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AN EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL
oi jfcrilbti :-: t : ?fei ??? ? ;'": ?
4 WIFE CLAIMED liY TWO HUS
BANDS?WHO IS SHEt
Is it a Case op Mistaken Identity ?
Tub Coolest Woman Eveii Tried
for Ria a m y?Won d erku l a cti no
Against Overwhelm i no Evidence
?The Juuy Disagree.
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ion ? )n aialnlo e. nTTiid ?>. bbi
A trial just concluded in Portland,
Maine, is likely, froiu the extraordinary
incidents attending it, to bo celebrated
in criminal jurisprudence.
The defendant was a woman, various
ly called Catharine Waller, alias Carrie
M. Kent? alias Carrie M. Walto, and
whose maiden name, it was charged,
tfas Catharine McKenzie. The lady
thus plentifully provided with names is"
described as about thirty years of ago,
of slight figure and attractive appear
ancc, dark hair, combed back a 7a
Pompadour, and a pleasant, but very
determined face. |
the facts CHAItOEO
by the prosecution are sufficiently dis
tinet and simple. It is alleged that in
May, 1862, the defendant, then sixteen
years of age, was married in Pictou,
?iova Scotia, to John Waller, with
whom she lived seven years ? two child
ren, now eleven and seven years of age.
being born to them. In November.
1SU9, the defcudnut-cutue to the Stau s
to earn money tu furnish their house
It is said tli. t, living soim times in
Boston und sometimes ill j' r. land, she
was known to different ^eipiainta ice*
qrhoni *i?c Wade jjs Kate.^Wnller. Kate
Wallace, and t.'nrrie M Kent, an 1 lo.-d j
various stones concerning hor past lifo
Hut the most ringttl.ir of the charges
nu.i 1 lint ir\ i .lit: iikisc M tih ii ui'ijiiiic iTjni.
during he<- ?entire absence she corres
ponded reg-Ja.rIy with Waller, und that
after her marriage with a Mr. Waite,.
early in 1S73,'?hc returned to her fir.-a
?husband, and -remained with him for
several days us his wife. . She the i re
turned to IWiJand, and soon alter, lit.I]
hu-butid, hearing that sh ? had ui.irriod
agiiSil1,'ciimd't/d to lliat titv. ll'ecilid;
on'; her, but the suited jl'di'ii blank i'h'.ii
811 K Dili NuT JCNOW DIM
tier hu-baud, utidm* she would not
own him, began" to gather pro A'h to
scbi-tuntiat' his statement. She was
confronted with several 'persona with
whom ehe had lived under the name of
Ka tfe V\ aller, but in every imtaucc sh ?
'denied' being acquainted with them 1
Her brother came on from New York.
He saw'her, ?od was pnVitiv? it Was his
sister, and Bhuats positividy asserted she
had never seen him. When the grand
jury met, au indictuieut was found
against j her, nod the trial began. Mr.
Waite a j pear.-, to huve implicit faith in
her statements, and attended her in
court. She appeared perfectly calm
and collected, and by uo sign did sho
betray any fears as tu her acjuittal
Tnc evidence scorns overwhelmingly 1
against her, and, if she is guilty, bei1
acting is wonderful.
waller setting ?p ii is clain in
? ttii ?3j( ? la hi boamjthehi oi van v
COURT.
hi hi beimia psefl ?yr.i| rysrituuj x?
The court room wns densely crowded
with men and women. Her children
were present, but she took no notice of
them. Her husbaud, Waller, was the
first wit in hs, and he detailed the oircum
I stances of their acquaintance and mar
ried life up to the time i-he left him, and
also the incidouts of hor-visit last July.
