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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
WOMAN DOCTOR IS
SLAIN IN HER BED
Former Indiana BacterioIogist
Found Dead by Assistant.
NO MOTIVE IS DISCOVERED
Interior of indianapolis Apartment
Shows Victims Struggle for Life
Three Negroes Are Placed
Under Arrest.

Indianapolis, IND, Oct. 25.-Dr
Helen Knabe, former state bacteriolo-
gist, was found dead in bed with her
police, after an investigation, detained
for examination Jefferson Haynes. ne
gro janitor of the apartment house;
his daughter, Eva Haynes, and his
housekeeper Mrs. Fannie Winston.
Dr. Knabes body was found when
son, entered the apartment. The
body lay on the bed. No weapon was
found in any of the rooms, nor was it
apparent a robbery had been commit
ted. The windows were closed,
though the physician, who was devOt-
ed to physical culture, habituaily
slept with the windows open.
No Sound of Struggle Heard.
DIR. Knabe was last seen alive by
Miss Mcpherson. She lived and had
her office on the ground floor of an
apartment house in prosperous and
quiet neighborhood. No persons, SO
far as has been learned, heard sounds
of a struggle in DR.. Knabe's apart
ment.
Augusta Knabe. the physicians cou.
sin, and the latters stepfather, Franc
Kropp. told the police that Dr.. knabe
had no enemy so far as they knew.
She was thirty-five years old and a
graduate of the Indiana College OF
Medicine.
The physician recently resigned as
head of the state archaeological de.
partment because, it is said, she
wished to devote her spare time to
the study of hygiene and physical cul-
ture.
Suicide Theory Put Aside.
The police put aside the theory Of
suicide when they examined DR..
Knabes body and saw that, though
the throat had been slashed, there
was no blood on the dead woman s
hands, and when no knife was found
in the rooms. She was in her night
dress.
Reports of DR.. Knabes death were
not made to the police for an hour
after her body was discovered. Miss
Mcpherson first called the physicians
cousin from her home in a distant
part of the city. Then DR.. Ernest C..
Reyer, a friend of DR.. Knabe, was
summoned. He called in the police.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
MOVE FOR SOCIAL CENTERS
First National Conference on That
Subject In Session in
Madison, Wis.

Madison. Wis, Oct 25.-The first
national conference ever held for the
purpose of furthering the social CEN
ter movement opened in this city to-
day under the auspices of the extern.
sion division of the state university
and the Social Center Association OF
America. The first address was de.
iivered by Gov. Woodrow Wilson OF
New Jersey, his subject being The
Need of Citizenship Organization. g"
Special attention is being given to
the necessity for places OF meeting
ter citizens in every community, where
topics of public interest can be dis,
cuased.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
DARING ROBBER
HOLDS UP AGENT
Big Apple Display to be Held BY
Horticultural Society.
MT. PLEASANT AGAINST SEWERS
keosauqua to Have Poultry Exhibit
Mystic is Rapidly Rebuilding
Since the Big Fire-Eastern
Stars at Dubuque.

Dewitt, Oct. 25.-Special A mask.
ed robber pulled off sensational
robbery in the Chicago & Northwest
ern depot at this place at nine o'clock
last night and at the muzzle of a re-
volver forced A. J. Ward. the 19-year-
old night operator, to hand over the
money. He had $3.50. just before
the robbers appeared Agent Hall had
taken 5000 of the company's money
and placed it in a bank: While one
robber held up Ward and got the
money second robber stood guard at
the window.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Preserve Famed Church.

Boston. Oct. 25.-Christ church,
from the steeple OF which were hung
the lights which sent Paul Revere on
his ride through Middlesex, is to be
closed to the public for a year while
the edifice Is being rebuilt and made
fireproof The danger OF the old
church being destroyed by fire has
been a menace for years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
WOMAN WINS $4,000
MARY ]. KENDALL DRAWS FIRST
PRIZE IN LAND LOTTERY.
United States Drawing on Rosebud
Sites Brings Fortune to Poor
Family With Paralytic Head.

