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NEGRO FIRES BARN;
 LOSS PUT AT $5, 900

Loss estimated at between $4.O0o and $5,ooo was caused Thursday night when a big barn on Dowell Hellum's nlace. near Tomberlin, was destroyed bv fire of incendiary origin. The barn contained 2,OOO bushels of corn, worth SIPS per bushel, as well as 2 number of farm implements, all of which was Suspicion pointed to 2 negro who b.d 11arreled with MT. Hellum as the "fire-bug," and two dogs from the state farm at Tucker were put on the tra;l | After a chase of three miles, tha ~ susnect was arrested and taken to the iail at Lonoke, from which he
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l<Ireher,s suos1sted Landscape,

klreher's euoo4sted Landseipe.
 In Cardinal Mcntalto's garden at Rome there used to be . marble slab. on which waS cut q sugsested land scape by xircher, ofs magic-lantern fame. Kirchsr's landscape resolved It. self at distancs into human head With very curly locks, and village on the bridge of the nose. The eye was very prominent. but how 1t was to be obtained except by color was nut very cleer. However. 1t was plain enough in the plan, with . man shooting into 1t as if 1t were a target. The giants neither lip and chin came well out against the sky line. and altogether the design was not a bad one.
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Primitive Nitrate Working.
'AhAAA - - n - - -

The nitrate caves in the South were worked during the Civil war by very crude methods. Generally the cave earth was shoveled into iron pots, where 1t was treated with water and heated over wood fires to leach out its soluble parts. The liquor was drawn from one pot into another, and used for treating fresh material until 1t became highly concentrated solution of nitrate salts. It was then drawn off and allowed to cool, whereupon the nitrate crystalized. The remaining liq- uor was then employed to leach fresh material and the crystals were separ- ated and sacked for use.
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Speed on the pi,,.

When a well-known nios:..
 man who was present set etheIssohn h,n q counting the notes and the u'self t,nas to pied. l:...s She played 5,5s5 notes us <. osea' : minutes m and three seconds. '1 r.a.i ,a fop' or those notes involved thrao a'ef'ons ments of a finger, elbow ~. ee nove twenty-four notes per secoaa as@ At amounted to seventy.two mo.sO u that second. 0'elnenh
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Avoid This Bad Habit.

The habit of exaggeratiOn Is one Of the hardest to correct. The girl who falls into the way of overemphaRizing every statement. find the plain truth very tame indeed. And she little guesses how tiresome her exaggerated statements become to her listeners. Watch your speech for signs of this tAult 70 prevalent in the speech of modern Girla :.
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Why the Dull Man ls Cruel.

In the Woman's Home Companlon Arnold Bennett has an interesting ar ticle to prove that the dull man is . bad man. AmonS other indictments he makes the fotlowins: .The dull man has no imagination. He does not possess the faculsy of putting himself In the other map's place. Therefore he b certain to hlunder. to be unjuSt and. to bs cruel. hs cannot bstcharat, ahlo.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11

escaped Fiday night.
 The negro made his "eet..,.. three white men, Steve s1as.away' will D. D; E; :, Harper, 20, and clift%ea, cHliffhe,oft s: 20; all charged with grand dien Iaa,M Mayss, ysss
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woman's Ability to pissemb,e.

When a married woman feels un happy and forlorn and catches so ns woman, who tried to but didn't get her husband, looking at her she perks ur wonderfully and assumes a joyouf look which would fool her own mother --Atchison Globe.
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, Historical Preeede


 The American Indian of the dime 4ovel period practiced camoufage reg ularly. says the Christian Science Monitor. Frequently he played the role of bush while stealing up, at nightfall, upon the paleface. Clumps of foliage. 1t will be recalled, were often found by the eagle-eyed hunter to, have moved during. the night One Buckskin Hank of the Rosebud. on en. tering what he supposed to be a grove of young cOtt0nwoods, found himself surrounded by band of Comanches. who. throwing o6 their disguise. rushed upon himl At this moment, however, thiee tall oaks hard by fell upon the redskins and rescued. him. The tall oeas, 1t is unnecessary to say, were Ruckskln's ttusty companions, who, saspecting the, artihce of the Conan ches, had beaten them at their own game. {, ,Stgsa .r
 Wild Anlmala Fear Acquired.
 The fear which all wild animals have for man Is m acquired charac- teristic. This Is amply shown by the fact that in the far wilds of the Cana dian Rockies. where mnn is seldom seen. the grouse are so tame that they may be killed with clubs. As William T. Hornaday says, these ultutore0 birds seem to have but two ideas--to feed on the ground and fly into low tree If frightened. A bird with only two ideas Is not long for this world, and the fool hen that loiters along : trail usually finds her way into fry ing pan. Yet this bird is the western prototype of the wary ruftel grouse ,of New England. and old chronicles show that shy bird was once so tame that it could be cnugtt with horse. hair loop on the rrd o4 long stick.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
Notice of Referees Sale.

