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Newport daily independent., 1904-08-25
COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.
DLAZ ITEMS.
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We'll, as news is scarce, 1 will ring off.
 Mrs. M. D. Campbell is report ed quite sick.
 Miss Lettie McLain of Newport was in the city Sunday.
 Chas. Holden of Holdensville was in the city Tuesday.
 Mrs. N. J. Hackney is report ed much better this week.
 Mrs. H. Climer returned home to Batesville Friday, after a few days visit here.
 w, Y. and J. G. Armstrong left Monday night for a two weeks visit to the fair.
 Misses Myra Meeks and Mar tha Smith left Saturday for a weeks stay at the worlds fair. w. F. Hurley, Herbert Hurley and Cromwell West left Tuesday night for a weeks visit to the fair.
 w. F. Hurley and brother, Herbert, returned Tuesday from a weeks visit to St. Louis and the fair.
 UNCLE JOSH
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-25

LighGle, where it was placed in the barn, which was afterward
 burned. The story also declares that at the cemetery the legs of the corpse, which had been m the grave for a month, were de- libGately cut off with an a1, that the body might be more readily handled.
 HAS GREGORY CONFESSED?
 There is a rumor af1oat here to- day to the effect that Walter Gregory has made an important statement regarding what he knows at0ut the affair. This rumcr is based on the fact that, immediately after having a con- sultation wEth well known at torney, Gregory made bond. Up to that time he had made repeat ed efforts to secure his release, but failed. gust what is the na- ture of this statement, if he real ly made one, is, however, un- known to the general public.
 The trials of Roberts and Greg ory are set for September 3, but it is thought they will both waive preliminary hearing.
 MRS. PITTS ATTITUDE.
 Mrs. Pitts, the widow of Ed ward Pitts, now that the last doubt is removed in regard to the mutilation of her husbands body, maintains the same inscrutable silence which her double sorrow brought to her. Her husbands body, clad in the clothes of anoth- er, charred and dismembered be- yond recognition, lies in the grave of a man not yet dead. No steps have been taken to re- move the body to it's rightful resting place. Mrs. Pitts is poor. The original funeral drained her 'canty resources. Who will pay he expense of the removal is a 1 question to be determined after he trial. This latter part of a 'tory of avarice. deceit, supposed | leath, mock burial, flight and it's details of political am- ,itions blighted, arrest and dis trace, is by all odds the most of the several chap CTS of Searcy's greatest sensa- jan. In the chiaroscuro of the !
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-25
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Green Mansker, P, Tucker man, and Mary Carter, IF, New port.
 Will Files, 23, and Mrs. Ellen Tims, 23, Swifton.
 Will Fountain, 16, and Nettie Tucker, 16, both of Newport.
 Elzie Willis, 21 and Florence Jones, 19, both of Shoffner.
 John Kelley, 25, and Mrs. Mary Tatum, 28, both of Ken yon. \
 Jim Bowen, 35, and Mrs. Jen- nie Brown, 35, both of Newport.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-25
LICHTLE SECURES
 HIS LIBERTY.
Walter Gregory, Alleged Accom- plice, also Secures Bond. Lightle's Relatives Came
 to His Rescue.

