Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-21

was crashing noise, bnt not very loud;
the flames disappeared and so did the
young lady. In at this window he rush
ed again, and through the house, shout
ing Fire! fire! with all his MIGHT, and
with the baby still in his arns. Out
rushed the landlord. as pale a' Il ghost
and his wife alter him, in such = monu-
ment ola night-cap that is quite over
awed my father, even in the midst of
his agitation. The maid was shricking
"Murder!' down in the kitchen ard the
apprentices had tumbled out from under
the counter in the shop, and were polk
ing their noses cautiously out and kind
ly inquiring who was killing her; and
on every landing up the stairs the lod-
gers were calling out to know what was
the matter. There was altogether
terrible row in the place.
The next house is on tire!' said my
father.
Its only the old story" said the land
lord. Run up stairs. my dear, and tell
them it's false alarm"
''But it is not j false alarm" says my
father; '.ior / saw the flames, and | saw
the roof fall in, and l fear that lady is
buried under the ruins. Why don't you
come and help her? She had just drop
ped her child into my arms when the
roof fell"
The landlady that first set eyes on
the bundle. for her husband at that mo-
ment lighted 4 candle from the rush
light which had very imperfectly illu-
minated the scene before.
"a baby!" says she.
Yes says my father; "and think
I'd better leave it with you ma'am.
while | go and endeavor to rescue the
mother"
The woman did not speak nor utter
sound, but she just lifted up the shawl
from the childs face, and dropped down
like lump of lead upon the floor. In
stead of attending to her, both my faith
er and the landlord looked into the
shawl. 1t contained the skeleton of an
infant, wrapped up in rags of what had
at once been very costly garment.
My father felt very sick, and the land
lord staggered back against the wall,
and dropped the candlestick out of his
hand.
When the landlady fell (she was \
tall, heavy woman. and gave the house
Il good shake) the maid screamed "Mur-
| der" louder than ever, and the dodgers
called out yet more energetically to
know what was the matter. That fright
ened the landlord back into his senses,
for he thought if they came down and
saw what my father had got, it would
trighten them all out of the house. So
he caught up the candle, which luckily
was not extinguished by the fall, and
pushed my father, with his bundle, into
the bedroom Then he cried out that it
was only the strange gentleman had the
nightmare, and his wife had been fright
ened into Il fainting fit. So they all went
grumbling back to bed, and the man
helped his wife into her room, where my
father stood trembling and shaking, not
having presence of mind enough to put
down the bundle, and not even daring
to look into it again.
The little skeleton was quietly buried
the next day by an old sexton, who ask
ed no questions, as he knew the land
lord was respectable householder. and
so they all concluded that the ghost was
satisfied, and that was the reason why
she never appeared again.
When my father examined the place
closely by daylight he saw evident
marks of fire about the window, but he
was assured these were the remains OF
Il fire that had happened there Il great
many years before. In short the whole
affair OF the apparition seemed to shroud
some fearful mystery which was perfectly
inexplicable. Some years after, when
he was in London again, my father en-
deavored to find out the house, in the
hope of obtaining a clue to the mystery.
I but he could discover nothing but q
mass of ruins That street and some
others were Just demolished to make
way for that which is now Regent street
JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. 16.-James
MEYERS, son of Sheriff Meyers, of this
county, shot and killed George Busckus,
Il feeble old German, living IN the south
ern part OF the city, about 10 O'Clock
this morning. The story runs tina,
young Meyers had been too intimate
with Il daughter of Busckus, and that be
had been forbidden the house. Thi.
morning Meyers called on Busckus. and
an alteration ensued. Shortly after.
ward Meyers shot the old man in hi.
, own yard putting fourteen buckshot in
= to his body. Meyers was arrested.
: 1t appears that when young Meyer:
, first went to Busckus' house this morn
! ing, he drew pistol on the old man
, WnereupoH Lne iatter seiZeu Ills iiue AIT
. drove him from the premises. Meyer
: went down town borrowed double-bar
. relied shotgun. .and returned to Busckus
! home Notwithstanding the remonstranc'
and entreaties of his mother. and as the
, old man was entering his house to ge
his rifle, Meyers fired. putting forty
three buckshot into his back. Meyer
. was arrested before an inquest was held
and released on $500 dollars bail. Th'
! coroner's jury returned verdict of te
;. lonious killing by Meyers. The youns
p man was subsequently re-arrested ant
placed in custody of the jailor, who per
mitted him to appear on the streets will
a friend. The excitement among tn
Germans is intense, and the indignation
e of the citizens at the conduct of the au
n thorities very great.