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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-01

Judge Goodwin as an elder! Why 1t fairl,
made me gasp,
And goosefiesh grew upon me like the
ridges on a rasp;
Goodwin. a mormon elder! oh my dear
Chicago friend,
This sin you have committed, every otte,
doth transcend.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-01

Genuine in our bottles
only, bun wrappers. See our
manic, Ponds Extract Co..
New York md London.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-01

"He may Very possibly OBJECT.
Very good. In that case you will tell
him that IL fraud has been committed, in
connection With which l am prepared to
make a full confession. ] consented, on
the death OF my patient, and at the earnest
entreaty of Lord Harry Norland, to rep.
resent the dead man as his lordship. I
then went away, resolving to have eoth-
ing more to do with the further v"illuiny
which l believe was carried on to the Oh
tanning Of the whole amount for which he
WAS insured
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-01

THE H1UTtItT OI IIUTU T1HTTy IH1IltU1HIH-
ly afterwards caused the company to drop
their intended prosecution. lshall reveal
to them the present residence of his wild
ow, and shall place my evidence at their
disposition. Whatever happens, l shall
make the fucts of the case public. This
done, nothing can hurt me; while whett-
err the Public Prosecutor iutervenes or
not, neither Mr.. Hugh Mountjoy nor his
wife can ever show their face TO the world
again.
"Tell Mr.. Mountjoy, l say, whatever
you please, except that l am joking;
You must not tell him that. l shall call
tomorrow morning, and shall expect to
find the business as good us done.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-01

Harry Norland. the last event connected
with this history.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
Guilty gtnasbse 9earaaI.
City and County.
WITH The CONDUCTOR
Is Left the Option OF Taking The Fare From Any
Part Of Mileage Book.

The following rescript has been received
by Clerk Of Courts Choate in the some
what celebrated Kennebec county case Of
Harvey d. Eaton, appellant vs.. Fred Nc
Intire involving the question rs to who
shall determine from what part of the
mileage hook coupons shall be taken:
Rescript, Walton, j. This is an action
of trOver against q railroad conductor for
the alleged conversion of n mileage book.
The plaintiff handed this mileage book to
the conductor and requested him to take
his fare from the back part Of 1t. The
conductor complied with the request in
part and disregarded it in part That is,
he took part of the plaintiffs fare from
the back part of the book and part from
the 'front.' The plaintiff claims that he
had right to determine from which part
of the book his fare should be taken, and
that the act Of the conductor in detachng
coupons from the front part of the book,
contrary to his (the plaintiff 81 request,
was an unlawful exercise of dominion over
the book. and, in law, a conversion of it
to the defendants use.
We do not think this proposition can be
sustained. We think it was the right of
the conductor to determine from what
part or parts Of the book he would take
the plaintiffs fare. The contract of the
parties annexed to the book, and signed by
the plaintiff, expressly provides that the
coupons shall be detached by the con-
ductor, and we think this fairly implies
that the conductor shall have the right to
determine from what part or parts of the
book they shall be taken. The work of
collecting fares must sometimes be per-
formed very rapidly; and to compel con
ductors to listen to the requests of passen-
gers as to the manner in which the work
shall be performed, would necessarily be
attended with some inconvenience and
delay; and, so far as we can discover, with
very little, if any, benefit to the passen-
gers. 1t therefore seems to US that upon
principle the right to determine from
what part or parts of railroad mileage
book a sufficient number of coupons shall
be taken to pay passengers fare, ought
to belong to the conductor. The act is his,
and it seems to us that, upon principle,
the choice should be his. And this con-
clusion is supported by what has hereto
fore been customary. The evidence
shows, what our own observation con
firms, that ever since these mileage books
came into Use. the custom has been for the
conductor to detach a sufficient number
of coupons to pay the passengers fare
from the front part of the book. Not al
ways taking the entire number cOnsecu-
lively but by detaching whole leaves and
such fractions of leaves rs he deems best
calculated to make the computation easy
and tho removal convenient And what
is customary is generally lawful. Custom
makes law. AS said by Chief Justice
Whitman, more than half century ago,
and confirmed by a multitude of cases
since that time: every contract must
have an Interpretation governed in some
measure by the subject matter to which it
relates; and, at the same time, with refer
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
STATE NEWS.
kennebec.
EAST PITTSTON.

