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r'lixvi t.Li sas
iLEAX ISt.S
President Arthii
wants to
many.
The State Medical
at TiirlM-ro ju May.
-Why ;iot," is th
of .1 post office in ll
Sccietv'-meets
novel
uidolph
li'. line
COIlit
St.ite S Iia.for ,J;..s.j
S. Hat tie has
been tli i id one oi th
e Tj tistees ef :
the I'niv. rsitv.
Th 1 virhanr "T
thinks tiiat Senator',
has Ihe CoiilircssioM
lrollliet.
j
I'l:. nt";
little
!acco
as. S.
1 bee
in his j
i
is what i
- .u.ntii-i. 1 .1 V llU III v'
. uinri mill-
Jr. lix calls tin
requent mar-1
riaues following
divorces'-in' New;
England.
We SMiinathl.e
with F.rother
Davis of the '"Torch
death of his little boy
aged IS inonths.
ghf in the
-onlv child
One of the graves!
cases of omis-
sion bv our legislatiu
I'jwas the fail-
ure to increase the
ineni'- 'oiut .Iinlg
lluniber of Sti-
Mr. .lames 1 ).
iirphy, of La
tiranire' Acauemv nas
been pll'ered
a professorship in a
in art i lie, Nebraska,.
!ollege at La-
Tlie Ro:ne, (la. cit
y council lias
raised the license tax
on bar-rooms
them to close
Good!;
to !?i(!Ml, and com pells
at 10 o'clock at night
Tin? latest, nbseiiiiding cashier
has improved on t he general run of
things by adding a pretty girl to
thf peoples funds t. aveling with
him.
If President (lievy arries out his
intention of resigning! his office, tbe
French will be in ii s :e A.stew
without (Iravy wi I lie a bad
mess. :
Senator David Davis, who mar
ried Miss Ihnr list week, is S
years old ami weighs 320 pounds.
Miss r.uiris lU years old and her
weight, is Kill.
Win. Spranii, of "Conkliiig" no
toriety h is married a
man amFhecu nninin
ei nor of Khode Islam
pendent ticket.
The liusiiiess f
"Southerner" h is be
divoni'd vo
t d for Cov
outhe lude-
he Tarboro
mi arranged
puldie iiuc
'rank IViwell,
and will ii'nt bi- sold ai
tion as advci ti-ed.
Eso., is now editor aijd proiu ietor,
1 he legi da tuce passed a law to
tlie effect that lc Stite tax sliall
be levied or culh'eted
In lsst, iro-
vided t he iiao,o(0 dm
is paid by
the owncrsif the W
estern N. C.
u. n.
The Charlotte
of a l'.:dtimore
"Observer"' tells r
drummer named j
.1 lit ii si n who was pnj;
oil' the cars
for riding in his shirt sleeves in tbe
ladies' car. He sued lor damages,
lie was stuck for i200 in costs.
.Good.
Chicago has a society craze. A
Pi ofexsor Benson has reduced tat
tooing to a fine, art, and is making
piles of money by j .picking' the
names of the.ir lovers Sn iinmarrkd
ladies' anus.
Sixty Years ago, title Methodists
of this county had bud
one deuomi-
national school. Now
thev have
fifty seven, '.colleges,
students, and own
college property.
with 4,500
11,0- O.tno in
i tie uoaiiDKe .
ks" has en-
tered up .u its twelfth volume. We
can bestow ho higher compliments'
than th-s;ry that, we clip from its
colimitis, moie than trduii anv other
weekly i,i the State.
The "Kolusoniau''
nomination of (1,
Saunders, Secretary
Governor in 1 SSL and
favors the
William L.'
of State, for
pays a just
tribute to the sefv'iet's
of that able,
and ti uthfnl iublie otiic
er.
uie l.ostoii JleraM
say that a
d ground at
lady p is.si, ti,. buri
Quincy on u, s
leomplaeentl.v
i t in. 1 1 Kim i r,i ;l Ntvaniit
r, -I've got
uiieeoi i ue invr Jin!
there that ever a w..inj
baud's lyin
in had.
Lin-V W-.llia
a
gress, is .mi-!
der arrest in Washington j,r hold
ing her iiew-lMrn
stove until it roast
when she conce lied t
mains, in a closet.
i . .
ut uit over -a
1 to death,
eluiri-cd re-
Tfi oder of
the ciime.
niinnng it.-s!i, revealed
l;il.. . i :i -i '..
iu lic ciinu nve
ears old was
raped by
a negro school teacher
namel Alexander
alley. She
as nor pme while, add lie got oil'
with two years in the leuitentiarv.
He deserved death. This occurred
iu Baltimore.
A Guilford county member ofthe
legislature, whtf son-0 l four voars
m the war and long lt where the
. battle was tltictest Uti he feels
u-p;iier over the
adjournment of
the legislature than 1,
i did when
the war closed.
VOl.liMK 13.--.
Tom's logie ' staggers: Husband
,., , ,.,.. curtain Wlnre.! -
(2 a. m., alter a curtain lecture,)
"Well, all I've got to say, is, if you :
are a person of such refinement and j
good breeding you ought to be j A
above talking to a drunken, fellow
t l.i s tune of the night.
" There is a Chicago divorce suit
Itecause she wanted to call the
bahy John Freder
ick, and he was
determined tonuuie it Edward Gor
don. It would pei haps Ije a good
scheme for young couple' to name
the baby before .they get married.
