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insisted that in spite of this what he had or,
ginally stated was true.
THE HENNEOKE CASE.

MINIATURES, Wis, Dec. l6-The following
letter, explaining Browns reasons for work,
and the method thereof, in the case of Maggie
Hennecke, Is just received:
HASTINGS, Neb., Dec l3-MR. ]. RUGEE
MLwAuKEE, WIs.-DEAR SIR: Yours at hand
and contents noted, In reply would say that
have left my business entirely and have
worked with all my power day and night to
find out this great mystery, and to bring the
child to her parents A part of the
time it looks very dark to me- Then
other new encouragement nerves me
on. l have neither stopped for
danger nor for money, and have seen some
very rough times Excitement ran high, but
l have been in the cause of right and the law,
and have not feared 10 go to the front, and If
at last every effort shall fail l can say that l
have done my duty here below in this wonder
full work, as it seems to be b most skillfully
laid plan, and to have been accomplished
without suspicion, till 1T last ono of the party,
for the sake of $50, lost his grip, and, being
unsuccessful i'll an attempt to get another
i'll to throw suspicion OF at Plattsmouth,
and finding that she VS. in that | pinned him
down until he confessed Of asSisting in the tax
ing away of little Maggie Hennecke HeU
Il. Borden) gave me thorough description
Of the two men who helped in the affair, as
also OF the team, The men l have ill the
description in every respect, as also does the
team The one (meaiung one of the men) owns
to being with Borden on the road He claims
that there WAS only his sister with him,
but says he thinks he saw the the girl
on the, road. He also states that he is
sure that the other man does not
know where the child is, and l gain
little by little from him. They will be brought
to trial here as soon as Mr.. Hennecke is here
Our governor, Mr.. George Nance, also Prose
cutting Attorney General Dilworth, and the
secretary of the state express their SYM
patty with the parents, and will do all in
their power to bring the matter to light
As for bringing the prisoners back, the
attorney general will probably be able to
try them here, and may bring more
light upon the matter soon. l see by tue
papers that some people there [meanrng
Milwaukee and Chicago, no doubt have a
bad opinion of me in this terrible affair or
rather the detectives. They should inveshg gate
before making bad asser ions. l have lived in
Hastings for over ten years, and am willing
for any investigation te be made WhatI have
done have paid for out of my own means,
and asked no one for 4 cent, and will do ev-
erything possible to set ali saI right cannot
give further details, fer time will not permit,
but expect TO soon.
Very respectfully yours, GEO. Z. BROWN.
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AN EMPTY SAFE.
Daring Robbery of the Edwards County
Bank at Kinsley, Kan.
Greenbacks to the Amount of $l2,.
600 Carried off by the
Thieves.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec IA passenger from
Kinsley, Kan, states that tho Edwards County
bank Of that place was broken into Saturday
night and robbed of $4,000 in greenbacks.
On Sat rday evening L. G. Boice, cashier of
the bank, locked the safe and vault and went
to his supper. G. ". Crawford, county treas
urer, has his Office in the rear of the room
occupied by the bank He left the building
with the cashier and they returned together
about an hour later. 1t was then discovered
that some one had been in the room, and
number OF coins were scattered about the floor.
The cashier unlocke the vault and safe,
and then discovered that $4,000 had
hoon stolen. The burglars evidently had
entered the building from the rear and
passed through the treasurer's Office and
the bank room, the panel of the door between
Crawford, was acquainted with the combina-
ton to the vault, being in the habit of keeping
his books there, but no one else knew it ex-
cept Cashier Boice. There were no indica-
tions that powder had been used, hence the
doors must have been unlocked.
Crawford, the treasurer, has been placed
under guard at his residence. The robbery
seems to be shrouded in mystery. At late
hour last night it was reported that portion
Of the booty had been recovered, but the state
ment is generally discredited
A bunch of keys and glove were found
near the vault, and may prove Of value to the
officers III ferreting out the guilty ones. Great
excitement has prevailed in the town since the
robbery, and some startling developments are
expected within very short time.
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AN UNFAITHFUL WIFE,
And the Ruin Brought Upon Her
HOme---The Husband Gives Her
His Wallet, and Closes the Door
Against Her.

