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10 THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES. THE INSIDE OF ATLANTA. BURGLAR RULEFOUD BACK IN THE FULTON COUNTY JAIL. The Fellow h Wave of Ciuytcn Cole- mitr, of Mrcoii—Wiiy He L«ft This City-Dr. lUwthnrnn Wants a Meeting of If In Church. Atlanta, October 7,-^Jolin Rule ford, the negro burglar who waa thot through the hipe two weeks ago by Patrolman Hteerman while attempting to burglarize the residence of Charles A. Sindall in this city, was brought back to Atlanta to-day and placed in Fulton county Jail. As soon tut the police depart ment was notified by fitatiou Agent Meban, of Lo cust Grove, that Rnlefcrd waa under arrest at that place. Chief Cot-noily and Captain Crtm took the train for Locust Grove and arrived there st an early hour this - rooming. They found Knit-ford held by Mr. William Knott, a resident of the place. To-day Mr. Knott, accompanied by Chief Contclly and Captain Crim, reached Atlanta with their prisoner. He was place d behind the bara at the police headquarters, where be remained about an.hour, when Deputy Shdriff Green called for him and took him to Jail, where he was placed In a cell. KuMord talks freely of his escape from Jail and scorns to regard his situation lightly. He says that he played off on the physi cians for three days, claiming that ho was para lysed, all Ike time planning away to escape. The night of hie escape be Rot one of the trustiea in the yard, adjoining the hospital shed lu which he was confined, to get him an axe, stating to the trusty that be wanted to trim one of the slats of bis tied, so ti at it would not hurt his wound t > lie on it. The trusty passed iu the sxe and ltuleford chopped the slat for a moment or two and then hid it in the corner for nse at a later hour. About «*)<(tnl0ht he took the axe and cut a bolo through the roof of the wooden building in which be was confined aud^crawled through to the top of the structure. He then grabbed the limb of a tree near the fenco at the back of the bu'ldlng, and twung himself in the alley in tho resr of the enclosure about the prison. Rule ford claims that he walked from tin re to Moore’s mill*, on tho East Tennrseee. Virginia and Georgia railrosd, a distance of fully ton inl and then took a train for the Jpurpose of going to Macon, bla old home, where he baa some friends. The statement about hia walking to Moore’a mills. iot believed, and as a it. the belief Is W. W. Colquitt, of the revenue department, visited quite a number of Atlanta dealers to day. It was found that they were in a slate of uncer tainty as to what they wonlti do. They do not like the idea of publishing the fact that they sell oleomargarine, and think it will largely affect its sale. A very large ^quantity of the article it sold iu Atlanta and many dealers handle It. One dealer in tbe last twelve months sold 10,000 packages of oleomargarine. If the sales of other dealers are in proportion it I* evident that the peo ple of Atlsrita arc heavy consumers of imitation butter. The revenue officers will continue their investigations on this matter to-morrow, and until the> have seen all of the dealers in this city. AUMY LIILOfci HAPPY. A COMPFTBNCY FROM HER FORMER MASTER’S DAUGHTER. An Ek-KIat* Whose Cloud In Life Had a Sil ver Lining;—Her Husband Killed Wblte Carrying His Master From the limit field. A Federal Appointment. Atlanta, October 7.—A dispatch received to-day by United Htates District Attorney B. U. Hill, from the Department of Justice at Washington, advised him of the Appointment of Howard E. W. Palmer as assistant district attorney for this district. The official 3H.appointment haa been forwarded by mail. I learned this afternoon that Mr. Palmer would accept tho position and enter upon his duties next week, probably Monday. The appointee is the private secretary of Governor McDaniel, and bus filled that position siuce the Governor went luto office. He has not yet tendered his resignation, but will do so at . Siuce District Attorney Hill's appointment there has been no assistant attorney, and tho office has lapsed into au innocuous desuetude, if such a chestnut will be allowed. There a heavy press of business tbe Unit'd fitat*s Court and the district at torney ha* hi* hands full. The salary attached to the office is only J-l/i'si, but the incumbent la net debarred of practice in other courts. Judge Palmer Is a gentleman of fine character and intelligence, a trained and aucceasful lawy The department has made an excellent appoint ment and one that will be am ptable. “ADIRONDACK” MURRAY. however, U • ib.ti.utA populsrtlistto.wisiiiet by* hack ana driv M-Ote’s Hla wife, vi.lted him at the jail taiee on the daypreetdintt the sisbt that he es caped, and It la believed that eho had a hand lu ar- ranging for hi, netting away. At Locuat Orove. ho saya. he got off the train, fearing that he would bo caught if he continued on to Macon. He intended t, lie over a train or two and then resume hie trip. Av ho left the ttalu Mr. Knott arrested him and cured the dlapetch to bo aent by Mr. Meban »o the polite euthoiitlea of Atlanta. RutoM-d claim, that the papera apell hie name arong; that bla real name I. Rutherford. and that hi. home te in Mreon. He came to Atlanta ahoot flvo years ago, and while living here he hae been employed tho greater per tlon of hla time ae a porter at the Markham