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THE WASHINGTOH GAZETTE.
voiSxx.
KENYON’S FORTUNE.
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111-Ootton Wealth that became
Barden of Hie Lire-Dyinr HU an. I
happy. PrlemUeee Old man.
Hartfobd. March 7. — Pcleg Ken
yon. aged 60, recently diod in Gris
wold, a rural manufacturing Tillage
in thin eastern part of this Sute,
leaving property worth, it is cstima
ted 750,000. Kenyon waoO bachelor,
lank, keeu eyed and bald, and a typi
cal Yankee. Hd died a miserable
old miser. The boast of bis life was
that ho started at a mncmulst’i trade
at 17 years of age. and at 21 was
worth 175,000. lie has lived alone in
the barren Kenyon homestead for
years, an unhappy, friehdtets, old
nisi:, -tt his funeral not a tear was
shed on his bier, and there were no
particularly luleieated attendant save
a Boston lawyer. Most of bit prop
erty utfl/ffl eJotq and mortgages
in Eastern Massachusetts, and he
left It U> the heiref Henry Hender
son, an importer of West India goods,
who thrived at the Hub somewhat
more ‘han 10 years ago. ? ■ • r \
Peleg Kenvon's mother was a hard
titled Yankee widow, honest, but am
bitious. When her son left the old
farm, more than two score years ago,
just as (he ploughing for oats was
shout to begun, to seek his fortune in
a Boston wochine shop, the widow
was mad at him. She took hold ol
the piongh handles herself, and toid
Peleg never to conic back until be
had made his pile. Before a month
had elapsed lie was the butt of the
simp wlieye, he worked in conae
<jueiico of his frequently and care
lessly expressed determination to be
come a ric'i man within five years. He
was considered cranky. A year later
the gawky str pling was installed in
tlie great w rehouse of Henry lien*
derson as the night watchman, He
also did odd jobs of repairing about
the t*U<>e. He soon ingratiated him
aeltTmo the good graces of Sis employ
er by his indefatigable labors and
his .'liihfaiwb.
During the six months that follow
*d Peleg was not idle. He attended
lonely to his duties, §nif* in his I*l
- hours ho made Bret a duplicate
xev to the office, then one to the safe,
and lastly age_(Q the cash box inside
the safe. From timet* time he would
investigate the contents of the cash
hex, but never finding more than
from $2,000 to $3,000 in it, he bided
his time patiently. t -.pqo Sunday af
ternoon the h#n*e received after
banking h*urs a cash payment of $lO5,
COO for a crop of molasses. The mon
ey mas placed in the cub box ib the
office f*r af*ty. The saf* was both
fire and burglar proof, and th* pres
ence of a trusty watchman in the
bHildiog convinced Mr. Hendersen
that the great packages ot bills would
be as seenre there as anywhere.
That night, as soon as Kenyon was
lef alone he opened the safe and the
cash box, stuffed the Wilt . lute Ills
pockets, lacked the doers behind him
walked to the depot and took the eve
ning train for Putnam. Conn. At 12
o’clock tmtn'ght he was up tr,the old
homestead in Griswold. At five the
next morning he w s at the Pnfnarn
again, but minus the money, fiumlav
night he resumed his duties at night
watchman in the warehouse of Henry
Henderson. J l | i ~
On Monday, of course, there waa
an outbreak. Consternation prevail
ed in in the establishment when the
cashier, on opening the safe *t the
beginning *fbasinets hoars, f*nnd
the cash box empty. Where could
the money have gone to? The night
watchman was questioned closely.
lls knew nothing about it, had seen 1
no one abeot Die place nor in it, nor
had he been off the premises after
dark. Two detectives were put ou
the case find the uext day Kenyon
was arrested on suspicion. Ho stout
ly maintained hi* innocence, and
was reluctantly taken to prison and
was locked up. Mr. Henderson vis
ited him daily and talked with him,
but Kenyon held an unbroken front
for weeks. His business was badly
cramped by the loss of the money.
