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ronusJiEM AND rnoi'JllETOUS.
Termi rflubucrlptloni
One cojijt one )sr (62 mimben), In tilnuice.,..t2 J50
Ontco)jl month (20 numtari) - 1 25
One copy throe monthi (IS miintxn) 75
Or II not rlil ulthln ! month, (3 l!l I iliargcil
for one y-v' rmtuicrtpUon.
PORTLAND, FK1I. 1!1, IS79.
Rate Reduced.
Hereafter freight will bo forwarded
henco to Wnlla Wnlla by tlio O. H. N.
Co. at a reduction of ?5 per ton, and to
tho Dalles $2 per ton.
Great SnHcrlnK-
Stock in said to bo sulToring exceed
ingly east of thu motuitniiiH and at tlio
Dalles. Cattle iiro dying from stann
tion. So a gentleman just arrived
repot l.
Look Like Bnilncii
Mr. Georgo W. Ifumn lias imiilo nj
plicntion for liconsosfor twenty-six boats
to bo employed by bis Astoria cannery.
Undollet t Co. also Hindu application
for forty boats to ran in connection with
their cannery.
Fit: Hoc
S. G. Reed raised on his farm in Wash
ington county, a Berkshire hog which he
tent to the Portland market, whose gross
weight was 1040 pounds, net weight 870
pounds. It was a thoroughbred Berk
shire, descended from thoroughbreds im
ported into this Slate several years ago.
Slok Honai.
Thero aro several horses sick in tlio
-vicinity of Sublimity with a disease
known as the Htiir staggers. 31 r. Joseph
AVilliams 1ms lost one, .Mr. Siginon one,
nnd Mr. Nice, at Independent school
house has ono down, and fears nro enter
tained that many will die of the disease.
Narrow Eacape.
Tho Corvallis Gazette learns of the
.narrow escape from drowning of a
couple ot loggers named J as. Patterson
nnd Geo. Ituburts. These men in small
boats, concluded they would go over thn
dam at chambers' mill, on thu Luck
jiuuute, in Kings valley. After making
tlm plungt1, their boats wero drawn, by
force of thu w hill of thu waters, under
thu dam, ami eaiim near pi'iishing 1st
foro being rescued from their eiiloin
munition. Not much fun in that kind
of work.
Brldixat Brolton.
information was reeeiveil liero yester
day from Mr. Jones, manngtr of thu O.
H. N. Co.'h telegraph olllco at thu Lower
Cascades, to tlio ellect that both iqiaiis
crossing thu liver at that point aro brok
en, us is rlso tho caMj at tlio Upper Cas
cades. The lino is all down between the
two points. Thosuow is quite- deep and
wicrustnl with an inch of ice, easily
1 i'.m ring up a man. Tin condition of
tho lino above ami below these points
has not been ascertained, but it is .up-po-.ed
to bu buried under the snow.
Important Stilt.
A suit has been begun in thu I'. S.
Circuit Court against W. C. (Iriswold,
JaiiuO, (iriswold, James M. Ailam, W.
H. l.add, A. Mush, W. U Hill, II. Y.
Thompson, (!. II. Duiliam, Tlionms
Muitzy, U Cluiuibcrlnin, W. II. Wat
kinds) lieu lluyilen, W. J I. Iliilmes, A.
Kelly, J. W. No.initli and W.J. Wood
woith, for nu injunction and receiver to
protect thu InteiestH of thu United .States
in tho Giiswold property. A prelimina
ry unlor liuu Wen granted by tho court
that ilefuuilauts show cause, if any
thcro is, why thu injunction should not
bo iMiieil in iiecorduneo with the pram
of tho bill, to bo tried on .Monday, Mi
wary 111 th.
1'oror Arretted.
Tor homo mouths past, Clarke l
Craig, of thu Willumetto Farmer, liuo
been annoyed by parties who have been
collecting for ,them without authiuity.
Yesterday, n victim oioni of these
collectors iitogmml one of the "han
dy collector'' nnd immediately gau
information to Clarke v Craig, who
rmoro out a wniiaut for his nrrcst.
