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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-05
,ourteous and incentive Gentleman, 5

courteous and attentive gentleman, is
her purser.
The Pat Rogers will be in port to-
morrow morning, and will leave on next
Monday with a return trip for Cinein-
natl. She will 60 through with dispatch
and all wishing a pleasant and safe
journey up the Ohio it will pay them to
wait for her, as she will go through to
Cincinnati inside of four days, while 1t
will take the boat leaving tomorrow six
or seven days.
The Ella, Captain Cummings, leaves
tomorrow evening for all points on
White, Black and Little Red rivers,
carrying the United States mail and at
tending to all way business. Mr.. Bolden,
genial and clever gentleman, has
charge of the Office.
A white man from Memphis who sails
under the name Of Buffalo Joe, stole a
bale of cotton at Bolivar Landing and
shipped it to Chcot City. While waiting
for his money he was arrested and placed
on the City of Helena, in charge of an
officer. While the boat was under way,
he jumped overheard and escaped from
the officer AS he is good swimmer, it
is so supposed he reached the shore.
PINE BLUFF. ARK, June 5, $3.50 am.
gnacial IN the LedRe-
RIVER EDIToR-The Belle of Texas
arrived here last night with one of the
best trips OF the season, and did good
way business Found four feet on Rob
Roy and Fish bars. The channel is
cutting out and getting better. The river
is falling fast, and planters are hard at
work filling their crops. We leave at
noon for Memphis, and will be in on
Monday morning.
john WoonBuRN. Captain.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING TO DAY.
Friar's Point, Phil Alln,...................5 n
Napoleon, George W. Cheek ~...... .."..5 pm
OsceOla, Frank Forest, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS D Il
st. Louis, City Of Helena, -........., .....5 pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer City of Chester, St. Louis.
st. Genevieve, st. Louis.
Mary Miller, Cincinnati
Ella, White river.
Quickstep, White river.
City of Helena, Vicksburg.
Geo. W. Cheek, Napoleon.
Phil Allin, Friar's Point.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer City of Chester, st. Louis.
st. Geneyieve, Vicksburg.
BOATS IN PORT.
Mary Boyd, Mary Miller, Geo. W.
Cheek, A. ]. White, Frank Forest, City
of Helena, Quickstep, Phil Allin, Ella
Hughes, Ella.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather hot and sultry. The river
continues to decline with 81 feet from
here to Cairo and u feet from there to
st. Louis. The channel between here
and Cairo is lumpy and is not cut out
yet, 0sceola bar being about the worst
place. The Ohio river is receding stead
lily, with 5 feet large on the bars in the
lower Ohie. White river is getting down
to low tide. The Cumberland has q
feet on the shoals. Arkansas river is
still falling with 4 feet large on Rob RoS
bar. Business on the landing was a
little active this morning, with a goodly
number Of boats in port and fair move
ment in freights.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The John F. Tolle, with full cargo
Of grain and produce for New Orleans,
is still aground at 0sceols bar. She has
been working for two days to get over
the bar and is looked for to-day.
The Pat Rogers, for Memphis, passed
Evansville yesterday. She has 400 tons
of freight for this port. One item OF
her cargo is 1000 kegs of nails.
The Arlington, from Memphis, arrived
at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Julia, for St. Louis, and Sam j..
Hale, for Cincinnati, passed Vicksburg
yesterday.
The Nick Lougworth for Cincinnati,
aud Atlantic and barges for St. Louis,
left New Orleans last evening.
The Yseger, for New Orleans, and
City Of Vieksburg, for Yicksburg, left
St. Louis yesterday.
The loW-pressure steamer Richmond
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Masonic DIRECTORY.


