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% siyc0p Hs-Er Money or 4 Will lSiu
HJGr Sails..'s
From The Butte Nirer.

FROM tie Butte Miner.
Sol jennings il n forehanled ranchcr who
lives on the div de, about four IN les south "
Wonderlic!'s place He is an old bachelor, and
In order that his hous. max be X ypt in good con-
dltion he employs Il man aud vile on ms ranch,
the man helping in the work of tie farm and
the wife acting rs aouseherrrr. Durng the
past six months man and his " Il, named Free
born have been employed a, TARA hand aud
h"uSahe"Her. airs. Frceborn is sad 10 b. an
attractive lady and possessed Of cherul boy
baby. less than two Wears Cd - =, : 'Ci eui be-
came much attached. lie ficgn...ttV ra-sed
ms evenings with the lit,e rt;I.n. nn his
knee While ne en-a-OG the mother in pleas
EFT conN'r-il on. Not lsag since. while thus
-sa.ed Sol became confidential and iuIla!fcd
To 1rs. Freedom the information that be- had
saved some money. ana tat. rs lie tad Dut 1t
tie confidence ia tue modern inei ittt.ons called
banks. he had concealed S2.Up. in lawful
moncy of the United Statrs under the + tcheE
fio"r. Last week. when ~oi aid trcrbura &C.
turned to the house froig Worh Oh distant
parf oi the ranch. i.:ey found t'ytsf.crs at I'M
usual cou.mot.on about tie houte aud MIS-
frrrbora IN a meltil csad tioG bordering upoa
hYSteria Betweca her SONS she told her story
Soon alter ;hh EIen had lrit Tie housc iMo
strangers, Win wells over ia" upper portion uf
Their incrs, had I ltrn Cif t. the door and. d -
MOUNTING. had uIG.gei tn., WOO an To tell Them
where Sal kept mis- money She snatChei IN
her child aud started To run from the house hut
y a finlI"a.a'ri! caught ai5i iui,ll thrust into
"a char one 81 the men t,en placed TIE Ilxzle
of i..S revolver Ia the head of the t a. innocent
and said - IA" wUiiar: i arHn Yen F. Ne up
your m"hey 81 viii XII ycui ch Ia" She gayc
him about $50 which belonged to herself and
husband. Mi eat'~ncl with th~ he rob
beers u, threats of instant DEATH con Relied her
To disclose the had NJ place 81 Je Iu.n-Is' money,
which they secured aud ;heI mounted the.r
horses aud rode rapid, away.
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| 4 IEOfMet for the Children of Poor
-Gs j Women.

Hosnei for the Children of Poor
-GS j Women.
10 the Editorof THE EVENING STAR:
washington city can boast Of many noble
charitable Institutions and societies, but there
Is one still aeeded that, to my mind. is equal If
not ohgreate Importance than any yet organized
There should be home for the children of
poor women. who 60 out to daily labor, leaving
Their homes in the early morning aud not re-
turning Until night. their little ones left to them
selves many OF them locked in rooms provided
with little Or no fire and scant food This is
especially THE case with young children. while
the Older ones are left to'play in the streets or
roam about at will There is scarcely day
that we do not hear of some terrible accident
TO tas unfortunate class of children. left with
our care and to their own devices during the
hours OF daylight. Their mothers rarely see
them until night. when they return to their
Wretched homes after their days hard work
- over. and then they are too tired and spirit
less TO give them the care they SO greatly need
Is III strange that our warehouses; and prisons
are crowded when we consider the number of
children LETT to grow up In ignorance and crime.
surrounded by such influences as find in the
crowded tenenents these poor creatures call
II 'ne! They are exposed to ,eneS of cruelty,
tley grow In idieness and degradation
There are many ladies in this city who have
the time and influence to make such a society
or home success. A house should first be
found suitable for this nurpose; a good matron
employed who understands the care and neces-
sites OF children: such food as SOUP potatoes,
milk. and bread provided for them each mother
paving few pennies a day. This sum. with
what the patrons of the home will be allie to So
let. will be a he cinning. aud such call as this
must appeal to the hearts Of all. If some nub!e
minded woman would undertake this mission
'ionht not she would find many to assist her
In this mucil-netled charity
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WHAT TIE COMMITTEE THINK.
Ezrg.sst1 [Ste~.

