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BILLINGS,
MONTANA
THE Days DOINGS.
ITAMt INQTON NRifS.
Assistant Attornoy General Freeman, lor
thfl postofllce department- lias «ent the tirât
official notice to the f?t. Elmo Marriage In
surance company, Chattanooga, Tenu.. to
ahow cause why it should not be debarred
from receiving money orders and registered
letters because of its aliened fraudnletu char
An answer is expected witlhn a week.
Tû* 8 will tea testc'se. it is stared that
the southern mails are so loaded down with
marriage association circulars that the dis
tribution oftho mail is several days behind,
and that in Texas or p of these associations
have received in tee- over $2,000,OUO.
In the shaking up which lias been going
on in Attorney General lifcwsler's depart
ment, Janies Tî. Young, the well-known cor
respondent as the Philadelphia Star, has
■come in for the chief clerkship, vice Mulli
ken, resigned. The appointment, was made
at the requestor8enator Cameron. Another
clerk has been turned out in the person of
judge Gray, fora long time pardon clerk in
the department of justice, and the place
given to Judge James 15 Sheridan of New
York. All the new appointees are stalwart*.
Mr. Dudley, connniss'oner of pensions,
has tamed a circular which is based upon a
principle of true civil service reform. Ir, is
a notice to all clerks in the p.-nsion office
that they will be required to give full six
and a halt hours as a day's work to the ser
vice of the pensioners, and that the bureau
will have no employment for any clerk who,
alter receiving this circular, shall embezzle
the time of the pensioners, as he says they
now do. in idling about the building anil
wasting time at meals.
The contract office of the postoffice de
partment is beginning to receive bids for
•carrying mails on what are known as star
Toutes. These contracts are on route.- in
the states of Iowa. Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Illinois, and run from July
1. 1883, until June 30, 1887. They amount
in the aggregate to about $2.000.000. Awards
will be made in January, and ai the same
Time contracts for routes in several state«
and territories for shorter periods will be
awarded.
Republican leaders who have talked with
the president since his return to the ci tv en
tertain no doubt that the most prominent
features and recommendations in his forth
coming annual address will be that part re
lating to the reduction in int-mil revenue
taxation and a modification in the existing
tariff laws.
Theincrease in the sale of postage stamps
last year amounted to $8,000,000 over the
preceding year.
It is eetimaetd there will he fi'ty contested
election cases in the house of representatives,
BAIT.ROAD KBirs.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, the
Omaha, and the Minneapolis <fc f»t Louis
each claim to be getting the bulk ofthe pas
senger business incident to the cheap rates
to Chicago. The first two lines atill sell at
»5 and the 8t. Louis at $3 from St. Paul.
The Iowa roads have resolved to make -
reduction of 331-3 per eent. in the carrying
sate for stock cattle over tbe rate required
for beef cattle.
CBIMTNAL CALENDAR.
At Louisville in thee mmon pleas court
a judgement for $50,000 was rendered a few
days ago, against 3. W. Batchelor and the
sureties on his bond as former eashler of the
Planters' bank, which went into liquidation
some years «go. Irregu'ariMcs on the psrt
of Lewis Behm, Jr., teller ofthe bank,
caused heavy loss and a liquidât ion of affairs
A suit was brought against Batchelor and
his sureties to recover losses by rarties, on
the ground of lack of close supervision or
the teller's account < by the cashier. At the
first ah'd second trials the jurv failed to
make a verdict; on the third trial a verdict
was found for the plaintiffs, but 'lie court
of appeals reversed it and granted a Dew
trial, which resulted as name I above.
James W. Waters, the hotel burglar who
Stole $301 from Mr. L. 1>. Kilboum of St.
Paul at Huff's hotel, Winona, on the morn
ing of Sept. 20, and whose trial has occupied
the district court at Winona for four days,
was found guilty by the jury on Friday
evening, and sentenced by the court to seven
years' hard labor in Ihe stale prison at
Stil water. The case has attracted much at
tention, by the deep interest taken in Wa
ters by thieves, blacklegs, pimps and gam
blers from Chicago to 8t. Paul, and it is ru
mored among court officers that Waters is a
F imminent leader of the pang. After pass
ng sentence the court adjourned to tbe
fourth Monday in November.
A warrant baa been issued at Chicago for
Charles Pullman, charged with passing a
check on the Merchants' National bank for
$300, signed by a mythical person, A. Bern
ton. He is a brother of the Pullman pal
ace car man, and owed Samuel Reed <fc Co.
tbe above amount. The matter r.iys « r
sensation, and it is alleged that
honorable acts will be unearthed
A pretty state of affairs seems to exist at
Williams, Aris. The business men, repre
♦bat day. Instead of departing the round
ers po-ted tip a similar notice, ordering the
others, under penalty of death, to leave im
mediately« At the time of the stage's leav
ing the greatest ex Uement prevailed, but
no ultimatum had been reached.
A well-to-do farmer named J. 8pauldfng,
living three miles from Raub, Ind., first
knocked senseless his wife and little son
with a whlffletree and then cut their throats,
after which he cut his own throat with the
same weapon. His mother-in-law, on visit
ing Spaulding's residence, discovered the
whole fitmily lying dead on the floor of the
kitchen. Cause, Insanity.
George, alias Ted Brimmer, on trial at
Lancaster, Pa., for setting fire to several
bams, has made a confession, implicating
eight persons, and Bhowing the existence of
a regularly organised band of incendiaries.
Firea In the vicinity have been frequent, and
mach valuable property has been destroyed.
George W. Bennett, the New Jersey bank
janitor, who, with the aid of a novel con
trivance of card and lead weight with a
waxed surface, succeeded in t-testing $2,100
from tbe bank letters drawer, has been salt
ed down lor five years.
A dispatch from El Paso says the report
circulated a few days ago that A. J. Navin
mayor of Adrian, Mich., charged with forg
ing water works notes, has been arrested, is
untrue, he not even having been heard of at
that place.
Two brothers named Butler followed
Charles Henry, Jr., into bis cabin, in Texas
and were both buried in one grave. They
didn't know that Henry was loaded
Ira Hall and tbe two Tmmbulls of Bis
marck, who killed Jacob Beok at Fort Lin
coln some months ago, are on trial in the
United States court at Fargo.
E. D. Gale, collector of arrears of person
al >sv— in New York, who died some time
since, proves to have embezzled $(10,700 of
the hinds collected.
Ellery Abbie, defaultingcashieot the Ash
urst Savings bank, was sentenced to ten year*
n state pslson.
WTBBB AND OTHER CASOALT1BS
At Jacksonville, Florida, information
baa just been received of a steamboat disas
ter on the Upper flt. Johns river. The
steamer Isis, of an independent line, run
ning In opp >sition to the De Bary line ol
steamers, while crossing Big Lake George
during a heavy gale at 3 o'clock Monday
morning foundered when midway across
the lake. The chief p ilot, fireman and a
deck hand, names unknown, were drowned.
The cook is also reported as drowned. The
steamer Rosa rescued the remainder of the
passengers and crew. The Isis was one of
the largest frtigbt boats on the St. John's
liver. She was a stern wheel, iron hull
steamer of ordinary size, owned by a joint
stock oompany. She was valued at $12,000,
and so ikr as learned was not insured. The
particulars of tbe a flair are meager.
While H. T. Patton, a retired merchant
of Lake City, was bunting partridges four
mlledbelow town, on Tuesday morning, he
bad pap— iQ" to era« the railroad at a point
when there is a abort curve in the track,
and as be wns about to do so tbe belated fly-
hg Dnteknnn name along at the rate of
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forty-five miles an hour and struck Mr. Pat
ton on the elbow, ve y badly shattering the
joint end throwing him several feet, caus
ing the bones ofthe same arm to be also
fractured near the wrist, as he came in vio
lent contact with the rocky bank.
L. Lundgcn, who has been living alone on
a small farm in tbe township of Stockholm,
Wis., about, a mile and a half from Lake
Pepin, came over to lake City in a skiff a
week ago last Thursday, and started to re
cross the lake after dark on the evening oi
that day, since which lie lias not been seen,
and it is presumed that he was drowned.
The steamer Westphalia of the Hamburg
American line, from Now York. Nov. 2, for
H imburg via Plymouth with a hole in her
port bow received by a collision with an un
known steamer off Peachy Head.
GENERAL S' EUS SUMMARY.
Da mot ts A Co., wholesale dry goods, at
Toronto, Can., have assigned. The principal
creditors are the Ontario bank, direct and
indirect, $160,000; the Forest street ware
house company, London, Eng., $50,000;
Barber A Co.. Toronto and Georgetown,
each $10,000; l'eter Regan, Toronto, $85,000;
a Glasgow, Scotland, house $10.000. The
assets are not expected to realize twenty
cents on the dollar. The lessening ot credit
by the Ontario bank is said to he the cause
of the failure.
The senate of Alabama organized by
electing George P. Harrison president,
and W. L. Clay secretary. The house
chose W. F. Foste.' speaker, and 1>. W.
Mclver. secretary. The governor's message
shows the bonded debt of the state is $9,
407,800, and annual interest $344,000; cash
in the treasury Oct. 1, the close ofthe fiscal
year, ■" 421,000. There has been a consider
able increase in the assessed valu 1 afproper
ty in the state, being nearly 25 per cent, in
the last three years.
Judge Mitchell, register in bankruptcy,
tiled a report recently in the claim of the
Charter 0,<k Insurance company against the
estate of B. F. Allen, allowing $702.000 out
of $822,000, the total amount of tbe claim
presented.
