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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-15
pRIS0T LIE ~ lest.

IN lnot of prison officials the Fifth Avenue Hotel
,oonnv tbe humorous side of prison management came
nm One gentleman told how it had been decided to
bld ,a,l in his county The commissioners were all
ignorant Of prison affairs aud he suggested that they
visit other counties and call in an architect VINO was
veil informed in such matters. The chairman OF the
board replied to him:
Whats the use of that All you want of jail is to
hold the prisoner" ,-
"To which" continued the narrator, " my pest reply
was to show him copy of the old log JAIL the oniy en-
,rance heing hole in the gable, through which the
prisoner was dropped down into the well below ~ WIS
perfectly safe" III, 90
The story was told of President Lncolns nrst Vis 70
tho ,entent;ary ut Springfield, Ill An old Grlnllha'
toL;nJ ont through the bars of his CELL remarked
iP@ WsU MIR Lincoln, YOU and | ought to be wen
nosted on prisons we've seen ali there are III he 0"
~!Wbv this is the first one ever visited, sala MI
r;nonln and was ast0nished at the response;
% But I've been in all the resi-. go. y,.oo
~; II was in the early days Of the state us
VI hen there were about hundred cohNlcts' "
oo.y into office he paid visit 10 the prison AN
oosd t,at every man there be permitted 70 come W
% .ait to him The result wss perfect sVorn "a
anu ... ts fSr nardon-eyery pleading innocence;
PII md grizzled tough stood apart ana sddeu
On , oi ., The clamor The Governor called LIN up
What are you In Tor
Stealing" -,
"Wen were you guilty ,.,uup
M, u o,nor vent back his office and paraoneu
AZ u.n When demonstrated with, his only excuse
"%%well. I WA afraid the thief would ecnssmina's
those other feliowA"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-15

was about twenty years old when rode in a carriage
behind Abraham Lincoln through the streets OF Trenton
IL He was going to the State House to make
speech The great majority Of the people the streets
we're Irish They had been led by the newspapers to be-
lieye that Lincoln was some kind OF taboon and when
the. carriages emerged from the station such laugh
never heard although Of the people knew just who
Lincoln They thought there must be bah Don there
somewhere heard the tones Of his voice in the station
as he first emerged from the train and heard him
speak again. He said something like: this: Now,
friends let be quiet possible" The East with Its
want Of had supposed that prairie law
yer must necessarily be uncouth andcommon. The self
respect Of the protested against this verdict that
he elected Magistrate OF the Nation, 20 become
lest and tattooed man. finer gentleman never saw
He was dressed In elegant suit OF broadeoth with
high hat his voice was music The paronizng Eastern
people felt rebuked in his noble presence We went 10
the pretty little State House by the river and there he
made the rstspeech which intmated that In the spirit
OF the West he would fight rather than give up one inch
olthis Union 1t may be necessary. said he to put
the foot down firm" You heard from him no such sen
tence as that II gerous 70 talk about defending
ones own country. Shame our Eastern coasts when
they shrink before the possibility OF an American policy
Ths fear Is born Of low eowardce and few Of the
who express 1t saw the In any OF Its aspecs- We
might a. well dsaand be ready to light felowmen
In the States of the Union and be afraid 10 light the
foreigner. even whsa We are rShS
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benefit 10 the place. gets bested at the Island
and asks for q and they charge him 50. IL would
far better to have all the rented at dollar
day than 10 send OF good customer exssperated, with
the swinde Of 80 nothing TO eat Again the tendency
at Coney Island s make every body drunk drunken
customer ia always g temporary one. To that
end convivlaty In the private chambers should be
encouraged instead Of at the BAR where this treating
habit, which has filled whole cemeteries with graves
compels man to drink three times when he only meant
TO drink once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-15

Mr.. Charles James Collector VI the Port Of San
Francisco, told me six seven weeks ago that Mr.
eaInue j. Tilden would send letter 20 the Democratic
sate Convention absolutely declining to run Tor the
Presidency stated the fact In these columns, think
NJ the time Mr. Tilden has chosen wisely for bis own
self respect and the denityo his remaining years NO
ono desired TO his physical inhrmites a. campaign
srsumeuts yet the pslpable fact that MAI unit TO az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-15

friend Of Mr. Lansing who Is to keep the Brighton
Hotel this summer remarked that IL still an expert
ment to know whether anybody could make Coney
Island hotel pay On this gentleman remarked that
Coney Island had been perverted from its popular uses
and made highly expensive place whereas reasonable
prices and the encouragement Of quiet there would DO u
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
Every smoker should try Little JOKER
Orphans Made Rich.