EAST PITTSTON.
| Miss Fenie Kealy who has been sick a,
| her nome for the past week is now ablg
| to he out Quarterly conference
| was held here Sunday, nut under unfavo.
able circumstances, Il very few attended.
| Nearly the same board of officials weie
| re elected for the coming year. r.--AugusttS
Moody lost valuable horse, saturday
| 1t was sick only a few days.-E +, Haniey
reports the creamery business increasing
every day and the prospects for the com
| ing season as good as any previous year.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 5. Cleavcs have both
| been sick with bad cods.-Thc river Is
higher than for many years and the Falls
bridge was only saved by the prompt
work of Surveyor Williams, who with :;
crew of men, broke large jam of ice.
WAYNE
We had a very severe downpour Satur-
day and Sunday, which washed away
three bridges besides doing much dam
age to the highways. The Richmond dam
and bridge just below it, In South Fay
ette, were washed away, and probably
this was the cause OF two Of the bridges of
Wayne being washed away. There has
not been a freshet in the upper lakes for
80 or more years The selectmen Of
Wayne report the town out of debt and in
funds over $1,000. Mr. and Mrs Luther
Norris have returned home from Connect
icut -Sewall Pettingill has returned
from the grand lodge meeting of the
A. @. U. W. which was held in Boston
last week, and reports good time.
FAYETTE.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Richmond, who
lately moved from Livermore back to
their old home In Fayette, were surprised
on the evening Of Fen. 81, by party of
nearly 100 of their old neighbors and
friends who took possession of their house
and conducted things to their own liking
Music was furnished by j. H. Sturtevant
and daughter: a bapjo and violin solo by
Misses Roderick. Conversation, games
and songs were engaged in, after which
cake and coffee We're served, and the com
pany departed. all pleased to see Mr..
Richmond again located at his own mill,
and hoping he may soon have it in full
operation and ready as in the days of yore
to wait on customers. He is a man of
great perseverance and will make things
hum.-The rain of Saturday and Sunday
did much damage In this vicinity AT
Fayette Mills, both bridges were sub
merged w. H. Richmond's dam gave
way, causing the bridge to swing around
and carry off part of the old mill. A
new stone bridge, built on the Manter
stream, was almost destroyed aid wash
out made, which will prevent travel or
several days. s.-Town meeting, which was
called for Monday, was adjourned on ar
count of the difficulty for the town to
meet. IS. H. J. Berry recently shipped to
Westbrook, his fancy oxen, together with
four of his grade Jersey cows
NORTH PITrSTON
Friday last quite u little excitement
was created in the schoolhouse of district
No. 4, by rifle bullet crashing through
| the side of the building followed shortly
| by second which barely missed the
teachers head and passed through the
stove funnel. Captain Joseph Marson of
South Plttston was in town, Tuesday, -
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
Financial.
TIRE PIEDMONT GOLD
BELT CHARTERED COMPANY.
50 Broadway. New York City,

Controls over five hundred mining claims
IN buckingham County, Virginia. known
for over half century to be rich in Gold
ore, averaging over $40 per ton, and 1t
can be mined and treated at less than
S2.5 The only opportunity that you
you will perhaps have to get stock In .
parent company is now offered you. The
some condition exists in Virginia today
that existed in South Africa six years ago,
namely, unlimited quantities of ore
averaging $50 per ton. (South African
ores average, it ia stated, only S12.) The
original South Africa Companies were
capitalized at fs6, 100000. They rose In
value to over f675.000.0OO. We under.
stand that their shares, originally offered
at Is Cd. t62 cents), sold at els (S75)..
and now bring about S65.
IL such results are obtained on a S12
ore, what can reasonably be expected Of
IL $50 ores
e oifer 5oO,OGo shares full paid non ssessable
stock Of the Piedmont Gold Belt Chartered
company, par value 81, at s5c. per share.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
The New York-FIorida SpeCial.

The Atlantic Coast Line, via Richmond, va.
has again placed at the service OF the travel
ing public the celebrated New York Florida
special" Here is one OF the triumphs of rail-
roading as it enables Tourists to reach the
beautiful winter resorts of the South in per-
feet ease and with luxurious surroundings
One night only between Boston and Florida.
Exclusively Pullman vestibuled train COM
posed OF dining, sleeping. library and obser-
vation cars. A perfect road bed running
through u section of the country historical and
picturesque. The route is via Washington
aud Richmond to Charleston, Savannah,
Jacksonville and St. Augustine. This is the
quickest and Best Line, also, to Thomasville,
Brunswick, Aiken, Augusta and Middle
Georgia
Before deciding on your trip be sure l., con-
suit the illustra ed pamphlets and descriptive
matter of the Atlantic Coast Line.
Write TOD. II. Johnson. N. Il. A., 800 WASH
ington ST., Boston. Mass for illustrated books
and pamphlets of the Southern Hotels.
feb1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07

