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with large company Of other Innuits of the
same Place several years ago, to lgloolik. She
WIS murdered, IS well rs nearly al The others
Of this party, at the time terrible fight oc.
Cured between clans that made up said com
pany from Northumberland inlet. This &C.
counts for tho tact that no news ever got back
10 sa1d inlet Of the fate OF TINT company.
AcClmt ocR mikes mention Of this sister ia
his narra1ivc Of the voyage In the Fog. You
will reco1Iect that Too koo-lf-tpo Is a sister IF
E-poQ-}qo-a FIX now dead, Who visited Eng
! land when living in the same party that CO.
operated with Capt. Perry In making the
chart Of bis native country, which tue BriElsh
Admiralty published.
E biet.bing and Too koo-n too join in send.
Ing our Hycliest regards to you and family.
| Yours IN great hastc, G. F. HALL;
| Accomplished Confidence alen Arrested
In Philadelphia.
tFfom the Philadelphia North American, ssth,
Detective Henderson nailed two confidence
men yesterday morning. But for their arrest
they; would hare deeced q Pennsylvania farmer
Of the accumulated earnings Of years. Joseph
alco1n is the name Of st0rekeeper and tariu-
er at K1ttaning Point, in Armstrong county.
He eamc 10 Philadelphia last week TO pnf-
chase goods and sell produce. At the States
Union Hotel, where be boarded, be met a
glin-tonEgncd man Of graceful carriage and
polished address, The stranger. introduced
himself as Hiram +. Morris, Of Poo1esyil1e,
Montgomery county, Maryland, on Sisit to
the city TO procure winters supply Of goods.
To lngratlate hisuseF into the confidence of
the nnsuspecting farmer was an easy tasE
Moris found Aicorn came from the Hunting
ton cGa1 region. The coal fields of Armstrong
and C}earte}d counties were the theme 81
their conversation, aud before the first inter.
view terminated Alcoru believed that Morris
knew the pedig1ees Of all the families within
hundred milea.of Klttanlng Point, and was
coaSesssnt with the location and value Of
na 1eesea to own largc tracts Of coal lands Id
ciearte!d county, and proposed visit tottha
properties. Alcorn assented, on the cGndi.
tfon that Morris wnn1-, await lis purchases.
Morris PROMISE ~ n h4lt any given peripdt
He promised further to assist ~ tic pln-
ehdscs, aud pledged q saving Of !orty per cent
Tuesday, Alcorn called II he Girard Monse
and met Morris by appointment. The latter
produced tclegram and letter, both pt.r-
porting 10 bc from Secretary McCu1loch. The
letter announced that the programme was
a1ed, and the telegraph called ior bis tmme-
t1stt aiats presence p, at Washington. There Morris
ngain to the GIfard House, and the two start
ed ont to purchase goods. At Fourth aud |
Walnut gentleman accostcd Morris, and |
"as antIodnced ~ George T. hcCulloch, a
cousin Of the secretary Of the Treasury, a
dsaler in dry goods, and the friend Of Morris.
made out. NcCu1loch said he wonld sell q
friend Of Morris at 10 per cent discount; but |
he requested payment Of the goods purchased I
that morning. Morris Offered In payment q
draft on Jay Cooke & Co. for s2d,D00. Nc |
Cnlloeh replied that the amount was only !
so'"o, ana me draft was fqr too heavy, an
They suggested that 5ir. Aicofn iuipht pay
the bilt and hare the money charged to lis |
account A1corn assented,- and returned tn /
INC States Union for bis portemonpa{e. A1I |
hn money vas s5, ,ooo III currency and national |
bank notes, and, about noon be met Morris At |
Fourth and Walnut, and they walked down
NatnHt y stsestte and McCn'loch. .AsTh!sd
and WHlins's al1ey he was pyerhnuIed. and !