I next Saturday on the charge of conspiracy to defraud, arson and grave robbery. His bond was signed by J. E., Lightle, his cous- in, and his mother, Mrs. s. T. ,Lightle. It is supposed from this fact that he has gone into the details of the plot and told what he knew of it, as hitherto his relatives had declined to make bond for him until he should tell the full story.
 Walter Gregory, who was ar rested Tuesday, charged with complicity in the case, also sue ceeded in making bond earlier in the day in the sum of $2,z00.
 Those who signed his bond were. Will Canada, Judge M- M. Stuckey,. of Newport, Mrs. Lula Roberts, mother of John w. Roberts, who is out or bond on the same charge, w. q. Bugany c. R. Rogers, ,. c. Harder, ex- Sheriff ]. l.. Moore and Dr. L. E. Moore. Dr. Moore, it will be recalled, was former business partner <ef -Dr. Lightle, and it was he wl1o made the exan1ina- tion of the charred body found in Dr. 1ightle's barnuen the night of the fire, and it YVES his testi- many that had a great deal to do with the identification of the body as that of .Dr. .Lightle.
 Kay Deener and Dandridge Neely, two well-known young men of Searcg, whose names have been prominently connected with the case, returned to the city today from St. Lauis. Deen- CT and Nicely, it is sEid, will be important witnesses for the prosecution. Crrrent 4rumor has it that they were eye~witnesses to the digging up ofa Edward Pitts body, although they had no actual part in the dissertation of the grave and the subsequent attempt to defraud the insurance companies. The two yoSlng men have been absent from Searcy for some time, but there was no fear that they would not.return.
 STORY OF THE BOYS.
 According te a story 1hat is generally told and .popularly be- lieved, these boys, suspecting something, sshadCwed Dr. Lightle and Gregory like juvenile Vidocqs bent upon a solution of the dark attaching to their ac- tions. Arriving at the grave Dr. Lightle and Gregory began. dig ging, when, It is said, Gregory was heard to ask what they would do if they were to be seen. Dr. LightIe is said to have re- piled that they would keep a close watch. and if they should se discovered . they would kill ,he persons who saw them and put the bodies in the coffin from which they were to remove that ,f Ed Pitts. This frightened he boys from their vigil, and hey fled in the darkness. Ina oelled by an unsuitable curiosity, they returned soon liter, and saw Dr. Lightle and Gregory, so the story runs. re- aoye the body from the coffin Ind place it in Dr. Lightle's { Iuggy. seating it upright in the eat beside him, and placing 1 ,ightle's vest on the corpse. In lis way the body of the honest nechanic, which ghoulish greed {
 uld not permit to rest undis-
 rbed in that haven which is e final home of mortal clay, Is driven boldly into the city, { M to the residence of Dr. [
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
Long Love Of A
NeVadan Re-
Warded.

A st. Louis dispatch dated May 9th
says:
The marriage at midnight of Miss
Catherine Jones OF Wales and David j.
Lewis, Justice of the Peace of keystone,
Nevada, and owner of large Nevada min
ing property, ended romance which
began many years ago in a small Welsh
village where the two. then children,
were school. mates.
The marriage ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. J. w. Cunningham. At the
age of Il years Lewis was brought to
America by his parents who settled in
Nevada. The girl remained in Wales.
Many years afterward he wrote to her.
She ioyfully replied, and then there was
established correspondence, which
continued for ten years, at the expiration
OF which time he had persuaded her to
come to America. Arriving in st. Louis
she went to the hotel Milton, where Mr..
Lewis joined her. They have been sep
arated % years.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
Congress Has Ad-
journed.

The second session of the Fifty. eighth
Congress adjourned April %. The fol
lowing are some of the things the late
Congress did;
Passed bill putting into effect the
Cuban Reciprocity Treaty.
Ratified the Panama Canal Treaty.
Passed bill providing Tor the govern
ment of the Panama Canal Zone.
Ratified the Chinese Commercial
Treaty providing for two open ports in
Manchuria.
Ratified the Treaty with Cuba to carry
out the terms of the platt amendment
enacted the Chinese Exclusion
Law by rider on the Sundry Civil Bill.
Provided for a Joint Commission OF
the two houses to investigate the Ship
Subsidy Question.
Provided a pension of 800 a month
for those who lost their sight in the
Military or Naval Service.
Loaned the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position Company s4,6O0,0O0.
Grand total of appropriations, s7Sl,
574729.
Number of bills introduced in the
House, 1898; in the Senate, 5645.
More than 1400 bill were passed, less
than 150 of them being of public ma
ture-
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
Resources of Ne
vada.

For the purpose of advertising the re-
sources OF Nevada at the ST. Louis Ex-
position on west bound passenger trains
out of Ogden and elsewhere, the Reno
Chamber OF Commerce has authorized
the publication of booklet descriptive
OF the immense benefits to be derived
by the State from the Federal Govern
ment's great irrigation project; the op-
portunities for home-seekers under the
big canal, and other sections of Nevada's
vast fertile and productive territory, the
profits from farming, stockraising min
ing and other industries. The books
title will be "Greater Nevada" In size
it will be 6x9 inches, profusely illus
trated and very attractive and interest
ing. The edition will consist of 10000
copies of 100 pages each, part of the
space being occupied by sketches Of the
life and work Of prominent Nevada
men
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12

LOYAL REBEkAH LODGE NO. Is. |. o. o. r.
meets in Lemaire'a Hall the frs. and third
Friday evenings of each month at ] 30 clock.
Mrs. \. Ramsdell, \. u.
L. A. Lemaire. Sec'y.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
Trouble in Cali
ente.

