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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15

perhaps, the idea Of making an
armed center of offensc in the enemy's
country which led him 10 the act
that caused his death: On June ). 1855,
John Brown left Boston, where he had
been in consultation with the Northern
leaders, with $500 in gold and in posses
sion of 200 rifles. bought with Northern
money. Less than year later he set
tied near Harper's Ferry, In Virginia.
and on Sunday evening. October16. 1859,
with eighteen men, John Brown cap
tufed the United States arsenal at Har-
per's Ferry and seized several plant
ers in the vicinity and liberated
their slaves:
The News 81 the Outbreak reached
Washington on the day following; and
Colonel Robert E Lee, afterward COM
manler-in-chief of the Confederate
army, appeared before the arsenal on
Monday evening with a company Of
United States marines. After siege in
which two of John Browns sons were
killed and his forces reduced to . half
dozen followers and himself supposed to
be dying. he was captured. ''cut. thrust
and bleeding" ss Governor Wise, Of
Virginia; who Arrived few hotrs later
with body of several hundred Virginia
militia, describes him. John Brown was
tried before Virginia court. The in
fluence of Northern friends followed him
here, and he was defended by counsel
from Massachusetts. He was executed
in Charlestown, Va, on December .,
1859. How John Browns body was con-
veyed North and reached it's final rest
ing place at North Elba, N. Y, was not
known at the time. The project was
one which might have exposed those en-
gagged in it to assault, and the dead John
Brown to vandalism.
After hanging the body, in the same
ragged, shot-riddled clothes in which
John Brown had made his last fight, was
placed in a walnut coffin and given in
charge Of a Charlestown undertaken.
Through the influence of the agents of
Northern friends the coffin was secretly
shipped on board northern-bound
steamer. and in due time arrived in New
York. There Jacob Hopper was on hand
to receive it and removed the coffin to
his New York rooms, 1853 Bowery. John
Browns body was properly reclothed by
the undertaken and new casket made
for it and shipped to North Elba, where
it was buried. The old coffin and the
tattered clothes were brought from New
York and secreted in the cellar of I'm
dertaker Hopper's rooms in Brooklyn.
There they remained for nearly thirty
years, until, in a clearing up which
was instituted in the cellar during Mr..
Hopper's absence, the coffin was broken
to pieces and carried away. The clothes
are still in the undertaker's possession.
Il will swear to the part had in the
disposal of John Browns body" said
Mr.. Hopper. 1T is fact. His body
was not mutilated, but his clothes were
torn as If they had been cut with bayo-
nets "-BroOklyn Eagle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15

They tell a good story Of a man who has
q fondness for fast horses. A year or two
ago he had one that was said to be a flyer"
and marvellous stories were told of what she
had done, and was capable of doing. But
an intimate friend noticed that the owner
of the wonderful horse never staked any
money on her. =.
"Why don't you back her for good,
round sum, If she can do what you claim
she can N be asked. "That would prove
that you had confidence in her, but as 1t
1t is"
"See here, my FRIEND" said the other,
with a twinkle In his eye, "don't you know
me well enough to know that Pm too modest
to bet on my own nag, especially when feel
sure that she can't come out ahead !n
When a man knows he can accomplish
what he undertakes, he doesn't feel too mod
est to say so. When DR.. Pierce put his
"Favorite Prescription before the public
as a certain remedy for female weakness,
with " satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded on every bottle of it, it proved
that he had entire confidence in the prep
aration- He felt sure of its merits, and
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15
RANDOM SHOTS.


