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«8 isa EAST THIRD STBHBT,
VNNRAPOLB.
The Successor of Peter Signs an Interesting
Encyclical Addressed to the World.
The cable annonunces that the Pope
has signed a new encyclical letter,
authorized translations of which are
being made into English, French, Ger
man and Italian. An ecclesiastical
dignitary has enabled the correspond
ent to communicate the nature and ob
ject of the Papal degree, which is of the
utmost importance to the Catholic
world, and are not yet known except to
a few personages in close relation with
the Holy Father. The3 document is in
two parts. One defines the rights of
the church in all existing governments,
and sets forth the Popte's views on the
relations of Chureh And State. The
second part draws a harrowing picture
of modern society, which is suffering
from having abandoned the principles of
the Roman Catholic Church, and fails,
consequently, to provide for or relieve
the working classes. 'These—hungry,
miserable and deceived—have lost all
respect for civil and religious authority,
and now seem on the verge of overturn
ing the entire social fabric of Europe
in revolution and anarchy. The Pope
at first entitled it "Encyclical Liberal
ism," but he has now changed it to
"Civitatum"—state government. This
document will be a memorable act of
Pope Leo XII.
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DEATH OF JOHN M'OULLOUGH.
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Sorrowful End of a Brilliant Career.
tory of His Last Illness.
John McCullough, the actor, died at
his residence in Philadelphia, on Sun
day, November 8, at five minutes past
1 o'clock. Mr. McCullough's death, al
though not entirely unexpected, occur
red quite suddenly, andwas due, as Dr.
Hugo Engel says, to an (affection of the
brain caused by blood poisoning. Dr.
Engel asserts that McCtillough was not
insane and that it was a mistake to have
placed him in the Bloonjdngton Insane
Asylum where he was confined a num
ber of weeks. His failing mental pow
ers were first noticed ii| the early part
of January, 1884, and in April of that
year he made a lamentable failure of
'•Othello" in Washington. After that
his ailment manifested itself at various
times in the loss of memory, the prompt
er at times being obliged to follow him
1884
fife spent some tTmtF -3# Carlsbad, Ger
many. Returning to ©his country in
August, he played a fivejnight'sengage
ment in Milwaukee. Tpbence he
to Chicago, where
stage for th
grTasrrimeinnfelife onlthe
night of September 29,1884, in tlie char
acter of S0artacus in the '•Gladiator."
His condition that night was so bad
that the1 curtain was rung down at the
end
second act. From that time
he h&s grown worse until death, occa
sionally mending slightly, but at all
ti(mes his condition was considered
hopeless by his friends.
Hewas
brought to Philadelphia Octo­
ber 25, Just two weeks before his death
and taken to the residence of his fam
ily, where he died. At that time he
recognized no one, not even his wife
or his two sons, and had no control of
his muscles, except a little over those of
his right arm. He regained the use of
his limbs slowly and in a few days was
able to raise himself to a sitting posi
tion. He continued in about this same
condition nntil he died
Mr. McCuliough was uum Collor
ian county Antrim, Ireland, November
25,1833, being almost fifty-two years of
age. He came to America in 1846.
LTJOKY IN THEIR OLD DAYS.
Two Pennsylvania^ Find Themselves Heirs
to Property Worth $2,000,000.
About the year 1820, there lived at
Cameron Mills, Thompsontown, Pa., a
family named Smith. There were two
sons and two daughters. The girls
were married, one to a man samed
Briggs who settled on a farm about two
miles above Thompsonville, in Juniata
County. She and her husband died and
the soledescendant of the family is Miss
Mary Briggs, sixty years old and un
married, who resides in the parental
homestead. The other sister married
Thomas Thompson and lived in New
Cumberland. They had a son whom
they named Thomas Thompson, who
now resides at Newport, Perry County,
and he is the only surviving offspring
of the union. The two Smith boys,
brothers of the girls, named John and
James, went West, and for fifty years
had been accumulating wealth in cattle
and mustangs. Little communication
was had between the branches of the
Smith, Thompson and Briggs families
in latter years.
A few days ago Miss Troup, a cousin
from the Western States, paid a visit
to Newport with her friends, among
whom was a relative of Mr. Thomas
^Thompson. Miss Troup announced
that the Smith brothers had died four
months ago on one of their Western
ranches, leaving property valued at
$2,000,000. Investigation shows that
Miss Briggs a&d Mr. Thompson,nephew
and niece of John and James Smith,
are the heirs and they will get a million
each. Mr. Thompson,, is hearty at
eighty-six, and rdnembers when Gen.
