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THE HOUSE
By Sir D'Artagan Isstens, Cadet of a
Order of Wa'ssmark and On?
Court of Charles
MADE INTO A ROMANCE I
Copyright, 1899, by American Press Asso
CHA.FT.fciK ill.
THE ROBBER CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER.
In a few days things had taken on
very much their old faces. Five prisoners,
being robbers and murderers,
were bung, bat oat of sight of the
boase. My prisoner, whom we called
"the captain," was kept for ransom.
So I told the men, bat I doa-bt if I
woald have let him hang under any
circumstances, for he fascinnted me
strangely. He was prisoned in my
chamber and fed from oar own table.
We took him all manner of books,
which he read with pleasure. Harry,
who was a wcnderfnl scholar, far beyond
anything I conld hope for. used to
argue with him over Homer and Caesar,
and sometimes they wrote songs together.
Then they would have me in
to hear the songs, which, I must say,
were very learned and not a little uncommon.
The crops were put in and life went
on in the cottages and fields, as well as
in the house, very much as it bad before
the great robber raid.
One morning I was seated on a stone
horvh Half wav dnwn the avenue of
beeches, dreaming of things which the
captain's songs bad started in my
brain, when on raising my bead I saw
a lass tripping toward me np the road.
She was robed in all manner of fine
silks, like my mother on occasions, and
had white gloves on her whiter arms
Merry golden curls fell down from under
the great feathered hat.
"By the long sword, here comes that
court lady after Harry," I muttered
to myself, and straightway rose and
bowed, hand on heart in the latest mode.
She answered with a fine courtesy.
"Are you the lord cadet of Isstens.
sir?" she asked, gazing sweetly.
I could eee now that her face was
wan and her eyes red from weeping.
"I am the cadet of the house, madame,
but without a title. Perhaps it is
my brother, the viscount, you would
see?" I bowed low after each word.
"Nay, sir, it is the brave cadet. I
bear he captured my father with his
single sword, and took him into the
house kindly, as became a gentleman,"
she said very softly, looking at me with
wonderful eyes all the while.
"What!" I cried. "Are you the robber
captain's daughter, madame?" And
I fell to staring at her like a great frog.
She flushed haughtily at that.
"I am Captain Castletree's daughter
?yes. Does it offend your ears, my
lord ?"
I was confused woefully. "Do you
want to take him away, madame? He
is very quiet and is helping my brother
write verses." I gasped.
The lady laughed merrily at my
speech and face.
"I would like to have him, Sir Cadet,
but I do not want to spoil your broth
er's rnymes."
I recovered from my confusion.
"Let us talk it over. You know be
is a prisoner of war." I said, bowing
, She answered with a fine courtesy.
her to the seat. I thought to impress
her with the greatness of the favor she
asked, so continued. "The four other
captives were hung."
She flashed her eyes at me.
"Becauee they were common scum,"
she cried, "do yon think they had no
souls?"
"I don't think they had. madame, for
they were the foulest rogues and murderers
under heaven. The captain is a
man of breeding and may not be a rascal,
after all. At any rate I have kept
him safe, and we are fond of him now."
Her eyes filled with tears.
"Oh, forgive me 1" she cried. "I have
einned in speaking so to yon. May God
bless yon for your sparing hand."
The tears sprang to my own eyes at
the words of her forgiveness.
"It was very little to do. It was a
pleasure," I stammered. Then, "May I
take you to your father. Mistress Castletree?"
She accepted my proffered hand, and
together we went up the avenue and
through the great gate of the house of
Isstens.
CHAPTER IV.
"DO YOU LOVE HER, VISCOUNT?"
Can you imagine the stir all through
the bouse when I ushered in the captain's
daughter, splendid in her silks
OF ISSTENS.
Great House, Knight of the Royal
: Time Embassador to the
I of England.
