Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 17, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 September 1875 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOA5E, PnbUsher.

JASrEU.

INDIANA

CUKHEXT NEWS. K.1NT. !old eloeJ tn New York on August 2T, at 113 IS. The Amf rlean rifle team arrived In New York on the 2l-t, where prnd reception w plven them by thi lr coturaJf of the National I. tie Association and ajarge.,uuiuber of Invited prue-... For the year ended June SO, 1875, there vm a dccreae of M,000 lu tbe number of Immigrants to the United stte. u compared with the previeu year. Three hundred ami fifty Mecnonites left New York for the Wet on U.e 21 Ji.

rrjtT ao wrrn, The Cincinnati iVc Current of the 20th published crop report from 3j0 countie, from which the following nummary I given : Wheat In Indiana and Ohio a full aware acreage ; yield aomewbat hort ; larjre losses by rain, and very inferior quality. lllino: Crop below an average; condition largely tad, quality Inferior. Iowa Acreage about ai iiual ; generally harvested in (rood condition; aome cUmajre by blight and other cause; crop not a full T?rse ; nility inferior. JdUouri Conaiderably bort and materially dmaf:ed. Kentucky Yield up to the average amount, but largely and bVj ltniippi Mkhiran A fair crop. Wisconsin A very good crop, and in good condition. Oat Lare destruction and damage in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, and a portion of MWuri, while the acreage was increased. Michigan, Wiaconnin and Iowa show a large production. Corn Largely increased acresure: very promising outride of portion of the Ohio valley, and if tbe crop mature, the yield In the North and Northwest will be much greater than uuI. Cattle and hog gent rally are In better cond tion than a yearaso; and in many nevtions the tovk i freding upon darnaged grain. Potatoes promise an unu-uaily large crop throughout urarly '.l tlieMj clion. Prof. Jenney, in a letter to the Indian Bureau, dated I, aek Hills, July 31, shvi: "I found gold deposit on both Sprin? and Kapid Creek, from iair head wter to where they emereo from the hills in juii.titie auflicit i.t to i ld a fiir remuneration for labor, economically and skillfully spp.;cd, ai'ted by proper tool and mechanical appliance, and at least a moderate amount of capital or it equivalent." Later report concerning? the Ku-Klux firht near IV.nton, Franklin County, Id., on the niht cf the M h inL, say that nearly every one of the Ku-Klux party wan wour.ded by the wt ll-dim ted fire ci the Shorn' party, who were mostly armed with shotguns. O. 31. Cattrcll, tbe captain of the gang, wa brousht in badly wounded. &i.d two men, Summer and Janie Brown, wt re reported to have did. Tne town of IVnton was guarded by day and night. in order thut tbe friend of the prisoners mijht not rescue them. The Louisiana Registrar report the result of the -enu of that State, recently taken in compliance with tbe requirement of the State Constitution, to be: New Orlear.t "White, 145,721; colored, 5.,WT; total, 203,3O-; an increase of 11,0m u;on the ceau of 170. PopuVion of tbe whole State Whites, 4C4.V4 ; colored, 4"0.Ws. an exce of colored over white of 45,02), and a total Increase of 12,113 over tbe cenu of 1?70. These .figure Kay be pu!jected to pome ilight wodlrkati jup, the return of one or two of the remote parishes not be. 'g quite complete. The coming tobacco crop of Kentucky and adjoining State ji estimated, from return received by the LouUvillc CvurirrJvitrnal, to be a little Ism thin an average, should future condition be favorable. Mr. Lincoln mental cocd.tion i po much Improved that he is about to leave the asylum on a visit to her niater In Springfield, 111. Carrie V. Fischer, a colored hool-teachr of Mipipsippl, ha brought suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Pullman Palace Car Company, claiming f 10,000 damage fur refu-al to allow her to travel on a palace car front Cincinnati to VTashirston. (iov. Smith ot fieorgia made a ppocch at Augusta, en the 2d, in response toa-erf-nade, in which he said there had be n pcrL ou caue for apprehension of lnurrcct;on in the lltuib d count!-, but owiiiA to the timely and prudent action of Die wh'.rc the danger w pat. The great mas i.f colored peoj le, he i d, really knew nothing of the gravity and danger of the plot Into which they.wtre being led by a few bad negroes. JelTi rson Pavi ba received Invitation from IV Moines. Iowa; Ksn-a Ci'y, M.; Charleston, III., and a cumber of ot!n rpoim in the Wft, to deliver tbe annual aldp s at the meeting of the various agricultural o itie in th e pla r. It i aid that the Itirttory of the Chicago, Rock Iiland and Pacilic Railroad have fina.ly

