ESTABLISHED 1800.
Volume LXXXVII.
THE REACORNE
BY JOHN H'ELROY,
Author of “Andersonwius,” Eta
[Gwyflrhled by National Tribune Publishing Co.
and published by arrangement with them] .
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“Shade of King Solomon," said Kent to
Abe, after their party had ridden for two or
three hours through the mountains toward
London. “I wonder if there is any othu‘
kind of worldly knowledge that I knowas
little'about as I did of scouting when we
started out? My eyes have been opened to
my own ignorance. I used to have the cou-
ceit that we two could play a fair hand at any
game of war they could get up for our enter-
tainment. But these Kentuckians give me
points every hundred yards that I never so
muchasdreamed of. Theirs is the wisdom
of serpents when compared with our dove--
liko innocence.”
“I like dove-like innocence," interrupted
Abe.
“But did you oversee anybody that could
go through the country as the-:0 fell-ow..- .--;.::?"
It’s just. marvelous. Th" know ever.” 3
cut to cw _ -., and they know ju.~ c
to go ever) to see away ahead “Liam“
being seen themselves. It would puzzle the
sharpest Confederate bushwhackor to get the
drop on them."
“1 don’t known: I want to learn their way
of doing,” said Abe, crustily. “It looks like
sneaking, on a big scale, that’s all. And I’m
ashamed of this laying round behind a log or
a rock to pop a man over. It ain‘t my style .
at all. I believe in open and above board
fighting, give and take, and may the best
man wm.”
“So do I, though I suppose all‘s fair In war.
But when we scout we give -them the same
chancetoknock ,us over that they give us
when"‘they scout.” I’ll admit it looks like
murder to shoot men down that way, for it
does not help either side along a particle.
But these Kentuckians have a great many
private injuries to avenge, andthey can’t do
it any other way." '
All the people of the region were intensely
Union, so it was not difiicult to get exact in-
formation of the movements of the Confed—
erates, and as the scouts drew near London
they became assured that not only all of
Zolllcofl‘cr’s infantry, but his small parties of
cavalry, had retreated beyond the town. Our
scouts, therefore, putting Edwm (is and Bolton
to the front. that their blue uniforms might
tcll the character of the party, spurred into a
gnllop,_nnd duhedjnto London, to be re-
oeived with boundless enthusiasm. '
“Somebody ought to ride back to Wildcat
immediately,” said Kent, after they had en-
joyed their reception a little while, “and re-
port this to the general." _
All assented to this proposition.
“It is really the duty of myself and com-
rade here to do it,” said Kent, shifting un-
easily in hit chair, to find a comfortable place
tosit upon; “but as we have been for two
days riding the hardest backed horses over
roads that were simply awful, and as pre-
vious to that time we had not taken any
equestrian exercise for several years, there
are some fundamental reasons—that is, rea-
sons lying at the very base of things (he
shifted again)—why we should not be called
upon to do another mile of horseback riding
until Time hashad an opportunity to exer-
cise his soothing and healing influence, so to
speak. Abe, I believe I have stated the case
with my usual happy combination of grace
and delicacy?”
“You have, as usual, flushed a tail race of
big words. "
“In short,” Kent went on. (“Ah, thank
you. That is delicious. The best . I ever
drank. Your mountain stills make the finest
appleij in the world. There must be
something in the water—that you don’t put
in. It’s as smooth as new mode butter.
Well,here’s to the Baimer of Beauty and
Glory.) In short, as I was saying when
you hospitably interrupted me, we are will-
ing to do anything for the cause, but unles
there is some other way of riding, the most
painful effort I could make for our beloved
country would be to mount that horse again,
and ride another hundred yards To be mes-
senger of this good news would be bliss; what
prevents it is a blister."
The crowd laughed boisterously.
“Mister,” said one of the Kentuckians who
accompanied them, with that peculiar drawi-
ing inflection of the word that it were hope-
:em to attempt to represent in print, "of ye
want ter send some one in yer places me an’
Si heah will be powerful glad fer go. Jes'
gita note for the jineral at Wildcat ready
while we saddle fresh beasts, an’ we'll hevbit
in his hands afore midnight."
The preposition was immediately accepted,
and in a little while the Kentuckians were
speeding their way back to Gen. Schmpf,
with a. letter giving the news. and signed:
“Kent-Edwards, Chief of Scouts.”
That evening a party of young men who
hadfollowed the Confederate retreat some
distance. brought in a. wagon which had been
concealed in an out of the way place, and left
there. It was loaded mainly with things
taken from the houses, and was evidently the
private collection of some freebooting sub-
ordinate, who did not intend that the South
era Confederacy should be enriched by the
property. Hence, probably, the hesitation
about taking it along with themain train.
It was handed over to Kent as the representa-
tive of the United States, who was alone au-
thorizedto take charge of it. Amisted by
Abehe started to malteanlnventory of its
contents. A portly jug of applejack was
kept at hand, that there might not besny
sufiering from undue thh-st during the course
of the operation, which, as Kent providently
remarked,wasliabletomakeamanasdryas
an Arizona plain.
The danger of such avidity seemed to grow
more imminent continually, judged by the
frequency of their applications to the jug.
It soon became more urgent than the com-
pletion of the inventory. Frequent visits of
loyal Kentuckians with other jugs and bet-
tles, to drink to the renewed supremacy of
the Banner of Beauty and Glory, did not
diminish Kent’s and Abe’s apprehensions of
ultimate thirst. Their clay seemed like some
other kinds, which have their absorptive
powers strengthened by the more they take
up. They belonged to a not unusual class of
men whom it takes about as long to get
thoroughly, drunk as it' does to heat up an
iron furnace, but the condition that they
achieve then makes the intoxication of other
and ordinary men seem a very mild and tame
exhilaration.
By noon the next day this process was
nearing its completion. A memenger gal-
loped into town with the information that
the Union forces were coming, and would
arrive' in the course of an hour or two.
“Shash sol" said Kent, straightening him-
self up with a crushing dignity that always
formed a sure guage of the extent to which
inebristion had progressed “Shash sol
Troops ’she' United Shtatee ’bout toenter
ehis lovely metropolis wish all pomp and
shircumshtance ’reasshorted ’thority. ’Shton-
ishin' event; wonderful ‘casion. Never hap-
pened ’fore; probably never’ll happen again.
Ought to be ‘propriately celebrated, Abel"
That gentleman made a strong efiort to
control joints which seemed unmanageable,
and succeeded in assuming a tolerable erect-
nes, while he blinked at his companion with
stolid gravity.
