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THET." now PRESIDENT A 7? 177 TV? takes - THE RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS. The Men "Who Have Pawed Upon and nattered Him- Attempt to"Make a Whole Out or a Sprat—His Absolute failure i:i the Pre sidential Office. | Special Telegram to the Globe.] New Yoke, Dec. s.—Among President Arthur'? friends is Blanche Roosevelt, the opera singer, who belongs to the Tucker family, of Virginia, is very well connected, and has been for years the pet of dis tinguished intellectual and titled people in Europe. She said to me sometime ago: •'•President Arthur, will' not open his mouth even to correct an impression that Joes him harm and is entirely untrue." . The lad; remarked that she thought the president obtained his office without polit ical help, it being given him, in the first ■place, because he was necessary to elect . ■Garfield, and when Garfield was killed the higher office came to Mr. Arthur, as it 'were, by the will of heaven. I asked the lady if Mr. Arthur seemed troubled by re cent political events. ' "He was very much cut up," she said "by "the late election. It looked as if the people had declared against him overwhelmingly, when he had done his best to keep down excitement and act outside of factions of all kinds.'* The above was private conversation, but it seems to me that it conveys a good im pression as to the president's frame of mind. If he recognizes, as he seems to have done, some of the causes of his un popularity in the imputation of indiffer ent and unequal company about him, he is, perhaps, thinking whether it does not be -come him to change it. The fact that he has stated that there is some other French more worthy of his table than the proxy fellow, shows that ha is not entirely satis fied to be known as the bad French's gossip. The shock the elections wen to him must also show that he begins to realize public opinion in society and the government as the most decisive and formidab'e power, not often much con sulted hitherto. The president's decline in political consideration is, possibly, proof that more ability is now required in a president than in former years, the cul tivation of the people having not only ad vanced, but attend its character. The present state of society is a vehe ment protest against the political morals -of the Whigs and Republicans who bor rowed all that was bad from the earlier Republican party, and he imposed upon the republic a set of men owing less allegiance to public opinion than to -..their convention and caucus organization. 'In 'the -midst of the war Mr. Lincoln was ••allowed to make removals to suit the party's interest without much excitement. iAi ter the war Johnson undertook to weaken the radical element by patronage, and it brought on the impeachment trial, where his victory led to a certain non-respom .-sibility in Grant and future presidents, jet the attention of the country had been turned, above all oth-r things, to the lela tions of politicians to the moral society around them, to the perfectly absolute con ditions under which the officeholders were made in the name of a free republican society; to the tyranny in the hamds of the president and his bosses in the varior • -states, which was above all law or interference from courts of justice, pulpits or even the quadrennial revolutions made by our elections. None of the presidents of the United States following Gen. Grant were much concerned about the patronage. Hayes cared but little about the offices, and when he made his -cabinet he estranged all the old bosses. Garfield. above all other men living in his day, wanted to put aside the patronage element and live in the discussion of ques tions and the trying on of additions and improvements to the government such as he had been thinking about in his library lor years. Suddenly an office meeker killed him, and the American people had their attention instantly an violently brought to the complete inferiority of their official dasa to the aver age of ordinary Northern society. They found that the most important mea en oar politics were about of the rank of tavern keepers, horse racers and procarers. Gaiteau himself was not so exceptional among this class that ho did not get the encouragement of men of old official po sitions like Senator Logan and his lawyer, Reid, who had been the prosecuting attor ney of such a city as Chicago. Mr. Ar thur came into the presidential office when horror was stamped on every countenance • and was already changing to universal in dignation, and he seems to have appre hended that there was something porten tioas in the air, and that he ought to be quiet and go slow, and he tried to do so for a little while, but the men raised by Conk ling to an importance altogether beyond their decency or discretion formed a little phalanx around the 1 new president, direct ed their degrading newspaper organs to his sense of partisanship and ambition, xaisad in him the confidence that he could ■aasily be renominated and elected, and that he was - the only popular man the country had recognized in his office for years, and they made a show of having his promise that presently he would take ven geance on Mr. Conkling's enemies, and on all people who dared to reflect on the char acter of the official system. The presi lent should have been advised to have done some* one \ act that would immediately show how the ■death of Gar£eid and the rise of public in dignation had also touched him profound ly. Bat