Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 2, Number 26, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 30 September 1880 — Page 2

gjtnjpnce IMg sti'ujs NAPPANEE, : • INDIANA THE NEWS. Compiled from Latest Dispatches, From Washington. It was stated on the 17th that officials of the Interior Department at Washington were very confident that the treaty with the Ute Indians would finally be signed, since they had received information to the effect that over two hundred Southern Utes had already given their signatures to the propositions. On the 18th Acting Postmaster-Gen-eral HazPn issued an order to exclude from the mails all registered letters containing postal money orders addressed to agents of alleged fraudulent lotteries at Louisville and Covington, Ky. v and New York City. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular instructing the Assistant United States Treasurer at New York to pay out at his counter, until further notice, standard silver dollars, or silver certificates, in sums of ten dollars, or any multiple thereof, for like amounts of gold coin, or gold _• bullion, deposited with him. Michael Joyce and John C. Berry, while handling a Gatling gun at the United States Arsenal, Washington, D. C., on the 18th, were shot and instantly killed. It is stated that more than 6,000 patents will expire during the present ye&r, many of them being important. The East. R. V. Pierce, member of Congress from the Thirty-second New York District, has rt suned his seat. On the 20th more than half the horses of Boston were suffering from a disease strongly resembling the epizootic, although of a mild type. Veterinary surgeons believed that every equine in the city would be attacked by the disease. It was feared it would spread to other parts of the country. Ex-Senator Lafayette S. Foster, of Connecticut, a direct descendant of Miles Stamlish, died a few days since. He was Senator at the time of the death of President Lincoln, and on Mr. Johnson’s elevation to the Presidency became Vice-President of the United States, which position he held for a few months until his term expired. On the 20th the Republicans of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania District nominated ex-Senator Simon Capieron for Congress. Mr. Cameron declined, and the nomination was given to Samuel F. Barr, for many years his private secretary. George W. Hewitt has been nominated for Congress by the Greenbackers of the First Connecticut District. The ladies of the Congregational Churches of the United States have been invited to attend a Woman’s Home Mis>ionary Convention, to be held in the First Church, Lowell, Mass , October 5. On the 21st the New Hampshire State Prohibitory Central Committee met in Concord and nominated Congressmen, Electors and State officers. On the 21st the Maine State Greenback Convention met at Portland and adopt- • ed resolutions indorsing the proposed Fusion Electoral ticket. After the adjournment of the regular Convention Solon Chase and about twenty others, calling themselves “straight Greenbackers,” nominated another Electoral ticket. Congressional nominations were made on the 2lst as follows: Fourth Connecticut, George W. Peck, Democrat; Thirtyfirst New York, Congressman Richard Crowley, Republican; Twelfth Pennsylvania, D. W. Connolly, Greenback; Third New Jersey, Congressman Miles Ross, Democrat; Third Massachusetts, Major A. Dearborn, Democrat West and South. On the 18th, during the session of the National Liberal Convention in Chicago, while the platform reported from committee was being discussed, Colonel R. G. Ingersoll objected to the res dution calling for the unconditional repeal of the laws against the transmission of obscene literature through the mails, and offered a substitute providing that, in all cases where arrests were made for such transmission, the matter should be referred to the Committee on Defense, who should ascertain whether the arrested party was honest in what he had done, and believed that he ha l only transmitted that which was for the public good, and, in case of a favorable finding by the committee, the accused should be protected and ' defended the League. *A lengthy debate ensued, which terminated in the rejection of the Ingersoll suustitute and the adoption of the original resolution, slightly amended. Thereupon Mr. Ingersoll resigned the position of Vice-Presi-dent of the League, stating that he could no longer act with the organization, as he differed with it in this, as he considered it, important particular. A public reception was given to President and Mrs. Hayes in the ladies’ parlors at the Palace Hotel, Ban Franc sco, on the evening of the 18th, which was largely attended; On. the evening of the 20th a fire in Green Bay, Wis., destroyed sixty of the best residences of that city, thirty burns and the Presbyterian church. The loss wte estimated at between $150,000 and $175,000. The insurance was very light On the 20th the Republicans of the *I!P* nth T ennessee District nominated WillHam R. Moore for Congress. There was some dissatisfaction at the nomination and a bolt followed, the seceders nominating Colonel Thomas A. Hamilton. The Secretary of the Interior recently stated that the Indians at a number of points fn the Northwest were very industrious, an 1 had a great deal of land uijdev a fair state of cultivation. At some points in the Sioux Reservation the cultivation of the soil compared very favorably with that of the whites further east.