An order has been reeived here
says tie-; "(jreeusb ro . 'F.ifriot,'.
fro in a film in Newberry, S.C., for
.'.do -ats. Tlie rats are flaying
havoc with the cotton seed in New
heiTv, and unless exterininated,
there "will not be inoiigh seed to
plant a crop.
The. iir'.iani ""To'nacco I'lant"'
says: Col. W. T. IWack well and Mr.
I. A. ' Wilev. of If a lei 'I i. will, on or
.'7 ' 'J-t "7 7
lc)(,ie the first of Ajjril, coininence
the banking business in Durham,
Tliey wid have a cash capital of
l.0,000 and that amount will be
increased whenever the business
j requires it. '
Two liundred girls have left Li in
crick' for this country. There is
plenty of room here for all the nice.
girls in Ireland, and of course all
the girls in Ireland are nice. They
may even be able to find husbands
in some of our nice young men
when they get able to support bus ,,
b.mds. 1 ''
One of tin- substantial farmers of
t Sparta, ia.., when he was married,
twelve years ago, had to borrow
money,, to pay lor his marriage
license, 'and, not having a decent
suit of clothes, the young woman
whom he was to marry tore the
wool from sheepskins, 'spun, wove
and made him a suit of clothes.-
Mrs. Fartington and the judge:
'An' you the judge of reprobates!"
said Mrs. Partington, as she walked
into an ofliee of a judge of probate.
'I am a judge of probate.' "Well,
that's it, I expect," quoth the old
ladyj "You see my father died
detested, and he left several little
infidels, and I want to be their ex
eciitioner."
The .Russians have a model liquor
law. The degree regulating the
l!qur traffic jrst signed by the
Emperor, is ieeuliar. There must
be only one liquor shop in a villiag,
aut where two or three villiages
are almost contiguous, one shop
must suniee for ihe group. The
seller -must be a native of the
place, appointed and paid by the
common council.
A (ienuan'bas patented an in
vent ion which stamps him as a
Yankee bv nature if not bv birth-
tt consists of a little bo.de whose
i
leives sxe made of perfumed toilet
soap, iiiid is meant especially for
travelers- When he w ants to wash
his hands he simply" tears out" a
leaf one is sufficient for the pur
pose ami the book can be put back
dry into the" 'pocket. ' '
.
Last Thursdav niirht thebeafse
;ml colViiu were sent after savs the
Kiiiston Free 'prexx, one of our citi
zens w ho w is sitting by the fire
"eating goober peas" when they
arrived. Tie very quietly inform
ed them that if it would suit them
just as well he bad no objections
of waiting a short; while, longer.
After a little persuasion they con
cluded to wait. . -
Elizabeth City, N. V. says tne
Norfolk Landmark is ' the place
where, nobody ever dies. The Kcon
omlxt tells of two old men, aged 100
years' each, w ho canr - "dance a jig
like a couple of bSys." The resi
deiHHVof the town once held a-meeting,
it is said, and drew lots to de
cide upon the person who slronld
kill his grandfather, that the ieo
plc might see what a funeral was
.like. -
Mr. Stilson Ilutchins, the pre
I prietor of the Washington "Post"
! recently married a Miss lirady.
wdio is said to be an -'accomplished
lady of oo, and onenf the remark
able features of the wedding was
j the receipt ..of si kind letter from his
diyorced wife wishing for him all
the happiness he had failed to en
joy in his first marriage. He and
his bride have gone to Europe.
One -of the most nil porta nt 'State
elections of this year wjll lie that
I Ohio. A Governor, Treasurer, Aiul-
t r and two judges ofthe Siijreine
Court are- to be chosen, and, if the
Democrats", succeedj. they will have
futl control of tlie State Govern
ment for the first time in over twen
ty years. 'Foe temperance ques-
ti iiris troubling both parties, but
the Republicans are likely to sutler
the most from it. '
If the young men in these old
States who are looking westward
with longing eyes would 'make as
eoinplet saeritk-elof their pride, and
put forth their energies as fully
iieiv as they would have .to do to
keep from starving in the. west,
fortune would smile upon them,
and the bi ierpatches and fields of
broomsedges would bo- dressed iu
living green, and the old land
would bloom in beauty. Nash Advocate.
I T A M (T? VT AV F Rft
!111 U X U " ijUkJ,
-:o:
FORM Ell' ..WILSON! AX IN
THE FLOWERY LAND.
ALLIGATORS AND 'SNAKES.
I ': a K TA li L KS A It E SCA li CE.
Mr. W. II. Barbee, a former resi
dent of Wilson has recently made
his home in Florida, and from the
billowing which was written to a
hiend in this place, it will be seen
t uit he is not a very gre it admirer
of the laud of flowers: Ed.
DKAU SlK:
According to promise I will diop
y.ni a few lines this mornjng to let
you know what I know, anil, what I
have seen since I have been here.
Florida, "the land of flowers" it is
a lie, for I have liot seen half a dozen
natural tlowers since' I have been
in the State, To tell you the truth
there are no tlowers here and the
laud is so poor it will not bring them,
for it is a laud of water, aligators.
snakes and a few oranges and lem
ons. By the way, water is the
most precious thing here, for peo
ple in this place have to buy all
their diinking water. They pay
30 cents per barrel for it. Think of
it, the land of flowers and no
drinking water! I have not had a
good drink of water since I left home
,and there is nothing hut water
lit're either. There is not but one
man m this place wuo lias a gar
den, and I will bet my head off of
my shoulders that I can eat every.!
thing that there is in it, in a week,
raw.. This is the land of flowers
where invalids come at death's
door and are generally carried
confined, in coffins. I have seen
three since I have been here,
who "-aine for the benefit of their
heal' h, w ho died here. This part
of Florida is a poor place for aj
poor man to come to settle and ex
pect to make a living. All the land;
. . , !
that will make oranges is owned bv I
Y'ankees who have plenty of money.
