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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

A philsdelphia special says: The
hearing of John Muller, crippled
tailor, who was arrested yesterday
charged with fraudulently obtaining q
registered letter containing sl7O, took
place to-day before United States Com
missioner Bell. Inspector Barrett said
that on November 23d registered letter
containing CLIO, which bad been sent
by Henry Muller, Of Bremerhayen,
Germany, to John Muller, Of Lexing-
ton avenue. Brooklyn, was delivered
through an error Of postal clerk
to the defendant, who resided on
Livingston street, and was receipt
ed for by him. The defendant
said that by an unfortunate COIN
cidence he had a brother named Henry
somewhere in Germany, and supposing
that be had forwarded the funds. the
accused tore up the letter and at once
purchased clothing for the children,
paid off debts. &c. When he learned
from his father in Germany a month
later that "it was all mistake" and
that he had taken some other mans
money, he became almost frantic and
left Brooklyn and came to Philadelphia
where he found work. His wife, be-
lieving herself deserted, sold the house
hold furniture. &C., but on discovering
her husbands whereabouts came to this
city. After hearing all the testimony
the commissioner discharged the priso-
ner and he was released from custody.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
PEAWAEENED MEMORY.
4 S,rauge Ease IN Which student Lost and
Eeraiucd Hts knowledge.
philadelphia Call

Philadelphia Call
Two years ago young man living
in a Vermont village, having finished
his academical education, was ready to
enter college; but Just before the day
appointed for his examination he was
taken i'll. After several weeks OF suf-
fering be slowly recovered his health,
but discovered that his mind had lost
the knowledge acquired by six
years Of hard study. Latin, Greek,
and mathematics all were gone,
and his mind was blank in re-
spect to his preparatory studies. His
doctor prescribed that he should rest
his mind and familiarize himself with
few simple details of light work. lie
obeyed the advice, and found in his old
habit of doing things carefully the
school. master that brought back his old
knowledge. Before his illness the young
man, in order to earn little money,
had taken care Of the village church,
sweeping it out, cleaning the lamps, and
doing ali the work of sexton. lie
now resumed this work, and by the
ply sician's advice tried to keep his
mind from pulling itself about It's loss
ID memory. Several weeks went by
without bringing any change in his NEIL
tai condition.
OpSunday evening stanger entered
the church, and as the sermon was
dull one, gazed carelessly around until
his attention was attracted by the lamps
on the wall. He noticed that all the
wicks were so carefully trimmed that
there was not an irregular flame to be
seen. lie wondered as to who could
be the careful sexton, and, happening
to be in the place the following Sunday,
he again noticed the same uniform
trimming Of the wicks.
Passing the church the next day and
seeing the door open, he walked quietly
in and saw the sexton sweeping out the
central isle. Looking closely at the
young man, the stranger said " DO
YOU do all the work about the church b"
Yes, SIR"
DE you trim the lamps: -
Yes, sir"
why do you trim them in such a
peculiar way"
81 don't know what you mean."
" Why, the flames are all alike"
{" Oh. but they ought TO be. You
would not have them uneven, would
you?"
No" answered the stranger, with
a smile but it speaks well for your
carefulness. Why, should think one
Of the flames would fit all the others
exactly if it were SuperlmpoSed on
them
"SuperimpOsed? Isn't that word
used in geometry
Certainly. If polygons, having
equal sides and angles --"
Before the stranger could finish his
sentence the student threw down his
broom, rushed frantically out of the
church, ran across the street and into
his house, where he astonished his
mother by exclalmiDg, in tones OF tri'
umph
Mother, know that the square Of
the hypothenuse Of a right-angle tri'
angle is equal to the sum of the square:
of the other two sides . y
In a moment his school knowledge
had come back to him, flashed into hi:
mind by the mention of the superim
pOsed figures.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
New Mode of Robbery.

