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TOCCOA, GA.:
SATURDAY* APRIL 23, 1892
Sam Jone 3 has closed his revival
meetings in Augusta, Ga., at which
it is claimed that thousands were con¬
verted, including some very wicked
sinners, who closed their saloons and
gambling dens.
* * *
Congress has been wrangling this
week over appropriations to increase
the number of our ships and torpedo
boats; but the majority of the House
seems to be opposed to spending any
more millions for increasing the navy.
* * *
The decision of the Supreme Court
that the law taxing railroads is con¬
stitutional will be hailed with delight
by every citizen of the state. Some
$400,000 will be received by the
fetate of which Habersham county
will get about $3,800.
# * *
The Scbtch-lrish Congress will
meet in Atlanta next Thursday. The
railroads will sell round tickets for
one and one-third fare, and hotels
Will accomodate guests at reduced
rates. The proceedings of the Con¬
gress will be highly interesting and
instructive.
*
After an agitation of nearly fifty
years, the New Y'ork Assembly has
passed a law giving women the right
to vote in state elections. People
are now curious to know how many
years must pass away before they will
have the right to vote in national
elections.
* * *
In the case of the State Alliance
Exchange against the Crown Cotton
Mills, the verdict was against the
Exchange, denying it any portion of
the $5,000 demanded by Col. Peek,
and giving judgement against the
Exchange to the amount of $900 in
favor of the mills.
* * *
It is reported that the Southern
Alliance Farmer is to be made a daily
paper. A stock company, we are
told, is being formed, and soon a full
fledged daily will be flying over the
state advocating the principles of the
third party. It is expected that much
of the stock will be taken bj sub¬
alliances.
* * *
The state of Georgia uses more
phosphate fertilizers than any other
state or country on the globe,amount¬
ing annually to about 330,000 tons,
at a cost of over six millions of dol¬
lars. This year much less will be
used; some estimating the amount
tiot to oxceed two hundred and fifty
thousand tons.
* * *
Annie Young, queen of ths gyp^
sies, died a few days ago at the early
age of 23 years. She was buried at
Elizabeth, New Jersey, on Good Fri¬
day, according to the rites of the
Catholic church, of which she was
a devout msmbsr. She was the eld¬
est daugher of Chief Lovell, a native
Egyptian; her husband’s name is
Hollard Young, to whom she had been
married about a year.
* * *
Nearly fifty years ago, John C.
Calhoun prophesied that a great
trans-continental highway would in
some future day,cross the Mississip¬
pi river at Memphis, Tenn. This
prediction will be fulfilled next
month, when the celebration of the
opening of the new bridge will take
place. The bridge is said to start at
the point from which De Soto first
beheld the Father of. Waters three
hundred and fifty years ago.
* * *
Some rascally agents have been
traveling over Georgia selling inferi¬
or charts to the school boards of the
counties at prices several times above
what they are worth. In some in¬
stances bribes were offered to school
commissioners and memberso^ boards
in sums ranging from $50 to $500 in
order to effect sales. Information of
this rascality has reached the ears of
State School Commissioner Bradwell
and he is taking steps to bring the of¬
fenders to justice. Let us hope the
bribers as well as those whom they
bought, receive the punishment they
justly deserve.
* * *
A resolution has been introduced
into the House to appoint .a commit¬
tee to inquire into the cause of the
low prices of cotton and the depress-
is entirely unnecessary; if thsre is
any member of congress who does
not know the causes of tfie^e troubles
he is so abominably ignorant as to
be unfit to represent his people in
congress; he should resign his seat
and go home.
* * *
Instead of taking up valuable
time and spending the people’s mon -
ey in pretending to find out what
every school boy knows, congress
should get to work, do away with
unjust and oppressive enactments,
and pass laws that will be just to all
classes, and relieve the people from
the heavy burdens of excessive tax¬
ation.
* *
A bill came up in the Senate this
week providing that certain Arizona
bonds should be paid in gold. This
legislation favoring gold at the ex¬
panse of silver was opposed by the
silver men. An amendment was of¬
fered making the bonds payable “in
lawful money;” instead of ‘ in gold
coin;” thus as far as these bonds are
concerned, placing silver on a parity
with gold. The silver men won by a
vote of 28 to 24, and they are jubi¬
lant. It is regarded as significant
that Senator Hill voted on the silver
side, thus it is claimed removing all
doubts as to how he stands on the
free coinage question.