PERSONA L a OSSIP.
Tuesday 14th was tiiw eighty-fifth anni
versary of Thurlow Weed's birthday, and
his attendants arevery doubtful about reviv
ing him. rie la.;«* vitality to get out of the
house, anti thephysicMcs say it is essential
that he should do so. His reply to all ques
tions on the subject is: " T have forgotten
! ow it looks out of doors. 1 do not expect
to go down stairs and cannot eat." He los
es himself in reverie for hours at a time
every day.
George A. Osgood, son-in-law of the late
Commodore Vanderbilt, died at his resi
lience. Esst Twenty first street, New York.
He had been ill some time, and was over
sixty years old. He wes a stockholder and
one ot the largest shareholders of Ihe Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad.
Signor Broccolini has brought suit against
the proprietor of the New York Police Ga
2-tte to recover $10,01X1 for libel. That pa
per made fun of the Broccolini, whose real
name is John Closs, from Cork, Ireland,
instead of sunny Italy.
Ex-Surgeon-General Bernes continues in
such feeble health as to cause his friends
great anxiety. Dr. Woodward, another of
President Garfield's physicians, is also very
ill. His iriends have no hope ot his recov
ery.
Mrs. F. K Hart, sister of the late Oliver
P. Morton of Indiana, died of paralysis at
Keokuk, Iowa, aged seventy-three.
Gov. Alex Stephens will be a candidate for
United States senator for the long terni from
Georgia.
Mrs. Langtrv was not a success as Rosa
lind in New York, and D severely critisi ed
Mrs. Mackey, the bonanza, king, is recov
ering From a months'dangerous illness.
FOREIGN NEfr.S NOTES
Jennings' London cable: Disturbances
among laboring clases arc reported front var
ious quarters in Europe. In France there is
no subsidence of the uneasy feeling which
ltas prevailed for the past month. Energetic
measures on the part of tne government
have prevented and quelledacual out-breaks
but the agitation ot the sou alists is pros
ecuted with the utmost activity. In Austria
widespread agitation has been started, hav
ing for its apparent object the reduction of
the enormous burdens to which the pond
erous military system of the country sub
jects its people. In Russia and in the Bal
tic provinces a new avd formidable rev
olutionary movement is avowedly directed
by the nihilist organization. It is confin d
exclusively to the agricultural population
The main grievance alleged in this Russian
agraian movement is not unlike the main
question in Ireland.
An extraordinarily interesting will case is
on trial at Toronto. The lato Rev. Dr.
William Barrie of Guelph died in 1879.
leaving real and personal property valued
At $2,000,000, Mrs. Thompson, his only
elatlve and heiress-at-law, is the plaintiff in
the action, and the will, which the plaintiff
wants set adde, and was made fv^pdays be- j
fore tbe testator's death, when lie was very i
weak 'and his assent to it was signified by a
long straight mark only. It left the bulk o !
his property to the housekeeper, the Pres- !
byterian church and to certatn home mis- j
sions.
It is announced that the provincial legis
lature of Manitoba will dissolve, and Mor
quay's government will appeal to the people
at once. The great question will be the
disallowance of provincial railway charters
by the Dominion. Both sides are agreed in
• rotesting against disallowances, hut the
problem tor the elector to decide is how they
can. make their vous speak most strongly
against the Dominion government's action,
and in favor of a brie competing with the
Canadian Pacific railroad.
Profs. McLeod, ofthe McGill university
Montreal, and Payne, of the rneterological
office, Toronto, have gone to Winnipeg for
the purpose of observing the transit, of Venus.
Before returning, Payne will establish a
first-class signal telegraph station to Men
nedosa, and inspect those already estab
lished.
Prof, ficai.zi ot Rome lias discovered a
process by which bodies may be embalmed
or meat preserved ind finitely. To show the
harmless character of the fluid he drank a
tumbler full of it which seemed to satisfy
the skeptical scientists who were present at
the test.
The Irish party in parliament will tender
a banquet to A. M. Sullivan, ex-member of
parliament, on his return from America.
Parnell will preside.
Patti is said to have$6.300 a night for for
ty nights' concerts in Brazil, the engage
ments netting her $252,000.
The death of Sir Andrew Buchanan, di
plomist, is announced.
Wrestling Camels.
Wrestling matches between camels is an
amusement in which the Turks take great
delight, although they sometimes get a fine
animal maimed in the sport. Many gentle
men keep them for no other purpose, and
one person in Smyrna kept t wenty at one
time for the amusement of his wife, who
had a fondness for the sport. The camels
are trained to wrestling when quite young;
they exhibit great dexterity in throwing
their antagonist, and seem to take much
pleasure in the fray. A correspondent
writes; We had a young one on board, only
a month old, and, having been born under
the flag, was christened "Uncle Sam." One
ofthe Turks amused himself on the voyage
making a "pehlevan" of him, and when lie
was six weeks old lie was more than a match
for his master, using his legs, neck, and
month with such dexterity, and exhibiting
such wonderful strength in so young a thing,
that he became a very rough playmate, and
frequently hurt the men on dec« by throw
ing them down. This feature seems to be
natural to 'lie camel, for when two strange
ones meet together where there are any
females they immediately have a wrestling
match for the supremacy, and the conquered
•ne ever alter acknowledges his inferiority
by not so much aadaring to look at a. female.
Unlike tbe amusement of bull-baiting, t his
wrestling 1 b a harmless pastime, though the
animals sometimes get their legs broken or
are stiff for so.ne time after with their
bruises. Well-trained animals seldom in
jure each other, being taught to throw their
antagonist by getting his neck under their
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foreleg (the right) and then throwing the
whole weight of their body on brai and
bringing him to tbe ground.
The New Georgia Senators.
In the Georgia legislature on tbe 15th, a
joint ballot was had for United States sena
tor, with tbe following result:
* Short Term—Pope Barrow 110, Hill 99;
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Barrow elected. For the Long Term—Gov.
Alfred H. Colquit 122, Jackson 40, Black 33,
Anderson *20; Colquit elected.
Hon. Pope Barrow, thus elected to fill the
unexpired term of the late Benjamin H.
Hill of Georgia is a native of Georgia,
and about forty-five years of age.
He was educated at the University
of Georgia, and is by profession a
lawyer, although his present occupation is
that of a planter. He lives in Sparta in
Middle Oeorgia. He served as colonel in
the confederate army. Beyond serving sev
eral terms in the Georgia legislature he has no
special politic »1 prominence. He is »mem
ber of one ofthe oldest families in the state
and hia family connections are very large,
extending to all parts of the state. 'This has
given him large influence iu the legislature
and is probably the secret of his success.
Hon. Alfred II. Cotqutit, elected for the
full term, commencing March 4, 1882, was
born in Georgia in 1823. lie received a
classical education; graduated at Princeton
college in 1814; was elected a representative
from Georgia in the Thirty-third congress as
a democrat; was an elector on the Brecken
ridge and Lane ticket iu I860; was appoint
ed brigadier general int.he confederate army
Sept. 30, 1862, and placed iu command ofu
brigade in Hill's division, Jackson's corps.
Lee's army of northern Virginia; engaged
in the insurance business after the war and
was elected governor of Georgia in 1876 as a
democrat.
The Most Beautiful Frenchwoman
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Lucy Hooper write« front the French caj>
ital: The prettiest woman in France has re
turned to Paris. Anybody who has ever
seen the fair and famous Madame Bemad
aki, the celebrated Russian beauty, will
know at once whom I mean without any
further description. I saw her in iter box
nt Ute opera the other night, looking the
very type of perfect, if soulless, lovltness.
In feature she resembles greatly the portrait*
of Madame Recamier. Tne eyes are of a
deep, lovely blii j , the nose aquiline, the
mouth small and shaped like a eupid's how
The exquisitely shaped head is set to per
fection on the white, rounded throat, and
theshoulders in mold and incoloringwould
put to'shamethe most artistic form thatever
was sculptured in marl tie. U her face were
only expressive it would he divine. In her
superb toilette of white satin the other night
she was simply dazzling. She does not al
together understand how to set off her own
marvelous beauty. She breaks the linps of
her exquisite form by wearing great masses
of flowers on her corsage, and she mars the
outline of her shapely head by similar addi
tions to her coiffure It is said that she
will be next season one ofthe queens of Par
isian society. Some cncumberment which
had weighed on her husband's estates
will be removed and he writ come
into the possession oi vast wealth,
which, joined to his wife's personal charms,
will fully suffice to secure the position of
the pair in the beau monde. I hope that
some one of the great portrait painters of the
day will, during the coming season, im
mortalize on canvas the ac ■ and form of
this flesh-and blood Venus.
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The Genernl Result of the Elections.
The full reports furnished of the November
eiecti ms are not matciialiy changed by later
returns, save in a few instances. In New
Hampshire, Edgerly (dem.) supposed to
have been elected governor, 1« defeated by
Hale (rep.) The majority of Cleveland
(dem.) for governor of New York,
reaches nearly 200,000, with a
Urge democratic majority in the legislature.
The election in Iowa wss mainly on congress
men. Out of eleven congressmen, seven are
republicans, two democrats, one greenback
er, and one district yet doubtful (the Fifth).
The majority for the republicans on the
state ticKet is estimated at about 30,000.
The latest reports from Wisconsin give six
of the nine eongre smen to the democrats.
Price, the republican ami prohibition can
didate m the Eighth district is elected by
about ( 3.009 majority. One of the most
•trilling and surprising results in the west is
he victory of the democratic party in Kau
;as, Gov. St. John, the republican and tem
perance candidate for governor, being de
feated by 10.000 votes.