when he strove to pay off debts he had already paid to men like Conkling by nominating him for the supreme bench. where he would have been retired from the political circle, it struck the people as an act of reward for Mr. Conkling, instead of an act of exile. The president had never spent much time in doing anything that tried his patience. When he was collector of the customs he hardly ever got to his office before 12 o'clock at noon, and 11 •o'clock was early for him. This was sworn to before one "of the investigating committee ten years ago and it was always public rumor. -I remember a United States senator who first introduced me to Mr. Arthur, saying that he was one of the laziest men he knew. After the presidency was attained, there being no domestic circle in the Whit house, the president allowed Mb j old midnight chums from New York to drop in, and they had the audacity of dogs and cats, who, Leing ones fed at the table, Trill come at every meal until they at last I get a kick. These fellows, all of whom are known, made their clnb at the White house, and they would come back to their homes and in their own self glorification relats how 'much better the president was than that miserable Have?, or th? overvatmted Garfield, because he v;as not a friend of his old friends and told them that he wanted no body to feel unhappy in his society. They sa Ji "you have no idea of what a politi cian he is, naturally. When we come 'to think of it, boys, he must be a greater politician than any who went before him. You see, he has lived here in New York where politics is a big trade. He is not like Hayes or Grantor Lincoln, from some little town off on the prairies. He is go ing to take hold now. from what I understand, and just shake ajl these critics and enemies of his. Yes, he is the best president that ever sat there, hard y exceptifig Gen. Washington." Now.the man who talks in this way never saw any other president than Ar thur —perhaps, a second rate banker down town, who had been a little while before that selling gimp and buttons in the job bing trade. Or he may be some spent ard driving lawyer who once knew the presi dent in a ward political association, and highly gratified to find that the president does not snub him when he goes to the White 1 oise,he points out at once his g a 5 itude and his conceit by assuring every body in New York that Arthur never had his equal in the White house and that old Gen. Washington him self will hive to take a back seat.' Conse quently Arthur began to hear discussiors of his own greatness from New York. It jegan to be assumed in those newspapers which Beyer feel the public pulse, but" lay their ears close to a club or hotel key hole, that the president was a mighty man, a serson opposed to hypocrisy, meaning a nan that has some habits and some fear )f being mistaken in a high office. Tiie ittle scamps who made a living by selling lominations to parvenus to so to congress, >r who create men for the New York leo- slature, on the principle that they are to steal from everybody who has bnsi ress there and divide with their sreator, felt that the Lord had come in his iplendor when they heard all this news bout Chester A. Arthur and were, perhap.-, eceived themselves for a little chat of lalf an hour in the White ho use, where no >revious president would have allowed hem to bring their feet any more than hey could have brought their shoes into ome synagogue or mosque. There was a complete misunderstanding >etween the president and those who per onally visited him, and all the rest of so iieiy. Throughout the country the dying ew on Garfield's brow, the pain and agony rith which he parted from his amily and bright prospects, he despicable nature of the ramp who killed him, were making those ong, deep thoughts which are the life of Lmerican fireside?, and here the president he woman who dropped in of an evening o see him, and the general ritF-rafi' who :onstitute our politics were saying: "The iountry is ju3t delighted with Arthur. At ast we have a gentleman in the White louse. He looks splendid. He is splen lid. The president finally made his celebrated rip down the White house steps to show iow much greater a man he wa? than verybody before him. He was somewhat ike the cabin passenger who undertook o steer the steamboat. He had no ooner got his palms on the wheel than it lew out of his hands, the boat put her nose owards the bank, and the consequent s seemed to be frightful to everybody on i >oard. A gentleman remarked to me yesterday hat Arthur, showing them how to do it n >olitics, was somewhat like Edwin Forrest, hs actor, who, being once at Cape May, tut on a bathing suit and started into the mrf, which was pretty high that day. He md advanced but b few steps |when he felt he strong spray in his face, and with his innd upon his nose looked ashore, backing nto the ocean. A parasite cf Forrest wene ilong and said: "Mr. Forrest, you .iro not joing to turn yoar back on the ocean, are p-ou f "No. v replied Forrest, who was a child )f borrowed rhetoric that he always be ieved he wrote himself. "I never turn ny back on friend or foe; why should I on the ocean V So he came rapidly to the front again, stepped out in the manner of the gladiator, for the surf. and just at that moment a big wave struck him in the abdomen, turned him over three time?, stood him on his head and filled his belly full of salt water. He was heard lo say to the man who Brooood him, "•Air. Curdle, schc-re is that bath house?" md the great tragedian