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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25
She Escaped Her Nurses.

Mrs Ericsson of Grapevine point, Fair Haven, was buried yesterday. She was seriously ill of typhoid fever and was very delirious on Wednesday evening. She es- capped the vigilance of her nurses and wan dered into the marshes where she died from exposure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25
BROWNS DENTAL ROOMS,

IA East Main Street, Waterbury, Conn.
 Teeth made. Teeth filled. Teeth repaired. Teeth pivoted. Teeth cleaned. Teeth regulated. Teeth treated Teeth extracted
 Teeth extracted with gas. sE- All operations on the Natural Teeth done in the best manner, and the lowest prices fer the best work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25

For a full line of peaches and fruits go tc w. N. Ladd's
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25
PigOtt in the Van,

The towns of North Haven, Cheshire and Guilford last night elected solid Pigott delegates to the congressional convention
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25

We need a few more names Cor on No 3 $50.00 Watch Club.
 D. c. Calender & Go.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25
FOR SALE

Just look at that place in which Louis M. Meyer lives at 13O North Main street, it will be sold cheap, because he wishes to build large house and improve his land on Watervie Ave. You. who want an extra fine Residence with all the modern improvements, which the inventive ge- nius of the age could suggest-comfort and re- finement-may call at my office at once and get bargain before the auctioneer's hammer comes down. have places on the following streets. which will be sold cheap: Kingsbury, Coe, North Main, Farm, Walnut, Ayers, Railroad Hill, Brook, Main, East Main, John, North Vine Willow, Spring, South Wilson, Grand, Liberty, Burton, Clark, Nj agara, Hill, Franklin, Leonard, Wilson, simon Clark, Prospect, Hillside Ave, Wilson Place High land Aye, Rafferty Place, Middlebury Road, Park of the town, also Farms large and small, good and bad, with stock and without, also a few small places outside of the city, will be sold very
 cheap. Stores and Houses to rent at
 TIERNEY'S Real Estate Office 129 BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25
OPENING FALL STYLE HATS

We've just received our Full Line of FALL STYLE HATS, and are ready to show our Customers as complete as sortment as can be found in the State MILLER, DUNDAP and YOUMAN Blocks, and other popular shapes at the Lowest Market Prices
 We are Agents for the MILLER HATS, the most popular Hat ill New York city to-day, and so conceded by men of good judgment. Come in and look them over, even if you are not ready to buy. Respectfully,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
She Has a Genuine One,
Which Haunts Her Pa
cific Farm.
Shpieks and Groans in the
Old Farm House That Cur
die the Blood.
"A Story of Counterfeiters and
the Love Of a Mad
Woman.
A Chilly Day When the Lang
try Cannot Secure a SEN
satiOn.

Chicago Herald.
Lily Langtry's Lake county ranch is
haunted. At least such is the report
that comes from that section. and it is
fact that laboIers travelling through the
valley looking for work give the Lang
try ranch wide berth.
The ranch lies among the foothills of
the coast range about eighty miles
northeast of San Francisco, and is one
of the oldest pieces of settled property
in the neighborhood. The house, like
all California ranch houses, covers
great deal of ground, and, not hav-
ing been strongly built origi-
nally, it shows signs of decay.
The kitchen built to the rear of the
house, is hardly more than a ruin, and
in many places in the walls one can
push his hand through. Ii is glare of
white paint and whitewash, and is not
an unattractive looking picture, since it
is embowered in thrifty rose vines, ma
deira and honeysucllle.
The Lily signifies her intention of
tearing this trap of house down soon,
and erecting on the site a substantial
building of modern architecture. The
house has stood empty for several
months, and the family who occupied it
last tell blood-curdliDg stories of shrieks
and groans and ghostly shapes heard
and seen there at midnight hours.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
A French Paul PRIV,