LODGES. w
| Souri, MEMPHIS, No. 1lS-meets I'd Friday
| each month-hall corner Madison and Sec
ond. W. NJ. Brooks, W. NJ; A. j. Wheeler
Secretary.
IEeERosA, No. 16s-meets LIST Monday in
| avery month, at Odd Fellows Hall, corner
| Court and Main. G. @. Locke, W. M; B.
Richmond, Secretary.
of each month--hall corner Madison and SEQ
ond. VIM. Frank, W. M; A. S. Myers,
DFSoro, No. 299-meets Sd Friday Of each
month Odd Fellows Hall. Bun. +. Price,
W. NJ; h. w. Shelton, Secretary.
KrLwINEISG, No. 4l-meets 4th Friday Of
each month-at South Memphis Hall, corner
Of Madison and Second. Richard Creighton,
W. NJ; Jas. S. Carpenter. Secretary.
ROYAL ARCH.
PxyE CHAPTER, No. 2-meets I'd Monday Of
ssch month-0dd Eellows' Hall. D. B. Forster.
NJ. H. p; A. ]. Wheeler, Secretary.
MEMPHIS CHAPTER, No. 95-meets at Odd
Fellows' Hall, Sd Monday Of each month. W.
S. Matthews. NJ. Z. II. P; r. W. Shelton,
Secretary.
r. AND n.
EUREKA COBEoM, No. 6-meets Sd Thurs
day Of each month-0dd Fellows Hall. G.
Reder. Tn. ILL.,; @. Il. Myers. Rec.
TENPLARs.
CYREHE C0NxAEDERY, No. f-meets 18th Mon
day Of,each month. Geo. Mellorsh, CON-. I.
CILvARY CHAPTER or RosE CRorx, 18th, No.
1. Charles W. Adams. sd. M. w.; II.
Tomlinson, sd, &c.,.
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MOBILE, June5.-The cotton market is quiet.
Middling, lie; receipts. n bales.
SAVANNAH, June5.-Cotton is nominal. Mid
ding, l67sc; receipts, $50 bales.
GALVESTON, June 5.-Cotton is dull and
in light demand. Middling, 17s[c; receipts,
% bales.
New ORLEASs. June s. ll:30 a.m.-The
market Is quiet Middling. l75zc; sales. 400
bales; receipts. 662 bales.
CHARLESTON. June 5.-The cotton market
is dull nominal. with nothing doing. Mid
ding. TIE; receipts, 80 bales.
LIVERPOOL. June 5. 1890 p.m.-Cotton
opens quiet and steady. UDlands, SsgS1zd;
Orleans. SD.
3p.m.-Cotton Il steady. Uplands. 81 as1Ed;
Orleans. SD. Sales. 1900 bales, Of which
200 we're for export and speculation.
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Z o. O. 2. DIRECTORY.

Odd FsIlowsGHall. corner Main and North
Court streets.
LODGES.
MEMPHIS LODGE, No. 6-meets every Tues
dag. Geo. W. Smith, N. g.; W. W. Hum
phreys. Y. g.; G. Il. Plischke, Secretary; Z.
r. Risk, Treasurer.
CHICKAsAw Lopez, No. s-meets every Mon
day night. John Garrow, N. g.; Ben Frei-
berg, Y. g.; R.. B, Jones, R. s.; Thomas
Bacon, P. s.; John Holt. Treasurer.
SCHILLER Lopez. No. l40-meets every We'd
uesdsv night. Jos. .Aehtman. N. g.; J. G..
sehmid, Y; g.; H. Shilling, Secretary Peter
Mentges, Treasurer.
BASNER LeDeE. No. l47-meets every Friday
niRht. G. Gross, n. g.. ]. 7. Lees, V. g. (;
2. Il; Starr. P. and R. s.; George A. War
ing, Treasurer.
KHoAMPwENTs.
GAYoso EsoANPNEST, No. 3-meets on the
lst and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
John Garrow, G. p. Charles NJ. Carroll. II.
| e.; DAM shloss, s. W.; Thomas Bacon, S. /;
John A. Holt, T.. John II. Graf. J. W.
MnHPHis ENoAHPNKST, No. 39-meets I'd and
th Ihprsday nights Of each month. c. II.
,Rhschkes u P 9; Gross, H, P; Geo. A.
WaIing; 5. W. H. L. Pickering, Scribe; y.
S. Bingham, Treasurer; Thos. L. Risk, ]. W.
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The following quotations are for orders
from store and small lots in jobbinE way:
,APPLES-Medium 70 extra, 81 Ogl0 % ,
BAcON-clear sides. 105s91le; clear rib
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TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

