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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-03-01
AGENTS.

AGENTS.
Mr.. A. A. GOODWIN. Of Alexandria, il
an authorized agent Of the Chronicle,
aud will contract for advertisements and
receive subscriptions.
Mesers. MCCAIN & Bro, OF Mont
gomery, are our authorized agents.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22

pearance yesterday, and last night not
a man was to, be seen ons the streets
The Towards at Memphis have been
telegraphed to send four nurses. The
weather is too warn, and the worsths
feared unless it seen turns colder. The
fever Is very malignant. Thirteen out
of sixteen have died.
ACabinet meeting was held yester-
day. Secretaries McCrarY, and Evarts
were absent. he,outbresk of the Ute
Indians was considered, but no change
of policy with regard to the manner OF
dealing with the hostiles was adopted,
it being generally concealed that every
thing was ge.ing done that it was posi-
BILE for the goVernment to do INA the
matter
Dhe Times, commenting on Sherisa%n s
late dispatch, says: Sheridan has all OF
soldiers contempt for civilians
opinion, bst in this instance he has been
so unfortunate as to treat the OPINION OF
his.superiar officer with consempt. he
would have held his tongue if he had
not supposed that he was indulgng III
that favorite. military pastime, " Pitch
ing into Schurz."
4, The Golos expresses astouishment at
tile tone of hostility towards Russia
pervadipg the speech otsLord Salisbury
at Manchester. 1t says: III the report
ed ,baestro- German alliance proves to be
reality, Russia must secure to herself
allies to act in the rear of the cpeiay
in case of emergency. Lord Sallsburys
speech not only opens Rassa's eyes,
but gives her freedom of action.
There seems to be. no doubt thatsthe.
Government has renoUnced the idea. OF
reverting to. a mixed silyegp and' gold
standard tofaoiiitate commercial trans
actions. However,, it will reissue the
thaler pieces which were to be melted,
and will coin large quantltyof. two
mark pieces.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22
TNE BtRY RLAST.
A. Eeantifui botanical wonder.
[From the Portland (oregon) standard.l

[From the Portland Oregon standardl
No curiosity exhibited in this city
for years has attracted such general at
tention as that wonderful plant at Shan
nahan's Art Gallery. Fully 5000 peo-
pie have visited the, place to look upon
the botanical wonder. 1t is said to be
Indigenous to Japan, It's technical
term has not. been aseertained, but it is
known, and appropriately so, as the
baby Plsat." It's of the. genus lily,
sometimes. attaining hight of four feet
and poisoning seinl,annually. The
one of which we write is, however, not
more than twelve inches in hight, with
leaves about six inches long and two
inches wide. The aower,is stRf shaped,
having five petals cf4a handsome brown
aud yellow color The calyx encircles
and projects tiny little figure that
bears an exact resemblance 80 a nude
DdDJr, lis HJLIS III lllS dliu lcSS Out-
stretched, and thas eyes distinctly
marked. Hoyering. over this diminu-
tive form is small canopy, angel
shaped, having extended arms and
wings, and peering closely into the face
of, theeinfant., The family of plants of
which the g baby" is a. memberx pro-
duce not-only the specimen now ON ex-
hibition, but also give. perfect ipita-
tiens. if such it can "a designated, OF
different animals, insects and birds.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins, of San Francisco,
has one Of 5he latter varieties for which
$500 was Said. The plant grows to be
about three feet in hight, when fully
matured, and when in full bloom, the
one now IN this city will look like a
sMpwrecke1 foundling hospital
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22

Sharon, not thee Bonanza firm, con-
teolled the election Of the Eureka Con-
sslidated. The old Superintendent, II,
nonnelly, and the cid Secretary, w,
w Traylor, are retained. by the new
Board Of Directors, The Bonanza firm
Il said to have large. interest in the
oe@pany, though Sharon controls,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22

The religious dramatic company
winch was to play "Uncle Toms Cabin"
IN churches only, under sanction Of
Mrs. Stowe, collapsed after an ENGAGE.
ment in Chicago, leaving the pc. formers
unpaid.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22
Day OF Novcmbep. Next,
SETTLE UP /!