Gregory, S. d., Oct. 25.-For the
second time a woman has won first
prize in government land lottery.
At the initial drawing here for the
1000 prizes in the Rosebud lottery,
Mary A. Kendall of Rapid City, S. D.,
was winner of No. 1, valued at $40 900.
Mrs. Kendall's husband is a paraly-
tic and the family is poor. The woman
was overjoyed at her good fortune
and burst into tears when her name
was drawn first. Her hysterical out
break over, she declared she would
now be able to care for her invalid
husband and family after years OF
struggle.
The drawing opened after the sing
ing of Just Before the Drawing,
Sweetheart" and an address by Judge
Witten, in charge or the drawing.
Other early numbers were: No. 2,
Frank d. Boyles, Gregory, s. D.; No.
3, William Rothmeyer, Mccain, Mo-;
No. 4, Sol d. Johnson, Kellerville, ILL.,;
No. 5, Charles c. Ordeze, Rapid City,
S. D.; No. 6, Richard O'Malley,
O'Neill, Neb.; No. 9, Clement J. Daeg
ling, Chicago; No. IS, Albert NaumaH,
Warrensburg. Ill.,; No. 90, Nick A.
Randall, r. 4, Metamora, Ill.
The girls who drew the first 1000
numbers were Virginia Foster, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Foster OF
Dallas, and Dorothy Slaughter, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Slaughter OF
Gregory.
Among the Iowans drawing are the
following: VIM. Belts Armstrong,
Ottumwa; Peter N. Johnson, of Jewel
Junction; Ernest Hern, Moorehead;
c. r. Fireman, Sibley; Herman Hen
ming, of Perry; l.. T. Clarke, of Per
ry; l.. r. Clarke, of Ruthven; J. d..
MINES, of Norway; Ed Huber of
Mechnicsville; W. A. McNaughton,
of Chales City; +. Couch, of Sioux
City; f. F. Burns, of Woodbine; Hen
ry Peters, of Davenport; d. o. Stone,
of Hawarden; NJ. JuZek, of Sioux
City; J. L. Fitzgerald, of Casey;
Park A. Morris, of Vallisca; A. E.
Myers. of Earlham; ]. r. Erickson, of
Stanton; J. w. Lewellen, of Corydon;
S. II. Moore, of Sioux City; Henry
Heying,. of Calmar; George N. Nagel,
of Fort Madison; II. ]. Rodgers, OF
Marshalltown: George F. w. Schuk-
necht, of Charles City; c. 0. Thomp-
son, of Knoxville; c. A. Hoffman, of
lie Mars; John Hensler, of LeMars;
Harry +. Atwood. of Villisca; r. +.
Adams, of Marshalltown; Mrs. w.
Vanwoort, of Richmond Valley; Elsie
Butterworth, of Bronson; Edith
Douglas, of Sioux City; Edward c.
Marsch, of Sioux City; Fred Menealy
of Elliott: Frank B. Strawberry, of
Centeryille; Hugh Collins. of Glare !;
Joe Lounsberry, of Marshalltown; E.
H. CROSS, of Peterson; F. J. Warran,
of Cedar Rapids; j. S. Moore. of Sill.
yer City: Mary Tennery. of Sioux
City; +. H. Schibner of Bedford; A.
C. Dugan, of Sioux City; Frank Van
derstep, of Rock Valley; Lottie b.
Meryhey. of Malvern; c. v. Norviek
of Eldon; w. Copper, of Lake City.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
POSSE KILLS SLAYER OF II
Kentucky Desperate Fatally Shoots
Sherift's Deputy Before Running
Fight With Posse Ends.

Middleboro, KY. Oct. 25.-Cal Mir
acle. a mountain desperate, the slayer
of twelve persons and sought for a
double murder at Pineville, was killed
in a running fight with a sheritfs
posse. Deputy Sheriff Thomas was
fatally shot Miracle recently partici-
pated in a fight in which three were
killed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Poultry Exhibit.