BY virtue of an order of sale di-
rected to the undersigned referee
from the clerk of the district court
of Decatur county, Iowa, on a de-
cree obtained in said court on the %
day of October, 1917, in favor of Ed
H. Sharp as plaintiff and against G..
Nj. Morris, Madge Morris Croft and
Octavius Clifford Croft, Alberta Nor
ris Devlin, w. M. Devlin, Calvin B.
Morris and Mary c. Morris, as de-
PENDANTS, for the partition of the real
estate named and described in said
plaintiffs petition, will on the Sth
day OF December;f917, offer for sale
to the highest bidder the following
real estate, to-wit:
West three-fourths (A) of south
three-fourths (% }, section II, town
one-fourth 90, northeast one
fourth (A) and north three-fourths
y J of east One-half 1s southeast
one-fourth (A), section 10, town
ship 81, range "a, all in Decatur
county, Iowa.
Terms of sale are as follows: ST.
10000 to be paid down on day Of
sale, and the remainder of purchase
price to be paid on or before Febru-
airy 20, 1918.
Said sale to take place in front of
the west court house door in Leon,
Iowa, at the hour of ten o'clock a.
m. of said day, when and where due
attendance will be given by the I'M
dersigned.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, this 14th
day of November, 1917.
G. W. HOFFMAN,
14-4t Sole Referee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
Franklin.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hinebaugf
visited Monday evening at the Frank
Rosengrant home
Frank and Mae Rex or Garden
Grove spent Tuesday at the Oliver
Rex home.
ter Arleen called at the w T., GID
son home Thursday.
Miss Jemima kob spent Thurs
day with friends in Garden Grove.
Mrs. Tommy Hughes visited with
hey daughter, Mrs. Lew Merrill the
MIR. and Mrs. Ben Heath of Ore
gon and Glen Petticord and S. n.
Duffield and Miss Jemima KOb call
ed at the Abe McVay home Wednes-
MIR. and Mrs. Sam Honn are the
parents of a baby girl born to them
Tuesday of last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simmons OF
Murray came Wednesday for few
days visit at the Ross Gamble home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Keim and
son spent Sunday at Harry Plum
mer's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Petticord and
family and Misses Meta Myers and
Jemima Kob spent Sunday at Sam
Duffield's.
Mrs. Ed Parker and son and Mrs.
Matte johnson spent Sunday at Ben
Sears.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hinebaugh and
children of Garden Grove spent Sun
day at Charlie Hinebaugh's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
Van Vert.

Phil Lantz and Clyde johnson
were transacting business matters in
Des Moines Saturday.
H. Mrs. Jess Holt was transacting
business in Osceola Tuesday.
Miss Callie Johnson was calling
on Miss Coda Frey Saturday morn
Ling.
Mrs. Lou Fee is now staying at
the home of Mrs. George Webb and
family and taking care of them
while they are sick.
Mrs. Shad Glenn and Morgan
were attending to business matters
in Osceola Tuesday.
Mrs Anna Fierce was called to
Russell last week by the serious ill
Brewer.
Carl Upheld who has been attend
ing business college at Des Moines
came Wednesday afternoon for a
short visit at the homo of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Upheld.
Henry, Tiedje. who was called here
friday morning for Camp Cody, at
Deming, New Mexico, where he is in
Mrs. Harry Traupel was a bust
ness visitor at Osceola Thursday.
Mrs. John Hawkins left Friday
morning for short visit with her
QduS ulSI, I1uLGl WHO 10 CCttCuluS III
the schools at AmeS
John Wood was business visitor
in Osceola Friday morning.
Miss Velma McJimsey was visit
ing with Miss Bessie McBee Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hoadley re-
turned home last week from Roches-
ter where they had been spending
the past few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Edwards were
visiting in town with their daughters
Margaret and Mertie Thursday af-
ternOon.
Mrs. Blades and daughter Bessie
were calling on Mrs. G. w. Johnson
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Bessie McBee left Tuesday
afternoon for a short visit in Leon
with her brother, Ray McBee and
family and with other relatives and
friends.
Miss Carma Johnson spent We'd
nesday in Osceola visiting the High
School.
Mrs. John Hawkins was attending
to business in Osceola Thursday.
The Sunday school orchestra of
the Christian church met Thursday
evening at the home of Misses Mar
garet and Mertie Edwards.
Misses Hazel Holt, Mildred Pierce,
Emma Walker and ,Willah Fisher
were calling at The home of Miss
Twyla johnson Wednesday after
nOOn.-
Everyone is enjoying the nice
warm weather we are having and ev-
eryone is in hopes that it will con-
.tinue.
Misses Nellie Hastings and Callie
johnson spent Saturday evening
with their friend, Miss Coda Frey.
Mrs. Ben Collins spent Sunday at
the home of her father, John Brand
near LaCelle.
Miss Margaret Houck spent Sun
day at the home of her friend, Miss
Callie Johnson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
lat
Referees Sale.

