V
A WOLF IS THE FOLD.
Stealing the Livery nf Heaven to Scrte the
Devil In.
"Sow Orleans special: Three weeks nRO a
.young man rluiiniiiR to bo the Rev. Hugh
-Ketfcercot. of Holize, British Honduras,
presented himself to llishop Gulleher, of the
Episcopal church, stilting that he was on n
short vncntion. The bishop examined his
ordination papers, which were signed by
'the bishop of Jinnaicn, and found every
thing regular. His letters of recommenda
tion were unexceptionable. A few days
tfter the arrival of the stranger the Rev.
John l'ercival, f the Church of the Atiuuii
ciulion, left on a summer vacation and
ths Rev. Hugh was given temporary charge
of the chinch, "hero ho became- very
popular with the young ladies of the
congregation, and it is said was carry
ing on reveral love affairs. To day, how
ever, a telegram was received from llishop
Galleher denouncing Xethorcot as an Im
postor and asking that the polico seize
Ids vestments and papers. It transpired
that the alleged minister had paid a visit
to the Rev. lliuli Xethercot, of Belize, in
jjtatiated himself into that clergyman's
confidence, and left Uh $S0 of the par
.son's money, his best vestments and all his
papers. Upon reaching this city he found
it au easy matter to impersonate Nether
cot. There is gieat excitement among the
congregation of the Church of the Annunci
ation, hich has been intensified as far as
several yomu ladies are concerned by the
announcement that the supposed clergy
man is a Honduras quadroon. As the
church wishes to hush tho matter up, it Is
not supposed the impostor will be prose
cuted. DTSASTEH OS THE HAIL.
Seven Men Killed In an Accident on a
Tennessee Hallway.
Nashville, Tens , .Tuly 30. A special en
gine coming north collided with the regular
train on the Louisville and Nashville railroad
near Duck river, forty-eight miles south of
here, at 0:15 o'clock to-night and seven men
were instantly killed.
The collision occurred In a deep cut with
a sharp curve, making it impossible for the
engineers to sec each other, hence the col
lision took nlnce while both trains were run
ning at full speed. Roth engines were to
tally wrccKeu. me iouowuig is a nsi ui iut
killed:
Henry Lautnan, engineer of the accommoda
tion. Kobert lirow n, fireman of the accommoda
tion. Thad Beach, engineer of the f-pecinl.
Rat Kim:, fireman of engine No. 519.
Monroe Wilson, baggage master.
Al H. ltnbertson. of Louisville. Kv.. passen
ger agent, formerlv ticket agent, of the Louis
ville and Nashville at this point, who was rid-
Jug on the engine.
Tlcnrv Whitman, a flaeman.
There were onlv two passengers Injured
the liev. William Ureen who was in me siuok
lni' cur and was throiwi atrnlust a seat, cutting
n gash over his right eye, not serious, anil a
colored cirl. name "unknown, who was slightly
cut In the face.
The sinht of the bodies Is most horrible, they
having been torn to pieces and scalded by the
escaping steam.
It will probably be late to-morrow before the
wrecK is clearcu.
Later information shows that engine No.
519, which was coming north, exploded, throw
ing the tender 15'J leet in au opposite direc
tion. Robertson was instantly killed being dis
emboweled by a piece of Iran. His watch was
broken iu two and stopped at 0:23.
I.VMHKH FILES IS ASHES.
St. Lous, .Mo., July IS. A fire w hieh provei'
to be the largest and most destructive of it
kind that has ever occurred in this city wa
discovered about 2 o'clock this nfternoon
In the lumber yards of Knapp, Stout Si Co. al
the comer of Angelica street and Uremeii
avenue. An alarm was immediately turned
In and two engines were soon on the scene
They were, how ever, owing to the poor watei
supply, unable to cope with the flames, which,
driven bv a strong wind, soon communicated
to the nearest lumber piles and were making
rapid headway toward the Union stivk uiiils.
the destruction of which seemed for a time in
cvitable. The wind soon shifted to the nppo
site direction, how eve', and they were saved,
but the lumber arils were doomed.
Iu the meantime more alarms had been sen'
In and twenty engines were called out. Tin
water supply, however, was entirely insulli
cieut for the emergency and the llames leaped
fioiuplleto pile of the dry lumber with In
credible swiftness. The fire was not confined
to any one porllon of the yard for sparks and
lniriiinir sol Inters were carried ill every direc
tion by the w mil imd the whole territory of
the vards, covering thirtv-llve acres of ground,
seemed io oeone mas', oi uiuaini: minuet.
The efforts of the firemen, which would evl
dentv have been fruitless If directed toward
subduing the llaiucs, were fiom this tune em
nloved In keenii g them from spread ng, and
In tills they were successful. The fire wa
allowed to burn Itself out, and at the end of
four hours 25,00J,OOJ feet ot lumber were
total los.
The contents of the yard was mostly lum
ber of superior gradeand the loss on this ac
count is very heavy ?HO,000. The company's
stables were also consumed but the horses
were rescued. The total lusuiauce cannot at
this hour be ascertained, but It Is estimated at
?2iO,lXW.