A correspondent of the Salt Lake
Tribune has the following to say about
the conditions in Caliente.
"a rather ludicrous condition of af-
fairs, municipality, exist in Caliente.
There are no regularly elected police Of
ficers here, and but one deputy marshal.
In his absence the duty of the coustabu-
larry has been assumed by one of the
Uncle Toms Cabin" characters, Marks.
This week we'll known character known
as the "Duke" was indulging in fes-
tive song and dance in the rear of sa-
loon, when the local sleuth gathered the
Duke in, and entered charge of vag.
rancy against his prisoner The Duke
knowing that he was not vagrant. as
he is easily self supporting took the ar
rest as joke until another opera bouffe
officer entered thirty days against his
name. Then Marks saw his opportunity.
He decorated the limbs of the Duke
with shackles and his arms with brace
let's, and at the expense OF the county
escorted his prisoner to the county jail
at Phoebe. Local taxpayers were much
wrought up over the unwarranted arrest
and expenses for mileage which would
accrue to the festive Marks, and will en-
ter formal protest to the County Com
missioners against the latitude assumed
by the whilom BILE, whose exit
from camp with his dangerous captive
was accompanied by shouts of laughter.
Ii is the opinion OF merchants and tax
payers here that Jail should be erected
here and thus avoided the needless ex.
pense of perquisites SO eagerly grasped
by self-appoirted officers
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
A Reign of Terror
i'm Reno.

The police department of Reno is rid
ding the town of undesirable residents,
who are taking up their abode in nearby
towns. A couple of colored men Of that
class arrived in this city few days ago,
but were promptly ordered out of town.
Reno's reputation as wide open town
is attracting the cut-throats from all
parts of the world and it is now unsafe
for person to travel the streets Of that
town alone at night. Wednesday night
five persons we're held up and robbed
and the victims were also given a beat
ing by the footpads Enterprise.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
OF Interest to
Lead lIin-
crS.

While the settling price ol lead will
continue at $3.50 per hundred pounds
during the month of May, it il under
stood that Manager G. w. Whitley of
the American Smelling E Refining
Company, will announce new figures in
June. says the Salt Lake Tribune
Manager Whitley, however, would
neither confess nor deny that there was
to be a change by which the producer
was to be benefited. To the lead pro-
ducing mining camps the slightest ad-
vance in the settling price, means great
deal, while the person who has invested
in shares that are kept alive by the lead
ores on which they are based must de.
tect new source of revenue. The Trib-
une hopes to be able to make official
announ cement OF a new settling price in
short time. 1t already has the assurance
Of Manager Whitley that the producer is
to be dealt with as literally as conditions
shall permit, and that new settling
price OF lead will be announced by him
before the close of May appears reason
ably certain.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
High h-Priced
Cherries.

The first box of cherries from Sacra-
mento county sold last Thursday in
Chicago at $25. This box was from the
ranch of ID. ID. Cannon, Courtland, and
was shipped through the Pioneer Fruit
Company. This is at the rate OF 81 l21a
per pound, as the box contained eight
cartons OF one pound each.-Sacrsmento
Bee.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
A Lively Town.

Probably no other community in the
State of Nevada is forging ahead 10 such
strides as the town of Fallon. Within
the past year it has sprung up out OF the
wilderness into town enjoying sub
stantial prosperity. To the old settler
the mighty transformation scene is puz.
zle, the newcomer ia delighted and the
resident is happy in the lap of fortune.
The passing week has been one of un-
usual activity. Strangers have drifted in
plenty and each night the hotels have
been crowded. Thursday the main street
was alive with teams, there being over
ten twelve and fourteen animal freight
ers on the street at one time. It is es.i-
mated that there are in the neighborhood
of $50 animals on the road between Fal-
Ion and the railroad.
At all times money is free and plenti-
full. There is yet no criminal element
and one can go and come in perfect
safety.
Building continues brisk and is yet in
its infancy. This summer will see a
building boom such as will eclipse any
thing OF this kind in Nevada. Real estate
consistently high and offers safe and
sound investment.
To just what proportions Fallon will
ultimately attain Is. of course, matter
of conjecture. However, it Is not an idle
boast to predict that ere the close of the
present year she will have distanced
many other Nevada towns on the high
way of population n.-Churchill Standard.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
Every Town Has

