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THE TIMES
NIWWAPIB AMD
COBBfKRCXAL PaONTWQ.
J. E. JONES, Editor and Publisher*
Wiskburi, Wla.,March 1905.
Published Every Thursday.
$2.00 A YEAR. The Only All Home
Print Weekly Newspaper .in Bayfield
County.
r A REMARKABLE SHOT.
Bow a Kentuckian Pot a Bulls*
Through a Bottle on His Head.
A remarkable record in marksman
ship was recently made at a turkey
shoot at the Roundstone Sinks, about
ten miles from Hangaround, Jackson
county. Ivy., says a special dispatch to
the New York Tribune. Word of the
feat was brought by Jedediah Chick,
the mail carrier, and by Fred Jewett, a
well known lawyer. The stories of
these two men, both eyewitnesses,
agree in every detail.
The turkey shoot was well under way
and about half the birds had been
killed when Peter McHone, a well
known shot and notorious “bad man,”
appeared and attempted to enter the
contest A protest was at once raised
by the poorer shots, and as these in
cluded every man interested it was de
cided in fairness to the others to bar
out McHone. His protests were un
heeded. and the shoot continued.
After it was over McHone attempted
to win enough to pay him for Ids tramp
to the place by placing bets on his own
prowess with the rifle. He suggested
betting on various difficult feats of
marksmanship, but so great is his rep
utation that it was not till he offered
to place an empty whisky flask on his
own head and shoot out the bottom
with a bullet that should pass through
the neck without breaking the sides,
the rifle to be fired straight ahead from
his shoulder, that he aroused interest
This proposed feat seemed to every one
too great for even his skill, and In ten
minutes he had wagered everything of
value he had about him at good odds.
Preparations were at once made for
his attempt. A whisky bottle was pro
duced, emptied and placed on McHone’s
head. He made all the spectators sit
down, so that they would be safe, and
glanced around *he yard of the home
stead. Then he raised his rifle, took
careful aim and fired at the side of
the house. An instant later the bot
tom fell from the bode, and McHone
held up the unbroken sides and neck.
At once incredulous protests arose,
and it became evident that McHone
could not collect the wagers unless lie
showed how he had accomplished the
feat. He smiled and led the crowd to
the side of the house, where the mark
of the bullet was plain. It had been
deflected toward a hickory tree fifty
feet distant. There, too, McHone show
ed the mark of the bullet, which had
again been deflected. McHone pointed
out the bullet’s course—from the tree
to the side of the barn, from the barn
to a fence post, from the fence post to
the oaken bucket dangling from the
well sweep and from the well sweep.
In a line with the spot where he stood,
to the corncrib, where the bullet, still
warm, was found imbedded in a door.
The bets were paid.
Scarcity of Hickory Wood.
Increasing scarcity of hickory wood
In the United States has alarmed the
manufacturers of wooden vehicles to
euch an extent that at a recent meet
ing in Chicago of over 200 representa
tives of these manufacturers the ad
visability of taking the matter before
congress was discussed, says the Min
neapolis Tribune. Hickory trees have
recently been attacked by an insect
which, it is said, is fast destroying that
class of timber. At the meeting in Chi
cago it was declared that unless the
government took action in devising
means whereby these insects could be
kept from breeding in ten years practi
cally all hickory trees in the United
States will have been destroyed.
Interest In Colorado’s Coal Mining:.
The modern methods of mining coal
in Colorado have attracted the atten
tion of experts In foreign countries.
Recently the German emperor sent W.
Frentzel and G. F. Baum, mining engi
neers of Essen, Prussia, where are lo
cated the great Krupp gun works, to
Colorado to study the coal mines of the
state and the means employed in mak
ing the product of a commercial value.
MAMMOTH RANCH BUILDINGS
Oklahoma Man to Erect Largest
Barn In Territory.
W. H. Vcncelous, proprietor of the
Big V ranch, in the Ponca reservation,
In Oklahoma, has closed a contract for
the construction of what is claimed to
be the biggest ranch house and barn in
the territory, says a special dispatch
from Guthrie to the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Both the house and bam will be built
in the form of a Maltese cross, the
house feet wide. 50 feet long
each way of the cross and 20 feet high,
while the barn is to be 22 feet wide, G 9
feet long each way and 20 feet high. In
the bill for the material there are 100,000
feet of lumber, 190,000 shingles, 30,000
laths, 0,500 feet of molding, 115 doors
and windows, 20 large colonial columns
and 7,500 pounds of plastering cement.
The house will be for the exclusive
nae of the ranch hands. For hla own
family Mr. Vanoatoos will erecc a tan
voom cottage.
