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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-14
A High-Life Tragedy.

in a fine brown-stone mansion locates
In Monroe place, one of the most fash
ionable neighborhOods in Brooklyn
Charles +. johnson, shot ind seriousl
wounded his wife recently while the
latter held her infant child In her arms
johnson is 20 years of age, and married
a little over year ago. The marriage
took place in the house where the hus
band attempted murder. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Henry Ware
Beecher, who is connected with the
family. The event attracted much at
tention among the people of fashion in
both cities by reason of the high social
standing and wealth of the contracting
parties. The young couple went b
keeping house, but their happiness
hardly outlived the honeymoon. John.
son, although not man of disslpated
habits, had an uncomfortable temper.
According tothe account his wife friends
he constantly ill-treated her. She bore
her sufferings long time, but few
weeks since complained to her father,
Mr.. r. s. Benedict. Mr.. Benedict spoke
to Johnson's father, proprietor of the
Twenty-third street stage line, about
the matter, but he was apparently un-
able to control his son. The ill-treat-
ment continuing, Mrs. Johnson, Jr.,
during the absence of her husband,
took the child and its nurse to her
fathers. About o'clock, while Mr..
Benedict's family we're at dinner, the
door-bell was rung. The servant girl
said Mr.. johnson wanted to see Mrs.
johnson. Her mother expressed a de-
termination to be present at the inter-
view. Mother and daughter entered
the parlor, the latter carrying her infant
child in her arms. johnson looked
pale. He Informed his mother .in-law
he wished to see his wife alone Mrs.
Benedict said she thought it would be
better for her to remain. Mrs. johnson
then interfered and requested her
mother to leave. As soon as Mrs, Bene-
dict left, johnson demanded his child.
His wife said she could not give up the
child. They we're standing at the fold
ing doors, and the husband next to the
back room. He turned quickly, and
putting his hand in his pocket, said:
IN shoot you" Mrs. johnson scream
ed, and, clasping her baby, ran through
the hall toward the basement stairs.
She had gone but step or two when
her husband came out of the back par
ior, and, standing over his wife, fired
at her. The ball entered in front of
the right shoulder and passed out at the
lower part of the breast bone. The
baby narrowly escaped, and Mrs.
Johnson was caught by her sister at the
foot Of the stairs. A policeman was
called, and johnson was arrested before |
he could leave the house. He refuses
to make any statement; the wound is
not thought fatal. Mrs. Johnson's sis
ter is the wife of Col. Henry Beecher,
one of Henry Wards sons. Mrs. john
son charged her husband with assault
with intent to kill, and he was locked |
up.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-14

trembled for the safety of our fine old
friend as we saw him apparently alone
In blaze Of flame, or half hidden IN
the dense volumes Of smoke, which rose
from the burning masses on all sides OF
him. And here we may remark that
although the discipline of the brigades,
their methods Of procedure, and their
total unbusiness-like air OF doing every
thing were to be condemned in toto, too
high praise cannot be bestowed on the
individual pluck and agility of the
members. We out Of Japan are now
familiar with the extraordinary feats Of
Japanese acrobats, but to see This skill
and agility put to practical use one
should "assist" at Yedo fire. When
the word is given for the hook and
ladder men TO 60 into action, 1t Is treat
to see some score Of muscular, active
limbed young fellows, not one whom
pauses moment to look at the danger
into which he is going headlong, dash
into the houses already tottering to their
fall, swarm on the roofs, swing from
rafter to rafter, struggle up almost per
pendicular slopes of loose tiles, often
with rope in their mouths, jump over
yawning chasms of flame as If they
were two foot bitches, fasten the
grapples to the blazing timbers, jump
down and signal an call right" to a
gang Of coolies below, who are hanging
TO the chain or rope. The wall totter
backward and forward for a minute,
but extra mettle is put into final pull,
and down comes the whole blazing side
of a house, burning half-a. dozen fire.
men sending up huge pillar of smoke
and sparks to the sky, and calling forth
a tremendous yell from the admiring
crowd. Scarcely has it fallen when a
dozen active fellows are hard at work,
with their firehooks. From under one
heap of timbers jump out two or three
of the hook and ladder men, who rub
their bruises and laugh frantically.
Out of cavern of smoldering ashes
crawls another, with an arm broken;
while from the innermost recesses are
pulled out two or three poor blackened,
mutilated remains of what were few |
minutes back rollicking, daredevils in
the prime and strength of manhood.
These last are gently carried off on
shutters, and tomorrow will be fol-
lowed to their last resting-place under
the cryptomerias and azaleas on the hill
side yonder, by crowd of relations
and comrades, proud in the midst of
their sorrows of the deaths met with
in the public cause.
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Japanese Firemen,