On the evening of the 19th the National Liberal League, in session at Chicago, adjourned to meet next year at a place to.be announced by the Board of Director* R. C. Spencer, Chairman of the Committee on Future Works, failed in an attempt to have the resolution relative to the repeal of the objectionable Postal laws modified in a manner similar to that proposed by Colonel Ingerjsoll before his resignation, and introduced a resolution to the effect that the management of the affairs of the League be turned over to the free-lovers and spiritualists. A resolution that Mr. Spencer be expelled was thereupon adopted amid considerable excitements* The absconding President of the First National Bank of Brattleboro, Vt., 8. M. Waite, was arrested at Omaha on the 21st and taken East. Mr. Waite disappeared last June and took with him about $500,000. A large amount of money was recovered. Edwin Lee Brown, President of the American Humane Society, has given notice that the time for receiving models and plans of an “Improved Cattle Car,” in competition for the $5,0d0 prize offered by the Association, has been extended from October 1, 1880, to January 1, 1881, which extension is final. For further information cppipetitors may apply to Mr. Brown, at Chicago, inclosing stamp lor reply. Jesse D. Grant, the third son of General Grant, Mas married in San Francisco on the 21st to Miss Lizzie Chaj man, daughter of a merchant of that city. The Democrats of the Third Illinois District have nominated Perry H. Smith, Jr., for Congress. Foreign Intelligence. On the 17th Lord Fitzroy Kelly, Chief Baron of the English Court of Exchequer, died in London, England, aged eighty-four years. During the week ending on the 20th pig-iron declined 4s per ton in the London market. Mr. Fawcett, the Postmaster-Gen-eral of Great Britain, announces that he will shotfly pay, a visit to the Unite 1 States for the purpose~of studying the American telegraphic and p(gkl systems. A LoNDOiTOspatch of the 21st says the English Government had issued letters oi j instruction to the Irish constabulary author- | izing them to send in the names of all persons ! found obstructing lenal processes, preventina ! sales of farm produce, sale and transfer oi J land, and - otherwise deterring owners in the j enjoyment of their legal rights. The constabulary are also required to state whether : such persons are or are not members of the j Land League. # A few days ago a land-slide occurred : at Naini Tal, in Bengal, which killed thirtyseven persons, and seriously injured four others. Official intelligence has been received that the Tam bookies have combined with the Basutos aga nstthe British in South Africa. mr Prince Nlkata, of Montenegro, issued a proclamation to his troops <£n the 2.lst informing them that Montenegro must fight for its rights. According to a recent Havana dispatch there was not one armed insurgent in the whole island. Three British men-of-war have been ordered to the Newfoundland fishing grounds, where an American vessel M'as not long ago attacked by the resident fishermen. ZjATHR. The Massachusetts Greenbackers met in State Convention at Worcester on the 22d and nominamd a full State ticket, headed by General Horace B. Sargeaut for Governor. Resolutions prohibiting the use of liquor and tobacco, indorsing Solon Chase’s bolt in Maine and condemning General Butler for joining the Democratic party were voted down. General Grant has