Founded in 1800.] VOL. XCIV.—-No. 50. .An Entertaining ' and I nstrnotive Home, J ournal,ofigreoidlly Devoted to LoodtliWetos and Interests. N ORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY~ ‘ 1 DECEMBER 14. 1894. ..-. .. [$1.00 aYear .. it #— Nonme-AZETTE- , THE FAVORTE HOME PAPER. .____——___—_._____________._—’——-——'—"—’—- llfltitlllltlll In all llllllllt‘ i lltllllal 11 “ME. important Crop Report. . The government crop report . esti- mates the average condition of .Winter- wheat on the 1st inst. as 89, against 91.5 on December 1, 1893. This low condi- tion is due to the long drought, but snow may improve the prospects. _ The Department of Agriculture esti- mates that the acreage of winter-wheat is 103 per cent of the area harvested last summer. The harvest of 1895 promises to be larger than that of 1894. Despite low prices American farmers have not curtailed wheat-culture. The department reports that the aver- age farm-price of wheat in the United States is 49.8 cents per bushel, and this is 33.9 cents less than the average for the decade 1880-39, and 22.1 cents less than the average for the four years, 1890 to 1893 ; while the plantation price of cotton is now 4.9 cents—the lowest price on record. Agustus W. Merwin Dead. Agustus White Merwin died at his home in Wilton, last night, aged sixty years. He was a son of the _late Timothy Taylor Merwin, an old time, long, and honored resident of Norwalk, and for several years owner and editor of the Norwalk GAZETTE. His son, now deceased, was N orwalk born. but settled down in Wilton some twenty years ago, and was a respected and honored citi- zen. He was secretary of the “Society of the Cincinnati,” and a charter mem- ber of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution and a member of the New York Sons of the Revolu- tion and also of the Society of the Colonial Wars. He was an advanced Mason and his funeral services will be conducted by Clinton Commandery, no.3; K. T., at Wilton on Monday morning at eleven, the interment being at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, in the family plot. He leaves a wife and two children and a wide circle of friends to mourn his departure. He was a man of fine mind and attainments and possessed in a large degree those kind- ly graces and amiable characteristics that most endear one to his fellow men and lend joy and happiness to home life. His demise will be deplored, not alone in Connecticut but widely in dif- ferent parts of this great country. To the immediate family of the deceased, smitten by this unutterable sorrow, the Gaznrrn extends it, sincerest sym- pathies in their hour of overwhelming bereavement. Dark indeed is the house. hold from which so tender and loving a husband and father has taken his final departure. God comfort the mourn- 81‘8- —-—CO Commissioner Olney Arrested. The Hartford Courant exposes what it represents to be the partisan persc- cation of Hon. Jeremiah Olney com. missioner of the State school fund. Among other things the Courant says: “The “Hartford Times” may offer whatever excuses it has at hand but the fact stands that that journal and Mr. Staub have been for a year or two per- sistently attacking Commissioner 01. ney, who is a republican while they are democrats, and that on Tuesday a bench warrant for air. Olney’s arrest was issued by a democratic judge, on petition of a democratic state attorney, oninformation given by a democratic comptroller, and the only other party in the secret was the democratic “Hart- ford Times.” If Mr. Olney’s friends had asked to have the circumstances of the affair so grouped as to give him the appearance of being persecuted along the line of the first attack, they could hardly have got a more satisfactory answer to their request. The thing looks decidedly ill. It’s a wonder that 'men of the Worldly wisdom of these engaged in the affair hadn’tthe delicacy of feeling to realize the posi~ tion that they were putting themselves in, Justice is not necessarily Secret. and mysterious, nor have we any strong evidence that it is altogether confined to the democratic‘party. And now that, on the'unusual pro- cess of a bench warrant, Mr. Olney has been put under arrest and lagged off to Willimantic to give bonds, the state attorney, who was so anxious to get hold of him seems to be equally anxious not to try