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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
What a Wassar Girl Did.

A Vassar girl tells, in the Boston
Morning Journal, of the curious ways
In which some OF the poorer students
at that institution earn their pocket
money. Some OF the girls who come
up to Vassar, she says, "are as helpless
as babes. They are the daughters Of
millionaires, and never brushed their
own hair or seWed q button on their
boots in their lives. They are only
too glad to have some one do these
things for them, and this is how the
poorer girls make pocket money.
Last year a pretty blue-eyed girl came
to college. and stated during the first
week that her tuition and board were
paid by a kind relative, but every
penny for dress, car fare, and the
thousand and one little incidentals
she must earn herself"
Soon after her arrival the following
announcement appeared on her door:
Gloves and shoes neatly mended for
10 cents each.
Breakfast brought up for 10 cents.
Hair brushed each night for % cents
a week.
Beds made up at 10 cents week.
s1That little freshman made lust
$3.50 the first year." continues the
account, 'sand that paid all her ex-
penses and a good part OF her tuition
fees"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
The Official Record of the Rebel.
lion.

The publication of the official rec.
ords of the war of the rebellion is
steadily going on and the nineteenth
volume has just been issued. When
completed it is expected that thenum-
Der of volumes will have reached eigh-
ty, and these will comprise the full Of
.ial records of the confederate ard
aion armies during the late war Is
IS not easy to comprehend the immen-
sity of the works which the publica-
ton Of these records entails. An av-
erage of thirty men are kept busy
copying manuscript, reading proof
and indexing from one years end to
the other, and at the present rate it
is expected that they will publish five
ior SIX volumes a year. The work is
done in fine old mansion west OF the
white house, which has been used by
the government for years, and which
is now wholly devoted to this work.
The files OF papers are brought here
from the war department in wheelbar-
rows and carefully searched, and the
matter needed copied bypen. Ittakes
about peck Of manuscript to make
one volume OF the official record.
Each volume contains on an average
1000 pages ofprinted matter or about
5000 pages ofclosely-Writtenfoo lscap.
The work on the record in regard to
accuracy is wonderfully complete.
Every name, whether that OF private
soldier or major general, must be
spelled right and it's proper initials
given. A single name often consumes
days Of research and is found at the
end to be far different from the one it
was originally supposed to be. The
inde1ing is very complete and full Of
labor. The card system is used in the
work, and the third part of volume
thirteen took alone 1876 index
cards. The workofprinting therecord
is done by the Government printing
office, and the men in charge OF pre-
pairing the manuscript tell me there
is another volume which should have
been out before this. This record of
the Rebellion embraces both the Off
cial papers of the North and Of the
South, of the Union and Confederate
armies. 1t will, when it is complete,
disclose many unknown facts of his
tory, and will form the most valuable
historical reference book that has ever
been published about any war or any
Observation-Disclosures Correspondence
OF Cleveland Leader.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
Death of a. Remarkable Hen.
Norwich Bulletin.

Among the burials in this city re
Gently was that Of an old and honor
ed Laurel Hill avenue Plymouth Rock
hen, who had fourished ten years I'M
der the name OF ''Splend, !" which is
short for Splendid. She was a giant
bird, weighing about fourteen pounds,
and had made a big egg record. Had
her owners been specializing biologists
they could have sold her eggs for os-
trich eggs to collectors without muck
danger OF being detected. She knew
when it was meal time as well as a
regular Doarder, and came regularly
for her food, calling for her meat
once a day. OF a brood of forty she
was the hen altogether lovely. She
always wanted a chat with her mis-
tress daily, and when she was not
feeling well would tease to be held in
her lap and rocked by pulling her
mistress apron. She was appreciated,
not only for what she did, but also
for what she knew. When she depart
ed this life one Sunday the queen of
the brood was dead, and q roy al
burial was accorded her.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
Theodore TiIton's Family.
New York etter.

