Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-30

Hsapek, harng sneH fit to exhibi. himself iii til,
gardens or Tie Luxembourg Ia q complete Eigh
land costume of tha sixteen b century witli5hi'
face and hands biackaned TO al Eft ,iopian dark.
ne g, WAS rnu III by tue police and locked up
IN the Saint snlpice Jail When the boys fcunt
out where he was they assembled ia 3 tnmIi.
tous crowd before tns jail and yelled AMI
hewleds until the poIiee, BEGINNING 70 fear tha
the riot might grow serious, decided to GIVE
Sack back TO his loviag subjects
The chief VICTIMS Of sapsk's prac zeal
sjakss were the coneiergeB. for which
class Of d,mestic tyrants hs had an especia,
hatred; and many were tine pranks that b.
played un these 'tchevaiers du cordon.n Hi
even started little paper entitled the Anti
Concierge, which had same success among the
students. One night, all the porters in the Rue
Racine were suddenly awakened by vigorou.
pulls at their door bells. They pulled the
latch string, and,, hearing no one enter, were
forced to get upto close the doors. AS they
naturally looked out into the street to see who
it was that had RING their bells, and saw no
one but each other, every concierge became
convinced that he was the victim Of one o.
more Of Ills confreres; and a lively discussion
which almost ended IN blows, ensued -.,
THE LATEST SCANDAL. s ~ 1.f'5.
The scandalous attack upon the good name
OF NINE: Clovis Hughes, wife of the deputy
frnm Marseilles, ia tue talk Of the towu-ir
fact, Of the entire country. Last September
this estima bic lady was brought into public
notice in the most outrageous manner. NJ
Ls Normand, who was having suit for sep
arstion against his wife-she was the Count
ess Osmont du Tiilet when he married hsr--
informed the deputy that the mans of Nine.
CLOVIS Hughes was being dragged into the at
fair; that Nine. LIE Normand was goi1e
to prove by false wisnesse that ht
indiscretions with Nine. Hugu-s wher
she was still Nile. Royannez NJ CLOVIS
Hughes knew, as everybody else believes, ,ha,
this charge was absolutely false; aud he
needed nos the solemn denial which his wife
made to assure HIM Of this fact. But Nine
Clovis Hngu. 8, not at all satisfied with the re-
newed assurance Of her husbands love, COM
menced suit against the woman that hal thus
hbeled her, and 70 whom she gave notlce tina
i her name: or reputation was nyssifurth =,
troubled, she would go to her house and ~shuo
h"r dead. The case against this calum.
niatrico was set for the 3Oth of Noyem-
berry and except that it was believed
to private detectives 10 encourage them tc
make up false evidence against the depuy's
wife. the affair has rested quiet for almost two
months. Day before Yesterday, however
Mr.. Clovis Hughes received letter signed BY
the Baron de la Pleze informing him thai
Nine. Lie Normand had just paid one of these
detective agencies 20, 600 francs to manufae
ture evidence against Nine. Hughes.
=. A few minutes after receiving the latter-it il
the deputy himself that is now talking-tlle baron
called 20 see me, and satisfied me of the truh OF his
assertions. T.. gether we went out to look for these
private detectives who were going to dishonor my
wife. had with me revolver, and was deter
mined to put hole through whoever found
doing me this great injury. I found no one, al
though I acquired further proof duplicating an
agent named Vandal as the one who had been en-
ployed by Nine L Normand. About midday re-
turned home, but my wife was missing. Uneasy
4 mad fho Mo.tr
had armed herself with revolver and had gone &c
the Rue Colisee~ to kill Nine. LIE Normand.
perfectly understand the resentment of my wife,
end cannot but ind that she is excusabe FIR hav-
ing taken this step. She is virtuous woEnan and
mother of family. She has been ealumniat~ d and
her name draGgled in the mud by these infamous
agencies that are protected By the police She has
% adequate means OF defense for We are pcor and
Nine. LIE Norlnand has millions. l had myself in
tended to shoot Vaudal or one of his aeeuts, who
were only the paid instruments Q! this woman. MY
once to the fountain head of the calumny. When
I reached the Office of the commissary y learned
that my wife had been arrested and brought there
but was at once released on her promise to return
at 2 o'clock. 49,.