and the Kimball. Heeaye that In the days of slavery he was the property of Mr. Guyton Coleman, a promi nent merchant of Macon, who died some years ago The canae of hia leaving home waa on account of bla ahootlng Dick Grace, a Macon policeman, who waa attempting (to artel him for burg’ar lung tho residence ot Mat. Uolllrg,worth a few yiara ap He haa no foera of balin' tried on tula account beta} a that Grace la deed. Since netting on. jail ltuleford hae attempted to dt.gulte blion-lf by .having off hie mouatactio and aide whisker., both of which wrro quite heavy Mr. Knoit received a reward ot $:6 Iroin the eheiiff-of Fulton county for the arrest and dellv- try of Kuiefurd. Thl. la .aid to have he n the yhird escape lroni the hc.pital department of tho Ml . — . Thi» Esual>» a ***** u r - Atlanta, October l.w-tili iicape of John Bother- foul from tbs Fulton county Jail last right is rathi r remsrkablt*, aiul should invite official Investigation, Hr Is the burglar who waa shot by police tfilerrs at the residence of Mr. Charles A. Hluda.l week be fore last For a tltno bl* condition was focslderett quits critical, and vnttt his •U«pe hia physical condition *<• reported to he such that there was little apprehen sion that lia could do much In tho wsy of an »'• tempt to escape. At the same time be was known to be a ue»,'«iate, shrewd crlm'nsL am* it Is unac countable that the. Jail cflhlala should barn re laxed their vigilance o\er him. It is understood that Mr. 8’ndall. who knew the prisoner well, noti fied tho officials in charge a few dsj a ago that if they were not very careful Rutherford would get out. It seema that hla advice was not be#ded, and his fe .ra of escape were early realised. The question sugge-ts Itself, if an invalid, shot through the hi-m, la able to make his way out of the Fulton county Jail undetected, what chance la there to hold ti many healthy. able-WJed prisoners, charged with tho gravest crimes, that are usually confined there? LATKR. With the view of securing the arrest of John ltuleford. the burglar, should be attempt to board any outbound tralu. all conouctore leaving Atlanta to-dsy were given a lull description of the ne, To-night Conductor Mehtn, of tbe Kail Tenneeser Virginia aud Georgia railroad, telegraphed to police headquarters that he had arrestod ltuleford at Lo cust Grove, as he attempted to get on the train. The cor ductor delivered ltuleford to an rift del at that place to bo held until callod fur by the authcri- tics at Atlanta. To night Chief Conuolly and Cap tain Crim <eft for Locust Grove for the purpose of gettiug ltuleford aud arresting him back to Atlanta. Fiva Yean* Enrli I . *l»* V*«» fruitery. Atlanta, October Tbo Superior Ccnit wa •eeelou all day migaged lu the trial of lltory Wortham and Nathan Worthsm, chsvged with as sault with inteut to murdvr Jesse Mci tfm about mouth age. The evidence In brief la that Me Alb* bad a girl with him walking along McDaniel eireet, tear the comer of Peters. They bad been to a social gath ering called a “ponud party,” aud wnrt? on th»»r way to another when they wore wet by the fionb- am brothers. Nathan Wortham ku* w the piri walking with Me Anri- Mad stepping np to the couple knocked tt * ►.»* i’* hat off end flapped her fere. While donw*this hr told McAffee that the girl was hie sweetheart »r d that he must give her up. McAff e did not till: k Wottham was in tbe proper frame ot Uriel to handle her gently, and terms of a surrender were at once suggested. Whtlo three were U-li g «• e cussed, Henry Wortham etepptd up behind He- Alice red plusgvd hie knife into Me- Aflec'e bock and aide five times, while NatUo Wortlum ma«le a football oot of McAff-u’s bleedlt.g body. McAffee was laid up for acv*r*l months, ai d c-c.e v.47 near leaving this world, but aatroig c* t-tt i*t».-n pulled him through, aud he livee to L*c- L‘> **»alb» ta to-day. The Jury ren dered a vrrdn-t »*< goiity as to both defendant*, and Judge CUrke interne t the#- L» a terta of five years each in the lenluntiao service c: the euie. The cose of Mollle Farmer, colored, chargsd with Infanticide, was then c*l!«d,aud w»e still ou trial at the hour of adjournment. Atlanta OlsoiiMrrarhs, Atlanta. October 7.—The oleomargarine HU will go iato effect on November let. Resides the tax Imposed, each dealer is required to print on package of the article sold. • -Oleomargarine.’’ Dealers kick abouut that reauirtment mors thao they Co about the tax imposed. The collectl u af this hi will vest npoa the internal raven* pan meat, end the cbWf officers of the aervke have keea inetnieted to vtrit the d to Ude tax. Crioael W. U. Chapman and lilVmtiiiK iuUi*iNeHqa)Mr Hu-Juwri Atlanta, October 7.—This sfteinoon it was re ported on tho streets that the interest of Co 1 .1. W. Avery in the Atlanta E zoning Capitol had been sold to several gentlemen, among them Bam Inman, W, W. Austell and A. D. Adair. TheTklkoturn called npon G. 8. Atwood, business manager of the Capi tol, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth cf the report. Mr. Atwood said that there was no truth in tho report. Later in tbe afternoon A. D. Adair was teen by tho Tkijcubaph and asked wbat he knew of tho truthfulness of the rumor. lie said: “All that I know about it is that Colonel Avery In divponing it his interest in the C. j.ltol. lie bad ten abates and haa sold nine of them. Iam not among tbe pur chasers, although a nhare was ou*mt mo. Tuo gentlemen who Invested sro Judge A. O. L jehrane five shares, 8. M. Inman one share. Green T. Dodd one share, J. D. Rankin ouo share, Rev. J. R. Haw thorne one share. As I uuderhUnd it, there is still one share for sale.” All of the purththers are prohibitionists. Dr. Hawthorn* Has S-.MUfrthiiig to Sty. Atlanta, October 7.