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yTTANTED - LADY AGENTS. FOR
w "Daisy" Skirt and Stocking Support
ers, Shoulder Braces, Bosom Forms, Dress
Shields, Rubber Bingham Blbs, Aprons,
i,eaves, lnfania' Diapers etc. Our 90
agents aru making money fast; so can you.
Address, with stamp, II. H. CAMPBELL d
Co, 4Si West RaudDiph street., Chicago.
NXTANIED-A CANVAsShR IN Dali
w Ia county for the Roysl ST. John
sewing machln0; liberal inducemen TO a
good man with team j. Nj SCLuImAN d
Co, Si2 Elm sire {, Dallas, Texas.
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Every city OF any Importance hss q
Bind OF place like Rome OF old had--h
forum where tho people mot mud eK
changed viows and "gavo and received
the nows tha6 iloated through the
city, Cicero regarded that point as
tho great urbgn, conyergent center Ia
tho City Of ina Seven HIS, and the
sam remark mny 10 applied "a our
place, now Oonfessedly the focua Of
observation-disclosures. We have no forum,
but at tho
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NNOR So H HOUSE VND IO7- M =
4 nerof aeary AMI CONNIE 4, s,r ros.
h hon,e rooms ha ior SAl55 ;est nics iltis
AUFFMAs 7Sl Elm str eet 'soN
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EOa ENCH NC r-- ~ MUKPHYNB0.
4 tANZ. house and lot. on oatheast cor.
: or OF Ross avenue and Joauson street
ioi part cash and balance IN either i'm,
p DYED or unimproved NJ p7r.y A good
next
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w ANlED--LAD AGENT Is i.s ALI
w the towns in Northeastern ieXas 10
seu the New Combination Co set. Address
MPs II. A FARLEY, Dallas, Tex, ooS0-7t
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SXTAHTED-A VIII II WON y FOR
" general housewo k in small family.
no celtren Addrt IS ~, care Dallas Her
ala. oct29-tf
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Wy ANTED--A WOMAN HOUSE Sc (
w want aud To- 40 washing; must come
well recOmmen ed Apply t. p. -ANGsR,
Sd Louis snd Etvay streets &C 0-2t
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Free concert by the grand orchestra
aud band at May r's garden Tonight.
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WA md % lsrm soH 70 ss, 42 Rn1 hEN 7
PEAECE, Rea' Estate uni Col Get az
Agents, 600 Main street, Dalas, Tcxa
Several good city roparties Tor sale ON easy
terms uctG-3Jt
NVTAN1ED-4 GOOD WOMAn TO Do
w general hOuseWurs fr tma amily
apply to IL. II. IRVINE, Texas Trunk De-
pot Oe;2tl
WY ANTED.- a SITUATION BY YOUNG
w man Of 20 ,'a.E: thOrou hly exper-
fenced II Org goods and clio hing, 81 her
city or country. A dress A. x This Office.
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A GENTS VA WE'D FOR 4 NEW
INbock, "D'eds OF Daring by Blue and
Gray" The great collection Of the most
thrilling personal adventures on both
sides during the great civil war. No other
nook at all like 1t. out ellis everything.
Addrtss, TEXAS BOOK AND BIBLE { ON
PANY, 90 elm street, Dallas, TeX,s
4 GENTS WANrED-h FEW MTKE
"A agents or"Llie q Grant" and cur new
book " The Imp rial Highway" the best
solli g bro published. II il endorsed by
many Ofthe mos eminent divlnes, and
sells 70 nearly every family where shown
send Is cents for outfit OF either book G
W BpRLASp, Publisher, 1903 tate street,
Chicago. Ii inois.
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WANTED -9IX GOOD UO-T AID
w two good p nts-maksrs; first class
prices TO paid good mco. L. MoRFrs, Fort
Worth, Texas. oet90-3t
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Nv ANTED--THREE LIVEBOY1, h or
W Is years o d, and two womsn ecu find
steady employment at Dallas steam L1un-
d y, WintsOr aotel buidl,g, O lit
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EOn : ALel-CHE n FOR CZ>H =
house, 4lxil feet, nesr Union deooa,
Vents 10 Sell tmmed atelq a goo5 cb saol1'
10 M AXE money, as owner Is doiag n Ivy
business there now Apply ta +, DicHtss voi
Opposite Express oflicsI Union depot Hsa,
l.2W FN'' nov
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EOR SALE j II -E7 GAlTLE N
l. head Of { orouchy acclimsted cows
and helterS, Sc &c cd tro the best dairy
herds Of inc north Apply 10 the SOUTH.
WEST land Co 1Oi Mat SIR eli nnsn.n
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nlssnliIrlnn MnrlnE

