Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1877, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : SUNDAY, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. anything to do with them, because there was no heen to plow up an acre or two and then sluin Euroj ¢ Why, Mr. Bennett,” exclaimed the atomted recipient, I can’t spend balf of this.” “Spend what you can and keep tho rest.” £ 1t is further stated by mg' informant,_that he ‘has shown mauy favors to the May family. Miss Carrie May was in the labit of sendiug cable orders for dresses, jewelry, and personal adorn- mente of all kinds to the Herald Bureauin London, and her friends ar¢ aware how much ehe owes to Mr. Bennctt. It is alsosaid that the final quarrel was with her father about the marriage settlement. Mr. Bennett insisted that the }aw made ample provision. As his wife she would succeed to_one-third of his property at bis death; while Mr. May insisted upon alarge fortune being settled upon his daughter in her own right. Ei‘he _Herald people canuot under- stand why ‘the Sun should be unfriendly to them. It was known that Mr. Dana dined with Mr. Bennett, at his residence on Fifth avenue, within ten days. The dinner was about 1 o'clock, and there were present Samuel J. Til- den, Smith Ely, Commissioner Agnew, and other prominent gentlemen. 1t was a little re- markable that the very day of the dinner the Sun should come out “with & recital declaring that the real editor of the Herald was lying in Greenwood Cemetery. spatch 10 Cincinnal 2 New YORE, Jan.5.—It is now insisted that Mr. James Goraon Bennett took a New Haven train at the Grand Central Depot, in company with a fricnd. It is also well understood, as was stated yesterday, that he made his will on the eve of ihe doy of his assault.” What his sudden Journey: may vportend bas been the subject of uch conjecture. - ‘The laws of this State are very severe against dueling, the penalty extending to the seconds and all others who ey, by their prescnce and action, co-operate with either of the principals. 1t is, therefore, surmised that Mr. Bennett has determined to go out of the Statein order to avoid embarrassing legal interruption and con- sequences. His announced intention to goto ‘Washingion was doubtless changed at the last wmoment, as there is reported to be a telegram awaiting him at the Arlington Hotel in thatcity, recelved there yesterday. ‘This must have been eent by some friend whom Mr. Beunet had tele- graphud to mect him there. J. G. Hecksner, a very intimate friend of Mr. Bennett, is eaid to bave lcft the city yesterdsy with another gentle- man to go to Canada. It is conjectured that Mr. Bennett, foreseeing or imagining an objection the on part of Mr. May 10 engage fin ducling, has taken ineasures to re- move all such as might be based ou the incon- venfence and risk of arranging the bail in New York, snd has gone to another State, from which .he will issue his challenge, while he has secured the services of Mr. Hecksher to make such ar- rangements for a dueling-eround iir Canada as will convince the challenged party that there is oo likelihood of a_farcical interruption of the aflair. Of vourse, Mr. May would have the right to the choice of the ground and weapons: but it 1s supposcd that he would not object, n view of the lezal obstacles that surround the contempti- Lle affair, to any ground that Mr. Hecksber, | who has bad some cxperience in the business’y might select. e R 1 Mr. May was at the Gilsey Hous¢'last even'y] ing, and it was reported at that time he had not heard anything from Bennett since thoZ] assanlt. He will undoubtedly accept the chal- Jeuge-if one is sent. The family is distinguished for high courage and chivalrous antccedents. It Is to be regretted that the public discussions of this affair have almost neccssarily brought “in the name of the lady so often; yet it is nute- sworthy that in no quarter and at no timehas’a word been eaid except in praise of her amiable | qualitles and modcst, maidenly course through- out the whale affur. It must have been a most trying ordeal. At the very time of the unhappy occarrence which forced the rupture of her marriage enmagement upon the world, she was in compavy with Mr. Bennett’s sister, who had visited her at her own house. There is absolately no truth in_the published reports that blows were struck with fists, so far as can be learncd from cye-witnesses at the club-rooms. A gentlemen of standing in socicty and acquainted with all the parties said that the report that Miss May was in her bridal robes on Wedpesday morning was & mistake, but said that sbhe was in her bridal robes on Christmas morning, and on_the cvening before. Mr. Bennett was so delighted at the approach -of the event that he Jost his head, and in this circumstance lies the whole truth of the affair. The Mays think he dud this act on purpose to break off the engagement; but he did not. He simply broke loose, and instead of roing to the altar, s had been arranged, he packed off up town the evening before the évent was to come off, without any overcoat or overshoes, and + walked all the way to Stetson’s and hack again, makinz, as we all know, a_remarkable journey, that did not fat| so much, as the Irishman said, * because of e lenrth as_the breadth of it!” That's the whule of the affair, and it end- cd in the engagement being broken off more thai a week ago. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. New Yorg, Jan. 5.—The part of the aflair that excites most speculation is in relation to the cowhiding. The marriage-engazement be- tween Mr. Bennett and Miss May, while broken ¢ mutnal consent, wasordered to_be pulli- Miss May's father; and one of theé rea- 3 , that Mr. Benaett had, in addition to bieing continually in his cups for a year or more, s2id some things concerning Miss May at which “ber family took offense. It is said by one who should know that one of Mr. Benuett’s offensive remarks in 2 public place was, that he did not _wish to marry Miss May, and that he was tired f bier society. He supposed he must marry her, but would give any man §100,000 to take her off his hands. 15 BENNETT IN BOSTON? Bostox, Mass., Jun. 5.—Rumors to the effect that James Gordon Beunett had passed through *New Haven with a tickes for Boston have been received here to-day. Diligent search has been made for Mr. Bennett at the several hotels, dub-rooms, and private residences, but no traces of him have been fonnd. Mr. H. Hollis Hunnewell, Mr. Bennett’s most _intimate friend in Bostop, in an interview this c\'cnmg, said that Mr. Benpett was not in town, and he had no knowledre of his intention of coming here. A party who knows Mr. Bennett asserts posi- -tively that ne gaw him in company with another - gentleman walking on Beavon strect this after- ‘noon. Varfous rumors are afloat, but it is vretty well established that Mr. Bennett is not *in the city. THE WEATHER, ‘WASHIXGTON, D. C., Jan. 7—1 a. m.—In the Upper Lake Region, Upper Missiesippl, and Lower Missourl Valleys, rising barometer, srisk and high west to north winds, decigedly colder, partly clondy weather, and occasional wows from the first section to Missouri, fol- wowed in Dakota and Nebrasky by falling ba- rometer and winds shifting to easterlr. LOCAL OBSEZETATION®. Cnicaao, Jan. 8. Time. ”“"t”"”"'l Tind. _\Rn. |TWeather. m. 2975 3¢ 15p. m. 20,71 Su Maxfmum thermometer. 33: minlmum, 23. GXXEKAL ONSERVATIONS. s CuicAgo, Jan. . Stations. Thr. Alpens. Bunale Cleveland VBar. wsRsEo bRy | OBITUARY. NEeW YORE, Jan. 6.—Mrs. Charlotte De For- est Exbert, sister of the late Commodore Van- derbilt, died at her residence on Staten Island yesterday of pneumonia. Mrs. Egbert was 85 vears and 7 days old at the time of her death, or about two years older than her brother. She resembled the Commodore very much in dis- position and spirit, and was looked upon as a thorough woman of business. She lived on Staten Island all her life, and occupied the house in which she died for the past fifty-five , years. Dr. Linsly spoke of the fact a5 the most remarkable in.the annals of medical history, thot a few moments before Commodore Vander- * bilt dled he closed his ecyes, and the lids re- mamed shut after death. Mrs. Egbert did the " same thing, clo her eyes a few moments be- fore’ her “death. Her Gyes remained tightly closed after death. . WANTS HIS SHARE. New YORE, Jan. 6.