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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
FARM FOR SALE.

Do you want a home IN North
Arkansas, the land of the big red
apple? If so, / can SUIT you, |
have for sale on the Boston Noun
tain in Newton County, Arkansas,
a tract of land consisting of 240
acres, 100 acres under fence, 90
acres in cultivation, IS acres in or
chard with 1900 bearing fruit trees
of the best variety of apples and
peaches. There are 40 acres in pas
ture. Land is level and almost
clear of rock. Two dwelling houses,
the very best we'll water in yard,
barn costing about $500. There is
an abundance of stock water. The
mcleared land has fine white oak
trees on it roughly estimated at
5000 feet to the acre. The only
objection you can have to this farm
is its distance from a railroad. 1t
is about 30 miles from the North
Arkansas railroad, yet it is on
railroad survey and owing to the
abundance of fine timbers there
will be a railroad built on the Bos-
ton Mountain at an early date.
You can purchase the tract for
ST., 600 right now. This is a great
stock countrys The apple crop
will pay for the farm in two or
three years. Fine vineyard lands.
Address ]. e. Thompson, Yardelle,
Arkansas.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
FREMONT.

Mr.. Frank Hawkins is having
his dwelling painted.
Mr.. Jim Williams and wife visit
ed relatives at Hickman last Mon
day
Butler Caldwell is attending
Chancery Court this week.
Charlie Jones and family were
shopping in Union City Saturday,
Herman Cloar, Of Clayton. was
here Sunday
Mrs. Annie Jones and children,
of Steward, Mo. are here on an ex-
tended visit to Mrs. Jones father,
Mr.. Joe Green.
Mr.. Matt Ray and family spent
Saturday night with relatives near
McAnna.
Albert Anderson. OF Mound City,
ILL.,, was the guest of his sister
Mrs. Sadie Caldwell Sunday.
Bob Caldwell. while in Union
City Saturday, lost his pocket
book which contained $50 In green-
back and some valuable notes.
VIOLET.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
NUMBER TEN

Mr.. w v Carter. of Riyes. visit
ed his parents, Mr., and Mrs. ", c.
Carter last Friday
Miss Bette Belcher spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Eta
Hammond
Mrs. Sarah Mcconnell spent
Wednesday with her mother, Mrs.
Abe Stanfeld.
Miss Lizzie Hammond went to
Union City Thursday to have some
dental work done.
Mr.. John Carter is improving
very fast.
Miss Mite Belcher visited her
cousins, Misses May and Florence
Noah, last week.
Misses Florence Noah and Mittie
Belcher spent Monday night with
relatives near Jordan.
Bro. Coleman will preach at San
ders Chapel the second Sunday in
April. Everybody invited.
Mrs Sarah Mcconnell and Miss
Mittie Belcher were the guests of
Mrs. L G. S. Hogan last week.
Mrs. T. L. Joyner spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Carter. SWEET RosE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
HoRNBEAK.

Mr.. Pink Erwin. wife and chill
dren came down from Union City to
spend a short while with DR.. J. w.
Yarbrough, brother of Mrs. Erwin
Prof. w L. Willingham is in
Lake County for weeks stay.
Mrs. S. NJ. Cothran has been
very Ill of bronchial asthma, but is
better at this writing.
Mr.. NJ. A. Davis left for Kenton
Monday.
Miss Lille Moultrie. after seven
months schooling at the w T. n
c., has returned to her home in Full
ton.
Miss Lizzie Cashen is teaching a
two months subscription school
The little daughter of Mr.. Cow
sen had the misfortune to fall from
the step and break her arm lately.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Usher and two
children are visiting relatives in
Obion and Kenton.
P. H. o. was in Hornbeak one
day last week.
Mrs. John Matt Caldwell spent
last week with her mother, Mrs,
Cashen.
Bro. Sam Kindall conducted sery-
ices at Cobb's Chapel Sunday even
ing A new church is being built
there.
Mrs. Nan Yarbrough is visiting
relatives in Dyer County.
Messrs. Orie and Iyie Williams
lost some very fine stock last week.
Mrs. Ray has returned from a
short stay in Elbridge.
Mrs. Sammie Grimmet has re-
turned to her home in Jackson.
Miss Cindy Johnson and Mr..
John White went to Union City
Tuesday. SYLvEN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
ROUTE NINE.