iVHE Uu-PARrr ERSAlr HERETO.
I tofore CSl ting between y. NJ Clio er
and NJ. NJ. News1m, ami doing bust
nes1 IN tho City OF Dallas Texas, un-
der tho name Of i. N Glover " Co,
has this dny been dissolved by mu.
lu.l consent NJ, NJ, Newaom retiring,
Il. NJ. clover will cont Hue tho business,
ana assumes all llnbil Ties and collects All
unpaid balances due the Ann
Il NJ CLOVER.
VI. NJ. NEwsoM.
DALLAS, Tcr., Oct, -, 1885.
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NOR sALE-A HAVnSUMR -povvv-
3.years old, thor ug sly broken ~,
all saddle sails. Perfect Y gentle IAN LAY ~
seen at WHEAT Il CoFFMANis S,ahia "u pe
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NOR SAAh--lN THE UrDARs, on
Z Bel Inc railway cor or Akatd and
Iark streets, a neat cottage off rooms, be.
sides servants room, bath room, clstern.
wood house, etc; good iron picket fence
with lot 6Oxl32; price s2,6l6; on easy terms
BY II. hRUEGEL, ON premises oct6-I
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LNON S LE--VNM ARG ! FEATHFR
4 he'd; wisht so pounds. -.
ply at Auction and Commissi N House II
Fine. Nc'y zine 6lS and B'5 e m 81 n
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SAy ANrED- TRAVELEHs, If you Go
w to Cleburne, stop at the Gait House;
newly rnlshed; so step from the railroad
depot; a splendid table | and $3.50, accord
ing to rooms. a j 0'BuA~, Prbprietor
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FOR SAILS.

COR SALs--BLoCKS OIL IS 49,. 49,
Z East Dallas, on the e -1easion ~ u
Jaei ato and Bryan streets. These ~
drain perfectly aad give a good v-e.r o ses1o
sar onnclns eouatsy, sr lssei bv sfras ~ 'e =
eg, wi't, IN ss ling eosh ,Soek sspas.s
pts TO SINPsoN & HUFFMAN. -1 rNp-
street. "a Elm
LN0R SALE-FARM oF40ACRFS-,T-
II miles north of Dallas. I25acrs- 4, al,2
uvatlon, remsiader = psstu a ana =, ,,.' eai-
land; house of five ro,ms Two nsee, rood-
easrdh pears ana eharyies; aband sass ~, {,
givu eightS ears on deferred paSms..,s, sih
ply to SIMPSON ~ HUI NAN, 7si rap-
Street. ''' En-
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-01

Froo concert by the grand orchestra
and band Gt Mayors gSrCon tonight
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lNOk SAhtl--ONE or THE FINEST
Il farms Ia Navarro county four miles
forth of Rice, containing 772 acres; l@
| ceres m Gu tivation, 672 In pasiure; has a
good LNo-story box house t four rooms,
kit hen and dining-rol m attEg ed cisterp
tanks crius and OTIS of fine grass; viii sell
part or hole 'he p Apply to IRA PICK.
kRISG, on premises. octl7.lm
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NOR SALE 5lXi05 FEEF- az T
4 sur ct, house OF rooms; fronts s IAN
rare bargain; terms easy, Anniatn;
SIMPSON & HUFFMAN, T3t Elm sires,pt's 70
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DocToR RANSOM,

