, 1873-11-20
library, buslness Office and slsting.soou, until
late ID tho night and whom that was out, Htook-

library, buslness Office and slsting.toom, until
l iata 10 mo ni8ht and whom that was out, etock-
THO next morning, At O'Clock, three or four
| ct stookbriage's prominent business mon wore
| Kicking their heels At tho door Of tho shop for
| tho double purroso Of keeping themselves
YARN, t7! ana warning tho lilatory Poatmnater TINT
aud shouted for good half hour. and yet no
| answor. A. gloom carno over tl,on1, and tu d
sudden they haahna, and listened, with palo
laSoe, thoy know not Why. Tho balance Of tho
deserted aud ,storos for tho momont ahut
to ascertain tic ca,lso Of tIiB unuaunl
r.lmpus In tho stroots Of Stookbri1go One, ,boIlor
than the rost, forced tho door open with crow
bar, aud COMMITTEES Of four or tlve Of tho dar-
Ing Ones, wenlod their uay up atairs to fatl1om
tho mystory. ii such woro possible. For mo-
ment, they parsod on tho landing Of tho stcop and
laddor-ike stairs, and hold Q council of war
rhon slowly tho leader, ho who had forced tho
bnrrod. door below, liftlod tho latch Of tho bod
room door. Tho noise and clattor Of tho rusty
iron bounded like dcatl1-knell throughout tho
CID building, and fairly grated on tho norvcs Of
fhono o., strong mon who had mover known foar.
Tho econe In tho bed.chambor was a fitting
climax, yot now that tt was faced, they became
firm, and advanced to tho bedside. The village
POSTMASTER lay oustrotchcd, with tongue lolllng
out, and few bubbles Of froth hauging be-
torted, lie lay thore, a horrible picture to gaze
upon. Airs. stoarns, at his side. was stil eaan-
ing for breath when tho villaeo comrntto oa-
.e, reaea, n1at. II q 2 fow minutes aftor, struggled
BY this time. many of those too tin,id to LEAD
70 now came crowaing the stairs and pooring in
through tho chamber door, not daring, lowoyor,
,,,t, TO- cross tis threshold, tbs doad-iino Of tho
Upon the tablo-wbich, togathor with = bu-
roam Of antiquated shape, two hiuh.baokod
chairs, q rheumatic waAh.stand, and an anoient
m trunk studded with great brass nails formed tho
rjtn etara9a o. tne ap1Ttmentwore found
OF acrutiny;; a sheet Of legal cap lay stretched
out, crossed BY quill pen, az II loft for few
moments to be again used. Upon it was wrItton
tho portion Of q lettor, written to stoarns'
lation Of family Incidents Of confidential char-
actor, stated ~
~ will finish this in the morning: wife is now
asleep, and 1t Is getting lato."
tho a4a Waahsioga dhssoysry Of r. no1phns bottle
ment the question, Was 1t suicldo7 As stated
before, 1t wns woll known tlat morphine lad
been often used BY tho deceased for tho alloYia-
tion OF y, rnoumatio ,pains. The question now
night bnfore or not. That poison Of somo kind
lad boon uaod was evident from tho facial ox-
proaatonB Of tie Postmaster. Was it Intentional
or accidental.
among themselves, TINT both should so suddenly
become victims Of Q mistake 1t identcally tho
Same moment, md tho opinion Of the majority
Leaned towards tho suicidal theory. 70
strongthon them,. was tho wel-known fact
thTeo ~ e. or four years before, and failed
IN tho act, And It was soon currently reported |
throughout the village that tho Postmaster had |
poisoned hts wife mud then himself aftorwarlB
30 that reported truo or not, 1t certainly seemed
to be backed by every circumstance, aid is to-
day currently believed throughout tho length |
bridge.
Tho circulation Of tho report creatod general |
long In reaching this city. prominent yillagcr |
volunteered tho position Of Postmaster for fcw t
days, md quiet was soon restored.
The funeral on Wednesday afternoon WAS /
largely attended, the Postmaster and lis wifo |
that section, who will niss tho presence Of tic
ngod couple. who had for 30 many years cast their
lino8 among thonl.