Tom Morris is clerking for A. e.
Caldwell & Co. Mr.. Caldwell is
now running free delivery wagon.
Misses Gertie Carlton, Elsie
Caldwell and Mai Brown are taking
music lessons of Miss Mabry-
Bro. Holder delivered fine SER
mon at Protemus Sunday morning
A large crowd heard him.
Bro. Wright preached two fine
sermons at Rogers Schoolhouse
Saturday night and Sunday. We
would be glad to meet Brother
Wright once a month.
Virdie Lee Brown has returned
home from Colorado, where he has
been for his health.
Mrs. Adell Haislip spent last
week with her mother, returning to
her home in Kenton, KY, Satur-
day. GREENE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
NUMBER THREE.

Rev. Theodore Hardin preached
an able sermon at the NJ. +. CHURCH
Sunday from Mark Is; 81
Mrs. n. B. Fluty attended the
funeral of her sister, Mrs. Inman,
of Hickman, last Friday.
Mrs. Luke Latimer, Of Beech.
was in our midst Sunday afternoon.
Miss Brs mham, of Woodland.
commenced her school at Crystal
last Monday.
Messrs. Will Huff and Vause
Williams, two of Crystals young
men, left for Missouri Sunday.
Misses Eula Caldwell and Rose
Huff have gone to work in the city
with the hello girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Morris, of
Rutherford, visited the latter's
father Saturday and Sunday.
Bob Joyner, Of Beech, was the
guest Of N. r. Fluffy and family
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. Aubrey Roberts is now in
business with E. L. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Green Cloar
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Boss Brown
Isbell Sunday.
Mr.. Honesty Russell gave quite
a pleasant working to his neigh
bors one day last week and when
noon came he INVITED them to the
dining room where the delicious
odor Of cooked rooster greeted their
nostrils, the dining room being
decorated with women and children.
Mrs. Ella Scott and daughter, ID
bic, we're guests OF Mrs. Hamilton
Sunday afternoon.
Uncle Jerry C1oar has recovered
from severe attack of heart fail.
ure and is now on the stage OF ac-
ton again.
Ed Luton. of Woodland, was
here last Friday.
Hugh Edd Mcdaniel had the
misfortune to lose fine two weeks
old colt last week.
Good old Culver, we were so
glad to see your face looking so
bright last Sunday.
John Caldwell and children, of
the city, were guests Of Ed Kersey
and family Sunday.
PUNCH AND JUDY.
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RIvEs,

Dr. White was in Union City on
professional business Tuesday.
Miss Sadie Fry of Kenton, is the
guest of Miss Hattie Clemmons
this week.
Miss Leiron Bonner visited rela-
tives in Kenton Saturday and Sum
day.
]. II. Bittick is suffering severely
from sore hand, having stuck a
nail in 1t about week ago.
Misses Fleda Preuett and Edna
Clark spent Friday night and Sat-
urday with friends in Union City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Crittendon, Of
Number Seven. visited the family
of JAS. Mills, Tuesday.
Estel Callicott, of near Mt. Pelia,
was in town Tuesday.
Caldwell avenue was graded this
week. Also a new residence is be-
ing erected on this street.
Mr.. Huffman and Lee Miller fell
from the scaffold on DIR. Callicott's
house one day last week and were
badly bruised.
Miss Grace Harris, who is work
ing in Union City, visited home
folks Sunday
Miss Agnes Palmer is now re-
ceiying instructions in music from
Prof. Ownby, of Union City.
Miss Nell Clemmons was in Union
City shopping Saturday. CHUMs.
An occasional dose of Prick.y Ash
Bitters keeps the system healthy,
wards off disease AMI maintains
strength and euergy. Richard
Polk, special agent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
BAD HEALTH.
Worry, Oyerwork, Hasty Eating, Ex.
cesslve Use Of Liquors, Loss Of
Sleep, Neglect Of Natures
Calls. These Bring onthe
Deadly Bright's Disease.
Thousands Die Of it Every Year.