NorIcE = THE cofARrNERsHIp
t,ne etoiore existing and known as Gray
dissolved. D.> 4 Rainwater aud Paul
!.lucksnan Z, thing and J. IL. GRAY con.
tlnnina the business under the name aud
stylesherctofore.m mentioned.
xsp. 4 RAfrwAvsR,
n. 0nAr,
PAUL 0LucitsnAw,
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Ma ANTED--AGENIS. ADDhES : / Il {,
w Electric Lamp and Stove Co. st..
Louis, Mo for circular, euts aud terms of
58-candlepow Marsh Electric Lamp #
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NOR SALE--Ar A BARG 1IN, 4 FART
Il of 600 res well improved ana waered.
Smiles northeast OF COfsicana. Address d.
w BROOKS, Corsicaua, texas. octlS-lmo
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EUR SALE-A LAHGB RaLL SAFE
4 luquir- at "a GER Baos ocSl.s
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EoR SALE ArA BAFG ! LN-LARGE
4 numbe cfca IS ana chases OF various
sizes; printers IN nee of eitner viii find II
70 ltelr advantage o adore us. DALLAS
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E'VW .ALII-HV . 'IF -FOUR ROOMS
~ and fiue sci Terry; good ce lar q d els.
tern; lot 93xi71; fine II 1t, splendid bar.
gain. WILL 4, WArHIN & Co, Herald
auiicpg. sep2Se0d.ti
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"a ANTE D. no hNCh AGE A sES :
w idence o. 3 m ms aud lot is5x3l2 feet
ON south side of Live OAK street, near the
convent, worth 5000, for vaca lands in
Jon, $, fayl r. shsckle ord, NilAargsr Or
i'hi a counties. Apply 20 MURPHY Il
BoLANH, 72i Main streel II
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NOE 5 1LE--A GU d -EUO D.HANU
Il organ nj low price, and cosy terms II
desired, VILLA WATKiN IS Co, Herald
hui Inv,
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y wood of al var etiea, AZ reasonable
prices; also full line Of hnrs feed. a. DYs-
TEEBACH, lA2 and 1926 Elm rect, East
Dallas. 0ct5-tf
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Superintendent lusI
DIR. J. j. T0BIN,
News Exchange.

PROPRIETOR,
No 700 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas
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WANTED.
UYANTED-BoaRD AND ROOM FOR
w single sents q W D.

WANTED A COMPETENT CsOk;
w also 4 careful, steady Lurse. None
but the best nesd apsiy Address MRS. IL.
Z COKE, 80 Bryan street.
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Az ANTED : TWO GOOD UAAMBEK-
w maids at st Ge rye In tel o tl2.tf
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24
NONSTABLE'S SALE.

JOSEPH MARX VS.. HENRY GO1NGS,
NO. lO.-The State of Louisiana, Par
ish of Ouachita, Third Ward Magistrates
Court.
BY virtue of writ of #. fd. issued by the
Third Ward Magistrates Court, in and for
the Parish of Ouachita, and to me directed
in the above entitled and numbered suit, /
have seized and taken into my possession,
and will sell at public auction, between
legal hours of sale, to the last and highest
bidder, at the door of the Court House in
the city of Monroe, La, on
Saturday, 5th Day OfDecember 1855,
the following described property, to-wit:
One2 Horse Wagon and One Old Buggy,
Seized as the property of defendant, and
will be sold to satisfy said writ and costs.
Terms of sale, cash, with the benefit of
appraisement.
FELIX MCCLOE,
Constable.
Nov. Goth, 1885.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24

detroit Free Press.]
Mr.. Dunder made a call at the Gen.
trail Station again yesterday. After de-
poeiting his hat on one chair and his
cane on another he said to the
Captain:
"Maybe I 60 ash delegate to der
city Convention. II I doan 60 like dot,
I hat to buy some new cloze to 60 to
some funerals, anyhow. So I like to
get some new suit"
eyes"
81 ask Shake aboudt it. Shake is
my SON, you know. He vhas an awful
sharp poy. He travels to Buffalo und
Chicago, ind he knows all aboudt
poker und some fashions. Shake goes
NIT me to pick oudt my suit"
"The one you have on ?"
ooh no. 1t vhas der one ] didn't
hat on. 1t vhas der one I come to tell
you aboudt. I like some plain suit,
mitout any show to it, but Shake tells
mo-:
"Fadder, you must be Oop init der
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24

