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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-29

How the Sudden Accession to Compares
tive Affieence Upset the Life of n Promis-
ing Young Man and Made Criminal OF
Hiirs-Fast Life and Forgery Hand In
Hand rs Usual.
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Sept q.
The day Of the shooting of President
Garfield by Guiteau, District Attorney
Corkhill engaged q young lawyer and
stenographer to go to Guiteau's cell and
report an interview between the attorney
and the assassin. Edmund A. Bailey was
the name of the reporter, and representing
himself to Guiteau as an attache Of the
New York Herald, the assassin talked very
freely, and the interview was turned over
to Col. Corkhill and became part Of the
record in the celebrated case. Afterward
Bailey made frequent trips to the Jail and
Guiteau told him the story of his life.
Bailey was well paid for his services and
subsequently sold copies of the interview
to the Herald exclusively, receiving there
for $500. The possession OF so much
money seemed to have upset the young
stenographer and be launched out very
recklessly upon a life of dissipation,
and succeeded in maintaining his ex-
travagant course of life up to six
weeks ago, when he quietly left WASH
ington, leaving numerous creditors. A dis
covery has been made whfth in a great
measure accounts for Bailey's having so
much money. Col. Enoch Totten, a leading
member of the district bar, and one of the
counsel for the star-route defendants, gave
Bailey desk-room in his office, in return for
which the latter acted as his secretary. Ii
now appears that Bailey took advantage OF
the confidence reposed in him snd forged
Col. Totten's name to papers to the extent
of 1000. He became so expert in counter
feiting Mr.. Totten's name that the latter
finds some difficulty in distinguishing the
forged from the genuine signature. A
number of other persons who Endorsed
Bailey's notes for small amounts have
found that their names were forged and the
amounts increased. He passed the spurious
notes on the different banks, and it is
thought that at least $1,000 has been pro-
cured in this manner. A number of bills
for small amounts at hotels, stands and
restaurants are sleft unpaid. Bailey's
whereabouts are not known to any of his
former associates. He Is about twenty-five
years of age, about five feet ten inches in
height, with an incipient blonde mustaohe,
probably weighs 100 pounds; dresses neat
ly, but not extensively. Some days ago he
stad at the Lafayette House, Philadelphia,
where he often stopped before. On his last
visit he departed by carriage, and told the
driver to collect fare at the hotel. The ho-
tel mourns his loss.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-29
DEATHS TERR0RS.
The Effect of Approaching Death on o
Guilty Murdefer-George Wallace, Whose
Death Sentence the Governor of Georgia
Eefused to Commute Becomes a Raving
Maniac.
SAVANNAH. GA. Sept. q.


Maniac.
SAVANNAH, Ca Sept. %.
From present indications the hanging of
George Wallace, the colored murderer, on
Friday of this week, will be a horribly
tragic occurrence. About ten O'Clock this
morning the doomed mans aunt entered his
cell and showed him last nights dispatch,
which announced that Governor Mcdaniel
had refused to commute the death sentence.
The news was evidently entirely unex-
pected by the prisoner, and he appeared
almost stunned by the announcement. The
woman and the jailers tried to arouse him
from his lethargy, but their efforts proved
futile and he remained lying on his bed
muttering an incoherent tumble of words,
in which Masonic expressions were freely
interspersed. AT four O'Clock this afternoon,
however, Wallace's conduct suddenly
changed and he became maniacal in his
violent rage. Springing from his bed like
an Infatuated tiger he Invested himself Of
every stitch of clothing and then tore the
garments into shreds. Tying the strips
iron grating forming the top of
his cell and apparently intended be-
coming his own executioner. Changing his
mind, however, he attacked the woodwork
of the cell, in avery few minutessucceeding
in wrecking everything inside. Fearing
that Wallace would dash his brains out, or
in some way make way with himself, five
of the most powerful of the attendants
about the jail made rush to overpower
the prisoner. and shackle him. Realizing
their object Wallace picked up heavy
piece of timber, which he had torn from
the wall, and fought with furious despera-
ton, during which all of the turkeys were
more or less seriously hurt. Wallace was
finally overpowered, however, by sheer
force of numbers, and carried struggling
to a cold bath, into which he was plunged.
It's cooling effect was only temporary,
however, and tonight his heart-rending raw
ings are so loud that they can be heard a
block from the Jail, despite the thickness of
the heavy stone wall. An extra guard is on
duty at Wallace's cell, but his freaks are
so sudden that self-destruction at any mo-
ment would not be surprising.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-29
A MANAGES BLOODY WORK.
william Ferry, of Springfield, Mass, ina
Fit of Insanity, Makes n Deadly Assault
his Wife with Razor-A Neighbor
who Interposed Badly Cut.


