Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1885 — Page 7

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. G. E, MARSHALL, - - Publish**.

Stanley, til* African explorer, is not married, and probably never will be. When he first started f< r Africa lie was engaged to a pretty New York girl, who gave him up for dead ip a year and married another man within two years. He did not return till the end of the third year, and thought the damsel should have waited for him, and her course embittered his life. ! ' Jri)«E,UKNNY, of Oregon, is introducing game birds from China into that country, and recently received a lot of ninety pheasants,comprising the golden, Silver* copper, green, trogra'pan, and Hngneck varieties. Some previous importations of the same bird? are doing well and increasing rapidly in various scefcbn of the State. A portion of the last arrivals will Le distributed throughout the State.

It is reported that the Washington monument cost, in round numbers, sl.100,000, of which $200,000 was raised by the society that undertook its com struction, the remaining $900,000 Laving been appreciated by Congress. As has frequently been stated, it is the highest structure in the world, being aliout' thirty-five feet higher than the twin spires of the Cologne Cathedral, i which, up to this year* were the highest in the world of architecture. It w 218 feet higher than the dome of the capital, and but thirteen feet short of double the height of Trinity church, New York City. An old story with new name 3: General Jason L. Brown, of Missouri, a well-known local statesman* called at the executive mansonin Albany, to give the Governor some pointers about his Cabinet. While he was waiting in the ante-room, he accosted a man who lad just come into the room and was glanc ing over a paper. “I suppose you’re here on the same errand that I am ?” he remarked. “I don’t know,replied the stranger pleasantly, “What errand are you on V” “I’m going to tell that old chump in there how to fix his Cabinet.” “No, I can’t say I’m on that errand.” “Maybe you ain’t a politician?” “Nb,” returned tho stranger, politely, “I’m the old chump.” General Brown will not be in the next Cabinet. The New York Tribune reproduces tho “celebrated” elopement case of Mary Ann Boker with her father’s Irish coachman, John Dean, twenty-five years ago. Mary Ann's- father was a rich wlrolesale wine merchant, a German, living-in.,-Jersey City. He never forgave Mary Ann, nor did her brother and sister. Mr. Boker died some years ago. It is said Mary Ann went to his funeral, but her brother and sister de-s dined to recognize her. After his marriage .John Dean first drove the express wagon for a living, was subsequently successful in dealing in cotton. The couple, however, have lived apart for some years. She is about 50 years old, and lives quietly at New Iloclielle. She has no children. It is said she lives on an allowance furnished by her mother, who lives in Germany. Msr. Boker shared the aversion of her family to John Dean, but never persecuted her daughter.

Chicago Current: As to the regulation of inter-State commerce, which lias been so ably kept down by the hired men of the monopolies, in spite of the honest eflorts of Reagan and Sumner, there will be nothing more than a dummy commission. Should Mr. Reagan ever address the people, giving the names of the pretended statesmen who have opposed him on the sly and abetted him in public, there would stay at home in 1886 as fine a looking phalanx of syndicate shoulders as Jay Gould could wish to see at his private office in the tall building on Broadway. The hired man in Congress kills an Inter-State Railroad bill in two ways: First he calls up the shade of State right&t That usually defeats Mr. Reagan. That failing, he shows that the New York Central is wholly in New York, and that any bill which did not reach Vanderbilt would be class legislation. That last shot has never failed to go clean through the people’s interest, sinking the good ship to the bottom. A leading manufacturer of pills in London, says a cablegram, has conceived an advertising scheme which is as novel and audacious as the most brilliant flights cl American genius in that direction. He has forwarded to Gen. Wolseley, who is now marching toward Khartoum, one thousand copies of a band-bill in which the virtues of his pills are extolled in the highest terms. Accompanying the hand-bills is the manufacturer’s check for £l5O, which he asks Lord Wolseley'to award the first soldier of his expedition who shall reach Gen. Gordon’s palace at Khartoum and shall paste on its door a copy of the hand-bilL In his letter the enterprising pill-maker says his offer is made from patriotic motives, and with a desire to siiraulate the soldiers to reach and rescue Gen. Gordon at the oarli- st possible moment. He says that he has Bent a large number of the handbills, so that each soldier in the expedition can be furnished with a copy,and

thus have an even start in the race, as far as he can provide for it His object ih prescribing that tho bills’ shall be stuck on tho palace door is simply to show who is entitled to the prize, and he adds that the name of the winner will bis published ip every paper in England, thus giving him undying fame.