A Cincinnati special says: S. Z.
Chamberlain. a livestock breeder who
lives near Toledo, arrived in Cincinnati
Tuesday night and ordered the driver of
a coach to take him to hotel. The
next morning he was found by two citl-
zens dumped in low place in Mill
Creek valley unconscious, his clothing
covered with mud and his pockets turned
wrong-side out. lie says when he got
into the carriage it was closed very
tight, and suddenly he heard sound Of
air escaping from tube and felt stu
por and tried to raise an alarm, but was
unable to do so. Then he lost all con-
seriousness. He was robbed of gold
watch, a gold ring, sl20 cash, and a
eripsack. His theory is that the driver
injected supplying gas into the carriage
from a bag.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
RebeiIlous Prisoner, Tired Upon.

LOUISVILLE, January Iy.-At
o'clock this evening so prisoners con-
fined in Jail here refused to go to their
cells for the night. They were threat
ened at the point of guns, but would
not 60, saying that they were afraid a
mob would come at night and take out
Melvin Butler, the supposed murderer
Of Mccoy, the gambler. Jailer Rabel
and Turnkey Jacob Graef fRally fired
into the prisoners. Daniel Rice, a
counterfeiter, received two buckshot,
and skinny" Smith one shot in the
head. The wounds are not fatal. The
prisoners at once scampered to their
cells.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
Pretty wifo Sold Cheap.

A Great harrington (Mass.) special
says: The people cf South Egremont
are threatening to tar and feather Rich.
ard winchell, who has disposed OF his
wife at private sale. The Winchell
family, which is descended from the
vanguilder tribe Of Indians, now near
" extinct, consists Of three brothers.
One of them is now serving a seven
years sentence in the State prison for
manslaughter. William and Richard,
the two others, have borne hard repu-
tation.
Richard had q pretty wife, who had
not much strength Of character. vii.
liam has long admired her, and yester'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
a Teu-rkIiliOu Gail.

WASHINGTON, January 29.-The
Secretary of the Treasury this after
noon issued another call for ten mil
lion dollars Of bonds for redemption.
The call natures March lst. The fol-
lowing is a description Of the bonds ::
Three per cent. boLds issued under
act OF Congress approved July II,
1882, and numbered as follows: Fifty
dollars, original number 29S; sl00. ORR
giDal number 2l49 TO original number
2l65. both inclusive $500, original
number 1868 to original number 1915,
both inclusive; $1,000, original num-
Der 9lS9 to original number 97S6,
both inclusive; $4,000, original num-
Der l6449 TO original number 400,
both inclusive. Total, sl0,0O0,000.
The bonds described above are either
bonds Of the " Original" issue, which
have but one serial number on each end,
or substitute bonds, which may be
distinguished by double set ofnumbers,
which are marked plainly "original
numbers " and substitute numbers. "
All Of the bonds OF this loan will be
called by their original numbers only.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

day hs asked his brother what he would
sell her for. Richard told him hs could
have her for three dollars. The offer
was accepted, and receipt was given
for the money. William then hired Q
sleigh, and, driving to his brothers
house, took his purchased bride TO the
station, where the pair took the cars
for Albany.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
Arnold Forster Creates IA Sensation.

LONDON, January 29.-The latest
number of the Nineteenth Century con-
tains an article by Arnold Forster which
has created a sensation here. The
writer recalls that lrishmen were at
the bottom of the Molly Mcguire con-
spiracy in Pennsylvania; that Irish
men plotted against officials and Chi
nese in San Francisco that the Tam
many ring was largely supported by
Irish citizens, and that the Boston po-
lice were tempered with by Irish poll.
ticians of that city. The history of
the world shows, be says, that the Irish
engage in conspiracies wherever they
may be, and he advises that the Eng
lish Government exercise firmness in
its treatment Of Ireland or otherwise a
reconquest Of that country will be ne
ceSsary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

lHochestsr democrat and chronisie.I
swell, We are pennilsss, or mighty
near it," he said, a. he reached home
and threw the evening paper TO his
wife.
wh-whst Is it?"
The Mechanics Bank has busted,
and We had $4,000 on deposit there"
"But, Richard" she said, after
glsncipg At the article. ''the president
says that he hopes TO be able to pay
all depositors in full"
"And didn's say the same thing
to my creditors when failed in the
grocery business, and did single one
Of them receive FIVE cents on the dol
larg" he howled.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
Engine-siouse Burned.