—It is stated that for a week rtnon R*v, J. R. Ws.cthoroe has been trying to get a largo a* , .?r*isnro t* his congregation at his church fortbi purftose of * Emitting some business of importauc** m'ttiem for tuelr consideration, far he has tailed, and last night he announced that ho would give a hitn-isoiue present to the member ■ug-rstu*;: the b*s* plan. He scys that bo will uot anbwit tb»»*e views until two-thirds of the congre gation is prevent. l*r •‘(lings Sitpr tne C«ari of 0**nrgia> Ailamia. OvU-htr C.—Xc*. - end 3, Atlanta ®d. Ej. ft. All tils Withdrawn. Nos »'• 14. Jft, id sod 17, Atlanta, vitbdrawn. ;< i 7 Atlanta, City of Atlanta vs. W rod. Argued 4. it. 11 odwln, J. T. 1’endletou f.<r plaintiff; alcx nn-l-rk Tu-nb>tll enu|ta. I'smlitig the rrgnmeutof ttir ca.«» the court sd- JontLCd t-.' i» 'A l-'fit s m, bviu-.m w. Perhaps the happiest mortal in Brooklyn yesterday was Mrs Clotilda Thomas, an el derly colored woman, living on Navy street, ueur Tillary. She is Getter known as “Aun ty Cbioe," and for the past Ilf teen yeers has managed to eke out a meagre (existence hy doing waebing and iroDing. Aunty Chloe is about (15 years cf age. She is a native of P.ichmond, Va., and until a short time after the war, she rema : ned with the widow of her former master, Mr. Allan Thomas, a wealthy tobacconist, of Richmond. The latter, at the breaking out of the war, had about two hundred slaves. He and two sons enlisted in the Confederate cause, and ail three were killed in battle. ‘ Aunty Chloe" had been g.vea her freedom some years before emancipation went into effect, bnt she had steadfastly rofnsed to leave her master. The bulk of the vast for tune of Allan Thomas was swept away in the vicissitudes of war, hut sufficient was saved from the wreck to enable his widow to live comfortably, if not inx- nriously, although ebe was com pelled to give up her hand some home and remove to more modest quarters in Baltimore. She had one daugh ter, a handsome girl, who, when misfor tune overtook the family, was just budding into womanhood. Mrs. Thomas died in Baltimore in 18(10, shortly after bar rtangli- ter’s marriage to a well-to-do commission merchant of that city named Edgar Wiilis. After this event “Aunty Chloe," who hud clung closely to the family, accepted a po sition as cook in another family. Mrs. Willis was left a widow in 1877, and re turned to her former homo in Rich mond, Va. Aunty Chloe left Bal timore And came to New York, afterwards removing to this city, where she haslived ever since. During the last few years she has had a pretty nard time of it, for, as she expresses herself: “I ain't so yonng ns 1 used to be," A warm affection existed between Mrs, Willis and “Aunty Cloe." The Utter had nursed her when sho was a child, and her husband had been shot dead by a Yankee bullet while carrying his wounded master from the bat tlefield. Mrs. Willis, however, lost track of "Aunty Cloe,” after she left Baltimore, but when she died in October of 1885, just a year ago, she made a will in which she set aside a certain sum to lie used in instituting a search tut her old nurse, and in tho event of her being found sho was to receive from tire estate, during her lifo-titne, tho sum of $150 a year. Messrs. Atkins «V Lawler, of Baltimore, who had bee-t her husband's legal advisers during his life, were appointed as exec i- tors. 'They secured representatives in all the larger cities, aud Connselor John 8. Griffith, of this city, was chosen ss their attorney here. Ha really gave but little attention to the case beyond making some formal inquiries, until about four months ago, when ho accidentally came in contact with "Aunty Chloe.” The latter Was em ployed by some neighbors of the lawyer to do their wcsbiuB, and meeting tho old lady one day Mr. (irfiUtb rando some casual in quiries. enuotruiug her, which l.suited i" uio fiiscov -y that stie an tin. missb : legatee, ila imno i. lely numniuuicated with .11 r .-. A'Ll.is.t L.vler, a u yester day “Anuty Clfi's-’ was Mr el THE M-MPHI3 mil, Fontulei Si Slo. lie pert a (' bte Iacrr**e In (he Crop, Mkmi’His; Oct. 7,—In tho cotton crop re port for the Memphis district, embracing C.iVlOfi DISTRICT. titer*. *. lady sii& a. millionaire prelUt happy b;. a Mr .It tiom this firm for t amount 11 Ittr uonni'y. port for the Memphis district, emoracil West Tennessee. North Mississippi, No. Arkansas and North Alabama, to be pub lished to-morrow, Messrs. Hill, Fontaine A Co. will say: Tue weatherduriug September was fairly favorable Heavy rains prevailed after the 15th, which did seme damage and delayed picking in some localities. Till season, however, lots been more f avorable than last yecr up to this period, excepting •ri Miseis-iiipi, where too much wet weather is complained of. Picking is progres-iitg rapidly throughout the district, and it is estimated that 15 per cent of the crop hmj been gathered up to the first of Octo ber. The damage of tho orop trom drouth, shedding nAil ru-t sustained in August bits not been aggravated by unfavorable sea- us