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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

Her scorn of military authority comes
OF loyalty to the blackleg gambler who
has taken care of her, and is pursued
for a crime which he has falsely con-
fessed TO in order to save the coloneI's
daughter from shame. Wild Nell is one
more Miss In the hundreds that have
been on the stage since Bret Harte
created the first one.
Ten new plays so like the hundreds
of old ones that they might be made
with scissors, paste brushes and stencil
plates, have been presented here within
ter days. Ruled Off the Turf has an
honest horse jockey punished for some
one else's throwing of race. ION
Dangerous Ground" has a heroine held
a prisoner in Chinatown, and so they
go on with repetitions of familiar
things. Laughter is the worst that can
befall serious piece on a first-class
stage, but those that draw most
strongly at the low price theaters are
played to such merry hullabaloo that
although the actors are chosen for
loud voices, much of the language is
lost in the din of levity. Adventures
from the nickel novels of Old Sleuth
and Blizzard Bill are so Iudicrous in
a melodrama that, while they delight
their congenial audiences, they are
y
The makers of plays of crude force.
of tragedies that are farces, are most
ly unknown to fame. Two who have
gained some celebrity with dramas of
original merit are Charles Z. Blaney
and Theodore Kremer. SO l went eX-
pectantly to see "A Child Of the Regi-
ment" and Bertha, the Sewing Ma
chine Girl" l found that they had
struck out from the sameness of their
own grade of work, but had done t
by taking material fromSa higher range
of authors. Blaney assemblies in "A
Child of the Regiment" other familiar
characters that Bret Harte's waif girl
with a gambler for a guardian. The
bluff old ranchman and. his cowboys
from Arizona" are recognized. The
outlaw hero of 1.-THE Girl from the Col
den West" again flees from justice
through a snow storm and is protected
by the heroine. Still more remarka BILE
are the transfers from THE Girl
Left Behind Me-" for pieces of plot and
action, as w2ll as Characterization, are
derived from that source. The sensa-
tional episode seems to be a dovetailing
of the duel on the burning bridge in
Cumberland 81" with the COnquering
nero carrying the vanquished foe out Of
danger, and the simeon episode III I'm
der Two Flags" with it's conflict in a
binding whirlwind; but in the adapta-
ton the peril of the elements is changed
from fire to II blizzard, with snow in
stead of sand binding and suffocating
the antagonists. A very stirring spec
tacle is made thereby. Indeed, the su-
periority of the matter in "A Child of
the Regiment over the average knock
down and drag out melodrama is shown
in the behavior of it's audiences. They
listen and watch attentively, applaud
the strenuous passages, and-what
means more-don't laugh at tFem.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

Few of my readers are old enough 10
have read Bertha, the Sewing Machine
Girl" when il was a serial story in the
bordered pages of one os those long
absolute fiction weeklies, of which Bon
ner's Ledger was type. In those days,
J. j. McCloSkey made many plays for
the Old Bowery, and he dramatized this
tale of tender love and tough toll for
that theatre. Now Kremer uses the
title, the girl, the sewing machine an !
some other things from Bertha, the
Sewing Machine Girl" But he begins
with a seizure from Adolph D'Ennery s
1.-TWO Orphans" In that masterpiece
of French melodrama, you may remem-
Der foster sisters are abducted upon
their arrival in Paris, Henrietta by /
libertine and the blind Louise by thiev-
ing beggars; after which the adventures
of the stolen maidens are carried along
in-two plots during their cruel separa-
ton. and the skill of the playwright
never iumbles the branches of his story
nor confuses a point of interest. OF
Kremers sister,. Bertha is the girl Of
the sewing machine, and the blind one
is named Jessie. We first see them
waited for at a railway station in New
York, just as Henrietta and Louise
were at "A stagecoach terminal in Paris,
and in the same way they are torn
apart, the sightless one being carried off
by a woman whose ragged skirts in
dictate sordid poverty, and the other by
a man whose trousers are creased as
a token Of fashionable wealth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