SHENANDOAH, VA, January o.
The engine-house at the head OF
Mahanoy plane, over which coal from
that district is taken, took fire early
this morning and was totally destroyed.
The massive engines and machinery ara
total wreck. Several weeks will b,
required to repair the damsge. Tn,
loss to the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company will amount t,
$4,000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
bismarck and spirit Monopoly

BERLIN, January 29.-ln the Prus-
sian Landtag to-day, during discus
sion on the spirit.monopoly bill, Bis
marck declared that if the spirit mo-
nopoly was refused the Government
would be forced to impose an enormous
license upon dealers. Referring to his
remarks relative to the ReischStsg
in the Landtag yesterday in the dis
cussion on the subject of the expul-
sion of the Poles, he declared that the
Government did not intend dissolu.
ton Of the Reischstag nor any other
conn de etdt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
A shower Of Dust.

An Austin Texas special says: A
singular phenomenon occurred here yes
terday afternoon. Toward 4 o'clock
from out Of a clear sky, shower OF
very fine dust began falling. There
was no wind at the time. The shower
increased toward nightfall and con-
tinued through half the night. The
dust had a peculiar effect on the lungs
ard throat, causing irritation and hoarse-
ness in some instances. A similar phe.
nomenon was witnessed here eight years
400
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
The Fish Caughtthe Nan.

Peter Denny, Of Danbury, went fish
ing through the ice last Thursday.
One Of the holes through which he had
set a line was very large, and when he
noticed that the line at the hole had a
fish he made a rush, slipped, and slid
into the hole. lie went down up to his
armpits, and it was so close fit that
he could not lift himself out. 1t was
half an hour before others fished him
out, and then it took two hours for him
to recover so that be could walk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
Easy Marketing.

Servant Ito head Of the house, !:
THE butcher-boy, sor, is at the door
wild the bill. What shall | tell him,
sor?"
Head Of the house "Tell him to
send ten-pound sirloin roast for din
ner.n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
ECZEAfA
II AND EVERY SPECIES or ITCHING
AND BURNING DISEASES CUBED
ny cCTttJRA

ECZEMA
II AND EVERY SPECIES or ITCHING
AND BURNING DISEASES CUBED
BY CUTlCuRA.
ECZEMA, or Salt Rheum. with Is agoniz-
ing itching and burn ing. Instantly relieved
by warm bath with CCricrRA soar, and
a single application ~ CUrfcCRA, the great
skIn.Cure' This repeated daily. with two
or three doses OF CCTTcrRA REsoLvsSr, the
New Hood Purifier. to keep the blood cool.
the pespiration pure and unlrntatlny, the
bowels open, the liver ana Sldpeysa..Se'
will speedily cure Eczema. letter. kipg-
worm, Psoriasis, Lichen, Prurltus. Scsld-
Head Dandrun aud every species OF ten
Ing. scaly, and I1mply Humors OF the s.eip
and skin. when the best physicians and al
known remedies fail.
WILL MCDONALD, 25t2 Dearborn street,
Chicago, gratefully Acknowledges a cure OF
Eczema. or Salt Kheum, on head, neck.
face. arms, and legs for seventeen years. DOT
able TO walk except on handS aud knees ior
one year; not able TO help hlmself for eight
Years; tried hundreds OF remedies; doctors
pronounced his case hopeless; permanently
cured by CUTICURA RESoLVENr toiood.
purlfier) internally. and CUrICURA and
CUTIcuRA soar the great skin-euresl ex'
ternaly.
CnARLEs HoUCHToN, EsQ., lawyer. %
State street, Boston. reports case OF Eezo-
ma under his observation for tea years:
which covered the patients body ard
limbs, and TO which all known methods ~
treatment had been applied without bep.-
at. which was completely cured spiely Dy
the CUTICuRA REMEDIES, leaving a clean
and healthy skin.
Mr. JoHS TmFL Wilkesbarre. Pa,
writes: IL have suffered nom salt hneum
for over eight years at times 40 bad That
could not attend Ia my business for weeks
at time. Three boxes of CUrfCuBA AMI
four bottles OF RFsoLNENr have entirely
cured me OF this dreadful disease
PHYSICIANS Prescribe fHEM,-l have
nothing but the highest praise for me re-
suits obtained from your CUTiCCRA RENE
DIES. ofwhich have sold more than ~ al
Others OF the kind.
MOSRo BOND. N. D.,
$500 north Broad street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sold by all druggists. Price: CuricuRt.
soc. REsoLvEST, s.; SOAR. 25c. Prepared
by the POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL
COMPANY, Boston, Mass. Send for Pamph-
let.
using the CUrICURA soar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
DLAIR'S CIILORAL THYM0L

