Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1885 — Page 7

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An American who is Hie lessee of a deer forest in Scotland has made himself conspicuous for evidence of one of the worst traits of landlordism. He has brought an action against a shoemaker and crofter for keeping a pet lamb in the forest, and says, in his explanation: “What I desire is to get rid*of the cottages and their inhabitants. I shan’t leave a stone unturned until I get rid of them.” He must suggest a study of “Washington Adams,” and his tribe to his English neighbors. ilu. Percy Peeve, the rising young • eOmposer, has met with a singularly unfortunate accident. On Saturday night recently, in London, Mr. Barrymore, the actor, who was leading man to Mme. Modjeska for some seasons, and is married to a sister of Mr. John Drew, Mr. Daly’s first juvenile, was demonstrating to Mr. Reeve and a few friends at the Greenwood Club the excellence of certain catches and grips when wrestling.and in so doing he experimented on Mr. Peeve so successfully that he broke that gentleman’s arm close to the shoulder. The sufferer was conveyed to the Charming Cross IJospital Pere Hyacinth has fallen upon evil days since his return to France. He is indeed, a voice crying in the wilderness, as religious bodies of all denominations refuse him their pulpits. The other day he proposed to deliver a discourse at Neuilly, in the neighborhood of Paris, but cduld find admission nowhere. At last, in desperation, ho besought the English rector of a little Anglican church, recently erected, to grant him admission and at first the English minister was as obdurate as the rest. Finally Pere Haycinth won him by promising to pronounce a panegyric on Luther which he did, comparing him to himself. The congregation amounted to seven. A Binghamton, New York, man who purchased two “ounces” of zephyr at a millinery store in that town, paying 20 cents therefor, returned shortly and demanded his money, alleging that he had weighed the yarn and found that it did not weigh two ouuces. The milliner told the irato individual that yarn was not sold by the ounce, in the general acceptation of the term, but the word was used to designate a certain number of skeins. He could not he pacified, and, as his money was not refunded, he brought an action to recover the 20 cents. The milliner, not caring to qnarrel further over so small a matter, settled the dispute by paying the amount claimed and 85 cents costs. ' It is gravely related by the Yarmouth, (N. S.) Times that a citizen went into a store at Port Maitland to buy a dozen eggs, but only eleven could be found, and he started off with these. He was overtaken by his dog, which had been in the store with him. The animal had found another egg in the store, and, bringing it in bis mouth, placed it in his master’s basket. During last fall the dog was given a basketful of corn to carry home, and, finding it too heavy, he took several ears out and left them on the road, took the basket home, ihen went back and brought the remaining ears in his mouth. The dog is only 17 months old. Barnum should send for him. His present sphere of usefulness is too limited. There is a good cold-weather story told on a prominent Presbyterian minister of Chicago. He is a generous giver to all works of benevolence, and passing the ladies’s missionary meeting. where they were packing boxes for the poor in the Northwest, he informed the ladies that if they would send to his house there was a large bundle of half used clothing which had been prepared for them. They at once sent the janitor to the house. The pastor and his good wife were both out, but the servant girl, upon the inquiry of the man for the bundle of clothes, jumped to the conclusion that it was the laundryman, and gave him a huge bun die prepared for that individual. Everything was peaceful until near the end of the week, when, upon investigation, the actual state of facts was divulged. The clergyman made haste to the missionary rooms, but too late; the family washing had days before gone steaming toward some distant point in the Northwest. There are many tests of the greatness of our country. The tomato test iis one not to be derided. Statistics published by the special journals of the grocers’ trade Bhow that the “tomato pack” in the United States for the year 1884 has been 2,021,178 cases contain- ,' ing 48,508,248 cans. This is enough to supply every man, woman, and child in Great Britian and Ireland, Sweden, ..Jforway, Holland, and “Switzerland each with a can of tomatoes and have 17,567 cans left over. Nevertheless it [ has been a poor year for tomato packing. In 1883 there packed 2,943,571) cases, containing ‘ 70,545,896 cans. ! This was enough to supply, besides the - inhabitants of the countries above named, those also of Denmark, Belgium Portugal, Greece, Roumania, and Servia each with a can, and have ' * 7 87.089 cans left over toward the ne-

