Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-06-24

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One Of the strangest stories that ever
beguiled winters night was that OF the
disappearance Of a stone house IN London
while its owners were jOurneylng In the
Holy Land. This could scarcely happen
ia these days Of telegraph and steam.
Neighbors who saw the great gate taken
away, the furniture removed, and every
brick and stone carried on IN broad day
light, never imagined the workmen were
robbers, and SO did not Interfere. But
that strange things happen in New York
az well as London, was demonstrated be-
yond doubt this spring. On that part
of Fifth avenue which faces Central Park,
an expensive brown stone front house in
newly occupied block, was rented by q
SNOWY man who called himself captain
1t was furnished thoroughly
and elegantly by some downtown up
holsterers, pictures, bronzes. &c, were
added, great hampers of wines and pro-
visions were brought, An iceman, butch
er, baker and grocer were engaged, and
the whole establishment ready for its DC
cupants. An old gentleman, neighbor,
with nothing else to do, amused himself
by looking &C the contentsOf the house,
and one day penetrated the Kitchen,
where he found plumbers taking out the
range, who said 'sthe captain didn't like
it, and had ordered different patent"
The family failed to come for y fortnight
the iceman, the butcher, baker and
grocer came for orders, but found no
customers. Finally the neighborly old
gentleman told policeman he thought
there was something wrong about that
house, and so there was-for, on opening
1t, it was found entirely. empty. Not on
ly the furniture was gone, but the man
ties, CRATES, rsnge furnace, everything
portable was missing. And where ia the
gallant captain Gone TO keep a
stylish boarding house at the Centennial.
Daniel Drew's curious testimony,
which shows that he has kept no books,
OF account for his complicated stock
transaction, makes it probable that this
was one of his habits as a drOver which
he has kept up through life. In a part
nership suit between two drOvers,
brought i'm this city some years ago, the
evidence was that they made a"wad" Of
the money which each originally put
into the concern Whichever acted as
the buyer of cattle-sOmtimes one and
sometimes the Otber-carried the "wad;3
each put into 1t what he received, ana
each drew from it what he spent. After
some years they divided the "wad"
equally. That was all there was Of their
system Of book keeping. .-.d5
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, attended
the last dinner of the Harvard Advocate
editors, and responded in the toast OF
''Alma Master" The Boston Courier says:
g He finished his speech by producing a
poem, prepared tor the occasion, which |
he read in the happiest way, interrupted !
at various points by applause. The sub
ject was The Old Horse a sequel to
The Wonderful One Hoss Shay the
leading character being the horse instead |
of the shay. The authors native humor |
was we'll sustained throughout the verses,
and one or two local hits were especially |
appreciated" a. 4
The Baltimore Gazette Is moved by
the death of AstOr and Stewart, and by |
the illness of Vanderbilt to remark: |
"Avoid being a millionaire at all hazards. |
The true way is to lay up treasures in |
Heaven, as DAME, Drew did. by erdow-
ing a theological seminary with an unse-
cured note. That Is treasure which |
neither moth nor rust can corrupt"
Not long agoa billiard player IN Lon-
don in lighting his cigar accidentally let
his match fall on billiard ball, which |
Mt once began to burn with flame that |
could not be extinguished. 1t was, ap- |
-ivs.-.,-is sll--b hut was made of |
celluloid, a mixture of gun-cotton and
compressed and dried.