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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
WILD BILLS FIRST FIGHT.
He Was Wounded. but Killed Six OF
the IicIsandIaH Gang.

He Was Wounded. but Killed Six OF
the NcIZandIas Gang.
Wild Bill, whose real name was
James Hickok, first came west in 1851
and drove an OK team on the plains for
Majors & Russell in 1860. He subse-
auently engaged himself to the over
land stage company rs stock tender and
was put in charge of a new stage sta.
ton on Rock GEEK, near the old Nc
Kandlas station, which was generally
known as Robbers RooSt- This was
the beadQuarters for the Mckandlas
gang, crowd that had held together
since the Missouri Kansas border ruff
fan days and generally had things
their own way. \ man named Ficklin,
and a number one stage hand, was the
superintendent He tried to buy out
the McKandlas station; but, failing in
this, lie built new one near by, put
ting Young Hickok in charge. Up to
that time he had never experienced
trouble with any one and was not like
II to have friction, especially with the
old station keeper, McIandlas, or his
men.
In the winter of 1SG0-G1 Mckandlas
and his nephew and four other men
passed by the new station on horse
back, leading an old man who was
afoot. They had rope around the
old fellows neck, and occasionally they
would take a few turns around the
horn of the saddle, make run on the
rope and jerk the old man down and
drag him on the ground until he was
nearly dead. The only spite they had
against him was that he was North
Methodist preacher: If Wild Bill was
anything he was an abolitionist and
free soiler and loyal to the United
States. The Mckandlas crowd was
planning to make a raid on several sta
tions to secure the stock and 80 south.
They told young Hickok they would
take the stock. He replied that he
would be there.
When they returned late in the even
ing two stopped at the corral, two
went to the front and two to the back
door of the cabin or hut. Hickok told
them he would shoot the first man who
took down the bars Of the corral. The
elder McKandlas fired at Hickok, but
missed him. Hickok returned the ire
with a rife and shot McKandlas in
the heart. The next shot from H1ckok
killed the nephew, and the two fell at
the front door, Just then the two at
the back door opened fire. One shot
from a double barreled gun lodged
seven full grown buckshot into Hick-
ok's right side and breast, two Of which
entered his lungs. The two men who
stopped at the corral came to the as
sistance Of the two men at the house.
Eickok was then in hand to hand
fight with four men. he killed three
Of them in the house and wounded the
other 80 badly that he died on the
prairie.-Denver Field and Farm.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
New Years Resolutions.

New Years resolutions are, as gen.
eral thing, about as mild and harmless
as a glass of soda water. It is seldom
that they have any effect on the max
er that an outsider can notice save
that they cause him to strut around
for day or two and feel superior to
other men.
About the end Of the third day he
accidentally lets them fall on the floor,
and, as they are the most brittle thing
known to science, the result is they
are smashed into thousand pieces.
However, those who want to make
them should not be discouraged. The
human race must amuse itself some
how, and this is about as cheap and as
harmless = way as has yet been in
vented.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12


make you irritable; you can't sleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation of the nerves and gen
erative organs in women is so close
that nine -tenths Of the nervous pros
tration, nervous debility, the blues,
sleeplessness and nervous irritability
arise from some arrangement OF the
organism which makes her a woman.
Fits of depression or restlessness and
irritability. Spirits easily affected. so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps. Pain in the ovaries and
between the shoulders. Loss Of voice;
nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry
at the least provocation. All this points
to nervous prostration.
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros
tration and suffering SO surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. M. E. Shotwell, of 1oa Flatbush
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
II cannot express the wonderful relief I
have experienced by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. suffered for
long time with nervous prostration, back
ache, headache, loss Of appetite. [ could
not sleep and would walk the floor almost
every night.
II had three doctors and got no better, and
life was burden I was advised to try
Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it has worked wonders for me.
II am well woman, my nervousness is all
gone and my friends say I look ten years
younger"
Will not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound convince
all women of its virtues? Surely you
cannot wish to remain sick and weak
and discouraged, exhausted each day,
when you can be as easily cured as
other women.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Barn Burned.
Carolina News.