“Abe, shis ish great 'casion. Greatest in
she annalsh of she country. We’re only
ropreshentatives government in she town.
Burden whole slung fallsh on us. Under-
shtandi We musht do everyahing. Under-
shtand? Country ’specte every man to do his
duty. Undcrshtandl”
Abe sank down on a bench, leaned his head
against the wall and looked at his companion
with one eye closed wearily.
“chhir,” Kent resumed, summoning up a
new supply of oratorical energy, and an ofil-
cial gravity beneath which his legs trembled.
“Name shis town’s London. Shame name‘s
big town ’croas ocean. Lots history c‘nected
wish name. Shtacks an' cords of it. Old
times when King wanted t‘come t’ s'own
’gain Lord Mayor went out t‘meet him, wish
ethyle piled on bigger‘n a hayshtack. Fact.
Clothes finer’a a peacock. Tender-ed him
keys, freed’m city. All shat short shing.
Ver’ impreshive shpectacle. Everybody felt
better’n for improvin' sight. Undershtandl
We'll be lord mayor and train for shis Lon-
don. We can rig out right here. Our trous- '
seau’s here in shis hair trunk.” -
“Shall we get anyshing t’ drink?" inquired
Abe, making a temporary collection of his
wits with a violent effort.
“Abe!” the ficezing severity of Kent‘s tone
and manner would have been hopelessly fatal
to early vegetables. “A be, you’ve many
good qualities—more of ‘em shun any man i
know. But a degrading passion fur shtrong
drink isruinin’ you. I’m your bcsht fren,
an’ shay it wish tearsh in m’ eyes. Lemme
beg 0' you t’ reform ere it ish too late. Be-
ware of it, my fren, beware of it. It shting-
etb like a serpent, an‘ blteth like a multiplier
_I mean an adder. You haven’t got my
.shuperb self-control, en’ so yer only surety
lies in total abstinence. Cheese it, my fun,
chef-is it on she eheductive but fatal lush."
. “As new out film}. I110. WEEK.“
-- ~ An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
9 ’NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1887.
GAZETTE.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
Number 2.
i quired Abe: .
“Shertainly we are. Yemhir. An’ we’re
,’ goin’ out ash I proposed. Yer a shplendid
é feller, Abe," continued Kent, with lofty
i patronage. “A shplendid teller, an’ do great
credit t’ yer ’portunities. But y’ haven’t had
my ‘vantages of mingling constantly in p’lite
s’cietv, y' know. Rough diamond, I know,
’nall that short 0' shing, but lack polish an'
easy grace. So I‘ll be the lord mayor, an‘
y’li be the train. Undershtandl" ‘
He lurehed forward and came near falling
over the chair, but recovering he stiffened up
and gazed at that useful article. of furniture
with a stemness that implied his belief that it
was a rascally bldckleg trying to insinuate
itself into the circle of refinement and chaste
elegance of which he was the particular orna-
ment. - .
“Come," he resumed “le‘s bedizeu ourselves;
le’s assume th’ shplendor ’propriate t’ th’ ’ca-
sion."
When the troops marched in in the. after-
noon, they. encountered at the head of the
crowd that met them at the crossing of the
creek just outside of town, a man who seemed
filled with deep emotion, and clothed with
strange fancies. He wore a tall silk hat of
antique pattern. carefully brushed, which be
protected from the rays of the sun withs huge
blue cotton umbrella. A blue broadcloth
coat, with gilt buttons, sat jauntily over a
black sat-in vest, and nankeen trousers. A
pair of gold spectacles reposed in magisterial
dignity about half way down his nose, and a
large silver headed cane in the left hand bal-
aneed the umbrella in the right. By. the side
of the man with rare vest-ments stood another
figure of even more limpnem of general bear—
ing, whose garb consisted of a soldier’s uni-
form pantaloons and woolen shirt-none too
clean—set of! by a black dress coat and white
linen vest.
As the head of the column came up, he in
the blue broadcloth pulled off his hat and
spectacles, and addressed himself to speech:
“Allow me, shir, to welcome you with
hoehpitable hands to a bloody—no, let me
tender you, shir, the liberties of our city, and
resboice shat she old banner which has braved
she battle, hash—"
“Allow me, ehir, to welcome you."
The column had stopped, and the captain
commanding the advance was listening pa-
tiently to what be supposed was the address
of an enthusiastic but eccentric old Kentuck—
fan, when one of the sharp—eyed ones in the
company shouted out:
“I declare! it’s Kent Edwards and Abe
Bolton.”
The yell of laughter and applause at the
ludicrous masquerade shook the hills. The
colonel rode up to see what occasioned it. He
recognized his two men, and his face darkened
with anger.
“You infernal rascals,” he shouted, “you
have been off plundering houses, have you, in
place of being with your company. I’ll stop
this sort of thing mighty sudden. This regi-
ment shall not degrade itself by plundering
and robbing, if I have to shoot every man in
it. Captain, arrest those men, and keep them
in close confinement until I can have them
tried and properly punished.”
CHAPTER XVII.
Inseam: ON a BED or PAIN
Going into the wards one morning,'Rachel
found that Lieut. Joseph Pancake had been
brought in suffering from what the surgeon
pronounced to be “febrile symptoms of a
mild type, from which he will no doubt re-
cover in a few days, with rest, quiet and
proper food.”
It is possibly worth while to note the coin-
cidence that these symptoms developed with
unexpected suddenness in the midst of earnest
preparations by the Army of the Cumber-
land, for a terrible grapple at Perryville with
the Confederate army of the Tennessee.
Pancake recognized Rachel at once, much
to her embarrassment, for her pride winced
at playing the role of nurse before an ac-
qnaintanoe, especially when that acquaint
sure was her father‘s hired man, whom she
knew too Well to esteem highly.
“0, Miss Rachel,” he groaned, as she came
to his cot in response to his earnest call,
“I’m so glad to see you, for I’m the sickest
man that ever came into this hospital.
Nothin’ but the best 0' care’ll carry me
through, and I know you’ll give it to me for
the sake of old times,” and J oscph‘s face ex
pressed to his comrades the idea that there
had been a time when his relations with he
had been exceedingly tender. -.
Rachel’s face flushed at the impndent as
sumption, but she overcame the temptation
to make ,a snubbing answer, and replied
quietly: -
“No, Joseph, you are not so sick as you
think you are.” (She calls him Joseph, au-
dibly cemented some of those near as if
this was a confirmation of Joe’s insinuatiou.)
