News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-06-28

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@ "a Z h Reid' himself Dns h up 3
SkEgk his arms, so that b
didn't get his face in the water
and the earth he loosened in hi
struggles absorbed it soon; so DANCE
from that source was taken away. Their
the young man remained, upside down
for three-quarters of an hour, when hi
aunt saw his feet sticking out of the hol
and promptly yanked him out. He wa
nearly exhausted. "Aunty," he said: ;"
heard you every time you called, but
could not make you hear me.
The Excelsior geyser in the Yellow
stone Park is in operation. The geyse
is the form of an immense pit $40 fee
in length and 100 feet wide, and tn
aperture through which it discharges it
volume of water is nearly 200 feet il
diameter. Its general appearance i
that of a huge boiling spring, and TO
many years its true character was no
suspected. Its first eruption occurred il
1880. when it revealed itself as a stup
endous geyser. The power of its erup
tions was almost incredible, sending al
from 100 to 300 feet, and hurting with i
rocks and powders of from 1 to IOC
pounds in weight. Its present eruption
is said to be repetition of that of 1880
1t is throwing its volumes of water 300
feet into the air.
MAYOR LATRoBE of Baltimore was ap-
pealed to Saturday by a woman to de-
eide whether she should do a certain
thing or not. She had tossed up a cent
intending to engage in the undertaking
If heads came up twice out of three
times, but the coin got lost the last
trial, SO that she could not tell whether
heads or tails won. She then appealed
to the mayor to decide her doubt by ans
wering yesterday. The mayor is not
himself devoid of all belief in luck, and
he answered that the lady should toss
up again and let chance decide for her.
He has not heard the result.
The unusual spectacle of woman
imprisoned for debt is seen in Bangor,
Me-, for the first time in twenty years.
Thomas @. Stevens, lawyer at New
port, had lady client with whom he
failed to settle, and he therefore took an
execution out against her, and on Fri
day morning imprisoned her in Bangor
Jail, putting up cash for several weeks
board for her. The woman is widow,
comes from Etna, and declares that she
is being wronged and swindled and will
live in her present abode for years if
necessary rather than pay more.
The funniest thing in town is the
mishap of gentleman whose wife runs
the store bill He has been in the habit
of having his cigar bill charged up as
potatoes, and the other day his wife
took her pencil and began to figure up.
She finally found that they had eaten
over 10 carloads of potatoes the past
year, and she just didn't believe that
the account was right. The grocer and |
the smoker are now between the upper |
and neither millstones, and it is hard to
tell who will be pulverized the finest
at the close.
-Ir is announced that after settling all
debts the estate of the late
Roscoe Conklins will amount to between
500, 600 and $500, 0G66. This sum was
during about seven years
Of close attention on the part of Mr.. |
to his legal practice. During |
hat time he paid off security indebt- /
sdness in Utica of S150,000. His will,
which was made about twenty years sgo,
leaves his entire fortune to his wife: Mr.
Conkling of late years had received some
of the largest fees ever paid lawyer IN
this or any other country.
T. H. GARRETT, of Baltimore, Md, |
who was drowned last Thursday night, |
was an enthusiastic student of literature |
and art. He was diligent collector of |
rare books, costly pictures and valuable
articles of rertu. His special delight lay
in gaining possession of some curious
volume dear to the hearts of rival biblio- /
philes. He had many missals and other
antique illuminated books. He owned /
one of the few good collections extant of /
Confederate war poetry, song, etc. His |
knowledge of engravings was remarkable
and his taste was exquisite.
Mr.. RICHARD RAY, in company with
Coroner Mcdowell, paid visit to the !
norgue in Pittsburgh, and, after in
specting the two dead rooms, they re-
turned to the little chapel in the rear of
the office. Mr.. Ray was loud in his /
praise of the surround g. and, turn |
ing to the coroner, said i was ever
killed / wouldn't want II better place to
be laid out in" Within few days after
making this remark, Mr.. Rays body
lay in a cloth-covered casket in that
very chapel, the victim of a railroad nc
cident.
In the city OF Portland, Me-, dwells
a redouotable barber, loquacious rs is
his race additionally. He was recently
volubly to a customer con
corning the difficulty he found in get
ting assistants who could cut hair prop
erly. 81 suppose, ''the customer observed,
''you find 1t pretty bard work to teach
a beginner" "Oh, no" retorted the
barber, sin six months 1 can teach any
fool how to cut hair, but the trouble is
that it takes two or three years to teach
them when to leave off.
A relic of the Revolution was offered
to Mr.. Morrill, of the United States
Senate Library Committee. 1t is the
original document given to pass Major
Andre through the American lines when
Benedict Arnold had resolved to betrav
West Point into the hands of the
British. The pass is signed by Arnold
as Major General, and is counter-signed
by Gen. Gage. The possessor is direct
descendant of Paulding, one of the
scouts that arrested Andre when he at
tempted to pass the picket under the
name of Anderson.
While John Donnan, a New Haven
milkman was rounding the corner of
Commerce and West Water streets, his
horse became frightened at some of
Forepaugh's elephants which were pas
sing. In the midst of its scare the
animal rose up on his hind legs and
then fell to the ground dead. When
Adam FOrepaugh came along he said
such things were of frequent occur
renee, and placed an order for $50 in
Domains possession.
MANY years ago, Mrs. Pierce, of Fair
field, Ohio, adopted boy named Flan-
merry who had been driven from home
BY his parents. She has ever since been
a devoted mother to him, and this week
she changed the relationship by marry
ing him. She is nearly thirty years the
senior of her husband, but Mr.. Elan
merry will not lie wake nights for fear
that some one will elope with his wife,
MINNIE LEWIS, the 6-year- old daughter
of William Lewis, living near Butler, Pa,
went into a thicket this afternoon to
gather wild flowers. While there she
was attacked by black snake, which
wound itself aroun her neck and choked
her to death. The snake was found in
this position by brother of the little
girl, and was killed. 1t was eight feet
N length.
Miss Eta Graham, daughter of Ben
iamin Graham of Meriden, Conn, met