He said that alter this visit he became
suspicious that all was not right. A
Miss Young iroiu New York was visit
ing a neighbor, and sho gave him the
address of Thomas McKenuey, of Port
land, a friend of hers, to whom ho wrote,
cuclosing a photograph of his wife, and
asking hit" io find out about her. Some
.time afterward ho received u letter frum
McKenuey Buying sue had married
Kdwurd F. Waite. Ho then wont to
Boston, and thence to Portland, and in
Nuvcmbcr identified h r as his wi.e,
thou the wifo of VVnito, und had her
arrested. During the 'testimony ho
walked up close to her, and shaking his
finger in her face, said, ?'She is the wo
man I married tu 18G2, and who bore
ftjti two' ohildren, and no uthcr." Sho
f-at perfectly still, and looking up in his
fapp, a Binilo crept across her features.
II > '? ri. > .?>?' ?t?.| fo ?. ?'.
positively |Npi;nti?ed. .
^.Thursday the Superior :;Conrt rooin
was ugain filled, one side being densely
thronged with women. The respondent
entered 1 with per husband and her
mothor-iu-law, Mrs. Waite. Hcrfaoo
looked worn nnd anxious, but undauu
ted. Then ciuno John Waller, with
his thick dark eyebrows and light bluo
eyes, in singular contrast, He wears a
full beard, thickly strewn with-gray,
and is partially bald. IIo is twenty
years older than the woman ho claims
aa his wife. Mr. West, of Piotou, a
brother-in-law of Waller, was tho first
witucB.s. lie said he was present when
Catharine McKenzie married Waller,
aud positively identified the defendant
as Waller's wife. He had known her
for twenty years, and saw her on the
4th ?luly last at ! is own housj Waller's
sister, Elizabeth! who was next called,
also identified Mrs. Waite positively as
the woman who married her brother.
She was certain she was the woman, for
she hud seen her constantly For six years,
and saw her in Boston three years ago.
CONPBONTSp ?Y H?ll CHILDREN.
Carrie Waller, eleven years old, then
went close to the prisoner aud repeated,
"Yes, air, that's uiy mother." fTiie pri
soncr looked the child steadily in the
faro, and thou turning tu Mr. Waito,
smiled, aa if to say, l,A pretty piece of
acting !" The child, on going back to
the stand, began to cry. After a few
moments she went ou relatinv; the cir
ciitustauccs of her mother's visit last
summer; recognizing her as sunn as she
came iuto the house. ? Johuny Waller,
seven ;, ears old, said he identified his
mo her as soon as she came in. He
afterward testified that his father aud j
Mrs. Holden had told him what tu s.ry.
Iiis father told him to say i hat his
mother's name was Catherine Mclvetuie.
a*ld Mrs Holde? said to him. '-There's
yti-ur mother coining iuto the court
i QUIll. "
AN Ul.lt .ST,ll()Ol..M ATli'.i l5KC(r(<vriM(JN
w??..,.- ?-I TT
Jubu llo.v .r.i te^tifi.vl thit he u-<;d ;
to tc s dirt d in Picfou with the de
tend int. In .July sa v h * in Picto i
ig.in. Um tha H)th .4'J aly saw her in
i car about to leave Tinre. lie said :
?Why, lettrep Mrs. Waller." She drew
bacii ua?#M?h j s .-be k.iw him lie looked
back and hhc dodged again j lie did i
nut speak .to her because, he thought
she feit ulivve him, with her good
clot lies -on. At the request of the county
aLtorney* ,tlie"' witness approached the
prisoner, wjio was required to look him
in the eye, which slio did very uuwill
iugly, looking up rapidly und then drop
ping her-eyes again. Wituess expressed
hi insult satisfied (hut they were the uves
of Catharine McKenzie. Several olh-r
witnesses als?) swore to her identity, and
photographs of her children wore pro
doced a .d proved to have beeu in her
possession.
fuutii Ett proof.
Besides tho personal identification, it
is in evidence that during her visit to
John Waller last sum wer, the w un m
who certainly was his wife, and whom
the witnesses identify with Mrs Waite,
gave to John Waller's housekeeper a
handkerchief marked Carrie M. Kent.
