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~ ... . - ./ .. :>:.:;^*? * . / : -.'. --"' -. > ;v ^ ' ^^ ;" . WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1884 . - = . . : rA PRUSSIAN'S SUICIDE/ JCOERSTEIN ENDS A BAD CAREER.1 A German Forger, Ordered to Be Extradited. Takes Cyanide of Potassium on thn Eve of His Departure, and Dies. [Chicago Tribunal ^ Herman Koerstein, a Gorman thirtyeight years old, committed suicide at the 1^^^^ County Jail yesterday by taking poisonHe was a fugitive from Germany, where he had committed the crimes of forgery |i and embezzlement while in the employ as ? Secretary of a Government railway at Bromber?. Prussia. His extradition was demanded, and Judge Biodgatt decided to deliver him up to the German authorities. Yesterday Detective F. B. Clark, of Pinkerton's Agency, called at the jail for the purpose of starting with the prisoner on hi3 journey to Europe. Jailor Folz ordered Deputy John Coauull to bring Koer-. stein from his cell, which was No. 26 on the second tier. In the meantime Clerk Price got the discharge papers in readiness. The officer was about to take his rman into custody when he not'cod a deadly pallor overspread Lis f cos a :d with a cry of pain he fell h-aviiy ?o t-ie ground. TW"!? chctuj/. a 1 t ; TTrtillSstftin IKUIV1 uau ouo^'vv v ? v. ?*v **.v> . ??-.?? would probably at empt sak-id.', aad the idea thyc his suruii.-\,- was correct ~r immediately flashed up n him. Dr. Krost, the Assistant Co :nty Physician, was hastily summoned, and ^ a superficial ezunv nation satisfied him that the man had p osaaod him& self, and that his cud w.;s near at hand. This was at a quu'tor past thsea o'clock, minutes af or four all signs ffliH Tuo poison he took was ^^sium, ;i violent drug, ^^oolc oT?c- in the vital ^k^is m :de to save the ^;clo[ no avail. DBBe^ s: ill remain ic dead pristbat he the B^gs, tied ^?ns for ^gind a Hhand. BRrsThe contjacsor the epistle woro^ BW as follows: My extradition has been ordered, but to HP Germany, where I had to suft'er so much bitterness and woe, I shall not return. I remain here, and prefer death to dishonor. The Lord Ibe merciful to my soul. I b<tr u> send the inclosed letters at once. H. Koejisteis. P. S.?The cyaaide of potas-ium I brought with me. K. THe two letters were a idressed to his three children and Mrs. Schwa i, at No. 614% North Clark street. The latter has the custody of the children, and he asks them and her to love aud re.-.pcct hi-; mamory. He hoped for forgiveness in the next world. The poison, ha writes, he always "* carried with him. Tiie jail officials thought .fee bought it while beii:g taken to and from court, bat, in the absence of other testimony, Korstein's posthumous statement must be taken for the truth. Among his effects was found a Lutheran hymn-book addressee to Mrs. Hulda Hahn, No. 190 Polk street. On the wrapper was written : "Open before delivery." The first page " on the inside was covered with an inscrip" ~ tfon, also in German. Translated it was as follows: tmw book was sent to me this day, Jan. IS, 13Si, in a package of washing. Hulda Hakx: Thou dearest to sand me this book?thou who hast mortgaged thy soul to the Devil. Where thou mxyest travel or ahHo mv miKP will follow theC. In thOG rdwelleth a soul foul and vile. Thou hast not only made me unhappy, but orphaned my. children. To many families thou hast been a veritable Satan. Curses on yon. Wander restless till lightning strike- you deal. - Ku&RiTElX. - Mrs. Hahn was found ai her home by a Tribune, reporter last eveiiur. She vras informed of the parting curse dedicated to her -without explanation in sue J a strange manner by the decea:e.i. Sh> said she was the sister-in-law of Kosrsieia. Ha left * * * J * M-- ??.1J ]? CIS noma turn l-amny >uuwmj aqo, j and came to the United State;. Aftor his H .. arrival he sent for his wife and hi? children whom he had by a former marriage. Mrs..Koerstein refused to leave home and H follow her hasband to a strange land, but advised Mrs. Hahn to emigrate. She arjgjj rived here three months ago with the chil- r dren. Koerstein had borrowed two hundred V dollars from her, whica she alleges he BP squandered on a woman ia Detroit- He came back to Chicago and was arrested. HH Subsequently he asked to see her at the jail and his eldest son, Theodore. They H| gave him money, but he was very severe in-his-language toward his.offspring, whom he accused of acting traitorously by giv?? ing the-police information which led to his F S arrest. This the lad denies. He is very ^ much'grieved at his father's suspicions, which he claims were without foundation. y Mrs. Hahn further states that she borrowed thirty dollars from a butcher named Becker, on Blue Island avenuj, to defray-* the expenses of Koors Vein's trial. S ie ii' now compelled to work for Bec ker to pay the debt she owes him. Sue denied posi1 tively that she had offended Koersfceiii in \ any way that would causo him -to corse her, and said she did not caro a snap other finger for his curse. Ha was migrate*, ful to the last. Sue had sent the hytanv ' book to the prisoner l.ec :u-so he had male a request' for something: to read. -- She thought a hymn book wool 1 console hiin, and he at the same time cou'.d soek moral truths from it. In conclusion, she reiterated that the dead man's curse would not * ^ affect her in thfc least. < fi A DEMON'S DEEDS. - * He Tries to Poison His Young: Wife So That He May Marry a Gay Young Girl. [New Philadelphia, (0.) Speciai.] * The particulars of a most startling sensation came to light here to-day which, when folly developed, will shake social circles in New Philadelphia from center to circumference. The facts in the case are as follows: . Two years ago a young man of this place married one of New Philadelphia's best y and most accomplished young ladies. They lived happily together for a year and a; ? half, when ?.t was discovered that the has band commenced in a deliberate and sys- j ^ tematic manner to poison his young wife, _ in order that he might bestow his affect ions J ' untrammeled upon a gay young girl whofn he had met. The newly-married couple 1 had been lovers from their youth up, and \ as they stood before the hymeneal altar it j ^ -> was remarked by all the guests thai no hap. : pier couple ever started on life's journey to- j gether. At the end of the honeymoon they removed to a neighboring county where ; tho husband engaged in a profitable manu- j facturiilg enterprise in^ a stock company. ! flmnnjr ose WUO C31iea UU uaniv j wedded couple in their new home to make them welcome was a young lady noted for her beauty and her many winsome manners and accomplishments. She is the daughter of P leading business man and a very near neighbor of the married couple*' From the very day that tbis gay "young , girl set her foot in the now home the hus1 tA rare for his wife. and. as if by magic, all his love and affection wore ; transferred to the little neighbor girl., Euchre parties and social calls from the ] latter served to make matters worse, until j finally the young wife forbade the neigh- i bor girl entering her household. The hus-1 band? not to be