written a letter to Marshall Jewell, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, declining to preside at any campaign meetings. On the 22d Denis Kearney sent a dispatch from San Franc.sco to Solon Chase urging a straight fight and no fusion with the DemocracyTf*E following Congressional nominations Mere made on the22d: Second Missouri District, M. A. Rosenblatt,. Republican; Seventh Alabama, Arthur Bingham, Republican; Second Wisconsin, J. C. Gregory, I)ejnocrat; First New Hampshire, A. H. Sullbway, Democrat; Fifth New Jersey, Augustus W Cutler, Democrat. A young Chinaman, who is a student at Springfield, Mass., has embraced Christianity, and, in consequence, has been ordered home by his parents* He appealed to Secretary Evarts. and found that the treaty between the United States and China expressly stipulated that the Chinese in this country shall-enjoy entire liberty of conscience, and shall be exempt from all disability or persecution on account of their religious faith or worShip. He concludes that the rule works both wavs. The twelfth reunion of the Army of the Cumberland commenced in Toledo, Ohio, on the 22d, with §ome 500 members of the society present, among others Generals Garfield and Sheridan, General Prouty, of Cleveland; General Cist, of Cincinnati, and Gen eral Meissner, of the United States army. Letters of regret were received from Generals Grant and Hancock. Portland (Me.) telegrams of the 22d say there was very little diubt that Planted M’ould be found to have a small plurality when she Gubernatorial vote was officially canvassed, although,the.Republicans thought otherwise. The &meT@ments were carr ed by a decided majority, and both houses of the Legislature were strongly Republican. Florence Tilton, daughter of Theodore Tilton, was married to a Mr. Pelton, of Louisiana, in London on the 22d. The steamer Teutonia, which left London on the 22d, took out 150 British agriculturists for Texas. Serious disturbances are reported in Canton, China Europeans have been threatened, and the Catholic missions attacked. In suppressing £ riot the military had killed several of the participants arid wounded many others. The Turkish troops near Scutari ate dying of fever at the rate of 200 per day.

INDIRA STATE NEWS. Father Blake, a traveling evangelist, was adjudged insaige at Greens burg recently, and the court ordered that a guardian should be selected. The eccentric old gentleman is wealthy, highly educated, and spends his time driving over the country, painting scriptural injunctions and advice upon fences, unused walls, and in other ways calling the attention of the ungodly to the great cause he espouses. Some months ago the Union News Company at Indianapolis Mere losers of SSOO through the dishonesty of their Superintendent, D. E. ftoyce. The'rnatLhas finally come to the surface at Nashville, Tenn., where he is held on the charge of horse-Stealiug. The officials are loth to give him up until he stands trial on the larceny charge. If that Is not sustained he will be delivered to the Indiana officers. • Farmers In Nineveh Township, Johnson County, report that their hog 6 are dying off in large numbers from cholera Some have lost as high as fifty. At the late session of the Indiana M. E. Conference at New Albany it was voted to hold the next session at Vincennes. Bishop Foss announced the following appointments for the ensuing j-ear: Indianapolis District—John