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St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
A Story About Mccullough.

Washington Letter TO Cleveland Leader.
When he was here several years ago. he
told funny little incident which had oc-
cured during his acting at Richmond. just
before he came here The story has been
published but it is forgotten now 1.-The
Lady of Lyon" was the play and among
the players was maiden amateur who had
the stage on the brain, and had it bad She
tore passion to tatters and threw fire
and fervor into her love scenes which
both amused and excited the audience
At times she fell from the sublime 10 the
ridiculous, and where Claude Melnotte, in
the shape of Mccullough, was describing
his place on the Lake of Como, repeating
those tenderest words of Bulwar. the maid
ems bosom was seen to heave, her eyes fill
with fire, and when he closed the tender
sentence, ''Prithee. love, dOst like the pic
ture?" she threw herself into McCullough's s
arms, crying out in tones of superlative af-
lection, "Oh-h-h-h, C-l-a-u-d!" lingering
sweetness long drawn out. She then col
lapsed like balloon. and hung, as McCul-
Tough said, like porous plaster to his
form.
At this moment disgusted newsboy in
the gallery, i'll the same tones in which she
had uttered her last exclamation, howled
out: "Oh-h-h-h. S-l-u-s-h."
The house came down. The audience
roared, howled, and hOwled again. McCul-
Tough bnrst into ha, ha himself, and
nearly dropped the love-sick maiden. The
girl, however. showed no sign of laughter.
She carried out her part, but the next mo-
ment with caressing gesture, thrust her
fingers into McCuilough's hair at the side
away from the audience. and pulling a
bunch nearly out by the roots hissed in his
ear: ''How dare you laugh, sir, at that
vulgar remark" The pain in his head
brought the tears to his eyes, and McCul-
Tough resumed his part in the scene of love-
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
A Big Nuge ct of Gold,
Virginia City Enterprise.

Virginia City Enterprise.
In the winter of '49 the writer of this saw
and handled the largest piece of gold that
had yet ;Ibeen found in California. It
weighed twenty-five pounds and nine
ounces, and was estimated. by carefully
weighing in water and otherwise, to contain
about five pounds of quartz, the rest being
pure gold. The finder sold it for SIS. 900.
and it was subsequently sold in San Fran
cisco for $4,000. 1t was found at Sonora,
then known as the Sonorian camp, in Tuo-
lumne county. Oh the headwaters of Woods
creek, by lazy old Mexican ''greaser,"
who was roofing or 'coyoting" about in
holes or pits that the whites and others had
dug out and abandoned, in the outskirts of
the town. AS soon as he found 1t he washed
it off, took it to the nearest monte" bank
and lost $500 on it as soon as he could con-
veniently. Naturally, when the game got
such good hold on the chunk"
they did not let go, but kept the
old fellow drunk for day or two,
or till they owned it in full. allowing him
$1,000 for it, He had lots of fun in a short
space of time for his So 600 nugget. In
this connection the Grass Valley Union of
Oct 10 prints the following information
Louis Blanding says that the generally
ever found in California was worth S21, 1000
is an erroneous one. He says that j. j.
Finney, "Old Virginia." found a piece of
gold, about six miles from Downie-
vile, Sierra county, on the 21st day
Of August, 1857, that weighed 5000
ounces. The gold of that vicinity was
worth SIS an ounce, which would make the
value of the nugget some 100000. This
would make the Finney nugget the largest
piece of pure gold ever discovered. so far as
accounts go. Heretofore the Australian
nugget, found in the Ballarat gold fields.
has been considered the largest. 1t was
valued at $50. 900. Finney, ''Old Virginia, -
as he was familiarly called in those days,
afterwards went to Washoe when the great
silver discoveries were first made there, and
from him the town of Virginia took its
name. The man who discovered the largest
nugget in the California mines, and gave
his name to the richest mining camp in the
world, died in extreme poverty.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Work on the Burlington.