\Y THEODORE ROBERTS.
ciation.
and sunny'smilee? Out came my father
and bowed like a gallant of 30. Out
came my mother and swept the door
with a grand courtesy. Mistress Lyons
cried, "Bless her dear English facet"
and kissed her.
Ah, thought I. Castletree is an English
name, is it, and I gracefully presented
Harry, who could not have come
faster to meet the court lady whose
hand he bad kissed.
I ran and released my prisoner, who
came down and received that little
form?silks and curls, great hat and all
?into his. arms with a cry of joy. He
told her bow kind we bad all been to
him?a foreign outlaw, a leader of robbers?and
we blushed and wished we
had been 20 times kinder.
Then the maiden was taken off under
my mother's wing, and we men held
counsel in the little dining parlor.
"I am clear of the robbers," said the
big captain, "and I swear"?he did in
English?"that I would plow like a
peasant sooner than return to them."
"You are a worthy gentleman, sir,'
said the baron, "and bow you came to
mix and fight with such dogs I cannot
see."
"That?my reason for it is a closed
page of my life," answered the Englishman.
"Enongb, my lord, that I
was once happy in my own castle in
Devon, with a sweet wife, honor and
wealth, and now"? And he bnrst into
tears.
The sight of a strong man in the
agony of weeping is ever a pain to me.
When he recovered himself, my
father offered him a position in the
bonsebold, to make him and Mistress
Caetletree of the family. My heart rose
at that.
The captain looked np prondly. "Can
I earn our bread, my lord ? Is there
work for me to do?"
The baron, who was slightly the
elder of the two, took bis band.
"There is work, my friend, for a trne
gentleman with a trne sword in the
house of Isstens. Will you swear to be
loyal to this family nntil this family
or some member of it is disloyal to
you ?"
"I swear it on my honor," said the
captaiD.
I slipped out and getting his surrendered
sword from my room returned
and placed it in his bands.
"Not this 6word," he said. "I will
purchase a new one from the house of
Isstens." And he broke the lithe blade
across his knee and banded me back
the two pieces.
"It was not the sword I used in the
service of my old king. Neither will I
use it in the service of my new lord,
the Baron Isstens." he said, smiling
sadly.
And thus the bouse of Isstens was
increased, and life seemed to be mer
rier and more worth the trouble inside
the gray old walls.
The captain knew n great deal about
fanning and even more about weapons
and the drilling of men. Soon all the
people on the estate, including old Red
Harding, looked up to him with love
and respect, and some of them whispered
that he had been a prince in his
own country.
Blithely, like red petals blowing from
a bush, went the days through May
and June. The brigands lay cloee in
their mountain fastnesses, evidently
crushed by our brave defense, the
slaughter at the gates and the hanging
of the captives.
The peasants returned to their work,
the foresters and keepers to the woods,
the plowmen and sowers to the fields,
and the young grain was green over
the uplands. Captain Castletree was
everywhere. For three days be tramped
about in the forests with a squad of
axmen marking the lumber to be cut
for building and where the underbrush
wus to be cleared out for firewood. I
wondered if he ever though^ of the
Iestens fagot he had tried so heartily
to use over my head.
There was a second ditch to be run
through the swamp, and the captain
marked the best course for it, and even
helped at the blasting out of rocks with
his own hands. And yet a finer and
prouder gentleman could not be found
in Wassmark, where it is said the nobility
cannot bend to pick up their
gloves should they happen to fall.
It did net take me many weeks to
discover that I was deeply in love with
Mistress Castletree. Her other name
was Marion, which both Harry and I
thought very pretty. My brother made
verses about it and read them to us on
the south terrace. Sometimes my heart
ached that I, too, could not write dancing
rhymes to bring smiles to her lipa
I looked at Harry through a green light
and said all manner of unpleasant things
to him, and for answer he would only
eye me and smile.
One day I caught him by the shoulder?we
were alone?and cried, "Do
you love her, viscount?"
At first 1 thought he was about to
say "No!" but his face changed and
UD CI <CU *. IV| Mvt '-?J
And what if I do?"
