Daily globe., 1883-08-12

from the whites. They never had the very
common Indian belief IN transmigration
of souls, but the idea of the continued ex-
istence of the spirit is very old with them
They never worshiped inanimate objects,
nor heroes, nor sacred men and women, as
do many other tribes. Fasting, to the
verge of starvation, was formerly volun
,tsry religious infiction, but has been
abandoned since the days of agencies and
government supplies. The approach of
civilization appears to have revolutionlzed
their religion without converting them.
The Evansville Argus is authority for
the following: At village a few miles
from Evansville, lived farmer, we'll to do,
widower with two daughters. The young
ladies will be heiresses, and this fact, added
to their natural attractions, draws all the
young men from far and wide to the farm,
but Mr.. Wilson's troubles have been aug.
mented of late. A revivalist has been
down in his neighborhood and they've
ended by making deacon of him. 1t
was bad enough to have to keep the village
beaux from his daughters, but of late
some of our CITY young men have
taken to drive over there to church. Last
Sunday old Wilson was especially annoyed
By young men who, during the whole time
of service, we're flirting with his youngest
daughter. Their misbehavior was carried
to climax when the regenerated father
was praying. Suddenly he felt that he
could bear it no longer, and raising his
voice to its highest pitch he prayed: can
now, o Lord, hev mercy on the dunn idiot
with the store clothes on as Is winkin' at
our Alice, and keep him 9 hsngin' round
the church door when sarviee is over till
can git to him an put q head on him!
Amen" The young man picked mp his
hat and went home.
The Northern Pacific, railroad will be
completed and opened in september, just
ten years after the financial disaster, which
overlook the enterprise in 1873 and which
precipitated the long commercial depres-
sion. When the company suspended in18s3,
it had 450 miles constructed in Minnesota
and Dakota and $50 in Washington terri
tory. The road when completed in
September will nearly be 1000 miles
long upon its main line and about 600 up
un its branches. The celebration of the
completion of this new channel of trade
between the oceans will take place near
the Mullan tunnel on the western slope of
the Rocky mountains in Montana Septem-
Der 3, and will be attended by large
party of invited guests, including leading
stockholders from Europe, all the living
ex-presidents of the road (among them
Frederick Billings and Gov. Smith OF Yer
mont), and many friends of the enterprise
and journalists. President Willard will
drive the last spike and William NJ. Evarts
will make an address. There is some eI-
pectation that Mr.. Arthur will be there.
The Northern Pacific party, now en- route
will go through to Portland, Or, after the
completion of the road, and return the
same way, taking about month in all.
THE Goelet family of New York have
furnished sensation-or are being in
ficted with one, as the truth may prove
to be. Old Peter Goelet, who lived alone
in Broadway above Union square, and
pastured COW and kept poultry in his
front yard, was always supposed to have
been bachelor, and when he died in 1879
his nephews, Robert and Ogden, inherited
his millions. Now appears woman call
ing herself Mrs. George Myers, and says
that Peter Goelet was her father, and
she wants his money. The story is that
Goelet lived in Indiana Flor four years.
was married there In 1886, and that in
1847 this daughter was born to him.
His wife died three weeks after giving
birth to the child, which was then left with
a family named McElWee. Being child
less they afterward convinced GoeIet that
the child was dead, and brought it up as
their own. 1t is easy to see that here is g
chance for a costly and sensational lawsuit.
and the temper of the parties seems to in
dicate that such will be the result. A Now
York lawyer seems to be at the bottom of
the case, and he claims to have been re-
Gently working upon it for three years be-
fore he found the heir. All that Robert
Goelet would say when asked if he ever
heard his uncle was married was, 81 have
Just returned. from fishing excursion in
Canada"
HENRY WARD BEEoHER, in his journeying
iacross the continent, preaching his new re-
igion, under the guise of evolution,is at
tracting no little attention, and causes no
little surprise that he has arlfted so far
away into the realms of skepticism and in
fidelity. That element in society that
greets Bob Ingersoll with so much delight,
welcomes Mr.. Beecher with equal warmth
and cordiality in his present evolutionary
role. Both assall the integrity of the Bible
as the inspired word of God; the one with
sneers aud sarcasm, the other with affected
scientific deductions. Whae Mr.. Beecher
was recently IN Chicago, the Rev. j. Spen