The Kimball graphic., November 30, 1883, Image 2

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who bw «perit twentyyeirs west of the
1 ItiaaMppi. principally' on the Pacific
^OOCfltj Mys tbataftor* calm and delib
«f*te survey of IhilSbject be is of the
i«piliIODtfaat
inde.
ttao(l»r ofempire will ney-
Iw mok wMt of the Missouri river, that
the east. will ever hold
sdftbe balance of power in these United
rhotuanda of miles of territory
Svfta Uie Rocky mountain region* and in
the (Kent, Nevada range are doomed to
yerpetnal barrenneas by reason of the
pactiHar conformation of the country,
Md especially for the lack of necessary
•applies of water. Moreover, when the
mining resources of this region are ex
hausted Its principal source of wealth is
fone, ari4 with it goes one of the great
«*t element* of power. B«:t !u the face
ISQDof these few disadvantages, be is per
%»aded that the Pacific coast will always
present a grand field for thought and
enterprise _ii_____^i—____
There isa complaint throngbont the
country, that it Is difficult to find carpen
ters enough. It cofeies from Boston
8pringfield, New Yoflc, Philadelphia
and many other cities. At Washington
there was never known so much build
ing at once and the official reports show
that 2.215 new bul|fkga have been
projected the past jWm- In many of
the country towns eastvnd west, build
ing has been proportionately as lively
as in the cities, and the almost universal
report in the larger towns and villages
is that there is a treat demand for more.
Tbsre are many workmen, who are
dabbed "wood-butchers" on account
«f incompetency, but good carpenters
we the "men that are always in demand.
^Carpentry is one of the most honorable
i'«nd dignified of trades and boys who
«re willing to work with their hands
!*nd iais ambitions enough to learn the
trade thoroughly hare a pretty certain
^vpromiseof B«ucess before them in that
Boainesa on the Pacific coast is not
what It wasaix months ago, particularly
in,Oregon and in Washington territory.
Owing to the .-ompletion of the North-
Panific railroad, and other causes, a
*ery targe number oi laborers and me
f«hanicahave been discharge1!, and this
fcaa affected general trade and industry.
p^JPbrtiand, Oregon, is filled with unem
|#^kjred people, many of whom lack the
*1/Imeana to «et to their eastern homes.
iM But this state of things will not last long,
fe^very new country baa to pass through
just such experiences before business
«ettlesdown to a steady basis. Of Port
land, "it is said to be the wealthiest city
•of ita sizeiin America. Ita streets and
squares are projected on a magnificent
jfceale, and it commands a large share of
tirade end commerce both by land and
Water. The largest ocean steamers find
easy entrance to ita fine harbor."
...... Those whe recollect S?dney Smith's
vemarkable statement of the far-reach
Ing and minute taxation of England, will
appreciate what is said by the Phila
delphia Ledger, oi taxation ia
ita warious forms at home. "No person
vho buys anything can escape
taxBS. It la not alone the real es
tate owner who feels the burden it is
fWi-.^the tenant also and the boarder and
^lodger, and the person who buys a hat,
er boots, or suit, or coal, or clothing for
the -children. Taxes run into the rent
-and then fellow everything bought and
They spread everywhere, and
ijrt^hen they are paid in this indirect
'"S'Saahion ithey'accumulate. The fraction
of a-cent bag to be paid by a whole cent
And those whole cents soon amount to
•dollars." In the United States ail these
anlnute exactions go into an overflowing
^/treasury from the pockets of people in
^moderate circumstances who need all
'^thev can get for their own use.
,AS, The business prospects of the country
^gffonp the staple ot a good deal of edito
ial writing, about this time, when the
ist of failures are unsua'ly large. While
there are some grounds for apprehen-
and disconragement there
are certain hopeful signs upon
which a cheerful view of the future may
be predicted. In the matters of iron,
Jor instance, prices have declined to a
lew figure, an many furnaces have gone
out of blast. But stocks are consumed
and a.point must soon be reached when
eslvant iron establishments will meet
with better remuneration on an increas
ing demand for their products. There
is good encouragement in the agricultur
*1 outlook aad ita bearing upon the for
eign trade of the country. The crops,
with the iMception of wheat, are all
that can be desired. While the wheat
crop falls abort of the extraordinary
yield Of last year it.must not be forgot
ten that the surplus carried over from
1882 was large enough to make the ag
gregate at the disposal.tif the farmers this
year almost equal to that of one year
ago. The cotton crop, while smaller
than that of one year ago, is still large
Jtnd will bring Southern planters quite
as much money as if it bad been greater.
In laot a crop equal to that.of 1882 might
.have forced prices down and proved
Jess reuMinerative than it will under
present circumstances. JWhile wheat
mot going out as freely as might -L..
w!shed yet the demand will increase as
European stocks diminish. Europe is
.quite likely to consume whatever we
•can conveniently spare, and will take
our surplus at some price or other. Our
exports for the present calendar year,
witn the exception of June and July,
have exceeded the imports. Deducing
the adverse balance of the two months
named, the balance to our credit on toe
1st ol October aggregated nearly forty
eight millions of dollars. Gold lias cora
jnenced coming this way and the strong
{probabilities are that increasing exports
will keep.the tide moving in our favor.
Then- are absolutely no grounds for ap
prehending a genera! revulsion or wide
spread stagnation, and there is nothing
to prevent a revival of activity in has
ineas in the spring.
9'asitor H«te. and John Lang&n'fl ho
wl^t Helena, W'lutMjA were tamed on the
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Things in General.
President Barnard of Columbia Col
ego, who has inade a careful exam
nation of the Egyptian obelisk that has
stood in Central Park for two years,
gaysthere is
a very slight disintegration
of the stone, but it is so small that the
change would not be noticeable at the
end of six thousand years.
It is said by a paper published in
Portland, Me., that, one of the lottery
companies sells more than 3QU0 tickets
every month to patrons in that city. The
outgo is, therefore large, but the return
is, nl coarse, insignificant.
Ice men stick to prophecies as do sail
ors. The sun having crosse the line
when the wind was in the south, they
hoid that the wind will continue in that
direction fur the next six months 'here
after, giving us a mild winter.—[King
ston Freeman.
The Electrical Power and Storage
Company of London recently sent a
secondary battery, charged and ready
for use, into the country. The railroad
company charged 22s. 01. for the out
ward journey and only 17s. 6d. for the
return, and in reply to a remonstrance
i'. this difference ol rates explained that
the cells went iully charged, but returned
empty. The joke'is on the railroad com
pany, which has s.nce learned that
electricity is an imponderable agent.