Constablu Hpruguo took the fellow in
tow, and ho now lies in the county jail,
wheiu hi) will uwait the action of thu
drawl Jury. We aio glad to seo thcxe
fellows brought to justue. The chances
aro good for a term in the penitentiary.
The jiarty was employed in Jen. Taylor's
Mtloun, and mllcd hinn-elf W. J. Sulli
van. lie Ins an alias of U Whitwoith,
Thlevci.
Never since the last State fair, smj the
Statesman, has Salem been u lull of
thieves ami elurrer-j as at present, Dur
ing the put week there have been sev
eral dating robberies committed ilut
would scud the perpetrators to the State
prjson could they be caujlit. Mr. By
ron's dwelling invaded, but n.-ihing
of value was mined, as the inmv.es el
the house arrived before the burglars had
lime to inspect the entire house. They
affected an entrance with a skeleton key.
Lai Wednesday Dr. Hall's house was
robbed ol two Udics' cloaks, valued at
$.10. There i no clue to either of the
above thieves. It is supposed that there
was a combined ring of them, as about
1; suspicious looking indivdua's made
the(r appearance in our city at oi.c time
about the first of the week.
Finh Ueenioi-
Application?, says the Aetorian,
for
licenses to fish aro coming into tho office
of tho Fish Commissioner very rapidly.
Tho Commissioner has divided his work
into counties, with 11 deputy in each.
Mr. llopo II. Ferguson is tho deputy
for Clatsop comity. Tlio first Jish li
censes issued wero for ft boat, tlip-nct nnd
a fisherman named John Chambers, of
Oregon City.
Flthermen'i Menting-
At a meeting of tho fishermen of As
toria a few days since, tho following res
olutions wero adopted:
That wo tho undersigned fishenncn of
thu Columbia river, oppose tho license
law, and that there will bo 11 meeting of
the fisheimeii of tho Columbia river on
Tuesday tho fouith day of March, 187J,
to tako tho same under consideration,
and that wo invito tho co-operation of all
the fishermen on tho Columbia river in
tho matter.
1 '
Resolution Acknowledgment
The following resolutions wero unani
mously ndopted by Young America
Engine Company No. 1, of Corvallis, at
the lust regular meeting :
Whrukah, It has been our good for
tune, through the utlicum nnd ngunti of
tho Oiegon Steamship Company, the
firm of Allen it Lewis, Oiegon Trans
fer Co., U. 11. Scott fe Co., ami last but
not least, tin1 Corvallis Truck .t J)ray
Co., to hmo shipped, freo of charge, our
new fito engine from h'an Francisco to
Corvallis; therefore, bo it
Jtesolved, JJy thu membem of Young
America l'ngino Co. No. 1, of Corvallis,
that by so doing they havo conferred
upon us a lasting favor, and that tho
thanks of this company aro duo and aro
hereby tendered to tho gentlciniintly
agents and representatives of thosu sev
eral lines of transportation, nnd also to
Allen k Lewis for their kind and gener
ous nets by vihich they have r-.liown
themselves the firemen's friends.
JlcNolved, That mo npiurcinto the
kindness thus conferred, nnd that wo
hold ourselves in leadiuess nt all times
to return thu favor by any nets in our
power.
Ilehoived, Unit tliesu resolutions ho
spread upon thurccoidsof this compnnv,
and that copies bu forwarded to thu dif
ferent newspapers of tlio htato for pub
lication. I. Caih.ii.k.
John IH'iim.tt,
S. J I. Look,
Committee.
A Chase For a Child.
About .1 year ago .1 woman went from
this city to Seattle, where tc gave birth
tq a bov baby which she soon hired out
to a married lady living near that place
at $10 a month to keep and nurse it.
The Intelligencer says she remained on
the Sound and would call once every two
or three months to see how her boy was
getting along, but never paving a cent of
the nurse's wages. Last Friday, the
mother, whom we will designate as Ruby,
called at the house where her child was
being kept, and stated to Mr. N., the
lady Mho was keeping it, that she would
like to take her baby bov out for a little
ride and woulJ bring him luck in the
course of an hour. Of course the request
was complied with, though rather reluc
tantly. After an hour or so, and no re
turn, Mrs. N. began to mistrust, and has
tily putting on iter tilings, limned down
to the wharf, where she learned thu
mother and child had just gone on board
the North Pacific and that the steamer
was jtnt ready to start for Tacoma.