Special to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Dec. ia prom
inent contractor of the Chicago Burlington
Il Northern Railway company was here last
evening in search of more labor, and states
that the work op the road from Winona
northward is progressing rapidly. 1t is re-
ported that the track from Chippewa river
to Bluff Siding will be fully completed
by Thursday, and the services OF
construction train between the
points mentioned will greatly facilitate
the progress OF the work in either
direction. Frost has penetrated the ground
to a depth OF eighteen inches, but fortu-
nateIy the ground on the worst cuttings and
excavations has been removed.
The Omaha company has completed the
improvements on tneir road between here
and Elroy, and is now one OF the finest roads
to be found anywhere. The company has
had over thousand men and some three or
four construction trains engaged in work
since early in September.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16

A circular was issued by the Northern
Pacific road yesterday making shipments of
seed wheat between local points on its
line after Jan. at llalf-tariff rate. This
rate will not be good on shipments to or
from st. Paul, Minneapolis or Superior.
A report is current that the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway company are urging the Brit
ish government to buy large quantities of
Canadian Pacific railway stock in order to
secure control of the transatlantic route to
Asia.
Thirty people left on the third excursion
of the Omaha road to Los Angeles, CAL.
yesterday. To accommodate them an extra
Pullman coach was run as far as Kansas
City.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Source of the Mississippi.
Philadelphia Times.


The newly-found source Of the Mississippi
is sparkling little gem of lake situated
above and beyond Lake Itasca. 1t nestles
among the pines of an unfrequented and
wild region of Minnesota. many miles
from the nearest white settlement and just
OH dividing ridge which forms the great
watershed of North America. Within a
few miles of it can be found lakes and
streams whose waters are tributary to the
Red River of the North, and thus
reaching the sea thousands of miles
from the mouth of the mighty Miss
iSsppi. which flows in trickling brook
from Lake Glazier. This lake, discovered
to be the true source of the greatest river Of
North America by Capt. Willard Glazier,
on the 22d of July, 1854, is about mile
and half in greatest diameter and would
be nearly round in shape but for single
promontory, whose rocky shores give it in
outline the shape of heart. The waters
of the lake are exceedingly clear and pure,
coming from springs, some being at the
bottom, but the three most pominent rise
few miles back in low, wet land and flow
into the lake in little rills. On the very
point of the prOmontOry is a spring whose
waters are as cold as ice and at which
Capt. Glaciers weary party slaked their
thirst while exploring the shores of the new
lake. So lonely is the region around the
lake that for fourteen days not even red
skin was seen, and wearied by the hard
ships of this rough country, yet with fees-
ing of having added something to geograph-
ical knowledge, Capt. Glazler and his party
were glad to come into contact again With
their fellow creatures.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
The President Socially Regarded.

Washington Letter in Baltimore Sun.
Some curiosity is felt in circles most in
terested as to the purpose of the president
with respect to social matters this winter
During the period of his incumbency of the
White house the only recreation he has per-
mitted himself has consisted in occasional
drives. but his form has never darkened
any doorway but that of the executive
mansion. 1t seems to be Jhonght that he is
inclined to accept no invitations, but to de-
rive whatever of social pleasure he may de-
sire under his own roof. As to receptions
and entertainments at the White house, it
IS thought that he will not be behind any
OF his predecessors in this respect. Sticklers
Tor Ell quete hold that if Mr. Cleveland does
lay down the rule to accept no invitations
OF a social character he will do what is
right and proper for the executive They
remember what sensation was created
when Andrew johnson broke through the
custom of presidents and appeared at a re-
ception at the house of Chief Justice Chase
Gen. Grant, who followed Mr.. johnson.
scarcely ever refused an invitation. and
even attended wedding receptions of pri
vate citizens. Mr.. Hayes went out good
deal and Mr.. Arthur while. president not
only was frequent guest at official and
unofficial receptions. but was very fond of
making informal visits to his particular
fridsen, both in the daytime and evening
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
off the back bar of saloon bar when the
barkeeper's back is turned.