FESSIOS HILLS.
Washington dispatch: Representative
Morrell of Kansas, from tho committee on
invalid pensions, to-dny reported hack tho
bill granting an iucrenseof pension to John
W Fnrris of Missouri, with the recom
mendation that it be passed over tho pres
ident's veto. Representative Conger ro
ported back, with a recommendation simi
lar to that inude in tho abovo mentioned
case, the b ll granting a pension to David
T. Elderkin of Iowa. Thesamo action was
taken in tho caso of Sarah Ann Rrndley.
The president vetoed this bill on the
ground that tho husband did not (Hoof ills
ability contracted in the service, hut tho
commit lee does not regard that fact as es
sential, and holds that tho evidence that
the claimant is dependent is sufficient to
warrant the allowance of the claim. Rep
resentative Kllsberry will present tho re
port in this case,
Tho secretnry of the navy hns decided to
construct one of tho now ci iiUors on the
plans and designs of the "Nnnwakan," ro
cently built abroad, and another on the
plans of the bureau of construction.
r.vi-ATnr foh tib vhisck.
New York special: The Comto de Paris is
an honorary ntomber of the Association of
Veterans of the Fifth New York volunteers,
Duryea Zouaves. While in General McClel
lan's stall, during the Peninsular campaign
In 1802, ho saw much of tho regiment,
which was nttached to the brigade of regu
lar troops under Sykes, in tho midst of
which the commanding general always
pitched his tent. The good conduct of tin
regiment in battle was personally com
nmnded by the prince, and after the war in
Hit autograph letter he expressed his ad
miiation ol its behavior. This evening the
veteran association met at its old head
quarters, H. V- Kinney presiding, and ap
pointed a committee to prepare and for
ward to him resolutions expressing regret
at the action of the French government in
expolling him from his native land. The
association also wished Colonel Gilder, who
wn a member of the regiment, a pleasant
journey in hie search for the North Pole.
SM tSH-Vl' OF .1 CrilCVS THAIS.
Portland (Me.) special: Information has
iist been received here of n fatal accident
to Forepnugh's circus train on the Maine
Central railway nt Vassnlboro, some fifty
inil-'s north of here. The storm bin ing in
terfered with the wires, particulars are
meagre. The train, consisting of twenty
cais, was en route for this city, and was
running nt a lively rate of speed, when
the cars jumped the track, duo to a
defective rail, and plunged down the fifty
foot embankment toward the Kennebec
river. Three of the cars contained
animals and one was a passen
ger caboose, containing a number
of employes. The cars rolled over mid
over several times nnd were wrecked Into
pieces. Twenty-five valuable trick horses
were killed outright and a number of others
badly injured, several of which will have to
be killed. The caboose was occupied by
ten men, several of whom escaped by jump
ing when the car left the track, being saved
from injury by the soft earth. The others
were earned down tno Dante anil were
ciiught in the wreck. Their companions
extricated several badly il not fatally in
jured. Two men, whose nnmes are not
given, are buried beneath the wreck in tho
river and were doubtless killed instantly.
A wrecking train lias left for the scene.
THE HIVEIt ASH HAltltOlt HILL.
Washington special: The prospects for
the passage of the river and harbor bill aro
very much better to-night than they hnvo
been at any other time sinco the subject
came up in the house, when tho bill went
through on the first vote some weoks ago.
There were several members who wcro in
terested in the Hennepin canal who voted
ngainst tho whole measure, because there
was no provision tnndo for that important
work. As the bill came from the senate it
ntmronrinted S225.000 tor beginning the
canal, and it was feared by some that
tins might result in t lie ueieai oi mo
whole bill. It seems, however, to have
had a contrary effect, for in spite of tho
vigorous efforts inude to-day to strike out
this clause, it still remains in the bill. Iowa
and Illinois members are very jubilant to
nielit over the succcs they have thus fur
attained, and nro predicting the passago ol
the bill by a decsive vote to-moirow. For
sonis reason, too. there is an inclination
on the part of interested people to believe
Hint the president will not veto it. It can
not bo ascertained that tho president hiB
expressed his views on the subject with one
side or tho other, and the fate of tho bill, il
it goes through the house, when it reaches
the executive mansion, is a niniter oi spec
ulation entirely.
"CSITF.D IHELASO" MAD.
Dublin, .Tuly 15. United JreJand comments
nil the Itrltlsli nolltlcal situation in a some
what raging style. Among other things It
says: "The tricksters, soreheads and mounte
banks who are about to assume ollice In the
present tremendous crisis in Knglish history
h.ive In common but one dominating Impulse
to grab at the emoluments ot power. This
is, Indeed, a grotesque sacrilicc. n is as u a
rascal clothed himself In the vestments of a
priest for the purpose oi rouuing me anar.
