Marshall County Independent, Volume 2, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 October 1895 — Page 8

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THE PAUPER PUMPKIN

POLLY was a little pauper. That means life in a poorhouse, with i's !.iirc rooms, coarse food and 0'Tcr company. Gran Dj- Smith was tlie very oldest pauper. J? ho had loved aud looked after Polly ever since- she was found, a tiny baby in a basket, on the poorhouse j.:jis. When Cranny died, S-jcar-o-d Tolly felt very lonely. All that Pollj- knew. Cranny Smith iiad taught her. She was charged to Loop hf-r face and hands clean, not to steal or toll a lie. and never to marry a man who drank. So you see Tolly had wise counsel: and. hotter still, she meant to hoed it. There were plenty of children at the pooiLcuse, but Tolly did not seek their corr.p.;ijT. They called her "stuck-up" and "queer' when she refused to join ill tea sin;: the "limy" inmates, which lad; yport for the others. Yes, Polly "vvas qt:c-er, or why did she sometimes !uh .( r cup of milk over to Silly Sam. nho was always spilling hisV Mr. Norton, the poorhouse keeper, was a kindly man. but he had no time o look after the children in his charge. Jle kr.f w Tolly as the ' basket baby," and Mrs. Norton sometimes pointed her cut to visitors, declaring it a shame that men ii pretty, well-behaved child should be left to come up there. In the meantime. Tolly mourned for cranny, and sewed her torn apron with i darniDjr-needle out of the work-box wkioh was now her own. It was all branny Lad to leave, and was a relit of days when she was nor a pauper, and she talked to the thimble about it. The. work-box was carefully guarded by Its owner a hard matter but one lay Silly Sam draped it from its hiding; place, and tore a small piece of the fad-M silk lining. Tolly rescued it and cried so hard that Sam was sorry and offered her two snails. It was while Tolly was trying to repair the damage (hit five or six large white seeds fell from under the torn silk. Could they be seeds of some of the Mowers that bloomed Jong ago In granny's pardon. "I'll plant 'em and see." said Tolly, crawling on hands and knees to capture them. "Til plant 'cm outside of the poorhouse grounds, for granny wouldn't want her llowers to be paupers. I'll go to the li-ld where it's dtt.4 up and nothin planted an' bury 'em in tue far corner. The sun makes Howers jn-ow very fast, and there is such lots cf i: here," she said. looking; well c'h'as-d. "There's no house hero an I vTh'ss the -round don't belong to anyliy. These tlowers ain't nnxw to be a;;per. anyway." .T.illj knew linle about planting She made a hole with lier list, dropped tiicm in on top of each other, cover d uell with dirt, and waited fur sun a -.id rain to do the rest. Many stoleis visits to the corner of the field wer- Made before Polly saw any signs f g.'-wth. so when a small, preen si n Ii: appeared. It was hailed with deJighr. How fast It prow! JVi;on the plant in the liold bore yellow Mossoms Tolly's heart tilled with pleas;:: e. They were not pretty flowers. ? ut they seeinod like a part of -ri!..iy. When the llowers faded Tolly .i".'l snore would soon follow, but wb. unng-tinio appeared to lie over. It was quite a while before she discovered fuzzy little balls on the steins of ho laded blossoms, and Tolly wonl v; d wliat it could be. "They ain't cabbages, an' apples don't on the round." she said, feel in tl.em gently. "Maybe they're eokoiiUts." Unt whatever they were they did not Continue to thrive. P.ugs ate up the leaves, stems withered and died, and xih them the unknown fruit. Howor, one preen globe, twice as largv .:-. th? rest, defied bugs ami blight, and Sirrin r increased in size. T.y Septem'.ber the lobe was as large as a bushel 'basket, and its color was not n golden yellow. "JfV .surely gettin' ripe!" cried Polly, delightedly, on seein it after a week of rain had prevented daily visits. "If I knew wli.ii it was! Tut it ain't a paujer, anyhow." 'She cave it.- shining surface a loving pat as she left it. and attracted by the wound of whistling, saw at a distance a man. who was sitting on a pile of s-tones directly iu the homeward path. In an instant the thought came to her tu ask this man about her unknown treasure, if he looked friendly. Now Tolly could have hardly found a more kindly man than Mr. Allan, and he howed his friendliness as she drew tiear, by ayking If It wasn't a pretty hot f tin for A Tittle girl without a bonnet. Tolly didn't own a bonnet, so she lus ber tcc a the soft earth, aud said