No tjrqce 0f.4 could b* found any
where. ifo one was suspected except
Peleg. and many believed him inno
cent.' Mr. Henderson walked to his
cell one day and said:
“Peleg. this thing has gone on long
enough. You stole that money.”
“Well what if I did ? "coolly replied
Peleg.
“What if yon did?” You scoun
drel. why, I’ll send you to prison for
life!”
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1885.
“No, you won’t, Mr. Henderson.
Jp n
year# only for ihe mail who steals
from ids employer,” Peleg reblied
laughingly. ,
“Yon villaiu! What do you
mean?” said Mr. Henderson.
“I can’t earn SIOO,OOO in seven years,
Mr. Henderson, and ton know I’m
bound to be a rich man. Now I’ve
got that much, and after I*vc been
punished seven vaars for taking it.;'
it’s mine, don’t you see?”
The merchant was baffled. No
amount of talk would effect the thief.
The detectives were baffled. All
their wiles had failed to secure the
money. The widow Kenyon, too,
waa baffled. She waa taken Cos Bos
ton, and with hor eyes streaming
with tears she implored Peleg to
nsako restitution. It was without
avail.
•“You fold me to inkkb rav pile be
fore I home back, mother," he said
‘•and when I come home 171 show it
to you.”
Mr. Henderson was disgusted. At
the dltd of a week he offered Peleg
Ida liberty if ha would return the
money.
“Why, I want logo to orison for it,-”
was hi* answer. “I expect to be pun
ished for taking it.”
“We'll give you your liberty and
$1,000,” was the merchant’s next
offer.
“I’ll give you SI,OOO to let me go,”
responded Kenyon.
“I'll make it $2,000,” said Mr. Hen
derson iti disn ay.
“And so will I, 'said Peleg. .
Th* offer to Konyon was slowly
increased to SIO,OOO, and he a* steadily
advanced his offer for liberty to that
amount. Mr Henderson wts now
in dispoil'. He gave up all hope of
getting the money, and arrauged his
business to as to do without it. Ken
yon was not brought to trial,
however,and two inoT.Ui* later ,*r.
H<mdoron aslxjd him submissively
what would he do.
“If you’ll let me go with a written
guarantee net to trouble rue, I’ll give
you all but $75,000 to-morrow,” said
Peleg, blandly.
“Haugod if I will,” tald the mer
chant.
Six weeks mure rolled by, and Mr.
Henderson saw fit to accept tlie terms
of the shrewd Yankee Ihicf. For
$30,000 he signed an instrument put
ting Kenyon out of harm’*
the Hon’oahar*' of the money in hit
pockets. Kenyon was released, He
went at once to Griswold, crawled
under the horse stable in the red
barn at the old homestead, and drew
forth the bundle of $105,000 in bills
intact counted out $75,000, and go
ing into the bouse, said to his moth
er :
‘Mary, there’* my pile.”
“No good will come of it, my on,”
she sternly responded.
Be leg went bscx to Boston and
psid over 130,000, first Investing his
own money skilfully in real estate,
mortgages, and loans. Financially he
was fortunate. Socially he was os
tracised. In ten years he had doubled
and treabled his fortune, but in [the
meantime his mother had died,as had
all his near relatives. Re went hack to
the old farm in Griswold, and made
it the fairest in the land. The barren
hilltidda bloteomncd like the rose
tree, fat oaltle bellewed from the rich
valleys, and fine herses neighed in
the old stables. But the honest pee
pleheld aloof from him and for the
rest of his life Peleg Kenyon lived
alone a soured and rapidly aging
man, with no enjoyment save the
piling ap and gloating over hie ill-got
ten wealth. It finally became the
burden of bis life,altho gh the story
dropped out of memory years ago,
and he waa forgo tton. His interest
in the farm died out. Last summer
he sent for his lawyer in Beaton, and
made a will in the hope of partially
atoning for the great wrong of his
life. He was found dead, alone, in
front of his treasure chest, sitting
npright in his chair.