In another paragraph the paper says
linUilelmin. I ,1 Jill .Ml 1 4 ll (1 il W-!l I el COll
ecrted the Relfnst tragedies for a political
. ...... men Murder Tinrl Ieid:ir or wholesale, w 111
not stop them any more than it did Ire-
lnmi'8 enemies iiereiuiurc. auu uuunun ui
O.ll.l.. . PlinlnhnflnWl Oful 1 Aril
linmlolnli Churchill nro ns unscrupulous as
Pitt, Clan; and Oatleronh, but they are
I r.o ...... .1 t. ..f il... 'IV... . 1 .v.l
punier, l nc siamuirus ui iuu iimc unu
ll..tl..M iifii no InfllnlitlQ IIS tllMCO (if 1 .(Ifil
JIlllHllLlim llll o Jmwt. ' .."- -
Cornwallls, or General Koss. Helfast Oranire-
lirt.,ti in nn nil tlin THsll IH'O-
lill'ii imti; uuiii "ivio-" i
pie Into violence iu order to secure a pretext
l . . l . ....... ( !rt l.lmul A.-
lor coercion wiwi a view w cuuu iuu
maud until Gladstone snail be ucau."
ISDTAS OUTHHEAK TH11EATESEH.
A special from Spokane Falls, Washing
ton territory, totlieOragouiansnys: Great
excitement provnils hoio to-day over a
rumor that tho Culispel Indians had
threatened to massacre settlers in Kooet
ennl county. Some time ago these Indians
showed signs of discontent and Gen. Whcn-
ton sent troops of cavalry into thoCulispel
alley to protect tho settlers. Tholndians
now chiim that the troops drovo them out
of tho vn ley and they threaten vengennco.
Tho farmers of Wild Rose prairie, about
seventeen miles north of here, ha vo become
oanic-stricken and a largo number arrived
to-dnvwith their families. Gen. Cnrlin has
been. notified ol tho threatened trouble, but
ns it takes time to move troops, nnd tho
rumors were so startling, .ludgo Turner, of
this district, organized a volunteer com
pany of twenty men, who left hero this
afternoon nnil will mil in protecting tne
settlers as long ns necessary till the troope
arrive
HOUSE DISEASE IS DAKOTA.
Rapid City (Dak.) special : Considerable
nlnrin is felt by stockmen over the discov
ery that in tho ranges west and northwest
of tho Rlnck Hills, tlioro aro a number of
cases of disease, supposed to bo glanders
existing at tho present timo. The Sun
Dance Gazette gives a list ot soventoen val
uablo horses, on different ranges, that have
been kihod by tho territorial veterinarian,
Dr. Hopkins. Tho doctor is now on the
Bello Foiirche, whore there nrj.it is alleged,
a number of cases, and ho will jive them a
thorough inspection.
.Mummy Cotton Seed.
UUnta On.Utution.
Some time ago Sunset Cox forwarded to
senator llrowu from Egypt a package of cot
. m seed that had bo ui found In tombed with a
iiuuimy. Tho mummy belougod to the race
if the Pharaohs and had been pronounced
L-ad 4,000 years before Mr. Cox discovered
.ie remains. Three of the seed were sent by
cnator llrowu to Dr. Conually of this city
.ml were duly submitted to the test of sun
i. id soil. They were plauted iu tubs tilled with
uglily fertilized dirt, and were carefully
vatchod and watered for a period of thirty
lays. Iu spite ot this the seed failed to sprout
ind they were dually dug up and examined.
fiiey were filled with dust, and it is supposed
chat tho germ of life that once existed In their
rail shells had passed away utterly. But whe
an tell I U It not fair to suppose that a cot-
ou seed which had been entombed with a
iiuminy for 4.00J years would require at leasl
i thousand years to germinate? Let us bi
,ust even to an Egyptian cotton seed.
rnreo .ncn Mnunca.
CAnnoxnALE III., July 18. Near Grand
Tower yostorday a picnic was held. During
the day Henry Biown, Thomas Ileckam, Mat
Rhodes and Ro' ert Knox quirroled geveral
tlmes, but they were separatad each time bo
fore any serious consequences re-ulled.
Nothing was thought of the matter until after
the crowd had broken up, w hen George Ai
ds..!!, a farmer, pewed by the place and found
Brown, Kuoxaud Rhodes Ring within a few
fietof each other innrtallr wouutlrd. Hn.wn
lived hut a few minutes. Ills throat was cut
from ear U ear and he bore beside several
Ugly gushes Iu dilferellt purl of his body.
Knox and Rhodes were also terribly wound
ed and cannot live.
ro one wltntned the aflrav. but It la sun-
posed that the quarrel Itetween the men was
renewed after the picnic. Ileckam Is still at
large and uo trace of him can be obtained.
Mt nnEitrn nr ismass.
Marshall (Mo.) special. News has been
received hero to-dny that Mr. Winlleld
Scott Rickerton. a wealthy ranchman nnd
mine owner, was Killed Sunday. .tune '20, by
one of the Apache bauds of Indian, near
his home. Campus Sonorn, Mexico. Mr.