Robert Brent, ! coiort! cow II in the Viz
@'"'d rt1it"liiarr. sent from Fauguicr in 1880
'"f h"nS"J ed1Ag an' larceny has made d
written confess On. under oath. eXOHeratin.r
u III. smith CulOIed. serving Il sentence for tll,
SAME crime and duplicating several Coiorc,I
men Who had been trte1 aud acquitted
teuu between Edgar aui William Hoard of
honen2aiIeia county. W Va. resulted IN an
Ell ay few days are. III which Edgar struck isi5
nfo,a"r two blows with Il fence stake. shatter-
in iS IA" and knocking MIN insenslhie At
i;;-t ace units William WIS III a critical con-
ditjou.
The wife Of Mr. Rlcnar,i Nerryman who
moved 10 HaLIuler county. Va. from MARYLAND
several. years ago, died sunday last. OF pnt,l-
Elonia.
Jufg" lunches has requested Judge Bond to
rr,sitte III tTe'tplal Of the conservative officials
In Richmond charged with election frauds
tite yHrEio men OF Narrent0n. Va. have
formed an association having for It's object Their
moral and intellectual advancement
KEY. ". {. Wdo!bridge. Of Vicksburr. Miss.
has hern called to the pastoratc of the Prcsby-
terrain church at Narrenton. Va
Key /. :. Brown. of Wythevle Va. has &C.
cfptpd call to the pastorate o. ST Marks
Lutheran church. Charlotte n c.
Col. tra@hili writes that he expects TO have
the monument at Yorktown completed by the
first day of October next
Capt J. ii. II. Fi@Eat has sold his farm of $40
acres. in Betctourt comfy to w. n. Baker for
$3.50 per acre.
Rev. f. H. Barnett Of Abingdon. Va. has
| had the dt:sree of d. ID. conferred on him by
Alfred University n Y
The coloTed Methodsts Of Wytheyilln. Va.
! are erecting new Church which is to cost
$1,000.
Winchester. Va. claims a POPULATION of G 800.
I "a considerable Increase over the census OF 1880.
The residence al J. ". Hendricks in Jefferson
county. ". Va. WAS destroyed hy fire last week.
if- d. ". Carter. of Bristol Va has gone to
Mexico as missionary OF the NJ f. church
south.
bphtheria is quite fatal among the children
| OF Fairfax courty.
fne :EEranite quarry is being operated near
/ Liberty. Va
LunenbusS county, Va, has colored school
| trustees
! The total number OF males in Virginia over
the are of II years in 1880 was 33i 5O5 of which
~" 2iS were white and l2S2 57 colored As the
/ cap tatiOn tax has been removed there will be
| a large Increase Of the vote OF Virginia at the
next election.
Booker Robertson confined In the iail in
| Lynchburg. charged with killing E. D. Grad
dock. has been released in 81 eco bail his phy.
/ siclans certifying that confinement would en-.
danger RObertson's lfe
1t Is stated that the carp pond Of Frederick
Rhodes. Pleasant valley. Shenandoah county
has In 1t thousands Of the inny tribe. from siy
| ana eight pounds down to those of last sum-
mer's Matching. The pond was stocked only
two years ago.
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The Grandeur at S.Gs.len