John C. Davis, of Tuscuium, is
suffering with a cancer on his face.
The cancer has been at its fearful
work Tor about 25 years. Beginning
on his left ear, it attracted little at
tention, but in the last lew years it
has entirely censumned his ear and
the surrounding parts, reaching near
ly to the left ear and the month, and
has also made its appearance in a (ear
ful ulcer on the nose. His life hanga
in a ballance.
“Diq*,THE SHOOTER,’ 1 DEAD.
Fatally Shot by a Han Hs was Forcing to
Drink With Him.
Cheyxkne Wy., March 8 New*
has just reached this city of tho kill
ing of William Peyton in a saloon at
Sheridan, at which place ho arrived
from Allegheny, Pa., four years ago.
He was a desperate character, and
was known to the authorities as
“Dick Buckley, th* shooter.” For
four years he and his gaug terrorized
Montana, Wyoming and other Wes
tern Territories, and “flick” was
25 yeaas of age and of superior mus
cular devefipemeni, there being not
a man In the Territories who could
match him iu strength. He was a
sure shot, and when drunk would
shoot a tnan at quick as wink at him
if he refused an invitation to drink.
His boast was that there was not a
msn in the Territories who could ar
rest him. Twice a posse succeeded
in getting him to the lockup, and
there it took a dozen men to secure
him. Peyton litd a large following of
tough characters, mostly deserter*
from the army and fugitives from
justice from all over th* land. He
was a deserter from Fort Moginnis,
but the officers never made any ef
forts to capture him.
Fortho past three weeks (he“ Shoo
ters,” as his gang was called, rode
around the *lreets of Sheridan, shoot-
ing dogs and firing at persons. Sev
eral citizens were shot, aud they fin
ally determined to got rid of the ruf
fian. A party was organized to cap
ture Pelton, but he was warned, and
rode out of town. He returned the
fallowing night, however, with re
volvers and knives in his belt and de
fied tlie town and discharged his pis
tols promiscuously at pedestrian*.
Saturday moruing notice to leave
town was served on him, but ho le
plied with an oathjthal he would not
go. Ha compe!led s several persons to
drink n Ith him during the arterpqon
adding the incentive of a drawn pis
tol to these who did not seem disposed
to comply with his request. The town
people in th* meamimo were or
ganizing to aarent nim, but when they
arrived at Keese St Co’* saloon, which
he had taken po*enon of, he was
dead,
He had entered the saloon and
callwj every one up to the bar. All
knew him and complied, except P. H.
Jonea a miner.
“I sint feeling well, Dick,” said he
“and I don’t care to drink.”
“It don’t matter a if you do or
not, you've got to drink with me,”
rejoined Peytou cocking his pistol and
aiming it at Jones.
“Oh, well, Dick, if you insist on R
I will. We won’t quarrel about It,”
answered Jones laughingly. Ho rose
walked to the bar. hut quickly stepped
behind it and grasped a double-bar
reled shotgun which stood in the
corner. Peyton pulled the trigger
of his revolver and the hammer fell
but the cap was not exploded. It
snapped again twice in succession
without result, and when Peylen
pulled the triggerthe third tune Jones
fired and discharged both barrels
simulataneouelv, the contents almost
disembowel ng Peyton, wbo dropped
to the floor with his pistol still point
ed at Jones. He made a desperate ef
fort fo pull the trigger before he ex
pired, but his strongthrfailed him.
When Peyton’s pistol was examined
it was discovered that there
were three amply and three loaded
chambers, and that he had pulled the
trigger on the empty barrels. If he
hsd pulled the trigger again it would
certainly have been discharged.
At a meeting of the Columbus
Board el Trade, recently Capt. Woll
folk stated that the work of improv
ing the river was at a complete
stand-still, and thought it advisable
that some steps should be taken to
replace the recently condemned
steamer and continue the work.
There was an appropriation of $40,-
000 to the cerdit of the Chattahoochee
river at Washington, and the longer
it remained there the more it injured
the chance to got a larger sum for
that nnrpose.
