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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Washington, Feb. Is. - Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance $272, 400,
100: gold reserve, 1927, 551, asa; net silver
s., 473, 1872; United States notes in the
treasury, S15,360 500; treasury notes OF
1890. sl.9S7, l21; total receints this day
81, liS,75i do. this month, SIS, EOS, 14O; do.
this year, $500 4i4, $50: total expenditures
this day, $1,979OOO; do. this month, $24,
15S, 600; do this year. $40, 762, S02 deposits
in national banks, SSL229O96; silver bull
lion 5000 obs
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FOR SALE-Cottage house and barn, in
good repair, No. Gilman street Quin-
slgamond National Bank, 3t6 Main ST.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MAssAcHU-
SETS; = State House, Boston, Feb. Is,
lS99.-The committee on liquor laws will
give nearing to parties interested in the
following: House bill No. GA 10 reneaI
law limiting licenses; House bill No. 74S,
IN objections of real estate owners to IL
censes; House bill No. 776, to limit time
or objection by real estate owners to IL
censes, and Senate bill No "a, for repeal
ing the law on limitation of LIQUOR licenses
at room No. 459, State House, on MON
DAY, Feb: 20, at 30 o'clock a. m. e. B.
committee.
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STEAMERS.
WINSOR'S LINE.
OILY Direct Line to PHILADELPHIA,

Every Wednesday and Saturday at 3 n.
m. from Ives wharf India street. Provi.
dence.
For Freight Only.
Steamships Norman, a. S. MegathIln
Saxon, S. G. Sherman.
No wharfage and no rehandllng. Goods
received daily and forwarded promptly
Connects with Pennsylvania Railroad, also
Philadelphia and Southern Mai Steamship
Co.. for Savannah.
Freight forwarded to all points in the
south and west. Mark your goods VIM
sore line.
For further Information apply to
GEORGE A. KILTON, Agent, Ives
wharf, India street, Providence.
GEORGE c. ECKHARDT, Agent, 45s
South Delaware avenue, Philadelphia Pa.
r.. B. SAMPSON. Gen. Man. Boston.
Xass.
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THE MONEY MARKET

New York Feb. 16. - Money on call
2lkq3Is; last loan, 2h. Prime mercantile
paper, 24GSA p. c. Sterling exchange
1856 for demand and 4.S4d1a for 60 days
Posted rates, ass and 4.S7. Commercial
bills, 4.S91s. Silver certificates, 591kd6OI5
Bar silver, SOY. Mexican dollars, AZ
Government bonds weak. State bonds in
active. Railroad bonds strong.
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HOUSE LOTS for sale on Westland ut.
q. w. ChiIds. Westland st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17

wANTED-By strong
willing girl to do general housework in
ing. References if required. Please call
at Clarkson ST.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASsACHU-
SETS; - State House, Boston, Feb. is,
lS99.-The committee on cities will give a
nearing to parties interested in House bill
~ relative to the watering of streets in
cities; and Senate bill 20, relative to ap-
preparations and assessments for expenses
OF watering streets in cities, at room No
444, State House, on TUESDAY, Feb. 21st
at 10.15 o'clock a. m. Loved III Chamber.
IAN; chairman; Edward p. Sands, clerk
of the committee.
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STATE HOUSE NOTICES.

COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHr-
S SsEIIS; = State House, Boston, Feb. 10,
toSS.-Ihe committee on cities will give a
nearing TO parties interested in House bill
No; ?ZV, being a resolve accompanying the
ton taken from the files of last year,, ito
PROVIDE Tor the appointment of COM
mission to investigate questions relating
70 the proper organization of cities" at
room No. 444 State House. on FRIDAY
FEB. Path, at 1879 o'clock a. M. Loved e.
chamberlain, chairman; Edward p.
sands, clerk of the committee.
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LAND COMPANIES
MISCELLANEOUS.
GInnES
Bid. Asked
COTTON.

New York, Feb. 16 - Futures closed
steady; February, 6S2; March, $50;
April, 6.S2; May, SIS; June, 6.31 July,
$50; August, 6,34; September. 624; Octo-
Der, 6.25; November, 6.24 December, TT;
January, $50.
Vet Ga Oman IIirh LII. cle.a
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For Sale Miscellaneous.