hid him self within it. The result of the election, both in 'act and on the president's feeling?, ought to teach him that the real life of the United St:ites be has never yet entered, that tho public opinion, which is without confidence in onr official clap?, comes from pure sources, and from reservoirs as universal as tho sea and tho clouds, notwithstanding the imperial premiums among politicians to use the great patronage of tkis government like j the money of a lottery ticket or the swag taken in highway robbery. Yet it is clear that the government will not be run much longer on this plan, and Gen. Arthur, if he remains silent on the question which is above all otliers, that of loyalty and principle here, he may be marked down in history as the worst of all American presidents and the last of the predatory stamp, the conspicuous one vho l wished to put back all the abuses that his two predecessors had been trying to deal with, and lost everything he might have possessed in the endeavor. A fine line of scotch underwear at a great bar gain at No. 145 Ea*t Third street. An Editor Cownuled. Tkoy, N. V., Dec. 5. —J. B. Parmenter, proprietor and c Jitor of the Press, has at various time published storie? regarding Wm. Carr, son of the secretary of state. The latest appeared yesterday. Parmen ter accused young Carr of public intoxi cation, breach of confidence, etc. The young man met Parmenter on River street this morning, and drawing a cowhide, ad ministered a violent castigation. Three thousatd sample seal, silk plush, wool and ca?sim?r caps at 145 East Third street. The Waclterlc Insurance Case. St. Louis, Dec. s.—The Mutual Life In surance company of New York, this morn ing filed a bond in the United States cir cuit court taking an appeal in the widow Wackerle sensation identity ease to the supreme court of the United States. The best assortment of overc oats in the north west can b• fo nd at the £4'> 0 0 eocsignmen b ale of clothing at 145 Eat 3 hird street." THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, WEDNESDAY MQRNINfr DECEMBERS,IBB2: • THE OLD WOULD, COLLTSIOX OF &TEUISJtIZrS IX THE MOUTH OF THE MERSEY. Further Arrests and Indictments for Crime -in Ireland— Hume Rule Demonstration Postponed- A Saucy French Paper Tells the Truth About the American Navy— Arab! Pasha Wants to Live in Damascus or London—The Gciut m Budget. GREAT BRITAIN. Liverpool, Dec. 5.— Allan line steam er Peruvian, from Montreal, while entering the river Mercy this morning, collided with an unknown steamer. The Peruvian was considerably damaged, and lies sunk on Crosby beach. The crew and passengers were saved. The Peruvian was cut down to the water's edge amidships. The weather was thick at the time of the collision. Tugs landed the crew and passengers here. Hopes are entertained that the breach can be re paired and the vessel floated. The vessel with which the Peruvian collided is a steamer of the Clan line. Her fore com compartments are full of water, and she has been docked. London, Dec. —A home rule demon stration was held at Sanford last evening Among those present were O'Donnell and Kenney, members of parliament. A reso lution was passed condemning the govern ment for its determination to prosecute Davitt and Healy, and congratulating these true-patriots on their refusal to enter into terms for bail. Kenney in an address de clared that if the government imprisoned Davitt and Healy, they must fast assume the task of arresting the whole Irish par liamentary party. London, Dec. —A dispatch from Dub lin gays proceedings against Davitt, Healy and Quinn have been adjourned ten days, < to enable the defendants to meet the 1 charges entered against them. Seventy soldiers have left Curragh camp for Galway, in connection with the execu tion of the murderers of the Joyce family, at Maamtrasna. Miss Parnell publishes a long letter de claring untrue the statement of Healy, published in the United States, asserting that Parnell, in February, ordered a stop page of the circulation of no-rent mani fests, and that this order was dis obeyed by the ladies' land league. London, Dec. s.—The British steamer Strathmore & Savannah, for Bremen, is ashore at Calandsoog, Netherlands. She has jetsamed part of her cargo. Assist ance has been sent. Dublin, Dec. s.—The grand jury has found true bills against three men charged with the assassination of Detective Cox and the would-be assassin of Judge Law son. "."•'. London, Dec. s.—lt is rumored that the bishop of Winchester will succeed to the archibishopric of Canterbury. Beklin, Dec. 5. —Yon Bojanowski, con sul general at London, will be appointed director of the ministry of foreign affairs. Madbid, Dec. 5. —The newspapers here express surprise at the severe action of the English government against the officials at Gibraltar, in connection with the case' of Cuban refugees. V:C-: London, Dec. 5.A bulletin to-night rel ative to Postmaster General Fawcett's con dition, says the fever is pursuing an irreg ular course and causes grave anxiety. Anthony Trollope is much worse. He is unconscious to-night. There are but faint hopes of his recovery. Dublin, Dec. —Patrick Higgins, Thamas Higgins and Michael Flyrsn, are indicted for the murder of thetwoHuddys, Lord Ardilaun's bailiffs. The trial will begin Thursday. FRANCE. Paris, Dec. —The cellers of the Palais Bourbon, the wine vaults at Bercey and the printing offices of the newspapers, Union and Universe, are flooded by the overflow of the Zinc. Engineers appre hend that the pressure of the Zinc will destroy the causeways protecting the en trepot Dcs Vins. The bridge near Charen ton has been shaken. The atitude of the water at Austerlitz bridge is 5.88 metres. , Paris, Dec. 5. —Louis Blanc is seriously ill at Cannes. Pauis, D«3, s.