Keosauqua, Oct. 25.-Special: The
seventh annual exhibit of the
Van Buren, County Poultry associa-
tion is to be held in this city Dec. 10
to 20, and the, officers are planning to
make the coming show the greatest
in the history of the organization.
The exhibit originally was formed at
Bonaparte as purely local affair and
later the scope was extended to in
clude Van Buren, county and has been
successful from the first, until it ranks
with the best.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Mystic's New Building.

Mystic. Oct. 25.-Special: One ia.
miliar with Mystic year ago last
January, before the big fire, has a
hard time, on visiting the city now,
to convince himself that he is in the
same town. Then it had number
of ungainly looking old structures in
the east portion of the business dis
trict, the part readily seen from the
depot. Now this same district is
solidly built OF brick, handsome
blocks. some two story with modern
plate glass.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
'ENM4
Was Former lowan.

Villisca, Oct. Especial: J. ID.
Beavers. city attorney of Coweta. Ok
lahoma, who was killed in race riot
Sunday and whose murder was fol-
lowed by the lynching of Ed Suddeth.
was an Iowa man. He was son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Beavers, of Willis
ca and when the news of his death
was received here his parents and
brother-in-law left at once for the
Oklahoma town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Fear Alaska Volcanoes.

Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 25.-Prospect-
ors returning from Port Wells report
that four new volcanoes are sending
up clouds OF dense smoke on the Ke-
mai peninsula From the mountain
towns the orlpiions are plainly seen
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
The Eastern Stars.

Dubuque, Oct. 25,-Special: Six
hundred delegates to the state con.
vention of the chapter of the Eastern
Star lodge were registered here to-
day, yesterday being occupied with a
reception and rehearsal at the Grand
opera house by the grand officers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
keene Back From Europe.

New York, Oct. 25.-James r.
Keenc, the financier, returned on the
Kaiser Wilhelm II. after an illness of
six months in London during which
he underwent an operation. He was
somewhat weak. but appeared to be in
fairly good health.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26

ond: Lapp famed; Coombs flew out
rorS
Giants - Merkle walked Herzog
singled. Merkle reaching second
when Collins dropped the ball; Mey-
ers flied to Murphy; Merkle scoring
on the throw in. Crandall batting
for Ames; Crandall walked; Devore
out, Davis to Coombs: Fletcher fore
ed Herzog, Davis to Barry. One run.
no hits, one error.
Eighth Inning.
Athletics - CrandaIl pitching for
Giants. Lord flew out to Snodgrass;
Oldring singled: Collins few out to
Devore: Oldring reached second on
passed ball; Baker fouled out to Her
zog. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Giants - Doyle singled; Snodgrass
out, Coombs to Davis, Doyle going to
second; Murray famed; Merkle out,
Baker to Davis. No runs, one hit, no
errors.
N'HkU
Athletics-Murphy safe on Fletch.
er's tumble: Davis forced Murphy;
Crandall to Fletcher; Barry forced
Davis, Herzog to Doyle; Barry died
stealing Meyers to Fletcher. No runs,
no hits, one error.
Giants-Herzog out, Barry to Da.
Wis; Fletcher doubled to left; Meyers
out, Barry to Davis; Fletcher going
to third: Crandall doubled through
center, scoring Fletcher; DevOre sin
gled to center scoring Crandall and
tying the score; Devore died stealing
second. Two runs, three hits, no er'
rors.
.,.. Tenth Inning,
Athletics-Lapp out, Crandall tC
Merkle; Coombs hunted safely;
Strunk runs for Coombs, who retired
from game after giving three runs
and eight hits; Lord flies out to De
wore; Oldring out. Meyers to Merkle
Giants-Plank in box for Athletics
Doyle doubled TO left: Snodgras'
hunted to Plank. who threw to Be
ker too late to get Doyle at third
both men safe; Murray flied out 4
Murphy; Merkle flied out to Murphy
| Doyle scoring.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Iowa Manufacturers.