4 liar.
A sponger.
A smart Alec.
A weather prophet.
A girl who giggles.
A woman who tattles.
A neighborhood feud.
A man who knows it all.
One Jacksonian Democrat.
More loafers than it needs.
A boy who cuts up in church.
A few meddlesome old women.
A "thing" that stares at women.
A widower who is too gay for his age.
Some men who make remarks about
women.
A grown young man who laughs every
time he says anything.
A girl who goes to the postoftice every
time mail comes in.
Scores Of men with the caboose of
their trousers worn smooth as glass.
A man who grins when you talk and
laughs loud after he has said something.
-Woman's Magazine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
AGENTS VENTED.

LIFE or T. DEWITT TALMAGE, by his
son, REV. FRANK DEWITT TaLMAGE and
associate editors of Christian Herald. Only
book endorsed by 1almage family, Enormous
profit Tor agents who act quickly. Outfit ten
gents. Write Immediately CLARK 4 CO.,
2se $. 4th 1T. Phiiadeiphia. Pa. Mention
this paper.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-05-12
WANTED.

Special representative in this county and
adjoining territories, to represent and adver-
tise an old established business house of solid
financial standing, Salary 81 weekly, with ex-
penses paid each Monday by check direct from
headquarters. Expenses advanced; position
permanent. We furnish everything.
Address, The Columbia, go, Monon Bid,
Chicago, Ill.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
Costlfest Potatoes.

. y OTATOFS have been sold in England
| /tor q, 900 a dozen. The ordinary Gus
tom Of selling by the bushel or peck
could not be employed, because no one
"puli PROBABLY feel rich enough to buy
potatoes IN such quantities and at such a
rate. Bought separately these potatoes
cost only 500 piece.
Tho lOtAtoes arc not uurcha sed how
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25


w States are owned by an Ita an in
Baltimore. Before leaving bis native
country the carvinss were given hir by
-he one who did he worls--C ood'lo COLI
one of the most noted art workers In wood
n Europe. and at present professor OF
etching in the Academy az Arts at Vienna
COLI is recognized as a master Of his
art, and the carvings referred TO repr.-
sent his best work. They M" representa-
ions Of the famous paintings by Albert
Durer Of an old man and Old woman. Con.
H1isseurs who have sc>o the paintings say
that every detail mas been reproduced .1
/ lha wood win wonderful accuracy, al
though Coli used only the ordinary toJis
with waich Italian wood carers are ia
millar
| Tho carvings havc been seen by man,
experts since -.ey Werc br3ught to ia .
country and have become 40 wjle.v ft Hf.
/ chat several attempts ha. aorn maze ta
soarlre them f1r va~ious art E.licrias q .
/ the o'7rc- has refused one Ci:er oG li.H.
+ ioc the pair.
/ Hundreds Of petitions havs eccruuiAt"l
al the Vatican from painters and scalp
tors asking the Pope for sictings. Al
theso applications have been refused.
%->+e44~
In Australia, under new Law. no con
/ tract can be made for the carrying -
nails by any steamship line which all
lows a colored man TO work on any OF the
sllps. The mail steamers hitherto have
been largely manned by dark skinned
British subjects from India.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

Wotnnlbeaa To7rc-.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

~%1@te-++.A.4e++p-.+~A.>

Two million dollars worth ~ sugar g.
made into rweets evcry weyE Ia Eng tr ?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

80. +, Ia c. The United states Is ziendluG 32.& 0"
...Ir ou coast def, nces
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

The United States chArges for postal
parcels ara ak thousand times greater
han Germanys
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
A Kindly Critic.