—The cruiser Flore is or dered to Madagascar. Liberte states that the president of the council and English ambassador held a conference on {he Mal agassy question. England is disposed to recognize the rights accorded to France by the letter's treaty of 18G8 with Madagas car. The trial of Bontoux, president, and Feder, manager of the Union Generate, suspended in January last, has begun. Bontoux said he was absent when the com pany speculated in its own shares. Feder said if the issue of 100,000 new shares had not been stopped by the downfall of the company, and if speculators who bought the shares had paid for them, there would have been no deficit in the company's treasury. in the official liquidation of the Union Generate it is estimated, if legal de cisions already given were maintained, shareholders would recover 50 per cent, of their losses. Pabis, Dec. 5. —Relative to the report that the United States government con templates making a claim against France in regard to the murder of two American citizens in Madagascar, the Mnnitcur Uni vcrsal publishes an insulting article declar ing that the American navy is so reduced by peculation that the United States was recently compelled to back down to Chili. France, it says, could ruin every American port. RUSSIA. St. Petebsbueg, Dec. —Tha Danish Arctic exploring vessel Dejmplina appears to have drifted into the Vara sea south of Nova Zembla. It is proposed to organize an expedition with from ten to fifteen \ sledges and 150 reindeer to search for the vessel. St. Petersburg, Dec. —The czar has assumed the title of lord of Turkestan. Odessa, Dec. s.7—Solomon Hacker, dis tributer of revolutionary papers, has been sentenced to ten years in the mine?. EGYPT. '.*• $ Caibo, Dec. 5. —The khedive has been informed that the Eng lish . government recommends General Sir Evelyn Wood for the command of the the new Egyptian army. "'■'■*'~i Arabi Pasha writes a letter thanking England for inteposition in his behalf. London, * Dec. s.—Arabi Pasha writes that he would prefer to live in Damascus, or if that is impossible, in London. He expresses contentment with his lot, be cause he knows his misfortunes have been the means of securing, for the country he loves, the liberty prosperity it deserves. °He feels confident when England carries out her good work, she will permit him to re turn. She will soon learn he was no rebel \f Inn he set himself at the head of the people who wanted nothing but justice. " AUSTRIA. Vienna, Dec. s.—The reischstadt es sembled to-day. Dunajtwski. Austri n minister of finance, su 1 mitted t' c budget for 1883, showing a deficit of 31,600,000 florins. The taxes the first aine months in 1882 yielded an increase of 8,300.000 flor ins as compared with those collected dur ing the same period in 1881. The condi tion of the treasury, the minister said, was extremely favorable. The government will be able to pay off uncovered credits to the amount of 14,200,000 florins. There is a general improvement in trade. After deducting the outlays for new railways and Bosnian expenses, there will be no admin istrative deficit. It is probable a consider able portion of the i.eficit for 1883 is from the current year, so that it will only be nec essary to resort to a vote of credit for rail way works, and for expenditures in the Tyrol. Beblin, Dec. 5. —The majority against biennial budgets was secured at the reichs tag by coalition of the centre and letf. ERANKLIS BUILDING SOCIETY. The Annual Meeting, Election ot Officers and lie port of the Secretary. The annual meeting of the Franklin Building society was held last evening and the following board of directors for the ensuing year were chosen: For Directors —Adolphus Moore. Henry Orlemann, Charles Wallblom, Theodore Sander, John Bodin, J. D. O'Brien, Jacob Schnitzius, Jacob Mainzer, C. A. Albrecht. A. P. Croonquist, Lewis Engels, Ernst Al brecht, Peter Schliemann, Fred. Siebold, J. F. Wilcken. The directors then elected the following officers: —Adolphus Moore. . Vice President— Wallblom. —Theodore Sander. Treasurer— Siebold. Attorney Jacob Mainzer. Examiners — C. Jenson, Otto Dreher, John McAdams. secbetaby's bepobt. The secretary, Theodore Sander, sub mitted his sixth annual report, of which tho following is an abstract: Six series of stock have been issued, the total number of shares being 5,754. Dur ing the past year 898 new shares were is sued, 1,714 cancelled, and 1,684 borrowed upon. There are 3,254 shares to be re deemed and 4,938 outstanding. At the last meeting a now series of 2,000 shares was ordered to be issued, to be known as the sixth series, 1,300 shares of which are to be a general issue and 700 shares a re serve! for borrowers only. " - The following table of assets is given: DEBIT. Bills receivable $83,750 00 Cash on hand 827 40 Furniture and fixtures 80 00 Bills receivable, n0te5............. 2,415 31 fax certificates 209 68 Jills receivable, stock loans 1.550 00 Stockholders' account arrears 2,243 17 Tax account, 1881 ....... 66 75 sundry Drs 181 11 . : $91,323 42 CBEDIT. l- Series ..;.'....... $19,938 59 '■ " 18,486 35 I- : ••••: 5,479 63 *• ' ••••• • 4,817 45 J- ■ - 2,703 57 Undivided profit 73 62 Bills payable, discounts 7,000 00 Tax account-, 1882 20 96 Sundry credits, amts. due borrowers. 