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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27
STATE NEWS.

The Newbern Fair which begins
Feb. 28,h and ends the 5,h OF March,
to be one Of the most IN
leresting ever held.
Salisbury World: The World has
it rom the best authority that in
the event the lease eoit is decided 10
of the Southern it will double
the capacity OF its shops here. The
employment OF double the force
which the Southern now has would
mean q pay roll TO Salisbury railroad
met of nearly 800, 900 per month.
Wilmington Messenger: The
smallpox pa,ients were doing we'll
yesterday. There were no new de-
velopments. James Harge was re-.
moved to the pest hospital, but Ste
phen Johnsou was allowed TO re
maia where he is, at 2O3 Hanover
street, as it would endanger his life
TO remove him, as we'll as be da' ger
Gus to the community 10 take him
out
Wilmington Star: A young maj
applied to Register of Deeds G w
Norwood Friday for license to we'd
giving the age OF the lady OF hi'
choice as being II years. He wal
told that the written consent of thu
parents would have TO be produced
before the license could be issued
"Why," the prospective groom re
piled, "she's q widow" All tn
same, the parents consent had TO b
secured.
"Tattle," in Asheville Citizen
Judge Avery seems to be getting
fat slice Of fees. it accounts about hi
lively interest in starting the suit
over the State are to be believed
AT any rate the man who is %stirrin;
up the deyilment in North Carolin
whether it be Judge Avery o
some one else-is doing the Stat
more damage 10 this glorious yea
1898 than all "soullees corporations
could do in a century.
Wilmington Messenger Let
not be forgotten that the War H
cords show that North Carolina lof
nearly $1,000 men in the great wa
1t sent 1854 coo at least into the BEL
vice as the published Roster in tire
large Volumes show. North Care
lima not only furnished more troop
than any other Southern State, be
lost more. Her loss would perhal
surpass that of South Carolina 81,
Alabama combined. Moth Caroliu
mands ia what che did for the Soutl
ern ConfederacY should be recol
nized by historians, by public jooJ
nalists and her Southern sisters.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse IN prime condition. Price %
cents Per package.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27
An vncHrfaN~ nts>ssa-

There IL no disease more uncertain In ito
allure than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
ne symptoms of no two cases agree. 1t is
therefore, most difficult to make q correct
diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under
That disguise dyspepsia attacks you, Browns
ron Bitters will cur it. Invaluable in all
'iseases Of the stomach, blood and nerves.
rowns' Iron Bitters i, sold bv all dealera.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27
letter. salt.Rheum and Eczema,

letter, Salt.Rheum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting. incl
dent TO these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands. chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. p cts. Ter box.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

Think OF a farm containing 1900.
900 acres Such an h Is IN Louis
'ana. 1t has thirty six miles of rail.
way aud 300 miles Of ua.ipable
streams, aud $4,000 OF fencing. /,
IS owned 10y northern men and steam.
pIougns are used. Cattle raising /.
the chief business.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

Rev. I. de Wit, TaImsge, tie
noted divine OF Washington CITY,
and Mrs. Elenore MvCu,cheon Col.
her, of Allegheny City, were united
IN marriage Jan. 22nd, a, the Nc.
Cutcheon residence in Pl,tsburg, Pa.
THIS is bis third wife.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

Odd you notice he addressed
those two members OF the Legisla.
ture a. gentlemen 2"
Yes. He's a candidate :or Uni.
ted States Senator
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

"A lecture vas given in Cincin-
natl the other day by the Rev.
Peter +. Fossett, who was once a
slave Of Thomas Jefferson. The oil
man is s. years old. He tells inter.
esting anecdotes of The great states.
man.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27
rs Nj L Ford kndleu'f

Mrs. Nj b. Ford. kuddell's, Ill,
suffered tor eight years from dys
peLs,a and chronic constipation ami
was finally cured by using beWut's
Little Early Risers, the famous lIttle
pulls tor all stomach and liver
troubles. w. A. Hayes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