Jumping on board she succeeded in find
ing Ruby, who refused to piy her the
wages or give up the child. In the
meantime ine steamer nail started.
When ihcy landed at Tacoma both
women stopped at thu siine hotel. Mrs.
N. applied to several attomevs, but the
all refused to interfere in the case. What
ua ihv poor woman to do? She had
stalled off from home without a cent of
money in her pocket, not cspecting to
leave the town, and now ivas about to
lose her wages, $130, and thu child.
Situiday morning she stopped at Ruby's
door, which was slightly ajar. There
sat the little boy on the bed, all dressed
and llxed up, w bile her mother was mak-
in Iter toilet uciore the glass in a nan
nude condition. Now was her lime.
Springing into the room she grabbed the
child mid Mas half way down thn sums
wuii it before the surprised mother real
ized what had happened. Ruby soon
gave chase, but being in no condition to
apt car on the street, and owing to the
Man the other lady and child had gained,
she soon gate up the chase. Mrs. N.
and the child returned to bcaitle Satur
day evening on the Zephyr, while Kuby
came to Portland, feeling that she had
been taken in at her own game. Mrs.
N. is a highly respected lady, has resided
with her husband for nuuy ) ears, while
Kubys chaiacter is very questionable.
She hu-d for a Ion; time with the notor
ious lack Dowd, and is known on the
Sound ai Dowd's woman, She is the
duntlmol aicspected family in Oregon,
for whoc sake we refrain from giving
her real name.
' I fear that )eudo not quite apprehend
me," as the jail bird said to his baffled
pursers.
A lady who is no longer in the first
bluih uf yomh is summoned as a witness
in soine suit. The judge: "How old
arc you, nudam?" She (hcsitaiinjlr):
" rhiriy'tune.' The jiulje (in the most
bsnevoUni tot e, af.tr hivng con'.eui
p'atcd her an mtat); "Tliirty-n'.nj'
Come, ma-lam, haye courage! Go tn
and finish i.l'
A Terrible Catastrophe.
Killed br a War Wkllo Aumlrinc
tho Ocean.
One of the most remarkable accidents,
fatal in its result, that lias transpired
in Oregon happened on tho Oth inst.
near Gardner, in Coos county. As near
as wo could ascertain tho facts of tho
all'nir, Mrs. Mary Klinkcnbeard, a lndy
aged about 47 years nnd residing at
Marshfleld, cxpicKcd a desiro to seo
the ocean, never lieforo having had such
an experience. Accompanied by a num
ber of friends, slio one morning left
Gardner nnd crossed the bay to tho
beach. Having scturedinii elevated po
sition, thu party ntopp'"), and glancing
the ocean, begun to admile its immensity
and mnjesty. It was rolgh and sombre,
tho hugo billows ever n id anon rising
and precipitating them ?lvcs within a
short distanco of thu s uctators. The
throng was a happy one, nd passed tho
time, pleasantly in cntcrpiining conver
sation. They occupied a position upon
an iinmcnsu and weather-beaten log of
mnny tons' weight that rested upon tho
pebbly strand. Mrs. Klinkeiibcard was
11 fow feet in advance, near tho fcca, and
standing on tho wind, occasionally inter
changing n few words with her trie-nils.
Filially sho turned, r ml p(Jnting a finger
at the. angry ocean, sho Mid in a jocosu
maimer, " fio far shnlt th)u come, and
no further." These wero tlio last words
sho ever uttered. At thu pnstant a gi
gantic wavo arose, and approaching with
fearful velocity, undermined tho Hiind
beneath her feet nnd threw her to the
ground. Tho log upon which her horri
fied companions stood slipped from under
their feet and tolled down tho bench
with irresistible force, crushing to n jelly
tho body of tho prostrate woman and
killing her instantly. Thu log floated
off to the sea, and tho disilgurcd.reinniiiH
of thu unfortunate woman wero recov
ered with tlio utmost dilHculty nnd only
by tho greatest exertion of tlio witnesses
of thu ten iblo catastrophe. Tho decedent
was an excellent lady, who eamo to Ore
gon in 18 If, and reaaed a family of
thirteen children, bho has several rel
atives residing in Portland, amongst
whom are tho families of Judgo Strong
and Dr. Strong.
