The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-24

they preyed upon. No one seeing them
in their evening dress in their evening
quarters could have imagined they were
the same beings who seemed 80 woe-be-
gone during the day.
THERE is lively quarrel as to the
possession of the valuable swords of the
late Gen. Twiggs, now in the Treasury
Department, where they have been
since their seizure by Gen. Butler in 1862
from q Mrs. Florance and her daugh-
ter, to whom they had been entrusted.
The daughter is now the wife of an
Englishman named Guedalla, and has
made claim on the Government for
the swords, on the ground that they
were given to her absolutely by the
General, when he found it advisable to
leave New Orleans. The heirs of Gen.
Twiggs, q son and daughter, deny the
validity of Mrs. Guedalla's claim, and
say that Gen. Twiggs merely committed
the swords to her for safe-keeping until
they could be reclaimed, and that in
his will he made special requests of
them to his children. One of the
swords, which was presented to Gen.
Twiggs, was heavily jeweled and worth
several thousand dollars.
A NOVEL will case was recently
brought before Judge Warren in Dub
lin. The testator was lying i'll with ty-
plus fever, and sent for two persons
whom he intended to name as his exec
utors. They objected, however, to 60
into an infected house, and table and
chairs were therefore placed outside the
windows of the sick mans room in such
a position that he could see the persons
sitting at the table. As q Means of
communication between those outside
and the fever patient, boy who had
already suffered from typhns, and was
therefore considered fever proof, was
sslected for carrying ilstrsstsoGs to the
WILL maker. Ths sd1Eftor Gxecuted his
I'll IyXaking Nh marx under the OBJ
servafion Of the witnesses, who attested
The execution in the sight of the testator
When this was done he was removed to
the hospital, and there died. The va
lidity of the will was called in question
on the ground that it was not duly exc
cuted. The Judge pronounced in favor
of the will, remarking that he saw no
reason for requiring executors to expose
their lives to needless risk.
MANY stories are told of the stiffness
and applicability of Tappan, the de-
faulting Treasurer of the Boston Betting
Company. Here is one from the Bos-
ton Transcript: Twenty-six years
ago a young man entered the services
of the Boston Betting Company as q
minor clerk. Twenty-one years after
ward he had risen to be the confiden-
tial clerk of its Treasurer. Against his
personal desire, his fellow-citizens asked
him to become their nominee for the
Mayoralty. He accepted, and the day
of election approached. The election
was to occur Monday. On Saturday the
Treasurer told him he could be Mayor
of Somerville or clerk of the Betting
Company, but he must choose between
the tive. Though taken by surprise, he
instantly replied, Il accept the alterna-
tive. resign my position here He
received an almost unanimous election,
but two votes being cast against him.
Within the last month the former clerk
was called in by the officers of the com.
pany. The aged Treasurer sat with
tears streaming down his cheeks, thor
oughly broken in mind and body, while
the former clerk went over the old
mans assets, just turned over to the
company, to partially make good the
loss occasioned by his misdeeds."