In Colorade the victory is divided, the
iemocart* getting tbe governor, while the
republicans have the remainder of the state
tick : and a majority in the legislature.
John B. Raymond, republican, is elected
delegate from Dakota by a majority ofnear
y 20,o t I out of a vote of 49.OX), while the
republicans carry nearly every one of tbe
îounty ticket«, and have a very large major
ity in the Territorial législature. Montana
fleets a derooerat.c de!e,,uto to congress, and
New M-- b t)give.-T !?••••:. I.tuiu, republi
:an. fur d< !r- ate 1 5n0>. ajority.
Horrible Murder an Wlnconsiu.
On the 6th irisL. tie- dead b xly of Henry
Stenssu, a German farmer, was found in
the woods about i hundred rods from his
house, mar the village of New Glams, with
two bullet holes through his head. At the
inquest Btenseu's wife and a hired man
named Brahrn testified they knew nothing
as to the cause of Stenssu's death. The dis
trict attorney on learning of the case order
ed the arrest of Brahrn and p- >:; • i ■!
hold a preliminary examination. Mrs.
8tens.su brokedown and testified that Brahrn
confessed to her that he had «hot he* 1 hus
band twice in the head ami gave all the
particulars as Brahrn had related them to
her. Upon hearing of this Brahrn said, I
have concluded to tell the truth. Now that
MrH.Stens.su has brought me thus far, Mrs.
Stenesu's character shall ire made known us
well as mine.) Whereupon he related un
der oath that he shot Stenssu just before
dark on Sunday evening, while they wer e
returning from theirhunt; that Mrs. Stens
RU persuaded him to do the deed, and
had promised to marry him; and that they
have tried to kill Stenssu on two other
occasions, once with chlorofor t and once
once wi$h strychnine failing in
each attempt. Mrs. Stcnssu in
sisted that Brulnn should shoot Stenssu, and
he bought a breech-loading rtfle eight days
before, and went out hunting with the un
derstanding and pur [rose oi shooting Stens
su, it a good opportunity offered, and that
lie did shoot him twice in the head—the
first time as they were walking along, and
the second while ho was lying on the ground
In the agonies of death. He reloaded the
gun, and. as he says, "gave him another
shot in the head, par ly to end his misery
and because "I had fe r for myself." The
next day Brahrn and Mrs. Stenssu sent
8tens.su'.« ten-year-old son to the neighbor's
to see if they had seen his father, and not
hearing of tnem Brahrr? joined in the search
with several of the neighbors and was with
the party * when the lifeless body of the
murdered man was found by bis littl«^son,
lying upon his face. Stenssu'was thirty-two
years of age and leaves six small children.
Mrs. Stenssu denies that she is in any wise
implicated in tire murder, ilrahin is now
in jail in this city. He is twenty-two years
of age and a harmle-ss-appeariny man. Mrs.
Btenssn is under arrest.
A Young Man Robs Hie Employer«.
H. E. Kulbock, the long trusted confiden
tial clerk of Bartlett & Robinson, a milling
firm at Baldwin, Wis., has turned oat bad.
While the firm had all along had the most
implicit confidence in the vonng man's hon
esty, itseems there were those who knew his
extravagant practices and were confident
that they could not be sustained upon his
regular salary. Last week Kulbock was on
one of his periodical tears after business
hours, aLd the fact coming to Mr. Bartlett's
ears, coupled with ttie suspicions of person
al friends, lie was given a couple of weeks'
vacation as a kind of penance fof his intoxica
tion. In the meantime his books .were placet!
in the hands of tm expert, when over
sixty false entries were found between the
office and mill accounts, aggregating sev
eral hundred dollars, which were balanced
by depositing the cash m his own pocket.
With these facts at hand the young man was
yesterday placed under arrest end to-day
had his preliminary examination and was
bound over to the circuit court. Before
submitting to arrest, however, he attempted
to blow his brains out with a revolver, but
was prevented. When exposed he gave
over to Mr. Bartlett two bank certificates of
deposit of $500 each, and about as much
more was tound secreted in the cellar ofhis
boarding house, and other finds have been
made sufficient to make the total of some
$3,000—enough to cover his entire salary
for five years.
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Finances of Egypt.
From an English statement of Egyptian
finance it appears that the whole of it rests
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on the l«ud tax, which averages £1 per acre
of arable land. Tbe crop depends bo much
on the Nile that one foot difference in flood
level is worth two million sterling, but tak
ing a fair average of about six million and a
half acres, tbe value ot the maize, wheat,
cotton, rice and other crops may be estima
ted at £44,8X1,000. Great efforts bave been
bu.
tra
iey,
made of late to supply artificial means for
irrigation in dry or deficient seasons, such
as *103111 pumps and water wheels. Tbe
Arabs have a great predjudice against wind
mills, or much more might lie accomplished
in this direction. The customs revenue of
the country is small, being about £1,000,000.
The railways and telegraphs bring in about
£1,250.000. The government expenditure
is limited to £3,450,000, any baianoe being
devoted to the payment of debt. The trib
ut«- to Turkey is more than 8 percent, ofthe
gross revenue.
Property Valuation of Minnesota.
The total valuation sheet of the property
in the state has been finally completed with
the following totals, compared with the val
uation of 1881:
Valuation ofreal property, 1881 $208,919. !84
Valuation of real property, 1882 242,933,170
Increase............................. $33,983,936
Valuation of i>ersonu! property,
1881....................................... 74.3*29,180
Valuation of personal property,
1632....................................... 79,219,415
Increase..................
Increase iu reality..........
Total increase..
$4,890,255
83 988.986
$33,879,241
Double Tragedy at Miller, Dak.
Martin Wolf, a saloon keeper, at Miller,
Dak., was found murdered Sunday by Wil
liant Macomber of Carrol, Iowa. The par
lies were friends: Wolf who had sold his sa
loon was supposed to iliave money on his
person. Both man were riding together.
Wolf stepped out and was shot through ihe
forehead by Macomber. who set fire to the
prairie grass near hia body. Parties attract
ed by tlie fire discovered thecorpte. Ma
comber was followed by Miller, where the
sheriff' arrested him while playing cards.
Macomber drew' his revolver, shot himself
in ttie temple and died iu a few minutes.
Two Young Men Wlio Went
West.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin
They were two recently hatched Har
vard graduates, and had caught a severe
touch of the ranch fever. They hail
made definite arrangements l'or making
a million apiece and returning in good
order at the end of three years. Three
weeks later a pair of miserable objects
crawled into an eastern hotel and wete
rescued during the bounce procès,-» (ad
ministered by the porter and clerk) by a
new-fledged seni >r, who, amidst the
fluttering tatters recognized the Would
t»e millionaires.
"Well, how about the million?"
"Million be [expurgated]."
"Why did von not come back?"
Don't talk West to me; the night we
arrived, they put us in a cow abed to
sleep. We didn't mind that so much,
but then tbs next morning we were
bounced out at 5 and treated to gutta
percha bread, fossil pork, and mud and
water, tlmt they cal) coffee, then they
put us to work.
''Well, vou must have enjoyed that,"
lutoiupted bo of the box-pleat jacket
and cigarette; "the wild rus i of the
spirited mustang over the flowery plains;
the— '
"Wild rush of the flowery jackass." ie
turned the leader of the two scarecrows,
"tbe work was currying mules. We
curried mules before breakfast, cur riet
mules till dinner.
carried mules till supper. Ha l to g>
without the use of one eye after the set
end day, a mule switched Iris taii into
it. -See that bruise (exhibiting large
contusion) Wind from a mule's hoof did
that. If the hoof hit me 1 wouldn't be
here."
"But ttie pay was high?" faintly urged
tire t-astearn youth.
"Pay! They paid us 75 t ent-a day.
We netted just $7.5 I apiece, and then tit
out for home, to grow old with the conn
trv. You can limite more money dig
ging clams on Clie'sea beach than you
can in that blasted country. Oh, I want
to fin ! some one talking up tbe West, I
do."
LATE MARKETS,
BT. PAUL.
FLOCB—Quotations : Patents, $6.5 <k*7.25
clears, $646.75: straights, $5.75(36.25; cominoi
bran.Is, tn bb!s, 25c extra. Bock wheat
flour, [email protected] per bbL Rye flour, $4.25(34.50
per bbl. Graham, $5 k5.60 per bbl.
Wheat— The market was c-ff lc yesterday od
uppei grades. The unset? ed condition at the inks
ports, and liberal receipts had tbe effect to nnk«
the nun k«t here quiet on reduced demand. Offer
ings were fair, but buyers were not inclined ti
lake hold freely, even at concessions. Prices
dosed weak. No. 1 liatd, $1 bid; No. 1. 95c bid,
Hse asked; No. 2 hard, 95o bi'J; No. 2. 88VHOt
bid: No. 3, 80c bid. Sales: 3 cars by sample, 99c
CORN—The market was weak and tending lower
though receipts and offering- were small. Weak
ness and decline at the lake porta produced ad
verse effects hero. The general demand wat
limited. No. 2, 68c bid, 69c asked; No. 3, 66«
bid. Biles: 3 cars No. 2, 09c.
