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Tlie Coolei ' 62id of Pennsylvania Out
laws Must Captnred. ; ' '
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MOLLlE MAG 11 RES.
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The Leader, of the Band is Trapped and
' Killed by Irate Farmers.
RECDS AVENC HATH.
Torture of a Fawner and Outrage or hl
s loung Daughter for Defenae-of;
Uxiontown, Pa., July 2S,-Jack
Copley's infamous band of cut throat
robbers and vagabonds, considered one
of the most daring and dangerous bands
of outlaws, next to the Molhe Maguires;
that ever persecuted the citizens of this
fltate, was left without a leader last Fri
day, when Jack was trapped and shot.
Coolev's band robbed travelers and the
farmers of the surrounding country
-fleeing to the coke regions when a sher
:ifTs posse would start in pursuit. tOnce
in the coke region it was impossible to
make an arrest.' When Cooley was shot
his last words were: "See that my
death is avenged." . Yesterday the facts
of a horrible crime came to light from
the sheriff, who arrested a man named
Rankin, one of Cooley's band, for. steal
ing a flock- of sheep. Since Cooley
death Rankin iB-said to have been chief
of the outlaws. The sheriff secured from
an eye-witness the story of the methods
pursued by the band in avenging the
death of their leader. After the theft
of the flock of sheep, the outlaws drove
.them to this place and sold them -, to
butcher. With the proceeds liquor was
bought and the men reveled in the for
est during; Monday. Last evening the
band, numbering a dozen men, pro
ceeded to the house of Wesley Sisler,
near Haydentown. . He was , seized by
the " outlaws and pinioned. His only
child, a young girl,' was then assaulted
by members of the band. The helpless
lather's cries for help were stifled by
blows and a gag. His struggle for lib
erty was only stopped by a blow from a
. musket butt. After accomplishing their
revenge the band departed. It is
thonrfit that the eirl will not recover,
A sheriffs posse started in pursuit of
the band, and "lynch them all" is the
cry heard today.
Picked up a Team.
Walla Walla Statesman. Considera
'' ble excitement was created at Lewiston
Wednesdav over the announcement that
the steamer Annie Faxon, on the way
up from Eiparia, had picked up a 'float'
ing team,' harness and parts of a wagon
which were taken abroad, btories are
current that a team was heard running
widly along the street leading to the
Snake river about two' o'clock Monday
morning, and this is supposed to be the
flame team. It ran into the river above
the ferry and was drowned. As no in
quiry has been made concerning the
matter, it is supposed the driver per
ished with them. No clue is had to his
identitv. The brand on' the horses was
a figure 5 on the left hip. The wagon
-. was new. , ' '
Elopement in High Life.
Ameeicus, July 27. An elopement
which has stirred up Georgia society is
that of Miss Dousch Holcomb, one of
the belles of Georgia, and J. Ponce de
Leon Gill, a wealthy New Yorker, who
has a home at Dewitt, Ga. Miss Hol
comb is a member of one of the most
, prominent' Georgia - families, and is
grand-daughter of Mrs. Gov.'Perkins, of
South Carolina,- whose beauty and
brilliancy made her famous at all courts
- of Europe when her husband was min
ister to Russia. Miss Holcomb and Mr,
' Gill came to Americas this morning and
were quietly married. None of her rel
atives were apprised of their intentions,
Peaceful Surroundings.
Condon Globe. Condon is the most
delightful little city in the Inland Em
pire, .and . there, is an air of cordiality and
refinement about the people that is re
freshing and enlightening in its effects.
Oondon people live a ''happy, cheerful,
-easy life. The eurroundings are beauti
ful, and this has a great influence upon
the lives, characters and dispositions of
her people. A man who resides upon a
barren desert must be barren of virtues,
(while one who lives surrounded by the
magnificent generosities of nature, ' like
-those surrounding Condon, must be en
nobled by the contact and influenced to
ward the great and the good.
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,? ....... - Greeting.
Ochoco -Review. .' D. C... Ireland has
ibecome editor of The Dalles Chronicle.
Mr. Ireland is one of the oldest news
papermen in the state, is an able writer,
:is wide awake to all ideas of progress,
iand is the right man in the right place.