decided to ciiC3 the wi-stt?rn terminu of

that road from Iz-avenworth to Kansas Ci'y early during the fall. The Kana Central and T.lack Hill Narrow Gauge Railway Company, with a capl al of f KK).()s), ha bern organized in Omalia. Tbe ro! will be built at otu-e from that i it.

through the ngrlcultural country south of Platte River, it i aid, and will hcpudied toward the Rlack Hill a soon a tin; development of that n gin warrant. Severe from occurred throughout portion of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin on the nUhts of Auz. 22 and 23, causing conatdrralup damage to corn, hop, buckwheat, and other crop. Northern Illinois also fi It it en"' ctP. A dipatch from Port Hope, Mi h., 24'li, aays that a bt;tlc b be-n picked up on the lake shore containing the followirg not-: ''Over Lake Michigan ai s p. m. of the evening of carting. About thirty miles from

Chicago. About 3.000 feet bigh. A pale coming from tho nortbeait. lta.ioon i getting out of erder. (5 a escapirg fat. Can't remain up much louger. Will surely land lu the lake. Fearful norm. Signed IK)NMJI." An excursion train between (ieneva Lake and Rivkford, I II., was thrown from tho track, on the 23 J, and one passenger killed aud several wounded, some fatally. The prosecution of the Franklin County (III.) Ku-Klux is to lo undertaken by the

United State authorities, undor the o-calltd Ku-Klux law. Jefferson Iavl ha accepted an lav Ration to deliver an add: at the comiug fair of the Kansas City Kx position Association.

J. K. Miller, formerly a United States (auger, and who i an important vltucs for the (lovernuient aglut the Chicago whirky ring, wa shot at and wounded in that city, ona nifiht recently, by some person unknown. It is claimed that the shooting was done by an emUsary of the ring, and

that the intention was to assassinate Miller in order to preveLt hia testifying against certain parties. The St. Taul expresa train, due at Sioux City on the nightof the 25th, went through a bridge about four miles south of that city, and A. W. Lock, conductor, Ioreno Mann, engineer, an 1 11. Kelly, tireman, were lntantly killed. A few passengers were lightly bruised A session of the National Agricu'tural College will bo held at Cinciucati, Sept. 22 to 24. 'ouku;. The tencr of all Europau di-p jUhe received on the Vnit, w to tue rtfect liiat the Uerzeiruvinian troubles would 'jon le suppressed by Turkey, and that the other power had agreed to trtmp 1 Sen ia and MouUuezro to remain neutral. K ar-Admiral NiolHn Colliu.emmandirg the South Pacilii! fleet, died at Cal!a9 on the 0th in-t. Kear-Admiral Reed Workn ha. l4en ordered to the command of the South Pacific station. The wh'"at crop In (treat Uritain ha bet n harvested in mu h better condition than waanticipated, although the jleld is su.iill. The crop upon the ooutlnci.t are jrencrtlly jnu.-h dacd by storms an ii Kra" tl jHl i unu-ually iiieuvr. Ol'.kial report show thatth'' wheat crop lu Au-trijamlllungary have flli n off in jaTtiry mi 4 )Jlity. Commodore (oodei, uh aiul abi-at'sert w from the Rritish corvette l' ari were recently attacked by the native in Carii-1 Hay, Sr.t Cruz I-lHtid, and lb.' C'ninolore an.l seven men were hit with poisoned nrrow. The Cominoduro and two of the crew cub-. -fjuently died f. oiu tha etleit . pvi-ou. The Pearl, in retaliation, shi-lled aud burn.-d the village. Conin;i-iorc (iooder.ouh a commander of the Rr'iti-h squadron in Auatrahan water. The foot an i ra u!h disr ip ha broken eut with great vio'eiiee in lievoushire, lit p!:ind. where twtlve lhound animal a:e down wita it. A Pari journal knnonn.-e ths intende.l marriair of Kin? AL'ossd, of .-pji,to the o!d-t daughter of ths Uuko de Mont -tiler. The following particular f the v-(sin-afin cf Garcia 5! ire no, President of Ku ealor. are given by a corresjxir.d. nt : 1 h ? aassinatiou t:K)k place in the pulac at (u.to, and wa committed by aa oflkf-r, Cap'ain Rayo, who had recently bu pla. ed by the President, assisted by tw o j oun? raen of Quito, called Cornfjo. Raj tirt truck the rresidfiit over t!ia h' ad wi h a machete, and wa ntactly run through by the ct.try, who tired hi pie-e at the jm tim4, killing th a-usin innnediaN ly. The two young men, afier Rao bad struck tbe Preaident, tired en the latter with their revolver. The President fell oa hi faee mortally wounded, ad died aoon uftcr. The two youu; wa e(a;x 1. Captaia Webb, the Kn?! Unman, ha performed the hitherto un; recdt uted feat of swimming from Dover to Calal without a