Curiosity is not one of the weaknesses
ordinarily found in great men. says a
writer in the Gentlemen'S Magazine for
August, but NJ. de la Condamine if we
may include him among great mem was
a complete Paul Pry. Like our own
George Selwyn, his curiosity extended
to the last moment of the condemned,
and as Selwyn never missed an eeXcu-
ton at Tyburn, so Condamine never
missed one in the Place de la Greve.
He was present at the death of
DamienS, the would-be murderer of Louis
XIV, and made his way upon the plat
form where the criminal was bound to
the wheel. and none but the execution
ers were allowed to stand. The guards
being on the point of removing him, the
chief eXecutioner. Monsieur of Paris. as
he was called, exclaimed: Leave the
gentleman alone; he is an amateur"
When he went on visit to any of his
friends. he employed his time in hand
ling everything in their apartments and
overhauling all their desks, drawers
and wardrobes. While at Chanteloup.
on visit to the Duke of Choiseul, he
chanced to be in his study when the
minister's letters and dispatches ar
rived.
The duke, returning after a minute
or twO'S absence. found NJ. de la Con-
damine seated calmly at his table OPEN
ing all the correspondence from the
different embassies, "What, monsieur! y
said the duke, ''opening my private let
ter?" ''Oh. don't hurry yourself" re-
joined the academician, Il am looking
If there is any news from Paris"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

ing the other man breaking open the
box and tried again to look at him, but
he saw me and said: D you, if you
look at me again 1 will blow hole
through you.'
1.-The box was broken open and bar
worth $3.50 taken out. Then the mail
sack was cut open and one registered
letter was taken out. The mail sack
was tough, and one of them said:
Boys, have either of you sharp
knife% But finally he used his own
knife. This done, the man near
me asked me if l had any money.
only few dollars in CHANGE was my
reply. He put his hand into my pocket,
and took out what money l had. The
other man said: Don't take anything
from the driver;;' but he answered:
This is what we are after and held
fast to the money. What money Mr..
Plum had was also taken. They started
to take my watch, but said: 1T is only
worth few dollars to you, and was
given to me by an old friend;' so they
let me retain the watch.
Now climb up, and get out of here
as quick as you cam were the next
words. [ said: Let us take the mail
and express So they had Plum pick
up the matter, put it into the box and
L
was up ON the seat. Just as we were
starting one of them cried: Give our
regards to Thacker and Jim Humep !
''Three weeks after
THE ROBBERY
the man who stopped us was captured.
The other has never been found. The
first was George Henderson. He had
only been out of state prison short
time for the chine of rape, committed at
Red Bluff. For the robbery he was
tried and sentenced for fifty years."
''On the 25th of June, 1864" said
Charles Wycotf, ''the Quincy stage was
coming toward Oroville. was driving.
had two passengers, 0. W. Cherry and
A. +. Linden, and was carrying Whit
ing " Co.'s treasure box, containing
Sl,S00 in gold dust and about 500 i'll
coin. While in the Narrow Canon two
men suddenly appeared in front
of the horses. One caught the lead
ers by the brides and the other
presented a pistol at me. 1 said:
There is no treasure on board This
was in response to the demand to pitch
out the box. we know a id sight
better, was the reply; hand it out and
put on no airs This brought out the
box. One took it to the side of the
wheel horses and broke it open. While
uoillS oo lC ulopptu Iilo plSlOI. L III
stantly seized my own and was about to
shoot, when one of the passengers
caught my arm and pointed to third
man alongside of the road with loaded
pistol aimed straight at me. Just at
this point constable named Brown
reached the sceue, but was taken by
surprise and stood up by one of the rob-
bers. He had only $3.50, and this they
let him keep. Two of the thieves
wanted to rob the stage passengers, but
this the chief would not allow. AS
soon as the treasure has been secured 1
was told to travel and not say anything
about the matter till [ got to Marysville,
and tell no lies.
81 came to Oroville, gave the alarm.
and party was sent out at once. They
arrested number of emigrants, who
gave their names as Sheridan, Stairs
and Sims, but who proved to be Charles
Gassoway, j. F. Schuller and John
Shores. They were all tried and con-
victed, and served from three to ten
years in prison."
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
A PARIS CLUB GAMBLER.
He Played Almost Constantly for
a Lifetime, But Never Won