and the prospective yield of tho alia* triet indi-atee an increase of fully 7i per an', ns compared with last year. A kan- t-i and Tennessee show most favomtd* prospect*. In the formrr State the in creased yield in p'aced at l<il percent, Ten uessee at 18 per cent., Alabama at 21 per coot., while Alissiselppi shows a decrease of H per cent. Light fronts which fell-in potio ns of the disuu t. ou u»- night of October l«t veru not da in aging, and the fair weather that l,»v since pi*, vailed gives atKuranee of favorable Condi- ions, which edfie to tlu. bright prospects ot the plante r and enablis him to gather hm crop in a clean a: fi satisfactory manner. The staple is moving mpidly to market and tbeie is no disposition on 'ho p*rt of the planter to hold his cotton for higher pti- P.ABH, Ttl> Riif.BE't. ••Tal.au From tr.« Conn y .1 wd hy e So- Littluui* C;h.HUv • " Rrooklju I'tumt. Utttccr Jaiui-k Short, of the <if*h pnnnct, Uit ni;»ht ri Ituto*, nm i*i» • of ID* ftint (•« Sr-pteorier t» rohlm Morrin S’rwsLqrb.’** ri.*l »»•.•» f rislltxhiuwl No. 35o Wjitc HttLMf, E I\ A BUKGLAtl N^ATlfVUAUGUT. ll iiiint n «»n I**0|»«»» Itobb <1 by h .^I«r» K«9|*ufc .t Oft Wax Gold. PhiU«!eli>kla IVms ** ccUl. Uammonton, N. J., October II —Many myHterious ba^iHrieH huvo been coiuorittcii in this borough during the last two yt-unt, uuit all t lluru to dUooTox tho ofleadtr lu.ve »rovt*d uhMuncetiaful antilno^r. Lwt nij’ht r’t'or#* qoim* to a literary en'crtHnim-jut. Mrs. Knight, living near the Camden and AUdUlio r.rilroflil depot, noticed Charles .’lark, a '*oU known mins*71, watchina the house. Sho lturi h young man named Lin* coin Jonth and auolh.-r rritnd coino in to watch the hontus Hud then went away as though no extra |>r* caution hmlb«entaken. The eveuiog paiincd quietly until 10 o'clook, wheu Joii-k hc.trri fo rittej a on t».w front i»oroh. I he front door was opened by lueoui of u Hkeieton k *v, and . iuau stealthily euUrtd and proceeded to light a candle and go ihrou^h the honao. It was Charles Cl ok. As h« paused the parlor door Jone* and hie companions sprung up on niui. nut they wot© cjmckly knockeri out by the athletic burglo, who was making good hia e»0A|>* t when eJotiv-a m< izoo u load, ed cane sending iu a hatruck and dealt him a feuriul blow on the head, vrhich felled him to the floor. Ue was then se cured baud aud toot. Help kmoq arrived, and tbe Imrglor was remove I to the city hall, where Iris wound whh found to be very serioux. Ho wns (jtiickiy given u hear ing before the juatico ot the neaco a:id com m.tted to the county pdl at May'a binding, where ho wan taken this morning. Clark hnn la retofore been considered an nonunt citizen, and is in goo t tiuancial cir cumttauivn. It ia rndentood tint he boa made a full o >nfe»#»:on, aud tint among other crim * he conieasee haviug robbed the poil-olfloe laat year. Mticit sympaUty is ex proper; for hit* wife, who about a yrur huo iuhorited SllM.HM upon tho daalh of fl i* ln’iv * naoottl I tylor, wuo died if. a h >U* l*hil do’pMx ou fXf.tr Tr ri. yatvry <ri th i.jOgU a larg* • ■»» it • dcoik t>* *l f io:n the ri»bban i’ho robbery \ ur- at tiruo nnd ? h*» he«*»i - uce. tjmmthy t f clothing wa- wt-ro till found locked ar.d lUMilti the f• •» o "i’.g niofiii about a we* k g vt n #*lr. and haa been f«);lowitig it with \ r.u g «u - cmw, He learned that ltabb wuo connected with tue robbciL bu. tX 58 Kortb First at reel, where Kd>t> livr^i, h« cot only ccnld not liwl him, l . t e* ui*i Lot tiud auy 11ace of him. Th.*«fUc«-irK**oc'*ed through all the pU- *H 1 hnt ltebb ia n the Lai it ot going to but could uot tiud him. A* a he»t resort *bn • ftWr w»i«t to the j<tl, where Uuob haa been often tent, and there found hi* iu au. lUhb ha» juat Auiohed a term of t :t daya for being imoxicAt-rri. Kabb, win n ntbstod, eontea<*eri tha; h«. conn-ct'd with tbe robbery. If*»*«a*l the way the clothing waa gotten out waa by one of the party, who was very amall, crawling t'_ruu^h tue taiiUgbt. Tue goo«ls were then passed out on© at a time, made into bundl-* **n<i earned *w.iy t;y uitmben of tbe gang* Uubb was held for examination on a charge of lmnriary by Ju>»uc* Na*Ler this morning. Hi haa b*t*n arrvtri^l many timee for hm-*.U oif»n*i»e, ned has set Ted oue term in the penri**ntiary. Effrct of rruinmt! Tho Washington S ar tmbllahot the fol lowing f»cm u "private fetter from AtUn- •ta:’* * Tn# ncwHp i} ers are *• rrect wru*-u they h ty lint Ati.ru.a ban b# en gr»atty dnm* aged by prohibit;oti. Except ©r. two or tbrao Rtuv.ts, which are the dty goodn r.treots uud tho w brl sale street>. the tcHi- ne<q I should »m, i* off Id p*.*r cent., a id property worth bt* in nb mt th* a.«ui*t tat* 10. Onr pouulation is diai^hbec, iu;mo u > 10,0110; I witi say ra ivast 5,000. Tiiwe are mechanic# and t tb rent mostly. Of course mercha.itH a boat bu»iu»a* baa been stopped b *>w uIho grne ehtowbere. Hnn* dretis of iboast’.ndrt uf capital b«s ihui transfcrre.1 to other places and a vast dtal of property made vacant. I ►houM nty that r* tit te off 25 to 40 per cent. Thcr* *♦*. »u« to be no energy in the city, and all f fc** efforts of the prohibitionists to rabid a boom have most fignally foiled. 1 ' Munltrxad **n ‘ .tie. Yazoo Cm, Miss., October 7.— 1 This af ternoon Ch urles M »noi h ably motta . and then shot and killed himself. TLe»thefri<s canae waa je«dousy. * lea tuU. Mr. Il«n«r* fi n (:• m ua ItuthcUy. New pout, U I., October 2.