892 09 Sundry credits, amounts prepaid acct. ofloans : l ? 000 00 Sundry credits, miscellaneous mat ter... 911 16 $91,323 42 BUSINESS OF THE TEAS. The following tables show the business of the year: . ■ ' . DEBIT. 1. Series paid for stock surrendered and cancelled $ 28,716 84 Interests paid on discounts Ttt ? 238 57 Premium refunded '.' F. 1-.... ' 1161 Bills receivable, new mortgage loans 31.450 00 Bills payable, discounts repaid 8,300 00 Cash, received from all sources 58,923 35 Bills receivable, new notes taken.... 4,985 83 2. Series, mid for stock surrendered and cancelled 1,255 43 3. Series, paid for stock surrendered and cancelled 1,545 27 4. Series, paid for stock surrendered and cancelled 773 51 Hills receivable, new stock loans 2,150 00 Expense account, salaries, rent,print ing, etc 805 85 Stockholders' account, dues, inter est and premiums charged during the year 26,043 57 Tax account, 1881, taxes paid 811 17 Fines remitted 2 00 Sundry Drs., credits on loans charged and mortgages panelled.. 6,150 00 Sundry Drs., amounts paid borrow ers as buildings progressed 5,025 16 Sundry Drs., miscellaneous items... 008 44 Tax certificates bought : I*6 01) Profit and loss, profit distributed to all the series 10,394 00 $189,266 19 CREDIT. 1. Series, due?, etc., during year $ 7,275 24 Interest, interest from all sources during year 4,921 97 Premiums, premiums on loans during year 5,484 70 Bills receivable, mortgages repaid.. 16,250 00 Cash, total disbursed 70,728 15 Bills payable, discounts taken 15,300 00 Bills receivable, notes repaid 6,876 37 2. Series, dues, etc., during year 3,512 49 8. " '• " " 1,640 80 4. " " " " 2,574 96 Bills receivable, stock loans repaid... 050 CO Stockholders, paid in on roll book ac counts 26.150 73 ">. Series does, etc., during year....* 2,f.02 00 Tax accounts, 1881, collected 744 42 " " 1882, " 20 86 Fines, fines for non-payments 222 86 Sundry crs., p\l acc't mortgage loans 6,650 00 '* '* retained on loans until lings wore completed 5,855 66 Cur.dryers., miscellaneous matters.. 1,347 62 Profit and loss, net profits during y'r 10,377 I"5 $389,206 19 VALUE OF STOCK. 1. Series, per share $26 69 2- li •' " 1443 3. " " " 1155 4. " " " 714 5. " M "**>." 340 BONUS. The highest bonus obtained daring th« year was 51) per cent; the lowest bonus ob tained was 51 per cent.; the average bonus obtained was 53 per cent. The demand for money has been Tory good thirty-six new mortgage loans, six stock loan? and nineteen note loan 3 were made. Se^en mortgage loans were repaid. The premiums have been fair and with a ten dency to increase. : The gains have been very good, being 13'o per cent, to each series upon the as sets as th?y apppeared on Nov. 10, 1882. j The best proof of prosperity however will be found by comparing the amount of cash on hand this year with last year. Then we had $12,632,20 in bank and owed the bank nothing for discounts; now we have only $827,40 in bank and owe $7,000 for discounts, made necessary to supply bor rowers. Thi schange of conditions is at tributable to two causes; namely the in creased demand for money for building purpoaes and the policy adopted by your board to draw and cancel stock whenever there is surplus money in the treasury. A cap worth $1.25 at f 8 ccnti at 49 East Third street. The Board of Trade Telegraph company of ChicTgo has obtained a temporary in junction against the Western Union Tele graph co -npany, restraining it from inter lining with the poles or wires of complain ant. Ab the bill it ?uppr >ssed particulars are i otobtaiaaoie. but it is supposed to grjw ( ut of t'aa difficulty between the two con i i anies at East St. Louis. FKAYNE'S GUN. Career of the Artor Who Shot Miss V»n Behreu on the Singe—Dangerous Stage Shooting:—The Pugilist Clark Piercing a Potato on a Boy's Head With Ballets. [Philadelphia Tim?s.l The news of the shooting of Miss Yon Behren by Frank Frayne in Cincin nati, during the performance of '"Si Slo cum," created lha deepest interest in Phil adelphia, where the actor has many close friend t, and among the members of the theatrical profession there were ex pressions of the deepest sympathy for him as well as sorrow for the pt>or girl herself. His daring practices, however, have long h«ea condemned, and m; nj managers were averse to permitting him to perform in their houses the particular feat which has now resulted so unfortunately. Manager Gallagher, of the Grand Central theater, in speaking of the matter, said: "Frayne played an engagement in my house and I was uneasy and dissatisfied the entire week. Indeed I was glad when Saturday night came. I always feared that some thing of this kind might happen at any time. We gave him a date to reappear this winter, but since making the arrange ments I would have gladly canceled the contract." FBATNE'S THEAT3ICAL C.VEKER. IFrayne was a drawing feature every where, and could always command good terms. He began his theatrical career as a captain of the supernumeraries in what was formerly Wcod's theater, Cincinnati, but he is a native of the neighborhood of Frankfort, Kentucky. He worked his way gradually up in his profession, until he became a leading man. One day he asked Clifton W. Tayleure, the present manager for Frank Chanfrau, who is now at the Arch Street theater, to furnish him with a Western drama, and the author claims to have written "Si Slocum" during his spare hours on railroad trains. Mr. Tayleure says he took such little pride in the composition that he did. not even put his name to it nor did he care to acknowl