The Missing Letter
[Original.]
Jennie Peverly, barely eighteen, had
the care of five brothers and sisters.
And lucky it was that Jennie was so
capable, for her mother was a delicate
woman, with no faculty whatever for
managing children.
One morning the postman brought
Jennie a note addressed in Frank Free
man’s hand. She was at the time pre
paring luncheon for the children to
take with them to school, so she placed
the letter unopened on the sideboard
in the dining room till a more conven
ient season. When the children had
been started Mrs. Peverly was sudden
ly taken ill, and Jennie must go for
the doctor and for the rest of the day
was in constant attendance upon her
mother. The consequence was that
she did not think of her letter again
till she had gone to bed dead tired. So
she went to sleep intending to read it
the next morning. She would doubt
less have done so had she seen the let
ter on the sideboard, but it bad disap
peared, and there was nothing to re
mind her of it; consequently, having
not only the children and a sick moth
er to take care of, she forgot all about
tbe letter not only for that day, but
for weeks.
At last Mrs. Peverly got better, and
one Saturday morning when the chil
dren were amusing themselves in their
own different ways Jennie went out to
do some shopping. Coming suddenly
upon Frank Freeman, he passed her
with his nose in the air, only lifting
his hat in a most formal manner. For
a moment Jennie was at a loss to ac
count for this sudden change of man
ner; then the remembrance of her let
ter rushed upon her.
“Oh, Mr. Freeman,” she cried, *‘l am
so sorry. I forgot”—
Freeman stopped, turned and waited.
“I forgot—to—to —read your letter,”
she blurted.
“Then,” he said coldly, “1 must ask
you not to read it, or if you do to con
sider all that I said in it unsaid.”
With this he turned on his heel and
walked on.
Jennie went directly home and look
ed for the letter in the last place she
remembered to have seen it, the side
board. It was not there. She looked
behind and under and in the sideboard,
but found no letter. By this time her
curiosity was excited, and she devoted
all her spare time to thinking about it.
She was soundly lectured by her moth
er for what Mrs. Peverly termed her
carelessness, especially since that lady
knew that Frank Freeman’s father was
a rich man and Frank his only child,
whereas the Peverly family hadn’t a
cent in the world. The poor woman
did not know if there was anything
of importance in the missing note. She
only desired that her daughter should
not repel any attention the young man
might offer.
“You have doubtless missed an in
vitation to some delightful amuse
ment,” said Mrs. Peverly. “It’s too
bad, considering that you never get a
chance to go any where.”
“Never mind, mother,” replied Jennie.
“If Frank wants my company very
badly he’ll ask me again.”
But Frank’s manner whenever he
met Jennie became more and more
constrained, more haughty, till at last
his recognition of her on the street was
scarcely perceptible. Jennie did all
she could do; she wrote him the circum
stances about the loss of his note, to
which he replied that the matter was
of no consequence. There the affair
rested.
Then several things happened in the
Freeman and Peverly families. In the
first place Mr. Freeman failed in busi
ness, and Mr. Peverly, who was a pro
moter, a title given one who spends his
time organizing impracticable corpora
tions while tlieir families are starving,
organized a company to manufacture
a patent churn, which unexpectedly
made him rich. A third thing that hap
pened was that when the Peverlys
moved into a mansion more in keeping
with their altered circumstances the
sideboard, being shaken up, dropped
Frank’s letter. It contained an avowal
of love and a proposition of marriage.
Jennie read the letter, their positions
being reversed from wnat they had
been when it was written. She was a
sensitive girl, and Frank’s treatment
of her had cost her many a bitter hour.
Ostensibly he was justified, for she had
certainly been unintentionally rude to
him. The finding of the letter did not
of itself mend matters, for Frank had
recalled anything he might have said
in it. Besides, even if he felt as he did
when he wrote it, now that their posi
tions were reversed he would not re
new the offer. *
Now, any girl who is level headed
enough to assume the care of her broth
ers and sisters should be able to take
care of an oversensitive lover, and now
that Jennie knew that Frank had been
her lover she did not, as many girls
would do, assume that he had changed.
She took it for granted that his mind
was the same, but she had the pru
dence and modesty to give him an op
portunity to avow it. She returned his
letter to him with a note explaining
how it hid been found and saying that
as he ha l recalled it it needed no re
ply. She knew that Frank was bound
to acknowledge its receipt and counted
upon Lis Lc x ”"7'T.g L" " feelings.
She was right. lie replied that the
note’s loss had been a great misfortune
to him, since at the time it was written
he had every prospect of wealth. Now
he was poor and could not offer himself
to the daughter of a rich man.
