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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
A Montana Munchaasen
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 \ ies,dtn. ef Butte Ni,Y. Montana. re- ia;cs n adventure in me Ncllows;onc National lark winch would have excited the enty of Baron Mun,hAusen. While examlnns t scyse' hc tcli n ard di>aq pcarcd trom thc sight et hs mortified companions. They looked into the scy-. ,ey hole and cQnlcciGtvd thaJ Il was about hitv feet in depth. hey thea threw in pebbles to .clrn fl there was any water in yhc hole into winch thcir com panion IAigh, have fallen. Water was discovered. but there came no call for aid from thelr companion. Alter hours of anxious waiting he was given up as lost and the party departed. The following day the missing man walked unhurt into the camp. He sad he fell into the water and was not harmed. bu, did not have the strength to call 10 hls friends. He clung to rock. till. in his own words, suddenly discovered that the water was rising. This gave me hope ;ha, nigh, be able to keep ailoat until the surface was reached. The water eeniin- ued Ia rise more rapidly. and at last found myself at the point from which l had fallen. Although wellnigh exhausted, l excrted my remaining strength in climb ing to the surface. lhs reached. man aged to crawl some distance away from the mouth of the crater. where lost con- sciousness. Nfcn recovered was be- ing cared tot by stgangers-thc men who conducted me to mN comrades.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01

eyeing the spout of the cream-pitchei hard. to make sure that 1t was not cracked.
 You must send up for them tonight.
 .Very we'll, ma 'am," said Thompson.
 Mrs. Masters shed few tears as the big secretaire and little bookstand, the last relics of her gentility. were taken away in Thompson's wagon
 @Goodness knows what I am to do next said she. But there. we're all n Heaven $ hands,
 Thompson, the furniture man, made his appearance next day, with curious be- wlderment in his face.
 Well. am beat.- said Thompson. Wonders will never cease, as my poor old mother used to say.
 "Wha, do you mean said Mrs. Mas ,e.s. in surprise. ..
 Its tha, there secretary Q yourn. said Thompson =. IL was kind O bruised and scratchy. so just took II all to pieces to oil and polish II up. And clear al the back. found two or three old papers tha, must have slid down out of the back drawer and go, wedged above the wooden clea,s ,ha, supported the lower drawers. There's an old note of hand. as mus, be ou,lawed long ago said Ihomp- son. And n catalogue of railway bonds. and will.
 "A wha,:" gasped the widow.
 A last will and testament. Dated siN weeks before your uncle died. And don't turn pale Mrs. Masters. said Thompson: it leaves you all the property he had in the world. It states
 But here poor Mrs. Masters tainted away. .
 Well the rest can be easily imagined.
 The will was put into court and trium- phantly proved.
 Mrs. Dclmon, found herself dispos- sesscd and Clara Masters became the helress.
 "But. dear me. wouldn't harm hair of Carolne's head" said good Mrs. Mas ,ers. "Ain't there enough for both of us And really, I'm more glad on Dennie $ account than my own.
 For Mrs. Masters was the same sweet natured woman through storm and sun shine alike.
 Ought to ha' been duchess, said Thompson. the secondhand man. = And I always said so And to the day of my death. shall be proud to think it was my chlsel and screwdriver as pred out her
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
Following Thurlows Advice

l. IS related of a certain bold. but not brilliant. British officer who had long been seeking place under the government. that ai last he was era,iied by a discrlm!na;- ing ministry with the appointment of chief justice to an island colony he might as well have been made professor of Sanscrit. of which. indeed. he knew quite as much as he did of law. Sull the emoluments were too large to be lightly lost. and in much ;ri5a..as:::a;. o.: hoia E.:.aa scash. his relative Lord Thurlow. then chancel- Tor for advice. l; was brief and to the point. Take the place. decide Ill cases as you think best. but-never give your reasons. IL IS recorded that the ready made chief justice assumed his post. and for many years followed Lord Thuriew $ advice with eminen, success-so much So that he was held throughout the island as a model of judicial acumen and learning. Bu, vanity worked his down fall. He came !, last to persuade himself tha, he was. m reality. d prod,gsi> >ot legal lore. and m an evil hour gave feason for hls decision. IL was so preposterously ab- surd sha, the theory of his judicial Wis dom fell ,o the ground at once. and he WAS recalled m disgrace.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
Random Shots.
Springfield Sunday News.