A Father's Fidelity.
lie Soarelie for HI Child, nnd after
Twontr Yean 1'lndi Htm nn In
mato of tho Orrucn Stato Prliou
A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
Twenty years ago thero was a boot
and shoo maker in Dubuque, Iowa,
named Sullivan, or Sullivant, and as ho
claims French nnccstry tho tho latter is
probably correct. Ho. had 11 wifo and
0110 child, a boy. Thu wifo doped with
another man, taking tho child with her.
After have! and search Sullivant found
tho tiiinuts at somo town in tho interior
of the State, nnd would havo claimed
his boy, only that tho mother packed
him in a box nnd khipped him to
Chicago as freight. Tho father discov
ered u due, followed it up, and obtained
possesion of thu child, taking it to the
Stnto of rsew ork and leaving it with
its relations. Tlio mother followed in
turn nnd re-stolo tho little ouo nnd car
ried it oil' nuver to bo discovered ugnin
us a child. Sulliviiut has followed
on her trail for all theso years,
but without avail. It has been n will 0'
tho wisp seiiivh, led "i only to bo
decided. Neither mother nor child
were found fur many weary days
and mouths and years, his K'arch led
him to California, thn wniaii luing re
ported to him as n resident of that State.
There after hunting high nnd low for n
long time and adding to tho thousands
of dollars hu had sjvent heretoforo in
unavailing search, hu nt length found thu
woman ami demanded to know what
had becomo of his lwy, nnd learned that
ho was somewhere in Oregon. ThiH ro
mance, which is comloiuwd twth, would
bo incomplete if it did not give tho
history of this recreant woman.
Sulliviiut found her living with tho same
man with whom sho ran nwny from her
Dubuipio home. She had mmricd and
been divorced from him, mairied two
other men mid beendioived from them,
nnd now wns married again to Mr. No.
J. Hero was a singular melange of
of matrimony, and tho woman who en
dured it all, though not a very ivsicctii
bio heroine, may claim to bo rather a
remarkable one.
Sullivant then changed his pursuit to
Oregon, hunted tho wentcrn towns and
vnlleys, and finally got word of u man
of that name in Kustcrn Oregon, and
east of tho mountains ho went to lind
that tho son of Iim youth, tho child of
his hopes and tho object of twenty-ono
yearn of labor nnd search had leon con
victed of crimo nnd sentenced to thu
Stnto penitentiary. It seem that tho
young innu bad a cantoht with a negro,
ruui cut tho uegro with a knife, doing
no serious damuge, though justly sen
fenced for tho act. Ho bore rather a
good diameter than otherwise, and was
well sjKiken of by many friends So
Sullivant camo look from tho upjer
country, and went to Salem, whew he
found his long-lost Iwy, decidedly tho
victim of circumstances and in duranco
vile, Hu is at tho Commercial Hotel,
Salem, and hoiies to malo a fair show
ing in tho Ivoy s favor and obtain assist
unco to procure his release, and if tho
ease is no more than stated, it is to bo
IiojhuI that tho tm will Ik mrdoned and
bo in tho future both a credit ami a com
fort to so devoted a arcut. Hero is at
least one instaueo of unsurpassed con
st ney and fidelity in a father.
State and Territorial'
Diphtheria is still raging in riinlntin.
Albany has had r cvcral widish outrage by
Chinese.
The Weekly Mcrr-'O' l"13 reduced its prico
to $1 CO a year.
CJeo. W. Ililmu has opened a wholesale
house at AsKiria.
W. 11. Hamilton it Co.'g bank at Corvallis
is now in full blast.
A Cornelius man Intends planting 10 acres
ki iiotatoes this Spring.
HillsWo needs nn ordinance, ngalmt carry
ing concealed deadly weapons.