That, of course, ended the complica
tion, for Jennie nad only to write that
an offer would be accepted. She made
A model wife.
MARY ALICE BERESFORD.
A Wiinan'sComplrxio n.
It is rank foolishness to attempt
to remove sallowness or greunmess
of the skin bj the use of coemetios,
or “local” treatment, as advocated
by the “beauty doctors.” The only
safe and sure way that a woman oan
improve her complexion is by purify
ing and enriching the blood, which
can only be accomplished bv keeping
tbe liver healthy and active. The
liver is the seat of disease and blood
pollution. Green’s August Flower
!*?t* directly on the liver, cleanses
and enriches the blo&ci, purifies the
complexion. It also cures consti
pation, biliousness, nervousness, and
induces refreshing sleep. A single
bottle of August Flower has been
hnown to cure the most prcn< unced
and distressing case of dyspepsia
and digestion. New trial size bottle
25 cents; regular size 75 cents. At
Frost & Spies.
Your Eastern or Southern Trip
Can be comfortably made in W\>~
cousin Central wide vestibuhd
trains, Having Ashland for Milwuu
ee and Chicago every morning and
evening, Pullman Sleepers, Free
Reclining Chair Cars and Modern
Coaches. Meals ala carte, App y
to nearest agent for further inform
ation or write Jas. C. Pond, Gen’l
Pass, Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
A Poxzl Worth HuTinj,
Dr. G. G. Green, of Woodbury,
New Jersey, whose advertisement
j appears ra our paper regularly, will
mail to any one sending a two cent
stamp to pay postage, one of Ins
new German Syrup and August
Flower Puzzles, made cf wood and
glass. It amuses and perplexes
young and old. Although very diffi
cult, it can be mastered. Mention
this paper.
Death rate in New York anil Chicago.
During November and December,
: 1903, one fifth of the deaths in New
: York and Chicago were from pneu
monia. Foley 's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough but heals and
! strengthens the kings and and pre
vents pneumonia, so do not take
chances on a cold wearing away
when Foley s Honey and Tar will
cure you quickly and prevent ser
ious results. Frost & Spies.
Why You Should Go to California.
It is not an expensive trip,
especially when considering the re
turns i-i health which cannot be com
puted in dollars. Comfortable
through tourist cars leave Minnea
polis and St. Paul on two days of
each week. If you are interested
and . desire California Literature
rates, sleeping car reservations, etc
call on local agent of the North-
Western line or address T. W. Teas
dule. G. P. A., St. Paul, Minn,
Cwred Hemorrhages of the Lungs'
Several years siaee my lungs were
so badly affected that I had many
hemoorages,” writes A. M. Ake, <>f
Wood, lnd. “I took treatment with
several physicians w ithout an y bene
fit. I then ■ started to take Foley V
Honey and Tar and my lungs arc
now as sound as a bullet. I recom
mend it in advanced stages of iung
trouble.” Foley’s Honey arid Tar
stops the cough, and heals the lungs
and prevents serious results from a
cold. Refuse substitute. Frost &
Spies.
Njghi Prowling*Thieves,
Croup and Whooping Cough, come
like a the if in the night, stealing in
to fasten the fangs of mortal disease
upon the children as they peacefully
sleep in their little beds, Kennedy’s
Laxative Honey and Tar, anew dis
covery for cough and cold, will drive
out these deathdealing demons before
the doctor can arrive. It portects
the lives and health of the little ones,
Contains no opiates. Keep it handy.
Sold by Fox Bros.
If taken this month, keeps you
well all summer. It makes the lit
ale ones eat. sleep and grow. A
spring tonic for the whole family.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
35 cents. Tea or tablets. Fox Bros.
Lost: —A Masonic charm and fob
Finder will be liberally rewarded by
returning the same to The Times,
office.
It will bring rich, red blood, firm
flesh and muscle. That’s what Hol
lister’s Rocky Mountain Tea will
ec. Taken this month, keeps you
well all summer, 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Fox Bros.
Wanted —Several persons of
character and good reputation in
each state (one in this county re
quirec) to represent and advertise
old established wealthy business
house of solid financial standing,
Salary $21.00 weekly with expenses
additional, all payable in cash direct
each Wednesday from head offices
Horse and carraige furnished when
necessary. References enclosed,
self-addressed envelop, Colonial, 332
Dearborn St., Chicago.
Lost:—A Masonic watch charm
with letter “h tw s s tk s” same
Finder will kindly leave the same at
The Times offiice.
(Feb. 22 to March Bth.)
STATE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY COURT
FOR BAYFIELD COUNTYIn Probate.
