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The Delta independent., 1899-05-26

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LUCE Il STOCkHAM.
DELTA. COLO.
G. ". Phillips and wife left this week
by team for Delta, Colo. where they
expect to reside. Stockton parts with
regret from these old friends and wishes
then success in their new home
Stockton Record.
VIM. Potter returned from Delta,
Colo, Saturday. and will have charge OF
Geo. Lewis blacksmith shop during his
absence on a trip 10 Delta--Stocktop
Record.
The Guunisou river has fallen in the
eighborhoo1 OF three feet during the
past week. owing to the cold suap. just
as soon as the weather warns up for
the summer the river will boom again.
Rev. J. A. Mobeiy closed his series OF
meetings at the NJ. f. church. last Sun
day night and left Monday for Mont
rose. where he will take a few weeks
rest before continuing his work.
c. II. Austin Of the D. & r G. AM +.
II. Sueai. OF the ID. 4 r. G. Express.
were here the latter part OF the pact
weef. auditing the books OF the station
at tLis plsce.
The Grand Valley Sun claims that
Mesa county will have the bigges, and
aud most profitable apple crop this year
that she has ever had.
Miss Madge Stewart. of Omaha came
in last Sunday on a visit to Mrs. s. T.
Skies and Mrs. v.n Reynolds. OF Rogers
mesa.
A.C Bo,ssord rcturred from Crested
Butte. Friday. where he han taken .
shipment Of cattle
All kinds of farm produce in season
q, the Delta County Mercantile Co.
Go TO the Delta Frgi, & Produce Co.
for bee supp ice l4n
O~sss Cseas.ssy Batter ss<. - Q see
hsace-
All persons knowing Themselves 10 b~
indebted 10 me will pless, call at my
residence. Main street. Delta and settle
the asme With Mira Hunter. % ] sm
going to be abssnt from foun. 1&4t
James Hunter.
To Trace.
Isill trade clear. unimpecvcd Grand
valley Ian under ditch for god rssi-
sseece property In o. n-sr Delta.
Henry Il Rhcne.
Pure and ereoh 10 vhss - euarastss
our srocssiss. Delta Cssety Asesas.
b. oul
Too fpcas rcp0A. partly fusptAe1 Q
dssirrd- 1sssiss 81 this c0cs.
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The Delta independent., 1899-05-26
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Isiii trade cl~sr. unimpecvcd Grand
valley Ian under ditch Tor eord rss;-
desc- property In o. near Delta.
Henry Il Rhcne.
The Delta independent., 1899-05-26

As,see-
All person. knowing themselves to b~
indebted TO me ~ill piesss call at my
residence. Main street. Delta and settle
the asme With Mira Hunter. % I sm
going to be abssnt from to~n. NN
James Hunter.
The Delta independent., 1899-05-26

To carpenters Of the city are all
employed.
The Delta independent., 1899-05-26

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Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain in the
poetoffice at Delta. Colo, May 26th.
J. c. Peterson. s. l.. Staples.
In calling for these letters please say
they are advertised.
W. o. STEPHENS. Postmaster.
Prof. U. W. Ksplinger. formerly prin3
cipal Of the Gunnison schools, and
graduate OF the Iodiaua State UnivsF-
sity, has been selected by the school
board OF District No. a. principal oe
the city schools.
Mrs Frank VarDeVenter arrived from
Webb City. No. Sunday, having stopped
in McPberson. Kan, and Pueblo. tor .
short visit with relatives.
j. II. Willstts. who has been visiting
his daughter. Mrs. Walter Jsckscn n. lsft
for Kokomo. Tuesday. to look after sous
mining :terests.
This Ece is equipped in every par
ticular Tor doing aIl kinds OF job printing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Finney wss down
from Olsthe, Saturday, shopping.
See the line OF refrigerators, finest in
the world at F. P. Hunt & Co.
". f. Obert made business trip to
Grand Junction, Tuesday.