Al parties indebted TO the CAPITAL RES
TAJRANT are requested to settle up immedi.
ately, as there Is to be a change in the proprie-
torship Of the business.
CROOKS & BRACKETT.
Nnnemucca, October q, 1879. If
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22
Notice to Taxpayers.

TREAsuRER's OFFICE, Humboldt County.
Winnemucca, Nevada, October 20, 1879. s.
Notice is hereby given, that the state and
County taxes for the fiscal wear 1879, are now
due and payable at this Office, aud that the law
in regard 10 their collection will be strictly On.
forced. On alltaxes unpaid at the close OF Of
fetal business an the
Seventeenth Day OF November. Next.
iS70,e
There will ts added ten per cent for deln.
quency, andon taxes which exceed The sum Of
three hundred dollars there win he aLied
twenty live per cent, .additisRal, as provided
BY law.
A.,J. SHEPARD, County Treasurer.
o2l-td
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22

= The assessment roll of Eureka.county
shows an iaerease of assessable proper,
ty over last year of $4,000. This IS
mainly owing to the fact that the Eu.
,reka & Palisade Railroad has been taxed
$500 more per mile, and the Central
Pacific $500 per mile, than in 1878. The
value OF real estate in the county is set
down at 50, ,002 A0s of personal
property, SAG, 05S; total, So, 900 900 40
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22

Blondin, in. his Vienna exhibition,
uses rope stretched>at a hight of $50
feet, and walks blndfolded, without
balance-pole. No net is spread 70
break. fall, and death would be ineyi-
table if he stumbled. In this respect
his feats are more dangerous than at
Niagara, where drop into the river
might not have killed him..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22
TRANSFERS PEOTEeIHh
ASSOCIATION.

Freight Forwarded to all parts OF iu'''
Eastern Oregon and Nevada
Consignments OF Goods respectfully soi'''''D'
Freight forwarded on short notice ana VI
sonable terms.
A. j. SHEPARD, AGENT.
Mark Goods Care IT.
yvt.EcmEccs, Nevada oft
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25

movement In the crowd, and strange
looking figure approached.
"There he is" said voice which
sounded more like the growl of some
wild animal than like anything human.
Black Bill did It," and the speaker
laid the apparently lifeless body of FL
llot Burnett on the ground.
A murmur of CONSERVATION ran
through the crowd.
Is he alive ~ burst In chorus from
the lips of the spectators.
Yes, he is alive; give him whiskey
and you will see," said the new conner.
The suggestion was followed, and the
stimulant had the desired effect. Elliot
opened his eyes, uttered a faint groan,
and closed them again.
The men gathered around the crea-
ture who had brought Elliot there. He
related in his half idiotic way how Black
Bill had shot Burnett and left him for
dead.
He was good to me once" said the
idiot. l took him home, fed him and
put him to sleep. When he awoke L
told him the men thought he Yves dead 4,
and were going to hang Joe Knight
He asked me to bring him here. That
Is all.n
Instantly the fury of the crowd was
turned toward Black Bill, who was
caught as he was trying to escape.
Hang him hang him !" yelled the
mob They did not hang him, how
ever, but gave him severe thrashing
and ordered him to leave the place,
-which order he lost no time in obeying.
The strain upon Mary's nerves pro-
. duced severe fit of Illness, and for
many days the lives of the two young
people hung in the balance; but good
nursing and the recuperative powers of
youth prevailed at last.
During their illness Knight settled up
his affairs and az soon as they were
strong enough the three started East, Joe
assuring them that nothing but the
mountain air of his old home would
complete their recovery.
Elliot and Mary were married shortly
-afterward, and it was from his lips l
heard the story of Mary's heroism and
knights miraculous escape from an
ignominious death.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
A Mistake that Pleased Some Person.