Z Oats— Not much doing. Prices unchanged, but
weak Stocks and receipts tight. No. 2 mixed,
33c bid, 33*ac asked; November and the year, 32c
bid; January, 31c bid: May, 85c bid; No. ;
mixed, 31c bid: No 2 white. 34c bid, 34>jK: asked
No. 3 white, 33< b' J. ö.lett: 1 car No. 2 mixed,
34c; 1 car do, 33^c: 3 Lars' do. f. o. b.. 36c; 2
cars No. 2 white, f. o. b., 37c; 4 cars No. 2 mixed,
iu store. 34c.
MINNEAPOLIS.
FLOUR—The mills with tew exceptions wm*
running yesterday. A good amount was turned
out. 'ihe dernnuJ was fair but not really active
and some accuuid.tiions ate reportas!, though not
large. Following were quotations: Petards, $6
(«6.75: straights, $5.5u ui.25: clears #6453 75;
low grades, $2S<3 per lib!.
MILI.STÜFFB— Bran w;.n ugaiu wsater on advices
from Chicago quoting, at 1 p. m , fll.60dvli.75
there. After deducting freight—f4—would
leave the price here on that basts $7.50
@7.75. That was bid ou 'change
There were sellers nt tf8.2fxgi8.50 without nny
trading. Shorts nominal at $9(810 per ton. Mixed
feed wes offered at $25.50 and guaranteed to tie
No. 1 stock.
Wheat— In this market, there was a good deal
ofinte'est but not beavv trading. The basts of
prices wa* No. 1 hard. This sold in A to the ex
tent of 15 cars at $1.01, with more offered at the
same figures. There went bidders at$1.00fe. At
$1 almost an nnlimlted amount oould have beer
sold; 95c was bid for large or .-mall
amounts of No. 2 hard. The other grades are all
sold by sample oxoept it bo ull soft lots, as mixed
—hard and sofl— brings c. price in proportion to tbe
mixture, the greater the proportion of hard the
higher price it Will bring. No. 2—which means
soft—by grade was offered at 88c, while No. 2. with
a good per cent of hard, would have brought 90@
93c: end If largely of httid would have sold, possi
bly, at 94@95c by sample. Tlio range for No. 3
was even greater than for No. 2, from 76®90c;
10,000 bu No. 1 hard brought $1^2 in B seller
January; $1.01 was bid for No 1 Bird, seder De
cember. By sample 1 car sold at $l.t3 f. o. b: 1
car No. 1 bard on track. $1.03)4; Scars sample,
95c: 1 ear. 90c; 2 cars, it3c. The millers associa
tion quoted at 99c for No. 1 hard.
CORN—Old 70c for No. 1 ; new, (!Oc for good by
sample.
Oats—S old at 34c for No. 2; 35c for No. 2
white; market closed with that asked.
Chicago Market— Flour, quiet and uncbuuged.
Wheat, easier: regular. 9l3t@91 7 8C November;
93>s@93M December; 91 ^>91 J$c tbe year; 93H
@93^0 January; 98 *rc May ; No. 2 Chicago spring,
9134®92c cash; 91 \c November; reet same ss
regular; No. 8 Chicago spring, 78c: rejected, 61 he:
No. 2 red wintrr,94o cash; 98 7 w'<)H4c November;
94c December; No. 3 winter, 9rtc; rejected 79bjc.
Cora, unsettled and irregular; 67c cash; 66c No
vember; 60Xc December and the year; 64c Janu
ary; 55Mc May: rejected, 03«. Oats, firmer; 34)4«
cash and November; 33 Bb&33Kc December and
the year; SSKcMay; rejected, 31 Me- Rye. steady
at 56c, Bariey, firmer at 80a Flax seed, active,
shade higher at $1.15(31.16. Pork, lower; $19<<
19.25 rash; $18-52)4«tl8.55 November: $17.97»«
@18 December ana the year; $18.02 >«@1 8.05
January; $18.07L>®18.10 February; $18.30®
18.32)4 May. Lard, active, firm and higher;
$11.60cash; $11.42>«@11.45 November: $10.90
@10.95 December and tlm year; $10.92 *«& 10.95
January; $10.95010.97)4 February: $11.1? 1 «®
11.20 May. Bulk meats in lair demand; ebouldera,
$7.70; short ribs. $11 : do clear, $11.25. Butter,
dull, weak and lowur; ordinary to tine creamery, 24
@36c; common to choioe dairy, 12t«@32r. Eggs in
fair demand at 24 1 s@25c. Whisky, steady and un
changed at $1.19. Freights—Corn to Buffalo, 3c.
Call—Wheat, Irregular; regular, 92c cash and No
vember; 93J4c December; 91 7 g tbe year; 9314c
January: 9Ht«c May; No. 2 red winter, 93He No
vember; 94%>^94Ho December; $1.02*4 May.
Corn, irregular: 67*4@68c cash: 66Mc Novem
ber; 60)4c the year: 53*40 January; 65*ec May.
Oats advanced ^(Stso. Pork, steady and unchanged.
Lard, steady and unchanged. Receipts—Flour, 19,
OOO bbls; wheat, 113,000 bu: corn, 108,600 bu:
oats, 67,000 bu; rye, 9,000 bu: barley, 33,000
bu. Shipments—Flour, 31,000 bbls; wheat, 73,
0OO bu: corn, 233,000 Ini; oats, 67,000 bu ; rye,
23,000 bn; barley, 21.000 bu.
Milwaukee Fase t - Flour, quletand nominal;
spring extras, $4tt)6. Wi. at Bteady; No. 2 hard,
$1.05: No» 2, 93c: Novemi>er, 93c; December,
9396c; January, 933tfc; the year, 93: No. 3, 78c.
Corn, weaker; No. 2, 66*4C. Oats, easier; No. 2,
34c; white, 36c. Rye, sternly sud quiet; No. 1,
58c: No. 2,55c. Barley, firmer; No. 2, 72)ac: ex
tra No. 3,53)«c. Provisions, lower: mess pork,
$18.00 each and November: $18.05 January.
Lard, prime eteam, $11.45 cash and November:
$1095 January. Freight»—Wheat to Buf
falo, 3'4o. Butter, easier; choice to fancj
creameries, 35@38e. Cheese, weaker. Eggs,
quiet at 25>«@26>4C. Receipt»— Flour, 16.479
bbl: wheat, 38.760 bn; barley. 17,340 bu. Shin
m«nto_w| 0 „ r- 80,964 bbt; wheat, 560 bu; bar
iey, 30,945 bu. _ •
William R. Travers of New York pur
chased for $20,000 the former residence o
James G. Blaine, in Fifteenth street, Wash-J
ington, simply as an investment, and will
furnish it for the use of his son-in-law,
Congressman Wadswoi tb.
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CONGRESS.
THE MEMBERS- El,EOT.
The following list of congressman-elect can
he relied upon as snbatanti Jly correct Only
s few districts aro to be heard from, end they
will not materially alter tbe result;
ALABAMA.
1. Thou. H. Herndon. D. 2. Hilary A. Herbert. D.
3, Wm. C. Oats. D. 4. Ohaa M. Sbellny.D.
5. Thou. Williams, D. 0. GoldsmithW. Hewitt,D
7. Wm. H. Forney, i). H. Luke Pryor, D.
ARKANSAS. '
At largo, Ciitton R. f! recken ridge, D.
1. Poindexter Dunn, D. 2. Ja«. K. Jones, D.
3. John H. Rogen, D. 4. Samuel W. Peel, Ot
CALIFORNIA
At. largo. John R. Glascock, I>.
At large, Charles A. Sumner, D.
I. Wm. S. Rosecrues, IX 2. James H. Budd, D.
3. Barclay Henley, IX 4. P. B. Tulley, D.
COLORADO.
J. iB. B Bedford, R.
CONNECTICUT.
1. W'm W. Eaton, D. 2. C'lias. L. MltohelL Û.
3. John T. Wait, R. 4. E. W. Seymour. D.
DIE LAW ARE.
Clma. B. Love, O.
FLORIDA.
1. R. H. M. Davidson, D. 2. Jetee J. Finley, D.
OEOBQTA.
At Large—Tho*. H. Hardeman, D.
1. John C. Nicbo.'s, IX <*. James BL Blount, D.
2- Henry G. Turner, l). 1. Judson 0. Clement«, IX
3. Chas. F. Crisp, D. 8. Seaborn Reese, D.
4. Hugh Buchanan, D. W A. D. Candler, D.
5 N. J. Hammond, D.
INDIANA. '
1. Wm. Hetlman. R 2. Thus. R. Oohb, D.
3. B. M. Stocklager, D. 4. Win. 8. Holman. D
ti. Thoa M. Browne, R
a. John E. Lamb, D.
10. Thos. J. Wood, D.
12. Robt. Lowry, D.
4. Geo. E. Adams, R.
C. R. R. Hirt, R.
8. Wm. Cullan.R.
10. N. E. Worthington,D
12. J. M. Riggs, R
14 A E. Stevenson, D.
) 0 Aaron Shaw, D.
18. W. C. Kueffuer, H.
- --- R
6. C. C. Matson, D.
7. a J. Peal I e, R.
9. Thoa B. Ward, D.
11. Joseph 8. Dally, D.
13. Wm. H Calkin». K
ILLINOIS.
1. R. W. Duuham. R. 2. John Fleerty, L D
3. Geo. R. Davis, If.
5. R. Elwood, R
7. T. J. Henderson, R.
9. Lewis E. Paysnii. K.
11. Wm. H. Neec>', D
13. W. W. Springer. !>•
15. Jos. E. Cannon, It.
17. D. W. Moulton, D........_ _____,
19. R. W. Towushend, D. 20. John B. Thomas,
IOWA.