Mr. Joseph lliunu is refitting tho littlo
steamer (Juickstcp for tho Knappa trrwle.
James f'usebcer, of Koscburg, accidentally
hot luni'cll 111 the thigh with a pistol, on the
10th.
Young rUnncry, arrested in Ynuihlll
county, charged with highway robbery, has
liccn acquitted.
Tho cold weather has not hurt tho I.inn
county wheat, though much of the oats will
have to bo renown.
Coos Day shipper owned most of the cargo
of tho schooner U'hitelaw, recently wrecked
on the California coast.
Clackamas county ha paid tho balance of
her State tax. Tho amount was $12,. 11)0 33,
and was paid on tho '."Jtli inst.
A man named Armstrong, ngetl HO, assaulted
Mr. Humphrey, aged 7' at Albany on
Wednesday, by tin owing bricks at him.
A Chinaman ntiomptcd to rmish Mrs. John
Ilrown, of Albany, 011 Monday oxening when
she niathed a latnn chimney oer hU head.
Tlio liist Oregonlan say that tlio Columbia
Itiverblofkadc doesn't nll'eet the IVinlleton
tropic mii'.'li, a they have a nice littlo World
of their owti.'J
The Poll; comity Itivernido saysi "Xcvcr
since tho tlrst rtttlcmcut of Oregon havu the
prosjiccts of an abundant crop been better
than nt prctiut.
Albany is overrun witJi "bad" gamblers,
bnmmcrs, thieves and "ag," nnd tho tax
Juyera aio preparing to esooit them out of
the corponttu limits.
Three dlHcrcnt burglaries occurred at Al
bany in tho past tight days. Tho ouo nt the
llovcro jioii-u was tho most tenon, siuu
worth of clothing living stolen.
Astoria, tho Astoriau says, had a snow
storm tho other day, followed by a Chinook
wind, tliiit cleared tlio mow oir faster than a
man could do it with a shovel.
A hunting party of livu gentlemen from
Canby, lately toolc n trip to llig IJcrid, .Mo.
lalla river. The score stood 1 Deer, J.I; elk,
'.'; wild cats, ."1 skunks, .1. Thoy encount
ered snow II and ! feet deep.
Says the Albany Democrat! An old man
named Archiu Jones died very suddenly nt
Lebanon last Saturday morning. Ho got up
very early after having built a tiro snt down
in front of it in n chair, and shortly after fell
over dead.
One day wick lwfi.ro last, says tho Dalles
Mountaineer, whllo n number of boys were
playing under a wagon Ikix in Klickitat valley,
the bov fell nvir nnd caught ono of tho boys
aged about seven years, and broke his neck,
killing him InsUntly.
.
Supremo Court.
Wi:iisr.M).v, Feb. '2.
Counvd for respondent in tho enuso
of Gilinoro vs llureh gavo notico that
he would file a petition for u rc-hcuriug
011 certain pnits of tho case
Hen Hollidayet al, respondent, vsS.
(. Kiliot, appellant nppenl from Mar
ion county cause on trial.
Couit adjourned till 9 A. .M. to-morrow.
TiinisiiAV, Fob. 1.1.
lien. Holladay et al vs S. C. Kiliot ot
nlj appeal from .Marion county. Causu
011 trial.
Court adjourned till 9 o'clock A. M.
to-morrow.
BAB FOR EASTERN OREGON.
Wo le.uii by telegraph that a heavy
full of snow took place on Monday night
all iilon;,' tho Sound, the greatest known
for many years. Tho-o who come from
tho Dalles report over thirty inches of
snow on tho ground. Tho vires aro
down so that 110 information cm Ik had
ns to the weather farther up tho Colum
bia, but it is to bo feared that tho snow
lies heavily, nnd thatj the weather is
colder than with us and peimits it to lie
there, encrusted so that stock cannot paw
it nway, Alreiuly tho stock of tho up
per country has sud'ored from tho Win
ter, and this utorm very likely finds it
in poor condition to resist its hardships.
