Bloomington Telephone, Volume 8, Number 20, Bloomington, Monroe County, 13 September 1884 — Page 2

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BSNATOB RSSBT B. Anthont died rather suddenly'' at Providence, B. I., at the age of BSC The deceased was born of Quaker parents at Coventry, B. I., April 1, 1815. He received his early education in the place of his birth, arid received a collegiate comrgaftt Brown University, where he grVMed B. A. in 1839. Five years later he became editor and proprietor of the Providence Journal, His success as an editor and journalist was at once assured. Under his charge tK8 paper incrclpiSy in: circulation, an$ nnjdly became on$, of the leadings provincial ewsjtepersln Uto United States. Mr. Anthftny' political caseer was not less brilliant. After holding various unimportant offices, he was, in 1849, elected Governor of Rhode Island. He was again

alec ted to Adf office in 1850. and

would have been elected term had fee a0&pto$Nhe

Eight years lker i Suites Senator. A ec&

periods expired he as

substantially tfce nistorg

1883, when his last ternVe

and 1871 he washosen by thepnblicans President nro tern of the Senatk. He was

always a stanch supporter of the Republican party. ' ' u ' ; Chaklbs J. PoiiGEB, Secretary of the Treasury, died on the 4th inst at Geneva, N. Y., in his 66th year. -His demise indirectly attributable to overwork, for two weeks he had been unable to lie down, and he died while sitting m a chair. Up to within twenty-four hours of his death he insisted upon answering telegrams. The deceased was born in Nantucket, Mass., April 16, 1818. In 1830 his father removed to Geneva, N. Y., where Mr. Folger lived the rest of his life. After leaving college Mr. Folger studied law, and was admitted to the bar when 21 years old. His first office was that of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, to which he was appointed in 1844, and he was soon after made a Master and Examiner in Chancery. In 1851 he was elected County Judge, and in 1861 he was elected to the New York State Senate as a Republican, which party he had entered on its formation. He remained in the State Senate until ,1869, when President Giant appointed him Assistant United States Treasurer for New York City. He was elected Judge of the Court of Appeals (the highest court in the State of New York) in 1870, and on the death of Chief Justice Church, in May, 1880, he was appointed to fill the vacancy, and in the following November was elected to the place for the full term of fourteen years. In November, 1881, he resigned the position to accept that of Secretary of the Treasury in President Arthur's Cabinet- He ran against Grover Cleveland for Governor in 1882, and was defeated by nearly 200,000 majority The Treasury Department at Washington was closed on the 5th inst. out of respect to the late Secretary Folger. AssistantSecretary Coon will be Acting Secretary until the President nominates Secretary Folger's successor. The funeral of Senator Anthony was solemnized at the First Congregational Church in Providence, XL I and was the occasion of a gathering of the representative men of the nation and State such as was probably sever equaled in that city. President Arthur, Senator Edmunds, and other distinguished persons were present

On reports of the State Veterinarian, the Governor of Illinois has decided pleuropneumonia epidemic among cattle in nine herds, and enjoined their owners from transporting them without a certificate of good health. AH incendiary fire at Missoula, Montana, pwept away twenty-two buildings, valued at $30,000. The shoe factory of Bice fc Hutchins, at Marlboro, Mass, worth $60,000, was also burned. The Indianapolis Sentinel made formal answer to Mr. Blaine's libel suit, maintain - ing that the facts it published concerning Blaine's domestic troubles were true, and, being so, were justly made public. Certain questions are projxranded to the plaintiff touching his marriage, the birth of his first child, its death, and place of interment, and the mutilation.nf the monument over its grave. . . .During a sham battle at a soldiers' reunion at Fremont, Neb., forty spectators were injured by the collapse of a platform, but none of them fatally The Northwestern Base-Ball Xreague has sunk $50,000 this season. Gbetchzr Zktlhto, a beautiful German girl employed as a domestic in the house of Col. Charles Parrot, of Columbus, Ohio, was shot dead by her jealous lover, James Greiner.. mm south. The City Marshal of Sharpsburg, Ey., killed Dr. Daniel Henry for resisting arrest A Deputy Sheriff at Hot Springs was compelled to shoot a horse-thief whom he was conveying to the State Penitentiary, and the Coroner's jury indorsed the act A Louisville policeman . fatally wounded a notorious footpad named John Lynch, who was caught in the act of robbing a citizen. Coii. E. B. Cash, the South Carolina desperado, indicted for complicity with his son Bogan Cash in the murder of Marshal Bichards at Cheraw last winter, will not be prosecuted. The State's Attorney of Ches