When YOU want to ret tie uianht>, idea OF a
queer, you do poi think of Catherine OF Russia,
or of Anne Of England or of Marie Theresa a
Germany. hut when you want to get yonr sraud-
est idea OF a queen you think of the plain
woman who sat opposite your father at tho
table. or walked with him arm-iG-arm down
lifes pathway; sometimes to the Tharksciv-
Ing banquet sometimes TO tine grave. but
always together. soothing your nctt, cricls cor.
recting your childish waywardness. joining in
your infantile sports listening t. your evening
prayers, toing for you with needle,
or at the spinning wheel. and on cold
ghts wrapping you up snug and warm.
and then. at last. on that lay when
she lay I'm the back room diving. and
you her take those thin hands.
with which she Lad tued for you so long and
put them together in dying prayer that COM
nended you tn the God whom she had tau.l.t
yuu to tIust-oh. Size was the queen. Tho
ciiariots of sod went down TO fetch her: and
as size went in all heaven rose up You can
not think of her now without a lush OF tea der
ness that s;irs the deep foundation of your
soul. aid YOU teel "a much child aaan az
when yon cried on her lap; and il YOU could
bring her back again to speak just once more
your name as tendeiy as she Used to
speak it. You would be willing to
throw yourself on the ground ard kiss
the sod that covers her. crying: Mother!
MOTHER" All. she Was the queen To make
one such woman as have described. how many
thousands would you want Of those people y no
go in the round IF fashion and diss .ion. dis
Pressing their tody until in their monstros ties
they seem to Guido the dronledary and hirpO-
potamus; going as Tar toward dsarace.ul APP
pafe as they dare go. SO as not To te arrested BY
the police. their behavior Q sOrrow to the good
and caricature Ia the vicious. and an insult to
that God who made them women and not eor-
gems. and trampiag on down through . fivOl-
Gus. diSsipated life to temporal and eternal
damnation DR.. Tdlmage in Frank ksse's Sun
day N0gozins.
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party Of halfintoxicated men discussed the
Frayne tragedy In . hotel in Detroit. Mich. on
Sunday morning. and one asserted that be
eould make the shot FrAyne failed In Another
thereupOn offered to stand up and let him nut q
ball through his hat. The same result n In the
Frayne case followed. except that the Detroit
man was not killed. but seriously, perhaps
dangerously, wounded in the head.
Rev. Dr. Hopkins. pastor Of tbs Presbyterian
church in Hampstead. L. l., has Joined the
village ire department.
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Was VIZ. Rich Abducted!
From the New York World, Ilth.

The absence Of Mr.. Henry Rich Is still q
mystery. Mr.. Isaac Mooney. son-in-law of Mr.
Rich. said yesterday to a World reporter: "A
circumstance which We heard to-day for the first
time makes me think that perhaps Mr. Rich has
been abducted and is now in the city. On Mop
day night, after missing her husband. Mrs. Rich
fastened to the residence of Mr.. A. Mooney. and
at her request Mr.. Mooney and Mr.. A. Waldman,
Of No. 400 east 57th street, procured lantern
and went In search of Mr.. Rich. On their way
home at about O'Clock they noticed q cab pass
ing up Lat avenue ahead Of them, when the car
rage stopped near the corner OF 57th street.
Mr. Waldman stepped on ahead and endeavored
to look in. Az sOOu rs the driver cav him move
towards the carriage h~ whipped mp his horse
and drove OF at full speed :" The detectives en-
pioyed by the family are following mp number
of clnes.
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Low TIDES m THE CREsAPEAKE BAY.-Tha
Baltimore SON OF to-day says: The high west
eriy winds of the past week have had the elcot
of producing the lowest tides known In thl
Chesapeake bay for . great number al yeass.
some placing It y far back ~ fcrty.nve yeeao.
from Fayette street to Eastern avenue bridge.
Capt. Nathaniel Walker, OF the bark Campaassos
who hes been sailing out II this pot s0r 0vse
thirty year,, rain he never saw such lOv wneee
In the harbOr The incoming pilots report tsae
last Thursday aigat at the CaG.s x1a ene q TIE
mast severe Tor many years. MANY vesaeae vea1
ashore at places oyer which they had passso
frequently without the least danger Of tOuoA
Ing. They have I'll been gotten adoat agntA
however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-12