thwarted, frequently met. her on. the streets and in other Dlaces. uni tn the scandal bccarne the town taic. Six months ago the fickle hus. band told his young wife in i plain words that he ha i ceased entirely to love her, and added "(hat he bad ; now an easv plan to remove her from this world, and would do it in a way that she j would know nothing about." He endeav- 1 ored to comfort ]ier by telling lier that " by Christmas-Day sho would be slesping j sweetly in her little white house under the ' sod,''and then "he and his 'little dear'i (as he called the little neighbor girl) would : come and placo bouquets of flowers on her 1 grave." At night he would pace the floor : and talk of nothing Lut his love for his j "little dear." When Lis wife could not i sleep for his actions he would bring her i wine and various medicines., telling her j that they had been prescribed by a physi- j cian, and that they were just the thing to j quiet her nerves. When she would rcmon- i strate with him for the manner in which he j conducted himself with tho neighbor girl, i In would reply that she (his wife) was j siek and r.ocled mora medicine. One morning he brought in u bottle of horse-medicine, and, with threats, was determined to make her take a dose of it. He told her it would quiet her nerves and restore her appetite. The wife, becoming alarmed, fled from the house, having nothing on bat the most scanty apparel. She ran to the depot, and, fortunately, a train was just ready to start, which she took for this place. She had changed so much in appearance that her frionds scarcely recognized her. Hft face, once so round and beautiful, was flabby and bloat d, and her friends could scarcely believe that she was the same happy girl who, such a short time ago, had left them under circumstances apparently so ravorarue. The family physician was called in, and it was found that the system of the young wife contained large quantities of arsenic. The wife now has no doubt that her husband placed small quantities of the poison in the wine and other liqnors that he gave her, hoping to put her out of the way. It j has been proven beyond a doubt that such is the case. She has left him forever, and will apply at once for a divorce. The storv of the voung wife is a most pitiful one, an I the tortures she has endured at the hands of the one who had vowed to love and cherish her seems almost beyond belief. Any one seeing her, j ^^ " ga^^eonvinced beyond a doubt that j had she staye^T^a^longer 'the 'demon would have accomplished his purpose by killing her with slow poison. She is under skillful medical treatment, and there are now hopes of he: recovery. The monster who attempted the awful crime has gone West with several hundred dollars of the company's money. Should tie return cere ne may dc summarily dealt with. By a special and urgent request of the relatives of the wife names for the present are withheld. A MATRIMONIAL MIXTURE. Sow Some Pennsylvania "W omen Becam? Confused in Their Conjugal Relations, [Philadelphia Times.] Nine or ten years ago a certain Jake 1 Ruse, of Greene Township, Pa., married j a woman named Calvert, daughter of Lash j Calvert. They lived together two or three ? ?laff ItialAwful ?wrz?o and ! years, wucw -? _ l took up with a woman named Stickles, j daughter of Levi Stickles. He soon fell j out with the Stickles woman and looked about for another woman to conquer. He made love to a Miss Stoneking, who took kindly to him, and they were one as nearly as possible, considering that two other wives had matrimonial claims upon Ruse. They are still living together. Byer Ruse, of the'same township and a brother of Jake, married a woman in Waynesburg about a year since, but he treated her so badly that the parents of the woman took her away from Ruse. The latter then took up wibh his brother Jake'ss'econd wife, the Stickles woman. Pleasant .raise, a sisterot jane suu cjw, i married Dan Stickles and had two children by him- She left him about a year ago and sought the loving arms of one John Dunston, of Jefferson township. Mary Ruse, another sister, two years ago married a Jim Hawkins, who was said to have a wife living at the time. They lived together some eighteen months, till a child was born to them, when one day the mother-in-law appeared upon the scene where the couple lived, just across the river in Fayette County, and upon some pre* tense took the daughter Dome. mrs. naw-1 kins No. 2 attended the "Waynesburg fair last fall, stopping with one Hiram Long, he and his family now baing in the almshouse, and while here foil in with one Jim Richev, who had a wife living. She took a fancy to Jim, and in order that she might pass herself off on him as a young maiden her mother came and took the six months-old child, of which Hawkins was the father. They took kindly to each other and are now living together in the same Vnnca witK "Miss. Hawkins', alias Richev's. parents on the township line, between i Cumberland and Greene townships. Ben Love left his lawful wife in Waynes-! burg and went to Greene Township and | married aMiss Kimble about a year ago.' who now lives on the farm ofS. P. Minor, in 'the township named, while Mrs. Love 2STp: 1 still lives in Wayne sbarg. Ben Masters, of Greened Township, became enamored of a sister of Hiram Long'? wife, she having a husband living and Ben a wife in West Virginia. They didn-"*j allow these incumbrances to interfere, however. and about" two months since they waie married, - and now live in Greene Township. Dan Stickles,- whose wife No. 1 mar ried Dunston,r already mentioned, toot unto herself a second rib in " the person oi \ one William Masters, of Rudolph's Run j This agreement was entered into last fall ' and the happy pair now reside near the line between the townships of "Whitely and Greene. Jim Richey's wife, soon after she sepa | rated from Richey, married Jim Swanago. [ of Cumberland Township, and Ue and hii! blossom now live near Rice's landinc. , % VTUC? [Cor. Detroit Free Press.] Egide Willems, of New York City, is a j Belgian, aged sixty. He rereatly married j a sm-irt an 1 pretty Swe lish girl aged j twenty. The usual result: She leads him i by the nose, makes hin: build tho fires and j let her slumber until thi c ff.