DENNYR0YAL CHI.
l. CHESTER'S ENGLISH 1.-THE original
and only genuine. Safe and reliable. Be-
ware OF worthless limitations. indispenss-
bic to ladies'. ASK your druggist for CHI.
CHESTERS ENGLISH" and take no
other, or inclose four cents (stamps) TO az
for particulars In letter by return mail.
Name paper. CHlCH ESTER CHEMICAL
CO., 23l3 Madison Square, Philadelphia
Pa. At druggists. Trade supplied oy
Thornbury q Ramos. 10 1854 .SudruIy
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

nEAFNESS-ITS CAUSES AND
~ CURE, by one who was deaf twenty.
eight years. Treated by most OF the noted
specialists Of the day, with no bel efit. Cured
hundreds Of others by same process. 4
plain. simple. and successful home treat.
ment. Address T. s. PAGE. l25 east TweB.
ty-sixth street, New York city.
Ol.Su, W&Sal2w
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31
DnUas, MEDICINES. a,

Why not arrest your COUGH or COLD
before 1t has developed into consumption
BY using PURCELL, LADDS co. y EMui.-
SION OF COD.LIVER OIL this can DO
done. Price. 80 cents and 81 per bottle.
For sale b. all druggists. Take no su0sti-
tute. ala
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

UtINNS TIONHH" "''"O" "SNH"N"
liza 2sd&wtno2il
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

Essay ON Blood and skin Diseases mall
nee. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY.
Nacas. IA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

would thereafter have little to do with
stocks, but as a serpent is said to charm
its victim, so Wall-street speculation
draws men to it in spite Of themselves.
Baron Woerishofier, however, is not
its victim. He is sharp. lie is
nearly always on the right side
lie will speculate at all hazards.
Gaming Of all kinds has charm for
him, whether it be with cards. or rou-
lette, or stocks. lie is a skilful poker
PLAYER and also very fond Of faro. lie
is one of the luckieSt men that ever
stood the hazard Of the die. Being
worth some sl0,000,000, he does not
play games Of pure chance for money.
lie is excessively nervous aud is kept
up by excitement. In the summer he
lives at Long Branch. He goes down
there by the 4 o'clock boat every
afternoon and comes up regularly
in the morning. The Long Branch
Club House" was the scene OF
ore Of his greatest exploits at
faro. II is handsome cottage, mag
nifioently furnished ia every particular.
In luxuIiousness it is a tit resort for
princes. Plenty Of foolish young limbs
Of Wall street try their luck there.
Baron Woerisbofier was playing faro
there one evening. He had extraordi-
nary luck. After time one of the at
tendants began to put out the lights.
Mr.. Woerishoifer was so engrossed in
the game that for few minutes he did
not notice what was being done. When
he did he was startled. His face
blanched as he hurriedly asked:
"what are you doiug?"
alt means, Mr.. Woerishofier,' sad
the banker" trying to look noncha-
tont. Z" that you have won $50, 900 and
broken the bank"
"0b," said the financier, with look
Of relief, lis that all that is the mat
tsrs Here, I'll make you present Of
my check for 100000, and you let the
game 80 on. ] don't want your money.
All want is th1 fun"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-04-15
A DISASTROUS FIRR.

