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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25

Catherine Goatley on Wednesday, July
the 23d, 1881, Richard Polk, Justice Of
Peace performed the marriage ceremony.
Five children blessed thisr union, two OF
whom preceded him to the spirit word !;
three with the aged wife are left to
mourn him, Mrs. Lou A. Combs, James
w. and Scott Gregory, who each have
families and live in this city.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25
EAGER
FOR BUYERS.
Big Tobacco Crop Not Yet Sold
at jolly Station.
Three Hundred thousand Pounds Of the
Weed Awaiting a Market.

The farmers in the jolly neighborhood
raised an immense crop OF tobacco last
year, and the weed grades away up in
quality.
They now have about 100000 pounds
OF tobacco on their hands that they
would dispose OF could they find buyer.
No tobacco buyer has been in that
neighborhoo1 this season 10 look at the
crops Of weed.
The farmers are now all done stripping
and they are anxious to sell.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25
Hard on Wheat.

The weather of last Thursday and
Wednesday night was very hard on
wheat. The ground iroze at night and a
thaw took place in the day time which
caused large part OF the crop in this
county TO be winter killed The wheat
that was sowed late in the fall looks very
bad while the earlier sowing is in fine
condition
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25
Elected Secretary.

Miss Gense BrasheaT has been elected
secretary OF the Greensboro Board OF
lerwriteTs, 70 succeed W. III. Court
n&. The position brings a salary Of
fiiiy dollars per month. Miss Brashear
has a host Of friends In Breckenridge
county, who rejoice at her good fortune.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25
Sold q Big Crop.

jim Durham, OF the Kirk neighbor.
SoOO Sps o. n aSa on 81 I've ssS
IL last wear he raised between $1,000 and
40, 600 pounds OF the weed. He sold this
immense crop 10 win Hsnsley at the
handsome price Of y and 81.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25
JOhnson-ButIer.

A large gathering of friends was pre-
sent at the wedding of M F. Johnson to
Miss Lena Butler at Bell Springs last
Thursday. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. + Priest, The contracting
parties are very popular in the neigh
borhood in which they live aud were
WARMLY CONGRATULATED nv all
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-01-25

O "A. - n q IA IA.
Bs.n ths 1Ih Kind You Has MMaE Bought
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27
Obituary..

The funeral of Peter Joseph Curnyn
was held from the home of his father
Peter Curnyn, at 421 Eleventh street,
this morning at 8 O'Clock, to st. Jo-
seph's church, where services were
conducted by Rev. Father Mackin.
Interment was made ut Calvary. The
pallbearers were Charles Hastings,
James Hastings, Thomas NcCann.
Dan Doyle and Edward and William
Trenkenschuh.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of little Archie ii. Greenough
were held at the residence, 1928
Twenty-first street, this morning at 10
O'Clock. Rev w. S. Marquis, of the
Broadway Presbyterian church, per-
formed the last sacred rites. assisted
by choir composed Of Mr.. Marquis,
w. Il. Mcintyre, Mrs. Paul Hamilton
and Miss Margaret Stewart. The
pallbearers were DR.. c. l.. Silvis,
William Carl. DR.. Walter NJ. Long,
Walter Weckel. Dudley Marshall and
Carl Anderson. There was a wealth
of floral offerings. Interment was
made at Chippiannock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27

| OPENED, nor will they be, of course.
now until the date to which the time
limit has been extended.
Extremely low railroad rates viii be
offered to Burlington park, Aug. 8, on
account of the Battle of FL Caney, a
spectacular production that has never
been equaled in the west. An i'm
mense crowd is expected.
Mrs. c. Z. Toenniges has brought
to THE ARGUS Office peculiar species
of insect which she is inclined to be-
lieye is kissing bug. 1t may not be
the real thing, but it resemb les very
closely the "spoony" insect.
Artie Ball, who played short with
Rock Island in the early part of the
season, yesterday had one of the spells
that the skeptics said when he was
here that he was subject to. missing
everything that came his way, throw
ing wild and having five errors, and
finally being put into left field. The
result of Balls ragged work was that
st. Paul lost to Indianapolis.
The Yellow Fellows didn't get first
place nor time. but they did get fourth,
fifth and ninth. That isn't so bad af-
ter all. considering the fact that John
son lost bolt in his sprocket, and
could not finish. and Dunavin got a
bad fall. Barclay, the winner of the
time prize, is also a Yellow Fellow.
He rode a borrowed wheel, his. new
Stearns racer not arriving in time for
the race.
The auditor of Clinton county,
Iowa, has received a patent from the
state of Iowa, granting the county
two islands in the Mississippi river.
One is the island in BeveF slough,
north of the mouth of the Mill creek
and contains in the neighborhood of
five acres. The other is at the mouth
of the Blk river and contains about
sixty-five acres. The islands right
fully belong to the county, and it is
said both were formed in recent years
by deposits of earth washed into the
river by these two streams.
Allen Wilson, a porter on the Dia-
mond 10 liner Quincy, met sad fate
at Dubuque Monday. being killed by
jumping from the window of a Du-
buque hospital, where he was left by
the boat when it passed down the river
last Sunday. Wilson was suffering
from typhoid fever, having been taken
i'll while the boat was on the upper
river on her last regular trip, and his
condition was such when the Quincy
reached Dubuque that Capt. Killeen
ordered the sick man taken so tbs hos
pital. Death was instantaneous, the
mans skull being fractured by the
fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27