Poucher, P. E. Belleville, William Mnirinniss: Brookville, Joseph Wharton; Eminence, supplied by W. A. Fox; Greencastie, Locust Street, J. L. Pittier; Indianapolis, Ames, George F. Culmer; (iilit'ornia Street, W. It. Halstead: Meridian Street, 11. J. Talbott: Marlinsvillft .1. E. Brant; Mooresville, T. G. Beharreli; Monrovia, JameS V. Moore; Morgantown, James D. ( 'ratio; Putnamville, Miles Woods; Quincy, Joseph Rawlins; Waverly, C. W. Woods; West Newton, A. F. Bridges. Bloomington District—T. D. Welker, P. E. Bloomfield, R. B. Martin; Bloomington, J. W. Webb; Bloomington Circuit, J. M. Watson; Bowling Green, supplied by J. W. Welker; Center Point, T. W. Jones; Cory, John Laver ty; Ellettsville, John M. Baxter; Gosport, Francis A. Eller; Harrodsburg, John Bruner; Linton, David Swartz; Newark, supplied by John T. Breeden; Part rick sburg, John Spear; Pleasantvilie, H. J. Karr; Spencer, John W. Culmer; Worthington, W. W. Ramsay. H. B. Hibben, Chaplain Unitixl States Navy and member of Bloomington Quarterly Conference. * Vincennes District—B. F. Rawlins, P. E.; Alferdsville, M. Bose; Ascension, S. O. Dorsey; Bruceville, T. H. Willis; Carlisle, J. F. St. Clair; Ereelandsville, A. M. Kelsey; Gr.tysvillp, G. W. Stafford; Hyntera, J. F. McGregor, New Lebanon, F. A. Hutcherson; Prairietqwn, J. W. Asbury; SulliVan. H. Kctchain; Vincennes, A. Turner; Washington, J. A. Ward; Wa-h----ington Circuit. 11. A. Kemp; Wheatland, J. M. Harbin. Evansville District—W. M. Zarinir, P. E. Blue Grass, T. C. Dunks; Evansville, Ingle Street, J. V. It. Miller; Kingsley, I. N. Thompson; Pennsylvania Street and Ridge, W. Telfer; Trinity, F. C. Iglehart; Fort Branch, H. N. King; Mount Vernon, J. A.Scarnuhorn: Mount Vernon Circuit, B. Carter; Newburgh, (i. Heaven ridge; New Harmony, L. S. Knotts Oakland City, J. M. Hilliard; Owensville, W. T. Davis; Patoka, E. Hawes; Princeton, M. M. C. Hobbs; Springfield, J. W. Kincaid; West Franklin. K. G. Easley. New Albany District—J. Kigcr, P. E. Corydon, J. R. Holloway ; Elizabeth, G. W. Fan-ler; Fredericsburg, F. M. lled len; Greenville, J. H. Reed: Hardinsburg, supplied by Clay l.ee; Liinesville, supplied by J. w. Melton; Leavenworth, S. W. Troyer: Mauckport. W. M. Davisson; Marengo, supplied by Oeo. Hudson,; New Albany, ( entenary, H. T. Curnick; John Street, w. Underwood; Main Street, S. W. Me-, Naughten; Wesley Chapel, J. s. Woods; New Alb my Circuit, J. F. Palmer; New Philadelphia, N. V. Moore; Salem, A. R. Julian; E. Rowley, President Kentucky Female College; F. A. Fried ley, President De Pauw College. Rockport District—W. H. Grfm, P. E. Augusta, supplied by G. Whiteman; Boonville, John Tansey; Cannelton, W. B. Collins; Center, W. W. Puett;Gentryvillo, W. F. F. Smith; Grandview, J. L. Cooper; Huntingburg. G. W. Wolfe; Lynnvillc, F. A. Lester; Newtonville, B. F. Julian; Oil Creek, supplied by W. C. Me'own: Otweli, A. A. God by; Petersburg, J. W. Julian; Rockport Curcuit, D. T. Davis; Rockport, W. McK. Hester; Rome, supplied by J. T. Bean; Taylorsville. E. Gaskins; Troy, supplied by Joseph Turner; Union, supplied by W. D. Woods; Yankeetown, D. Harvey. Mitchell District—John Walls, P. E. Bartlettsville, to be supplied; Bedford, W. W. Webfi; Campbellsburg, L. Johnson; Clark’s Prairie, J. W. Payne; Dover H i 11, I). Morden; Erie, J. B. Hamilton: French Lick, H. W. Wright; Loogootee, J. T. Woods; Mitchell, M. S. Heavenridge; Orangeville, J. T. Allen; Orleans, S. C. Kennedy; Paoli, E. P