The measles are raging fearfully in
Jackson county in a very malignant
form, and many are dying. Sheriff
Thomas McElhan'on has been down
for three weeks,and Is still very ill. Tho
physicians are riding day and night
and say that it is the worst epidemic
that evercame to that county.
SKaLANB AMD RUMIA.
Tore doesn’t appear to be any im
mediate danger of war between Eng
land and Russia. Fora day or two
the situation appeared to ho Some
what threatening, but it is not impro
bable that a good deal of what was
given out by the English govern
ment was but littio more than bluster.
The Write ot war with Russia is rather
popular in England, and it may lie
that the government gave greater
importance to the trouble with Russia
than the truth warranted, simply *to
draw attention away from the (life
heartening condition of affairs in tfte
Soudan.”
ThcrAppeara to be a real misunder
standing respecting the boundary
question on the Afghan frontier. It
is admitted by both nations that the
Turcomans are under Russian protec
tion and the Afghan* under English
protection. Tho Turcomans and
Afghans also admit this protection.
The Afghans and tlie Turcomans can
not agree where tlie Turcomans teri
lory ends' and the Afghan territory
begins. There are some very fertile
plains and sail hods south of Mery
which tii* Turcomans want for their
herds. The Afghans arc not willing
that this territory shall be occupied
by liie Turcomans. If the Turcomans
were granted all the territory they
claim, their frontier would reach
wiihin thirty mites of Herat, the
cnpllal of Afghanistan.
England and Russia ageed on a
commission te fix anew boundary,
and Sir Fetor Lumsdeii, the English
commissioner, went to Afghan and
located his headquarters a few miles
from where he thought the frontier
ought to be. He waa accompanied
by a considerable force, which in
fluenced, porhap* tho Afghans to oc
cupy Peujdeh, a section of country
that they lt*d never claimed. The
Russians aaoepted this as a sort of a
challenge, and they poshed thoir
forces forward until they wore with
in 150 mites iof Herat. The English
commUteteftor itorpretcd this ad
vance as a violation of tho agreement
entered into by England and Russia
and as an indication that ltussiq ip
tended to Invade Afghan territory.
He sent dispatches to his government
that resulted In a correspondence be
tween the two govern ments and stir
red tip considerable eicltemeiit.
The ltusaiaD* have not yet crossed
the line that England is willing to ac
cept as tho boundary, although Ihe
Afghans have entered territory to
which thpy never bafore made any
claim. It is now agreed that neither
aide shall advance any father, aud
that the work of settling the question
ot the boundary shall proceed. The
war cloud isn’t so black and threaten
ing as It was. Savannah News.
BILL HYBB PHILOSOPHY.
To the young the feature has a ro
seate hue. The roseate hue comes
high, but we have to use it in this
place. To to the young thero spreads
out a glorious range of possibilities.
After the youth has endorsed for an
intimate friend a few times, and pur
chased the paper at tho bank himself
later en, the horizon won’t seem to be
horizon so tumultuously as it did
aforetime. I remember at one time
purchasing such a piece of aecommo
datieu paper at a bank, and I still
have it, l didn’t need it any more
than a cat nqedseleven tails at one
and the same time. Stil the bank
made it an object to me, and I secured
it. Such thiugs as these harshly
knock the fluff and bloom off the
cheek of youth, and prompt us l#
turn the slrawbarry-box bottom side
up before we purchase it, Youth Is
gay and hopeful, age is covered wilh
experience aad scars where the skin
has beeu knocked off and had to
grow on again. To the young a dollar
bill looks large and strong, but to the
middle-aged and old it is weak and
inefficient. When we arc m the hey
day and fizz of exlstenoe, we believe
everything, but after awhile we mur
mur: “What’s that you’re glvin us,”
or words of a like character. Age
brings caution and a lot of shop warn
experience purchased at the highest
market price. Time brings regrets
and wisd m tceih that can be left
in a glass of water over night.—ln
gleside.