Eighty Houses in Lacrosse, Wis.
Succumb to the Flames.
One of the most disastrous condagrations
that ever visited Wisconsin broke out the
other morning in John PauIs mill at La
crosse and swept southwark, destroying the
mill and several million feet of lumber be-
longing to Mr. Paul Thence it swept to Tile
yards and mill of G. L. Colman, destroying
everything to the river and for
two blocks to the southwark The
flames leaped rapidly from one pile to
another despite the exertions of the entire
fire department The wind was blowing
fresh from the north and the flames moved
steadily southwest. All efforts to stop them at
Colman's mill proved futile. The immense
structure was soon mass Of fire The plan
ing mill adjoining was also caught. Tho
workmen and the fire department then turned
their attention toward Cass street, where a
force of men were set to work to tear down
the lumber piles, that the flames might be
stopped there. All hope of saving the i'm
mediate property was abandoned. "a train
of eight cars belonging to the Milwaukee and
st. Paul road was consumed.
At o'clock it was evident that the large
factory of Segelke, Kohlurs g. Co. was
doomed. The blaze broke out In the store
house Of the sash factory in Second street,
causing flame of fire one block in length
The fire was completely under control be-
fore 3 O'Clock. The departments from Wi
mona, Mimi, and Sparta, rendered excellent
aid. A careful estimate of the loss places it
at 81 ,000, 900, of which, as individual heavy
losers, q. L. Colman is greatest, his loss
being 100000, with no insurance John
PauTs loss, mill and s, 200, 600 feet Of lumber,
is estimated at $150,000, insured for $50, 600
The fire laid waste ten blocks, which included
two of the largest lumber-yards in Wiscon-
sin and some eighty small houses Fully
1,000, men are thrown out Of employment and
400 persons rendered homeless
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-04-15
Products Of the Desert.

In the land Of the Apaches all nature
seems to have become spinescent.
Mesquites and wild rose-bushes, with an
underground of brambles, cover whole
hillsides. Cactus thickets make the
ravines almost impossible. Mosquitoes
and cactus appear to have marvellous
adoption for drawing moisture from the
arid soil; but the chief secret Of their
survival is perhaps their armature Of
thorns, enabling them to maintain a
much-disputed claim to existence. Near
Cerritos, in the ella valley, plantation
of eighteen thousand young chestnut
trees were destroyed by gnawing and
browsing ''vermin'' in single year.
Cabbage there could be raised only in a
rat proof hot-house, but the mala muger,
a vegetable porcupine without any visi-
bic leaves, can freely expose itself on the
open prairie. The animal concomitantsa are
equally safe. TarantuIas, centipedes,
and steel blue hornets multiply undis-
turbed. Rattlesnakes thrive like
wrigglers in q mill-pond. Coyotes Git
orally sand-dog0 survive where DR.,
Tanner would perish. Nay, like their
congeners, the jackal and the hyena,
they seem naturally to gravitate toward
the barrenest regions Of the habitable
earth, to regions apparently unable to
promise them either shelter or food
Fszir s. Ossoald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-04-15

causes Of their destruction legitimate
sportsmen and bird collectors for muse
ums are of no particular account com
pared with the demands Of the fashiona-
BILE milliner and dressmaker, which are a
hundred fold greater than all others. It
is true that State laws are supposed to
prohibit this shameful and indiscrimi-
nate slaughter Of birds, but their pro-
visions are violated with impunity by
men who, under the cloak Of a taxider-
mist's permit, become legalized agents
for city millinery establishments, and do
not hesitate to shoot birds in all places
and seasons. Of course this wanton
abuse Of lawful privilege is not prac-
ticed by all alleged scientific collectors,
but enough of them are violating their
permits to work great destruction among
the birds.
s'There is another serious evil. It is
the egg collector. In many localities on
the Atlantic coast the inhabitants make
a business of robbing nests. The value
Of birds eggs for food is trivial beside
the value Of birds to farmers in destroy
ing worms and insects. In many places
there are great colonies of sea birds.
There the natives collect their eggs by
boat load and sell them in their villages
by the barrel This is done on Cape
Cod, Long Island, in New Jersey, Flor
ida, Texas and other States on the coast.
-Neao York Herald.