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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
A GUITEAUIN PETTICOATS
LUCY HORTON TO SHOOT BOTH
FOLGER AND BUTLER.
An Office or Your Life the Threat of
the Vixen—A Senator’s Son Once
Pierced by Her Bullet, and Her Threat
Not to be Laughed at Voluntary Con
tributions Possible.
WASHINGTON, 4*ll 25.—Miss Lucy
' TTofton. a fair and dashing brunette, well
known in local society, has threatened to
throttle the Treasury Department. She
has spoken and written the mandate. It
is that she must be given a clerkship or
Secretary Folger and appointment clerk
Butler must bite the dust. Lucy is not
without a history, and her record is writ- ■
ten in blood. She is probably twenty-five
years of age, and hence cannot be classed
as unsophisticated, having been a resi
dent of this city several years. A very
few years ago she tired a slug of lead into
the body of the son of Senator Morgan, ■
of Alabama, and left him for dead. She
said the voting man had seduced her and
Ixdrayed her. She is tall, slender, rather
vivacious, and good looking. It is said
that she can love with a server seldom ;
equaled and hate with a vengeance '
worthy a pirate. Six months or more
_ ago, the smoke from the tieid where she
shot young Morgan having cleared away, '
she applied for a position in the Treasury
Department. She made her application
in person and was accompanied, it is
-.aid, by Mrs. Ingersoll, Representative
Shellenbarger, of Pennsylvania, and
other good and reputable people, who
urged the Secretary to give her a place.
The people who recommended her were
moved- by her pleas and promises.
As soon as Secretary Folger
heard her name he bluntly refused to help
her. But the old man was soon out
inamruvred by ardent friends. She was
given a position as a “sub.” for three
months under another name than Lucy
Horton. At the expiration of that time
she succeeded in securing another three
months’lease of life. It was during the
last quarter that she displayed a spirit
not to be courted by the saints, wherebv a
prominent clerk in the department was
transferred from one division to another,
and came near losing his official head.
Appointing clerk Butler, discovering Lu
cy’s unenviable qualities, refused to help
her to another term at the end of her last I
employment. Again her old desire for |
blood returned. She coolly entered Mr. ,
Butler’s room in the department a few
days ago and informed him that unless
he reinstated her she would shoot |
him and Secretary Folger, too, remarking
with emphasis, “And I won't miss my i
aim, either,” at which Mr. Butler pre- |
sumed she meant immediate work, ami he i
replied that ho should not treat her as
others had if she ever attempted to shoot
him, but would reply with the same effect
as though she were masculine. Lucy left
Mr. Butler’s room with her anger un
soothed. Returning to her home on I
street northwest, she indited a note to Air.
Butler. She threatened his life if he did
not give her a place at once. She es
sayed the same fate to Secretary Folger.
Not hearing from her note she wrote again
and again. The others were of the same
purport as the first—“A clerkship or your
lives, Messrs. Butler and Folger.”
Mr. Butler informed Secretary
Folger of the woman's threats
and repeated to him her dangerous
character, but did not say to the Secre
tary that his life was also threatened.
On Thursday Miss Horton entered the
office of the appointment clerk. She was
calm ami her face bloodless. She was
penitent. She is subject to hysterics, and
after begging to be received back she was
seized with an hysterical spasm, and en
acted a scene that would put out pathos
its very self. But Mr. Butler, to save his
honor, could not take her back, and re
fused flatly to do so. She came again
yesterday and again to-day. Her visits
were long—probably of two or three hours
duration. This afternoon she repeated
her threat that she will shoot Mr. Butler ;
and the Secretary, and those who know
tier say that she doesn't, talk so for a pas
time. Since she has grown so demon
strative Congressman Shallenbarger, .Mrs.
Ingersoll and her other whilom influential
friends have abandoned her.
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS POSSIBLE.
The Republican politicians seem to have
(•oncertea a plan for securing contribu
tions from employes of the government in
this city. The system is to have the ;
Chairman of the local political organiza
tions in the several States request contri
butions from those employed in the de-j
parlments. A letter was leceived here
to-day from the Chairman of the Muskin
gum County (Ohio) Republican Execu
tive Committee, requesting a list of the
names of the employes from that county
in the department. The person to
whom this letter was addressed was
unable to furnish a list, but a
roster of the Ohio Republican Association,
which is made up principally of govern
ment clerks, was sent. He said, however,
(hat he supposed the Chairman wanted
the list in order to assess the clerks here
from Muskingum county, and make them
pay for their brass bands, etc., during the
fall campaigns. The Chairman of the
Republican State Committee of Pennsyl
vania, Mr. Thomas V. Cooper, is out with 1
a circular which it is proposed to send to
all Republicans, whether they are in office '
or not, who are supposed to be willing to
make contributions. The civil service
law only prohibits Senators, Representa
tives, Delegates in Congress and Federal
employes from asking for contributions.
«if course this leaves the lofal manimers
at liberty to apply the bleeding plastA*.
TUI'. NASHVILLE COTTON BELT.
A Favorable Season Able to Produce a
Larger Yield Than Last Year.
N Ashville, August 25. A comprehen
sive and complete report of the cotton
crop of the Nashville district, which in
cludes Middle Tennessee and a portion of
West Tennessee and North Alabama, has
been received through correspondents.
•Seventy per cent, of the reports received
state the crops to be in a better condition
than on a corresponding date last year,
23 )>er cent, in as good condition and 7 per
edut. in worse condition than last year.
The crop of West Tennessee was the
[loorest for many years. The reduction
in acreage this year amounts to 12’ 2 per
cent., but with continued favorable
weather the’prospects are fair for a larger
aggregate yield than that of last year.
Forbidden Before Published.
Berlin, August 25.—M. Anterne. mem
ber for the Alsace Protest party in the
Reichstag, recently forbidden to publish
a newspaper in Metz by Marshal Mateuf
fel, the Governor ot the conquered pro- .
vinces, and who wrote the Governor ex
pressing a hojie that he would tie avenged,
will lie prosecuted for high treason. The
order, tlierefoie, has already been issued.
The appearance of M. Anterne’s news
paper, which was to have been called
l/etr, was forbidden by the Governor .
General on the ground that it was likely
to be too seditious and anti-German in
tone. It is believed that the prosecution I
of M. Anterne will show that the recent
article in the .North Wenmui Ga.rctL. at- I
tacking France, is based on serious :
grounds.
The Revenue Rebate.
Washington, August2s. The Internal
Revenue Bureau to-day received from the
Collector of the Fourth district of Texas
a schedule of eleven hundred claims
for rebate on tobacco, etc., amount,
ing to about $30,000. The aggre
gate amount of these claims for
rebate received to date is about $3,500.<XM).
The schedules are ail in. with the exeep
tion of the District of V irginia and Ten
nessee and the Second Minnesota district,
the Fourth Indiana, and the District ot
Colorado. .
Walter Pool Dead.
Raleigh, N. C., August 25. —Walter
Pool. Congressman elect from the First
North Carolina District, succeeding Louis
C. Latham, died at Elizabeth City, this
morning, after a long illness. He had
but recently returned from Hot Springs.
Ark., and was thought to be somewhat
improved in health. He was thirty-two ;
years old.
Ravages of the Flames.
Mifflistown. Pa.. August 25.—This
morning a fire broke out in the stable ot
the Foreman Hotel and was not cheeked
till it had burned the hotel, the post of
fice, a private residence end a block of
brick stores. The mails Were saved. The
loss is S66.tWO, and the insurance $17,000.
Mails Delayed by a Collision.
New Orleans. August 25.—A collision
is repotted between two freight’ trains of
the Louisville and Nashville Railway at
Chef Menteur Bridge. Conductor Jones
and two brakemen were badly injured.
Trains and G*" mails are delayed.
Ireland's Learie.
London, August 25.—The Irish Na
tional League of Great Britain will hold
a convention at Leeds. September 27th.
Mr. Parnell will probably preside. I
SnntiM Morning ©ttegrtim.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
An Uneventful Day Put In by Both
Honwe*.
Atlanta. Ga., August 25.—1 n the
House to-day, with Mr. Rankin still pre
i siding, the prayer was delivered by Rev.
Dr. J. W. Heidt.
Mr. Btuddard,of Morgan, asked for a
I reconsideration of the action defeating
his fence bill yesterday.
Mr. Simmons, of Terrell, opposed, and
Mr. Russell, of Clarke, favored, and the
reconsideration was granted.
The rules were suspended, and the Sen
ate resolution to provide a stenographer
for the Penitentiary < ommittee investigat
: ing whether or not the lessees of convicts
> have sub-let any convicts to other parties.
The bill appropriating money’ to com
plete the insane asylum was ‘made the
special order for Monday. The rules
were suspended, and bills were intro
’ duced as follows:
By Mr. Lotton. of Bibb—Providing for
: the drawing of jurors for Superior Courts.