DELAWARE MILLS CLosED.-A special tifspaach
SAYS that the LANCE Rversid, rolling MIL and the
Triton cotton milo NV Castle, Del closed On Sat
ur Icy last sor an IN efnite period. throwing over
400 n nds out Of employment. The cause OF the
closing Q, the IRON II Is due TO the dullness Of
the cotton mill closed because the han il al ru1E
agatast reduction OF II per cent In their wages,
and IN preference to keeping tn. wages at the
former standard II WIS deemed advisable to Gloss
and walt TOR a better market before resumino
operations
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THIEVES AND DETECTIVES.
ARE THEY WORKING TOGETHER Z!
INVEsTIGATT0y b TIE CITIZEEs' COLI
lITTEE STARTLING DEVELOP5IETT5-
TIE SCATEIEET5 OF TIE MONTE
LEN Cas- THEY lie TlUEl

,3o,,,,,s,, W IA r,.f.,, u T. r,v ",
"''t>"n ". 'ulu'''', Ia I. ron, J" M.
Thompson and " NaSruder. visited the jail
yesterday To taNetIc ST ltcneats IF the prisoners
Chas o i.rary AMI j. II Murphy touching the
.5!ar,d = ,Iin.ion M IN. ,...,ivas with thieves
Enc. bur.-lar. The te-y svs were held in the
ASSISTANT yyar,,,a.s oi;,.,. Of the ia. Sir ]. VI
g5..t.rS,p br.nt the princiraI examiner.
Of..,-v vas first Questioned He state, that
h had no hesitation in maxine a c,,.aa f,re,st
Dali he learned from conversations with tbo,.
Who committed the rol u rirs. b,,t frssnuo1 AZ
l.. bai ..,ar,.d his ,ratt,.rs N tae hands al Mr.
VI. p Wood. h,. did not think it advisable to 90
-. -. at .,..
81, iH.'i i5"' F'ti'ed th3t 'ac prisoner
va riA'' 90 80 Ni''| as the coi'i!',t'' PIE
ifi!'' 10 "''t 'I'h y : own lIs eNrr{iit'n1
f'tr'i Il, t't a..'-.'i t'i.u~ on al the detectives
Wa ih' -"h1 81 'i''N.'S t'1t mas infested HIS
NE u u '"F Tie l'a>t nv or : y years Il
i~'''- ~ i"l" " - a,'H'. r".h.E Ian i'tdi'l
- ti-''t.''i ne. 'i'- -''' "'iitt CORRUPTION
81 Is. a i III ih'.' i'''i. WHO .'.i.nsl
ahd t'd! :" III 70 r,lotiS ti S.I~H HoiI tAe
sl1ft al 'll. i'i,''.-.t":
Lt'''' = '~''.-;' "a 'it'S were bl'd-it
Hfie .i"ih "" ~, 10y 'uh ar hlN rs
w - t''i' - =" ,"'' - iA-i-.i'ie
SONNY 'i' '''.N"il tE Siait A'lth mere
at '."F' 'i't'''E ~ 'ii' .'it'iS. "H OtN E'1f>-
NAL Ai"i = - iitt - 'ocho, ic i'ut thc bind
itt en- re -''f' 1T
-" ne '''.'f-'i''' 'afe anything 10 10
WIN DiihGiiI@ lii'.H:' men htie:
A-ilsl "i-''" tiI''F were COMING
p-"tic t''e 4oo'9 iit'le the H'-it atttf lEe
rt.0~
- - l'tr W ny 'i.-",S "1'ef" ar anu
t"fu 9u.'e "t!t@t.' t" -'t" i'ih' 20 tht1 t"it'
lie
u Il nee l'}Itit9. y 80 !"" say committed
The b4f-t"F' '.ia ley tSd you "!tft thcy set
the s.lkS "a,
a-N'h ,.eTe a. : i"tS Oi i'hc'' N New
1ot< i"se-d ttc'i' - So;iit "i tie sifnS We're
So EfiC All y ti' up some oi ','' goods
80 "a d :. 'i' IT, III '''e I I! i'-,'-
II "a : ~ ''' ''''-e vi h'-"' was NY
e'"'e f'hi'ii:
~ I. u '--I VI AOu tA'ttii' ui0h l III
tc.e >i niNS'ii 'i.t'!.'i u ''~h t'i'hl-
V--i Il 73iE t-',.' Only lUit on OF the goods
We're Sf't oht 81 IA CITY mere u.uthe gGnds
20 iH*t we're hrlt ~ Re e =:
a. u','''.Ni' "' ti'"t TIE! went 10 Dtiecti'e
f'tIri Rouse
t-ifh NtC near no" 1-u;h went there:
A-N". HI h'l exactly IA iik they said a
C.ot'r 1i f"i'>, tiiih t'at was the tA press. on
t.tE nattf-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-12