"Yes. poor cadet." I hissed. "Ob,
but the cadet has a sword, and by all
the devils it is not an easy one to get
beyond 1" With horror at my words I
turned away. Quick as a flash be was
at my shoulder.
"Don't worry, old fire eater," he
said, laughing; "there is someone in
Blatenbnrg.^you know. " And then he
broke off and began to sing. I rushed
after him and craved pardon humbly
for mv hasty words. We went out to
gether and fonnd Marion on the aonth
terrace looking ont across the valley
with dreamful eyes.
Harry had a slip of paper in his
haDd.
"Listen to Dart's first poem," he
said, the while X, stared at him speechless.
He read.
"Sweet of the golden hair.
Here to your feet I bring
Sword and heart and hand,
Truer than heart of king.
"Know that the sword is leal
E'en till this life Is doneKnow
that my heart Is thine.
Sweetest Maid Marlon."
Here the viscount turned and fled,
leaving me gazing at Mistress Castletree
and she at the sky. Her face was
crimson, and I think mine was too.
"By all the little blue dev"? I remembered
myself and fled away also.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Pisfcllautous grading.
WAIFS FROM WARREN.
Farmers Are Hustling?Planting More Sor
ghura Than Usual?Condition of Small
Grain?Ditches Where They Used to Be
Considered Impracticable?Corn Going the
Wrong Way?Quarterly Conference at
Antloch.
Correspondence of the Torkville Enquirer.
Warren, April 16.-Since the weather
cleared up, the farmers have, to use
a common expression, been hustling.
Mo9t of the land has been made ready
for planting. Some corn and a little
cotton has already been planted ; but
if the weather is favorable this week, a
considerable part of both crops will be
planted. i
More cane, or sorghum, has been
and will be planted this spring for
feeding purposes than there ever has
been in this section. A great many
are planting to make molasses also. i
Gardens and truck patches will be
somewhat late this spring. Vegetation !
generally, is quite backward. Only a i
few of the earliest trees and shrubs j
have shown their colors yet.
The fruit crop in this section was 1
not seriously damaged by the recent i
frosts.
Small grain looks somewhat prom- i
ising, but hardly as much so as was |
expected under the favorable weather
siuce the hard freezes. !
Some years back, before this blackjack
section was cleared out and culti- j
vated to much extent, most of the people
thought the land was so flat that
it could not be drained by ditches; i
but it is not only drained well by
ditches ; but terroces are taking the
place of ditches in some places, and
are found to be a great saving to the
land.
Up to last year it was common to i
see wagons loaded with corn on their <
way to market?most of which was
sold for 40, 45 and 50 cents. Now, the j
wagons are coming the other way, i
' - '?' ? ' I- --- m.U'rtk /?/\r>to f?>Am
loaned wuu cum?wmuu wow mu
60 to 80 cents per bushel. We truly
hope to see a good grain crop made
this year.
The second quarterly conference of
North Rock Hill ciicuit was held at
Antioch, last Saturday after services, i
conducted by Rev. Dr. Bays. The
business of tbe conference was light, i
Mr. W. B. Sealy was recommended to i
the district conference for license to i
preach. No delegates were elected to 1
the district conference, as we will have
another meeting before the conference <
meets. The conference agreed to pay 1
their part of an indebtedness on the
district parsonage. Tbe financial report
of the conference was very good, i
s. K. J.
JONES TALKS OF DEWEY.
Democratic Chairman Is Certain of the
Nomination of Bryan.
In au interview given out in Wash- 1
ingtou last Tuesday, Senator Jones, 1
chairman of the Democratic national i
committee, said be had no idea what
Admiral Dewey's intentions were or
what line of action he will pursue to 1
obtain a presidential nomination. So 1
far as the national committee as a I
body is concerned, no letter or commu- 1
nication has been addressed to the 1
admiral on the subject of his candidacy.