FOR sALE-BuH terrier, mos. old, pedl-
gree, eligible for registration, well
pointed. Address Lock Box Al, South
bridge, Mass.
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SITUATION WANTED by a good cool
or laundress; best of references. Cal
at IL Washington. near Park.
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Persons suffering from sick headache,
dizziness nausea, constipation, pain in
the side, are asked to try one vial of Car
.ter's Little Liver Pills.
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Situations Wanted - Male.

SITUATIONS WANTED - Nova Scotia
man on farm, good teamster, mixer
green men that can milk, $40 per month
Mrs. Mulvey, IA Maple st. Telephone
265-2.
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CHOICE HOUSE LOTS. city advantages
James II. Rowland. 50 Day building.
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DIAMONDS.

We lead for bargains, as heretofore.
We can give you more for your money
than any house In the city. We carry
big limo of unset diamonds, opals, rubies
and sapphires. You select your own set
ting and have them set any style you de-
sire, as we have full line Of new IA X.
mountings.
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Business Notices.

CASH PAID fer secondhand carpets,
furniture and clothing. Mail orders soli-
cited N Kumin. So Water ct.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17

YOUNG LADY of experience desires po-
sition as bookkeeper; best of references.
Box 207, Shrewsbury, Mass.
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To Flats and houses.

FOR RENT-West side, lower and upper
apartment No. Il Congress ST., near
Main, rooms each, steam, ETC.; rooms
and place exceedingly pleasant; adults
only; rent $25. Address w. c. Chase.
No. Florence st.
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TO LET'S new flats of and 7 rooms,
each, just completed,in new house at No.
55 Benefit st, all modern conveniences,
steam heaters for each. Apply co Ed
win Eldred e Co.. "a Front st.
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=SLEIGHS=
New
and
Second
Hand.
0. A. KELLEYS,
81 Foster ST., Worcester, Mass.

We have still quite a number of sleighs
of various descriptions on hand including
Is cutters, 3 pung sleighs, traverse run
ners heavy two-horse traverse runner
sleighs. Now is the time to buy a sleigh
for another season. We have also guam
tity Of BUFFALO ROBES, BLANKETS.
etc, which we are selling at manufacture
srs price. These goods are all new and
in good condition, and will BIO made bar
gains to any one wishing TO purchase
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LEGAL NOTICES.

COMMONWEALTH OF AIASSACHU-
SETTS.-Suffolk, SIS. = February, A. D.
1S99.-To the Honorable the Supreme Judi
cial Court: Respectfully represent your
petitioners, Fletcher d. Proctor and w. Z.
Higbee, both of Proctor, and S. A. How
ard of Rutland, all of the state of Yer
mont; Fred G. Holden of BrOokline and
Abraham B. Coffin of Winchester. both in
said commonwealth, and having their
usual place of business in Boston, in said
county of Suffolk, that they are a ma
jority in number and interest of the mem-
bers of the Albertson Marble Company,
corporation organized under the general
laws of said commonwealth June 4, A. D.
1890, with a capital stock of twelve hum
dred shares of the par value of one hum
dred dollars each, and that they desire to
close its concerns, that all the debts of
said corporation have been paid and all
it's property, both real and personal, has
been sold and conveyed, and that the pro-
ceeds therefrom- and all the assets of the
corporation have been disposed of; that
said Fletcher D. Proctor holds and owns
eleven hundred and ninety-three shares of
said capital stock, and that your petit
TONERS hold the number of shares of said
capital set opposite their respective sigma
lures hereto.
Wherefore your petitioners respectfully
pray that this honorable eourt.will decree
a dissolution of said Albertson Marble
COMPANY
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DR.. Bulls Cough syrup, the peoples

friend, has been in use over fifty years
II cures the severest affections of the
crime. lsryngitis and inoipient consump-
zion. Price only % cents bottle.
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Rooms With Power