“The surgeons say,” she continued, “that
your symptoms are not at all bad, and that,
you’ll be up again in a few days." . g
“0, them doctors always talk that way. ‘
They’re the ilintiest-hearted set I ever seen
in all my born days. They’re always pre-
tending that they don’t believe there is
nothin’ the matter with a feller. I really be-
lieve they‘d a little. liefer a man’d die than
not. 'l‘uey don’t seem to take no sort of in-
terest in savin’ the soldiers that the country
needs so badly.” ‘ '
Rachel felt as if it would sweeten much
hard service if she could tell Pancake out-
right her opinion, that he was acting very
calfishly; but other counsels prevailed, and
she said encouragingly: ‘ ‘
“You are only discouraged, Joseph—that’s
all. A few days rest here will restore your
health and your spirits." _
“No, I'll never be well,” persisted Joe,
"unless I havethe but 0‘ care; but I feel
much better now, since I find you here, for
I’m sure you’ll take as much interest in me as
a sister would."
Sh: shuddered a little it the prospect of
even temporary sisterly relations to the fel-
low, but replied guardedly:
“Of course 1’“ do what I can for you,
Joseph," and started to move away, but he
caught her dress and whimpered:
“Oh, don’t go, Miss Rachel; don’t go and
leave me all alone. Stay any way till I’m
fixed somehow comfortable."
“I half believe the booby will have hys-
teria,” thought Rachel, with curling lip. “Is
this the man they praised so for his heroism?
Does all his manhood depend upon his health?
Now he hasn’t the spirit of a sick kitten."
Dreading a scene, however, she took her seat
at the head of the cot, and gave some direc-
tions for its arrangements.
Joe’s symptoms grow worse rapidly, for he
bent all his crafty energies to'that end. Ref-
uge in the hospital from the unpleasant con-
tingencies attending duty in the field was a
good thing, and it became superexcellent
when his condition made him the object of
the cure and sympathy of so fine a young
lady as Miss Rachel’Bond. This he felt was
something like compensation for all that he
had endured for the country, and he would
get as much of it as possible. His mind
busied itself in recalling and imitating the
signs of suffering he had seen in others.
He breathed stertoronsly, groaned and
sighed immoderately, and even had little fits
of well feigned delirum, in which he bubbled
of home and friends and the war, and such
other things as had come within the limited
scope of his mental horizon.
“Don’t leave me, Miss Rachel—don’t leave
me,” he said, in one of the simulated par-
oxysms, clutching at the same time, with a
movement singularly well directed for a de-
lirious man, one of her delicate hands in
his great, coarse and not over clean fingers.
She strove to release her fingers quietly. but
atthis Pancake’s paroxysm became intense.
He clung the tighter to her, and kneaded her
fingers in a way that was almost maddening.
Never in all her life had a man presumed to
take such familiarity with her. But her
woman’s wit did not desert her. With her
disengaged hand she felt for and took out a
large pin that fastened a bit of lace to her
throat, with the desperate intent to give her
tormentor a sly stab that would change the
current of his thoughts.
Just at the moment of carrying this into
effect something caused her to look up, and
she saw Dr. Denslow standing before her,
with an amused look in his kindly, hazel eyes.
She desisted from her purpose and restored
the pin to its place, in obedience ton sign
from him, which told her that be thoroughly
understood the case and had a more effective
way of dealing with it than thethrnstof a
pin point
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’ case we lnivc here, Miss Bond,” he said. in a
stage whisper, as if very anxious that the
patient should not overhear. “Yes, a very
dangerous case.”
Joe grew, pale, released Rachel’s hand,
turned over on his side and groaned.
“Do you really think so, doctor?” said
Rachel, in the same tone. ‘
“ch, really. It’s as clear a case of de
gustibns non disputandum as I ever saw in
my life.” '
"0h, Lordie, hev I got all of that?” asked
Joe, as he sat bolt upright, with eyes starting.
“It is my unpleasant duty. to tell you that
you certainly have,” said the doctor, gravely.
" As plainly indicated as I ever saw it. Fur-
thermore, it is seriously complicated with flat
justitia ruat calum, with, strong hints of the
presenceof In media tutibsimus ibis.”
“Great Scotti can I ever get well?” groomed
poor Joe. Rachel’s strain was on ner risiblcs,
and to make her face'express only sympathy
and concern.
“And,” continued the remorselcss. surgeon,
in a tone of the kindlisst commiseration, “in
the absence of the least esprit do corps, and
dulce et decorum est pro patria mori feeling
in you it is apparent that none of your mental
processes are going on properly, which de-
ranges everything. - '
“Can't I be sent home to die?” whimpcred
the wretched Joe. ~
“Not in your present condition. I notice, in
addition to what I have told you, that your
heart is not right—its-action is depraved, so
to speak. ” This with a glance at Rachel,
which brought the crimson to that darnsei’s
cheek. ~
“0h, doctor, please try to do something for
me right off, before I get any worse,” pleaded
Joe, with the tears starting'in his eyes.
Rachel took this opportunitv to slip away
to where she could laugh unobserved. The
surgeon’s facial muscles were to well trained
to feel any strain. He continued in the same
tone of gentle consideration:
“I have already ordered the preparations Of
some remedies. The steward will be here in
a few minutes with the barber, who will
shave your head, that we may apply a couple
of fly blisters behind your ears. They are
also ~Spreading a big mustnrdplastcr in.- the
. dispensary for yang-which} will cover-fyour
whole breast and stomach. These, with a
duty in a short time.”
J 00 did not notice the unsheathed sarcasm
in the surgeon’s allusion to returning to duty.
He v. as too delighted with the chance of
escaping; all the horrors enumerated to think
of uught else, umbh'e even forgot to beg for
ltachel'to cozue and sit beside his bedside, as
he had intended doing, until the blisters
began to remind him that they stuck closer
than u. brother. After that he devoted his
entire attention to them, as a man i1 apt to.
A good-s. .ed, blister, made according. to the
United 8.....s pharmacopmia, has fcw‘equals
as a means of. concentrating the attention.
When it take..- a fair hold of is work it
leaves til.- gentleman whom it patronizes
little opportunity to think of miyihing else
than it- and what it is doing. Everything
else is forgotten, that it may receive full con-
sideration. Then 'comes ' in“ an opportunity
for a vigorous imagination. No one ever
underestimates the work done by an active
blister, if it is upon himself. No one ever
grumbles that he ii; not getting his money’s,
worth. It is the one monumental —exception,
where men are willing to accept and be satis-
fied with a fractional part of that which they
have bought and paid for.
So when the layer of fresh mustard that
covered the whole anterior“ surface of ’Mr.