OF the DacK oar OF SdlOOu Udr Wien Une
barkeeper's back is turned.
NO. 5.
Another interesting character was in on a
charge of horse stealing. This man was a
portly, jovial old chap, with restless.
twnklng eyes, and was as full of noise as
boiler shop He is an old resident of the
state and was once quite wealthy, but wine,
women and cards got away with him and
he became a rowing blade. In his time he
has visited more than once nearly every
town in the Union. and has been all things
to all men. He has been Snowman, gam
bier, confidence man, copper and ''side
kicker" generally for all kinds of games
schemes and fakes. One particular episode
in his career will, perhaps, be new to most
of his acquaintances in this state: Several
years since he was jailed at Wapello. Ia..
Oh charge of horse stealing. One dark
stormy night he worked through the wall
of his prison house went directly across the
road to doctors stable. took the medicO's
nag and made a straight wake for safer
part of the world. He struck the MissiS-
sippi at the little town of MOntrose. at the
head of the Keokuk rapids and opposite the
ancient Mormon town OF NauvOo. Here
he took a lumberman'S new boat, pulled
across and up river several miles. where he
sold the boat and struck out for fresh fields
and pastures. where horses fed out of sight
from the house. He got one ''stretch" and
half.
There was another, a young man not yet
81, whose history for the past two years
has been most evenGful in lapses from the
strict rules of honesty. and whose career
reads more like a chapter taken from the
! life of the James brothers than like the ad-
ventures of an ordinary criminal. 1t is
such as he that, cnder favorng circum-
stances, become eminent among the wilder
and more desperate class of criminals, like
the Doc Mddletons. the Billy the Kids,
Cole Youngers. etc. His exploits, how
ever, will cover too much space to be treated
in this weeks issue of the GLOBE, and be-
sides dispute has just arisen among the
Hoboes, which has raised such a hula
baloo that connected narrative is impossible.
They are "chewing the rag" over the char
acter and standing of new candidate for
the tramp's first degree Hes no Hobo" +"
cries one. he'll work!-that feller will! I've
seen HIM do it, this with all the emphasis
of a boundless scorn on the words ''seen'
and work" He was shoveling; yes,
actually shoveing. helping to dig cellar!
He's no good Hobo; he's only shovel
bum." The candidate is thrown into
spasms of righteous indignation at this
shocking disclosure and denies the un-
worthy imputation, with vigor. and rage,
and profanity and mighty smelling breath.
Hence, drop my writing in despair, for
the present, RHUE SAGA.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
WHEN THE ELEPHANT CAME.

II Was After the Little BOY Who
LOnged to See Him Had Died.
Atlanta Constitution.
Col. Millban k was proud. arrogant sort
of man. The pleasant faces he met along
the street held no charm for him. He had
never been known to commit a cruel act,
yet people said that he was utterly without
feeling. When his wife was buried he
stood beside the grave apparently unmoved,
and the next day he went about his bust
ness as usual.
1t is strange" said generous man who
had just made an assignment, how such a
man as Millbank can be successful in busi-
ness"
''Such men are generally successful" a
friend replied. "Hardheartedness succeeds
where gentleness strives in vain"
Millbank was not wholly regardless of
others. He loved his little boy with de-
votion forgetful of all self. So soon as he
had entered his house the hard lines would
melt from his face. and his eyes. so cold to
all others. would glow as if a soul had
suddenly sprung into them.
How is my little angelo" the father
asked one evening as he took the child on
his lap and fondly kissed him.
Vell, tuo ilCUlo lellOW ropllcu.
''Emmet. do you know that every morn
ing when l awake and find you well feel
so thankful to God that | ought 70 spend
the rest of the day in worshiping Him?'
mo; do you?"
''Yes, little angel"
''An' when the old elephant comes will
you take me to see him?"
Eyes"
when will he Gomez"
Next week"
''Will he be here in the morning'?"
mo, he wont come until next week."
''Tell me about him."
''W ell, he will come marching down the
street with his great long snout, and the
little boys and girls will clap their hands
and laugh. Then he will go out to great
big tent and the boys will give him
apples"
AN might givehlm one9"
'Yes."
AN he wont bite, me, eiver, willie he?"
s'No."
"What will he do?"
He will take the apple with his snout
and put it in his mouth"
He will?"
''Yes, and then he'll want another one. :"
81 wish he was here now"
HELL be here very soon. There, now,
papa must be downtown" he added as he
smoothed back the boys beautiful hair and
and kissed him.
He passed into the street. The divine
light had faded; the hard lines were again
on his face.
''When will the old elephant Gomez" the
boy asked, when another morning had
dawned,
lit won't be long now"
''Pll be awful glad when he does come.
I'm keepin'. this big red apple for him, and
he'll ue glad to get it, wont he?"
Yes he will"
HELL say to himself. This is the best
apple ever eat wont hep
Yes he will think it is very fine"
Physicians came and came again. A
little feverish hand held red apple. The
tears of a heartbroken man fell upon ring
lets of beautiful hair. Woman came with
their gentle hands and soft whispers. An
other day dawned. A red apple on the
mantelpiece caught ray of sunlight. Then
came the roll of drums, the clash of GYM
balls. Feathers nodded, people shouted
The father lifted his swollen eyes from a
little coffin and glanced through window.
The old elephant was passing the house.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
FREIGHT AGENTS MEET
And Discuss Traffic in Iowa. Min
neSOta and Dakota.