—Martin J. Hogan, one of the six Featan prisoners rescued from Western . Australia, threatens, it is stated, to sue for his share of the $15,000 collected for their relief. . Hogan’s difficulty, the.other day, grew out of a quarrel with John J. Breslin about the matter. ———————— SUICIDE. Special Dispatch &0 The Tribune. CEDAR RaPmS, Ia, Jin. G—Flora Hunt, . aged 17 years, daughter of Wililam Hunt, of . Centre Point, this county, committed suicide ) taking poison. The causc is said :fle"‘;:‘nbnm> rgcg:m in connection with a school-teacher. WASHINGTON GAMBLING The Crudsade Against the Knights of the Tiger in the Capital. Some Reminiscences of Poker- Playing Many Years Ago. John Morrissey’s Congressional Faro= Bank and Its Patrons. Decline of the ‘“Tiger” Since athe Flush Times of War. £rom Our Own-Correspondent. . Wismneros, D. C., ‘Jan. 8.—*Down with the gamblers!"” is the motto on the top of the firgt page of the police journal of the new year. There is a curious investizatioh of gambling be- ing made here, in which one at least of the stakes scems to be the scalp of the Chief of Police. The evidence is not very explicit that the police have done wrong, but there are strong suspiclons. And, in the absence of evidence suitable for a Grund Jury, the preachers are trying to exorcise the gamblers with prayer. Meanwhile the gamblers live, probably have elways lived, possibly always will, live. ‘Thackeray, in writing of the Four Georges, tells us that, when we try to recall social and political England, we must fancy it playing at cards for many hours every day. A hundred years ago and more Lhere was & journal known asthe Court Gamester, a8 there is now a Court Journal, snd au organ. In that Journal its ed- itor, David Seymour, wrote, * Gaminz has be- come so much the fashion that he, who in com- pany should be ignorant of the games in vogue, would be reckoned low-bred, and bardly fit for conversation.” George the Second himiself is represented as slways furious at the sight of books, and his Queen, who loved read- fng, had to praciice it in secret in her closet. So that Old Sarsh Marlborough echoed the spirit of Keér time when she said: “Books, prithee, don’t talk to me about books. The only books I know are men and cards.” Even wise old Johnson said that he regretted that he had not learned to play, as “it is very useful in life; it generates kindness and consol- idates society.” This was in the time when sturdy, honest Martin Luther used to drick his bottle of wine, and play backgammon to pro- mote digestion, as in days still older much the some thing is reported to have been done “for ;igu stomach’s sake.” The same love of bling - and the dice-box s seen all ‘er English social history. In the clubsy to the young men of fashion the dice-box was king. ‘Gibbon writes of a dreadful gambler, one Charles Fox, who lost £200,000 sterling at play, and who played for twenty-two hours at a sit- ting. Byron, Brummell, and a long list of dis- tingruished names, were votaries of this vice. It wasnot uutil the last quarter of a century that cards_and the dice-hox, Eh ed for money, ceased to be recogaized by the leaders of society and fashion. The same has been measureably true in our own country. GAMBLING IN WASHINGTON. ‘The Washington gambling-houses of the old days were never supported to any great extent by the resident population. Members of Congress,—particularly those from tho newer portions vf the country,—were the most gen- erous patrons of the sporting men. To these must be added the contractors’ lobby, and the Jarge class of transient, adventurous popu- lation, hich, in the days before and dufing the War, so filled Washington City’ in thc winter season. Thad Stephens and Franklin Pierce werc among the Con- gressmen who used to risk a great deal of money at the Capital. In these later days of big stakes of professional gamblers, the gums bet probably would seem_trifling, but they were all the Conzressmen of that day conld afford. Stevens is reported to bave played entirely for the excitement, and uot to have cared for the money. An old stager, who claims to have wit- nessed the play of Thad Stevens, thus describes his_methods: *He played with consummate coolness, never lost “his temper, and never in- creased the amount of his bet, cither to re trieve his losses or more rapidly to in- crease his_ winnings. His sarcastic remarks ‘upon the discomposure of his fellow-players, who sometimes exclaimed with roze aid pro- fanity at their ill-luck, were always witty us well as cutting. While they werc eating and drink- ing with the voracity of cormorants, he never indulged in anyihing more stimulating than a cracker and a cup of water. The contrast be- tween his coolness and apparent apathy and the eager, flerce excitement of others sitting at the samé_ table, and eogaged in the sime pursuit, was amazing. I Lave rarcly seen a more pitiable and painful exhibition than was often presented by the ungoverned passions of a gamester after a run of ll-luck. 0 Mr. Ste- vens such displays of weakness secmed to af- ford amuseimnent rather than to excite sympathy or compassion. He was & hard, cyuical man, capable of acts of benevolence under strong emotion, but gentleness or tenderness was not his ordinary mood. He threw off more good things in conversation without cffort than any man I ever saw, and his sayings were pointed with a_degre¢ of eplgrammatic_force that L never witnessed In any otlier man.” Ata still earlier time, turf-zambling had a 51— t mony votaries amoug Congressmen. Gen. fackson was a uoted turfman, and oftén had heavy bets upon races. If the old chroniclers -arc o be belleved, a fair race was as much laughed at in those days as it is now. On one oceasion, Jackson had s heavy bet pending on o race, and remoustrated, the story goes, with one of the riders in this manner: ““You black rascal, mind what you are about. None of yeur old tricks with me. " If 1 catch you uirting your tobacco juice in my boy’s eyes, I’ll cut your heart out.’ EARLY GAMING. The first gambling-bank is said to have been started in the old bouse called the Mansion House, on the site of the present Willard’s Ho- tel. At the time of the Kansas agitation there was a great deal of gambling. The ‘‘dens’ were mostly kept by Southeruers aud Washing- tonians. Iu Buchapan's time, there was one conviction for gambling, but Lincoln was so tender-hearted that he pardoned the convict. It appeared that the gambler had had some sort of a quarrel with Robert Quld, who was then Dis- trict Attorney, and had pressed his conviction without sufficient evidence. TRE VICES OF WAR. During the War about 500 gumbling-houses were in operation in Washinzton. Oge of these was said to have cleared more than half a mill- fon dollars :mnua!l?' for three years. In 1866 its proprietors closed it,because, with the cessation of hostilities, the departure of the soldlers, and of thellarce number of adventurous contract- ors, the times had become too dull for persons accustomed to such laree gains. In that year the profits of the place were $50,000. Jn 1865 the Chief of Police estimated that there were *550 professional gamblers in the city. This was about one to every 218 of population. Since the War the number of gumblers bas steadily decreased, and it is_probable that thereare con- siderably less than 100 professionals who gain'a livelihood at this occupation in this city at pres- ent. Of this number there are very few who are what men of wealth and standing in gamblers' rauks would call ‘‘respectable.” “Hells” most of these houses undoubtedly are where violent and vicious practices are in vegue. Decoys are kept about some of the ho- tels, but, as a'rule, their existence is very preca- rious. In the Centennial time many of the “strangers’ guides” belonged to this class of houses. They are paid by 2 commission upon the winnings from their victims. The “better” class of houscs, if such a term can be applied to such rascally business, are located on Fenn- sylvania avenue, and on E street, mear Thir- teenth and Fourtcenth strects. This locality is very appropriately termed “Rum Row.? Itis tothis locality that the present police in- vestization is . mainly confined. These houses are generally kept in the upper part of build- ings, the lower parts of which are occupied for legitimate purposes. Indeed, thetenants in the lower have testiticd before the Commis- - sfon that they knew nothing of the business or persons above them, and that they never hear any nofse at any time. Itis said to_have been diflicult for a straoger to obtain admission to these places, a5 they were suppoaed to be visited mostly by men of position and means. - Most of the extensive gambling, however, Itakeit,isdone at private houses. There are some sportive Congressmen here at whose private tables im- mense sums of money srereported to have been lost. Government clerks patronize the lower class of houses. Gambling is carried ontoa great cxtent by a Jarge number of these clerks, Who are_always complaining of their scanty salaries. These practices were recently discover- ed in the Peusion Office, which is now very near to *‘Rum Row.*’ The result was that an order was issue ddepriving all clerks of the customary half hour for lunch. The innocent in this case, as in most others, have been made to suffer with the guilty. 5 3JOHX MORRISSEY'S CONGRESSIONAL FARO BANK. Kidwell’s old_drug-store building, near the Western Unlon Telegranh office, was for & very many years the headquarters of the most ex- tensive gambling here. Kidwell was an old druggist, and was u large owner of the Seneca afinfl-stulge qunrries.th{c- also flgil:cs tfi: the 'otomac marshes, or . flats, pame of _the “Kidwell Meadows.” He has entered a patent for all the river bottom along the Potomac here, claiming that the ac- cretions make it Government land, and that, some day, he will come into the possession of a valuable Ianded Empeny- Kidwell ofton denied sny kmowledge that his bullding was occupied for gamib; 05CS.. John Blgrg‘;:gy, one of Mr. Tilaen's efficient agents, kept a gambling-house here for num- Der of years on & very cxtensive scale. Probably he will come back ‘if the Democrats succeed in inaugurating Tilden by bluster. Morrissey’s den was_over Kidwell’s drng—store, and was Turnished very elaborately at a cost of about $20,000. Becoming tired of watching the busi- ness 50 far from New York, and being no longer & member of Congress, sa that he could not give it personal attention, and at the samg time act 28 “roper-in ¥ among his associates, Morrissey sold the whole establishment a few years 120 it auction. ‘The proceeds were a trifle over $3,000. In order to perpetuate the traditions of the place in the Democratic family, Dick Merrick, our Dick of Chicago, the great Columbian ora- tor of the Democrucy in these parts, bought Morrissey’s wonderful extension-table for about 260, In its time 1t is said to bave been the fnest that was ever made. It was “called the Con- gressional faro-bank. A gentleman who visited this place for newspaper purposes thus deseribes its general characteristics: ¥, “gIh occupivs the two upger stories of a hand- some brick building, the street floor of which was used a8 a drug-store. You enter from the street, pass through a brilliantly-lizhted vesti- bule, and_up a flight of handsomely- eted stairs. Near the top of the stalrway is a latticed door, which is closed. By pulting a silver bell-knob at one’ side, you ring a gong-bell within, and the nef on duty opens the -door, iuvinz first identified you through the lattice-work. Pass- ing through the door, which closes behind you, you ascend three more steps, and, turning to ihe left, find yourzelf in a magnificant and brilliantly-lighted apartment. The room opens into another back of it, and the two occupy the entire floor of the building. The apartment is magnificently fur- nished. The walls are hung with fine paint- ings, the floor is covered with exquisite carpet, and the furniture is of the richest and costlicst description; the windows are draped with heavy curtains, which, besides heightening the air of splendor which ‘pervades the a%nnmen prevent the light from being seen without, an grive to the upper part of the house, as viewed from the strect, a deserted appearance; several tables are scattered through the room, at which . men arc slways seated ~ at lay. Gohen you will, some one is engage n the fascinating and demoralizing business of the place. The back room is used 85 a dining- room, and here an c¢legant-spread table provides the visitor. with refreshments. The table and wines are free to all, and noone is urged to play 8sa means of payinz for the repast: butthe shrewd proprietor understands that few of his fpuests will have the assurance to partake of his clegant hospitality without risking something at the tables in the front room. ‘The proprietor 8, as men of his class go, 4 gen- tleman. at s, he is 2 man of di bear- ing, courtly manners, aud, according to his light, an honest, man. He would scorn to com- mit what he considered a mean or dishonest act. He will treat you fairly, entertain you elegant- I, win your money b'y legitimate ‘means, and send you away with the impression that he is the c?erercs!. Tellow in Washington. The servants attached to the establishment are negroes of the better class. They are well trained, many of them having been brought up. as the valets or butlers of the Southern gentry, and answer better for such places than the whites, inasmuch as they are quict, uncommu- nicative, attentive, and respectful. One of these men is always in charge of the front door, and visitors ars admitted with caution. The playing in this establishment is fair. It is carried on in the front room, and the princi- pal game is * faro.” v WHO GO THERE? Nobody does now. The place is entirely his- torical. "It has been discontinued for at least twoyears. Those who know say you might have seen the great men of the country there,— Governors, Congressmen, officers of the army .and navy, and retired citizens. Bat this ques- tion was better answered some years ago by a gentleman who visited the glacc when it was in the Leyday of its wicked glory. He describod it thus: “XNew York, Pennsylvanis, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, and_ Minnesota seldom fail of Jiavi onc or morc representatives nround the furo table. Some one has called the establishment the ¢ Congressional faro bank.” If the fact that o dozen or more Senators or Coneressmen visit it every night for gambling purposes be taken into cousideration, the name may not be misap- plied. There are’ some, however, who rarely show in these lower rooms, but use the upper storivs, which are nicely fitted up, and where there is no danger of detection or intrusion. On these occasicns the game is wenerally whist, cucbre, or poker, and sometimes keno. “There is a waiter con- stantly in attendauce to bring up wines, cigars, ete., aud a'so to give notice of thie approach of any one who does not belong to the party. Y'here are, however, other visitors this lace, who occapy equally prominent post juns’ with the = Congressmen in _publi The Indian Bureau sends a heavil built mam, with a swarthy complexion and black. restless, glittering eyes. This man smokes as he plays, and, when nominally ex- cited, gives vent fo expressions that at once show his Indian blood. People from almost every department of the Government, and busi- ness men known in Washington as well and familiarly as almost any of the public oflicials, nightly crowd these places. Bank clerks, book- keepers, and society men, may be seen late at night crowding around the fatal board, whose countenances, incapable of repressing emotion, rmgml 2 pleture which the beholder never for- gets. ————— TELEGRAPH IMBROGLIO. LouisvILLE, Jan. 6.