Pancake’s torso began to take a fair hold of
its appointed work, that gentleman’s thoughts
became strongly focused upon it, and they
succeeded each other as the minutes went by
something in this fashion:
First Ten Minutes—“I s’pect that this may
become rather unpleasant and bothersome,
but it will not be for long, and it’ll really do
me much good.”
Second 'l‘en Minutes—“I had no idea that
blisters felt just this way, but they never
really hurt anybody but women and children
—‘n1en’ laugh at them.” I .
Third Ten Minutes—“The thing seems to -
be hunting ’round for my tender spots, and
pokin’ pins into ’em. I begin to wish that it ,
was all over with.”
Fourth Ten Minutes—“It begins to hurt
real bad. I wonder I: it ain’t a’inost time to
take it off?” 7 , .
Fifth Ten Minutes—“The Very devil seems
to be at the thing. It burns like as if a sheet
of red hot iron was layin' there.”
Sixth Ten Minutes—“Isnrelybelieve that ,
they’ve made a terrible :mistake.about that -,
blister,.and put in some _3 awful thing that’ll
kill me iflit ain't stopped; :I’llswearit’s not ;
only eat all the skin 03, but it's gone thrbugh
my ribs, an’ is guawin’ at my insides. Why
don’t the doctor come ’round an’ see to it!
Here, nurse, call the doctor, on” have this
thing taken off.”
Nurse—No, it’s all right. The doctor left
orders that it was not to be disturbed for
some time yet. I’ll see to it when the proper
time comes I’m watching thé clock.
Seventh Ten Minutes—“Great Jehosefatl
this’s jest awful. That blasted staff’s cooked
my innards to rags, an’ I kin feel my back-
bone i—sizulin’. Say, steward, do, for the
Lord’s sakcgcgmo here,;.-' " fik’e ; this thing
6R,wh’il_‘s"the"ré’s a little lif' “left-in me.” ‘3;
Steward.-—Can’t do anything yet. You
must grin and bear it a little while longer.
Eighth Ten Minutes—“Holy smoke! ‘I
couldn‘t suffer more if I .was in the lake of
burnin’ brimstone. . Every ounce of. Ine‘s jest .
fryin’. Say, steward! steward l” ' ‘
Steward (angrily)_—I have told you several
times that I couldn‘t do anything for you yet .
awhile. ,Now keep quiet.
“But, steward, can’t you at least bring me
a fork?” ' .
“At least bring men fork.”
“Why, what do you want a fork for?”
“Jest tones for myself if I ain’t cooked done
-—that’s all.” . .~ . 4" ~ " “ --
A roar of laughter'went up, in which even
Dr. Denslow, who had just entered the ward,
joined. He ordered 'the blister to be taken
off and the inflamed surfaces properly dremed,
which was done to the, accompaniment of
Joe’s agonizing groans.
_ “I thinkLieut. Pancake will be-contentjo
go back to the field in a fewdays= if we cOn--
tinue this vigorous treatment,” Dr. Denslow
said a little later, as he came into the reading
room of the hospital, where he found Rachel
sitting alone.
“0h, doctor, how could you be so cruel?”
she asked in tones which were meant to be re--
proachfui, but only poorly disguised .- her
mirthful appreciation of the whole matter. '
“I wasn’t cruel; Lonly did my duty. The
fellow’s a palpable .malingerer, and his being
an ofiieer makes it ever so much worse. He’s-
trying to shirk. duty‘ and have a good time
here in the'hospital. It's .my. place to make
the hospital so unpleasant for .him that he
will think the field preferable, and I’m going
todo it, especially. if-I find 'him squeezing
your hand ' ” ,
There was that in the tone of the last
sentence which sobered- her instantly. - Wo-
manly prescience told her that the surgeon
had discovered what seemed to him a fitting
opportunity ,to say that which he had long
desired. Ever sinceshe had been in the hos-
pital he had exerted himself to smooth her
path for her, and make her stay there on-
durable. There was not a day in :which she s
was not indebted to him for some unobtrusive ‘
kindness, delicately and thoughtquy ren‘
dered. '
While she knew quite well that these cour-
tesies would have been as conscientiously ex-
tended to any. other woman—young or old—
in her position, yet h'er instincts did not allow
her any '_doubt that there was about them a i
flavor personal to hemelf, and redolent of ~
something much warmer than mere kindli-
ness. A knowledge of this .had at 'times .
tainted the pleasure she felt in accepting wel-
come little attentions from him. She dreaded
what she knew was coming. He topk her
hand and stemd to speak .‘with..tremulous
lips. But almost at the same instant the door
was flung open, and a nurse entered in breath-
less haste. .
“O, doctor,” he gasped, “I’ve been looking
for you everywhere. That lieutenant in the
First ward thinks he’s a-dyin’. He’s groanin’
au’ cryin’, and a-takin’ on at a terrible rate,
an’ nobody can’t do .nothin’.with him. The
steward wants you to come there right off.”
“It’s only the caster o' ," muttered the
doctor savagely, as he rose to follow the
nurse.
This was the letter that the orderly handed
Rachel some days later.
pm RATWTYQMJPWQF earnest lest. fpr which
I was so thankful, because I had waited so long
for it that I was so tired and so anxious that I
was almost at my wits’ end. I am so glad that
you are well, that you have got your room at last
fixed up real nice and comfortable, as a young
lady should have, and that you find your duties
more agreeable. It is so nice in that Dr. Denslow
to help you along as he does. But then that is
what every real gentleman should do for a young
lady—or old one for that matter. Still, I would
like to thank him so much.
I am not at all well; myheart gives me so much
trouble—more than ever before—and as you say
nothing about coming home I have about con-
cluded to try what a change of climate and scene
will. do for me, and so have concluded to accept
your Aunt Tubitha‘s invitation to spend a few
months with her. Unless you hear from me to
the contrary, which you will probably not, as the
mails are so uncertain in Kentucky, you had bet-
to: address your next letter to me at Eau Claire.
But I am so sorry to see by your letter that you
show no signs of weariness with your quixotic
idea of serving the country in the hospital. I had
hoped so much that you would by this time have
.1 ccided that you had done enough, and come
tome and content yourself with doing what you
would for the sanitary fair and the lint scraping
bees. Youu Amazons“: Morass.
1’. erour father is well. He will go with me
to Wisconsin, and then go down to Nebraska to
look after his land there.