About all danger trom frosts has
passed FOR the season.
F. H. Bullen, of the Bulen Bridge o..
cams in "wednesday. rrr
Ask Taylor Geer il he has any more
money to burn.
". r Gale returned % Wssevssse.
Utah. Monday.
lssa
Last Tuesday. between Eckert and
Delta. or between Delta and the Van
Baalam fruit farm on Garnet mesa, .
ladies dark brown cloth cape. Finder
please leave at this ONCE or send -
Richard Forrest. Eckert.
We guarantee our goods to b trssA
and pure. IL not % your money beck.
Delta County Mercantile Co.
- N. ..
BrSlNESs yOrlCER-
Ts lUre . CseA - O0e DAy.
Take Laxative Promo Ouinine rableta All dr10>
sis;s r-fund The money II tt falls - Cso- -
Try Tongue Creek Coal.
J. J. winton 10 agent Tor the Excss
sior laundry. of Denver.
The Tongue Greek coal 10 improvinQ
as depth is gained and noe ranks - tie
best. Order from J. J. winton.
asE Bee Hives.
hav. 60 new bee hives For sale at 96
cents per hive. already tackled up, too
coats OF paint. two supers With eocA
hive. Alva Welch. Ave u,iles up the
uncompahgre. t5N
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and the minister. Mr.. John Bell. l went
over into the field, as If | had lost some
what, and creeping cautiously along with in
tent to pass them, | hoard by accident the
matter of their discourse.
Philip Stansfeld was wailing and lament.
ing to the minister that his poor father had
of late gone quite distract in his mind.
You yourself must have observed it," he
said. During the dark hours of last night
he hath left his bed and is gone we know
not where. A highland dagger also Is miss
ing"
you fear that Sir James hath done him
self a mischief. Woe is me! 1t is too prob
able. Even yestereen he was bewailing his
"a even blaming you, sir, as the
source of all his miseries."
ALAS, yes" said Philip Stansfeld, my
poor father was led to think so by that evil
hearted Englishman, Umphray Spurway
who is bohindhand with his rent, And il
aught hath happened to my father, / am
sure that he is at the bottom of il. And by
Gods grace / will make him hang for it,
"A proper enough sentiment, =" said the
minister. II like not E~piscopalians myself
Then, making a little detour. / passed
them and, going a little way farther down
in the bed of the river, ! saw a little cloud
Of folk assembled, all most earnestly look
ing at something. / went down and mingled
with them, but none took any notice of me
Nor was it likely, for there on its face
frozen in hmly on either side, and the tails
of his thick, blue coat dabbing dankly in
the smooth, black water, was the body Of
Sir James Stansield,
Then one Andrew Grieve. that had bee.
his baron bailie, went in and broke the ice
and with many hands to help, drew him tC
shore, a most dismal sight to see. He would
have chafed his masters fingers and draw
off his boots, but Philip Stansield. coming
up at the moment, bade him desist. urging
that it was useless and wicked to strive
against God.
Then, the place being near to the cloth
mill, Umphray Spurway came out at the
c%ommotion, pulling his coat about his shout
ders and buttoning his points like one who
has not slept half enough.
Al sight of him Philip Stansheld cried out
There IS the murderer Of my father. seiz'
him! Seize him"
And all turned to look at Umphray Spur
way, who came elbowing his way through
the throng aud saying, ''Now, them Now
them" after the wont Of Yorkshiremen.
As soon as he saw the body he clapped
down on his knees beside it, crying out
My friend-my poor friend and benefactol
who hath done this thing"
And the tears ran down his cheeks, for
though little given to show affection, this
man loved my grandfather.
Seize the murderer! Hold him" cried
Philip Stansfeld. And at his word two OF
his faction, Saul Mark and George johnson
called the Devils Tailor'), came forward
TO lay hands on him.
But the great Englishman heayed himself
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up like a lion among jackals and such like.