Carolina News.
It was the misfortune of Mr.. David
Dreher, who lives in the Pine Ridge
section, to have his barn and stables
burned down early Tuesday morning.
he lost his mule, sll his grain and
fodder. The fire was discovered
about three o'clock, but everything
was too far gone to save. It is not
known how the fire originated, but
it is supposed that some illbred
human being was ignorant enough
to set the fire. Mr.. Dreher stands
straight and high among the people
and has their sympathy for his losses.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Senator Tillman's speech at Gree

Senator Tillman's speech at Green
vile on July 4th, was somewhat in
the nature of q disappointment to
many people, both among his enc
mics and friends, who were led to
believe that it would be a red hot
one. While the speech was practi-
cal enc and full of good, wholesome
advice, there was total absence of the
ire and vindictiveness which charac-
teriz:d his utterance in the early
90's.
Rscklessness of a young fool is
only surpassed by an old FOOLS OBJ
stiDacy.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Cotton is King.

The government crop report given
out put the cotton condition at II,
even lower than for the short crop of
1903 Like lightning the price ad-
7anced full cent a pound. A pay
ing price for the growing crop seems
assured.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
You Don't Get It.
L a Can Is Attached.

"a yellow dog would run well In that
precinct"
"a yellow dog will run well any
where if you furnish him With an in
centive."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

According to bis own statement
the Editor of the Abbevills Preea
and Banner, when in need of ary-
thing funny, turns to the report Of
grand juries Of the several counties
Well, everybody to bis own dish OF
crow.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder OF
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or s'feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr..
Ki1mer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are we'll they Will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys;
The mild and the extraordinary erect OF
DR.. Kilmer's Swanp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and IS SOLD
on its merits by all EE
druggists in fifty cent zs:::::zs::sSs
and one-dollar size SatEEse :ssss;}
bottles. You may =7ssasee5::=es@ =7sGe@s@
have sample bottle Home Of swampRoos.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Blng-
hamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton, n. y, on every bottle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Quite So.

'sAlr. Wilkins said that you are
wondrously sweet woman"
II always did consider him man
Of rare discrimination"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Doubtful.

"What is his reputation for truth
and veracity?"
"Well, he sets himself up as wealth
er prophet"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened BY 0Yer-Wolk.
oJJra R100d.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

A woman always estimates how
much less uncomfortable she is IN
sta,s that ere too tight for her.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Nervous Women
Their Sufferings Are Usually
Due to Uterine Disorders
Perhaps Unexpected
A MEDICINE THAT CURES

Can we dispute
the well known
fact thatAmerican
women are ner-
|vOuS ?
How often do we
hear the express
sion, Il am SO ner-
vous, it seems as If
I should fly; " or,
I" Don't speak to
me- Little things
annoy YOU and
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

Sometimes 4 boy picks up pin be-
cause he is careful and saving, but
more often he wants it to bend and put
in his teachers seat.
The reason some people cherish their
pride so fondly is because they have
nothing else in sight.
A husband at hon :, is worth two at
the club.
Never judge yourself as you judge
others. You might become discour-
aged.
After the pleasure Of running into
debt there is the excitement Of dodg-
ing creditors.
It was written that nothing was Gre
ated without purpose before the days
of the flying machines.
Some Of the very best marksmen are
unable to shoot folly as it flies.
New Years comes the 1st Of Janu-
ary in order to avoid the Christmas
rush.
Advice never costs anything and is
often dear at the price.
You Don't Get It.
When you buy peck Of apples
At the store.
Room enough is in the measure
For one more.
But in spite Of that, whene'er you
Face about,
Like as not the foxy grocer
Takes one out.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Hurnor ono Philosophy
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
Copyright, 1864, by Duncan NJ. Smith.
PERT PARAGRAPHS
A graft in need is a snap indeed.

A graft in need is a snap indeed.
Some people are so ceremonious that
they will expect Gabriel to furnish
them with letter Of Introduction to
st. Peter.
Some fish in the sea are wiser than
any ever caught.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
Eas Stood The Test rs Years.

The old, original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you are
taking. 1t is iron and quinine in TASTE
less form, No cure, no pay. SOC.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

Sometimes a boy picks up pin be-
cause he is careful and saving, but
more often he wants it to bend and put
in his teachers seat.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

The reason some people cherish their
pride so fondly is because they have
nothing else in sight.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12
The Other Kind.