terfield County, where Cash lives, entered a nolle prosequi' in the case. This action has caused great indignation, especially as Cash threatens vengeance against those who arrested him. - An Augusta ,(Ga.) dispatch announces the death of Bishop George Pierce, of the Methodist Church South. Ik the Memphis district the cotton plans is affected by drought, rust, and worms, and the outlook is for but an average crop, in case frosts hold off till Oct 24...,. A forest fire in Talbot County, MdL, has burned over 1,000 acres of timber lands.

WAsnwcim The Treasury Department has issued orders to Collectors of Customs that hereafter when a vessel carrying rags arrives at any port it shall be the duty of the importer to produce positive evidence that the cargo is from a non-infected port, and is free from the genu of disease. The difficulty of producing such evidence virtually prevents the introduction of rags. . . .John B. Dawson, a clerk in the Pension Bureau at Washington, died hurt week. He weighed 438

pounds, and his body had to be placed in a grape arbor until a coffin could be made. 1 HE Indian Commission has ordered a sufficient a Aunt of extra supplies tlbe jsent tprjhe nmnegns M the BHfeikjfeet flncy' Tfcjl was Accomplished, iWth the approvedipf $e Prudent, by Jtoplgfag ijtf expfendedijfonH front approprimoiajf or other;tebe. . $ SL Mb. St. John, an employe of the General Land Office, was stot to Colorado to investigate certain complaints. In Las Animas County he found 100,000 acres of the public domain inclosed with barbed wire! bearing signif threatening death for cutting or leading gates open.

POLITICAL.

The Democrats of Connecticut jenonnnated Gov, Waller, and put forward George G. Sumner for Lieutenant Governor, D. Ward Northrop for Secretary of State, and Alfred- G. Geodriofrfer faeasurer. .-v. ; The Bepublican State Convention of New Hampshire nominated the Hon. Moody Carrier for Governor, nd James E. Irarkhvaxni G$o?ge W.Libby&or eleetpxs-at-large. Resolutions were adopted indorsing President Arthur's adxuinistation, approving the Bepublican national platform, demanding a free vote and a fair count the protection of American citizens at home and abroad, and eulogizing Blaine and Logan The Massachusetts Democratic Convention, in session at Worcester, nominated Judge William C. Endicott, for Governor. Hon. George D. Robinson was renominated for Governor, by acclamation, by the Massachusetts Bepublican State Convention. The Wisconsin Bepublican Convention nominated Gov. Busk and all the present State officers for ire-election. The Iowa. Democratic Convention nominated E. L. Burton for Judge of the Supreme Court, and ratified the Greenback nominations for Secretary of State and for Treasurer. The Texas Bepublican Convention adopted a resolution that it is injudicious to place a State ticket in the field, and recommending . the Republicans to Hid in the election of all independent candidates. The Kansas Prohibition Convention nominated a full State ticket, headed by Mr. Jetmore for Governor. Mbs. Belva A. Lockwood has formally accepted a nomination for the Presidency by the Woman's National Equal Bights Party of California, promising, if elected, to recommend a unif orm system of laws in regard to marriage and divorce. Congressional nominations: James G. Blount, Democrat, Sixth Georgia District; F. W. Bockwell, Bepublican, Twelfth Massachusetts; Samuel J. Randall, Democrat, Third Pennsylvania; T. J. Patchen, Prohibitionist, Second Wisconsin; D. J. Miller, Prohibitionist, Fifth Wisconsin; J. J. Sutton Prohibitionist, Sixth Wisconsin; P. C. Haley, Democrat, Eighth Illinois; W. S. Shirk, Republican, Sixth Wisconsin; G. W. Woodward. Democrat, Seventh Wisconsin; J. J. Thornton, Democrat, Second Minnesota; William Walter Phelps, Republican, Fifth New Jersey; Olin Wellborn, Democrat, Sixth Texas; R, B. Benfrow, Republican, Seventh Texas; Thomas Croxton, Democrat, First Virginia; L. M. Sellers, Bepublican, Third Michigan; C. F. Gibbon, Republican, Tenth Michigan; Charles C. Comstock, Greenback, Fifth Michigan; Frank Lawler, Democrat, Second Illinois; B. B. Hitt, Bepublican, Sixth Illinois; T. W. Sadler, Democrat Fifth Alabama; John M. Glover, Democrat, Ninth Missouri; H. F. Pennington, fusion, Third Michigan; Wm. E. Mason and George B. Davis, Republicans, Third Illinois; J. H. Hopkins, Democrat, Twenty-second Pennsylvania; Morrison Foster, Democrat, Twenty-third Pennsylvania; J. S.Woolson, Republican, First Iowa; George Halsey, Republican, Sixth New Jersey; J. B. Weber, Bepublican, Thirty-third New York. New York telegram to the Chicago Tribune: John Kelly held a secret informal conference with a number of Tammany leaders, and received aff expression of their views on the Presidential question. It is stated that many of them believed it would be more consistent in the organization to support Cleveland, although it was evident that it would be lukewarm. Mr. Kelly listened attentively to the remarks of his twenty-four lieutenants, and then he summed up the case. He said that there should be harmony of action at this time for the sake of organization and the Democratic party, and, although strictures might be passed by some upon the Presidential nominee, yet, as the great majority of those present, representing the twenty-four Assembly districts throughout the city, had expressed themselves as in favor of indorsing the Democratic nominee, it seemed to be the desire of the Tammany adherents to carry out that plan, and the will of the people should be obeyed. These remarks were received with the usual applause, whereupon it was agreed that Grover Cleveland for President and Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice President should be indorsed by Tammany Hall.

