The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-31

knew it, aud the incidents in real liz
that are frequently coming to the at,en
ton OF the clerks there show how IN lch
stranger truth often il than fiction
have related some Of these stories from
time to time, but last week there WA.
developed a double barreled romance
thai is nncommonly queer A letter Aa'
received from ii lady in Connecticut IN
closing an application for widow
pension, and in the regular order O
business it went to the files. As every.
body knows, the records are kept alpha.
bet'caIly, and this woman's name com.
mencng with an unusual letter, there
were few applicants in her class. Tn
recording clerk glanced over the list
without any particular motive, hut 10
ticed that a man of the same nal c
given by the widow was already draw
ing a pension, which had been granted
him in 1873, and was being paid
through the California agency.
1t required only q few moments
search to discover that the record in
the two cases was Identical, not onl
the same name, but the same regiment
and company. Tie widow offered no
proof of death, but her affidavit .tatrd
that she had not seen her husband or
heard of him since the war, and SUI.
posed that he had been ki,le in battle
A letter was written to her stating that
her husband WAS already drawing pen
sion for wounds received in the war.
and by return mail came All irQlirv for
his whereabouts She said that she had
been mourning his death for twenty
years, bat was glad to hear that he wa,
still living, and If the pension peopl.
would only assist her in locating him
SIC would make it very lively for her
truant spouse.
the attendants at the White House,
at the Eorcoran Art Gall~ry, aud other
places where tourists 60, tell ne that
there were never 80 many bridal c u
pies III Washington as now. They seem
to come in drnycs, and it is rs easy to
select 'he,n AZ Office seekers There has
always been bridal couple in the fore
ground Of every photograph of Niagara,
aud an enierprising photographer there
had a biz sig hanging out some years
ago announcing "reducrd rates to newly
married people. Have your picture ia
ken befur thu hnneym on is full" Pre-
siden' Clevylan'l is very quick in detect
ing brides. and never fails TO 1--WE them
a hearty squeeze of the hand and a
Presidential blr sing,
see that some Of the correspondents
are insisting that the President is q ing
to marry, but he isn't any near + the
matrimonial state thar he has been fm
many years, and his intimate friends
think he will be a bachelor The failure
0 the correspondents to find President
Arthur II bride ought to disc ,urage
them III their attempts to do the SAINT
service for Mr.. Cleveland and their in
terest is not appreciated. If the Presi.
dent has any notion of getting married
they ought to allow him the privilege
of selecting the lady himself One Of
President Arthur's friends kept watcl,
of the newspapers and clipped out every
thing that was published about his ma
trimonlal intentions Just before his
term expired these clippings were ali
pasted in a haud> omely- bound scral
book and presented to him. On the covel
was stamped figure Of Cupid with g
qulver full Of arrows, and the words:
MANY were called, but none were chos
en-" Mr.. Arthur regards this mement,
with II great deal OF interest.
A good story is going the round,
about Col Casey, the engineer of tn,
Washington Monument. When tn,
great shaft was nearly finished the Col
onel, on visitin. it one Monday morn
ing, was anlaz d ami terrified to 6ut
that the plumb line hung some three o
four inches away from the wall iusteat
of close to the stones, us it should hang
and Nv he had left it on Saturday. H
looked away up the cord as far as hi
eyes could reach and all seemed correct
Visions of Il prrstrlte monument hitte,
I before him, as it seemed certain tina
, the vast structure had settled aud mus
sooner or later fall to the earth. Pal
4 and trembling with anxiety he boga
| the ascent of the shaft When mn