"What is needed." says the New York
Mail and Express, "are laws increasing
the legitimate sunply of material tor the
discerning table, and more severely pun
ishing tne purchasers of stolen corpses,
as well as those who sieal them. Tho
bodies of all executed murderers, and ol
all convicts who die in prison, and of all
persons who commit suicide in public
places, ought to be delivered to medical
col It-ires for scientific purposes and then
it ought to be made a 6 aio prison of
fense lo purchase a corpse, as well as to
rob a gr.ive. The depredations of ghouls
uiake one of the terrors which turn the
ill .ughts ot many toward cremation as a
substitute for burial."
Texas is prolix in marvelous stories,
and here is one of them. Tnirty years
ago a family named Taylor, in Milan
couuty, were attacked by Indians, but,
wub the aid of a stranger, three of the
savages were killed and the rent put to
flight. One ot the daughters became at
tached to the BT ranger and they were
tor to be married but one day the
iover told his bel.r thed that he could
not marry her until be had kt1led one
«l the Indians they had met and recog
nized each other, and it was to be war lo
the death. Years passed, and the girl
hearing nothing oi her lover, finally
married a prosperous tanner. Recenti
the body ol the lover and that of ihe In
dian he had to kill were found together,
both completely petrified. The white
man had been cut to death and the In
dian lataliy shot.
A Burlington correspon lent says that
the Vermont law giving women the
ght to vote for school offices, which
has been in force three years, is prac
tically a failure. The law obsc re in
its terms, and too little interest has been
taken bv the women in its provisions to
obtain a judicial interpretation of it. Ol
the 241 towns in thestate 20 have this year
chosen woman tor superintendents of
schools, but in no case, so far as this
correspondent knows, has such a choice
iieeu Ought about by the votes of wo
men, Oi the 2U the majority are clergy
men's wives. Female superintendents
were not a novelty in the state even at
the time of the passage of ttiis law, but
the legality of their election had not
previously been tormaily recognized.
According to the tradition of t!i«
Greek geographers, Atlantis was a large
island in the Atlantic ocean to the west
of the northwest coast of Africa. It was
f.ibled to possess a numerous population
begotten by Neptu of mortal men.
The inhabitants finally became desper
ately wicked, and the island was swept
away oy a deluge. Plato mentions the
inland in his "Timajus." On the old
Venetian maps Atlantis is put. to the
west of the Azores and Canaries.
Amending Land Laws:
Washington, Special Telegram, Nov. 22
Early in the session a bill will be introduced
by a northwestern member to amend the
preemption, homestead and timber cultnre
laws. It Is not proposed to repeal the pre
emption law, but to exclude from itn oper
ation pine timber lands, and provide foi
the sale of the timber at public auction af
ter appraisement. In framinar tbe pro vis
on tbe principle of tbe Minnesota law re
garding the sale oi school lands of tbe state
will hi* followed. It is argued that pine
limoer lands are untie for agricultural pur
poses, and that th« pre-emption iaw only
opeaa up a way tor speculators to obcaiu
possession ot the valuable timoer on tbem
for almost nothing. The member says:
By fixing a minimum at which timber
can be sold and ufieriug It at public auction,
tti government will /eceive a fair price for
the timber and remove the opportunity for
fraud by land sharks an apeculators. It
will also do away with the necessity and
expense ol sending out insueciois and
special agents to investigate these frauds,
great deal of good but 1: has been and will
be unable to entirely prevent fraud. I do
not favor the entire repeal of tne pre-emp
tion law. By it a man honestly intending
to enter land and obtain a farm can do so.
lie may have failed through misfortune to
see ire his farm under the homestead law,
and the pre-emytiou law enables him to
carry out his inteation so if he had previ
ously entered a quarter section oy pre-emp
tion, and had failed, through no fault of his
own, to complete his entry, the homestead
law affords him an opportunity to secure
his farm. I tblnk ,the timber culture law,
as it is, opens the way to traud, and I shall
embody in my bill a provision to eitber
amend or repeal it. I have personal Knowl
edge that the law is being grossly violated.
For instance, tbe provision which prohib
its more than one enuy in section, I
find en a recent visit to Dakota, was in one
looality entirely disregarded also a fraudu
lent entry in one seetion prevents a bona
fide one in the same section. I have also
noticed that no trees are to be ssen over vast
rflglons.ol country, where timber culture
entries have been most numerous. For
these reasons this law should either be re
pealed or materially amended.
The same bill will probably also contain
a provision to amend the homestead laws
by increasing the notice of intention to make
proof from thirty days to six months, irre
spective of alleged tune ot residence prior to
entry. This would oe in accordance with
the recommendation of the commissioner
of the general lanJ office.
Heavy Verdict Against a Railroad,
A verdict for $25,000 has been rendered
by a juiy in the case of Beems vs. The
Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railway
Company, tried before the district court
it
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Oass county, Iewa.at Atlantic. Tbe action
was broughi 'or damages accruinc 10 Mrs.
Beems, account of the death
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her bus-
band, it is alleged by tbe carelessness and
negligence of tbe company. Mr. Beems
was a brakeman and was engaged in un
coupling cars at Neola when the accident
oeo.urred. Tbe suit was first tried more
thua a year ago. The railroad was de
feated but appealed the case and the su
preme court sent it bock for retrial. The
second trial was bad last April, at which
time tbe company we« beaten a second
time. The defendant, however, succeeded
ia getting the v.trdict ol the jury set aalde
and an order for a new trial, with the re
Hits weotiDbed above.
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CONDENSED NEWS.
Washington News Mutes.
Mrs. Margaret E. Saxton hss filed charges
Involving the moral chsraoter of J. O.
Dyrenforth. assistant commissioner of pat
•*ts, with tbe secretary ot tbe interior. The
charges allege specific sets, give time and
dates and localities, and are of tbe most
damaging nature. Secretary Teller refuses
to make tbe charges blic believing that
to no so bt'*re ieventigating tbem would
be an act of injustice to Dyrenforth.
Advioes nceived at the St. Paul pos'office
fi-om Washington show that for tne month
of October the le of stamps at the St. Paul
posrufflce was greater thin at ndlan
apolis, Providence, Newark, Rich
mond, Kausa* Ony and several other cities
of from 10u,000 to 160,000 pulation. The
receip-s at this ofiiie were owr $17 000.
Hew York heads the list with $408,OOu, and
is foliowei bv Chicago, Pailalelp 114, BJI
ton and St. Louis.
The president recently directed that Capt.
John P. Walker, of the third cavalrv, be
placed upon the retired list. He will pro
ceed at once to his home in Georgetown,
Ohio.
The president has appointed John R.
Tanner United 8t.ates marshal for the
southern district of Illinois.
News ol the Railroad.
