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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
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VOL. XX.
AN ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
A Village Belie, Locked in Her Room,
. Manases to Eacape with her Lover-
A Lpray, Va., -pedal says: About
twenty miles front tjiis town, in Page
■county, live- a farmer named Chalk's
Adatns whoso daughter, Miss Bertie,
age seventeen years, has for the past
year been quite a belle in the neighbor
hood. Mi llertie is a graduate of a
Catholic college in Maryland and a
fine musician. In addition to these
accomplishment*, she 'was pretty, in
telligent and rich. Her mother made
no secret of her determination that
IJertie should only marry a rich man.
Alexander Wat-on. a voting man
living iti the sabte vicinity, was only
a poor farmer with about KXt acres ot
land, hut this did not prevent his tai
ling desperaltdy in love with Miss
Bertie. Watson is a handsome fellow
of twenty-live, industrious and popu
lar among his acquaintances. Miss
Berne gave him encouragement ami
about two weeks ago caused a scene
by hiding her head on her father s
shoulder and confessing that she loved
the young man and wanted to marry
him.
Mr. Adams seems to have given a
conditional promise to consider the
question. .Mrs. Adams, however,
proved hard-hearted, and when voting
Watson next called to take Bertie out
driving Mrs. Adams turned him out
of doors. Site supposed that she had
effectually parted them, hut on
Wednesday discovered her daughter
and her lover in conversation about
two hundred yards from tin? Adams
mansion. Mrs. Adams thereupon
locked Miss Bertie in a second slot)
bedroom and announced that the girl
should stay there until she had promis
ed never to speak to Watson again.
Bate in the evening Airs. Adams dis
covered Watson a.-sisiing Mi-s Bertie
out of the window by means of a lad
der. The intende.l elopement was in
terrupted and Miss Bertie recaptured.
Watson was threatened with arre-t
and Bis sweetheart was*put to bed.
Mrs. Adams removed all in r child's
clothing from the room except the
night dress, and locked her in thubed
,l:oom after nailing down the window
sash. On Thursday evening Watson
visited the house while tlie family
slept and interviewed his sweetheart
tli rough the closed window. The girl
was compelled to rise from the bed
wrappeif in tlie hedciotliing,and place
iter car to a crack in the window in
order 1 1 listen to the loving words of
her uiiliresomo admirer. She ex
plained to him her predicament in
the matter of clothing, and then they
arranged for an elopement last night.
Watson’s brother-in-law is an engin
eer on tlie Shenandoah Valiev rail
way and runs an engine north from
a little water station near the Adams
mansion to Luray.
At -1 o'clock this morning lie had
ids engine in wailing at the water.sta
tion, with fires burning brightly and
a full head of steam on. About 1
o’clock young Watson drove to the
Adams mansion, carrying in his
light wagon a full suit of ladies’
underclothing, with a black siik dress,
hat, veil, gloves, etc., which his roster
prepared for him. The programme
was for him to pass the clothing to
his sweetheart through the window,
and after she had dressed she was to
fly with him to the waiting engine,by
which they were to reach Burov.
When Watson arrived at the Adams
residence about 3a. in., he found to
his dismay that during the long drive
over the rough country road, the
bundle of clothing had bounced out
and been lost. In despair, he seized
1 ■ 1 rringe robe which lie Jiad brought
along nod mounted tlie ladder to Miss
Adam's window.
The girl was waiting in tear arid
trembling, sitting on a chair near the
window with the bed-clothing wrap
ped around her. Watson explained
the mishap and desperately proposed
that the girl should come with him
anyhow. It took a half hour of
pleading to induce her to accede to
the proposal. Thelover finally gain
ed his poirft, and forcing tlie window,
entered the room. Under Miss Ber
tie’s direction he wrapped her trem
bling form up in a blanket. Then lie
enveloped her in the carriage-robe
and carried her down the ladder.
When near the ground the ladder
snapped in too and Miss Bertie
screamed as they fell about four feet..
They were uninjured, but as they
regained their feet Mr. Adam’s head
shot out of the window and he cried
to them .*o stop. Watson sprang at
the tv 1 if* seemed halt'inclined U>
obey, and throwing her aetoss his
shoulder |an to the wagon.