Ex-CoMMANDER WARNER, of the G..
A. R., recalls with pleasure the fact
that it was he who mustered in COmrade
Randall.
A DEPARTMENT of the w. r. C. has
been organized in Texas by the insti-
tuting and installing officer of the Ma
tional Society, Mrs. Sara A. G. Plummer.
of Michigan. .,-
THE Phil. Fl. Sheridan Woman's Re
lief Corps of Salem, Mass, has voted to
extend an invitation to Mrs. General
Sheridan to be its guest during the ma
tional encampment of the Grand Army
at Boston next August.
PosTs of the Grand Army Of the Re
public are being organized among the
colored veterans of the States of Louis
lana and Mississippi IL is said that
there are fully $4,000 colored veterans
residing in these two States.
Mrs. GENERAL WALLACE, Of Chicago,
who has been prominent and active in
w. r. C. work and the great charities
of her city and State for years, has been
chosen chairman of the committee that
is to take charge of the womzn's depart
ment of the worlds fair.
GENERAL SHERMAN was told that a
carriage would call to take him. 70 the
Appomattox celebration in Brooklyn the
other night. ''Carriage?" he said Il
don't want any carriage; I'll go right
down on the elevated railroad and cross
the bridge" And he did, arriving at the
hall as lively as o cricket, and going
home in the same democratic fashion a;
one o'clock in the morning. still litslI
and apparently unwssrisd-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15
Confidence in the Old Horse.

The little son of General Crittenden
was devoted to his fathers war-horse,
that was named for the illustrious John
J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, the ckild's
grandfather. He asked his father to tell
him of a retreat he made during the war,
but at a certain point said, Father were
you on John J.?" On being answered
afirmatively, the youngster slid down
from the paternal knee, and was tod
ding off as fast as his little legs could
carry him, when his father said:
where are you going, my son?'
Father" he said, turning and show
ing a face full of reproach, John J.
never would have retreated if you hadn't
turned him round"
This same boy grew to manhood, and
died with his face to the foe with Custer
and his men on the. Little Big Horn
Harper's Magazine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15
GRANTS EARLY LIFE.
Interesting "reminiscences Related b.
General o. O. Howard.

Interesting "Reminiscences Related by
General o. O. Howard.
At society meeting in New York
City the other evening General o. o.
Howard read paper on General Grant.
He gave a sketch of the early life and
career of the great soldier and states
man, and paid high tribute to his
bearing in his everyday intercourse
with his associates and in his domestic
relations. General Howard related
many characteristic anecdotes about
General Grant. One anecdote told OF
Grant by President Lincoln showed the
principle which guided Grant to success
and honor. A travelling circus visited
the town in which Grant lived as boy,
and one of the attractions of the show
was a mule warranted to unseat any
person who tried to ride him around the
ring.
A dollar was offered TO the person who
would ride him, and young Grant tried,
but was thrown. Picking himself up,
he said he would like to try again. lie
did, mounting tho beast with his face
toward its tail, which he grabbed, and
so he succeeded in getting around the
ring. Lincoln, after telling his story,
added: That's what he'll Go with
Lee" and two weeks afterward Lee
capitulated. In closing General Howard
said: Tried by any standard human
or divine, Grants was a remarkable ca
reer, and had a fitting close. lie MADE
supreme effort to leave his family pro.
vided for, and then resigned himself to
meet his Creator. His was a noble life,
nobly ended."-Wsshington Critic.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15
JOHN BROWNS CLOTHES.
They Have Been In Brooklyn For Ov
HrI,Irfu

They Have Been in Brooklyn For Over
Thirty Years.
The clothes in which John Brown, of
Ossawatomie, was hanged are in the
possession of Brooklyn undertaken,
Jacob NJ Hopper, and his coffin was also
here until twelve months ago, when it
was chopped up by mistake.
The story that connects the rugged
fighter, Free Soiler and Abolitionist
with this city is part of the secret his
tory of the North during the anti-sla-
very agitation which preceded the civil
war. John Brown, who was born with
the century. at Torrington, in Connec-
ticut, early devoted himself to a system
attic study of the slave question and the
consideration of plans to alleviate its
miseries and finally abolish it. He was
a prominent figure in that movement,
emanating from the North, which was
set on foot to bring the Territory of
Kansas into the roll of free States and
lay a barrier across the westward and
northward path of the slave power. He
was in constant Communication with
friends of the cause in New England
while living in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
John Brown and several of his sons
went to Kansas in 1855 and settled near
Ossawatomie, whence the name which
he afterward bore. The family plunged
at once into the political turmoil which
was incident TO the evolution of the
Territory into State. John Brown
carried on the contest for free soil, as
his opponents did for slavery, by blood
shed and deliberate assassination. John
Brown. led by his own hopes and in
cited by the expectations of North
ern dreamers. went to Virginia and
attempted 70 establish systematic
liberation OF the slaves. IT was,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15