A mortgage was Bled in St Paul on the
18»h 'or the sum of $1,250,000 favor of
the Farmer's Loan and Trust company of
New York—executed by the Fargo Southern
road—payable in gold coin en Jan. 1, 1924
bearing 6 per cent, interest. The money is
to be advanced at the rate of $20,000 for
eacb mile of tree'* completed. The road is
to run from Fargo via Wahpeton to Lake
Traverse tbence OraC9ville via to Orton
vilie. It is also proposed to extend the
road in a southerly direction from Orton
ville and northerly from Fargo.
Eastern papers give currency to the ru
mor that D. W. P. Rowland, late of the
Louisville dt Nashville, is to be appointed
general manager of the Northern Pacilc
road, to succeed Gen. Haupt. The local
officials have received no verification of the
rumor, and do not attach any importance to
Agent McLaughlin of Livingston. Child
of Billings, and Sheriff ol Bozeman, Mon
tana, have resigned their position became
of reduction oi salaries by tbe Northern
Pacific company. They were all first-class
men.
Through travel along the Northern Paci
fiic is rapidly increasing. The bulk of west
bound travel is made up of the emigrant
CUBS. but that coming from the coast, are all
first-class.
The 3,060 men in the Boston locomotive
works are paid one after another. It takes
but half an hoar.
General News items.
Henry Wattuson of the Louisville Jour
nal delivered a free trade addreaa in New
York and was introduced by Henry Ward
Beecher in the following characteristic xtyle:
Bsecher said* "As to the charge that I am
a republican, I do not deny it, but they do
not own me. Everybody must do what he
can to further the government. This be
can only do by working with one of the
great political parties I am also a clergy
man, but only by courtesy, I am also a
oitizen, and am here to perform my duties
as such." Beecher went on to say he be
lieved tbe protective system was a grinding
oppression upon the poor men of the conn
try. If it was right to tax clothes, books,
pictures and Iron, it coald not be wrong to
tax minis ers, and yet he did not intend
that a tax should be pat upon such men as
Dr. Taylor «md Dr. Hall It was perfectly
consistent wit* the theory of the protection
ists
Work was suspended at Chess, Cook &
Co's establianment In Pittsburg, and two
thirds of the men employed at Graff, Ben
nett A, Co,s three mills were suspended.
This adds 3,000 more to the number oi idle
men. Some manufacturers say that the
depression is due to imptrieot tarlfi laws.
NoOLe anticipates another panic.
Tbe Sanborn Enterprise says W. D.
Luther, of Eccleston, attempted to elope
with the wife of Martin Draper, Lather
leaving a board bill of 60 unpaid. Draper
caprnred his wife before she got away.
Luther was candidate for justice of the peace
at the 'ecent election.
Teller Graff, of the Wall Street National
bank, has been indicted for certifying Cecil
Ward & Co.'a chectts after their account had
run low.
1 John Manville, postmaater at Rantoul,
III., is missing at Cavour, Dak., where he
was last seen looking after a claim.
Montreal wheat receipts fell
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from
7,800,000 to 8 800,000 bushels this year.
A civil rights bill has been prepared for
the New Jersey leeislatnre.
Connecticut skunks are being extensively
made into sable.
The Mississippi Valley bank at Vicksburg,
has failed.
Doings Cpinamals.
Montreal Special: A Hungarian adven
tnrer calling himself Prof. Wallewski,
claiming to have recently left Chicago,
came here seme weeks ago and took offices
on S James street, giving out his profes
sion as metallurgist and chemist. He fit
ted up a room with a furnace and crucibles
and chemicals. (Jetting acquainted with
some last brokers, he launched a scheme of
increasing tbe weight of gold by a mixture
of chemicals, which he said his father, a
proieesor in a Vienna college, had discov
ered. He got a lot oi dupes to subscribe
money to his scheme, but Mr. Fahey, head
of the dominiou detective bureau, heard of
the adventurer's plans, and the professor
finally absconded, leaving bis tools behind.
His victims are considerably out oi pocket.
The humbug gave an example to his proc
ess at his rooms which satisfied his dupes
that he was able to do what he professed.
George P. Graff, paying teller of the Wal
Street National bank, New York, has been
indicted by the United States grand jury.
The charge againBt Grafl is violation of tbe
act of congress in cerii lying checks drawn
by the firm ot Cecil, Ward Co., and that
Ceeil, Ward & Co did not have on deposit
at the time an amount of money equal to
the amounts specified in tbe checks. The
checks aggregated $196,695.47.
Patrick Hayes, a gambler of New York,
became ann^jed at attentions paid his
wife by another gambler, George Norton.
He met Norton in the street recently, and
opened fire, wounding him in tbe hip. An
other shot missed Norton and struck John I
Marshall, steward ol the steamer State of
Nebraska, wounding him in a leg. Hayes
surrendered.
Saveial arrests were'made in Chamber
lain Dak., by Deputy Sherirf Dallahan
among them Mike Glasser, charged with
complicity in mail robbery there insl win
ter, end one of the Bean brothers, charged
with perjury a land case also A R.
Taylor ol Kimball, charge.! with embezzle
ment.
Frederick M. Ker, cashier for Preston
Kean & Co., bankers, Chicago, who fled
Feb 23d| short S40.000 in hiB accounts, and 1 ®tnlct
ting counterfeit money.
Mra Sboale of Waverjy, Iowa, drowned
herself the other day brcduse some une
kept sending her Utters charging her bus
bind with unfaithfulness.
Jacob A. HeJisigei was convicted in the
Uniied tftau-s court ia Philadelphia of em
bezzlii government funds while postmas
ter of Hteelton, Pa.
Andrew Wolf, of Albin, Grant county,
Dak., was assanlied by an unknown person,
roboed, and left for dead, but will recover.
Tho Casualty Record.
The American ship Thomas Dana. Liver
pool to New York, landed at Foyal, on the
8th inst, twenW-one men, being a part ot
the crew and pusengers oi tbe French brig
Vocaberg. from St. Pierre for St. Mx'o,
which was sunk by collision Oct. 3. The
remainder of tne crew an -1 passengers, eigb
ty-eight in nutnb r, perished.
Eiie Hoegel and Victor Ticholm, two
young Swedes living in Stockholm, Wis.,
skated over to Winona on the 18th and
tarted hack that evening, since which time
they had not bren seen, and it is presumed
that they broke through the ice and were
drowned.
At Ottawa, Kans., the shops of the Kan
sas Southern railroad, embrtcing the ma
chine, blacksmith, carpenter and paint,
shops, together with two locomotives and
two coaches, were burned. Lous, $75,000 to
$100,000 insurance, $40,000.
The residence ot John Long at Dedham,
Mass., was badly shattered by ihe explosion
of a keg of powder which John Ben way
vlaced on the piazca. Lotig was warned in
season to escape. Benway had been drink
ing.