float or lift-saving apparatus of any description. He wa 21 hour 4) minute in the pa me, and was in gsod spirits when h" reached the end of hi journey. Cap.. Wtbb failed in his first attempt.

A Letter from JtflVrton Davis. TIip Memphis p.iprr of tli 19th pul-li-.hcl the following letter from .Mr. D.tvi-t to tlis Secretary of tho vYiuni'b:i' County (111.) Agricultural Society : Ml Ml li:, Tr.Njt., Anrnst 15, 1-75. Hy. P. Kinioitll, ."x-ri Uiry ol tne V innelmgo

County Aurieuliural .-xM-iety, lus'krrt, hi: i Dkak mr 1 ye-UT-lay sent to yu a tclerani ' arnouncmc my n t' li"n nl the run-lit .onui I rrpunecul liie mviUliou to a.t.ln-f jrour n.-n-ri.tiion ht the uniiinl mit ;ng In m Ur next. Trie lotitf peril w tin h lus .ijm1 iwief tl.o Tf-r.-iil til tour tlrpt Uiiit. mit tlic cohm'Ii rale ( roiirU-rv lii h 0.11 niarki "iirii.rrii.on l nee, . m.iWi'S it a iluly Uilui- Im'hN kii'1 Ui In vs. 11 II.. t j sullieienl eilHiia'.iin sliouM r givt ii ( tins i h ine of urMM. 1 lireel c U mainly iLiiuc-'l 11. e 1.1 acc it toe inriLilton : 1

1. 1 tie h tii.tl rh"nil IiiUt -o'ire niiMtit remove soni.- of Vw rpjuln s aliuh l.nl U n (rem ratel ty ear(.in 1otiMim, nl i.tiriuie l t.y 1 1 1 V fi .1 .vl ah'i mi tionxl luile. Anxioij now MS in .rmer year In rmoie l)i iolTeFts of our rit iy of the .I 1 . pi , mii (x'liet imc Unit Willi mutual roi.fl-lt'iHf uml eo inU-uik'' in Uiui h r.olil I l tlciun for their H'lvam elm i.t . I only 'ieinjed my r- ( Unre tit your invitation until it became reitKittably prMljaule It couil be niei. 1 lie prsliietiver;iacitTnf th North west nee-1 for it levrlotnent ehi'asar anl sufrr lrHnMirUloin i- Die mnrWeUol U1.1 xnithwcst, ttn l aUo t tlioi.0 o f.ireiirn niuii trie. In nUimi e.H( i. ly earnest atu-rition haa n ilirei ul .ir M-vcrul year past to a mors tircetan'l e nnom i-jl trailo itli tim MiscnHipl Valley. In tin connection I'nTr h a a ileKirc t onlcr w 1II1 the 1'atronn ol llufli.iielry in your ru h anl rosperou section, to iiwii e. 1U1 them queslmna iiitoItfiI In secui injr Ix tter mvKh of lrnsjvrtinir rour farm prcxlui-ts to ties mist favorable miirkets, tint ( I'rovKliiitf ap-eni'ip Wlin h slionM Insure litrper return to Ireeitien, xn l liy aurh ronlerriien lo learn the view ol one mi'inlwr of llif family of the Misslsiippi Vullry a family the elm f in-U-re-t ul a I ju' inemlx r o( w lilefi Is aririiliure, but the rulliv:iUm of nu ll yarlou cr' as to make the trnle anion a: theiiiM'tve f xu-n-ivc an.l luerative n hile It sLnnip tiM,n evhnn lsll Uie Sinn inlTreft anil thr :iin policy aa to their fireii'n IrsMn. T render ueh roiifr-reiire f. I tn.l tin re must nerl ls r tispon.tioii to atk'mi to Uih riil'i.rt un-ler roik;it rHtiii surely not a pur(MiMj to smother It l. thr Intt-riioriliou ot maiu-r having no Just relation to it. 2. It wis lay wish to re'"Ki.iK the courtesy ,f your bonril, unl 1 fiiefMrp to twiietn that your rrcriiinn of ni would lie Itrneflclal rather than injiirmu t your tissociation. I hi an thr morts aiiniioaattle because Fcvrntl other agricultural oculica of Jllinoia tiad in like man