Because his wife has grown fat a
Pensylvanian is suing for divorce.
Now will the vendors of anti-fat nos
trums kindly look pleasant?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

The Illinois Democratic convention
sustained both Sullivan and Bryan. the
difference being that Mr.. Bryan was
Endorsed against his will.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
SITE FOR A LARGE WAREHOUSE
Spurin Brothers Pay $4,000 for Valu-
able Frontage on North
Main Street

| Ben White reports the following sales
of city property, amounting to nearly
| $40, GOO:
| Augusta Johnson to DeKalb and John
r. Spurlin, a lot facing on North Main
street, 200x110 feet to an alley together
with three eight-room houses, being
| 1916 to 1864 North Main street, $4,000.
| The Spurlin brothers intend to erect
a large warehouse covering the entire
| property, very soon.
| A fifty-foot lot on the east side Of
Schlosser avenue, 300 feet north Of
Franklin street, for Jennie Dawley.
$500.
Two lots 5Ox17O feet each, with a
five-room house and other improve
ments, on the southwest corner Of
Melrose and Corrina streets, for Will
bur Thayer to B. l.. Doane, $4,000.
The ten-room residence at 1912 South
Burlington avenue, lot 50x100 feet, for
Ana B. Van Dyke to j. N. Cocker,
$500.
A seven-room house and five-room
house, lot 50x160 feet, on Homeside
street, 300 feet north of Santa Monica
avenue, to e. L. Ferris, $4,000.
A six-room house and lot at SAT East
Thirty-first street, to Della Burns, $4,000.
For Ida Wildey to l.. o. Beamer 4
ten-room house at 204 East Fifty-fifth
street, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
BANK CLEARINGS
FOR THREE YEARS
MARKED INCREASE FOR THE
YEAR 1906
Convincing Proof Of the Growth and
Importance Of Los Angeles as
Commercial center-lnter-
esting Comparisons

Special interest always attaches to
the Los Angeles bank clearings for the
reason that the showings invariably
indicate eloquent and convincing ex-
hibits of steady growth and business
prosperity.
The volume of business transacted
through the local banks each day and
month is simply enormous, and every
report of the clearing house gives fur
ther evidence of the vast interests
centered in Los Angeles and Southern
California.
Below are given the clearings for
1906 and for the years 1905 and 1904
for the purpose of comparison:
1906 (estimated) $3.50, ,o1o, 1861
1905 ............ 478,oo5,2o8.4O
1904 ............ 345,343,o56.35
Clearings by quarters ending
December 81:
1906 (estimated) $3.50, sos, ,206.63
1905 ............ :. 128,2o7 ,243.o3
1904 ........... oS,265,075.47
Clearings for December:
1906 (estimated).. $55,000,0oo.0O
1905 ............ 41,836,22o.06
1904 -. 37,5O0,25o.45
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

THE above showing is abundant evil
- ldence of the wonderful expansion
of Los Angeles, a city that grows
every month by the mile, the total
mileage frontage by the year being con-
servatively estimated at thirty-three
miles.
In the above list of permits appear
1862 for class d structures of one to
four stories, these being new homes
erected to shelter people who are flock
ing to Los Angeles. from every quarter
of the globe. Better dwellings and
business houses are in constant demand.
List of Big Structures
Below is list of the larger business
structures and other buildings finished
or in course of erection, the total Valu-
alton being $4,35S,S54 No reference is
made to buildings under $42 900 in value:
Broadway, South, sol to S29 in
clusive-Hamburger Realty
and Trust company, owner
and builder; seVen-story re-
tail department store. .,.....$1, 900, 900
Broadway, 716-71S-72O South
NJ. A. Newmark, Los Angeles
street, owner; Leonardo,
lofts ..........,..,.,...... 500. 900
j. Johnson RlYersluei Cal.I
owner; p. M. Johnson,
goods store .......,....... $4,000
Broadway, 412-41S South
Elizabeth Martz, owner;
Child, Hatton g. Field, build
ers; reconstruction of build
Broadway. 645-657 South-The
Tehama company &c. 4. Earl,
president), owner; Paul
Haupt, builder; seven-s story
SLOfe ....s.s.... ...'..sss.. S1OOiVVU
Southwest corner of Sixth and
Broadway, John III. Norton,
owner, siX-story and base
ment class A building for H.
JeVne NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $20O,OOO
Broadway, 4SO-4s4 south-Bu-
miller estate, owner; c.
Leonardt builder; siX-story
store and office building, S125,000|
Southwest corner of Hill and
Fourth streets, ten-story
class A building; Wright q
Calender company 80. =. S35O,OOO
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
VALUE OF CULTIVATED LANDS
Orange Groves Bought for Investment.
Acreage in Yucaipe Valley and
Near Compton