1t was big fire-there was no doubt
oft. In Constantinople and New York,
fairly big events of this sort occasional
ly occur, and are made much of, but to
see King Fire in all his awful power
and glory, Japan should be visited.
Although we had been pretty prompt
in obeying the alarm bell, we found
that the fire had already made, con-
siderable progress, and at first, unpro-
tected as we were by helmets or hoods,
we found it difficult even to look at the
raging scene before US. All we could
make out was vast expanse of dancing
flame, intersected by jets of smoke, and
the black outlines Of burned or burning
buildings. By degrees we became ac-
customed, to 1t and we saw our brigade
double up into action, place the engine
in position, squirt at the flames, which
seemed to have the most undisputed
mastery everywhere, and send forward
the hook and ladder men-dare-devil
fellows, who seemed to have the utmost
contempt for flames and falling timber,
and who went into the danger as if they
were going to a wedding. To us, ac-
customed to the stern, silent, business
like manner of the London flremen,
there was something savoring of bur-
lesque in the efforts of these Yedo brig
AIDES to combat the flames. The general
effect was that of what is known as a
pantomime "rally''-every one bowling
shOotlng, running to and fro, and up
setting one another, amid shower of
beams, tiles, and articles of furniture,
without any apparent order or method.
There was great deal of movement
and great deal Of uproar, and, during
the whole performance, the flames
seemed to wander just VIII re they
pleased, singeing here, blistering there,
but. as a rule, completely cutting what
they came in contact with. Meanwhile,
our engine had come to utter grief. But
this, to our eyes, was of very little con-
sequence, as 1t had served simply to
dampen the jackets of the firemen; so it
was removed, and all the energies of
the brigade were devoted to the object
of preventing the spread of the fire by
the wholesale demolition of houses.
With this object In view the hook and
la lder men were sent forward into the
houses which were more Immediately
threatened with destruction, while the
battering-rams-huge piles Of wood
with tremendous iron forks at the ends
were run up under the charge of the
most stalwart coolies Of the brigade.
The Captain, armed with huge stand
ard, was sitting straddle-legged on the
roof OF a house, and by his movements
those of the brigade were objected. Un-
til he retreated not m&h dared to
dream of yielding an ineh, and we
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-14
The Era of Crime.

