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Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
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Queen Victoria will be sixty-fou r
years of age in May and has been on
the throne nearl Y forty-six years. She
has always had the best of health and
consequently the recent reports that she
had received dangerous injuries, greatly
excited the public mind of England.
But she has now arrived at an age when
her subjects feel much more anxiety
than heretofore--as to the continuance of
her benefcent reign. The Prince of
Wales, who has been heir persumptive
for AZ years, will at her death become
Edward VII, king of Great Britain and
ireland and emperor of India. Should
he live to reach the throne his reign
must necessarily be much shorter
than that of his mother.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
What NOyelists Earn.

From the London Truth.
The best prices received now for works
of fiction are small compared with those
oftwenty years ago, which was the har-
vest time of novel writer's. Mr.. Anthony
Trollope received more than $4,000 for
two Of his principal novels written be-
tween 1860 and 1866. Mr.. Wilkie Collins
received 5000 guineas for "Armadalen
before line of the book was written.
George Eliot made over G15, 900 by one
of her works, and there was not one
by which she made less
than as,O0. Mrs. Braddon
received very high prices for several of
her earlier works. At the present time
Mr.. Wilkie Collins probably makes most
money by his books, but then he only
writes at the rate of one in two years
and half. Novel writers who are dis
satisfied with their seturns may console
themselves by remembering that .f250
was the highest price ever received by
Miss Edgeworth for tale, and that Sir
Walter Scott only obtained 97OO for
"Waverly;;" for the copyright of Eve
Inns" Mim Burney was paid E20
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
A Fellow Feeling.

From the Little Rock Gazette.
A gentleman was arraigned before an
Arkansas justice on charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. He had
entered store, pretending to be GUS
toner, but proved to be thief.
''Your name.is Jim Lickmore?" said
the justice.
Yes, sir"
"And you are charged with a crime
that merits long term in the peniten-
tiary?"
Eyes, sir"
~ am"
"And you ask for no mercy9"
"You have had great deal of trouble
within the last two years?"
eyes, sir, have"
you have often wished you were
dead?"
II have, please your honor"
"You wanted to steal money enough
to take you away from Arkansas?"
"You are right, judge"
"1f man had stepped up and shot
you just as you entered the store you
would have said, Thank you. STRIP
Eyes, sir, / would. Bnt Judge, how
did you find out so much about me?"
'Some time ago." said the Judge, with
a solemn air, 81 was divorced from my
wife. Shortly afterward you married
her. The result is conclusive. l dis
charge you. Here, take this $50 bill.
You have suffered enough"
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

There is a great deal of loose talk
among those who habitually distrust the
people, and do not believe with Presi-
dent Lincoln in government "of the
people, for the people and by the peo-
ple"-or in any species of self-govern
ment. But the only really dangerous
classes in this country, according to
Chancellor Crosby of New York, are
'Those who are engaged in amassing CO.
lossal fortunes-the giants who tread Or
binary men under their heel, and care not
how much the people suffer. "Itis well to
bear this truth in mind. 1t is a good
answer to those who are in the habit of
lamenting the fact that working-men
have rights under republican form of
government
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
Emeline Meeker Hanged in Vermont.

Mrs. Emeline Meeker was hanged last
Friday at Windsor, VT. for poisoning Alice
Meeker, half sister of her husband. After
breakfast at her own request, she scrutin
lied every part of the gallows, assembled the
steps of the scaffold alone with firm step
and without emotion. and inquired of the
sheriff if she would be required to climb
the fatal steps unassisted at the fatal mo-
ment; about the drop and the mode of its
working, and looked into it with an
trap she asked: "Is that the placer" After
returning to her quarters she was visited by
rhe chaplain, AMI manifested the most stolid
indifference. But later on, when visited
by Sheriff Atherton, she inquired after her
husband and daughter, and then, with
much agitation, said "Tell them am to
be murdered today 1 am an innocent
womanl" She alluded to her sons confes-
sion as a lie, and said he had brought her
to the gallows. when Atherton rose to
leave she kissed his right hand twice, and
sending her love to the folks at home she
cried "Good-byel Good-byei" as he left
Mrs. Meeker ate heartily at dinner. Her
son Almon was, left in his cell. Mrs. Meek
er's arms were pinioned before she left the
cell, and the procession moved to the gal
lows, where she was seated in chair, and
evidently did not like the crowd. After
prayer by the chaplain the sheriff handed
her a paper with these words: Emeline
Meekef: Ifyou have anything to say. why
the execution of the sentence should not
take place you have now an opportunity"
This was done on account of her deafness.
She was calm and pale, and sat with closed
eyes. Goodbye Mr.. Hull; have nothing
to say--only l forgive you for hanging me-"
Her legs were then tied, she standing all the
time and showing no signs of trembling.
She said; MAY God forgive you all" The
drop fell at 1:30. After hanging thirty min
utes her body was taken down. She died
with scarcely struggle, and was buried in
the prison cemetery.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS

DIR. Charles H. orion of Milwaukee has
disappeared under circumstances tending to
lead to the conclusion that he is fugitive
from justice. On Saturday he left town
without previous announcement to his
friends and at this time has not returned.
His preliminary examination on the charge
of manslaughter was to have taken place
this week.
The grand opera house at Minneapolis,
said to be one of the finest in the country,
was appropriately dedicated on Monday
evening. Miss Phosa McAllister read the
dedicatery Hymn to Art" written by Mr.
David Blakely. The music under the leader
greatly enjoyed by the vast audience.
Samuel NJ White, cashier of the Phila-
delphia Gas Trust, testified lately that large
sums were spent monthly for years provid-
ing banguets for members of the Gas Trust.
A number of papers which, it is said, would
show the expenditure of large sums for i'm
proper purposes, the witness said had mys-
teriously disappeared.
The claim of Noble and Hammitt against
the estate of the late Judge Asa Packer, in
velving SO, 500, 900, came up in the Pennsyl-
vania supreme court few days ago. The
claim is for 81 interest in the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company, to which the
claimants made advances.
A writer in the Scientific American offer
to duplicate in any number the lately i'm.
ported obelisk now in Central parkifor SIS 600
achcopy, and. offers to prove that it is
nothing more nor less than mass of con-
crete.
Henry Fleming, against whom Miss Liv-
ingstone of New York got $75, 900 verdict
for seduction, declares he is worth but $780,
GEO instead of 81 ,000, 600, and that only in
expectancy.
The Boston board of aldermen have APP
propriated $3.50, 600 for a new public library
building and $50, 600 for site corner of st.
James avenue and Dartmouth street.
Jordan, Marsh & Co., of Boston, for thirty
years one of the largest dry goods jobbing
concerns in the country, will retire from the
wholesale business on the 18th inst
Cunard shaes have taken tumble, ow-
ing to David MacIver's withdrawal from the
company to assume managing interest in
q rival ocean line.
The Jefferson City, Mo. democrats elect
Jos. r. Edwards. the present incumbent,
mayor, and one alderman; republicans two
aldermen.
The New York legislature has Just adop-
ted bill prohibiting fishing en- Sunday.
Wheat estimates in Ohio, Kentucky and
California are decidedly discouraging.
The harbor of ST. Johns, NF., is still
blocked by ice.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
A majority of the Massachusetts, legis

A majority of the Massachusetts, legis-
lative committee on election laws have
reported resolution providing for such
change in the constitution that a poll
tax shall not be levied or collected as q
qualification to the right to vote. The
proposition will probably pass the legis-
lature and be adopted by the people.
Whether right or not, the people have
been educated up to the point of man
hood suffrage, and it is bound to prevail
in every state. Rhode Island is shock
ingly behind all her sister states in this
respect and clings to her old charter
from King Charles with singular tenacity.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
WOMAN.

