Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1886 — He Completely Crushed. [ARTICLE]

He Completely Crushed.

A negro named Hines, accused of murder in C&cinnati, was taken to tlie side of the murdered map’s coffin and the lights suddenly turned up. To the remark of “that is a horrible sight, Hines,” by the police captain, he coolly repl icd 1 ’Deed it i|?, sah. ” late Mr. J. B. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, is said to have been worth $20,000,000. He was one of the richest men in Philadelphia, and probably one of the fifty richest men in the United States, as it is doubtful if there are fifty men in the United States worth more than $20,000,000 each. His two sons succeed him in his publishing business. A party of Indians were hunting in Humboldt County, California, when a severe storm came on, and an aged Indian named Bob became exhausted. As is the custom of Indians in such cases, Bob was left to take care of himself. He picked a clear spot near the trail, stuck a stick in the ground, hung his hat on it* and lay down and died. t . j • “Huxley and Tyndall,” say'Sythe manager of a literary syndicate, “will never write anything for publication unless they have something to say. I have tried them many a time, and with goAd offers of money, too, but always unsuccessfully. They care too much for their fame. But when they have anything to say, they are ready to say it, and to charge for it, too.

An Arizona editor thus begins a leader: “We really don’t want the post-office, but we understand a few influential friends are working for us. Wo have only to say that our conception of our duty to our country will not allow us to decline any office, especially a post-office. Now, let the skunk who runs the opposition paper put that in liis pipe and smoke it.” President Seelye, of Amherst College, recently received from the North American Review, in payment for an article, a check which rather staggered him by its munificence. He told one of his classes that liis labor had been so small and the recompense was so large that lie had concluded to make a present of the latter. Then he gave each member of the class, which numbered 100, a handsome copy of Bacon’s Essays. Writing from Paris a correspondent relates the following curious story: “Two French women entered into a contest to determine which of them could talk fastest. A common friend was appointed umpire, and the sum of 1,000 francs was- to go to the victor. For three hours they read fropi Eugene Sue’s feuilleton, and during that time the victor succeeded in pronouncing 226,311 words. Her adversary came in a bad second with 203,560 words.” The Senators of the nation sit at desks older than the honorable graybeards themselveA The desks are made of mahogany, and though made seventy-five years ago, they are as sound as a dollar—a great deal sounder than a Bland dollar. Once a statesman from Colorado “made his mark in the Senate” by scraping his desk with a solitaire diamond. Captain Bassett outwitted Mr. Tabor, however, by plugging up the holes so deftly that no trace of them remains.

An unrepealed law of New Jersey, passed while the State was a British colony, reads as follows: “That all women, of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, maids, or widows, who shall after this adt' impuse upon, seduce, and betray into matrimony any of his Majesty’s subjects by virtue of seehts, cosmetics, washes, paints, artificial teeth, false hair, or high-heeled - shoes, shall incur the ’ penalty. of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors. ” General Stonesian, the once famous cavalry leader, who is now Governor of California, has lived for most of the time since the war at the San Gabriel Mission, near Los Angeles. His health was completely undermined, and it has taken almost twenty years to overcome his severe dyspepsia. His equanimity of temper suffered correspondingly, and there were few people who would bravo his remarks by a visit to the huge orange plantation which he cultivated. It is almost unnecessary to add that his restored health' has completely altered his disposition, and that there Ore few more genial men than he to-day in California. Queen Victoria is seriously angry at the treachery of some member of the royal household, who, it seems, has been for some time communicating to the gossip columns of the London Truth those paragraphs which disclose for the first tipae to the gaze of the subject multitude the inner life of the court. So much has the breach of trust been taken to heart by her Majesty that it appears several inspectors of the detective police have been temporarily added to the household, and some of them were received as distinguished visitors from the German court. These agents are employed tq discover the' purveyor of illicit intelligence; but the secret has ; „ a .