The New York Sun publishes list o.
the delalcations, ,embezzlements, breach.
es OF trust, ETC., since July, 1873, over
and above $4,000 each. They foot up
the astounding total of $30,000,0 900
divided among some three hundred and
fifty persons, comprising bank, railway
and public officials of all grades, mer
chants, brokers, lawyers, church officers
and ministers of the gospel. Two hun
dred stole from So 900 to $4,000; fifty
pocketed from $4,000 to $lOO, 900 forty
from 100000 to 100000, and thirty
abstracted still larger sums. The list
shows a nearly steady increase in the
number and extent of these crimes from
1873 to 1877. when, out of about one
hundred and fifty rogues reported,
twenty are credited with thefts aggre-
eating nearly 81 ,000,000 The most COM
mon method of stealing pursued ap.
pears to have been embezzlement and
defalcations, though forgery and breach
OF trust stanC out conspicuously in many
now notorious cases. In the majority
OF instances the crimo did not result
from deliberate purpose to steal, but
was resorted to as a temporary expe-
dent to repair losses in speculation, or
cover up bad investments, or exc out
small deficiencies in living expenses,
etc., etc. Often, no doubt, the money
was taken with an honest intention of
paying 1t back soon, or when "times
got little better" and as often, in try
ing to make up the amount by ventures
In stocks, fresh losses have compelled
the unfortunates to increase rather
than diminish the total of their abstrae
lions. There are more thieves made in
this way than in any other. Men who
steal at first in order to save their repu
tation, very soon are ready to steal like
the ordinary burglar, for the sake of
the swag itself. OF these crimes, there
were some that no human foresight or
WaIchIuihess could nave prevented, and
until the millennium comes it is idle to
hope that they will not be repeated.
There will always be occasions when the
personal character of individuals must
be taken as the only available security
for the safe keeping of public and pri
vate trusts. There is large class of
cases. however, where it is possible to
diminish crime by the adoption of more
stringent PRECAUTIONS against Its pcrpe-
tratiop. 1t is possible, for instance, to
institute such rigid examination of
financial institutions as to preclude not
only all opportunity, but all temptation
to defraud; 1t is possible to introduce
such a system of checks and counter
checks in public offices as to make the
honesty of any one official dependent
upon the integrity of all the rest,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-14
A Noble Act.

Once upon time a young man was
convicted of crime in Detroit and sen.
fenced by Recorder Swift to the Stat
prison for three years. He made No
record in prison and was pardoned by
Governor Bagley short time before the
expiration of the term for which he had
been sentenced, On his return to
Detroit he found employment at So a
week in one of the largest wholesale
and retail houses in the city. He con-
Quoted himself in an exemplary manner
and he began to believe that his lines
had really fallen In pleasant places,
until one morning an ominous message
came, informing him that he was want
ed in the prOprietor's office. Appre-
hensive that his history had been dis
closed, he entered the office with a heavy
heart, but resolved to meet the issue
like man. The proprietor stood by
his desk, holding in one hand letter
His manner indicated nothing of what
was passing in his mind but with
deprecatory gesture he handed the letter
to his clerk and told him to read it.
The young man glanced hurriedly over
the letter--a cowardly, anonymous
production-which was simply recital
OF the dark episode of his career.
els it truep" inquired the proprie.
tor.
"It is true," was the sad reply.
The merchants face lighted up in all
Instant. He grasped the abashed trem-
bling clerk by the hand and said to him:
"You are the man ] want. You may
draw $13 a week until further notice,
and at the first opportunity shall give
you charge of floor. l can trust man
who will face the truth in this fashion
under these circumstances, and you may
count upon permanent situation as
long as am In business"
What the young man said In response
to this unexpected declaration Of conf
dence has not yet been told; but the
merchant, whose sense of justice and
love of truth we're so signally illustrated
may be assured that he has gained a
royal friend, and earned the deathless
gratitude not only Of that young man,
but of all his family. 1t Is an example
worth more than whole decades oftm-
prlsonmoat.
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W hlch popular credence invested the
character and career of Blake, that
could not at that time believe had
killed him, and had not the hardlhOod
to expose myself to the RI k of again
falling into his clutches merely to make
this point certain.
In an incredibly short time | arrived
at what seemed to be tile place where
the trail branched, and turning into the
right path this time, l proceeded along
1t for a mile or more. Suddenly peal
of thunder reverberated through the
forest, instantaneously succeeded by a
vivid fash of lightning, which, illum-
mating my surrounding, displayed the
termination of the path, anil cluster
of settlers cabins directly before me.
A moment later | dismounted at the
door of the nearest cabin, and knocked.
My summons was quickly answered by
the proprietor, who happened to be the
man was in search of. He gave me
hospitahle welcome, and after my ply
slcal wants had been attended to, re-
lated my adventure. The knowledge
of Blake's propinquity gave my host
considerable alarm, and he at once com.
municated the intelligence to number
of his nearest neighbors, who, COM
pletely armed, assembled at his house
to be prepared in case the desperate or
any of his band should attempt to make
an attack upon the settlement.
The night passed without any dis.
turbance; and early in the morning
accompanied the backwoodsman to the
spot where | had been assailed. We
found the body of the man with the
bushy eyebrows, which was at once
identified as that of Blake. My shot
had been well-sped, and received the
hearty congratulations of the settlers
on my achievement. Blake's confede-
rate had made good his escape, evil
IDENTIFY having only been stunned by the
blow.
Not long after the occurrence / was
made the recipient of considerable re-
ward which had been offered by the
Government for the body of Blake,
'dead or alive;" and under the cir
hardly regretted my ad-
venture.
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victory or Death.

