The true northerner., 1886-07-22
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record of the Week.
EASTERN.

Rear Admiral Worden died at his
residence at Newport, Il l., last week. He
had been in feeble health for long time. He
was appointed Fleet Captain Of the East Gulf
squadron in 1864 In 1866 he was commits
stoned Captain, in 1871 Commodore, and in
1874 Rear Admiral, when he was placed in
command of the South Pacific Station. His
record through the war was an honorable one.
His long and useful public service came to an
end in 1877, when he was retired from active
work Since then he has spent most of his
time in Newport in comparative quiet
Avarian Cruch and wife, aged so
each, both committed suicide in New York
City by shooting themselves through the head.
All gambling houses and question
able resorts at Long Branch will be broken up
by the police.
1t is probable that within six months
work will be commenced in Broadway, New
York, on the Arcade Railway. To complete it
to Central Park will require at least two years.
An Albany dispatch states that Sec
retary Manning's friends are surprised at his
vigor and keen interest in public affairs since
his return home.
A man giving the name of James
Hull was arrested at Philadelphia while at
tempting TO pawn some articles of undercloth-
ing He proves to be James j. Mason who is
wanted in New Orleans 10 answer the charge of
embezzling over $50, COO. and he will be held
for extradition.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has finally obtained an entrance into
New York City.
Edward c.. Y. Judson, better known
as "Ned Buntline," died of heart disease at
Stamford, New York, last week, aged ca. He
was born in Philadelphia. His father, who
was lawyer tried TO make a lawyer of the
son, but at IL years Of age he ran
away after receiving logging and shipped
as cabin-boy in a vessel that sailed
around the Horn The next year he
entered the navy as an apprentice on
board man-of-war, and a year later, when l3
years old, was commissioned midshipman by
President Van Buren for meritorious conduct
in resculng the crew of boat run down 10y a
Fulton ferryboat on East River Young Jud-
son was assigned to the Levant Other mid
shpmen refused TO mess with him because he
had been common sailor before the mast and
Will g on the way 10 join the gulf squadron
he fought four of them one after another,
in Florida, New Orleans, and Havana, es-
Gaping without scratch himself, but marking
four of his antagonists for life. From that
time on he had the reputation of being one Of
the best shots in the United States. During
the rebellion he served as a chief of scouts,
and has since then borne the title Of Colonel
Judson was widely known as a writer of wild
tales of adventure. His first story, "The
Captains Pig" was published in the Knicker-
booker Magazine under the pseudonym Of
"Ned Buntline" in 1888, when lie was in his
18th year. This sketch brought notori-
ETY. to the young writer and fighter, who sub
sequently received as high as s60,000 year
for the product of his brain and pen. For
many years his annual income from story
writing was 10000. He once earned 200
in six weeks, and at another time, under pres
sure, wrote n book Of 6l0 pages in sixty-two
hours, scarcely sleeping or eating during that
time. He did not know exactly how many
stories he had written but estimated them at
between 800 and 400, each long enough for
book