—Mrs. Aster's eut# njiiLUit-nt at Be.ialum next M mday in huior '■( the viTterablR hUtcrian, Mr. G ** rg»* llmcroft, who will then r***ch hia eighty-ftixtb year, will be an elabt.rate affair. Tue <.-i.t..rtAinn»-n* will tw uriicter. TT:erH asv tf> b* twenty-four guests und the Ax tor plate is to b*i umid. To*- floral (U corati.iu will t * «Uhtr«ts Kid iu«()« up -duiowt rti ttr-lT with Mr. Bsc craft’s favrmt#* flow?: tbe roae, whi* h l.e cultivates acancceeaf il Iliit rreaant Wbere«liontx ami IDs Aquatic ami Literary Ambition. Washington, D. C., September 30.—The unqualified pleasure which President Cleve land seems to derive from his annual visits to the Adirondack Mountains reminds me of the pioneer of sporting in that del glit- tuli* romantic country—\V. H. H. Murray, I spent a portion ot the past summer in Burliogton-on-ths-Lake, and it whs my pleasure to daily meet the eloquent ez-pas- tor, aud, on several occasions, to enjoy a day’s suil with him on the beautiful sheet of water which separates the Or-.cn Moun tain and Empire States. Tho*e who have only seen, or known of, Mr. Murray professionally have not known him at all. To meet him socially is to best understand bitn. In bis person ality centre tho-*e queliturt of mind which command admiration, though wo are bound to deplore the uho he has male of r-marka ble gifts. Physically he is a perfect ath lete, possessed of vigor developed in the forty-five years he haa devoted to tint activ ity of body which admits of tireless mental Ktraio. What a vast and vatied experience he has hod! E*gut years ago he resigned his pastorate in Boston, which netted Lim some $7,U0ri » year, to preach in Music Hall and edit n paper—the Golden Rule. Overwhelmed by reverses in business affairs, for which he was naturally unfitted, he spent a winter alone m the Adirondacks, six months in England, and then migrated to Texas, where he ran a saw-mill and tilltkl some land. These pursuits were cither* uncon genial, or unprofitable, or both, for about a year and a half ago he went to Montreal and took an interest in the Bnowshoe Cafe, on Notre Dame street, keeping up mean while bin literary work. From Montreal he removed to Burling ton, Vt., where ho now roddes. IHh loca tion in this lakeside city was not without r. purpose. Mr. Murray haa always had great faith in the "snarne” oyster bout model for a shoal water yacht. Mauy parts of Lake Champlain are only navigable by flat bottomed craft such as*the "sharpie,” nnd it became a settled purpose with Mr. Murray to establish a fleet of safe, elegant and speedy yachts upon this luke. As a feature of ambition and enterprise tho plan was certainly praiseworthy. Lake Chi m- plain is over one hundred miles long and about nine miles wide, bnt, strange to Htatc, until the present season it ba* bod no yachting courses, and scarcely a “white wing” has been spread for pltasnre. Mr. Mur ray’s wish is to do for the east shore of the lake wbat he has done for the west. Hu would organize a club of “sharpie” yachts in Burlington; ho would have regattas sailed on the lake in long and short course; and, by awakening un interest in aquatic sports, render tho city doubly attractive as a hum mer resort, develop the business of the place, organize a college crew in tho Uni versity of Vermont (located in Bnrhugton), aud ultimately attract the great oarsmen to these waters as affording advautages no where cIho to be found for national and in ternational rowing contests. Now, these plans are very laudable, ond Mr. Murray hits accomplutiud the initiative iu this way: First, he interested ex Gov. •Smith and J. M. Foss, general manager of the Ceutrul Vermont railroad, nnd through them aeonred ti e co-operation of several of th© leading citizens of Burlington. These ueotlemen iuctiiahed the money and Mr. Murray constructed & yacht some thirty odd f* et long, ou tho "Hbarpie” plan, at a cost of about $1,000. Tho bout, when launched aud bdilHHtid, drew about seven inches of water, light draught enough for any por tion of thulike. Mr. Murray lent bis rue eaitL'ical -kill as a laboror to its construc tion, and gav * occasional lectures in the riors of the Van Ness Houkocu yu fitting, wh*oh were attended by many of the cilyV wc&Ubitst and aiost influential citizens. Mr. Murray and I bad many very pleas- H chats, during which ho toll me his pV;s aud Low he hoped to accomplifh them. •Said he: “l am now forty-five yean* of ago. Bet •e» *t this and the time I am sixty — flfteeu years -if I am permitted my health and faculties, I hope te complete live nines ot romance*, somewhat historical in character, which shall be to my generation what l'Ynimoro tjooper’s w*ro to aud, perhaps, they may prove mc*ri«ofiou uuuah to ooiu’maad som-j atUnrn a fronj pn«riomv. The scenes ami plots shall take from notes of my travels, chiefly over the Ohampldn trail, which followed nearlv to Hudion’s Bay. These travels formed a part of the preparation made for my literary life. 1 did not leave the ministry* without a purpose. I bed this literary’ work as my aim, boiiuving I could serve my ago and Janguage morn tile, tively in this way than in the profusion of my earlier ittr. My story ot ‘John Norton r ChxiUmag,' ia the first of theso romances, Its sucoesa has more than met my wildest hop-s. 1 know it is a pure story, and 1 believe it haa done And will d*> good. John Norton