Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-22
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Joseph Holderman, of San Francisco,
a man of slight frame and large head,
whose age was about 25 years, became
absorbed one night last winter In Bull
wer's "a Strange Story" When he
had come to the end ofthe novel Hoi,
derman felt that his cheeks were flushed
with fever and he began to gaze INTO q
mirror at his W face. lt occurred
to him as he 30 stood to wonder how the
face before him would look when ne
died. His undue nervous state caused
the idea to remain in his mind, though
repeated attempts were made to escape
| from the morbid fancy. Before going
to bed he scratched out the date Just
past from the calendar on his dressing
table. He tossed about upon his pillow
for an hour or more before sleep came
and when sleep did come it brought no
rest. His dream was that men brought a
| coffin containing his own dead body to
| his bedside. He telt impelled to glance
at the calendar and to his horror saw
| that the days seemed to be marked ctf
M 10 April 18th. When he looked again
| at the coffin il was gone. Holderman's
mind was in a very unhealthy condition
and he brooded and brooded over the
dream, which occurred during the FOL
lowing night and upon several other oc-
casions until April eth. That day the
sufferer told a friend and the friend
slept in the room with him. But neither
the friends presence nor the help OF
nhysicians did any good, for on the
morning of the 10th the wasted victim
of his own fancies died a crazy man.
On the evening of January 2Sth DR..
Spencer, who had collected 81 900 during
the day, left his office for his home near
by, both being on the same street IN
Mount Vernon, Ind. Just after leaving
the office he was struck upon the nea9
with a hatchet. When he regined
consciousness his nom was gone.
Next day three men, Francis Moore,
Ben Kemper and John Reed, were ar
rested on suspicion. a man namea
William Morgan was also suspected.
Just before the trial of Moore, which oc-
cured last week, Morgan was found al
his home on Devils Island, in the Mis-
sissippi. He confessed that he a
the act Ofrobbery, but pleaded that Ms
reason for leaving was thai ne dlu not
wish to be troubledas a witness. his story
seemed so clear that the prosecutor de-
ciled to put him on the stand. AL
Moore's trial he testified in such a way
that all circumstances seemed to point
to the prisoners guilt. Moore was con-
victed and sentencedto the penitentiary,
for eight years. Kemper was then put
upon trial. Kemper's counsel, hearing
Morgan's previous testimony, a
| gathered such evidence that the witness
was shown to be fabricating. AT last
| Morgan confessed that he was the rob-
Der himself, and that neither of the
three accused men were in any way
connected with the crime. Morgan IS
now in the penitentiary and Moore mas
been released.
Some hours before the schooner Java,
bound for st. JagO, Cuba, for New Or
leans, entered the Mississippi, the other
day, Captain Patrick was confronted by
a strange passenger. The man leaped
from the fOrecastle and gracefully kneel-
ing, Offered the Captain the butt OF a
| silver mounted revolver, together with
a palm full Of gold coin. Captain Pat
rick was amazed. He had encountered
almost as many stOwaways as sharks,
but never before had the stOwaway
been of such knightly bearing and inn
pressive presence. The stOwaway, who
| spoke in Spanish, said that he has been
a captain in the Cuban army and that,
being weary of tyranny, he had made
ND his mind to fly to free America. He
had managed to escape from the noun
tains and hide in the hold of the Java.
Hunger drove him out, as he had been
without food or water for six days. Cap
tain Patrick took pleasure IN lntrouuc-
ing the refugee to the land OF the lree
and the home of the brave.
A few days ago David Block, q we'll
TODD merchant of Platteville, Wis,
coughed up a musket cylinder. He had
sutis-e from throat troubles for many
year Inn: never had suspected thatthey
were caused by = piece of iron; Mr.
Block was u soldier in Germany during
the revolution of 1913. One day IL re-
ceived what he supposed was a shot in
the eye. He was in the hospital for six
months, hanging betweenlif and death.
When he recovered one eye was gone,
his hearing was imperfect and he was
unable to smell. Nevertheless he got to
be strong and hearty again. He is now
convinced that the shot did not come
from the enemy, as he has supposed
heretofore. He believes that the musket
i'm the hands of his comrade on the left
exploded and that the cylinder passed
from his eve into his mouth and then
into his throat, where it remainded thir-
ty-four years.
What is mentioned a the "RipOn
colony" passed Fort Keogh, Mantana,
one day recently, on the way to Clark's
Fork Bottom, in the Yellowstone cOun-
try. There were lis families, 500 souls
in the train, which contained wagons,
carts, cattle, horses, tents, household
furniture and six month provisions.
The men were armed and almost every
woman had a baby on her back. Every
one was as cheerful as a cricket. A
band of music marched at the head OF
the procession. A doctor and an
editor were among the cattle drivers.
The colonists will tent out until autumn,
building their houses slowly and per-
manently.
Near Cloverdale, Cal, there is an
Italian and Swiss agricultural colony,
which has 1893 acres of land. This So
ciety has been in existence about one
year, it's purpose being cooperative
farming. The capital is made up of one
hundred shares, each share being valued
at twenty-four dollars. The profits OF
the year were $4,000.
In New York a man was sued by his
mother-in-law, who got Judgment, and
a warrant has been issued for the arrest
of an old bachelor who killed a society
bellies eat, which disturbed his slumber.
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