cessities of Turkey. / Yet it is scarcely three-quarters of a century since the first tomato ever grown in this country was raised lrom seed that was brought from Italy and planted in the garden, of a gentleman in Salem, Massachusetts.-' ■ r - Many readers have been inclined to doubt the frightful account recently published by Mr. S. St. John, says the London Spectator, of the revival of cannibalism in Hayti, but a narrative just received from the "West Coast of Africa shows that the practice existß in our own territories. Captain Barnett, District Commissioner in Cape Coast Castle, recently found it necessary to suppress a riot in the interior by force, and, finding that it was fomented by a nativo priest, ordered the fetish-house to be entered. He there found portions of two human bodies baking in a large brass pan, their owners having evidently been murdered by blows which crushed in their skulls. Voudouism, which now rages in Hayti, is, in fact, an old African creed, and its priests hold cannibalism necessary to their rites The crime' will, of course, be summarily put down in Cape Coast Castle; and we think it will he found that the plea of religion, which is no better plea than that of hunger, will not be admitted. In his last days Macaulay was grievously vexed by the modern penalty of fame. Any one who thought he had a grievance wrote to him, either to advance or ex J tinguish it, as the case might be. The historian in hia journal mentioned the clergyman who wrote to him three times to ask what the allusion to St. Cecilia meant in the account of the trial of Warren Hastings. A Scottish gentleman, who wished to publish a novel, wrote that he would be glad to come to London and submit his manuscript to the judgment of the essayist if the latter would remit him $250. A cattle painter appealed to him “as he loved the fine arts,” to hire or buy him a cow to paint from. A schoolmaster in Cheltenham, who published a wretched pamphlet on British India, full of errors, received a courteous note from Macaulay, pointing out two gross mistakes, whereupon the schoolmaster issued a new edition, which was advertised as “revised and corrected by Lord Macaulay.” These are the penalties of popularity, and, as the story now goes, Lord Tennyson is suffering as acutely from the same affliction. He has been obliged, we are told, to give up answering, even by secretary, his multitudinous correspondents, and so consigns the manuscripts they send him to hjs private Balaam box. A middle-sized, wiry-looking, blackmustacjied man stepped up to the Palmer Hofase office, and inquired if there were any telegrams or letters for Frank James, and received a reply in the negative, whereupon he adjourned to the barber-shop and placed himself in the hands of one of the artists. The clerk turned, to the bookkeeper, and said: “I wonder if that is not one of the James boys, of Missouri.” The latter remarked to the cashier: “I guess that is the famous Frank James.” She in turn said to the head porter: “They say that is the Missouri bandit.” He spread the information among the bell-boys that Frank James, the railroad robber had gone in to get shaved. Then of course everybody, including guests, barbers, and awe-3tricken colored waiters, knew all abont it. The particular barber who had the man in charge was proud of the job in hand, and his companions proportionately envious. The victim soon became aware t’uat he was an object of attention. Men sauntered in and out, each taking a square look at the outlaw, and barbers made pretenses of borrowing pomade, scissors, and other articles for the purpose of getting a nearer view. The job was finished, and the man forced his way through the throng, once more confronted the clerk, and with some uneasiness and apprehension asked him: “Is there anything strange or peculiar abont my appearance? What the devil have I done, or what is the matter with all these lunatics who are following me around, and eying me with so mudh curiosity?” The clerk suavely answered that they were laboring under the impression that he was the famous trainjobbing Frank James, of Missouri. “Well, lam not. I am a trnnk manufacturer from Milwaukee, and I am no thief, nor any relation io one,” with which he sat down over against one of the marble pillars* and chewed his mustache viciously.

Renewel of Brain Cells.

According to the novel computation of a German histologist, who has been calculating the aggregate cell forces of the human brain, the cerebral moss is composed of at least 300,000.000 nerve cells, each an independent body, organism, and microscopic brain, so far es concerns its vital relation bnt subordinated to a higher purpose in relation to the function of the organ, each living a separate life individually, though socially subject to a higher law of function. The life term of a nerve cell he estimates to be. about sixty days; so that 5,000,000 die every day, abont 200,000 every hoar. and nearly 3,500 every minute, to be succeeded by an equal number ojf their progeny; while once in every sixty days a man has a totally pew brain.— Scientific Ameri-. can.. ' . I'HE limbs of a man after birth grow more rapidly that the trunk.

REPAIRING THE VETERANS.