P. B.—I am so sorry to tell you that Hany Glen
has acted badly again. The last letters from the
regiment say that he did not go into the fight at
Wildcat, and afterward was mixing. They be-
lieve. he was captured, and some say he was taken
prisoner on purpose. Everybody's saying, “I told
you so,” and Mrs. Glen has not been on the street
or to church since the news came. I am so sorry
for her, but then you ow that she used to put
on quite as many abuse or pomion justified.
P. S.—Hoopskirts are getting smaller every
month, and some are confident that they will go
entirely out of fashion bynext year. I dosohope
not. I so dread bavingto come back to the old
way of wearing a whole clotheslbasketful of white
skirts. The new bonnets are just the awfulest
things you ever didsee. Write soon.
Rachel crumpled the letter in her hand
with a quick, angry gesture, as if crushing
some hateful, despicable thing, and her clear
hazel eyes blazed. '
"He is evidently a hopelem coward,” she
said to herself, “when all that has passed cannot
Spur him into an exhibition of proper spirit."
If he had the love for me he profmd it could
not help stimulating him to some show of
manliness. I will fling him out of my heart
strong dose of I r oil, may bring you g and my worldas I would flingarotten apple
around so that you will be able to go back to 3
out of a basket”
Then a sadder and gentler light shone in
her face. .
“Perhaps I am myself to blame a little. I
may not be a good source of inspiration
to acts of heroism. Other girls may have
ways of stimulating their lovers to high deeds
that I know not of. Possibly I applied t1
lash too severely, and instead of rousing him
up I killed all the hope in his heart, and made
him indifferent to his future. Possibly, tdo,
this story may not be true. The feeling in
Sardis against him is strong, and they are
hardly willing to do him justice. No doubt
they misrepresent him in this, as they are apt
to do in everything.”
Her face hardened again.
“But it’s of no use seeking excuses for him.
My lover—my husband—must be a man who
can hold his own with other men, in what-
ever relation of life the struggle may be.
The man into whose hands I intrust the hap-
piness of my life must have his qualities so
clear and distinct that there never will be any
question about them. ' He must not need
continual explanation and defense, for then
outraged pride would strangle love with a
ruthless hand. No, I must never have reason
to believe that my choice is inferior to other
men in anything.
But notwithstanding this, she smoothed out-
the crumpled letter tenderly upon her knee,
and read it over again, in the vain hope of
finding that the words had lam harshness than
she had at first found in them.
“No,” she said, after a weary study of the
lines, “it’s surely worse than mother states it.
She is so kind and gentle that she never fails
to mitigate the harshness of anything that '
she hears about others, and she has told me
this as mildly as the case will admit. I must
give him up forever.”
But though she made this resolution with a.
firm settling of the lines around her mouth
that spoke strongly of its probable fulfillment,
the arrival of the decision was the signal for
the assault of a thousand tender memories
and dear recollections, all pleading trumpet
ltongued against the summary dismissal of
the unworthylover. All the ineffably sweet
incidents of their love life stretched them-
selves nut imayvistaperoreher, and Willpwd
her to reserve 'her decision. But she stayed
her purpose with repeating to herself:
“It will save untold misery hereafter to be
firm now, and end a connection at once that
must be the worse for both of us every day
that it is allowed to continue.”
There was a tap at the door, and Dr. Den-
slow entered.
The struggle had so shattered Rachel‘s self-
control that she nervously grasped the letter
and thrust it into her pocket, as if the mere
sight of it would reveal to him the pertur-
bation that was shaking her.
His quick eyes—quicker yetin whatever re-
lated to her—noticed her embarrassment.
“Excuse me,” he said with that graceful
tact which seemed the very fiber of his na—‘
ture'. .“You-aro not in the mood to receive
callers. I will go now, and look in again.”
“No, no; stay. I am really glad to see
you. It is nothing, I assure you.”
She really wished very much to be "alone
with her grief, but she felt somehow that to
shrink from a meeting Would be an evasion
of the path of duty ’she‘ had' marked out for
her feet to tread. ‘ If she were going to elimi-
nate all thoughts of her love and her lover
from'her life there-was no‘ better time to
begin than now, while her resolution was
fresh.‘ She“ insisted upon the doctor romaiir
ing and he did so. Conscious that her em-
barrassment had' been noticed, her self-pos-
session did not return quickly enough to pre-'
vent her falling into the error of failingfo
ignore this, and she confusedly stumbled into
an explanation;
“I have received a letter from home which
contains news that disturbs me." This was
as far as she had expected to, go.
Dr. Denslow’s face expressed a lively sym-
pathy. “No one dead or seriously ill, I
trust."
“NO, not so bad as that,” she answered
hastily. in the first impulse of fear that she
had unwarrantably excited his sympathy.
“Nor is it anything connected with property,”
she hastily added, as she saw the doctor
looked inquiringly. but as though fearing
that further questioning might be an indeli-
cate intrusion. ' '
She picked nervously at the engagement
ring which Harry had placed upon her
finger. It fitted clowly and resisted her
efiorts at removal. She felt, when it was too
late, that neither this nor its significance had.
escaped Dr. Den'slow’s eyes.
“A f-riend—an—acquaintance of mine has
disgraced himself,” she said, with a very ap-
parent effort.
An ordinary woman would have broken
down in a tearful tempest, butashas been
said before-she .was denied that sweet relief
which most women find in a readily respon-
sive gush of tears. Her eyes became very dr‘l
and exceedingly hot. Her misery was evi-
dent. ‘
The doctor-took her hand with a movement
,of involuntary sympathy. “I am deeply hurt
to see you grieve.” he said, “and I wish that I
might say something to alleviate your trou-
bles. Is it anything that you can tell me
about?"
To be Continued.
0
List of Patents
(Issued from the U. S. Patent Ofiice for the week:
ending December 2811), .1886, for the State of
Connecticut, furnished us from the office of
John E. Earle, Solicitor of Patents [New Haven
Conn.
T.‘G,. Bennett, assignor to Winchester Re-
placing Arms 00., New Haven, sight for fire-
!“ e '
Same, resizing implement for cartridges.
A. Bracken, New Haven, horse railway curve.
H,Bushne.l, New Haven, coupling for con-
necting a series of tubes.
A. Dickerman, assignnr 1-2 to C. Pierpont,
New Haven, breech loading fire-arm.
J ' B. Doolittle. Wellington], steam generator.
A. Hopkins, Bridgeport, heating furnace.
E S otchkrss, Bridgeport, animal trap; 2
patents.
C. H. Martin, Bridgeport, spring heel.
A. McKeiler, Bridgeport, assignor to Menu-
mental Bronze Co., joining metallic sections.
t \V. A. Nettl'eion, Bridgeport, machine for
cavering corset stays. . ’
Same and C. F. Littlejohn, nssignor to said
Nettloton, machine for covering corset stays.