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please state that you sew the aaYsrtise'
meat In th1s paper
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15

q is" began Tommy, when his
teacher interrupted him THAT is
wrong; you should say I ann" All
rtght," said Tommy, Il am the ninth
letter of the alphabet "-Harper's Bazaar.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-15

"A letter is wiser than some people
1t never attempts to give information
until after it has been posted--R;pe
hamtop Republican.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
LOOKING FOR CONSOLIDATION.
An Alleghenian Gives Reasons Why He
Thinks the Cities VIII Pool Issues.

An AIleghenian Gives Reasons Why He
Thinks the Cities VIII Pool Issues.
One of the best informed men in Allie
gheny on political questions said yesterday:
"1 think City Attorney Elphinstone had
the correct view of the thing when he said
that the people of the Northside city were
not in favor of seing it placed among cities
of the second class. know of my own
knowledge that big majority of Council
men are opposed to it, and even If they were
not the powers that will be influential with
the next Legislature are opposed to the
scheme. About the only people over there
who want the change are few ambitious
politicians,
Now I know you will smile when I
mention the subject of annexation, but
mind what 1 tell you, that is what is going
to happen, just rs sure as shooting. Lots of
work is being done quietly, already, to that
end, and all the signs OF the times point to
that ultimate end. Booth & Finn walked
off with about S65, 900 worth of contracts
over there the other night, which was de-
cidedlY unusual. That is one pointer
Another is that some of the most influential
and wealthy men in Pittsburg are investing
large sums of money in street railroad sys-
TENS that practically belt both cities and
make them one. Still another is that the
line which was drawn and jealousy guarded
by ex-Congressman Bayne is slowly but
surely being wiped out. All these and
other things make it almost certain to my
mind that the sister cities will pool their
issues at no distant day."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
DISCUSSING THE WAGES.
Coal Miners Keeping an Eye on the Prices of
Their Product.

Coal Miners Keeping an Eye on the Prices of
Their Product.
A special convention of District Assembly
No. 5, composed of railroad and river min
ers, was held in knights of Labor Hall yes
terday, with the Master Workman, Hugh
Mclaughlin, in the chair. The meeting
was called for the purpose of considering the
wages question.
Since many of the manufacturers have re-
turned to coal, it has been promiscuously
stated that prices would advance very mate
rally, and the miners felt that they would
be justified in asking for proportionate ad-
vance in wages. The matter was thorough
ly discussed at Yesterdays meeting, and re-
ports were received from a number of coal
dealers on prices and the state of trade.
1t was thought best not to act hastily in
the matter and accordingly resolution was
passed binding the members to present prices
and calling for special convention of all
railroad and river miners to be held during
the latter part of this month to seTtle the
question. Secretary Boyd said after the
convention adjourned that they would watch
prices pretty closely, as if there is to be an
advance they want to get an equal share of
the benefit with the operators.
A DISPATCH reporter talked with Mr..
DE Armitt, of the New York and Cleveland
Coal Company, and he said there had not
been an advance since the manufacturers
have abandoned gas and he did not think
there would be any. Present prices range
from to 61I and that is about where they
have been all season.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
AFTER LABOR DATA.
II. De Billy Here From France to
Gather Industrial Statistics.
AMERICA FURNISHES POINTERS.
Coal Miners Want Slice of the Alleged
Advance in Rates.
NO CHANGE In THE BRADDuCK SCALE