edge its paternity. Bat through it medium Frayne soon won hi 3 position among the successful sensational stars of the country. He had been an expert marksman from his early boyhood in his Kentucky home, and the feats of skill which he introduced into the play were one of the chief elements of ita popularity. He performed a variety of dangerous feats besides the celebrated "backward shot" by which Miss Yon Beh ren met her death. He would sometimes shoot a potato or a coin from the hand of Lucy Slocum, and he used to cut with his bullet a rop« to which the negro comedian was hung, thereby relieving the man from what was intended to represent an execu tion. HIS BEMARKAKLE DOG. Another dangerous feature of "Si Slo cum" was the antics of Frayne's big mas tiff,, '•Jack." He was presented to the ac tor in Omaha many years ago and had been trained to play a most important part in the piece. At the right moment, just as one of the numerous villains was triumphing, "Jack" would rush to the res cue, seize the wretch by a strap which was attached about the man's neck and drag him down. The dog's sagacity was aston ishing, and he never failed to mind his cues, or to go for the right man. But in his old age he became very ill tempered and it was dangerous for any but Frayne and his brother-in-law, Robert Butler, to approach him. Once Frayne took him behind the stage of BidwelFs Academy of Music, New Orleans, after he had finished his performance at another house, and Jack, seeing a struggle on the stage between several actors, hurried away to take a hand. It is unnecessary to say that th« strugglers left him in undisputed possession of the entire stage. Nearly two years ago Frayne went to Europe and in London the Lord Mayor refused to allow him to perform his ''backward shot," so it was omitted, but other feats almost as dangerous were introduced instead. HIS LAST FZBTOBMANCE IIEEE. Upon returning to this country he pro duced a play, based upon the Nihilist movement in Russia, entitled "Mardo, the Hunter," in which a real lion was used. The beast was, however, a superanuated one and was not thought to be very dan gerous. Frayne spent much of his spare time in this city, where he has played nu merous engagements. His last appearance here was on Sept. ]£. at the New National theater. His homo is ut Negley vilJe. Backs county, where he has owned a small farm for several years. He is exceedingly popular, both in and out of the profession. Ha has had but one serious accident to happen in his exhibitions besides this one. That was when he shot his wife in the hand several years ago, In performing his "backward shot" at first Lucy Slocum used to wear a steel plate hidden beneath her hat, but as he became more coniident this precaution was discarded. CHANFBAU'S TEBEI3LE MISTAKE. Frank Chauf ran, now playing '"Kit" at the Arch street theator.tells of an interest ing incident that impressed a lesson of caution upon his mind that will not bo easily forgotten. "I was filling an engage ment at the Holliday street theater, Balti tnore.many years ago," he says, "and of course 'Kit' was the play. In the piece I use two of my own revolvers, and at that time I entrusted the loading of them to (he property man. On the particular night to which I refer, his assistant, a mere boy, had been left in charge of the properties for a while and when it was time for him to deliver my pistols to me he discovered that they had not been loaded. "It was too late for him to begin to load, for the curtain was up and I was waiting for him. The boy, in fear of being cen sured severely for his neglect, ran excited ly to the back door, where a watchman was chatting with the old door-keeper, and asked him to let him use his revolver for a moment. It was handed to him by the watchman, who. supposed that he knew better than to give it to anyone to discharge it on the stage. But the boy was too nervous with fright to realize what he was doing, and a few moments later I was firing deadly bullets right and left on the stage. How they missed doing dam age I can never tell, but .when my atten tion was afterwards called to some holes that had been made in the woodwork of the proscenium box, the terrible fact staggered me so that I was as weak as a child over the danger that had been passed through. After that I became, and I am to this day, my : own powder monkey at every performance, and I won't trust the best property man in the land to load my firearms." • . ■ CLABK DOING WHAT FBATSE EID. John H. C2ark, proprietor of the "Olym pic Garden," of this city, is one of the most expert rifle shots in the country and he performs all Frayne's moat difficult shots, without even a globe-sight to assist his aim. He said yesterday: "I have no fear of hitting any one holding an object for me, nor do I think any one who is aware of my skill would hare the slightest objec tion to holding an apple or a quarter up for me to shoot at. Come here, ■ Jimmy," he said to a young man standing at the box office. Jimmy came. ''Get me a potato." James : con returned with the djsired vegetable. It was a trifla larger than a hen's egg. SOLID COMFI) R T ! Now that Jack Pr jst has a» last arrived, the o who had thought to push through without a NEW OVERCOAT. WiJlloDkforthe Bouse That Sells Cheapest. To this we answer, visit the 1W YORK ONE-PRICE CLOTHINGfIOIM CORNER OF THIRD AND MINNE3OTA STS., ST. FAUL "Pat it on yonr head." James smilingly obeyed and stood against the wall. Mr. Clark stepped off ten yards, loaded his Spencer