 A common gag in local saloons IS 10 call man Arabl Bey when they want him to retreat.
 As long as the Anglo-Egyptian war doesn't affect the price of liver. we arc go- ing 10 try to struggle on.
 The man who wrote ''Ye Stars shine on His Pathway" had just been trying to thread his way along an icy sidewalk.
 Cornelia: You are slightly of your base. The jimmy in use among burg lars was not named after the James boys.
 An exchange heads an article |" 4 Som- nambulist's Feat" We were never in the somnam. business, ba; always supposed that their feet were much the same as other peoples.
 One way of torturing ex-bsrglars m the Connecticut state prison Is to construct railway restaurant sandwich containing diamond ring, offering them the latter II they can get to II.
 You are mistaken. sir. said Mss Snifkins haashtily to bashial young Thompson. who had lust stepped en her long flowing robe. my iIain does no; carry passengers.
 An exchange tells what t evidently be licves 10 be a wonderful story about man getting drunk on the odor of fresh shucks n a mattress. That's nothing every body has heard of people getting full on tick.
 What's ,ha, fellow sayin asked a Springfield gamin tn a companion re- gently. The sublec, of his remarks was talking earnestly ,o crewd of bicyeiers. :" oh. was the reloinder. hes siFin em Sermon on the Mount.
 X local debating society has been ar guing the question. Do great men make circumstances 1T do circumstances make great men:" We don't know how Il IS with others but is for us we've been Tn the circumstances business for some tune
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
To Wait or no, 10 Wait.
kansas Ci,x Nlndrrn Aree


 This Is for the especial benefit of love sick maidens: While passing along in the west end of town Tuesday afternoon. l was fortunate enough to hear distinctly the following conversation between two of Kansas City's most popular young la dies. Sprigh,ly and gushing brunette. clad in the palest of pink: Well. you may talk as much as you please about long engagements. but l think they are perfect bore According to my way of reasoning no man has any right to ask a girl to marry him unless he IS prepared to marry her on the spot. Yes. nsht on the spot. she added. with most vicious click If her heel on the wooden pavement. :. This thing of girl waiting and waiting and wearing out her life waiting, Is get ting 10 be monotonous. And then she concluded with re.ular Gail Hamilton air: You might as well be ten miles from d lemon as to be engaged to man for years with no prospect oi d wedding
 Confya her friend. tall. slender blonde arrayed in spotless white Every girl. of course. to her own way of thinking : but l would wait years and years for the man loved" and then her rensivc eyes drop and she hcaves Il little sigh tha, tells the whole story. My version of the affair was simply this the young brunette knew what she was talking about: she had al one time waited and waited. and yearned all to no purpose while ;he weeping #:.- low blonde was just m the midst of loves young dream and thought that one thousand years were but is one day. She will wake up some tlmc and md that life or men are not wha, they seem even IF a wcll-bred place like kansas City.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
Mir Ha,,on and the Postal Guide
Harper < Week.,

N
 Nc recently called attention tn the fact that the Postal Gnidt. published by Messrs. Houghton. M,tiiin X Co. winch is furnished to postmastcrs by the gov crnmcnt. contains an advertisement an nouncing that Mir. iiatton IS editor-In- chief ot the Burlington Ha;.kcrc,. and that pos,masterS are requested to act IS agents.
 As Mir. Hauon IS first assistant post master-gencral. and the medium ot ap- polntments and removals m the great multitude of posi-otfces Tn the country. the advantage Ia his paper of an adver- tscment of this kind, urging postmasters to become its agents. IS evident. and as- suming that ii was done by Mir. Hauons $ authority we pointed out the gross inn propricty. under the circumstances. of such an advertisement.
 Messrs Houghton. Miffiin X Co.. how ever. inform us that the advertisement was inserted by the business manager of the paper without consultation WfJg the edi,or-ln-chief This relieves the post master-general of the responsibility of inc -iginai insef;iof os ;he advertisement. But its continuance now that II Is brought Ia his attention. would certainly show tha, he is blind to the singular improprieiy of allowing others ,o use his official position to pro- mote his private interests. The Posta. Gni.i.. IS private business enterprise oi the publishers, out |, Is supplied gratui- tousiy by the government Ia the postmaS- ,ers. and the postmasters arc asked by the advertisement, to aid the private busi- ness of an officer of the government whom II IS to their interest to please.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01

The gentleman who was induced by two young ladies to commi, highway rob bery a, Bar Harbor. just for joke" has GU, their acquaintance. He heard that they were going to try to persuade him 10 murder friend. Jus, for joke, and he draws the line a, highway robbery.-Nay- Yisfs..H issyaIa
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01

Like an esg, man Is never known to be good or bad until he Is broke.-I ,k kaRsters Bttakf.,st T.I6ie.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
EAST AND SOUTHEAST