Still it does not follow that because
he voted for this bill making the Ariz-
ona bonds payable in silver as well as
gold, mat he is ia favor of free coin¬
age o." silver. Paying certain bonds
in silver does not necessarily involve
free coinage; so we are still in dark¬
ness as to hour the oily senator will
vote on that important question, it
is well known he is not in favor of
the free coinage plank in the Demo-,
cratic platform because the opposition
of sj many democrats to this meas¬
ure will hazard the defeat of the
party in the coming presidential elec
tion.
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Bright people are the quickest to
recognize sell a good thing and I uy it.
We lots of bright people theLittle
Early Risers. If you are not bright,
these pills will make you 6o, T A
Capps.
RED BILL.
“More rain, more rest,” says the
farmer.
“Third Party” or “Peoples’ Part}”
is the cry; it has token the place of
“hard times.”
We are sorry to learn of the acci¬
dent of Mrs. J. W. Crump . She was
going up the steps and fell, crippling
herself so she has been in bed ever
since, we hope she may soon recover.
Our sick ones are getting on all
O. K They will soon be able to be
out on the streets again enjoying the
spring breezes.
Dr. Bennett and wife of Jefferson
visited friends and relatives here last
week . We were pleased to see them
so happy.
R. H. Smith of Athens will spend
the spring and summer in Red Hill.
There were G newly married coup¬
les out t j hear Rev. R. B. O. England
preach one of his be3t missionary ser¬
mons last Sunday.
On asking a gentleman the other
day why he did not join the Alliance
lie reple 1 that they would not accept
any but “bona fide” men, and sa«d he
was rather inclined to be corpulent.
Mr H J. Co x ’of South Carolina is
spending a few days with his old
home folks. He likes to go to thie
office, but we doi’t think so much for
the mail, but rather to see the female.
Miss Ella Davis received a large
box of very delicious oranges from
her Florida sweetheart) we think it
must be very nice to have such a
sweetheart, or at least J/iss Ella
thinka'so, or she would not take on s >
much about her nice gift. But she
takes on so much more about the
giver, it just disheartens the Red Hill
boys.
Miss Sallie Terrell has been workr
ing in her yard and grove, which gives
a delightful appearance to her beau¬
tiful home, and shows the fine taste
of our char ming girls.
Everybody waits with no little im¬
patience for the News of each week,
which appears every Monday. The
brightest paper in the south for its
size.
A SAFE.1NVESTMENT
Is one which is guaranteed to bring you
turn satisfactory of purchase results, or in case of failure a' re¬
buy from price. On this safe plan
you bottle can of our advertised druggist a
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con¬
sumption . It is guaranteed to bring relief in
every case, when used for any affection of
Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption
Inflamation of Lungs, bronchitis, Asthma.
Whooping and agreeable Cough, Croup, etc. It is pleasant
always be depended to taste, perfectly safe, and can
W H upon. Free trial bottles
at & J Davis Drugstore.
We truly believe De Witt’s Little
Early Risers to be the most natural,
most effective, most prompt and eco¬
nomical pill for billiousness, indiges¬
tion and inactive liver. T A Capps.
OUR MAGAZINES.
^ »Thf Golden
F i ee ce,” is by Juha.iIIavrthome, who
conducts his readers to the Pacific
and the border of the desert. It)
is a curious medley of the modern
the antique, of the weird and the /
of civilized manners, wild
Aztec hidden treasures,
legends or superstitions of long
ago. In the Journalist Series,W.J.C.
Meighan recounts the exploits and
trials of the traveling correspondent,
In the Athletic Series, the world
renowned bicycler Thomas Stevens
glorifies his favorite pursuit.
Good Gray Poet,” Wait Whitman,
is celebrated in timely essay by
William S, Walsh, and in sundry
random recollections by JPilliam H.