The medicine which the saute witness
took from her trunk and administered
' to John Waller's children has been
identified by George C. 1'rye, a Portland
apothecary, who put it up from a pre
scriptiou by Dr. Henry P. Merrill, who
testifies that he gavo the prescription to
Mrs. Waite. During the ordeal MrB
Waite maiutaiue I the most perfect cwm
posure. Charles 13. ^omerby, b n>k
peeper iu the Canal National 15,ink, was
called as an expert iu handwriting. He
hud compared throe lots of letters?one
package '?eceived by John Waller from
his wife in Portland, four otlters written
iu red ink and uddiesscd to Waller since
suspicion fastened updta Mrs. Waite, and
bearing a different signature, and wo
acknowledged iobo Mrs. Walts'a?-and
testified that in his opinion tho )ctt iw
were all written by th$ same hand, but
thq writing wus disguised in the lour
written in rod ink.
epistolary feviDBNOti.
The county attorney thou road twotity
nine letters from CathariuotWaller to
bor husband, John Waller. Tho letters
aro mostly defective iu dates, sotno of
them haviq^ nono at all, and very lew
giving tho year. With one exception
they all appear to have hcon written
from Portland. Ouc is from Boston,
announcing tho writer's intention of
returning soon to Portland- In almost
overy lottcrsho sneaks of sending money
.. ..B^fmLmjpi r.. fit;. ? w ' j ;
koine; sends tender messages , to her
children ; tcjla of her lonoaomonosa and
jopgjng to bo, fit- home, but declares,
pevortiicleFp, timt ehe cannot go back to
the life she led ?there befove. She
reminds hot husband,tha6 he is happier
than when they wore together, but at
tributes their differences to the pdverty
oi'ther lot. Oqco sho asked him to sen!
her a Truro paper and promised to send'
tho money to pay for dt-1 - She asserts
over and over again her fidelity to' him,
sayiug she has noyorjoved any other
man, and;bids him to bd true to he' J If
they had enough to livtf in eouilr.rfc, she
says (Jod knows how gladly r'nfe would
go homo and call horsoHihia Joying
wife. In the Boston . detter, however,
she says she has a chance to go to Call
fornia, and if sho goes 8he>.vii)> never
return to Nova Scotia. vShc complains
of frequent sickness preventing her'
from sending money, and -'alles frequent
ly of making a visit atsqUAe< time when
sho gets money enough, but. always in
sists that she will not go back to Jive as
before.
ANQRY IiETTKBOt
In a letter of February 1,5. 1873; (die
replies to an angry letter from Waller,
telling her if she can't boVcontunt with
what he has, in (rod's,'name to stay
whore she is. She says she cannot live
in poverty as they have'Jone. If ho is
tired of living alone hb'c?u get a di
vorce on tho ground of dofp'i tion. She
says she has never lore.i any <>no on
earth but him. and 1 doas'.'not wish to
give him up; but if lie wants a divore.
he can have it all his o.v\^way^ she will
not interfere. There is'au'oth r letter,
dated August 1, 1S73, alter the visit to
Pictou, in reply lo a letter accusing her.
of having made a new nian iago! It is
a very angry letter. She declares that
the vile accusation ha* criminated in his
own bad heart. She csrild have got a
divorce if she had wantwutf^iud", if she
desy o J t/1 jq^ryu^a^i^^?^-iW? ..?-x?
euentcu nd man,' nut Profil 1 have told
him. the whole truth ; but if John W.ii
ler* was a sample of t he men, she pru v-?
Cod to keep her from them nil. T i
this lett.r she says she intend, to sail
for Cuba in five weeks. The letters are
'uiigrnmmatic i). but not with tut a ccr .
tain vigor of expression which is very
marked in the fast of the s ries. Mrs.
Waite listened with an ipp/arauW of
great, interest, occasionally turning tu
her husband' Mr. Wuiic, with a smile,
which he reciprocate 1.