him. There seems to bea disposition to try Mr. Olney in the democratic papers rather than in court.” _ --—¢+ The Board of Trade of the City of Mount Vernon, will hold a “house warming” Tuesday evening, Dec. 18th, and for an invitation to which we are indebted to Col. Henry Bass. 9 Q REQQLLEQTIONS I I 01* A \‘ WAR .Z__illlllllllPONDENT. BY THE Editor of the Gazette. Copyrighted 189.4. f CHAPTER XXXIV. Let the reader’s attention now be re- turned to the grand Army of the Po- tomac, which aggregating a total of two hundred thousand men, had been kept in a most annoying state of inactivuy during all the long months, when such glorious victories had been won by Grant’s army in the west and by Burn- side and Butler along the shores of the Atlantic and the gulf. The impetuous Stanton had succeed- ed the slower paced Cameron as head of the War Department_yet the per- versely inert and mystenousMcClellan had stubbornly refused _to either move upon the enemy or give a reason for not so doing. In deference to the dis- satisfied mutterings in Congress and of the northern people, no less than from his own sense of duty, President Lin- coln urged him even to the paint of severity, to attack the foe. But Mc- Clellan was not to be coaxed or_ coerced out of his settled policy of inaction. He was a native Pennsylvanians, a bright scholar at West Paint, and looked upon by his fellow military officers as a remarkably superior or- ganizer and commander. The highest hopes had been staked upon his ability to cover Washington while moving his vast command down to Richmond and capturing the rebel capital. But he seemed rooted to his comfortable house in Washington, and no amount of per- suasiou could move him to put his army on the offensive. He had largely lost the confidence of the War Depart- ment, the White House, Congress and the people. Most unfortunate of all to had become the subject of bitter, in- temperate criticism and defense, both in and out of Congress. Meantime, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the only rail line leading into Washington, had been without resistance captured and destroyed by the rebels on his right flank, to the north-west of .Wash. ington, while the enemies batteries "on the shores of the Potomac on the left flank of our army, had, without at- tempted Opposition from McClellan, been planted just below Washington, so as to effectually obstruct the passage of our supply vessels in from or out to the sea. Nothing connected with Pres- ident Lincoln’s personal participation in the conduct of our armies, during the entire war, was so earnest, heart- felt and pathetic, as his friendly plead- ings with McClellan’s obduracy in re- fusing to assault, with his great :army, the Confederates in front of Richmond. Under date, of April 9, ’62,.he thus wrote McClellan :——“Your dispatches complaining that you are not properly sustained, while they do not offend me, do pain me very much. * * * ’l‘ I think this is the precise time for you to strike a blow. * * * By delay, the enemy Will gain upon you. * ’-" * And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. [am pow- erless to help this. * * * This 1:3 is mats ter the country will not allow me to evade. * * *. The country is noting that the pres ent hesitation to move up- on the enemy is but the story of Men- assas repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written you, or soc» ken to you in greater kindness of loch ing than now, nor with a fuller pur- pose to sustain you, so for new my mostanxious judgment 1 cuneistently can. But, you must act” “Yours, _ very truly, A. Lincoln.” Next, an unfortunate and ill—tem- pered controversey’ was opened and waged by McClellan with the Presu- dent as to the total number of men in his command. An almost strained dis- putation had been carried on between tnem as to which was the best route Richmond-ward, for the army to take. The President strongly favored march- ing from Washington down the valley on the line finally taken by Grant, thus covering and protecting our Capital en route. McClellan was still more stren- uouq that the advance should be by boat via Fortress Monroe and up the James River. To the latter plan, Mr. Lincoln yielded a reluctant assent and the fatal error of his yielding was at once made manifest. As soon as Mc- Clellan’s army was known to be