Ten iliinutes drive brought them to
the :atlro:ul. ;lt was now broad day
light, and as the lovers climbed into
a ab they eaught sight of Mr. Adams
riding madly toward them, lie lired
a shot-gun and roared at them to
stop. The engine was at one© started
and was soon flying toward Luray at
the rae of ihirtv-tive miles an hour.
They stopped just outside the village
and the two men took turnskin ear
rying the half uwroiisetbns giil to the
hd\is(‘ of a friend. Here sheA\ as sup
plied with proper clothing and about
U o'clock a. in. went into Luray
Governs* with tier lover where they
were married. Mr. and Mrs. Watson
then drove leisurely, home.
‘•HOWS THI.M-S’*
A ('arete**Question Provoke* a i'ili
xoiiN W rut la inn Iturbor Shop.
(From tin* St. Louia Republican.)
“You Jtos never shaved in do old
country ?" raid the Ha f her, as he lath
ered away at the customer's chin.
■■Xu? Veil den liev a vev a shaving
dere dot few in di- country know
envihing about. They have a paste
which is spread .over (le ft ce. it rest
dere ten minutes and then a wooden
spoon vjll IclvOir do poll'd.
There Were some in the phop who
remembered this process which
thought it sounds like a yarn, isa fmt
The paste if left too long oil the face
will blister it. but if scraped oil' at
tin* expiration often or twelve min
utes, the hair conics with it. At this
singe of the frc.h ntilie dicussion on
beards and pales, Citizen Hub'ftll'any
entered. Something hail occurred to
ruffle the usual equanimity of Citizen
Tiffany’s diposition and lie plumped
into a chair with an ominous and
truculent thud.
"Hello, Sir. Tiffany,” said a pert
young dude who was getting his Bair
clipped : "how's things?’ - Citizen Tif
fany glared at the too f ca’i in
terlocnlor.
"How’s that ?” he growled
."How’s things ?" chirped the youth
blithely. Yon know what I .meant
how are you ? how's thing!?
.‘‘Oh mlghtv. ,j'"t forbearing Hea
fiearken unto lid- idiot 1” ' cried Mft
Tiffany dramatically. ‘‘llow’s thing*
What things? Things! A gentleman
cannot walk into a barbershop, and
sit quietly down to wait, for a shave
without being asked by some Clm.-I
forsaken lunatic, . "how's things?”.
"What do youtmeauby thi-., anynow
,and Citizhu Tiffany inarched th-cat
ening’y on tlie horror-stricken, and
thoroughly alarmed dude.
“Why I only—you know,” stam
mered the quivering victim of tlie
citizens wrath, f only—well I—how’s
things ?”
"Now, by the ghost of him whose
revered name I boar,”declaimed Alr-
Tiffanv. “I’ll make a haggis of you 1
Yet. hold! llow’s things? It’s too
late, too late,” ami liohisng his c.ain
before him rapier faslion Air. Tiffany
made auexit which Bawrcnce Barrett
in his best days might I have equall
ed, but never excelled.
A nr.nnu and ljis family residing
on tlie Decatur division of the Botlis
vitio and Nash villa railroad recently
attempted one pf the most sensational
swindle* oft lie day. There are ten
chrildrcnjn the family,and-the hus
band and the wife find it hard
work to feed *o iriany.nhjuths. At a
family counsil there was a long di
eussion of ways and means and it was
timihy decided that ono of the children
should sit on the railroad track and
be run otter by Hie passenger train.
The parents would then take advan
tage of the affair to sue the company
for damages with which the remain
ing youngsters could be fed, clothed
and educated. Out of the boys was.
so much struck with the prospect (hat
he volunteered for of the other
Shortly before the train was due he
tok his seat on the track ami wilted.
The train came thundering along.
The little darkie held tlie fort. He
was true gnt until the train got with
in about ten feet ofhimwheu he gave
an unearthly yell and with a bound
into mid air made tracks for the
woods. The authorities iuTesfigwteft
the matter aud the above facts all
came out, A more cold-blooded con
spirally to defraud a railroad 1 and
destroy human lrfe lias never come
to light.—Marietta Journal,
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1883.