Charlie Martin, a son of C. 8. Mar
tin, kihed a very large otter in
Ogeechee river on March 5.
A SINGULAR STORY FROM HART
WELD.
After the surrender of the Con
federate armies and tho treaty had
keen signed, a Company of U. S.
troops passed through Franklin and
Hart counties, robbing the people,
and destroying their property. They
were guilty of tho most outra
gequs acts Of lawlessness, but as
the men had not returned from the
wav, there were none to offer resist
ance. When they arrived in Hart
well, several gentlemen were sitting
upon a piazza In front of a store,
among the number Dr. |Wobb. Th*
latter, being no longer able to quiet
ly witness the acts of these vandals,
started across tho public square for
his home. A Union soldier noting
tho movements, rode tip and demand
ed his surrender. In complying
with the request, Dr. Webb uncon
sciously threw one of his hands to
ward a breast pocket, which the Y'an
kee evidently interpreted as an at
tempt to draw a pistol, and placing
the muzzle ofhis gun wiih’tt a few
feet of Dr. Webb’s brest, fired. The
ball pierced his heart and the victim
died without a groan, his life-blood
staining the sand in the middle of
the street where he fell. The spot is
one of tlie most prominent thorough
fare* in Hartwell, and nothing but a
sandbank, vet there at onco sprang
up a luxuriant growth of grass, ex
■ cily covering the area dyed l>v the
blood of Dr. Webb, and to this day it
is seen. Hundreds of vehicles and
feet press down the patch daily, but
it. continues to flourish and remain
verdant, despite the barrenness of
tie sands. Wo were pointed out this
spot while in that town last Tuesday
and the story is vouched for by tor
oral of the most truthful citizens of
tho place. They are unable to ac
count for this little oasis in- the midst
ofdosert sands. Aflerj the asaassi
nation of Dr Webb the soldiers were
fired open by a pdssaln tho country
and returning the same, wounded a
woman who still carries the ball; im
bedded in her flesh, For weeks 0 I
singlo Yankee remained in th# coun
try robbing the helpless women and
Mysteriously disappeared, and it is
au old legend that Ills worthless car
cass was used to bait a fish-hole by
some Indignant citizen,-*ARjppg
Banner.
Tub Bolbtic for April contain* an
unusually varied and attractive list
of contents, both the subjocls and
authors being of a s#rt to command
attention. “A Word More About
America,” by Mathew Arnold, will
be read with interest. Frederic Ham
son gives a “Review of the Yoar,”
and Henry Irving has something
pleasant to say on “The American
Audience.” The celebrated English
essayist, John MorUjf, is represented
by a masterly paper on George Eiiol,
apropos of her husband’s life of her
just published. Oiherthoughlful ar
ticles of special note are “Stimulants
and Narcotics” by Percy Greg; "Au
tomatic Writing” by Frederick W. H.
Myers “Scientific versus Bulocic Vi
visection” By James Cotter Merision.
There are two bright and interesting
short stories, poems by W. H. Lecky
and Paul H. Hayne, and a number of
choice and well assorted short papers
•n subjects of popular interest.
Published by E. R.Pelten, 25 Bond
Street, Now York. Terms, $5 per
year; single numbers, 45 cents; trial
subscription for 3 menfhs, |2. Eclectic
and any $4 Jlagizine, 48.
Ruffljestcr, of Lexiagton is the
possessor of a setter dog that has in
several instances proved himself over
ly sagacious. His last feat was one
that showed great bravery and thor
ough training. A crow was winged
by Mr. Letter, and as the dog went
to bring him in hiserowship fastened
hiS bill on one of his ears, while his
other was held fast in his claws.
Though given pain, the dog did not
fag,hut brought the bird to the feet
of its master.
Master Eddie Roane of Lexington,
has in his possession an unusual cu
riosity. It iA a hornet’s nest protrified
and as hard as marble. It retains
ils original color, with it* cells intact.
It is as large as a man’s hat.