ap- proaching Richmond by water, the rebels, with a railroad to aid_them, dispatched Stonewall Jackson w1th_ his corps to the Potomac, above Washing-‘ ton, with the menance of marching down upon, and capturing our Capital. This sharp rebel strategy, forced the withdrawal of McDowell’s corps from McClellan’s fighting force, at the pre- cise moment when he most needed its help. and while by aid of the railroad, Jackson had out-manoeuvered us and gotten his army back to Richmond in season to be of essential assistance 10 the rebel forces, in resisting the Union advance, leaving McDowell and his army to slowly flounder back in the mud. . Military authorities will never. agree as to upon whose shoulders the blame of these successions of follies, can be most justly transferred. Even the Con- gressional Committee on the conduct of the war, "after its long and exhaust-- ive investigations, with the sworn not. era in the sad'drama of disappointing results before them, could agree no better than did and has the country at large. The dreary details of McClellanfs battles, defeats and retrzats, in his abortibe attempts to take Richmond, are too well known to every intelligent reader of our rebellion history to re- quire repetition here. S’u-fice it to say, that in that fruitless campaign our own Gen. D. N. Couch, Gen. Wm..B. Frank- lin of Hartford,- Genu Wesseis and grand old Gen- Sedgwick' of Litchfield, bore honorable and conspicuous part. The Confederates ($031» in the’ series of skirmishes an battles, some twenty thousand men, while our troops," killed and wounded in action and dis- abled and dying of fever contracted in the Chickahominy swamps, no doubt largely exceeded that number. At the fight of Fair Oaks Station, Gen. 0. 0. Howard lost an arm and our .Connect icut Gen. Wessels was severely wound- ed, and but for a brilliant advance and dash made by Gen. Sumner, our army on the Richmond side, would have suf- fered a complete capture or utter rout. In this short but fierce engagement, the famous rebel General Johnston was seriously wounded, resulting in the placing of General Robert E. Lee in chief command of the rebel forces in our front. Lee at once organized his Army of Northern Virginia, with a purpose to force McClellan to either at once give him battle, or give up his at- tempted siege of Richmond. ‘ In the latter part of June, McClellan decided on a retreat and commenced his retrograde movement, to the banks of the James, 'while Gen. Longstreet was menancing his rear. It is claimed that had McClellan at this time prop- erly manoeuvered his forces and pressed forward he could have gotten between Lee’s army and Richmond and thus captured the city and the rebel base of supplies. Instead of doing this, he Withdrew our troops across the Chick— ahominy. This retreat, of course, encouraged the enemy to make several severe attacks upon our army, Fitz John Porter’s division being terribly cut up. McClellan then abandoned his intrenchments, left his sick and wound- ed at Savage Station and stampeded to Malvern Hill, closely followed up by the Confederates. The rebels were too late to prevent our troops from crossing White Oak Swamp bridge, but a severe engagement ensued, in which Gen. Meade was badly wounded. That night our tooops got safely across the Chickahominy and there jomed the main force on Malvern Hill, with gun boats on the James to aid in our pro- tection and the river a most important means of communication. From Mal. vern Hill, McClellan further retreated to Harrison’s Landing. Mr. Lincoln, who had been sadly disappointed bv the failure of any resolute effort to cap- ture Richmond, visited McClellan he.-e,_ and was greatly irritated to find that large numbers of our men were absent, having been granted furloughs by the tens of thousmnds, while their Com- mander-in—Chiet‘ was clamoring for more troops. This discovery was the feather that, seemingly broke the cam~ el’s back. The President’s patience and confidence, long so painfully strained, now entirely gave out, and in the following fall, McClellan was re- lieved of his command and superseded by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, of Rhode Island. Gen. Halleck, who had been made General-in-Chief in July, also Visited McClellan on his halting the Union troops at Harrison’s Landing, and learning that Lee purposed a north- ward movement, ordered the immedi- ate concentration of all his troops at Aquia Creek on the Potomac. Even this peremptory and urgent order was not. complied With by McClellan until some twenty days afterward. the procrastination, or "obstinacy," as Stanton called it, in obeying com- mands, was certainly characteristic and Chronic. McClellan’s retreat from before Rich- mond, the Administration clearly saw, would be lollowed by a rebel move— ment northward, threatening Washing- ton. ._..._..... ___-..