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Show j The Tough in Jail. ! The prisioners in the c nnty jail j seem to have on sidei able trouoie at present and are liberal in dealing tome out to the ofiiceis. There aiv fourteen men in the jail, and nine of these are the hardest casos ever contiaed there. The other hve are rather mild, and the consequence is that they are subjected to cutis and blows by the "toughs.' These fellow.' reem to t hink ihev can do as they plea.- -. and have fixpiently abused the jailor by swearing at him and calling hiu all sorts of names, it nig the most foul language. On Friday enening. when supper was land iu ti e cage, one of the brutes siezed a cup of; hot tea and threw it at the jait-r pearl v ! blinding him. For this th' scoundrel-1 yesterday received only cold water with their hraakfast. ami on percieving tins ! they s'.unptil on their food breaking j the basket and dishes into peiees. and j then pushed the food through the tuns. ; Tl.ey did not get any dinner yesterday ;a:id they set up a dismal howling. ! tut recieved no answer for j f. some t me. They were then asked ;it thev wanted the food they had ' stamped on in tin- morning. Ihey reined re-ined no. they wanted a good dinner. ! '11 iey acre told to " want, as ; it w oiildnot hurt them. The ofiici rs have f..r some time Veen consulting as to the b- sf method of u.ii.ii.g them, and C. S Varian, I'. S. ai ioriit-y suggested bread and water. , w Inch wid be iMveti them if they don't j i:::p!ve in their conduct in the jail, j A sort of a compromise was etlecled between them and they promised to do I b. tter, so that a - snj ptr was given ! tl em. which thev relished ai'ter their ; long last. I |