(i. H. Potter, assignor to Benedict .1: Burn-
hn.m_ Mfg. Co., Waterbury, device for trans-
mitting power.
ll. 11. Robinson, Waterbury, button. .
S. D. Sargent, aseignor to Stanley Rule and
Level Co., New Britain, bench plane.
E. 0. Terry, Hartford, piston water meter.
L. E. Whiton, West Stafford, copying book.
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TRACKING ROBBERS.
HOW DETECTIVES FOLLOWED or
THE soeus "JIM CUMMINGS,”
And Finally Run Down Their Gains in
Wicked Chicago, and Found The'ln to
be " Business Men” of the City by the
Lake.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-—-Wiliiam A. and Rob-
ert Pinkerton related to a United Press re-
porter the true story of the search for and
capture of the gang engaged in the robbery
of the Adams express messenger on a train
of the St. Louis and San Francisco ruilrerul
Oct. 25. Immediately after the robbery (he
Pinkerton agency received a letter from 11m
superintendent of Adams express in St.
Louis requesting detectivesto come imme-
diately to that city to take charge of [he in-
vestigation into the case. Robert Pinkerton
was detailed for the purpose, and with a
force of operatives left for St. Louis. Their
first move was to secure alist. of all employes
of the express company who had been dis-
charged dlning the year, and to ascertain
their whereabouts. One of these discharged
employee named W. W. Height was suspected
of being connected with the robbery and he
was traced up. He had been discharged on
suspicion of having ”taken valuables from
express packages. lgnrght was found tohave
been in Chicago until Oct 27, when he left
ostensibly for Florids,,and that a day or two
later his wife had received a considerable
sum of money from hbr husband in a letter.
Part of the time Height had been in Chi-
cago he had driven" a wagon for Fred
Wittrock, a coal and wood dealer, and '
had also been driver for Tom Weaver,
whose wife kept a laundry. In making
inquiries about Knight in Chicago, it
was learned that Wittrock was absent from
his place of businem, having gone with Tom
Weaver, it was stated, to Arkansas on a,
hunting excursion, carrying two valises, a
shotgun and an army musket. The detect-
ives were startled to find that Wittrock’s
description exactly answered that furnished
by Fotheringham, the express messenger, of
“Jim Cummings,” fireman who had com-
mitted the robbery. They obtained some of
the hills which Wittrock had rendered his
customers for coal and wood furnished, and
these were taken to St. Louis and compared
by an expert with‘ the “Jim Cummings”
letters which had been sent to The St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, and it was decided
that the man who'had written the letters
was the same one who had written the com
bills. This matter being decided, the detect-
ives began a hunt for Wittrock. They
traced him up the Missouri river on the al-
leged huntiug excursion, and also discovered
that he~had, with another man, occupied
rooms at the house of Mrs. Berry, a respect-
able lady of St. Louis, for more than aweek.
Upon searching the reom in Mrs. Berry’s
house the men had occupied, a lead seal was
found, stamped “Pacific Express company,
It. Charles, Mo," and two scraps of red
labels, which were recognized as part of the
label used by the express company. '
On Oct. 25, the day of the robbery, Witt-
rock, who went by the name of Ed Williams,
had left Mrs. Berry’s house, stating he was
goingtoKansas City. The other man had
left aday or two before. Mrs. Berry and
her daughter had closely observed the
“roomsrs,” and were certain that they would
recognize them again. They were brought
to Chicago by the detectives and given an
opportunityto look at Tom Weaver as he
went to and from‘ his wife’s' laundry, and
they positively recognized him as the “little
man” who had shared the room in their St.
Louis house with the man calling himself Ed
Williams. It was decided not to molest
-Weaver, but to shadow him in the hope that
he would communicate with Wittrock, who
had not returned to his coal business in this
city. It was found that Witter had come
to Chicago from Leavenworth and was of
respectable parentage. He had been con-
sidered wild, but was thought to be honor-
able. Oscar Cook, formerly of Leavenworth,
was at this time in Kansas City. He was a
warm friend of the Wittrock family, and
was very flush of money, claiming to have
drawn a large sum in a lottery. He was
shadowed and was found to be the man who
mailed the letters to The Globe-Democrat,
u ' ”
“Edgai‘SWS nmvmw ’Wfl' III-I" “
shadowed. He'had gone into the roofing
business and was doing well. During all
this time the whereabouts of Wittrock could
not be learned. His residence in this city
was watched, and last Tuesday night a man
was seen to enter who was believed to be
Wittrock. The house was closely guarded
two days and nights, but Wittrock did not
leave. On Friday Tom Weaver entered the
house and remained some time. Towards
noon Wittrock’s brother-in-law Kinneycame
out of the house, and after looking carefully
around made a signal as if to show Wittrock
the coast was clear. A few minutes later a
large man came out of the house and walked
quickly towards Madison street. He was
met by Kinney and the pair were followed by
the detectives who were satisfied the large man
was the long sought for Wittrock. The de-
tectives succeeded by some manceuvring in
keeping Wittrock and Kinney in sight with-
out themseves being suspected of a ~shadow.
The thieves having reached Madison street,
entered a “dago” saloon. The three detect-
ives consulted and agreed to make the arrest
in the saloon. As they were talking Kinney
came out and went towards the house. The
detectives dodged back until he was out of
sight and then entered the saloon. Wittrock
was in the center of the saloon talking to a
man who was recognized - as the mysterious
shadow.
Wittrock turned suspiciously as the de-
tectives entered, and made for the front door.
Pinkerton was at the cigar stand, and as
Wittrock passed he grabbed him. The thief
ran his hands into his pockets, but before he
could not one of the detectives had a pistol
at his breast, with an order'of “up hands.”
There was some scufiiing, .which shortly
ended in both Wittrock and his shadow
being ironed together at the bar. In the
farmer's pocket were found two 44-calibre
guns. When asked what he was or-
rested _for the detective replied to Witt-
rock: “For a burglary on West Madison
street," whereupon the thief looked relieved.