. By Mr. Patton, of Thomas—Allowing
Thomas county to provide for working the
public roads by taxation or otherwise,
i Allowing Thomas county to vote for
: prohibition. The balance of the morning
session was devoted to reading bills a
second There were about seventy
five absentees.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate the bill requiring Judges
to give in their charge to grand juries
section 4500 of the Code as to the practice
of medicine was debated, Senator Beall
concluding his argument against the bill
and Senator Paul replying in favor.
The report adverse to the bill was dis
agreed to for the purpose of allowing
amendments, and the bill goes to its third
reading.
Committees reported, and bills were
read the second time.
There was a rather thin Senate.
Senator Hoyt introduced a new bill
changing the time of holding the Clayton
Superior Court.
The following bills passed:
Incorporating the town of Ward, in
Randolph county.
Creating commissioners of roads and
revenue for Schley county.
Amending the Gate City Railroad char-
I ter of Atlanta, granting an extension into
I DeKalb county.
Amending the act creating the Boards
I of Commissioners in the State.
> Preventing the driving of stock into
i Georgia from other States to graze.
The bill incorporating the Vigilant Live
1 Stock Insurance Company was tabled.
The Senate adjourned at half-past ten
I o’clock for want of business, Although the
House has taken in over one thousand
I bills.
The Governor had fourteen applications
to-day for requisitions, which shows that
the criminal business is lively just now.
A VICTORY IN TONQUIN.
The French Capture the Forts at the
Mouth of the Hue.
Paris, August 25.—A telegram has
been received by the Ministry of Marine
from Saigon, dated to-day, announcing
that the French have bombarded and cap
tured the forts and batteries at the mouth
of the Hue river after a brilliant land at-
I tack. The operations occurred on the
18th, 19th and 20th lusts. Seven hundred
Annamites were killed during the engage
ment. The only’ casualties sustained by
the French were ‘several men slightly
wounded. The gunboats Vipere and Lyn’t
have entered the Thuaan passage. The
French Admiral has granted a truce. A
blockade has been declared.
M. Harm and, the French Civil Commis
sioner in Tonquin, has gone to Hue, the
capital of Annam, to negotiate with the
Annamite court, which is greatly alarmed
at the movements of the French.
Paris, August 25.—Le Temps savs that
reinforcementshave been ordered’to re
| place the troops required to hold the forts
at Hue. A regiment ot infantry and a
battery of artillery will shortly embark
at Toulon for Annam. As an effective
blockade of the whole coast of Tonquin
. and the southern part of Annam is im
possible with the forces at his disposal.
Admiral Courbet will confine himself to
blockading Tourine, the Hue delta of the
Red river and Hako.
WORK ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Some Damage Done by the Recent High
Water at Plumb Point Heaeli.
Vicksburg, August 25.—The Con
struction Committee of the River Commis
sion arrived last evening from Cairo.
They have been examining the govern
ment works down to this point and report
them generally in good condition. At this
place they order a discontinuance of the
dredging in the west pass of the lake and
to resume deeding in the harbor proper.
The committee returned by rail last night.
New Orleans, August 25.—A special
to the Picayune from Vicksburg savs that
Gen. Comstock states that at Plumb
Point it was found that the work in
I course of construction had been consid
: erably damaged during the last high
water by the large amount of drift ac
■ cumulating against the piling and dyke
| work, which being unable to stand the
pressure, gave way, but he thought that
the plan of improvement would eventual
ly prove successful. He spoke very
favorably of the operations at Providence
Roach and Wilson Point, there being sub
stantial evidence of the success ot the
work done, and but little damage having
been sustained at those points by the high
1 water.
KEV ENI E RE 1’ ROB ATES.
Some of the Tricks of the Officers to be
Looked Into.
WASHINGTON, August 25.—The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue to-day in
structed Revenue Agent Powell, at Ra
leigh, N. C.. to investigate the report that
several revenue officers in the upper part
of South Carolina have been swindling
the government bv having persons to put
up old stills in remote places, and then
capture the material and obtain the gov
ernment reward of SSO for each seizure,
and also that the same material was then
put up in another part of the State and
seized. It is alleged that only a few stills
captured in the mountains of Ssuth Caro
lina have really been used for illicit dis
tilleries.
A RAILROAD Pl KCHASED.
Richmond and Danville Scoops in the
Memphis and Charleston Road.
New York, August 25. It is announced
that the new Richmond and Danville
syndicate has secured control of the
Memphis and Charleston Road. This ex
plains Qie recent wide fluctuations in the
latter’s stock. Memphis and Charleston
; is now 45* 4 and Richmond and Danville is
quoted at 65(5 67 and very quiet. It is
stated that cash was paid for the Mcm
! phis and Charleston Road. A number of
the Directors of the Memphis and Charles
i ton Road have resigned and will be suc
ceeded bv representatives of the Rich
mond and Danville syndicate.
A flairs in Souttx America.
Lima. August 25. —A long but slight
I shock ot earthquake was fol’ here at one
o’clock this morning.
L’Diario Official has information from
Valparaiso that the Lajo, with 1,000 men,
and the Angamaz. with ammunition and
provisions, have sailed for Callao. The
latter vessel fcas also 3(X) men ‘for Iquique
and Arica.
The Chilian State Council is occupied
with a project for creating anew province
. in Angal.'
Gi ayaqi il. August 25.—General Car
mat gO. the Colombian Ministerjto Ecqua
dor arrived uer? yesterday. He will pro
ceed immediately to Quito. Senor Vale
areio,.agent of General Alfonso’s govern
ment at Panama, has also arrived, A
voluntary commercial war loan is being
rapidly subscribed. Both armies will
upon the compleiioL of the subscription
leave the city for their respective homes.
Cardinal Howard's Stay.
Rome. August 25.—The Vatican has
telegraphed to Hen von Schlosser, the
Prussian Envoy to the Holy see, asking
him to remove the misunderstandings
caused by Cardinal Howard’s stay at
Kissingen. Cardinal Howard has issued
a denial of the report that he had asked
for an interview withPrinee Bismarck.
A low condition of Health is common
with many who allow themselves to worry.
Mental anguish causes bodily sufferings.
Anxiety and carehav«.broken down many
constitutions. A train of aiso.’ders usu
ally folio* mental distress. Heart anec
tioiis. nervousueos, sleeplessness, dyspep
sia, liver complaint, kidney troubles, etc.,
are among the list. A sure remedy for
relieving all mental and physical distress
is Brown’s Iron Bitters. It at once
I strengthens every part of the body, mat
I ing work a pleasure and care unknown,
ARTHUR TORE KIDNAPED.
A BAND OF COWBOYS ON HIS
TRACK IN THE WEST.
The Alleged Plot Betrayed by an Infor
mer—The Entire Presidential Party to
be Spirited Away and Held for Ran
soins—A Fairy Tale From the Wilds
of tiie West.
Ogden, Utah, August 25.—Considera
ble excitement exists in this city over a
report which appeared in the Wood River
7 imes of last evening that a party of cow
boys started for the Yellowstone Park to
kidnap President Arthur. Sheriff Farry has
detailed two trustworthy deputies to look
it up. with instructions to summon a
strong posse and arrest the kidnappers if
the facts are as stated.
The Times says during the past two
weeks a number of strangers, all well
provided with good riding animals and
tire arms and resembling a partv of
regulators or Texas cowboys, have been
camped on Wilcox creek, and con
siderable curiosity has been ex
pressed as to the intention of the partv.
Some accounted for their outfit by de
scribing them as a party organized to go
up into the Indian country on a propect
ing trip, while others believed them to be
a party of Arizona rustlers. During
several days past some of the partv
have ridden through the towii
in a defiant manner and mysteriously dis
appeared. From a man who came in to
day it is learned that the partv, who in
duced him to join them and make certain
pledges of secrecy, were organized to pro.
ceed to the Yellowstone Park. They left
last night, going on the stage-road, and
the informant escaped during the
night. The object of the expedition
is to corral and capture President Arthur
and his party and to spirit them away
into mountain fastnesses and caves where
they will be led but kept i>risoners while
the members of the party act as pickets
to prevent them being surpr sed and cap
tured while negotiations for ransom are
conducted.
The Captain or leader of the party has
an idea that a heavy ransom will be of
fered by personal friends of the President
after a search for the President’s party
shall have been given up, anil
that half a million dollars or more
can thus be extorted from
the Secret Service fund and divided
among the party on the principle adopted
by the Italian banditti. The escaped
member of the party says that there are 65
men in the outfit, some of whom were
guerrillas in the late war, and that
hye wild Shoshone and Bannock In
dians go along as guides and scouts,
who are armed with repeating rifles
and scalping knives. The leader is a
Texas desperado, on whose head a price
has been set, and with the exception of
two Italians, who left the railroad grade
and flew, the others of the party are cow
boys. A grand council was held night
before last on the prairie, when every
man swore by his dagger in the firelight
to do his duty.