In a court-room at Montreal, an insane murderer threw a large water-pitcher at Attorney General Blair, stunning him by blow on the temple. The maniac cried bitterly when removed in irons.... A schooner capsized in Newfoundland waters, and all hands perished. Julius B. Fbedebicks, who was a sergeant in the Greeley polar expedition, denies the story that there were two factions in the Greely party, and says the men of the expedition were united and harmonious. There may have been cannibalism, but of this he has no personal knowledge. He gives the following account of the shooting of Henry: "Henry had been warned several times about stealing food, but he repeated the offense and finally Greely issued an order for his execution. Three guns were loaded two with ball and one with cartridge. Fredericks, Long, and Brainard were detailed to carry the order into effect. They took the guns and found Henry 150 yards away in the act of stealing sealskins. The three men approached within twenty yards and the ranking man culled out: 'Henry, we are now compelled to carry out our orders,' The men fired and Henry dropped dead."

FOREIGN.

The truth about the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's second son, in Ireland is getting out. It appears that, far from his reception being enthusiastic, the populace hissed him and his royal mother, and the Mayor of Cork, who invited him to a banquet without the consent of his council, is being roundly denounced on all hand.i A procession comprising thousands of members of the clerical party of Belgium undertook to parade the streets of Brussels lately. At first the populace only hissed and groaned, but they soon grew bold enough to attack the procession and wreck its burners. When several policemen had been injured, the gendarmes and Civil

Guard were called out to restore order. . . . A German gunboat has taken formal.possessiou in the name? of the German Empire of all tlfaffestM&3 Africa between 18 and Wo dwees south latitude, vfitix the- "pjigle exception of Walvjgch Bay, aftnoxed to the British possessions a few W&ks ago by the authorities of Cogfe Colonj. .A Danish polar expeditioftJSnder the cjestion of Messrs. Hoovjkard and Gam$T'WiH start from Copenhagen for Franz Josef Land during the next summer. . . .China, in anticipation of a French invasion, has called for 25,000 men to defend Pekin. A grant of 12,000,000 francs has been made b$ the Secretary of War.