nrr Invitrd me to aMret annual metinit. rsUrdny I received 'rintiv laer, brili at protest of a iiuiuIkt nf your tellow eouulrymeu aKauint the action ol your boanl In their in nation U me to make the annual ml'lrcs at the uiiity nnvtliiif . Tli-rcuon I arul to you Urn tclciirum withilr:iHinK my a. ce'LtU''" of the invitaik'u, unilcr the oouvutiou Uial .1 wotiM not lie useful or aKrc4alili topui ticipsle in the nieetiiifC, anl I now lione neither )tur association nor your ill rector will lufh-r harm by tlie il.lay In lrs'uriiiK an orator, or by Uie coriYrpoiulruco a Inch li.t cauaesl it a. It wamy object to (-ratify a wIhIi, lonr en. tcrtuiiifi, to mc in Us cultivate.! iirma a country know 11 to ms a a ti.ii klcp wil.lenies; but tout ti inn merely a H'rsonal KratiUc-ation, it may lie

iiimiiIJihj ia al uiy ron en uih e or islponea inilellnilrly . 1 enn U'Uctb Uie cause which has chmiKesl uiy pur(M wa a unfoix-n lv you aa by me. Mint you may be assure.! that f feel no ifiatifai lion towartla the Uirtvtorsor yourself, ami liiiv ullrrtl no lyersonal t uiban asament Irom tho rvrnt, as Uie invitation w iinetvtel, a ti. I only acceptable a an expression of (seneral troxtil ill. Sumy only rexret la Iho loos of an opiMirtiinily to pronaule public intercKts w ilti w Incli the welfitre of your community 1 iilentlthsl. Attain expressing tho hope that hciUier the director or )oursll niay suffer injury or annoy am c, ami thankinjtyuu lor the kiiilues ami consMcrnlton you hav manileste.1, I am rctpectfully yours, Jiu khsus Hivi. letting: Loose a Small Volcauo. I.at week Mr. .Joseph llahn, vhn lives three or four miles west of Marine City, Mich., in h small place called Cottrellville, wa en-jed in s.inkin;ran artesian well, nnd ti-eit for that iurpose