[he transfer Of the money was inst being com. /
Ple!ed, when detective Henderson arrested
both 81 the men,. Alcusn- looked aatounded. i
dad 1he pavement opened at his feet be could 1;
,ot NAYS been more +hlndetstruck. He &C.
:on,panied the detective to the station aud
old his story. Mr.. Henderson testified that i.
!e knew the prisoners 10 he confidence men..
me PROOF or Lis charge Was found In the false /;
lfal1, the bogus letter md telegram. and tho
liter establishment of the countryman at the T.
eFelation Of the scheme from which be so
arrowly escaped ruin.
Ihe real names Of the men are Wall shert-
g. I
nc detectives regard them Us the most dan.
efous confidence men Of the day, ind their
frest was the best days work any policeman J
tho city could have made yesterday. They &,
ERE both committed In default OF 81, ,0W baiI | !,
, appeaf On 5nutsday next. The two papers
order to Jay Cooke 4 Co. One read
Poo1ksyu.LE. Oct Is, 1865. i
Y T., Cooke : Co., Bankers for the United States,
Ray t. order of H; K. Morris $4,000, for !
scne1t ane 5fceTed o1 a1d eharge the same to the
6. B. SWAN, Col. and Cashier, {
Jay Cooke d Co., Bankers for United States. 4
Inc other note vas. .ot the satue nature.
Z. Worcester, the American Lex9- y
coGrRpher. \
VIC afe informed OF the death OF Joseph d
nerson Worcester, IL. D., which occurred
Cambridge, Mass, Friday, October o7th. :
!. Worcester was born IL Bedford, New n
ampshlfe, August "a, 17S4. and removed to c
"as educated ut Hollis, Andover and Sails C
" Academies, and WAS grndaated ut Yale Id
1911. While teaching school he published | :,
geographical dictionary {1BID md q gazet- y
e \ o. TIE United States IN 1878. In 1870 be =
5ltaasa g aa, Elements y q Geography, ancient y
removed, and the next year, Epitone Of IN
'ography. Several works OF various yalue. re
t In Eelate1 fields, followed these. and than :,
commenced with Todd's johnson, that nv
eat Photographed labor which gave him AZ AZ
autation. This work was published In 1897. ti
abster's Dictionary, and In $50 q Con1pse- y
asiSe ffonouneing and Explanatory Die Il
nary. lie then visited Europe, and spent g g
leh time IN those pathological inquiries
lch had their fruit In bis revised lexicon. ltd
Universal and Critical Dictionary of the Cd
8, which was Immediately reprinted in Ell. u
'e.. His Pronouncing, Explanatory and II, II,
1onymaus Dictionary made lis appearance ~
800, and in 1sG0 his nqdgpu1n opus, uuarto. 10
! Dictionary of the English Laneuage,' his
> published He also published Spelling Ms
y, and edited the American Almanac for SUI
eiye years from 1ESl. His doc.o1ate came
n Dartmouth and Brown Colleges, and he !
member Of various learned societies. 7g
bis Is but briet notice Of the life at man -
has doae very much for the lansusge ~
whose great learning and wise execution ept
'as "1Ik daily give him higher reputa- a Ss
y other countries his dictionary is, per- a i
$, more nearly the accredited standard OF as M !
tongne than any other, as, while It il ss. Ius
ked by neat erudftfon, care and correct H. H.
T. II does not carry those pecullarities a51s
eh cause some to except to Webster. ted
II names are 80 twined as TO be inextEic- thr,
!, and whichever is chosen his competitor der
lid hare honorable mention. Either one ~ ~
more for the language than England i,as h1e, lne
done, and both hoped to lop of those 1eat
leseenees Hhleh are being grueIated In or der
2aueea :sa1 70 me language spoken here. Dr.. ihs
Of honors, after q life nlled with honor h3t, h3t,
WorE. As with most scholars, there iaos las
lev Incidents Of his Life not connected r1Sa
big Work. a reTy large and hae edition war
Is great work was recently published. cor