Rickerton and a companion left home
Saturday light, dune 11), for a hunting ex
pedition in the mountains, taking with him
lits dog and pack mule. The dog returned
to camp on Monday and the mule was
found on Tuesday. His liiends tearing tho
worst, orgnnucd a volunteer party ot
urmed ny and went in search ot the miss
ing hunters. An Indian trail was found
which led to the place where the bodies of
two men were found ntSt o'clock, Wednes
day, the mid. The Indians, a large num
berthirty or more must have lain iu
ambush nnd fired on the men at only a few
steiw distant. Rickerton, though mortally
Hounded, lived long enough to empty his
rillenndsix shooter at the Indians, and
from theaiuoliiit of blood found near where
they were concealed, it goes toshowtimt
his Inst shots weie with goodly effect and
more tluin one of the murderers killed or
bndly wounded, but tho odds were against
him and he could not loin stand tho tire of
rilles at close range. Hi companion was,
no doubt, killed at the first lire, as ins
weapons were found loaded. Mr Ricker
ton has a sister, Mrs. Dr. 1. A. McClury,
living in this city. Hi parents reside in
Oakland Cal. Ho was a native ot Willin-
lngtoii, III., and he leaves a wife and two
:lnldreii, .1 and u years of age.
UTA1FS SEW JUDGE.
Washington special: Tho president sent
to the senate to-day the Maine of Henry P.
Henderson, of Mason City, Mich., to bo
associate justice of tho supremo court ot
Utah, in place of Judge Powers, ot Michi
gan, whoso character wns shown to bo so
bad (lint tho president withdrew his nomi
nation upon the unanimous recommenda
tion of the senate judiciary committee.
Mthough ho did this last March, tho presi
dent has permitted Powers to sit upon tho
i i .... i .i I... ....
oeucu ever since mm uuiuiiiiii-l- ju-im-u.
Henderson, who is said to be a very good
man. was recommended by Rom M. Dickin
son, who lui so far controlled all appoint
ments from Michigan.
-I DISASTKOVS STOH31.
Toronto, Oxt July IS. During a terrible
thunder and hail storm last night Samuel S.
Bobby, who had taken refuse under a tree,
was struck bv lightning and killed. A great
deal of damage'was done bv hall nnd water,
the latter flooding the cellars and basements
of houses iu low lying portions of the city.
FAVMHST FOlt MAIL SEHVIVE.
Washington special: The senate com
mittee on postollices and poslroads, have
decided to unanimously report an nmond
mcnttotho deficiency appropriation bill,
providing for the paymnut of ;H),000 to
the United States and Rrnzilinn steamship
company, for tho transportation of ninils
during tho past year.
IRELAND AS IT IS.
Poverty nnd Desolation Clenrly
Traceable to KukIIsIi Oppression.
In the course of an address before tho Utlca
branch of the Irish National Land league, Mr,
Harold Frederic, the London correspondent of
The Sew York 7'iinei, who Is now In this coun
try for a few weeks' vacation, gave the follow
ing picture of some ot the results of extortion
and misrule. In Ireland:
''Some of you may have recollections of a
time when Ireland was merry. Others have
gained from the books of Lever and Lover
this traditional gay Impression of the Irish
character, lucre may nave been sticli an Ire
land once a rollicking, jlg-ihinclng, punch
drink-Ins Ireland. It Is as dead as Brian Horu.
There Is no more tearful, sorrowful land on
the globe to-day than your Ireland, 1 went
two years ago, unucr orders 10 uie souiucrn
part of France and Into Spain, then ravished
by that most deadly foe of man, the Asiatic
cholera. .My business earned me into uie
houses of the wretched, luto hospitals, and
even to the graveyards at night, and 1 eauie
nway with a' vivid picture In my mind of the
distress of those desolated legions. Two weeks
afterward I went with a pleasure parly into the
west of Ireland, into Galwiiy. I spent there a
week, nominally for pleasure but 1 tell you
candidly that I never knew what grinding
misery was until I came to Connaught. Dub
lin Is Itself a deserted, desolate place, with the
notice "to let' on every tiuni winnow, uiu
way is a shadow of the same desolation, if I
wereto ransack my memory and attempt to
depict to you the scene, the evident desola
tion, clearly traceable to the wrong-doing of
those in power, for of misery from other
wrong doing ol course we nave plenty every
where, 1 would weary ou. Vet out of tills
great budget 1 pick a few instances almost at
random. .Mr. llealy and 1 were In tne noitli
ern part of County Cork on our vacations.
Veainued ourselves by tramping over tho
mountains and entering the cabins, with a
salutation of 'God save you,' or 'God save
your honors,' uttered In Irish tin exercise iu
which 1 did not take a very active part. We
Inquired the size of their holdings, the amount
of rent, whether they appealed to the land
court, etc. We came almost inadvertently,
after a long walk over marshy, worth
less land, to a little group of houses
caned, as we learned, j-.si;auaw iieeina, wntcn
1 believe Is 'the resting-place of the gulls.'
