Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-10-29


police chemists checked the sale ot beer
The chemists declared tha, evety sample
of beer analyzei hy them was unwhole
few people were bold enough 10 pour
such poison down their ,hroats The drou,h
has made itself fell in other ways than the
safe OF Ice Our vegetables have been
scsrce snd Of I,oor quality. and 50 small
That they seeme! dwarfs, they have been,
and are, very dear
The other night two young clerks were
playing billiards in a cafe of Boulevard ST.
German, and talked freely Of their CON
Germs without needing a man who seemed
10 be asleep al an adjoining table. One OF
them said II have just inherited {4oo."
Oh. then, We are going 10 have jolly
| time OF il. ''No, no! | will MT tolch
one cent OF that money. 1t is still in NV
lodgings, safely hidden in chcs, OF draw
ers under my shirts. Tomorrow ! am
going TO carry i; 10 q stock broker aud buy
threes- few minutes after~ard the
sleeping man woke, rose took his hat and
went out An hour afterwards the clerks
paid for what they had taken, took their
hats-one Of them, lie VINO had Inherited
$4oO found that his ha, had been taken.
probably by the sleeper, and another left
In Its place. AS the las; left was Just ss
good as the hat taken, and as the former
htted. quite as we'll, he bore the exchange
ph'losophica,ly and logged home. He lad
no sooner entered his lodgings than he saw
they had been entered with false KEYS, his
chest OF drawers broken open and his $400
stolen. de did not sleep that night. The
hat left him did not altogether sui, HIM,
80 he went TO his halter to change 1t. HIS
halter told him that the evening before u
man had come into the shop and had said
that he had called, thinking the halter
might be able to give him. the owners
name and address that be Nigh, restore the
hat accidentally taken The halter gave
the name and address. The burglar secur-
ed $4OO by the information gwen. The
burglars hat was left with the halter, and
new hat selected. After the clerk lett
the halter took out the lining Of the burg
lars hat and to bis surprise found under 1t
letter, bearing an address. He read il,
and found it was from a burglar, promis-
Ing aid in contemplated burglary which
had been planned by the person to whom
the letter was addressed The halter took
the letter to the police and told what had
occurred. Before sunset both burglars
: were arrested.
"A few days since the cashier OF Stras-
burg bank was surprised 10 lind, on open
ing registered letter from ScbIes.adt.
which he was adv sed contained $1,000, tha,
it held only waste Pa oer. He at once su II,
moneu TIE police, WHO, on examining the
! ! | waste paper, found II came from a Paris
! newspaper. Continuing their investigation
they found that tile person who had sent
the registert q letter was a subscriber to the
Paris newspaper. A newspaper of the
same date as that from which the cuttings
:. | had been taken Was procured, 1t was found
that the collection Of the subscriber (Wnt
d filed the paper). lacked the ne .spaper o!
that date. Evidently the thief was in the
senders house. All persons in it were
watched and inquiries as to their character
, made. 1t was found that an apprentice
had asked his master The day after th,
= theft had been committed leave Of absence
+ to assist his parents, who lived IN wing.
, some distance off. and that he had no
: gone there but had taken different dlrec
ii ton. The telegraph was used To order h..
y arrest just as be was crossing the frontier
J the $1,000 was found on hun and he con
X fcssed his CRIME.
10 Countess Branlcka and Countess CZarl
70 " took a lew evenings since coach OF tn
II Northern railway for their exclusive use
When they reached Challeroi they foun
II that their two satehels had disappeared
Z When where's howf They could nc
u answer All they could say was tina, the.
e satChels contained d seven row pearl neCh
u lace, six gold brace es set with rubes
ie s.pphlres and emerads, So. 900 IN gold All
~ bank notes. prayer book and two pas
j. porls, the whole worth between $50, ,OU
~ and Sl2o, 900. The police are all out Try
II my to discover the thieves who lnat.e q
- with such rich booty.