REMFMRER l, is IA miles shorter and q hours quicker Ia Chattanooga and all points in Tennessee. Alabama, Grorgil and the Carohn-> than via any other route. PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS leave Little Rock daily for Louisville without change connecting with solId traIn having Pullman >leepcrs, Louisville 10 Washington without change.
 Only one change of CATS from Little Rock to Cincinnati. Washington. Columbus. Pitts burg, Cleveland. Philadelphia, Indianapolis. Baltimore and New York. Through cars, Memphis 10 LynchbuTg and from Chaga- nooga 10 New York withou; change. Fares by ihis popular route always as low a> quoted by other lines. Don't ;ai 10 see or address.
 SAM R. ApANs. T'kt Agt. I,t,c Rock CIV. II. ( RkFENAN. .r'k't Ae,ali,t'e Rock .depet r. II. GAINES. Ticket Agent. Argcnia. or
 D (. ROBERTS.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
The Mississippi Valley Endow

 MENT ASSOCIATION. Nick, burg. Mss the leading Matrimonial Association of the south. Organized May 2. Iss, Now has uvcr gSo members. Policies issued as follows: In SIX months class. 1000. members can mar " in six months. Day class organized August .. has over Soo members. In day class for sS.ooo, members can marry when thay please and get = per day for the time they have been members. In natal department. SIooo. pasa- ble on bifih of child. Very liberal terms To agents. CH.fS. .N EkHIN. .Sc.rtfary. Nicksburc. September I.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
Mayors Court.

Last Saturday night the following
cases was disposed Of
William Tillotson, colored was ad-
Judged guilty of being drunk and dis
orderly In the vicinity of the p. W. u
B. station, and fined So and costs.
Another colored man named Charles
johnson was fined 81 and costs for be-
ing drunk and disorderly,
II William Lawler, one of the party that
were fightirg in the Ninth ward at an
early hour Saturday morning, was fined
81 and costs.
William and Henrietta Hodges, both
colored, were charged with using
tbreatnlng language to cOlOred girl
named Louisa Miller. Several wit
nesses were examined, all of whom tes-
titled that they had never heard the
defendant use any threatening language
to Louisa.
Louisa then took the stand, and said
that q few days ago Hodges and his
wife had said to her, that if she would
start to 60 to HI they would go
with her, and she insisted on going
alone.
As this appeared to be the whole
foundation for the charge, the Mayor
dismissed the case.
AT the hearing yesterday morning
Daniel McIlhenny was fined $5 and
costs for being drunk and disorderlY.
Philip McCarty enjoyed the luxuries
of a push cart drunk, Saturday hight,
and was charged the usual price Of 81
and costs.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
New CaRIIe for Raafa.

Republican Mill Creek excels in large
corn and potatoes, Republican Brandy.
WINE in turnips and cabbage, and Dem
0cfatIC New Castle in beets-many of
them dead ones, The sugar beet, how.
ever, that Mrs. George Simmons of the
latter Hundred left at the REPUBLICAN
once last Saturday is not a dead one
Oyany means. 1t made out to grow
Al an Indefinite depth into the ground,
Inose who dug it out, having stopped
operations and broke it off after going
Mo ss ieeV down Upwards China, its cor.
iWs length is not known. The part
sSved Ave Is just two feet long, fifteen and
tntee quarter inches in circum-
SIeACe W. C, and weighs ten pounds. If
s@' simmons would get her laborers
SSO ". 70 work again and take out the
y! ntt lett In the ground it might meas
Se ' TWO feet more in length. 1t is a
monster, anyhow. Who can beat it.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
INJURED BY THE CARS.
A YOUNG MAN AT tempted TO
BOARD a TRAIN AND LOST
HIS FOOT.

Shortly before 6 O'Clock this morning
a Young man named John Gael, aged
about 30 years, who resides on Towns
end street, between A and b, met with
serious accident which cau6ed him to
lose Lis left foot, the particulars OF
which are substantially as follows:
The young man wss on his way down
country, going by foot, and when he
arrived in the vicinity of the West yard
of the P. W. & B. railroad, he thought
he would jump ou passing wood train,
but he missed his calculations and fell
under the car wheels passing over his
left leg near the ankle bone, lacerating
1t in q terrible manner.
No one saw the man fall and he lay
along the track until tho New Castle
train, which leaves this city at 9 o'clock
passed by, when they discovered him
and Conductor LAyheld assisted by
others, picked him up, placed him on
the train and brought him to the depot
where he was placed on a stretcher In
the dead house. Drs. Kane and Dra-
per were summoned immediately and
upon their arrival amputated the mans
foot about four inches above the ankle.
The man was put under the influence
of an anesthetic during the performance
Of the operation.
The man clerks for his brother, who
keeps meat stall on King street above
Third. In short time after the limb
had been amputated the injured man
was removed to his home. He received
other slight injuries by the fall, none Of
which are considered fatal and with
good care he will recover.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
Last Nights Fire.