We found that this little place of half a dozen
houses .etched up on the solid rock was two
miles irom any outer dwelling and lour miles
fiom any land which was worth anything.
Finally one of the men came to us. ilo told
us that all the laud we saw. a little patch, hud
been carried In sacks on the backs of women
and iu boxes by men from a distant moun
tain, within sigltt, but twelve miles away.
They, or the original octtlers of the place.
had been evicted from a place some fifty
inlhs away. They thought they had reached
a sjiot out of ' the reach of any agent
and beyond the conceivable claim of any
landlord. But he told us thut some time
before an ntrent d-oIiil' bv bv water had
noticed the llttlo gieen spot, and had come to
mo snore, asKed mem now tney iuu, aim
got the names of nil the householders. On
next Mlchiiehmis day he camo again, repre
senting his landlord, and demanded i!9 rent
from each of the men. These five men hud
probably never collected XI together since
iney nun uvea there. I hey had uo communi
cation with other places, and no opportunity
to get a penny of money, except by going to
r.imiiiiiu io HorK in uie nurvcsi-i em. one oi
them had done that und Imd lost au arm In a
railroad accident, and had come back with
something like ill 10s., 1 believe. They had
the grimmest sort of fight to get food. Then
the landlord, Mr. White, of Glengarln, made a
proposition to them that they should pay the
rent In labor. Ills proposition was that they
should work for him every other day through
the whole jcar to pay the rent. The poor
eople accepted the proposition."
A Professional Woman's Costume.
Chairman Martin Irons was attired yester
day regardless of expense, and wore a festive
air appropriate to the presence of the gay
fprlng weuthcr. The foundation, so to speak,
of his costume was a black broadcloth suit,
Willi a loir cut dress vest, exioslug a shirt
front In which glistened three enormous stnda.
From the bottom button of his vest depended
a colossal gold watch chain, adorned with a
fob larger than a llver dollar, and antique
coin sleeve-buttons fastened bis cuffs. He had
on a standing collar and newly blocked out
mutton-chop side whiskers of Knglish cut
bristled upon his cheeks. St. Loul OM
Jjtmocrat. The Idaho Central railroad, designed to con
nect the Oregon Short hue w ith the Northern
Pacific, has been Incorporated by Edward
Dickinson, of Denver, with a capital stock of
11,000,000.
AMERICA'S FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.
Tin Trlnt Trip of the stonrhrldat
l.lon nt lloneodnle. All!:. ?. tSCIl.
(ii'.iiU'-lmoks :i tt nth, posses no in
tori'st that is at all ilfix'udcnt on any
inherent value in the fuels that aro j-re-
,ontc 1 in thorn snys The New York Sun,
but Mr. J. W. Rurdk't. tho KOJioraJ
intotigor a go n t of the Delaware and
lluils'in Cnnttl company's railroad, in a
llttlo pamphlet just isstiod. has boon at
sonic pains to present what ho dooms
trust worthy facts about the first loco
motive that over ran upon an American
railroad. According to liiin. the first
of the-c engines was thu Stourbridgo
Lion, so called because it bore a lion's
head on the front of its boiler nnd was
made by l'oslcr. llmwick & Co. in
Stourbridge, Knglaud, Horatio Allen, n
vouii'' civil onrineer. had boon sent to
lCngland by the canal company to buy
strap-iron for the rails, chains for the.
inclined planes, and three locomotives
for the levels of t ho projected railroad,
lie returned iu lS'JS and the first of tho
locomotives reached New York in May,
lS'.'ll. It was set up at tho West Toint
foundry at the foot of Itonoh .street, in
this c ty, and in the summer was ship
ed by boat to llonesdale, where it was
put upon the iron-strapped wooden
rails of tho new road. It was of thu
pattern afterward known by the nanio
of 'grasshoppers," because of the
walking-beams that elbowed up and
down over the boiler, like the leg
joints of those insects. It weighed
seven tons, or loss than one of our ele
vated railroad locomotives, but it had
no Mich pulling power as they possess.
It was big and clumsy, with four
wooilen wheels, spoked and with iron
tires. It had no cab, and thu cylinders
were upright. The first trip was made,
on Aug. S. 182!), in the prosonco of a
crowd collected from forty miles
around.
An old Queen Anno ennnon was
brought up from Xow York to add its
voice to thoso of the people. Predic
tions of failure wero not wanting; tho
breaking down of the track, which was
built largely on trestles or piles, was
especially apprehended, and there was
little inclination on the part of thosa
present to trust themselves on the new
vehicle. Mr. Allen, declaring that if
there was any danger ho was ready to
meet it, took his position on the loco
motive, and, after runningslowly back
ward and forward a few times before
tlie assembled multitude, pulled tho
throttle valve open, and, shouting n
loud cood-by to the crowd, dashed
swiftly away around tho dangerous
curve and over the swaving trestle, sot
titip; iu motion tho first locomotive Hint
ever turned a wheel in tho western
hemisphere. The track was of strap-
iron, spiked next tho inner edge to
large hemlock sleepers J.tul on cross
ties. At tlio. time of the trial trip tho
timbers and ties, though securely own
necled, had been warped, and in soino
places raised lrom tho groinut, bv ex
posure to the sun. Tito roml crossed
the l.ackawaxen river over a trait Hem
lock trestle one hundred feet in height,
and as the locomotive wns found to
weigh sovon tons instead of four, as tho
contract had stipulated, it was feared
by everybody that the trestle would not
bear its weight.
