Show bews yews BY MAIL KANSAS wichita september richard stevenson united states deputy marshal was shot to death in kingman coun ty on saturday by a horse thief who escaped to the indian territory ho had arrested the thief at wellington and was returning alio prisoner and property to kingman both men together with a drummer were in a carriage in descending u sudden declivity ilia snatched Steven sons revolver anil shot him through the breast lie then disarmed the commercial traveler mounted the best borso and fled stevenson is well known in the state the family were formerly for meily from monmouth illinois illinoi i two of his brothers met sudden deaths in eliat state PHILADELPHIA Sept half dimes of the coinage of 1801 are exceedingly rare and worth to collectors all alio way from ai to fit attracted alie attention of a resident of louisville ky alio came upon one of these coins which had been lud away for many year A communication to a coin dealer elicited an oner of ia for alio rarity but this alio owner ro aused and more then lie corresponded dealers in other cities but being unable to obtain alie maximum figure demanded he sent it to henry C lea to dispose of for and it is now in possession U a druggist of this city alio lias one of the finest collections of coins in america only ten of aliese coins are now known to bo extant the mccoy family reside a few miles from deeth on a ranch and tucker russell the deceased lias been employed by E II 11 griswold upon his ranch in star valley russell brems to have become in with a daughter a young girl only 15 years of ago and insisted upon paying her his attentions to which tho bamily objected tha father having forbidden him to again enter the during alie of mccoy and his son henry a young man about years of age at walls on monday russell came to alio house of a relative of the family a few miles distant where the girl was temporarily stopping while the men acro away and after huking nuking liim solf obnoxious for a bhart time was hy the lomeii persuaded to leave and he retired to some willows near by As mccoy and liis son approached russell advanced to tho road and upon being accosted by henry mccoy suddenly drew a pistol and fired at liim but missed hid mark young mccoy who was also armed immediately returned the fire which wa kept up by bogli parties until eacle biad anred three shots and russell had fallen from lie ans riding to tho ground and called to mccoy for water which the latter rode some distance to procure and brought in liia hat it was then found that russell had been lait in the side and three shots having taken effect and alio lionso eliat mccoy was riding was slightly wounded A wagon procured as soon as possible and the wounded man taken to where iio arrived at a yesterday morning and died three hours after at alio examination of mccoy before a magistrate alio testimony given iy ay a half dozen witnesses was similar to alie above and alie prisoner was released from custody on the ground eliat ho homicide was justiciable after the tho body of the deceased was buried at debili we learn that russell was a native of river st law renco county massand eliat at the time of hii death lie was about 24 years of ago T NORWICH aug 24 alie biggest snake connecticut ams produced in this century was killed in county one day last week mr alien who killed the snake is an en farmer of unimpeachable veracity and his story of ahe fight is corroborated by a coterie of friends alio saw and assisted in alie scene mr alien had been trimming liis orchard aroos using a keen edged to lop off the sprouts he was interrupted by a party of ac quain who brovo to his door and asked him to guide them to a huckleberry pasture on his farm ho cheerfully consented and started on at alio licad of alio troop in liis shirt sleeves and his bickfo in liis hand A monster boulder uplifts the entrance ot the pasture and I girt ono do by i narrow eliat to have been made especially for snakes to sun ilicin on an mr alien this rock lie saw an enormous black coil as big M a rubber lire hoso lying motion le on alio flono it was a groat gor pent foa basking in tho sun A young and incautious member of alio llio party at hurled liis dinner pibil at tho snake striking it in the center of tho coil tho sleepily raised its head saw dinin r pail mid tha party gating with deepening interest mr alien livers and hj friend ii also say eliat the serpent eyed them for an instant a glittering icy famile its tail vibrating such rapidity that it was invisible at art its tufted in and out of its jaws almost inconceivable velocity tho first of alie party was to turn find run they plunged through alie blackberry and huckleberry bushes in headlong amic mr alien covering the rear looking over liis shoulders derx lie iw alie inako following his mouth wide open Ho continued liis flight but the serpent gained on adm and at length just as alio serpents lead was his shoulder he turned and cut at the er penta crest and neck the sickle alie nuke dodged alio blodi ad tle party ceasing by one floal in on iio rails tono lab aid other missiles ind tharo was ft long and borce light it was not until a quarter of an aare of pasture had been over alit alie nako was killed it me just eleven ft civo indium alio thickest part body was izilar ii ilar around w nn ordinary ten kettle n iiii were found alio remains of mr aliens chokry coogler lie giai mi soil from lii roost a few days previously As many ether fowls had mysteriously disappeared lately sir alien conjectures that they had been seiz edby alio snake |