The Man Who Deals Out Wooden Legs and Arms to the Maimed Soldiers* £ «$" * 1 1 “We have the names of about 18,000 veterans who have applied ifot repairs,” said Mr. Bamsey, who has charge of the artificial limb department of the Surgeon-general’s office. “You know we fit them pnt with new sets of legs, arms or other apparatus every five years. It is now getting toward the close of one of those periods, and we have repaired 14,000 veterans.” “Aren’t the one-legged men dying off?” asked the Star man. “Now that’s an interesting question. I guess they are. I presume many of those whose names we have have since died, but I can’t tell certainly. Now, as I've said, every five years we reconstruct the maimed veterans of the army, but they have their choice to take the repairs qr the moneyr The allowance for a leg is $76; for any thing less than a leg is SSO. From one period to-an-other many old veterans drop out. Some of them make one or two applications, and then we never hear from them again. Naturally, we .conclude when they don’t send for their money or legs they must be dead and have no more use lor them. But we don’t limit ourselves to men who have actually lost their limbs. The mau who has simply lost the use of his 1 mbs is entitled to a wooden leg or arm, as the case may be,' though he can’t wear them. So you see we can’t keep a record of all the one-legged men, but I guess there aren’t as many as there used to be. Yet there are lots of them, and many who haven’t any legs at all, and some with neither legs nor arms. Then there are many who have not lost their limbs, but who have nopower to move. There is one man who gets two arms and two legs allowance who cannot move any part of his body except the little finger on the left hand, which he can bend the least little bit. There is another, a Ne\<r England soldier, whose arms and legs are dead, and who is blind in both eyes. Not long ago a man came in here with no arms, and sat down at one end of the desk and wrote with his teeth. It was not particularly fine writing, but you could read it. I know of another man —he was in she sharp shooters’ service—who cah’tUe stood oh his feet because he is bent in the back, so that his head would strike the floor first. Think how inany years these men have suffered, as many of them are still living! Tr Wby, there’s hardly enough left of some of them to hold together. “But you asked if they were dying off. Now, here’s a roll we are just completing,” and he laid several immense tally sheets out on his desk. “You can see how they run. This is the fourth period, and here a man who has got lour legs, quite a number for one man, if he used them all at once. And here’s another who has got four legs and four arms. No, we don’t furnish heads, but we supply parts of heads, jaws and sections of skull aud eyes. Now here is a man who got one leg in the first period and has never got any since; he is probably dead. Bnt here is another, who came in for repairs just after the close of the war and was never heard from again until now, when he came up again. He didn’t wear out very f&|t. Some men wear well and don’t bother about getting repaired so often. Here’s another man, he added, pointing to another name on the list; “here’s a man who comes up nbw for the first time, having done without his limb all these years. It runs this way, you see, all the way through. These men who have not applied for their fourth leg, or whatever it is they want, we conclude must be dead. Some, I presume, will have to get five or six legs or as many arms.” “What are the legs made off?” asked, the scribe. “Willow wood, generally, and there are a variety, of styles. They can take their choice. Some take the straight stick and stump it through life. Some legs have rubber feet and rubber joints. There is one made with very fine ‘ball and socket’ joints at the foot. There are men with wooden legs whom you never suspect. We furnish limbs to some very brave and distinguished men. There are several officers of high rank who come here for arms and legs. There is a young lieutenapt we recently supplied with one arm, who is, I believe, the only survivor of the Custer massacre.” —Washington Star.

A Curious Characteristic.

One of the most curious characteristics of contemporary England is the concealed dislike or contempt which the average Englishman has for the United State?. On the surface all ia friendliness, but beneath is a feeling almost akin to hate. During my frequent sojourns in England I have given special attention to this subject, and I have found that almost invariably on being introduced to an Englishman or Englishwoman you must either defend your country or overlook, little slurs cast on it. And the most exasperating part of it is that these disagreeable criticisms are evidently not intended to be such. In other words, yonr interlocutor is quite unconscious of the fact that he is impolite. Nor is this lack of international amenity confined to any class, although it is stronger the higher you go up the social ladder. The first time I saw John Bright, for example, half of my visit was spent in listening to a severe arraignment of America because of its adherence to protection. If, when you are presented to an Englishman, the conversation turns on the United States—and as a rule he introduces the topic—you are asked nine times in ten, ail or some of the following questions: “Is political corruption on*the increase or decrease in the states at the present moment?” “Doesh’t it paralyze public business tv-lien all the officeholders are turned >nt every four years?” You try to clear this up hy informing yonr questioner that this calamity occurs only \vheu a new party comes into poiver, which does Hot happen at every moon, as he seems to imagine. The third interrogation is generally this: “Aren’t your frequent elections a great nuisances?” By this time if you have not turned I yonr back on-the man, you lead yonr persecutor to a discussion of the Weather, the crops, or the immortality of thft eoal, and inwardly swear that