The following singular courtship of
Prairie Grove gallantis an illustration
that "faint heart never won fair lady"
He proposed but was gently refused
lie went second and a third time with
the same result. But at length he rode
over one evening and told her that he
would neither eat, sleep nor speak until
she consented TO become his bride. She
invited him in to dinner; he shook his
head. She talked on; he merely looked
detected. Then she requested him to
take supper; negative shake, of the
head was the only reply. She played,
sang and chatted on till bed time, when
a servant showed him room mega
tive shake. She tripped away to her
chamber; he sat determinedly still.
About twelve o'clock she came back
and said: 81 don't wish to cause the
death of n good officer, so will marry
you" The released one rose, and
with much eagcrness said my dear,
have you auy cold victuals on hand"
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On one Of the islands off the coast of
Maine is gigantic schoolmistress,
seven feet high, weighing 300 pounds,
strong in proportion, and very hand
some. Once she was sent to reduce to
order school of savage young men,
who thrashed their teachers and turned
them out. Her advent was enough to
make them meek as lambs, all save one
young man of a, handsome and curly
haired, and who regarded himself as a
privileged character. He began to cut
up one day before the girls, whereupon
in the twinkling of an eye, the hand
some giantess bowed him across her
knee and spanked him with her ruler.
The boys laughed, the girls Uttered,
and that was the end Of that young
mans pranks,
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IN THE OLD CHURCH TOWER.
BY 7. r. AI.DRICH.

In the old church tower
Hangs the bell
Aud above 1t on the yane,
In the sunshine and the rain,
Cut in golden, St. Peter stands,
With the keys In his two hands,
And all is we'll
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell 4;
lou can hear its great heart beat,
All 80 loud and wild, and sweet,
As the parson says aprayer
over happy lovers there
While all Is we'll
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell.
Deep and solemn. Hsrk again;
All, what passion and what pain!
With her hands upon her breast,
Some poor soul has gone TO rest,
Where all is well
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell
A quaint friend that seems 10 know
All cur joys aud all our woe;
IL is glad when we are wed
1t Is sad when We are dead;
And all is well
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MILLINEItY AND DkESSMAKING.
~ DE- LACY. ssaIs BROADWAY. NEAR 18TH ST.
els selling or the exquisite assortment OF Bonnets
ana Round lats at half the cost ot Importation
Dodge City times., 1878-06-29
For the Tiines.
ART OE TALKING.

The man who is continually talking seldom
says anything of importance. More than half
the time he talks because he likes the sound Of
his own voice, and his remarks are superficial
and valueless. The reserved man on the contra
ry. finds it difficult TO give uttersnce to the
thoughts which move forward to the portals of
his mouth in such crowds that they in fact block
it up. Whenever You meet with man OF this
Kind give him time, and do not mistake his tar
diness for ignorance or imbecility of mind. In
nine cases out Of ten he has lived in solitude,
and because he has not been habtuated 10 con-
versation his tongue grows Sc rusty that when
he does venture into society no one will wait
til he is drawn out ard therefore his reserve
continues to increase. DO not contemptuonsly
turn your back upon him, but listen and he will
IN all likelihood repay your civilty with inter
est. The man who tails but htile generally has
something to say when he does speak; his ideas
have been polished by observation OF years and
sink iorcibly into the minds of his hearers.
FORT DODGE. KAN. A.F.