The young ladies have organized a
Ladies' German Club that is in many
respects novel social organization.
The first entertainment is to be given
Thanksgiving Night. The club is
composed entirely of young ladies.
They invite their escorts to the Ger
mans, but they 60 in their own car
riages and meet the young men at the
dressing-room door. After the dance
the young men escort the ladies to the
carriages, and the ladies 60 home by
themselves. All the expenses of the
affair-music, carriages and all-are
borne by the ladies. The dudes are
expected to furnish nothing but edu.
Gated feet. After awhile the girls in
tend to send flowers to their escorts
Louisville Post.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24

"Tobacco smoking" said traveller,
"is so common in Holland, that it Is al
most impossible to distinguish one per-
son from another in a room full OF
smokers" "But supposing you want
to speak to some one present, how are
you to find him out ?'' "Ah! In such
cases waiter is sent round with pair
of bellows, with which he blows away
the smoke from the face of every per-
son until the right one is found"
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24

Baris fashions. II you take dot check
suit eaferybody beliefs you vhas Sem
atOr."
"Und der clerk In der shtore he
looks me oafer und says:
"Shake vhas right. Der shtyle now
Is to look distinguished. If I meet
you at der postoffice NIT dot check-suit
on I pellet you vas some Cabinet off,
Ger und I follow you around like a
brass band"
"Yes."
ssVhell, buys him und feels proud.
I goes down NIT der Cen trail depot to
see II my brudder-law comes in from
Bay City, und q policeman looks me
all oafer und says:
sYou doan't get in some work
around here NIT shtring game! II
you do up you got
"He shpoke like dot to me-Carl
Dunner-a citizen who pays taxes in
two wards und vhas as innocent as q
child"
"Did, eh?"
"Dot oopsets me, und I WALK oudI
doors to cool of. Some stranger come
aroundt, und pooty soon he whispers
"sWhat vhas your lay, partner?'
81 doan't know what dot means
und he says:
"Vhas it der bunco or der confidence
peesness? Maybe you like a capper?
"Shust think of shpeaking like do
to somepody who vhas headquarter
for a Blaine club, und who pays hi
liquor tax like clocks?"
"Well ?"
"Well, Everybody winks at me ash
go home, und one man says maybe
doan't pick his pocket If ne know
himself. Some odder man said he lik
to hire out to my circus, und two poy
run after me und like some tickets t
my minstrel show! Captain, vhas
der clothes?"
~ think So"
"Does somepody belief 1 vhas
shport ?"
"That's it,"
"Vhell, 1 say so to Shake, but b
says it vhas my distinguished ali
Captain Z"
eyes, sir"
"My son Shake vhas too shmar
Dot vhas some put.up shobs on me.
vhas going home now. take raw
hide nit me, und I like you to com
oop in two hours"
"What for ?"
"To see dot great change whic
comes oafer Shake! You won't kno'
him some more, und maybe he like
ask you If it vhas peter to rub 9
some oil or salt und water Captain
good-day!"
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24
Dl LY TELEGRAPH.
|bxRoE. La, NOVEMBER "a, 1885.
= RL ECHURZ GIVES A LITTER To
THE YOUNG MEN OF TIE SOUTH.