LETTERS Hy MRS. WAITE.
Then came letters, written avowedly
by Mrs. Waite on the 8t h of September,
last. The first was addressed to Johu
Waller, and was accompanied by a note
from Mr. Waite, which was ruled out by
the court. 31 rs.' Waite's letter explains
that sho was in Truro (in July appir
endy) a.id met there a womati called
Mrs. Waller; but don't know whether
she was Mr. Waller's wife or mit; Tue
second letter is addressed to treor^o
dulden, who had then identified Mrs.
Wuite as her brother's wife. Mm. Waite
says she know a gir1 named Carrie Wal
ler who resembled her ; that Carrie
Waller said she had a husband in Pictou
and meant to fool him, and that Carrie's
plot had involved her in this dreadful
suspicion. Sho relies, however, upon
her husband's constancy, and ho knuws
whether ho married a girl or a woman.
She adds that Mrs. ilnlden seems to
take more interest in the matter then
her brother, who says women are plenty
enough in 'Nova Scotia. During the
reading oi this tatter Mrs. Waite hid her
face iu her muff. The letters in red ink
woro not introduced.
the Pp'BNCB
opened on Suturday, January 31st.
manifestly with tho intention uf estab
lishing a cafe of mistaken identity, and
produced evidence that the prisoner hud
been frequently mistaken fur a wumuu
known as Cutbarino Wallace, who, it was
claiinod, was really tho wito of Waller
This woman was uot, however, produced.
Mr. Yerrill made the opening speooh
for the defence. He cited leadiug cases
of mistaken iden ity from the bouks, und
argued that tho evidence dues not prove
the identity of Carrie M. Waite uud
Catharin. W i lor ; that whilo tho govern
ment will argue that Catharine Me
Keuzie, who married Johu Wullar, Kate
Wallace, the name she bura iu Portland,
Carrie M, Kent, and Mrs L?dvvurd F.
Waite tire ono tud the same woman, tho
defonco would claim that, the proof was
not conclusive on that point ; also that
Carrie M. Kopt, who thuy did nut dis
puto was Mrs, Waito, was ueyor John
Waller's wifo, Tho proof of tho mar
rlugo to Waller bad not beou put in, und
her identity was not established. Tho
attorney dwelt upon the iraprpbabillt y
of any woman acting bo foolishly if s)ae
were concerting apian to cheat hprj husj
band. Mr. FoBsett and Mr. McMillan'
wero then call ad. Their testimony: was
to' tho effect that they had mot and
kuW Kate "W" il ce in To.'tland, dnd sbeTJ
was11 ncfconipa'tiied . by a'woman at tiuies1
Who' reVa-.nblcd her very strongty. .
hoc naiidoU-TJufcjh? "d T ,11 ?) j
the .I\JUY DISAflRKK.
jnl- ui vlt'.o Jon t>ib ulqouh nnt I
t jj Toktlani?, Me., February 1.
Tho counsel fur tho defence having
concluded hi.; closing argument, County
Attorney Libby suunned up , for the
government, . occupying two hqura and a"
half. Tho judge was fifty fivo minutes
in delivoriug hia charge. Tho jury re
tired at half-past scvou, and at half past
eleven unlock came in fur further in
instructions.. Nut having reported at
, midnight, the court.was adjourned. ? At
half-past twelve o'clock tho jurors acut
word to the judge that they were unable:|
to agree, und were discharged. They
stood 11 iuo fur acquittal and three for
conviction. Tho court-room remained
crowded with men and women until the
adjournment.- The nccusod -is to be '
, tried again in May.
Over The Edgo of Tho Wagon.
Emigrants must not stand upon cere
mony. Many a wedding on whela has
siphAliked the passage of Western trains
through the last '?citioa"- on Tthe great
frontier. Tho Warrcuburg (Mo.)
