National Republican., 1883-12-21
THE MAN on THE AVENUE.
Small Taik ABOUT MEN and prea.urs.

at Locust Grove, Va, when he was pardoned
month ago Yesterday he was in Washing
ton again, and went out to the arsenal to SEQ
the boys They received him enthusiastically,
and he told them of his good and bad for
tunes. Said the corporal "The sergeant is
looking mighty well. He told us about the
hard times in prison. He said he grew thin
in flesh and sore in spirit looking at the bare
walls of the little box cell they shut him up
in 1t was ~ feet long, 5 feet wide, and At
feet high Twas hard life; they wouldn't
let him talk, and he thinks he never could
have stood it il II hadn't been for some money
which his friends outside raised for him. with
that he could buy pie and other little things
to Tighten up the prison fare with. The SER
geant felt good when he came out to SEQ us.
He made us somo presents and distributed
some money around for tobacco and cigars
and such things. Robert Roach, the hospital
steward entertained him out at the arsenal,
and we had irst-rate time. The sergeant
said that he was we'll pleased when he got
homo to find things in such good shape.
There was horse and buggy at his dis
posal, the house had boon all fitted up, there
was now carpet in tho parlor, stove in the
bedroom, q rug in the hall, chickens in the
back yard, and everything nico and COM
Portable, but Betty hadn't been extrayagant,
or spent any money foolishly. She hadn't
bought any jewelry, and was just taking good
care Of herself and tho baby. The baby was
doing first rate, and Betty was well and
happy.
''The sergeant is going to Zanesville Ohio,
on the invitation of a committee of his old
| ha In tyh oh ha r,,o1
during the war, to attend reunion Christ
mas week. When he started from home Betty
gave him two $500 bills to pay expenses
Since he has been here he has paid q dobt of
$500 to his attorneys and spent about $50
with us. He must have $40 left for the
weeks expenses, and that don't look as If the
sergeant was suffering. Betty has got $4,000
well invested and $1,000 more in money and
securities. The sergeant was glad to get back
here among his friends and says he is event
ually going to settle down in Washington in
the shoe business. He learned the business
when he was in the prison at Auburn. The
sergeant starts for GAINESVILLE tomorrow"
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| A prominent member of the third house
said yesterday that the whisky men of the
country were making decided mistake in
the methods they had adopted to bring the
bonded extension bill before congress. Said
he: Its all we'll enough for them to send
down a little choice whisky to tickle the
| palates of o few representatives and senator's
but they will realize too late that
even congressman like sugar in theirn.'
They say the senate is all right, and
then they trot down here and pick ont some of
the lightest men in the house and go skin
ming around attracting moro attention than
a brass band at n country fair. What's the
consequence Every blue light in the
house, who takes his drugstore gin on the
quiet, is loaded to the gills with temperance
taffy, and when tho matter comes up for
discussion they will effectually scare off those
members from highly moral districts, and MS
result the bill again drops stillborn in the
house. l tell you, business is business; this
is essentially business house."
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Some men are born with q cast-iron GALL"
sal d one of the old senate attaches yesterday
who is here striving to climb back into the
comfortable nook from which the democrats
evicted him somo years ago. He continued
There's man hero making heavy run for
my old place, and he is backed
up by senator for all he's worth
Now, wouldn't say word about it if tho
fellow was in hard luck and out of place,
but he now holds q $1,000 clerkship in one
of tho departments, and his wife is a clerS in
another at good pay. sIie's got no children
| and, between the two of them, one would i'm
agine that they could manage to rub along
rather smoothly. Now, have a half dozen
children, all healthy CATERS and wife
and a mother-in-law on my hands. l have
lived on beans and red herring, waiting for
this reorganization, and now Pm afraid I'll
be euchered out of place by this man, just
as had made up my mind that had got my
hooks on it strong tell you its awful tough
and if it goes on I'll give the whole business
dead away"
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"There are people in this country" said
the stockbroker, "and tolerably wise
ones too, who don't understand just
what the present fight between the Union
Pacific railroad and tho Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy means. They half believe that
it was deliberately put up by Jay Gould
Dillon, and the others of that crowd
who own most Of the first mort
gage bonds of tho Union Pacific.
to wreck and then gobble up the road. When
it is wrecked the road must be sold on the
first mortgage. The Union Pacific owes the
United States S112,0Oo,00O, which is secured
by second mortgage When the road is sold
the government must buy 1t and pay the first
mortgage to save itself. But the government
isn't buying railroads and can't buy them
and the Gould and Dillon combination may
possibly expect to get the road for thu
first mortgage and wipe ont of exist
ence not only the debt to the United States,
but the entire stock of the present corpora
tion, altogether about $l75000,000."
Now, don't you go selling Union Pacii,
short just yet on this pointer, for you can
tell lust when the wrecking will begin
Dillon is president of the road and owns con
siderable stock. Gould owns some stock, ant
they may boom it in order to unload thei
holdings, but when they have sold tho breal
will come"
Texas View OF Democracy.
San Ant0nio Li0h. t.
Gov. McEnery, of louisiana is freely charged
by the supporters OF Ogden with shameless nepot
l ism and cnrruntion in emplovina his brother Z