the next lime you are introduced to ai. Engl shman you will get.ahead of bin* by bombarding him with: “How much longer do jrou intend to support the heavy Burden of ah idle roya ‘family ?*r “Aren’t yon sick and tired of that useless House of Lords?” “Aren't you ashamed of the low moral character of the Prince of Wales?” “Don’t you consider the House of Commons very narrow-minded and bigoted in refusing Bradlaugb his seat?” If any of your readers ever chance to meet Ladv Verney, they had better salute her wiitn some such question, for otherwise she will force you to swallow the usual dose of anti-American comment which all Englishmen have ready ns.— Theodore Stanton's London Leutr. Cannibalism. , There is a certain weird attractiveness about the subject of cannibalism, a grim fascination in its grisly horrors, that is not easily to be explained, but which, although few of us will admit it, most of us have experienced. Perhaps it is in subjective cannibalism alone that this uncanny attraction exists: objective cannibalism may not possess the same eerie charm. But the very fact that cannibalism either exists now, or ever existed, is, however, denied by some skeptical persons—mostly strict and rigid vegetarians, one would think—who argue that wild and natnral races of men cannot and do not lust for flesh. The fact remains the same. It seems that this time-honored practice—crime, many unthinking and unjudicial people would call it, whose opinions have been formed without consideration of the relation of crime to custom—has, at different times, existed in almost every part of the earth. It seems to have lingered longest in the most beautiful regions of it—in Polynesia, namely, where the writer of this, but for a fortunate and timely warning, would himself have fallen a victim to the custom for which he has a feeling of respect, if not exactly of affection. Our remote, possible .forefathers themselves, the prehistoric cave-men of Europe, in the Quarternary period, were addicted to this habit, which a pious feeling of respect for our ancestor should alone prevent Ua from characterizing as a crime. Evidences of their occasional little anthropophagistic failings, iu the shape of scraped apd chipped human bones, which, besides being cooked, are broken in a manner too scientific and skillful to be the work of animals, i are not infrequent, though it is believed by poleontologists that the custom was more of an exception than a rule. Animal food being plentiful at the time in these cold northern latitudes, the greatest incentive to cannibalism was wanting, and the very practice of it shows a tendency to epicurean indulgence and luxury that already (from a very long way off') pointed to the future extinction of their race. The ancient Irish, too, in more recent than Quaternary time, ate their own dead; and our own Saxon forefathers must have possessed a knowledge of the custom if they did not in times actually practice it, as is shown by the Saxon word manoeta, which occurs not infrequently in their literature.— A. St Johnston, in Popular Science Monthly.

The Mind During Starvation.

The recent case of cannibalism at sea opens up some curious questions aB to the effect of fasting on the moral nature of man. To the superficial observer, death by starvation simply means a wasting of the body, a horrible agony, an increasing weakness, a lethargic state of the brain, and a sleep from which their is no awakening; but is this all that it means ? While this is going on let us consider whether or not the ihtellectual faculty, and with it the powerpf distinguishing right from wrong is not also undergoing a process of wasting and dea£h, even before that of the material part, for, however dangerous it may be to received opinions to associate the material nature of brain with the moral nature of onr being, we are bound to do so to elucidate some of the facts connected with this case. Reasoning by analogy, we find that, in many cases of bodily disease, the state of the mind is the first indicator of the mischief going on in the system. Take even such a simple thing as indigestion, which, as everyone must know, is only the manifestation of a deranged .stomach, and what do we find ? That the lowness of spirits induced by this affection may vary from slight dejection and ill-humor to the most extreme melancholy, sometimes inducing even a disposition to suicide, a The sufferer misconceives every act of friendship, and exaggerates -slight ailments into heavy grievances. So in starvation, the power of reason seems paralyzed and the intellectual faculty dazed really before the functions of the body suffer, or even the wasting of its tissue becomes extreme. Such being the case, the unfortunate individual is not accountable for bis actions, even if they be criminal in character, long before death puts an end to his sufferings. — N. E. Davies, in Popular Science Ji lonthbj. ■" ■■ ■ "■ »'■"

How an Infidel Prayed.