—The officers of the At- lantic & Pacitic Telegraph Company resident in Lawrenceburg, Ind., appeared before Judge Gresham at New Albany in the United States Court yesterday to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt. The Western Union Telegraph Company some time since ob- tained an jvjunction in the United States Court against the Atlantic & Pacific Company, re- straining that Company from putting up iires betsween Aurora and North Vernon, Tod. o the Ohio & Mlssissipsl Railroad, until the question should be decided as to whether the right of ‘way had been obtained, and the argument on the question had not yet been heard when the Atlantic & Pacific, in‘defiance of the order of Judge Gresham, put up their wires, and hence the action. The Court issued an_order citing the parties to appear at Indianapolis on Monday next and show cause why they should not be treated for contempt. ——————— COULDN'T BLEED THE OLD MAN. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. - GALENA, I1L., Jau. 6.—The case of Harris vs. Moore, supplemental to the trial in this county .between the parties, particulars of which were telegraphed to Tae TRIBUNE at the time, came to o termination in the Dubuque County, Ia., Circuit Court to-day, by 2 verdict being render- ed in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff, Harris, eloped with and 1narried the daughter of defendant; was followed to Dubuque and ar- rested on aflidavit of the father, and lodged in jail. Ile was subsequently diecharged under rit of habeas corpus, and commenced action ugainst the father for false imvrisonment, claiming damages to the amount of $10,000. Mr. Moore is 2 respectable farmer residing in this county. The case has excited much inter- est in this section. . A WILL CASE. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Rockrorp, 1., Jan. 1.—After a very stiff fight made by C. M. Brazee!for Mrs. Waterman, and as persistently met by. the Hon. William Lathrop, for several days, belore Judge Bailey, of the County Court, the Barrett will-difficulty was finally settled, and, though the will has not been found, it has been restored accord- ing to the cvidences of lseveral witness- es who vryead it, and who d&id mot disagree materially as to its purport, and it has been sccordingly probated. From the evidence at the trial it appears that Zflpha Barrett died at Harlem last October, leaving an estate valued at from $40,000 to $50,000. Her heirs were 3Mrs. Mary A. Thurston, wife of J. H. Thurston, of this city; Mrs. Eliza Waterman, of Freeport; Allen H. Barrett; and the heirs of a deceased dsughter. Mrs. Waterman was considered by some the favorite child; so ber_surprise was great wien, on the will being read, shediscover- ed she was cut off with $4,000and a quartershare in some houeehold-zoods. . 8he, however, left the homestead in grief, and thought .no more about it until November, when'she called upon Judge Ballcy, who read herthe will. The Judge told her she raeded good counsel, and sug- gested that it wowld bs advisable to take a copy’ i of the will to Mr. E. B, Bartor £ of Freeport, Mrs. Waterman's old attorney f Judge Bailey handed her the will, and sbf sat down, to copyy it. While ttus engazed fche clerks and Ju@ left for dinner, leaving/only one young lady clerk in the office. . Waterman com- pleted her task, and liid the fill on the tablein an envelope. The clerks appear to have return- ed and found the envelope, but no appearance of anything missing. The next daythe will was missed, and has Dot since been found. Several other interested parties had been in the county offices subsequent to. Mrs. Waterman’s visit, and before tha will was missed. Mrs. Waterman denies all knowledge of the missing document, and so do all other partics whatever; and the probability is, that the will was mislaid, or left upon the table, and carelessly picked up by some, disinterested per- son, and” thercby lost at least for the present. After the trial. on Saturday, all partics con- cerned, including cflunsel} signed 8 _F:g.vr en- tirely exonerating Mrs. Waterman. This lady will simply receive her $4,000.as the apportion- ment according to her mother’s will, CASUALTIES. THE ASOITABULA MORROR. CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 6.—o testimony wss tal en to-day before the Coroner’s jury at Ashta- bula. The bodics at the Morgue were removed to the Cemetery vault. A gold, Romsn locket and chain were founa to-day, bearing the mono- gram: “M. Etta Hamlin, May 18, 1675." The remalns of Miss Libbee Myers, of Buf- salo, were to-day identified by friends. MR. REGINALD AUSTIN is recovering slowly trom his injuries. Heis yet, to a ceriain_extent, excited by the ordeal through which he passed. He gives more de- tails concerning Mr. Earl than have yet been received. He says Mr. Earl started from New York Thursday morning, but an accident de- tafued bim, and Mr. Austin met him in Buffalo. Friday noon Mr. Earl bailed Mr. Austin from a Sleepér, and the latter grected him, and fovited hin into the smoking-car. While they sat there smoking, u porter, for which car Mr. Austin dogs not know, came through and asked them if they wanted slecping berthe. Tney told bim they and asked for two lower. He returned after a little, and told them that they could onl; have upper berths. He left them, and Mr. Ear] called Mr. Austin’s attention to the danger of running off the track,—a danger largely cn- hanced by the snow on the track and the fearful storm which then prevailed. Earl had taken a violent fancy to Austin's briarwood_pipe, and bad just refilled it, when both noticed the snap- ping of the bell-cord, and both uttered some exclamation. Mr.- Austin says the car did not seen to oscillate much, but appeared to go right down, and it went to the bottom of the creek. Mr, Earl was seated next to the window, and Mr. Austin beside him, in thed same seat. Austin lost consciousness, and when he recov- ered he called for Earl, but heard no Fesponse, and bas never scen himn since that moment. On recovering consciousness Mr. Austin saw that the car was on fire, and, with the assistance of Mr. Burnham, extricated himself. ~The car was completely sbattered, obliterated, and he did not sce a single passenger of that car after- wards. At the time, Mr. Austin was_under the im- ression that the train had rolled off # bank. e had no idea of a broken bridge. He saw people wading in water and broken ice, and he stepped in, sinking to lus neck. Seeing the en- givg-house In the ~distance, he went to it, sup- posing the wreck had bapponed in the open country, and not dreaming there was a station near. How badly Mr. Earl was injured, Mr. Austin has only heard through the dispatches. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. OMAEA, Neb., Jan. 6.—At a party at the resi- dence of J. Kochucke, 8 Bobemian, last night, a. young man named Otto Decker was accidentally shot in the breast by Mrs. Kochucke, who play- {fully pointed a cocked revolver at him, suppos- ing it to be unloaded. The. weapon went off, discharging the only cartridge it contained. 8he Dbad previously snapped it two or threo times at her husband, which caused Decker to start for ‘her to take it away, he fearing it might be load- ed. Decker's wound is not danzerous. KILLED BY A FALLING TREE. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. EAsT SAGINAW, Mich., Jan. 6.—Daniel Keeley, 20 yeurs of age, son of William Keeley, of Mid- land, working at Larkin’s lumber-camp, near Lake Station, was killed by o falling treo this morning. James McDonald, employed at Mec- Cormick’s camp, was serfously if not, fatally in- Jéxé-;d by a falling tree, and was brought to this DEATH FROM ETHER. Ramway, N. J.,, Jon. 6.