j. H. Judson has sold to c. E. Haw-
ley an orange grove of twenty-four
acres at San Dimas for $28,000. Eleven
town lots, with cottage and dwelling
on ranch, go with the property.
r. B. Robbins has paid John r. Will
liams $26,500 for a we'll cultivated
ranch of 10S acres near Ell Monte.
j. B. Nichols has sold to the Cali
fornia Eastern Securities company
tract of 1SO acres near Compton at $3.50
per acre.
1t is reported that syndicate of Los
Angeles capitalists has acquired 1867
acres in the Yucaipe valley for colo
nization purposes. 1t is planned to es-
tablish a new town on a tract of $40
acres. The balance of the acreage to
be subdivided into tracts of ten to forty
acres
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
QUICK ADVANCES ON FLOWER
Construction Company Nets $25oo in
Three Months on Purchase of
Flat Building

The following sales are reported by
the Heron Realty company:
For the Mercereau Bridge and Con-
struction company to local syndi-
cate, house and lot at 92S-30-S2 South
Flower street; consideration, $25,000
The lot is fifty feet by 1856 in depth,
struction, rented for $141 a month.
Three months ago the bridge construc-
ton firm bought the property from
John Anderson for $4,000.
The company also reports the sale of
1888 South Flower for William Wright
to Mary Wieligman. The lot is so by
150 feet and improved with an eight
room two-story frame residence. The
purchase price was $500.
Ida M. Bosley sold through the same
agents to Mrs. Mary Woodcock va
cant lot on Flower street, 250 feet south
of Sixteenth. consideration said to be
$500.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
BIG REAL ESTATE DEALS
FOR 10O6IN LOS ANGELES
MARVELLOUS ACTIVITY FOR THE YEAR
Over Fifteen Millions Involved in Central Busi
ness and Close-In Business Property
Just a Few of thA Lead
ING Transactions


IN
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age ii
Angeles wonderful the
a
history
Partial List of Important DeaI
deratlon improvements
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
100000

| On South Hill street - J. W.
| Robinson & Co.; addition to
Boston store :....:........ $1,000
| Pease Investment company,
| 957 Hoover street. owner; c.
Leonardt, builder; eight
story furniture store. ...... $1,000
Hill street, S45 South-Percival
Estate company, 306 North
Los Angeles, owner; j. e.
Kitchen, builder; five-story
l25-room apartments 49,. $3.50
Hill street, North-Board of
education, Los Angeles city,
owner; F. o. Engstrom,
builder; three-story science
building high school. ....., $92. g.
Southwest corner of Spring
and Fifth streets, ten-story
class A building, Central
Building company, owners. $500,
Spring street, 524-52S South
Meyer Lissner and Mathilda
Cohn, owners; siX-story 1922
room brick building. ....... $1,000,
Spring street, 221 North-In-
ternational Savings bank,
city, owner; Il. o. Engstrom
company, builders; n-story
office and store building. $175,0l
Spring street, 52426-2S South
Meyer Lessner and Ma
thilda Cohn, owners; c. f.
Whittlesey g. Co., builders;
six-story stores and offices., $4,000
Southwest corner of Main and
Fourth streets-J. b. Ian
kershim. owner, X-storya
class A building ......., $325, 0(
Ninth street, 1928 West-J. l..
Murphy, o, II. Johnson build
ing, owner; w. ii. Jones,
builder; four-story 150-room
apartment house ..,.,.. $50, ,0(
Pico street, 407-409 West
Victor and N. j. Ponet. Hol-
lywood. owners; w. III. Jones,
builder; three-story brick
apartment house ....... $4,000
Central avenue, 202-S. NJ. Ber-
nard company, owner; III. j.
Myers, builder; four-story
brick store ..,.....,.... $500
Commercial street, 312 TO 500
East inclusive-Los Angeles
Warehouse company, 101
Court street, owner and
builder; four-story concrete
warehouse .,,,,....,....,.. $4,000
Santa Fe avenue. 3O1 to 395--
Santa Fe Railroad company,
owner; g. Leonardt, builderi
two-story freight house.... $4,000
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