Speaking for himself, Senator Jones
said he had not written to the admiral
inquiring whether he would enter the
Kansas City convention, but adds :
"It is quite probable, however, that
others are more curious.
"It is quite possible," he continued, s
"that Admiral Dewey may be suggested
in connection with the vice presi- i
dency ; but I have not the slightest i
(idea that he will be proposed for the
presidential candidate, runuc sentiment
has already decreed that Mr. :
Bryan shall be the nominee of the I
regular Democratic party, and iu my i
judgment the men who will represent :
the Democratic party at Kansas City ]
will carry out the will of the Demo- 1
cratic masses and name Mr. Bryan. i
"So far as Admiral Dewey is con- <
cerned, I have no means of knowing
whether he proposes, as a Democrat, |
and abide the consequences, or whether
be and his friends propose to hold
an independent convention the same
as the Palmer ticket four years ago."
The senator adds that it was not
usual for a candidate to announce that
he proposes to be a candidate of any
particular party, and dictate a policy
which is supposed to be antagonistic
to all the nrinciDles of the Dartv from
which he seeks support.
"If," said Senator Jones, "Admiral
Dewey declares himself to be a candidate
he will receive a cordial welcome
into the fold, for the American
people are proud of him for his gallant
and meritorious service in their behalf.
There are other good Democrats
who rendered valuable services
to their country in the Spanish war,
and the admiral will not be looely in
the Democratic ranks. He will probably
receive such consideration as he
deserves; but he will have to abide
by the result of the convention, whatever
it may be."
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
Important Recommendation With Regard
to Couuty Home.
Following is the report of the grand
jury submitted before the discbarge of
that body last Wednesday morning:
To the Honorable James Aldrich,
Presiding Judge: We, the grand jury
of York county, beg leave to submit
this, our final presentment:
1st. The grand jury have passed
upon all bills of indictment handed to
us by the solicitor, and returned the
same to court with our findings thereon.
2nd. Committees of the grand jury,
during the present term of court, have
visited the county jail and county poor
house, and submitted the following
reports, to-wit:
We found the jail in good condition
and well kept; prisoners securely kept
and well cared for, and everything in
satisfactory condition.
At the poor house we found 29 inmates?15
white, 14 colored?and several
cared for outside. We found
premises clean and in as good condition
as could be expected. Inmates all.
seem to be satisfied and well cared
for.
There are three sick and one insane.
We find one new house with two
rooms about completed. Also new
room to main dwelling completed.
We find that no steps have been taken
toward erecting hospital for the
sick, recommended by former grand
jury. The home is very poorly sup
plied with milk. There have been 17*
bushels wheat and 10* bushels oats
sown on farm.
We respectfully recommend that
sufficient milk cows be kept at the
farm to supply the inmates with milk.
Also that there be more small grain
30wn in the future.
3rd. It is the judgment of this grand
jury that a system of more advanced
farming on the poor house lauds than
has ever obtained before, should be
inaugurated, with a view to making
that farm entirely self-sustaining. By
adopting new methods which have
been successfully tried in other places,
we believe that the present number of
paupers can be amply supported and
supplied with greater comforts by so
doing. We submit that it would be
better to devote the attention of the
authorities to making provisions in
abundance and supplies for man and
beast, rather than make cotton with
hired labor.
4th. The county commissioners have
presented to us their annual report for
1899 properly made out in detail,
which received our attention. The
recommendations made by the supervisor
of the county in regard to railroad
crossings are approved, and we
recommend that proper legal steps be
taken to enforce compliance with the
law.
5th. We recommend that the neces
-L?:fti? errand inrv
sury LUUH3 Ilil ocuuug
be placed in grand jury room. Also a
few large spittoons.
6th. We present to your honorable
court, A. G. Grant, alias Jim Grant,
living 9 miles north of Yorkville on
the King's Mountain road, for living
in adultery with Liz Hodge and Venil
Rector, and keeping a disorderly house,
which is considered in that neighborhood
as a nuisance, and so charged
and established by credible witnesses,
of which the following are the most
important, viz: R. S. Adams, Marcus,
Marcus Whitener aud W. C. Faris.