And the Ruin Brought Upon Her
HOme---The Husband Gives Her
His Wallet, and Closes the Door
Against Her.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE people of East
St Louis and BelieviIle, HI, are greatly agi-
tated over a scandal which affects the standing
of the wife of ". D. Uncer, the paymaster of
the Cairo Short-line railroad, and VIM NJ
Hagar, prominent banker of Belleville. A
few days ago Uncer received letter from
some unknown source, which told him that his
wife was not true to her marriage vows. He
hired a private detective to shadow the woman.
Yesterday this detective came to him hurried
ly and told him to come quick, and led him
into the hallway OF certain house, and,
pointing to door, told him that his wife
was in there. The husband knocked ON
the door and called out to those within,
but received no answer. He then kicked the
door open, when he was confronted by man
with rev VIZ, who told him not to advance.
He was very cool, and told the man that he
had not come for blood, out simply to identify
the occupants of the room, and, walking for
ward, he made the discovery he dreaded He
walked away without word and went to his
home.
Several hours later, after dark, there was a
ring at the door-bell, and, going to the door,
he found the erring wuman there He asked
her what she wanted. She was CRYING, and
said she wanted to come in. He told ner that
she should come in there never again, that
they must always be as strangers, and he
would try to take care of the children, and to
teach them to forget the woman who had for
gotten them. She pleaded hard for forgiAe-
ness and against being turned out into the
streets, saying that she had no money and no
place to go for shelter. He opened his pocket
book and gave her all tse money he had,
quite sum, babe her good-by and closed the
door
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One Week After Marriage.
Chicago Tribune.
q am going fishing.

Chicago Tribune.
q am going fishing"
The August sun vas beating down in pitiless
fury upon the brown bosom of the parched
earth, and up from the meadows that lay to
the westward Of Dappleyale the hum Of in
sects and the noisy notes of the grasshoppers
came with wonderful distinctDezs to Beryl
McCloskey, as she stood in the doorway Of
modest little cottage, Cver whose front the
honeysuckles and morningglories were climb
ing, their vivid hues bringing out in all its
beauty the pale glow of the girls complexion,
while the little shafts of sunlight that found
their way here aud there through the vines
overhead were not more rich in colorIn5 than
the mass of golden hair that fen over Beryl's
shoulders.
They had been married nearly q week Beryl
and George ". Simpson. and as the girl nestled
close to her husband she felt an unspeakable
joy, sense of sweet content that could
never fade away or die so long as lie
was by her side-his strong arm around her
corset And yet ON this Sunday afternoon
little feeling Of disappoinImeut-a sort of l.
am-not- as happy-as- Twas a,week- ago Satur-
urday sensation-had thrilled her soul for aD
instant as the man whom she had vowed TO
love, honor, and possibly break, spoke the
words with which this chapter opens.
Il had been hoping you would go with me
to Sunday school this afternoon, daIling,r
Beryl said, you are such a favorite with the
children and can manage them 50 we'll"
&Yes," he replied, that is very trne, sweet
heart, but | am also unusually handy with the
fsh-pole, and you know that fish always bite
on Sunday"
@Do they she asked, looking up at him
with her pure young face; show funny"
ut is indeed ludicrous," George replied
speaking with a grave tenderness that showed
what lovely liar he was, ~but we cannot
fathom the mysterious laws of nature We
can only accept them"
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DIR. HAMILTON.
He Says that Garfield Was Dragged
to Death.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA letter from New
York, printed in The Herald in this city, says
that Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, who gained much
notorety as consulting physician in the Gar
field case, is lying dangerously i'll with
bronchial trouble, accompanied with hemor-
rhaSes There is a great deal of anxi-
ETY. over the doctors condition, not
simply because of his personal worth,
although he stands exceedingly high
in his profession The anxiety is chiefly of
prurient character. Before DR.. Hamilton was
taken sick he declared, in effect, that the late
president was dosed to death It is reported
that he asserts positively that, after the use of
morphine had been prohibited by the council
Of physicians DR.. Bliss continued its use, and
had it not been for this course of treatment
the wound might have been success
fully probed, and the presidents life
saved By judicious surgical treatment
Dr.. Hamilton S friends say that he is anxious
that congress should investigate the subject,
and, if the subject cannot be investigated in
any other way, he would like Dr.. Bliss to sue
him for libel. These statements are directly
tracoable to DR.. Hamilton, and the medical
fraternity, as well as many laymen, would
like something definite in regard to
this matter, which is prominent in the
shape of undeniable proofs as soon as the doc
tors health viii permit There is one thing
to be said III DR.. Hanliitons favor in regard to
his connection with the Garfield case. He was
tie last of all the hungry horde to file his bill
for pro essional services, and only did so when
it was made apparent to him that the presen-
taton of his bill was an act of simply justice
to himself
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Influence of Forests on Climate.