Cedar Rapids, Oct Especial:
The Iowa Manufacturers association
viii meet here Nov. 7, to discuss sew
eral important questions. Local man.
ufacturers will entertain the guests
at a luncheon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Suddenly Becomes Blind.

keokuk, Oct. 25.-SpecIal: While
engaged in sewing at her home Mrs.
c. A. Long suddenly became blind in
one eye. She was hurried TO an eye
specialist. who says it is questionable
whether she will regain her sight.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
THE GIANTS GRAB
THE FIFTH 4 TO 3
Marquard and Coombs the 0ppos-
ing Mound Artists.
OLDRlNG KNOCKS A HOME RUN
Vanguard Relieved by Ames in the
Fourth-Ames Relieved in Sew
enth by CrandaIl PLAY at
Philadelphia Tamorrow.
I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 II
N.Y.. O|O|O|0|O|0|l|0 |2l| x
Phil. OO| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE TOTAL SCORE.

Two base hits-DOyIe 2, Fletcher,
Crandall.
Home run-Oldring.
Struck out-By Vanguard 2, by
Ames 2, by Coombs s.
Stolen bases-Herzog, Doyle, Barry.
Hit by pitched ball-Merkle.
Bases on balls-Off Coombs 2.
Passed ball-Meyers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
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Vote Aaainst Sewer,

Mount Pleasant, Oct. 25.-Special:
Mount Pleasant voters defeated the
proposition to establish new $4,000
sewer district by vote of 224 to SO
at a special election yesterday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
CARPENTER Arrested.

Burlington, Oct. Especial: The
police last night arrested A. ]. Reese,
a carpenter of this city, on the charge
of passing eight forged checks,
amounting to about 5000. Reese has
a wife and three children.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
carneaie Gives Hero Fund.

Christiania, Oct. 25.-The announce
men, was made here that Andrew
Carnegie had given 100000 for the
establishment of Norwegian hero
tuhd,S 4, a.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26

""~Batted Tor AmeS IN seventh.
%""%Ran for Coombs in tenth.
New York, Oct. 25.-Special: Spleen.
did weather conditions marked the
opening today OF the 5th game be-
tween the Giants and Athletics. A
bright sun is shining and there is not
cloud in the sky. The game was
promptly called at 200 o'clock.
The batteries announced are:
Athletics-Coombs and Lapp.
Giants-Marquard and Meyers.
Umpire KLEIN is behind the bat:
Dineen on bases. and Brennan and
Connolly ON foul lines.
First Inning.
Athletics-Lord out to Devore:
Oldring out, Doyle to Merkle; Collins
out to Snodgrass. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Giants-DevOre grounded out, Bar
~ to Davis; Doyle fouled out: Snod.
no hits no errors.
Second Inning.
Athletics--Baker struck out: Muir
ply singled Davis famed: Murphy
caught stealing second. No. runs,
one hit no errors.
Giants - Murray famed; Merkle
famed: Herzog singled to short and
stole second: Fletcher famed. No
rms one hit no errors
Third Inning.
Athletics-Barry grounded out, Her
zOg to Merkle; Lapp singled Coombs
grounded to HerZCg, who threw to
Doyle, who dropped the ball, Lapp
safe; Lord flew out to Doyle: Oldring
hit home run to left field bleachers,
scoring Lapp and COombs; Baker out
to MerkIe Three runs, two hits. one
error.
! Giants - Meyers singled through
Baker and Becker batted for Mar.
guard: Becker out to Barry; Devore
famed and Meyers doubled, Lapp to
Collins. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Fourth Inning.
AthleticS-Ames now pitching for
Giants. Murphy fouled out to Mey'
ers: Davis grounded out to Merkle;
Barry out, Fletcher to Merkle. No
runs. no hits, no errors.
! Giants - Doyle doubled Snodgrass
! famed; Murray famed Merkle hit
in ribs and walked; Herzog fouled
out to Lapp. No runs, one hit, no
errors.
Fifth Inning.
| Athletics - Lapp grounded out,
| Doyle to Merkle; Coombs singled;
Coombs was forced, Doyle to Fletcher
when Lord hit slow grounder; Old
ring out, Fletcher to Merkie. No runs,
one hit, no errors. 5@
Giants-Fletcher out to Lord: Mey'
ers famed; Ames famed. No runs
no hits, no errors.
Sixth Inning.
Athletics-Collins fouled out tC
Merkle: Baker out, Doyle to Merkle;
Murphy famed. No runs, no hits
! no errors.
Giants-Devore out, Collins to Da
Wis: Doyle singled and Stole second;
Snodgrass flew out to Murphy; Muir
ray few out to Lord. No runs, one
hit, no errors.
Seventh Inning.
| Athletics-Dav out. Fletcher t
Merkle; Barry singled and stole sec
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26
Batting Order.