ADDITIONAL. HEWK

The citizens of Maine voted Sep. 8 for

Governor and othej State offers, members k iSL of the Lfegl&tfureanl uporu a proi&tioiir f K)& tis;doIicfctrnl drying?.

MA BY.

BY EUGENE FIEU). Can I foruet the happy ntpht, In that December weather.

When sh and J, witfi .footsteps Ifh L.

My hrt wai rentrtwixt Iky onfear,

For tlat whlgh riwdeiiH l?e to fifear

Whlfe waiving hoW-with

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Ah, that was in the Ions ag, JJnt somehow it secnis nearer,

And those dear days wo ned to know, Seem alwayp, somehow, dearer When Mary lingers by :rny Aide As coy and sweet y chary As when, in thatDeeerrt$ef tid lwooed and won my little bride. While walking home with Mary.

God bless thee, Mary, for the peicc

I ljat cojnet U.witti th seeming,

amendment to the State constitution Eobie was the Republican and Redman the Democratic candklate for Governor. A dispatch from. Portland - m the morning after the election says :

Two hundred and sixty -seven, towns giveW

itobie bl,3io; Keaman, 40,ub4; scattering, 2,405, a plurality of 16,246. -The same towns in 1882 gave Bobie 59190; Plaisted, 47,500; scattering,' 4,4G7; plumttty, 8,675. The towns to hear from gave Eobie 16,286 and Plaisted 16,411. Eobie will, have over 16,000 plurality ino, total vote of about 140,000. The vote of 1880 gave a total plurality of 169, so the gain this year is 16,000 on the gubernatorial vote of 1880. The Pres. idential vote that year gained 9,000 on "the gubernatorial vote, and probably will gain in November considerably on this. All four Congressmen are elected, and the Legislature will be overwhelmingly Beputtlican. The prohibition amendment is adopted by a large majority. Mr. Blaine voted the Republican State ticket at Augusta, He did not vote on the constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale or manufacture of liquors. Groyer Cleveland visited the fair grounds at Elmira, ST. Y., where 50,000 persons had gathered, tind was received with an artillery salute. He delivered a brief address from his c6iriage..,..A wager of $30,000 to $25,000 on the Bepublican national ticket, offered by Angus Smith, of Milwaukee, has been accepted by a Chicagoan. The name of ex-Congressman Crowley, of New York, is being pressed upon the President for the vacant Secretaryship of the Treasury. Assistant Secretary Coon, who rose from a $1,200 clerkship, is a prime favorite at the White House. ExSpeaker Shorpe, of the New York Assembly, is a candidate. Secretary Chandler urges the promotion of Assistant Secretary French. The Pall Mall Gazette states that China has declared war against France. The declaration takes the i'orm of a manifesto by the Emperor to his subjects, calling on them to repel the foreign foe. The same journal asserts that the Chinese forts on the Min Eiver were not badly damaged by the fire from the French fleet. It admits, however, that the naval loss was serious The English gunboat Zephyr was fired upon from the Kinpoi fcrts. The Chinese were soon made aware of their 'error, and satisfactorily explained the matter to the British Admiral. . . .During August British imports decreased, compared with the same month last year, 6,000,000; exports, compared With August, 1883, decreased 1,600,000. It has developed at Louisville that the cotton factors, Pnme, Viley & Co., who failed a few days ago, had been swindling the banks by hypothecating warehouse receipts for goods which they did npt possess. These swindling operations nave been carried on for two years, and the stealings are said to amount to $144,000, the United States Bank of New York being victimized for $67,500 and Louisville barks for die remainder. . . . The Lincoln Savings Bank, at Fayetteville, Tenn., has suspended. The assets are said to be $200,000, and deposits atout $100,000. The fetter will all be paid, it is said, and the stockholders will receive but 50 per cent. .Oklahoma Payne was released on $1,000 bail at Fort Smith, Ark., and seven of his followers were set free. The city of Cleveland has been the scene of a destructive conflagration. Flames broke out in the lumber districts in the flats, and consumed every lumber yard in the vicinity, about ten acres in extent. The fire then spread in every direction, burning the Variety Iron Works and other immense buildings. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000. . . . Official reports of the fitate of crops in Nebraska are encouraging. The condition of corn is placed at 106 per cent, wheat 100, rye 100, oats 93, barley Irish potatoes 104&, tobacco 100, apples 109&. This is a splendid showing. ,L. B. French, dry foods dealer at Taylorville, JU., failed for 7,000. . . .A number of cattle and sheep at Clinton, 111., are dying of an unknown disease.