May he and The Chbonicle live for ever.
Dismlaal Swamp Sold.
-Norfolk, a., July 27. The famous
Dismal Swamp of Virginia, which con
tains 50 square miles, was sold here tn--day
to Thomas R. Ballantyne, the mil
lionaire farmer of Virginia, for $10,000.
ne McCoy UitrH.
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pno.eil .mnriv
Fossil Journal r . As the work of sur
veying "the fcC6y ditch is in progrew,
it seenjs appropriate to give some facta
.in connectionwith the project as found
in the location - notice ;filed with foe
clerk of Crook county on 'the' 27 th of!
of April last. The enterprise is the con-
: ception of the Oregon Land, Irrigation,
Lumber and Fuel Co., with principal
office in Portland", and incorporated un
der the act filed with i the, secretary of
station. February 18,'l891,'providiiig for
the? iropriatltJ,fj from the
lakes and running streams of Oregon for
irrigation.--Thenct.will tnafee the pro
posed ditch" when" completed real prop
erty in Crook county. The point of di
version will be at or near the upper
rapids on DesChutes river and its general
course will be northerly and as. far
as possible iff a; northwesterly 'direc
tion, traversing' the' arid' lands" on .the
east side. 1 ' -' "-. ' '
FromVthe headgate? will extend
system of flitch or flume, or sections of
each, .-of the following . . dimensions
Flume, fifty feet wide, and ten ' feet
deep dhches at bottom 150 feet, at the
top 100 feet. The capacity will be sal
ficient for 200,000 inches of water,
miner's measurement, under a six inch
pressure. Six reservoirs are to be con
strncted in connection with the-ditch,
and provision is made for enlargement
of resources as business will justify. ' It
is to be known as the McCoy irrigation
ditch, of which H. McCoy' is president
and G. W; McCoy -secretary.- Although
the survev is now in progress, it is im
possible to learn when or on what .scale
the work of construction will be com
menced. It has been said that the ditch
will, when completed, render service to
the Haystack and Agency plains country,
northwest from Prineville.
Poor Fire Apparatus.
How often it occurs, when things are
going along smoothly, that some particu
lar necessity for the common good is
neglected, and a fire, or a flood it may
be, comes along and destroys ' hundreds
and sometimes thousands of dollars
worth of property, besides oftentimes
sacrificing lives. In Portland recently
an entire block of buildings was destroy
ed, in the very heart of the city, which
it is said might have been avoided with
a little better management. In Walla
Walla, last Saturday, the Stine house,
the French restaurant, and Meyers cigar
factory,' were destroyed because of a de
fective steam fire engine.' The engineer
was suspended, but if the statement of
Chief Engineer Blalock is true the enr
gineer of the engine should be reinstated
and the councilmen hauled over the coals
neglect of duty. Chief Blalock eays : for
"I was within a half block of the engine
house when the first cry oi fire was
given and I ran to the engine, when I
found the guage on. the boiler marked
twenty pounds of steam. When the
engine arrived - at Fourth street and
was set the guage showed ten pounds of
steam. . Engineer Thornton opened the
throttle to give the fire a draught when
the steam dropped down to nothing.
The flume3 of the engine were leaking
very badly and it was almost impossible
for the stoker to keep the fire going.
This goes to show, that it was not the
fault of the department's paid officers,
but of the engine and proves what I
have been contending with the council
for, that the city needs more and better
apparatus. I make this statement in
justice to the paid members of the firj
department who naturailv will be the
recipients of considerable censure from
the public."
Dalles Business.
merchants, and Dusmess men gener
erslly, m The Dalles,' inform us that
during July and August they expect dull
times i that while business seems inac
tive because the:fimeri ar too buer to
visit the city,-trade keeps up about the
same, and mail orders increase. The
wool business isabout closed for the sea-
eon, and wheat will soon be on. Vegeta
bles of all kinds are plentiful and values
are a shade etronger. Cantoloupes and
watermelons are arriving from Cantor
ma, per steamers .principally. In dairy
produce there is a firmer tone to the
market for choice fresh butter, and deal
ers are asking steady prices for a strictly
first-class article. The demandfor sum
mer fruits is steadily maintained, and
the moderate .receipts- tend to sustain.
values. 'There is considerable specula.'
tion among dealers as to actual condi
tion of the apricot and peach crop, owing
to the fact that the driers and packers
are offering unusually high rates for the
green products. Berries are in moderate
demand and prices are fairly steady.