Kidney disease is the enemy we have
most to fear as result of the feverish
restlessness of modern civilization. II
Is treacherous enemy, working out its
deadly effect under cover of the most
trifing symptoms The first indication
of changes in the urine, frequent head
aches, digestive troubles, should be the
signal for prompt remedial measures.
Prickly Ash Bitters is kidney remedy
of the greatest merit; it is soothing,
healing and strengthening, quickly re-
lieves the aching or soreness that always
appears in advanced stages, checks the
progress of the disease and through its
excellent cleansing and regulating effect
in the stomach, liver and bowels, it
brings back the strength and ruddy glow
Of vigorous health.
Accept no Substitute. Insist on having
the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
large hgure 3 IN redon the front label.
Sold EseryNhere, Price 500 per bAtale.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
PLEASANT HILL.

Misses Ina Long and Maggie
Harper spent Sunday with Misses
Sallie and Martha Wade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Shore. of Rives,
visited Mrs. Lucy Shore Sunday.
Miss Matte Calhoun visited her
uncle, Mr.. John Thorn, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. +. McLeskey aud
Miss Davis Shropshire spent the
day in Fulton Sunday.
Miss Ada Edmaiston visited in
Rives one day this week.
Miss May Houser has dismissed
her school in Number Seven and is
at home again.
A r n
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
NUMBER TWELVE.

Misses Mary and Kate Wilson
were the guests Of Miss Irene Fer.
gusoD Sunday.
Miss Mamie Calhoun visited her
cousin, Mrs. Rispy Wyatt, Sunday.
P. H. Owen and handsome wife
attended church here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Tidwell spent
a few days this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mcbride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Elinor were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Newt
Hutchinson Saturday night.
Mrs. Dollie Cole visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ida Ray, Sunday.
Miss Pearl Hampton and Miss
Florence Wilson visited Miss Lucy
Thurman Sunday. BROWNIE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
NORTHSIDE LOCALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Whitsell have
returned from visit to Missouri.
Mrs. Cage Hale is reported some
better at this writing.
Miss Lula Naylor returned home
from Polk Sunday accompanied by
her friends, Miss Bonnie Polk, who
returned home Wednesday.
Rev. Johnson will fill the pulpit
at Bethlehem next Sunday. Every
body cordially invited.
Mr.. Robert Caruthers made a
flying trip to Kentucky Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie Moss spent few
days in the city with her son, Chas.,
the early part of the week.
Misses Bessie and Ruth Coleman
spent Sunday near Liberty and at
tended church at that place.
Miss Marietta Latimer spent
Tuesday night with Topsy. =
Mrs. Dora Reeves closed very
successful school near Clayton and
she is now again at home. She
has secured the fall term at same
place.
The doors of Mr.. and Mrs. Ned
MAYORS beautiful country home
were thrown open Monday night
to the young people of that com.
munity and hours of real pleasure
were spent in that home and those
who attended report very delight
full time, and hope ere long we can
enjoy the same sweet pleasures in
the same place, for indeed this IS a
place for dreamy pleasures.
ToPsY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07

A daily paper for 81 year is some
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and children, is sent to subscribers for
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address the Chicago Review Co., 500
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$500 Pacific coast

Tickets on sale daily from Chica-
10 March | to May Is via. the Chi
cago, Union Pacific q North West
ern Line. CorrespondinglY 10 W
rates from all points. Daily and
personally conducted excursions
through without change to San
Francisco, Los Angeles. and Port
land, only 81 for double berth. Full
particulars on application to w. B.
Kniskem, F.. #. Nj, G, & N w. Ry,
Chicago.
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a pandN Cor Rurns.