Frank Elliott, formerly of Stillwater,
Minn., has been missing for some time from
De Griff, and indications point to foul
play. He had $2110 in his possession at the
time of his disappearance.
John Warn's hoase, furniture, barn and
grain at Cedalia. west of Bismarck, were
destroyed by fire on the 16th.
The eld Washington house and two ad
joining buildings at Nashua, N. H., were
burned. Loss, $28,000.
A fire at Dixon, Oal., destroyed the busi
ness nartof the town. The loss is reported
at $250,000.
Ole Nelson of Oskosh, while hunting
land the other day, was frozen,to insanity.
From the Old World.
The'Hon. Mr. Monseau, tbe first minister
of je Dominion government and a member
ot the privy council, is charged with having
been influenced by a clique of speculators
tor a heavy financial consideration to refuse
a charter to anew gas company which a
number ot prominent citizens inaugurated
as a rival to th
1
present gigantic concern.
Mr Mouseau is the same gentleman who
bad his election annulled for corrupt prac
tises, but wns afterward re-elected. He was
to have be* created a judge soon, but a
protest is made against his fitness for such
appointment.
The naws from France and China is be
ginning to alarm Englishmen. Heretofore
it has been supposed that the Tonquin dis
pute was really a game of bluff on both
f-ide?, and lex entertained any fear that a
general war between Fr nee and China
would ever cccur. Now it is believed that
war is certain.
Bernhardt has bought a dairy farm near
Havre. It produces a fashionable kind of
cheese sold as the "petit Sjra Bernhardt."
Marquis Tsang gives Minister Ferry a
bad character.
Personal Gossip.
The Pbiladelpnia Musical arsaciation
gave a banquet tbe 21st to Solomon Milon,
survivor of tbe old guard of the first Napo
leon, in honor of the ninety-sixth anniver
sary of his birth. Milon remained with
Napoleon on the isle of Si. Helena until hi]
death, tben went to Sjuth America, where
he spent several years. From tbere be
went to Philadelphia. The old soldier has
his commission on parchment, yellew with
age, as aecoud lieutenant in a company of
the old guard.
Commodore John M. Berrien, retired of
ficer United States navy, died of paralysis.
Commodore Berrien was about seventy-five
years of aee. He became midshipman
Mar'-h I. 1825: passed midshipman, June
4, 1831 lieuteuant Feb. 9. 1837 commander
Sept. 14, 1855 captain July 16, 1862, and
commodore Sept. 26, 1866. He was placed
on tbe letired list Dec. 28 of the year last
named.
First Lieutenant John H. Todd, ot the
Eighteenth infantry,TJ. S. A.,died at Frank
fori,K .,age1 thirty-six years.
Gov. Iceland's Texas Thanksgiving proc
lamation is tbe shortest —three tines.
Dicken's family object to the printing of
hiB letters.
Joe Keppler takes $50,000
out of PUCK.
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a year easily
ANew Industry.
There seems to be an exorbitant value
attached to small boys in Brooklyn. At
least such wrll be the universal opinion
if the Brooklyn man who sued a schoo
teacher for spanking his small boy, and
laid his damages at 13,000, should be
successful. Few pers» 'g will believe
that the man has betn damaged to the
extent of $3,000 by the spanking of his
small boy. No matter how highly he
may estimate his boy's services, it is un
reasonable to suppose that he was de
p.ived of them for a period sufficiently
long to make his loss equivalent to $3.
000. Let it be conceded, for the sake of
argument, that the boy could not sit
down for six consecutive months. He
couid still have rendered to his father all
the services which a small boy is ordin
arily capable of rendering, and the
parent's loss would not have amounted
to any appreciable sum—much less to
$3,000. If the suit proves successful
there is not a boy in a Brooklvn school
who will not clamor to be spanked. At
the most the process of spunking can
not bo Btretohed beyond five minutes, at
least by any female teacher. If a bo.v
can make $3,000 in five minutes lie caii
support his family in affluence by two
yearly suankings. As for the boy who
should secure a daily Bpanking—as al
m.iet any boy of average ability and con
scientious devotion to duty co" Id do
lio would make his father a millionaire
It is hardly probable, however, that tin
plaintiff
the sun now pending w-ili re­
cover $3,0X10. When our courts lUtiinaie
a man's Mfe to be worth oulf tlie
can liardiv with consistency yalne the
spanking of a small boy at $3,000.—New
York I'lines.
Human Jumbos Wedded.
Patrick William O'-lnen, the Irish ir'ant,
and Christiana 1). Uunz. the German giant
ess, were married
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cro'"1
I'litbhuru, the
,r'
was captured after a lone chase in Peru ,r" """i
South America was recently convicted and 'T5"!en
sentenced to ten years .n the penitentiary. I
ag
in Boitfon William C. Pbelan known in I wreath and veil that: cohere
the west daring the war as a bounty jump*
a
er and at Philadelphia and Washington as she held a bouquet of enormous size. Af
a forger and olackmailt-r, has been sen-
,:r
lenced to fire veavs' imprisonment lor pas• ?,nce
2'lih.
The ceremony wai performed in the Ger
man Evangelical church, on Sniithtielri
street, bv Rev. Krederica KoulH, and wut
witnetscd ly an immense con. ourse of peo
pU\ including Mayor Peiersoi.. ol Adetrhenv.
Judge White, John McOullougb, MnrgsrV'
Mather, tne Az'vcs. Dwarfs, In lians ami
enake chsrme.-s. Outside the ekurch th
crowd gnt'iered :n such numbers as to
:n end) numbers as to oh
®c in mIIO O'tW' eff .rls of a li
hri(le
w?re
8
'ul
to
h,n' h?
^re^'orange8 blLolt
of white satin. In hrr hat"
the servi.x the bridal p*rr.y diove a
IO
"Tns m"8"
0
lm ana
he'd
nuh
"Cf-P'ion. Oa the evening of ibe 20ih 1
special recep'ton was *iven at the Hamil
ton hotel. Tke wedding cake was the
largest ever made, measuring n.ne feet in
circuinter-nce and two feet in thicki.ess. A
giant loaf of bread five feet in length decoro
ted tbe table. This was the first marritge
of giants in America, and tbe second in the
world. The comhined height ot the bridal
pair le fifteen feet,three inches, «nd tbey tip
the Weam at 1,549 pounds. Tbe wedding
rinit weighed seventeen pt nny weiehts,
and was five inches in circumference.
Wealthy Congressmen.
The num'-er of wealthy members of
Congress constantly increases. Social
prestige is frequently as much sought
after by thetn as distinction in legisla
tive work. In consequence, elegant es
tablishments increase wonderfully year
by year, until a Congressman who is
content to live upon his pay cuts a very
small figure here. Col. Theodore Ly
man of Massachusetts
13
one of the new
me nbers who will entertain much. Ho
has bought an eleirant place on Thomas
Circle tor that purpose. Col. Lyimui
inherited great wealth, and is, more
than that, a bravo and scholarly 111.