Nine. Clovis Hughes, who was present at the
interview between her husband and the Baron
Gle Ia Ple2e. after their departure, armed her
SELF with revolver and started cunning fol-
Nine. LIE Normaud. On reaching the house. she
rapidly crossed tho room that precedes the beG-
mand was lying i'll. AS she placed her hand on
the latch knob, the door opened and she was
confronted by H. Osmont du TiIlet the son of
Nine LIE Mermaid and o nun, who prev-nI ed
her from entering. closing the donr behind
them; the former declaring that his mother was
in dying condition and could not see anybody
Pushing past HI. du Tibet, sne succeeded in
getting the door Of the bed room partly open
but. with the assistance Of tho nun, he sue
c~ele'! pushing her back At this point TWO
policemen, who hsd been sent for, made their
appearance. Nine. Clovis Hughes made
another att mpt. 10 enter the bedroom, aud in
the struggle the revolver she had hid under
her clothes fell Oh the floor and Was picked up
by the officers, who finally forced her TO leave
the house and to accompany them to the Office
Of the commissary Of police.
NJ Clovis Hughes has been in politics ever
since bis youth, he eonspired with Blan-
qui against the empire. he was one Of those
who, in 1871, attempted to extend the COM
mune to Ma seilles,. and is looked upon as the
leading man Of Southern France. His oratory
is OF somewhat howery style that always
commands the attention OF the audience; aud
he is wonderful man at public meetings.
where he eau sway a crowd backward or for
ward at will, allowing no Interruptions, cheers
or eroans TO stop the How Of has rhetoric. There
never was more typical Frenchman Of the
South than the deputy from Msrseilies; and
though IT would bs difficult to- conceive anv body
les> TT to becomes statesman, he might become
very efficient party leader. His ideas are all
generous aud artistic, and his writings are as
elegant as he is himself in personal appearance
the very reverse. Before his election to the
chamber he was for some time on the staff Of
La Jeune Republlqus OF Marseiles, aud since
his arrival in: the capital has written for
IHomme Libre,. tho last paper founded BY
LOUIS Blame: for La Lanterne, and for Henri
Rochefort's Int, ansigeant. He is also poet
Of no mean order, though his muse follows
the same bent as his political opinions, IND
is of O decidedly socials;ic order. He fought a
duel five YEARS ago at Marseillss with an off
Ger, who bad spoken lightly of Nine. Clovis
trial for murder followed, which 'entl@d in his
acquittal by tha. Jury. Nine Clovis Hugnes-
Ma Jeanne, as her husband loves to call Der
thoroughly looks tile part she is playing. She
ls brave aud reso1ute, almost to rashuess, with
an energetic face, tall figure, dark hair and
years OF age. and her features are Of q r man
cast and regular and Well shaped She, like
her husband, is Southerner. Her father.
NJ. RoyauneA is IN old journals,
and staunch republican. the author OF
several plays Of tragic order. u. end Mime.
Clovis Hughes have two children, both daugh-
ters-one named Marianne Ghe name generally
given to the republic); the other Mire,lls, after
the heroine Of the greatest poet OF the South OF
France. The poet dedcates all his works tt
his wlfe-'sSa Jeanne, Ia grande bien- Anne
and his wife enters into all his work. political
and literary, and sings the children to sieeI
with reSolutio airy songs. When Cows
Hughes got locked up for writing violent at
tacks against the government, Nine, Hughes
used to come to see him with prohibited books
in her skirt, and bags of tobacco concealed; II
her hair. J. 81. HAYssE-
A Peculiar Editor.
H. 80 r11>, = al r.
fight duel with another Ohio editor, is SD 3D.
character, whose hobby is q hatred Of the Ro-
man Catholic church. He goes to Washington
every winter to exercise it on the national
course. lis sharp edges are always sticking
ont in some funny way Last winter whom h
was there he accidentally met IN newspa-
per Office boxer named Collins. While both
were waiting for a newspaper rsan, Collins
talked a good deal about the manly ART, a1d
fnslly Cowles, who was q boxer IN his youth
suggested that they while away q quarter Of al
tho wi