The Washington Monument has been guyed unmercifully for years. It was not precisely a thing of beauty in its uncompleted stated state, but now that it has reached its full height aud is capped with its pyramidal summit it has conquere.l most of its critics. Its massive simplicity, its enormous height and its perfect proportions, modeled closely after the best of the Egyptian obelisks, the height being ten times the base, and the pyramidion one-tenth the height, it certainly possesses elements of grandeur in no inconsiderable degree. It will never again be mistaken for a shot-tower or a factory chimney. The Egyptians were eminent in geometry, and their line sense of proportion has been the admiration of all succeeding ages. Here is a monument of precisely the proportions which they fixed upon as the best, and more than five times as large in each of the three dimensions as the largest known obelisk of old. Why should an American be ashamed of admiring it? Why should he not feel satisfaction in the thought that the highest structure reared by human hands was raised by the American people to commemorate George Washington. Mere size is of coUrse an inadequate occasion for boasting, but even mere size is an essential element of grandeur, and where vast dimensions are combined with a simplicity and an exactness of perfection that the world has admired for forty centuries, is not the result a sufficient occasion for aesthetic satisfaction and patriotic pride?

Thf, oldest college student on record is the liev. Mr. Wilder, who is now, at the age of 83, in attendance at the University of Vermont. He wasjUvthe class of 1832, but circumstances prevented him from finishing the course at that time, and he has never seen his way clear to*do so until within the past year. He devotes himself particularly to theological studies, which seem rather a waste of energies, in view of the fact that it cannot be many years until ho will know moi-e of su;h matters, without laborious study, than any seminary can teach him. He is, however, of a very fri<ky and jovial disposition, goes to all the church socials, plays gamc3, and takes part, in all such harmless dissipations very much like the rest ‘of the boys. The circumstances which have previously interfered with his completion of the course seem to have heed of a domestic nature, inasmuch as he is said to have numerous children, now married and scattered about the country, and a third wife —the other two are dead—who is in California in search of health. Whether the old gentleman expects that the coveted, college diploma will enable him to secure a more remunerative field of labor than he has hitherto enjoyed, or. .whether he means it to serve, in some sort, as a recommendation toJSt. Peter, is not known; —bnt it is the testimony of the other students that no one is getting more fun out of school life than he.

Boston Trariscrint: “It would be a great surprise to the country if the actual expense of Butler in the late campaign were made public,” said a Massachusetts member who is in a position to know the inside facts. “I notice,” he continued, “that the New York papers publish them at SBO,OOO. This is hardly one-third of the sum expended by Butler. From first to last the burden of his entire canvass was uponliiß own shoulders. He did not have the co-operatwip of a single capitalist who was willing to put his money on the result. Butler is strong on some points and weak on others, and one of the latter is the fatalistic belief in his own destiny. He was thoroughly deluded with the idea that he was to be the next President, and he made his ‘campaign outlays with the most lavish hand. Bills for special railway trains, speakers, newspapers and club expenses were paid without stint. Butler’s belief was that he would get enough votes in the electoral college to hold the balance of power, and then seize the coveted prize. His small vote was the disappointment of his life, and must have a crushing effect on him. As to his expense I conld name one Boston bank from which he borrowed sllO,000 during the campaign, and another where he got $60,000. It is quite certain that his vaulting ambition cost him a total of $225,000. The $95,000 which he borrowed on his Washington property is merely a part of, hia aggregate outlay.” ,

Mr H. W. Lucy, commenting upon Fronde’s “Life and Letters of Carlyle," mentions a couple of somewhat unique instances of the sage’s temper. One day be bought an umbrella, which the shopman promised to send home to him. It did not arrive, whereon Carlyle wrote: “The scoundrel umbrella vender! Has that accursed chimera of a cocteey not sent the umbrellv yet? I con 1 see mm trailed thrice through the Thames for his scoundrel conduct." Another time, when ordering his tea, he told the domestic she needn’t hurry. “II was such an unlikely thin? for master to say,” she declared to Mrs. Carlyle, “that it made my flesh creep." bhe thought he must be dkngerouslv ill,

THE DYNAMITERS.

They Make Themselves Heard and Felt in the British Metropolis. Three Terrific Explosions: Tiro in the Houses of Parliament, One’ in y the Tower. Gladstone's Seat Blown to Atones, and the Lobby of the Commons Tom Away.