Historical Structure. .
Oregon City Enterprise. . The build
ing that served as the first capftol of
Oregon territory, in this pitv. is being
repaired this week by the owner. ' It
was built in 1850 by, John L. Morrison
who now resides on Puget sound, after J
whom Morrison street, Portland, was
named. The territorial legislature, held
its sessions there before the Capital was
changed to Salem. Subsequently it was
used for a Good Templars hall, and Y.
M. C, A. rooms. It wa once used for a
private school. The Enterprise first saw
the light in the building. ' For the paet
fifteen years or so it has been used as
the Oriental hotel.
Tllli'ADViSORY BOARD:
Criiiiialiy Boia THreats is : to ywnat
: v - They Iiitend 10 bo; - .
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THE EMPLOYES TO BE ASSASSIN'S.
Will
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Permit the Mills , to Run if
Aay Agency Caa Prevent It.
SEIfcCTXfr IWEJT TO SECrill WORK.
DterUoqd J fcontrel gr, Wreck Mills.
Swern to y the Bidding of the
' Committee. t'
HosiissTBAD, July 28. It is evident the
Carnegie Company are ablc . to operate
their mills under the protection of, the
militia. "but there is other means of
fighting, according to a member of the
advisory committee, who said: "We
will not, under any circumstances, per
mit those mills to run, if there isany
agency which may be employed to pre
vent it. We have already selected men
who will go into those mills as fast as
they can secure employment, who are
instructed and swprn to carry out' onr
orders in consummating a policy which
we have agreed upon. When we arc
sure there is no longer any hope for us.
our - representatives in the mills will
place explosives where they will do -the
most harm to the machinery. ; We have
definitely determined that .these mills
shall not be opprated by non-union men,
and one of the principal waysro prevent
it 'is either to control or wreck the
property. I might say a great deal
more, but under the circumstances I
have gone as far as I dare." j
J ,': A Remarkable Curiosity. W .
Walla AValla Statesman. .' The propri
etor of the Statesman has in his posses
sion a remarkable curiositj. It . is a
rounded crystal of chalcedony .three in
ches long of an oval form, white and
translucent. It is but a thin shell, and
when held to the light it seems to be
nearly filled with water, which flows
about as the object is turned this way
and that. What makes it . interesting is
that the water has undoubtedly been
inclosed and hermetically sealed in this
natural receptacle for .thousands and
thousands', of years.--Probably it was
there long before Moses was bora, and
yet not a drop of it has evaporateu.
Originally there was. a cavity in the
rock, formed by a volcanic bubble.
Water percolated into it, bringing in
solution eilex, which was deposited on
the walls of a little hollow in a .coating
of chalcedony. At length it would have
been filled up solid with beautiful crys
tals, forming these "geodes," as they
are called, which are nature's treasure
caskets, found concealed in rocky for
mations there least expected , and re
vealing wonders of brilliant color.
Agates are made in the same, fashion.
However, in this instance tho small
channel by which the water flowed in
and out became closed up in some way
and so the process stopped. After the
lapse of no one can tell how many cen
turies the stony mass containing the
chalcedony chamber with its liquid con--tents
was broken open and it fell out,
being loose. i
Lively Debate in Honolulu.
Honolulu, July 20. A mass meeting
of Hawanans, held at the Queen's ar
mory, July 13,' was addressed bv RVW
Wilcox, on the subject of fie cession
of Pearl harbor to the V n'ited States,
Wilson look- the gronna that to cedfr
Pearl city to America would establish
Hawaiian independence',- and he labored
to remove the apprehension of evil which
he said the native ' Hawaiian feared
might follow this essaion of territory.
Thefliscussion became general andJHon.