Standard suy.<:
Last Friday afternoon, as one of our'
popular justices from Aahbury was iu
meditation deep among"the papers pe
t'lii.iug to his law cases, a 'swift aud
heavy step was-iieard on ; the stairway
and along thoJiollwnj loading to hia of
ceremony, and in rusneu" a^tw..? j
stale ol high excitement not usually se u
iu our quiet city
? -Are you the 'Squire .?' he asked as
ho wiped the perspiratiou from his
heated brow.
?1 urn,' replied the Justice.
?Wili. 1 want to get married, and
w.iu the thing done right away.'
'All right,' said tho Justice; 'bring ou
your woman.'
The excited individual then infor ned
'Squire A that, tho fair nod expectant
one was iu town, and that he wanted the
'Squire to go to her with hiiu und per
form the ceremony.
And after a few preliminary arraugc
nienta which iuclnded che fees and the'
marriage certificate, the Justice follow
ed the gentleman, and tiually brought
up with him ut the aide of a covered
wagon on the street near the public
square.
'Here, Mary,' said the ijinn, I have
brought the ,Squirc,' and raising the
side of the wagon cover, the form and
features of the handsome young wo
man were revealed to the astonished
Justice.
"?Mary, do you wish to marry this
man ?' inquired tho Justice, solemn
ly.
'1 do,' faltered the blushing bride.
'Shall?shall ehe got out on the
street, sir/' stuminorcd tho suon to be
husband.
'No,'said the Justice.
'Kb?shall I.get in the wagon, th.;u."
continued the man, who bad somo fiint
idea of the improriety of tho thiug.
'No,' said the Juatico. stand by the
side ot the wagon, aud take Mary by
the hand.
This being done, the two were solemn
ly made uno under cover of the white
sheeted wagon and the blue canopy of
heaven. A number ofladiaa aud geu
lleuiOQ passrd by tho parties, but know
nothing of the interesting ceremony thut
was taking place. The goldeu bonds
worn bound around the already united
souls of William Mize and Kury Cutha
riue l'almcr.
A Lovely Female.
I saw a soono In tho cars yesterday?
it was an example of woman's undying
love and devotion that I must relate it.
A man was comvorsing with a female.
She conversed pretty loud
Says h(\ 'Hush; do hush, ovorybody
will hoar you.'
Says she, 'I won't hush. I will make
a noise. I will let the people know how
yoa truat mo.'
8ays ho, 'For heaven's sako do keep
still/.. ... ijftfi ? ?'?.;?? ? ?" ' ?
Says sbo,/I-won't koop still. I will
yell. I will let 'em know what a brute
Say's he, ^-7?up/ ;. 1 ..w.
Says she, 'dhjojp, oh, oh|, you w^rptoh7
you'd like to strjko tne, .you brute/'j
' That vtoinan did yell, anu,iir thfljt taan.
hadn't gone Into his pockets for oipjiey,;
nho'd have gone into his tcrics. Come
to find out, she was his wife and wanted
a dollar to buy'u camel's hair shawl
with, and she got it, too.. Then she be
came as quiet as possible
to- ? - ?
.. ? ?. 'You are a Brick.'
,72.1 f SiJ<"i ( '.- f W '?'?'1M * tri
iK/.: 'A ??it A i * 'I u '1**. 1 /1 ^'' * i ? ? j .
A cortnin college frofessor had asscm
-bled"his class at the oomruoho einent of 1
the.term, and wn? reading over the list
of names to so? if all present. . It chanc
ed that one of thn nu-abor was unknown
to the professor, having just entered the
class.
'YVlpat is your name sir?' asked
the professor, looking through his spoc
taclcs.
'You arc a biick, was the startling re
p'y- ..
'Sir,' f=aid tho professor, half starting
out of his chair at tho supposed imperti
nonce, but not quito sure that he under
stood him correctly, 'air' I did not exact
ly understand your answer.'
'You are a brick,' was again the com
posed reply.