And Discuss Traffic in Iowa. Min.
neSOta and Dakota.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Dec. ia meeting of the
lines interested in Iowa, Dakota and Mime
sofa traffic was held to-day. Among the
resolutions adopted was one reaffirming the
special rates now in effect and continuing
them for the coming year. Another for
making charge for ill-furnished refrigera-
tor cars en- route, and third abolishing at
special rates on oil, etc and making it fifth
class. At the conclusion the general
freight agents brought up for discussion
New Orleans rates from the Northwest
Some three months ago, or shortly after
the Illinois Central secured entrance to
St. Paul, by reason of its connection with
the Minnesota Il Northwestern, the GLOBE
noted the fact that the new combination
was securing the trade between the North
west and the South. The Illinois Central
and its st. Paul connections were inde-
pendent of the Northwestern Traffic asSo-
citation and its routes, and as the direct
New Orleans route, carrying freight
through without change or transfer, natur
ally secured and has continued to
CONTROL THE TRAFFIC,
taking the bulk of sugar and coffee of
the South, and return freight of grain
and other articles marketed in
that section. Primarily, Chicago was
was the sufferer by the diversion. as
before the greater bulk of the business
passed through this city. However, there
was no remedy as the trade sought natural
channel and there was no means of forcing
it back. Now the Burlington is feeling the
pressure in another direction. 1t has a di-
rect st. Louis and New Orleans connections
with the Louisville & Nashville and Iron
Mountain Il Cairo Short line, but being
governed by association rates. could not
meet the Illinois Central competition.
After discussing the subject to-day it was
agreed that the Burlington should be al
lowed to make such rates as will divide or
enable it to secure portion of the business.
Chicago Freight Committee.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-The Chicago COM
mittee on east-bound freight traffic was in
regular session at the joint agents Office to-
day. The members took up several matters
of minor Importance. Among them was
the subject of transfer charges to be made
on grain when shippers desired a change
made from one car to another in order to
ascertain the net weight. 1t was decided
that there was no good reason why a
road should be asked to do this
work without compensation, and 1t was
agreed that in the future charge should be
made of ST per carload. a resolution was
offered defining the powers of the joint
agent and giving him considerahiv more
authority than he possesses at present.
Under it he was to be granted the right to
examine all the books, bills of lading, ship
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Water or whisky.

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 15.-Arguments in
the election injunction cases were continued
all day yesterday and adjourned until to-
day. when the closing arguments will be
heard. The whisky men continue to feel
sanguine and the prohibitonists are not at
all uneasy.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Locating the Line.