Simon Cameron and the 1%o brothers
first arrived in Harrisburg. He had
lived iii the city all his life. He has ac
a comfortable sum of money
years ago. and placed it in the
Bridge Bank at Harriaburg at 6 per
cent The bank fo..ed. The legal steps
to establish theefcam.of the heirs, will
be taken at, one*.
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Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde.
The Dublin convention have selected
a man who is likely to do honor to the
cause in Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde.
He is descended on the one side from
an ancestor the very mention of whom
is sufficient to rouse the enthusiasm of
all Irishmen, and on the other from a
'98 martyr., An aristocrat and a land
lord, Sir Thomas Esmonde is in favor
of doing away with the classes to which
he belongs, and from his fearless and
outspoken exposition of his views at the
convention we have little doubt that he
is sincere in his declaration, and that
the mandate of the people will lose
nothing by being committed to his care.
The other conventions go on apace, and
are characterized by the same splendid
spirit. Everywhere the selections may
be described by the American poet as of
Men whom the lust of office does not fill
Men whom the spoils of office eannot buy
Men with opinions and with a will
Men of honor—men who will not lie.
.: Simon and She are Out.
At Shelbyville, 111., some eighteen or
twenty years ago Simon Gollogher won
and wedded Miss Van Hise. They have
lived happily together, and six children
have been born to them. They appeared
before a lawyer of Shelbyville a fortnight
ago and stated their case, and asked
tiim to "make out the papers" in accor
dance with their desires. He told them
to go home and reconsider the matter
for two weeks and then if they had not
changed their minds, he would do as
they mutually desired. They did so,
and when the time agreed upon had ex
pired they returned still intent upon
separation, and the papers were made
out and signed. Though worth $30,000
or $40,000, the ex-husband only agrees
to give his late wife $1,500 and the cus
tody of the girls—four in number—he
taking the two boys and agreeing to
clothe the youngest, the babe. Neither
will give any reason for their enstrange
ment, the matter being a complete sur
prise to even their nearest relatives.
W a a $
Ferdinand Ward was looking badly
on Sunday, and trembling as though he
had a chill. To a reporter he said: "One
thing is certain, and that is that I will
not live to
serve out my term unless I get
something that I can eat and work that
I can do. Keeper Scripture, who has
charge of the shop where I work is very
harsh to me. If I stop a moment to rest
h«L yells out to me not to loaf. It hurts
me ld^Lhan I can express to have peo
t1 n,f money. When,
money I had in
sold my watch that| cost $450 for $100,
and that made up the sum that was
found in my possession. My wife has a
very small income, not enough to sup
port her, and so she is going to live with
my brother. I think Holt ought to re
cover all the money Warner got from
the firm. In my statement with Davies
I charge Warner with having received
$750,000, because this is all that I could
prove, but he really received more than
$1,000,000."
An Extraordinary Kind of Book
In the agricultural department of a
library of Warenstein,near Cassel, Ger
many, may be seen a most novel collec
tion of books. At first glance they ap
pear like rough blocks of wood, but on
closer examination it is found that each
is a complete history of the tree it repre
sents. At the back of the book the
bark has been removed from a space
large enough to admit the scientific and
the common name of the tree as a title.
One side is formed from the split wood
of the tree showing its grain and natur
al fracture the other shows the wood
when worked mooth and varnished.
One end shows the gram as left by the
saw, the other the finely polished wood.
On opening the book one finds the
fruit, seeds, leaves, and other products
of the tree, the moss which grows upon
its trunk, and the insects which feed
upon the various parts of the tree. To
all this is added a well-printed descrip
tion of the hi bits, usual location, and
manner of growth of the tree -all form
inga complete history of each kind of
timber represented, and each in a form
readily understood.—Court Journal.
A Shoshone Vendetta.
A deadly vendetta recently broke out
in the Shoshone tribe of Indians. A
desperate encounter took place a day
or two since, in which one Indian was
shot dead and another fatally cut.
8ome time ago one of the chieftains of
the tribe suspected his wife of criminal
relations with a young warrior of the
tribe. Investigation revealed the truth
of the report, and in his ire he shot and
killed his rival's favorite horse. A re
prisal was at once entered, and the
chieftain's was also a corpse. The out
raged husband then gathered together
his personal adherents and went forth
for blood and vengeance. But the
wife's lover had also friends, and the
chieftain found himself opposed by an
equal force. The fight came off, with
above result. The authorities have
sncceded in quieting matters for the
present, bat bitter blood has been
stirred up. The fight is not oat, and
more blood will doubtless be shed.