Lot 95x159 feet on the north
west corner of Ninth and
Hill streets, sold by S. l..
Bernstein, Milo Baker, Stella
Weaver, H. w. Frank eft al.
to the Consolidated Realty
company; price ........
Lot on the southwest corner
of Figueroa and Pico streets,
104X175 feet to an alley, sold
by Mrs. Adele Lautch to the
Los Angeles Masonic Temple
association; price ..........
Lot at S34 South Hill street,
60x161 feet, sold by Hambur-
ger Realty and Trust COM
pany to Title Insurance and
Trust company; price.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

Olive street, 619-623 South
Eliza A. Lewis. owner; Fl.
Wiechmann & Son. builders;
four-story apartments ....,. $4,000
Ninth street. 200 East. T.
and Charles Allen, 611-613
East Third street, owners;
Duncombe Construction
company, builder; three
story. forty siX-room brick
apartment house ....... $4,000
Wiltshire boulevard. 2600-M.
Hershey, Grand avenue and
Forty-tirst street, owner;
Barr Harrington Realty Co.,
builder; three-story, sixty
= fiye-room private hotel. -. $4,000
association, city, owner;
Noyes & Boggs, builders
two-story Shriners' auditor
ium $500
F. Brown (Home Telegraph
and Telephone company,
owner; three-story telephone
Bimini place, 17O-19o-Bimini '
Maule & Roberts, builders;
,two-story bath house. ..:.:' $4,000
AlhamPra inr b., ,aotnIe avenue, 2Oo1-Edio
East Fourth street, owner
and builder; four story pow
er house :...... 100000
F. o. Hartman, 925 East
Washington, owner; F. o.
Engstrom, builder; two
ment house 80. ss2,657
Winston street. 125-127-129-
131-W. p. Jeffries Co., 129
South Spring street owner;
c. j. Kubach & Co., builders;
seven story wholesale and
light manufacturing ..... $4,000
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
QUICK PROFIT ON PIC0 STREET

Donnell report having sold for local
investors to Henry s. Williams lot
6Ox185 feet on the north side of Pieo
street, midway between Main and Hill
streets, unimproved, for $4,000 or 5000
front foot.
Tine sellers purchased this property
through l-r. Halsey six weeks ago for
$27 900, or at $3.50 front foot, thereby
making a profit Of $4,000 in the short
time mentioned.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
$4,000
Sale in South End

Brice Grimes reports the following
sale:
w. S. Hooker to Mrs. Myrtle Thomp-
son, five-room cottage on the corner
of Fiftieth street and Moneta avenue
price $2S00.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

Jane, don't you think that sweet
heart of yours is a procrastinator?
i've been suspectin' it, mum, but
he always uses a breath perfumer and
l can't be sure. Houston Post
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
100000
100000
s1S5.oOO
BUILDING VALUATION
GOING OVER A MILLION
INCOMPLETE OFFICIAL REPORT
FOR DECEMBER
Permits to Date Reach 482, with Inn
provements Valued at $933,675.
One Class A Steel Structure in the
List-Nineteen Glass c