The undersigned, w. c. Cozad, the
duly appointed, qualified and acting
referee in the ease of C. S. Vaughn
ct al. vs.. Sciota Hickman ct al. of
the district court of Decatur county,
Iowa, will in pursuance to the de-
cree and order of said court in said
cause, sell at public sale at the front
door. of the court house in Leon,
Iowa, at 10 o'clock a. m. on the 18th
day Of December. 1917, the follow
ing described real estate belonging
to the estate Of c. s. Bellows, de-
ceased, and situated in Decatur cOun-
ty, Iowa, tO-wit:
The southwest quarter, and the
southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, and the west one-fourth OF
the southwest quarter of the north
east quarter, and the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter and
the southeast quarter of the south
east quarter 81 section 81, township
IS, range "a, west 5th p. M, Deca-
rtur county, Iowa, to the highest bid
der for cash. Possession to be CIV
en- on or before March 1, 1913.
w. c. COZAD,
Hat Sole Referee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
Lonesome Ridge.

j. S. Grogan and family spent
Sunday at Mrs. Mary Grogan's.
Roy and Clyde Waller and fam
lilies spent Sunday in Leon with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, I. w. Waller.
day at Mrs. Ella Evans T.
j. o. Garner and family visited at
Ray Gamers Sunday.
George Evans and wife spent Sun
| day afternoon with Mrs. D. A. Little
Steve Latta and family and Mr..
and Mrs Jesse Maynard and chill
dren spent Sunday at J. B. McDAn-
ieIs.
Miss Blanche Marshall spent Tues
day night at Il. j. Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hullingor and
Miss Fern Moore were guests at the
A. E. Poole home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Martin of
California have been visiting at
VIII Martins.
i. r. Evans of Leon spent Wednes-
day night with his brother E. j..
Evans
one day last Week for visit with
his mother, Mrs. Mary Grogan and
Mrs. c. E. Knox, Of Casey, Iowa
spent last week with relatives in this
vicinity.
Pat Carr and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Ward and children,
John Ward, wife and daughter Mary
Margaret Joe Ward and also their
father, Mr.. Pat Ward were enter
tanned at the Ed Griffin home Sun
day.
and Mrs. c. b. Knox spent Thursday
with Mrs. e. A. Little
Minnie, Hattie and Roy Evans
spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs.
w. T. Mcdaniel.
Mrs. Will Mahoney spent one at
ternoon last week at Row Walters.
Herbert Hubbard and sister Beu-
lah called at John Hubbard sun
Mrs. q. j. Evans and daughters
and Mrs. G. E. Knox spent Friday at
w. T. McDamiel's.
Mrs. Fred Potter received word
from Wilbur Main stating that his
wife had died about two weeks ago.
Wilbur was a former Decatur county
boy and his many friends extend
sympathy in his sad bereavement. !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

vith LOCAI. APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
farrh is a blood or constitutional disease.
and in order TO cure it you must take In
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally, aid acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall 8
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one, of the best ply
sicians in this country for years and IS
q regular prescription. It is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina-
ton of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarri1- Send for testimonials. free.
e. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price f5c.
TAKE Halls FAN lily Pills for constipation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15

II you or your family are SO afhict.
cd all and see me. Consultation and
examination costs you nothing.
treat successfully the cases I under
take and accept no fee from those
that cannot be successfully treated
l have a special treatment for. dis
eases of men which ! would like to
explain in person.
Piles, Fistula and Fissure treated
successfully without the use OF the
knife or detention from business.
Address DR.. F. Nj. Trimmer, 766
lakewood Blvd, Chicago, ILL.,. or
Knoxville, Iowa.
Haying been bothered with piles
and nervous trouble for IS years.
and getting no relief l consulted and
took DR.. Trimmer's treatment: !
can now say after a year Of hard
work that am sound and we'll.
(Signed) Mr.. w. l.: Ellston.
Van Vert, Iowa,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
Garden Grove.

