EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
FOR SALE.
Ed.
10R SALE—Eggs—From 8 varieties, at J2 per
dozen,  dreular tree.   C. Dickinson, Waterloo,
d. . ,14-lOw
FOE SALE—A- good aecond-hand leather-top
buggv for sale cheap by F. M. Herron, 16 West
Washington street, Indianapolis.    ' 19-2w
TiTOR. SALE—FOWLS and EGGS—All bred from
"Jj    first.class itock.    Torkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.  . Send for circular and price-list.
6-16 L. S. GOODWIN, Waterloo, Ind.
FOR SALE—Seed potatoes—Extra Early Vermont
Brownell's Beauty and Oompton's surprise, 50c
-> per bushel, or II per bbl. Wm. Ahrends, Bunman,
" Ripley WJunty; Ind. 15-8W.
FOR SALE—BERKSHIRES—I have several choice
Berkshire pigs tor sale at reasonable prices
there and five months old.   W. A. Mase.Sharpsvllle,
•" Tipton county, Ind. 6-U
FOB RALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, on reasonable
terms, or furnished to responsible parties to
sprout on shares of one-half; (Yellow Nansemond
variety.)  H. A. Wooley, Galveston, Cass Co.. Ind.
TT'OR SALE—Alderney cow and calf for sale; cow
* _E thirty-one thirty-seconds and bull calf sixty-
three sixty-fourths Alderney .bought from Messrs.
• Poyntz A Son, of Maysville, Ky., for sale cheap by
T. M. Herron, 16 West Washington street, Indianapo-
."llS. . ■ •     19-2W
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching from Black Red
games. 'Golden Penciled and Black Hamburgs
for sale. My fowls were awarded six premiums on
pairs'by Indiana State Fair, and seventeen on single
birds by Indiana Poultry Association last fall. Chicks
fcr sale next fall.   F. M. Herron, Indianapolis.   . •-
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OR SALE.—1 will sell, at very low price, a No. 1
_ i Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
by Castillion; 1st dam,Black Sampson; 2d dam, Pioneer, 3d dam, Black Warrior. This Jack Is near 15
hands high, large bone, good length of body, carries
himself up well, good action.. Has made one season
and proven a success. For further_particulars call
upon or address   ' '--' ' M. W. ROBERTS,
Brook's Station. Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville.
FOR SALE—A Farm of 320 acres for sale. The
best farm In Jasper county, for sale; 240 acres
in high cultivation, the remainder good timber, all
adjoining. The land produces 80 bushels of corn
per acre, has on it a good bank barn, 36x32, a good,
new/welUfinished, two-story frame house, with ten
rooms, cellar, well and cistern, is very- pleasantly
situated. Any one wishing to buy a strictly number
one farm will do well to give this their early attention. For further particulars.address. Jared Benjamin, Rensselear, Ind. 20-2
WASTED,
"YTT"ANTEI>—A young marriedman.commanding
VY    *500 to S1000 ready money to take half Interest in A good paying business; good reference re-
, quired no dandy or anyhody who is afraid »f work
need apply,   G. W. Oles, Plymouth, Ind.      20-lw
■VTITANTED—Young men wishing to attend the
W best Business College in the West to send
stamp for circulars to the Indianapolis Business
College, Bates Block. Graduates assisted in getting
situations. t-tf
TT^OR SALE.s-14 acres of cftoice bottom and hill
Jj land, one mile from the Court House, Lafayette, Ind., at t80 per acre, worth double the amount
;asked. . For terms, address W. J. HUFF, Monticello,
Indiana. 18-4w
/TXyAUTED—Farms and Country Town Frop-
YV erty (anywhere in the States) for City Property and Western and Southern lands. We have extra facilities for making exchanges. Bend full description. WADSWORTH A KT/DKR,
i 1-T       ,"- 1«H East Washington Bt, Indianapolis.
.. J..T. Sturgeon, of Nineveh, Johnson
county, handed ub some samples of. wool
from fleeces' of his' Liecester and Cotswold sheep, which are both very fine.