As t lie Lion passed over tho road tho
weight pressed everything underneath
lirmly down to its place, on thu road
bed, with no little creaking and groan
ing. The locomotive proved to bo all
thtit the engineer had expected. After
running at a fair rate of speed as far as
Soelyvillo, the Lion was reversed, and
returned to the dock at llonesdale
amid the shouts of the people and tho
booming of the cannon, having met
Willi no accident and encountered no
difficulty. T he trial trip was thus com
pleted, "and the locomotive was pro
nounced a success. Mr. Allen remain
ed in llonesdale three weeks after this
experimental trip, during which timo
he made some improvements in thu
locomotive. After his doparturo, how
over, the company not buing rich
enough to purchase iron rails, and tho
wooden ones proving too frail for thu
engine, it was housed in a shanty on
thu canal dock, whore it lay for years,
a prey to rust ami decay. Tho boiler
was afterward used in "a foundry tit
Carbondale; the pump was used for
several years by an employe of tho com
pany, and the rest of the old hulk was
partly hacked Io pieces by relic hunters
and partly sold for old iron.
On October C, 182!), less than two
months after tho historic ride in the
Stourbridge Lion, tho famous competi
tive test of locomotives at Liverpool
took place. Tho result of this was tho
firm establishment of tho steam rail
road at tho head of all methods of
land transportation. Thoro were four
engines in competition, and Stephen
son's Kockot won thu liri.e. Eleven
mouths after this tho Liverpool and
Manehostor railroad was established,
and tho Racket ran thirty-seven miles
an hour. Then there wero only twen-ty-throo
miles of railroads in this coun
try, and now tho number of miles of
track exceeds 100,000.
A Strawberry Ititcket.
"My dear wife," ho said as ho camo
und found her crying, whilo three
quarts of strawborrles roposod in a pan
on tho table, "I need not ask tho causo
of your sorrow. I know it. About an
hour ago a huckster camo along hero
shouting:
'Strawberries! Strawborrlos! Eight
cents a quart or three quarts for tweu-
to-livc cents!"
"Jt was a glorious opportunity, as
you thought, to save a cent, and you
rushed out and took throe quarts, lou
had scarcely entered the houso when
you heard something drop. You stood
for a nioinont like ono paralyzed. Thon
you Hung yourself down into that chair
and began to kick ami squall, and the
iron still burns your soul. However,
my dear, brace up and lot it go. You
have Insight dozens of quarts of straw
berries this year, and on each occasion
tho man has ineasiirod his big thumb
witli tho berries and beaten you out of
a cent and a half. Ho is bound to get
ahead ot you in some way, und tears
are of no avail, ltathur set to work and
plug up tho hole iu a quarter and pass
it oil' on him gome cloudy day." De
troit Free I'rea.
STORIES OF BEN D'JTLER.
low Now Orleans) Narrowly lenped
Destruction 1 lie tlanutni; of
Mill ford.
No mailer how much one may dill'er
ritli (Son. llutlor's philosophy, il is im-
iissible, says The AVw York World, to
oniain iu his presence for any length
f time without being entertained by
us conversation, i ossossing a won-
orful memory and having a great
ramatie power and a remarkable
tcilily of expression, coupled with a
eculiar egotism that might be oll'ensive
a any other man, but which iu him
coins quite natural and is taken as a
natter of course. (Jen. llutler throws
nto his talks a picturesque individu-
.Iny and raoinoss peculiarly Ins own.
io is c nical, sharp, and occasionally
ulgar, bnl never dull.
Oh, if llutler was only sincere," e.x
laimed an admirer of his recently.
1 don't know, ho wouldn't be llutler
lion," was the reply.
Near the capitol in Washington are
hive large houses built of granite.
1'liey belong to llutler. The granite for
icm was quarried at his own works in
dii.ssaehusotts. 'flic subject was men-
iotied in Mutter's presence reconllv and
i friend said: "(ionoral, what in the
vorld did you build so many houses
or -to live in?"
"Yes, partly," he replied. "1 lived
n on" of them until my poor wife died,
ut the roil reason is 1 built them for
i mtuitimcut. 1 found that uo one else
votild put up a monument for me,
uil 1 thought 1 would build one inv
,clf." "Thoy will put up a monument in
.few Orleans for you some day," stig
je.sted a friend, ironically.