'That is intolerable/ Bald the profos
sor his .face reddening. 'Boware'young
man how you attempt.to insult me.'
']usult you!' Baid the^student, in turn
astonished. 'How have I done ic?'
'Bid-you.not ?ay I- was a brick V re
turned the professor, .with ;fltifled indig
uation. ,
'No, sir, you asked me my nam^nnd
I answered your question. My namo in
U. K. A. Brick?Uriah Reynold Ander j
eon; Brick.'
(Ah, indeed V murmured the professor
Will you commence the lesson. Mr.?
ahem !?Mr. Brick?'
Very Deaf.
Between Kenosha aud Milwaukee an
agent of the fr; veler a Insurance Com
patty entered the car, and having, issued
tickets to several of the passenger, ap
proached an elderly lady, who it after
wards appeared was deaf.
?Madam, would you like to insure
against accident.?' inquired the agent.
'I'm going to Oshkosh to visit my dnr
tcr who is mairiod up there aud has got
a baby.
The agent raised his voice a lit
tie.
?Would you like to insure your life
against accident."
'She's been married two years and a
half. It's a gal. .
Agent still louder.
'I'm an insuranco agont, madam;
deu't you want your life insured against
accident?'
'Oh ! I didn't understand you,' satd
the old lady. 'No; her name is Johnson ;
my name is Braus, aud 1 live live miles
from Keiiosha,
The ugent vanished.
Of course London is ringing with
stories of tho udvouturcs which happou
ed during the tog, one of which is worth
quoting: An old gentleman who had
some business at Charing Cross made
his way as far as the Strand, but there
completely lost himself. Ho crept slowly
on aud on, without tho least idea of
where ho was going, until he found him
sell' descending some steps. On these
slops ho plumped against a man who
was coining up them. H "Hallo," said the
old gentleman, "Hullo," said tho man.
"Can you tell me," said the old gentle
man, "where I am going to ?" "Yes,"
said tho man; ''If you go straight on
you will walk into tho river; for I've
just come out of it."
Iu a California obituary it is stated
that "tho deceased was a person of ro
man tie nature. Ho placed the brooch
of his gun iu the fire, aud, looking down
the mugzlc, departed henoe instantano
ously."
Tho "world" never harms a Christian,
so long as ho keeps it out of his heart.
Temptation is never dangerous until it
has an inside accomplice. Sin within
betrays * tho heart .to the outside assail
autV4., u, . s q.:-t, ... ial? !> -
To clean Marble*?Hub first with
soda und soft foap, thou wmh ay mini
with water.
Ash Wednesday occurs on the iBttaof
February.
oi I , CrimirJiI Law ^n&t^hu
.nvu goo^V orfi^oHli;! idi tls
.ling and sentenced to'bo haisgedL
Three doya'a^er^Sie1 exeeutio?. ^ ttw
eonUnco MsrelatiVea eame*tvW?*t?fc.
and applied for"'his bodj^^UO^
were putting him iu'tne ct?&mbmqk
came to lite again.* The i iiltl^tfllmi
attempted to'carry nimi *#^,6a?t9Mfr
were stopped! bythen pdli3e> t#tap4?tife
brought him beforeihiaTdagUftHtttf:1klU?
much discusniou it .was it
the Bcnteujceihwl .bca%*j
could uot again bopUutehadfor,{
offence, and hni.mrrrpl, fioU frWpt]H>j]Tj
no one being hard( b@f<l\Mfti Wttj?l j&t
po'in', out th^fact that.tb^ |pdj(?|| AMI
'?ad most claarly. no^ .beje^jftij?^*d3?si.
Again, an obedient sou. lr^n$;aV^M^
aged parents had a disrgrceable ^wi!^,
who made the old couple veTj'tlBeO?
fortable.' 'T/ji.eaoh, M\ order U flf****
tho harmony.of'tue, ho^tVo^f, Hftftti
his wife/ This?actJf fdVringT
filial piety, could not be *ej
looked by thfe ? authdniifea.
was therefore tried for the i
sentenced1 t?lb6?
but on considaf*^0no0f
ces, tho court decided that i
be spent in-his father's
tiou that he wore ch.\:r
' ' irinLtAi'l 1" ssfaWflliiH "'*^*
A HnsbantVff FnW>*?Httke.