THE PARTING OP LEE AND HIS
GENERALS.
The final parting was in front of
Bee’s mansion in ljk-hgmnsj. tfvo
days after Bee’s house
is an ordinary sqnaVc brick, standing
alone on Franklin street, one square
from the capitoh All tlie other
houses on the square are connected.
Upon the afternoon of. the second
day after the surrender people in
that vicinity were surprised to see
come riding up the street from the
south of a company ot Confederate
horsemen. They were unarmed.
Their gray uiiiforijts wei-o woKji,
soiled, and often tattered, their trap
pings old ami patched. They wore
slouched hats, and here and there
was a leather remaining of the once
smart and jauntily drooping plume
ol ilief'oitt('derate cavalrymen. They
were bronzed and browned and
bearded. They sat erect and came
oil with the splendid horsemanship
for which they were tinted. Upon
t lie collars of some of the gray jack
ets could still lie seen the,tailed and
tariiislied gilt-tars, the emblems ol
the wearer’s rank.
In front of them redo Bed. His
two hands held the loosely swinging
reins and rested upon the pbntn.uk
His head was bent and hiscyes wore
ltihking straight ahead from under
his downcast brow, blit lliov seemed
to see nothing. ll s , '
As the troops eanterell up lb ills
old home his house stopped at the
gate, and he aroused himself sudden'--
ly, as from a dream, and cast his eyes
upon tlie familiar windows and then
around over t lie group of gallant sol
diers whojha ißfo 11 aw ml hi* forlunes
.for fnurbiooily yearsnml gone down
in deical under his banner.
The cud of it all luid come at last,
He threw himself from ids horse, and
alibis companions followed his act ion.
They stood hat in hand, with an arm
through the bridle lvin, while Bee
went from man to man, grasping
each hand,.looking intently into each
face as tliongh he would press it upon
his memory forever. Than hcjiirnci!
and .walked through the gate and tip
the steps to his door. Asa servant
opened Hie door he paused with his
left foot upon ilmvcramla, hi, right
upoirtße last step, and looked back
.lor,;the last time. ,NTot a word bad
been spoken, not a good-by uttered.
There was no sound heard but that
of sobs as I pose unkempt and grizzled
heroes of a hundred battles leaned
their heads against the shoulders of
their horses and wept,
Bed gave one look, and broke down
at last. His hands were over Ids
eves, his frame shook with soils, as Be
turned quickly arid disappeared into
his lonely house. With (ho closing
of the door.behind him ended forev
er ilie dream of the Southern Con
federacy. Cincinmili Comritcrciul-
Gazcllc.
TUE ATLANTA I'OST-lIITICE.
The slaleujcjjt is made that ex-
Trcasuref Joini W. Ttenfroe is apply
ing to bo appointed postmaster of
Atlanta, Oa. Any one who is ac
quainted with Mr. lienfroc’s career
as a publicyofßcial will bo startled to
learn thm-his chance* for success are
good. It i equally startling to be
told that lie lias the unqualified in
dorsement of Senator Colquitt,of May
of Hillyer, of Atlanta ; of Judge Wil
liam H. Hammond, of Chief Justice
Jackson, and a large number of oth
ers of Atlanta’s best citizens. Gov.
McDaniel virtually indorses him. Mr.
Regime i.s so unlit a man for the po
sition that his name ought not to be
considered at all. The Democratic
party in Georgia will suffer and pos
sibly lie split in two, if such men arc
forced upon it as occupants of high
offices, by Senators Colquitt and
Brown. If President Cleveland can
not find any Democrats in Georgia
with 'dean records, to fill the offices,
he may as well leave them to the
Republicans. Hon. X. .1. Hammond
is said to bo strongly opposing Ren
froe’s appointment. The Macon Tel
egraph is warring against it. The
Constitution “wig-wags,” as usual,
in obedience to its “Simon.” How
such men as Colquitt Jackson, Mc-
Daniel, Hillyer and Judge Hammond
cap indorse Rcnfroe, is a mystery,
i—Blifflh Sun.
