News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
THE MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
STRANGE AND CURIOUS EVENTS THAT
TAKE PLACE DAILY.
of Speech-A Case of Utter AIisery-An
Earthquake Incident-A noted Burglar,
ETC., Etc.

| BarthauaAe Ahcident-A noted burglar
| ETC., Etc.
A STRANGE incident of the earthquake
shock is the recovery of the power OF
speech by Miss Mamie Martus, daughter
| of retired officer of the REGULAR
army living in Savannah. At the close
of the war her father was put in charge
of Forts Pulaski ard jackson, below
the city. While at the former fort the
daughter, then a bright intelligent
child, had an attack of menin gitis
which left her voiceless. The best
medical skill was obtained and the
| father took his afflicted child travelling
but nothing did her any good. She
was dumb but had all the other senses.
During the excitement of the first earth
| quake shock last Tuesday night she in
her fright attempted to call her brother.
He was frightened himself when he
heard her whisper his name. Since then
she has gradually regained her voice
and now talks with perfect fiuency.
She says she was almost delirious with
Joy when she found that she could
speak. Her voice was low and her
throat sore for thee days and she had
trouble in finding words to express her
thoughts. 1t was much like learning a
new tongue, except that she knew the
words, but had forgotten how to pro-
nounce them.
GEORGE LESLIE, alias George Howard
was an educated bank robber, who had
an extraordinary career. Born in New
York State, he received a classical edu-
cation in the west. He went into bust
ness in Milwaukee and San Francisco,
but, not relishing it, joined several &C
comDlished burglars and eXcelled them
in shrewdness, GOODNESS and enterprise.
He took part in robbing the Beneficial
Savings Fund, Philadelphia, of 81, 900, :
900, and afterward cut prominent fig
ure as gentleman of scholarly tastes
and independent means. He spoke
several languages, and his address was
inslnuating and wholly deceptive. He
married fine woman of position, who
was Mortified when she learned the true
character of her husband. He was sus-
pected of killing two cashiers, and of
various big robberies, which he cOnduc-
ted so aGrOitly as to avoid punishment.
He was found dead not long ago with a
pistol by his side and bullet through
his head. The evident intent was to
give the impression that he had com
mitted suicide but there is little doubt
that he had been killed by some of his
companions in crime from jealousy. He
was a great favorite with women of a
certain sort, and made the most of his
favoritism.
WILLIAM A. ATKINS, of Province
town, Cape Cod, had under his ann in
New York little cigar box. The vel
low, unpleasant-looking and unpleasant
smelling stuff in the box was ambergris
of the best quality, and it is worth more
per ounce than gold. 1t is found only
in the intestlnes of diseased whale,
and is used in the manufacture of fine
cOlOgnes But one vessel this summer
has reported a find of this sort, and that
is the schooner Antarctic of Province
town, commanded by Captain George
S. johnson. A whale that she killed in
SAM Bay, West Indies. last April,
yielded thirty pounds of ambergris,
and it has just arrived home. 1t is worth
nearly SO, OOO and is of more value than
all the oil the vessel has on board. Mr..
AbhIIS, WIZ 10 IDC ONlCl vi IllS AIlbolI-
tic and is at the head of the whaling
industry of Cape Cod, had a sample of it
in his cigar box. AS no other amber
girls is likely to be brought home this
year he has corner on the market.
WHILE the earthquake was gong on
says a Charleston lady what seemed to
me more terrible than the yells of the
negroes and the cries of the children
were the sounds that the animals made.
The dogs broke into hOwls, the horses
screamed like human beings and even
the fowls made the most uncarthly
noises. Jets of water came from the
earth so hot that it burnt orr foot With
the steam as we ran by, and the air was
sitting with the smell of sulphur. Don't
think [ am unsettled in my mind. | am
truthfully telling you of sights and
sounds that must haunt me for ever.
In the midst of it all | could not pray,
and many other people told me the
same thing. have faced death at sea
and in illness, but l have never felt as l
did then; it seemed so hopeless. This
was utter misery.
A YOUNG couple were strolling through
a cemetery, in Portland, Me-, when
the Wondering woodwork over a large
tomb gave way, and they fell sixteen
feet downward among the dead. The
tomb had not been opened for many
years and was filled with bodies. The
unfortunate couple were alone in the
cemetery and could do nothing except
to try to make themselves heard, and at
last Mr.. James Mcdonald went to their
assistance and found them wedged in
between coffins. Had the accident oc-
CURED a little later they might have
remained for hours in this terrible place
of confinement, as very few persons visit
that part of the grounds. Both were
badly injured, and the young lady re-
ceived what 1t is feared may prove to be
a great mental as we'll as physical
shock
TWENTY-FIVE years ago Patrick Dris-
coll, just arrived from Ireland, found
pocketbook containing over $3.50 in Sa-
lem,r N. J. He told his employer, who
advised him to keep it until the owner
appeared. The other day Charles w.
Dunn happened to speak in the presence
of MIR. DriscOll, now a prosperous mer
chant aboI his brother, Samuel Dunn,
now dead, losing pocket book years
before. Mr.. Driscoll at once took a
book from his pocket and handed it to
Mr.. Dunn, who identified it as the one
his brother had lost. He was asked to
count the money. There was just
$151.7S. Mr. Dunn tried to get Mr.
DriscOll to keep the money, but he re-
fused. He said it was a load off his
mind to get rid of that $151.7S.
In BAVARIA the people, who are the
most industrious in the world, find
themselves at the end of each year as
poor as when 1t began, and all owing
to the fact that their labor is not intel
lectually directed or applied. They dig
the ground with the spade to sow the
wheat, an when it ripens they cut it
with the sickle, and the men and wom-
en- for the women are as industrious
there as the men carry the sheafs I o
the village, where it is thrashed out
with the fail. These people export not
a gram, and aptly illustrate the great
loss arising from the waste of labor by
its not being intellectually directed and
applied.
Gaze WATTS, lived in the country
near Gudsden, Alabama, in a cabin |
with his three children, the eldest ten
years of a! c. Recently he expressed
wish to get rid of them, and few nights |
since, just before day, he knocked all
of them in the head with a stick, piled |
bedding on the floor, set fire to the |
house, fastened it and left. The fire
was discovered, but when taken out the
eldest child was dead and the other two
barely alive. Gabe has been arrested. |
He confessed, and said he did it because