Garrison. Floyd B. Wilson has a pa¬
per on ‘PersonalEconomics in ourCol-
leges,” and Mr. Moulton one on J. Atf.
Barrie, the Scottish novelist, who has
lately sprung into sudden fame. Mrs.
Wellington Rollins contributes two
pages of miscellanenous Reflections.
The department “As It Seems” dis¬
cusses Conscience in the Types, Per¬
ils of the Pave, a Quadrennial W oe,
and “Little’sm,” the latter a new
word of Mrs. Atherton, expressing a
trait of many novelists. There are
short stories by Emma B. Kaufman
and Frederic M. Bird, the latter finely
illustrated. The poetiy of the num¬
ber is by Louise Chandler Moulton,
An 10 Reeve Aldrich, William H.
^ a }’ ne > Coleman, and M. F.VS .
demokkst’s magazine.
“The Consumptives’ Clime,” pub¬
lished in Deinorest’s Family Maga¬
zine for May is an article handsomely
illustrated with numerous views of
health resorts and other beautiful
piaces in Colorado, and will interest
every robust person, as well as those
seeking a congenial clime. An il¬
lustrated paper on “ The Grape-Fruit”
is also seasonable, furnishing val¬
uable information regarding this—to
many—unfamiliar fruit. “In Persia’s
Palaces,” with its many illustrations,
gives a comprehensive idea of
man’s life in thatEastern clime; ‘N.-xt
Summer’s Garden” is just in time to
be cf practical use; there is a Decor t-
tion day story, “The Voodoo Charm,”
and a Decoration Day poem, “Our
Truce,” beautifully illustrated, lie-
sides other good stories; all the oth *r
departments are running over with
seasonable matter; and besides three
fulLpage pictures, there are nearly
200 illustrations. Deinorest’s Fami-
ly Magazine is published for only $2
a year, by W. Jennings Demorest, 15
E. 14th St., New York.
LOME MAGAZINE.
Mrs. Logan writes editorially in tho
April number, of the recent Congres¬
sional trip to Chicago and of o her
current topics. In her “Persona!
Recollections” she writes of the dedi¬
cation of the celebrated J/otrrpolit!Mi
Church in TFashiug;oti, and gives a
full account of the first inauguration
of General Grant; describes the In¬
augural Ball, and gives a view of the
present appearance of the famous
“Cash Room” of the Treasury where
the ball was held.
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker writes of
thi closing events of the social sei-
son in the Capital; and this depart¬
ment also gives a sketch of Mrs. Le-
land Stanford from the pen of Mrs.
Logan, who is a personal friend of the
California Senator’s wife. The ar¬
ticle is illustrated by a portrait o f Mrs.
Stanford. In future numbers will be
given sketches with portraits of Mrs.
Senator Mitchell; Mrs. Senator Quay;
Mrs. Justice Brown; and Mrs. R. R.
Springer. There is begun this month
a new serial story from the pen of
Mrs. Harriet Tavlor Upton, It is a
love story and is fairly representative
throughout of the possibility of our
American life.
The other departments contain
much excellent reading.
These magazines are offered at re¬
duced rates with the Toccoa News.
See club list.
MERIT WINS.
Wedasireto say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling Dr. Kings New
Discover}' Life Pills Bucklen’s for Consumption, Dr. King’s New
Arnica S;i Ire and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled remedies that
sell so well, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We cl > not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to re-
fund the purchase price, if satisfactory re¬
sults do not follow their use. These remedies
have one their great popularity purely on
their merits. W H <fc J Davis, Druggists.
DYSPEPSIA ANL)*LIVER COM-
PLAIN r.
Is it not worth the small pr es
75c to free yourself of every
toms of these distressing complaints,
if you think so call at our store and
get a bottle of Shiloh’s Vtlalizer,
ever 3 ' bottle has a printed guarantee
on it, use accordingly and if it
you no good it will cost you nothing.
Sold by T A Capps.
TOMS CREEK.
,<**•*•**•«••*- — 1*W ««•*« *U. — b.
The recent heavy frosts have near¬
ly, if not quite, killed all the fruit in
n,j 8 geetion.
Jim Looney and Ried Askew went
to Reyston not long since on a tender
missiou.