The incomplete report of Chief Build
ing Inspector Backus for the month
of December, 1906 is as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
Classified Statement

Permits and valuation of improve
ments in Los Angeles from December
1 to date:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
BY THE MILE
in CITY OFLOS ANGELES
OVER $500 NEW HOMES ERECTED
Total Valuation of improvements in Angel City
for the Year 1906 Was $18,5O2,446, an In
crease of $3,OOOOOO Over 19O5-I1ist
of the Larger Structures


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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30
Improvements by Wards

improvements in the various wards
since December "a were as follows:
Permits Value
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

Real Estate and
Classified Section
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
ANOTHER STRIKE DECISION
Judge Holds That Union Men May
Picket Plants and Use Persua.
sion on NOn-UniOnists.

Milwaukee. Nov. 30-Judge James
J. Dick, of Beaver Dam, Wis, has
handed down decision that men may
organize and form unions. and that
such unions as a body may strike with
out the action being conspiracy, and
that strikers may use persuasion in an
endeavor TO prevent others taking their
places of employment.
The case grew out of the hearing of
a contempt of court case against A. G.
Humphrey and three local unions,
charging them with ignoring an injunc-
tiOnal order of court in which Commits
siOner Ryan restrained them from in
terfering with On-uniOn men employed
by a local foundry. Judge Dick was
called to try the case after affidavits
of prejudice had been filed against
three local circuit judges.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Local JOttin9S.
Christmas comes next.

-LuIlSEuldS hCAI.
You can have the Herald sent
TO your home fromlnow until Jan.
1. 1903, for $3.50.
Arch Sampson, lone of the Her
aids faithful workers, { Cpassed
Thanksgiving under the parental
roof at Platteville.
There is a brisk demand for
men TO work in the woods in the
n lrthern part of the state. Wis
consin camps are offering from $2S
to $35 per month, and find it difficult
TO get crews at these wages.
Off sial returns of the recent
election, as sent to the secretary of
state at Madison by the county
clerks, show that Gov. Davidson
was elected by the largest plurality
ever giveni Wisconsin candidate
for governor in an off year. The
plurality Is 79,301.
There are two ways of spend
ing 2 dollar. You can spend it at
home, gain an easy conscience,
make another friend and perhaps
get the dollar back tomorrow, or
you send it away, feel that you
have sinned, offend the home mer-
chant and forever lose the dollar
and the iblessed influence for good
TO yourself and neighbor.
The big maIl-order houses have
sent notices to their customers to
the effect that they will fill no more
orders for sugar or flour. This act is
an admission that they cannot COM
pete with the country merchant on
articles that cannot be misrepre-
scented. Therefore. it is fair con-
clusion that if the mail order houses
cannot compete with the country
merchant on these articles. neither
can they compete on other articles.
If patrons of these houses will take
the trouble to compare the cata-
logue price on standard articles
with the prices local merchants put
on the same goods they will find it
the cheapest to trade at home,
besides saving cost of freight or
express.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Notice

Supt. Nye, assisted by Prof.
Schuster, will hold a Teachers
meeting at Bloomington on Satur-
day OF next week. Dec. Sth. Papers
will be presented by Prin. Emily
Curlett of Mt. Hope high school,
Prin. F. NJ. Bray of Cassville high
school, and others.
Prof. Schuster will give an IL
Illustrated lecture at Beetown on
Tuesday eve, Dec. 4; at North
Andover on Thursday evening,
Dec. 6; and will deliver an address
in the Baptist church at Blooming
ton on Friday evening. Dec. 9TH.
Educational subjects of interest to
all will be discussed, and the public
are earnestly invited to be present.
CHAS. II. NYE,
94t2 &C. Supt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
HE ACCUSES AN ATHLETE
College President Says the Physical
Instructor Does Not Behave
Himself.