william ID. Ringo. whs died at Newport,
Kentucky, to-day, left a fortune OF half a
million dollsrs T. a,x adopted children from
8 10 y.sr 70 old. He was somewhat eccen-
trio. he had no legal heirs. the children
whom Ringo adopted, and 10 whom he
lett bis fortune. hear the following names
which be gave them: Calvin w. Ringo.
aged Q yesrs; William w. Ringo, sged 6:
Charles Wesley Ripgo. aged Z; Anna n !.
Ripgo, aged Q; Maud Pearl Ringo, aged 9;
MM,ie Lss Ringo, aged . Th:
for and furnished = pleasant homo
NJ the old family residence on
Front street. They had kind and good
friend who scted the part Of . mother to
them, In his housekssper, Miss Hannah
Andrews who has been q member Of the
family since 1854. 5he graduated at Au-
gusta college, Kentucky. His life in New
port has been that OF literary recluse. sur.
rounded with rare library with which hs
was remarkably conversapt. He would not
have acquaintance except Of his own se.
lection, nad these were very icw. The
priLcipsl ones are the following, who will
be pal..boarers at his funeral on next
Thursday: Coionsi A. 8. Berry, Colonel
Gus Artman, Colonel Thonps l.. jonas,
A. ]. Mullane, Colonel Strickland, and Mr..
Peele. The latter three ere from Cincin-
natl. One OF his eccentrici'ies was TO drink
liquors in CincinGs.i at only one place and
10 Keep Two mSn on salaries to watch him
spd zee him fafa home whenever he needed
their care.-[Chicago Int.r-0cean.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
He Parnlyzed Him.

A story Is told OF = young sophomore, the
newly appointed editor ot = college paper In
New England, who, on his way home in
vacation some yesrs ago, MADE the acqunint.
ance oil quiet gentleman on y railroad
Train.
Engishmsn, ! perceive" sirily began
our college boy. The stranger bowed.
"You must find much to amuse you In
this country. We are so very crude, 90
new" raid the sophomore, who WAS an
Auglo-ms MAC.
There is one thing, however, on which
flattcr myself that We compare iavo!ably
with John Bull-our newspapers. This
journalists Of this country rank high, Dir
hirh!'
Having received civil reply, he contin.
ued: II am myself an editor. Like to
look at scspy OF our psper ?" pulling out .
smRltshset from his POCKET.
Now, you have no idea-nobody not in
the pro 'ession con have any idea-of the
labor and mental strain involved In that
small sheet. Keep it.. There may be Q
paragraph or two in 1t that 10 worth COD.
alteration, even If 1t does come from this
side of the water"
His com panion changed bis place soon Of.
terward, and the amused conductor, who
had overheard the conversation, said to the
young man:
"Do you know who that wasH"
mo"
1T was Mr.. Waller, Of the Lon con
Times. Companion.
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Horrible Discovery In Birminshn m.

Yesterday, while investigating the csuae
OF su outbreak Of small. pox, from which
two deaths bad resnliej, the authorities in
a poDulous part OF Birmingham found in =
room tenari-d by man named william
Owen on oak coest in which Wa. the body
OF his sister, who died Ia London in 1868
The body wns enclosed in a mstallic coffin
with a glass panel IN the lid, aud this coffin
was placed in large iron.bouud chest. His
,'ory ~ that his sister died 10 the Ellington
work.house 40 her doah WAS duly regiu,
tered. Az she had expressed aversion to
being buried by the parish, Owen claimed
the body for the purpose OF burial
and had II brought by road to Birmingham.
Owen 10 said to have been 30 passionately
fond of his sister that he would not bury
her, and for twenty years he has kept the
chest and it's CHASTITY contents In the room
In which be lived. The presence OF the
hugo box excited the suspicious OF the few
persons whom he allowed 10 see the In
side Of his house, but the explanation be
gave was that H. contained some articles OF
household use which he once bought with
q view of marriage, and had kept packed
up. The ches. had been securely fastened
with iron bands, but the man, who 10 q
japanner by trade, recently became 80 re.
duced In circums tances tast he took of and
sold for old iron the bands that had 90 long
encased the chest. The raising OF the lid,
it is believed, by allowing on offensive odor
tn escsne cansed the outbreak OF the small
pox.-[London Telegraph.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
TIE SILVER KING.

