The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29
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Editor wattcrson says hc has paid as
high as IS for a glass of ice water. These
Kentucky gentlemen are hiRh livers any
way, and must have all the luxuries of the
season ut whatever cost.
DIR. Millburn. the chaplain of Tie house
of representatives. who lost his eycsiRht
some years ago, lcctured i'm Washington
last week ON "What q blind man saw i'm
England" We trust he didn't see any
flies OH the American minister at any rate.
A special to the Baltimore Sun says that
the republican state committee Of Virginia
met at Gen. Mahonc's residence "a few
evenings ago, and was so busy that II did
not adjourn until 3o'clock i'm the morning.
The stock in the generals wine cellar
must have given ont, or the boys wouldn't
have gone home until the regulation
time for such occasions.
Geo. w. Congcr. Of Grand Rapids.
Mich, who bandon his wife five years
ago and went to Australia. has returned
to find her engaged to a young hank CASH
Ter. The marriage will take place not
w~ithstandinR the wanderers return for
the splendid opportunities always open to
a hank cashier, and the proximity of
Grand Rapids to Canada, are induces
ments not to he thrown over any lady's
General Algcr declares In the Chicago
lTtOuuS THAI SoI. Ell1Ot Il. oIeDilrtl
abused his confidence i'm reporting ~ pri-
waite conversation i'm the Mail and Erpress,
and not only that, hut tho colonel in writ
ing up the alleged interview drew very
heavily on his imagination, quoting the
general AS holding opinions about men
and things directly the reverse of those he
does hold. What u superb affidavit
maker the colonel would make for the
Butte republicans.
I,.rRsn Zso,,,nr AINx. rnSsrss.v xs.,a -
the white house, has been interviewed i'm
Chicago on the subject of the presidents
for pie. "Why" said Mr.. Zie-
man. ''thcy even have printed that Mr..
Harrison eats pie for breakfast. Great
Scott! Think of il! Pie for breakfast!
Why sir" and Mr.. Zieman's expression
Of indignation and horror gave place "a
one Of offended pride, ~ would desert
the palace of u king who would commit
such = crime. II il heinous, abominable.
effectuaily mailing this campaign lie, Mr..
Zienan admits that the white house is q
prey to rats and c~ockroaches
! never saw anything to equal the way that
old house is overrun with verinin. Rats can he
heard scainpering through the halls i'm the night.
They invade every room. They ate up "A small
picture of President Lincoln hanging on the wall
of the cabinet-room. They stole into the presi-
dents bedroom one night. MIR. Harrison likes
to eat fruit the last thing mt night, and he had
fallen asleep with "A banana in his hand. The
az hhhNtt w tssAsAts&h toah tsAS thhAha ehhtI ~ ahhtvS
cred away. Fact. sir.
We have not the least desire to question
Mr.. Zieman's veracity. but at that story of
the presidents falling asleep with q ham
ana i'm his hand and The rats pulling il
AWAY from him. will Mr.. Zieman kindly
pardon ms while we calculate Rats!
We would give a dollar and q half to
know what was in the presidents other
hand. II il was not u black bottle, we
will omit the rats.
Edga Allen Poe i'm ..TLe Murders Of
the Rue MorRue" and 'The Mystery of
Marie Roget" presented problems i'm de-
t~ective science about as difficult az human
ingenuity can devise; and Mr.. Poe's solu-
ton of those problems by the processes of
analytical reasoning is something very
beautiful to look at. Yet human expo
rience often furnishes problems many
times more intricate and complex than
those, proposed 10y Poe. admitting even
that "The Mystery of Marie Roget" is
founded upon fact. In reality Poe's cases
wers. ordinary and commonplace. They
resolved themselves into this: Given the
corpse of u person who has come To n vio-
lent death at the hands of some person or
persons unknown; problem-to find such
person ar persons unknown. Now. change
the materials: Given Ia corpse of u per
son who has come To u violent death at
the hands OF u person who is known
and i'm custody; problem-to find
occasioned the death of the deceased sim
ply Ivy accident. If Mr.. Poe wcre alive
we fancy lie would be- having n picnic
with the case of Mr.. Andrew Wallace. of
Philadelphia. Mr.. Wallace was ~arraiGned
last week for killing his wife 10y throwing
n lighted oil lamp AIT her, the lamp cx-
plodinH i'm the conclusion and burning
her up. Mr.. Wallace set up i'm de-
Tense that i'm the act of going down stairs
he stubtpel his toe, whereat the lamp
tNaSss<l aspt ~ hiS hands and 6iarhnrKgsll
itself into the person of his wife against
his will and to his great grief and NORTH
cation. The prisoner was induced To
plead guilty tai ~ charge of m~anslaughter
as the quickest and cheapest way out of the
dilemma. and the court sentenced him tai
imprisonment for ~ months. Being lou
miles away. We feel constrained to set the
court down as an ass. Either Mr.. Wallace
deliberately slung that lamp at Mrs. Wal
lace with intent tai kill, i'm which case the
punishment is ridiculous; or else circuiA'