"ebon" Has Ared

HE WORKED ON THE EX-GOV. WINAN'S FARM.

And has not been heard of for three weeks - he was a mystery.

"Ebbon", that is the only name by which the hired man of James Blake on ex.-Gov. Winans' farm, was known. He has been missing for three weeks, and the Argus was first informed of it today.

"Ebbon's" disappearance is surrounded with mystery. No one saw him go; he had no enemies; he was apparently sound of mind and happy; he was saving, and owned a horse, yet without saying a word, except that he intended to go trapping that week, he suddenly disappeared, as though swallowed up by the earth.

It was after breakfast when James Blake was in the field waiting for him to do some plowing. He did not show up, and it was not until dinner time that he was missed by the family.

"Ebbon, where is he?" was all that was said, and the folks only became alarmed when he did not put in his appearance that night or the next day. The woods and lakes were searched, but not even a trace of him could be found. Yet with all this it seems the officers were not notified and the information came to the Argus from a comparative stranger.

"Ebbon" was about 28 years old, and owned his own horse, which he had purchased out of his earnings. He had good clothes and was in every way well thought of. It seems, however, that no one knows anything about his previous record, who he is or where he had come from. He came to the farm about three years ago, asked for a job, and had been there ever since.