It ia said that the A. f. and L.
railroad will be running from Amur
cus to Magnolia Springs in three
weeks.
SHAN'T’# HOOK PAPT'IIKE ()1>
, DAVIS.
Gan oral Grant's book is said to con*
tsMmUvo statements that will hardly
commend ft to persons who regard
ai'cttraey as tho first and last virtue of
liA toric,u4 work. One of them is tho
exploded story that Jefferson Davis
was captured in the costume of a wo
m ini the other tho equally nnrera
eioos story that at the opening of tho
campaign of 186! Leo had 80,000 men
iitftead of the 55.000 really under his
Mainland at that time. Equally in—
eovieet is Geit. Gram’s statement that
BtJW reinforcejjdilts in (lie campaign
\Tnrc about equal to Ids own. Hav
ing access (o the correct data of the
Coufedcratlfand the United States re
cords it may beCxnoclcd that (be Gen
qjal will yet'get these matter straigh
tened. dill.
The above paragraph wo find going
the rounds of thy ligwsiiapei's. This
i Jvhat Mr. Davis himself say, of his
capture, and we doubt not it is tlie
truth.
eMy horse and arms wcrqjyuu* the
mad on which I expected io leave? and
clqxvn which the cavalry a'pproafficd ;
it was therefore impracticable to .Oueh
them. I was compelled to-slart in the
opposite direction. As it was quile
in the,lent, l plotted up wlmUwus
supposed to be my “raglay,” a water
proof, light over-coat: it row mtbuti
fnwnrl tr> H‘ ;/
so very much like 'my own
a* Np. tie mi,laken for il ; tin /
UMS’Nfe, my wife thoughtfully threw
rer my lifftil o"slt 0 itl. I had gone per
il*]'- fifteen oi‘ twenty yards when a
•tlo'ipcr galloped up and ordered me
id halt and surrender, to which I gave
a defiant answer, and dropping the
shawl ami raglnn from my shoulder
advanced toward him.”
f As lo the strength of the respective
armies, Air. Davis makes the follow
ing statement in his book
•■By the United States Secretary of
War, (Stanton), Grant had, on the Ist
of May. 1884, two day, before bo
c.-- and the Bapidatt, 12(1,573, luid in
It•m.'f’niit qrn-. .Corps 20,7(50, or an
aggregate with which lie marched
against Bee of 141,100. To meet this
vast force, Bee had on the Rapidan
less than 50,000. By the same au
thority it appear* that Grant had a
reserve upon which lie could draw of
1J,752. B"e had practically no reserve,
so ho was compelled to make detach
ments from Ids army for Ihc protec
tion of West Virginia and other point*
about equal to all the reinforcements
no received.”
Every Man His Own Banker.
One advantage wo find in tho cre
mation idea is, that for the first time
in the world's history a mail ih able to
realize on the gold iillin*; of his teeth.
When you arc carried to a crematory
and burned to a handful of ashes, the
pure gold survives the ordeal and is
credi'ed on ihc bill ot expenses.
This arrangement, which will no
doubt become popular and general as
the innovation in our burial custom
spreads, opens a broad field of action.
People who join aid societies in order
that they may he decently lurried
when they die, can now avoid all risk
of dishonest treasurers, bad manage
ment, and forfeitures by reason of
failure,to pay tine* by simply expend
ingfSin nil sum every month at" the
dentist’s. One’s own head under this
arrangement becomes his savings
bank, Ids teeth his pass book and the
gentleman dentist ids cashier. He
may travel around with the happy
consciousness that, die When lie nuiy.
tho wherewithal to insure him crema-
lion will bn found on hi* person.
Nor js this all. How often have we
seen wills upset and bcqueStsignorcd !
Ho v often have helpless orphans
been robbed and lonely widow s de
frauded by trusters and administra
tors through investments! Under the
new dispensation all such officers can
Bij lone av. av with to a great extent.
The deceased may stale in bis will to
wliat extent his (ceil) aru loaded and
whom (he net proceeds shall descend.
All that the ordinary need do is to sift
his ashes and divide the proceeds
amongst his heirs. A pile of gold can
be secreted in otic tooth, as reference
to an ordinary dentist’s bill will show.