"1 should not be surprised, said 15ut
er, quickly. The mention of New Or
oans started the general on a train of
eniiniseences. Ono incident ho ro
alled of the entry of tho union forces
nto the southern metropolis that may
mt be very generally known. In brief,
eforo llutler arrived with his troops,
diniral Farragut steamed up in his
lagship, the Hartford, followed by his
leet, and look possession of the city in
he name of the United States govern
nent. A company ot marines was
lent on shore ami shortly after the
itars and stripes were Heating over t lie
uistoin-house. Tho city was captured
jut not subjected, and Admiral Farra
yut, apprehending that soino attempt
night be made to take down the colors,
iriangod a plan of action in caso the at
.enipt should be made. A couple of
lowit.ors wcro fastened in the rigging
if the Hartford and a man stationed at
iticli one. From this elevated position
he lookouts could command a good
now of the custom-house and tho
own. Thoy wero instructed at the
ir.st indication of au attempt to haul
lown the Hag to lire their guns. A
lrouilsido from tho Hartford would
ollow, and this would be tho signal for
he whole Heel to open lire on the city,
fhe next day was Sunday. Farragut,
alio was a very religious man had or
lercd all hands below for prayers, only
.he ollieer of the day and the two look
mis remaining above dock. Main
Jiroatencd at the lime and the fuses for
gniting the big guns when in place
vtTO exposed to the weather. Tho of
icer, wishing to save the fuses from be
lig spoiled, went around to each gun and
cinoved them to a place of shelter. Sttd
lenly the Hag was seen to go down
'rom the custom-house. The lookouts
trod their howitzers, and the prayers
jclow came to an abrupt ending. Ot'
icers and men rushed upon deck und
,ook their places. The tlioughtftilnoss
f tho ollieer of the dav in removing
he fuses unused a idight. delay, and be
'oro tho broadside could bo delivered
.ho lookouts reported to tho admiral
.hat they saw no indications of a dis
turbance or unusual excitement In the
itrcets, and Farragut concluded tlit.t
he hauling down of the llag was the
let of some rookless person and not
.he revolt of the city as it was utter
Yard found. He therefore decided to
nvestigato the matter lirst and gave
.he order to hold the lire. Nothing
loulil have prevented the total dostrue
ion of New Orleans if the tloet had
)ti(o commenced to shell tho town,
arrtigut's religious habits Mtvod tho
ity. Hal ho remained on deck the
'uses would not have been touched and
he broadside signal wontd have been
jiven without delay.
Mulford is Hie name of the man who
sxposed New Orleans to such peril by
oaring down the American Hag from
lie custom-house. Ho was a gambler
y profession and committed llio deed
n a spirit of reckless bravado. After
he ling had been taken down it was
;orn to nits by Mulford and a party of his
lssoeiates, and pieces of it wero used
;o decorate thou coals. Mulford tied a
oug strip of tho Hag in his buttonhole
ind hud it on when ho was arrested by
Lien, llutler a few days later. Mulford
said for his foolishness with his life,
(le was tried and sentenced to bo liaug
:d. Even after his sentence Mulford ro
'uscd to believe that ho would bo ox
jcuted, and he maintained this belief
ip to tlin last moment. "Thoy will not
lara to hang me," he said. Strong
Dressuro was brought to bear on Gen.
llutler to spnro Mulford's life. What
undo the case more dramatic was that
Mulford's wife was a Massachusetts
ivoinan and slio had a family of live
ittle children. She pleaded hard for
3or husband's life, but without success.
(in old Presbyterian minister called at
Butler's headquarters and began a long
lrgunient for Mulford's life. "Show
four greatness by being merciful," ho
laid, "'Tis but a stroke of your pen."
"Yos," replied llutler, "a stroke of my
pen would save him, nnd a stroko of
rny pen would put you in his placet It
.s because I have tho power that 1 can
lot nllbrd to bo governed by sentiment.
That man has forfeited his life and ho
must die."
Butler had iu his service a number of
northern detectives, and thoy gained
quite a reputation for their work in
Now Orleans. Hut llutler said the
most valuable information was furnish
ed him by tho negroes. Thoy wore al
lowed to come to his headquarters
freely, and although tlmy brought
btihuls of clialVtliey also brought soino
grain. Ono oven ng a party of liftoon
men mot at a privato dinner and amus
ed themselves by abusing llutler and
denouncing tho government. Tho next
day all th facts were reported to head
quarters by one of the negroes who
had waited on the party, fiutler sunt
fur them all to come to his headquar
ters at a certain hour. When thoy
were all assembled In his ollice. he said:
"lu'iitlotnon. you wore at a dinner to
gether last evening, and when tho wine
was in and the wit was out you wero
pleased to sneak in disrespectful terms
of myself. That is of no consequence.
Hut what is of consequence is that you
aKo abused the government of the
United States. That I forbid. Gentle
men, it must stop. 1 shall overlook it
this time, but let me hear no more of it
in the future"
Tho party were thunderstruck and
eyed each other suspiciously as tney
left the room, wondering who had giv
en them away. That was the ell'cct
llutler wished to produce, "and," he
said Vf-tordav' "the results wero very
wholesome.''