When the Hon. Carl Schurz visited
Raleigh lat winter, says the News, he
q entertained by the Wataugua
Club. Most Of the citizens will remem-
Per the pleasant reception given him in
The parlors Of the Yarboro House by
that club. The club elected Mr..
6churx an honorary member, and in
reply to the letter Of the committee
notifying him, received the following
autograph letter:
4g4x "a NEW YORK, October 81.
Messls. ". y. Peels, Charles E. johnson,
and @. e. Leach, committee:
Gentlemen-I have received your
very kind letter informing me that
tho wasauea Club has done me the
honor Of slscting me an honorary MEM
Der. tits no mere politenees Of speech
when / asj1re you that appreciate
the honor very highly.
You have undertaken work Of UNI
common merit. An association of
yodng men, organized for the purpose
i, Of obtaining and disseminating the
most accurate and practical informa,,
ton on economic questions, would be
looked upon in any community as
very useful and commendable enter.
prise, and Is sign Of healthy public
spirit.
It Is Of especial promise and import.
ance in the Southern States, where the
!, waste Of war has been greater than in
any other part Of the, republic and
where the sudden transformation o.
the labor system had for some time a,
least bewiIdering effect upon mems
minds, Those who make an intelli'
gent and earnest effort to substitute fol
the wild shoutings for party spoil {
candid and enlightened discussion o
public interests on their own merits
render their fellow-citizens a yer,
great service under any circumstances
but especially under those surrounding
you. ese
Among the many agreeable impres
sions I brought with me from m!
Southern journey last Winter, m,
meeting with your club has, perhaps
been the most cheering. The bes
hope Of the country is in Its youn,
men who take their duties as citizen
honestly, seriously and intelligently
What you Say In your letter of civi
service reform promises that you viii
draw thatsuhjsct, too, within the circl
Of yonr eudeavors.
Wishing your enterprise the creates
possible success, and thanking yo
again for the honor you have conferre
upon me. I remain sincerely yours,
.sse' G. SCHURZ.
r-rf
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
CHERIFF's SALE.

CHERIFF's SALE.
AUGUST RAUXET VS.. r. G. COBB, No.
2477.
The State of Louisiana, Parish of Qua
chita, Fifth District Court.
BY virtue of teri fdctds issued by
the Hon. Fifth District Court, in and for
the Parish Of Ouachita and to me directed
in the above entitled and numbered suit,
have seized and taken into my possession,
and will sell at public auction, between
legal hours of sale, to the last and highest
| bidder, at the door of the Court House in
the City of Monroe, La, on
Saturday, 9Th Day Of December, 1885,
the following property to-wit:
A certain lot Of of ground and all inn
provements thereon, situated in the City of
Monroe, and described as follows:
A certain lot ofground and improvements
situated in square No. 6, Of the plan OF
Monroe as recorded in Notarial book q.
one half of lot No. seven % being one
hundred and eighty feet on St. John street
and one hundred and fifty feet on Calypso
street, as per plan, on the corner of said
streets. Said property being that on which
defendant now resides and purchased by
him said defendant from Mrs. M. A. Par
goud on the 23d day of December, 1872.
| Seized as the property of defendant, and
will be sold to satisfy said writ and costs.
Terms of Sdle--Cash, with the benefit of
appraisement.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1885.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-11-24
Notice TO The Tax Payers Ouachita
Parish.

I hereby give notice that the State q
Parish Tax on the Roll OF 1856 are now due
and Collectible and will become delinquent
on the 31st December 1885. if not paid on
or before that late. The law imposes GER
tain cost and penalties on all delinquent
Taxes and this is to notify all parties in
terested that. / will in every instance en-
taxes unpaid on the date above mentioned.
Therefore pay in time and save money
J. e. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
Nov. z. 1885.
Evening star., 1885-06-06
THE COLORED HIGH SCHOOL,
Interesting Graduation G Exercises at tn,
Miner Building.

