Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-07

hurried up to Newspaper Row
and stirred up the Bohenians to
the highest pitch ofexcitement by
his tale Of woe. The corpulent
Ramsdell sat down and wept !;
Adams blew his nose, will Boyn-
ton phiIosophically remarked that
the loss of a baby was somebody's
gain, and Preston added that it
was a loss easily repaired and so
the night wore on.
What became of that hack,
with the precious little burden, is
the most interesting part of the
narrative. 1t seems that our old
friend Zach Chandler. the Michi-
gander, who goes incoming about
at all sorts of late hours, found
himself on Four-and-a-hal street
in such a state of absent minded
ness that he couldn't tell where he
was or where he ought to be. In
these emergencies he instinctively
calls hack. All the hack drivers
in town know the great Michigan
der, .and entirely regardless of
what he orders or says, they inva-
riably drive him home, stopping
at all the bars and sample rooms
on the way. On this occasion he
halted hack, and getting in said
as he did so:
Observation-Disclosures
Sitting upon the back seat, he
was startled by a wild cry that
almost sobered him. This will
sound like exaggeration, but it is
fact. 1t caI1e very near being a
case of spoiled child, for old Zach
had hinged two hundred pounds
of Senatorial beef and whisky on
the lost child OF the lower House.
He started up with such violence
that his head struck the top Of the
hack, nearly bouncing the driver
off his seat, more, however, with
establishment than jolt.
Old Zach resolved himself into
an investigating committee, and
sitting down on the front seat, felt
around. He gathered up the
child, and for a minute sat turning
the situation over in his gigantic
intellect. then, sticking his head
out Of the window, he shouted
with that voice which has made
the British lion tremble:
"Driver, go'omequick I've
got baby"
AS the infant continued its
screaming the driver had no
doubt as to the truth of this start
ling revelation, and so tore along
the street at a frightful rate, con-
that his team consisted
of one vicious kicker and one run
away. Pulling at the paIatial
mansion, the great Michigander
tumbled out and rushed in with
the child in his arms. Presenting
it TO the astonished Mrs. Chan
dier, he said:
"Monstronary 'fiir--sot-d down
babylon hack. Going
-dopt-him.
The good old lady did not re-
ceive the new conner with the
same enthusiasm, but sent for a
policeman, not TO arrest the Sen
ator. bat to remove the encum-
berance. Through this means the
poor little Waif was returned to
its frantic parents.
We are happy to say that both
Chandler and baby are as well MS
could be expected.
IMMIGRATION CHECKED BY
THE PANIC. During the past
week the total number of inn
migrants landed at Castle Garden
was only four hundred and fifty
six. This is the smallest number
received in a single week for Il
period Of several years. The re-
cord OfimmigratiOn this year will
probably fall short of that of the
previous. year. In January, 1878,
the number of Immigrants was
$3.50, and in the same month of
1872, 4,615 January, 1874, is alredy
nearly passed, and the number of
arrivals is only 1862 The coming
week will not swell this number
to 1890. This remarkable decrease
is attributed largely to the recent
panic in this country. and the
dearth Of employment On the
three steamers which landed pas
sengers yesterday from Glasgow,
Hamburg, and Bremen, only 1877
Storage passengers arrived. With
in the next six weeks the stream
of immigration will rapidly
increase in volume, and in May
thousar ds wifi doubtless disem :
bark daily, and many hundreds
from Il single vessel.-N Y
Tribune.
A nau writes to the editor for $4
because he is So u(elually short," and
he gets in reply the hear;less response,
"Do as I do, stand mp on a chair.n Elk.