rifle, took momentary aim and fired. The potato did not move. ' "Bring it here, Jimmy." The tuber was inspect ed and through its center was the track of the bullet. Then Mr.Clark took a small hand glass and performed Frayne's famous backword shot three times in succession, hitting the potato at every shot. fba^xe's imitatobs. Frayne has had a number of imitators, among whom was Monsieur Chalett,a clev er ventriloquist, who was accustomed to shoot articles from his wife's head. Buffalo Bill also imitated Frayne and shot an ap ple from the head of a negro during the acting of one of his plays. The Franklins, variety performers, also took up the busi ness. Franklin shooting an apple resting on his wife's head. Three years ago, while performing at Pawtucket, R. 1., Mrs. Franklin was taken ill and a young girl attached to the com pany took her place. At the critical mo ment the girl faltered and the bullet entered her forehead in almost exactly the same spot as in the case of Miss Yon Behren. The girl fell dead on the stage. This fatal accident caused all the perform ers in that line to withdraw from the busi ness except Frank Frayne. Buffalo Bill continues to give specimens of• fancy shooting, but no longer attempts any feat in which a human life would be imperiled. The Austin brothers, who formerly shot objects from each other's hands in this country, are the only performers in Eu rope, wh«re they now are, who indulge in this dangerous pastime. Orth Very Sick. iSpecial Telegram to the Globe.] Columbus, 0., Dec. s.—Considerable anx iety exists as to the health of Congress man Orth, who has been an invalid for several months, and for a number of weeks has been connned to his room. His strength has been gradually failing him, and he is very much reduced in flesh. He is unable to walk alone from excessive weakness, and the {nourishment he takes is nearly all liquid. The trouble seems to be a glandular one, and partakes of a can cerous nature. An operation was per formed some weeksj ago, and the wounds have partially healed, but the continued want of appetite and the nature of his affliction excite much concern about him. Acap worth §3.00 at $1.13 at 49 East Tliiid ctreet* Civil Service Reform. Boston, Dec. 5.— executive commit tee of the Massachusetts civil service re form league has sent a letter to all Massa chusetts members of the present congress. It appeals to them "to support the Pendle ton bill or some similar measure that the present congress may not expire without emphatic action by the Massachusetts del egation in favor of administrative re form." Everything at 49 East Third street to be slaughtered for the next SO days. ALL ABOUND THE GLOBE. An assessment of $100 a share is levied upon the stockholders of the defunct Pa cific National (bank, of Bostoa. Fifty dol lars payable within thirty days and §50 within sixty days. James A. Fleming, sinking an artesian well at a point 100 miles east of Denver, on government ground this morning, struck a loose gravel deposit eight feet in thickness with hard sandstone bed rock, which may be the bed of a subterranean stream with an inexhaustable flow of clear water. . Sherburne Bryant, of Milwaukee, and Louis Sands, of Manistee, have bought G,OOO acres of land in Langdale county, Wis., for $210,500. It contains about 700 --000,000 feet of the best pine lumber In the state. A thousand lumbermen are at work there now, and double that number will be employed shortly. .' C. P. Poacher, alias H. M. Whitney, a young lawyer from New York, recently abandoned Boston leaving drafts to the amount of about $5,000 in the hands of tradesmen and merchant?. Poucher hired a desk room and put upon the door the name of C.P. Poucher and H. M.Whitney. ■The latter was a myth. The drafts were drawn by Poucher. For a good suit of underwear at a low price go to 145 East Third stroot. • HNXESOTA NEWS. Rochester Post: Miss Kate Convay, one of the unfortunate sisters charged with child-murder, in Justice Benjamin's court, last Monday, waived examination and was committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury at the next term of the dis trict court. .Mrs. Griffin, the other sister, is yet too ill to appear in court. ; ?.^ />:: Marshall (Lyon county) Neios: Judge E. St. Julien Cox has been vested with power of attorney to look up the circum stances of the death of Christianson, a for mer auditdrof Polk county, D. T., which were decidedly suspicious. When he died he was known to have considerable money which has not since been accounted for. ; . Jordan Advocate, Dec. 1: Last Monday evening, a man named J. Micka was killed by ; the south bound passenger train, at New Prague. Micka /was walking on the track and did not seem.- to hear the train approaching behind him. His body was terribly mangled, and cut in pieces. He leaves a •wife and family, and is said to have been a sober, industrious mah."'