He served through tho war without pay.
Then there is Senator Palmer ol Michi
gan. He has rented Mr. AVtndom's
hunse, Mr. Palmer is a grandson ol the
William A. Palmer who was a senator
from Vermont during Madison's admin
istration. and, later, governor of tuat
State. Congressman Washburne of Min
nesota, tbe last of that famous family in
public life, has rented Don Cameron's
house, and will give lavish receptions.
Of the new senators nearly all are mil
liona res. Bowen of Colorado is a min
ing lord, who was a carpet-bag judge in
Arkansas during the Dorsey regime, Sa
bin of Minnesota went irom Connecticut
20 years ago, aud is now very rlcn
Dolph of Oregon i« a thrifty corporation
attorney ex Gov. Colquitt is one of the
best to-v men io Georgia: Randall Gib
sou ot Louisiana inherited wealth, and
the others are well off. There are not
many p»or men left in tho Senate.
Count out .Messrs Bl lir. Frye, ICunna,
inert 01 Florida, aud Riddleberger, and
the rest are all rich. This is not especi
ally t» be wondered at. Money making
lias been easy of late, and fire viourths
of them are "more than iifty years old.
—Washington Letter.
LATK MAKKKT KKPORT.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAT-—The markev OD 'ciianco wasdull yestor
flay, bur prices were a little belter till arntiml. For
No. 1 hard O&kjc was bill, but
s^IUts
FLOUR—No
lie
il
out for
90c, and DO a ues wore m*d«. For January No. 1
hard $1.01 was bid aud tfl.OUHi for February,
i^alea of M:iv w»--« ma^Je at jfcl.lo. From to lc
more was asted funtr-s by sellers.
COUN—i h«s uia.ktft is dull aud steady. No. 2
wan bid for at 4dc on tract, 4ic asked: October
and November, 47c year, -llic condemned, 43
Gt4)C.
OATS—Dull nod steady. No. 2 while. 20c asktul.
29c bid No. 2, 27c askt*d, 20c bid rejected, 2
2Uc.
8T. PAUL.
chance iu ihe sitnation
lias
taken
pluce, tbe market remaining quiet, with an easy
t^udency. Orders on tho millers havt come in from
the ICaBt cretty r^qnlarly, but have not been heavy.
Quotations Orange Blossom, $G.GO. S'raitfita, R-l
Oro*», $5.75 Capitol, family, $5.25: bakt'rs*
XXXX, $4.25. Iu barrels, 25c extri. Outxida
brands, 25£fT»Oc lower, according to quality. Low
grade*. $3.50nt4 per bbl in barrel.-, 25c extra.
Itye flour, $3.50C(S:J.75 per bbl: Graham, ifc4.23i£$
4.50 r»er bbl buckwheat, $) per bbl.
CORN—Corn remains dull, but for tho week un
der review has been very steady, and yestf rrtav was
firmer and higher for soot lott options Kj*2c
higher: No. 2, 47c bid and 5"c asked Deccmbor.
47c bid and 50c asked February and Way, 50c
asked No. 3 40c bid and 47c asked.
0AT8—Oats have been about steady, with very
slight fluctuations, bu: yent-rduv wore a shade
easier. The market has been fairlv active, with
supnly about equal to tho demand. Tesierduy tho
following sales were recorded: 1 cur No. 2 white,
on track, 49c 1 car No. 2 mixed, 27'yc 1 car do,
23c I car do, 27c 10 cars ou private terms.
The board quotations range as follows: No. 2
mixed spot,27c bid and 27Vjc asked December,
27c bid and 28c asked January, 2Sc bid and ^!c
asked February, 30c asked May, 32c bio and
34c asked: No. 3 mixed. 20c bid aud 27c a*ked.
No. 2 white, 23c bid and 21)c asked.
CHICAGO MARKET.—Flour dull and unchanged.
In refcU ar wheat (here was a good speculative busi
ness. The market oponed a shade earner, and de
clined »c* attributed to tho unfavorable tenor of
foreign advices. At Ihe decline the specula ive de*
mntid became more active aud prices gradually ad
vanced, fluctuated and closed **c higher than yos
tt*rlny. Sales ranged as follows: Novtmher,
94M$935£c, closed at i^^c December, 5V4
iMi^c, cloned at 0tiJ4c January, ?)0!^U7?aC,
closed at 97}Sc: February,
07i^l)318C.
o»e'i at
OS^c May. $1.O23-I,TJ1.04?B, cios-d at $l.I4rg:
No. 2 spring. 95953ic. closed at tt5%tc Nn. 3
spring, 811o(i?82)ao No. 2 red winter, 99c. Corn,
demand active, unsettled and stronger op-ned
lower udvanced £fc, flue unted and closed
°H(S$4C higher than yesterday cash,
48}si94":Uc,
closed at November 4H18«f4H?.ic,
closed at 433ic: December, 47:^jv«4Hi%e, cloned
at48%c year. 47&(£.$48$sc, clos-d at 4s14c Jan
uary. 47@47a4f% closed at 47nMt*: February, At
te:477ec, clo»ed at 47!»c May, 5u5U'" 51 ?ic. closed
at 51^jc. Oats, (lull but firm, strengthened by tUe
tone of the other markets: cash, 28V-': November,
i'Sfyc December, 28Ity«20c January, 29c May,
321s'£t32:^c, closed at 32:Uc. Kve, firm at 5»c.
Barley, steady at C2c. Flux seed, weaker at 81.38.
Pork, scarce and firm, mainly for defwred deliv
eries market receded 5(g) 10c early it, the day, but
afterward rallied 25^'35c, and ruled steady to she
close: eash, $11(^)11.10 for old $12.20(5)12.25
for new November, ^10.05^11.15. closed at
$11.15gll.2u December. $10.8711. 12HJ,
closed $11.15&11.2o: var,$lo.90i£Sl 1.10: closed
higher at $11.15yi) 11.2*: January, $11.(55(^12,
cloned at $11.92H!$11.9 February, $3 1.S'i($
12.121*}, closed at $12.05fa 12 07H March. $12
@1*2.02}* April, $]2.15!U2.17ig May, $12.30
Gt 12.45, closed at $12.45 Lard, steady
and iu fair demand: advanced lO^loc and closed
cash, $7.55i#7.(50 for o!d $7.0077.(»? for ie
November, $7.55®7.65, closed at $7.62*2^7.05
December, $7.47!«jf«7.60, closed at $7.574@l
7.60 thn year, uominal at $7.55t,'57.6i»: January,
$7.GOi®7.75. closed at $7.72*c'u7.75 Februarv,
$7.72*ir-«7.87^ March, $7.90 May, $Si^i
8.02HJ Bulk meats, in (air demand tdiouhiers,
$5 short ribs, $6.25 short clear, $6.50. But
ter. firmer: choice to fancv creameries, 32(g*39c
choice to fancy dairies, 21(SJ0c. Eggs, quutt.