7th. We take pleasure in returning
thanks to your honor, the circuit
solicitor and other officers of the court,
for courtesies aud considerations extended
to us. All of which is respectfully
submitted.
Iredell Joxes, Foreman.
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
Parents Selling Their Children to Get
Bread.
The Rev. Rockwell Clancey, a missionary
to Allahabad, India, now on a
visit to his brother in Medford, Mass.,
tells the following distressing story of
things he has witnessed in India :
"The condition of the famine-stricken
India today is something perfectly awful
to contemplate. I cannot tell any
thing about the nuraner wuu are uyiug
; but when I left Bombay, last February,
there were some 60,000,000 people
suffering from famine, aud over
30,000,000 were in dire distress, and of
these but 5,000,000 were receiving government
aid.
"It is not the cities but the country
places which are stricken, and when
agricultural classes and that 80 per <
cent, of the population of India is made i
up of tillers of the soil, you may be <
able to grasp in some slight manner 1
the extent of the suffering at the pres- i
eut time. <
"When the famine set in the people ]
began to sell everything they had that
they might get a little grain for food. I
They took the doors from their bouses t
and sold them ; sold their furniture <
and farming utensils, and then, when I
th * had no longer anything to sell,
tuey sold their children. The boys i
don't sell well, and the traffic is largely j
~:-lo ,
IU giuo. .
"I saw girls in one town just before <
I came away, beiDg sold for 30 cents
apiece. They were bought up by Mohammedans;
but they won't buy the
boys, so, when the parents can no j
longer support their children they
abandon them, and henceforth they
must get on as best they can. These '
cast-offs congregate about the doors of ]
the grain merchant shops, and the j
only way the proprietors can get rid of '
them is to throw out handfuls of grain, 1
scattering it wide. The children pick {
and pick all day, and at night perhaps, ]
are rewarded by having collected a <
single handful." i
BLUE AND THE GRAY. <
?
Proposed Ke-Unlon of Palmetto Sharp- (
shooters and Sixteenth Michigan. \
Greenville Mountaineer. (
The Louisville correspondent of the 1
News and Courier, in writing of matters
pertaining to the reunion of the ?
Confederate Veterans next month, t
gives the following relative to a special 1
meeting between Federals and Con- '
federates: <
"While the Confederate reunion <
committees are arranging for the big 1
reunion of all Confederates who will <
come to Louisville in May, various in- ?
dividuals are arranging for special par- '
ties. Several blue and gray reunions t
will be held, among which is one that 1
is of esnecial interest to South Caro- c
lioians. It is the meeting of the Palmetto
Sharpshooters and the Sixteenth (
Michigan. These two regiments fought >
each other at Gaines's Mill, on June t
27, 1862. s
"The following letter from Colonel
James A. Hoyt, addressed to Major 1
Thomas D. Osborne, chairman of the l
printing committee, is self-explanatory : t
Greenville, S. C., April 4. c
Mr. Thomas D. Osborne, Louisville, Ky. c
Dear Sir and Brother : I am plan- s
ning for a special reunion of the Palmetto
Sharpshooters and the Sixteenth Michi- v
gan regiment, who fought with each other I
at Gaines's Mill, on tho 27th of June, 1862, \
and hope that quite a number ol each reg- i(
imeut will be present. If feasible, I wish
to arrange a place of meeting on an even- 1
ing that may be agreed upon, when wo b
can have the catnpfires lighted again and e
both sides can be heard from in amity.