By far the most destructive and startling dynamite explosions that have yet shaken the city of London occurred on Saturday, Jan. 24. At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of that day, while London Tower was crowded with visitors, that portiorf-of the building known as the White Tower was violently shaken, followed by the wildest confusion, amounting to a panic. Sixteen visitors in other parts of the building were more or less injured, but fortunately none fatally. At 2:lo.o'clock two explosions occurred, the scene being the House of Commons and Westminster Hall. A lady pailed the attention of a policeman to a package lying upon the steps outside the crypt of Westminster Hall. As he picked it up and started out it exploded with terrific force, injuring him fatally and prostrating several bystanders. A great window over the main entrance was demolished and the side windows blown out Three minutes later another explosion occurred, completely demolishing the lobby of the House of Commons. As may welt be imagined, these explosions created the wildest excitement in the great metropolis. Cable dispatches give the following accounts of this latest work of the dynamitards: All London Is in a state of excitement over yesterday’s terrible occurrences. Two explosions occurred in the houses of Parliament. One was in the strangers’ eallery in tho House of Commons. the other in the crypt at the farther end of Westminster Hall. The lira t explosion happened at 2:lo o’clock yesterday afternoon, and the second one three minutes later. Both houses were severely shaken, and considerable damage was done. The. shock was felt at a threat distance, and its force was tremendous. The hollow, thunder-like noi-e was heard as far as Downing street, through all the din of business and above the rattling of heavy wagons in the city streets. Saturday being the usual visiting day at the houses of Parliament, the buildings contained a great number of sightseers at the time of the explosion. Four persons were badly Injured, including two policemen, who were fatally wounded. A lady who was in the hall espied an infernal machine lying on the steps outside the crypt of Westminster Hall, and called the attention ot Policeman Cole, on duty at the time, to it. Officer Cole rushed to the spot, seized the machine, and attempted to extinguish the fuse, but was not) quick enough. HSkried to cirry the parcel out of the buii ding byway ot Westminster Hall, but the fuse burned so rapidly ana closed so quickly upon the machine that he dropped it The explosion followed almost immediately after. It knocked him down and injured him seriously. His case Is considered critical, its force also knocked down two other policemen standing in the vicinity, and stunned them. A lady and gentleman near the ofli -er who had the package were also prostrated- The great window over the main entrance to Westminster Hall was smashed to atoms and all the side windows were blown otft. One-half of -the hall was wrecked. 'The explosion in the lobby of the House of Commons occurred three minutes later than the one in Westminister Hall, it came from directly under the strangers’ gallery and veiy close to the seat usually occupied by Mr. Bracllauuh when visiting the House of Commons. The lobby was completely wreaked. Upon the floor the only seat damaged by the explo ion was that which Gladstone occupies. The g tilery waatorn down, the Speaker's chair destroyed, and the massive stonework displaced. The force of the explosion was such that one man was blown to the earth 300 yards from the point of the explosion. The dynamite whi h caused it was placed inside the great ornamental gates leading to the crypt under Westminster Hall. These gates were blown clear off their hinges and thrown to the ground. All the windows in the north and south sides of the buildiug were blown to atoms. The concussion shook down from the grand oak roof of the hall a large amount of accumulated soot. This In Its downward movement made a dense cloud. Much damage was done to the peers' gallery or Government aide of the house. All the woodwork In that part of the building was shattered, and a wide hole was made through the floor. The gallery was displaced, and even the solid stonework of the doorways was either pulverized or shifted from its position. Every pane of glass in the house was smashed to atoms. Gallery benches were overturned and broken and the gallery generally dismantled, i-tatues of King William XV. and King George IV., in Westminster Hall, were overturned. The explosions caused a panic among the visitors. Those who were in the House of Commons lied precipitately, and many ladles were bruised and crushed. It is estimated, according to the course aud energy of the explosive employed in the Honse of Commons, that if the House had been in session Gladstone, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Charles Braolaugh, and 200 others would have been killed. Even more strange. If possible, than this is the fact that, under the same circumstances, neither Mr. Parnell nor any of his followers would have been Injured at all, for recently they have been sitting on the opposite side of the house, among the Conservatives, and the Tory quarters e caped almost undisturbed. At 2 o'clock p. m. an explosion also occurred at the Tower of London, about two miles from the Parliament buildings. The attack was made on that portion of the building known as the White Tower. It was fairly filled with visitors at the time, several of whom were hurt. The building was not even seriously injured. The police at once prevented all egress from the building. A large number of children were among the visitors. Many of these little ones had their faces and hands Badly torn by broken glass and flying splinters. The most piteons sight in the large crowd of innocent prisoners temporarily detained within the Tower walls was afforded by these little ones, with their pale faces and bleeding heads. The scenes in and around the Tower are indescribable. Several children were among the injured. Their pale faces, bloody' headß, and broken limbs roused the great crowd congregated in the vicinity to frenzy. Yells were heard on every side to “Lynch the villains!” and “Boast the fiends!* One of the most singnlai' effects of the explosion at the White Tower is noted m the discovery that the concussion displaced the great stone which lay over the tomb of the nephews of Richard 111., and exposed the coffins in which their dust Res almost in sight of the spot where their eyes were so cruelly put out and their young liveß smothered. The news of the introduction in Congress of a bill by Senator Edmunds to prevent and punish dynamite conspiraci s in the United States has h d a splendid effect in turning aside the bitterness of feeling against America which had been engendered by the explosions. M hen the contents of the dispatch giving the news were made known, a cheer was given for the United States. "She Tories attach significance to the coincidence that the outrages occurred ju«t after Mr. Parnell’s inflammatory speech -s at Cork. A correspondent sought an interview this evening with Gen. Sir Richard James Dacre, G. C. 8., Constable and Go . eraor sf the Tower of London, who said: “Asa rule there are more American than English v sitors to ttys Tower. In the w nter. however, the proportion is reversed, and this outrage was unfortunately perpetrated in the winter. It is a. pity that there were not some Yankees h re to-< ay. If Mr. Lowell and a few more of them had b en here, and had suffered, instead of poor little children and womea. perhaps the American nation would be roused to join England in her attempts to crush this hornets’ nest." The nun Der of those injured by the explosion is as follows: At the tower, six injured serious y and fourteen slightly: at the Parliament buildings, four seriotislv and ten si gbtlv. The worst injuries were received by Constables Cox and Cole and a civil engineer named Edwin Gr en, who was visiting the Parliament bnildSeveral people‘were arrested, them whom a Canadian, who gave a clear account of himself; also an Irishman named Dalton. Gilb-r . or Cunningham, and a man and a woman who w re seen to drive away at the time of the exp.osion art Westm nster. All were released in the evening bnt Cnninzham. An inspection of the Parliament buildings today sh wed that, excepting the beautiful windows overlooking the stai case at the south end of Westminster Hall, scarce a pane of glass escaped destruction. The foundations of the buildings were badly shaken. The floor of the onse of Commons presents a strange spectacle being covered with heaps of massive fragm nts. The west end of W jstmineter Hall is full of wreckage dbj the explosion. It is be-