Mrs. J. +. Aldrich spent Monday in Gar
, diner Mr., and Mrs William Aderton Of
Bowdoinham, are visiting at Mrs. T. F.
Morrill's, in this town. Arthur Williams
of Gardiner, was in town, Thursday =
Mr.. and Mrs John Ripley of Beech Hill,
were in town, Thursday Mrs William
Rollins Of South pittston is in town,
called here by the Illness of her sister, Mrs
Joseph kenucy.
READFIELD.
Not much damage done here by the
storm excepting to the roads which in
some sections are badly washed. A very
quiet town meeting on Monday, elected
the following officers for the year: Select
men, Il. L. brown, f. L. Hunton, l.. NJ
Gray; clerk, W. y. Lord; treasurer n D.
Gordon; supervisor, r. Newton; road
commissioner, W K Atkins Money
raised: Schools, $3.50 in all poor, $500
town expenses, 5000; roads, summer
$50; winter, 5000. The town is out of
debt ana with our board of Republican
officers we expect to keep out.-W. ID
Haines from Waterville, is spending
few days with his father in town.
WAYNE.
W y. lflppu wont 10 lhe maine Gen
tral hospital, Tuesday, to have his leg
removed. He is doing nicely. The drama
given Monday evening, was o success,
the proceeds are to be used for village
improvement. Miss Francis Pike has re
turned home. Miss Marcena Foss is
visiting friends in Boston and vicinity.
Some of the young people attended the
dance at Monmouth Wednesday evening
-Chas. Walton started for California,
Wednesday, where he is to be employed
on a ranch.
MANCHESTER
The death Of Mrs. Martha c. Ham
mond occurred March 5th at the advanced
age Of S5 years and one and one-half
months. She was woman of high
character, esteemed by all.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS

Through tickets to California and all oints
South and West may be had of f. II. Walker,
ticket agent, Augusta, the only Office n Angus
ia selling via all routes and checking baggage
free of expense.
PAYsoN TUCKER, Vice Pres. and Gen. Manager.
F. f. BooTHBY, Gen1 Pass. and Ticket Agent
PORTLAND. Oct. rs. 1895.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
Railroads and Steamboat,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD,
ARRANGEMENT Of TRAINS IN EFFECT
DECEMBER ~, 1895.
Passenger trains leave Augusta as follows
THROUGH TRAINS.


GOING WEST-630 A. NJ. for Lewiston
Pennington, Rangeley, Rockland, Portland
Brdgton. Boston and Montreal. 1905 DAILY
4. NJ. for brunswick. Lewiston, Pennington
Phillips, Rockland. Portland and Boston, Mon
treal. Chicago. 3.o5 and $50 P. NJ. (express) fol
brunswick. Bath. Lewiston, Portland, Boston
ll.00 ?. NJ might Pullman) every night 70,
lewiston. Bath. Portland and Boston. lbs A
NJ. Portland and Boston.
GOING EAST-l.50 A. NJ. (night express
for Skowhegan, Belfast. Bangor. Bar Harbor
st. stephen. ST. John, Halifax and Aroostook
county; 9.l2 a. NJ. for Wateryille. Skowhegar
and Bangor. 1912 /. NJ. for Waterville. 245 r NJ
Tor Bangor. Bar Harbor. Old Town and Houl.
ton via B.& A; 347 2 NJ .Greenville via Foxcroft
for Waterville. Oakland, North Anscr. Bing.
ham. Skowhegan, Belfast, Bangor, Old Town
Nanceboro,N Houton, Woodstock, st. Johr
and Halifax. 7.lS i. NJ. for Watervllle; 9.l5 A
NJ. and $40 p. III sundays only for Water
vile and Bangor.
The Night Pullman Train goirg East does
not connect for Skowhegan on Monday morn
Ings, or for Belfast. Foxcroft or beyond Ban
gor, Sunday mornings.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07

NEw YonK, March g.
. FLoUR-Recelpts. Is. 1l2 pkgs: exports, 5i2i
. | bbls: !GI1 SACKS; Gales. 90o pkgs; dul ,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
MARKET REPORTS.
hsw York Money Market.
INV YolK. Marc