v F. Wells; Shoals, J. F. Woodruff; Springville, supplied by S. F. CuLtner; Tunnelton, H. O. Chapman; Wickliffe, supplied by J. W. Butler. At the recent session of the Southeast Indiana M. E. Conference at Greensburg, it was voted to-meet next year at Shelbyville. The Presiding Bishop the following appointments W the ensuing year: Indianapolis District—J. K. Pye, Presiding Elder. Indianapolis, Roberts Park. S'. M. Vernon; Fletcher Pined, G. L. Curtiss; Central Avenue, J. N. Beard; Grace, J. W. Duncan; Third Street, T. H. Lynch; Pattison, R. D. Black; Coburn Street, H. Harris; Edwin Ray and Madison Avenue, A. Jamison; North Indianapolis Mission, P. S. Cook; Beau Blossom, supplied by J. 8. Ruggles and J. P. Monflm; Malott Park, B. F. Morgan; Southport, Jesso Miller; Greenwood, W. S. Falkenburg; Franklin, J. S. Rojiger; Nineveh, J. 8. Alley: Waldron, J. C. Gullett; Acton, W. Nichols: Hope, W. M. Grubbs; Hartsville, A. Murphy; Palestine, W. B. Clancy; Fairland, G. C. Clouds;, Castleton, A, H. Reat; P. McNutt, Professor in Indiana Asbury University, member of Roberts Park Quarterly Conference; J. A. Maxwell, Instructor in Latin and History in Purdue University, member of Fletcher Place Quarterly Conference. Connersville District—E. L. Dolph, Presiding Elder. Connersville, F. C. Holliday; Rushville, R. Andrus: Glen wood, F. S. Potts and W. S. Hamlin; Brookville, W. Harrison; New Trenton, Albert Cain; Fairfield, C. W. Hoyett; Mount Carmel, J. C. White; Shelbyville, J. G. Chafee; Milroy, W. H. Wydinan andJ. R. T. Lathrop; Clarksburg,'J. McCaw: Liberty and College Corner., R. R. Baldwin; Brownsville, supply, by J. W. Ryon; Abinglon, I. Turner; Milton, D. A. Robertson; Carthage, J. Machlan; Laurel and Metamora, J. W. Turner; Blooming Grove, G. E. Neville; Milford, J. W. Dushiell; Saint Paul, J. D. Pierce; Morristown, G. S. Conner. Madison District—L. G. Adkinson, Presiding Elder; Madison, Trinity, R. Roberts; Wesley Chanel. C. C. Edwards; Madison Circuit, J. W. Mellender; Canaan, A. Scrtt: Moorefleld, G. W. Wilson; Vevay, T. B. McClain; Sugar Rraneh, J. W. Allen; Patriot, B. W. Cooper; Manchester, J. Cotton; Lawrenceburg. E. A. Campbell; Lawrenceburg Circuit, C. W. Leo; Rising Sun, S. S. McMahan; Hartford, A. M. London; Diilsborough, W. K. Lathrop; Versailles and Osgood, S. A. Bright; Delaware, Cbarles E. Line; Moore’s Hill, A. W. Adkinson; Wilmington, E. B. Rawls; Aurora, M. L. Wells; Greensburg, First Church, C. Tinsley; Greensburg, Centenary,. J. H. Doddridge; Greensburg Circuit, G. W. Winchester; Salem • id Otter Creek Mission, J. S. Barnes; J. P. D. John, President of Moore’s Hill College; George Cochrane, Professor in Moore's Hill College—members of Moore’s Hill Quarterly Conference. Jeffersonville District—G. P. Jenkins, Presiding Elder. Jeffersonville, Wall Street. J. S. Tevis; Port Fulton, to' be supplied; Utica, F. A. Hester; Charlestown, J. A. Sargent; New Washington, A. B. Cluckner; Edinburg, E. H. Wood; Plntrook, H. Morrow; Taylorsville, D. C. B njainin; Columbus, 8. Tineher: South Bethany, supplied by J. M. Norton; Asbury, Alex. Campbell; Henryvillc; T. W. Connor; Vernon, w. W. Reynolds; Butlerville, R. L. Ki linear; Seymour, A. N. Marlutt; Crothersville, J. T. O’Neal: Vienna, A. S. Wade; Holman, A. E. Walker; Kent, W. W. Snyder; ■Fhwis, W. H. Burtonj Brownstown, V. W, Tevis; Freetown. Thomas W. Northcott; Jonesville. T. 8. Brooks. S. Tineher transferred to the Holston Conference.