lieved -that one of the conspiratonientered the crypt, passing a policeman at the entrance, and deposited the infernal machine at the bottom of the steps. The policeman removed (the pare d, which ex 1 Id led, making a hole in the floor threw feet in diameter, twisting the iron railings and smashing the Iron and lead work of all the windows in the hail. The policeman’s hair was Binged and his face burned. The clorhing was torn from his body by the force of the explosion. He is still alive, but no hopi is entertained of his recovery. j Temporary repairs had been ordered to allow the House o: C mmons to meet Feb. l:i. Stricter regulations with regard to the admission of visitors have been ordered to be taken in the future. Toe policemen who were on duty at the entrances to the Parliament buildings yesterday state that they examined the parcels of ail visitors on that day without discovering anyth ne of a suspicious character, and that noliorly carrying a parcel like the one described as containing an explosive was s en to en er the building. Lady Lbskine and her children had a narrow e-cai efr in injuty. They were lunching in the Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms’ dining-room, which i« situated in St. Stephen’s porch. The door of the room was burst Oi>en by the force of the explosion, and the center panel of another door ws«! a tiered. The man-servant was blown across the room. 1 , : The utmost precautions are being taken to protect the public buildings, csjieciallv the Government offices, the general pos office, the c-rntral telegraph office, and the railway stations. Suspicious travelers are narrowly watched. Search parties to-day inspected ail the public buildings from too to bottom. The Press Association has informed the Government that it has received a 1 tier inclosing a plan of ofr-rations contemplat id by the dynamiters, and furnishing descriptions of the active members of—the dynamite faction. Several important buildings which have hitherto escaped were, according to the abovementioned letter, included in the scheme of destruction. Steamers arriving at British ports are subjected to a minute search, in order to prevent the importation of dynamite into the kingdom. The Hamburg steamers are especially watched. One man was arrested to-dav in connection with the explosion at the Tower of London. He was taken to Scotland Yard and examined, and will probably be charged at the Bow Street Police < ourt to-morrow. The opinion is generally expressed that the time has arrived to put some pressure upon the United States Government to stop the operations of the dynamiters. Among the visitors to the Parliament buildings to-day were the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise, the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Harrington, and several other Cabinet Ministers, and numerous mem—bera of the House of Commons. Cox and Cole, the injured policeman, have recovered sufficiently to make a statement. It is stated that the police found near the spot where the first explosion occurred an t tftle of a peculiar nature, whiph they decline to describe. It is believed that the article will furnish a clew to the guilty persons. Inspector Denning says that on hearing the second explosion he ran to the spot, aud did not see a soul Id the place. The entrance was blocked by debris. He noticed a smell of sulphur and gunpowder. Cox ancl Cole, it is said, have furnished certain descriptions which will lead to inquiries that may result in the discovery of the authors of the outrage. Col. Majendie to-day made an inspection of the 1 xplosion at the Tower of London, as well as the chaos would permit. The Martini rifles, which had be'en hurled from thetr stands, remained in confused heaps on the floor, and rendered impossible a near approach to the exact stmt where the explo-ion occurred. The scene will be photographed to-morrow. Col. Majendie says he Is satisfied that dynamite was used to cause the exnlos on. He says about four or live pounds at the explosive properly compressed would only, measure four or five cubic inches, and could" easily be concealed In an overcoat pocket or in the folds of a woman’s dreßS. The Tower officials believe a woman deposited the cNynamite in the bn Iding. Tho police some time acoffiad reason to believe that a woman was constantly passing back and forth between America and England for the purpose of importing dynamite. She was frequently watched, but evidence sufficient to warrant her arr.