Some years ago the daughter of a we'll
known citizen of central New York,
named Jennie, had unfortunately as the
father then thought, formed an attach
ment for young man named John.
TO separate them the father sent her to
spend the winter with married sister,
Mary who resided in New York. Spring
approached, and Jennie was expected
home on certain day, but, instead the
father received letter from his son.in-
law desiring that she might remain a
while longer, so that his wife could &C
company him on a short southern trip,
and requesting an answer by telegraph !;
where. upon the father sent the following
dispatch:
"Jennie may stay and Mary may go,
if she wishes to very much"
The message as delivered in New
York read "Jennie may stay and mar
ry Geo. If she wishes to very much"
The father Immediately received this
from Jennie: "a thousand thanks
for your permission John and 1 mar
ry at once. The telegraph stupidity
made his name George, but of course
you meant John"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD PA. NOVEMBER 25 1879.


Prince George county, Maryland, stop
ped with DIR. Edward l.. Sheehy, who
had long been the physician and inti-
mate friend of the deceased DIR. Craw.
ford, and who was quite sure that will
had been made by him.
The contest began In 1859. Whole
battalllons of lawyers were marshalled
on either side. The claimants as next
of kin were represented by Gen. Thos
f. Bowie and other able counsel Black
burn by Thomas s. Alexander, William
Schley and Governor Pratt. 1t was
bitter fight, and before 1t was over, many
more of the most prominent lawyers in
the State of Maryland were called into
the contest. The priest was finally dis
covered In Rome, who testified to the
marriage of Thomas Crawford and Betsy
Taylor. The Virginia contestants were
thus beaten.
Meantime the Crawford children of
Betsy Taylorgot their property spent the
personal and sold the real estate and
squandered their inheritance.
Now comes the strangest part of the
story. The statement of Duvall that
David Crawford had made a will was
true. A Washington lawyer named
Miller had drawn 1t for Crawford, and
after 1t was signed and witnessed Miller,
who was one of the witnesses, kept the
instrument at the Doctors request. He
placed IL in box directed to DIR. David
Crawford. The war coming on, he
soon went South. Before leaving he
told his office boy that, in the event of
his not coming back to Washington, he
1.-THE boy) should send the box and other
papers to the parties to whom they were
addressed.
Miller never returned, having been
killed in battle. The boy went away to
the country, taking the box and the
other papers with him. He put them
away and thought no more about them
After nearly twenty years had elapsed,
the boy, now settled man, bethought
him of the Crawford box, and sent it to
one of the lawyers in the case last
March.
Blackburn, since dead, and the two
Washington cousins, were the devisees
of the will. Thus, after having been
beaten in all the Maryland Courts and
in the Supreme Court of the United
States, the discovery of the long-lost
will placed the Virginia and Washing
ton cousins, or such of them as survive,
in the way of getting their estate, or,
rather the land which third parties had
purchased from the Crawford-Taylor
heirs, and the innocent third parties
will now be apt to lose their money, as
well as the title and all.
The strange part of the story Is that
nearly all the lawyers and principal con-
testants at the beginning of the lawsuit
are now dead. 1t is veritable Jarn-
dyce vs. Jarndyce chancery case, stran-
ger in many of its features than the
widest fiction.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
A Woman's Romance.