Whisky, steady and unchanged. Freights—Corn to
Buffalo, 4a Receipt—Flour, 22,000 bbls wheat.
132 000 bu: corn, 280,000 bu oats, 161,OOu
bu: rye, 31,"00 bu barley, 101,000 bu. Ship
ments—Flour, 20,000 bbls: wheat, 33,000 bu
corn, 191,000 bu: oats, 120,000 bu rye, 6,000
bu barley, 88,000 bu. Call—Wheat, salos,
2,150,000 bu advanced ^c. Corn, sales, 730,•
OOO bu advanced for the year, Jauuary and
May, and for Febrnary. Oats, sales, 110,000
bu advanced 3«c. Pork, sales, 9.500 bbls ad*
vauced2^cfor December declined 2*«c for Jan
uary and February. Lard, sales 3,200 tierces
d'-cllned 5c for November, and 2J«jc for January
and February.
MILWAUKEE MARKET.—Floor, quiet and un
ch nged. Wheat, hiuhor: 95c November 957ao
December 97c January: $1.05 May. Corn,
quiet and unchanged. Oats, unchanged. Eye,
quiet and unchanged. Barley, stronger: No. 2,
607a extra_ No. 3, 52c. Provisions, dull meat
pork, $10.95 November $11.75 January prime
stearn lard. $7.60 November $7.05 January,
Butter, unchanged. Chee«e, dull and unchanged.
Eggs, higher, at 25c. Receipts-Flour, 24.000
bbt« wheat, 92.tmo bu: barley, 48.000 bu.
Shipments—Flour, 25.000 bbls wheat, 5,000 bu:
bariHV, .26,000 bu.
DULUTH MARKET, Sutcial Telegram—The mat
keta on 'change t:j-day were a shude lower and in
active. Round lo of No. 1 hard, spot, were of
f-red at 99J4 .bid sales of car lots at 98'Hc
strictly fresn No bard w*si offered at 91c, 9(»Ujc
bid No. 1 hard. December, ofler-d at $1.99J4(
bid 92c was bid for round lots of No. 2 hind, De
cember January, No. I hard, was offered al
$].0-i. $1.01 bid Closing pr»C"»: No. 1 hard,
castj, Orttyc December, 9914c: No. 2 b.ird, ca»h,
90J-6 Dec tnber, 92c. Inspection: Cars—No. 1
h».r«). 123 No. 2 hard, 18: No 1,59: No. 2, 19:
No. 3, 1. Total, 220. Receipt*. 92.500 bu ship
ments, 22,024 bu iu store, 1.251.374 bu.
Gov Ordway in WnBhington,
Washington Special TVlegraui, N..v 21
Gov. Ordway of DihotH was quite pleased
to*Hay to «et a tele^miu Irom Bis-oarck,
telling him that the west wall of the capi
tal building is half way to the third or last
story, aud the east wall- only oue day be
hind, «n«1 t.rnwijtg ah-olu'e .issurauee tlmt
tie btrildint: will be completed and rookm
the 1st of Janri'iry. li ^UQ be«n .sugges
ted that Gov. Ordway came to Washington
to secure his reii»tointment as governor of
Dakota. His tcm will not expire liU IJ«T»
June. The governor says he will not «c
opt the otliae agai bur, that he has no
thought ot don.tf anything looking toward
reappointment, has not ad« up bis
mind ai present that be will acc pt it if it is
tendered hiui.
The oil welia of Calitornia lust year
yielded 5,0 KUmO tc^Ilons of oil, and it is
expected the product will be redoubled
this year.
Capt John Doughty ot LafceCity has gone
9 Florida to spend the winter.
DAOKTA NEWS NOTES.
•07. ONNWAI'A REPORT.
WASHINGTON*, SvcoUl Telegram, Nov. 19.—
Gov. Ordway iu ihe city, and ha» been eu
K&ged to-day iu reading th« proof of his an
nual report lie diacuvura that ih« wires, in
transmitting a synopsis of havo changed
some words, giving it a meaning eutirely dif
fereiit from whai he innntlod. For ius auco,
tho •'ao-ca.lod coustiuHioual convention,'
was mado to read "acaitered couBtitutioual
convention." Accorking to his roport, bus esti
mate of iho wheat crop iu Dakota wan iifteon
to thirty bu.-hd* pur acre. 'Iho total school
reveuui-Baro
$500,000,
iustt-aJ of
UDOU
$1-20,000.
Tho follow.ng iinj ortaut auggeaaoua
111
ro-
gard to county orgnuiz »tion have boon addud
to tho port
The act of congress for the oreatiizatiou and gov
ernment of Teiriiorio* ovid«'«ity ili'J not coutem
piftto impoai upon tne governor *uch imnorunt,
vur:ed «n«l exitMinivo unuti tne i«-u»sl.u.vu as
sembly of Dakota h.»8 imposed. Among them at.
iinportun anil ditlicuti is unit inij)»'bcil by i«w iu
ti.e organ.aatiou ot new cuun.ien. Chapier
21
of
th-r pjnticul code providos tuat whvnover titty or
upwards of the lepni voters iu an
uui{g«nizod couuty shall poiUiou the
irovomor, he bhall pr«*ceeil, in case he
i» saMsdeil thai tiiere oro Iliiyor-UMro .ojal uud
jtiwitieo voiers iu 1 tio couuiv', to ori?cuizo it uy ap
pomuntf throe persons rosid-nts thereof as couuty
ctftnmisaionrrH. Th s- couumssiouerb. atior hav
ing qualified, are a law unto ihriuae.ves so far as
tiit" uoveriiinoiit i-i co:ki rutfd, anu are aatiionz :l to
appoint ali of tho county officer*, ca
iud flx tho couuty sdtit, aud are
reeled with almoin unl mited pow«r«.
