Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-24

what Dundle OF Confederate Bends
brought IN Orphan.

Frankfort IN. CO. letter.
This quaint old place. which lies in
the center of the Quaker settlements,
Was during the war 0 favorite resort of
refugees" by which name was desig.
mated those persons whose homes in
the eastern section of the state were in
side the danger line, or in the counties
already held by the Federal
troops. In this sleepy town these
found Q haven of refuge. and made
themselves comfortable, 10 remain
while the war lasted. They brought
here their money and the old-fashioned
bank stored Confederate bonds and
currency in great amounts. The crash
came in the fatal 1865, and StonemanIs
raiders whirled down 80 near that most
Of the refugees prepared to fly. A little
later the war ended.
The big old safe, ~ solemn O. the
grave and as chary OF its secrets, was
shut. But few of the depositors had
withdrawn the now valueless currency
il contained. The bank, o dead corpor-
alton, ceased to exist; dying as il had
lived, lazily. Years rolled by. each
making the old safe and its secrets
more solemn still. as it stood cob-web-
bed in one corner of the lower rooms of
the gloomy old bank building. Rumors
of its contents being of value began to
be created in the fertile field, imagina-
ton, and it was whispered that in its
deep recesses lay piles of sound silver,
vast quantities of bonds, jewelry wort.
princes ransom, and finally the con-
tents of the safe became matter of
daily conjecture. Last year the
boom in Confederate bonds began
The safe was ransacked. From its ca
pacious depths were taken out quite
s3,OOO,OOO in Confederate bonds, and
nearly 81 ,0OO,00O in state bonds and as
much in Confederate and state cur.
rency. The bonds were tied in rolls or
in boxes, and the names of the owners
could be found in but one case. On
large roll was found the name of Adam
Exum, 1863" The bundle was found
to contain 1900 $1,000 Confederate
bonds. What the long -dead owner had
paid full value for and what had been
for years SO much waste paper, had be.
come worth $3.50 per $1,000.
But strange as the past events might
seem, future ones were even more Curl
Gus. II was found that Exum had gone
to Charleston, 5. c., October, 1868, and
nothing had since been heard of him.
His son, soldier, had been wounded;
had married after the war in Virginia;
had come back to North Carolins; died
in ISL; his wife following year after.
and their child, q girl. had been placed
in an orphan asylum. The action of
the ex-bank officers were prompt
and just. When told about the
girl. 30 poor, SO desolste, they
sold the bonds on which were her
grandfather's name. and sent the money
they brought (sS,25OJ to o Raleigh
bank, notifying the superintendent of
the orphan asylum where the girl Was
being cared for. The case 10 o curious
one in all respects, and is attracting
much attention in the state wherever
known. The girl is intelligent and
modest and, though no great fortune
comes to her, yet the strangeness Of it's
coming gives to il an interest which
would not ordinarily attach to it. The
girl has been sent to leading school.
Hasw the Prince Of wales Looks.
Olive Lo aa's London letter.
The most powerful supporter Gen.
Baker hes is his liege lord the prince |
Of Wales, but you know the old adage,
qui ssresemblent, s'assemblent. l saw
The heir apparent in . hanson this |
morning mot common hanson, You
understand-his own hanson, o mag
nifosntly appointed little affair, with
such beauty Of . bit Of gray horsefssh |
bstwssa the shafts. Dear me, how
that exquisite, shapely brute did dance |
about! The driver Was Q light weight, |
. good-looking young fellow, in the
usual gray livery OF the Wales. |
We always know the princess 10
coming when We see the gray livery |
and the horses with red head bands |
and red rosettes and We always know |
the prince il coming when we see the |
gray livery without the red ribbons. 80, |
forswsrned forearmsd, we have time TO |
stop and have good stare. The prince |
q getting ugiier And more dissipated. |
looking every day and the princess
seems more and more charming every |
time we see her. Whatever the real |
homo life Of this 30 famous couple may |
be we know not, but their demeanor TO |
each other in public is 90 really affec- |
tionate that one wonders ut their clev.
erness in keeping up appearances
that is, IL they do not care for each
other. We think il surprising that a
msn who has such pretty and good
wife a Alexandra is should care TO as.
sociate with the creatures we hear his
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