8orae little disturbance coupled
with excitement iu our b trg just now
caused by the burning of a bridge on
the Creek. It i3 not fully known who
did the dirty work but it was on a
certain night.
Rev. Farmer Stovall preached an
excellent sermon last Sunday atTorns
Creek Academy.
Several of our neighbors were
down last week with La Grippe of a
sever# type.
Henry Ertzberger is home from
Townville , S. C. where he has been
engaged in teaching school.
Uncle Jerry Cleveland ofHenry,Ga.
is visiting his sister J/rs. Looney this
week.'
Alvin Stow happened to what
might have been ia serious accident
some time since while chopping stove
wool a piece fle* up and inflicted
some ugly and very painful wounds
or. his eye ball.
Crude Sammy Porter lias a little
shaving skillet which he moulded
himself nearly 60 years ago in a found¬
ry which was then located ncarClarks-
ville.
The Alliance is rallying its forces
in the Third Party movement. Go
slow brethren, you have feasted on
promises before the Alliance era
dawned upon us.
It is truthfully stated that on the
day of the Governor’s visit to Carues-
yille, one of the Avalon dudes was
prancing around on the streets with a
lady from New York city. Hurrah for
Doc Amicus.
For nearly half a century Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral lias been the most
pepilar cough remedy in the world.
The constantly increasing demand
for this remedy proves ;it to be the
very best specific for colds, coughs
and all diseases of the throat and
lungs.
lallhlah falls*
k
M S3 Bessie Jiann and Mrs.
ins m left yesterday morning for At-*j
lanta to visit relatives and friends. ]
W. V. Lauraine, the receiver of thej
B R & A. R. R. attended a meetingt
of the business men of Demorest
week to arrive at a mutual
standing regarding tlieiqbusmess w
t he road and we understand all
went away satisfied. Mr. L. has
many years experience
and will doubtless give the goo 1
pie «>f Demorest ent re satisfaction.
Mr. Hodgson of Athens was the
guest of Judge Thomas this week.
IF. R. Sweet, the clever railroad
agent, at Tallul-h has purchased the
res < lenc of C. E. Grant, and as Mr.
S. is a s : ngle man it looks a little sus^
piciois.
Our merchants, Messrs. Cannon,
G,ant and Davids >n all have a good
trale now and their stock is well
lected a id large enough to supply the
demand.
Our enterprising townsman, W. D.
Young, has his saw mill and shingle
mill running under full headway and
is turning out a fine lot of lumber and
sliiigles.
Stanhope Erwin , son of W. S. 'Er¬
win, one of Clarksville's clever attor-.
neys, is running as express messenger
on the B. R. & A. railroad and is
boarding at J/ayor Robinson’s.
The produce wagons are coming m
daily from the country loaded with
fine chickens, eggs, etc .,which find a
ready market. Generally in Tallulah
Mrs. IF, D. Young,the polite proprie¬
tress of the Willard eottage hotel, is
one among the best customers of
the country wagons.
The hotels that will be open this
season we are informed, will be tlie
Grand View, the JFillard cottage, the
Robinson House an 1 the Cliff House
and probably some private houses.
Rabun county is preparing to get
up an exhibit of rare minerals for the
World’s Fair, and will doubtless
make quite a successful display.
Isaac Grindstaff.
OH ! WHAT A COUGH.
TTill you heed the warning. The
signal A -rhaps of the sure approach
of that most terrible disease, Cons
8um P tion - Ask yourselves if you can
afford for the sake of saving 50c. to
run the risk and do Jnothing for it.
We know from experience that Shi-
loh’s Cure will cure your cough. It
never fails. This explains why more
than a million bottles were sold the
past \ ear. It relieves croup and
whooping cough at once. Mothers,do j
not be without it. For lame back,!
side or chest use Shiloh's Porous!
Plaster, Sold by T. A.
Evidence of Former Experience.
James Riehardson, a middle nged
man. was pushed into the receiving
hospital by a jioliccman at an early
hour one morning. He required sur¬
gical treatment. There was blood
on his face, on his shirt and on his
hands. An interesting assortment of
cuts decorated his scalp and his left
eye resembled a ripe plum.