He said “I’ma business man, my nameis
Fred Wittrock, and I rune. coal yard on
Lake street.” He had a red pocketbook con-
taining 8110. He was asked the name of the
man who had just left him and answeredtat
once. “His name is Kinney, and he will
prove who I am.” Pinkerton waited quietly
till Kinney came back, when he, too, after a
scuffle. was ironed to the'other twe. The
shadow proved to be a. harmless fellow
named Burnham who had no idea of the
work he was at. He was let go. Wittrock
‘ picked him up two weeks ago near Savan-
nah, Ga. Kinney was found tobave a
$1,000 package of bills in his pocket and
aroundhis waist a belt made of four old
stockings, each containing 81,000; $5,000 in
all. He and Wittrock were taken to the
Pinkerton headquarters. Theyhadbeenaru
rested onawarrsnt issued by Justice Lyon,
who had also issued search warrants for the
coal office and house. In the former place
Friday afternoon Weaver-ween» arrested.
In the house Mrs..Wittrock was found. On
her person were found two rolls of bills con-
tail and a fine diamond of foo!
with]? mm to passaskirt
.toafemale confederate in the house. This
was recovered and found to be lined with
11,900 more in bills. In the. basement of.
'Weaver's'house 88,000 more was discovered.
The wrappers on all the bills were the same
as those on the money taken from Kinney.
William Pinkerton concluded the narra-
tive: “The premature and inaccurate publi-
cations in the y .ess Saturday morning forced
us to hurry up, and we at once ordered
Haight’s arrest in Nashville and Cook’s in
Kansas City. Height is the man who planned
the job and Cook is the go-between who
mailed the Cummings letters. It was he
to whom Wittrock passed the money, and
it was he who carried the most of it back to
Chicago to Weaver and Mrs. Wittroc ”
“How about Fotheringhaml Is. he exas-
cratcdf" ,
“I haven’t heard anything yet that exon—
crates him,” the detective answered. “There
is still $40,000 out not yet answered for.”
The prisoners are believed to have been
taken to St. Louis, whither the scene of ' ac-
tion is now removed. The Pinkertons will
not tell where they are.
The Situation In England.
Loxnon, Jan. 4.-—The Standard says it is
certain that the government, with Mr.
Goschen in office, will be as strong as it was
before Lord Randolph Churchill resigned. It
trusts to the good sense of Lord Randolph
and his special friends to restrain them from
providing fresh and unforeseen troubles. '
Workman Killed.
Unca, Jan. 4.-—A Carthage, N. Y., special
to The Press says: Richard Ingraham, of
Fulton, and Benjamin Benson, of Ogdens-
burg, Were instantly killed, and George Var-
ley, of Carthage, badly injured while loading
011 cars in the Jayville mines, by a mass of
ore and rock falling upon themu
Public Office Not'Congeulul.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. {rs—George F. Parker,
assistant postmaster of this city, has tendered
his resignation, totake efiect Jan. 10. Mr.
Parker states that public ofilce is not con-
genial to his tastes, and that he desires to
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General insurance 61 Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Room No. 3 Gazette Building,Norwalk.Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,002,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES a MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
18H: SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstandinga dollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. No mum! company insures
for less.
W. C. Srnssr, Pres. S. E. Omis'rssn, Tread,
GEO. R. (Townes Secretary.
L. E. QUIN'I‘ARD,
Successor to W. E. mersnn,
UNDERTAKER 8: EMBLLMER,
OPPOSITE HORSE RAILROAD DEPOT.
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone communi-
cation with office and residence,
w. u. MEEKEB,
Hamlin, Steam and Gas Fitting,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and Low
Pressure Steam fleeing, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Water, Steam and Gas.
Agent for the Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities fo Cutting and Threading algofizes of
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PETER L. GUIG UE,
FLORIST Milli YlilN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
EOEWALE, - CORR.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut Flowers a.‘way
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
to order. 41:!
Grading and Rc-filling Cemetery Plots
in N orwalk of
Hot Air Furnaces.
Steam Heaters.
Cooking Stones.
Laundry Stones,
Cooking Ranges,
Double Heaters,
Parlor Stoves.
Half Stores,
Dining Room Stores,
Store Stoves,
Office Stores,
Shop Stoves,
And everything appertain-
ing' to cooking and heat-
ing at the
' Lowest Possible Prim: for Cash.
E. if. Lockwood & (50.
Money to Loan.
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En uire of 0. E. WILSON,N0. 3 Gazette
k orwalk, Conn.
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;"Casings furnished at short notice, promptly attended to.
The Best and Most Dcsir- FOR SALE
able Assortment ever shown lsnusn
VICTORIA,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HEN RY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER.
SOUTH NOR WALK.
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat, Fish, Vegetables. &c.
LOCKWOOD it ANDREWS.
MAIN STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured'at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
ly-iO LOCKWOOD & ANDREWS.
R e m. e m b e 1‘ 2
The Best Meats in Norwalk
--ARE SOLD AT—
WIXSON'S MARKET, ON THE BRIDGE,
-——AND FOR THE—
Lowest Prices for Cash.
PLATES 0F BEEF, 5 cents per lb; CORNED
BEEF, from 5 to 16 cents per 21:. I will not be
undersold for the Best Qua.itles of Meat. Poultry
Drawn to Order. lyl
James E. W'iwso-n,
27 Wall Street;
file at GEO. '.
nus PAPER m... . ..
Newspa er Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce
NEW Villlll.
may be found a
Street),whue:epsdver~
tisingcon c may
be made for it In
L
_ The Traveler says:
GOULD IN THE WEST,
lacking After His Interests in That
Section.
Sr. LOUIS, Jan. lL—Jay Gould has arrived
over the Vandalia, with Vice-President Hop-
kins. General Manager Talmsge, of the
Wabash, was in. conference with the. mag-
nates, but none of the gentlemen who were
in the conference would say anything as to
it nature. Mr. Gould is ostensibly on a
four of inspection of the Iron Mountain, and
there are several matters in connection with
that road that need his attention. The pur-
chase of the Little Rock, Mississippi river
and Texas line has been declared void, and
must be repurchased for a. consideration
sufficient to cover its debts, although the
Mimouri Pacific people hold the bonds and
aresureof possession Then. it is reported
that Mr. Gould is figuring on obtaining con-
trol of the Chicago division of the Wabash,
thus securing a Chicago connection for his
southwestern roads, which would be a big
deal in railroad property. There are also
local matters requiring attention, such as the
connection of the Iron Mountain with the
Union depot over an elevated or surface
track, and the threat is made that if the city
will not give Mr. Gould some kind of a con-
nection’he will cut on the Missouri Pacific
at Pacific and tap the Iron Mountain at
Eureka, thus carrying his eastbound freight
around the depot, and practically around St.
Inn‘s. e
Parson Gilbert Gives Up.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. lL—The defection of
Rev. William M. Gilbert, pastor of St. James’
Methodist Episcopfl church, is the principal
topic of discussion among Methodist minis-
ters here. Mr. Gilbert announced from the
pulpit Sunday, that he had been uneasy in
his mind for some time, but finally had con-
eluded not to preach what he did not believe.