she liked the sun because it made things grow. "So does the rain, but we can't stand too much of it," laughed Mr. Allan. "The crops look pretty well soaked." It was now or never with Tolly, so she said: "My crop is looking lovely, au' I think it's most ripe." Mr. Allan looked amused. "Your crop, heyV What is it popcorn ?" "If you would please come and tell me what It Is," said Tolly, earnestly. "Maybe It's a cokenut. but maybe it ain't." "Cocoanut! Don't set your heart on it. for they don't grow round here: but we'll see," said Mr. Allan, afhe rose. Tolly led the way eagerly, pointing her finger as they neared the huge ball. "Mess the child, it's a pumpkin!" exclaimed Mr. Allan. "A pun'kinV" repeated Polly, expect ant. "Is it good to eat -inside':" "Don't you know pumpkin pie?" Mr. Allan asked, looking astonished. "Not very well," said Tolly, humbly. "We don't have pie." "Well, people say it's unhealthy, and I suppose your mother knows what's best for you. It isn't ready to pick yet." he continued, feeling it carefully. "I knew this was good ground, and I told Norton It ought to bting a bigger price. Such fancy-sized vegetables prove It." "Who owns the field?" Tolly asked quickly. "The town owns it now. It was my brother's, but he left it to me. 1 live out in Kansas, aud my wife and I came on to settle up affairs. They wanted more land at the poorhouse, and it was a good chance to sell." Mr. Allan's eyes were roving over the field, and he did not note the changing expression of Tolly's face; but he was concerned when he did look, and heard a voice quivering with disappointment say: "Then it's a pauper pun'kin- a poorhouse puu'kin. after all!" It -was not long before Mr. Allan learned not only the history of the pauper pumpkin, but of pauper Tolly herself. His tender heart was touched, and when he parted with Tolly to seek his wife and repeat the tale, it ended by proposing something that shocked I Mrs. Allan. "We've talked of it often enough but not a pauper! We don't know how she might turn out. I never did like paupers." "No, it's hard to say how she might turn out; but she'd have a better chance with us. Her eyes are for all the world like Jessy's." and then the subject was dropped. A few weeks later Mr. and Mrs. Allan mot Mr. Norton at the postottice. and they began to question him alout Tolly. Mr. Norton knew little more of her history than they already knew, but they now learned that Tolly was sick, and Mr. Norton shook his head over her condition. Mr. and Mrs. Allan lost no time in getting to her bedside. On a couch in the cheerless room devoted to siekness lay Tolly, who weakly smiled on her visitors. Mr. Allan talked to her quietly, promising to see that the pumpkin was duly picked, while Mrs. Allan studied her and patted her hand. When the husband and wife were outside, Mrs. Allan began to talk very fast. "Til make her a warm cloak to travel in, and we'll start home as soon as she's tit to go. She's a dear child!" "We don't know how she'll turn out," said Mr. Allan, smiling at her. "I guess we can pray for wisdom to bring her up right, as we did for Jessy." replied Mrs. Allan. "The poorhouse is no place for her. and I want her, so do sign the papers and got her right a way." The day that Tolly Tolly Allan now left the poorhouse was a day long to be remembered. Not that the fact of her going away was remarkable, or that any one felt very sorry except Silly Sam and some other half-witted ones but the time of her departure was Thanksgiving Day. and Mr. Allan gave the poorhouse people a dinner at his own expense. And such a dinner! Turkey and chicken rod cranlwrry sauce, and the pumpkin converted into many pies, crowned the feast. Tolly, still weak, but very happy, was carried into the long dining-room toward the close of the meal. At the sight of her Silly Sam set up a feeble cheer, and attempted to wave his pie In the air with poor success, but was provided with another piece. So the last scene In Tolly's poorhouse 'If was one of peace and plenty. This

picture mlngiea itself !n the drowsy little prayer she uttered on Mrs. Allan's breast that night on the train that was carrying her to her now home in the far West. "Dear Lord, I thank you very union for a mother and father. Tell granny I ain't a pauper now. And I do thank you for making the pun'kin so big that there was pie enough for everybody. Amen." Waverly Magazine.