-e is rea ly. ] She did more; she helped herself from the i money-drawer, aud tricked herself out in j a manner that would have ast >unded Sol- I omnn. But the worst of it all was that she j laughed whenever he remonstrated. This i was too much for Willems, so he appealed j to court. When questioned by the frown-' ingJudje why she laughed, she replied j with a rainbow or smiles: "i ime to laugn. ; I was born that way." Despite the fact ; that most girl babies seem born to cry, the j Judge couldn'- help letting the poor thing ! go. In the hall Will?ms seized his laugh ing wife and tried to kiss her, imploring her to go home. She straggled in his ; grasp, laughing the while, freed herself, i laughed again, and then said she would : think about it. At last sh9 gave a half : promise that if ho would go with her to ; her lawyer and sign a declaration that' what he had said about her was untrue she K nollorl on/1 AC if- ' wuiliti rcturu. -x tau v>ao u^u **<, *w I drove away Mrs. "VVillems put her face out ; of the window and beamed on a court at-! tend ant who had been kind to her. It is : a fnighty hard thing to hold out against a ' laughing wife. It's the other kind that kills. \ I s AUDACIOUS BANDITS, j A COLORADO MAN IN SORE PERIL.' Bobbers Wring $2,000 from Charles Ei WUlis at the Point of a Revolver?He. Is rVlnMfnxnaii Q TlH FnWfill U1U6SBUI V1UV4V.VU.V- ? ? to Write for More Money. [Denver Neva] Yesterday a News reporter stumljled! apon a clew which lod to the relation by a ! gentleman in this city of an experience ! which reads more like the annals of the j Campagna in Itr.ly, fifty years ago, than j an occurrence in a city in the nineteenth i century, with its electric lights, well- j organized police, and a spirit 01 law anu order second to none in the United States. This gentleman, whose name is Charles E. Willis, states that he came to Colorado last June from his home near Adrian, Mich., with a view to engaging in mining, If he could find suitable investments for a few-thousand dollars, which he had accu mulated by a life ol tlirilt ana economy, i He visited Georgetown, Leadville and I other mining camp ? , and acquired inter- j ests in property near these places which j have occupied his attention ever since, until the rigor of The winter in the high altitude proved too severe for his constitution, already impaired by the toil of nearly sixty years, and he determinedto come to Denver for the winter. With a view to this end he wrote to his wife to sell the property and join him with her young daughter in Denver. She realized about $6,000 from the sales of their effects and ai rived in Denver Sunday morning, t>>? TA Vi ivief- Hrinfrincrt.ha TnnnfiV with hef. Mr. Willis had renewed his acquaintance with several gentlemen who had formerly resided in and near Adrian, among whom wa< A. H. Russell, Esq., well-known in this city, and Mr. Russell invited him to bring his family to his house until he could m^ke satisfactory arrangements for permanent residence. Sun-lay, the day of his wife's arrival, was spent quietly at the house, J*o. 161 Washington avenue, and after supper Mr. "Willis came down to the St. James Hotel, where he expected to meet a gentleman wh:> is interested with him in a mijiinc ftiitemrisa. The eentleman failed to keep the appointment, and after waiting an boor or so Mr. Willis started for home a few minutes before nine o'clock. The night was dark and cold, and he walked aB Tii'IfI ^ til slippery condition of the pavements woTM "pelLflliu lie metnsual number of pedestrian^ along Six**, teenth street, and crossing Broadway he walked ra'.her more slowly up the hill eft) East Sixteenth until ho reached the vacant lot just beyond tbe residence of- Mr. Charles B. Koun;ze. There the frees grew close and tall along the sidewalk on the one side and a high fcnce incloses the lot on the other. Mr. Willis states that he was walking along in a rather abstracted frame of mind, mn.irfom'nir'c hi 1 cin??S TllSASant* LLlUU^LiUO Ut OAiVi w ? vui?*0 ^ v?v.?x ly commingled with the tender cares which his wife's arrival had awakened, when about the middle of the block he received a crushing blow on the back of the head, knocking him completely senseless. When he recovered conseiousnes; he found himself in a rude shanty with bare floor, un> planed board walls, and a canvas roof like a tent. A small stove furnished heat for- tko rwmy aiOuud \VtXtCXf W0T6 Sti&liGO four men wearing masks which completely co:-.ceak*d their features. Th? light furnished by a candle set on a table at one end of the room was insufficient to enable him to obtain a good view of their clothing, but it was such as is generally worn by miners and the laboring classes. Mr. Willis was tied hand and foot and a weight attached to his neck so be could not raise his head. He detcctel the odor of chloroform on Ms beard 9nd clothes and felt a nausea that told the -.story of his unconscious moments. Eb lay quiet for a few moments and t en ta his awakening con. sciousness the pain in his head, caused by the blow ho had reccivod, became so great that he moaned with pain. This brought one of tbe m?n to his f jet, and he uniied Willis' hands, gave him a cup of water and made his position a little more comfortable. In re turn for these little attentions he placed paper and pencil before Mr. Willis, and demanded that he should write a note to his wife bidding her send him ?2,000 at once. The unfortunate man pleaded and protested,but without avail, and finally under the threat of death, backed up by a cocked revolver, l.e wrcta a note to his wife, at the dictation of one of the men, of which the following is a c^py: . "Denver, Col., Dec. 16. 1883. "Mr Dear Wive: Please send by bearer, who is a trustworthy party, ?2,000, which 1 need to complete a transaction. Don't be uneasy if I do not return until to-morrow morning. Your affectionate husband. "flHATtt.ES E_ Wrr.T.TS." Mr. Willis states that one Of the men dis appeared with the note and, after an interval of about two hours as nearly as he could guoss, returned with the money. The money was counted out in silence on the tablj and then divided into two piles. At this juncture they seemed to recall to mind his presence, and one of the men whispered a few moments to the others, and then Mr. Willis was gauged anj^blindfolded and lifted, all bound, into a vehicle whicli he judged to be a spring wagon. T?e horse was driven rapidly for an hour or more and then stopped, and, his bonds and gag being first removed, Mr. Willis. w?? nlflptid on his feet in the middle of the road and told ho might go. Before leaving, however,the lea ler of the party told Willis that if he madl i* loss publicor iufcrmed the police ho ir.u-;t be prepared to take the consequence*. Then they drove off and Willis at rand".:. took 'li-> opposite direction, and with much difficulty reached an outskirto: to-vn, wh'c'j, by his description, must have be *:i the Hi hlaads. He finally arrived at air. Ilusseii's residence on Washington avenue and immediately took to his bad, where he ha<; remained ever since. He doe: not appear to have been seriously ii. jured by the blow, but is suffering n oi:> us vou; prostration and anxiety of mind, eaus' d by the los* of his money. Mr. Wdiis' inexperience with the ways of a city and the bewildering strau euvisot hi- adventure, added to the natu al :inidity of his age, rostrainei him from taking any s teps toward the recovery of his mo ey until TLursday, when he put the matte:- i-i the. hands of. a private detective, in whose ability and discreetness he has much confidence. He says he has read so much about the incompetency and stupidity of the police in Iar^e cities that he was afraid they would spoil t'ue job if they undertook it. The cJ-tcctive has left town on a still hunt diter the rob bers, but it is more than probable that they are still in town. The reporter interviewed Sirs. Willis, who is a pleasan'-featured lady of mi ld.Ie.age, with the simplicity and kindness of address -^hlch show how peacefully the stream of her life has flowed up to "the* time' of "this occurrence. She is in great distress of mind over her husband's condition, and cried pitifully at intervals during her statement Sho s*aid that when the men presented the note from her husbari 1 she entertained no su-picion of its rjal meaning, as her hust J j : UUI1U uau IlU'HUOH?ll UUXlll^ wc uijr vua? he would probably purchase the in^rest of the party whom he expected to meet that evening. She did not uoticc tbe mail's appearance closely, and says she is not sure she could identify him, and she hopes "ti.Oie wicked man will stay away from her husband and never be heard of asrain.