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*-,» TOOK THB DUG".
convict., has escaped
Penitentiary at Colqudt,
was sentenced to serve
in 1 Ins been in the camp
year.
j ia8 one of the most
ttint has ever been' at-
escaping prisoners from
a camps- All kinds of de-
bccu resorted to by these
;ape t'leir confinement
have baffled the
o e
■f them
ruaids.
„s adopted by Will. Curry,
0 make an effective escape
been surpassed.
hen lie left the camp took
1 . . , ' formation oil request
t | 0 g which was kept there| ^ i
purpose of tracking es-l
„ e rs with him. His es-
usiKs roimsoiL uaos ,
• I A Sillier* Mona meat.
, I A Mg millstone mo home tit over a
Hie great oil discoveries is Texas modest miller’s grave Is a unique sight
have caused active search for the un- near Grnytowu, O. The miilstoue la lo-
known heirs of the following early ] “J®** ZT * oUi il ' bur} ' ,np
* • t ground atsl can l*> seen a mile away,
seitiers of lexas and soldiers of the coming down the bill.
Texas Revolution of 1835 to 1840. nu "‘ ,i * the Inst resting place of a
Larire tracts of wild lands wl.i.d. hnpM ' ul,,U>r ,>r tht> oU1 W-’hOoi. Who
l.argc tiacts ot wtl.l lands, which knew not ttir cures or worries of a rta-
have become valuable, were granted Ing or falliUK grain market but who
by the Texas Republic to such get-j K rouml his corn and wheat for bis
• i i „ i j. _ , • . : neighbors and lived contentedly o:i his
tiers and soldiers, which, on account •• gmau | 1Po;ilg
of their death or disappearance, were Chiseled on the buck of ttie monu
ment Is this poem:
a uii.t.Ktvs Mosnt.:vr.
[A mlllHolt* nikm imiii hi* tultt.j
BriMath IhHi ntuiH* m milfcr tin,
Who left thr rkl th«* lint
01 mtHterti wiy* ol makimt flour
Axvj hence jnwf1 0)4nv a happy hoar.
Hr wan not fore*] to fcjns-tilat*?
K«r on Pticatjo's mofiititut wtiiu
He dW not raiv tor *oct i^n trade.
But *nM His neighbor* all he mads.
Cablr* ami telegram* \v»«tv run*:
Tin* umrkrta Girl not make him rotor.
Small was Ms mill, hla proton round;
CHmu waa hi* Iwa *. hi* clumbers sound.
Hr rnvl«l iwnt. hr vws emits! no*
And thrU lamented with hi* lot.
—Cicctunatl Star.
Hfi
— - gy
Can be properly run without being
Advertised,
•V> expected immediately
eparture had been noticed,
d a
>ood lead
the
were never sold and still await claim
of their heirs. Many of the neglect
ed lands lie in the oil regions. Ed
ward W. Goff, of Austin, Texas,
sends list of snob settlers and soldiers
whose unknown heirs are entitled to
the lands. He will give further in-
The list fol
lows:
Samuel Alloway. Thomas Adams, H.
, B. .ikies, Collier Barksdale, Augustus
jot known until sometime jj H kev, George Brown, Edwin Blake,
a ell away, and hav ng Daniel Bourne. B. F. Blake, Mrs. M.
hound with him, with Bnalgio, VVni. Bloodgood, A. B. Bar
rier,!), A. Burroughs, Martha Blanchard,
Isaac Bridges. J. W. Blue, G. Bluthart,
Wm. C. M. Baker. J. L. vdiambers. Har
vey Cox,.Archibald Chase, M. E. Carroll.
Peter Conrad. James Caplo, James Diuip-
ki .g. James Douglas. Charles Fine. J. A.
Foster. Benj: Freeman, J. E. Fullerton.
Ben;). Y Gillen. Pat Gorman, R. W. Gil
pin, George Gardener, J. W. Gibbons,
Pat tiillilaud, John Gulliou. Dominic
r dogs were in the vicinity Gallagher, L. Gedruft'. Robert M. Greene,
p winch coilid be used to Peter \V, Grayson, Kobt. Henderson,
scape, and Gurry had little ] John Havtgroves, Jesse Humphries, Pe-
' , , , .i‘ i,:„ Ur Hilt, John Harris. Enoch .Harris, A.
Jg as he kept the og Q HoUand ,Geo. J .Johnston. Artemisia
Jacobs. Julius Lecompt. P Lj. Denman.
