Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-06-27

A THURINGIAN Uhlan named Pfeiffer,
who was missing after the battle Of
Worth, and had not since been heard
of, has now, after a lapse of nineteen
years "a Berlin telegram says, written
to his parents. The letter reached
Erfurt concealed in a bag of coffee.
Pfeifief stated that he had often written,
but that he supposed the French author
tiles in Algiers had destroyed all his
| letters, as he had never received an
answer. This singular case has been
| placed before the German Government,
which is said to have communicated
with the French Government on the
subject.
Mn. /. N. MEREDITH, of Monticello,
Ill, has just been tapped for dropsy the
/ seYenty-eighth time, the doctols remov-
ing seventeen and one-half pounds OF
water from him. He is the most re-
markable case ON record. The average
| has been thirteen pounds of water at
/ each tapping, or LOLA pounds of water
up to date. He suffers very little pain,
and is often able to be out ON the streets
in one hour after the operation is per
formed. Medical men are watching the
/ t0oN NitiA HULL lulClCoNs MI AlC41h1bh
is seventy-six years old.
PETER and Tim Barrett were hanged
about month ago in Minneapolis for
the murder of a street-car driver named
Tolefson. Many persons now aver that
Peter Barrett has since been recognized
in the flesh. 1t is rumored that he
wore under his clothes harness which
prevented him from being strangled,
although he became unconscious that
after his resuscitation by friends he
went to Chicago in woman's clothes,
and thence to California. Why Tim
also did not have harness is not ex-
planned.
KARL HAHNMANS, a farmer, liv-
ing six and half miles south
east of Girard Kansas, strang-
led his wife, Amelia, with a rope We'd
nesday, and then hanged himself. He
left papers stating that his property,
valued at $4,000, should be divided
equally among his six children when
they became of age; that economy should
be used in his burial-one coffin was
enough for both-and no one would
ever know why he had planned and ex-
ecuted the terrible crime.
A PECULIAR thing that will furnish a
subject for talk by superstitious persons
occurred few days ago in reference to
the death of a lady in small town not
far from Cincinnati She died at $50
o'clock p. m. Afterwards it was found
that clock on the mantel in the room
next to the death chamber had stopped
exactly at the hour the lady died.
Stranger still, her daughter, who was on
her way from the West to her mothers
bedside, found, when she arrived at this
city, that her watch had stopped at $50.
CAPTAIN Rigio, who recently died at
Grand Isle, La, is said to have been
the last survivor of Lafitte's famous
band of pirates. He was the oldest
inhabitant of the island, having lived
there from the time the band was dis
persed. In his early days he partici-
pated in most of Latitte raids and when
the band was broken up took to Guilt
waiting oranges and other fruits, and
made a snug little fortune.
In the streets of Canton the sight of
sailor trundling a wheelbarrow recently
attracted a crowd which caused the af-
frighted foreigner to take refuge in the
store Of British merchant. A spokes-
man of the mob, however, disclaimed
all hostile intentions, and assured the
stranger that the mass-meeting was due
to scientific curiosity, inspired by the
novelty of his intention.
Mrs. MARGARET KILLMAN, of Prospect,
Me-, died not long ago at the age of 100
years and months. She was the Oldest
person in Waldo county, and she never
saw n train of cars. She lived to see
five generations grow up about her, and
great great grandchild 20 years old
survives. Her descendants are num-
bered by hundreds.
GEORGE PErRIE, while cutting peat on
the Island of Burray, Orkney, found
some curious and valuable silver coins
and ornaments. There were twenty-five
armlets and bangles, and twenty-five
neck rings OF silver wire, rope pattern.
The coins are of the eleventh century.
ACCORDING to George J. jerks, of
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, the
elder jerks, his father, told him thirty |
years ago that Johnstown would in time
be destroyed by the lake, prediction
based upon the fact that the water falls
at the rate of fifty f eli to the mile.
THE Boston Investigator describes an
order of coloredpeopl said to have 24,- |
600 members, and evacting from each |
novice pledge to attend religious SER
vice at least once year.