There is 110 provision of law au.Uonzing tne cov
eruor so »u*»p»*Md or remove fiih?r tUe comtnis
6ioii»Th whoui no has appointed, or any of thmr ap
pointees ucLtuff as uniy«fll ers». All of Ibe.-iu
oillcers hold and coutiouo iu lllc« until tho next
general elnc ion, which occurs once \u two year#
hence oilioet* apnoin-ed suorMy ufter a gen
eral election hold uoar.y two yoaM. and hivo
ample t.m-\ throuuli tueir »p»'Oiuteys, to so
moid and h»i»»* the uffjit-n of tho ticw Ciuiity that
dobigmng uion c.m faaifii liiouuolvos ami t.ii?ir sat
ellucs
a county at rubs cltic.iou^. Iu
short, evt*r tiiina ucpeudu unwu tli'j fauntulucss
aui tidolny of tiu* first or uppoiuted conuiy com*
misaiouers. Suorily afini' aasuiu.nr olli.-e,
1 unlertook to decide these ques
tions eariy, but a bitter t-xp rnmce
in oicaui7. ng the county ot Ratified me
that a hUiticient dt iay. in oid»r to di-vei.-p ihe
clurncLrjr of the por»«us repr«snuuug iti« IT -rent
fucU. 'lis in a new county, was almost
abso.u'ely u-cessary. Ti tue case of Doiulas
t« which 1 have reforre 1, alter two wooks'
invt'^iigaiions commisatonH were issued
for ihe parti*.** recou -mied in the poiiiioti umlei
the belief tt»at a vu»*y comiveu Hoard had been
si-cured. A tew months later information Cum-s t«
tin- executive mat oue ot tho pnrii«.*8 to
whom a commtiu-.ion had boon is-ue*l had
not quahtind U.at «uothi-r wan a myth
In ihe company, and that tho ono who had pr
strme the iietiiiou,.an 1 the member of the council
who recouituen l*-d Inm, hau iioiibrratoly decoivi'd
the eXci-Uiive wiUi a twrjcnd and oerjure»t petition*
and were issuing "nd *eiliug Cruuouient wurraim
and school bomls issued a^aiUH! tlj« inpany to
vury largo amount, bufflrietit t-vidrnce havinc
ren pro-JuC'-d to me. i-roviug thai but oue
of the partios t. wb*m 1 had originally
issuod a comm.salon for tho oig.vniz.ition of Doug
iaa county nad preteuded to quality, I took the
retiionsibidiy of reoruauizing the county with a
competent aud honest board of commissioners,
who itfu*ed to couuize any of the trauduleni
warrauts or bouds preteudod to iiavo bt»en issued
by the fir^t board. iho legislative as-emb:y
approved my action, and passed a iaw
matting it a penal offense for any officer of Douglas
county to rvc 'gnize or pay au ot th«se lrautluieul
claims against iht couuty, and iu this way the
couuty lia« been saved irom tlnaucial ruiu aud is
rauiuly tilling up with auexcodent class of sottiera.
in one or two other tuaJtauce* have
been deceived by tho pressure for
hasty action. none of the couutios
whe ample time has b« en taken for carefui iuvesti
gatiuu, and aUo to »-nahlo the early settlers to be
come better acquainted with out' another, have
there been any serious irauds perpeiralod Th«
clamor, however, for early «rgamzation isconstaut
aud eiceooingly announg. 'Ine las legislative
assembly enacted strong refnudiug bills for the
repudiating county of Yanktou and the
eu«. mous bonded indobtod.iesa of Lawrouco
couuty. and also for sev.-ral oth«r couutie?,* hereby
the rate of interest has betu so much reducud that
no repudiation of county debis will bo likely to oc
cur iu Dakota.
N. Frank, dealer in clothing, of Dead
wood, has aPHuneti to C. H. Strauss of
that place. Frank's assets are given at
$l,5()ii, and bis liabilities at *8,000, all to
eastern creditors.
A prairie fire, cauned by sparks from
an engine, juateastof Brookings, burned
northeast for sevfin uiiles. Harrison
Williams, near Fountain, lost his new
barn and contents. There were several
hundred tons of hpy destroyed.
Deputy Sheriff Getchell of Hillsboro,
arrested two men OD the 15ih inst., for
passing bogus silver dollars. Tbey were
brought belore Judge Mali, and one of
them was bound over for trial at the
spring term of the circuit court, while
the other was discharged.
Special Agent Bickford SHVB that the
days for Dakota land rings are over.
The grand jury at Grand Forks have
considered the evidence before them in
the matter of Dr. Scott, a capital com
missioner, against whom '.-barges of cor
ruption in onnection with ttie capital
location were made by the Grand Forks
Herald. The district attorney ruled the
matter out, owing to the fact that the
corrupt bargain and corrupt considera
tion was received iu another county
The orgaryzation of the new Presbyte
ry, reconstructed by the synod lately in
session at Duluth, was eilected last
week at Moorhead. Nearly all the pas
tors in the district were presenc, and
great interest was manifested. This
presbytery now embraces churches in
Minnesota and Dakota, contiguous of
the Ued river,
A Swede couple who live near Sioux
Falls, have four children, two of tbem
as perfect specimens of the albino as
were ever seen, and the other pair are
ordinary fair-haired children. The al
binos are of opposite gender, and the
little girl, notwithstanding her off-color,
is prettv as a picture. Her hair is as
white as the driven snow and kinky a
the wool of the most thorough-bre
African.
Kate Gray, keeper of a house of ill
fame at Grand Forks, was fined $300,
but skipped out ol court and ov«r the
line into Minnesota just ahead of the
sheriff.
Redfield, Dak., Special: The sensa
tion of the hour here was caused yes
terday by the arrest of H. G. Rising, ed
itor of the Sun, charged with criminial
ly libeling C. H. Myers, one of the capi
tal commissioners, two weeks ago. Ris*
ing publicly charged Myers with attempt
ing to defraud the people out of $7,000.
This arose from the fact that Myers was
instrumental in raising this amount by
pubicription, to be ustdas part payment
ot 900 acras of laud which the Milwau
kee & St. Paul company and its officials
own here, the latter agreeing to pay $20
per acre for land and the citizens to
subscribe the amountoverthisiiP'jessary
to purchase the tract. Rising accused
Myers of misappropriating the money
subscribed, whereupon the IsUer had
him arrainged before a magistrate, who
bound him over in $1,000 to appear be
lore the next term of district court.
John Moore, furniture dealer at
Aberdeen, has wade an alignment of
his stock to George W. Jenkins, of that
pluce. Certain of Moore's creditoia
were pressing him, and to prevent their
getting out an attachment Moore made
nil assignment. Tlie assignee will the
first of next week bo in a condition
to inform all the creditors of Moore's as
sets and liabilities.
The Sioux Valley line of the North
western now reaches Watertown.
Tbe official i-onvuss of the Hand coun
ty vote gives 510 for the constitution and
!)0 against.
Nels Starkson of Forest River, lost his
way, unyoked his cattlofrom the wagon,
and in his endeavoring to reach Bome
shanties inhabited by Jews, wandered
into a slouch, and died fro.n exposure
iin-l cold, lie leaves a wife and four
children.