1. It. H. Hal), D. 2. J. H. Murphy. D
3. D. Heudsrsou, K. 4. L. H. W»li»r, G.
5. James Wilson, K. 6. M. E. Cults, R.
7. J. A. Kasson. It. 8. W. Hepburn, R.
9. W H. M. Pu:i*y, I>. 10. A. J. Holm«*, R.
11. J. P. Allison, D.
Kansas
At iarg«—
, Samusl R. Peters,
j B. W. Perkins,
) Lewis Hanbacx,
r E. N. Merrlil, Reps.
1. John A. Anderson, R. 2. Dudley 0. Haskell, Ä
3. Thomas Rvan, R.
£KN'2 i CK Y
1. John R Grace, D, 7 J. S. C. Blackburn, D
2. JamnsF. Clav, D. 8. P. It Thompson,Jr.D
3. Judge Halsell, V. 9. W. W. Culbertson. R
4. T. A. Roli«rt*on. D. 10. Geo. M Adams, D.
5. Albert 8. Willis, D. 11 Frank Wolford, D.
6. John G. Carlisle, D
LOUISIANA.
1. Cnrlefon Hunt, D. 2. E. John Ellis, D.
8. Wm. Pitt Kellogg, K. 4. N. C Blanchard, D
5. J. Flftyd King, L>. 6. A. 8 Herron, I).
MAINE.
1. Thomas B. B-.d. R, 2 N. Dlngley, Jr , R
8. C. A. Boute:!», R 4. 8. L. Milliken, R.
maksland.
1. G. W. Covington, D 2. J F. 0. Talbot, XX
3. F. S, Hobdtzel, D. 4. J. V. L. Findley, D.
5. Harr B. Hatton, R- 6. L. E. McComas, R
MASSACHUSETTS.
1 R. T. Davis, K 2. J D. Long, 1L
8 A A$ Ih.nr.ey, ll. 4. P. A. Collins, D.
6. H. B. Lovering. IX 5. Leopold Morse, D.
8. W. A. Bussell, R 7. Ebt-n F. Stone, R.
10. W. W. Ri'-«, R 9. The«. Lyman. Ind
12 O 0 Kobtuson.lt. II. William Whiting, 1C
MICHIGAN.
1. W. C. Maybury, D. 2. N. B. Eldridtre, lx
3 Edv.ard Lacey, R. 4. George L. Yaple, D.
5. Julius Houseman, D, 6. E. B. Winsns, D.
7. E C. Carletou, D 8. 1C O. Horr, R
tX H N. C.itcheoo, It. lu. H. H. natch, R
11. E Breitung, K.
MINNESOTA.
I Milo Whit*. K. 4. W. IX Washburn, R
2. J U. Wakefield. K- 6. Knute Nelsou, R
3. H. B. Strait. R.
Miesi^eippt.
1, Henry L. Muldrow, D. 2. J. R. Chalmers, 1.1)
3. Vjn it Waddell, D. 4. iitru'doD.Money,D
5 Utho It Singletoro D. 6. H. Ö Van Eaton, D
7. Ethel Barksdale, D
M18SOUKL
1. M. H. Hatch, D. » John J O'Neill, D.
2. A. M. Alexander, L>. 9 Jka O. Broadhead ,D.
It*. Martin I Clardy. IX
11 it P. Bland, D.
12 Chus. H. .Morgan. IX
13. Robert W. Rvan. D.
14. L. H Da via, D.
NEVADA.
Gsurge W. CHtsridy. U.
NEBUASKA.
1. A. J. Weaver, J( 2. James Laird, R
3 K E Valentine. R
NEW llAMPSHIBE.
1. Martin A. Hu. re , K. 2. Osstan Kay, B.
NEW JERSEY.
1. Thos. M Ferreil, D 2. John H. Brewer, R
3 Miles Ros». D. 4. Henry 8. Harris, 1)
5. W. W. Pi elps, ft 6. \V H. F. Fiekier, D.
7 Wm. McAdoo, D.
NEW YORK.
A: large. Henry W Slocum, Ü.
1. Berry B».mon'. D. 2. Win. E. Robinson. D.
3. Darwin .1. Holme ; .R. 4. Felix Campbell, D.
3. Nicholas Muüer, D. 6 Samuel S. Cox, D.
3. A M. Dor-kery, D
4 J.itnes N. Burns, D
5. Alex. Graves, D.
6. John Cosgrove, D
7. A. H. Buckner, D
7. Wm. Dorsh.-X 'er, D.
9. John Hard;
11. W. L. 8tron>, R
13. John Ketchutn, R
I T J. H. Bagley. Jr, D
17. H. L Burleigh. R.
19. Abratn X. Pentes. It
21 G. M Ray. U
23. J T. Spring», l)
25 Frank Hiscock, it
8. John J. Adams, D.
10. AbramS. Hewitt, D.
12. Waldo Hutchins, D.
14. Lewis Beach, D.
16. T. J VanAlsiyne, D.
15. Fred. A. Johnson, R
2<> G^o. West, It
22- Chas. R. Skinner, R
24. N. W. Netting, R.
26. 8. H. Pyyne, R.
JT .
27. Ja W Wadgw„r!n, U 28. Stephen 0. Millard,R
8. 8. Greenleaf, D
29. J. T. Arnot, Jr.. D
31. R B Stevens. D.
33. F, B Brewer, R.
NORTH CAROLINA
At large. RisdoU T Benne :, D
32. Jas. T. Moulton, K.
1. W. It. Poole, R.
9. W. J Green. t>.
5 A M. Scale*. D.
7 W.W. Robbins, D
2 J E O'Hara. R.
4. William R Cox, D
6. Clement Dowd, l)
h Robert B Vanc«, 5K
OHIO.
12 Alfonso Hart, &
13 (*«u. L. Converse, 2>
14 Geo. W. Geddes, 1).
15. A. J Warner, D.
16 Beriah Wilkins, D
17. J. T. U pdegr&ff, R
18. J. G. Warwick, D.
19. Ezra B. Tarlor, R
20. David R. Paige, D.
21. M. A. Foran, D.
1. J. F. Follett, D.
2. 1. M. Jordan, I).
3. R. W. Murray, D.
4. B«ni. LeFeVTe, Ü
5. Gbo. E. Sevey, D
6. W. D. Hill. D
7. H. L Morey. R.
8. J. W. Keifer, ft.
9. Jas. 8. Robinson, R
10. Frank Hurd. D.
11. J. W. McCormack. R.
OBEOOH.
M. C. George, It.
PENNSYLVANIA.
At large—Mortimer F. Elliott, D.
1. H. H. Bingham, R 15. Geo. A. Post, 1>
2. Cbas. O'Neill. R 16. W. W Brown. R.
8. Sam'l J. Randall, D. 17. L M. Campbell, R
4. W. D. Kelley. R 18. T. E. Atkinson, R
5. A. 0. Harmer, R 19. W. A. Duncan, D
6. J. B. Everhart, R. 20. Andrew G. Curtin, D
7. L Newton Evans, R. 21. Chas E. Boyle, D.
8. D. Ermentrout, D 22. J. H. Hopkins, D.
9. A. Herr Smith, R 23. Thos. M. B» ne,. &
,0. Win. Mu oh er, D. 24. Gee. V. Lawrence, R
11. John li Storm, 1). 25. John. p. Patton, D.
12. D. W. Connellv, D. 26. Sam'l H. Miller, R
13. C. N. Brmnm, R 27. B. 31 Brainerd, R
14. S. T. Barr, R.
H. J. Spooner, ......
SOUTH CAIUILVNA.
I. Samuel Dibble, D 2. George D. Tillman. D.
4. John H. Elvlns, D.
6. George W. Dargac, D.
1. D.Wyatt Aiken, D.
V John J. Hemphill. D.
7. E.W. M. Mackey,R
TENNESSEE.
I. A, H. Pettlbone, R. 2. L. C. Houk, R.
J. D. C. Freewhitt. 11. 4. Benton McMillin. D.
J. J. D. Tillman, L D. 6. John G. Balleutyne.D.
7. A. J. Caldwell, D. 8. John R. Taylor, D.
i. Rice A. Pearce, D. 1<> Casey Young, D.
TEXAS
1. Charles Btewart, D 2. John H. Reagan. D.
X J. H. Jone», D. 4. D. B. Culberson, D.
J. Throckmorton, D. 6. Olin Wellbo-n. D.
7. T. P. Ochiltree. I. D ti. J. F. Miller, D.
!
j
j
X Roger
II. Silas
I. J. D. Btewart,
Q. Mills. D
C. Buck, D.
10. John Hancock, D.
VKKMONT.
It. 2. Luke P. Poland, R
VIRGINIA.
At large, John R Wise (Mahons.)
1. Robert M. Mays, Ma
hone.
8. Geo, D. Wise, anti.
6. Oeo. C. Cabell anti.
2. H. Libber, Mahons.
4. B. S. Hooper, Ma
bone.
6. J. Randolph, Tooker
anti.
8. J. 8. Barbour, anti
John Paul. Maboue.
X Henry 8. Bowen.
Mahone.
WEST VIRGINIA.
1. N. Goff, Jr., R 3. E. R Buttrick, D,
2. John W. Mason, R. 4. E. Gibson, D.
WISCONSIN.
1. John Wfinana, D. 6. R. Guenther, B.
2. D. H. Homner, D. 7. G. M. Woodward,D.
3. Burr W. Jones, D. 8. W. T. Price, R
4. P. V. Deuster, D. 9. L Stephenson, R.
5. Joseph Rankin, D.
ARIZONA.