~ Amer; ()l‘,;18.illZLlCloll of Union troops, calls-fl the Army of Virginia was then lUl‘DJCLl and Gen. .t’opc placed in com- pianzhior the protection of \‘fnshing- in). Hope Vine} ti. brave soldier, but vain and. bombastc its an officer. lie " '- assuming command, is» 4- order to the effect that “lie:e-.,:...“ . 4r ’th‘” u: iii of his 11.211137 “would he in the ” One of the bi‘lghte‘ “ of my as 7.; fellow re— porters, Mr. Charles H. Pat-gs, prompt» ly telegraphed this order to the Tribune with the startling common: that "the Commander’s brains would be in the saddle also.” This sally of wit made it desirable for Paige to l'JAVtZ? the Pope headquarters, and he ntnxchcd himself to Fitz John Porter’s command. Lie was with Porter when ordered by Pope to hurry to the attack of the rebel right, while Lee was desperately as- saulting our troops under Sigol, Carl Schurz, Senonck and Milroy. Porter made no attempt to obey Pope’s order 11110-313115 him to be, as Pope claimed, needlessly defeated, Porter’s conduct has been moss bitterly assailed and as ai‘dently defended. His chief excuse was that he did not get Pope’s order sent “.t fOui' o’clock, until dusk “Dd then ItIWas too late to reasonably at. tempt its compliance. Against this, I have the statement made me by Paige. and never before given the public, that at not far trom two o’clock that after- noon, he was chatting with .Gen. Por- ter While resting under a tree, and could plainly hour the musket firing, proving that Pope was hotly engaged, when he ventured to ask Gen. Por- ter if he Were not going to hurry his command to Pope’s nesxstance, and that Porter’s reply was, “no, if Pope has got into avfiglit, he can get out, thebcst he can. Without my help.” “This re. mark. it is to be remembered, was made prior to Porter’s receipt of Pope’s order, but should not‘a frithful and pltriotic sohlicr have at once hurried forward his troops when he knew his cause and commander required his aid. N 0 Union officer should be too hastily or inconsiderately judged, but whether Porter technically or intentionally, was guilty of the grave offence charged, is not for anyone not fully conversant with all the circumstances, to say, but Gen. Logan in a speech in the Senate on the question of Porter’s reinstate- ment in the Army, said, “had that thing been tried on Grant, there would have been an immediate ' drum-head cori’rgmartial, and one less Major-Gen- era .’ ‘ If Porter’s act was nothing worse than an error “judgment, let it be hoped that it haabeen fully stoned for, by his smarting disgrace and long years of painful waiting for the vindication, that followed‘a concededly brave soldier’s indiscretion‘. ,. . . 'Board of Agriculture. . The Connecticut Board of Agricul- ture W111 held a convention at Meriden D_ec. 18, 19 andr20. - Several ad esses Will be. given -each day. Afte each lectureopportunity for questions and discussion will be given. Fruit gi‘owers" are especially invited to contribute fruits carefully labeled, fruitphotographs, lithographs, casts or models, implements used in culture. pruning or gathering of fruits, new or improved packages for shipment, and cultivatots. generally to bring or send collections of corn and other agricultur- al products, nuts, syrup, sugar and honey, corn, three ears, each variety tied in a bundle ; samples of butter and cheese, both farm and creamery. are eSpehially solicited. . T. _e,_.Connecticut Sheep Breeders’ as- sociation will hold a meeting from 1 to 2 p. 13)., Dec. 19th. I, ~ v‘vr The Pains of Rheumatism According to the best authorities, ori- ginate in a morbid condition of the blood. .Lacticacid, caused‘by the de- composition of the gelatinous and al- buminous tissues, circulates with the blood and attacks the fibrous tissues, particularly in the joints, and thus causes the local