Fit of Insanity, Makes n Deadly Assault
on his Wife with Razor-A Neighbor
who Interposed Badly Cut.
SPRIsGFIELD, MASS, Sept. %
Loud cries of ''Murder!1 and "Help!n
came from house on East Union street
this noon, and when Mrs. Harry Mayher,
who lives in one part of the house, burst
into the tenement Of her neighbor, William
Ferry, most sickening and horrible sight
met her eyes. William Ferry, u respecta-
BILE workngman Of forty-three years of
age, was standing over the kneeling form
of his wife, with a bloody razor in one hand
and the other holding the crying womanby
the hair. Her hands and arms were badly
cut, and two deep and fresh gashes had
been made across her,neck. Mrs. Mayher
rushed toward the man and implored him
to stop his bloody work. Ferry took no no.
wife's throat. Mrs. Mayher caught the
mans hand, screaming for help, which
came none too soon, as Ferry
fought like an enraged animal, cut
ting right and left with his razor, and say
ing he would kill any one who prevented
his work. Help having arrived, Ferry was
secured and the police called. 1t was then
found that Ferry was violently insane, and
In no way accountable for his terrible act.
In the meantime Mrs. Ferry had tainted
Mayher was found to be terribly cut about
the hands and arms. Ferry, after severe
struggle, was handcuffed and taken to the
station, where he raved wildly for some
time, but at last appeared to realize what
he had done and became more calm. Mrs.
Ferry's wounds have been sewed up to-
night, and it Is thought she may recover.
Her husband will be examined in the MORN
ing, and will probably be taken to the asy-
lum at Northampton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-29

There are no longer any individual
diggers for diamonds in South Africa.
Companies of capitalists have bought
the claims, and not much is being done
by them, owing to the low prices that
the stones now command.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-29
attention to at the time, but which l

attention to at the time, but which
now see had the same meaning. l
laughed. and advised him to keep out
of Mr.. Pixies way He laughed, too.
but in very unpleasant style, and said:
You bet | shall. L have been doing it
for good while; and it will be just as
well for him to keep out of mine.
"What could he mean by his strange
language about Mr.. PikeP" said Marian,
going straight to the point which had
impressed her most. "Do you think
he can be madp Ought we not to tell
Mr.. Pike about himP''
mo; do not think he is mad in the
least" replied Hartleby; "and, from
what little l have seen of Mr.. Pike. L
doubt if that gentleman would approve
of my zeal in repeating such a CONVEX
sation. But we will not talk of my
friend, the tramp, any longer. What
do you think | heard to-day, Marianp"
To this query Miss barnett was
obliged to return reply declaring that
she could not guess; and Phil then told
her that q rumor of Mr. Scamler' s
speedy retirement was rife in the Office,
and, as a matter of course, speculations
as to the changes consequent thereon
were rife also. As these speculations in
cluded the promotion of Mr.. Philip
Hartleby, and, as a larger salary would
Justify his immediate marriage, it will
at once be seen that the fresh line Of
conversation suggested was sufficiently
engrossing in its interest to Danish all
recollection of minor subjects, and to
supply an ample stock of materials for
castle-building, with visions of fairy-land
in general for the remainder of the
walk, on which, according TO custom,
they now started.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-29
THE ROOT OF EVIL.

How the Sudden Accession TO Compares
tive Ahiuence Upset the Life of n Promis-
ing Young Man and Made n Criminal OF
Hlrr-Fast Life and Forgery Hand In
Hand as Usual.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
Facts AhOut Women.