Slated for Vanguard in third.
**Relieved Marquard in fourth.
"%%Batted for Ames in seventh.
%""*Ran for Coombs in tenth.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-26

Athletics-Davis out, Fletcher Z
Merkle; Barry singled and stole sec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
ID REDUCE GAS
 RATES IN GADSDEN Tri-City Gas Go. Appreci- ates Liberal Patronage EFFECTIVE JAN. 18TH Case of City of Gadsden vs. Clark Now in Hands of Jury-De-
 Lorme Announces Cam
 didacy for Office
EFFECTIVE JAN. 18TH

Gadsden, November 25.-(Special.)-H. c. Higgins of Centralia, H., president of the Tri-City Gas company of this city, has been spending the past several days in Gadsden. Today he made the announce ment that because of the liberal patronage that was being accorded the company and the fact that the company was making money, the rates for gas for light and fuel would be reduced with the beginning of the coming year. In fact, he went further than this, and said that if the same in crease in patronage was maintained in the future as in the past, there would be still further reductions in the rates.
 The case of the city against C. D. Clark. former city clerk, has progressed rapidly and is now in the hands of the jury. The city claimed that Clark was short in his accounts in the sum of s150O, but was able to show no more than s1o00 by the evidence. At the trial 1t developed that Clark claimed that the city was ac- tually indebted to him and brought evil dence to sustain his proposition according to which he is still due from the city be- tween $400 and $500. The fact of the mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
GEORGE BERNARD
 AS A SUPER-MAN

London, November 5.-(SpeciaD-George Bernard Shaw has bought from the artist. Miss Caroline Townshend. stained glass window immortalizing himself as a super man in the act of remaking the world.
 Whether MT. Shaw commissioned Miss Townshend to make this work of art for himself, or whether Miss Townshend made it on her own responsibility, and then sold it to Mir. Shaw, is not exactly clear But at any rate it's made and MT. Shaw owns it.
 MT. Shaw is not the only man portrayed in the immortal allegory which Miss Townshend has depicted in glass. There are others, but MT Shaw is easily the most important of them all. H. G. Wells. for instance, who is shown in the allegory, appears merely as an ordinary under man with his fingers up at his nose, faunt- ing the noble army of worshippers at the shrine of Shaw's immortal books.
 The three super-men who are reforming the world over the heads of this group of worshippers are, as seen from left to right on the stained glass window, MT. Edward R. Pease. the secretary of the Fabian so- ciety: MT. Sidney Webb and MT. Shaw. MT. Pease is pumping the bellows of the forge, while Mir Webb and MT. Shaw are hammerng the hot world on an anvil. Be- low them are the noble army of wor- shippers. members of the Fabian society. on their knees with hands devoutly clasped before pile of books written by Shaw and Webb.
 There are only two iarring notes in the picture These are furnished by H. G.. Wells, with his fingers at his nose, and pr. Lawson Dodd who. although on his knees like the others before the shrine of Shaw, is secretly reading MT. Wells book, New Worlds for Old"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
Simple Home Remedy
 for Kidneys and Bladder