I will tell you what it would cost
you to buy an orange grove. There
is a grove about one and a half
miles from here of four acres and
the man has been' offered $03,000
for it and will not take it. lie says
he'.will take $75,000, but is not
anxious to sell at that, so you can
judge what it will take , to settle
here. All of the land that will
bring oranges is owned by people
who will not sell, and the other
land I would not have. But these
land agents get a greeny once in
a while, and get from 82."i to .0 per ;
acre for land that will not sprout j
cow peas. They could not make j
me a present of it and compel me
to pay t.ix on it
Tiiey h id ii Fair here l ist week
and it was a Fair, too. The only
things that I saw that reminded
me of North Carolina was two corn
shucks on exhibitioand they drew
more attention than anything else.
Why the people in this part of the
country think that corn grows in
hulls like peas.
I have not seen as much hog
meat since I have been here ayou
buv in oiie mouth. There is no
stock at all, although we have fair
beef and it sells from ten to twelve
and a half cents per pound.
Tailors can charge their own
price for clothes and make them
pay for 1, for you will never get
more than one-job out of a man.
s soon as y ou come here and get
ajookat the country he leavei that;
is ii tie Jias inoiH'y- enough to
ii't
away with. When any one leaves!
here he has to have money-to leave !
with, for he cannot walk, he is'
iKiund to take a boat or railroad!
car, tor we are completely . sur"
rounded by w ater. To tell you the
truth there are not much here and
but little of that. Oranges sell at
two cents a piece for the best and
and from one to one and a half for
second best and the largest lemons
jyou ever saw for one cent a piece,
i W; II. BakbeeI
San lord, Florida, March 4, 'S3..
Toe .Terrible Fight Between Steyens
and Conne. ;
-
When the late Alexander II.
Stephens returned to Georgia from
Washington in ISIS, where he' had
opposed the admission of California
ami New Mexico, he heard that
! Judge Cone, of (ieiugia. had called
him a trai or to. the South, andMie
t ld the latter if it were true,
which the iuue had denie.f. i,
;wouid"slap his lace. Afterward,
a misunderstanding arose' between
them on the same, subject through
the miscarriage of a letter and also
a feeling on the part of the judge
and his friends that he bad leen
bullied; aud the gentleiueu met at
the Atlanta Hotel and fought.
Cone demanded a retraction of his
threat, which was not made.
"Then," said Cone, who jwas a
powerfully built man, "I denounce
you as a miserable traitor The
last words had hardly left his lips
wheu Stephens bit him, with his
cane. Wild with pain aud passion,
without uttering a word, Cone
"LET ALL THE ESDS TIIOl AII'ST AT, BE TIIY COUNTRY'S, TIIF COD'S, AXD TRITIIS1 "
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 23. 1883.
!lrew alkeen pointed dirk knife and
: made one .furious .thrust at his
weak little adversary. Instantly
as he did so, however, Stephens,
seiziiig a stout umbrella which he
held in bis left hand, interposed it
as a defense and was able for a
moment to hold him at arm's
length. Once more it was thrust
at Stephens,. :-uttiug a deep gash
in his orm; eighteen times it cut
deep into his breast, arms and
body, but still he did not fall.
Then he could hold out no longer,
No courage, no spirit, however
firm and unyielding, could long
withstand such attaot. Cone was
determined to finish his work. He
threw all his great weight against
tlie umbrella, which broke; Ste
vsris, half faintinr, fell upon his
back. The giant Cone was at his
throat in a. moment, his head, by a
grip of iron was ield against the
cruel floor. "Retract, or I'll cut
your cursed throat!" hissed Cone.
"Cut! I'll never retract!" gasped
the almost lifeless Stephens. The
knife came down. With an almost
superhuman effort the prostrate
man cought it in his right hand.
Clean through the muscles, tendon,
and bones of the hand it cut, then
stuck fast and reached no vital
part. With desperate strength
Cone tried to wrench it free
ja ;
the. struggle
Stephens was once '
more dragged to . his feet. The
blood was rushing in streams from
his many wounds. At this moment
others came to his relief and saved
his life. The wounds which Mr.
Stephens received were examined.
It was found that one of them had
penetrated to within a sixteenth of j
an inch of nis heart. An inter-
costal artery had been cut. When
he recovered he refused to prose
cute Cone, ail (I that person, instead
of getting his desert's in State
prison, was fined 1,000, arid," with
his "honor vindicated," was allowed
to go free. To the day of his tieath
Mr. Stephens spoke of liim in terms
of consideration and forgiveness.
Not long ago, showiug the great
, , , ,,,
"Poor Cone! I'm sure he'd be sorr
.;. , , , ti T .
u ue Knew w nac trouuie j. nave to
write with these stiff
Angers of
mine.
A Giddy Thing of FiftY Elopes With a
MAslier of Sweet Sixteen.
The confines of East Washing
ton were invaded this morning by
a reversed scandal from a neigh
boring', town . ' Maryland county.
From' information obtained by a
reporter, it appears that Mrs. Mar
garet EcDutl'rey, a poitly and
heavy-weighted counery lass of
fifty summers and as many bleak
winters, the wife of a well-to do
Prince George's county farmer, be
j ,nUtuatetl soinetilue slg0with
one of .her . husband's employes,
Charley Britt, w ho is only eighteen.