manifestations of the disease. The back and, shoulders are the parts usually affected by rheuma- tism, and the joints at the knees, ankles hips and wrists are also sometimes at- tacked, Thousands of people have found in Hood’s Sarsaparilla a positive and permanent cure for rheumatism. It has had remarkable success in our- ing the most severe cases. The secret of its success lies in the fact that it at- tacks at once the cause of the disease by neutrahzing the lactic acid and purifying the blood, as well as strength- ening every function of the body. A Christ-like Charity. The King’s Daughters connected With Mrs. Mead’s Hillside school, are preparing an elaborate Xmas tree, which is to be loaded with suitable and seasonalile gifts for poor children in town, Who would not be likely other- Wise, to have the world-wide Christmas holiday made at all "merry” to their young and poverty crowned lives. The gifts Will be distributed next Tuesday evening. The poor ye have always With you and when ye Will, ye may do them good.’ Whoso giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.’ ‘The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.’ ‘Of such is the king- dom of Heaven,’ said the divine Master, whose birth gave our holiest and sweet- est anniversary to the world. Grace Churh To-nlght There is to be a special meeting of Grace Church Sunday School teachers this _even1ng and a full attendance is particularly desired. Also all who are Willing to tie greens for Christmas dec- oration of the church are cordially in- vited to come to the church this even- ing. »——~—-—-——«-—ceo——-—-——--——- The Divorce Mill. Judge Shumway is ver busy to-day. He has a short calen er docket of thirty-three cases. Of these eleven are divorce cases. Of the divorces ten are to be tried on the real issue and one comes before the court to strike out the cross complaint. ~o—>—-- The King’s Daughters. The Helping Hand Circle of the King’s Daughters will give an outer- tainment at the Opera House, this eve-- nine. A splendid programme consist- ing of tabla-“sans, recitations and singing has been arranged, and an evening of enjoyment is promised. ~«~——-———-—~—c. 9—...— budden Death. hire. Morris Iiearns, aged 37, died in Bridgeport, last evening, while she was being removed in a chair to the hospi— #:13- ,_.________...__ Amusements. MUSIC HALL. Manager Knapp takes pleasure in announcing that he has secured Com- stock’s famous minstrels for Music Hall on the evening of December 20th. Among the artists are the celebrated Hughey Dougherty, Willis Sweatman, Raymond Shaw, Sha‘fi‘er & Blakeley, Charles Chase and Burns & Coaliley. The evening’s entertainment will in- clude a burlesque on the Lexow com- mittee. HOYT’S OPERA HOUSE. By competent critics “Old Jed Prouty” has been ranked above “The Old Homestead” asa true picture of country life in the Down-East section of the Union, where the genuine Amer- ican, lacking culture, but plentifully endowed Wit-h wit and shrewdness, is oftenest found. “Old Jed” is due here for the last time next Saturday evening. ~-..+....,_ _. . ______ ,. Wanted l “God give us Men ! A time like this demands Strong minds. preat hearts, true faith and lastly hands : ’ Men whom the ’ lust‘of oflice’ does not kill ; Men whom the ‘spoils of oflice’ cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will ; Men who have honor—men who will not lie: Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog ; Not tricky memwith thirst for oflice greeds. Of large professions and of little deeds-.— With lust of ‘ foes,’ for ’ whacks.’ and divvy, keeps,” While wrong runs riot- -—.audf our ‘ Justice: sleeps.” 1 i at East Norwalle. Dec. 14, ’94. TERSE-iuts or THE nuts. Body ashore in the Sound.——Sentinel. Nicholas Slean is seriously ill at his home on Cross street. -—For smokers’ sets go to Trowbridge & Co.’s, South N orwalk. A new walk is being placed in front of the small store on the bridge. —-Picture framing by J. T.Hayes o p 8183f A daughter“Was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Olmstead,»on- Wednesday. Deacon Matthew W. Starr erro- nettiusly reported‘very ill, is able to be on . ‘ ' It is estimated-that 3,000 fowls have died in Norwalk alone during the last two months—Several Exchanges. —-Toys, games, sleds, express wag— ons and carts.