Joseph Nawthi said ne was not in favor
of Wilcox's remarks. The principal in
the liberal party, he said, was autonomy
and the independence of: the Hawaiian
kingdom. He disapproved of the reso
lution, and said he advised all" constitu
encies to demand of their represen tatives
the calling of mass meetings where this
inattercouftl-be fully discussed. Strong
resolutions ox warn oi connaence ' in
Marshal Wilson, the Queen's adviser.
were entertained in the assembly.
' .- The Xpidemlc in Xnrope.
St. Petxbsbubg, July 28. The cholera
is soon expected here if warm weather
continues; ; The death , rate along the
Volga' is really greater than was sup
posed, and trade is. at a standstill. A
Vienna dispatch says the preventive
measures ordered enforced in Western
Russia have-not been executed owing to
the prevailing panic, although the
cholera has appeared at Ekaterine, Stay,
Odessa and Other places, i Arrangements
for the great military maneuvers near
Charokoff have " been canceled. Large
qnantities of disenfectants have arrived
at Constantinople for the Caucasus, but
cannot proceed, owing to the fact that
no ship can be" chartered for .Russian
ports. All the ports on the Sea of Azov
are affected from cholera. It is expect
ed the disease will soon appear in west
ern Crimea. .
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TheQr Worthern
Kaetera
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From tiie Klnm&tti taOs xprsf.
Last. week he Express pubhshed
statement made by the chief engineer of
the Great Northern road to the effect
that Jim Hill's line , would be buit to
San Francisco at an early date via
southeastern Oregon. The statement is
corroborated by the following which ap
pears in the San Francisco Chronicle :
"President Hill of the Great Northern
will extend his line from Butte, Mont.,
via Boise City, to San Francisco. He
has entered into a construction contract
with D. C. Sbeppard of St Paul, for the
building of the line, and much of the
heavy work -will be done daring the
coming winter.''
The Chronicle also 'prints
another
piece of news that has an important
bearing on the future of south eastern
Oregon.' It relates to the unsuccessful
euit. of the government against the mili
tary road company, which owns 185,000
acres of land "in Klamath. The origi
nal company will aow have a perfected
title and the vast domain will pass into
the hands of the -eastern syndicate, of
which ' Messrs.' Weyerhauser and
Musser, St. Paul capitalists, are at the
bead. Those -.two gentlemen, as an
nounced in a previous issue , of this
paper, informed Capt. CO. Applegate,
when the, latter was in St.' Paul,-that
they, will.' . co-operate with Klamath
county people in a railroad movement as
soon as the suit was decided in their
favor. The Chronicle announces ' as
follows : " "The old-time litigation of the
United States vs. the military road com
pany et al., was decided yesterday in
favor of the defendants by the United
States circuit -coart of appeals. It was
held that the certificates of the construc
tion of the military , roads signed by the
governor oi Oregon were conformable to
the statute which granted certain lands
to the company for -such road construc
tion, and the subsequent purchasers, who
bought in good faith, were to be protect
in t'ueir claims. The snit was brought
to annul the land grant. The lower court
had decided ia favor of the defendants
and its judgment was affirmed. The
real defendants were ex-Mayor Pond,
and a number of associates."
Power of the Press.
Klamath Star: "The power of the
country press" was not even perceptible
in the defeat of Lionel R. Webster. In
spite of the fact that the people's party
vote went solidly against him and as
solidly in favor of Chamberlain, he got
more'vqtes than any other state candi
date on either ticket. There is not a
more poplar . man in the state than
Webster and the power of . the country
press arrayed against him is not worth
shucks. Even the press must have solid
facts against the candidate it would
down. .
Cun Cleveland Get There?
Telegram. Here is the majority vote
in 1884 and in 1S38 in four democratic
states :
1884. 1888.
Virginia.. 6,003 1,539
West Virginia. '. 4,221 506
North Carolina 17,884 13,118
Maryland ...11,118 6,18?
It is really doubtful if Cleveland can'
get next November the vote he received
four years ago in these states.
Oregon Butterflies.
Klamath Express. Edward T. Owen,
French professor of the Wisconsin state
university, in company with Burt Cun
ningham, has been chasing- butterflies
In the Wood river country for four weeks
past. The- professor has enjoyed his
outing thoroughly' When, not a.ddjrg
to bis fctomoJpgll collection be bss
been casting the fly in the northern
crystal streams with splendid success
in one instance taking six speckled
beauties from one pool, the half dozen
aggregating thirty pounds in weight.