Not Up with Their Imputations. A cable dispatch from Loudon says: All except the most depraved cynics will grieve to learn of the sad indictment of the St. Bernard dogs, which are supposed to be trained to rescue belated travelers in the Alps. These noble beasts, which everybody has been told possess fidelity more than human, have been accused of treachery by certain mountaineers. Thus one traveler writes: "I was approaching the summit of Pix Langtiard in company with a friend when a huge St. Bernard met v.s on a narrow path. With a very transparent assumption of good feeling toward us the brute ran at us aud tipped us over the ledge. Providentially, the next ledge was near and we fell softly on the snow. Then the fiendish ingenuity of the brute became apparent. instead ot atfempung our rescue, as the dogs iu foolish old legends do, this great cur busied himself with the luncheon basket, which had burst with the impact, and ate our cold chicken, while we, with some deft alpenstock work, at length retrieved our safety. The sooner these mountain pests are extinguished the better." Coarseness of the Rothschild. "The Rothschild family are really coarse people," says a lady who has figured in Tarisian society. "T.y means of their enormous wealth they have contrived to got into the best circles, but they commit offenses every now and ajrain that would not Ik, tolerated whore money Is uot omnipotent. I recall a reception several years ago in Taris. at which I was present in evening dross. I had met Alphonse RothsChild several times. On this occasion he shook hands very eordiallv with me and at the same time laid his left hand on my bare shoulder. It were impossible to conceive of a more offensive liberty. Karon liothsohild meant no evil; he simp!y did not know any better. He and other members of his family are as amiable people as can be found anywhere, and the charities they dispense prove the real goodness of their hearts. Tut any of them is likely to make what we would call 'a Uid break' at any time The incident I have related is fairly illustrative of the coarse streak which, in spite of their excellence, runs through the whole Rothschild family." Chicago Record. Powerful War Kiigincs. "Americans have twice within this generation upset all standards of naval construction and warfare," said an English naval otlicer. "First, your monitors changed In a jiffy all tb.p naval designs of Europe, and later on you have perfected a steel projectile which seems able to penetrate any armor that can be carried on a ship. The 100-ton brooch-loading rifle cannon is ,"t feet long, 17 inches bore, takes 70 pounds of powder at a charge, carries a shot weighing a ton and can be loaded, aime'l aud discharged by the hand of a lady in less than one minute, so simple is the machinery by which it is operated. It should always be remembered, however, that the effectiveness of those enormous guns is reduced nearlv onehalf in an actual battle at sea because of the movements of the sea. while the resistance of the armor is made almost twice as eiTective by the same causes." New York Tress. A Historic Chateau. The chateau of Amhoise has beea bought from the executors of the Comte de Taris by the Due d'Aumale, who intends making it a home for the sailors that fought under him In Africa, after which it will become a state museum like Chantilly. Charles VIII. was born and died iu the chateau; It was the scene of the bloody massacre following the conjuration d'Amboise in l."V'iO; Leonardo da Vinci Is buried in the chapel and Abd el Kader was