His tailor had to sue him."
"Sent one suit after another, pre-
sunle.'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

A husband at hon , is worth two at
the club.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

New Years comes the 1st Of Janu-
ary in order to avoid the Christmas
rush.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-12

He married her for money,
And so his friends could not
Have sympathy when it turned out
That that was all he got.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17

all the money of which they were pos
sessed. He went under various names,
and is a polished speaker using Russian,
Yiddish, German and English.
His arrest came about i'll a curious
way. He went to New York and rented
a room of Mrs. Kimmerle in West For
ty-seventh street, giving the name OF
Bartels. Two days later he asked her to
marry him. Something caused her to
think OF the man whom she had read OF
in the papers as multi-husband and the
face before her now impressed her as
bearing a resemblance to the one she
had seen in the paper, She ran to the
nearest police station and told her sus-
picions. Officers were dispatched to the
house and arrest quickly followed. lie
was extradited and taken to Chicago.
where it was asserted he told the police
that he has married so many women he
had lost all count of the number. He
denied ever having poisoned any of his
numerous wives.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
MONEY IN "ODD JOBS.
PenniIess Bankrupt Who Is Becoming
Capitalist Through Them.

Chicago possesses a citizen who has
established a unique line Of business
that promises to land him among capt.
talists, besides making him the best
known man and the man most in demand
in the section in which he lives.
Two years ago this man failed. He
was in small business where he was
thrown into competition with concerns
with much money behind them and he
went to the wall, losing everything he
had including his home and a fiat build
ing which he had erected. Practically
penniless and without any skilled trade,
with nothing open to him except some
clerkship he set about hunting new
line of work-something that would sup
port himself and his family.
Winter was coming on. He began
doing "odd jobs around houses of the
suburbanites until he could find some
thing better. Then he was struck with
the possibility of making 'odd jobs a
paying line of business. He went down
town, interviewed the manufacturers of
furnaces, and received instructions in
the management of hot air, hot water
and steam heaters.
For two weeks he studied furnaces,
especially of the type commonly used in
private residences in the neighborhood
in which he lived. Then he canvassed
the vicinity for blocks, offering to take
care of the furnaces, to save the house
owners coal, to keep the fire even, and
the houses warm, to empty the ashes,
and to clean all the snow from the
walks He offered to do this for S6
month per house, and the suburbanites
leaped at his proposal.
AS soon as he got control of a fur
mace. he studied it's peculiarities, the
drafts in the houses, figured the kind of
coal he would use, and then began, Civ
ing the satisfaction he guaranteed He
started out at 5 Il. M, made the rounds
of the houses. and reached his home
again by in the morning. He fred up
again about noon, and again late in the
evening, shoveling snow in the intervals
He found that, besides tending to the
furnaces, the householders often wanted
storm windows put on, or screens re-
moved, or some such work, and each lit
tie lob like that added materially to his
income
Before Christmas he had 60 places on
his list, which meant $500 month to
him-and which forced him to employ
an assistant. In the meanwhile, he es-
tahlished little milk route. selling milk
to the people for whom he worked, add
inc a little more to his income. Now
he has an income Of nearly $500 a
month and pays two assistants TAR
wages.
In the spring he will establish coal
business and make bids to supply his
customers with their coal for next Win
ter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17

"AffITed at Duluth one roWboat, Cap
tain Charles Sickness, from Two Har-
bors carrying white fish" The above
harbor note should be OF interest to the
bid settlers Captain Sickness made the
trip from Two Harbors in his frall craft.
Not many persons would care to venture
put in Lake Superior in midwinter, even
In a steamboat, but to attempt trip OF
twenty or twenty-five miles, with
only the frail shell of a rowboat inter-
vening between the icy waters of the
lake, is an undertaking that would make
the most hardy hesitate. Captain Steb-
ness had some difficulty in making the
harbor on account of the ice pack, but
the current through the canal left him
an opening through which he was able
to enter after some careful handling OF
his boat His boat was filed with a
load of Lake Superior white fish, which
he brought to Duluth to dispose OF to
local dealers. A local marine captain
said that he had never heard Of the trip
being made at this time of year in row
boat since he had come to Duluth, fifteen
years ago, and that he did not believe
there was any person courageous enough
to attempt it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
Total
val Inc.

The numbers of farm animals as re-
ported in the above table represent, as
nearly as obtainable without an enumera,
ton, the actual numbers on farms and
ranges on Jan. /, and are not strictly
comparable with those published one year
ago, the present figures being the result
of very careful investigation by CORE
spondents and field agents without ex-
elusive reference to the relation such
figures should bear to those of last year
That there has been material reduction
in the number of sheep during the year,
together with a slight increase in the
numbers of all other farm animals, ad-
mits, however, Of no doubt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
Pig Iron Production.

