New-York tribune., 1895-02-13
THE TALK or THE DiT.

o, snec,acle was furnished in Georgetown.
Wv the other day II was the sale by auction OF
two colored women, Sarah Jackson ana na''e 's"
hack They were convicted OF Vagra"cS III NV
Circuit Court and ordered to be SOLD INTO s'a.eiS
for the period OF six months The sale took place
=. >ron, ~ ,he courthouse Deputy Sheriff HUFF be-
inc the auctioneer and attracted large cro~d.
The women were bought by two colcred men, Henry
Jarkson and Richard Coleman. and brought 81 I'd
and 81 respectively
Greek journal states that SO sTea Is y ne 9u: Suan
tty OF wine in stock on the isand M h o. srret
and il we are 10 believe further accounts; "nns tr
has become cheaper than Wbo was having
house built Is said to have PROVIDED me s mas0":
with wine instead Of water to mix with the mor's1'
-(Public Opinion
eth. Detroit Free Press" tells how the most pops-
,r man in a Western town once got into dim
c,,tv with a disreputable tough WHO was the terror
of the place. and did him up in a manner em'henuS
satisfactory to the entire community. IL was heces-
sary TO yndicate the majesty OF the iaw' no"ev@'
and the offender was brought up for trial on =
charge OF assault with intent TO KILL The jury TOOK
tho case and were out about two minutes. when
they returned :
WELL" said the judge in familiar, onhano
way what does the jury have to say
"May IL please the court" responded the foreman.
I'VE the jury find that the prisoner Is not gu'ity
OF httln with intent to kill, but simply TO paralyze.
and he done it,.
The verdict was received with applause, and the
prisoner was released with an ovation
History Repeating Itsef in Advance -"Ilarkr,,
exclaimed the consul a tremendous shout rusned
up 'se Sds srse' ia and ha usnns Menks the Vol
scians must be coming Ger the wall -, -.
sp,rtscus addressing the gladiators in the arena
and Offering wager ten thousand ses'erces against
"Ssd ct tuum" unused the consul softly. while
the sun. which had been going down the ipP, HpP,an
Way with n low shudder, Nalshcu iioi" ''o""
(Rockand Tribune.
"r am an enthusiastic follower of the chase"
saws A S Trude the well-known lawyer. OF Chi
cago And every fall steal away into the WIGS
Of Wyoming. away ou, in the Shoshone Mountains
and hunt the stately elk Last season my party
killed several, three falling to my gun believe IN
killing only 10 supply the necessities or the camp
for meat and abomnate the practice of slaughter
ing them merely TO them drop at the crack OF
a Winchester New-Yorker by the name OF
Thompson who goes into the same territory every
season. is a chief sinner in this respect and last
wear was responsible for the death OF thirty-eight
OF thes1 fine animals. a wanton destruction WHICH,
II not checked, vii. soon make the elk as scarce ~
the buffalo"
Dickens's "Pickwck Papers has delighted mill.
ions of readers during the past half ssntury Sa
downtown reader to deceit two or three amusing ing
plumbers. Inconsistencies that have gOns "n-
corded that the immortal Fat Boy sWsen a. that
corpuent youth stumbled upon the The poetIe snod
between his young mistress ana ,Ineca Ine with half
Crowns one reads "he burst into horse laugh aNr
Ms.n ns rTs the ans rsader er is i%trouced ssy little Mr.
peter Magnus he Is surveying me wo,'n
eplsosp es Of the lady in curl papers
he of hts green sefys to show that novel,
, co5 make mistakes just like ordinary people.
-(Philadelphia Record
The people OF Pennington n. H., are having lots
NJ f,n this winter with a giant coaster which they
have constructed. 1t is in four sections. and is
seventy-seven feet long altogether, weighs 1910
,ounds and can carry six tons in weight The
blanks that connect the sleds are fourteen inches
wide while the sleds five feet two inches IN
length and nineteen inches in width. They are
made Of yellow BIRCH with half round caststeei
shoes The greatest number that has ever been on
the coaster is eghty-seven. 1t will carry seventy
seven with ease. Each section is strongly trussed
with wroughtron rods. and the whole is bolted with
three finch bolts The coaster cost $50. but
when 1t goes flying down Farmington's main street
the citizens get more than that amount OF fun out
Of 1t every night
vce-president Stevenson is not without apprecA-
Yesterday afternoon the resolution offered by M
PETER asking the Secretary OF the treasury n, VIA
kpa Of Of ne hss s Ssore the There
was absolutely no interest in It's fate ,,,, v,u
please say aye" said Mr.. Stevenson
No, voice was heard - . ...,.,.,
Those who opposed VIII say no. co"""ueu
the Vice President
Nobody uttered a word. ,ss n,n .h,.
THE Senate seems equally dvloea upon ,ns
question" remarked Mr. Stevenson, Win smiie. e..
'But / answered aye" said Mr.. Pener' III MS
piping voice. ,.,,ro.a ~.
Then the resolution Is agreed to- announce .nS
Vice-P President with all his soemnty returned enu
mon Mr. Peffer's solitary vote the resolution wes
passed Is related OF Mr. Stevenson XII mS.
ton was put to the Senate upon wnicn ss yes.et
day. nobody voted either way .ns vsna Ssn frse,
equally divided" at once remarked tne vice. "a
dent '"The chair will cast the deciding vote sma
votes no. The motion Is lost II TOOK tne SJH.
(WAshington Post