The alarm of fire sounded from signal
box 81, at Fourth aud Broome streets,
about $50 o'clock last evening, was
caused by the burning oftwo two.story
frame houses at Third and DUPONT
streets, owned and occupied by Joseph
Sampson and Edward Tilman, both
colored. The houses being of frame the
fire quickly spread and but little furni-
turu was saved. The fire companies
responded but before they got in service
the fire had advanced to such state
that it was impossible to save the hou-
ses, and the attention Of the firemen
was directed towards saving the sur
rounding building. A brick building
adjoining, known as Congress Hall,
was badly damaged by fire and water /,
the brick work alone being worth any
thing. The fire ragged for about an
hour. Mrs. Tilman, wife Of one Of the
occupants of the house, was removed
from the house in an hysterical state,
she having been badly frightened. The
origin of the FIRE was the upsetting OF a
coal oil lamp. The property was par
TALLY insured The loss is estimated at
about $500 or $1,000.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
ReHIaIor's Report.

Registrar Frazer's report for the
week ending November II, is as fol-
lows:
Total number of destAa, II, classified
as follows: Born in the United States,
IA; foreign, 8; white, 16; black, l; male,
II; female, 6; adults, 13; minors, 4; died
in almshouse. l. coroner's cases, 2.
Deaths by wards; First, i Second, 2;
Fourth, Q; Fifth, 4; Eighth, 8; Ninth,
2; Tenth, 2; Eleventh, /; still born, l.
Causes of death: From suttocatiop,
diptheria, brain disease, general
debility, heart disease, hBmatemesiss,
typho-malaTial fever, gunshot wound,
each /, consumption, 4; paralysis, 3
typhoid fever,
For the corresponding week last year
there were "a deaths.
One body was brought here for inter-
ment.
Births during the week, Is; z white
males and females; 2 black maleh.
BY wards: Second, /; Fourth, l
Fifth, 4; Sixth, /; Seventh, l; Eighth
2; Ninth, 3; Tenth, /; Eleventh, 2.
Two white marriages were reported
during the week. E. B. FRAZER,
Registrar.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
ACOnGiIIOnaI Release.

Judge Allison on Saturday made an
order modifying the commitment OF
George Wood TO the Pennsylvania Hos
pital for the Insane. The order com.
mits Wood to &, with his family and
live in New Jersey. Wood about a
year ago, was committed to the Asy-
ium after his acquitLal in Court, on the
ground of Insanity, from the charge OF
disfguring George Shepherd by dash
ing o emp Of oil OF vitrol IN Shepperd's 8
face. The Judge on Saturday based
his order on the testimony Of DR.. Jones
Of the Asylum, who said that Wood
had entirely recovered the right use OF
his reason, and that his former insanity
came of physical disease, from which
be had entirely recovered. Woods at
tendant also gave similar testimony
The order permitting Wood to 90, on
condition that he lived out side of the
state, was made because of the fear OF
the Shepperds of his presence in PhllaT
delDhia.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
Crime Chapter OF Ewo.days.

Clarence B. Gelson, al old emplOye
of the POst.otfice at PiUtsburg, was
sentenced, on Saturday, to three years
Imprisonment for robbing the mails.
w. Ford Rogers, of Providence, was
indicted in Boston, on Saturday, for
embezzeling $500 from the New York
and New England Railroad Company.
John Wilson, of New York, was ar
rested in Boston, on Saturday, on the
allegation that he chad swindIed eight
pawnbrc kers out of about $25 eacl.."
The house of Charles Robinson, at
West New ton, Massachusetts,, was robbed
on Friday night of $500 worth of jewelry
and clothing.
RIB. Allen, colored cook Of the U.
S. steamer Portsmouth. who killed
BeImor, the stewart, will be tried by
the authorities of Rhode Island.
A young man named Fulton, assist
ant ianitor at the Hotel Huntington, in
Boston, disappeared a week ago with
over $4,000 worth of property belonging
to the hotel or it's guests.
It has been asCertained that the body
of Joseph Rivet, inferred in cemetery,
In Cohoes, New York, was 'resurrected'
and robbed ofa new suit of clothing, a
gitt from the firm by which Rivet was
employed.
Three burglars robbed the Erie depot,
at Hawley, Penna., Of $500, on Friday
night. Next day two of then were ar
rested near Port Jefvis, and found to
answer the description given of the
robbers of 5he hotel safe at Cortland ,
New YORK.
The trial of Elmer Palmer, aged 16
years, for the murder of his grand,
isther, at Canton, New York, resultet
on Saturday in a verdict of murder in
the first degree. The boy and his
mother lived on farm with the grand
father and the later was poisoned by q
drug put in hisrum.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
CITY COUNCIL.
special Meeting Last Saturday
ATternGOn.