represents a distinctive type of man —a true son ot uauirt* iu one style ot Uresn. My other tales will differ from this, yet ail will embody honest attempts at the better ment and elevation ot the reader. Through nil my w ritings w ill be found au abiding faith m the incalculable value ot outdoor life as contributing to longevity and heelth of body and mind. My desire is to iiv v and hlv for the benefit of my fellow-men. Wh. good these efforts may accomplish I hulI never know. The generation that comes at ter me will alone be able t> justly e*tiiuat how much or how little the labors of Mnn have accomplished in the great plan lotion. "In the immediate f it-.r.i I *xprct t > con tiuut* in the lecture ti i I, m win. 12UU iim-s lant a* li* fta-* menus hope to obtain u "Ving, and lh* rent oi in lu—wilt t»« divi,.nt UJ luv *»t'in^s ball ieciurt* in *0*1.11* nod Near I'-nk • ing the month cf October ml t lcn, proba bly, deliver a* iuk lecmr.-n ’U (i/ My adrireai-es for the seaso 1 *• »U compris- the reodiug of ‘Joun Nuaou,’ u lecture tlie Andiroodacka am* ** ••HCunn* f, o $ F in.l Life.’ I have maj pel out 1 y life work with great » '*o and w.... complete i». M Mr. Murray lives in a very moot at wev it the outskirte of iho city. Hit itns ^ u- stdurablv, his liuu* und must 1 he are quip gray and he has grown atom Tuo autut* grand, resonant Vuicw gives utterance t» n> lolly thought-, arttt w;,tn be *c**upnt» h public platforiL it is vruh cbaracUriH ic e in , grace and ibif-|iu«MivioD, An acrid at while gunning bus uepriv©d h«ui of uuut ling won bis rigUt band, Hs<-ri-.*m» inconve nience in writing. Il*- m invariably buoy ant in spirits, as hopefim Mid amhitidus as ever and one of th-* tu* >t uff *blc aud c mrU- ous gcntlc-meu I have ever met IS IT rikFnUsF? MISS BCHTOGK WANTS MR MFYKR TO BOOTHE HKR WITH $100,000. He Is Sixty .eight Years Old and is to Wed a Girl of Twt my—Mnetfechenck Says He la Engaged roller*, WMIa lie Accuses Her of Itlackmail. On the evening of New Vera's Day, 1881. Mrs. Thomas W. Kensctt received her friends at tbe Windsor Hotel. Her friend And former schoolmate, Miss Annette Sebcnck, aasihted her. Christopher Meyer, a millionaire ten times over, a manufactur er of rubber b:>ot8 and shoes, was one of the guests, At that time he was 63 years old. Miss Schenck is not wealthy. She has blue blood, however, and is very proud of being a descendant of tho old Knicker bockers. Her father was born in the build ing which the Canard Steamship Company now occupies for buftinepg purposes on Bowling Green. Stephen Woitoey lived next door and tho Van Rens-elaers and other old families lived iu tbe mfi thbor- hood. Miss Schenck’s family weie very well-to-do in olden time, but when sho met Mr. Mey er she was supporting herself by teaching music. She was a sprightly, viva cious, well-educated woman, whoso years utimhered about half tbo-ie of Mr. >ley**r, as near as it is possible to guesB at such things. The Acquaintance then formed ripened into au intimacy, whi li has now come to an end, owiug to tbe fact that Miss Schenck lrn brought suit against Mr. Muy er for $100,000 for breach of promise ot mar riage. Matters are further complicated by the fact that despite the passage of live years and a half having brought Mr. Meyer almost to the end ot the period allotted to man, he ia to marry Wednesday next, if nothing happens, a young lady of twenty or thereabouts. On the New Year’s evening ho met her Mr. Meyer esrorted Miss Schenck, by way of a Madison avenue car, to her boarding house in Fifty-first street. Shortly after wards Mrs. Kensett gave auetber recep ion at the Windsor. Mr. Mover and Miss Schenck were present, and he again acted ashercscort home. It wasaratuy night, however, ancl this time, instead of using a Madison avenue car, he to jk her homo in cab. It ii only up to this point that tbn stories told by Mr. Meyer and Miss Schenck to their acquaiutAuccKhip agree. They clash ho materially in their recollection of facts that the version of each is given below. It may be well, aa a preliminary, to say thut Mr. Meyer is one of the big capitalists ‘ tho metropolis, interested iu no end ot large enterprises, but befct known ns tho president uf the Meyer Rubber O in patty, the corner of Read© and Church streets, ith extensive factories at Nov Brunswick, J. Hu came to tb { s country about forty ears ago, and hind as »*i g:nt-r bv Horace F. D j. who then own-d die p.:u*.j city Kuhb-r works a X .* Brunswick. Meyer was enterprbiiig un i intcibgent, and soon got b*»yond tho po»t of engineer. He struck u new Men in the manufacture of rubber booti aud r.hots which proved to be very valuable, and uh. n Day becamo insol vent an 1 soon afterwar la died Moyer took hold cf th© rubber bus'neas and has made a great d al of mootj. During tha war his company furnished rubber turpiuhn© to the army, and realized a snug sum. Mr. Moyer practically built tho town of Milltown, a oonplo of miles from Now Bran wick, ami owns nearly th*) whole cf lie ©ktablished a church there, auc built himself a handsome country resi dence. His town residence is at No. 617 Filth avenue, just below 8t. Patrick’s Ca thedral. tie is one cf tho directors of the Iron Steamboat Company, of tho Ninth National Bank, ot the American Bunk N.