Wen keep our aims sublime, or eyes erect.
Although our woman hands should shake
and faill
And If we fail? But must we? Shall / fall
The Greeks said grandly in her tragic praise,
Let no one be called happy till his death
To which add Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the days out, and the labor done;
Then bring your gauges. 1.-THE days works
scant,
WHY call it scant; affect no compromise;
And in that we have nobly striyen, at lea I;
Deal with us nobly, women though we be,
And honor as with truth, II not with praise.
Mrs. Browning.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
Mr. Nnrot Halstead. of the Cincinnati

Mr.. Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati
Commercial, has spent some time in
New York and writes that the solid
men of New York are of the opinion
that the country is not likely to De
ruined. The railroad business is good.
The marvellous resources of Tie country
were never so we'll known to the word
as now and confidence prevails that We
shall have a good year for business, con-
ditioned, cf course, upon good crops, and
M unforeseen disaster
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

The people of Massachusetts are large
ly in favor Of biennial elections Of state
officers and biennial sessions of the leg
islature, but successive legislatures have
defeated the prohibition. One year the
house passes and the senate defeats the
measure, and the next year the thing is
reversed. There being no restriction
on the length of legislative sessions. they
usually continue until everybody is out
of patience. Some hopes are enter
tanned that this year will bring relief in
the shape of biennial sessions and bien-
NAL elections.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
MIR. Evarts' Daughter Married.

Miss Louise Wardner Evarts the young
est daughter of the Hon. William M Ev-
arts, was married in New York recently to
DIR. Charles B. Scudder, the son of Hon.
Henry ]. Scudder, at Calvary Episcopal
church. The ceremony was performed by
Bishop Williams of Connecticut, who was
assisted by the Rev. DIR. Satterlee, the rec
tor of the church. The bride was attired in
bridal toilet of white satin with a long full
train. The trimmings were of honiton lace,
and the long veil of tulle was fastened with
cluster of orange blossoms and lilies of
the valley. She carried a large bouquet of
white roses. After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was given at the home of the
brides parents to $50 guests.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

The unusually wet winter season has ma
terially affected the grain crop prospects
of England and the continent, and its
continuance binders the usual spring
seeding. While, of course, the United
::tates is sorry for its foreign neighbors
it remembers, with satisfaction, that a
foreign market for its products is very
good thing to have. So long as the
boundless wheat fields of the west re
tain their productive capacity the pleas
ant and profitable tssk of supplying our
friends over the sea will be cheerfully
assam cd
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
A Sickening Set-tO.

Missouri Valley Special: A most horri-
BILE and brutal fight took place the parties be-
ing John Moss and William Paints, who
fought pitched battle lasting one hour and
ten minutes. Paints had one finger bit off,
while Moss lost his nose. The men were
both horribly bruised and mangled, aud a
sary. The fight was witnessed by 100 men,
who report it as sickening. 1t was about
women and love affairs. No rules were OBJ.
served, except those which would prevail be.
tween two bull dogs. Moss has been given
up to die by the doctors.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
The New Postmaster General.

Judge Walter L. Gresham, of the United
States Court of Indiana, has been appointed
postmaster general by the president, and it
is presumed that he will accept. His politi-
cal history when taken with his distin-
guishcd military record is such that his per
sonal friends are mere numerous than those
of any one public man in Indiana. 1t can
be said of him that he has so deported him.
self all his life that every honest man in the
out of active politics he has greater per-
sonal popularity than any man in Indiana.
He belongs to the better class of Indiana
politicians, having ever kept aloof from the
notorious machinists. His career on the
bench has been marked by notsble defer
ence to equity, while many of his decisions
have been among the notable ones of the
time
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
The general business PROJECT is rather
more favorable than it was on the first
of March.

For the single calender year of 1882
here was exported from the United
States more than $7O0,000,0OO of the
products ofagriculture. This fact shows
not only the strength of the country bu.
how entirely it relies on the products OF
the soil to maintain favorable balances.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
Judge McComas and Wife Killed by
Indians

A dispatch from Silver City, New Mexico,
says: Judge McComas of this city. formerly
of Illinois, enroute for Pyramid City, with
his wife and child, was killed by Apaches
at Thompson canyon, twenty-five miles
northeast of here.
Judge McComas was brother of ex- Gov
McComas of Fort Scott, Kas., and son O,
Hon. William McComas ofCambell county,
w. Va. Since leaving st. Louis, about q
year ago, he has been practising law at Sill
yer City with J. M. Wright of this place,
and has been developing his large mining
interests in that vacinity.
A party from the scene of the massacre in
Thompson's canon found Mrs Judge Nc
Comas shot through the head, lying at the
side of q blackboard and stripped naked.
Judge McComas was found about 200 yards
south of his wife, shot in four different
places, also stripped naked. Fifty whites
were killed in feur days but it is expected
the troops will soon suppress the rising.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
The National Finances.

