Charlotte home and Democrat., 1881-12-02
NEWS ITEMS.

OH tHc @ou VI AtCcmDeT one was 10 nave
been hanged last month, but was re-
prieved.
1t is understood that depositors in the
Mechanics National Bank of Newark
have determined to prosecute the directors
of that concern, and will employ Benja-
min F. Butler and Roger A. Pryor as
counsel. p.
A decided novelty was introduced into
the wedding festivities of "a Willingford,
Conn. bride, by her elopement, before the
evening was over, with one of her old ad-
mirers, who had witnessed the previous
ceremony.
The checklist thing that we have no
ticed in long time is religious paper
published in Boston, Mass, offering re-
volver as a premium to subscribers. This
pistol offer will cause Christian people to
think that the aforesaid paper has stolen
the livery of heaven to serve the devil in.
A few days ago the young ladies at the
Female College in Columbus decided that
they would adopt the suggestion to wear
dresses of material manufactured in that
city when they attend the Exposition.
The party, composed of about sixty of the
college girls, and several who have attend
ed the college heretofore, have been busy
in selecting their dresses so as to have
them ready by the time appointed for
visiting Atlanta.
In connection with the report that Presi-
dent Arthur's sister is to preside over the
White House the Edgefeld Is. CO. Adver-
tiser says: "Twenty or twenty-five years
ago this Miss Arthur was a governess in
the family of Mrs. Sophie Tillman, and
afterward taught at Curryton. And
certainly this is very striking example
of the ups and downs of human life-a
woman toiling in her youth in a strange
land, and in her mature years occupy
ing the highest social position in all
America"
The identical table used by Thomas
Jefferson for tea service at Monticello is
in the possession OF W. n. Ruftin, of Dan
Vile, Va, one of his lineal descendants.
The table is neatly made Of hard oak,
about six feet long and four feet wide,
with two small folding leaves, Jefferson
presented it as a wedding gift to Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, grandson, who in
turn left it to his daughter, Mary Ann
Randolph, upon her marriage to F. &.
Rufin, who afterwards gave it to her son,
w. n. Ruffin.
On her deathbed at Santa Barbara, Cal,
twenty years ago, Mrs. Blanco gave
$4,000 in trust to her most intim tie friend
Mrs. Del Vale, charging her solemnly to
keep it's possession secret until Marie
Banco, then baby, became 2l. Mrs.
Blanco had no faith in banks or wills, and
died satisfied that her daughter would
receive the treasure, which was in the form
of diamonds. Miss Blanco was recently
married on her twenty-hrst birthday, and
among the wedding presents were the
jewels. Mrs. Del Vale had kept the Sc
cret from even her husband.
THE POPE PREPARING TO QUIT ROME.
MONTREAL, Nov. 23.-Mgr. Termose,
prelate of one of the household of Pope Leo
KILL, who is visiting here, expresses the
opinion, unofficially, that owing to the op-
position which the Pope receives in Rome,
and the insufficient protection afforded him
by the Italian Government. His holiness
will ere long change his residence to Malta
or Salisbury; and foreseeing his depart
ure, he has caused to be made a catalogue
of all objects of value in the Vatican.
FIRST PLACING HER CHILD OUT OF DAN
GER-While Mrs. Anna Murtha of 392
Manhattan avenue, Brooklyn, was cooking
at the stoye with her baby in her arms,
the child pulled kerosene lamp from the
mantle. 1t fell upon the stove, and, its
contents taking fire, set Mrs. Murtha's
clothing ablaze. She was painfully burned
about the body. Before attempting to
extinguish the flames she placed the child
out of danger. Her wounds are danger
Gus.
TAKEN BACK To PATERsoN.-Martha
Hughes, the l6-year-old white girl who
eloped with Stephen De Groot, colored
servant employed with her in the Hamil-
ton House, Paterson, has been taken back
to Paterson by policeman who found
her at De Groot's residence at Sufferns,
n. Y. He says that De Groot was absent
at the time, and that she came with him
of her own accord. She exhibited mar
riage certificate signed by the Rev. T. j.
Yost, a Methodist minister of Bergen
county. She is at work again at the Ham
iton House. De Groot says he will never
rest until he recovers his wife.
The Postoffice Department has adopted
new lock for registered mail punches,
which is as ingenious as it is effective. 1t
is oblong in shape and contains four num-
bered wheels. Every time key is insert
ed in the lock it is indicated on the
wheels. The faces of the latter are inclos-
ed in glass, and cannot be tampered with
by any dishonest postal clerk. The four
wheels form a combination also, that make
it necessary to have the key inserted
about ten thousand times before the origi-
nal number appears again. Under the
old system at every registry Office the
pouches had to lay over ard the contents
were examined by the postmaster to see if
they corresponded with the way bill be-
fore they were receipted for and passed on.
Now, if registered mail pouch leaves
New York for San Francisco with lock
set at certain number, it need not be de-
tanned at every registry Office to have the
contents examined. A glance at the lock
will enable the postmaster to tell at once
whether it has been opened.
An exchange says David Alexander of
Tyrrell county, raised twenty bushels Of
upland rice on one-quarter of an acre. On
the same quantity of land he raised seven
ty-fve bushels of sweet potatoes, to culti-
yate which cost &c. At 80 cent ner bush