Her attentions finally became so
open that ' Farmer- Mack, as he is
called by the neighbors, objected,
and he ultimately ordered the
handsome Charley to leave his em
ploy and the neighborhood. , The
youth left the farmer's employ, but
not the neigborhood, for he still
hovered around like a giddy lily
about the web of some tricky anil
gaudy spider, and thereafter jthe
j voutu fieoueutlv met his aged
j uin;iS," on the roadside aud in
friendly thickets, where they "billed
! ,..' f fi1(lir hearts' con-
tents. The husband was on the
i alert) however, and one day caught
j the conl,ie. His indignation knew
uo bounds, aud it is said that he
tarashe(1 both llis wifo ad her
t,-1,r.fr All,it " Aw ril flint
he would kill the latter on sight by
pouring two loads of buckshot in
to his body if he found him in the
neighborhood again. The youth
disappeared from the vicinity for
awhile, but yesterday returned and
eloped with Mrs. McCaffrey, the
pair coming to the city in one of
her farm wagons, and stopping at
the residence of tlie giddy but aged
Margaret's sister, on the Navy
Yard. V '
A Healthy Lamb Story.
The Wilmington "Review" comes
to the front with the following: A
l
' short time ago in an adjoining
county, a farmer had a sheep which
gave birth to twin Iambs and died
soon after. The lambs were bright
and healthy, and what to do with
the littie motherless creatures be-
j can,e iX matter ot? concern. ine
j wife of the farmer happened, as is
i sometimes the case, to have a
nursing infant, aud she concluded
to try tin experiment of letting
the little Iambs share with the little
one for nourishment from her own
breast. The trial was entirely suc
cessful, and the little creatures now
come to her regularly for nourish
ment and are thriving under their
novel nursing. ,
There seems to have been a very
wide range between tbe foresight
and hindsight of Mr. George X.
Hathaway, of Fall River, Mass.,
whose estate shows liabilities of
more than a million and .a half, and
assets of five thousand dollars.
WILLIAM R. COX.
:o:-
A DESERVED TRIBUTE FROM
THE NEW YORK "SUN."
A CLEAR-HEADED MEMBER
A GOOD RECORD FOR III M
The NewTork "Sun" pays the
following compliment to Gen. W.
R. Cox, of the Metropolitan dis
trict: . - -
1 In the Forty-seveiith Congress
there were two members named
Cox. Everybody knows the Samuel
Sullivan Cox who represents the
Seventh, Eleventh, and thirteenth
wards of this town. They call him
Sunset, but his sun never sets.
The Forty-seventh Congress is the
twelfth in which lie has served; it
is a qurater of a century since he
first carried into the House of Rep
lesentath es his wit, his philosophy,
his knowledge, of what interests
men, his industrious habits, his in
corruptible conscience, his honest
purpose to speak and vote right.
The other Representative Cox
hails from the hill country of North
Carolina, aud his name is William
Kutlin. We learn lroin the Con
gressional Directory that he is a
new member. He has been a cot
ton planter, a rebel Brigadier, a
practising lawyer, a Judge ofthe
Superior Court, and a chairman of
the Democratic State committee.
IIe has fiual1J' 1,ia(Te his vaF into
Congress, where he is likely to
stay, inasmuch as he appears to
be an old-fashioned Demecrat, of
the sort frequently encountered in
the visions of the virtuous and the
patriotic, but that does not materi
alize with great frequency.
As far as we are aware, Mr.
Cox of North Carolina has made
no long speech since he went to
Congress, We have read his brief
remarks on the reduction of the in
ternal revenue. They are to the
point. lie opposed the sham bill
of last session because it failed to
give relief to the overtaxed laborer
and producer. He favors the re
peal of all internal revenue taxa
tion, believing it to be anti-repub
lican in its tendency, and burden
some and oppressive in its mode of
collection. He regards the present
machinery lor collecting the inter
nal revenue as altogether odious
"a system of espionage, mforma
mation, aud oppressive agencies
which frequently leads to conflicts
and bloodshed, and proves most
oppressive to that class who are
least able to bear the expenses of
litigation." He will take part at
the next session in a movement to
wipe out of existence the present
revenue machinery and officers.
He looks upon the surplus revenue
ofthe Treasury, not as a foraging
ground provided by Providence for
Congressman and their constitu
ents, but as "a continual invita
tion to corruption aud extrava
gance."
Mr. Cox is old-fashioned in hi
notions ofthe duty of a Democratic
Repi esentative, for he sees no dif
feicnce in i rinciple between goinj; in
for big jobs aud going in for little
ones. Ihere were ninety mem
bers who voted last Friday morn
ing against the River and Harbor
steal of 1883, Of the ninety mem
bers only live were from Southern
States,, and Mr. W. R. Cox was one
of the five. Turning to the re
cord on the River and Harbor steal
ol 1SS2, we find that Cox voted
against that too.
We have a copy of Mr. Cox's
speech against the petty and con
temptible robbery of the public
funds by means of the habitual ap
propriation for the Botanic Garden
the florist's establishment which
supplies Senators and Representa
tives with boquets. He pointed
out to the House that tbe Sundry
Civil bill contained an appropria
tiou of 10,000 for the Botanic
Garden swindle, the Legislative
bill $11,700 more; while a sporadic
item iu the Sundry Civil bill give
sfiOO "for tlie storage aud protec
tion of palms and other tropical
and sub-tropical plants." "Now,"
said Mr. Cox, with great good
sense, "I insist that when appro
priations are made lor a specific
object, all those appropriations
should be put together, so that the
House can understand what it is
doing."
