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THE WASHINGTOH GAZETTE. voiSxx. KENYON’S FORTUNE. .■■l ■##■*, K.t. lA.JLJ 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.”