Have you SIS in your inside pocket?
Can you stand 81 per month as
monthly payments? If so, come to
Bowlby's music store tomorrow, or
not later than this week. and select
one of these great bargains in 1898
styles of pianos and styles dropped
from the 1899 catalogue that we are
closing out at the greatest bargain
prices ever offered.
nice upright piano, pretty French
walnut or English oak case, usual re-
tail price $3.50 to $500. clearing out
price sl65; $l5 cash, 81 per month
buys them.
Good square practice pianos, worth
from S75 to $50, clearing out price
SIS. $50 to 500; 81 cash and IS per
month buys them.
Good organs taken in trade on
pianos for $50, $50 to $40; So cash, 81
per month buys them.
BowLBY'S Music STORE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27

James Barclay. of Moline, won time
prize on a Racycle, wheel which is
built, not for track racing, but for
easy road riding. for Hill elm bling
and all around work.
Barclay was offered the use of a
wheel dressed in yellow, but he said
the Racycle was good enough for him,
and it was. and if he has since
bought another make of wheel we
viii leave it to the good sense of the
people to decide what he probably
paid for it. No doubt he got it cheap.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27
BROWNS LOWER BRIDGE
Reported Fatality Late This After
noon.

1t was reported at the potce station
late this afternoon that a man, whose
name could not be learned, was
drowned while attempting to swim
between the draw span piers of the
Crescent bridge, the body being swept
away by the current.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27

A boon to travellers DIR. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry Cures
dysentery. diarrhoea, seasickuess.
nausea Pleasant to take. Perfectly
harmless Fur sale by Marshall &
Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27
Golf Hats.

All the newest things in ladies' golf
hats at the Davenport Boston store
millinery department.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04

was too dark to distinguish even at short
distance the features of person, and that
the neighbors who hurried to the scene Of
the tragedy could not identify even the
murdered man until they struck match
and held it to his face.
1t had rained on the day Of the murder,
and the woman seen walking away after
Saxton's shooting was obliged to travel
over muddy roads. Yet Mrs. George
when arrested at 1880 o'clock had on slip
pers that were unsoiled, her clothing was
free from mud, and close examination of
her apparel in the house failed to reveal
mud-stained articles. When taken to the
police station several burs were found on
her dress, and the State offered these as
evidence, as the ground around the scene
of the murder was thick with the plants
bearing them. The defense demolished
this evidence by showing that the route
over which Mrs. George walked to the po-
lice station was in one place thick with the
same plants.
A revolver also figured in the case. 1t
was found concealed some distance from
the scene Of the shooting, with three dis
charged cartridges in it. The prosecu-
ton offered it in evidence as the weapon
used by Mrs. George, but had no evidence
to show that she ever owned it or that it
had been in her possession.
Mrs. George when arrested was calm
and self-possessed. She maintained the
same bearing during her trial. When ar
rested the fingers and nails Of one hand
had dark stains on them. These, the pros
ecution claimed, were powder stains, and
it had her nails scraped and the scrapings
submitted to analysis. When chemical
expert appeared during the trial to testify
as to the result of this analysis the de-
Tense objected to the introduction Of his
testimony, and the court sustained the OBJ
lection.
The prosecution added little information
on the most vital point, the murder itself,
to that given the day after the commission
of the crime. The prosecution was con-
Quoted on the theory of motive and inten-
tion-the jealous fury of a woman ruined
and cast aside, while another occupied
her place.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04