''At your request said the kindly
critic to the young author, 4 have read
your book from beginning to end
author. And now l want you to feel
that you can speak frankly and tell me
just what you think about it, l suppose
would change if it were left to you
Moo replied the kindly critic
thoughtfully. ION the whole | think
may say there was very little
"Really!' exclaimed the young author
dehghtedly. DO you know, | had an
idea you'd tear the whole book to pieces
tlguratively speaking, of course. l can't
tell you how pleased | am. But, OF
course, there are some changes that you
would advise relative to the publication
of second edition. What are they?"
There's only one that's of much i'm
portance," said the critic
'And that?" asked the young author,
inquiringly.
why, that's where the hero jumps
from the yacht into the ocean to save
the heroine from drowning"
us it too thrilling? Wouldn't You
have him jump after her?' inquired the
young author, anXiously.
mo, it's not too thrilling" was the re-
ply. land of course | would have him go
in after her; but you seq they're both
rescued l would not have thai"
"Yon-you wouldn't have them res
Certainly not. Let them both
drown
But this happens in the first chap
ter-almost the first thing in the book
"Precisely; that's just when it ought
to happen. '-Iit-BltS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

Gurround cup nearly a foot wide, the
margin of which bears the stamens.
This cup is filled with feshy disc, the
upper surface Of which is everywhere
covered with projections like miniature
cows horns. The cup when free from its
contents would hold about twelve pints
of water. The flower weighs fifteen
pounds. 1t is very thick, the petals being
three-quarters of an inch in thickness.
With its beauty one is led to expect
sweetness, but its odor is that of tainted
beef, and DR.. Arnold supposed that even
the flies were deceived by the smell and
were depOsiting their eggs in the thick
disc, taking it for piece of carbon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Aunt Sallie Willing to Give Him Trial

A certain family in Tennessee is about
to lose the best cook that ever baked
"salt rising" or turned a hoe-cake. "Aunt
Sallie" is her name, and she measures
about four yards around. She is going to
marry a strange darby, who is said to
have been married several times before.
Her mistress undertook to demonstrate,
saying that no one could tell anything
about the prospective bridegroom t
he might have living wife for all they
knew, and might be very undesirable
partner indeed. Her admonitions were
not unmixed with tinge of self-interest,
and she made quite an eloquent plea.
"Aunt Sallie" listened with respectful
attention, and replied with cheerful phil
osophy:
"Well Mis- Mary, you know how it is
wild desc here men-we kin but try emf
-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood
you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure IS taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
one of the best physicians In this country for
years. and is regular prescription. 1t Is COM
posed OF the best toncS known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
the two ingredients is what produces such won
defful results in curing Catarrh Send for tes-
timonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c
Halls Family Pills are the BEST
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
WAITING.

l wait in the twilight shadows, love,
For your kiss of long ago,
And the press of your hand on my weary
brow.
And the smile | used to know.
l am tired and fOOtSore, and long is the
way,
And the years drift SLOWLY by,
And the glory of life has slipped from me-
And the voice of the world is cry.
The little cot on the windy hill
Through the drift of the years has stood
But where is your step in it's lonely halls
Which thrilled its heart of wood?
Alas. it is gone. and silence reigns
On the cragS the shades crept DER,
And the glory of life has gone from me-
Yet | wait for my love of yore.
Come over the Wreckage of crumbled dreams
OF days that are dead sweet olden guest
And bear me away in your tender arms
To the Isles Of Eternal Rest.
-MilLdge Sherwood in Sunset Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
How Maine School Children Study Birds

The pupils of one of Biddeford's public
schools are taking quite an interest III
birds. Last spring they identified about
forty specimens as they arrived from
warmer homes. A school record of birds
is kept each season which goes back to
1897. At this season bird homes are
studied and deserted nests brought into
school.
The other day two pupils came in with
a maple stub three feet long, containing
a fine specimen Of q yellow hammers
style of architecture. A hole had been
chiseled into the dead wood and then
down the stub some fifteen inches by the
birds. In the afternoon another pup.
brought in another maple stub eight
inches through and five feet long contain
ing a yellow hammers last summers
nest This term nests of the catbird
robin, yellow warbler. king bird chipping
sparrow and barn swallow have been
brought in.-Lewiston Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

The board of health in one Of the
larger South American cities recently Of
fered a bounty of 10 cents Tor every
dead rat taken to them. A company was
at once formed by some of the leading
renegades of the place and rats imported
by the thousands. The company got rich
before the plan Of campaign was dis
covered