~.at ”H. B. Williams’, 15 Wall street. ' Mrs. Sarah E. Volk is having an ad— dition put on her Camp street resi—- dances Edward Anderson pleaded guilty to the charge of assault, this afternoon, and paid a fine of $1 and costs. —-We have it, you want it! Meats of the best _qnality at the lowest possible living prices. J. W. Bogardus, 6 Water street. 50 tf Raymond & Sons are in' receipt of several car loads of as handsome furni- ture as ever graced a house or palace. There is comfort even in looking at some of the easy chairs. —-Don’t fail to be on hand next week to procure one of our Xmas panels entitled. “On Deck.” Gt, A. & P. Tea 00., 41 Main street. 50 2t Dr. F. L. Day has been appointed on the Emergency Hospital staff at Bridgeport. ‘ It is stated that the “boy alligator” in the Boston Store. window denies the allegation that any store in this city has a better display of Christmas goods and defies the allegator. ——Don’t forget the Bazaar and En- tertfinment at, St. George’s hall,“ to- nig . Sidney Smith and Ada Williams were found guilt-y Thursday of keep- ing a house reputed to be of ill fame, and were bound over in the sum of $200 each for appearance before the Supe- rior court. ' William :Farrel and Bernard Tully are learning how to collect fares on the Street Railway. —Don’t miss the entertainment by he King’s Daughters of the M. E. church at the Opera House to-night. Last night was opening night of the bazaar and entertainment given under the auspices of the Ladies Society of the Sons of St. George. It was “unique and novel” and altogether pleasing. The affair will be continued to—night and to—morrow night with a change of programme each night. —Our holiday goods consisting of toys, games, sleds, express wagons and novelties in fine decorated china are now ready. H, E. Williams, 15 Wall street. 1002tt' Hugh McAdam an employee at the Electric Light station has wired the offices in the Butler street Straw Hat manufactory for incandescent lights. Next Sunday will be'the nineteenth anniversary of the death of Rev. Father 1’. A. Smith, who did much to— ward the building of the St. Mary’s church edifice. His remains are at rest in St. Mary’s cemetery. ——Special sale of clothing, Men’s heavy winter suits, $5 ; black or blue double- breasted overcoats, $58.25; boy’s double-breasted heavy suits, coat pants and vest, $4; children’s suits, $1.50. Taft Bros. , :37 Wall street. ’ Franklin Johnson, an old soldier, ”toyed” with whiskeylyesterday, be- came intoxicated, was arrested, and this morning was fined $1 and costs by Justice Rose. -—Hats ! Hats! We have just received another lot of South Norwalk, Union made. fine for stifi‘ hats. Your choice, $1. Taft Bros. The bazaar and entertainment of St. Paul’s church, closed last night. The Opera House was crowded and all present were highly entertained. The afl‘air proved to be a flattering seeial and financial success. “Hearts” won merited approbation as did also the sev— eral other attractions. ' -—Tired? It will rest you to go to the King’s Daughters entertainment. Opera House to-night. A report that the town court room is to be swept out and the furniture dusted cannot be verified. C. Ford Seeley, has the medals which he proposes awarding to skatorial kings this winter. " The board of directors of the Bridge- port hospital met yesterday, and elect- ed oficers. Among the, non-resident consulting physicians appears the name of Dr. James G. Gregory, of this city. ‘ \ ‘ . It is understood that Governor-elect Cofl‘ln will not announce his staff" ap- pointments until next-week. Bridge- port feels reasonably sure of being rep- resented on the staff. _—For bargains meerschaum and briar gripes go to Trowbridge & Co., corner sin and Washington streets, South Norwalk. _ Terrance Benham, of Bridgeport, jumped from the Steamer Tallahasee‘, at Atlanta, Ga., and was drowned. The bed was recovered and arrived in Bri geport to-day. ~ A Hartford dispatch says: The N ew Haven Butterine Company will go out of busmess here on account of the re— cent UnitedStates supreme court de— cision sustaining the validity of the Massachusetts oleomargarine law. A wholesale New London fir'm will do likew1se. Peter Fagan died at his home on the Step Rock road, last night, aged 67 years. He leaves four children,Philip, John, Mary and Sarah survive him. The deceased was for many years in the employ of the late Charles