** * ' Mr. Russell, their hosf, states that he tried, to prevail oa Mr. Willis to apply to the po! at t'i<* nrs\ but yield-id to that gentleman's policy of a quiet search. He was not pros-ut wbiiu Mrs. Willis received the ' i ?? . linifv fcn cive her I ho of hii wider experience, TJie robbery \va> o .e oC the boldest ever com::iit < i in it civilized community, and^is (ounv'ion with the artistic burglary "of theC\i!if<>;ni.i Hall s.ifj the same night and otl.w ca<o-> oi midnight crimes goes fo show that a . a i ; oL as d-jsperate rascals' ns c>..ld be found anywhere are at work In. tho city. .% % t FOOLISHNESS. How a Practical Joker'.* Feeble Attempt"? at So-C.ill?*a '.Vit Iicsalted in Dlsaitei^v ? A Sad Ending to a Frolic. [Duquoin (111.) Special.] jgK-J News reac-.od here to-day of a sad affjtfr that cceurrc',1 a", the lit le town of Frank-j fi-.r~, in Fra:ikl n Couiit3% Wednesday nighty I in vhi.-h the fTm-ls of a party of practical I jolier i e ;ul e' d!s : s rously to one of therfT y. 1 app-ars tha- some of uthe boys'.' a>?. <ian,;v l to have a li-tlj fun at' the expense^ Ji o." E. E. Carta:*.. li-iving perfected their if* pla"s, S :m Wayne invited Carter to gjp / out a:id "hav.j a time." They visited the Lcms of Thomas Hammill. Here is where, tha j ke was to be played that was expected t'<> frighten Carter out of a yeaiA cto a -h. Thcv kn ;cked a" Hammill's door, ana vo.'Csj inside inquired: " Who% the- oTh.' only reply was more load' kno *ki .g on the on'side. Again Haflimill called out: "Who is it and whfcf do you want?" Receiving no answer* Hanin ill suddenly threw open the door an l Ivgaa to shoot blank cartridges at Wayne and Cnrter. Wayne, pretending to l?e bidly scare i, ran as if for' his lifo^T. Carter look a different view of the tion. He didn't stop to reason with the mnn wlin nras shontin/ at him. or to jdVe or ask a::y explanation He simply sSsr tha', a< he believed, his life was jeopardy, and acted on the first impulse. As the second report of Hammill's pin^F rang out, it was replied to by a wfil;. directed shot from a thirty-eight callSer revolver which Carter brought into requisition., The bullet struck Hammill in the jaw, and was immediately followed by * second shot from Carter's pistol that lodg -d a bullet in Hammill's ueck. See^ injr Hammill fall, Carter stopped shooting and commenced shouting, soon drawing* crowd to the scene. Latest news from' * T-o tit,io fViaf TTammill xr/is afcHl I gliye, but bis wounds were considered morferii^ The Sadl^fiSCSi1 to Mr. JWilkesbarre (Pa.) bpeciaL] iJi'. Forty Fort, a small village two miles xqv, the stream from Wilbesbarre, Pa., the a scene of the famous Wyoming massacre,I witnessed a sad accident Saturday after-; noon, by which two younz girls, Alice Major and Sarah Mardsen, aged.eighteen1' and seventeen respectively, met 4he2rit death. Tue two girls, in company with.atjf. young teacher, Clark by name, were skat?~f ing on the river a little below the village. T A small portion of the river had been kepfcil free from ice, but the extreme cold of theJr last two day> bad frozen it thinly. With^H [ out perceiving the danger tne two girxey . skated han^-in-iioM_oixto .this r, were plunged into the river. Clark, who was a short distance behind/ skated rapidly to the spot and attempted to save the girls, but was himself precipitated into the water by the breaking of the ice. He managed to scramble out, how- | ever, and looked for his companions, but the swift current had carried them under the ice, and the horrified young man saw them through the thin clear ice, borne rapidly along and struggling for life. Some twenty yards below there was an air-hole, and here the unfortunate girls once more came to the sur'ac?. They uttered no cry, aitlionirii one of them raised her hand above the surface and waving it to the young man, called oul: "Good-bye, Mr. Clark, good-bye." Tho next instant they were again carried u ider the ice and were seen no more. Despjrate efforts were made io recover the bodies but in vain; nor is it probable they will be recovered until spring, the ice being eight inches thick and solid. Miss Major was the daughter of Crandall Major, the postmaster of Forty Fort Both girls aro \v9ll known and . highly respected in the vicinity. A Sad Reunion. [Galveston (Tex.) Post] A sad scene was recently enacted in a hotel at Galveston, Tex., in which the reconciliation of a long-estranged man and wife was consummated, and their separation accomplished by death. Several years ago, H. T. Raisen and Mary Bracht, of Rockfort, Tex., were married, Knf rtisenrd creeninz into their happy household, the courts were obliged to put asunder what God had joined together. The bride returned to her father's house and the unhappy groom commenced a roving life. Het.avelfcd to South America, visited Havana, where he suffered for many months from the dread disease, yellow fever, and finally returned to Texas in company with Lord Ayersford, who, tak-' ing a liking to the wanderer, established >>im in the mercantile business and pre sented him with a fiue house and farm. On a business trip Mr. Raisen visited Galveston, and, becoming afflicted with a serious illness, and feeling that the end was fast approaching, he telegraphed for his former wife, who promptly responded with their child, a little boy seven years old, whom he had never seen. For many'1 A days she tenderly nursed him, and sought with every carc that love could bestow to bring him back from the grave, but in j vain. Finding that the time of his death was but a matter of a few days, Eaisen made known to his friends his desire to be reuni " . to the woman he loved. His wishes were complied with. They were reman ied, but the sufferer will never on-frtr flffar Ivn. jvy mo a^wuu iivuv^ ?mwm^ -v.j gering in excessive agony for several days, he succumbed so fate, and he was laid to rest. __ A Hero's Fearful Death* [New Orleans Special.] At a fire which occurred at an early hour this morning, on Palmyra street-,; John Murray, a bright and intelligent boy of seventeen, was burned to death while en deavoring to rescue his lamily from the flames. The fire broke out in the middle i of the night, and the Murray family, which consisted of Mrs.