The Shoshones are morally far above
the other tribes of the Northwest wtth
their women. Chastity is hereditay,
and a lewd Shoshone woman is a rarity
indeed. When, however, a case of the
kind does occor it is sure to be added
to the aamais in letters of blood. The
tradition* ol the tribe show that almost
the only bloodshed inpri^ate qoarrels
have been from this cause,
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On November 6 the Commissioners of
Emigration of the State of New York
reported to the Secretary of the Treas
ury at Washington that during the year
ended June 30, 1885, there arrived at
the port of New York from foreign
ports 356,906 passengers, of which num
ber 294,013 came as steerage passengers
and were landed at Castle Garden,
where they were examined by the com
missioners. Most of these were des
tined to Illinois, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Iowa, Michigan, Minne
sota and Wisconsin. During the year
there were returned to the country
whence they came 1,183 emigrants, of
whom 51 were insane, 32 were idiots, 2
were blind, 9 were deaf and dumb, 21
were cripples, 78 were "enceinte," 478
were disabled by sickness, 77 by reason
of old age, and 435 were without any
visible means, of support. During the
year 4,655 emigrants were treated at the
hospital in charge of the board. Of
these 133 died, 4,233 were discharged
cured and 289 remain in these hospitals.
The amount of the emigrant fund col
lected under the act of August 3,1882,
was $142,210, and the expenses of the
commission amounted to $140,031. The
commissioners recommend that the act
of Congress to regulate emigration be
amended so as to provide for adequate
penalties for all violations of the law.
EETUM OF A EUIfAWAY.
A Buffalo Woman Surprises Her Relatives
After Twenty-Two Years' Absence.
Miss Nella Miller, daughter of Mrs.
Richard Miller of Buffalo, ran away
from home twenty-two years ago because
she thought her parents were too strict
with her. It was believed for many
years that she was dead, and her return
last week was a great surprise to her
friends, who last heard of her soon after
her uncermonious departure, as the
wife of Sam Wetherill, the actor. The
couple lived happily together until Mr.
Wetherill's death, which occurred last
January.
Mrs. Wetherill became dissatisfied
with home and resolved to run away
and adopt the stage as a profession.
Her marriage followed soon after she
reached San Francisco. About three
years ago they joined a theatrical com
pany bound for Australia, and then the
correspondence with home ceased. They
traveled extensively in Australia, China,
Japan, India, South America, and Cen-
YT I ill fffiif-
death hisTWite wanted to seo the old
folks at home, and so she came back to
Buffalo. Her sister is the wife of Capt.
John J. Callahan, and her brothers, ex
alderman George B. Miller and Thomas
Miller, are prosperous citizens. When
the runaway succeeded in making them
believe that she was their sister there
was a happy union.
She did not look near as old as she
ought to," said one of her relatives,
"and I could not believe at first that it
really was Nella, it was like having the
dead come back to life."
Mrs. Wetherill is a soubrette, and is
now under engagement „with a New
York company.
A MAN FOB OVEB FIFTEEN YEAES.
Strange Experience of a Woman who
Kept a Grocery in Kansas City.
It transpires that Frank Gray, a real
estate dealer and grocer who formerly
kept a saloon here and has been known
to the business fraternity for two years,
is a woman. It is alleged that she has
masqueraded as a man for fifteen years.
Her experience has been varied and
unique. When she ran a saloon and
dressed in male attire she drank at the
bar with nearly all the men about town
and heard them gossip about woman
and affairs in general which do not al
ways reach feminine ears. Hervoiee
was so masculine that no one suspected
her. On one occasion she very nearly
got into trouble because of a fancy she
took to a married woman. L. W. Fos
ter, a piano tuner, and his wife boarded
at the same house with Gray, as the
feminine saloon keeper was called, and
Foster became insanely jealous over the
attentions which Gray paid to Mrs.
Foster. He went so far as to write his
wife's father at Chicago about the scan
dal and threatened to get a divorce*/
Gray became involved in a lawsuit,
however, and the start-ling discovery
was made that Gray was a woman
named Mary B. Walcott. This revelar
tion was followed by others, and it is
finally learned that Mrs., Walcott had a
married daughter living in this city.
The discovery is said to have been
made by a private detective who
received a "pointer" from her son-in
law. Under the name of Gray she ran
a grocery for some time at the corner of
Seventh and Wyandotte streets. She
then began to speculate in real estate
and showed good judgment and acquir
ed much money. During her residence
here she made frequent visits to Col
umbus, Ohio, and then always wore
clothing becoming her sex. By con
stant shftviag 3be. hed.-spoaKdei'lft
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Louis parish, St.