by James J. Grant, assistant prosecutor.
Mr.. Grant was Saxton's lifelong friend.
He went into the case because he deemed
it his duty. He has known Mrs. George
for years and she dreaded him. For five
hours he leaned against the table, beside
which she sat, and put all the bitterness
Of his soul into his eloquent and singing
plea. He is of massive frame and has
ponderous voice and it is no wonder that
Mrs. George trembled as he spoke over
her bowed head. Once he shook in her
face the revolver with which she was said
20 have shot SaXton and dangled the
bloody coat of the dead man in the other.
She sat unmoved and showed no emotion,
even when he turned to her, his face
abaze with wrath, and called her a muir
deress. But at night, when she reached
her cell, she broke down and had to have
medical aid. Prosecutor Pomerene closed
ais argument in the case shortly before
noon Thursday. It was one of the ora
;orical and logical efforts of the trial. He
claimed that the defendant was simply
designing woman, who had played for high
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
MRS. GEOkGE is FREE.
END OF THE FAMOUS CANTON
MURDER CASE.
Woman Accused of Killing saxton De.
clared Not GuiIty-A Cheer Breaks
Forth When Verdict Is Announced
Accused Shakes Hands with Jur ors.

At Canton, Ohio, the jury in the case of
Mrs. George, charged with the murder of
George d. Saxton, brother of Mrs. Nc
kinley, brought in a verdict of acouittal
at lO:43 O'Clock Friday morning. The Jury
had been out since o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon.q Before the verdict was read the
court cautioned the audience that there
must be no demonstration. In spite of that
order there were loud cheers as the clerk
read the verdict of '.Not guilty" A score
of women rushed to Mrs. George and
shook her hand. Congratulations were
also extended to her attorneys. Mrs.
George worked her way to the jury box,
took each juryman by the hand and gave
them word and nod of thanks. Then
the court said she was discharged and re-
leased the jury.
For ten years no murder trial has ex-
cited such intense interest throughout the
country as that Of Mrs. George. The high
standing Of the family to which the MUIR
dered man belonged, his own peculiar rep
utation in the community where he lived,
the loyalty with which his weaknesses
were shielded by his neighbors, and the
visitation upon him of a punishment which
many Of his close friends believed to be
just suficed to give the trial melodra-
matte effect.
Crowds were drawn to the court room of
daily drawn to the modest court room of
the little Ohio city for three weeks, and
the circumstances centered the attention
of all reading Americans upon the woman
there battling for her life.
Mrs. George passed through the hardest
ordeal of the trial during the summing up
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
stakes and lost and who killed the object
The used to crafty her ambition.


Defense Clevcrly Conducted.
Mrs. Georges counsel had early forced
the State to exhaust all but one Of it's
challenges. She had twelve remaining at
that time. A little later the State ex-
hausted its last challenge. She still had
eleven. The power was in her hands to
pick almost a new jury. Then she grew
more careful yet Juror III. A. Smith once
lost a brother. His neighbor killed him
with a neck yoke. His slayer was acquit-
Ted. That was just after the civil war,
but the defendant thought he might yet
retain a notion that acquittal in case
Of homicide was not proper.
Throughout the trial Mrs. George was
an aid and support to her counsel. She
suggested questions on cross-examination
and decided what defense should be at
tempted in her case. She was helpful
Silent in the hands of shrewd attorneys.
IT was expected that the relationship of
.,axton and President Mckinley might
figure in the trial as against the accused.
Ihe political preference was taken into
consideration. Juror William Blank was
removed from the Canal Fulton postoffice
before his time expired. He was accept
al Juror Sibila Of Massillon is an uncle
nf Sam Nett, boy who was hanged in
The ,SOs and would naturally be opposed
to capital punishment except under direct
proof. He was accepted. And so 1t went.
1t is said that anonymous letters were
received by both the States attorney and
his assistant, in the course OF the trial, in
which threats Of bodily harm were made.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
Told in a Few Lines.