A Southern Democrat who has
creeks and trout streams in his
district and yet votes agaiijst the
River and Harbor bill on principle;
a new member of the House w ho
has the courage to staud up and
manfully opposed a petty abuse
that many of the older reformers
are glad enough to blink; a clear
headed man who can talk solid
sense in plain English that is Mr.
William Ruflin Cox of North Caro
lina. We are glad to say that be
is re-elected.
His Last Court.
Old Judge -Grey son, a justice of
the peace, was never known to smile.
He came to Arkansas a year ago,
before the 'carpetbaggers" began
their reckless ways, and year after
year, by the will of the voters, he
held his place as magistrate. The
lawyers who practised iu his court
never joked with bun, because
every oue soon learned that the. old
mau never engaged in levity.
Every morning, no matter how bad
the weather might be, the old man
took his place behind the bar
which, with his own bauds, he had
made, and every evening, just at a
certain time be closed his books and
went home. No one ever engaged '
him in private conversation, be
cause lie would talk to no one.
No one even went to his home, a
little cottage among the tiees iu i
the city's outskirts, U-cause he had .tatiK-s at the ,Vn WhiM-ollects ! "ilixation.
nevershowu a disposition t make garba-e in the allev ( She tried to get pa tor drink some
welcome the visits of those who - HMhev are seliHiin- fi.r sewer :uuL Pi flna,,.v evinced
even lived in the immediate vicini- i ,,.JU , .' , - '- ?lt . "a that it was not bim, and then
f.- ii- . .. i and such things, and thev have : .i. ,. ., , ,. ... .
ty. His ofbee was not given him ,rlf , ., , they uecided that it was the house
... . , 1 got plumlK'is and ot hen society ex- n i ..-
hrough the uifluence of "elec- pei t, ti n n1 , nrill so as well as the
tHineenng," lecause he never asked come awav tor fear tluv would fiml F ,l,r(h' aa " f"noon
any mau for his vote. He was first ti,e st.Wer'"as ind w b in in -i k f y visitmg, and thus moru
elected because, having once been i i.. .. i V ' -' J1"' . ' ' I l,a ent down to the health
summoned in a case of arbitration,
he exhibted the executive side gf
such a legal mind that the jwople
nominated and elected him. He
soon gained the ."name of the ''hard
justice," aud every lawyer in Ar
kausas referred to his decisions
His rulings were never reversed
by the higher courts. He showed
uo sentiment in decision. He stood
upon the platform of a law which
he made a study, aud no man .'dis
puted him.
Several days ago a woman charg"
ed with misdemeanor was arrang
ed before him. "The old man
seems more than ever unsteady,"
remarked a lawyer as the magis
trate took his seat. "I don't see
how a man so old can stand the
vexations of a court much long6r"
"lam not well to-day," said the j himself in the woods on the White
Judge, turning to the lawyer:, j fish Bay road, aud had been dead
"and any cases youmay have you j three weeks. It was just like an
ca n dispatch tin m to the best, and j old back iiumlier funeral. Pa ami
let me add, quickest of vour abili-! ma u-iw inst Pi.ttin..-rt.:1,i, ..',',
l3-
Eveioue saw that the old' man i
was unusually feeble and no one
thought of -any scheme to prolong j
a discussion, for all the lawyers had j
learned to almost ieverence him.
-is mis tne woman' asked the
ouoge. no is ueu'iiding neri''
"I have no defence. Your Uouor.V'i
-
the woman replied. "In tact I do
iiotm,,.! neeuany, loriam i
contess my guilt. No man cau .de
iuu ui,-- auu Mie HKtKt-u u
magistrate with a curious gaze- j
"i mne oeen arrested on a cuarge i
oi uitsiui oiug me iieace, ami i am
;. i .1 : a. t . ii . i T
wining to submit the -case,, lam
dying of consumption. Judge, and
I know that any ruling made by the
law can have but little effecto n me:"
and she coughed, a hollow, vacant
cough, aud drew around her an old
black shawl 'that si e wore. Tin
expression on the face of the mag
istrate remained unchanged, but
his eyelids dropped, and he did not
raise them, when the woman con
tinued: "As 1 say, no man can
defend me. I am too near that
awful approach, to pass which we
know is everlasting death to soul
and to liody. Years ago I was a
child of bright promise;, I lived
with my parentis iu Kentucky.
W ay ward and light-hearted, I was
the admired of all the ga.V society
known in our . neighlKihood. A
man came and professed his love
for me. I don't say this, Judge, to
excite, your -sympathy..."! have
many and many a time been drawn.
before courts, but I never liefore
spoke of myjast life." She cough
ed again and caught a flow of blood
on a handkerchief which she press
ed to her lips "I speak of it now
because I know that this is the last !
on .earth before which I will be ar
raigned. I was fifteen years old
when I fell! in love with the man
My father said he wasbad, but Ilov-
ed him. He came again and again?
and wheu my father said he should
come no more I ran away and mar
ried him. My father said 1 should
never come home again. I hadal
ways beeu his pride and bad loved
so dearly, but he said that I must
never again come to his home
my home, the home of my youth
and happiness. How I longed to
see him; How I yearned to put
invhead on his breast. My hus
band became addicted to drink
He abused me. I wrote to my
father, asking him to let me come
home, but the answer that came
was 'I do not know you!' My hus-
j band died yes, cursed God and
died! Homeless aud wretched, and
with my little boj-, I went out into
the world. My child died and I
bowed down and wept over a pau
pers grave. I wrote to my" father
again, but he answered: 'I know
not those who disobey my com
mandments.' I turned away from
that letter hardened. I embraced
sin. I rushed madly into vice. I
spurned my teachings. I was time
antl time again arrested. Now I
am here."