Imprisoned there for two years. In 11H the chateau was confiscated, but it was Si von back to the Comte de Taris in 1S72 by the national assembly with the other domain lands that had belonged to Louis Thilippe. The restora tioti of the chateau was begun twenty years ago by Viollet le Due. It Doesn't Pay. The great Manchester canal, which makes Manchester a soajxirt, has not realized the expectations of its originators. It cost $7.".ooo.ooo, and its not receipts last year were t nly 1."iJmm). Ins'eid of injuring it has benelited Liverpool, that city having secured lower rates by railway, while Manchester is jbliged to suhinit to a heavy increase of taxation to meet the interest on the Jobt it has incurred lu construoilug the canal. Milliards. A droll match at billiards was played recently at one of the West End clubs. One player was attired In a full suit of armor, and wore on his hands ten Berlin-wool gloves. The other wore boxing gloves. The game was one thousand up, each player giving the other nine hundred and eighty. The man wtth the mittens won. Vesuvius Is (irowlng. It li rtaid that Vesuvius Is 1,7) feet higher than It was a few months ago. Land ami the improvements upon il constitute the first and most Important Item of our national wealth. How a defeated candidate for ofllo must grumble to his wife'

STßlKE AM) LOCKOUT

THE LABOR COMMISSIONER'S ANNUAL REPORT 3hoH that Employes Huvc Lost More than Twice lis Much a- Kin ploy cr from Labor Troubles During the Past Seven Years. Kmployere hont $S .SU.'i.S.'JT. In his tt-iith nulluni r'prt. just i.r.ipleted Carroll I . Wright. CniMtuisii;:er f Labor, eoinpr.tes that the loss tu em ployes in ostno'ishincuts in whii'h l. k uts and strikes .--curf'd durins: the thirteen and a half years emliui: .lune .".. 1MM. amounted to .Sl'.o.r.i:.:;sj. and to employers to .'.!.-S-Ö.S.7. The 'loss to employes on neeoim of strikes was Sld-;.-N7,Sf,i; und on aeeolinf ill l,ii-'.,.nt ? Jt.UN,.ilii; to employers, oil Jleeouilt of strikes. SJ.ÖIH,i'M.' i""- "n f,rro,,nt ot lo.koiits. ,1-J.-J.';."i.4rl. The number of establishments involved in strikes in this period was ''..- T'u and the number of persons thrown out of employment by reason of strikes ."..71 L--lod, making an average loss to the employe ,jf ..,, j, establishment of Sj,:;i;s and to e.u li person ,,f S44. The ntiinher of establishments involved in loekouts ws ;.oi)7 mni.r ((f persons looked out ;:;d.-4M. These persons lost an average of NT;: eaeh. The assistan. e given to strikers and the subjects of lockouts during the period amounted, as fur as ascertainable, to Jji:j.i:fcs.74. or a little over 7 per cent, of the total loss to employes. One of th(. ,sf important tables rolated to the eause of strikes. This statement allows tli.H more than a fourth of them were caused by a refusal to accede to a demand for im-rense ,,f wages, over 1.! per cent. f,,r a refusal to concede a re duetion of hours and more than S petrent by the det)--niiii:i limi ..t' t n i .1. . t ..r to redtie i i.. i wages. Three thousand six iiunureij twenty, or almost S ner cent. f the strikes Wele -:lnsiil lit- vinpathotie action with other strikes, and 1.iSS Were 01 e;i vioiicd bv lhe enmli v tiu.nf f non-union men. The industries most a tied id by strikes in the last seven and a half years were the building trades, with Lti,7N."i establishments involved. After these in th order of importance came coal and coke, clothing, tobacco, food preparations and stone piarries. Out of a total of PUSS strikes in the entire country for this period ö.xüi. or to exceed ."d per cent., occurred in twenty-six of the principal cities, while of the establihnienls involved in lockouts over ;i per cent, occurred in these cities. I -'il'ty-nine per cent, of the establishments engaged in strikes were closed on an average of twenty-two d.ns. and W per cent, of those engaged in lockouts for an averago of thirty-live days, the loss of time in other cases being only temporary. In each case there were a few establishments closed permanently. Success was gained by the employes in over -i: per cent, of th ' strikes, partial success in over H per cent., while the remaining 4C p,-r cent, were failures. Over -IS ;M r cent, of the lockouts succeeded completely a ml over ll per cent, partially. The others were failures. In the successful strikes i;;,..Jt,.r' persons were thrown out of employment. :is..vl in those partially successful and 1.-im.ss in Hi ose which failed. Of the total number of persons thrown out of employment by strikes in the period of thirteen and a half years S.7S per cent, were females, and by lockouts l!J.."V:i. Of the Itl.lS'J strikes which occurred in the seven and a half years, especially covered by the present report. 7.LM.I." were or dered by labor organizations, while of the 4 111 lockouts of this period only eighty-one were ordered by organizations of employers. Sixty-nine per cid. of all the strikes and 7i per cent, of all the lockouts of the seven-and a-half-year period treated of .oeur'vd in the live States of Illinois. New York. Pennsylvania. duo and .Massachusetts. Illinois taking the lead of all the States of the Tnion. The great-grandson of Robert Iturns. the iMiet. is living iu poverty iu IMinburg. The only game that the Pope indulges in is that of chess. II. is said to be n very skillful player. Con. C'assius M. r'lay has concluded to send his young wife to school instead of having a govern. ss for her. Lady Itandolpii 'hurchül. according to gossip, is tattooed with a snake around one arm. The operation took place during her visit to Imlia. In spite of cold weal her (Juoen Victoria takes many drives about Itahnoral. much to the surprise of those who imagine that her .Majesty is in feeble health. Ho.iroaud. the French art'st. makes the sketches for his famous gei re paintings of Parisian life from the v. in, lows uf a cab drawn up by the curbstone. Henry Irving has commissioned Thomas Nast to paint an oil of Shakspeare's bust now in lhe room of the old house at Stral-ford-oii-A von in which the poet was born. Fnuuisco r;tz;tiiie, :t sm of the reat .Marshal, died in Cuba recently of illness contracted in lhe campaign against the patriots. No was a .voting ollieer in the Spanish expeditionary army. FJisha P. Ferry, the first Coventor of the State of Washington, died at Seattle on Monthly. Ho had also been twice tiovernorof Washington Territory by apMintmont of President Crant. Some of the friends of Cov. Atkinson, of (Jeorgia, have presented a handsome gold watch each to Miss Sawyer and Miss lturton, the t'.vo youii;; women who nurssl him through his ncetit dangerous illness. The Hritish Mcdieal Journal says ;hat the lines inscribed on Huxley's tombstone, and quoted in the last number of Soignee, are part of a oom by Mrs. Huxley, and were used as Huxley's epitaph at his own request. Joseph Jefferson never talks politics. What his party bias may be is not generally known. Ho is very diplomatic hi dlging all questions that tend to entrap him into an expression of opinion regardiug national issues.

THE CLAIMS OF ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.