His chin stuck out s~quarely with the red
beard upon il, and his brown hair fell over
his brown face like the name Of a lion.
Have any Of you a word to say to me-
he cried in a great voice, And from before
the mere wind OF his uprising Saul Mark
and the Devils Tailor fell back.
Have you a word to say to me, Philip
Stansfeld? 90 he said again, turning on the
young man.
81 proclaim this man my fathers muir
dercr'' cried Philip Stansfeld. Seize him
ana take him to the great house. There We
will find means to make him speak the truth
concerning this natter"
And at his words there was a certain
movement among those rotainers Of Sir
James who stood near. Perhaps they
thought that it might be as well to be
friends with the son now that the father was
no more.
So, led by Saul Mark and George John
son, a second time they drew near to seize
him.
II think not" he said aloud, and, draw
ing a whistle from his bosom, which he ever
wore on a lanyard about his neck. he blew
three shrill blasts upon it, as seamen are
wont to do. And out of the mills and little
low houses there issued a swarm OF weav-
ers, dyers, fullers and all the workmcn
whom Umphray Spurway had brought with
him from England. Every man had in his
hand such weapons as he had made shift TO
snatch most readily.
Now, sir" said umphray Spurway, will
you take me now?'
THE sheriff will take you soon enough,
and hang you high for this cruel MURDER
cried Philip Stansfeld, frowning deeply to
find himself thus bafled. Take up the body
Of my father and bring 1t to his own cham
Der. God will discover the truth"
AYE, that he will" cried Umphray Spur
way. standing like a pillar of fire among his
men, as the rising sun of winter touched his
red beard.
And deep in my heart l thought, land I
will help him."
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by reason Of the stark rigors of the night,
added to the fears natural to my tender age
All this while, even in the depths of my
swound, the voices came to me, now high,
sharp and quarrelsome, anon more high and
fearsome, again like women laughing fool
ishly and without wit. And all over that
house of New Milns there must have been
those that heard, yet none ventured abroad
to see the things which Satan wrought by
means of his followers.
But my heart beginning to beat fast in my
side and sending las | suppose) the blood to
my feet and head, ! determined that l would
see what they did with my grandfather. |
laid hold OF the thick ivy branches without
the window and scrambled down. 1t WIS
a matter of eight or nine feet and easy
climbing,
Then, being once among the black trunks
OF the fir trees that grew thick between me
and the river down in the valley | began to
lose fear. For action and the resolve Il he
heart to do something Nt matters not WHAT
are fine solvents of terror. l went stun
bling and sripping, now headlong, now
crabwise. on hands and knees till | came
within sight of Esk Water slipping along re-
tween its dark banks, an edglng Of foot ice
clinging TO the banks g~ray-white, AMI the
black water between dotted with lit lie
islands and tables OF hoatihg Ice FOR there
had been a thaw up among the mis- ana
according to its won't the ice came down
in floating shreds and patchee'
And as l went | came nearer 10 The feni-
ish laughter till it seemed to come from
the farther side Of a little plantation which
hid the bridge from my view. The old
bridge of New Milns was a one-arched,
high backed, narrow stone causeway thrown
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Sabbath day and folk we're late astir, as is
the custom.
The morning was SO quiet that at first
| thought my supper must have disagreed
with me, and that l dreamed or dotted. The
murder | had seen done, aud all the ad-
venture of the bridge and the demons now
appeared unreal, till. looking out, l saw be-
meath me the trampled snow and felt the
stiffness in all my limbs, and the bruises l
had received when stumbling in the dark
from tree to tree.
Yet for the life Of me | could not find the
panel through which | had looked into my
grandfather's room. The w]ainscot was con-
]tinuous, and the arras hung quiet and un-
stirred in the gray light Of morning. Al
most I believed that Sir James, whom,
in my dream l had seen SO foully murdered,
was asleep in the next room, and would
presently come knocking ut my chamber
door and bidding me rise for family wor-
ship.
went down the stairs, and till l reached
the front door found nothing amiss. save
certain wet patches upon the polished floor
whore snow had melted, being brought in
upon the boots of careless folk.