On his arrival- here he jealously watched
a box on which -was marked, "value,
$250." It contained about 2o00 butter
flies and moths which he will add to
his collection at Madison, Wis. The
professor has secured winged beauties
from India, Australia, Borneo, South
America and European countries, num
bering in all fully 30,000. It is one of
the most complete collections extant.
It Is Weakening.
Tekoa Globe: The third party's
strength in this county, as well as others
in eastern Washington, is, without
doubt, on the wane. .From all parts i of
thercpunty come ;reports of .weakening,
and the indications are that" both the
republican and democratic tickets will
have their usual strength in November.
Administrators Sale of Horses.
In pursuance of an order of the
county court, of Wasco county, dated
July loth, 1892, 1 will sell as a whole or
in lots, all the band of mares, geldings
and colts, also one "Black Stranger"
stallion, a fine horse and good breeder,
belonging to thefatate of the late W. J.
Meins. -These - are good well , bred
horses, many of them broke to work.
They will beiold for cash or approved
security. .. . ', . - ,..' K-
" J. C. Meins,' Administrator, r '
. of the Estate of W. J. Meins.
7.23d velni.
Beginning with Aug. 1st I will give a
valuable premium to every person who
orders one dozen cabinet pictures.
Photos to lie as erood a9 the verv best.
rPrcmium on exhibition after Friday
next. Call and see them. Only good
for a few days. Hunt, the photographer.
atoek
only th
The habit of in&lcing imitiiortua of ar-
!,. oRr-.w.ni!,-
of the def nnct Pharaohs. .Novr, ordina
rily when one buys a thing he wants it
fresh: but this rule does not hoM goo.l
in- the mummy trade. .Tow nlerthey
re the better, from .n coumierrsal poii.t
Of view. " ' . ,
The high price of authentic lnmnniies
in a good state of preservation has led it
the practice of 'inanafacturin thean to
order, and the man who contemplates
the purchase of a dozen or so of these
cheerful objects should see that he gets
what is left of something which once
walked and talked in Egypt 3.000 or
4,000. years ago.
The mummy trade 1mm been very ac
tive of late. Ordinary Egyptian citizens
who have had no further use for them
selves for thirty or forty centuries can
be bought for about fifty dollars at Cai
ro, but a bette quality or lncuvidual-a
prince; or. i a -. high prieat, .for instance
cornea as high as $500 or even more.
If you should find in mommy for
which yon paid, $100,. say, a lot of gold
and jewelry worth about $1,000, you can
be confident that, the thing is genuine.
An Egyptologist named Mosconas once
made a small fortune in the purchase of
one mummy which had once contained
a rich man's vital spark. The chest.
which bad been separated from the vital
organs before embalming, had been filled
again with, gold and precious stones.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph,
Explaining; Shower of Blood.
No phenomena of nature have excited
more widespread consternation in an
cient and even in comparatively modern
times than the so called rains of blood,
stones, fishes and reptiles.
The peoples of antiquity regarded such
occurrences as dire warnings and por
tends, and at the present day their occa
sional happenings gives rise to much
wonder and actual fear. Nevertheless,
science has been able to" ascertain the
causes which produce these remarkable
precipitations, which are accounted for
by reasons entirely commonplace.
In 1670 a "rain of blood" fell at The
Hague. The citizens got up in the morn
ing and found that a shower of crimson
fluid had fallen during the night. There
was great excitement and the occurrence
was looked upon as foretelling approach
ing war. One level headed physician
got a little of the strange water, from
one of the canals and examined it under
a microscope. He found that the fluid
had not really a red color, but was sim
ply filled with swarms of small crimson
animalcules.
Further investigation showed these
animalcules to be a species of water flea
with branching horns. Presumably they
were brought. from a-great distance by
wind and deposited with the rain. How
ever,' notwithstanding this explanation,
the -Hollanders -.persisted in regarding
this affair from u superstitious point of
view, and many declared afterward that
it was an omen giving warning of the
desolation which ' vas subsequently
brought into the country with fire and
sword by Louis XTV. Washington Star.