DR.. Bergin, Pana, Ill, writes: 81
have used Billiards. Snow Liniment:
always recommended it to my friends,
as ! am confident there is no better
made. 1T is dandy for burns.
Those who live on farms are especially
liable to many accidental cuts, burns,
bruises, which heal rapidly when Bal
lard's Snow Eminent is applied. 1t
should always be kept in the house for
cases Of emergency ]" 25c, SOC, 81 per
bottle at Martin-Allen Drug Co., Nail
ling corner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07

WANTED--Ladies and Gentleman
in this and adjoining territories TO
represent and advertise the Whole
sale and Education Departments OF
an old established house Of solid finan-
cial standing. Salary $3.50 per day
with expenses advanced each Monday
bN check direct from headquarters.
Horse and buggy furnished when ne
cessary; position permanent. Adj
dress, Blew Bros. & Co., Dept. 4,
Monon Bldg, Chicago, iii.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07
NUMBER ONE.

Mrs. S. w. Hardy spent Thurs
day in Number Seven with her
mother, Mrs. Hunt.
Mrs. Chas. Parham and little
daughter, Katherine. of May6eid,
are the guests of Mrs. j. r. Cheat
ham this week.
Miss Pearl Chambers spent Sat
urday with homefolks.
Mrs. ]. M. Massengill and chill
dren, and sister, Miss Mary Cheat
ham, spent the latter portion of
last week with Mrs. Knox Everett.
Mrs. w, q. Massengill and daugh-
ter. Miss Pollard, spent Sunday
afternoonin Mcconnell with Mrs.
Ray Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Walls and
children visited relatives IN Fulton
Sunday.
Mr.. Will Adams, of Union City,
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
Jim Chambers.
Mrs. Mary Holman and grand
son, Randolph Holman, visited rel
atives in Number One Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Fry spent
Sunday in Fulton with Mr.. Fry's
mother.
Miss Ina Woods spent several
days last week with Mrs. Annie
Ross in Number Sixteen.
Mrs. Tom Jernigan and little
son, Austin, and Mrs A. B. Cheat
ham spent Saturday night in Full
ton with Mrs. lube Felts,
Mr.. Buret Chambers. OF Fulton,
was in our neighborhood last Sun
day.
Mrs. L. d. Allen and children
spent Saturday night with Miss
Nora Thomas.
Miss Kathleen Chambers, of Full
ton, spent Sunday with Miss Katie
Shupe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Moss and
son, Douglas. visited relatives in
the country Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Chambers EN-.
tertained number of young friends
at their home Friday evening. A
large crowd was present and all re-
ported good time. RUBY.
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Habituai consultation il the door
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07

Ordinary household accidents have
no terrors when there's bottle of Dr.
Thomas Electric OH in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises,
sprains. Instant relief. At the Moss
Pharmacy
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07

Habitual constipation is the door
through which many Of the serious
ills OF the body are admitted. The
occasional Use of Prickly Ash Bit
ters will remove and cure this dis
PRESSING condition Richard Polk,
special agent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-07

It's the little colds that grow into
big colds; the big colds that end in
consumption and death. Watch the
little colds. DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup, Moss Pharmacy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
FALLS DEAD OVER COFFIN
Mrs. Allen Takes Last Look al
Brother When Heart Sud-
denly Stops.