A n ELMIRA, N. Y, despatch to the
n n. Y, Times furnishes the follow
ing:
A curious story comes from Allegheny
county in private letter from we'll
known resident of that county to a
gentleman of this city. In 1876 young
man named William Freeman rented a
farm near Wellsville, Allegheny county.
He had worked on different farms in
that part of the State, enjoyed an excel
lent reputation, and was known as
Handsome Billy" Being unmarried
he hired a widow of middle age who
lived in the neighborhood to superin-
tend his household affairs. A nephew
of this woman assisted Freeman with
the farm-work. In the summer of 1877
several burglaries were committed in
the county. Among Others store was
robbed, and the goods were traced to
Freeman's barn and found hidden there.
Freeman was arrested, and charged with
being concerned in tie burglary. He
declared that he was innocent, and few
people who knew him believed him
guilty. By the time his case was ready
for trial, in October, a speedy acquittal
of Freeman was expected, as circumstan-
ces pointed strongly to other persons as
the criminals. But, to the surprise of
the community, when Freeman was
arralgned for trial he pleaded guilty to
both counts of the ndictment-burglary
and larceny. He broke down entirely
in making the plea, and begged the
court to be lenient with him. He was
sentenced to eighteen months impris-
onment in the Erie County Penitentiary
and was put to work polishing buckles
among lot of hardened criminals.
The Warden of the prison was given
notice by Governor Robinson in March,
1873, that petition had been made for
the pardon of the prisoner, Villa m
Freeman, and requested report on the
physical condition of the convict, as is
customary when pardon Is to be con-
sidered. DIR. Sinnock, the prison physi-
clan, proceeded to make the necessary
examination of Freeman, and In few
minutes, reported to the Warden with
the astonishing intelligence that the
convict was woman. The prisoner
was removed at once to the woman's
quarters. She begged that her case
should not be made public, and told the
following story: Her name, she said
was Mary Ann Shafer, and she was
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25

twenty-three years old. Her parents
were German emigrapts, and she was
born on the ocean. Her father died soon
after arriving In America, and her
mother married again and moved TO
Allegany county. When she was eleven
years old her step-father told her he
could support her no longer, and that
she must go away and earn her own
living. She worked as a servant In
farm houses for few months, when she
determined to disguise herself as boy,
In order that she could find more remu-
nerative employment. No one but her
mother knew of her intentions. She
went to distant part of the country for
about two years, did farm work, and
worked one season on the Erie Canal.
She then returned to the vicinity of her
home, where no one recognized her.
Under the name of William Freeman
she worked in the vicinity for ten years
without awakening any suspicion that
she was not man. She Joined the
Methodist church i'm 1876, and had
for several years longed to assume
her true character, but the wearing of
mems clothing had become second ma
ture TO her, and she was ashamed TO
make the change. In regard to the
crime for which she was arrested and to
which she pleaded guilty, she declared
that she was entirely innocent. The
nephew of the woman who was her
housekeeper, had committed the burgla-
ry and secreted the goods in the barn,
and had declared to her while she was
in Jail that unless she entered plea of
guilty she would never reach home
alive. She believed that the nephew
was man who would not pause at any
crime, and to save her life she pleaded
guilty.
When dressed in woman's clothing,
Mary Schafer became q fine.looking
woman, but awkward from long use of
male attire and masculine labor. She
was pardoned in the fall of 1878, and
returned at once to her mother. Last
winter she went to Bradford, Pennsyl-
vania, and obtained employment in a
shoe store under her real name, in
proper attire. The nephew whose threats
made her convict, and led to the
discovery of her secret, escaped punish
ment by leaving the State. In the
spring of 1878 the merchant in whose
store the burglary was committed dis
posed of his business and went to
Limestone, Cattaraugus county, N. Y.
His business called him frequently to
Bradford. He was German, and a
friend of the man for whom Mary Ann
Schafer worked. He met the young
woman at the store, liked her, and asked
her to marry him. She accepted him,
and last week they became man and
wife.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
A Remarkable Case.