THE WICKED CHIKICAHI AS.
Past Misdeeds to Go Unpunished to Se
cure Future Peace.
Washington, August 25.—The foilow
ing was received at the AVar Department
to-day:
Headquarters Dep’t Arizona,)
Whipple Barracks,
PreSCOJT, August 7, 1883. I
To the Adjutant General of the United
States Army:
. >IR —Referring to the communication
from your office of July 19th transmit
ting copies of the correspondence from
the Governor of Chihuahua and the Min
ister of Mexico with the Secretary of
State, with reference to the punishment
of the Chiricahuas who surrendered to
me in Sierra Madres, I have the honor
to state that I am in full sympathy with
Governor Terracas in the" ultimate end
sought—that is the welfare and se
curity _ of life and property in both
countries. Though the Chiricahua
prisoners are doubtless guilty of many
repeated acts of hostilities 'and outrage
both in Mexico and the United States,
they are now’ prisoners, and surrendered
with the understanding on their part that
their past misdeeds would not be i
punished, provided they behaved them- i
selves in the future. To attempt now to !
punish those who are on the San Carlos
reservation as prisoners would be an act
of perfidy and bad faith, and would un
questionably not only prevent the return j
to the agency of the Chiricahuas left
in the Sierra Madres, but would
precipitate an Indian war
which would be more serious
in its results upon the interests of the two
countries than any which has preceded it.
Inasmuch as both countries are rapidlv
developing and new’ interests and indus
tries are constantly being inaugurated,all
of which offer new’ facilities for plunder
and destruction, it would be almost as im
possible to exterminate the Chiricahuas
on their mountains as the wolves and
coyotes with whom they share the posi
tion of the Sierra Madres, and so long as
any of them survive so long would the
carnival of death and depredation con
tinue. I believe firmly that an ex
act acquiescence by our government
in the terms upon which these
Indians understand that they are to be al
lowed to live upon San Carlos reservation
appears the only possible means of pro
tecting the lives and interests of the
people of Sonora and Chi
huahua as well as our own country, and I
am as firmly convinced that if the present
prisoners are treated with good faith, not
only will the renegades, now in the moun
tains, return, but also that neither coun
try will hereafter have any reason to
complain of depredations or outrages
from them.
[Signed] George Crook,
Brigadier General Commanding.
A copy of this communication has
been furnished to the Departments of
State and the Interior.
FRANK JAMES TRIAL.
Tne Noted Witnesses Put in an Appear
ance When Wanted.
Gallatin, Mo., August 25.—At the af
ternoon session yesterday in the James
trial AV. F. Eastman and James Moffatt
testified to knowing .lames under the
name of Woodson. Mrs. Sarah Hite was
called and her testimony received with
breathless attention. She said: “When
I married George Hite in Kentucky he
had seven children, four of whom were
boys. Clarence, John, George and
Wood. In March, 1881, the defen
dant came to our house with
Dick Liddell and Jesse James, all armed.
They came back .the next month acting
as though frightened and watched at the
windows with guns in their hands. I
didn’t see Frank Janies on the 27th of
April. Mr. Hite’s first wife was Frank
James’ aunt.”
.The defense declined to cross-examine.
After further testimony of minor impor
tance the court adjourned until this
morning.
St. Louis, August 25.—A special from
Gallatin. Mo., to the Post-Dispatch says:
“The Frank James trial was resumed at
8 o’clock this morning, the first witness
called being Dick Liddell. The defense
immediately objected to the witness on the
ground that he was a convicted felon, hav
ing been found guilty of grand larceny in
Vernon county and sent to the peniten
tiary.
"Prosecutor Wallace responded that he
had a copy of full pardon restoring Liu
die to citizenship. Objection was then
made to the copy, the defense insisting
that the original pardon should be intro
duced, and then the attorneys on both
sides consumed two hours in argument.
At 11 o’clock Judge Goodman ordered a
recess to give him time to consider the
point, which is one of great importance
to the defense.since Liddell’s testimony is
vita Ito the prosecu t ion.
Ex-Gov. Charles P. Johnson|stated this
morning that the testimony would all be
in by next Tuesday evening, and the ease
be given to the jury on Wednesday.
Telegraph Rates to Buenos Ayres.
Buenos Ayres, August 25.—The com
mercial public of this place are much
pleased with the reduction of telegraph
charges for foreign telegrams via Galves
ton. Before the establishment of the
American line the charge was $4 60 per
word from the United States via London.
The new rate just announced from the
United States is $2 92 per word, The new
land line to Brazil, in connection with the
Central and South American Telegraph
Company, via Galveston, will soon be
opened, and followed by a further reduc
tion of rates between the United States
and all places in Brazil.
Battle Creek. Mich.. Jan. 31, 1879.
Gentlemen—Having been afflicted for
a number ol years with indigestion and
general debility, by the advice of my doc
tor I used Hop Bitters, and must say they
afforded me almost instant relief. ’ I am
glad to be able to testitv in their behalf.
Tips, G. Knox.
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 26, 1883.
A GIGANTIC .4BSORBER.
History of the Western Inion Telegraph
Company.
Rochester Union.
Before the United States Senate sub
, Committee on Education and Labor, at its
session, on the 19th in New York city. A.
H. Seymour, a telegrapher of over thirty
i years' experience, gave some interesting
information in regard to the development
and progress of the telegraphic industry.
Mr. Seymour stated first that the telegra
phers of the country desired the interfer
ence of Congress in eitherof two respects.
The first was that a government tele
graphic system should be established, un
der the regulations of the civil service
reform law; or that a law should
be passed similar to that which
was enacted in Pennsylvania in 1873.
The latter prohibited, ' under a heavy
penalty, the lease or consolidation by one
telegraph company of any competing line.
The witness preferred, however, the gov
ernment system. This was adopted, 0 he
said, in] England in the vear 1836. ’ It
that time the number of telegraph offices
belonging to the private lines in Great
Britain was 2,588, the number of miles of
wire 5,600, and the number of messages
transmitted 65,000. The statistics of last
year showed the number of offices had in
creased to 5.500, the number of miles of
w i re to 110,000,and the number of messages
transmitted to 31,345,861. The press dr
vine his also been greatlv benefited bv
government management and 25,000
wordsiaday were now sent where 1.000 was
the largest number formerly. All
the improvements from invention’s durim r
this time had accrued to the benefit of the
public instead ot to a private corporation.
I bis had resulted in a general reduction
ot tariffs in Great Britain, but although
there bad been as many improvements
made in this country, the corporation
which had bought them up had only made
them a means of inflating their ’stock.
By means ot the introduction of the quad
ruplex system in this country the capaci
ty of the Western Union Company had
been increased to the extent 0f‘75,000
wires, and yet there had been no reduc
tion in the tariffs.
The Western Union had swallowed up
about forty different corporations, The
original company was called the New
A ork and Mississippi Valiev, and the first
lines purchased were the Erie and Michi
gan lines, in 1856. These were owned bv
Ezra Cornell, and consisted of a two-wire
line between Buffalo and Milwaukee and
cost about $150,000. The former ’cost
about $250,000. The consolidated line
were thence forward known by the name
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. The stock was increased to $4,000,-
000, which was the first instance of the
watered system.
1 he next acquisition of importance was
that us the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
Louisville Company in 1857, which began
with a lease lor ten years, but before the
end of the first year the stock was conver
ted into Western Union. The line cost
about $400,000, and the Western Union
stock was consequently increased to $5 -
0<)0,000. Shortly afterwards, two compa
nies, one in New York and one in Penn
sylvania, were absorbed, thus giving the
Western Union an outlet at the seaboard.