Benj. Lnuier, M. B. Lawrence, Samuel
Lawrence, Wm. (nun, John J^afayette,
through the woods for him,] Kobt. Mnssieman. James McSherry, J-e-
? .j ,i lal i,,, 1 ter Mason. Alex Mitchell, E. Tl Mitchell,
is entertained that lie WiliUMoWilkewon> Samuel Moore, J.
A. Mahoney, Edward Mansell. A. L.-
Martin. William Motley, Martin Moran,
Dennis Mahoney, J. B. Mu Lyman, Peter
Norton, Robt. H. Neill, A J. Owen, F.
Peterswick. \\. H. Price. Joseph Kutoh,
John Kiiey, Simon Ryan. T. J. Kedman,
Mathelda Runnels, Rudolph Rector, Hi.
ram Riggs, Fred Kiidge, Samuel Rogers,
Hugh Rogers. Margaret Russell. Robt.
W. Kenfroe, Jame- Smith. Wm, Smith,
Geo. Smith. Henry JJpehcer. D H. Stoe-
yer. Francis Smith. Richard Starr. Jaoob
E. Self. Thus. Small, Wm Shelton, L S.
Simpson, Win. Thornton, ChU. Teal,
Henry. Teal, Jacob Thomas. Satnuel
Whiting, J. W. Woodward. Archibald
Wynn, Ed Wayesotio.uski. Gnstin \Ven-
denberg, Hardin Waldrop, John C, Whit
aker, Johu Winters, James Welsh. An
drew Weaver, Robt. WUomun, H. J.
Williamson, W111. Winters. Ann Woold
ridge. Johu G. Wolf, Chas Zanco, L. von
Zacharias.
rJs at the camp were non- j
They had no means after
V dog had gone to get a
lie negro.
t he would be caught,
ught that Gurry U now liv
id game which the hound
hop'
light,.
ripiion of the negro was
a prison commission last
morning, butuo description
accompanied it, and the
the dog is not said to be
ued by the guards at the
lough he is as badly wanted
.—Atlanta Journal.
of cough or croup give the
’ue Minute Cough Cure. Then
nd have no fear. The cnild
1 rnjht iua little white. It
Pleasant to take, always
and almost instantaneous in
, L. Hicks.
A AEW row.v.
near the county line of
in Decatur county, about a
Flint river and the same
from the city of Vada a new
come into existence. The
lied Swindell, and is backed
wmdell Lumber Oorapanv of
ge. That company has a
(1 dowu there several miles
we are told they will make
permanent and build a town
oil .: it can be done.
::J of that section is fine and
as s ire as anything can be.
founding country is general-
i by small white farmers
neighborhood is a desirable
ve in.
ats on Flint river make it
market and insures cheap
ates for all time,
g all things into considera-
soems no reasou why
should not be a good busi
nt,—Camilla Clarion.
e satisfied with temporary re-
indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia
ruiiuieutly aud completely re
's complaint. It relieves lier-
heoause it allows the tired
perfect rest. Dieting won’t
tuniach. Nature receives sup-
the food we eat. The tteusi-
to ketp the stomach is to use
ispejjsia Cure, which digests
eat and can't help but do you
■ L. Hicxb.
BLOW* TO ATOMS,S
The old idea that the body sometimes
needs a powerful, drastic, purgative pill
has been exploded, for Dr. King's New
Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless,
Matrimony In Gilbert Inland*.
Women of the Gllliert Islands Itelng
merely regarded as cattle or any otlwr
property, write* Arthur |nhers|ey In
The Overland Monthly, the umtrtnxml-
al knot la easily tied and Just as easily
untied. If n man fancies a girl, he
aelzea (ter by ilie half of the tiend^*
wherever ahe may be, despite hey pres
testations, ami drnpi tier away to hla
home. Uer resistance. Is tint often seri
ous. the pretense <>( refusal being due
to the mxiuettlshnesH Inherent in the
iex. When the couple reaob the lie,use
Of tbt> giflom. n wedding feaat Ig'fur-
nlahed forthwith, to which all t.fie Im
mediate friends of the bride and. bfjjjt*-
groom ore Invited. Rul nil neei'piaiHT
of the Invitation Implies the contribu
tion Of some viands to the entertain-
■pent. Matrimony la attended by no
further ceremony than this. When n
huslmnd grows weary of his wife, be
atmpiy orders her to leave him, and If
fhe does not he turns her oat of doora.