State Superintendent Of PobI'c
instruction Mebane has issued a
circular to al County Superintend-
ents ordering them TO refuse TO pay
any school orders which we're issued
last year, when there was no tnnd.
in the treasury to meet the same
The idea is to stop the paymen, OF
orders issued for CHARTS"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

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Successor to Faucette, Whitfield & Co..
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, NOTIUNS.
GROCERIES. &c,
HILLSBORO. n. e.
will continue business at the old
stand Of Faucette. Whlteei & Co, ~
door east OF the post Office. where | will
be glad to serve the public.
| will carry "A fresh stock Of Flour.
Lard. Coffee. Sugar. Meat. &c.
4 tull line OF Contectioneries and
other goods for the Christmas trade.
Always glad to wait on you
Your obed ent servant,
S. l.. Whitfield.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

'Che head of the Cuban Jonta ip
New York rays the surrender OF
Gen. Masso Para to the Spanish
does not affect the Cuban cause,
He had been courtUartlaled and re-
duced TO the ranks. The insurgents
have fully $4,000 well armed men 10
the field, and for every Cuban thai,
goes over there are hnndreis OF
Spaniards and Cubans joining the
insurgents.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

The prayer that comes from a
broken hear, goes st,alght TO the
heart Of God.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

A DMINISTR ATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified a. Administrator Of
Nangum Gates. deceased. this is to
notify all persons having claims against
his estate to exhibit them to the under.
signed on or before Dec. 14th. 1898.
or this notice will be plead in bar OF
their recovery. and all persons indebted
10 saidestate will please make immedi.
ate payment.
This l4th day of December. 1897.
A. j.. ROBERTSON,
Administrator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27
PRIVATE BOARD.

II am now better prepared M ~.
to accommodate boarde', y
week or month.
HENRY RlcHAF
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-27

The total eclipse of the son Satur.
day, January 22nd, was witnessed
under favorable conditions by scient.
lists in India, aud the results were
most valuable.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
BUTTES GRIM LIST OF
MURDERS NOT YET AVENGED