“Been fighting?” asked Steward
Freeman.
“Yep,” was the reply from bruised
lips.
“Got licked?”
“Yep,” and the victim settled back
while Freeman went to work with,
sponge, needle and plaster. While at
work Freeman was observing Rich¬
ardson’s nose. That organ was some¬
what swollen and it pointed over its
owner's right shoulder, lying almost
flat to the face.
“Nose broken?” the steward in
quired.
“Yep,” again answered the muti
lated man. Freeman seized hold of
Richardson's nasal organ vigorously
and tried to pull it out straight. It
did not budge, but the man did. He
howled like a wolf and swore like a
pirate.
“Keep still till I fix it,” said the
steward, preparing for another pull.
“Fix! Thunder and great guns!
Young man, that nose was broken
seven years ago and was mended this
way. I don’t want it fixed. I have
got used to it as it is and would be
lonesome if I could not see it just so.
You let that nose alone.”—San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Early Risers, Early Risers, Early
Risers, the famous little pills for con¬
stipation gick headache,dj'spepsia and
nervousness. T A Capps.
Dr. J. N. WEST J
PHYSICIAY & SURGEON.
Diseases of Women
Chronic Diseases a
Specially.
OFFICE HOURS.
8 TO 12 A, M 2 t«. 6 r. m.
7.30 to 8.30 f m.
Mat he son Dinkling,
2occoa, Ga .
Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, - HI.,
writes: From personal experience I
can recommend De JLitt’s Sarsapa¬
rilla a cure for impure blood and gen¬
eral debility.* T A Capps. 02413'
Stable.
CLARKSVLLE.
House & Spenceb have a finely
equipped stable; and are prepared to
carry travelers ami tourists to any
part of the county at reasonable rates.
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AMPLE Finely foe illustrated, five $1.50 a year.
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may retain
its youthful color,
fullness, and beauty,
dress it daily
with
Ayer’s Hair Vigor
It cleanses the
scalp, cures humors,
and stimulates a
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inferior Saws which they claim "ns good as the Dexter.” These imitation Saw* are made from a
lower grade of steel, inferior workmanship, and without the patent concave tooth.
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An old physician, retired from
having had placed in l i-
by an East India miss;ouar\ vegetable
formula of a simple
for the speedy and perma¬
cure <>f Consumptio i, Bronchitis,
Asthma and nil throat and
Affections, also a positive and
cure for Nerv ous Debility ami
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Notes, 820 Powers BIocn. Rochester.
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PROFIT A B L E J N V E ST M E XT'
AND PLEASANT HOMES
IN CORNELIA, GA.
The Syndicate recently formed f«;.
building up Cornelia offers unusua
advantages for profitable in vestment.
1st. In a Stock Company.
The par value of the shares i- $100.
These cost at present only $33.33
Only one third, or $11.11 pei
share is paid down.
One third, or$l 1.11 per share in
00 days.
One third, or $11.11 per share i<
90 days.
I ne $33.33 per share then paid i\
wcr< I $100.
In addition the stocK holders o\vi,
real estate that costs their. $50.00<‘
a hieh is estimated to l»e worth mor
than $150,000 and will constantly i
crease in value.
2nd. Persons wishing to buy city
lots, fruit and vegetable farms, a?
prices sure to advance-can now do s<
a Cornelia, either for investments or
for homes. Now is the time to invest.
For further information, call on or
addresseither of the following persons:
The Editor of the News,Toccosi,Ga
G. D. Stor.e, Corneba, Ga.
W. M. Sgott & Co. Atlanta, Ga.
BlueRIdge&Atlantic R.R •
7imn 7ablr Ao //
Taking effect Jan 17, 1892.
No. 9. | I Sat. STATIONS J No 12 : a:
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Garden Pea “ Charmer." packet......... [66.
Potato “ American Wonder." £41! 1b.. 300.
Panning human our superb strain. 100 almost
Pansy. I-xtm packet.................................5oc. choice, packct‘zso
“Brilliant” Poprkv 'DeGraw. packet 15c.