n derrick, consist iu; of three piifes of timber fastened tofther at the top, in the shape of a tripod. This derrick was fastened by means of a heavy b chain wound around the timbers at the top, attached to w hich was an attp-r for the purMe of burin;; the well, which was turned by lire power. The iiist port inn of the well, for h distance of tni i.ty . it, l.ud V'Ck-n can f;:!ly !:rii hrd tip, and the boring continued from there, 'ritt diuueter of the well is thirteen inches, and on Monday niht tlic stumer had penetrated a distance of l.'" feet. The next morninp; a ra chatnher wa penetrated, and upon the removal of the aurcr the wooden tuliin shot out of the well, immediately followed by a stream of .:st water, mud, and stones that rose to a di-tancc of nearly two hundred feet in the air, w bile t hop-mind shook as if nn earthquake had cnnvtil-ed it. .atones weight upfront ten to twenty pounds were projected in the air and fell in all directions, mc of tlieiu crashing thn 'iih t he ri of Mr. I lahn's lioiise and barn, and compelling Ms family to seel, another habitation . The liea y 1 t hain b'nalin?; the derrick w a cut by t!ie lljin mi'-iles into a do,-n pine-, and tin farm, upon iihiili a t !!" could ii"t have be n found previous to this. p!n'iiiinei!n, was literally (oM tcl with l.iro and m:ill oiie. The vcl' -it v of this discharge continned foretold or ten hour v ithout in-termi-sio!i, v lieu t he nion.-ter was found to have -pent !ii fury, and the Mivam and noie "radually Mibsided. '1 he crop-. 1 if M r . llaliii wt re eompleti 'y destroy i 1 by tl.c falling debris and tlie stveaii.-of water vvhieli ran in all tiiivetions. M.ltIV people !'ted the Will, and many aie still coming, arid Mr. Ilalin,t i r toie :in neatly as jio..il.h his lo-s, has iin lo-id th" w!l within a rail f.-'iee, and charges the moderate slim of live cents for the s ii-f u tioti of indiviilu.il curiosity. The water, still lnibldii'.L'. may be seen at a exeat d pth b the aid of a mirror, which n ib-i ts the sun's rays into it depths. f Vc liahies aud Dirt. A writer in the M r.;v'.nJ ;is: We once asked an old Vii!ne!i:er. sijuaw how it was that she cured ie r sick family by simply covering them evei-y dav with fn-sh eartli, lea inotily a brcatluti; spot for their no-es, and she said: ' 'harth our mother. I'.arth make she, and earth take "jood r are to make sin? papics strong; sipiaw-nioth-er make she jiapooes s'n-k; cart h-nio' hcr make she papooses well njraiti. he can't tell w bite s. maw any more." Now this poor Imlian woman was wie "according to herlicrhts." Without knowin? ''V, she saw that the earth was a friend to her children, and therefore :a e them to its liealiti"; eiiibra"e. If the mother be fortunate enough to liv e in the country, she has the cure for many of her children's ills ijuite at hand. Kiicoura";e baby to jday in the fre-h earth, jireparin? it properly for its enjoynn nt and ctue, with as careful an eye to the comfort of the little thin? as ton would if it were to take any other sort ofa bath. If it has no old dres-es, 1:1 ike it a suit of cheap print , tie upon its head a lilit cap, that wiil protect its ces from discomfort and pivc it freedom to delve in the warm, soft earth, where tin sunshine can comfort and invigorate it. If it i a city child, and cii( utnstnnees forbid a t rip to the country for the sake of the vvc.k convalescent, have a sand heap made on the warm side of jour Mild . In-tiiv t will teach it t di?, and fi??in? hardens the muscles and eives strength to the bones, w Idle from the heart of the earth ri-es a subtle and strong power of healin? that we can neither explain nor understand for ourselves, though we have both situ and felt it potency. Lu(k ifvitu Him A Massachusetts paper says that n drunken man act tially drove a liors,. and w aon at 1 1 o'clock of a recent eveniTi?, on the lJost'Hi and Albany llailroad track from Spencer, three miles, to liast I'.rooklield, without harm, beyond dropping his p-oci'rirsj and boot boxes by the way. He crossed numerous cat-tle-o;u:irils , and finally ran his wa-on down a bank, nnd Vou-ed up A;rent Adams to belli him out of th" predicament. He dodged all the i.i;rht treiirld and owl passenger trains, and aver that one of tliem 'Mnrned out for him." - - A ran of powder exploded in a buinin? huildin? at. Ami Arbor, Mich . , injuring aoino JUpcrsuuri who were near by.