Several lawyers rushed forward.
A crimson tide flowed from her
hps.
Thev leaned her lifeless
bead back against the chair. Tbe
old magistrate had not raised bis
eyes. '-Great God !' said a lawyer
"he is dead." The woman was his
,- i ."i
daughter!
The State of Kansas is to have a
railroad commission.
- - . I
THAT BAD BOY.
:o:-
THE HEALTH OFFICERS AF-
lr.li HIS MISCHIEF.
LIMBERGER CHEESE.
UIS FATHER IX TROlliLE.
"What was the health ofheer do-1
ing over to vour house this morn-
in!'' Kaid Nho .w . K.;,
lM,v tl. v.., .. ... ,1..;,.., r..
Say, do you think it is rig it, w hen i
ai.t ti n , i, .
anything smells awful v, u a wavs
i.,vu.... i..v '
lay it to a Iki.v?"
'Well, in niiit
cases out of ten i
they would hit, right, but what do
yon think
is the trouble over to
your house, honest!"
)
breathe al
"Sh-h! Now don't
.... . ,. . .
word of it to a living soul or 1 am a '
, . i
dead imiv - You s.i. I ..-.,.
, . . . j
me uair iair ai uie exposition
, .... o . , . , , J.
I milliliter Si. 1 1 ii ... I .. i.in-t.f .....1 ... I :
.....i.i, ......... ii..(t llllll, .11111 H IICIl
tliey were breaking up, me and iny
chum helped to carrv boxes of
cheese ami. firkins of butter,, and
' i
cheese man gave each of us a piece
J
of limliergei;
in tin foil.
cheese, wrapped'
Sundav morning
I
opened my piece, and it made. j
iiirvi. ai, -IV M arl inr liliUll'M Allien
I ever heard of, except the smell
when they found a tramp who hung
church, and I cut on a luece of
cheese and put it in the
pocket of pa's vest, and I
other in the lining of ma
and thev went to church. '
inside '
ut an
s muff, i
w'c nt
I l, '
to church, too. and sat on
i oacK p
seacSwth mv chum, looking
ust?tts
..;.n,.; .,.. -n... . ' h
oioi.ir, ts 1110111:11 i. tiiM laKiiiir mi :t
iwimuiiiu. ii-uicu w.i.s pieuy
? Warm, and by the time they got up
.to sing the first hymn pa's cheese !
ws.m to Mlie,i a I1).lt(.,1 aist j
ma's cheese. Pa held one side of the
hymI bokr and ma held the othen j
....a ,,rt- ..k...,. c c;,..... r.. ..n i... i
. 1 - - f
is ami wie,-, he braced him-1
sell,anH.sung;Must as l am, ma ;
thought pa's voice was tinctured !
with biliousness ami she looked-at i
him. and hunched him, and told !
him to stop singing ami breathe-!
through his nose, cause his ' bmil h
, , . i . . i.
w is enoiigh -t.vstop acloitk. Fa
stopped singing ami -turned kind of ;
cross towards
ma, ii.ud then he j
smelled ma's elieese, and he turned
his head the-; other way and said,
'whew,1 anil they didn't sing any
more, buf thev looked at each
j other as though they smelled
frowv. When thev sat down fhev
sat as f, ii apart as they could get,
and pa sat next to :r woman who
used to 1m? a nurse iti a hospital,
and when she smelled ; pa s- cheese
- !, she lookeil at him as thoiige he had
the small pox, and 'she held her
handkerchief to hci iM.se. The man : villaid was a rejiorter, Lenoard
in the other end of the pew, that u- Jerome Svas a printer, II. B:
ma sat near, he was a stranger I Clartln was a Vermont achool
from;' Racine,'--who belongs to om teacher. Charles O'Coii0r was liorn
church, ami he leeked at ma sort of , j j-,,. pooicst of Irish, parents, I'e
queer, and 'after the minister ter 'ooH-r Was a hatter's appreii-
prayed, ami they got up to sing
again, the man. tobk his hat and
went out, and when he came by me
ihe said, something in a whisper
about a feiir.de glue factory. Well,
sir, . be f lire the sermoii was over
everlMxIy iu that part of the hiirch
had their handkerchiefs' '-to their
noses, and they looked at pa and
ma scandalous, and the two ushers
they come around in the. pews look-
ing for a dog, and when' the . min
ister got oyer bis sernieii ami wiped
the KUsj)iration from his face, he
said he would like to have the trus
tees of the '-'chun-h stay after meet
ing, as there was same business of
importance to transact, Ie said
the question "of proper ventilation
ami sewerage for the church would
lie brought up, and he presumed
the congregation had noti'-ed this
morning that the church
was utiii-1
stially full of sewer gas. He'aid
he bad sjMikeii of the "niatter be
fore, and expected it would be at
tended to before this. He s.iid he I '
was a meek and humble follower of ' The rich New York iniMionaire
the L imb, and was willis- t tot ! daughter sl.p,,ed away from
his lot where the master decided, j e "rnuig last week, and
but lie would Im- NcsM-dif he would j marriwUthe man she love!, w.,
preach anV longer in a church that J reported as very much prostrated
smelled like a lx.ne Idling estab ! -the shiK-k. If the report t true
establishme.it lle said that re- that he wanted to force her to