Again st the opera house Silver King was
presented last evening to a large and appre.
cietiye audience. The company fully
maintained its record and those who bad
not already Witnessed it declared that the
measure OF praise awarded had family re.
hectsd the great worth of the play and the
players. MIR. Brien aud Miss Blythe
were grandly eloquent in delipsating the
deep emotions of hsrsssed virtue. The
play is replete with opportunity and the
company are equal tcit. At the matinee
this afternoon and at rho closing perform
ance Tonight, those who have not seen the
Silver King can still enjoy the treat.
The piece is tru y original, and yet
it happily reminds of those rich
melo dramas based upon English romance,
which we're once SO deservsdly popular. In
the interpretations OF extraneous incident,
as illustrative of character, there was q
touch of the Victor Hugo style that was
delightful. The theatre party entertained
by Mr.. J. Henderson will be fully de-
scribed in society . news published Sunday.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31

In summing up Tor the defendant In the
suit Of Aiolph Sslbrig against Samuel Kat
zyke, tried Yesterday afternoon before
Judge Reynolds In the city court Lawyer
Morris q odhsft edited the cou.t t, jury and
spectators with lucid explanation OF the
origin and significance OF the term
"sSeeny." The suit was for 5000 dam.
ages for malicious prosecution, and grew
cut of a peighborhood quarrel among
some Hebrews on johnson avenue,
npsr Elle,y street. in the Eastern distric'.
Among the epithe's used on the 90
ca. ion vas ihs, OF "Sheety." The plain
tiff was arrested with another man. at the
in, tsnce OF the defendant, hut discharged
by Justice Massey The Other man was
held. Plaintiff claimed that the arr' az was
malicious, tor the reason that NUMBER OF
the bysts,iders told the defendant on the
wsy to the station h. use thst plaintiff was
innocent OF the charge against him. In ex-
planning The origin and meaning OF the cpl
tibet, "Sheepy." Mr.. Gndharf said that 1t
came from the words "Meesa," Hebrew
word, which mesns death, and "Mashin.
NAH" Spanish word, which originally
signified sudden, Collectively, these two
wordssisniiied sudden death. Tney were
frat applied as mark of spprob,um to the
Israelites by the Eeyptiaps while they
wero in bsBdsge in Eevpt, and were alter
ward applied 10 each other for the same
purpose during forty yesrs' wanderings IN
The wilderness. After the lsrae!ifes ar
rived in Palestine the epithet continued to
to bs applied TO them by the surrounding
tribes, and it has chung to them to the
present day, after having been corrupted 10
It's pre- sent form of 'Sheepy." Originally
i. was "Meesa. Aashinna," or Sudden
Death"
The jury gave verdict for $50. Henry
Fulhner appeared for the plaintiff.-[Brook-
lyn Union.
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A proLen Rail md n Noble Conductor

CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 25.-The CONNER
cial-Geza.t.'s Findlay, Ohio, snecial sars:
The noired train on tho Lake Erie " West
ern railroad was wrecked near Button.
Ohio. at s O'Clock this morning by broken
rail. The passenger Cor turned over and
took fire. The conductor saved the lives ri
the passengers by exiiogn'shins the hre
with snow. He then went to Button for
carriage and conveyed the wounded to
h tel, lretz ny his face during tbs Trip. A
brsk. man mad hoth feet frozen. The in
jured passengers are:
James W. Shaw, Nebraska; scapala frac-
tured; badlv bruised.
A. J. Ovens, Blufton; cut about the
head.
O. l.. Langan, Bluffton; arm badly
burned: bead cut; in'rrn,l injuries.
Mrs. Langan; cut in head and face.
Several others received minor injuries.
The mercury is 80 degrees below zero.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
THE pOST-OTFICE