Speaker Reed is an expert chafing-dish
cook
The number of battles fought during the
civil war was 1926. The figures are TAX
en- from official records.
Our postage stamps will be used in the
Philippines, with the word philippines"
printed across their face.
1t is estimated that 163, 0o0 600 acres Of
land throughout the world are devoted to
the cultivation of wheat.
The Agricultural Departments year
book, which now takes the place of the
annual report. will soon be ready for dis
tribution by Congressman.
Father Gunn'' Of Dickinson County 10
believed to be the oldest person in Kan
sas He has passed his Hath birthday,
and is still able to walk two miles to the
polls to vote.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
(2uLskS!n e ST fbs
, fPRESs

Germany should call Consul Rose home
from Apia and put him in conservatory.
-Pittsburg Telegraph.
The devil Bob IngersoIl is using in his
new lecture is presumed to be a freproof
affair." Washington Post.
The crop of peaches and United States
Senators seems to be total failure in
Delaware this year.-Kansas City Jour
nal.
The proposed candy trust has not yet
been organized, but it may be organized
in the sweet and-by.-Pittsburg Tele-
graph.
Admiral Dewey found the Oregon in the
same high state Of allrightness that the
Oregon found Adrimal Dewey.-St. Paul
Dispatch.
After the $2O0OO,OOO baking powder
combine gets under way, all baking pow
der, of course, will be absolutely pure"
Boston Globe.
When they say that the British and
American soldiers are fighting together
they don't mean in the old way.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The wedding of Mr.. Vanderbilt and
Miss Virginia Fair is another illustration
of the tendency of capital to coalesce.--
Pittsburg Telegraph.
In case Tom Reed decides to retire from
public life he will do so without going
through the vice-presidential term Of pro-
Washington Post.
The Government might expedite mat
tiers in the Philippines by permitting
Aguinaldo to capture a few cargoes Of
canned beef.-Kansas City Journal
Aguinal1o's triumphant advance so far
has been a mastery retreat. Maybe he is
going around the world so as to enter Ma
Mia on the other side.-Boston Globe.
Aguinaldo has doubtless noticed that
the American soldiers observe very few
Of the Spanish holidays while there is
trouble on hand.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
An Alabama cycline tore three churches
nm by the roots and never touched gin
mill Still, it was referred to as a vista
ton of Providence.-St. Paul Dispatch.
A Forum contributor tackles the ques-
ton: "Was Washington the author of his
own farewell address," Whom does the
writer suspect-Lord Bacon ?-Boston
Globe.
Talking Of our absorbing Cuba, the peo-
pie Of that island selling flake" war relics
posed to also take us in.-Philadelphia
Times.
The latest shoplifter arrested in New
York has just stolen a Bible from a de-
partment store. 1t might be a good idea
to make her read it for while.-Boston
Globe.
The makers Of maple sugar were so pre-
vious with their work that they got the
product on the market about two weeks
before the sap began to run.-St. Paul
Dispatch.
Another feature Of Dewey's work which
commends itself is his ability to refrain
from piling up the cost for cable tolls
when there is no news worth sending
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The baseball managers should be
tbourhtful enough to provide an umpire
for their next business gathering il they
can find man brave enough to take the
position. Ph;ladelphia Ledger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04

George ID. Saxton vas shot and killed
shortly after 6 o'clock on the evening OF
Oct. Z, 1898, in Canton. AT 7:30 o'clock
the same night Mrs. George was arrested
at her home, charged with the murder. A
woman, cloaked and yelled, had been seen
walking from the scene of the tragedy,
but no one had followed or sought TO de-
tain her, nor had her face been seen. The
arrest Of Mrs. George by the Canton au-
thorities was due to the fact that she had
made threats against Saxton.
Mrs. George ha dbeen resident of Cam
ton several years. Her husband, Sample
9. George, was carpenter, and she was
a country bred girl. She had married
young and was the mother of two boys
when she came to Canton. Still young
woman, she at once attracted the notice
of George D. Saxton. Up to this time
Mrs. Georges life had been one Of recti-
tude
Saxton was one of the wealthiest men
in Canton. 1t was not long before his
persistent attentions to Mrs. George pro-
voked scandal. Sample G. George left
his wife, took his children from her, and
sued Saxton for alternating her affections.
Mrs. George went to South Dakota and
promised to marry her On her return to
Canton quarrel followed quarrel, until at
last Saxton had the woman elected from
her apartments in a building owned by
him. An order of court was also obtained
prohibiting her from visiting Saxton or
entering the Saxton block. Finally Sax
ton refused to marry the woman and she
threatened to kill him. Two days later
he was shot.
In support of its theory that Mrs.
George was the murderer the prosecution
introduced witness, Mrs. Eckroate, who
said she saw the shots fred at Saxton and
recognized Mrs. George as the woman who
fired them. This was the only witness Of
the crime, and her testimony was vigor-
ously attacked by the defense, which
showed that the woman had been for
years a confirmed morphine eater, and
therefore was not capable or reliable
witness. It was further shown by the de-
Tense that at the time of the shooting it
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
Find Dynamite in the Jail.