The condition Of the United States treas
ury at the beginning of the month of April
clearly indicates the impracticabiIity of an
other bond call to mature within this fiscal
year. Still, the disbursements will be
abundant in other ways. so that the snspen-
sion of further calls does not argue the en-
enlargement ola money stringency. The
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

BY the will of the late Agnes Logan
Gale, which has become operative by
by the recent death of her husband, the
McGill college, Montreal. comes into
possession of B25, 900; the Montreal GEN.
eral hospital, SO, 900; the Ladies' Benev-
olent society, $4,000; and the church of
St. james, Montreal. 5000.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07
CASUALITIES,

Needham & Thomas saw-mill, situated
between Ottawa and Cleveland, was entirely
destroyed by fire. Uninsured. The m i'll
will be rebuilt.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

Mr.. Warner, in the Atlantic, aptly de-
scribes the so-called domestic novel as
IAN indigestible, culinary sort of product.
that might be NAMED the doughnut OF
fiction"
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

Although he was democrat, Peter A. Dey
has been reappointed railroad commissioner
of Iowa. For second vacancy on the board
there are seventy seven applicants, and the
governor is in a sad quandary.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

Official notice has been received at st. Vim
cent making that place port of en-
try, and locating it as the headquarters for
the collector of customs for the district OF
Minnesota.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

Mr.. Cross, the young Engnsn banker
who married George Eliot late in her
life, is in ill health, and has given up his
plan of writing her biography.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

The secret agent of the Chicago Citizens
league says thsre are 500 unlicensed saloons
In the city.
Morris tribune., 1883-04-07

PERSON AL GOSaIP
Dore's personal property was divided in-
to three parts, one to his brother, Ernest
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Correspondence Denver Tribune.
When God made the world according to
the Biblical LEGEND in six days, and took
the seventh to wash up and rest fancy lie
must have come back to the cool heights of
LA Sierra Blanca" to look over His work
and gaze with satisfaction down upon that
great and beautiful valley in southern Col
orado called San Luis Park. There is no
doubt He had made devil of botch of His
lob in certain spots-around Omaha and
Kansas City, for instance, but He got in
some fine artistic touches in places which
go far to confirm an opinion l hold
in common with some scientific
gents" that it was no raw prentice
hand that formed this cozy little sphere
of ours out of plastic chaos. Either He had
made a good many worlds before He under
took to snatch our little orb into shape, or
else He had real genius for matchmaking
There are many spots in the Rocky noun
tain regions where He got in some master
touches but, according to my notion, He
never put on better picture anywhere than
this San Luis Park, which | fancy Him gaz-
ing upon with pride and satisfaction on that
first Sunday when He came to rest on the
serene heights of Sierra Blanca. l fancy
him shouting acrose the universe to the older
worlds-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and the
whole ruck of eephantine worlds beyond,
"Here's something which that devils scoun-
drel of Barnum can't rob me Of"
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Galveston, Tex, News.
Pueblo, Mex. An employee of railroad
brought home all his saving-$26O, in bank
blls-as a surprise to show his wife, who
did not know he had that amount of money.
Hearing the approach of the train, he put
them on the table and ran out to his work,
and his wife went to the door to look after
him. During their absence their little three
year old daughter crawled up to the table
and, seeing the roll of bright-colored papers,
threw them in the fire. The father on his
return on learning of the loss struck the
child such terrible blow as to kill it, and
that night, filled with remorse, cast himself
under the wheels of train. and committed
suicide The mother became insane and is
now in the asylum.
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THE MORMON PROBLEM.