The'heaviest fleece weighed > sixteen
pounds, the whole of them averaging 11J
pounds. He has nineteen head of pure
bloods, and four of his ewes were imported from England.' At four'weeks old one
of his Liecester lambs weighed* fifty-one
pounds.-4'     -■   -*-      '--   •'-
Eavenswood Farm.—A late number of
the Bristol, (England,) OPost, states that
Messrs. Smith & Son, of 'jEtavenswood
Farm, near Detroit, Michigan, have sent
a large order to Mr. Jacob Dove, a noted
English swine breeder, of Bristol, for high
class pigs. The Messrs. Smith are ever
on the alert for the best stock offered in
the markets of the world, which in a'large
measure is the secret of their wonderful
success. :* •„..
Late Stock Sales.—The sale. of the
fine Short-horn herd of Messrs. Pickrell
& Kissinger, at Springfield,*111., ion the
3rd was quite a successful ,one, as the
splendid reputation of this firm warranted it would be. The- average price .of
heifers was $1,020, and for bulls, $1,546.
The total amount realized was about $36,-
000. The Countess of Cornwall sold for
$2,050; Loudon Duchess of Bedford, $2,-
700; Caroline Cochrane, $2,100;' Knight-
ley Belle, $2,275,- Duke of Richmond*; $2,-
250; Second JVTarquis of Worcester, $3,000.
.   •-,■    •/, a^il: _  ,.,:
. J. J, Alexander, of, Arlington, Bush
county, has four sows that had forty pigs
this spring. Thirty-two of the latter are
living and doing well. Three of the sows'
are young; and" one' old. They are the
Poland China breed. One of the litters
is from Mr; Alexander's thoroughbred
English Berkshire boar, which he bought
of Mr. Pryof, Of .Fan's, Kentucky^ This
boar took two first, premiums 'when five
months old. All his stock are \ large and
of fine fattening qualities; though the Poland China sows are not pedigreed;'
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For the Indiana Farmer. *;  .--'
BERKSHIRES vs. CHESTERS.
disposition. That may be true. There
is this truth also: if: the . Berkshires are
well fed they are as quiet as any hog that
lives, and if they are turned out to root
pig or die theywill live where no other
breed will. The Berkshires are good;
grazers on clover and will not mangle and
root like a white , hog. He further says
he. never saw a Berkshire with enough
stamina; to obliterate the marks of a
Chester White. Some three years ago a
neighbor of mine :bred a Chester sow to
my Berkshire boar; she had' eight pigs,
four of which were white and four black,
with perfect Berkshire marks, . which
proves that the Berkshire is equal at
feast to the White. And another fact
connected with- the,-same;litter proves a
great deal for ' \!rn
THE BERKSHIRES OVER WHITES.      ;',   •
The black pigs were larger, stronger,
and more,thrifty all the time, ^and after-
weaning when he sold the pigs,' they
looked like two litters.' The black' pigs
were sold for $5 a head, while the four
white ones only brought $10 altogether,
or $2.50 per head. There was no differ-
erence in the treatment whatever, and
this I can prove. However incredible it
may seem, it appeared in this case that
each side maintained its own peculiarities
of blood.' Now I wish to ask Mr. W. why
it is that a Car load of nice, smooth, well
fatted Berkshires will command a better
price than thei same number of hogs of
any other breed? Perhaps he will'- answer that they Will'not.   I say without
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I beg leave
to say a, few words to the readers of your
valuable paper, which I trust will be
the' means of saving; many from losses
which are thought to; be, unavoidable.
There is a disease among cattle which is
quite prevalent in these parts and goes
by the name of "wolf in the tail."; It is
generally found ; among milk cows, and
manifests itself by ■ their ■ refusing to eat,
fast breathing, drying up of milk, and in
the course of twelve hours the spine will
become so affected that the animal can
not stand. Upon examination in such
cases, you will discover a part of the tail,
near the end, is hollow; the bone in that
part having been-entirely eaten out.
r.    ,        '    '      ABURECURE. '
\ With a sharp knife, split the tail to the
hollow, and fill with salt and black pepper. In twenty-four hours your cow will
be well. Now, will some one be so kind
as tell me the cause of this disease? I ask
for information, W. C. Hallo well.