TWENTY YEARS ago DR.. David
1 Crawford, of Prince George county,
Md, died. He was man of great
wealth and was unmarried, his nearest
relative having been a first cousin, Mr..
r. S. Blackburn, of Clark county, Va,
and two second cousins, Mrs. Kearney
and Miss Forest, of Washington, ID. g.
DIR. Crawford's brother, who died some
years before him, had cohabited with
Miss Elizabeth Taylor, his housekeeper,
by whom he had one child. On the
baptism of this child, the clergyman, a
Catholic priest of Washington City who
performed the ceremony, informed the
mother that she ought not to return to
Crawford's house unless she went as his
wife. She acted on the counsel of the
clergyman and refused to return. Craw-
ford thereupon consented to marry her,
stipulating with her that the marriage
should be kept secret, and the priest
united them in wedlock. Three other
children were born after the marriage.
DR.. David Crawford belonged to an
aristo ocratic family, and keenly felt the
disgrace which the brother had entailed
on the family name. Regarding all the
children as bastards, and the cohabita-
ton of their mother with his brother as
criminal, the doctor broke off all rela-
tions with them and ignored their ex-
istence.
He was known to be much attached
to his Virginia and Washington cousins
and his neighbors were satisfied that he
would leave his princely estate to them.
He died after short illness, in the win
ter of 1859. Mr.. Blackburn attended
the funeral. After the burial diligent
search for the will was made, but with
out success. Mr.. William Duvall, q
neighbor, informed Mr.. Blackburn that
the deceased had made will, and that
he and two others were witnesses to it,
one Mr.. Bayne, of Prince George coun-
ty, and the other stranger whose name
Duvall had forgotten.
The children of Thomas Crawford
and Elizabeth Taylor (the name she al
ways went by now set up their claim
to the estate as the next kin. Then fol-
lowed the bitterest, the longest, the
most celebrated contest which ever took
place in the Courts of Maryland.
| Mr.. Blackburn was aided In the fight
by John Augustln Washington, of Mt.
Vernon, who was his cousin and by 9TH
er Virginia relatives. They went over
to Upper Marlboro, the county town Of
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25

Part of the time she assumed her own
dress and then sold corsets. She had
clerked In Utica and Albany, New
York. Two years ago she returned to
her old home but her uncle again urged
her marriage with her cousin. She
again refused and went away.
AT Utica she met man named Trip,
to whom she was married. The match
proving unhappy, they separated, and
she went to Aurelius, N. Y, where she
met the party with her, Mrs. Eliza
White. They were on their way to San
Francisco when arrested. She says she
did not register herself as Mr.. Manley
Willis and lady, but that some one else
must have done 1t.
The other woman told somewhat
different story. She was from San Fran
cisco and had gone East to visit her folks
at Aurellus. Here she met Ellen--whose
first name is Florence-who asked her If
she might return with her to San Fran
cisco, because she wished to escape her
husband. Mrs. Duglee, she said, had only
worn mems clothes for short time,
having put them on that she might bet
ter attend to the baggage and like duties.
In the trunks of the women were
found a miscellaneous collection of arti-
cles, among which were diary, a mar
riage certificate, with the name of Flor
ence E. Bohall upon 1t, and numberless
letters. Mrs. Trip denied all knowl-
edge of the marriage certificate, and said
there were number of things in her
trunk which she was taking to friend
in Davenport, Iowa. In the possession
of the lady was found a small-sized 22-
calibre revolver, which she said she slip
ped into her pistol pocket because there
was no room for 1t in her satchel. She
had two tickets for Omaha in her pock-
ct. book.
Among the letters found in her trunk
was one in which occurred the senten 5e,
am glad you are out of prison
again." When asked as to the mean
ing of this she said it referred to her es-
cape from the persecution of her uncle.
The letter winds up by stating that
"your daughter and son join in with
me in sending their love to you." Mrs.
Tripp is apparently not over 20, but
claims to be 20 years of age. Such a re-
mark to one of her youthfulness, then,
is peculiar to say the least The letter is
dated at Aurelius, N Y, Oct. IA, 1879,
n n
scribed Your true friend, Lib" The
difference in the statements and the
strangeness of the surrounding circum-
stances indicate something beyond what
is already known.
Mrs. Trip will be brought before JUS
tice Wallace this morning, and will be
charged with wearing male attire and
carrying concealed weapons. The latter
charge will probably be dismissed.