTHING
to a reform administration, or that his
election will not detract from it. But
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
RATES.

The courts hold that the legislature,
either by it's own statute or through
a Railroad Commission, can fix rail
road charges, subject only to the supe
vision of the courts if made so low as
TO be unjust. 1t is a singular fact that
no rate 80 fixed has ever been cut down
by the courts. Asking a we'll informed
lawyer the reason for this, he replied :
You see the rates fixed by the legisla-
ture, or under it's authority are in law
prima facie just and the burdeni is on the
railroad company to show that they
are too low, and no company has yet
been found that would submit a list of
the number and amount of salaries
paid to it's high priced officials, the
number of free passes, money used for
lobbying and on newspapers, and I'm
less this is done, it cannot be seen that
the legislature rates are too low"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS.

From information sent out from
Washington we learn that there will be
a considerable shortage in crops OF all
kinds. It is now estimated that the
cotton crop will not yield above "a per
cent of an average crop. North Caro-,
lina's average is placed at 70, 6 per
cent. above the total for the cotton belt.
But we hardly think the figures will
hold out. The yield will probably not
be more than half a crop. Il
But little old cotton is in sight. This,
together with a short yield, ought toput
I'D the price. Last week it jumped up
to 81 one day and then dropped again,
but it is possible that cotton will sell
for ten cents before long. We advise
planters to sell slowly. While it is
dangerous to give such advice ordinar
ily-for speculation makes everything
uncertain-yet it is important that our
people get the best prices possible, and
the only way to do that is to take
some risk and sell only as you are
obliged to market it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15
A MODERN RIP VAN WINKLE.

Mr.. J. M. Lancaster, who lives over
in Polk county, North Carolina, was in
the city yesterday. He said that an
old negro named Miles went squirrel
hunting the other day near Tyron, and
not meeting with much luck, he lay
down under the shade of a large tree
to watch for game. The old man be-
ing tired, he soon fell asleep. The next
morning his wife, alarmed at his not
returning home, collected a large partv
and went in search of her missing hus
band. The posse, after securing the
woods diligently for three days in vain.
gave up the search and concluded that
Miles had quit the country. Just ex-
actly n week from the day Miles fell
asleep he woke up. About dusk he ar.
rived home and commanded his wife to
hurry up supper, as he was very bun,
cry. The old fellow cannot be made to
believe that he slept one week and still
maintains that the whole thing is q put
up job on him.-Spartanburg Herald.