Granville H. Ouray, D
DAKOTA
tabu B. Raymond. D
MONTANA.
Martin Msftaala, D.
NEW MEXICO.
I'ranqullinn Luna. R
WASHINGTON.
Thomas H. Brents, R.
WYOMING.
M. E Post, D.
Total—Rep. 120, Dem 194, Gbk. 1, Ind. b
Orm. m:ij. over all, 61
The first steam-boat which actuaav
crossed the Atlantic Ocean was the Sa
vannah, owned by Mr. 8carborongh, of
Savannah, Ga. She was 350 tons burden,
and wan purchased in New-York, when
on the stocks, and fitted for the purpose
intended. On March 27, 1819, Bhe left
New-York for Savannah for a trial trip,
which was successfully made. On the
6th of May following Bhe left Sa van r Ah
for Liverpool, and reached her destina
tion in 22 days. From Liverpool she
went to Copenhagen, St. Petersburg,
and Stockholm, and other ports, leaving
Arundal foi Savannah, which she reached
in 25 dayfe. Capt. Steven Rogers, of Ne w
London, Conn., commanded the vessel.
The ship was built by Crocker & Flicket,
in New-York, and her engines wero
made in Elizabethtown, N. J. In 1824
the Enterprise,, under Capt. Johnson,
made a voyage to India around Cape of
Good Ho pe.
Henry Qeoiue has arrived in Washington
alter haying been kicked out of England,
and expresses himself as satisfied with En
gland's apology.
A
AN INDIAN HANGED.
Brave Bear Finally Execntefl at Tank
ton, Meeting* His Fate with
Great Calmness,
Having: Made a Will Disposing: of Hi*
Hj operty—Sketch of His Life,
Crime, and Trial.
From the 8t Paul Pioneer Press.
Yankton, Dak., Nov. 15.— Brave Bear Is
dead. Hie last day was as beautiful as could
be desired. It was a day more suitable for'
marriage bell* than for tbe mournful work of
the hangman. Workmen wero busy all the
morning patting finishing touches to the scaf
fold and building tho feooe, which was about
twenty feet high, and enclosed a space sixty
feet by forty. Every precaution was tafc.-n
that nothicj should interfere with the success
of the execution, and the programme was car
ried without a break. Brave Bear has proven
worthy of his name. During the past
week, though now and then depressed,
be displayed a good deal of nerve while be
continued to believe he ehouid yet escape.
For tbe iaat three days he had reason to bo
Ueve that his end was near, especially as he
oould hear the workmen building the iceffold.
The slstore and priest were with him a good
deal and Bravo Bear wa« evidently glad to se>'
them. Last night he sent for A»sietant Die
triot Attorney lalmer, to whom lie had taken
a decided fancy, perhaps because it was Mr.
Palmer who carried him the paws of the
president's reprieve They talked about un
hour and a half. Brave Bear told something
of his history, but his main objic: tn sendie.'
for Mr. Palmer was to
MAKE HIS WH L
He said he had a large quantity of furs and
various articles and trinkets, besides * ei.tn ot
gold and paper money and ^oM dust, all of
which was buried in' a certain apot up the
river Ho told whore the key of tha box whs
and also the Indian who knew the spot. He
described everythitt" In detail to Mr Palmer,
whom he delegated to look after ttie
disposition of bis effects When Mr.
Paitner arked if the money was not Johnson's
money. Brave Bear deuie 1 that it was From
the description given of his money and prop
erty it muet amount to between $2,000 and
$3,000, winch he divided aiponq diß dont in
dividuals. Ho bad two wive* but did not lik -
the one who testified against him. Ho said
she was lather too f lient) ly with the word o!
the wood choppers Bi..v* Bear rested well
last night and w » up early this morning to
ma» , which was sa;d • ■ (i o'clo by Father
Millard and which lasted nearly .< or.
THE BISTERS WERE A 1*0 EARLY WITH HIM.
and remiLued uil iti./u
tle breakfast this moi
week ho ha ! an unusually good appetite Yea
terday ttt.d last night he was cona'antly eating
nuts and frui:», etc., of wh>h he Lad a good
supply. This morning he hud another talk
with Mr. Palmer, and morn fudy affirmed wha'
ho said last night. About the middle of thr
forenoon he fpew i- re. what nervous. He
would waik about tho rison, light Ins pipe,
call for w.»ter, and tw.toh bis handkerchief
Shortly before 12 Father Willard held
ea: vices .n the corridor of the Jail,
after which the warrant was read, and ex
! plained by an Jute- prêter Me antime quite a
j crowd gathered outside tho yard, and passes
j were eager iy sought, and about 100 wore is
auod to the lawyers, newspaper men, officials
and a few others, who were early on hand to
witness the first judicial execution of an In
dian ever■ ordered by a civil couit. Promptly
at 12 o'clock Brave Bear was led up through
the ajn to the marshal's office, where he
MADE a bTATLMENT.
He deeded that the newspapers sbouid sav
to the Indians that his death was
all right; that they should not
attempt to taue stiv lev.n f's. Ho particularly
requested his relatives no to kilt. ny horses. Ho
also a*k<Hi that tho pn-si In' Lc iniArmed that
bo died happy. Whet: « ... J : ho really killed
Joseph Johnson lie dr q.ped his head and
made no reply. Though he made no confes
sion, he virtually acknowledged yesterday that
he did commit tbe murder, and it was per
haps not the only ooo of which 1. was guilty.
At 12:15 o'clock Brave E ar w c* lad out
to the scaffold by Father iiiard and
the deputy marshals Ho stepped along
easily, took his position on the trap,
looked up at the crowd, smiled aud sill iu a
loud, cheerful tone, "Well, g cod by." He
then stooped over and received the nooreupon
hie nock, lie was dressed in woolen «tick
ings, black pants and a long linen duster. As
the ncose was tightened he gave several
twitches. Jus' as a man will do when his collar
is too tight. He then read over the final eer
vioee with the priest, which lasted four or five
minutes. While reading he rolled his eyes
about a» if anxious to see how the
spectators isgarded the matter. At
12:21 o'clock, Yankton t.ine, the
black cap was put on and at a given signala
man, no oho but the marshal knows, who was
iueids the couit house,
30. He ate but lit
ig, but for t lie last
,
SPRANO THE TRAP
and the uufoi tuu&t® Indian shot like an arrow
thongh the door out of ei^ht Hu fell iuto a
cage about ten feat equate, which was boarded
np, aud uo on# oould seo his death struggle.
In a minute or two the physicians went ir'i-le
the cage, and they say that he gave two or
three convnieivs meveinoats and was probably
n noons clou-t from tho moment he fell.
Hia normal pul*« war. eighty; iu
five minute« it rose to 100
but gradually fell, and In fifteen minute» there
were no distinguishable pulsation of tbe near:.
At the end of thirty minutes he waa cut down,
his remains placed in a coffin, tho filial reqni
SHcat in pace aaid by tbe priest, and
Brave Bear's body was soon carried
to the Catholic cemetery, while his eoul goes
marching pn to the happy hunting ground,
where game ie plenty and the red and white
men never kill or ecalp each o her.
HIS LTTE AND CRIME.
YaNKTon, Nov. 15.—Brave Bea-, whose Indian
ntime is Mato O-be-te-ke, was »hont twenty-five
years of age. He was born near old Fort Pierr
aml has lived at Yankton, ß anding Rork and o ber
sceucies, and has rosmed all over the Northwest.
He was an unusually InteVlgent Inditn, amt cou'-t
read hi the Indian language, and spoke English
sltgh'iy. It ts claimed tha* hewasabad Indian ami
that hie hand* were stain='d with the blood of thr.
or four white persons. Thr crime for which be was
finally arreried, tried, convicted and hanged w as the
murder of Joseph Johnson in April. 1879. Johns' n
had been employ' d by the post trader at Cheyenne
ogeney for some time, hut finally decided to leave
jnd Join two brothers who lived In the James Riv. r
raliey. Jt is claim'd that Brave Boar kn w t!...i
John: on would start at a certain time, and that 1; >
would take a certain tr..il. Ho therefore laid ,:i
wait for Johnson, shot h'm at a point about twenty
five miles east of Fort Sully, took his horte, gm
und $800 in money, and then joined Bitting Bu I,
who was at that time on the war path. It Is proba
bly true that Brave Bear was largely instrumental
In Inducing Bitting Bull to surrender in 1881
Brave Bear asserts that he did not kill Johnson,
hm that even If be had done so, the government
had sgre'd with Bitting Bull that If be should sur
render, all past offenses should be condoned, anl
that under this agreement he himself
COULD NOT BE PUNISHED.
In the summer of 1881, while at S:ending Bock
Bravo Bear, either honestly or to gain notoric-t>
dsserted that he had killed Johnson and had burled
be money. He ts also said to have promised Allison
the soout half of the money if he would get him
away from the agency. Upon this Allison caused
his arrest, and ho was brought here In Ocober,
1881, and waa indicted at tho November term of
li -> United ßtafps district court. His trial came on In
Januar - . ami thin w.vs the first care presided over by
Cihief Justice Edgerton. Bravo .Bear had no
oonnsel and the court assigned Oliver Shannon,
Eeq.. to conduct lit»- defense. During tbo trial a
number of Indian witnesses were sworn, and ths'r
testimony together witn that cf A'lison (a synopsis
ot which was published tu the PIONEER PBESa at
the time) was such that the iury brought in a ver
dict of guilty on an indictment for murder, after
being out but a short time. Ho was sentenced to
hang on the 4th of March, and when asked if lie
Sou d giro any good reason why judgment should
not be given against him, he merely replied, touch
ing his forehead, that be had brains and knew
better than to point a gun at a white man.