New Haven, conn.-At the, bier OF
her dead brother, George S. Allen, who
died suddenly of heart disease the 9TH
er DAY, Mrs. Mathilda Allen Warner
of Middleboro, VT, dropped dead of thu
same disease.
Mrs. Warner arrived in the city with
her sister, Mrs. D. Stewart, and her
niece, Mrs. Philip Manchester. to visit
her brother, whom she supposed was
alive and well. On her arrival Mrs.
Warner learned of her brothers sud
den Death and was Frustrated. Prep
arations were made for the funeral
the family gathered about the coffin
the next afternoon. Mrs. Warner, as
she leaned over to gaze on her broth
cr's face, suddenly fell forward across
the casket, as though giving way to
her grief. When she was taken up b.
the members of the family she had
ceased to breathe. A physicion was
summoned, who said her death was in.
Simultaneous. A double funeral was
held IN the Allen home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
OFFICER TORN TO PIECES
Revenge of a Russian Regiment on
Its Chief for Brutal Muir
der Of a Soldier.

odessa, Russia.-A remarkable let.
ter received from a soldier in the Sew
enty-frst (Bielavsky) regiment, sta.
toned at Novo-Alexandria, province
CT Lublin, is reported to have been re-
celved here, relating how the comman-
der OF the brigade, Maj. Gen. Remis,
was literally torn to pieces by the regi-
:nent after he had brutally murdered
a corporal. IF - - 49,
The general appeaSed before the
regiment and acknowledged that the
Fourteenth army corps, of which the
regiment is part, had been ordered
TO the front. He added, however, that
he could not accompany the corps to
the front. - 49,.
Then there were cries Of '.scoun-
drel!" and Coward" from the ranks.
Approaching our company" con-
tlnues the writer, where on the right
flank stood the company commander
and a corporal, he pointed his revolve::
at the latter and demanded: "Tell me
Immediately, you reptile, who shouted
among your men, a~.-sa~- =4-~s@s~.
luz corporal replied That nobody in
our company had shouted
You lie, you dog!' returned the
general, and fired. The corporal fell
dead. ss4
Not. satisfied with this, the general
aimed at him a second time and fired.
but the bullet missed him, hitting, in
stead: the company commander, who
also stumbled and fell on the shot. It
is impossible to comprehend what
happened then. Like tigers the SOL
diers threw themselves upon him and
IN less than a minute all that remained
Of the brilliant general was shapeless,
mutflated flesh.
''The commanders Of the Seventy
first and Seventy-seeond regiments
called on the Cossacks, but when the
latter fell upon the men the soldiers
net them with a volley from aearly
1000 rifles. When the dust hal set
tied there were stretched on the ground
aoout*30 Cossacks. Besides, also, the
commander of the Seyenty-second regi-
nent was killed, and our own COM
maE6er was left wounded in the breast
lie was removed from the scene by an
officer as not a single soldier would
stir from his place." = ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13

$40 for this belt? Remember, I am
going to leave it with each one of you,
to pass up any amount, from one to
twenty dollars no less than one, no
more than twenty, and the more lib
eral you are with me, the more gen.
erous I can be with YOU" And look
ing straight at a we'll dressed business
man. he said:
Haven't you confidence enough in
me to pay me $40 for this belt?"
Yes, sir, l have,' said the man
passing up a $40 bill and receiving a
belt.
'Now," said the CRATER, Il wish you
would stand right over on this side
of.the carriage until 1 ask you to hold
up your belt. Now" he continued
"who will give me $40 for this one?"
and turning to one Of three colored
men who stood near, he said: "Have
you got $40, sir?"
Eyes, sab, has," came the reply.
well, then, give it to me and take
this belt" shouted the CRATER, and
the darby meekly did as requested.
"Now," said the CRATER, you tand
on this other side of the carriage"
Then he asked for a IS investor, at
the same time announcing that one
or two dollars would be accepted, and
Immediately a flood of one and two
dollar bills came pouring in.
Those who paid one dollar he lined
up IN one row, and the two dollar men
in another, admonishing al that none
should leave until he was through
with them.
After the one and two dollar rush
he called for ano her five dollar in
vestor, still repeating: "The more
liberal you are with me, the more gen
erous l can be with YOU Two men
came forward. each with S. bill
and then four more followed, all OF
whom were lined up by themselves.
At this juncture he began another
talk on the wonderful curative proper.
ties of the belts. and then called TO,
four more $50 investors, whom he
soon found, together with still, five
others, making altogether ten s2(
dupes.
Turning to the two colored men who
stood looking on, he said: 'WhJ
haven't you men bought?"
Because we hain't got no money
came the. reply. y =: Ia
!. Addressing their. colcred co1arade il
the $40 row, the CRATER said =
| Here. loan these men two dollars
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13