New DIRK zetter.
A youne nan with a head of light
wavy hair and clear cut profile passed
rapidly into the Erie Railway Office.
1t was Carol Triton, son OF the fa-
nous editor and poet OF years agone,
and one Of the principal figures in the
great Beecher scandal. He is an e1-
pert stenographer and typewriter, and
is employed as secretary OF the Erie
company. He is a very steady and
intelligent young man, and spends all
his time attending to mis- own business.
The question is often asked, "What
has become of Mrs. Tilton?" Without
IN any way seeking to tear open the
great wound alresh, / may say that
she is living quietly with her mother
and two sons on Pacific street,
Brooklyn. She has never been in
Want as so many persons have been
led to believe. Mrs Maree, her moth
er, is wealthy, and her beautiful home
has been her daughters abiding place
since. the great trial. Ralph Tilton,
her second son, is a go-ahead young
fellow, and is employed in a CONNER
cial house. Her two daughters are
married, and have five children of
their own. And Theodore? Where is
ne? In Paris. A frequenter of the
cafes and boulevards, a prematurely
old man, without money or friends,
an exile from his own land, g VERT
able wandering minstrel, for his own
gifted pen is still employed IN verse
writing, although little OF it finds its
way into print.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
The American Dukedonns.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
The old titles Of general and lieuten,
amt general, extinct while the seriopss
business of war was being transacted,
were revived at the close. of! the war.
In order to bestow a distinguish 3
rank upon Grant and Shermal,s
These titles asere the Republican. duke
doms that we gave to our. greater than
Marlboroughs or Wellingtons. When
Grant became President, and Sherman
succeeded MIN, he took the title Gen
eral, and Sheridan stepped up into
that of Lieutenant General. But hat
was as far as the common consent Of
public sentiment. as represented in
Congress, proposed that the duked oms
should go. And SO it was decreed
that hetwo new ranks should become
extinct with their then-and their
present holders, and be succeeded to
by no otherss and thus 1t happens
the grade OF general ispot inherited by
Sheridan, and that the commander
in-chief Of the army, when General
schofield finally steps up lnIo that
rank, ii he lives to do SO, WIZ b1
plain Major General.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
Capturing a schooImarf11.

Boston Courier.
Eyes, said the young man as hs
threw himself at the feet of the pretty
schoolteacher 81 love you and would
go to the worlds end for you"
you could not 60 to the end OF the
world for me, James Flie world, or
the earth as it is called, is round like
a ball, slightly Hattened at the poles.
One OF the first lessons in the elemen-
tary geography is devoted to the
shape of the globe. You must have
studied it when you were boy.
"Of course did, but"
@And it is no longer theory. Circum.
navigators have established the TACT
81 know, but what / meant was
that would do anything to please
you. All! Minerva, if you knew the
aching void"
''There is no such thing as a void,
James Nature abhors a vacuum;
but admitting that there could be
such thing. how could the void you
speak of be a void if there was an
ache In it,
81 meant to say that my life will be
lonely without you; that you are my
daily thought and my nightly dream.
] would 60 any where to be with you.
II you were in Australia OF at the
North Pole would fly to you.
II
"Fly it will be another century
before men can fly. Even when the
laws OF gravitation are successfully
overcome there will still remain, says
a late scientific authority, the diff.
Guilty OF maintaining balance"
We'll, at all events exclaimed the
youth, give got a pretty fair balance
IN the saveng's bank and want you
to be my wife. THERE
well, James, since you put it in
that light. Il
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
Confession OF q fault works more

Confession OF q fault works more
effectually than any mere act OF peni-
tence and is always followed by for
giveness and above feast. In general
it will be found that words, which are
as it were, the minute-hands of the
soul. are OF greater Importance than
deeds, which only mark the out
standing dates. In the tender rela-
tions OF cultured men it IS but seldom
that deeds can compensate for word
or a stone for offences OF speech. Be-
sides, we owe to all men the same
duties OF action but not OF speech
Jean Paul Richter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07
OLD cRIMEsIs DEAD.