One of the best known figures of the
baccarat table of famous Paris club
has just passed away in the person of
the Baron de Bastart. He was sixty
years old, and had spent the greater
part of his life in gambling. Every
afternoon at O'Clock the baron went
punctually to his club and played stead
lily until 6 o'clock the following morn
Ing, with but brief intervals for dinner
and supper.
bled so steadily and DerSiStently should
sometimes rake in some considerable
sums, but, strange to relate, the baron
was never known to win. He was very
wealthy, owing to lucky mining specula-
tiOnS, and did not know the extent of his
means. His passion for play and his
extraordinary ill luck made the fortune
OF his club, as well as the decaves who
frequented 1t, and whose favorite eX-
preston, when taking hand with the
opulent but unlucky gambler, was that
they were ''about to milk the cow"
Sometimes the baron, after having
been beaten over and over again and
fieeced out of small fortunes, would in
sist on continuing the game when his
victorious opponents were tired out
and wanted to spend some of their
winnings on nocturnal noce. In
this frame of mind NJ. dc Bastart
would run after his friends and i'm
plore them to stay for just another
hand. His pressing invitations were
seldom refused, and those who diveSted
themselves of their ouercoats and re-
turned with him to the green tables"
were never sorry for having remained
with the veteran gambler until the
| morning broke.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

ESSEX. parties who were setting
them atioat.s t.sbutpwithout avail. Well
known thieves and confidence men
were spotted, and their hauntS in San
Francisco and Sacramento searched by
officers of the law, but no trace of the
counterfeiterS could be got.
The amount of spurious coin gradu-
ally increased until every bank in
Frisco had several hundred dollars in
worthless dollars and half-dollarS
stacked up in its vaults. The police and
the government detectives were non
plussed. They didn't know which way
to look. They had exhausted all the
clews that they thought might lead to
the detection of the culpritS without the
slightest success, and they at last gave
up in despair, satisfying themselves
with the old adage, that murder will
out" 1t was nearly a year before there
were any developments that promised
to unravel the mystery of the author
ship of the counterfeit coin. Then they
came in a startling manner and from an
unexpected source.
A MAD WoMAN's SECRET.
One stormy night in the winter of 1857
a Lakeport groceryman, on his way
home from the store, found woman
wandering about the streets. Her hair
hung in matted mass over her shOul-
ders and fell nearly to the ground. Her
dress, of thin material, was torn and
filthy rag. She had no shoes on her
feet and she was terribly emaciated.
When the grOceryman approached the
woman she ran shrieking away, and it
was not until after a long and hard
chase that half dozen citizens, whom
the grOceryman summoned, were able
to capture her. She was demeuted and
was placed in charge of the sheriff, who
confined her in room in his private
residence. She was fed and made clean
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
JAPANESE SERENADE.
[After Amelie Rives.

lAIter AIHelle RlYeS.
The moonlight wanes to the jub-jub bird
And the fallals lightly sing,
The cushing voice of the dole is heard
And the tit-wit's ting-a-ling;
In the misty depths of the far above
The starlets blink i'll blue;
They wink and think but of you, nv love.
They dream, my love, of you.
Chickalee, tollol, pitapat.
Oh. the fiubdub means to his doodledoo.
Who yearns for the doodledum.
But It's naught to the yearning I've for you
AS play on my lum- -tum,
The peewee wimples the night away
In the lush of the welting dew,
As l reeve the eve in roundelay
To my beautiful Lee-tah-moo.
Chickalee. tollol, pitapat.
Oh, fly with me and we'll scortle off
Through the depths of the dimple glade;
will sly the woosh and the joggerstawf
With my swishing blither blade;
No harm shall klope to my loyeyday
In the softy ofty hours;
She shall lie and lisp on cushaway
In the loll of the wolly flowers
Chickalee, tollol, pitapat
Chicago Mail
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

in the little gully to the left. with shot
gun pointed at me and resting on top of
the stump. The first man now called
to this one to come out, and asked me if
my team would get scared if there was
any excitement.
don't know,' replied, Il never
tried them He said, wind your lines
round the brake and get down. AS
started to
GET DOWN
on the off wheel he said, Here, come
down over this wheel, and come here
and hold the leaders, I asked him to
let me put a rock under tue wheel of
the stage. All right was his reply,
chuck it under.' ID
"As then came up to hold the horses
l tried to get look at him so as to-
Identify him. He saw this and cried
out, D--n you, look the other way,
Don't you look at me- Then to the
other man he said, Get your chisel and
cut the iron box out of the STAGE Then
to me, Have you an iron box?' No.
said l. 1T is a wooden one.' Get up
and throw it down. said he to his part.
ner.
1.-THE box and mail sack were thrown
out, and then the second rObber took a
chiSel and hammer and broke open the
box. This took him longer than the
first one thought it ought to, and he
said: Can't you get open?' Yes, by
- was the reply, L can open it
alone thought he would be watch
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Alleys in Blocks IS, IL
and Is, Lewis Second Addj-
tion to St. Paul