A monument for Adelaide Philips
will soon be put up at Marshiield,
Mass.
Mrs. Mickey, wife of the Bonanza
King will probably make Washing
ton her home after New Years.
Lady Anne Blount, daughter of the
Earl of Lovelace and his late Coun-
tess, Ada Augusta Byron, is said to be
striking likeness of her grandfather
Lord Byron. When Lady Anne was
presented to the Queen her Majesty
kissed her, saying as she did so: Il
do that for the love [ bear your ances-
tor the poet whom most love"
Miss Kelloggs first appearance on
the stage took place when she was q
child 8 or 6 years Of age at a juvenile
concert in Birmingham She sang a
song entitled and ending, "Who Will
buy my roses red ~ and as she utter
ed the last line, at the same time hold
ing forth the flowers, Thomas w.
Newson, then editor of the Daily
journal, exclaimed, Il VIII buy
them, and placed a bright new coin
in the hands of the half-frightened
young singer.
There are some very curious laws
in Saxony regarding servants, girls
more especially The mistress is obi
ged by law to allow the servant one
pound of butter and one Of coffee per
month, or the equivalent in money.
If the girl furnishes her own bedding
she secures / cents per night for so
doing Seventy cents a month are
allowed for her washing, and she re
ceives per cent on all purchases she
makes She is required to give one
months notice before leaving her
place. The law also requires that
each servant carry a book for recomen-
dations, in which, upon her leaving
her place, the mistress is compelled to
state the cause and the girls charac-
ter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
Captain Mayne Reid.
St Nicholas.

OF Captain Mayne Reds boyhood
we hear little, except that his father.
a Presbyterian minister, designed him
for the pulpit.
The clerical profession was not to
his taste, and at the age of twenty he
left his tutors and his tasks to eros,
the sea.
Landing in New Orleans, he began
a career of adventure in the wllds of
America. He made two excursions
up the Red river, and ascending the
Missouri, explored the vast prairies
which the wave of civilization had not
then reached. He afterward travelled
extensively in the states, writing de-
scriptions of his journeysfor the news
paper press.
He was thus employed when, in
1S45, war between the United States
and Mexico broke out, and young
Reid threw himself ardently into the
struggle as a volunteer, lie greatly
distinguished himself by his bravery
at the stormtng of Chapultepec, where
he received a painful wound, from the
effects of which he even now frequent
ly suffers.
The war over Captain Reid resign
ed his commission. But the spirit of
adventure was reused in him again
when the Hungarian struggle for free
dom enlisted the sympathies of liberty
loving people everywhere; and in 1S49
he organized, in New York, a body Of
men to join it. He had arrived in
Paris, ON his way to Hungary, when
news reached him Of the failure of the
instruction.
Reid then retired to England and
settled down to literary work, and
there in his home he lives the life Of
a quiet country gentleman, devoting
himself TO literature and rural pur-
suits.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
Postal Rates Ninety Years Ago.
Elnira Advertiser.

Now that the Two-Cent Postage law
has gone into effect, the following
provisions of the first law of Congress
on the subject will be read with in
terest:
February 20, 1892, was the date of
the first act fixing rates of postage on
domestic letters and established the
following rates. to take effect June l.,
1892:
Act February 20, 1892, Section Q, by
land:
For every single letter not exceed
ing 80 miles, cents.
For erysingle letter over 80 miles
and not exceeding 60 miles, cents.
For every single letter over 60 miles
and not exceeding 100 miles, 10 cents.
For every single letter over 100
miles and not exceeding $50 miles,
12l cents.
For every single letter over $50
miles and not exceeding 200 miles, Is
cents.
For every single letter over 200
miles and not exceeding $50 miles, II
cents.
For every single letter over $50
miles and not exceeding $50 miles, 20
cents.
For every single letter over $50
miles and not exceeding $50 miles, p
cents.
For every single letter over $50
miles, % cents.
For every double letter double the
said rates.
For every triple letter, triple the
said rates
For every packet weighing one
ounce avoirdupois, to pay at the rate
of four single letters for each ounce,
and in that proportion for any greater
weight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
Sergeant MasOn.