—Ether was adminis- tered last evening to Walter Lewis, aged 12, that o tooth might begextracted, and in fiftcen rrautes the boy was dead. CRIME. A TEXAS TRAGEDY. Correspondence St. Louls Giobe-Democral. AUsTIN, Tex., Dec. 26.—A terrible tragedy was enacted at the Capital Theatrcon Christmas night,—Wilson, the proprictor of the establish- ment, being killed, and the bar-tender haviog histongue shot out. The attending physiclans say he also will die. The night before Christ- mas Wilson ejected several disorderly characters from the theatre, one of the number being 2 noted desperado, and a brother of Bill Thomp- son, of Kansas, the man who was captured in this State three weeks ago, and taken o Abi- lene, where he had murdered a Sheriff. Thomp- son swore that he would be revenged on Wilson for putting him out, and the latter had a.pre- sentiment that he would be killed, speaking frec- 1y to his family and friends onthe subject. Dur- iog the day a gentleman called on Wilson and tofd bim that he had overheard several men dis- cussing a plot to kill him at the theatre that night.” “To-night is my last in Texas,” replicd Wilson, I have felt it all day.” The doomed man applied to the Captain of Police for protcc- tion, and, after statine his fears, two officers were detailed to keep Thompson and his gang under surveillance. - Witson’s mother entreated him to remain #t home on the night of the mur- der, but as it was Christmas night, and he knew the theftre would be crowded, he refused to neglect his business: The old lady, who, wita seven daughters, were dependent on the mur- dered man for support, wept bitterly on parting with her son. As Wilson entered the theatre he noticed Thompson and two accomplices seated “on tables opposite the bar. It was necessary for him to pass them jn order to rcach his arms, which were behind the bar. Ashe passed Thomp- son thrust at nim with a lurge knife, at the same tine throwing o handful of lampblack in bis victim’s face, to blind him. Wilson rushed to the bar, scized a double-barreled shot-cun and fired at Thompson, but just as he pulled the trigger one of the two officers detailed to pro- tect him knocked up the weapon, and the charge passed over Thompson’s head, lodging in_the wall. Thompsou then fired three shots at Wil- con, hitting him cvery time, onc ball cntering the heart, causing instant death. A fourth shot was fired at the barkeeper, cuttivg out his tongue. The murderer and his accomplices were arrested and locked up, but they will probably escape the punishment they deserve, us all who know Thompson are afraid to testify against him. He bears the same reputation in Texas as his brother in Kansus,—that ot being a cold-blooded murdcrer. ROBBED. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. OMATA, Jan. 6.—~A Nevada miner, named James L. Campbell, en route to St. Louis, was robbed in this city last night of $280in gold and $25in siiver. It i3 supposed the robbery was committed by & prostitate whom he visited. Ho returned to his hotel drunk, and did not dis- cover his loss till this morning, wlhcn he found his pocket had been cat operi. The police searched for the supposed thicf, but could not grlndmhcr, she baving skipped over to Council uffs. 5 INTENT TO KILL. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. LASALLE, IIl., Jan. 6.—Timothy McNamara, a coal-mniner o Peru, was brought before Justice Foreystol, of this city, to-day, on complaint of John Farrel and Michael Dwyxr, also coal-. miners, who allege that McNamara assaulted them with a revolyer with intent to kill. Not beine ready for a preliminary hearing, be gave bail fn the sum of $1,000 for his appearance a week hence. COUXNTERFEITER CONVICTED. Spectal Dispatch So The Tridune. SPRINGFIELD, 1ll., Jan. 6.—In the Ubited Btates Court this afternoon Isaae Bosswell, of thé Jefferson County gang of counterfciters, was adjudged guilty by the jury, and is yet to be sentenced: CONVICTED OF MURDER. AvgusTa, Ga., Jan. 6.—The five negroes who killed Hausman and Portroan, near Aiken, S. C., Inst November, have been found guilty of murder in the first degrce. The murdered men were Teapectable German citizens. One of the negroes confessed the crime, and gave the names of other prominent citizens whom the gang intended to murder. : il . TO BE EXECUTED. z BAvTIORE, Jan. 6.—James Henry Batler, glias Charles Henry Simpson, and Charles Wil- son, aliss Martin Henry, both colored, convicted of themurder of Jobn W. Everctt,in Charles County, will be hanged in February. s s A DEFAULTER COMPROMISES. NEw YoRk, Jan. 6.—The Zridune says that Coles Morris, charged, a few days ago, with being a defaulter in his trusts, is compromising with the sufferers, and that their ultimate loss will be about $150,000. THE RAILWAYS. THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL. Mr. H. B. Ledyard, General Superintendent of the Michigan Central Railroad, returned from New York yesterday. - The difficulties between him and the Auditor, Mr. Waterman, have been settled, and Mr. Ledyard will remain in charge of theroad. It turns out that Mr. Waterman had acted without authority in issuing orders to the officers of the road without the consent of the General Superintendent. The -Directors of the road had been deceived by Mr. Waterman in regard to the real issuc, or he would have never becn backed up in the course he was pursuing.© The Michigan Central wmay be congratulated that it is _able to retain the services of Mr. Ledyard. Since assuming. charge of the road, Mr.- Ledyard has proved himsclf to be a railroad manager of ability. The road has steadily improved under his manazement, and, now that the rates have again been restored, he will undoubtedly, if let alone, succeed in rescuing it from the embar- rassments under w. ich it has been laboring for some time past. The semi-annual meeting of the Dircctors was held in New York Wednesday. A financial statement was submitted which showed that the road has not been suffering from the dull times and the railroad war to such an extent as was generally supposed. It shows a reduction of over $400,000 in the flonting debt, and the net eurnings for the last six months Laye increased about $60,000 over the busincss done for the corresponding spuce of time last yecar. ‘Tle Board of Directors also took action in regard to the depot matter. It was decided to approve the proposition made by the Iilinois ‘entral Railroad Company, namely, to jointly erect 8 temporary depot on the present site, which is to be about ten feet wider and about fity fect longer than the shed nowin use. ’lfh;s setties the Lake-Front question forthe time cing. LIVE-STOCK RATES. A meeting of the General Freight Agents of the roads leading to the East was held in this city yesterday morning, at which it was decided to make a further increase on all live-stock from Chicago to common or comptting points East. -The new rates will go into effect Mon- day, Jan. 8, and are as follow: Hoax, Cattle, horses, per 100 and sheep, per % e, - 100 lbs, To New York ... 50 To Philadelphia. e 0% 45 To Baltimore... 