N1w YoRK, March 6.
Money, easy, 2sa3a.
Prime mercantile paper, 5la6.
Governments, steady.
RAilroAds, lower.
Following are closing quotat ions Of sscuri
ties:
United States s.. ex. int., lOsiai0si
10. ll0aall0t
70, fs5
Central Pacific lists, 1901
Denver h Rio GrAnde lists, lI8
erie ends, ex div, "A
Kansas Pacific Cons0ls.
Oregon d Nav. 1ats,
Union Pacific 1ats, 1927
Northern Pacific con 81 I4f
aex. int. ibid. tasked.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07

Ihls is not prospect, but company based
on the possession of over 500 mining claims in
buckingham County. Virginia, on which the
best experts have favorably reported. We can
recommend its purchase. For prospectus
and full information address,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07
Change in the Management Of the Augusta Store

word to the sufficient the
vantage of the BARGAINS which will
days. Stop and think how cheap
Make memorandum of the goods
tre day. Pay visit and
and will show that the then,
to be, rstClass particular We
the public of Augusta surrounding Prices
than has been heretofore quoted Furnishing
Goods all customers
chasing 5000 WORTH will purchasers
500 will be allowed both Freight
their pbic
who cannot call during evenings
Cash stames and Rock bottom Prices which we will prov
you will kindly call at
THE ATKINSON FURNISHING COMPANY.
H. II. LANIBETaT Manager,
318 Water Street, Augusta, Maine.
q p f. m Il r. M m G. s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-07

ence to any known usage connected with
it, =" Robinson VS.. Hiske, % Maine, 4Ol
Judgment for defendant.
Received, March 6, 1896.
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20

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Mesa free press., 1896-03-20
ORDINANCE NO. %.
Regarding the Licensing and Regu
lating Of Bicycles, Etc.

SEC any person or persons. company, cor
poration or association engaged in or following
the business Of hiring or letting to customers,
or keeping for hire or to let to Customers, any
bicycle or bicycles. tricycle. or tricycles, shall
pay quarterly license tax OF fifty cents upon
ea:h anil every bicycle or tricycle. 80 hired or
let, or KEEP ior h.r, or to let.
SKo Any person or peraons without having
first paid the quarterly license tax specified in
Section OF this Ordinance shall be guilty of q
misdemsanor, punishable by fine of MT less
u An SO uor more than $50, or by Lot less than
ten or more than fifty days Imprisonment in
tho village Jail, or by both such fine and IN
prisonment
SEC ihis Ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after Its passage and pub
lication for three success I've weeks Ia the Mesa
Free P.ess, q, required by law.
Passed by the Comm ON Council Of Mesa City
this lI,h day Of March, 1898.
JAS r rURMAN,
Attest: J Il BARNErr, Mayo
Recorder
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20
ORDINANCE NO. 27.
To Regulate the Use of Bicycles

The Common Council of Mesa City do ordain
as follows
SIC 1t shall be unlawful to ride, drive or
run any bicycle. tricycle. or velo cipede upon
any sidewa in M esa City
SEC ANY person convicted Of violating any
provision OF this Ordinance shall be guilty Of o
misdemea nor, and shall be punished by fine
of not less than IS nor more than So, or by not
less than five or more than twenty days i'm
prlsonment in the village Jail, or by both such
fine and imprisonment
SEC 8 This Ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and pub
licatioE for three Successive weeks in the Mesa
Free Press, as required by law
Passed by the Common Council Of Mesa City
this 18th day Of March. 1896
JAS r TURMAN,
Attest: ] Il BARNETT, Mayor
ecorder
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20
Ay EDITORS DECLARATION
or INDEPENDENCE.

Editor Adam Rodmyre, Of the
Centralia, Mo-, Guard, proposes to
establish new order of things, as
far as the political conduct of his
paper is concerned. He says:
The Guard has no preference for
any particular aspirant for political
honors, whether county or state
Office. Age and experience bring
reflection. In times past we have
worked early and late for candi-
dates. Success crowned our efforts.
Our rooster cro~ed uproarously.
We were surfeited with glory
After the election came time for
reflection. We found we had made
enemies by the scores. Men whom
We had helped to elect gave US the
shake. Some who had encouraged
US to whoop for them by paying a
years subscription to the Guard
found at the end of the yesr they
were taking too many papers and
economical by dropping the paper
Some of the men we worked against
were frequently our best friends in
an emergency. Glory is windy
diet. We have turned over a new
leaf. We have had glory enough.
We have gone out of the enthusiasm
business. Our tow line is full OF
kinks, our pockets full of holes and
our rooster has the collie. Candi-
dates must find some other sucker.
Campaign thunder reverberates no
longer on the salvation plan. Our
columns are open for legitimate an
nouncements, but excuse ms from
being . paek-mule. We either
ride in the band wagon or STAN
pede the procession.
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20