Special to the Globe.
FREEPoRT, H.. Dec. 15.-The chief en-
gineer of the Chicago. Freeport & st. Paul
Railroad company left this city to-day,
making reconnaissance preparatory to To-
eating the line from Freeport to Chicago
The contemp plated route will be via Byron,
Sycamore, st. Charles and haywood, but
before a survey is made lines will be exam
ined via Batavia and also by Aurora. As
soon as the chief engineer shall finish the
work upon which he is now engaged the
survey and final location will be made.
Everything looks very encouraging for the
beginning of work of construction on this
road at very early day.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16

ping receipts. etc., in fact the records of
each road in its transactions with shippers,
presumably that he might investigate all
charges of croOkedness or irregularity In
freight shipments.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16

pole and J. Cadigan of Bellows Falls closed
Nov. 81 at Bellows Falls. Vt. having eX-
cited considerable local interest Ftzger-
aid won, covering 99A miles; Cadigan,
97h
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16

John Reno and William Mccarthy ran
100 yards for 500 side at Worcester,
Mass, the former being successful by about
ten yards
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16

The twenty y-six-hour go-as- -you-please
mo.nh between ]. Fitzgerald OF North Wal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Third Line to the Missouri.
New Appointnnents.

G. T. Wiswell. superintendent of the
Minnesota. st. Croix Il Wisconsin division
of the Wisconsin Central road, was yester-
day placed in charge of the construction of
the branch line being built from Scheising-
ervile to Chicago, and Conductor G. f.
Waldo succeeded him as superintendent of
the st. Croix division. Work on the new
line is being pushed rapidly, and no ex-
pense will be spared by the company in
bringing it to an early completion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16
Trunk Line Executive Committee.

New YORK, Dec. ia meeting of the
trunk line joint executive committee was
held to-day. The passenger committee was
called in, all lines except the Pennsylvania
being represented. The committee dis
cussed the emigrant clearing house con-
tract and slightly modified it by allowing
greater latitude i'll the appointment of out
side ticket agencies particularly in Canada.
The contract was then signed. and it will
be forwarded to the Pennsylvania company
for its signature. The Boston lines have
yet to sign the contract.
Third Line to the Missouri.
Special to the Globe.
YANKToN, Dec. 15.-The Chicago &
Northwestern track reached Yankton to-
day, completing the third through line of
Northwestern railroad companies between
the Missouri river and Chicago. Cars will
be running next week over the extension.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-16

lCul. anu III ID WI III Wt6h III JdiI W uedI
him relate his experience with Montana
mob at Helena, who made sure they had a
Lorse-thief dead to rights" in his person,
and were bound TO see how much he would
weigh at the end of a rope Hearing his
vivid narrative of what took place on that
to him thrilling occasion, delivered with al
most dramatic intensity, yet with perfect
-naturalhess, one could almost fancy HIM
self in the same awkward fix. In stature
No. 8 was short and in build was spare
with wiry, hard knit frame. He had a
rather sinister cast in one eye. but was
pleasant and agreeable enough in his inter-
course with others in the jail.
NO. 4.
The man whom l have chosen for nv
fourth sample was rather interesting char
acter He has been far better known in
the Southwest than he has become in these
parts. Kansas. Texas. Louisiana, Mssis-
sippi, ETC., have been the states in which he
has mainly piled his vocation. In his par
tieular line, that of ''flim-hamming, or
cheating shopkeepers in making change,
confidence operations, etc., he is daisy. to
use slang phrase. He was held to the
grand jury on a charge OF attempting to
work the ''cane racket" but was not in
dicted; and when the grand jury adjourned
was turned up" He is a tall, slender,
bony man, with piercing black eyes set
rather close together. and hair. mustache.
eyebrows and goatee are of raven blackness
This is the kind of man who generally has a
woman in every town he stops in for any
length of time. upon whom he lavishes
money without stint when flush, and who
in return stakes" him if he ''goes broke. -
pays his fines and his lawyers if he gets
..pinched." This class are generally faith
full in adversely, and will go any length to
serve man they like. No. often received
money and cheering letters from females
who were at Omaha. New Orleans and
other points at a distance. The :.cane
racket above alluded to consists in apply
ing some sticky substance to the small end
of a cane and bv this means lifting money