 A simple and easy way to cure weak deranged Kidneys or bidder is to use the following formula: Get SIX ounces soou pure gin and add to it one-half ounce Murax Compound and one-haif ounce fluid extract Buchu. Take one to two teaspoonfuls of this mixture aIter eacn meal and at bed time. Nearly all goou druggists have these ingredients Anyone can mix. One should be sure to get good pure gin, also the genuine Murax com, pound, which comes only in sealed
 wooden package. as any substitute VIII not give the desired results.
 Weak Kidneys or bladder snouiu pe given attention as soon as any or the
 well known symptoms are noticed. Neg
 lect in the matter is dangerous, as the
 serious forms. Brights disease cnronle rheumatism or dread diabetes. may de velop. These can be avoided if the above simple mixture is used before con,piica' tions set in.
 to fifteen drops in a little water ct beg ] time Is sufficient
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

which with capital of $lo,O00,ooo con trols the coal output of this section. has begun active work upon a new summer resort upon historic Waldens ridge, just north of Chattanooga. The hamlet which will have & scenic prospective uneaualed in the south will be entirely completed by spring. Electricity from the new lock and dam at Hale's Bar, Tenn, will fur- nish light and power, the transmission being already in a state of semi-comple- tion.
 The new system of interurbans which is planned by c. E. James and associates to connect Chattanooga with Dalton, Ga, Dayton, Tenn, and other points. will give access to the resort from this city. A complete hotel in addition to 25 cot tages will be erected by Chattanooga Es- tates company alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
GAME PLENTIFUL IN TALLADEGA Hunting Party Bags Tur-
 keys and Wild Cats LANDMARK IN ASHES Thirty Turpentine Men Report at Rendalia for Work-New Gov
 ernment Building Costing
 $65,000 to Be Erected
LANDMARK IN ASHES

Talladega, November 25.-(Special5- Game Is very plentiful in this county, Several hunting parties have bagged wild cats, turkeys and wolves. MT. Tom Col man caught and killed two large fat ground hogs yesterday few miles south east of the city in the mountains.
 Thirty experienced turpentine workers landed at Talladega this week from south ern Alabama, and proceeded to enter the employ of R. G. Hoover, superintendent Of the Rendalia Naval Stores company at Rendalia, 10 miles from Talladega. This company has a turpentine orchard of 5000 acres in the lower part of Talla- dega county, employing 50 hands.
 A cornerstone of pure white Talladega marble will adorn the new Synodical col- lege building, the same to be put in place by the Masons early in January. Work on the building is progressing rapidly, the completion of the building being middle of January. The facade Of the main building is of red brick.
 The oldest public building in Talladega county burned this week. It was the fed eral land office at Mardisville, or Jump CTS Spring, used by the United States government as early as 1882 as a place to certify Indian titles and enter Indian lands. From being a considerable vil- lage 80 years ago, Mardisvile has grad ualy dwindled to a small hamlet, and the old land office was used as a barn. In this barn" has stood and trafficked Indian chieftains, congressman, generals, divines and men who made mulch history In the years gone by.
 The city is establishing a grade on North street preparatory to the erection of the government building at the corner of North and East streets. Within a few weeks bids will be received for the contracting work necessary to place a single story postoffice on the lot. Sixty five thousand dollars is the appropriation made by Congress for the lot and build ing.
 It has been discovered that a portion of the land on which the southern limits of the city of Talladega was situated was never patented by the United States to anyone. Under the Creek Indian treaty of 1882 an Indian when he sold his lands at fair price from the land agent, and also the President of the United States had to approve the trade in writing be- fore a patent would be issued to the purchaser. In thiS case the President disapproved the trade. For 70 years peo- pie have lived upon these lands undis- turbed, having traded for city lots from time to time.