- Murray and several children, all of them small, except John, were very much frightened and demoralized. They scarcely knew what to do, and but for John might have perished. He succeeded in carrying out two of the children, Mike and Willie, returned and rescued his mother at some risk, and entered the burning house, now completely wrapped in flames, a third time to look, it is belioved, for his little sister Katie, who had already escaped. A short time after his body was recovered by the firemen, greatly disfigured, the legs and arms being burned away, and nothing but the trunk being left. It seems that he must have been suffocated and intoxicated by .the smoke, for he had managed to pass through the house, but fell senseless in the yard, where he was burnedto death. The deceased was employed in a mpar faefcorv ill this citv. and was the chief support of his family. In consequence of the muddy condition of the streets, the engines found it impossible to reach the fire, and the building was totally consumed. V " \ A SINGULAR BLUNDER. THE MISTAKE OF A CITY CLERGYMAN. How He Nearly Pronounced Father and Daughter Man and Wife, bat Changed His Mind at the Earnest Protestation of the Groom. [Philadelphia Special.! The strange scene has .been presented here of a clergyman in a city churcL nearly joining in matrimony a father and daughter. The details have just become known, and the story is now the chief topic of society gossip. Invitations were issued to a large number of Philadelphia's most fashionable people to be present' at the Church of Epiphany to witness the marriage of Wilson Mitchell, a yotrig man well known in society, to Miss Fanny Elizabeth Kessler, the daughter of Jno. Kessler. Jr. The spacious, church .was jand advanced to the altar railings. -The deep tones of the organ pealed forth Men-", delssohn's "Wedding March," the swing, ing doors at the foot of the center aisles swung open, the six ushers s'arted slowly forward, and following came the bride, attired in traveling costume, leaning on the arm of her father. The wedding had been arranged in the usual English style, and Lilt? unuc Wtt3 l/V uo UIUU an uuv vumuvva steps by tbe groom, .attended by his best man. The eyes which had been fixed on the bride turned towards the door of the vestry-room, from which her prospective husband was expected to emerge, but the door was tightly closed, and it gave no sign of opening. The organ had ceased its music, and father and daughter stood before the altar with ushers ranged on either side, and yet no husband came forward to claim his Wi 1UC> AUO ViVA g J UiMU V V.-V.? w understand the situation, though it was apparent from the rustle of excitement which stirred the assembled quests that they were only too well aware that somethiag was wrong. The bride turned palo and clutched her father's hand convulsively, aud the father's lace grew'scarlet in tho suppressed excitement of the momenfc. The awkwardness of the situation was increased when, in solemn and deliberate tones, Mr. Kinsolv (i-lg U^gau IU vuv Uiui a ocx v ivw* mv i had mistaken? the father for the groom, and was about to ma.jj fijin tn daughte^^he excitement was intense. Jsjjl^^fyoonnteuance wa^ depicted a con- 1 seriousness of the situation, yet no one ' spoke, and the clergyman proceeded with ' the service, When at length he came ' to the words: "If any man can show ' just cause why they may not be joined -I together, let him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his peace," there was a noise outside, the door at the foot of the nave was thrown open, and Mr. Mitchell, attended by his best man, both nervous and excited, and both ashen pale, came rushing up the aisle. A few ' words sufficed to explain matters to the astonished clergyman. By some means the vestry door had been locfced, and the two TTTg'PLWfTfl thnc nroyppffl l _ Eg Their entrance when the organ gave them their cue. In vain they had tried to open it and had lost valuable time in the effort. When they finally abandoned the attempt it took them several minutes to get out of the vestry and around to the other door. The ceremony was again begun, 'and the wedding was duly solemnized, but the shock which the young lady's nervous system received was severe, and for a time it ?{* Ka Tinf.Vi VY 05 icaicu vuuv A*/ rni^u w w serious consequences. ' A VERT HAFPT PAIR. How a Husband and Wife Fasted a Pleasant Hour. [Indianapolis Times.] An interesting trial took place in Feible- , man's Court yesterday evening. Retta Kirkendall instituted surety of peace pro- | ceedings against her husband, Hugh Kirk- , ? V<?y. #av oo CUUttU| OUU CUOU rnou IJL**ii AVA sault and battery. She is a thin, sicklylooking woman, while he is a big1, swarthy j fellow. Kirkendall had no attorney, 'and was conducting his defense himself. One ' f the witnesses was the woman's sister, . who made the following statement: "I went to my sister's room this morning because I was looking for; trouble between her and her husband; and I wanted to make ( peace. When: Kirkendall came into the room he seated himself on a rocking-chair, and my sister then bounced on to him ' and pounded him for quite awhile. When he thought he had about enough he began j tearing aer .ciocoes on ner, [ana ne was bumping her up and down?" Prosecutor Parslow: "Go on and tell us all about it." Witness: "Oh, I do not like to tell all, because she is my sister." Squire: " Yes; - you must tell it alL" Witness: " Weil, my sister was drunk." "Yes, she had a pint ol whisky, and ! drank it all," chimed in the husband. He was reprimanded by the Squire and told to await his time. Prosecutor: "So he was tearing her clothesand was bumping her up and down. Zdo not exactly understand' how he could do that." Witness: " Well, I could demonstrate to you very dearly hour it was done if I would take you by the seat of the breeches." Here the court, witnesses and audience burst out- laughing. When order was restored in court Parslow meekly said that he would enjoy the bumping process t i suggested by the witness, and the trial went on. The Squire imposed & heavy fine upon the defendant for assault and battery, and with a sigh Eirkendall arose from his seat to be taken.to jail, for he said he had not a cent of money, and fthe Squire did not geem inclined to let the prisoner go on bis promise to pay. The Squire admonished the woman to quit drinking and then adjourned the court. A suit for divorce will probably be the sequel of this court-scene, for Kirkendall plainly indicated that ha would not liv* with his wife any longer. . SHOWED RESPECT. [Arkansaw Traveller.] 