LONDON hines
DR.. Schomburgk, the director of the botan-
ical gardens at Adelaide, has added TO his
recently issued report an appendix on the sub
iect Of the influence of forests on climate He
recalls how the Russians, by burning down
some of the Trans-Caucasian forests, at the
time of their struggle with the Circassians.
converted the country from fertile land
into a desert, simply through the cut
ting OFF of the supply of rain. Similar
instances of rain having deserted a country
denuded of forest have occurred in the Maur-
titus, i'll Jamaica, the Azores, and it may also
be added to a still more remarkable extent in
several of the smaller West India islands Nc
sooner had the forests of these places been
destroyed than the springs aud rivulets
ceased to flow, the rainfall became irregular
and even the deposition of dew was almost en-
tirely checked. On the other hand, it is
generally accepted as fact that Mehemet
Ali increased the fertility of Egypt enor-
mouslv by planting trees He alone
planted some 2O,0JOC COZ on the Delta, his sue
cessor followed up the work, and it is note
worthy circumstance that the rainfall rose
from six inches to forty inches. Planting has
also, it would seem, produced remarkable
effects in France and Algiers. Extensive re-
gions have been planted with gums aud other
trees, which, for the most part grow to about
thirty to forty feet in height, and it is noticed
that the quantities of rain and dew which now
fall on the adjacent land are double what thew
formerly were
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
A Curiosity of L0urpaJiSIr,

Zone of the curiosities Of journalism says
The Mobile Register, @is set of letters
which is filed away in this Office, emanating
from correspondent at New Haven. For ten
years and odd, letters have come every two
weeks from this correspondent each letter
being bulky and properly prepaid, sometimes
with two, and sometimes with three stamps
The correspondence is never printed and new
er will be. The author once signed himself
James, but all subsequent letters bear
the initials "A. B. j. Who he is or what his
object in writing, save TO put his views upon
not be stated He is perhaps an inmate of
some lunatic asylum who is allowed to pass
his time in this innocent amusement The
letters are each dissertion upon some abb
struse point of constitutional Law. and are very
verbose and inconsequential in argument"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
THE HENNEOKE CASE.
Some Queer Developments in the
Mysterious fair


Mysterious Affair.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 13-Mrs. Whitehead. wife
Of the superintendent of the Humane society,
makes an interesting statement in connection
with the supposed Maggie Hennecke develop
ments reported from Nebraska. She states
that about three months ago her hus-
band was informed that two bachelors
had with them in Minnesota little cir
of Maggie Henneck's age, the daughter
of working woman residing in this city, and
the information was accompanied with a
request that Mr.. Whitehead should take steps
to secure the restoration of the child to her
mother. Accordingly Mr.. Whitehead wrote
to the men asking them to send the child
back to Milwaukee. No attention was
paid to this letter, and it was afterward
learned, incidentally, that the men had
gone to Nebraska, taking the girl with them
Now the question suggests itself whether tie
case Brown protested to be working up at
Lincoln, Neb., does not concern the child of
the Milwaukee working woman rather than
Maggie Hennecke, who, up to the time Brown
was heard from, no one for moment sup
posed had been abducted This latest phase
in the Nebraska business seems worthy of
more than ordinary consideration.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs White
head has twice denied that her husband is alb
sent from the city, it is nevertheless true that
Mr. Whitehead has gone to Lincoln, Neb., to
learn the status of affairs in connection with
the reported arrest of the supposed abductors
of Maggie Hennecke. Mr.. Whitehead is tray-
cling incognito, and hence the secrecy that is
maintained here concerning his movements.
Yesterday forenoon Mr.. Hennecke received
another and lengthy letter from Brown, divulg-
ing several matters of a confidential nature,
which he does not deem it prudent to give out
for publication. In the letter Brown makes
another appeal for requisition, and says that
he has two of the parties implicated in the alb
duction under arrest, and is after third,
Browns request for requisition will not be
needed, but he will be instructed to bring on
the girl and receive the reward The depart
ure of Mr.. Whitehead resulted from a CONSUL
tation, in which Mayor Stowell, Sheriff Rugee,
Chief Of Police Wason, and MIR. Hennecke took
mart
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Pooling the Yankees.
NJ. Quad in Detroit Free Press