THE MARKET.

N1SW YORK. Beeves $6.00 Hogs 6.00 Flour E xtra 4. 50 Wheat No. 2 Ctdcago 87 No. 2 Ked .91 Corn No. 2 C4 OVra White... .39 Pork New Mesa 17.75 CHICAGO. Beeves Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 Good Shipping 6.00 Common to Fair 4. 5 J Hogs 6.00 Flour Fancy White Winter Ex 4.25 Good to C hoi ce Spri nsr . 4. 00 Wheat No. 2 Spring 78 No. 2 Ked. Winder SI Corn No. 2, 55 Oats No. 2 .25 Bye No. 2 53 Barley No. 2 ea Butter Choice Creamery 20 Fine Dairy 15 Cheese Full Cream. oa Skimmed Flat 05 Eggs Fresh u Potatoes New, per bu 40

fork Mess 18.50

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ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 81 Corn Mixed 48 Oat.5 No. 2 23 Rye 50 Fork Mess 17.25 CINCINNATI. Wheat No. 2 Red 80 Corn.... 63 Oats Mixed 28 Pork Mess 18.00

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VKTKOIT, Flour 5.50 Wheat No 1 White 82 Corn -Mixed 54 OATS No. 2 Mteel .26 PoRKr-New Mews 18. 50 INDIANAPOLIS.

WheatV-No. 2 Red New 78 .79 Corn Mixed 50 .52 Oats Mixed 25 -26 EAST LIBERTY, Cattle Host 6.25 a 75 Fair 5,75 6.25 Common 4.25 4. 75 Hogs... 6.00 6.50 Sheep , 3.76 4.50

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For in mine asre you are to me

Though all the world may vary The same sweet girl you usod to be And to a land my faith can fiee, I'm walking home with Mary.

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POETKY.

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Poetry i8 a gushing swell, That scorns the niggard measure, Keeps the blood warm and makes it swell In pulling veins. viU pleasure., Blame me not! thtf enp of sorrow, When it comes bo ine, I can sip, nor ne d to borrow Modest airs from thee. Modesty's a pretty thing: In a maid .when woo'd ; Modestly she foMs her wingi From hintillng cOraa tuid judex And sober thought, the vr J so man says. In wise hour teaches rr e For time to order well my days, And for eternity. But rhyme disowns the Bober moo 1 ; I iove to rhyme alone. Or with one fiiend or two whose blood Flows kindly like my own. Cowled or uncowled, let preachers come To dam my foaming river, They may prevail to make me dumb, But to bj sober never. When the poet's fancy burns, lie slow to reprimand.hlm; You'll forgive his wildest turns When once you underhand him.