rTZOLFO ö parlaJ Ti I IK disagreement between Fligland and Venezuela with reference to the line which divides I.ritish tluinna from Venezuela l'.is existed many years. It is conientcd by the South Americans that the INequi!o River forms the line, while tie- KngHsh claim considerable territory beyond. If the IC1 I. i.ngiisn caun is unjust Us enlotvemen? i would involve n violation of the Monroe doctrine. As Secret a rv of Stale nin.-v : views the matter there i.-: at hast sufficient reason in the claims of Venezuela to create a doubt ami justify an invostigation. Accordingly he proposed an arbitration. to which Kngland replied that while willing to submit Icr pretenses to one part of the territory to arbitrat ion -she was unwilling to yield that much with re gard to another part. Iu replv to this Secret a rv i l. i 'inc lays oov, n the propose tiou COLT AFFAIRS WELL AIRED. Wile I-orctnlls Her Husband Hriiiuing; Inegal Action. in A Providence. :. I., social sensation descended with double force when Mrs. Sampel P. t'olt tiled her pel it it tri for IIvotve with the Supreme ''ourt ami almost immediately after .a writ for the arrest of James J. Van Alen was issued on the aflitlavit of .Mr. Coif, c h a r g i ii g him with the alienation of Mrs. 'olt's a ff e c t i mis and placing the damages at N'IM.IHHI. t These two ads VAN M:.v. in the Colt domestic tragedy follow oil so closely one after the other that Rhode Island society stood dazed at the li.tning changes in the sensation. It was early in the afternoon when Mrs. Colt's petition was tiled, but iu less than three hours aller that the writ for the arrest oi .in. an .ieii nan oeen issueo ami was on its way to Newport iu the hands of a deputy sheriff, who was instructed to accept ii 1 less than S hHi.ixiti in bail. Mrs. foil's petition was signed "Fli:'.:;beth P. foil." and it represents that she was married to Col. Colt Feb. 11'. ISM. Since that lime she has. the petition says. "I h'iiieancd herself as a faithful wife ami performed all the obligations of the marriage covenant, but that the said Samuel P. Colt hath violated the same.'" The petition prays that a decree of divorce may be graule! and that she may be grMiitetl a separate maintenance ami the custody of her two minor children. Itussell C. Colt, I.', years old. ami IJoswell O. ( 'olt. years of age. As soon as Col. Colt learned that his wife hail tiled her petition making him defendant in her divorce suit he hurried to the court house, accompanied by his attorney, ami a writ was issued charging James. I. Van Alen with the alienation of Mrs. Colt's affections. The writ was im mediately placed in the hands of the Slieritt. with instructions t serve it at once and to require .Mr. Van Alen t furnish bail. It was stated bv CI. Clt s attor- ! I'ey that if the ease ever comes to trial the country will be shaken by a sensation that has had no etpial within the annals of society history, ami that the names .f some of the wealthiest ami most prominent soiety people of New Fnglaml. as well as State otlicials ami nie man who has occupied a high position in national affairs, may b given a publicity that will place them iu a most unenviable light ami that will surprise their most intimate friends. The Fnited States cruiser Alert 1ms arrival at Lima, Peru. Nothing has appeared to indicate the foundation of a new Cabinet in Chile. London ctlohratod tin? anniversary of the buttle of Trafalgar for the lirst time. Ton children were killed by the burning of the Hnie at Stnrford in Polish Prussia. An order has been issued for the opening of lhe Canadian canals on Sundays diirinj: the remainder of tin season. The Marquis of Salisbury leis been appointed Ijord Warden of the Cinque Ports in place of the .Marquis ot Duffcrin, resigned. The Fmporor Frederick Memorial Church was consecrated in Herlin iu the presence of the Fmporor ami I'mpress. who subsequently attended the unvejliug

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7RIN1DAL