Petersburgh.'Ind. '■ ''	
Remarks.—These old tales of wolf in
the tails of cattle, hollowhorn, bote killing horses', &c, are exploded among scientific men, and have no. more founda-.
tion in fact than the tales' of - Gulliver's
travels, Lilliput, or the tales of the
Arabian Nights. Indeed in early days
such foolish ideas so far pervaded the re-
0AKLAND HERD OP SHORTHORNS.
The Oakland Herd, from which is to
be sold about sixty head of Short-horns
on the 31st day af May, as will be seen by
our advertising columns, is so well, and
favorably known to our readers that the
mere mention of the sale is sufficient so
far'as they are concerned, but justice to
the proprietors of „..this herd, and the
Short-horn interests of .the country 'demand that this herd should be noticed in
detail, and much more epacei would be
given here to a discussion of the merits
of the various animals that make it up
had we the time to write what we know
of them'.    .     -,    ;, ,;   i ...
The' herd has been represented at the
various Fairs in this State and throughout the West; competing againii some of
the best animals in the United States,
and have won their share <Jf laurels. The
Oakland show herd took last year about
$3,000 worth of premiums arid annually
for several years have done about as well;
showing clearly their superior excellence.
'; At the public sale above' referred to
there will be some high bred animals
possessing rare arid highly prized blood,
and if long prices obtain anywhere, here,
where individual excellence and "gilt-
edge" pedigree are; found together, top
prices'should prevail.'
, There is still another class of stock to
heifer, 2 years old, solid fawn, 4638 Beck-
ey's Blossom, to Mr, John W. Bedford,
Millersburg, Ky., for $150. Short-horn
cow, Clover Gynne 2d, No. 57 on catalogue, dropped May 7th, fine red c. c. by
3d Baron Lyonsdale 18767, for which he
claims name of "Cherry Princess." ■
Their herd came through the, winter
finely, and is doing well this spring. They
will sell about seventy-five head of Shorthorns, about October 19th next, and their
catalogues may be-ibad free on application. ,,..,       ..    '; ',    ^ ^       ,.
NEWS  OP. THE  WEEK.
STOCK NOTES.
* A. P. Wiley & Son have'recently shipped to Capt. L; A. Burke, &*m superintendent of 'Purdue University, a fine
young Essex sow, for: $50. They have
also disposed^ of -s several Essex,pigs at
from $i5 to$25each!  / ,     ':'■ '• ....
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We have received two beautiful i samples of wool from Mr. David Crose, Thorntown, B6one county, this,State; one is
from the fleece of a yearling _Cotswold
buck, and the other is "from a yearling
Lincolnshire ewe, sheep of his own raising.    >•,,    ' '"-.;■
Short-horn Breeders' Association.
The State Short-horn Breeders' Association will convene in this city 'on the
30th inst., as heretofore published. The
prospect is good for a full riieetirig and
an interesting occasion. This is a great
interest, and it is growing in interest
with the farmers generally.
Prairie Farm Herd.—A handsome
catalogue of the Prairie Farm Herd of
Short-horns, owned by- Samuel.. Aikman
& Son, Dana, Vermillion county, Ind.;
aaa lately been printed at this office.
This herd comprises, some of the finest
bred arid most fashionable stock in the
country, and breeders of fine, stock, and
' those desiring to enter this profitable pursuit, will be pleased to call and see the
hifa."' We know,of no better opportunity for those wishing to procure animals
to improve their stock than the one here
presented. Since the issue of the catalogue; Messrs. Aikman & Son have" sold
the yearling bull, Flower Boy, to John
Chandler, of Alfordsville, Ind.; also the
yearling bull, 4th Duke of Vermillion, to
Peer & Greenwalt, of Dana, Ind. Messrs.
I Aikman & Son are also breeders of pure
iCotewold sheep, and Poland China hogs.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I noticed
an article in the last number of the
Farmer, under the head of the Chester
Whites, wherein the writer, Mf.Delos
Wood, has made some very strange assertions, which 'I■ shalltry to answer.
First he says he wants' it understood that
he has no motive in writing the article
only in defence of what he considers the
best breed of swine; that he at one time
engaged in breeding Chesters for sale,
but has none at this time. This proves
that he has, like: me, become disgusted
with the* breed,"ahd has abandoned it.