FOR RENTAL Chicopee Centre, for light
and heavy manufacturing, 100000 square
feet with 200 horsepower, run by water;
also two iron foundries and a brazlng
foundry; rent reasonable. William
Cashin, Springfield. Mass.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
Court.--On the foregoing petition, it is
ordered that the petitioners give notice to
all persons interested to appear before the
justices Of this, court to be holden at Bos-
on the FIRST MONDAY of APRIL next,
by publishing an attested copy of said
petition and of this order thereon, once
Boston Daily Advertiser, a newspaper
printed in said Boston, and in The Wor-
cester Spy, a newspaper printed in Wor-
days at least before said first Monday Of
April next, that they may then and there
show cause why the prayer of said petit
ton should not be granted
By the court. JOHN NOBLE, Clerk
February Is, 1899
A true copy of said petition and order.
Attest: c. II. COOPER, Asst. Clerk
FIT 2027
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For SaIe---MusicaI instruments

MY EXCELLENT UPRIGHT PIANO.
good as new, must be sold. Price S2N,
less than the COST of 1t when new. Cau
at once, Vine st.. middle bell.
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Wanted - Miscellaneous.

person having cancer or
tumor or a friend thus afflicted, to write
for free circular treating on the home
Mason. NJ. D., Chatham. N. Y.
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MRS. JULIA A. sPAuLplNG, al 4,iaT TOsS,
I'M Is al bs Main ST., where she viii DC
pleased to greet both patrons ah ~
friends. Examination and massage wv
each. Room L one tlghL
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FOR SALE-On Institute road, new sin
gle house, II rooms finished IN hard
wood, furnace heat, set tubs, etc, cor
ner lot. over 5000 feet; will be sold at
bargain. A. G.. Broad Sc Co, State
Mutual building, room 5l3.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17

FOR SALE-Compelled by loss Of health
to give up farming, / offer for sale my
farm situated in Grafton, one-half mile
cars 1t consists of 1876 acres, suitably
divided into moving, pasture and wood
land with two houses, barns and two
henneries. Terms very reasonable IL
sold soon. Address P. o. Box 166. Graf
ton, Mass.
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FOR SALE-On Elm ST., single house IA
rooms open CRATES, steam and furnace
heat electric and gas lighting. large lott
will be sold at a bargain and easy terms
A. G.. Broad 81 Co., State Mutual build
ing, room 5l3.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17

FOR SAI4E-The Josiah Bush farm, in
the centre of New Braintree. containing
l25 acres of land, with large barn and
modern house. two good orchards in
bearing, abundance OF water in pas
lures, and viii keep 20 cows This is
one of the most productive farms in
sirabe for raising milk for the Boston
market. VIII be sold reasonably to close
the estate. Inquire of Carrie H. Bush
executor
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NET GAIN
MISCELLANEOUS.

Continued From Page Eighty
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FOR SALE.

ON LINCOLN. PLACE, a 2-story house
OF . rooms. bath, hot and cold water
and furnace; will be sold low, the own
er having left the city. Henry Bigelow,
Clark's block.
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REAL ESTATE of all kinds for sale or
exchange; money to loan on real estate
Charles A. Kabley, room 81, State Mu-
tual building
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17

FOR SALE and EXCHANGE-Real es-
tate of all kinds in all parts or the city.
A. G. Broad & Co, State Mutual build
ing, room 515.
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For Sale and Business Chances.

POOR HEALTH OF owner compels the
sale Of a nice clean $4,000 stock OF hard
ware, located in one Of New England $
most flourishing towns. Address Hard
ware, this office.
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For Sale or Repair Clothing.

q 90 SUIT cleaned and pressed 500 sin
velvet collar on coat. Upham & PadulA
tailors. 81 Main st.. opp. Elm. one flight
Open evenings
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Situations Wanted Female.

SITUATIONS wANTED-By experienced
Swedish waitress, excellent references;
private cooks, excellent general house,
work girls, housekeepers, nurses, table.
kitchen and chambermaids, green girls.
Mrs. Jones, 410 Main ST., room IL, Tele-
phone 961-4.
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WILL EXCHANGE farm Of so acres
for city property. Luke A Griffin, auc-
tloneer, 326 Main st.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
A "HOT" COLD BANQUET.
Some Inside Information by a Waiter
from the BOvery Who Helped
Serve 1t.