From article in New York independents
The error into which great many of the
good people of this country have fallen on
the subject, is, l think, in their expecting
the extirpation of polygamous marriage as
If by miracle, as the consequence of any
legislation or other thing which law makers
can devise. 1t seems to me to be one of
those evils that are to be overcome by pro-
cesses apparently slow and by means that
will gather into the opposition to it all that
portion of the Mormon people-and it is
considerable-wh do not believe in the
plural marriage business. l have good
reason to. believe that since the passage
of the last act polygamous marriages have
almost ceased there, and that, with firm and
capable administration of the law, they will
not be revived. The difficulty with the
proposition to put the government of the
Territory into the hands of a commission is:
Frst-That believe it to be entirely uncOn-
stltutional if the commission is 20 be given any
law-maklng power; ana fear,
SecOnd-Quite impracticable, unless a local
law-making power shall be lodged somewhere.
Thlrd-It Is revolutionary, and deprives the
innocent well as the guilty of all voice in pub
lie affairs. Nothing but the direst need could
justify such a step.
Fourth.-It is quite clear to my nina that the
suppression OF polygamy will he just as far off
with the government of the Territory in the
hands OF a commission as it is row, if not fur
Their, for it will soiidfy and intensity a class
feeling of the MOrmons, and tend to draw to the
whole body of the Mormon people.
The bill that have introduced is supple
mentary to the act already passed, and it was
stated when we reported the other act that
we expected to supplement it by other pro-
visions. These provisions are directed to en-
forcing publicity to every species of marriage
ceremony, legal and illegal, by the facilita-
ton of the administration of justice by the
summary production of books, papers, rec
ords, witnesses. ETC.. and to aiding the peo-
pie of the Territory to get its political power
out of the hands of the hierarchy, by sus-
pending woman suffrage there. Woman suf-
frage is one of the strongest props that the
polygamous Mormons have for controlling
elections. 1t was measure designed for
that purpose, although it was approved by
the gentle Governor. On the whole 1 have
the best reasons for believing that, if we go
calmly and steadily forward. preserving our
self-possession, we shall eradicate the evil of
polygamy in that Territory.
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Mrs. Langtry in Washington.

OdpItdI
While Mrs. Langtry was here last week
she took pains to send for the lady report
ers" on several newspapers, desiring them
to come to her car in Sixth street and write
up her beautiful dresses Some of them
did not call for that purpose. The car is
luxurious enough. Mrs Langtry pays 500
per day for the use OF it and the expense of
retaining her retinue of guards, maid ser
want, cooks and other attendants must cost
at least $50 per day more This is decided
ly expensive way of living, but it has its
compensation. Mrs. Langtry chose to break
leave her car 1t was impossible for the car
TO go to Richmond on account of the differ
ence in the gauge of the railway, consequent
ly she refused to go there at all, although
all the arrangements had been properly
made for her appearance at the Virginia
capital
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from the Atlantic to the Pacific. There is
nothing mbassadorial in his surroundings.
The arms of the United States are nowhere
couspicuously emblazoned as would be
those of some petty German state. Mr..
Lowell IS not approached through an ante
chamber filled with secretaries and gilded at
taches You are introduced by a manservant,
out of livery, into little room on the ground
floor at the back of the house, which con-
tans few we'll filled book shelves, a writing
table strewed with papers and letters, while
a few simple engravings here and there cover
the walls. Seated in an easy chair, reading,
is a slight spare man, with a profusion of
curling hair and luxurant beard, which is
almost white. His manner, as he rises to
greet you, is singularly quiet and unaffected,
and, though he has made the Yankee dialect
of New England immortal you cannot de-
tect in the tones of his voice the slightest
trace of Americanism. He has long
passed his sixtieth birthday having been
born in the same year as Queen Victoria;
yet it is impossible to regard him as old. He
reminds you of nothing so much as the
beautiful Italian summer of his native land,
differing only from midsummer in the cir
cumstance that the subdued tints OF the fol-
iage, and the still, dreamy air tell you in
stinctively that they are the heralds of COM
ing winter. Taking a well-colored little
meerschaum pipe from a rack, he proceeds
to smoke, and hands his visitor box OF Gig
arettes. Leaning back then in his chair, he
turns towards you his full, deep gray eyes,
at once thoughtful and penetrating, and
seems more inclined to lister than to talk.
The conversation drifts from one subject to
another, it is only when some chord which
interests him is struck that you catch a mo-
mentary glimpse of the varied knowledge,
the rich cultivation, the genius and power
which have made him so great name on
both sides of the Atlantic