Desolato looked the wide promenade in
front of the house, with its chill stone balus-
trades and the brown autumn leaves scat
tered about upon the thin snow. 1t was
with a shudder that l passed down the
avenue and through the gates toward the
dwelling of Umphray Spurway at the mill
house by the riverside,
And even as did so a man came run
ming at full speed toward the house, crying
that they had found Sir James lying frozen
in Esk water. his head Town and all the
breath quite gone out Of his body.
After this l had not proceeded far when
| saw two stand in the highway, at sight of
whom l stopped. 1t was Philip Stansleld
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quarreling as before, up the bank, and to
disappear out of my sight.
How l reached the blue chamber where
| had been left to sleep l know not. l re-
member nothing whatever of the journey
back. Yet | must have found my way
through the pine trees out Of the dark plan
tation and clambered again up the frost bit
ten ivy, For the poor slut who made the
morning fires found me stiff and cold, lying
within my chamber, the window open, my
face all scratched and bleeding, and the Gov
erlets lying hither and thither as | had
thrown them when / leaped up in my haste.
The morning had come richly up from
the east. The horizon was trimmed red and
orange. while all the valley swan In a
subtle haze, blue-like turquoise. II was the
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then | felt more safe, for there was now
running water between us. At the further
side Cf the bridge were certain dark arches
which had been half walled across when the
bridge was built and furnished with a fire
place and a chimney for poor wandering
folk to lodge ina kindly provision Of a
former age when the laws took cognizance OF
the INDECENT and the helpless as we'll as Of
the rich Of the earth.
So, keeping in the dark Of the shadow, I
slipped into one of these and there, sheltered
from the wind and a little more at my eas',
l watched what the murderous wretches did
ou the further side.
At last, between beating and Gliding. the
laughter of the woman shape turned to most
piteous wailiug, as OF a soul lost to the
mercy Of God. The weeping was that Of a
woman in deadly, gripping pain and 1t had
so great an effect on me that out Of SYM
PATTY, as 1t were, l whimpered like a dog,
Help it | could not. Yet l kept the sound
low for fear that they should hear me.
Then, leaving the woman, the man shape
came to the edge of the water and with a
dark wand shaped like a shepherds crook
in his hand he gripped and drew inward to-
ward him a cake of floating ice greater than
the others. At first feared that this was
some cantrip by which they hoped to over
pass the running water and come at me in
my hiding place. But presently | saw that
they regarded me net, nor indeed knew they
were watched by mortal eye.
Then from my hiding place l heard the
leader rate the others who were in the shape
Of women, saying that now the job was
done 1t behooved to finish it quickly and bc
gone. So at his word the two aided him tC
lift the dark heap from the ground and carry
it painfully to the cake Of ice which he hat
anchored with his shepherds crook in
little sheltered bay at the lower side of thu
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bridge, Upon this. with infinite care, they
laid the body. And then the black shape
that had chidden the others set the shank
Of his crook to the edge of the cake of ice
and "stelled' against it with all his might.
l saw it turn slowly like a wheel upon it's
axle. Then, with the black burden still
upon it, pass swiftly out of my sight down
the rush of Esk water.
Then the company of demons Gas in my
phantasy | had come to think them stood as
it had been watching their strange ship and
stranger cargo depart for another world.
Thereafter / heard them Chamber, crying and
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
CHAPTER v.
The BODY on the Ice FlOe.