ligioi. w:is a gKl thing, but no ir- i marry, tor the sake of his title, the
so,, could enjuv religion as Well in i French Marquis Tallyrand Pen
a fattening Wtabl-shmei.t as he gord, w hose title and whoe vices
could in a flower garden, and :,s i are all that remain to him or bis
far as he was concerned h.- hal got j famous grandfather's i-wsesion,
enough. Everybody.!. ot every-1 the American public will not sym
iKMly e.Ue, and pa luokeil at ma as ! pathize wRh tbe prastratiou of any
though be knew where the sewer f old j paternal Crcesms who is anx
gas came from, and ma looked at ? io"s to . ,li8 I"J?lter to a,
pa real mad, and me and my chum j broken-down foreign libertine with
lit out, and I went home and dis- j brokeulown title, Huch fathers
trrbnteJ mv Cheese all around. I
put a slice in ma's bureau drawer,
down under her underelotbes, and
apiece in the fepare room, under
NUMBER 9
- - v
the led, and a piece in the--bath-room,
in the soap dish, and a slice
in the album 6?u the parlor table,
and apiece iii'the library iu a book
Lanp I went to the diniug room aud
jput some uuder the table, and
idroped a piece under the range in
j the kitchen. I tell you the house
wasj loaded for bear. Ma came
home from church first, and
w hen I asked where pa was, she
sail she hoped he hail cone around
., block to air l.issilf. I.ram,
home .dinuer, hen be got a
f h,IW aU tW
',,Mrs'ana Vut iX wfrtaUe
aroH,ul aliouWeni and told pa
rti , . ,, .
U'e and got the inspector o
, J , .
"' comeiq. to the h
I Hil-
Iioiisii
-- 1
! 1 t i . - i. .
aim wneu ne suieiieu around a
spell he said there Van dead rats
in the main sewer pipe, and they
I sent for plunders, and ma went
out to a neighlnir's to Urrow some
i. .i .t.. ".. .t . . , -, . .
in-.-u an, .inn uvii in? puimoers
i ' ,- '.., a . .
Iw-giu' to dig up the fl(Kr in the
. 1
basement I came over here If
.... i- i
they find any ol that bmlerger
'
I cheese it will go hard with me. The
. hired girls have loth quit,- and ma
f says she is going to break upkeep-
illir lioliso mill lwmi-,1 Tl..if in.l
I:., . , , , .. . . .
into 1IIV llllll.l f U'tinl lk...l
! a lio'fi'l. vli-r- von li v.. ... I. ill.
,janlSf everytllillfr ,
giiess I will go over to., the house
and stand iu the back door and
listen to the'uiocking bird. Ifvou
i see me come living out of the'alley
.with my coat tail full of liootK yon
can bet they have discovered the
Selecting A Wife.
Who marries for
wife; who marries
love takes a
for fortune
takes a inistress; who marries for
.. . . 1 .
posMion laKes a . iay. ion ure
loved by your wife, regardol by
our iiii.rr..KH Ti n..r'ir...i it.- .. f
.
ii ni. j on nave a wue lor vour
j self; a lady tor the world and 'soeb
Vour wife will agree with
you, your lady will manage vou
'u f '1 take care or your
l,(,,lseho,d Jour inwtrcHS of yoiir
house, vom- bidv r ...u.....u......u
.. ;
H you are sick your wife wHiraM'
.'"'v : .oui mtsircss win visit you
.vonr 'a1.V will impiiro after your
health. You take a walk with
.vo,u' wife, a ride with your mis-
"ess, and go to a. party with Vonr
i 11,1 v' Yu,u' wi,e wiI1 Rl,im' j'our
!g"cl, your mistress your ( inonev,
your lady your debts. If U,u 're
dead your wife will weep, your mis
Hess will lament, and your
la.lv
j ""' mourning. Wjiich
j
will
How our Rich Men Began Life.
j Maiiv ol- the W(.aj,Uiest lueil i
j vun- vl- i-..r . ,.,.v. i.JV. t-.n.t
j )t (.,,w .iM,Vj j;,meH u. Kene
,AUlV England with 20in his
j IMH.kt.t jl(ills Hatch U-gan dealing
in "garden s.iss," D. ApI ton kept
a iiToccrv stoic. James Watsou
I -..l,l, frv .K.iU- Il..nrv
tuc, and the editor ot.lhis pajier
j M-gan life without u dollar. Now
.,. owes tnanv times that amount.
j 1 .-t the countrv emnlate the exam
p,. of thealMive uamed Miccesisful
men
I
A Littie l'eace-V&ker.
A little girl applied at one of our
'.lrioV, stores . the other day fur
... n
' Iove-Powders" says the Winston
-Leader." The druggist in lonii
ed her that there was no suel
thing, iut inquired of her'why h
wunti.it d She sifid that her
m.amma and papa quarrelled
much she really wanted something
to make them love each other. There
is a whole sermon, in that little
girl's denire, for parents to Kiider.
Little angel ! She was indeed a
warded.
Married the Van she loved.
ought to be invariably prostrated
with some sort of a shock that will
interfere with the operation of
their Caucasian f've market.
i Month
Thrm Month.,";."
- - su siom.:.:r
' - One Vnr
f 1 1
1 01
i
,:. Ik w
.......... 11 (Xl
UbcnX DIxunU wlU be nj Unrntl
Ad?rttomacita aaj for Contmou by th Year1 '
mati ccompanj all Aawrtttn. nt
uoU good refereoc U rlvm.