There is much dissatisfaction expressed
by the business portion OF the city, at the
change TO be made in tho location OF the
poss.office. 1t cannot BIO denied that there
is good cause fer such dissatisfaction. The
ocation 1, anything but central for the
present tswn. Four years hence 1t might
have been central. There was really no
good cause for this move. 4 em all amount
of money would have made the repairs on
the old posl-office, and this could have
been brought about and would have been
done had it not been for the spirit OF rivalry
that has been engendered In Dallas amongst
her business men. We do hope
ia the interest Of the town
that this will soon be allnyed.
IL is retsrding tho material growth and
prosperity. We need a little more unity OF
action.
INSPECTOR SMITH 10 making his decision,
it would seem. thought but little OF the
peoples convenience but gave his chief at
tenlion to saving the government few dol.
lars. He might have saved more If he bi d
Consolidated the Dalla, offic, with MRs.
McCoRMAcE's office in New Caledonia. q
it would have peen still cheaper had he he.
G red p house in Scyene where the city lin.
it., III ay possibly reach in 1910. But the de-
or 20 nas gone forth. Let us now bury the
tile hatchet. Shake hands over he
b cody chasm. We may bekin in few
day, to pack our traps and march towards
the rising sun.
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ely huossn, and Joyous slplriis shs met
W u aud . mniusl sitso imsnl snsung
20 guiotiy, iipenins Into lgys, NJ -
knew her story, sympathiHsd With hef gfief
fnf the dead husband, ald after hsppy
coun ship married her ~ = lonely 1eOfgis
town, where chs then resided, Mr.. and
aud MIS- u lived happily togeiher, o.,
eyerysod had predicted, aud In due ssa'
son three blooming children wefs sent 10
does not end here, Some tins agr Mr..
h-w Was hstounded - learn that ",
the firsi husband, was not killed ~ the
wsr, IS reported aud generally believed,
WOrfe, still, the man vas thon living, aud
every rssDeet as unlike q corpse rs q lvisg
man could be. Both Mr.. and Mrs. .
were thundeIsiruek, dhEsd, and utterly
overwhelmed by this discovery.
Alter the first paroHysm Of despair and
desperation, q, who IL q man OF prompt
decision. abandoned The longtime partner
Of his Joys and sorrows, the mother OF his
children, and declared his determination OF
living apart from her. beekiDg legal ad-
vice, - concluded that the next step In
order was 10 have the legal status OF the
psrties 10 ths unfortunate union definitely
settled by tho courts, With this object In
view the bowildered and grieved husband
has instructed his attorneys 10 lila q bUl In
equity In Fulton superior court. La this
bill the complainant, after clearly stating
ths essential facts detailed above, prays
that the ststs's writ at subpoena be directed
70 his alleged wife commanding her to ap'
pear before the court, ana that, Ia order %
havs his relation 10 tbe defendant aud soci.
ETY. determined. and The legal status OF his
three children fixed, said marriage DO an
nulled.
The children Of this peculiarly .ad mar.
10 aF 20
lively IL, IL aud IL Yeas. Where the tirrt
husband ~, end what he thinks of the tan
g!e, the reporter could not learn, but the
case rs IL stands IL sufficiently pathetic To
touch every heart.-fAtlanta, Georgia. Con-
slitutlon,
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Highwaymen as Pets.

One of the PRISONERS in the CALIFORNIA
per iteptisry relates an interesting story OF
lie behind prison bars. He says: The
men who have been convicted on the nigh.
est crimes are always the most popular over
tbare among the prisoners, and the officials,
too, and il they have coin as we'll, there 8
mo end TO the favors shown to 'em. Just
take BLACK Bart as sample. He sticks
up stage crsches single handed. You news
paper gents give him whole columns az Q
send off. He blows his ewn trumpet, and
struts around as a swell highway man. The
prieoners at San Quentin look at him with
q wish that they'd gone in for the same big
game, ana the officers of the prison gather
Rim in as Q pet lsmo and appoint him
right off the start as head man Of the laun'
dry, where he gets lots OF pickings. while
he sits in a,privste ONCE ana mas al ne
OF the prisoners, Of course, on his private
atova "
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31

In Montgomery, Alabama, in 1860. the
m arriaye of young " TO the charming
Miss Y was the event OF the season IN
the circles where the happy c'nple were
best known. Everything for time went
months bsfore the sulphurous cloud nf war
enveiopsd the land, and the patriotic hus-
hand. with thousspes of others, babe his
vifa a fearful farewell and rushed to the
Il cid to eht for tie Confederacy. As the
crimson years of that sansuir airy period
rolled on they brought mourniul t'dings 70
Tho devoted wife a. home. Amout the
braves who bit the dust In rd.' ugnt
b.ttle moor x was reported among the
dead. ana his manpled body was thrown
into nameless grave.
In the course Of time the grsef-strickeu
WIDOW recovered something Of ner natuf'
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31

OK the second page OF this morning
HrRALp will be found the very abe and
logical argument of SENATOR SHANNON on
the TERRELL bill, delivered in the senate
last Saturday. The HERALD has felt war
ranted In publishing In full several spe' ches
on this bill because of the absorbing inter
est taken In this subject matter attempted
70 be Iegisla,ed upon, and in presenting to
IN readers the mastery effort Of the gen.
ti4men from Parker would invite careful
s,arusal thereof. The broad, statesman
IKE views epuncisted, the ..iearless positions
taken and m,intsined, the rich undercur-
rant of eatire and the choice diction oil
mark Mr. SHANNON as one OF the aolest
foyara'c orators of our state.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
ENTERTAINMENT AND HOOK RHcEr.
TIOk.

