The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-12

tress flying. Part of her crew boarded the Moss
Glen, reporting that Capt. Sabeston, of the East
ward, had hanged himself on Oct Is, and that
the mate was incapable of navigating the YES
| sci. Capt. Morris put his mate on board the
Eastward to take her to her destination.-
Mrs. Michael Gallagher, the wife of policeman
living at No. 1904 Biddle street, st. Louis, be-
came the mother Monday night of last week of
| quadruplets, all girls. The mother and children
are all doing week.-Mrs.. Catherine Trump,
postmistress at the village of Corning, Pa, has
been arrested, charged with opening letters out
OF curiosity and reading them for the purpose
of keeping herself posted in regard to the bust
ness secrets of her neighbors and the love affairs
of the young people of the community. She adj
mitted her guilt, and said she did not know
that she was committing an offense for which
she could be punished.-The Creeks have de-
cided not to sell Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
at any price. On Tuesday of last week tho
| matter was taken up by the Creek Council. The
| bill quietly passed the House of Kings, but
| when it came to the House of Warriors it hung
| fire. A vote was finally taken, which stood az
| to sell and ~ to hold, when the Speaker, Tom
Adams, cast the deciding ballot in favor of re-
| tanning. Consequently the boomers will have
to stay out.-Mary Glaufert, so years old and
40 inches in hight. was found dead in bed in
Newtown, Long Island, last week. She was
one of Barnums earliest curiosties.--Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher had valuable watch
ing, of last week, while entering an elevated
railroad train-Tom Lat and All Quong,
Cinnamon, have sued the Omaha Bee for $1,000
damages in the publication of the suspicion
that leprosy existed in their laundry at Omaha,
Neb.-John Mccullough, the famous TRACE
dian died at his residence in Philadelphia on
Sunday last-The indianapolis Journal says
that the year 1885 has been very fatal
one to locomotive engineers Last month
nine were killed in accidents, and November
starts in still more fatally, two having been
killed in accidents Sunday. 1t is stated
that there has been a much larger number
of assessments upon the membership of the
Locomotive Engineers Insurance Association
OF the Brotherhood than in the first 10 months
of any former year.-Capts JOS. M. Schooley
and John w. Emery, commanding respectively
the first and second divisions of the Philadelphia
police force, were discharged by Mayor Smith
on Friday of last week on information that
gambling was being carried on in the districts
of the Captains. Detective Alex. Grey was
also discharged because he did not report the
opening of the gambling houses.-One of the
wells recently drilled at Findlay, O., for natu-
raj gas was "torpedoed ", and a stream Of oil
shot so feet into the air. The well is now flow
ing at the rate of 800 barrels per day. and to a
hight of 40 feet.-John Troutman, indicted
several weeks ago for allowing pool and bill
lizards to be played for drinks in a room at the
Mansion House, Long Branch, of which he had
charge, was sent to Jail on the 9th, being unable
to pay fine of $500 and costs.-Mrs. VIM
Stuart, of indianapolis on the 9th regalned /
consciousness after her body had been partly |
prepared for burial, and she is likely to be re-
stored to heath.-A few days ago the Biz |
mingham (Ala.) City Council passed very |
strict Sunday law, prohibiting all sorts of bust
ness and traffic except the sale of medicines |
Included in the prohibition is the business of
dealing in news. The Daily Age was the only |
concern that did not obey the law, and went
on Sunday morning last selling papers as usual. |
Charles Nj. Hayes, business manager. was ar |
rested and gave bond. The Age Publishing |
Company will fight the law, making test case |
of 1.-THE yacht Loiterer was lost Oct. 16 |
off the japanese coast, near Simoda. The Loi- |
terer was owned by DIR. Weld, of Boston, who, |
accompanied by DR.. Elliott and Mr. Charles |
Langfeld, was on a cruise All the persons |
aboard the yacht were saved, but valuable |
collection of curioSities was loSt.-Dr. Charles |
Reilly, of Detroit, treasurer of the Irish Parlia
mentary fund, reports S6,113 as having been |
received during the past week. The amount |
now in DR.. Reilly's hands is 81 ,34S Two thou
sand pounds sterling have been transmitted to |
Mr.. Parnell.-The Methodist Episcopal Mis-
siOnary Society has appropriated $1,000 for
Missionary work in North India.-John A.
Welles, son of the late Gideon Weles, Secretary
of the Navy during President Lincoln's Adj
ministraton, died at Hartford, Conn, on the |
Sth, of typhoid fever, at the age of 36. He !
has been several years teller of the State Bank. |
A New Trick of Swindlers.
A few days since wealthy lady was driving |
in Milton, Mass, in her carriage, when her
coachman discovered a tramp by the roadside
apparently in state of great exhaustion, with
his lips fecked with bloody froth. The kind
hearted lady at once descended from her car
riage and offered any assistance in her power to
the man. He stated that he was on his way to
see his wife and children that he was a con-
sumptive, and was then suffering from hem
orrhage. The lady offered him medical treat
ment and shelter, but he refused, saying he
must get on to see his family before he died.
She then gave him money to help him on his
way and left him. A day or two afterwards,
while conyersing with friends, she was inform
ed that they had on different occasions met the
same man, apparently suffering the same way
she had described TO them, and that they had
assisted him with money, ETC. The "hemor-
rhage trick" it appears, is the latest scheme of
swndling that has been devised. The plan of
the swindler is to get out upon the road and
when carriage which denotes it's occupants
to be persons of wealth approaches, he throws
himself down on the roadside and bursts little
sack containing red fluid in his mouth, and
then twists and squirms about as if in great
agony.