In t he matter of the estate of John Larson,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance of an order of.license made in said
matter on the Uth day of February, 1905,
the undersigned Adminstratrix of the estate,
of said John Larson, deceased, will on the
18th day of March. A. D., 1905, at ten o’clock
a. m. at the front door of the courthouse,
in the citv of Washburn, in Bayfield county.
Wisconsin, otter for sale at public auction,
the following described land situated in said
county Of Bayfield to wit: The north-east
of the north-west quarter ot section thirty
three, in township forty-nine, nort hof range
five west,
The term of sale will be cash.
Dated February lltli, 1905.
Lizzie Larson,
Administratrix.
John Walsh.
Attorney.
March 9tli to April 13th)
TATE OF WIsCONSIN'-COUNTv COURT
FOR BAVFIELD COUNTY,
Dora Lutto.n. plaintiff, vs Cnarles W.
Lution, defendant.
The Bfate of Wisconsin to the said defend
ant:—
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after the service of this sum
mons, exclusive of the day of service, and
defend the above entitled action in the court
aforesaid; and in case of your failure so to do
judgment will be rendered against you ac
cording to the demand of the complaint.
A. W. McLeod,
Plaintiff’s Attorney,
P O. Address: Washburn, Bayfield Coun
ty. Wisconsin.
The defendant will further take notice that
th**' summons and verified complaint were
tiled in the office of the cterk of court of said
county, March 3rd, 1905,
A. W. 7<lcLeod.
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
1
(March 2nd to March 16th)
I State o< Wisconsin > IN qouNTY C OURT
County of Bayfield S
In the mattes of the estate of)
Axel H, Leonard, deceased, late > In Probate
of the city ot Duluth, tit Louis )
Cos, R 1 inn.
Notice is hereby given that at special
term of the County Court, to be held in and
fur said county at the County Judge’s office
in the court house in the city of Washburn,
Bayfield county, Wisconsin, on the 21st day
of Maick A D 1905, at 1C o’clock in the fore
noon of that day, the following matter will be
beard considered and acted upon by the
court.
The petitions of Charles Leonard praying
that he be appointed administrator of the
estate of Axel H. Leonard, deceased, late o%
the city of Duluth. St.. Louis county. Minn.,
and that administration of the estate of said
deceased in Bayfield county. Wisconsin, con
sisting t f real estate be granted to him.
Dated this 23rd day of February A. D, 1905.
By the Court
H. B. FkYBSRGer Wm. LI. Irish,
Atty an 1 Counsellor. County Judge
414-416. Lonsdale Building,
I>i luth. Minn.
(February 16 to March 23.)
CIRCUIT COURT, BAY FIELD COUNTY.
Walter L. Newland, vs. Henry A. Robin
son, et al.
By virtue of a judgment of partition and
sale made in the above entitled action on the
24th day of December, 1904. the sunscriber,
for that purpose being duly appointed, will
sell, at the fiont door of the court house in
the village of Washburn in said county on
the Bth day of April, A. D. 1905. at It o’clock
in the forenoon of said day, the real estate
directed by said judgment to be sold as fol
lows: the north half of the northwest quar
ter and the south-east quarter of the north
west quarter of Section two (2) in township
forty-four (44) north of range six (6) west.
Washburn Wis., Feb., 13,1905,
J.J. MIbES, H. J.Conlin,
Plaintiff’s Atty, Sheriff
(February 2nd to March Ofcli)
STATE OF WISCONSIN. CIRCUIT ’COURT
BAYFIELD COUNTY
Musser-Sauntry Land. Logging and Manu
facturing company, plaintiff, again-t Fred
erick Ayer, defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, to the said defend
ant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service, and defend
the aboye entitled action in the court afore
said; and in case of your i&ilure so to do,
judgment will be rendered against you ac
cording to the demand of the complaint.
S. J. Bradford,
Piaintifl’s Attorney
P. O. Address, Hudson, St. troix County.
Wisconsin
Feb. 15th to Mch. 2nd,
Probate Notice
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT,
FOR BAYFIELD COUNTY.-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the regular
term of the County Court to be held in and
for said county at the Court House in the city
of Washburn in said county, on the first
Tuesday (being the 7th day) of March, A.
D. 1905, at ten o’clock a. m, the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Eben Olson for the
appointment of S, Swanson Ogren. of the
town of Port Wing, Bayfield County. Wiscon
sin, as administrator of the estate of Hakan
Olsoti, late of the town of Port Wing, in said
County, deceased.
Dated February 14th, 1905.
By order of the Court.
Wm. H. Irish,
County Judge
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