The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-04-07
WEDNESDAY

MYSTERIOUS Some person persons have been
annoying the family Of Nj. u. DoPpemeyer, in this
city, for than week, i'll day time as we'll as al
night and notwithstanding guards have been stationed
in and around the house and the vglan searches
Instituted clue the mysterious intrulers has yet
been discovered The entrance Of these Fi>tants has
generally been through the up stairs Windows rs
tested by foot prints and broken iron fastengB When
ID, they rGmiGage through the trunks scatter the
clothing about the house, tie up soap in fantastic
shapes with tape and pcspcsae Sundry other antics
not common to burglars. They generally give some
sign to let the family know that they are Mt work, but
when sought for they gone. Ony few triting ar
tces have yet been MISSED The last visitation
Monday evening, about O'clock, at which time both
Dir. and Mrs. Dopplcmeyer from home. young
lady, resident in the family, having occasion to go up
stairs, was confronted by strange man, with drawn
pistol, who told her that he had come 10 kill Mr.. D !,
and that If she did tell him where the money was
he would kill her Tie Young lady tainted and the
disappeared There is some deep laid scheme OF
pany at the bottom Of these mysterious movements
but who are the actors, and what is their object neither
the family nor their friends divine
Jefferson Times, March 90
4 Nevada paper tells a story Of musical hen. At
the call Of the staid natron of the farm hOus it is said
that the hen will come into the room, get upon the
ladys lap, and at the command proceed with song.
After singing the first notes. her benship will Cuhsl1c
until commanded IN stern voice to sing louder. Then
the hen spreads her wings stretches her neck to
its furthest tension turns eye akimho Ia Ia Ben
Butler) and pours forth strain that lacks nothing III
earncstness, however much it may in melody. The
hen is said be of the black Spanish breed and she
is credited with wonderful powers Of imitation, aside
from her musical talent pretty story, but not equal
10 the romance of the IeaiIess Rooster" And we
DO not forget that it was I'm the far West that this
wonderful bird lost its head and lived. The sequel to
the romance, however, was more credltabe to y est
ern ingenuity than Western honesty. So nat
trally suspicious, and do not swallow the Nevada
story without few grains Of allowance
Turf, Field and Farm
BGTLER's TAcrics.-The Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore GAz4tc, under date Of tic 18th,
writes
The other day one of the numerous horde of Office
seekers that initst the town applied TO Butler for
Il recommendation" 81 really desire your success
replied he hero of Fort Fisher "and therefore can
not comply with your request. recommend those |
10 nos want appointed which know will undoubtedly !
secure their REJECTION i will, however do you the
signal favor OF strenuonsy demonstrating against your
appointment at the proper department. At the same
time will procure you favorable letters from
teemed by Grant as his friends par excellence. Their
recommendations may do as tile subterfnge. bnt my
remonstrance' will secure you the place. The i9no
ramus to whom this sensible proposition was made
failed to perceive the subety Of the ecsSc and fool
i4hIg Biabbed. The 7uSe of Bner in this and other
similar cases being thus exposed, must therefore
prove hereafter Intellectual Such is modern states
mansllp.