? as the New York , Albany
and Buffalo, a line 500 miles long and
costing $250,000. The terms on '
which the purchase was made was that
the stockholders of the bought line should
receive three shares of the Western Union
stock for each one held by them. The 1
other line extended from Philadelphia to I
Pittsburg along the line of the Pennsylva- I
nia Railroad, having a capital stock of
$600,000. This occurred at the beginning I
ot the war. In the meantime, and soon
afterward, the Western Union absorbed !
about twenty small lines in the Western i
States, extending through Ohio, Indiana !
and Illinois, aggregating about 1,800 miles '
ni length, and they were paid for in stock i
of the \\ estern Union Company. The I
capital stock of the Western Union had ;
neen increased from time to time until in i
1863 it amounted to $11,000,000, which, ac
cording to Mr. Seymour’s estimate, rep- I
resented about two and one-half millions !
oi actual value. The stock was then sell
ing in the market at from 200 to 225 per
cent., and in that year the directors of the !
company declared a stock dividend of 100 I
per cent., which increased the capital I
stock to $22,000,000. |
This was considered at the time, the |
witness stated, as a master stroke of
financiering, and Mr. Orton was soon
called to the Presidency. Under his man
agement the policy ot the company was J
to make its revenues proportionate to this j
vast amount of capital. In 1865 the i
American and United States companies I
were purchased, and their existence was j
merged in the Western Union. The wit- |
ness was not provided with figures to J
show the details of these transactions,
but promised to furnish them. There
was no further acquisition on the part of
theWestern Union until 1874,when the Pa
cific and Atlantic Company was leased for
ninety-nine years. Its capital stock was
sß<o,ooo, and probably cost less than $500,-
000. The price paid was $2,000,000 of
AV estern Union stock, with interest at 4 i
per cent, on $4,000,000 guaranteed for the I
whole period oi the lease. The Southern '
Atlantic was also leased at about the
same time, under the same conditions, j
except that the interest guaranteed was 5
percent, on $950,000, the capital stock
being $333,000. The actual cost of the ■
road, Mr. Seymour thought, could not be |
more than $250,000. Neither of
these companies had ever paid dividends
on their stock at the time of the lease. '
The most important acquisition up to that '
tune was that of the Atlantic and Pacific
Company, in 1877. The company had a 1
capital stock ot $15,000.000,and it had 10,-
000 miles of pole line. The AVestern Union
first took only an interest in the com
pany to the extent of 72,500 shares at a
par value of $35. This was paid for by
12.500 AVestern Union stock at SIOO na’r
and $912,500 cash.
A Story of Dumas and Paul de Kock.
ForF Tribune,
That exceedingly prolific and entertain
ing but drolly improper writer. Charles
Paul de Kock, who in his life was denied
entrance either to the French Academy
or the Legion of Honor, and who since
his death has as yet received no sculp
tured tributes, is to have a monument at
last—some time. The Municipal Council
of the Commune of Les Lilas, near Paris,
has voted SIOO for that purpose. It is
strange that such a hero-worshipinir and
Zola-read m g people as the French should
not have treated Paul de Kock’s memory
more generously. Ot course, in his books
he was gross and immoral; but he had
his good traits, too. He never abilsed
the Church nor meddled with politics;
and as a son, a husband, a
father and a citizen his life was
blameless. Alexandre Dumas used to re
late that once, spending the evening in a
highly intellectual company, the hostess
invited hot- cruoota oach to llrivsv up a lint
of then living French writers whose
works seemed surest of descent to pos
terity. From these lists the eight names
having received the greatest number of
votes were taken to form a final roll of
honor. Dumas, by his own request, was
left Aors concoMrs, and to him, as arbitra
tor, the final list was handed for approv
al. He read the names of Hugo, Lamai
tine, Alfred de Musset. Balsac, Alfred de
A igny, George Sand, Montalembert and
Beranger. “I cannot indorse your choice,”
said he, “there is lacking the illustrious
name of the most popular of all living
novelists, who has had and will have
many imitators, but never a rival. His
name must be added. Strike out Mon
talembert and put in Paul de Kock.”
This award was unanimously approved,
and Dumas used to say afterward, with
a chuckle, that all the ladies in the com
pany privately confessed to him that they
would have voted for Paul de Kock in the
first instance “only they were afraid,"
France’s Mistake.
Rome. August 25.— I?Diritto points out
to France that her fatal blindness has
left nothing undone to alienate the friend
ship of Spain, Italy and England, and
hopes that she will repair her faults and
avert the perils which beset her.
Captain Kress Acquitted.
AVasiiington, August 25.—The court
martial which tried Captain John A.
Kress at san Antonio, Texas, for neglect
of duty in exceeding the amount appro
prited lor the erection of military out
posts, has acquitted him.
A Wire Factory Burned.
AVhite Plain s, August 25.—This morn
ing a fire bro£e out In the v/ire factory at
Annsville. near Peakskill. The buildings
were soon a heap of ruins. The loss is
about $75,000. Two hundred and fifty
hands were throw n out of employment.
Sexton Beats Schaffer.
San Francisco, August 25, —Sexton
won the 1.000 point billiard match in
twelve innings. Schaffer scoring 7:30. The
highest run was 431 and was made bv
Schaeffer.
Indulgent parents who allow their chil
dren to eat heartily’ of high, seasoned food,
rich pies. cake, etc., will have to use Hop
Bitters to- prevent indigestion, sleepless
nights, sickness, pain, and. perhaps,
death. No family is safe without them in
- the house.
PENSACOLA’S QUANDARY.
THE DOCTORS DISAGREED AS
TO THE DISEASE.
Some Asserting that the Cases are
Yellow Fever and Others Taking the
Opposite Ground—No Further Stam
pede by the Inhabitants of the Quak
ing City.
Pensacola, August 25.—Later reports
state that Mrs. Owen and Paymaster
Brown are sick with the prevailing fever
at the navy yard. Theodore Rush, the
Quartermaster, is dead. The people of
the naval reservation, being surrounded
by a cordon and having heard nothing
from their appeal to the Secretary of the
Navy, have issued an appeal tor help to
the public
The statement from Washington that
the house to house inspection ordered bv
the Marine Hospital service haddeveloped
cases pronounced to be yellow fever is in
correct. They were under charge of the
Marine Hospital surgeon before the in
spection commenced.
Milton abolished the quarantine against
Pensacola to-day. One year agoto-dav yel
low fever was announced. Sickness was
then general. Another epidemic may come
this year, but to-day’ Pensacola is abso
lutely healthy and the jieople av> qopelul.
It is reported that Secretary Chandler re
pudiates the contract under which
Civilian Surgeon Harges went to the naw
yard at SIOO per day.
Di s. Huson, Renshaw and Bravey pub
lish a card in to-day's Commercial assert
ing that Surgeon Murray, of the Marine
Service, is wrong, and that the eases
''ere yellow fever, provided Drs.
w hite and Fordham, who had charge
ot the cases, gave them a cor
rect clinical history. Public confidence
is firm in Surgeon Murray, of the naval
reservation. Two new cases ot fever are
reported—Lieutenant Wniffie, of the
-Marine corps, and the wife of Paymaster
Brown. No deaths are reported. ’Bv au
thority of Surgeon General Hamilton a
house to bouse inspection was commenced
at Woolsey and Warrington to-day.
Washington, August 25.—superin
tendent Jewell, of the railway mail ser
vice at Atlanta, has been authorized to
issue the necessary orders for the fumi
gation of the mail matter arriving at
Jacksonville, Fla., from Pensacola, if it
can be done without expense to the Post
Office Department.
The Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital service received the following
telegram from Pensacola: “The inspec
tion reports are satisfactory. Only a few’
houses were found unclean, and those re
ceived immediate assistance. There is no
sickness of a serious nature in the city.
Mr. Murray reaffirmed the correctness of
his post-mortem. The doctors here are
much excited over it and the people much
elated. The cordon is perfect. 1 inspect
the same three times a week personally.
The navy yard reports three cases.
[Signed] Guttman, P. B. H.”
About American Widows.
W. I’. .Morning Journal.
Samivel Weller’s admonition *to “Be
vare, Sammy, of vidders,” is not now
more generally potent than it was on his
own hopeful. So many ladies find the
black veil and dress, with the widow’s
trill, so becoming that thev wear the
“ weeds ” long after the allotted period of
mourning, and there are instances where
the sable attire is adopted from fancy.
The modern boarding-house is the para
dise of the widow, and no boarding-house
is complete without one. There is the
rich widow—aged, the relict of an aged
husband, with whom she toiled in early
life up the hill of time; young, having
been left by an old husband who did not
marry until late in life, when he had
made his fortune. There is the demure
young widow, who ekes out a living by
fancy work or teaching. There is the
young widow who is accompanied by her
mother. The poor young widow gener
ally has one or two small children. °
Between the married flirts and the wid
ow s, the young miss has to make a bold
fight, because she has to otSot their ex
perience with her youthful freshness; and
they can often, without the aid of dress or
cosmetics, produce effects equal to her
own, while she can only acquire her tact
and skill by time and practice.
Every community has its rich widow’
who succeeded to an immense estate
which she manages with a skill worthy
ol her late liege lord. The rich widow is
generally fair, fat and forty, while the
poor young widow, who is her rival, is
pretty and demure. The youthful beaux
first make a desperate onslaught on the
last named, who repulse them because of
the unsatisfactory condition of their ex
chequer. Then they fly at the rich old
lady, one of them generally succeeding in
winning her, her rival finally wedding
some bald, insipid old Croesus.
In this city a careful statistician attached
to the health board estimates there are at
present 250,000 widows in this country,
50,000 of whom are independent; 50,000 of
whom live on elegant incomes; 50,000 of
whom are supported by their own or their
late husband’s family or relatives; the re
maining 100,000 earning their own living.
That the widows of wealthy men are
not always well provided for, a recent
case in the courts furnishes evidence.
The widow and daughter of no less a man
than the late Jesse Hoyt are suing for an
increased allowance, claimimr that the
income afforded them under a trustee is
not sufficient.
