Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-04
a woman. CuriO>tty.
"ANG OF C0USTERFEITERS DISCOVERED AM
CAPTURED THROUGH THE FRYING CUSIOSIT,

Woman. Curiosity.
"hNu OF CoUSTERFEITERS DISCOVERED AND
CAPTURED THROUGH THE FRYING CURIOSITY
CT A GIRL.
A telegram from Wheeling, w. Va. Feb. ..
Says:-A gang OF counterfeiters and mnonshin'
ers have infested Preston county. this state for
several months, and have carried on their one
rauons In an old unwOrked coal bank on the
Morgant0wn and KingWOOd turnpike and II
was only through the curiosity .of a yOunr
woman that the discovery was made last Thurs
Gay; ] he girl, who had been recently hired by
DAVID Stencnei to nurse his wife in sickness
mo- iced In one of the rooms of the residence an
old trunk, and through curiosity opened and
looked into it. She saw in II a large lot OF
nickelS, quarters, and half dollars besides sev-
eIal dies for making the spurious coin she
went home that evening and told her father
what she had seen, and he communicated
the information TO officers, who sent the
news to United States Commissioner Henshaw
OF Grafton. Warrants were issued Yesterday
morning Tor the arrest OF Stenchel Campbell
and Williams. and placed In the hands of United
states Marshal Alexander, who summoned a
number OF men and went into Preston county
h1ter desperate fight with the moonshDerS
me marshal succeeded in ARE sting all three OF
Inem, ana late at night started for ClarkSburg
Tor the purpose OF taking the men before United
states DlStrlct Attorney Golf for a preliminary
hearing; On tn way Stenchel confessed that
ne had Deen made dupe of by Campbell and
NllamS, the men who did the cOunterfeiting
and who mad paid him for circulating the money
III The neghborhood. His pay was from the
money they had made. and SO perfect was the
spurious coin that experts found IL difficult To
detect it. Stenchel was held as witness. and
the other two in the sum Of $1,000 each for their
appearance before the United States district
court. The moonshlners were preparing to
move TO others fields when arrested. These
men are supposed to belong to gang thai is.
represented 10 be In eastern Pennsylvania.
CYPRUS A EAMURE.-A letter from Cyprus
tells me that Sir Garnet is not likely to remain
lnucn longer as ruler, and that his recall at his
own desire is imminent. He has nothing to do
ana IS SICK OF enaut. As for transforming the
island into an abode OF the blessed, if it could
be done at ALL Sir Garnet has not the men TODD
1t. The natives will not improve their STYLE OF
agriculture, nor will they make roads nor build
citles which they do not want. The royal engi-
neerS are worked to death, have made any
number OF surveys and models and maps, and
done a good deal Of delving, but they have
thrown up no improbable fortreSseS. and are
rather tired OF their work as unacknowieCiged
tilierS OF the soil. Indeed. deSpairing in(ii-
Eidual on the staff, whose wish Is occasionally
father to the thought, has arrived at the con
cluSlon that the place is to be abandoned by and
by altogether. The commissioners OF districts
who are not invaded are weary OF the compIi-
cations anent jurisdiction; and one of them at
least, has given over the use of his rdng-Whip
as an instrument of 1mprOyiSed law But lust
as the soldiers are firing Of the place, another
British invasion Is threatened. one of the
latest visitors was an emiSSary Of one of the
missionary societies, who laborS under the de-
dGhtful delusiOn that he is about to convert the
typnoie priests OF the Greek church to some
thiEg akin to SpllrgeOniSm, and TO convert them
without pay. There is one man doing well in
he island, and he is now editor of the English
side OF The Cyprlote journal. He boasts that he
ilGeS his own horse about Larnaca, and that
every body else in the place envieS him the pos
session OF that Guadrupedal sign OF extrava CAN'T
prosperity. -tLondon World, Jan. %.