N. Quad III Detroit Free Press.
All sorts of ideas We're worked to draw the
blockaders of the station or give them scare.
and many of the put-up jobs were successful
One night the hull of vessel was drifted
down with the tide and produced the greatest
CONSERVATION for time 1t drifted down
upon blockader, being almost aboard before
it was discovered All hands were called
upon to repel the boarders, the guns turned
away the whole fleet took hand in and finally
sent her to the bottom with every soul on
board" 1t was believed for many hours that
"rebel Merrimac" had been done for. but
during the next forenoon negro made his es-
cape to the fleet in a skff and not only revealed
the true character of the monster" but
excitement
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Winters GalEantrY.

Boston Letter.
The poet Whittier has come to town for the
winter, as has already been announced. H.
is as sweet and gentle as ever, but more dis
posed to be jocose. How much this manner
may conceal a sadness and loneliness he can
not fail to feel, it would be difficult to tell He
is quite deaf, but his eye is as keen and direc
as ever. Mrs. John T. Sargent tells an anus
ing instance OF his galIantry. He came 10 call
upon her one evening before her removal 70
New York, and as the way to Beacon street
WAS a little crooked and steep, she made a
pretense of having letter to post and walked
up with him Cougra ulating herself upon
night and turned away. when he followed, re
marking, "Wait-I will see thee home, Eliza
BETH" And see her home he did
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The Star.Route Trial.

WASHINGTON, Dec 13.-In the star-route
trial, the work of securing jury was con-
tinued Martin ODonohue, one of the tales
men, had read something in the newspapers
on the star route: matter bnt had supposed at
first that it had reference to The Star news
paper Challenged peremptorially Reese
Evans was next called He had not formed or
expressed any opinion He would not care
what the president desired, what congress de-
sired, Or what the counsel QngersolD cared
Evans kept his seat John H. Crane was
sworn in as first juror in the case, ana the
court then adjourned
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
An Equestrienne's Death.

Detroit Free Press.
Our readers have heard Of Miss Pinneo, of
Greeley, Colo, the graceful and enduring lady
equestrienne, whom SO many thousands have
applauded as she rode her fifty-m races
Some time since she married one Baxter, a sa-
loon-keeper at Topeka, Kan, and lately took
dose of poison and died. Her life appears to
have been sad one. She did not like the
the business of riding horses in trials of speed
and endurance, and often sought to escape
such severe tasks. The report is, and it is
generally credited that she rode races to OBJ
tain the money to pay debts or make up losses
incurred by her father and brother in gam
bling, and that the trouble which became
part of her life so weighed her down that she
sought rest IN another world.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
The Bill to Relieve the Supreme
Court.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-The house judiciary
committee, after three days discussion, came
to vote on the bill to relieve the supreme
court, and adopted the Davis bill creating
nine intermediate courts. The vote was
divided on party lines, and was two to one,
the Republicans favoring the Davis bill Mr.
Manning will present the views of the minor
ity, and urge his bill, the main provisions Of
which, as differing from the Davis BILL are
that it provides for division of the present
court into three sections, with no addition Of
the force of justices
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
A REIGN OF TERROR.
The Charter OfOpelika, Ala, Vacated
by the Legislature, and Local Gov
erntnPnt Appointed.