1 LAW.KOMAMT.. An Intei-edlng rarrli far l".l.lc-Tli Msrjr of I hr Title to m .Million lol lara' WorlU of I'rniirrtr in TolfiUllow It m liuputed, avud How s.i. tied. (From Uie Toledo Itla.te, Atijt. 14-1 We narrowly escaped havin? n Myra Clark (laincsj ase in our city n short time no;o, in which property valued at nearly .l,KK,tNH was involved, and which had for important factors in the case the troublesome ijuestions of lawful marriage, and legitimacy of children, that itlvvnys prove Mich intricate and costly problems to settle) when a lapse of time ha made it ditlicult to directly establi.sli the status of the relations of various parties. Ity singular flood fortune, and the address and perseverance of two yium? lawyers of our city, the ease of which we speak was brought to a satisfactory termination, but had not a peculiarly happy conjunction of circumstances favored this result, the

coiiseriticnces woubt have been uisas-

trous, and involved Ion;; and tedious litigation. lUttto the stoiy . Anion? those who upheld our fla"; upon the ocean in the second war with (Ireat llritahi, was a certain Captain of a privateer, named (Jeor?o Ii. Ford. What vessel ho coinniainFed and what services he rendered during the stni??le are not material to this narration. They were probably not very brilliant, a his name docs not appear conspicuously in the annals of that war. Suflice it to say that he wa captured I y the enemy, and suffered a term of imprisonment at lTyinouth, laifxland. lie was released Iron imprisonment at the com !u-ion of the war, and returned to his home in Baltimore,

where his wife was. It seems that he

Heltons part of Marvland known us t, Kastcrn Shore. Thither the two l.iW. ltw i t ... I I'.ii- ..f

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coiivc uuee, Amvillir.it lliA lu.ii.n ti I . i

. , , ,.j uniini ;i veiicnible female, answering to tl. euphonious appellation of Hefsy .Join,. on. Although eiohtv years old, h,. is still vifrorous, bodify bcin;; ni.r,, in choppino; woo.l in front of tli,.i,(,. when the lawyers caiuu up. M. proved to be the sister of Lovtv p.u,. kert, was present at the time the latter was married to Captain J'ord, and aft. r

ner nrotner-in-iavv returned from I n ).. ...I .1... i:.....i .. :.i. i.: ii .' -

oiKoii" nun nun nun mm t-r si,.r for a period of nine years, until s. herself yielded to the amorou, soli. tions of a youn? Marvlander, and vcame hi blushing bride. When the old I nly found out that In r testimony was of importance, . f,.i that her opportunity had com,., and should make a ten-strike for a reward. She consulted a pompous ignorant o, Squire, the oracle of the neihboilio.,.1, ami he too became inflated wit h th'. mafTtiitude of the oce:usioii, and a.'.ils, her to demand a considerable sn,., ,.j inoiu v as a reward for her tc,tinioi v, and lie attended her at her interview w ith the attorneys, to see tin: they did not overreach lit r. This complicated matters. Thon-!t the woman's evidence was all important to th' settlement of the ca-e, . t it would never do to pay the Mini . asked. The attorney saw th it t1n w.r, to their object was through the Sipiiiv'. He was adroitly approached. M uter..! as to his intimate and extensive kn. .i!edjrc of the law, and his abilitv ;rI i

v . I hen ins opinion wasucllcicutu .-.

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for he caine out here and pre-empted : nia waM eomj.letidv won over, ud'a'dland, and in he received a patent I vjMj client to comply with tie lev.

for 1. . acres, l.K-atcd m what is now Vl.r's requests and make her a:ii.:

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IIM'rillll oaiu Ol tills CIIJ . II IS j know 11 u Kiv cr Trad No. (i, and lies between Western Avenue and South Street. In due time the frallant privateersnian

is not Ions' until the old

Her recollection if tie events of , .

early life was excellent, and In r tniony in regard to the patericty ;.: birth of Kmeline l'onl.was fi,;i ;(:

was pit hi

d to lis-; f -ithers , aed the j

complete, covering all tin

::i the c:'se. She wrss or,-., . efsisf, rs niairia-'e vv ith 'apt. -.in Y

and rccnili ctcd the 1 .1 i t

perty ilescended to his only daughter, Kini line Ford , who. in Is."..', conveved )

it to one Kan.lall ib-o tor a sm ill cn-; ::mi t :IIU venieinbeied that lin siileratioii. A year later Mr. W ib-o , u ;IS in ;,,,,,. t' ,- convey ed the land to Ilenjaniiii 1". Wade, j f, d!ow inin 1M.. Sin- ! -j-. .1 ,. afterw'ard I'nited Stales Senator fn.ni ' i,,.r testimony bv the pr-.d.;. ii-'. . Oliio. Wade and hi- frrantecs retain ! tt, pible, w iii. fi ..i.t iin. .1 tl..- f p.K.Mi.ui of a l.irsro portion of the land ; r.--i-t tr - and "ave the dates M,