Mr. Shannon took the case to the supreme court
on a writ of error, on the plea o: a lack of jurisdic
tion, but on May 27 the full bench decided that
tbe judgment of tbe district court should stand.
Judge Edgerton then fixed July 15 ss the (jay of
execution.
The Bisters of Mercy then took no the esse, and
co-opertting with Mr. Shannon they fowarded to
Washington s petition for pardon, or at leapt a
commutation of sentence. Pending a full exam
ination of the case, the president Issued
A RESPITE FOB SIXTY DAYS
about tbe middle of July, much to tbe gratification
of Brave Bear, who had been despond
ent, though not altogether without hope.
>s tb« president had not been able to consider
the oase before the expiration of the reprieve. At
torney General Brewster requested Gov. Ordway to
respite Brave Bear once more for sixty .days.
A few day* before the time was np. Presi
dent Arthur decided to let the law take its
oourae, and the officers here were notified
to make preparations for the execution.
During bis thirteen months, confinement, Brave
Bear wa* for the most part very cheerful. He was
glad to reoeive visitors, snd was full of stories
of Indian adventure. At times, however, he wa-i
despondent, snd twice, be Is said to have attempted
suicide by poison. Such at any Tate la the account
published at tbe time, but one of th ; gnards asserts
that it was only a dodge of Brave Bear to b* trass
Urred to the sick ward. He never believed that ho
rhould be executed. He reasoned that Kuowlton,
'tie three card-monte player, who was tried for
murder,got out: his pal, Mike O'Neil, w*s dis
missed ; John D. Cameron, who waa for some time
Ids unwilling companion, was let go, and he saw no
good reason why Brave Bear sboald not escape.
Last Wednesday, however, when tbe Sister of Mer
cy told him there wsa no hope, he was quite
hrokon up.
The closing, by that loHtrument meet dreaded by
the Indian, the noose, of the career of Mato-Htlike
(Brave Bear), gives reason for a brief retrospect of
tils life. His real name was Wa-pe-pi (variously
translated) bnt since manhood be has used the
former cognomen only. The writer knew
him well, and there are many officer* of
the army in and about BL Paul
who have been similarly honored. He was as thor
oughly unscrupulous and at pleasant-spoken, as
bloodthirsty audos Jolly, as revengeful and as gen
erous as any Sioux, living or dead; and tb>-»e
paradoxical traits ar« not uncommon. To Lis
, savage neart tne muruer of à steeping
child »eetiied to afford as much of delight
as the vanquishing of a manly foe in
fairest fight. In the heat of the sweat oompelilng
Janco he would count coup after coup, which,
being translated, gave evidence of an Inborn spirit
rf rapine and murder which outdid In savagery his
dnskv peers. Of medium s'attire snd moderately
dark complexion, tbe traditional cheek-bones, and
with eyes milder than many who have suckln» dove
rocords, small arms (he was always too
numerously married to have to work much) bat
large legs, given to flnerr and bent npon eifrving
arms of some sort if it were only e scsbbardless
saber or a tomahawk pipe. Brave Bear waa un
ite • the majority of the tribe of Sioux to which he
belonged—the bp per YsnUtuuua'.a— and in >re re
sembled the Oe-a-aapa (Blackfee:) or Dncapapa
tribe*. No wonder he acted like the latter. He
was rarely without four wive* at least, and used to
steal Uneapapa brides with a gusto to which the
pride of htB audacity and skil' to aay nothi tg of bis
winning ways, lent fervor Upon on« occasion, in
tho early spring of 1877, he etol« no less than
six women from tfcs B'ackfeet and Dncapapa
farms st Standing Rock, and how Rome-bke a
lover he was in the wooing may be judged f rom tit*
fact that tbe feminine Barkis«« were willing «very
time. •
A pleahino beco.-d
When Brave Bear first went Into the s.alping
business, in which he became so thorough an
«dept, it is hard to tell He claims to have
"killed heap white" In the Minnesota luasaa
cto (he speak« English inteiiigeutiy, snd can
write "Brave Bear," at: accomplishment of which
he is very proud), and nia claim is probably we:l
founded, ss he coun's two coups on children killed
tn 1862. At that time he waa certainly not ra-ra
than seventeen years old, and he doesn't look at all
old vet. Probably he I« thjrty-seven or thirty
sight. Hts bloodthirsty instincts kept Mm con
stantly os th# look'.ul for oppoztunt'ios to
gratity tnetr promptings, and the mnr
1er of th* half-breed family at St.
Joseph, near Fort Pembina, is undoubtelly
cLargeable to him. He wac arrested for that crime
by Lieut. Slocum, Seventh cavalry, at Fort Tetter
.a the spring of 1877. His home is at Devil's iak*
iti l when attending a council there at the time
mentioned. Siocuui and a file of the guard
nested him and a Siuux companion. The latrei
broke and tan on the way to the gaurc
-tone« and was shot dead by one of his captera
Brave Bear's remark was alike cynical and self
coin plaoent: "Him big fool; might know he get
'tilled. Me eomfortabie." And so he proved,
worrying not one whit when parting from his rela
tives to go to Fargo in custody of the Ucited
States mar.-hal. Legal technicalities tel
him free without trial, and he
igatn npptarel at Standing Rock, bur in
o rrcXic.t&nt a mood that Lieuts. Barry and Kls
mebury on separate occasion* ha i to compel him
by force to obey the mandatée of the azeut and
ay on the western eide ot the Mtssonr; with tne
rest of he Yanktonnats. He finally tired of
jency life—hi* wa* aiwuv» s perturbed spirit—and
after
A NOMADIC LITE OF A YEAB,
:u which he visited all the northern agencie-, b
Joined one of the hostile bands aud disappean-d
rom agents' ken. On tha 10th of May, 1879,1.«
:vi-dt-red Joe John.-on, the ranchman, near Fort
-u ly .having evidently oomeon a raid of a few Lun
di d miles. From Johnson he go'
, gun and several hundred doilats
:u money, which he buried. He rejoined ti.
hostile« and came to Standing Rock with Sittit :
Bun'» band, bu' ht» risk« and captures had laugh'
rra nothing, end soon it waa learned that he w. s
: rmo i. Four Horns was notified, and he, taking
Sitting Buli into his confidence, succeeded in
retting two revolvers and a knife
from Brave Bear, Sitting Bull him-
-*if bringing th® arms to Capt. How t
and givintr them up. Again Brave Bear deserted,
and gaining to the house ot a Frenchman nameo
Louis AgarJ, seven miles below Standing Rock and
un the east bank, he boasted of tho murder of
Johnson, aud offered AgarJ $200 of the buried
money gotten from his victim. The Frenchman
who is courageous as a lion, rose for his gun, and
r ut timeu snapped a cartridge at the self-confes?ed
murderer, the latter standing as coolly as if
a council of his kin. The weapou faded
to explode (ten minntes after Biavt Bear lefts
fifth tnai exploded the cartridge! and wi;h a derl
-ive laugh the Indian stalked away. But his e;
c;pes were o'er. The sheriff at Ei.-marck was n->
ifleJ— General Terry wisely declining to interfere
what was so evidently a civil ar
—st—and Brave Bear captured,
rich and sentenced by Judge Edge won
to ue hanged by the neck until death. During his
trial, and when : enteneed, he was as collected
tho judge hi air-elf, though he seemed to tally resi
ze th« peril he stood in. He has several riui"?
tried to escape the hated ropo by «.uicirte, but Was
f.-iil»J. Ilia case is tire more notable in that he is
the first Indian ever regularly tried and convicted
of murder 07 the Dakota courts.
The a' ove is the mensc-rast sk'-tch of a life teem
iDji with adventures enough to atock a weekly
paper with serial« unnumbered. Brave Bear Iw.d
good qualities, and ha» been known to spare the life
of one in his power. He had au iosr'iable liking
lor drink, and when in ilquM was more like a de
mon than a man. a» more Than one can testify.
Fearless lu battie sn i ready in subterfuge, it wi.s
iris propensity to steal other men's wives that prob
ably kept him in th» position of a petty chief only,
instead of s uoted leader
Curious Outcome of aSeeret Mar
riage.
About a year a^o Miss Nancy Robbins,
daughter ot Janiua K. Iiobbins, on« of
•St. Louis' wealthy west end citizen«,
died, tier death brought to li 'ht a sen
■••ation vvhirli was extensively written up
by the lie", spa per« at the time, it seems
that -01116 time previous, tho lady, who
was a i-ot'.simiptive and about 30 years
old was visitintr Clifton Springs, N. Y.,
where sin. made the acquaintance of Dr.
Janm- 11. North. Ue came home with
lier, and in a short time made such head
way into her fat mi's good unices th it
it-- became a regular inmate ofthe house
hold, which hud previously consisted of
uiily father and daughter.' When the
lady died it was developed that she had
hi eu married to the doctor for some
time, amt that the matter had been kept
i secret from the old gentleman. The do
■r. put in a claim for tlie dead woman's
till..- and produced a will, and the fath
er and brother of the deea ed lady, who
teen heard lor the first time of the mar
riage. at once entered on litigation, with
tho view of breaking up tho will, and an
administrator was appointed. Last week
a compromise was effected, Mr. Robbins
paying to his son-in-law $1)1,uoO in cash,
m full settlement ot all claims on hi«
wife's Property.