One of the walters at popular local res
taurant is a bird of passage from the Bow
cry and was a member of the small army
that served the famous Dollar Dinner in
New York last April. A good many stories
have been told of that memorable event,
but none of them surpass his own in point
OF plcturesqueness and inside detail. 1T
was the funniest push | was ever in in me
life" he says, confdentially. The kitchen
was so small they had to cook everything
on the outside, and when it got there it was
dead cold. The second course was haddock,
and each fish come served in a linen bag,
so we could put 'em in tubs of hot water
and warm 'em up-see? Well, some of the
boys got ratified and served 'em bags and
all, with egg sauce over tn outside. Say,
you'd of died laughing seeing them fellers
tryin' to carve their fish This is the tough
est aud haddock l liver tackled in me life
says one Iammany man at the head table;
It's got q skin like a rhinoceris,' says he.
In the kitchen there was a riot all night
long. 1t was so small the walters couldn't
reach the dishers-up and they got to scrap
ping for front places in the line. One man
was knocked stiff with a turkey, and when
they picked him up | thought he was dead
L did, on the level. But it wasn't blood 1t
was only cranberry sauce Another funkey
fell into the salad and one of the cooks put
can OF ice cream in the oven, thinking it
was brown gravy for the beef. That's on
the square-just as I'm tellin' you'll But the
worst of all was when we came to the wine.
1t was Merriam champagne in half pints,
without ice, and of all the kicking and hol-
lering One fresh gent told me It was the
only thing he had had that night that was
good and warm, and he had hardly said it
when waiter that was little jagged ac
cidentally poured about quart of boilin'
coffee down the back of his neck Say, you
ought of heard him cussl Between you and
me, good many walters got to hitting the
wine, and they found one of 'ezn with IS
empty bottles in his pants leg That's hon
quet was ever at"-N. o. Times-Demo-
| GRAFT
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
SLAYER MAKES HIS ESCAPE.
Mike and George MOrdanus, BrotherA.
Quarrel Over Money Matters, and
One Is Stabbed to Death.

WHEELING, w. Va, July 29.-Friday
evening about so'clock Mike Mordanus
killed his brother, George Mordanus,
by stabbing him in the heart and cut
ting him across the body to the leg
with a dirk. The difficulty arose about
some money which Mike owed George
for wages. About a year ago Mike at
tempted to kill his brother for the
same claim. Friday he came to Bridge
port, loaded mp with whisky, revol-
YER and knife, and assaulted his
brother in the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling railroad yards, with the
above result. Both are Austrians and
part of the floating gang of the c., L.
& W. railroad. The slayer escaped.
but the authorities at Bridgeport say
they will have him by daylight.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
HE WAS REJECTED.
But He Stuck to His Job and by o
Lucky Hit Won the Coveted
Prize.

''It was such a good joke on me" said the
girl in the gray velvet toque to the girl in
the blue velvet shoulder cape, as they
stirred their hot chocolate, chat l must tell
you.
you know how John has been proposing
to me at regular intervals ever since he was
out of knickerbockers. Well, he did it again
the other night, and, with his usual facility,
chose an occasion when | was very cross.
''He did it little more awkwardly than
usual, too, deliberately choosing the old
fashioned method of offering me his hnd
and heart F"
Here she paused to drink some chocolate,
and the girl in blue asked breathlessly what
she said.
oh" remarked the other, in the tone of
one relating an event of no Importance, 81
told him that believed was already pro-
vided with the full quota of bodily organs,
and that | wouldn't deprive him."
"And what did he say?"
"Well, Belle, that's the funny thing. He
seemed to brace up, and said, politely, that
at any rate there was no doubt about my
having my full share of cheek And l was
so delighted to find a man capable of even
that much repartee on being rejected-that
1 accepted him. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
DIED ON SAME SCAFFOLD.
simultaneously Four Negroes Were Hang.
ed at Baltimore-One of Them
Was Slowly Strangled.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 29-Upon one
scaffold, and simultaneously, four Ne
groes were hanged at GAS a. m. Friday
in the Baltimore city Jail yard. Three
of the men, Cornelius Gardner, John
Myers and Charles James, paid with
their lives for criminally assaulting
Annie Bailey, a 13-year-old Negress,
while Jos. Bryan, the fourth member
of the quartette, killed Mary Pack,
Negress with whom he had lived.
The necks of James Myers and Bryan
were broken by the fall, and they died
almost instantly.
Gardeners cap became disarranged in
the fall and his face was visible to tho
spectators. He was apparently con-
scious about one moment, after which
he slowly strangled.
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TRIPARTITE COMMISSION.
Their Official Report on the Samoan Cues.
tiOn Said to Be on the Way to Their
Respective Governments.
two unions.