GoLD-BUG TRAPPING IN RAGS.-An Old man
with tatteied garments and unsteady step went
INTO the house OF resident OF ST. James, on
Thursday night, and asked for something to
cat. say Ing he was nearly starved to DEATH He
poke very broken French to the girl who came
10 the door, he being German by birth. He
was taken IN and given a good supper. and
when about to leave, the lady of the house told
MIN he might take what he had not eaten In
slowing the pieces of bread and meat AWAY i'm
capaCl0uS pocket on the inside of his ragged
coat he accidentally let fall to the floor we'll
worn bucksk1n pouch which burst asunder and
there rolled around innumerable pieces of gold
coin. The old man scrambled after his wealth
nervousy, and sooned regained all of them ex-
cept one. The family stood looking on with
a anna during this interesting proceeding
Nhen he had gone, a 1ve-ffanc piece, worn as
smooth as the bottom of f1at-irOn, was found
on the moor. 1t was expected that the old vaga-
bond would return and claim his gold, but he
did not Montreal Gazette, Feb. l.
A MURDERED BRIDE.-About six O'Clock ON
the evening OF the Goth instant George Gln-
man, Mexican, called upon Justice A. C. Nein
OF Fisalia, at his Office, armed with a marriage
license, newly issued by the county clerk, and
TO Theresa Porter, or Poras, as called by her
friends. The ceremony was duly performed
and witnessed. the groom giving his age as u.s.
and the bride as 40. On The morning of the
2lst Mexican, Jesus Mancinatis, called upOn
the Judge and informed him that the bride OF
the night before had been stabbed with a knife
and was speeches., the house plundered and
the husband gone. The premises were visited,
ana the bride OF the evening before was corpse
at O'Clock on the following morning. There
seems 10 be every ground for the belief that the
marriage was made for plumber, and success
fully carried out. The feeling among the Span
ish population is intense against Cuman, and
sheriff In search for the culprit, who il is
supposed cannot be far Off il he has STAYED with
the plumber missing from the house. Every
effort is being made for his capture Tisaiia
{Cat.) News.
WOLF PLAYING 'POssUM.-Reuben Lowry. OF
walker township, Anderson county, Kansas
was out hunting wolves one day during this
snow He got track of a wolf and with his
dogs followed to the timber, where he overlook
IL, and the dogs and the wolf fought in the
snow; Uncle Reuben. however, who was on
horseback, managed to put load of shot into
the wolf. An old greyhound laid the wolf out
on the snow apparently dead. Uncle Reuben
had strings attached to his saddle behind to
lie game TO, and flashing the carcase Of the wolf
10 the saddle he mounted for home. All uncOn-
SciouS Ell any difficulty, he awakened suddenly
TO the fact that the wolf had been PLAYING mos
sum and was viciously swapping and making
vigorous efforts to get away from the saddle
thongs. Uncle Reuben, OF course, could not get
off the horse to kill the wolf, and was In imInl-
nent danger of being bitten where he was He
his opportunity, and grabbed the beast by the
neck In such manner that it could not bite
and held 1t there until he got home. where his
grandson killed it Garnet Journal.
CONDITIONING THAT MUST CHARM Mr.
BERGH:-A well-known chicken fan cier in this
city. who has private pit OF his oW n and with
ms fowls gives private exhibitions to his friends
instead or fitting his fowls with steel raffs.
dresses the stumpS OF their spurs with mfttens
made OF buckskin. and stuffed In the same man
Fer as boxing glove. In fact, they are boxing
gloves for gamecocks, and are about one inch
long and half an inch In diameter. No pecking
with the bill is permitted, and the first fowl
that breaks the rule is taken out Of the pit.
Under such regulations it Is impossible for the
fowls to cripple or injure each other, while their
agility, cunning and powers OF endurance are
shown with equal advantage Detrou Free
Press.
How He RECEIVED A PARDoN-A Franks ,rt
special TO the Louisville Cosrier-Journat says:
There was bad case at the prison this morn
ing. Rufus Morgan the convict who cut his
throat not long since. received a pardon from
the President, but 1t came only to find him a
maniac. Morgan was sent for 1s years from
Harrison county for cOunterfeiting. He was
convicted ana sentenced March 90, 1874. A tel