Troops of people began vending their way to-
wards the Miner school building early last eve
ming, and long before o'clock the hall was
crowded. The pre- valence of white dresses and
the abundance of flowers would have shown q
stranger at once that the occasion was a school
commencement The class of 1885 of the col
ored high school were the ones in whose honor
this large audience assembled. The hall was
very handsomely decorated. Trustees Brooks,
Purvfs and Smith, Superintendent Cook, Mr.
Cardozo principal Of the high school, and other
ofnciais or the schools were present. The exer-
Sises oil the evening were arranged attractively.
+ Essays We're read by Emily, n. sewalI, Mamie
=. tackson, John T. Mcintosh and Cornelia B.
Goston, which, in point Of literary finish, re-
fected much credit upon the school. A pretty
class poem, composed by Josephine ,. Evans,
Wis presented the diplomas, and Rev. Walter
the graduates. The musical program included
Q class song, composed by Misses Josephine
Evans and NJ. Bessie smith. which wns sung
with much spirit. The following is list of the
graduates: Alice V. Ashton, Rebecca j. Bald
WIN. Alice :. Reason, George Brooks, Maria
Brown, C0rnefia b. Costin, Mary Chisley, j.
Eleanor Catcher, Emma Davis, Josephine B.
Evans, John 3. George, Amelia J. Heathman,
Mary J. HUI, Mamie T. Jackson, Rosetta A.
Johnson, Martha Liggons, Lydia E. Malvan,
John !. Mcintosh, Martha e. Middleton, Ellen
y. Payne, Sarah j. Riddles. Annie v. Ryder
Emily y. Sewal1, Annie ". Smith. N. Bessie
Smith, Mary q. Syphax, Carrie II. Thomas and
Vim. il, Thomas.
Evening star., 1885-06-06

THE MOTHER OF oDLUM GIVES WAY TO HER
GRIEF on THE BRIDGE.
From the New York Herald, to-day
A feeble, white-hared woman, around whose
thin form the wind whipped the end of her
long mourning veil, walked to the Brooklyn
bridge yesterday morning and asked permis-
sion to see the place where Robert Emmet
Odlum stood when he made his death lean.
The officers declined to allow her to walk on
the carriage way. With sigh the woman tot
tered upstairs and took seat In a car. When
the train was in motion she approached the
conductor and asked him to point out the fatal
spot
politely pointing to a chalk mark on the railing
OF the bridge.
"Oh i My God My God ~ cried the woman,
that where my boy Robert jumped from Look
at that river so far down there and they let
him DO 1t tiny God, they let him do it What
The poor, spare figure trembled, and even the
conductor drew his hand across his eyes.
Was he your son, ma'am ?" he asked, with a
boy,S She said; "and still they lei him take his
Later in the. day Mrs. odlum talked with a
Herald reporter.
II came on here to lay the responsibility Of my
away" she said. "No matter how hard Robert
had tried to make that jump he could not have
were notified by me, and they did their duty. I
also want to deny that my grandson, Charlie
Smith, was writing from Philadelphia to induce
his uncle to make the jump Charlie has denied
it to me. My poor Robert was out of money,
and he was too proud to own it to the world.
will never forget the look of agony in his face
when asked him for money few days before
he died. Mother he said i have none; have
nome 1t is my intention to publish book
about my poor boy, and l will take the ma
quite without support. The men who went to
see Robert jump have forgotten that exist"
ODLUMs DECoY.
The case of James Haggard who accompanied
the unfortunate Robert E. Odlum on the day of
his fatal leap from the BRIDGE was before JUS
tice Walsh, Brooklyn city hall, yesterday. Hag-
gard 1T was alleged, went in carriage in advance
as decOy to direct attention from the diver,
Odlum. Assistant District Attorney jerks
charged that Haggard alighted from the car
riage on the roadway of the bridge, and by
thereby endangering life. The defense was
general denial Justice Walsh will consider the
matter and render his decision on Thursday
next.
Mrs. Odlum left here for New York on Thurs
day night, on the return of her daughter, Mrs.
Smith. The family are not at all satisfied with
the investigation made in New York, and be-
lIeve that there are others than BOyton and
those whose names have been mentioned, who
are In measure, at least, responsible for Cd
luns act. They have received some of the
effects OF the victim, but claim that the dis
patches preceded to him before he started for
have not been forwarded to them. They also
complain of the physicians in the post mortem
examination having taken away portions of the
bedy, and that the investigation was made
when no representative of the family was pres
ent or in that city.