Hume, the historian, passing one day by tbe back of Edinburgh Castle, where the ground is very swampy and the footpath narrow, inadvertently tumbled into the bog, where he stuck, not b ing able to extricate himself. A washerwoman happened to pass at the time, looked at him, and was traveling on, when be shouted after her to lend him her assistance.-'“Na, na,” replied the woman, “you are Hume, the infidel” “Well, well, no matter,” replied he; “yon know, good woman, yonr Christian charity commands yon to do good even to your enemies.” “Na. I winna,” said she, “unless yon will first repeat tho ,Cteed and the Lord’s Preyer.” Having nc* alternative he was forced to accede to the pious woman's terms. —San Francisco ArgonauL «, \ _ , . U,;. " ri 1 ■ A donkey, laden with salt, was crossing a >,brook. The water diluted tbe sa t and lightened the burden. He communicated his discovery to a brother donkey laden with wooL Tbe latter tried the same experiment, and found his load doable its weight

SENSATIONS OF THE DAY.

& Sleighing Party at Toledo Collides with a' Bailway Train with Fatal Results. j Hye Murderers Sentenced to Death la the Federal Court at Fort Smith, Ark. A Helpless Man Sentenced to the Penitentiary—A Lively Georgia - Corpse. U FOUR PERSONS KILLED. Sad Accident to an Ohio Sleighing Party. (Toledo apeciaLl A party of nine persons from Oak Harbor, a small place east of this city, drove in a sleigh to Port Clinton. The road, three miles west of Port Clinton, crosses the tracks of the Lake Shore railway. On the return trip, as the sleigh approached the crossing, the west-bound express came up at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. The driver, thinking he could clear thb crossing ahead of the locomotive, drove on, bnt before the rear of the sleigh had passed the track the locomotive struck it The sleigh was smashed and the occupants scattered abont. Three fell upon the pilot Of the engine. Miss Jennie Hoople, of Oak Harbor, and S. 8. Hall, of Detroit, were instantly killed. Mrs. A. D. Theirwachter and Mrs. Charles Vogel were fatally injured. Mrs. John P. Vowl had an arm broken and was internally injured. John P. Vogel was seriously injured, and A. D. Theirwachter bruised about the head and limbs. Charles Vogel and Russell Rice alone escaped with slight injuries. Mrs. John Vogel and Mrs. Charles Vogel died this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Others are likely to die. The scene of the disaster is-peculiarly favorable for an accident of this kind, as the road runs parallel to the tracks some distance before crossing. L. W. Adams was the engimeer of the train, and did all he could to avert the collision. The fault was with the driver of the sleigh.

A LIVERY CORPSE. Excitement at a Georgia Negro Funeral. (Valdosta (Ga.) telegram.] The colored people of Lowndes County are somewhat mystified over the irregular proceedings of a corjise, which refused the decent burial with which they were complimenting it. Craw Duncan had been for years a leader ih colored politics, but he never took to religion. A few days ago he became violently ill, and, going to bed, he was duly beset by weeping sisters and zealous preachers, but all to no purpose. When the time came he died, apcl a large concourse of friends and acquaintances gathered to pay the last tribute to his memory. As is the custom among colored people, they sang over his body all night. The weird music that floated over the adjacent forest that night struck a responsive chord in the bosoms of the owls of baser note, anckthey joined in the refrain. Abont midnight a little bird flitted in one door and out the other. This caused the assemb age to go on its knees, when the leader declared that “speerits could not harm ’ligiousfolks,” and the singing was resumed. When daylight came the weary watchers detailed one squad to build a coffin and nnother to dig the grave. The rude casket was first completed and conducted to the proper place. It was put on two chairs, facing each other, beside the corpse. Friends drew around to take a last look; pall-bearers put themselves in position to bear the burden to the grave; the coffin was held over the open grave, and at a word IWh let drop to the bottom. In an instant the lid went flying off the coffin, and the dead man arose and cursed with all the exuberance of a man who had worked on a canal. The mourners scattered in every direction; but tbe funny part of it is they insist he is really dead, and will have nothing to do with him.