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, |
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 81, 1883. :
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota. at their Office in said city, until
IL m. on the Sd day of September, A. d.
1888, for grading alleys in blocks ID, IA
and 15, Lewis Second addition to st.
Paul, in said city, according to plans
and specifications on file in the Office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in sum of at least twenty (20) per
cent of the gross amount bid must ac-
company each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any OF all bids.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. f. ERWIN,
235-245 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
JOE'S WIFE.

l am fee1in' mighty triflin'
An right low-spereted;
An eff l worn't sixty year,
IN hednt this gray head,
I'd jes' turn i'll an hev cry
On yam four posted bed.
Wen Laury Belle wuz married
never shed a chear;
But nen she wuZ Il darter
An got 'er settle near;
! knowed her man wuz Stiidy,
IN didn't seem TO keer.
But Joe's a-marryin' ternight,
My only boy, thet's Joe.
I sense right well I'm losin' him,
Thet'S why I'm grievin' so;
It's bout like buryin' son
Ter see him wed, yer know.
I'm sartin thet thar Susan Bates
'Ull set him 'gainst his NAV;
hev no grudge agin her,
Er wish ter pick a flaw;
only jes' despise her
Ter be my darter-'n-law.
She's mighty cute an prutty,
I'm not gainsayin' sich;
Her skin is white eZ taller,
Her eyes ez black ez pitch.
An if she hedn't stole my Joe
I'd like the little witch.
She's he'd a heap o. offers,
I've heered my darters say,
But never gin shuck for none
Till Joe stepped down her way;
IN nen, but Joe'S like me, an
Wuz harnsum in my day.
Awe, we'll; 'spose each mother
Is harried jes' like this;
It's playin' secon' fiddle
Thet makes us feel amiss:
Ib'leve I'll bafe my eyes m go
An gin tibet gyurl kiss.
-Judg
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
MONEY OR YOUR LIFE.
Veteran Knights Of the Stage
Box Tell How It Was
Done.
Road Agents Who Shot at the
Slightest Attempt at
Escape.
Courage Counts for Little
When Faced by a Loaded
Gun,
Days of the Olden Times on
the Coast When Rob-
berry Paid.
San francisco Examiner.

San Francisco Examiner.
"One summer afternoon" said Stage
Driver John Holmes, ''while driving
down Berry Creek hill. on the Oroville
& Quincy road, with two passengers
d. w. Banks, lawyer of Modoc coun-
ty, and Mrs. Jacob Millar, now of San
Francisco-a tall man with white cloth
over his face sprang into the road from
behind bunch of manZanita, and, pOk-
ing a shotgun right up toward me,
cried: Hold up!'
Il held up mighty sudden, and when
he said, Hand out that box, boy,' L
didn't lose any time, but handed out
that box sorter spry and cheerful, as
though L was anxious to accommodate
him. He did not molest me or the
two passengers, or examine us to see
whether we had any money or not, but
took the express box and carried it out
of the road to low point where, as we
afterward found, he opened it. He OBJ
tanned about $3.50 in cash, watch and
a diamond ring, valued by the shipper
to the company at only 500, but which
was really worth $3.50. The lady pas
senger got off very easily, as she was
carrying down from Quincy about 81, 100
in gold coin, and this, of course, the
robber missed.
1.-The tall man was none other than
the famous Black Bart, as he left his
usual note in the empty box, with his
name signed to it. The diamond-ring
man tried to hold the express company
for the full value of his ring, but re-
ceived, of course, only the S1OO.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Alley IN Block 8, Lewis
addition to St. Paul.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works,
CITY OF ST. fa U.., Mimi, Aug. q, 1883. !
Sealed bids Gill be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 IN. on the Sd day of September, A. d.
1888, tor grading alley in block 3,
Lewis addition to st. Paul, between
Winnipeg avenue and Manitoba avenue,
in said city, according to plans and
specifications on file in the Office of said
Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right 10
reject any or all bids.
r. l.. GORMAN. President.
Official: w. f. ERWIN,
235-245 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