4tI notice," said a gentleman from Boston, addressing an Arkansas man, "that the people in this country show a great respect for culture, although they make no pretensions to learning. That poor fellow standing over there, in a conversation with me just now, addressed me as 1 sir.1 We have long since discarded this mark of respect in the East,-but I must confess that I admire the custom. Now watch that fallow. How lone have you lived in this country?" "About twenty-five years, sar," replied the respectful fellow. R"Eo you like it down here?" "Yes, very well, sar." "Don't you see?" said the Boston gentleman, turning again to the Arkansas man. Just then the respectful fellow's dog jumped over a fence and started after a lOWJk "Come here, sar," yelled the respectful fellow. "Got no more sense than to ran after a sheep, sar. I've a great mind to shoot your head off, sar." "Yes, I see," said the Arkansas man. "People in this country always show re* spect for learning and respectability." f THOSE THREE ACES. Commotion Caused in a Game of Draw* I Poker by a Double-Becked Beer Table* j :[N. T. Suru] J It was a wretched night. The steadily . /ailing rain was changing into sleet. Colder and colder the raw wind was grow- : iwo* . Onltr fnnr momKirc of f.Vifi lnHcfW?. ' Paul De Spotte, R. F. Bell chambers, John Dougall and Mr. Siccardi?entered th? meeting room over Colonel Schilling's wetgoods store. Eight o'clock cauje and passed. Clearly there would be no session that evening. Some one, reluctant to go out in the storm, proposed to kill time with TVia foWo nrwvn played was one of the German doabledecker style, the lower deck intended to support: glasses. Early in the game the happy thought occurred to Bellchambers of utilizing that lower deck for a different purpose. Gradually he accumulated three aces-there, but not without De Spofcte's _BaIlchamb^rs -cot. a nair of kinars and i (ProT^^lffl^ss-'.;cards.:''; He took three cards on the draw, but'nearly stowed them way on the lower deck and replaced them in -his; hand with his accumulated "sure thing." De Spotte received a pair of queens in the deal and it the draw took three cards. Bellchamfors, before the draw, had made it "cost a little more to come in," and when betting began he wa? almost ferocious in his demonstration of v:? l 3 rrru^ : ? wvuuucuvo xii xus Luiiiu. iuc previuusiy sufficient half-dollar limit disgusted him by its inadequacy. Dougall and Siccardi said that as far as they -were concerned he might make it anything he liked, as they proposed taking a rest De Spotte did not want to rest just then, but had no objection to dropping the limit. Bellchambers was happy. At length all the chips were up in the middle of the table, and Lta opowe, resisting sternly ueiicnambers's tearful appeals to be allowed to bet his store and a coming invoice of goods, and other valuables, in a succession of raises, called. From the time of the draw Bellchambers had not once looked at his hand. Why should he when he knew so well what was in it? On the call lie turned them over. The expression on his countenance was frightful to look at. He had only a pair of kings, and' seven, nine and ten 1 De Spotte placidly turned J * iA?a uui do auu a pair ui ; "Where did you get thoso aces?" Belichambers shouted, agbast aiid purple. " Under the table, where you put them," De Spotte answei^^with^ja^a&P^fa^? Dougall and Siccardi yelled with rmhallowed glee, while Bellchambers, rising in ' [ndignation, proclaimed: "I won't play where such unfair advantages are taken," : Mid went forth into the storm that was ealm compared with the raging in his anguished breast. A LONDON MYSTERY. Dropping Oat of Existence?A Question. Which Is Exercising the Ingenuity al London Detectives to Answer, [London Lette?.] A week ago the probability is that not a | dozen people in England, outside mediate circle o? acquaintances, had heard Mr. John Brown Tower. His daily life nas but the prototype of that of myriads ; of other young men in this metropolis. He was a city clerk, respectably connected, 1 earning about ten dollars a week, quiet, j gentlemanly, living in the suburbs of Stoke Newington. He was nineteen years of age, 1 -?J 'J 1- _ J.1 J ? _ I uuu as iur as can lks game re a irom cue inquest, had no love affair on hand, and was of strictly temperate habits. On New Year's eve he attended midnight service near the quarter in which he resides, and, after leaving the sacred edifice and parting with his friends, he started for Ills home, apparently in the best of spirits and perfectly sober. All over the city the bells were ringing ooton the chill night air their tidings of the birth of a year?they were also ringing his knelL From the hour he parted with the gay party of youths and maidens whom he accompanied to the watch service all traces of his movements are lost. The next day, his dead body is rt-n* cnmA frnm a Jimilo ntcflv frnm the road he should have taken to reach home, All around are the signs of a fearful strug gle, and when, with great difficulty, the j clenched hands are opened they find clutched in one of them a fragment of a j woman's cuff. About forty dollars which ho had with him is gone, as Is his watch j and chain, but further search reveals a hat ^ and four shillings scattered about in the ^ grass, and, most important find of all, a j delicately-chased gold brooch and part of an ear-ring. Sach, briefly stated, are the ] facts of the "Stoke Newington Mystery,"- ; as it is now called. Government has of- ( fered $1,000 reward for the discovery of t the assassins?for all the signs point to - GLttJIt) LK2ing jluuio uuan uuc?wugcxucu in the foul deed, aad the papers teem with theories, bat still the affair is shrouded iu obscurity. _ What brought him so far out of his way to this wild, desolate locality? Who were his assailants, and had they any other purpose beside robbery? Who is the female who was so closelv concerned in the last awful struggle of the murdered mun as to leave part of one of her cuffs clenched in his hands? These are the questions which all can ask, but to which up t< now there is no answer. FEEDING UPON CRAVES. A strange tseastin vmo?.1 roai sou ro rocloas Creature.. [Fostoria (Ohio) SpeclaL] ' The strange animal which has been des aerating graves in Perry Township, Woo<? County, bas again been seen. A gentle man whose veracity is not questioned gives this description of the novel grave-yard 1 ghoul: Its neck and breast are white, and 1 the rest of the body is black; the tracks 0! 1 its front feet are about eight inches lonj and three wide, making impressions in"th? ! snow with its clews about twice the lengtk 1 of a man's finger. > The tracks made by th? ! hind-feet are nearly round, and about the size of a large dog's, except the claws, : which are longer and sharper. The ani- j 1 mal is aboat three feet long and eighteen i inches high. i It burrows into the ground in the grave- i yard, and, penetrating the coffins therein contained, devours the contents thereof. It " travels with such rapidity that all attempts thus far to kill it have proved futile. The ttiAri who last saw the animal says it was in the middle of the road, having gona from a farm by literally tearing the fence to pieces. His dog gave chase to the beast, olmncf: f/i r?AfltH i UUl/ OWU icvuiuv^} ow*v^ ^ The people living in the vicinity hav? frequently heard loud noises which are now supposed to have emanated from this pe culiar,'unnamed, unknown beast. The as itaal is said to be slowly working its waj toward Toledo. A Vftnkee Ananias. [Lowell (Mass.) Special] ' 1 Tlie Times notes some stories sent from this city recently to papers in different parts of the country, giving the details ot an "elopement," a "triple tragedy," and the doubly fa'al issue of a fight "between an English Earl and a she-bear," and also - - -? ? ?;>v, ? the "experience 01 a pujsitiau jhoit-," and ad.is: "There is not one iota of truth in any of tho yarns referred to, and they all originated in tho fertile brain of one Thomae Addison, who, on