Haver Lift Ike Road,,
An oh) negro In a neighborhood town
arose In prayer meeting and aald:
“Uredderlb and sltterin. I tieen a
mighty mean nigger in my time. ! had
a heap er upa and downs, specially
downs, alnre I J’lhed dr church. I stole
chickens and watertnllllns, I cussed.
I got drunk. I shot craps. I slashed od
der coons wit! my mxor. and I done or
sight or odder things; hut. tank the
good laiwd. brrrtdertn and slstrrln. I
never yet lost my Mlgton!** — Blue
Ridge
Thr Mrvlwar ndat.
A very qoeer plant belongs t» the
pea family and Is called the “moving
plant” on account of the manner In
which Its leaves turn around of their
own accord or go by Jerks, without be
ing touched or In any way disturbed.
Sometimes only one or two leaves on s
plant will be affected: at other tlmcf.,
they will all j>erform Jumps and gyra
tions simultaneously. It. Is observed,
that the movements nee most energetic
when the thermometer marks about 80
degrees.
And no advertising pa^s.better than
newspaper advertising. The news
paper goes into the homes of the
people and is read through. If bar
gains are offered, they make n note
of it.
THE SEABCE-IMT
a first-class^ advertising mediuir,
As it is read by the people very
generally In this county and ■ b^x
many in adjoining counties.
PUT AIT AD. nr
Whs rmm Uca Behind.
Frenchmen do not want .to rule; they
want to live. The pursuit of life, of
, . . laughter, of charming sensations, of.
gently sttmnhite liver and bowels to ex- 1 | Dt elll«enC apprehensions, of Individual.
UA*ZLEe THE tVOHLR.
ovary in medicine has ever cre-
Tiarter of the exciteuaeut that
wused by Dr. King’s New Du-
t ooMumptum. It’s severest
« been on hopeless victims of
tiun. pneumoLie, hemorrhage.
hr mchitis, thousands of
nil ' 'v-tored to perfect health.
a '. colds, asthma, croup, hay
trseiisss ana whooping cough,
lu.ckcit, surest cure in the
'' 'Z L. Hicks who
* inli-faction or refunds men
s' 1 : j'jtUes ode and #1.00. ’i rial
pel poisonous matter, oleause the system
and absolutely cure constipation and
sick headache. Only 2dc at R. L. Hicks’
drug store.
Dressed and dried boards at Reid
& Sou’s, near depot.
UNDERTAKER?-—m.
Carry a full line of first class
Burial Cases, Caskets, etc., of
the latest styles. 3?riOGS
olxeaper thaa ever
before.
development of ctmrneter-It may all,,
he more Important more vital to
man existence than the preoccupation
to rule oneself aud others, to make,
laws and to HghL-Steeveua’ “Ullinpsee
Of Thro#. KitHimi " ,,uHia»~~ •
ft* aiwgor VkonRha. •
j VAh,“ algliol the fond t noth Jr, “tWO
i eon Is with Inti a single thought l”
I ‘’Yes,” echoed paterfaifTUIas. “ai»d
less thaq one dollar. I don’t know how
they're going to moke It, Mary, nuies»—
er—perhaps that single thought they've
got Is that papa’s going to put op tor
two.”—Denver Tltnea.
Aqd work up your business to g
pgyin poin%
Job Work
Hi the Death*.
There Was once upon a time tu)
Egyptian king, ao It la aald. who Wilt
« pyramid aud died of melabcMIy. Hla
name Was Dumopa. The memory or
bis tragic history la perpetuated every
time we sty we are “in the damps."
A FIRST CLASS-
*>-m AND BOARD STABLE!►
I ara devoting my best attention to the care of a limited number of horse*
X have only exp.erienoed-hh'rsbmenrand the/ are under tnv direct superyition.
My Dray Line
IS RUNNING ON FULL TIME AND W YOb NEED
ANY HAULING CALL ON ME.
3KEO. D. &RIFFIN,
tJnr book and job office m busy turn
ing ont tint-class job work all thq
time, ami we propose to give fa-
faction at reasonable prices,
If yon need anythirig jp the jplj.
printing line, write tqi us or ape uq.
before placing yon; oiijder,
It will pa^ yqiij
MSFUQTFTTI.X.'X
THE SEARCH-LIGHT.