New-York tribune., 1879-11-14
GEYER IL NOT4s.

4 child's hair has tuned from dark auburn
10 snow white. IN OIean, N Y. few weeks ago Tho
lttle girl WHO ~ nine years old, saw two or three
drunken men in the street ana terribly frightened
sac cried for three hours and Ler paroXysms Of grief
w,rs well nigh uncomfortable. soon nitorWaid her
hair began % turn gray, and now it Is white
Mrs. Theresa Gueck died recently IN Chey-
enne Wyoming Territory under cicumstarc's that rem
dered nsco ssaTy the empaHneling Of Coroners jury
Mary C. Griham Elsie II. Conroy, L'zze A Abney. Isa
bella wllford Augusta Hufschmidt aud Sarah Casper
were summoncd aud They listened TO the test-
mouy and rendered verdict IN eceordance with TIE
facts ins Is the first insis CO IN history OF CofoAe's
jury composed exclusively oi women
The strength of the Russian Army on a
pea e foot ng has been materially increased since the
close OF tie war with Turkey At the present time the
Government place III European theatre OF war
twenty very sroar corps darmees, comprising one OF
guarlr greldcr tea OF inc line end eight Of re-
serves Tine Increased levy OF recruits. which Is now
2l 600 men annually fuTn shes the means OF keeping
up the reserves normal peace footing. The equip
Inent of the iafantry win the Bardan weapon WI be
conplrted by the close or ISL while me hcid af.y
vii bee proylld somewhat earlier with breeca-oading
cannon of new pattern
Father Sculy, whose course in regard TO
the school question il now attracting attention 10 Mas
.ac.usettg was chaplain of The gth Reguent during
the war; TAe BosOR Journal relates an incident OF
camp life which Illustrates the energy Of his c afacter
One day lslty of officers Ic having lille game 0f
pokor and as the por amounted to 80 -, tlere was
great excitement TO WHO should be the winner Just
"a. The question was decided Father scully spring
under tie tent ap, grabbed the stakes and pu Them in
his breast rocket with remaIk There 10 is and
there II will stay" No iemonsrrance was offered and
he walked OF with the conhscatsd currency. In little
while pay day came round and the usual collection
taken up for the chaplain Father scully was soon
formed Of the amount and sat his tent waiting forit
20 be brought him. In short time the cncer who
had taken collectioE-aiG he II those WHO
had been disturbed al The little game few days be-
re-gpprO icncd with the mon ". when he handed
over lie chaplain count, IT, ana then turned sharply
the messenger with the question: Wheres the DINER
OF triumph. and drawing himself mp. he slapped his
hand o. the breast OF ms coat ana answered. There
Il, and there tn stay; that was my pot you tua.'
General Beauregard has written a letter to
personal friend response certain inquiries
cernng The battle OF Shiloh. and Il first the ght in
the columns OF The Cincinnati Enquirer. He makes
these points: " a. The turning point in the conquest
at shiloh the arrival of BuePs forces C2) Grant
was rreIfeyaby beaten, and but for the arrival Of
Buels army his remnants would have been destroyed
on second day. o. During tho attempted assaults
made by our dlsjonted organization upon the Federal
position on the blua Pltsourg Landing, betwecn5
.. Of the first day. expected from the renewed
resistance OF The Federals that renorcements had been
received and General Prenuss. VINO captured In
the afternoon stated IN the evening that Buell.
ngup. Later. however dispatch from Colonel Helm.
a regular Il mean West Point graduate and the Old
seryice army officer posted at Florence positively re-
for this mistaken report OF Helm and may add Har-
dee's ncgec to report the information acquired
by Colonel Forrest during the night that large bodies
troops were beng formed the rver would have
adopted different disposition the second suited
the defensive for which the Held offered ample Op-
portunity: the opportnne arrival OF Bueil,s army un
questOrab saved the Federas from CON pete defeat
Not more than one-ourth or Grants forces in the
second days battle How many OF them could have been
collected aud organized without he presence Of General
Buels army II is not difficult tojudge"
Handsome Billy" nee Mary Ann Schlfer
but masquerading mans cotdes ten years. has
Gently married to respectable merchant Wells
Vile. n. y. In tie Summer Of 1877 Billy" was
rested charge of burglary. He declared he
innocent, and few people who knew him believed him
guilty. BY the time his ready for trial. Octo-
ber speedy acquittal expected. circumstances
pointed strongly to other persons the criminals But.
to the surprise the community when he WAS arragned
for he pleaded guilty TO both counts OF the udict-
ment--burslary and larceny. He broke down entirely
in making the plea aud begged the Court TO be enent
with him. He was sentenced to eighteen mouths i'm
prsoument in the Erie County Pententiary aud was
put work polishing buckles among lot OF hardened
criminals. Subsequently the prisoners sex was dscov-
cred and she removed 10 the womens quarters aud.
finally. PardoBed Under the namo OF William Freeman
she had worked for ten years without exciting any
pcon that she was not man. She Joined the MethO-
dist Church IN 1875. and longcd 10 assume her true
chaacerD but the wearing OF mems clothing had become
second TO her. and she ashamed make the
change. In regard TO the crime for which she
rested she declared that she entirely The
nephew of tie woman who was her housekeeper Lad
the burg airy and seereted the goods the
barn, and had declared o her while she lal thai
unless she entered plea Of guilty she would reach
home alive She believed thar tue nephew man
VINO would not pause at any crime and 20 save hcr life
pleaded guilty. When dressed IN woman's clothing
Mary Ann became hne-lpoking woman, but awkward
long OF male attire aud masculine abof. Last
Winter size became shop-giH In a country store and
nOw affer her strange adventures, she Is nn honest
mans wife. He Is the merchant whose store she was
accused OF robbng. and who appeared as witness
against her when she was tried and convicted.
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