A QU.IIUT WVdriiug.
[In thise t:ays of iHaiiio a ami ostenta
tious wedding it is rtfmlnuu to rradofotie
so quiet and simple as ibeone just described
in the PbiladeluhiaTiine*
Perfect stillness reigned in tho wor
ship of the Quaker Nurtb Meeting-house
at Sixth and Noble streets. The eongre
gaiion eat in silence facing the ministers
—tbe women to the left of the dividing
aisle, the men to the right. Into the
hush a bridal party entered from the
northwestern corner entrance of the
church. Tbe first bridesmaid and
groomsmen were elderly people and
man and wife. All were in tho strictest
Quaker garb. Stephen A. Webb, the
groom, who followed in sixty-two. De
borah Brooks, tlie bride upon hin arm.
is ten years his junior. Tne pair took
their place on the lowest ier of the
raised seals At the lelt ol ihe bride sat
two elderly ladies, also in drab dresses,
white neekercliiels and plain bonnets.
The mothers ot the couple were dead,
fhey sat their places. At the right of
the "groom tat, und.r br_ad brimmed
bats, two old gentlemen. Tltey filled
the places of the dead fathers of the
pair. The groomsmen and Inid-smaids
sat in front of the congregation, lacing
the couple and their sponsors. Then
the meeting went, on, unheeding the
bridal party, unheeded by them. HaC
an hour passed. Then the aged grootu
rose in a lull of the speaking and
clasped the hand ol the bride, who also
stood up tJia voire ec: oed clear
around the barren white walls and over
the uumishioned benches. "In the
presence of the Lord and his assembly
I take Deborah Bro ks to he my wife,
promising, with divine i.ssistanre, to be
unto her a faiti• IuI and loving husband
until death shall separate us." The
voice of the briile, which had been so
often heard from tbe topmost tier of the
most wor.hy, repeated tne words. The
pair Eat down. Kdward Ritchie, an el
der of the North Meeting, who took the
place of ihe bride's lather, then read
aloud tho marriage certilicino, .then car
ried and laid it upon a sum! I table in the
aisle between tne men and the women's
M.leof the raised seats. From there tha
groomsman raised and carried the table
to ihe Irontot the bride n.i groom, who
signed tile certificate which I upon it.
The Libit* and certificate were restored
to their places. The Qnkcr wedding
was over. The Quaker meeting went on.
AM.-VTEItl \L SIMiCTEtt.
IIoxv a Nico-Looking Gliost Was Cap
tured in Savannah.
From the S.va'inati News.
Yesterday morning about 3 o'clock
Mr. Warring Russell caught a suspicious
looking character entering the premises
of a wealthy citizen, and the circumstan
ces which led to the capture ares .id to
be as follows: During the past three
or four months the residence of the
gentleman was securely locked every
night when the inmates were retiring,
but every morning the rear doors were
founo un'ocke ', and on several occa
sions wiile open. The manor assumed
the mature of a mystery, and repeatedly
foiled successive attempts l« explain it.
Whoever entered the lioife and passed
out neglected to remove anylhing of val
ue, nd what tho object oi'the strange
vsitor was and how ho gained
an entrance to t^e residence
when the locks were repeatedly changed
were annoying questions. Tlie mem
bers of the family bona ne exceedingly
nervous, and their Iriends Suggested
ghosts and other equally mysterious
and unwe'eome intruders. Tlie owner
ofthe house finally called on Mr. Rus
sell and offered a liberal sum if he w«uld
solve the matter. Mr Russell said he
would undertake the task provided tho
owner would take his family out
of town and not return until aft«r 8
o'clock the following day, the proprie
tor to make the .act of his intended vis
it from the city known to every person
in tho neighborhood. Tho condition
was agreed to. Mr. Russell with two
detectives, that night early, went
thro.igli the house, fistened every door
and window, and then locked tlie rear
door, and taking the key with him, se
creted himself in the outhouse in tlie
yard, alter taking the further precaution
to sprink.e lime on the ground near the
rear doors. Yesterday morning a: tho
hour mentioned, a weil-dresed youn^
man opened the side g^te leading to the
premisis, as ended the ha sle 8,
aud then unlocking the door passed in
to the house. The detectives a few
minutes a'ter, with the second key, en
tered noiselessly and tracked the in
truder by the lo itprints to time in the
hallway and on the stairs to one of the
sleeping apartments, where they awak
ened the young man, who had gone by
this time to sleep. The vouthful inva
der proved to be a son ofthe proprietor,
who was in the habit of stealing out of
the house and then returning hefora
daylight but who, knowing that his
family was away, concluded not to re
turn until an hour or so before sunrise.
A Double Wisconsin Murder Mystery
Cleared Up.
An old resident of Ludington, Wis., who
was lynched InJOoloralo, confessed hii pre
vious crimes, among them the murder in
Ludington, Wis., of the brothers Johnson,
which occurred about six years ago, which
he described particularly. He said he
poisoned the Johnson whi was found at
home with strychnine contained in whisky.
To misdirect suspicion, prob blv he deter
mined to get rid of thejother one in a dif
ferent manner, and so tew pied him bv say
ing he hpd seen a bear, and shot him, in
the most obscure place he could find. The
murder wbs committed fe»p monty, and tho
assassin secured about-$700. The Johnsons
were bachelors who lived on Adjoining
farms, and ri-puled to be wealthy. The
body ot one of them, evidently some weeks
e*J,
was found in the house, and the
neighbors went to tell his brother. To
their surprise he proved to be missing, and
Wrere
dispersed and near starved
™.!f( v.W!!V,h,er/fore' """Peeled that
one of them bad killed tne other and after
ward committed suicide. Some two or
thr»e years later the skeleton of the missing
man was found in a thicket, with an emp'v
eon beside bun and skull fractured con
firming the original impression until the
above news was received*
A Bit of ItoiiiniK'c .From Ver
mont.
From the Burlington Fran Press.
Last Summer some Burlington people
were visiting iu a Western town, and
there formed the acquaintance of a
furniture-dealer wh had recently bu
ried his second wire. They joked him
little about, his futuie mati-iinoiii.il pros
pectfi, -111(1 he candidly admitted that in
would like lo marrv ujun, and asked
if they knew an eligible lady. Subse
quently he looked at their photograph
album, in which was tho picture of an
unmarried lady of this city which took
the idower's fancy, anil ho was told
her name. The Burlington people
thought no more of il, but after tiieit
return home were surprised to leerr
that tlie Western gentleman had opener'
a correspondence with the lady ai
luded to. Tlie course or true love ran
smoothly, the Western widower came
Burlington on Friday of last week, saw
his la*lv love for the urst time, and the
marriage took plaeo ou uesday, the
happy couple Btarting at once for thf
Weot.