EArosA TEMPLE OF II. AND 7. No. l-meets
eyery, Tuesday night at hall Of Cyrene Co m
g. T.; =. a. Lamont, W. V. I. /; Jos. II. shsp-
eerd. ?. ". c. T.; Z. Z. Risk, IT,, W. r.
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STEAMBOATS,.


For Cairo and st. Louis.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet company--For
Hickman, Columbus, Cairo and st. Louis.
CITY OF Mckee. master
w -. .vator IA Building THIS stf
DAY. 9th inst, at 5 pm. -
For freight or passage apply to
AID. STORM,
Sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONEY.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MRMPHIs. Tenn. June 5. 1874. ]

Business in financial circles this NOR
ming was exceedingly quiet, with little
animation in monetary circles aside from
local checking and depositing. Currency
is in good supply and money easy. In
the Chancery Court yesterday the county
of Shelby dismissed its attachment suit
against the Raleigh railroad relative to
the $4,000 in bonds appropriated to the
road by the county. These bonds will
be thrown on the market in few days,
and will be eagerly sought after, as they
are good investment. They are eight
o cent. mortgage bonds, Endorsed
by Shelby county and secured by
lien on the road and its equipments
for the payment of the bonds. All
first-class commercial paper offering is
freely taken at the banks at SOLO U cent.
y annum; on the streets money is plen-
tiful at l1@2 . cent. p month. Brokers
are paying llO1@llO3 for gold, with
little offering. Exchange is in light sup
ply but steady; on New York, Boston
and Eastern points buying at par and
selling at lc premium, and on New Or
leans at &c discount. The rates between
banks is 50 p $1,000. Local and foreign
securities of every description. are quiet
~ q
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COTTON.

The market this morning opened
firmer, with good demand for medium
cottons. Holders were offering freely
but firm and asking full rates. The New
York market was dull and unchanged
and futures stronger. Liverpool was
quiet and steady, with middling uplands
at ss@Sld, Orleans at sgd and sales Of
10000 bales. A. firm feeling prevailed
in the market here. Holders we're buoy
ant and not inclined to realize except at
full rates. The demand for medium and
bright cottons was active. Several small
lots of ordinary were taken by spinners
at l24@l2ac, low middling at l64c and
middling at l74c. At the closing Of our
report the market ruled firm and steady.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-05

CGUR De LIox LODGE No. 1s-Meets everv
Monday night at $50 Second street, Vincent
Block, opposite Court Square. F.. NJ. Haley.
G. c.; z, r. Brennan. V. c.; e. A. Burr, N.
B.; B. H. Coleman. NJ. F.; j. J.. Ross. K. RI.
s.. ] acob Pfster, p. c.; I'd. \. Jack, P.
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For vfcksburg.

Memphis and st. Louis Packet Co.-U. S. Mall
Line-For Vicksburg and the Bends.
CITY OF VICKSBUKG............. Riley, master
VIII, LIB LEA NIT As as ; ABOVE .%A
AID. STORM,
SO "a Sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