TIE stand taken by the leading
manufacturers of Pennsylvania and
in some of the other great manu-
featuring centers of the east upon
the silver question ought to inspire
the friends of the white metal with
hope, For it is pretty safe to con-
clnde that if the manufacturing
interests of the county demand the
reconciliation of silver, the powers
that be. either Republican or
Democrat, will not, dare not refuse
the demand. The Pennsylvania
manufacturer have spoken out for
silver and protection; they repre-
sent millions Of dollars engaged in
the productive resources of the
country. They have made their
demand and this, fact has shed q
ray of hope upon the future of the
white metal.
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20
FRIDAY. March 20, 1896.
The Paris Post says the Populist

The Paris Post says the Populist
party still exists in Idaho and has
decided this year to add three more
planks to its platform. One OF
them ia to make a cross between a
lightning bug and q honey bee for
the purpose of enabling the bee to
work at night. Another one is that
of breeding the centipede to ths
hog, for the purpose of having a
hundred hams to each animal. The
third is to bud strawberry plants
into milk weeds, so that everybody
can have strawberries aud cream
from the same plant.
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20
CHEF JUSTICE BAKER has VIC

CHEF JUSTICE BAKER has won
golden opinions from the masses of
the people because of the prompt,
efficient manner in which he con-
ducts the business of his high office.
His efforts seem to be always dl-
rected toward expediting business
SO as to save litigants in and at
tendants on his court as much time
and expense as possible. The
masses of the people, too, look upon
him as man of strict honesty and
integrity. Notwithstanding IN e
puerile efforts of few weaklings to
besmirch him. The smell they
detect comes from their own foul
pest.
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20

The powers that be ought to do
something to protect the settlers on
the Upper Salt from the .pecula-
tions of the San Carlos. sApaches.
They have habit of helping them
selves; to the horses belonging to
the settlers, and when off the
reservation, which they frequently
are, either with or without passes,
they do not hesitate to shoot down
beef, take what they want and
leave the balance, repeating this at
their next camping place. Acting
upon warning recently given by
a friendly Apache. who told the
settlers up there that Sin the spring
there would be many renegades off
the reservation. and you must look
out for them." they have. organized
for self protection. If the govern
ment cannot stop the deviltry of
these red villains the people are
going: to try it, in protection to
themselves and their property.
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20

The people Of Mesa should take
pride, not only in forwarding all
the material interests of the village
but in taking every step necessary
for keeping, in the front rank with
progressive towns. This cannot be
done under the form of our present
corporate existence. Tempe is in
corporated as a town, and since she
took that step she shows a marked
Improvement in many ways. Her
council has power to formulate and
adopt enactments for preserving
order and for making needed im-
provements. Mesa was incorpor-
ated as a village years ago. That
form of corporation answered every
purpose for years, but the village
is entitled to take a step higher,
having increased in business and
population sufficient to justify
another advance step. This fact is
realized by every progressive citizen
of the village and in pursuance OF
policy of progress and advance
ment, steps should at once be taken
to change from village to . town
incorporation;
Mesa free press., 1896-03-20

1T is said that man who won't
subscribe for paper because he
can borrow his neighbours has in
vented a machine by which he can
cook his dinner by the smoke from
his neighbor's chimney. The same
fellow sits in the back pew at
church to save interest on his con-
tributions, and is always borrowing
q ride to town to save the wear and
tear on his own horsehesh. Yes,
we know him. He is the first
cousin to the man who never winds
his watch for fear of breaking the
spring. He undoubtedly was also
relative of the man who went
into the back yard during the re-
cent cold snap, soaked his hair in u
buc ket of water, let it freeze, and
then broke it off, in order to cheat
the barber out of hair cut. Rela :
tives OF the same man live in this
county who use a rubber stamp in
order to knock the printer out Of a
job; eat soup to save wear on their
teeth; steal moccasins from the
Indians and manufacture their own
whisky out of cigar stubs and ditch
water.-Ex.