-^ "Thomas Bible (a sacred name for a sac riligious rascal a graceless young loafer of Marshall, was making a disturbance in Chittenden's hall at an entertainment the other night, when he was ousted by Officer Frank Bryant. He drew a knife and stab bed the officer in the ' shoulder, "cutting a gash nine inches long and from one-half to three-quatrers of an inch deep. ' He was bound/ over ' to await the ' action of the grand jury, and in default of bail was sent to jail. - "■' .: One evening last week, Miss .E. Weller started from Ortonville for : her home at ross the lake on the ice. When half way across, the ice gave way and .she was sub ■ CLITHtEFP. merged Sheclnng to the ice which con tinned to break with her weight. She finally drew herself on to the ice and rolled herself near the shore. Her cries for help attracted attention. When she reached tiL h°n?t c, feilfaiQt^ from exhaus tion, but help came and she was saved. Only great presence of mind and herculean effort saved her from drowning. Rochester Resort md Ujiimt: SnUsn Smith lives four miles from a postoffice) and he usually went to the office Sundays A short time sine, hi* dog earn* home with a postal card' attaChd to his nerfc Ml S there was no mail for hila at th n£ , H? nr sends ali his lett*rs to the hZ hr 7 tKc d°- and *** ?end hls ma" to h.m by the same. Each day after his dog is fed his dinner he goea to Scofield and returns in the evening, bringSg^ttt mail if there » any at the office The dog s a very large black -haitf grayhoond, ani Scorfeld faV° m th* CaE*Ps aro™d Preston National RepvbUann r Nov. 30- An attempted murder and! successful sui cide agitated the town of Amherst, this county, on Thursday evening of last week It appears that one Christian Johnson, aged about twenty-eight, residing with his father on section 32 of sail, town, was enamored of a young woman residing with the family, who did not respond to his flame. Christian became enraged and concluded that if the woman he loved would not become hi.* wife she should die with him. In execution of this plan, he. procured a revolver and fired a sUot into her side, then placed the muzzle of the pistol against his left temple and fired a ball through his own brain, causing in stant death. A button on the young lady's clothes saved her life. From it the ball glanced, making an ugly though not deep wound in her side. She will recover. NOVELTIES. ~ * " PLEABEYG-I WIFE ;■-. JH a jsi b" — -—?, ' ■•. > I STATfONERYG? Sweetheart orFrieafls Our Elegant and Choice Holiday Goods - .. • «/ Meet with Heady Sale And if you would relieve your mind of all anxiety as to what to buy " for presents, call early. Now is the time to buy. CITY NOTICE. Office of the City Treasurer, > •' St. Paul, Mian., Dec. 6, 1882. J All persons interested in the assessments For grading Waeoota street from a point oppo site the center of bl<-ek 2, Hopkin's addition, to the Union depot grounds. Also For grading Rosabel street from Ninth to Tenth. streets. Also For grading Rosabel street, from Eourth street to Union depot grounds. Also For grading Williams street from Mississipp - street to a point opposite the lino between lota 6 .ink 7, block 8, Deßow, Smith, ltisque & Williams.' addition. Also For grading Fuller street from Western avenue to BaTonx street. . ' ".' : Also For grading Tilton street from Watashsw io llice street. Also For constructing a sewer on Seventh ftreot from 8 point 150 feet east of Wab;ihliaw street to Minnesota street, and for const) net iii -C a sewer on Temperance street, from Tenth, street to a point -100 feet north. WILL TAKE NOTICE, hat on the sth day of Daoamber, 1882, I did receive different warrants from the City Comp troller of the City of St." Paul, for the collec tion of the above named assessments. fJThe nature of these warrants is, thai i£yoa fail, to pay the assessment within THIRTY DAYS after the first publication of this notice, I shell report you and your real estate so assessed as de linquent, and apply to the District Court of the county of Ramsey, Minnesota, for judgment against your lands, lots, blocks, or parcels there- S of so assessed,'including interest, costs and ex penses, and for an order of the Court to sell the same for the way-meet thereof. 340 ■ , "GEGKOE KEIS, City Treasurer. . • YTOTICE TO CREDITORS—STATE OF MINNE \ SOTA, County of'Kamsey—ss. In Probate Court. - In the matter ©f the estate of George X. Comings, ■ ■deceased: : . -. Notice is hereby given Ito all persons having claims and demands against the estate -of George N. Comings, late of the comity of Ramsey, de: ceased,' that the Judge of the Probate Court of said county will hear, examine and adjust claims { and demands against said estate, at his office in Saint Paul, in said county, on the I first Monday of the month of March, A. D. 18*}, the same being the fifth • day of said | month, and that six | months ■ from the fifth day of December, 1832, have been limited and allowed by said Probate Court for cred itors to present their claims. ' -..','. • '-;_. Dated this sth day of December, A. D. 1883. -"■ . . - EE2QTO L. COMINGS, ' Executor of the estate of • George X. Comings, I de ceased. '■-:', dec-6-wed-5w VTOTICE TO. CREDITORS—State of: Minnesota ll county of Ramsey—ss. ;. In Probate Court. ■...-• In the matter of. the estate; of . Philipp Glass, \ de- ■ ceased. '-.,■ .-... ■••. :■■'■'■ ■;• - ■■:•■'..;- ■.;,.-.■ -".u- ft ; Notice is - hereby given to all persons having claims and demands against the estate of Philipp Glass, late of the county of Ramsey,- deceased, ~ that the Judge of the Probate Court of said county will hear, examine-and just,claims and demands against said estate, at his office in : Saint Paul, In: said county, on the first. Monday of . the month of March, A. D..-. Itß3, "■ the • same ? being f the' fifth day of said month, and that I six i months j from the sth day of December, 1882, have . been limited and allowed by said Probate Court for creditors to present their claims. - \ :-■ - ■- .T : ■■•"?■? Dated this sth day of December, A. D. 1882. ■ " ; ..... AGNES GLASS, , "■" Administratrix of tho. estate of Philipp Glass, de ceased. . • dec-6-wed-5w 5