beius interviewed, admitted the authorship, and iaid he sent tLem simply to cator to the morbid and sensational taste of th - people. Be said that he got well paid, and that was all he cared tor." -1: Ifey" / i "V, - FROM A SKUNK'S BITE. THE DEADLY MEPHITIS AMERICANA. Hydrophobia Caused by the Bite of the j " o t>:M rAnT. Ot'Uurge Ul inc oatu-j?iu?Aijo, Wfvoy Docs and a Horse Dying from the Animal's Kite; [Chatham (N. J.) SpeciaL] The farm rs in the vicinity of this place are very much interested in several cases of hydrophobia, presumably caused by the bite of a skuuk, that have caused the deaths of a number of domestic animals on farir.s here witliin the past few weeks. The losers are Israel W. Budd, a milkman who runs a larg* dai y farm on Budd Lane, and his brother, William T. Budd, who is well kno\rn amonj dog-fanciers'in New York as a trainer of hunling-dogs, who owns a farm adjoin'nr. About three weeks ago William .Budd found s dead sini:>k in his bog-pen which bal evidently era-.vie 1 in there during' the nigiit and Weu ki.led by the pigs. The thr.e pigs in t"ic ne i were in a most excited state, and they r.m about with bristling hair for several : ours, refusing to eat, and manifesting oxtr.??J:na -y perturbation. Afle.* a ime they calmoi down, but a week la tor one of ih?'iu began to act in a most peculiar manner. It ran wildly about the peu, rofn ;e I its food, snapped and bit a: th-j other pigs, and finally fell on its b :ck, frot iug at the mouth, and di id. A few days ago one of the remaining animal: ma-iif s'eil similar symptoms, but in a mnc'i m>rs violent manner. It would l'-ij'i aivan l tho pen for several minutes, an 1 j.unp hi^h in the air and fall down au 1 tr.-iayle. It bit and tore the A-'liwi* lii.r fnrl/Miif'v on.l 1 finfilltr V 'UVi l'*0 UUU 4/UU * -JUVJ them borb. He has no doubt that the three ani-nals wer? s uf u'iu^ rorn bydrophabia cotn.imuica eJ by tha l ite of the skunk tbey ha 1 killed i;t the p^u three week3 be- j fore. Mr. Israd JBudd's loss was much more serious. Ke ke*-ps a large number of cows and ownel a young shepherd dog that was trained to drive th -m to aud from the pasture. One day in October tbe dog had a misjnderstan tinj with a skunk in the barn-yard, fro:n which b j retired victorious, but unpresen able in polite society. A wceic airerwara uie aog uianuesiea unmistakable symptoms of the rabies, and flaw at a valuable ho:*sj belonging to Mr. Budd, and bit it in the 110 ~e. The Jog was a$.onee ' chained m->1 ffctr-rfraTn during the nigfrCaiid in the morning ran down Into the village and bi; several other dogs. For.unatoly, it d:J not bite any human beings, although several hai narrow escapes. Prom" the village the dog ran over to Stank/, another little town two mues ease, wnere ic created sometningiiKe a panic.' It bi. a xtu-uber of dogs, and finally chased a little son of William Grenung into bis father's door-yard. Mrs. Gennag : ushed oat to the rescue of her child with a chair, and the brute flew at her and tore her clothing, and finally seized' . her by the boot-he j!, to which it held fast until Ijer busban I killed it with an ax. The wonnds of the horse that had been ' bitten were at one j ca u t prized and the anBudd thought ten days would decide j whether o.' not the disease had been- communicated to the~ boast, but to make sure ( he tent him co;;fi led for two weeks. The . animal had shown no indications of hydrophobia at the end of that time, and Budd , thought all danger was past and began te ( use the horse as before. A week afterward a son of Mr. Bad J was harnessing the ani mal up with another horse when it sud- ' ienly sprang over the wagon-pole, seised its mate by the noso with its teeth, and j dung to it until the young man drove it 1 away Vfith a oart-st&ke. The horse was put into the box-slall again, where it be- * same furious and hod fits of rage so that it was fearevl it would break from the stalL [t tore the manger with its teeth an4 would spring savagely at the little door to the stall whenever any one opened it. The horse's ravings became so violent sndpowsrful that Mr. Budd finally shot it in the stall. The other horse that had been bitten tv-as at once treated for hydropho bia, and the lacerations at its nose were cauterized Its the other bad been, but so far it has shown no symptoms of the disease, though Mr. Budd is still, on the watch for any manifestations. Only a few days after the horse was * Sailed one of the cows did not come back from th.e pasture with the rest of the herd it evening, and young Budd went to Ipok tor it. The cow was running wildly about _ 4.U/V J < /lit? podouru, 11 utiling at* uuc muuiu auu uci lowing. Occasionally it would foil to the i] ground and tremble and then get np and 1 renew its antics, manifesting symptoms < similar to those shown by the horse. The ] :ow was kept from the rest of the herd," < md it died in paroxysms in a few hours. 1 Within the next week five other cows were seized with the same symptoms and died 1 n the same manner. Mr. Budd did not 3 lave any investigation made as to the < rause of the deaths, but he has no doubt * Shat they had been bitten by the dog while 1 jeing driven to or from the pasture. He < s positive that the dog's hydrophobia was t ;ausad by the bite of the skunk, because * ;he disease came so soon after its fijht with the auim&l and there were no other logs in the vicinity. The animals that Sir. Badd's dog bit in this village and Stanley lave been killed. / A SYRACUSE ROMANCE. rhe Pleasant Outcome of a Breach-ofFroraise Suit in the S-tlt City?A Sheriff ~ , iU.J i UUbWXbtVU* [Syracuse (N. T.) Special.] 1 For some time George W. Losocker had. been an ardent suitor of iiiss Julia Kirby, ind was lavish in the most earnest vows jflove. "When the time approached at whieh he had promised to repeat thosa vows at the . matrimonial altar, however, his affection ' seemed to subside and his wooing ceased, j Determined to obtain redress for her outraged feelings Mi<s Kirby sought the aid' ! of a lawyer and instituted suit for $5,000 damages'for breach of promise of marriage aeainst her unfaithful lover. When the , case was brought before Judge Northrop to-day he promptly grante.l an order for , the arrest of the delinquent, and the order was given to the Sheriff for execution. ( The Sheriff immediately drove in his. sleigh to the residence of Mr. Losocker, and informed him of his mission. Havingsat- ' isfied himself that the order was a genuine document, he asked the Sheriff to excuse him for, a moment, and without waiting for an answor he ran out of the house, sprang into the astonished official's sleigh, and drove rabidly away. An hour later .the Sheriff succeeded in finding Mr. Losocker. but to his surprise he learned that he had constituted himself the prisoner of another and fairer' custodian. Instead of driving away from the town in the borrowed, sleigh, he had driven to Miss Kirby's house, renewed his protestations of love, arid then proceeded with her to St. Lucy's where the counle wore made man and wife. The lawyer has receive 1 his fee, tho order of arrest has been fhe.i away in the archives of the court, and Mr. and Mrs. Losocker are enj yirig ho lirst quarter of a new and smiling honeymoon. < ?A colossal statae of Gen. R. E. Lee was unveiled in New Orleans on Friddy with magnificent ceremonies.