Among the richest widows may be men
tioned Mrs. W. K. Garrison, Mrs. Mar
shall O. Roberts, Mrs. A. T. Stewart and
Mrs. Paran Stevens, both of whom have
been reported several times to be again
contemplating matrimony. Dame Ru
mor had it at one time that President Ar
thur would lead Mrs. Roberts to the.hy
menial altar, but nothing has ever come
ol it. Mrs. Stevens has been reported to
be engaged to several gentlemen, but re
mains true to the memory of the late la
mented. Mrs. Steven's is probably the
richest widow in this part of the country;
there is one richer in California, the
relict of one of the bonanza kings. Mrs.
A. T. Stewart’s age proteets her from the
rumor of matrimonial intentions. Mrs.
E. D. Morgan is a rich widow.
When the widow has a marriageable
daughter there is often the same contest
between the two that there is between
two sisters, while tne more experienced
woman often carries off the prize as
often as the youthful daughter triumphs.
The latest ease is that of a rich young
widow living in the fashionable locality
of Beacon street, Boston. She summoned
from abroad a sweetheart of her youth,
whom she had discarded because he was
poor, but the gentleman found the
daughter more attractive. made
love to her and finally married her. An
incident the reverse of this agitated fash
ionable circles in Harlem not lonir since,
me suitor ot a aaugnier, wnom he met
abroad traveling with some friends, and
whom he accompanied home to prosecute
his suit here, transferred his affections to
the mother. It is rarely, though that the
affections of the widow are trifled with,
and it is rarely that a widow figures as
principal in a breach of promise suit.
Where They Get Their Grog.
New York Morning Journal.
“But let me tell you a curious fact, of
w’hich you are probably not aware. I
could name a dozen or so thoroughly
respectable dress-makers’ establishment's
in New York where the whole of the busi
ness is not dress-making. Some of the
profits of these places come from the sale
of beverages. The love of conviviality is
not confined to men Men hate
their saloons where they can go everv
time they feel inclined to do so. But
a lady who wants a glass of champagne
or a brandy julep, what is she to do?
She cannot take it in her own house be
cause the servants would talk, or the
children being around, would see the bad
example, and no lady can. of course, go to
any barroom or restaurant to drink. Her
refuge is the convenient dress-maker’s.
“The bills sent in by the modiste, there
fore. as you can readily see. are not always
as exorbitant as they seem. The husband
exclaims at the outrageous charge of $460
for a dress that he can see nothing extra
ordinary about. But the wife knows,
though she cannot admit it. that S2OO on
that bill represents champagne and so on.
The drinks are occasionally given gratis,
but you mav lie sure that they appear in
some form in the bill."
A lawyer who has had several cases
which he hag compromised very cleverly
fur qne of these big dress-makers was
asked about this, and he said: “Os course
you won’t quote me, but there is a great
deal of truth in what you say. I know
that my -lient. in detailing her business,
had told me that she could not get on at
all if she did not satisfy the demardg ct
her customers in this way They would
leave her and go to the dry goods houses,
where they would have'to pay less for
their work. These feminine barrooms have
become a necessitv ot the dress-making
trade."
A Quick Trip to Queenstown.
Queenstown, August 25.—The steamer
i.ity of Rome, from New Y ork for tlds port
and Liverpool, arri, ed on Urowhead to
day. The time of her passage was 6 days,
30 hours and 33 minutes.
OLD JEFF'S LITTLE QUEEN.
A Famous Frontiersman's Tender Love
, for the Star of the Casino.
Old Jeff Miller, the well-known Texas
frontiersman and desperado, was mor
tally wounded by the Mexican police at
Monterey, Mexico, while terrorizing the
citizens of that town on Wednesday last.
Ho was at the time on a regular “shout
’em-up ” drunk, and was Shot in several
places before he was conquered and
captured. One of his wounds necessita
ted the amputation ot his right leg. and
the operation was too much for him. He
quietly passed away, his only regret being
that he died at tlie hands for “greasers.”
The Texas correspondent of the Phila
delphia Times tells an interesting love
affair in the life ot the old frontiersman:
Jett Miller was a State ranger years ago.
attached to a frontier post-town subject
to attack at any moment from numerous
bands of Comanche and Lipan Indians.
The town was small, but boasted of its big
dance-hall and a great many gamblers
and sirens, who made things lively. There
was a ball every night and usually
two rangers were in attendance to pre
serve the peace. The bright particular
star of the Casino was a willowy little
blonde, about twenty years old, who re
joiced in the euphonious name of “St.
Louis Sal.” She had many admirers and
she had not been an inmate of the house
twenty-four hours before a man was
killed because of her coquetries. Jett
Miller manifested more than a passing
fancy for the curly-headed nymph and was
apt to be jealous when she lie’stowed her at
tentions on other men. One night during the
progress ot a great ball two cowboys be
came involved in a quarrel over Sal. Pistols
were drawn and a duel seemed imminent.
The fair cause of the difficulty screamed
with terror and threw her white arms
about the neck of one of the men.
“Don’t quarrel!" shejeried. “Don’t.”
The man to whom she was clinging
shook her oft’roughly and at the same time
discharged his pistol and the man he was
facing fell dead with a bullet through his
heart.
lie turned with the smoking pistol in
his hand just as a second shot ranir out
in the crow ded ballroom and he, too, stag
gered and fell. A little round hole above
his temple indicated that the fatal bullet
had entered his brain. He never moved,
and Jeff Miller w alked forward, pistol in
hand, and lifted up the frail woman on
whose account two men had just sur
rendered their lives. Her bore her to the
little adobe house in the rear of the Casino
where she entertained her admirers and
laid her on the bed. With tender care he
washed away the blood and chafed her
cold w rists until thej blood began once
more to bound through her veins. She
breathed and with a feeble moan opened
her eyes.
“You are all right now, Sal,” he said,
kissing her. “Lay quiet awhile.”
“Oh, Jeff!” the cried, and started up;
“it was so horrible. Did he—was any
body killed?”
“They are both dead!” was Jeff’s an
swer.
“My God!” moaned the wretched wo
man, and covered her face W’ith her hands;
“it was all on my account.”
After a little while she threw her arms
about Jeff’s neck and said: “I have been
bad and wicked, Jeff, and I did not realize
the full horrors of my wretched life until
to-night. If you will only be kind tome
and help me to henceforth lead an honest
life I will be your slave. Don’t retuse
me, Jeff. Take me away. lam sick of it
all.”
There was, perhaps, a shade of sadness
in his voice when he answered her.
“I do feel sorry for you, Sal?’ he said,
“and I'll help you all I can. To-morrow
I will take you away.”
Society at the post was much astonished
the next day when it was announced
that “St. Louis Sal” had “retired” from
the Casino and had been placed in a little
“jocal” on the outskirts ot the settlement
by Jeff Miller. The relations between the
pair were very happy, so far as an out
side observer could judge, and if not his
wife, Sal was just as true and faithful to
him as though a dozon legal ceremonies
bound them together.
One night during a quarrel in a saloon
a gambler who was a dead shot fired at
Jell', and he would probably have been
either killed or badly wounded, but just
as Hie gambler’s finger pressed the trigger
a woman with yellow hair sprang be
tween him and the target, and when the
smoke from his pistol cleared ayvay “St
Luis Sal” lay at his feet bathed in
blood. She died in his arms a few hours
later, and he buried her under a big pecan
tree and set up a rude stone cross, on
which was chiselled the two words:
“Little Queen.” He never spoke of her
afterwards, but took to drink again, he
having “sworn off” at her request and
quitted the service.
Old Jeff’s later history teemed with
tales of fights and bloodshed, but he was
always considered a square man. He al
ways expressed a wish “to die with his
boots on,” and if he did not, it was no
fault of his.
The “Thirst Dance” in Canada.
Kdnionton Bulletin.
Our correspondent gives the following
interesting account of a thirst dance:
“The dance commenced about sundown on
Monday, and was kept up until the same
time on Wednesday evening. The dancers
were dressed as fantastically and painted
as hideously as possible, and kept goose
bone whistles between their lips, making
unearthly sounds with them, while danc
ing to the music of the drum and the eter
nal ‘hi-ya’ of all concerned. They were
allowed to sit down when the'music
stopped, but as long as the drums kept
going the dancers had to keep going too.