Edouard de Billy, of Paris, a noted en-
giEeer, is in the city, and tor the present is
stopping at the Monongahela House. He is
visiting America for the purpose OF investi-
eating the condition of the industrial
classes and comparing it with the condi-
ion of the people in his own country.
NJ. de Billy will be in Pittsburg for three
weeks, and will devote the most of his time
and attention to the analysis of the principles
OF labor organizations, and of such devices
as are intended to better the condition of the
workmen, as for instance, building and
loan associations, etc. Included will be the
manner of everyday life of wage workers,
the cost of food, rents, clothing, in short:
what the man earns, how much it costs him
TO live. what he has over at the close of a
year, and features of all this referring to
what results are gotten from the things he
uses.
An effort was made last night to see the
Young Frenehman, but he was too busily
engaged to talk about his mission to
America Another gentleman. however,
who is thoroughly posted on the object OF
NJ. de Billy's trip, said:
IN. de Billy holds that all the statistics
as to wages and terms of labor are OF the
least account Cor comparison except there
shall be furnished with them data as to what
those wages can buy; nor can the condition
of labor be determined without also COM
prebeusive account OF the results the work.
men gets from his earnings as shown in the
quality of his everyday life, and which re-
suits are largely dependent upon himself
and family"
An investigation will be made into the
workings of the Amalgamated Association,
all the glassworkers' unions and other labor
organizations and the result of the research
will be looked for with interest This is
not the first time investigations of this kind
have been made, but Deficiencies have
hitherto occu red, because of an intent to
mislead. 1t is understood that NJ. de BillY's
intentions are honest and he hopes to secure
such data of labor conditions in America as
will enable him to make an intelligent CON-
parison with corresponding conditions in
the other Republics
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
THE DIFFERENCE.
Crackers Fresh From the Oven Are the
Only Kind to Eat.


Only Kind to Eat.
Did you ever think what difference there
is in crackers? A stale cracker is lust as
much of an abomination as stale bread.
Pittsburg people are great lovers of crackers,
principally because they can get the best
that are made in the country fresh from the
ovens every day.
Pittsburg is one of the greatest cracker
baking towns In the world. The mammoth
Marvin establishment alone turns out al
most enough to keep the entire population
a half dozen States eating a hours day.
and there is this about the Marvin goods,
they can always be relied upon as being
thoroughly pure and fresh. The great ovens
are going constantly, and a score or more of
wagons are busy from morning till night de-
livering the crackers to grocers in the two
cities. OF course Pittsburg can consume
only a small portion of the product OF the
factory. The rest is shipped to almost everv
State in the Union, for the fame of Marvin's
crackers is not merely local. Everybody
from Maine to California has heard of them,
and everybody who knows good cracker
when he sees it wants to get them. If YOU
don't already use Marvin's crackers, order
some from your grocer. If you try them
once You will never want any others.
Then there's bread, Palace bread. Have
you tried it? If you haven't, you ought to.
It's Just about the finest thing in this line in
the market. Marvin's breads are baked
fresh every day. An army of wagons de-
liver them to the city trade and express
trains carry them to towns within reach all
over the western part of the State.
Ask your grocer Tor Matyin's Palace
bread, and see if it isn't just about the
incest thing YOU ever tasted. ThSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18

HoRSE-wELL-BRED FAMILY OR ROAD
horse; will single foot under saddle; beauti-
full red bay black points, years old. ], 200 fbs,
very powerful and hardy and will be guaranteed
sound and without fault. BOX 90. Pittsburg y.
deiS-85s
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
MAY NOT BE IN VAIN,