1. If the ii!.-ir-el with Venezuela M an ordinary boundary dispute, having its origin in faulty lcs. ript ions. jMerfo( t surveys or other misunderstandings, a refusal to arbitrate the san. is contrary t the precedents set by tin at I'.ritain herself and contrary to the tract ice of all civilized nations. If. on the other ham, as appears to be the case, and as is the belief of the President of the Failed States, the dispute as to the location of a boundary lin i- a mere disnis umlcr which Ire.-it j P.ritain is attempt ii.g bv superior force to j extend her territorial possessions in i Ameri.-a. this is .luc tly violative of th. j .Mont loci fine and will never be submittel to by the Fnired w'tates. This attitude plainly commits the Fnifod States tloverninent o a resistance against a lorcible entry mi the part Fngland upon the disput d territory. f of the monument erected to the memory of the late Fmpress Augusta. John Hillen, member of Parliament for i Fa; .Mayo, will be married at the en. il 1 .... i i e November to a daughter of Justice .Matthew. Mrs. Kaiharim Kilso Johnson, daugh ter of the late Alexander Johnson, of Slie was so Pi its! tun died in France. years old. A dispatch from Itrussels says that M. Itioquo. chief inspector of th" kiter supply of that city, was murIerel by a subon Ii ii a to. Sir Charles Tupper anticipates no diihculty in arranging the Mesfj.in of th" sale of the Canadian salmon iu favor of th" Canadian exporters. Field Marshal I unt-AleI elm and his wife kill-l thi'inselves at Vienna. IIa was 72 years dl: she was .i4. M.mey troubles cause! the crimes. Many were in attendance upon the Mormon conference in FoiiIm. X. H. Ives, of Salt Lake, announced the success of missionary work in Wales. r v - i w ...... I lie l.riiin steamer tinirant. ichio ;trt Keinbla. ran into the Alameda of M,,,.,!,-.- 1 .. I a I.. n'ar Svln'v, X. S. V. The Alameda was gnmiidf!. badly lama gel. Nicaragua's recent attempt to boycott Uritis!) i;ni'.s. ihe newspa juts .' Ci!n. C,Io;nbia say. was not genuine, in viewid tin- more recent en!cavor to !ohmw' P.ritish g.dd. TI:e heart of Kosciusko, the Foiisli pa i riot ami general nnl r "ashii-ton. was transferred from Ve.ia and will ! deposiiel in the Polish mus urn in th' Chateau Ita jw-rswijl. near Zur1 h. The eleventh congress i,f Ain.'ri. anisi s, i oiposol .f scientists inteiestc! in all Uc.-tions iclatimr tt the history of the new w orll and th" character of aboriginal races, opened in the City of Mexico. News of 31 i nor Note. Chili is anxious u account of the suspicious movements in Itiieiios Ay res uf ex-President Ca ceres of Peru. At niona. Minn., a sat of ir.w).iK feet of cut lumber has been made to the Jay I. umh;-r Company of St. Louis. At St. .loo. Mo., a little daughter of Mrs. Carrie Mann was killed ami a sn hal both legs broken by being thrown from a buggy. Mxperi accountants have discovered that Jerome Coulter, deputy treasurer of Omaha, who was deposed last May, stole nearly Sm.im:o. Fads which have just come to light raise the presumption that Alex. Irayton, wife and child, of Indianapolis, cnslied in the Hotel Cumry tire at Denver. While on ling supper in a shanty at Jerome Park. New Vuk. Itobert S.-ut. a colorc! laborer, was probably fatally maugb't by a log suposcl to be mad. O. L. Miller ami wife were murdered in cold blood by unknow n parties at Law son, O. T.. ami Will Miller, their son. was s badly wounded that ho cannot live. Four bridge carpenters, working on the I Northern Pacitie I load near l'utte, Mont.. were kno kel off the top of a high trestle by a falling timber ami wore killed on the rocks below. The trial of Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Detroit, alleged to have aided her husband in swindling Mrs. May Cameron out of Ji;t.UM after he doped with the woman from Detroit, began at Duluth. The rcm-iining Haytian exiles who wer invile.l to return home have saile.l from Jamaica for Ilayli. President llyppolite pays their expens.s. Only two of the conspirators are left. Jen. Manigat ami ex-President lloisnm Canal. W. A. Haker. a young man employed as a stenographer by the Paragon Ketining Company at Tolel,f lying at Clyde. Ohio, totally paralyzed and in an almost hopless condition, linker formerly livitl at Clyde, and ho rolo there on his wheel, it being a distance of forty-five miles. Fpon dismounting he wns stricken with paralysis and found himself uuahle to move eie side of his Imdj.

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