I wish to say right here that'-1 at one
time bred and raised some very nice Chesters, as'I thought; they were beautiful
while young, but as they became, older
were turned ori* clover, and the heavy
dews or something else appeared to poison them.   They became,
'MANGY AND SCALT,
and would crack around the ears; they
were really loathsome to behold. Then
came the cholera.and killed the last one
I had of that breed. I had a few other
hogs, cresses of Berkshires and common
stock, that went through all right. Some
of them were sick but none died. I purchased another good Chester White sow;
(not willing to give up my ideal of a hog,)
which raised me a good; litter of pigs.
The next spring I raised about twenty-
five pigs, good of the kind, and all I had
In August following they took the cholera
and all died, except three shoats. Some
of my neighbors had Berkshires, and
their crosses; these were healthy and all
right. Consequently, like Mr. W., I have
none to sell,, neither would I accept the
best Chester White hog in the United
States as a gift, and be compelled to keep
and breed from him for two years, ana
I mean'what I say and know whereof I
speak.   " r ... ]'
He says that many .farmers thinking
the Chesters. .-  , ,,
too fat'.
tried to reduce them to'the razor-back
condition. Who ever heard of such an
idea? We farmers of Tipton county cc n-
sider fat one of the chief requisites of a
hog, and I don't believe there is'a full-
blooded Chester White hogjln the county,
notwithstanding eight years, ago there
were plenty of them, bu^ they all went
to razor-backs and the boneyard. We
freely admit that they^ are a large breed,
but who ever saw one weigh 800 or 1,000
pounds, arid walk off with it? He says,
they are very gentle and quiet in their
MAZURKA DUCHESS 4th.   The Property of M. H. Cochrane, Compton, Ont., Canada.
fear of successful contradiction that they
will, and it is because they are compactly
built. The meat is more- firm and fine
grained, unlike the old slab-sided, lop-
eared, mangy Chester Whites of the past.
The bone is comparatively small,' yet it
is susceptible of taking on flesh equal to
any other breed, which is another good
reason. ..When we buy. meat we do not
want all skin and bone.,; In fact, I regard
the Chester White hog the most unprofitable of any hog in existence, if I may except the old elm-peeler,
, I claim for the Berkshires that they
are more prolific; there, is more uniformity in the pigs; they grow up rapidly and
fatten readily at any age; that they are
less liable to disease, and that-a well bred
Berkshire will • make more >' pounds of
pork than any hog of any of the much-
talked-of larger breeds, on the same
amount of feed. I have Berkshires that
I can make weigh 300. pounds at 10
months old, and from 500 to 600 pounds
at 18 months old, and they always pick
themselves up and walk off to market, no
matter how heavy. But, I am writing
too much. I should like to have the
opinion of other practical hog raisers.
What say you, Mr. W.?
W. A. Maze.
. Sharpsville, Tipton county, Ind.
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Premium No. 26
Editors Indiana Farmer :—I have the
pleasure of acknowledging the reception
of premium No. 26, a Berkshire pig, from
B. T. Bedford, Paris, Ky. I think he is a
splendid animal and am highly pleased
with him, and hope friend Bedford will
acceptmy hearty thanks for him. If he
is a fair specimen of his herd, I hope he
will receive the patronage of all wishing
good hogs. Albert Clark.
; Center Valley,Tnd.
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Premium No. 40.
Editor Indiana Farmer :—Your premium No. 40, a trio of Light Brahma chicks,
from O. Hollingsworth, is received in
good style,, and are very nice fowls and
give good satisfaction.      O. T. Chase.