TExSKssEE LODeE No. 5-Meets NJ
sTery v ednesdAy night at 30 Second ~
street, Vincent Block, opposite Court Souare
G. Z. MCLEAN, O. G. iP. ]. Moran, V. GIG.
W. L. Crook, X. Of R. and S.; VI. h. Lind.
stedt. n. Of FL A. Hum. N. Of ETC.
firoae p
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The following is the present tariff from New
York and Boston to Memphis on freights by
All rail-First class. 81 81; second class, 81 Is;
third class, 81 OF; fourth class, SAC; fifth class.
&c.
The following are freight Aates. v cwt.. on
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AN. Pm. AN. I'm.
~ (Memphis & Ohio X. RI SD
100 1901 Twice Daily. $3.50 2.l5
(Msmph i Charleston
9.S0l12 r. R.-Daily. IL 90 1l.55
mississippi Z Tsnnes-
Has see r. R.-Daily. as
JMemphis 4 Little Rock
u r. R.-Dsily. 500
miss. river 10 "elcra&l
33Ol Friar's P't-daily. 8
(Vicksburgtt weeklyIl
1901 Mon. Thurs, Sat-.
Miss. river t. 81. Louis
3 SOL Mon. Thurs. Fri. s
! White Riyer-Semi-
8 30o Weekly-Tues. 4 Sat.
Ark river, semi-weekly
8 80 | Tuesday and Saturday.
marion (tri-weeklyl-l
0 Mon, We'd. Fri. 10
Cuba, Tennessee
10 weekly-Frid2y. 10
JByhalia&0live Branch
3 sol Tues. and Fri. $50
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For New Orleans.

Cincinnati and New Orleans Packet = Fer
Vicksburg, Natchez and New Orleans.
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON ~, .
w THIS DAY, 5th inst. at sNf1R
r. W. LIGHTBURNE,
Sup't Memphis Elevator Co., 900 Front st.
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For white River.
For Arkansas River.

Memphis and Arkansas Packet Company
United States Mail Line-For Pine Bluff,
Little Rock. and all points through to Fort
Smith.
FORT GIBSON. Rowland. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON Gsw.
wv SATURDAY. 9th inst. at f1li;l9
GLENN & vINSON, Agents.
1924 Wharf boat, foot of Court street.
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NORFOLK, June 5.-Cotton receipts to-day
40 bales.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
TO BIZ CONTINUED

That very olever stoEy, The Tyranteler
of Calviras" Just now going the rounds.
recalls an incident which took place in the
New Orleans Picdysnel office many years
ago, when George Washington Beeder
presided over the polics columns Reeder
was very small, not q yer -four feet six
inches in height, singk klarly youthful in
appearance, and given u pompous. over
whelming, elaborate pofteness, which, in
connection with his dimhutive statute and
magnificent costume, generally reminded
one of benevolent but 1highly diplomatic
tomtit. Apart from hid journalistic pur-
suits, Reeder had quite name in the the
atrical line, being dileean comedian Of
considerable merit Everybody liked him,
laughed kindly at his little psculiarities.
and respected the bra7e and chivalrous
spirit which they had f4Hnd4o be among
! his Characteristic.
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Good bye until We beet again. ,6ali see
you q to-morrpf evening. fou will
:" 1pNssible," he said,' and went on.
He 1opped, As he hekrd sound borne up
on his ears, It was a confused .Aeer, and
be hurried ON, FOR that cheer i'm that
the men at the Vills3 hall weluse9f an en-
thusiastic aad excited debate.5lapon the
question before them of their; principles
and rights, which they were detgmined to
maintain and secure He knew that sthe
meeting could not be prolonged, SO he
went on and vas soon at the entrance of
the hal. as cheer after cheer rang out up
on the air.
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CHAPTER XIII.


RODENT PARTof's ADVICE.
A scene Of the widest commotion and
confusion greeted the sight of the young
mechanic Robert Parton as he entered the
hall where the meeting Of the strikers was
going on. Upon the platform at one end
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oHzFFzRx XIV. v
THE PLo9rER.