the cabin burned to hide the. crime.
There was nothing that gave a clue
to the murderers and little effort was
made to find them.
Joseph Antonelli, a son of wealthy
parents in California. got among a lot
of hoboes who were tramping over the
country. In Butte, on the 18th of July,
1894, they broke into a boxcar on the
Montana Central rack. A number OF
police attempted to round up the ags
but several OF them started to run n
the police fired at them and shot and
killed Antoneili. No n was arrested
for the killing.
An identical case was hat OF Con-
stable John Reid of South Butte, who.
on May q. 1896. arrested a fellow named
Mix Sullivan for vagrancy. On the
way to Jail Sullivan started to run and
the constable shot him dead. Reid was
tried for murder and acquitted.
still another case similar TO II &C.
Cured on Sept. 10. 1894. A drunken
miner named John Doyle resisted sew
eral policemen who attempted to arrest
him on Park street and he was shot In
the ankle and died on the way to Jail.
1t was never determined h caused
his death.
About three years & a crowd of
drunken miners in H~arrington's saloon
on Upper Main street got into a fight
and a policeman was called in to stop
IL. They all turned on him n In self
defense he had to o and killed a
man named Welch. Ii was so clearly
n j%ustihable homicide that the Off cer
was not prosecuted.
About 10 years q another officer,
Sam Trice. made one OF those famous
clever captures" by killing a burglar
at the D'Acheul residence. Two bur
glars were In the house and the police
were notified. Trice was detailed to
look after them and he took up a po-
sition at a cellar windo with a shot
gun. The burglars were alarmed and
came out of the window through which
they had entered. The first one got a
load Of buckshot from Trice's gun and
dropped dead. The other ran back into
the house and begged for mercy. He
was arrested and the next day in court
pleaded guilty and got 20 years.
He Killed His Mother.
Thomas Bryant, a boy of IL or IA
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years OF age. lived with his mother It
Rocker prior TO the nth of June, 1850.
on that date they had some words, ana
the mother upbraided the hoy. He had
a gun i'm his hand and she was shot ana
killed. After she was dead the boy
took $3.50 that was in the house and
fed. He was arrested and tried for
murder and was acquitted. His te-
Tense was that the shooting was acct-
dental. Al the conclusion of the sta-e's
case the defense made n motion to m
struct the jury to find a verdict or
not guilty. The jury was excused while
the were being made ana
before they were concluded the jury
returned into court with "A verdict ac-
quitting the boy. and after the court
and lawyers recovered from their shock
the verdict was received and the de-
PENDANT discharged.
A somewhat noted murder case was
that of Rose Ifnrtz. alias Dutch Rose
by Niccolo Salvanti In 1890. 'Du'ch
Rose" kept "A den on the south sid of
East Galena street. and Salvanti had
made his home will her. One night
they got into a drunken row and she
was shot and killed. Salvanti was tri I'd
for the murder. but he had "A pair of In
genious attorneys. The defense intro
duced testimony that the woman shot
az Salvanti. the bullet passing through
his hat. striking the wall, richocheJinG
and rebounding until IL came back and
killed her. The jury believed IL ana
acquitted Salvanti.
Some time in 1880 or 1851 a man killed
Jesse Anderson. "a gambler. In a saloon
on the west side of Main street betw zen
Broadway and Park streets. 1t was a
sensational case. TIE man who did
the killing claimed that Anderson. alias
TEX" was a mi robber and had put
up a scheme TO rob Clark's bank and
tried TO compel the man who killed
him to take part in the job and be
cause he wouldn't do IL he shot him.
The slayer was acquitted by a jury.
In the fall OF 1885 some placer miners
in German gulch quarrcled over some
water rights and an old German miner,
while turning on some water from n
ditch. was killed by n rifle shot. The
murder was never fixed on any one.
though Thomas Ford was arrested. n
after having been held I'm Jail fer so.ne
time was tried and acquitted.
In the early part of 1890 Dave Davis
and John Evans had a quarrel over 20
which Davis said Evans owed MIN.
During a fight Evans stabbed Davis.
from the effects of which he died. Evans
was acquitted on his trial for murder
on a defense that the doctors who at
tended Davis. and not the defendant,
caused his death.
The murder OF Paul F. w. Kroeger on
the 25th of May, 1897. is still fresh in
the public mind. He was on his way
home about 10 o'clock at night and at
the corner of jackson md Park streets
he was confronted by two ask high
waymen who commanded him to throw
up his hands. He did not obey but at
tempted 20 reach for one Of the hikh-
waymen and was shot and killed. The
shots were heard by n number OF people
and several witnessed the shooting. A
policeman was near by but the murder
ers escaped. Two men. Frank Moody
and Thomas Franey. were arrested and
tried for the murder but were ac-