Midway, Ind. ' ;
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Cane-Mills and Evaporators.—Parties in
want, of cane-mills and evaporators will do
Well to send tor price-list and circular of the
celebrated: Cook evaporator and Victor cane-
mill, manufactured by the Blymyer Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, O. 17-lw
mote districts of Europe that the unintelligent portion of the farmers split the
tails of cattle in the fall of the year, and
filled the slits with salt, pepper, tobacco,
garlic, and a hundred other different
things.' Some tried' red' flannel rags,
strings of old horseshoe nails, and it was
counted a dangerous mistake if milkmaids
neglected to make a cross on the right or
milking side of a cow, with the froth off
the milk. You inay peruse volume after
volume of all the scientific books of Europe and fail to ■ find those supposed diseases spoken of, except as symptoms of
other diseases. It has been often ascertained that cowshave injured their spines
by placing a foot upon their tails in-the
act of getting up by their usual and natural way of elevating their posterior end
first. In this way the hide might be
peeled down from the lower coxigal bone
leaving a cavity. One thing, however, is
quite Certain, and that is that it caries,
destruction, rotting of the bones of the'
tail once takes place, that salt, pepper,
and all of the other fooleries will never
restore them. Another idea prevails, viz:
that hollowhorn and wolf-tail are one and
the same disease, and indeed this would
be quite a plausible excuse for the wolf
affair, as seen when the hollowhorn is
fully explained."" '
Hollowhorn.—This supposed disease
is nothing more or less than hollow stomach, empty stomach, .ill treatment of
some kind. The following are among
the rnost frequent causes: allowing cattle
to stand out-doors in frost, snow, rriud
and rain, and if housed, allowing them
to stand in a dirty, leaky house 'or shed.
Of all the ill treatment to cattle, the latter is the worst. For illustration: I can
take either horse or cow and confine it
in a narrow place, direct a continual
dropping of water on its head and it will
be either crazy or dead • in forty-eight
hours. This being the the case, is it any
wonder that the poor animal's brains
would become inflamed? This contracts
the usual amount of blood from the
horns, thus making them feel cold and
appear empty. For explanation see my
work on domestic animals; I will further explain in a subsequent number.'
John S. Navin, V. S.
be sold; animals of rare individual merit;
being of strong and vigorous constitution
—heavily fleshed—- fine style, arid ! of
plainer pedigree—just such things as every farmer in the land can afford to buy,
and use for the general improvement of
his stock. There will be a nuiriber of
cows and heifers'of this sort arid some
bulls and bull calves. Of the latter we
cari confidently say that there is riot one
with a taint of objectionable blood, and
the pedigree; form and color would justify any breeder in putting any one of them
at the head of his-herd; while this is the
case there are some of them that may
sell low—as is usually the' case—at such
prices indeed that any farmer could afford to buy them for the improveirient of
his stock even if fcey only have a few native cows: '
The sale will' take place at the' residence of the'late'Gen. Meredith and will
be held by the surviving member of the
firm.. . •-' ; <ii
Oakland Farm is within easy walking
distance of the,Union depot, and. Cambridge City is the railroad , center for
eastern Indiana, being a first-class station on the great Pan-handle through
line which has five passenger trains each
way every day between Indianapolis,
and Columbus, Ohio.
Note* from the Farm   of  Ayen &
McClmtock.
Messrs. Ayers & McClintock,; Millersburg, Ky., have a small flock of imported
Cotswold ewes which sheared April 20th,
15 pounds of wool each and the ewes after shearing weighed 200 pounds average;
They receritly sold to Mr. Lee Champ,
Paris, Ky:, the 3 year old J'ersey cow, 2623
Cretia, for $150. -1 Their imported cow
Dignity, No. 35 in catalogue, calved a
red bull calf, February 28th, by K. C. B.
2nd. Their imported cow Lady of Tone,
No. 34 on .catalogue, calved a red bull
calf on March 27th, by Duke of Thorn-
hill, 21529.' >       '•".■■      ■■■■
Mr. McClintock, Millersburg, Ky., reports skies'of Jersey cow 4639; EyesEdith
2 year old—bronze color, to CoI.;W. E.
Simmes,   Paris,   Ky.,   for $200;   Jersey
.    ■ State, News.
The National Greenback Convention is in .
session in this city as we go to press.
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Nine divorces were set for trial before the
Wayne Circuit Court, Saturday.
Joseph Tunnious of Pine township, Benton '
county, committed suicide, last Monday, by
taking poison.  • .■..;;.'
Steps are being taken in various sections of ,
the State for celebrating the 4th of July in
drand style this year.:'   '
A State Sunday school convention will be
held at Tt. Wayne during the sixth, Beventh
and eight days of June,
A safe was blown open at Hickman's drug
store in Argos on Saturday night by burglars
who were scared off before they got any booty.