fThis famous ballad was written by A
G.. Green, born at Providence, r. L, 1902
died in 1868.
Old Grimes is dead, that good old man
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear a long black coat,
All buttoned down before.
His heart was open as the day,
His feelings all were true;
His hair it was inclined to gray,
He wore it in a queue.
Whenever he heard the voice Of pain
His breast with pity burned;
The large round head upon his cane
From ivory was turned.
Kind words he ever had for all,
He knew no base design,
His eyes were dark and rather small,
His nose was aquiline.
He lived at peace with all mankind,
In friendship he was true;
His coat had pocket holes behind,
His pantaloons were blue.
Unharm'd, the sin which earth pollutes
He passed securely DER,
lie never wore pair OF boots
Eor thirty years or more.
But good old Grimes is now at rest,
Nor fears misfortune's frown
He wore a double breasted vest,
The stripes ran up and down.
He modest merit sought to find,
And pay it it's desert;
lie had no malice in his mind,
Nor ruffies on his shirt.
His neighbors he did not abuse,
Was sociable and gay;
lie wore large buckles on his shoes,
Aud changed them every day.
His knowledge hid from public gaze
He did not bring to view,
Nor make noise town meeting days,
As many people do.
His worldly goods he never threw
In trust 10 fortunes chances,
Ede lived Gas all his brothers do)
In easy circumstances.
Thus undisturbed by anxious cares
his peaceful moments ran,
And everybody says he was
fine old gentleman.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-07

All! it's snch q thrice blessed thing
to have a praying mother; a mother
who does not merely say in set form
and speech, go to Christ, my child"
but in her daily life, full of sweet ex-
perience of all that is involved in it,
says, aComs to him. Mrs. Prentiss.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
a Duke.

Chicago Tribune: Another duke has
been caught, it is said, by another
American woman, or vice versa, as the
case may be. The duke in question is
the duke Of Norfolk, a young widower
of Al. The lady is Miss Virginia Meta
wish, and she has as much and as good
American blue blood as her atfianced
husband has English. In this direc-
ton, indeed, honors are easy. The Nc
Travishes have the SCOTS of Virginia
on the one hand and the CAROLS of
Maryland OF the other as sources of
their aristoci acy and proofs Of pedigree.
Any woman who can claim Winfield
Scott and the CAROLS of Carrolton as
the main brancheso of her family tree is
blue-blooded enough for any duke, so at
least Americans will think. 1t is also
to be noted that she has money
enough to maintain her state
in tirst-class shape. She will have $780,
600 a year for pin money, which repre-
sents an English capital of a round mill
ion. Both by blood aud by cash
therefore, she is amply qualified to look
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04

after the bopissekeepipg OF Arunde
Castle. Thpee, other McTavtshes, aunts
of hers, have also invaded the peerage
and taken captiyes.. 1t appears to be
a way the .MoTavishes have but Miss
Virginia, who Isl typical blonde. car-
ries Of the palm Tor beauty among them
all and can buy and sell all three of her
aunts. This. fresh success, while II
illustrates a, new craze Of American
woman for titles, and at least its com :
pensatien. for the McTavish has caught
q reat clean brigh, simon pure, unsoiled
Duke. aud not one of the off-color kind,
like the Hamersley's capture. -.
Marriages by Lot.
Paris Register: Many marriages take
place annually in Naples because Of
money left, according to last will and
testament, by benevolently disposed in
d~ividuals to endow a certain number of
virtuous poor girls with a small sum OF
money as an outtit,and when these girls,
say twenty Or thirty, present the M
selves to the trustees as candidates for
that dover, and the will provides only
for six such marriages., all the girls
must. step up to the urn and draws lot.
OF course. out of the twenty or thirty
girls who have qualified, only six can be
the lucky ones. These six are not
entitled to the dover until all the legal
arrangements for the marriage are gone
through. There are always plenty of
young .workmen, either day laborers or
mechanics, who are ready to accept a
girls hand and 100 or $50 francs dover,
for she has had to go through a rigid
examination as to her honesty, neat
ness, virtue. etc.
1 very often see the announcements in
the daily papers of such marriages, and
last Sunday one of these announcements
attracted my attention more than usual
on account of the. length of time the tes-
tator had been dead whose funds were
to annually benefit these v%irtuous girls.
| translate the advertisement literally
as follows:
."MARRIAGES-The trustees of the
Monte Capalno Chapel of the Church of
San Salvador of Pietra-Sante lin NaDles)
make known to the public that on the
second Sunday of September, 1888, at
II M, lots will be drawn for three mar
riages, each successful person receiving
the sum of 1901, left by the will of Caesar
Capable, who died in 1910, and left such
sums in favor of three young women who
will qualify themselves, which qualltica-
ton must take place on or before the 9th
of September. The following are tho
qualifications: l. They must be de-
%scendants of the t%estator; 2. They must
be manageable whatever that may
mean); 3. They must be honest and
poor; and, 4. They must be over twenty |
five years Of age.
Now here we have a provision made
differently from the usual run, in that
the candidates for this lottery must be
the poor. descendants of the testator. |
just fancy that will made for'such u pur- |
pose by a man who died ten years be- |
fore a Pilgrim placed his foot on. Plym- |
outh rock, and that it is faithfully car
ried out.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04