WANTED A TITLE.
That Is "Why Mr. Hearst Wont to the
Senate.
Having had no advantage of educa
tion, Senator Hearst is an illiterate
man, but not an ignorant one, writes
a San Francisco correspondent of The
Xew York Times. He is of a keen and
observing mind and quick of percep
tion, and with him an oxpericne once
gained is never forgotten, but is used
to advantage should the occasion arise,
lie is a good judge of men and human
nature, and it takes a bright man to
get the best of him. When in the com
pany of his cronies he delivers himself
of many wise, original, and homely
thoughts and phrases. Like most
southern men he is a great admirer of
title, and 1 believe that it was this trait
more than any other cause that led
him to seek the -to him but honorary
position of. United States senator.
Wli le ho was with his intimates, who
were being addressed by each other as
"major," or "colonel," or "general"
though the latter s title inignt navo
come from his having been general
superintendent of the Sunday school
he was but plain "Uncle George," and
as it is the fashion for millionaires to
purchase United States sonatorships ns
thoerowning of their ambition hodidn't
want to bo left in tho rear, and by tho
accident of death and n democratic
governor ho has reached his goal. No
more will the "boys" address him as
"Uncle George" nor tho brigadiers as
"Mr. Hearst, sali;" now with awe and
reverenco they salute him, "senator."
Hearst is naturally a kind and open
hearted man, free from affectation or
exelitsiveness. I do not think that ono
of. his old comrades or acquaintances
ever applied to him in vain for assist
ance, and 1 have personally seen him
on moro than one occasion leave a
party of broadcloth-clothed men to step
across the street and shako hands with
soino ragged wrecic of a pioneer whom
he had known in the early days. In
disposition he is what is politely called
convivial, can stand a great deal of eon
vivialitv and take it straight- In dress
lie is slouchy, and all the tailors on
earth could not fix him up to make him
look otherwise, .lul horo I will relate
a story that 1 hnvo often hoard repeat
ed, but can not vouch for its accuracy:
M in. Hearst is a woman of fashion,
inclined to aristocracy, and, with her
only son, spends a large share of her
time in Europe, whilo her husband is
happy ami fools at home In tho uncou
ventionalities of tho mining camps.
The Hearsts have an elegart homo on
Van Ness avenue, the most fashionable
quarter of tho city, and tho lady is a
lavish hostess and magnificent enter
tainer of the crcmc dc la crenic of tho
somewhat incongruous element known
us San Franeisto society. One night
Mrs. Hearst gave a grand entertain
ment. Mr. Hearst had not been Invit
ed, or if ho was ho had forgotten all
about it, and staid out somewhat late.
Ho is an inveterate tobacco ohewer,
and when ho becomes animated in con
genial oompam scatters tho extract of
tho weed somewhat promiscuously over
his shirt front. When tho revel was at
its height at the entertainment lie reach
ed his home, utterly oblivious of the
fact that anything unusual was trans
piring therein. Ho succeeded iu ontor
mg by the aid of his latch key, when ho
was mot by a Hood of light, the perfume
of flowers, strains of music, and gor
geous costumes. Ho stood soinowhat
dazed for a moment, and a sort of hush
camo over tho festivities. Mrs. lloarst,
catching sight of liiin, reached his side,
and getting him into the hall out of
sight of the guests, begged him to go
up stairs and change his street attire
and tho tobacco-stained shirt-bosom for
something more suitable to tho occa
sion. Thrusting his hands iu his
breeches pockoU a habit of his and
drawing himself erect, ho said In a
voice loud enough for tho company to
hoars "This is my ranch, and if thoso
hero folks don't like my shirt thoy can
go homo; it's time for folks to bo in
bed, anyhow, nnd Pin gwino thar,"
and ho steadied himself up tho stairs
to his apartment.
A Deliberate JIan. ,
A mnn from a sequestered township
of Washington county, called the other
day, on tho ores dent of tho Arkausaw
Industrial University.
"1 have come tor sco yer," said the
visitor, "because I havo hcarn that
yer'vo got or heop o' sense."
Tho prosidont bowed and tho visitor
continued: "1 come tor ax yer or ques
tion that consarus mo or good ileal.
Er feller over iu my neighborhood call
ed mo a crank. I knowed it wan't
much uv er comporwcH but I Mowod
tor morso'f that 1 wouldn't hit him till
1 found out whut ho meant. Whut did
ho nioanP"
"According to Carlylo," said tho pres
ident, "a crank is a very headlong,
very positive loud, dull and angry kind
of a man. Tho American signification
of the term, as onmloyod by the news,
impure, is a sort of fanatic, a semi-crazy
man."
"Thon I reckon he thinks that I am
orbout ha'f crazy."
"Yes. I should think so."
Wtill, I won't hit him of that's nil.
but at fust It made mo poworful m&6
fur I 'lowed that ho meant that I wtlnt
no jedgo uver hoss." Arkausaw 1'ruv
eler,