The two men who had with Jfheir new
companion, James Ms4hew 20 coolly do
mesticated themselves ht cid Martins in
Grog Lane, New York, lwere not idle the
morning following their advent there.
Tom and Ben were up early and were soon
engaged in an earnest c$nversation over the
contents If bottle, 9hilS the old second
hpnd dealer sat near hN liatening to theft
conversation concerning their future course
in the way Of thievink and villainy. .
"When L was in qhod al Trenton, said
Tom, :" 1 came acros1 an bid fellow that
knew the whole cou1try Pretty well, and
he was speaking Of That hew would do when
he got out. He knf Nv Of a::good place to
crack safe and clear fewi solid dollars,
so remembered the place.
"Ah, said Benz and where was thatf'
Paterson" H.
"Down in Nsf jersey"
AYE"
at amt far.1 - :
"a matter of seventeen d lies or 80"
pretty nsst home, boys," said old
Martin, xnxiohs 10 share tie spoils, YET
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FITS CURED FREE!!

ANY person suffering from the above diseases i re-
dueste 70 address DR. PRICs and trial bottle of mod.
icine will be forwarded by Express
FREE!
Or. Price is regular physician. and has made the
treatment n
FITS OR EPILEPSY
study for years, and he Il warrant a cure by the
Of his remedy.
Do uot fail 10 send to him for trial bottle it costs
no hing and he
WILL CURE YOU,
matter Of how long standing your case may be- or
how many other remedies may have failed.
Circulars and testimonials sent with
RREE TRIAL BOTTLE.
Or. CAAs. Y. PRICE,
o. WlllAam aenee1 New WaWh.
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POETRY.
YAGRANT PANSLES.
nr Nelly NJ. HUTCHINSON

BY NELLY NJ. HUTCHINSON.
THEY are all in the lily bed, cuddled close to-
gether-
Purples, Yellow Gap, and little baDy bue: !,
How they ever got there You must ask the Aprli
The morning and the evening winds, the sun
shine and the dew.
Why they should GO visiting the tail and naughty
lilies
Is very odd, and none of them will condescend
toeay:
They might have made call upon the Jolly aano-
diIiies;
They might have come to my house any pleas
ant day.
They don It have good time, think, their little
faces
Look so very solemn underneath each velvet
hood:
wonder don't they feel among the garden S
. airs and gTaces
That shy Cousin Violet Is happier IN the Wooo
All, my pretty Pansies, it's no use to go a-seek-
ing;
There ISM any good time wa iting any where
fancy even Vloles is troubled-Inlldly speak
ing
When somebody plucks her, finding her so fair.
There's nothing left for you, my pets, but just to
do your duty
Bloom, and make the world sWeet-thatss the
best for you;
There ism t mulch that's loVeller than your DASH
ful beauty,
MY Puppies, my Yellow Cap, my little Baby
-Harper's for January.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

David NJ. Kimball, of No. 10 Common street,
Boston, on Dec. II killed his wife and step
daughter, and then killed himself.
Theo. A. Wick, defaulting treasurer of
Clarke county, o., has been sentenced to one
pay costs of trial and fine of sixty thousand
six hundred dollars.
The Memphis grand jury has found three
indictments against ex-Alder1nan Cicalla for
obtaining goods under false pretences, fraud
ulent breach of trust and Larceny. He was
arrested and gave bail for his appearance in
the sum of $4,000 each,
Andrew j. Perfect, the Chicago wife muir
derer, sentenced to be hung on Dec. II, has
been respited for one week. It is understood
that he made full confession of his guilt
Donald Mckay, a deputy in the office of the
Clerk of the Chicago Criminal Court, has
been sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary for issuing fraudulent naturalization
papers.
w. B. Wood, agent of the Adams Express
Company, at Franklin, Kentucky, had his
skull crushed and his safe robbed of 81 200 on
the night of Dec. IL. There were three men
concerned in the robbery, all of whom it was
thought had been secured. Woods injuries
were feared to be mortal.
A family consisting of man, wife and child,
while on their way to Texas, were murdered
recently few miles from Little Rock, Ark,
and their bodies thrown into a small stream.
The names of the victims are unknown and
there was no clueeto the murderers discoy-
cred.
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FOREIGN.