| lay on my bed and chartered as with
deadly cold, And even then | could hear
heavy footsteps come and go down the hall
and then the clang of a shut door, With
that terror, doubled and trebled, OF that
house of fear came over me, | knew not at
what moment the murderers might. return
and kill me, My grandfather dead-my
father the murderer. ] minded how he had
called me the heir for whose sake he had
been thrust out OF his heritage. Surely Ct
thought) he will come back and make an
end OF me also. ! rose and threw my clothes
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about me, my fingers scarce able to grasp
the buttons, being numb and without power.
The window opened upward, and setting 1t
to its limit | looked out, and 10, on the thin
sprinkling of snow, | could see as it had
been dark shapes dragging a heavy burden
downward toward the river.
And again at this moment the falntness
came over me, and | lay all abroad on the
cold floor beneath the windowsill. When
came to myself l was almost frozen to death
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Minister" "The Raiders" 'The Lilac sun. Bonnet" "Cleg Kell
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
TALK NO. 4.
VISION.

One eve is often weaker than the other;
that il your eyes may differ in focal pow.
er. and each may require dinerenLiy
oround lens. In such cases glasses tnat
You would select for yourself or peo.
aler N,auld give you. would prove most
in;nrious to one or the other Of the eyes:
carefully test each eye separately, ana
in cases where one is strongertnan tne
other. prescribe lenses that Will equallz9
the sight snd produce normal vision. !
nse NO ready made spectacles in my WORK.
zach frame and pair of lenses are espe-
.ciallv and scientifically fitted to each IN
diyidual case after thorough examlna-
tion and the condition and needs OF eacn
sve are determined upon. As 1t Is well
Enown that most of the serious Ills OF
the ewes are brought about by selecting
spectacles and eye glasses at RANDOM OF
in a haphazard way, those having deiec-
tive oversight cannot be TOO carelul IN -
having their eyes scientifically examined
and glasses properly fitted to them. Inc H
oversight is too precious to run any rlsK
Il is stated BY DR.. Bell, one OF the iead.
ing authorities in the United States. tna'
nine cases out of every ten persons To-
day cropping in utter darkness, 6linoness
could have been prevented had they re-
ceived the proper correetion at the proper
tinoe Respectfully,
A. c.. STRICKLAND.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
The Teachers Normal.

The Anderson County Teachers
Normal Institute closed its session !ast
Friday, and the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted; -.
derson County, aare deeply lnteresteu
in the.educational advancement OF oua
cnnntv and State ;sand whereas, we
feel. that the surest way to improve ons
common schools Is to make OF ourselves
better teachers, and that county noi. ,,,
nal schools reach the teachers OF our :
State most effectively; therefore 10 IL
resolved &c oo,n-
20 That our fellow teachers be earn. y
estly urged to attend these scnoois
hereafter. thanks
IN r Prof Thos. G. Walton and MISS
Sarah Thurston for the earnest, care
faI; f%I and beneficial instruction gwen US, us,
ant and to to our County Superintendent fol
i hisnntiring energy and announcement
AZ Also M to the trustees Of the city SCHOOLS
for for the use of their Central scnoo
building. +ho+ f,,+,,rt
normals begin by the 18th OF June eaci
| year"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
Williamson News.

The dry weather has at last come W
an end. and the ground, after long
time, is actually too wet to plow: 4,i;n5 Inc
old corn can make scarcely 0ne-Ihii9
of a. crop. Most OF the stubDie ianu
has been planted and s0wed Ill peas.
Turnip patches are being prepared d
few melons are being br0ugnJ lnIo
town. and grapes are beginning W
ripen. -, o,,-;,o of tho
nleasant time they had during tne
Ereenyille District Conference.