A Lawyer's Story, "Jack! Three reBonnding thumps on a 6tout wooden table attracted the attention not only of the -white aproned waiter, but likewise of tho half -dozen persons who -were eating and drinking in the plain old-fashioned chophouse. One of the eaters, a benevolent-looking young man with banged hair, was so startled by the thumps that he let fall his fork, with which he had but just impaled a cube of luscious steak. The shaggy house dog, drowsing behind the stove, quietly rescued the juicy cube from the sawdust and shoved the fork under the young man's Seet "Jack!" "again called the thumper, gruffly. Yes, Judge, what can I do for you?" said the waiter, deftly brushing the table with his big napkin. 'I want some .whisky three fingers of the best." A glass half -full of good rye was set before the j idgein a twinkling. "Some lump sugar. Ah, that's it. Now bring me a cup of tea without any milk, and a clear goblet with just a little water. Yes, that's just right You know what I trant, don't you Jack? Give me a teaspoon1 The gruff old gentleman became mellow and jovial as "Jack11 placed each of the articles called for on the table. Running his fat fingers through his fufczy, white hair, he began to laugh sotfly to himself. "Yes. Jack, the old judge knows how to enjoy life," he soliloquized. Counting out six lamps of sugar, he dropped them, one by one, into the goblet, in which there was just sufficient water to dissolve them. He stirrl the tick syrup energetically for a minute and then added about half of his whisky. Uext ho put in the contents of his teacup, and on top of that poured the remainder of the whisky. A few dexterous turns of the spoon mixed this compound to his satisfaction, and with a beaming face, he quafi'ed it in one prolonged draught. Putting aside the empty glass, he exclaimed: "Jack, now you may bring me a brace of chops and a mug of ale." "Queer drink, eh?" said the stout and jolly proprietor of the place to the wiiter, who had neglected his plum pudding to watch the eld gentleman. "Rather, but he seems to relish it" "So he does. That's Judge (mentioning a name well known in New York.) He enjoys his lunches and dinners, and gets up all sorts of queer mixtures. He puts vinegar on his fish, sprinkles venison with powdered sugar, pours wine on spinach, and butters his pie. Oh, he's an odd one. You watch him, and before he gets through he will change his drink two or three times. See, he is ordering a pint of claret to go on top of that ale. After a while he will drink some more ale, and then will top off with a pony of brandy. An old oustomer? Oh yes; he has taken the most of his mid-day meals here for the last twenty years. He patronized this place when my father kept it, and he is the only remaining one of a jolly crowd of fellows who used to lunch here together every day." The well-oiled swinging doors of the old chop-house, which, by the way, is one of the few land-marks yet standing in the busy locality immediately surrounding Trinity Church parted just enough to admit the burly form of a well known lawyer. He bestowed a glance and a bow in the direction of the quaint old judge, and, recognizing in the plum pudding eater an old acquaintance, he sat down at the opposite side of the latter s table. The proprietor of the place, who also knew the newcomer, hastened to bring a fresh mug of ale. "I see the old judge is here," said the lawyer, after he had taken a refreshing sip of his Bass and admonishing "Jack" to be careful about getting him a plate of roast turkey with equal parts of white and dark meat and "plenty of stuffin'." "You know him, then," observed the plum pudding eater. "I should say so. I have known him. a great many years, and I know most of his old associates who used to come here. Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of that coterie of gormandizers, don't mean the Commodore, but his son, the late brother of William H. I know Corneel' well, and it was owing to my intimate acquaintance with him that 1 was enabled to save a friend from being swindled."

"How was that?" "I will tell you. Jack, fill these tobies again. Tg thing happened about a year and a Mlf before the Cornelius Vandbijt's tf'agic death in this city. Perjunjps $bu Irall rniember hatpoon aftp the tflectrjtc liht (pie in f.a practical usoyfor luininate pupows, a