Possibly1 we might want a banquet or ?
something to eat, just as a starting point for >
getting together. The assembly may be 'J
very small?not over a hundred in any ,
event, I would suppose. I am in correspondence
with some officers of the t
Michigan regiment, and can let you know v
hereafter as to the prospect. I would like t|
to have you co-operate in making the
necessary arrangements, which is a great c
deal to ask of you. But I would presume e
upon "auld acquaintance!" 1<
I ought to say that the two regiments n
faced each other at Gaines's Mill, apart
from the other troops, and that the Pal- n
metto Sharpshooters stacked arms in d
front of the Sixteenth Michigan at Ap- jj
pomattox, when they surrendered in
I860. Very truly yours,
James A. Hoyt.
"Major Osborne will attend to the J
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matter lor ^oiouei nujv at mia cuu, a
and says be will do all be cau to make v
the reunion of these two regiments 0
pleasant for all who come. Major t
Osborne is a member of the staff of the t
Courier-Journal, and he attends to tbe s
advertising part of tbe big affair that b
is to be "pulled off" in Louisville in f
May-June. He says that tbe reunion o
of the Palmetto Sharpshooters and the t
Sixteenth Michigau regiment will be, Q
perhaps, one of the most notable of the y
miuor reunions that are to be held." v
MESSENGER BUY'S LUNG TRIP. o
I
Coat of Taking Philadelphia Expreaalon of s
Sympathy to Prealdent Kruger. b
The trip of A. D. T., messenger boy v
No. 1,534, James Francis Smith, with C
a message of sympathy from the d
schoolboys of Philadelphia to Oom ti
Paul, at Pretoria, will cost nearly i'
$1,500. S
"The American District Telegraph 3
company receives 30 cenis an hour for 7
delivering messages," said Superintendent
N. W. Rayues, yesterday. T
"No. 1,534 went out at 9.30 o'clock
last Monday morning. He went first J
to Philadelphia, and sailed on the St. I<
Louis Wednesday morning. The per- a
son who rang up the boy must pay for g
his time until he comes back to the a
desk to report. He is expected back t
August 1." c
Figuring shows that it is 2,736 hours t
from 9.30 a. m. on April 9, to 9.30 a. '\
m. on August 1. At 30 cents an hour p
the A. D. T. company will have a bill s
against the Philludelphia schoolboys g
of $820.80. d
Of this sum No. 1,534 himself should l
receive $81.43, leaving the company v
$739.37. His employers will come out t
better than this, though, for No. 1,534 v
must pay in 50 cents a week to the v
company on account of uniform, and J
10 cents a week on account of a clean 5
collar. This means $9.65 out of $81.43, 1<
or $71.78 for James and $749.02 for the u
corporation. h
In case No. 1,534 should present v
himself to Oom Paul at Pretoria, with d
one of the brass buttons of his mes- r
senger boy's uniform missing, James fi
would be fined 25 cents. h
If he travels with his jacket unbut- p
)r reads novels on the way, or jumps
jpon a truck, or loiters to look at a
lircus procession, or neglects to put on
liis rubber boots, coat and hood on a
ainy day, or wears tan shoes instead
)f blrick, it will cost the boy a pretty
penny.
It is in round numbers 19,580 miles
:o Pretoria and return by way of Soutbimpton,
and besides Smith's board and
extras, bis fare both ways will amount
;o $658.
The total expenses of sending the
xiessage to President Kruger, exclulive
of the boy's meals, will therefore,
imount to $1,478.80. His meals and
ixtras will add largely to this amount.
THEGOEBKL MURDER CASE.
franklin, Ky., Grand Jury Indicts Te
Men For the Crime.
The Franklin county grand jury, on
r.mofiaif falncmifi i n J i ft m n n t a arrainaf
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10 persons, charging them with complicity
in the murder of Wm. Goebel.
The principals named are: Henry E.
Ifoutsey, James Howard, Berry Howird,
Harland Whittaker and "Tallow
Dick" Combs (colored). Those indict;d
as accessories before the fact are Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, Captain
Tohn T. Wharton Golden. In the inlictment,
relating to the alleged acceslories,
three other men are referred to
is accessories, though no indicmenta
ivere reported against them. -They are
governor W. S. Taylor, Green Golden
md Captain John Davis.