The oldest woman in Johnson county is
Mrs. Park, living in Nineveh township near
Trafalgar. She was ninety-six years old on
the 13th. :    >    . '
Jacob H. Wolfe, formerly of Anderson,
lately Of Lafayette, has been indicted and arrested for setting fire to the barn of his divorced wife, Mrs. Laura Wolfe, in Hamilton
county.' ■ ■•■...■•  ■;.: ; .   . 'I-..
The Lafayette papers inform us that the
Wabash is still considered navigable ta that
point. A light draught steamboat, the W ash
Oberchein, is making regular trips from La-
fayette'to several points down the river.
A young man by. the name of Weaver, was
fatally wounded by Lefever near Martinsville
Monday evening. The trouble grew out of
ii misunderstanding between them regarding
a young lady..
Arthur Scull, a farmer residing near Homer,
Push county, Ind., corhmitted suicide Saturday morning, between two and three o'clock,
by hanging himself. The cause is supposed
to be his wife's insanity.
Attica Ledger: Mr. Wm. Trullinger has an
apple tree growing on his farm east of town
which measures seven feet and one inch in
circumference ten inches above the ground,
The tree is a Bellflower, and was set out forty-
five years ago this spring.
Mr. S. Fellner, of Terre Haute, has a wonderful collection of rare and curious coins
which he will exhibit at the Centennial. In
certain features his collection has only one or
two rivals in the United States.. He has a
half dollar of the year' 1465. Beginning with
the year 1800, he has one or more pieces of
the mintage of each year from that date up to
and including the year 1875.
General News.
The Emma Mine investigation closed May 4.
■ Ten men were flogged at New Castle, Dele-
ware, on Saturday, and .afterwards punished
in the pillory.' ''■>■■
Serious trouble is : reported from Louisiana,.
in which a large number of colored men were
murdered.   It is hard to learn the   correct
cause of the trouble. ,   . ,
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The Servian frontier is completely lined by
a cordon of Turkish troops. Free ingress or
egress is impossible., Great irritation in official circles is felt at Belgrade.
. The steamer Quebec, of the Sarnia line, arrived at Duluth at midnight on Friday night,
the first boat through to Duluth this season.
She came through seventy miles of ice in Lake
Superior.
A large number of failures in the East have
been reported in the past few weeks. Print
mills and other factories have failed of late,
by which hundreds of people were thrown
out of employment. .   , . t
Alexander Speer died suddenly at his residence on Penn .avenue, Pittsburgh, of heart
disease. He was one of the oldest and best
Known manufacturers there, being of the firm
of A. Speer & Son, successors to Hall & Speer,
plow manufacturers.
Advices from Salonica sources state' that a
battle was fought Friday, near Besses, in
which 700 Turks and 100 insurgents were
killed.' The Turks, at Scutari, had celebration
over the murder of the German and French
consuls at Salonica.
The Kansas City Price current has advices
from Western Missouri, Kansas, Southwestern
Iowa, and Southwestern Nebraska which say
that the winter wheat crop is in a splendid
condition, promises an extraordinary yield,
and that there is a largely increased acreage.
A dispatch from Lancaster, N. H.,on Saturday, says the water in the Connecticut river is
steadily rising, and the night closed in a heavy
rain. No lives have yet been reported lost,
but the damage to property has been very
great. The tracks of the Boston, Concord
and Montreal and Grand Trunk Line are under water^ of twenty miles. At Northumberland, six miles above here, a torrent ten feet
deep sweeps through the village.
A most deplorable affair occurred   at the
little town of Dahlgreen, Hamiiton county,
111., on Friday night.   A party of young men
gave  John   Sturman,   recently   married,  a
charivari.   Sturman was g
the uproar, and ordered
they not leaving at'once,'L„ „.^.. ...™ ........
with a gun, killing Willis Lowrey and wound- |
ing Bud Burtori and Frank Taylor;   All the
parties are highly respectable, young Sturman*
being a son of  Jucge Sturman, one of the
most prominent citizens in the county.
recently married, a a
s greatly annoyed by V\
'A the party off, but ti
e,'he fired into themWJ
J<H2*fe35&