They were not supposed to either eat,
drink, or rest otherwise than by squatting
down when the. drumming ceased for
the forty-eight hours that the dance
lasted. On Tuesday afternoon an Indian
named Tongue Master went through the
mill by allowing two wooden pins to be
put through the flesh of his breast
and then fastened to a rape which
hung from the top of the cen
tre pole. His part of the
perlormance was to lean back and let the
greater part of his weight come on the
pins as he was dancing; but he found
•tfiat it was a more painful operation than
he had calculated on and gave up. An
other Indian went through the same per
formance on Wednesday, but with much
better grace. A sham tight on Wednes
day afternoon was a little exciting, as
guns were tired at very close quarters, so
close indeed, that one of the fighters had
his cap blown off’ by the powder from a
double-barreled shotgun. After the sham
fight, the brave ones, both men and
women, related their experiences in kill
ing Blackfeet, one woman saying that
she had scalped a Blackfoot while he was
yet alive. This statement was greeted
with loud applause. We had intended to
give a report of some of their speeches,
but found that the language used was not
altogether as pqjite as was desirable, or
indeed necessary, for publication. To
ward evening on Wednesday presents
were made to the spirit by those who had
been unable to continue in the dance the
allotted time, or who had failed to torture
themselves as they had vowed to. The
show came to a close on Wednesday even
ing at sundown,”
One of French's Stories.
Sergeant-at-Arms French, in a lecture
upon “Ten Years About the Senate,” re
lated the following: “Lyman Trumbull
was another great lawyer and a good deal
of a statesman. Like Fessenden, a de
bater, rather than an orator. A sharp
man, distinguished by great acuteness of
discrimination and accuracy of statement
and of judgment. Not as strong a man as
Fessenden, but in many traits like him.
There was a time, while Mr. Trumbull
was Chairman of the Senate Committee on
the Judiciary, that Benj. F. Butler was
Chairman of the Judiciary' ( ommittee of
the House, It was during this period that
a delegation from one ot the Southern
States visited Washington with a de
sire to secure the impeachment and re
moval of the Federal Judge of their State.
They interviewed Mr. Butler as to the
probability of carrying such a measure
through that session. ‘I don't know,’ was
Mr. Butler’s reply. ‘I am Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee of the House.
The necessary action can tie had here.
But Lyman Tiumbull is Chairman of the
Senate Committee, and Judge Trumbull
is troubled with two things—the dyspep
sia, which makes him miserable, and ’a
conscience Which makes him uncertain?
In tiiese modern times there may be many
others besides Gen. Butler who would
sneer at a Senator for being g«aght in
Washington with a conscience, but there
must be left some of the old-fashioned
people who. in their simplicity, would
honor the man all the more,”
i’a.viug vp the I’enkjons.
NV vsiiingigx, August 35, -The Trea
sury Department to-day Issued warrants
tor $9,500,<MX) on account of pensions,
making a total ot about $26,000,000 paid
out on that account during the present
month.
Mr. Cool White, business manager v t
Hooley's Theatre. Chicago, Hi,,' says that
his total receipts for the past season of
fifty consecutive nights, footed up the
neat sum of $250,590, a weekly average of
$5,011 80.
PARLIAMENT PROROGUED
VICTORIA DRAWS A ROSEATE
VIEW OF HER AFFAIRS.
Egypt s Occupation Again Proclaimed
Only- Temporary—Friendly Relations
with France—lreland’s Condition Pro
nounced Much Improved—The Lords
Agree to the Agricultural Holdings Bill.
London, August 25.—Parliament was
prorogued at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
The Queen's speech proroguing it refers to
the continuance of harmonious relations
with foreign powers. The administrative
reorganization of Egypt, though retarded
by the outbreak of the cholera, has
steadily advanced. Her Majesty reasserts
that the occupation of Egypt is only tem
porary. She says that the aim thereof,
which has been explained to Parliament,
remains unchanged. Communications
with France concerning the occurrences
in Madagascar have been conducted in a
spirit of friendship, and she has no doubt
that they will lead to a satistactory re
sult. Her attention has been and will be
steadily directed to all which may affect
the rights and liberties of her subjects. The
working of the convention with the Trans
vaal Government has proved in certain
respects unsatisfactory. The Ministers
and confidential envoys dispatched from
the Transvaal will discuss the mattei
shortly. The condition of the Kingdom,suf
fering from the depression of agriculture,
has in most districts shown some degree
of improvement. The general state of
trade and industry is sound. She says
that she can refer’with greater satisfac
tion than on some former occasions to the
condition ot Ireland. The provisions of
the land act have been brought into wide
operation, and the late combination
against the fulfillment of contracts,
especially for rent, have been in a great
degree broken up. There is a marked
dimunition of agrarian crime, and assas
sins, having murder for their object, have
been checked by thedetection and punish
ment of the offenders. Her Majesty re
fers to various measures to which she has
given her assent, and which she hopes
will advance the interests of all. She re
fers to the legislation of the session in re
gard to Ireland, as evidence of the anxie
ty of Parliament to promote the prosperity
of that country.
The House of Lords, at the last moment,
agreed to the agricultural holdings bill.
The Standard, in commenting on the
close of the session of Parliament, says
that the weakness and divided counsels ot
the opposition during the session have ex
tricated the Ministers from their worse
straits. The Ministers mav take heart for
the future when they remember the mar
velous impunity which they have enjoyed.
A LIBBY PRISON STORY.
How Major McCarthy Owned Up.
Philadelphia Record Washington Letter.
Another Libby prison story. As all the
world knows it was and is a great tobacco
warehouse several stories high. At one
end a broad well stretched from the roof
to the cellar floor through all the interim
diate stories. In time ol peace the great
hanks of brown and yellow’ tobacco
passed up and down this well in ceaseless
procession all day long. At night I guess
the spiders have it all to themselves.
During the war, however, when Federal
prisoners crowded out the tobacco and
the spiders, the well was chiefly used at
night. It economized illumination. A lan
tern at its foot did something to give each
floor a glimmer. It- economized guards.
One at the foot covered with his two
eyes, and especially his two ears, a good
deal of territory. It is not difficult to
imagine quite an impressive scene in the
old tobacco warehouse. Floors packed
W’ith men as boxes are packed
with “sardines” on the coast of
Maine, a lantern burning dimly here
and there, and a long stream of light
flowing up the well and breaking in cir
cles on the unceiled rafters. Imagine the
stillness, the sadness, the loneliness of
that crowded old box. One night Major
McCarthy (that wasn’t bis name, but
never mind), a tall, broad-shouldered,
red-faced Irishman, with a big heart and
a jolly soul, whom everybody loved de
spite bis jokes and tricks, whose sleeping
place was half-way down the great
room in the top story, found him
self unable to sleep. His hands
were always idle those days, so that
when he was aw ake he went from one
piece of mischief to another, and nobody
begrudged him the fun that so few could
share. It helped to keep hope alive and
the devil out. It was the most natural
thing in the world, therefore, as the Major
lay there wide awake,, looking at the rip
ples of light floating up the current from
the lantern far below, for some tricky idea
to take possession of his mind. It prompt
ed him with irresistible prompting to rouse
his next neighbor, a happy go-lucky fel
low’ like himself, and take him down the
lopg room to the well. Noiselessly the
Major’s friend awoke, and noiselessly the
two men glided dow n the heavy floor, which
could not vibrate beneath'their tread,
to the bright spot at the end
of the room. The Major had no
well-defined purpose in mind
nothing more than a desire to look down
a forbidden well. It was forbidden;
wasn’t that enough ? It certainly was for
the Major and his friend. But upon look
ing down they saw the poor fellow at the
bottom—a half fed, halt clad white-haired
country boy—fast asleep, his tired head
rolling on his thin left shoulder, his hands
clasped on his gun, so that he kept it in
place between his legs and over his right
shoulder as he sat on his little bench nod
ding at the lantern on the ground before
him. A demon of fun entered into
them, casting out their fears and scru
ples. Without a word thev turned
together to the swill-barrel, noise
lessly raised it and poised it on the edge
of the well, then they lifted it over the
edge. “One, two, three —now I” counted
the Major slowly. As he said “now” the
barrel slowly descended to the next floor,
then faster to the next, and so on until it
reached the bottom of the well. As it fell
the Major and his friend slunk back to
their sleeping places, choking with laugh
ter that could not be uttered. The sleep
ing guard below, warned by some occult
premonition, awoke just as the barrel start
ed downward. When it reached the bot
tom he had rolled deftly off his bench into
the corner, and had his gun in his hand.
But it struck the lantern squarely with a
crash that awoke nearly everybody in the
building as the stream of light suddenly
ceased to flow up the well. Everything
was still for a moment, for no
one dared to speak or stir, and then the
guard, having found the well again, fired
thiougll it **t IL-* nrfif Hie ziin the
next guard, his the next, and so on until
tho alarm had gone the grand rounds of
the city and the forts and then the fleet in
James River, and, as the Major afterward
said, “the crash of that barrel was heard
at the other end of the Army of Northern
Virginia.” The shivering prisoners heard
every shot, and the baying of the dogs and
the rumble of the cannon just outside the
prison walls made them tremble. In a
very short time the Captain ot the guard
came tumbling in with lights and bayo
nets. Every floor was examined and the
roll was called in every rp.om. “An,
ha!” said the Captaiq of the guard
on the top fioci, “their barrel is gone. We
have the culprit.” Then he called the roll.