SHc |Hdteci' VI OpeiIAa, Ala, vacated
by the Legislature, and Local Gov
ernmPnt Appointed.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec 12-Since the last
municipal election at Opelika there has been
continual warfare between the victors and the
vanquished. This strife has grown to such
population in its ranks. From a fierce polit-
ical battle it has changed to war of per-
sonal animosities, and many old grudges
entirely out of the pale of the political ring
have been rung in, and will doubtless
be settled ere this trouble is over. The MAYOR
now IN power has organized government DO
lice force and the opposite side
has done the same, and there have been
several skirmishes between the two
forces. On Thureday morning colli~ion oc-
Cured In which several persons on both sides
were wounded, two fatally On Saturday
Boyd and one Maloney, in which the latter was
shot and probably fatally injured Yesterday
the legislature passed an act repeating
the charter Of the city of Opelika, and
authorizing the governor 10 appoint COM
nlssloners to handle the affairs of the
place until the next election. A committee of
prominent citizens, among them leading
banker of Opelika, are here in the interest Of
law and order, and will appear before legis-
iatIve committee tomorrow. 1t is said threats
have been made openly that on the return of
the committee to Opelika the war will be re-
newed Notwithstanding all this the party
will leave uere to-day for Opelika, and in all
probability state troops will be called upon
forprotection. Public opinion is somethingwhat
divided as to the causes of the trouble, but
every one here favors speedy settlement o
the matter
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.

A Parted Freight Train Creates
Lively Rumpus i'm st. Louis, and
Smashes Things Generally.---L0ss
$4,000.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 15-While a freight train of
twenty cars belonging to the Iron Mountain
railroad, and hauled by two locomotives was
being taken up the Poplar street grade it
broke in two, and the rear part consisting of
fourteen cars, dashed down the grade toward
the river. On the way down it collided with
the wagon of transfer company, kill
ing the team and smashing the
wagon. This threw the first car off
the track which rushed across
Second street, demolished the southeast corner
of T. Kalb & CO. g drug store, on the corner of
Second and Poplar streets; dashed into the
yard in the rear of the store, and spent it's
force upon a stack of glassware and chemicals
The second car also left the track, tore off the
front of the saloon lis Poplar street; and five
other cars spread themselves in huge wreck
all over the street Intense excitement pre-
vailed, and number of teams in the vicinity
had narrow escape, but luckily nobody was
hurt The damage to Kalb & Co. is about
$1,000, and to the building $1,000 The total
loss is probably $4,000.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Manning and Chalmers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ,1l.-A new complication
has arisen in the matter Of the case between
Manning and Chalmers Word comes from
the governor of Mississippi that he will con-
slider the refusal of the certificate by Manning
as multiplying the election, and that he will, in
such case, order new election and disregard
any contest that may be pending in congress-.
He is quoted as saying that he knows nothing
of any contest, and decided the ease upon the
figures before him.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-21
Close OF Nayigation.

CHICAGO, Dec. IS
Navigation on the lakes is at last closed for
the season of 1882 The steamship Argonaut
vast the last craft to arrive in Chicago from
Buffalo. The grain laden schooner Unatlilla
was yesterday rescued from the ice fields in
Lake Erie
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High Priced Cincinnati Property.

CINCINNATI, Dec 13-The property of 81.
Paurs Protestant Episcopal church, 62 by 100
feet, on the south side of Fourth street, east of
Walnut, has been sold to Emery Brothers for
81, 30l per front foot The church building
will be replaced by handsome block The
sale is made in consequence of the union of
the parish of St Paul with the parish of St
John
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Wrecked by Oil speculatfons.

CORY, Pa, Dec 13-Three stores owned
by Abram Harris have been closed by the
sheriff. The levy was made on executions
issued to the amount of $2l, OO0 Total liabil
tiles will approximate $4,000; assets, princi-
pally on stock, $5o,0J0. Harris was a rich
man month ago, but heavy investments in
of the recens oil panic, resulted in his fnan
cal ruin