Chicago Herald: A wedding entirely
out of the usual IL was that of Rev.
John Holston and Mrs. Matilda Pierson
OF Marshall, Ill. The groom is forty-:wo
years old. of medium height, rather
slender, and weighs about one hundred
and fifty pounds, while the bride is
nearly six feet tall, weighs fully two
hundred and fifty pounds, and is close
to eighty years of age. She has a son
who is several years older than her new
husband. Holston claims to be a
preacher of the Campbellite denomina-
ton. He has lived in Wabash town
ship a little over three years and has
occupied himself chiefly with holding
revivals. Mrs. Holston is an old resi-
dent of Wabash township and owns a
good farm. Holston has been at the
Pierson residence much of the time
during the last two years, making that
his headquarters during his revivals.
He and Mrs. Pierson started out yestcr-
day morning ostensibly for a buggy
ride, as they had often done before, but
came to Marshall, procured a license,
and were married at once by the county
Judge. They drove home Immediately,
and no IN in the vicinity knew any
thing about the marriage until it was
announced,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
Tried to Trade Wives.

An Indianapolis special to the Phila-
delphia Press says:
''In u divorce suit filed at Lafayett
the plaintiff, Lena Christoifer, allege
that three months after marriage her
husband Wen on n spree and made a
trade to sell his wife to Jacob Demerly.
In return C~hristoffer was to receive
Demerly's wife. The trade was per-
fectly satisfactory until a few days
a~fterward, when Demerly called at the
house and Christoffer. attempted to de-
liver the property
'The plaintiff refused to be dehv-
cred, and this so angered the husband
that he threatened to kill her II she did
not leave the house. In great fear she
left the premises and has since contin-
ued to reside with An aunt. The de-
PENDANT is quite wealthy and his wife an
Intelligent and q rather prepossessihg
woman. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04

The Burlington takes The lead. a. 49,. 49, " =.
It was in advance Of all lines in developing Nebraska;
It was in advance Of all lines in establishing dinine-c~
service between Missouri river points and Chicago.
It was in advance Of all lines in giving the people a.
Omaha and the Nest q fast mail service.
L was in advance Of all limos in running its trains from
the East into Omaha proper.
It was in advance Of all lines in reducing the time 81
passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago. ~ -
It was in advance, and is tho only line by which you can
leave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the
evening Of the same day.
It has been progressive in tho past. :. ..
It will lead in the future. '', go"
1885, 49, -
Travel and ship via the Burlington.
Ticket Office, 1923 Farnam Street. Telephone $50.
Depot on Tenth Street..
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
DIR. wright's Two Wives.