Last week made the production of pig
iron 21,000,000 for the year, against TO-
100000 tons for the year ending the
same date last year. This is high wafer
mark in iron production. The largest
previous record for year was 19,50O,-
900. One order was placed last week
by the Cambria Steel Company for 40.
900 tons of Bessemer pig iron. Other
steel works have bought from 5000 to
10000 tons. The Bessemer association
has announced price of SIC per ton for
Bessemer and basic pig iron f. o. b. Val
ley for 1905 delivery. u
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17

er part of the Notifications under deplor-
able conditions and under the fire of the
enemy.
While the officers made serious charges
against Alexieff, they are not compli-
menting Gen. Stoessel. He was brave
man, they say, but not a genius. Gen.
Kondratenko, they say, was the real soul
of the defense and was adored by his
men. When he died Port Arthur died
with him.
sin the garrison" said Gen. Stoessel
there We're 10000 men, of whom $4,000
We're in hospital and 1000 were non
combatants. Of the remaining $780,
5000 We're afflicted with scurvy and were
obliged to fight seated or lying down in
the trenches.
For several months the troops re-
ceived 200 grammes of horse meat apiece
each week. All the food was prepared
with machine Oil.
after September the only ships which
succeeded in running the blockade were
the steamer King Arthur, commanded
by Il French captain, and three junks
All brought flour.
THE last news we received from the
| outside world was on Sept 20, when a
| telegram from Gen. Kuropatkin said he
| would come to relieve us in three months.
1.-The three months having passed and
no news of the fleet under Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky having been received, the
situation became desperate. The garri-
son being exhausted and the feet, whose
preservation had been the principal rea-
son for resistance, having been destroy
ed after the capture of High Mountain
(2O3 Meter HID, [ considered that any
further prolongation of the struggle
would inevitably lead to frightful car
mage"
Gen. Stoessel added that he decided
on the capitulation on his own authority
| and without consulting any one. He
concluded by saying:
THE Gar and my peers will judge
whether / should have prolonged the
siege, or by a heroic but criminal act
have blown up the fortress. 1 prefer a
less great name in military annals to
having 10000 lives on my conscience"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
Te1esraphic Brevities.

Ex-Gov. Garcelon of Maine is 81, but
still active and vigorous.
The Planters Oil Mill at Morrillton,
Ark. was destroyed by fire, causing a
loss of $4,000.
Joel Davis, % years old, brother of the
former Senator and jurist. David Davis
of Illinois. died at Geneseo, n. Y, in a
poorhouse.
Miss Agnes Pearse. aged Go, who lived
alone near Philo. Ohio, was found dead
in her home. Her clothes were burned
and there were evidences of foul play.
7. Ben Peoples, a former prominent
contractor of Coshocton county, Ohio,
who had been paroled from the peniten-
tiary. committed suicide at GAINESVILLE
because he was about to be served for
his return.
SHIFTS for an injunction and damages
aggregating $4,000 have been brought
in Toronto against William 6. Pollock
and w. L. Kimberly of Chicago, who
are charged with conspiring to wreck the
Canadian Copper Company and obtain
control of its properties.
Chief of Police knight of Dallas.
Texas. has offered 81 900 reward for the
arrest of the murderers of Charles Gold
stein of Dawson, Alaska, who was way
laid in Dallas Dec. 5. This, with the
$3.50 offered by the Governor and $500
offered by Sheriff Ledhetter, makes a
total of $1,700.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
HocH HAD MANY WIVES.
Chicago's Much-Married Man, How.
ever, Denies He Murdered Women.


That the creator of the traditional
Bluebeard did not oyerestimate the de-
moniac qualities which may be developed
in a human being was demonstrated
few years ago, when the crimes OF
Holmes, the multi-murderer, were dis
covered Not six victims, but twenty,
was the monument to deyilishness which
this real monster of an enlightened age
erected, and thereby earned for himself
a place on a gallows in Moyamensing
prison, Philadelphia. Bluebeard had a
single castle; Holmes had several.
1t would seem that one such creature
as Holmes would be enough for whole
century, yet his own generation appears
to have produced his equal, for the Chi
cago police say they believe that Johann
Hoch, whom they have in custody, has
married twenty women and killed half
of them. If they can prove their asser-
tons they have the most extraordinary
criminal of the age.
Chicago seems to have been made his
principal headquarters. Most of his
wives were either Wooed and won there
and taken thence Immediately after mar
riage where they died, or were deserted
as soon as they had given over to Hoch