-st was never obt ined. The wreckage at the parliament buildings and the Tower ot London has been ordered to rent =ln untouched until Col. Majendie has made a further inspection to-morrow. Prof. Abel, Dr. Dupre, and other experts are assisting Majendie. A cfinoii of the Catholic Cathedral at Plymouth, in his sermon to-day, denounced the London outrages as the work of American emissaries, whose object evidently was murder. It is learned that a mysterious Irishman, who Is described by the ]>olice as Cunningham, a'ias Dalton, alias Gilbert, and who was arr sted at the Tower yesterday on suspicion of having been concerned in the explosion at that place, has not b r en released. He is still detained in the Whitechapel police station. The guard in lront of the station has been doubled, in consequence of the_ gathering of an enormous orowd of excited citizens in 1 email street, in the vicinity of the station. Loud curses and ominous threats arc continually heard, and there is no doubt that a desperate attempt would lie made to lynch the prisoner if it were not for the presence of the polio- and the military. Cunningham will be arraigned at the Police Court in the Whitechapel road tomorrow. An American traveler, whose name Is not known, was in a train on the Northwestern Railway, going from London to Liverpool, when an excited discussion arose over America’s responsibility for the dynamite explosions. The opinion was freely expressed that the United States ms greatly to blame for harboring snch men as O“Donovan Kos-a. The American defended bis country in vigorous language and was attacked by a crowd of passengers. The American drew a revolver and kept his assailants at bay until the train reached Chester, when he jumped from the carriage and escaped. Officer Cole had several ribs broken, and Officer Cox is suffering from concussion of the brain. It is estimated that a hundred persons were In the Parliament buildings at rhe time of the crime. Of the three clocks in the lobby the hands of the one over the entrance of the Honse of Commons w -re blown out completely. The ofie on the le t side stopped; the third, on the right side, was uninjured. Home of the windows in Westminster Hall were blown bodily away, while others were riddled as with shotz The only atom of consolation t • be found is in the fact that several of the stained windows survived the ordeal tolerably well. None of the statties of the Stuart monarchs were injured. Several minor disasters occurred in the poets' corner, chiefly the breaking of glass. At the vesper service at Westminster Abbey the Constables gave heartfelt thanks to God for the preservation of their lives in the dangers of Saturday. Archdeacon Farrar yesterday denounced the aimless malignity of the outrages, which were conceived aDd executed by fiends in human form. He said that God had frustrated the worst results of the conspiracy—so devilish that some of the blackest crimes in history paled before its insane wickedness. . An American lady, who with her father was sight-seeing at the Tower, was overcome with fright when the shock occurred and went into hysterias. Two young women most seriously hurt, who were taken to a hospital, are rapidly recovering. Other persons Injured by the Tower explosion are only slightly hurt. The unjpjnred visitors were detained nntii their names and addresses were taken. The man arrested on suspicion in connection with the explosion at the Tower of London is described as an Irish-Ameri< an. He gave his correct address. He htd lodged some mon bs In the vicinity of the Tower. He had t" in gold In his pockets. He gave his name as Collingham, with alias "Gilbert and “Dalton." The explosive force fonnd vent at the roof of the Tower, blowing ont the skylights of thick plate-glass. The explosion at Westminister wrenched off the Irish harp which forms part of the ornamental work on the panels of the Commons, and it dropped into the seat of a ParnellIte. Mr. Forster’s seat was ripped up. Of the gold letters "V. R." on the desk opposite Gladstone’s seat, the "V" was torn away. It is now known that three-fourths of the glass roof of the chamber had been removed previon * to the explosion. There is mnch rejoicing over the fact that the downward force of the / dynamite failed to reach the gas-meter of the House of Commons, which is directly below the ventilating chamber. The latter was badly damaged. The latest inspection shows that the damage has been mneb f eater than at first reported. Half the 1 ngtb of the front opposition bench was torn away. The magnificent window in the south o, Ht Stephen's porch can be restored, complete copies ct the design?s having been pres.-rred. Opinions on the Outrage. London.— The exp osions yesterday caused the greatest excitement in Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and Paris. The Daily JVto * says editorially that the daroag * done to the Parliament buildings by the exp ©sons Is ,so slig t compared with what waa intended that the attempt may be looked a pop as a fai are. The Choosing of Saturday, > whep the place waa fiil?d wi h innocent sightseers, is evidence of -lie diab dioal cruelty. There can be no doubtthat the dynamiters, if caught, can be lawfully hanged on the oro nd of high t eason in levying war ag 1 st their sovereign It becomes a serious question whether Eng and will not join with Rosa a and iTussii in an extradition treaty. Even n America, wb re the gre test jealousy la relation to suca a ouestion hai al stays existed, steps hare been t km in the right (Fraction. Commenting on tne dynamite explosions the Daiy TV* prop say*: “England cannot expect the United States o help in tie exter ination of the dynamitards while the English Government is afraid to handle 1 ameiL"