C0LL0SSAL ,-THiEF
HE IS ONE TH AT TllOUOl till
. LY UNDERSTOOD IT.
KO RESPECTER OF PERSON.
IIE HAS GOXE. TO EVRnrt'
Tkoy, N. Y., March 11. It h is
f
been discovered that
Einuii-t
'broker.
O'Neill, the Schenectady
who recently failed, h.H 'tied, mid -that
be has victimized partus iu
Schene:tady and Duanesbuigb out '
of not less than 2aO,(MKK Jlaving
the handling of bis father's estate
and being presumably wealthy, he -
was elected a director of t h, s. ln.
nectady Bank. From t he loo' .,f
Lthe bank he learned that man v
farmers iu Duanesburgh h id fund "
to invest. He obtained jm wvm-m-sion
of their money on j l.ui
sible reprtseutatiotis and gave as
security forged mortgages. Where
further proof was asked he would
veu forge assigiiments nf mort-
gages, including Iheciuinty cleik's
certificate and a copy of the record. .
He also forged notes. He had
eight notes out as collateral, pur- i
Hirtillg to lie Mglied by Col.
Church, and each Uing lor .',xn.'
Only two of these notes weie genu
ine. Ten years ago O'Neill, sold a
farm iu Duanesburgh to Jo-epli
McQuafle for 1,mm, e,ooo U-iug
paid iu cash, O'Neill taking a inort.
gagejfor r,0O0. Mi-guade has
finid ?2,000, besides uitci est. -Last
fall O'Neill told McQtiade lh.it the"
original mortgage lor ?7,0di a
so covered with endorsement of
small piymeiits that he had 1m llcr
execute a new mortgage fur f.1 M '0
and he (O'Neill) would destroy the
old instrument. McQuade executed
anew mortgage and KtipMHcd that
O'Neill luwt detroyd the original
one. He did not do s. however,
and lvtli are reco . ded iirtl e ouuiy
clerk's office. The original mort
gage bears no endorsement to how
that a cent w as ever paid.
.John Beverly, a flagman, pur
chased a little house, ghing a
mortgage for SHOO. He died soon
after, first directing that the pro
ceeds of a 2,000 life insurance
jMilicy le lined to pay oil' the mort. I
gage, tbe remainder to lc used to
be invested. O'Neill got the money
lretendel to raise Hie mortgage
and invest the balance, and appro
priated the whole of the little I'M
tate.
Widow Charles Van Yrunkliii'
entrusted O'Neill with HJU ' hie
insurance money for inve tiuenf,
which was lost.
O'Neill bad another method. Jlc
would make a short loan to a re
sjionsible party, take a note as ne
curitv, skilfully forge a inp y of
the note, and when the money was
paid surrendered the loiged note
and negotiated the genuine. New
schemes of his devUing aie Mill
4ciiig cxMicil. N-aily i-er- -v.
son iii the town of Dnaiic-huig who
had money i a vi filu. hi S4-ne-liectady
(he JosKes ire" counted by
the won-.
Miss Fro, I'Nei'l' ' i iifi-t. f
5.','!0 invested in the W.--.1. : nd
sjMiketo f)'Ncill al mmi t jilaeat.' it at
home. She did not "ai.i hone I. an
to act for her. but m -iilioiif.! hIm
her western agent weie. , s-hort
time ago she g' f a lel!cr"f on the
Went saying that she bad m.ale a
umtakefiii withdra "wiitz h r inoiie.
O'Neill bad lejtieM'ii'.ed hiins-.'f as j
her agent ami secured the im-ney.
She could get no sa! i-f.n-l ion. His
mother and si-ter wm vlsn h-ll m-ii-ii
les-(. Before le.iilig Sela-ni-e-t.idy
on Ihe midi.ight Ha:ii. D'Neiil
taking a bundled dollar greenback
in his hand, 'wu-iit from .!ore to
stole asking to have it rhai ged.
Noone could change, it, and he ttoi
rowed a few dollar firm c;u h t re-
keewr. He vict bni.etl over twenty
residentM tti S4-lu-liectiiil by this
game. O'Neill went to New York,
where, it is said, be made an uiimic
ccsslul attempt to raii-e JU.tfm on
lorged sM-uritieiv. " It is ttelieved
that he Im gxMie to Eur tpe.
wife, two da lighter and wn.
st.ll ill S;hetieet.ldy.
III.
.ue
; Gone to FgM a Ottl.
Rumor hah it, ay the William
ston "Times,'' that (boige A.I Spar
row and C. F. Warren have left
theii home ill WasbingN ii .CIto
fight a duel. The call-.- i nr. know u
to uh, but we are :ti,n.J- l th
tint Ii of the liuieii- lioiu the fact
that Mr. Wan en and his second
Maj. L. C. Lit ham and their
surgeon Dr. O'l lagan p.ised
tiu oflgli Iow h Wed heyday night
and tbe last ;wvuuut ot theiu they
were making for Virgin a. IlieMe
two young roosters are aiixioits to
fight, a les expensive and a more
certain met hoi I would have. been to
have gone back of the old Academy
pulled offtbeir coat and waded iu.
This all amounts to a farce in one
scene from the fact that ihe author
ities will have them.
The "News-Oltserver' credits its
locals to the Wilson "Sifting"
that should be crediteil to the AD-
VASCE. He a Utile more jcareiui,
Brother Ashe.
On 1 nch, On Irwortloo..
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