“Now, some of you fellows did this,” he
said, when roll-call was ended. “No use
lying about it. Might just as well own
up and face the music.”’ He stopped and
looked at the prisoners. The silence was
unbroken. “Very well, very well,” he
said, with an oath, after he had waited a
moment or two. “I]read and water for
the whole room till we have a confession.
Forward, march I and the prisoners lay
down again and watched the stream of
light flowing up the well again until
morning. Next day they breakfasted and
dined on bread and water. I guog; ihey
skipped lunch. And eg it wa» <jn the next
day. Each day at roll-call the Captain of
the guard asked for confessions, and each
day the confessions were withheld. On
the third morning, at roll-call, tt\e gallant
McCarthy, who was as wcdl-knoWn to the
guards as to the prisoners, stepped from
the ranks. “Captain,” he said, “I’m get
ting tired of this bread and water diet. I
can’t live on bread and water (slapping
his brawny chest;. I’d as lief die by a
bullet as by starvation. Some cowajdly
sneak in the ranks here was guilty of the
crime (here hie eye twinkled suspi
ciously), and he is not man enough tu
Confess. Now, I don’t like, to see a
room full of fipe fellows suffer for the
fault at a miserable wretch like that.
Rather than have them pine away on
bread and water I’ll take the responsi
bility and say I did it. Now take me
away, and give them poor devils some
breakfast.” Perbags ,iie Captain didn’t
join in tbe laugn that followed? Pergap.
uot. but McCarthy, led'away witn all the
tftarks us disgrace, was brought
back ia an hour or two, the hero of the
bouse, and with him came the old rations,
such as they were. To the end of his iu.
prisonment no ol£ Uimseif and his
Ue rual culprit,
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS.
LIFE IN A PIGMY WORLD.
A Physician Who is the Victim of a
Strange Hallucination.
Philadelphia Press.
Dr. Tyman Santee, a resident of Lu
zerne county, who at present is visiting
some friends at Danville, has had perhaps
the most remarkable experience- on rec
ord. The doctor is a man of medium size,
about 30 years of age, of great intelli
gence and undoubted veracity. Though
there is nothing in his manner to suggest
anything unusual, yet the world in which
he moves could not be to him more unlike
our own if he lived on another planet.
When Dr. Santee was ten years younger
he one day took a stroll, ascending an
eminence of considerable height at some
distance from his father's house. The
view from this point was delightful in the
extreme,extending awav for miles toward
the north and west. Ear below the ad
miring youth swept along the broad river;
beyond it were the rolling hills, which
farther on swelled into the rugged moun
tains, where range beyond range rose
higher and higher till the last hazy sum
mits mingled with the wonderful ’blue of
the summer sky. It was late in the day,
and the great red sun hung in the golden
west.
Tyman Santee, who in earlv life was
somewhat given to idle fancies, on the
solitary mountain betook himself to the
strange task of contrasting the size of his
frame with the magnitude of the scene l»e
--forehim; and it seemed to him that he
was onh a manikin clinging to the clifl
above the plain. While indulging in this
and similar thoughts he became bewil
dered. and the size of everything around
him suddenly diminished to one-tenth of
its former dimensions. The great pine at
his side became a little sapling, the huge
mountain on which he stood but a little
mound, the river below appeared only a
silver thread, and the setting sun but a
blazing star in the sky. The great earth
itself, from horizon to horizon, seemed
only a few acres in extent, while the sky
appeared to have fallen toward the earth.
TRANSPORTED TO LILIPUT.
" Alarmed at this strange occurrence,”
file doctor remarked, in conversation the
other day, "I left the mountain and hur
ried homeward. The road seemed no
wider than a cow-path and the fence on
each side only a few inches high. I came
to a horse and carriage standing by the
roadside. The horse looked as small as a
poodle, and the buggy by no means as
large as a baby carriage! Farther on I
met a man—here 1 was struck with
amazement. He was the first fellow mor
tal 1 had seen since I had been transferred
to this liliputian world. He was surelv
not more than six inches in height. I
gazed on my own frame and saw that 1
was of the same insignificant statue.
‘•ln giving the dimensions ot the di
minutive objects with which 1 found my
self surrounded,” the doctor explained,
“when I use the denomination ‘inch,’ 1
refer to an inch as it appears to you and
as it had appeared to me all my life.
Likewise in comparing the horse to a
‘poodle’ and the buggy to a ‘baby car
riage’ I refer to a “poodle’ apd a “baby
carriage’ as they appear to you. Ot
course, to me, these objects were now in
finitely small.”
“I cannot describe my feelings,” Dr.
Santee continued, “when I entered mv
father’s house. Everything was so pain
fully small. The house itself was only so
high-”
As he uttered the last sentence he held
his band about two feet and a half above
the ground, then, after a moment, he went
on •
“There was my little mother, smaller
than myself, moving around like an ani
mated doll, preparing our evening meal.
Then my father came in, a miserable
dwarf like myself. There was the table
and the liny dishes containing our plain
food, the little chairs, etc., all no larger
than the toys I had played with in mv
childhood.”
THE HALLUCINATION VANISHES.
The next morning when Mr. Santee
awoke he was gratified to find that ob
jects bad recovered their proper dimen
sions. Soon after this he began the study
of medicine and graduated in Philadel
phia in 1875. He, however, preferred the
life ol a teacher to that of a physician;
and from the start stood foremost in the
ranks of successful instructors.
In 1879, while engaged in teaching, Dr.
Santee again suddenly found himself trans
ferred to a miniature world. He has since
dwelt there, surrounded by a pigmy exist
ence. He seldom alludes to his strange
experience, and then only to his most
intimate friends. He continues to teach,
and his work is followed with its usual
good results. He has become accustomed
to the remarkable state of things around
him, if not actually reconciled to his lot,
and scarcely hopes to revisit the old
world he so well remembers, but which
he is permitted to see only in nis dreams.
Ts IE SCRUGGS’ CASE.
Interesting Proceedings—Anticipation of
a Lengthy Trial.
Correspondence of the Sunday Telegram.
Gibson, Glasscock County, August
24.—The trial of Dr. E. G. Scruggs,
for the murder of Adrian Underwood, an
account of which has been published in
the Homing A'etrs, was commenced
this morning. The court room was crowd
ed. Judge William Gibson, Hon. E. 11,
Rogers, School Commissioner of Glasscock
county, CoL B. A. Lane, and James White
head, Esq., are defending the- accused.
Considerable interest is being manifested
in the proceedings. The first witness call
ed was Mrs. Underwood, whose
testimony was very important. She
took her own testimony down in writing.
J. D. Johnson was the second witness
called. During his statements he was
often cross-questioned by counsel, who
several times got him into close quarters.
Thirty-four witnesses will be examined.
The case will occupy the restot the week.
Dr. Scruggs sits by his counsel, and ap
pears to be calm and collected. The State
is represented by George F. Pierce, Jr.,
Solicitor General’, and Thomas E, Wat
son, associate counsel. M. E. C.
Two yueer Russian Hoels.
.J/OAffOW JVVtM.
The warm season is the season of duels.
While gentlemen shoot each other with
pistols or pierce each other with swords,
the common folk settle their troubles in
their own way. Recently near Kalish two
Polish peasants, blacksmiths by trade,
had to settle the question which one of
them should have a girl with whom both
were in love. Without much ado they
armed themselves with the heaviest ham
iners they had ami began the tight. The
one swung his dreadful weapon straight
at the head of his antagonist, but the lat
ter skillfully avoided the blow, and then
in nis turn he swung his hammer and
crushed the head of his rival. He trot the
gm.
In the Crimea two Tartars quarreled
on account of their common sweetheart,
and they agreed to settle their troubles in
their own way. Without any artificial
weapons, the}' met each other as the
bucks do. striking each other with their
foreheads. J'hey made half a dozen
rounds; blood flowed froiy. both of them,
yet neither of the Tatars would yield.
After another furious round, one of them
fell down exhausted. Being crazed by
defeat, he drew his knife and cut his
throat on the spot. The winner, crowned
w’ith a wreath of bumps, repaired to bis
sweetheart, whom he now possesses alone.
The Life-Raft.
Elizabeth {K. JHerald..
Dr. IL Chatfield, thecoal-dcalei, has on
his coal-shed for protection against fire
two buckets which are at all tunes filled
w ith water, The pigeons in the neigh
borhood, sparrows, and other birds flock
there in numbers to quench their thirst,
and much fighting and chirping are the
consequence. In many instance, some of
the smaller birds, while Lilting on the rim
of the buckets [aguting, are precipated
headlong, into the w ater, and, not being
wee.footed. have a bard time of it- getting
out. Recently a young sparrow (which
breed seems to be endowed from birth
with iightint' qualities') fell into one of
the ui.il. and could not get v ut.
its loud chirping soon brought its
parent, which alighted ou the pail, and,
seeing the scrape her offspring had gotten
itself into, began, to all appearance to
scold it. Presently it flew awav and
brought back with, ii several more birds
and, with their combined efforts the little
half-drowned tighter was fi«hvd out. The
mod- of rex ue takeu uy the older spar
rows was tv pick up sticks, stones and
atiier particles that would float. When a
sufficient quantity was in the bucket, the
drowning sparrow grasped, .he now com
pleted life-raft and was saved, when it
hobbled on the ;ht,-d. its plumage all be
draggled, and the fight seemed to have
m.t it entirely.