-t. Company, owns a g-tod deal of stock in tue Union Pucific Railroad Company and is a largo stockholder in the Homo la* nr.tr. u Company. Ho owns a good deal cf real estate in this city, u.d haa a larg* manufac tory at Edinburgh, BcotUnd. He is a very warm frioad and u lmiror of Rev. Dr. -J. 1*. Newman, and has bon an utu nflant at his church. It was concerning this gentleman that Mite Soho ck toM tho r*»!lowirg stor. terday at her bearding house, No, 35 Bixty sieved strett. ‘.fiouDafler onr*t coud me'-tio »Mr Meyer Eont n.< a unto, inviting me to : i w i..!.g with him. Vi • wrvt through the park u;i.l as far ai. High Biidgeand ba «t. 11m waned mo to go to his i*) 1*0 to t • I d tMurd, beoause I did iuk know hisfiuiUy. H»>« a k me to tuy o m. r*>idonee, nnd tuc samt* niwht caiiio buck and brought mo to sc*-, the ' A*idew Bodoct” at Daly's Theatre. .Some ti&it utter tlm I did sccumpinv him to his house. It was Sunday, and. w« h.ui attended service i»t tho Church ot tue Heavenly R st. On our leaving tho church h-* urg*-<i me 10 go home with him to take dinner. I de clined again, but bn nwiurod mo that I va expected, thut a pi ito bad b-:< n luiii for me, und thut hio d tighter would wu l.*om I then oonnented, and was warmiy reu-ivril by his children. Ilia wife hud then te dead four or five years Aft*r :h?»t l b»- camo a r*gul ir visitor, tAkimr '’.inner Hi nearly every S.ntdsy, and in • e hui: • visiting t it- tnmt'y at tb**ir; s.»h * c i • . Bruns »iek. Hit daughter -I mt . h nnnd a terwnvds ut l.er fmber’H rgg lion, to became her mu .in t- ichor, n .1 I conhtLt. d D.iruig all ibis iini'i «t - u..- doist* oil by tbe lutnlly Hist «•.• wer ui- gsgnd. i*ud that Waatt.o fact We wi re t i linvo Im*»u married in Novt-mb’. r, lrHl. A t the family gave mo very be»iitilut preseuta. 1 w. h ulreody consulted altout the- tui.n.u;H ii en*. 0. the house, which wah h ing newly fitted up, nod I, on u»y part, had ©very- “When tl:« time came he gtvo u pretext for postponing the marriage, auu from spring to full from fall to hpiiug he has p-irinotK-d it on vations preteitn oversinen. iu InM 1 aiatted a school in P.i'ty-tighth street, w: 1 ti i t orduetsd tor about a year. Nlr Meytr belpetl me to etartit kuh vkh Wry much interest* l iu it, now sn l tb visiting mo to S 'j how I gut or, **ith tii 4 ^ohildien. 1 went to Europe j. v r o».i* reti.rmd th spring. 1 c ond odea to op. a boar lug Lour© and tool a cottage n* L i •• tiu-td. 1 b d a large muui or of np- i.L'A.-r-nnd ftlhii uiy h»n*»- very quickly. I CO M k tao ILOI- ltae*» bittucAtU jt h “»p n L.g"?v^^ reception at tho Windsor IIoW hH 81 W- tothe theatre two or three U* 1 ^? 1*5*253 had a dilve or two, but the mge was never broached. WhtiihV, ° f mar *l bor boardirg-bouse at Larfii^ Ilb ^ e8 ^ ar k(il her. financmlly.'^Bnt K u " 1 f nt » s on *00 large ascale.IJ ’ 0 ' 0 M le of other cottages and fillC t( g peop.e «ho ate hut didn't pit h *ttb| ana left there owing a lot of' uio" f “lM| because I refused to^ pay the bn» ?5| the people sho brought suit nc- 1 ? That's ail there is to it." ^^nit I K ft! EffleCh«»e, dan^Ur 0 h t Mr o^ 4 | I$$ j!AC« E5- 6 *-' WHERE IS MRS. BARKER! #100,000 A wsltlru » Woi nan whn peered to the Ilarknew In New York Ban. I80l> oenliy- allVertUement w “ PnbUshed te . H AKKKit.—Information of the Mra. Anne Frencee Barker o(| ir lirins. or, if (le.d, proof ot rt.aUi | ably paid for, Addre.a t. M< Na* li n ?* •“> I place, Brooklyn, N.Y. ’ 11 D -heToU,J Jlr. Mr Nat) said lost nijht ts a ! of the Sue: “Mrs. Barker was a r,i* >Mter i William E. Front, whoditd onSotao^l 8, nt 71 Spring street, New Yort?M bvitia iilin ti saw n iwoldli . ’ if I late, which is valued at 81,300 Ono v ', Front left no will, and his proper-*' prising real estate, bonds and monm, ,ml be divided between his three rift! : and muo nieces, that i* j{ s *1 living and ’ sha ^ Barker ia be dtsoovered. Aa the son in-law of one'll Mr. Prouts nephews, I bare token an |„ I terest io the search for Mrs. Barker t>ut« I far no trace of her movements nmee ,'I disappeared about twenty.three ’ years 1 has been discovereil. As Mibs Annia Jw’| cos Pront she moved in good societr m\ H !‘| York and was everywhere considered abran I tifiil and accomplished young woman si,!l was about 'fill years old when she niam-al Alonzo Barker in 1851. After eeveS" ul»l of married life a separation took oiai L.I tween her nnd her husband. I "Her husband retained tho cnstofiyofl their two children, son*, one of whom 1 not quite two years old when the home vw broken up, Tbe last that watt ev»r ,u*- itely known of Mrs. Barker wag when she I came back to her homo one night and beg.I ged to bo allowed to see her c : iHren. Tae| door wan closed against her and she walked I oil in tbe darkness. I “Her husband, it was said, tried after-1 waul for several years to find out where she ft was, but failed eutirely, his wife apparently I having determined to nlndo tho closest I search. Her children, both of whom are at I prisent in Now York, grew up in igt, 0 .| rancoof their m itbn’a history, bat tbarl ire natdrslly iotemtod iu the reuevil <»f tbo search, as in her hns^and, whel lives iy Vermont. I have had a etfficspoo4-1 ence with Mr, Barker So reference toth«| matter, and ho has promised to reodir aftl postibie aid ia discoveriog th> raiocf hul wilo. He said that twenty joHrsrttbMtl had now '.lapsed since she disappeared. Mr. I Pront, her uncle, wboso property is to be | divided, was more than 83 years oldvhenl • died. He had lived aud died ateichelor. I iio luade bis tertune iu tho m-muf ictnieof I printing ink in Spring street, and lived and I di'cd iu one of his Lou-ms adjciuiag tho f^l lory, li** retired suddenly from buliM about twenty years ago, and, until Ltdr,! bis factory w-.