quilted.
On the Way 20 woodville.
Hanta McCloskey shot and killed
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non. Flynn was arrested but about a
week later he was set free without a
trial.
Some time i'm 1850 a murder was COM
mitted in a Park street concert nan,
but the names and particulars have
been forgotten. The murder esulted
in an ordinance being passed against
concert halls.
Everybody remembers the Baptiste
case. James Baptiste. a telegraph OPP
orator. discarded and abandoned the
women whom he a lived with for
years as his wife and took up with and
married n cheap and worthless variety
actress. w%hereupon Mrs. Baptiste went
after him with n gun and shot him dead
in the NJ. & NJ. pool room, where he was
employed. That was on the 10th VI
September. 1897. OF course she was ac-
quilted on her trial for murder.
ON the 3rd of December. 1894. the dead
body of Elmer Green was found near
the Race Track, southeast or Butte.
There always has been a suspicion that
he had met with oul play, as he had a
wound on the head.
These Got or Easy.
Here is a short list Of cases where
the punishment did not III the crime:
In the early part of 1885 David Ma
gee shot sand killed his ~stepfather, a
man named Studer. He got Is months
in the pe~nitentiary. and before ne
served the time was pardoned by Gov
ernor Leslie. Studer had left his wife
and gone to Idaho. but later returned
to Butte. His wife sent Magee to
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nad him INC ask him to come to the
house. Studer called. and as he step
ped into the o Magee shot him.. p
One OF the most old-bloodet muir
ders ever committed in Silver Bow was
the killing of old Mix Gilmore by An
drew Erick. for which the murderer
got one year In the ~penitentilry, The
men had some dispute about a mining
claim north of walkeTviile and Ehrick
procured a shot gun and killed tne
old man while he was sitting uncon-
cerned n unarmed on a log In front
of his cabin. That was on the oath
of May, 1894. -
Louis Muller. a colored a shot
and killed. without the slightest Prov
ocation. a colored prostitute named
Eta Bludsoe, on April 20. 1898. He
went into court. pleaded guilty and
was sent up for life.
Patrick. alias Red. German. kick
ed his mistress. Nellie Meigs, to death
on June %, 1899. and on his trial for
murder got 10 years in the peniten-
tiary. and now efforts are being made
to obtain his pardon.
Dan Holland. a Swapping young min
er. got 10 years for killing Tim Quinn in
a Vaudeville saloon in December. 1892.
Quinn was 65 years old and as harmless
as a nan of that age could be. Hol-
land took offense at some remark the
Old man mad made
Mary Pushman killed her baby ty
feeding IL on pins in December. 1892.
She was sentenced to one veal In tire
penitentiary and the judge. in sentenc-
ing her. apolog,zed to her. She served
her time in the penitentiary and q few
years later had another baby which
she also tried to kill and then she was
sent to the asylum.
Jack Jolly. a gambler, stabbed ancth-
err gambler named Byther in a Main
street gambling joint on Aug. 5, 1895.
Byther fingered for some time and in
a delirium jumped out of his bed room
window n was killed. jolly got a
short term in the penitentiary and was
pardoned.
Jack Rowan, in the winter of 1856,
got into a fight in a West Park street
saloon and shot an innocent bystand-
er, for which he got n short term and
was pardoned before he served IL.
Tuey Ham and Chung Jim Wal were
tried in December. 1890, for numbering
one OF their countrymen and got n
year each i'm the states orison.
David Mansfield. a roustabout at
the Butte hotel. stabbed and killed an
other employee named Tom Lynch some
time in October, 1895, and was sent
to the p~enitent.ary for % years.
Massack, an Indian, killed another
membe OF his band in the fall OF 1892
during a drunken row in a camp south
of Silver Bow. He pleaded guilty and
got five years for 1t.
J.. l.. Bonestoele. a worthless charac-
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Fred Bagley April %. 1894. The two
mpn. accompanied by John Gagner
left the city together TO drive to Wood
Vile. McCloskey and Bagley got into n
quarrel n the former got out OF the
wagon told Bagley 20 come on ~
he wanted to fight. Bagley followed
and McCloskey shot and and killed him
N then turned the gun on Gagner
and shot him through the arm. Nc
Closkey was acquitted at the prelimin-
airy trial on the ground that he IA
killed Bagley in self defense.
On the 3lst Of July. 1897. the dead
body OF "A nan was found in an old and
long abandoned mining shaft west OF
Missoula gulch. near Clark's barn. the
body had been in the shaft a long time
and had so far decomposed that iden-
LITIGATION was impossible. There was
nothing in his pockets to suggest the
slightest clue to his identity. The
wounds on the head Indicated that he
had been slugged and killed by high
a robbers. His pockets had been
rined and the body had been forced
through a small opening into the shaft.
The police authorities of course a
nothing to work on m scarcely any
effort was made to find the murderers.