LOSS OF !. APPETITE ! Il r.:
Cold Swe ats, Twitchino Nerves and
Weakness Cured by pr. Williams
%f:. r. Pink Pilin 90 e 7. ~ TT

x sessa5 =, I0As S,lyl8s - - =
rs Nature Furnishes every infraction Of
her laws, aud careless habits easily lead
TO the condition described by Mr.. Will
liam Browne, of No. 1919 Lincoln street,
ST. Joseph, Mo. Mr.. Browne is an ex-
pert timer in the employ Of the National
Biscuit Go. He gives the following aos
count Of a trying experience: j.
- IN the spring Of 1902" he says,
"while I was regularly working at my
trade, I grew somewhat careless in my
habits of eating and drinking, and finally
taste fingered in my mouth, my nerves
twitched and were beyond my control,
my kidneys were out Of order and cold
sweats would break out over my body at
odd times. Perhaps, while stood talk
ing with some one, this trembling
of the limbs, and profuse sweating, and
"a severechill would seize me. became
alarmed at my condition and, having
read an endorsement of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, I got a box and began to use
them. They helped me at once. After
| I had used one box the twitching Of the
| nerves, the trouble with the stomach
and the cold sWeats stopped and have
not reappeared, and my appetite is good.
have told all my friends that DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills cured me and recon-
mend them. to- everybody"
! DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mr.
Browne because nothing can strengthen
the nerves except good rich, red blood
and DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually
make new blood. They don't act on tbs
bowels. They don't bother with mere
symptoms. They drive from the blood
the cause of an@mia, indigestion, ner-
vous disorders, general weakness and
the troubles of growing girls and women.
The pills are guaranteed to be free
from opiates Or harmful drugs. Sold by
all druggists, or by tho DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
T|CER|SH MANIAC
HUNTED ! D. TO death, ! /
~ #I 1EstN 4:Z sz4E E6%
STAYS HIMSELF IN VIEW Of
PURSUING MOB IN OHIO.
TERRORIZED COUNTRYSIDE
Had Run Amuck with Gun and Torch
for Three Days Before Being
Brought to Bay His
:. Deeds of Violence.

Lorain, O.-On the point of capture
by a sheriff's posse, Peter Pitts, the
maniac who for three days terrorized
Lorain, shot himself dead the other day
in full view of the band of armed farm
ers who were pursuing him.
For three days he ran amuck through
a territory of 20 miles in extent, firing
upon men and women, burning farm
houses and driving people from their
homes to places of safety in the city.
Young, powerfully built, cunning, Pitts
as maniac was more dangerous than 4
sane man, however vicious, would have
been. Farmers were afraid to approach
him, even with loaded rifles and shot
guns.
Pitts first deed of violence was when
he fired thrice from cornfield upon
Miss Mary Heckler. His next was when
he set the torch to the Heckler home
stead, burning it to the ground After
ward he attempted to fire another house,
but was driven away.
Two days later he piled ties on the
dCA0 VI IAO 1L0hC 0AOAV cACCIA ~ 41AC,
but the motorman of the Toledo Linz
tied car discovered the obstruction in
time to avert mishap.
The country was aroused. Women
and children sought shelter in the ham,
let's and in Lorain. Fhe men formed
themselves into armed companies and
secured the land from Avon to Lorain,
ready to kill the man on sight. That
night 500 men paroled the highroads,