SAN FRANCISCO, July SL-The Call
publishes the report of tripartite COM
mission sent to Samoa, making various
recommendations regarding the new
form of government decided upon by
them as most suitable for the island
ers. These resolutions are based upon
the best features of the Berlin treaty,
and included the main features of the
proposed treaty, as amended and modi-
fed by the commissioners. The official
report of the commissioners and the
draft of the proposed amended treaty
are said to be now on the way to the
respective governments.
Among other things the report says:
The chief evils may be, in our opin-
ion, grouped under four heads:
l. Those which appear to inevitably
attend the election of king in Samoa
and his subsequent efforts to exert his
authority.
2. Those which are due to the rivalry
of foreign nationalities between them
selves and to their position to take
sides in the native politics and thus in
crease the Importance and bitterness
of the disputes which arise.
3. A third class of evils have then
origin in the fact that for many year:
there has been no law or government
in Samoa other than native custom
outside the limits of the municipality
Murder and other serious crimes have
remained UNPUBLISHED when committed
by persons of rank, and the supreme
court and the nominal government a
Mulinuu have been equally powerles:
to exert any force.
4. The insufficient enforcement O
the customs regulations has allowed
INSCRIPTIONS traders to distribut,
large numbers of arms among a nativ,
population rent by political faction
and ready to fight both one anothe
and Europeans.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY.
A Number of Lads Suspected OF Theft Hon.
ribly Tortured by the Belgian Iron
Company in the Caucasus.

LONDON, July 29.-The Berlin corre
spondent of the Daily News telegraph
a story, taken from Tifiis paper, OF
the incredible brutality in the works
of the Belgian Iron Co., in the eau,
casus. According to the,story, a mum
Der of lads, who were suspected o.:
theft, were horribly tortured by the
Belgian director and six Bel
gian foremen with view OF
forcing confession. The lads eye.
lids were pierced with needles,
their bodies were savagely belabored
until they lost consciousDas9~ tkei,
teeth were extracted, large stone.
were forced into their mouths ard
their foreheads were hammered with
the butts of revolvers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
SITUATION IN SAN DOMINGO
1t Is Critical and an Outbreak is Momen-
tarily Expected-The Friends of the
Government Are Under Arms.

PORTO PLATA. San Domingo, July
31.-The situation is critical. An out
break is momentarlly expected. The
friends of the government are under
arms and ready for action to protect
property and preserve the peace. A
feeble attempt was made to seize the
body of President Heureaux by the, as
sassius, Ramon Casceres Manuel Ca
ceres, Horacio Vasques and Domingo
Pichardo, who are in the country
about Moca with their followers.
The burial of President Heureau1
was conducted with fitting honors.
Gov Pepin has assem- led troops in
Moca and the governor of Lavega Real
has 1000 men. The minister of the
treasury has arrived at Moca in hot
haste. The government is TAX
ing steps for the protection OF
business and the finance o.
the country and expects to carry out
the contemplated cancellation of the
state bank notes. In Puerto Plata
there is an urgent demand that the
government send a sufficient force tt
Moca to hunt down the assassins o.
the president.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-01
INNOCENT NEGRO LYNCHED.
an Alleged Criminal Assault That
Never Took Place.

JACKSON, Miss, July 29-Persons il
the city Friday from Rankin county
bring a new story about the lynching
of the Negro Sampson Hayes recently
for alleged criminal assault. Accord
ing to this story the mob killed
an innocent man, and it further
appears that there was no crlmi.
nal assault nor attempt to assault
as at first given out. The facts
about a Negro having entered the
house of the Gorley family were spread
abroad in the neighborhood, and they
became distorted as they were passed
from mouth to mouth. The Negro
Hayes bore a bad reputation in the
vicinity, and some one suggested him
as the probable culprit. This report
was spread about and Hayes was killed.