A Forger Run Down. Silas M. Waite, defaulting President of the First National Bank of Brattleboro, Vt., was arrested here to-day bv W. H. H. Llewellyn and W. H. Shields, special agents of the Department of Justice. Waite absconded about the 10th of June last, and it was for some time supposed that he had succeeded in getting out of the country, and was a lugitive in Europe. He had, it is claimed, uttered forged paper amounting to upward of $600,000, the result being a flood of suits against the directors, Drought by stockholders, and ruin to many poor people. It was believed by many and by the directors that he had taken a large sum of money with him, how much could only be determined by searching investigation. The forged paper included the Connecticut River Railroad Company for about $50,000; Frederick Billings, $20,000; Trenor W. Park, $20,000; Lyon & Ilealy, of Chicago, s2o.<ioo; Taunton locomotive-works, about $12,000; C. J. Amidon, Hinsdale, $15,000; Vermilye & Cos., New York, some $75,000, and others. How much of the paper was used by Waite as collateral upon which he may have raised large amounts for individual use the directors were unable to say, but Springfield aud Boston banks were victimized in this way. On June 17 the directors of the bank offered a reward .of $5,0U0 for the capture of the fugitive, and in addition to the incentive thus offered, the offense having been against the United States as well as others, At-torney-General Devens took active measures for the detection of the absconding banker, and has left no stone unturned to effect his capture. It became known that lie was still in the United States. He fled by way of Duluth to the Winnipeg country, and at one time the officers were only thirteen miles behind hint, and knew they were on his track. He traveled under several aliases, one of which was Knight, another Estelle, the latter being his wife’s maiden name. From Winnipeg he went to Wyoming, and, it is said, was engageain locating a large cattle ranch there, which lie had already began to stock with line cattle. A few weeks ago ollicers were hot on his trail at Bismarck, and followed him up until Sunday last, when he was delinitely located in this city, where he was stopping at the house of a well-known citizen. whose wife and his own are sisters. Mr. Shields had been for several days stopping at the Canfield House, and his character and business here weie unknown to all. A day's delay was made to get the papcrs all in shape, and this morning the officers, after waiting until ten o'clock, when his brother-in-law, Mr. Truman Buck, and family had gone to the fair, proceeded to the residence of the latter to arrest their man. They took with them Charles Sweezey, and posted him at the alley at the rear, while they went in the front way. Waite saw them coming and ran out the back way and down cellar, but, seeing that he was discovered by Sweezey, who jumped over the fence after him, he ran out again and around to the front door, where he brought Up in the arms of the officers. He made no further resistance, ;ind was at once taken to the County Jail. He entreated the ollicers to allow him to commit suicide, but they were inexorable, asid took from him anything that could be used to take his"life, a knife and button hook being all he had on his person. The officers at once telegraphed tiie news of their capture East, with information that -a large sum of money in bonds and stocks was also recovered, or would be, and asking what disposal should he made of them. It is said that $20,01)0, telegraphed him within the past few days, are nyw lying in one of the banks in this city. Shields left this evening with Waite for the East, via the Chicago & Rock island Road. This officer has had a long chase after the prisoner, and has done good work. Waite acknowledges his guilt, and says he will plead guilty to everything. In his fiight he went to Toronto. June 16; had his hair cut there, thence to Detroit, Chicago, St. Paul, Duluth, Brainard, Fargo, Yankton, Omaha, thence to La Crosse, Glendon, the Winnipeg country, and back to Omaha, and tnen back and forth among Western cattle ranches. The cattle ranch he now virtually owns is located on the N iobrara River, in northern Nebraska, and was bought in the name of another man and his own son, young Waite. Omaha (Sept. 21) Special to Chicago Times.

Regularity and constancy in the pursuit of exercise are important, says The London Lancet, if perfect health is expected to result from its employment. Itis far better for men to lead altogether asedentary life than to be irregularly active. This caution is the more needed since the transition from sedentary habits to arduous and exhausting physical labor is of frequent occurrence. Again, the transition from active habits to sedentary pursuits is generally accompanied by a matked disturbance of health, since organs roused to full activity by the stimulus exercise gives to them are liable to be functionally deranged when that stimulus is withdrawn. This, perhaps, would not be so frequently observed, if instead of relapsing immediately, as is the case, into idle habits as far as exercise is concerned, an attempt was made to engage regularly, for however short a time, in some pursuit which would insure brisk muscular movement, so that the health acquired by exercise during the vacation should not bo lost; and, moreover, that the body when the next holiday period comes" roundshould be found in fair condition to undertake the increased physical strain thrown upon it.