- The New Clab Member.
I read conscientiously Sunday after
noon at the club the weekly rules and
regulations laid down in the newspapers
concerning the details of life, that I
might regulate my behavior thereby;
and I notice that "initials are not con-,
sidered good form on note paper, not
even monograms." This did not particu
larly interest me, as I have for years
used a firm, plain and unruled paper
though! do not delight in two, sided let
ter' 'writing, and the only .notes" I Am
punctilious in answering are dinner In-.
vitatiohsand the good wishes of Miss
Porphyry sent to roe a.$ the bosiqning oi
each vjarid'a Jfoar a&3 mine own. . :
But J9oWi np gai. across. tfiS hall I
6a W' young bpriggles busily engaged in
the consumption of club paper and en
velopes. Letters stood in high stacks
nnftti ttle table. And I fc?nnstd thi
maxims Th.0 newness Of club uTSBiber
sulf) t9 in direct proportion to the
amount of daily correspondence. The
clublinor parades the" fclnb stamp as the
-newly married .man his wife. And t
should regret this thrusting of such dan
gerous weapons as pen, ink and paper
iatO'the hands of . the-wiae- -and "the-foolish,'
were it not that club paper had oc
casionally its nses; as when Thackeray
wrote that delightful Roundabout in de
fense of Lord Clyde. Boston Post.
The Kia la History.
What a fleeting, intangible, evanes
cent and altogether delicious thing a kiss
Is! No savant can 'analyze it. The
genius that fathoms star spaces cannot
measure it; the science that weighs the
fraction of an atom cannot determine its
specific gravity. And yet what an im
portant part it has played in history as
well as in romance. .. It has been the re
ward of genius for 'was. not Voltaire
" In laying in yrmi-- uriutr
mummies , b crtfal : " boy
publicly kissed in the stage box by the ff - JTjT 7t
beautiful tehees de yaSra id.'impli-tVed ' W,?'
. -1U j. . -.I". -1. 1 Shea. soon revived.: His thro
ance with the demands of an enthusias
tic fit to thus reward the author of
"Merope?"
It has been the bribe of politics, for
when Fox was contesting the hard won
seat at Westminster the beautiful Duch
ess of Devonshire offered to loss all who
would vote for the great statesman. And
the inspiration of patriotism, for did not
the fair - Lady Gordon turn recruiting
sergeant when the ranks of .the Scottish
regiments bad been depleted by Sala
manca, and tempted the gallant lads by
placing the recruiting .shilling between
her lips for all who would to take it with
their own? New York Sun.
Equine Arlntoeraey.
'That fellow is awfully stuck up,"
remarked the cob to the polo company,
as he wagged his ears in the direction
of the new tandem horse. "He -refused
to recognize me today in the park. He
may be a society 'leader now, but I re
member when his mother used to be
driven by the grocer's son." -Harper's
Bazar, i -
Me C'arrlett a MtlX. ' . '
of, ) ,The othpr lv a xttil dressed ma sat
j in a Boulevard cr going up town." Th
day won -rH, tiio car was roll and tbe
nsnal discomforts of surface transH
wero.tumed en. The man mentioned
s the observe! of all observers. Ha
carried a common black muff on bis
knee. Iii.i hands throat in either end, and -had
a far away look in' his eyes. The
ladies exchanged amused glances. The
gentlemen regarded the innff with vari
ous degrees of wonder and contempt.
1 "Newest style." suggested one gentle
man to another.
"Yes; it's going to'beseold day to
morrow. When you see the pigs carry
ing straws" ,.
"That beats aseV came ia a Stage
whisper from across the way.
"Wonder- if he wears corsets," said
austber.
What is it, anyhow?"
"Sorry I forgot my muff." .,,..
"IH steal my wife's sealskin soene to
night." ' - V
"Poor fellow! Somebody ought to aear
"hun home safely." ' ' - . r -
Amid these remarks the man. with the
niuff sot quietly. looking oat of the-window.