Eli Perkins Tells How Sitting Bulls Death
Can be Made Beneft-Some of the
Great Chiefs virtues-Mr. Perkins
Lecture Tomorrow.
at makes me sad," said Eli Perkins to a
DISPATCH reporter yesterday, ''to read the
uncomplimentary obituaries that the worldly
editors are writing about dear, good old Sit
ting Bull. He had his faults, like all OF
us, but he had many virtues"
"What were they?" asked the reporter
sadly.
"Well, he may have killed Custer and
stolen Government whisky, but there is no
record of his ever having talked about the
tariff. He never used the tin-plate argu-
ment, nor hammered us with the Mills bill.
These are virtues, indeed. Then there was
one sentence that Sitting Bull used, and
which I wrote out ten years ago, that will
make one love him always"
"What was that?" and the reporter leaned
forward to catch the lone Indians sentence.
"It was this" said Eli. "After the Gus
ter affair they arrested poor old Sitting Bull
and put him in prison. He bore his i'm
prisonment for months without complaint,
but one day his swelling heart was iull,
and, standing up in all the majesty of Jere-
miah, he said, clinching his tomahawk: IF
l ever get back to the white man again I'll
scalp the miserable white-lIyered son OF a
gun who's been telling around that grad
uated at West Point
"But alasl'' continued Eli, "Sitting Bull
had TO go. The Government could pardon
him for the Custer massacre, but the charge
the last awful charge-that the Indians
had been dancing was too much. I am
glad the strong arm of the Government has
been raised against dancing. The Metho-
dist Church, with Sam Jones and Talmage,
tried to stop dancing and failed. If they
had killed the dancers they might have sue
ceeded better. So 1 say I'm glad General
Miles aud the army, with Congress behind
them, are going to break up dancing in the
West, even if they have to kill the dancers.
And when they stop dancing there, hope
they will 60 to New York and kill Ward
McAlister, stop dancing there, and then
kill the leader of the german in Pittsburg.
This dancing must be stopped if We kill
every dancer in the country. II we succeed
in stopping dancing all over the country
the death of poor Sitting Bull will not have
been in vain
Mr.. Perkins concluded by inviting the
reporter over to Carnegie Hall tomorrow
evening where he is to raise disturbance
for the benefit of the Washington Monu-
ment fund.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
BR0SI BROUGHT BACK
He Appears Very Penitent and Says
He Was Forced to Leave.
FURTHER SENSATION EXPECTED.
Jail Life Has Agreed With Him and He is
Now Hale and Hearty.
STORY OF HIS TEN MONTHS ABSENCE

John G. Brosi, who has gained an interna-
tional repution because of his fight against
extradition on charges of forgery preferred
by the German Savings and Deposit Bank
and other banking institutions Of the South
side, is in Pittsburg and in the clutches of
United States law.
Inspector McKelvy and Special Officer
Carrigan reached the city last night at $3.50
on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad,
in company with Brosi. The trio left
Windsor Tuesday and promptly at 9:45 last
night, Inspector McKelvy landed his prls-
oner in the Twenty-eighth ward station
according to programme.
A number of Brosi's former friends saw
him on the street and shortly alter his ar
rival at the station were there to see him.
BRosI BETTER FOR HIS TRIP.
Btosi was looking well-feshy and ap-
parently in the best of health. He said
that his four months Imprisonment had not
affected his health in the least. Nh. Brosi said:
'You may say that expect to clear myself
of the charges all right Idon't care to tell
you my story just yet, but will make it
public in time"
'Many OF your friends wondered at your
leaving so suddenly, Mr.. Brozi, ,and thought
you might have settled the matter up"
''What made you leave so suddenly was
asked,
'I was SICK" said Brosi. "When I left
the Southside. last March I did not go
willingly. In fact, I was forced to &c"
Mr.. Brosi was asked to explain, but said
he wo7ld wait until the proper time. He
had been treated well by the officials in
Windsor, and had often been on the street
on parole. He said that when he first left
Pittsburg he went to Wheeling, and then
made his way to Canada direct. Before his
arrest he was often in Detroit, across the
river.
WON'T TALK ABOUT HIS CASE.
He chatted pleasantly with number of
friends and appeared very prodigal in his
remarks and cheerful in his demeanor.
However, he would not talk on any point
touching his case, saying that since arriving
in Pittsburg he had told no one more than
stated, and would not do so at present.
Inspector McKelvy said that the trip had
been a very pleasant one. Brosi did not
show any wish to escape and seemed in
clined, so long as he was caught to face the
music and make the best of it.
1t is whispered that Brosi's remark about
being forced to leave home is only the fore
runner of other statements to follow that
will be decidedly sensational in their char
acter.