Henry E. Youtsey, who is mentioned
is the first principal, was a clerk in
be office of State Auditor Sweeney. He
ormerly lived at Newport. Youtsey
,vas first named in the case hy Wharton
Dolden, the star witness for the prose:utiou
at the examining trial of Caleb
Powers. Jim and Berry Howard are
iousinsand mountaineers of note in contention
with the old Howard feud,
rhey were with the men alleged to have
>een brought here by the Powers
irothers, Finley and others on the "ex:ursion
of mountaineers."
Harlan Whittaker lived in Butler,
Jovermor Taylor's home county, and
s alleged to have been in the room in
be executive building from which the
hot was fired.
Dick Combs, the Negro, lived at
Jeattyville, and also came here with
~ P.i Ink Pn nroro to
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be Republican contestee for secretary
if state, aud John T. Powers, another
if the defendants named as an accesory,
19 his brother. Charles Finley
vas secretary of state under the former
lepublican State administration when
V. O. Bradley was governor. Cas. Finey
i9 now in Indianapolis, having gone
here just before the warrant charging
lim with complicity was sworn out
ix weeks ago. W. H. Culton wa9 a
lerk in the office of Auditor Sweeney.
Vharton Golden was a member of the
Baylor's state gaurds, and claimed to
urn state's evidence on the stand in
he examiuing trial of Caleb Powers,
/hen he recited what he claimed to be
he inside facts relating to the alleged
onspiracy to murder Goebel and
nough Democratic members of the
jgislature to give the Republicans a
lajority. It is stated that the comlonwealtb
will at once nolle the inictment
against Golden in considera-'
ion of his testimony.
A Widow of the Revolution.?
Irs. Mary Gano Bryan Cobb, the only
urviving daughter of the Revolution
/est of Pennsylvania, and the secoud
ldest of the five now living, received
bis week a handsome gold spoon from
he departmeut at Washington as a
ouvenir. Mrs. Cobb is the most notable
war widow in the Uuited States,
ler father was Captain Daniel Gano,
ne of the five brothers who followed
heir father,"Fighting Chaplain" John
fano, in the Revolutionary conflict,
ibe is a widow of Louis H. Bryan, a
eteran of the war of 1812, the greatrandfatber
of W. J. Bryan, the Dem
cratic leader. She married Louis
iryan in 1822. He died io 1834. In 1836
he married Stephen Cobb, who has
een dead 50 years. There are 2,700
widows of the war of 1812, but Mrs.
Jobb is the only one that is also a
augbter of a soldier of the Revoluion.
Mrs. Cobb was born in Kentucky
n 1803 and moved here 15 years ago.
Ihe makes her home with a daughter,
Irs. Moses McDaoiels, a widow, aged
7.?Indianapolis Sentinel.
'olbert Relieved?Walluce'Appointed.
President McKinley has removed
ohu R. Tolbert from the office of colector
of the port of Charleston, and
ppointed Colonel R. M. Wallace, of
Jumter, to the place in bis stead. This
otion, says a Washington dispatch, is
aken upon the recent report of governoent
agents in which it was shown to
he satisfaction of the secretary that
rolbert and other officials and emiloyes
of the Charleston custom house
ecreted liquor in the building for ille;al
purposes. Wallace, it is said, will
lisraiss the deputy collector and at
east one janitor and possibly others,
rho are alleged to have had a hand in
he storing of the liquor. The clerks
vho are presumably innocent of the
/rong doing will not be disturbed.
Jr. Wallace is accredited to Sumter,
5. G. A Charleston dispatch is as folows:
"Tolbert has never been recoglized
except officially by the people
iere, being regarded as unGt in every
/ay for any position of importance or
ignity. His removal will be a distinct
elief to Charleston. Wallace is a Con;derate
veteran and is well thought of
ere notwithstanding his strong Reublican
sentiments.

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