He must have overhear some of
them; he must have known that he was
the -object of universal curiosity and
ridicule, bat he gave no sign. It ap
peared, however; that he -was only col
lecting himself for some final effort, for
when he arose to leave the cas at Seventy-second
street he suddenly confront
ed his fellow passengers. . , ,
. "This is my wife's muff," he said
bluntly. "She left it on the bargain,
counter. I had to go back and got it.
rm taking it home. If you see anything
funny in that I'm blamed .if I da."
New York Herald. ' .
An Interesting; Law Salt.
A law suit over a meteorite has stirred
the usually tranquil life of Kirchberg, -
in Wurtemberg. Some time ago every
body there was startled one night by a
loud report, and a ball of fire was seen.
to fall near the Bennecker sawmill. On
the.next day a stone weighing a too. was
found among the logs . by a laborer, in
the mill. News of the occurrence- was
published far and wide. ' Among the
scores of pilgrims to tne stone axnorur
the logs were wise men from Stuttgart
and Tubingen, Who believed that they
had a rare specimen of celestial geologi
cal formations. Their competitive off era
for the stone bred a quarrel between the
laborer and the owner of the mill as to
whether the finder of the stone or the
owner of the land on which it fell could
claim it rightfully.
Tubingen professors had it shipped to
the university, after having agreed to
pay $300 for it if it proved, to be a duly
tested and accredited meteorite. The
laborer thereupon enjoined the mill
owner from receiving the money for the
stone, and the mill owner got a lawyer,
who is trying to raise the injunction.
Meantime, the Tubingen prof essors have
said that the-stone has few attributes of
a meteorite, and have refused to reship
it: so laborer and mill owner are about
to begin proceedings to compel them to
return it, both maintaining that-the uni
versity is trying to get the meteorite for
nothing.
There are four lawyers in the case al
ready and nothing has been decided, so
the costs bid fair to exceed the value of
a dozen meteorites. New York Son.
Something New in Canoe Racing.
In the last couple of seasons we have
noted the growth of the war canoe, pro
pelled by paddle entirely, and the sport
had by a few races witn them has created
something of an interest in paddling
races generally, which were giving away
very extensively to. the sailing events.
There is n.aw. some tall; of building en
larged wur canoes, to cold from a deseu
to thirty or so, and raoingbin. There
we a few fairly lorgG Wddling canoea
now In existence, but they have served
heretofore on moouliirht and other
nigliU as int-uiuins for the introduction
of the gentler Sex to the fascinations of
the sport. These ny be manned for
racing, and, per contra, the ous coa
terpplVt'd for racing may, on 6CC&8on,
be" SicTifimf fonove'aiur DeJfiCr,.. Ii
either event, ft looks OS though the re
gattas of the summer would; be made
doubly interesting by these largo canoe
races, each boat with a crew of probably
twelve to fifteen paddlera, - Harper's
.We(' .-- -
Swallowed an Ortter HhelL
The Rev. W. D. Shea made a narrow
escape in Macon Wednesday night. , He
went to a restaurant for some oysters
and swallowed a piece 6t "shell, which
very near cost him his life. The shell
lodged - in his throat, lacerating the
membrane and causing hemorrhage and
strangulation. . Theeeveral present were
attracted to the minister, who had gone
into convulsions. :
A physician .was immediately dis
patched for, but in the meantime the
shell became dislodged and was thrown .
up during the convulsions. The shell
was about the size of a quarter of a dol
lar, with sharp edges. After being re- "
Rev. Mr.
Shea soon revived.; His throat was con
siderably lacerated, and altogether the
minister had a narrow escape. Colum
bus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun.
Felled by Dead Oeeee. '
While a Hutchinson (San.) policeman
was standing under an electric light the
other night, he was startled by some ob
ject striking him a heavy blow on the
head and then fall at his feet. As be
stooped to examine the object he re
ceived a second blow, this time on the
back. When he recovered sufficiently
from , his fright to gather himself to
gether he found he had been struck by
two wild geese that had been killed by
striking the electric light wires. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Di Vp m Fortune.
While digging a foundation for a,
house in Wichita, Kan., recently, it ia
reported that $35,000 in gold were ex
humed. The money is said to have been
the fortune of the grandfather of. the
present owner of the ground, who is
supposed to have hidden it . .