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) et . Ill 17:1 thee pocsors of the land ' were startled from the sense t.f security i I'V the information that the deei lul ints of the brothers and sisters of faj.taiu' lieorsje I,, l'oid had laid i la::n to t!ie tr.u t and were about to ak the court' to put tl cm in po-sessioTi of it. As tit.-1 lii -t tep in this direction they had ;riv- i en an i:i' rest in the claim to Jude I i!-, den, of ( i:i innati, wh, in turn, cocvcid it to his son Howard Tildeii. !1 he ea-e of th claimants w.is sup. porti d by allegations ; I. That Captain lord w:' r h- : L"al!v married to the mother of Ii:m '.ine 1 l ord, t lie ri rl from whom the prccnt , TM.s.essolS hold their tit!''. )

This was eminently saf,-f ii '. ivy i:is it v i lit , but another h;'le i.i-' ; cy insinuated itself and tin -.;!, u- . I r lle. Kmeline lord w is bora in lthen she would not have al' .':e ! h-pil no' of t i lity- ne a- I .-.j tie-old laws at tlie time v. In n -' t lie con t a lice of the Ji? o., f". V ill" Thi, too, at la-t turned out h f. T an exau.ina'ioti f the it " Marv l il'd showed that the law t' vi : majority if women :t .

vv a- pas. the tilin v vi d th 'ihlls.

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Knii line V"onl , and for so a time previous to that event as to preclude the possibility of his bcin? her father. These were serious matters for the people w ho had their money invested in the property, and tli'-y resolved upon install, i'.ilioii. The matter seelneii ! pi"i nt ahnot insurmountable obt.-. !es at the outt. There were no ground to hope for a li-eoery -f the proof of the marriage at this lite day, at a lapse of more than si.xtv -ar from the date of the

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resolved to make the cihrt, and hist ,H;snr,1,,,..'in

M ar Messrs. J. II . Im'c and T. .1 . u Kf-i ii!.pr.

IcI)ollnell were di-paU lied to Haitimore, Md., tohcfjinthe search. Their lir-t essay was a search of the inarria?.' licenses auioiio; thediisty old tomes in the Court-hoiise records. P.efrinnin? with tho of 172, they patiently-waib-d backward through apparently interminable lists of names of those who had been ftiveii in marriage, until under date of duly, 2, they were rewarded by findin;; the reioid f a liceii-e issued to lieoroeh. Ford and Lovcv I'.ii-kert. This wa a hopeful be- ...... 1 .

frinnin";, iiHieeii . a menioiamium op

posite t he l eenl

had been directed to Ib'V. ,Ioi oh

lend a a proper person to solemnize marriages . A visit to the Mercantile Library w::s next made, and after delv in? around in the old I lireetuies on its shelves, it was four"! that the Kev. Joseph (I. P.end was, in lsU, the rector of St. Taul's l'arih Church, at the corner f Saratoga and Charles streets, le pairi 1 1 -T t hither, access was gained to the old registers ef the siri-li, and Min cs nuinier two wa pained vv hen an ct.try was discovered to the ctTect that the ceremony of mari iafre between Cieore L. Ford ami Iovey I'liskert wa performed by Kev. Joseph tl. Ki nd, July 12, I'roiau insT a certilii-d copy of this fact from the Parish Clerk, the next step w as to demonstrate that the daughter Kmeline was legitimately bepitten . It xva necessary to find some traces of Kmeline. Another jiatient investigation of tho list of marriage licenses revealed the fact that in lM site wa married to one I.aielnun II. poet. Itecourse was nfrain had to the tlirectories, and Mr. poet wa traced down through a number of years, and found to be still liv in? in r.altiniore. A viit to his hoiisij did mt lind him nt home, hut a sister wa there who knew soinethini' of the familv history, and she di-

l'oiious and at times c' ':!:' ptheVelV slender i li-Wswitii wl'i

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