The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-28
GENERALlTIES.
Peabody n Pensioner.

1t is not generally known, believe, that the
late George Peabody was Government PEN
sioner. George served in the war of 1919 as a
private soldier, and received q pension from the
Government yearly down to his death, also a
land bounty warrant. He was as particular in
procuring the pension when 1t was due as he
was in meeting obligations involving hundreds
of thousands of dollars. AS an instance of the
closeness of the in his business transactions,
it Is told that in the course OF his dealings he
suffered q certain important account to remain
unadjusted O long time simply because the
figures fell short thirteen dollars in transaction
of one hundred thousand dollars. His relatives
in Peabody, Mass, think he should have made
provision In his will covering his funeral eX-
penses. According to the plans laid out, the
expenses will nearly absorb the sum willed by
him to those who are required to bury him. His
sister, Mrs. Daniels, formerly Russell, unsuc
cesefully attempted to make the fu7eral arrange
ments strictly sectarian affair. This sister the
committee have found tough subject to deal
with, on account of her peculsrities.-Bosto
Correspondence Chicago Journal.
O. 9r A Courageous Thief Catcher.
A few evenings since Mr.. Frank FL. Page, liv-
ing at No. los Clinton place, New York, heard
q gentleman who lives on an upper floor of the
house shouting Burglars! burglars" and en-
treating Page to come to his assistance. The
latter ran up stairs, barely escaping on his way
a blow from q large bottle of medicine which
the gentleman In his wrath had thrown at the
burglars. Reaching the upper hallway, Mr..
Gaping through the scuttle in the roof. he pur-
sued them across the roofs of several adjoining
houses making several perilous leaps as he did
SO. Arriving at remarkably steep slate-roofed
building, he grabbed at both, and had he not
slipped he thinks he would have captured them
both. He held on to one of them, however who
struggled in his grasp, the combatants slipping
meanwhile closer aud closer to the edge of the
roof In this dangerous situation, threatening
terrible death to one or both-for the building
was a high one-Mr Page managed to steady
himself and finally dragged his prisoner back
into the house. He then called a policeman,
and gave the fellow into custody. His accom-
plice escaped.
California Gold.
The Alta California gives the mining statis-
tics of California for 1869, and says there was
no important change since 1853, except slight
decline in placer productions the precise amount
of which Is not ascertainable, and slight in
crease in the yield of the quartz mines The
treasure exports were &37, ,2S7 117, and the
receipts were S5l, ,2S6 769, including. about
S12, 600, 600 from Nevada, "a, 1S2, ,055 imports
and $3, ,042 $40 brought by coast steamers, mostly
from Oregon and Idaho. This leaves about
$32, 600, 600 the product of the State Of Cali
fornia, and about $47, ,095 900 produced in all the
Pacific States and Territories. One of the chief
events of the year has been the resumption of
profitable work on the Mariposa estate, which
had not produced enough TO pay expenses for
the last Ave years.