The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-04
Editorial Correspondence.
New ORLEANs, Sept. %, 1882.

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New ORLEANS, Sept. %, 1882.
| ] left Houma yesterday. and arrived
here just little too late to connect with
the Chicago, st. Louis q New Orleans
Railroad so, / have to remain here un
til half-past 5 p. m. to-day, when I shall
leave for dear cid Tennessee, where
hope to find surcease from musketers
and the monotony of land as fiat as a
lpane of glass. However, / intend, in an
hour or two hence, to go out and see a
few relatives and the city. / hope to
find my relatives as well in sanitary
way as the city, for New Orleans was
never in better condition in this res
pect. There have been few cases OF
yellow fever, but l suppose season
never passes without such. Any way,
l am nos scared half SO much as some of
the foolish people who Guaranteed
against Winchester because of few
cases of smallpox. / fear that the
same foolish ones would object to my
coming home lest 1 might bring in the
yellow fever. But | will leave this day
on the Chicago, st Louis & New Or
leans Railroad-one Of the best roads /
ever travelled over 1t is all steel rail.
and runs so smoothly that / could write
a letter while running upon it rs easily
as did upon the Great Eastern long
years ago. My only fear Is that may
have to clay over at Martin, where
there is house called hotel-where
you get the worst slep for coffee ever
tasted, and where egg-shells are cooked
with the meat of eggs. / had to lay
over there tan hours in coming down
here, and advise all who travel this
way to stop off at Mckenzie and go to
Milan, where you can get good hotel
to stop at. I wonder that there is not
some better understanding between the
Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans
Railroad and the Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga Il St. Louis Railroad, to the end
that close connection could be made at
Martin. 1t would cause many to travel
over their good roads rather than take
the Louisville Railroad. And Major
Morey of the one and Major Danley of
the other ought to see to this.
Well, the world is full of tragedies.
Every day we read in the newspapers
of some one having been killed. / fear
it will be a long time-som trillion of
years-before the day of Christ will
come again. Even this morning / wit
messed man die who had been shot.
His name was w. f. Fackler, and his
murderer was j. r. Riculf-a young
man. A woman was at the bottom of
it. / had strolled down by the Custom
House when saw crowd, and I went,
through curiosity. to see what could be
seen. I saw death-no uncommon
sight, to be sure. But the circumstan-
ces, as l afterwards heard, made it in
teresting. Fackler had a young and
prepossessing wife who deserted him.
He accused young Riculfi Of having Sc
duced her away, and threatened to kill
RiculG on sight. Riculfi prepared him
self with two pistols and q two barreled
shotgun. This last weapon did the
deadly work. Riculf claims he was in
nocent-that he knew it was as to who
would get to shoot first, and he shot
first. He put in his work well. But
the beautiful woman who was the cause
of this! Alas to what terrible TRACE
dies do beauty and passion lead. Per
haps she did not appreciate the hus-
band she possessed not appreciate
the courtesies between herself and her
husband. but grew tired, and, like a
merchant who wants to get rid of the
cold stock on hand" at reduced rates,
made the venture and put her price too
low to suit the real owner. She has
'tlaid in" new stock. She has paid a
big price for novelty-for something
new-for a mere change something
that will not wash as. WE'LL perhaps, as
the old fabric did. Such is life alas Il
such is that inordinate desire for al
change such is the result of non-appre-
citation of present comforts and sur
roundings.
But must close. in order to see a
little of the city and my kinfolk. 1t is
well, perhaps, for am not in a humor
for writing, and could say nothing to in
terest the readers of the Journal. And
1 will soon be with you to find out more
interesting topics than can be found in
going over the country on railroad.
Xours