39 431 To Buffalo, Suspension Bridge, Pittsburg, East Liberty, Ak- ron. Wheeling, and Bellaire.25 To Dunkirk 2 To Clevel To Sandusky. To Toledo and Detrolt. The following minimum weights are the least that will be .taken,and all excess of actual weight will be charged at the current rates: Per car, (7“6 1logs, donbl Hoys, single-deg Sheep, donble-deck cai Sheep, single-deck ca EARNINGS. The Missonri, Kansas & Texas Raflroad makes the following statement of its gross earnings for the month of December: —Freight, $73,251.49; mail, $10,938." $ ; miscellaneous, §.3,0fi9»(5; total, $200,466.16; corresponding perlod last year, $295,735.07. e e——— A VERITABLE FIRE-EATER. The Careor of a Man Who Makes a Plaything of Red-Hot Iron, and Drinks Boillug Oll as 1Soothing Beverage. Pittaburg Dispatch. The business of “Fire-King? 13 as old as the conjuror’s art, but for many years no special- ist, save onme, has appeared in this line whose performance Wwas above contempt. This onc s Profs Rel-Mueab, who has just completed an cngagement at Trimbie's. The man who drinks boiling oil, and dances in his bare feet upon a plate of irom, red hot, and plainly visible to the eyes of his audience, ex- cited the curiosity of the writer, and, in conver- sation yesterday, an Interesting sketch of his career was obtained from him. He is a Russian by birth, his real name being Louis Alexis, and to nis ability to handle hot iron with impugnity he adds the accomplishments of a remarkable linguist. A passion to acquire the mastery of tongues led him to leave home surreptitious- Ir, and, in the course of a Bohemian existence during his boyish years, he fell up.n the secret that determined his vocation in life. He was born in St. Petersburg in 1843, his father being & court-officer, and, hils mother dying soon after, he was consigned to the care of a maiden sunt in the suburbs of thecity. His father went to England, where he remained until Louis was 11 yearsof age. Anevent in the boy’s career then brought the father back to Russia post-haste. Louis, in his: th year, was apprenticed to a civil engineer, but after three years ne took French leave of his master, and attached himsclf to Miller’s Cirque- Gautier, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Y. was passionately fond of reading, and one day Le discovered a recipe for making the flesh insensible to red-hot iron. He was then 15 years of age, aud he at once made an experi- ment with the recipe, and was so suceessful that, with brief intervals, he has since followed the business of 3 * Fire-King.” He has given exhibitions before Kings Frederick and Christian of Denmark; the Viceroy of Egypt, by whom he was cnz%gcd at the opening of the Suez Canal; and the Prince of Wales. He has performed in all the countries of Europe, and, in his rambles, has acquired a knowledge of the English, French, German, Italian, Spanisi, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Danish, and Arabic languages. ‘The recipe, by the usc of which he obtains so complcte an immunity from.the effects of fire, he, of course, will not divulge. He says, how- ever, that the chemical is of a chalky nature. After he has preparad the surface of his skin for the fire-test, the hottest metal feels cool to Dim, &nd he is not obliged to resort to any spe- citic to restore his skin to its natural condition afterthe application to it of the heated irons. The boiling ofl he drinks without “arrauging special protection for his throat or stomach. “He has habituated himself to the practice, and, thongh it burns his throat a little in passing, after it has been swallowed he has no further trouble, His peculiar use of fire and heat seems not to have affected his physical organization. . He is a man of massive frame, and the picture of health, and his 331ycars sit 2 lightly upon him as if his mode of life had been of the jeast trying charac- ter. ) A BLAST AT MRS, SWISSHELM. To the Editor of The Tridune. Towa, Dee. 29.—In THE TRIDUNE of the 26th fost. I read a letter from your correspondent, Mrs, Swisshelm, which made me feel that I would have been willing she should have pro- tracted hor stay in ““the Fatherland ” indefinite- ly; for, while she might find amusement in ridiculing the manncrs, customs, and institu- tions of the Germans, without doing any grreater harm than occasionally to provoke, the ire of some of our German-born American citizens, the presence in our midst of such a caustic ele- ment may tend to further embitter the present politieal crisis. 1 cannot think the German national beverage has in her case had those health-giving proper- tles with which sho has publicly accredited it, and for the sake of which she as publicly re- canted her total-abstinence principles, and de- - clared the temperance-work In tuis country not only a failure, but a mistake. I rather fear her lager-beer has soured 6n her stomach, an8, in its acldulation and coagulation, has curdled all the milk of human kindness in ber breast; for she writes like a'dyspeptic, who sees everything with jaundiced eyes, and perpetually breathes as bad an air as ‘that surrounding the royal | poose-pond n the city of her forcian sojourn. Witness ber réferénce to'the gallant ocean- steamer which brought her safely home, asa ¢ fire-trappest-house,” in which she _only found relief and fresh air by playiug at bo-pecp with the waves, through thie port-hole, during seven- .teen long nights: ™ And ' then hér most vigorous and . thorough denunciation of the Art- buildings at the "Centennial, and all who had chance, éven by bribery, to secure an open Win< with & Art than sanitary require- but, for myself, I mav_say I have not, essed with 8o much health, warmth, and vigor, in five years past, as sioce my visit in August to those same * brown jugs '’ which MMrs. 8. wonld have us_believe were fllled and saturated with something worse than bottled dow. greater regard to ments; been bl They may have been construct beer. If she had been content to cease with this ‘pungent, tirade, I should have enjoyed if rather than otherwise; for it is quite entertaining to g;:d set ard of Managers and the “ New York savans” knefy anything about it, they are only amused to be shaken up so brlsk.l{, and set down so abruptly e have a matter thus presented in terms; and, I have no doubt, If the as lunatics and donkeys respectively. But when she proc not do go to tinder in mnug fiery min her own within the circle of your readers. declaring that efihablg with wholesule execution and expatriation. delight in expressing. she had be‘n-'x)x imbl%l milder beverago. realize that it Is of that. Indee still blows across her pen. If it were worth while, and T were competent. War and its material nion side, d for the support of which the non- portion worked and prayed from the firing of the first guu'to the final “surrender by the Revels,—I shonld refer to that which I Lave hieard stated as a_historical fact, namely: eat heart there was ‘“charity for all and malice towards none,” at the close of the War called a council of the ablest jurists in_the country to consider what could be done with the leaders of the Rebellion; and it was considered so doubtful whether, under our Government and laws, even Jefferson Davis could be convicted and executed upon a uittal would be so much more unsatisfactory tban no trial that he was suffered to rest merely under in- to go back over the events of the close,—a war in which all the fizhtin: of our family was enlisted on the an combatant that Mr. Lincoln, in whose charge of high treason; and an dictment. But an extended disquisition is not within the scope of this letter, and £ will only say that Mrs. Swisshelm’s characterization of the pres- ent attitude and animus of the Svuth seems to be in direct contradiction of the accepted state- ‘When so much hatred and war- spirit remains in the hearts of original Aholi- tionists, it would pe very strange if none were re-eating oppo- e publican jotrnals which we read, the Southern- ers in Congress and _elsewhere are confessedly osed to settle- ment of mooted questions; whatgyer such decis- ment of facts. found in the breasts of their nents; but, according to the respectable and notoriously the faction which is op; war, and in favor of 2 peaceable judici: fon may be. 1t secms to me, if there was ever a time when every individual should bury personal prejudice and think only of our common country; and especially when all who ar¢ connected with the public press, which has such vast influence over the minds and opinions of men and women, should discountenance and abstain from al —this is the time. is sufficier:c ground for the ve s? widely entertained, thnflm of our past recognition. tions. “Under finish the celcbration just ns we life and a2 century’s the free better than plnce or power, and connt; better than Ing amid from the crisis. There is 1 story, often told, of an old gentle- n who, wishing to employ a coachman, asket man who, wishing t¢ ploy ch , asked each nlupllmnt how near le could drive to the a precipice without going over. Maity claimed tne ability to go very near the brink, without obtaining the coveted position. At last. came one who did not know, because he always cdge o avoided dangerous places as far as possible, and he was employed. It scems to me that press and Fl:xr.