F. Raymond. Mrs. Bernard Feeney and daughter Annie, returned from Danbury, last night, where they have been in attend- ance at the sick bedside of Mrs. Fee~ ney’s daughter, Mrs. James Drew. Bad Accident. Twp Over River school boys while running' rapidly across the school ground this morning, collided, and Will Rowe struck Ross Malcolm trip- ping and falling over him. The back of Malcom’s head was badly bruised and cut by a stone he fell upon, and the boy so seriously injured that he had to be sent home. YOU WOULD LIKE IT. The Cottage Described by Mr. Jones in His Play. - “In the “Bauble Shop” is this descrip- tion of a. cottage. It is almost poetry: “It’s the sweetest little ~ cottage in the world. It never could have been built. It must have grown—Such pretty little dormer windows, and swallows’ nests un- der the eaves, and the front is smoothered with creepers. And there’s a walled gar- den, with gravel walks and all the old fashioned flowers you can think of—lav- ender, gillyflowers, stock, sweet Williams lad’s love, smock frog, and such proud tiger lillies, and a. lawn that lets your feet sink deep, deep in moss, like a. rich green velvet Carpet, and curious old apple trees, with crooked, stunted branches and roses climbing up them and choking them like-like pretty girls hanging round gnarled,crabbed old father’s necks, and the pink blossoms are scattered all round—that’s the tears the apple trees have shed bec'ause they are so happy. Surely a beautiful bit of lyric prose this! Fortunately the actress, Miss Maude Adams is fully equal to the passage. So sweetly, so melodiously, and so dreamily do the words drop from her lips that for — the moment you imagine it is Ophelia, not Jessie Keber, you are listening to.- N.Y. Herald. A Mysterious Beauty. A new and mysterious beauty, who has taken a charming house and lives alone in it, in London, is causing a sensation in the English metropolis,where it is known of her only that she is Mrs. Savage, sup- posed to be from Washington, Boston, or New York City. The London correspon- dence of, the Boston Transcript thus de- scribes her: ‘ Her face was a. long oval, very pale, but with a pallor Iovelier than a commonplace red and White. The nose, very straight, and rather long, the mouth a. wonderful Cupid’s how. the chin cleft by a. dimple, with a brother in one cheek, the eyes vio- let, extremely almond shaped, and droop- ing at the corners. One dark eyebrow-- theleft—was touched with white in the most curious manner, as was the hair over the forehead on the sang side, though the face was ofza woman riot over 30. I never saw a. more beautiful crea- ture in my life, and I was proud to be her “countrywonianfiiu _ h 7“ Train Robbers Convicted. FLORENCE, A. T., Dec. 14.—-Jake Fel— shnW, Leslie Webb and Abe Winsor, who robbed a stagecoach near Bowie last Jan— uary, have been sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Their trial, which had been in progress several weeks, resulted in c. dimgreemcnt of the jury. The defendants afterward pleaded guilty. Had they been convicted, life imprisonment would he‘s been their sentence. A Teacher’s Probable Suicide. OMAHA, Dec. 14.—Tlie police amdrag ging the river below the city for the bodies of Mrs. Ida Nelson and two small chil- dren. She has been a. schoolteacher in Omaha. for ten years. Saturday she left her school acting as if demented. Last night her hat was found on the river bank, where tracks showed a. woman had walked into the river. for friends fen-r she has committed suicide. Train Robber Sentenced to Death. Tucson, A. T., Dec. l-l.——A special to The Star from Florence says Judge Rouse has sentenced Oscar Rogers, convicted of train robbery, to be hanged on the 8th of February. The crime was perpetrated on the 30th of last September, when three men, Oscar Rogers, Frank Arney and John Donovan, held up the cast bound overland at Maricopa station. A Big Mortgage Filed. Hoosrox, Dec. 14.——The La. Porte, Hons ton and Northern, Railway company has. filed a mortgage on all its property in fa- vor of the Union Trust company of New York for $300,000. The money is to be used in the or: .ense of construction of the road or. 2. 312‘s not proceeding $15,000 per mile. The :1 ::-‘. nov.’ built 't'romLaPortS! (.1) I‘lt‘flifiill). «PRICE Two CENTS - ,
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