^ DISAPPOINTED IN HIS BRIOE. How a XanTtow Swell Played It OttlOf Friends <y . the Occiiion of Hit Alleged Marriage?A Wife Who Smoked, Dnafe and Swore. [N. T. Special to Cniea*o Inter Ocean.] In Saturday's J7ero2<? a notice appeared c? the marriage of George E. Storm to Miss Mau.i Max, of Jersey City. .Tbr bridegroom dwells in Tarrytown. He is * young man well known in society, and respectably connected. When this notice was read by Mr. Storm's friends there was a ripple of excitement, first, because nobody had ever heard of the bride, and did not know that Mr. Storm was acquainted with her; and, second, because be had been paying attention to * yoong lady. and had suffered a good deal of .fun to b? made at his expense because be had not MAnilt dlfm had urged him to marry, but ha told them - ... .all ho - d.ida'c ;w*uit .^a wife. ? Vn . Storm's friends. had _not recovered from the exciteureat caused by reading hit marriage notice when he stepped with hit blushing young bride from a Hew Yorl train and was driven speedily to a hotel At the hotel Hrs. Storm was ushered intc the parlor, where she was introduced to. the .proprietor and the proprietor's wife and several .lady guests. They all said she was a beautiful 'young lady. Pretty soon Mr. Ely, a lawyer, Mr. F. B. Stevens, School Commissioner; with several Mends, called-and were iotroduced to the bride, who xecaived them graciously. While the gentlemen wert bowing and scraping, and hoping they would see her often, the bride rose, y yawned, callcd for a bottle of; wine and a rigar, and invitad all to drix&hor health. She then lighted a cigar. Th& .sorpfidfec iuu dtJWJ^u iuc ^ucdu)) auu vucy wywi %% look serious- The brid* then. took o?E.hei oonnet; wig and wraps, and Mrs. 'Maud Siorms was suddenly transformed into Mr. George Vincent,-a-well-known younj 'nan of that place. There wax a general howl.Ttrom. the men and screams from the" - . -... women. Mr. Storms- had perpetrated stinging joke upon his friends, and they were forced to acknowledge the fact in many rounds Of wine. . The Darkey and the Preacher* CitizenJ A# A** V^BAJUMKI vhf _1| iUil^ diUVC VUV V* VIM K?WVMMC ^ ? is the owner of a fine breech-loader doufcir*,"?v^_^ .. $ ;:un, with a pcin?er dog attachment, and who sometimes takes a little sport in flu ' . f fields, and at the same time supplies hi* - v - table with the toothsome <1048, concluded to ''run" the crsekfor duck?. But before doing so he concluded to inform himself ot all the facts, bearing, upon this rare and sometimes profitable sport. With this intent he met an old darkey, in town whe domiciles upon the hanks of the "rolling Briar," and the following conversation occurred: - "Old man, don't you reside in close ? proximity to the waters of Briar Creek?" tt IK."? T J- f ?~i-1_ vtiat x uyau UUUOASMH* WW you means by "proxi imity,' bat I liba right on de banks, ob'de'kreek, shore." "Well, ray man, can yott'infdrm me U ' any great number of untamed ducks risil these haunts at present?" "IT . i rt ifiii " i i it iii?i? j ? anybody, but dares tousane ob dem dafrr shore's you born." ** Well, old man, myobject in matingthe inquiry was that I hare a desire to com* iown, and have a little morceau of sport, and was exceedingly solicitous to know if [ could procure the3rvioes of a competent chaperone to guide and propel a Boas. "Boss, Z doan' nnderstan' about all dem tug words, bet 70a jes come down, enny time; old Mose frows de wickedest paddle 3b enny nigger on de kreek." . " My colored friend, I hare bat one day in the week of leisure, and I would like to ?' mow if you coold suit yoar convenience to * y nine?" Right here old Mose split upon his judgment, as he supposed that day of leisure, md replied: ** Rnss. von ibss come down omr Strndav. in* bring de-ole nig a drap, an' dem solio:tus you talk about a wfcHeago won't know auffn 'bout it." Right - here the interview terminated, rod, as our preacher has not' been missed ;n Sunday, wedo not think he''lifts been luck-shooting. "AIfy Baby Yet?" L&oston Globe.] A little scene was enacted a few day* since en an afternoon train on one of the roads running oat of Boston -Stoat pot* jashful young; man to root and completely jonvulsed the spectators. Wheo the young man entered the car in the depot tLe >nlv vacant seat was beside an Old farmer. who was evidently on his way up country. [he rustic was bluff,-halo and hearty, and o the question "Is this AM eagajed?" loudly replied:. "^?. Set. dacwn, set iaown, and make yerself tar ham." Row ;he young man was not ina specially talk* itive frame ofmind, bat the oldman was, md, as a natural reetft, they talked. In he course of the conversation it earn* oak ihat, in his youngexdays, ,the young man iad gone to school to !the old man's "darter." Alter that, of course, conversa. ion did not flag, fend the oJd farmer was soon in possession of the; ieadiugpoints in ? ;he young man's life.' since hehad left the ichool, and, among other things, that he sad been msmea some h.h' or mtvit* months. In the midst of tfeeftf-talk the ;rain drew Tip at "the -station when the poung man was toafiglit, hot sO persistent was the aged questioner that ?U the other passengers who were.toget off had left the sar before the- yoai^.man started for the ioor. He was rmririnyyaOd tfms'down the ^ lisle in haste to get 'off ?gfore the car started, wboa he was brought:-to[astandstill by a vigorous shout" from .fck Inquisl;ive friend: MHeno, y(^g'majo| Hillo!" 7 5e turned and was greeted wHk the query fw\m t>? finiiftnii'hafc '.Say, bfiv yeairy babyyet; 3*- barter 'U be sure ter ask.'? The yoong man .went. Tiie bri-ji'? nf-Kaful Bob. A writer in a. Ditrult naper.gires''the following accoa:r ot liow fiobert G-. Ingersoll jarne to be e .llod by the majestic titla, "Royal Bob." The first tlrire^Presidaol Garfield visitid vv^Ti i ogion' after his n* torn from Mentor, BobTogersoIKind m> ?ral more ^3f his admirers w?at to the dapot to meet him. As the Pres&eafc-eleci stepped off the car, Iagersoll'went forward, held out his hand'and said" "How are yon, General?^ Garfield sibSad and replied: "P~>yal, Bab."- Areporterwrote ap an account of the meeting between the President ahef the .noted infid?J;"bat the Intelligent compositor and th? kfcili motfi intelligent proof-reader eon8lJp?l to 9? sarlr ?nH nnhrtnrtrml^etav*-tist hffc> tween "Koyal?' and "Bob," sp- tfaat nozt morning it appeared ia the paper at ' "Royal Bob." Thie spread tbroQghout the , United States, and hence thfrirtme. Coils or Fire. iPhflad^oWaSWwaJ ? - An np-towra grairaiflx^scbool boy {? came so obstreperous yesterday that his teacher, new in her Tpca^iozt, yooog and pretty, determined to. try the plan OK keeping him in. After scfeool the" sat witt >*5 grim' determinftt&en jfcfaicafra-datl^ and then she-let-hip d$?*wrV W&at *M her astonishment ^ at the ^ate t& find the youth awaiting her;'' He greeted her with: "ItVtco dark for &jrocasTiey*> b*?feo? on the streets.' Will yoa allow Mt?W yoa-heme?w