It is possible that tho snow may not re
main long on tho ground, but a few days
may decido the fate of 11 great deal of
tho stock of tho Eastern ranges. It is
to bo feared that tho lobstu will very e
riously eripplo tho stock interest. lice.
Those Husking Parties.
And tho husking parties hold 1110
for a minuto ! I went to 0110 ouco ; had
I been twenty yearn older then, how I
would have sketched it for you ; but I
was only a loy, ond I've only a boy's
remembrance. I o.tly remember tho
lanterns strung on cords from one great
beam to thu otlier, each comer bringing
his own lantern. I remember tho
lights and tho daikness overhead; tho
bright flashes and tho great shadows
that swallowed them up ; mid tho hens
that nodded and blinked on tho scallbld
ing, and the one fool of a rooster that
kept crowing, thinking that tho morning
had eomo ; mid tho huge pile of yellow
cars that grew and grew in size ; and
thu greater pile of Mraw.colored husks
that were thrown ktckwanl and pushed
out until thev blocked tho great bant
doorway; and tho hlevpv cattle in tho
stalls that looked stupidly but K'liovo
lently out at the strange goings on ; and
tho red ear how the young fellows
within! tho red ears were thicker : and
tho chasings and tumblings through the
rattling hukksj nnd tho screams and
laughter. I know all this is iieretiesd,
but w-lio would bo a saint when heresy
U so pleasant I lC5o!den Hula.
Whlto House Lunatio3.
The "daft" people who find their way
into thu President's room generally look
sauu enough; but some let their mental
weakness bo known by their (jueer ipies
tions and strangn actions. They are ma
neuvered out as soon as possible, but of
ten eauso considerable trouble. When
a person calls ot tho Executive Mansion
who is so iusauu ns to ho helpless nnd
dangerous, ho is turned over to tho po
lice mid sent to thu iiisnnn usylum or his
home. From clues furnished by them
helves tho place from which they hnil is
often discovered, nnd they nro given
transportation thereto nt government
expense. Thero nro such a number that
havu to bo sent to tho insane asylum that
it been suggested that a sjiecial uppto
priatiou bo mado for taking them homo,
ns its costs moro to maintain them nt thu
government expenso in tho nsylum.
Somo harmless lunatics havo n method
in their madness. At stated periods
they pay tho Whito House a visit.
Their faces havo become familiar.
Among these is an old gentleman who
lives a short distanco out in tho country,
near IJladensburg. Hu weal's a large
soft hat, salt and pepper pants, and 11
short black coat. His eyesore bluoiind
mild, with nothing wild about them, nnd
his hair is gray. Ho culls regularly
ouco in every two mouths. Ho comes
in tho door solemnly. Ueing asked what
hu wants, lit replies : "I havo comu to
take my seat," Ho then tells how hu
has been regularly elected President, nnd
would havo comu to enter on his duties
sooner, but work on his farm prevented
his leaving home. Tlio ushers talk to
him R'rioiisly about the matter, and as a
general thing hu soon leaves perfectly
satisfied. Tho lost timo ho called hu wns
somnwlint pemstcut in demanding "thu
Presidential choir," in order "to tako his
lawful seat." Ueing expostulated with
Im explained to tho usher that they need
hae no fear; ho did not intend to mnko
unity change") and would keep them nil
111 olhce. Ho didut know, eomo to
think of it, flint hu would mnko nuy re
movals nt nil. Ho might, however, put
Secretary Schurz out of tho cabinet. Ho
was nslicd if ho hud wife. Ho replied,
"No." Ho wns then told thnt no un
married mnn could bo President. Ho
left immediately, with tho expressed de
termination to liiurry ns soon ns hu got
homo nnd then eomo back and "tako his
seat."
A ninn cpmes down here from Penn
sylvania about five times a year. Ho
is about thirty livu yearn old and dresses
neatly and eomfoitably. Ho demands
to su tho President. Tho Treasury and
thu Whito Housu havo been deeded to
him mid hu wants session of them
both. The last time ho wore n pair of
badly used up shoes and was slightly
noisy. When put outside of thu door
hu said: "I will submit this time as I
do not wish to make Hayes homeless;
but tho utjxt timo T want no foolish
nem. I want him to niovo out prompt
ly, I hatu to bu so harsh, but my shoes
nro wearing out and 1 want my rights.