* Just iu the ►arr.o <x%l ditlon as it wst whin the niuchincrjl Stopped. The money bo bad aocur M lih(sl| la nets was invested in real estate and I r *g! tered bonds, and he *n*» lift sIImri $1,300,000 to he diHribntcd among Lis I hetrs. Had he continued hi business «td I nrnd'j safe n.v» i»tmenU he would probsMy I uav© died three times a milbouaire. Hu I lost illrubs extended over only throe orf jot I days, and, an he did not think lio wa*going I to die. he mode no will. Hu nephew* and I nieces will ali faro well, each rt-ceiving I more than even should Mrs. Bir- k*r roiippeat and cliua bor share, wuicnaU | tho reiutivex hope will bo tho casd.” ijiXti Urrie 1 Celt-- EN*:ISE8 ON PICKET DUTY. irouiite Over Tmcb-UjiliiR i'».l !p!tia j — A H ot I'ri vriiuil by Pollc m n. PitiLADKLPiiiA, Ootobar- 4 —A novel nib road a at began hero last night between the I lit i ioru aud Ohio and tho Pennijlmk 1 o er tbo Uy'.ng of an iutorsectiDg tra?kb7l iiuplityes «»f »b« foraii r ov?r the track* if I ti o latter t n Boo h street below Lum-L I Tho Bibimori' nr>4 Ohio jesterday beg 1 ® I laving a track witi*outa pot wit troia Aeir I wbaif on tho Delaware to their new v»re- houso, and to tho FuiUdelphi* *0“ | Reading tracks on Jteech ftrett, which are ojntroiled by the Peutwybama Altout one hundred and fifty workmen were I engaged on tbo job, nnd nt 11SW U*t diku" I Logan tearing up to th.i propo^e-l junction of tho tracks proprietory to laying the nil*. Superintoud'.ut Wilson, of the Shack***** ou freight station (Penniylvoiis) *?td l.x*ocuotivt -« down iae track and di-*ptarae*i l the workiL -n. The locom'dives wire »»• t\»D.»d on the spot to blockade turtber * or J and a garg of fifty Pennsylvania tr*c* bands were ».t once ordered to reUy «« pavement A crawd of 8i«» men, women snacniw»*“ hml gathered on tho scene, most of thew favont g the Baltimore and Ohio, ssw* r*-lativos nod fri mis were among the **•*“* | more and Oaio working gang. A riot imniincni and tbe police were ' j 1 Captain Quirk arrived with fifty k^pt tho crowd back. Chief of ibgra! I ]McD<>o*Id ordered tho Baltimore aai | im-u to uisperse, but they would nato J* Tbe excitement continued until das*■ , eseuing. but no farther outbreak oocuw* Tin* ci:gint-a h*ill remain on P*®*** { over tho switch. Coatractor Tuom • Ryan, of the Baltimore uud Ohio f* rc^, cording to Chief McDonald, ^ ^ *:> 0 for tearing np the street without*!* 1 noWICK’fl report. Trubable Aetlea oB ,w tg rate. Wahhimoton, OctoUr 3 Mk f**:cr* Imi> >*v«d in fUtat.cud a* Hie n't its end finally | Hlt \ Vho will be l»-*ck st n»a t'^keerlj *'oa«td upon tho 1,1 of September. M». ] week isexpec.td tutarn Urn .Item*' 11 ... t*. • I. . ..... .. .. I..., t*. ! * 1 Adt Cl 1 Msjrcr nidvtl tai- in tbe smm.« o. tue bor. ,i-, once to o tleqaeoioa giO.ing O®* housed. The ebgtf.* *is 111 I ratlin: JwiiK* J- M- llnrttoj, of Arkumt, <•<** » F«ntli»r Kkm IlaMw. Chicaoo, October 7.— A »peet a iron hu ll* Hock, Ark., says: “A private Utter irons Warm, Aik., sta ts Uiai Judge J. M. fcmlUy, of the Tenth district of Arkansas is d*.-pVill of nkkncs** <fii»4»*iy ruwoi- biiDg npro-y, tne akirt teavirg parted (turn the Hitiie aurfaco of tho Mr, Iwvirc tbe ‘H i Hui rise M-ifcrirto-il anol auu prob- ly and in -toui Urge notobt-rH at his plare! raw flesh in a inoat painful condition, llu* ly *JVuU&(t«ri .Vein# lotwrcntto, j on the Cl.ffs. Mr. Bancroft will nMoeivw I physicians say th»-yn»*ver raw or read c-f a rc to call upon bus at oao similar *o Li«, aud grave fears are ta Urtaiuaa for his hfe.” Imt conttunvitUy |«io»»!. . iff cuvovtb. *b« b.u t (oira.l bow to w.s A..RB# I *•«•..-< tll « mvwttatto‘ha V to K o, liuth. ViMtafi hit' v my sciiool, sa C i , tt(M iy an .l iosoch .o to UJ ‘ *»y, »r..i :.l **.4* -V.BIH «, , j 0 for..jiHo» c.n b.- r,imu;ht <m to- “T .Mils. r.n* , j, ,iUhe»s-ffr.“*o , >lr i “ “1,)* I!, ‘ to C Ksi.ro..,i„ U,. r u Jjatstioos sith >! -««).»>» : VJ .t he Kvsi.: I-- HU heia piot»y oopioae qoiairinrs « ^ m »t io»* '■oru r ut |.#-r on tne subja»*t•wlucU Mr K ; tillM* - , u>rt.* i- I wu »uUi'de w .kv •*?** tk'.Ut. Ant H Ige ,, f J-ly bring 1* u b.tid among Mr. Ikiyard • v)...(i.t fror.t *-* when I rcrt wt d i«y fii-r* trying very •.*» ge*. m rh** uuit. i*--t rug urgent nct». to m-.i! • M ifition ttit-'-t:** ..*id } wetit tLitn t i* it •.»»" I im nenr.-cs IliMutthatia ffisstr.1 • .• iq. ■) io>*.lt by |>-m. i),.7. l.ot I ■ tkiilo' wiUoot"lc«a tt/id lutu ILat i find fi not turn te.ck Low. . ine-tb g of the kind we have Lai within a week.' When a World reporter saw Mr. Meyer st bis rrtmcuce on Fifth avecneheiaid: ••The mini/ im nothin.? more uor It-a t* *n an at- tetnnt at blackmail. When I make a prom- i*e I alvrays ket-p it. I made no promise whatever ta tnu caauu Lover came any- i •» » ti.af no win nor rewm . i »s.owrt» w si (OMiwIu tbat 1 would p.w.tftn iu tho iu»U«r M-t M to- uw. Tb»t w«a the third *heronlriry arecalcnintod to jus tic. Ho will instinct •t is f-.J, to re. mu* the rf Jit- men brok: n off by tbo .l«r» rtnr *.., , kn.'n, toff will codes.o'Jo ,it<m nt (b»t ii to* uitrs toreUm^p dintioo sUtnt. to not r*P**'" '• "... of i •r boenf 'To.-ff spin in ““ AmcnciUi citizen. ssj