(urm too positions of the recklesd drivers, striving, as each eclection-time approaches, to inflame and mislead the people,—thus every year put- ting to the test the strength of oar populur Government and free institutions,—when they ought rather, by fairness, moderation, and dig- nity, in the legitimate use of their molding and overn- eople, forthe peo- And let us, as women, by the broadness of our sympa- enlighteniog power, to sec to it ‘ that ment of the people, by the Dle, shall nok perish ffom the carih.” thies, the depth of our affections, and the ai of our patriotism, range ourselves amonz the conservators of the peace. K. ——— A PROVISION OF SCIENCE. 7o the Editor of The Tridune. Cricico, Jan. 2. rocks of \Wyoming. fourth), and vestize of a fifth. o has cliimed, from the order in whichthe series unfolded, that Orohippus must have had an ancestor which had tive toes, and says: ‘' The vestige of the fifth toe is an heirloom from some ancestor which had five toes. Orohippus is a station on the road from a one-toed to a five-toed animal.?” Prof. Huxley, in the last of his New York redicted that such a form would yet be found, and indicated the geo- lectures (Sept. 22), logical ‘strata where it should be searched Tor. And now Silliman's ber announces the finding of this form by Prof. Marsh, of New Haven, lut’i of New Mexico. umph of those who are “ waiting in the faith » for the revelation of all the ‘“missing links ‘which are to demonstrate the truth of Evolu- tion. It would 2lso seem that the methods of study and research which lead up to such revelations would be equally successtul if applied to the working of other problems thanthoge of Natural Science. OBSERTER. ¥Size of a fox. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yorg, Jan. 6.—Arrived, stcamship ¥ {from Antwerp. %mmos Jan. 6.—Steamshi] Abyssinia, ggs'g‘t, and Canads, from Now Tor ve Mr. Tandy Stumbling Over Nuggets of Gold . in His Back Yard. Aelena (Montanu) Herald. The ‘“Scratch Grayel” placer mines are situ- ated about four miles north of Helena, and-| within plain view of the city. These mines were discovered a few years ago, the district staked, the ground surveyed and patented. Mr. E. R. Tandy secared a patent upon 160 acres, went to conaiderable expense in bringing in watcr, and two years ago madc the run. The Scratch Gravel mines would seem to demonstrate some new theory in regard to the deposit of gold, and are certainly different in almost every respect {rom any other placer mines in the Territory. Jir. Tandy’s ground is situated on the bench land faraway from the mountains, and down nearly as low as the surrounding ranches on Ten Mile, and in Prickly Pear Valley. The soil is gravelly,'and exceedingly shallow. Bed-rock is within twelve or fourteen inches of the sur- face, and thgn&-struk is from sixty to-100 fect wide. ‘andy’s mode of mining has ecds jo the same manner and spirit to deal with the vital questions now, agitating the natfon, I think she goes too far. Such revengeful and incendiary utterances can- , and they may prove as the spark and tempers like 1t i bad enough for her to have advocated the settlement of the Indian question by s method of uncivilized guerrilla warfare, show- ing no quarter, and recognizing in the red men nothing human; but, in a time of such smoul- dering excitement and political ferment as tho present, sho may do iofinitely more mischief by e War for the Unfon must in- be fought again, and * wound up I know that peer often makes people up- roarious, but I was not aware that it would ex- cite, even in a woman’s breast, such blood- thirsty sentiments as this- woman scems to One would almost think ng the murderous *fire- water” with hostile savages, instead of any I koow two ladles who hold in high esteem Mrs. Swisshelm’s labors and writings in behalf of humanity and reform in an earlier day, and who mourn much over the reckless, mocking tone of all her recent letters. Not having read her ecarlier productions, I must say the only good thing I have ever known her to insist upon is abundance of fresheir;andI think, if she lived on an Iowa prairie, she might ossible to have tod mucheven Iam not sure she may not have swallowed a northwester some time, which ranting and all political clap-trap, speaking forth only the * words of truth and soberness,” If, at this era, our public men and leaders cannot rise above all selfish and partisan con- siderations, - to speak, write, and labor for a single object, the elucidation of truth and right under ovr Constitution and laws,—then there ?&prehensiuna ine isintegration oay_politic has already commenced, and that the fabric of our Government is likely to undergo such changes as in a few years to be Iam a woman, and not a very old one; but I love my country, and revere its laws and tradi- e form of government deviscd and executed by our fathers, we have been nuost signally blessed and prospered. Our Ship of State has already endured severe strains and weathered violent storms; and God forbid that, of advancement, we abandon the glorious bark to the passfons and greed of a short-sighted and un- reasoning few! But may the many who love honor more than money, the starry ensign of v, unite to prevent her strand- ese rocks and sheals. And, when this exizency is safely past, let us take a lesson foften occupy the 2.—There i5, on page 245 of Gunuing’s * Lifc-History of Our Planet,” a description of the Orohippus, or Mountain- Horse,—until recently the oldest known an- cestor of our modern horse. The fossil remains of this little borse¥ are found in the Eocene " The author of ‘¢ Life- History™ gives a number of illustrations by which we can trace a serles of forms connecting the one-toed horse of to-day with this ancient animal with its three toes (sccond, third, and Journal for Decem- e lowest Eocene rocks It looks like a notable tri- 'k, have ar- it off. For threc seasons the mines hapy paid well, mproving each year. gold has’ been course, but * uausm® fine. In the clean-ups made many g beautiful nugeets have been !unnd,_nomfi 4 one worth about, 330 f 1875, and o0¢ valaed 3} $150 during the past summer. Rut we have noy to record the luckiest find of all, and fn the mogt peculiar manner ever brought to our attention in the history of . placer-mining in Montany, After the close of the mining-season this Mr. Tandy plowed up scveral acres of groungd to have in readincss for early work in the spring. The fall winds have blown off 2 2063 deal of the loose soil, and in some §pots the bed-roci Is exposed. On Mondaylast, an errang called the fortunate owner from his house to the.opposite side of his ground, and in retum. ing across theplowed gronnd Tandy’s eye eaught sizht of an object, partially covered with dirt, which Jooked like ‘gold. He gnve it 8 kick) when, lo, there lay a nugget of zold ‘half a3 larze 28 your fist.” It was emooth, roung about one and a quarter inches in thickness, and eight inches in circamlerence. A large-sizad hen’s ege, flattened a little, better expresses the shape of the nugget, which, when weigtied, showed over tweniy-seven ounces pure gold, At the present 1ow price of gold, Mr. Tandy wag offered 3564 for the nuzeet, but, not desiring to sell, he still retains the trophy of an aceilenty] stroll over his plowed field. . . 