Pksnut farmers iu North Carolina
complain that present prices do not
pay for the cost of raisiug and they
threaten to try some other crop.
NO. 13
RATTLESNAKE BITE.
Perhaps there is no place on this
continent where rattlesnakos do
congregate in greater numbers than
along the Tioga River, in Pennsyl
vania. The mountains through
which that crooked stream finds a
passage are the home of the rattle
snake, and in the warm summer
months they leave their dens hv thou
sands jor the narrow valley, where
they bask in the suu fora few weeks
and tho*c that do not get their heads
bruised by the heel of man, or gets
cut tn pieces by lying nights on the
warm rails of the Corning and Bloss
burg railroad, as thousands of them
ace, crawl back to their dens in the
rocky ledges. In midsummer it is
almost a daily occurrence for some
ono to be bitten by these repliles in
the Tioga valley, and domestic ani
mal* are frequently bitten. But the
residents of this region do not look
upon the bile of these reptiles as any
thing serious. When a person is
bitten, a handful of mud or wet
clay it applied to the wound, and
fresh applications are made every
ten or fifteen minutes until the the
poison is all drawn out. Tho first
thing a native of that locality does al
ter being bitten is to seek a place w here
hogs wollow, where soft mud or wet
clay is always found. He binds on a
quantity, and soou is cured. The same
fa applied to the domestic animate
when they exhibit symptoms ot snake
bite, and their treatment is always
successful if the application is made
before the poison has gone too far.
Tt is well known that hogs are not
harmed by snake bites, and this is
accounted for by the porker’s habit
of cooling off by lying in a mud hole.
A farmer on the line of the Corning
and Biossburg railroad had a small
cur dog that matt# it his business to
kill rattlesnakes. In his encounters
With large ones, ho would be bitten
several times, but as soon as the fight
was over, |is wop Id hasten to the farm
and lay himself in a “hog wal
low” for overal hours, when he
Would ceme out free front poison. It
Is well to fortify the system with
stimulants then apply the clay mud,
and A cure is certain. The clay must be
moisl, or of the consistency of dough,
XtAJtAU’t ABBnrrxursssmM.
A good story about Senator Lamar
ha* leaked out lately. At is well
known, the senator is in a day dream
half his time, He lathe mast conn,
eous of men, btrl, when he It wool
gathering he walke along, stinting hi.
heel friends with a stony ataro, and
answering questions at random.
One day *on.o time ago, a Mr. Ellis, of
Louisiana, was sitting in his commit
tee room at tho capital, Mr. Lamar
walked in. He approached Mr.
Ellis, and, seating himself, said in his
grave and gentle way t
“Ellla, I don’t beliate you like me.”
“No,” said Mr. Elits, “1 don,t.”
“Why not r asked Mr. Lamar.
“Well,” said Mr. Ellis, “when I
first camo hero you led me to believe
you were my friend. You seemed
to take an interest In me as anew
member, and I felt honored hv your
regard. Lately you have hardly
spoken t* me. I pass you and you
don’t look at me. I dislike you very
much.” f
“But, Bills,” said the senator, “you
know it’s my way.”
“I don’t care,” said Mr. Ellis. “It’e
a bad way."
“My dear fellow,” said Mr. Lamar,
throwing his arms around Mr. Ellis’*
neck, “the next time you see mo In
that bad way just come up and punch
me in the ribs. Now, promise me
and let’s bo friends.”
Mr. Ellis promised him, and they
are friend*.
Mr. Tilden remarked tho other
day anent Cleveland: “He stands, at
once in the proudest and most peril
ious position. He has one great
posassion that will enable him to
overcome all obstacles and dangers
—a high-minded singleilea* of pur
pose and devotion to tho l met ho
hae accepted with his comparative
youth, absence from detraction by
family cares, love of„hard;work amt
determination to succeed, there is a
bright prospect of a successful and
pure administration. The task bc
fotehim is imtnenso. The depart
ments aro full of corruption. But
lie will be equal to it—be will bo
equal to it. you maybe sure.”