- Mr.. Wilson came from Omaha the
first of the week to visit at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Shelter.
Chas. Smith made business trip
to st. Joe, Mo-, Monday.
Prof. Dillon, who has been teach
ing in the schools here left for Chi
cago Friday evening, taking his wife
for medical treatment.
Miss Grady of Lamont was here
over Sunday visiting with friends,
returning home Monday morning. :.
Mrs. II. j. Culver went to Chart.
ton Friday to visit at the home OF
Mrs. John Aten went to Charlton
Friday to visit her SON Willis and
family.
Mrs. Crowley of Charlton came
brother James Vail and other rela-
Misses Nadine and Mabel McClung
went to Des Moines the last of the
week, returning home Monday.
Mrs. Pollyard of Ottumwa who
has been visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Clure Curry, returned home
Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Honn who
recently moved to Imogene, Iowa,
were here over Sunday visiting with
her father, Dave Mills.
o. G. Jordan and family went t,
Ames Friday to visit at the home of
his brother, O. NJ. Jordan.
Willis Mccullough and family
moved back here last week from
Medicine Lodge, Kansas and occupy
their farm west of town.
Mrs. John Bennett and Mrs. Clyde
Chase of Carbonate, Colo, came
last week to visit with their mother,
Mrs. Anna Zook.
her children in st. Joe, Mo-, return
ed, last week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15

DR.. Stockdale does not require
any money except for medicine until
a cure is made or patient satisfied
with results.
DR.. Stockdale's reputation is I'M
surpassed by any other specialist in
the state. He is reliable and in
vites any who are interested to call
on him.
He Treats Chronic Catarrli.
Disease of the Eye, Ear, Nose,
Throat, Lungs, Kidneys, Dyspepsia,
Constipation, Piles and rheumatism.
If you are suffering from nervous
and physical debility, call to see
DR.. Stockdale.
Blood and Skin Diseases and
Diseases of women. Consultation free
and confidential. -
Address DIR. Il. A. STOCkDALE,
Utica Bldg, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15

The Osgood Lens Lights the Road
not the sky Have us Install q
pair on your car-use them one
week. If they are not worth more
than the price-say so, and we'll take
them of. Auto Specially Co., call F.
A. Wagner. Reporter Office
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
THE ONLY WAY

Order cut flowers and floral de.
signs from o. e. Hull, local agent OF
LOzier, OF Des Moines, at The. Re.
porter Office. n Orders sent by pione
or mail, but order as early as pos
Mbie.
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THE BUSINESS MAN AND
 THE WAR.

We are 3 commercial nation. We have grown swiftly in wealth based On commerce. We originally had high ideals, but in late years it is undeniable that the measure of sue cess has been largely reckoned in ac- cumulated dollars rather than what has been accomplished for the benefit of mankind.
 It was because of this that Europe got the opinion that we were a nation of "dollar-chasers;" and it was for this reason to a large extent that the Kaiser thought we were "bluffing" about the submarine issue, and that we would not fight because fighting would spell sacrifice.
 F The Arkansas business man, here tofore thinking in terms of the dol lar, when in reality he should never have departed from the broad con ception that the dollar is merely an incident to more lasting accomplish ments, is being developed into a diff ferent sort of animal than he was heretofore. He also is being forced to grasp the present world situation in terms of humanity and the benefit of mankind in the future. His dol lars will be put to the worK of clean [ ing the world of certain self-evident factors and he cannot accept an out look upon life that formerly looked to a bag of dollars as, the only goal worth while.
 The business man now knows something more than that money is the stake in tlis war---that the yer. foundation of life-worth-living is be ing sought for. He is going through the fire with the rest of us, and we will all come through the ordeal bet ter citizens, with the originated Am
 erican ideals again part of the na tional outlook.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-27

and a photograph taken on the fol lowing day shows him without whis- kers of any kind. Later portraits, made between 1861 and 1864, show that he returned to the full beard and that by the end of the latter year he had discarded it. His last port rait indicates he was returning to q beard again.
 eff a discussion of his whiskers had come up in his time, as dos cussion of the length of his legs once did" remarks the writer, The would doubtless have disposed of the ques- ton in a similarly ironical and eff fectual manner As everybody knows, he held the opinion that one's legs should be long enough to reach the ground"
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CAMP FIRE DINNER
 WILL BE SERVED