This matter should bo agitated by a
debating society, or elucidated in a
toothcarpenters’ convention.—Alacon
Telegraph.
A project is on foot to construct a
telephone lino from Macon down the
S. W. R. K. to Americus.
LlFj: IN OLD CKO IS til A.
llow Thing* Were Conducted 15
( Tears Ago,
(From McMHßtcr's History.)
I t was hard indeed for tho most
favoued village to grow and thrive in
Georgia. Thero tho town lifo of
Now England was unknown. Spots
which, had they been in Massachu
setts, would have boon tho silos of
prosperous hamlets, wore in Georgia
parts f great plan lations. whore anvil 1
families lived in indolence and. ease.
On augh estates the chief produc(
were negroes and tobacco. Tho silk
industry was neglected. Indigo was
ceasing to be profitable. Cotton was
just beginning to. lie extensively
grown. The staple was tobacco, and
this \vj)v cultivated in the simplest
manner with the rudest of tools, Ag
riculture as wo now know it can
scarcely be sidd to have existed. The
plow was little, used. The 800 was
the implement of husbandry. Made
alike phiiitajion smithy, tho blade
was iy-f.jrmed and elmnsy ; the han
dle was a sappling with the hark left
on. After a succession of crops luid
exhausted the soil, tho cow pen was
passed over it. Few roads were over
marked by the tires of a four wheel
wagon or a tumbrel. When the to
bacon was ready for the inspector’s
mark, stout boghead's wero procured
tlie leaves packed, the heads fastened
in. a shaft and a rude axlo attached,
and, ono by one they were rolled along
the roads for miles to the tobacco
house nearest by. Thero the mer
chants bought litem, sometimes' with
money, sometimes with such goods
as tho planters.wauled from over the
sea. The list. wn3 a long one, for not
so much as a broom was made in the
stale. Tho hooks and tins furniture,
the harpsichord and tBo spinet, (lie
wine, the linen, tho china, ami the
shoes, all cniuo In f rom abroad.
The cards with winch they gambled,
ilie couch.in which Ihc fine ladv took
her airing or went to church, jibe sad
dle on which the Hub gentlon jan went
to the hunt, wero each of foreign
make. Nor was there tiny stint of
French and English goods. Separa
ted by miles from each oilier, the
prosperous planters spent their mon
ey in the adornm ;nt of their homes,
and their time in the exercise of a
noble hospitality and the enjoyment
of tlie r jughost of sports.
Judge Speer recently sentenced
a noted moonshiner to the penitenti
ary and remarked as lie did so tiial
lie would make an example of ihc
man. The man’s name was John A.
Brown, and lie was from Campbell
comity, belonging it is said to Hie
crew of moonshiners who made Red
Oak famous several years ago. For
years past Brtfwn’s name has figured
in Ihc records of the courts. When
ever a man on (lie lower side of (he
city was up for illicit removing or
retailing, it was found nine times out
of ten, tBo whisky Bad come from
Brownes distillery. Brown is a young
wiry fellow, active as a cat and with
a hard determined face. lie isa man
of considerable ability. He lias been
before tho courts six or eight times,
pleading guilty and receiving sen
tences more or less severe lhatdid not
deter him from the commission of his
offenses over and over again. A short
time ago lie was caught by Deputy
Marshals Johnson and McDonald,
who surprised him in anew distil
lery that ho had just erected. Recent
ly when Brown was up in the court
and pleaded guilty.
Judge Speer, in passing sentence,
stated that there were distinctions be
tween the milder eases where light
sentences had been pronounced and
the offenies of tho more hardened
men who persist in disobeying 1110 law.
Hesaid he would make an example of
Brown and thereupon gave him two
years at Albany, which is tBo limit of
the law for illicit distilling.—Consti
tution. .
The cost of maintaining a first class
baseball dull is about $65,000 a year.
In the National League nines tho
salaries list, is $35,000 to $-10,000 a sea
son. Tlie traveling expenses are $lO,-
000, and the number of miles covered
by each club is about 7,500 miles.