MI. Brooks GOodgion ls slowly III
nroying after having bilious 1eVei
nearly two months: ,oa +ho
Several of our citizens attended t5e
Sunday School Conference at batnesSI1a sS1a
and report pleasant and prohtaole
occasion. 7.rc ,ro
4 number Of summer boarders are
enioying the quiet of our town:
iii iT6e Williamson Oil Mill has been
increasing the size of the SEED roGln
and getting the machinery ready Ior
the coming crop. ononod
in the surrounding community. Mr. y
r Horton is teaching at Oak Grove,
and Mr.. COrkle is teaching at WhlIe
Our our community has been very muG1 u; i
saddened by the news that MISS MAYS
shedd has been paraly17heds zee sta4el Malle v's'''
Mrs. A. C. McFall and ch1IdTen: EN- al.
spending awhile with MI. =. n. Ga1nes her'
Rev. S. e. Todd passed through net' -
few days ago. He was on 1,,ld,s. his way GGun e
ty, near the old Mt. Bethel caml
ground. oro1 inf,
his elegant new mansion, which is al
A few young people spent q pieasan5l
evening at Mr.. G.. E. Horizons last WeGs tS:s
The Occasion was in honor OF MIS-
Julia Simpson, Of Clinton, :.;.;n
Miss Meta Sullivan has been vlsitln
'7 Mr.. c. c. c. Darlington is completing
!, survey of the town in order to WaSe 5
man of the place. a. "'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
TowuyilIe Items.

Your scribe,has got home from the
mountains, and now we will proceed to
rest. We hear people talking about
going to the mountains to rest: but we
are here to inform you that 1T Is the
hardest work we ever done cllmDlnS
M steen mountains and going down steep
mountains, and we do believe it strains
q nerson worse to go down than it does
to 60 up. We had a fine time shooting
SQUIRRELS and catching fish and drink
inc fresh cider, and now we will try 10 |
content ourselves and go to work ana
make something to live on through the
hard winter that the old folks tell us
we are going to have this time.
Albert Farmer and party passed
through our place last week seeking
| cooler places and less work.
We think the next highest man TO
w. P. SnelgrOve ought to be appointed
| by the Governor to fill the unexplred
| term and not have the expense OF an
Onr people are in high spirits think
ing we are. going to get the BLACK
Diamond. The engineers run the line
right through our place, and we can
almost hear the whistle blow.
Miss Maggie Nance, OF Resaca,, "a, "a,
lis visiting relatives IN anu arounu tliis
place. c.o,on noh
bins. of Oakway, andJ. R. and F. NJ.
Rrnce of Townyille, spent last week
in the mountains. They visited Sap,
nhires NJ Cashiers Valley, Horse Cove and
Highlands. DR.. Burriss and r. NJ.
Brnce caught large rattle snake with
fen rattles and. skinned it alive. Boys,
: N 0f n ho c0 rr1pl.
Messrs. G. E. Smith, Fitzhugh Lee
Gaines and w. N. Bruce went to Char
lesion on the excursion last week.
Wr.L. O. Bruce, OF near this place,
; vent to Columbia a few days ago and
hroneht Miss Olive Campbell home
from the Asylum, she being adjudSed
sane. AZ.
s place, called and chatted few minutes
With us few days ago. The Protcs-
sor is teaching q summer school a
Long Greek, i'll Oconee County. anSt
G he tells US that he has large school
n The mountain people treat HIM IN
hOspitable manner, and we told MN
: they fell out with him they would trea
e him in a hostile manner. For socla
It half hour Prof. Dickson is hard to tnrl
d down. 80.
u The Union Meeting at the Baptls
81 Church and the Educational Meetln
d at the Presbyterian Church on las
h Saturday was success in every sens
- of. the word. These big meetings ar
w Glorious places to meet old friends an
+ feast on good things, and then whe
10 the animal part is satisfied to, nave
feast Of the soul IL hearing the goo
u things the good brethren have to TEL
~ and singing and praying togethe
a which is the best part in the meetln:
h. MIR. j. j. Haley, of Oakway, 5. 7
c1- and one of Oconee's County Comm:
!. sioners, was in our town last week.
H. Mr.. John Long, Of the Indian Ierr
81 tory. is on an extended visit to rcl'
e. tiyes and friends in this country:
IA. OLD RosIN DE Bow.