James McKeown. a well known men,
Der OF the Butte Miners union, SUDDEN
ly disappeared in the early part of May,
1894. leaving valuable effects behind
No trace OF him has ever been found.
although the liners union, as well as
the police. exhausted every effort TO
find him. and the conclusion was reach
ed that he was murdered.
on the eth of March. 1894. the body
of a murdered infant was found in a
vault on East Copper street. 1t was
discovered that Addie Collins, a young
woman without a husband, was the
mother of II. She was arrested. tried
and acquitted of the charge of murder.
on the 18th of July, 1894. Harry Len
non went to the house OF Eugene Flynn
on North Wyoming street n broke In
the front door of the house, threatening
to kill Flynn. The latter warned him
to desist and go away, but Lennon
would not. Flynn procured a shot gun
and Just as the front door was forced
off the hinges. he fired and killed Len
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ter. went home one night to his wife.
whom he had deserted. and found her
in bed with Frank Cole. one of her
and shot Cole to death While
he slept. That was in the summer Of
1896. Bonesteele was let off with u
years in the ~penitentiary.
John and william Day went to Mead
erville one night in the early part of
1896 to see Thomas Lee. They called
him to the door and william Day
smashed his skull with q hammer. He
go: Go years in the p~enitentiary and
his nephew, John Day. was acquitted
by a jury.
Robert Works shot and killed a man
named Daily, a drunken. i~noffenslve
man, in the Duggan house in the fan
of last year md was tired for murder.
Ter years was the best the jury could
do for justice.
Patrick A. Largely. the banker. was
assassinated on the 18th of last jan
nary by Thomas J.. Riley. Riley took
a change of venue to Helena and got
q life sentence.
No Punishment mt All.
Here are n number of other muir
ders and other crimes of almost as Sc
been no arrests or where the guilty
were acquitted:
In 1879 or 1850. several drunken men
passed The cabin OF a Ch'naman at
Rocker and amused themselves by
hanging him to a projecting ridge pole,
where his dead body was found the
next day. Several men were suspect
ed. but the crime was never fastened
on any one.
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In November. 1889. Joe Bsrr'ere. a
Canadian Frenchman. shot and killed
his wife. who was running a one-wo-
man den Of ill-fame on Galena street.
The generally accepted story OF the
affair was that Barriere demanded
money Of his wife and she refused to
give il to him. whereupon ne shot n
killed her in the presence OF their
child. Barrlere's defense at his trial
was an alibi. and the jury took II as
an excuse for turning him loose. 1t
was one Of those cases hat gave I'm
phas's to the saying that law and
Justice Is on the side OF the hest law
yer. Barriere was ably defended.
Luke Harding was an old wood shop
per who lived in a cabin on B&acktsil
creek. He had lived there for years
and was one OF the Montana pioneers.
Before chopping wood for a livelihood
he had been engaged in placer mining.
and later p~rospected for quartz. IL
was generally supposed that he had
saved up a little money. on the Soth
Of September. 1891. his nearest neigh
bors. who lived a few miles away. saw
his cabin In flames and went Ia the
scene to assist the old man in putting
u the fire. The cabin burned TO the
ground and Harding was nowhere to
be seen. IL was presumed that he was
away from home and would shortly
return. but he was still absent the
next day. and then a search Of the
ruins was made and his charrcd body
was found with a bullet hole through
the head. He had been murdered and
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t~erville. also had several narrow es-
capes- In neither case were the dyla-
miters ever discovered.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-01
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

The air is full of rumors of mining deals of more or less magnitude Courier.
 What has become of the sme:trr on?-Courier. Echo answers, -pQbody knows.
 J. M. Williams, a mining man of Yunha, is making a brief visit at the Licl3 in San Francisco.
 Mrs. A. c. Rybon has deeded the Fl aami mine, in Walker district. Yavalpai county, to C. H. Akers.
 It lis understood the Harper mine in the Huachucas belonging to the Harper estate, is about to be bonded and developed.
 The Providence Gold company, Big Bug district, has just added three new coneentrators to it's plant and has commenced excavating for its twenty ton Ehlorination plant.
 rhe Western Mining World says tht Paul Dysart of Whitehall, and C.. J. Pr|pett of Gaylord, left Butte, Mtnta ma, for Arizona, where they will prfpact during the. winter months
 A. Rice, a mining man from KIgman, Ariz., and formerly of S3lta Cruz, and earlier of Arroyo
 lnde, arrived at the Lick accompa- by Mrs. Rice. San Francesca
 Karl F. Miller of Gro Blanco, and EEar H. Brennan of Toledo, arrived irf Tucson the other day. MT. Mill l9 IS the president and general man