Ground rent for the balljpark foots up
usually SIO,OOO a year, and the salaries
of home employes ani the cost of ad
vertising $3,000 more. The pay of in
dividual players $1,500 to $3,500 a
season.
NO. 28
IN AN OLD WELL.
How a Jersey Wife Punished a Persistent’
Tramp.
“If you’ll only let mo out of hero T
promise never to come near this pluco
us long as I live.” , /I
The voice came from the bottom oP
sValter Dunham’* old fashioned well
that stands directly in front of Ilia
house, a mile up the Raramus road;
“No, indeed, I will not until my
husband comps home, said Mrs.
Dunham, who stood looking over tho
well-curb; “you have bothered bio
long enough and now I’vo got you
safe.” . „ ' i
' For several weeks Airs. Dunham
had been annoyed by an uglv-look
ing tramp who loitered about tho
neighborhood, making a prelonsoof
looking for work. Every day for a
week he had called on her in the af
ternoon and askea for something to
do or a little to eaj. His actions wdko
were verv susptcKHis, She gave him
bread and lie Returning
Saturday morniiijj- ho renewed Bis
request for work, saying ho •would .
not go without something to do. Fi
nally, out of patience with him and
fearing lie meant mischief, she con
sented to allow him to clean tho un
used well. He agreed to clean it for a
small sum and asked her to let him
down carefully.
Mrs. Dunham held tho rope and al
lowed him to descend in the bucket.
When lie arrived at tho bottom sho
quickly drew it up empty, toiling linn
to wait (ill she lowered the tools to do
the cleaning with. After wailing for
over an hour ho realized that tho lady
had him saleiy caged. In vain liß
pleuded that he was ooul and stood in
water tip to his knees. Tho slippery
stones would not admit of his climb
ing, and so ho waited.
"When Air. Dunham arrived in tho
evening his wife explained tho situa
tion and together they hoisted tho
shivering wroloh. As ho einorgedMr.
Dunham administered several hearty
whacks with a stout club on ids
shoulders and lold him never to oomo
hoar his place again, 110 scampered
off. Nothing has sineo boon seen of
1 1 1 in.— N. Y. Journal.
FOND BUT TIMID.
A Bashful Lover, u Determined Father
and a Not Unwilling: Maid,
[Arliftnsaw Traveler.)
During several seasons young Parks
had been a constant visitor at tho
Abcmlcich Alorrison. Sunday after
Sun lav (lip young fellow would como
and aflcr sitting nearly all day steal
glances at Sookcy, old Abemlclch’s
daughter,ho would go homo. 110
was so bashful that when tho timo
came for his departure ho would
glide out of Iho door, jump over tho
tencc and run like a jack rabbit.
Bast Sunday lie took his place as us
ual.
“Sam,” said old Abemleicii, “whin’s
your daddy doin’?”
“Makin’ tiv a steer voice, till, hull,
huh.”
“What’s Ligo doing?”
“Ain’t doin’ nulhin’. Dun gone lo
meeting with a gal, till, huh, hull.”
“AVnut’s your mother doing?”
“Got soater bellin’on her quilt alt
is a cardin tiv her bats to-day.”
“Mado your plant lied yit ?”
“We’ve made ono uv them, but wet
ain’t made the big one wliut wc’low
en to make.
“Sam ?”
“Yes, ear.”
“Wind'stho usenactiii’sich a blamO
fool. A r ou love Sook ?”
“No, I don’t, uh, huh, huh.”
“Yes you do.”
“I don’t nuthciv”
“Yes, you do, an’ you wanlcr marry
her.”
“I don’t now, no such uv a tiling,
uh, huh,huh.”
“Yes you do.”
“ Would you give her to mo if I wag
ter wan ter marry her?”
“Yes you may have her. Como
here, Sook,” calling the girl.
“Whn t do want, dad,” she said, en
tering the room.
“Hold on Sam. Come back yon
blame fool!”
Sam had jumped over the fence and
was running like a jack rabbit. Old
Abemleicii says that tho marriage
may take place as soon as Sam “ken
ho hemmed up an’ fotch to tho house.”
Oil thrown into ponds and stand
ing waters will prevent mosquitos
(font hatching.