,,,,,rching the Jail at Oshkosh investi-
=, Charles Wheeler's escape four
s. ~of dynamite and three saws were
l.J Some of the bars were found part
,,rci through. A portion Of the wall
: bp north end of the Jail was dug away
MI hole large enough to pass mans
SoIv was found. An outside wall prevent
al tba prisoners from crawling out. 1t
was the intention to blow out the wall.
The dynamite and fuses were found in a
srooV won't hole in the ceiling of the cell.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
State Items of Interest.

Mormons are to establish a church at
Milwaukee.
The Stanley Manufacturing Company's
plant at Stanley was destroed by fire.
The Merrill Hotel Company has been
organized and will erect $4,000 hotel
In the near future at Merrill.
Hayes Bros. Company of GAINESVILLE has
Incorporated with $4,000 capital for rail-
way and paving construction.
Gov, Scofeld appointed G. G. Burdick
coroner of Langlade County to fill the
term of John w. Wines, deceased.
Col. NJ. 2. Barry, general manager for
the Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonee
hallway, has severed his connection with
that road
IL Hall at Marinette was burglarized.
The burglars secured quantity of cigars
and - in cash.
The Knosha Board of Education by a
unanimous vote elected G. r. Mcdowell
10 be superintendent CT the city schools
"' the ensuing year.
F., &, C. A. Stanley of Chippewa
taIls have q contract TO build tugboat
t to' Gore X Stinsor, loggers, which will
0s used to toH' logs on Shell lake.
george Felier. ar cd resident of AL
sVu'a' aged as years, was found dead on
.ue oeacf'. He is supposed to have COM
United suicide by waling out into the
water.
dispatch from Star Lake says that
"u"e a train was backing into logging
~1p' Dick Davis and John G.. O'Brien
"s'e Killed By the ca, jumping the track
On curve
M M oAntoG, Arch and George Wood
n".u, TWO young boys, who went hunting
A., 0oat, fell into the water and fought
,,pe'"'ey among cakes of floating ice
E,. n''p up They were rescued by neigh
oin m n Masters, railway mail clerk, run
N;s. between La Crosse and Mankato,
tria ,'" aas been appointed chief of the dis
hn. .u the United Stttes mail service now
nSit; vstaollShed in the Philippines. The
~,''Vu Is rated at over $4,000 per annum.
daal %,W Stevens, leading grain and stock
San1s VI Evansville, had the unique expe-
On, u Spending twelve hours of re-
so,, n'snt IN the Ice closet of his cold
Gasos building. His son inadvertently
vax I'm, me door, not knowing his father
No "nnin' The walls and doors being
aDca r' IN thickness. all cries for assist
d. a. ~gre IN vain. Neighbors passing in
lily morn rescued him.
h,5 n ~ L. Woodstock and Mrs. vii
eSa,a '" ~ of GAINESVILLE are heirs to an
8 a,to-" germany. They were located by
IL lna., sent by a Cincinnati attorney to
local postmaster. :
s9, rS committee of the Monroe County
So,e5 u 20 select site for the county farm
hast s, ,oea6e it near Sparta. Buildings
u SUn sl-'ooo to $4,000 will be erected
Gu ",'i'ner on the farm.
aay 81 ! =" heller, the alleged head of
alas. burglars that plundered that Sec
sOsh h. winter, escaped from Jail at Osh-
Gapips a p,aclng a dummy in his cell and.
Out as the turnkey came IL.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04

.noco of Criyitz is all excitement
ID, ., ,' discovery of an attempt to poi
orr ~, n,,:sb family of the name of Tadish.
so hand Tadish, recently purchased
Iae I' - rrn -four. Mrs. Tadish convert
as1,N a 4onr into bread, but, fortunately,
d Tux I whom 4 loaf was cut that there
t,Tsu .aon streaks running through it.
GeF - sample to DR.. f. P. Doherty,
S,',,Ib officer. who very soon discover
~, presence of paris green, in quanti-
u" ',t4riont to have made certain death
o. ~, nptire family of father, mother and
.hllren.