VnoU&'t Ofil I)on(oj,I>a*daiid terf mtht
I goitlJeu ewoa ?vd ad TibnedifflH
Rhcuben M. Murdockj.^a, [flp^lai
officer wjiadoes police^jdnt^^l^?rCe?
wood Cenretery. Br^^Mj^^snsj^p^
killed his wife, &mmavC- Mwd
* ritijipi fit,Dil* ,1'JutfJiJrgrr*?rer ....
says that his wife stortedbto^|'bM^,ig!Be
friends in Flatbrosh, with the i.
ol staying.all night . Muxvluefc, *rn$
evening.
About half past" 9,0 olocK^hJs" attoqi
tion was attraoted by a qbise in the
yard. Taking his rorolrcr,'ne" went iu
to the yard arid saw a form eatetihg bis
j cellar dOin4. ^U^fifca^Md^A^Hafy
fall of the- stlpptsbe'tf "Inllhi'der ? tcsiifieS
to the-accuracy of hia aim. He rushed
to the spot, and was horHfied : to find
his wife,- with a bullet vfri ber head.
Death was instantaneous^. -.sk^lH^f^ ?
uot. utter' even, a groon.":f?d at fit to&i'"
Tho.police and neighbors wcre-gooft
on the ept t, and Murdock. was'^Nested
The police were uuabletojfodjiny
denec to conJjaeictthe. asaertipns.qf sthe>
husband,.but locked him. up; pcndjng an ..
investigation,. .Pta^Wk^^^jB^^fo
iged man, and is is said, to havo bp*aft
one timo a captain of police in JKd9$jgk
boring city. The neighbor$3*ro. -W>
aware of any domestic troubles,, end
ihos'e acquainted with the family .bolter?
that the shooting was accidental,
A Doctor's Mania.?The Hamilton
(N. Y.) Demorr-.uic RejmbUcan tel&tea
the following : ''Tho last freak.we.h^tft
heard of, which ecema to appry**oh %
mania, is that of a doctor, who ia said,' >
reside in Freble, CortlaodCounty./tie
weakness is for* pulling teeth, Ife jasjgtfd
to be well read and skillful aa a phyei
cian, and exhibits no pcculiarUios lo
any oilier direction but this. A short
time since a yodng lady oalled at alt
office to have a tooth extracted, when ho
persuaded her to drink sonio bran jy, or
other liquor, to ease the pain of iho
operation, then went deliberately at
work, and drew seven teeth, all but one
of which were perfectly sound. Another
instance is given where he had called
at a 'house in a professional capacity
when a little girl four of five year* of
age ran up to him in a frank aud iW
less'way peculiar to children of that age,
and asked i him to pull 0110'of her teeth. ,
He immediately proceeded to do it, but
was forbidden by ft friend of the child
who was present. A few momonts after
the: girl was left alone in th?rob? with
him, und she was heard to soresttJ. Tfeft
child's mother rushod. into tho room to
find that one of. the girl's pearfyJeetb,
perfectly Bound, had boon dratm, r
q?bn t m *:T-maL M .
Sunday newspapers are prepared on
Saturday,; <u- <-\ am a hn? o1 Uth ft?
Chang and Brig hate boon ?tlirougbly
embalmed. r*o\
A bad egg is not a bhoice' egg, bn? U
hard to beat.' ? > 4>
Edwin Booth; the aotor is a tolonfeor
bankrupt.
Divo owls from 83 to 85 oaoh la tne
!*. ston market- * ?*^^"**t .'
ilali tboproductiveindustry ofFn
is due to femalo labor.