New-York tribune., 1882-02-16
GENhR4L N0iho'

r .ho demand for coral that ex-
"O -. ,ho ,sorld may be formed Hoiu ''lc 'a0'
tbst from the bank near the nun ,ha, "a 600
alone within the past font 2hed ..
mounds OF cora have 'e'" :, .1 -. p-;nco
iI'e 80 Y i Of one James Wurts age seventy
ton hso claim to public notice consists in the
,otv-dye years ago he dug and afteTwarc nlieu
ove in Princeton Cemetery, In which lie Durieu
sbe mortal remains OF Aaron burr'
A farmer in England recently sought soiace
,or hi. Iscerated affections by bringing breach OF
srIt against his too fcklc Dulcinea 1t appeared
during the trial. that she ready to marry nm II ne
ould discontinue the suit and pay the costs This
,,roDosition he declined, although stouuy contendng
loved the girl better than the costs Then the
.enslle Jury rendered verdict In his favor Tor one
frtbng damages and the equally sensible judge decrced
fhs; siucc be wouldn't pay costs to secure the maaeh
hand be pay the costs after al, ana DC con
with the joys Of single oleSscdneSs'
Whether or not a famine exists in certain
marshes OF louisiana is yet an unsolved problem \
document purportihg to be authorized for publication
BY the sufferers recently printed in the NewOrleans
papers II described the desttutiOn OF the people IN
narrowing terms and made an appeal for help TO the
public 10 the state and 10 the National Government
Un0uesonable evidence has since been produced says
The Times Democrat to prove that the people OF Tue
parishes in question never sanctioned tIe & pepr %
desperate straits And that paper thinks the whoe ons
which wears suspicious ar Oh III S'cS' "N~- wv
ter be filed away TO await devc.opments'
There is a negro Justice in Pulaski County,
Arkansas before whom a singular case has recently
been tried young colored man, named Jackson
Holmes charged young eOlJred woman. named Martina
Hodges whom in happier days he had engaged hlmseu
TO marry with employing against him the mysterious
and terrible agency Of wtchcTaf He testified that the
Girl had bcvitched him in variOus ways. deprivng him
Of sleep visiting him in dreams and haunting his CON
saiousne in his working hOurs Through all these an
moving experiences lie continued TO love her un IN an
unhappy moment he observed blue flames darting from
her nostrils TheroupOn he abandoned all thought OF
marrying her He fe that in justice TO himself he ought
10 draw the line somewhere, aud he determined TO draw
II al blue flames she vengeance and on that very
NIGHT ne was awakened by choking sensation, and was
impe by some irresistible invisible power to the door,
where he found lying the step rabbit foot ms ne
picked up. when mockng laugh burst ont on other
occasions he found bird claws and horse hoof and that
sort of thing had utterly wrecked him. Martha testhcd
that jackson professed love and won her heart he
snra-ed to marry her and then tr1led with her Ater
that she won't 10 her grandmother WDO endO"eu neI
with mysterious powers Of wcncrat or Wlch she nau
tiT then remained in ignorance For the purpose OF re-
claiming her lover she had at times laid spells upon h'u
The Judge decided that only way 70 satisfy Jusce IN
this case was for the plaintiff and defendant 10 marry
and after issuing orders Of the court TO tha eject nc
sent them away man and wife.