A Heartless Swindle of an Aged Couple. . The lumbermen and bark peddlers of the Pocono region, in the northern part of Monroe County, I>t., are on the lookout for a slim, dark-complexioned man, with a dark moustache, aud wearing a striped coat and blue overalls. If he is found' they declare that he will be fortunate if he lives to see the inside of the penitentiary. Barnett Woolbert is an industrious aged farmer, who lives with his wife, who is also advanced in years, near Bossardsville. His daughter, Henrietta, works at Stauffer's Hotel, in Poeono Township. A son. George, has been working in the woods at Bear Creek, near White Haven. A few days ago the person described above, whose name is unknown, appeared at Stauffer’s Hotel, and inquired for Henrietta Woolbert. She answered his call. “I’ve got bad news for you,’’ he said. “Your brother George was killed yesterday. He was struck on the back of the head by a rock flying from a blast. The sister was almost crazed by hisstory. She begged him to at once and inform her parents. He said he had been sent down for that purpose, but his money had given out. Miss Woolbert, gave him some money, lie exhibited to ' her the .measurement for the young man's grave, which had been taken, he said, in order that everything might be got in readiness by the timo the remains arrived home. The stranger left the hotel, but staved that night in the neighborhood. Thb next day lie went to old Mr. Woolbert’s. Mr. Woolbert was absent in Bossardsville. The stranger told Mrs. Woolbert the same story he had told to her daughter. She had been expecting the son nonie on a visit in a day or two. The news overcame her, and she fainted. When she came to the stranger told her that he had come on ahead of the remains in order that arrangements might he made for the funeral. While he was talking Mr. Woolbert cartie 'home. His wife burst into tears; aud falling into his arms, gave him the terrible message she had received, with the agonizing cry; “ George is dead, father! George is dead!” “ Yes, the poor boy’s dead,” said the stranger, and he repeated to the tdd farmer the story in detail. He gave the aid couple the measurement for the grave, aud told them that the remains of their son would arrive at Fywks Station. on the Delaware & La&awanna Railroad, on the down train tlmt day. He said he would engage a hearse to be there to meet,the train if they would direct him where to liml one. Anthony Miller, a neighbor, was called, and he went with the stranger to Tannprsville and arranged to have a hearse meet the train at Forks. The man obtained money from Miller as well as from the couple, having informed them that his valise with all his own money was at Pocono Switch. He then offered to inform any other relatives of Mr. Woolon his way to the Switch, if there were any. He was asked to call at the house of another sister of George’s, and tell her. He went away, saving that lie would be at Forks when the remains arrived, to render any aid he could. Hu called at the other sister’s house, where anoi her sorrowful scene was enacted, aud where he obtained more money by saying that there would be a man with the remains who hail a watch belonging to George, upon which something had to be paid to have it delivered to the friends of the deceased man. He then wenton toward Pocono Switch. Meanwhile, a number of the neighbors of the Woolberts took the measurement lor the grave and had one dug. A minister was engaged to preach the funeral sermon. Uhe hearse and some friends of the family were at the depot vyhen the train arrived. There was no corpse in it, and none of ,tho train officers knew of any that was to be sept. The sisters of the dead young man had each gone to the homestead. The stranger was not at the depot as he had agreed to be, and then for the first time some of the neighbors began to entertain a suspicion. A telegram was sent to White Haven, asking for particulars of the death of George Woolbert. Word was received in reply that nobody could be found in the vicinity of Bear Creek who had heard of his death. Subsequently the news was sent that George Woolbert was alive and at work as usual. When this was received at Forks Station a large number of friends and neighbors of the Woolberts had gathered at the farm to be present during the funeral. They knew nothing of what was transpiring at Forks. When Anthony Miller drove up to the house with the news that George was not dead, the family were beside themselves with joy. The indignation against the man who had been guilty of perpetrating so* ghastly a fraud to obtain a trifling amount of money was so intense that he would have been hanged to the nearest tree if he could have been found. Men started in search of him but'he had escaped.— Cor. N. Y. Sun.

Plums on a Pear Tree. William M. Davies exhibits a curiosity in the shape of two plums grown on a Eear tree which has not been grafted. ast summer thepear tree bore about a dozen pears. This year it bore none, but its boughs were intermingled with the boughs of a plum tree, which bore considerable fruit. The bough which bore the plums mentioned had theleaves of a pear tree, but the plums were genuine, and somewhat smaller than the ordinary Bleecker.— Utica (N. TANARUS.) Herald. ■ It is claimed that the professions in the South are overcrowded with young men.