THE GIVE-AWAY GAME.
A Street Fakir's Expose—Fooling the
People With Soap.
"Do you know," «aid a man who wa«
selling jewelry from a dry goods box to
a reporter for tbe Atlanta Constitution,
"that the Americansare the easiest hum
bugged of any in the world? It is true,
and I have helped to humbug them
aboutas much as the average map
Somebody had just been reading an ac
count of the Louisville lottery drawing,
which brought forth this speech.
"Can't you tell us some of your ex
perience in that line?" asked a man
near.
"Well you would laugh to know what
fools people make of themselves some
times. About two week« ago 1 was
^lown in Brunswick, where T saw a
fellow running a «perfectly equare game
but which wan the most out-and- out
steal I ever heard of. His plan was sim
ple, and hundreds of the very best peo
ple of the town flocked to give him a
trial. He ranted a store aud put a show
case across the counter in the center.
In the show-case he had, i Know, my
hat full of ten and twenty dollar gold
coins, piled in a heap in one corner, and
in the other about tho «une sized pile of
silver dollars. A dice-box and six dice
completed his outfit. By paying half a
dollar a man had one throw with the dice.
If he threw six sizes betook the entire
pile of gold; if lie threw six aces he was
entitled to all the silver. Of course he
knew no one ever threw all sixes, neith
er was it possible to get the aces to come
all in a bunch. A man might as woll ex
pect to get struck by lightning from a
cloudless sky at noon day as te throw
six aces; it is almost an impossibility,
that's all. Well, the fellow made sever
al hundred dollars and left."
"Did you ever hear of how easy it is
to fool a man with soap?" continued the
talker. "We street men know that as
an old story, of course. I was down to
Troy, Ala., several months ago when a
fellow came «long almost strapped. He
went to a grocery store, bought a few
bars of transparent soap, cut it into
pieces, wrapped it in colored tissue paper
very neatly, and then covered tbe pack
age with tin foil, sprinkling the whole
with a bottle of cologne to give it a good
smell. Well, sir, that fellow got on a
box and soon gathered a crowd Dy nice
talking, and proposed to take ont all the
grease (him bate, coats, ate., that could
be brought in. The first case presented
was the city marshal, who walked op
with a great spot on his coat which he
wantedtaken out- The fellow carried a
sponge well saturated with benzine and
arnica, which of itself will take out al
most anything, and by using
a bit of the soap boou.. had the
marshal's coat entirely free from
groase. That started the soap sales, and
in two or three hours, it being Saturday
and a crowd in town, the soap nun had
sold $38 worth, nearly all of which wa«
clear profit."
Stopping to draw a long breath the
jewelry man continued his interesting
story. "I tell you you can humbug any
body. I am not unlike tbe reet of the
world. I believe I would bite at my own
tricks if I could get in the crowd."
"While I was at Brunswick, (Ja-,
sometime ago, I took revenge on the
town by playing what we term the 'gi ve
away racket. It in a mighty fine thing
to play, but a very dangerous one in
some localities. I had been using a big
umbrella, large enough to cover fifty
people, when one night on the street, a
crowd of Bailors, led on by some of
town boy«, threw rotten eggs at tho um
brella and broke up the crowd. Then I
resolved on the 'give-away racket.' A
fellow has to be mighty careful about
working it, or he will get caught out. It
can only be played once in a town.
"The way to do this is this: Get a lot
of gold ring«, which cost about a dollar
a dozen, and propose to be advertising
some big concern in New York. I called
mine the prazed gold of San Fran
cisco, stated that I would show the crowd
a thing or two, and noon got them inter
e«ted. First, I made a speech in which
htated I stated inv business, then I com
menced to offer the tinge at any price
from two cents up, telling them that they
could not be bought for less than lonr
dollar« a piece at a jeweler's. I let out
about twenty rings at two cents, and
then asked everybody who had bought
rings to hold them up. Instantly
every ring was in ihe air.
'Now.' said l addressing the
crowd, tins is your money, is it?" "V es"
said a dozen. "And von give it up free
ly for the rings'.'" "Yes," »rame again in
chorus. "Very well, here's twenty
eenrs for vou sir aud so on around the
crowd. They (Annmenced to wonder
what in the world I meant; said i wa«
crazv and a lot of other things, bot I
only told them 1 was advertising goods
for my house and had plenty more
things to give away. Next I took up
some of my handsome diamonds, studs,
which F explained were iAke George
diamond«, equal to any on earth, etc.,
arid that 1 was going to sell them fer 2A
cents up, the more one paid the better
it would be, of course, fi»r him. Twentv
studs were soonout and the same speech
made. Then I made the crowd hold up
the diamonds and each man got fifty
cents back who had bought.
The thing began to get very interest
in and tin- crowd numbered 300 or 400.
Tuen l got out some beautiful gold
plated sleeve-buttons, which I explained
could not hi- bought for less than $12.
Tliest I proposed to Bell for f>0 cents each,
giving to all who bought a dollar ad
ditional a$befnre, each time doubling the
money gifts. Tbe buttons soon went ofi,
as bad the other things, and 1 was ready
for the final "bite" at the crowd. The
twentv pair of sleeve-buttons had been
sold for half a dollar, and had given l>ack
twenty silver dollar«. "That fellow's a
darned fool," 1 heard all around me'
but I replied to this by Haying that last
week, in Macon, I had given away $1,
600; and that I was ready to do it again.
The crowd was perfectly crazy to see
what came next. It wan watch chains.
The chains 1 was to «eli at any price
from S2.50 to anything above thât one
wanted to give, 1 telling them the while
that the more they paid the better it.
would be. for them. 1 hinted that the
watches would come next, and this let
t hem off like a lot of mad men. The trick
now wa« to «ell a« many chain« as possi
sible at 5 . 2 / 10 . 1 had à devil of a lot of
chains, and so I sent them out right and
left. The dollars came rushing blindly
at me, and 1 raked them in like chan.
Then I got out of chains.
Previously 1 had preoared two red
Bilk handkerchiefs, exactly alike, and as
soon a« the chains were all sold I took
the money, and in the presence ofthe
crowd, tied it all together, and after
making a speech, proposed to throw the
bundle in the crowd tor the best man tb
take. While talking I purposely dropped
the bundle into my box by -ny side,
in which I had the other handkerchief.
in this was ten dollars in silver and
some paper to make it stand out and
look like the one I had dropped. All this
had been arranged beforehand,of course.
With a whoop I swung the baa around
rnv head after stooping to pick it up
wtore I first dropped ir, and up it went
into the air. Great heavens! you should
have seen the mob. I never saw any
thing like it. They fought like tigersover
the handkerchief, while I took occasion
to leave tbe spot. I had also arranged
to bring the thing to a climax, about the
time t he Albany train left, so I was driven
at once to the depot. I was just $280
ahead. But 1 got very weak in the knees
while waiting at the depot. I was a lit
tle too soon, and about a dozen young
meii ran up raising the very mischief or
a noise, which I thought was for me,
and it proved to be true. They
«aw me and came around laughing ana
knocking each other-ike crazy men. I
didn't know what on earth was the mat
ter, until they finally told me it was the
best joke that had ever been played in
Brunswick, and, although they had been
victimized, they wanted to assure me it
waa ail right.
"1 had sold the chains to nearly all
tbe best men in Brunswick, some of
them paying me as high as $5 for them.
I was satisfied to leave and had my re
venge. You may put it down for a fact
that any average American crowd can
be humbugged the same way every day
in the vear.
The President's Mali Bag.
Washington Corrrspotuhmc« Philadelphia
Times.
I was in the White House the other
day and saw n stack of some hundredsof
communications addressed to the Presi
dent of the United StateB. They were
neatly jacketed and briefed and corded
up. awaiting the President's return. I
asked Secretary Prnden what the tenor
of such letters was.
"G, everything," was the reply.
"They are on every conceivable subject
of a personal nature to the writers.
Many of them are direct appeals for
money. Now, you would never sup
pose a stranger in Texas, Nebraska or
New Hampshire, or somewhere el6e,
would write to the president for a few
dollars with the expectation of getting
it, would you?"
1 answered» tha I didn't feel quite
sure about that, since women and men
who are total strangers to me frequently
came into my office and requested me to
get them a pass to Philadelphia or New
York, ora government clerkship ora
situation on a lending newspaper.
"Well, it's a fact There are letten
here asking Mr. Arthur to send various
sums by return mail or express, from 50
cents to $5ti0. One young lady writes
for money to buv a piano, by which, she
says, she will be able to earn her own
living. Another, aman, wants to borrow
$100 for six months, for which he will
give, his note and ten per cent interest."
I glanced at the top jacket and saw the
brief. "Pecuniary Assistance."
"Yes, that's one," said tbe genial Sec
retary. "There aro a great imutv more
the stac k. Some want official sine
cures, making no professions of service.
They merely want to be put on the roll
somewhere for a few months, so the sal
ary will help them along. They were
usually not particular, however, whether
the government or president furnishes
the money."
"Which, of course, he does?" s id I.
"Oh, yes, the same a- you provide the
railroad passes and clerkships. Why,
his $5 ,0C<) a year wouldn't be enough to
tÿ their demands upon him persontdly.
e can't even ro d ttieir letters.
very funny world tb's."
It's
And so it is.
Mr. W. A. Judd, a well-known livery
man of St. Paul, died at Vicksburg, Monday,
while en ronte to New Orleans for the win
ter. He had been suffering wit)» consump
tion for torn« years,

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