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Show i i i bbs JOHNSTON'S - I ESTRAY CATTLE. The bunch of cattlo belonging 9 to Annie Johnston and advert fl .tised as estrays in our last issue, which were to havo been sold Wednesday March 23rd, at 10 o'clock a) m;, are in safe keep-iugat keep-iugat tho Garland" Livery cor-rail cor-rail and Manager W T. Hud- H soil is holding them under lock fl and key awaiting dovolopments. Sheriff Joseph Josophsen, 1 Marshal Joseph Lillywhite and Atty. Chas Foxloy wore hero Wednesday fixing up matters concerning tho impounded cat- Tho cattlo wore impounded by H Constable T.L. Snook to satsify H damages done on tho property of the Thompson Land and Livestock Co. and about 15 days have oxnired sinnn rlmv worn Bl taken up. Sheriff Josophsen H replevied tho cattlo Wednesday H and secured as bondsmen Wm. Johnson and E. E. Bingham, H tho latter however, was given 0 days in which to qualify. In caso the bondsmen do not qual-ify qual-ify or new bondsmen aro secur-ed, secur-ed, so wo aro informed, the cattlo will again go back to the Constable to bo advertised and sold to satisfy damages, feed bill, advertising and other ex-penscs. ex-penscs. A similar case of this kind at LV the Sandnll pound at Point Lookout, in which .Johnston's cattle were tied up for over a year aud a half, was settled Wednesday by defendant pay-ing pay-ing Constable Snook about MbO.OO it Mil standing the ex-penses ex-penses of the attorneys, adver-Using, adver-Using, etc. The caso could have Ijeen settled for $17 at the be- H ginning. What the outcome of this H case will be no ones knows, but if the Livery man gots his feed bill and the Editor his advertis-iug advertis-iug bill within a year it will be a piece of good luck. |