vev$ large nutftberpf odrnpais pre

formed for the ostensible purpose of Supplying that light to the public. Some of those companies were legitimate enterprises, but scores of 'wildcat' corporations sprang up in various parti bt the country. They sent circulars to this city, soliciting subscriptions to their stocks and bonds, and doubtless many innocent subscribers suffered. Thqre-) bogus companies become so numerous thatHhe? first-class electric light companies found it necessary to unite in exposing and suppressing the fraudulent ones. Some of the more barefaced swindles were un earthed by the agents of the united companies. But now for my story. One day I chanced to meet an old and very dear friend of mine in Wall street He was nervously elbowing his way through the crowd, and I asked him in a joking way if he was going after a fortiine. He answered me in a very serious tone, that he was, and passed on out of my bight I went up into mv office, and had. been there about an hour when mv friend came in. I saw at a glance that he was unusually excited, and I sought to put him in a calmer frame of mind by telling him an anecdote I had just heard, about how William H. Vanderbilt circumvented a tricky horse-dealer, " 'Do you know Mr. anderbilt asked my friend abruptly. " 'I have merely a speaking acquaintance with him. I'replied. "Can you toll me whether he and his brother Cornelius are on good terms? do you think that he would back Cor nelius in an important business enterprise ? Is he interested in any way in electric light enterprises ? These questions were put so rapidly that I scarcely caught their drift, but I saw by my friend's eager manner that he was deeply interested. I told him that I did not know exactly how William H. and Cornelius regarded each other, but I was quite certain that their personal intercourses were neither close nor confidential, and I was by no meanes prepared to believe that a man of William H. s' astutenectss would back 'Corneel' in any important business enterprise. I pressed my friend for an explanation of the cause of his extraordinary nervousness and the meaning of his questions. He said that he had become acquainted with some capitalists who were interested in the new elecrtic light company. Circulars received through the mails had first attracted his attention to the enterprise, but upon inquiry he had satisfied himself that it was a good thing. The company had but just been organized with a capital of $1,000,000. Its originators claimed to possess patents of as great value as anything that tiwan, Edison, or Brush had discovered, and they also declared that they could supply the electric light to cfonsumers at 40 per cent less cost than any other company. My friend noticed an incredulous look in my face, and he hastened to assure me that he had read printed descriptions of all the patents, and had also seen the original letters patent. He then amazed me by saying that he had put $25,000 cash into the enterprise. I knew he was not a wealthy man, and expressed surprise at his having been in possession of so large a sum. 4 Well,' said he, with some hesitation, 'I have sold my house. This venture is sure to quadruple my money in a year or two, and, after thinking it all over, I concluded to make the investment Besides, I am to be treasurer of the company. "'Well, that's one goocl feature,' said I, 'but who is to be President?" " 'Cornelius Vanderbilt,' answered my friend. "I looked at the man in silent astonishment His confession that he who for nearly sixty years had been a plodding, conservative money-saver had hazarded everything he owned in a probable 'wild-cat' scheme had startled me, but when he mentioned Cornelius Vanderbilt's name in connection with the affair I knew that something was wrong. I had repeatedly heard 'Corneel' condemn bogus stock companies, and I felt certain that he could not have gone into any important business enterprise without my knowing it There were peculiar circumstances that led to this belief. I resolved to find out what was going on, and proceeded to draw my friend out without seeming to be half as deeply interested as I really was. He told me that after receiving two or three circulars he called at an office in Eulton street, and had met two or three of the promotors of the schema They told him he had been highly recommended to them as a good man foi Treasurer of the new

company. They mentioned the nam s

of two or three of his friends whom they professed to have seen. One interview followed another, until my friend's confidence was completely won. The strangers were well-dressed and agreeable gentlemen, and the fact that they did nob evince any undue anxiety to draw my friend into the enterprise completely disarmed him. He was led to believe that it was only on account of his excellent reputation as an honest and reliable business man that he was to be let into the venture. Stock was very scarce, he was told, but if he became Treasurer of the company he might have a few shares at par. Cornelius Vanderbilt. it was affirmed, had subscribed for $50,000, and had placed $25Q,000 with WiUiam H. Vanderbilt. My friend was not wholly green, and suggested that as he had never seen Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt he would like to meet him before he concluded any arrangement relative to the enterprise. His suggestion met with a cordial expression of approval, and one of the gentlemeu, who wan to act as Vice President of the new company, at once made an apppiutment for tho meeting on the next day. My friend Vas to go to an office in a large business building in Broacl street, and there be introduced to Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt He was on his way to keep that appointment when I met him elbpwing his way through the crowd in Wall street, and he had come directly to my office after the meeting. After listening to so

much of his story I interrupted him to ask: "Did you see Cornelias Vonderf

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That's lniifrossisle.' i exclaimed.