THE DEATH PENALTY. Five Murderers Sentenced at Fort Smith, Ark. [Fort Smith dispatch.] In the United States Court, to-day, five murderers received their sentences. Mason Holcomb, William Phillips, Fred M, Ray, William Meadows, and William Dickson were sentenced to hang on the 17th of April next. Ray received sentence first. When asked why the sentence should not be passed, be replied: “I am not tbe guilty person.” Meadows replied to the same question: “I bate to be punished for a crime I am not guilty of.” Phillips replied: “I have never killed a man. I never shot Hill. I never hurt a hair of his head. God knows it, and I know it.” Dickson replied briefly: “I am innocent.” Holcomb was so affected that he made no reply. The impression prevails that Meadows, who is a IC-year-old lad, will sncceed in getting a commutation of hi* sentence. He and Ray were convicted of the murder of an old negro in the Cherokee Nation last August. Phillips was convicted of the murder of his fathcr-in-Jaw, William Hill, last September. Holcomb killed one Fisher, a companion, while returning to camp one evening from a hay-field last summer. He pleaded self-defense at the trial, bnt tbe evidence proved that he was hired to do the deed. Dickson killed one Laster in 1883, in the Chickasaw Nation, at a dance. He was behaving in a boisterpus way, and when Laster attempted to keep him quiet a difficulty ensued, in which Dickson shot Laster. All are white men bnt Dickson, who is a negro. V DESPERATE DUEL. Two Texas Brothers-in-Law Fight to tbe Death. (Alvarado (Tex.) special.] Dr. L. B. Allen and W. J. Wellbome were brothers-in-law and members of two of the oldest and most respectable families in this section. Dr. Allen’s wife died a few days ago at the home of another sister, Mrs. W. A. Athley, and Wellbome had come on a visit of condolence. Yesterday afternoon he and Dr. Allen met in a room to consult on business matters. They soon became involved ina qnarrel and Allen attempted to kill Wellbome, drawing a pistol on him, toe latter retiring from the room with the remark that he “did not. care to settle that way.” About 10 o’clock last night. Dr. Allen was returning from a lot where he had been to feed hi* animals. He met Wellbourae standing beside the fence awaiting him. Both drew their pistols and exchanged four shots almost simultaneously. Wellbrone mounted his horse and-fled. Dr. Allen staggered into the house, fell across a bed, exclaiming, “I am shot.” and expired almost instantly. The only shot that hit him passed through his body in toe region of the heart. It is not known whether Wellbonme was wounded. Officers and a posse are scorning the country to effect his capture, A WRETCHED PROCEEDING. A Convict Without Legs and with bat One Arno.. [Joliet (HI.) special to Chicago Tribune.] Sheriff Newton, of Kendall County, reached the penitentiary this afternoon,having in charge four prisoners sentenced to prison from that county. Among them

