Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-25

THE BAiIINoRE ELoPENENT.-Miss Gailey's
Condition, F2etcher's Letter to has HIte-A teIe-
gram to th N. Y. Herald from Baltimore says:
Ahothef chapter in the Fletcher Bailey scandal
case was developed today through gentleman
VINO had been boarder at Mrs BaIiey's resi-
dence up TO within few days OF the eiOpemeut
Ihese particulars surround the affair many
painful circumstances too delicate for pubica-
Ion. Lieut. Fletcher became boarder In Mrs
Balley,s house In october last, with Ills wife and
two children, and. though Mrs. Bailey and
otter members of the family assert that they
never saw any imprudent conduct between
Fletcher and Miss Bailey, others In the house
were not bl1nd. Mrs. Bailey, it is alleged, was
informed Of the situation of affairs On the Fri
Gay before the elopement took place, but indig-
nantly denied the allegations against her
oaugnter ;, me most painful part OF the affair
IS that Miss Baieys health was such that her
coIultlcn could 10 longer De concealed, though
II was stated that Fletcher was not the author
o. o. !. hef ruin When tie guilty. pair ran away
eacn OF them left letters bch.ni thea Fletcher
wrote to mis- wife and to Miss Eatley's mother.
and tie young woman also wrote to be; m ,ther
me contents OF the letters to Mrs. Bailey are
Iot EIoWn. In FietcherS letter TO his wife he
lelS her that ever since their marriage seven
years ago, lie has not been happy Ia her society
He asserts that lie loved Miss Dora Bailey from
the very first moment he saw her lie Informs
Els VIE that he lad eloped with Miss Bailey.
and that tie last time he would ever wri q his
real name was at the end of that letter.
ALMOST BURIED ALIvE.-The Atchfson. Kan.
Patriot tells remarkable story concerning the
buried. Tenny Dysart is the wife Of John Dy W.
sart, colored man living in West Atchinson.
ABOUT Christmas time Mrs. Dysart was obliged
to take to her bed Oh account of dropsy, and at
about midnight on Tuesday OF last Week she
seemed to die. On Wednesday friends looked
az me BODY, condoled with the husband and
ON Wednesday night watchers sat by the sun.
posed corpse, and Thursday was fiXed as the
day OF burial. On Thursday morning the BODY
T Tas roDea 1or Inc grave and placed In the coffin
winch hour the house was Tiled with mourning
friends. The hearSe was waiting at the door.
ard the body was soon ready to be borne to its
last resting place. AS the lid of the cofIn was
thrown back to allow farewell look at the
BODY, one visitor laid her hand on the forehead
OF the supposed dead woman, and, with a cry Of
warm. Physicians were sent for. They an.
piled the usual tests and said that life sin re-
malIed. The body was taken from the coffin.
le9edles ana restoratiVes We're administered,
ana Is Ia fair way Of recovery.
E Iliiff have lately returned from wild horse
nunt In the sand hills. They worked faithfully
for about two weeks on drive OF six head and
hnally succeeded In capturing them and bring
Ing part OF them In. The horses taken were the
remnant of once powerful band which ranged
In the territory south of this county and some
OF them were fine specimens OF horsefesh. The
boys contemplate another drive in short time
down on the Cimmaron where large herd has
been heard from.-tB Barbour County fKanJ Hi.
THE DAKOTA GOLD FRAUD.-The only addt-
uonal information about the Dakota gold dis
covery canard, is brought by the Sioux Falls
papers ana describes the methods employed to
accomplish the fraud by the enterprising prop
ssfty-owners: daughter of one Of the gold
alscove1els had just returned from Colorado
OF quart specimens, and these
roSs.1er Win quantity OF copper pyrtes and
m'ca' were used to carry out the deception
A SINGCI and almost
oaoHgG q; phenomenon has been observed re-
e eha IN many parts OF Switzerland While
been lows t5e IN the valleys and plains has
snow resting on the ground, warm snutb
vino has prevailed in the upiands and smnnu
f fe gag nd APPS where the streams remain IN,
Muolen; ana Inc snow has almost disaDnearai
Id ms mas been especially the case in FRI
nesmyz 5Ee Grisons, Neufchatel, and the Ber,
CAPT. Paul BoYToN, who has undertaken tn
i ,oat df9m Pittsburg, Pa to New Orleans in his
terday at $50 a. m. The weather was cold and
stormy: me temperature in the water was
freezing and the river running fun OF Ice. He
oenVllle tonight and Wheeling WedneSd Nv
MSht, whence he will have a float of elri,fy
niles to Marietta.
IHE Trial. OF FRANK BAssETT for the muir
uer OF Frank Weinbeeker, in July, 1878, com
charged that Bassett chioroformed his vle S N
a s tired to sell the body to the Yale MelInai
SGnooi Mrs: Alexander BassettS paramour
aaneady convicted of participation In the mur,
ger 1s, VIII be one Of the principal witnesses for
g the bodies OF Mrs. Gray and her three
c en- all firmly tied together, were found In
Sne fiNef near Fort Worth, Tex, few days ago
June. iA'e
81 EDDIE Lawhorn aged twelve, when con-
Wcted OF horse stealing and sentenced to i'm
prlsonment for five years in the Texas pentten-
uary, laughingly said, Five years aifl's long.
why, l can standon my head most OF the time"
~ The New York Baptist ministers are stiu
discussing the question Of the salvation OF in
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