School TEACHER KILLS A PUPiI.-William
c. Frazier, a school teacher Of Cumberland.
Ohio. during an attempt to discipline his pupils
yesterday. became involved in a general fight.
IN the courae OF which he stabbed and killed
John Hayes. a.ed twenty PEARS. ard severely
cut Charles !nce. FTaz er gave himself up and
l. now In aail. - Sc - g
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y'r.e Veteran, os Puts and Calls.

Yet there is at least one man who ALWAYS
makes money in the street; but then he is an
exceptional being. and his resources are I'M
fathOtnable. That man is the Hon Russell SAGE
II s main income comes from the sale Of priv
ilcges Never mind how dull the market NAV
he or which way it goes. there are always peo-
| pie wiling to buy puts and calls as il pr0tec-
ton aranst big losses. and Uncle Russell is al
ways ready to sell them, especially if the broker
il Il man of the world and treats him nicely.
The other day one Of them promised customer
to buy for him a 90-days' put on 200 shares of
Wabash preferred at 46 The stock was selling
at 81. and the broker thought he was sure to
get it. But Mr. Sarc happened to be in one of
| his close listed moods. and would Got sell it
above 40. The broker showed him two brand
| new slto bills. But nothing seemed to work
'fl tell yeu. Mr. sayp, what | will do I'll
give YOU 500 in cash and send to your house a
| tei-c'a lon KEY OF Bass ale for yourself and a
| basket OF flowers for Madam. You would
really ob!ige NE by selling that put. | PROM
| ised to Get it for a good customer"
Never mind the flowers" answered the old
gentleman. somewhat less harShiy than he had
| spoken betorr-'never mind the flowers
| don't want no flowers. Send NE something
else Send me gallon of good keystone
whisky. You know where to send it-5U6 5th
avenue. Give me that money and 90 and make
| out the put"
| The brokers' commission was only $40. while
his bill forthe &eg of Bass and the dem iohn of
whisky was SIS S.. but he was delighted at
being able to accommodate his customer
When the bargain was afterwards related at
| DelinOncO's another broker retOrted: WHY
| there is nOthin. new in that. have been keep
i'm the old fellow in groceries for two or three
| years past. But there is one thing to be said
| about Sage. Ifyou spend dollar on him you
are almost sure to make $40 and if YOU sppnd
80 YOU make 800. think if any body had the
| pluck to spend Il few hundred and buy him a
horse or something Of that sort he would make
rs fortune. provided the old man did not jump
the game after he got the horse"
Mr. Sa@e is supposed to be worth $50 900 OOO
and his fortune has been accumulated solely by
this kind of strict personal attention to the de-
| tails of all business transactions. He ia one of
| the thirty New Workers whose joint wealth il
estimated at over 81. 600 900 600 and would
probably be- still larger were they all like him.
"It9olO' In the Near York Sta
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Advsces frosa st. Thomas. dated the 3th inst.
say that two shocks VI earthquake were
felt there On the morning OF the 4tA inst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-12

The Keely stockholders are to meet in Phila-
dplrhia Wednesday to hear the report Of Mr..
William Boekel, who was appointed by the
court to receive nom Mr.. Keely. the inventor,
the alleged secret of his motive power. but it is
already made known that Keely won't be able
to have his engine perfected" at that time. He
again promises that Tin . few months" It shal,
be all right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-12