ni one William aged fli, eonvfeted of larceny, and sentenced- for a year. The Sheriff had to carry Burnell into to# prison on his back, for the reason thatthe convict had no legs, and bat one 3 arm. Both legs had been amputated close to the trank and the left arm ftf thfl ftlmnlffor-ioint Thii ramfumt of A a* »Uv nuvnwsas wvummwm mwowm «vmhmh* man was deposited upon the stone floor of the prison gnard-room and the Sheriff produced his mittimus, showing that Bnssell was sentenced by Judge Charles KeHum, at Yorkville, to be confined in toe Penitentiary for the term of one year at hard labor. The sight of this poor wretch in his utterly helpless condition as he was lugged into the prison on the back of the brawny Sheriff called forth many expresstons of disgust from the prison-keepers in the hall not at all complimentary to the court that eonsigned him to a convict’s cell. Bussell lost his legs and one arm in a railroad accident. He was convicted of stealing a row-boat from a man in Plano and selling it at Peoria. BnsseTl’s condition is such that he will need the services of an able-bodied convict to take care of him while he is in prison. < CABINET TALK. Gov. Cleveland Has Beached Ho Decision Yet. ' [New York special to Chicago Tribune.) The presence here of Senator Gorman and the conferences of numerous politicians with him yesterday have given impetus to the Democratic gossip about the Cabinet In his talk with Democrats he corroborates the impression that the election of Mr. Evarts as Senator has completely changed the whole Cabinet sitnation. It is graVely doubted among the leaders whether Bayard or Garland can be spared from the Senate. Mr. Evarts is recognized as a foeman who will require toe strongest opposition that is possible to present With Bayard and Garland taken away from the Democratic side of the Senate it would be weak iu debaters, while the BepubUcan side would be exceptionally strong with Evarts, Edmunds, and Sheiman —especially upon constitutional questions. Mr. Gorman is said to express the opinion that the Presidentelect has formed no positive opinions and has reached no decision as to the Cabinet that may not be changed twenty times before March 4. BORN IN A SLEEPER. A Pullman Car “All Torn Up.” [Chicago telegram.] It is the unexpected that happens; at least so thought toe incoming passengers on the sleeper Niobrara, over thephicago, Milwaukee and St. Pan! Poalro&d. yesterday morn- _ ing. There was excitement among the ladies aboard; and dire confusion manifested by the gentlemen. The porter ran through the train in searoh of a doctor, and, fortunately encountering one, hurried him to the sleeper. His serviees were urgently needed by Mrs. T. Hanlon, a lady journeying from Helena, Montana, to New York. At 6:30 a. m. a child was bom to toe honse of Hanlon, and upon the arrival of the train at the Union Depot the mother and babe were transferred to a sleeper on the Pennsylvania route, and continued their journey. A telegram from Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon conveyed the intelligence that mother and child ware as well as could be expected. “I toll you, boss, said the darky on the Niobrara, “if dot ar chile glows up, he’s a gwine to be a fas’one.” WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. An Ohio Man Kills HU Wife and Hangs Himself. [La Crosse (Win) special-] Henry Katenhonsen and wife, of Durand, lived together unhappily, fought frequently, and the -woman waff usually the victor. Sunday he murdered her with a hatchet while his children were at Sunday-school and buried her body in a cellar. ’Thursday a neighbor called at the honse to get her to do some washing, and a daughter informed him that her mother had disappeared and she felt sure something wrong had occurred. Search resulted in the discovery of the crime, and Katenhonsen was jailed, He acknowledged the deed, but pleaded self-defense. After breakfast this morning he attempted first to hang himself with his suspenders and then a scarf, both of which broke. He then twisted up a woolen jacket and tying the garment toa grating succeeded in taking his own life. His knees were found almost touching the floor. He was abont 60 and his wife 46. A BURIED WILL. It Is Found in a Collin After Eight Years. [Buffalo (N. Y.) telegram.] Bobert A. Wallace, of the carriage manufacturing firm of Harvey & Wallace, died abont eight years ago, and, although he had repeatedly told his children and friends that he had provided for his children, four in number, by a former wife, at his death no wiil could be found, and the estate was settled according to law, each child receiving a portion, and the widow her third. She was also appointed administratrix. At her death, about a year later, she left a will disposing of the property that remained to her own children and a daughter by her first husband, but leaving out tire earlier branch of the Wallace family. Interested persons, still searching for the original will, conceived toe idea of exhuming the body of Wallace himself, and. thaw, between the vest and shirt in which the body was prepared for the coffin, was found the long nought-for will. AN EAGLE SCREAMS. It Is Found In a Mail-Bag at Vincennes. [Vincennes find.) special.] There was excitement in toe postoffice this morning. The clerks wejee hurriedly opening the mails when they heard a peculiar noise issuing from a mail-bag, and, opening the same, a large gray esgle fluttered out, causing a general stampede from Uncle Skim's sanctuary. The excitement was great for a time, but the bird was finally caught and caged. It came from the West, and is supposed to have been captured, by route agents. It is a fine-looking bird. Postmaster Lewis is proud of his present PATENTS. The Annual Patent Report. [Washington dispatch.! The annual report of the Geauuitsienet of Patents shows receipts of fll ,076,799, expenditures of $970,580, and a balance in toe United States Treasury on account of tbe patent fund, of $2,781,695. Therewere issued 20,297 patents and designs; 116 patents were reissued, and 1,021 trade marks, and 513 labels registered; patents expired, and-patents were withheld in 2,839 cases for non-payment of the final toe. Of the patents issued, 19,013 were to eitisens of the United States and 1,284 to foreigners. JOURNALISTIC STRIKE. V ienna Newspapers Refusing to Print Hie Reich srsth Proceed!mi, (Cable dispatch from VuhaaJ The journalist strike against toe Beichsrath continues. The sessions of toe last two days were absolutely ignored, and no reader of to-day’s papers in this city would know from them that such a body as toa Beichsrath existed. Letters of Complaint from indignant members are early printed, when accompanied by cash, at advertising rates. a.