Just tell him how tho casu stands."
A man from Ohio called n few days
ngo. Ho had a theory that tho world
was coming to an end in fow days if ho
was not mado Superintendent of tho
Xuvnl Observatory, in view that hu
might by his knowlodgo of astronomy
avert tho impending collision of tho
earth and nil tho planets. Ho wns prom
ised thu position and felt pertectly safc
isued. Ohio, by tho by, furnishes ipiito a
number of subjects. A woman from
that State, about forty years old, with
a gmv hat, a light woolen shawl, hand-
somo brown eyes nud regular features,
canto quietly in hut week. Sho said
there was $1,000 up that uhu had been
elected Coventor of Pennsylvania on tho
greenback ticket. She had only thu
week before gono to that Stato to soo
about it, and not getting much satis
faction had come to thu President to
have tho question finally settled. Sho
uxhibited what sho called her "ciedeiv
tials." This important document was
tho ticket issued by tho greenbackers in
thu recent election in Pennsylvania nnd
had on them, or course, tho names of all
tlio nominees ot that party, nfio was
told that tho President could do nothing
for her, nnd was referred to tho Attor-ney-Oenerul.
A raw boned fellow from Maiuo is
heen no mora nt tho Whito House. Ho
used to bo ft regular visitor. Ho would
inarch in every morning, walk up to one
of tho ushers, and with a military sa
lute hand him a letter. Tho letters
wero always addressed to "Hon. It. H,
Hayes, from Ohio, President of tho
United States, U. S. of America, West
ern Continent, Whito House, District
of Columbia." Theo letters wero al
ways opened, but wero found to bo such
scrawls that no ono could read them.
This nrobably exactly suited tho man
as all ho seemed to want was to deliver
tho letters promptly vt 9 o'clock every
morning.
I.ast Summer a burly inmnto raised a
row in the East Itoom because ho was
told by Sergeant Dinsmoro that the
President could not see him. Ho wivs
put out. Dinsmoro watched nnd saw
that he went nround luck of tho house.
Hu stepped to tho south end of tho East
Hoom just in timo to grab tho big in
truder rw ho wns coming through the
window, Tho fellow looked crestfallen,
and said, ajxilogetically: "I only wanted
to seo the I Ion. Mr. Hayes."
Tho "Goddess of Liberty just stepped
down from the domo of tho Capitol,"
came back tho other wook, ami beiug re
fused admittance to tho President's
room, threnteued to bring down her "re
serves." Tltie consisted, bho taid,
of nil thu fitntucs in tho old Hall
of Itepresentntives, nnd thnt of Colum
bus in tho enst front of the Capitol and
of tho group of the backwoodsman and
Indian lighting.
A woman from Moino walked in one
day in a dress like that of a Quakeress.
She stalked into the East lloom, and
spreading n largo Ilible, which sho ear
ned under nrm, on 0110 of the window
seals, announced her text, and began in
a loud voice to hold forth on the neces
sity of being bom ugnin. Sergeant
Dinsmore told her sho must not make a
noise. Shu calmly told him that her
mission was to convert President Hayes
nnd she had come to fulfill it. An effort
being niado to escort her to tho door sho
ngnin bccuni" loud and quoted verso
nfter verso from the Bible. After much
noise, but 110 actual resistance, sho was
gotten out on tho porch nnd thu door
was closed. Sho left, announcing her
determination to convert Mr. Hayes,
and repenting scriptual texts all tho way
down tho concrete walk to tho gate.
A hard-looking mnlo customer ho
wns nliout forty years old ciimo in 0110
morning. "I uui tho man," ho said in
a roar, " who dosed tho rebellion. It
is a matter of necessity that I should
seo tho President." Ho was told that
thu President did not receivo visitors at
the Whito House. Ho saw every one
that called at 111 Tenth street. This in
tho number of tho police station on thnt
street. The mnn went promptly to -ill
Tenth street, nnd took n sent. After
sitting there awlnlo the keeper asked
what ho wanted. "Oh I" ho said, "1
havo just called to seo tho President."