3 —— A HIDEOUS SPECTACLE. Extraordinary Treatment of a Corpie ia Iowa. ¢ Duduque (Ia.) Times. A most shocking and horrible affair occurred at Hell’s Bend, Ida County, a short time The facts, as authentically reported to theufl: County Pionecr, are as followse About the middle of November one Mr. Hescock wap taken down with typhoid fever, and Dr. R of Smithland, was summoned to render mede ical 2id. The paticnt iras gv:mni along ag well as could be expected under the circome stances—the patient being quite low befory medical aid was secured. -One day a Spiritualist; residing in that wicivity, by the name of Frank Biglow, called at. the house' of Jr. Hejeock, sympathized with the family, won their’ confl. dence, and boldly asserted that he conla perfect arapid cure_upon Mr. Heycock through the medium of Spiritualism, providing they would let him have his own ay. After a short time of consideration, Mrs. Heycock - informed Biglow that they were at his mercy, and whatever course he chose to pursne they would sanction and accept as for the best. Big- low threw ous all the medicine prepared by Dr. Rice, and sent the Doctdr word not to make an- other yisit.” From this time no medicine was administered, save Biglow’s,spiritual aid. Ha commenced talking and groaning to the patient, rubbing his brow, pulling his beurd,etc. Assoon 2s the people in the neighborhood - learned of these proceedings they visited the fumlily and expressed their t at such maneavers, and kindly advised the family to tenance such a courses They would - not listen to advice, as the wife held to the Spirit- ualist doctrine. Mr. Hevcock finally sunk into S uu[;m-, and seemingly suffering less pain, which led the wife and Biglow to the belief that he was recovering. Visitors were forbid coming, In the course of a day or twoa fuw of the citi- zens again went to the house and asked admis sion, which was granted. Theyentered the room of the sick man, and were horror-stricken at tha sight before them. There, in bed, lay the dead body of Mr. Heycock, the eye-sockets already turning black. One of the visitors_exclaimed, “He is dead.” Biglow said “Heis not desd, but sleepeth,’” at the same time endeavoring to blow out the light. Mrs. Heycock was called In and informed of the fact, and to ascertain she stepped up to the bedside and placed her hand qver her husband’s moutl, acd, feeling no breath, she tainted and fell, and was carried into another room and was kindly cared for. The neighbors then suggested that the body be laid out for burial. Bizlow ob- jected, and said: “If my brother be dead I can raise him to lite again,” snd rising upon his feet, stretching out his arms over the corpse, and lifting Wis eyes soward heaven, snomed st the top of his volce: “Come forth, my dear brother! Grave, give ba:k thy dead!” He then kneeled over thy dead ly, saying: *“Open thy eyes, my deat brother,” at the same time pushing tho eye- lids open with his thumb (thinkine no one saw him), and with a feeling of satisfaction he turned to the bystandersand yelled: “Praise the Lord:” ut to his ~ surprise “brother™ did mot rise. The citizens again wanted possession of the body for interment, but the Spiritual doctor stubbornly refused, saying, **I can raise thy brother at the end of the third day.” Heavy blankets were then piled upon the corpse by Biglow to retain the animal heat. Mrs. Heycock then ordered the visitors to leave the house, which they did, as they could not lawfuMy do otherwise. the doors were locked and no lights used during three dnis, but what else transpired isnot known. At the end of the third day Mrs. Heycock sent word to & few of the neighbors to come and bury the body. They _came, and among them were the most stout and ‘hardy men of the -neighbortiood, but they be- came faint, and sickened upon entering the room, on account of the unendurable stench res sulting from the decomposition of the body. ‘I'hey were compelled to bring ice from the river, which they placed around the corpse to freeze it before they could arrange it in the coffin. Those present say they never witnessed sucha disgrace to humanity in their lives. Mr. Heycock was about 45 years of n.ge, and was recently from Wisconsin.” He was by faith an Adventist, and was highly respected by all lis acquaintances. The whole nelzhborhood is fllled with great indignation over the affalr. Mr. Heycock’s son_was tclegraphed from Wis- consin, but arrived too late to see his father buried. He is nearly crazed with grief, and re- marked t one -of bis copsoling friends: “0, had the society of this vicinity taken Biglow ‘away and given my father a decent burial, I ‘would not fecl so bad.” _——— Crowded to Denth. Virginia (Ner.) Enterprise. He was a middle-aged man when, in 1533, ha settled near where Portland, Ore., now is. Hs had tried civilization and was wearied with it. He had sold his little property in the East, and, with a_few - harses, cows, and dogs, had threaded the dangerous way from the Missuri- River to Orégon, and thes under the shodow of the Cuscades an beside the beautiful Willamette, paused at last and said to himself: ‘1 shall havend more trouble; Ican stay here with my dogs, my rifle, and my own soul for company, noue. will molest me.” Forawhile he was entirely happy, but at length one stranger after another made his appearauce, and one morning the man who had journeyed so far to be alone woke us to find that” a town was beh;s Lol out near his cabin. He call his dogs, and, remembering beantifal spot that he passed over on his journey West, he -retraced his steps,- threaded the mighty canon of the Columbia, and buflt an- otlier cabin where the Datles now is. Hore e felt secure. The disturbers who broke up his home on the Willamette had reached him from thesea. He sald now to himself, *It will bs, i‘mfl and years before they find me here.” ‘or a rood many years he e¢njoyed his dream. Game was plenty, the scenery was glorfous, the soll was rich, and the man, now grown old, wa3, happy. But one morning as he sat in his hat 3° strange sound broke the stillness, and, going. to the door, lo! in the great river a sieambost, was puffing against the current, snd ina fow; days another town was in course of construc= tion around him. Again he moved, and_thiv time did not pause until he reached the Ump~ qua country. This was an utter wilderness and he told his dogs that at last they were safe. He built_avother cabin . and settled dows for life. For a year or two he was undisturbed, but one day some strange men, with straoge o~ struments, crossed his ground, stopping every few rods luDkInf thkrough their instruments an takiog notes. It disturbed the old man a little, bat at last he saia they were but Government surveyors—he should see them. no mord a for years. But before many W b gang of workmen came right across his " favorite field; they threw - m ‘l: evenly-graded road, and within a fortnigh locomotive came screaming by. Then theold mxmd;nve up. His dogs, too, seemed to under- stand that there wasno more usein trying. One after the other died; the game was driven away, and one morning as the cabin dobr of the old man was pushed open he was found dead: and on the smoky wall, written with charcoaly was found this sentence: *They crowded me &0 death.” ¢ G ‘What Papa Would Say. 3 Danbury News. Tt was quite cold in the car. The passenzerd were shrinking up into as small a space as pos- siole, and looking straight shead into notbing with frowning visages. A very little boy was snugeled up in bis mother’s arms. train. stoPpcd at a station, when he sald: * Am I goin®' home, mammai" w¥es, diar ‘Papa’s home?” “Yes» “ e e %: y;;lfi?’lng to seepapa? The child lifted up his head, and, .1 eagerly into his motgcc’a face, enthusiastlcally exclaimed: * When papa sees’ me he'll say? ¢Come here, you g)eshloua lam.!? e The smile which illuminated the passengers faces upon this outburst of childish exrecmfifl s drove aw:{ the frown, and_brought themoub: of themselves for the rest of the journey. the * ooking - K