Seventeen members of City Council
met at the City Hall on Saturday after
uoon, and in the absence of President
Conrad, Mr.. Mention was called to the
chair. The object of the meeting was
stated, and on motion of Mr.. Baugh
Council adjourned to meet at Van Buren,
and Beech streets. The streets at this
point were viewed, and 1t was decided
to establish the grade of Van Buren
street, from Beech to Sycamore streets,
in accordance with the plans furnished
by Chief Engineer and Surveyor Con-
well.
Council then proceeded to Harrison
and Sycamore streets, and ordered that
the grade of the first named should be
made to conform to the grades OF Mary
land avenue and Oak street.
A meeting was then held at Rodney
and Sycamore streets. On motion Of
Mr.. Talley it was decided that on all
contracts for the grading OF streets, the
city shall pay the wages OF one man at
the dumps, and the contractors shall be
required to provide one man at the
same place to level off the dirt.
1t was also decided that Council
should instruct the Mayor to ask the
Court to appoint commission to con-
denim the bed of Head street, South
Wilmington, where 1t passes through
the lands of Hugh Quinn.
On motion 1t was ordered that the
grade OF Broom street be established
according to the plans of the Chief En-
gineer.
Council then adjourned TO the corner
of Eighth avenue and Brown street,
and after viewing several streets In
structed the Chief Engineer to prepare
plans of all the streets in the Eleventh
ward that have not yet been graded,
and empowered him If necessary to
employ additional help.
On motion Of Mr.. Eastburn the Law
Comm was instructed to report to
Council If the beds OF certain streets in
the Eleventh ward belong to the city or
not.
An adjournment was then had to
Franklin and Beech streets, and it was
decided that the grade Of Beech street
from Franklin, to Broom, the grade OF
Franklin street from Beech to Syca-
more, and the grade Of Sycamore street
from franklin to Beech should be es-
tablisbed according to the plans of the
Chief Engineer.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-13
STATE AND PENINSULA.
Items OF news Cleaned From Spicy
EXchMmEeg.

s. U. Biggs, Register Of New Castle
county, is at his home, near Summit
Bridge, i'll Of malarial fever.
The name of the Slaughter, Kent
county, post-oftice has been changed to
Hartley.
The Middletown people are trying to
raise $400 to put a town clock III tie
tower of the new Presbyterian church.
The school house at Dover, which Is
an exact counterpart Of No. 10 school,
in this city, is nearly completed.
Mr.. Hall, proprietor of hotel Of
Ches ertown, has been lined $4OO for
violations OF the local option law.
The work of rebuilding St. Anne's
Church in Middletown, is progressing
rapidly. The roof will be on within a
few days.
Rev. Mr.. Chase's pastorate, the M. E.
Church of seaford, is to be filled by
Rev. Mr.. Redman for the remainder OF
the Conference year.
Lawyer Smithers says 1t Is easier to
hang man in Delaware than to get
him assessed after his name has been
stricken from the assessment list.
A Farmers Live Stock Mutnal In
surance Company has beeu organized
at Salisbury. Col. Samuel A. Graham
is President.
Enoch Moore, Jr., Fish Commission
or for Della ware, will distribute num-
ber of carp throughout rhe State this
month.
The beautiful granite NJ. E. Church
recently built in Cambridge, will be
dedicated Sunday, the 10th inst, by
Bishop Andrews and Chaplain Nc,
Cabe.
The Dover Sentinel says: The Hotel
Richa. dson, under the management Of
Mr.. Page, i3 winning its way into pop.
ular favor Mr.. Page is the right mai
in the right place.
Theo. Bailey, aged about 46 years and
living on the road between Spring Hill
and Russum, WiComico county, com
mitted suicide Friday morning abou'
4 O'Clock by cutting his throat with
razor. His mind las been somewhat
deranged for several months and to th1i
WAS attributed the deed.
Beniah Kinnamon, one Of our larges
farmers, residing in Tuckahoe Neck
husked in the field, hauled to his barn
ward and Bhelled out In q single day
last week one thousand bushels of new
corn, grown this season, and delivered
1t on board the steamer Minnie Wneelel
About thirty hands and a number o
teams were employed in this day.
work.