He afterwards said to members of his congre-
gation that he did not believe in the divinity
of the Bible, and did not know anything
about immortality or whether there was a
God. Mr. Gilbert was appointed to St.
James’ church in March last. Previous to
this appointment he had held several impor-
tant charges in this city.
Blackmailing Liquor Dealers.
IoszL, Mass, Jan. lL—The leading
liquor dealers assert that an organized at-
temptis being made by certain parents to
make the small dealers support them during
the winter. The parents send their children
tothe shops for beer and then threaten to
prosecute the dealers for selling liquor to
minors. Some of the proprietors have paid
theamount demanded rather than go into
court and have their names published. A
grocer, who alsohas a liquor license, com-
plains tbat he is unable to collect his bills for
groceries from several customers, and they
threaten to swear out warrants against him
for illegally selling liquor if he trustees their
wages.
Dynamite on the Truck.
San chrsco, Jan. lL—Another explo-
sion of dynamite occurred on the Gearystreet
cable road yesterday. A cartridge exploded
under a dummy in Scott street, tearing the
bottom of the vehicle to splinters. Luckily
none of the passengers were hurt, but there
was a momentary panic. The concussion
was felt for several blocks around.
WHIPPING AN selves.
Press of Missouri not Exactly
Free.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 4.—A most sense-
tional fighthss just occurredin thiscity in the
office of the O’Day Brothers, in which J ohu
O’Day. second vice-president of the St. Louis
and San Francisco railway, and his brother
Ed. O’Day and Mr. Strothers, editor of The
Evening Leader, participated. The Leader
has been claiming recently that The Morning
Herald was owned by John O’Day, and while
pretending to support the Democratic ticket,
it has in reality, through the influence of the
'Frisco road, used its power to defeat that
ticket. Last Friday The Leader published
an editorial attacking Mr. O’Day personally.
This brought Mr. O’Day’ to this city, and he
and his brother met Mr. Strothers on the
street and invited him into O’Day’s office.
John O’Day drew fromhispocket a paper, Mr.
Strothers says, which proved to be a retrac-
tion of The Leader’s statements, and asked
Mr. Strothers to sign it. He refused. John
' 9;:an Shift mphzil? .fllfi’é‘. 0M“, Sifffx‘é
closed upon his assailant and floored him.
Ed. O’Day then knocked Strothers down
and afterward inflicted several ugly wounds
upon the latter’s face and body. Strothers
says that John O'Day then drew a revolver
and would have shot him but for the timely
interference of Walter Crcnshaw and Mr.
McGregor, who separated the conbatants.
After the trouble the O’Day brothers drove
to the ’Frisco depot where the railway mag-
nate took the train for St. Louis. Warrants
are out for his arrest. Strothers will sur-
vive his injuries.
IDLE CONVIOTS.
Buffalo Criminals Enjoying an Enforced
Vacation.
BUFFALO, Jan. 4.—By the expiration of
:he prison contract and the law abolishing
prison contract labor, 350 prisoners in the
Erie county penitentiary are in consequence
thereof suflering or enjoying, according to
their respective dispositions, a term of en-
!ormed idleness. A visit to the penitentiary
was made by the reporter for the purpose of
)bserving the effect of this idleness on the
grisoners. From interviews with a number
)f the convicts it was learned that the ma-
jority are dissatisfied with the new order of
things, and would much prefer to be at work
' . This was particularly the case with
the long term convicts, who claimed the time
pamed so much slower when idle than when
engaged in some employment. The short
term prisoners, however, seemed to feel no
particular regret at the closing of the shops,
and appeared rather to enjoy the idea of not
having anything to do, with plenty to eat.
This condition is inevitable until some sub-
stitute is provided to take the place of the
abolished contract system. An interview
was had with a prominent member of the
board of supervisors and also on the com~
mittee on convict labor. In reply to a ques-
tion as to what measures were contemplated
by the board, the supervisor said: “We
propose to find work for these men right
away. “'9 have power to employ them, and
expect in a short time to have a local bill
ed which will enable usto keep them em-
ployed until the legislature shall provide for
the exigency. I can’t say what We will set
them at, but they won’t be idle long. We
will buy raw material and start up the ma-
chinery, if nothing better can be done. "
The
The License of the Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 4.—A Washington special to
Walker Blaine, who
came to Washington to represent his father-
at the funeral of Gen. Logan, speaking of the
story in circulation about Mr. Blaine’s con-
templated trip to Europe, said: “We have
had all kinds of booms lately. This one
seems to have as little bottom to it as the
others. My father is leading a quiet life
among his books, and of course, naturally, as
any other citizen takes an interest in public
affairs and politics; but a great deal of in-
ventive genius in journalism is being expend-
ed in attributing all kinds of impossible
things to him. But that is the license of the
pm"
Failure to Organize.
Bscnasmx'ro Cm, CaL, Jen. 4.—On ec-
conut of the failure of the legislature to or"
ganize yesterday, there will be no balloting
for United sum sensin- until Jan. 18.
CONDENSED NEWS.
The British admiralty has concluded to
construct no more monster ironclads and will
turn its attention to developing mosquito
fleets of gun and torpedo vessels, capable of
high speed, of carrying powerful guns and of
making comparatively long sea passages.
The Tories in the British house of com-
mons breathe easier.’ ‘ Mr. Goschen has
agreed to accept Lord Randolph Churchill as
the party leader.
The College of Physicians in Philadelphia
is 100 years old and proposes to celebrate its
centennial by a three days’ jubilee.
The Citrus fair of northern and central
California now running in Chicago has
proved a revelation to fruit men.
It is hoped that the decision of the mem-
bers of the great Rothschfld syndicate not to
support any additional loans for Russia may
prove the weight that will turn the scales for
peace in Europe and prevent war upon the
northern frontier of India.
The striking brewery cmployesin Philadel-
phia have resolved to stand firm in their de-
mands and to carry the question of sympathy
into every German family and society in the
city.
Experienced operators from the western
Pennsylvania fields, with a capital of 860,000,
are sinking experimental wells at Oakland
Valley on the western border of Orange
county, N. Y., in expectation of making a
strike of oil or gas.
By the death of the Right Rev. Horatio
Potter, Assistant Bishop Henry B. Potter be-
comes bishop of the diocese of New York.
Reports from Dublin steteithst Archbishop
Walsh is being boycotted by Catholics of the
mar classes beau he supports theNe-
am plan of m .
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