'MrCornolius wanderbilt is in Chica

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astonished, but he endeavored to convince me that I must be mistaken. He insisted that he had seen Cornelius Vanderbilt and had received the tatter's assuranc that the new enterprise was a good thing. Cornelius had said that it was bound to succeed, because William H. had taken hold of it I asked my friend to give me a description of the man whom he had aken fof Cornelius Vanderbilt, and he described 'Corneel' most accurately. Tnen I was puzzled, but I at once wrote a telegram to Vanderbilt in Chicago requesting an immediate answer Next I asked my friend if he had paid in his $25,000, and, much to tny relief., he said) ha had not He added, however, that? h had agreed to complete his purchase of stoftk on the nftxt dnv. Wall, in m afar a

a long story short, I prevailed upon, him to promise me that he would not make another move in the enterprise until he had seen me. He went home and I remained in my office. About an hour after a dispatch came from Cornelius Vauderbilt telling me that he was at the Palmer House in Chicago and that he knew nothing whatever about any electric light company Then I hunted up a detective with whom I was well acquainted, and told him the main facts of the case. He had heard of the parties who were interested in the glowingly -described new electric light company, and suspected that they were swindlers. We went together to the house of my friend, and' talked the matter over. The detective advised my friend to keep his appointment on the following day. It was arranged that the officer and myself should accompany him and be introduced as gentlemen who would likevto subscribe for some stock. My friend. was to draw an admission from the bogus Vanderbilt that he was Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the detective would: then take him into custody for false representations." "Well, did your little trap catch the game?" inquired the plumb-pudding eater. "No, somebody must have warned the rascals, for when we reached their of fice there was nobody there but a boy, who handed my friend a note without a signature, stating briefly that Mr. Vanderbilt had been called out of town. However, nothing more was heard in' this city of that particular electrics light company." New York Times. John Quincy Adams in Congress, John Quincy Adams, when he stood up manfully for the right of petition in the Twenty-Seventh Congiess, was Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 3tfr. Gilmer, another member of that committee, certook to depose him, and Mr. Adams asserted in the House that the position had been offer ed to Mr. Gushing, who was also a member. This Mr. Cushing denied; but Mr. Adams, his bald head turning scarlet, exclaimed : UI had the information from the gentleman himself, r aver it in the presence of this House and my God. On Mr. Cushing'a explanation of what he had said, Mr. Adams said: "I will not resort to county court pleas as to the form of expression used by my colleague. He told me, if he did not say 'they would remove me, and they proposed to appoint raa" In this debate, Mr. Adams went at some length into the history of his past life, his intercourse and friendship with and the confidence he had enjoyed of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, during their successive Presidential teim?, as manifested by the various important offices conferred upon him, alluding to historical facto tt . ? TT 1 it. a. A. i.1 "

m imis connection, xxo &usw wi wjtiv, all abhorred slavery, and he could prove it, if it was desired, now, from the testimony of Jefferson, of Madison, and of Washington themselves. There was not an abolitionist of the wildest character in the Northern States but might find in the writings of Jefferson at the time of the Declaration of Inde-

pOUUQUUC, SiUU HUiUlg UIA T down to the very last year, a justification of everything they say on the sub-; ject of slavery, and a description of the horrors of slavery greater than he had the power to express. He should haver hoped better things of Virginians, and that the representation of that State upon this floor would have felt something of The holy shame which neer f rgets What clear renown is used to wear, Whose bltt&h remains when virttie sets. To s' ow her sunshine has been there. Ben: Ferley Poore. A Timely Shower. "I was mighty thankful for that rain we got yesterday." "Yes, it did the corn a world of good. How many acres have you got planted in corn?" "I've got no corn planted this year at all. I wasn't thinking about crops." "Well, how then can the rain benefit you?" "You see I don't often get a decent dinner at home, as my wife says she ean't cook in hot weather, but yesterday there was to be a church picnic, and she fixed up a lunch basket for the preacher's table, but it rained so the picnic could not come oft To keep the preacher's lunch from spoiling, we had it for dinner, and it was the best dinner I've had since we were married. There was no end of chicken, iind jellies, and that sort of alleviktiona. I feel like a new man, just as i I was born again. Don't tell me tliat nun yesterday didn't do the country any

good. It was the most refreshing shower we have had for years." The Boy Again. One of the terrible email boys: "Does your head ever swim, Mr. Snifkins?" asked little Tom Popinjay of his sister s bean. "Yes, Tommy, I sutfor occasionally from dizziness," replied the slim. "I thought so," said Tommy. "Pa said he'd pitch von into the horse pond only your head would keep yon from sinking." A quiet face is sometimes powerful in the attraction of gravity.