been so well kept that their effort and intelligence have been baffled. , Representative Heard, of Missouri, is a new man in Congress (says the New York Tribune),, but ho has read the papers and learned that “cold tea” means grog, po the other day he went into the HoUse restaurant for a lunch, and ordered a cup of that cheering beverage. Surely enough, the .waiter did bring veritable tea. Whereupon, “See here, my man,” whispered Heard, in deep disgust, “don’t you know that when a gentleman orders ‘cold tea’ he means whisky?” “0,,., yes, sah,” said the waiter ; “yes, sah! I’ll make it all right, sah!” And removing the tea he walked up to the counter and demanded in tones audible half-way across the Potomac, “Whisky for one!” On Highbrook Road, Mount Desert, “Mossley Hall,” the new cottage of Mr. Blaine, is being erected. The site is a very pretty one, being well elevated, •and commanding an excelleqf view of Frenchman’s Bay, with its numerous islands, the villas on the other shore, and the lovely grounds of several shorecottages located near by. At the western side, from the upper windows, a good view is had of Green Mountain and other points of interest. The main building is 61x28 feet, with a wing 32x 21' feet. The main entrance is on the west side, and to the left of the vestibule is the reception room, 11x14 feet. The hall is 18x25 feet, and to the right, on the east side, is located the diningroom, whicli is 17x22 feet, wli|lo on the left is the parlor, of the same dimensions.

Tiie Colorado Beacon says: “Miss Mellie Connors, of Lake City, and Oscar Olsen, of Animas* Forks, were married on the summit of the divide, at an altitude of over 13,000 feet, the party being on snow-shoes. Miss Connors agreed to meet Mr. Olsen on the summit, bringing her friends with her; and Mr. Olsen was to ajjproach the summit with his friends, coming up on the opposite side of the mountain. The bride left Lake City, accompanied by her two brothers; and Olsen left Animas Forks at the same hour, accompanied by the Rev. Fr. Lev, of Silverton, and a few friends. The only way of scaling the snow-covered mountain was oh snow-shoes, and the climbing-was fatiguing. The groom and the minister arrived first at the designated meetingpoint ; but they did not have long to wait, for the bride and her brothers were soon observed nearing the spot, trudging along cheerily. Miss Connors seemed leSs fatigued, than any other member of the party. After a short rest, Fr. Ley performed the wedding ceremony with as much impressiveness as if it had taken place in a church. The minister, the bride, the groom, and .the witnesses of the marriage grouped themselves together as close as the Canadian snow-shoes would permit. ”

At a reception given to Lajvrence Barr'ett by the Penn Club, in Philadelphia, the other night, an American who had just returned from Europe after a long residence there .said: “Marriage abroad is a business. Just before I left Marseilles a great trouble grew out of the circumstance that an American naval officer then there did not know, or forgot, that fact. A beautiful French girl was singing at a musical party at a nobleman’s house. The naval officer, who was present, was so smitten with her that he burst into tears at the song before all the company. He afterward called on the girl’s mother, and was accepted as a suitor, before lie knew it. When the first feeling had worn off he saw tlie situation he had got himself into with mamma, and went to Nice to get out of it. The mother, however, followed him there, and insisted on his carrying out the promise that she contended lie had made. He declared that he had hever offered himself as a candidate for the girl’s hand. The mother, all the same, threatened him, with a suit. Before there had been any questions of intention, however, she had, like the prudent mamma she was, written to Washington inquiry ing as to the officer’s financial condition. She received a reply informing her that he had nothing beyond his good looks and his pay. She dropped him without more ado.”

A Frankfort gentleman was called to Washington on business which kept him there for a week of two, during which he stopped at.one of the principal hotels and mingled with the best society. His friends observed on his return a marked change in his bearing, the greater particularity of his dress, the higher polish of- his silk hat and boots and other evidences of his better keep while on his visit to the capital city. A change was also noticed by liis family in his more fastidious ta&e "in hatting, etc. The next day at dinner, 4 upon being asked if he would take soup, fingering his eyeglasses as if he were adout to read a bill of fare, he inquired : > “Is it St. Julienne, or Mnllgatawny ?” “It’s bean soup, sir, and plenty good enough for you at that, sir,”. Has the response frqm the other end of the table. Since the’n he has resumed his home airs and is metaphorically roosting lower. — Ken wh y Yeoman. j_ *v The Fortlp, bridge, near Edinburg, Scotland, is one aud 'one-half mile in length, and consists of two spans of, 1700 feet, two of 675 feet, fifteen of 168 feet, and site small scans of twenty-five feet each. Tennyson's . fortune is estimated at $406,000. S