Des MOines. Ia, Nov. 30.-President
Longwell, of Highland Park college. in
this city. created sensation in Iowa
athletic circles be- demanding the reSig
nation of Physical IntructOr McLaugh
lin. whom he charge with drinking
whisky in his home with Il young WON
an student. playing poker Sunday night
with men and women students of the
college. and of conduct toward women
students unbecOming a professor.
The complaint was filed by. Miss
Alice Hopper. dean of the women
department. who alleges that girls con-
fessed to her the alleged unbecOming
actions of the professor, and related a
scene at Il poker game wrCre whisky
was passed. Mclaughlin has engaged
lawyers. and says lie will sue the col
lcge for breach of contract and Miss
Hopper for SANDER He is a married
man. .,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Evening sp oiled.
CO. Supt

Gertrude Atherton. the novelist, was
condemning the ormons and their
WAYS.
Imagine" she said, "a Mormon
wife and husband, on a cool autumnal
evening. sitting by their coy CRATE,
she with her knitting, he with a book
or a newspaper. The wife looks up
affectionately every little while. think
ing tLat she is lucky TO have secured
such 2 considerable, home loving chap
for a mate, when suddenly the man
rises and takes his hat and gloves.
Where are you going. dear? the
wife asks gently.
TO see young Miss Smith, the hus-
band replies L have an appointment
with her She IS to give me her an
swer tonight Philadelphia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN
Probably Attempted to Draw 1t Il
Him by the Muzzle While Duck
Hunting.

Mount Clemens, Mich, Nov. so. =
Anthony Ameis. aged 40, prominent
real estate dealer and a partner in
the extensive carp fisheries at Lake
ST. Clair, was accidentally killed with
his own shotgun while duck hunting.
He telephOned to his partner, Carl
SchweikaTt. to bring a rig to the lake
to take him home. When Schweihart
arrived he walked out into the marsh
and found Ameis' body on the bank
with the duck boat drawn up and the
gun pointing out Of the boat toward
the body.
Ii is believed the gun exploded as
Ameis attempted to drawn it from
the boat by the mlizzle. The charge
entered his left breast near the heart
A year ago Ameis' son shot himself
in the arm in the same manner and
near the same place. Ameis leaves a
wife and children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

O'Brien in the lead and Burns follow
ing and doing all the leading. Burns
several times asked O'Brien to stand
up to him, but it was no go. O'Brien' S
tactics seemed to be to wear out his
antagonist, but up to the twentieth
round both men were lively on their
feet. and there was much gore on their
faces.
Following is the twentieth round:
JeffrieS used all his strength TO force
them apart from a clinch. Burns sent
his left to the head as they broke.
Burns appeared somewhat less vigor-
Gus. and weakened when O'Brien
planted hard left to the jaw. In u
clinch that followed Burns head
seemed to wobble and he was not so
vicious. He chung fully twenty Sec
onds to avoid punishment and Jeffries
used his shoulders to push Burns away.
The fight was declared a draw by
Referee JeffrieS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
express
Announcement.

County Superintendent of Schools,
g. H. Nye has announced that he will
not be a candidate for reelection this
spring, and papers are being circulated
for the nomination of Mr.. Francis M.
Bray. principal of the Cassville high
school
Mr.. Bray is graduate of the Platte
vile State Normal school and the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, and is an expert
ancpd and successful educator.
His education and seven years Of eX-
Derience in the various grades of
school work will qualify him for the
office which he seeks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Drowned Herself in the Cistern.

Charleston, ILL.,. Nov 30.-Nlrs. Rob
ert Mayhem committed suicide by
drowning herself in the family cisteln.
She lived near Mount Aetna, this cOun-
ty, and leaves a husband and four
small children. it is said that the
cause of suicide is due to the fact
that on last Saturday the homestead
was sold by the master in chancery to
settle the estate of the family. Mrs.
Hayhew said that she could not bear
to live elsewhere