6 Roses. Bare Waban an both for fine.
Chrysanthemums, each 50%:
6 Choice Geraniums, each 250.; not 1.60 ‘
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Address THE SUN, New York.
iBdlMipolis, ltd. Miaptts, Tub.
Minneapolis, Minn, CktttiMogi, Tub.
“COAL OIL JOHNNY.*
Bloat Eccentric of Ail '.leu Wlio Cot
Quickly in the Oil lU-gUi
The wealth of Mr. S: • ’ *. bett -r
known as "Coal Oil Johnny, "has un¬
doubtedly been overrated—that is to
say, his wealth in cash. At the time
the Pittsburg sanitary commission
made an offer to donate a soldier’s
monument to the comity making the
largest contribvtion, the producers
of this section agreed to-set aside ter
that purpose the proceeds from their
well.: for one day. Mr. . %.Oi !/ S fi-.l
tribution for that day was $2.5 >,
which was a fair gauge of what his
wells were doing.
The farm and tlie conjunctive inter
; ests bequeathed to him by his <nv.n.l
mother he probably could have dis¬
posed of for $.7 »K),(k;o or more when
the same came into his possession,
but it is doubtful if at any time he
possessed more than $IUU,(K.0 in cash.
His exjiensive eccentricities were
many, but did not include, as often
reported, the purchasing and giving
away of a hotel in Philadelphia. The
story probably grew out of the fact
that while in Philadelphia at one
time he experienced some difficulty
in securing a hack and finally bought
one outright; that when he got
through with the rig the driver
asked him what to do with it and he
told him to keep it. It was on that
trip to Philadelphia that he. while
with ' Slocum, the fellow who was
‘showing him the world,” attracted
so much attention by going about
with bills of various denominations
tied in the buttonholes of his cloth-
^^ •»£-«* . ^“S , . *S»U .. V«n*aw. .
b ^^ aeveoH8btfa85s *”
W1 AnothCT"rf
his occcntri -itioH on
that trip WK . th e forming of « negro
m jnKtrt , 1 ^ a , randoIa for each
of thl . „f which he bought
a ^ o( dothra w heu ho engage.1
Um 1R . lirullg]lt bis tr(wl , bcr( . 4
an( | was a \)oxitall ho did with it.
The details of his doings in Pliila-
New York, Saratoga and
3 ] sew i ier0t including his experiences
shart'ers, notably liis $10,000 ac-
juaintance with John Morrissey,
have been written threadbare.
Summed up briefly the main points
in his life are these: When quite
young ho became an orphan and was
adopted by his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. William MeClintock. He
was married two or three years be¬
fore ho became of age and worked at
farm work until the oil excitement
began. He then engaged in hauling
oil down Oil cree k and hauling coal
back with a pair of old plugs. Tho
result was the possession of a good
team of his own. The MeClintock
farm became one of the most valu¬
able along Oil creek. Mrs. McClin-
tock survived her husband several
years, and when she died, in ISfia,
the adopted son, Steele, became the
sole heir to her property.
He soon concluded to seo someof
the world with his wealth, and ho
8aw it He sought notoriety and ho
got it. He spent his money like a
man with Monte Cristo backing—
was bled by leeches, fleeced by sharp-
ers and in a few years, his oil inter
ests in the meantime rapidly depre-
ciating in value, he found himself
f ffaiu a P°° r man ' But no one ever
heard him express particular regret
over the return he received for his
money.
At one time when he was highest
in his eccentric extravagances Cap¬
tain J. J. Vandergrift, T. H. Wil¬
liams and others sent for him and
kindly expostulated with him on the
point that he ought to save some of
his money. He thanked them for
their friendly advice, but said that he
had made a bring by hauling oil and
could do it again if necessary. He
couldn’t rest until he had spent that
fortune. Ultimately he got the re-
quired rest.
A cousin of Mr - Steele maintains
that the estimates which have been
put L upon Steele’s wealth have not, as
a general , thing, . , been exaggerated. . ,
He says that he personally knows
that when Mrs. MeClintock died
Steele inherited $ 125,000 in gold and
about $100,000 in other money. The
income from his wells then was from
$1,000 to $2,000 a day. The cousin
says that from his knowledge of
Steele^ affairs he should say that at