haberdasher, pink and white-striped
scarf, and he cannot understand how his
own special wOmankind can find it loud.
He adOres red handkerchiefs, he votes
for Thurman, he thinks there is more
comfort in a red rug than in blue one
twice its weight and twice its warmth
and he is never quite so entirely happy,
as when he is painting the town red"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Fremont Street


OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. %, 1883. {
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in aud for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul,
Minnesota. at their office in said city,
until 12 m. on the Sd day of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1888, for grading Fremont
street to partial grade, from Arcade
street to Earl street, in said city, ac-
cording to plans and specifications on
file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (2O per cent
of the gross amount bid mustaccOmpany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
R. L. GORMAN. President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN,
237-247 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
Every thing Goes.

IlmtS.
Young Mother Ito butcher)-I have
brought my little baby. Mr.. Bullwin-
kle. Will you kindly weigh him?
Butcher-Yes, mann; bones an all, l
S'pOSe?
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

minutes later had Jewel
outside looking over his
assessable property.
Ii Jewels suspicious
that anything was wrong
about the Essex ranch
Iwere aroused he never
intimated it to any one,
and the Englishman con-
tinued to live his seclud-
ed life, and the people to
wonder at it, for two
years.
In the summer of 1885
1t was discovered that a
great many counterfeit
silver dollars and half
dollars were afloat on the
Pacific coast, and the
government did its best
to run down the guilty
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

There is story connected with the
ranch which has never been given to
the public, though it is well known
among the old settlers of Lake county.
story that may account for the un-
canny manifestations at that old house
if it be possible for the denizens of the
spirit world to visit their earthly
hauntS.
In 1885 the land was settled by an
Englishman by the name of James
Essex. He was apparently wealthy.
built on the ranch lavishly. The fact
that man of his wealth and
culture should isolate himself so care
fully from his fellow men caused the
citizens of the little town in Lake
county to wonder considerably, but.
wonder as they might, they got no sat
isfaction from Essex, who contented
himself with his stock and two men
whom he employed to care for the
ranch. He was often cautioned to keep
an eye on these men, as they might
some time be tempted to murder him
for his money, but he as often declared
that he was perfectly able to take care
Of himself.
He never came to town except when
compelled to come to proctire pro-
visions, and as he purchased these
in large quantities his visits were
not frequent. He never spoke of friends
or relatives, never conversed with his
acQuaintanceS in town unless he was
questioned; always seemed desirous of
avoiding people; nearly always trav-
eled in the night, and. taken altogether,
Essex and his mode of life were a pro-
found mystery to the inhabitants of
LakepOrt and KelSeyville. All sorts of
stories and conjectures regarding the
strange man were set afioat, and inter-
est in him grew so strong that he was
the chief topic of conversation.
But one man was ever known to have
stepped inside the Essex dwelling. He
was Tobias Jewel. the county assessor
of Lake county. He called upon Essex
one day for the purpose of assessing his
property, and was invited inside to par
take of glass of wine. While they sat
at the table discussing matters of busi-
ness Jewel was startled by what seemed
to be the half stified cry of a human be-
ing.
''What is that, Essexr' he calculated,
setting his glass on the table.
SUSPICIOUS CRIES.
Essex's face flushed, and he twirled
his glass nervously as he replied: "A
dog I've got. She's been sick couple
OF days, and keep her in the back
room.'
Essex seemed disposed to get rid OF
blS visitor as soon as possible, and few
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
CONTRACT work.
Sewer on Third Street.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC w ORKS, I
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 81, 1888. :
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city, until
Il m. ON the Sd day of September, A.
D. 1888, for constructing a sewer on
East Third street. from Forest street to
Mendoza street, in said city, according
to plans and specifications on file in the
office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2 sureties
in sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
r. L. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN.
235-245 Clerk Board of Public Works.