M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-16
3(t6s, d((it mo Sentiment.
An Ex-Bnnker i'm Sore TribuIa-
tiOn---TeD Thousand Dollars
in The Suds.

uOh---A Aeh RhOuSanO DOilurS
ia The SUds. ....
An ex-Ranker of this city, who
"went under" during tho late "finan-
cial crisis" and was compelled by
'outsde pressure" to "shut up shop"
and endeayor to "realize assets" amply
sufficient to cover all his lie, abilities,
was throwninto a wild state Of ex.
citement on Tuesday last. lie was in
fact in a coalition of mind bordering
upon phrcnzy. 1t seems that he has
a queer habit of having breeches
washed. lie sends them out to
laundress, Last Thursday the ex-
Bankers unwhispcrables went out as
usual-ono pair at lcast-but the
washerwoman, from some unexplained
cause, was diIatory and did not put
the biturcates into sudS as promptly as
she was wont. Saturday came and
she concluded to lay the job over un-
til the first Of the week. Monday she
was interrupted, and the unmentiona-
l5les were again put aside until Tues
day. That morning, however, she re.
solved to dispose of the contract, and
accordingly she prepared the instru-
ments. She got the water hot, the
suds made, and held the "breeks" by
the waistband and was about TO sub
ject them to hydropathic treatment,
when her hand was suddenly arrested,
and her heart sent struggling into her
throat by furious rapping at the
door.
Sho hesitated, stood aghast between
terror and her wash.tub, bat before
she had time to collect her faculties
her patron stood before her, his feat
ures distorted, lis eyes blazing with
frantic excitement. Surveying heran
instant, he screamed rather than in
torogated, "Haue you-HAvE you--
washed my breeches ! HAVE you
washed my breeches9 You've ruined
me, ruined me; haveyou washed my"
t but suddenly catching a glimpse Of
the garment still clutchod by the sus-
t pended hand of the terrified laundress,
he leapcd forward with nervous ener-
t gy, and snatching them from her, he
r ran his own hand hastily along the
r waistband until he met with some.
9 thing that seemed to satisfy lis de.
sires, and sinking down in a chair he
fairly went into Mysteries, BY this
e time the poor woman found voice
and asked him "why, Mr.. -, what
= is the matterln ooh woman, won.
$ an, lie sobbed, "'what an escape =
There is ten thousand dollars in those
breoches, Where's your scissors?--
Get them quick. Had you washed
;. those breeches | would have been I'll.
l ined. What an escaped" The laun.
} dress got the scissors; the seam of the
? waiStband was ripped, open in an in
stant; and before her astonished gaze
= beheld layers Ct bank .bllls-of what
value she knew not, save that he re
peated '"TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS! What an escaped!
: This we are solemnly assured is 9
: veritable incident. The laundres;
; who so narrowly escaped "biling" up
: $4,000 is an honest German woman
who resides on Mill street, near Third
We had not time last night to satisfy
ourselves respecting all the facts by
2 obtaining an interview with the wash
erwoman, and peradyenture there
should be something unexplained, we
torbear publishing the name Of the
excited but now happy hero of the
story Gin. Com. .'
UThe New York Courier and
, Enquirer estimates the number oI
bushels Of wheat grown in the Uni
, ted States this year at 150, 100000 o
bushels, against 167 100000 bushels
raised last year. Itthinks the wheat
crop smaller than it was in 1855
,. when 1t was put down at l65, ,OOO,OOC
Of bushels.
I MEDICAL ETrICs IN New ORLEANS
!, DR.. Mahoney, a physician Of New
Il Orleans, stabbed a Mr.. Anderson, tht
! other day, for interfering with a pa
i, tient Of his. The interference" con
d sisted in providing ice and other com
: forts for the sick man. Andersonl
S wounds are dangerous. .E
! RAILROAD CoMpLErED.-Cars raj
j for the first time on Monday last, ovoi
! the entire length Of the Lacross ant
. Milwaukee Railroad, thus uniting tn,
waters Of the Mississippi and Lake
Michigan by rail. The route is sale
+ to be ten hours shorter than any 9th
1 er between the two places
: OP Gribeins is a neat fellow. II,
says he cant spare the time to take
! ! bath. Besides it costs like thunde
!, forsoap and towels. We asked hin
: how he managed to keep clean2 sOh,
said he, with a highly incentive smirE
: : 81 sand,paper myself every Christ