Mr. S.haw Liberated.
p *K|s., August *2s.—The government has
received a telegram from Admiral Pierre
the French Commander in Madaga-xmi’?
stating that the trial of Mr. »haw, the
English missionary who was arrested by
the Franco, has resulted in the dismissal
of the charge against him, and he has,
therefore, been li berated, and has arrived
at the Island of Reunion,
AT DE CIIAMBORD’S BIER.
A GRAND CORDON SURROUND
ING THE DEAD COUNT.
One of His Lifeless Hands Grasping a
Crucifix—Throngs of Peasantry at the
Chateau—A Large Legacy te Pope
Leo XIII.—His Confessor’s Impressive
Act.
Frohsdorf. August “25.—The body of
the Count de Chambord lies clothed in
evening dress and deeorated with the
Grand Cordon and with the order of the
Holy Ghost. His hands are folded over
his breast and in one of them is a crucifix.
Wax tapers are burning at the head of
the corpse.
The First Chamberlain of the Emperor
Francis Joseph will be present when the
will of the late Count is opened. As the
deceased enjoyed ex-territorial rights he
was not subject to the ordinary laws ot
Austria. As soon as the news of the death
of the Count Itecame know n the inhabi
tants of the villages around Frohsdorf
throngMl to the chateau where they at
tendetr mass. Telegrams of condolence
w ith the family of the dead prince poured
in all day yesterday. As the Count was
dying his confessor, raising his hand, ex
claimed: “Ascend to Heaven, son of
Saint Louis.”
The f ount loft a large legacy to the
Pope. His Holiness has telegraphed to
the family of the deceased his condolence
with them in their bereavement.
Paris, August 25.—The Councils Gen
eral of the Departments of Vendee and
Loire Inferieure adjourned out of respe.it -
to the memory of the late Count de C'ham
bord.
/.<’ (Republican believes that
the disunion of the Bourtion and other
monarehial elsments will become wider
than it was before the death of Count de
Chambord.
Le Francaisc (Conservative) says that
the Count de Paris, conforming to’ tradi
tion, will relinquish the title of the Or
leans family and assume that of the
House of Bourbon. Le adds
that the royalists are neither divided nor
scattered. The two parties of conserva
tive France are made aw are of their faults
by their misfortunes. and will
henceforth lie united. The future is no
longer doubtful. We are certain that the
transition w ill occur. The constitution
permits us to look forward and strive for
a revision.
London, August 25.—The Daily .Yews
in an article on the Count de < iiainbord,
says: '“His death like bis life, will not af
fect French politics. The event," it says,
“belongs to the romance of hisforv and
not to its business.”
The Times says it sees little ground to
anticipate any movement in France fa
vorable to the Orleans Princes, who.it
thinks, w ill not be so ill advisedTfSTo iir_ ■■■*»
their claims, which at the present time,
are entirely hopeless,
St. Petersburg, August 25.—The
•Journal St. J’etersburg expresses a
hope that Frame may lie spafed from anv
dissension arising from the death of the
Count de Chambord.
Berlin, August 25.—1 tis generally
thought here that the Count de Cham
bord's death will have no influence ou
French politics. •
\ IEN N A. AugUSt 25. - />/.- -av-.
that tlie will of ithe Count de Chambord
was opened Friday, and that nothing was
found referring to the political wishes of
the Prince.
OLI> COULDOCK.
More Good Ones That are Told of the
Veteran Actor.
Those who have seen the play of “Wil
low Copse” will do doubt remember the
great scene in the fourth act where -“Luke
Fielding” Joses his reason. At a particu
lar point in the scene “Joseph” enters
driving “Meg” before him. The young
man who was intrusted with the part
of ““Joseph” had the business ot the scene
given to him very carefullv by Mr. Coul
dock. All went well until night, when
“Joseph” was late iu coming on, which
killed the effect aimed at. All were in
doubt as-to the action of Mr. Couldock
when the curtain fell. The people went,
under the stage to hide. Mr. Couldock
went to his room. “Joseph,” not hearing
any call for his presence, ventured brave
ly forth, and in order to reach his dress
ing-room bad to pass that of Mr. Coul
dock, w ho, seeing him, called to him to
enter, which he did rather nervously. In
vited to a seat, he was asked if he smoked.
“Joseph” replied he did. Couldock gave
him a cigar, when the following con verdh
tion took place:
Couldock—How long have you been in
the profession ?
Joseph—Two years, sir.
1 ouldock—W hat salary do you get?
Joseph—Twelve dollars per week.
Couldock— When do you get it?
Joseph—Every Wednesday.
Couldock—What do you pay for board?
Joseph—Five dollars per week.
Couldock—Are you married?
Joseph- No, sir.
Couldock—Do you mind taking a bit of
advice?
Joseph—(Overjoyed at his reception )
No. sir.
• 'ouldock—AVell, if I were in your place
and got sl2 every week, paid $5 for mv
board, andJiad no wife to support, I w ould
take the other $, and go to a second-hand
store, buy a cheap axe and cut off my
d—d head if it did not have any more
sense than you,ve got.
Exit Joseph, crestfallen.
When Pittsburg, at the Old Drury,then
under the management of Win. Hender
son, the support accorded to Mr. Couldock
on his opening night was such he could
not conceal his disgust. So, when meet
ing Henderson the following morning, he
said: “Henderson, here’s a chance for
you to get a new company very cheap.”
•‘Where?" asked Henderson. “Out on
the empty r-oal barges which have just
come do •• n the river,” replied Couldock.
While at the Howard Athena urn. Bos
ton, many years ago, Mr. Couldock was
playing ‘’Louis Xl,”—a marvelously fine
piece of acting. At the matinee perform
ance the comedian used a hen and
rooster in a cage as props in one of the
seei»es ot a farce. No time to retire it
before morning, the couple were
placed near the property-room door
and the cage, covered up. During
the last scene, where “King Louis”
awakes from a supj»osed death
a !'d V'*' '-•'own from the head of
.* Ihe Dauphin,” who was about to place
it on his ow n head, a super wandering
hbont the stage accidentally discovered it.
Ihe rooster, thinking from the suddeu
flash of light it must be broad day.flapped
his wings and gave a loud crow. “King
Ixiuis” dropped the crown; the audience
yelled with laughter, some one rang down
the curtain, and the. audience left the
building.
Long I'.ranrh Scenes.
Sen York Sun.
A Long Branch tent is pitched a little
back from the beach. A correspondent
writes that he heard a loud voice therein
describing the tortures of the ilammil. It
said that here was the lake of tire and
brimstone, with sinners-bathing in it hor
ribly: that over there were tnvriad souls
being punctured by the devil with his
fork; teat beyond was a vista of infinite
ly varied torment; and all this was stated
with a positi ven< 4 HS> that made one best
tate at the entrance to prepare himself
for something startling. But the scene
was quiet. Only the oratory was dis
turbing. Nine women and four men were
a lonesome audience. The preacher,
though, w ithm six feet of his furthest au
ditor, counting only those inside the tent,
shouting with all his vocal might.
I he writer surmises that this was prompt
ed by a desire to reach the ears ol unin
tentional hearers who were rolling past in
tine equipages, lounging on breezy
verandas, and smoking ungodlv
tobacco, and, above al), disregard
ing ills admonition to make a crowded
congregation ip his Gospel tent. “Within
the sound of his voice, too,” the observer
asserts, "was the son of an English no
meioanengaged in the sinful and decidedly
vain attempt to beat a professional gam
bler at the gambler’s own game. At this
very time there sat at the roulette table,
among many others, the largest New York
city dealer in beef, an officer of the Stock
Exchange, a bank President, and a fa
mous lawyer. It was evident that the
young Briton was one of those who believe
that the gaming madness can be reduced
to rout-hod at the outside of the table. He
iu«l a pencil and a sheet of paper, and
was keeping >» record of the numbers as
they were called. It cost him less than a
hundred dollars, so far as I observed, to
vest his system, though it is not likely that
he stopped with that trial. He seemed to
nave an idea that each number was bound
to win an equal number of times w’ithin a
certain period, and that by making a table
be could determine eventually how to put
bis money on the right spots.’'’
Atlanta Post Otiicp Qfficiala Reuseved-
Atlanta, August 25.—Ex-Governor
Benjamin vonley. Postmaster at Atlanta,
and i»ve attaches of the post office were
removed to-day. The removal was wholly
unexpected by the public- The caused
said to be general dissatisfaction.