The recent refusal of Secretary Lin
coin to grant the request of Sergeant
Mason's counsel, to be furnished with
a copy of the report of the Judge Ad-
vocate General upon the proceedings,
findings and sentence of the conrt-
martial, which tried, convicted and
sentenced Mason for an attempt to kill
Guiteau, will probably result in an
attempt to secure an adoption of a
resolution by the House of Represen-
tatives calling for all the papers in
that case. Under article of war ia,
every person tried by general court
martial is entitled upon demand by
himself or by any other person in be
half, to a copy of the proceedings and
sentence in his case. This article has
been strictly construed so as to exclude
from the record thus furnished all in
dorsements and reports by reviewing
officers, including the Judge Advo-
cate General, Everything beyond the
proceedings and the original verdict
being regarded as confidential, is a
sealed book TO the man who has been
tried and to all other persons outside
small official circle
1t is understood that the friends OF
Whitaker are anxious to have the
papers in his case made public, and
they will also endeavor to secnre the
passage of a resolution by Congress
calling for the reports and indictments
in that case.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
Signs OF an Open Winter as Revealed
by an Aged Indianian.
Terre Haute Express.

What kind of winter are we 90
ing to have, uncle!' asked an express
reporter of an old squirrel-hunter
and mink-trapper who makes his
home in the hills across the river.
Il kinder calculate that we will
have rather mild winter; all the
Indications point to such.
What signs do you go by uncle n
i have good many signs, and |
never knew one of thera to fail yet.
When | say we are going to have a
mild winter you can depend on it.
Haven't / lived in this country for
iorty years, and haven't watched the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
The Goodness or Badness of UnbrOken
Eggs Determined by the Eyes.
New York Sun

An egg dealer advertised yesterday
for a man to candle eggs. The
business Of an egg-candler,' said the
dealer, lis to hold the egg up against
a fame Of gas or candle and totell
from the appearance of the egg wheth-
err it is good or bad.
Does it require much skill to be
an egg-candlerF
1T takes quick eye and expert
ence. 1t pays me to keep GAMBLER
because / avoid trouble with custom
ers. receive no Just complaints
about bad eggs. Some people you
know, will come and tell a dealer that
two of the last dozen they bought
were bad, and ask for two good eggs
ia exchange They can't play that
on me-"
Mr.. Mahr. who imports eggs from
Hungary, Turkey Italy and Germany,
and gets them also from distant sec
tons of this country, employs many
Gamblers. He said I'VE get eggs
effected with the water-rot, black-rOt
or spots. Water-rotten eggs come
from sections Of the country recently
opened and not properly drained, 50
that the eggs lie on damp ground.
The blackrot results from the action
of gases when the egg lies too long in
the nest. The spots and ordinary
staleness are caused by age, the form
err, however, often by improper trans
portation. The great test of an eggs
quality is the free movement of the
yolk without its breaking in form
Il, hnA hn "a = - uf,
If it is weak the yolk will flow
through it. An air chamber is usual
ly a sign of age But sometime an
egg will show an air chamber because
it has been badly shaken up. An
EXPERIENCED GAMBLER can distinguish be-
tween these. He has a sharpened
instinct, like the men in the Treasury
who detect bad money"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Mr.. H. L. soPEE principal OF the High school at 20.
quonock Conn., says In relation 10 matter which has
given him much anxiety and pain: MY wife and l
have both used Hunts Remedy, and ind t really
porior article. A year or ago my kidneys became
weak and sluggish owing 70 severe strain, and find
ing relief in Hunts Remedy continued Ia until
tad used four bottles. when became well. Since my
ure have suggested It's use to great number of Pco
Dlc, who know have been benefited by using IT, And
subsantiate this statement Mr.. H. 5. CLARK, assis
ant superintendent Of the High school, says; 81 can
certify to the value Of Hunts Remedy, having re-
eiycd great beneht from its use, My troubles com
mcnced twelve years ago, when my kidneys became af-
cted with Inflammation Of the passages but the time
" use Of valuable medicine arrested the disease
can now cheerfuly Recommend It 70 all suffering
was"
MAY 81 tsSS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
SITTING PRECIOUS STONES.
ABANDONMENT That Requires Dex-
,or,tx nud Taste--The Presep. Fash
New York Sun