A CELEBRATED CASE.

The Crouch Murder—A Concise History of Michigan’s Dark Tragedy. Jacob D. Crouch went from New York ,*Kate many years ago to Michigan, and there engaged in farming near Jackson. He prospered in all Ids enterprises, and amassed a large fortune. Besides his farm, which was one of the |arg st and best in the State, he owned exten ive t acta of land in Texas, and was largely interes:ed In stock raising, both in the West and here. A bout twenty-five years ago his wife died, leaving an lntant girl named Ennfce. Besides this child there were three sons and a daughter. The latter had already been married to Dan el Holcomb, and lived on the latter's farm, adjoining that of her father. Judd Crouch, then a mere fioy. lived with Mrs. Holcomb, lie was a cripple, and for many years was not exicctO i to live, but while with his sister his father paid for his care. The two other sons, Byron nnd William, were in Texas, superintending the estate there, in which both were Interested. The Holcombs did not prosper. Mortgages and debts accumulated, and when compromises could not be made they would appeal to Mr. Crouch for assistance. Many times ho gave them large sums of monev. Onoethey present<d him with a bill for itO,M):) for supporting Judd from Infancy, and When, after some high words, he pahl it, he threatened them with disinheritance. The oi l man. as tho years (rept upon him, grew morose and gloomy. He lived in his preht house alone with his daughter and the servants. For several years when she was away at college he Was quite alone, and was seen bnt rarely. On her return a lew years ago, a beautiful and accomplished girl, she introduced some life old home, and, »s her father was in failing health, she took upon herself the duty ot attending to his correspondence and keeping his books. In the course of time Eunice was wooed gnd won by Henry White, a yonng business man of Jackson, and Mr. Crouch consented to their union on the promise that they would live with him. This was assented to, and White took np his residence at the Crouch homestead. During the last year of his life Crouch frequently tailed of his business affairs in the pres >nce of the Holcombs and his daughter Eunice. It was understood that before oug he would call his heirs together and divide his property lietweon them. He did not wish to make a will. Sad he thought It would lie more satisfactory all around to dispose Of the property by deed. For? some reason, however, this was postponed from time to time. Presently there came a prolonged quarrel between tho old gentleman and the Holcombs over the settlement of some of the r iLdebt'TSness. 110 held several of their notes and a mortgage or two on their propeity, which the understanding was should be deducted from their share in the estate when Jthe time for settlement should arrive: On tho morning of Nov. 22. Bolles, a little 'negro boy, who was employed about the honse, ran to a neighboring farmer’s, and, almost speechless with fright, said that Mr. Crouch had been murdered. Hurrying to the house, tho neighbors discovered Mr. Crouch dead in his bed with a bnliet hole In his temple. In the spare room, adjoining, was fonnd the dead body of Moses Polly, a cattle buyer Lorn Mercer County, Pennsylvania, who had accepted the hospitality of the Crouches for the night, and had lost his life in consequence. He also had been shot in.the head. Both men lay in their beds as if they had never moved after receiving their death wounds. Going Into the apartmepts occupied by Eunice and her husband the young couple were also fonnd dead. White had received but one wound, like the others, bnt Eunice was shot four times, twice In the head aad twice in tne body. The negro boy and the servant girl, who slept in another part of the house, were oloeelv catechised, and both admitted that they heard the shooting, bnt declared they were partlvzed with fright and were nnable to move until daylight. Although there was little reason to believe theqg guilty they were placed undor arrest. A hasty search of the hSuse revealed the fact that nothing had been taken bnt the bine and gold box on the whatnot, although there was over $i;000 in money in the honse and mnch va’nabie jewelry. The night on which tbp murder was perpetrated was one that had been waited for. it was of iukv darkness and a fnr.ous rain-storm prevailed. The wind blew almost w.th the violence of a tornado, and the noise made by the