JUDGE BorIC's RETIREMENT. AND JUDGE VIM
SONS ACCESSIoN.-A special to the Baltimore
SIN from Frederick, Md. last night. says: At
the opening of the December term Of court here
to-day a resolution was offered by VIM. p
Nau.sby. lr.. expressive OF the regret felt by the
bar at the retirement of Hon. w Viers Bouic,
and rulnrIzn. his career as one of the JUDGES of
tbs judicial circuit or the past fifteen Years
Remarks We're made by Jud res Richie. Lynch.
and f:nsOn. and Messrt Urner Nelson Motter
and others. Hon. John I. Vinson. of Mont rom
cry county. recently elected Judge. occupied his
seat on the bench this nornint for the first time
He was escorted from the railroad station to
the court house by Messrs. John G. MOtter and
Frederick j. Nelson, as a committee.
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Nr... Esricfs.

Mrs. Dora Wendell. heart broken at the re-
cent death ut her husband and child. shot her
self fatally at ChiCa-0 yesterday, Oh her 30tii
biitbday.
Gov. stephens has parl0ned Cant. Ed Cox.
sentenced to Imprisonment for HE i'll the prti-
tent AIRY for the murder OF Col. Robert A Aston
at Ali0ta. in 1879.
Joseph i Noonan Tor many Years 3 nromi-
nent politician and Journalist Of Wisconsin. died
Yesterday i'll an insane a7s lum at WanWato sa.
Wis
The last spike was driven on the new Milwan-
l.ep and Lake Winnelaro railroad Yesterday.
irving the Wisconsin Central road an indepn-
dent outlet from milwaukee,
At Il meeting OF the Ioch ed-out shoe lasters at
Montreal ON Sunday resolutions were passed
urging manufacturers 10 reopen their factories
to keep the worklnen from starving
Matthias Griiher German and resident of
Cumberland for forty years was found dead in
Wills creek. at Cumberland Nd Yesterday.
When last seen alive he was under the influence
Of liquor
In the suit OF James F. Molloy, a citizen of
Ehrefeld South Carolina against james Cor
don Bennett for a libel on him. published IN the
New York Herald the jury in New York. ycster-
day. in the United States circuit court brought
in u verdict of $1,000 DAMAGES for the plain
tin. Counsel for the defendant moved for a
STAY of iudruient. and gave notice Of motion
for nPw trial
cent Il Son. at Shawneetown. Ill. Yesterday,
killing eight men and woundin. three Several
of the men We're blown to pieces and their
friends nicked up the fragments in pals
The final game Of the second series of chess
between Mr. SteinitZ the champion. and Mr..
Martinez Of philadelphia. was played yesterday
and was won by the former after a tremendous
battle of nearly sixty moves. OF the series Of
seven games Mr. SteinitZ won three. Mr.. Marti-
neg one. and three were drawn.
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The Hagerstown (Md Ne,cs says that Mrs.
Clara Stanhope will pass the winter with her
father. Gov. Hamilton. and family at the yuber-
material mansion in Annapolis and that mean
while the suit brought by her father for her
divorce will be prosecuted without opposition
| from her husband, whom she so Economically
married at picnic.
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Death SrrGGLE WirH BURGLARs-The
general stOtn OF Postmaster Henry thinner of
Homewood. Cook county. Illinois, was entered
by burglars on Friday night. thinner and his
son were IL tho store. The former was shot
through the be,iy and fatally hurt. hut he seized
one of the huraiars and Overpowered him after
q fearful Stru rrie He proved to be Lester
Chase. of Brlviiere. The other burglar escaped
Chase. who is now in Jail. conftsses that he fired
| the shot which will result in the death of the
elder thinner, but refuses to reveal the name of
his accOinplice.
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BILL FOR RELEASE OF sURETIEs.

Mr.. Jonas introduced a bill in the Senate YES
terday which prov DIES that Henry p Gilbert
and Riley 4. Sh m, suret.es the bond of
Charles $. English. late collector OF George
town d. c., be released from the payment of
any balance due 10y said English after June 80,
1877.