Tho keeper took in tho situation at n
glance, nnd saying "Step this way,"
conducted his visitor into ono of tho
cells.
A Dayton (O.) man eamo in ono day
with a big tin box full of papers. These
constituted tho creed of a new religion
which God had deputed him to make
known to tho world. What ho wanted
wns thu President to grant him a char
ter, nud he would then start on 11 busi
ness basis. Ho gave his name ns Jacob
Schafl'er. His particular fear was news
paper men. Ho thought thnt somo of
thu fraternity had conspired to get the
contents of his box nnd publish his creed
before ho secured his charter: For tliia
reason ho said that no ono should read
his papers. His wifo is evidently nlso
insane. Tho da' Jacob SclioH'cr put in
his appearance at tho Whito Houso Jnno
Schntl'cr, at Dayton, tclcgi 11 plied to thu
President as follows: "Mr. President,
Jacob will liu with you to-morrow to ex
plain his grand mission. Treat him
well."
ReEulta of Easy Divorce.
Thu pen do of Switzerland, who po
see.i so great a variety of political insti
tutions, and havo trii.il so many experi
ments in social economy, sanctioned
somo years ngo thu introduction of whnt
is virtually unlimited facility of divorce.
Dissolution of matrimony is decreed for
tho most trivial of causes. Tho result of
this stato of things, as disclosed in 11 re
turn just issued by tho Federal Statisti
cal llurcnu, is rather curious than satis
factory, nud does pot Bpcnk well for tho
ellect of tho experiment on the happiness
of tho Swiss people. Tho figures sec
forth in tho report in question refer to
1877. Tn that (year it is said tho vari
ous courts of tho confederation decreed
1,035 dissolutions of matrimony, nnd
191 temporary separations, being nt tho
rate of 1.7-1 for every 100 marriages;
whllo tho rnto per cent in the Grand
Duchy of lludoii is only 0.0 1; 'in Wur
teinburg 1,71 and in Saxony 2.19
Tho proportion varies greatly in tho
dilTcreut cantons, nd ns might bo ex
pected, is lower in Human Catholic than
111 Protestant districts. In Uii, Obcr-
walden and Cnderwalden divorces teciu
to bo unknown, tho rate per cent, in
these Cantons being expressed by a ci
pher. In Vulais, it is O.IW; Schwitr,
l.O.T; Lucerne, LSD; Freiburg, LCI,
and Zng, 12.07. In Claris it rises to
7.11'J, in Zurich to7.0S,inlicruu to 10.07
and in Geneva to 55.52 per cent Jt is
a curious fact, and 0110 that may be use
ful to somo future ltuckle, that 'divorced
leoplo marry more readily than celibates,
thu case being in tho proportion of two
of tho former to ono of the latter; that
two widows or widowers aro married for
ono divorced person, and four for 0110
celibate. Of 1,000 eelebates of the ngo
of 30, 99 innrrv; of 1,000 divorced men,
210 many; and of 1,000 widows, 130
marry a becond timo. This is the ex
perience of Switzerland, and from it is
drawn the inference that, despito tho
great number of divnico cases in this
country, marriage is it happier state than
single blessedness inasmuch as those who
havo tried it once, even though they may
havo undergone tho unpleasant experi
ence of u suit for dissolution of matri
rimony, nro anxious to try it again.
London Times letter.
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Fight For a Bible.
John E. Jones, a Watcrbury, Cou-
fieeticut. dniiriii!? nmi.tj.i-. lnm ma.li, .1
victorious fight for his father's Ilible,
which no beueu at a local fair over a
ve.u r.eo. where bis kkti-r ulnco.l it n.
exhibition. In tho suit that followed
for tho jwssession of the book tho court
gave it into Jones' jKissesaion, sustaining
his claim that his father gavo it to him,
and a juryhas just given him 312, its
estimate of thn ltibln's vnlnr, nn.l $1
damages for its detention during tho
timo tuat uniet ot rolico Austin bcicd
it while its ownership was in dispute.
The general depression in trade seems
to effect even the days they are very
short just now.
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