Havana dispatch of Dec. IL says that
Captain General Jovellar had issued an ad-
dress to the inhabitants of Cuba, in which he
says:
g The moment treaty is signed between
the Government of. Spain and the United
States, my duty, although painful it may be,
is to comply faithfully with its terms. For
this have received final orders. Failure to
comply with the same would produce war
with great power, without the aid of Spain.
In the meanwhile / obey the law of necessity
and the orders of the Government of the
Spanish republic. Let us deliver up the Vir-
ginius and survivors of her passengers and
crew. have faith in the nobleness of your
procedures in compliance with my word.'
President Mcmahon has commuted the SEN
tence of Marshal Bazaine to twenty years of
seclusion, and to bear the effects of degra-
dation from his rank, but to be spared the hui
initiating ceremony. The Island of Sainte
Marguerite, off Cannea, has been selected as
the place of confinement for Marshal Bazaine,
and he will be sent there Immediately.
A Havana dispatch of Dee. Il says that the
yirginius, escorted by the Spanish man-of-
war Isabella Ia Catoliea, had gone to the port
of Bahia Honda, sixty miles west of Havana,
where she will be delivered by the Spanish
man-of-war to q vessel of the United States
navy, and the dispatch adds that Capt Gen.
,Jovellar had given the necessary orders for
the transfer of the Virginius' prisoners at Sam
tiago de Cuba to an American man-of-war on
thesame day.
| 1t is stated in Berne dispatch of Dec l:
that the Swiss Government has decided te
hand the Papal nuneio his passport, on ac
count of the Pope's last encyelical Letter.
Marshal Bazaine has written a letter t
! President MacMahon, in which he says
g You remembered the days in which W,
served the country together. I feared the i'm
pulse of your heart would be overmastered By
State considerations. I should have diet
without regret since the recommendation 0
the court for mercy vindieates my HONOR
A London dispatch of Dec. u says the shil
Arabia, from Calcutta to Boston, foundered a
sea in latitude 2Se longitude $50. Part 0
the crew had been landed at Gravesend. tn
remainder, thirteen in number, were browne
while bailing.
A Havana dispatch of Dec. Il says: Tn
man-of-war Isabel Ia Catoliea returned to thi
port yesterday. She left the Virginius j
charge of Spanish gun-boat at Bahia Hond;
where the surviving passengers and crew ar
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Another Daughter.

Gillingham was in Williamsportt the 9th
er day, and while attending to his business
there he had a strong premonition that
something was the matter at home, so in
order to satisfy himself, he determined to
run down to Philadelphia in the next
train. In the meantime his mother-in-law
sent him dispatch to this effect:
q Another daughter has just arrived. Hannah
is poorly. Come home at once J"
The lines were down, however, and the
dispatch was held over, and, meanwhile.
Gillingham arrived home aud found his
wife doing pretty well, and the nurses
fumbling around with an infant day old.
After staying twenty-four hours, and find
ing that everybody was tolerably, COM
Portable, he returned to Williamsport with
out anything being said about the dispatch,
his mother-in-law supposing that of course
he had received it. The day after his ar
rival the lines were fixed, and that night
he received a dispatch from the telegraph
office dated that very day, and conveying
the following intelligence:
s' Another daughter has just arrived. Hannah
Is poorly. Come home at once" +"
Gillingham was amazed and bewildered
He couldn't understand it. Daughters
appeared to him to be getting entirely toe
thick. He walked the floor of his room
all night trying to get the hang of the
thing. and the more he considered the
subject the more he became alarmed at tfR
extraordinary occurrence. He took the
early train for the city, and during the
Journey was in condition of frantic be
wilderment. When he arrived he jumped
in cab, drove furiously to the house ano
scared his mother-in-law into convulsions
by rushing in a frenzy and demanding
what on earth had happened He was
greatly relieved to find that there were nc
! twins in the nursery and to learn how the
mistake occurred. But he is looking now
for the telegraph operator who changed
the date of that dispatch. Gillingham i;
anxious to meet him. He wants to set
I-him about something.-ldar Adelcr.