warring elements such as to serve a murderer’s purpose well. Nobody would be on the highway on such a night, and the -ound of a revolver shot would be drowned instantly by the tnmnlt of the winds. There was one footprint, however, which the rain did not obliterate. Under a window on the west side of the house was the mark of a rubber bootror sboersbowmg that somebody bad stood there and watched while the murderer was at his work inside. Everything connected with the case indicated that the murder had been done by somebody familiar with the house and the habits of its occupants. Without doubt the guilty parties knew where the servants slept, for after the shooting they opened the stair door and listened. Had the servants made the least sign of wakefulness they, too, would have been slain. Suspicion attached to the' Holcombs, though no arrests In that quarter were made. It was fonnd that a man in Holcomb's employ, named Foy, had a pair of subber boots which fitted the track made by the window. Mrs. Holpomb took to her bed after the murder and refused to see any one, but her deposition was taken soon afterward. She admitted that Holcomb had got np in the middle of the night to go out and shut the barn door, which was slamming, bnt denied that be was absent long. Byron Crouch came home from Texas and remained a few weeks, returning then to his ranch, after patting the Pinkertons to work on the case. Soon after his departure for home Mrs. Holcomb was lonnd dead in bed, under circumstances indicating that she had committed suicide, but, after an Investigation, the coroner's jury fonnd that her death was caused by heart disease. At the inquest in the case of the Cronoh murders, which dragged along most of the winter, the only important evidence introduced was that of a hardware-dealer in Jackson, who testified that several weeks before the tragedy Daniel Holcomb purchase 1 of htnp a 38-caliber revolver. This was the size of the pistol with which the shooting had been done. Holcomb denied that he ever owned a revolver of any kind, and positively swore that he had never been in the hardware store spoken of. A close surveillance, however, was kept on Holcomb and Jodd Crouch, and detectives hang about the old homestead with great penpstence. Several amateur detectives busied themselves on the ease, and some of them were threatened by the hired man Foy and by Judd Cronch. One day toy went to Union City with the intention of killing D. J. Ea ton. editor ot the Jifjnuer, but mistaking Elmer Shules to be the gentleman for whom he was searching, shot and dangerously wounded him. Foy. then returned home and lay down on a lonnge, where be was arterward found dead with a pistol by bis side and a wound in bis head. Physicians testified, upon the holding of an invest gation into the matter, that it was impossible that Foy had committed snicide, and the jury rendered a decision in accordance with their testimony. This tragedy was followed In a few days by a murderous attack on Detective Brown, who was at work on the < ase. One night Mr. Brovgn was riding along the highway near the place where the murder was committed when he was stopped by two men. one of whom Inquired: "Is your name Brown?" Receiving a reply in the affirm"at ve, the speaker drew a revolver and fired, the ball taking effect in Brown's thigh and causing a bad wound. The two men then tied and Brown made his way to Horton, from which place he telegraphed to Jackson charging Judd Crouch with tbe attempt upon his life and demanding his arrest Tie demand was complied with and the prisoner was arraigned and released on b»iL On March 1, Judd Crouch and Daniel Holcomb weie arrested charged with the murder of Jacob D. Crouch. After a preliminary trial they we e dmitted to bail In >2o,o©> each. On the zsJth of. March Lorenzo D. Bean, a farmer who becam : in-ane on the 21st from brooding over tbe murder, died after seven days of terrible suer nc, and on April 13, A H. L«e. who imarrin d himself the murderer of the Crouch family, committed soicide. On tbe 22d of April Jos -pn Alien was arrest.d in Canada c arged with being tbe princip d in the 1 Crone a murder, bn was soon after released. Tne case was called in May. Hi 4. bnt adjournments, tedious exam naiion-t and cross-examinations of witnesses. the elaborate arguments of counsel, and ;:..other matters have deiayed the verdict, which was not r.nnere i ti 1 the second week in January—Srw York Herald.