 Fayetteville, Nov. 26.-A camp fire dinner for visitors at the University of Arkansas on Agricultural day, No vember 28, will be one of the features of the days program. The dinner will be served from field kitchen sim liar to that used by the boys "some- where fSe in annaa s.hhtggn AgcSqra Ssy al dy ss College of agriculture and the dis plays this year will be of more prac- tical nature than ever before. The young women in the department of home economics will show visitors how to prepare meatless, sweetless and wheatless meals and the young men in the department of agronomy will show how Arkansas can raise more and better wheat, cotton and rice.
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NoTABLEs BORN THIS DAY.

Alvey A. Adee, for more than 30 years assistant secretary of state at Washington, born at Astoria, N. Y., 75 years ago today.
 Captain John A. Hoogewerff, United States navy, recently detailed to con- mand of the battleship Pennsylvania, born in Maryland, 57 years ago to- day.
 Charles Austin Beard. who resigned his professorship at Columbia univer- sity because of "war controversy" born at Knightstown, Ind, 43 years ago today. .p
 Eugene Walter, one of the most sue cessful of present-day American play wrights, born in Cleveland, 43 years ago today.
 Roscoe c. McCulloch, representative in congress of the Sixteenth Ohio dis trict, born in Millersburg, O., 37 years ago today.
 Leslie J. Bush, pitcher of the Phila- delphia American league baseball team, born at Brainerd, Minn., 25 years ago today.
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NECESSARY LOST MOTION

There has been plenty of lost mo- tiOn in our preparations for war-pos- sibly there would have been less if we had not gone into the business of fighting so precipately.. But consider ing tae need for swift action with a little waste. perhaps, rather than slow and methodical action withou, waste, 1t appears that more power has been put behind the American entry into the war than would have been the cause otherwise.
 Prices have been fixed, only to be readjusted later; mistakes may nave been made levying taxes; the order ly method of business development over a score of years have been re- jected, but the net results have been made for determination and fighting spirit.
 The best brains of the country have
 volunteered to the nations service. A big army is in the making and some of the Sammies are already in the front line trenches, aiding ir the pres
 sure against the Kaiser's legions. Nearly five billion in dollars have been raised in war loans and two bill
 lion more are to be raised in taxes The shipyards have been pressed to
 the maximum output and scores of
 new yards have been constructed. Our naval forces have done much in helping to keep the submarine
 menace in check. The railroads are | able to increase their efficiency with
 out adding to their equipment, and are working in harmony under the direction of the War Board. The violent establishments to whicl we have been subject have not ser iously impaired the country's busi
 ness or economic stability. The flu ture is brighr
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HUNTERS KILL DEER
 NEAR STUTTGART

Stuttgart, Nov. 26.-A. J. Morris and J. A. Owens returned to the city Wednesday afternoon after q hunt of 15 miles southwest of town, bringing with them a $50 pound deer, which they killed. They returned to their camp Wednesday night. They report an abundance of game.
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A cable from London says our of- fires at the front are becoming food golfers. If they can throw gre made further into the nemy's sector by hitting it with stick, all right
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It is not necessary for a submarine to come to the surface to ascertain whether her discharged torpedo has "got home." She can tell this by hear ing the noise of the explosion under water and by the effect which the shock of it has upon her ,dials in mak- ing the hands jump. 59ol,
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One Hundred Years Ago Today. 1817-Senators and representatives assembled in Washington for the opening of the Fifteenth congress.
 Seventy Years Ago Today. 1842-Notre Dame university at No Ire Dame, Ind, wass founded by :. Rev. Edward Sorin of the Con- gregation of Holy Cross.
 Fifty Years Ago Today. 1867-British parliament appropriated $1O,OO0,OO0 for the prosecution of the war in Abyssinia. Twenty-Five Years Ago Today. 1892 Stubborn fighting between po- litical factions at Limerick, Ire land. :