Paul, opened successful in Market
hall last Wednesday night. The tables
and booths present a neat and tasty
appearance, and the ladies in.charge
are severely testing the generosity alt
their many admirers. To-night windf
In spite of many telegrams denying
that the wife of Senator Cameron, of
Wisconsin, is insane, private dispatches
from La Crosse, Wisconsin, her home,
to friends here, say that she has hope
lessly lost her reason, the result of a
long and painful illness following an
injury received in a fall on a Brooklyn
ferryboat one day last spring.
Mr.-. Cameron is a handsome woman,
and is nearly 50 years old, She has a
tall, straight figure, regular features,
very clear complexion, lovely brown
eyes, and a most pleasing expression.
She was well knovtn in Washington
society, Senator Cameron married her
at Elmira N. Y., and they went West
together. 'jf
A Eomantic Marriage.
A romantic marriage in colored high
circles was consummated at Greens
boro, N. Y., last Sunday afternoon.
John Shell, a dashing young-dark
seventy, has for the past few months
been paying assiduous attentions to a
buxom damsel of fifty. The suit of the
affectionate John prospered well, and
one day last week he hied him to town
and bought a license. Sunday after
noon the bridal party repaired to Mount
Pleasant Church, where Rev. William
Alexander made the two trusting
hearts "one of one bone and flesh of one
flesh." The bride was arrayed in a
most dazzling costume. A bright blue
calico dress covered her shapely form,
and around her dusky throat was tied a
perfect cloud of red and blue ribbon,
which streamed about her head and fell
down her back in graceful and gaudy
waves. The groom was spruced up in
a suit of blue and white cottonade,
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nths
while a hat of ancient architecture and
of more ancient dimensions adorned
his head. The party separated at
the church, the ol$ man hobbling away
to his home and the old woman pranc
ing off to her's. V-y
4 Mr. Depew's Last Cigar/
The Hon. Chauncey M. Depew was in
Albany attending the meeting of the
New York Central stockholders. Meet
inga friend, the tender of a cjgar to
Mr. Depew called an interesting remin
iscence, which we give in Mr. Depew's
words: "I wa^ a confirmed smoker,
smoking twenty cigars a day up to about
a dozen years ago, when I gave up the:
habit. I now do not use tobacco..
Twelve or thirteen years ago
myself suffering from indigestion, with,!*
wakeful fits at night, nervousn^^n$|
inability to submit to' much
strain. I wasJL$f
Was walking ^5p"Igr^jdway
corner of State stiffieffiytooft. the cigar
out of my mouth and
had smoked about an
thought struck me. I had
a German savant's book on thtf^
fulness of the use of tobaoco.'
at my cigar and said: "Yt»u':
sponsible for th's mischief." I
that Partaga into the gutter andfeso:
ed not to smoke again. Forsix monttj!
I suffered tte torments of the damned
I wanted to smoke, but I resolutely re
fused. My appetite meanwhile was
growing better, my sleep was growing
sounder, and I could do more work. I
did not smoke up to two or three years
ago. After I Had worked for seventeen
hours continuously one day, late at
night I thought I would try a cigar as
a soothing influence. I lit a'ciga^.^Ifc
was delicious. I enjoyed the aromdi Of
the smoke and the pleasue of the cigar
more than I can say. The next day I
smoked four and then two. found the'
use of tobacco was affecting my physi
cal system and I stopped it entirely and
have not commenced again and prob
ably never shall."
Waste Paper that Isn't
Down in the ^isyment of the
States Treasury^department is
in which about a dozen girls sit and
sort over the waste paper which has ac
cumulated from the work of the 2,500
clerks in the rooms above. All of the
waste paper of the department!® trans
ferred to their room by the sweepers at
the close of the each day. Then the
girls go over it carefully piece by piece,
and they frequently make very valu-^
able discoveries. Not long ago $10,000
worth of bonds were found Kt a waste if.
paper basket in the office of tfhe Comp
troller of the currency, and there was a
great howl about it at the time, but in
the end nobody was punished for the
gross carelessness. But such lpgO'
sums as this seldom find their way into
the sorting room. The principal dis
coveries are penholders and stationery
which have been accidentally dropped
into the waste basket. Sometimes a
valuable documentdisappearsin an un
accountable manner from the files of
the department. The rooms are ran
sacked, and everybody connected with
the division becomes well-nigh crazy.
As a last resort, the waste paper room
is appealed to. In.nine chsmcU out of
ten, if the paper baa been disposed of
in that way, the girls will find it.i&hey
have become remarkably
ing over this rubbish. AgirJ
a mess of it in her hands, am} ij|
time than it takes to t£jt it her si
eyes will have seen the different piecesf
'and if there is a sprap
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