A AViscoxsi-n farmer who buried SSOO in an oyster can has taken the unrecognizable palp that rem u,.s to Washington, to try and have it redeemed. The Treasury experts were unable to identify any of the notes, and the farmer will hare to appeal to Congress, and exercise more judgment in future, A little girl at Wind Gap, Pa., has ears that are bent forward and grown fast to the face. She is bright and her hearing is very acute. Gqv. Bobie. of Maine, is an advocate of woman suffrage. i \

A BATTLE IN EGYPT.

Gen. Stewart Meets the Mahdi's Host at the Wells of AbuKlea. - ’ A Fierce Battle in the Desert, the Arabs Changing the British. The British, After Heavy Boss, Drive the Mahdi from the Field. THe first battle between the troop* of tbe British General Wolseley and the force* of the Egyptian rebel El Mahdi occurred at the wells of Abu Kira, in the desert, on SainTday, the 17th of Jotinarr. General Stewart, who had moved with a force of 1,500 men from Korti to Gakdnl, ninety mile* on the caravan route to Metemneb and ghendy, left GakduJ on the 14th for Abti Kiea. At (hi* point there is an abnndanf supply of water, and it was proposed to recuperate here for tbe dash on Metemneb. When Stewart left Korti the rebels were in force at Berber and Hhendy, with the fnain army of the Malidi camped to the northwest of Khartoum, near Omdurman, one of Gordon's ontpost strongholds. This position was taken on the theory that Wolseley would advance by way of Debbih, but when it was discovered that Stewart was advancing across tbe desert the rebels at Omdurman nnd Berber were concentrated nt hhendy and thrown forward to meet Stewart before he conld reach the welis at Abu Kiea. This was not unexpected, as Gen. Stewart had moved forward from Gakdal in readiness for an attack. He fought the battle under all tbe disadvantages that it was possible for the opposing forces to impose, nnd the struggle ended in the defeat of the Mahdi's forces. A cable special gives the following account of the engagement: ; Until the 16th the British advanced rapidlv. with a straggling column, bnt evidence of the presence of many Arab scouts near camp the previous night then led to long halts, a more compact form tion, and a regular advance. The British had no idea the enemy was so near. Native rep ris had led them to suppose that only a few rebels left Abu-Klea. On re eipt of Sews of the appearance of the enemy at noon, en. Stewhrt massed the brigade into columns, placing the guards on the right, the heavy cavalry In the center, and tbe artillery ami * engineers in the rear, tbe guards thus forming the right face of the square. Lord Beresford's naval brigade was posted behind, and mounted Infantry and the Sussex Regiment closed the rear. The baggage was placed in tho center. Gen. Stewart then went over to a ridge to reconnoiter. Skirmishers were sent forward to force an attack. At the first shoot from the enemy the fate of the whole Urittsh force trembled in the balance, bnt.fhe steadiness of the guards, the marine corps, and the mounted infantry prevailed, and the rebels retired, leaving the ground strewn with dead and wounded warriors and arms and banners. The Sussex Regiment waa attacked in the rear. The Egyptians allies fought desperately. The greatest losses fell on the : heavy camel oorps, six of whose officers were killed and two wounded, 'i he rebels brought all their best troops to the attack. The assault on tbe right ot the British square was led by Abusaleb, Emir of Meterancn, and tbe attack on the left was under Mohammed Khalr, Emir of Berlier. The latter was wounded and retired during the early part rl the engagement. Abnsaleh advanced fiercely with a hundred fanatics until shot down in the sqnare. Line after line of the- rebels fell under the fire of our Martini rifles. The naval brigade suffered great loss. Col. Bnrnaby fell while fighting gallantly with his comrades. The enemy’s firing the night before the fight prevented sleep. The rebels came on in good order from right and left front at * o’clock in the morning. Our screw-gun battery checked their advance for some time. Though our position was well protected the rifles of the rebels made accurate fire. At 10 Gen. Stewart determined to make a counter attack and formed a hoi ow square, with tbe guards in front, the mounted Infantry on the left flank, the Sussex Regiment on the right, and a heavy camel corps and the naval brigade In the rear. The souare moved ont under a storm of bnllets. Men dropped right and left, bnt no wounded were left on tbe field. The medical staff, under Snrgeon Ferguson, worked splendidly under the heaviest fire. Stoppages to attend the wounded delayed the advance. An honr before the main body of tbe enemy was sighted tbe British realized that at ieast 7,000 or 8,000 . rebels were opposed to them. Gen. Stewart took a good position on a slope, where the rebels most advance np a hill and across open ground. Norton's battery did great service when the enemy was forming for the charge, their shrapnel cansing otter de sacralization. Gen, Stewart’s orderly was killed by his side. The interior of the sqnare presented Arabs, an i English soldiers. Three hearty cheers were given when tbe sqnare reformed on fresh ground. Numerous Arabs, having pretended to be dead, now rose from the field and rnshed past the square to join tbe retreating enemy. The rebels consisted of forces from Khartoum. Kordofan, and Berber. During the night Gen. Stewart sent a portion of the guards back to bring everything from the intrenched post in the rear. They returned in safety the morning of the 18th. whea tbe troops partook of the first food for twenty-four hours. The hussars buried sixty men where the square waa attacked. Tbe rebels had 90u special negro riflemen, all good shota. The country la ragged and rocky, and with scanty vegetation. A special giving additional particulars of the battle says; The battle was a fearful hand-to-hand fight. Most of the Arabs were armed with spears and protected by spiked shields ot ox-hide. They rushed to close quarters and swarmed over the bodies of their dead and wounded comrades. The English troops, after the first few rounds had been ttred.fonght witn shortened sabers and with sword-bayonets, wielded at half-arm length. CoL Bnrnaby was killed by a thrust of an Arab’s spear, which -entered his neck and severed the jugular vein. When Gen. Stewart's horse was shot tbe rider fell to the ground and was badly shaken, bat he soon recovered and ohtained another horse. Tbe English soldiers had had neither food nor water since tbe night before the battle. The most deplorable result of the battle in the minJ of the average Englishman, says a cable dispatch, is the death of Lieut. Col. Frederick Burnaby, of tbe Boyal Horse Guards. He was the best known and most popnlar officer in the British military service. His personality made him a striking fi ure, feir he stood six feet and six inches high, barefooted, and measured nearly fifty inches around the chest. Wonderful tiles ar 3 told of his strength and endurance,' and the desperate adventures recounted in his books—"A Bide to Khiva,” “On Horseback Through Asia Minor,” etc.—are implicitly believed by those who knew him. His connection with the present Egyptian conflict was romantic as well as adventurous. Without resigning his commission in the army, he obtained leave of absence and weDt to Egypt last January as a correspondent of the Pont, as he had jformeriy been a correspondent of the ’limrH daring the Carlist war in Spain. When he arrived at Smkin and Baker Pashas expedition was fitting oat to attack Osman Digma, CoL Bnrnaby found it intolerable withou* active military employment, and he was given a position on tbe staff of Baker Pasha. He was with tl.at General iu the disastrous battle at Tokarand the retreat to Trinkitat 1

A YOCKG married woman of New York, who has been addicted to j a nting her lips as well as her cheeks and eyelashes, is now under medical treatment to re<luce the six* of her lips, whic h have become *' horribly enlarged” by chemical poison. Dounq 1881 there were 927 arrests for drunkenness in Glasgow, in a population of 620.000; in Aberdeen 109, in a population of 87,223: City 212. in a population of 228,357; Greenock IM9, in a population of 5\884. . ; There is to be a ladies’ press-room at the inaugural ball. - .. m ... -j