At s O'Clock last evening M many ladies
and gentlemen rs the library and adjacent
halls would ttTJri standing room, Assem-.
Died as q meeting OF ratification
at the intention Of rapidly achieving
It's grand possibility, The assembly ~ tue
Z, a ling ROOM iAst night wss also ho re-
c-plioD. A ,up-ib assortment OF cnoice
volumes. gins 10 the library association
from generous citizens, and sets obtained
oy pure lase. were unmarked and listed by
the drit fingers 'air Of ladies whose eathus'
ssm Ia this behalf 10 Characteristic OF the
earnestpess OF the sex In oil that
Ia noble in Ito. This ssger
crowd OF good and true people; the bAe-
bling OF voices, all chatting At once, made
ups"happy harmony OF . d!se,rd" from
which malice was farther removed than
was the mountain from Aahomet and
equally impossible that II can approach.
la those clear eyes faith beheld It's mirror
and the watcher saw the unfolding
OF the purpose. No formal
exercise was had. IL was merely. a. stated,
= meeting 10 Discus and TO formulate, ss
friends banded together Tor good. Hereafter
O. list OF the new books VIII be-
the NJ 1t meeting which will have features
not ~ yet fully determined.
Al the close OF the evening, the presi.
dent. Colonel J. O. Mccoy, was called upon
to make speech appropriate to the occas-
lon. The colonel spoke OF the former II.
prary, the fossil remains OF which had oeen
collected and added TO the nucleus OF the
present lib, aiy and requested an interest
10 its welfare by all present. Captain Veal
folio wed In q short address. A me.ting OF
the Library Association was called for
Tuesday evening. Janusry 20. at the resi-
dence OF Colonel Mccoy. After o pleasant
evening the company adjourned.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31

Before the Hale & Norcross fight came on
this 10 tradition aimost-there arrived In
town dissipstsd miner who had worked In
the mine. He Was pretty badly down sp'
phrently, but lie went into brokers' Office
and AFTER being told to get out as a tramp,
Norcross and wanted to invest triftng sam
in IL. Two feet, Of sl75, were bought for him
and he gave the certificate to the broker.
saying that he was going down TO Mexico
prospecting, and he would like 10 leave IL
behind 10 be dealt with a. the broker saw
fit. He was not heard OF for months.
Hale & Norcross was mp to $4,000 foot.
One morning the broker found the dilnpi'
dated miner on his doorstep when he
came down to business. The minor rose
and said:
"Wsll, I'm here. thought I'd come
and see YOU. I s'posc there STINT nothing len
o. that Hale & NorcToss. ] guest you mus,
have % sold it out. but / am down an /
sin't got a cent. Maybe you'd lend me
fopr bits 10 get q bit of breakfast"
The broker looked Rt him AMI gays hIrl
SIS TO go snd get bath and a breakfast, anu
presently he returned.
sit down and wait n minnie: I'll make
up your account presently" He left the
dilrp dated men on the ed q OF q chair. Hs
came back with check and sent his clerk
down 10 the bank. Tbs CLERK returned
with bhg OF gold. The poor devil wn'ched
the proceedings with Il miserable inditer'
encs. The gold was all SACKED upon the
counter.
Look here. I've sold your two feet Of
Halo a. Norcrcss for $25, 600. and here's
your money"
The mirer fell on tie floor and cried liks
baby. He could not read or write aud
no idea what the market Was. He sent
draft Of 5000 TO his mo her. Tho broker
nought for him 800, 0UD worth OF registered
bonds, and gave him SAXON IN coin, which
he spent in three dsvs. Two bunko men
brought him In drunk and tried to get his
bonds, but the broker drove them out, aud
when tho man got sober he came and had
the bouds sewed into bis clothes, and was
dispatched cast. He has never been heard
Of since.-[San Francisco Chronicle.