Philadelphia Press: There was a re-
markable romance in the life of DR.. o.
w. Wight, who died at Harper hospi-
tai, Philadelphia. DR.. Wight was one
of the most noted sanitarians Of this
country, an author, minister, lawyer
and physician. -"
When quite young he met Miss Sarah
Whitmore, and after a short %acquaint-
ance became engaged to her. Her only
relative, her mother, died quite sud-
denly, and this, fastened DR.. Wight's
marriage. After marriage he learned
that his wife was'an insane epileptic Of.
had purposely"kept the fact from him
by refusing to let him see her when in
that condition. When the doctor went
to Indiana he. secured u divorce. He
had a guardian appointed for his wife,
and when he married his second wife
they adopted the first wife as a daughter
and cared for her.
on the death of his second wife the
epileptic was placed in charge of sisters
of charity in a Wisconsin retreat, the
doctor paying all the bills up to the day
OF his death, and she is still living.
The doctor was always very reticent
about himself, and although he lived in
Philadelphia many years, and was De-
IrOlJ > HedlGu OllCeF, JnlS SUI Cudpuer IN
his history never leaked out here till
he died. -
Some Curious Wedding Fees.
The Rev. j. B. McGehee, of jackson ,
Miss, once married q couple, and two
chickens wa his fee. The groom had
tied the chickens behind the parlQr
door before the arrival. of the minister,
and after the ceremony he pulled for
ward the door and pointed behind it
with the remark, ''Here's your pay
Some time ago the Rev. II. n. Fielder,
OF Lander Parish, La, married a couple
and was rewarded with three stalks of
sugar cane. 81.
In these two instances the marrying
business was a failure for the minis
ter, whether it was with the parties or
not.
1t would be unfair to expect, when a
SIS man marries a 81 girl, that the groom
should give $50 to the officiating minis
ter; still are people in better circum-
stances as ~considerate as they should be
of the pay to which a minister is fairly
entitled, who takes q long ride on a
cold day to accommodate a loving
couple?
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
An Electric Mountain Railway.

A correspondent Of the London Daily
News in Lueerne sends TO that paper AN
account OF an electric mountain rail-
way-the, first Of its kind-which has
recently been opened to the public at
the Burgenstoek, hear Lucerne. Hith-
ertO (he says it has been considered i'm
possible TO construct a funicular noun
tain railway with a curve; but the new
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-27
LOCALITIES.

Seaside Libraries and all late Maya
zines AT Hill Bros.
Soda water, pure syrups and ice
cream at Dew ellis.
jackson takes the finest photos and
his guarantee is good.
Go to Bismark's for the best wines
liquors aud cigars.
You can always get fresh cigar at
w. a. Williamson n Cos.
The "Ncw City Hall" saloon on the
square keeps the best of liquors.
See w. A. Williamson IL Co.'s new
patent cigar case the only one i'll the
city.
Fauuccy Anderson, co)ored, was ar
rested and placed in Jail. He is want
cd for bigamy in Robertson county.
For the best beef IN the market, 90
to Richard Webb on the Avenue.
Oysters and fish in season.
Deane is not running tor mayor, but
Is having all he can do, making the
finest photos in Waco.
The grand jury has returned an in
dictment against Joe Nebares for an
attempt to commit rape on Birdie
Gros
Mrs 5. A. Parton has removed her
millinery store from the square TO
North Fourth street. next to the street
railway office.
In the county court yesterday,
Messrs Levine Bros We're g'vena YER
dict for ssh with interest for freig hit
los, by the Gulf Colorado * Santa
l'e Railroad in 1850.
Try bottle of Phillip Best Brew
ing Cos select ami Export Beer,
which is SO specially noted for its
agreed Die favor and excellent tonic
proprieties.
Muley Gus or Gus Downs as his
real name is, was arrested aud placed
in jail on an Indictment found by the
grand jury charging him with raping
George Cook.
There is only one thing for gen
tlcman to decide il he wants to b.
dressed in the latest s'yle, aud thst is
TO 20 to Jones Il Goodloe and select
one of their new spring suits and a
nobby hat.
The fence cutters seem to be abroad
in the laud again. The fence of the
Waco Farm, four miles from Waco on
the Bolton road, was nut Sunday in
five places. Major Moran offers $3.50
reward for the perpetrators.
Gabert Brothers, at their new
stand on South Fourth street, have
one of the very haudsOmest stocks OF
imported and American sultings
which the Waco market has ever
known. These suits they will make
up on short notice, and in the very
latest styles OF cut. No well dressed
man can afford TO neglect Gabert's
offer.
Mr.. Brooks was around yesterday
in the interests of THE Trade Re-
view" which Messrs. Brooks Il Wal
lace recently purchased of Geo. a.