ion.
New York Sun,
.Turouoise and pearl setting for
;awelrv will be much worn tins sea,
son > a setter of precious stones said
Sosterdav Diamond and turquoise
Sett;ngs will also be worn, but not so
,,o,,cb as the others. We are working
now as hard as we can, for this is our
hns;est season. For the coming
quarter we will employ nearly twice
as many settlers as we kept at work
during the summer.
Most of the settlers are German.
All that we have are Germans. There
is a great difference in settlers, and
frst.ciass men in this line are not as
plentiful as they might be. !"
NHow much can a first-class setter
earnln
1--WE had a young man mere not
long ago to whom we paid $40 week.
There are not many, however, VINO
make as much as that. Their wages
vary with their ability, Their aver
age pay is somewhere around Slo a
week =,
SIS the trade overruh WIN work
menu
''Not particularly. OF course, some
settlers can always be found out of
work during the dull season. When
the rush comes pretty nearly all of
them find employment. The settlers
can make more money than the work
men who make the rings, They only
require to be quick and careful to, get
along. In making the settings they
follow the sample which are before
them. The workman who gets out
the samples must have an artistic
eve and be able to Judge of effects"
''Who makes the samples gen
erally?"
0The foreman of the shop. He is
hired chiefly for this purpose, but he
is not kept designing samples all the
time After the line of samples is
completed the settlers work at them
until their run is over. Then new
samples are got out. When an estab-
lishment gets hold of good foreman
it likes to keep him, and pay him a
good salary"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01

winters right along, and oughtn't I be
able to tellln
Are The corn-husks thin this
yeal ?"
you better reckon they are. There
are only two or three layers of them.
and they are as thin as calico. Why.
the corn is all dry enough now to 90
through snow without injury. The
one or two frosts we have had have
sucked al the sap out of it,"
Are there any other indications
besides the corn-husksln
You better believe they are. Now.
when the sun crossed the line the
wind blew from the southeast. That
indicates mild winter every time. If
it had blown from the north you
could have prepared to hear the wind
blow great guns.
Is that all2n
Not by long ways. | could tell
you enough to fill book. My dog
holed grounding the other day. /
had nothing to do, so | set to work
and dug the animal out. He didn't
have leaf or a twig in his hole
hadn't nothing in the shape of a
nest
Isn't it too early for ground. hogs to
make their nests2"
Now | see how little you know
about a ground-hog A grounding
has his hole dug, or has picked out his
hole, by the LIST of September. If it's
going to be a cold winter he has it
filled with leaves by this time
Is there any thing else2"
Yes. The coons haven't corl-
menced to gnaw the corn. That is a
splendid sign And another sign,
and sign that never fails, the wood
peckels haven't commenced to drum.
Now, if this was going to be a cold
winter all the old dead trees would
be covered with red-heads pecking
away at a hole in which to store
nuts
Isn't it too early for that YETI"
'Not a bit. They should have
their holes all pecked by this time,
and be ready to fill them. There IS
is not a smarter bird than the wood
pecker; he knows what he's about
when he is pecking away at an old
limb from morning till night
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01

A CINCINNATI lawyer has high
opinion OF his brethren at the bar
in Chicago. and relates an incident as
an illustration He says a couple OF
confidence men spotted a countrymap
with big roll Of greenbacks and
logged his steps all over town, until
passing along Clark street he was oh
served to enter lawyers Office. They
Immediately called a conference.
said one, THAT game is up--it's nc
use waiting for him. Said the con
federate. That's so, but let's lay for
the lawyer when he comes out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
A Real Georgia Fish Story.
Atlnnta Constitution

Tuesday Mr. G., NJ. Howard and DR..
G. Il. Green We're padding down the
river in a boat, and coming to a
branch in the river, they stopped to
get some water. Mr.. Howard had
just finished telling of strange incl
dent. He was going down the river
in the same manner about a year ago,
and as he stopped to get water and
dropped his oar into the water tomake
fast. large trout jumped into the
boat They had scarcely stopped
when Mr.. Howard threw out his oar
again, and six-pound trout flounced
into the boat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
The Centaur of Modern Times,


There was exhibited at the MONT
con fair last week two living curiosi-
ties from Montgomery county, this
State, and exhibited by two citizens of
that county. A colt with a human
head, a most extraordinary freak Of
nature, the human cast seeming to
run as far back as the fore-shoulder,
when the lines of the colt set in. The
location of the eyes and ears and the
head was decidedly human
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01
The Connecticut Kind of Rat.


An old river pilot borrowed rifle
Thursday and hunted rats along the
wharf at Norwich. The rats didn't
seem TO mind il. The captain kept
shooting and shooting, and the rats
seemed to think he was playing with
them. The rodents would stand on
their legs and wink at him, enough to
say: "You gay old duifer, come on
He wasted more than a rats weight
in lead without doing a bit Of eXecu-
ton.